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TRAGEDIA EN SAN ANTONIO: 50 MIGRANTES MURIERON ASFIXIADOS Y SIN AGUA ESPAÑOL

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rity and lack of opportunities in their own countries.

in agua, sin aire, pero llenos de esperanza. Así viajaban familias enteras de migrantes que deseaban cumplir su sueño americano de vivir y trabajar, de tener un mejor futuro en los Estados Unidos cuando uno a uno fueron muriendo asfixiados en el contenedor de un tráiler.

And whoever is free of blame in this tragedy cast the first stone. We are all responsible in some way, by omission or commission.

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Ni imaginarse la angustia de una madre que probablemente vio morir a uno de sus hijos en sus brazos, desesperados ambos por la falta de oxígeno.

Es sin lugar a duda una de las peores tragedias humanitarias en el infierno que se ha convertido la frontera para cientos de miles de familias que huyen de la pobreza, la violencia, la inseguridad y la falta de oportunidades en sus propios países.

Y quien esté libre de culpas en esta tragedia que arroje la primera piedra. Todos de alguna manera somos responsables, por omisión o comisión.

En primer lugar, el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, que no ha aprobado ninguna legislación migratoria significativa desde la amnistía aprobada por un presidente republicano, Ronald Reagan en 1986.

Bajo diferentes pretextos y excusas, han incumplido su responsabilidad de legislar sobre uno de los temas de mayor importancia para el país desde una perspectiva humanitaria, económica y social.

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ciedades en materia de ingresos, corrupción e inseguridad.

Tenemos todos una obligación de hacer todo lo que está en nuestro poder para evitar la repetición de tragedias similares. Si la masacre en Uvalde dio pie a la aprobación de la primera legislación relacionada al problema de la violencia armada contra estudiantes, es hora de una respuesta similar para atajar la hemorragia de muertes innecesarias en la frontera.

Las muertes de esas madres, padres, hermanas, hermanos, hijas e hijos no puede ser en vano. Aprobar una reforma migratoria integral es la mejor manera de honrar la memoria de esas víctimas, cuya única ambición era la búsqueda de un mejor futuro en la tierra del sueño americano y sólo encontraron una angustiosa muerte.

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ithout water, without air, but full of hope. This is how entire families of immigrants traveled in pursue to fulfill their American dream of living and working, of having a better future in the United States, when one by one they died suffocated inside a trailer container.

Not to imagine the anguish of a mother who probably saw one of her children die in her arms, both desperate due to the lack of oxygen.

It is without a doubt one of the worst humanitarian tragedies in the hell that the border has become for hundreds of thousands of families fleeing poverty, violence, insecu-

¿O acaso la pandemia de COVID-19 no confirmó la necesidad que tiene este país de la mano de obra que representan los trabajadores esenciales en la agricultura, la construcción, el sistema de salud, el sistema de servicios, las empacadoras de carne, los supermercados? No seamos ingenuos, muchos de esos trabajadores son indocumentados que probablemente llegaron a este país en condiciones igualmente peligrosas.

Or hasn't the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed this country's need for the workforce represented by essential workers in agriculture, construction, the health care system, the service system, meatpacking, supermarkets? Let's not be naive, many of those workers are undocumented who probably arrived in this country in similarly dangerous conditions.

But on the immigration issue, as in others, the loss of 50 lives will surely not bring the issue of immigration reform to the forefront of national attention in this country. In the same way that the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School did not result in an immediate change in gun control legislation.

Nor can the responsibility of governments that are expelling immigrants be ignored, due to the incompetence they have shown to significantly solve the serious problems their societies face in terms of income, corruption and insecurity.

We all have an obligation to do everything in our power to prevent the repetition of similar tragedies. If the massacre in Uvalde led to the approval of the first legislation related to the problem of armed violence against students, it is time for a similar response to stop the hemorrhage of unnecessary deaths at the border.

Pero en el tema migratorio, como en otros, la pérdida de 50 vidas seguramente no conducirá a que el tema de la reforma migratoria ocupe un primer plano de atención nacional en este país. De la misma manera que la masacre en la escuela primaria Sandy Hook no resultó en un cambio inmediato en las legislaciones para el control de armas.

Tampoco se puede soslayar la responsabilidad que tienen los gobiernos que son expulsores de migrantes, por la incompetencia que han mostrado para resolver de manera significativa los graves problemas que enfrentan sus so-

In the first place, the United States Congress, which has not passed any significant immigration legislation since the amnesty passed by a Republican president, Ronald Reagan in 1986. Under different justifications and excuses, they have failed in their responsibility to legislate on one of the most important issues for the country from a humanitarian, economic and social perspective.

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The deaths of these mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters and sons cannot be in vain. Passing a comprehensive immigration reform is the best way to honor the memory of those victims, whose only ambition was to search for a better future in the land of the American dream and only met an anguished death.

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MEDICAID AND CHIP GIVE CHILDREN ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES

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ver the last two years, the mental health crisis in the United States has gotten worse. A major reason for that is the COVID-19 pandemic, which has contributed to a rise in anxiety and depression among young people. But even before the pandemic, as many as one in six children in the United States between the ages of 6 and 17 had a treatable mental health disorder, a 2019 JAMA Pediatrics study found. For parents, it’s a stark reminder that mental health and support for children is crucial.

“Young people are facing unprecedented stress. Increasing access to high-quality pediatric mental health services is a critical step to addressing the youth mental health crisis,” said Dr. Aditi Mallick, chief medical officer, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “As a physician and mother, I have seen firsthand how foundational mental health is to the overall health and well-being of our country’s children, and Medicaid and CHIP can help families access the care they need.”

If you think your child may need mental health services, you have health coverage options.

One of those may be free or low-cost coverage through Medicaid and CHIP. Below are some frequently asked questions about these services.

What types of mental health services are covered under Medicaid and CHIP? With Medicaid and CHIP coverage, children have access to a number of services to prevent, diagnose, and treat mental and behavioral health disorders, including: • Autism spectrum disorder • Attention deficit disorder • Anxiety disorders • Depression • Substance use disorder Does my child qualify for Medicaid or CHIP? Eligibility generally depends on your income

level and household size, and varies by state.

You’ll find that some programs offer coverage to your entire family. Medicaid and CHIP enrollment is open year-round, and the process to apply has gotten faster. Many families can apply and find out if they qualify the same day.

To learn more about state-specific coverage options or to enroll, visit InsureKidsNow.gov or call 1-877-KIDS-NOW. Take charge of your child’s mental health Mental health care for children is an important part of their development. So, take time to explore your health coverage options, including Medicaid and CHIP. Looking for more mental health resources for children? Visit CDC.gov to learn more about children’s mental health.

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n los últimos dos años, la crisis de salud mental en los Estados Unidos ha ido empeorando. Una de las principales razones por ello es la pandemia de COVID-19, que ha contribuido a un aumento de la ansiedad y la depresión entre los jóvenes. Pero, incluso antes de la pandemia, hasta uno de cada seis niños de los Estados Unidos entre las edades de 6 y 17 años sufría un trastorno de salud mental tratable, según un estudio de JAMA Pediatrics de 2019. Para los padres, es un recordatorio despiadado de que la salud mental y el apoyo a los niños es crucial.

“Las personas jóvenes están enfrentando estrés sin precedentes. Aumentar la accesibilidad a servicios de salud mental pediátricos de alta calidad es un paso esencial para abordar la crisis de salud mental juvenil”, dijo la Dra. Aditi Mallick, directora médica de Medicaid y del Pro-

grama de Seguro de Salud para Niños (CHIP, por sus siglas en ingles) en los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid. “Como médica y madre, he visto directamente cómo la salud mental fundacional se relaciona con la salud en general y el bienestar de los niños de nuestra nación, y Medicaid y CHIP pueden ayudar a las familias a acceder a la atención que necesitan”.

Si cree que su hijo puede necesitar servicios de salud mental, tiene opciones de cobertura de salud. Uno de ellos puede ser la cobertura gratuita o de bajo costo a través de Medicaid y CHIP. Éstas son algunas preguntas frecuentes sobre estos servicios. ¿Qué tipos de servicios de salud mental están cubiertos por Medicaid y CHIP? Con la cobertura de Medicaid y CHIP, los niños tienen acceso a una serie de servicios para prevenir, diagnosticar y tratar los trastornos de salud mental y conductual, entre ellos: • Trastorno del espectro autista • Trastorno de déficit de atención • Trastornos de ansiedad • Depresión • Trastorno de uso de sustancias ¿Mi hijo cumple los requisitos de Medicaid o CHIP? La elegibilidad depende generalmente de su nivel de ingresos y del tamaño de su unidad familiar, y varía según el estado. Descubrirá que algunos programas le ofrecen cobertura a toda su familia. La inscripción en Medicaid y CHIP está abierta todo el año, y el proceso para hacer la solicitud se ha vuelto más rápido. Muchas familias pueden hacer su solicitud y averiguar si cumplen los requisitos el mismo día. Para obtener más información sobre las opciones de cobertura específicas del estado o para inscribirse, visite InsureKidsNow.gov o llame al 1-877-KIDS-NOW. Hágase cargo de la salud mental de sus hijos El cuidado de la salud mental de los niños es una parte importante de su desarrollo. Así que, tómese el tiempo necesario para explorar sus opciones de cobertura de salud, entre ellas Medicaid y CHIP. ¿Busca más recursos de salud mental para niños? Visite CDC.gov para obtener más información sobre la salud mental de los niños.

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FOR STUDENT PARENTS, GRADUATING IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC MEANS BEATING THE ODDS Emily Margaretten, Matthew Reagan & Oden Taylor CalMatters

decided to withdraw from my spring term 2020 and did not continue (for) fall term 2020. And my children were also not able to finish the remaining two months of school,” she said.

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hen Charity Machado had her first child, Cali, at the age of 15, she expected many of the sacrifices that came with being a young mother, but was determined not to let her education be one of them. Machado completed her general education requirements at Sacramento State before transferring to the nursing program at CSU Stanislaus in 2020.

A year later, now with stable housing, a new van and reliable internet access, Cervantes “returned” to RCC in January 2021 — this time remotely and alongside her kids as they attended their own virtual classes.

Cervantes said that not having to commute to drop off and pick up her kids helped to ease some of the scheduling pressures. It was special that her kids saw the work she was putting in for the family, she added.

The COVID-19 pandemic hit six months after her transfer, shutting down schools and daycare centers overnight.

Cali, now nine years old, remembers the transition to remote learning as “kind of crazy.” Machado recollects “survival mode.”

Dishes and laundry piled up to the point where Cali and her 4-year-old sister knew that plates would be in the sink and clean clothes in the dryer.

Her mother helped with childcare and household chores, but Machado still struggled to keep up with her own studies on top of Cali’s.

“And that made me feel really bad,” Machado said. “Because I’m trying to instill the importance of education, and then there I was neglecting her schooling in order to complete mine.”

According to a March 2021 report on student parents from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, what Machado experienced is common and is known as “time poverty.” It is one of the most often cited reasons why, nationally, over half of parents who enroll in college for the first time end up dropping out within six years without attaining a degree.

That’s part of the reason why Machado’s graduation, along with those of her fellow student parents, represents a special moment of triumph and celebration. Their educational journeys — during which they juggled parenthood, classes and an ongoing global pandemic — also provide insight into how California’s higher education systems can better serve this growing group of students.

While the disruption caused by COVID-19 exacerbated many of the obstacles student parents face in their day-to-day lives, it also pushed colleges to experiment with hybrid instruction and flexible due dates, making academic life more manageable for some.

A March 2021 analysis of financial aid applications from researchers at the University of California Davis identified more than 200,000 student parents enrolled at campuses in California. The majority of student parents — 72% — are enrolled at one of the state’s community colleges, 12% are enrolled at a Cal State campus, and 1% are enrolled at a UC campus.

Among the student parents graduating from California community colleges this

Yessenia Cervantes, 34, stands for a portrait with her four children at California Citrus State Historic Park in Riverside on June 17, 2022. Cervantes recently graduated with an associate’s degree from Riverside City College after going through economic struggles. “We ended up being homeless for three months [in 2020] and it was the first time being on my own,” Cervantes said. Photo Credit: Pablo Unzueta / CalMatters

year was Yessenia Cervantes.

Graduating from Riverside Community College was especially sweet for Cervantes, since she already had to drop out once, after she separated from her husband and had to leave her home. Managing remote learning while living in hotels and with fam-

ily members was often overwhelming, Cervantes said, largely because she lacked access to reliable Wi-Fi or hotspots.

“There were also a few times where we walked to McDonald’s, which was across the street, to connect to the free Wi-Fi. Ultimately it was too much work, where I

“It’s not the same every single day; one day can be marvelous and the next not,” she said. “It’s not perfect, but I like that my kids are there, they see me cry, they see the struggle, and, you know, it’s little things like that.”

The expansion of remote learning accelerated by COVID-19 created increased flexibility for students like Cervantes as “it eliminated travel time to school while reducing transportation costs such as parking,” the Institute for Women’s Policy Research report notes.

For 2022 Cosumnes River College graduate Arnoldo Fernandes, the boom in asynchronous classes helped him stay in school while navigating major life changes.

Arnoldo enrolled in 2018. A year later, while sitting in his communications class, he locked eyes with Olivia, a fellow student working on her associate’s degree in sociology. The duo married in an intimate backyard wedding in February 2021. That fall, they welcomed a baby boy, Manuel, into their young family.

Both were determined to continue their education and earn their degrees. For Arnoldo, the ability to watch classes on his own time was a lifeline.

“The asynchronous classes I really vibed with. Those ones are much easier to keep track of stuff,” he said. “So, you know, asynchronous was better for me.”

Beyond time constraints, expenses such as childcare and food make college nearly twice as costly for student parents as it is for their counterparts without children, according to a recent report from the California Student Aid Commission.

The average additional cost per child to attend college in California is $7,592, estimates California Competes, a research and advocacy group focused on higher education and the workforce. The cost varies by region, from $7,143 in the Inland Empire to as much as $10,000 in the Bay Area.

Student parents who receive financial aid through the state’s CalGrant program can qualify for an additional grant of as much as $6,000. But demand for Cal Grants exceeds the amount the state offers, a prob-

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lem some lawmakers are trying to fix.

Cervantes said state and county-funded programs helped her cover some essentials including groceries, school supplies and gas, as well as her cap and gown for graduation.

For many student parents, though, the cost of childcare alone can be crippling.

Stephanie Webb, a parent of a three-year old and doctoral student in environmental studies at the University of California Santa Cruz, enrolled her son in daycare when he was an infant, cobbling together two half days per week so she could have time to work on her dissertation.

“I was paying so much for daycare, piecemealing it together. Every little 40 minutes of work was just vital,” Webb said. It also was expensive. The half days cost $750 a month. With the daycare center located 35 minutes from her home, Webb studied at a nearby Jack in the Box to avoid spending more time and money on the commute.

