El Observador January 13th, 2023.

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José López Zamorano

La Red Hispana

Lapesadilla de los republicanos en el congreso es una gran oportunidad para que los moderados construyan una agenda bipartidista. Le va a salir muy caro el triunfo al nuevo presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, el republicano de California Kevin McCarthy.

No sólo necesitó 15 desesperadas y dramáticas rondas de votación para obtener los votos necesarios para asumir el liderazgo en la Cámara Baja, sino que hizo concesiones extraordinarias a una minoría ruidosa de ultraconservadores dentro del Freedom Caucus, la bancada de los radicales en el Congreso.

¿Qué cedió McCarthy? A partir de ahora ¡uno de esos ultraconservadores puede poner en marcha el procedimiento para destituirlo! Es decir, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes va a operar con una pistola en la cabeza en manos de los ultras del Freedom Caucus. Se va a convertir en un rehén de sus exigencias, por descabelladas que sean.

Pero eso no fue todo. Los miembros del Freedom Caucus tendrán posiciones en comités claves del Congreso, podrán condicionar la elevación del techo de la deuda nacional y tendrán un peso mayor para proponer mayores recortes al gasto doméstico.

¿De qué manera puede afectar esto a nuestra comunidad? En primer lugar, sabemos que aún antes de la votación y a fin de complacer al sector más radical del partido republicano, McCarthy visitó la frontera y anunció que la prioridad número uno sería buscar la aprobación de una nueva ley de control fronterizo.

No hace falta tener una bola de cristal para anticipar que los deseos de los republicanos incluyen reanudar la construcción del muro, restablecer el programa quédate en México y extender el Título 42 para continuar expulsando a millones de inmigrantes, el despliegue de militares en la frontera con México y mucho más.

Algunas de esas exigencias están contenidas en una carta que el gobernador republicano de Texas, Greg Abbott, le entregó de mano propia al presidente Joe Biden, cuando éste realizó hace unos días su primera visita a la frontera, antes de iniciar su visita a México.

Pero también es posible prever que los republicanos buscarán utilizar el debate sobre el techo de la deuda para meterle tijera a programas sociales que benefician a millones de personas de bajos ingresos, especialmente a las minorías de color, latina y afroamericana.

Por fortuna, sus planes se toparán con el poder de veto del presidente Biden. Y dada la raquítica mayoría que tienen los republicanos en la cámara baja, no lo podrán superar.

Sin embargo, existe otro escenario posible: que el presidente Biden apr-

oveche esta circunstancia para forjar una alianza entre demócratas y republicanos moderados, de la misma forma que lo hizo Bill Clinton en 1993 y 1996, cuando logró aprobar de manera bipartidista tanto del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte como la reforma de las leyes de beneficencia pública.

Al legendario Winston Churchill se le acredita la frase “nunca desperdicies una buena crisis”.

Así que la pesadilla de los republicanos es una gran oportunidad para que los moderados construyan una agenda bipartidista de gran calado qué restituya en los votantes la confianza de qué el arte de la política, no la violencia ni la polarización, sigue siendo el mejor método para encontrar soluciones a los grandes problemas del país.

José López Zamorano La Red Hispana

TheRepublican nightmare in Congress is a great opportunity for moderates to build a bipartisan agenda. The victory will be very expensive for the new president of the House of Representatives, the California Republican Kevin McCarthy.

He not only required 15 desperate and dramatic rounds of voting to win the necessary votes to assume the House leadership, but he made extraordinary concessions to a vocal minority of ultra-conservatives within the Freedom Caucus, the caucus of radicals in Congress.

What did McCarthy give up? From now on, any single member of those ultra-conservatives can start the pro-

cedure to remove him! That is to say, the speaker of the House of Representatives is going to operate with a gun to his head in the hands of the ultras of the Freedom Caucus. He's going to become a hostage to their demands, crazy as they are.

But that was not all. Members of the Freedom Caucus will hold positions on key congressional committees, will be able to condition raising the national debt ceiling, and will have greater weight in proposing further cuts to domestic spending.

How can this affect our community?

First of all, we know that even before the vote and in order to please the most radical section of the Republican party, McCarthy visited the border and announced that the number one priority would be to seek the passage of a new border control law.

It is not necessary to have a crystal ball to anticipate that the wishes of the Republicans include resuming the construction of the wall, reinstating the stay in Mexico program and extending Title 42 to continue expelling millions of immigrants, the deployment of the military on the border with Mexico and much more.

Some of these demands are contained in a letter that the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, delivered by hand to President Joe Biden, when he made his first visit to the border a few days ago, before beginning his visit to Mexico.

But it is also possible to foresee that the Republicans will seek to use the debt ceiling debate to cut corners on social programs that benefit millions of lowincome people, especially minorities of color, Latinos and African-Americans.

Fortunately, his plans will run up against the veto power of President Biden. And given the slim majority Republicans have in the House, they won't be able to get past him.

However, there is another possible scenario: that President Biden takes advantage of this circumstance to forge an alliance between Democrats and moderate Republicans, in the same way that Bill Clinton did in 1993 and 1996, when he managed to approve in a bipartisan manner both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the reform of public welfare laws.

The legendary Winston Churchill is credited with the phrase, "never waste a good crisis."

So the Republican nightmare is a great opportunity for moderates to build a far-reaching bipartisan agenda that restores voter confidence that the art of politics, not violence or polarization, is still the best method to find solutions to

of the country.

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CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES TRY TO LOWER COLLEGE COSTS WITH FREE TRANSIT

Carmen González CalMatters

When Melanie Lindo was considering her transfer to a UC campus, her choice didn’t come down to academics or campus resources but how long, complex and pricey her bus ride would be.

“Compared to all the other UCs I was accepted to, UCLA was the cheapest in terms of transportation,” said Lindo.

Prior to attending UCLA, Lindo’s commute to Santa Monica College from Echo Park in Los Angeles put her at a disadvantage academically: She would cut evening study sessions short knowing she would have to wake up in the early morning to catch a bus — one she hoped was on time. “Sometimes the bus is delayed, so instead of waiting the 10 minutes, it’s a 20-minute wait, meaning I’m most likely going to miss a good portion of the lecture,” she said.

Now, Lindo’s commute is both less stressful and cheaper. She’s able to take a bus directly from her home to UCLA’s Westwood campus. She also gets reduced fare thanks to partnerships between LA Metro and nearby campuses including UCLA.

Transit costs and lack of available bus or train service is one component of the high cost of college that is pushing many low-income students out of the state’s higher education systems. Some campuses have partnered with local transit agencies to reduce or waive all costs for students, with early data indicating these programs have a positive impact on student success.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill last year that would have created more reduced fare pilot programs throughout the state, but students and advocates are still convinced expanding transit access is a relatively easy way to boost student retention and success.

For many students, commuting time and experience are part of the calculus of pursuing higher education. While the number of commuters at California colleges varies by campus, the national average is that about 85% of students do not live in university-owned housing on campus. Almost all of California’s 2 million community college students commute by car, bike, walking or public transit.

“This is a basic need,” says Heather Brandt, a psychology student working to bring free transit to the City College of San Francisco in her role as student chancellor. “It’s an easier issue to solve than some of the other issues that exist, like maybe housing, which require more longterm solutions.”

The state prioritized helping students with basic needs such as food and housing as part of the 2021-22 budget, including $30 million for the California Community College system to establish basic needs centers and hire staff to assist struggling students.

Colleges can also use the money to create reduced fare partnerships with their local transit agency. Currently, 75 of the 116 community college campuses offer some type of reduced or free transit program for their students, according to researchers at the University of California Institute for Transportation Studies. However, the researchers also found that on average, transit passes were more expensive than parking passes for California’s community college students.

Whether students have the option to commute by car or have to take public transit, costs can quickly add up.

Students can expect to spend around a fifth of their yearly income on transportation, according to a 2018 report published by The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at Temple University in Philadelphia. In California that number equates to a yearly average cost of $1,026 for transportation to and from campus for students who live in non-college off-campus housing, according to survey results from the California Student Aid Commission. The 202223 survey of student expenses included transportation costs for the first time.

Students will spend $9,500 a year to commute by car, when factoring in the vehicle price, gas and maintenance, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Rising transit costs were a sticking point for the UC’s 48,000 striking academic workers. In deals struck with four bargaining groups over the past month, all included some form of transit subsidies, such as offering e-bike discounts, and a commitment from UC that it will “attempt to negotiate reduced-fee or no-fee access to regional transit systems.”

Lindo pays a discounted fare through UCLA, around $40 a quarter, which gives her access to the bus she rides to campus, as well as rides with seven other local Los Angeles transit agencies, opening up the county to Lindo and allowing her family to afford other essentials.

“Although my family has cars, they need them for work,” she said. “Having to purchase a car or live on campus is not something I can afford.”

These elevated costs prompted a number of colleges to take action to try and cover the cost of commutes for their students.

In Orange County, 22 area colleges are participating in a reduced fare program with the Orange County Transit Authority, including community colleges, UC, CSU and private college campuses. Students get unlimited access to OCTA buses for $46 per semester, as long as they are enrolled for at least nine credits at their institution. Regular fare for a 30-day OCTA bus pass, which would not cover an entire semester,

is $69.

In 2021, Rio Hondo College, in Los Angeles County, participated in a national study conducted by The Hope Center at Temple University to gauge the impact of Los Angeles Metro’s free fare U-Pass program. Researchers found Rio Hondo students who received free transit passes were 17% more likely to attain credentials and 27% more likely to earn an associate’s degree compared to students who did not receive the passes. Russell Castañeda-Calleros, the campus’ director of government and community relations, believes other colleges should invest in creating similar programs for students.

“At the beginning, there were a couple of staff members who were somewhat skeptical,” he said. “Little by little we were able to get buy-in from the staff. And now we’re at the point where they expect it every year.”

After the Rio Hondo study, LA Metro launched its expanded U-Pass program, replacing GoPass. While under GoPass, students pay a reduced fare directly to the transit agency, under U-Pass campuses pay a lump sum to make the free or reduced rate available to all enrolled students.

“This is a basic need. It’s an easier issue to solve than some of the other issues that exist, like maybe housing, which require more long-term solutions.”

-HEATHER BRANDT, STUDENT CHANCELLOR, CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO

Structuring free fare programs more like U-Pass can benefit both students and transit agencies, said Eli Lipmen, executive director at Move LA, a nonprofit transit advocacy group. Asking students to pay up for passes “is not feasible. Most students don’t have that kind of money to spend,” he said.

“We set the [U-Pass] program up so that very intentionally, every school that participates, or every school district that participates, they have to pay the cost sharing for every student for the sole purpose that we want the passes to be available to every student for equity reasons,” said Devon Deming, deputy executive officer of LA Metro’s Fareless Systems Initiative.

Currently, 18 community colleges, UC, CSU and

private college campuses are participating in the U-Pass program. LA Metro also has an application for students to inquire about bringing U-pass to their campus.

In the Bay Area, local transit authorities launched a 2-year pilot program offering 50,000 free transit passes to students at San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, the University of California, Berkeley and Santa Rosa Junior College. All students at Santa Rosa Junior College will be eligible for free fares under the Clipper BayPass pilot program, and about a quarter of students attending the other campuses will be eligible.

But City College of San Francisco is not participating, something Brandt is hoping to change. She’s also contacting members of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority to inquire about how to bring free transit to students in her city. And she’s been active in statewide transit efforts: Last year, she advocated for Assembly Bill 1919, which would have created the Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program to give free passes to K-12 and college students in California.

Brandt says she was disappointed to see the legislation vetoed. In his veto message, Newsom cited a lack of funding in the state budget for the program’s $115 million annual cost.

“I wish we valued our California students and prioritized them. And one of the ways that we can do that is by ensuring that money goes to them to be able to pursue higher education, and to not continue to widen the gap that exists,” Brandt said.

With a potential $24 billion state budget deficit looming in 2023, Lipmen says the likelihood of a statewide student transit bill passing would be slim, though that will not stop Move LA from continuing to push for greater state support.

“We’ve been working on a state student transit pass bill for close to a decade now and we’ve been told ‘no’ in great budget years, we’ve been told ‘no’ in bad budget years, we’ve been told ‘no’ in regular budget years,” Lipmen said. “So for us, it’s always been about making the case and having the Legislature prioritize it.”

Unlike other states, California has the transit infrastructure in place: 93% of community and trade colleges have a transit stop within 0.5 miles of campus, according to data from the Civic Mapping Initiative. Nationally, that number stands at just 57%.

“One of the exciting things to think about when you focus on this issue in California is that you’re talking about increasing service to stops that already exist,” says Abigail Seldin, cofounder of the Civic Mapping Initiative. “So that’s a big opportunity.”

Having stops in places where students need to go increases the impact of reducing fares.

“Transit is about affordability, but it’s also about reliability and frequency,” Lipmen said. “You don’t want free transit that sucks, that isn’t good. We want fast, frequent and reliable transit as well.”

González is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. Network program manager Matthew Reagan contributed reporting. This story and other higher education coverage are supported by the College Futures Foundation.

