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Increased misinformation; the diminishing of truth and objectivity in news programming; the COVID-19 crisis’s impact on small businesses; ongoing racial biases; the loss of newspaper ad revenue due to competition from the internet; and more.

Many of those challenges if left unchecked, experts on both the political Left and Right agree, can chip away at the foundations of our democracy. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, the country’s Gross Domestic Product dropped by 32.9 %by the second quarter of last year.

“COVID-19 is impacting all businesses. But Black businesses are closing at a faster rate than all other businesses,” said Erica Woods, State See FACEBOOK page 2

challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, will be successful. It occurred Nov. 10, when the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments against the national health care law passed under the Obama administration in the case California v. Texas, No. 19-840.

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Californians can rest easy.

With a little over two months to go until the state’s open enrollment period for 2021 ends on Jan. 31, 2021, expect no new restrictions to your health care coverage options.

It is not likely that the latest

Although some Obamacare supporters, including California Attorney General Xavier Beccera – who led the Democratic defense of the ACA -- expressed some caution about the nation’s highest court’s 6-3 conservative majority, they largely remained confident.

After the hearing, a majority of Justices indicated that the ACA is still safe.

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The longtime head of California-Hawaii’s chapter of the NAACP will resign in December after she again faced conflict-of-interest allegations involving her political consulting company.

Alice Huffman, 84, will end her tenure on Dec. 1 after over 20 years as the leader of the chapter.

She cited health concerns as a reason for stepping down, according to a resignation letter she wrote to the executive board of the California Hawaii

State Conference of the NAACP. Huffman will continue to lead her political consulting firm and will stay on the national NAACP’s board, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Campaigns for and against several ballot measures paid Huffman’s consulting firm roughly $1.7 million over the course of this year’s election. Critics accused Huffman of aiding campaigns that did not hold the NAACP’s values.

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California v. Texas mainly focused on the ACA’s mandate requiring insurance. It was filed by 18 Republican attorneys general backed by the Trump administration.

They argued that the mandate became unconstitutional after Congress eliminated the penalty for not having health insurance in Congress’s 2017 tax reform bill. They also argued that since the mandate was a crucial feature of the law, and they deemed it unconstitutional, the entire law should have been thrown out.

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A national coalition of Black and Latinx education, civil rights, panhellenic, faith and community-based organizations from 31 states recently identified their top picks to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Education.

Two California leaders — Assemblywoman Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) and charter school operator Dr. Margaret Fortune — were among the recommendations.

Biden has promised to appoint “the most diverse cabinet in history,” and Ms. Darling-Hammond is well acquainted with Dr. Weber, a veteran educator and social justice reformer who chairs the California Legislative Black Caucus, and Dr. Fortune, president and CEO of Fortune School of Education, a Sacramento-based network of charter schools aimed at closing the African American achievement gap. Forty-four candidates were considered by the ad hoc group in a 90-minute Zoom call Oct. 28 — seven were advanced to Biden’s transition team. Senators Cory Booker (New Jersey) and Michael Bennet (Colorado) and educators Geoffery Canada, Dr. Sonya Brookins Santelises and Dr. Howard Fuller were also on the list.

The current U.S. Education Secretary, philanthropist and conservative Christian activist Betsy DeVos, the wife of Amway heir Dick DeVos Jr., had no experience in teaching or public education. DeVos backed federally funded vouchers for parents who wanted to opt out of public

schools, which DeVos said she had little use for.

“She was a disaster,” Dr. Fortune said.

“Whoever Biden chooses should be someone who has run educational systems, really knows the classroom and is or was an educator.”

POLITICO has reported that front-runners for Secretary of Education include American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, a former high school history teacher, and Lily Eskelsen Garcia, former president of the National Education Association, who got her start as a cafeteria worker and went on to become Utah elementary school Teacher of the Year. These powerful teacher’s unions have been critical of charter schools which rarely have unions and operate beyond their influence.

A former education adviser to two California governors, the Harvard-educated Fortune also served on the California State University Board of Trustees. “Biden acknowledges the education system is where we find systemic racism,” she said.

“We need to spread what works around.”

Dr. Fortune’s “first choice” for Education Secretary is Dr. Weber, who combines the broad range of academic experience the Biden team says they’re looking for. She began as a teacher, dedicated herself to closing the achievement gap for disadvantaged students, was elected president of the San Diego Unified School Board — one of the nation’s largest — and teaches African American

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members of the Court’s current Republican majority, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, noted that striking down the individual mandate portion of the ACA did not require overturning the rest of the law.

“It does seem fairly clear that the proper remedy would be to sever the mandate provision and leave the rest of the act in place -- the provisions regarding pre-existing conditions and the rest,” Justice Kavanaugh said.

The Court’s inferred support of the ACA comes at a time when unemployment across the United States is still at record highs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Covered California healthcare marketplace began open enrollment Nov. 1, and many newly unemployed or self-employed Californians will need to apply for either subsidized insurance, Medi-Cal or an individual medical plan.

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Public Policy Manager at Facebook. She was telling California Black Media about the company’s new #BuyBlackFriday campaign.

According to Woods, #BuyBlackFriday is Facebook’s “holiday program that redirects the energy of Black Friday to encourage consumers to support Black owned businesses throughout the holiday season.”

Woods says the campaign features 60 Blackowned businesses from around the United States. Two of them are based in California -both owned by Black women in the Los Angeles Area: Amethyst Soul Home, which makes scented candles and Gracemade, a clothing and accessory company.

“I am elated for the opportunity for more people to experience SouLuxe Amber Noir scented coconut wax candles and fill their homes with a sultry fusion of Warm Amber, Sandalwood, Jasmine and Mandarin,” said Jillene Williams, owner of Amethyst Soul Home.

It’s an honor to be a part of the gift guide, as well as the Facebook Elevate program alongside

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The daughter of Arkansas sharecroppers, Dr. Weber has a long record of community and public service.

She chaired the San Diego Citizen’s Equal Opportunity Commission before being elected to the California Assembly in 2012, and in 2019 authored Assembly Bill 392, known as “The Stephon Clark Law” after Clark was shot to death by Sacramento police in his grandmother’s backyard in March 2018. Signed by Gov. Newsom, it declared law enforcement can only use deadly force when “necessary,” and bars police from firing on fleeing suspects who don’t pose immediate danger. Weber called the law an “aggressive effort to retrain our officers and change the culture of police,” and after much negotiation, state law enforcement agencies dropped their opposition to it.

Dr. Weber, who helped start the first public charter school in San Diego and later pulled the plug when it wasn’t working, acknowledged, “One of the greatest challenges we’re facing in California and across the nation is the battle between charter schools and public schools.

“We need to create an environment where we are not attacking each other and realizing they are all public schools,” she said. “I know in California every school board election is a battle about charter and non-charter and our focus is on that rather than a focus on building more effective schools.”

She says she will put what’s best for every child first, even if adults try to

In a virtual conference Nov. 9, the day before his Supreme Court oral arguments, Becerra spoke about the importance of the ACA during the COVID-19 pandemic, which he called a national health crisis.

“We need the ACA more than ever now.

COVID-19 has infected more than 10 million Americans, it has cost 12 million American workers their healthcare, and it’s disproportionately hurting communities of color. Because of the ACA, in states with expanded Medicaid, workers who have lost their jobs and with that their employer-based health insurance, are still able to get healthcare and support that they need,” said Becerra.

California has supported the ACA since its inception in 2013, expanding the Medi-Cal program for low-income residents, and creating the statebased Covered California marketplace, which offers both federal subsidies and state-based aid.

According to Census records, the rate of uninsured Californians dropped from 17.2 % in 2013 to 7.7 % in 2019.

According to Covered California, 271,820 people signed up for health care coverage through

many other great black-owned companies,” Williams continued. “Being featured in the Facebook #BuyBlack Friday Holiday Gift Guide has certainly introduced my scented coconut wax candles to a vast audience I would never be able to reach otherwise.”

Facebook is inviting all Black businesses across the country to use the hashtag #BuyBlackFriday to support their businesses, beginning now and particularly the day after Thanksgiving when the holiday shopping season unofficially kicks off.

Gracemade and Amethyst Soul Home will both be featured on a show as well on the digital platform’s Black Voices page.

“Small businesses are the backbone of our products,” Woods said. “So many businesses have used our platforms to connect with their audiences. We found that the pandemic was closing doors, that impacts us as well. So, we want to support businesses and make sure that they flourish and grow.”

Earlier this month, the biggest social media platform in the world, also announced that it has invited the African American-owned Black Voice News in Riverside as well as 19 other local news publishers from around the United States to participate in the Facebook Journalism Project Sustainability Accelerator Program.

get in the way. “We need to have every child in school and provide them with the kind of education they need — I have chalk dust on my soles. The definition of my life is to be there for poor kids, it is the new civil rights, it’s the hardest job that we can do and we must do — if we fail at that we will probably fail at everything else.”

Dr. Weber added that while not all charter school systems have been completely transparent or responsive to concerns, including high teacher turnover, “I tell the school board they have a direct responsibility to oversee these schools and they have to exercise this responsibility.”

“I was on San Diego’s first charter school and my last act on the school board was to shut down the charter school that was disrespecting the parents and not responding,” Dr. Weber said. The first order of business for the new Education Secretary, Dr. Weber said, is to deal with the impact of the pandemic.

“What kind of things do we have to put in place to help those students who’ve experienced nine months of losing classes to catch up. I had friends in the South when they shut down schools for a year rather than comply with desegregation.”

“The kids who have the greatest need don’t have direct access to personal instruction — that’s reality and we can’t just simply ignore it and walk away, we’ve had a pandemic. The Department is going to have to up its game to recruit teachers of color around the nation and pull up the teaching profession itself so it’s

something that people desire to be a part of, to recruit teachers, create incentives.”

Across America, she said, “We’ve never dealt with the issue of accountability — directly related to the performance of our children — help parents understand the expectations …. and we must begin to measure ourselves by the performance of our students and how they do, keeping California and the nation very competitive.”

“The Secretary of Education has a huge tent over thousands of school boards and 50 different state superintendents, and you work with them to understand the resources and grants we have available and provide them with the kind of support they need and incentivize them with the recognition they deserve,” she said The first thing is to break stereotypes, Dr. Weber said. “Too often folks make assumptions that kids are poor and they can’t learn … the first task is to figure out where are the schools that are failing kids and why? A lot of it is the school board’s expectations, ability to recruit and retain teachers and engage parents. It is not the increase in money it’s how you spend your money – it’s the principal and administrator coupled with teachers who agree they are going to be successful and use your resources the best you can.”

Dr. Weber and Dr. Fortune said they have not yet heard from Biden’s transition team. Both said it would be an honor to serve the nation’s children, parents and educators.

the marketplace during its special open enrollment period between March 20 and Aug. 20 this year, more than twice the number of people who signed up during the same period last year.

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Dr. Jamila Perritt, President and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, spoke about the importance of the ACA for the community she treats as an OB-GYN.

