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José López Zamorano

La Red Hispana

Lafrontera entre Estados Unidos y México enfrenta sin duda una crisis migratoria y una tragedia humanitaria. Es el resultado de un complejo conjunto de circunstancias: La incapacidad de México, Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador para resolver problemas endémicos de inseguridad y falta de oportunidades.

La profundización antidemocrática y empeoramiento económico en Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, así como la extrema pobreza lacerante en Haití.

La disfuncionalidad de la clase política de Estados Unidos para confrontar su dilema migratorio y su traición a los principios como una nación de migrantes.

Tiene razón la administración del presidente Joe Biden cuando habla de la necesidad de un enfoque integral: expandir las rutas legales para los migrantes; entender la migración como un problema regional que requiere colaboración internacional; atacar las causas de raíz de la pobreza y la violencia que empujan a las personas a una odisea letal.

Pero a ese rompecabezas, que será más complicado resolver con la decisión de poner fin al Título 42 en las actuales circunstancias, le hace falta una iniciativa de gran calado para la reforma del sistema de asilo, que le permita a Estados Unidos cumplir digna, honrosamente con sus principios fundacionales como un refugio para los perseguidos.

Por eso es incomprensible la decisión del presidente Biden de desplegar 1,500 soldados adicionales a la frontera, al igual que la no menos desatinada acción del gobernador Gregg Abbot de secundarlo con su propio contingente de la Guardia Nacional de Texas.

Cuando la Casa Blanca defiende el despliegue de tropas bajo el argumento de que todos los presidentes lo han hecho desde 2006, sólo confirma la incapacidad de la élite política para resolver un grave problema estructural.

Cuando Abbot encomienda a los soldados “interceptar, repeler y hacer retroceder a los migrantes que intentan entrar ilegalmente a Texas”, reafirma su vergonzoso enfoque xenofóbico.

Como observa correctamente el senador de Nueva Jersey Bob Menéndez, el despliegue de personal militar sólo promueve la idea errónea de que los migrantes son una amenaza que requiere de tropas para ser contenida.

La Casa Blanca dice estar preparada para administrar la oleada de migrantes a partir del 12 de mayo y confía en el pacto con México para aceptar hasta 30,000 venezolanos, cubanos,

nicaragüenses y haitianos.

Se trata de una prueba de fuego para el presidente Joe Biden, quien prometió restablecer el compromiso de Estados Unidos como un país que brinda la bienvenida a los migrantes, no que los criminaliza. Algunas de sus acciones parecen sin embargo menos alineadas con esa promesa y más con el enfoque policiaco de la era Trump.

Los migrantes, sin distinción de su origen o el color de su piel, deben ser recibidos con respeto, solidaridad y dignidad, no con la punta de un rifle de asalto.

José López

Zamorano La Red Hispana

TheUS-Mexico border is undoubtedly facing a migration crisis and a humanitarian tragedy. It is the result of a complex set of circumstances:

The incapacity of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to solve endemic problems of insecurity and lack of opportunities.

The undemocratic deepening and economic worsening in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, as well as the excruciating extreme poverty in Haiti.

The dysfunction of the US political class in confronting its immigration dilemma and its betrayal of principles as a nation of migrants.

The administration of President Joe Biden is right when he talks about the need for a comprehensive approach: expanding legal routes for migrants; understand migration as a regional problem that requires international collaboration; attack the root causes of poverty and violence that drive people on a lethal odyssey.

But this puzzle, which will be more complicated to solve with the decision to end Title 42 in the current circumstances, requires a far-reaching initiative to reform the asylum system, which allows the United States to comply with dignity and honor with its founding principles as a refuge for the persecuted.

That is why President Biden's decision to deploy 1,500 additional soldiers to the border is incomprehensible, as is the no less foolish action of Governor Gregg Abbot to support him with his own contingent of the Texas National Guard.

When the White House defends the deployment of troops under the argument that all presidents have done so since 2006, it only confirms the inability of the political elite to solve a serious structural problem.

When Abbot tasks soldiers with “intercepting, repelling and driving back migrants trying to enter Texas illegally,” he reaffirms his outrageously xenophobic approach.

As New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez correctly observes, the deployment of military personnel only furthers the misconception that migrants are a threat that requires troops to contain.

The White House says it is prepared to manage the wave of migrants as of May 12 and trusts in the pact with Mexico to accept up to 30,000 Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians.

This is a litmus test for President Joe Biden, who has vowed to recommit the United States as a country that welcomes migrants, not criminalizes them. Some of his actions, however, seem less in line with that promise and more in line with the policing approach of the Trump era.

Migrants, regardless of their origin or the color of their skin, must be received with respect, solidarity and dignity, not with the point of an assault rifle.

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Siempre buscamos la manera de apoyar las decisiones de las personas en las comunidades a las que servimos. Por eso, Bank of America está agregando estaciones de carga para vehículos eléctricos en más de 90 centros financieros en todo el país. Además, apoyamos las decisiones de nuestros compañeros al ofrecerles reembolsos para empleados en vehículos eléctricos.

Me enorgullece ver los pasos que estamos dando en la comunidad del Área de la Bahía para ayudarles a alcanzar lo que es importante para ellos. Este esfuerzo se extiende a mis compañeros, ya que muchos han optado por participar en My Environment®, una de nuestras iniciativas de colaboración para empleados.

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UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL AID IN CALIFORNIA.

WHY AREN’T MORE OF THEM USING IT?

Carmen González CalMatters

WhenDeysi Mojica received her acceptance to UC Riverside, she was excited. Not only had she overcome her high school’s lack of resources to help undocumented students like herself apply to college, but the university was offering a financial aid package that would make her college dream possible.

“Even though I am undocumented,” said Mojica, now a first-year student, “the amount of money that they gave me was basically covering all my expenses.”

But an unexpected $13,000 charge from the university just before she was due to start classes quickly changed her excitement into confusion, leaving her wondering where the money she was awarded had gone. It was only after repeated calls to the financial aid office, Mojica said, that a helpful student assistant who was also undocumented gave her the information that saved her from dropping out: Her aid package was held up because a signature was missing from one of her application forms.

Like Mojica, many undocumented students lack accurate information about applying for financial aid or find the process intimidating. California has since 2011 allowed undocumented students to receive financial aid from the state and its public universities if they meet certain eligibility requirements. But students, advocates, and even the California Student Aid Commission itself say the aid application developed under a state law known as the California Dream Act is unnecessarily complex, not enough college staff are trained to advise students about it, and campus departments don’t collaborate well when processing applications. As a result, they say, many undocumented students are missing out on aid for which they qualify.

Only 14% of undocumented students in California receive any form of financial aid to pursue higher education, according to a recent California Student Aid Commission report. Of the nearly 45,000 undocumented students who applied for financial aid for this past academic year, fewer than 30% ultimately enrolled in school and received aid.

“What we know is we’ve got a lot of students that are willing and going through the process, but they’re not getting the financial aid support,” said Marlene Garcia, executive director of the student aid commission. “I think that’s a starting point to analyze that there is a problem here.”

One of the problems Garcia cited: Verifying eligibility for the aid can be cumbersome and fearinducing to undocumented students concerned about the risks of sharing their personal information.

California exempts undocumented students from paying nonresident tuition if they spent three years at, and received a degree, diploma or certificate from a California high school or community college. When those students want to apply for financial aid, they must also submit a document — also known as an AB540 affidavit — to the campus they plan to attend verifying they qualify for the exemption and promising to legalize their immigration status as soon as possible.

The student aid commission then randomly selects 20% of students for verification that the information they reported in their applications is accurate.

But individual campuses do the actual verifying, and there is no statewide standard.

California State University Chico and American River College, for example, accept a simple

statement from students that they are eligible and only require extra documents if there is conflicting information in their applications, according to the student aid commission. But other campuses require much more information, such as W-2 forms, IRS tax transcripts, and/or household size information.

That’s when some students fall through the cracks, said Sergio Belloso, a counselor at Santa Monica College’s Dream Resource Center, which provides legal, mental health and financial aid counseling services for the college’s undocumented students.

“Sometimes students just stop that process, because they’re like, ‘I don’t want to give them my information,’” Belloso said.

The affidavit and financial aid application also must be sent to different departments on campus, often causing delays and confusion for students.

“What we know is that we’ve got a lot of students that are willing and going through the process, but they’re not getting the financial aid support.”

-MARLENE GARCIA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID COMMISSION

At Santa Monica College, the Dream Resource Center serves on average 200 undocumented students per semester, Belloso said. Although tuition at California community colleges is just $46 per credit hour, or free on some campuses, many students, regardless of immigration status, use financial aid to cover additional expenses such as textbooks, transportation, and living costs.

Belloso said he and other center staff spend a large portion of their time and resources on helping students get financial aid, including those who don’t qualify for aid and in-state tuition. If other campus staff members were better trained to understand financial aid for undocumented students, the center would have more time to explore other aspects of its mission, such as providing legal help, he said.

Cristina Sanchez, who provides drop-in counseling to undocumented students at Solano College, said she started her job right after graduating from college with little more than an Excel spreadsheet with student contact information.

As the sole, part-time staff member tasked with supporting about 200 undocumented students, Sanchez is also concerned the students she serves may not be getting the financial aid information they need.

“I was not given any training or anything like that, it was kind of like, ‘Here you go,’” Sanchez said. “So it’s been a lot of teaching myself or going out of my way to learn more, because I’m not undocumented.”

Sanchez said a lot of times she is sending students to other counselors and financial aid officers, creating a game of hot potato and potential communication breakdowns between campus departments.

Strengthening campus centers for undocumented students could help such students persist and navigate financial aid difficulties, students and counselors said. Even though the staff at UC Riverside’s Undocumented Student Programs couldn’t fix Mojica’s financial aid problem, she said, they welcomed her to campus, apologized for the difficulties she was having and even helped her find a work-study job doing social media for an undocumented student organization. Mojica said the support helped her feel like she belonged on campus.

“They were super welcoming. They spoke to my mom, started telling me about our (food) pantry and about the groceries. Although I didn’t ask, they were already giving me so much information,” said Mojica. “It had a big impact on me.”

The center, which supports more than 600 students, one of the largest undocumented student populations among UC campuses, plans to hire a dedicated counselor to assist undocumented students with their financial aid applications.

Meanwhile, the student aid commission is working to tackle some of the issues in the Dream Act application process. It has recommended reducing the percentage of applications requiring verification and allowing Dream Act applicants to receive text message updates on the status of their aid.

The commission is also sponsoring Assembly Bill 1540, introduced by Los Angeles Democratic Assemblymember Mike Fong, which would allow undocumented students to fill out a single application for both their financial aid and residency. It’s currently under consideration in the appropriations committee.

“We think that it should be intuitive. Students shouldn’t have to go through a maze to figure out how to get financial aid,” said Garcia. “The financial aid system should meet students where they’re at more effectively.”

Although both Sanchez and Belloso are excited to see a more streamlined application for students, Belloso feels there is still more that can be done to help undocumented students pursue higher education. He hopes campuses and the aid commission will collect and share campus-level data on how many undocumented students are applying for and receiving aid, so counselors like him can better support them. More financial aid training for other campus staff would also help, he said.

“Colleges may say ‘The Dream program is there, undocumented students can get help,’ but it doesn’t mean that we’re actually helping all the students,” he said.

González 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.

Students, counselors and the California Student Aid Commission itself are calling for improvements in the application process and greater support for undocumented students trying to navigate it.

Tens of thousands of undocumented students in California are potentially eligible for financial aid from the state and public universities. But only 14% of undocumented students actually receive it, according to a recent report by the California Student Aid Commission. Photo Credit: Freepik

ESTUDIANTES INDOCUMENTADOS CALIFICAN PARA AYUDA FINANCIERA EN CALIFORNIA. ¿POR QUÉ NO HAY MÁS USÁNDOLA?

Los estudiantes, los consejeros y la propia la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California están pidiendo mejoras en el proceso de solicitud y un mayor apoyo para los estudiantes indocumentados que intentan navegar el sistema.

Carmen González CalMatters

Cuando

Deysi Mojica recibió su aceptación en UC Riverside, estaba emocionada. No solo había superado la falta de recursos de su escuela secundaria para ayudar a los estudiantes indocumentados como ella a postularse para la universidad, sino que la universidad estaba ofreciendo un paquete de ayuda financiera que haría posible su sueño universitario.

“Aunque soy indocumentada”, dijo Mojica, ahora estudiante de primer año, “la cantidad de dinero que me dieron era básicamente para cubrir todos mis gastos”.

Pero un cargo inesperado de $13,000 de la universidad justo antes de que comenzara las clases rápidamente convirtió su entusiasmo en confusión, dejándola preguntándose a dónde había ido a parar el dinero que le habían otorgado. Fue solo después de repetidas llamadas a la oficina de ayuda financiera, dijo Mojica, que un servicial asistente estudiantil que también era indocumentado le dio la información que la salvó de abandonar la escuela: su paquete de ayuda fue retenido porque faltaba una firma en uno de sus formularios de solicitud.

Al igual que Mojica, muchos estudiantes indocumentados carecen de información precisa sobre cómo solicitar ayuda financiera o encuentran el proceso intimidante. California ha permitido desde 2011 que los estudiantes indocumentados reciban ayuda financiera del estado y sus universidades públicas si cumplen con ciertos requisitos de elegibilidad. Pero los estudiantes, los defensores e incluso la propia Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California dicen que la solicitud de ayuda desarrollada bajo una ley estatal conocida como la Ley California Dream Act es innecesariamente compleja, no hay suficiente personal universitario capacitado para asesorar a los estudiantes al respecto y los departamentos del campus no colaborar bien al procesar aplicaciones. Como resultado, dicen, muchos estudiantes indocumentados están perdiendo la ayuda para la que califican.

Solo el 14% de los estudiantes indocumentados en California reciben algún tipo de ayuda financiera para seguir una educación superior, según un informe reciente de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California. De los casi 45,000 estudiantes indocumentados que solicitaron ayuda financiera durante el último año académico, menos del 30% finalmente se matriculó en la escuela y recibió ayuda.

“Lo que sabemos es que tenemos muchos estudiantes que están dispuestos y están pasando por el proceso, pero no reciben el apoyo de ayuda financiera”, dijo Marlene García, directora ejecutiva de la comisión de ayuda estudiantil. “Creo que ese es un punto de partida para analizar que aquí hay un problema”.

Uno de los problemas que citó García: Verificar la elegibilidad para la ayuda puede ser engorroso y aterrador para los estudiantes indocumentados preocupados por los riesgos de compartir su información personal.

California exime a los estudiantes indocumentados de pagar la matrícula de no residente si pasaron tres años y recibieron un título, diploma o certificado de una escuela secundaria o colegio comunitario de California. Cuando esos estudiantes deseen solicitar ayuda financiera, también deben presentar un documento, también conocido como declaración jurada AB 540, en el campus al que planean asistir verificando que califican para la exención y prometiendo legalizar su estatus migratorio lo antes posible.

La comisión de ayuda estudiantil luego selecciona aleatoriamente al 20% de los estudiantes para verificar que la información que informaron en sus solicitudes es precisa.

Pero los campus individuales hacen la verificación real y no existe un estándar estatal.

