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Uninmigrante de origen colombiano, el juez de la Suprema Corte de Nueva York Juan Manuel Merchan presidirá un proceso judicial histórico por buenas y malas razones: la primera imputación criminal en la historia de Estados Unidos contra un expresidente.

Me explico: es bueno para la salud de una democracia saber que nadie, ni siquiera un varón blanco, poderoso y billonario, está por encima de la ley.

La Unión Americana se fundó bajo la premisa de igualdad ante la ley. Por supuesto todos sabemos que eso no ha sido siempre verdad.

El artículo uno, sección dos, de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos declaró originalmente que cualquier persona que no fuera libre se contaría como las tres quintas partes de un individuo libre para determinar la representación en el Congreso.

No sólo los afroamericanos esclavizados fueron etiquetados como menos que un hombre blanco, sino que se aumentó el poder político de los estados sureños orgullosos de la esclavitud.

Pero al mismo tiempo, la imputación criminal de un ex presidente es un suceso que empaña a la República: Más de 7 de cada 10 estadounidenses coincide que la imputación criminal contra Trump tiene motivaciones políticas, de acuerdo con una encuesta de CNN.

Y es doblemente penoso porque a partir de este encauzamiento, Trump se dedicará durante los siguientes dos años a presentarse como mártir, como víctima de una cacería política y seremos bombardeados por arengas polarizantes hasta el día de las elecciones presidenciales del 2024.

Aunque quizá la preocupación mayor es qué ocurrirá en las elecciones, en el escenario que Trump compita como nominado republicano y pierda los comicios.

Hasta el momento todas las señales indican que el expresidente Trump está siendo fortalecido políticamente por el escándalo.

A raíz del encausamiento criminal, su popularidad subió en relación con enero, ha sido capaz de recaudar más de 7 millones de dólares para su defensa legal enarbolando la bandera de la victimización y extendió su ventaja sobre su principal amenaza por la nominación, el gobernador republicano de Florida Ron De Santis.

Pero sus problemas legales podrían aumentar: aún subsisten tres investigaciones más en su contra, con acusaciones potencialmente más graves.

En Georgia está siendo investigado por su intento de manipulación electoral. Y el Departamento de Justicia continúa sus dos averiguaciones separadas sobre la sustracción de documentos se-

cretos de la Casa Blanca y su papel en la insurrección el 6 de enero de 2021.

No hay nada que celebrar. Estados Unidos enfrentará en los siguientes meses una prueba de fuego de la fortaleza de sus instituciones políticas, de la que puede salir fortalecido o debilitado. Toca a todos, a la clase política y a la sociedad civil estar a la altura de las circunstancias dando muestras de respeto total al estado de derecho y al sistema judicial.

José López Zamorano La Red Hispana

Animmigrant of Colombian origin, New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Manuel Merchan will preside over a historic judicial process for good and bad reasons: the first criminal indictment in US history against a former president.

Let me explain: it is good for the health of a democracy to know that no one,

not even a powerful, white, male billionaire, is above the law.

The American Union was founded on the premise of equality before the law. Of course we all know that hasn't always been true.

Article One, Section Two, of the United States Constitution originally stated that any non-free person would be counted as three-fifths of a free individual in determining representation in Congress.

Not only were enslaved AfricanAmericans labeled less than a white man, but the political power of slaveproud Southern states was increased.

But at the same time, the criminal indictment of a former president is an event that tarnishes the Republic: More than 7 in 10 Americans agree that the criminal indictment against Trump is politically motivated, according to a CNN poll.

And it is doubly painful because Trump will spend the next two years presenting himself as a martyr, as the victim of a political manhunt and we will be bombarded by polarizing harangues until the day of the 2024 presidential elections.

Although perhaps the biggest concern is what will happen in the elections, in the scenario that Trump competes as the Republican nominee and loses the elections.

So far, all the signs indicate that the scandal is politically strengthening former President Trump.

In the wake of the criminal indictment, his popularity rose relative to January, he's been able to raise more than $7 million for his legal defense by flying the flag of victimization, and he extended his lead over his main threat for the nomination, Florida’s Republican Governor Ron De Santis.

But his legal troubles could escalate: There are three more investigations against him still subsisting, with potentially more serious charges.

In Georgia he is being investigated for his attempted electoral manipulation. And the Justice Department is continuing its two separate inquiries into the theft of secret White House documents and his role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

There is nothing to celebrate.

In the coming months, the United States will face a litmus test of the strength of its political institutions, from which it may come out stronger or weaker. It is up to everyone, the political class and civil society, to rise to the occasion by showing total respect for the rule of law and the judicial system.

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CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ADDING HUNDREDS OF ETHNIC STUDIES CLASSES. ARE TEACHERS PREPARED?

Ona rainy Friday afternoon at Santa Monica High School, ethnic studies teacher Marisa Silvestri introduced her class to the rap song “Kenji.” As singer Mike Shinoda narrated his family’s experiences in the Japanese American incarceration camps of World War II, Silvestri’s class fell silent. After the last bars of music filled the room, the class set to work analyzing the song’s lyrics, agreeing that Shinoda humanized a historical event some students previously knew little about.

Now in her second year of teaching ethnic studies, Silvestri said she has gone through several iterations of her curriculum – and she expects more changes to come in the future. She has studied California’s ethnic studies model curriculum, attended workshops at local universities and sought the advice of ethnic studies teachers from other school districts.

But Silvestri has never received a teaching credential in ethnic studies. Whether that’s important or not is a question California officials are weighing now that the state has become the first in the nation to require that high school students take at least one semester of ethnic studies before graduation.

California needs more ethnic studies teachers, quickly. Under the new law, passed in 2021, high schools must begin offering ethnic studies courses in the 2025-26 school year, and students in the class of 2030 will be the first ones subject to the graduation requirement. As many high schools expand their course offerings ahead of schedule, universities are grappling with how to best prepare the next generation of teachers.

Some advocates and educators have called for the creation of a specific ethnic studies credential authorizing educators to teach the relatively new and politically fraught subject in middle and high schools. They say that without such a credential, the state risks having low-quality classes that can do more harm than good. But others worry that an additional requirement may make it even harder for the schools to find teachers for the subject.

State regulations allow teachers with a social science credential to teach ethnic studies, said Jonathon Howard, government relations manager for California’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing. However, when ethnic studies is combined with other subjects, such as reading or art, teachers from other subject areas are also eligible.

“We have all these teachers who have great hearts, who are really social justice minded, who really want to do ethnic studies because they’re thinking about themselves as, ‘I’m a culturally responsive teacher,’” said Theresa Montaño, a professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at Cal State Northridge. “But that isn’t enough to give you the knowledge you need.”

Ideally, Montaño said, teachers should have an undergraduate degree in ethnic studies, plus an ethnic studies credential that would show them how to translate their expertise into classroom curriculum.

Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo agrees. In February, she introduced legislation requiring

the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to begin creating an ethnic studies credential by 2025.

“The social science credential program does not cover ethnic studies sufficiently,” Carrillo, a Democrat from Los Angeles, said by email. “We maintain that at the present time there is no existing credential that sufficiently covers the depth and breadth of the multidisciplinary nature of Ethnic Studies.”

“The social science credential program does not cover ethnic studies sufficiently.”

-ASSSEMBLYMEMBER WENDY CARRILLO (D-LOS ANGELES)

The commission would need authorization from the Legislature to begin developing a new credential, Howard said.

However, some school districts say the current flexibility around teacher requirements has worked to their benefit, allowing them to expand their ethnic studies course offerings ahead of schedule.

Santa Rosa City Schools has been offering ethnic studies courses since 2020 and currently requires students to take a full year of the subject before graduation. Because several classes, from English to dance, incorporate ethnic studies into the course material, all teachers are eligible to teach the subject, said Tim Zalunardo, the executive director of educational services. He added that this approach makes it easier for the school to recruit teachers who are excited and willing to teach ethnic studies.

“It provides flexibility on both the students and on the school’s course offerings,” Zalunardo said.

A controversial subject

Debates around ethnic studies are nothing new.

Ethnic studies began at San Francisco State University in the late 1960s as students

pushed for the creation of classes dedicated to studying the histories and cultures of people of color. As the subject gained momentum – and criticism – across the nation, advocates began to push for its inclusion in K-12 schools.

In 2021, after two years of drafting and heated debate, the State Board of Education adopted an ethnic studies model curriculum that primarily focuses on the untold “histories, cultures, struggles, and contributions” of Black, Latino, Native American and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Although districts are not required to use the curriculum, it provides schools with guidance on how to implement the subject and offers sample lessons.

Later that year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the new graduation requirement into law, even as parents and school board members denounced ethnic studies in Orange County and other areas of the state. Future teachers still remain divided on the necessity of the subject.

Christine Soliva, a graduate student in UC Riverside’s teacher education program, said some of her peers critiqued an ethnic studies class they took in the fall, challenging the importance of incorporating an ethnic studies framework into their math or science courses. She added that while she would pursue an ethnic studies credential if it were available, she is unsure if other teacher candidates would be equally receptive.

“It really is just like, are educators willing to take that next step to be able to think outside the box and challenge themselves and their ideals to look at curriculum and content through an ethnic studies lens?” Soliva said.

Former Assemblymember Jose Medina, who authored the legislation requiring ethnic studies in high schools, said he does not believe the controversy around the subject will prevent state leaders from having necessary conversations about how to best prepare teachers.

“I think, despite the controversy, the state will

be well prepared to have teachers in place by the time of the requirement,” he said.

But not everyone shares Medina’s optimism. As hundreds of high schools begin rolling out new courses in the coming years, the state may face a shortage of ethnic studies teachers, said Lange Luntao, the director of external relations at The Education Trust–West, a nonprofit that advocates for educational equity. Ethnic studies graduation requirements are already in effect at some of the state’s large school districts, including Los Angeles Unified, San Diego Unified and Fresno Unified.

“I think one fear is that we’re going to open up enrollment for ethnic studies classes, and not have enough educators who have experience with this content,” he said.

Preparing future teachers

In the absence of an ethnic studies credential, California’s universities have developed a range of programs preparing students for teaching the subject. Some offer classes on ethnic studies teaching methods and curriculum development, while others place students in ethnic studies classrooms to gain firsthand experience.

At UC Riverside, students earning their teaching credential can pursue an ethnic studies pathway made up of elective courses dedicated to ethnic studies teaching methods and curriculum.

Karl Molina, a UC Riverside master’s student earning his social sciences credential through the program, works as a student teacher of high school economics, sociology and government in the Riverside Unified School District. Earlier in the school year, Molina introduced a sociology lesson named after rapper Tupac Shakur’s poem, “The Rose That Grew from Concrete”. He instructed his students to analyze Shakur’s poem and reflect on how the concepts of social and familial capital applied to their own lives. In discussions, students decided that capital was more than monetary wealth – it included the languages, cultures and aspirations that shaped their lives, Molina said.

“They were really, really into it,” Molina said. “I was really excited to get going and move forward.”

But as a student teacher, Molina has limited control over the course curriculum and had to cut his lesson short. If he were teaching in an ethnic studies classroom as part of a formal ethnic studies credentialing program, he said, he might have had more freedom to pursue it.

“We’re not indoctrinating these students,” Molina said. “We’re just telling them, ‘You have so much wealth. Here’s where your wealth is, and here’s what it does for you.’”

At San Jose State University, some students already have the opportunity to see ethnic studies taught in real time through an Ethnic Studies Residency Program that places students into an ethnic studies classroom for a full academic year.

In his residency at Evergreen Valley High School, Eduardo Zamora instructs his

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California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of 2030. That means the state needs lots of new ethnic studies teachers.
Marisa Silvestri listens to her student Oscar de la Torre during her Ethnic Studies Class at Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles on March 28, 2023. Photo Credit: Lauren Justice / CalMatters

students to partner up, facing one another in concentric circles. He first asks students to answer a silly icebreaker – example: “Would you rather be in the history books or gossip magazines?” – before moving onto questions about recent lessons. In one instance, he asked students to share oneminute reflections on the documentary Immigration Nation and how it relates to their discussion on Central American migration and racism in the United States. The circles rotate so students talk to a new partner each time.

“They’re moving, they’re talking and it’s educational,” said Zamora, a student in San Jose State University’s teacher education program who is pursuing a social sciences credential.

He said he hopes to bring the same activity into his own ethnic studies classroom one day, adding that his residency has shown him the importance of building community and trust among his students.

“I believe it’s important to have a teacher who wants to teach the class.”

-JAYLA JOHNSON-LAKE, SOPHOMORE, SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL

Yet, while Zamora believes his residency program is preparing him well, he said an ethnic studies credential may be necessary for a widespread rollout of ethnic studies courses. Currently, San Jose State University’s residency program only takes three to four students a year.

“One of the students came up to us saying that our class was very diverse, bringing in perspectives of people of color. And then she mentioned that her history teacher … said it’s easier to teach history just through ‘the normal way,’ I guess the Eurocentric way,” Zamora said. “So I think a specific ethnic studies credential is probably needed.”

Training the current workforce

As universities shape the next generation of ethnic studies teachers, districts are left with the challenge of preparing their current workforce to teach the subject.

In Elk Grove Unified School District, high schools have offered ethnic studies courses since 2020. But Robyn Rodriguez, a parent in the district and former Asian American Studies professor at UC Davis, said she’s concerned that Sacramento-area schools may be placing social studies teachers in ethnic studies classrooms without adequate preparation for the subject.

“You either see very watered down versions of ethnic studies, or ethnic studies being very nominally implemented,” she said.

Rodriguez’s son is only in second grade, but she said she is already supplementing his language arts curriculum with other reading because the texts assigned were not from diverse authors. As for what ethnic studies might look like by the time her son reaches high school, Rodriguez said, “I’m absolutely worried.”

Silvestri, the Santa Monica High School teacher, said she is torn about the necessity of an ethnic studies credential, adding that she would not want it to prevent interested and passionate teachers from teaching the subject. However, she said, the credential could help streamline the professional development opportunities she has needed to seek out independently over the past few years.

The University of California’s California Histo-

ry-Social Science Project works to support people like Silvestri who are teaching ethnic studies for the first time. Dominique Williams, the project’s ethnic studies coordinator, offers workshops educating teachers about the history of ethnic studies instruction and shows them how they can teach historical narratives from new perspectives.

Williams draws on her own experience transitioning from teaching English and social studies to ethnic studies in the Sacramento City Unified School District.

“In hindsight, I think that there is more training that I could have had, that I’m now trying to make sure that teachers are getting as they start their own journeys,” Williams said.

As the debate surrounding ethnic studies teacher preparation continues, Jayla Johnson-Lake, a sophomore at Santa Monica High School, said a passion for teaching is just as important as any credential. Johnson-Lake said Silvestri’s ethnic studies class has surpassed her expectations, introducing her to new facts, such as the details of Japanese internment and how the Black Codes worked to restrict Black people’s rights in the postCivil War era.

“I believe it’s important to have a teacher who wants to teach the class,” Johnson-Lake said.

Tagami is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. This story and other higher education coverage are supported by the College Futures Foundation.

LAS ESCUELAS SECUNDARIAS DE CALIFORNIA ESTÁN AGREGANDO CIENTOS DE CLASES DE ESTUDIOS ÉTNICOS.

¿ESTÁN PREPARADOS LOS PROFESORES?

Los estudiantes de secundaria (high school) de California deberán aprobar una clase de estudios étnicos para graduarse, comenzando con la clase de 2030. Eso significa que el estado necesita muchos maestros nuevos de estudios étnicos.

Enuna lluviosa tarde de viernes en la Santa Mónica High School, la maestra de estudios étnicos Marisa Silvestri presentó a su clase la canción de rap “Kenji”. Mientras el cantante Mike Shinoda narraba las experiencias de su familia en los campos de encarcelamiento estadounidenses de origen japonés de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la clase de Silvestri se quedó en silencio. Después de que los últimos compases de música llenaron la sala, la clase se puso a trabajar analizando la letra de la canción y acordaron que Shinoda humanizó un evento histórico del que algunos estudiantes sabían poco antes. Ahora en su segundo año de enseñanza de estudios étnicos, Silvestri dijo que ha pasado por varias iteraciones de su plan de estudios y espera que se produzcan más cambios en el futuro. Analizó el plan modelo de estudios étnicos de California, asistió a talleres en universidades locales y buscó el consejo de maestros de estudios étnicos de otros distritos escolares.

