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www.el-OBSeRVADOR.COM Santa Clara County to Explore Adding Temporary Housing for Homeless The Board of Supervisors gave approval on Tuesday, December 16, to explore immediate solutions to provide more shelter and services for the more than 7,000 people who on any given night are homeless in Santa Clara County. (More on news.el-observador.com)

3 Pescadores Rescatados en el Mar gracias a Dispositivo GPS el uso efectivo del dispositivo GPS VehSmart probablemente salvó a tres pescadores de ecuador cuando su bote fue atacado por ladrones. los pescadores navegaban en su pequeño bote, el luis Miguel, al suroeste de la penísula de Santa elena cuando fueron alcanzados por atracadores que les robaron sus pertenencias (Mas en el sitio).

Sure, Let’s Pardon Mark Wahlberg for His Violent, Racist Past Remember that time actor Mark wahlberg punched a man in the eye so hard, he partially blinded him forever? what about the time when he chased black schoolchildren, shouting racial slurs while throwing rocks? If you don’t, better read up on it now. (Read the rest of this article on our site)

Leyla Cárdenas: Scarcity Now through January 31st Focus Gallery San José Institute of Contemporary Art 560 South First Street San José, CA 95113 Free Admission http://sjica.org

Downtown Ice Friday November 14thJanuary 11th Circle of Palms 127 S. Market St. San José, CA 95113 408-291-0525

2014 Honda Civic Tour Presents 3BALLMTY with Los Rakas Sunday December 21st 7:00pm The Fillmore 1805 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94115

Ballet San José presents “The Nutcracker” Now through December 28th San José Center for the Performing Arts 255 Almaden Blvd., San José, CA 95113 balletsj.org/nutcracker. html $25-$110

B-Side Players Saturday December 27th 9:00pm Moe’s Alley 1535 Commerical way, Santa Cruz, CA 95063

Build It! A Holiday Workshop December 20th-January 4th Children’s Discovery Museum

180 woz way (408) 298-5437 cdm.org Ozomatli & Bang Data Concert Saturday December 20th 9:00pm The Fillmore 1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94115 A Tribute to Robin: A Life Celebration Through Art Saturday January 3rd 8:00pm The Public works SF 161 erie St (off Mission Between Duboce and 14th), San Francisco, CA 94103 More info at facebook.com/ events/917408051607497/

San José Giants Mascot & Players Meet & Greet Friday Dec. 19th 5:30pm Christmas in the Park Plaza de Cesar Chavez South Market St & Park Ave San José, CA 95113 christmasinthepark.com/calendar SJBP Presents the ‘Ugly Sweaters & Holiday Lights Ride” Friday Dec. 19th 8:00pm hedding Street & North First St., San José, CA 95110 facebook.com/ events/775363352533633/ Star Party: Dark Skies & Big Telescopes Saturday December 20th 5:30pm-10:30pm Joseph D. Grant County Park 18405 Mt. hamilton Road, San José, CA 95140

Healthcare Enrollment Fair Saturday Dec.20th 9:00am-2:00pm Our lady of Guadalupe Church, 2020 N. San Antonio Street, San José, CA http://www.hallsvalley.org/ calendar.html The Fairmont’s Winter Wonderland: Giant Chocolate Nutcrackers & Gingerbread Village Tuesday Dece.23rd / All Day The Fairmont San José 170 South Market Street, San José, CA 95113 Movie Night Wednesdays: Miracle on 34th Steet & Disney’s Frozen Dec. 24th & Dec.31st Christmas in the Park Plaza de Cesar Chavez South Market St & Park Ave San José, CA 95113 christmasinthepark.com/calendar

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The perspective presented here is “should certain parties get a gift from santa or a lump of coal? local Hispanic citizens may think about whether santa should present them with a gift or a lump of coal this Christmas 2014. Those who did not vote last 11.04.14 deserve a lump of coal. santa’s blessings go to ‘Toys for Tots’ programs for filling one or more vTa buses with gifts for those kids of families who are unemployed or underemployed. sacred Heart Community services and second Harvest food Bank are doing their best to provide food for the hungry needy. This in a community where the need is growing in contrast to the wealth that is being harvested by very few.

The ‘gift of satisfaction’ is provided by santa to all those who give support to organizations that focus upon the homeless, hungry & needy. let’s consider who should get a lump of coal. a lump of coal to those Democrats who did not deal with the immigration reform back in 2009 when having a majority in Congress and President obama in the white House. remember that 2009 failure to act as an indication of ‘how significant’ this latino issue is to elected officials.

The U.s. supreme Court merits its lump of coal for failure to anticipate the impact of its decision to define corporations as ‘persons’ who talk with their money. They certainly did promote plutocracy rather than democracy.

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a lump of coal to those who oppose the ownership transfer of o’Conner and st. louise Hospials to Prime Healthcare. is that union really looking after its members and 16,000 pensions? santa Claus is about giving to those who need a job, hospital care and a hand-up. recall that the Hospital Corporation of america (HCa) closed san Jose Hospital a few years ago without considering the health care needs of this community. HCa just picked up their marbles and abandoned this community. Prime Healthcare has a documented record of never closing down a hospital. Understand that health care is your personal responsibility. Do you deserve a lump of coal? let’s hope santa delivers a gift to the Gardner family Health network (reymundo espinoza, President & Ceo) for its dependable delivery of health care services to the low income/no income folks in this community. The same for the County of santa Clara Health & Hospital systems which operates vMC and its many community clinics strategically located throughout this county. another group which may deserve a lump of coal are those school administrators and educators who apply outdated policies which end up expelling students from school. as educators they must know that a child out of school cannot be expected to keep up with his peers in the learning process. let’s try ‘Behavior modification knowledge recently developed. va Hospital (Palo alto) is developing and using behavior modification successfully on our ‘wounded warriors’.

The obama administration merits santa’s blessing for hanging tough when it

comes to economic recovery policies post 2008 recession. available jobs are on the rise; unemployment is dropping; but deserves a lump of coal when it comes to dealing with wall street bailouts’, working towards ‘living wages’ and immigration reform. That executive order deals with only a portion of the 11 million undocumented residents already residing here. santa would like an executive order dealing with those business owners who profitably exploit the undocumented. Too many of these folks do not want to see comprehensive immigration reform legislation happen. santa needs to give a gift to whoever figured out that lower crude oil prices resulted in lower gasoline at the pump; now consumers have more money to spend this 2014 Christmas season.

Their consumer choices bolster sales of many products and services….and it is these consumer choices which determine which retailer have a profitable year. we all need to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin wall coming down. we now need to work on that wall between U.s.a. and Cuba. it is time to normalize diplomatic relations and commerce with Cuba. we could begin by allowing Cuban students and scholars to open up personal checking accounts so that they, as visitors here, feel more welcome and can conduct their personal business with their own checking account. also, we need access to Cuban sugar cane which can yield alcohols which are excellent gasoline extenders. Brazil does this effectively….why not us? what about you? will santa leave you a blessing? or a lump of coal? Merry Christmas-feliz navidad 2014.

an open letter to san Jose Police officer Phillip white (The Cop who Threatened Protesters and Mocked #icantBreathe) Whitney Felton siliCon valleY De BUG what about black people stating that their lives matter inspires you to reach for your firearm? is it our unwillingness to be irrelevant? our want and yearning to be free and heard? is it our newfound strength in loving ourselves so threatening that your only response is to threaten our lives and our education? Phillip, just the other day you stated that our sisters at Cal Berkeley should not speak up about their right to live like any other american due to possible protests from tax paying cops. i guess when a human is taxed with having our skin complexion, one is only useful to you while we are on some sort of court or field, playing a jester, or singing… our lives are just here for your convenience, is that correct? sorry to disappoint you, white, but i for one do not have any desire to live to entertain you. My life does matter, and it is not in contingency with my appeasing you. or your racist cop friends. The simple fact that tweeting a worldwide threat to those who are fighting for their right to live seemed like a proper response tells me that i might find a few civilian complaints on your record.

How many “thugs” have you roughed up in your day?

Tell me, was the crime “walking down the street while homeless”, or were there just too many black and brown people together at one time?

Believe it or not, i know cops like you. i’ve watched them patrol the streets, kick little kids off of the bus because they felt like it, stand baffled when someone is not afraid of them. we have to pass the attitude test, right? well, we’re sick of your attitude test. we’re sick of being tried after our murder. we’re sick of our lives being in jeopardy due to your lack of training, sociological stability, and distaste for our complexion. only crooked, distasteful and morally robbed police officers feel as if this is a war on cops. Contrary to your guilt ridden beliefs, this is not about revenge.

This is about creating a safer environment, where you, Philip, will not be able to continue under the premise of protecting and serving our community while threatening your citizens who pay your salary because you don’t like how they practice their

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first amendment. and before you bring up looting and rioting, be sure to reflect on the jokes you tweeted about a “disco inferno”; be sure to separate the peaceful protesters who are arrested and the looters who magically have not been arrested. Your comments are distasteful, disgraceful, and a hindrance to your brothers in blue. as naïve as i would like to be, i know there are many in your position who share your sentiments; and they too should not be allowed to protect and serve with prejudice.

Phillip white, it stops now.

You will be our poster child of all things that we fight to change. Police brutality will stop now. The selection of who to protect and serve and who to demonize will stop now. The revolution will continue. it has not been televised; but as you have learned today, Phillip, it will be tweeted.

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EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com newsUsa el esperar para empezar los beneficios de jubilación del seguro social puede aumentar los beneficios hasta en 76 por ciento, según el nuevo kit de herramientas “Cuándo tomar el seguro social: vale la pena esperar”, publicado por la no partidista national academy of social insurance (nasi).

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(3) si está casado, tiene que planear para dos. si usted es quien más gana, esperar para recibir los beneficios del seguro social significa que su cónyuge recibirá un beneficio de sobreviviente más alto si vive más que usted.

