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Local bars, pubs stay open despite governor’s advice n Retail businesses and wineries move to pickup, mail-ordering Dylan Svoboda Staff writer
On Sunday Newsom urged all bars, breweries, wineries, pubs and nightclubs to shut their doors to stem the spread. Irish Pub owner Julio Medina, Despite recommendations from the state of who owns the building at the intersection of California, several El Dorado County bars and pubs Racquet Way and Pleasant Valley Road, said kept their doors open staying open is a Monday. matter of survival for “It’s kinda hard to just close our doors; The Liar’s Bench the pub and his other we’ll lose everything.” on Main Street in business on the block, Placerville, the Irish — Julio Medina, owner of the Irish Pub in Diamond Springs Medina’s Market. Pub in Diamond “It’s kinda hard Springs and the Pine Lodge Club in Pollock Pines to just close our doors; we’ll lose everything,” he nixed the suggestion from Gov. Gavin Newsom said. “No money would come through the bar. No Democrat photo by Dylan Svoboda to close down amid the nationwide coronavirus Bar stools were empty Monday morning but the Liar’s Bench in outbreak. n See pubs open, page A3 downtown Placerville remained open.
Local elderly weathering coronavirus emergency
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Pat Lakey Staff writer Because with the rest of the world they are staying informed about the latest news regarding the coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak, those among the most vulnerable to its ravages — senior citizens — are handling the emergency better than might be expected. That’s the word from Todd Murch, president and CEO of Eskaton, which has 35 senior “The chaos living and assisted care throughout the facilities in nation is sad … in the North State, with the future, when two in there truly is a risk Placerville and one in that needs handling Cameron effectively, people Park. Murch told will point to this the Mountain coronavirus panic Democrat and not respond Monday Eskaton’s accordingly.” two licensed — David Napierskie, vice facilities, president of health facilities the one on for Gold Country Retirement Blairs Lane communities in Placerville and the other on Cameron Park Drive, as of last week were curtailing any visitors to include none but those considered “essential.” n
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About 6 inches of snow transforms downtown Camino into a winter wonderland Monday. Snowfall over the weekend and into Monday dumped on communities above the snowline with some Camino and Pollock Pines residents snowed in.
Snowpack gets boost from weekend storm Dawn Hodson Staff writer
The storms that hit continuously since Saturday have brought much-needed rain and snow to the area, adding to the reservoirs and delivering additional feet of snow to the foothills and Tahoe region with the National Weather Service in Sacramento calling the threeday storm one of the strongest this
season. Continuous snow at Lake Tahoe since Saturday morning added 13% to the snowpack, according to Jeff Anderson, water supply specialist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Nevada. The snowpack started the weekend at 43% at the Mount Rose Snotel site and was at 56% to end the weekend, not counting the several inches to up to a foot of snow that fell Monday.
Additional snowfall Monday was expected to add to the total. The snow water content from the latest storm was 3.3 inches through Sunday, about three times the average gain for the month, which is 1.2 inches. The typical gain for January and February is 6 inches. NWS reported the three-day storm added about 31 inches of new snow n
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El Dorado County School closures lead to online lesson plans n Student athletes encouraged to practice at home
Thomas Frey Staff writer
school districts are currently exploring options to continue to provide educational services to students,” said El Dorado County Superintendent The El Dorado County Office of Education of Schools Ed Manansala. announced Districts are March 14 “The El Dorado County Office of Education and school in the process that all public of developing districts are currently exploring options to continue schools in plans to serve to provide educational services to students. Districts El Dorado school meals. County will are in the process of developing plans to serve school High schools be closed like Golden meals.” — Ed Manansala, El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools March 16-20 Sierra and in response to Ponderosa concerns statewide of the spread of COVID-19. are looking to teach classes online and are in In total, 15 schools were shut down this week the beginning stages of setting up web-based learning, while elementary and middle schools Democrat photo by Thomas Frey and the closures will be evaluated again March Union Mine High School, along with every other public school in El 21. “The El Dorado County Office of Education and Dorado County, will be closed through March 20. n See School closures, page A7
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Pamela Jo Fleitman (Pam) passed away bravely and peacefully at home in Placerville after a recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., she migrated to Southern California in her early 20s, eventually moving north to Coloma and later to Placerville. Pam was a true woman of the 1960s in that she was independent, creative, caring and assertive. She is survived by her daughter Robyn, her brother Richard and her half-sister Sandy. Pam was preceded in death by her sister Sara Lee. In 1980 Pam began her work with the El Dorado Superior Court, first as jury commissioner and later as a judicial assistant to the Hon. Charles Fogarty. Throughout her career Pam was a well-known figure in our legal community and was widely appreciated by our judges, attorneys and her many colleagues. She possessed talent, personality and an unfailing sense of humor. Pam stayed with the courts for 30 years, retiring in 2009. Pam had a wide tapestry of interests. A private person by nature, she loved music, the arts, her animals and most importantly, her friends. She was always available as a source of support and assurance, protecting her friends with the same fierce loyalty they returned to her. Pam was also a very spiritual person. While staying close to her Jewish roots, Pam was open to all beliefs, convinced that love was a power greater than death. At her end of life Pam was shown wonderful care. The family would like to extend special appreciation to Hospice, Susan and Charles, Gail, Sherry, Nancy, Jody, Carol, Mary and Rosalie. For those who loved her, Pam will forever be in our hearts.
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Red Hawk closing down in effort to quell coronavirus transmission Dylan Svoboda Staff writer Red Hawk Casino announced Tuesday that it is shutting down operations through March starting Wednesday morning amid the coronavirus outbreak. The step comes just days after the casino was said to remain open for the time being with several cutbacks to transit, food and entertainment options. “We’ve made this difficult decision to voluntarily close
casino operations temporarily for the health and safety of our team members, guests and surrounding community,” said Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians tribal chairwoman Regina Cuellar. The casino’s approximately 1,300 employees will continue to be compensated. “During this temporary closure, all casino team members will receive their base pay and benefits,” Cuellar said. The casino has also waived
employee “co-payments and co-insurance for medically necessary screening and testing for COVID-19 at Kaiser Permanente owned and operated hospitals, emergency rooms, medical offices and urgent care facilities,” according to a press release from the casino. The move comes after Cache Creek Casino Resort, Thunder Valley Casino Resort and Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort each suspended its operations indefinitely.
Local courts mostly business as usual Pat Lakey Staff writer The Superior Court branches in El Dorado County are open for business, with a few adjustments, so if you’ve been assigned to jury duty, call the number on your summons as court staff are taking it day by day. Information from the local Superior Court administration, in the wake of California’s chief justice issuing “guidance” to all courts statewide in dealing with the coronavirus, does not specifically address jury duty. Nor was there any information, as of Tuesday, regarding whether any jury trials currently are proceeding or are scheduled in the near future. The measures taken include the temporary closure of clerk’s counters, with the public instead asked to use drop boxes to submit legal filings. Those boxes are located outside each courthouse or courtroom facility and filings placed after 4 p.m.
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were sent out. Here’s a partial list of cancelations and postponements: • The El Dorado Wine Grape Growers board of directors canceled its monthly meeting that was scheduled for March 18. • The El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce has postponed its March 19 legislative reception and March 25 business walk and canceled the March 25 Handshakes & Eggs and March 26 ELDO Young Professionals Happy Hour Hangout. • The Shingle Springs-Cameron Park Chamber of Commerce has canceled its March 19 mixer and its March 25 luncheon. • The El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce postponed its March 20 Business Showcase & I Love Film Mixer. • The ninth annual Spirit of Benny 10K/5K Fun Run and Walk that was slated for March 21 has been canceled. • The March 21 Family Sock Hop at the Cameron Park Community Center has been canceled. • The fifth annual Operation Rebound Reunion at Sierra at Tahoe March 21 at Sierraat-Tahoe Ski Resort has been canceled. • Placerville Speedway has cancelled the Points Race No. 1 race scheduled for March 21 and is taking future events on a weekly basis. • The Placerville Arts Association has canceled its Spring Show that was set for the week of March 23. Currently, its April 29 general meeting is still scheduled. • The Buckeye Union School
District’s March 25 Heritage Festival has been postponed. • The city of Placerville and Placerville Fire Safe Council has canceled the March 28 Fire Safety Faire at Placerville Town Hall. • El Dorado Hills Town Center canceled its April 4 Easter Eggstravaganza. • The Cameron Park Community Services District is canceling its April 11 Easter Egg Hunt at Rasmussen Park. • The El Dorado Hills Community Services District has closed the Gilmore Senior Center, EDHCSD Skate Park and EDHCSD Community Pool. Many classes have been canceled. Youth and adult sports programs have been postponed. • All El Dorado County Senior Nutrition Program congregate meal sites have been closed for dine-in lunches. Meals will be available for pick-up only, by reservation, at designated congregate meals sites. Seniors interested in reserving a meal for pickup and who have questions should call (530) 6216160. • All El Dorado and Amador County Master Gardener public events and classes have been canceled through April 1. • All El Dorado County library programming at all branches has been canceled until further notice. The libraries are closed. • The March 20 Green And Gray Gathering, a fundraiser for the Ponderosa High School Foundation, will now be a takeout event. John Sanders will n
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the club to temporarily identify as a restaurant, thus falling out of the governor’s umbrella of recommended closures. The Liar’s Bench and Irish Pub do not serve food. Some local drinking establishments have moved to follow the governor’s advice. Toogood Estate Winery, Nello Olivo Winery and Starfield Vineyards each announced that they will be closed indefinitely although they are still taking orders for pickup or mail delivery. By Tuesday night, Newsom called for the closure of all restaurants except delivery and take-out service. The Independent in Placerville already followed suit, closing its doors until the state lifts its recommendations. Local restaurants such as Thai Paradise in El Dorado Hills have
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money would come in through the store. I still gotta make a mortgage payment.” Medina said last weekend’s crowd was much smaller than normal. Friday sales, usually a busy karaoke night, were down about 50%, he said. The Irish Pub and Liar’s Bench were still open as of Tuesday morning. Phone calls put into the Pine Lodge Club were not returned. Until Tuesday evening, the governor stopped short of recommending the closure of full-service restaurants. He encouraged restaurants to ensure that patrons sit at least 6 feet apart and focus on take-out and delivery orders. Pine Lodge Club doesn’t normally serve food but is currently serving plates from another local business, allowing
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transitioned to take-out and delivery-only service. But closures were not limited to just the food and beverage sector. Main Street retail outlets such as The Bookery and Placerville Art Gallery are both closing through March due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Both companies are still offering online sales, according to storefront signs posted Monday. T.W. Bonkers ‘Toy & Candy Emporium is also closing for an unknown period. The toy store is offering curbside pickup and free delivery within a 3-mile radius, according to an email sent to the Mountain Democrat. The governor’s requests are not being enforced by law. Newsom acknowledged that the closures would be financially burdensome for local venues but deemed it essential to “flatten the curve” through social distancing.