Some campuses have partnered with local transit agencies to reduce or waive all fares for students, but recent efforts to create more partnerships with state funding have failed

A Sacramento Regional Transit bus arrives at Sacramento City College in Sacramento on Nov. 30, 2022.

Photo Credit: Rahul Lal / CalMatters

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LOS CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIOS DE CALIFORNIA INTENTAN REDUCIR LOS COSTOS CON TRANSPORTE GRATUITO

Carmen González CalMatters

Cuando Melanie Lindo estaba considerando su transferencia a un campus de la UC, su elección no se reducía a los recursos académicos o del campus, sino a lo largo, complejo y costoso que sería su viaje en autobús.

“En comparación con todas las otras UC en las que me aceptaron, UCLA era la más barata en términos de transporte”, dijo Lindo.

Antes de asistir a la UCLA, el viaje diario de Lindo a la Universidad de Santa Mónica desde Echo Park en Los Ángeles la ponía en desventaja académica: acortaba las sesiones de estudio por la noche sabiendo que tendría que despertarse temprano en la mañana para tomar un autobús, uno que esperaba que estuviera a tiempo. “A veces, el autobús se retrasa, así que en lugar de esperar 10 minutos, es una espera de 20 minutos, lo que significa que lo más probable es que me pierda una buena parte de la clase”, dijo.

Ahora, el viaje de Lindo es menos estresante y más económico. Puede tomar un autobús directamente desde su casa hasta el campus en Westwood de la UCLA. También obtiene una tarifa reducida gracias a las asociaciones entre LA Metro y los campus universitarios cercanos, incluido UCLA.

Los costos de transporte y la falta de servicio de autobús o tren disponible es un componente del alto costo de la universidad que está empujando a muchos estudiantes de bajos ingresos fuera de los sistemas de educación superior del estado. Algunos campus se han asociado con agencias de tránsito locales para reducir o renunciar a todos los costos para los estudiantes, y los primeros datos indican que estos programas tienen un impacto positivo en el éxito de los estudiantes.

El gobernador Gavin Newsom vetó un proyecto de ley el año pasado que habría creado más programas piloto de tarifas reducidas en todo el estado, pero los estudiantes y defensores todavía están convencidos de que expandir el acceso al transporte público es una forma relativamente fácil de

aumentar la retención y el éxito de los estudiantes.

Para muchos estudiantes, el tiempo de viaje y la experiencia son parte del cálculo de la educación superior. Si bien la cantidad de viajeros en las universidades de California varía según el campus, el promedio nacional es que aproximadamente el 85% de los estudiantes no viven en viviendas dentro de la universidad. Casi todos los 2 millones de estudiantes de colegios comunitarios de California se desplazan en automóvil, bicicleta, caminando o en transporte público.

“Esta es una necesidad básica”, dice Heather Brandt, una estudiante de psicología que trabaja para llevar el transporte público gratuito al City College de San Francisco en su papel de canciller estudiantil. “Es un problema más fácil de resolver que algunos de los otros problemas que existen, como quizás la vivienda, que requieren soluciones a más largo plazo”.

El estado priorizó ayudar a los estudiantes con necesidades básicas como alimentos y vivienda como parte del presupuesto 2021-22, incluidos $30 millones para el sistema de colegios comunitarios de California para establecer centros de necesidades básicas y contratar personal para ayudar a los estudiantes con dificultades.

Las universidades también pueden usar el dinero para crear asociaciones

de tarifas reducidas con su agencia de tránsito local. Actualmente, 75 de los 116 campus de colegios comunitarios ofrecen algún tipo de programa de tránsito gratuito o reducido para sus estudiantes, según investigadores del Instituto de Estudios de Transporte de la Universidad de California. Sin embargo, los investigadores también encontraron que, en promedio, los pases de tránsito eran más caros que los pases de estacionamiento para los estudiantes de colegios comunitarios de California.

Ya sea que los estudiantes tengan la opción de viajar en automóvil o tengan que tomar el transporte público, los costos pueden acumularse rápidamente.

Los estudiantes pueden esperar gastar alrededor de una quinta parte de sus ingresos anuales en transporte, según un informe de 2018 publicado por The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice en Temple University en Filadelfia. En California, ese número equivale a un costo promedio anual de $1,026 para el transporte hacia y desde el campus para los estudiantes que viven en viviendas fuera del campus que no son de la universidad, según los resultados de la encuesta de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California. La encuesta de gastos estudiantiles de 2022-23 incluyó los costos de transporte por primera vez.

Los estudiantes gastarán $9,500 al

año para viajar en automóvil, al tener en cuenta el precio del vehículo, la gasolina y el mantenimiento, según la Oficina Federal de Estadísticas Laborales. El aumento de los costos de tránsito fue un punto conflictivo para los 48,000 trabajadores académicos en huelga de la UC. En los acuerdos alcanzados con cuatro grupos de negociación durante el mes pasado, todos incluyeron algún tipo de subsidio de tránsito, como ofrecer descuentos para bicicletas eléctricas, y un compromiso de la UC de que “intentará negociar acceso con tarifa reducida o sin tarifa a los servicios regionales de transporte”.

Lindo paga una tarifa con descuento a través de UCLA, alrededor de $40 por trimestre, lo que le da acceso al autobús que toma para ir al campus, así como viajes con otras siete agencias de tránsito locales de Los Ángeles, lo que le abre el condado a Lindo y le permite a su familia pagar otros elementos esenciales.

“Aunque mi familia tiene autos, los necesitan para trabajar”, dijo. “Tener que comprar un automóvil o vivir en el campus no es algo que pueda pagar”.

Estos costos elevados llevaron a varias universidades a tomar medidas para tratar de cubrir el costo de los viajes diarios de sus estudiantes.

En el Condado de Orange, 22 universidades del área están participando en un programa de tarifas reducidas con la Autoridad de Tránsito del Condado de Orange (OCTA), incluidas universidades comunitarias, UC, CSU y campus universitarios privados. Los estudiantes obtienen acceso ilimitado a los autobuses de OCTA por $46 por semestre, siempre que estén inscritos en al menos nueve créditos en su institución. La tarifa regular para un pase de autobús OCTA de 30 días, que no cubriría un semestre completo, es de $69.

En 2021, Rio Hondo College, en el condado de Los Ángeles, participó en un estudio nacional realizado por The Hope Center en Temple University para medir el impacto del programa U-Pass de tarifa gratuita de Los Ángeles Metro. Los investigadores encontraron que los estudiantes de Rio Hondo

Algunos campus se han asociado con agencias de tránsito locales para reducir o eliminar todas las tarifas para los estudiantes, pero los esfuerzos recientes para crear más asociaciones con fondos estatales han fracasado

Los estudiantes salen de clase en Rio Hondo College en Whittier el 2 de diciembre de 2022.

Photo Credit: Alisha Jucevic / CalMatters

que recibieron pases de transporte gratuito tenían un 17% más de probabilidades de obtener credenciales y un 27% más de probabilidades de obtener un título de asociado en comparación con los estudiantes que no recibieron los pases. Russell Castañeda-Calleros, director de relaciones gubernamentales y comunitarias del campus, cree que otras universidades deberían invertir en la creación de programas similares para los estudiantes.

“Al principio, había un par de miembros del personal que estaban algo escépticos”, dijo. “Poco a poco pudimos conseguir la aceptación del personal. Y ahora estamos en el punto en que lo esperan todos los años”.

Después del estudio de Río Hondo, LA Metro lanzó su programa U-Pass ampliado, reemplazando a GoPass. Mientras que con GoPass, los estudiantes pagan una tarifa reducida directamente a la agencia de tránsito, con U-Pass los campus pagan una suma global para que la tarifa reducida o gratuita esté disponible para todos los estudiantes inscritos.

“Esta es una necesidad básica. Es un problema más fácil de resolver que algunos de los otros problemas que existen, como quizás la vivienda, que requieren soluciones a más largo plazo”.

-HEATHER BRANDT, CANCILLER ESTUDIANTIL, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA CIUDAD DE SAN FRANCISCO

La estructuración de programas de tarifas gratuitas más como U-Pass puede beneficiar tanto a los estudiantes como a las agencias de tránsito, dijo Eli Lipmen, director ejecutivo de Move LA, un grupo de defensa del tránsito sin fines de lucro. Pedir a los estudiantes que paguen los pases “no es factible. La mayoría de los estudiantes no tienen esa cantidad de dinero para gastar”, dijo.

“Establecimos el programa [U-Pass] para que, muy intencionalmente, todas las escuelas que participen, o todos los distritos escolares que participen, tengan que pagar el costo compartido de cada estudiante con el único propósito de que los pases estén disponibles a todos los estudiantes por razones de equidad”, dijo Devon Deming, director ejecutivo adjunto de la Iniciativa de Sistemas sin Tarifa de LA Metro.

Actualmente, 18 campus universitarios comunitarios, UC, CSU y universidades privadas están participando en el programa U-Pass. LA Metro también tiene una aplicación para que los estudiantes pregunten acerca de traer U-pass a su campus.

En el Área de la Bahía, las autoridades de tránsito locales lanzaron un programa piloto de 2 años que ofrece 50,000 pases de tránsito gratuitos a estudiantes de la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco, la Universidad Estatal de San José, la Universidad de California, Berkeley y Santa Rosa Junior College. Todos los estudiantes de Santa Rosa Junior College serán elegibles para tarifas gratuitas bajo el programa piloto Clipper BayPass, y aproximadamente una cuarta parte de los estudiantes que asisten a los otros campus serán elegibles.

Pero el City College de San Francisco no participa, algo que Brandt espera

cambiar. También se está comunicando con miembros de la Autoridad de Transporte Municipal de San Francisco para preguntar cómo llevar el transporte gratuito a los estudiantes de su ciudad. Y ha estado activa en los esfuerzos de tránsito estatal: el año pasado, abogó por el Proyecto de Ley 1919 de la Asamblea, que habría creado el Programa Piloto de Pases de Tránsito para Jóvenes para otorgar pases gratuitos a estudiantes universitarios y de K-12 en California.

Brandt dice que se sintió decepcionada al ver que la legislación fue vetada. En su mensaje de veto, Newsom citó la falta de fondos en el presupuesto estatal para el costo anual del programa de $115 millones.

“Ojalá valoráramos a nuestros estudiantes de California y les diéramos prioridad. Y una de las formas en que podemos hacerlo es asegurándonos de que el dinero se les destine para que

Enero 2023

AVISO PÚBLICO DEL DTSC

Departamento de Control de Sustancias Tóxicas – Nuestra misión es proteger a las personas, las comunidades, y el medio ambiente de California de los productos químicos nocivos mediante la limpieza de sitios contaminados, el cumplimiento de las leyes sobre residuos peligrosos y fomentar el desarrollo de productos más seguros.

WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (ANTERIORMENTE HGST, INC.) DESAFÍOS 2022 ASIGNACIÓN DE NIVEL DE CUMPLIMIENTO DE VSP

El Departamento de Control de Sustancias Tóxicas (DTSC) invita al público a comentar sobre la Asignación de Nivel de Cumplimiento del Procedimiento de Puntuación de Infracciones (VSP) 2022 “inaceptable” para la instalación de Western Digital Technologies, Inc. (WDT) (anteriormente HGST, Inc.) ubicada en 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San José, California 95119. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. desafió la Asignación de Nivel de Cumplimiento de VSP conforme con el Código de Regulaciones de California, título 22, sección 66271.57.

Después de revisar la solicitud de WDT, el DTSC está de acuerdo en que no se llevará a cabo ninguna reunión pública para este desafío, a menos que se solicite lo contrario. Sin embargo, el público aún puede enviar comentarios de acuerdo con el Código de Regulaciones de California, título 22, sección 66271.57(e) a más tardar el 20 de marzo de 2023. Envíe sus comentarios y solicitudes de audiencia al Departamento de Control de Sustancias Tóxicas, ATTN: Ingeniero Coordinador de VSP, División de Permisos, 700 Heinz, Berkeley California 94710 o por correo electrónico a VSP_TierChallenge_Inbox@ dtsc.ca.gov. Los comentarios públicos enviados por correo deben recibirse o enviarse a más tardar el 20 de marzo de 2023.

El DTSC emitirá una decisión final dentro de los sesenta (60) días posteriores a la fecha límite de presentación de los comentarios públicos o la fecha de la audiencia, si así se solicita.

Las copias de los documentos relacionados con el Desafío se pueden ver en los siguientes lugares:

• Base de datos EnviroStor de DTSC: Los documentos se pueden encontrar en la pestaña de Participación de la Comunidad.

