El Observador December 16th, 2022.

José López Zamorano La Red Hispana

Unode los grandes sueños de la humanidad, especialmente de los defensores de la conservación del medio ambiente, ha sido la posibilidad de utilizar el poder nuclear para generar energías limpias a tiempo indefinido.

La buena noticia es que el Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos (DOE) y su Administración Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear (NNSA) anunciaron el logro de la ignición por fusión en el Laboratorio Nacional Lawrence Livermore (LLNL).

Tienen razón ambas instituciones cuando aseguran que se trata de un importante avance científico que lleva décadas en desarrollo y allanará el camino para los avances en defensa y el futuro de la energía limpia.

Un equipo de la Instalación Nacional de Ignición (NIF) de LLNL realizó el primer experimento de fusión controlada en la historia para alcanzar este hito, también conocido como punto de equilibrio de energía científica, lo que significa que produjo más energía de fusión que la energía láser utilizada para impulsarla.

Tal como lo explica el DOE, la fusión es el proceso por el cual dos núcleos ligeros se combinan para formar un solo núcleo más pesado, liberando una gran cantidad de energía.

“Este avance científico monumental es un hito para el futuro de la energía limpia”, dijo el senador de California Alex Padilla en declaraciones para CNN, y agregó “Si bien hay más trabajo por delante para aprovechar el potencial de la energía de fusión, me enorgullece que los científicos de California continúen liderando el camino en el desarrollo de tecnologías de energía limpia”.

La realidad es que este descubrimiento en laboratorio no podrá ser aprovechado de manera inmediata con fines de generación eléctrica comercial.

Varios equipos científicos en otros países del mundo buscan precisamente aplicar este tipo de tecnología de fisión nuclear para lograr materializar proyectos de usos prácticos de esa energía, pero aún falta mucho por hacer, y se trata de una tarea científica ardua y compleja.

Pero el anuncio hecho por el departamento de energía de Estados Unidos confirma que existe una ruta limpia para la generación de energía limpia y que las inversiones

realizadas durante años han empezado a rendir frutos, por lo que es necesario continuar dotando a esos proyectos de recursos para acelerar la llegada de aplicaciones prácticas.

Más allá de consideraciones políticas, la búsqueda de energías limpias debería ser una política de estado en todos los países del mundo. A diferencia de otras carreras, como la armamentista, la competencia para sustituir los combustibles fósiles por energías limpias, representa la posibilidad histórica de un futuro sustentable.

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Oneof the great dreams of humanity, especially of defenders of environmental conservation, has been the possibility of using nuclear power to generate clean energy indefinitely.

The good news is that the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the achievement of fusion ignition at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

Both institutions are right when they say that this is a major scientific breakthrough that has been decades in the making and will pave the way for advances in defense and the future of clean energy.

A team from LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach this milestone, also known as the scientific energy equilibrium point, meaning it produced more fusion energy than the energy laser used to drive it.

As the DOE explains, fusion is the process by which two light nuclei combine to form a single heavier nucleus, releasing a large amount of energy.

“This monumental scientific breakthrough is a milestone for the future of clean energy,” California Senator Alex Padilla told CNN, adding, “While there is more work ahead to harness the potential of fusion power, I am proud that California scientists continue to lead the way in the development of clean energy technologies.”

The reality is that this discovery in the laboratory cannot be used immediately for the purpose of commercial electricity generation.

Several scientific teams in other countries around the world seek precisely to apply this type of nuclear fission technology to materialize projects for the practical use of this energy, but there is still a long way to go, and it is an arduous and complex scientific task.

But the announcement made by the United States Department of Energy confirms that there is a clean route for the generation of clean energy and that the investments made over the years have begun to bear fruit, so it is necessary to continue providing these projects with resources to accelerate the arrival of practical applications.

Beyond political considerations, the search for clean energy should be a state policy in all countries of the world. Unlike other races, such as the arms race, the race to replace fossil fuels with clean energy represents the historic possibility of a sustainable future.

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REPORT: HOW SCHOOLS CAN LURE STUDENTS BACK TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

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During the pandemic, California community colleges lost 19% of their enrollment, but as a new report found, a handful of schools bucked the trend.

Researchers with the Campaign for College Opportunity found some schools had smaller losses or even added students by focusing on equity and expanding outreach.

Colleen Moore, higher-education research and policy consultant who interviewed dozens of college administrators for the study, explained financial support was helpful.

"All the colleges I spoke with talked about expanding financial supports in some way," Moore recounted. "Through things like transportation and book vouchers as a means of helping low-income students stay enrolled."

Schools also relied on data analytics to see where students were stopping out and refine course schedules, curriculum, programs and institutional policies to better meet student needs. They also increased partnerships with local employers to offer students a path to a job after graduation, and tried to create a more supportive campus culture.

Moore added many of the schools expanded their efforts to reach out to current, former and prospective students.

"Some people talked about explicit efforts to divide up their list of students to contact based on race or ethnicity," Moore noted. "And assigning the lists of staff that share that background as one aspect of their efforts to make their campus more welcoming to all students."

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la pandemia, los colegios comunitarios de California perdieron el 19 % de su inscripción. Pero, como muestra un nuevo informe, un punado de escuelas fue lo opuesto a esta tendencia.

Los investigadores de Campaign for College Opportunity descubrieron que algunas escuelas tuvieron perdidas menores o incluso agregaron estudiantes al enfocarse en la equidad y ampliar el alcance. Colleen Moore es una consultora de educación superior que entrevisto a docenas de administradores universitarios para este estudio.

"Todas las universidades con las que converse hablaron sobre la expansión de apoyos financieros de alguna manera, a través de beneficios como el transporte y los cupones para libros, como un medio para ayudar a los estudiantes de bajos ingresos a permanecer matriculados," añadió Moore.

Las escuelas también se basaron en el análisis de datos para ver que frenaba a los estudiantes y refinar los horarios de los cursos, el plan de estudios, los programas y las políticas institucionales, para satisfacer mejor las necesidades de los estudiantes. También aumentaron las asociaciones con empleadores locales para ofrecer a los estudiantes un camino hacia un trabajo después de la graduación y trataron de crear una cultura de campus más solidaria.

Moore agrega que muchas de las escuelas ampliaron sus esfuerzos para llegar a los estudiantes actuales, anteriores y futuros.

"Algunas personas hablaron sobre los esfuerzos explícitos para dividir su lista de estudiantes a contactar en función de la raza o el origen étnico, y asignar así las listas al personal que comparte esos antecedentes. Un aspecto de sus esfuerzos para hacer que su campus sea más acogedor para todos los estudiantes," menciono también la entrevistada.

Las nueve escuelas que tuvieron menores perdidas de inscripción o agregaron estudiantes incluyen colegios comunitarios en Barstow, Berkeley, Clovis, Folsom Lake, Moorpark,

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rollment losses or adding students include community colleges in Barstow, Berkeley, Clovis, Folsom Lake, Moorpark, Sacramento, San Diego, Visalia and West Hills.

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Statistics show that enrollment of male students of color dropped significantly more than other student populations. Photo Credit: mdurson / Adobestock

Las estadísticas muestran que la inscripción de estudiantes varones de color se redujo significativamente más que otras poblaciones estudiantiles. Photo Credit: Keira Burton / Pexels

TIPS TO AVOID THE LATEST HOLIDAY SCAMS

Withthe holiday shopping season in full swing, scammers are hard at work, so the experts have some tips on how to shop smarter.

The most common types of scams these days are online shopping scams, empty gift cards and package delivery scams, according to AARP FraudWatch.

Kathy Stokes, director of fraud prevention programs for AARP, cautioned you should never click on a link directly from social media or an unsolicited email or text.

"If you get an email from, let's say Amazon or Etsy or something, instead of clicking on that link that they give you go and type that address into your web browser yourself," Stokes suggested. "That way, you're sure that the link isn't malicious, you know, it could be a really good fake. "

Scammers are also tampering with gift cards and placing them back on the rack, so the card gets drained shortly after a person pays for it at the reg-

ister. Experts advised pulling your gift card from the middle or back of the rack, and then examining it closely to lower your chances of buying one which has been altered.

Stokes pointed out authorities are also getting more reports of people receiving a scam text message purportedly from FedEx, U-P-S, or the Postal Service, saying there is a problem with your shipment and giving you a link she warned you should never click.

"Quite often what they're trying to do there is capture your keying on your keyboard -- capturing your logins, your passwords, your user account names -- and all of that is intended to steal your money right from your accounts," Stokes explained.

Scammers like to target people who get regular income from the government, so veterans and those receiving disability payments should be especially wary.

For more information, check out Stokes' appearance on the AARP podcast In Clear Terms or call the FraudWatch helpline, 877-908-3360.

CONSEJOS PARA EVITAR LAS ÚLTIMAS ESTAFAS NAVIDEÑAS

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Conla temporada de compras navideñas en pleno apogeo, los estafadores están trabajando duro. Por eso, los expertos dan algunos consejos para comprar de forma más inteligente.

según AARP Fraudwatch, las estafas más comunes en estos días son las compras por Internet, las tarjetas de regalo vacías y las estafas en la entrega de paquetes.

Kathy Stokes, directora de programas de prevención del fraude de AARP, advierte que nunca se debe hacer clic en un enlace desde las redes sociales, desde un mensaje de correo electrónico o de texto no solicitado.

"Si recibes un correo electrónico de, digamos, Amazon o Etsy o algo así, en lugar de hacer clic en el enlace que te dan ve y escribe tú mismo esa dirección en tu navegador," sugiere Stokes. "De esa manera, estas seguro de que el enlace no es malicioso, podría ser una falsificación realmente buena."

Los estafadores también manipulan tarjetas de re-

galo y las vuelven a colocar en el estante, de modo que la tarjeta se vacía poco después de que la persona la pague en la caja registradora. Los expertos aconsejan sacar la tarjeta del centro o de la parte posterior de la estantería y examinarla detenidamente para reducir las probabilidades de comprar una que ya haya sido alterada.

Stokes dice que las autoridades también están recibiendo informes de personas que reciben un mensaje de texto, supuestamente de FedEx, UPS, o el Servicio Postal, diciendo que hay un problema con su envió y les dan un enlace al que ella dice que nunca se debe hacer clic.

"A menudo, lo que intentan es capturar lo que tecleas, tus inicios de sesión, tus contraseñas, los nombres de tus cuentas de usuario, todo para robarte el dinero de tus cuentas," dice Stokes.

A los estafadores les gusta atacar a las personas que reciben ingresos regulares del gobierno, por lo que los veteranos y los que reciben pagos por discapacidad deben ser especialmente cautelosos. Para obtener más información, checa la aparición de Stokes en el podcast de AARP In Clear Terms o llame a la línea de ayuda de FraudWatch, que es 877-908-3360.

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About 57% of Americans plan to shop online during the holidays this year, according to a survey from Statista. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock

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Doyou suffer from itchy eyes, a runny nose or a scratchy throat during winter? Do you often find yourself coughing, sneezing and having trouble breathing? Chances are you may have indoor allergies.

Allergens are not just found outside in trees or grass. The indoors can host many allergy triggers like mold related to water leaks, pet allergens, and dust mite and cockroach allergens.

Indoor allergies are a year-round problem, but you'll notice them more during the winter because you spend more time at home. Also, because of the colder weather, you're likely keeping doors and windows shut to keep the cold out. By doing that, you're also sealing allergens indoors with you, and your heating system will recirculate the indoor air and any allergy triggers.

You don't have to accept indoor allergies as an inevitable fact of the winter season. Using these five tips from the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), you can be proactive and manage your winter allergies.

1. Clean regularly

It may seem like a simple solution, but cleaning house is one of the easiest ways to deal with indoor winter allergies. Dust, mold, pet dander and dust mite and cockroach droppings can hide anywhere and cause sneezing, coughing and congestion.

To limit your exposure to these indoor allergens, keep a regular cleaning schedule. Dust and vacuum frequently, especially under and behind furniture, where allergens can easily build up. Wipe down counters and other surfaces that you use often. During the holidays, wipe off holiday decorations, especially if you've stored them in areas where dust and mold proliferate.

2. Reduce pet allergy triggers

It can be difficult to balance your love for your pets and indoor allergy management. Just like you, your pets are spending more time indoors, increasing your exposure to pet dander and saliva.

While you may enjoy snuggling with your pets before bed, keeping them out of the bedroom will help with any allergies you experience at night that can disrupt your sleep. During the day, keep the door to your bedroom closed, so your furry family members aren't tempted to go in.

When petting your cat or dog, make sure to wash

your hands afterward, so you don't accidentally touch your face and provoke an allergic reaction. Finally, remember to groom your pets regularly to reduce indoor air allergens.

3. Protect your bedding from dust mites

According to the ACAAI, dust mites live and multiply in warm, humid places and are often found in pillows, mattresses, carpeting and upholstered furniture. Even if your home is visibly clean, dust mite allergen particles are too small to be seen.

Use mite-proof zippered cases for your mattress and pillows to limit your exposure to dust mites. Every week, wash and change your sheets, blankets and other bedding in hot water to eliminate any lingering dust mite droppings.

4. Find and prevent indoor mold

Did you know that there are roughly 1,000 species of mold in the U.S.? Many molds aren't visible to the naked eye, and mold spores can cause allergic reactions when they become airborne. Because mold can grow in your basement, bathroom and under the sink, avoiding mold allergens can be difficult.

If you suspect you have indoor mold, it's best to contact a professional who can find and clean up existing mold in your home. To prevent mold related to water leaks, quickly stop and clean up any standing water. Also, make sure to reduce moisture and humidity in bathrooms and kitchens. If humidity control is a problem, consider a dehumidifier.

5. Find an allergist

Consulting an allergist is the best way to identify and treat your winter indoor allergies.

