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¿QUÉ TEMAS VAN A DEFINIR EL VOTO LATINO EN NOVIEMBRE?

José López Zamorano La Red Hispana

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de 5 meses de las elecciones presidenciales y en la semana del primer debate presidencial entre Joe Biden y Donald Trump, la principal preocupación de los votantes latinos es, sin lugar a duda, la situación económica.

Una amplia encuesta realizada esta semana por UnidosUS muestra que más de 4 de cada 10 electores (un 46%) coincide en que el costo de vida, los empleos, la economía, el alto costo de las rentas y la escasez de vivienda asequible, son su prioridad número 1, tal como lo son para la población en general.

A diferencia de otros ciclos electorales, la migración y la situación en la frontera con México aparecen como la mayor inquietud no económica de los votantes latinos, con 12% del total de personas entrevistadas.

Aunque la campaña presidencial de Joe Biden ha enfocado sus ataques a Trump por el supuesto peligro que representa para la democracia y su posición en matera de aborto y derechos reproductivos, ninguno de los temas aparece como importante para la comunidad de votantes hispanos.

Llama la atención que los temas de política exterior, prácticamente son inexistentes para los votantes latinos de Estados Unidos, incluido el conflicto de Israel y el grupo Hamas, la guerra en Ucrania y la política exterior hacia América Latina. En el sótano de las preocupaciones también se encuentra el tema del cambio climático.

Los resultados no quieren decir que los votantes latinos no tienen ninguna preocupación por otros temas que no sean económicos, sino que sus preocupaciones por el costo de la vida y los empleos están muy por encima de cualquier otra durante este siglo electoral,

Cuando se les preguntó si apoyaban una ruta a la ciudadanía para los inmigrantes indocumentados que han vivido por largo tiempo en los Estados Unidos, un 53% expresó su apoyo, mientras que un 42% opinó lo mismo para el caso de los jóvenes Dreamers, los beneficiarios del programa de acción diferida para llegados en la infancia (DACA).

Los votantes también asignan importancia al combate a los contrabandistas de personas, un aumento de la seguridad en la frontera con México y un incremento de las rutas de migración legal a los Estados Unidos, a través de visas familiares o de empleo.

Curiosamente, sólo 9% de los votantes latinos entrevistados, considera una prioridad proteger a los migrantes indocumentados contra las deportaciones tiene interés en que se completen el muro en la frontera con México, a pesar de que es una de las principales banderas de la campaña de Donald Trump.

En los últimos días se ha intensificado la competencia entre las campañas de Biden y Trump por cortejar al voto latino. El primero con un generoso programa de alivio migratorio a las personas que son cónyuges indocumentados de

WHAT ISSUES ARE GOING TO DEFINE THE LATINO VOTE IN NOVEMBER?

ciudadanos de Estados Unidos. El segundo ofreciendo Green Cards a los extranjeros que hayan egresado de universidades de Estados Unidos.

La encuesta muestra claramente que los oídos de la nuestra comunidad están orientados a la situación económica.

Y como ningún partido nos tiene la bolsa, seguramente nuestro voto será a favor de aquel candidato que percibamos como más cercano a nuestros intereses prioritarios, en este caso, la economía, el costo de la vida y los empleos.

José López Zamorano

La Red Hispana

Lessthan 5 months before the presidential elections and in the week of the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the main concern of Latino voters is, without a doubt, the economic situation.

An extensive survey conducted this week by UnidosUS shows that more than 4 in 10 voters (46%) agree that the cost of living, jobs, the economy, the

high cost of rents and the shortage of affordable housing are their number 1 priority, just as they are for the general population.

Unlike other electoral cycles, migration and the situation on the border with Mexico appear as the greatest noneconomic concern of Latino voters, with 12% of the total number of people interviewed.

Although Joe Biden's presidential campaign has focused its attacks on Trump for the alleged danger he represents to democracy and his position on abortion and reproductive rights, none of those issues appear most important to the community of Hispanic voters.

It is striking that foreign policy issues are practically non-existent for Latino voters in the United States, including the conflict in Israel and the Hamas group, the war in Ukraine and foreign policy towards Latin America. In the basement of concerns is also the issue of climate change.

The results do not mean that Latino voters have no concern about issues other than economic issues, but rather that their concerns about the cost of living and jobs are far above any other during this electoral century.

When asked if they supported a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who have lived for a long time in the United States, 53% expressed support, while 42% said the same in the case of young Dreamers, the beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Voters also place importance on combating human smugglers, increasing security on the border with Mexico and increasing legal migration routes to the United States, through family or employment visas.

Curiously, only 9% of Latino voters interviewed consider it a priority to protect undocumented migrants against deportations and are interested in completing the wall on the border with Mexico, despite the fact that it is one of the main banners of the campaign of Donald Trump.

In recent days, competition between the Biden and Trump campaigns to court the Latino vote has intensified. The first with a generous immigration relief program for people who are undocumented spouses of United States citizens. The second offering Green Cards to foreigners who have graduated from universities in the United States.

The survey clearly shows that the ears of our community are oriented towards the economic situation.

And since no party has the bag, surely our vote will be in favor of the candidate we perceive as closest to our priority interests, in this case, the economy, the cost of living and jobs.

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Suzanne Potter California News Service

Mobileunits are rolling out in rural California communities this summer to help keep kids engaged and combat learning loss.

The nonprofit Save the Children's "Make Summer Fair" campaign provides books and educational resources in areas where summer learning opportunities are limited.

Lucero Chavez Ramirez, California state director for Save the Children, said kids can lose two months' worth of learning while school is out.

"There is a significant learning loss during the summer months," Chavez Ramirez pointed out. "Especially for children in these rural underserved areas where they might not have the opportunity to go to a summer camp or participate in other activities."

The campaign encouraged parents to incorporate learning into their routine, setting aside time for reading every day. For young kids, parents can pick a letter of the day and then search for items starting

with the letter in the grocery aisle.

Yolanda Minor, Mississippi state director for Save the Children, said parents and caregivers are kids first, best teachers. She suggested fun ways to add math into the daily equation, like talking about geometry with slices of pizza on a round dinner plate.

"Bring math into the kitchen. Include the whole family," Minor urged. "Talk about the measuring of the ingredients, how many scoops; you can even count. It's so many things that you can do at dinnertime."

UNIDADES MÓVILES TIENEN COMO OBJETIVO "HACER QUE EL VERANO SEA JUSTO" PARA LOS NIÑOS DE ZONAS

RURALES DE BAJOS INGRESOS

Esteen Lesher Center for the Arts Del 16 al 20 de julio

FERIA GRATUITA EN LA CALLE

SÁBADO 20 DE JULIO DE 12:00 PM A 7:00 PM

¡Eventos al aire libre para todas las edades! Con música en vivo, danza, comida y actividades de las diversas culturas de América Latina.

Los eventos con entradas incluyen:

TALLER “PINTA UNA FRIDA”

EL 16 DE JULIO A LAS 5:30 PM

Clase de retratos guiada con margaritas y más

ESPAÑOL ¡TE INVITAMOS A UNA SEMANA DE FESTEJO DE LA CULTURA Y ARTE LATINO!

verano se están implementando unidades móviles en comunidades rurales de California para ayudar a mantener a los niños interesados y combatir la pérdida de aprendizaje.

La campaña "Make Summer Fair" de Save the Children, una organización sin fines de lucro, ofrece libros y recursos educativos en áreas donde las oportunidades de aprendizaje en verano son limitadas.

Lucero Chávez Ramírez, directora estatal de Save the Children en California, dijo que los niños pueden perder dos meses de aprendizaje mientras no hay clases.

"Hay una pérdida significativa de aprendizaje durante los meses de verano", señaló Chávez Ramírez. "Especialmente para los niños de estas zonas rurales desatendidas donde quizás no tengan la oportunidad de ir a un campamento de verano o participar en otras actividades".

La campaña animó a los padres a incorporar el aprendizaje en su rutina, reservando tiempo para la lectura todos los días. Para los más pequeños, los padres pueden elegir una letra del día y luego

buscar artículos que comiencen con esa letra en el pasillo del supermercado.

Yolanda Minor, directora estatal de Save the Children en Mississippi, dijo que los padres y cuidadores son primero los niños y los mejores maestros. Sugirió formas divertidas de agregar matemáticas a la ecuación diaria, como hablar de geometría con porciones de pizza en un plato redondo.

"Lleve las matemáticas a la cocina. Incluya a toda la familia", instó Minor. "Hable de medir los ingredientes, cuántas cucharadas, incluso puedes contar. Son tantas cosas que puedes hacer a la hora de cenar".

BALLET HISPÁNICO

17 DE JULIO A LAS 7:30 PM

La compañía líder en danza contemporánea latina

LUCKY DIAZ AND THE FAMILY JAM BAND

18 DE JULIO A LAS 10 AM

Música pop bilingüe para niños

ORQUESTA ESPAÑOLA DE HARLEM

19 DE JULIO A LAS 7:30 PM

Salsa y jazz latino, galardonados con un Grammy

LO MEJOR DE SAN FRANCISCO:

LA NOCHE DE LA COMEDIA LATINA

20 DE JULIO A LAS 7:30 PM

Una noche de risas con estrellas de la comedia latina

Suzanne Potter California News Service

Las unidades móviles de Save the Children entregan libros y otros recursos educativos a comunidades rurales de bajos ingresos en 11 estados, incluido California.

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Save the Children's mobile units deliver books and other educational

Photo Credit: Save the Children

DRINKING WATER OF ALMOST A MILLION CALIFORNIANS FAILED TO MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS

Almost 400 suppliers, two-thirds in communities of color, don’t meet safety and reliability standards. Fixing them would cost billions.

Rachel Becker CalMatters

Almost400 water systems serving nearly a million Californians don’t meet state requirements for safe and reliable drinking water supplies — and fixing them would cost billions of dollars.

More than two-thirds of these failing water systems serve communities of color, and more than half are in places struggling with poverty and pollution, according to an annual assessment released today by the State Water Resources Control Board.

These water systems failed to provide water “which is at all times pure, wholesome, and potable,” as required. Some violated drinking water standards for chemicals, bacteria, taste or odor. Others rely on bottled water, or have failed to meet treatment, monitoring or other requirements.

About 913,000 people, as of Jan. 1, were served by the water systems that didn’t meet the requirements, dropping to about 771,000 as of today. Even more Californians, around 1.54 million, got their drinking water from hundreds of water systems considered at risk of failing, the report said — and it rose to more than 1.8 million as of today. Nearly 144,000 wells were threatened by encroaching contaminants and shortages.

Failing water systems span the state — from tiny Del Norte County on the Oregon state line to San Diego and Imperial counties near the border with Mexico. They cluster densely in the Central Valley and along the Central Coast, where groundwater overuse, agricultural chemicals and smaller, struggling water systems collide — particularly in lower income communities of color.

“It’s a moral outrage. It’s unconscionable in a state that has so many resources that we can’t ensure that everybody has access to the human right to water,” said Kyle Jones, policy and legal director with the Community Water Center. “Folks shouldn’t have to suffer health impacts or added cost to have access to something that most of us take for granted and can get daily.”

The price tag for ensuring safe, affordable and accessible water supplies for all Californians is staggering — an estimated $16 billion over the next five years — as the state grapples with a multibillion-dollar deficit.

Without more state or federal funding, most of the total — around $13.9 billion — may fall on local communities and well owners, according to the report. That means some of the people least able to afford it will end up paying more for water.

The number of failing systems — and the cost of fixing them — is likely to climb as water suppliers must meet new state and federal standards for hexavalent chromium, the contaminant made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich,” as well as pervasive forever chemicals.

“The subtext of this report is pretty clear,” said Greg Pierce, director of UCLA’s Human Right to Water Solutions Lab, who commended the water board’s transparency and extensive analysis. “The state just needs to put its money where its mouth is.”

It’s been 12 years since California became the first state in the country to recognize clean, safe, affordable and accessible drinking water as a human right. Today about 98% of Californians are served by water systems that meet state standards.

Yet despite California’s reputation as an economic powerhouse and climate leader, the state has long struggled to ensure safe drinking water for all — especially those in rural, disadvantaged communities. Californians relying on household wells, for instance, are beyond the state’s regulatory reach.

The annual assessment comes from the water board’s Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience (SAFER) drinking water program, established by state law in 2019. Nearly a billion dollars has been spent on grants in disadvantaged communities.

The list of failing water systems typically hovers between 380 and 400, state officials said. And nearly every year, with only a couple of exceptions, more water systems have been added to the “failing” list than removed.

Still, about 283, or 42% of 715 systems that were on the list, came off between 2017 through 2023. About 700,000 more people have safe water than in 2019, according to the water board.

But the pace of ensuring safe drinking water is too slow, the state auditor said in a report lambasting the water board two years ago. It “has funding available to help these failing systems improve the quality of their drinking water. Nonetheless, the board has generally demonstrated a lack of urgency in providing this critical assistance,” the auditor said.

Kristyn Abhold, a senior environmental scientist at the water board who led today’s report, said infrastructure takes time. “It’s not just the funding side, but it’s the planning. It’s the engineering reports, the community engagement, it’s getting the right permits in place,” she said.

The cost estimates have risen about $1.1 billion, or about 26%, since a 2021 assessment for failing and atrisk public water systems, and $3.6 billion for high-risk private, household wells and small water systems that serve only a handful of customers — a 264% increase, said Jackie Carpenter, a water board spokesperson.

Part of the increase is due to inflation, Abhold said. Some is because the latest analysis favors long-term, higher-cost fixes, such as merging struggling water systems with more secure ones nearby. And some is because the analysis now includes water systems and household wells at risk for shortages, rather than just ones grappling with poor water quality.

The water board projects can cover about $2 billion of the $15.9 billion estimated cost with grants — leaving $13.9 billion to be shouldered by water suppliers and well owners, including those that are least financially able to weather such a blow.

Smaller systems already charge about $32 more a month than larger ones, according to the report, and about 13% of community water systems face medium to high affordability burdens.

Two years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to establish a program to help low income Californians pay for water because the bill had “no sustainable, ongoing funding identified,” though another water assistance bill is now winding its way through the Legislature.

State officials said drinking water programs have largely escaped the major funding cuts in the latest budget deal: While more than $152 million from the general fund from drinking water and wastewater was cut, nearly $225 million from cap and trade proceeds was included. “In sum, we do not anticipate a net reduction in funding available for drinking water projects,” said water board spokesperson Dimitri Stanich.

Safe drinking water advocates say that it is still far too little.

The funding gap identified in the report “is huge, particularly given how little the program will receive over the next two years,” said Jennifer Clary, California director of Clean Water Action. Clary advocated for drinking water funding in a climate bond that is still being negotiated.

“Drinking water infrastructure isn’t a luxury item. Without these projects, thousands of Californians will continue to lack access to safe and clean drinking water.”

EL AGUA POTABLE DE CASI UN MILLÓN DE CALIFORNIANOS NO CUMPLIÓ CON LOS REQUISITOS ESTATALES

Casi 400 proveedores, dos tercios de ellos en comunidades de color, no cumplen con los estándares de seguridad y confiabilidad. Repararlos costaría miles de millones.

Rachel Becker CalMatters

Casi

400 sistemas de agua que abastecen a casi un millón de californianos no cumplen con los requisitos estatales para un suministro de agua potable seguro y confiable, y arreglarlos costaría miles de millones de dólares.

Más de dos tercios de estos sistemas de agua defectuosos sirven a comunidades de color, y más de la mitad se encuentran en lugares que luchan contra la pobreza y la contaminación, según una evaluación anual publicada este 25 de junio por la Junta Estatal de Control de Recursos Hídricos.

Estos sistemas de agua no proporcionaron agua “que sea en todo momento pura, saludable y potable”, como se requería. Algunos violaron los estándares del agua potable en cuanto a sustancias químicas, bacterias, sabor u olor. Otros dependen del agua embotellada o no han cumplido con los requisitos de tratamiento, seguimiento u otros requisitos.

Alrededor de 913,000 personas, al 1 de enero, recibían servicios de sistemas de agua que no cumplían con los requisitos, descendiendo a alrededor de 771,000 a la actualidad. Incluso más californianos, alrededor de 1.54 millones, obtuvieron su agua potable de cientos de sistemas de agua considerados en riesgo de fallar, según el informe, y esa cifra aumentó a más de 1.8 millones a la actualidad. Casi 144,000 pozos estaban amenazados por la invasión de contaminantes y la escasez.

Los sistemas de agua defectuosos abarcan todo el estado, desde el pequeño condado de Del Norte en la frontera del estado de Oregón hasta los condados de San Diego e Imperial cerca de la frontera con México. Se agrupan densamente en el Valle Central y a lo largo de la Costa Central, donde chocan el uso excesivo de aguas subterráneas, los productos químicos agrícolas y los sistemas de agua más pequeños y en dificultades, particularmente en comunidades de color de bajos ingresos.

“Es un ultraje moral. Es inconcebible que en un estado que tiene tantos recursos no podamos garantizar que todos tengan acceso al derecho humano al agua”, dijo Kyle Jones, director legal y de políticas del Community Water Center. “La gente no debería tener que sufrir impactos en la salud o costos adicionales para tener acceso a algo que la mayoría de nosotros damos por sentado y que podemos obtener a diario”.