(https://www.envirostor.dtsc.ca.gov/public/hwmp_profile_report?global_id=CAR000128793)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenoX9Sg_Bk; Grabación de la reunión pública del Desafío de Nivel de 2019 y 2020

• Chatsworth Regional Records de DTSC ubicado en 9211 Oakdale Avenue en Chatsworth, California 91311; Llame al (818) 717-6500 para programar una cita, de lunes a viernes: de 8:00 a. m. a 5:00 p. m., excepto días festivos

Para obtener información adicional o consultas de los medios, comuníquese con:

• DTSC, ATTN: Ingeniero Coordinador de VSP, División de Permisos al (279) 895-5128 o VSP_TierChallenge_Inbox@dtsc.ca.gov

• Tammy Pickens, Especialista en Participación Pública en (916) 255-3594/1 866-495-5651 o Tammy.Pickens@dtsc.ca.gov

• Devin Hutchings, Oficial de Información Pública en (916) 903-6949 o Devin.Hutchings@dtsc.ca.gov

puedan seguir una educación superior y no continuar ampliando la brecha que existe”, dijo Brandt.

Con un posible déficit presupuestario estatal de $24 mil millones que se avecina en 2023, Lipmen dice que la probabilidad de que se apruebe un proyecto de ley de tránsito estudiantil en todo el estado sería escasa, aunque eso no impedirá que Move LA continúe presionando para obtener un mayor apoyo estatal.

“Hemos estado trabajando en un proyecto de ley estatal de pases de tránsito para estudiantes durante casi una década y nos han dicho ‘no’ en años de gran presupuesto, nos han dicho ‘no’ en años de presupuesto malo, nos han dicho ‘no’ en años de presupuesto regular”, dijo Lipmen. “Entonces, para nosotros, siempre se ha tratado de presentar el caso y hacer que la Legislatura lo priorice”.

A diferencia de otros estados, California cuenta con la infraestructura de tránsito: el 93% de las universidades comunitarias y comerciales tienen una parada de tránsito dentro de 0.5 millas del campus, según datos de la Iniciativa de Mapeo Cívico. A nivel nacional, ese número es solo del 57%.

“Una de las cosas emocionantes en las que pensar cuando se enfoca en este tema en California es que está hablando de aumentar el servicio a las paradas que ya existen”, dice Abigail Seldin, cofundadora de Civic Mapping Initiative. “Así que esa es una gran oportunidad”.

Tener paradas en lugares donde los estudiantes deben ir aumenta el impacto de la reducción de tarifas.

“El transporte público tiene que ver con la asequibilidad, pero también con la confiabilidad y la frecuencia”, dijo Lipmen. “No quieres tránsito libre que apesta, que no es bueno. También queremos un tránsito rápido, frecuente y confiable”.

González es miembro de CalMatters College Journalism Network , una colaboración entre CalMatters y estudiantes de periodismo de todo California. El gerente del programa de la red, Matthew Reagan, contribuyó con este reportaje. Esta historia y otra cobertura de educación superior cuentan con el apoyo de College Futures Foundation.

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¿LA CUMBRE DE LIDERAZGO DE AMÉRICA DEL NORTE RESULTARÁ EN UN CAMBIO SUSTANCIAL EN LA POLÍTICA MIGRATORIA?

Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services

El presidente Joe Biden y el primer ministro canadiense, Justin Trudeau, se reunieron con el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el 10 de enero para hablar sobre la relación entre Estados Unidos, México y Canadá. La reunión se centró en gran medida en el tema migratorio. En esta entrevista, Ariel Ruiz Soto, analista de políticas del Instituto de Políticas Migratorias, analiza la cumbre y los cambios de política significativos que pueden surgir.

Elcandidato Joe Biden prometió cambios radicales en la política de inmigración -- incluida la revocación inmediata de la política del Título 42 de la era Trump -- en la campaña electoral. Sin embargo, dos años después, la póliza no ha sido revocada. El presidente Biden anunció la semana pasada restricciones más severas para los migrantes que intentan cruzar la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México sin los documentos de inmigración requeridos. El comunicado se produjo antes de su visita a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México y su reunión con el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, y el primer ministro de Canadá, Justin Trudeau, el 10 de enero por la tarde en la Ciudad de México.

Los tres líderes discutieron una amplia gama de temas, incluida la inmigración, el cambio climático, la política económica que alentaría a los migrantes a permanecer en México y el tráfico de la droga opioide fentanilo, entre otros temas. Como era de esperar, la inmigración dominó la discusión.

“Este es el momento para que decidamos acabar con este abandono, este desdén y este olvido de América Latina y el Caribe”, dijo López Obrador el 9 de enero, antes de la reunión.

Mientras Biden y Trudeau se reunían con López Obrador, Ethnic Media Services se sentó con Ariel Ruiz Soto, analista de políticas del Instituto de Políticas Migratorias para hablar sobre la cumbre. Soto trabaja con el Programa de Política de Inmigración de los Estados Unidos y la Iniciativa para América Latina y el Caribe.

Su investigación examina la interacción de las políticas migratorias en la región que se extiende desde Panamá hasta Canadá, así como sus consecuencias previstas y no previstas para las poblaciones nativas y extranjeras. Estos son los aspectos más destacados de la entrevista.

Invertir en México

Finalmente, ¿Qué pasa con la inversión en la región? Cuando la administración de Biden llegó al poder, hubo un gran llamado para tratar de rejuvenecer los esfuerzos de inversión en la región para abordar las causas principales de la migración.

Pero parece que esa prioridad ha pasado a un segundo plano y ahora más temas sobre el control y la aplicación han tomado el primer plano en esa discusión. Pero idealmente, México, Canadá y EE. UU. ya habían sugerido planes para invertir y proporcionar recursos para las comunidades más devastadas.

Esos son los grandes aspectos de lo que esperaríamos que saliera de esto. Lo que hemos visto en la lectura de la Casa Blanca y la prensa sobre esto son compromisos más generales para continuar las discusiones, pero también para continuar avanzando en los principios, incluidos algunos que ya se han identificado en la Declaración de Los Ángeles.

¿Qué desarrollos concretos nos esperan?

manitarios o afiliaciones a iglesias.

Pero muchos migrantes que van a ser expulsados a México probablemente no se quedarán en México por mucho tiempo, específicamente si son cubanos porque tienen conexiones familiares, redes y acceso financiero de tamaño razonable a la diáspora en Miami y otros lugares en los Estados Unidos.

Es más probable que intenten ingresar varias veces. Las expulsiones del título 42 significan que no hay consecuencias en el trámite para los migrantes, por lo que lo pueden intentar cuatro, cinco, seis o siete veces, tal como lo hacen los mexicanos hoy.

Venezolanos

Los venezolanos, por otro lado, tienen muy poco conocimiento de los Estados Unidos. Tienen algunos lazos familiares, pero no muchos. Y después de pasar por un viaje significativo, muchos de ellos simplemente están frustrados y cansados por el proceso y quieren regresar a casa.

grantes a otros países, incluso directamente bajo la expulsión regular.

Y la libertad condicional -- si bien es una herramienta importante -- no es suficiente a largo plazo. La libertad condicional no significa necesariamente que las personas, después de los dos años que se les da para ingresar al país, en realidad tendrán una manera significativa de quedarse. Ese no ha sido el caso con los ucranianos. No ha sido el caso de los migrantes afganos, y puede no ser el caso de los venezolanos, cubanos, nicaragüenses y haitianos.

El Título 42 no es sostenible

En el anuncio de la semana pasada, el presidente Biden estaba tratando de descubrir cómo iniciar una respuesta más cohesiva con México y Canadá para que las medidas a corto plazo realmente den y ganen algo de tiempo para los resultados a más largo plazo. Pero no creo que nadie crea que la expansión del Título 42 sea sostenible, no solo por los tribunales, sino también porque los flujos continúan cambiando. Estamos viendo un número creciente de colombianos, peruanos, ecuatorianos: sería poco realista creer que ampliar la libertad condicional a peruanos, colombianos y ecuatorianos sería esencialmente la solución a todo lo que estamos viendo en la frontera.

¿Cómo es una política de inmigración humana? Y dado que la Cámara y el Senado están muy divididos, ¿podemos esperar ver eso en 2023?

ARS: El enfoque humanitario de la migración por parte del Congreso implicaría, en primer lugar, mejorar el acceso al asilo y, en segundo lugar, proporcionar más recursos para las organizaciones y comunidades que se ven más afectadas por la llegada de migrantes a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, pero también en el interior. Creo que estamos lejos de esa realidad.

Desafortunadamente, es probable que la Cámara de Representantes liderada por los republicanos y el Senado liderado por los demócratas se encuentren en un punto muerto al pensar qué hacer en términos de proporcionar acceso humanitario. Hemos visto esto antes. No es nuevo.

ARS: Hay algunas cosas que hemos estado siguiendo que han sido realmente clave antes de este evento. Una de ellas es comprender cuál es la estrategia mexicana sobre la aplicación de la ley migratoria en el futuro. ¿Qué podría pasar a partir de esto si, por ejemplo, se continúa con el Título 42 y México decide continuar aceptando las deportaciones aceleradas de EE. UU. a México? ¿Bajo qué términos y por cuánto tiempo debemos esperar?

El segundo componente analiza específicamente las reformas mexicanas no solo en las visas o en las visas de los EE. UU. y las vías no solo de México a los EE. UU., sino también de América Central a México. México se había comprometido a proporcionar un mayor acceso y vías legales a los centroamericanos en ese país.

En el frente canadiense, queremos conocer los nuevos compromisos del gobierno canadiense para aceptar el reasentamiento de refugiados de América Central y América Latina. Canadá se ha comprometido a aumentar el reasentamiento de refugiados entre un dos y un 10%. Pero esos realmente tienden a ser números pequeños y, obviamente, para toda América Latina, una región geográficamente grande muy significativa, puede reducirse a cientos o miles por país.

ARS: Uno de ellos es el anuncio de crear una plataforma virtual sobre las vías legales que hay para migrar a Estados Unidos y México y Canadá. Este anuncio de una plataforma virtual entre los tres países para analizar las vías legales... no va a ser la solución a los flujos en la frontera, pero creará algo de orden, específicamente para algunos grupos que de otro modo se aventurarían a arriesgar su viaje migratorio a través de un contrabandista.

Luego hay otro desarrollo: la creación de un nuevo centro en el sur de México para hablar sobre el acceso a vías legales y asociaciones con el apoyo del sector privado mexicano. Esencialmente está tratando de conectar a los migrantes, o a los posibles migrantes, con opciones económicas para que consideren quedarse en el lado centroamericano de Guatemala o en México antes de intentar continuar hacia el norte

Esta no es una estrategia nueva, pero es buena. El sector privado debería estar más involucrado.

¿México tiene los recursos para absorber la enorme cantidad de migrantes que ahora tiene que albergar y acoger?

ARS: Claramente México no tiene los recursos disponibles para integrar a los migrantes que recibe de Estados Unidos. No tiene la capacidad de albergue en México. La mayoría de los refugios están a cargo de organizaciones de la sociedad civil y, en su mayoría, a través de programas hu-

Así que la pregunta que haces tiene dos partes. Una es ¿México tiene los recursos? No. Pero no creo que los migrantes que están siendo expulsados a México, para empezar, quieran quedarse allá de todos modos.

Ken Salazar, Estados Unidos. El Embajador en México ha dicho que se proporcionarán alrededor de $23 millones para organizaciones de refugio en el lado mexicano de la frontera. Es un buen avance, aunque tengo preguntas sobre cómo se desembolsará y qué requisitos se exigirán a las organizaciones que reciben los desembolsos.

El presidente Biden anunció el 5 de enero la continuación del Título 42, con penas más severas para los inmigrantes que intenten ingresar a los EE. UU. sin papeles. La propuesta también permite que 30.000 migrantes de Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua y Haití ingresen al país cada mes como parte de un programa de libertad condicional humanitaria. ¿Cómo caracterizaría los cambios de política?

ARS: Seamos francos sobre esto. Incluso 30,000 personas por mes no son suficientes para contener los flujos o para recibir los flujos que están llegando a la frontera con México cuando estamos viendo más de 70,000 por mes.

Pero el sistema de inmigración de los EE. UU. realmente no tiene otras herramientas para proporcionar control en la frontera en este momento que se aplicaría a estos flujos hemisféricos. No tiene la capacidad suficiente para devolver a los inmi-

Los republicanos generalmente se niegan a hablar sobre inmigración hasta que la frontera esté segura. Y, lamentablemente, no existe realmente una definición de lo que significa frontera segura. Y luego, los demócratas muchas veces confían solo en la regularización y en brindar beneficios a los migrantes en lugar de considerar también opciones para mejorar el control en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Así que la tensión y el estancamiento continuarán.

Aumentar los recursos en la frontera

Ahora, eso no significa que no pueda haber piezas de regulación más pequeñas que realmente podrían funcionar juntas. Los demócratas y los republicanos están de acuerdo en que debe haber una mejor tecnología para evaluar y procesar a los migrantes cuando llegan a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. Ambos están de acuerdo en aumentar el número de funcionarios de Aduanas y Patrulla Fronteriza, así como de agentes de inmigración estadounidenses y jueces de inmigración. Y ambos están de acuerdo en que la capacidad de refugio y detención, así como los recursos y la tecnología, están severamente desfinanciados en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.