Pero Silvestri nunca recibió una credencial de enseñanza en estudios étnicos. Si eso es importante o no, es una pregunta que los funcionarios

CONDADO DE SANTA CLARA DEPARTAMENTO DE VIVIENDAS (Office of Supportive Housing) AVISO DE PERIODO DE REVISIÓN Y COMENTARIOS DEL PÚBLICO PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL PARA EL AÑO FISCAL 2024

El Departamento de Viviendas (Office of Supportive Housing) del Condado de Santa Clara ha completado un borrador del Plan de Acción Anual (Annual Action Plan, AAP) para el año fiscal 2024, que cubre el periodo del 1 de julio de 2023 al 30 de junio de 2024. El borrador del AAP para el año fiscal 2024 es el cuarto de cinco incrementos de un año al Plan consolidado de cinco años 2020-2025, que fue adoptado por la Junta de Supervisores el 2 de junio de 2020.

El borrador del Plan de acción anual establece metas y estrategias para el uso de recursos de viviendas, tanto federales como estatales, y locales para la asistencia de viviendas para personas de ingresos extremadamente bajos, muy bajos y bajos, como también establece otras necesidades de desarrollo comunitario, como proyectos de construcción, y servicios públicos.

El Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE. UU. (U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development) requiere la preparación y adopción del AAP cada año para que el condado pueda solicitar y administrar fondos federales de ayuda para la vivienda a los programas CDBG y HOME. El condado de Santa Clara administra el programa CDBG para las áreas no incorporadas del condado y las ciudades de Campbell, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill y Saratoga. El consorcio HOME del condado incluye las ciudades de Cupertino, Gilroy y Palo Alto.

Este aviso informa al público sobre una audiencia pública y la oportunidad de recibir comentarios del público sobre el borrador del Plan de Acción Anual.

PERIODO DE REVISIÓN PÚBLICA y COMENTARIOS: El borrador del AAP para el año fiscal 2024 estará disponible para revisión del público por un periodo de 30 días a partir del 31 de marzo de 2023, y concluirá en la audiencia pública que se realizará el martes, 2 de mayo de 2023, en la reunión de la Junta de Supervisores del condado. Los comentarios escritos sobre el AAP se recibirán hasta el 2 de mayo de 2023. Estos comentarios se pueden enviar a la atención de Alejandra Herrera Chávez: Office of Supportive Housing, 130 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134 o a través de correo electrónico a alejandra.herrera@hhs.sccgov.org. Personas que quieran asistir a la audiencia pública tendrán la oportunidad de compartir comentarios escritos u orales y sugerencias sobre el borrador del AAP. Estos comentarios se incluirán en el AAP del año fiscal 2024 presentado al HUD.

De conformidad con las Leyes de Derechos de Discapacitados y la Ley Brown (American with Disabilities Act and The Brown Act), personas que requieran adaptaciones para estas reuniones deberían ponerse en contacto con la oficina del Clerk of the Board del condado 24 horas antes de la junta al (408) 299-5001 o boardoperations@cob.sccgov.org.

Se pueden solicitar copias del borrador del Plan de acción 1- enviando un email a Alejandra.Herrera@hhs.sccgov.org; 2 llamando al (408) 278-6400; o 3- visitando el sitio web: https://osh.sccgov.org/housing-community-development/urban-county-program . Para obtener más información, póngase en contacto con Alejandra Herrera Chávez llamando al (408) 2786400.

de California están sopesando ahora que el estado se ha convertido en el primero en la nación en exigir que los estudiantes de secundaria tomen al menos un semestre de estudios étnicos antes de graduarse.

California necesita más maestros de estudios étnicos, rápidamente. Según la nueva ley, aprobada en 2021, las escuelas secundarias deben comenzar a ofrecer cursos de estudios étnicos en el año escolar 2025-26, y los estudiantes de la clase de 2030 serán los primeros sujetos al requisito de graduación. A medida que muchas escuelas secundarias amplían su oferta de cursos antes de lo previsto, las universidades se debaten sobre cómo preparar mejor a la próxima generación de docentes.

Algunos defensores y educadores han pedido la creación de una credencial específica de estudios étnicos que autorice a los educadores a enseñar la materia relativamente nueva y políticamente tensa en las escuelas intermedias (Middle School) y secundarias. Dicen que sin tal credencial, el estado corre el riesgo de tener clases de baja calidad que pueden hacer más daño que bien. Pero a otros les preocupa que un requisito adicional pueda dificultar aún más que las escuelas encuentren maestros para la materia.

Las regulaciones estatales permiten que los maestros con credenciales en ciencias sociales enseñen estudios étnicos, dijo Jonathon Howard, gerente de relaciones gubernamentales de la Comisión de Credenciales de Maestros de California. Sin embargo, cuando los estudios étnicos se combinan con otras materias, como lectura o arte, los profesores de otras materias también son elegibles.

“Tenemos todos estos maestros que tienen un gran corazón, que realmente tienen una mentalidad de justicia social, que realmente quieren hacer estudios étnicos porque piensan en sí mismos como ‘soy una maestra culturalmente receptiva’”, dijo Theresa Montaño, una profesor de chicana y estudios chicanos en Cal State Northridge. “Pero eso no es suficiente para darte el conocimiento que necesitas”.

Idealmente, dijo Montaño, los maestros deberían tener una licenciatura en estudios étnicos, además de una credencial en estudios étnicos que les mostraría cómo traducir su experiencia en el plan de estudios del aula.

La asambleísta Wendy Carrillo está de acuerdo. En febrero, presentó una legislación que requiere que la Comisión de Acreditación de Maestros comience a crear una credencial de estudios étnicos para 2025.

“El programa de credenciales en ciencias sociales no cubre suficientemente los estudios étnicos”, dijo Carrillo, un demócrata de Los Ángeles, por correo electrónico. “Sostenemos que en la actualidad no existe una credencial que cubra suficientemente la profundidad y amplitud del carácter multidisciplinario de los Estudios Étnicos”.

“El programa de credenciales en ciencias sociales no cubre suficientemente los estudios étnicos”.

-WENDY CARRILLO, ASAMBLEÍSTA (D-LOS ÁNGELES)

La comisión necesitaría la autorización de la Legislatura para comenzar a desarrollar una nueva credencial, dijo Howard.

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Sin embargo, algunos distritos escolares dicen que la flexibilidad actual en torno a los requisitos de los maestros les ha beneficiado, permitiéndoles ampliar sus ofertas de cursos de estudios étnicos antes de lo previsto.

Las Escuelas de la Ciudad de Santa Rosa han estado ofreciendo cursos de estudios étnicos desde el año 2020 y actualmente requieren que los estudiantes tomen un año completo de la materia antes de graduarse. Debido a que varias clases, desde inglés hasta danza, incorporan estudios étnicos en el material del curso, todos los maestros son elegibles para enseñar la materia, dijo Tim Zalunardo, director ejecutivo de servicios educativos. Agregó que este enfoque facilita que la escuela reclute maestros que estén entusiasmados y dispuestos a enseñar estudios étnicos.

“Proporciona flexibilidad tanto a los estudiantes como a la oferta de cursos de la escuela”, dijo Zalunardo.

Un tema controversial

Los debates en torno a los estudios étnicos no son nada nuevo.

Los estudios étnicos comenzaron en la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco a fines de la década de 1960 cuando los estudiantes impulsaron la creación de clases dedicadas al estudio de las historias y culturas de las personas de color. A medida que el tema ganó impulso y críticas en todo el país, los defensores comenzaron a presionar para que se incluyera en las escuelas K-12.

En 2021, después de dos años de redacción y acalorados debates, la Junta de Educación del Estado adoptó un plan de estudios modelo de estudios étnicos que se centra principalmente en las “historias, culturas, luchas y contribuciones” no contadas de afroamericanos, latinos, nativos americanos y asiáticos americanos y comunidades de las islas del Pacífico. Aunque los distritos no están obligados a utilizar el plan de estudios, proporciona a las escuelas orientación sobre cómo implementar la materia y ofrece ejemplos de lecciones.

Más tarde ese año, el gobernador Gavin Newsom convirtió en ley el nuevo requisito de graduación, incluso cuando los padres y los miembros de la junta escolar denunciaron los estudios étnicos en el condado de Orange y otras áreas del estado. Los futuros docentes aún permanecen divididos sobre la necesidad de la materia.

Christine Soliva, estudiante de posgrado en el programa de formación docente de UC Riverside, dijo que algunos de sus compañeros criticaron una clase de estudios étnicos que tomaron en el otoño, cuestionando la importancia de incorporar un marco de estudios étnicos en sus cursos de matemáticas o ciencias. Agregó que si bien buscaría una credencial en estudios étnicos si estuviera disponible, no está segura de sí otros candidatos a maestros serían igualmente receptivos.

“Realmente es como, ¿están los educadores dispuestos a dar el siguiente paso para poder pensar fuera de lo establecido y desafiarse a sí mismos y a sus ideales para ver el plan de estudios y el contenido a través de una lente de estudios étnicos?” Soliva dijo.

El ex asambleísta José Medina, autor de la legislación que requiere estudios étnicos en las escuelas secundarias, dijo que no cree que la controversia en torno al tema impida que los líderes estatales tengan las conversaciones necesarias sobre cómo preparar mejor a los maestros.

“Creo que, a pesar de la controversia, el estado estará bien preparado para tener maestros para cuando sea necesario”, dijo.

Pero no todos comparten el optimismo de Medina.

A medida que cientos de escuelas secundarias comiencen a implementar nuevos cursos en los próximos años, es posible que el estado

enfrente una escasez de maestros de estudios étnicos, dijo Lange Luntao, directora de relaciones externas de The Education Trust–West, una organización sin fines de lucro que aboga por la equidad educativa. Los requisitos de graduación de estudios étnicos ya están vigentes en algunos de los distritos escolares grandes del estado, incluidos el Distrito Unificado de Los Ángeles, el Distrito Unificado de San Diego y el Distrito Unificado de Fresno.

“Creo que uno de los temores es que vamos a abrir la inscripción para las clases de estudios étnicos y no tener suficientes educadores que tengan experiencia con este contenido”, dijo.

Preparando a los futuros maestros

En ausencia de una credencial en estudios étnicos, las universidades de California han desarrollado una variedad de programas que preparan a los estudiantes para enseñar la materia. Algunos ofrecen clases sobre métodos de enseñanza de estudios étnicos y desarrollo de planes de estudios, mientras que otros colocan a los estudiantes en aulas de estudios étnicos para obtener experiencia de primera mano.

En UC Riverside, los estudiantes que obtienen su credencial de enseñanza pueden seguir un camino para los estudios étnicos compuesto por cursos electivos dedicados a los métodos de enseñanza y el plan de estudios de estudios étnicos.

Karl Molina, un estudiante de maestría de UC Riverside que obtuvo su credencial en ciencias sociales a través del programa, trabaja como estudiante de educación secundaria en economía, sociología y gobierno en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Riverside. A principios del año escolar, Molina presentó una lección de sociología que lleva el nombre del poema del rapero Tupac Shakur, ‘The Rose That Grew from Concrete’. Instruyó a sus alumnos a analizar el poema de Shakur y reflexionar sobre cómo los conceptos de capital social y familiar se aplicaban a sus propias vidas. En las discusiones, los estudiantes decidieron que el capital era más que riqueza monetaria: incluía los idiomas, las culturas y las aspiraciones que dieron forma a sus vidas, dijo Molina.

“Estaban muy, muy interesados”, dijo Molina. “Estaba muy emocionado de ponerlo en marcha y seguir adelante”.

Pero como estudiante de magisterio, Molina tiene un control limitado sobre el plan de estudios del curso y tuvo que acortar su lección. Si estuviera enseñando en un aula de estudios étnicos como parte de un programa formal de acreditación de estudios étnicos, dijo, podría haber tenido más libertad para seguirlo.

“No estamos adoctrinando a estos estudiantes”, dijo Molina. “Simplemente les decimos: ‘Tienen tanta riqueza. Aquí es donde está tu riqueza, y esto es lo que hace por ti’”.

En San Jose State University, algunos estudiantes ya tienen la oportunidad de ver estudios étnicos que se enseñan en tiempo real a través de un Programa de Residencia de Estudios Étnicos que ubica a los estudiantes en un salón de estudios étnicos durante un año académico completo.

En su residencia en la Escuela Secundaria Evergreen Valley, Eduardo Zamora instruye a sus estudiantes a formar parejas, uno frente al otro en círculos concéntricos. Primero les pide a los estudiantes que respondan a un rompehielos tonto, por ejemplo: “¿Preferirías estar en los libros de historia o en las revistas de chismes?” – antes de pasar a preguntas sobre lecciones recientes. En un caso, pidió a los estudiantes que compartieran reflexiones de un minuto sobre el documental Immigration Nation y cómo se relaciona con su discusión sobre la migración centroamericana y el racismo en los Estados Unidos. Los círculos rotan para que los estudiantes hablen con un compañero nuevo cada vez.

“Se están moviendo, están hablando y es educativo”, dijo Zamora, estudiante del programa de formación docente de la San Jose State University que está buscando una credencial en ciencias sociales.

Dijo que espera llevar la misma actividad a su propia clase de estudios étnicos algún día, y agregó que su residencia le ha demostrado la importancia de construir comunidad y confianza entre sus estudiantes.

“Creo que es importante tener un maestro que quiera enseñar la clase”.

-JAYLA JOHNSON-LAKE, ESTUDIANTE DE SEGUNDO AÑO, SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL

Sin embargo, aunque Zamora cree que su programa de residencia lo está preparando bien, dijo que una credencial en estudios étnicos puede ser necesaria para una implementación generalizada de cursos de estudios étnicos. Actualmente, el programa de residencia de San Jose State University solo acepta de tres a cuatro estudiantes al año.

“Uno de los estudiantes se acercó a nosotros y nos dijo que nuestra clase era muy diversa y aportaba perspectivas de personas de color. Y luego mencionó que su profesor de historia… dijo que es más fácil enseñar historia de la ‘manera normal’, supongo que de la manera eurocéntrica”, dijo Zamora. “Así que creo que probablemente se necesite una credencial específica de estudios étnicos”.

Formación de la plantilla actual

A medida que las universidades dan forma a la próxima generación de maestros de estudios étnicos, los distritos enfrentan el desafío de preparar a su fuerza laboral actual para enseñar la materia.

En el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Elk Grove, las escuelas secundarias han ofrecido cursos de estudios étnicos desde el año 2020. Pero Robyn Rodríguez, madre del distrito y ex profesora de Estudios Asiático-estadounidenses en UC Davis, dijo que le preocupa que las escuelas del área de Sacramento puedan estar colocando a maestros de estudios sociales en aulas de estudios étnicos sin la preparación adecuada para la materia.

“O ves versiones muy diluidas de estudios étnicos, o estudios étnicos que se implementan de manera muy nominal”, dijo.

El hijo de Rodríguez solo está en segundo grado, pero ella dijo que ya está complementando su plan de estudios de lengua y literatura con otras lecturas porque los textos asignados no eran de autores diversos. En cuanto a cómo serán los estudios étnicos para cuando su hijo llegue a la escuela secundaria, Rodríguez dijo: “Estoy absolutamente preocupada”.

Silvestri, la maestra de la Escuela Secundaria de Santa Mónica, dijo que está dividida sobre la necesidad de una credencial en estudios étnicos, y agregó que no querría que eso impidiera que los maestros interesados y apasionados enseñaran la materia. Sin embargo, dijo, la credencial podría ayudar a agilizar las oportunidades de desarrollo profesional que ha necesitado para buscar de forma independiente en los últimos años.

El Proyecto de Historia y Ciencias Sociales de California de la Universidad de California trabaja para apoyar a personas como Silvestri, que enseñan estudios étnicos por primera vez. Dominique Williams, coordinadora de estudios étnicos del proyecto, ofrece talleres para educar a los maestros sobre la historia de la instrucción de estudios étnicos y les muestra cómo pueden enseñar narrativas históricas desde nuevas perspectivas.