“Una de las decisiones financieras más importantes que tomamos es el cuándo comenzar a recibir los beneficios de jubilación del seguro social”, dijo william arnone, Presidente de la Junta de Directores de nasi y socio jubilado de ernst & Young, llP. “las ganancias por esperar son mucho más grandes de lo que solían ser”. Un trabajador que pueda esperar hasta los 70 recibirá un beneficio 76 por ciento más alto que si hubiera tomado el seguro social a los 62.

“Como el seguro social dura toda la vida y sus beneficios se ajustan con la inflación, puede que sea el activo más grande que tenga un trabajador”, dijo virginia reno,

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El Sistema Educativo AVID, con sede en San Diego, es eficaz en cerrar la brecha de rendimiento académico HispanicNewswire San Diego- AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), un sistema de preparación universitaria

probado y sin fines de lucro con sede en San Diego recientemente divulgó datos que representan una prueba clara del impacto que ha tenido AVID en el cierre de la brecha de rendimiento académico y en la preparación para la universidad de estudiantes típicamente menos atendidos. Los datos iniciales proporcionan comparaciones de graduados de secundaria en 2010 y 2011 que emplearon

el sistema AVID y muestran que estos graduados AVID superaron al resto de sus colegas a escala nacional en la renovación de la matrícula en el primer y el segundo año de universidad. El Centro AVID contrató a la National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) para adquirir información de matrícula postsecundaria correspondiente al período estudiado.

Si bien los datos del primer año son significativos, aún más lo son los porcentajes en general de graduados AVID que se mantuvieron matriculados en el segundo año de universidad cuando se les compara con el resto de sus colegas a escala nacional. Los graduados AVID—mayoritariamente procedentes de poblaciones con insuficiente representación histórica— renovaron la matrícula en el segundo año de universidad a índices muy similares en todos los grupos de estudiantes.

El CEO del Centro AVID, el Dr. Sandy Husk, anunció los resultados del estudio investigativo, y declaró: “El informe es verdaderamente extraordinario. Considerando que más de dos tercios de los graduados AVID provienen de sectores socioeconómicos bajos y de grupos minoritarios, que los graduados AVID hayan superado a sus colegas nacionales en la renovación

Lori Abbott California News Service San Francisco, CA , El destino del City College of San Francisco (City College de San Francisco) está en las manos de un juez que está decidiendo si debe cerrar sus puertas, y sus ochenta mil estudiantes están a la expectativa. El juez de la Corte Superior Curtis Carnow anunció que en enero emitirá su fallo sobre si la escuela merece que su acreditación sea revocada, en cuyo caso no podrá seguir operando.

La estudiante y madre soltera, Bouchra Simmons, dice que la escuela es la única opción para ella y para muchos otros estudiantes. “Y Especialmente esto se trata de todos, todos los estudiantes. Estamos vulnerables. El City College tiene una educación de alta calidad, pero es pagable. No tenerla es trágico.”

La Ciudad de San Francisco presento una demanda contra el dictamen de la comisión que determinó que la escuela

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no cumple con los estándares y canceló su acreditación. La ciudad asegura que la evaluación del City College fue injusta e ilegal. Los argumentos finales fueron presentados la semana pasada y el Juez Karnow esta evaluándolos para emitir su dictamen el próximo mes.

El maestro del City College de San Francisco, Tim Killikelly, dice que la incertidumbre ha provocado una crisis de matricula con una reducción del 20 por ciento de estudiantes inscritos desde que la Accrediting Comission for Community and Junior Colleges, ACCJC (Comisión Acreditadora para Colegios Junior y Comunitarios), voto el año pasado a favor de retirar la certificación a la escuela -una decisión que el maestro considera “indignante”.

“No han manejado el caso del City College con el proceso debido. Han tomado decisiones arbitrarias con las que parece no importarles lo que le importa a la mayoría de la comunidad.”

El Presidente de la California Federation of Teachers (Federación de Maestros de California), Joshua Pechthalt, dice que ahora el juez tiene la oportunidad de hacerle saber a la comisión que no esta por encima de la ley.

“Esta comisión realmente atropelló al sistema universitario entero de California.

Han hecho rehenes de sus dictados a los colegios comunitarios. Y si bien esta es una parte importante del conflicto, queremos ver una reforma profunda al proceso de acreditación.”

La ciudad también asegura que el City Collage no tuvo una evaluación justa porque hay un conflicto de intereses, ya que un miembro del equipo evaluador esta casado con quien preside la comisión.

El abogado de la comisión rechaza estas reclamaciones calificándolas de “absurdas” y dice que al colegio se le dio una oportunidad equitativa para resolver las deficiencias.

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de la matrícula es testimonio tanto de la perseverancia de los estudiantes y maestros, como de las estrategias y destrezas del sistema AVID que fueron empleadas y aprendidas durante la secundaria”.

El informe, divulgado en un documento titulado “AVID Secondary Students’ College Enrollment and Persistence: What Equity Gaps?” (“La matrícula y su renovación en los estudiantes de secundaria AVID: ¿existen brechas de equidad?”) ofrece un resumen general de los graduados de secundaria AVID en los cursos universitarios 2010 y 2011, su índice de matrícula universitaria, su índice de renovación de la matrícula en el segundo año, y una breve ilustración de los índices de matrícula y renovación de la matrícula desglosados según características comúnmente asociadas con las brechas de rendimiento académico y de

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equidad. Se puede solicitar una copia íntegra de este informe por intermedio del Dr. Dennis Johnston, director sénior e investigador principal del Centro AVID de San Diego, escribiéndole a su dirección de correo electrónico: djohnston@avid.org.

El Dr. Johnston comentó: “Las brechas de equidad, que habitualmente se observan y hasta se anticipan en materia de rendimiento educativo, todavía no han aparecido para los estudiantes AVID que en la actualidad están matriculados en la universidad.

Las señales de renovación de matrícula equitativa en diversos grupos de estudiantes universitarios, conforme quedan ejemplificadas en las conclusiones del estudio investigativo, son una prueba del éxito de nuestros esfuerzos por cerrar las brechas de rendimiento académico preparando a todos los estudiantes para que estén listos y alcancen el éxito en la universidad”.

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fDa en los próximos años, las mujeres y sus prestadores de servicios de salud pueden esperar una información más útil y actualizada sobre los efectos de las medicinas durante el embarazo y la lactancia. las mejoras reemplazarán el sistema de etiquetado que ha estado en vigor desde hace décadas e impondrán nuevos requisitos de la administración de alimentos y Medicamentos (fDa, por sus siglas en inglés) en cuanto a la información de la etiqueta para los medicamentos por prescripción médica y los productos biológicos. los cambios incluirán correcciones importantes a las subsecciones sobre el embarazo y la lactancia.

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Por qué está actuando la fDa al respecto “la fDa quiere que las mujeres embarazadas y las que estén amamantando, así como sus prestadores de servicios de salud, se beneficien con información más útil y actualizada sobre sus medicinas de prescripción médica”, explica la Dra. sandra Kweder, M.D., subdirectora de la oficina de nuevos Medicamentos de la fDa. la Dra. Kweder afirma que las mujeres embarazadas y los prestadores de servicios de salud necesitan esta información porque: las mujeres toman un promedio de entre tres y cinco medicamentos durante el embarazo.

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das tienen padecimientos crónicos —tales como asma, hipertensión arterial, depresión y diabetes— que les exigen seguir tomando los medicamentos que tenían prescritos antes del embarazo.

Durante el embarazo pueden surgir nuevos problemas de salud o los que ya tenían pueden empeorar, exigiendo tratamiento. el cuerpo de la mujer cambia durante todo el transcurso de su embarazo, lo cual puede afectar la dosis de la medicación que necesita. las etiquetas actualizadas incluirán más información sobre si la medicación pasa o no a la leche materna y — dependiendo de cuánta haya presente— cómo podría afectar al bebé.

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Etiquetas nuevas tendran mas informacion para el cuidado de mujeres embarazadas. además de las modificaciones a las subsecciones sobre el embarazo y la lactancia, la etiqueta también incluirá un apartado llamado “Mujeres y varones de potencial reproductivo”. esta subsección proporcionará un lugar permanente para encontrar la información que concierne a las pruebas de embarazo, los métodos anticonceptivos y el efecto de un medicamento sobre la fertilidad.

“Para los medicamentos que pueden causar infertilidad o presentar riesgos durante el embarazo, la etiqueta actualizada incluirá información a tener en consideración al momento de decidir cuestiones tales como elegir un método anticonceptivo o planear un embarazo”, abunda la Dra. Kweder.

Trasfondo del etiquetado 2015-2016

Hasta ahora, la fDa categorizaba el riesgo de usar medicamentos o productos biológicos durante el embarazo mediante un sistema de cinco letras (a, B, C, D y X), dependiendo de lo que se sabía acerca de ese producto.

Pero los comentarios recibidos por la fDa demostraron

que el sistema de letras era a menudo confuso, por ser demasiado simplista, y no reflejaba la información disponible. este sistema podía llevar a hacer falsos supuestos acerca de los medicamentos en función de su categoría. “la etiqueta actualizada cambiará eso”, afirma la Dra. Kweder. “ahora los médicos tendrá información actualizada y bien organizada sobre el embarazo y la lactancia. estarán en una mejor posición de ayudar a sus pacientes a tomar decisiones clave”.

la imagen de la etiqueta actualizada la etiqueta actualizada también reemplazará el antiguo sistema de cinco letras con información más útil sobre los riesgos de un medicamento para la futura madre, para el feto en desarrollo y para el lactante.además, la etiqueta incluirá información de contacto para acceder a los registros sobre la exposición durante el embarazo, los cuales compilan y mantienen datos sobre los efectos de los medicamentos que toman las mujeres embarazadas. a

las mujeres embarazadas se les invita a inscribirse en estos estudios si están usando medicamentos o productos biológicos para los cuales existe un registro. las empresas tendrán que eliminar las categorías de letras para el embarazo de la etiqueta de todos los medicamentos por prescripción médica y los productos biológicos, y, para muchos de ellos, tendrán que actualizar la etiqueta para incluir información al día. Ésta es una tarea enorme, que llevará varios años.Decidir qué medicamento tomar es una decisión personal y compleja que debe hablarse con el médico, pero la nueva norma de la fDa ayuda a eliminar algunas de las incertidumbres. “el beneficio más grande para los pacientes es que estos cambios resultarán en prescripciones mejor fundadas, con sustento en la información científica más reciente, para miles de productos médicos”, añade la Dra. Kweder. “nuestro objetivo es facultar a los profesionales de la salud y a los pacientes para que las mujeres puedan confiar en las decisiones de tratamiento para ellas y para sus familias”.