Esas son cosas en las que creo que pueden estar de acuerdo, pero tienden a ser secundarias a cada una de las principales prioridades del partido y, por lo tanto, llegan a un punto muerto.

¿Cuáles fueron sus principales prioridades para esta cumbre?

El presidente Biden se reunió con el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador el 10 de enero para fortalecer la cooperación bilateral entre Estados Unidos y México y crear un futuro más próspero y seguro para América del Norte. Photo Credit: White House

WILL THE NORTH AMERICAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT RESULT IN SUBSTANTIVE IMMIGRATION POLICY CHANGE?

Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services

President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Jan. 10 to discuss the U.S.-MexicoCanada relationship. The meeting focused heavily on immigration. In this interview, Ariel Ruiz Soto, policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute discusses the summit, and significant policy changes that may emerge.

to migrate into the United States and Mexico and Canada. This announcement of a virtual platform between the three countries to look at the legal pathways…is not going to be the solution to the flows at the border, but it will create some order, specifically for some groups that would otherwise venture to risk their migration journey through a smuggler.

So the question that you ask has two parts of it. One of is does Mexico have the resources? No. But don’t think migrants that are being expelled to Mexico to begin with would want to stay there anyway.

Ken Salazar, the US. Ambassador to Mexico, has said there will be about $23 million provided to shelter organizations on the Mexican side of the border. That’s a good development, though I would have questions about how that will be disbursed and what requirements will be mandated of organizations receiving the disbursements.

Sweeping

changes in immigration policy — including the immediate revocation of the Trump-era Title 42 policy — were promised by candidate Joe Biden on the campaign trail. Two years later, however, the policy has not been revoked. President Biden last week announced harsher restrictions on migrants attempting to cross the US-Mexico border without requisite immigration documents. The announcement came ahead of his visit to the US-Mexico border and his meeting with Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Jan. 10 afternoon in Mexico City.

The three leaders discussed a wide range of topics, including immigration, climate change, economic policy that would encourage migrants to remain in Mexico, and the trafficking of the opioid drug fentanyl, among other issues. As expected, immigration dominated the discussion.

“This is the moment for us to determine to do away with this abandonment, this disdain and this forgetfulness for Latin America and the Caribbean,” López Obrador said Jan. 9, ahead of the meeting.

As Biden and Trudeau met with Lopez Obrador, Ethnic Media Services sat down with Ariel Ruiz Soto, policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute to discuss the summit. Soto works with the U.S. Immigration Policy Program and the Latin America and Caribbean Initiative.

His research examines the interaction of migration policies in the region that stretches from Panama to Canada, as well as their intended and unintended consequences for foreign- and native-born populations. Here are highlights from the interview.

What were your top priorities for this summit?

ARS: There’s a few things that we’ve been following that have been really key leading up to this event. One of them is understanding what’s the Mexican strategy on migration enforcement going forward. What could happen from this if for example, Title 42 is continued and Mexico decides to continue accepting expedited removals from the US to Mexico. Under what terms and for how long should we expect?

The second component is specifically looking at Mexican reforms on not only visas or on US visas and pathways not just from Mexico to the US, but also from Central America to Mexico. Mexico had committed to providing increased access and legal pathways to Central Americans in that country.

On the Canadian front, we want to know the new commitments by the Canadian government to accept refugee resettlement from Central and Latin America. Canada has actually committed to increasing refugee resettlement by between two and 10%. But those really tend to be small numbers and obviously for all of Latin America, a very significant geographically large region, it may come down to hundreds or small thousands by country.

Investing in Mexico

Finally, what about investment in the region? When the Biden administration came into power, there was a big call to try to rejuvenate efforts in investment in the region to address the root causes of migration.

But it seems like that priority has gone to the back burner and now more issues about control and enforcement have taken the forefront in that discussion. But ideally Mexico, Canada and the US had already suggested plans to invest and provide resources for the most devastated communities.

Now those are the big aspects of what we would expect to come out of this. What we have seen from the White House readout and press on this is more general commitments to continue discussions but also to continue advancing principles, including some that have been already identified under the Los Angeles Declaration.

What concrete developments lie ahead?

ARS: One of them is the announcement of creating a virtual platform about the legal pathways that there are

Then there’s another development: creating a new center in southern Mexico to talk about access to legal pathways and partnerships with Mexican private sector support. It’s essentially trying to connect migrants, or would-be migrants to economic options for them to consider staying either on the Central American side of Guatemala or in Mexico before attempting to continue northward.

This is not a new strategy, but it’s a good one. Private sector should be more involved.

Does Mexico have the resources to absorb the massive numbers of migrants it now has to house and shelter?

ARS: Clearly Mexico doesn’t have the resources available to integrate the migrants that it receives from the United States. It doesn’t have the shelter capacity in Mexico. Most of the shelters are run by civil society organizations and mostly through humanitarian programs or church affiliations.

But many migrants who are going to be expelled to Mexico are probably not going to stay in Mexico for a long term, specifically if they are Cubans because they have family connections, networks, and reasonably

sized financial access to diaspora in Miami and other places in the United States.

They’re most likely to try to enter multiple times. Title 42 expulsions mean that there are no consequences in processing for migrants, and therefore they can try four, five, six or seven times, just as Mexicans do today.

Venezuelans

Venezuelans, on the other hand, have very little knowledge of the US. They have some family ties but not many. And after going through a significant journey, many of them just are frustrated and tired by the process and want to return home.

President Biden announced Jan. 5 the continuation of Title 42, with harsher penalties for migrants attempting to enter the US without papers. The proposal also allows 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti to enter the country each month as part of a humanitarian parole program. How would you characterize the policy changes?

ARS: Let’s be frank about this. Even 30,000 people per month is not enough to contain the flows or to receive the flows that are arriving at the Mexico border when we’re seeing upwards of 70,000 per month.

But the US. Immigration system doesn’t really have any other tools to provide control enforcement at the border right now that would apply to these hemispheric flows. It doesn’t have enough ability to return migrants to the other countries, even directly under regular removal.

And parole — while it is an important tool — is not sufficient in the long term. Parole does not necessarily mean that people, after the two years that they are given to come into the country, will actually have a meaningful way to stay. That has not been the case with Ukrainians. It has not been the case with the Afghan migrants, and it may not be the case for Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians.

Title 42 is Not Sustainable

In the announcement last week, President Biden was trying to figure out how to ignite a more cohesive response with Mexico and Canada so that short term measures actually give and buy some time for the longer outputs. But I don’t think anybody believes that Title 42 expansion is sustainable, not just because of the courts, but also because the flows are continuing to change. We are seeing increasing numbers of Colombians, Peruvians, Ecuadorians: it would be unrealistic to believe that expanding parole to Peruvians, Colombians and Ecuadorians would essentially be the solution to everything we are seeing at the border.

What does humane immigration policy look like? And given the very divided House and Senate, can we expect to see that in 2023?

ARS: Humanitarian approach to migration by the Congress would entail improving access to asylum first and foremost, and second, providing more resources for the organizations and communities that are most impacted by the arrivals of migrants to the US-Mexico border, but also in the interior. I think we’re far from that reality.

Unfortunately, the Republican-led House, and the Democrat-led Senate are likely going to be in a stalemate when thinking about what to do in terms of providing humanitarian access. We’ve seen this before. It’s not new.

Republicans usually refuse to talk about anything on immigration until the border is secure. And there’s not really a definition of what secure border means, unfortunately. And then the Democrats many times rely only on regularization and providing benefits to migrants rather than also considering options to improve control at the US-Mexico border. So that tension and stalemate will continue.

Increase Resources at the Border

Now, that doesn’t mean that there may not be smaller pieces of regulation that could actually work together. Democrats and Republicans agree that there has to be better technology to screen and process migrants when they come to US-Mexico border. They both agree on increasing the number of Customs and Border Patrol officials as well as US immigration agents, and immigration judges. And both agree that the capacity for shelter and detention capacity as well as resources and technology is severely underfunded at the US-Mexico border.

Those are things that I think they can agree on, but they tend to be secondary to each of the party’s top priorities and therefore lead to stalemate.

President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Jan. 10 to discuss the U.S.-Mexico-Canada relationship. Photo Credit: White House

¿VA A PROBAR ALGUNAS COSAS NUEVAS? LA NEUMONÍA NEUMOCÓCICA NO DEBERÍA INTERPONERSE EN SU CAMINO

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Joe Montana is taking his shot at life after football: from mastering new hobbies to helping to protect himself against pneumococcal pneumonia.

You're known for being competitive. Now that you're teaming up with Pfizer to help raise awareness about the importance of getting vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia, what are some of the new things you've been trying out?

We've all been through a lot the last couple of years, and it feels like people are ready to take their shot at something new. In this campaign, I've been taking my shot at some hobbies that some might find surprising for me, like making barbeque sauces, mastering cornhole and painting portraits. Pneumococcal pneumonia shouldn't get in the way of people trying or experiencing new things, so consider getting vaccinated if you're in certain groups with increased risk for the disease - if you're 65 or older, or 19 or older with an underlying medical condition like asthma or diabetes.

Why are you partnering on a campaign about pneumococcal pneumonia, specifically? What do you want people to know about it?

One reason is because I'm in the age group, 65 or older, who are at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia, so I think it's important for people my age to be aware of this factor. Adults 19 or older with certain underlying health conditions, like asthma, diabetes, COPD, or chronic heart disease, among others, are also at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia. As someone who's always looking for a competitive edge, I want to make sure anyone at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia knows there are steps they can take to help protect themselves.

Even if someone's had a pneumonia vaccine in the past, should they still ask their doctor or pharmacist about pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination?

Even if you've been vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia in the past, your doctor or pharmacist may recommend additional vaccination. Everyone's situation is different, so it's important to talk to a healthcare provider who can give their professional advice.

I read that pneumococcal pneumonia is a potentially serious bacterial lung

disease that can disrupt your life for weeks and, in severe cases, can put you in the hospital and even be lifethreatening. But when can you get it?

There's a misconception that you can only get pneumococcal pneumonia in the winter or during flu season, but it can strike in any season and vaccination is available all year round. That's why people should ask their doctor or pharmacist today about getting vaccinated.

Thanks so much for the information, Joe. Where can people find out more?

To learn more about the disease, risks, symptoms and more, visit KnowPneumonia.com.

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JoeMontana le está dando una oportunidad a la vida después del fútbol americano: desde dominar nuevos pasatiempos hasta protegerse a sí mismo contra la neumonía neumocócica.

Eres conocido por ser competitivo. Ahora que colaboras con Pfizer para ayudar a crear conciencia sobre la importancia de vacunarse contra la neumonía neumocócica, ¿cuáles son algunas de las cosas nuevas que has probado?

Todos hemos pasado por muchas cosas durante los últimos dos años y parece que la gente está lista para probar algo nuevo. En esta campaña, he probado algunos pasatiempos que algunas per-

sonas podrían encontrar sorprendentes para mí, como hacer salsas de barbacoa, dominar el cornhole y pintar retratos. La neumonía neumocócica no debería impedir que la gente pruebe o experimente cosas nuevas, así que considere vacunarse si se encuentra en ciertos grupos con mayor riesgo de contraer la enfermedad: si tiene 65 años o más, o 19 años o más con una afección médica subyacente como asma o diabetes.

qué colaboras en una campaña específicamente sobre la neumonía neumocócica? ¿Qué quieres que la gente sepa al respecto?

Uno de los motivos es que pertenezco al grupo de edad, de 65 años o más, que tiene un mayor riesgo de padecer neumonía neumocócica, por lo que creo que es importante que la gente de mi edad sea consciente de este factor. Los adultos de 19 años o más con ciertas afecciones subyacentes, como asma, diabetes, EPOC o una enfermedad cardíaca crónica, entre otras, también corren un mayor riesgo de contraer neumonía neumocócica. Como alguien que siempre busca una ventaja competitiva, quiero asegurarme de que todas las personas que corren un mayor riesgo de contraer neumonía neumocócica sepan que hay medidas que pueden tomar para protegerse.

Incluso si alguien se ha vacunado contra la neumonía en el pasado, ¿debería consultar con su médico o farmacéutico sobre la vacunación contra la neumonía neumocócica?

Incluso si ya se ha vacunado contra la neumonía neumocócica en el pasado, su médico o farmacéutico pueden recomendarle una vacuna adicional. La situación de cada persona es diferente, por lo que es importante hablar con un proveedor de cuidados de la salud que pueda dar su consejo profesional.

He leído que la neumonía neumocócica es una enfermedad pulmonar bacteriana potencialmente grave que puede alterar tu vida por semanas y, en casos graves, puede llevarte al hospital e incluso poner en peligro tu vida. Pero, ¿cuándo puedes contagiarte?

Existe una idea errónea de que solo se puede contraer neumonía neumocócica en invierno o durante la temporada de gripe, pero puede aparecer en cualquier estación y la vacuna está disponible todo el año. Es por esto que la gente debería consultar hoy mismo con su médico o farmacéutico sobre si debe vacunarse.