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he economic transformation of California after World War II — first into an industrial powerhouse and later into a center of technology and trade — owed much to its geographic location on the eastern edge of the Pacific Rim. Dan Walters As Asia recovered from the ravages of war to become its own industrial colossus, Southern California’s twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles became the nation’s primary gateway for imports of everything from children’s toys to cars. Handling, storing and shipping those goods — “logistics,” as it came to be known — developed into the region’s major economic driver. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Bay Area exploded with technological evolution, much of it coming from the minds of Asian-born techies who had been drawn to the region and Silicon Valley’s major firms became dependent on Asia to produce its cellphones and other consumer gadgetry. California’s role as a major crossroads in the global economy created enormous wealth and influence, so much that we were no longer compared to other states, but to other nations, boasting of the world’s fifth-largest economy. Today, however, our global positioning makes us America’s ground zero for the coronavirus outbreak that threatens to become a pandemic disaster. At this writing, California has the nation’s secondhighest number of confirmed coronavirus cases, a virus-infected cruise ship docked in Oakland to discharge its passengers after days of sitting offshore, state officials are rapidly preparing to deal with the disease and major California industries dependent on ties to Asia and their workers are feeling the pinch. With the stock market reeling, economists believe that if the virus continues to spread, recession is a looming possibility or even a probability and, were it to occur, California would likely feel its impacts more than any other state because of its high level of involvement in international trade and travel. Crises put the spotlight on political executives such as presidents and governors — in this case, President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom. “The state of California is deploying every level of government to help identify cases and slow the spread of this coronavirus,” Newsom said last week in declaring a state of emergency. “This emergency proclamation will help the state further prepare our communities and our health care system in the event it spreads more broadly.” Last week he agreed to allow the Grand Princess cruise ship to dock in Oakland to discharge its passengers and ill crew members, but also warned that it may be a one-time thing and urged would-be ocean cruisers to postpone their travel. Newsom’s engaged but calm approach would serve him well were coronavirus to trigger a serious recession that would slash state revenues and force n
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Letters to the Editor Coronavirus response EDITOR: f me became we ... If me became we I would feel the support of humanity beneath my feet. If me became we I would not fear scarcity because what is yours is mine and what is mine is yours. If me became we I would feel invincible because I would not be fighting alone. If me became we I would settle in, exhale and trust the process. I challenge everyone who feels anxious, fearful, frustrated or ambivalent to pause and think. If me became we, if you shifted to that mindset, would you feel the shift in your body? Do you exhale a weight you didn’t realize you were carrying? It might seem easier to focus on the me but in reality believing we are all supporting each other makes it infinitely easier. I do not need to panic, scramble for provisions or fear the person standing next to me at the grocery store because we have everything we need and we are all doing what we can to help. If me became we ... we would win. DENIZE WEINER Placerville
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Thank you, District 3 EDITOR: am beyond grateful for your fierce support and it will be a tremendous privilege to represent District 3 on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors starting in 2021. Over this past year we’ve had many conversations about our hopes and dreams as well as our concerns for this blessed place we call home and I look forward to working with all of you in the years ahead to confront our challenges head-on while we work boldly and creatively to ensure a strong and vibrant future for our county. Right now, life is a bit challenging, even a little scary. However, I have no doubt that we’ll get
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through this immediate crisis together. The tough, courageous and independent spirit of the West is alive and well in El Dorado County. We’re a bit different … and we’re proud of it. We’re connected to each other and we’ll support each other, doing whatever it takes to care for our community. I will bring this same spirit to the Board of Supervisors, governing this county holistically while supporting the uniqueness of District 3. A big thank you to the voters, my volunteers, supporters and my family for making this outcome possible. I look forward to spending the rest of the year continuing to dig deep into the complexities of county government in preparation for this new role. Know that I will give you my very best and my door is always open to you. WENDY THOMAS Supervisor-elect District 3
McClintock failed us on coronavirus bill EDITOR: am appalled that Tom McClintock voted against the House bill to provide relief to those affected by coronavirus. Many of his constituents are struggling financially and cannot afford to take time off work to care for children who can no longer attend schools because they are closing all across the district. People who are feeling ill and should be staying home are continuing to work because they can’t afford to do otherwise. Thankfully, McClintock’s vote ended up being meaningless as the majority of his colleagues realized the implications of voting no — namely that more Americans would die. McClintock’s vote record in the House shows he has very little compassion for those of us unfortunate enough to live in District 4. He should be ashamed. EMILY MAXWELL Placerville
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Zoo cards, usually unt Terry was with a reminder to be 14 years old responsible, make good when I was choices and once just born and, the message “Be Big!” according to my mother, Recently amidst a my aunt picked me up pending pandemic and toted me around and the election of a like I was her baby doll. deeply divided nation, She was blonde and fair Aunt Terry died of and — my mom recalls Huntington’s disease. with a hint of chagrin Huntington’s disease, — people often mistook Tricia Caspers in case you’re not her for my mother. familiar, is a fatal She taught me how genetic disorder that’s described as a to make a daisy chain, how to catch combination of Lou Gehrig’s disease, a fish. It was a German brown, but I Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. There is asked if we could say it was a rainbow trout because rainbow was my favorite no cure. Each day my mom and I drove color and she agreed. We cooked it over a campfire and ate it with lemon. together to Sacramento and made our way through the hospital At night, around that same campfire, without touching elevator buttons she told me spooky stories, one of or doorknobs or breathing on other which makes me shudder to this people so we could spend time with day. She drove a baby blue VW Bug Aunt Terry. Inside her room it was and, on the hilly back roads, let me an antiseptic sanctuary. Sometimes stand between the seats, pop my head through the sunroof and howl along there was a Hallmark show on TV or with the high-pitched whine of the orchestral music playing. Sometimes engine as the wind whipped through there was the beeping of her machines my long, wild hair. needing attention. Sometimes we whispered memories or even laughed Once, she saved me from drowning, with our family members who’d but she didn’t like to talk about that gathered there. so I won’t recount it here. We said our goodbyes. Later, in college, she sent me Suzy’s
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One evening, back at home, my husband and I sat on the couch with bowls of popcorn to watch “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” starring Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers and Matthew Rhys as the cynical journalist assigned to write a profile of the beloved minister and longtime children’s show host. I thought I could handle it, having seen the recent documentary of Mr. Rogers, but, still, I cried through almost the entire film. There are two moments that have stayed with me. Early on Hanks, as Mr. Rogers, says, “Forgiveness is a decision we make to release someone from the feelings of anger we have toward them,” and when I heard those words I thought of Aunt Terry and I cried. My tears confused me because I’ve never been angry with my aunt and if she’d ever been angry with me she never told me. But I was struck, am still struck, by the idea of forgiveness being a decision. Yes = Forgive. No = Stay angry. So simple! So easy! And yet, not. Because, I realized, the person I am angry with is myself. I’m angry because sickness makes me uncomfortable, death makes me uncomfortable and I’m so tired of
grief. I’ve been grieving since I was 12 years old when I stood beside my Nana Pat’s deathbed and she no longer knew me. I’m angry because I don’t want to feel that way anymore. I want to be the kind of person who shows up, but I hadn’t seen Aunt Terry for months — because it was hard and I wanted to have more time. Self-anger is maybe the hardest kind of anger because I can’t get away from myself and if I forgive myself isn’t that saying it’s OK not to try harder? The other moment in the film that has stayed with me is when Joanne Rogers, played by Maryann Plunkett, says her husband doesn’t like it when people call him a saint. He has a temper, she says, and he works hard to be patient. When people call him a saint it gives them an out because sainthood is impossible for most of us but everyone is capable of being human and of trying a little harder to be patient and kind. So maybe the inverse is also true: If I stay angry because I’m a terrible person, if I don’t forgive myself, that’s a kind of out, too — a way of giving myself permission not to try harder next time.
