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CONOCE A LAS VÍCTIMAS DEL CIERRE DEL GOBIERNO FEDERAL

José López Zamorano

La Red Hispana

Paramuchas personas, se ha normalizado el espectáculo anual de un posible cierre del gobierno federal ante los crónicos desacuerdos presupuestales en el Congreso.

Pero una normalización de la disfuncionalidad política en Washington es inaceptable porque las principales víctimas son los más vulnerables entre nosotros:

Si el gobierno federal queda paralizado a partir del primer minuto de octubre, alrededor de 6.7 millones de beneficiarios del programa WIC –estamos hablando de mujeres embarazadas y niños de familias de bajos ingresos principalmente—quedarán casi de inmediato sin acceso al apoyo federal.

“La gran mayoría de los participantes de WIC verían una reducción y eliminación inmediata de esos beneficios, lo que significa que la asistencia nutricional que se brinda no estaría disponible”, advirtió esta semana el secretario de agricultura, Tom Vilsack.

Pero eso no es todo. Otras 40 millones de personas de hogares de bajos ingresos, que reciben cupones de alimentos a través del Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP) podrían dejar de recibirlos a partir de noviembre, toda vez que forman parte de la Ley del Campo, cuya renovación está también en riesgo.

Cientos de miles de agricultores, granjeros y ganaderos también dejarán de recibir apoyo o préstamos. Millones de trabajadores federales en posiciones no esenciales no recibirán su salario durante la duración del cierre del gobierno federal, como tampoco el personal crítico –controladores aéreos, servicios de emergencia. Estos últimos deben trabajar sin goce de sueldo.

Y cuando se tome en cuenta que seis de cada 10 trabajadores federales se encuentran trabajando para agencias como el departamento de seguridad nacional con el departamento de defensa y el departamento de asuntos de veteranos, un cierre también tiene implicaciones de seguridad nacional.

Un cierre del gobierno federal también tiene el potencial de afectar los planes de viaje de cientos de miles de personas, toda vez que quedará suspendida la emisión de pasaportes o de visas, debido al cierre de las oficinas en el extranjero del Departamento de Estado

Para la economía estadounidense, un cierre del gobierno podría representar una reducción del crecimiento económico de al menos 0.2% a la

MEET THE VICTIMS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

pants would see an immediate reduction and elimination of those benefits, meaning the nutrition assistance being provided would not be available,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned this week. But that is not all. Another 40 million people from low-income households who receive food stamps through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could stop receiving them starting in November, since they are part of the Farm Law, whose renewal is also at risk.

semana, de acuerdo con estimaciones de la correduría Goldman Sachs. Aunque sería un tropiezo temporal.

En pocas palabras, un cierre del gobierno tendría enormes consecuencias, muchas de ellas impredecibles. Y todo porque un puñado de legisladores republicanos han colocado el presupuesto y la credibilidad de Estados Unidos como rehén de una agenda conservadora.

Tuvo razón el presidente Biden cuando apeló al público de Estados Unidos a dejar de votar por aquellos políticos conservadores que están dispuestos a dejar a cerrar el gobierno. “Financiar al gobierno es una de las responsabilidades más básicas y fundamentales del Congreso y si los republicanos en la Cámara no comienzan a hacer su trabajo, deberíamos dejar de elegirlos”.

José López Zamorano La Red

Hispana

Formany people, the annual spectacle of a possible federal government shutdown in the face of chronic budget disagreements in Congress has become normalized.

But a normalization of political dysfunction in Washington is unacceptable because the main victims are the most vulnerable among us: If the federal government is paralyzed from the first minute of October, around 6.7 million beneficiaries of the WIC program – we are talking about mainly pregnant women and children from low-income families –will be left almost immediately without access to federal support.

“The vast majority of WIC partici-

Hundreds of thousands of farmers and ranchers will also stop receiving support or loans. Millions of federal workers in non-essential positions will not receive pay for the duration of the federal government shutdown, nor will critical personnel like air traffic controllers and emergency services, the latter who must work without pay.

And when you take into account that six in 10 federal workers are working for agencies like the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, a shutdown also has national security implications.

A federal government shutdown also has the potential to affect the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of people, as the issuance of passports or visas will be suspended due to the closure of the State Department's foreign offices. For the US economy, a government shutdown could represent a reduction in economic growth of at least 0.2% a week, according to estimates by the Goldman Sachs brokerage, although it would be a temporary setback.

Simply put, a government shutdown would have enormous consequences, many of them unpredictable. And all because a handful of Republican lawmakers have taken America's budget and credibility hostage to a conservative agenda.

President Biden was right when he appealed to the American public to stop voting for those conservative politicians who are willing to let the government shut down. “Funding the government is one of the most basic and fundamental responsibilities of Congress and if Republicans in the House don't start doing their job, we should stop electing them.”

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CALIFORNIA DEMANDA A CENTROS DE EMBARAZOS POR AFIRMAR QUE TIENEN UN SERVICIO PARA LA “REVERSIÓN DE LA PÍLDORA ABORTIVA”

Varios centros de embarazo que están contra el aborto anuncian un servicio para la "reversión de la píldora abortiva". El Fiscal General de California, Rob Bonta, califica las afirmaciones como publicidad falsa que engaña a los pacientes vulnerables.

Kristen Hwang CalMatters

Ensu continua batalla para proteger el derecho al aborto, California está demandando a dos importantes grupos antiaborto por afirmaciones sobre la viabilidad de un servicio para la “reversión de la píldora abortiva”, anunció el Fiscal General Rob Bonta.

Heartbeat International, un grupo nacional antiaborto, y RealOptions Obria, una cadena que opera cinco centros de embarazos en crisis en el norte de California, promueven servicios para “revertir” el proceso de aborto con medicamentos. Bonta está demandando a ambos grupos en el Tribunal Superior de Alameda bajo las leyes estatales de Publicidad Falsa y Competencia Desleal.

“(Heartbeat International) y RealOptions se aprovecharon de pacientes embarazadas en un momento profundamente vulnerable de sus vidas, utilizando afirmaciones falsas y engañosas para atraerlas y engañarlas sobre un procedimiento potencialmente riesgoso”, dijo Bonta en un comunicado. “Hoy presentamos la demanda para poner fin a su comportamiento depredador e ilegal”.

La denuncia de 30 páginas alega que las dos organizaciones utilizan afirmaciones fraudulentas y engañosas para promover la seguridad y eficacia de una terapia hormonal experimental para detener el aborto con medicamentos.

En un comunicado, un representante de Heartbeat International dijo que la organización se enteró de la demanda a través de solicitudes de los medios y aún no ha sido notificada. La declaración dice que más de 4,500 mujeres han tenido “reversiones exitosas de la píldora abortiva”.

“A través de nuestra línea directa de la Red de Rescate de la Píldora Abortiva, sabemos que algunas mujeres casi de inmediato se arrepienten de haber elegido el aborto químico”, dice el comunicado. “Estas mujeres merecen el derecho a intentar salvar sus embarazos. Ninguna mujer debería verse jamás obligada a realizar un aborto que ya no desea”.

RealOptions Obria no respondió a una solicitud de comentarios antes de la publicación.

El aborto con medicamentos generalmente implica dos medicamentos (mifepristona y misoprostol) que se toman con un intervalo de 24 a 48 horas, según la FDA. La mifepristona, que se toma primero, inhibe la capacidad del cuerpo para utilizar la hormona del embarazo progesterona, mientras que el misoprostol hace que el útero se contraiga y expulse el contenido de forma similar a un aborto espontáneo, según el Colegio Americano de Obstetras y Ginecólogos.

El servicio anunciado de “reversión de la píldora abortiva” administra progesterona adicional a personas que han tomado mifepristona pero aún no han tomado el segundo medicamento, según la denuncia y los materiales publicados por ambas organizaciones. El sitio web de RealOptions lo caracteriza como un “proceso efectivo” y afirma

que “QUIZÁ NO SEA DEMASIADO TARDE PARA SALVAR SU EMBARAZO”. Heartbeat International administra la línea directa nacional conocida como Abortion Pill Rescue Network a la que los centros locales de embarazos en crisis, como RealOptions, dirigen a las personas embarazadas.

La demanda acusa a las dos organizaciones de aprovecharse de “individuos emocionalmente vulnerables” y argumenta que las organizaciones anuncian ilegalmente el servicio como una opción viable sin señalar posibles efectos secundarios, como el riesgo de hemorragia grave.

“Los acusados atraen a estos individuos a través de múltiples tergiversaciones y los presionan afirmando que deben comenzar el tratamiento lo más rápido posible, explotando aún más el elevado estado emocional de estos individuos”, afirma la demanda.

Se detiene el estudio sobre la ‘reversión de la píldora abortiva’

Los defensores de la “reversión de la píldora abortiva”, incluidos aquellos que dicen que se han beneficiado, con frecuencia hacen referencia al uso de la terapia con progestina para prevenir el parto prematuro y a la investigación realizada por el médico de San Diego, George Delgado, para respaldar su seguridad. Los estudios de Delgado utilizan muy pocos pacientes y han sido ampliamente condenados por la comunidad médica, incluido el Colegio Estadounidense de Obstetras y Ginecólogos y el New England Journal of Medicine, por no tener mérito ni aplicabilidad amplia. La Dra. Mary Davenport, médica autorizada en California, también contribuyó a los estudios de Delgado y es directora médica de dos de las clínicas de RealOption.

El único estudio diseñado para probar rigurosamente la efectividad del procedimiento se interrumpió tempranamente citando “preocupaciones de seguridad” después de que tres mujeres sufrieran una hemorragia grave y fueran transportadas al hospital. “Detuvimos la inscripción después de la tercera hemorragia”, dijeron los autores en la revista

Obstetrics & Gynecology.

La demanda acusa a RealOptions de engañar a las personas embarazadas sobre la posibilidad de efectos secundarios graves al no revelar la posibilidad de hemorragia grave.

Numerosos estudios muestran que el protocolo de aborto con dos pastillas, que ha sido aprobado por la FDA durante más de 20 años, interrumpirá un embarazo entre el 95% y el 98% de las veces. Aquellas que toman sólo la primera píldora y no la segunda continuarán con el embarazo alrededor del 50% de las veces, según el Colegio Estadounidense de Obstetras y Ginecólogos, aproximadamente la misma tasa de éxito que afirman los defensores de la “reversión de la píldora abortiva”.

Los centros de crisis de embarazo, que no ofrecen abortos pero pueden brindar algunos servicios médicos como pruebas de embarazo y ultrasonidos, han sido durante mucho tiempo una espina clavada para los defensores del aborto en California. La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos se puso del lado de los opositores al aborto en 2018, derogando una ley de California que exigía que los centros de crisis de embarazo notificaran a los clientes sobre los métodos anticonceptivos y las opciones de aborto. La decisión enfrió significativamente los esfuerzos legislativos para frenar las prácticas de los centros.

Cathren Cohen, abogada del Instituto Williams y del Centro de Salud, Derecho y Políticas Reproductivas de UCLA, dijo a CalMatters en junio que los legisladores y defensores estaban preocupados por crear un mal precedente.

“El movimiento contra el derecho a decidir es muy litigioso. Saben que los tribunales federales están de su lado”, dijo Cohen.

Legislación sobre centros de crisis de embarazo

A principios de este año, dos proyectos de ley destinados a aumentar la transparencia

sobre los servicios y objetivos de los centros de embarazo en crisis fueron silenciosamente eliminados en la Legislatura. Una de las autoras, la asambleísta Pilar Schiavo, demócrata de Santa Clarita, dijo en un comunicado que estaba agradecida por la demanda de Bonta porque la “reversión de la píldora abortiva” es “uno de los procedimientos más peligrosos que ofrecen (los centros de embarazos)”.

“Es preocupante que su ideología antiaborto prevalezca sobre la ciencia y la seguridad de las mujeres”, decía la declaración de Schiavo. “Tengo la esperanza de que en la próxima sesión legislativa nos enfrentemos a toda esta industria, cuyo principal objetivo es socavar el derecho de la mujer a elegir y bloquear el acceso a la atención del aborto”.

La asambleísta Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, demócrata de Orinda, presentó una medida a principios de este año que finalmente murió en el comité, intentando fortalecer la ley estatal de publicidad falsa para especificar que las empresas no podían hacer declaraciones engañosas sobre el aborto. En una declaración a CalMatters, Bauer-Kahan caracterizó las afirmaciones hechas por los centros de crisis de embarazo como “depredadoras y engañosas”.

“En algunos de sus momentos más difíciles, las personas embarazadas están siendo engañadas y puestas en peligro”, decía la declaración de Bauer-Kahan. “Es hora de hacer algo y estoy orgulloso de que California esté luchando para poner fin a estas mentiras”.

Los centros, que a menudo están afiliados religiosamente y conectados con organizaciones nacionales como Heartbeat International, han proliferado en California en los últimos años. Si bien menos del 62% de los condados tienen una clínica de abortos, casi el 80% tiene un centro de crisis de embarazos, según una base de datos compilada por CalMatters. En las zonas rurales donde hay una grave escasez de atención primaria, los centros superan en número a las clínicas de aborto en una proporción de 11 a dos.

Heartbeat International tiene más de 90 centros de embarazo afiliados en California. Obria, que opera en todo el país y está asociada con las cinco clínicas del norte de California mencionadas en la demanda, tiene cinco afiliadas adicionales en el estado.

“La horrible realidad es que ahora mismo hay más centros de embarazos en crisis en California que clínicas de atención de abortos”, dijo Bonta durante una conferencia de prensa el jueves. “Los centros de embarazo en crisis no ofrecen servicios de aborto ni derivaciones para abortos, aunque es posible que quieran hacerle creer que sí lo hacen”.

Esta nota fue realizada con el respaldo de la California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), que trabaja para garantizar que las personas tengan acceso a la atención que necesitan, cuando la necesitan y a un precio que puedan pagar. Visite www.chcf.org para obtener más información.

Embarazo Care Center, una filial de Heartbeat International, en Fresno el 21 de septiembre de 2023.

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CALIFORNIA SUES CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS OVER ‘ABORTION PILL REVERSAL’ CLAIMS

Several anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers are advertising ‘abortion pill reversal’. California Attorney General Rob Bonta calls the claims false advertising that mislead vulnerable patients.

Kristen Hwang CalMatters

In its continued battle to bulletproof the right to abortion, California is suing two major anti-abortion groups over claims made about the viability of “abortion pill reversal,” Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday September 21.

Heartbeat International, a national anti-abortion group, and RealOptions Obria, a chain that operates five crisis pregnancy centers in Northern California, both promote services to “reverse” the medication abortion process. Bonta is suing both groups in Alameda Superior Court under the state’s False Advertising and Unfair Competition laws.