Williams se basa en su propia experiencia en la transición de enseñar inglés y estudios sociales a estudios étnicos en el Distrito Escolar Unificado de la Ciudad de Sacramento.

“En retrospectiva, creo que hay más capacitación de la que podría haber tenido, que ahora estoy tratando de asegurarme de que los maestros estén recibiendo a medida que comienzan sus propios viajes”, dijo Williams.

A medida que continúa el debate en torno a la preparación de maestros de estudios étnicos, Jayla Johnson-Lake, estudiante de segundo año en Santa Monica High School, dijo que la pasión por la enseñanza es tan importante como cualquier credencial. Johnson-Lake dijo que la clase de estudios étnicos de Silvestri superó sus expectativas y le presentó nuevos hechos, como los detalles del internamiento japonés y cómo funcionaron los Códigos Negros para restringir los derechos de los negros en la era posterior a la Guerra Civil.

“Creo que es importante tener un maestro que quiera enseñar la clase”, dijo Johnson-Lake.

Tagami es miembro de CalMatters College Journalism Network, una colaboración entre CalMatters y estudiantes de periodismo de todo California. Esta historia y otra cobertura de educación superior cuentan con el apoyo de College Futures Foundation.

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Karl Molina, de 25 años, que enseña sociología con énfasis en estudios étnicos, se encuentra cerca del salón de clases donde enseña en la Escuela Secundaria Romona en Riverside el 28 de marzo de 2023. Photo Credit: Pablo Unzueta / CalMatters

¿QUÉ SIGNIFICAN LOS COLORES DURANTE EL SUEÑO?

Amarillo: Predice el inicio de un nuevo ciclo en la vida del soñador. Es preciso dejar atrás el pasado y los recuerdos turbulentos. Nuevas ilusiones se harán presentes. Todo es posible, si se alimenta diariamente el optimismo, y si no decaen la fe y la esperanza. Con sus palabras y obras, favorecerá a otras personas o a su comunidad.

Azul: El color azul es un indicio de paz y unión familiar. Cuando se sueña con el color azul constantemente, es agüero que necesita renovar su energía física y espiritual, en el mar o en el agua de un río de aguas cristalinas. Tranquilidad, armonía, seguridad en el trabajo, son presagios al soñar con este color.

Blanco: Es un símbolo de recuperación para los que sufren un mal ya sea físico, emocional o espiritual. Soñar personas conocidas usando prendas blancas, es augurio que puede confiar en ellas; y si no las conoce, presagia que nuevos conocidos le serán de gran ayuda. Predice buena salud, pureza, protección y el cumplimiento de una promesa.

Café: Experimentará con hechos paranormales. Predice también que será escuchada su petición. Favor que será otorgado. El color café es uno de los colores que representa al planeta Tierra, y su presencia durante el sueño, le hace un llamado al soñador, para que proteja el medio ambiente, y se oponga a la crueldad que sufren los animales.

Celeste: Está siendo protegido por un espíritu de luz. El color celeste en los sueños refleja todo el caudal de nuestros deseos, dependiendo el tono, así indicará si nuestros esfuerzos son suficientes para alcanzar las metas propuestas. Un tono muy opaco, le advierte al soñador que no se duerma en sus laureles, porque deja todo en manos de la suerte.

Color Cobre: Soñar con este color augura que será favorecido en sus peticiones y deseos. Deidades bondadosas pondrán en su camino oportunidades. para tener mayor abundancia económica. Todo lo bueno que ha hecho en su vida en favor de otros, le será retornado en forma de ganancias y buena fortuna.

Dorado y Plateado: Ambos colores son agüero de bendiciones y momentos felices. Así mismo son presagio de festejos y celebraciones. Soñar con frecuencia estos colores, le indican que está yendo por el camino correcto en su búsqueda espiritual. Se acercará más al Creador. Su vida se llenará de encanto.

Gris: El color gris está ligado en muchas ocasiones a lapsos de tristeza, y a la convalecencia de enfermedades y pesares. Cuando se sueña este color continuamente, aduce que se viene arrastrando

un sentimiento de culpa, que no le deja ser feliz. Señala la necesidad de un cambio en el estilo de vida del soñador.

Naranja: Muy buenas oportunidades están por llegar. Aproveche lo que le está sucediendo. La rueda de la fortuna comenzará a girar a su favor. También augura una época festiva llena de grandes novedades. Un tono muy encendido puede indicar vicios o abuso de placeres.

Negro: El color negro refleja en diversas ocasiones: sentimientos de venganza, avaricia y deseos mal sanos. Ocasionalmente puede prevenir al soñador, que está a un paso de involucrarse en actividades peligrosas o en cultos oscuros. Si sueña muy a menudo el color negro, es señal que lleva una vida demasiado solitaria. Sea más positivo consigo mismo.

Rojo: El color rojo desde siempre se ha asociado a las relaciones sexuales placenteras. Un tono muy encendido, predice que se vivirán tentaciones y pasiones incontrolables. Asimismo se le asocia a la sangre, y si observa en el sueño un tono muy tenue, es indicio que precisará una consulta médica. Recuperación, fin de una convalecencia, pasión.

Rosa: Encuentro del amor, sentimientos nobles y matrimonio. Si sueña a sus amigos rodeados por el color rosa, quiere decir que éstos son sinceros y desean su bienestar. Si ha de cambiar de domicilio, iniciar un nuevo trabajo o hacer un viaje, y en fechas anteriores aparece en el sueño este color, es indicativo que todo marchará sobre ruedas.

Verde: Solución de problemas económicos, ganancias, tiempo de buena fortuna. El color verde está directamente asociado con el dinero, y las posesiones. Cuando se presenta en el sueño, es augurio de buenas nuevas en el sector financiero, del mismo modo le aconseja al soñador, ser más generoso. Cuando el verde se presenta en tonos exagerados, es indicio que quien sueña padece una ambición desmedida.

Verde Aqua: Llegan tiempos mejores después de una etapa marcada por preocupaciones económicas. Si sueña con este color, augura una merecida vacación, un tiempo de descanso en la que el soñador, recuperará toda la energía y fortaleza, que fueron consumidas en el ciclo vital anterior.

Violeta: La vibración del color violeta, refleja en el sueño altos grados de conciencia y honestidad. A la vez se relaciona a mensajes telepáticos. Soñar con una llama violeta, indica el preámbulo a la comunicación con un ente espiritual durante la vigilia. Espiritualidad, está siendo protegido por su Ángel guardián. Recuperación de lo que se creía perdido.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA ATENCIÓN DESARROLLADORES/ PROVEDORES SIN FINES DE LUCRO (ATTENTION NON-PROFIT OWNERS/DEVELOPERS)

QUALIFICACIONES REQUERIDAS (REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)PROPIEDADES DE VENTA EN DIVERSAS LOCALIDADES A PRECIO BAJO MERCADO ACTUAL (BELOW MARKET VALUE SCATTERED SITE SALES)

El Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa (HACCC) está invitando desarrolladores de vivienda sin fines de lucro 501(c)(3) (nonprofit ((501(c)(3) housing developers) para someter propuestas para 16 localidades a precio bajo mercado actual que antes eran viviendas públicas, Las Deltas. El RFQ se publicará en el sitio web de HACCC en el siguiente link el 10 de Abril de 2023: https://contracostaha.org/ las-deltas-redevelopment/

El objetivo de HACCC al vender el sitio de viviendas que antes eran viviendas públicas es para mejorar las existencia de viviendas en North Richmond, proveer oportunidades económicas a quienes viven y trabajan en North Richmond y para aumentar la cantidad de viviendas asequibles. El primer paso en este proceso es la solicitud de Qualificaciones Requeridas ( Request for Qualifications (RFQ), en el que HACCC busca propuestas de 501(c)(3) desarrolladores de viviendas sin fines de lucro (501(c)(3) nonprofit housing developers) para someter propuestas para 16 localidades a precio bajo mercado actual que antes eran viviendas publicas, desarrolladores a comprar hasta 5 edificios por dessarollador por $1 por edificio y depues rehabilitar o remodelar estas unidades para la venta, incluyendo programas de capital compartido y cualquier otro modelo que permita creación de equidad para los ocupantes para familias de bajos engresos (al 80 % o menos del ingreso medio del área).

Cada desarrollador puede solicitar la compra el máximo de 4 dúplexes y una unidad singular. HACCC venderá no más de 16 edificios en total (12 dúplexes y 4 unidades singulares) en respuesta a la RFQ. Sin embargo, si se presentan menos propuestas, la cantidad de unidades otorgada puede diferenciar. Todos los proyectos deben de tener asequibilidad a largo plazo al menos de 20 años.

Todos desarrolladores sin fines de lucro que respondan tendrán poco más de 90 días (hasta el 13 de julio de 2023) para enviar sus presentaciones.

Paquetes de propuestas se pueden obtener a partir del 10 de Abril de 2023 a las 10 a. m. en el sitio web de HACCC en el siguente link: https://contracostaha.org/lasdeltas-redevelopment/

Solo propuestas para este RFQ seran consideradas. Desarrolladores sin fines de lucro serán notificados por correo electrónico de la aceptación o rechazo de su propuesta. Criterios de selección estarán atadas junto el RFQ.

Todas las propuestas DEBEN recibirse a más tardar a las 4:00 p. m. del 13 de Julio de 2023.

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KNOW THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF COPD

CONOZCA LOS PRIMEROS SIGNOS DE ADVERTENCIA DE LA EPOC ESPAÑOL

ductos químicos en el lugar de trabajo, y una afección genética llamada deficiencia de alfa-1 antitripsina (AATD) también son causas y factores de riesgo para la EPOC.

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Chronicobstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. A leading cause of disability and death in the United States, more than 12.5 million people have been diagnosed, and millions more may have the disease without even knowing it. While there is no cure, knowing COPD’s early warning signs can lead to earlier treatment and may prevent its progression.

The American Lung Association, funded with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is sharing the following insights to help Americans recognize the warning signs of COPD and take action:

Early Warning Signs of COPD

Not everyone has the same COPD symptoms, but some of the more common early warning signs and symptoms may include shortness of breath, a cough that may bring up mucus or phlegm, chest tightness, fatigue and reoccurring lung infections. People may think these symptoms are because of aging, smoking or being out of shape and become less active to avoid experiencing them. These signs and symptoms shouldn’t be ignored. Speak with your healthcare provider if you experience any of these symptoms and discuss any activities you are avoiding due to breathing difficulties.

Risk Factors and Diagnosis

Anyone can develop COPD, but people aged 40 or older and those who smoke or used to smoke are at higher risk. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of COPD, however 1 in 4 people with COPD never smoked cigarettes. Secondhand smoke, air pollution, workplace exposures to dust, fumes and chemicals, and a genetic condition called alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) are also causes and risk factors for COPD.

People are often diagnosed at later stages of COPD when the disease has progressed because they delayed sharing their early symptoms with their healthcare provider. Everyone with risk factors and those experiencing early

warning signs should talk to their healthcare provider about any breathing issues. It’s especially important for women to do so. Because COPD has been historically thought of as a “man’s disease” or an “old person’s disease,” women are sometimes misdiagnosed or receive a delayed diagnosis. But overall, more women are affected by COPD than men and the death rate is higher in women. In addition, women tend to develop the disease at a younger age.

To diagnose COPD, the healthcare provider will evaluate symptoms, gather a complete health history, conduct a health exam and perform a pulmonary function test called spirometry. The results of the spirometry test can determine if you have COPD.

Lifestyle Changes

In addition to treatment, certain lifestyle changes may make a difference, as patients living with COPD know firsthand. After being diagnosed with stage 2 COPD in the wake of a COVID-19 infection, Bob F. partnered with his doctor and started monitoring his breathing at home and leaned into exercise. His hard work has paid off, with his last pulmonary function test showing that the disease has not progressed, and he is in better overall shape than before.

“Most of the advice you should follow is no different than what doctors tell us all. Eat right, exercise, sleep, drink plenty of water, manage your weight and don’t smoke. If you do these things, you may slow the progression of your COPD,” says Bob.

But you shouldn’t wait until a COPD diagnosis to make these changes. Lifestyle changes like quitting smoking, avoiding secondhand smoke and reducing your exposure to air pollution may reduce your risk for developing COPD. If you are experiencing shortness of breath or other respiratory symptoms, do not delay talking to your healthcare provider about your symptoms or COPD risk factors. For more information about COPD, visit Lung. org/COPD.

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Laenfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) es una afección pulmonar a largo plazo que dificulta la respiración. Es una de las principales causas de discapacidad y muerte en los Estados Unidos, donde más de 12.5 millones de personas han sido diagnosticadas con ella y millones más pueden tenerla sin siquiera saberlo. Si bien no hay cura, conocer los signos de advertencia temprana de la EPOC puede llevar a un tratamiento más temprano y puede evitar su progresión.

La American Lung Association, financiada con el apoyo de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, comparte las siguientes ideas para ayudar a los estadounidenses a reconocer las señales de advertencia de la EPOC y tomar medidas:

Señales de alerta temprana de la EPOC

No todas las personas tienen los mismos síntomas de la EPOC, pero algunos de los signos y síntomas de advertencia temprana más comunes pueden incluir dificultad para respirar, tos que puede producir moco o flema, opresión en el pecho, fatiga e infecciones pulmonares recurrentes. Las personas pueden pensar que estos síntomas se deben al envejecimiento, a fumar o a estar fuera de forma y volverse menos activos para evitar experimentarlos. Estos signos y síntomas no deben ignorarse. Hable con su proveedor de atención médica si experimenta alguno de estos síntomas y comente cualquier actividad que esté evitando debido a dificultades respiratorias.

Factores de riesgo y diagnóstico

Cualquier persona puede desarrollar EPOC, pero las personas de 40 años o más y las que fuman o solían fumar tienen un mayor riesgo. Fumar cigarrillos es la causa principal de EPOC; sin embargo, 1 de cada 4 personas que nunca fumaron cigarrillos. El humo de segunda mano, la contaminación del aire, la exposición al polvo, los humos y los pro-

A menudo se diagnostica a las personas en etapas posteriores de la EPOC cuando la enfermedad ha avanzado porque retrasaron compartir sus primeros síntomas con su proveedor de atención médica. Todas las personas con factores de riesgo y quienes experimentan signos de advertencia temprana deben hablar con su proveedor de atención médica sobre cualquier problema respiratorio. Es especialmente importante que las mujeres lo hagan. Debido a que la EPOC ha sido históricamente considerada como una “enfermedad de hombres” o una “enfermedad de personas mayores”, las mujeres a veces son diagnosticadas erróneamente o reciben un diagnóstico tardío. Pero, en general, más mujeres que hombres se ven afectadas por la EPOC y la tasa de mortalidad es mayor en las mujeres. Además, las mujeres tienden a desarrollar la enfermedad a una edad más temprana.

Para diagnosticar la EPOC, el proveedor de atención médica evaluará los síntomas, reunirá una historia clínica completa, realizará un examen de salud y llevará a cabo una prueba de función pulmonar llamada espirometría. Los resultados de la prueba de espirometría pueden determinar si usted tiene EPOC.

Cambios en el estilo de vida

Además del tratamiento, algunos cambios en el estilo de vida pueden marcar la diferencia, como lo saben de primera mano los pacientes que viven con EPOC. Después de ser diagnosticado con EPOC en etapa 2 a raíz de una infección por COVID-19, Bob F. se asoció con su médico y comenzó a controlar su respiración en casa y se inclinó hacia el ejercicio. Su arduo trabajo ha dado sus frutos, con su última prueba de función pulmonar mostrando que la enfermedad no ha avanzado y que está en mejor forma general que antes.

“La mayoría de los consejos que debe seguir no son diferentes de lo que los médicos nos dicen a todos. Coma bien, haga ejercicio, duerma, beba mucha agua, controle su peso y no fume. Si hace estas cosas, puede retrasar la progresión de su EPOC”, dice Bob.