El precio para garantizar suministros de agua seguros, asequibles y accesibles para todos los californianos es asombroso (un estimado de $16 mil millones durante los próximos cinco años) mientras el estado lidia con un déficit multimillonario.

Sin más fondos estatales o federales, la mayor parte del total (alrededor de $13.9 mil millones) podría recaer en las comunidades locales y los propietarios de pozos, según el informe. Eso significa que algunas de las personas que menos pueden permitírselo terminarán pagando más por el agua.

Es probable que el número de sistemas defectuosos (y el costo de repararlos) aumente a medida que los proveedores de agua deban cumplir nuevas normas estatales y federales para el cromo hexavalente, el contaminante que se hizo infame por la película “Erin Brockovich”, así como para sustancias químicas omnipresentes que perduran desde siempre.

“El subtexto de este informe es bastante claro”, dijo Greg Pierce, director del Laboratorio de Soluciones para el Derecho Humano al Agua de UCLA, quien elogió la transparencia y el análisis exhaustivo de la junta de agua. “El estado simplemente necesita poner su dinero en lo que dice”.

Han pasado 12 años desde que California se convirtió en el primer estado del país en reconocer el agua potable limpia, segura, asequible y accesible como un derecho humano. Hoy en día, alrededor del 98% de los californianos cuen-

tan con sistemas de agua que cumplen con los estándares estatales.

Sin embargo, a pesar de la reputación de California como potencia económica y líder climático, el estado ha luchado durante mucho tiempo para garantizar agua potable para todos, especialmente aquellos en comunidades rurales desfavorecidas. Los californianos que dependen de pozos domésticos, por ejemplo, están fuera del alcance regulatorio del estado.

La evaluación anual proviene del programa de agua potable de Financiamiento Seguro y Asequible para la Equidad y la Resiliencia (SAFER) de la junta de agua, establecido por ley estatal en 2019. Se han gastado casi mil millones de dólares en subvenciones en comunidades desfavorecidas.

La lista de sistemas de agua defectuosos suele oscilar entre 380 y 400, dijeron funcionarios estatales. Y casi todos los años, con sólo un par de excepciones, se agregan a la lista de “fallos” más sistemas de agua que los que se eliminan.

Aún así, alrededor de 283, o el 42% de los 715 sistemas que estaban en la lista, se retiraron entre 2017 y 2023. Aproximadamente 700,000 personas más tienen agua potable en comparación con el 2019, según la junta de agua. Pero el ritmo para garantizar agua potable es demasiado lento, dijo el auditor estatal en un informe criticando a la junta de agua hace dos años. “Tiene fondos disponibles para ayudar a estos sistemas defectuosos a mejorar la calidad de su agua potable. Sin embargo, la junta ha demostrado en general una falta de urgencia a la hora de brindar esta asistencia crítica”, dijo el auditor.

Kristyn Abhold, científica ambiental de alto rango de la junta de agua que dirigió el informe de hoy, dijo que la infraestructura lleva tiempo. “No se trata sólo del aspecto financiero, sino también de la planificación. Se trata de los informes de ingeniería, la participación de la comunidad y la obtención de los permisos correctos”, dijo.

Las estimaciones de costos han aumentado alrededor de $1.1 mil millones, o alrededor del 26%, desde una evaluación de 2021 para sistemas públicos de agua defectuosos y en riesgo, y $3.6 mil millones para pozos domésticos privados de alto riesgo y pequeños sistemas de agua que abastecen solo a un puñado de clientes. – un aumento del 264%, dijo Jackie Carpenter, portavoz de la junta de agua.

Parte del aumento se debe a la inflación, afirmó Abhold. En parte, se debe a que el último análisis favorece soluciones a largo plazo y de mayor costo, como fusionar los sistemas de agua en problemas con otros más seguros y cercanos. Y en parte se debe a que el análisis ahora incluye sistemas de agua y pozos domésticos en riesgo de escasez, en lugar de solo aquellos que luchan contra la mala calidad del agua.

La junta de agua proyecta que puede cubrir alrededor de $2 mil millones del costo estimado de $15.9 mil millones con subvenciones, dejando $13.9 mil millones para que asuman los proveedores de agua y los propietarios de pozos, incluidos aquellos que tienen menos capacidad financiera para soportar tal golpe.

Los sistemas más pequeños cobran alrededor de $32 más al mes que los más grandes, según el informe, y alrededor del 13% de los sistemas de agua comunitarios enfrentan cargas de asequibilidad medias a altas.

Hace dos años, el gobernador Gavin Newsom vetó un proyecto de ley para establecer un programa para ayudar a los californianos de bajos ingresos a pagar el agua porque el proyecto de ley “no tenía identificado ningún financiamiento sostenible y continuo”, aunque ahora otro proyecto de ley de asistencia de agua se está abriendo camino en la Legislatura.

Los funcionarios estatales dijeron que los programas de agua potable han escapado en gran medida a los importantes recortes de fondos en el último acuerdo presupuestario: si bien se recortaron más de $152 millones del fondo general para agua potable y aguas residuales, se incluyeron casi $225 millones de ingresos de límites máximos y comercio. “En resumen, no prevemos una reducción neta de la financiación disponible para proyectos de agua potable”, afirmó el portavoz de la junta del agua, Dimitri Stanich. Los defensores del agua potable afirman que todavía es muy poca.

La brecha de financiación identificada en el informe “es enorme, particularmente teniendo en cuenta lo poco que recibirá el programa durante los próximos dos años”, dijo Jennifer Clary, directora de Clean Water Action en California. Clary abogó por la financiación del agua potable en un bono climático que aún se está negociando.

“La infraestructura de agua potable no es un artículo de lujo. Sin estos proyectos, miles de californianos seguirán sin acceso a agua potable segura y limpia”.

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STAYING SAFE DURING SUMMER VACATIONS

5 tips for traveling with health conditions

Family Features

Fromstaycations and road trips to Caribbean getaways and coastal cruises, summertime offers the chance to escape and unwind with a much needed (and deserved) vacation. However, for people living with health conditions like heart disease or stroke, leaving home can pose special challenges.

As travel season takes shape, the experts at the American Heart Association – celebrating 100 years of lifesaving service as the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all – recommends a few important tips to ease on-the-go woes.

“As we look forward to summer, many people will be traveling to spend treasured time with family and friends, or maybe just to enjoy some relaxation on the beach,” said Gladys Velarde, M.D., FAHA, professor of medicine and national volunteer with the American Heart Association. “It’s not always that simple for people who have chronic health conditions that require multiple medications or special medical equipment. There are also considerations for how to maintain your health and not put yourself at increased risk.”

Velarde said that doesn’t mean travel is off limits if you have a chronic health condition. A little planning and preparation can reduce stress and prepare you for your next big adventure.

Check In with Your Health Care Provider

Speak with your primary care physician or specialist about your travel plans and any special considerations related to your health. He or she can offer guidance on any restrictions or precautions you should keep in mind. Carry a list of all medications, including dosages and pharmacy information. Also consider carrying a copy of key medical records and a list of phone numbers, including your doctors and emergency contacts.

Manage Your Medications

Ensure medications are clearly labeled and that you’ve packed enough to last the entire trip. If you’re traveling across time zones, enlist

MANTENERSE SEGURO DURANTE LAS VACACIONES DE VERANO

your health care provider to help adjust medication schedules. Some medications require refrigeration; research how to pack them appropriately for airport security and make sure you’ll have a refrigerator in your lodging.

Plan for Transportation

Whether you’re traveling by plane, bus, train, cruise ship or other means, it’s paramount to plan ahead for special medical equipment. For example, if you use a wheelchair, walker or other assistance for getting around, you may need to check in with the travel company to find out how to properly transport your devices.

Master the Airport

During this especially busy travel season, planning ahead can make the airport experience easier. If you have a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, you may need to go through a special security screening. Walking through a crowded terminal can take its toll, so consider requesting a wheelchair or courtesy cart to get to your gate when booking your ticket.

Long flights may increase your risk for blood clots, including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Consider wearing compression socks and walk around the cabin while it’s safe and allowed to help improve your circulation.

Know

the Signs

While it’s always important to know the signs of heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest, it’s particularly critical while away from home. If you or someone you’re with experience symptoms, call 911. Many airports even offer kiosks where you can learn Hands-Only CPR while waiting for your flight.

“Every individual’s condition is unique, and you’ll want to tailor your travel plans to your specific needs,” Velarde said. “By taking a little time now to plan and prepare, your vacation can be just what the doctor ordered to help you unwind and recharge.”

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estancias vacacionales y viajes por carretera hasta escapadas al Caribe y cruceros costeros, el verano ofrece la oportunidad de escapar y relajarse con unas vacaciones muy necesarias (y merecidas). Sin embargo, para las personas que viven con problemas de salud como enfermedades cardíacas o ataque cerebral, salir de casa puede plantear desafíos especiales.

A medida que la temporada de viajes toma forma, los expertos de la American Heart Association, que celebra 100 años de servicio para salvar vidas como la principal organización sin ánimo de lucro del mundo centrada en la salud del corazón y el cerebro para todos, recomiendan algunas consejos importantes para facilitar los problemas mientras viaja.

“Al acercarse el verano, muchas personas viajarán para pasar momentos preciados con familiares y amigos, o tal vez simplemente para disfrutar de un poco de relajación en la playa”, dijo Gladys Velarde, M.D., FAHA, profesora de medicina y voluntaria nacional de la American Heart Association. “No siempre es tan sencillo para las personas que padecen enfermedades crónicas que requieren múltiples medicamentos o equipo médico especial. También hay consideraciones sobre cómo mantener la salud y no correr un mayor riesgo”.

Velarde dijo que eso no significa que viajar esté prohibido si se tiene una condición de salud crónica. Un poco de planificación y preparación pueden reducir el estrés y prepararle para su próxima gran aventura.

Consulte con su proveedor de atención médica

Hable con su médico de atención primaria o especialista sobre sus planes de viaje y cualquier consideración especial relacionada con su salud. Él o ella puede ofrecerle orientación sobre las restricciones o precauciones que debe tener en cuenta. Lleve una lista de todos los medicamentos, incluidas las dosis y la información de farmacia. También considere llevar una copia de los registros médicos clave y una lista de números de teléfono, incluidos sus médicos y contactos de emergencia.

Gestione sus medicamentos

Asegúrese de que los medicamentos estén claramente etiquetados y de haber empacado lo suficiente para todo el viaje. Si viaja a través de zo-

nas horarias, solicite la ayuda de su proveedor de atención médica para ajustar los horarios de los medicamentos. Algunos medicamentos requieren refrigeración; investigue cómo empacarlos adecuadamente según la seguridad del aeropuerto y asegúrese de tener un refrigerador en su alojamiento.

Plan de transporte

Ya sea que viaje en avión, autobús, tren, crucero u otro medio, es fundamental planificar con anticipación el equipo médico especial. Por ejemplo, si utiliza una silla de ruedas, un andador u otro tipo de asistencia para desplazarse, es posible que deba consultar con la compañía de viajes para saber cómo transportar adecuadamente sus dispositivos.

Domine el aeropuerto

Durante esta temporada de viajes especialmente ocupada, planificar con anticipación puede hacer que la experiencia en el aeropuerto sea más fácil. Si tiene un marcapasos o un desfibrilador automático implantable, es posible que deba pasar por un control de seguridad especial. Caminar por una terminal abarrotada puede pasar factura, así que considere solicitar una silla de ruedas o un carrito de cortesía para llegar a la puerta de embarque al reservar su boleto.

Los vuelos largos pueden aumentar el riesgo de sufrir coágulos sanguíneos, incluidas la trombosis venosa profunda y la embolia pulmonar. Considere usar calcetines de compresión y caminar por la cabina mientras sea seguro y esté permitido para ayudar a mejorar su circulación.

Conozca los signos

Si bien siempre es importante conocer los signos de un ataque cardíaco, ataque cerebral o paro cardíaco, es particularmente importante cuando se está fuera de casa. Si usted o alguien con quien está experimenta síntomas, llame al 911. Muchos aeropuertos incluso ofrecen quioscos donde puede aprender RCP con sólo las manos mientras espera su vuelo.

“La condición de cada individuo es única y usted querrá adaptar sus planes de viaje a sus necesidades específicas”, dijo Velarde. “Si se toma un poco de tiempo para planificar y prepararse, sus vacaciones pueden ser justo lo que recetó el médico para ayudarle a relajarse y recargar energías”.

Obtenga más información sobre viajes saludables en Heart.org.

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AARP GRANTS AIM TO REVITALIZE CA ALLEYS INTO VIBRANT PUBLIC SPACES

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Some select alleyways across San Diego are set to get vibrant makeovers thanks to a transformative community initiative.

Sue Peerson, lecturer in urban studies and planning at the University of California-San Diego, has been spearheading a project to transform drab alleys, typically used for parking and trash pickup, into greener, safer public spaces.

The "Alleys in Action" project has received a $20,000 flagship AARP Community Challenge grant, part of a broader initiative including 11 organizations throughout California.

The grants aim to help cities, towns, neighborhoods and rural areas become great places to live for people of all ages. With the help of her students and the Adams Avenue Business Association, they solicited community feedback through a popup event in the Normal Heights neighborhood.

"Our hope is that improving the physical conditions of this alleyway will create it as a public space that's a draw for people that are already in this neigh-

borhood, that also has a connection to the business district and to these public spaces," Peerson explained.

The Normal Heights alley will see the creation of a large mural along with other beautification efforts by November. This grant program is a cornerstone of AARP's nationwide Livable Communities initiative. The grant initiative is part of its largest investment in community projects to date, with a total of $3.8 million awarded to 343 organizations nationwide.

Jennifer Berdugo, senior planning adviser to AARP California, said since 2017, the organization has awarded 57 grants totaling more than $660,000 to nonprofit organizations and government entities across the state.

"The goals are really to inspire change in communities in different areas like housing, transportation, parks, community resilience, which ties into disaster resilience as well," Berdugo noted.

Among this year's 11 grantees are PlacemakingUS, which will receive more than $16,000 for a project to build a community comal, or traditional griddle, and engage older Meso-American women

to revive the weekly tradition of tortilla making.

Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates will receive $2,500 to conduct a bike audit of Rancho Cordova's first-ever roundabout project. And the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum will receive $10,000 to transform a parking lot into an outdoor plaza, with accessible benches to accommodate older adults attending planned events in the space.

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callejones de San Diego serán renovados gracias a una iniciativa comunitaria.

La profesora de Estudios Urbanos y Planificación de la Universidad de California en San Diego, Sue Peerson, encabeza un proyecto para transformar callejones descuidados, que suelen ser estacionamientos y de recolección

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de basura, en espacios públicos más verdes y seguros. El proyecto "Callejones en acción" recibió un subsidio de A-A-R-P Community Challenge de $20,000 dólares, que forma parte de una iniciativa más amplia en la que participan 11 organizaciones de todo California.

El objetivo es ayudar a las ciudades, pueblos, barrios y zonas rurales a convertirse en excelentes lugares para vivir para personas de todas las edades. Con la ayuda de sus alumnos y de la Asociación de Comerciantes de Adams Avenue, solicitaron la opinión de la comunidad mediante un acto improvisado en el barrio de Normal Heights.

"Nuestra esperanza es que mejorando las condiciones físicas de este callejón se convierta en un espacio público que atraiga a personas a este vecindario, que tiene una conexión con el distrito comercial y con estos espacios públicos," explica Peerson.

El callejón de Normal Heights vera la creación de un gran mural junto con otros esfuerzos de embellecimiento para noviembre. Este programa es una piedra angular de la iniciativa nacional Livable Communities de AARP. La iniciativa es parte de su mayor inversión en proyectos comunitarios hasta la fecha, con un total de $3.8 millones concedidos a 343 organizaciones de todo el país.

Jennifer Berdugo de AARP

California dice que desde 2017, esa organización ha otorgado 57 subsidios de un total de más de $660,000 a organizaciones sin fines de lucro y entidades gubernamentales en todo el estado.

"Los objetivos son inspirar el cambio en las comunidades en ámbitos como la vivienda, el transporte, los parques, la resiliencia comunitaria, que también está relacionada con la resiliencia ante catástrofes," asegura Berdugo.

Entre los 11 beneficiarios de este año se encuentra Placemaking US, que recibirá más de $16,000 dólares por un proyecto destinado a construir un comal comunitario, esto implica involucrar a mujeres mesoamericanas para la recuperación de la tradición semanal de hacer tortillas.

Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates recibirá $25,000 para llevar a cabo una auditoria del primer proyecto de rotonda en el Rancho Cordova. Además, el Museo Africano Sojourner Truth recibirá $10,000 para transformar un estacionamiento en una plaza al aire libre, con bancos accesibles para acomodar a personas mayores que asistan a los actos previstos en el espacio.

Un evento temporal convirtió un callejón común y corriente en Normal Heights en un espacio público atractivo.

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Neighbors contributed ideas for the Alleys in Action program at a pop-up event in May.

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REALIZING THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR ALL REQUIRES BOLD POLICY REFORMS

Many American workers are generationally poor, because of their race, gender, immigration status, or choice of occupation. Better policy can create more equitable wages.

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Income

inequality is at an all time high in the US, but progressive policies that give more leverage to workers could reverse decades of stagnant wage growth, especially for lower-income workers.

“When I think about the American dream, I think about people being able to get ahead, being able to have a house that they can afford, a reasonable vacation in the summer, a secure retirement, being able to send their kids to a decent school,” said Heidi Shierholz, president of the Economic Policy Institute, at an Ethnic Media Services news briefing June 21.