“(Heartbeat International) and RealOptions took advantage of pregnant patients at a deeply vulnerable time in their lives, using false and misleading claims to lure them in and mislead them about a potentially risky procedure,” Bonta said in a statement. “We are launching today’s lawsuit to put a stop to their predatory and unlawful behavior.”

The 30-page complaint alleges the two organizations use fraudulent and misleading claims to promote the safety and efficacy of an experimental hormone therapy to stop medication abortion from proceeding.

In a statement, a representative for Heartbeat International said the organization learned about the lawsuit through media requests and has not yet been served. The statement says more than 4,500 women have had “successful abortion pill reversals.”

“Through our Abortion Pill Rescue Network hotline, we know that some women almost immediately regret their chemical abortion choice,” the statement said. “These women deserve the right to try and save their pregnancies. No woman should ever be forced to complete an abortion she no longer wants.”

RealOptions Obria did not respond to a request for comment before publication.

Medication abortion typically involves two drugs — mifepristone and misoprostol — taken between 24 to 48 hours apart, according to the FDA. Mifepristone, which is taken first, inhibits the body’s ability to use the pregnancy hormone progesterone, while misoprostol causes the uterus to contract and expel the contents similar to a miscarriage, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

The advertised “abortion pill reversal” service administers extra progesterone to people who have taken mifepristone but have not yet taken the second drug, according to the complaint and materials published by both organizations. RealOptions’ website characterizes it as an “effective process” and states “IT MAY NOT BE TOO LATE TO SAVE YOUR PREGNANCY.”

Heartbeat International runs the national hotline known as the Abortion Pill Rescue Network that local crisis pregnancy centers like RealOptions direct pregnant people toward.

The lawsuit accuses the two organizations of preying on “emotionally vulnerable individuals” and argues the organizations illegally advertise the service as a viable option without noting possible side effects such as the risk of severe bleeding.

“Defendants attract these individuals through multiple misrepresentations and pressure them by claiming they must start treatment as quickly as possible, further exploiting these individuals’ heightened emotional state,” the lawsuit states.

Study on ‘abortion pill reversal’ stopped

Proponents of “abortion pill reversal,” including those who say they have benefitted, frequently reference the use of progestin therapy to prevent preterm birth and research conducted by San Diego physician George Delgado, to support its safety. Delgado’s studies use very few patients and have been widely condemned by the medical community, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and New England Journal of Medicine, as having no merit or broad applicability. Dr. Mary Davenport, a licensed physician in California, also contributed to Delgado’s studies and is the medical director of two of RealOption’s clinics.

The only study designed to rigorously test the effectiveness of the procedure was stopped early citing “safety concerns” after three women experienced

severe hemorrhaging and were transported to the hospital. “We halted enrollment after the third hem orrhage,” the authors said in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The lawsuit accuses RealOptions of misleading pregnant people about the possibility of serious side effects by failing to disclose the potential for severe bleeding.

Numerous studies show the two-pill abortion proto col, which has been approved by the FDA for more than 20 years, will terminate a pregnancy between 95% to 98% of the time. Those who take only the first pill and not the second will continue pregnancy about 50% of the time, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, roughly the same success rate that “abortion pill reversal” advocates claim.

Crisis pregnancy centers, which do not provide abor tions but may provide some medical services such as pregnancy tests and ultrasounds, have long been a thorn in the side of abortion advocates in California.

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with abortion oppo nents in 2018, striking down a California law that re quired crisis pregnancy centers to notify clients about birth control and abortion options. The decision sig nificantly chilled legislative efforts to rein in the centers’ practices.

Cathren Cohen, a staff attorney at the Williams Insti tute and the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy at UCLA, told CalMatters in June that legislators and advocates were concerned about creating bad precedent.

“The anti-choice movement is very litigious. They know the federal courts are on their side,” Cohen said.

Crisis pregnancy center legislation

Two bills aiming to increase transparency about crisis pregnancy centers’ services and goals were quietly killed in the Legislature earlier this year. One of the au thors, Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, a Democrat from Santa Clarita, said in a statement she was grate ful for Bonta’s lawsuit because “abortion pill reversal” is “one of the most dangerous procedures (crisis preg nancy centers) offer.”

“It’s disturbing that their anti-abortion ideology out weighs science and the safety of women,” Schiavo’s statement said. “I am hopeful that in the next legisla tive session, we will take on this entire industry, whose main goal is undermining a woman’s right to choose and blocking access to abortion care.”

Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, a Demo crat from Orinda, ran a measure earlier this year that ultimately died in committee, attempting to strengthen the state’s false advertising law to specify that busi nesses could not make misleading statements about abortion. In a statement to CalMatters, Bauer-Kahan characterized the claims made by crisis pregnancy centers as “predatory and deceptive.”

“In some of their most difficult moments, pregnant people are being misled and endangered,” BauerKahan’s statement said. “It’s time to do something, and I’m proud California is fighting to end these lies.”

The centers, which are often religiously affiliated and connected to national organizations like Heartbeat International, have proliferated in California in recent years. While less than 62% of counties have an abor tion clinic, nearly 80% have a crisis pregnancy center, according to a database compiled by CalMatters. In rural areas where there are acute primary care short ages, the centers outnumber abortion clinics 11 to two. Heartbeat International has more than 90 affiliate pregnancy centers in California. Obria, which operates nationwide and is associated with the five Northern California clinics named in the lawsuit, has five addi tional affiliates in the state.

“The horrifying reality is that right now there are more crisis pregnancy centers in California than abortion care clinics,” Bonta said during a press conference Thursday. “Crisis pregnancy centers do not provide abortion or abortion referral, though they may want you to believe they do.”

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PROGRESSIVES CALL PUSH TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION 'RISKY'

PROGRESISTAS CALIFICAN DE 'ARRIESGADA' LA PRESIÓN PARA CAMBIAR LA CONSTITUCIÓN

Progressive groups are speaking out against the idea of a constitutional convention, warning it could be used to impose conservative policies on things such as civil rights, guns, voting rights and abortion.

Right-wing groups such as the Federalist Society have said they want to require a balanced budget and limit the power to tax, moves critics say would lead to huge cuts in Medicare, Social Security, education, Medicaid, and environmental protection.

Nancy MacLean, professor of history and public policy at Duke University, noted Article Five of the Constitution requires consent from just 34 states to call for a convention.

"The organizers of the convention effort have made clear the votes taken would not be based on population but on one vote per state, so as to grossly underrepresent the majority of Americans," MacLean pointed out.

It would give outsize influence to states with tiny populations such as Wyoming at the expense of huge states such as

California. Over the years, many states have called for a constitutional convention on specific topics. Golden State lawmakers just called for one on gun control. Conservative groups argued the requests could be aggregated to reach the 34-state threshold and force a convention.

Russ Feingold, president of the American Constitution Society and a former U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, just wrote a book, warning a convention is likely if Republicans win full control of Congress next year.

"They're asserting that you can just mix and match these and that meets the constitutional requirements," Feingold emphasized. "It's not right. And the Supreme Court doesn't appear to have the authority to step in and stop it."

Jonathan Mehta Stein, executive director of California Common Cause, said the risk of a runaway convention is too great, because there are very few rules in place.

"We would have no idea who's seeking to influence the members of the constitutional Convention," Stein pointed out.

"What lobbying would be happening behind the scenes? Would there be public-records requirements? Would there be transparency requirements? We just have no idea."

Support for this reporting was provided by The Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Suzanne Potter California News Service

Losgrupos progresistas se están pronunciando en contra de la idea de una convención constitucional. Advierten de que podría utilizarse para imponer políticas conservadoras en ámbitos como los derechos civiles, las armas, el derecho

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al voto y el aborto. Grupos de derecha como la Federalist Society afirman que quieren exigir un presupuesto equilibrado y limitar el poder tributario, medidas que, según los críticos, llevarían a enormes recortes en Medicare, la Seguridad Social, la educación, Medicaid y la protección del medio ambiente. La profesora Nancy McLean, de la Universidad de Duke, señala que el artículo quinto de la Constitución exige el consentimiento de solo 34 estados para convocar una convención.

"Los organizadores de la convención han dejado claro que los votos no se basarían en la población, sino en un voto por estado, lo que no representa a la mayoría de los estadounidenses," explico MacLean.

Eso daría una influencia desmesurada a estados con poblaciones minúsculas, como Wyoming, a expensas de estados enormes, como California. A lo largo de los anos, muchos estados han pedido una convención constitucional sobre temas específicos. Los legisladores del Estado Dorado acaban de pedir una convención sobre el control de las armas. Los grupos conservadores argumentan que las peticiones podrían sumarse para alcanzar el umbral de 34

estados y forzar una convención.

El ex senador de Wisconsin Russ Feingold, ahora en la American Constitution Society, acaba de escribir un libro en el que alerta de que es probable que se celebre una convención si los republicanos obtienen el control total del Congreso el próximo año.

"Están afirmando que se puede simplemente mezclar y combinar y que cumple con los requisitos constitucionales. No es correcto, y el Tribunal Supremo no parece tener la autoridad para intervenir y detenerlo," indico también Feingold.

Jonathan Mehta Stein, de Common Cause California, dice que el riesgo de una convención desbocada es demasiado grande, porque hay muy pocas reglas en vigor.

"No tendríamos ni idea de quien está intentando influir en los miembros de la Convención Constitucional. ¿Qué tipo de presión se estaría ejerciendo entre bastidores? ¿Habría requisitos de registros públicos? ¿Habría requisitos de transparencia? No tenemos ni idea," menciono además Mehta Stein.

El apoyo para este informe fue proporcionado por The Carnegie Corporación de Nueva York.

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CAN THIS PLAN FIX CALIFORNIA’S INSURANCE CRISIS? WHAT

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Aweekafter negotiations to rescue California’s floundering home insurance market stalled out in the Legislature, the state’s top insurance regulator put out his own rescue plan that effectively amounts to a trade for the state’s major insurers.

Under proposed regulations Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced this September 21, major insurers will be required to cover a certain share of homeowners in the state’s most wildfire-prone areas. In exchange, the Department of Insurance will allow companies to charge more to cover the rising costs of doing business in a fire-ravaged state.

Lara called the package of new proposed regulations “the largest insurance reform” since 1988, the year California voters passed a proposition requiring insurance companies to get prior approval before raising premiums.

The plan is meant to reverse what has amounted to a slow-motion exodus of private home insurers from the state. In the last year and a half, seven of the top 12 property insurers operating in California have either placed new restrictions on where they do business or stopped selling new policies here entirely.

The biggest player of all, State Farm, announced a freeze on new policies in May, kicking off a fresh round of panic among homeowners scrambling to find affordable insurance policies and lawmakers eager to tackle the crisis.

For years, insurance companies have complained that current rates and the existing regulatory process don’t allow them to recoup the cost of doing business in the state’s most at-risk regions. By easing some of those restrictions, while requiring the companies to expand their coverage, “it’s the department calling the bluff of insurers,” said Rex Frazier, president of Personal Insurance Federation of California, a trade group.

In principle, that’s a trade-off insurers are willing to make, he added, though it will ultimately depend on how the specific regulations are crafted in the coming months.

Amy Bach, executive director of the consumer group United Policyholders, struck a similar note.

Lara “did not sell out to the industry here, in my opinion, he struck a deal,” she said. “Whether it’s going to manifest positively overall…the proof will be in the premiums.”

But Consumer Watchdog — an advocacy group that Lara all but called out by name during his presentation as “bombastic” and a group “materially benefiting” from the current regulatory system — came away with a difficult conclusion.

“He’s basically capitulated to the industry,” Jamie Court, the group’s president, said of Lara. “There’s not really much coming back

for the consumer in here.”

Picking up where legislators left off Despite mounting public angst and calls for action from top lawmakers, the politics of addressing the problem in the Legislature proved too thorny this year.

In the final weeks of the legislative session that ended a week ago, lawmakers scrambled to bridge the demands of insurers — who called for higher premiums to cover more of their costs and for a more flexible rate-setting process — and those of consumer groups, who resisted calls to add to the financial burdens of homeowners. After negotiations floundered, Gov. Gavin Newsom hinted that his administration and Lara’s Department of Insurance might be willing to act on their own.

In a statement, Sen. Bill Dodd, a Napa Democrat involved in the unsuccessful negotiations, cheered Lara’s announcement. “Given that the Legislature is not in session right now, utilizing the commissioner’s regulatory authority makes good sense,” he said. “I know there is work that still needs to be done and I’ll be supporting these efforts any way I can.”

Insurance companies have pointed to three main reasons that doing business in

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California is increasingly a losing proposition: Escalating wildfire risk, ever-rising construction costs and the global price of reinsurance — insurance policies that insurance companies, themselves, take out.

While costs have increased, the amount the companies are allowed to charge homeowners is tightly capped and closely regulated in California, making home insurance policies relatively cheap by national standards. In order to raise rates, major insurers need a sign-off from the Department of Insurance.

Currently, insurance companies are not allowed to factor in the cost of reinsurance into those applications. They are also prohibited from using forward-looking models to predict future costs — something insurers say they desperately need as a warming climate and residential development encroaching into fire-prone areas results in fire seasons that are longer and more catastrophic than they have been in the past.

Lara proposed giving companies both of those tools, though companies will apparently only be allowed to itemize the cost of reinsurance as it pertains to California. It’s unclear how this calculation will be made.

Bach with United Policyholders said allowing companies to use predictive models isn’t inherently a bad idea — “Are these models nefarious tools of Satan? No,” she said — but hopes there will be transparency about which models are used and how they work.

In exchange for these new tools, companies will be required to cover homeowners in wildfire-prone parts of the state at 85% of their statewide coverage. For example, if a company provides 10% of the homeowner policies across California, they would be required to provide 8.5% of the coverage in areas deemed “at-risk.”

Court, with Consumer Watchdog, said 85% is 15% too little. “It’s a really sh—y deal,” he said.

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California homeowners currently unable to get insurance on the private market can currently turn to the FAIR Plan, a last resort issuer of fire coverage backstopped through a levy on regulated insurers. Between 2018 and 2022, the number of homeowners covered by the FAIR Plan more than doubled to roughly 3% of all homeowners.

But the FAIR Plan policies are expensive and limited. And if the FAIR Plan runs out of money, it’s legally required to refill its coffers by levying a surcharge on major insurers. The prospect of the FAIR Plan running out of cash and slapping the industry with the bill has also encouraged insurance companies to scale back their coverage.

Consumer Watchdog regularly challenges the applications for higher premiums that insurance companies submit to the state, an intervention allowed for under the 1988 ballot measure. Lara also said he wants to make it easier for the public to see who intervenes and how much they are compensated for doing so.

“One entity is involved in nearly 75% of all interventions for rate approvals, materially benefiting from a process that is meant for a broader public participation,” he said, referring to the nonprofit.

Lara also said that “throwing bombs is easy and putting out bombastic statements from entrenched interest groups doesn’t benefit anyone.”