Pero, no debe esperar hasta tener un diagnóstico de EPOC para hacer estos cambios. Los cambios en el estilo de vida, como dejar de fumar, evitar el humo de segunda mano y reducir su exposición a la contaminación del aire, pueden reducir su riesgo de desarrollar EPOC. Si experimenta dificultades para respirar u otros síntomas respiratorios, no tarde en hablar sobre sus síntomas o factores de riesgo de EPOC con su proveedor de atención médica. Para obtener más información sobre la EPOC, visite Lung.org/ COPD.

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FOR ARTS MONTH , CA GROUPS PRESS FOR WORKFORCE DIVERSITY, OPPORTUNITY

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Aprilis the fifth annual Arts, Culture and Creativity Month in California, and advocates for the arts are promoting diversity in the arts workforce and celebrating recent policy wins.

In Los Angeles, the County Board of Supervisors just voted to join Arts for LA's Creative Jobs Collective Impact Initiative, which aims to create 10,000 living-wage jobs in the state's creative sector by the year 2030.

Gustavo Herrera, CEO of Arts for LA, said the idea is to rebuild the arts economy after COVID.

"We really are focusing on centering youth and adults from historically underrepresented communities," Herrera explained. "Here in Los Angeles, approximately 59%, or nearly threefifths of our arts workforce, currently self-identify as white."

The collective is looking to launch paid internships and other opportunities, and will report back to the Board in October.

Meanwhile, artists, advocates and policymakers are gathering in Sacramento for an Arts and Culture Summit on April 17, followed by a rally and meetings with lawmakers on April 18. Herrera emphasized April is the perfect time

to get involved.

"It's so important that we have a strong community of advocates, really pushing for arts and culture in every community," Herrera urged. "And then also, to just go out and experience the arts and celebrate all of the creativity across the state."

The summit will celebrate recent policy wins for the arts sector, including the passage of Prop 28 last year, which will direct millions more per year toward arts education.

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Abriles el quinto Mes Anual de las Artes, la Cultura y la Creatividad en California, y los defensores de las artes están promoviendo la diversidad en la fuerza laboral de las artes y celebrando los logros políticos recientes.

En Los Ángeles, la Junta de Supervisores del Condado acaba de votar para unirse a la Iniciativa de Impacto Colectivo de Trabajos Creativos de Arts for LA, que tiene como objetivo crear

10,000 trabajos con salarios dignos en el sector creativo del estado para el año 2030.

Gustavo Herrera, CEO de Arts for LA, dijo que la idea es reconstruir la economía de las artes después de COVID.

"Realmente nos estamos enfocando en centrar a jóvenes y adultos de comunidades históricamente subrepresentadas", explicó Herrera. "Aquí en Los Ángeles, aproximadamente el 59%, o casi las tres quintas partes de nuestra fuerza laboral artística, actualmente se identifican a sí mismos como blancos".

El colectivo busca lanzar pasantías pagadas y otras oportunidades, e informará a la Junta en octubre.

Mientras tanto, artistas, defensores y legisladores se reunirán en Sacramento para una Cumbre de Arte y Cultura el 17 de abril, seguida de un mitin y reuniones con legisladores el 18 de abril. Herrera enfatizó que abril es el momento perfecto para involucrarse.

"Es muy importante que tengamos una comunidad sólida de defensores, que realmente impulsen las artes y la cultura en cada comunidad", instó Herrera. " Y luego también, simplemente salir y experimentar las artes y celebrar toda la creatividad en todo el estado".

La cumbre celebrará recientes logros políticos para el sector de las artes, incluida la aprobación de la Proposición 28 el año pasado, que destinará millones más por año a la educación artística.

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A CALIFORNIA PROGRAM TO FIX MOBILE HOME PARKS APPROVED 1 APPLICATION IN 10 YEARS. WILL A REBRAND WORK?

Mobilehome residents in California face an outsize risk of failing utility systems, flooding and fires as a result of infrastructure that frequently hasn’t been updated or repaired in decades.

In 1984, California passed a law to help remedy this: a loan program, paid into by the residents themselves, to buy and in later iterations, fix their parks.

But that solution, for the last 10 years, has helped only one of California’s 4,500 mobile home parks.

State administrators approved a single loan application, in 2021, from a fund now worth $33.5 million, the state’s Housing and Community Development Department confirmed to CalMatters. The loan went to a non-profit organization to rehabilitate a run-down park in the Eastern Coachella Valley, a region notorious for its dilapidated mobile home parks. The last two applications it approved before that were in 2012, according to Alicia Murillo, speaking for the department.

Housing experts, including from the housing department, attribute the program’s failures to limited demand and an overly complex application process. Yet the need among poor residents is greater than ever, as living conditions at parks slump, chances of corporate ownership steepen and alternative affordable housing options vanish.

So, in 2022, the Legislature revamped the loan program, which is now known as the Manufactured Housing Opportunity & Revitalization Program, or MORE. The new version of the loan program will fold in an additional $100 million over the next two years and has fewer restrictions. The loans will now be forgivable; usable for more kinds of rehab work that prioritize health and safety; and available to private park owners, who were previously ineligible. The state will begin accepting applications by May.

Disillusioned lawmakers and housing experts told CalMatters they plan to watch its implementation carefully, in the hopes it doesn’t lead to more of the same.

“I’m going to wait and see what this does and monitor it very closely,” said Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, a Democrat from Coachella who authored a bill to reform the program in 2018.

What went wrong?

The original intent of the fund was narrow: Help residents buy their parks.

“This program was intended for a very specific purpose. When we’re thinking of all the needs of parks and residents, it’s easy to assume it was meant to do it all,” said Sasha Hauswald, assistant deputy director at the housing department.

During a conversion to resident ownership, residents can turn the lots into condominiums they buy individually, or create a non-profit cooperative that owns the land and issues shares to participating residents.

Housing experts say resident ownership is one of the best ways to remedy poor habitability and economic conditions at mobile home parks, which house some of the state’s most vulnerable residents. Because they rent the land their trailers sit on, residents are often at the mercy of park owners, who have little incentive to make the capital improvements old parks need.

But if they were to own their park, residents could pool their money to make repairs. After buying a park in Houston, Texas, for example, residents together bought a storm water management system that later protected them from Hurricane Harvey.

At its inception, California’s program was designed to combat rent hikes, poor management and park closures, which were increasingly common as the infrastructure at parks, which were often built to poor standards, began to fail and the land around them grow in value, said Jerry Rioux, a former housing department employee who helped write the legislation for then-state Sen. John Seymour.

“At that time there were more applications than we could fund,” said Rioux, who is now consulting with the state housing department on behalf of the California Coalition for Rural Housing, a Sacramento-based nonprofit. “Residents wanted to buy their parks.”

The barriers to entry for resident ownership are now much higher, especially in California. Land costs more and residents trying to create a co-op must now compete

against a growing field of investor-buyers. There are also more protections in place. Rioux said it’s much, much harder to shutter a mobile home park now, and more than 100 cities and counties have enacted rent control measures.

“Into the ‘90s there were enough protections in place that residents weren’t as hot on the idea of buying their park,” Rioux said.

Sixty-six of the roughly 70 loans the program awarded since its 1985 inception were parsed out before 2001, according to an Assembly analysis of Garcia’s 2018 bill and a 2022 report from the housing department addressed to the state Finance Department. Until Garcia’s 2018 bill, the loan program only funded rehabilitation of a park together with purchase, according to the bill analysis. The law, which went into effect in 2019, also allowed the program to issue grants

instead of just loans and use the money to rebuild parks following natural disasters.

But the program was still run inefficiently, multiple nonprofit directors who applied on behalf of residents told CalMatters. One problem: Loans could take months, if not years, to approve, which made it hard to compete with deeper pockets. Institutional investors accounted for about a quarter of park purchases across the United States in the previous two years, according to a June 2021 report by Real Capital Analytics, a research firm.

“With (the housing department) taking so long to process the loan program, it became virtually impossible to get a deal done,” said Maurice Priest, who runs Affordable Communities, Inc. nonprofit housing corporation in Sacramento and said he tried to sell a park to its residents using the program without any luck. Priest, like Rioux, also helped dream up the program, on behalf of mobile home resident group Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League in the 1980s.

In the previous decade, three staffers were assigned to the program at any time — but they were also working on other projects, amounting to one full-time employee, said Murillo, speaking for the housing department. Three staffers will work on the new program full-time.

One in 4,500 mobile home parks

“I’ve never dealt with a governmental program that was meant to give out money that was so inefficient at doing so,”

said Bob Solomon, a law professor at UC Irvine who codirects their Community & Economic Development Clinic, which provides pro bono legal services to low-income park residents. He should know — he ran a housing authority in Connecticut for more than a decade, and secured multiple loans from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, he said.

Starting in 2012, Solomon and his colleagues at the UC Irvine clinic represented a group of nearly 150 farmworker families at Capistrano Terrace who wanted to buy their park from its owner, whom they had successfully sued over neglect of the park.

The 18-acre Orange County park was long plagued by failing electrical and sewer systems. The center helped families form a resident-controlled nonprofit corporation and submitted multiple applications for the state’s loan program to buy and fix up the park. None succeeded.

The last, final rejection from the housing department for what Solomon said was a $3.5 million loan said the application didn’t demonstrate “financial feasibility,” according to a 2018 letter the housing department shared with CalMatters. The group secured a nearly $10 million loan anyway — from Clearinghouse CDFI, a private lender, Solomon said.

“I’ve never dealt with a governmental program that was meant to give out money that was so inefficient at doing so.”

-BOB SOLOMON, LAW PROFESSOR AT UC IRVINE

Solomon was shocked to hear the Caritas Corporation, a nonprofit, scored the 2021 loan to rehabilitate Shady Lane, a mobile home community in Thermal, California — an unincorporated part of the Coachella Valley home to 32 migrant farmworker families. Caritas applied for a $3 million loan, according to their application, obtained through a Public Records Act request from the housing department. The housing department confirmed the full amount was approved.

“Literally my mouth was open when I heard Caritas had gotten an application,” he said. But not because the park didn’t need help. Park residents successfully

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sued the owners in 2012, alongside Solomon’s group and California Rural Legal Assistance, a legal aid group, over unlivable conditions. Raw sewage regularly flooded the park’s roads and backed up into residents’ sinks and bathtubs, said Tracy Bejotte, chief operating officer of Caritas. A failed electric system left families without air conditioning during sweltering summers and children played amidst piles of garbage and sewage, according to Caritas’ application letter.

“It was horrible out there,” Bejotte said.

Caritas took over the park in 2017 and installed new septic tanks and electricity upgrades — a temporary solution. It applied in 2020, and was approved a year later, for a loan from the housing department to rebuild the park and add eight more spaces. It plans to start redevelopment next year, which will involve paving new roads, building a clubhouse and laundry facilities, and replacing dilapidated mobile homes. Before it starts, it’s waiting for the city of Coachella to connect the park to public water and sewer lines, Bejotte said.

The application process — which multiple experts with experience applying for government loans described to CalMatters as complicated — involved gathering a list of documents including an appraisal, a hydrology study and land use permit from the county. The application even included the appraiser’s resumé.

Multiple sources expressed skepticism that anyone without extensive professional experience tackling such programs would be able to successfully navigate the process solo.

“The folks in this park I don’t think would have had the ability to do everything that was needed for (the housing department),” she said. “It’s just not what they do for work. You need, like, a Caritas that wants to come in and help.”

Solomon said there’s a reason the housing department approved the application: Caritas has dependable managers and owners with technical expertise.

“There seems to be very little attention to the starting point,” Solomon said. “Which is, ‘Where’s the greatest need? How can we preserve housing?’ And that does not seem to be where people start. The funders seem to start with who has the nicest application.”

Hauswald, assistant deputy director at the housing department, insists the new program will be “a different story” because, in part, it was simplified and recrafted alongside many of the same stakeholders that struggled with the original program.

The biggest change: Park owners will be eligible to apply for the new funding to make repairs that fix health and safety violations, as long as they keep rents affordable. Of that money, $25 million will be available this year, and an additional $75 million next year. Park residents will also be able to access the money to fix problems in their homes, through non-profit partners who will administer those funds. The loans will also be forgivable.

“It remains to be seen whether we can do it,” said Brian Augusta, a longtime housing policy lobbyist in Sacramento. “A critical piece is that the state has signaled that they want to be an active partner. And I think a lot of people are hopeful that we can see more money get out the door and save some parks and create better living conditions.”

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UN PROGRAMA PARA REPARAR PARQUES DE CASAS MÓVILES EN CALIFORNIA SOLO APROBÓ 1 SOLICITUD EN 10 AÑOS. ¿FUNCIONARÁ UNA RENOVACIÓN?

Un programa para ayudar a los residentes de parques de casas móviles se renovó mucho el año pasado porque nadie lo estaba usando. ¿Podrá dar resultados el hecho de triplicar el fondo para préstamos y simplificar el proceso de solicitud?

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Losresidentes de casas móviles en California enfrentan un riesgo enorme de fallas en los sistemas de servicios públicos, inundaciones e incendios como resultado de una infraestructura que con frecuencia no ha sido actualizada o reparada en décadas.

En 1984, California aprobó una ley para ayudar a remediar esto: un programa de préstamos, pagado por los propios residentes, para comprar y, en iteraciones posteriores, arreglar sus parques.

Pero esa solución, durante los últimos 10 años, ha ayudado solo a uno de los 4,500 parques de casas móviles de California.

Los administradores estatales aprobaron una sola solicitud de préstamo, en 2021, de un fondo que ahora tiene $33.5 millones, según confirmó a CalMatters el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario del estado. El préstamo se destinó a una organización sin fines de lucro para rehabilitar un parque en ruinas en el este del Valle de Coachella, una región conocida por sus parques de casas móviles en ruinas. Las últimas dos solicitudes que aprobó antes de eso fueron en 2012, según Alicia Murillo, hablando en nombre del departamento.

Los expertos en vivienda, incluso del departamento de vivienda, atribuyen las fallas del programa a la demanda limitada ya un proceso de solicitud demasiado complejo. Sin embargo, la necesidad entre los residentes pobres es mayor que nunca, ya que las condiciones de vida en los parques se desploman, las posibilidades de propiedad corporativa aumentan y las opciones alternativas de vivienda asequible se desvanecen.

Entonces, en 2022, la Legislatura renovó el programa de préstamos, que ahora se conoce como el Programa de Oportunidad y Revitalización de Viviendas Manufacturadas, (MORE, por sus siglas en inglés). La nueva versión del programa de préstamos incorporará $100 millones adicionales durante los próximos dos años y tiene menos restricciones. Los préstamos ahora serán perdonables; utilizable para más tipos de trabajos de rehabilitación que prioricen la salud y la seguridad; y disponible para propietarios de parques privados, que anteriormente no eran elegibles. El estado comenzará a aceptar solicitudes en mayo.

Los legisladores desilusionados y los expertos en vivienda le dijeron a CalMatters que planean observar su implementación detenidamente, con la esperanza de que no conduzca a más de lo mismo. “Voy a esperar y ver qué hace esto y monitorearlo muy de cerca”, dijo el asambleísta Eduardo García, un demócrata de Coachella que redactó un proyecto de ley para reformar el programa en 2018.

¿Qué

salió mal?

La intención original del fondo era limitada: ayudar a los residentes a comprar sus parques.

“Este programa fue pensado para un propósito muy específico. Cuando pensamos en todas las necesidades de los parques y los residentes, es fácil suponer que estaba destinado a hacerlo todo”, dijo Sasha Hauswald, subdirectora adjunta del departamento de vivienda.

Durante una conversión a propiedad de los residentes, los residentes pueden convertir los

lotes en condominios que compran individualmente o crear una cooperativa sin fines de lucro que sea propietaria de la tierra y emita acciones a los residentes participantes.

Los expertos en vivienda dicen que la propiedad de los residentes es una de las mejores maneras de remediar las malas condiciones económicas y de habitabilidad en los parques de casas móviles, que albergan a algunos de los residentes más vulnerables del estado. Debido a que alquilan el terreno en el que se asientan sus remolques, los residentes a menudo están a merced de los propietarios de los parques, quienes tienen pocos incentivos para realizar las mejoras de capital que necesitan los parques antiguos.