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Rosana Ubanell naM Gov. angel aguirre on Thursday asked for a leave of absence to put the focus back on solving the case of the missing students. argentine forensic specialists have confirmed that human remains found in southern Mexico are those of one of the students who disappeared in late september in the city of iguala, ayotzinapa rural normal school students said.

The remains are those of alexander Mora venancio, one of the 43 education students who disappeared in iguala, a city in the southern state of Guerrero, on sept. 26. oficials are also expected to release information on the tests conducted by the specialists in austria on sunday.

The attorney General’s office said it would hold a press

conference at noon on sunday to release “relevant information” about the case. attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said on nov. 7, citing statements from three suspects in custody, that the 43 teacher trainees were dead.

Patricio reyes, Jhonatan osorio and agustin Garcia confessed to having killed the students and burned their bodies, the attorney general told a press conference.

More than 70 people, including police and public officials, have been arrested in connection with the events that took place in iguala on the night of sept. 26, when municipal police fired gunshots at students from the ayotzinapa rural normal school, a nearby teachertraining facility. Protesters collect money at tolls to find the missing Mexican college students.Masked student oc-

cupy a toll booth as students block a main highway to protest the disappearance of 43 missing college students in Chilpancingo, Mexico, wednesday, oct. 14, 2014.

Mexican police expanded their search for the missing students wednesday after investigators determined that 28 sets of human remains recovered from a mass grave were not those of any of the youths. (aP Photo/eduardo verdugo) six people died that night, 25 were wounded and 43 ayotzinapa students were detained and then handed over to members of the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel.

The cops were allegedly acting on orders from iguala’s then-mayor, Jose luis abarca, and his wife, Maria de los angeles Pineda, who are under arrest.

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for the purposes of the investigation, the students will continue to be classified as missing until the remains are definitively identified by specialists at the University of innsbruck in austria, the aG said. reyes, osorio and Garcia told investigators they took the 43 students to the Cocula dump and set them on fire, Murillo said. after watching the bonfire burn for more than 14 hours, the killers collected the ashes and bones in eight garbage bags and then tossed the bags into a nearby river, the attorney general said. authorities managed to recover one of the bags intact, the aG said.

The students’ disappearance has sparked a wave of protests across Mexico and sent shockwaves through the political system.

‣Demonstrators march in protest for the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college, in Mexico City, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/ Marco Ugarte)

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In San Jose, Using Common Core to Turn English Learners Into Leaders

Veronica T. Avendaño EL OBSERVADOR Veronica T. Avendaño wrote this article as part of the Informed Communities Education Reporting Fellowship, a partnership between New America Media and Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – For high school English teacher Juddson Taube, California’s shift to the Common Core has meant that he no longer feels like a “salesman” in his class.

“Selling kids on whole novels is tough, it’s actually hard to get kids to engage in the content and read whole books,” said Taube, 33. “At best, 50 percent of the kids were reading the whole novel.”

In the past, Taube instructed his class – most of whom don’t speak English as a first language – with classic works like Fahrenheit 451, the Great Gatsby or Catcher in the Rye, to name a few. The last two tended to be more popular with the students, but since the move to Common Core many of these have been re-

placed with non-fiction essays and even on-line clips from news and social media sites.

to developing new curricular materials and enhancing school’s tech capacity ahead of the new Common Corealigned standardized tests this Spring.

Since then, however, Taube says he’s seen a dramatic increase in the number of students engaging with the material and even in the number of students turning in their homework.

Taube teaches at Latino College Prep Academy, a charter school in East San Jose and part of the East Side Union High School District.

The school opened in 2001 and caters to the area’s sizable Spanish-speaking immigrant community. The school enrolled 450 students this year – 95 percent low income, and 70 percent English Language Learners.

Latino academic achievement rates in California have traditionally lagged behind those of other communities.

That is especially the case for English Learners, who now make up a quarter of the state’s public school population.

But the approach at LCPA – which includes a staff that

The standards place more emphasis on critical thinking and analysis than the previous California State Standards and require students to not only get the answer but be able to explain the process. For English Learners that means more use of the language and a more sophisticated vocabulary.

But students at LCPA seem to welcome the challenge.

‣Seniors in Taube’s classroom use electronic media and classroom discussion to finish up their final assignment for the semester. Photo Courtesy: Veronica T. Avendaño

is predominantly bilingual – has led to some impressive results. According to the school’s website, over 90 percent of graduating seniors went on to a two or four-year college of their choice.

On a recent afternoon, students in one of Taube’s senior English classes sit analyzing multiple articles for an es-

say they have to write about their stance on social media, something the students use everyday. Taube says the lesson is an example of how Common Core allows teachers to bring the lives of the students into the classroom, connecting their everyday experiences with their studies.

California adopted the Common Core in 2010. Districts across the state have since been working to implement the new standards, a heavy lift involving everything from teacher training

Ruben Martinez, 17, is a senior there. He says he spent years being frustrated at how teachers in elementary school tried to get him to learn English. “It got me irritated because you’re expecting me to learn a language by repeating the same lessons over and over again that I’ve already learned.”

His classmate Sergio Moreno,17, agrees. He says before coming to LCPA he grew so bored in class that he often ended up getting in trouble.

“I could mess around, do anything, the teachers would probably give me detention but I would continue to do it.”

ing to LCPA their grades have steadily improved, something they credit to the school’s educational approach.

According to a recent study by the education advocacy group Education Trust-West, California schools such as LCPA that have been proactive in implementing Common Core have shown dramatic improvements in educating their English Learner populations.

The study surveyed nearly 300 schools around the state with 100 or more English Learners and while its authors did acknowledge the new standards do pose challenges for this group, they also noted that schools that showed the best results were those that held English Learners to the same high standards as other students.

David Devia, 17, emigrated from Columbia at age eight.

Now a senior at LCPA he says he’s been able to transition out of the English Learner track and is “more comfortable” with high school level English.

“Before I didn’t really have the potential to keep up with other students … now I can keep up, and sometimes I can actually be the leader.”

Both say that since com-

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‣Chief of Police Chris Magnus believes in finding common ground with the community and avoiding violence.

Malcolm Marshall NAM

history of being a part of protests in Richmond?

In Richmond, Calif., a city long equated with high rates of crime and poverty, the local police have taken steps in recent years to improve relations with the communities they serve. Highlighting those efforts, Richmond Chief of Police Chris Magnus turned out at a recent local rally against police brutality.

The rally was one of many protests being staged in cities across the country in the wake of grand jury acquittals of white police officers in the killings of unarmed black men. He was interviewed by Richmond Pulse editor Malcolm Marshall.

We’ve been stewards of public safety, when there’ve been protests related to Chevron, protests around environmental issues, protests about political issues. It’s our job to make sure that everyone’s voice can be heard and that people feel safe exercising their First Amendment rights.

It’s interesting to see a police chief in the middle of a protest against police brutality.

What is your reason for being here today?

The police and the community share a common goal.

We want peaceful protests to be something that people feel comfortable participating in and to understand that the police are guardians, because we should be protecting people’s constitutional rights.

But we also want to send a message that we care about everyone in the community.

This needs to be a partnership between police and persons of color, black, brown, whatever. We need to be working together.

Does the department have a

A few weeks ago, you spoke at the peace rally in honor of Rodney Frazier, the 16-yearold who was murdered in front of his home in unincorporated North Richmond, which isn’t technically in your jurisdiction. Why did you choose to lend your presence and words to the community at that event?

He was a young man who was very much tied into our greater Richmond community. This was less about jurisdictional lines and more about finding common ground and working together to prevent future homicides, whether they’re in unincorporated Richmond or in the City of Richmond. We need to be joining together, and I think that was an important opportunity to do that.

Your department first tried out using body cameras on four officers out on patrol in October 2013 and now has a plan to have all officers wearing body cameras by the end of January. What got you interested in the idea of body

cameras? I think the cameras provide an opportunity to show the community that we really are committed to professional policing, that we’re transparent in what we do, that we understand the importance of accountability, and I think they’re going to protect not only the public but police officers as well because sometimes there are complaints against officers that really are baseless. But if there are actually issues and times where officers do behave inappropriately, we want a record of that as well, so we can address it and make things better.

What are some of the challenges of having police use cameras?

The challenges involve privacy. People are concerned about how long we keep that kind of video evidence, especially if we’re wearing it into their homes, on calls for service or circumstances like that. So that’s one issue. I think police officers are concerned about how and when they’re used. They don’t want every private conversation that they have recorded, and I can understand that.

The other challenge, of course, as we’ve seen even in the news lately, is even when you’re wearing a camera, it may not show everything. It doesn’t necessarily show the totality of the circumstance.

So these are all things we’re going to have to work through, but I think there’s still a net benefit, and I think that’s one of the reasons why even police unions in most places have come around to support body cameras. Because they see that this is going to be a net benefit for not only the police department but the community as well.