Court said his organization would continue to fight back as the department drafts the detailed regulations. “We’ll be battling over this stuff for many months to come,” he said.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara unveils a plan to shore up the California insurance market for homeowners. Insurers would return to wildfire zones, but would have an easier path to rate increases.

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¿PUEDE ESTE PLAN SOLUCIONAR LA CRISIS DE SEGUROS DE CALIFORNIA? ESTO ES LO QUE NECESITAS SABER

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Ben Christopher CalMatters

Unasemana después de que las negociaciones para rescatar el tambaleante mercado de seguros de vivienda de California se estancaran en la Legislatura , el principal regulador de seguros del estado presentó su propio plan de rescate que efectivamente equivale a un intercambio para las principales aseguradoras del estado.

Según las regulaciones propuestas que anunció el Comisionado de Seguros, Ricardo Lara, las principales aseguradoras deberán cubrir una cierta proporción de propietarios de viviendas en las áreas más propensas a incendios forestales del estado. A cambio, el Departamento de Seguros permitirá a las empresas cobrar más para cubrir los crecientes costos de hacer negocios en un estado devastado por los incendios.

Lara calificó el paquete de nuevas regulaciones propuestas como “la mayor reforma de seguros” desde 1988, el año en que los votantes de California aprobaron una propuesta que exige que las compañías de seguros obtengan aprobación previa antes de aumentar las primas.

El plan pretende revertir lo que ha supuesto un éxodo lento de aseguradoras de viviendas privadas del Estado. En el último año y medio, siete de las 12 principales aseguradoras de propiedad que operan en California han impuesto nuevas restricciones sobre dónde hacen negocios o han dejado de vender nuevas pólizas aquí por completo.

El actor más importante de todos, State Farm, anunció una congelación de nuevas pólizas en mayo , iniciando una nueva ronda de pánico entre los propietarios de viviendas que luchaban por encontrar pólizas de seguro asequibles y los legisladores ansiosos por abordar la crisis.

Durante años, las compañías de seguros se han quejado de que las tarifas actuales y el proceso regulatorio existente no les permiten recuperar el costo de hacer negocios en las regiones de mayor riesgo del estado. Al aliviar algunas de esas restricciones, al tiempo que se exige a las compañías que amplíen su cobertura, “es el departamento quien está engañando a las aseguradoras”, dijo Rex Frazier, presidente de la Federación de Seguros Personales de California, un grupo comercial.

En principio, ésta es una compensación que las aseguradoras están dispuestas a hacer, añadió, aunque en última instancia dependerá de cómo se elaboren las regulaciones específicas en los próximos meses.

Amy Bach, directora ejecutiva del grupo de consumidores United Policyholders,

expresó una opinión similar.

Lara “no se vendió a la industria aquí, en mi opinión, llegó a un acuerdo”, dijo. “Si esto se manifestará positivamente en general… la prueba estará en las primas”.

Pero Consumer Watchdog, un grupo de defensa al que Lara prácticamente llamó por su nombre durante su presentación como “grandioso” y un grupo “que se beneficia materialmente” del sistema regulatorio actual, llegó a una conclusión difícil.

“Básicamente ha capitulado ante la industria”, dijo Jamie Court, presidente del grupo, sobre Lara. “Aquí realmente no hay mucho retorno para el consumidor”.

Continuando donde lo dejaron los legisladores

A pesar de la creciente angustia pública y los llamados a la acción por parte de los principales legisladores, la política de abordar el problema en la Legislatura resultó demasiado espinosa este año.

En las últimas semanas de la sesión legislativa que terminó hace una semana, los legisladores se apresuraron a unir las demandas de las aseguradoras (que pedían primas más altas para cubrir una mayor parte de sus costos y un proceso de fijación de tarifas más flexible) y las de los grupos de consumidores, quienes resistieron los llamados para aumentar las cargas financieras de los propietarios de viviendas. Después de que las negociaciones fracasaron, el gobernador Gavin Newsom insinuó que su administración y el Departamento de Seguros de Lara podrían estar dispuestos a actuar por su cuenta.

En un comunicado, el senador Bill Dodd , un demócrata de Napa involucrado en las infructuosas negociaciones, aplaudió

el anuncio de Lara. “Dado que la Legislatura no está en sesión en este momento, utilizar la autoridad regulatoria del comisionado tiene sentido”, dijo. “Sé que aún queda trabajo por hacer y apoyaré estos esfuerzos en todo lo que pueda”.

Las compañías de seguros han señalado tres razones principales por las que hacer negocios en California es cada vez más una propuesta perdedora: el creciente riesgo de incendios forestales, los costos de construcción en constante aumento y el precio global de los reaseguros: pólizas de seguro que las propias compañías de seguros contratan.

Si bien los costos han aumentado, la cantidad que las empresas pueden cobrar a los propietarios de viviendas está estrictamente limitada y regulada en California, lo que hace que las pólizas de seguro de vivienda sean relativamente baratas según los estándares nacionales. Para aumentar las tarifas, las principales aseguradoras necesitan la aprobación del Departamento de Seguros.

Actualmente, las compañías de seguros no pueden incluir el costo del reaseguro en esas solicitudes. También se les prohíbe utilizar modelos prospectivos para predecir costos futuros, algo que las aseguradoras dicen que necesitan desesperadamente, ya que el calentamiento del clima y el desarrollo residencial que invade áreas propensas a incendios resultan en temporadas de incendios que son más largas y catastróficas que en el pasado.

Lara propuso dar a las empresas ambas herramientas, aunque aparentemente sólo se les permitirá detallar el costo del reaseguro en lo que respecta a California. No está claro cómo se hará este cálculo.

Bach, de United Policyholders, dijo que

permitir que las empresas utilicen modelos predictivos no es intrínsecamente una mala idea: “¿Son estos modelos herramientas nefastas de Satanás? No”, dijo, pero espera que haya transparencia sobre qué modelos se utilizan y cómo funcionan.

A cambio de estas nuevas herramientas, las empresas deberán cubrir a los propietarios de viviendas en partes del estado propensas a incendios forestales al 85% de su cobertura estatal. Por ejemplo, si una empresa ofrece el 10% de las pólizas para propietarios de viviendas en California, se le exigirá que proporcione el 8.5% de la cobertura en áreas consideradas “en riesgo”.

El Tribunal, junto con Consumer Watchdog, dijo que el 85% es un 15% demasiado poco. “Es un trato realmente malo”, dijo.

Los propietarios de viviendas de California que actualmente no pueden obtener un seguro en el mercado privado pueden recurrir al Plan FAIR, un emisor de cobertura contra incendios de último recurso respaldado mediante un impuesto a las aseguradoras reguladas. Entre 2018 y 2022, el número de propietarios cubiertos por el Plan FAIR se duplicó con creces hasta aproximadamente el 3% de todos los propietarios.

Pero las políticas del Plan FAIR son costosas y limitadas. Y si el Plan FAIR se queda sin dinero, está obligado legalmente a llenar sus arcas imponiendo un recargo a las principales aseguradoras. La perspectiva de que el Plan FAIR se quede sin efectivo y abofetee a la industria con la factura también ha alentado a las compañías de seguros a reducir su cobertura.

Consumer Watchdog impugna periódicamente las solicitudes de primas más altas que las compañías de seguros presentan al Estado, una intervención permitida en virtud de la medida electoral de 1988. Lara también dijo que quiere que sea más fácil para el público ver quién interviene y cuánto se le compensa por hacerlo.

“Una entidad participa en casi el 75% de todas las intervenciones para la aprobación de tarifas, beneficiándose materialmente de un proceso que está destinado a una participación pública más amplia”, dijo, refiriéndose a la organización sin fines de lucro.

Lara también afirmó que “lanzar bombas es fácil y hacer declaraciones rimbombantes de grupos de interés arraigados no beneficia a nadie”.

Court dijo que su organización continuaría luchando mientras el departamento redacta las regulaciones detalladas. “Estaremos luchando por este tema durante muchos meses”, dijo.

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seguros, Ricardo Lara, presenta un plan para apuntalar el mercado de seguros para propietarios de viviendas en California. Las aseguradoras regresarían a las zonas de incendios forestales, pero tendrían un camino más fácil para aumentar las tarifas.

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BILL HEADS TO CA GOV. NEWSOM’S DESK TO DISAGGREGATE DATA FOR LATINOS AND INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS

The legislation has received overwhelming support in the California state Legislature, passing through both chambers without opposition.

PROYECTO DE LEY CAMINO AL ESCRITORIO DEL GOBERNADOR DE CA NEWSOM PARA DESGLOSAR LOS DATOS DE RESIDENTES LATINOS E INDÍGENAS

La legislación ha recibido un apoyo abrumador en la Legislatura del estado de California y pasó por ambas cámaras sin oposición.

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California Senate Bill 435 — which proposes to collect disaggregated data on Latino sub-populations as well as Indigenous communities — is headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk for signing.

The bill — sponsored by Sen. Lena Gonzalez, a Democrat — was presented to Newsom on Sept. 15, according to Legiscan. The governor normally has 12 days to sign or veto a bill.

During a press briefing Sept. 21, Dr. Seciah Aquino, Executive Director at the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, said the bill passed the Senate on a 34-0 vote, and the Assembly on a 79-0 vote. “We’re counting on that overwhelming support from Governor Newsom; we know that health equity is a priority for him,” she said.

Meso Americans

Latinos represent 40% of the population in California, from 24 different subgroups including Salvadoran, Honduran, Mexican, Peruvian, Colombian, among many others. SB 435 would disaggregate data for each Latino subgroup. The bill would also disaggregate data for California’s five Mesoamerican nations — Mixteco, Zapoteco, Triqui, Mayan, and Aztec — and the 13 languages they speak.

California is home to an estimated 170,000 indigenous migrants, according to data from the Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project.

The California Department of Public Health is the sole agency who would be charged with collecting and disaggregating data from Latino and Indigenous communities. Data would be collected through the state’s CalFresh program, a supplemental nutrition program administered by the California Department of Social Services.

The bill requires CDPH to present an initial set of data by July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter.

Fiscal Impact

Aquino said the legislation has a fairly modest fiscal impact, with a $2.1 million budget in the first year, $4 million in the second year, and $900,000 for each year after that. A similar bill to collect data for the diverse Asian American community, passed through the California state Legislature in 2016, with minimal fiscal impact.

“We have to connect the dots between our health and the health of our economy. In California, Latinos contribute $83 billion in taxes, undocumented immigrant workers contribute $3.7 billion in state and local taxes, and we have $184 billion of spending power. So in order to keep our economy healthy, it behooves us to keep that 40% of the population healthy,” said Aquino.

‘We Don’t Exist in the Data’

“Disaggregated data can play a critical role in the enhanced understanding of a specific population’s health needs, trends, and preventable disparities,” said Mar Velez, Director of Policy at the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. “Rich and accurate data can assist local and state governments to allocate resources equitably and provide services in ways that are culturally and linguistically competent and responsive,” she said.

“We don’t exist in the data,” said Dr. Sarait Martinez, Executive Director of the Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño — CBDIO — The Binational Center for the Development of Oaxacan Indigenous Communities. “When we don’t have data that really help us tailor programs — or address some prevention issues, or lack of access to information or services — it results in people dying or not being able to have those targeted interventions.”

Martinez pointed to natural disasters, and the current fresh wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We still haven’t figured out how to better support our targeted communities, unless organizations like ours are doing the work. So I do think it’s important for the state to really prioritize this bill.”

Invisibility of Cultures

Arcenio Lopez, Executive Director of the Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project — MICOP — noted that Mesoamericans have lived on the North American continent for at least 10,000 years. “We still have our own culture, ways of living. We speak our own Indigenous languages, not dialects from Spanish.”

About 7 of 10 indigenous farmworkers in California come from Mexico, said Lopez. “There’s a lot of invisibility of our communities. We are being trapped under the corollary of Latinx, Hispanic.”

Promotoras

“There’s a lot of assumption that you speak Spanish, but that’s not necessarily the case,” said Lopez, noting the lack of language makes accessing health care and legal services extremely difficult. “Providing language access is just a basic human right, especially to the original people of this continent.” Lopez advocated for the use of promotoras — lay people who work in the community as trusted messengers of credible health information. He also advocated for the state to invest in community-based organizations, and to hire from within the community. “People are already doing work in our

communities and have already built trust. Empower them,” he said.

‘Language Violence’

Odilia Romero, Executive Director of Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo — CIELO — said her organization has already embarked on an initiative to collect data about Indigenous communities in Los Angeles County.

“The governor needs to acknowledge our contributions. The state of California has a large economy that will not exist without the hands, the multilingual veins of Indigenous people,” said Romero.

“It is us that pick the onions, the vegetables, the grapes. It is us that packs them. It is Indigenous people that keep alive this economy that California has.”

“And for us to not exist in data is a violation of our human rights. It’s a violation of our existence, by erasing us and labeling us as Latinos,” she said.

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Elproyecto de ley 435 del Senado de California — que propone recopilar datos desglosados sobre las subpoblaciones latinas y las comunidades indígenas — se dirige al escritorio del gobernador Gavin Newsom para su firma.

El proyecto de ley — patrocinado por la senadora demócrata Lena González — fue presentado a Newsom el 15 de septiembre, según Legiscan. El gobernador normalmente tiene 12 días para firmar o vetar un proyecto de ley.

Durante una conferencia de prensa el 21 de septiembre, el Dr. Seciah Aquino, director ejecutivo de la Coalición Latina para una California Saludable, dijo que el proyecto de ley fue aprobado por el Senado con una votación de 34-0 y la Asamblea con una votación de 79-0. “Contamos con ese apoyo abrumador del gobernador Newsom; sabemos que la equidad en salud es una prioridad para él”, dijo.

Mesoamericanos

Los latinos representan el 40% de la población en California, de 24 subgrupos diferentes que incluyen salvadoreños, hondureños, mexicanos, peruanos, colombianos, entre muchos otros. SB 435 would disaggregate data for each Latino subgroup. El proyecto de ley también desglosaría los datos de las cinco naciones mesoamericanas de California (mixteco, zapoteco, triqui, maya y azteca) y los 13 idiomas que hablan.

California es el hogar de aproximadamente 170.000 inmigrantes indígenas, según datos del Proyecto de Organización Comunitaria Mixteco Indígena.

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El Departamento de Salud Pública de California es la única agencia encargada de recopilar y desglosar datos de las comunidades latinas e indígenas. Los datos se recopilarían a través del programa CalFresh del estado, un programa de nutrición suplementaria administrado por el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de California.

El proyecto de ley requiere que CDPH presente un conjunto inicial de datos antes del 1 de julio de 2027 y, a partir de entonces, anualmente.