“We absolutely have the money and the ability to make that happen, and it is up to policymakers to do the kinds of things that make that dream possible, to give workers leverage, to make sure we have the safety net that people need to have security. It’s a policy choice, as to whether we do that or not,” she said.

Gig Workers

Dr. Michael Reich, Professor of Economics and Chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, noted that more than 10 million workers in the US are in the gig economy, driving for ride-share apps or meal delivery services. Such workers, largely immigrants, are misclassified as independent contractors. By Reich’s calculations, they earn less than $7 per hour, despite putting in more than 12-14 hours a day.

“Why is the pay so low? How did the companies get away with this? Well, one reason is that many of the drivers, especially the immigrants, do lack the skills or connections to get better jobs. and so they’re kind of a captive labor force,” said Reich.

Minimum Wage

“Companies also now use algorithms to determine which drivers will accept lowball pay offers for a ride. That pits the drivers against each other, and it leads to a race to the bottom for wages. It means that the companies have individualized pay and are giving more of their ride offers to those who are most desperate. That is not what constitutes equal pay for equal work,” he said, advocating for drivers to be classified as employees, with standardized pay and benefits.

Shierholz and Reich have both testified before Congress to raise the federal minimum wage — currently $7.25 per hour — to a more sustainable $15 per hour. 27 million workers would benefit from the increase.

Reich noted that independent contractors do not currently have the right to unionize, but several states, including Massachusetts, are considering laws that would support collective bargaining for gig workers.

Discrimination

Gender and race-based wage inequalities must be addressed by policy makers, said Dr. Michelle

Holder, Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the City University of New York. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, using 2023 annual data, white workers earning full time earned a median of $59,000 a year, while Black workers earned a median of $48,000 a year, which works out to Black workers earning 81 cents to the dollar a White man makes. Black women overall earn just 73 cents to the dollar a White man makes, whereas Latina women earn the least: just 57 cents to the dollar a White man earns.

While some of the wage gap can be attributed to women possessing less human capital — fewer years in the workforce, lower levels of education, lack of access to networks in which high-paying jobs are offered — Holder also believes discrimination plays a huge role.

Effective policies to combat race and gender-based wage gaps have been enacted at the state level, said Holder. Pay transparency laws, which require businesses to post a range of compensation for every job listing, have been effective in limiting discrimination against women and people of color. New York state has a law which makes it illegal for prospective employers to request previous salary histories from job applicants.

“Salary histories have been shown to have disparate outcomes for women and people of color in the American workforce,” she said.

Intergenerational Mobility

Intergenerational mobility — the theory that a child will outperform their parents wage-wise by the time they are 35 — is a key driver of the American Dream but has been on the decline for the past several decades, noted Dr. Austin Clemens, senior fellow at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. In the 1940s and 50s, 90% of young adults out-earned their parents. But by the 1980s and beyond, that percentage fell to just 50%.

“Most of the growth in income is happening in already high-wage professions. And we see much weaker growth for people working in blue collar jobs,” said Clemens.

Immigrants, surprisingly, are actually more upwardly mobile than native -born citizens of the US, he said, noting that has held true over the past two centuries of migration.

“First-generation parents, because of discrimination, because they’re in a new country, might struggle to earn an income that’s commensurate with their abilities and their talents,” said Clemens. “But their children tend to fare quite well because immigrants tend to pick places where there are good jobs, and good prospects for education. And so that has a very positive effect on second generation immigrants.”

Strong Labor Force

“Any legislation that makes it easier to unionize, that makes it easier to hold employers accountable, are extremely important for giving us a more equitable distribution of wage growth,” he said, noting also that the US currently has an excellent labor market which should be sacrificed to the specter of inflation.

“This would be a great time for the Federal Reserve to consider cutting interest rates to shore up the job market a little and to keep it running hot. That’s going to be a huge benefit to people at the low end of the wage distribution,” said Clemens.

People’s fears about technology and artificial intelligence stealing good paying jobs are unfounded, said Shierholz, who specializes on the impact of AI in the workforce.

“When an employer adopts productivity-enhancing technological change, they can create goods and services more cheaply. When they can create goods and services more cheaply, then people have money left over to make new purchases on goods and services that they otherwise wouldn’t have been able to make, and that generates more jobs,” she said.

HACER REALIDAD EL SUEÑO AMERICANO PARA TODOS REQUIERE REFORMAS POLÍTICAS AUDACES

Muchos trabajadores estadounidenses son generacionalmente pobres debido a su raza, género, estatus migratorio o elección de ocupación. Una mejor política puede crear salarios más equitativos.

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Ladesigualdad de ingresos está en su punto más alto en Estados Unidos, pero las políticas progresistas que dan más influencia a los trabajadores podrían revertir décadas de crecimiento salarial estancado, especialmente para los trabajadores de bajos ingresos.

“Cuando pienso en el sueño americano, pienso en que la gente pueda salir adelante, tener una casa que puedan pagar, unas vacaciones razonables en el verano, una jubilación segura, poder enviar a sus hijos a una escuela decente”, dijo Heidi Shierholz, presidenta del Instituto de Política Económica, en una conferencia de prensa de Ethnic Media Services el 21 de junio.

“Tenemos absolutamente el dinero y la capacidad para hacer que eso suceda, y corresponde a los formu-

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ladores de políticas hacer el tipo de cosas que hagan posible ese sueño, para darle a los trabajadores influencia, para asegurarnos de que tengamos la red de seguridad que la gente necesita para tener seguridad. Es una elección política, si lo hacemos o no”, dijo.

Trabajadores por encargo

Dr. Michael Reich, Profesor de Economía y Presidente del Centro sobre Dinámica de Salarios y Empleo del Instituto de Investigación sobre Trabajo y Empleo de la Universidad de California, Berkeley, señaló que más de 10 millones de trabajadores en los EE. UU. están en la economía de los trabajos por encargo, conduciendo para aplicaciones de viajes compartidos o servicios de entrega de comidas. Estos trabajadores, en su mayoría inmigrantes, están clasificados erróneamente como contratistas independientes. Según los cálculos de Reich, ganan menos de 7 dólares por hora, a pesar de trabajar más de 12 a 14 horas al día.

“¿Por qué el salario es tan bajo?

¿Cómo se salieron con la suya las empresas? Bueno, una razón es que muchos de los conductores, especialmente los inmigrantes, carecen de las habilidades o conexiones para conseguir mejores trabajos y por eso son una especie de fuerza laboral cautiva”, dijo Reich. Salario mínimo “Las empresas ahora también utilizan algoritmos para determinar qué conductores aceptarán ofertas salariales bajas para un viaje. Eso enfrenta a los conductores entre sí y conduce a una carrera hacia el fondo por los salarios. Significa que las empresas tienen salarios individualizados y están ofreciendo más ofertas de viaje a aquellos que están más desesperados. Eso no es lo que constituye igual salario por igual trabajo”, dijo, abogando por que los conductores sean clasificados como empleados, con salarios y beneficios estandarizados.

Shierholz y Reich han testificado ante el Congreso para aumentar el salario mínimo federal (actualmente de 7,25 dólares por hora) a unos 15 dólares por hora más sostenibles. 27 millones de trabajadores se beneficiarían del aumento.

Reich señaló que los contratistas independientes actualmente no tienen derecho a sindicalizarse, pero varios estados, incluido Massachusetts, están considerando leyes que respaldarían la negociación colectiva para los trabajadores por encargo.

Discriminación

Los formuladores de políticas deben abordar las desigualdades salariales basadas en género y raza, dijo la Dra. Michelle Holder, Profesora Asociada de Economía en la Facultad de Justicia Penal John Jay de la Universidad de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Según la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales, utilizando datos anuales de 2023, los trabajadores blancos que ganaban a tiempo completo ganaban una media de 59.000 dólares al año, mientras que los trabajadores negros ganaban una media de 48.000 dólares al año, lo que equivale a que los trabajadores negros ganaran 81 centavos por cada dólar que gana un hombre blanco. Las mujeres negras en general ganan sólo 73 centavos por dólar que gana un hombre blanco, mientras que las mujeres latinas son las que menos ganan: sólo 57 centavos por dólar que gana un hombre blanco.

Si bien parte de la brecha salarial puede atribuirse a que las mujeres poseen menos capital humano (menos años en la fuerza laboral, niveles más bajos de educación, falta de acceso a redes en las que se ofrecen empleos

bien remunerados), Holder también cree que la discriminación juega un papel enorme.

Se han promulgado a nivel estatal políticas efectivas para combatir las diferencias salariales basadas en raza y género, dijo Holder. Las leyes de transparencia salarial, que exigen que las empresas publiquen una gama de compensaciones por cada oferta de trabajo, han sido eficaces para limitar la discriminación contra las mujeres y las personas de color. El estado de Nueva York tiene una ley que hace ilegal que los posibles empleadores soliciten historiales salariales anteriores a los solicitantes de empleo. “Se ha demostrado que los historiales salariales tienen resultados dispares para las mujeres y las personas de color en la fuerza laboral estadounidense”, dijo.

Movilidad Intergeneracional

La movilidad intergeneracional - la teoría de que un niño superará a sus padres en cuanto a salarios cuando tenga 35 años - es un impulsor clave del sueño americano, pero ha estado en declive durante las últimas décadas, señaló el Dr. Austin Clemens, investigador principal del Centro de Washington para el Crecimiento Equitativo. En las décadas de 1940 y 1950, el 90% de los adultos jóvenes ganaban más que sus padres. Pero a partir de la década de 1980, ese porcentaje cayó a sólo el 50%.

“La mayor parte del crecimiento de los ingresos se produce en profesiones que ya tienen salarios elevados. Y vemos un crecimiento mucho más débil para las personas que trabajan en trabajos manuales”, dijo Clemens. Sorprendentemente, los inmigrantes tienen en realidad una mayor movilidad ascendente que los ciudadanos nativos de Estados Unidos, dijo, señalando que esto ha sido cierto durante los últimos dos siglos de migración. “Los padres de primera generación, debido a la discriminación, porque están en un país nuevo, pueden tener dificultades para obtener un ingreso acorde con sus habilidades y talentos”, dijo Clemens. “Pero a sus hijos les suele ir bastante bien porque los inmigrantes tienden a elegir lugares donde hay buenos empleos y buenas perspectivas de educación. Y eso tiene un efecto muy positivo en los inmigrantes de segunda generación”. Fuerza laboral fuerte "Cualquier legislación que facilite la sindicalización, que facilite la responsabilización de los empleadores, es extremadamente importante para darnos una distribución más equitativa del crecimiento salarial", dijo, señalando también que Estados Unidos tiene actualmente un excelente mercado laboral que debería sacrificarse ante el espectro de la inflación.

“Este sería un buen momento para que la Reserva Federal considere recortar las tasas de interés para apuntalar un poco el mercado laboral y mantenerlo funcionando. Eso será un gran beneficio para las personas que se encuentran en el extremo inferior de la distribución salarial”, dijo Clemens.

Los temores de la gente de que la tecnología y la inteligencia artificial roben empleos bien remunerados son infundados, dijo Shierholz, que se especializa en el impacto de la IA en la fuerza laboral. “Cuando un empleador adopta un cambio tecnológico que mejora la productividad, puede crear bienes y servicios a un precio más bajo. Cuando pueden crear bienes y servicios más baratos, entonces a la gente le sobra dinero para realizar nuevas compras de bienes y servicios que de otro modo no habrían podido realizar, y eso genera más empleos”, afirmó.

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STILL NEED YOUR LANDLINE? CALIFORNIA REGULATORS JUST STOPPED AT&T FROM PULLING THE PLUG

The California Public Utilities Commission rejected the telecom’s bid to stop providing service in many parts of the state.

California’s

Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Its 4-0 vote came after a judge determined the application by AT&T California was “fatally flawed.”

AT&T is the “carrier of last resort” for California, an official designation that means it covers most major cities, rural communities, and the land of more than 100 tribal governments. To find out if your home is in that area visit this website. The commission first labeled AT&T a carrier of last resort nearly three decades ago.

More than a dozen speakers during the public comment period at the June 20 meeting supported keeping AT&T’s carrier-of-last resort designation and landlines. Previously, more than 5,000 public comments were written in response to AT&T’s application and nearly 6,000 people attended eight public forums held earlier this year. Numerous commenters said that, due to inconsistent cell coverage in their area, their landline is their primary means of communication with family, medical providers, and the outside world in the event of an emergency. Those concerns are particularly important for senior citizens, people with disabilities, and people who say they are sensitive to electromagnetic activity.

AT&T has argued that the people its landlines are now serving in the areas in question can turn to voice over internet service offered by cable providers or to mobile phone service offered by wireless providers like Verizon.

Steve Hogle lives in rural Sonoma County and told the commission on June 20 that spotty cell phone coverage was a danger to his family during the 2019 Kincade wildfire.

“If we didn’t have a copper landline we would’ve not known about the evacuation and the extremely serious fire that went through here and most of our property,” he said. “I don’t

¿AÚN NECESITAS TU TELÉFONO FIJO? LOS REGULADORES DE CALIFORNIA ACABAN DE IMPEDIR QUE AT&T TE DESCONECTE

La Comisión de Servicios Públicos de California rechazó la oferta de la empresa de telecomunicaciones de dejar de prestar servicio en muchas partes del estado.

want (voice over internet service) because if there’s no power, there’s no internet, and all these things are of extreme importance to the safety of this community.”

The company has attempted to end carrier-oflast-resort designation obligations in roughly half of U.S. states, but those efforts don’t always stay within the confines of the law, according to federal prosecutors. In 2022, AT&T Illinois agreed to pay a $23 million fine to resolve charges it attempted to influence former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.

The commission’s decision does not bring an end to the carrier-of-last-resort debates in California. AT&T and roughly a dozen members of the California Legislature have publicly expressed support for Assembly Bill 2797, which would effectively bring an end to some carrierof-last-resort obligations. The California State Association of Counties, Rural County Representatives of California, and Urban Counties of California said last week that they oppose the bill, adding in a letter to the bill’s author that it would “leave large swaths of the most vulnerable Californians without reliable and affordable access to basic telephone service.”

“If we didn’t have a copper landline we would’ve not known about the extremely serious fire.”

-STEVE HOGLE, SONOMA COUNTY RESIDENT

The Public Utilities Commission also voted 5-0 on June 20 to begin proceedings to change rules for companies that are designated a carrier of last resort. It’s time to modernize those rules, said commission president Alice Reynolds, because a lot has changed in the past 30 years, including a shift toward cell phones and away from landlines, and it’s now part of the commission’s mandate to make high-speed internet access universally available.

“I’m hopeful that through this new rulemaking, we can really modernize these programs and move towards the future to meet our broadband for all objectives,” she said ahead of the vote.

LaComisión de Servicios Públicos de California rechazó el 20 de junio la solicitud de AT&T para dejar de proporcionar líneas fijas y otros servicios en áreas donde no hay otra opción.

Su votación de 4-0 se produjo después de que un juez determinara que la solicitud de AT&T California tenía “fallas fatales”.

AT&T es el “operador de último recurso” para California, una designación oficial que significa que cubre la mayoría de las ciudades importantes, las comunidades rurales y las tierras de más de 100 gobiernos tribales. Para saber si su casa está en esa zona visite este sitio web. La comisión calificó por primera vez a AT&T como operador de último recurso hace casi tres décadas.

Más de una docena de oradores durante el período de comentarios públicos en la reunión del 20 de junio apoyaron mantener la designación de operador de último recurso y los teléfonos fijos de AT&T. Anteriormente, se escribieron más de 5.000 comentarios públicos en respuesta a la solicitud de AT&T y casi 6.000 personas asistieron a ocho foros públicos celebrados a principios de este año. Numerosos comentaristas dijeron que, debido a la cobertura celular inconsistente en su área, su teléfono fijo es su principal medio de comunicación con la familia, los proveedores médicos y el mundo exterior en caso de una emergencia. Esas preocupaciones son particularmente importantes para las personas mayores, las personas con discapacidades y las personas que dicen ser sensibles a la actividad electromagnética.

AT&T ha argumentado que las personas a las que ahora prestan servicio sus líneas fijas en las áreas en cuestión pueden recurrir al servicio de voz por Internet ofrecido por proveedores de cable o al servicio de telefonía móvil ofrecido por proveedores inalámbricos como Verizon.

Steve Hogle vive en el condado rural de Sonoma y le dijo a la comisión que la cobertura irregular del teléfono celular era un peligro para su familia durante el incendio forestal de Kincade de 2019.

“Si no tuviéramos una línea fija de cobre, no nos habríamos enterado de la evacuación y del incendio extremadamente grave que atravesó aquí y la mayor parte de nuestra propiedad”, dijo. “No quiero (servicio de voz por Internet) porque si no hay

electricidad, no hay Internet, y todas estas cosas son de suma importancia para la seguridad de esta comunidad”.

La compañía ha intentado poner fin a las obligaciones de designación de transportista de último recurso en aproximadamente la mitad de los estados de EE. UU., pero esos esfuerzos no siempre se mantienen dentro de los límites de la ley, según los fiscales federales. En 2022, AT&T Illinois acordó pagar una multa de 23 millones de dólares para resolver los cargos de intento de influir en el expresidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Illinois, Mike Madigan.

