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In this Jan. 5, 2021, file photo, Cardiologist Dr. Malcolm Taylor receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at Phillips Medical Services in Jackson, Miss. A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots, an Associated Press analysis shows. With frustration rising over the slow rollout of the vaccine, state leaders and other politicians across the U.S. are turning up the pressure, and improvising to get shots in arms more quickly. (Eric Shelton/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

By The Associated Press An Associated Press analysis shows that Black people in many parts of the U.S. are lagging behind whites in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. Statistics released by 17 states and two cities tell the same story: Through Jan. 25, Black people were getting inoculated at levels below their share of the general population. The early look at the racial breakdowns of those getting the shots is particularly troubling given that the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says Blacks, Hispanic and

Dr. John E. Warren, Voice & Viewpoint Publisher

By Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer The 194 year old National Newspaper Publishers Association, recently held its virtual Mid-Winter Conference. This year the organization, which has over 230 African American newspapers and media outlets throughout the country, presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher of the 61Year-old San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper. The presentation, made by the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr., President of NNPA, was done on behalf of the organization’s Board of Directors and members.

In his remarks, Dr. Chavis said that the organization was recognizating Dr. Warren’s more than three decades of service and trailblazing leadership to the organization and its industry. Dr. Warren is serving in his second term as a member of the NNPA Board of Directors and is the organization’s Parliamentarian. HIs editorials are published nationally on the NNPA wireservice and its member newspapers throughout the nation. He is also a recognized lecturer and consultant on Public Policy and Governmental Affairs.

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By Quinci LeGardye California Black Media

COVID-19 vaccine distribution has been a complex puzzle for California’s state and local governments so far, with efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible coming up against a limited statewide supply, technology issues with appointments and protests from anti-vaxxers.

On Jan. 25, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced multiple

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actions aimed to improve the state’s vaccination rollout, including transitioning to a statewide network and launching a new scheduling and data system in early February.

The County of San Diego’s fourth COVID-19 Vaccination Super Station opened Tuesday, Feb. 2 at the Grossmont Center Mall, 5500 Grossmont Center Dr, Ste 212, in La Mesa, while a Point of Distribution started operations at the San Ysidro Southwestern College.

Newsom also announced that, going forward, California will shift to a statewide age-based vaccine eligibility system. The state will continue through the current vaccination tier, which includes individuals age 65 and over, and healthcare workers. In

The Sharp HealthCare Grossmont Center Super Station will be open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., vaccinating up to 2,000 people a day. Sharp is providing 40 volunteers to staff 10 registration desks and 20 vaccination stations. The walk-thru clinic is located in the former Charlotte Russe store. Reservations are required and can be made at vaccinationsuperstationsd.com.

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Pay Tribute to the Late Cicely Tyson

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From her first significant role as Jane Foster in the TV drama “East Side/West Side” to her recurring role as Ophelia Harkness in “How to Get Away with Murder,” Cicely Tyson’s nuanced portrayals of proud Black women See TRIBUTE page 2

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After four years of push back from the administration of Donald Trump, Underground Railroad heroine Harriet Tubman may finally appear on U.S. currency.

The legendary film, television, and stage actress who earned an Academy Honorary Award, three Emmy’s and a Tony, has died at the age of 96. (Photo: Cicely Tyson at the 2012 Time 100 gala. David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons)

“The Treasury Department is taking steps to resume those efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday, Jan. 25.

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Native Americans are dying of the virus at nearly three times the rate of white people.

As a vaccination super station, the Grossmont Center location joins Petco Park UC San Diego Health Super Station in downtown San Diego, Sharp HealthCare South Bay Super Station in Chula Vista and Cal State University San Marcos Super Station in San Marcos, as well as multiple smaller sites in locations around the County.

California’s COVID-19 infection rate and hospitalizations have dropped in the past two weeks, but its death toll from the disease is surging. After taking six months to reach 10,000 deaths and five more to double that mark, the nation’s most populous state took just five more weeks to reach 30,000 deaths and another 20 days to reach 40,000. In the past week, California has recorded an average of 544 daily COVID-19 deaths, and its pandemic death toll has reached 43,000.

“We’re going to see a widening and exacerbation of the racial health inequities that were here before the pandemic and worsened during the pandemic if our communities cannot access the vaccine,’’ said Dr. Uche Blackstock, a New York emergency physician and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, an advocacy group that addresses bias and inequality.

Hospital systems around the country are coming under fire over accusations that they are playing favorites when it comes to who gets the first crack at COVID-19 vaccines. As millions of Americans wait for vaccines, there are a growing number of accounts of hospital board members, major donors and others with clout jumping the line.