Pero si fueran dueños de su parque, los residentes podrían juntar su dinero para hacer reparaciones. Después de comprar un parque en Houston, Texas, por ejemplo, los residentes compraron en cooperativa un sistema de gestión de aguas pluviales que luego los protegió del huracán Harvey.

Al principio, el programa de California se diseñó para combatir los aumentos de alquiler, la mala gestión y el cierre de parques, que eran cada vez más comunes a medida que la infraestructura de los parques, que a menudo se construían con estándares deficientes, comenzaba a fallar y el valor de la tierra que los rodeaba aumentaba, dijo Jerry Rioux, ex empleado del departamento de vivienda que ayudó a redactar la legislación para el entonces senador estatal John Seymour.

“En ese momento había más solicitudes de las que podíamos financiar”, dijo Rioux, quien ahora está consultando con el departamento de vivienda del estado en nombre de la Coalición de Vivienda Rural de California, una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Sacramento. “Los residentes querían comprar sus parques”.

Las barreras de entrada para la propiedad de los residentes ahora son mucho más altas, especialmente en California. La tierra cuesta más y los residentes que intentan crear una cooperativa ahora deben competir contra un campo creciente de inversores-compradores. También hay más protecciones en su lugar. Rioux dijo que ahora es mucho, mucho más difícil cerrar un parque de casas móviles, y más de 100 ciudades y condados han promulgado medidas de control de alquileres.

“En los años 90 había suficientes protecciones para que los residentes no estuvieran tan entusiasmados con la idea de comprar su parque”, dijo Rioux.

Sesenta y seis de los aproximadamente 70 préstamos que otorgó el programa desde su inicio en 1985 se analizaron antes de 2001, según un análisis de la Asamblea del proyecto de ley de García de 2018 y un informe de 2022 del departamento de vivienda dirigido al Departamento de Finanzas del estado. Hasta el proyecto de ley de García de 2018, el programa de préstamos solo financiaba la rehabilitación de un parque junto con la compra, según el análisis del proyecto de ley. La ley, que entró en vigencia en 2019, también permitió que el programa emitiera subvenciones en lugar de solo préstamos y usar el dinero para reconstruir parques luego de desastres naturales.

Pero el programa aún se ejecutaba de manera ineficiente, dijeron a CalMatters varios directores de organizaciones sin fines de lucro que solicitaron en nombre de los residentes. Un prob-

lema: los préstamos podían tardar meses, sino años, en aprobarse, lo que dificultaba competir con bolsillos más grandes. Los inversionistas institucionales representaron alrededor de una cuarta parte de las compras de parques en los Estados Unidos en los dos años anteriores, según un informe de junio de 2021 de Real Capital Analytics, una firma de investigación.

“Dado que (el departamento de vivienda) tardó tanto en procesar el programa de préstamos, se volvió prácticamente imposible llegar a un acuerdo”, dijo Maurice Priest, quien dirige la corporación de vivienda sin fines de lucro Affordable Communities, Inc. en Sacramento y dijo que trató de vender un parque a sus residentes utilizando el programa sin suerte. Priest, al igual que Rioux, también ayudó a idear el programa, en nombre del grupo de residentes de casas móviles Liga de Propietarios de Casas Manufacturadas Golden State en la década de 1980.

En la década anterior, tres miembros del personal fueron asignados al programa en cualquier momento, pero también estaban trabajando en otros proyectos, lo que suponía un empleado de tiempo completo, dijo Murillo, hablando en nombre del departamento de vivienda. Tres miembros del personal trabajarán en el nuevo programa a tiempo completo.

Uno de cada 4,500 parques de casas móviles

“Nunca me he enfrentado a un programa gubernamental destinado a dar dinero que fuera tan ineficiente en hacerlo”, dijo Bob Solomon, profesor de derecho en UC Irvine, quien codirige su Clínica de Desarrollo Económico y Comunitario, que brinda servicios profesionales y legales de bonos para residentes en parques que son de bajos ingresos. Él debería saberlo: dirigió un departamento de vivienda en Connecticut durante más de una década y obtuvo múltiples préstamos del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE.UU., dijo.

A partir de 2012, Solomon y sus colegas en la clínica de UC Irvine representaron a un grupo de casi 150 familias de trabajadores agrícolas en Capistrano Terrace que querían comprar su parque a su propietario, a quien habían demandado con éxito por negligencia en el mantenimiento del parque . El parque de 18 acres del Condado de Orange estuvo plagado durante mucho tiempo por fallas en los sistemas eléctricos y de alcantarillado. El centro ayudó a las familias a formar una corporación sin fines de lucro controlada por los residentes y presentó varias solicitudes para el programa de préstamos del estado para comprar y reparar el parque. Ninguno tuvo éxito. El último rechazo final del departamento de vivienda por lo que Solomon dijo que era un préstamo de $3.5 millones dijo que la solicitud no demostraba “factibilidad financiera”, según una carta de 2018 que el departamento de vivienda compartió con CalMatters. De todos modos, el grupo obtuvo un préstamo de casi $10 millones , de Clearinghouse CDFI, un prestamista privado, dijo Solomon.

“Nunca he tratado con un programa gubernamental que estaba destinado a dar dinero que fuera tan ineficiente en hacerlo”.

-BOB SOLOMON, PROFESOR DE DERECHO EN UC IRVINE

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rehabilitar Shady Lane, una comunidad de casas móviles en Thermal, California, una parte no incorporada del Valle de Coachella, hogar de 32 familias de trabajadores agrícolas migrantes. Caritas solicitó un préstamo de $3 millones, según su solicitud, obtenida a través de una solicitud de la Ley de Registros Públicos del departamento de vivienda. El departamento de vivienda confirmó que se aprobó el monto total.

“Literalmente, me quedé boca abierta cuando escuché que Caritas había recibido una solicitud”, dijo.

Pero no porque el parque no necesitara ayuda. Los residentes del parque demandaron con éxito a los propietarios en 2012, junto con el grupo de Solomon y California Rural Legal Assistance, un grupo de asistencia legal, por condiciones inhabitables. Las aguas residuales sin tratar inundaban regularmente las carreteras del parque y se acumulaban en los lavabos y bañeras de los residentes, dijo Tracy Bejotte, directora de operaciones de Caritas. Un sistema eléctrico averiado dejó a las familias sin aire acondicionado durante los veranos sofocantes y los niños jugaban entre montones de basura y aguas residuales, según la carta de solicitud de Caritas.

“Fue horrible allá afuera”, dijo Bejotte. Caritas se hizo cargo del parque en 2017 e instaló nuevos tanques sépticos y actualizaciones de electricidad, una solución temporal. Solicitó en 2020, y fue aprobado un año después, para un préstamo del departamento de vivienda para reconstruir el parque y agregar ocho espacios más. Planea comenzar la remodelación el próximo año, lo que implicará la pavimentación de nuevos caminos, la construcción de una casa club e instalaciones de lavandería, y el reemplazo de casas móviles en ruinas.

Antes de que comience, está esperando que la ciudad de Coachella conecte el parque con las líneas públicas de agua y alcantarillado, dijo Bejotte.

El proceso de solicitud, que varios expertos con experiencia en la solicitud de préstamos gubernamentales describieron a CalMatters como complicado, implicó reunir una lista de documentos que incluían una tasación, un estudio hidrológico y un permiso de uso de la tierra del condado. La solicitud incluso incluía el currículum del tasador.

Múltiples fuentes expresaron su escepticismo

de que cualquier persona sin una amplia experiencia profesional en el manejo de tales programas pueda navegar con éxito el proceso solo.

“No creo que la gente de este parque hubiera tenido la capacidad de hacer todo lo necesario para (el departamento de vivienda)”, dijo. “Simplemente no es lo que hacen por trabajo. Necesitas, como, una Caritas que quiera entrar y ayudar”.

Solomon dijo que hay una razón por la cual el departamento de vivienda aprobó la solicitud: Caritas tiene gerentes y propietarios confiables

con experiencia técnica.

“Parece haber muy poca atención al punto de partida”, dijo Solomon. “Que es, ‘¿Dónde está la mayor necesidad? ¿Cómo podemos preservar la vivienda?’ Y eso no parece ser donde la gente empieza. Los financiadores parecen comenzar con quién tiene la mejor aplicación”. Hauswald, subdirector adjunto del departamento de vivienda, insiste en que el nuevo programa será “una historia diferente” porque, en parte, se simplificó y reformuló junto con muchas de las mismas partes interesadas que lucharon con el programa original.

El mayor cambio: los propietarios de parques serán elegibles para solicitar los nuevos fondos para hacer reparaciones que corrijan las violaciones de salud y seguridad, siempre que mantengan los alquileres asequibles. De ese dinero, $25 millones estarán disponibles este año y $75 millones adicionales el próximo año. Los reside ntes del parque también podrán acceder al dinero para solucionar problemas en sus hogares, a través de socios sin fines de lucro que administrarán esos fondos. Los préstamos también serán perdonables.

“Queda por ver si podemos hacerlo”, dijo Brian Augusta, un cabildero de políticas de vivienda desde hace mucho tiempo en Sacramento. “Una pieza crítica es que el estado ha señalado que quiere ser un socio activo. Y creo que mucha gente tiene la esperanza de que podamos ver más dinero salir por la puerta y salvar algunos parques y crear mejores condiciones de vida”.

Este artículo fue producido como un proyecto de la beca de datos 2022 del USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.

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Abuzzwordin sustainability circles, permaculture—historically combining “permanent” and “agriculture”—describes ecologicallyconscious farming to create sustainable ecosystems for future generations, using methods such as conservation tillage, proper drainage, and polyculture (growing more than one crop species in the same space, at the same time). The Australian organization Permaculture Visions notes that “natural energies… [and nature’s eight] reliable patterns that collect, store and move resources around” make it possible for humanity to use less energy to create comfortable living.”

More recently, the word combines “permanent” and “culture” to describe sustainable land use in general, especially in ways that prioritize the knowledge of indigenous peoples. The podcast Green Dreamer has highlighted numerous indigenous voices offering ways to reframe the discussion of nature, permaculture and humanity’s potential responses to the climate crisis. The publication Tenth Acre Farm describes its aim as “working with nature to be low maintenance and highly productive.”

Simply put, permaculture is a method of cultivation that uses multiple tools to minimize human impact on the environment by mimicking the zero-waste feedback loops of naturally-existing systems. Much of permaculture is guided by three ethics and several major principles that help us to be good eco-stewards and support ourselves with native species, while disturbing the least amount of land. It introduces the idea of human responsibility in maintaining ecosystems, encourages greater consideration of the impact of human activities on the environment, and reduces waste associated with production intended only for sale.

The Habiba Organic Farm in Egypt puts these principles into practice, converting a former desert settlement, where crops are difficult to grow, to arable land on which many desert-viable plants have been cultivated. Similarly, in India, coconut trees, neem trees and legumes were planted to diversify areas that had been subject to slash-and-burn agriculture for 20 years. Among most current permaculture programs, resilience (especially to growing threats of climate change), cooperation and educational/ volunteering opportunities are key elements that define the project and connect it to the permaculture ethos.

Designing irrigation that allows water to seep slowly into soil across a large area prevents soil erosion and nutrient leaching. Similarly, composting and reusing “waste” products reduces pollution and improves soil quality. Readers interested in beginning their own permaculture projects (even home gardens)

can start by observing their own land to determine land patterns, plant native species, collect rainwater and runoff, and carefully compost their home “waste” (vegetable peels, coffee grounds, eggshells, etc.). “Permaculture site design follows a multi-step process, which starts with observing the landscape through a specific set of both passive and active observations… [and using maps to] think through many possible scenarios and outcomes before [committing] to certain strategies or concepts”, as Tenth Acre Farm puts it.

In a more general sense, permaculture can be incorporated into people’s daily lives in simple ways that identify activities which drain lots of energy and redirecting that energy into productive activities, CONTACTS: Permaculture Visions, permaculturevisions.com; Green Dreamer, greendreamer.com; Habiba Organic Farm, habibacommunity.com.

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Palabra de moda en los círculos de la sostenibilidad, la permacultura -que históricamente combina "permanente" y "agricultura"- describe una agricultura ecológicamente consciente para crear ecosistemas sostenibles para las generaciones futuras, utilizando métodos como la labranza de conservación, el drenaje adecuado y el policultivo (cultivo de más de una especie en el mismo espacio y al mismo tiempo).

La organización australiana Permaculture Visions señala que "las energías naturales... [y los ocho] patrones fiables de la naturaleza que recogen, almacenan y desplazan los recursos" hacen posible que la humanidad utilice menos energía para crear una vida cómoda".

Más recientemente, la palabra combina "permanente" y "cultura" para describir el uso sostenible de la tierra en general, especialmente en formas que priorizan el conocimiento de los pueblos indígenas. El podcast Green Dreamer ha destacado numerosas voces indígenas que ofrecen formas de replantear el debate sobre la naturaleza, la permacultura y las posibles respuestas de la humanidad a la crisis climática. La publicación Tenth Acre Farm describe su objetivo como "trabajar con la naturaleza para que requiera poco mantenimien-

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to y sea altamente productiva".

En pocas palabras, la permacultura es un método de cultivo que utiliza múltiples herramientas para minimizar el impacto humano en el medio ambiente imitando los circuitos de retroalimentación de cero residuos de los sistemas que existen en la naturaleza. Gran parte de la permacultura se guía por tres éticas y varios principios fundamentales que nos ayudan a ser buenos ecocustodios y a mantenernos con especies autóctonas, perturbando al mismo tiempo la menor cantidad de tierra posible. Introduce la idea de la responsabilidad humana en el mantenimiento de los ecosistemas, fomenta una mayor consideración del impacto de las actividades humanas en el medio ambiente y reduce los residuos asociados a la producción destinada únicamente a la venta.

La granja ecológica de Habiba, en Egipto, pone en práctica estos principios, convirtiendo un antiguo asentamiento en el desierto, donde es difícil cultivar, en tierra cultivable en la que se han cultivado muchas plantas viables en el desierto. Del mismo modo, en la India se plantaron cocoteros, árboles de neem y leguminosas para diversificar zonas que habían estado sometidas a la agricultura de roza y quema durante 20 años. En la mayoría de los programas actuales de permacultura, la resiliencia (especialmente ante las crecientes amenazas del cambio climático), la cooperación y las oportunidades educativas y de voluntariado son elementos clave que definen el proyecto y lo conectan con la ética de la permacultura.

Diseñar un sistema de riego que permita que el agua se filtre lentamente en el suelo a través de una gran superficie evita la erosión del suelo y la lixiviación de nutrientes. Del mismo modo, el compostaje y la reutilización de los "residuos" reducen la contaminación y mejoran la calidad del suelo. Los lectores interesados en iniciar sus propios proyectos de permacultura (incluso huertos domésticos) pueden empezar por observar su propio terreno para determinar los patrones de la tierra, plantar especies autóctonas, recoger el agua de lluvia y de escorrentía y compostar cuidadosamente sus "residuos" domésticos (cáscaras de verduras, posos de café, cáscaras de huevo, etc.). "El diseño de un emplazamiento de permacultura sigue un proceso de varios pasos, que comienza con la observación del paisaje a través de un conjunto específico de observaciones pasivas y activas... [y el uso de mapas para] pensar en muchos escenarios y resultados posibles antes de [comprometerse] con determinadas estrategias o conceptos", como dice Tenth Acre Farm.

En un sentido más general, la permacultura puede incorporarse a la vida cotidiana de las personas de formas sencillas que identifiquen las actividades que drenan mucha energía y redirijan esa energía hacia actividades productivas,

CONTACTOS: Permaculture Visions, permaculturevisions.com; Green Dreamer, greendreamer.com; Habiba Organic Farm, habibacommunity.com.