“Si no tuviéramos una línea fija de cobre, no nos habríamos enterado del incendio tan grave”

-STEVE HOGLE, CONDADO DE SONOMA La decisión de la comisión no pone fin a los debates sobre cuál es el transportista de último recurso en California. AT&T y aproximadamente una docena de miembros de la Legislatura de California han expresado públicamente su apoyo al Proyecto de Ley 2797 de la Asamblea , que efectivamente pondría fin a algunas obligaciones de transportista de último recurso. La Asociación de Condados del Estado de California, los Representantes de los Condados Rurales de California y los Condados Urbanos de California dijeron la semana pasada que se oponen al proyecto de ley y agregaron en una carta al autor del proyecto que “dejaría a grandes sectores de los californianos más vulnerables sin servicios confiables y acceso asequible al servicio telefónico básico”.

La Comisión de Servicios Públicos también votó el 20 de junio 5-0 para iniciar procedimientos para cambiar las reglas para las empresas designadas como transportista de último recurso. Es hora de modernizar esas reglas, dijo la presidenta de la comisión, Alice Reynolds, porque muchas cosas han cambiado en los últimos 30 años, incluido un cambio hacia los teléfonos celulares y el abandono de las líneas fijas, y ahora es parte del mandato de la comisión hacer que el acceso a Internet de alta velocidad disponible universalmente.

“Tengo la esperanza de que a través de esta nueva reglamentación podamos realmente modernizar estos programas y avanzar hacia el futuro para cumplir con nuestra banda ancha para todos los objetivos”, dijo antes de la votación.

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Los reguladores de California rechazaron una oferta de AT&T que habría puesto fin al servicio de telefonía fija en muchas partes de California. Photo Credit: Unsplash

California regulators rejected a bid by AT&T that would have ended landline phone service in many parts of California. Photo Credit: Freepik

DMV NOW OFFERING NO-FAIL

ELEARNING DRIVER’S LICENSE RENEWAL COURSE IN SPANISH

Online option is available 24/7 and can be accessed on any connected device

Sacramento

– The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is expanding its popular no-fail eLearning driver’s license renewal option to include a Spanish language version. This initiative underscores the DMV’s commitment to serving California’s diverse population by making services more accessible and convenient.

Customers renewing their driver’s license with a knowledge test requirement can now choose to complete the eLearning course in English or Spanish. The interactive eLearning course includes seven modules with quizzes after each module and can be taken on a computer, laptop, tablet, or mobile device, making it accessible 24/7. Each quiz can be taken multiple times, making this a no-fail exam option. The eLearning course has been available in English since 2022, with an average of more than 45,000 Californians completing the course in recent months.

“This is a significant step in our ongoing efforts to meet the needs of all Californians,” said DMV Director Steve Gordon. “By expanding our services to include a Spanish language option for the eLearning renewal course, we are ensuring that more Californians can take advantage of our easy-to-use online services.”

The eLearning course takes approximately 45 minutes to complete and is designed as an ideal alternative for individuals who have difficulty with traditional exams or prefer a different learning method. After completing the course, customers may be required to visit a DMV office to finalize their renewal by providing the required identity and residency documents, taking a photo, providing a thumbprint, completing a vision screening, and receiving their licensing document. Choosing an online testing option significantly reduces the time it takes to complete a transaction in a DMV office.

In addition to the Spanish eLearning course, the DMV continues to offer its online knowledge test in 35 languages. The online test can be taken on an internet-enabled computer or laptop with a webcam and is available between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding state holidays. Participants are required to verify their identity and agree to be monitored throughout the exam as a fraud prevention measure.

The next language scheduled for eLearning translation is Chinese. There is no date yet set for this translation.

Online Services

The DMV has taken many steps to offer more digital services. Most DMV tasks do not require an office visit, including simple self-service transactions that are no longer available in offices. The DMV encourages customers to use its online services and other service channels to complete transactions, including eligible driver’s license and vehicle registration renewals. Customers can also use the Service Advisor on the DMV website to learn their options to complete DMV tasks.

The DMV also offers an improved online MyDMV cus-

EL DMV AHORA OFRECE UN CURSO VIRTUAL DE NO-REPROBAR EN ESPAÑOL PARA RENOVAR LA LICENCIA DE MANEJAR

La opción en línea está disponible las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana y se puede acceder en cualquier dispositivo con conexión

tomer experience that is faster, easier and can be personalized. Once signed in to a MyDMV account, all of an individual’s driver’s license and vehicle related information is contained in one location including a multi-car garage for all vehicle information.

To sign up for paperless vehicle registration and driver’s license renewal notices, customers must sign in or create a secure online account at dmv.ca.gov, and then opt in.

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– El Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados (DMV) está ampliando la opción popular del curso virtual de no-reprobar para renovar la licencia de manejar para incluir la versión en español. Esta iniciativa acentúa el compromiso del DMV de servir a la diversa población de Cali-

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fornia al hacer sus servicios más accesibles y convenientes.

Los clientes que vayan a renovar su licencia de manejar y que tengan que cumplir con el requisito del examen teórico ahora pueden elegir entre completar el curso virtual (eLearning) en inglés o español. El curso virtual interactivo incluye siete módulos con exámenes al final de cada módulo; puede tomarlo en una computadora, laptop, tableta o dispositivo móvil haciéndolo disponible las 24 horas del día los 7 días de la semana. Puede tomar cada examen varias veces, haciendo esta opción imposible de reprobar. Este curso ha estado disponible en inglés desde el 2022; y en promedio más de 45,000 californianos lo han completado en meses recientes.

“Este es un paso importante en nuestro continuo esfuerzo por satisfacer las necesidades de todos los californianos”, dijo Steve Gordon, director del DMV. “Al ampliar nuestros servicios para incluir la opción del curso virtual en español, nos estamos asegurando que más californianos puedan aprovechar nuestros servicios en línea, los cuales son fáciles de usar”.

El curso virtual toma aproximadamente 45 minutos en completarse y está diseñado como una alternativa ideal para aquellas personas a quienes se les dificulta tomar exámenes tradicionales o que prefieren un método de aprendizaje distinto. Después de completar el curso, los clientes quizá tengan que ir a una oficina del DMV para finalizar su renovación y proporcionar los documentos de identidad y domicilio, tomarse una fotografía, proveer una huella digital, completar el examen de la vista y recibir su documento de la licencia de manejar. Al escoger esta opción reduce considerablemente el tiempo que tarda en completarse una transacción en una oficina del DMV.

Además del curso virtual en español, el DMV sigue ofreciendo el examen teórico virtual en 35 idiomas. Puede tomar el examen virtual en una computadora o laptop conectada al internet con una cámara web y está disponible entre 8 a.m. y 4 p.m. de lunes a viernes, excepto en días festivos estatales. Los participantes deben verificar su identidad y aceptar ser monitoreados durante todo el examen como medida para prevenir un fraude.

El siguiente idioma en que el curso virtual se traducirá es en chino. Todavía no hay una fecha establecida para esta traducción.

Servicios virtuales

El DMV ha adoptado varias medidas para ofrecer más servicios digitales. La mayoría de los trámites del DMV no requieren que acuda a una oficina, tales como transacciones sencillas de autoservicio que ya no están disponibles en las oficinas. El DMV alienta a sus clientes a usar los servicios virtuales y otros métodos para completar sus transacciones como renovaciones de la licencia de manejar y de la matrícula vehicular. Los clientes también pueden usar el asesor de servicios en el sitio oficial del DMV para saber las opciones disponibles para completar sus trámites del DMV.

El DMV también ofrece una experiencia virtual mejorada por medio de MyDMV, la cual es más rápida, fácil y puede personalizarse. Una vez que inicie sesión en su cuenta MyDMV, toda la información personal pertinente a la licencia de manejar y la matrícula vehicular se encontrará en una sola ubicación e incluye una “cochera” de almacenamiento de toda la información vehicular.

Inscríbase para recibir avisos electrónicos para su matrícula vehicular y licencia de manejar. Los clientes deben iniciar sesión o crear una cuenta electrónica segura en dmv.ca.gov, y luego inscribirse.

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SHE CRASHED AND GOT A DUI. NOW THIS CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER IS ON A MISSION TO TALK ABOUT BOOZE

After her DUI arrest, Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo has been talking about her struggles with alcohol. Now she has introduced legislation to educate high school students about the harms of booze.

Ryan Sabalow CalMatters

If Democratic Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo had listened to the standard advice from campaign consultants, she wouldn’t have said much after crashing her car while driving drunk last fall.

She might have issued a written apology and then avoided speaking about her DUI, in the hopes that voters would forget about it as they decided her fate in a hotly contested race for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council.

Instead, for much of the past seven months, Carrillo made the tough decision to start talking about the crash — and her struggles with alcohol, even as she faces an uncertain future in state and local politics. She placed fourth in the March primary and didn’t advance to the November run-off. She leaves the Legislature at the end of the year. But before she goes, she’s been using her platform and position to tell practically anyone who’ll listen about the harms of alcohol in a society that’s soaking in it.

She also introduced legislation, Assembly Bill 2865, currently pending in the California Senate, that would require high school students to get a crash course about the long- and short-term health effects and other harms of booze.

“I wish I would have known in high school what know now,” she recently testified before the Senate Education Committee. “I would have made different choices.” Carrillo’s troubles with booze went public in a big way at 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 3 last year, when she crashed into parked cars in Northeast Los Angeles. Police said her blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit, according to the Los Angeles Times. A local TV station obtained footage of Carrillo, swaying and slurring her words, as officers gave her a sobriety test. After spending the night in jail, Carrillo said she found TV news crews parked outside of her home.

Addicts in recovery programs often talk about a rockbottom moment that forces them to change their lives. This was Carrillo’s.

“I had a very public fall,” she told CalMatters. “And it is only by the grace of God that I wasn’t hurt and that nobody else was hurt. But it was really an opportunity for me to look in the mirror.”

She didn’t like what she saw.

The many harms of alcohol

With the City Council primary just weeks away, in late January, Carrillo, 43, pleaded no contest to the DUI. A judge put her on probation, ordered her to attend a Mothers Against Drunk Driving class, perform 50 hours of community service and pay a $2,000 fine.

She started attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and going to therapy. She said she stopped drinking — and she started reflecting.

She thought about how much alcohol saturated her life from an early age. She thought of all the adults who encouraged her to drink.

“I became angry at the guy from the liquor store across (from) my high school who sold the 14-year-old version of myself alcohol so that I could drink with my friends and party at football games and ditch school,” she told the education committee. “I got angry at the cool uncles and cousins at friends’ quinceañeras, who gave my friends and I shots of tequila when we were only 13 to 16 years of age.”

She thought about how alcohol is so ingrained in American society. Recent polling shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans drink, with little thought to the documented harms alcohol causes.

“We see it in movies and pop culture and advertisements,” she said. “And yet we are so ill informed of its consequences to our health.”

According to federal health officials, alcohol-related diseases kill 178,000 people in the U.S. each year, and death rates are increasing. Noting that alcohol causes at least seven types of cancer, including bowel and breast cancers, the World Health Organization last year declared that “when it comes to alcohol consumption, there is no safe amount.”

Deaths from alcohol-related diseases, meanwhile, are almost four times higher than deaths from firearms, and researchers have noted that alcohol is often a factor in gun violence.

Plus, booze was involved in nearly one-third of all fatal car crashes in the U.S, and nearly one in four suicide victims had substantial amounts of alcohol in their systems. Carrillo told the education committee that 54 Californians die each day from alcohol.

“I want young people to learn early how something that is so legally and easily accessible can do so much harm if not consumed with more knowledge and more responsibility,” she said.

Her message, as well as her emotional testimony, resonated with members of the Senate Education Committee who voted unanimously this month to advance the bill to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill passed the Assembly this spring without anyone voting against it.

Sen. Monique Limón, a Democrat from Santa Barbara, told Carrillo she was turning “a really difficult situation into something that’s going to benefit people.”

“It’s a reminder that what you’ve gone through, you are not alone,” Limón said. “There are many people who go through this and who don’t have the capacity to use their voice to create better, and you are doing that.”

Other Democrats with DUIs

Though her DUI may have cost Carrillo a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, two other aspiring Democratic politicians recently arrested for drinking and driving remain in their high-profile races.

State Sen. Dave Min, a Democrat from Irvine running for Congress, was arrested last year for driving drunk in Sacramento. He pleaded guilty and received a similar sentence similar to Carrillo’s. His office referred CalMatters to a campaign spokesperson who referred CalMatters to Min’s statement after his arrest in which he apologized, as well as an editorial in the Los Angeles Times that endorsed Min.

Meanwhile, Riverside City Council member Clarissa Cervantes, a Democrat who is running for an Assembly seat, was arrested last summer for driving drunk. It was her second DUI in less than 10 years, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Cervantes is seeking the seat held by her sister, Sabrina Cervantes, who is running for state Senate.

Clarissa “Cervantes is approaching a year of sobriety and supports Assemblymember Carrillo’s efforts to promote education and awareness,” Clarissa Cervantes’ campaign told CalMatters in an email. “Cervantes is grateful to be in a healthy space, moving forward strong in her race for Assembly District 58.”

The spate of DUIs among Democratic politicians prompted Republican Assemblymember Bill Essayli, a former federal prosecutor from Riverside, to introduce a resolution last year that would prohibit legislators from driving state vehicles after a DUI conviction. The measure went nowhere in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, whose leaders have endorsed Min and Cervantes over their Republican rivals in the November general election.

For her part, Carrillo said she’s not sure what her career holds after she leaves the Legislature. Before being elected to the Assembly in 2017, she was a local radio host, communications manager for the Service Employees International Union and a communications deputy for the Los Angeles City Council.

But she told CalMatters she would consider pursuing a state Senate seat if the opportunity arises.

She said she’s been bolstered by the support she’s received from her constituents who have shared with her similar stories of their own struggles with alcohol or who have seen members of their families go through what she has.

“I am choosing to normalize it, normalize talking about mental health,” Carrillo said. The main thing, though, is she wants to get people thinking – and talking – about the risks of alcohol, despite its overwhelming popularity.

“Let’s have a conversation about booze,” she said.

Wendy Carrillo, a Democratic Assemblymember from Los Angeles, pictured here at a 2023 press conference, has a bill pending that would educate high school students about the harms of alcohol. Photo Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr. / CalMatters

ESPAÑOL

ESTA LEGISLADORA TUVO UN ACCIDENTE POR

DUI

Y

AHORA

TIENE LA MISIÓN DE EDUCAR SOBRE LAS CONSECUENCIAS DE MANEJAR BAJO LOS EFECTOS DEL ALCOHOL

Después de su arresto por DUI, la asambleísta Wendy Carrillo ha estado hablando de su lucha con el alcohol. Ahora ha presentado una legislación para educar a los estudiantes de preparatoria sobre los daños del alcohol.

Ryan Sabalow CalMatters

Sla asambleísta demócrata Wendy Carrillo hubiera escuchado los consejos habituales de los consultores de campaña, no habría dicho mucho después de chocar su auto mientras conducía ebria el otoño pasado.

Podría haber emitido una disculpa por escrito y luego evitar hablar sobre su DUI, con la esperanza de que los votantes lo olvidaran mientras decidían su destino en una carrera muy disputada por un escaño en el Concejo Municipal de Los Ángeles.

En lugar de ello, durante gran parte de los últimos siete meses, Carrillo tomó la difícil decisión de empezar a hablar sobre el accidente y su lucha contra el alcohol, incluso cuando enfrenta un futuro incierto en la política estatal y local. Quedó cuarta en las primarias de marzo y no avanzó a la segunda vuelta de noviembre. Deja la Legislatura a finales de año. Pero antes de irse, ha estado usando su plataforma y posición para contarle a prácticamente cualquier persona que la escuche sobre los daños del alcohol en una sociedad que está empapada de él. También presentó una legislación, el Proyecto de Ley 2865, actualmente pendiente en el Senado de California, que requeriría que los estudiantes de preparatoria reciban un curso intensivo sobre los efectos a corto y largo plazo sobre la salud y otros daños del alcohol.

“Ojalá hubiera sabido en la escuela lo que sé ahora”, testificó recientemente ante el Comité de Educación del Senado. “Habría tomado decisiones diferentes”.

Los problemas de Carrillo con el alcohol se hicieron públicos a la 1:30 am del 3 de noviembre del año pasado, cuando chocó contra autos estacionados en el noreste de Los Ángeles. La policía dijo que su nivel de alcohol en sangre era el doble del límite legal, según Los Angeles Times. Una estación de televisión local obtuvo imágenes de Carrillo, balanceándose y arrastrando las palabras, mientras los agentes le hacían una prueba de sobriedad. Después de pasar la noche en la cárcel, Carrillo dijo que encontró equipos de noticias de televisión estacionados afuera de su casa.

Los adictos en programas de recuperación a menudo hablan de un momento crítico que los obliga a cambiar sus vidas. Este era el de Carrillo.

“Tuve una caída muy pública”, le dijo a CalMatters. “Y es sólo por la gracia de Dios que no fui herido y que nadie más resultó herido. Pero realmente fue una oportunidad para mí de mirarme en el espejo”.

A ella no le gustó lo que vio.

Los muchos daños del alcohol

A pocas semanas de las primarias del Concejo Municipal, a fines de enero, Carrillo, de 43 años, no se opuso al DUI.