“I knew from 2016 that Ms. Huffman did not support a lot of propositions that were made to help Black people,” Taisha Brown, the chair of the California Democratic Party Black Caucus, told the Sacramento Bee. “It was odd to me because she didn’t go against the propositions as ‘Alice Huffman.’ She went against them as the president of the NAACP.’’

“I take care of people, real people who deserve to have access to the healthcare they will want and need access to -- provided by the Affordable Care Act. The health of my patients has improved. The health of our communities has improved. I know that the Affordable Care Act has been a safety net for many communities and undermining or eliminating it will disproportionately impact those who need care,” said Perritt.

After presenting the arguments for keeping the Affordable Care Act, Becerra was optimistic.

“The ACA has withstood numerous legal and political challenges. It’s been upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional twice before. And we are optimistic that it will withstand this challenge as well,” said Becerra.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity. It is forward-thinking. It is necessary. This program provides the support and mentorship that Black Voice News can use at this very critical time to be strong and sustainable,” said Paulette BrownHinds, Publisher of the Black Voice News and CEO of Voice Media Ventures. Based in Riverside, Black Voice News, is a nearly fifty-year-old publication founded by Brown-Hinds’s parents: the organization’s publisher emeritus Hardy Brown and his wife, former California Assemblymember Cheryl Brown.

“Facebook’s intensive five-month Accelerator program is going to enhance our capabilities as an organization and team by providing opportunities to learn from industry best practices, benefit from the experiences of other members of our cohort in the program and grow from unique feedback customized for our organization and provided by a coach dedicated to the Black Voice News group,” Stephanie Williams, Editor, Black Voice News.

According to Facebook, the training program will provide “intensive training” to local media outlets. Through the program, industry experts will also coach newspaper publishers on improving their news coverage, growing their audiences and enhancing their technology. Earlier this year, Facebook announced that it was investing $5 million in local news organizations that serve

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Huffman received $200,000 to oppose a plan to abolish cash bail in California and another $95,000 to side with ride-sharing companies that backed a measure to have drivers remain as independent contractors instead of employees. The 84-year-old’s company also received $85,000 to oppose the imposition of new rules for kidney dialysis companies, $740,000 to oppose a measure that would have raised business property taxes to fund schools and local services and $620,000 to oppose a rent control measure. All five of the causes went Huffman’s way.

Huffman had been accused of using her position at the NAACP for financial gain before this November’s election.

“Among the political class in Sacramento, it’s very well known that Alice essentially applies the NAACP good housekeeping seal to special interest causes in return for money,’’ Garry South, a Democratic consultant, told The Bee in 2016. “I don’t know how she gets away with it.’’

Rick Callender, the vice president of the California and Hawaii State Conference NAACP, will replace Huffman.

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EDITORIAL:

Thanksgiving with Caution & Helping Others

By Rev. Dr. John E. Warren Publisher

Normally, Thanksgiving would be every family’s effort to live up to the Hallmark commercials we see each year on television; the one with the full table and everyone gathering around with laughter. While a great number of us reach out to others with free meals for the homeless, turkey giveaways and a desire to share; many of those who are

without the Hallmark meal feel depression as they focus on what they don’t have. This year, our focus should truly be one of Thanksgiving for those of us who are well and a time of caution, as well as a time of prayer, for all those who are either sick with this virus or have already lost loved ones.

This should truly be an occasion to heed the directives of wearing a mask, social distancing and the washing of hands at the very least. But, these things are not as much of a challenge as the suggestion that we celebrate the holiday with those in our immediate household and “Zoom” other family members.

The Voice & Viewpoint appreciates your continued support. We realize that much of our community is among those considered “high risk”. Without the availability of the pending vaccines, our personal caution and observance of suggested behavior such as mentioned here remains our number one personal defense. Please remain safe and prayerful for others, and this too shall pass. Have a thankful and thoughtful Thanksgiving.

Here’s How Joe Biden can Have Black America’s Back Mr. Biden should listen to Senator Cory Booker who said, “Stop being dogmatic about public charter schools. We can’t dismiss good ideas because they don’t fit into neat ideological boxes or don’t personally affect some of the louder, more privileged voices in the party.”

By Dr. Margaret Fortune “American educators, this is a great day for you. You will have one of your own in the White House,” said Joe Biden in a victory speech that hit all the right notes. Black America cheered along as President-elect Biden acknowledged that we stood up for him and he promised he would have our back. We celebrate the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President-elect and Vice President-elect, period. But you don’t have to be Ice Cube to temper your enthusiasm with a healthy dose of realism when it comes to politicians making promises to Black folks.

As a Black Democrat and a public charter school leader, I was left wondering, do Mr. Biden’s commitments to African Americans and educators apply to all of us?

Union teachers know President-elect Biden was talking to them, because he has said as much. But, Biden has carefully avoided making any positive statements about alternatives to the status quo when it comes to American schools. He recently sat for an interview with Lily Eskelsen Garcia, past president of the National Education Association (NEA), where he cosigned her sentiments calling charter schools a “very misguided” reform.

Black Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly disagree — nearly 90 percent support expanding access to more public school options, including charter schools. Texts and tweets flew around the country breaking news that after days of waiting with baited breath, Pennsylvania delivered Biden the electoral college votes to put him over the top to clutch the presidency. But while we celebrate, playing in the background is a voice cautioning, “Let’s be clear for the families and communities we care about, the struggle continues.”

The wake-up call for white progressives in this moment is that Biden’s razor thin margins of victory in swing states give him a mandate not to lurch to the left, but to compromise and moderate. Nowhere is this more important than in Philadelphia, a city where Black voters broke for Biden and where about one in three public school students attend a charter school.

Having Black America’s back means Mr. Biden must lead the difficult conversation within the Democratic party to stand up for Black school children and hold his union allies accountable when they stand in the way of needed education reforms.

Regrettably, it appears Biden’s transition team is headed in the wrong direction. Union chiefs Eskelsen Garcia and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten are atop the list to head the U.S. Department of Education. That would be a disaster. Both would likely draw strong opposition from Republicans and centrist Democrats in the Senate on the basis of policy and politics.

Plus, social justice advocates have raised legitimate questions about the NEA and AFT’s historical support for campus cops and their role in enabling the school-to-prison pipeline. At a time when America is ending policing in schools, Weingarten’s AFT represents parole, probation and corrections officers. These issues will surely percolate in the public discourse over Eskelsen Garcia and Weingarten.

There are better choices for U.S. Education Secretary.

Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone is frequently mentioned. Time Magazine highlighted his cradle-to-career continuum of high-quality neighborhood schools and support services for disadvantaged children crediting Canada for providing the template for President Obama’s Promise Neighborhood program.

California Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, is the state capitol’s leading voice on education equity. Best known for her mix of social justice and education reform bills, Dr. Weber has charged hard to close achievement gaps since her days as president of the San Diego Unified School Board and a professor at San Diego State. California State Board of Education President Linda Darling Hammond’s role heading education for Biden’s transition team could elevate the profile of Dr. Weber as a possible choice.

Civil rights and education reform groups alike point to Dr. Sonya Brookins Santelises, chief of Baltimore City Public Schools as a top pick.

Mr. Biden should choose an Education Secretary who

By Gary H. Gibbons, M.D. and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. COVID-19 has killed more than 230,000 people in the U.S., and the death toll continues to rise at a rate of about 1,000 per day. We know, however, that families and communities don’t count their losses in thousands or hundreds; they count them one-by-one – a father, a teacher, a sister, a friend, a nurse, a son, a Tribal elder, a church member. And these losses hurt.

But some communities feel the impact of COVID-19 more than others. Latinos, along with African Americans and American Indians, account for more than half of all COVID-related cases, even though they represent just a third of the population. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these groups require hospitalization at a rate about five times higher than whites, due to the severity of their illnesses or lack of early access to health care. And the mortality outcomes reflect this as well: Latinos and American Indians die at 1.5 times the rate of whites, and African Americans, at 2.4 times the rate.

As scientists and NIH colleagues with more than 60 years of combined research experience in health disparities, we are not surprised by these discouraging statistics.

COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARSCoV-2, has simply shone a spotlight on health disparities that have long affected underrepresented communities like ours.

We know, for example, that obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are more prevalent among people of color. If you have any of these conditions and contract COVID-19 you run a much higher risk for severe complications and death.

But biology and behavior are just part of the picture. Where we work, whether we have access to quality health care, what we eat, and other socio-economic conditions also drive health disparities.

As we grapple with the effects of these health inequities on our daily lives, we can take simple public health measures to help prevent the immediate spread of this disease, starting with wearing a mask, washing our hands, and maintaining six feet of distance from others. But that won’t be enough to end the pandemic in communities of color.

As the leaders of two public health research agencies, we know we can’t just devise

solutions from Washington, D.C. We must also work with those who are most trusted, respected, and closest to these hard-hit communities.

Through joint local efforts, we believe we can ensure that the best, most accurate information reaches these communities, and that they are informed about, and included in, diverse research studies essential for developing safe, effective treatments, and vaccines for all.

That is why the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a $12 million award to support teams in 11 states to establish the Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities.

This Alliance has already brought together communityand faith-based organizations, doctors, patients, researchers, community advocates and minority-serving educational institutions. For weeks, from Sacramento, California to Jackson, Mississippi, we have been listening carefully—to concerns, fears, very practical questions, and ideas. Our sincere hope is that, working together, we will find ways to overcome COVID-19 in a manner that takes into account the history, cultural differences, and unique input and needs of the people it affects most.

How do we do this? We start by offering reliable and easily understood information based on science, by dispelling myths, and by explaining the importance of research. CEAL is working with trusted members in communities like yours to ensure access to information that can be shared through virtual town halls, infographics, animated videos, and in many other ways – like social media posts.

Importantly, we also will be encouraging participation in research studies designed to stamp out COVID-19 in highrisk communities. That’s because clinical trials, the fundamental part of the scientific process, show whether new medicines and vaccines are effective at protecting you against disease. When a drug gets approved and your doctor prescribes it for you, you are not wrong to wonder whether it has been tested and shown to work — and especially shown to work for people like you.

This is why it is so important for research studies to include people from all races, genders, ages, socio-economic classes and more. We simply need to learn who is likely to benefit the most from any given treatment.

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OBITUARIES Victor Jerome Davis

Evelyn Rickett

Kevin Robinson

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

1/15/1956

6/4/1943

10/1/1964

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

11/9/2020

11/13/2020

11/11/2020

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VICTOR JEROME DAVIS, lovingly named by his Aunt Betty was born the only child to Dorothy J. Wise on January 15, 1956 in San Diego, California.

EVELYN (EMERLINE) SIMMONS RICKETT was born June 4, 1943 in Harris, Oklahoma, to parents Mirtis and Ross Simmons. She was the second youngest of sixteen children. She received her education in Harris, Oklahoma where she graduated from Riverside High School in 1962. At the age of eighteen, she moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where she attended barber and beauty school. Once she graduated from school, she moved to San Diego, CA where she met and married Charles Rickett on July 6, 1966. This union was blessed with three beautiful girls: twins Vanessa Renee and Arnessa Rekay and a year and a half later, Buffie Marlene.