"Allergists are the best trained medical professionals to treat allergies and asthma," said Kathleen May, M.D., ACAAI president. "They can help you get tested, get treated and get better so you can enjoy the holiday season and beyond."

After a consultation, your allergist may perform tests to diagnose your allergies and identify potential causes. An allergist can also prescribe a variety of treatments to give you relief from your allergic symptoms.

Using these five tips, you can better manage your indoor allergies this winter so you can enjoy the cozy colder months without suffering from allergies. To learn more about indoor allergies and find an allergist, visit ACAAI.org/Locate-AnAllergist.

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¿Sufre de picazón en los ojos, secreción nasal o molestias en la garganta durante el invierno? ¿Tose, estornuda y tiene problemas para respirar con frecuencia? Lo más probable es que las causantes sean alergias en espacios interiores.

Los alérgenos no solo existen al aire libre en los árboles o el césped. El interior de su casa puede albergar muchos desencadenantes de alergias como el moho relacionado con filtraciones de agua; alérgenos de mascotas; y alérgenos de ácaros del polvo y cucarachas.

Aunque las alergias en interiores son un problema durante todo el año, las notará más durante el invierno porque pasa más tiempo en casa. Además, debido a la temperatura más baja, es probable que mantenga puertas y ventanas cerradas para protegerse del frío exterior. Pero al hacerlo, también está manteniendo los alérgenos dentro de la casa con usted, y su sistema de calefacción recirculará el aire interior y cualquier desencadenante de alergia.

Sin embargo, usted no tiene que aceptar las alergias en interiores como un hecho inevitable de la temporada de invierno. Si sigue estos cinco consejos del American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) (Colegio Estadounidense de Alergia, Asma e Inmunología) podrá ser proactivo y controlar sus alergias invernales.

1. Limpiar con regularidad

Puede parecer una solución simple, pero limpiar la casa es una de las maneras más fáciles de lidiar con las alergias de invierno en interiores. El polvo, el moho, la caspa de las mascotas y los excrementos de los ácaros del polvo y las cucarachas pueden ocultarse en cualquier lugar y causar estornudos, tos y congestión. Para limitar su contacto con estos alérgenos de interiores, mantenga un programa de limpieza regular. Desempolve y pase la aspiradora con frecuencia, especialmente debajo y detrás de los muebles, donde los alérgenos pueden acumularse fácilmente. Limpie los mostradores y otras superficies de uso continuo. Durante la temporada de fin de año, limpie las decoraciones festivas, especialmente si las ha almacenado en zonas donde proliferan el polvo y el moho.

2. Reducir los desencadenantes de alergia a las mascotas

Sin dudas puede ser complicado equilibrar el amor por sus mascotas y el control de las alergias en interiores. Al igual que usted, sus mascotas pasan más tiempo dentro de la casa, lo que aumenta su contacto con la caspa y la saliva de las mismas.

Si bien puede resultarle agradable acurrucarse con sus mascotas antes de acostarse, mantenerlas fuera de la habitación le ayudará con cualquier alergia que surja por la noche y pueda interrumpir su sueño. Durante el día, mantenga cerrada la puerta de su dormitorio, para que los miembros "peludos" de la familia no sientan la tentación de entrar.

Cuando acaricie a su gato o perro, asegúrese de lavarse las manos después, para que no se toque accidentalmente la cara y provoque una reacción alérgica. Finalmente, recuerde pelar y bañar a sus mascotas regularmente para reducir los alérgenos en el aire dentro de la casa.

3. Proteger su ropa de cama de los ácaros del polvo

Según la ACAAI, los ácaros del polvo viven y se multiplican en lugares cálidos y húmedos, y a menudo se encuentran en almohadas, colchones, alfombras y muebles tapizados. Incluso si su casa está visiblemente limpia, las partículas de alérgenos de los ácaros del polvo son demasiado pequeñas para ser detectadas.

Use fundas con cremallera a prueba de ácaros para su colchón y almohadas, a fin de limitar el contacto con los ácaros del polvo. Cada semana, lave y cambie sus sábanas, mantas y otra ropa de cama con agua caliente para eliminar cualquier excremento persistente de esos ácaros.

4. Detectar y prevenir la presencia del moho en interiores

¿Sabía usted que en Estados Unidos existen aproximadamente 1,000 especies de moho? Además, muchos no son detectables a simple vista, y sus esporas pueden causar reacciones alérgicas cuando se transmiten por el aire. Debido a que el moho puede crecer en su sótano, baño y debajo del fregadero, evitar la presencia alérgenos del moho puede ser difícil.

Si sospecha que hay moho dentro de la casa, es mejor ponerse en contacto con un profesional que pueda detectarlo y eliminarlo. Para evitar el moho relacionado con las filtraciones de agua, deténgase y limpie rápidamente el agua estancada. Además, asegúrese de reducir la humedad en baños y cocinas. Si el control de la humedad es un problema, considere la adquisición de un deshumidificador.

5. Buscar un alergólogo

Consultar con un alergólogo es la mejor manera de identificar y tratar sus alergias de invierno en interiores.

"Los alergólogos son los profesionales médicos mejor capacitados para tratar las alergias y el asma", afirma la Dra. Kathleen May, MD, presidenta de ACAAI. "Ellos pueden ayudarle a hacerse las pruebas de diagnóstico, recibir tratamiento y mejorar para que pueda disfrutar la temporada festiva, y todo el año".

Después de una consulta, su alergólogo puede realizar pruebas para diagnosticar sus alergias e identificar posibles causas. También puede recetarle una amplia gama de tratamientos para aliviar sus síntomas alérgicos.

Si pone práctica estos cinco consejos, podrá controlar mejor sus alergias en interiores este invierno, para disfrutar de los acogedores meses más fríos sin sufrir trastornos. Para obtener más información sobre las alergias en interiores y encontrar un alergólogo, visite ACAAI.org/Locate-An-Allergist.

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MENSAJE DE LOS SANTOS PARA EL 2023

ESCORPIÓN

San Miguel Arcángel te acompañará durante todo el año, él te ayudará a esquivar problemas y especialmente te librará de gente perversa a quienes les afecta tu buena suerte, apariencia y popularidad. Préstale atención a tus presentimientos, sueños y corazonadas, porque ese medio utilizará el Ángel para comunicarse contigo.

TAURO

El año 2023 traerá una gran bendición para ti, La Virgen de Fátima se hará presente en tu destino. Enfermedades, padecimientos emocionales y pesares serán cosa del pasado. Has atravesado por una etapa de aprendizaje, la perseverancia y sobre todo la humildad, son virtudes que te llevarán muy lejos en esta vida.

GÉMINIS

Santa Clara de Asís te acompañará todos los días del año 2023. Ella provocará en ti una evolución espiritual y emocional. Dejarás en el pasado sufrimientos y decepciones románticas, elevarás tu autoestima, y te relacionarás con gente más positiva y de buena vibra. En el amor lograrás por fin la tan ansiada estabilidad.

CÁNCER

San Rafael Arcángel el Ángel de la sanación te acompañará durante todo el año. Si has sufrido padecimientos de salud, ya sea físicos o emocionales, él con su energía curativa, te liberará de cualquier mal, y te devolverá la buena salud. Iniciarás por un camino espiritual que le dará paz, calma y felicidad a tu vida. Serás más feliz que antes.

LEO

Durante el año 2023 Santa Bárbara Bendita será tu benefactora. Ella te rescatará cuando enfrentes momentos difíciles, y apartará de tu camino a todo aquel que quiera causarte daño. También obrará en tu ser interior, haciendo que dejes atrás la irá y el mal carácter. Harás las pases con un ser querido con quien tuviste un altercado.

VIRGO

San Francisco de Sales el Santo conciliador hará acto de presencia en tu vida, de pronto observarás que ya no

te afectará en demasía algunas pequeñeces que antes te causaban angustia y estrés. Padeciste por situaciones amorosas, sufriste desengaños, pero ahora todo ese pesar se convertirá en un aprendizaje, que hará que te ames y te valores más a ti mismo.

LIBRA

El poder milagroso de Santa Lucía te acompañará durante el año 2023. Será un lapso de crecimiento en todos los sentidos. Te convertirás en un mejor ser humano, tendrás mucho que dar a los demás. Tu fuerza de voluntad y tu bondad beneficiará a muchas personas. Acumularás un karma benéfico el cual te hará recibir todo tipo de bendiciones.

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El año 2023 traerá para ti una gran recompensa, tus buenas acciones del ayer han acumulado un karma positivo y generoso, por lo tanto te espera una época de cosecha financiera. Sin embargo, debes de ser precavido con el dinero, guarda y ahorra lo más que puedas. San Isidro Labrador trae consigo dos grandes bendiciones para ti.

SAGITARIO

Santiago Apóstol se hará sentir en tu destino durante todo el año. Sus designios indican que se hará justicia en todos los sectores de tu vida. Una situación referente a documentos se resolverá favorablemente. Un ser querido que atraviesa por problemas de salud se aliviará, dándote una gran alegría. Moldea tu temperamento.

CAPRICORNIO

San Martín de Porres iluminará tu existencia con su serenidad y benevolencia. Es momento para dejar atrás pesares y malos recuerdos. Vive el presente con entusiasmo y toma al pasado como una valiosa enseñanza. Este año 2023 te tiene reservado un cúmulo de sorpresas y de momentos felices. El Santo te ayudará a hacer el bien a los demás.

ACUARIO

Todas las bondades de Santa Marta estarán iluminando tu camino, este año 2023 será un periodo que traerá cambios benéficos en tu mundo social y laboral. Dedicarás más tiempo a tu cuidado personal, lucirás más atractivo, y si no tienes pareja, el amor llegará a tu vida de manera insospechada. Un sueño se cumplirá antes de la primavera.

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San Antonio de Padua obrará milagros en tu vida. Es momento para dejar de ser tan rígido contigo mismo o con los demás. Recuerda que la perfección no existe. El único ser perfecto es Dios. Libérate de angustias y de remordimientos. San Antonio te favorecerá en todo lo referente al amor y el romance. Él mejorará tu mundo financiero.

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CADA VEZ MÁS EQUIPOS DE MEDICINA EN LAS CALLES ABORDAN LA CRISIS DE SALUD DE LAS PERSONAS SIN HOGAR

Kristen Hwang CalMatters

Vivir en las calles de California es un asunto mortal. La expectativa de vida de una persona desamparada es de 50 años, según estimaciones nacionales, casi 30 años menos que la del californiano promedio. A medida que la falta de vivienda se sale de control en todo el estado, también lo hacen las muertes en las calles, pero son aquellos cuyas vidas son más frágiles los que tienen menos probabilidades de recibir atención médica.

Ahora, la agencia estatal de Medi-Cal se esfuerza por mejorar el acceso a la atención médica para las personas sin hogar. A través de una serie de incentivos y cambios regulatorios, el Departamento de Servicios de Atención Médica alienta a las aseguradoras de Medi-Cal a financiar y asociarse con organizaciones que llevan la atención primaria a los campamentos.

Son conocidos como equipos de medicina en la calle. Hay al menos 25 en California.

“Maldición. Aquí es donde ella estaba, y simplemente barrieron eso”, dijo Brett Feldman un viernes por la mañana en noviembre, mirando una carpa verde, arrugada y abandonada en Skid Row en Los Ángeles. Feldman, un asistente médico, está buscando a una paciente de unos 40 años con asma grave y no controlada. Ella entra y sale del hospital de manera predecible, y Feldman sabe que pronto tendrá otra hospitalización.

El camino está surcado por el agua de un camión de limpieza y los trabajadores sanitarios con chalecos fluorescentes barren los escombros. La Policía de estacionamiento y los patrulleros de la Policía se alinean en la sección de la carretera donde una vez estuvo un campamento para personas sin hogar. Casi 5,000 personas viven en la cuadra de media milla, infame por la hipervisibilidad que brinda a la implacable crisis de personas sin hogar del estado.

Cargados por tasas desproporcionadas de adicción, trastornos de salud mental y enfermedades crónicas , las personas sin hogar son algunos de los pacientes más necesitados del estado, pero pocos reciben algo más que servicios de emergencia. Obstáculos como la falta de transporte y las engorrosas normas de seguros impiden que la mayoría obtenga atención médica regular. En cambio, pasan por la sala de emergencias durante una crisis, acumulando altos costos para el sistema y deteriorándose físicamente

mientras tanto.

Brindar atención médica de esta manera es costoso y no es particularmente efectivo para el paciente o el sistema. Más de la mitad del presupuesto de Medi-Cal de $133 mil millones del estado se gasta en el 5% superior de los usuarios con grandes necesidades, según el Departamento de Servicios de Atención Médica de California.

“Donde nos hemos quedado cortos, especialmente con esta población, es que su realidad es tan diferente a la nuestra que no hemos estado construyendo sistemas basados en la realidad para ellos”, dijo Feldman. “Tienen Medi-Cal. Son elegibles para todos estos beneficios, pero no pueden acceder a estos beneficios”.

Los esfuerzos del estado para cerrar la brecha entre la elegibilidad y el acceso se apoyan en parte a través de CalAIM, un plan de varios años para renovar el programa de seguro de salud para personas de bajos ingresos del estado. Las subvenciones para contratar personal o invertir en software de facturación o recopilación de datos ofrecen cierta estabilidad a los equipos que históricamente han sido operados por voluntarios o organizaciones benéficas. El departamento también emitió un cambio de regla en noviembre que permite a los equipos de medicina callejera aprovechar y administrar los beneficios de Medi-Cal de los pacientes sin hogar, lo que significa que los proveedores pueden recibir un reembolso por su trabajo.

“Uno de nuestros principios básicos de CalAIM es derribar los muros de la atención médica y conocer a las personas

donde están”, dijo Jacey Cooper, directora del programa Medi-Cal del estado. “Realmente sentimos que la medicina callejera nos ayuda a hacer eso”.