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mid-February, eligibility will expand statewide to include teachers, school staff, emergency services – as well as food and agriculture workers in mid-February. After those groups are vaccinated, the state will determine the next tier of vaccine eligibility based on age.

State officials say that the new simplified approach to vaccine distribution will ensure that more vaccines get administered to Californians vulnerable to COVID-19, as well as provide clarity in a vaccine rollout that has differed county by county.

“Opening this fourth Vaccination Super Station increases our ability as a County to administer the vaccine to healthcare workers and those over 65,” said Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher. “We have quickly reached a milestone of having Super Stations in the South, Central, North and now Eastern portions of the County.”

Sharp is the first health care provider to operate two Super Stations.

The Grossmont Center walk-thru will replace and expand the site Sharp HealthCare had been operating on Wakarusa St. Appointments made for that site transfer to the super station at the mall.

“Moving to this new site at Grossmont Center allows us to broaden our reach to the community in partnership with the Grossmont Healthcare District and the County of San

California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said about 125,000 people are receiving doses each day.

“At this moment of scarcity, we need to make sure the vaccine is not just used to get to herd immunity, but to ensure that our most vulnerable [are protected],” Ghaly said.

The announcement was met with concern from groups who have been advocating for earlier access to vaccines, including certain classes of essential workers and people with chronic medical conditions.

“We realize we have got to increase throughout, and while we are proud of the framework we put out, we recognize that it has advantages and disadvantages as it relates to speed and efficiency,” Newsom said at the Jan. 25 announcement.

Under the new age-based system, it’s unclear where Californians younger than 65 with disabilities or underlying medical conditions will fall on the state’s priority list. The CDC categorizes adults of any age with certain conditions -- including heart failure, chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes, a body mass index (BMI) over 30 -- and smokers, among other vulnerable groups, at “increased risk “of severe illness from COVID-19.

According to the state’s coronavirus website, California has received over 4.7 million vaccine doses and distributed over 3.4 million doses as of Jan. 31. At the Jan. 25 briefing,

Advocates have argued that people with severe disabilities should be prioritized according to the original vaccine rollout tiers. At a Jan. 29 press conference, Executive Director

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“were a powerful counterbalance to the negative stereotypes prevalent in film and television.”

The legendary film, television, and stage actress who earned an Academy Honorary Award, three Emmy’s and a Tony, has died at the age of 96.

“Often at great personal cost, she demanded truth and dignity in the roles she accepted. Few actors have done more to advance the cause of racial justice than the incomparable Cicely Tyson,” National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial said late Thursday.

“The National Urban League was proud to present her with one of our highest honors, the Arts Award, at our 2013 Conference. The entire Urban League Movement mourns her passing and honors her memory.”

A cause of death was not immediately released.

“With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon,” her manager, Larry Thompson, said in a statement. “At this time, please allow the family their privacy.”

Born in New York on December 19, 1924, Tyson grew up in Harlem’s famed but hardscrabble streets.

As a teenager, she worked as a typist but decided she wanted to go into show business.

She began modeling at the age of 18, but her love of the stage almost immediately took over.

In 1963, Tyson made history with East Side/West Side, becoming the first Black lead in a television drama series.

Diego,” said Scott Evans, CEO of Sharp Grossmont Hospital and chairman of Sharp’s COVID-19 vaccination program.

The County of San Diego is currently only vaccinating people who live or work in San Diego County and are in the following groups: • Health care workers and all others in Phase 1A,Tiers 1-3 • Persons aged 65 years old and above in Phase 1B, Tier 1 Doctors, pharmacies, community clinics, and other health care providers are also providing vaccinations to San Diegans in the priority groups.

While vaccines have arrived in the region, supplies remain extremely limited. People are asked to please be patient— as supply increases, providers will be able to perform more vaccinations.

As of Feb. 1, the vaccine had been administered to 9.4 percent of San Diego County residents aged 16 and up, the population the CDC has said may safely receive COVID-19 vaccinations.

Vaccination reservations can be made at vaccinationsuperstationsd.com. More information on vaccinations is at coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.

of Disability Rights California Andy Imparato said, “The governor has said he is committed to equity. We share his commitment, and we support vaccinating older Californians as a priority group, but the commitment to equity is meaningless if all of the high-risk people who aren’t over 65 have to wait until June to be vaccinated. So many people living with highrisk disabilities, including those who are also in marginalized communities, are going to die if the governor doesn’t reconsider.”

The switch to age-based distribution also means that younger essential workers were pushed further back in the line to receive the vaccine. The next group of industries scheduled to receive the vaccine before the change included transportation and logistics; critical manufacturing; and industrial, commercial, residential and sheltering facilities/services.

SEIU California President Bob Schoonover released a statement on Jan. 25 regarding the eligibility change.