Impacto fiscal

Aquino dijo que la legislación tiene un impacto fiscal bastante modesto, con un presupuesto de 2,1 millones de dólares en el primer año, 4 millones de dólares en el segundo año y 900.000 dólares por cada año posterior. Un proyecto de ley similar para recopilar datos para la diversa comunidad asiático-estadounidense fue aprobado por la Legislatura del estado de California en 2016, con un impacto fiscal mínimo. “Tenemos que conectar los puntos entre nuestra salud y la salud de nuestra economía. En California, los latinos aportan $83 mil millones en impuestos, los trabajadores inmigrantes indocumentados aportan $3.7 mil millones en impuestos estatales y locales, y tenemos $184 mil millones de poder adquisitivo. Entonces, para mantener nuestra economía saludable, nos corresponde mantener saludable a ese 40% de la población”, dijo Aquino.

'No existimos en los datos'

"Los datos desglosados pueden desempeñar un papel fundamental en una mejor comprensión de las necesidades de salud, las tendencias y las disparidades evitables de una población específica", dijo Mar Velez, directora de políticas de la Coalición Latina para una California Saludable. “Los datos ricos y precisos pueden ayudar a los gobiernos locales y estatales a asignar recursos de manera equitativa y brindar servicios de manera cultural y lingüísticamente competente y receptiva”, dijo.

“No existimos en los datos”, dijo la Dra. Sarait Martínez, Directora Ejecutiva del Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño – CBDIO – El Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo de las Comunidades Indígenas Oaxaqueñas. “Cuando no tenemos datos que realmente nos ayuden a adaptar los programas (o abordar algunos problemas de prevención o la falta de acceso a información o servicios), las personas mueren o no pueden recibir esas intervenciones específicas”.

Martínez destacó los desastres naturales y la actual nueva ola de la pandemia de Covid-19. “Todavía no hemos descubierto cómo apoyar mejor a nuestras comunidades objetivo, a menos que organizaciones como la nuestra estén haciendo el trabajo. Por eso creo que es importante que el estado realmente de prioridad a este proyecto de ley”. Invisibilidad de las culturas

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Arcenio López, director ejecutivo del Proyecto de Organización Comunitaria Indígena Mixteca (MICOP), señaló que los mesoamericanos han vivido en el continente norteamericano durante al menos 10.000 años. “Todavía tenemos nuestra propia cultura, formas de vida. Hablamos nuestras propias lenguas indígenas, no dialectos del español”. Aproximadamente 7 de cada 10 trabajadores agrícolas indígenas en California provienen de México, dijo López. “Hay mucha invisibilidad de nuestras comunidades. Estamos atrapados bajo el corolario de Latinx, Hispano”.

Promotoras

“Se supone mucho que se habla español, pero ese no es necesariamente el caso”, dijo López, señalando que la falta de idioma hace que el acceso a la atención médica y a los servicios legales sea extremadamente difícil. "Brindar acceso al idioma es simplemente un derecho humano básico, especialmente para los pueblos originarios de este continente".

López abogó por el uso de promotoras — personas laicas que trabajan en la comunidad como mensajeros confiables de información de salud creíble. También abogó por que el estado invirtiera en organizaciones comunitarias y contratara personal dentro de la comunidad. “La gente ya está trabajando en nuestras comunidades y ya ha generado confianza. Empoderarlos”, dijo.

'Violencia lingüística'

Odilia Romero, directora ejecutiva de Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo - CIELO - dijo que su organización ya se ha embarcado en una iniciativa para recopilar datos sobre las comunidades indígenas en el condado de Los Ángeles.

“El gobernador necesita reconocer nuestras contribuciones. El estado de California tiene una gran economía que no existiría sin las manos, las venas multilingües de los pueblos indígenas”, dijo Romero.

“Somos nosotros los que recogemos las cebollas, las verduras, las uvas. Somos nosotros quienes los empaquetamos. Son los pueblos indígenas los que mantienen viva esta economía que tiene California”.

“Y que no existamos en los datos es una violación de nuestros derechos humanos. Es una violación de nuestra existencia, al borrarnos y etiquetarnos como latinos”, dijo.

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AFTER HOT LABOR SUMMER, WILL GAVIN NEWSOM SIGN BILL GIVING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO STRIKING WORKERS?

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Theweekend. The eight-hour workday. Paid family leave. Those fruits of labor victories are part of everyday life in California. Now the state’s hot labor summer may have helped inspire another precedent-setting measure, if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill on his desk that would allow striking workers to receive unemployment benefits.

How many workers would get help, and can the state afford to pay each of them as much as the $450 maximum per week?

The answers, researchers and advocates say, likely depend on whether California’s recent wave of labor activism continues, and what action lawmakers take to shore up the state’s debt-ridden unemployment insurance system.

Senate Bill 799 would provide unemployment benefits to workers who have been on strike for at least two weeks. Legislators passed it Sept. 14, just before Hollywood writers and studios headed back to the negotiating table four months into a strike that has paralyzed the industry, and as thousands of Los Angeles hotel workers continue their union’s rolling labor stoppages in a push for higher wages.

Now more than 68,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California are threatening a strike if they don’t reach an agreement with the hospital chain by Sept. 30. And on Friday the United Auto Workers expanded its walkout against major automakers to parts distribution centers in 20 states, including California.

So far unions representing more than 180,000 workers have staged California strikes this year that lasted at least two weeks, according to Cornell University’s Labor Action Tracker. That includes about 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists who walked off the job in July, and 11,500 Writers Guild of America members, who went on strike May 2 but reached a tentative deal Sunday September 24 with the major Hollywood studios.

Considering more than 1.7 million Californians have filed initial jobless claims during the same period, some supporters describe the potential unemployment benefits to strikers as a drop in the bucket.

“I think we’ll continue to see labor activism until we right-size the economy for workers,” said Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, head of the California Labor Federation, which backs the bill. “But you have to remember that long strikes are usually only sustained by people who have unions, and that is still relatively low density in California and everywhere in the private sector.”

A cost-benefit analysis

Labor leaders argue that unemployment benefits for strikers would level a playing field tilted toward employers, preventing companies from simply waiting out a strike until workers, unable to pay their bills, be-

come desperate.

Employers, who fund unemployment benefits through payroll taxes, say the bill would force them to pay for strikes and that California’s overburdened unemployment insurance system can’t afford to take on new responsibilities.

A strike is “a game where you plan and prepare and tell the employer we can hold out longer than you,” said Robert Moutrie, policy advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce. “We view that strategic technique as profoundly different than being unemployed.”

The chamber estimates California would have paid out an extra $215 million over the last 12 months if the proposed law were in effect. But an Assembly Appropriations Committee analysis put the cost far lower, in the “low millions to tens of millions” per year.

California’s unemployment benefits average $367 per week, typically replacing less than a third of unemployed workers’ wages. If 68,000 Kaiser Permanente workers were on strike in a given week, for example, and all collected the average benefit, the state would pony up $25 million. But strike action waxes and wanes, and nationally, only about a quarter of unemployed workers actually apply for benefits.

One key question: Will knowing they can draw on unemployment benefits embolden more workers to strike? It might, said Kurt Petersen, co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11, which represents striking hotel workers.

“For workers who are at the lower end of pay scale, who are one paycheck away from economic disaster, knowing that there would be unemployment as a supplement would give workers more confidence that they can strike and strike for a longer period of time,” he said.

Still, he said, his union’s members would be facing off against large hotel companies that can sustain a loss at one property and make it up at others. “Will it make it a little more of a fair fight? Yes. Do employers have enormous advantages in negotiations with workers? Yes … The CEO never has to worry about paying the rent.”

Lessening the risks for workers

Going on strike is always risky for workers, because they can be permanently replaced, said Michele Evermore, a senior fellow at the left-leaning think tank The Century Foundation who studies unemployment. “They don’t have to just deal with the uncertainty of unemployment, but they also have to go out on strike lines,” she said. “It’s not a lazy person’s sport.”

Other economists said the proposed law could create a ripple effect: Companies that know their workers are more likely to strike could make more generous offers to avoid that possibility, leading to earlier contract settlements.

“There are multiple indirect effects here and it’s hard to know how big the indirect effects will be,” said Mark Duggan, director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.

“Do employers have enormous advantages in negotiations with workers? Yes … The CEO never has to worry about paying the rent.”

-KURT PETERSEN, CO-PRESIDENT OF UNITE HERE LOCAL 11

For Mayra Macias, the question is less abstract. A cashier and barista at Whittier College in Southern California, Macias went on

A union-backed bill that would make strikers eligible for California’s unemployment benefits awaits the governor’s signature. Businesses say it’ll cost too much.

Screen Actors Guild members and Writers Guild of America members picket at the Amazon Culver Studios in Culver City on June 17, 2023. A bill would pay strikers unemployment benefits.

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strike with her coworkers earlier this year, asking for a pension. Bon Appetit Management Company, the food service contractor that employs her, already offered workers a 401k plan, but Macias — who after 18 years on the job was earning about $18 per hour — said she and most of her coworkers couldn’t afford to contribute to it.

The strike lasted 28 days. At times, Macias said, she wanted to give up. She borrowed money from her sister to pay her phone bill and from her daughter to pay her car insurance.

“At about two weeks your mind starts messing with you, making you feel like this isn’t working,” she said. “Regardless of that negativity that’s always there, you gotta get up each day and do it again.

“Your feet hurt, they’re swollen, you’re not eating properly,” she added. “And your bills keep coming in. They don’t know you’re on strike.”

Having unemployment benefits, “would’ve mentally eased my anxiety and my stress of knowing I can hold on one more day and it’s going to be ok,” Macias said. “I’m going to be able to survive. And I don’t need to go to my family for help.”

Other states paying benefits to strikers New York and New Jersey provide unemployment benefits to striking workers. An average of about 3,000 striking workers per year received such benefits in New York over the last decade, according to the state’s labor department. Three years ago New York reduced the threshold for strikers to qualify for benefits from seven weeks out of work to two weeks; since then the state has paid less than $2 million in unemployment to strikers, compared to $21 billion in regular unemployment benefits, a department spokesperson said.

Lawmakers in Massachusetts and Connecticut also have floated proposals to extend the unemployment safety net to strikers.

Some employers argue California’s unemployment system is already too generous. Employer groups have lined up against the California bill, and a think tank affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce released a study finding that California has among the least restrictive eligibility requirements for unemployment benefits in the nation, along with relatively low penalties for fraudulent unemployment claims.

The state’s unemployment insurance fund currently owes the federal government $18 billion, after the pandemic led to widespread delays in issuing checks to frustrated applicants and an estimated $32 billion in fraud.

Unemployment taxes are experience-rated, which means businesses that lay off more workers pay more. But California’s federal debt imposes an additional charge that’s spread evenly among all employers, which makes them — and some lawmakers — wary about increasing it.

“I cannot support a bill that will add debt to employers who are completely uninvolved in the strikes,” said Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones, a San Diego Republican, during a floor debate on the bill.

Much of the system’s debt stems from California’s decision to impose unemployment taxes on just $7,000 of workers’ annual income, experts say — the lowest among states, tied with Florida, Arkansas and Tennessee. (Washington, the state with the highest rate, assesses unemployment tax on the first $67,000.)

Progressive economists are quick to point out that unemployment benefits would help not just individual strikers but the broader economy. With thousands of writers and actors out of work, “that’s a lot of people who might not be going to coffee shops, and you could see them shuttering their doors,” said Alix Gould-Werth, director of family economic security policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Unemployment checks could prevent some of that hardship, she said.

Unemployment benefits’ role

The federal government designed the unemployment insurance system to help keep wages from declining overall, said Evermore of The Century Foundation. Allowing workers to engage in collective action supports that goal, she said.

“This is one of those issues where states have to decide. If they want to be a low road state with low wages and bad infrastructure they can do that,” she said. “You have to decide, do we actually want a high quality of living in the state and not just cheap labor and happy wealthy people in gated communities?”

Sen. Anthony Portantino, the Burbank Democrat who authored the proposal, has said he sees it as an opportunity to discuss ways the state could shore up the unemployment fund.

“Your feet hurt, they’re swollen, you’re not eating properly. And your bills keep coming in. They don’t know you’re on strike.”

-MAYRA MACIAS, CASHIER AND BARISTA AT WHITTIER COLLEGE

Duggan, the Stanford professor, pointed out that other states — red and blue — have set the amount of wages subject to unemployment taxes to rise as overall incomes do. Connecticut recently did that after its fund weakened due to a flood of pandemic-related claims.

“It’s just good government — if you’re going to run a program like this, it shouldn’t live beyond its means,” said Duggan.

Newsom recently told Politico he was “cautious” about expanding unemployment benefits given the fund’s debt. A spokesperson for his office declined to say Friday whether he would sign the bill. The governor has until Oct. 14 to make a decision.

Macias said she hopes he’ll sign.

For the 61-year-old, going on strike was worth it: Bon Appetit agreed to put 90 cents per hour worked toward a pension fund.

“There’s a peace of mind that I know when I’m old and frail and I can no longer work for these big companies, I will have something come through my mail besides Social Security and that’ll be my union pension,” she said.

NEWSOM UN PROYECTO DE LEY QUE OTORGA BENEFICIOS DE DESEMPLEO A LOS TRABAJADORES QUE ENTRAN EN HUELGA?

Un proyecto de ley respaldado por los sindicatos que haría a los huelguistas elegibles para los beneficios de desempleo de California espera la firma del gobernador. Las empresas dicen que costará demasiado.

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Eldescanso en fin de semana. La jornada laboral de ocho horas. La licencia familiar remunerada. Esos frutos de las victorias laborales son parte de la vida cotidiana en California. Ahora, este verano con bastante movimiento laboral en el estado, puede haber ayudado a inspirar otra medida que siente un precedente, si el gobernador Gavin Newsom firma un proyecto de ley en su escritorio que permitiría a los trabajadores en huelga recibir beneficios de desempleo.

¿Cuántos trabajadores recibirían ayuda? ¿Puede el estado pagar a cada uno de ellos hasta el máximo de $450 por semana? Las respuestas, dicen investigadores y defensores, probablemente dependan de si continúa la reciente ola de activismo laboral en California y de qué medidas tomen los legisladores para apuntalar el endeudado sistema de seguro de desempleo del estado.

El Proyecto de Ley del Senado 799 proporcionaría beneficios de desempleo a los trabajadores que hayan estado en huelga durante al menos dos semanas. Los legisladores lo aprobaron el 14 de septiembre, justo antes de que los escritores y estudios de Hollywood regresaran a la mesa de negociaciones, cuatro meses después de una huelga que ha paralizado la industria, y mientras miles de trabajadores hoteleros de Los Ángeles continúan los paros laborales continuos de su sindicato en un esfuerzo por salarios más altos.

Ahora más de 68,000 trabajadores de Kaiser Permanente en California amenazan con una huelga si no llegan a un acuerdo con la cadena de hospitales antes del 30 de septiembre. Y el viernes, United Auto Workers amplió su huelga contra los principales fabricantes de automóviles a los centros de distribución de repuestos en 20 estados, incluida California.