California State University Chico y American River College, por ejemplo, aceptan una simple declaración de los estudiantes de que son elegibles y solo requieren documentos adicionales si hay información contradictoria en sus solicitudes, según la comisión de ayuda estudiantil. Pero otros campus requieren mucha más

información, como formularios W-2, transcripciones de impuestos del IRS y/o información sobre el tamaño del hogar.

Ahí es cuando algunos estudiantes caen en el olvido, dijo Sergio Belloso, consejero del Dream Resource Center de Santa Monica College, que brinda servicios de asesoramiento legal, de salud mental y de ayuda financiera para los estudiantes indocumentados de la universidad.

“A veces, los estudiantes simplemente detienen ese proceso porque dicen: ‘No quiero darles mi información’”, dijo Belloso.

La solicitud de declaración jurada y ayuda financiera también debe enviarse a diferentes departamentos en el campus, lo que a menudo causa demoras y confusión para los estudiantes.

“Lo que sabemos es que tenemos muchos estudiantes que están dispuestos y están pasando por el proceso, pero no reciben el apoyo de ayuda financiera”.

-MARLENE GARCIA, DIRECTORA EJECUTIVA, COMISIÓN DE AYUDA ESTUDIANTIL DE CALIFORNIA

En Santa Monica College, el Dream Resource Center atiende a un promedio de 200 estudiantes indocumentados por semestre, dijo Belloso. Aunque la matrícula en los colegios comunitarios de California es de solo $46 por hora de crédito, o gratis en algunos campus, muchos estudiantes, independientemente de su estado migratorio, utilizan la ayuda financiera para cubrir gastos adicionales como libros de texto, transporte y costos de vida.

Belloso dijo que él y el resto del personal del centro dedican una gran parte de su tiempo y recursos a ayudar a los estudiantes a obtener ayuda financiera, incluidos aquellos que no califican para la ayuda y la matrícula estatal. Si otros miembros del personal del campus estuvieran mejor capacitados para comprender la ayuda financiera para estudiantes indocumentados, el centro tendría más tiempo para explorar otros aspectos de su misión, como brindar ayuda legal, dijo.

Cristina Sánchez, quien brinda asesoramiento sin cita previa a estudiantes indocumentados en Solano College, dijo que comenzó su trabajo justo después de graduarse de la universidad con poco más que una hoja de cálculo de Excel con la información de contacto de los estudiantes. Como el único miembro del personal a tiempo parcial encargado de apoyar a unos 200 estudiantes indocumentados, a Sánchez también le preocupa que los estudiantes a los que atiende no estén recibiendo la información de ayuda financiera que necesitan.

“No me dieron ningún entrenamiento ni nada por el estilo, fue algo así como, ‘Aquí tienes’”, dijo Sánchez. “Así que me ha enseñado mucho a mí mismo o me he esforzado por aprender más, porque no soy indocumentado”.

Sánchez dijo que muchas veces está enviando a los estudiantes a otros consejeros y oficiales de ayuda financiera, creando un juego de papas calientes y posibles fallas en la comunicación entre los departamentos del campus.

El fortalecimiento de los centros universitarios para estudiantes indocumentados podría ayudar a esos estudiantes a persistir y superar las dificultades de ayuda financiera, dijeron estudiantes y consejeros. A pesar de que el personal de los Programas para Estudiantes Indocumentados de UC Riverside no pudo solucionar el problema de ayuda financiera de Mojica, dijo, le dieron la bienvenida al campus, se disculparon por las dificultades que estaba teniendo e incluso la ayudaron a encontrar un trabajo de estudio y trabajo en las redes sociales para una organización de estudiantes indocumentados. Mojica dijo que el apoyo la ayudó a sentir que pertenecía al campus. “Fueron súper acogedores. Hablaron con mi mamá, comenzaron a contarme sobre nuestra despensa (de alimentos) y sobre los comestibles. Aunque no pregunté, ya me estaban dando mucha información”, dijo Mojica. “Tuvo un gran impacto en mí”.

El centro, que apoya a más de 600 estudiantes, una de las poblaciones de estudiantes indocumentados más grandes entre los campus de UC, planea contratar a un consejero dedicado para ayudar a los estudiantes indocumentados con sus solicitudes de ayuda financiera.

Mientras tanto, la comisión de ayuda estudiantil está trabajando para abordar algunos de los problemas en el proceso de solicitud de la Ley Dream Act. Ha recomendado reducir el porcentaje de solicitudes que requieren verificación y permitir que los solicitantes de la Ley Dream Act reciban actualizaciones por mensaje de texto sobre el estado de su ayuda.

La comisión también patrocina el Proyecto de Ley de la Asamblea 1540, presentado por el asambleísta demócrata de Los Ángeles, Mike Fong, que permitiría a los estudiantes indocumentados completar una sola solicitud tanto para su ayuda financiera como para su residencia. Actualmente está bajo consideración en el comité de asignaciones.

“Creemos que debería ser intuitivo. Los estudiantes no deberían tener que pasar por un laberinto para descubrir cómo obtener ayuda financiera”, dijo García. “El sistema de ayuda financiera debería encontrar a los estudiantes donde se encuentran de manera más efectiva”.

Aunque tanto Sánchez como Belloso están emocionados de ver una solicitud más simplificada para los estudiantes, Belloso siente que aún se puede hacer más para ayudar a los estudiantes indocumentados a obtener una educación superior. Él espera que los campus y la comisión de ayuda recopilen y compartan datos a nivel de campus sobre cuántos estudiantes indocumentados están solicitando y recibiendo ayuda, para que los consejeros como él puedan apoyarlos mejor. También ayudaría más capacitación en ayuda financiera para el resto del personal del campus, dijo.

“Las universidades pueden decir ‘El programa Dream Act está ahí, los estudiantes indocumentados pueden obtener ayuda’, pero eso no significa que en realidad estamos ayudando a todos los estudiantes”, dijo.

González 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.

Decenas de miles de estudiantes indocumentados en California son potencialmente elegibles para recibir ayuda financiera de las universidades estatales y públicas. Pero solo el 14% de los estudiantes indocumentados realmente lo reciben, según un informe reciente de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California. Photo Credit: standret / Freepik

PARTIDARIOS DE LOS DERECHOS REPRODUCTIVOS VEN EL CAMINO A LA VICTORIA: DEJAR QUE LOS VOTANTES DECIDAN

Nadia Ramlagan & Belle TaylorMcGhee Ms. Magazine/Public News Service

CuandoKansas rechazó por la fuerza una enmienda en agosto pasado que hubiera eliminado el derecho al aborto de la constitución del estado, el país quedó atónito — y los defensores del derecho al aborto estaban extasiados, viendo en esta victoria una forma de avanzar para asegurar nuevas y mayores protecciones para el acceso al aborto y la autonomía corporal al consagrar el derecho al aborto en las constituciones estatales. En las elecciones intermedias de noviembre, tres meses después, los votantes nuevamente enviaron una fuerte señal, no solo de que desaprueban el fallo de la Corte Suprema que anuló Roe v. Wade, sino también de que están dispuestos a votar para proteger el derecho al aborto y rechazar los intentos de quitárselo. Fue el momento colectivo posterior a Roe lo que les dio a los defensores del derecho al aborto un verdadero camino hacia el éxito y cambió la trayectoria, argumentarían algunos, de la salud reproductiva y la vida de millones de mujeres en todo el país.

J.J. Straight, subdirector de LibertyDivision en la Unión Estadounidense de Libertades Civiles, dijo que los votantes enviaron un mensaje claro de que el aborto es un tema personal, no partidista: “El hilo común es que la gente espera que haya acceso legal al aborto en su estado, y hemos visto que están dispuestos a presentarse y votar… para proteger ese derecho. Y también esperan que el gobierno no se involucre en esa decisión”.

Así votaron los estadounidenses en noviembre:

• Más de las tres cuartas partes (76.7 por ciento) de los votantes de Vermont aprobaron la Enmienda de Libertad Reproductiva a la constitución estatal, que garantiza “la autonomía reproductiva personal a menos que esté justificada por un interés estatal apremiante”.

• Un decisivo 66,9 por ciento de los votantes de California enmendó la constitución estatal para proteger el derecho al aborto y la anticoncepción.

• Una sólida mayoría (56,7 por ciento) de los votantes de Michigan aprobaron un derecho constitucional estatal a la libertad reproductiva, incluidos todos los asuntos relacionados con el embarazo, como el aborto y la anticoncepción.

• Alrededor del 52,6 por ciento de los votantes de Montana rechazaron un referéndum que hubiera convertido a un bebé “nacido vivo” a cualquier edad gestacional en una persona jurídica, criminalizando así a los proveedores de atención médica que no hacen todo lo posible por salvar a un feto “nacido durante un intento de aborto” ( una ocurrencia improbable).

• Una mayoría del 52,3 por ciento de los votantes de Kentucky rechazó una enmienda que declara que no existe el derecho al aborto en la constitución estatal ni ningún requisito para que el gobierno financie el aborto.

Con un récord de éxito de 6-0 (contando a Kansas), los defensores del derecho al aborto ahora están aún más motivados para seguir una estrategia estado por estado y llevar su lucha directamente a los votantes.

“Kansas y Michigan fueron los mayores influenciadores, especialmente porque Kansas es un estado tan rojo”, dijo la Dra. Lauren Beene, directora ejecutiva de Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights (OPRR), una coalición no partidista formada después de que se anuló Roe, que representa a más de mil médicos en todo el estado. “Si puede suceder en Kansas, también puede suceder en Ohio”.

Una avalancha de políticas restrictivas y punitivas ha amenazado con prohibir el aborto en Ohio, incluido el llamado proyecto de ley del latido del corazón. Ahora, una ley, pero bajo una orden judicial

temporal, requiere la determinación de si hay un “latido cardíaco fetal detectable” antes de que se pueda realizar un aborto y criminaliza a cualquiera que realice o induzca un aborto después de este punto. (Nota: aunque lo que se conoce como "actividad cardíaca" puede detectarse en un embrión de 6 semanas, el término "latido del corazón" en esta etapa es engañoso. De acuerdo con el Colegio Estadounidense de Obstetras y Ginecólogos, no es hasta alrededor de las 17 a 20 semanas, cuando las cuatro cámaras del corazón se han desarrollado y se pueden detectar en un ultrasonido, que el término "latido del corazón" es correcto).

En respuesta, la OPRR y sus socios de la coalición, bajo el paraguas de Protect Choice Ohio, buscan una enmienda a la constitución del estado iniciada por los ciudadanos para proteger el derecho al aborto.

El grupo tiene motivos para ser optimista: las encuestas realizadas después de que Roe fue anulada y antes de las elecciones intermedias de 2022 encontraron que el 59,1 por ciento de los habitantes de Ohio votaría a favor de una enmienda al derecho al aborto.

Pero llegar ahí no será fácil. Los legisladores estatales republicanos ya están trabajando para impulsar lo que parece ser un intento de frustrar los esfuerzos de la coalición al aprobar un proyecto de ley (HJR 6) para modificar los requisitos para el referéndum y el proceso de iniciativa elevando el umbral para pasar de un voto de mayoría simple de más del 50 por ciento a una mayoría calificada del 60 por ciento. La medida, que, en teoría, podría ser la última medida electoral que requiera el apoyo de solo el 50 por ciento de los votantes para ser aprobada, se presentaría ante los votantes en una elección especial este agosto, y los republicanos en Ohio han admitido abiertamente que los esfuerzos para hacer que las medidas electorales sean más difíciles de aprobar tienen como objetivo explícito restringir el acceso al aborto.

Mientras tanto, el opositor al aborto Dave Yost, el fiscal general del estado de Ohio, está luchando contra los desafíos legales a la ley de latidos del corazón, argumentando que el tribunal inferior se equivocó cuando emitió una orden judicial preliminar.

“Si nuestra enmienda de libertad reproductiva está en la boleta electoral en 2023, necesitaremos cumplir con el estándar existente para su aprobación: 50 por ciento más 1”, dijo Beene. “Si la enmienda no está aprobada en el 23 y el 60 por ciento [se aprueba], el tema de los derechos de reproducción está muerto porque pocas medidas electorales obtienen el 60 por ciento de los votos. Asegurarnos de que estamos trabajando bajo las reglas actuales es solo una de las muchas razones por las que

creemos que la enmienda debe estar en la '23. Solo queremos que nuestros pacientes puedan acceder a la atención médica necesaria”.

A lo largo de los EE. UU., un mosaico de leyes rige el aborto, y el acceso depende de dónde viva. A partir de esta semana, 19 estados han prohibido o restringido el aborto: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Carolina del Norte, Dakota del Norte, Oklahoma, Dakota del Sur, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia Occidental y Wyoming. Y en Wisconsin, el aborto no está disponible porque no hay proveedores que ofrezcan atención debido a un entorno legal incierto.

Es debido a este panorama que Fairness Project, una organización nacional que apoya las medidas electorales progresistas, está buscando dónde puede lograr el mayor impacto en el derecho al aborto. “Donde realmente estamos enfocando nuestra atención es en los esfuerzos de medidas electorales que pueden crear una protección más allá del alcance del cambio político. — más allá del alcance de quién es elegido para el cargo y cuáles son sus motivaciones en torno a los derechos reproductivos — lo cual es especialmente importante en los estados rojos y morados donde el derecho al aborto está tan bajo ataque”, dijo Kelly Hall, directora ejecutiva de Fairness Project. Su grupo y otros ya están trabajando para incluir iniciativas de aborto en la boleta electoral de 2024 en Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Dakota del Norte, Oklahoma y Dakota del Sur.

Sin embargo, menos de la mitad de los estados de EE. UU. (24) permiten algún tipo de medida electoral iniciada por los ciudadanos, y solo 18 estados permiten que los ciudadanos enmienden la constitución estatal mediante la recolección de firmas en una petición. Según Hall, decidir qué estrategia emplear en cada estado depende de varios factores, incluida la formulación de las preguntas correctas.

“Preguntamos qué es necesario para lograr nuestro objetivo común, que es restaurar el acceso significativo al aborto”, dijo Hall, señalando a Carolina del Sur, que no tiene un proceso de medida de la boleta, pero donde los defensores del aborto lograron un enorme éxito a través del litigio.

Allí, la Corte Suprema del estado reconoció el derecho constitucional a la privacidad para incluir el derecho al aborto, y el 5 de enero anuló permanentemente la ley de la legislatura que prohibía el aborto después de aproximadamente seis semanas de embarazo. La decisión de 3-2 representó una gran victoria para los defensores del derecho al aborto, quienes esperan tener más éxito mientras se preparan para llevar este asunto a los otros tribunales estatales.

Según Amy Myrick, abogada sénior de estrategia judicial del Centro de Derechos Reproductivos, una organización global de derechos humanos de abogados y defensores que busca promover los derechos reproductivos como derechos humanos fundamentales, todas las constituciones estatales brindan protecciones extremadamente sólidas para el derecho al aborto. —si los tribunales las interpretan correctamente.