“Millions of working Californians, most of them people of color, have no choice but to leave their homes and work each day, exposing themselves, their families, and their communities to COVID-19 and its devastation.

Research shows that work is a major source of transmission. California labeled these workers essential when the state wanted their service through the pandemic; if they are removed from the priority list for vaccination, the state is now saying they are expendable,” says Schoonover.

The California Transit Association sent a letter to Newsom on Jan. 25 urging the governor to return to the previous tier system or prioritize transit frontline workers alongside healthcare, emergency services, food and education workers. In the letter Executive Director Michael Pimentel argues that public transit workers have provided critical services to essential workers and filled important gaps in emergency and social services.

“For many low-income people, disabled individuals, seniors, communities of color, and essential workers, accessing the vaccine will require a trip on a bus, rail car or paratransit vehicle. It would be unfortunate for the state to not ensure that those trips are as safe as possible for the rider and the transit frontline worker by ensuring transit frontline workers are vaccinated,” the letter reads.

Her star soared after an Academy Award-nominated performance for the 1972 film, Sounder.

The Hollywood Reporter received statements from some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.

She had previously appeared in an episode of the TV western “Gunsmoke,” and had made a name for herself in “The FBI,” “A Man Called Adam,” and I-Spy with Bill Cosby.

Viola Davis, who worked with Tyson on How to Get Away with Murder and wrote the foreword of Tyson’s memoir, wrote:

“Cicely was a brilliant actress, who was a woman of color, with the strength of her Blackness, she made it possible for Black women to grace the stage of theatre, film, and television,” comedian Bill Cosby wrote in a statement posted to his official Twitter account.

“I still smile because I had the blessings of witnessing her talent on an episode of ‘The Bill Cosby Show’ called ‘Blind Date’ I can only imagine how strong Miles Davis is blowing that trumpet, welcoming you in his arms with the song, ‘So What.’ Thank you for your brilliance and grace.”

The ultra-talented Tyson would earn Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Kunta Kinte’s mother in Alex Haley’s “Roots,” and as the lead character in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.”

In 1994, Tyson earned her third Emmy in her supporting role as housemaid Castalia in CBS’ miniseries “The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.” Among her more memorable stage performances were 1968’s “Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights,” 1969’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” and 1983’s “The Corn is Green.”

“So many great stories about Cicely Tyson,” Tweeted Soledad O’Brien. “Whew, that lady was amazing. While shooting a doc on her in Spanish Harlem, people kept stopping their cars.

In the street. To hop out and say hi. Old people. Teenagers. Middle-aged fans. “Ciss-el-lee” they’d chant as she’d walk by.”

“I’m devastated. My heart is just broken. I loved you so much!! You were everything to me! You made me feel loved and seen and valued in a world where there is still a cloak of invisibility for us dark chocolate girls. You gave me permission to I’m not ready for you to be my angel yet. But…I also understand that it’s only when the last person who has a memory of you dies that you’ll truly be dead.

“In that case, you will be immortal. Thank you for shifting my life. Thank you for the long talks.

Thank you for loving me. Rest well.”

In a tribute, Tyler Perry emotionally shared that the news “brought me to my knees,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“She was the grandmother I never had and the wisdom tree that I could always sit under to fill my cup. My heart breaks in one beat, while celebrating her life in the next,” he wrote.

“She called me son. Well, today your son grieves your loss and will miss our long talks, your laughter from your belly, and your very presence.”

Whoopi Goldberg also paid tribute by describing Tyson as “a tower of power, a pillar of strength, CLEAR about who she was, and how she was to be treated.”

LeVar Burton paid tribute to his “first screen Mom.” “Elegance, warmth, beauty, wisdom, style, and abundant grace. She was as regal as they come. An artist of the highest order, I will love her forever,” he wrote.

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on the $20 bill,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday, Jan. 25. “[The Biden administration] is exploring ways to speed up that effort.

It’s important that our notes, our money reflect the history and diversity of our country, and Harriet Tubman’s image on our new $20 note would certainly reflect that,” Psaki commented.

In April 2016, then-President Barack Obama announced that Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Obama wanted the release of the new bill to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment in 2020 that gave women the right to vote.

However, Trump had expressed an affinity toward Confederate figures and sang the praises of Jackson, claiming that he had led the U.S. to great success during his two-terms in office from 1829 to 1837.