Un juez la puso en libertad condicional, le ordenó asistir a una clase de Madres contra la conducción en estado de ebriedad, realizar 50 horas de servicio comunitario y pagar una multa de 2,000 dólares.

Comenzó a asistir a las reuniones de Alcohólicos Anónimos y a ir a terapia.

Dijo que dejó de beber y empezó a reflexionar. Pensó en cuánto alcohol saturó su vida desde una edad temprana. Pensó en todos los adultos que la animaban a beber.

“Me enojé con el chico de la licorería frente a mi escuela preparatoria que vendía alcohol en mi versión de 14 años para poder beber con mis amigos y divertirme en los partidos de fútbol y abandonar la escuela”, dijo al comité de educación. “Me enojé con los tíos y primos geniales en las quinceañeras de mis amigos, que nos daban tragos de tequila a mis amigos y a mí cuando solo teníamos entre 13 y 16 años”.

Pensó en lo arraigado que está el alcohol en la sociedad estadounidense. Encuestas recientes muestran que casi dos tercios de los estadounidenses beben, sin pensar en los daños documentados que causa el alcohol.

“Lo vemos en las películas, la cultura pop y los anuncios”, dijo. “Y, sin embargo, estamos muy mal informados sobre sus consecuencias para nuestra salud”.

Según funcionarios federales de salud las enfermedades relacionadas con el alcohol matan a 178,000 personas en Estados Unidos cada año, y las tasas de mortalidad están aumentando. Al observar que el alcohol causa al menos siete tipos de cáncer, incluidos el cáncer de intestino y de mama, la Organización Mundial de la Salud declaró el año pasado que “cuando se trata del consumo de alcohol, no existe una cantidad segura”.

Mientras tanto, las muertes por enfermedades relacionadas con el alcohol son casi cuatro veces más altas que las muertes por armas de fuego, y los investigadores han observado que el alcohol es a menudo un factor en la violencia armada.

Además, el alcohol estuvo involucrado en casi un tercio de todos los accidentes automovilísticos fatales en los EE. UU., y casi una de cada cuatro víctimas de suicidio tenía cantidades sustanciales de alcohol en su organismo. Carrillo dijo al comité de educación que 54 californianos mueren cada día a causa del alcohol.

“Quiero que los jóvenes aprendan desde temprano cómo algo que es tan legal y fácilmente accesible puede causar tanto daño si no se consume con más conocimiento y más responsabilidad”, dijo.

Su mensaje, así como su emotivo testimonio, resonó en los miembros del Comité Senatorial de Educación que votaron unánimemente este mes para hacer avanzar el proyecto de ley al Comité Senatorial de Apropiaciones. El proyecto de ley fue aprobado por la Asamblea esta primavera sin que nadie votara en contra.

La senadora Monique Limón, demócrata de Santa Bárbara, le dijo a

Carrillo que estaba convirtiendo “una situación realmente difícil en algo que beneficiará a la gente”.

“Es un recordatorio de que no estás solo por lo que has pasado”, dijo Limón. “Hay muchas personas que pasan por esto y que no tienen la capacidad de usar su voz para crear mejor, y eso lo estás haciendo”.

Otros demócratas con DUI

Aunque su DUI puede haberle costado a Carrillo un asiento en el Concejo Municipal de Los Ángeles, otros dos aspirantes a políticos demócratas arrestados recientemente por beber y conducir continúan en sus carreras de alto perfil.

El senador estatal Dave Min, un demócrata de Irvine que se postula para el Congreso, fue arrestado el año pasado por conducir ebrio en Sacramento. Se declaró culpable y recibió una sentencia similar a la de Carrillo. Su oficina remitió a CalMatters a un portavoz de campaña que refirió a CalMatters a la declaración de Min después de su arresto en la que se disculpaba, así como a un editorial de Los Angeles Times que respaldaba a Min. Mientras tanto, la concejal de la ciudad de Riverside, Clarissa Cervantes, una demócrata que se postula para un escaño en la Asamblea, fue arrestada el verano pasado por conducir ebria. Fue su segundo DUI en menos de 10 años, según Riverside Press-Enterprise. Cervantes busca el escaño que ocupa su hermana, Sabrina Cervantes, quien se postula para el Senado estatal. Clarissa “Cervantes se acerca a un año de sobriedad y apoya los esfuerzos del asambleísta Carrillo para promover la educación y la concientización”, dijo la campaña de Clarissa Cervantes a CalMatters en un correo electrónico. “Cervantes está agradecida de estar en un espacio saludable, avanzando con fuerza en su carrera por el Distrito 58 de la Asamblea”.

La avalancha de casos de DUI entre los políticos demócratas llevó al asambleísta republicano Bill Essayli, ex fiscal federal de Riverside, a presentar una resolución el año pasado que prohibiría a los legisladores conducir vehículos estatales después de una condena por DUI. La medida no llegó a ninguna parte en la Legislatura controlada por los demócratas, cuyos líderes respaldaron a Min y Cervantes frente a sus rivales republicanos en las elecciones generales de noviembre.

Por su parte, Carrillo dijo que no está segura de lo que le deparará su carrera después de dejar la Legislatura. Antes de ser elegida miembro de la Asamblea en 2017, fue locutora de radio local, gerente de comunicaciones del Sindicato Internacional de Empleados de Servicios y diputada de comunicaciones del Ayuntamiento de Los Ángeles. Pero le dijo a CalMatters que consideraría buscar un escaño en el Senado estatal si se presenta la oportunidad.

Dijo que se ha sentido reforzada por el apoyo que ha recibido de sus electores que han compartido con ella historias similares de sus propias luchas contra el alcohol o que han visto a miembros de sus familias pasar por lo que ella pasó.

“Estoy eligiendo normalizarlo, normalizar el hablar de salud mental”, dijo Carrillo. Sin embargo, lo principal es que quiere que la gente piense (y hable) sobre los riesgos del alcohol, a pesar de su abrumadora popularidad.

“Tengamos una conversación sobre el alcohol”, dijo.

Wendy Carrillo, asambleísta demócrata de Los Ángeles, tiene pendiente un proyecto de ley que educaría a los estudiantes de secundaria sobre los daños del alcohol. Photo Credit: Asambleísta Wendy Carillo, Distrito 52 sitio oficial

A RANCH, REWILDED: THE TRANSFORMATION OF CALIFORNIA’S

NEWEST STATE PARK

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a bright morning in early January near the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers in Central California, John Cain looks out over a small, curved lake. The trees are mostly bare for winter, but Cain, senior director of conservation of the nonprofit organization River Partners, points out that the wild landscape in front of him is buzzing. Bright white egrets swoop lazily down into the water while terns whiz by in the air. A California rose bush clings onto bright red rose hips. The low-lying plain across the water is dense with gray branches of adolescent trees.

For more than four months last year, as California was inundated with a series of major storms, this part of Dos Rios Ranch Preserve, about 20 miles west of Modesto, was submerged under water. That’s exactly what it was designed for. And when the floodwaters recede, Cain says, “It’s just an explosion of life out here.”

Until a little more than a decade ago, this area was productive farmland, used for growing crops like tomatoes, alfalfa, melons and almonds. Now it’s set to be California’s next state park after a restoration project spearheaded by River Partners converted the ranch into rewilded riverside habitat. As climate change has doubled the likelihood of flooding in California, and is projected to increase runoff from storms by as much as 200 to 400 percent, this restored floodplain is proving to be a promising approach.

Not only does the area help buffer downstream

communities from flood damage, it also maximizes environmental benefits from high waters.

“When we step back from the river, when we give the river more room, flooding actually is a very productive process for the ecosystem,” says Cain.

“It recharges groundwater. It filters polluted water. It nourishes riparian forests that support all kinds of wildlife. It’s alive.”

California’s Central Valley doesn’t get much rain, but the 400-mile-long region is naturally shaped

by water. Before human intervention, rivers fluctuated with flow from the towering Sierra Nevada range to the east. But over the last century and a half, rivers have been tamed by dams and constricted by levees as land was converted for agriculture and urban development. Some 95 percent of the region’s native riparian and wetland habitat has been lost.

Even as rivers have been engineered with the aim of reducing flooding, communities and farmland

Cuando tú apagas, California sigue brillando.

have remained vulnerable. Bill Lyons, whose family owned Dos Rios Ranch for about 25 years, says that it was good farmland. But he recalls three times when the ranch was impacted by major flooding, resulting in loss of crops, erosion damage, and debris scattered across farmland.

Lyons’ family — which has been farming for four generations and has a century of history in this region — has long been committed to stewardship of the land. They are concerned with supporting the health of the environment, he says. So the family was interested when River Partners approached them about buying Dos Rios Ranch.

“We looked at it from a point of view that probably its highest and best use would be to be returned to a natural state,” Lyons says.

In 2012, River Partners purchased the property and began restoration work along eight miles of river. Berms that had been built to protect farmland from high water were removed. To date, more than 350,000 trees and shrubs have been planted. River Partners uses existing irrigation infrastructure on former farmland to help young vegetation endure hot dry summers as it gets established. About 1,600 acres have been rewilded so far, and restoration work is ongoing on another 500 acres on an adjacent former farm.

Pausing on a rough single-track road that runs atop higher ground through the preserve, Cain points out a long, shrubbery-covered berm that gently slopes down to the floodplain about three yards below the road. It’s a ramp designed for riparian brush rabbits, an endangered species that has moved in to Dos Rios. The slope allows them to escape to higher ground when the

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Heavy flooding was seen in Dos Rios in April 2023. Photo Credit: River Partners

area floods. To the right of the ramp, birds flit between bare branches of densely planted trees. To the left, a low-lying grassy meadow is primed to take on high water. When the San Joaquin River overflows onto the field, it offers an abundant feast of zooplankton and tiny bugs for juvenile salmon, which studies show grow faster on floodplains than in the river. Instead of aiming to benefit any single species, the restoration was geared towards creating a varied ecosystem.

“It’s a more resilient landscape that supports a greater diversity of life,” Cain says. The preserve hosts migratory Aleutian cackling geese, a formerly endangered species that’s on the rebound. Beavers have been spotted, as well as deer, which hadn’t been seen in this area for about 60 years, according to River Partners.

Over the last decade, the restored floodplain quickly showed signs of success in supporting wildlife. And in 2023, the area got a chance to show how it performed in heavy flooding.

Lilia Lomeli-Gil walks by piles of branches and brush a few feet away from the backyard fences of houses on the edge of the small town of Grayson, across the river from Dos Rios Ranch Preserve. The debris was left by high water last winter, she explains, as the river overflowed near this small community, home to many farmworkers.

The record-breaking precipitation that hit California last year was devastating for some communities. Thousands of people were evacuated when a levee broke along the Pajaro River, 50 miles southwest of Grayson.

In Grayson, residents watched the rising river warily. A few families evacuated out of precaution, according to Lomeli-Gil, co-founder of the Grayson United Community Center. The water came up within a couple feet of several houses, she says, but the town didn’t sustain major damage. She attributes that to the floodplain restoration work.

“I can only imagine if … River Partners had not opened up the levees,” she says. She believes giving the water room to spread out helped the town avoid flood damage. “I think that made a difference.”

Awareness has been growing that California’s old flood management approach of confining rivers has not been working, according to Brian Johnson, a board member of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board. But during the winter and spring of 2023, the Dos Rios project proved that floodplain restoration is an effective flood control approach. “You need to give the water a safe place to go,” he says, “or it’ll go to a place that’s not safe.”

Across the Central Valley, similar projects are in development, he says. Cost is a limitation — the board’s recommended flood protection measures, including projects like Dos Rios, have an estimated price tag of $25 to $30 billion. But those measures could avoid around $1 trillion damage from major flooding. The permitting process can also be slow and a hurdle. But Johnson says there’s a lot of opportunity to develop similar floodplain habitat restoration projects across the valley.

“In order for it to work at a system-wide scale, we want to be doing it in a bunch of different places,” Johnson says.

Floodplain restoration can also help California weather drought, which is predicted to become more intense with climate change, according to Cain. Not only does growing native vegetation require less water than agriculture, when floodwaters spread across the land, the water seeps down into the groundwater, recharging overdrawn aquifers.

For all its benefits, this type of floodplain restoration isn’t appropriate everywhere, according to Joshua Viers, a watershed expert at University of California, Merced. Dos Rios is well-suited because the confluence of the two rivers makes for dynamic conditions that are particularly good for habitat restoration. In other parts of this heavily agricultural region, other approaches may be more appropriate, he says. Certain crops, like

grape vines, can handle some flooding, which also benefits groundwater stores. Some types of farming can be incorporated into habitat restoration; rice fields can support salmon. According to Viers, using a range of different approaches can help manage flooding and support ecosystems along California rivers.

“You can’t do all things in all places,” Viers says. “If you can string these together, you can have mutually reinforcing benefits.”

There are also social benefits to habitat restoration: Through the Grayson United Community Center, Lomeli-Gil has been working to engage Grayson residents with Dos Rios and surrounding restored natural areas. Several locals have gotten jobs with River Partners planting vegetation. And now, California State Parks is aiming to open the new state park to the public later this year.

"It's in our backyard, so how blessed will we be," Lomeli-Gil says.

As other floodplain projects are in development across California, Dos Rios is still expanding.

Cain walks along furrows on a plowed field on former farmland adjacent to Dos Rios. Instead of crops, this plot will soon be planted with young native trees and shrubs. Cain checks little white labels on sticks that mark where each new plant will go: a Modesto ash, box elder, and, his favorite, elderberry.

Cain and his colleagues at River Partners have set a long-term goal of restoring 100,000 acres in the San Joaquin Valley. That would restore about 10 percent of the wetlands that used to be in this area.

On the other side of the bare field, two large wonky Vs of Aleutian cackling geese fly by. Even though they are hard to see from such a distance, their characteristic honks echo across the field.

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UN RANCHO, RECONSTRUIDO: LA TRANSFORMACIÓN DEL PARQUE ESTATAL MÁS NUEVO DE CALIFORNIA

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Enuna luminosa mañana a principios de enero, cerca de la confluencia de los ríos San Joaquín y Tuolumne en el centro de California, John Cain contempla un pequeño lago curvo. La mayoría de los árboles están desnudos para el invierno, pero Cain, director senior de conservación de la organización sin fines de lucro River Partners, señala que el paisaje salvaje frente a él está zumbando. Las garcetas blancas y brillantes se lanzan perezosamente al agua mientras los charranes pasan zumbando en el aire. Un rosal de California se aferra a escaramujos de color rojo brillante. La llanura baja al otro lado del agua está llena de ramas grises de árboles adolescentes.

Durante más de cuatro meses el año pasado, cuando California se vio inundada por una serie de tormentas fuertes, esta parte de la Reserva Dos Ríos Ranch, a unas 20 millas al oeste de Modesto, quedó sumergida bajo el agua. Eso es exactamente para lo que fue diseñado. Y cuando las aguas retroceden, Cain dice: “Es simplemente una explosión de vida aquí afuera”.

Medida A Comité de Vigilancia Ciudadana

Año fiscal 2023 (1 de julio de 2022 - 30 de junio de 2023

La Medida A de 2000 es un impuesto sobre las ventas de medio centavo a cobrarse durante 30 años, el cual se dedica a realizar mejoras en el tránsito. La medida exigía que un comité de vigilancia independiente revisara los gastos de la Medida A de 2000, encargara auditorías y emitiera informes al público. Este informe es el informe de la Medida A CWC de 2000 para el año fiscal 2023, el año 17 del programa de 30 años.

Después de una revisión cuidadosa, la CWC concluye que para el año fiscal 2023, el dinero de los impuestos de la Medida A de 2000 se gastó de acuerdo con la intención de la medida

Resumen de los gastos del programa del año fiscal 2023:

* Los gastos se agruparon por categoría. Es posible que los totales y porcentajes no sean precisos debido al redondeo independiente. Los detalles individuales del proyecto están disponibles en la sección de resumen del proyecto del Informe Anual de CWC.

** Incluye servicio de deuda, cargos por bonos, servicios profesionales, etc.

*** La asistencia operativa de tránsito equivale al 20.75 % de los ingresos por impuestos sobre las ventas, lo que equivale aproximadamente a $57.1 millones para el año fiscal 2023.

Para obtener más información, visite www.vta.org/2000MeasureA

Hasta hace poco más de una década, esta zona era tierra de cultivo productiva, utilizada para cultivos como tomate, alfalfa, melón y almendras. Ahora se convertirá en el próximo parque estatal de California después de que un proyecto de restauración encabezado por River Partners convirtiera el rancho en un hábitat ribereño reconvertido. Dado que el cambio climático ha duplicado la probabilidad de inundaciones en California y se prevé que aumentará la escorrentía de las tormentas entre un 200 y un 400 por ciento, esta llanura aluvial restaurada está demostrando ser un enfoque prometedor.

El área no solo ayuda a proteger a las comunidades río abajo de los daños de las inundaciones, sino que también maximiza los beneficios ambientales de las aguas altas. "Cuando nos alejamos del río, cuando le damos más espacio, la inundación es en realidad un proceso muy productivo para el ecosistema", dice Cain. “Recarga el agua subterránea. Filtra agua contaminada. Nutre los bosques ribereños que sustentan todo tipo de vida silvestre. Está vivo."