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What would Mr. Rogers do? I think he would say forgiveness is better than anger and I don’t know — what do I know? — but it’s possible that when we forgive ourselves it makes it that much easier to forgive others, whomever they
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has canceled all performances through March 31. • High school theaters are postponing productions. • All planned events and programming at the Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary have been canceled. The zoo sanctuary will remain open to the public
may be. I hope to find out. Tricia Caspers is an award-winning writer who leads writing workshops in Northern California. Follow her on Facebook at @PatriciaCaspersPoet.
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him to adjust downward his ambitious plans for what’s known as the “May revise” of the 2020-21 expanding public services from health care to early budget proposal he unveiled in January and by then childhood education. Voters would see him as a we’ll have a better grasp of both the disease’s human victim of circumstance who is making the best of impact and its economic fallout. a bad situation and not hold him accountable for Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes recession’s impacts. for CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation Newsom’s budgetary staff is already on venture 620 working Eighth Avenue, New York,explaining N.Y. 10018California policies and politics. For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Wednesday, March 18, 2020
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Placerville Union School District welcomes parents of incoming Kindergarten students to attend our Dual Immersion Program, Parent Information Night ********** Come learn more about our exciting Spanish/English DI Kindergarten classroom for the 2020-2021 school year ********** Date: Monday, March 23, 2020 Time: 5:30 – 6:30pm Location: Louisiana Schnell School–Portable H, 2871 Schnell School Road–Placerville, CA For more information, please call the District Office at 530-622-7216
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Assemblyman Kevin Kiley talks homelessness, AB 5 for AB 5 compliance through the remainder of the year. State Assemblyman Referring to the Kevin Kiley spoke at a homeless situation as recent El Dorado Hills a national disgrace, Community Council Kiley questioned the meeting, detailing governor’s proposed several bills — some budget increase over passed and coming the issue. down the pipe. “We have half of the Much of Kiley’s unsheltered homeless attention has been in the whole country focused on the here in California Kevin Kiley aftermath of AB 5, and over the last two passed last September years we’ve added $2.7 and in effect this January. It’s a bill billion more (to the budget). But that bans almost all independent in the last year homelessness has contractors in California. Kiley risen by 16% in California while revealed that the law has affected it’s declined in most other states,” up to 150 different professions, he explained. “Clearly something is including freelancers, translators, happening here that is out of step interpreters, artists, photographers, with what is happening in the rest of cartoonists, nurse practitioners, the country and all of this additional nurse anesthetists, gig economy money we’re pouring on the problem workers, entrepreneurs and anyone isn’t doing any good.” who contracts with others to provide Kiley proposed an audit of a service. homeless spending, a request heard “This bill was heavily pushed by Feb. 26 by the Joint Legislative big labor union conglomerates,” he Audit Committee. The audit shared. would have detailed what the Targeted at the likes of Uber and $2.7 billion is being used for, Lyft, it could affect more than 2 the impact and metrics of that million people in California. spending and whether it actually To repeal this law Kiley introduced helps to transition people out of AB 1928 and submitted it as urgency homelessness or improve and help legislation to “restore livelihoods with mental health counseling, drug and the right to earn a living. For addiction treatment or housing people in California, it’s just a basic assistance. form of economic freedom.” “The Senate Audit Committee In support of this effort, Kiley approved my request last week compiled a 200-page book of AB 5 in a 5-0 bipartisan vote,” Kiley stories — testimonials from those wrote in a legislative update sent who have had their livelihood to constituents. “The Assembly destroyed — and gave a copy to Committee also favored the audit every member of the Legislature. “It by a margin of 3-1. Unfortunately is a completely non-partisan issue,” three Assembly members chose not he asserted. to vote, leaving the request one vote But the Assembly has since voted short. I’ll be bringing the request down a motion to expedite AB 1928 back for reconsideration in the near and the bill now awaits scheduling future and strongly encourage all for a policy hearing date. Kiley of my Assembly colleagues to join recently announced a new bill, AB 2075, to provide a grace period n See kiley, page A7 Sel Richard Staff writer
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The other Placerville facility just west of Missouri Flat Road where 100 apartments offer low-income, affordable housing to seniors is not under the same licensing dictates and does not have to restrict visits — but its residents are being advised to heed the advice coming from local, state and national health officials. “We’re relying on top sources like the CDC (national Centers for Disease Control), the California Department of Public Health and the state Department of Social Services in deciding what to advise our residents,” said Murch. “Basically, we’re telling them to stay out of public places as much as possible. “Our residents throughout the North State have been pretty calm over the whole situation.” At Eskaton on Blairs Lane, a woman who answered the phone there said the residents seem to be willing to comply with the facility’s advice because “they are seeing the same thing said on TV.” She declined to say anything further, referring the matter to President and CEO Murch, who said he was happy to field media inquiries and make certain the right message continues to help quell residents’ fears. Murch said because Eskaton staff throughout the system already had been preparing to deal with the annual influx of influenza, it was a fairly seamless effort to adjust their practices to dealing with COVID-19. “We already had our system and practices in place — we care for the elderly all the time — but we are putting a high emphasis on the coronavirus. We’re having management staff meetings every day at 8:30 in the morning, which is more than usual, to go over the latest information. “The residents are reacting to our efforts very well,” added Murch. “I think they appreciate our efforts.” Elsewhere locally, the weekday senior nutrition program lunches were to be served for the last day until further notice on Tuesday at the Placerville Senior Center. No lunch was to be served Monday, not because of COVID-19 but due to a “snow day” having been called. A staff member told the Democrat Monday that lunch would be served in the dining room as usual on Tuesday, then the service will be suspended indefinitely, depending on the latest news about the spread of COVID-19. Seniors may reserve a lunch, however, to be picked up by them
each weekday. Call (530) 621-6160 for more information. Gold Country Retirement community on Golden Center Drive off Missouri Flat Road in Placerville, in response to the coronavirus situation, was allowing no visitors for the past week-and-a-half, with the exception of extreme cases where hospice has been called in. “That’s been our policy, based on standards set by the federal CDC and even following some state standards where the restrictions are even more strict, such as in Florida,” said David Napierskie, vice president of health facilities for Gold Country, which has 17 retirement and nursing communities located across the country. “I have been going around checking on our facilities, changing constantly according to changing health standards as set by the federal government,” said Napierskie, who added that even in cases where a resident is desperately ill and possibly near death, visitors are allowed “one at a time” only. And actually, he said, the residents themselves seem to be fine with the information they are receiving on TV and through social media and the way the emergency is being handled by Gold Country — it is their family members who are more worried. “The family thinks that because their loved one is in a confined community, they are more susceptible to the risk,” Napierskie explained. “We have been truly blessed that with one exception, up in Seattle, no nursing home throughout the U.S. has reported a single case of anyone contracting the coronavirus. The family members themselves are probably more susceptible by going out into public.” Gold Country facilities have stepped up their sanitation practices, said the vice president of health facilities, but he said he and his wife Maria Napierskie, who is an infection control expert for another retirementnursing firm, feel that statistics will bear out that the COVID-19 outbreak ultimately will kill far fewer than what flu exacts in any given year. “The chaos throughout the nation is sad,” said David Napierskie. “My wife and I are afraid that in the future, when there truly is a risk that needs handling effectively, people will point to this coronavirus panic and not respond accordingly.” The Pines at Placerville had not returned phone calls by press time.
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their Senate colleagues and the 87.5% of Californians who support my proposal, according to a recent poll.” PG&E continues to be a dominant issue at the capital and Kiley plans to announce legislation designed to provide a greater level of accountability and free the Legislature from what he called the grip of PG&E. “PG&E has captured the Legislature in a lot of ways and as a result has not provided needed investments in safety and infrastructure that might have stopped some of these tragedies from happening as well as the aftermath of blackouts,” Kiley said. Kiley indicated that the housing bill SB 50 is dead for the year, although housing issues are still a major concern. The governor has requested a major housing production bill on his desk by the end of the year. Kiley also disclosed
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that he will introduce a fire insurance bill, which he hopes will provide tax relief for those impacted by huge premium increases, most likely in the form of a refundable credit. Kiley also offered his take on Proposition 47, passed in 2014, which downgraded certain felonies to misdemeanors such as thefts under $950 and some drug offenses. “This is not unrelated to the homelessness problem,” he noted. “We’ve just let a lot of people out of prison early and some are on the streets with no place to go. With no real penalty for drug use offenders, law enforcement and prosecutors have no leverage to use the threat of criminal prosecution to induce offenders to enter drug treatment programs.” District 1 Supervisor John Hidahl brought up El Dorado County sheriff ’s deputy Brian Ishmael and the role the sanctuary state bill
played in his death, asking if any legislation was forthcoming to change those provisions. “The sanctuary state bill was always fully political,” Kiley replied. “It was never even attempted to be justified as good policy. It specifically targets only criminal undocumented immigrants. I do think you will see this go to the U.S. Supreme Court.” Hidahl also asked about Kiley’s reaction to the elimination of the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction so that taxpayers could no longer claim a deduction on federal tax returns for state taxes. To give taxpayers an opportunity to deduct federal taxes on state tax returns, he proposed the Prosperous Economy and Payer Protection by Equitable Rates (PEPPER) deduction. “Unfortunately it died in its first committee,” admitted Kiley.