“Tienen Medi-Cal. Son elegibles para todos estos beneficios, pero no pueden acceder a estos beneficios”.

-BRETT FELDMAN, ASISTENTE MÉDICO

¿Qué es la medicina callejera?

Hace varios meses, la paciente de Skid Row de Feldman sufrió una lesión cerebral por falta de oxígeno durante un ataque de asma. Ahora está confinada a una silla de ruedas y depende de un amigo para sus necesidades básicas, como encontrar comida y usar el baño.

Los medicamentos más nuevos para el asma podrían ayudar a terminar su ciclo de hospitalización, pero hasta hace poco solo su médico de atención primaria asignado, a quien nunca había visto, podía derivarla a un especialista para que la evaluara según las reglas bizantinas de Medi-Cal. Feldman había estado tratando de conseguirle una cita de atención primaria durante más de un año, sin éxito.

Sin embargo, según las nuevas reglas, Feldman podría haber remitido al paciente asmático directamente al especialista en pulmones que necesitaba u obtener una autorización previa para el medicamento, ya que se recomendó durante una estadía en el hospital. En cambio, sin atención médica adecuada para tratar su condición, su vida ha sido alterada irrevocablemente.

Estadísticamente, tendrá suerte de vivir más de unos pocos años más.

“Ella solía ser un elemento básico aquí. Ella conocía a todos”, dijo Feldman. “Ahora no puede caminar, está confinada en su tienda. Se siente sola porque está acostumbrada a ser parte de la comunidad de Skid Row. Tuvo una vida muy plena a pesar de no tener casa”.

Feldman, cofundador y director del programa de medicina callejera de la Facultad de Medicina Keck de la Universidad del Sur de California, dijo que el objetivo de la medicina callejera es devolver cierta autonomía a las personas a las que normalmente les queda muy poco poder en sus vidas.

Todos los días, él y un equipo de proveedores recorren las calles del condado para diagnosticar afecciones crónicas y agudas, tratar enfermedades mentales y uso de sustancias, entregar medicamentos, extraer sangre para análisis y dar seguimiento a los pacientes que solicitan una visita. Los trabajadores de la salud de la comunidad distribuyen alimentos y suministros de higiene y los ayudan a sortear obstáculos mientras intentan obtener vivienda y servicios sociales.

“Sabemos que las personas sin hogar tienen una mayor mortalidad, una mayor utilización de la sala de emergencias, una mayor duración de la estadía cuando ingresan”, dijo Cooper. “Realmente vemos esto como parte de un enfoque integral para garantizar que tengamos una verdadera atención continua para las personas sin hogar”.

El sistema tradicional de atención de la salud se nutre de la eficiencia: cuantos más pacientes pasan por un consultorio, más se le paga al proveedor, lo que da como resultado citas breves y poca simpatía por las circunstancias que hacen que los pacientes lleguen tarde. Pero esa configuración no funciona para las personas sin refugio que corren el riesgo de que les roben sus pertenencias si abandonan el campamento, o que prefieren encontrar algo para comer que cuidar lo que puede parecer una enfermedad menor.

Menos del 30% de las personas sin hogar con Medi-Cal han visto alguna vez a su proveedor de atención primaria, según un análisis legislativo estatal de un proyecto de ley de medicina callejera vetado por el gobernador Gavin Newsom en 2021. La medida fue aprobada por la legislatura con un amplio apoyo, pero fue rechazada por el Departamento de Servicios de Atención Médica del estado por posible duplicación de servicios. En el veto, Newsom ordenó al departamento que trabajara con equipos de medicina callejera

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Las personas sin hogar a menudo tienen acceso esporádico o nulo a la atención médica, lo que resulta en condiciones crónicas costosas. Un nuevo esfuerzo estatal alienta a las aseguradoras de Medi-Cal a asociarse con equipos en la calle para mejorar la atención

La clínica móvil del Departamento de Servicios de Salud del Condado de Los Ángeles estacionada en Whittier Narrows Park para ver pacientes sin hogar el 17 de noviembre de 2022.

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llenar los vacíos dejados por CalAIM; uno de esos vacíos fue ajustar los códigos de facturación que impedían el reembolso de la medicina callejera.

“Cuando te enfocas en esas necesidades muy básicas, como alimentos, seguridad, refugio, ¿cómo puedes concentrarte en controlar tu diabetes o tu presión arterial o algunos de estos factores de riesgo que pueden conducir a problemas más graves? efectos aguas abajo? dijo el Dr. Kyle Patton, director médico del programa de medicina callejera en Shasta Community Health Center en Redding.

Un lunes de septiembre, Patton y Anna Cummings, una asistente social, caminaron por un área boscosa en el extremo norte de la ciudad para encontrarse con Amber Schmitt, de 47 años, una paciente con una pierna infectada. El suelo está embarrado por la tormenta de la noche anterior. Schmitt le paga a un amigo $700 al mes para que se quede en su apartamento, pero escondido entre los árboles y las colinas ondulantes está su campamento abandonado, junto con docenas de otros. Schmitt recibe $1,000 al mes del Seguro Social, pero no es suficiente para pagar un depósito de seguridad o alquilar en el área, dijo.

La herida en la espinilla derecha de Schmitt está moteada e inflamada. Dijo que lo raspó con una rama caída. Patton lo limpió y lo vistió previamente, pero no tuvo más remedio que reutilizar los vendajes después de agotarse. Ahora apenas puede caminar por el dolor.

“Este es un vendaje a base de plata que matará las bacterias en las heridas”, le dice Patton a Schmitt después de enjuagar el área con solución salina. “También te conseguiremos más aderezos. Y luego tienes un poco de ruptura de la piel y maceración entre los dedos de los pies. No me gusta cómo se ve eso”.

Él le da una crema para hongos y una botella de antibióticos. Schmitt es un sobreviviente de leucemia y ha tenido un reemplazo de cadera en la misma pierna lesionada. Su historial médico la hace propensa a infecciones y mala circulación en sus extremidades, dijo Patton.

“Hay personas que tal vez argumentarían que… tienen seguro médico aquí en California, deberían utilizar el sistema tal como está. La realidad es que debido a ciertos factores dentro del contexto de su falta de vivienda, no pueden hacer eso”, dijo Patton.

Aunque califican para la cobertura de salud integral de Medi-Cal, el programa no se diseñó necesariamente pensando en las personas sin hogar. Por ejemplo, Medi-Cal pagará el transporte hacia y desde una cita con el médico, pero requiere que el paciente proporcione una dirección fija y le dé un aviso de varias semanas al conductor, algo que la may-

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oría de las personas sin hogar no pueden organizar.

Vínculo entre la falta de vivienda y la salud

Los datos de salud sobre las personas sin hogar son escasos, sin una agencia estatal y solo un puñado de condados rastreando la información, pero está claro que la mayoría de sus muertes se pueden prevenir.

En los condados de Alameda y Marin, la mitad resultan de condiciones de salud agudas o crónicas como enfermedades cardiovasculares, cáncer o insuficiencia respiratoria. En el Condado de Orange , estos representan una cuarta parte de las muertes entre las personas sin hogar. En el condado de Los Ángeles , la enfermedad cardíaca es la segunda causa principal de muerte entre las personas sin hogar, solo superada por las sobredosis.

Incluso las muertes por sobredosis se consideran prevenibles; sin embargo, en San Francisco, las sobredosis causan el 82% de las muertes entre las personas sin refugio.

“Comúnmente vemos condiciones que se verían en una población típica, pero simplemente no se abordan; así que la presión arterial alta fuera de control, la diabetes no controlada… también el uso de sustancias en términos de opioides, vemos mucho más que en la población general”, dijo el Dr. Absalon Galat, director médico del Departamento de Servicios de Salud del Condado de Los Ángeles. División Vivienda para la Salud.

El equipo de Galat comenzó su incursión en la medicina callejera en un esfuerzo por repartir vacunas contra el COVID-19, pero los miembros del equipo pronto descubrieron que necesitaban hacer más. El condado usó fondos de ayuda de COVID-19 para comprar clínicas móviles, y los fondos de CalAIM les ayudaron a contratar a 60 miembros del personal.

En septiembre, la flota de clínicas móviles del condado, con salas de examen completamente equipadas, comenzó a visitar áreas donde los servicios son escasos. Equipos más pequeños de médicos y asistentes sociales recorren los campamentos para hacer un seguimiento de los pacientes, tratar problemas menores y llevar a los pacientes a la clínica móvil. Existe cierto desacuerdo entre los proveedores de medicina callejera sobre si las clínicas móviles eliminan suficientes barreras porque todavía requieren que los pacientes viajen a un lugar determinado, pero Galat dijo que su objetivo es mejorar el acceso, ya sea a pie o en bicicleta.

“La gente muere todos los días”, dijo Galat. “Así que tenemos que intentar con lo que sabemos mejor en el campo de la medicina en este momento para limitar

las personas que están muriendo”. La conexión entre la falta de vivienda y la salud es inextricable, dijo la Dra. Michelle Schneidermann, directora del equipo de atención centrada en las personas de la California Health Care Foundation, un grupo de expertos en políticas de salud en todo el estado.

“Cualquiera de los dos puede conducir al otro. Un incidente de salud catastrófico o una serie de condiciones pueden hacer que alguien no pueda trabajar, lo que lleva a la pobreza”, dijo Schneidermann. “Vemos esto todo el tiempo, las condiciones de salud precipitan la falta de vivienda y viceversa”.

“Hasta que podamos poner fin a nuestra crisis de personas sin hogar… tenemos que encontrar una manera de brindar atención a las personas en las calles”.

-DRA. MICHELLE SCHNEIDERMANN, DIRECTORA DEL EQUIPO DE ATENCIÓN CENTRADA EN LAS PERSONAS DE LA CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION

Tomemos como ejemplo a Danny Doran, de 56 años, quien visitó la clínica móvil del condado de Los Ángeles en Whittier Narrows Park un jueves reciente para recoger insulina. Pasó su carrera como plomero y era dueño de una casa en Bishop. Hace tres años cayó en coma diabético y estuvo hospitalizado durante meses. Un amigo en el que Doran confiaba para pagar sus cuentas mientras estaba hospitalizado vació su cuenta bancaria y desapareció. Doran ha estado sin hogar desde entonces. Hace varias semanas fue golpeado y robado por otro vagabundo, quien lo dejó con una fractura en el cráneo y temblor en las manos.

“Supongo que soy un poco ingenuo”, dijo Doran. “Todos somos humanos y somos propensos a cometer errores, ¿sabes? Así que odio que a alguien le roben su dinero como al mío y termine como yo en las calles”.

En la clínica móvil, Doran dijo que el médico del personal aceptó ser su médico de atención primaria. Su anterior médico de atención primaria dejó de aceptar el seguro de Medi-Cal y, desde entonces, Doran no ha tenido acceso regular a la insulina.

“La doctora aquí, realmente tiene compasión por sus pacientes. Me alegro de que nuestros caminos se hayan cruzado”, dijo Doran.

Schneidermann, quien supervisa un estudio sobre programas de medicina callejera en California, dijo que CalAIM, que también paga los servicios de vivienda, es una oportunidad para que el estado aborde su problema más pernicioso.

“Hasta que podamos poner fin a nuestra

crisis de personas sin hogar… tenemos que encontrar una manera de brindar atención a las personas en las calles”, dijo Schneidermann.

Aparecen nuevos programas

Antes de los cambios en las reglas de CalAIM y del Departamento de Servicios de Atención Médica, los programas de medicina callejera operaban fuera de la atención médica tradicional, financiados por organizaciones filantrópicas o por organizaciones de salud raras dispuestas a perder dinero. Ahora, los cambios del departamento ofrecen alguna esperanza de estabilidad, dijo Feldman.

Al señalar que estos programas nacieron de la pandemia, Feldman dijo que “podrían no existir en unos años si no cuentan con el apoyo, pero tienen todos estos pacientes que dependen de ellos”.

Hace un año, solo existían 25 programas en todo el estado, principalmente concentrados en áreas urbanas, dijo Feldman. Pero desde que se lanzó CalAIM a principios de 2022, se ha topado con más organizaciones que buscan comenzar a prestar servicios. CalAIM requiere que las aseguradoras de Medi-Cal coordinen la atención física, conductual, dental y del desarrollo de los pacientes, así como los servicios sociales, algo que ya hacen muchos equipos de medicina callejera. El objetivo es hacer que el “sistema se apresure detrás de escena en lugar de hacer que el paciente se apresure”, dijo Schneidermann de California Health Care Foundations.

Uno de esos programas está a cargo de Anthony Menacho en Sacramento. A diferencia de los equipos de USC, Shasta Community Health o del condado de Los Ángeles que cuentan con personal de tiempo completo, la banda de medicina callejera de Menacho está compuesta en su totalidad por voluntarios. Visitan seis campamentos cada dos fines de semana.

El trabajo fue financiado inicialmente por una subvención de $100,000 de Health Net, el proveedor de Medi-Cal más grande del estado, pero Menacho, quien se formó como asistente médico con Feldman en la USC, quiere poder hacer el trabajo a tiempo completo y contratar más clínicos. Está trabajando para obtener dinero a través de CalAIM y el Departamento de Servicios de Atención Médica.

“No tenemos los recursos académicos o las personas que nos respaldan para poder poner un departamento o infraestructura en un abrir y cerrar de ojos”, dijo Menacho. “Funcionamos con subvenciones, pero eso no es verdadera sostenibilidad. No podemos hacerlo nosotros mismos. Tiene que ser un esfuerzo coordinado y creo que eso es lo que CalAIM está tratando de hacer”.