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DECEMBER 19-25, 2014 M I L P I TA S ( C O N T. ) St. John the Baptist

279 S. Main St. • 408.262.2546

Christmas Eve • 4pm English Family Mass with Christmas Pageant • 7pm English • 11:30pm Carols • Midnight English

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 9am English • 10:45am English • 12:30pm English

MORGAN HILL St. Catherine of Alexandria 17400 Peak Ave. • 408.779.3959

Christmas Eve • 4pm English (Church & Parish Center) • 6pm English (Church) • 8pm Spanish • Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day • 8:45am English • 10:30am English • 12:15pm Spanish

160 N. Rengstorff Ave. • 650.961.8600

Christmas Day • 8am English • 9:30am Spanish • 11:15am English

St. Joseph

582 Hope St. • 650.967.3831

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Merry Christmas from the Diocese of San Jose!

We welcome you for worship at a Catholic Church near you.

For updates, visit www.dsj.org/christmas A LV I S O Our Lady Star Of The Sea

1385 Michigan Ave. • 408.263.2121

Christmas Day • 9am Spanish • 10:30am English

Christmas Eve • 5pm English • 6:30pm Spanish

CAMPBELL St. Lucy

2350 Winchester Blvd. • 408.378.2464

Christmas Day • 7am English • 9am English • 11am English • 1pm Spanish

Christmas Eve • 4pm English • 6pm English • 8pm Spanish • 11:30pm Carols • Midnight English

C U P E RT I N O St. Joseph of Cupertino

10110 N. DeAnza Blvd. • 408.252.7653

Christmas Eve • 5pm English (Church & Hall) • 8pm English • 10pm English

Christmas Day • 8am English • 9:30am English • 11am English

GILROY St. Mary

11 First St. • 408.847.5151

Christmas Eve • 4pm English with pageant • 6:30pm English • 8pm Spanish with pageant • Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day • 8am English • 10am Spanish • Noon English • 1:30pm Spanish

L O S A LTO S St. Nicholas

473 Lincoln Ave. • 650.948.2158

Christmas Eve • 4pm English • 6pm English • 9pm English • Midnight English

Christmas Day • 9am English • 11am English

Christmas Day • 8am English • 10am English • Noon English

Christmas Day • 9am English • 10:45am English

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 10:30am English • Noon Gregorian/ Latin

Our Lady of the Rosary • 3233 Cowper St.

Christmas Eve • 5pm English Family Mass • 7pm Spanish

Christmas Day • 10:30am English

Christmas Eve • 5pm English Family Mass

Christmas Day • 9am English

SAN JOSE Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph 80 S. Market St. • 408.283.8100

Christmas Eve • 4:30pm English • 7pm Spanish • 11pm Lessons & Carols • Midnight English/Spanish

L O S G ATO S St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception 219 Bean Ave. • 408.354.3726

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 9am English • 11:15am English

M I L P I TA S St. Elizabeth

Christmas Eve • 5pm English Family Mass • 8pm Vietnamese • 11:30pm Carols • Midnight English

Christmas Eve • 6pm English • Midnight Gregorian/Latin

St. Albert the Great • 1095 Channing Ave.

611 S. El Monte Ave. • 650.559.2080

750 Sequoia Dr. • 408.262.8100

Christmas Day • Noon English

751 Waverley St. • 650.494.2496

St. William

Christmas Eve • 4pm English (Church & Howley Hall) • 6pm English • 10pm English

Stanford Memorial Church • 650.725.0080

St. Thomas Aquinas

1860 Grant Ave. • 650.967.8311

Christmas Eve • 4pm English Children’s Mass • 6pm English Family Mass • 8pm English Christmas Vigil

Christmas Day • 7am English • 8:30am English • 10am English • 11:30am English • 1pm Spanish

PA L O A LTO Catholic Community at Stanford Christmas Eve • Midnight English

L O S A LTO S ( C O N T. ) St. Simon

Christmas Eve • 3pm English Children’s Liturgies • 5pm English Children’s Liturgies • 11:30pm Carols • Midnight English

Christmas Eve • 4:30pm Carols • 5pm English Family Liturgy • 7pm Tamil • 9pm Spanish • 11:30pm Carols • Midnight English

Christmas Day • 9am English • 10:30am Spanish

5284 Monterey Rd. • 408.362.9958

Christmas Day • 8:30am Vietnamese • 10:30am English • 12:30pm Spanish

Church of the Transfiguration 4325 Jarvis Ave. • 408.264.3600

Christmas Day • 8am English • 9:30am English • 11am English • 12:30pm Spanish • 3:30pm Vietnamese

Christmas Eve • 5pm English • 9pm English

Holy C

580 E. Jackson St

Christmas Eve • 6pm Children’s Mass • Midnight Trilingual

4848 Pearl Ave.

Christmas Eve • 5pm English Family Mas • 7pm English • 9:30pm English • Midnight English

Holy Korea

1523 McLaughlin A

Christmas Eve • 9pm Korean

Holy S

1200 Redmond Av

Christmas Eve • 4pm English (Del Biaggio Gym with pageant) • 4pm English (Church) • 6pm English • 9pm English • Midnight English

Immaculate Heart

(Five Wounds) 1375

Christmas Eve • 9pm Latin Extraordinary Form Sung Mass (Mass o Midnight: Dominus dixit)

Most Hol

2940 Nassau Dr

Christmas Eve • 4pm Vietnamese • 6pm English • 8pm Spanish Misa de Las Posadas • 10pm Vietnamese • Midnight English/Tagalo

Our Lady of

2020 E. San Antonio

Christmas Eve • 8pm English • 10pm Spanish

Our Lady o

Christ the King

Christmas Eve • 6:30pm English • 8:30pm Vietnamese • 10:30pm Spanish

1375 E. Santa Clara

Christmas Eve • 6pm English Family Mas with Pageant • Midnight Portuguese

Holy F

M O U N TA I N V I E W St. Athanasius

Christmas Eve • 4:30pm English • 6:30pm Spanish • 10pm English

SAN JOS Five Wounds National

Christmas Day • 9am English • 10:30am English

389 E. Santa Clara

Christm • St. Patrick School Chapel: Family Mass, 6pm Vietna 10pm Vietnamese • Silver Creek High School G 4pm Vietnamese, 6pm V • St. Frances Cabrini: 7:30p • St. Victor: 7:30pm Vietna • St. John the Baptist: 9pm Christm • St. Patrick School Chapel: 9am Vietnamese, 11am • Silver Creek High School G • St. John the Baptist: 4:45p • Holy Family: 5pm Vietna

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E ( C O N T. ) s Portuguese l Church

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Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 9am English • 10:30am Portuguese

Cross

t. • 408.294.2440

Christmas Day • 9am English • 11am Spanish • 1pm Italian

Family

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ss

Christmas Day • 8am English • 9:30am English • 11:15am English

an Martyrs

Ave. • 408.564.4947

Christmas Day • 9:30am English • 11am Korean

Spirit

ve. • 408.997.5100

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Christmas Day • 8am English • 9:30 English • 11:30 English

t of Mary Oratory

5 E. Santa Clara St.

y of )

Christmas Day • 12:30pm Latin Extraordinary Form Sung Mass (Mass of the Day: Puer Natus Est)

ly Trinity

r. • 408.729.0101

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Christmas Day • 9:30am English • 12:30pm Tagalog/ English • 3:45pm Vietnamese

f Guadalupe

o St. • 408.258.7057

Christmas Day • 10am English • Noon Spanish

of La Vang

a St. • 408.294.8120

mas Eve : 4pm English/Spanish amese, 8pm Vietnamese,

Gym: 3:30pm Caroling, Vietnamese pm Vietnamese amese m Vietnamese mas Day : 7:30am Vietnamese, English, 12:30pm Spanish Gym: 10am Vietnamese pm Vietnamese amese

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2165 Lucretia Ave. • 408.715.2278

Christmas Eve • 4:45pm Spanish & English • 6:30pm Vietnamese • 8:30pm Vietnamese • Midnight Multilingual

Christmas Day • 8am Vietnamese • 10am Spanish • Noon English

Queen of Apostles

4911 Moorpark Ave. • 408.253.7560

Christmas Eve • 5pm English Children’s Mass • 8pm English • 11pm English Choir

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 11am English

Sacred Heart of Jesus

325 Willow St. • 408.292.0146

Christmas Eve • 6pm English • 9pm Spanish • Midnight Spanish

Christmas Day • 10am English • Noon Spanish

St. Anthony

20101 McKean Rd. • 408.997.4800 Little Church – 21800 Bertram Rd.

Christmas Eve • 4pm English (McKean) • 6pm English (Little) • 11pm English (McKean)

Christmas Day • 8:30am English (McKean) • 10:30am English (McKean)

St. Brother Albert Chmielowski Polish Mission 10250 Clayton Rd. • 408.251.8490

Christmas Eve • 9pm Polish/English • Midnight Polish

Christmas Day • 9am English • 10:30am Polish

St. Christopher

1576 Curtner Ave. • 408.269.2226

Christmas Eve • 4pm English (Church) • 4pm English Children’s Mass (Presentation HS) • 6pm English • 9pm English • Midnight English

Christmas Day • 7am English • 8am English • 9:30am English • 11am English • 12:30pm English

St. Frances Cabrini

15333 Woodard Rd. • 408.879.1120

Christmas Eve • 5pm English Children’s Mass • 7:30pm Vietnamese Vigil • 10pm English Christmas Midnight Mass

Christmas Day • 8am English • 9:30am English • 11:30am English • 1pm Assyrian

St. Francis of Assisi

5111 San Felipe Rd. • 408.223.1562

Christmas Eve • 4pm English Children’s Mass (Chapel & Gathering Hall) • 5pm English (Villages) • 6pm English (Chapel & Gathering Hall) • 9pm English (Chapel & Gathering Hall) • Midnight English (Chapel)