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in South Lake Tahoe. Pacific House, which is off Highway 50 east of Fresh Pond, measured 25 inches of snow. Pollock Pines and Camino residents saw their share of rain and snow over the weekend as well with 6 inches of snow added in Camino. In Placerville, the NWS recorded 4.7 inches of rain delivered in the three day storm and about an inch of snow on Sunday. That snow arrived first as hail. Rain washed most of the snow away by midday Monday before another dusting of snow arrived, which also melted.
Placerville forecast There is another chance of rain and snow showers before 11 p.m. Wednesday night in the Placerville area, according to the NWS. The forecast predicts mostly cloudy skies with a low around 26 degrees with light to variable wind. The chance of rain is 30% with little or no snow accumulation expected.
School closures also may take the hightech route. Placerville Union School District Superintendent Eric Bonniksen said Markham, Schnell and Sierra — the schools in his district — will have hard copy work as well as web-based opportunities for students. At Ponderosa, math and advanced placement economics teacher Ben Petersen said the school is going to continue to teach virtually so that no time will be added on at the end of the year. “We are meeting as a staff tomorrow to finalize educational plans,” Petersen said Monday. “It is definitely a challenge adjusting to teaching virtually, but plenty of time to figure it out.” Petersen, who is also the Bruins baseball coach, said his team hasn’t been allowed to use the school’s facilities or practice anywhere off campus as they aim to repeat as section champions. “I have been in contact with them, letting them know to continue to throw and hit as much as possible,” Petersen said. “The boys are bummed, but everyone is dealing with it and we have to stay positive and hope for the best next month.” Plans are still being finalized for keeping cafeterias open. The Black Oak Mine Unified School District will have
On Thursday there is a 20% chance of showers after 11 a.m. Partly sunny skies are predicted with a high near 49 degrees. A light and variable wind around 6 miles per hour from the east is expected in the morning. Thursday night will be partly cloudy with a low around 31 degrees. Friday there is a 20% chance of showers after 11 a.m. The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high near 52 degrees and a low around 34 degrees. Staff at the NWS said another strong winter storm is possible early next week, starting Sunday and lasting through Tuesday. It is expected to may be as strong as this past weekend’s storm. As far as a forecast for March through May, the National Weather Service says there is a 43% chance for the average temperature during this period to be higher than 57.1 degrees and 24% chance for the average temperature during these three months for the temperature to be lower than 55 degrees.
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grab-and-go lunches available from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., starting Wednesday at Georgetown School, Golden Sierra High School and Northside School. The Rescue Union School District will also continue its meal program. Lunches will be offered at Pleasant Grove Middle School from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Green Valley Elementary from 11-12 p.m., and Knolls at Green Valley Apartments from 12-1 p.m. The meals will be available for youth under 18 years of age. Buckeye Union School District will provide free breakfast and lunch for any child under 18 at Buckeye Elementary
and Valley View Charter Montessori from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and White Rock Village Apartments from 12-1 p.m. El Dorado High School and Ponderosa will have serving times in the bus circles from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. starting on Wednesday March 18 for any child between the ages of 2-18. No paperwork is required. The rest of the districts will announce plans for teaching and meals in the coming days. All libraries in El Dorado County have been shut down through at least the end of March, meaning that kids will not have that option to go to while away from school.
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who not only appreciate your good qualities but will promote and showcase them as well. It’s because you’re ready. Also, there’s something for everyone to gain. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll allow yourself some of what you want, but not all of it. It won’t drain your willpower to save some for later because you’re so focused on the joy of playing the long game. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t believe everything you say to yourself today. Just because a voice happens to be coming from inside you instead of from the outside world doesn’t make that voice true. Nor is it your real opinion. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Birdsongs are sweet, but you don’t like to keep anything in a cage. In all relationships, you’ll try to hold on to the moment without holding anyone from their freedom. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re striving for something. If you happen to arrive at that moment when the other person is looking away, keep practicing until you can do this trick consistently and on command. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Habits of mind are just like other habits, in that they creep into your life and take over. You may as well be adding the ones you’d prefer instead of falling into whatever comes along.
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ands4Hope is seeking youth ready to learn how to help their community. There are five after-school committees with space for new participants to Explore-Act-Lead. The after-school committees incorporate opportunities for students, from seventh grade to 12th grade, to explore needs in their communities, act on them by creating and implementing service projects while also offering a variety of opportunities to lead within these projects. Each Hands4Hope committee works as a team to address a community need, often participating in multiple projects to support unmet needs of other local nonprofits. Every committee has a team of youth leaders and an adult mentor and meets two to three times per month, typically in the evenings, to learn more specifically about who they are benefiting and to plan and implement projects to support their focus area. Hands4Hope committees currently meet at the Hands4Hope Youth Center in El Dorado Hills, but will begin dividing meetings between the EDH Youth Center and the new Placerville Youth Center ■
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Kids Zone youth volunteers Melanie Arechinga, Kayla Orr and Mary Matlack, left to right, sell wristbands for the Kids Zone Event in El Dorado Hills. Hands4Hope youth volunteer their time at community events throughout the year. More volunteers are needed.
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he Association of California School Administrators: El Dorado County Charter bestowed the Distinguished Service Award to Kathy Daniels in February. She has been a dedicated El Dorado County Office of Education team member for decades. El Dorado County Superintendent of School Dr. Ed Manansala presented the award and remarked, “For the past 29 years Kathy has been a tremendous asset to the EDCOE family and our entire community. She has served four county superintendents, the board of education, EDCOE programs, superintendents, districts, students and the community of El Dorado County. I deeply admire her tireless and selfless efforts. Please join me in congratulating Kathy Daniels.” Daniels was touched to be selected. “It has been my honor and privilege to work with an organization that is dedicated to providing clean, safe and healthy classrooms for the students in El Dorado County. I’m truly blessed to work alongside such passionate educators that care about the future of our children,” she said. She began her career with EDCOE in 1992, working in Risk Management, Maintenance and Operations, and in 2007 became
“She is an authentically kind, strong leader. She and her team operate behind the scenes, almost acting as the silent heroes.” — Dr. Ed Manansala
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l Dorado Hills teenager Morgan Ashleigh Young won a ticket to the famous Miss California Scholarship competition taking place this June by recently winning the title of Miss Central California’s Outstanding Teen 2020. Young competed alongside eight other teens from around the state of California at the Stockton Civic Theater for the title. The nine candidates performed a fitness routine, a talent routine and answered challenging questions onstage after gracing the stage in their evening gowns. The candidates also participated in panel interviews prior to the pageant. Young won the Top Interview award for the Teen division and the title of Miss Central California’s Outstanding Teen 2020. That night she took home more than $600 in academic scholarships provided by the Miss San Joaquin County Scholarship Organization (a local division of the Miss California
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Morgan Young gets crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Marlo Carpenter. Organization). She will now go on to compete for the title of Miss California’s Outstanding Teen this June in Fresno. Morgan is currently a 17-year-old senior at Visions in Education’s
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means long days, working after-hours and on weekends. She is persistent in her dedication to provide highquality service and has an exceptional attention to detail.
“She is an authentically kind, strong leader. She and her team operate behind the scenes, almost acting as the silent heroes. Kathy recently mentioned, ‘They make it appear seamless for the rest of us, but I truly know how hard they work,’” Manansala said. The culture Daniels creates for her team directly reflects who she is as a leader. Her team is unified, loyal and goes the extra mile with an incredibly positive attitude. “I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work under Kathy for the last year. She is an exceptional leader and is quick to jump in and help when situations arise. She is always calm, collected and motivated to assist programs in achieving their goals. There is no comparable leader to Kathy — she is a cornerstone of EDCOE itself and her caring, kind heart has touched the lives of many. Congratulations, Kathy,” said Darci Gibson, secretary on the team. Additionally, Daniels exemplifies the role of a servant leader through her service to support organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club, Western Slope. After decades of service Daniels will retire at the end of this school year. She will be missed, but she leaves a lasting legacy at EDCOE. For more information about EDCOE and employment opportunities visit edcoe.org.