“Las constituciones estatales protegen ampliamente los derechos cruciales, incluida la libertad, la igualdad y la privacidad, que sabemos que abarcan la autonomía reproductiva y nuestra libertad para tomar decisiones profundamente personales sobre nuestros propios cuerpos, vidas y futuros”, dijo Myrick. “Seguirán siendo una herramienta importante para restaurar o establecer los derechos fundamentales de las personas”.

Las próximas decisiones judiciales determinarán el destino del derecho al aborto en Kentucky; en Indiana y Utah, donde se ha bloqueado la aplicación de prohibiciones casi totales mientras los desafíos legales están pendientes (aunque Utah todavía tiene una prohibición de 18 semanas); y en Georgia, donde la Corte Suprema estatal restableció la prohibición del aborto a pesar de un desafío legal pendiente.

Claramente, no todas las Cortes Supremas estatales reconocerán el derecho al aborto como protegido constitucionalmente. Apenas unas horas después de que se resolviera el caso de Carolina del Sur, la Corte Suprema de Idaho desestimó una demanda presentada por Planned Parenthood y confirmó las tres prohibiciones del estado, incluida una que prohíbe el aborto desde la concepción. En una decisión de 3-2, el tribunal dictaminó que la constitución del estado no otorga implícitamente el derecho al aborto.

Mientras que los defensores del aborto siguen estrategias legales, políticas y normativas para proteger y asegurar el derecho al aborto, los opositores persisten en sus esfuerzos para ilegalizar el aborto en todos los frentes, incluido el aumento de los ataques contra los abortos con medicamentos, que representan el 54 por ciento de todos los abortos. Los opositores al aborto demandaron recientemente a la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos para retirar del mercado la mifepristona, una de las drogas utilizadas en el aborto con medicamentos. La Corte Suprema ha intervenido, por ahora: el viernes 21 de abril, la Corte Suprema decidió bloquear un fallo anterior del Quinto Circuito, permitiendo que la píldora abortiva mifepristona permanezca en el mercado bajo las reglas actuales. Si el fallo del Quinto Circuito hubiera entrado en vigor, el acceso a la mifepristona habría disminuido significativamente en todo el país. Tal decisión pondría fin al aborto por telemedicina, que se ha expandido significativamente desde que la FDA lo aprobó en 2021. Si los defensores contra el aborto finalmente tienen éxito, las píldoras abortivas ya no estarán disponibles en ningún estado de los EE. UU., incluso donde el aborto es legal. Según Myrick, sería efectivamente una prohibición a nivel nacional.

“Eliminar el acceso a la mifepristona pone en peligro la salud y la vida de las personas, pero seguramente continuaremos viendo esfuerzos para abordar el aborto con medicamentos en todo el país”, dijo Myrick.

A pesar de la certeza de más demandas y legislación contra el aborto, el Salón del Proyecto de Equidad dijo que los defensores del derecho al aborto siguen motivados y con energía para enfrentar el desafío con estrategias que ya han tenido éxito. “Mi visión es que los defensores del derecho al aborto se sientan empoderados por el hecho de que existe un proceso de democracia directa en tantos lugares donde pueden tomar el asunto en sus propias manos y hacer que las políticas cambien por sí mismos”, dijo Hall. “Muchas personas se han sentido desesperadas en reacción a la caída de Roe y sienten que hay muy pocas cosas que podamos hacer para proteger nuestros propios derechos y los derechos de las personas que amamos en todo el país. Las medidas electorales ofrecen una solución alternativa muy importante cuando nuestros líderes electos están actuando tan lejos de nuestras fuertes opiniones políticas como ciudadanos... Espero que ese empoderamiento provoque un cambio de política real a través de las urnas”.

Andrea Miller, presidenta del Instituto Nacional de Salud Reproductiva, dijo que hay una gran razón para considerar la democracia directa como una oportunidad para abordar la desconexión en la que el liderazgo electo no refleja las necesidades y la voluntad de los votantes— y hay una razón por la que los legisladores conservadores quieren cerrar esa ventana, como están intentando hacer en Ohio.

“Saben que la libertad reproductiva y los derechos de voto, todos los temas que han estado atacando, son muy populares”, dijo Miller. Sin embargo, admite que le preocupa el daño directo que continúa a nivel individua -- para las mujeres que necesitan servicios de aborto y para aquellas que buscan atención médica reproductiva en todos los ámbitos.

Belle Taylor-McGhee escribió este artículo para Ms. Magazine. Versión de transmisión de Nadia Ramlagan para Kentucky News Connection que informa para Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration.

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REPRODUCTIVE-RIGHTS SUPPORTERS SEE PATH TO VICTORY: LETTING VOTERS DECIDE

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WhenKansas forcibly rejected an amendment this past August that would have removed the right to abortion from the state’s constitution, the country was stunned—and abortion-rights advocates were ecstatic, seeing in this victory a way forward to secure new and greater protections for abortion access and bodily autonomy by enshrining the right to abortion into state constitutions.

In the November midterm elections three months later, voters again sent a strong signal, not only that they disapprove of the Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, but also that they are willing to cast their ballots to protect the right to abortion and reject attempts to take it away. It was the collective moment post-Roe that gave abortion-rights advocates a real pathway to success, and it changed the trajectory, some would argue, of the reproductive health and lives of millions of women across the country.

J.J. Straight, deputy director of the LibertyDivision at the American Civil Liberties Union, said voters sent a clear message that abortion is a personal, not a partisan, issue: “The common thread is that folks expect there to be legal access in their state to abortion, and we have seen that they are willing to show up and vote … to protect that right. And they also expect government not to be involved in that decision.”

This is how Americans voted in November:

• More than three-quarters (76.7 percent) of Vermont voters approved the Reproductive Liberty Amendment to the state constitution, which guarantees “personal reproductive autonomy unless justified by a compelling State interest.”

• A decisive 66.9 percent of California voters amended the state constitution to protect the right to abortion and contraception.

• A solid majority (56.7 percent) of Michigan voters approved a state constitutional right to reproductive freedom, including all matters relating to pregnancy, such as abortion and contraception.

• Some 52.6 percent of Montana voters rejected a referendum that would have made an infant “born alive” at any gestational age a legal person, thereby criminalizing healthcare providers who do not make every attempt to save a fetus “born during an attempted abortion” (an unlikely occurrence).

• A 52.3 percent majority of Kentucky voters rejected an amendment declaring that there is no right to abortion in the state constitution or any requirement for government funding of abortion.

With a 6-0 record of success (counting Kansas), abortion-rights advocates are now even more motivated to pursue a state-by-state strategy and take their fight directly to voters.

“Kansas and Michigan were the biggest influencers, especially because Kansas is such a red state,” said Dr. Lauren Beene, executive director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights (OPRR), a nonpartisan coalition formed after Roe was overturned, representing more than a thousand doctors across the state. “If it can happen in Kansas, then it can happen in Ohio too.”

An onslaught of restrictive and punitive policies have threatened to ban abortion in Ohio, including the socalled heartbeat bill. Now a law, but under a temporary court injunction, requires the determination of whether there is a “detectable fetal heartbeat” before an abortion can be performed and criminalizes anyone performing or inducing an abortion after this point. (Note: Although what’s known as “cardiac activity” can be detected in a 6-week-old embryo, the term “heartbeat” at this stage is misleading. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, it’s not until around 17 to 20 weeks, when the four chambers of the heart have developed and can be detected on an ultrasound, that the term “heartbeat” is accurate.)

In response, OPRR and its coalition partners, under the umbrella of Protect Choice Ohio, are pursuing a citizeninitiated ballot amendment to the state constitution to protect the right to abortion.

The group has reason to be optimistic: Polling conducted after Roe was overturned and before the 2022 midterms found that 59.1 percent of Ohioans would vote yes on an abortion-rights amendment.

But getting there will not be easy. Republican state lawmakers are already working to push through what appears to be an attempt to thwart the coalition’s efforts

by passing a bill (HJR 6) to modify the requirements for the referendum and initiative process by raising the threshold to pass from a simple majority vote of more than 50 percent to a 60 percent supermajority. The measure—which, in theory, could be the last ballot measure to require support from only 50 percent of voters to pass—would go before voters in a special election this August, and Republicans in Ohio have openly admitted that efforts to make ballot measures harder to pass are explicitly aimed at restricting abortion access. Meanwhile, abortion opponent Dave Yost, the Ohio state attorney general, is fighting the legal challenges to the heartbeat law, arguing that the lower court erred when it issued a preliminary injunction.

“If our reproductive freedom amendment is on the ballot in 2023, we will need to meet the existing standard for passage: 50 percent plus 1,” Beene said. “If the amendment is not on in ’23 and the 60 percent [requirement passes], the repro-rights issue is dead because few ballot measures garner 60 percent of the vote. Ensuring that we are working under the current rules is just one of the many reasons we believe the amendment must be on in ’23. We just want our patients to be able to access necessary medical care.”

Across the U.S., a patchwork of laws govern abortion, and access depends on where you live. As of this week, 19 states have banned or restricted abortion: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. And in Wisconsin, abortion is unavailable because there are no providers offering care due to an uncertain legal environment.

It’s because of this landscape that the Fairness Project, a national organization that supports progressive ballot measures, is looking ahead at where it can realize the most impact on abortion rights.

“Where we are really focusing our attention is on ballot measure efforts that can create a protection beyond the reach of political change—beyond the reach of who gets elected into office and what their motivations are around

reproductive rights—which is especially important in red and purple states where abortion rights are so under attack,” said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project. Her group and others are already working to put abortion initiatives on the 2024 ballot in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

However, fewer than half of U.S. states (24) allow some form of citizen-initiated ballot measures, and only 18 states allow citizens to amend the state constitution by collecting signatures on a petition. According to Hall, deciding which strategy to employ in each state depends on several factors, including asking the right questions.

“We ask what is necessary in order to achieve our common goal, which is restoring meaningful access to abortion,” Hall said, pointing to South Carolina, which does not have a ballot measure process but where abortion advocates did achieve enormous success through litigation.

There, the state Supreme Court recognized the constitu-

tional right to privacy to include the right to abortion, and on Jan. 5 permanently struck down the legislature’s law banning abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy. The 3-2 decision represented a major victory for abortion-rights advocates, who are hoping to find more success as they prepare to take this issue through the other state courts.

According to Amy Myrick, senior staff attorney for judicial strategy with the Center for Reproductive Rights, a global human rights organization of lawyers and advocates that seeks to advance reproductive rights as fundamental human rights, all state constitutions provide extremely strong protections for the right to abortion—if the courts interpret them correctly.

“State constitutions broadly protect crucial rights, including liberty, equality and privacy, which we know encompass reproductive autonomy and our freedom to make deeply personal decisions about our own bodies, lives and futures,” Myrick said. “They will continue to be an important tool to restore or establish people’s fundamental rights.”

Upcoming court decisions will determine the fate of abortion rights in Kentucky; in Indiana and Utah, where near-total bans have been blocked from enforcement while legal challenges are pending (though Utah still has an 18-week ban in place); and in Georgia, where the state Supreme Court has reinstated an abortion ban despite a pending legal challenge.

Clearly not all state Supreme Courts will recognize abortion rights as constitutionally protected. Just hours after the South Carolina case was decided, the Idaho Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by Planned Parenthood, upholding the state’s three bans, including one that outlaws abortion from conception. In a 3-2 decision, the court ruled that the state constitution does not implicitly grant a right to abortion.

While abortion advocates pursue legal, political and policy strategies to protect and secure the right to abortion, opponents persist in their efforts to make abortion illegal on all fronts, including ramping up attacks on medication abortions, which account for 54 percent of all abortions. Abortion opponents recently sued the Food and Drug Administration to take mifepristone, one of the drugs used in medication abortion, off the market. The Supreme Court has intervened—for now: On Friday, April 21, the Supreme Court decided to block a previous ruling from the Fifth Circuit, allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain on the market under current rules. If the Fifth Circuit ruling had gone into effect, access to mifepristone would have decreased significantly across the country. Such a ruling would end telemedicine abortion, which has expanded significantly since the FDA approved it in 2021. If anti-abortion advocates eventually succeed, abortion pills will no longer be available in any state in the U.S., including where abortion is legal. According to Myrick, it would effectively be a nationwide ban.

“Eliminating access to mifepristone endangers people’s health and lives, but we will surely continue to see efforts to target medication abortion across the country,” Myrick said. Despite the certainty of further anti-abortion lawsuits and legislation, the Fairness Project’s Hall said abortionrights advocates remain motivated and energized to meet the challenge with strategies that have already seen success. “My vision is that abortion-rights advocates feel empowered by the fact that there is a direct democracy process in so many places where they can take matters into their own hands and make policy change for themselves,” Hall said. “So many people have felt despair in reaction to the fall of Roe and feel like there are so few things we can do to protect our own rights and the rights of the people we love around the country. Ballot measures offer a really important work-around when our elected leaders are acting so far outside of our strong policy opinions as citizens.... I hope that that empowerment then leads to real policy change through the ballot box.”

Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, said there is great reason to look at direct democracy as an opportunity to address the disconnect where the elected leadership does not reflect the needs and the will of the voters—and there is a reason conservative lawmakers want to close that window, as they are attempting to do in Ohio.

“They know that reproductive freedom and voting rights, all the issues that they have been attacking, are widely popular,” Miller said. Yet she admits that she worries about the direct harm that continues at the individual level—for women in need of abortion care, and for those seeking reproductive healthcare across the board. Belle Taylor-McGhee wrote this article for Ms. Magazine. Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for Kentucky News Connection reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration.

Nineteen states have passed laws banning or restricted abortion since the overturning of Roe versus Wade in 2022. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock

SE ACABA EL ESFUERZO DE PROHIBIR LA VENTA DE TABACO EN CALIFORNIA SIN EL APOYO DE ACTIVISTAS

Se ha archivado un proyecto de ley para eliminar gradualmente todas las ventas de tabaco en California, y los grupos antitabaco no dirán por qué no ofrecieron su apoyo. El proyecto de ley fue enmendado para centrarse en hacer cumplir una prohibición existente sobre el tabaco con sabor.

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tres años, los defensores de la reducción del tabaquismo y el vapeo en California obtuvieron una gran victoria cuando persuadieron a la Legislatura estatal para que prohibiera la venta de productos de tabaco con sabor a pesar de una intensa campaña de cabildeo de la industria.

Pero en los últimos meses, esos mismos grupos han permanecido en gran medida en silencio mientras un legislador buscaba eliminar por completo las ventas de tabaco en el estado. Su propuesta fue archivada esta semana sin siquiera recibir una audiencia y, en cambio, buscará un proyecto de ley en esta sesión para fortalecer la aplicación de la prohibición del tabaco con sabor.

La decisión de las principales organizaciones antitabaco de no participar en otra lucha legislativa refleja un desacuerdo más amplio entre los defensores sobre la mejor manera de alcanzar lo que llaman el ‘juego final’ de un futuro libre de tabaco, y si ese debería ser su objetivo principal. Las preocupaciones sobre la reacción del público, la viabilidad política y los posibles recortes a los programas financiados por los impuestos al tabaco son factores.

“Todos estos grupos tienen el mismo objetivo”, eliminar las muertes y enfermedades causadas por el tabaco, dijo Chris Bostic, director de políticas de Action on Smoking and Health, uno de los pocos grupos antitabaco que respalda el proyecto de ley de eliminación gradual de las ventas. “Pero la gente tiene diferentes opiniones sobre cómo llegar de aquí a allá”.