Jackson, a slave owner, joined the Confederate army after Virginia seceded in 1861. He served under Gen. Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. Tubman, an escaped slave, led countless people to freedom. Trump suggested that he might consider placing her image on a $2 bill, but not replace Jackson.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION REGARDING

EDITORIAL:

The President’s The 79th Assembly District’s Special Election Primary Covid Relief Package Taisha Brown Black Caucus Chair for the California Democratic Party

By Dr. John E. Warren

Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint President Biden has a n n ou n c e d bold goals for the much n e e d e d Covid relief package that America so desperately needs. But sometimes good intentions can fall upon bad roadblocks. In this case, it’s the President’s desire to try and work with the Republicans who have demonstrated that they have no real concern about the pain and suffering of Americans outside of their own interest as a political party.

past four years. That is, vote according to having the numbers with no concern for the other side. The Democrats have the numbers for a “simple majority” to pass the relief package with Vice President Harris standing by as the tie breaker if one occurs. The Republican package, presented to the President this week in their meeting with him at the White House, should be considered “dead on arrival” and viewed as no more than another effort to delay getting relief to the American people. There is still time to talk about unity after we get relief to the American people.

The U.S. House of Representatives has enough votes to pass the 1.9 trillion dollar relief package and as of February 2nd has begun the process of moving the legislation toward enactment. In the U.S. Senate, we encourage the Democratic leadership and majority to treat the Republicans as they have treated America for the

Mr. President, U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate, let’s get this legislation passed and on the President’s desk with all deliberate speed. The Republicans can catch up later, if still interested in democracy, their oath of office and the constitution they swore to serve.

Due to the nomination of Assembly Member Shirley Weber to the California Secretary of State, a Special Election has been scheduled for the 79th Assembly District. The Special Election Primary will be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 and Special

General Election (if necessary) on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

Pursuant to California Democratic Party (CDP) By-Laws and Rules, the CDP Chair is required to call an Endorsing Caucus of 20192021 Democratic State Central Committee Members registered to vote in the 79th Assembly District as of 5:00 p.m. of the day of the Governor’s Proclamation of the

election, Tuesday, February 2, 2021.

Accordingly, this Endorsing Caucus shall come to order on Monday, February 8, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. I have designated CDP Region 20 Director Michelle Krug to conduct this meeting. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting to check in.

CDP ENDORSING CAUCUS INFORMATION – 79th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Virtual Endorsing Caucus Monday, February 8, 2021

Join Link: https://cadem-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIode2urTsoGdRWHAepdx5x8hTEhCdpgW2U Zoom Room Opens: 4:45 p.m.

Meeting Begins: 5:00 p.m.

To participate, you may vote by mail or scan and email your ballot.

Your ballot must be received by the Endorsing Caucus Convener prior to the close of balloting (5p.m. on February 8, 2021). Appointing a proxy to represent you is not allowed. If you choose to mail or scan and email your vote-by-mail

ballot, the Convener must receive it by 5 p.m., Monday, February 8, 2021. Please mail, or scan and email your ballot to: Michelle Krug 1830 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95811 AD79special@cadem.org 619-888-4974

If you have any further questions, please contact Party Operations Manager Unique Wilson at unique@cadem.org or 916-442-5707. For more information on the CDP Endorsement process, please visit the CDP Endorsement webpage at www. cadem.org/endorsements.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Dangerous Selection of Supt. Cindy Marten

By Tonja Daniels, a concerned SDUSD parent As we celebrated and honored the life and legacy of the l ate, g re at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., came the announcement to the complete horror and insult to many San Diegans, of President Biden’s nomination of Supt. Cindy Marten as Deputy Education Secretary.

This selection is the BIGGEST slap in the face for all that MLK stood for, as well as for the students of District E, which serves as the highest population of Black children within the San Diego Unified School District.

No one has suffered more, been used and abused, neglected, disregarded and trampled upon the most in Cindy Marten’s thirst for sociopathic power and manipulation. Marten’s selection completely goes against President Biden’s attempts to dismantle systemic racism, when Marten not only has ushered in the school to prison pipeline here in San Diego but has a historic and proven track record of white supremacy racism. Whoever vetted Marten for this position obviously did not go to the extreme lengths of checking Marten’s batting average of being harmful, volatile and extremely detrimental to children or just didn’t care. Instead, it’s quite appar-

ent and obvious that it’s politics as usual or maybe personal favors granted, or back door deals, all at the long-suffering expense of San Diego Unified students who have to serve as the sacrificial lambs to the mass destruction Marten has left in her wake. If enough skeletons were dug up, all of the bones would lead straight back to Marten.

Recently while watching a segment of Dr. Boyce Watkins, the perfect term to describe the domestic terrorism under the Marten regime that is supported by some local politicians is benign neglect- an attitude or policy of IGNORING an often delicate or undesirable situation that one is held to be responsible for dealing with. Of course I have a personal vested interest because no family has suffered more severely in retaliation under the helm of Cindy Marten for many years than mine.