The game changer came when a subsidized child care center at UC Santa Cruz told Webb it had an opening for her son.

She had originally signed up when she was five months pregnant. Two years later, she was off the waitlist.

Webb finally could devote more time to her studies and feel secure that her son was in a nurturing environment where he received three square meals a day, something Webb could not always afford at home.

According to University of the Pacific sociology professor and student parent researcher Susan Mannon, years-long wait times for campus child care facilities are not uncommon.

“I also work at Sacramento City College, and you know, the waitlist for their childcare center is just astronomical; we can’t even hope to get on it,” she said.

Mannon said waitlists are so long in part because colleges are spending less money on on-campus childcare than they did in the past. For Mannon, seriously supporting student parents would mean institutions investing resources in accessible, affordable childcare options.

“You know, they talk the talk, but they don’t walk the walk at all. But I mean, childcare is an obvious one. I mean, if you could have onsite childcare, it would make a huge, huge difference.”

Even with child care solved, Webb still struggled to afford California’s high cost of living. The breaking point occurred this spring when she realized that she might not graduate after seven years of being a graduate student at UCSC. Unlike other students, Webb could not take a leave of absence to finish her dissertation. She needed to stay enrolled at UCSC — and pay tuition — to qualify for childcare. But the responsibilities were piling up.

“I sent an email to everybody in my department and the social studies department and was just like, ‘Hey, I’m never going to get out of here if I have to TA (teach) or GSR (do research for a professor’s project) and

do my dissertation and be a parent,’” Webb said.

Webb asked them to help cover her $4,600 quarterly tuition. The email worked. A university resource center for non-traditional students stepped in, helping Webb apply for scholarships that ended up covering most of her tuition.

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Webb’s situation resonated with the mission of the center, known as STARS, said its program director, Jannet Ceja.

“She really needed the funding to finish her program and get childcare. And this was the quarter when it all had to happen,” Ceja said. Webb is now set to graduate in August.

Similar experiences to Webb’s were outlined by researchers in the UC Davis report on student parents in California community colleges. It emphasized the impact that campus-based resources and support staff can have on students’ chances of earning their degrees. “Increasing access to local supports” and “increased program flexibility” would help campuses to retain student parents, the report’s authors found.

A bill pending in the Legislature would mandate some of the policies the report recommends. Introduced by Assemblymember Marc Berman, a Palo Alto Democrat, Assembly Bill 2881 would require public colleges and universities to give student parents priority registration for classes so they can build more accommodating schedules.

They would also be required to create web pages for student parents with links to campus resources and tips on how to apply for federal Women, Infants, and Children grants.

Priority registration could make a big difference for student parents, said Olivia Fernandes, who like her husband is headed to Sacramento State in the fall.

“It’d be a lot more helpful to be able to pick the classes that we actually need, that won’t put us in situation of, like, now we have to tell our professor, ‘I know I signed up for your class, but I can’t attend mandatory seven o’clock meeting on Zoom because I have my child to take care of,’ ” she said.

Mannon said another basic, but important step institutions can take is to learn how many student parents they actually serve — a number not recorded on many campuses.

“The low-hanging fruit is just identifying your student parent population, right — understanding who they are, how many you have, and what their needs are.”

For Machado, the CSU Stanislaus nursing student, the stress and sacrifice of schooling paid off. By graduation, a local hospital had offered her a job in its labor and delivery unit, and Machado said she was looking forward to the next chapter in her life.

At her commencement ceremony in May, when it was time to place the pin on Machado’s white coat, Cali joined the stage with her mother.

“She has been a part of my whole schooling journey. So, it’s special,” Machado said.

Olivia y Arnoldo Fernandes con su hijo Manuel, en su graduación del Cosumnes River College.

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uando Charity Machado tuvo a su primer hijo, Cali, a la edad de 15 años, esperaba muchos de los sacrificios que conlleva ser una madre joven, pero estaba decidida a no dejar que su educación fuera uno de ellos.

Machado completó sus requisitos de educación general en Sacramento State antes de transferirse al programa de enfermería en CSU Stanislaus en 2020.

La pandemia de COVID-19 golpeó seis meses después de su transferencia, cerrando escuelas y guarderías durante la noche.

Cali, que ahora tiene nueve años, recuerda la transición al aprendizaje remoto como “un poco loca”. Machado recuerda el “modo de supervivencia”. Los platos y la ropa se amontonaron hasta el punto en que Cali y su hermana de 4 años sabían que los platos estarían en el fregadero y la ropa limpia en la secadora.

Su madre ayudaba con el cuidado de los niños y las tareas del hogar, pero Machado todavía luchaba por mantenerse al día con sus propios estudios además de los de Cali.

“Y eso me hizo sentir muy mal”, dijo Machado.

“Porque estoy tratando de inculcar la importancia de la educación, y luego estaba descuidando su educación para completar la mía”.

Según un informe de 2021 de marzo sobre estudiantes que son padres del Instituto de Investigación de Políticas de la Mujer, lo que vivió Machado es común y se conoce como “pobreza de tiempo”. Es una de las razones citadas con más frecuencia por las que, a nivel nacional, más de la mitad de los padres que se matriculan en la universidad por primera vez terminan abandonando los estudios en un plazo de seis años sin obtener un título.

Esa es parte de la razón por la que la graduación de Machado, junto con la de los padres de sus compañeros de estudios, representa un momento especial de triunfo y celebración. Sus viajes educativos, durante los cuales hicieron malabarismos con la paternidad,

las clases y una pandemia mundial en curso, también brindan información sobre cómo los sistemas de educación superior de California pueden servir mejor a este grupo creciente de estudiantes.

Si bien la interrupción causada por el COVID-19 exacerbó muchos de los obstáculos que enfrentan los padres estudiantes en su vida cotidiana, también impulsó a las universidades a experimentar con instrucción híbrida y fechas de vencimiento flexibles, lo que hizo que la vida académica fuera más manejable para algunos.

Un análisis de marzo de 2021 de solicitudes de ayuda financiera de investigadores de la Universidad de California Davis identificó a más de 200,000 estudiantes padres matriculados en campus de California. La mayoría de los estudiantes padres (72 %) están inscritos en uno de los colegios comunitarios del estado, el 12 % están inscritos en un campus de Cal State y el 1 % están inscritos en un campus de UC. Entre los padres estudiantes que se graduaron de los colegios comunitarios de California este año se encontraba Yessenia Cervantes.

Graduarse de Riverside Community College fue especialmente dulce para Cervantes, ya que ella ya tuvo que abandonar una vez, luego de separarse de su esposo y tuvo que dejar su hogar. Administrar el aprendizaje remoto mientras vivía en hoteles y con miembros de la familia a menudo era abrumador, dijo Cervantes, en gran parte porque no tenía acceso a Wi-Fi o puntos de acceso confiables.

“También hubo algunas ocasiones en las que caminábamos hasta McDonald’s, que estaba al otro lado de la calle, para conectarnos al WiFi gratuito. En última instancia, fue demasiado trabajo, donde decidí retirarme de mi período de primavera de 2020 y no continué (para) el período de otoño de 2020. Y mis hijos tampoco pudieron terminar los dos meses restantes de la escuela”, dijo.

Un año después, ahora con una vivienda estable, una camioneta nueva y acceso confiable a Internet, Cervantes “regresó” a RCC en enero de 2021, esta vez de forma remota y junto a sus hijos mientras asistían a sus pro-

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tener tiempo para trabajar. en su disertación.

Cervantes dijo que no tener que viajar para dejar y recoger a sus hijos ayudó a aliviar algunas de las presiones de la programación.

Fue especial que sus hijos vieran el trabajo que estaba haciendo para la familia, agregó.

“Estaba pagando mucho por la guardería, dividiéndola en partes. Cada pequeño 40 minutos de trabajo fue vital”, dijo Webb. También era caro. Los medios días cuestan $750 al mes. Con la guardería ubicada a 35 minutos de su casa, Webb estudió en un Jack in the Box cercano para evitar gastar más tiempo y dinero en el viaje.

“No es lo mismo todos los días; un día puede ser maravilloso y al siguiente no”, dijo. “No es perfecto, pero me gusta que mis hijos estén allí, me ven llorar, ven la lucha y, ya sabes, son pequeñas cosas como esa”.

La expansión del aprendizaje remoto acelerada por COVID-19 creó una mayor flexibilidad para estudiantes como Cervantes ya que “eliminó el tiempo de viaje a la escuela y redujo los costos de transporte como el estacionamiento”, nota el informe del Instituto de Investigación de Políticas de la Mujer.

Para el graduado de Cosumnes River College de 2022, Arnoldo Fernandes, el auge de las clases asincrónicas lo ayudó a permanecer en la escuela mientras navegaba por cambios importantes en la vida.

Arnoldo se inscribió en 2018. Un año después, mientras estaba sentado en su clase de comunicaciones, se encontró con Olivia, una compañera de estudios que trabajaba en su título de asociado en sociología. El dúo se casó en una boda íntima en un patio trasero en febrero de 2021. Ese otoño, dieron la bienvenida a un bebé, Manuel, a su joven familia.

Ambos estaban decididos a continuar su educación y obtener sus títulos. Para Arnoldo, la capacidad de ver las clases en su propio tiempo fue un salvavidas.

“Las clases asincrónicas con las que realmente vibraba. Esos son mucho más fáciles de hacer un seguimiento de las cosas”, dijo.

“Entonces, ya sabes, asíncrono fue mejor para mí”.

Más allá de las limitaciones de tiempo, los gastos como el cuidado de los niños y la comida hacen que la universidad sea casi el doble de costosa para los padres estudiantes que para sus contrapartes sin hijos, según un informe reciente de la Comisión de Ayuda Estudiantil de California.

El costo adicional promedio por niño para asistir a la universidad en California es de $7,592, estima California Competes , un grupo de investigación y defensa enfocado en la educación superior y la fuerza laboral. El costo varía según la región, desde $7,143 en Inland Empire hasta $10,000 en el Área de la Bahía.

Los estudiantes padres que reciben ayuda financiera a través del programa CalGrant del estado pueden calificar para una subvención adicional de hasta $6,000. Pero la demanda de Cal Grants excede la cantidad que ofrece el estado, un problema que algunos legisladores están tratando de solucionar .

Cervantes dijo que los programas financiados por el estado y el condado la ayudaron a cubrir algunos elementos esenciales, incluidos comestibles, útiles escolares y gasolina, así como su toga y birrete para la graduación.

Sin embargo, para muchos padres estudiantes, el costo del cuidado de los niños por sí solo puede ser agobiante.

Stephanie Webb, madre de un niño de tres años y estudiante de doctorado en estudios ambientales en la Universidad de California Santa Cruz, inscribió a su hijo en la guardería cuando era un bebé, improvisando dos medios días a la semana para que ella pudiera

El cambio de juego llegó cuando un centro de cuidado infantil subsidiado en UC Santa Cruz le dijo a Webb que tenía una vacante para su hijo. Originalmente se había inscrito cuando tenía cinco meses de embarazo. Dos años más tarde, estaba fuera de la lista de espera.

invirtieran recursos en opciones de cuidado infantil asequibles y accesibles.

“Ya sabes, hablan por hablar, pero no caminan el camino en absoluto. Pero quiero decir, el cuidado de los niños es obvio. Quiero decir, si pudieras tener cuidado de niños en el lugar, haría una gran, gran diferencia”.

Incluso con el cuidado de los niños resuelto, Webb todavía luchaba por pagar el alto costo de vida de California.

Webb finalmente pudo dedicar más tiempo a sus estudios y sentirse segura de que su hijo estaba en un entorno acogedor donde recibía tres comidas completas al día, algo que Webb no siempre podía permitirse en casa.

El punto de ruptura ocurrió esta primavera cuando se dio cuenta de que podría no graduarse después de siete años de ser estudiante de posgrado en UCSC. A diferencia de otros estudiantes, Webb no pudo ausentarse para terminar su disertación. Necesitaba permanecer inscrita en UCSC, y pagar la matrícula, para calificar para el cuidado de niños. Pero las responsabilidades se acumulaban.

Según Susan Mannon, profesora de sociología de la Universidad del Pacífico e investigadora de padres de estudiantes, los tiempos de espera de años para las instalaciones de cuidado infantil del campus no son infrecuentes.

“Envié un correo electrónico a todos en mi departamento y al departamento de estudios sociales y les dije: ‘Oigan, nunca saldré de aquí si tengo que hacer TA (enseñar) o GSR (hacer investigación para el proyecto de un profesor) y hacer mi disertación y ser padre’”, dijo Webb.

“También trabajo en Sacramento City College, y la lista de espera para su centro de cuidado infantil es simplemente astronómica; ni siquiera podemos esperar conseguirlo”, dijo.

Webb les pidió que la ayudaran a cubrir su matrícula trimestral de $4,600. El correo electrónico funcionó. Un centro de recursos universitarios para estudiantes no tradicionales intervino y ayudó a Webb a solicitar becas que terminaron cubriendo la mayor parte de su matrícula.

Mannon dijo que las listas de espera son tan largas en parte porque las universidades están gastando menos dinero en el cuidado de niños en el campus que en el pasado. Para Mannon, apoyar seriamente a los padres estudiantes significaría que las instituciones

La situación de Webb resonaba con la misión del centro, conocido como STARS , dijo su directora de programas, Jannet Ceja.

“Ella realmente necesitaba los fondos para terminar su programa y conseguir cuidado de niños. Y este fue el trimestre en el que todo tenía que suceder”, dijo Ceja. Webb ahora está listo para graduarse en agosto.

Experiencias similares a las de Webb fueron descritas por investigadores en el informe de UC Davis sobre padres estudiantes en colegios comunitarios de California. Hizo hincapié en el impacto que los recursos del campus y el personal de apoyo pueden tener en las posibilidades de los estudiantes de obtener sus títulos. “Aumentar el acceso a los apoyos locales” y “aumentar la flexibilidad del programa” ayudaría a los campus a retener a los estudiantes padres, según los autores del informe.

Un proyecto de ley pendiente en la Legislatura ordenaría algunas de las políticas que recomienda el informe.

Presentado por el asambleísta Marc Berman, un demócrata de Palo Alto, el Proyecto de Ley 2881 requeriría que los colegios y universidades públicas les den prioridad a los padres de los estudiantes a inscribirse en las clases para que puedan crear horarios que los acomoden mejor. También se les pedirá que creen páginas web para padres de estudiantes con enlaces a recursos del campus y consejos sobre cómo solicitar subvenciones federales para mujeres, bebés y niños.

La inscripción prioritaria podría marcar una gran diferencia para los estudiantes padres, dijo Olivia Fernandes, quien, al igual que su esposo, viajará a Sacramento State en el otoño.