Victor attended St. Rita’s Catholic School, St. Jude’s Catholic School, Knox Elementary, Bell Middle School, Dana Middle School, and received his Diploma from Point Loma High School in 1974 where he was quite the competitor in Football & Track & Field. He loved playing basketball and sang with a group called, “The Soul Vibrations,” in his Junior and Senior years at Point Loma High.

He continued his education at San Diego Community College.

A fan of sports, whether it was baseball, basketball, or football some of Victor’s favorite teams were the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Rams, and Los Angeles Dodgers.

Victor had a gentle, kind, peaceful spirit; always giving his very best. His work ethic was commendable and extensive, commencing early in life, with a managerial position at Jack In The Box, a gardener with the City of San Diego Parks & Recreation, another managerial opportunity with KBM Security, which ultimately culminated into a Scheduling Manager with Able Patrol & Guard, where such an extensive part of his life was spent. Victor worked tirelessly in the profession of Security Management to ensure that his mother had everything she needed. He loved his family with a pure, unselfish love and will be missed tremendously.

Victor, true to form, quietly and peacefully transitioned from this earthly home to the Eternal Heavens on Monday; November 09, 2020 at 11:50 p.m. holding the hand of his cousin who fervently adored him, whom he affectionately called, “Sis,” and was greeted by his Savior and the many loved ones who had gone on before him.

Victor leaves to cherish his love and legacy; his phenomenal mother Dorothy J. Wise of San Diego; “Sis” Tori W.W. McCollum (Lee) of Murrieta, CA; Best Friend, John A. Finley (Vellet), god~children; Jackson Wyatt Finley, Jarrod Austin Finley, John Lancaster Finley, Jordan Marie Finley all of San Diego; LeVóntae Dozier McCollum of Murrieta, CA, and a plethora of cousins, cohorts, and colleagues to celebrate his life.

Evelyn joined Christian Fellowship Congregational Church in 1974,. In 2017, she received the Recognition Award for forty-years of dedicated service to the church.

Evelyn, known also as Ms. E or Lady E, was a barber and stylist for fifty-nine years, retiring in June 2020. She attended San Diego City College earning a certificate in clerical administration and was employed at California First Bank for several years, and later hired at San Diego State University in the Admissions and Records Office. After retiring from SDSU due to health reasons, she continued to cut hair at James Barber Shop on National Avenue.

Ms. Lady E’s favorite past-times included spending time with her beautiful daughters with whom she was always very close, watching sports, gardening, and reading the bible. She was also very active in the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Choir of San Diego for over twenty years.

At 2:49pm on November 13, 2020 Evelyn was called to Heaven. She was preceded in death by parents Ross and Mirtis Simmons; brother Deloyd Simmons; and sister Orri Simmons.

Left to treasure her memory are; daughters Vanessa Rickett, Arnessa RickettJones, and Buffie Rickett; son-in-law Charlie Jones; brothers Curtis Simmons (Doris), Climmie Simmons (Vicki), Edward Simmons(Kathy), Phillip Simmons (Sharlonda), Prince Simmons, Ross Simmons, and Van Simmons (Theresa); sisters Carolyn Simmons, Daisy Hogg (Leroy), Loretha Davis (Dennis), Mary McCarty, Phyllis Simmons, and Rachel Simmons; aunts Georgia Gentry-Jones, Jessie Gentry-Rolf; cousins, Alan Gentry, Elijah Gentry, Stanley Gentry and Walter Gentry; seven godchildren; several nieces and nephews; and host of relatives and close friends.

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KEVIN ROBINSON was the first of two children born to Floyd and Sandra Robinson on October 1, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois.. The Robinsons relocated to San Diego when Kevin was 3 years old. Kevin was baptized and attended school at St. Rita Catholic Church. Kevin continued his catholic school education at Santa Sophia Academy and Marian High School.

Kevin played several sports, excelling in both football and baseball. He continued his athletic and academic career at USIU where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He signed to play professional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals. However, his budding career was cut short by an injury.

Kevin entered a new career as a project manager with Nielsen Construction Company and Nielsen-Dillingham Builders. His next Career change was the family real estate development business. This move allowed Kevin to use his career as a real estate broker to manage and develop several projects in San Diego County. Benita Fleishhacker, who Kevin Playfully referred to as his “right hand,” helped him to grow the family business beyond expectations.

In 2005, Kevin married his loving and devoted wife, Tammy Monroe.. Their union was blessed with their son, Keon. Keon became the center of their lives and they enjoyed exposing him to the opportunities that made him the wellrounded, respectful young man he is today. Kevin was so proud of Keon and he and Tammy were looking forward to watching him on his journey through high school, college, and beyond.

Kevin was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, godfather, and friend. Kevin’s interests were a game of golf, an early morning ride on his “new toy” -his electric bike, his yearly fishing trip to Alaska, and skiing the “black diamond” slopes. Kevin was a kind, thoughtful, and generous man who will be missed by many.

Kevin was called to rest on Wednesday, November 11, 2020. He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Tammy and son Keon, his parents, Floyd and Sandra, his sister Rhonda Anniki Okoye, his nieces and nephews to whom he lovingly shared his wisdom and time, and a host of relatives and dear friends.

CENTENARIAN

Alva Pearl Pittman

Life is but a Stopping Place

SUNRISE 5/9/1920

SUNSET

Life is but a stopping place,

Our destination is a place,

A pause in what’s to be,

Far greater than we know.

A resting place along the road,

For some the journey’s quicker,

to sweet eternity.

For some the journey’s slow.

We all have different journeys,

And when the journey finally ends,

Different paths along the way,

We’ll claim a great reward,

We all were meant to learn some things,

And find an everlasting peace,

Somewhere in the late 1940s, Alva moved to San Diego, California. She united with Greater Jackson Memorial Church of God in Christ under the leadership of Bishop J. A. Blake Sr., later moving her membership to Good Samaritan Church, where she remained faithful until her passing.

but never meant to stay...

Together with the lord

Alva United in Holy Matrimony with Charles Pittman, who passed away during the mid-1970s.

11/10/2020

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Graveside Service was held Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Greenwood Memorial Park. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

On May 9, 1920, a precious life by the name of ALVA PEARL HORNE began in Rentiesville, Oklahoma along with her twin brother, Alvin. She was the third of ten children born to loving parents, Harriet and Ed Horne and spent her formative years there, attending public school and accepting Christ at an early age. The Horne family later moved to Wichita, Kansas.

Alva was a true Christian; often times taking in family, friends, and those less fortunate then her. God always sent people that needed love, support and spiritual guidance.

Blessed and favored by God to live 100 years and 6 months, Alva is now enjoying eternal life alongside her husband, Charles; son, Don Gilkey; her parents; her siblings: Dolly Moore, Odelia Littleton, Margaret Kyle, Eddie Horne, Johnny Horne, Alvin Horne, Billy Horne, Alonzo Horne.

On Tuesday morning, November 10, 2020, there was a peaceful transition from this life into forever. Those left to celebrate her legacy are son; Jerome Pittman; daughter-in-law, Melissa Gilkey; grandchildren: Michael Gilkey, Jessica Gilkey, Dawnette Francis, David Gilkey and Philip Gilkey, as well as a host of greatgrandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, Saints and friends.

She will be missed, yet we have hope to see her again in glory. Striving to make it to the kingdom was her desire for us all.

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NATIONAL NEWS Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber,

More Americans on diets

Makes US Naval Academy History from a decade ago, report finds

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire

By Candice Choi Associated Press

Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber, a mechanical engineering major from Illinois, has been named brigade commander for the spring semester at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Barber, a track star with a stated desire to work as a Marine Corps ground officer, becomes the first Black woman to lead the Naval Academy’s student body.

The brigade commander heads the Academy’s day-to-day activities and trains the class of approximately 4,500 midshipmen. Barber becomes the 16th woman to serve in that role.

“Earning the title of brigade commander speaks volumes, but the title itself is not nearly as significant as the opportunity it brings to lead a team in doing something I believe will be truly special,” Barber said in a news release. “I am humbled to play a small role in this momentous season of American history.”

As a walk-on sprinter and hurdler of the Navy Women’s Varsity Track and Field team, Barber has lettered all three years of competing and is an Academy record holder for the outdoor 4x400m relay, according to her biography.

She is the co-president of the

If it seems like more and more people are on diets these days, you might not be imagining it.

Midshipman 1st Class Sydney Barber

Navy Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club, secretary for the National Society of Black Engineers, and a USNA Gospel Choir and Midshipman Black Studies Club member.

Barber served as the 13th company’s executive officer and currently serves as the Brigade’s 1st regiment executive officer.

She also initiated a STEM outreach program that leverages mentoring, literature, and service lessons to serve middle school-aged girls of color.

Barber led a team to organize the inaugural U.S. Naval Academy Black Female Network Breakfast to bridge the generational gap between current black midshipmen and alumni.

Barber is recently credited with mobilizing a team of more than 180 midshipmen, faculty, and alumni to develop the Midshipman Diversity Team to promote greater diversity, inclusivity, and equity within

the Brigade.

“Sydney stands out amongst her peers, for not only her exemplary record but for her clear vision of how she intends to make the world a better place and her accompanying bias for action,” said Lt. Commander Darby Yeager, a member of the U.S. Navy Academy’s Truman Scholarship Selection Committee.

“We were incredibly proud to have Sydney represent the Naval Academy in her Truman Scholarship interview this year,” Yeager added.

Janie Mines, who became the first Black woman to graduate from the Naval Academy in 1980, expressed her excitement for Barber on Twitter.

“This bought me to tears. This young woman, Midshipman Sydney Barber, will be the first Black Female Brigade Commander at the U.S. Naval Academy. 40 years later. Thank you, Sydney! Love you!” Mines tweeted.

A higher percentage of Americans said they’re on a special diet to lose weight or for other health reasons compared with a decade ago, according to a report Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The increase comes as obesity rates have continued to climb. The CDC report found that 17% of Americans said they were on diets dur ing the 2017-2018 survey period, up from 14% a decade earlier.

Over the same period obesity rates rose in the U.S. to 42% of Americans, up from 34%.

The percentage of Americans who said they’re on a diet is lower than expected given prevalence of diet-related diseases in the country, said Dana Hunnes, a professor of public health and nutrition at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The report notes that about half of American adults have diet-related chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, and that special diets are a way many

people try to manage them.

Hunnes cautioned, though, that many people might not consider the way they eat to be a diet.

The report also looked at responses between 2015 and 2018 to determine other characteristics of people on special diets: The heavier and more educated people were, the more likely they were to report being on a special diet.

The report found 23% of Americans who are obese said they were on diets, compared with 17% of overweight people and 8% of people who were normal weight or underweight.

More women reported being on a diet than men.

18% of non-Hispanic white Americans, 16% of Hispanic Americans and 15% of Asian and Black Americans said they were diets.