En el Valle Central de California no llueve mucho, pero la región de 400 millas de largo está naturalmente moldeada por el agua. Antes de la intervención humana, los ríos fluctuaban con el flujo desde la imponente Sierra Nevada hacia el este. Pero durante el último siglo y medio, los ríos han sido domesticados por presas y restringidos por diques a medida que la tierra se convertía para la agricultura y el desarrollo urbano. Se ha perdido alrededor del 95 por ciento del hábitat ribereño y de humedales nativos de la región.

Incluso cuando los ríos han sido diseñados con el objetivo de reducir las inundaciones, las comunidades y las tierras de cultivo siguen siendo vulnerables. Bill Lyons, cuya familia fue propietaria del Rancho Dos Ríos durante unos 25 años, dice que era una buena tierra de cultivo. Pero recuerda tres ocasiones en las que el rancho se vio afectado por grandes inundaciones, lo que provocó la pérdida de cultivos, daños por erosión y escombros esparcidos por las tierras de cultivo.

La familia Lyons - que se dedica a la agricultura durante cuatro generaciones y tiene un siglo de historia en esta región - lleva mucho tiempo comprometida con la administración de la tierra. Su preocupación es apoyar la salud del medio ambiente, afirma. Entonces la familia se interesó cuando River Partners se acercó a ellos para comprar Dos Rios Ranch.

Entonces la familia se interesó cuando River Partners se acercó a ellos para comprar Dos Rios Ranch. En 2012, River Partners compró la propiedad y comenzó los trabajos de restauración a lo largo de ocho millas del río. Se eliminaron las bermas que se habían construido para proteger las tierras de cultivo de las aguas altas. Hasta la fecha se han plantado más de 350.000 árboles y arbustos. River Partners utiliza la infraestructura de riego existente en antiguas tierras de cultivo para ayudar a la vegetación joven a soportar veranos calurosos y secos a medida que se establece. Hasta ahora se han reconstruido alrededor de 1,600 acres y se están realizando trabajos de restauración en otros 500 acres en una antigua granja adyacente.

Haciendo una pausa en un camino escabroso de vía única que discurre por un terreno más alto a través de la reserva, Cain señala una larga berma cubierta de arbustos que desciende suavemente hacia la llanura aluvial a unos tres metros por debajo del camino. Es una rampa diseñada para conejos ribereños, una especie en peligro de extinción que se ha trasladado a Dos Ríos. La pendiente les permite escapar a terrenos más altos cuando el área se inunda. A la derecha de la rampa, los pájaros revolotean entre las ramas desnudas de árboles densamente plantados. A la izquierda, una pradera cubierta de hierba baja está preparada para soportar aguas altas. Cuando el río San Joaquín se desborda sobre el campo, ofrece un abundante festín de zooplancton y pequeños insectos para los salmones juveniles, que, según los estudios, crecen más rápido en las llanuras aluviales que en el río. En lugar de apuntar a beneficiar a una sola especie, la restauración se orientó a crear un ecosistema variado. "Es un paisaje más resiliente que sustenta una mayor diversidad de vida", dice Cain. La reserva alberga gansos cacareantes migratorios de las Aleutianas, una especie anteriormente en peligro de extinción que se está recuperando. Se han avistado castores, así como ciervos, que no se habían visto en esta zona desde hacía unos 60 años, según River Partners.

Durante la última década, la llanura aluvial restaurada rápidamente mostró signos de éxito en el sustento de la vida silvestre. Y en 2023, la zona tuvo la oportunidad de mostrar cómo se comportó durante fuertes inundaciones.

Lilia Lomeli-Gil camina entre montones de ramas y

Parques Estatales de California tiene como objetivo agregar Dos Rios Ranch Preserve al sistema de parques estatales a finales de este año. Photo Credit: Saxon Holt / PhotoBotanic

maleza a unos metros de las cercas del patio trasero de las casas en las afueras del pequeño pueblo de Grayson, al otro lado del río desde la Reserva Dos Rios Ranch. Los escombros fueron dejados por la crecida del invierno pasado, explica, cuando el río se desbordó cerca de esta pequeña comunidad, hogar de muchos trabajadores agrícolas.

Las precipitaciones récord que azotaron California el año pasado fueron devastadoras para algunas comunidades. Miles de personas fueron evacuadas cuando se rompió un dique a lo largo del río Pájaro, 50 millas al suroeste de Grayson.

En Grayson, los residentes observaron con cautela la crecida del río. Algunas familias fueron evacuadas por precaución, según Lomeli-Gil, cofundadora del Grayson United Community Center. El agua subió a un par de pies de varias casas, dice, pero la ciudad no sufrió daños importantes. Ella lo atribuye a los trabajos de restauración de la llanura aluvial.

“Sólo puedo imaginarme si… River Partners no hubiera abierto los diques”, dice. Ella cree que darle espacio al agua para que se esparciera ayudó a la ciudad a evitar daños por inundaciones. "Creo que eso marcó la diferencia".

Según Brian Johnson, miembro de la Junta de Protección contra Inundaciones del Valle Central, cada vez hay

más conciencia de que el antiguo enfoque de California para la gestión de inundaciones de confinar los ríos no ha funcionado. Pero durante el invierno y la primavera de 2023, el proyecto Dos Ríos demostró que la restauración de llanuras aluviales es un enfoque eficaz para el control de inundaciones. "Hay que darle al agua un lugar seguro al que ir", dice, "o irá a un lugar que no es seguro".

En todo el Valle Central se están desarrollando proyectos similares, afirma. El costo es una limitación - las medidas de protección contra inundaciones recomendadas por la junta, que incluye proyectos como Dos Ríos, tienen un precio estimado de $25 a $30 mil millones. Pero esas medidas podrían evitar daños por alrededor de 1 billón de dólares por mayores inundaciones. El proceso de obtención de permisos también puede ser lento y complicado. Pero Johnson dice que hay muchas oportunidades para desarrollar proyectos similares de restauración del hábitat de las llanuras aluviales en todo el valle.

"Para que funcione a escala de todo el sistema, queremos hacerlo en muchos lugares diferentes", dice Johnson.

La restauración de las llanuras aluviales también puede ayudar a California a resistir la sequía, que se prevé que se vuelva más intensa con el cambio climático, según Cain. El crecimiento de la vegetación nativa no sólo requiere menos agua que la agricultura, sino que cuando las inundaciones se extienden por la tierra, el agua se filtra hacia el agua subterránea, recargando los acuíferos

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agotados.

A pesar de todos sus beneficios, este tipo de restauración de llanuras aluviales no es apropiado en todas partes, según Joshua Viers, experto en cuencas hidrográficas de la Universidad de California en Merced. Dos Ríos es muy adecuado porque la confluencia de los dos ríos genera condiciones dinámicas que son particularmente buenas para la restauración del hábitat. En otras partes de esta región fuertemente agrícola, otros enfoques pueden ser más apropiados, afirma. Ciertos cultivos, como las vides de uva, pueden soportar algunas inundaciones, lo que también beneficia a las reservas de agua subterránea. Algunos tipos de agricultura pueden incorporarse a la restauración del hábitat; Los campos de arroz pueden sustentar al salmón. Según Viers, el uso de una variedad de enfoques diferentes puede ayudar a gestionar las inundaciones y sustentar los ecosistemas a lo largo de los ríos de California.

"No se pueden hacer todas las cosas en todos los lugares", dice Viers. "Si puedes unirlos, puedes obtener beneficios que se refuercen mutuamente".

Y ahora, Parques Estatales de California tiene como objetivo abrir el nuevo parque estatal al público a finales de este año.

"Está en nuestro patio trasero, así que qué bendecidos seremos", dice Lomeli-Gil.

Mientras se están desarrollando otros proyectos de llanuras aluviales en California, Dos Ríos aún se está expandiendo.

Caín camina por los surcos de un campo arado en una antigua tierra de cultivo adyacente a Dos Ríos. En lugar de cultivos, esta parcela pronto se plantará con árboles y arbustos nativos jóvenes. Cain revisa pequeñas etiquetas blancas en palos que marcan dónde irá cada nueva planta: un fresno de Modesto, un saúco y, su favorito, una baya de saúco.

Cain y sus colegas de River Partners han establecido el objetivo a largo plazo de restaurar 100.000 acres en el Valle de San Joaquín. Eso restauraría alrededor del 10 por ciento de los humedales que solían estar en esta área.

La restauración del hábitat también tiene beneficios sociales: a través del Grayson United Community Center, Lomeli-Gil ha estado trabajando para involucrar a los residentes de Grayson con Dos Ríos y las áreas naturales restauradas circundantes. Varios lugareños han conseguido trabajo con River Partners plantando vegetación.

Al otro lado del campo desnudo, pasan volando dos grandes y torcidas V de gansos aleutianos que cacarean. Aunque son difíciles de ver desde tanta distancia, sus característicos bocinazos resuenan por todo el campo. Elizabeth Hewitt escribió este artículo para Reasons to be Cheerful.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707266

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

4701 Patrick Henry Dr Bldg 22 Suite 109, 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): DRIVER DEALS LLC, 4701 Patrick Henry Dr Bldg 22 Suite 109, Santa Clara, CA 95054. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/21/2024. 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/ Tariq Osman DRIVER DEALS LLC

Manager Article/Reg#: 202016310329

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/25/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 707266

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706873

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ADELETIA BEAUTY SALON 2905 Homestead Rd Unit #B, 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): AERAN KIM, 2905 Homestead Rd Unit #B, Santa Clara, CA 95051. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/12/2024. 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/ Aeran Kim

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/12/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706873

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707157

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Angel’s Comida Casera 227 S. 19 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): Jacaqueline Zamudio, 227 S 19 St, San Jose, CA 95116. 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/ Jacaqueline Zamudio

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/24/2024.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 707157

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707322

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: D. A DELIVERY AND LOGISTICS, 7052 Santa Teresa Blvd #86, San Jose, CA 95139, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Johnny J De Abreu, 7052 Santa Teresa Blvd #86, San Jose, CA 95139. 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/ Johnny De Abreu

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/26/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 707322

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707275

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TWO MEN AND A BRUSH PAINTING

6529 Marymonte Ct, San Jose, CA 95120, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Scott Evan Cooper, 6529 Marymonte Ct, San Jose, CA 95120. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/19/1989. 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/ Scott Evan Cooper

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/26/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 707275

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707331

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: La Culichi, 410 N White Rd Apt #3301, 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): Celina Michelle Rocha Moya, 401 N White Rd Apt 3301, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Celina M Rocha Moya

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/26/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 707331

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707096

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COMM MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, 3160 Via Venezia, 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): FIONA EENIURAZAY ENTZMINGER FIGUEROA, 3160 Via Venezia, San Jose, CA 95125. 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/ Fiona Eeniurazay Entzminger Figueroa This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/21/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 707096

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706926

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VILLAS AUTO GLASS 677 ROUGH AND READY RD, San Jose, CA 95133, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Felipe Villalavazo Mundo, P.O. BOX 32771, San Jose, CA 95152. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/1998. 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/ Felipe Villalvazo Mundo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/13/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Felipe Villalvazo Mundo, Deputy File No. FBN 706926

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705908

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MICRO INK BEAUTY 1716A Tully Road, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Linda Tran, 1716A Tully Road, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/09/2024. 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/ Linda Tran

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/09/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 705908

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707088

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NORTHSTAR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE EQUIPMENT, BAYSIDE SHOP EQUIPMENT, GEO ENTERPRISES, 1488 Petal Way, San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): GEO (OEM) CORP., 1472 Leaftree Circle, San Jose, CA 95129. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/03/1997. 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/ Lew Hsieh GEO (OEM) CORP. CEO

Article/Reg#: 1905575 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/20/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy

File No. FBN 707088

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705907

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: POSTAL & PURE WATER ETC 1716A Tully Rd, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): PHUC VAN KIM, 1716A Tully Rd, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/09/2024. 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/ Phuc Van Kim

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/09/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 705907

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707086

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: GNC DISTRIBUTOR CALIFORNIA, 7213 Rainbow Drive Apt 14, San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jose David Rivas Dominguez, 7213 Rainbow Drive, San Jose, CA 95129. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/20/2024. 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 David Rivas Dominguez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/20/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 707086

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NO. 706766

The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): UPcycled and FUNKtional Designs by J&L, 1824 Dry Creek Road, San Jose CA, 95124. Filed in Santa Clara County on 05/08/2023 under file no. FBN695503. J & L CREATIVE SOLUTIONS LLC, 1824 Dry Creek Road, San Jose, CA 95124. This business was conducted by: a limited liability company. “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/ Lauri M. DeGaug This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 6/10/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN706766

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441718

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ali Abood Mohammed Al Hashemy INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ali Abood Mohammed Al Hashemy has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ali Abood Mohammed Al Hashemy 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: 9/10/2024 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. Jun 25, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441834

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Victor Rosales INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Victor Rosales has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Victor Rosales to Victor Gurcharan Singh 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: 9/17/2024 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. Jun 26, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441248

Superior Court of Cali-

fornia, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Uyen Vu Thanh Nguyen INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Uyen Vu Thanh Nguyen has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Uyen Vu Thanh Nguyen to Charlotte Uyen 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: 9/03/2024 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. Jun 17, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441535 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jessica Nguyen Tieu INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Jessica Nguyen Tieu has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jessica Nguyen Tieu to Apphia Tran 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: 9/10/2024 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. Jun 21, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 24CV440220

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Teresa De Jesus Garcia Ayala INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Teresa De Jesus Garcia Ayala has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Airam Guadalupe Valencia Garcia to Airam Guadalupe Garcia 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: 8/13/2024 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 31, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV438586

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Emilena Amelia Castro-Solis INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Emilena Amelia Castro-Solis has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Emilena Amelia Castro-Solis to Emilena Amelia SolisCastro 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: 7/23/2024 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 09, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 24CV441513

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Illya Garashchenko INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) Illya Garashchenko has filed a peti-

tion for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Illya Garashchenko to Ilya Ferguson 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: 9/10/2024 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.

Jun 21, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV440963

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ramon Cabrera III and Paula Elizabeth Escobar Rosales INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ramon Cabrera III and Paula Elizabeth Escobar Rosales have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sylvia Adriana Rosales to Victoria Andrea Cabrera 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: 8/27/2024 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. Jun 12, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 24CV440716

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Monreudy Donsawath INTERESTED PER-

SONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Monreudy Donsawath has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Monreudy Donsawath to Melanie Donsawath 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: 8/20/2024 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. Jun 07, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong

Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441537

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Lolita Ananasova INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) Lolita Ananasova has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Lolita Anasova to Sophie Ananasova 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: 9/10/2024 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. Jun 21, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2024

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Asha Sharma

Case No. 24PR197332

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ASHA SHARMA. 2.

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Ankur Sharma in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

3.The Petition for Probate requests that Ankur Sharma be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate

of the decedent. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 02, 2024, at 9:00am, Dept. 1, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7. If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. 10. Petitioner: 2010 El Camino Real #1126 Santa Clara, CA 95050 (408)350-0495

June 28, July 5, 12, 2024

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706425

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TACOS GARCIA LLC, 483 Avalani Ave, San Jose, CA 95133, Santa Clara County This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): TACOS GARCIA LLC, 483 Avalani Ave, San Jose, CA 95133. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/07/2023. This filing is a refile

[Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN701103. “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/ Josefina Benitez TACOS GARCIA LLC Owner

Article/Reg#: 202462311881

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/30/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 706425

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706393

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WORLD OF DREAMS LEARNING HOME, 750 Baylor Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): WORLD OF DREAMS LEARNING HOME LLC, 750 Baylor Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95051. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/29/2024. 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/ Cristhian Sanchez WORLD OF DREAMS LEARNING HOME LLC

Owner

Article/Reg#: 202462317053

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/29/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 706393

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706867

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 99 HEALTHY WORLD 6136 Bollinger Road, San

CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS

Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

99 HEALTHY WORLD, INC, 6163 Bollinger Road, San Jose, CA 95129. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/07/2024. 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/ Yuhua Jin 99 HEALTHY WORLD, INC

CEO

Article/Reg#: 3356040

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/12/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Fraulein Dominguez, Deputy File No. FBN 706867

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 70703865

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

GENMOR PLUMBING COMPANY, INC, 75 Phelan Ave Ste 4, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

GENMOR PLUMBING, INC, 75 Phelan Ave Ste 4, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN647608. “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/ Genaro Morales

GENMOR PLUMBING, INC

President

Article/Reg#: 3069346

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/18/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 707038

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706968

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

TOP LEVEL WINDOWS & DOORS, INC, 1725 Rogers Ave, Suite K, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): TOP LEVEL WINDOWS & DOORS, INC, 2512 Sleepy Hollow Lane, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/01/2024. 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/ Isidro OlmosVelazquez

TOP LEVEL WINDOWS & DOORS, INC President

Article/Reg#: 6246644

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/17/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy

File No. FBN 706968

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706442

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

294 Windsong Way, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): CARPUS, LLC, 294 Windsong Way, Gilroy, CA 95020. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/30/2024. 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/ GILBERTO B. MARTIN CARPUS, LLC

Cofounder & CE

Article/Reg#: 202116110996

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/30/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706442

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706805

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

1132 McKendrie St, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Parent Solutions a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Corporation, P.O. Box 111573, Campbell, CA 95011. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/20/2017. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN637490. “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/ Felicia Eliazar

Parent Solutions a licensed Clinical Social Worker Corporation CEO

Article/Reg#: C4002435

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/11/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 706805