Muchas gracias por la información, Joe. ¿Dónde se puede obtener más información?

Para obtener más información sobre la enfermedad, riesgos, síntomas y mucho más, visite KnowPneumonia.com.

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GAVIN NEWSOM, PARTE 2: EL GOBERNADOR INICIA SU SEGUNDO MANDATO COMO LÍDER DE LOS LIBERALES DE ESTADOS UNIDOS

Alexei Koseff CalMatters

Cuando el sol finalmente se asomó después de días de brutales tormentas en el norte de California, el gobernador Gavin Newsom marchó el 6 de enero a través del Tower Bridge de Sacramento y rumbo al Capitolio estatal con la vista puesta en un segundo mandato que podría posicionarlo como el líder no solo del estado sino de los liberales en Estados Unidos.

Junto con su familia, legisladores estatales, miembros del sindicato y otros simpatizantes, Newsom pretendía dibujar un contraste pacífico, aunque claramente político, con “la fealdad que se desbordó el 6 de enero de 2021”, como lo expresó el gobernador en su discurso inaugural más tarde, cuando los partidarios del entonces presidente Donald Trump irrumpieron en el Capitolio de los Estados Unidos en un intento de anular los resultados de las elecciones.

“En la búsqueda de la pertenencia y la justicia igualitaria, California debe ser la prueba de concepto perdurable”, dijo Newsom. “Debemos conciliar nuestras deficiencias. Trae a todos a lo largo de nuestra prosperidad. Después de todo, una democracia saludable debe ser inclusiva”.

La “Marcha por la Democracia” dio inicio a una investidura de gobernador sustentada por una tensión inherente: entre Newsom, el guerrero partidista nacional, trazando líneas de batalla contra los “políticos del estado rojo y el imperio mediático detrás de ellos que venden la regresión como progreso, la opresión como libertad”, y Newsom el director ejecutivo del estado, quien reiteró su visión de hace cuatro años de una California para todos y, en sus palabras de clausura, hizo un llamado a la unidad.

“Todos debemos triunfar juntos”, dijo Newsom.

La forma en que el gobernador continúe equilibrando esas prioridades contrapuestas durante los próximos cuatro años será una prueba impor-

tante para su futuro político, especialmente si planea, como muchos esperan, buscar un cargo más alto.

Su discurso fue breve sobre una agenda política para los californianos comunes, aunque asintió a un enfrentamiento en curso con las compañías petroleras por los precios de la gasolina. Esa batalla se intensificará en los próximos meses cuando Newsom intente imponer una sanción por “ganancias excesivas” a través de la Legislatura en una sesión especial.

En cambio, el gobernador se centró mucho en su propia biografía e historia familiar, desde su tatarabuelo, que emigró de Irlanda a San Francisco y se convirtió en policía, hasta los calurosos días de verano de su juventud navegando en balsa por el American River con su padre.

Una mención del breve período, a principios de su primer mandato como alcalde de San Francisco en 2004, cuando emitió licencias de matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo que eran ilegales en ese momento, obtuvo una rara pausa de aplausos espontáneos en el discurso de 22 minutos.

La reflexión de Newsom sobre el viaje de 150 años “de policía a político” se entrelazó con la propia historia de California, tanto la gloriosa como la inquietante, recordando en ocasiones a la gran cronista del estado, Joan Didion.

“No hay dos historias de origen de California que sean iguales”, dijo. “Pero compartimos aspiraciones. Compartimos ambiciones”.

Los esfuerzos de Newsom para posicionarse no solo como un luchador por California, sino como un verdadero representante de su gente contrastaron extrañamente con sus feroces instintos políticos. Gran parte de sus comentarios se dedicó a criticar a los “pequeños hombres en grandes oficinas” no identificados que han tratado de restringir las libertades en lugar de expandirlas. Con las menciones de “Don’t Say Gay”, la prohibición de libros y la “demonización de Mickey Mouse”, no fue difícil descifrar que Newsom se refería particularmente al gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis. Sus destinos políticos se han entrelazado cada vez más durante el último año, ya que DeSantis ha emergido como uno de los principales contendientes presidenciales republicanos y se ha convertido en el objetivo favorito de Newsom en discursos y entrevistas.

Cuando Newsom fue juramentado hoy por la jueza presidenta de la Corte Suprema de California, Patricia Guerrero, un manifestante solitario incluso se puso de pie entre la multitud con un cartel de “Ron DeSantis para presidente 2024” y comenzó a gritar sobre los supuestos efectos secundarios de la vacuna COVID-19. Rápidamente fue

ahogado por aplausos al gobernador y escoltado por seguridad.

Newsom criticó una ideología republicana que, según él, promueve “el agravio y el victimismo en un intento de borrar gran parte del progreso que usted y yo hemos presenciado en nuestras vidas”, y advirtió que no puede haber compromiso con su visión opuesta de la nación.

“Las líneas de batalla están trazadas”, dijo. “Es hora de elegir”.

En un giro irónico, la marcha de Newsom por Capitol Mall, anunciada como una “observancia del espíritu de oportunidad e inclusión de California”, también sucedió en gran medida fuera del ojo público. Después de una breve parada para tomar fotos sin responder preguntas, los periodistas fueron apartados del camino para que los manifestantes con entradas continuaran su ruta.

Jordyn Foley, de 23 años, quien condujo desde Brentwood en el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco con su madre y un amigo de la familia, abrazó el simbolismo de la marcha como una oportunidad para “reescribir la historia del día”.

“Nuestra democracia se sintió violada”, dijo sobre el ataque del 6 de enero al Capitolio. “Se convirtió en una anarquía de odio”.

Su madre, Deena Foley, de 48 años, maestra de teatro y trabajadora sin fines de lucro, dijo que su familia ha apoyado a Newsom desde que fue alcalde de San Francisco, debido a su enfoque en ayudar a las personas y su disposición a decir lo que piensa y no inclinarse ante las críticas. Ella y su hija mencionaron el liderazgo en la pandemia de Newsom, su aceptación de la comunidad LGBT y su impulso para consolidar el derecho al aborto en California como aspectos destacados de su primer mandato.

“Después de que los republicanos nos aterrorizaron durante tanto tiempo, es bueno venir aquí y celebrar con los demócratas”, dijo Deena Foley.

Después de encabezar una “Marcha por la Democracia” en el segundo aniversario de la insurrección del Capitolio de EE.UU., Gavin Newsom se presentó a sí mismo como un guerrero partidista en el escenario nacional, pero unificador en California en su segundo discurso inaugural.

El gobernador Gavin Newsom, con su familia a su lado, presta juramento para un segundo mandato como gobernador ante la jueza presidenta de la Corte Suprema Patricia Guerrero en la Plaza de California en Sacramento el 6 de enero de 2023. Photo Credit: Rahul Lal / CalMatters

GAVIN NEWSOM, THE SEQUEL: GOVERNOR STARTS SECOND

TERM AS LEADER OF LIBERAL AMERICA

After leading a “March for Democracy” on the second anniversary of the U.S. Capitol insurrection, Gavin Newsom portrayed himself as a partisan warrior on the national stage, but a unifier in California in his second inaugural speech

Alexei Koseff CalMatters

Asthe sun finally broke through after days of brutal rainstorms across Northern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom marched January 6 across Sacramento’s Tower Bridge and toward the state Capitol with an eye on a second term that could position him as the leader of not only the state but liberal America.

Joined by his family, state legislators, union members and other supporters, Newsom aimed to draw a peaceful — if glaringly political — contrast with “the ugliness that overflowed on January 6th, 2021,” as the governor put it in his inaugural speech later, when supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election results.

“In the pursuit of belonging and equal justice, California must be the enduring proof of concept,” Newsom said. “We must reconcile our shortcomings. Bring everyone along in our prosperity. After all, a healthy democracy must be inclusive.”

The “March for Democracy” kicked off a gubernatorial inauguration undergirded by an inherent tension: between Newsom the national partisan warrior, drawing battle lines against “red state politicians and the media empire behind them selling regression as progress, oppression as freedom,” and Newsom the state’s chief executive, who reiterated his vision from four years ago of a California for all and, in his

closing remarks, made a plea for unity.

“We must all triumph together,” Newsom said.

How the governor continues to balance those competing priorities over the next four years will be a major test for his political future, especially if he plans, as many expect, to seek higher office.

His speech was short on a policy agenda for ordinary Californians, though he did nod to an ongoing clash with oil companies over gasoline prices. That battle is set to ramp up in the coming months as Newsom attempts to push a penalty for “excessive profits” through the Legislature in a special session.

Instead, the governor focused extensively on his own biography and family history, from his great, great grandfather who emigrated from Ireland to San Francisco and became a beat cop, to hot summer days from his youth rafting down the American River with his father.

A mention of the brief period, early in his first term as San Francisco mayor in 2004, when he issued same-sex marriage licenses that were illegal at the time earned a rare break of spontaneous applause in the 22-minute speech.

Newsom’s reflection on the 150-year journey “from policeman to politician” intertwined with California’s own history, both the glorious and the troubling, at times recalling the state’s great chronicler Joan Didion.

“No two California origin stories are the same,” he said. “But we share aspirations. We share ambitions.”

Newsom’s efforts to position himself as not just a fighter for California but a true representative of its people sat in strange contrast to his fierce political instincts. Much of his remarks were devoted to excoriating unnamed “small men in big offices” who have tried to restrict freedoms rather than expand them.

With mentions of “Don’t Say Gay,” banning books and “demonizing Mickey Mouse,” it was not hard to decipher that Newsom was referring particularly to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Their political fates have become increasingly intertwined over the past year

as DeSantis has emerged as a leading Republican presidential contender and become a favorite target of Newsom’s in speeches and interviews.

As Newsom was sworn in today by California Supreme Court Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero, a lone protester even stood up in the crowd with a “Ron DeSantis For President 2024” sign and began shouting about alleged side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. He was quickly drowned out by cheers for the governor and escorted out by security.

Newsom slammed a Republican ideology that he said promotes “grievance and victimhood in an attempt to erase so much of the progress you and I have witnessed in our lifetimes,” and warned that there could be no compromise with their opposing vision for the nation.

“The battle lines, they’re drawn,” he said. “It is time for choosing.”

In an ironic twist, Newsom’s march down Capitol Mall — billed as an “observance of the California spirit of opportunity and inclusion” — also largely happened out of the public eye. After a brief photo stop with no questions taken, journalists were shuffled out of the way for the ticketed marchers to continue their route.

Jordyn Foley, 23, who drove up from Brentwood in the San Francisco Bay Area with her mother and a family friend, embraced the symbolism of the march as a chance to “rewrite the history of the day.”

“Our democracy felt violated,” she said of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. “It turned into an anarchy of hate.”

Her mother, Deena Foley, 48, a theater teacher and nonprofit worker, said their family has supported Newsom since he was mayor of San Francisco, because of his focus on helping people and his willingness to speak his mind and not bow down to critics. She and her daughter cited Newsom’s pandemic leadership, his embrace of the LGBT community and his push to solidify abortion rights in California as highlights of his first term.

“After the Republicans terrorized us for so long, it’s nice to come up here and celebrate with the Democrats,” Deena Foley said.

Gov. Gavin Newsom marches with a group of supporters towards the state Capitol for his second inauguration on Jan. 6, 2023. The governor's campaign touted the event as a “March for Democracy," held on the two-year anniversary of when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. Photo Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr. / CalMatters

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691336

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Donde Carito Celis 387 S 1st St Suite 10, San Jose, CA 95113, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ingrid Carolina Celis Mejia, 651 Branham Ln, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/04/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Ingrid Carolina Celis Mejia

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/04/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 691336

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691098

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Taqueria Ortiz 1164 McLaughlin Ave Suite B, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ana Laura Ortiz Gutierrez, 4024 McHenry Ave #20, Modesto, CA 95356. Barinderpal Singh, 4024 McHenry

Ave #20, Modesto, CA 95356. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/27/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Ana Laura Ortiz Gutierrez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/27/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 691098

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691317

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CARILLO’S SRVICE, 3819 Seventress Blvd #302, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jacqueline Carrillo, 3819 Seventrees Blvd #302, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/08/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Jacqueline Carrillo

This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-

Notification of Grant Proposal, East Side Union High School District

El distrito de escuelas preparatorias del East Side Union está introduciendo una propuesta de subvención para uso de los fondos de aprendizaje del siglo XXI a nombre de las siguientes escuelas preparatorias: Andrew Hill, Yerba Buena, James Lick y WC Overfelt. Este es un proceso competitivo. Los beneficiarios de la subvención recibirán $250,000 por escuela durante 5 años para ser usados en programas extracurriculares y oportunidades de enriquecimiento.