Christmas Day • 8:30am English (Chapel) • 10:30am English (Chapel & Gathering Hall) • 12:30pm English (Chapel & Gathering Hall)

St. John Vianney

4600 Hyland Ave. • 408.258.7832

Christmas Eve • 5pm English Family Mass • 7pm Spanish • 11pm Christmas Carols • 11:30pm English Midnight Mass

Christmas Day • 9am English • 10:30am English • Noon Spanish

S A N J O S E ( C O N T. ) St. Julie Billiart

366 St. Julie Dr. • 408.629.3030

Christmas Eve • 4pm English Family Mass • 5:30pm Spanish Family Mass • 8pm English • Midnight English/Spanish

Christmas Day • 9:30am English • 11:30am Spanish

St. Leo the Great

88 Race St. • 408.293.3503

Christmas Eve • 5pm English • Midnight Bilingual

Christmas Day • 9:30am English • 11am Spanish

St. Maria Goretti

2980 Senter Rd. • 408.363.2300

Christmas Eve • 5:30pm English • 7:30pm Spanish • 9:30pm Vietnamese • Midnight English

Christmas Day • 8am Vietnamese • 10am English • 12:30pm Spanish • 3pm Vietnamese

St. Martin of Tours

200 O’Connor Dr. • 408.294.8953

Christmas Day • 7am English • 9am English • 11am English

Christmas Eve • 4pm English • 6pm English • 11:30pm Carols • Midnight English

St. Mary of The Assumption Croatian Mission 901 Lincoln Ave. • 408.279.0279

Christmas Eve • 8pm English • Midnight Croatian

Christmas Day • 9am English • 11am Croatian

St. Thomas of Canterbury 1522 McCoy Ave. • 408.378.1595

Christmas Day Christmas Eve • 9am English with • 5:15pm English with Men’s Choir Children’s Choir & Pageant • 10pm English

St. Victor

3108 Sierra Rd. • 408.251.7055

Christmas Eve • 5pm English • 7:30pm Vietnamese • Midnight English

Christmas Day • 7am English • 8am English • 9:15am English • 10:45am English • 12:15pm English • 5pm Vietnamese

Santa Teresa

794 Calero Ave. • 408.629.7777

Christmas Eve • 4pm English Children’s Mass • 6pm English • 9pm English • Midnight English

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 9:30am English • 11:30am English

500 El Camino Real • 408.554.4023

Christmas Day • 9am English

St. Justin

2655 Homestead Rd. • 408.296.1193

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 9am English • 10:30am English • 12:15pm English

Christmas Eve • 4pm English • 6pm English • 11pm English

St. Lawrence the Martyr

1971 St. Lawrence Dr. • 408.296.3000

Christmas Day • 9am English • 11am English

Christmas Eve • 4pm English • 6pm English • 8pm Spanish • Midnight English

San Jose Chinese Catholic Mission St. Clare (941 Lexington St.) • 408.983.0211

Christmas Eve • 8pm Mandarin

Christmas Day • 1:30pm Cantonese • 3pm Mandarin

S A R ATO G A Church of the Ascension 12033 Miller Ave. • 408.725.3939

Christmas Eve • 6pm English Family Mass • 11:30pm English Midnight Mass

Christmas Day • 7am English • 9am English • 11am English

Sacred Heart

13716 Saratoga Ave. • 408.867.3634

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 10am English

Christmas Eve • 4pm English • 6pm English • 10pm English

S U N N Y VA L E Church of the Resurrection 725 Cascade Dr. • 408.245.5554

Christmas Day • 7am English • 8:30am English • 10am English • 11:30am English

Christmas Eve • 5pm English • 9pm English • Midnight English

St. Cyprian

195 Leota Ave. • 408.739.8506

Christmas Day • 8:30am English • 10am English • 11:30am Spanish

Christmas Eve • 5pm English • Midnight English

St. Martin

Christmas Eve • 6:30pm English • 8pm Spanish • 10pm Vietnamese

Christmas Day • 10am English

Our Lady of Peace

2800 Mission College Blvd. • 408.988.4585

Christmas Eve • 5:15pm English • 7:30 pm English • 11pm Caroling • Midnight English

941 Lexington St. • 408.248.7786

Christmas Eve • 4pm English Family Mass • 6pm Spanish • 8pm Chinese • 10pm Portuguese

593 Central Ave. • 408.736.3725

S A N TA C L A R A Mission Santa Clara de Asis Christmas Eve • 5pm English • 9pm English

S A N TA C L A R A ( C O N T. ) St. Clare

Christmas Day • 8am English • 10am English • Noon Spanish • 5pm Vietnamese

For updates, visit W W W. D S J .O R G / C H R I S T M A S

Christmas Day • 7:30am English • 9am English • 10:30am English • Noon English • 2pm English • 5pm English • 6:30pm Spanish • 8pm English

n born for you who is Christ and Lord.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV274399 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Johannes Andebrhan Weldegiorgis.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Johannes Andebrhan Weldegiorgis, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Johannes Andebrhan Weldegiorgis to Johannes Andebrhan Welde Giorgis. 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 on 03/3/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

December 12, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 19, 26; January 2, 9, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV274575 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Seyed Mohammad Ali-Paya. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Seyed Mohammad Ali-Paya, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Seyed Mohammad AliPaya to Ali-Paya. 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 on

04/21/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

August 29, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 19, 26; January 2, 9, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV270076 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alejandra Mejia. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Alejandra Mejia, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Alejandra Mejia to Alexa Mejia. 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 on 01/13/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

August 29, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 19, 26; January 2, 9, 2014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 599285 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Vilchis House Cleaning and Janitor 542 Groth Place San Jose, CA 95111, Santa Clara Co. Luis Vilchis 542 Groth Place San Jose, CA 95111. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/12/2014 “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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 599149 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, T&D Co, LLP 7246 Sharon Dr, Suite O San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara Co. Wen Ting Xie 12301 Lido Way Saratoga CA 95070 and Debra Julie Chan 1110 Lillick Ave San Jose, CA 94087. This business is conducted by a limited liability partnership; registrants have begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 11/26/2014 “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.)

Wen Ting Xie, Partner December 19, 26; January 2, 9, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/10/2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598752 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Frontier Education Planning 4491 Jan Way San Jose, CA 95124, Santa Clara Co. Yin Hang and Wei Ruan 4491 Jan Way San Jose, CA 95124. This business is conducted by a married couple; registrants have begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 11/03/2014 “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.)

Yin Hang and Wei Ruan December 19, 26; January 2, 9, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/25/2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 599332 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, 1.

ConXion to Community 2.

ConXion 749 Story Road, Suite 10 San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara Co. Center for Training and Careers, Inc. 749 Story Road, Suite 10 San Jose, CA 95122. This business is conducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon,

12/01/2014 “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.)

Rose Amador Chief Executive Officer December 19, 26; January 2, 9, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/15/2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV274078 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Michelle Senner. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Michelle Senner, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Kelsey Joy Lee to Kelsey Joy Senner b. Madeline Grace Lee to Madeline Grace Senner. 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 on 04/21/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

December 5, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV271761 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Natashia Deniece Zant. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner, Natashia Deniece Zant, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a Natashia Deniece Zant to Natashia Deniece Harris-Zant. 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-

tition for change of name should not be granted on 02/24/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

October 10, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name NO. 598823 The following person/ entity has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: Mainstreet 1 Marketing, 4926 Adair Way San Jose, CA 95124. James Viola 4926 Adair Way San Jose, CA 95124. This business was conducted by an individual and was filed in Santa Clara County on 09/03/2009 under file no.

528590 Maria Adrianna Mercado December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/01/2015 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 599110 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Joshley Modeling School, 618 San Tuisito Way Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara Co. Perla A. Robledo, 618 San Tuisito Way Sunnyvale, CA 94085. This business is conducted by an individual; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/09/2014 “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.)

Perla A. Robledo December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/09/14.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598907 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Lakkar, 3983 Stevens Creek Blvd. Santa Clara CA, 95051, Santa Clara Co. Michelle Nguyen 3191 Acorn Way San Jose, CA 95117. This

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business is conducted by an individual; registrant has not begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon. “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.)

Michelle Nguyen December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/02/14.

cessive 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.

December 2, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 599126 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, Pacific Associates 708 Charcot Ave San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara Co. Glenday Inc. 3729 Acpulco Dr Campbell, CA 95008. This business is conducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon, 12/18/2002 “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.)

Alan Glenday President/CEO December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 12/09/14

Brandon Rose (269196) 586 N. First St. #217 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: 408-520-1185 Facsimile: 408-786-0179 Email:Brandon@lobrlaw. com Attorney for Petitioner, Ana Garcia

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273906 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Young Yoon Jang and Won Seok Jang. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioners, Young Yoon Jang and Won Seok Jang, have filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Young Yoon Jang to Jessica Youngyoon Jang b.

Won Seok Jang to Justin Wonseok Jang 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 on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Dept., located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four suc-

Order for Publication or Posting of Summons and First Amended Petition to Establish a Parental Relationship

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA STREET ADDRESS: 170 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113 MAILING ADDRESS: 191 North First Street CITY AND ZIP CODE: San Jose, CA 95113 Petitioner: Ana Garcia Respondent: Antonio Vargas ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OR POSTING Case No. 113CP021191 Publication Granted: The Court finds that the Respondent cannot be served in any other manner specified in the California Code of Civil Procedure. The Court orders that the Summons and Petition be served by publication in the newspaper listed below. Publication must occur at least once a week for four successive weeks.

EL OBSERVADOR If during the time of Publication or Posting you locate the Respondent’s address you must have someone 18 years or older mail the Summons, Petition and Order for Publication to the Respondent.

The server must complete and file with the Court a Proof of Service or Mail, FL-335.