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 707058

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

HEARTS, 182 Rothrock Drive, 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): Ruth Abigail Villatoro Robles, 182 Rothrock Drive, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting busi-

ness under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/18/2024. This 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/ Ruth Abigail Villatoro Robles

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/20/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 706805

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NO. 706842

The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): STAGED BY 3, 785

Matthew St, Santa Clara CA, 95050. Filed in Santa Clara County on 01/03/2014 under file no. FBN586546. Mariella Cantando, 785 Matthew St, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Deborah Drljaca, 785 Matthew St, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Ann Ridgeway, 785 Matthew St, Santa Clara, CA 95050. This business was conducted by: a corporation. “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/ Deborah Drljaca, CFO This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 6/12/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN706842

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441235

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Yishan Guo INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Yishan Guo has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Chloe Xiao to Chloe Guo 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: 9/03/2024 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. June 17, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV438917

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Dimiter Stafanov Panchev INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Dimiter Stefanov Panchev has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Dimiter Stefanov Panchev to Dimitar Panchev Zelenkov 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: 8/06/2024 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 14, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV440152

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

INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Adiam Tewelde Gebremedhn has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Adiam Tewelde Gebremedhn to Adiam Tewelde 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: 8/13/2024 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 30, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV439187 Superior Court of

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

Andre Thomas ScottWaikar INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Andre Thomas ScottWaikar has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Andre Thomas Scott-Waikar to Andre Waikar 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: 8/06/2024 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 20, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441259

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Liudmyla Mukhina. INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Liudmyla Mukhina has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Liudmyla Mukhina to Liudmyla Orlova. 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: 9/03/2024 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. June 17, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2024

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Sherry C. Tejeda Case No. 24PR197369

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Sherry C. Tejeda. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Derik J. Hernandez in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that Derik J. Hernandez be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: July 29, 2024, at 9:00am, Dept. 2, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you

object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either:

1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Crista Hermance 4476 Market Street, Suite 602 Ventura, CA 93003 (805)518-9633

June 21, 28 and July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706786

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PAW PLAYHOUSE, 52 N Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): EREBUS MANAGEMENT, LLC, 52 N Bascom Ave, San Jose, CA 95128. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/10/2024. 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 Armas Fuentes

EREBUS MANAGEMENT, LLC

CEO Article/Reg#: BA202410819

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/10/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706786

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706117

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MBA ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING

825 Civic Center Dr. 2, 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): Karina Silva, 825 Civic Center Dr. 2, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/05/2012. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN564577. “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/ Karina Silva This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706117

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706628

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

1941 Tully Road #30B, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): FOOD FACILITY CONSULTING COMPANY LLC, 3334 Floresta Drive, San Jose, CA 95148. 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/ Edwin Leonard FOOD FACILITY CONSULTING COMPANY

LLC

CEO

Article/Reg#: 202251516616

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/04/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706628

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706817

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

1941 Tully Road #30, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): AFYA LLC, 3334 Floresta Drive, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN671106. “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/ Edwin Leonard AFYA LLC

Managing Member

Article/Reg#: 202004310548

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/11/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 706817

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706755

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WEST VALLEY GYMNASTICS SCHOOL, 1190

Dell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): K & C WILLIAMS INCORPORATED, 18119 Idalyn Drive, Los Gatos, CA 95033. 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/ Kristina Williams K & C WILLIAMS INCORPORATED

President

Article/Reg#: 4267669

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/10/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706755

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706787

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HYM LOCKSMITH SOLUTION, 14422 BIG BASIN WAY, Saratoga, CA 95070, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): HERNANDO AUGUSTO MENDEZ BLANDON, 14422 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/04/2012. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN700889. “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/ Hernando Augusto mendez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/10/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706787

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705526

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRESTIGE EVENTS & OFFICE SERVICES, 710 Nido Drive, 95, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Claudia D Duque, 710 Nido Drive, 95, Campbell, CA 95008. Jehison E Valois, 710 Nido Drive, 95, 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/ Claudia D Duque

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 4/26/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 705526

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706101

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Little Pearls Family Day Care 475 N 12th St, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Perla Marina De Jesus, 475 N 12th St, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Perla Marina de Jesus Owner

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706101

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV440821

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: PRABIN GURUNG INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) PRABIN GURUNG has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. PRABIN GURUNG to PRABIN GURRUNG 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: 8/27/2024 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. June 10, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024 AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV428601

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Andrew Joseph Sanchez INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Andrew Joseph Sanchez has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Andrew Joseph Sanchez to Andrew Joseph Ramirez 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: 7/16/2024 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. June 10, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV440805

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Grace Viola Bradley INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Grace Viola Bradley has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Grace Viola Bradley AKA Grace Viola Zuniga to Grace Viola Rendon 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: 8/20/2024 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. June 10, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV436247 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Corrina Vasquez and Joshua Nakagawa INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Corrina Vasquez and Joshua Nakagawa have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Malani Catalina Nakagawa to Meilani Catalina Nakagawa 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: 7/09/2024 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 24, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE

OF NAME NO. 24CV440718

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

Isabella Elisa Fregoso Alvarado INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Isabella Elisa Fregoso Alvarado has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Isabella Elisa Fregoso Alvarado to Isabella Elisa Hernandez Fregoso 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: 8/20/2024 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.

June 07, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 14, 21, 28, July 5, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 24CV438158

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

MARC ZARE and EVA

SARRAM INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

MARC ZARE and EVA SARRAM has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. MAXWELL

RYAN ZARE to MAX

RYAN ZARE 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: 7/23/2024 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 07, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

May 24, 31, June 7 and 14, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV441098

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: JESSICA MORI. INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) JESSICA MORI has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. JESSICA MORI to USA MORI. 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: 8/27/2024 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. June 13, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 14, 21, 28 and July 5, 2024.

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Antonio Grajeda Ambriz, Jr.

Case No. 24PR197362

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Antonio G. Ambriz, Jr. and Tony g. Ambriz, Jr.. 2.

A Petition for Probate has been filed by Raquel Ambriz Flores in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that Raquel Ambriz Flores 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: August 02, 2024, at 9:01am, Dept. 1, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the

decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert P. Bergman 3535 Ross Avenue, Ste. 200 San Jose, CA 95124 (408)247-0444

June 14, 21, 28, 2024

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of GERARDO A. ROLDAN, SR Case No. 24PR197385

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GERARDO A. ROLDAN, SR. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by GERARDO A. ROLDAN, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that GERARDO A. ROLDAN, JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed

action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: July 29, 2024, at 9:01am, Dept. 2, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Huma J. Ellahie (SBN: 310794)

Javed I. Ellahie (SBN: 063340)

Ellahie Law Firm 2542 S. Bascom Avenue, Ste. 235 Campbell, CA 95008 (408)579-1282

June 14, 21, 28, 2024

NOTICE OF VEHICLE LIEN SALE

For Sale: 2006 BMW X3 VIN: WBXPA934X6WD30285

Date of Sale: 06/20/2024 @10:00 AM Location of Sale:

21088 Gardena Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706686

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARTEAGA’S FOOD CENTER, 6906 Automall Parkway, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): LOPEZ & ARTEAGAS INC, 6906 S Chestnut St, Gilroy, CA 95020. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/01/2001. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN530640. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Maria Guadalupe Lopez LOPEZ & ARTEAGA INC President Article/Reg#: 2322079 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/06/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 706686

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706341

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AMANECER KITCHEN SPACE 1605 Almaden Rd, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): ALBARRANS FLAVORCRAFT LLC, 1352 Kingfisher Way, #25, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/13/2024. 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/ Ivan Mendoza

ALBARRANS FLAVORCRAFT LLC

CEO

Article/Reg#: 202461813875

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/28/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706341

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706525

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BLC PROPERTIES, 738 Rogers Court, 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): Scott Wayne Hoffman, 738 Rogers Court, Santa Clara, CA 95051. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/03/2024. 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/ Scot Hoffman This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/03/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706525

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705774

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: IN & OUT TIRES AND AUTOREPAIR, 2441 Clyda Dr, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ivan De Jesus Vargas Cruz, 2441 Clyda Dr, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/03/2024. 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/ Ivan de Jesus Vargas Cruz This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/03/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 705774

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706606

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FRESH FLOUR, 152 Kensington Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria Luisa Buckallew, 152 Kensington Way, Los Gatos, CA 95032. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Maria Luisa Buckallew

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/04/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 706606

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706080

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MURDER FACTORY, 357 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95054, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Victor Orosco, 357 Laurelwood Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95054. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Victor Orosco

This statement was

filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/16/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Mike Louie, Deputy File No. FBN 706080

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706369

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LUXURY CLEANING INNOVATION 4300

The Woods Durawoods 1 Apt, D125, 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): Erick Alejandro Gaitan Barreto, 4300 The Woods Durawoods 1 Apt D125, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/28/2024. 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/ Erick Gaitan Barreto This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/28/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706369

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706459

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CLAUDIA CASTRO CONSULTING, 1501 Berryessa Rd Suite 1250, San Jose, CA 95133, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Claudia Andrade Castro, 1501 Berryessa Rd Suite 1250, San Jose, CA 95133. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/23/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN700010. “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/ Claudia Castro Andrade

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/30/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706459

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706649

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

SF 1520 Southwest Expy Apt 449, 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): Jheimy Carolina Alonso Villada, 1520 Southwest Expy Apt 449, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/31/2024.

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/ Jheimy Carolina Alonso Villalda

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/05/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706649

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706650

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MAGICAL STYLE, 1520 Southwest Expy Apt 449, 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): Jheimy Carolina Alonso Villada, 1520 Southwest Expwy Apt 449, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/31/2024. 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/ Jheimy Carolina Alonso Villada This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/05/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706650

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706573

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LEISURE SPA SUNNYVALE 108 South Sunnyvale Ave, STE B, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): BEVERLEY HEALTH, 535 Capuchino Drive, Millbrae, CA 94030. 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/ Dengzhen Liang BEVERLEY HEALTH Owner

Article/Reg#: 6196739

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/04/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 706573

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706329

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RAMEX EXCAVATION, 805 State St, San Jose, CA 95110, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Adrian Ramirez, 805 State St, San Jose, CA 95110. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/10/2024. 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/ Adrian Ramirez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/28/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706329

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706284

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AMAZING KATSU, 2670 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95128, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): SHIN SV HOLDINGS LLC, 1779 Cherry Grove Drive, San Jose, CA 95125. 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/ Joseph Shin SHIN SV HOLDINGS LLC Officer

Article/Reg#: 202355613055

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/23/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 706284

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 705897

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CAMDEN REGISTRATION SERVICES 1983 Camden Ave., Unit 2, San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): AIDAN WEST REALTY INC, 1983 Camden Ave., Unit 2, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/19/2024. 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/ Manjit Singh AIDAN WEST REALTY INC

President Article/Reg#: 3749654

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 5/09/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 705897

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 706526

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Manvalidades y Reparacione Guerrero, 4738 Williams Rd, San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Margarita Guerrero, 4738 Williams Rd, San Jose, CA 95129. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 05/28/2024. 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/ Margarita Guerrero This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 6/03/2024. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 706526

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV440311

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Judy Ngo INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Judy Ngo has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Judy Ngo to Hoa Thi Thu Ngo 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: 8/20/2024 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. June 03, 2024 Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV439570

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Ingwon Song and Ahrim Han on behalf of Wonjoon Song. INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Ingwon Song and Ahrim Han on behalf of Wonjoon Song have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Wonjoon Song to Joseph Wonjoon Song. 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: 8/13/2024 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 22, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 24CV440397

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Cynthia Stewart, Rickey Green INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Cynthia Stewart/ Rickey Green have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Brandon Daniel Green to Brandon Stewart Green 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: 8/20/2024 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.

June 04, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 24CV439633 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of:

Diane Huong NguyenRogue INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

Diane Huong NguyenRogue has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Diane Huong Nguyen-Rogue to Diane Quyen Huong 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: 8/13/2024 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 23, 2024

Le Jacqueline Duong Judge of the Superior Court

June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024

ESTUDIANTE DE COLLEGE

CORP

ENCUENTRA EL CAMINO A SU CARRERA EN SAN LUIS OBISPO

Por Selen Ozturk

Ria Patel se incorporó a College Corps en su primer año en Cuesta College en San Luis Obispo, no solo encontró el camino de su desarrollo profesional para ayudar a la gente necesitada; también ganó suficiente dinero para pagar parte de su deuda universitaria.

“Vine de Arkansas para estudiar psicología y solicité la inscripción en College Corp porque vi las inequidades en el acceso a la vivienda y la sanidad, y quería formar parte de la solución”, dijo Patel. Ahora está en su tercer año y ha trabajado en albergues para personas sin hogar y clínicas de salud mientras gana casi $10,000 para pagar sus préstamos estudiantiles.

#CaliforniansForAll College Corps ayuda a más de 3,000 estudiantes al año como Patel a evitar la deuda universitaria mientras ganan hasta $10,000 por desempeñar tareas durante 450 horas en organizaciones comunitarias en los campos de la educación K-12, la acción climática o la inestabilidad alimentaria. Lanzado en septiembre de 2022, el programa finalizará su segundo año a finales de 2024.

En el albergue, 40 Prado, donde trabajaba Patel, gestionaba la línea de ingresos o coordinaba seis a diez camas de cuidados de recuperación para personas dadas de alta del hospital. Por las noches, ayudaba a servir unas 250 comidas, organizaba donaciones o coordinaba 150 a 200 camas de noche.

“Una de las partes que más me gustaron fue la oportunidad de conocer a gente con todo tipo de historias y orígenes, y ver

a alguien que había venido habitualmente durante un año finalmente conseguir una vivienda y pasar a cosas más grandes y mejores”, dijo Patel. “También, lo más duro, cuando llegabas a conocer y ayudar a alguien de cerca, era ver lo fácil que es que las cosas puedan ir a peor por un problema de salud, familia o drogas. Es un baño de realidad.”

Este año, Patel ha dedicado más de su trabajo en Corps a SLO Noor Foundation , una organización basada en gente voluntaria que ofrece servicios médicos, odontológicos y oftalmológicos y clínicas de salud para mujeres de forma gratuita a adultos sin seguro médico en el Condado de San Luis Obispo y el norte del Condado de Santa Barbara.

“Algunos de nuestros pacientes carecen de vivienda, no tienen ningún otro lugar al que ir, y ninguno tiene seguro. Es gratificante poder ayudar a alguien que ha caído en el olvido recuperar su salud”, siguió Patel. “La interacción con pacientes es mi parte favorita, como con el albergue, y me recuerda por qué quiero dedicarme a la psicología y la medicina en primer lugar.”

Patel se está preparando para trasladarse a la universidad de San Diego State para cursar los dos últimos años de su licenciatura.

“Se lo conté a mi hermana en la Universidad de San Jose State de College Corps y lo va a solicitar el año que viene”, dijo. “Me encanta este programa. Mi tiempo en él me ha demostrado lo gratificante que es para mí esa combinación de psicología social y atención individual, y ahora pienso que quiero hacer un Máster y ejercer yo misma en ese campo”.

HORÓSCOPO DE JULIO

Mario Jiménez Castillo El Observador

ARIES

Tu destino en este mes de julio es el brillo social, y muchos elogios. Siempre llamarás la atención, te mantendrás saludable y lucirás muy bien. Te ocurrirán cosas buenas, pero debes de ser precavido ya que gente venenosa llena de envidia tratará de atacarte. Reza tus oraciones, continúa ejercitándote físicamente, un Ángel te protegerá de peligros y de malas vibras.

Números de la suerte: 5-19-11-32-33-34

TAURO

Urano se encuentra navegando en tu signo, es presagio que experimentarás muchas situaciones inesperadas, y hasta tomarás decisiones que te sorprenderán a ti mismo. Es necesario que ahorres, porque en las próximas semanas se te presentarán gastos inesperados. El amor y el romance te darán muchas satisfacciones. Da gracias por lo que tienes.

Números de la suerte: 8-13-21-28-29-39

GÉMINIS

Júpiter continúa navegando en tu signo, y lo hará durante todo el año. Los presagios son muy positivos, aún así pueden ocurrir cambios abruptos, rupturas, y especialmente un desprendimiento de personas y energías que no te convienen. Tendrás que adaptarte rápidamente a las circunstancias que se presenten. Despertarás de un mal sueño.

Números de la suerte: 10-17-18-22-25-44 CÁNCER

Inicia un nuevo ciclo solar para ti, lapso que será muy provechoso, deja atrás pesares y estrés del pasado. Muchas novedades gratificantes se harán presente en tu destino. Si estás soltero y buscas una relación, ésta llegará pronto. Ya es tiempo para que seas feliz. Dedica tiempo para divertirte, y también para rezar oraciones o mantras. ¡Feliz cumpleaños!

Números de la suerte: 6-22-34-40-50-59

LEO

En esta temporada serás receptor de buenas noticias, la rueda de la fortuna girará a tu favor. Es muy probable que hagas las paces con un ser querido o amistad. No te excedas en gastos porque el próximo mes de agosto traerá desafíos, situaciones inesperadas y gastos imprevistos. Julio será un buen mes, ahorra, diviértete y reza.