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Community planners have turned a desolate patch of desert onto a thriving organic farm at Habiba in Egypt by applying the principles of permaculture. Photo Credit: cottonbro studio / Pexels Los planificadores comunitarios han convertido una desolada parcela de desierto en una próspera granja ecológica en Habiba (Egipto) aplicando los principios de la permacultura. Photo Credit: Comunidad de Habiba

MOVE OVER ASIMOV, CLARKE AND LE GUIN - GLOBAL AUTHORS REIMAGINE SCI FI

A new and diverse generation of sci-fi and fantasy writers are bending an old genre and imagining alternative -- even hopeful -- futures.

HÁGANSE A UN LADO ASIMOV, CLARKE, Y LE GUIN – AUTORES GLOBALES REIMAGINAN LA CIENCIA FICCIÓN

Una nueva y diversa generación de escritores de ciencia ficción y fantasía están dando una vuelta de tuerca a un género antiguo e imaginando futuros alternativos, incluso esperanzadores. ESPAÑOL ENGLISH

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tiene una sensibilidad decididamente vanguardista. Adaptar el género de la ciencia ficción al estilo y cultura ‘Punk’

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Hoagland is a big fan of science fiction but claims it gets a bad rap as escapist juvenile literature that’s largely focused on western culture. That’s no longer true, she says.

Science fiction is no longer a boys’ club, and far from escape it is for an increasingly diverse audience an emerging – even hopeful – roadmap out of our current crises.

“I think that these stories are gaining more visibility,” says Hoagland, who teaches Creative Writing at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. “We’re seeing a really clear shift in what audiences want to read and what they want to support.”

She noted Vandana Singh’s Mother Ocean. Sea levels rise displacing millions including the tribal community of the protagonist. The heroine develops a friendship with one of the remaining blue whales on the planet that has become trapped by a fiber optic net.

“She helps to get rid of this meshing and saves the whale’s life. But more importantly, she learns to speak the whale’s language.”

Hoagland says a new crop of writers are remolding science fiction “in fundamentally beautiful and important ways,” helping the genre to progress by engaging with some of the most intractable challenges of our time, including climate change, systemic racism, migration and great power conflict.

Imagining a future ‘based on hope’

Libia Brenda is one of those change-agents. She writes speculative fiction as well as nonfiction and was the first Mexican woman to be nominated for a Hugo Award. An anthology she edited, A Timeline in Which We Don’t Go Extinct, is also a video game, free to download and play.

“So, in Mexico… we are kind of tired of the dystopian futures and we are fed up with the male, super-vertical, super-masculine, super-commercial science fiction,” says Brenda, a Climate Imagination Fellow at the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University (ASU). “So, we try to imagine a future based on hope. We are not imagining a world that is impossible. We are imagining a world that is the product of a change.”

At an Ethnic Media News briefing last week, Brenda described her latest project – a collaboration between five Mexican writers about a volcano that erupts in Central Mexico – as an “experiment” that happens to be science fiction.

“We are imagining how we are going to live after something like that. That is a probability here in Mexico. So, we have been writing and we have been consulting with scientists and one of us is an artist and she has been making some drawings and it’s a collective effort,” she said.

The story’s context is specific to Mexico, but it has a sensibility that is decidedly avant-garde.

‘Punkifying’ the sci fi genre

Much of award-winning American author Ken Liu’s work focuses on technology – which Liu defines broadly as “human craft” – and how it can alter the way we think and construct the future.

“I speak to a lot of folks from all around the world in different cultures. And one common refrain I hear is a sense of not feeling entirely at home in modernity,” says Liu.

Credited with inventing “silkpunk” – which blends elements of sci fi and fantasy with East Asian antiquity – Liu says the genre is his attempt as a technologist and as a thinker to reimagine and “punkify” traditional East Asian technologies. These include things like philosophy, engineering, or political theory not typically associated with the latest tech craze.

“When we speak about indigenous or so-called nonWestern philosophy, we speak of them as though they are not relevant in modernity, they are just alternative ways in the past,” explains Liu, who points

to the growing movement of techno shamanism as an effort to reinterpret and reintegrate traditional indigenous ways as a core part of modernity and not merely “something to be preserved.”

When she was young, Isis Asare started a book club and shared her enthusiasm for reading with friends. Today she runs Sistah Scifi, an online bookstore. Asare says it’s “a cauldron of all things Afro-futuristic casting spells to uplift literature written by Black women.”

Asare, who says she loves technology and imagining the future from a Black diaspora POV, pointed to the book Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures as an example of the kinds of works now emerging. The book is a companion to a yearlong exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC that explores Afrofuturism across literature, music, cinema and television.

“Looking at Black literature, historically, there’s a lot of concentration in urban fiction, there’s a lot of concentration in celebrity biographies, but there wasn’t a lot of focus on black speculative fiction,” Asare says.

She described authors Toni Morrison and Alice Walker as early pioneers in speculative fiction, drawing a direct line from their works to films like Blackula (1972) and more recently Black Panther (2018), which Asare says has sparked renewed interest in Afrofuturism.

Global challenges, local settings

Halfway around the world in India, Samit Basu imagined an anti-dystopian novel set in 2030 called The City Inside. The novel, published last year, offers a lens into a near-future Delhi through the eyes of a female protagonist whose job as a social media influencer is interrupted by the encroaching issues of creeping authoritarianism, climate change and social disruption.

Basu, who says he turned to sci fi for the creative freedom he hoped it would give him, describes publishing culture in the US as “mostly one of constraints,” comparing it to “filling in a visa form. My imagination or my perception of reality has to be shaped into boxes that wasn’t aware existed and are not necessary.”

Still, he says he was surprised the book’s setting in the Indian capital was not an issue for American readers.

“All over the world, we are essentially dealing with the same problems,” noted Basu. “But the specific local settings of those problems are dependent on the local cultures where people are experiencing them.”

Hoagland es una gran fan de la ciencia ficción pero afirma que tiene mala fama como literatura juvenil escapista centrada en gran medida en la cultura occidental. Dice que eso ya no es verdad. La ciencia ficción ya no es un club de chicos, y lejos de ser un escape, es para un público cada vez mayor, una hoja de ruta emergente, incluso esperanzadora, para salir de nuestras crisis actuales.

“Pienso que estas historias están ganando más visibilidad”, dice Hoagland, que da clases de Escritura Creativa en la Universidad estatal Stephen F. Austin en Tejas. “Vemos un cambio muy claro en lo que los públicos quieren leer y lo que quieren apoyar”.

Señaló Mother Ocean de Vandana Singh. Los niveles del mar suben y desplazan a millones de personas incluyendo a la comunidad tribal de la protagonista. La heroína entabla una amistad con una de las últimas ballenas azules del planeta que se ha quedado atrapada en una red de fibra óptica.

“Ayuda a quitarle la red y salva la vida de la ballena. Pero más importante, aprende a hablar el lenguaje de la ballena”.

Hoagland dice que una nueva cosecha de escritores está cambiando el molde de la ciencia ficción “de maneras fundamentalmente bellas e importantes”, lo que ayuda al género a progresar involucrándose con unos de los desafíos más espinosos de nuestros tiempos, incluyendo el cambio climático, el racismo sistémico, la migración y el gran conflicto del poder.

Imaginar un futuro ‘basado en la esperanza’

Libia Brenda es una de esas agentes del cambio. Escribe ficción especulativa así como no ficción y fue la primera mujer mexicana nominada para un Premio Hugo. Una antología que editó, A Timeline in Which We Don’t Go Extinct, también es un videojuego, gratis para descargar y jugar.

“Es que, en México…estamos un poco cansados de los futuros distópicos y hartos de la ciencia ficción varonil, súper vertical, súper masculina, súper comercial”, dice Brenda, becaria de Imaginación climática en el Centro de Ciencias e Imaginación en la Universidad estatal de Arizona (ASU). “Así que intentamos imaginar un futuro basado en la esperanza. No estamos imaginando un mundo imposible. Imaginamos un mundo que es el producto de un cambio”.

En una sesión informativa de Ethnic Media News la semana pasada, Brenda describió su último proyecto – una colaboración entre cinco escritores mexicanos sobre un volcán que entra en erupción en el centro de México – como “experimento” que casualmente es ciencia ficción.

“Estamos imaginando cómo vamos a vivir después de algo semejante. Eso es una probabilidad aquí en México. “Así pues, hemos estado escribiendo y hemos estado consultando con científicos y una de nuestro equipo es artista y ha estado haciendo algunos dibujos y es un esfuerzo colectivo”, dijo. El contexto de la historia es específico a México, pero

Mucha de la obra del galardonado autor americano, Ken Liu, se centra en la tecnología – que Liu define ampliamente como “artesanía humana” – y en cómo puede alterar la manera en que pensamos y construimos el futuro.

“Hablo con mucha gente de todo el mundo de diferentes culturas. Y una expresión común que oigo es la sensación de no sentirse completamente en casa en la modernidad”, dice Liu.

Acreditado por haber inventado “silkpunk” – que mezcla elementos de la ciencia ficción y la fantasía con la antigüedad de Asia Oriental – Liu dice que el género es su intento como tecnólogo y pensador de reimaginar y ‘punkify’ las tecnologías tradicionales de Asia Oriental. Estas incluyen cosas como la filosofía, la ingeniería, o la teoría política que no están típicamente asociadas con la última locura tecnológica.

“Cuando hablamos de la filosofía indígena o la llamada no occidental, hablamos como si no fueran relevantes en la modernidad, que son tan solo costumbres alternativas del pasado”, explica Liu, que señala al movimiento creciente del tecnochamanismo como un esfuerzo para reinterpretar y reintegrar costumbres indígenas tradicionales como una parte esencial de la modernidad y no simplemente “algo que se tiene que preservar”.

Cuando era joven, Isis Asare fundó un club de lectura y compartió su entusiasmo por la lectura con sus amigos y amigas. Ahora lleva Sistah Scifi, una librería online. Asare dice que es “una olla de todo lo afrofuturista que hechiza para elevar la literatura escrita por mujeres negras”.

Asare, que dice que le encanta la tecnología e imaginar el futuro desde el punto de vista de la diáspora negra, señaló el libro Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures como un ejemplo del tipo de obras que ahora emergen. El libro es un manual de una exposición de un año de duración en el Museo nacional de la historia y cultura afroamericanas en Washington DC y explora el afrofuturismo en la literatura, música, cine y televisión.

“Al mirar la literatura negra, desde un punto de vista histórico, vemos que hay mucha ficción urbana, muchas biografías de gente famosa, pero muy poca ficción especulativa negra”, dice Asare.

Describió a las autoras Toni Morrison y Alice Walker como pioneras de la ficción especulativa, y trazó una línea directa desde sus obras a películas como Blackula (1972) y más recientemente Black Panther (2018), que, según Asare, ha despertado un renovado interés por el afrofuturismo.

Desafíos globales, ambientes locales

A medio mundo de distancia en la India, Samit Basu imaginó una novela anti-distópica ambientada en 2030 llamada The City Inside. La novela, publicada el año pasado, ofrece una perspectiva de Delhi en un futuro cercano a través de los ojos de la protagonista, cuyo trabajo de influencer en las redes sociales se ve interrumpido por la invasión de problemas como el autoritarismo, el cambio climático y los trastornos sociales.

Basu, que dice que se pasó a la ciencia ficción por la libertad creativa que esperaba que le daría, describe la cultura editorial en los EUA como “principalmente una de restricciones”, y la compara con “llenar un formato para una visa. Mi imaginación o mi percepción de la realidad se tiene que moldear para caber en cajitas que yo no sabía que existían y no son necesarias.”

Aun así, dice que le sorprendió que la ambientación del libro en la capital india no fuera un problema para los lectores estadounidenses.

“En todo el mundo, estamos lidiando esencialmente con los mismos problemas”, observó Basu. “Pero las ambientaciones locales específicas de esos problemas dependen de las culturas locales en las que las personas los experimentan”.

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Part of the Dandelion Dynasty series, which author Ken Liu says led him to coin the term “silk punk” as a genre inspired by Asian myth, history and technology. Photo Credit: Ken Liu Isis Asare, autora y fundadora de Sistah SciFi, un club de lectura en línea que destaca el rico tapiz de la literatura afrofuturista. Photo Credit: Isis Asare

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April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694139

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: S.Y.L. Office Cleaning, 856 Gallatin Dr Apt #5, Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Yanira Landaverde, 856 Gallatin Dr Apt #3, Santa Clara, CA 95051. Sandra Yanira Landaverde, 856 Gallatin Dr Apt #3, Santa Clara, CA 95051. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/28/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694180

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ELLIE’S SNIP N CLIP, 2053 Lincoln Avenue, 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): Alberto Hernandez, 1303 San Tomas Aquino Pkwy, Apt 3, San Jose, CA 95130. 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/ Alberto Hernandez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine fader, Deputy File No. FBN 694180

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693148

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CONTRERAS GONZALEZ FARM, 1087 E San Martin 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): Leticia Cuellar, 4927 Fairview Rd, Hollister, CA 95023. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/28/2023. 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/ Leticia Cuellar

This statement was

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COCOA TAX CONSULTING 750 N King Road Apt 104, San Jose, CA 95133, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

Eugenia Paulina Gomez Palacios, 750 N King Road Apt 104, San Jose, CA 95113. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/01/2023.

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/ Eugenia Paulina

Gomez Palacios

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/07/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693334

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 694196

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kati Silva Consulting, 19 Rennie Ave, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Kati Silva Consulting, 19 Rennie Ave, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/29/2023.

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/ Katherine Silva Kati Silva Consulting, LLC Owner Article/Reg#: 202355714616

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: S.J. AUDIO AND SECURITY, 65 Keyes St, 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): Ofelia Robelledo, 1568 Christopher St, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/11/2023. 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/ Ofelia Robelledo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/27/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694047

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693975

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PARTY DADDY EVENT RENTALS, 3971 La Mesa Lane, San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): John Patrick Solis Lantin, 3971 La Mesa Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. Megan Olivia Lantin, 3971 La Mesa Lane, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/22/2023.

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/ John Patrick Solis Lantin

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/23/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez,

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AREPAS PAL TIESTO, 338 Shadow Run Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Carol Dalit Castro Cubides, 338 Shadow Run Dr, San Jose, CA 95110. Holmer Sneider Ramos Romero, 338 Shadow Run Dr, San Jose, CA 95110. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/30/2023. This filing is a refile [Changes(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN692131. “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/ Carol D. Castro Cubides

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/03/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 694287

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693950

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SANTANA ROW DENTAL, 374 South Redwood Ave, San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Hengameh Yousefzadeh, 374 South Redwood Ave, San Jose, CA 95128. 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/ Hengameh Yousefzadeh

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/23/2023. Regina Alcomendras,

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By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 693950

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

694329

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WTA PATENTS, 3964 Rivermark Plz #1051, 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): Dohyun Ahn, 1231 Regency Pl, San Jose, CA 95129. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/03/2023.

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/ Dohyun Ahn

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

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 694329

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 694043

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUY PRINTS, 210

Oregano Couirt, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): SIMPLY UNIQUE YOU CORPORATION, 210 Oregano Couirt, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/28/2023. 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/ Chhorvon Nguyen

SIMPLY UNIQUE YOU CORPORATION CFO

Article/Reg#:

C4848576

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/27/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena,

Deputy File No. FBN 694043

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694235

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: N&J Towing, 1882 Kammerer Ave, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jose Cedillo, 1882 Kammerer Ave, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/26/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: 673448. “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 Cedillo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/30/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694235

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694125

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VD FOODS, 1952 Drumhead Ct, San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Vu Thai Do, 1952 Drumhead Ct, San Jose, CA 95131. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/28/2023.

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/ Vu Thai Do

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/28/2023.

CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413391

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

Kapsoon Kim have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kap Soon Kim to Kevin Taehoon Kim 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: 08/01/2023 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.

April 03, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV410008

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tiara Patricia Havelka INTERESTED PERSONS:

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: 05/23/2023 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.

January 18, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV409618

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ngoc Que Chau Nguyen INTERESTED PERSONS:

Judge of the Superior Court

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413328

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By:

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

1. Petitioner(s) Tiara Patricia Havelka have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sofia Grace Paula to Sofia Grace Paula Havelka 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

1. Petitioner(s) Ngoc Que Chau Nguyen have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ngoc Que Chau Nguyen to Chloe Nguyen 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

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Keisha Seals INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Keisha Seals & Willie Seals have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Zaniyah Simon to Zaniyah Seals 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: 08/01/2023 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.