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David Lubin and Harris Weinstock, who created a Russian f you think Jewish farming colony you know with 10 families in all about the Orangevale, helped California Gold establish Jewish Author: Jonathan Rush and the many communities by Friedmann players involved building orphanages, in it, “Images of Publisher: Arcadia nursing homes, America: Jewish Publishing and The History cemeteries, hospitals Press, published March Gold Country” may and temples. 2020, paperback, 128 pages surprise you. Author From Hattie Levy, Jonathan Friedmann the first librarian of reveals the many the Folsom Public contributions to Library, to half-brothers David California history by Jewish pioneers Lubin and Harris Weinstock, who like Herman Heller, a German Jew built a department store chain that who photographed California’s only was a mainstay in Sacramento, to Indian war; merchants like Tillie men like Folsom’s Philip Cohn, Lewis, America’s first female captain who organized the Capital Fire of industry; and entrepreneurs like Insurance Company of Sacramento, El Dorado County’s own Samuel these pioneers, many of whom were Snow who owned mines, cattle fleeing from Russia, Poland and ranches and businesses that helped parts of Europe, brought culture, build and support communities education and a strong sense of throughout California’s Gold business to the Gold Country. Country. In El Dorado County Snows Using vintage photographs Road in the Pleasant Valley area, from the archives of the Western is named for Dr. Samuel Snow, a States Jewish History Association German Jew who was a successful to enhance the stories of Jewish wagon train leader, dry goods store entrepreneurs, merchants, miners owner, hydraulic mine operator and and community builders, “Jewish rancher who owned 1,200 acres Gold Country” explores the Jewish from Camino Ridge to Newtown and experience in Siskiyou, Modoc, whose mine, the Snow Consolidated Shasta, Butte, Yuba, Nevada, Placer, Placer Mine, was active for 100 El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, years. The mine utilized 5 miles Tuolumne, Sacramento and San of ditches dug from the northern Joaquin counties. section of Weber creek to Iowaville Jewish pioneers not only provided — the current Rancho Del Sol. The much-needed businesses to support Snow family is buried in Placerville’s their new communities, such as San first Jewish cemetery, which is Francisco, Sacramento and Stockton, located at Myrtle Court and Myrtle they also built and supported Jewish communities. Businessmen, like n See Covers, page B6
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h-oh. Drought is being forecast again … You have free water on your property. Are you ready to use it? There Alice Cantelow are two kinds, both of UCCE Master Gardener of which are available to El Dorado County just about everyone: rainwater and greywater. Yes, Virginia, both of those can be used legally in California. And, yes, periodic droughts are part of California life so these two alternative water sources are worth developing even if this isn’t the year that full-on drought returns. A surprising amount of rainwater falls not only on your house, but also on your shed, carport, etc. And even in our county, with our long dry summers, that rainwater can be a big boost to your garden. Of course you can divert rainwater to a rain barrel, save it for summer, use that small amount
on a plant and then poof — it’s gone. But take heart. This method is just a tiny (and less effective) tip of the iceberg compared to what you could be doing. Much larger amounts can be collected with hardscape installations like earthworks and rain gardens. And if you time it right, collecting and diverting rainwater in the shoulder seasons of spring and fall you can use the rainwater in a barrel and then collect it again quickly in the same barrel ... and again and again. This way, just one 55-gallon barrel can save you hundreds of gallons of water. And if you connect several together …. Or perhaps you want to go all the way and install a large tank. You’d be amazed at how quickly rain on a relatively small roof surface can fill it. The other free source of water is greywater, that lightly used water you send to your sewer or septic system that could be sent to certain plants instead. This does not include toilet or kitchen water, but can include water from your bathroom, laundry and utility sink. There are specific regulations to make sure greywater is used correctly and permits are often required. The biggest mistake people make is trying to store it. Greywater used at a single residence should ideally go straight to a wood chip basin around shrubs or trees and, unlike rainwater, should not be collected in a tank. Storing greywater
can lead to foul smells and unsafe conditions; it only works on a large scale with careful treatment, as is done in some towns and cities. Mark your calendar for the Master Gardener Plant Sale on April 18 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden. Reminder: UCCE Central Sierra has canceled all El Dorado and Amador county Master Gardener public events and classes. This cancellation remains in effect through April 1 and will be updated as public health guidelines change. For more information on the UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County visit mgeldorado. ucanr.edu. Master Gardeners are available to answer home gardening questions Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, by calling (530) 621-5512 or send an email using the Ask a Master Gardener option on the website. Walk-ins are welcome at the office, 311 Fair Lane in Placerville. Visit the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville behind Folsom Lake College, El Dorado Center. See mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/ Demonstration_Garden for more information and days and hours of operation or call to schedule a tour. To sign up for notices and newsletters see ucanr.edu/master gardener e-news. Master Gardeners are also on Facebook and Instagram.
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sand bars ideal to spend time on a hot summer day. At the 1.25 mile point a sign clearly marks the end of this mostly level and easy trail. There is one gentle up-slope. A few narrow sections require you to watch your step. This is where you enjoy the view for the just as amazing return trip. From Interstate 80 east, take Highway 49 north to Grass Valley. Take the Highway 20 exit toward Penn Valley/Marysville. Turn right at Pleasant Valley Road. Go over the modern bridge and park in the north parking lot. The fee is $5.
Mary West is the author of the book series “Day Hiker — Gold Country Trail Guide.” The books are a collection of Day Hiker columns where West shares her longtime love of the outdoors and favorite hikes in Northern California’s Gold Country and beyond (available on Amazon). West was the recipient of the 2017 and 2019 CRAFT Award for Best Outdoor Newspaper Column by the Outdoor Writers Association of California. Follow West on Facebook and Instagram.
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Continued from B2 Avenue in Placerville. “Jewish Gold Country” author Friedmann is the president of the Western States Jewish History Association and director of the Jewish Museum of the American West, an online museum with more than 600 exhibits. In the acknowledgments at the beginning of “Jewish Gold Country,” Friedmann recognizes the painstaking work of Dr. Norton Stern and his collaborator, Rabbi William M. Kramer, who researched and collected thousands of documents that detailed and recounted the experience of Jewish pioneers. The two published a quarterly journal, “Western States Jewish History” and maintained the archives of their collection until their deaths in the 1990s. Using the WSJHA’s archives, exhibits from the Jewish Museum of the American West and articles from 50 years of the quarterly journal, Friedmann compiled the stories found in “Jewish Gold Country” and chose photographs that could help tell compelling stories and fit into the larger story of the Jewish pioneer experience. In addition, “The images had to be clear and high quality, which, unfortunately meant that several wonderful stories were not included,” said Friedmann. Friedman, a musicologist with specialties in American Judaism, Hebrew Bible and the sociology of religion, has published 20 books on topics such as synagogue music, the philosophy of music and music in the biblical period. He is currently working on a follow-up book to “Jewish Gold Country” called “Jewish Los Angeles” which will cover the Jewish experience in Los Angeles from 1840-1950. “Images of America: Jewish Gold County” is available March 23 online at Amazon and Barnes&Noble. It is also available at Target and in local book stores.
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Continued from B1 glass and ceramics at the new Springhill Suites Hotel, 13535 Bowman Road in Auburn, in an upcoming show. The show runs through April 27. The beautiful fused glass relief sculptures by Diane Wood and the vibrant, artistic art glass work of Nicholson van Altena Glass will thrill collectors as will the amazing ceramics by Marianne DeMartini and the exciting and distinctive metal sculptures of Jennifer Johnson.
Saturday, March 21 Miraflores Winery, 2120 Four Springs Trail in Placerville, is having a Primitivo Release Party from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is the first ever estate Primitivo. This event will be held on a drop in basis, no reservations required. Charcuterie and bruschetta are being served by chef Aimal Formoli, using the highest standard of health precautions and served with gloved hands and individually to each guest — not self serve. Toothpicks and utensils will be offered in each serving. For more information call (530) 647-8505. Mediterranean Vineyards Tasting Room, 7449 Fairplay Road in Fair Play, is having Guess That Grape: A Sister Winery Blind Tasting Challenge from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 21 and 22. Try a selection of the most popular varietals from all three brands, Mediterranean Vineyards, 1850 Wine Cellars and Myka Cellars. Each correct guess you make on the varietal gives you a bigger discount on wine purchases for the day. Come test your taste buds on some favorites. Taste tapas-style, small bites food pairings with each wine. For tickets call (530) 497-0175.
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starting in May. There are annual committees and seasonal committees; both have availability for new participants. Annual after-school committees include: Project Birthday — plan and throw monthly birthday parties for youth who are facing socio-economic challenges; Kids Oasis — design crafts and coordinate games for and mentor the children who attend the childcare services during Common Ground at Green Valley Community Church; MAPS — this is a partnership with Montessori Autism Programs and Services and is currently focused on building a sensory garden at the MAPS campus. The garden will serve to create a place for MAPS youth to discover new sensory experiences in a safe space. This committee is open to youth of all ages: Homeless — research the causes of homelessness and needs of homeless people in Sacramento and El Dorado counties and plan and implement projects based on those needs, as well as plan and
implement six homeless outreaches a year, making and serving lunch and distributing toiletries to more than 400 homeless people at Loaves and Fishes. Upcoming seasonal after-school committees include: School Supply Drive — help secure donations for the 2020-21 school year and host the Hands4Hope’s sixth annual School Supply Distribution for students in need in El Dorado County; Kidszone — help plan and host the bounce house area at El Dorado Hills Town Center’s Freedom and Fireworks Show; Hands4Hope Fall Festival — help plan and implement two-day event with fall-themed games and activities at El Dorado Hills Town Center. These are great opportunities to learn project planning, business communication, marketing and time-management skills while having fun and raising funds for Hands4Hope programs. All participants in after-school committees will benefit from real-life, hands-on opportunities to
Public Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000180 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRIUMPH NUTRITION, located at 3871 Missouri Flat Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Flying Ace T-Shirts, Inc., 3871 Missouri Flat Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Cara Hogue CARA HOGUE, PRESIDENT I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on February 11, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18 7529
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NO. (NÚMERO DEL CASO) PSC1905994 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): The heirs and devisees of J.J. CLEMENT (also known as JOSEPH JEAN JOHN CLEMENT), deceased, and all persons claiming by, through or under said decedent; and ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PlANTIFF; (LO ESTÁ DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE) COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, a Joint Powers Authority under the laws of the State of California NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from
a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin eschuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que Ie entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una lIamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que Ie quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que Ie de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte Ie podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que lIame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede lIamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un case de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pudea desechar el caso. legal Description of Subject Real Property THE REAL PROPERTY AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION IS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IDENTIFIED AS ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 669-480-030 AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: IN THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF TRACT MAP NO. 30054, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 348 OF MAPS, PAGES 91 THROUGH 102, INCLUSIVE, RECORDS OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY RECORDER, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTH WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 36; THENCE NORTH 00°12’45” EAST ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER A DISTANCE OF 952.78 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT MAP NO. 30054; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE, NORTH 00°12’45” EAST A DISTANCE OF 160.53 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE LEAVING SAID EASTERLY LINE, NORTH 48°14’55” WEST, A DISTANCE
practice leadership and decision-making skills that will have an impact on project development and management. Participants will also better understand the struggles some in the community face and the value of service to the community. Finally, participants will learn how to work as part of a diverse group while making new friends from different schools and backgrounds. Those interested in learning more about how to join an after-school committee email info@ hands4hopeyouth.org. Hands4Hope is a nonprofit youth driven organization with the mission to inspire and empower youth in leadership and service. Hands4Hope offers hands-on education and community engagement opportunities to youth from K-12th grades through school-based and afterschool programs in Sacramento and El Dorado counties. For more information about Hands4Hope visit hands4hopeyouth.org or call at (916) 2947426.