Números de la suerte: 17-21-27-41-45-65

VIRGO

Ten paciencia, guarda la calma y no te apresures a tomar decisiones, busca la relajación. Es necesario que practiques algún deporte o hagas ejercicio físico con frecuencia, dale un toque de vigor y de alegría a tu vida. Todos esos problemas que te agobian, tienen solución. Ora con fe al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. Algo hermoso te sucederá en este mes.

Números de la suerte: 11-20-30-40-55-66

LIBRA

Tu mundo espiritual observará mucha actividad durante este mes. Tendrás premoniciones, corazonadas que se harán realidad, y sueños premonitorios, que te presagiarán situaciones que están por suceder en un futuro cercano. Hazte un enjuague con hierbas aromáticas como romero, lavanda y manzanilla. Tu suerte irá en ascenso.

Números de la suerte: 14-24-28-32-35-41

ESCORPIÓN

El mes de julio será para socializar, ponerte en forma, hacer rituales y cuidar de tu cuerpo. Es muy factible que un proceso o situación referente a documentos legales, se resuelva de una manera muy favorable. La energía planetaria te favorecerá en cuanto a la salud y la buena apariencia. Ese dinero que esperas llegará con total seguridad.

Números de la suerte: 3-10-12-40-44-54

SAGITARIO

La actual posición de los astros te favorecerá en todo lo asociado a tu vida financiera, saldrás también de una deuda. Situaciones referente a trámites y documentos se resolverán de la mejor manera. El tránsito de Júpiter tu planeta regente promete mejorar tu economía, tu mundo romántico y tu apariencia personal.

Números de la suerte: 7-17-19-28-29-60

CAPRICORNIO

Tienes al planeta Plutón navegando en tu sector financiero, sé cauteloso a la hora de hacer inversiones, maneja tu economía con prudencia. Tienes que mostrar tu temple y ser más fuerte, y sobre todo más inteligente ante las situaciones que enfrentarás. La vida no es fácil pero tú podrás salir victorioso ante la adversidad. Ten fe en Dios y en ti mismo.

Números de la suerte: 2-14-26-31-35-39

ACUARIO

Durante julio y agosto, es posible que enfrentes algún tipo de malestar o altibajos en la salud, no será nada serio o grave, simplemente fatiga o cansancio. Practicar ejercicio físico con frecuencia y comer sanamente, serán los antídotos que te devolverán la buena salud y la vitalidad. Ofrenda unas velas de color amarillo y da gracias por las bendiciones que tienes en tu vida.

Números de la suerte: 13-22-27-50-52-59

PISCIS

El planeta Saturno permanecerá en tu signo, trayendo consigo todo tipo de enseñanzas, lecciones y desafíos. Estás en una época de aprendizaje, la cual te transformará en un ser más comprensivo, humanitario e inteligente. Haz el bien lo más que puedas, y vive en harmonía con el mundo que te rodea. Un problema se resolverá, y la salud observará una gran mejoría.

Números de la suerte: 11-22-24-29-31-39

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HOW WOULD TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION PLAN CHANGE THE U.S.?

Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services

In his first presidential term, Donald Trump obstructed asylum, imposed a “Muslim Ban,” undermined Temporary Protected Status, terminated DACA and separated families at the border. This time, his immigration plans are even more ambitious.

If elected this November, Trump’s plans include mass deportations and detention camps, legal immigration category freezes, re-invoking public charge and penalizing states that offer in-state tuition to undocumented students.

At a Friday, June 14 Ethnic Media Services briefing, immigration policy experts discussed Trump’s plan — outlined in Project 25, a report from conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation — and its impact on U.S. citizens, immigrants and the economy.

Immigration policy in Project 25

Project 25 — the newest iteration of Mandate for Leadership, a series of playbooks published by The Heritage Foundation recommending conservative policies to be implemented by the federal government — includes over 175 immigration policy changes and a chapter written by Ken Cuccinelli, immigration director under President Trump.

“These policies abandon traditional conservative values like supporting business growth, decentralizing power away from the federal government and decreasing bureaucratic hurdles, often doing the opposite,” said Cecilia Esterline, immigration research analyst at the Niskanen Center. “They should be taken seriously; President Trump implemented nearly 64% of the prior Mandate for Leadership’s recommendations within the first year of his administration.”

“Using executive authority, without Congress, they hope to introduce processing delays,” she continued. For instance, H2A and H2B visas are seasonal visas sustaining the agricultural, construction, forestry and hospitality industries. Project 2025 argues that no updates to eligible countries should be issued, which would essentially grind the program to a halt.

The U.S. Labor Department certified 370,000 temporary H2A jobs in 2022, while the H2B cap was raised from 66,000 to 130,716 visas for 2024.

“They also create new standards cutting off intake for entire categories of immigration; for example, any deemed to have an excessive backlog,” Esterline added. “However, excessive is not defined.”

Another policy would process every approval through a secondary office that currently completes around 35,000 cases a year, rather than through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which completed 8.6 million in 2022.

Project 2025 also recommends denying Department of Education loans – based on mandatory information sharing with the federal government – to states that allow in-state tuition to “illegal aliens,” including DACA recipients.

While only citizens and green card holders are currently eligible for federal student aid, state tuition is determined according to state-defined residency terms. Currently, 26 states and the District of Columbia allow DACA recipients to qualify for in-state tuition, while 23 states and D.C. allow undocumented immigrants meeting minimum residency length to qualify.

Nearly 10.7 million U.S. students are enrolled in higher education in states allowing in-state tuition to “illegal aliens.” Under this policy, up to 67% of all U.S. higher education students could lose access to federal aid because their state offers in-state tuition to undocumented or DACA students.

Implementing immigration policy under Trump

In addition to these proposals, most policies from the first Trump administration would be “reimplemented in some form” in a second term, said David J. Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute.

These prospective policies include the “Muslim Ban” expanded to include more non-Muslim countries like Venezuela; restricting parole sponsorship for the current 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans entering the U.S. monthly; removing the CBP One app allowing 1,500 daily legal migrations from the southwest border; and reducing the refugee program, which was capped below 10,000 under Trump’s final year — the smallest cap in history, 90% less than

that under Obama and dramatically less than the over 100,000 admitted refugees projected this year under Biden.

“Trump left office in 2020 with the highest number of border patrol arrests for any December, going back to 1999 … and removed more people mainly by increasing the immigrants held in detention” by a peak of about 20,000 more beds amounting to roughly 60,000 removals, said Bier.

“This time isn’t anywhere near that scale,” he continued, as Trump has campaigned on calls to detain and deport 15 to 20 million people by using the National Guard and coerce sanctuary cities into compliance by withholding federal funds.

“It’s illegal and unconstitutional,” he added. “The only question is whether there’s anyone who can stop the president, any president, from violating the Constitution in these ways.”

Political implications

“Trump’s immigration agenda presents three interrelated threats in the form of mass deportation, political violence and a threat to American democracy … where the law becomes a challenge to overcome rather than an impediment to rein in the vision,” said Zachary Mueller, senior research director for America’s Voice Education Fund.

The campaign’s calls to deport 15 million to 20 million immigrants are far above the nation’s actual undocumented population. As of 2021, there were 10.5 million undocumented U.S. immigrants — about 3% of the total population and 22% of the foreign-born population, the lowest since the 1990s.

Between 2007 and 2021, the U.S. undocumented population decreased by 1.75 million, or 14%.

“They’re not just going to go after new arrivals but also the 80% of the undocumented population who have called the U.S. home since 2010 — a second-grade teacher with DACA, a home health care aide with TPS, a farm worker keeping food in the grocery store,” said Mueller. “Nor will the havoc be contained to those who lose that legal status. One estimate has found that over 4.4 million U.S. citizen children could be affected if this plan goes into full effect.”

Although the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from enforcing regular civilian law, would also prohibit it from enforcing mass deportation, “others like Stephen Miller and Ken Cuccinelli will suggest policies to grant themselves and red state governors war powers,” he continued, “whether that be around the Insurrection Act, or asserting the white nationalist conspiracy that immigrants constitute a literal military invasion.”

As Republican campaign spending grows, so does rhetoric around an immigrant “invasion.” The word has appeared in 27 TV ads for Republican candidates totaling over $5 million, according to AdImpact.

For comparison, in 2022, the word “invasion” appeared in 22 ads totaling $3.3 million; in 2020, it appeared in four ads costing under $300,000.

“The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly warned that the language of invasion and replacement have become the mainstream of immigration talking points from Republicans this cycle,” said Mueller. “Driving this anti-democratic conspiracy is the baseless myth of a threat of non-citizen voting.”

“It’s not just about these individual policies,” Mueller added. “By laying the foundation for their supporters to believe the election was rigged, Trump and Republicans may be in lockstep — if the immigrant demagoguery fails to deliver them the electoral college victory in November — for another violent assault on our democracy … by a white nationalist vision that seeks to remake who gets to be American.”

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Ensu primer mandato presidencial, Donald Trump obstruyó el asilo, impuso una “prohibición musulmana”, socavó el Estatus de Protección Temporal, puso fin a DACA y separó a familias en la frontera. Esta vez, sus planes de inmigración son aún más ambiciosos.

Si es elegido en noviembre, los planes de Trump incluyen deportaciones masivas y campos de detención, congelamientos de categorías de inmigración legal, volver a invocar la carga pública y penalizar a los estados que ofrecen matrícula estatal a estudiantes indocumentados.

En una sesión informativa de Ethnic Media Services el viernes 14 de junio, expertos en políticas de inmigración discutieron el plan de Trump - descrito en el Proyecto 25, un informe del grupo de expertos conservador The Heritage Foundation - y su impacto en los ciudadanos estadounidenses, los inmigrantes y la economía.

Política de inmigración en el Proyecto 25 El Proyecto 25, la versión más reciente de Mandate for Leadership, una serie de manuales publicados por The Heritage Foundation que recomiendan políticas conservadoras que debe implementar el gobierno federa - incluye más de 175 cambios en las políticas de inmigración y un capítulo escrito por Ken Cuccinelli, director de inmigración durante la presidencia de Trump.

"Estas políticas abandonan los valores conservadores tradicionales como apoyar el crecimiento empresarial, descentralizar el poder del gobierno federal y reducir los obstáculos burocráticos, y a menudo hacen lo contrario", dijo Cecilia Esterline, analista de investigación de inmigración del Centro Niskanen. “Hay que tomarlos en serio; El presidente Trump implementó casi el 64% de las recomendaciones del Mandato de Liderazgo anterior durante el primer año de su administración”.

“Al usar la autoridad ejecutiva, sin el Congreso, esperan introducir retrasos en el procesamiento”, continuó. Por ejemplo, las visas H2A y H2B son visas estacionales que sustentan las industrias agrícola, de la construcción, forestal y hotelera. El Proyecto 2025 sostiene que no se deben publicar actualizaciones para los países elegibles, lo que esencialmente paralizaría el programa.

El Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. certificó 370.000 empleos temporales H2A en 2022, mientras que el límite H2B se elevó de 66.000 a 130.716 visas para 2024.

“También crean nuevas normas que limitan la admisión de categorías enteras de inmigración; por ejemplo, cualquiera que se considere que tiene un retraso excesivo”, añadió Esterline. "Sin embargo, lo excesivo no está definido".

Otra política procesaría cada aprobación a través de una oficina secundaria que actualmente completa alrededor de 35.000 casos al año, en lugar de a través de los Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de EE. UU., que completaron 8,6 millones en 2022.

El Proyecto 2025 también recomienda negar préstamos del Departamento de Educación –basados en el intercambio obligatorio de información con el gobierno federal– a los estados que permiten la matricula estatal a “extranjeros ilegales”, incluidos los beneficiarios de DACA.

Si bien actualmente solo los ciudadanos y los titulares de tarjetas verdes son elegibles para recibir ayuda federal para estudiantes, la matricula estatal se determina de acuerdo con los términos de residencia definidos por el estado. Actualmente, 26 estados y el Distrito de Columbia permiten que los beneficiarios de DACA califiquen para la matricula estatal, mientras que 23 estados y D.C. permiten que los inmigrantes indocumentados que cumplan con la duración mínima de residencia califiquen.

Casi 10,7 millones de estudiantes estadounidenses están inscritos en la educación superior en estados que permiten la matricula estatal para "extranjeros ilegales". Según esta política, hasta el 67% de todos los estudiantes de educación superior de Estados Unidos podrían perder el acceso a la ayuda federal porque su estado ofrece la matricula estatal a estudiantes indocumentados o con DACA.

Implementar la política de inmigración bajo Trump Además de estas propuestas, la mayoría de las políticas de la primera administración Trump serían “reimplementadas de alguna forma” en un segundo mandato, dijo David J. Bier, director de estudios de inmigración del Instituto Cato. Estas políticas prospectivas incluyen la “prohibición musulmana” ampliada para incluir a más países no musulmanes como Venezuela; restringir el patrocinio de libertad condicional para los actuales 30.000 cubanos, haitianos, nicaragüenses y venezolanos que ingresan mensualmente a Estados Unidos; eliminar la aplicación CBP One que permite 1.500 migraciones legales diarias desde la frontera suroeste; y reducir el programa de refugiados, que estaba limitado a menos de 10.000 durante el último año de Trump: el límite más pequeño de la historia, un 90% menos que bajo Obama y dramáticamente menos que los más de 100.000 refugiados admitidos proyectados este año bajo Biden.

“Trump dejó el cargo en 2020 con el mayor número de arrestos de la patrulla fronteriza en cualquier diciembre, remontándose a 1999... y expulsó a más personas principalmente aumentando el número de inmigrantes detenidos” hasta un máximo de aproximadamente 20.000 camas más, lo que equivale aproximadamente a 60.000 expulsiones, dijo Bier.

“Esta vez no se acerca a esa escala”, continuó, mientras Trump ha hecho campaña con llamados a detener y deportar a entre 15 y 20 millones de personas utilizando la Guardia Nacional y obligar a las ciudades santuario a cumplir reteniendo fondos federales.

"Es ilegal e inconstitucional", añadió. "La única pregunta es si hay alguien que pueda impedir que el presidente, cualquier presidente, viole la Constitución de esta manera".

Implicaciones políticas

"La agenda de inmigración de Trump presenta tres amenazas interrelacionadas en forma de deportaciones masivas, violencia política y una amenaza a la democracia estadounidense... donde la ley se convierte en un desafío a superar en lugar de un impedimento para frenar la visión", dijo Zachary Mueller, director senior de investigación para el Fondo de Educación de America's Voice.

Los llamados de la campaña a deportar entre 15 y 20 millones de inmigrantes están muy por encima de la población indocumentada real del país. En 2021, había 10,5 millones de inmigrantes estadounidenses indocumentados, alrededor del 3% de la población total y el 22% de la población nacida en el extranjero, la cifra más baja desde la década de 1990.

Entre 2007 y 2021, la población indocumentada de Estados Unidos disminuyó en 1,75 millones, o un 14%.

“No sólo van a perseguir a los recién llegados, sino también al 80% de la población indocumentada que ha llamado a Estados Unidos su hogar desde 2010: un maestro de segundo grado con DACA, un asistente de atención médica domiciliaria con TPS, un trabajador agrícola que mantiene comida en el supermercado”, dijo Mueller. “Tampoco se contendrán los estragos para quienes pierdan ese estatus legal. Una estimación ha encontrado que más de 4,4 millones de niños ciudadanos estadounidenses podrían verse afectados si este plan entra en pleno efecto”.

Aunque la Ley Posse Comitatus, que prohíbe a los militares hacer cumplir la ley civil ordinaria, también les prohibiría imponer deportaciones masivas, “otros como Stephen Miller y Ken Cuccinelli sugerirán políticas para otorgarse a ellos mismos y a los gobernadores estatales rojos poderes de guerra”, continuó, “ya sea en torno a la Ley de Insurrección o afirmando la conspiración nacionalista blanca de que los inmigrantes constituyen una invasión militar literal”.

A medida que crece el gasto de la campaña republicana, también crece la retórica en torno a una “invasión” de inmigrantes. La palabra ha aparecido en 27 anuncios de televisión para candidatos republicanos por un total de más de cinco millones de dólares, según AdImpact.

A modo de comparación, en 2022, la palabra “invasión” apareció en 22 anuncios por un total de 3,3 millones de dólares; en 2020, apareció en cuatro anuncios que costaron menos de 300.000 dólares.

“El Secretario del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional ha advertido repetidamente que el lenguaje de invasión y reemplazo se ha convertido en la corriente principal de los temas de conversación de los republicanos sobre inmigración en este ciclo”, dijo Mueller. “El motor de esta conspiración antidemocrática es el mito infundado de la amenaza del voto de los no ciudadanos”.

"No se trata sólo de estas políticas individuales", añadió Mueller. “Al sentar las bases para que sus partidarios crean que las elecciones fueron amañadas, Trump y los republicanos pueden estar al unísono — si la demagogia de los inmigrantes no logra darles la victoria en el colegio electoral en noviembre — por otro asalto violento a nuestra democracia... por parte de una visión nacionalista blanca que busca rehacer quién llega a ser estadounidense”.

President Donald J. Trump, joined by U.S. Border Patrol officials, visits a border wall site Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, at the Texas-Mexico border near Alamo, Texas. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo / Shealah Craighead

La firma del presidente Donald J. Trump se ve en una placa en el muro fronterizo el martes 12 de enero de 2021, en la frontera entre Texas y México, cerca de Alamo, Texas. Photo Credit: Foto oficial de la Casa Blanca / Shealah Craighead

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