MORE STREET MEDICINE TEAMS TACKLE

THE HOMELESS HEALTH CARE CRISIS

Kristen Hwang CalMatters

on the streets of California is a deadly affair. The life expectancy of an unsheltered person is 50, according to national estimates, nearly 30 years less than that of the average Californian. As homelessness spirals out of control throughout the state, so too do deaths on the street, but it’s those whose lives are the most fragile who are least likely to get medical care.

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Now, the state Medi-Cal agency is endeavoring to improve health care access for people experiencing homelessness. Through a series of incentives and regulatory changes, the Health Care Services Department is encouraging Medi-Cal insurers to fund and partner with organizations that bring primary care into encampments.

They’re known as street medicine teams. There are at least 25 in California.

“Oh crap. This is where she was, and they just swept that,” said Brett Feldman on a Friday morning in November, looking at a green tent, crumpled and abandoned on Skid Row in Los Angeles. Feldman, a physician assistant, is searching for a female patient in her 40s with severe and unmanaged asthma. She cycles predictably in and out of the hospital, and Feldman knows she’s due for another hospitalization soon.

The road is streaked with water from a cleaning truck, and sanitation workers in fluorescent vests sweep up debris. Parking enforcement and police cruisers line the section of road where a homeless encampment once stood. Nearly 5,000 people live in the half-mile block infamous for the hypervisibility it affords the state’s unrelenting homeless crisis.

Burdened by disproportionate rates of addiction, mental health disorders and chronic disease, people experiencing homelessness are some of the state’s neediest patients, but few receive anything more than emergency services. Barriers like lack of transportation and cumbersome insurance

rules keep most from getting regular health care. Instead, they drift through the emergency room during a crisis, racking up high costs to the system and deteriorating physically in the interim.

Delivering health care this way is costly and not particularly effective for the patient or the system. More than half of the state’s $133-billion Medi-Cal budget is spent on the top 5% of high-needs users, according to the California Department of Health Care Services.

“Where we have been falling short, especially with this population, is their reality is so different from ours that we haven’t been building reality-based systems for them,” Feldman said. “They have Medi-Cal. They’re eligible for all these benefits, but they can’t access these benefits.”

The state’s efforts to bridge the gap between eligibility and access is supported in part through CalAIM, a multi-year plan to revamp the state’s low-income health insurance program. Grants to hire staff or invest in billing or data collection software offer some stability to teams that have historically been volunteer- or charity-operated. The department also issued a rule change in November allowing street medicine teams to tap into and manage homeless patients’ Medi-Cal benefits, meaning providers can be reimbursed for their work.

“One of our core principles of CalAIM is breaking down the walls of health care and meeting people where they are,” said Jacey Cooper, director of the state’s Medi-Cal program. “We really feel like street medicine helps us do that.”

“They have Medi-Cal. They’re eligible for all these benefits, but they can’t access these benefits.”

-BRETT FELDMAN, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

What is street medicine

Several months ago, Feldman’s Skid

Physician's assistant Brett Feldman does a checkup on his patient Gary Dela Cruz on the side of the road near his encampment in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. Feldman is the director and co-founder of Street Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.

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Homeless people often have sporadic or no access to health care, resulting in costly, chronic conditions. A new statewide effort encourages Medi-Cal insurers to partner with street teams to improve care

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Row patient suffered a brain injury from lack of oxygen during an asthma attack. She’s now confined to a wheelchair and reliant on a friend for basic needs like finding food and using the toilet.

Newer asthma medications might be able to help end her hospitalization cycle, but until recently only her assigned primary care doctor, whom she has never seen, was allowed to refer her to a specialist for assessment under Byzantine Medi-Cal rules. Feldman had been trying to get her a primary care appointment for more than a year, to no avail.

Under the new rules, however, Feldman could have referred the asthmatic patient directly to the lung specialist she needed or gotten prior authorization for the medication since it was recommended during a hospital stay. Instead, without adequate medical care to address her condition, her life has been irrevocably altered.

Statistically, she’ll be lucky to live longer than a few more years.

“She used to be a staple down here. She knew everybody,” Feldman said. “Now, she can’t walk, is confined to her tent. She’s lonely because she’s used to being part of the Skid Row community. She had a very full life despite being unhoused.”

Feldman, co-founder and director of the street medicine program at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, said the goal of street medicine is to give some autonomy back to people who usually have very little power left in their lives.

Each day he and a team of providers scour the county streets diagnosing chronic and acute conditions, treating mental illness and substance use, delivering medicine, drawing blood for tests and following up with patients who request a visit. Community health workers hand out food and hygiene supplies and help them navigate hurdles as they try to obtain housing and social services.

“We know that people who are experiencing homelessness have higher mortality, have higher ER utilization, have higher length of stay when they get admitted,” Cooper said. “We really see this as part of a comprehensive approach to ensuring that we have a true continuum of care for people experiencing homelessness.”

The traditional health care system thrives off efficiency: The more patients move through an office, the more the provider gets paid, resulting in brief appointments and little sympathy for circumstances that make patients late. But that setup doesn’t work for unsheltered people who run the risk of getting their belongings stolen if they leave their camp — or who would rather find something to eat than take care of what may seem like a minor malady.

Less than 30% of unhoused people with Medi-Cal have ever seen their primary care provider, according to a state legislative analysis of a street medicine bill vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2021. The measure passed the legislature with broad support but was opposed by the state Health Care Services Department for potential duplication of services. In the veto, Newsom directed the department to work with street

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medicine teams to fill any gaps left out by CalAIM — one such gap was adjusting billing codes that prevented street medicine reimbursement.

“When you’re focused on those very basic needs, like food, safety, shelter, how are you then able to focus on, you know, managing your diabetes or your blood pressure or some of these risk factors that can lead to more serious downstream effects?” said Dr. Kyle Patton, medical director of the street medicine program at Shasta Community Health Center in Redding.

On a Monday in September, Patton and Anna Cummings, a case worker, trekked through a wooded area on the north edge of town to meet Amber Schmitt, 47, a patient with an infected leg. The ground is muddy from a storm the night before. Schmitt is paying a friend $700 a month to stay in his apartment, but hidden among the trees and rolling hills is her abandoned encampment, along with dozens of others. Schmitt gets $1,000 a month from Social Security, but it’s not enough to afford a security deposit or rent in the area, she said.

The gash on Schmitt’s right shin is mottled and inflamed. She said she scraped it on a fallen branch. Patton cleaned and dressed it for her previously, but she had no choice but to reuse bandages after running out. Now she can barely walk from the pain.

“This is a silver-based dressing, which will kill bacteria in wounds,” Patton tells Schmitt after rinsing the area with a saline wash. “We’ll get you some more dressing too. And then you’ve got some skin breakdown and maceration between your toes. I don’t like the look of that.”

He gives her a fungal cream and a bottle of antibiotics. Schmitt is a leukemia survivor and has had a hip replacement on the same injured leg. Her medical history makes her prone to infections and poor circulation in her extremities, Patton said.

“There’s people that would maybe make the argument that … they have health insurance here in California, they should just utilize the system as is. The reality is because of certain factors within the context of their homelessness, they’re not able to do that,” Patton said.

Although they qualify for comprehensive health coverage under Medi-Cal, the program wasn’t necessarily designed with homeless people in mind. For example, Medi-Cal will pay for transportation to and from a doctor’s appointment, but it requires the patient to provide a fixed address and give several week’s notice to the driver, something most people experiencing homelessness aren’t able to arrange.

Link between homelessness and health

Health data on homeless people are sparse, with no state agency and only a handful of counties tracking the information, but it’s clear that most of their deaths are preventable.

In Alameda and Marin counties, half result from acute or chronic health conditions like cardiovascular disease, cancer or respiratory failure. In Orange County, these make up a quarter of deaths among the unhoused. In Los Angeles County, heart disease is the second-leading cause of death among

people experiencing homelessness, second only to overdoses.

Even overdose deaths are considered preventable — yet in San Francisco, overdoses cause 82% of deaths among the unsheltered.

“We commonly see conditions that you would see in a typical population, but they’re just not addressed; so out-of-control high blood pressure, uncontrolled diabetes…also substance use in terms of opioids, we see a whole lot more than in the general population,” said Dr. Absalon Galat, medical director for LA County’s Department of Health Services’ Housing for Health division.

Galat’s team started its foray into street medicine in an effort to dole out COVID-19 vaccines, but team members quickly found they needed to do more. The county used COVID-19 relief funds to purchase mobile clinics, and CalAIM funding has helped them hire 60 staff members.

In September, the county’s fleet of mobile clinics, complete with fully outfitted exam rooms, began visiting areas where services are sparse. Smaller teams of clinicians and case workers roam encampments to follow-up with patients, treat minor issues and bring patients to the mobile clinic. There’s some disagreement among street medicine providers about whether mobile clinics remove enough barriers because they still require patients to travel to a set location, but Galat said his goal is to improve access, whether it’s by wheel or foot.

“People are dying every day,” Galat said. “So we have to try with what we know best in the medical field right now to limit people who are dying.”

The connection between homelessness and health is inextricable, said Dr. Michelle Schneidermann, director of the PeopleCentered Care team at the California Health Care Foundation, a statewide health policy think tank.

“Either one can lead to the other. A catastrophic health incident or a series of conditions can lead to someone not being able to work, leading to poverty,” Schneidermann said. “We see this all the time, health conditions precipitating homelessness, and the other way around.”

“Until we can end our crisis of homelessness…we have to find a way to deliver care for people on the streets.”

-DR. MICHELLE SCHNEIDERMANN, DIRECTOR OF THE PEOPLE-CENTERED CARE TEAM AT THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION

Take Danny Doran, 56, who visited LA County’s mobile clinic at Whittier Narrows Park on a recent Thursday to pick up insulin. He spent his career as a plumber and owned a home in Bishop. Three years ago he fell into a diabetic coma and was hospitalized for months. A friend Doran trusted to pay his bills while he was hospitalized emptied his bank account and disappeared — Doran has been homeless ever since. Several weeks ago he was beaten and robbed by another homeless man, who left him with a fracture in his skull and a tremor in his hands.

“I guess I’m a little bit naive,” Doran said. “We’re all humans and we’re prone to mis-

takes, you know? So I hate for anyone to have their money stolen like mine was and end up like me on the streets.”

At the mobile clinic, Doran said the doctor on staff agreed to be his primary care physician. His previous primary care doctor stopped accepting Medi-Cal insurance, and Doran hasn’t had regular access to insulin ever since.

“The doc here, she truly has compassion for her patients. I’m glad our paths crossed,” Doran said.

Schneidermann, who is overseeing a study on street medicine programs across California, said CalAIM, which also pays for housing services, is an opportunity for the state to address its most pernicious problem.

“Until we can end our crisis of homelessness…we have to find a way to deliver care for people on the streets,” Schneidermann said.

New programs popping up

Prior to CalAIM and the Health Care Services Department’s rule changes, street medicine programs operated outside of traditional health care, funded by philanthropies or the rare health organization willing to lose money. Now, the department’s changes offer some hope for stability, Feldman said.

Noting that these programs were birthed out of the pandemic, Feldman said they “might not exist in a few years if they’re not supported, but they have all these patients that rely on them.”

A year ago only 25 programs existed across the state, primarily concentrated in urban areas, Feldman said. But ever since CalAIM launched at the beginning of 2022, he’s run into more organizations looking to begin services. CalAIM requires Medi-Cal insurers to coordinate patients’ physical, behavioral, dental and developmental care as well as social services — something many street medicine teams already do. The goal is to make the “system hustle behind the scenes rather than making the patient hustle,” California Health Care Foundations’ Schneidermann said.

One such program is run by Anthony Menacho in Sacramento. Unlike USC, Shasta Community Health or LA County’s teams that are staffed full time, Menacho’s street medicine band is composed entirely of volunteers. They visit six camps every other weekend.

The work was funded initially by a $100,000 grant from Health Net, the largest Medi-Cal provider in the state, but Menacho, who trained as a physician assistant with Feldman at USC, wants to be able to do the work full time and hire more clinicians. He’s working to secure money through CalAIM and the Department of Health Care Services.

“We don’t have the academic resources or people behind us to be able to put in a department or infrastructure on the drop of the dime,” Menacho said. “We run on grants, but that’s not true sustainability. We can’t do it ourselves. It has to be a coordinated effort and I think that’s what CalAIM is trying to do.”

AIRE MÁS SEGURO ADENTRO, COVID AFUERA

Construya un ventilador con filtro y otras formas fáciles de mejorar el aire interior en su negocio sccphd.org/AireInterior

¿Por qué?

Muchos de los virus se propagan fácilmente en los interiores

La ventilación ayuda a prevenir la propagación de los virus como el COVID y la gripe, especialmente durante los días festivos, cuando más personas visitan su negocio.

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The busy holidays are here and with the weather cooling down, people are gathering more indoors and visiting your business. As a business owner, you can take steps to improve the air inside to protect your employees and customers from COVID and flu. Breathing safer air is just as important as drinking safe water. Viruses spread easier indoors, so ventilating or filtering the air inside can provide safer air in your business.

Take action and start now. Here are 3 simple ways to improve indoor air at your business.

1. Open the doors and windows if the weather is nice and outdoor air is good. Bring in fresh air and pull out old air that might contain viruses like COVID and flu.

2. Make your own filter fan. Filter fans are portable, affordable, and take 10 minutes to make on your own. All the materials needed cost about $50 and can be found at your local hardware or home improvement store. Watch the video for how to make one at sccphd.org/AireInterior.

3. Make sure your HVAC system is working well and maintained. Check the filters to make sure they are clean, and replace them

on the recommended schedule. Use the highest quality filter your system allows: a fine filter that will catch the most gunk. If you rent your location, check your lease agreement to see if the filter system maintenance is covered by the landlord or property manager.