A higher percentage of people 40 and older said they were on diets than those ages 20 to 39.

B etween

2007-08

and

2017-18, diets described as “weight loss or low calorie” grew in popularity, and remained the top category of special diet. Lowcarbohydrate diets gained in popularity, while low-fat and low-cholesterol saw a decline.

The findings were based on an ongoing national survey in which participants were asked: “Are you currently on any kind of diet, either to lose weight or for some other health-related reason?”

Becky Ramsing, a registered dietitian and senior program officer at Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Futu re, s ai d that the dietary changes people make in hopes of losing weight can vary greatly.

And in some cases, she said people might not understand why the choices they’re making aren’t leading to weight loss.

“They won’t eat bread, but then they’ll go eat a lot of other things that are higher in calories,” she said.

Many diet trends often focus on banning particular foods, Ramsing said. But to make lasting changes, she said people should consider their overall patterns of eating. That will also help address another pitfall of diets, she said: They’re hard to stick to over time.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS CASH-STRAPPED AFRICAN COUNTRIES FACE PAIN FROM FOREIGN INTEREST OBLIGATIONS Global Information Network Foreign investors who plied African countries with huge loans despite obvious difficulties for repayment got some bad news this week.

The government of Zambia announced it will miss a Nov. 13 deadline to repay $42.5 million in interest to Eurobond holders after the investors rejected a six month delay sought

by Zambia to pay up. This could set a precedent, lenders fear.

Zambia has been struggling to come up with money at a time when the risk of COVID-19 infection is high and prices for their commodities, especially oil, are low.

Should indebted countries default, they could find themselves unable to borrow money from international capital markets for years.

This year, rich nations belonging to the so-called Group of 20 or G20 devised a “Debt Service Suspension Initiative” to help the world’s poorest countries cope with the fallout of the COVID-19 crisis until the middle of next year.

to reschedule Zambia’s interest payments until April 2021. Zambia owed the bank roughly $391 million at the end of last year - about a tenth of the $3 billion it owes Chinese entities - according to the finance ministry. It was not clear whether the loan in question covers all of this debt or a fraction of it.

In 2018, China took possession of a valuable port in Sri Lanka and 15,000 acres when that country was unable to reschedule its debt.

The ‘DSSI’ offers a temporar y suspension of “official sector” or government-to-government debt payment, and 43 countries have signed up so far.

However, it does not cover private loans such as the Eurobonds coming due for Zambia.

Last month, the China Development Bank agreed

Zambia is one of the world’s top copper producers but foreign companies own 80% of Zambia’s annual copper production. They are MCM, which is 73.1% owned by the Anglo-Swiss multinational Glencore, First Quantum Minerals of Canada which owns 16.9%, and Zambia’s mining investment arm ZCCM-IH which owns 10%.

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COMMUNITY NEWS Francine Maxwell, SD NAACP’s

Newly Elected President

By Latanya West Managing Editor Francine Maxwell was recently elected as the new President of the NAACP San Diego Branch. The branch is set to celebrate its 102nd year in 2021. We caught up with Maxwell last Friday to discuss her vision for the organization.

VV: It’s very evident that you’re passionate about making an impact. Tell us how that all got started?

FM: My mother sat me down

and said to me, To whom much is given, much is required. So no matter what I had, I always made sure that I treated my neighbor as myself. That translated.

If I didn’t like something I would learn about it and then I would change it.

I was a single mother.

I bought my house in Southeastern San Diego, in Encanto, and grew up in Allied Gardens. I’m famil-

iar with different geographic areas within San Diego. I happened to come up under the former Deputy Mayor, Mr. George Stevenson, and disliked things in my community. I did a lot of things in places like Encinitas and Poway with my friends.

When I bought my house, I said, “Hey!, what’s up with my parks. They’re not the same?” So I met with the Councilman, and he gave me a clipboard and he took me for a walk and said, “Get ready to write some notes, young lady.”

Everything that I didn’t like he told me where to go to educate myself about it and then who to call to fix, who was responsible and how to hold people accountable. So I just began to do that and it was wonderful. We got our parks changed. We were able to procure matching grant funding from the City Parks and Rec Department to make sure that our children in this community had the same opportunity for Little League

with the fencing the same way that North of 8 Little Leagues had.

involved with the local branch?

VV: Sounds like you really believe that, with advocacy, you can create change.

since 2015, 2016. I used to attend years ago when LeiChala I. Wilson, Esq was president and she had her meetings in the BCA, the Black Contractors building. I would notice things that she was doing and just wanted to sit and listen and learn.

Also, watching Doug Odom, Esq, watching Judge Trapp when she was president, they laid the foundation of what the NAACP should be and should become, no matter who is at the helm.

FM: You just sit down and

write a list. And that’s what I’m telling the young people. These are unprecedented times that we’re in. Children of all ethnicities and ages are getting civically engaged.

So what I’m telling them—I believe in peaceful protest— but once you’re done with the peaceful protest, what are you going to do next?

You do your research. If you want to change the policies and procedures, first you have to read them and ask questions about them so that you can hold people accountable and then write a list of transformational things that you would like to see in your lifetime, and work on it. It’s not a sprint.

This is a marathon.

VV: What is your vision as

VV: When did you get

VV: What issues are at the

2ND ANNUAL STATE OF HUNGER REVEALS

Food Insecurity Facts & Resources they need, usually through an inability to connect to resources.

Photos: Zoom SD Hunger Coalition

By Cori Zaragoza Contributing Writer The second annual state of hunger was presented on November 17, 2020 by Hunger Free San Diego (HFSD) and the San Diego Hunger Coalition. The presentation, usually shown in person, was moved virtually due to COVID-19.

The State of Hunger aims to present data on food insecurity in San Diego to members of the community, non-profits, and government food services to better improve the way they help local residents in need.

HFSD relies on real-time analysis collected at county and zip code levels to see how individual communities are faring. The data is stark— food insecurity has impacted more areas of San Diego than before due to the ongoing pandemic. In 2017, one of seven San Diegans was food insecure. Comparatively, in

August 2020, the numbers changed with one of three San Diegans now at risk for hunger and malnutrition.

The most at-risk demographics for hunger are children and the elderly. Prior to 2020, 50% of school children received free or reduced priced meals through their schools, something they may not have access to now. The elderly present a specific challenge, since most are experiencing a greater loss of food access versus loss of income.

With senior centers closed, and a pandemic threatening their health, seniors are experiencing a food drought.

HFSD proposed that the only answer is to provide food assistance to all San Diegans in need. However, there is still a meal gap in some areas, such as East County. In these areas, food insecure residents are not getting the help

FM: I’ve been a member

Amanda Shultz Brochu, Vice President of Programs at HFSD, knows this and says “With all of the amazing work that’s going on in our sector, and by our broader community of partners, we understand that navigating food assistance can still feel really confusing. In a lot of cases, people who are experiencing food insecurity and needing access to resources aren’t sure where to start.”

In response, HFSD plans to launch the Hunger Free Navigator Prog ram in December. While anyone can be a Hunger Free Navigator, there are two programs: a Community Navigator Program and a Non-profit Navigator Program. The program teaches local residents, leaders, and non-profit groups on how to access, learn, and influence the food assistance resources in their communities. Information on all food assistance resources will be taught so that Navigators can easily help food insecure people apply for these programs.

Brochu ended the program with this final thought, “At the end of the day, we want people to feel comfortable talking to each other about food insecurity and know where to go to get help.”

For more information on food assistance, please visit www. sandiegohungercoalition.org

top of your list?

FM: I have a must have list: Veterans Affairs, Health, Criminal Justice.

Education, Political Action, Community Liaison, Lifetime Membership. Membership is the organization’s lifeblood.

VV: What else would you like people to know?

FM: The opportunity. For people to understand what’s driving the whole organization, but especially San Diego’s president is the six game changers that

address the major areas of inequality facing AfricanAmericans, that are the focus of our work: Economic Sustainability, Education, Public Safety and Criminal Justice, Voting Rights and Political Representation, and expanding Youth and Young Adult Engagement expandable youth and young adult engagement.

For more information on the NAACP San Diego branch, and ways to volunteer, visit their website at www.sandiegonaacp.org.

president?

FM: To make sure that all

19 communities have a chair and they have a functioning, working committee. Everybody knows they can encounter civil rights issues. But they forget, this is a 100 percent volunteer organization.

Ms. Maxwell (center) at Johnson Elementary School with fellow NAACP San Diego volunteers last Friday, November 20, 2020. The NAACP San Diego Branch donated over 110 donations to seniors, Never Leave One Behind (NLOB), and Johnson Elementary children and families during NAACP San Diego’s annual Thanksgiving food drive give away. .

Pictured l to r: Mrs. Michelle Bryant, teacher at Johnson Elementary, Mrs. Maxwell, and volunteer Michael Fisher

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Community Volunteers Feed Thous

Photos by Brian Goodin and Carleton Overstreet, Jr.

Mt Baptis

By Brian Goodin Contributing Writer

The word comm”UNITY” is becoming synonymous with residents of Southeast San Diego as a small army of people from a few local non-profit organizations in three different locations distributed food to those in need. The Thanksgiving free turkey giveaways could not come soon enough as many families are having difficult times as the COVID-19 pandemic weighs heavily on many households.

Thanks to an awesome group of volunteers, relief was in store beginning Friday, November 20th from 12pm to 4pm at Bayview Baptist Church located at 6134 Pastor Timothy J Winters Street, where the Honorable Pastor Terry Brooks presides. Friends for Friends Foundation and Saddleback Church also aided a healthy helping hand in making sure it “mission accomplished” on the Bayview campus. Cars lined the street for at least a mile before 750 families were fed by the giving hearts of many tremendous people in a drive thru, COVID-19 safe, service distribution of the curbside giveaway of food.

The very next day, at a different location, 404 Euclid Avenue, the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation was the spot to give away a thousand turkeys along with other perishable items to

feed those households in need. Assemblymember Dr. Shirley Weber, in partnership with Paving Great Futures and City of Hope International Church, moved forward with their 8th Annual Turkey Giveaway drive thru. All adhered to COVID-19 social distancing requirements. It was held from 11am to 2pm, honoring a voucher system until 1pm, which left about 200 families to be feed after the participants with vouchers were taken care of.

The third food distribution took place Sunday, November 22nd at Mt. Erie Baptist Church and Porter Elementary School (North). Local community organizations gathered to distribute 1,500 turkeys. Organized by Armon Harvey, Carleton Overstreet Jr. and a collective of community leaders throughout San Diego county.

Carleton Overstreet Jr. said, “I’d like to thank the entire village for a successful event. I’d also like to specifically thank Andra Day, SDBOA, Black San Diego, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Friends for Friends Foundation, Project A.W.A.R.E, Voice & Viewpoint, I am my Brothers Keeper, Roosevelt Williams III, DETOUR Fancy Girls, Yo Pace, SD Hip Hop 5k, SD strike Force, First Chance U, Titanium Insurance services, SDUSD, Village of Promise, Dr. Jerome Robinson, Steven Trost, Larry Shushan, Tony Williams, The Write Juice, Wal-Mart and the Harvey Foundation.”