El Proyecto de Ley 935 de la Asamblea, presentado en febrero por el asambleísta demócrata Damon Connolly de San Rafael, habría dado el paso audaz de prohibir la venta de productos de tabaco, incluidos cigarrillos, puros y líquidos para vapear, a cualquier persona nacida el 1 de enero de 2007 o después.

La edad legal para fumar en California es de 21 años, por lo que aquellos que se habrían visto afectados por la medida no podrán comprar tabaco de los minoristas durante al menos cinco años más de todos modos. Pero la propuesta habría tenido el efecto de prohibir a toda una generación de californianos comprar legalmente productos de tabaco, con el objetivo de dificultarles que empiecen a fumar o vapear.

Es una idea que se mantiene a la vanguardia a nivel mundial. Nueva Zelanda se convirtió en el primer país en adoptar el enfoque en diciembre, prohibiendo la venta de productos de tabaco para fumar, como cigarrillos, para cualquier persona nacida después de 2008. La ciudad de Brookline, en Massachusetts, aprobó una prohibición más amplia de los productos de tabaco, incluidos los vaporizadores, en 2020, que enfrentó un desafío legal de los minoristas y fue confirmado en la corte el año pasado.

Los legisladores de Hawái y Nevada también presentaron propuestas de eliminación gradual de las ventas este año, pero ninguna de las medidas ha recibido una audiencia todavía. El proyecto de ley no ganó tracción

El proyecto de ley de Connolly luchó por atraer respaldo. A fines de la semana pasada, solo 10 organizaciones, incluido el capítulo de California de la Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría, habían enviado cartas de apoyo al Comité de Salud de la Asamblea, donde se consideró por primera vez, según un análisis preparado por el comité.

Ninguno de los siete patrocinadores principales de la prohibición del tabaco con sabor: La American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, la American Heart Association, la American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Common Sense, la Vicegobernadora Eleni Kounalakis y el Superintendente estatal de Instrucción pública Tony Thurmond: tomaron una posición pública sobre AB 935. La mayoría se negó a discutir sus razones con CalMatters.

“Este no es el momento de abordar esto. Estamos tratando de limpiar la prohibición del tabaco con sabor”, dijo Autumn Ogden-Smith, directora de legislación del estado de California para la Red de Acción contra el Cáncer de la Sociedad Estadounidense del Cáncer. “Estamos teniendo problemas de cumplimiento”.

Jason Maymon, un vocero de Common Sense, dijo que la prioridad de la organización había pasado a proteger a los niños y adolescentes de los daños en línea. “El tabaco sigue siendo un tema importante que nos preocupa, pero la mayoría de nuestros recursos se centran en arreglar Internet para los niños”, escribió en un correo electrónico.

Bo Smith, portavoz de la American Lung Association y quienes tienen un “imperativo estratégico” para “crear un futuro libre de tabaco”, dijo en un correo electrónico que la organización “no tiene nada que agregar a la historia en este momento”.

Los representantes de la Asociación Estadounidense del Corazón, que adoptó una estrategia para acabar con el tabaco y recibió una subvención de $5.6 millones del Programa de Control del Tabaco de California en 2020 para ayudar a posicionar al estado para terminar con el consumo de tabaco en todo el estado para 2035, no respondieron a las solicitudes de entrevistas ni a las preguntas

escritas. .

En la audiencia del Comité de Salud de la Asamblea el martes, Connolly aceptó las enmiendas del comité que cambiaron el enfoque de su proyecto de ley. Ahora autorizará al Departamento de Salud Pública de California ya la oficina del fiscal general del estado a hacer cumplir la prohibición del tabaco con sabor, además de las agencias locales.

El asambleísta Jim Wood, el demócrata de Healdsburg que dirige el comité de salud, rechazó una solicitud de entrevista. En su análisis, el comité sugirió que la eliminación gradual de las ventas de tabaco en California era menos urgente porque las tasas de tabaquismo en adultos y jóvenes son solo un poco más altas que la mitad del promedio nacional.

“Es posible que la Legislatura desee considerar si sería más efectivo concentrarse en hacer cumplir la prohibición del tabaco con sabor en lugar de participar en un nuevo frente”, escribió el comité, “e intentar prevenir un producto que es legal en otros 49 estados, como así como en tierras tribales soberanas, de ingresar al estado”.

Connolly, quien fue elegido para la Asamblea en noviembre y anteriormente trabajó en el control del tabaco como supervisor del condado de Marin, le dijo a CalMatters que planea revivir la propuesta de eliminación gradual de ventas el próximo año. Dijo que seguiría buscando el apoyo de las organizaciones antitabaco que no se sumaron a esta versión.

“No quiero hablar por ellos, pero creo que ciertamente hay objetivos compartidos en torno al objetivo final”, dijo. “Entonces, lo que anticipo es continuar trabajando con esos grupos, y todas las partes interesadas, en torno a un conjunto más amplio de soluciones como se incorporó originalmente en AB 935”.

Por qué los grupos antitabaco se mostraron reacios

Los partidarios de la medida dijeron que escucharon una variedad de objeciones mientras trataban de atraer a los defensores, incluyendo que el proyecto de ley era demasiado agresivo y que no iba lo suficientemente

A algunos grupos les preocupa que las consecuencias no deseadas, como empujar más ventas de tabaco al mercado negro, puedan hacer retroceder el movimiento general para dejar de fumar. Otros creen que desviaría recursos finitos hacia una lucha políticamente desafiante en el Capitolio y distraería la atención de una incipiente campaña local para persuadir a las ciudades de prohibir por completo la venta de tabaco, que ya ha tenido éxito en Beverly Hills y Manhattan Beach. Algunos ven como injusto crear un grupo separado de adultos que no pueden comprar productos de tabaco mientras que la mayoría todavía puede hacerlo.

John Maa, un médico del condado de Marin y activista antitabaco que testificó a favor de AB 935 en la audiencia del martes, dijo que el argumento más convincente que escuchó fue que el proyecto de ley le daría un pase a la industria tabacalera durante décadas a medida que las ventas se eliminan gradualmente y que el final debería llegar antes.

“No habrá una solución legislativa única para el enorme problema que la industria tabacalera ha creado durante 500 años”, dijo Maa. “Creo que requerirá una estrategia múltiple”. Luego está la realidad fiscal de que los impuestos sobre las ventas de tabaco financian programas en California, incluida la atención médica para los residentes de bajos ingresos, la investigación de enfermedades, la educación en la primera infancia y la prevención del consumo de tabaco, algunos de los cuales están dirigidos por los mismos grupos que presionan para reducir el tabaquismo.

Luego de una campaña de hospitales, médicos, sindicatos y grupos antitabaco, los votantes de California aprobaron un aumento masivo del impuesto al tabaco en 2016 que inicialmente prometía recaudar más de $1 mil millones anuales para el presupuesto estatal. Proporcionó $30 millones para programas locales de control del tabaco y $19 millones para subvenciones competitivas el año pasado, según el Departamento de Salud Pública.

Bostic, de Action on Smoking and Health, dijo que veía como una victoria que el debate sobre el tabaco había llegado a un punto en el que incluso se podría proponer una eliminación estatal de las ventas en California. Dijo que no estaba sorprendido de que las principales organizaciones antitabaco no aceptaran la idea, en parte por temor a cómo se podría percibir su movimiento, pero señaló una encuesta nacional de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades realizada en 2021, que encontró que más del 57% de los adultos estadounidenses apoyan la prohibición de la venta de productos de tabaco.

“Tenemos que hacer que la salud pública se ponga al día con el público, y luego tenemos que hacer que los tomadores de decisiones se pongan al día con ambos”, dijo Bostic.

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TOBACCO SALES PHASEOUT WITHERS IN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM ANTI-TOBACCO ADVOCATES

A bill to phase out all tobacco sales in California has been shelved, and anti-tobacco groups won’t say why they didn’t offer support. The bill was amended to focus on enforcing an existing ban on flavored tobacco.

Alexei Koseff CalMatters

Threeyears ago, advocates for reducing smoking and vaping in California won a major victory when they persuaded the state Legislature to adopt a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products despite an intense industry lobbying campaign.

But in recent months, those same groups have been largely silent as a first-term lawmaker sought to phase out tobacco sales in the state altogether. His proposal was shelved this week without even receiving a hearing, and he will instead pursue a bill this session to strengthen enforcement of the flavored tobacco ban.

The decision by major anti-tobacco organizations to sit out another legislative fight reflects a broader disagreement among advocates about the best way to reach what they call the “endgame” of a tobacco-free future — and whether that should be their primary goal. Concerns over public backlash, political feasibility and potential cuts to programs funded by tobacco taxes are all factors.

“All these groups have the same goal,” to eliminate the deaths and disease caused by tobacco, said Chris Bostic, policy director for Action on Smoking and Health, one of only a handful of anti-tobacco groups to endorse the sales phaseout bill. “But people have varying opinions of how to get from here to there.”

Assembly Bill 935, introduced in February by Democratic Assemblymember Damon Connolly of San Rafael, would have taken the bold step of banning the sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars and vaping liquid, to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2007.

The legal smoking age in California is 21, so those who would have been affected by the measure aren’t able to buy tobacco from retailers for at least five more years anyway. But the proposal would have had the effect of creating a whole generation of Californians prohibited from ever legally purchasing tobacco products, with the goal of making it more difficult for them to start smoking or vaping.

It’s an idea that remains on the cutting edge globally. New Zealand became the first country to adopt the approach in December, banning the sale of smoked tobacco products such as cigarettes for anyone born after 2008. The Massachusetts town of Brookline passed a more expansive ban on tobacco products, including vapes, in 2020, which faced a legal challenge from retailers and was upheld in court last year.

Lawmakers in Hawaii and Nevada also introduced sales phaseout proposals this year, but neither measure has received a hearing yet either.

Bill did not gain traction

Connolly’s bill struggled to attract backing. By the end of last week, only 10 organizations, including the California chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, had sent letters of support to the Assembly Health Committee, where it was first set to be considered, according to an analysis prepared by the committee.

None of seven primary sponsors of the flavored tobacco ban — the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Common Sense, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond — took a public position on AB 935. Most declined to discuss their reasons with CalMatters.

“This is not the time to tackle this. We’re trying to do the clean-up on the flavored tobacco ban,” said Autumn Ogden-Smith, director of California state legislation for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. “We’re having enforcement issues.”

Jason Maymon, a spokesperson for Common Sense, said that the organization’s priority had shifted to protecting kids and teens from online harms. “Tobacco remains an important issue that we care about but more of our resources are focused on fixing the internet for kids,” he wrote in an email.

Bo Smith, a spokesperson for the American Lung Association, which has a “strategic imperative” to “create a tobacco-free future,” said in an email that the organization has “nothing to add to the story at this time.”

Representatives for the American Heart Association — which has adopted a tobacco endgame strategy and received a $5.6 million grant from the California Tobacco Control Program in 2020 to help position

the state to end tobacco use statewide by 2035 — did not respond to interview requests and written questions.

At the Assembly Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, Connolly accepted amendments from the committee that changed the focus of his bill. It will now authorize the California Department of Public Health

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and the state attorney general’s office to enforce the flavored tobacco ban, in addition to local agencies.

Assemblymember Jim Wood, the Healdsburg Democrat who leads the health committee, declined an interview request. In its analysis, the committee suggested that phasing out tobacco sales in California was less urgent because adult and youth smoking rates are only slightly higher than half the national average.

“The Legislature may want to consider whether it would be more effective to focus on enforcing the flavored tobacco ban rather than engaging on a new front,” the committee wrote, “and attempting to prevent a product that is legal in 49 other states, as well as on sovereign Tribal lands, from entering the state.” Connolly, who was elected to the Assembly in November and previously worked on tobacco control as a Marin County supervisor, told CalMatters that he plans to revive the sales phaseout proposal next year. He said he would continue to seek the support of anti-tobacco organizations that did not come on board with this version.

“I don’t want to speak for them, but I think certainly there are shared goals around the ultimate objective,” he said. “So what I would anticipate is continuing to work with those groups, and all stakeholders, around a larger set of solutions as originally embodied in AB 935.”

Why anti-tobacco groups were reluctant

Supporters of the measure said they heard a range of objections as they tried to bring advocates into the fold, including both that the bill was too aggressive and that it did not go far enough.

Some groups worry that unintended consequences, such as pushing more tobacco sales into the black market, could set back the overall movement to end smoking. Others believe it would divert finite resources into a politically challenging fight at the Capitol and distract from a nascent local campaign to persuade cities to completely outlaw tobacco sales, which has already found success in Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach. Some see it as unjust to create a separate group of adults who cannot buy tobacco products while most still can.

John Maa, a Marin County physician and anti-tobacco activist who testified in favor of AB 935 at Tuesday’s hearing, said the most convincing argument he heard was that the bill would give the tobacco industry a pass for decades as sales are slowly phased out and that the endgame should come sooner.

“There’s not going to be one single legislative solution to the enormous problem that the tobacco industry has created over 500 years,” Maa said. “I believe it will require a multi-pronged strategy.”

Then there’s the fiscal reality that taxes on tobacco sales fund programs in California — including health care for low-income residents, disease research, early childhood education and tobacco use prevention — some of which are led by the same groups that are pushing to reduce smoking.

Following a campaign by hospitals, doctors, unions and anti-tobacco groups, California voters passed a massive tobacco tax increase in 2016 that initially promised to raise more than $1 billion annually for the state budget. It provided $30 million for local tobacco control programs and $19 million for competitive grants last year, according to the Department of Public Health.

Bostic, of Action on Smoking and Health, said he viewed it as a victory that the debate over tobacco had reached a point where a statewide phaseout of sales could even be proposed in California. He said he was not surprised that mainstream anti-tobacco organizations did not jump on board with the idea, in part because of fear over how their movement might be perceived, but he pointed to a nationwide Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey conducted in 2021 that found that more than 57% of American adults support banning the sale of tobacco products

“We’ve got to get public health to catch up with the public, and then we’ve got to get decision-makers to catch up with both,” Bostic said.

Shelves full of flavored tobacco products including disposable e-cigarettes, pipe tobacco and shisha at a smoke shop in Berkeley. Photo Credit: Anne Wernikoff / CalMatters

1776: MUSICAL REIMAGINES THE WRITING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY GIVING THE POWER TO THOSE UNHEARD DURING ITS CONCEPTION

Arturo Hilario El Observador

1776 has been recontextualized for the modern day, bringing in a new vision of what American means by those that were in the background and whose input and consideration were not taken into account when drafting the document that led to the creation of the United States of America.

The new production of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical will make its only Bay Area stop from May 16-21, 2023 at San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts. This is a chance to see a very incredible and thought-provoking take on what it means to be American, and what it means to have a voice in shaping the future for a country that has always been diverse but not equal.

Shelby Acosta, who is currently touring with 1776, recently talked about her experience in taking on the role of Secretary Charles Thomson, a founding father who took notes on everything that happened within the walls of some of the most important decision making in history.