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OF 317.22 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 36; THENCE SOUTH 89°40’23” EAST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 42.32 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 48°14’55” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 260.68 FEET TO A POINT ON SAID EASTERLY LINE; THENCE SOUTH 00°12’45” WEST ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 37.41 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; SUBJECT TO EXISTING EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, RIGHTS AND RIGHTS-OFWAY OF RECORD. CONTAINING 8,090 SQUARE FEET OR 0.186 ACRES MORE OR LESS. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Palm Springs District 3255 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): KENDALL H. MACVEY, BAR NO. 057676 Best Best & Krieger LLP 3390 University Avenue, 5th Floor Riverside, CA 92502 P: (951) 686-1450 F: (951) 686-3083 DATE (Fecha): 8/26/2019 by /s/ V. Lopez, Deputy (Adjunto) 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18 7530 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000115 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JANES HOUSEKEEPING & MORE, located at 3135 Garden Circle #13, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Erika Rocha, 3135 Garden Circle #13, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 28, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Erika Rocha ERIKA ROCHA I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on January 28, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18 7536
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FIlE NO. 2020A0000153 THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME QUIlT
TRAIl PROJECT, 3210 Sand Ridge Rd., Placerville 95667 THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME REFERRED TO ABOVE WAS FILED IN EL DORADO COUNTY ON February 6, 2020. Linda L. George, 3210 Sand Ridge Rd., Placerville CA The business was conducted by an Individual /s/ Linda L. George Statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on February 21, 2020. (See section 14411 ET SEC., Business and Professional Code) 2/26, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18 7537 APN: 050-441-002-000 TS NO: CA07000657-19-1 TO NO: 190883718-CA-VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAlE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED April 27, 2015. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On April 2, 2020 at 01:00 PM, Main Entrance, El Dorado County Superior Courthouse - Placerville Main Street Branch, 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on April 30, 2015 as Instrument No. 2015-0018568-00, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, executed by AMBER M FERNANDO AND WARNAKULASURIYA S FERNANDO, WIFE AND HUSBAND, AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for AMERICAN PACIFIC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2665 MORRENE DRIVE, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $245,742.02 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the
issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA07000657-19-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 02/21/2020 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA07000657-19-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Frances DePalma, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www. Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction. com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. NPP0368261 To: MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT & PLACERVILLE TIMES 03/04/2020, 03/11/2020, 03/18/2020 3/4, 3/11, 3/18 7562 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000259 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MASQUERADE HIll, located at 2781 Crystal Springs Rd., Camino, CA 95709 Registered owner(s): Monifa Giamanco, 2781 Crystal Springs Rd., Camino, CA 95709 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: February 28, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Monifa Giamanco MONIFA GIAMANCO I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to
be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on February 28, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 7574
T.S. NO.: 191118384 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAlE lOAN NO.: 19-0189 ORDER NO. 95523068 APN: 050-210-010-000 You Are In Default Under A Deed Of Trust Dated 3/8/2019. Unless You Take Action To Protect Your Property, It May Be Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need An Explanation Of The Nature Of The Proceeding Against You, You Should Contact A Lawyer. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Sugar, Inc., a California corporation Duly Appointed Trustee: Del Toro Loan Servicing, Inc. Recorded 3/14/2019 as Instrument No. 20199000851800035 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, Date of Sale: 4/1/2020 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: main entrance to County Courthouse, 495 Main St., Placerville, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $360,625.53 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 700 Forni Road Placerville, CA 95667 A.P.N.: 050-210-010-000 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Notice To Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically
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Public Notices entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Notice To Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (877) 4404460 or visit this Internet Web site www. mkconsultantsinc.com, using the file number assigned to this case 191118384. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 3/3/2020 Del Toro Loan Servicing, Inc., by Total Lender Solutions, Inc., its authorized agent 10505 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 125 San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 866-535-3736 Sale Line: (877) 440-4460 BY: /s/Chelcey Romeril, Trustee Sale Officer 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 7598 BUCKEYE UNION SCHOOl DISTRICT INVITATION TO BID 1. Notice is hereby given that the governing board (“Board”) of the Buckeye Union School District (“District” or “Owner”) will receive sealed bids for the following project: New lunch Area at Valley View Charter Montessori. 2. Sealed Bids will be received until Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., at the District Office, located at 5049 Robert J Mathews Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 after which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Any claim by a bidder of error in its bid must be made in compliance with section 5100 et seq. of the Public Contract Code. Any bid that is submitted after this time shall be non-responsive and returned to the bidder. 3. The Project consists of: Site work including, but not limited to the following: concrete flatwork, storm drain work, a 20’x30’ shade structure (supplied and installed by others), and a drinking fountain/ bottle filling station. There is also an allowance in the bid for landscaping and minor electrical work; Scope to be determined. The anticipated timeline for this project is to issue NTP on May 11, 2020 and require substantial completion by July 31, 2020. Work may begin on the site starting June 8, 2020. 4. All bids shall be on the form provided by the District. Each bid must conform and be responsive to all pertinent Contract Documents, including, but not limited to, the Instructions to Bidders. 5. To bid on this Project, the Bidder is required to possess one or more of the following State of California Contractor Licenses: A license and/or B license The Bidder’s license(s) must be active and in good standing at the time of the bid opening and must remain so throughout the term of the Contract. 6. As security for its Bid, each bidder shall provide with its Bid form • a bid bond issued by an admitted surety insurer on the form provided by the District, • cash, or • a cashier’s check or a certified check, drawn to the order of the Buckeye Union School District, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid price. This bid security shall be a guarantee that the Bidder shall, within seven (7) calendar days after the date of the Notice of Award, enter into a contract with the District for the performance of the services as stipulated in the bid. 7. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a 100 % Performance Bond and a 100% Payment Bond if it is awarded the contract for the Project. 8. The successful Bidder may substitute securities for any monies withheld by the District to ensure performance under the Contract, in accordance with the provisions of section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. 9. The successful Bidder and its subcontractors shall pay all workers on the Project not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for holiday and overtime work as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, State of California, for the type of work performed and the locality in which the work is to be performed within the boundaries of the District, pursuant to sections 1770 et seq. of the California Labor Code. Prevailing wage rates are available from the District or on the Internet at: <http://www.dir.ca.gov>. Bidders and Bidders’ subcontractors shall comply with the registration and qualification requirements pursuant to sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 of the California Labor Code. 10. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit will be held on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. at the site; 1665 Blackstone Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. The site visit is expected to take approximately 30 minutes. 11. Contract Documents are available in pdf format starting on March 11, 2020, by contacting the office of the Architect; Kirk Brainerd; kbrainerd@ksbarch.com; 530-417-0347; Costs and ordering of printing shall be the responsibility of the contractor. 12. The District’s Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or waive any irregularity in any bid received. If the District awards the Contract, the security of unsuccessful bidder(s) shall be returned within sixty (60) days from the time the award is made. Unless otherwise required by law, no bidder may withdraw its bid for ninety (90) days after the date of the bid opening. 13. The District shall award the Contract, if it awards it at all, to the lowest responsive responsible bidder based on: The base bid amount only. 3/11, 3/18 7599 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000289 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RETURN TO ROOTS FARM, located at 6041 Foxtail Rd., Somerset, CA 95684 Registered owner(s): Alexandra Stanfield, 6041 Foxtail Rd., Somerset, CA 95684 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 3, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Alexandra Stanfield ALEXANDRA STANFIELD I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on March 6, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN
THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1 7600