Date: November 19, 2014 Philip H. Pennypacker Judicial Officer Published: December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014 SUMMONS (Family Law) NOTICE TO RESPON-

DENT (Name): Antonio Vargas AVISO AL DEMANDADO (Nombre): Antonio Vargas You are being sued. A usted lo están demandado.

Petitioner’s name is: Ana Garcia Nombre del demandante: Ana Garcia Case Number (Número de caso): 113CP021191 You have 30 CALENDER DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL 123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call 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. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

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

Tiene 30 DIAS CORRIDOS después de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citación y Petición para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120 ó FL-123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefónica 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 le puede ordenar que pague manutención y honorarios y costos legales. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario un formulario de exención de cuotas.

Si desea obtener 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.lawhelpcalifornia. org) o poniéndose en

DECEMBER 19-25, 2014 contacto con el colegio de tente) fore revocation of a nonabogados de su condado. NOTICE TO THE PER- probate transfer can take NOTICE; The restrain- SON SERVED: You are effect or a right of survivoring orders on Page 2 are served ship to property can be effective against both eliminated, notice of the spouses or domestic AVISO A LA PERSONA change must be filed and partners until the petition QUE RECIBIÓ LA EN- served on the other party. is dismissed, a judg- TREGA: Esta entrega se You must notify each ment is entered, or the realiza other of any proposed excourt makes further or- traordinary expenditures ders. These orders are a. as an individual. (a at least five business days enforceable anywhere in usted como individuo) prior to incurring these California by any law en- extraordinary expendiforcement officer who has WARNING – IMPOR- tures and account to the received or seen a copy of TANT INFORMATION court for all extraordinary them.

WARNING: California expenditures made after AVISO; Las órdenes de law provides that, for these restraining orders restricción que figuran en purposes of division of are effective. However la página 2 valen para property upon dissolution you may use community ambos cónyuges o pareja of a marriage or domestic property, quasi-commude hecho hasta que se partnership or upon legal nity property, or you own despida la petición, se separation, property ac- separate property to pay emita un fallo o la corte dé quired by the parties dur- an attorney to help you or otras órdenes. Cualquier ing marriage or domestic to pay court costs. autoridad de la ley que partnership in joint form ADVERTENCIA – INhaya recibido o visto una is presumed to be comFORMACION IMPORcopia de estas órdenes munity property. If either TANTE puede hacerlas acatar en party to this action should ADVERTENCIA: cualquier lugar de Califor- die before the jointly held De acuerdo a la ley de nia. community property is California, las propieNOTE: If a judgment or divide, the language in dades adquiridas por las support order is entered, the deed that character- partes durante su matrithe court may order you to izes how title is held (i.e. monio o pareja de hecho pay all or part of the fees joint tenancy, tenants in en forma conjunta se and costs that the court common, or community consideran propiedad cowaived for yourself or for property) will be control- munitaria para los fines de the other party. If this hap- ling, and not the commu- la división de bienes que pens, the party ordered to nity property presumption. ocurre cuando se produce pay fees shall be given You should consult your una disolución o separanotice and an opportunity attorney if you want the ción legal del matrimonio to request a hearing to community property pre- o pareja de hecho. Si cuset aside the order to pay sumption to be written into alquiera de las partes de waived court fees. the recorded title to the este caso llega a fallecer AVISO: Si se emite un property. antes de que se divida la fallo u orden de manupropiedad comunitaria de tención, la corte puede STANDARD FAMILY tenencia conjunta, el desordenar que usted pague LAW RESTRAINING OR- tino de la misma quedará parte de, o todas las cuo- DERS determinado por las cláutas y costos de la corte Starting immediately, sulas de la escritura correpreviamente exentas a you and your spouse or spondiente que describen petición de usted o de la domestic partner are re- su tenencia (por ej. teotra parte. Si esto ocurre, strained from nencia conjunta, tenencia la parte ordenada a pagar 1.Removing the minor en común o propiedad estas cuotas debe recibir child or children of the par- comunitaria) y no por la aviso y la oportunidad de ties, if any, from the state presunción de propiedad solicitar una audiencia without the prior written comunitaria. Si quiere para anular la orden de consent of the other party que la presunción comupagar las cuotas exentas. or an order of the court. nitaria que registrada en 1. The name and address 2.Cashing, borrowing la escritura de la propieof the court are (el nombre against, canceling, trans- dad, debería consultar y dirección de la corte ferring, disposing of, or con un abogado. son): changing the beneficiaries ORDENES DE RESuperior Court of Califor- of any insurance or other STRICCION NORnia coverage, including life, MALES DE DERECHO 170 Park Center Plaza health, automobile and FAMILIAR 191 North 1st Street disability, held for the ben- En forma inmediata, usted San Jose, CA 95113 efit of the parties and their y su cónyuge o pareja de

minor child or children: hecho tienen prohibido: 2. The name, address, 3.Transferring, encumand telephone number of bering, hypothecating, 1.Llevarse de estado petitioner’s attorney, or the concealing, or in any way de California a los hijos petitioner without an attor- disposing of any property, menores de las partes, si ney, are: real or personal, whether los hubiera, sin el consen(El nombre, dirección, community, quasi-com- timiento previo por escrito y número de teléfono munity, or separate, with- de la otra parte o una ordel abogado del deman- out the written consent of den de la corte. dante, o del demandante the other party or an order 2.Cobrar, pedir prestado, si no tiene abogado, son): of the court, except in the cancelar, transferir, deBrandon Rose (269196) usual course of business shacerse o cambiar el 586 N. First St. #217 or for the necessities of nombre de los beneficiaSan Jose, CA 95112 life; and rios de cualquier seguro Telephone: 408-520-1185 4.Creating a nonprobate u otro tipo de cobertura,

transfer or modifying a tal como de vida, salud, David H Yamasaki, Chief nonprobate transfer in vehículo y discapaExecutive Officer/Clerk a manner that affects cidad, que tenga como the disposition of prop- beneficiario(s) a las partes Date (Fecha) November erty subject to the transfer, y su(s) hijo(s) menor(es); 18, 2013 without the written con- 3.Transferir, gravar, hipoClerk, by (Secretario, por) sent of the other party or tecar, ocultar o deshacS. Angulo, Deputy (Asis- an order of the court. Be- erse de cualquier manera

EL OBSERVADOR | www.el-observador.com de cualquier propiedad, inmueble o personal, ya sea comunitaria, cuasi comunitaria o separada, sin el consentimiento escrito de la otra parte o una orden de la corte, con excepción las operaciones realizadas en el curso normal de actividades o para satisfacer las necesidades de la vida; y 4.Crear o modificar una transferencia no testamentaria de manera que afecte el destino 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, cuasi comunitaria o suya separada para pagar a un abogado o para ayudarle a pagar los costos de la corte.

Published: December 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014 PETITION to Establish Parental Relationship Brandon Rose (269196) 586 N. First St. #217 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: 408-520-1185 Facsimile: 408-786-0179 Email:Brandon@lobrlaw. com Attorney for Petitioner, Ana Garcia SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA STREET ADDRESS: 170 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113 MAILING ADDRESS: 191 North First Street CITY AND ZIP CODE: San Jose, CA 95113 BRANCH NAME: Family Law Division Petitioner: Ana Garcia Respondent: Antonio Vargas

2. The Children are a. Childs Name Date of birth Age Sex Davana Vargas 08/30/2004 10 F 3. The court has jurisdiction over the respondent because the respondent b. has sexual intercourse in this state, which resulted in conception of the children listed in item 2.

4. The action s brought in this county because (you must check one or more to file in this county): a. the child resides or is found in the county 5.Petitioner claims (check all that apply): b. respondent is the child’s father 6. A completed Declaration Under Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement at (UCCJEA))(form FL-105) is attached Petitioner request the court to make the determinations indicated below, 7. PARENT- Child RELATIONSHIP a. Respondent b.

Petitioner 8. CHILD CUSTODY AND VISITATION Petitioner Respondent Joint Other a. Legal Custody of children to X b. Physical custody of children to X c. Visitation of children (2) Reasonable visitation d. Facts in support of the requested custody and visitation orders are (specify): X. Contained in the attached declaration 12. CHILD SUPPORT The court may make orders for support of the children and issue and earnings assignment without further notice to either party.

13. I HAVE READ THE RESTRAINING ORDERS ON THE BACK OF THE SUMMONS (FL-210) AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY APPLY TO ME WHEN THIS PETITION IS FILED.

PETITION to Establish Parental Relationship

CASE Number 113CP021191

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

DATE: 09/25/2014.

Ana Garcia

1. Petitioner is a. The mother.

Published: December 5, 12,19, 26, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273587 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Phuoc Doan. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Phuoc Doan, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Phuoc Doan to Henry Doan. 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 on 04/07/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

November 20, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273620 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mandana Panadkhah Bamdad. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Mandana Panadkhah Bamdad, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.

Mandana Panadkhah Bamdad to Mandana Panadkhah Panad. 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 on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

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November 21, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273622 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Mahahn Shoukoofeh Bamdad.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Mahahn Shoukoofeh Bamdad, has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Mahahn Shoukoofeh Bamdad to Mahahn Massy. 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 on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

November 21, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273737 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Joy Sarkar.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Joy Sarkar has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Joy Sarkar to Jay Sarkar. 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 on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. A copy of the Order to Show cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the

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date set for hearing on the petition in El Observador, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Santa Clara.

November 25, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME NO. 114CV273744 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara-In the matter of the application of: Alexey Vladimirovich Serbin.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The court finds that petitioner Alexey Vladimirovich Serbin has filed a petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. Alexey Vladimirovich Serbin to Alexey Serbin. 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 on 04/14/2015 at 8:45 am, Probate Room, located at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. 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.

November 25, 2014 Aaron Persky Judge of the Superior Court November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT NO. 598754 The following person(s) is(are) doing business, SJC Cars Inc 478 E. Santa Clara St San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara Co. Cars Inc 478 E. Santa Clara St San Jose, CA 95112. This business is conducted by a corporation; registrant has begun business under the fictitious business name or names listed hereon; 11/25/2014 “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.)