Hasta ahora, los sindicatos que representan

a más de 180,000 trabajadores han organizado huelgas en California este año que duraron al menos dos semanas, según Labor Action Tracker de la Universidad de Cornell. Eso incluye a unos 160,000 miembros del Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists que dejaron sus trabajos en julio, y 11,500 miembros del Writers Guild of America, que se declararon en huelga el 2 de mayo pero llegaron a un acuerdo tentativo el domingo con las principales empresas de Hollywood.

Considerando que más de 1.7 millones de californianos han presentado solicitudes iniciales de desempleo durante el mismo período, algunos partidarios describen los posibles beneficios de desempleo para los huelguistas como una gota en el mar.

“Creo que seguiremos viendo activismo laboral hasta que ajustemos el tamaño de la economía para los trabajadores”, dijo Lorena González Fletcher, directora de la Federación Laboral de California, que respalda el proyecto de ley. “Pero hay que recordar que las huelgas largas normalmente sólo las sostienen personas que tienen sindicatos, y esa densidad sigue siendo relativamente baja en California y en todo el sector privado”.

Un análisis costo-beneficio

Los líderes sindicales argumentan que los beneficios de desempleo para los huelguistas nivelarían el campo de juego inclinado hacia los empleadores, evitando que las empresas simplemente esperen hasta que termine la huelga hasta que los trabajadores, incapaces de pagar sus cuentas, se desesperen.

Los empleadores, que financian los beneficios de desempleo a través de impuestos sobre la nómina, dicen que el proyecto de ley los obligaría a pagar huelgas y que el sobrecargado sistema de seguro de desempleo de California no puede darse el lujo de asumir nuevas responsabilidades.

Una huelga es “un juego en el que uno pl-

Miembros del Screen Actors Guild y Writers Guild of America hacen una protesta en los Amazon Culver Studios en Culver City el 17 de junio de 2023. Un proyecto de ley pagaría prestaciones por desempleo a los huelguistas. Photo Credit: Julie A Hotz / CalMatters

anifica, se prepara y le dice al empleador que podemos aguantar más que usted”, dijo Robert Moutrie, defensor de políticas de la Cámara de Comercio de California. “Consideramos que esa técnica estratégica es profundamente diferente a estar desempleado”.

La cámara estima que California habría pagado 215 millones de dólares adicionales durante los últimos 12 meses si la ley propuesta estuviera en vigor. Pero un análisis del Comité de Asignaciones de la Asamblea estimó el costo mucho más bajo, entre “millones y decenas de millones” por año.

Los beneficios de desempleo de California promedian $367 por semana, y generalmente reemplazan menos de un tercio de los salarios de los trabajadores desempleados. Si 68,000 trabajadores de Kaiser Permanente estuvieran en huelga en una semana determinada, por ejemplo, y todos cobraran el beneficio promedio, el estado aportaría 25 millones de dólares. Pero las huelgas aumentan y disminuyen y, a nivel nacional, sólo alrededor de una cuarta parte de los trabajadores desempleados solicitan beneficios .

Una pregunta clave: ¿saber que pueden recurrir a las prestaciones por desempleo animará a más trabajadores a hacer huelga? Podría serlo, dijo Kurt Petersen, copresidente de UNITE HERE Local 11, que representa a los trabajadores hoteleros en huelga.

“Para los trabajadores que se encuentran en el extremo inferior de la escala salarial, que están a un cheque de distancia del desastre económico, saber que habría desempleo como complemento les daría más confianza en que pueden hacer huelga y hacerlo durante un período de tiempo más largo”. él dijo.

Aun así, dijo, los miembros de su sindicato se enfrentarían a grandes empresas hoteleras que pueden sufrir una pérdida en una propiedad y compensarla en otras.

“¿Hará que sea una pelea un poco más justa? Sí. ¿Tienen los empleadores enormes ventajas en las negociaciones con los trabajadores?

Sí… El director ejecutivo nunca tiene que preocuparse por pagar el alquiler”.

Reducir los riesgos para los trabajadores

Hacer una huelga siempre

es riesgoso para los trabajadores, porque pueden ser reemplazados permanentemente, dijo Michele Evermore, miembro del grupo de expertos de izquierda The Century Foundation que estudia el desempleo. “No tienen que lidiar sólo con la incertidumbre del desempleo, sino que también tienen que declararse en huelga”, dijo. “No es un deporte para holgazanes”.

Otros economistas dijeron que la ley propuesta podría crear un efecto dominó: las empresas que saben que sus trabajadores tienen más probabilidades de hacer huelga podrían hacer ofertas más generosas para evitar esa posibilidad, lo que llevaría a acuerdos contractuales más tempranos.

“Aquí hay múltiples efectos indirectos y es difícil saber qué tan grandes serán”, dijo Mark Duggan, director del Instituto Stanford para la Investigación de Política Económica.

“¿Tienen los empleadores enormes ventajas en las negociaciones con los trabajadores? Sí… El director ejecutivo nunca tiene que preocuparse por pagar el alquiler”.

-KURT PETERSEN, COPRESIDENTE DE UNITE HERE

LOCAL 11

Para Mayra Macías, la cuestión es menos abstracta. Macías, cajera y barista en Whittier College en el sur de California, se declaró en huelga con sus compañeros de trabajo a principios de este año, pidiendo una pensión. Bon Appetit Management Company, el contratista de servicios de alimentos que la emplea, ya ofreció a los trabajadores un plan 401k, pero Macías,

quien después de 18 años en el trabajo ganaba alrededor de $18 por hora, dijo que ella y la mayoría de sus compañeros de trabajo no podían permitirse el lujo de contribuir.

La huelga duró 28 días. A veces, dijo Macías, quería darse por vencida. Pidió dinero prestado a su hermana para pagar la factura del teléfono y a su hija para pagar el seguro del automóvil.

“Aproximadamente a las dos semanas, tu mente comienza a molestarte, haciéndote sentir como si esto no estuviera funcionando”, dijo. “Independientemente de esa negatividad que siempre está ahí, debes levantarte cada día y hacerlo de nuevo.

“Te duelen los pies, están hinchados y no comes adecuadamente”, añadió. “Y tus facturas siguen llegando. No saben que estás en huelga”.

Tener beneficios de desempleo “habría aliviado mentalmente mi ansiedad y mi estrés de saber que puedo aguantar un día más y todo estará bien”, dijo Macías. “Voy a poder sobrevivir. Y no necesito acudir a mi familia en busca de ayuda”.

Otros estados pagan beneficios a los huelguistas

Nueva York y Nueva Jersey ofrecen prestaciones por desempleo a los trabajadores en huelga. Un promedio de alrededor de 3,000 trabajadores en huelga por año recibieron dichos beneficios en Nueva York durante la última década, según el departamento de trabajo del estado. Hace tres años, Nueva York redujo el umbral para que los huelguistas calificaran para

recibir beneficios de siete semanas sin trabajar a dos semanas; Desde entonces, el estado ha pagado menos de 2 millones de dólares en concepto de desempleo a los huelguistas, en comparación con 21 mil millones de dólares en beneficios de desempleo regulares, dijo un portavoz del departamento.

Los legisladores de Massachusetts y Connecticut también han presentado propuestas para extender la red de seguridad por desempleo a los huelguistas.

Algunos empleadores argumentan que el sistema de desempleo de California ya es demasiado generoso. Los grupos de empleadores se han alineado contra el proyecto de ley de California, y un grupo de expertos afiliado a la Cámara de Comercio publicó un estudio que encontró que California tiene uno de los requisitos de elegibilidad para beneficios de desempleo menos restrictivos en la nación, junto con sanciones relativamente bajas por solicitudes de desempleo fraudulentas.

El fondo de seguro de desempleo del estado le debe actualmente al gobierno federal $18 mil millones, después de que la pandemia provocara retrasos generalizados en la emisión de cheques a solicitantes frustrados y un fraude estimado de $32 mil millones.

Los impuestos al desempleo se clasifican según la experiencia, lo que significa que las empresas que despiden a más trabajadores pagan más. Pero la deuda federal de California impone un cargo adicional que se distribuye uniformemente entre todos los empleadores, lo que hace que ellos (y algunos legisladores) sean

cautelosos a la hora de aumentarlo.

“No puedo apoyar un proyecto de ley que aumentará la deuda de los empleadores que no están involucrados en absoluto en las huelgas”, dijo el líder de la minoría del Senado, Brian Jones, un republicano de San Diego, durante un debate sobre el proyecto de ley.

Gran parte de la deuda del sistema surge de la decisión de California de imponer impuestos de desempleo a sólo $7,000 del ingreso anual de los trabajadores, dicen los expertos, los más bajos entre los estados, empatados con Florida, Arkansas y Tennessee. (Washington, el estado con la tasa más alta, aplica el impuesto al desempleo sobre los primeros $67,000).

Los economistas progresistas se apresuran a señalar que las prestaciones por desempleo ayudarían no sólo a los huelguistas individuales sino a la economía en general. Con miles de escritores y actores sin trabajo, “hay mucha gente que tal vez no vaya a cafeterías y se les podría ver cerrando sus puertas”, dijo Alix GouldWerth, directora de política de seguridad económica familiar del Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Los controles de desempleo podrían evitar algunas de esas dificultades, afirmó.

El papel de las prestaciones por desempleo

El gobierno federal diseñó el sistema de seguro de desempleo para ayudar a evitar que los salarios bajen en general, dijo Evermore de The Century Foundation. Permitir que los trabajadores participen en accio-

nes colectivas respalda ese objetivo, dijo.

“Ésta es una de esas cuestiones en las que los estados tienen que decidir. Si quieren ser un estado con bajos salarios y mala infraestructura, pueden hacerlo”, dijo. “Hay que decidir: ¿realmente queremos una alta calidad de vida en el estado y no sólo mano de obra barata y gente rica y feliz en comunidades cerradas?”

El senador Anthony Portantino, demócrata de Burbank y autor de la propuesta, ha dicho que la ve como una oportunidad para discutir formas en que el estado podría apuntalar el fondo de desempleo.

“Te duelen los pies, están hinchados, no estás comiendo adecuadamente. Y tus facturas siguen llegando. No saben que estás en huelga”.

-MAYRA MACÍAS, CAJERA Y BARISTA DE WHITTIER COLLEGE

Duggan, profesor de Stanford, señaló que otros estados (demócratas y republicanos) han fijado que la cantidad de salarios sujetos a impuestos de desempleo aumente a medida que lo hacen los ingresos generales. Connecticut hizo eso recientemente después de que su fondo se debilitara debido a una avalancha de reclamos relacionadas con la pandemia.

“Es simplemente un buen gobierno; si se va a ejecutar un programa como este, no debería vivir más allá de sus posibilidades”, dijo Duggan.

Newsom dijo recientemente a Politico que era “cauteloso” a la hora de ampliar los beneficios de desempleo dada la deuda del fondo. Un portavoz de su oficina se negó a decir el viernes si firmaría el proyecto de ley. El gobernador tiene hasta el 14 de octubre para tomar una decisión. Macías dijo que espera que Newson lo firme.

Para este hombre de 61 años, hacer huelga valió la pena: Bon Appetit acordó destinar 90 centavos por hora trabajada a un fondo de pensiones.

“Tengo la tranquilidad de saber que cuando sea vieja y frágil y ya no pueda trabajar para estas grandes empresas, recibiré algo en mi correo además del Seguro Social y esa será mi pensión sindical”, dijo.

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CA PARADISE FIRE SURVIVORS HELP IN MAUI RECOVERY

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ACalifornia group formed after the firestorm that leveled the town of Paradise is stepping up to help Maui recover from its own disaster last month. Leaders from the Medspire nonprofit mobile clinic in Paradise donated money and expertise to medical staff on Maui.

Elisabeth Gundersen, Medspire co-founder, said a mentor program is being formed to pair survivors from Maui with people from Paradise who can help people deal with insurance companies, aid programs and post-traumatic stress.

"When something like this - it's unprecedented, two groups of people who've experienced something so similar, I think it's really helpful and healing on both sides to have that connection," she explained. "Be able to ask questions and talk through really unique and traumatic experiences."

Medspire donated $7,500 immediately after the fire to help with medicines, durable medical equipment, and flights to bring in extra medical personnel. The group also put the team on Maui in touch with the organization Direct Relief, which provided more than $200,000 in grants and sent planeloads of medications and personal protec-

tive equipment.

Dr. Trina Chakravarty, an OB-GYN physician who practices at Malama I Ke Ola Health Center in Lahaina, and at Maui Memorial Hospital, said this type of care is critical.

"Medspire set our expectations that it takes a while to have an organized assessment and control," Chakravarty explained. So, they gave us the resources that we needed to be able to actually offer some type of organized care."

Medspire also connected the Maui team with the International Technology Disaster Resource Center, which provides no-cost emergency communications and technical resources that help communities begin recovery after catastrophic events.

LOS SOBREVIVIENTES DEL INCENDIO DE CA PARADISE AYUDAN EN LA RECUPERACIÓN DE MAUI

Suzanne Potter California News Service

Ungrupo de California formado después de la tormenta de fuego que arrasó la ciudad de Paradise está dando un paso adelante para ayudar a Maui a recuperarse de su propio desastre el mes pasado. Los líderes de la clínica móvil sin fines de lucro Medspire en Paradise donaron dinero y experiencia al personal médico en Maui.

Elisabeth Gundersen, cofundadora de Medspire, dijo que se está formando un programa de mentores para unir a los sobrevivientes de Maui con personas de Paradise que puedan ayudar a las personas a lidiar con las compañías de seguros, los programas de ayuda y el estrés postraumático.

"Cuando algo como esto no tiene precedentes, dos grupos de personas han experimentado algo tan similar, creo que es realmente útil y curativo para ambas partes tener esa conexión", explicó. "Poder hacer preguntas y hablar sobre experiencias realmente únicas y traumáticas".

Medspire donó $7,500 inmediatamente después del incendio para ayudar con medicamentos, equipo médico duradero y vuelos para traer personal médico adicional. El grupo también puso al equipo de Maui en contacto con la organización Direct Relief, que proporcionó más de 200.000 dólares

en subvenciones y envió aviones llenos de medicamentos y equipos de protección personal.

La Dra. Trina Chakravarty, obstetra y ginecóloga que ejerce en el Centro de Salud Malama I Ke Ola en Lahaina y en el Maui Memorial Hospital, dijo que este tipo de atención es fundamental.

"Medspire estableció nuestras expectativas de que llevaría algún tiempo tener una evaluación y un control organizados", explicó Chakravarty. Entonces, nos dieron los recursos que necesitábamos para poder ofrecer algún tipo de atención organizada".