Acosta is a Mexican-American actress from El Paso, Texas who also had the opportunity to participate in the original Broadway presentation of the show, giving her the unique insight into the initial creation and being a key part of the touring version.

Continue reading to find out how Acosta got her start in the performing arts, what she did to prepare for this historical role with a twist, and why its important to her as a Latina to stand proud on stage and show others that they too can reach the stage.

Shelby, thanks so much for taking the time for an interview. I wanted to start off asking how got your start in performing arts? What were your inspirations?

Yeah, so basically, I've been doing theater since I was in middle school. I'm from El Paso, Texas, which borders Juarez, Mexico, and there's not a lot of theater culture there. So me and my best friend were obsessed with theater, and his mom loved theater, so she was like, why don't we just start our own theater company here in El Paso?

And I started it, and I was doing it until high school, and I loved it. I knew I wanted to do theater for the rest of my life. So I talked to my mom, and she was like, “okay, so you're so serious about this. Let's send you to a school for it.”

So in high school, I went to a boarding school in Michigan for performing arts called Interlochen Center for the Arts and that was a little crazy because I'd never been anywhere outside of El Paso, and then suddenly I was living alone at 15 years old at a boarding school in Michigan. I learned so much there. Decided, yeah, this was absolutely for me. And I auditioned for a bunch of colleges for musical theater, and I got into Texas State in San Marcos, Texas and studied there, learned so much.

The head of the department, her name is Kaitlin Hopkins. She was on Broadway, and her mom, Shirley, was an academy award nominated actress. So, I really focused and studied there a ton, and then I graduated and was a singer on a cruise ship for about a year, got to travel over the world, it was amazing. And then I moved to New York and was auditioning, got a few great things, and then COVID hit. So that put a pause on theater, that was really

disheartening.

And then once everything started to come back, I started auditioning again and got a call for 1776, and I sent in all my stuff and then didn't hear anything, so I was like, "okay, I didn't get it." And then a month later, I was working as a bartender, that's my job when I'm not an actor, I was working, and I got a call from my agent, who's like, "hey, can you put this audition on tape by the end of the day? They want to see you." And I did it. Sent it the next day. They're like, "okay, they're really interested in you. Can you start rehearsals tomorrow?" And I was like, "yes, absolutely."

So I quit my job right then and there and started rehearsals the next day with 1776 on Broadway. And then I did it on Broadway until the end of the run. And then they offered me an onstage role for the tour. So, yeah, now I'm touring with it, and it's been so great.

Now, could you fill us in on the role that you play, Charles Thomson?

Yeah, so he's the Secretary of Congress. My interpretation of him is he's there to do his job. He loves to work. No messing around. He has the most important job in Congress, taking down everything that's said so that everything can be documented, and we can look back on it and make sure everything is true to what happened.

Except in real life Charles Thomson, at the end of his life, he burned all the documents that he ever wrote about in Congress. So a lot of this stuff has been lost because he decided that he wanted to give the world a break from what actually happened in the nonsense of Congress and to let America be remembered as this great thing that everyone fought for. So, he burns all the documents.

In my interpretation of him, he's very no nonsense. Loves his job so much. And in the progression of the show, he comes to terms with the fact that he's who you hear George Washington's words through because he reads all the dispatches from George Washington while he's out fighting in the war. And so, the only time you ever hear George Washington is through Charles' mouth and reading his words.

And so at the end of the show he really decides that he doesn't care about anyone's

opinion on the Declaration. All he cares about is the people who are out there actually fighting in this war. And the only side he will ever be on is George Washington’s, who's actually out there in the middle of the battles and in the middle of fighting for liberty and stuff. So how much research went into this? How does creating your character work when portraying a historical figure?

Yes, so we had a lot of meetings about it. They provided us with a dramaturg who was from Harvard. They researched and like any questions we had, they were available for us when I started on Broadway and for this tour, they gave us a script that had on the side, it had factual evidence. So if they said something in the script that was like history on the side, you could read about what that meant and during that time, what was happening and kind of correlate your story with what was actually happening.

There is definitely a lot of podcasts that we listen to about these men. And I know that some of my stuff was from the dramaturg, but also just very interesting stuff that I researched on my own and found online. They actually helped us quite a bit with our history and did PowerPoints and stuff to educate us. And then from there, we got to shape our character however we wanted. All in all, it's a musical about the Founding Fathers and some of it is embellished. So we could just take little snippets of what we wanted from history and then make it our own, which I think is great.

How would you describe how this reimagined version of the musical differs from the original 1969 version? What is important to highlight on the changes for the 2023 version?

I think it hits a little bit more deeply than a lot of the other versions that I've seen and that I've heard about, because it's all women, trans, non-binary people and mainly people of color. So we have Black folks, we have Indigenous folks, we have Mexican etc.

We just have so many different types of bodies and cultures on stage. And so a lot of these people were not, and by a lot I mean all of them, were not considered when this was actually happening in 1776, it was obviously all white men with privilege. And even in actual Broadway show and the revival, it was white

men who got to do these things, that got to say these lines.

And I think our retelling hits home a little bit more because you're hearing these words and you're hearing the Declaration, amendments and the Congress debates, you're hearing them from the mouth of these powerful, different bodied people on stage.

So I think it gives you a minute to stop and reflect. So at the end, spoiler alert - not spoiler alert because its history, Thomas Jefferson writes in the Declaration about how slavery needs to be abolished. And Rutledge, one of the characters Edward Rutledge, talks about how he doesn't want that in the Declaration and he won't sign it unless it's taken out.

And so the fact that John Adams is played by a black woman and she has to stand there and see this very important piece of history and just this tragic part of America be cropped off and continued on, it's harder to watch because you see the reactions of the black cast and of the POC people on stage while that is being taken out, like while we are having to keep slavery in America in order for it to be born.

And I think that's very important for the audience to see. And we created this country, but at what cost? Like, at the cost of Black people's lives and at the cost of POC people's lives and futures? That is something that this production does that no other production has done before.

I think it's so important for people in the audience, especially younger generations, older generations above all, to see, "oh, my God, we are still fighting today for the people on stage's rights."

Women are still fighting for the right to their own body. Trans people are still fighting for their life. Black people are still getting shot because they went to the wrong house to pick up their siblings! It's still a fight that is happening today. And America is amazing and great, and we have so many rights but there's just so much we need to work on and we can't stop now.

So as a Latina, what is it like being part of Broadway in a space that you go back a couple of decades was like it was revolutionary to have one person that doesn't look typical of that time of the era on stage. Right. And then also well, let's start with that one first.

Yeah, I think it's been pretty crazy to me because first of all, not being a white person on Broadway, that's revolutionary in itself because so many shows are just like you get the token, POC person who's in the ensemble in the back and they're like, "we did it! Diversity!" And I think being on stage as a Latina woman and being on stage as a non-tiny, little beautiful woman, I'm so proud of my culture. And with my culture comes my body and a lot of Latina women or a lot of Latin people, their bodies are different. We're all differently shaped, and people like to call it, I don't know, "spicy" and "exotic" and "sexy".

But it's how we have been brought into this world. And so being on stage as someone who's fully figured and curvy and has shape I think that's so important for people to see because theater been kind of cutting off not only Mexican people or Latin people, Black people, but also people with different

Actress Shelby Acosta takes us behind the scenes of the reimagining of a historical moment played by an entirely multiracial cast of female, transgender and nonbinary actors

Shelby Acosta plays Secretary Charles Thomson in the diverse musical 1776 Photo Credit: 1776

body types.

I think I love going on stage as a Latina woman because if there's one singular person in these audiences, one singular young Latin person who can look at me and say, "she looks like me, these bodies on stage, they look like what I see in my day-to-day life, so I think this is achievable, this is attainable."

I think that's so important to me and also so important to stand in front of, on Broadway our audiences were mainly white people. They're the ones with the money and privilege in theater. So standing as myself in front of these people felt so liberating and so important. And I never imagined that I would be able to do that so openly and freely, and this production gave me that.

And so I actually did a production before this, Into the Woods in Austin, Texas. And I got cast as Cinderella and I never considered myself to be someone who could be Cinderella. I'm glad that these doors are opening for different cultures and different types of bodies because it's important, because people like me do fall in love and people like me are princesses and can be genuine and sweet and can write the Declaration of Independence. I think I'm so proud to be Mexican and to be on this stage saying these words.

Thank you so much. Finally, why would you recommend that people see 1776, given that it's so different than what it was before?

I think it's very important for people to come see. I know that it's going to make people uncomfortable, and it's going to make people come face to face with a history of America. And I know a lot of people come to the theater to escape.

And while there are moments in the show, obviously you do escape, we have jokes in this show, contrary to popular belief, there are moments of laughter and fun, but it's also a good opportunity to see America through the eyes of people who were not considered. And I think that why it's so important because we can't go day to day thinking, "oh, this is a great world we live in, everything is perfect," because it's not.

And just like we have to do today, back in 1776, they had to make some pretty daunting sacrifices in order to make America what it is. And I think people seeing that, watching that, and hearing certain things come out of certain people's mouths in terms of race and slavery and voting rights, I think that'll make people in the audience think and re-evaluate.

I hope it opens up people's minds to be like, "okay, America started off not great and we are still working towards making America what it can be," which is a place where people of all kinds can live their lives and have rights just like everyone else.

I also think it'll be good for audiences to come into the theater and see that Broadway shows and musicals can feature different body types and different culture and ethnicities and genders. And I think we need to normalize that more a little bit so that it could transfer to making every show able to cast different types of people and in order to do that audiences need to see that type of stuff. So I think this is a good steppingstone for it.

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1776: MUSICAL REIMAGINA LA ESCRITURA DE LA DECLARACIÓN DE INDEPENDENCIA DÁNDOLE EL PODER A AQUELLOS QUE NO FUERON ESCUCHADOS DURANTE SU CONCEPCIÓN

La actriz Shelby Acosta nos lleva detrás de escenas de la reimaginación de un momento histórico interpretado por un elenco completamente multirracial de mujeres, transgéneros y actores no binarios.

Arturo Hilario El Observador

1776 fue recontextualizado para la modernidad, brindándonos una nueva visión de lo que significa “Americano” para aquellos que estuvieron en segundo plano y aquellos cuya opinión y consideración no fueron tomadas en cuenta en el borrador del documento que llevó a la creación de los Estados Unidos de América.

La nueva producción ganadora del Premio Tony al Mejor Musical hará su única parada en el Área de la Bahía del 16 al 21 de Mayo del

2023 en el San Jose’s Center for the Performing Arts. Esta es una oportunidad de ver una increíble y reflexiva perspectiva de lo que significa ser americano, y lo que significa tener una voz en la formación del futuro de un país que siempre ha sido diverso pero no equitativo.

Shelby Acosta, quien actualmente está de gira con 1776, recientemente habló sobre su experiencia con el rol de Secretario Charles Thomson, un padre fundador que tomó notas sobre todo lo que pasó entre los muros de una de las tomas de decisiones más importantes en la historia.

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Acosta es una actriz México-Americana de El Paso, Texas, quien también ha tenido la oportunidad de participar en la presentación de Broadway del show, lo que la dotó de una perspectiva única sobre la creación inicial y la convirtió en parte clave de la versión tour.

Continúa leyendo para descubrir cómo Acosta incició en el mundo de las Artes Escénicas, qué hizo para prepararse para éste personaje histórico con un giro, y porqué es importante para ella como latina pararse con orgullo en el escenario y demostrar a los demás que también los latinos pueden alcanzar el escenario. Shelby, muchas gracias por tomarte el tiempo para una entrevista. Quería comenzar preguntándote ¿Cómo fue que iniciaste en las artes escénicas, cuál fue tu inspiración? Sí, básicamente, he estado haciendo Teatro desde la preparatoria. Soy de El Paso, Texas, que comparte frontera con Juárez, México y no hay mucha cultura teatral ahí. Así que mi mejor amiga y yo estábamos obsesionadas con el Teatro, su mamá también amaba el Teatro, así que dijo, ¿Por qué no simplemente iniciamos nuestra compañía teatral aquí en El Paso?

Así que lo iniciamos, estuve haciéndolo hasta la preparatoria, me encantó. Supe que quería hacer Teatro por el resto de mi vida. Así que hablé con mi mamá y me dijo “Ok, esto va muy en serio. Vamos a mandar a la escuela para ello”. Así que durante la preparatoria, me fui a un internado de Artes Escénicas en Michigan llamado Interlochen Center for the Arts y eso fue algo muy loco porque nunca había estado fuera de El Paso y de repente estaba viviendo sola a los 15 años en un internado en Michigan. Aprendí mucho ahí. Decidí, sí, esto es absolutamente para mí. Audicioné para un montón de colegios de teatro musical, y entré a estudiar al Texas State en San Marcos, Texas, aprendí mucho.

La encargada del departamento, su nombre es Kaitlin Hopkins. Estuvo en Broadway, y su mamá, Shirley, fue una actriz nominada al premio de la academia. Así que, realmente me concentré y estudié mucho ahí, después de gradué y fui cantante en un crucero por alrededor de un año, viajé por todo el mundo, fue increíble. Después de mudé a Nueva York, estuve audicionando, logré algunas cosas muy buenas, después pegó el COVID. Puso una pausa en el Teatro, eso fue realmente desalentador.

Luego cuando todo comenzó a volver, empecé a audicionar de nuevo y me llamaron para 1776 envié todo lo requerido y después no escuché nada, así que pensé “Bueno, no lo obtuve”. Un mes después, estaba trabajando como bartender, ese es mi trabajo cuando no actúo, estaba trabajando y recibí una llamada de mi agente, me dijo “Hey, ¿Puedes grabar esta audición antes de que acabe el día? Te quieren ver”. Y lo hice. Lo enviamos al día siguiente. Me dijo, “Ok, están realmente interesados en ti. ¿Puedes iniciar ensayos mañana?” Y dije, “Claro, por supuesto”.

Así que renuncié a mi trabajo de inmediato e inicié ensayos el siguiente día con 1776 en Broadway. Y ahí estuve en Broadway hasta el final de la corrida. Después me ofrecieron un rol para la gira. Así que sí, ahora estoy de gira con ellos, y ha sido maravilloso”.

ESPAÑOL

Ahora, ¿Nos podrías contar sobre el personaje que interpretas, Charles Thomson?

Sí, es el Secretario del Congreso. Mi interpretación de él es que él está ahí para hacer su trabajo. Le encanta trabajar. Sin perder el tiempo. Tiene el trabajo más importante en el Congreso, escribir todo lo que se diga, para que todo quede documentado, podemos volver a las notas, y asegurarnos de lo que realmente pasó. Excepto que en la vida real, Charles Thomson al final de su vida, quemó todos los documentos que escribió en El Congreso. Así que muchas de estas notas se perdieron porque él decidió que quería darle un respiro al mundo sobre las tonterías que realmente pasaron el Congreso y permitir que América sea recordada como ésta gran cosa por la que todos pelearon. Así que quemó todos los documentos.

En mi interpretación de él, es muy serio, Ama su trabajo. Y mientras el show avanza, se da cuenta del hecho de que él es el medio por el que las palabras de George Washington serán escuchadas, porque lee todos los despachos de George Washington mientras está peleando la guerra. Así que, siempre que escuchas a George Washington, es a través de la boca de Charles, leyendo sus palabras.