COUNTY OF El DORADO, CAlIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the County of El Dorado, State of California, that sealed bids for work in accordance with the Contract Documents for 2020 VARIOUS WEST SlOPE PAVEMENT REHABIlITATION PROJECTS will be received by the Department of Transportation at the front counter of 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville, California, until APRIl 2, 2020 at 2:00 PM, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read by the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation. No Bid may be withdrawn after the time established for receiving bids or before the award and execution of the Contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding sixty (60) calendar days. Bids must be executed in accordance with the instructions given and forms provided in the Contract Documents furnished by the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest). The Proposal including the Form 590, Payee Data Form, Bidder’s Security, and any other required documents shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: “2020 VARIOUS WEST SlOPE PAVEMENT REHABIlITATION PROJECTS CONTRACT NO. – 4674 TO BE OPENED AT 2 P.M. ON APRIl 2, 2020” The project is located in the Cameron Park, Diamond Springs, Placerville, and Pollock Pines areas of El Dorado County, CA. The Work to be done is shown on the Plans and generally consists of, but is not limited to the removal and replacement of hot mix asphalt roadway sections. Other items or details not mentioned above, that are required by the Contract Documents must be performed, constructed or installed. Bids are required for the entire Work described herein. The Contract time is FORTY (40) WORKING DAYS. For bonding purposes the anticipated project cost is less than $2,000,000.00. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this Project on March 24, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation, 2441 Headington Road, Placerville, CA. The meeting will be held in the downstairs conference room. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is not mandatory. OBTAINING OR VIEWING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: The Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be viewed and/or downloaded from the Quest website at http://www.questcdn.com. Interested parties may also access the Quest website by clicking on the link next to the Project Name or entering the Quest project # on the Department of Transportation’s website at http://www.edcgov.us/Government/ DOT/BidsHome.aspx. Interested parties may view the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, on the Quest website at no charge. The digital Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be downloaded for $15.00 by inputting the Quest Project #6698571 on the websites’ Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (925) 233-1632 or info@questcdn. com for assistance in free membership, registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. To be included on the planholders list, receive notification of addenda, and to be eligible to bid interested parties must download the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, from Quest. Those downloading the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, assume responsibility and risk for completeness of the downloaded Contract Documents. The Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be examined in person at the Department of Transportation office at 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville CA. However the Department of Transportation will no longer sell paper copies of the Contract Documents. CONTRACTORS lICENSE ClASSIFICATION: Bidders must be properly licensed to perform the Work pursuant to the Contractors’ State License Law (Business and Professions Code Section 7000 et seq.) and must possess a ClASS A license or equivalent combination of Classes required by the categories and type of Work included in the Contract Documents and Plans at the time the Contract is awarded, and must maintain a valid license through completion and acceptance of the Work, including the guarantee and acceptance period. Failure of the successful Bidder to meet this Contract requirement will result in the forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: No contractor or subcontractor may bid on any public works project, be listed in a bid proposal for any public works project, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. PREVAIlING WAGE REQUIREMENTS: In accordance with the provisions of California Labor Code Sections 1770 et seq., including but not limited to Sections 1773, 1773.1, 1773.2, 1773.6, and 1773.7, the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done has been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Interested parties can obtain the current wage information by submitting their requests to the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, PO Box 420603, San Francisco CA 94142-0603, Telephone (415) 703-4708 or by referring to the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/ OPRL/PWD. The rates at the time of the bid advertisement date of a project will remain in effect for the life of the project in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, as modified and effective January 27, 1997. Copies of the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done are also on file at the Community Development Services, Department of Transportation’s principal office, and are available upon request. In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code Section 1810, eight (8) hours of labor constitutes a legal day’s work upon all work done hereunder, and Contractor and any subcontractor employed under the Contract must conform to and be bound by the provisions of Labor Code Sections 1810 through 1815. This project is subject to the requirements of Title 8, Chapter 8, Subchapter 4.5 of the California Code of Regulations including the obligation to furnish certified payroll records directly to the Compliance Monitoring Unit under the Labor Commissioner within the Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in accordance with Section 16461. AWARD OF CONTRACT: Bids will be considered for award by the Board of Supervisors. The County of El Dorado reserves the right after opening bids to reject any or all bids, to waive any irregularity in a bid, or to make award to the lowest responsive, responsible Bidder and reject all other bids, as it may best serve the interests of the County. The Contract will be awarded based upon the total bid for all items listed in the Bid Schedule. The County reserves the right to reject all bids. As a condition of award, the successful Bidder will be required to submit bonds and evidence of insurance prior to execution of the Agreement by the County. Failure to meet this requirement constitutes abandonment of the Bid by the Bidder and forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. Award will then be made to the next lowest, responsive, responsible Bidder. RETAINAGE FROM PAYMENTS: The Contractor may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the Contract from time to time, without retention of any portion of the payment by the County, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the County in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. Securities eligible for deposit hereunder are be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit. Reference the Contract Documents package, which includes the Notice to
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Bidders, Plans, Specifications, Draft Agreement and Proposal for contractual requirements not listed in this “Notice to Contractors” newspaper advertisement. 3/11, 3/13, 3/16, 3/18, 3/20, 3/23 7601 ANNOUNCEMENT – PUBlIC NOTICE MARCH 12, 2020 Vacancy for the position of Director, Mosquito Fire Protection District March 21, 2020 – December 2022 This is a volunteer position that will require a commitment to attend monthly meetings. The director will be appointed to fill the unexpired term noted above. All directors, which compose a five-member board, have a vested interest to operate the business of the District to the best of his or her, ability, and conscience. If interested, please contact the District Board Clerk @ 626-9017 or MFPDCLERK@ MFPD.US letters of interest and answers must be received on or before April 2, 2020 by Mail, or Email to: Mfpdclerk@mfpd.us The Board of Directors will select and appoint the new director to complete the term March 21, 2020 – December 9, 2022. 3/13, 3/16, 3/18, 3/20, 3/23, 3/25, 3/27 7610 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAlE T.S. NO.: 2019-01069 lOAN NO.: RMF4021143 APN: 085-082-11-100 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/3/2018. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: JASON TONY BAYS AND MELISSA ANNE BAYS, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: SUPERIOR LOAN SERVICING Recorded 5/25/2018 as Instrument No. 2018-0020189-00 in book, page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, Date of Sale: 4/7/2020 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Main Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $144,838.52 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2590 Swansboro Road Placerville, Ca 95667 A.P.N.: 085-082-11100 “As Is Where Is” The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkASAP.com, using the file number assigned to this case 201901069. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date. 3/11/2020 SUPERIOR LOAN SERVICING, BY ASSET DEFAULT MANAGEMENT, INC., AS AGENT FOR TRUSTEE 7525 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Canoga Park, California 91303 Sale Line: (714) 730-2727 Julie Taberdo, Sr. Trustee Sale Officer A-4721586 03/18/2020, 03/25/2020, 04/01/2020 3/18, 3/25, 4/1 7618 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000309 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: G 2 G RESTORATION, located at 4621 Hawk Hill Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Cody Gulyas, 4621 Hawk Hill Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 12, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Cody Gulyas CODY GULYAS I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on March 12, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 7620 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000311 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE BARBER SHOPPE FOR lADIES AND GENTlEMEN, located at 3000 Green Valley Rd. Suite 6, Cameron Park, CA 95682/Mailing Address: 2265 Winterhaven Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682
Registered owner(s): The Barber Shoppe Inc., 2265 Winterhaven Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: 4567447. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 11, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jamie Gregory JAMIE GREGORY, CEO I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on March 12, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 7621
is required. The anticipated work of the Project generally consists of installing networking equipment and cabling, modifying existing PLC’s, installing new PLC’s, PLC programming, and SCADA programming at the EDHWTP. The project is located in El Dorado Hills, California. The estimated construction cost is $1,900,000. The estimated date of construction is fall of 2020 through February, 2021. PUBLIC WORKS LAWS. The project is a public works project subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). To be qualified for this project, a contractor must be registered with the DIR. In addition, pursuant to prevailing wage laws, copies of the prevailing wage rates are on file at the District’s principal office and are available on request. Interested firms may obtain a copy of the Request for Pre-Qualification (RFQ) from the District’s website at www.eid. org. Note that the reference procedure requires the reference information be sent directly by the reference to EID by the above date. [Or] Note that the reference procedure requires the reference information be sent directly by the reference to EID no later than 3:00 PM on April 15, 2020. Questions regarding this project should be directed to the Project Manager by emailing Mr. Patrick Wilson at pwilson@ eid.org or by calling 530-642-4079. Dated this 18 day of March, 2020 EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT /s/ Elizabeth Dawson Elizabeth Dawson, P.E., Engineering Manager 3/18, 3/25, 4/1 7624
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KATHlEEN MARIE SNOW AKA KATHY M. SNOW CASE NO. PP20200044
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Cain Andrew Beck filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CAIN ANDREW BECK Proposed name: KEVIN ANDREW BECK 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: APRIL 10, 2020, 1:30 P.M. DEPT. 4 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 1354 Johnson Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on FEBRUARY 26, 2020. /s/ Michael J. McLaughlin MICHAEL J. MCLAUGHLIN, Judge of the Superior Court 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 7626