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t. Erie st Church

8th Annual

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COVID-19 RESOURCES & INFORMATION Statewide COVID-19 cases per 100k: 16.5

SDUSD FREE CURBSIDE N’ GO

Positivity rate: 5.2%

71,648

School families! Drive-thru or walk-up to receive nutritious meals at no cost for all children 18 years and younger. Monday through Friday. Noon to 2 p.m, including daily breakfast, lunch and dinner. 21 meals total are provided, per week, per child:

Mondays 3 meals

Thursdays and Fridays 5 meals

Children are not required to be present at the meal pick up, but, if not, the child’s photo is required. Social distancing guidelines apply.

Meal locations are closed through 11/27. All 81 meal pick-up locations will resume regular curbside service on Monday, November 30.

Current Serving locations: King-Chavez Primary Academy 415 31st St. San Diego 92102

Alcott Elementary 4680 Hidalgo Ave. San Diego 92117

Dewey Elementary 3251 Rosecrans St. San Diego 92110

Angier Elementary 8450 Hurlbut St. San Diego 92123

Edison Elementary 4077 35th St. San Diego 92104

Audubon K-8 8111 San Vicente San Diego 92114

Encanto Elementary 822 65th St. San Diego 92114

Baker Elementary 4041 T St. San Diego 92113

Euclid Elementary 4166 Euclid Ave. San Diego 92105

Balboa Elementary 1844 South 40th St. San Diego 92113

Farb Middle 4880 La Cuenta Dr. San Diego 92124

Bell Middle 620 Briarwood Rd. San Diego 92139

Foster Elementary 6550 51st St. San Diego 92120

Bethune Elementary 6835 Benjamin Holt Rd. San Diego 92114

Gage Elementary 6811 Bisby Lake Dr. San Diego 92119

Birney Elementary 4345 Campus Ave. San Diego 92103

Garfield Elementary 4487 Oregon St. San Diego 92116

Cadman Elementary 4370 Kamloop Ave. San Diego 92117

Golden Hill K-8 1240 33rd St. San Diego 92102

Central Elementary 4063 Polk Ave. San Diego 92105

Hage Elementary 9750 Galvin Ave. San Diego 92126

Challenger Middle 10810 Parkdale Ave. San Diego 92126

Hancock Elementary 3303 Taussig St. San Diego 92124

Chavez Elementary 1404 South 40th St. San Diego 92113

Hoover High 4474 El Cajon Blvd.

San Diego 92115

Cherokee Point Elementary 3735 38th St. San Diego 92105

Horton Elementary 5050 Guymon St. San Diego 92102

Miller Elementary 4343 Shields St. San Diego 92124

Ibarra Elementary 4877 Orange Ave. San Diego 92115

Mira Mesa High 10510 Marauder Way San Diego 92126

Innovation Middle 5095 Arvinels Ave. San Diego 92117

Mission Bay High 2475 Grand Ave. San Diego 92109

John Muir Language Academy 4431 Mt. Herbert Ave. San Diego 92117

Montgomery Middle 2470 Ulric St. San Diego 92111

Wangenheim Middle 9230 Gold Coast Dr. San Diego 92126

Morse High 6905 Skyline Dr. San Diego 92114

Washington Elementary 1789 State St. San Diego 92101

Chollas Elementary 4525 Market St. San Diego 92102 Clairemont High 4150 Ute Dr. San Diego 92117 Clark Middle 4388 Thorn St. San Diego 92105 Clay Elementary 6506 Solita Ave. San Diego 92115 CPMA 5050 Conrad Ave. San Diego 92117 Crown Point Elementary 4033 Ingraham St. San Diego 92109 Darnall Charter School 6020 Hughes St. San Diego 92115 DePortola Middle 11010 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego 92124

Johnson Elementary 1355 Kelton Rd. San Diego 92114 Jones Elementary 2751 Greyling Dr. San Diego 92123 Kearny High 1954 Komet Way San Diego 92111 Keiller Middle 7270 Lisbon St. San Diego 92114 Kimbrough Elementary 321 Hoitt St. San Diego 92102

Pershing Middle 8204 San Carlos Dr. San Diego 92119

KIPP Adelante 426 Euclid Ave. San Diego 92114 (Tues/Thurs only)

Porter North Elementary 445 S. 47th St. San Diego 92113

Knox Middle 1098 South 49th St. San Diego 92113

Rodriguez Elementary 825 South 31st St. San Diego 92113

Language Academy 4961 64th St. San Diego 92115

Roosevelt Middle 3366 Park Blvd San Diego 92103

Lewis Middle 5170 Greenbrier Ave. San Diego 92120

Rosa Parks Elementary 4510 Landis St. San Diego 92105

Linda Vista Elementary 2772 Ulric St. San Diego 92111 Logan-Memorial 2850 Logan Ave. San Diego 92113 Madison High 4833 Doliva Dr. San Diego 92117 Mann Middle 4345 54th St. San Diego 92115 Marshall Elementary 3550 Altadena Ave. San Diego 92105 McKinley Elementary 3045 Felton St. San Diego 92104

Normal Heights Elementary 3750 Ward Rd. San Diego 92116

Sandburg Elementary 11230 Avenida del Gato San Diego 92126 SCPA 2425 Dusk Dr. San Diego 92139 Sherman Elementary 301 22nd St. San Diego 92102 Standley Middle 6298 Radcliffe Dr. San Diego 92122 Taft Middle 9191 Gramercy Dr. San Diego 92123 Toler Elementary 3350 Baker St. San Diego 92117 Valencia Elementary 5880 Skyline Dr. San Diego 92114 Walker Elementary 9225 Hillery Dr. San Diego 92126

Webster Elementary 4801 Elm St. San Diego 92102

O’Farrell Charter School 6130 Skyline Dr. San Diego 92114

Whitman Elementary 4050 Appleton St. San Diego 92117

Oak Park Elementary 2606 54th St. San Diego 92105

Wilson Middle 3838 Orange Ave. San Diego 92105

Perkins K-8 1770 Main St. San Diego 92113

Zamorano Fine Arts 2655 Casey St. San Diego 92139

Covid-19 Status

TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES

MEAL PICK-UP LOCATIONS FOR CHILDREN

Tuesdays and Wednesdays 4 meals

SAN DIEGO COUNTY HOSPITALIZED

4,386

REPORTED TESTS

San Diego County Status: WIDESPREAD COVID-19 cases per 100k: 12.1 Positivity rate: 4.3%

1,780,913

ICU

992

SOURCE: County of San Diego, HHSA as of 10/23/20

Tips For A Healthier

Holiday Season As of November 19, 2020, it is now required by the State of California’s new, limited stay at home order that all non-essential work and activities stop between 10PM and 5AM in counties in the Widespread (purple) tier.

Here are some specific tips to share and that Chet can also speak to: • Check your county’s status to find out what types of activities and gatherings are permitted in your county based on the current spread of the virus.

• Wear a mask in public settings, like on public and mass transportation, shopping and in stores, and anywhere you will be around people who do not live with you.

• Wear a mask not only with people you do not know, but with anyone you don’t live with including close friends and family. While we feel safe and can easily let our guard down around loved ones, the risk of transmission is still there.

• Keep your distance—Stay six feet apart from individuals outside your household, especially from older

family members and those with chronic health conditions.

• Do not gather indoors with other households if your county prohibits it. Indoor gathering is prohibited in purple tier counties.

• If you are in a county where indoor gathering is permitted, when indoors, keep windows and doors open so fresh air circulates and continue to practice safe behaviors like wearing a mask, washing your hands, and using all the space you can indoors; spread things out.

• Avoid sharing utensils or drinks with anyone.

• Commit to keeping gatherings short (under two hours), whether inside or outside. The longer the duration, the higher the risk of spreading COVID-19.

• People at higher risk of

severe illness or death from COVID-19 (such as older adults and people with chronic medical conditions) are strongly urged not to attend any gatherings, especially indoor gatherings. If you gather with older people or those with chronic conditions, make sure they wear a surgical or N95 mask.

• It is safest to celebrate the holidays with the people who already live with you, but if you invite others, invite no more than two other households to your gathering.

• Minimize mixing – Participating in multiple gatherings with different households or groups is strongly discouraged.

Keep the households that you interact with stable over time. By spending time with the same people, risk of transmission is reduced.

• Travel increases your chance of getting and spreading the virus.

Incoming travelers from out of state and Californians returning to the state should self-quarantine for 14 days after arrival before mixing indoors and with others.

• Wash your hands often with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.

• Stay home if you are sick.

SOURCE: The California Department Of Health

County Steps Up

Health Order Enforcement With indoor operations at restaurants, gyms, places of worship and movie theaters currently not allowed, the County has stepped up its enforcement efforts to ensure businesses and other entities to adhere to the local health order, which was updated on Saturday, November 21.

“We have not seen numbers like these in the course of the pandemic,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer at a County press conference last week.

As of last Friday, the County had issued more than 70 cease and desist and closure orders to local businesses and organizations for failure to comply. Over 40 of those were served last week alone. An investigation is made, the cease and desist order is issued, and then, if a business continues to violate the health order, a closure notice is issued.

All local law enforcement agencies will

enforce the local order, and the County Sheriff ’s Department’s enforcement teams will be dispatched throughout the county.

The teams will first encourage compliance but will issue citations if necessary.

San Diegans can anonymously report businesses or entities not following the local health order by calling (858) 694-2900 or emailing at SafeReopeningComplianceTeam@ sdcounty.ca.gov SOURCE: County Of San Diego

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NICK MACCHIONE, FACHE AGENCY DIRECTOR

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WILMA J. WOOTEN, M.D. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER

3851 ROSECRANS STREET, MAIL STOP P-578 SAN DIEGO, CA 92110-3134 (619) 531-5800 • FAX (619) 542-4186

ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS (EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 21, 2020) Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code sections 101040, 120175, and 120175.5 (b) the Health Officer of the County of San Diego (Health Officer) ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Effective 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2020, and continuing until further notice, the following will be in effect for San Diego County (county): 1. All persons are to remain in their homes or at their place of residence, except for employees or customers traveling to and from essential businesses or reopened businesses as defined in sections 10 and 11, below, or to participate in individual or family outdoor activity as allowed by this Order.

2. All “gatherings,” as defined in the California Department of Public Health Guidance for Private Gatherings found at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/ COVID19/CDPH-Guidancefor-the-Prevention-of-COVID19-Transmission-for-Gatherings-10- 09.aspx, shall comply with both said guidance, and the Limited Stay at Home Order issued by the California Health Officer on November 19, 2020 found at: https:// www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/ limited-stay-at-homeorder.aspx.

Gatherings not in compliance are prohibited.