“Sería mucho más útil poder elegir las clases que realmente necesitamos, eso no nos pondrá en una situación como, ahora tenemos que decirle a nuestro profesor: ‘Sé que me inscribí en tu clase, pero no puedo asistir a la reunión obligatoria de las siete en Zoom porque tengo que cuidar a mi hijo’”, dijo.

Mannon dijo que otro paso básico, pero importante, que las instituciones pueden tomar es saber a cuántos padres estudiantes atienden en realidad, un número que no se registra en muchos campus.

“La fruta madura es simplemente identificar a la población de padres de estudiantes, ¿verdad? Comprender quiénes son, cuántos tiene y cuáles son sus necesidades”.

Para Machado, la estudiante de enfermería de CSU Stanislaus, el estrés y el sacrificio de la educación valieron la pena. Al graduarse, un hospital local le había ofrecido un trabajo en su unidad de trabajo de parto y parto, y Machado dijo que esperaba con ansias el próximo capítulo de su vida.

En su ceremonia de graduación en mayo, cuando llegó el momento de colocar el broche en la bata blanca de Machado, Cali se unió al escenario con su madre.

“Ella ha sido parte de todo mi viaje escolar. Entonces, es especial”, dijo Machado.

Margaretten es colaboradora y Taylor es becaria de La Red de Periodismo Universitario de CalMatters , una colaboración entre CalMatters y estudiantes de periodismo de todo California. Reagan es el administrador del programa de la Red. Esta historia y otra cobertura de educación superior cuentan con el apoyo de College Futures Foundation.

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“Mejorar la proposición 13 no es la solución”, comentó Myers. “Va a ser exactamente lo mismo, pero tal vez con disparidades crecientes”.

i bien ser propietario de una vivienda sigue siendo un desafío para las personas de color en California, un nuevo informe argumenta que la histórica ley del estado que limita los aumentos de impuestos a la propiedad impide que aquellos que lo logran obtengan los mismos beneficios.

Crecimiento de propietarios asiáticos Una diferencia entre el estudio de Myers y los resultados más recientes es el aumento de la riqueza inmobiliaria entre los californianos asiáticos.

La participación de los asiáticos en la riqueza inmobiliaria del estado ha aumentado del 4% al 19% durante cuatro décadas, según descubrieron los investigadores en el nuevo informe, superando su participación en el crecimiento de la población.

Los investigadores sugirieron que esto es impulsado por inmigrantes de Asia oriental y del sur de Asia, quienes tienen mayores ingresos.

Según un informe publicado reciente sobre la Proposición 13, los propietarios de raza blanca obtienen exenciones fiscales anuales sobre la propiedad que son 80% más altas en promedio que los propietarios de raza negra y más del doble de las exenciones fiscales que reciben los propietarios latinos.

Es otra forma en que la ley icónica contribuye a la creación de riqueza desigual en un estado con la segunda tasa más baja de propiedad de vivienda en la nación, dicen investigadores del Opportunity Institute y Pivot Learning.

The Opportunity Institute es una organización sin fines de lucro con sede en Berkeley que promueve la movilidad social y la equidad a través de la educación. Pivot Learning, en Oakland, es una organización sin fines de lucro de consultoría educativa.

En las últimas cuatro décadas, la Prop. 13 ha sido extensamente estudiada por sus efectos sobre los ingresos del gobierno, el mercado inmobiliario y sobre generaciones de propietarios.

Más recientemente, los defensores de la reforma se están enfocando en las formas en que está extendiendo las disparidades raciales.

Otro informe publicado a principios de este año se centró en Oakland y descubrió que los vecindarios más ricos y con residentes blancos se beneficiaron más de las exenciones fiscales de la Prop. 13 que los vecindarios más pobres y étnicamente diversos.

Los nuevos hallazgos son parte de un informe más amplio que argumenta que la Prop. 13 ha provocado desigualdades raciales en todo California en cuanto a la creación de riqueza y la financiación escolar.

Si bien ser propietario de una vivienda sigue siendo un desafío para las personas de color en California, un informe dice que aquellos que lo logran no obtienen los beneficios de manera equitativa debido a la histórica ley estatal que limita los aumentos de impuestos a la propiedad. Photo Credit: Blake Wheeler / Unsplash

propiedad.

Los propietarios de raza negra y los latinos tienen una participación desproporcionadamente baja de la riqueza inmobiliaria.

Entre 1980 y 2019, la proporción de la riqueza inmobiliaria del estado se duplicó del 8% al 16%, dijeron los investigadores en el nuevo informe.

También su parte de la población creció en 20 puntos durante ese tiempo. La participación de los propietarios de raza negra en el valor de la vivienda se redujo ligeramente durante ese tiempo, al igual que la población de raza negra.

En algunas comunidades, como el área metropolitana que abarca San Bernardino y Riverside, la mayoría de los nuevos compradores de vivienda son afroamericanos, latinos o asiáticos, explicó Hahnel, aunque la mayoría de los propietarios de vivienda más antiguos siguen siendo blancos.

Personas de color son propietarios de vivienda

Los investigadores de las dos organizaciones educativas sin fines de lucro utilizaron las respuestas del censo sobre la comunidad estadounidense para calcular la carga impositiva promedio sobre la propiedad de varios grupos demográficos de propietarios de viviendas en todo el estado.

Los funcionarios estatales han declarado el objetivo de impulsar la propiedad de vivienda entre las comunidades de raza negra. Los legisladores aprobaron recientemente una medida presupuestaria con un nuevo programa para ayudar a los nuevos compradores a dar el pago inicial.

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“Las personas de color… son propietarios de viviendas más nuevos y tienden a tener bajos ingresos”, comentó Adam Briones, director ejecutivo de California Community Builders, que aboga por la creación de riqueza en las comunidades de color. Él no participó en el nuevo informe.

Los investigadores encontraron cargas impositivas más bajas para viviendas de mayor valor en municipios de todo el estado. También encontraron cargas impositivas más bajas para los propietarios de viviendas que son de raza blanca, que para los propietarios de viviendas de raza negra o latinos.

El estudio mostró que el propietario de vivienda de raza blanca promedio de California paga $3,507 menos al año en impuestos a la propiedad de lo que pagaría por el valor real de sus hogares debido a la Prop. 13. Eso está por encima del ahorro promedio estatal de $2,800 al año, dijo Carrie Hahnel, directora sénior de políticas y estrategia en The Opportunity Institute y autora del informe.

Por el contrario, los propietarios de raza negra tenían una exención fiscal promedio de $1,900 al año. Los propietarios de viviendas latinos ahorraron en promedio $1,560 al año.

El estudio basó sus hallazgos raciales en los datos del censo de 2019 para todo el estado y las respuestas de la encuesta en las que los propietarios individuales informaron el valor de sus viviendas y las cantidades que pagaron en impuestos a la

“Han enfrentado líneas rojas y otras formas de discriminación”, agregó. “En la medida en que el sistema tributario extiende esa discriminación, extiende una política racialmente neutral que tiene impactos raciales negativos”.

La Prop. 13 también restringió la forma en que los gobiernos locales evalúan los valores de las propiedades antes de gravarlos.

Aprobada en 1978 por votantes que temían aumentos de impuestos a medida que aumentaba el valor de las viviendas, la proposición 13 ha congelado efectivamente los valores de propiedad sujetos a impuestos de los propietarios de viviendas desde hace mucho tiempo. Los valores catastrales no pueden aumentar más del 2% al año, mucho más bajo que la tasa a la que a menudo se aprecian las casas de California.

En su mayor parte, las propiedades no se vuelven a evaluar a sus valores reales hasta que se ven-

den, lo que les otorga a los propietarios más nuevos una carga fiscal más alta que sus vecinos más establecidos.

Disparidades crecientes Los defensores dicen que la Prop. 13 ha ayudado a algunas comunidades desfavorecidas. Mantener los valores sujetos a impuestos artificialmente bajos es la mejor manera de evitar que los propietarios de viviendas de bajos ingresos y los propietarios de viviendas de color se queden fuera del precio de sus casas, dijo Jon Coupal, de la Asociación de Contribuyentes Howard Jarvis, la principal organización que trabaja para preservar la Prop. 13.

“Mejorar la proposición 13 es una de las fuerzas más poderosas para disuadir la gentrificación y preservar los vecindarios minoritarios”, señaló Coupal.

En general, siempre que las casas se revaloricen, todos los propietarios reciben exenciones fiscales a través de la Prop. 13.

Las disparidades más pronunciadas siguen siendo las mayores cargas fiscales que reciben los compradores de vivienda más jóvenes y nuevos, en comparación con los más antiguos y establecidos.

Hahnel agregó que las disparidades generacionales pueden contradecir las raciales porque no todos los compradores han tenido el mismo acceso al mercado inmobiliario.

Cuanto más tiempo se mantenga alguien en una casa y cuanto más suba su valor, más aumentarán los beneficios fiscales. Los propietarios de viviendas que más se benefician son residentes blancos no hispanos, según el informe.

Los propietarios de viviendas afroamericanos y latinos, por otro lado, tienen más probabilidades de haberse convertido en propietarios más recientemente y de poseer viviendas de menor valor que los propietarios de viviendas de raza blanca, según el estudio, lo que genera mayores impuestos.

“Se trata realmente de desigualdades estructurales que han permitido que la Prop. 13 exacerbe las desigualdades en la acumulación de riqueza”, dijo Hahnel.

Dowell Myers, profesor de la Escuela de Políticas Públicas Sol Price de la Universidad del Sur de California, encontró resultados similares en un estudio que publicó en 2009.

Si bien los asiáticos recibieron exenciones de impuestos a la propiedad por debajo del promedio en el estudio de 2009, en el nuevo informe, el grupo demográfico ahora recibe exenciones de impuestos a la propiedad por encima del promedio, aunque un poco menos que el típico propietario blanco.

Ahora, como a fines de la década de 1970, cuando se aprobó la Prop. 13, el valor de las viviendas en California se está disparando.

Cualquier cambio a la Proposición 13 tendría que ser aprobado por los votantes, pero sigue siendo popular entre la mayoría. Una encuesta realizada el mes pasado por el Instituto de Políticas Públicas de California mostró que el 64% de los votantes probables de California cree que la Propuesta 13 resultó ser en su mayoría “algo bueno”.

Una medida para re evaluar solo los valores de las propiedades comerciales fue derrotada en las urnas con el 52% de los votos en 2020.

Myers explicó que si los defensores quieren reformar la Prop. 13, deben atraer a los propietarios de viviendas de raza blanca y sospecha que centrarse en las disparidades generacionales sería efectivo.

Pero la mayoría de los defensores dicen que hay formas de vincular las evaluaciones a los valores de mercado sin provocar grandes aumentos de impuestos para los propietarios de viviendas.

El informe sugiere aumentar los impuestos solo en “propiedades de valor extremadamente alto” o aumentar gradualmente los impuestos con el tiempo.

Los gobiernos estatales y locales también podrían diferir un aumento de impuestos hasta que un propietario venda su propiedad.

“Debemos tener cuidado”, comentó Briones, “mi perspectiva es que no es tan difícil diseñar revisiones a la política que tengan en cuenta las necesidades de los propietarios de viviendas de bajos ingresos. Todo eso es muy factible”.

Este artículo es parte de California Divide Project, una colaboración entre redacciones que examina la desigualdad de ingresos y la supervivencia económica en California.

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have allowed Prop. 13 to exacerbate inequities in wealth accrual,” Hahnel said.

hile homeownership remains a challenge for people of color in California, a new report argues the state’s landmark law limiting property tax increases keeps those who do achieve it from equally reaping the benefits.

Dowell Myers, a professor at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, found similar results in a study he published in 2009.

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“Prop. 13 is timeless,” he said. “It’s going to be exactly the same, but maybe with growing disparities.”

Under Proposition 13, a report released recently say white homeowners get annual property tax breaks that are more than 80% higher on average than Black homeowners and more than twice the tax breaks Latino homeowners receive.

Growth in Asian homeowners One difference between Myers’ study and the more recent results is the rise of housing wealth amongst Asian Californians.

It’s another way the iconic law contributes to unequal wealth building in a state with the second-lowest rate of homeownership in the nation, say researchers for the Opportunity Institute and Pivot Learning.

The Opportunity Institute is a nonprofit based in Berkeley that promotes social mobility and equity through education. Pivot Learning, in Oakland, is an education consulting nonprofit.

In the past four decades, Prop. 13 has been studied extensively for its effects on government revenues, the housing market and on generations of homeowners.

More recently, reform advocates are focusing on ways it is extending racial disparities.

Another report published earlier this year focused on Oakland and found that richer, whiter neighborhoods benefited more from Prop. 13 tax breaks than poorer, ethnically diverse neighborhoods.

The new findings are part of a broader report arguing that Prop. 13 has led to racial inequities across California in wealth-building and school funding.

Researchers for the two education nonprofits used census responses to the American Community Survey to calculate the average property tax burdens of various demographic groups of homeowners statewide.

Unequal burden They found lower tax burdens for highervalue homes in municipalities across the state. They also found lower tax burdens for white homeowners, on average, than for Black or Latino homeowners.

The study said the average white California homeowner pays $3,507 less a year in property taxes than they would on the true value of their homes because of Prop. 13.

That’s above the statewide average savings of $2,800 annually, said Carrie Hahnel, senior director of policy and strategy at The Opportunity Institute and an author of the report.

In contrast, Black homeowners had an average property tax break of $1,900 a year. Latino homeowners on average saved $1,560 a year.

The study based its racial findings on 2019 census data for the entire state and survey

Asians’ share of the state’s housing wealth has risen from 4% to 19% over four decades, researchers in the new report found, exceeding their share of population growth.

The researchers suggested this is driven by higher-income east Asian and south Asian immigrants.

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responses in which individual owners reported their home values and the amounts they paid in property tax.

Black and Latino homeowners hold disproportionately low shares of housing wealth.

Between 1980 and 2019, the share of the state’s housing wealth owned by Latinos doubled from 8% to 16%, researchers said in the new report. But their share of the population grew by 20 percentage points during that time. Black homeowners’ share of the home values dipped slightly during that time, as did the Black population.

In some communities, such as the metropolitan area encompassing San Bernardino and Riverside, a majority of new homebuyers are Black, Latino or Asian, Hahnel said, although a majority of the longest-tenured homeowners continue to be white.

Homeowners of color State officials have stated a goal to boost homeownership among Black households.

Lawmakers recently passed a budget measure with a new program to help new buyers afford down payments.

“People of color… they’re newer homeowners and tend to be lower-income,” said Adam Briones, CEO of California Community Builders, which advocates for wealthbuilding in communities of color. He was not involved in the new report.

“They’ve faced redlining and other forms of discrimination,” he said. “To the extent the tax system extends that discrimination, it extends a race-neutral policy that has racenegative impacts.”

Prop. 13 also curbed the way local governments assess property values before taxing them.