Recorder of Santa Clara County on 1/04/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 691317

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691428

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DECOHOMES, 2059 Camden Ave Suite 106, San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Leah Cowley, 2059 Camden Ave Suite 106, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Leah Cowley This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/09/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy

File No. FBN 691428

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 691015

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MJ’s Boutique, 1178 Curtiss Ave Apt 7, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria Munoz, 1178 Curtiss Ave Apt 7, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/21/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Maria Munoz This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/21/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 691015

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 691468

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GENTLE HANDS CAREGIVERS 370 Vista Roma Way Apt 217, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Kristine Arnzamov, 370

Certified Caregiver for a 94 year old non ambulatory female with dementia. 6 to 7 days per week 10am to 10pm. Location: Los gatos. Salary commensurate with experience. Please call at (831) 655-3655.

Se busca Cuidador Certificado para una mujer de 94 años no ambulante con demencia.

6 a 7 días por semana 10am a 10pm. Lugar: Los gatos. Salario acorde a la experiencia. Llame al (831) 655-3655.

Vista Roma Way, San Jose, CA 95136. Julian Tyrell Ayanyco, 370 Vista Roma Way, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.) /s/ Julian Tyrell Glen Ayanyco

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/09/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 691468

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691010

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BLOUSY LAPEL LLC 201 S 4th St Apt 401, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): BLOUSY LAPEL LLC, 201 S 4th St Apt 401, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/21/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Adriana Espana Recio

BLOUSY LAPEL LLC Owner/CEO Aritle/Reg#: 202129910503

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/21/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 691010

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691139

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Yesenia Cleaning Company, 371 America Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Yesenia Huerta, 371 America Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.) /s/ Yesenia Huerta

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/28/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 691139

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691138

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Roxana Cleaning Company, 209 Coy Dr #2, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Roxana Diaz De Cortez, 209 Coy Dr #2, San Jose, CA 95123.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Roxana Diaz De Cortez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/28/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 691138

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691367

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: M MELENDEZ CLEANING, 750 N 23 Rd St Apt 14, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria De Jesus Melen-

dez De Lopez, 750 N 23 Rd St Apt 14, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Maria De Jesus Melendez De Lopez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/05/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 691367

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691530

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tacos la Choca Mexican Food, 2644 Brahms Ave, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Esmeralda Hernandez Cordova, 2644 Brahms Ave, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/06/2021. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN691521. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Esmeralda Hernandez Cordova

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/11/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy

File No. FBN 691530

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691454

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Christemma Horticulture, 3357 Aramis Dr, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Mario Gaspar Garcia, 3357 Aramis Dr, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 7/20/2020. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Mario Gaspar Garcia This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/09/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 691454

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691363

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Go For It Pest Solutions, 4571 Renaissance Dr #726, San Jose, CA 95134, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Josue Campos, 4571 Renaissance Dr #726, San Jose, CA 95134. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Josue Campos

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/05/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 691363

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691326

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Princess Fruit and Food, 1744 West San Carlos, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Mario Alonso Gonzalez, 381 Meridian Ave, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/04/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: 689885. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Mario Alonso Gonzalez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 1/04/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 691326

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691239

The following person(s)

is (are) doing business as: El Remanente Mexican Grill 2118 Main Street Unit B, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ana M Miranda, 2118 Main Street Unit B, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/15/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN690329. “I declare that all 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.) /s/ Ana M Miranda This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/30/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 691239

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV409621

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Virginia Marie Barron INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Virginia Marie Barron has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Virginia Marie Barron AKA Virginia Marie Hussey to Gina Marie Anderson 2. THE

COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes

described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/09/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Jan 06, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 03/14/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Nov 13, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV409679

petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/09/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Jan 09, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV406195

Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Nov 06, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Sharon Jane Longnecker Case No. 22PR193899

ORDER

TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV406752

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Bertha Ochoa INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Bertha Ochoa has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Bertha Ochoa to Bertha Perez Martinez 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kitty Moonbeam Wilson INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Kitty Moonbeam Wilson has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kitty Moonbeam Wilson to Eithne Rowan Wilson 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Fariza Ashurova INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Fariza Ashurova has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Fariza Shurova to Fariza Muminova 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 03/07/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Sharon Jane Longnecker. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Misty Longnecker in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that Vinayak Agashe be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 4. 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. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any 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 consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good

cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: March 01, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 13, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this 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. 8. If you are a creditor or 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. 9. 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.

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Ryan Steburg 2001 Gateway Pl., Suite 100W San Jose, CA 95110 (408)573.1122

Rune Date: January 13, 20, 27, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of

CLASSIFIEDS

JOHN D. ROGERS, JR.

Case No. 22PR193640

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN D. ROGERS, JR. JOHN D. ROGERS. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by JOSEPH D. DERMER, DERMER LAW FIRM APC in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that JOSEPH D. DERMER, DERMER LAW FIRM APC be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 4. 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. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any 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 consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: January 30, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 5, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7. If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appear-

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ance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or 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. 9. 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.

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Joseph D. Dermer

DERMER LAW FIRM 15720 Winchester Blvd., Suite 200 San Jose, CA 95110 (408)395.5111

Rune Date: January 13, 20, 27, 2023

NOTICE OF DEATH

OF Linda Sue Shehan

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Linda Sue Shehan, who was a resident of Santa Clara County, State of California, and died on December 01, 2022, in the City of San Jose, County of Santa Clara, State of California.

IF YOU ARE A CREDI-

TOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim within four months from the date of first publication with the DERMER LAW FIRM, 15720 Winchester Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Gatos, California 95030 (408) 395-5111

Joseph D. Dermer, Esq.

DERMER LAW FIRM 15720 Winchester Blvd., Ste 200 Los Gatos, CA 95030 Tel (408) 395-5111 Fax (408) 354-2797

January 13, 20, 27; February 3, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 691097

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 777 Automotive Locksmith 808 W. San Carlos St. Unit 729, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Esteban Garcia Ureno, 808 W. San Carlos St. Unit 729, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Esteban Garcia Ureno

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/27/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 691097

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690891

The following person(s)

is (are) doing business as: KZ Janitorial, 3870 Glengrove Way, San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Karen Natalia Zepeda, 38780 Glengrove Way, San Jose, CA 95121. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/14/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Karen Natalia Zepeda

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/14/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 690891

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690629

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Spring Cleaning Maid Services, 1639 Waverly Ave, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Norma Mary Coa, 4100 The Woods Dr. San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/15//2018. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: . “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Norma M Coa

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/02/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 690629

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691034

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KC Cleaning Services, 3036 Shadow Springs Pl, San Jose, CA 95171, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Evangelina Perez, 3036 Shadow Springs Pl, San Jose, CA 95171. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/22/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.) /s/ Evangelina Perez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/23/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 691034

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691307

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Oaxaca Tamales Express, 2000 Bray Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Belarmino Cipriano,

2127 Main St Apt 3, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Rufina Morales, 2127 Main St Apt 3, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/02/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Belarmino Cipriano This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 01/04/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 691307

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV402113

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Amanda Halley INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Amanda Halley has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Luis Aaron Gonzalez to Aaron Nathaniel Mejia 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written

objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/21/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Dec 30, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV403919

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ana Cecilia Torres Montoya INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ana Cecilia Torres Montoya has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ana-Cecilia Torres-Montoya to (F)Ana (M)Cecilia (L) Torres-Montoya 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEAR-

ING: Date: 02/07/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Oct 04, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV408433

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ashlyn Grace Contag INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ashlyn Grace Contag has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ashlyn Grace Contag to Ashlyn Reilly Snyder 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/11/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at

least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Dec 15, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV409459

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Juan Gomez Gonora INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Juan Gomez Gonora has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Juan Gomez Gonora to Jonathan Michael Gomez 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/09/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general

circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Jan 04, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV404983

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Virginia Carol Cervantes INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Virginia Carol Cervantes has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Elijah Alxaiver Carabajal to Elijah Alxaiver Sagastume 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/21/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Oct 20, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

January 06, 13, 20, 27, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Chaitrali Sanjay Joshi, deceased Case No. 22PR193759

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Chaitrali Sanjay Joshi. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Vinayak Agashe in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that Vinayak Agashe be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any 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 consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: February 16, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 2, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7. If you object to the granting of this 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. 8. If you are a creditor or 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. 9. 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.

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Huma J. Ellahie 2542 S. Bascome Ave., STE 235 Campbell, CA 95008 (408)579.1282

Rune Date: January 06, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690711

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cascos Ligeros, 1009 E Capitol Expy #419, San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Joselyn Sapien, 2770 Othello Ave, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Joselyn Sapien This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/06/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Sandy Chanthasy, Deputy File No. FBN 690711

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 691005

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: S.A. Landscape, 12800 Sycamore Ave, San Martin, CA 95046, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sabina Lopez Segundo, 12800 Sycamore Ave, San Martin, CA 95046. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/21/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Sabina Lopez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/21/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 691005

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690076

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: POSTAL ANNEX +4U 5655 Silver Creek

Valley Rd, San Jose, CA 95138, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Bay Area Logistics and Services Inc, 4989 Lyng Dr, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/10/2021. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts form previous filing] of previous file #: FBN690242. “I declare that all 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.) /s/ Bikram Jeet Bay Area Logistics and Services Inc CFO

Article/Reg#: 4852920 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/20/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 690976

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690672

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Willow Glen Hair Salon, 2306 Almaden Rd #102, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Che, Tran Ngoc, 14025 Buckner Dr, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/01/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Che, Tran Ngoc This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/05/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690672

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690961

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CASAS TRANSPORT INC, 740 Dailey Ave, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): CASAS TRANSPORT INC, 740 Dailey Ave, San Jose, CA 95123.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN637493. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Jose Casas Avlla CASAS TRANSPORT INC Owner

Article/Reg#: 4583557

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/19/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 690961

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV404430

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kiarash Ahi INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Kiarash Ahi has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kiarash Ahi to Kevin Kiarash Ahi 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/14/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Dec 28, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV409141

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application

of: Yuanteng Zhou

INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Yuanteng Zhou has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Tank Yiyan Zhou to Hank Yiyan Zhou 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/02/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Dec 28, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV409035

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Be L Duong INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Be L Duong has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court

for a decree changing names as follows: a. Be L Duong AKA Beluan Thi Duong AKA Be Luan Thi Duong to Beluan Duong 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/02/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Dec 27, 2022

2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 05/02/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Dec 27, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/24/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 16, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/19/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 690959

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690907

and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Manuel Arenal Roman, 3254 Fallen Oak Ct, San Jose, CA 95148. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/12/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 690877

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV408430

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

ORDER

TO

SHOW

CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407931

Jacqueline

M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV409049

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Cheng Hsin Wang INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Cheng Hsin Wang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Cheng Hsin Wang to Celia Chenghsin Wang

December 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690959

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Isabel Cleaning Company, 1344 Sandalwood Ct, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ma Isabel LozanoSolorio, 1344 Sandalwood Ct, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Ma Isabel LozanoSolorio

/s/ Manuel Arenal Roman

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/12/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690844

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690877

TO

SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV403174

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Linda Hle Yang INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Linda Hle Yang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Linda Hle Yang to Charley Hle Yang 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause,

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ON STICK, 4636 Armour Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ramon Perez, 4636 Armour Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95054. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Ramon Perez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/15/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690907

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690844

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Roman King Remodeling, 3254 Fallen Oak Ct, San Jose, CA 95148, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PHO HA NOI, 969 Story Road, Suite 6048, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): HANOI BISTRO, 969 Story Road, Suite 6048, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/18/2015.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all 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.)

/s/ Harrison Ut Nguyen HANOI BISTRO President

Article/Reg#: 3844239

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/14/2022.

Regina Alcomendras,

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Marieme Chang Bouguerba INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Jeffrey Bradly Bouguerba has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jeffrey Bradly Bouguerda to Jake Bradley Bouguerba 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/11/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Dec 15, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Zahra Azimi Parsi INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Zahra Azimi Parsi has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Zahra Azimi Parsi to Heeva Parsi 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/04/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Dec 08, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

ORDER TO

SHOW

CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV401867

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Pok Ye Kim INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Pok Ye Kim has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Pok Ye Kim to Pok Ye Chang 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/17/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Dec 06, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV403159

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of:

Dominique Richie INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Dominique Richie has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Zyaire Richie to Zyaire Amari Richie b. Taraji Richie to Taraji Rechelle Richie 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/24/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 15, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mehdi Zandi Fard to Ash Zandi 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/11/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Dec 15, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

ORDER

persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/24/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Sep 29, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 13, 2023

TO SHOW

CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV403607

ORDER

TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV408426

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mehdi Zandi Fard INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Mehdi Zandi Fard has filed a petition for Change of

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Carolina Espinoza INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Carolina Espinoza has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Carolina Espinoza to Carolina Hernandez Espinoza 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all

EARTHTALK Q&A: CAN THE GOVERNMENT LIMIT PLASTIC PRODUCTION?

EARTHTALK Q&A: ¿PUEDE EL GOBIERNO LIMITAR LA PRODUCCIÓN DE PLÁSTICO?