In court testimony it was admitted that Cindy Marten pulled a “Karen” (white people calling the police on Black people for no reason and filing false reports) and conspired with district officials and the school police to frame, arrest and imprison my son’s father because he raised legitimate concerns after our oldest son was physically attacked by a well-known bigoted teacher and our other son was diagnosed with TBI (traumatic brain injury) from a severe injury that was sustained on campus and the denial of 504 accommodations from Cindy

Marten after five doctors repeatedly told her it was mandatory. There was also the constant and extreme stress Cindy Marten put my cousin Eileen Sofa under when Marten’s district covered up the sodomy of her nonverbal special needs son for well over a year that she passed away due to the anguish. There’s the Green Elementary rapes Cindy Marten and cronies were on trial for for covering up and condensing investigative reports of the sexual assaults and when questioned about how Marten feels about the situation Marten replied on transcripts that, “It depends,” and referred to the San Diego Unified students and parents as “customers.”

Don’t just take my word for it, there is no shortage as well as ample and extensive coverage of the oppressive terror under Marten such as (this is just the tip of the iceberg, not the complete list): the embezzlement of Title I funding and taxpayers paying millions of dollars paying at least six outside law firms to hide Marten’s corruption; “ghost students” (students that have already graduated or don’t exist) that the district is getting millions of dollars for; the highest suicide rate of children within the district in the state of California; the highest expulsion and suspension rates of Black children as well as the highest low-performing schools in the state; the fake graduation rates, GPA’s, IEP’s, high

school seniors reading at second or third-grade levels; the abolishment of successful programs like Race and Human relations, media programs and Middle College where students can enroll concurrently in college courses along with their high school classes on campus and the purging of well-qualified Black executive-level administrators.

It’s easy for some local politicians to vouch for Marten because they don’t have a dog in this fight, since some of them are so out of touch and can’t relate it’s not even funny.

After all, what children do they have that attend San Diego Unified to even know the true well-documented retaliatory nature of Cindy Marten and staff? It’s just the local politicians getting on code and putting in a good word for Marten because they see that if Marten can get away with her corruption on a national level, then maybe they can follow along and bandwagon as they climb up the higher echelon too. When 30-50 students, parents, educators, and community members marched down to District Attorney Summer Stephan’s office, it wasn’t for their health, it was to demand accountability for the abuse of power that has reigned supreme during Marten’s tenure.

It was because of Cindy Marten, the school police (whose paychecks she signs), and Marten’s equally corrupt and inept cronies/ best

friends Marten has employed to make six figures to cover-up the physical and sexual abuse of thousands of students on campus, (the failure to mandate report) that the formation of a task force on malfeasance and public corruption of school district officials was created

by Black Men and Women United because the community was fed up and tired. What kind of message does it send to children that you get to skip the line like Marten, and get promoted as she did illegally when she became superintendent in violation of the Brown Act, all because Marten was the muse to Board of Trustee Richard Barrera? And now Marten gets to skip the line again to a national promotion because she knew the right people? The only federal position Cindy Marten needs to be appointed to is sitting in a prison cell right next to former Governor Rick Snyder because like he damaged countless families with the onslaught of Legionnaires disease, Cindy Marten destroyed and ruined thousands of families with the life-altering effects of PTSD, many of which will never be the same again. Blood money will portray Marten as some benevolent, altruistic creature but for far too many, an oppressive dictator is the Cindy Marten we know.

Sincerely, Tonja Daniels

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

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Christians’ United in the Word of God

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OBITUARIES Sarah Head

Trunnell Levett Price

Dr. Emmanuel Whipple Sr.

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

7/5/26

11/4/49

1/15/62

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

1/15/21

1/26/21

1/8/21

A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, February 6, at 61st & Division Street Church of Christ at 11:00 a.m

Memorial service will be held Saturday February 20th, 11 A.M. at New Seasons Church, 2300 Bancroft Dr. Spring Valley, CA 91977

SARAH IZORA HEAD, age 94 passed away peacefully on Friday, January 15, 2021 at home. Born on July 5, 1926 to Samuel and Queenie Powell Wilson in Parmele, North Carolina. Sarah was the youngest child of eight. In the late 1940’s, she made her home in San Diego, CA. From the early 1950’s to mid- 1960’s she was a seamstress at Ratner clothing manufacturer. Sarah married the late Arthur Jackson, USN in 1950. She then later met and married Cephus Head, USN retired on her birthday in 1955. They adopted two beautiful children Jacqueline Robinett and Bryan Head. Sarah went back to school to earn her diploma from Lincoln High School. Subsequently, she started her career as a custodian for the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) where she was one of the few women to fill such a position at that time. While working at SDUSD, she was able to make a number of good investments to create a better life for her family.

TRUNNELL PRICE was the fourth of nine children born to Ruby Vryes and Melvin Price Sr. in Coronado, California. He began his schooling at Glorietta Elementary school in Coronado and attended Stockton Elementary, Memorial Jr High and San Diego High in San Diego.