Passed in 1978 by voters fearing tax hikes as home values spiked, it has since effectively frozen longtime homeowners’ taxable property values. Assessed values cannot rise more than 2% a year — far lower than

the rate at which California homes often appreciate.

For the most part, properties are not reassessed at their true values until they are sold —giving newer owners a higher tax burden than their more established neighbors.

Growing disparities Proponents say Prop. 13 has helped some disadvantaged communities. Keeping taxable values artificially low is the best way to keep lower-income homeowners and homeowners of color from being priced out of their houses, said Jon Coupal, of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the primary organization working to preserve Prop. 13.

“Prop. 13 is one of the most powerful forces deterring gentrification and preserving minority neighborhoods,” Coupal said.

In general, as long as houses appreciate, all homeowners receive tax breaks through Prop. 13.

The most pronounced disparities remain the higher tax burdens borne by younger, newer homebuyers compared with older, longer-established ones.

Hahnel said the generational disparities can belie racial ones because not all buyers have had the same access to the housing market.

The longer someone holds onto a house and the higher its value climbs, the more the tax benefits increase. Those homeowners who benefit most are disproportionately non-Hispanic white residents, the report said.

Black and Latino homeowners, on the other hand, are more likely to have become homeowners more recently and to own lower-value homes than white homeowners, the study said, leading to higher tax burdens.

“This is really about structural inequities that

While Asians received below-average property tax breaks in the 2009 study, in the new report the demographic group now receives above-average property tax breaks, though slightly less than the typical white homeowner.

Now, like in the late 1970s when Prop. 13 was passed, home values in California are skyrocketing.

Any change to Prop 13 would have to be approved by voters, but it remains popular among most. A poll last month by the Public Policy Institute of California showed 64% of California likely voters believe Proposition 13 turned out to be mostly a “good thing.”

One effort to partially reform it, a measure to reassess only commercial property values, was defeated at the ballot box with 52% of the vote in 2020.

Myers said that if advocates want to reform Prop. 13, they must appeal to older white homeowners — and he suspects focusing on generational disparities would be effective.

But most advocates say there are ways to peg assessments to market values without triggering huge tax hikes for homeowners.

The report suggests increasing taxes only on “extremely high-value properties” or on second homes, or phasing in tax increases over time.

State and local governments also could defer a tax hike until an owner sells their property.

“We have to be careful,” Briones said, “but my perspective is that it is not that difficult to design revisions to policy that take into account needs of low-income homeowners.

That’s all very doable.”

This article is part of the California Divide project, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.

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ast Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most significant gun law rulings in more than a decade, tossing out New York state’s tight restrictions on who can carry a concealed gun in public.

Gun rights activists are celebrating the 6-3 decision, while advocates for stricter gun laws decry it. Both agree that California’s similar law may be next to be challenged.

The ruling likely marks the most dramatic expansion of gun rights in the United States since 2008, when the Supreme Court clarified for the first time that the Second Amendment’s right “to keep and bear” firearms applies to individual citizens, not just state militia members. But that ruling only affirmed the right for “self-defense within the home,” leaving states with wide discretion over whether and how to restrict guns elsewhere.

This ruling brings that constitutional right outside the home.

“Confining the right to “bear” arms to the home would make little sense,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the court’s majority.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the ruling “shameful” and a “dark day for America.”

“This is a dangerous decision from a court hell bent on pushing a radical ideological agenda and infringing on the rights of states to protect our citizens from being gunned down in our streets, schools, and churches,” the governor said on Twitter.

“We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need,” Thomas wrote, offering a description of New York’s concealed carry law, but also California’s.

How easily a Californian is able to obtain a concealed weapon permit depends on where they live. That’s because in California these licenses are issued by local law enforcement — either city police chiefs or county sheriffs. And while state law requires applicants to demonstrate “good cause,” local law enforcement officials have wide latitude to define what that means.

In counties with Republican sheriffs — Sacramento and Tehama, for example — permits are issued to all qualified applicants so long as they pay the necessary fees, take a firearms safety class as required by state law and don’t have a criminal record.

San Francisco sits on the opposite end of the spectrum. According to county sheriff guidelines, an applicant living in the city must “supply convincing evidence” that they are at “significant risk of danger” that local law enforcement “cannot adequately address” and “cannot reasonably be avoided by alternative measures.”

The court’s ruling doesn’t immediately invalidate restrictive concealed carry policies like those in San Francisco. But it does make

to its restrictions on “ghost guns.” That’s because today’s ruling sets a higher bar for any firearm restrictions.

“To justify its regulation, the government may not simply posit that the regulation promotes an important interest,” Thomas wrote. “Rather, the government must demonstrate that the regulation is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

and complete a gun safety course. But there’s nothing in the ruling that would prohibit the state from adding additional restrictions.

Chuck Michel, president of the California Rifle & Pistol Association (the state’s National Rifle Association chapter), told CalMatters that he plans to file a host of new legal briefs in existing court challenges against the state’s assault weapon ban, its background check requirements, its large capacity magazine ban and against Los Angeles County’s concealed carry restrictions.

Second, the opinion acknowledged that states have the right to restrict firearms in “sensitive places,” such as schools or courthouses, though New York couldn’t simply declare all of Manhattan a sensitive place.

He said the ruling is “going to simplify the whole process of judging whether or not a gun law is constitutional” and that the State of California will now have a harder time arguing that its strict rules are legal.

‘What we’re gonna do with the bill is attack it from both of those angles,” Portantino told CalMatters.

Rewriting the legal landscape

Ari Freilich, state policy director at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun control advocacy group, agreed that the ruling could have broad implications.

But the ruling could have much more sweeping implications that touch on all areas of California gun laws — from the state’s ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines

“The consequences won’t show up tomorrow or the next day but (the opinion is) a fundamentally rewriting of the legal landscape and the battlefield on which all Second Amendment cases

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning a strict New York law on who can carry concealed weapons will likely lead to a challenge of California gun laws. Photo Credit: Jay Rembert / Unsplash

legal challenges against California’s entire discretionary system much more likely to succeed.

California’s Democratic lawmakers already have a legislative response in the works. The new legislation will be tacked on to an existing measure, Senate Bill 918, authored by Sen. Anthony Portantino, a Democrat from Glendale.

Details are still being hashed out, he said, but the high court’s opinion leaves the door open for two possible options.

First, Thomas wrote that local licensing officials shouldn’t have wide discretion to deny a concealed carry application if the applicant meets objective criteria. In California, that criteria requires an applicant to pass a background check

Attorney General Rob Bonta added that he would be working with the governor’s office and legislators to respond to the ruling. “More to come,” Bonta said in a tweet.

Most states either issue concealed carry licenses upon request or do not require licenses at all. But in eight states, applicants are required to show a compelling need before being granted permission to tote around a concealed firearm.

Until the ruling, New York was one of those states.

California is another.

have been fought,” he said.

“It definitely puts at risk much of what California and other states have fought for and defended for decades.”

Portantino put a more positive spin on the situation. “I’m extremely outraged and disappointed and saddened by the decision especially so shortly after Buffalo and Uvalde,” he said. “But that just means we have to work harder and smarter and more diligently.”

At the same time the nation’s highest court expands the scope of the Second Amendment, Congress is on the verge of adding a few modest extra guardrails.

In response to the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers with a semi-automatic rifle, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan gun bill on Thursday night over the objections of the National Rifle Association.

The bill was passed by the House of Representatives on Friday and quickly signed

by President Joe Biden on Saturday. The legislation will ratchet up some background checks for younger would-be gun buyers. It would also provide funding to states interested in introducing “red-flag laws,” which make it easier for authorities to temporarily remove firearms from those deemed to be a threat to themselves or others.

Democratic lawmakers in California are also considering their own raft of new gun bills. That includes legislation that would open gun vendors and manufacturers to an array of lawsuits for violating state gun rules or marketing guns and ammunition to minors or others who aren’t allowed to own them.

“Next week, I will have 16 new gun safety bills on my desk, including a bill that will allow individuals to sue gun makers and distributors for violating certain gun laws. I look forward to signing all of those bills,” Newsom said in a press release.

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LA INDUSTRIA DEL TABACO ES UNA DE LAS PRINCIPALES CONTAMINADORAS POR PLÁSTICO A NIVEL MUNDIAL

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a semana pasada, la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. emitió uno de sus fallos más importantes sobre la ley de armas en más de una década, descartando las restricciones del estado de Nueva York sobre quién puede portar un arma oculta en público.

Los activistas por los derechos de armas están celebrando la decisión 6-3, mientras que los defensores de las leyes de armas más estrictas la critican. Ambos están de acuerdo en que la ley similar de California puede ser la próxima en ser impugnada.

El fallo probablemente marque la expansión más dramática de los derechos de armas en los Estados Unidos desde 2008, cuando la Corte Suprema aclaró por primera vez que el derecho de la Segunda Enmienda a “tener y portar” armas de fuego se aplica a los ciudadanos individuales, no solo a los miembros de las milicias estatales. Pero ese fallo solo afirmó el derecho a la “autodefensa dentro del hogar“, dejando a los estados con amplia discreción sobre si controlar las armas en otros lugares y cómo hacerlo.

Esta nueva ley trae ese derecho constitucional fuera del hogar.

El gobernador Gavin Newsom calificó el fallo como “vergonzoso” y un “día oscuro para Estados Unidos”.

“Esta es una decisión peligrosa de un tribunal empeñado en impulsar una agenda ideológica radical e infringir los derechos de los estados de proteger a nuestros ciudadanos de ser baleados en nuestras calles, escuelas e iglesias”, dijo el gobernador en Twitter.

El fiscal general Rob Bonta agregó que trabajaría con la oficina del gobernador y los legisladores para responder al fallo. “Más por venir”, dijo Bonta en un tuit.

La mayoría de los estados emiten licencias para que las personas puedan portar un arma y traerla escondida o no requieren ninguna licencia. Pero en ocho estados, los solicitantes deben demostrar una necesidad imperiosa antes de que se les conceda permiso para llevar un arma de fuego oculta. Actualmente Nueva York y California tienen esas leyes.

La facilidad con la que un californiano puede obtener un permiso para portar armas depende de dónde viva. Eso es porque en California estas licencias son emitidas por la policía local, ya sea por los jefes de policía de la ciudad o por los alguaciles del condado.

Y aunque la ley estatal requiere que los solicitantes demuestren una “buena causa”, los funcionarios encargados de hacer cumplir la ley local tienen amplia libertad para definir lo que eso significa.

En los condados con alguaciles republicanos (Sacramento y Tehama, por ejemplo), los permisos se otorgan a todos los solicitantes calificados siempre y cuando paguen las tarifas necesarias, tomen una clase de seguridad con armas de fuego según lo exige la ley estatal y que no tengan antecedentes penales.

San Francisco se encuentra en el extremo opuesto del espectro. De acuerdo con las pautas del alguacil del condado, un solicitante que vive en la ciudad debe “proporcionar pruebas convincentes” de que corre un “riesgo significativo de peligro” que la policía local “no puede abordar adecuadamente” y “no puede evitarse razonablemente con medidas alternativas”.

El fallo de la corte no invalida de inmediato las políticas restrictivas de porte de armas oculto como las de San Francisco. Pero hace que los desafíos legales contra todo el sistema discrecional de California tengan muchas más probabilidades de éxito.

Chuck Michel, presidente de California Rifle & Pistol Association, dijo que planea presentar un informe complementario en un desafío existente contra el sistema de licencias de portación de armas ocultas en el condado de Los Ángeles.

Al mismo tiempo que el tribunal supremo de la nación amplía el alcance de la Segunda Enmienda, el Congreso está a punto de agregar algunas medidas adicionales de protección. En respuesta al tiroteo masivo en Uvalde, Texas, en el que un hombre armado mató a 19 niños y dos maestros con un rifle

Un fallo de la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. que anula una ley estricta de Nueva York sobre quién puede portar armas ocultas probablemente conducirá a un desafío a las leyes de armas de California. Photo Credit: Ian Hutchinson / Unsplash

semiautomático, el Senado de los EE. UU. anunció el miércoles un proyecto de ley bipartidista sobre armas a pesar de las objeciones de la Asociación Nacional del Rifle.

Si es aprobada por la Cámara de Representantes y firmada por el presidente Joe Biden, como se espera, esta nueva ley aumentaría algunas verificaciones de antecedentes para los posibles compradores de armas más jóvenes. También proporcionaría fondos a los interesados en introducir “leyes de bandera roja“, que facilitan que las autoridades retiren temporalmente las armas de fuego de aquellos que se consideran una amenaza para ellos mismos o para otros.

Los legisladores demócratas en California también están considerando pasar nuevas leyes de uso/ portación de armas. Eso incluye una legislación que expondría a los vendedores y fabricantes de armas a una variedad de demandas por violar las reglas estatales sobre armas o comercializar armas y municiones a menores u otras personas a las que no se les permite poseerlas.

Por Scott Coffin, Investigador Científico de la Junta Directiva de Control de Recursos Hídricos del Estado de California

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uede que no lo sepas, pero las colillas de cigarrillos son una de las fuentes más grandes de contaminación por plástico en todo el mundo y pueden poner en peligro la vida marina y causar daño a los seres humanos.

Cada año, las colillas de cigarrillos encabezan la lista de desperdicios que más se desechan en las playas y vías fluviales de California. En 2017, se recogió la increíble cifra de 203,474 colillas

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en las playas de California, durante una limpieza costera internacional.

Probablemente veas una de las fuentes más comunes de microplásticos todos los días, ya sea en el suelo, estacionamientos, veredas y calzadas o en la playa: las colillas de cigarrillos.

Los cigarrillos desechados contienen filtros de plástico que pueden descomponerse en microplásticos que a su vez contaminan el suelo y las fuentes de agua y perjudican nuestra salud.

De hecho, cada filtro de cigarrillo contiene al menos 15,000 hebras de fibras microplásticas.

Pero... ¿qué son exactamente los microplásticos y por qué debería importarnos? Los microplásticos son diminutos trozos de plástico que miden menos de cinco milímetros; es decir, del tamaño de una semilla de sésamo o incluso más pequeños. La mayoría de los microplásticos tardan mucho tiempo en degradarse en el medio ambiente, lo que significa que cuando entran en nuestro medio ambiente, la fauna marina y otros animales pueden confundirlos con comida, por lo que con el tiempo pueden llegar a dañar ecosistemas enteros.

Debido a su diminuto tamaño, es difícil eliminar los microplásticos de nuestras fuentes de agua y alimentos. Se han encontrado microplásticos en el agua de mar, en el agua que usamos en casa y en el agua que fluye por las calles cuando llueve. Podría sorprenderte saber que los estadounidenses ingieren varios cientos de miles de partículas de microplásticos al año.