3. SCHOOLS a. All public, charter, and private schools may hold classes and other school activities only under circumstances permitted by the State and in compliance with the COVID19 Industry Guidance: Schools and School - Based Programs, and as may be updated or superseded by further State guidance. Institutions of higher education may hold classes or other school activities only under circumstances permitted by the State and in compliance with the COVID – 19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education and as may be updated or superseded by further State guidance. A written, worksite-specific COVID-19 prevention plan as stated in their applicable state guidance may be used by schools and institutions of higher education in lieu of a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol or Safe Reopening Plan. b. All school districts, charter schools, and private schools serving grades TK – 12 inclusive, shall report the following to the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) on or before the second and fourth Monday of each month, in a format designated by SDCOE:: i. Number of students participating in full-time in-person learning, by school site and school district, if applicable. ii. Number of students participating in hybrid learning (a mix of in-person and distance

learning) by school site and school district, if applicable. iii.

Number of students participating in distance learning by school site and school district, if applicable. iv. Number of school employees who work onsite at a school, by school site and school district, if applicable. v. The name, email, mailing address, and phone number of the person responsible for responding to complaints regarding COVID-19 prevention, by school site and school district, if applicable.

SDCOE shall report this information to the County of San Diego by the end of business on the following day (Tuesday) and shall post this information on its publicly facing website. c. All school districts, charter schools, and private schools serving grades TK – 12 inclusive, as required in the most recent COVID -19 Industry Guidance: Schools and School-Based Programs, shall notify local health officials immediately of any positive case of COVID-19, and exposed staff and families, as relevant, while maintaining confidentiality as required by state and federal laws.

4. Child daycare and child care providers shall operate in compliance with the measures set forth in State COVID-19 Updated Guidance: Child Care Programs and Providers and shall prepare and post a Safe Reopening Plan pursuant to section 11c, below.

5. “Non-essential personnel,” as defined in section 15b below, are prohibited from entry into any hospital or long-term care facility. All essential personnel who are COVID-19 positive or show any potential signs or symptoms of COVID-19 are strictly prohibited from entry into hospitals or long-term care facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, individuals requiring medical care for COVID-19 or related conditions may be admitted to hospitals or other medical facilities if the hospital or medical facility is appropriate for treating COVID-19 and has adequate precautions in place to protect its patients, medical personnel and staff.

6. Hospitals and healthcare providers, including dentists shall: a. Take measures to preserve and prioritize resources; and, b. May authorize and perform non-emergent or elective surgeries or procedures based on their determination of clinical need and supply capacity, and where consistent with State guidance. c. Nothing in this Order shall prevent physicians and other healthcare providers from conducting routine preventive care provided it conforms to any

applicable State guidance. d. Nothing in this Order shall prevent dentists or dental hygienists from conducting routine preventive care provided it conforms to any applicable State guidance.

7. Hospitals, healthcare providers, pharmacies, commercial testing laboratories, and any other setting conducting testing shall report all positive and non-positive (i.e., negative, indeterminate, and specimen unsatisfactory) test results from nucleic acid amplification tests, antibody tests, and antigen diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 to the Public Health Officer immediately after such results are received.

8. Face coverings shall be worn as described and required in California Department of Public Health Face Covering Guidance issued on November 16, 2020, (available at: https://www. cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/ DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-facecoverings.aspx).

9. All businesses not meeting the definition of essential business or reopened business in section 10 and 11 below are referred to in this Order as “non-essential businesses” and shall be and remain closed for the duration of this Order. All essential businesses and reopened businesses must comply with the requirements of this Order. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any business may remain open if its employees and owners can provide its services from home, including by telecommuting, without direct contact with the public.

10. ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES a. “Essential business” is any business or activity (or a business/activity that employs/utilizes workers) designated by the State Public Health Officer as “Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” set forth in: https://covid19.ca.gov/img/ Essential CriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf) as that list may be updated from time-totime, and referenced in Executive Order N-33-20 issued by the Governor of the State of California. b. All essential businesses that allow members of the public to enter a facility must prepare and post a “Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol” on the form available at: https://www. sandiegocounty .gov/content/ dam/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/ Epidemiology/covid19/SOCIAL_DISTAN CING_AND_ SANITATION_PROTOCOL_04022020_V1.pdf ), or on a form required by another governmental entity requiring substantially similar information, for each of their facilities open to the public in the county. The Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol must be posted at or near the entrance of the relevant facility, and shall be easily viewable

by the public and employees. A copy of the Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol must also be provided to each employee performing work at the facility. All essential businesses shall implement the Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol and provide evidence of its implementation to any authority enforcing this Order upon demand. The Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol must describe all measures required in section c below. Any business that fails to prepare and successfully implement a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol shall immediately close. c. When the State of California has issued an industry guidance, or any subsequent amendments thereto, with mandatory or suggested restrictions and/or measures to be implemented by a particular sector of essential business, every essential business in that sector must comply with the guidance and shall include in its Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol (prepared pursuant to section b, above) all of the measures listed in the industry guidance. Any mandatory measures required by this Order must also be included in a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol.

11. REOPENED BUSINESSES a. “Reopened business” is a business that is not an essential business as defined in section 10a above, and has reopened in conformance with the State of California’s Plan for Reducing COVID-19 and Adjusting Permitted Sector Activities to Keep Californians Healthy and Safe (available at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/COVID19CountyMonitoringOverview.aspx Statewide Public Health Officer Order, issued by the California Department of Health Services on August 28, 2020, all portions of which are operative in San Diego County effective immediately, and available at { https://www.cdph. ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/ CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/8-28-20_ Order-Plan-Reducing-COVID19-Adjusting-Permitted-SectorsSigned.pdf}. A reopened business may open when the Public Health Officer has posted an acknowledgement of the reopened status on the County of San Diego Coronavirus website and the business has complied with the requirements of this Order.

sectors listed in the Activities and Business Tiers that are permitted to operate indoors shall require all customers who receive services indoors or use indoor facilities to sign in with their name and telephone number: • Hair Salons & Barbershops • Personal Care Services c. All reopened businesses, with the exception of restaurants, bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries which do not limit services to take-out or delivery, must prepare and post a “Safe Reopening Plan” on the form available at:https://www. sandiegocounty.gov/content/ dam/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/ Epidemiology/covid19/Community_Sector_Support/BusinessesandEmployers/SafeReopeningPlanTemplate.pdf for each of their facilities in the county. Restaurants bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries which do not limit services to take-out or delivery, must prepare and post a “COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol” on the form found at https://www.sandiegocounty. gov/content/dam/sdc/deh/fhd/ food/pdf/covid19sdrestaurantoperatingprotocol_en.pdf for each restaurant in the county. d. The Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol must be posted at or near the entrance of the relevant facility, and shall be easily viewable by the public and employees. A copy of the Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol must also be provided to each employee performing work at the facility. All reopened businesses shall implement the Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol and provide evidence of its implementation to any authority enforcing this Order upon demand. The Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol must describe all measures required in section e, below. Any business that fails to prepare and comply with its Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol shall immediately close.

b. The State of California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy establishes a four tier system for reopening business sectors.

Those business sectors listed in the Activities and Business Tiers table are allowed to reopen per San Diego’s tier assignment and under the conditions set forth in the chart.

e. When the State of California has issued an industry guidance, or any subsequent amendments thereto, with mandatory or suggested restrictions and/or measures to be implemented by a particular sector of reopened business, every reopened business in that sector must comply with the guidance and shall include in its Safe Reopening Plan or COVID-19 Restaurant Operating Protocol (prepared pursuant to section c, above) all of the measures listed in the industry guidance. Any mandatory measures required by this Order must also be included in a Social Distancing and Sanitation Protocol.

i. Every business in the following

f. All restaurants, bars, wineries,

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The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

WILMA J. WOOTEN, M.D. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER

3851 ROSECRANS STREET, MAIL STOP P-578 SAN DIEGO, CA 92110-3134 (619) 531-5800 • FAX (619) 542-4186

ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS (EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 21, 2020) CONTINUATION distilleries and breweries shall be closed from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. every day except for delivery, take-out, and drive-thru.

12. Each essential business and reopened business shall take all of the follo wing actions if an employer becomes aware that an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19: a. Promptly notify the County Department of Public Health that there is an employee that is laboratory-confirmed diagnosed with COVID-19, together with the name, date of birth, and contact information of the employee. b. Cooperate with the County Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 response team to identify and provide contact information for any persons exposed by the employee at the workplace. c. Provide notice of the exposure to any employees, and contractors (who regularly work at the workplace), who may have been exposed to COVID-19, as stated in the State’s COVID-19 Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening, available at {https:// files.covid19.ca.gov/pdf/employer-playbook-for-safe-reopening--en.pdf}.

13. OUTDOOR RECREATION a. Each public park and recreation area or facility, shall operate in compliance with the measures set forth in the State COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Campgrounds, RV Parks and Outdoor Recreation. The operator of the park shall prepare a Safe Reopening Plan pursuant to section 11, above, indicating how the park or recreation facility will implement the required measures. Any park or recreation area/facility at which the Protocol requirements cannot be effectively implemented may be required to close. b. Outdoor recreation instruction and day camps that comply with the State COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Day Camps, may be conducted in park and recreation areas/facilities. c. Recreational boating may occur in compliance with applicable State guidance: https:// files.covid19.ca.gov/pdf/guidance-campgrounds.pdf. d. Outdoor playgrounds may operate in compliance with the State guidance Outdoor Playgrounds and other Outdoor Recreational Facilities, available at: {https:// www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/ Outdoor%20Playgrounds%20 and%20other%20Outdoor%20 Recreational%20Facilities. aspx}.

14. Persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely

to have COVID-19”, or as subsequently amended. Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID-19, or is likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Both orders are available at: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/ hhsa/programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/2019-nCoV/ health-order.html. If a more specific isolation or quarantine order is issued to a person, that order shall be followed.

15. Persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19”, or as subsequently amended. Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID-19, or is likely to have COVID-19, shall comply with the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Both orders are available at: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/ hhsa/programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/2019-nCoV/ health-order.html. If a more specific isolation or quarantine order is issued to a person, that order shall be followed. a. “Gathering” is any event or convening that brings together more than one person in a single room or single indoor or outdoor space at the same time.

A gathering does not include: i. A gathering consisting only of members of a single family or household. ii. Operations at airports, public transportation or other spaces where persons in transit are able to practice social distancing. iii. Operations at essential businesses as defined in section 10a above and reopened businesses as defined in 11a above and where the other requirements set forth in this Order are followed. iv. A religious service or cultural ceremony including a wedding ceremony which is allowed provided the State Guidance on Places of Worship and Providers of Religious Services and Cultural Ceremonies is followed. However, a wedding reception is a gathering and is not allowed. v. Outdoor protests in which participants maintain social distancing and wear face coverings at all times. b. “Non-essential personnel” are employees, contractors, or members of the public who do not perform treatment, maintenance, support, or administrative tasks deemed essential to the healthcare mission of the long-term care facility or hospital. Nonessential personnel

do not include first responders, nor State, federal, or local officials, investigators, or medical personnel carrying out lawful duties. Non-essential personnel do not include visitors to hospitals and long-term care facilities who are granted entry by the facility’s director, or designee, because they are family or friends who are visiting a resident in an end of life or similar situation, are parents or guardians visiting a child who is a patient, or because of any other circumstances deemed appropriate by the facility director, or designee, and where appropriate precautions by the facility that follow federal, State, and local public health guidance regarding COVID-19 are followed. c. “Social distancing” is maintaining a six-foot separation from all persons except for household members, first responders and medical providers or employees conducting temperature screenings.