Así que el final del show, él decide que realmente no le interesa la opinión de nadie sobre la declaración. Lo único que le importa es la gente que está allá afuera peleando esta guerra. Y el único lado en el que estará, es en el de George Washington, quien realmente está allá en medio de las batallas, peleando por la libertad y demás.

¿Cuánta investigación requirió esto, cómo es la creación de un personaje cuando se trata de una figura histórica?

Sí, tuvimos muchas reuniones al respecto. Nos facilitaron a un dramaturgo proveniente de Harvard. Ellos hicieron la investigación y cualquier pregunta que tuviéramos, siempre estaban disponibles para nosotros. Cuando inicié en Broadway y para la gira, nos dieron un script que tenía a un lado, evidencia factual. Así que si decían algo en el guión, tenía la historia a un lado, podíamos leer lo que significó durante ese tiempo, y de alguna manera relacionar la historia con lo que realmente estaba pasando.

Definitvamente hay muchos podcasts que escuchamos acerca de estos hombres. Yo sé que mucho de lo mío provi-

ene del dramaturgo, pero también hay muchas cosas interesantes que investigué por mi cuenta en línea. Realmente nos ayudaron mucho con nuestra historia, con powerpoints y otras cosas para educarnos. Después, partiendo de ahí, les dimos forma a nuestros personajes con libertad. Después de todo, es un musical acerca de los Padres Fundadores y algo de ello está embellecido. Pudimos tomar pequeños fragmentos de la historia y hacer la nuestra, lo que creo que es genial.

¿Cómo describirías las diferencias entre ésta versión reinventada comparada con la versión original de 1969, qué es lo más destacable en esta versión del 2023?

Creo que pega un poco más profundo que las otras versiones que he visto y he escuchado, porque son todas mujeres, trans, personas no binarias y principalmente personas de color. Así que tenemos gente negra, indígenas, mexicanos, etc.

Tenemos muchos tipos diferentes de cuerpos y culturas sobre el escenario. La mayoría de estas personas, y con mayoría me refiero a todos, no fueron considerados cuando esto realmente ocurría en 1776, eran evidentement todos hombres blancos privilegiados. Incluso en el show de Broadway y el resurgimiento, fueron todos hombres blancos los que lo hicieron, quienes pudieron decir estas líneas.

Y creo que nuestra versión se siente un poco diferente porque estás escuchando estas palabras, estás escuchando la Declaración, enmiendas, debates del congreso, estás escuchándolo de la boca de éstas personas poderosas, con cuerpos diferentes sobre el escenario.

Así que creo que te da un minuto para detenerte y

reflexionar. Al final -alerta de spoiler- o realmente no, porque es historia. Thomas Jefferson escribe en la Declaración sobre cómo la esclavitud deber ser abolida. Y Rutledge, uno de los personajes, Edward Rutledge, habla sobre cómo no quiere eso en la Declaración y no la firmará a menos que lo quiten.

Así que el hecho de que John Adams es interpretado por una mujer negra quien tiene que pararse ahí y ver este acontecimiento importante de la historia, esta parte tan trágica de América, ser recortada y seguir adelante, es mucho más impactante porque ves las reacciones del elenco negro, de las personas de color en el escenario, mientras lo quitan, como si fuera necesario mantener la esclavitud para que naciera América.

Y creo que es muy importante que la audiencia lo vea. Creamos este país, ¿Pero a qué costo? El costo de la vida y futuro de personas negras y de color. Esto es algo que ésta producción hace y que ninguna otra lo ha hecho.

Creo que es muy importante

para la audiencia, especialmente para generaciones más jóvenes, generaciones más viejas sobre todo, el ver “Oh, por Dios, hoy e día seguimos peleando por el derecho de éstas personas sobre el escenario”.

Las mujeres siguen luchando por el derecho sobre su propio cuerpo. Personas trans siguen luchando po su vida. Personas negras siguen recibiendo disparos ¡Porque se equivocaron de cada al recoger a sus hermanos! La lucha sigue ocurriendo hoy día. América es grandiosa, tenemos tantos derechos, pero aún hay mucho trabajo por hacer y no podemos detenernos ahora.

Así que como latina, ¿Cómo es formar parte de Broadway en un espacio que décadas atrás, hubiera sido muy revolucionario tener una persona que no se ve como las típicas de esa época en el escenario? Y también... bueno, empecemos por esa primero.

Sí, creo que ha sido muy loco para mí porque, para empezar, no ser una persona blanca en Broadway, eso es

revolucionario por sí mismo porque muchos shows sólo es simbolismo, la persona de color que está en el fondo del ensamble y dicen “¡Lo hicimos! ¡Diversidad!” Yo pienso que estar en el escenario como una mujer latina, como una mujer no diminuta, una hermosa mujer, estoy tan orgullosa de mi cultura. Y con mi cultura, viene mi cuerpo, y muchas mujeres latinas o personas latinas, sus cuerpos son diferentes. Todos tenemos diferentes formas, a la gente le gusta decir que somos, no sé, “picantes, “exóticos” y “sexys”.

Pero así es como vinimos a este mundo. Y estar en el escenario como alguien con una gran figura, con curvas y formas, creo que es muy importante que las personas lo vean porque el teatro ha ido recortando esa percepción, no sólo para mexicanos, latinos o personas negras, sino para personas con diferentes cuerpos.

Creo que me encanta subir al escenario como una mujer latina porque si hay una sola persona en la audiencia, una sola persona latina que me vea y diga “Se ve como yo, esos cuerpos en el escenario, se ven como los que veo día a día, así que creo esto es asequible, se puede lograr”.

Creo que eso es muy importante para mí, y también muy importante pararme frente a Broadway o audiencias en su mayoría de personas blancas. Ellos son los que tienen el dinero y el privilegio en el teatro. Así que pararme como yo mismo frente a ellos y sentirme tan liberada e importante. Nunca imaginé que lograría tan abierta y libremente, y está producción me lo permitió.

De hecho hice una producción antes de ésta, Into the Woods en Austin, Texas. Interpeté a Cinderella y nunca

consideré que yo pudiera interpretar a Cinderella. Me alegra que las puertas se estén abriendo a culturas y cuerpos diferentes porque es importante, porque personas como yo nos enamoramos, personas como yo somos princesas y podemos ser genuinas y dulces y podemos escribir la Declaración de la Independencia. Creo que me siento muy feliz de ser mexicana y de estar en el escenario diciendo estas palabras. Muchas gracias. Finalmente, ¿Por qué recomendarías a la gente que vea 1776, considerando que es tan diferente a lo que se ha hecho antes?

Creo que es muy importante que la gente la venga a ver. Sé que hará sentir incómoda a la gente, y hará que la gente se enfrente cara a cara con la historia de América. Yo sé que mucha gente viene al teatro a escapar.

Hay momentos en el show, en los que obviamente escapas, tenemos bromas, contrario a lo que la gente piensa, hay momentos de risa y diversión, pero también es una oportunidad de ver a América a través de los ojos de aquellos que no fueron considerados. Y creo que por eso es muy importante, porque no podemos andar por la vida pensando “Oh, qué maravilloso mundo el que vivimos, todo es perfecto”, porque no lo es.

Y justo como lo tenemos que hacer hoy, en 1776, tuvieron que hacer sacrificios enormes para convertir a América en lo que es hoy. Y creo que la gente viendo eso, escuchando ciertas cosas salir de la boca de ciertas personas en términos de raza, esclavitud y derecho al voto, creo que hará que la audiencia piense y reevalúe.

Espero que abra la mente de las personas y digan “Ok, América no empezó de la mejor manera, y seguimos trabajando en lo que América puede ser”, que es un lugar donde todos puedan vivir sus vidas y tener derechos como todos los demás.

También creo que será bueno para las audiencias el venir al teatro y ver que los shows de Broadway y musicales pueden ser protagonizados por diferentes cuerpos, culturas, etnicidades y géneros. Creo que debemos normalizar un poco más eso para lograr que todos los show audicionen a diferentes tipos de personas y para lograr eso, la audiencia tiene que ver cosas diferentes. Así que creo que es un paso en la dirección correcta. Más información y boletos disponibles en broadwaysanjose.com.

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"Cool, Cool Considerate Men" - (Centro) Joanna Glushak como John Dickinson y el elenco de la gira nacional de 1776

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EARTHTALK Q&A: SLOW DESIGN

Dear EarthTalk: recently heard the term “slow design.” Can you enlighten? – J.M., New York, NY

EARTHTALK Q&A: DISEÑO LENTO

Estimado EarthTalk: Hace poco oí el término "diseño lento". ¿Me lo puede aclarar? --J.M., Nueva York, NY ESPAÑOL

o a la moda, el slow design se centra en crear productos clásicos y duraderos. De este modo, los diseñadores pueden ayudar a reducir la cantidad de residuos producidos por las industrias de la moda y el diseño, que son famosas por crear productos que se desechan y sustituyen rápidamente. Un ejemplo es lo que se ha dado en llamar el "renacimiento de los muebles marrones", es decir, muebles de madera que fueron populares en tiempos pasados pero que están experimentando un resurgimiento en la actualidad debido a su actualidad y a su robusta calidad.

Slowdesign is a design philosophy that emphasizes quality, longevity and sustainability. It seeks to counteract the fast-paced, disposable nature of contemporary culture by prioritizing thoughtful, intentional design over mass-produced, trend-driven products. It is about creating objects that are functional and beautiful, and that are crafted with care, using materials that are responsibly sourced and manufactured.

At its core, slow design is about taking a more holistic approach to design. It's about considering the entire life cycle of a product, from the materials used to make it to how it will be used and disposed of at the end of its life. Look for pieces that are created with sustainably harvested wood certified by the Forest Stewardship Council as well as “Cradle-to-Cradle” certification awarded to products produced in ecofriendly ways and that can be recycled after use. Slow design seeks to create products that are not just aesthetically pleasing, but that are also sustainable, durable and socially responsible.

One of the key principles of slow design is the idea of "localism." This means designing products that are made in the same community where they will be used, using materials that are sourced locally whenever possible. By doing this, designers can reduce the carbon footprint of their products, support local economies, and create stronger connections between people and the things they own.

Another important principle of slow design is the concept of "timelessness." Rather than creating products that are trendy or fashionable, slow design focuses on creating products that are classic and enduring. By doing this, designers can help reduce the amount of waste produced by the fashion and design industries, which are notorious for creating products that are quickly discarded and replaced. One example is

what's been dubbed the “brown furniture revival,” that being wood furnishings that were popular in days gone by but that are seeing a resurgence today due to their timeliness and sturdy quality.

Slow design also emphasizes the importance of craftsmanship and traditional skills. By working with skilled artisans and craftspeople, designers can create products that are not only beautiful and well-made, but that also support traditional forms of production and preserve cultural heritage.

Letting your home grow with you is another key to slow design. “There are those who move into a new place, furnish it in a couple weeks, and are happy to be done decorating,” say Apartment Therapy’s Katie Holdefehr. “Then there are those who see their home as an ongoing project without a specific end date.”

“By not rushing through the process, you can build a home that reflects your life, rather than passing trends,” she adds. “Part of embracing a slower pace is being okay with things that are unfinished.” As such, leave some room and blank wall space for pieces you discover in the future. “If we give ourselves permission to slow down, we may find that home isn’t a static place, but it changes along with us,” concludes Holdefehr.

In short, slow design emphasizes sustainability, durability, and quality over speed and disposability. By creating products that are thoughtfully designed, responsibly sourced, and made to last, slow design seeks to promote a more sustainable and ethical approach to design and consumption.

CONTACTS: Forest Stewardship Council, us.fsc.org; Cradle-to-Cradle, c2ccertified. org.

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Eldiseño lento es una filosofía del diseño que hace hincapié en la calidad, la longevidad y la sostenibilidad. Pretende contrarrestar el ritmo acelerado y el carácter desechable de la cultura contemporánea dando prioridad a un diseño reflexivo e intencionado frente a los productos fabricados en serie e impulsados por las tendencias. Se trata de crear objetos funcionales y bellos, elaborados con esmero y con materiales obtenidos y fabricados de forma responsable.

En esencia, el diseño lento consiste en adoptar un enfoque más holístico del diseño. Se trata de considerar todo el ciclo de vida de un producto, desde los materiales utilizados para fabricarlo hasta cómo se utilizará y eliminará al final de su vida útil. Busque piezas creadas con madera de tala sostenible certificada por el Forest Stewardship Council, así como la certificación "Cradle-to-Cradle" concedida a productos fabricados de forma respetuosa con el medio ambiente y que puedan reciclarse tras su uso. El diseño slow busca crear productos que no sólo sean estéticamente agradables, sino también sostenibles, duraderos y socialmente responsables.

Uno de los principios clave del diseño lento es la idea de "localismo". Esto significa diseñar productos que se fabriquen en la misma comunidad en la que se van a utilizar, utilizando materiales de origen local siempre que sea posible. De este modo, los diseñadores pueden reducir la huella de carbono de sus productos, apoyar las economías locales y crear vínculos más fuertes entre las personas y los objetos que poseen.

Otro principio importante del diseño lento es el concepto de "atemporalidad". En lugar de crear productos modernos

El diseño slow también subraya la importancia de la artesanía y las técnicas tradicionales. Al trabajar con artesanos cualificados, los diseñadores pueden crear productos que no sólo son bellos y están bien hechos, sino que también apoyan las formas tradicionales de producción y preservan el patrimonio cultural.

Dejar que tu casa crezca contigo es otra de las claves del diseño slow. "Hay quienes se mudan a una nueva casa, la amueblan en un par de semanas y se alegran de haber terminado de decorarla", dice Katie Holdefehr, de Apartment Therapy. "Luego están los que ven su casa como un proyecto en curso sin una fecha de finalización específica".

"Al no apresurarte en el proceso, puedes construir un hogar que refleje tu vida, en lugar de tendencias pasajeras", añade. "Parte de abrazar un ritmo más lento es estar bien con las cosas que están sin terminar". Como tal, deja algo de espacio y paredes en blanco para piezas que descubras en el futuro. "Si nos damos permiso para ir más despacio, puede que descubramos que el hogar no es un lugar estático, sino que cambia junto con nosotros", concluye Holdefehr.

En resumen, el diseño lento hace hincapié en la sostenibilidad, la durabilidad y la calidad por encima de la velocidad y lo desechable. Mediante la creación de productos cuidadosamente diseñados, de origen responsable y hechos para durar, el slow design trata de promover un enfoque más sostenible y ético del diseño y el consumo.