March 30, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413332

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

Ani Ovsepyan has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ani Ovsepyan to Anne Ovsepyan 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: 08/01/2023 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. March 30, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV411169

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Antonio Sanchez Flores INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Antonio Sanchez Flores has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Antonio Sanchez Flores to Antonio Flores Sanchez 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: 06/13/2023 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.

February 16, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

SUMMONS

FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN AND FOR BEAVER COUNTY STATE OF UTAH CASE NO. 224500033

In the matter of the marriage of VIRGINIA LENORA DIAZ Petitioners, and MARK ROBERT VINCENT DIAZ, Respondent, Case No. 224500033.

A Petition for Divorce has been filed in the Fifth District Court in Beaver County, Utah. You are hereby summoned and required to file an Answer in writing to the Petition for Divorce with the Clerk of the above entitled Court, located at 2270 South 525 W, Beaver, Utah 84713 and to serve upon, or mail to Jeffery E. Slack, Petitioner’s attorney, at 137 N. Main, Cedar City, Utah 84720, a copy of said Answer, within thirty (31) days after the final printing of this legal notice. If you fail to do so, Judgment by Default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in said Petition, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court, a copy of which is on file therein.

Dated this 5th day of April, 2023.

/s/ Jeffrey E. Slack Attorney for Petitioner

April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693628

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SUPER ENCANTO FOOD TRUCK, 4915 Canto Dr Apt #4, 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): Salvador Lopez Angel, 4915 Canto Dr Apt #4, 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/

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/14/2023.

FBN 693628

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694176

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: F.A.C.T. 5655 Silver Creek Valley Road #314, 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): Godly Girls Network, 5655 Silver Creek Valley Road #314, San Jose, CA 95138. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/20/2002. 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/ Donna Edward Godly Girls Network CEO Article/Reg#: 3362551

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694176

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694173

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MSWMCT College of Theology SJ, More Sure Word Midwest College of Theology – San Jose, More Sure Word MCT College of Theology SJ, 5655 Silver Creek Valley Road #314, 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): Godly Girls Network, 5655 Silver Creek Valley Road #314, San Jose, CA 95138. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed

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above on 1/20/2002. 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/ Donna Edward Godly Girls Network

CEO

Article/Reg#: 3362551

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694173

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694177

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kingdom Worship Center International Church of San Jose, 5665 Silver Creek Valley Rd #314, 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): Godly Girls Network, 5655 Silver Creek Valley Rd #314, San Jose, CA 95138. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/20/2002. 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/ Donna Edward Godly Girls Network Article/Reg#: 3362551

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694177

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694155

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VIANEY GIBBONS CONSULTING, 826 Clarkston Drive, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of

the registrant(s) is (are):

Vianey Enterprises, 826 Clarkston drive, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/01/2023. 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/ Vianey Gibbons

Vianey Enterprises

CEO

Article/Reg#: 201935010143

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694155

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694156

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THE CLOSET EDIT CO 826 Clarkston Drive, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): VIANEY ENTERPRISES LLC, 826 Clarkston Drive, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/26/2019. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN662014. “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/ VIANEY GIBBONS

VIANEY ENTERPRISES LLC CEO

Article/Reg#:

20193501043

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694156

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 694164

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ochoa Landscape Services 186 North 9th Street, 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):

Franco Yosset Ochoa Carballo, 186 North 9th Street, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/28/2023.

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/ Franco Y. Ochoa

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 694164

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694213

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RED ROCK WESTERN WEAR, 1640 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): FAMILIA MURALLES LLC, 1515 Florida 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 refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN692682. “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/ Ilda Hernandez Muralles

FAMILIA MURALLES LLC President Article/Reg#: 202253414593

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/30/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694213

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693955

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LEGENDZ APPAREL, 200 Carlester Dr, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): RUSSKO, LLC, 200 Carlestred Dr, Los Gatos, CA 95032. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/23/2023. 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/ Russell Condie RUSSKO, LLC Manager Article/Reg#: 202355811888

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/23/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693955

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693303

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DAZZLING CLEANING, 322 Capitol Village Circle, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sandra Soledad Fernandez Mejia, 322 Capitol Village Circle, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/06/2023. 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/ Sandra Soledad Fernandez Mejia

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/06/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693303

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

693979

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TT’s Succulent Garden 1426 Clemence 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): Phu Nguyen, 1426 Clemence Ave, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/23/2023. 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/ Phu Nguyen

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/23/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

693901

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HOAN MY, 2857 Senter Rd #K, 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): Xuan Trinh, 3613 Meadowlands Lane, San Jose, CA 95135. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/15/2005. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN640936. “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/ Xuan Trinh

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/22/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

693258

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JP PRO CONCRETE, 96 Goodyear St, San Jose, CA 95110, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Juan David Padilla Limón, 96 Goodyear St, San Jose, CA 95110. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/03/2023.

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/ Juan David Padilla Limón

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/03/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 693258

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694021

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Casa Juana, 7365 Cypress Ave, San Jose, CA 95117, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Juana Gabriela Ruiz Mejia, 3365 Cypress Ave, San Jose, CA 95117. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/24/2023. 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/ Juana Gabriela Ruiz Mejia

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/24/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694021

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

as: Chuy’s Mobile Car Wash, 543 Miramonte Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jesus Patino Montesano, 543 Miramonte Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/27/2023. 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/ Jesus Patino Montesano

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/27/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694108

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV411211

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Sandra Sanchez Calle and Christiam Leoncio Calle INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Sandra Sanchez Calle and Christiam Leoncio Calle have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Emma Calle-Sanchez to Emma Sanchez Calle 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-

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. February 17, 2023

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV412347

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Dang Anh Tu Nguyen INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Dang Anh Tu Nguyen has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Dang Anh Tu Nguyen to Dang Anh Tu Morales 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: 07/11/2023 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. March 13, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

By:

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694108

The following person(s) is (are) doing business

ING: Date: 06/18/2023 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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV411640 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: John David Teneyuca INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) John David Teneyuca has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of

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this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. John David Tenyuca to John David Tenayuca 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: 06/27/2023 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.

March 02, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV413147

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

Chowdhary Pathak INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Harshika

Chowdhary Pathak has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.(f)

Harshika (m)Chowdhary

(l)Pathak AKA Harshika

Chowdhary to (f)

Harshika (l)Chowdhary

(l)Pathak 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: 07/25/2023 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.

March 27, 2023

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV406068

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Danibal Kasbari Reihanabad INTERESTED PER-

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV411348

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Marissa Mendoza INTERESTED PERSONS:

23PR194359

SONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Danibal Kasbari Reihanabad has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Danibal Kasbari Reihanabad to Danibel Kasbari 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. March 08, 2023

March 31, April 7, 14, 21,

1. Petitioner(s) Marissa Mendoza has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Zhavia Ka’iulani Guerrero to Zhavia Francisca Ka’iulani Mendoza 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-

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: May 04, 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.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Scott Alan Getline. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Michael Rov Getline in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests Michael Rov Getline 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.

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: Domenic Scire, Esq. 27281 Las Ramblas, Suite 150 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 949-639-0431

Rune Date: March 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

693751

he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Luis Felipe Manosalva

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/20/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693795

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 692861

County on 03/20/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693261

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693775

ING:

Date: 06/20/2023 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.

February 22, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Duke Le Case No. 23PR194399

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Duke Le. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Wai Man choi in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests Wai Man Choi be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the

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:

Shahram Miri 80 Gilman Ave Suite 27 Campbell, CA 95008 408-866-8382

Run Date: March 31, April 7, 14, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Scott Alan Getline Case No.

6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: April 27, 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

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JSJ Workers, 1177 Sandia Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jose Alfredo Alfaro Malagon, 1177 Sandia Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. Juan Manuel Jimenez Garcia, 1177 Sandia Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. 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/ Jose Alfredo Alfaro Malagon

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/17/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693751

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693795

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: REEKS PEST MANAGEMENT 1501 Berryessa Rd, San Jose, CA 95133, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Luis Felipe Manosalva, 1501 Berryessa Rd, San Jose, CA 95133. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/20/2023.

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

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MITZY’S SPA PARA MASCOTAS 82 North Capitol Avenue, 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): Miriam M Tellez Zarate, 82 North Capitol Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/21/2023. 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/ Miriam M Tellez

Zarate

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 02/21/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 692861

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693261

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sugar Images, 2478 Clyda Dr, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Patricia Luna Padilla, 2478 Clyda Dr, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/03/2023. 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/ Patricia Luna Padilla

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HYBRID BATTERY LAB, 129 E Latimer Ave Apt 3, San Jose, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Danilo Tovar Hernandez, 129 E Latimer Ave Apt 3, San Jose, CA 95008. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/16/2023. 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/ Danilo Tovar Hernandez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/20/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693775

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693441

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ALMZ, 1102 Porto Alegre Place, San Jose, CA 95120, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Alma Irene Duran-Heinle, 1102 Porto Alegre Place, San Jose, CA 95120. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/08/2023. 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/ Alma Irene DuranHeinle

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/09/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader,

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2023

CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS

Deputy File No. FBN 693441

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

693527

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: A.B-Construction, 5384 Larch Grove Place, 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): Abrahan Barrera, 5384 Larch Grove Place, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/13/2023. 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/ Abrahan Barrera

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/13/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 693527

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693807

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OUR LITTLE EARTH, 19094 Myren Ct, Saratoga, CA 95070, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Barkha Madan Katiyar, 19094 Myren Ct, Saratoga, CA 95070. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/15/2023. 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/ Barkha Madan Katiyar

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/20/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader,

File No. FBN 693807

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693246

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TAM HANDYMAN SERVICES, 361 S 22nd St, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): BUU TAN LE, 361 S 22nd St, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/03/2023.

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/ Buu Tan Le This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/03/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By:

Elaine

Deputy File No. FBN 693246

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV412975

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Elizbeth Montejo Chavarria INTERESTED PERSONS:

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.

March 22, 2023

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV412577

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Chau Bao Nguyen INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Chau Bao Nguyen has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Chau Bao Nguyen to Ricky ChauThuan Nguyen 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:

lam INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Shahidul Mohammed Abulkalam has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Shahidul Mohammed Abulkalam to Abulkalam Muhammad Shahidullah 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: 07/18/2023 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.

March 16, 2023

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: 04/25/2023 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.

March 20, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

March 16, 2023

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV412812

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Laidy Genoveva Mendez Contreras INTERESTED PERSONS:

California, and died on December 12, 2022, in the Morgan Hill, County of Santa Clara, State of California.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR 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

the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/28/23. 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/ Jose Avalos

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 02/23/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

Joseph D. Dermer, Esq. DERMER LAW FIRM 5448 Thornwood Drive, Ste 200 San Jose, CA 95123 Tel (408) 395-5111 Fax (408) 354-2797

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693278

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693153

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693345

3. A copy of the

1. Petitioner(s) Elizabeth Montejo Chavarria has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Elizabeth Montejo Chavarria to Elizabeth M. Spindola 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: 07/25/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.

Date: 07/18/2023 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.

March 17, 2023

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV412530

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

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV401827

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

T. Arevalos INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Elizabeth

T. Arevalos has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Elizabeth Arevalos to Elizabeth Terrazas Ubillos 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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV412534 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jeong Woo Lee and Young Eun Ahn INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Jeong Woo Leee and Young Eun Ahn has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Seungmin Lee to Benjamin Seungmin Lee 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: 07/18/2023 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.

1. Petitioner(s) Laidy Genoveva Mendez Contreras has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Nathan Omar Martinez Mendez to Nathan Omar, Martinez Mendez b. Laidy Genoveva Mendez Contreras to Laidy, Genoveva, Mendez Contreras 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: 07/18/2023 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. March 20, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 2023

NOTICE OF DEATH OF Lydia Jean Wesson

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Lydia Jean Wesson, who was a resident of Santa Clara County, State of

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CHANDIA CLEANING SERVICE 446 S 11th St Apt 5, 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): Anthony Ray Chandia Ramirez, 446 11th St Apt 5, 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/ Anthony Ray Chandia Ramirez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/06/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693278

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693153

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Native Gardens Service, 1646 Davis St #5, 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): Jose Avalos, 1646 Davis St #5, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Nylanda’s Finally Clean, 161 Park Sharon Dr, San Jose, CA 95136, Santa Clara County

This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Viviana M Landazabal Jimenez, 161 Park Sharon Dr, San Jose, CA 95136. Nydia S Mendez Espinosa, 161 Park Sharon Dr, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/07/2023. 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/ Viviana M Landazabal Jimenez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/07/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693345

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693608

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TONY’S PRO PAINTING, 936 Sunbonnet Loop, 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): Marco Antonio Rodriguez, 936 sunbonnet Loop, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began transacting business under

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the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/14/2023. 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/ Marco Antonio Rodriguez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/14/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693608

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693089

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VYLCO DESIGNS, 3130 Rubino Drive #217, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): VYLCO, INC., 3130 Rubino Drive #217, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/26/2021. 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/ Lerika Celina Liscano

Aguilar VYLCO President

Article/Reg#: 4692490

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 02/27/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693089

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693670

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AUTO EXPRESS REGISTRATION SERVICES 1660 Almaden Expwy Unit A, 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): Angela Almeida Chong, 719 Franklin Ct, San Jose,

CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/15/2023.

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/ Angela Almeida Chong

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/15/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 693670

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693680

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MORAZAN SERVICES, 5358 Escover Lane, San Jose, CA 95118, Santa Clara County This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): MORAZAN SERVICES, LLC, 5358 Escover Lane, San Jose, CA 95118. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/25/2019. 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/ Melissa Sanchez MORAZAN SERVICES, LLC

President Article/Reg#:

201920010073

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/16/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693680

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693632

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NERI’S SERVICES AUTO BOUTIQUE, 1221 Story Rd #20, 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): Simitrio Ismael Neri, 1361 Locust St, San Jose, CA 95110. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/15/2023.

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/ Simitrio Ismael Neri

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/15/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693632

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693119

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FLY TO ASIA 530 lytton Ave, 2nd Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): FLIGHT CONFIRMED, INC, 7595 Redwood Blvd Suite 107, Novato, CA 94945. 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/ Juan P Francisco III

FLIGHT CONFIRMED, INC

CEO

Article/reg#: 5490488

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 02/28/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 693119

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693601

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EZT SWEEPING CLEANUP, 1085 McKinnes Ave, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): En-

edina Zabala Terriquez, 433 Dulce Dr, Alamo, TX 78516. 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/ Enedino Zabala Terriquez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/14/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693601

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

693645

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Almaden Tacos Al Pastor 6469 Almaden Expwy, San Jose, CA 95120, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Martina Ines Rosas, 395 Avenida Del Roble, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/07/2016. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN673795. “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/ Martina I Rosas

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/15/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 693645

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NO. 693631

The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): NERI’S SERVICES AUTO BOUTIQUE, 2176 Story Rd, San Jose CA, 95122. Filed in Santa Clara County on 04/25/2018 under file no. FBN641621. Marco

Gibran Neri, 1384 Dubert Ln Apt 1, San Jose, CA 95122. This business was conducted by: an individual. “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/ Marco G Neri

This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 03/15/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN693631

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV412406

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ishu Verma Jeet INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Ishu Verma Jeet has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ishu Verma Jeet to Isha Verma 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: 07/11/2023 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.

March 14, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV411061 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Eileen M. Garcia INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Eileen M. Garcia has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Eileen M. Garcia

AKA Eileen Mina Diana Garcia AKA Eileen Mina Diana Louisa Mann

AKA Eileen Mina Mann to Mina Louisa Eileen Mann 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: 04/18/2023 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.

February 14, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV411989

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Leonardo, Maestri Teixeira INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Leonardo, Maestri Teixeira has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

First: Miguel / Middle: - /

Last: Santiago Teixeira to first: Miguel / Middle: Santiago / Last: Teixeira b. first: Allesandra / Middle: - / Last: Ferreira Santiago Maestri Teixeira to First: Alessandra / Middle: Ferreira Santiago Maestri / Last: Teixeira c.