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KATHLEEN MARIE SNOW, aka KATHY M. SNOW A PETITION for Probate has been filed by ANDREW J. SNOW in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that ANDREW J. SNOW be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: April 29, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: MICHAEL YEE Yee Law Group 4010 S Land Park Drive, Ste. B Sacramento, CA 95822 (916) 927-9001 3/18, 3/25, 4/1 7622 NOTICE OF PUBlIC HEARING The County of El Dorado Zoning Administrator will hold a public hearing in the Building C Hearing Room, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, CA 95667 on April 15, 2020, at 3:00 p.m., to consider the following: Variance V19-0003/Marchiel submitted by NATALIA WIECZORK, BEN FAGAN DESIGN to allow a reduction of the rear yard setback from 15 feet to 5 feet for the construction of a single-car garage and a single car carport. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 080-101-006, consisting of 0.17 acre, is located on the north side of Aravaipa Street, approximately 0.4 mile north of the intersection with Pioneer Trail and Jacarilla Drive, in the South Lake Tahoe area, Supervisorial District 5. (County Planner: Melanie Shasha, 530-573-7904) (Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15305(a) of the CEQA Guidelines)* Variance V19-0004/Kaplan submitted by EVOLVE DESIGN WORKS, INC., HANNI SCHWIESOW to allow a reduction of the front setback from 20 feet to 0 feet to allow for the construction of a two-car garage. The property, identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number 016-554-002, consisting of 0.32 acre, is located on the east side of Sweetwater Court, approximately 200 feet west of the intersection with Cedar-Ridge Road, in the Rubicon area, Supervisorial District 5. (County Planner: Melanie Shasha, 530-573-7904) (Categorical Exemption pursuant to Section 15305(a) of the CEQA Guidelines)* Staff Reports are available two weeks prior at https://edcgov.us/Government/ planning/Pages/zoning_administrator.aspx All persons interested are invited to attend and be heard or to write their comments. If you challenge the application in court, you may be limited to raising only those items you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence submitted at, or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence should be directed to County of El Dorado, Planning and Building Department, 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville, CA 95667 or via e-mail: planning@edcgov.us. *This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the above-referenced section, and it is not subject to any further environmental review. To ensure delivery prior to the hearing, written information from the public is encouraged to be submitted to Planning Services by Friday the week prior to the meeting. Planning Services cannot guarantee that any FAX or mail received the day of the meeting will be delivered to the Zoning Administrator prior to any action. COUNTY OF EL DORADO ZONING ADMINISTRATOR TIFFANY SCHMID, Planning and Building Department Director March 18, 2020 3/18 7623 El DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PRE-QUAlIFICATION OF BIDDERS FOR PUBlIC WORKS PROJECT El DORADO HIllS WATER TREATMENT PlANT (EDHWTP) SCADA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NUMBER 18065.01 RFQ20-05 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed APPLICATIONS will be received no later than 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, local time, at the front desk of District’s Customer Service Building located at 2890 Mosquito Rd., Placerville, CA 95667 for the El Dorado Hills Water Treatment Plant (EDHWTP) SCADA Improvement Project, Project No. 18065.01 (“Project”). Only pre-qualified firms will be eligible to bid on the Project. A California Classification C-10 contractor’s license
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SC 20200036
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. 2020A0000314 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GREENWOOD DAWN, located at 4487 Edgewater Dr., Greenwood, CA 95635/Mailing Address: PO Box 55, Greenwood, CA 95635 Registered owner(s): 1. Amber Malley, 4487 Edgewater Dr., Greenwood, CA 95635, 2. Gregory Malley, 4487 Edgewater Dr., Greenwood, CA 95635 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 13, 2020. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Amber Malley AMBER MALLEY I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on March 13, 2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/8 7627
COUNTY OF El DORADO, CAlIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the County of El Dorado, State of California, that sealed bids for Work in accordance with the Project Plans (Plans) and Contract Documents for ClEAR CREEK ROAD BRIDGE REPlACEMENTS will be received at the front counter of 2850 Fairlane Court, Building C, Placerville, California, until April 10, 2020 at 2:00 PM, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read by the Department of Transportation. No Bid may be withdrawn after the time established for receiving bids or before the award and execution of the Contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding sixty (60) calendar days. Bids must be executed in accordance with the instructions given and forms provided in the Contract Documents furnished by the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation through Quest Construction Data Network (Quest). The Proposal including the Bidder’s Security, Form 590, and Payee Data Record shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: “PROPOSAl FOR ClEAR CREEK ROAD BRIDGE REPlACEMENTS” CIP NO. 77138 & 77139, CONTRACT NO. 4094 TO BE OPENED AT 2:00 P.M. ON APRIl 10, 2020 The Project is located at two bridges along Clear Creek Road, at Post miles 0.25 and 1.82, near Pollock Pines in the County of El Dorado. The Work to be done is shown on the Plans, and generally consists of, but is not limited to: Construction of two castin-place concrete slab bridges over Clear Creek; removal of the existing structures; grading and paving for the new bridge approaches; signing, and drainage system improvements. Other items or details not mentioned above, that are required by the plans, Standard Plans, Standard Specifications, or these Special Provisions must be performed, constructed or installed. -Bids are required for the entire Work described herein. -The Contract time is ONE HUNDRED AND TEN (110) WORKING DAYS. -For bonding purposes the anticipated Project cost is less than $3,600,000. -A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this Project on April 1, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the County of El Dorado Department of Transportation, 2441 Headington Road, Placerville, CA. The meeting will be held in the downstairs conference room. Attendance at the pre-bid meeting is not mandatory. -This Project is being formally bid in accordance with Public Contract Code 22032 and County of El Dorado Ordinance Code section 3.14.040. The Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be viewed and/or downloaded from the Quest website at http://www.questcdn.com. Interested parties may also access the Quest website by clicking on the link next
to the Project Name or entering the Quest Project # on the Department of Transportation’s website at http://www. edcgov.us/Government/DOT/pages/ BidsHome.aspx. Interested parties may view the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, on the Quest website at no charge. The digital Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be downloaded for $15.00 by inputting the Quest Project #6164428 on the websites’ Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership, registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. To be included on the planholders list, receive notification of addenda, and to be eligible to bid, interested parties must download the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, from Quest. Those downloading the Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, assume responsibility and risk for completeness of the downloaded Contract Documents. The Contract Documents, including the Project Plans, may be examined in person at the Department of Transportation’s office at 2850 Fairlane Court, Placerville CA. However, the Department of Transportation will no longer sell paper copies of the Contract Documents. The Foundation Reports, Cross Sections, and Revised Standard Plans will be provided in pdf format as Supplemental Information, on Quest’s website, to all planholders who acquire the Contract Documents digitally through Quest. CONTRACTORS lICENSE ClASSIFICATION: Bidders must be properly licensed to perform the Work pursuant to the Contractors’ State license law (Business and Professions Code Section 7000 et seq.) and must possess a ClASS A license or equivalent combination of Classes required by the categories and type of Work included in the Contract Documents and Plans at the time the Contract is awarded, and must maintain a valid license through completion and acceptance of the Work, including the guarantee and acceptance period. Failure of the successful Bidder to obtain proper adequate licensing will constitute a failure to execute the Contract and will result in the forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: No contractor or subcontractor may bid on any public works project, be listed in a bid proposal for any public works project, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. D I S A D VA N TA G E D BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) PARTICIPATION: For Federal-aid projects, DBE requirements of Title 49 Part 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR 26) apply. Bidders are advised that, as required by Federal law, the County of El Dorado has implemented Disadvantaged Business Enterprise requirements for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE). Comply with Section 2-1.12 and Section 5-1.13. In accordance with 49 CFR 26, Bidder will take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that minority firms, women’s business enterprises and labor surplus area firms are used when possible. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Contract goal is 17%. PREVAIlING WAGE REQUIREMENTS: In accordance with the provisions of California labor Code Sections 1770 et seq., including but not limited to Sections 1773, 1773.1, 1773.2, 1773.6, and 1773.7, the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done has been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Interested parties can obtain the current wage information by submitting their requests to the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of labor Statistics and Research, PO Box 420603, San Francisco CA 94142-0603, Telephone (415) 703-4708 or by referring to the website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRl/ PWD. The rates at the time of the bid advertisement date of a project will remain in effect for the life of the project in accordance with the California Code of Regulations, as modified and effective January 27, 1997. Copies of the general prevailing rate of wages in the county in which the Work is to be done are also on file at the Department of Transportation’s principal office, and are available upon request, and in case of projects involving Federal funds, Federal wage requirements as predetermined by the United States Secretary of labor have been included in the Contract Documents. In the case of Federally funded projects, where Federal and State prevailing wage requirements apply, compliance with both is required. This Project is funded in whole or part by Federal funds. Comply with Exhibit D of the Draft Agreement and the Copeland Act (18 U.S.C. 874 and 29 CFR Part 3), the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a to 276a-7 and 29 CFR Part 5), and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-330 and 29 CFR Part 5). If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, Contractor and subcontractors must pay not less than the higher wage rate. The Department of Transportation will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes “helper” (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage rate determination otherwise available for use by Contractor and subcontractors, Contractor and subcontractors must pay not less than the Federal minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. AWARD OF CONTRACT: As a condition of award, the successful Bidder will be required to submit payment and performance bonds along with evidence of insurance prior to execution of the Agreement by the County. Failure to meet this requirement constitutes abandonment of the Bid by the Bidder and forfeiture of the Bidder’s security. Award will then be made to the next lowest, responsive, responsible Bidder. RETAINAGE FROM PAYMENTS: The Contractor may elect to receive one hundred percent (100%) of payments due under the Contract from time to time, without retention of any portion of the payment by the County, by depositing securities of equivalent value with the County in accordance with the provisions of Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. Securities eligible for deposit hereunder are be limited to those listed in Section 16430 of the Government Code, or bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit. Reference the Contract Documents package, which includes the Notice to Bidders, Plans, Specifications, Draft Agreement and Proposal for contractual requirements not listed in this “Notice to Contractors” newspaper advertisement. 3/18, 3/20, 3/23, 3/25, 3/27, 3/30 7629
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