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Lasvacaciones ocupadas están aquí y con el clima más frío, las personas se reúnen más en el interior y visitan su negocio. Como dueño de un negocio, puede tomar medidas para mejorar el aire interior y proteger a sus empleados y clientes del COVID y la gripe. Respirar aire más seguro es tan importante como beber agua

potable. Los virus se propagan más fácilmente en interiores, por lo que ventilar o filtrar el aire interior puede proporcionar un aire más seguro en su negocio. Tome acción y comience ahora. Aquí hay 3 formas simples de mejorar el aire interior en su negocio.

1. Abra las puertas y ventanas si el clima es agradable y el aire exterior es bueno. Permita que el aire fresco entre y saque el

aire viejo que podría contener algún virus como el COVID y la gripe.

2. Haga su propio ventilador con filtro. Los ventiladores con filtro son portátiles, económicos, y se tardan 10 minutos en hacerlos por su cuenta. Todos los materiales necesarios cuestan alrededor de 50 dólares y se pueden encontrar en su ferretería local o tienda de mejoras para el hogar. Mire el video sobre cómo hacer uno en sccphd. org/AireInterior.

3. Asegúrese de que su sistema HVAC funcione bien y reciba mantenimiento. Revise los filtros para asegurarse de que estén limpios y reemplácelos según el programa recomendado. Utilice el filtro de mayor calidad que permita su sistema: un filtro fino que atrapará la mayor parte de la suciedad. Si alquila su ubicación, verifique su contrato de arrendamiento para ver si el propietario o el administrador de la propiedad cubre el mantenimiento del sistema de filtro.

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EARTHTALK Q&A: IS GOOGLE TAKING ACTION ON CLIMATE DISINFORMATION?

EARTHTALK Q&A: ¿ESTÁ COMBATIENDO GOOGLE LA DESINFORMACIÓN CLIMÁTICA?

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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk

Theadvent of the internet and smartphone innovations have brought information to our fingertips. As the number of users skyrockets, advertisers have identified lucrative opportunities to meet people where they are. Google is a household name, holding 87 percent of the market share and hosting billions of users. Polls of Google users show that they trust that it produces credible search results. Seventy-three percent of users believe that most or all of the information they find in a search is accurate and trustworthy; however, 68 percent of users were unable to identify the difference between an ad and an organic search result. This gives a leg up to potentially nefarious advertisers spreading climate disinformation.

Google addressed the problem of pervasive climate disinformation prior to the United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP) 26th annual meeting in 2021; the internet giant pledged to halt the display of ads that promoted climate disinformation. This commitment came in tandem with other advertisers pressuring Google not to display their products alongside climate disinformation.

The commitment that Google made has come under fire as there are questions about the legitimacy of their pledge. Michael Koo, co-chair of the climate change disinformation coalition at Friends of the Earth, stated, “It appears Google is spreading disinformation about its efforts to fight disinformation”. In the span of two years, Google has accepted nearly $24 million in advertisements from oil giants. Of that $24 million, $10.9 million was spent on greenwashing ads that were seen 58.6 million times, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). These ads were targeted to key-word searches including: greenhouse gases, renewable energy and information about “eco-friendly” companies. Additionally, since their pledge, Google has accepted $421,000 for ads from climate denial groups with taglines like “climate campaigners hype the risks of global warming,” and “fossil fuels make the planet safer”.

CCDH has outlined steps that Google needs to take to actualize the claims they’ve made on their stance on climate disinformation. Step one would be to halt climate denial ads and ads promoting greenwashing. Additionally, CCDH suggests that Google introduce a transparent library of their advertisements so that the public can examine how ads are being placed and how they may distort search results. Lastly, CCDH suggests that a legislative framework be established to ensure the transparency, accountability and responsibility of not only Google, but all online platforms.

These recommendations are a good starting point, but there is no guarantee that Google will follow them. That being said, users should be armed with skills to identify climate disinformation. Common tactics that proponents of climate disinformation utilize are: false expertise, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, conspiracy theories and cherry-picked data. The best way to combat these tactics is to be a cautious consumer of online information. Be prepared to vet the source of the

information that you find, and get in the habit of developing a mixed-news diet.

CONTACTS: How to Spot Climate Misinformation, nrdc.org/stories/how-spot-and-helpstop-climate-misinformation; Greenwashing on Google - Full Report, counterhate.com/ wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Greenwashingon-Google_Final-Report.pdf; Big Oil Greenwashing with Google Ads, context.news/ climate-risks/gaming-google-oil-firms-usesearch-ads-to-greenwash-study-says.

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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk

Lallegada del internet y las innovaciones de los Smartphones han puesto la información al alcance de la mano. A medida que el número de usuarios se dispara, los anunciantes han identificado oportunidades lucrativas para llegar a la gente dondequiera que estén. Google es un nombre familiar, posee el 87 por ciento de la cuota de mercado y aloja a miles de millones de usuarios. Las encuestas de los usuarios de Google muestran que confían en que produce resultados de búsqueda creíbles. El setenta y tres por ciento de los usuarios cree que la mayor parte o la totalidad de la información que encuentran en una búsqueda es precisa y confiable; sin embargo, el 68 por ciento de los usuarios no pudo identificar la diferencia entre un anuncio y un resultado

de búsqueda orgánico. Esto da una ventaja a los anunciantes potencialmente nefastos que difunden desinformación climática.

Google abordó el problema de la desinformación climática generalizada antes de la 26ª reunión anual de la Conferencia de las Partes (COP) de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) en 2021; el gigante de Internet se comprometió a detener la visualización de anuncios que promovieran la desinformación climática. Este compromiso se produjo junto con otros anunciantes que presionaron a Google para que no mostrara sus productos junto con la desinformación climática.

El compromiso que hizo Google ha sido criticado ya que hay dudas sobre la legitimidad de su compromiso. Michael Koo, copresidente de la coalición de desinformación sobre el cambio climático en Amigos de la Tierra, declaró: “Parece que Google está difundiendo desinformación sobre sus esfuerzos para combatir la desinformación.” En el lapso de dos años, Google ha aceptado casi $24 millones en anuncios de gigantes petroleros. De esos $ 24 millones, $ 10,9 millones se gastaron en anuncios de lavado verde que se vieron 58,6 millones de veces, según el Centro para contrarrestar el odio digital (CCDH). Estos anuncios estaban dirigidos a búsquedas de palabras clave que incluyen: gases de efecto invernadero, energía renovable e información sobre empresas "ecológicas". Además, desde su compromiso, Google ha aceptado $ 421,000 para anuncios de grupos de negación del cambio climático con lemas como "los activistas del clima exageran los riesgos del calentamiento global" y "los combustibles fósiles hacen que el planeta sea más seguro".

CCDH ha descrito los pasos que Google debe seguir para actualizar las afirmaciones que han hecho sobre su postura sobre la desinformación climática. El primer paso sería detener los anuncios de negación del cambio climático y los anuncios que promueven el lavado verde. Además, CCDH sugiere que Google introduzca una biblioteca transparente de sus anuncios para que el público pueda examinar cómo se ponen los anuncios y cómo pueden distorsionar los resultados de búsqueda. Por último, CCDH sugiere que se establezca un marco legislativo para garantizar la transparencia, la rendición de cuentas y la responsabilidad no solo de Google, sino de todas las plataformas en línea.

Estas recomendaciones son un buen punto de partida, pero no hay garantía de que Google las siga. Dicho esto, los usuarios deben estar armados con habilidades para identificar la desinformación climática. Las tácticas comunes que utilizan los defensores de la desinformación climática son: experiencia falsa, falacias lógicas, expectativas imposibles, teorías de conspiración y datos seleccionados. La mejor manera de combatir estas tácticas es ser un consumidor cauteloso de la información en línea. Prepárese para investigar la fuente de la información que encuentre y acostúmbrese a desarrollar una dieta de noticias variadas.

CONTACTOS: How to Spot Climate Misinformation, nrdc.org/stories/how-spot-and-helpstop-climate-misinformation; Greenwashing on Google - Full Report, counterhate.com/wpcontent/uploads/2022/11/Greenwashing-onGoogle_Final-Report.pdf; Big Oil Greenwashing with Google Ads, context.news/climate-risks/ gaming-google-oil-firms-use-search-ads-togreenwash-study-says.

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Dear EarthTalk: Is Google doing anything to prevent the propagation of climate disinformation on the Internet? -- P. Hanson, Washington, DC

Querido EarthTalk: ¿Google está haciendo algo para evitar la propagación de desinformación climática en Internet? - P. Hanson, Washington, DC

After pressure from advertisers. Google pledged to halt the display of ads that promoted climate disinformation. But critics say that's not enough. Photo Credit: Pexels

Después de la presión de los anunciantes. Google se comprometió a detener la visualización de anuncios que promovieran la desinformación climática. Pero los críticos dicen que eso no es suficiente.Photo Credit: Pexels

DEPRESSION HIGH AMONG LGBTQ POPULATION DESPITE DEAL, RAIL WORKERS SAY CONDITIONS STILL ROUGH

Mark Moran Public News Service

The Census Bureau has released a report that shows LGBTQ people suffered higher rates of depression, anxiety and other mental hurdles than did the general population during the pandemic - and an Iowa survey has dug a little deeper.

The census figures show that 18- to 29-year-olds reported symptoms of anxiety that were almost 18% higher than the general population during the pandemic.

A related survey by advocacy group One Iowa shows that 50% of LGBTQ respondents in Iowa report mental-health issues as their number one concern.

One Iowa project director Malycki Monon-Sosa said the problems don't end there.

"About 40% of the folks," said Monon-Sosa, "the LGBTQ Iowans that took that survey, reported being victims of violence all based on their LGBTQ identity."

The Iowa Health Needs Assessment also showed half of the respondents who reported struggling with mental-health issues are seeking counseling - but that a staggering 55% have considered committing suicide, with many of those saying they had plans to do so in the past year.

Monon-Sosa said Iowa's aging population has contributed to stagnant attitudes about LGBTQ people in Iowa.

He added that One Iowa is working with state agencies and other advocacy groups, to try to end stereotypes that he says are starting to change among young people - as alternative lifestyles be-

come more acceptable.

"Our young population is becoming more and more diverse," said Monon-Sosa, "and if we hold onto the notion that everyone will never change and the way that society looks now will be the way that society looks forever, we start to push people who are more diverse to the margins of our society."

The Iowa Health Needs Assessment will be ongoing for five years, and works under the direction of the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Mike Moen Public News Service

Thenation's railroad workers say while they have a new contract, they're still fighting for quality-of-life issues. That was demonstrated at informational gatherings held in Minnesota and other states this week.

The regional solidarity rallies in Minneapolis and Duluth surfaced after Congress approved a labor deal for the rail industry, averting a strike.

The agreement was criticized by workers for not

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Nick Katich - the Minnesota legislative director for the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transit (SMART) Union, the largest freight railroad labor organization - said workers aren't threatening to walk off the job right now.

But he said they want people to know that working conditions are draining morale.

"Our folks are just tired, they're fatigued," said Katich. "They can't go on like this. We can't recruit new employees."

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Beyond that, labor leaders say worker safety is another big concern, as rail companies opt for smaller crews to create efficiencies.

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Notification of Grant Proposal, East Side Union High School District

El distrito de escuelas preparatorias del East Side Union está introduciendo una propuesta de subvención para uso de los fondos de aprendizaje del siglo XXI a nombre de las siguientes escuelas preparatorias: Andrew Hill, Yerba Buena, James Lick y WC Overfelt. Este es un proceso competitivo. Los beneficiarios de la subvención recibirán $250,000 por escuela durante 5 años para ser usados en programas extracurriculares y oportunidades de enriquecimiento.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO.

690805

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ALPHA MOBILITY SPECIALIST, 1466 Jefferson St, 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): Isaiah Plascencia, 232 Avenida Pinos, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/03/2022.

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

/s/ Isaiah Plascencia This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/09/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 690805

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 690784

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FONTIS GROUP , 750 University Ave, Suite 275, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County

This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): OZOBON, INC, 750 University Ave Suite 275, San Jose, CA 95032. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2022.

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

/s/ Bryan Russell CEO

OZOBON, INC

Article/Reg#: 3567826 Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/09/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690784

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690799

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LA PESCA BLUE, 15529 Union Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Alfa & Omega TS, INC, 17446 Belletto Dr, Morgan Hill, CA 95037. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/09/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FFBN670122. “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/ Sergio Lopez Alfa & Omega TS, INC President

Article/Reg#: 5170243

Above entity was formed in the state of CA

Certified Caregiver for a 94 year old non ambulatory female with dementia. 6 to 7 days per week 10am to 10pm. Location: Los gatos. Salary commensurate with experience. Please call at (831) 655-3655.

Se busca Cuidador Certificado para una mujer de 94 años no ambulante con demencia.

6 a 7 días por semana 10am a 10pm. Lugar: Los gatos. Salario acorde a la experiencia. Llame al (831) 655-3655.

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/09/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690799

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690834

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: REVEAL BABY 3D CONCIERGE ULTRASOUND, 109 Edelen Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95030, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Sandra Rocio Lopez, 109 Edelen Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95030. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/12/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Sandra Rocio Lopez This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/12/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 690834

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 690826

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

IOX REALTY MORTGAGE, 1754 Technology Dr Ste # 120B, San Jose, CA 95110, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): IOX REALTY, 1754 Technology Dr Ste #120B, San Jose, CA 95110. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/11/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Cuong Ngo IOX REALTY Founder CEO Article/Reg: 5331809 Above entity was fomed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/12/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 690826

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

NO. 690760

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LILO + ZEE, LILO & ZEE, 1267 Johnson Ave, 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): Margot Kimura, 1267 Johnson Ave, San Jose, CA 95129. 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/ Margot Kimura This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/08/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690760

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NO. 690797

The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Mariscos Xalos 2650 Alum Rock, San Jose CA, 95116. Filed in Santa Clara County on 02/04/2020 under file no. FBN683197.