Medspire también conectó al equipo de Maui con el Centro Internacional de Recursos Tecnológicos para Desastres, que proporciona comunicaciones de emergencia y recursos técnicos sin costo que ayudan a las comunidades a comenzar la recuperación después de eventos catastróficos.

al colegio, algo nuevo está pasando en las escuelas públicas

Damage seen on Maui after catastrophic, wind-driven fires swept through the area. Photo Credit: Brea Burkholz / Direct Relief

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INTERPRETACIÓN DE SUEÑOS

Mario Jiménez Castillo El Observador

Lossueños en su mayoría, se interpretan de forma simbólica y por medio de arquetipos, los cuales representan figuras universales, mayormente similares para todas las culturas. Lugares que desconocemos y sitios aislados, pueden representar durante el sueño, facetas de nuestra personalidad que quizá aún desconocemos, o que en algún momento nos negamos en aceptar.

El estado de una casa, suele representar nuestro propio cuerpo físico, nuestro templo. Una vivienda descuidada, es el indicio para que el soñador modifique algunos de sus hábitos. Una casa en ruinas anuncia serios problemas de salud.

Sueños en los que nos observamos muriendo, no indican que esto sucederá. Este tipo de sueños representa cambios radicales, y nuevas circunstancias que están por venir, y a las cuales el soñador deberá adaptarse. Sueños relacionados con velorios y ataúdes, son indicio de la pronta desaparición de un problema, enfermedad o litigio.

Los sueños con embarazos y nacimientos, presagian nuevas etapas, inicios o alguna idea brillante que pronto transformará la vida del soñador.

Todos los seres humanos sin excepción, soñamos. Para tomar ventaja y aprovechar al máximo el mensaje de nuestros sueños, es preciso tener lápiz y papel a la mano. Al despertar, siempre y cuando le sea posible, trate de escribir y describir las primeras imágenes que recuerde.

Todo lo que se le venga a la mente en ese momento, le será de gran utilidad a la hora de analizar y descifrar sus sueños. Conforme vaya

fogueándose en esta práctica, observará como cada día le será más fácil recordar lo que soñó; y especialmente, podrá analizar la sensación que el sueño le hizo experimentar.

El rol primordial que ejercen los sueños, es hacernos discernir lo que nos sucede, y lo que ocurre a nuestro alrededor, por medio de la analogía que establecen entre nuestra conducta habitual, y los valores que conforman nuestros ideales. Los sueños son capaces de señalar nuestros deseos más íntimos, revelan nuestras necesidades físicas, nos ayudan a tomar decisiones, y nos permiten disfrutar una existencia más creativa.

Cuando nos fijamos metas bien establecidas, y luchamos arduamente para alcanzarlas, los

sueños suelen aclarar, orientar y hasta dirigir nuestros pasos. Llegar a obtener provecho del mensaje de nuestros sueños, es equivalente a entablar una relación con un consejero. Una persona que conoce todo sobre nosotros, y que estará siempre con la mejor disposición para atender, y escuchar nuestros dilemas y preocupaciones. La mayor parte del tiempo, nuestro consejero se limitará a escucharnos; y en muchas ocasiones, esto será suficiente para hacer fluir las respuestas, que se hallaban sin ser descubiertas en nuestro propio interior.

Consejos para interpretar sueños

Utilice un cuaderno que use exclusivamente para anotar sus sueños.

También puede utilizar un grabador, para poder

hacer relatos de sus sueños.

Trate de anotar y relatar sus sueños con frecuencia. Pude crear un fólder en su computador, el cual utilizará únicamente para escribir su diario de sueños. No importa si lo único que recordó, fueron detalles mínimos. Con la práctica diaria, logrará memorizarlos de manera más amplia. Ponga énfasis en detalles, como colores y emociones que experimente.

Tenga en cuenta que sus sentimientos, valores e impresiones son primordiales, para que llegue a analizar un sueño de forma efectiva.

Escriba sus sueños y observe qué sucede en eventos futuros, y cómo estos pueden estar conectados con los mensajes oníricos.

Comparta sus experiencias con otras personas, y si tiene un sueño funesto o aterrador, coméntelo varias veces, según la tradición popular, de esa manera se neutraliza cualquier mal presagio.

La mayoría de los personajes que observe en sus sueños, suelen corresponder a los diversos aspectos de su propia personalidad. Muchas veces los sueños serán el reflejo de su estado anímico. Si atraviesa por problemas y dificultades, es muy probable que tenga sueños sombríos.

Recuerde que los sueños con mayor significado, son aquellos que al experimentarlos y recordarlos, le provocan sentimientos y emociones fuertes.

Compare sus pensamientos, sentimientos y forma de reaccionar con las expresiones, y circunstancias que se presenten durante sus sueños. Las claves para llegar a descifrar sus sueños periódicamente de manera eficaz, son la práctica y la constancia.

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Notice of Petition to Administer

Estate of ROBERT E. LAMPREDA

Case No. 23PR195510

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

A Petition for Probate has been filed by ROBERT E. LAMPREDA, JR., in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that ROBERT E. LAMPREDA, JR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 4. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons

unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: October 27, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 13, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California

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County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 699255

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699258

acting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/06/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Joseph D. Dermer Dermer Law Firm 5448 Thornwood Drive, Suite 200 San Jose, CA 95123 (408)395-5111

September 29, Octo-

ber 6 and 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699218

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JELLYFISHE, 2467 Nightingale Drive, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name

and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Alina Maloon, 2467 Nightingale Drive, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/19/2020. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN663735. “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/ Alina Maloon

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/21/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 699218

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699132

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Aguayo Gardining and Landscaping 14632 Union Ave, San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

Lucio Aguayo Esparza, 14632 Union Ave, San Jose, CA 95124. Maria Del Carmen Perez, 14632 Union Ave, San Jose, CA 95124. The registrant began trans-

acting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/20/2010. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Maria Del Carmen Perez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/18/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 699132

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699071

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ABC auto upholstery, 2221 Stevens Creek Blvd Ste C, San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Cesar Arnoldo Portillo Chavez, 3010 Masonwood St, San Jose, CA 95148. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/14/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true

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

/s/ Cesar Arnoldo Portillo Chavez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/14/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 699071

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699255

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VRIDAATMA SANGHA, 415 Vasquez Ave., #2, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Yosef Seffi Kaminitz, 415 Vasquez Ave., Apt 2, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/01/2023.

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

/s/ Yosef Seffi Kaminitz

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/22/2023. Regina Alcomendras,

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JVS AUTO GLASS SERVICES, 2530 Berryessa Rd. #215, San Jose, CA 95132, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jose J. Villalvazo, 2517 S. B Street, Stockton, CA 95206. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/21/2014. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN647595. “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. Villalvazo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/22/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 699258

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

698802

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PCR GENERAL SOLUTIONS CLEANING, 2118 Canoas Garden Ave Building L126, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Layda Patricia Cordoba, 2118 Canoas Garden Ave Building L 126, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began trans-

/s/ Layda Patricia Cordoba

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/06/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 698802

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699144

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KMILA’S HOUSE CLEANING, 600 E Weddell Dr Spc #20, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara County This business is owned by a married couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Alejandra Lozada Aguilar, 600 E Weddell Dr Spc #20, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. Diego Martinez Gutierrez, 600 E Weddell Dr Spc #20, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/12/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Alejandra Lozada

Aguilar

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/18/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 699144

September 29, Octo-

ber 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698689

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CARRASCO’S JANITORIAL, 2150

Monroe St Apt 2, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Carrasco Vega Pedro, 2150 Monroe St Apt 2, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/30/2023.

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

/s/ Pedro Carrasco

Vega

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/31/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 698689

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT NO. 699115

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: WONDER WORLD LEARNING HOME

845 Roble Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Gina Lisette Ruiz Alfonso, 845 Roble Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/18/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Gina Lisette Ruiz

Alfonso

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/18/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy

File No. FBN 699115

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT NO. 698761

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MC Emergency House Cleaning, 5039 Dougherty Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria Guadalupe Cruz Franco, 5039 Dougerty Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/05/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Maria Cruz

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/05/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 698761

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698872

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SO FRESH & SO CLEAN 1090 Park Ave, San Jose, CA 95126, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Rashel Stephanie Silverio Castro, 1090 Park Ave, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/19/2020. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Rashel S Silverio Castro

Deputy File No. FBN 698872

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV423072

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

Petitioner(s) Heejin Choe has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows:

a. Heejin Choe AKA

Stacy Heejin Park to Stacy Heejin Park 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/02/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Sep 26, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV422926

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

Lindsey Olivares INTERESTED PERSONS:

Herrer-Olivares to Lexiana Mariah Olivares

b. Jozias Alexander Molina-Olivares to Jozias Alexander Olivares c. Romeo William MolinaOlivares to Romeo William Olivares d. Maximus Julian Molina-Olivares to Maximus Julian Olivares

2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/02/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Sep 25, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV422946

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

two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 01/02/2024 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 25, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV419654 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Katelyn Delaney Kranich INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

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

Jul 27, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV419720

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Denise Lindsay Kranich; Wyatt Harrison Kranich

as: EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER, 2365 Quimby Road, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698800

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/07/2023.

Regina

Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath,

1. Petitioner(s) Lindsey Olivares has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Lexiana Mariah

Petitioner(s) Neha Jindal has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Neha Jindal to Neha Khanna 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

Katelyn Delaney Kranich has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Katelyn Delaney Kranich to Katelyn Delaney Dean-Dicksor 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: 11/07/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition

INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Denise Lindsay Kranich; Wyatt Harrison Kranich have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Denise Lindsay Kranich to Denise Lindsay DeanDickson b. Wyatt Harrison Kranich to Wyatt Harrison Dean-Dickson 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: 11/07/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Jul 27, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 29, October 6, 13, 20, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699136

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

EVERGREEN PROFESSIONAL INV., LLC, 2365 Quimby Road, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/10/2011. 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/ VINCENTE SONGCAYAWON EVERGREEN PROFESSIONAL INV., LLC

MANAGER/MEMBER

Article/Reg#:

201127710188

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/18/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 699136

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699169

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JCLASHES BEAUTY SPA, 505 S 10th St Suite 209, 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): Jessica Chica Tafolla, 5300 Terner Way Apt 1206, San Jose, CA 95136. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/19/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Jessica Chica Tafolla

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/19/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 699169

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CARAMEL MOTORS, 3111 Monterey Hwy, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): TELLURIDE LLC, 3111 Monterey Hwy, 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/ ALAN F GONZALEZ TELLURIDE LLC

Manager

Article/Reg#: 202114710763

Above entity was formed in the state of LLC

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/06/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 698800

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698373

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Luna Del Mar, 991 Saratoga Ave Suite 110, San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria Nelida Montes L, 3236 Rockport Ave, San Jose, CA 95132. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/22/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN685825. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Maria Nelida Montes Luna

This statement was

CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS

filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/22/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 698373

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699037

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ED LOGISTIC SOLUTIONS, 1201 Sycamore Terrace #77, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): EDILSON

ESLABAO CUNHA, 1201 Sycamore Terrace #77, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.

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

/s/ Edilson Eslabao Cunha

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/13/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 699037

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 699003

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SHARK SERVICES LLC, 2530 Berryessa Rd Suite 414, San Jose, CA 95132, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): SHARK SERVICES LLC, 2530 Berryessa Rd., Suite 414, San Jose, CA 95132. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/07/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Claudia R Lopez SHARK SERVICES LLC

OWNER

Article/Reg#: 5893694

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/12/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 699003

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699067

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TACOS BUENROSTRO FOOD TRUCK 3315 Sierra Rd, San Jose, CA 95132, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Jose Luis Morales Barreto, 657 La Grade Dr Apt #2, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/14/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Jose Luis Morales Barreto

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/14/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 699067

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 699102

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

as: GreenWill Global LLC, 1598 Santa Maria Ave, San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): GreenWill Global LLC, 1598 Santa Maria Ave, San Jose, CA 95125. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare

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

/s/ Ping Flenniken GreenWill Global LLC Owner/Manager Article/Reg#:

202358919229

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/15/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 699102

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698429

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

as: M&D Prime Plastering, 252 Clareview Ct, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Manuel Santiago Lopez, 252 Clareview Ct, San Jose, CA 95127. Domingo Lopez Martinez, 940 Linden Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/23/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Manuel Santiago Lopez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/23/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 698429

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698976

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VENEZUELA. CA, 3602 Lillick Dr Apt #10, Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s)

is (are): Braulio Andres Quintero, 3602 Lillick Dr Apt #10, Santa Clara, CA 95051. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/11/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Braulio Andres Quintero

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/11/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 698976

September 22, 9, October 6, 13, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV422231

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

a. Thao Ba Phuong Nguyen to Jane Phuong Thao 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: 12/26/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general

circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Sep 12, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 22, 29, October 6 and 13, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV422230

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: NGOC THAO TRAM TRAN INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s)

NGOC THAO TRAM

TRAN has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. NGOC THAO TRAM TRAN aka TRAM NGOC THAO TRAN to KENZIE THAO TRAM TRAN 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/26/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Sep 12, 2023

ESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) LINH NGO & LOC THE NGUYEN has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. AN BINH NGUYEN to ANDREW BINH 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: N/A at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 08, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 22, 29, October 6 and 13, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV422472

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Antony Louis Rajarathinam Jesuraj Kanagarathinam INTERESTED PERSONS:

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: 12/26/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 15, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 22, 29, October 6 and 13, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND AFFIDAVIT FOR CONTEMPT CASE NOI. 19FL002379

FL-410

Attorney:

Kathryn Schlepphorst

1361 S. Winchester Blvd., Suite 208 San Jose, CA 95128

Phone: (408)993-1120

Fax No. (408)993-1125

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

Street Address: 201 N. First Street

Mailing Address: 191 N. First Street City and Zip Code: San Jose, CA 95113 Branch Name: Family

Petitioner: DANA LANIER

Respondent: BRIAN LANIER

desacato es de indole criminial. Si la corte le declara a usted ed desacato, las sanciones posibles inlcuyan penas de prision y de servicio a la comunidad, u multas. Usted tiene derecho a los servicios de un abogado, a quien debe consultar sin demora para obtenar ayuda. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, la corte podra nombrar a un abogado para que le represente.

1 TO CITEE: Brian Lanier

2. YOU ARE ORDERED TO APPEAR IN THIS COURT AS FOLLOWS, TO GIVE ANY LEGAL REASON WHY THIS COURT SHOULD NOT FIND YOU GUILTY OF CONTEMPT, PUNISH YOU FOR WILLFULLY DISOBEYING ITS ORDERS AS SET FORTH IN THE AFFIDAVIT BELOW AND ANY ATTACHED AFFIDAVIT OF FACTS CONSTITUTING CONTEMPT; AND REQUIRE YOU TO PAY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MOVING PARTY, THE ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS OF THIS PROCEEDING.