Plastic,

originally hailed for its longevity and hygienic single-use properties, is one of the newest battlegrounds for environmentalists and world governments. Though bans of some forms of plastic exist in more than 60 countries around the world, a global ban has proven to be elusive. In 2019, 170 countries voted to “significantly reduce” their use of plastic by 2030 at the United Nations’ Environmental Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. This agreement, though, was non-binding, and mostly targeted ‘throw-aways’ such as plastic bags, ignoring other forms of plastic pollution so as to serve more as a band-aid than a cure to this prolific problem.

The global scale of plastic pollution is mindboggling, but necessary to understanding the importance of a world-wide ban. Microplastics can give a sense of how entrenched plastic has become in the interwoven web that is our global food system. According to the United Nations’ Environment Programme (UNEP), microplastics— pieces of plastic smaller than 5mm—can easily be ingested by animals such as fish, and end up on people’s dinner plates because of the prevalence of pollution in the world’s oceans. Plastic can take 1,000 years to decompose, meaning that every piece of plastic that has ever been created still exists, and only continually gets smaller and smaller. National Geographic reports that even the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot in the world’s oceans, has not been spared. A plastic bag found down there, far removed from any human activity, shows just how widespread plastic pollution is globally.

The sheer ubiquity of plastic has meant that even well-meaning and well-executed previous bans on plastics on a regional scale have hardly made a dent. The World Economic Forum notes that Canada’s ban on single-use plastic, for example, promises zero plastic waste there by 2030, echoing

the non-binding agreement of the United Nations in 2019. However, environmental advocates worry that 2030 is too far away a goal, and that may be part of the reason why, on March 2, 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly passed the world’s first international and legally-binding agreement to end plastic pollution fully by 2024. Inger Anderson, Executive Director of UNEP, lauded the deal as “the most significant environmental multilateral deal since the Paris Accord.”

This treaty calls for regulation on the “full life-cycle” of plastic, from production to decomposition, and is the first of its kind to unite 173 nations in combating plastic pollution. “Against the backdrop of geopolitical turmoil, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) shows multilateral cooperation at its best…pollution has grown into an epidemic,” says Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s minister for climate and environment, and president of UNEA. “With today’s resolution we are officially on track for a cure.”

Coming to a consensus around this agreement represents a unifying moment in world history for stepping towards a greener and healthier Earth. Of course, the treaty will take some time to be adopted widely, so proactive steps like using reusable bags and phasing out single-use plastics are still important when looking at decreasing our global use of plastics.

CONTACTS: Toward A Global Plastics Treaty, https://www.undp.org/ghana/publications/towards-global-plastics-treaty-0; Global Plastics Treaty Now! https://engage. us.greenpeace.org/onlineactions/l8QA7ZmGwEyiBE9ZXpwInw2; Stop Plastic Pollution, https://www.nrdc.org/issues/stopplastic-pollution.

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Elplástico, originalmente aclamado por su longevidad y propiedades higiénicas de un solo uso, es uno de los campos de batalla más nuevos para los ambientalistas y los gobiernos del mundo. Aunque existen prohibiciones de algunas formas de plástico en más de 60 países de todo el mundo, una prohibición global ha demostrado ser difícil de alcanzar. En 2019, 170 países votaron para “reducir significativamente” su uso de plástico para 2030 en la Asamblea Ambiental de las Naciones Unidas en Nairobi, Kenia. Sin embargo, este acuerdo no fue vinculante y se centró principalmente en los "desechables", como las bolsas de plástico, ignorando otras formas de contaminación plástica y terminó sirviendo más como un curita que como una solución para este prolífico problema.

La escala global de la contaminación plástica es impresionante, pero necesaria para comprender la importancia de una prohibición mundial. Los microplásticos pueden dar una idea de cuán arraigado se ha vuelto el plástico en la red entrelazada que es nuestro sistema alimentario global. Según el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA), los microplásticos (piezas de plástico de menos de 5 mm) pueden ser ingeridos fácilmente por animales como los peces y terminar en los platos de comida de la gente debido a la prevalencia de la contaminación en los océanos del mundo. El plástico puede tardar 1.000 años en descomponerse, lo que significa que cada pieza de plástico que se ha creado todavía existe, y solo se vuelve cada vez más pequeña. National Geographic informa que ni siquiera la Fosa de las Marianas, el lugar más profundo de los océanos del mundo, se ha salvado. Una bolsa de plástico encontrada allá abajo, lejos de cualquier actividad humana, muestra cuán extendida está la contaminación plástica a nivel mundial. La absoluta ubicuidad del plástico ha significado que incluso las prohibiciones previas bien intencionadas y bien ejecutadas de los plásticos a escala regional apenas hayan hecho mella. El Foro Económico Mundial señala que la prohibición de plástico de un solo uso en Canadá, por ejemplo, promete cero residuos plásticos para 2030, haciéndose eco del acu-

erdo no vinculante de las Naciones Unidas en 2019. Sin embargo, a los defensores del medio ambiente les preocupa que 2030 sea una meta demasiado lejana, y esa puede ser parte de la razón por la cual, el 2 de marzo de 2022, la Asamblea Ambiental de las Naciones Unidas aprobó el primer acuerdo internacional y legalmente vinculante del mundo para terminar completamente con la contaminación plástica para 2024. Inger Anderson, Directora Ejecutiva del PNUMA, elogió el acuerdo como “el acuerdo multilateral ambiental más importante desde el Acuerdo de París”.

Este tratado exige la regulación del "ciclo de vida completo" del plástico, desde la producción hasta la descomposición y es el primero de su tipo en unir a 173 naciones en la lucha contra la contaminación plástica. “En el contexto de la agitación geopolítica, la Asamblea de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (UNEA) muestra lo mejor de la cooperación multilateral... la contaminación se ha convertido en una epidemia”, dice Espen Barth Eide, ministro de clima y medio ambiente de Noruega y presidente de UNEA. “Con la resolución de hoy estamos oficialmente en camino a una cura”.

Llegar a un consenso en torno a este acuerdo representa un momento unificador en la historia mundial para avanzar hacia una Tierra más verde y saludable. Por supuesto, el tratado tardará un tiempo en ser adoptado ampliamente, por lo que los pasos proactivos, como el uso de bolsas reutilizables y la eliminación gradual de los plásticos de un solo uso, siguen siendo importantes cuando se busca disminuir nuestro uso global de plásticos.

CONTACTOS: Toward A Global Plastics Treaty, https://www.undp.org/ghana/publications/towards-global-plastics-treaty-0; Global Plastics Treaty Now! https://engage. us.greenpeace.org/onlineactions/l8QA7ZmGwEyiBE9ZXpwInw2; Stop Plastic Pollution, https://www.nrdc.org/issues/stop-plasticpollution.

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Dear EarthTalk: Why haven’t the governments of the world come together to ban or limit the production of plastics globally like they’ve done to reduce ozone depleting chemicals in the 1980s and greenhouse gasses more recently? -- Peter B., Wallingford, CT

Querido EarthTalk: ¿Por qué los gobiernos del mundo no se han unido para prohibir o limitar la producción de plásticos a nivel mundial como lo han hecho para reducir los productos químicos que agotan la capa de ozono en la década de 1980 y los gases de efecto invernadero más recientemente?-- Peter B., Wallingford, CT

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Only time will tell if a 2019 agreement signed by 170 countries to “significantly reduce” their use of plastic by 2030 will hold water. Photo Credit: mali maeder / Pexels

Solo el tiempo dirá si un acuerdo de 2019 firmado por 170 países para "reducir significativamente" su uso de plástico para 2030 retendrá el agua. Photo Credit: Tim Mossholder / Unsplash

FARMWORKERS STILL EXPOSED TO HIGHEST INFECTION RATES — EXPERTS WARN AGAINST NORMALIZING COVID

TRABAJADORES AGRÍCOLAS AÚN ESTÁN EXPUESTOS A LAS TASAS DE INFECCIÓN MÁS ALTAS: LOS EXPERTOS ADVIERTEN CONTRA LA NORMALIZACIÓN DE COVID

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Peter Schurmann Ethnic Media Services

Drivealmost anywhere in the farm fields of California and you will see blurred shapes on the horizon, men and women who produce the majority of the country’s food. Although recognized as essential workers, their work has exposed and continues to expose them to the most severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We knew going to farmworkers was essential, but we never felt it until we struggled (with COVID-19) in 2020,” said Dr. Ilan Shapiro, Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer at AltaMed. “When most communities were at home, they were out there making sure we can feed our families. And they were getting exposed.”

Shapiro joined a panel of speakers on December 21 during an online briefing organized by EMS and the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) public awareness campaign looking at how the pandemic continues to impact agricultural workers in the state and the lessons learned in closing gaps to healthcare access for this population.

“Right now, our communities need information,” Shapiro stressed.

State health leaders urge residents to stay up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines, as they are the best defense to limit severe illness and death, particularly in heavily impacted communities. Californians are also encouraged to stay home when feeling ill in order to avoid close contact and protect those around you from illness as respiratory viruses continue to circulate.

Wearing masking, covering coughs and sneezes and practicing hand washing are also instrumental in preventing the spread of germs and illness.

Shapiro noted that during the pandemic, California made enormous strides in reaching farmworker communities around the state. “COVID-19 opened a lot of conversations,” he said. The key now is to continue distributing this information to these groups in the languages and cultures they understand.

More than 800 thousand people work on California’s farms and packing facilities, the vast majority of whom are migrant laborers from Mexico and Central America. An estimated two-thirds are undocumented. Many come from Indigenous communities in Mexico where Spanish is often rudimentary or non-existent.

All these factors contribute to the enormous challenges that exist in ensuring farmworkers have equitable access to healthcare. And as new variants emerge, and winter infection rates rise, Shapiro warns against the prevalence of misinformation and a diminishing sense of urgency around getting vaccinated.

“We have to make sure the gaps in these social determinants of health are closed,” he said.

Updating the data on farmworker health Noe Paramo is director of the Sustainable Rural Communities Project at the California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) Foundation, which has long advocated for expanded healthcare access for California’s farmworkers.

His organization is currently working with UC Merced and State Senator Anna Caballero on updating farmworker health data, now over two decades old. That updated information, which will be made available early next year, will be used to shape forthcoming healthcare policy, including the proposed expansion of Medi-Cal for low-income people in the state between 26-49 years of age, regardless of immigration status.

Paramo says it’s likely that up to 40% of farmworkers will not be eligible, because their incomes will supersede the cut off for eligibility. “That is the objective of the study,” he said, to highlight policy options that can narrow this looming gap in coverage.

CRLA also partnered with UC Davis’ Órale Project, which found that more than half of farmworkers never received treatment even when infected with the virus. A 2020 UC Berkeley study also found that 58% of farmworkers still went to work even when showing symptoms.

There are a host of reasons for these figures, ranging from a lack of medical insurance to mistrust of the medical system and fears of lost wages or outing of

their immigration status. But the dearth of medically trained professionals in rural parts of the state is also a contributing factor.

Shapiro noted that under the stressors of the pandemic—long hours and risk factors associated with the work—many health care practitioners left the field, leaving especially rural areas facing a growing shortage.

A new law, set to take effect next year that will allow doctors in California to qualify for student debt forgiveness, aims to narrow that gap.

And while Paramo praised California for its success in expanding health care access to more and more of the population, he said the challenge now is to see whether “we implement it for the most marginalized.”

That is especially the case among farmworkers, said Ed Kissam, a member of the National Center for Farmworker Health Advisory Committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Our progress nationally is really worrisome

“Our progress nationally is really worrisome, with only 14% of eligible people having gotten the up-to-date vaccines,” he said. That number falls to just 5-6% in California’s agricultural communities, putting those with underlying health conditions, along with the elderly and pregnant women at greater risk.

Kissam commended the Test to Treat approach, now being implemented by the University of California targeting farmworker communities.

The idea is to test workers as soon as they show signs of infection, and then to connect them to treatment as soon as possible, including access to anti-viral medicines like Paxlovid, which have been shown to reduce serious illness but must be administered within five days of showing symptoms.

Every household in the U.S. is eligible for another round of free test kits. Visit www.covid.gov/tests or call 1-800232-0233 to order yours. You can also book a free test appointment, find a walk-in test clinic or buy a self-test kit from your local drugstore. Visit www.covid19.ca.gov to learn more.

What is clear is that the state has learned some valuable lessons from the pandemic, including the importance of working with promotoras to connect with vulnerable populations.

“There has been more willingness to work with community based organizations that have a promotora model,” as a result of the pandemic, said Arsenio López, Executive Director of Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project in Ventura County (MICOP). “They have been the champions for access and education for hard-to-reach populations.”

One of López’ key concerns is the issue of language access, as many Indigenous farmworkers speak little to no Spanish. Mental health also tops his list. “Many families lost loved ones, and there is an increase of anxiety, stress,” he said.

And like Shapiro, López described a community where, even as infections again begin to climb, lingering distrust, fear and misinformation are combining with an increased sense of laxity around the virus.

“I am worried COVID-19 is becoming normalized,” he said. “My worry is that there is this increase in positive cases while there is no sense of urgency as there was previously.”

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de su estado migratorio.