Los microplásticos son tóxicos que contaminan los alimentos que comemos, el agua que bebemos y el aire que respiramos. Según estudios recientes, se han encontrado microplásticos en los pulmones, la placenta y la sangre de los seres humanos; y estos microplásticos han sido relacionados con problemas de fertilidad, daños intestinales e incluso mutaciones en el ADN. La industria del tabaco sigue siendo una de las principales contaminadoras por plástico en todo el mundo. Cada año, la industria del tabaco produce seis billones de cigarrillos, y la mayoría tienen filtros de plástico. Se calcula que más de 4.5 billones de colillas acaban en el medio ambiente.

No se puede negar que los residuos de los productos del tabaco producen una enorme contaminación por plástico que causa daños irreparables a nuestro medio ambiente, a nuestras fuentes de alimentos y a nuestros cuerpos. Puedes obtener más información sobre los daños medioambientales causados por los productos del tabaco en www.undo.org.

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TEATRO VISIÓN PRESENTS RAÍCES: EL LIBRO DE LOS CAMINOS

Puppets, masks, music, and dance meet personal experiences of migration in Raíces: el libro de los caminos, a world premiere performance presented by Teatro Visión at the Mexican Heritage Plaza from July 7-17.

TEATRO VISIÓN PRESENTA RAÍCES: EL LIBRO DE LOS CAMINOS Títeres, máscaras, música y danza se juntan con experiencias personales de la migración en Raíces: el libro de

los caminos, la premier mundial de un espectáculo teatral presentado por Teatro Visión en la Plaza de la Herencia Mexicana del 7 al 17 de julio.

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n 2019, Teatro Visión started the project that would become Raíces: el libro de los caminos as a collaboration with La Quinta Teatro, a Mexican theater company specializing in “teatro al cielo abierto,” also known as street theater. Teatro Visión intended to create a project that was completely different from anything the company had done before, as part of a binational collaboration, and with substantial input from community members. In this way, the performance combines the communitydriven methods of Teatro Visión with the puppet and mask work of La Quinta Teatro.

Raíces: el libro de los caminos explores the theme of migration, not just in a literal sense, but as a boundless journey which takes various forms throughout entire lives and across generations. The performance traces the echoes of human migration (and more-thanhuman migration) using puppets, contemporary dance, handmade masks, and personal stories. It considers all the implications and sensations of migration–the personal, the political, the humanitarian, the geographic, and the ecological, including all the many reasons that people decide to move. According to Salomón Santiago, member of La Quinta Teatro, Raíces: el libro de los caminos asks, “What is migration? Since when have humans migrated? Since when have we moved to find better living conditions? How have we interacted with other cultures?”

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Raíces: el libro de los caminos explora el tema de la migración, no solo en su sentido más literal, sino como una jornada sin límites, la cual dura en varias formas por vidas enteras y entre generaciones. El espectáculo traza las reverberaciones de la migración humana (y más allá de humana) usando títeres, danza expresiva, máscaras hechas a mano, y cuentos personales. Así considera todos los sentidos y sensaciones de la migración—lo personal, lo político, lo humanitario, lo geográfico, lo ecológico, hasta todas las múltiples razones por las cuales se mueve la gente. Según Salomón Santiago, miembro de La Quinta Teatro, Raíces: el libro de los caminos pregunta “¿Qué es la migración? ¿Desde cuándo el ser humano migra? ¿Desde cuándo nos hemos movido para encontrar mejores condiciones de vida? ¿Cómo es que nos hemos encontrado con otras culturas?”

Dice Rodrigo García de Teatro Visión, “el proyecto sirve como vínculo poético entre comunidades en ambos lados de la frontera.”

Tras tres años y a pesar de la pandemia de Covid-19, las dos compañías han creado Raíces: el libro de los caminos con contribuciones de más de cien miembros de comunidades en San José y de México, incluyendo Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, y la Ciudad de México. En San José, participantes en talleres con La Quinta Teatro intercambiaron cuentos personales sobre sus experiencias con la migración y crearon juntos un mural de tela en la Plaza de Herencia Mexicana. Lo que los artistas aprendieron allí influyó en el desarrollo de Raíces: el libro de los caminos. En Hidalgo, México, participantes en otro taller construyeron máscaras teatrales para compartir con la comunidad de San José, las cuales verán en la presentación este mes.

Rodrigo García, artistic director of Teatro Visión, says, “The project is intended to serve as a poetic link between communities across the border.” Over the course of three years and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the two theater companies have created Raíces: el libro de los caminos with contributions from over one hundred community members from San Jose and Mexico, including Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, and Mexico City. In San Jose, workshop participants exchanged personal stories about their experiences with migration and worked together to create a large cloth mural in the Mexican Heritage Plaza. What the artists learned there influenced the development of Raíces: el libro de los caminos. In Hidalgo, Mexico, other participants built theatrical masks to share with the San Jose community, and which will be used in this month’s performances.

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In addition to being a collaboration between two theater companies, Raíces: el libro de los caminos involves live music from renowned composer Guillermo Galindo, whose prior work includes “Border Cantos,” a collaborative project for which they created musical instruments using objects found at the U.S.-Mexico border.

As well as paid performances on July 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16 at 8pm in the theater at the Mexican Heritage Plaza, there will be free community showings of Raíces: el libro de los caminos in the outdoor plaza at the Mexican Heritage Plaza on July 10 and 17 at 6pm. Tickets start at just $10. A pre-recorded version of the show will also be available for free on demand online from August 1-31. The performance is appropriate for audiences of all ages. For tickets and more information, visit www.teatrovision.org/ raices.

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n 2019, Teatro Visión emprendió el proyecto que culminaría en Raíces: el libro de los caminos en colaboración con La Quinta Teatro, una compañía mexicana que se especializa en el teatro a cielo abierto. La intención de Teatro Visión era crear un proyecto completamente novedoso para la compañía, como parte de una colaboración binacional, y con el aporte de miembros de la comunidad.

De esta manera, la obra combina los métodos comunitarios de Teatro Visión con el arte titiritero y de máscaras de La Quinta Teatro.

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Además de ser una colaboración entre dos compañías teatrales, Raíces: el libro de los caminos involucra música en vivo del músico de renombre Guillermo Galindo, cuyas composiciones anteriores incluyen “Border Cantos,” un proyecto colaborativo por el cual construyó instrumentos musicales usando objetos encontrados en la frontera entre los Estados Unidos y México.

Además de las funciones pagadas los días 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 y 16 de julio a las 20:00 horas en el teatro de la Plaza de la Herencia Mexicana, habrá funciones comunitarias gratuitas de Raíces: el libro de los caminos en el exterior de la Plaza de la Herencia Mexicana los días 10 y 17 de julio a las 18:00 horas. Los boletos para las funciones pagadas comienzan en sólo $10 y se encuentran en línea en www.teatrovision.org/raices. Una versión pregrabada del espectáculo también estará disponible gratuitamente por pedido en internet del 1 al 31 de agosto. El espectáculo es adecuado para públicos de todas edades.

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ATRAPANIÑOS. Los sabores atraen a los niños y la nicotina los vuelve adictos. Por eso la industria del tabaco produce vapes de sabores y ahora el vapeo es una epidemia entre los jóvenes en secundaria y preparatoria. El 96% de los adolescentes que vapean usan sabores.

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PREGUNTAS Y RESPUESTAS: LOS MISTERIOS DE EL REFUGIO El elenco de nueva serie de Pantaya El Refugio nos da un vistazo tras bambalinas a la filmación del singular programa latinoamericano de ciencia ficción

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a ciencia ficción es un género en auge en la televisión, en las películas y en las páginas de los libros. Lo de otro mundo y lo desconocido provienen de lugares que podríamos tener miedo de imaginar y entran en nuestras vidas normales, desarraigando esas vidas y obligándonos a reaccionar, ya sea una buena experiencia o algo siniestro y aterrador, depende de la historia específica que se cuenta.

Fue agotador. La filmamos en un lugar que estaba hora y media de Santiago que se llama Pirque. En invierno y de noche, prácticamente el 85% de la serie. Entonces fue una serie donde sobre todo los mexicanos no estábamos acostumbrados a esas temperaturas, a estar filmando bajo esas temperaturas con sangre, con efectos, motos, armas, VFX.

La nueva miniserie de Pantaya, El Refugio, coloca a una familia en un rancho rural mexicano en la situación antes mencionada, obligándolos a permanecer juntos entre problemas familiares y descubrir qué es exactamente lo que está mirando desde afuera durante las frías noches del desierto, una respuesta que quizás no quieran saber.

Recientemente tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar con cuatro de los talentosos actores del thriller en español, quienes nos contaron cómo fue filmar en las gélidas temperaturas nocturnas de las zonas rurales de Chile, lo divertido y familiar que fue trabajar con cada otros y cómo los elementos espeluznantes y de terror les dieron a algunos de ellos una sacudida de energía frenética que ayudó a sus actuaciones.

Entre los entrevistados se encuentran los niños actores Isabella Arroyo, de nueve años, y Diego Escalona, de once. Sus compañeras de reparto adultas participantes, Zuria Vega y Camila Valero, no les dan más que elogios.

Descubre más sobre el rodaje y la historia en la siguiente entrevista. Y vea el misterio que se desarrolla en El Refugio, ahora disponible para transmitir en Pantaya.

Zuria Vega interpreta a Paula en la nueva miniserie de suspenso y ciencia ficción, El Refugio.

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Bueno, pues mi personaje se llama Sofía. Soy la hermana mayor de los tres hermanos en el show. Nosotros venimos de una perdida que era nuestra (Diego, Isabella) hermana mayor, éramos cuatro. Entonces la historia de Sofía gira en torno de sanar está perdida, de encontrar su nuevo lugar en esta familia, como la hermana mayor, de sentirse sola y de generar nuevos vínculos. Y bueno, ante esta amenaza misteriosa que empezamos a vivir como familia, pues lo único que queda es unirse y sobrevivir.

Diego Escalona

Zuria Vega

Bueno, mi personaje se llama Diego. Ahora sí que somos tocayos Diego y Diego. Y bueno, mi personaje se trata de un niño genio que como va pasando la serie va haciendo cálculos matemáticos a partir de que ve las luces, lo que pasa, ve a cierta hora en la que va a pasar y siempre carga su libreta en la que hace sus cálculos. Entonces pues realmente ese es mi personaje, un niño genio que a veces lo limitan un poquito en este tema de lo que pasa la mamá porque no quiere como meternos.

Pues la verdad estoy muy contenta de ser parte de la primera serie de ciencia ficción en Latinoamérica. Me siento muy orgullosa Arturo de que tanto Fabula como como Pantaya y Starzplay se han animado a enseñar al mundo que Latinoamérica puede hacer este tipo de contenidos y hacerlos bien.

Entonces como que eso a mí me enoja y por mi lado yo siempre busco la manera de investigar qué es lo que pasa, cómo puedo sacar el cálculo, y cómo va a pasar. En el momento en el que tengo razón, ya como que me empiezan todos a creer. Entonces realmente ese es mi personaje.

Eso principalmente. Y dos. Pues fue divertidísimo hacer ciencia ficción. Es una gozada porque todo el tiempo estás enfrentándote a lo desconocido como actor, como actriz y como espectador. Entonces filmarla se vuelve, se vuelve una gozada. Y hacer este personaje, Paula, que es un personaje que viene a causar intriga, desde que aparece en pantalla porque no sabes qué onda. Y no se los voy a contar porque no lo voy a spoilear, pero es un personaje un poco 'poker face' no? Ósea que no sabes, es una chava mochilera que no sabes qué va a pasar con ella y eso se vuelve un reto porque no puedes unirte muy a un lado ni irte muy al otro. Tienes que estar en un punto medio muy exacto.

Isabella Arroyo

Muchas gracias por ser parte de esto y hablar con nosotros sobre la serie El Refugio. Para empezar, ¿quería preguntarles a los cuatro si podían hablar un poco sobre sus papeles?

Camila Valero

Pues mi personaje se llama Emilia, y es una niña que se enteró todo lo que estaba pasando a causa de que la hermana estaba diciendo, "pues no es que no es normal que estén en las noticias poniendo esto". Desde que pasaron esas cosas que está diciendo, yo también sentí como que es la razón por qué está pasando como algo raro. Eso es para mí, eso es lo que yo pienso de mi personaje, por quien también hay varias cosas que ustedes verán, lo verán. Porque va a estar genial esta serie. ¿Cómo fue para ustedes filmar esta serie en Chile? Porque es una serie de ciencia ficción con acción física, ¿era difícil? Fue

Entonces creo que fue algo que ayudó, porque al final en cualquier rodaje, cuando tú llevas mucho tiempo filmando de noche, algo pasa en el estado de ánimo en general, del crew, del set, de todo, porque te cambia. Y se activa algo de supervivencia. Estás viviendo al revés. Estás yendo en contra de tus horarios.

Estás cansado, traes ojeras. Y creo que eso favoreció mucho también al estado de ánimo que tendríamos que tener todos dentro de esta serie para filmarla.

Camila Bueno, nosotros llegamos en Chile hace un año más o menos, justo estábamos filmando la serie y realmente la pandemia ya estaba bastante ligera en el mundo, pero en Chile todavía había muchas restricciones, entonces estábamos en condiciones muy encerradas, realmente no teníamos mucha vida fuera de la serie, pero eso yo creo que a mí personalmente me ayudó a estar muy concentrada, a realmente sumergirme en la historia, en el personaje.

Pero bueno, también fue un reto que la filmamos en invierno, hace muchísimo frío, tuvimos muchas llamadas nocturnos en la montaña, en bosque, entonces sí las condiciones de clima fueron difíciles. Pero creo que también eso no sé ayuda, puede ser a la adrenalina o un poco con la emoción del momento.

Isabella Para mí grabar esta serie fue algo muy padre, fue algo que experimenté muy bien. Igual como dice Cami, estuvimos en condiciones de pandemia, entonces también era de que no podíamos hacer mucho en Chile, pero aun así lo que pudimos hacer yo lo disfruté al mil.

Fue también algo muy difícil ya que tuve que irme de México.

ando podíamos estar un poco más liberados de todo, de la pandemia y eso. Cuando nos tocó grabar el primer día se sintió como de verdad una familia, nos apoyábamos. Para mí me gustó mucho conocer a Cami e Isa, nos la pasábamos cante y cante, ya lo habíamos dicho. Entonces, para mí mi experiencia fue muy bonita, trabajar en otro país y conocer a nuevas personas, nuevos actores, compañeros, hermanos, hermanas, este entonces fue una experiencia muy bonita.

Y Zuria, ¿cómo fue trabajar con el elenco, incluyendo a los niños, en un proyecto como este?

Zuria Ay, los niños son maravillosos. La verdad es que son dos niños tan talentosos que lograron cosas tan complejas. Y el resto del elenco?

Bueno, Alfredo Castro es de los actores que más admiro. Para mí fue un privilegio poder compartir con el set de El Refugio. Compartir con Alberto, mi esposo, que encabeza el elenco, la verdad fue también una experiencia muy bonita, familiar, no?