ANGELOUS TS ENTERPRISES INS, 17446 Belleto Dr, Morgan Hill CA, 95037. 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/ Sergio Lopez

This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 12/09/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Sergio Lopez, Deputy File No. FBN690797

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV402083

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Isaac Barajas INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Isaac Barajas has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Isaac AguayoMartinez Raymond to Isaac Raymond Barajas 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: 1/17/23 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 17, 2022

granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 03/28/2023 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. Dec 05, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV408167

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

circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Dec 12, 2022 Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

Jacqueline

M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407748

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

Injung Kang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Seungwon Han to Nathan Seungwon Han 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/04/2023 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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV404981 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Priya Devadasan INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Priya Devadasan has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Devika Vinuraj to Vaiga Vinuraj 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: 02/21/2023 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.

Oct 20, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407931

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the mat-

ter of the application of: Zahra Azimi Parsi INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner(s) Zahra Azimi Parsi has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Zahra Azimi Parsi to Heeva Parsi 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/04/2023 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. Dec 08, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV406825

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Gloria Sanchez INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Sanchez has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Maria Gloria Cruz AKA Gloria Cruz Esquivel AKA Gloria Sanchez to Gloria Sanchez 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show

cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 03/14/2023 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.

Nov 17, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV408194

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Chul Min Kang INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Chul Min Kang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Chul Min Kang to James Chulmin Kang 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the

petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 04/04/2023 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. Dec 12, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 16, 23, 30, 2022; January 06, 2023

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of JOHN D. ROGERS, JR. Case No. 21PR193640

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN D. ROGERS, JR. JOHN D. ROGERS. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by JOSEPH D. DERMER, DERMER LAW FIRM, APC in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3. The Petition for Probate requests that JOSEPH D. DERMER, DERMER LAW FIRM APC 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: January 30, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 5, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an 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 15720 Winchester Blvd., Suite 200 Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408)395-5111

December 16, 23, 30, 2022

Notice of Petition to Administer Estate of Richard A. GarciaCase No. 21PR193689

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Richard A. Garcia, Richard Garcia. 2. A Petition for Probate has

been filed by Kristofer Garcia-Mason in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3. The Petition for Probate requests that Kristofer Garcia-Mason 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: February 01, 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 at-

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

10. Attorney for Petitioner: Shahram Miri 80 Gilman Ave Suite 27 Campbell, CA 95008 (408)866-8382

December 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT NO. 690606

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CRUZ MECHANIC, 455 Kuehno Dr Apt 23, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Miguel Angel Correa Cruz, 455 Kuehno Dr Apt 23, Campbell, CA 95008. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Miguel Correa This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/01/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 690606

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690532

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TONYHADYMAN, 3397 Mount McKinley Dr, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s)

is (are): Anonio F Moya, 3397 Mount McKinley Dr, San Jose, CA 95127.

The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/28/2022.

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

/s/ Antonio F Moya

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/28/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 690532

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690704

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ZAMORA PRODUCT ENGINEERING, 339 Crest Dr, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): LUCIANO G ZAMORA, 339 Crest Dr, 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/ Luciano G Zamora

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 12/06/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690704

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690387

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NAMK’s Fencing, 2601 Nuestra Castillo Ct #5303, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This busi-

ness is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Norman Arely Mejia, 2601 Nuestra Castillo Ct 5303, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/10/22. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Norman Arely Mejia Vasquez

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/18/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN 690387

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690588

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Genesis Clean Services, 556 Hellyer Ave, San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Rocio Trujillo Franco, 556 Hellyer Ave, San Jose, CA 95111. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/30/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN689415. “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/ Rocio Trujillo Franco

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/30/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Sandy Chanthasy, Deputy File No. FBN 690588

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

CLASSIFIEDS

NO. 22CV407563

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Chin Pang Chang INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Chin Pang Chang has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Chin Pang Chang to Andy Chang 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: 03/28/2023 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.

Dec 01, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

LEGALS

DERMER LAW FIRM

APC 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.

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.

tion with the DERMER LAW FIRM, 15720 Winchester Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Gatos, California 95030 (408) 395-5111

10. Attorney for Petitioner:

Joseph D. Dermer Dermer Law Firm 15720 Winchester Blvd., Suite 200 Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408)395-5111

December 9, 16, 23, 2022

NOTICE OF DEATH OF Edie Arnold Criner

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Edie Arnold Criner, who was a resident of Santa Clara County, State of California, and died on September 15, 2022, in the City of San Jose, County of Santa Clara, State of California.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim within four months from the date of first publication with the DERMER LAW FIRM, 15720 Winchester Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Gatos, California 95030 (408) 395-5111

Joseph D. Dermer, Esq. DERMER LAW FIRM 15720 Winchester Blvd., Ste 200 Los Gatos, CA 95030 Tel (408) 395-5111 Fax (408) 354-2797

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

Joseph D. Dermer, Esq. DERMER LAW FIRM 15720 Winchester Blvd., Ste 200 Los Gatos, CA 95030 Tel (408) 395-5111 Fax (408) 354-2797

December 9, 16, 23, 30, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 689643

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sleep Number, 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd Suite 1265, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Select Comfort Retail Corporation, 1001 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/27/2017. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN635424. “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/ Sam Hellfeld Chief Legal and Risk Officer

Select Comfort Retail Corporation Article/Reg#: A492958

Above entity was formed in the state of Minnesota

Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Ana M Miranda, 2118 Main Street Unit B, Santa Clara, CA 95050. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/15/2022. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: FBN689393. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Ana M Miranda This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/16/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Sandy Chanthasy, Deputy File No. FBN 690329

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690422

is (are) doing business as: “La Fondita” Mexican Food, 640 Harriet Ave, Campbell, CA 95008, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a general patnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Eduuardo Ramirez Jeronimo, 640 Harriet Ave, Campbell, CA 95008. Aglae Amaya Diaz, 640 Harriet Ave, Campbell, CA 95008. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/15/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME NO. 690160

The following person(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Bubble Sweeping and Services, 1548 Leeward Dr, San Jose CA, 95122. Filed in Santa Clara County on 10/06/2017 under file no. FBN634708.

Notice

of Petition to Administer Estate of JOHN D. ROGERS, JR.Case No. 21PR193640

1.To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN D. ROGERS, JR. JOHN D. ROGERS. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by JOSEPH D. DERMER, DERMER LAW FIRM, APC in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara. 3.The Petition for Probate requests that JOSEPH D. DERMER,

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: January 30, 2023, at 9:01am, Dept. 5, located at 191 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 7 If you object to the granting of this petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either: 1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or 2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an 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

NOTICE OF DEATH OF Celso Castaniada

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Celso Castaniada, who was a resident of Santa Clara County, State of California, and died on October 26, 2022, in the City of San Jose, County of Santa Clara, State of California.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim within four months from the date of first publica-

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 10/20/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 689643

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690329

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

MEXICAN DELI, 2118 Main Street Unit B, Santa Clara, CA 95050, Santa

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BERNI, 10111 Phar Lap Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Bernice Lin, 10111 Phar Lap Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/04/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Bernice Lin

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/22/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690422

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690290

The following person(s)

/s/ Eduardo Ramirez Jeronimo

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/15/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 690290

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690532

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TONYHANDYMAN, 3397 Mount McKinley Dr, San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Anonio F Moya, 3397 Mount McKinley Dr, San Jose, CA 95127. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/28/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Antonio F Moya This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/28/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Elaine Fader, Deputy File No. FBN 690532

Antonio Arguello, 1548 Leeward Dr, San Jose CA, 95122. This business was conducted by: An Individual. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Antonio Arguello This statement was filed with the Co. Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 11/09/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Patty Camarena, Deputy File No. FBN690160

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407178

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: THU MINH THI TRUONG TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) THU MINH THI TRUONG has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Son Truong Truong to Son Truong Nguyen b. Giang Ngoc Lam Truong to Giang Ngoc Lam 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: 03/21/2023 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. Nov 23, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV402528

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Sabrina Kersevan TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Sabrina Kersevan has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Emmanuel Peter Jesus Lovell to Peter Oswald Lovell Jr 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: 01/10/2023 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, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV406195

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Fariza Ashurova TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Fariza Ashurova has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Fariza Ashurova to Fariza Muminova 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: 03/07/2023 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.

Nov 06, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 21CV392654

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mary Patricia Mozzetti TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Mary Patricia Mozzetti has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mary Patricia Mozzetti AKA Mary Patricia Kuznetsov to Mary Patricia Kuznetsova 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: 01/03/2023 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.

Nov 23, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407251

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Yi-Tzu Lin and Ching-Hao Tseng TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Yi-Tzu Lin and Ching-Hao Tseng has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Bo-Yen Tseng to Ryan Boyen Tseng 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: 03/21/2023 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. Nov 28, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV403386

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: TaHani Giles TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioner(s) TaHani Keshell Giles has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. TaHani Keshell Giles to TaHani Keshell Jones 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: 01/24/2023 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 22, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV406867

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: KYUNG HOAE KOO, JISUN AHN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) KYUNG HOAE KOO, JISUN AHN has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. JAYOON NATHAN KOO to YOON KOO 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: 03/14/2023 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. Nov 18, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 689886

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: La Villa con Sabor de Hogar, 5514 Maplecrest Ct, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Astrid Muro, 5514 Maplecrest Ct, San Jose, CA 95123. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/30/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Astrid Muro This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 10/31/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder By: /s/ Ronald Nguyen, Deputy File No. FBN 689886

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690345

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: LATIN FOOD MARKET US, 205 E Alma Ave, 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): Oscar Ernesto Rios, 205 E Alma Ave, San Jose, CA 95112. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/17/2022. This filing is a first filing. “I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.” (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

/s/ Oscar E Rios

This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/17/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690345

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690440

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CATO’S PLACE, 1255 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by an individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is (are): Catarino Herrera, 191 E El Camino Real Spc 306, Mountain View, CA 94040. 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/ Catarino Herrera This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/22/2022. Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690440

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

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

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Danibal Kasban Reihanabad TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Danibal Kasban Reihanabad has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Danibal Kasban Reihanabad to Danibel Kasban 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: 03/07/2023 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. Nov 04, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 03/14/2023 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. Nov 14, 2022

Jacqueline

M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV406206

ORDER

TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV406607

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: MINH TAN KHONG and THI MY LINH DAO TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) MINH TAN KHONG and THI MY LINH DAO has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. GIA BAO KHONG to JAYDEN BAO KHONG b. GIA HAN KHONG to JAYLA HAN KHONG 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

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Jae Hyung Lee TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Jae Hyung Lee has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Jae Hyung Lee to Jae Hyung James Lee 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 03/14/2023 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.

CLASSIFIEDS

Nov 07, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407114

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mohammadmehdi Nikahd TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Mohammadmehdi Nikahd has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mohammadmehdi Nikahd to Matthew Mehdi Nikahd 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: 03/21/2023 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.

Nov 22, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV401872

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

LEGALS

Patricia Gonzalez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Sandra Patricia Gonzalez has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Sandra Patricia Gonzalez to Sandra Patricia Urquizu Silva 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: 01/03/2023 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. Nov 17, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER

tition 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: 03/21/2023 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. Nov 21, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407063

petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 03/21/2023 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. Nov 21, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE

OF NAME NO. 22CV403652

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Truong Huu Pham TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV403031

TERESTED PERSONS:

TO SHOW

CAUSE

FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV407072

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Charanjeet Marwaha TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Charanjeet Marwaha has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Charanjeet Marwaha to Kevin Marwaha 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 pe-

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: TONY THO VAN NGUYEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) TONY THO VAN NGUYEN has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. TONY THO VAN NGUYEN to THO VAN 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

1. Petitioner(s) Truong Huu Pham has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Truong Huu Pham to James Huu Pham 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: 01/31/2023 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 30, 2022

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Joshua Ryan LizenberySchmit TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Joshua Ryan Lizenbery-Schmit has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Joshua Ryan LizenberySchmit to Joshua Ryan Schmit 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: 12/27/2022 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 3. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara. Sep 13, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

NO. 22CV402726

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Anh Truc Chieu Ho TO ALL IN-

1. Petitioner(s) Anh Truc Chieu Ho has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Anh Truc Chieu Ho to Kaity Anh 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: 01/10/2023 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 02, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE

OF NAME NO. 22CV402772

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Easter Cho TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) Easter Cho has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Easter Cho to Ester Cho 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: 01/17/2023 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, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 22CV404777

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: PHUC NGO and NGHI THI THANH HO TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner(s) PHUC NGO and NGHI THI THANH HO has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. PHUONG PHUONG NGO to JULIE PHUONG NGO 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/14/2023 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. Oct 17, 2022

Jacqueline M. Arroyo Judge of the Superior Court

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

SUMMONS

(Family Law) (FL-110)

NOTICE

TO RESPONDENT (Name): GILDARDO GUERRERO AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre):

You have been sued. Read the information below. Lo han demandado. Lea ia información en la pagina siguiente.

Petitioner’s name is: ROSEMARY GUERRERO

Nombre del demandante:

Case Number (Número de caso): 22FL000392

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call, or court appearance will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/ selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web Site (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local court or county bar

association.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica o una audiencia de la corte NO basta para protegerlo.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar órdenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte también puede ordenar que pague manutención, y honorarios y costos legales.

Para asesoramiento legal, pónganse en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener información para encontrar a un abogado en el Centro de ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en el sitio Web de los Servicios Legales de California (www. lawhelpca.org) o poniéndose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

NOTICE; The restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. They are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

AVISO; Las órdenes de restricción están en vigencia en cuanto a ambos cónyuges miembros de la pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la petición, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier agencia del orden publico que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and cost that the court waived for you and the other party.