In the early 1960’s, Sarah became a member of the Raven Street Church of Christ, and later moved to help establish the 31st Church of Christ under the leadership of Bro. Lawson where she was a faithful member until 1980. She became a member of 61st & Division Church of Christ under the leadership of Bro. McKenzie the following year. Sarah spent her days attending church, spending time with family, playing bingo and hanging out with her best friend Mary Kerr.

Sarah is preceded in death by her daughter Jacqueline (Joseph) Robinett.

Survived by her son Bryan (Michelle) Head, grandsons: Laron (Crystal) Head, Caleb Head, Robert Richards, granddaughters: Bryana Head, Llanae Richards, and great-grandchildren: Maya Head, Noah Head, L’Nyah Williams, Liyah Austin, Sa’Ryah Tolbert; and a host of other relatives and friends.

While attending San Diego State University, he became a community activist and joined several organizations focused on the rights of African Americans in San Diego. Trunnell was a Chairman of the Black Panther Party of San Diego. He attended the Turner Construction School of Management and became the Lead AP and a Consultant of Sustainability Projects throughout San Diego County.

After a life well spent, Trunnell transitioned to eternal rest on January 26th.

He joins his father Melvin Price Sr., Sister, Debra Price-White, and Brother, Clifford “Kippy” Price.

He leaves to always cherish his memory, his Mother, Ruby Vryes-Price, Wife, Michele Geiger, Son, Leonard Price, two Grandchildren, two GreatGrandchildren, Stepdaughter, Nicole, Brothers: Melvin, Larry (Inez), Narvell, Michael (Janice), Rodrick (Ann), and Sister, Rosaland (Abraham), as well as a host of Nieces, Nephews, Great-Nieces, and Great-Nephews, cousins and friends.

Lois Brodus SUNRISE 7/17/27

SUNSET

Gavin Battle

12/19/20

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY Graveside Service was held on Friday, January 29, 2021 at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

SUNRISE 9/20/94

SUNSET 1/5/21

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LOIS B. BRODUS was born July 17, 1927 to the late Roosevelt Kinsey and Mattie Odom Kinsey, in Sibley, Louisiana. Her parents instilled values, discipline and principles to always put God first and to love your family unconditionally. Lois attended school in Minden, Louisiana. Shortly after graduating, she moved to Racine, Wisconsin then to Kansas, Missouri, where she married Andrew Burson. Their union was blessed with a son, Andrew Jerome Burson.

Both, her son and her husband preceded her in death. She later reunited with her high school sweetheart, Ambrose Brodus Jr. They were united in marriage on March 28, 1969. He preceded her in death on September 29, 2020. He was the love of her life. Lois was known for her cooking skills, impeccable sewing skills; but most of all, her love for family and friends. She attended Bethel Baptist Church. She enjoyed her Sunday school class. Lois B Brodus leaves to cherish her Memory, nieces, Allison Smith (who she often referenced to as her daughter), Gwen L. Shepherd, Lisa Nemacheck and Larson Tanja Scott; nephews, Roosevelt Kinsey III and Rodney Ary; numerous cousins, relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ambrose Brodus Jr; mother,Mattie Kinsey; father, Roosevelt Kinsey; son, Andrew Jerome Burson; sisters: Blanche Kinsey Sterling, Louise Kinsey Luke and Barbara L. Nemacheck of Phoenix Az; brothers, Roland Kinsey and Roosevelt Kinsey II; nephews, Stephen Nemacheck and Wilbert Luke; niece, Cheryl Kinsey Moore.

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY On Friday, January 8, 2021 at age 58 in Murrieta, California, our beloved and esteemed SENIOR PASTOR DR. EMMANUEL WHIPPLE SR. earned his wings and took his flight from this life into Eternal Life. He was born on January 15, 1962 in Miami, Florida to Gloria and Alonzo Whipple, Jr. Pastor Whipple developed into a singular personality steeped in the faith of his forbearers.

Dr. Whipple heard the call to preach from God at the age of 13 and submitted to His will at the age of 16; he’s been on the battlefield for the Lord ever since. Dr. Whipple had five degrees, four in Theology including a Doctorate and one in education. For 19 years he gave pastoral leadership to the Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church of South Florida. Under his leadership,the ministerial staff grew to 11. Mt. Nebo experienced tremendous membership, ministry, and financial growth as well as extensive church renovations. Dr. Whipple made a name for himself with the Miami community at large.

He was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Mt. Nebo Community Learning Center. He served as the Vice President of the Florida East Coast Baptist Association, was a member of the Florida State Baptist Convention, participated with the 500 Role Models of Dade County, and received 125 various awards, certificates, and proclamations for community service and involvement. Finally, he was awarded a “Key to the City of Miami, Florida.”