El mudarnos a otro país en medio de una pandemia compartiendo el set. Creo que fuimos muy afortunados y pocas veces pues pasa algo así con Ana Claudia, con Camila, con Paloma, Gabriela Cartol, que se volvió una entrañable amiga mía. Creo que algo que ha pasado y está pasando ahora mucho las plataformas y a mí me gusta mucho la diversidad en el set, la diversidad cultural, no? El poder aprender de cómo trabajan los chilenos, cómo trabajan los argentinos, cómo trabajamos los mexicanos, plasmar todo eso en un set. Creo que mientras más diversidad, más contenido hay, contenido profundo me refiero.

No, no sólo detrás de cámaras, sino en lo que se plasma, también en lo que uno ve. Y creo que eso es algo increíble que está pasando y a mucho las plataformas.

Finalmente, ¿por qué recomendarías este programa de ciencia ficción que estará en los Estados Unidos desde el streaming app de Pantaya?

Zuria

Diego

Primero, porque se van a entretener, que creo que es el objetivo número uno de nuestra profesión. Que prendan la tele, se enganchen y quieran ver los otros cinco capítulos, porque son seis. Es corta, se la van a llevar rápido. Y creo que se van a sentir orgullosos. Creo que se van a sorprender cuando vean la calidad de la manufactura de lo que hicimos.

Para mi experiencia, bueno, yo desde que supe del casting este me emocionó saber que era una serie de ciencia ficción y luego que se iba a grabar en Chile. Desde que supe esa noticia me emocioné mucho. Entonces ya después nos fuimos a Chile y sí, como dicen, nos teníamos que cuidar mucho el COVID, a pesar de que ya estaba disminuyendo, allá eran cinco días de cuarentena.

Entonces yo les diría que se den una oportunidad, que es una historia que los va a atrapar, que la realidad siempre supera a la ficción.

Entonces hay muchos temas y muchas cosas que no son tan ajenos a lo que hemos vivido estos últimos tres años. Entonces, pues eso, que no se la pierdan a partir de este 23 de junio.

Entonces eso se hizo muy difícil porque no podíamos salir del cuarto y todo, pero ya cu-

El Refugio ya está disponible por la app Pantaya.

Y como lo de la pandemia están muy cerradas las fronteras, pues mi papi desafortunadamente no pudo ir, pero a mí que tenía todo eso fue algo súper bonito. Convivir con Cami y con Diego fue algo hermoso, hermoso, hermoso.

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Q&A: THE MYSTERIES OF EL REFUGIO The cast of Pantaya's new series El Refugio gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the unique Latin American sci-fi show

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to take great care of COVID, even though it was already decreasing, we spent five days of quarantine there.

cience fiction is a booming genre on television, in movies, and on book pages. The otherworldly and the unknown come from places we might be afraid to imagine and enter into our normal lives, uprooting those lives and forcing us to react, whether it's a good experience or something sinister and scary, it depends on the specific story that is told.

So that became very difficult because we couldn't leave the room and everything, but now we could be a little more free from everything, from the pandemic and all that.

When we had to record the first day, it felt like a real family, we supported each other.

For me, I really liked meeting Cami and Isa, we had a great time singing and singing, we had already said that. So, for me, my experience was very beautiful, working in another country and meeting new people, new actors, colleagues, brothers, sisters, so this was a very beautiful experience.

Pantaya's new miniseries, El Refugio, places a family on a rural Mexican ranch in the aforementioned situation, forcing them to stick together amidst family problems and discover what exactly is watching from outside during the cold desert nights, an answer they may not want to know.

We recently had the opportunity to speak with four of the talented actors from the Spanish-language thriller, who told us what it was like to film in the frigid night temperatures of the rural Chile, how fun and familiar it was to work with each other and how the creepy and horror elements gave some of them a jolt of frenetic energy that helped them with their performances.

Among those interviewed are the child actors Isabella Arroyo, aged nine, and Diego Escalona, aged eleven. Their participating adult co-stars, Zuria Vega and Camila Valero, give them nothing but praise.

Find out more about the filming and the story in the following interview. And see the mystery that unfolds in El Refugio, now available for streaming on Pantaya.

Thank you so much for being a part of this and talking to us about the El Refugio series. To start with, I wanted to ask the four of you if you could talk a little bit about your roles?

Zuria Vega Well, I'm really happy to be part of the first science fiction series in Latin America. I feel very proud, Arturo, that both Fabula and Pantaya and Starzplay have dared to show the world that Latin America can do this type of content and do it well.

Mainly that. And two. Well, it was so much fun doing science fiction. It is a joy because all the time you are facing the unknown as an actor, as an actress and as a spectator. Then filming it becomes, it becomes a joy. And to make this character, Paula, who is a character that comes to cause intrigue, since she appears on the screen because you don't know what's up. And I'm not going to tell you because I'm not going to spoil it for you, but she's a bit of a 'poker face' character, isn't she? So you don't know, she's a backpacker girl who doesn't know what's going to happen to her and that becomes a challenge because you can't join too far to one side or go too far to the other. You have to be in a very exact middle point.

Camila Valero Well, my character's name is Sofia. I am the oldest sister of the three brothers in the show. We come from a loss that was our (Diego, Isabella) older sister, there were four of

And Zuria, what was it like working with the cast, including the children, on a project like this?

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us. So Sofía's story revolves around healing from this loss, finding her new place in this family, as the older sister, feeling alone and making new bonds. And well, in the face of this mysterious threat that we began experience as a family, the only thing left is to unite and survive.

Diego Escalona Well, my character is called Diego. Now we are namesakes Diego and Diego. And well, my character is a genius boy who, as the series progresses, does math calculations from the moment he sees a certain time when it is going to happen and he always carries his notebook in which he does his calculations. So, really, that's my character, a genius child whom they sometimes limit a bit on this issue of what happens to his mother because he doesn't want to get us involved.

So it kind of makes me angry and for my part I always look for a way to investigate what is happening, how I can get the calculation done, and how it will happen. The moment I'm right, everyone starts to believe me. So that's really my character.

Isabella Arroyo My character is called Emilia, and she is a girl who found out everything that was happening because her sister was saying, "well, it's not that it's not normal for them to be putting this on the news." Since those things you're saying, actually happened, I also felt like that's the reason why it's happening like something weird. That is what I think of my character, for whom there are also several things that you will see, you will see. Because this series is going to be great.

How was it for you filming this series in Chile? Because it is a science fiction series with physical action, was it difficult?

Was it scary?

Zuria It was exhausting. We filmed it in a place that was an hour and a half from Santiago called Pirque. In the winter and at night, practically 85% of the series. So it was a series where, above all, we as Mexicans were not used to those temperatures, to be filming under those temperatures with blood, with effects, motorcycles, weapons, VFX.

So I think it was something that helped, because at the end of any shoot, when you have been filming at night for a long time, something happens in the mood in general, of the crew, of the set, of everything, because it changes you. And some kind of survival mode is activated. You are living backwards.

You're going against your schedules. You are tired, you have bags under your eyes. And I think that also greatly favored the state of mind that we would all have to have within this series to film it.

Camila Well, we arrived in Chile a year or so ago, we were just filming the series and really the pandemic was already quite light in the world, but in Chile there were still many restrictions, So we were in very closed conditions, we really didn't have much life outside of the series, but I think that personally helped me to be very focused, to really immerse myself in the story, in the character.

But well, it was also a challenge that we filmed it in the winter, it was very cold, we had many night calls in the mountains, in the forest, so the weather conditions were difficult. But I think that also helped us, it could be the adrenaline or a bit with the emotion of the moment.

Isabella For me, recording this series was something very cool, it was something that I experienced very well. Just as Cami says, we were in pandemic conditions, so it was also because we couldn't do much in Chile, but even so, what we were able to do I enjoyed to the fullest. It was also very difficult since I had to leave Mexico.

And because since the pandemic, the borders are very closed, unfortunately my daddy couldn't go, but for me, it was something super nice. Living with Cami and Diego was something beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

Diego In my experience, well, ever since I found out about the casting, I was moved to learn that it was a science fiction series and then that it was going to be filmed in Chile. Since I heard that I was very excited. So later we went to Chile and yes, as they say, we had

Zuria Oh, the children are wonderful. The truth is that they are two such talented children who achieved such complex things. And the rest of the cast? Well, Alfredo Castro is one of the actors I admire the most. For me it was a privilege to be able to share with El Refugio set. Sharing with Alberto, my husband, who leads the cast, the truth was also a very nice experience, familiar, right?

Moving to another country in the middle of a pandemic sharing the set. I think we were very lucky and rarely does something like this happen with Ana Claudia, with Camila, with Paloma, Gabriela Cartol, who became a dear friend of mine. I think that something that has happened and is happening now a lot about platforms and I really like diversity on the set, cultural diversity, right? Being able to learn how Chileans work, how Argentines work, how Mexicans work, capture all of that on a set. I think the more diversity, the more content there is, deep content I mean.

Not only behind the scenes, but in what is reflected, also in what one sees. And I think that is something incredible that is happening to a lot of platforms.

Finally, why would you recommend this science fiction show that will be in the United States on the Pantaya streaming app?

Zuria First, because you are going to be entertained, which I think is the number one goal of our profession. Turn on the TV, get hooked and want to see the other five chapters, because there are six. It's short, you´re going to finish it fast. And I think you will be proud. I think you're going to be surprised when you see the quality of the manufacturing of what we did.

So I would tell you to give yourself a chance, that it is a story that will catch you, that reality is always stranger than fiction. So there are many issues and many things that are not so unrelated to what we have experienced in the last three years. So, that's it, don't miss it starting this June 23.

El Refugio is now available on the Pantaya app.

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Accidente automovilístico llame al Dr. William Hamilton, DC 408-206-1667 circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Jun 24, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV399575 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tam N. Tun TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) Tam N. Tun has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Tam N. Tun to Tami NuQuynh Ton 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: 10/04/2022 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 27, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV399279 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Levy Ferrer TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) Levy Ferrer has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com Automation Lead; Mountain View, CA; 1 Pos; Design & dev of Automa FW proj & regres test case automa, Design & execu using contin test pipeline. Req: Bachelor deg (or foreign equal) in Comp Electro, Comp Applic or rel & 4 yrs of exp in IT. Alt: Master deg (or foreign equal) in Comp, Electro, CompAppli or rel & 2 yrs exp in IT. Visual Stu, Java Dev Kit, C#, Java, Coded UI, Selenium, SoapUI, Rest Assured, Cucumber, Agile Method, MS Azure & AWS. Send CV’s Harman Connected Services C/O Mahesh, Job ID-AL-HCS-M-01, 2002, 156 Ave, NE #200, Bellevue, WA 98007.

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Azel Enterprise Inc. 625 Wool Creek Drive San Jose, CA. 95112 for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Levy Bravo Ferrer to Levy Ferrer Rufo 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: 10/04/2022 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, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2022

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Abereton Tamuno Dikibo Case No. 22PR191890 1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Abereton Tamuno Dikibo. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by LINDA DIKIBO in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that LINDA DIKIBO 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

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AVISO DE AUDIENCIAS PÚBLICAS FINALES DEL PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL PARA EL AÑO FISCAL 2022-2023 ESTE AVISO PROPORCIONA LAS FECHAS DE LA AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA Y LAS OPORTUNIDADES PARA LA REVISIÓN PÚBLICA Y COMENTARIOS SOBRE EL PLAN DE ACCIÓN ANUAL FINAL DE LA CIUDAD DE SAN JOSÉ PARA EL AÑO FISCAL 2022-2023.

El Plan de Acción Anual (Plan) del año fiscal 2022-2023 de San José rige el uso de cuatro tipos de fondos del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD). Los fondos de la Ciudad recibidos por fórmula de HUD incluyen Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) y Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA). Los fondos de fórmula de la Ciudad promedian aproximadamente $14 millones anuales, dependiendo del presupuesto federal. El desarrollo del Plan se basa significativamente en la retroalimentación del público.

Si desea proporcionar comentarios sobre el Plan de Acción Anual Final del Año Fiscal 2022-2023, la Ciudad agradece sus comentarios. Además, los comentarios se pueden proporcionar por teléfono, correo regular (al Departamento de Vivienda de la Ciudad de San José, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, 12th Floor, San José, California 95113), o por correo electrónico a través de la información de contacto que se enumera a continuación tanto para hablantes de inglés como para aquellos con dominio limitado del inglés. El Plan de Acción Anual de la Ciudad para el Año Fiscal 2022-2023 estará disponible para comentarios públicos en el sitio web del Departamento de Vivienda desde el 1 de abril de 2022 hasta el 9 de agosto de 2022.

Calendario de Audiencias Públicas Qué Borrador enmendado del Plan de Acción Anual para el año fiscal 2022-23 con planes de contingencia sobre los niveles finales de financiamiento

Quién El Borrador del Plan de Acción Anual de la Ciudad con plan de contingencia por niveles finales de financiamiento fue escuchado por el Concejo Municipal en su reunión del 26 de abril de 2022 (Punto 8.2, Expediente 22-568)

Dónde Ciudad de San José Vivienda Calle Santa Clara 200 E. Piso12 (Torre)

Cuando Período revisado de comentarios públicos: Del 1 de abril al 9 de agosto de 2022

Audiencia pública final y adopción del Plan de Acción Anual Final para el Año Fiscal 2022-2023

Ayuntamiento de San José

Ayuntamiento de San José Calle Santa Clara 200 E. Reunión híbrida – Salas del Consejo o En línea: https://www. sanjoseca.gov/news-stories/ watch-a-meeting

9 de agosto de 2022, empezando a la 1:30 PM

Janitor, Customer Service, Machinist, Welder, Manufacturing Engineer, and customer service.

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Consulte el sitio web del Departamento de Vivienda, http:// www.sanjoseca.gov/housingconplan para encontrar copias electrónicas, o llame al (408) 793-5542 o al (408) 294-9337 (TTY) para obtener copias en papel.

Las fechas de las reuniones pueden estar sujetas a cambios. Consulte http://www.sanjoseca.gov/housingconplan para obtener actualizaciones.

INFORMACIÓN DE CONTACTO: Para preguntas o comentarios sobre el Plan de Acción Anual Final del Año Fiscal 2022-2023, comuníquese con Stephanie Gutowski al (408) 535-3500 o stephanie.gutowski@sanjoseca.gov.

PARA RESIDENTES QUE HABLAN ESPAÑOL: Este anuncio es respecto a el Enmienda sustancial de El Plan de Acción Anual para 2022-2023. El Plan de Acción Anual identifica las necesidades de viviendas y del desarrollo comunitario de la ciudad. También, es un plan de accion de una ño para demostrar cómo la cuidad va a invertir sus fondos federales para hacer frente a esas necesidades identificadas. Para mas información, favor de llamar a Luisa Galdámez (408) 535-8357.