Exención De Cuotas: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a petición de usted o de la otra parte.

1. The name and address of the court is (el nombre y dirección de la corte son):

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara

Family Justice Center Courthouse Street Address: 201 N. First Street. Mailing Address: 191 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95113

2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, dirección, y número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son):

Rosemary Guerrero 2537 Alma Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Telephone: (650)8627644

Date (Fecha): June 27, 2022 Clerk, by (Secretario, por) /s/ L. Imasa Deputy (Asistente):

STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS

Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from

1. Removing the minor child or children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court;

2. Cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor child or children:

3. Transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and

4. Creating a nonprobate transfer or modifying a nonprobate transfer in a manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of a nonprobate transfer can take effect or a right of survivorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party.

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or you own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

NOTICE - ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE

HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce the cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care. For more information, visit www. coveredca.com Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506.

WARNING – IMPORTANT INFORMATION

California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint

form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divide, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e. joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

ORDENES DE RESTRICCION NORMALES DE DERECHO FAMILIAR

En forma inmediata, usted y su cónyuge o pareja de hecho tienen prohibido:

1. Llevarse del estado de California a los hijos menores de las partes, o solicitar un pasaporte nuevo o de repuesto para los hijos menores, sin el consentimiento previo por escrito de la otra parte o sin una orden de la corte;

2. Cobrar, pedir prestado, cancelar, transferir, deshacerse o cambiar el nombre de los beneficiarios de cualquier seguro u otro tipo de cobertura, como de vida, salud, vehículo y discapacidad, que tenga como beneficiario(s) a las partes y su(s) hijo(s) menor(es);

3. Transferir, gravar, hipotecar, ocultar o deshacerse de cualquier manera de cualquier propiedad, inmueble o personal, ya sea comunitaria, cuasicomunitaria o separada, sin el consentimiento escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la corte, excepto en el curso habitual de actividades personal o para satisfacer las necesidades de la vida; y

4. Crear o modificar una transferencia no testamentaria de manera que afecte la asignación de una propiedad sujeta a transferencia, sin el consentimiento por escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la corte. Antes de que se pueda

eliminar la revocación de una transferencia no testamentaria, se debe presentar ante la corte un aviso del cambio y hacer una entrega legal de dicho aviso a la otra parte.

Cada parte tiene que notificar a la otra sobre cualquier gasto extraordinario propuesto, por lo menos cinco días laborales antes de realizarlo, y rendir cuenta a la corte de todos los gastos extraordinarios realizados después de que estas órdenes de restricción hayan entrado en vigencia. No obstante, puede usar propiedad comunitaria, cuasicomunitaria o suya separada para pagar a un abogado o para ayudarle a pagar los costos de la corte.

AVISO-ACCESO A SEGURO DE SALUD MÁS ECONÓMICO: ¿Necesita seguro de salud a un costo asequible, ya sea para usted o alguien en su hogar? Si es as¡, puede presentar una solicitud con Covered California. Covered California lo puede ayudar a reducir el costo que paga por seguro de salud asequible y de alta calidad. Para obtener mas información, visite www.coveredca.com. O llame a Covered California al 1-800-300-0213.

ADVERTENCIA – INFORMACION IMPORTANTE

De acuerdo a la ley de California, las propiedades adquiridas por las partes durante su matrimonio o pareja de hecho en forma conjunta se consideran propiedad comunitaria para los fines de la división de bienes que ocurre cuando se produce una disolución o separación legal del matrimonio o pareja de hecho. Si cualquiera de las partes de este caso llega a fallecer antes de que se divida la propiedad comunitaria de tenencia conjunta, el destino de la misma quedará determinado por las cláusulas de la escritura correspondiente que describen su tenencia (por ej. tenencia conjunta, tenencia en común o propiedad comunitaria) y no por la presunción de propiedad comunitaria. Si quiere que la presunción

comunitaria que registrada en la escritura de la propiedad, debería consultar con un abogado.

November 25, December 2, 9, 16, 2022

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 690024

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Los Gatos Oral & Facial Surgery, 2. Center for Oral and Maxillo–Facial Surgery, 3. Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 4. Center for Oral Facial Surgery, 5. Center for Oral Surgery, 6. Los Gatos Center for Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 7. Los Gatos Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgy, 8. Los Gatos Center for Oral and Facial Surgery, 9. Los Gatos Center for Oral Surgery, 10. Los Gatos MaxilloFacial Surgeons, 11. Los Gatos MaxilloFacial Surgery, 12. Los Gatos Maxillofacial Surgeons, 13. Los Gatos Maxillofacial Surgery, 14. Los Gatos OMFS Center, 15. Los Gatos OMS Center, 16. Los Gatos Oral & Facial Surgery, 17. Los Gatos Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 18. Los Gatos Oral and Aesthetic Surgery Center, 19. Los Gatos Oral and Facial Center, 20. Los Gatos Oral and Facial Specialists, 21. Los Gatos Oral and Facial Surgeons, 22. Los Gatos Oral and Facial Surgery Associates, 23. Los Gatos Oral and Facial Surgery Center, 24. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillo-Facial Specialists, 25. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgeons, 26. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, 27. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery Associates, 28. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery Center, 29. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillofacial Specialists, 30. Los Gatos Oral

and Maxillofacail Surgeons, 31. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 32. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, 33. Los Gatos Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Center, 34. Los Gatos Oral Surgeons, 35. Los Gatos Oral Surgery, 36. Los Gatos Oral Surgery Associates, 37. Los Gatos Oral Surgery Center, 38. Los Gatos Oral Surgery Specialists, 39. Oral and Facial Surgeons of Los Gatos, 40. Oral and Facial Surgery, 41. Oral and Facial Surgery Associates of Los Gatos 42. Oral and Facial Surgery Center of Los Gatos

43. Oral and Facial of Los Gatos

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51. Oral and Maxillofacial Associates of Los Gatos

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60. Oral Surgery Specialists of Los Gatos

61. Los Gatos Oral Facial Surgery , 14830 Los Gatos Blvd Suite 200, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by a corporation. The name and residence address of

the registrant(s) is (are): Los Gatos Oral & Facial Surgery, 14830 Los Gatos Blvd Suite 200, Los Gatos, CA 95032. The registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/23/2010. This filing is a refile [Change(s) in facts from previous filing] of previous file #: 669971. “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/ Lee Walker MD DDS Los Gatos Oral & Facial Surgery President

Article/Reg#: 3070928

Above entity was formed in the state of CA This statement was filed with the Co. ClerkRecorder of Santa Clara County on 11/04/2022.

Regina Alcomendras, County Clerk Recorder

By: /s/ Corinne Vasquez, Deputy File No. FBN 690024

December 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2022.

Arturo Hilario El Observador

Q&A: BEYOND BABYLON

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this: movie stars, tuxedos, jazz music, nudity, alcohol, drugs, an elephant and a party that seems to last forever. That is the introduction we get to the world of writer-director Damien Chazelle’s newest film, Babylon

It is at this raucous party where the two main protagonists first meet, Margot Robbie plays aspiring actress Nellie LaRoy and Diego Calva portrays Manuel “Manny” Torres, a Mexican-American film assistant. Amongst a comically large pile of cocaine, Nellie asks Manny, “If you could go anywhere in the whole world, where would you go?” Manny responds, “I always wanted to be part of something bigger. Something that lasts, that means something. Something more important than life.”

Babylon aims to end 2022 with a massive epic about the wild times of Hollywood’s burgeoning golden age in the 1920’s and the demise of the depravity in the 1930’s. It’s a dynamic reflection of the characters going through extreme highs and fathomless lows that glistens and glows for its three-hour running time.

Led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Hollywood newcomer Diego Calva, the cast is extensive and the story is ambitious.

The story is set in 1920s Los Angeles where the movie business is still in its infancy and has not yet become the tightly controlled studio system at the height of the golden age of Hollywood that lasted from around the 1930’s-1960’s.

It is a place where lavish parties, illegality and debauchery are the main pastime of the people involved in the movie business, and Chazelle’s epic does not shy away from showing all of it in its worldbuilding.

To find out some behind the scenes details of Babylon, we recently had the opportunity to speak to Margot Robbie and Diego Calva about their experiences working on a movie about actors, what parts of the journey reflected their own careers, how they build up their chemistry as co-leads, and how Robbie’s experience helped newcomer Calva into the world of modern Hollywood.

Babylon is in theaters on December 23, 2022.

To start off, I wanted to know, like, basically, what is it like being an actor working on a film that's about being an actor working on films?

Margot Robbie

It's so surreal. Yeah, we were literally a film crew filming a film crew making a movie. And that was not just in one scene. That was in a number of instances. I think the best part about it I mean, it's just strange to look at, but it's also just hilarious and wonderful. But the best part about doing that is getting to convey to audiences that feeling that I keep trying to describe to people when they're like, "Oh, is acting fun? Is it hard to learn your lines?" That's actually not even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to being on a film set.

And I wish I could transport everyone onto a film set so that you could see - it's like sitting in the eye of the storm and there's this beautiful, insane chaos around you. And when you capture a moment and everyone's working, it's such a community thing and it's so crazy that everyone just wants to talk to actors at the end of it, because I'm like, "we are a tiny cog in this massive machine." And, yes, we were there, but there were actually hundreds of people that we're all really close with and we're all moving in this, like, synchronized dance to achieve this one magical moment.

And you get to actually see how that happens in Babylon. And then I hope that audiences feel that thing that we feel when you do achieve that on set because there is no greater feeling. And when our characters say in the movie like, "Being on a film set is the most magical place in the world," I really, really, really believe that. And in this movie, audiences get to be on a film set and feel that magic.

Diego Calva

As Margot was saying, [it’s] like, beautiful and very meta, but also the relationship between me and my character put another layer into that kind of metafiction. My first day on set as Diego Calva in a Hollywood set with Brad Pitt, with Margot, with Damien, with 800 extras, it was my character's first day on set. I think I felt like a very, very tiny line between me and Manuel all the time. For example, the emotions you see in Manuel's face…all the emotion was real. So that face, I don't know if he's Manuel or it was me.

Margot

Yeah, there was a lot of those moments. I think for Nellie, she has that moment when everyone's clearly going, "Oh, she's not going to be able to do this right now." And that was always my drive when I'd walk into it before I did The Wolf of Wall Street, after that, everyone expected something great, and that's when actually acting got

kind of scary for me.

But before that, I would just always walk into an audition and people wouldn't be listening or, you know that they're like, "Ugh, look, she's going to be nothing, like, get her out of here," sort of thing. And in my head, it would just get me so fired up and be like, "I am going to blow your mind! I'm going to make you look up from that piece of paper!" And it was such a motivating aspect to my acting to begin with, is that I knew no one expected anything great, and I was just so determined to prove everyone wrong. And Nellie definitely has that. Everyone's like, "Who is this? She's just a random chick from the party." And she's just like, "Just you wait."

So, yeah, there are a lot of moments like that I definitely could kind of harness the energy that I've experienced in my own career and kind of put it into those scenes. And then there's those really lovely moments where Nellie's in a theater watching her film and then watching an audience react to it. And did something similar in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Sharon Tate going to the cinema as well. And I've done that, too, where I've gone to the cinema and just it's such a surreal moment. It's completely surreal. So, yeah, there were lots of moments that were very art, imitating life.

Now, I want to talk about your guys' collaboration on bringing Nellie and Manny to life. Just wondering how you guys worked on that chemistry and if you were leaning on Margot because you're a lot newer to the world of American Hollywood. What was that partnership like?

Margot

Brilliant. I mean, I think we worked so well together and we did chemistry reads to begin with and that's how we kind of knew that, A, we would have chemistry, but B, that we could kind of, like, support each other's acting styles in a way that would only get the best work out of us. And I think to do that, you have to kind of know what your acting partner is comfortable with. And with Diego, it's like there were no limits to what we could do or try.

We just had an understanding that we could do and try anything with each other. You never needed to hold back, which is so important to these characters. Like Nellie cannot hold back. I really needed a scene partner that I wasn’t going to tiptoe around in any way. And so I relied on him and needed him to push me so I could push him so we could get to these places. And that's honestly just a credit to Diego as an actor, he's so unbelievably talented, so present and such a supportive costar, like such a supportive scene partner where he's like, "I got it. Try it. Go for it. Do it again. Let's go."

El Día de los Tres Reyes Magos

We could almost do that without even saying anything very quickly into the shoot. We could look at each other and be like, "yeah, okay." We just had an understanding in that way. And I think we got the best - like some of the best acting I've ever done was with you and that's because you are so good, but also because we have that kind of that trust and that limitless sort of no boundaries with our working relationship.

Diego

And really believe that you made me an actor because I have acted before in so many things and everything, but never, like, with this kind of energy. And everything with Margot, I remember thinking so many times since the chemistry reading to our last scene, like "you have to do better. Look what she's doing. Like, just go more and higher and higher." And honestly, after Babylon, I even believe that I'm not a bad actor. I think I've grown a lot doing this.

And the trust, [Margot] just said the trust, like the confidence, that's so important because it was my first movie, it was my first time meeting Damien. It was my first time acting with a superstar. And I'm talking about the chemistry reading, and I was so nervous, so afraid to fail. Like, can you imagine? I just didn't want to blow this opportunity away. And from the first moment, when I realized, "okay, I can yell at her, she's committed." And [Margot] you just said there was something in the eyes, like, "do it, let's play." And I thank you, owe you so much.

Okay, last question. What does the title Babylon mean to you?