In December 2011, he accepted the call to pastor the Calvary Baptist Church of San Diego. Dr. Whipple brought with him a vision to compel God’s people to move out of His permissive will and into His perfect will by the direction of the Holy Spirit, and the knowledge of the Word of God. Since his arrival, he led the renovation efforts of Calvary inside and out.

He designed and implemented a Children’s Church Ministry and instituted noonday Bible Study. Dr. Whipple’s vision and passion for education led him to seek and obtain authorization to house a branch of Jacksonville Theological Seminary, an accredited bible college, offering business and theology degrees on the Calvary campus. Calvary was truly blessed with an outstanding administrator, visionary, and leader. The Lord used Dr. Whipple to revive the church with a fresh vision for a fresh season. Calvary was an African American church but under his leadership, transitioned to a multicultural congregation.

Dr. Whipple was blessed with a pastoral heart which made him an ideal shepherd in the church setting. His life was an example to his church members, his fellow ministers, and all who knew him, on how one should be Christ-Like. As a preacher, his ability to deliver concise, multidimensional sermons was unparalleled. In a social world of seeming chaos, Dr. Whipple preached the gospel of Jesus Christ crucified and risen with the genuine hope that there was room for all of humanity at the table.

He believed that God was working in all things all the time. Given this orientation, Doctor Whipple found joy in many endeavors. He was an avid reader, lover of music, dancing, loved traveling and creative writing.

Dr. Whipple leaves to mourn him, His beloved wife, Dr. Tamica Williams Whipple; His eight children, Emmanuel Whipple, Jr. (Tocovia), Jaemonte Whipple (Crystal), Martez Whipple, Sr. (Ashley), Joshua Freeney, Marticha Whipple, Jamar Whipple, Cleyuna Parrish and Miracle Whipple; His grandchildren, Emmanuel III, Kaylani, Jesiah, Jewels, Lamont, Robyn, Jaida, Jaemonte, Jr., Queniah, Martez, Jr., Masen, Jada, Bijon, Kingston, Cairo, Paris, London, Jamara and Keira; His sisters Gloria Wingfield (Phillip), Jacqueline Griffin and Michelle Lovett; Stepfather Bennie Lovett (Onetha); Aunts Doretha Mason, Charline McNeal, Katie Koch and Loraine Carr; Special Moms WillieMary Givens, Kathy Williams (Mother-in-Love); Godchildren Rihanni, London, Alana, Omari and Demaje; Special Son Kawan Debose; Special Family/Friends Eddie Denson, Gregory Thompson, Pastor Arthur Jackson,III and Ronald Howard; Nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives, friends and colleagues.

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STATE & LOCAL NEWS

New California Laws Record Relief Clinic

Slice Drug Costs,

Cover Substance Abuse Disorders

Gives Justice-Involved Youth a Second Chance Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer The San Diego County DA’s Office hosted a free Criminal Record Relief Clinic last Friday, January 29. The virtual seminar was intended to help justice-involved youth pursue

plete a Conviction Review Application Form ■ Visit www.sdcda.org and search “Conviction Review Application Form” for the pdf fillable form

mandatory supervision, PRCS, or parole ■ Pending charges or warrant on a case ■ Currently in jail or prison

Photo credit: San Diego DA’s Office

Quinci LeGardye California Black Media Two new California laws that took effect Jan. 1 aim to make access to quality health care more equitable and affordable.

SB 855, written by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September, expanded the California Mental Health Parity L aw, requiring California health plans to provide full coverage for medically necessary treatment of all mental health and substance-use disorders defined by the American Psychiatric Association.

Under that law, “medically necessary treatment” is defined as a covered service that is consistent with generally accepted standards set by professional associations.

SB 855 also prohibits an insurer from limiting benefits for chronic conditions to only cover short-term or acute treatment.

Prior to the new law’s implementation, insurers in California were only mandated to cover treatment for nine specified mental health disorders, and no substance-use disorders.

There was also no standard definition from “medically necessary treatment,” which allowed for broad interpretation of what benefits were necessary. SB 855 ensures that there is parity in California health plans, meaning that coverage for mental health and substance-use disorders is comparable to physical health coverage.

The law goes into effect in the midst of a nationwide mental health crisis that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated. Like the physical effects of the virus, the psychological toll of it has been disproportionately impacting communities of color. An August survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that people of color – including African Americans -- reported having experienced worse mental health outcomes than White respondents. Other groups experiencing worse

mental health outcomes included younger adults, essential workers, low-wage workers and unpaid caregivers, all demographics among which Blacks account for significant numbers.

In addition to creating more parity in health care across the state, SB 855 provides standards for affordability in mental health care.