16. This Order is issued as a result of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 disease, also known as “novel coronavirus.”

17. This Order is issued based on scientific evidence regarding the most effective approaches to slow the transmission of communicable diseases generally and COVID-19 specifically, as well as best practices as currently known and available to protect vulnerable members of the public from avoidable risk of serious illness or death resulting from exposure to COVID-19. The age, condition, and health of a significant portion of the population of the county places it at risk for serious health complications, including death, from COVID-19.

Although most individuals who contract COVID-19 do not become seriously ill, persons with mild symptoms and asymptomatic persons with COVID-19 may place other vulnerable members of the public— such as older adults, and those with underlying health conditions—at significant risk.

18. The actions required by this Order are necessary to reduce the number of individuals who will be exposed to COVID-19, and will thereby slow the spread of COVID-19 in the county. By reducing the spread of COVID-19, this Order will help preserve critical and limited healthcare capacity in the county and will save lives.

19. This Order is issued in accordance with, and incorporates by reference: a) the Declaration of Local Health Emergency issued by the Health Officer on February 14, 2020; b) the Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the County Director of Emergency Services on February 14, 2020; c) the action of the County Board of Supervisors to ratify and continue both the local health emergency and local emergency on February 19, 2020; d) the Proclamation of a State of Emergency issued by the Governor of the

State of California on March 4, 2020; e) Executive Order N-2520 issued by the Governor of the State of California on March 12, 2020 which orders that “All residents are to heed any orders and guidance of state and local health officials, including but not limited to the imposition of social distancing measures, to control COVID-19”; f) Proclamation 9984 regarding COVID-19 issued by the President of the United States on March 11, 2020; g) Executive Order N-3320 issued by the Governor of the State of California on March 19, 2020; h) the “Interim Additional Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 in Nursing Homes” issued by the CDC; i) COVID-19 guidance issued by the California Department of Public Health on including, but not limited to the Face Coverings Guidance issued on April 1, 2020; j) the State of California’s “Resilience Roadmap;” the State of California’s Plan for Reducing COVID-19 and Adjusting Permitted Sector Activities to Keep Californians Healthy and Safe; and, the California Statewide Public Health Officer Order dated August 28, 2020.

20. This Order is issued to prevent circumstances often present in gatherings that may exacerbate the spread of COVID-19, such as: 1) the increased likelihood that gatherings will attract people from a broad geographic area; 2) the prolonged time period in which large numbers of people are in close proximity; 3) the difficulty in tracing exposure when large numbers of people attend a single event or are at a single location; and 4) the inability to ensure that such persons follow adequate hygienic practices.

21. This Order is issued to provide additional opportunities for recreational activities while also requiring additional protections from the spread of COVID-19 to the public who are taking advantage of these opportunities for recreational activities. And providing additional protections for employees of essential businesses or reopened business and their customers/clients.

22. This Order is issued to protect the public health as businesses are allowed to reopen by requiring businesses to implement procedures necessary to ensure their employees and customers comply with social distancing, sanitation and screening practices.

23. This Order comes after the release of substantial guidance from the Health Officer, the California Department of Public Health, the CDC, and other public health officials throughout the United States and around the world.

24. The statement of facts and circumstances set forth as justification for each Guidance issued by the California Department of Health Services that is referenced in this Order are hereby accepted and incorporated by reference

into this Order.

25. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 120175.5 (b) all governmental entities in the county shall take necessary measures within the governmental entity’s control to ensure compliance with this Order and to disseminate this Order to venues or locations within the entity’s jurisdiction where gatherings may occur.

26. Violation of this Order is subject to fine, imprisonment, or both.

(California Health and Safety Code section 120295.)

27. To the extent necessary, this Order may be enforced by the Sheriff or chiefs of police pursuant to Government Code sections 26602 and 41601 and Health and Safety Code section 101029.

28. Once this Order takes effect it shall supersede the Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations dated November 14, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED: Date: November 20, 2020 Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. Public Health Officer County of San Diego

EMERGENCY REGULATIONS As Director of Emergency Services for the County of San Diego, I am authorized to promulgate regulations for the protection of life and property pursuant to Government Code Section 8634 and San Diego County Code section 31.103. The following shall be in effect for the duration of the Health Officer Order issued above which is incorporated in its entirety by reference: The Health Officer Order shall be promulgated as a regulation for the protection of life and property.

Any person who violates or who refuses or willfully neglects to obey this regulation is subject to fine, imprisonment, or both.

(Government Code section 8665.)

Date: November 20, 2020 Helen Robbins-Meyer Chief Administrative Officer Director of Emergency Services County of San Diego THIS ORDER AND EMERGENCY REGULATIONS DO NOT SUPERSEDE MORE RESTRICTIVE STATE ORDERS OR GUIDANCE. ALL PERSONS MUST REFERENCE BOTH THIS DOCUMENT AND APPLICABLE STATE ORDERS AND GUIDANCE. TO THE EXTENT THERE IS ANY INCONSISTENCY THE MORE RESTRICTIVE MEASURE APPLIES.

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By LJ Maull Contributing Writer Getting up and moving your body is just as important in the workplace as it is off the clock. That’s what Stephanie Erazo, founder of Prana Wellness, embodies both in her daily life and in her journey to bring wellness to corporate offices around San Diego and the world beyond.

The current pandemic has only been a stumbling block in her mission to enrich the lives of employees and businesses everywhere.

A Chicago native graduating from Spelman College, Stephanie soon began her career as a producer for CNN, where she thought she would stay for the rest of her life. Yet, the corporate atmosphere could not contain her passion for fitness and exercise, which manifested frequently through her hosting boot camps, workouts, and

various other fitness events and activities. Eventually, Stephanie’s love of moving her body compelled her to take a brief sojourn to India to learn yoga from masters and gurus, becoming qualified to bring her knowledge to the states for the benefit of companies everywhere.

But, why would someone go to such lengths to enrich the physical wellbeing of employees? When asked, Stephanie responded that working at CNN was a stressful experience with not many outlets, and lack of any physical outlets or guidance left her unprepared when things got hard. “I didn’t even know what a panic attack was,” she said, thinking back on it. Being able to provide outlets for other employees, so they don’t have to go through that stress and anxiety as she did, has been a major drive in her continued pursuit of corporate wellness.

COVID-19 has significantly a lt e re d the course of her goal but has not stopped it. Although the pandemic has reduced the number of employees in the office, that hasn’t stopped her from pivoting to an online format.

It was always on her agenda, but she “had to change her two-year plan to a two-month plan,” when it became apparent that in-person classes would not be an option.

Although Prana Wellness offers classes via Zoom, an online meditation class, and many more digital offerings, it has been hard to pitch business when people are both not in their places of work and too busy to worry about physical health overall. “People know they need wellness, but they aren’t concerned with spending money on wellness,” particularly when they have to

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Fortunately, as a recipient of the Black Business Relief Fund, Stephanie was able to use the relief money to invest in digital marketing and training coaches, enabling her to meet people where they are at and kickstart her plans to move from San Diego to the world beyond.

Despite circumstances, Prana Wellness firmly believes that corporate wellness is the future, either virtually or in the office.No matter what, it is important for employers to care about employee health, both for a more productive workforce, and a greater quality of living overall.

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Making any kind of savings or credit goals can feel overwhelming, but there are simple money management solutions that can assist in making your goals a reality. First, it’s a good idea to conduct a financial health check-up to know where you currently stand. You can do this by reviewing your credit report to be on the lookout for any discrepancies, calculating your debt to income ratio, and assessing your emergency savings.

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Located at: 10890 Calle Verde La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Erikka Genae Thorpe 10890 Calle Verde #155 La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 14, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 14, 2025 11/26, 12/03, 12/10, 12/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018889 Fictitious business name(s): Providing Healthier Alternatives to Communities Reclaiming Our People's Sustainability (PHATCROPS) --P.H.A.T.C.R.O.P.S

Located at: 10890 Calle Verde #155 La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Erikka Genae Thorpe 10890 Calle Verde #155 La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 14, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 14, 2025 11/26, 12/03, 12/10, 12/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018537 Fictitious business name(s): Fa Fashion and Hair --Fa Fashion & Hair --Fatou Hair Braiding

Located at: 5945 Mission Gorge Rd Ste 3 San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego

LEGAL NOTICES This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 10/01/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Astou Sy 402 63rd St Spc 195 San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 7, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 7, 2025 11/26, 12/03, 12/10, 12/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018538 Fictitious business name(s): Bell and Bell Enterprises --Bell & Bell Enterprises --B&BE --Bell and Bell Enterprise --Bell & Bell Enterprise --Dos Management --Dos Ecosystems --The FAB Project

Located at: 402 63rd St Spc 195 San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 07/01/2016 This business is hereby registered by the following: Christopher J Bell 402 63rd St Spc 195 San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 7, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 7, 2025 11/26, 12/03, 12/10, 12/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018967 Fictitious business name(s):

Royal Quartz Professional Visitation Services

Located at: 453 Park Way Chula Vista, CA 91910 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Nacole Tashay Harris 453 Park Way Chula Vista, CA 91910

•Name Change:$85.00 (4 weeks) •Standard Classified: $3.75 a line •Summons: $130.00 (4 weeks) •Fictitious Business Name: $25.00 (4 weeks)

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County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 14, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 14, 2025 11/26, 12/03, 12/10, 12/17 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018313 Fictitious business name(s):

the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 13, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 13, 2025 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018309 Fictitious business name(s):

11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017929 Fictitious business name(s):

NAME CHANGE

Petitioner Rebeca Vazquez on behalf of Zarahi Martinez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows:

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2020-00029656CU-PT-CT Petitioner or Attorney: Rashanda Rochelle Wilkinson on behalf of a minor

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Located at: 4224 Governor Dr San Diego, CA 92122 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 10/20/20 This business is hereby registered by the following: Thang Viet Khuong 4224 Governor Dr San Diego, CA 92122 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 5, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 5, 2025 11/19, 11/26, 12/03, 12/10 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017602 Fictitious business name(s): Guilty Pleasures Parties

Located at: 5434 Bayview Heights Pl #7 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A General Partnership The first day of business was 10/12/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Tiffany Brenna Laster 5434 Bayview Heights Pl #7 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego --Kayla Unique Hale 5359 Santa Margarita St #3 San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 27, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 27, 2025 11/19, 11/26, 12/03, 12/10 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9018312 Fictitious business name(s): McGowan Auto Wholesale