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The goal of slow design is counteracting the fast-paced disposable nature of our culture by prioritizing thoughtful, intentional design. Photo Credit: Pexels

El objetivo del diseño lento es contrarrestar la naturaleza desechable y acelerada de nuestra cultura dando prioridad a un diseño reflexivo e intencionado. Photo

Credit: Catherine Augustin / Pexels

Mabuhay Court, un asequible complejo de apartamentos para personas mayores (55+) en San José, está abriendo su lista de espera. La comunidad incluye aire acondicionado, todas las cocinas eléctricas y terraza/balcón. Esta comunidad residencial ofrece una sala comunitaria con cocina y lavandería, y está convenientemente ubicada junto al Centro Comunitario Northside. Las solicitudes previas para la lista de espera estarán disponibles y se aceptarán a partir del martes 2 de mayo de 2023 a las 9 a. m. hasta el lunes 31 de julio de 2023 a las 5 p. m. Para presentar una solicitud, visite el Portal de Vivienda de San José en: housing. sanjoseca.gov

La oficina está ubicada en 270 E. Empire St. en San José, CA. El horario de atención es de lunes a viernes de 9 a. m. a 5 p. m. Para obtener más información, llame al 408-885-0448. Se aplican restricciones de ingresos, edad y otras. Sección 8 bienvenida. EHO.

This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): James Espinoza, 99 Glen Eyrie Ave #6, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/01/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN693674. “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/ James Espinoza

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/12/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

Montara, un complejo de apartamentos asequibles en San Mateo, está abriendo su lista de espera. La comunidad incluye lavaplatos, todas las cocinas eléctricas y terraza/patio. Este es un complejo residencial para no fumadores que ofrece una sala comunitaria con cocina, lavandería y área de pícnic. Las solicitudes previas para la lista de espera Asequible estarán disponibles y se aceptarán a partir del martes 25 de abril de 2023 a las 9 a. m. hasta el martes 16 de mayo de 2023 a las 5 p. m. Para aplicar, visite el Portal de Vivienda de San Mateo en: smc.housingbayarea.org.

Montara ofrece preferencia local para familias donde al menos un miembro viva/trabaje en la Ciudad de San Mateo. Todas las aplicaciones se ordenarán al azar.

La oficina está ubicada en 2775 S. Delaware St. en San Mateo, CA. El horario de atención es de lunes a viernes de 9 a. m. a 5 p. m. Para obtener más información, llame al 650-3152495. Se aplican restricciones de ingresos y otras. Sección 8 bienvenida. EHO.

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694648

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 695012

Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Francisca Huizar Garcia, 411 Lewis Rd SPM209, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/01/2023. 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/ Francisca Huizar Garcia

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/18/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694790

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV414906

county of Santa Clara. Apr 27, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV415273

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

Huyen T Le have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Huyen T Le to Maggie Huyen Taylor 2. THE COURT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 695574

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

HUMMINGBIRD CAFE

1732 Hallmark Ln, 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): DORON GALPAZ, 732 Hallmark Ln, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/15/2023.

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/ Doron Galpaz

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 05/10/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 695574

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 695570

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: S.B.I. CONSTRUCTION GENERAL CONTRACTOR, 1423 Lochner Dr, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Inosencio Sanchez, 1423 Lochner, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/10/2016. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous

filing] of previous file #: FBN615846. “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/ Inosencio Sanchez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 05/10/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 695570

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694648

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TREADSTONE PROTECTIVE GROUP 99 Glen Eyrie Ave #6, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COCHINILLOS PORK & WINGS STUFFED, 2497 Anna Drive Apt 7, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): CHESTER DANI AROSA HERNANDEZ, 2497 Anna Drive Apt 7, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/25/2023. 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/ Chester Arosa

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/25/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 695012

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694790

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GOLDEN BAY FACILITY SERVICES, 411 Lewis Rd SPM209, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Yi Deng and Jiaxu Zuo INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Yi Deng and Jiaxu Zuo have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mengxi Deng to Sophie Deng 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: 08/29/2023 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

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: 09/05/2023 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. May 03, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV414361

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

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Armeis Mason have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Armeis Sharae Mason to Armeis Sharae Sanders 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: 08/15/2023 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.

Apr 18, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV415536

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

Kaur INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Satnam Kaur have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Satnam

Kaur to Satnam Kaur Saggi 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: 09/05/2023 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. May 08, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV415534

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Maureen Hazel Roxas Tanael INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Maureen Hazel Roxas Tanael have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Maureen Hazel Roxas Tanael to Maureen Hazel Roxas Smith 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: 09/05/2023 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. May 08, 2023

Jacqueline

M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023 ORDER TO SHOW

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

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Kun Zhang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Yuehan Liu to John Yuehan Liu 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: 09/05/2023 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.

May 08, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge

of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

AMENDED

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV404969

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Lisa Joy Schlembach INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Lisa Joy Schlembach has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Lisa Joy Schlembach to Lisa Joy Darling 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. May 05, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV415273

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: THI BICH TRAM DO INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) THI BICH TRAM DO has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. THI BICH TRAM DO to TRACY TRAM DO 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: 09/05/2023 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.

May 03, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 12, 19, 26, June 02, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 693656

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Somcare Service LLC

333 West San Carlos St 4th Floor Room 134, San Jose, CA 95110, Santa Clara County

This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Somcare Service LLC, 1060 Ranchero Way Apt 6, San Jose, CA 95117. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/12/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: 693297.

“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/ Haid Ibrahim Somcare Service LLC

Owner

Article/Reg#: 202250416121

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 693656

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 693943

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

AZUCENA BLOOMS 7670 Church St Apt B, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

Azucena Yuliana Diaz Becerril, 7670 Church St Apt B, Gilroy, CA 95020. 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/ Azucena Diaz Becerril

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 693943

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694702

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Gudelias Cleaning Services, 7160 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Gudelia Garcia Tacuba, 7160 Rosanna Street, Gilroy, CA 95020. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2020.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Gudelia Garcia Tacuba

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/13/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694702

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694867

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: D&E LANDSCAPING AND CONCRETE, 902 Second St Unit #A, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Doris Liliana Hernandez Tomas, 902 Second St Unit #A, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/20/2023. 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 he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Doris Liliana Hernandez Tomas This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-

Recorder of Santa Clara County on 04/20/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694867

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694436

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DIART AT HOME, 641 Iris Ave Apt 4, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Diana Urquijo, 641 Iris Ave Apt 4, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. 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/ Diana Urquijo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/06/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine

Fader,

Deputy File No. FBN 694436

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694427

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NATURE’S GREEN CLEANERS, 1281 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): OUTLANDER INC, 1520 Southwest Expwy Apt 195, San Jose, CA 95120. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/01/2023. 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/ Eduard De Andrade OUTLANDER INC President Article/Reg#: C4766041

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/06/2023.

Apartamentos para personas mayores de bajos ingresos. La lista de espera para Wittenberg Manor II se abrirá el Lunes 6/3/2023 y durará 5 semanas hasta el Viernes 7/4/23.

Durante ese tiempo, Wittenberg Manor II aceptará solicitudes de personas mayores de 62 años que cumplan con las pautas de admisión, así como de adultos con problemas de movilidad, mayores de 18 años, que requieran las características de diseño de los apartamentos accesibles.

Para solicitar un paquete de solicitud, llame al 510-785-7201 o acérquese a la oficina de Wittenberg Manor II, de 9:00 a. m. a 12:00 p. m. y de 2:00 p. m. a 4:00 p. m., de Lunes a Viernes, en 713 Bartlett Avenida, Hayward, CA 94541. El Miércoles 19 de Abril de 2023, a las 10:00 a. m., en el comedor de Wittenberg Manor II, se llevará a cabo una lotería para la colocación en la lista de espera. Le invitamos a asistir a la lotería, pero no está obligado a asistir. Wittenberg Manor II ofrece igualdad de oportunidades de vivienda.

Electrical Test Engineer

Duties: Create detailed, comprehensive, well-structured test plans & test cases, & process flow diagrams. Review system requirements, track quality assurance metrics. Detailed knowledge of Electrical Circuits Debugging. Develop electrical product design solutions. Develop documentation related with electrical project as well as engineering activities. Inspect instruments & software associated for proper electronic functioning.

Calibrate electrical equipment, create reports.

Reqd: MS in Elect Engin+6 months of exp. Or BS in Elec Engin+5 yrs of exp. Job loc: Fremont, CA.

Contact: Labo America, 920 Auburn Ct, Fremont, CA 94538

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 694427

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 695061

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CALDO PARADO Y ALGO MAS, 3535 Pitcair Way, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Yonis Sthevens Falla Moreno, 3535 Pitcair Way, San Jose, CA 95111. 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/ Yonis Sthevens Falla

Moreno

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/26/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 695061

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413258

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

Charlize Deshain has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Charlize Deshain to Soheila Babakhani 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. Mar 29, 2023

Jacqueline

M.

Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV413386

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Wangying Su, Weiqiang Li INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Wanying Su, Weiquiang Li has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Hilbert Haoyang Li to Gilbert Haoyang Li 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.

Apr 03, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV410335

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ethan Gabriel Carrasco INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Ethan Gabriel Carrasco has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ethan Gabriel Carrasco to Ethan Gabriel Dworak 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: 05/30/2023 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 26, 2023

circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Feb 03, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO.

23CV414295

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Oscar Armando Pena INTERESTED PERSONS:

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.

Jacqueline M.

Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV410717

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

Abhishek Gattani has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Abhishek Gattani to Robit Kumar 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: 06/06/2023 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

1. Petitioner(s) Oscar Armando Pena has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Oscar Armando Pena to Oscar Armando Pena Kawas b. Denia Maribel Valladares de Pena to Maribel Denia Pena 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 objectin`g 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: 08/15/2023 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. Apr 17, 2023

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: 06/06/2023 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.

May 01, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

2nd Amended ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV410929

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.

May 03, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Guadalupe Revelez Case No. 23PR194629

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:

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

/s/ Javier Rodriguez

Piquinto

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/21/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694928

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

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/ Meredith Piata

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/24/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694942

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694925

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693344

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHRIRANJANI

Jacqueline

M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2023

2nd 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-

SONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Danibal Kasbari Reihanabad has filed a petition for Change of

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Aradhna Rajendran INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Aradhna Rajendran has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Aradhna Rajendran AKA Aradhna Pallares AKA Ana Rajendran AKA Ana Pallares to Ana Baldwin 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

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Guadalupe Revelez. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Maria Guadalupe and Juan Antonio Revelez in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that Maria Guadalupe Revelez and Juan Antonio Revelez be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 4. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: June 14, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 13, located at 191 North

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Domenic Scire, Esq. 27281 Las Ramblas, Ste. 150 Mission Viejo, CA 92691 (408)295-5555

Run Dates: May 5, 12 and 19, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

694928

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JRP Rodriguez Janitorial Service, 1366 E San Antonio 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): Javier Rodriguez Piquinto, 1366 E San Antonio St, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/13/2006. 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

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: REMODELING YOUR STYLE TILE & STONE, 4639 Holycon Cir, 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): Carlos Ramon Marin Gomez, 4639 Holycon Cir, San Jose, CA 95136. Gisela Beatriz Marin, 4639 Holycon Cir, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/21/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN641605. “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/ Carlos Ramon Marin Gomez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/21/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694925

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694942

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KWINCIE, 2915 Suttergate Way, San Jose, CA 95132, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Meredith Piata, 2915 Suttergate Way, San Jose, CA 95132. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2021. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this

6129 Yeadon Way, San Jose, CA 95119, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Shubhasree Chaki, 6129 Yeadon Way, San Jose, CA 95119. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/06/2012. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file#: FBN634522. “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/ Shubhasree Chaki This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 03/07/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 693344

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694788

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SMART BUSINESS SOLUTIONS 1376 Selo Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Christiam A Torres, 1376 Selo Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/01/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A reg-

istrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Christiam Torres

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/18/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 694788

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 694290

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Rejuvenecer Scalp Micropigmentation , 2114 Senter Rd #27, 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): Jorge Contreras, 2110 Georgia Ave, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/27/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN694078. “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/ Jorge Contreras

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/03/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694290

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 694892

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MAKARENA TAX SERVICES, MAKARENA SERVICE, MAKARENA SERVICE

INC, 237 N White Rd Suite 1, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): MAKARENA SERVICE INC, 237 N White Rd Suite 1, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/20/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in

facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN639654. “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/ Luis Mairena MAKARENA SERVICE INC

President

Article/Reg#: 4160952

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/20/2023.

circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Apr 07, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV414784

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Caroline Brittany Wagner INTERESTED PERSONS:

petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 08/29/2023 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.

Apr 26, 2023

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

/s/ Sunghwan Cho

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/19/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694836

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

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

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 693456

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

694765

Regina

Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 694892

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413695

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Rachel Ellen Nolan-Homan INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) Rachel Ellen Nolan-Homan has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Rachel Ellen Nolan-Homan AKA

Rachel Nolan-Homan to Rachel Ellen Nolan

b. Jessica Homan AKA

Jessica Chloe Homan

AKA Jessica C. Homan to Jessica Chloe Nolan

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: 08/08/2023 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

1. Petitioner(s) Caroline Brittany Wagner has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Caroline Brittany Wagner to Caroline Brittany Jacobson 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: 08/22/2023 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.

Apr 25, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413865

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

Fairul Azman Adams INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Fairul Azman Adams has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing

names as follows: a. Fairul Azman Adams to Fairul Azman Mohd bin Fadzillah 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: 08/08/2023 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. Apr 11, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV414854

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ming Hua Lan INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ming Hua Lan has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ming Hua Lan to Mandy MingHua Lan 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

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

NOTICE OF DEATH OF Orville

Norman Winders

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Orville Norman Winders, who was a resident of Santa Clara County, State of California, and died on April 07, 2023, in the City of Sunnyvale, 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

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

April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

694836

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RICH K-HAIR SALON, 3074 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sunghwan Cho, 470 Chestnut Ave, San Bruno, CA 95051. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/19/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT NO. 694437

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DRYCLEAN - PRO, 20379 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Leng Chung Lam, 33024 Regents Blvd, Union City, CA 94587. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/06/2023. 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/ Leng Chung Lam

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/06/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 694437

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693456

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRU CLEANING 875 Cinnabar St #3402, 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): Kaila Flynn, 875 Cinnabar St #3402, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Kaila Flynn

This statement was

Recorder of Santa Clara County on 04/12/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694660

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT NO. 694593

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GOJO RESTUARANT, 1261 W San Carlos St, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Hayelom Mesfin Nire, 215 Ford St #342, San Jose, CA 95138. Tsegay Asgedom Sebhat, 5930 Silver Leaf Rd, San Jose, CA 95138. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/17/2023. 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/ Tsegay Sebhat

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/17/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 694765

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

694660

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: A+ Sparkling Cleaning Services, 6106 Springer Way, 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): Evelin Jaekeline Cativo, 6106 Springer Way, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/12/2023. 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/ Evelin Jaekeline Cativo

This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GOLDEN STAE CONSULTING, 1231 Franklin Mall, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Daniel Uribe Ortiz, 1231 Franklin Mall, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/11/2023. 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/ Daniel Uribe Ortiz

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/11/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 694593

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

694663

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: York Capital Property LLC, 909 A. Ramona St, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): York Capital Property LLC, 909 A. Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/16/2018. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: 642364. “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/ Christina Pahl York Capital Property LLC

CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS

Article/Reg#:

201919810086

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/13/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 694663

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694308

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PAWBABIES L.L.C, 5617 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

PAWBABIES LLC, 5617 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/01/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN687505. “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/ Solin Heab PAW BABIES LLC

Owner Article/Reg#:

202251714907

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/03/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 694308

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

693933

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: REGISTRACIONES

SIVAR, 4070 Monterey Hwy, 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): Jose Roberto Aquino Beltran, 897 Wyman Way Apt 3, San Jose, CA 95133. 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 Roberto Aquino Beltran

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 693933

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694484

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JMCHDELIVERY, 2151 Oakland Rd Spc 381, 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):

Marlene Elizabeth Alfaro Cornejo, 2151 Oakland Rd Spc 381, San Jose, CA 95131. 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/ Marlene E Alfaro Cornejo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/07/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 694484

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694511

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CAL-PRO TREE CARE, 4200 The Woods Dr Apt 1405, 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):

Osbaldo Cadilla Gonzalez, 4206 The Woods Dr Apt 1405, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed

above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Osbaldo Cadilla Gonzalez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/07/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694511

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694643

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

as: FAZ RESTAURANT SAN JOSE 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, CA 95134, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): SANTA FE BAR AND GRILL, 181 E Tasman Dr, San Jose, CA 95134. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/10/2015. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Fariba Poursohi SANTA FE BAR AND GRILL Owner

Article/Reg#: C1512659

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/12/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 694643

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693875

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BLINK BLINK Nail Salon 8401 Church St Ste C, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Trang Pham, 2520 Sherlock Dr, San Jose, CA 95121.