Thông báo này dành cho người nói tiếng Việt: Thông báo này liên quan đến Bản Sửa Đổi Đáng kể cho Kế Hoạch Hoạt động Hàng Năm cho niên khóa 202 2-2023. Kế hoạch hoạt động này xác định các nhu cầu về sự phát triển gia cư và phát triển cộng đồng của Thành phố, đồng thời đề ra một chương trình hoạt động cho cả năm về cách Thành Phố sẽ sử dụng quỹ liên bang của mình để giải quyết những nhu cầu đó. Quý vị nào muốn biết thêm chi-tiết, xin vui lòng liên lạc với cô Janie Le, qua số điện-thoại Janie Le (408) 975-4414. 使用華語的聖荷西居民:此通知是關於 202 2-2023 年計劃的重要改變。 年度計劃是列出社區發展需求，並提供市府應用基金以舒解 需求的方䅁。 詳細資料 ,請電,華語 Ann Tu (408) 975-4450.

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held in this court as follows: July 25, 2022, at 9:01am, Dept. 5, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7.

If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your 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 at-

torney 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: Himat Singh Bainiwal

2797 Park Avenue, Suite 201 Santa Clara, CA 95050 (408)646-1661 Run Date: July 1, 8 and 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686322 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ZAMANA CARE, LLC: DBA THORNMILL HOUSE, 1269 Thornmill Way, San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara County. This business

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is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): ZAMANA CARE, LLC, 1269 Thornmill Way, San Jose, CA 95121.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 7/24/2017. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN632238. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Ana Luisa Mejia Zamana, LLC Manager Article/Reg#: 201719510381 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/22/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 686323 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686324 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BYTES AND HERTZ, 400 Calle Cerro, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Yatin Mhatre, 400 Calle Cerro, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. 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/ Yatin Mhatre This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/22/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 686324 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT NO. 686325 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SCISSOR AND HAMMER, 400 Calle Cerro, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Yatin Mhatre, 400 Calle Cerro, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. 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/ Yatin Mhatre This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/22/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 686325 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685846 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARENAS, 4577 Rhapsody Way, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jose de Jesus Arenas, 4577 Rhapsody Way, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/06/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Jose J. Arenas This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/06/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 685846 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com NO. 686019 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AVELAR CONSTRUCTION, 2390 Lucretia Ave Apt #1503, 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): Pedro Avelar Cisneros, 2390 Lucretia Ave #1503, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/10/2022.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Pedro Avelar Cisneros Sole Proprietor This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/13/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 686019 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686055 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Top Rain Gutter, 5819 Beswick Dr, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Christian Alexander Figueroa Martinez, 5819 Beswick Dr, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/14/2022.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Christian Figueroa This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/14/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 686055 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686093 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COOL CREATIONS AND SWEEETS, 500 Ioof Avenue #83, 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): Alvarez Hernandez Family LLC, 500 Ioof Avenue #83, Gilroy, CA 95020. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/01/2022.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Liliana Hernandez Alvarez Hernandez Family LLC Manager Article/Reg#: 202205010328 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/15/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Sandy Chanthasy, Deputy File No. FBN 686093 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686167 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SORT MY MEMORIES, 26873 Moody Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): MAPLE EVERGREEN, 26873 Moody Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/20/2022.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ MAPLE EVERGREEN This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/16/2022.

Regina Alcomendras,

County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Sandy Chanthasy, Deputy File No. FBN 686167 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686323 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ZAMANA, LLC : DBA HOLLY’S CARE HOME, 531 Canton Drive, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): ZAMANA, LLC, 531 Canton Drive, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 7/24/2017. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN632239. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Ana Luisa Mejia Zamana, LLC Manager Article/Reg#: 201719510375 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/22/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 686323 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686286 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Melendez Tile, 1077 Waco 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): Pablo Melendez, 1077 Waco St, San Jose, CA 95110. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/01/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true

information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Pablo Melendez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/21/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 686286 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685941 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: H.D. TRUCKING, 3336 Vernice Ave, 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): Humverto Duran, 3336 Vernice Ave, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/08/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN632187. “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/ Humverto Duran This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 685941 June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398962 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alex Antonio Gonzales Jr TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Alex Antonio Gonzales Jr has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Alex Antonio Gonzales Jr to Alex G Lee 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show

JUL 01 - JUL 07, 2022 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: 9/20/2022 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 08, 2022 Jacqueline N. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV399324 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Virjinia Hernandez DeHoyos TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Virjinia Hernandez DeHoyos has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Virjinia Hernandez DeHoyos to Virginia Hernandez 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEAR-

ING: Date: 10/04/2022 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 20, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 2022 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): JusticeIT, 4247 Leigh Avenue, San Jose CA, 95124. Filed in Santa Clara County on 11/30/20 under file no.

FBN670425. Justice Lammers, 4247 Leigh Avenue, San Jose CA, 95124. This business was conducted by: An Individual. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Justice Lammers This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 11/01/2021.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 680021 Original Publication Dates: November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2021 Corrected Publication Dates: June 17, 24, July 1 and 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 680608 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lucky Signs, 1260 Alma Ct, 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): Lucky Signs LLC, 1260 Alma Ct, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant

JUL 01 - JUL 07, 2022 began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/01/21. 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/ Khanh Bui This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 12/09/2021.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 680608 Original Publications Dates: December 17, 24, 31, 2021; January 7, 2022 Corrected Publication Dates: June 17, 24, July 1 and 8, 2022 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): LUCKY SIGNS, 1260 Alma Ct, San Jose CA, 95112. Filed in Santa Clara County on 10/29/21 under file no. FBN622903.

Khanh Bui, 1260 Alma Ct, San Jose CA, 95112.

This business was conducted by: An Individual. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Khanh Bui This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 12/09/2021.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 680615 Original Publications Dates: December 17, 24, 31, 2021; January 7, 2022 Corrected Publication Dates: June 17, 24, July 1 and 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686054 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ORIGINAL SA-BY THAI, 273 E

San Fernando St, 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): Siriphorn Inklai, 639 S. 11th St, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/11/2021. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Siriphorn Inklai ORIGINAL SA-BY THAI Member Article/Reg#: 202102610798 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/14/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 686054 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686008 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ROBERTO LEMUS INSURANCE SERVICE, 2055 Alum Rock Ave Suite B-1, 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): Luis Roberto Lemus, 2055 Alum Rock Ave Suite B-1, 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/ Luis Roberto Lemus This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/10/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphi-

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com lath, Deputy File No. FBN 686008 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686017 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: U&D Landscaping, 2592 Sue Ave, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ulises I.Villegas, 2592 Sue Ave, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Ulises I. Villegas This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/10/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 686017 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685962 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MOTEL 6 SAN JOSE AIRPORT, 2081 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): TEMPLE SANTA NELLA LLC, 2081 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95131. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/07/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Bhagirath Desai TEMPLE SANTA NELLA LLC Owner

Article/Reg#: 201917710346 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/09/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 685962 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686022 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: YUNLONG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 749 Carolina Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Dengdeng Xiao, 749 Carolina Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/13/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Dengdeng Xiao This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/13/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 686022 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686039 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VAN DYKE PROPERTIES, 876 N 5th St, 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): FINANCIAL SAVINGS CORP., 1141 N 2nd St, San Jose, CA 95112.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed

above on 1/01/2017.

This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN632373. “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/ Duydat P. Vu, CEO FINANCIAL SAVINGS CORP. CEO Article/Reg#: 2659772 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/13/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 686039 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 686016 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OLSON ENTERPRISES LLC, LANA CHIN CONSULTING, OLSON ANALYTICAL, NEXT GEN BX, 7192 Via Colina, San Jose, CA 95139, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): OLSON ENTERPRISES LLC, 7192 Via Colina, San Jose, CA 95139.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/11/2022.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Loren Olson Olson Enterprises LLC CEO Article/Reg#: 202250219377 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/10/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy

File No. FBN 686016 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685978 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: YIN TANG SPICY HOT POT SF, 278 Barber Court, Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): FU CHUN JIANG FOOD BEVERAGE MANAGEMENT CORP., 646 Clauser Dr, Milpitas, CA 95035. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 7/07/2016. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN619674. “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/ Chunchang Liu FU CHUN JIANG FOOD & BEVERAGE CEO Article/Reg#: 3924909 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/09/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 685978 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685875 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CARE SMILE DENTAL, 3151 S White Rd, Suite 208, San Jose, CA 95148, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): PRANEEL DENTAL INC, 4064 Avignon Ln, San Jose, CA 95135.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/06/2022.

This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all informa-

CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS tion 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/ Prashanth Naidu PRANEEL DENTAL INC CFO Article/Reg#: 5010660 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/07/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 685875 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685924 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SCOOT! 66 TOURS, 570 N 15th St, 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): BOSHCO LLC, 570 N 15th St, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/06/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Josh Rogers BOSHCO LLC COO Article/Reg#: 202250911853 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 685924 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685421 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TD’S KITCHEN,

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TD’S BEVERAGES, 1492 Almaden Road Ste A, 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): BENTO N SNAX LLC, 3277 S White Rd Ste 318, San Jose, CA 95148. 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 #: FBN658533. “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/ Thuy Do Managing Member Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 05/19/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Sandy Chanthasy, Deputy File No. FBN 685421 June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV399030 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Thi Anh Nguyet Nguyen & Vinh Van Le TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Thi Anh Nguyet Nguyen & Vinh Van Le have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Hung Van Le to Vincent Le 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

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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: 9/20/2022 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 10, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV397545 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Gilbert Tavarez (Step Dad) & Glenda A. Tavarez (Mother) TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Gilbert Tavarez & Glenda A. Tavarez have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jeremy Santiago Salazar Guardado to Jeremy Santiago Tavarez Guardado 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: 8/16/2022 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at

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

May 03, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398964 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jillian Gerten and Timothy Barraza TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Jillian Gerten and Timothy Barraza have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Klover Kaileen Gerten to Klover Skyleen Gerten 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: 9/27/2022 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 08, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV399131 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Kristine Nicole Concepcion Arustamov TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Kristine Nicole Concepcion Arustamov has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. (First Name) Kristine Nicole (Middle Name) Concepcion (Last Name) Arustamov to (First Name) Kristine Nicole (Last Name) Concepcion-Sallade 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: 9/27/2022 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 13, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685837 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LAS MINAS G UAT E M A L A N R E S TAU R A N T, 1168 Blazingwood

Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by Partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Marco Tulio Muralles Barahona, 1168 Blazingwood Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 and Ingris Yojana Trigueros, 1168 Blazingwood Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Marco Tulio Muralles Barahona This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/06/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Sandy Chanthasy, Deputy File No. FBN 685837 June 10, 17, 24 and July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685929 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PROPEREZ CONSTRUCTION, 2150 Monterey Road, #29, 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): Angel Fernando Perez.

2150 Monterey Road, #29, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/08/22. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Angel Fernando Perez This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Sandy Nina Khamphilath, Deputy

File No. FBN 685929 June 10, 17, 24 and July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685610 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ravenscourt Apartments TIC, 991-997 Ravenscourt Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an unincorporated association other than a partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sridhar Hoskote, 5291 Arezzo Drive, San Jose, CA 95138 and Navneet Goel, 980 De Soto Lane, Foster City, CA 94404. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 5/23/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Navneet Goel This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 05/31/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 685610 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685561 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TAKINI & UWEZOCE/CP, 10280 Shoreham Court, 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): Marjorie Angela Craig, 10280 Shoreham Court, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 4/15/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or

she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Marjorie Angela Craig This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 05/26/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 685561 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685799 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PM AUTOWORKS, 226 Phelan Ave Unit B, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ricky Hogan, 226 Phelan Ave Unit B, San Jose, CA 95112.

Randy Aguilera, 226 Phelan Ave Unit B, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/16/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN622702. “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/ Ricky Hogan This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/03/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 685799 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685782 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BEAUTY SALON AND BARBERHOP *REY DE REYES*, 2239 Story 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): Edwin Juarez

JUL 01 - JUL 07, 2022 Madrigal, 305 San Antonio Ct. Apt 4202, San Jose, CA 95116. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/01/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Edwin Juarez Madrigal This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/03/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 685782 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685645 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: APPLE MASON, 950 High School Way #3205, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Adam Winsenburg, 950 High School Way #3205, Mountain View, CA 94041. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/25/2017. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN634284. “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/ Adam Winsenburg This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 05/31/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 685645 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685739 The following person(s)

is (are) doing business as: Natural and Organic Nail, 2050 S Bascom Ave Suite C, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Hung Diep, 2600 Senter Rd Spc 214, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/02/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Hung Diep This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/02/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 685739 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685741 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: M&S Heating and Air Conditioning, 1200 Franklin Mall, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): CH-AC INC, 1200 Franklin Mall, Santa Clara, CA 95050. 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/ Kent Jenkins CH-AC INC CEO Article/Reg#: 892707 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/02/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader,

JUL 01 - JUL 07, 2022 Deputy File No. FBN 685741 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 685798 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute Inc., California Polytechnic Institute, Silicon Valley Technical Institute, Silicon Valley Academy, SVPTI, CALPT, SVTII, 1754 Technology Drive, Suite 228, San Jose, CA 95110, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute Inc., 26744 Arastradero Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/01/1998.

This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN634600.

“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/ Ali Iranmanesh Silicon Valley Polytechnic Institute Inc. President Article/Reg#: C3263590 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/03/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 685798 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Natural and Organic Nail, 2050 S Bascom Ave, Suite C, Campbell CA, 95008. Filed in Santa Clara County on 12/07/15 under file no. FBN611767. Thao

Huyn, 1310 Eldamar Ct, San Jose CA, 95121.

This business was conducted by: An Individual. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Thao Huynh This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 6/02/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 685738 June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398181 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: DAVE THUY GIA NGUYEN. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) DAVE THUY GIA NGUYEN has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. DAVE THUY GIA NGUYEN to THUY GIA 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: 09/06/2022 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

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

May 17, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24 and July 1, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398565 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: MICHAEL T. HUYNH. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) MICHAEL T. HUYNH has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. MICHAEL T. HUYNH AKA THU X. HUYNH to MICHAEL THU HUYNH. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 07/19/2022 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 24, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24 and July 1, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398932 Superior Court of

California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Maria Elena Felix Di Natale TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Maria Elena Felix Di Natale has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Maria Elena Felix Di Natale to Fiorella Di Natale 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: 9/20/2022 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, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398902 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Joshua Estrada Gutierrez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Joshua Estrada Gutierrez has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Joshua Estrada Gutierrez to Joshua Martinez Fuentes 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: 9/20/2022 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 06, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV396362 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jeremy Alexander Silva TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) Jeremy Alexander Silva has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jeremy Alexander Silva to Jeremy Alexander Paredes 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: 7/12/2022 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Apr 01, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398890 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Hong Ji TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Hong Ji has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Hong Ji to Qing Ji 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: 9/20/2022 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

CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Jun 06, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022 AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398515 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Angelina Eilie Andrei TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Angelina Eilie Andrei, aka: Lina Eilia Serhan, aka: Lina Eilia has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Angelina Eilie Andrei aka: Lina Eilia Serhan aka: Lina Eilia to ELENA AUDREE CERELLI EILIA 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: 7/12/2022 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 03, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV398550 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Fang Yong Ooi TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Fang Yong Ooi has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Fang Yong Ooi to Stephanie Fang Yong Ooi 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: 9/06/2022 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 24, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court June 10, 17, 24, July 1, 2022

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TRAVEL

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Comité de Vigilancia Ciudadana de la Medida A del año 2000

JUL 01 - JUL 07, 2022

TRAVELING SAFELY KEY TO SUMMER FUN VACATIONS

INFORME AL PÚBLICO Año Fiscal 2021 (1 de junio de 2020 al 30 de junio de 2021) La Medida A del año 2000 es un impuesto sobre las ventas de medio centavo, con una duración de 30 años, dedicado a las mejoras del transporte público. La medida exigía que un comité independiente de vigilancia ciudadana (CWC, por sus siglas en inglés) revisara los gastos de la Medida A del año 2000, comisionara auditorías y emitiera informes al público. Este es el informe del CWC de la Medida A del año 2000 para el Año Fiscal 2021, el decimoquinto año del programa de 30 años.