Located at: 1216 N 1st Street El Cajon, CA 92021 County of San Diego --23852 Copper Court Wildomar, CA 92595 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Shondell Pierre McGowan 23852 Copper Court Wildomar, CA 92595 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 5, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 5, 2025 11/19, 11/26, 12/03, 12/10 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017033 Fictitious business name(s): Grandmaster Rawls Taekwondo

Located at: 914 East 8th Street, Suite 112 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 08/26/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Troy Lynn Rawls 914 East 8th Street, Suite 112 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This statement was filed with

Peacefull Mind Clohting

Located at: 4734 Crooked Creek Ct. San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Timothy Omario Douglas

4734 Crooked Creek Ct. San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on November 5, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on November 5, 2025 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017013 Fictitious business name(s): ABR Golf Extravaganza

Located at: 371 Blue Cape Lane #276 San Diego, CA 92154 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Co-Partners The first day of business was 9/23/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Avis Lee Brown-Riley

371 Blue Cape Lane #276 San Diego, CA 92154 County of San Diego --Gordon Brown Jr. 1937 Setting Sun Trail Tallahassee, Florida 32303 County of Leon This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 12, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 12, 2025 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017829 Fictitious business name(s): SDiegans

Located at: 537 S. 38th St San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Webster Drew Stephenson III

537 S. 38th St San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 31, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 31, 2025 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017227 Fictitious business name(s): Plaza Village Barber Shop

Located at: 3102 East Plaza Blvd National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 05/01/1995 This business is hereby registered by the following: Emmanuel Jacalan Navida

6730 Palo Alto LN. San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 17, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 17, 2025

Las Vegas Hair & Nails Beauty Supply

Located at: 5450 University Ave San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 08/20/1992 This business is hereby registered by the following: Reneil Patton Victoria

345 Ringwood DR. San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 31, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 31, 2025 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017594 Fictitious business name(s): Morton Acupuncture

Located at: 7290 Navajo Road Suite 110 San Diego, California 92119 County of San Diego --6311 Lake Lomond Drive San Diego, CA 92119 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 11/1/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Tomodachi Acupuncture Inc 6311 Lake Lomond Drive San Diego, California 92119 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 27, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 27, 2025 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017260 Fictitious business name(s): Total Altruistic Project Foundation

Located at: 2838 Farragut Rd., suite 125 San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Total Altruistic Project Foundation 2838 Farragut Rd., suite 125 San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 17, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 17, 2025 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9017122 Fictitious business name(s): AAA AGELESS

Located at: 553 Parkway Plaza El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Nan Wang 1547 Golden Rose Ave Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 14, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on October 14, 2025 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 Visit our Twitter! @VoiceViewpoint

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Division 37-2020-00034008CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Ashley Margaret Walrath To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Ashley Margaret Walrath filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ashley Margaret Walrath PROPOSED NAME: Audrey Ashley Winchell 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 DATE: 11/10/2020 TIME: 8:30am Dept.: 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED HEARING Notice is given that the hearing in the above-entitled case has been rescheduled from 11/10/2020 08:30 AM to date and time shown below.

All inquiries regarding this notice should be referred to the court listed above.

Type of Hearing: Hearing on Name Change Date: December 28, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 All hearings will be conducted remotely until further notice. Absent an order of the court, personal appearances at teh hearing will not be allowed. You must make arrangements with CourtCall as soon as possible, before the hearing date. If you wait to contact CourtCall until the date and time of the hearing, CourtCall will be unable to process your request in time and you will not be ablet o appear at this hearing.

CourtCall will charge you a fee for making the arrangements for your appearance. The fee is required. However, if you have previously obtained an approved Order on Court Fee Waiver (FW-003/FW-003GC) but believe that you may be eligible for a fee waiver, you should immediately file a Request to Waive Court Fees (FW-001/FW-001-GC) with the Civil Business Office, to request an Order on Court Fee Waiver.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 11/26, 12/03, 12/10, 12/17 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Division Hall of Justice 37-2020-00038766CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Rebeca Vazquez on behalf of Zarahi Martinez To All Interested Persons:

PRESENT NAME: Zarahi Martinez PROPOSED NAME: Zarahi Martinez-Vazquez 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 Date: December 09, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDANT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachement served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/03

To All Interested Persons:

Petitioner Rashanda Rochelle Wilkinson on behalf of a minor filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ja'Lyn Claudette Nadia Wilkinson PROPOSED NAME: Ja'Lyn Claudette Nadia Green 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 Date: December 02, 2020 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDANT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

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Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachement served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 11/05, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26

SUMMONS SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Mateo 400 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063 Case Number: 19-FAM-00545 Notice to Respondent: YiXiang Yuan You have been sued. Read the information below.

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

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children.

You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca. org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

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

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

STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from: 1. removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court;

NOTICE - ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE: Do you or someone in your household need affordable health insurance? If so, you should apply for Covered California. Covered California can help reduce teh cost you pay towards high quality affordable health care.

For more information, visit www.coveredca.com. Or call Covered California at 1-800300-1506.

WARNING - IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in join form is presumed to ber community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

The name and address of the court are: Superior Court of California County of San Mateo 400 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063 The name, address, and telephone number of the peitioner's attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, are: Michelle Chin 6143 Shelter Creek Lane San Bruno, CA 4066 (415) 866-4588 Summons Filed: 03/14/2019 Order For Publication Filed: 11/11/2020 11/26, 12/03, 12/10, 12/17

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

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BLACK HISTORY 1861 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FORMED Strongly opposed to secession, a western section of Virginia began proceedings to become a separate state. Western Virginians were far less likely to own slaves, and did not generally support many of the policies pushed and enforced by the state legislature. When Virginia joined the Confederacy in April, a group of delegates from western Virginia walked out, swearing to remain loyal to

the Union.

people from the state.

However, realising this to be impossible, the final constitution utilised gradual emancipation: enslaved children born after July 4, 1863 were freed immediately, all others were to be freed when

Though slaveholders were few in the newly formed state, they were vocal. Initially compromise was reached in the new state’s constitution by simply banning Black

they turned twenty-one. These provisions were sufficient for the newly formed West Virginia to be admitted to the Union. West Virginia ultimately abolished slavery in 1865, shortly before passage of the 13th Amendment.

It is one of three states that broke from an existing state, and it is the only state formed and granted admission to the U.S.A. during the Civil War.

1883 DEATH OF SOJOURNER TRUTH Born around 1797 (the exact date is unknown), Isabella Van Wagener was born as a slave in New York state. Though promised freedom, she was bought

and sold four times before escaping in 1826. 1827 was New York state’s set date for full emancipation (the deadline was set in 1817). Almost 20 years later, she

changed her name to Sojourner Truth. A preacher, abolitionist, and women’s rights advocate, she spoke out against sin, slavery, and the idea of “the weaker sex”.

1895 NATIONAL NEGRO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDED In 1869, just four years after the end of the Civil War, three AfricanAmerican physicians applied for membership into the Medical Society of the District of Columbia (MSDC). Though meeting all eligibility requirements, they were denied admission based solely on race. Amidst much publicity in local newspapers, the three physicians sought remedy for exclusionary practices on the floor of Congress and at the American Medical Association (AMA) Annual Meeting. Unfortunately, those opposed to integration were formidable, and the African American physicians did not succeed in their quest for acceptance

into the medical societies.

Subsequently, the National Negro Medical Association (in 1908, it was renamed the National Medical Association) was created for Bl ack doctors and health professionals.

Founded by a group of seven AfricanAmerican physicians, the initial aim of NMA was to give a voice to the many disenfranchised physicians of African descent.

Health disparities in medicine

perpetuated poor health outcomes for Blacks and other minorities. Many were excluded from hospitals, and, if admitted, their care and the ward conditions were substandard.

Early NMA meetings prioritised finding ways to eliminate health disparities, gain professional acceptance, and improve medical care for all people. NMA members set up their own hospitals, emphasized physician training, and appointed special commissions

to study major diseases, such as tuberculosis, hookworm and pellagra. The first issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association was published in 1909.

Scholarly research and findings regarding the prevention, treatment, management and care of illness and disease were reported quarterly.

In existence for more than 100 years, the NMA has been an influential voice for national health care policy changes (i.e., Medicare and Medicaid), and has introduced a number of innovative health care initiatives over the years.

1939 BIRTH OF TINA TURNER

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Born Anna Mae Bullock into a sharecropping family in rural Tennessee, she began singing as a teenager. After a move to St. Louis, Missouri, she immersed herself in the local rhythm-andblues scene. She met Ike Turner in 1956, when his band, Kings of Rhythm were performing. She joined the act and began performing as Tina Turner. The ensemble toured as the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and was renowned for its live performances.

In 1960, their single “A Fool in Love” hit the pop charts, and a

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In 1984, after a series of guest appearances, she released her triumphant debut solo album, Private Dancer, selling more than 20 million copies worldwide and earning three Grammy Awards, including best female vocal performance for “What’s Love Got

to Do with It”, which became Turner’s signature song. She followed her musical success with a role in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). In 2008, the iconic entertainer embarked on her “Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour,” which became one of the highest-selling ticketed shows of 2008 and 2009. She announced that it would be her final tour.

Turner became a Swiss citizen in 2013, briefly returning to the spotlight in 2018 to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. A few months later, fans

were treated to a showcase of her greatest hits with the opening of TINA: The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre in London’s West End. The musical debuted on Broadway in 2019.

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string of hit singles followed. Ike and Tina were married in 1962, though the date is subject to speculation, as Ike later claimed that the two were never legally married. Tina divorced Ike in 1978, alleging years of physical abuse and infidelity.

audiences in marginalized communities. The company has also awarded $10.3 million to 144 local newsrooms around the country as part of its COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program.

advocacy and support organization that works around the world to grow news media outlets.

“We are honored to partner with this impressive group of publishers, whose newsrooms make a difference in their communities,” said Joyce Barnathan, ICFJ’s president.

They include established local African American newspapers that have over the years become institutions in the communities they serve, as well as digital publications that have launched more recently.

Facebook, which also owns the social media platform Instagram, averages more than 2.7 billion active users a month. In 2019, the company’s revenue was estimated around $70 billion.

The Facebook Journalism project is supported by Facebook but run through the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), an

About half the media outlets Facebook has invited to participate in the program are Blackowned or Black-led publishers, and about the same percentage are non-profit organizations.

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to disadvantage millions of Black children across America.

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challenges the status quo. Black children need the President to have advisers who look at American schooling through a critical lens and are willing to push the envelope, rather than uphold a system already proven

Jasmine Rennie, who owns Gracemade says she’s excited

In other words, we can’t develop effective drugs and vaccines to conquer COVID-19 in communities of color without the active participation of the people who live there.

that more women – not only in California, but around the world – are being introduced to her “faith-driven” brand that designs modest but fashion-forward apparel, including a bestselling jumpsuit.

“A lot of women want clothes that don’t reveal too much but are still trendy, stylish and beautiful. This program will help us reach so many of them and provide the clothing that fits their lifestyles,” Rennie said.

We strongly believe that when done right, inclusive research leads to solutions that get us where we need to be.

Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., is Director National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., is Director National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

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