Surinder Sinug, Officer November 28; December 5, 12, 19, 2014 This statement was filed with the County of Santa Clara on 11/25/2014.

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Adoption Vote Set at December 16 Meeting

ilies who struggle to live and work in Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara County

“With this ordinance, we’re addressing the growing economic gap for low-wage earners,” Cortese said. “Not only will the ordinance raise the standard of living, but reduce the demand for safety net services that the County provides.”

Responding to the widening economic gap in Santa Clara County, the Board of Supervisors on December 9, took a major step forward to creating a Living Wage Ordinance to help lift low-wage earners out of poverty.

The Board approved a draft Living Wage Ordinance that would set pay at $19.06 an hour for the workers of forprofit employers who contract with the County. The Living Wage would apply to contracts with employers initiated on or after July 1, 2015.

Proposed by Supervisors Dave Cortese and Ken Yeager, the ordinance is aimed at helping individuals and fam-

Contracts with communitybased nonprofits would be exempt from the requirement until a Living Wage policy unique to nonprofits can be created with input from stakeholders.

“As the primary provider of safety net services, the County has both a moral and a financial incentive to do what we can to promote fair pay for hard work,” said Supervisor Yeager.

In the next six months, County administrators will review contracts and assess the costs of implementation and to enforce the Living Wage Ordinance and make recommendations as part of the mid-year budget process.

The ordinance also will allow an employer to contribute up to $4 of the $19.06 hourly wage to health coverage or retirement benefit.

The ordinance also requires employers to give workers at least one hour of sick leave per 20 hours worked, up to 12 days a year, for themselves or to care for a family member and to receive up to 5 paid days off for jury duty.

Approximately $2.5 billion in County contracts will be affected.

SHCS This week Sacred Heart Community Service will provide a Christmas holiday meal to over 3,300 low-income families and next week toys to 5,800 children, all who signed up for the event last month and await our help to celebrate the holidays. Overwhelming. Overwhelming is the numbers of people who continue to come to Sacred Heart seeking help.

Overwhelming is how the holidays can feel, and more particularly so for the families we help.

The issues they confront every day–poverty, homelessness, injustice–can feel overwhelming, and the numbers of people coming to our doors seeking help can feel overwhelming too. But

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Sacred Heart is also a place of overwhelming generosity, kindness, resilience, and hope – thanks to people who are willing to invest in our community.

For the past 50 years, Sacred Heart has had the privilege of helping people who are facing their own overwhelming circumstances. Poncho Guevara, Executive Director at Sacred Heart, said “The high cost of living in Silicon Valley is a huge challenge for so many people who work hard just to make ends meet–even more so during the holidays when they want to provide their kids with gifts and bountiful meals.

We all want our children to be healthy and happy, and that’s what we strive to achieve with our holiday pro-

gram. We provide nutritious holiday meal along with toys for each child.”

The homelessness crisis in our community and the widening economic disparity that threatens the health of the Bay Area are undeniable.

In Santa Clara County alone, there are over 7,500 individuals who are homeless.

Of these, 75% are unsheltered, which means that they have no vehicle or homes of friends in which to seek refuge. This is the highest rate in the entire nation.

People interested in helping can visit our website at www.sacredheartcs.org/holidays to donate online, volunteer, or arrange a toy drive through their faith community, company or service organization.

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Hilbert Morales El Observador San Jose Police Department successfully conducted its second gun buyback event on Saturday, 12.13.14.. Two hundred eighteen (218) weapons were surrendered. The range was from small caliber handguns not much bigger than a business card to eight (8) military style assault weapons with fixed bayonets. Last year’s gun buyback total of 463 was not exceeded.

“This event really goes to show not only the number of dangerous weapons that are sitting in our community,” commented Councilmem-

ber Xavier Campos. “It also shows what happens when politics gets set aside and we work together to make our community a safer place for everyone.”

Individuals surrendering weapons were given $100 gift cards for handguns, rifles, and shotguns; $200 gift cards were issued for each assault weapon. These ‘gift cards’ were purchased with funds raised through individual donations. asset forfeitures, and grants by community groups and unions.

The weapons will be searched for stolen status, and returned to rightful owners. All other weapons

The 2nd annual gun buyback reduced the number of weapons in the community by 218.

will be permanently removed from circulation.

The San Jose Police Department, City Council member Xavier Campos (District 5), and District Attorney Jeff Rosen, many elected officials and city staff helped organize this event. Xavier Campos said this gun buyback process

use of pepper spray on juveniles detained at JH. Most of those detained juveniles are disproportionately Hispanics.....they are our children.

Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR The Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC), during its annual review of Juvenile Hall (JH) facilities and monitoring of JH operations, learned that about the six month pilot projects authorized to use pepper spray to break up riots (an altercation of more than 5 detainees), fights,, resisting removal from room, or displaying aggressive behavior. A JJC committee was formed to examine this matter.

The pilot projects had been included in a union contract being negotiated as a way to reduce the incidents of staff injuries (or detainee injury).

From July 2011 to June 2014 (44 months) a total of 102 incidences had happened with 44% not occuring within JH. The authorization for the use of Oleum capsicum (pepper spray) had been included in a union contract while being negotiated. No public hearing was mentioned whereby the public would have been informed and provided an

reduces the number of weapons in the community.“This is something I am very proud to have started last year, and given the success of both events something I am proud will continue for years to come,” added Campos.Another buyback is tentatively scheduled for December 2015

opportunity to review and comment.

This JJC report did not present essential information such as: a) the average detainee daily census; b) the size of the JH staff (total full time employees (FTE’s); and a listing of types of injuries experienced by either staff or detainees.

Fortunately the JJC recommendation, signed off by Ms. Penelope Blake, clearly stated that the authorization to use of Oleum Capsicum (pepper spray) be withdrawn immediately. The public, especially parents, guardians, family members and others may want to inform the Board of Supervisors that pepper spray is never to be

authorized for use on their children while in custody as JH detainees. The JCC study included a review of the existing literature which was extensive and supports the recommendation not to use pepper spray on juvenile detainees because its use was contra-indicated if an objective is to begin rehabilitation of any detainee using behavioral modification knowledge presently available.

This report is accessible online and is entitled “Use of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray in Juvenile Hall” (12 pages). EO recommends reading this report in its entirety. EO also recommends that as an informed constituent, communicate your support or non-support of the

Note that the Juvenile Justice Commission properly provided to this community the overview monitoring of authorized policy, current operations, and proposed modifications. EO thanks Ms. Penelope Blake, JCC Chairperson and Raul Colunga, JCC member for their cooperation and assistance.

Juvenile Hall staff need not provide an ‘encarceration atmosphere’ to its detainees who are our children, many of whom may be redirected constructively by using the latest humane behavioral modification knowledge and techniques.

Provide your opinion by phone to your district’s elected Supervisor at 408-299-5001 (Receptionist, Clerk of the Board). Ask the receptionist to transfer you to the office of your Supervisor District).

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Oh She Glows Classic Snickerdoodles made vegan and gluten-free! These cookies are crispy around the edge, chewy in the middle, and coated in a cinnamon sugar. I KNOW. For a non-gf version, try my other Snickerdoodle recipe made with whole wheat pastry flour.

Yield 10-12 cookies Prep Time 15 Minutes Cook time 10 Minutes Ingredients:

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Wet ingredients:

1/2 tablespoon ground flax seed + 1 1/2 tablespoons water 1/3 cup cane sugar 1/4 cup virgin coconut oil, melted 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 tablespoon almond milk (optional, see directions)

Dry ingredients:

1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon gluten-free oat flour* 1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons almond flour (not almond meal) 1/4 cup sorghum flour 2 1/2 tablespoons arrowroot powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt Pinch of cinnamon

Cinnamon sugar topping: 1 tablespoon cane sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Directions: Preheat oven to 375F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a small bowl or mug, mix the flax and water to make the flax egg. Set aside.

In a medium sized bowl stir together the sugar, melted coconut oil, and vanilla until incorporated. Add in the flax egg and stir until combined.

In another bowl, whisk the dry ingredients together (oat flour, almond flour, sorghum flour, arrowroot powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, and pinch of cinnamon). Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir well. The dough will be very dry at first, but it will come together if you get in there with your hands

and knead it a few times. Add the optional almond milk if your dough is too dry.

You need to be able to form balls of the dough without it cracking, but you don’t want it super wet either (or it will spread out too much when baking).

Mix the cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Take about 1.5 tablespoons of dough and roll into a ball. Roll in cinnamon sugar and place on baking sheet at least a couple inches apart. Repeat for the rest.

Bake for 10-11 minutes. (I baked for 10 minutes and the edges were slightly crispy after cooling.) For a soft cookie, bake less time. For a crispy cookie bake longer. Cool for about 3 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack until completely cool.

Tip: If you don’t have store-bought oat flour you can make it at home. Simply add rolled oats into a high speed blender and blend on the highest speed until a fine flour forms.

Mario Jiménez Castillo El Observador El término retrógrado literalmente se refiere al movimiento a la inversa de los planetas por un periodo específico. La retrogradación planetaria excluye al Sol y a la Luna. Este movimiento a la inversa no sucede, lo que ocurre es que durante periodos determinados de tiempo los planetas transitan en su órbita alrededor del Sol en un ciclo más lento. El planeta que entra en retrogradación con más frecuencia es Mercurio, cada cuatro meses transita retrógrado por un ciclo de duración de aproximadamente tres semanas.

Durante ese lapso ocurren todo tipo de retrasos, pérdida de tiempo, inconvenientes, olvidos, pequeños accidentes, discusiones y malos entendidos; el comercio, la comunicación y el transporte se verán afectados durante la

VIBRAS

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retrogradación de Mercurio.