Después de una revisión cuidadosa, el CWC concluye que para el Año Fiscal 2021, el dinero de los impuestos de la Medida A del año 2000 se gastó de acuerdo con la intención de la medida.

Resumen de los gastos del programa durante el Año Fiscal 2021: $313.2 Millones. Total de los gastos del Programa* correspondientes al Año Fiscal 2021

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*** La asistencia operativa al transporte público equivale al 20.75% de los ingresos por impuestos sobre las ventas, lo que representa aproximadamente $45,8 millones de los gastos totales para el Año Fiscal 2021.

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

The spike in gas prices means many people are likely to modify their summer vacations this year.

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spontaneous fun, like a detour for a swim in a nearby lake.

he busy summer travel season has kicked off, and a few tips can help ensure hitting the road is as painless as possible.

Unfortunately, one of the biggest hurdles to summer travel this year is increasing gas prices. Conde pointed out AAA research found three-quarters of people will change their driving habits when gas prices hit five dollars a gallon.

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Matthew Conde, public affairs director for AAA Idaho, said people should refresh their emergency kits with flares, firstaid kits and flashlights, and should think about less conventional items.

"Bring along a tarp," Conde suggested.

"That way, you have temporary shade if you are waiting somewhere by the roadside, perhaps waiting for some help. And, of course, a blanket or a towel or something that you can use to protect yourself from hot asphalt or road debris if you do need to kneel down to change a tire or check tire pressure or things like that."

Conde recommended people bring a gallon of water, which can serve many purposes. It can help cool down people and pets and also top off overheating radiators. He advised people also should bring an extra change of clothes in the event of unexpected delays, or even

"But we also learned that 50% of the people who have already booked a summer vacation won't change it no matter what gas prices are doing," Conde reported.

Conde stressed people should be careful driving during the summer months.

"We call them the 100 deadliest days, from Memorial Day to Labor Day," Conde noted. "Because obviously so many more people are out there driving at all times, day and night. The road conditions are actually good and, of course, that means people start driving faster."

Conde added demand for travel will be higher this year and people should probably budget 20% to 30% higher for trips than they did last year.

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EARTHTALK Q&A: CARCINOGENIC INGREDIENTS IN BAKED GOODS

EARTHTALK Q&A: INGREDIENTES CANCERÍGENOS EN PRODUCTOS HORNEADOS

Flour-additive potassium bromate can enhance the quality and appearance of baked goods, but is it worth getting cancer over? Photo Credit: Pexels

El bromato de potasio como aditivo de harina puede mejorar la calidad y la apariencia de los productos horneados, pero ¿Vale la pena terminar con cáncer? Photo Credit: Unsplash

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Dear EarthTalk: Why are food manufacturers adding potentially carcinogenic potassium bromate to the flour of many of the packaged baked goods we consume? What are the risks and how can we minimize them? -- Annie C., Poulsbo, WA

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t may sound strange, but there are still many food manufacturers across the world who choose to enhance the quality and appearance of their baked products by adding the carcinogenic compound known as potassium bromate (KBrO3) to their flour.

Potassium bromate, a “potential human carcinogen” as deemed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, is often used as an oxidizing agent during the production of baked goods such as bread or pizza.

In order for a baked good to achieve that fluffy, high-risen appearance and texture, it must be oxidized first. In the past, dough would be kneaded repeatedly by a baker, then left out in the open air to oxidize naturally; a process that can take days, even weeks. Potassium bromate shortens this process by directly and more potently strengthening the bonds between gluten (the constituent parts of any baked good), resulting in a more efficiently-made, betterlooking baked product.

But is the possibility of cancer worth it?

Potassium bromate is unfortunately an excellent source of free radicals (unstable atoms) called reactive oxygen species (ROS), the kind that cause mutations in our DNA. These mutations can in some cases accumulate, producing cancers of the thyroid, liver, and kidneys.

In 1982, Japanese researchers were the first to publish a series of papers stating that potassium bromate was causing these different types of cancer in rats.

Many countries shortly thereafter banned its use (Including the European Union, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Nigeria, South Korea and Peru, among others). The FDA, however, felt that the US need not ban potassium bromate as levels in most baked goods sold were unlikely to exceed 20 parts per million (ppm), an amount

deemed safe for human consumption.

Before you run to the nearest poison control center, remember that it is the quantity of potassium bromate in the end product that ultimately determines its carcinogenic potential, not its mere presence. According to the FDA, 50 ppm (parts per million) is the upper limit for its use in bromated flour.

As for its use in bread, 75 ppm is considered the limit for safe human consumption.

If you're a hobbyist who enjoys baking their own bread or other similar products, it should be noted that if your product fails to reach a high enough temperature, or if it isn’t baked long enough, it may contain residual amounts of potassium bromate.

Your best option for baking carcinogenfree items is by using unbromated flour, although the process is a little different.

More mixing is required (as there is less oxidative potential), as well as the setting of a lower initial temperature (due to the temperature increase from the mixing).

As for those hoping to purchase unbromated baked goods, it is of course required by law that all ingredients be stated on the packaging. If you’re lucky enough to live in California, a warning label stating carcinogenic ingredients should be visible on the packaging. Keep an eye out for “potassium bromate” or “bromated flour” — and if you see either ingredient, do yourself a favor and put it back.

CONTACTS: Potassium bromate: Effects on bread components, health, environment and method of analysis, pubmed. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31865111/; Was your bread bakes with flour containing a possible cancer-causing additive? ewg.org/ research/potassium-bromate; Toxicity and carcinogenicity of potassium bromate--a new renal carcinogen, https://www.ncbi. nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567851/.

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Querido EarthTalk: ¿Por qué los fabricantes de alimentos agregan bromato de potasio potencialmente cancerígeno a la harina de muchos de los productos horneados que consumimos? ¿Cuáles son los riesgos y cómo podemos minimizarlos? -- Annie C., Poulsbo, WA

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uede sonar extraño, pero todavía hay muchos fabricantes de alimentos en todo el mundo que eligen mejorar la calidad y la apariencia de sus productos horneados agregando el compuesto cancerígeno conocido como bromato de potasio (KBrO3) a su harina.

El bromato de potasio, un "cancerígeno humano potencial" según lo considera la Agencia Internacional para la Investigación del Cáncer, a menudo se usa como agente oxidante durante la producción de productos horneados como pan o pizza.

Para que un producto horneado logre esa apariencia y textura esponjosa y alta, primero debe oxidarse. En el pasado, un panadero amasaba repetidamente la masa y luego la dejaba al aire libre para que se oxidara naturalmente; un proceso que puede llevar días, incluso semanas. El bromato de potasio acorta este proceso al fortalecer directa y más potentemente los enlaces entre el gluten (las partes constituyentes de cualquier producto horneado), lo que da como resultado un producto horneado más eficiente y de mejor apariencia.

Pero, ¿vale la pena la posibilidad de cáncer?

Desafortunadamente, el bromato de potasio es una excelente fuente de radicales libres (átomos inestables) llamados especies reactivas de oxígeno (ROS), del tipo que causa mutaciones en nuestro ADN. Estas mutaciones pueden en algunos casos acumularse y producir cáncer de tiroides, hígado y riñones.

En 1982, investigadores japoneses fueron los primeros en publicar una serie de artículos que afirmaban que el bromato de potasio estaba causando estos diferentes tipos de cáncer en ratas. Poco después, muchos países prohibieron su uso (Incluyendo la Unión Europea, Argentina, Brasil, Canadá, Nigeria, Corea del Sur y Perú, entre otros). Sin embargo, la FDA consideró que EE. UU. no necesitaba prohibir el bromato de potasio, ya que era poco probable que los niveles en la mayoría de los productos horneados excedieran las 20 partes por millón (ppm), una cantidad considerada segura para el consumo

humano.

Antes de acudir al centro de toxicología más cercano, recuerde que es la cantidad de bromato de potasio en el producto final lo que determina en última instancia su potencial cancerígeno, no su mera presencia. Según la FDA, 50 ppm (partes por millón) es el límite superior para su uso en harina bromada. En cuanto a su uso en pan, 75 ppm se considera el límite para el consumo humano seguro.

Si usted es un aficionado que disfruta hornear su propio pan u otros productos similares, debe tener en cuenta que si su producto no alcanza una temperatura lo suficientemente alta o si no se hornea el tiempo suficiente, es posible que contenga cantidades residuales de potasio bromato. Su mejor opción para hornear artículos libres de carcinógenos es usar harina sin bromar, aunque el proceso es un poco diferente. Se requiere mezclar más (ya que hay menos potencial oxidativo), así como ajustar una temperatura inicial más baja (debido al aumento de temperatura de la mezcla).

En cuanto a aquellos que esperan comprar productos horneados sin bromato, por supuesto, la ley exige que se indiquen todos los ingredientes en el empaque. Si tiene la suerte de vivir en California, debe haber una etiqueta de advertencia que indique los ingredientes cancerígenos en el empaque.

Esté atento al "bromato de potasio" o la "harina bromada", y si ve cualquiera de los ingredientes, hágase un favor y déjelo.

CONTACTOS: Potassium bromate: Effects on bread components, health, environment and method of analysis, pubmed.ncbi.nlm. nih.gov/31865111/; Was your bread bakes with flour containing a possible cancercausing additive? ewg.org/research/potassium-bromate; Toxicity and carcinogenicity of potassium bromate--a new renal carcinogen, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567851/.

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¿EXISTE LA MAGIA BLANCA?

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magia no es una maquinaria creadora de ilusiones, porque sus efectos son reales, visibles, tangibles y perseveran según nuestros propósitos.

or muchos siglos la magia blanca ha sido mal interpretada, manipulada y hasta utilizada para satisfacer fines religiosos, políticos y culturales. Numerosos mitos suelen señalar a la magia como una actividad sobrenatural, peligrosa, ilusoria y hasta satánica.

Existen tres tipos diferentes de energía necesarias entre si, para dar vida a un ritual de magia.

La primera o energía primaria consiste básicamente en la energía personal, la fuerza que emana de nuestro de ser, el poder creado por la conjunción de mente, cuerpo y espíritu.

La magia como todas las ciencias que ahora conocemos, un día tuvo que emerger entre las tinieblas de lo desconocido, asimismo lo hicieron la física, la química, la medicina, la astronomía, la biología y la filosofía entre otras tantas. Sabios del pasado fueron tildados como dementes, juzgados, torturados, y algunos hasta condenados a morir; simplemente por dar a conocer sus conocimientos al mundo.

Tales fueron los casos de Nicolás Copérnico (1473-1543) astrónomo polaco quien difundió en aquel entonces la idea que la Tierra no era el centro del Universo y que giraba en su eje alrededor del Sol, asimismo Galileo Galilei (15641642) físico y astrónomo italiano, quien fuera apresado y sentenciado únicamente por hacerle saber al mundo que la tierra se movía.

Existe una lista extensa de brillantes talentos que con sus descubrimientos le dieron nuevos bríos a la vida terrenal, sin embargo; siempre han surgido seres con mentes caóticas, cerradas y opuestas al estudio y descubrimiento de todas las maravillas que la madre naturaleza ha dispuesto a nuestro alcance y para nuestro propio beneficio.

Es increíble pero cierto que en el propio siglo XXI aún se pronuncien argumentos obsoletos sobre las prácticas de la magia blanca.

En efecto todo ello ocurre debido a que la magia

La segunda energía está regida por el poder de la Madre Naturaleza: las frutas, los vegetales, las hierbas, las flores, el agua, las piedras, el aire, el fuego, la tierra, los animales y todo lo creado en nuestro planeta se haya magistralmente envuelto en la esencia del poder terrestre.

El tercer factor fundamental consiste en la energía etérea, la fuerza vibrante del Creador y los espíritus de luz que vigilan y sustentan la creación divina.

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no presenta aparentemente leyes ni mecanismos que la definan o la defiendan como ocurre con otras artes y ciencias formalmente establecidas. Sin embargo nada escapa en nuestro planeta a la ley de la compensación. Un precepto aparentemente llano, pero que encierra la verdad más fundamental de nuestra existencia, por tal motivo la magia blanca o white magic! se encuentra directamente ligada a tal decreto universal.

lo tanto y como existen los dos polos opuestos del universo, el yin y el yang, por lo cual se originaron los dos eternos rivales <el bien y el mal>> de los cuales nada ni nadie escapa.

Al mismo tiempo sí conlleva un aspecto sobrenatural que no causa daño, solamente crea cambios necesarios. Tampoco es satánica, porque la mente y las acciones del usuario son los factores que le dan el poder y la esencia. Por

Conociendo, obrando y actuando bajo los roles establecidos de la buena voluntad, la magia blanca no puede ni debe ser peligrosa, sencillamente es un medio que tenemos para atraer cambios benéficos, positivos y necesarios. La

Entonces por ende existen desde siempre dos tipos de magia: la magia negra y la magia blanca, antagonistas entre sí y separadas por una estrecha línea divisoria que podemos definir como “buena voluntad”.

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Los rituales mágicos precisan extraordinariamente de los tres poderes para producir cambios reales y efectivos. El hombre con su energía produce la visualización (proceso mediante el cual se crean imágenes, circunstancias y episodios en la mente) y es por medio de la misma, que se llega a influenciar el poder de la naturaleza a través de sus pertenencias: la flora, la fauna, los elementos, las estaciones, el tiempo y el karma.

Ya establecida la comunión de los dos poderes ahora viene el llamado interactivo de ambos con el poder divino lo que llamaremos “trilogía poderosa”. En las prácticas de magia blanca siempre va expuesto un objetivo junto a una experiencia religiosa.

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