First: Leanardo / Middle: - / Last: Maestri Teixeira to First: Leonardo /

Middle: Maestri / Last: Teixeira 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: 07/11/2023 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. March 08, 2023

March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of DEBORAH ANN BREWSTER

Case No. 23PR194290

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DEBORAH ANN BREWSTER. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by JOSEPH D. DERMER in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

3.The Petition for Probate requests JOSEPH D. DERMER 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: April 26, 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:

Run Dates: March 24, 31 and April 7, 2023

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THE ELEMENTS OF AN IMMIGRANT STORY

Immigration, Community, Fire and Water Mix in Pixar’s Latest

“What if the elements we all know were alive?”

Those were some of the first words we heard at Pixar’s press day from Peter Sohn, the Korean-American director of Pixar’s latest work, Elemental, which tells a story of immigration, cities, and most importantly, acknowledging the sacrifices of one’s own family.

You may ask how earth elements have to do with the emotional themes of family and immigration?

Elemental explores cities, diversity, society and of course, family, in a brand-new setting that has pushed Pixar’s creative forces more than ever. Over the course of seven years this film has sprouted from its own mix of elements into one of Pixar’s most personal and moving stories.

Elemental City is a metropolis made up of different elemental boroughs, like NYC, which encompass elemental beings made up of wind, water, fire and earth. The main characters of this story are Ember and Wade, two highly different elements, fire and water, from two highly different backgrounds and families.

The two meet in a random encounter, and as the story hits its stride we are introduced to more and more of the incredible art and architecture of the city, the pulsating and color-washed neighborhoods reminiscent of brownstones and skyscrapers, busy commutes on

the metro which glides over waterways like the most impressive water slide that never plummets.

While the incredibly imaginative and diverse world of Element City is built on Pixar’s custom, cutting edge technology, the story and its motivations are taken straight from the immigrant experiences of its director, producer, as well as the people at Pixar Studios and beyond.

An Idea & Korean Parents

Peter Sohn first had the idea for Elemental in his youth, where he drew a busy neighborhood street on paper, the apartments housed the different

elements of the periodic table and he found humor in how the different chemical substances interacted.

Sohn says, “I had messed around in school a lot, just a daydreamer. And my mom yelled at me all the time for all my textbooks, [they] just had drawings in them and she would get so mad.”

That’s where the idea ended then. Just some doodles for fun.

“And then this idea of the parents came from just personal experiences of growing up, not understanding my parents and what they had done, what they had gone through.”

It wasn’t until years later that the secondary piece of the equation, the meat of the story, revealed itself when Sohn, coming back to his hometown of the Bronx to accept an award, gave a personal speech with his Korean immigrant parents in the audience.

As he spoke, he saw his parents sitting there, watching him thank them for giving him the opportunity at a life where he could become an animator, a director, someone who could bring life to his dreams in the US. The emotions of watching their reactions had Sohn reflect on his life growing up as a first-generation Korean-American in a bustling, diverse Bronx neighborhood in the cultural center of the world.

“They went through the Korean war, they had all this stuff that you had heard stories of, but I was just so immature that I was like, "whatever, just get me a sandwich." I was just very disrespectful because I didn't understand. But as I grew up, I just started really appreciating everything that they had done. And the older I got, the more sort of milestones that I had through. When I had kids, I was like, "how did they do this?" My father had Lyme disease, my mother couldn't run their shop, and how did they even do this without the language? They didn't have a community.”

He adds, “and then it's just this insane gratefulness grew inside me that became that ingredient. So then by the time I got to this part, at this point, it was just sort of a lucky sort of connection of these disparate elements that somehow symbolically, metaphorically

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started to work together.”

Immigrant Stories & a Good Dino

As the story of Elemental harnesses the story of Peter and his family, it also tells the the stories of many other immigrant stories from Pixar, and people outside of the company that shared their stories during the course of production, it became a celebration of parents, and the power of family love over any obstacles.

“You can point to so many moments in the film that came from my story, from our friends and coworkers here,” says Sohn.

Producer Denise Ream expanded on this with her own family story. “My great grandmother, Mary Keegan, came from Ireland to Boston all by herself in 1880. Like all of my ancestors before her, she came to America hoping for a better life.”

“As Pete and I were developing the story, we spoke to many of our coworkers about their experiences with immigration. Their accounts were really inspiring, influenced the story, and we were really thrilled to see that kind of authenticity show up on screen as we were making the movie. ”

Sohn and Ream had previously worked together on 2015’s The Good Dinosaur, where they first collaborated as a Director/Producer tandem. For this film, the stakes were much higher and the simplicity of that movie’s story was just a memory as they took on the complex and highly personal story of Elemental

It’s even made more personal because during the course of production, Sohn lost both his parents, and Ream lost her father.

“[The Good Dinosaur] wasn't as personal as this one. And so that was a very different experience for me. There were times where the experience of losing someone, like a support system, we didn't need to talk about stuff that I didn't really talk to her about [then]. I wasn't going through anything personal other than the job being really freaking crazy. But on this show, I went through a lot,” says Sohn.

Ream adds, “Yeah, the pandemic was hard, us not being together. There have been ups and downs. I lost my mother as well. So we've lived quite a big life, you know, in the seven years.”

But just as there is loss and struggle in the stories of many immigrants and families, there is also uplifting joy that comes from raising generations in a new place and creating communities and connec-

tions.

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Sohn says, “there were fun stories, too. There were so many crazy stories about interracial love and parents that were pushing on certain foods and tasting American food for the first time. And there are such rich stories that were sad, but then hilarious too. it's that richness that was so amazing that we wanted to honor.”

The Product of Reactions

So with the power of Pixar’s animation and the power of Pixar’s immigrant stories, there is now a highly personal tale that weaves so many of the lives that we have heard from in our own communities, those that journeyed to faraway places for a chance at a better opportunity.

The large technical feats that Pixar has created in order to elevate the storytelling is one huge compelling story on its own, but this story is the one about the people and their experiences, and how an immigrant story becomes a Pixar story.

Now that the film gets polished and finalized for release in June, both Sohn and Ream are preparing for the end of this journey with some final thoughts on the process of making Elemental

Ream says, “it's emotional, but I'm proud. And what I want to do is I want to enjoyI love the movie. It's not out there yet. And I just want to enjoy and honor the great work that everyone did. That's what I want the next couple of months to be about. We're going to go start [finalizing] at the studio and we get to see all the music and the sound effects together. And I just want to enjoy every minute. But I'm so proud.”

Sohn adds, “so proud. It's bittersweet, for sure. We were talking about it earlier; it just feels like you raised this child and now it's going off. And you hope you taught the child well enough. And "do your laundry, kid."”

“We put everything we had in this movie, everything we could. I can tell you without a doubt, I put everything I could for the last seven years into this thing. And so now that it's going out, there's sort of a bittersweet thing to say bye. Bye project that we worked on and put everything we could put into it. I hope you have a good life.”

Elemental is out only in theaters June 16, 2023.

Inmigración, comunidad, fuego y agua se mezclan en lo último de Pixar

Arturo Hilario El Observador

“¿Y si los elementos que todos conocemos estuvieran vivos?”

Esas fueron algunas de las primeras palabras que escuchamos en el día de prensa de Pixar con Peter Sohn, el director coreano-estadounidense del último trabajo de Pixar, Elemental, que cuenta una historia de inmigración, ciudades y, lo que es más importante, el reconocimiento de los sacrificios de la propia familia.

Puede preguntar cómo los elementos de la tierra tienen que ver con los temas emocionales de la familia y la inmigración.

Elemental explora las ciudades, la diversidad, la sociedad y, por supuesto, la familia, en un entorno completamente nuevo que ha impulsado las fuerzas creativas de Pixar más que nunca. En el transcurso de siete años, esta película ha brotado de su propia mezcla de elementos en una de las historias más personales y conmovedoras de Pixar.

Elemental City es una metrópolis formada por diferentes distritos elementales, como NYC, que abarcan seres elementales formados por viento, agua, fuego y tierra. Los personajes principales de esta historia son Ember y Wade, dos elementos muy diferentes, el fuego y el agua, de dos orígenes y familias muy diferentes.

Los dos se encuentran de forma aleatoria y, a medida que la historia avanza, se nos presenta cada vez más el increíble arte y la arquitectura de la ciudad, los barrios palpitantes y coloridos que recuerdan a las casas de piedra rojiza y los rascacielos, los ajetreados viajes diarios en el metro que se desliza sobre las vías fluviales como el tobogán de agua más impresionante que nunca se desploma.

Si bien el mundo increíblemente imaginativo y diverso de Element City se basa en la tecnología de vanguardia personalizada de Pixar, la historia y sus motivaciones se toman directamente de las experiencias de inmigrantes de su director, productor, así

como de la gente de Pixar Studios y más allá.

Una idea y padres coreanos

Peter Sohn tuvo la idea de Elemental por primera vez en su juventud, donde dibujó una concurrida calle de barrio en papel, los apartamentos albergaban los diferentes elementos de la tabla periódica y encontró humor en cómo interactuaban las diferentes sustancias químicas.

Sohn dice: “Me había metido mucho en la escuela, era un soñador. Y mi mamá me gritaba todo el tiempo por todos mis libros de texto, [ellos] que solo tenían dibujos y se enojaba mucho”.

Ahí fue donde la idea terminó en aquel entonces. Solo algunos dibujitos por diversión.

“Y luego esta idea de los padres surgió de experiencias personales de crecimiento, sin entender a mis padres y lo que habían hecho, por lo que habían pasado”.

No fue hasta años después que la pieza secundaria de la ecuación, la carne de la historia, se reveló, cuando Sohn, quien regresó a su ciudad natal del Bronx para aceptar un premio, pronunció un discurso personal con sus padres inmigrantes coreanos en la audiencia.

Mientras hablaba, vio a sus padres sentados allí, escuchando agradecerles por darle la oportunidad de una vida en la que podría convertirse en animador, director, alguien que podría hacer realidad sus sueños en los Estados Unidos. Las emociones de ver sus reacciones hicieron que Sohn reflexionara sobre su vida al crecer como un coreanoestadounidense de primera generación en un bullicioso y diverso vecindario del Bronx en el centro cultural del mundo.

“Pasaron por la guerra de Corea, tenían todas estas cosas de las que habías oído historias, pero yo era tan inmaduro que estaba como, 'lo que sea, solo tráeme un sándwich'. Fui muy irrespetuoso porque no entendí. Pero a medida que crecí, comencé a apreciar realmente todo lo que habían hecho. Y a medida que envejecía, más

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En Elemental de Disney y Pixar, los residentes de fuego, agua, tierra y aire viven juntos en un lugar llamado Element City. En la foto está la joven y fogosa protagonista, Ember. Photo Credit: © 2023 Disney / Pixar. All Rights Reserved.

hitos tenía. Cuando tenía hijos, yo estaba como, "¿cómo hicieron esto?" Mi padre tenía la enfermedad de Lyme, mi madre no podía administrar su tienda, y ¿cómo pudieron hacer esto sin el idioma? No tenían una comunidad”.

Agrega, “y luego es solo que esta loca gratitud creció dentro de mí y se convirtió en ese ingrediente. Entonces, cuando llegué a esta parte, en este punto, fue una especie de conexión afortunada de estos elementos dispares que de alguna manera, simbólica y metafóricamente, comenzaron a trabajar juntos".

Historias de inmigrantes y un buen dinosaurio

Como la historia de Elemental aprovecha la historia de Peter y su familia, también cuenta las historias de muchas otras historias de inmigrantes de Pixar y personas fuera de la compañía que compartieron sus historias durante el transcurso de la producción, se convirtió en una celebración de los padres y el poder del amor familiar sobre cualquier obstáculo. Puede señalar tantos momentos en la película que provienen de mi historia, de nuestros amigos y compañeros de trabajo aquí”, dice Sohn.

La productora Denise Ream amplió esto con su propia historia familiar. “Mi bisabuela, Mary Keegan, vino de Irlanda a Boston sola en 1880. Como todos mis antepasados antes que ella, vino a Estados Unidos con la esperanza de una vida mejor”.

“Mientras Pete y yo estábamos desarrollando la historia, hablamos con muchos de nuestros compañeros de trabajo sobre sus experiencias con la inmigración. Sus relatos fueron realmente inspiradores, influyeron en la historia y nos emocionó mucho ver ese tipo de autenticidad en la pantalla mientras hacíamos la película. ”

Sohn y Ream habían trabajado juntos anteriormente en The Good Dinosaur de 2015, donde colaboraron por primera vez como director/productor en tándem. Para esta película, había mucho más en juego y la simplicidad de la historia de esa película era solo un recuerdo, ya que asumieron la compleja y muy personal historia de Elemental

Incluso se hizo más personal porque durante el curso de la producción, Sohn perdió a sus padres y Ream perdió a su padre.

“[The Good Dinosaur] no era tan personal como este. Y esa fue una experiencia muy diferente para mí. Hubo momentos en los que la experiencia de perder a alguien, como un sistema de apoyo, no necesitábamos hablar sobre cosas de las que realmente no le hablé [entonces]. No estaba pasando por nada personal aparte de que el trabajo era realmente una locura. Pero en este programa pasé por muchas cosas”, dice Sohn.

Ream agrega: “Sí, la pandemia fue difícil, no estábamos juntos. Ha habido altibajos. También perdí a mi madre. Así que hemos vivido una vida bastante grande, ya sabes,

en los siete años”.

Pero así como hay pérdida y lucha en las historias de muchos inmigrantes y familias, también hay una alegría edificante que proviene de criar generaciones en un lugar nuevo y crear comunidades y conexiones.

Sohn dice, “también hubo historias divertidas. Había tantas historias locas sobre el amor interracial y los padres que comieron ciertos alimentos y probaban la comida estadounidense por primera vez.

Y hay historias tan ricas que fueron tristes, pero también hilarantes. Es esa riqueza tan asombrosa que queríamos honrar”.

El producto de las reacciones

Entonces, con el poder de la animación de Pixar y el poder de las historias de inmigrantes de Pixar, ahora hay una historia muy personal que entreteje muchas de las vidas de las que hemos escuchado en nuestras propias comunidades, aquellas que viajaron a lugares lejanos para tener la oportunidad de un mejor oportunidad.

Las grandes hazañas técnicas que Pixar ha creado para elevar la narración es una gran historia convincente por sí misma, pero esta historia es sobre las personas y sus experiencias, y cómo una historia de inmigrantes se convierte en una historia de Pixar.

Ahora que la película está pulida y finalizada para su lanzamiento en junio, tanto Sohn como Ream se están preparando para el final de este viaje con algunas reflexiones finales sobre el proceso de creación de Elemental

Ream dice, “es emotivo, pero estoy orgulloso. Y lo que quiero hacer es disfrutar, me encanta la película. Aún no está disponible. Y solo quiero disfrutar y honrar el gran trabajo que todos hicieron. De eso quiero que se traten los próximos dos meses. Vamos a empezar a [finalizar] en el estudio y podremos ver toda la música y los efectos de sonido juntos. Y solo quiero disfrutar cada minuto. Pero estoy muy orgulloso”.

Sohn agrega, “muy orgulloso. Es agridulce, seguro. Estábamos hablando de eso antes; se siente como si hubieras criado a este niño y ahora se está saliendo. Y esperas haber enseñado al niño lo suficientemente bien. Y "lava tu ropa, chico".

“Pusimos todo lo que teníamos en esta película, todo lo que pudimos. Puedo decirte sin lugar a dudas que puse todo lo que pude durante los últimos siete años en esto. Y ahora que va a salir, hay algo agridulce para decir adiós. Adiós proyecto en el que trabajamos y pusimos todo lo que pudimos poner en él. Espero que tengas una buena vida”.

Elemental está disponible solo en los cines el 16 de junio de 2023.

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Muchas de las historias de inmigrantes que se usaron para crear el mundo de Elemental provinieron de los empleados de Pixar Animation Studios en Emeryville, CA. Photo Credit: Deborah Coleman / Pixar El director Peter Sohn y la productora Denise Ream. Photo Credit: Deborah Coleman / Pixar

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