A. Date: July 3, 2023,

Time: 9:00AM. Dept: 64

b. Address: Same as above

Date: 6/6/2023

/s/ Hon. Brooke Blecher Judicial Officer AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CONTEMPT

5. a. (3) cite signed a stipulation upon which the order was based.

b. Citee was able to comply with each order when it was disobeyed.

6. a. I have not previously filed a request with the court that the citee be held in contempt.

8. Each order disobeyed and each instance of disobedience is described is described as follows:

Jacqueline

M.

Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 22, 29, October 6 and 13, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV422081

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: LINH NGO & LOC THE NGUYEN INTER-

1. Petitioner(s) Antony Louis Rajarathinam Jesuraj has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Antony Louis Rajarathinam Jesuraj Kanagarathinam to Antony Louis Rajarathinam

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.

Notice! A contempt proceeding is criminal in nature. If the court finds you in contempt, the possible penalties include jail sentence, community service, and fine.

Your are entitle to the services of an attorney, who should be consulted promptly in order to assist you. If you cannot afford an attorney, the court may appoint an attorney to represent you.

!Aviso!

Un proceso judicial pr

c. Injunctive or other order PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION AND ORDER FILED ON 7/15/20, BOTH PARTIES ARE TO EXCHANGE THEIR YEAR-TO-DATE PAYSTUBS INCLUDING BONUS/STOCK DOCUMENTATION BY JUNE 30TH AND DECEMBER 31ST OF EACH YEAR IN ORDER TO CALCULATE ADDITIONAL SMITH OSTLER CHILD SUPPORT PURSUANT TO THE BONUS TABLE ATTACHED TO THE ORDER. IF ADDITIONAL CHILD SUPPORT IS DUE, IT MUST BE PAID BY FEBRUARY 15TH. IF NOT PAID, THEN INTEREST ACCRUES IN

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED, EACH DAY THE PAYMENT IS LATE.

Continued on Attachment 8c.

d. SEE ATTACHMENT 8(D).

Continued on Attachment 9d.

e. I am requesting that attorney fees and costs be awarded to me for the costs of pursuing this contempt action.

WARNING: IF YOU PURSUE THIS ACTION, IT MAY AFFECT THE ABILITY OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO PROSECUTE THE CITEE CRIMINALLY FOR THE SAME VIOLATIONS.

declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date: 6/2/23

/s/ Dana Lanier

MATTER OF LANIER

Case No. 19FL002379

ATTACHMENT 8(d)

– ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND AFFIDAVIT FOR CONTEMPT

1. Respondent has yet to provide his W-2 or pay any amount of the Smith-Ostler payment owed to me according to the Stipulation and Order filed July 15, 2020.

2. My attorney, Kathryn Schlepphorst, has sent at least two letters (dated March 30, 2023 and July 19, 2022) to his counsel requesting this. I have sent several emails requesting the documentation as well.

3. As Respondent has not provided his W-2, the amount is unknown for the Smith-Ostler payment. Respondent’s last Smith-Ostler payment was a total of $213,770.80. As this is a significant amount, it is crucial to figure out what Respondent now owes.

4. As this matter is now post-judgment, we are not able to process the subpoena as normal. We could have to personally serve Respondent with the Notice to Consumer as we would have to Subpoena Apple, Inc., his past employer, for his W-2. This is an unnecessary additional expense that I should not have to incur due to his failure to comply.

5. Both of our counsel have met and conferred on multiple occasions to resolve this issue and we still have yet to receive any paystubs or income-related document from him.

6. The true Smith

-Ostler amount remains unknown due to lack of Respondent’s W-2.

-END OF ATTACHMENT-

Run Dates: September 22, 29, October 6 and 13, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

698155

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lara Landscape Services, 1505 Tosca Ct, San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara County

This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Angela Lara, 1505 Tosca Ct, San Jose, CA 95121. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/10/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Angela Lara

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/15/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By:

/s/

Nina

Khamphilath,

Deputy File No. FBN 698155

September 15, 22, 29,

October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698951

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

1007 Azalea Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sandra Lisbeth Castano, 1007 Azalea Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/24/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN698463. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Sandra Castano

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

County on 09/11/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy

File No. FBN 698951

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698899

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Antojitos Cutrachos, 2761 Twin Oaks Ln, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sonanyel Yaquelin Trochez Romero, 2761 Twin Oaks Ln, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/08/2023.

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

/s/ Sonanyel Yaquelin

Trochez Romero

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/08/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 698899

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698841

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: POUR BROTHERS TAPROOM, POUR BROTHERS, POUR BROTHERS COFFEE, FOUR BROTHERS TAPROOM, FOUR BROTHERS COFFEE, FOUR BROTHERS, POUR BRADDAHS TAPROOM, POUR BRADDAHS COFFEE, POUR BRADDAHS, 117 Bernal Road #70-159, San Jose, CA 95119, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): POUR BROTHERS TAPROOM LLC, 117 Bernal Road #70-159, San Jose, CA 95119. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed

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

/s/ Anthony Paredes POUR BROTHERS

TAPROOM LLC

Managing Director

Article/Reg#: 202358618198

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/07/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 698841

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 698683

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KNOX 24/7, KNOX 24/7 SECURITY, 117 Bernal Road #70-189, San Jose, CA 95119, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): 41SIXTY INC, 117 Bernal Road #70-189, San Jose, CA 95119. 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/ Paulo Paredes 41SIXTY INC President/CEO

Article/Reg#: 4091800

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/31/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 698683

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698829

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PICASSA CARPENTRY, 1605 Clayton Rd, 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): Rogelio Ibarra Zuniga, 1605 Clayton Rd, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Rogelio Ibarra Zuniga

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/07/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Rogelio Ibarra Zuniga, Deputy File No. FBN 698829

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698760

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 711 Emergency Handyman, 5039 Dougherty Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Maria Guadalupe Cruz Franco, 5039 Dougherty Ave, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/05/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Maria Cruz Franco This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/05/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 698760

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698908

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Family Wash & Water, 4272 Senter Rd, 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): Jesus Montes, 175 Victoria Dr, Gilroy, CA 95020. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/03/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Jesus Montes

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/08/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 698908

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698564

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SOPHIE: SPA 23, AA68 Pollard Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Tuyen Wilberg, 3555 Granada Avenue #A02, Santa Clara, CA 95051. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/28/2023.

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

/s/ Tuyen Wilberg

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/28/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 698564

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698842

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Maple Leaf Donut, 1110 Saratoga Ave, San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by copartners. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

Willy Doeu, H76 Archglen Way, San Jose, CA 95111. Srey Touch Beng, 1787 Hurstwood Ct, San Jose, CA 95121. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/01/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Willy Doeu

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/07/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 698842

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 696638

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: J.J. PAVERS, 1305 West Campbell Ave Apt 10, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Marlon Javier Bueso Gutierrez, 1305 West Campbell Ave Apt 10, Campbell, CA 95008. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/06/2023. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN662231. “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/ Marlon Javier Bueso Gutierrez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 06/21/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 696638

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698891

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pinnacle Real Estate, 1265 Martin Ave, San Jose, CA 95126,

Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a limited liability company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): PIWRE, LLC, 1265 Martin Ave, San Jose, CA 95126. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/08/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Christopher Knox PIWRE, LLC

Managing Member

Article/Reg#:

201528110324

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/08/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 698891

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NO. 697890

The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): JK LIQUOR, 108 Dixon Rd, Milpitas CA, 95035. Filed in Santa Clara County on 1/29/2020 under file no. FBN663028. Kevin Ly, 108 Dixon Rd, Milpitas, CA 95035. 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/ Kevin Ly, Owner

This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 08/03/2023. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN697890

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NO. 698356

The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s):

CLASSIFIEDS / LEGALS

Wen Group, 3337 Rose Rd, Palo Alto CA, 94303. Filed in Santa Clara County on 3/22/2022 under file no. FBN683413.

HOMES BY WEN, 3337 Ross Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303. This business was conducted by: a corporation. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Wen Guo

This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 08/21/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN698356

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV422155

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Yuliana Zoe Lara INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Yuliana Zoe Lara has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Yuliana Zoe Lara to Yuliana Zoe 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: 12/19/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the

county of Santa Clara. Sep 11, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV421641

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

1. Petitioner(s) Francois Dumas has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Francois Philippe Dumas to Francois Philippe Dumari 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: 12/05/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Aug 29, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV422022

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

Zeinali Gelabi INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Atoosa

Zeinali Gelabi has filed a petition for Change of

Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Atoosa Zeinali Gelabi to Atosoa Zeinali

b. Alireza Matin Mohseni to Al Matin 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: 12/19/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Sep 07, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV421875

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Tam Minh Duong INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Tam Minh Duong has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Tam Minh Duong to Tam Thi Minh Duong 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before

the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 12/12/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Sep 05, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV420811

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Daniel Jr II Enriquez Andrade INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Daniel Jr II Inriquez Andrade has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Daniel Jr II Enriquez Andrade to Daniel Enriquez 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: 11/21/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition

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

Aug 14, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 15, 22, 29,

October 6, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV421953

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

Luan Shih Hu INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Luan Shih Hu has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Luan Shih Hu to Loan Thi Ho 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: 12/12/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 06, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV421878

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

1. Petitioner(s) Nhan Groesbeck has filed a

petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Haley Sang Groesbeck to Haley Sang 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 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: 12/12/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 05, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Carol Lucile Torguson, also known as Carol Greguhn, Carol Webster, Carol Seabridge, Carol Payne

Case No. 23PR195393

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Carol Lucile Torguson, also known as Carol Greguhn, Carol Webster, Carol Seabridge, Carol Payne.

2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by Cindy Mikolich in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

3.The Petition for Probate requests that Cindy Mikolich be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

Administer of Estate Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take any actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consent to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person Files and objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: October 13, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 13, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

10. Attorney for Petitioner:

Karen A. Lapinski 111 N. Market Street, 300 San Jose, CA 95113-1116 (408)500-5001

Rune Date: Septem-

ber 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

698725

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MILO ABADILLA VISUALS, 3308 Moncucco Court, San Jose, CA 95148, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Milo Albasin Abadilla, 3308 Moncucco Court, San Jose, CA 95148. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/1/23. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Jose Ortega

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

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 698725

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS

BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT NO. 698725

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ABADILLA INSURANCE SERVICES, 3308 Moncucco Court, 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): ABADILLA INC., 3308 Moncucco Court, San Jose, CA 95148. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6/22/2006. This filing is a refile, previous File #: FBN620908. “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/ Milo Abadilla VP, Secretary, CFO Article/Reg #: 2897793

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

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy

File No. FBN 698725

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

698194

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PACIFIC COUNSELING CENTER, 5149 Moorpark Ave Suite 107A, San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Bobby Farhat, 5359 Cribari Dell, San Jose, CA 95135. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/04/2016. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN 671423. “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/ Bobby Farhat

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/16/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By:

/s/

Nina

Khamphilath,

Deputy File No. FBN 698194

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698087

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TINTED FOR VEHICLES RALY 1158 Sunnyvale Saratoga Rd Apt 56, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Alexander Sanchez Barreto, 1158 Sunnyvale Saratoga Rd Apt 56, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/14/2023. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Alexander Sanchez Barreto

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/11/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/

Patty Camarena,

Deputy File No. FBN 698087

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698678

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LeeBee’s Pressure Washing, 10630 4th St, Gilroy, CA 95020, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

Angelina Maria Gomez, 10630 4th St, Gilroy, CA 95020. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Angelina Gomez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/31/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Nina Khamphilath, Deputy File No. FBN 698678

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698766

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CARAVELLE INN EXTENDED STAY, 1310 N 1st 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): TN VENTURE LLC, 1310 N 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Tien Nguyen TN VENTURE LLC Manager

202358512982

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 09/05/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County

Clerk Recorder

/s/ J. Arcadio Aguirre Plancante

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/04/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Yaneth Garcia Valenzuela

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/03/2023.

Article/Reg#:

By:

/s/

Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 698766

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698623

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BAY AREA MODIFICAITONS , 2963 Rose Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are):

Oscar Jauregui Jr, 2963 Rose Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Oscar Jauregui Jr

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/30/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 698623

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 697918

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Advance CK Painting, 1524 Carmel Dr, San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): J. Arcadio Aguirre Plancante, 1524 Carmel Dr, San Jose, CA 95125.

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

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 697918

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 698652

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ortega Landscaping, 1753 Quimby 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): Jose Ortega, 1755 Quimby Rd, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Jose Ortega This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 08/30/2023.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 698652

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 697867

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kanela Boutique, 1690 Story Rd Unit 111, 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): Yaneth Garcia Valenzuela, 1690 Story Rd Unit 111, San Jose, CA 95122. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN697573. “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

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

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

697867

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV421728

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

1. Petitioner(s) Fatemeh Ahmadizenooz has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Ahmad Shekaib to Arsalan Nizami 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: 12/12/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Aug 31, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV421806

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

Tuyet Mai Thi Le INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Tuyet Mai Thi Le has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Tuyet Mai Thi le to Mai T 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 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: 12/12/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 01, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 23CV421707

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Darlene Ruth Love INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Darlene Ruth Love has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Darlene Ruth Love to Darlene Ruth Merritt-Love 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: 12/12/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

Aug 30, 2023

Jacqueline M.

Arroyo

Judge of the Superior Court

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 23CV421730

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

1. Petitioner(s) Saichand Mandava has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Saichand Mandava to Sayyid Mahmood 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: 12/12/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition

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

Aug 31, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE

OF NAME

NO. 23CV421874

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Huang Liu Juan INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Huang Liu Juan has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Huang Liu Juan to Lieu Hoang 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: 12/19/2023 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 05, 2023

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

September 8, 15, 22, 29, 2023

Q&A: ROBOTICS ENGINEER TALKS FAVORITE ROBOTS, NEW FILM THE CREATOR, AND WHY WE SHOULDN’T FEAR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - JUST YET

September 26 was National Robot Day, a time to appreciate our robot friends

Arturo Hilario El Observador

Machinesand human beings have had an incredible relationship. From the first mechanical creations that used human power to move to the steam engine and now the silicone chip, technology has allowed these assistants to humanity a greater depth of technical functionality and abilities that would make Leonardo da Vinci faint.

Recently we spoke to an expert in robotics, who helped us understand the past, future and movie versions of robots in a recent interview to help promote the 20th Century Studios film, The Creator which is out now.

Director Gareth Edwards first film since the Star Wars epic Rogue One, The Creator is an incredible looking sci-fi action thriller that takes place in a dystopian future amidst a war between human beings and an army of artificial intelligence beings. The film boasts an all-star cast, including John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, and Allison Janney.

tween man and machine, and how his lifetime of love and knowledge of robots gives him a unique perspective on the machinery around us and the future of robots, and the circumstances of how it may end up good… or dystopian.

Can you talk a little bit about what your work as a robotics engineer entails?