Margot

I think when you hear the word Babylon, you think epic. I think epic. You think of like D.W. Griffith's giant sets. And I mean, there's so many different, like, correlations throughout Hollywood history, but Babylon was also considered at that time like a city of debauchery and excess, which obviously, but then there's, of course, Hollywood Babylon, Kenneth Anger's book, which is just a fantastic read if anyone cares to look into it. Yeah, it makes me just think of, like, big, epic debaucherous, decadent insanity and then knowing that ultimately, it's all going to crumble in a way, but also stays forever. It stays forever. Exactly. Like the myth of it ends up being larger than the thing itself.

Diego

Yeah, to me it's that. But also, of course, the relationship with Griffith and everything. But also, I think it's like something burning, like coming to life. It's like the beginning. And Babylon is, for me, also like the beginning of Hollywood. There was nobody down there. It was like all little houses. [Babylon] makes you think about, like a whole castle, like something like Pompeii, like epic.

Margot Robbie & Diego Calva Talk About Working On Movies About Movies, Creating Chemistry & The Essence Of Acting

Margot, was there a feeling similar to that for you, that membrane between fiction and reality where you were acting, but your character is feeling that experience of moviemaking like you have in your career?

Margot Robbie plays actress Nellie LaRoy in Babylon from Paramount Pictures. Photo Credit: Scott Garfield / Paramount Pictures

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Q&A: MÁS ALLÁ DE BABYLON

Arturo Hilario El Observador

esto: estrellas de cine, esmóquines, música de jazz, desnudos, alcohol, drogas, un elefante y una fiesta que parece durar una eternidad. Esa es la introducción que tenemos al mundo de la película más reciente del escritor y director Damien Chazelle, Babylon. Es en esta estridente fiesta donde los dos protagonistas principales se conocen por primera vez, Margot Robbie interpreta a la aspirante a actriz Nellie LaRoy y Diego Calva interpreta a Manuel "Manny" Torres, un asistente de cine mexicano-estadounidense. Entre una pila cómicamente grande de cocaína, Nellie le pregunta a Manny: "Si pudieras ir a cualquier parte del mundo, ¿adónde irías?". Manny responde: “Siempre quise ser parte de algo más grande. Algo que dura, que significa algo. Algo más importante que la vida”.

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Babylon busca terminar 2022 con una epopeya masiva sobre los tiempos salvajes de la floreciente edad de oro de Hollywood en la década de 1920 y la desaparición de la depravación en la década de 1930. Es un reflejo dinámico de los personajes que atraviesan altibajos extremos que relucen y brillan durante sus tres horas de duración.

Encabezada por Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie y el recién llegado a Hollywood Diego Calva, el elenco es extenso y la historia es ambiciosa.

La historia está ambientada en la década de 1920 en Los Ángeles, donde el negocio del cine aún está en su infancia y aún no se ha convertido en el sistema de estudio estrictamente controlado en la plena edad de oro de Hollywood que duró desde alrededor de 1930 hasta 1960.

Es un lugar donde las fiestas fastuosas, la ilegalidad y el libertinaje son el principal pasatiempo de las personas involucradas en el negocio del cine, y la epopeya de Chazelle no duda en mostrarlo todo en su construcción del mundo.

Para descubrir algunos detalles detrás de escena de Babylon, recientemente tuvimos la oportunidad de hablar con Margot Robbie y Diego Calva sobre sus experiencias trabajando en una película sobre actores, qué partes del viaje reflejaron sus propias carreras, cómo desarrollaron su química como co-protagonistas, y cómo la experiencia de Robbie ayudó al recién llegado Calva al mundo del Hollywood moderno.

Babylon estará en cines a partir del 23 de diciembre de 2022.

Para empezar, quería saber, básicamente, ¿Cómo es ser un actor que trabaja en una película que se trata de ser un actor que trabaja en películas?

Margot Robbie

Es tan surrealista. Sí, literalmente éramos un equipo de grabación grabando a un equipo de grabación haciendo una película. Y eso no fue solo en una escena. Ocurrió en varias ocasiones. Creo que la mejor parte de esto, quiero decir, es simplemente extraño de ver, pero también es divertido y maravilloso. Pero la mejor parte es transmitir al público ese sentimiento que sigo tratando de describir a las personas cuando dicen: "Oh, ¿actuar es divertido? ¿Es difícil aprender tus líneas?" En realidad, eso no es ni la punta del iceberg cuando se trata de estar en un set de filmación.

Y desearía poder transportar a todos a un set de filmación para que pudieran ver - es como sentarse en el ojo de la tormenta y hay este caos hermoso y loco a tu alrededor. Y cuando capturas un momento y todos están trabajando, es algo tan comunitario y es tan loco que todos solo quieren hablar con los actores al final, porque pienso, "somos un pequeño engranaje en esta máquina masiva". "Y sí, estuvimos allí, pero en realidad había cientos de personas con las que todos somos muy cercanos y todos nos movíamos en este baile sincronizado para lograr ese momento mágico.

Y puedes ver realmente cómo sucede eso en Babylon Y luego espero que el público sienta lo que sentimos cuando logras eso en el set porque no hay sensación más grande. Y cuando nuestros personajes dicen en la película: "Estar en un set de grabación es el lugar más mágico del mundo", realmente, realmente, realmente lo creo. Y en esta película, el público puede estar en un set de grabación y sentir esa magia.

Diego Calva

Como decía Margot, [es] hermoso y muy meta, pero también la relación entre mi personaje y yo pone otra capa en ese tipo de metaficción. Mi primer día en el set como Diego Calva en un set de Hollywood con Brad Pitt, con Margot, con Damien, con 800 extras, fue el primer día de mi personaje en el set. Creo que sentí como una línea muy, muy pequeña entre Manuel y yo todo el tiempo. Por ejemplo, las emociones que ves en la cara de Manuel... toda la emoción era real. Entonces esa cara, no sé si es Manuel o fui yo.

Margot

Sí, hubo muchos de esos momentos. Creo que para Nellie, tiene ese momento en el que todos claramente dicen: "Oh, ella no podrá hacer esto ahora". Y ese siempre fue mi impulso cuando entraba antes de actuar en The Wolf Of Wall Street, después de eso, todos esperaban algo grandioso, y fue entonces cuando realmente actuar me empezó a dar un poco de miedo.

Pero antes de eso, siempre entraba a una audición y la gente no escuchaba o, ya sabes, decían cosas como: "Uf, mira, ella no va a ser nada, como, sácala de aquí". Y en mi cabeza, me prendía tanto y decía: "¡Voy a dejarte boquiabierto! ¡Voy a hacer que levantes la vista de ese pedazo de papel!" Y fue un aspecto tan motivador para mi actuación, para empezar, sabía que nadie esperaba nada grandioso, y estaba tan decidida a demostrar que todos estaban equivocados. Y Nellie definitivamente tiene eso. Todo el mundo dice: "¿Quién es esta? Es solo una chica cualquiera de la fiesta". Y ella dice: "Solo espera". Entonces sí, hay muchos momentos como ese en los que definitivamente podría aprovechar la energía que he

experimentado en mi propia carrera y ponerla en esas escenas. Y luego están esos momentos realmente encantadores en los que Nellie está en un cine viendo su película y luego viendo cómo reacciona el público. E hice algo similar en Once Upon A Time In Hollywood con Sharon Tate, fui al cine también. Yo también he hecho eso, he ido al cine y fue un momento tan surrealista. Es completamente surrealista. Entonces, sí, hubo muchos momentos que fueron muy artísticos, imitando la vida.

Ahora, quiero hablar sobre la colaboración de ustedes para dar vida a Nellie y Manny. Solo me preguntaba cómo trabajaron ustedes en esa química y si se apoyaban en Margot porque son mucho más nuevos en el mundo de Hollywood. ¿Cómo fue esa colaboración?

Margot

Brillante. Quiero decir, creo que trabajamos muy bien juntos e hicimos lecturas de química para empezar y así es como supimos que, A, tendríamos química, pero B, que podríamos apoyar los estilos de actuación de los demás de una manera que solo sacaría el mejor trabajo de nosotros. Y creo que para hacer eso, tienes que saber con qué se siente cómodo tu compañero de actuación. Y con Diego, es como si no hubiera límites para lo que podíamos hacer o intentar.

Solo teníamos un entendimiento de que podíamos hacer e intentar cualquier cosa entre nosotros. Nunca necesitabas contenerte, lo cual es muy importante para estos personajes. Nellie no puede contenerse. Realmente necesitaba un compañero de escena que no iba a andar de puntillas de ninguna manera. Así que confié en él y necesitaba que me empujara para que yo pudiera empujarlo a él para que pudiéramos llegar a estos lugares. Y, sinceramente, eso es solo un mérito para Diego como actor, es tan increíblemente talentoso, tan presente y un coprotagonista tan compasivo, como un compañero de escena tan solidario que dice: "Lo tengo. Inténtalo. Ve por ello. Hazlo de nuevo. Vamos."

Casi podíamos lograr sin decir una palabra en el rodaje. Podíamos mirarnos y decir "sí, está bien". Acabamos de tener un entendimiento de esa manera. Y creo que sacamos lo mejor, siento que algunas de las mejores actuaciones que he hecho fueron contigo y eso es porque eres muy bueno, pero también porque tenemos ese tipo de confianza y ese tipo ilimitado de barreras con nuestra relación de trabajo.

Diego

Solicitudes para Concesiones Culturales

La Oficina de Asuntos Culturales de la Ciudad de San José (OCA) aceptará solicitudes para concesiones de tres programas culturales competitivos:

Las Concesiones Para Festivales, Desfiles, y Celebraciones (Festival, Parade and Celebration Grants [FPC]) proveen apoyo para festivales comunitarios, desfiles y celebraciones por parte de organizaciones no-lucrativas en San José. Eventos de recaudación de fondos no califican. La fecha límite es el 25 DE ENERO, 2023 a las 5:00 PM PST.

Las Concesiones Operativas (Operating Grants [OpG]) proveen apoyo general operativo a organizaciones de arte profesionales o semi-profesionales en San José con un presupuesto consistente arriba de los $50,000, y una temporada completa de programación de las artes. La fecha límite es el 2 DE FEBRERO, 2023 a las 5:00 PM PST.

Las Concesiones take pART proveen apoyo para actividades de arte abiertas al público por parte de organizaciones en San José. Eventos de recaudación de fondos y projectos de escuelas que benefician una escuela/distrito específico no califican. La fecha límite es el 6 DE FEBRERO, 2023 a las 5 PM PST.

Las reglas y solicitudes para los programas estarán disponible en la linea www. sanjoseculture.org. A las organizaciones interesadas se les anima a asistir a una serie de TALLERES PRE-SOLICITUD que tendrán lugar de esta manera:

FPC: 5 dic a las 5:30 PM a la Zoom.

OpG: 8 dic a las 10 AM PM a la Zoom. take pART: 12 dic a las 12 PM a la Zoom.

Los talleres se llevarán a la Zoom. Vaya a este enlace para registrarse o ver las grabaciones del taller: https://bit.ly/sjartsgrants

Para más información llamar al 408-793-4347 (solo inglés)

Y realmente creo que me convertiste en actor porque he actuado antes en tantas cosas y todo, pero nunca, como, con este tipo de energía. Y todo con Margot, recuerdo haber pensado tantas veces desde la lectura de química hasta nuestra última escena, como "tienes que hacerlo mejor. Mira lo que está haciendo. Pensaba, solo ve más y más y más alto". Y honestamente, después de Babylon, hasta creo que no soy un mal actor. Creo que he crecido mucho haciendo esto.

Y la confianza, [Margot] acaba de decir la confianza, como la seguridad, eso es muy importante porque era mi primera película, era la primera vez que veía a Damien. Era la primera vez que actuaba con una superestrella. Y estoy hablando de la lectura de química y estaba tan nervioso, tan asustado de fracasar. ¿Te lo puedes imaginar? Simplemente no quería desperdiciar esta oportunidad. Y desde el primer momento, cuando me di cuenta, "vale, le puedo gritar, está dedicada.” Y [Margot] acabas de decir que había algo en los ojos, como, 'hazlo, juguemos'. Y te agradezco, te debo mucho.

Bien, última pregunta. ¿Qué significa para tí el título Babylon?

Margot

Creo que cuando escuchas la palabra Babylon, piensas en algo épico. Piensas en los decorados gigantes de D.W. Griffith. Quiero decir, hay tantas correlaciones diferentes a lo largo de la historia de Hollywood, pero Babilonia también se consideraba en ese momento como una ciudad de libertinaje y exceso, obviamente, pero luego está, por supuesto, Hollywood Babylon el libro de Kenneth Anger, que es una lectura fantástica si a alguien le interesa leerlo. Sí, me hace pensar en una gran locura épica, libertinaje y decadente y luego saber que, en última instancia, todo se derrumbará de alguna manera, pero también se quedará para siempre. Se queda para siempre. Exacto. El mito acaba siendo más grande que la cosa misma.

Diego

Sí, para mí es eso. Pero también, por supuesto, la relación con Griffith y todo. Pero también creo que es como algo que está ardiendo, como si cobrara vida. Es como el principio. Y Babylon es, para mí, también como el comienzo de Hollywood. No había nadie ahí abajo. Solo había casitas. [Babylon] te hace pensar, como en un castillo completo, como en algo como Pompeya, algo épico.

Margot Robbie Y Diego Calva Hablan Sobre Trabajar En Peliculas Sobre Peliculas, Crear Química Y La Esencia De La Actuación

Margot, ¿Hubo un sentimiento similar para ti, esa membrana entre la ficción y la realidad en la que actuabas, pero tu personaje está sintiendo esa experiencia de hacer películas como tú la tienes en tu carrera?

Brad Pitt interpreta a Jack Conrad y Diego Calva interpreta a Manny Torres en Babylon de Paramount Pictures. Photo Credit: Scott Garfield / Paramount Pictures

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