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/ Trang

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

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 693875

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 693456

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TRU CLEANING 875 Cinnabar St #3402, 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): Kaila Flynn, 875 Cinnabar St #3402, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Kaila Flynn 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, Deputy File No. FBN 693456

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694670

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COSECHA COFFEE & TEA, 150 W Hamilton Apto 21, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): COSECHA COFFEE & TEA LLC, 150 W Hamilton Apto 21, Campbell, CA 95008. 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/ Lina Daniela Coy

Lozano

COSECHA COFFEE & TEA LLC

Owner Article/Reg#: 202356217534

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/13/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 694670

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694713

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: A&M AUTOMOTIVE HYBID SOLUTIONS, 1856 Almaden Rd, 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): Angel E Mujica Pupo, 1515 13th Street Apt #2, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/14/2023. 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/ Angel E Mujica Pupo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/14/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 694713

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 694715

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SAPENA FOOD MART, 473 Sapena Ct Ste #14, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s)

is (are): CALIFORNIA ORGANIC IMPORTS LLC, 473 Sapena Ct Ste #14, Santa Clara, CA 95054. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/13/2023. 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/ Eric Moss

CALIFORNIA ORGANIC IMPORTS LLC Manager

Article/Reg#: 201835510596

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 04/14/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 694715

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV414295

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Oscar Armando Pena INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Oscar Armando Pena has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Oscar Armando Pena to Oscar Armando Pena Kawas b. Denia Maribel Valladayes De Deña to Maribel Denia Pena 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: 08/15/2023 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 17, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413871

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

MASOODA BAWAR

FAIZI INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

MASOODA BAWAR

FAIZI has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. MASOODA BAWAR

FAIZI to MASOODA BAWAR ALI 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: 08/15/2023 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 12, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413854

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

OLENA SERIKOVA INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) OLENA SERKOVA has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. OLENA SERIKOVA to OLENA BOHOMOL 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: 08/08/2023 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 11, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV414283 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alejandra Berenice Papas INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Alejandra Berenice Papas has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sejay Thomas Lopez to Sejay Thomas Papas-Lopez 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:

08/15/2023 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 17, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV414102

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

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Chankyu Lee has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Chankyu Lee to Charles Chankyu 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: 08/15/2023 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 14, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV413849

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Summer Joy Sepulveda-Pilling INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Joy Sepulveda-Pilling has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Summer Joy Sepulveda-Pilling to Summer Joy Sepulveda 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: 08/08/2023 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 10, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413695

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Rachel Ellen Nolan-Homan INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Rachel Ellen Nolan-Homan has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as

follows: a. Rachel Ellen Nolan-Homan AKA Rachel Nolan-Homan to Rachel Ellen Nolan b. Jessica Homan to Jessica Chloe Nolan 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: 08/08/2023 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 07, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413720

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

Ashley Rose Mullin AKA Stephanie Lynn Martinez INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Ashley Rose Mullin to Stephanie Lynn Martinez has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Ricky Rojas Rojas to Ricky Rojas 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.

April 07, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO

SHOW

CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV413716

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ashey Rose Mullin INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ashey Rose Mullin has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Britney Rose Boddard to Rose Park 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.

April 07, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413646

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Thong Trung Nguyen INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Thong Trung Nguyen has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Thong Trung Nguyen to Thomas 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: 08/08/2023 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 06, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV414104

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

1. Petitioner(s) Angelica Mendoza Gonzalez has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Angelica Mendoza Gonzalez to Angelica, Mendoza Gonzalez 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: 08/15/2023 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 14, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV413869

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

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Oliva Ruiz has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Yocelin Ruiz Rosas to Yocelin Contreras Ruiz 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:

08/15/2023 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 12, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV414412

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Natasha Sanchez, Alfredo Castellanos INTERESTED

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 HEARING:

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. Feb 17, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

Date:

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Natasha Sanchez, Alfredo Castellanos have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Kaileen Isabella Sanchez Castellanos to Kaileen Isabella Castellanos 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:

08/22/2023 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 19, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

April 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW

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GÉMINIS Y SUS OPCIONES EN EL AMOR

lo que se proponga y le mostrará admiración. El inconveniente que quizá enfrenten, es que el gemelo es un ser independiente, autosuficiente, amante de la libertad; y Leo, tiende a querer tener un dominio absoluto en la pareja. Con una buena dosis de confianza la relación será perdurable.

Géminis con Virgo

Ambos están regidos por el diligente Mercurio, lo que facilitará el entendimiento, la buena comunicación y el deseo de formar una relación perdurable. En el sexo pueden enfrentar altibajos, y en más de una ocasión se dejarán llevar por los caprichos. Si están enamorados de verdad, se entregarán de lleno a la relación y dejarán atrás los convencionalismos, y el deseo de querer poseer o perfeccionar a la pareja.

Géminis con Libra

A los dos les disgusta la rutina y siempre andan en busca de la novedad, dándole nuevos matices a sus vidas, detalle que les unirá cada vez más. Libra gozará de las fantasías íntimas, y del buen humor de Géminis. El gemelo, permanecerá complacido con el buen gusto, refinamiento y pasión del hijo de la balanza. Serán completamente dichosos en la relación, si llegan a ser buenos amigos, confidentes, cómplices y amantes a la vez.

Géminis con Escorpión

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Géminis con Aries

Si Géminis anima y estimula la vida de Aires, y si el singular nativo de Aries, trabaja en ser más estable en sus sentimientos, y sobre todo más sociable, entonces se podrá hablar de una relación seria. Ambos suelen ser volubles y suelen padecer de mal genio; sin embargo, las reconciliaciones serán estupendas. Si deciden comprenderse y apoyarse en sus respectivas carreras, la unión será sólida y decidirán amarse por mucho tiempo.

Géminis con Tauro

Aquí puede surgir un dilema desde el inicio de la relación, para Géminis; será un tanto difícil convivir con el carácter a veces posesivo de Tauro. Y el sensual hijo de Venus, se complicará la vida analizando la intelectualidad de Géminis. Tauro aportará sus talentos en la cama, y Géminis siempre ideará algo nuevo para experimentar. Esta relación puede resultar un interminable idilio, si ambos deciden conocerse bien antes de llegar a algo serio.

Géminis con Géminis

El romance funcionará dependiendo del grado de evolución emocional de ambos. Si saben respetar el espacio de l pareja, y comparten sus más íntimos deseos, llegarán en poco tiempo a tenerse una confianza absoluta. Se entenderán muy bien en la aventura y ninguno de los dos exigirá demasiado apasionamiento. Como buenos hijos de Mercurio, la comunicación que desarrollen será vital para que el amor siga latiendo, y perdure por mucho tiempo.

Géminis con Cáncer

Cáncer necesita una buena cantidad de detalles, para sentirse cómodo y feliz con una pareja. Por otro lado Géminis, es más pensante y no se deja llevar por sus emociones tan fácilmente. Cáncer deseará tener sexo constantemente, y Géminis en ocasiones se mostrará desinteresado. Esta relación tendrá posibilidades si Géminis, comprende la extrema sensibilidad de Cáncer, y decide ser amigo, confidente, sicoanalista y amante al mismo tiempo.

Géminis con Leo

Estos signos se atraen intensamente, y siempre tendrán ideales y sueños que compartir.

Leo podrá provocar en Géminis pasiones intensas, por su parte Géminis apoyará a Leo en todo

Escorpión es quizá el signo más profundo del zodiaco, suele ser muy celoso. Géminis en parte, puede llegar a ser inconstante en sus emociones, y no siempre se sentirá dispuesto a entrar en el mundo extremadamente intenso del Escorpión. Esta relación sentimental, es comparable con relaciones entre personas de diferentes culturas. La pasión, el sexo constante y la ternura a diario, serán los factores que pueden unirlos de manera definitiva.

Géminis con Sagitario

Ambos son inquietos, juguetones y versátiles, disfrutan de viajes, aventuras y extravagancias. La vida social, la cultura y las relaciones humanas serán puntos de encuentro. Para que sean plenamente felices en el amor, Sagitario deberá aprender a ser más diplomático, menos áspero en sus enfados. Por su parte Géminis tendrá que compartir con su pareja todos sus deseos, y principalmente todos sus secretos.

Géminis Con Capricornio

Dos signos que pueden llegar a comprenderse bastante bien, si trabajan como un equipo, fácilmente lograrán el éxito económico y el brillo social. Capricornio aportará a la relación el temple y la disciplina, Géminis la audacia intelectual. Íntimamente se seguirán deseando aun con el paso del tiempo. Para que todo marche viento en popa, Capricornio deberá ser más flexible a la hora de tomar decisiones, y Géminis menos celoso.

Géminis con Acuario

Son signos afines, compartirán alegría, ilusiones y placeres. Géminis se siente atraído por el cambio, y busca experimentar nuevas aventuras y emociones. Acuario es un experto en transformar todo lo que está a su alrededor. Esta relación estará llena de atractivos, ya que ambos siempre se dedicarán a buscar la novedad en la intimidad. Los celos pueden aparecer de vez en cuando, especialmente cuando surjan amistades que el otro rechace.

Géminis con Piscis

Piscis es un amante sensible, entregado cien por cien a su pareja. Géminis suele ser tranquilo pero es el enemigo número uno de la monotonía y la rutina. Tendrán diferencias porque piensan de forma distinta, y reaccionan de manera opuesta. Es una unión en la que puede haber falta de entendimiento y poca comprensión. Si sienten que el amor que les une es verdadero, podrán ir limando asperezas en el camino. La pasión que sientan será determinante en el desarrollo de la relación.

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CALIFORNIA HOPES TO LESSEN 'DIGITAL DIVIDE'

CALIFORNIA ESPERA DISMINUIR LA 'BRECHA DIGITAL'

Farah Siddiqi California News Service

Thestate of California wants to help close the digital divide across the state - in part, by learning more about how older adults make use of technology.

The state is holding several workshops (https:// www.eventbrite.com/cc/digital-equity-andbead-planning-workshops-1979869), hoping people will provide input about how they think federal money can be spent toward improving broadband access across California.

Like many other groups, said Strat Maloma, associate director for advocacy and community engagement for AARP California, some older adults face challenges with internet access and speed.

"Much like electricity, running water, internet access has become a basic necessity for modern life," he said. "Disparities exist especially for older adults - access to high-speed internet, or whether it's disparities in terms of access, and also the importance of having high-speed internet access."

The Federal Communications Commission estimated that, as of last year, at least 3.7 million California households are eligible for its Affordable Connectivity Program, a $30 broadband discount offered to low-income households. However, only 1.4 million had enrolled.

At the workshop he attended, Maloma said, the attendees were divided into small groups and had the chance to participate in guided dialogue about their technology use. He said it's significant for all Californians - and especially older adults - to share their experiences and be included in conversations about how the state could use federal funds for broadband.

"What we'd like to hear from them is what their experiences are when it comes to having access, affordability, to broadband and internet services," he said, "but we'd also like to hear what would help create a situation of equitability for them, their communities, when it comes to having access to broadband and high-speed internet access."

In the most recent data, from 2020, 10% of Californians reported not having a desktop, laptop or other type of computer at home. That figure is slightly higher, at 15%, for Black and Latino households. Access was especially limited among lowincome households, with 23% not having internet or a device to use it.

Farah Siddiqi California News Service

Elestado de California quiere ayudar a cerrar la brecha digital en todo el estado, en parte, aprendiendo más sobre como los adultos mayores usan la tecnología. El estado está llevando a cabo varios talleres (https://www.eventbrite. com/cc/digital-equity-and-bead-planning-workshops-1979869), con la esperanza de que las personas brinden su opinión sobre como creen que se puede gastar el dinero federal para mejorar el acceso de banda ancha en todo California. Strat Maloma de AARP California dice que, como muchos otros grupos, algunos adultos mayores enfrentan desafíos con el acceso y la velocidad de Internet.

"Ya sabes, al igual que la electricidad, el agua, el acceso a Internet se ha convertido en una necesidad básica para la vida moderna. Existen disparidades especialmente para los adultos mayores: acceso a Internet de alta velocidad, o disparidades en términos de acceso, y también la importancia de tener acceso a Internet de alta velocidad," comento el representante de AARP California.

La Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones estima que, a partir del año pasado, al menos 3.7 millones de hogares de California son elegibles para su Programa de Conectividad Asequible, un descuento de banda ancha de $30 que se ofrece a los hogares de bajos ingresos. Pero solo 1.4 millones se habían inscrito.

En el taller al que asistió, Maloma explica que los asistentes se dividieron en pequeños grupos y tuvieron la oportunidad de participar en un dialogo guiado sobre el uso de la tecnología. El añade que es importante para todos los californianos, y especialmente para los adultos mayores, compartir sus experiencias y ser incluidos en las conversaciones sobre como el estado podría usar los fondos federales para la banda ancha.

"Lo que nos gustaría escuchar de ellos es cuáles son sus experiencias cuando se trata de tener acceso, asequibilidad, servicios de banda ancha e Internet. Pero también nos gustaría saber que ayudaría a crear una situación de equidad para ellos, sus comunidades, cuando se trata de tener acceso a Internet de banda ancha y de alta velocidad," indico además Maloma.

En los datos más recientes, de 2020, el 10% de los californianos informaron que no tenían una computadora de escritorio, una computadora portátil u otro tipo de computadora en casa. Esa cifra es un poco más alta, del 15%, para los hogares negros y latinos. Y el acceso fue especialmente limitado entre los hogares de bajos ingresos, ya que el 23% no tenía internet ni un dispositivo para usarlo.

La organización de Servicios de Tecnología para Adultos Mayores informaron que aproximadamente 21,8 millones de adultos mayores estadounidenses no tenían acceso a Internet de banda ancha en 2022.

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Older Adults Technology Services reported an estimated 21.8 million American seniors did not have broadband internet access in 2022. Photo Credit: huang / Adobe Stock

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