Paramo dice que es probable que hasta el 40 % de los trabajadores agrícolas no sean elegibles, porque sus ingresos superarán el límite de elegibilidad. “Ese es el objetivo del estudio”, dijo, para resaltar las opciones de políticas que pueden reducir esta brecha inminente en la cobertura.

CRLA también se asoció con el Proyecto Órale de UC Davis, que descubrió que más de la mitad de los trabajadores agrícolas nunca recibieron tratamiento, incluso cuando estaban infectados con el virus. Un estudio de UC Berkeley de 2020 también encontró que el 58% de los trabajadores agrícolas aún iban a trabajar incluso cuando mostraban síntomas.

Maneje

casi en cualquier lugar de los campos agrícolas de California y verá formas borrosas en el horizonte, hombres y mujeres que producen la mayoría de los alimentos del país. Aunque reconocidos como trabajadores esenciales, su trabajo los ha expuesto y continúa exponiéndolos a los impactos más severos de la pandemia de COVID-19.

“Sabíamos que ir con los trabajadores agrícolas era esencial, pero nunca lo sentimos hasta que luchamos (con COVID-19) en 2020”, dijo el Dr. Ilan Shapiro, corresponsal jefe de salud y oficial de asuntos médicos de AltaMed. “Cuando la mayoría de las comunidades estaban en casa, estaban ahí fuera asegurándose de que pudiéramos alimentar a nuestras familias. Y estaban siendo expuestos”.

Shapiro se unió a un panel de oradores el 21 de diciembre durante una sesión informativa en línea organizada por EMS y la campaña de concientización pública del Departamento de Salud Pública de California (CDPH) que analizó cómo la pandemia continúa afectando a los trabajadores agrícolas en el estado y las lecciones aprendidas en cerrar brechas para acceso a la salud de esta población.

“En este momento, nuestras comunidades necesitan información”, enfatizó Shapiro.

Los líderes estatales de salud instan a los residentes a mantenerse al día con sus vacunas contra la gripe y COVID-19 ya que son la mejor defensa para limitar las enfermedades graves y la muerte, particularmente en comunidades muy afectadas. También se alienta a los californianos a quedarse en casa cuando se sientan enfermos para evitar el contacto cercano y proteger a quienes lo rodean de enfermedades a medida que los virus respiratorios continúan circulando. El uso de mascarillas, cubrirse la tos y los estornudos y practicar el lavado de manos también son fundamentales para prevenir la propagación de gérmenes y enfermedades.

Shapiro señaló que durante la pandemia, California hizo grandes avances para llegar a las comunidades de trabajadores agrícolas de todo el estado. “COVID-19 abrió muchas conversaciones”, dijo. La clave ahora es continuar distribuyendo esta información a estos grupos en los idiomas y culturas que entiendan.

Más de 800 mil personas trabajan en las granjas y plantas empacadoras de California, la gran mayoría de las cuales son trabajadores migrantes de México y Centroamérica. Se estima que dos tercios son indocumentados. Muchos provienen de comunidades indígenas de México, donde el español suele ser rudimentario o inexistente. Todos estos factores contribuyen a los enormes desafíos que existen para garantizar que los trabajadores agrícolas tengan acceso equitativo a la atención médica. Y a medida que surgen nuevas variantes y aumentan las tasas de infección invernal, Shapiro advierte contra la prevalencia de la desinformación y la disminución del sentido de urgencia por vacunarse. “Tenemos que asegurarnos de que se cierren las brechas en estos determinantes sociales de la salud”, dijo.

Actualización de los datos sobre la salud de los trabajadores agrícolas

Noe Paramo es directora del Proyecto de Comunidades Rurales Sostenibles de la Fundación de Asistencia Legal Rural de California (CRLA), que durante mucho tiempo ha abogado por un mayor acceso a la atención médica para los trabajadores agrícolas de California. Su organización está trabajando actualmente con UC Merced y la senadora estatal Anna Caballero en la actualización de los datos de salud de los trabajadores agrícolas, que ahora tienen más de dos décadas. Esa información actualizada, que estará disponible a principios del próximo año, se utilizará para dar forma a la próxima política de atención médica, incluida la expansión propuesta de Medi-Cal para personas de bajos ingresos en el estado entre 26 y 49 años de edad, independientemente

Hay una gran cantidad de razones para estas cifras, que van desde la falta de seguro médico hasta la desconfianza en el sistema médico y el temor a la pérdida de salarios o la revelación de su estado migratorio. Pero la escasez de profesionales médicos capacitados en las zonas rurales del estado también es un factor que contribuye.

Shapiro señaló que bajo los factores estresantes de la pandemia -- largas horas de trabajo y factores de riesgo asociados con el trabajo -- muchos profesionales de la salud abandonaron el campo, dejando especialmente a las áreas rurales frente a una creciente escasez. Una nueva ley, que entrará en vigencia el próximo año y que permitirá a los médicos en California calificar para la condonación de la deuda estudiantil, tiene como objetivo reducir esa brecha.

Y aunque Páramo elogió a California por su éxito en expandir el acceso a la atención médica a más y más de la población, dijo que el desafío ahora es ver si “lo implementamos para los más marginados”.

Ese es especialmente el caso entre los trabajadores agrícolas, dijo Ed Kissam, miembro del Comité Asesor del Centro Nacional para la Salud de los Trabajadores Agrícolas de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades.

Nuestro progreso a nivel nacional es realmente preocupante

“Nuestro progreso a nivel nacional es realmente preocupante, con solo el 14% de las personas elegibles que han recibido las vacunas actualizadas”, dijo. Ese número se reduce a solo el 5-6 % en las comunidades agrícolas de California, lo que pone en mayor riesgo a las personas con problemas de salud subyacentes, junto con los ancianos y las mujeres embarazadas.

Kissam elogió el enfoque Test to Treat, ahora implementado por la Universidad de California dirigido a las comunidades de trabajadores agrícolas.

La idea es hacerles pruebas a los trabajadores tan pronto como muestren signos de infección y luego conectarlos con el tratamiento lo antes posible, incluido el acceso a medicamentos antivirales como Paxlovid, que ha demostrado reducir enfermedades graves pero deben administrarse dentro de cinco días de mostrar síntomas.

Cada hogar en los EE. UU. es elegible para otra ronda de kits de prueba gratuitos. Visite www.covid.gov/tests o llame al 1-800-232-0233 para ordenar el suyo. También puede reservar una cita de prueba gratuita, encontrar una clínica de prueba sin cita previa o comprar un kit de autoprueba en su farmacia local. Visite www.covid19. ca.gov para obtener más información.

Lo que está claro es que el estado ha aprendido algunas lecciones valiosas de la pandemia, incluida la importancia de trabajar con las promotoras para conectarse con las poblaciones vulnerables.

“Ha habido más voluntad de trabajar con organizaciones comunitarias que tienen un modelo de promotora”, como resultado de la pandemia, dijo Arsenio López, Director Ejecutivo del Proyecto de Organización Comunitaria Mixteco/Indígena en el Condado de Ventura (MICOP). “Han sido los campeones del acceso y la educación para las poblaciones de difícil acceso”.

Una de las principales preocupaciones de López es el tema del acceso al idioma, ya que muchos trabajadores agrícolas indígenas hablan poco o nada de español. La salud mental también encabeza su lista. “Muchas familias perdieron seres queridos y hay un aumento de ansiedad, de estrés”, dijo.

Y al igual que Shapiro, López describió una comunidad donde, incluso cuando las infecciones comienzan a aumentar nuevamente, la desconfianza persistente, el miedo y la desinformación se combinan con una mayor sensación de laxitud en torno al virus.

“Me preocupa que el COVID-19 se esté normalizando”, dijo. “Mi preocupación es que haya este aumento de casos positivos mientras no haya un sentido de urgencia como antes”.

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DE LAS HIERBAS

Eucalipto Eucalyptus globulus

Antiguas

civilizaciones consideraron una gran cuantía de hierbas como regalo de los dioses, con las cuales los mortales practicaban rituales que daban paso a la creación de portentos mágicos. Al mismo tiempo les utilizaban para sanar todo tipo de padecimientos. En la actualidad las hierbas medicinales son recetadas para aliviar padecimientos leves, en algunos casos funcionan como un aditamento a la medicina tradicional. Si tiene un padecimiento y éste no sana o mejora en pocos días, debe consultar a su médico de manera inmediata. A continuación una lista de hierbas tradicionales y su leyenda.

Albahaca Ocimum basilicum

Es considerada una planta sagrada en la India y fue introducida en el viejo continente hace más de cuatro mil años, aunque en Grecia y Roma se le asociaba al carácter hostil, después se le consideró benéfica. Su acción para ayudar al fortalecimiento del sistema nervioso y el sistema digestivo es reconocida tanto en la medicina hindú como en la medicina occidental.

Canela Cinnamomum zeylanicum

Originaria de Asia y diseminada en los cinco continentes. En el antiguo Egipto constituyó uno de los ingredientes esenciales en el proceso de embalsamar momias. Fue usada por Moisés y su corteza era utilizada en la preparación del aceite de la unción. Los chamanes consideran su aroma como propicio, para entablar comunicación con seres de otras dimensiones.

Cáscara Sagrada Rhamnus prusiana

Es una hierba de origen norteamericano, los nativos la utilizaban para aliviar dolores estomacales, constipación e indigestión. Fue uno de los primeros remedios del nuevo mundo, empleado por los

conquistadores españoles. La cáscara sagrada arribó al continente europeo alrededor del año 1550 y en poco tiempo se le reconoció como un descubrimiento portentoso.

Equinacia Echinacea augustifolia

La equinacia es considerada como uno de los principales remedios naturales empleados por los nativos del continente americano, sin embargo su uso estuvo oculto, segregado durante varios siglos. En las primeras décadas del siglo veinte comenzaron a difundirse sus propiedades curativas en varias naciones europeas, hoy en día es una de las hierbas más populares y utilizadas en la industria farmacéutica naturista.

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Árbol originario de Australia en donde se le considera como todo un símbolo, y parte del folklor nacional, aparte de sus propiedades curativas, constituye el único alimento de los osos koala. El eucalipto se comenzó a plantar en Europa y América en el siglo diecinueve, y fue declarado por los herbolarios como uno de los árboles curativos del siglo.

Ginseng

Panax quinquefolius

Considerada una planta milagrosa en la herbolaria China, el ginseng se ha venido cultivando desde hace más de cinco mil años. Según cuenta la historia, Marco Polo fue uno de los primeros navegantes europeos que conoció de cerca los efectos curativos de esta hierba maravillosa.

Hierbabuena Mentha sativa

La hierbabuena fue muy reconocida en la mitología griega dentro de la cual cuenta con su propia leyenda, siglos más tarde fue utilizada en Palestina como parte del pago de los impuestos al emperador romano. Las más de treinta variedades existentes de la hierbabuena fueron clasificadas y diferenciadas por el botánico de origen inglés John Ray en el año 1696.

Jengibre Zingiber officinalis

El jengibre es una planta originaria del sur de Asia, se ha venido cultivando desde hace más de dos mil quinientos años y fue introducida al continente americano por los conquistadores españoles en el siglo xviii, fue en aquella época cuando comenzó a añadírsele a las medicinas para evitar que éstas causarán malestares e irritaciones en el estómago. También es comúnmente solicitado en las artes culinarias.

Manzanilla Matricaria recutita

Debido a su refinada fragancia los antiguos griegos le llamaron manzanita de tierra y desde aquel entonces ya se utilizaba como tranquilizante nervioso. Existen dos tipos de manzanilla: la romana conocida como chamaemelum nobile, y la alemana o matricaria que fue la que se difundió con mayor rapidez en el continente americano. Actualmente es una de las hierbas más populares y de mayor venta en el planeta. El nombre matricaria le fue adjudicado gracias a sus propiedades curativas en el género femenino.

Romero Rosemarinus officinalis

Se estima que es originario de las costas del mar mediterráneo, en la antigua Grecia era considerado como la flor predilecta del Olimpo. Una antigua leyenda cuenta la historia de una princesa que había perdido toda la belleza y encanto de la juventud, y le era imposible conseguir esposo en las cortes europeas, entonces un chamán le preparo un tónico elaborado con vino tinto y romero; en menos de un año había rejuvenecido increíblemente, y fueron varios los reyes y príncipes que solicitaron desposarla.

Sábila Aloe vera

Originaria del continente africano, la sábila se ha venido utilizando con propósitos curativos desde hace más de cuatro mil años. En la antigua Grecia era utilizada para aliviar úlceras y padecimientos menores en el área genital masculina. En Egipto se le consideró una de las hierbas más solicitadas por Cleopatra, quien la usaba en sus rituales de belleza.

Valeriana Valeriana officinalis

El médico griego Claudio Galeno, recetaba a sus pacientes la valeriana como tranquilizante hace más de veintidós siglos. Según cuenta una leyenda popular, Cleopatra utilizaba el extracto de la valeriana añadiéndolo a las bebidas, que ofrecía a los altos funcionarios y militares que la pretendían, con ello lograba un doble poder de seducción.

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