Es un periodo de reorganización y muchas veces se tendrán que realizar las mismas tareas dos o tres veces pues el primer intento puede fallar con relativa facilidad.

Venus entra en retrogradación cada dieciocho meses, durante este ciclo las relaciones amorosas, de amistad y comerciales atraviesan por un periodo de tensión, los negocios no presentan ganancias, el romance y la pasión de las parejas tiende a debilitarse, los matrimonios sufren altibajos, la gente se siente insegura en sus empleos y suelen suceder muchos retrasos con el dinero. Durante el transcurso en el que Venus entra retrógrado es el momento menos indicado para realizarse cirugías estéticas, tratamientos dentales y cualquier tipo de tratamientos de belleza extremos ya que se corre el riesgo que el resultado no sea satisfactorio en absoluto.

El planeta Marte se mantiene retrógrado durante once semanas y permanece directo durante nueve meses, en el ciclo de retrogradación de Marte suceden todo tipo de desavenencias, se siente en el ambiente la falta de tacto y diplomacia y cualquier comentario subido de tono puede convertirse en un problema mayúsculo. No es el tiempo adecuado para entablar demandas o querellas judiciales pues el pronóstico es desalentador. Las amistades y las relaciones sociales tienden a padecer en este ciclo, y de pronto pueden surgir enemistades gratuitas. La tolerancia, la serenidad y la cortesía son acciones primordiales a practicar durante este periodo. Júpiter al igual que Saturno permanece retrógrado durante cuatro meses y transita directo durante nueve. Este lapso es el menos apropiado para inaugurar negocios o campañas comerciales mucho menos para po-

ner en riesgo el patrimonio o sumas considerables de dinero porque el resultado puede resultar incierto. Saturno retrógrado suele traer consigo altibajos emocionales y puede ocasionar en algunas personas una disminución de la autoestima, el ejercicio físico, la buena salud espiritual y la buena alimentación son mayormente indicados durante este tiempo de retrogradación. Urano, Neptuno y Plutón se mantienen retrógrados alrededor de seis y siete meses durante cada año, en este tiempo suelen suceder anomalías que afectan a las masas, inclemencias del tiempo y eventos poco afortunados pueden ocurrir.

Para tener una información más detallada de los eventos que suelen ocasionar las retrogradaciones planetarias se deben observar los aspectos esenciales regidos por cada planeta.

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A Jim Bennett (el nominado al Premio de la Academia Mark Wahlberg) le gusta correr riesgos. Un profesor de inglés y a la vez un jugador de alto vuelo, Bennett lo apuesta todo cuando le pide un préstamo a un gángster (Michael Kenneth Williams) y ofrece su propia vida como garantía.

Siempre un paso por delante, Bennett enfrenta a su acreedor con el operador de una banda dedicada al juego (Alvin Ing) y deja su relación disfuncional con su adinerada madre (la ganadora del Premio de la Academia Jessica Lange) en su camino.

Juega a dos puntas, sumergiéndose en un mundo subterraneo e ilegal mientras captura la atención de Frank (John Goodman), un usurero con un interés paternal en el futuro de Bennett. Pero cuando su relación con una estudiante (Brie Larson) se profundiza Bennett deberá correr el riesgo más grande de todos para tener una segunda oportunidad…

The Gambler opens in Los Angeles and New York on December 19th and wide on December 25th.

Release date: December 19, 2014 A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Pictures’ comedy Annie.

Director/Producer/Screenwriter Will Gluck teams with producers James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith & Will Smith, Caleeb Pinkett, and Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Laurence “Jay” Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith with a modern telling that captures the magic of the classic characters and original show that won seven Tony Awards.

Academy Award nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014.

Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.

Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-willcome-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.

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‣Technology was supposed to be in the service of man. But when in a world of Google Glass and Apple’s Watch, technology becomes a status symbol and it quickly turns into an extension of our egos.

Sandip Roy naM a friend got an iPhone because she could not call Uber cabs on her Blackberry. That solved a pressing problem -- how to call a cab if she’s out for drinks and it’s rather late. Unfortunately now she is terrified she will leave her über-expensive golden phone in the cab in a tipsy haze. so she has to plan her social life very carefully. if there is any prospect of drinks on the horizon, she leaves her iPhone safely at home thereby defeating the whole point of getting it in the first place. smartphone, indeed. i don’t have an iPhone and have never had one but it does not mean i will never get one. i have not avoided the iPhone because i disapprove of apple’s labour practices in China or any such high-minded reason. i do own a Mac and love it. and i have a Blackberry which i have no particular love for, and is not cheap either, but i stick with out of sheer inertia. i am just a bit of a status symbol luddite. By the time i finally get something cool it’s already well past its coolness expiry date. some people are just not early adopters. oh, the iPhone is on version 6? where has the time flown! it goes without saying that the iPhone is a status symbol.

But it’s a revolutionary status symbol. Unlike that Birkin bag, it’s a status symbol with really cool whiz bang upgrade-able features. That makes it a status symbol that actually does something instead of just sitting there, being a status symbol. and while we might have to bluff as we pretend to appreciate the finer points of 15-year-old single malts versus 18-year-old single malts, everyone can actually enjoy an iPhone, if not for its features, then just for its sheer aesthetics. “it’s not a status symbol to me,” says a friend who wants one. “it’s just quite

nice-looking like the iPad. and it takes slow motion videos.” in fact, apple has made aesthetics a status symbol in itself. “a Blackberry is far easier for office work,” admits a new iPhone user a bit sheepishly. But the iPhone is way prettier.

“You flaunt an iPhone, but you don’t flaunt an android,” the vP of a digital media company wisely told Bloomberg explaining why apple could get away with pushing its older models in india counting on our appetite for brand “cachet at affordable prices”. “affordable” of course being a relative term here.

Best of all, this is a status symbol you can carry everywhere.

You do not have to awkwardly try to insert it into a conversation -- like the name of the club you belong to or the american business school your child attends or the car you drive. You can just fish it out of your pocket and look at the time. or like my friend, the new iPhone user, post a picture on facebook and coyly say “Because i can now take selfies.” That is classy.

That’s what makes it a godsend for a status-obsessed society like india. it fuses what has become the ordinary indian necessity aka a mobile phone with high-end luxury and in a way, strips it of any consumer vanity guilt in a country where as stories constantly remind us that two-thirds of the population lives on less than $2 a day. if you routinely post photos of yourself on facebook flying first-class on international flights you are an insufferable show-off. But if you post photos with your new iPhone you are just on the cutting edge. it’s a status symbol that you can always justify -- ineed that Uber app, i want to shoot Hyperlapse videos, i have to take instagram photos. of course, now you can take selfies and instagram photos on other smartphones too (except my rotten Blackberry). But the iPhone gives you that discreet extra stamp of authentication that smugly sets you apart. no wonder in China, after the iPhone skyrocketed as a status symbol, a lucrative new side

business emerged according to Minyanville.com: the selling of fake “has logged in via iPhone” signatures for users of the massively popular instant messaging program Tencent QQ. in China, writes Josh wolonick, an iPhone transcends mere luxury becoming “symbol of wealth, but also of ability and of a kind of western independence that is taking hold, along with capitalism, in the People’s republic of China.” and those fake iPhone signatures “allow China’s working class to share, however minutely, in the prestige of China’s new american status symbol.” all this is happening in a society where i actually use the phone far less as a phone. Most people who need to get a hold of me email, text, whatsapp or BBM messenger. eight out of 10 times when my phone actually rings, it’s someone trying to sell me life insurance. and i ignore it. soon we might come to an age where we wonder why an iPhone is even called a phone -- just as some once wondered why a floppy disk was called floppy.

Technology was supposed to be in the service of man. But when in a world of Google Glass and apple’s watch, technology becomes a status symbol and it quickly turns into an extension of our egos. The ‘i’ in iPhone is now the operative letter. and soon we will have the cool new watch with its dizzying array of icons and ability to tap-communicate with your watched loved one across the room. as comedian ellen DeGeneres quipped: “so excited for the apple watch. for centuries, we’ve checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.”

There’s irony somewhere in this but until apple comes up with a product called irony, and livestreams its launch we won’t get it.

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san Jose California The san Jose sharks hosted the Minnesota wild on Thursday December, 11 for its annual latino Heritage night. latino Heritage night is one of the many special event nights put on by the sharks organization to help celebrate fans that share a common interest. The attendees of the game received a free commemorative fleece blanket; a few special guests even had the opportunity to meet sharks forward Matt nieto after the game!

The sharks stood by their proud latino fans with a great win over the wild. with this win, the sharks have now won 6 of the past 7 of their games (with 4 straight at home), improving their overall record to 16-114, leading them to the better

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half of the Pacific Division. a big part of the win was the sharks holding the wild to a mere 10 shots despite missing their all-star defenseman Marco-eduard vlasic. with injuries riddled throughout the roster, the sharks have had many of their younger players step-up and fill that void in a big way -- Matt Tennyson and Melker Karlsson, and Barclay Goodrow in particular played an excellent game, proving they can contribute.

Brent Burns struck first on a sharks power-play in the last half of the 2nd period for this ninth of the season after a score-less 1st in the saP Center. The sharks powerplay looked good – especially when compared the wild’s anemic special teams play. after going 0-2, the wild has recorded a league-low 1-44 road power-play.

The wild’s Christian folin recorded his first nHl goal one-minute into the 3rd period. not to be outdone, Pavelski came right back and scored a beautiful one-timer off of Thornton’s assist (2nd of the night) for his 15th goal of the season – a team-high. stalock recorded another great start with niemi sitting out due to a minor injury recorded in team practice. The team’s defense did a good job of propping him up, but he made a lot of key saves when he needed to, including a great chance when the wild came biting back with a 6-on-5 to close out the match. it seems as though the sharks have found their groove despite numerous key-injuries and look to improve their record going forward.

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