Sure. So it all depends on the robot, there's so many robot fields out there. But my specialty is robots for movies and television. So it's more of the animatronics and show type of robots. So you got to have a lot of different knowledge, knowledge of electronics, programming, and then there's an art component to it. So there's a lot of painting that has to happen and weathering and things like that. So there's quite a bit of different knowledge areas, 3d printing and machining, all kinds of things.

How did you become interested in robotics and the idea of bringing the mechanical to life?

What were your inspirations to get into that?

Yeah, so when I was a kid in the late 70s, I saw the movie Star Wars and I told my mom, "when I grow up, this is exactly what I'm going to do. I'm going to build this robot," and that's what I focused on. And

Walter Martinez Marconi is a robotics engineer and IT professional who was born and raised in Honduras, but now calls Southern California home. By day he is an IT professional and lecturer at California State University Long Beach, where he has worked on managing projects, creating budgets, and system analysis related to programming and robotics for over 22 years.

And of course for fun he builds robots, he has many of them on display during the interview including an educational robot kit that he created that is used by students around the world to begin to learn about robotics fundamentals. He also participates in his hobby business, SoCal Robots, where he has built and created robotic props and working droids for the film and television industry, giving him a vast array of knowledge of robots in media as well. He also attends many Comic Cons, being part of the Star Wars cosplay club 501st Legion, which is dedicated to the construction of screen accurate replica suits of armor and robots like R2-D2 and C-3PO.

In the following, Martinez disassembles the many questions we have about the relationship be-

that's what I've been doing all this time. But yeah, just watching different movies, a lot of 80s movies as well. That's why I'm looking forward to this one here because it's got that cool esthetics of robots. Especially this producer, Gareth Edwards, he's got this cool idea of how robots should look like and I'm very fascinated by that look. I can't wait. It's going to be good. You're going to enjoy it, it's out September 29 in theaters.

And Gareth actually has that connection with Star Wars. And you yourself have gone to Comic Con and other events with machines you've built and with the 501st Legion Star Wars group.

Yeah so, the 501st is Star Wars costuming club. And yeah, we do a lot of events, but I do a lot of events at Comic Cons and things like that. I bring all kinds of robots. I have garages full of robots. Do you have a favorite that you've built?

I do, actually. It's actually this little guy right here. This is an educational robot. So this is a kit that's been used worldwide, by the way.

Honduran robotics engineer and educator Walter Martinez with his favorite robot creation, an educational technology kit that helps students understand the fundamentals of robotics. Photo Credit: Walter Martinez

I wouldn't be afraid of a Terminator-like robot because it'll last probably like a few minutes and then it will just die because there's no more power.

-Walter Martinez

In Gareth Edwards new film The Creator, advanced artificial intelligence beings threaten the human race with a worldending weapon. Photo Credit: 20th Century Studios

Many countries use it in their high schools and it took a while to design and put together. But yeah, you can learn the basics of robotics with something like this. This is my favorite aside from my Artoo that I built.

So National Robot Day is on September 26th every year and just happened this week. What does that day represent to you and other people in the robotics world?

So it's a day to pay attention to a robot, kind of like Bring Your Kid to Work Day. It's a day that, if you have a robot, bring it to work. If you have a robot, spend a day programming it or putting more things on it or building one. So it's a day just basically to dedicate to any robot that you might have or that you want to start.

The film The Creator, based on what you've seen so far, footage and trailers, what do you think of the film overall and the robotics and AI that's represented in there so far?

Yeah, like I said, I love the aesthetics of it. The idea of having anthropomorphic robots right, robots that look like us, that really fascinates me. I mean, just the look of it and the idea that we can work alongside one day, but hopefully they won't turn on us.

I'd say don't be afraid of it. So AI is nothing more than coding, and coding is dependent on humans. So what are we doing with this coding? The only thing that is lacking right now is hardware. As you know, battery life is pretty low still, so I wouldn't be afraid of a Terminator-like robot because it'll last probably like a few minutes and then it will just die because there's no more power. So, yeah, don't be scared. We use AI every day anyway, since the 50s, we've been using AI.

In this modern day, how can artificial intelligence change robots? And is there any recent examples that you can talk about?

Yeah, there's a couple of them. One of them is in the medical field. So, for example, through prompts, you can just say, "hey, this is what I feel right now," through a tool like Chat GPT, that can look at and read millions of books all in seconds. And then it can give you kind of like a result of what it thinks that you have based on all these books that it read in seconds.

A doctor has to train for many years, but these tools that we have, these AI tools that we have can do it in a matter of seconds, so that's pretty incredible. I also just read that AI bots are going to be allowed to invest in the stock market. For example, there's a ruling that's passing right now that if you create your own AI bot, you can actually have it go and invest for you.

Like the Tesla cars, they're being trained every day to drive better, and so this is where the autopilot comes in. And AI took over because it did some machine learning. It knew exactly how to drive from point A to point B, and it recorded it from millions of drivers. So now the car knows exactly what to do to go from point A to point B. There's no need to program every line of code, but the line of code writes itself. That is the amazing part about it.

On the other hand, in the film The Creator, it's a dystopian future where robots are more of, like, an antagonist for the human race. What do you envision as a future with advanced robotics and AI living amongst us?

I think the only thing that robots are lacking right now is well, actually, a couple of things. One is creativity, and the other one is emotional intelligence. So once robots start to become creative, like human creative types, that's when we need to be scared, I think. But for now, that's not going to happen.

I mean, it can create art. You can see now, you can see the tools that create art nowadays, but we don't get the same feeling when we look at that art, as if we look at an art that was created by da Vinci for example. But I think that's the only thing when robots become creative on their own and have some kind of emotional intelligence, that's when we need to be scared. Not now.

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El 26 de septiembre fue el Día Nacional del Robot, un momento para apreciar a nuestros amigos robots

Arturo Hilario El Observador

Lasmáquinas y los seres humanos han tenido una relación increíble. Desde las primeras creaciones mecánicas que utilizaban la fuerza humana para moverse hasta la máquina de vapor y ahora el chip de silicona, la tecnología ha permitido a estos asistentes de la humanidad una mayor profundidad de funcionalidades técnicas y habilidades que harían desmayar a Leonardo da Vinci.

Recientemente hablamos con un experto en robótica, quien nos ayudó a comprender el pasado, el futuro y las versiones cinematográficas de los robots en una entrevista reciente para ayudar a promover la película de 20th Century Studios, The Creator, que ya está disponible.

La primera película del director Gareth Edwards desde la épica de Star Wars, Rogue One, The Creator es un increíble thriller de acción de ciencia ficción que tiene lugar en un futuro distópico en medio de una guerra entre seres humanos y un ejército de seres con inteligencia artificial. La película cuenta con un elenco estelar que incluye a John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles y Allison Janney.

Walter Martínez Marconi es un ingeniero en robótica y profesional de TI que nació y creció en Honduras, pero que ahora considera el sur de California su hogar. De día es profesional de TI y profesor en la Universidad Estatal de California en Long Beach, donde ha trabajado en la gestión de proyectos, creación de presupuestos y análisis de sistemas relacionados con la programación y la robótica durante más de 22 años.

Y, por supuesto, por diversión construye robots; muestra muchos de ellos durante la entrevista, incluido un kit de robot educativo que creó y que utilizan estudiantes de todo el mundo para comenzar a aprender sobre los fundamentos de la robótica. También participa en su negocio de pasatiempos, SoCal Robots, donde ha construido y creado accesorios robóticos y droides de trabajo para la industria del cine y la televisión, lo que también le brinda una amplia gama de conocimientos sobre robots en los medios. También asiste a muchas Comic Cons, siendo parte del club de cosplay de Star Wars 501st Legion, que se dedica a la construcción de réplicas precisas de armaduras y robots como R2-D2 y C-3PO.

A continuación, Martínez analiza las muchas preguntas que tenemos sobre la relación entre el hombre y la máquina, y cómo su vida de amor y conocimiento de los robots le brinda una perspectiva única sobre la maquinaria que nos rodea y el futuro de los robots, y las circunstancias de cómo puede terminar siendo bueno... o distópico.

¿Puede hablarnos un poco de lo que implica tu trabajo como ingeniero en robótica?

Seguro. Entonces todo depende del robot, hay muchos campos de robots por ahí. Pero mi especialidad son los robots para cine y televisión. Así que son más robots animatrónicos y de espectáculo. Entonces debes tener muchos conocimientos diferentes, conocimientos de electrónica, programación y luego hay un componente artístico. Así que hay que pintar mucho, desgastar y cosas así. Hay muchas áreas de conocimiento diferentes, impresión 3D y mecanizado, todo tipo de cosas.

¿Cómo se interesó por la robótica y la idea de darle vida a lo mecánico?

¿Cuáles fueron sus inspiraciones para entrar en eso?

Sí, cuando era niño a finales de los 70, vi la película Star Wars y le dije a mi mamá: "cuando sea mayor, esto es exactamente lo que voy a hacer". Voy a construir este robot", y en eso me concentré. Y eso es lo que he estado haciendo todo este tiempo.

Pero sí, simplemente viendo diferentes películas, muchas películas de los 80 también. Es por eso que estoy esperando esta aquí porque tiene esa estética genial de los robots. Especialmente este productor, Gareth Edwards, tiene una idea genial

de cómo deberían verse los robots y estoy muy fascinado por esa apariencia. No puedo esperar. Va a estar buena. La vas a disfrutar, saldrá el 29 de septiembre en los cines.

Y Gareth realmente tiene esa conexión con Star Wars. Y usted mismo ha asistido a Comic Con y otros eventos con máquinas que ha construido y con el grupo 501st Legion Star Wars.

Sí, el 501 es el club de disfraces de Star Wars. Y sí, hacemos muchos eventos, pero yo hago muchos eventos en Comic Cons y cosas así. Traigo todo tipo de robots. Tengo cocheras llenas de robots.

¿Tiene un favorito que haya creado?

De hecho sí lo tengo. En realidad es este pequeño que está aquí. Este es un robot educativo. Por cierto, este es un kit que se ha utilizado en todo el mundo. Muchos países lo utilizan en sus escuelas secundarias y tomó un tiempo diseñarlo y armarloPero sí, puedes aprender los conceptos básicos de la robótica con algo como esto. Este es mi favorito aparte del Artoo que construí.

Entonces, el Día Nacional del Robot se celebra el 26 de septiembre de cada año y acaba de ocurrir esta semana. ¿Qué representa ese día para usted y otras

UN INGENIERO EN ROBÓTICA HABLA SOBRE LOS ROBOTS FAVORITOS, LA NUEVA PELÍCULA THE CREATOR Y POR QUÉ NO DEBEMOS TEMER A LA INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL , POR AHORA

El ingeniero y educador en robótica hondureño Walter Martínez. Photo Credit: Walter Martínez

El ingeniero y educador en robótica hondureño Walter Martínez. Photo Credit: Walter Martínez

No le tendría miedo a un robot tipo Terminator porque probablemente durará unos minutos y luego simplemente se apagará cuando no haya más energía.

-Walter Martinez

personas en el mundo de la robótica?

Así que es un día para prestar atención a un robot, algo así como el Día de Traiga a su Hijo al Trabajo. Es un día que, si tienes un robot, tráelo a trabajar. Si tienes un robot, dedica un día a programarlo, ponerle más cosas o construir uno. Básicamente, es un día para dedicarlo a cualquier robot que tengas o que quieras comenzar.

La película The Creator, según lo que ha visto hasta ahora, imágenes y avances, ¿qué opina de la película en general y de la robótica y la IA que están representadas allí hasta ahora?

Sí, como dije, me encanta su estética. La idea de tener robots antropomórficos, robots que se parezcan a nosotros, realmente me fascina. Quiero decir, solo la apariencia y la idea de que algún día podremos trabajar juntos, pero con suerte no se volverán contra nosotros.

Yo diría que no le tengas miedo. Entonces, la IA no es más que codificación, y la codificación depende de los humanos. Entonces, ¿qué estamos haciendo con esta codificación? Lo único que falta ahora es el hardware. Como saben, la duración de la batería aún es bastante baja, por lo que no le tendría miedo a un robot tipo Terminator porque probablemente durará unos minutos y luego simplemente se apagará porque no hay más energía. Así que sí, no tengas miedo. De todos modos, usamos IA todos los días, desde los años 50, hemos

estado usando IA.

En estos tiempos modernos, ¿cómo puede la inteligencia artificial cambiar a los robots? ¿Y hay algún ejemplo reciente del que pueda hablar?

Sí, hay un par de ellos. Uno de ellos está en el campo médico. Entonces, por ejemplo, a través de indicaciones, puedes simplemente decir "oye, esto es lo que siento ahora mismo" a través de una herramienta como Chat GPT, que puede mirar y leer millones de libros en segundos. Y luego puede darte una especie de resultado de lo que cree que tienes basado en todos estos libros que leyó en segundos.

Un médico tiene que capacitarse durante muchos años, pero estas herramientas que tenemos, estas herramientas de inteligencia artificial que tenemos, pueden hacerlo en cuestión de segundos, así que es bastante increíble. También acabo de leer que a los robots de inteligencia artificial se les permitirá invertir en el mercado de valores. Por ejemplo, hay una norma que se está aprobando en este momento según la cual si creas tu propio robot de IA, puedes hacerlo funcionar e invertir por ti.

Al igual que los autos Tesla, están siendo entrenados todos los días para conducir mejor, y aquí es donde entra en juego el piloto automático. Y la IA tomó el control

porque hizo algo de aprendizaje automático. Sabía exactamente cómo conducir del punto A al punto B y lo registró de millones de conductores. Ahora el coche sabe exactamente qué hacer para ir del punto A al punto B. No es necesario programar cada línea de código, sino que la línea de código se escribe sola. Esa es la parte sorprendente de esto.

Por otro lado, en la película The Creator, es un futuro distópico donde los robots son más bien un antagonista de la raza humana. ¿Qué imagina como futuro con la robótica avanzada y la inteligencia artificial viviendo entre nosotros?

Creo que lo único que les falta a los robots en este momento son, en realidad, un par de cosas. Uno es la creatividad y el otro es la inteligencia emocional. Entonces, una vez que los robots comienzan a volverse creativos, como los humanos creativos, es cuando debemos tener miedo, creo. Pero por ahora eso no va a suceder.

Quiero decir, puede crear arte. Puedes ver ahora, puedes ver las herramientas que crean arte hoy en día, pero no tenemos la misma sensación cuando miramos ese arte, como si miramos un arte creado por Da Vinci, por ejemplo. Pero creo que eso es lo único que cuando los robots se vuelven creativos por sí solos y tienen algún tipo de inteligencia emocional, es cuando debemos tener miedo. Ahora no.

John David Washington en la nueva película de Gareth Edwards, The Creator, donde seres con inteligencia artificial avanzada amenazan a la raza humana con un arma que amenaza con acabar con el mundo.

Photo Credit: 20th Century Studios