Now, if medically necessary, and mental health or substance-use treatment is not available in-network, insurers are required to provide the necessary out-ofnetwork services and any follow-up services at the in-network price.

“No one should have to suffer from mental illness or substance use disorder without support, resources and medical care. No one should have to forgo mental healthcare until they have deteriorated to the point where they’re in crisis and in the ER. And no one should have to go into debt to pay for substance use disorder or mental health treatment,” said Wiener in a January statement.

SB 8 5 2 , w r itte n by Sen. Richard Pan, MD (D-Sacramento) requires the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to enter partnerships or contracts to make affordable generic prescription drugs, including at least one form of insulin. The law requires that each drug is made available at a transparent price and without rebates, unless the rebate is federally required.

The details of SB 852 emphasize the importance of new generic drugs being affordable. It requires CHHSA to only enter into partnerships to produce a generic drug at a price that results in savings, improves patient access to affordable medications and targets shortages of generic drugs in the market.

It also prioritizes generic drugs that have the greatest impact on lowering drug costs to patients, such as those for chronic and highcost conditions, as well as drugs that can be delivered

through mail order.

Drug prices have steadily risen throughout the past decade, slowly becoming more unaffordable. In a 2019 Consumer Reports survey of 1,015 adults, 30 % of respondents said the out-of-pocket cost for a drug they regularly took increased in the year prior, with 12 % saying the increase was over $100.

Also, those who saw the cost increase dramatically were nearly twice as likely to forgo the prescription or cut back on other essentials to afford it.

Increasing prescription costs and access to critical medicine has been a concern for California legislators even before the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the issue.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s initial 2020-21 Annual Budget, proposed in January 2020 before the onset of the pandemic, included plans to establish a state-sponsored generic drug label.

According to a September 2020 statement, the state has already begun to identify possible target medications.

“The cost of healthcare is way too high. Our bill will help inject competition back into the generic drug marketplace – taking pricing power away from big pharmaceutical companies and returning it to consumers,” said Gov. Newsom.

“California is using our market power and our moral power to demand fairer prices for prescription drugs. I am proud to sign this legislation affirming our ground-breaking leadership in breaking down market barriers to affordable prescription drugs.”

“Prescription drugs don’t work if people cannot afford to take them. I thank the Governor for his leadership to assure Californians will be able to have access to a reliable supply of affordable generic medications.

With the signing of SB 852, California leads the country again in pursuing innovative ideas to increase health care access and affordability, this time for prescription drugs,” said Sen. Pan.

post-conviction relief. Local experts discussed information ranging from criminal record relief options including record expungements, reclassification of felonies to misdemeanors, early termination of probation, and relief under Prop. 47 and Prop. 64. Resources and individual follow-up and support information was also shared.

Here are a few informational highlights from the event: • Applicants must com-

• No requests for resentencing will be accepted • Which criminal convictions can be dismissed?

■ Infranctions (speeding tickets not included) ■ Almost all misdemeanors (some sex offensed excluded) ■ Most felony convictions (for state convictions, best to get legal representation) • Who is not yet legally eligible? Those who are: ■ Currently on probation,

It was the second Criminal Record Relief Clinic organized by the DA’s Office since September 2019 and was held in partnership with the San Diego County Public Defender’s Office, the San Diego County Of f ice of Education, California Community C ol leges, San Diego C ontinuing Education and Grossmont-Cuyamaca C ommunity College District. Visit www.sdcda. org for more information.

Local Public Libraries

Celebrate Black History Month

Special Edition Black History Month Library Card issued, virtual programs, storytimes and more Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The City of San Diego Public Library has a full schedule of events this February to celebrate Black History Month including storytimes for children, book discussions, author talks and take-home craft kits. As part of the celebration, the San Diego Public Librar y will release a Black Histor y Month librar y card designed by 15-year-old Scripps Ranch High School student Sahithi Lingampalli. The design was chosen from dozens sent in by local students. It features the likenesses of congress-

man and civil rights icon John Lewis, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, Vice President Kamala Harris and tennis great Serena Williams.

library card now at the 25 San Diego Public Library locations, including the Logan Heights and Valencia Park/Malcolm X locations.

Each site is offering limited in-person or Scripps Ranch H.S. student Sahithi Lingampalli holds her contactless pickup Black History Month Library services. card design. Photo: SDPL

For more information visit the Librar y’s Black Histor y Month web page at www. sandiego.gov/ blackhistorymonth and their Fa c e b o o k S an Diego C ent ra l Library

Patrons are able to pick up the Black History Month

Virtual Hub. The SDPL online catalog is available at www.sandiegolibrary.org.

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TODAY IN

BLACK HISTORY 1913

1875

ROSA PARKS BORN

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1875

Born Rosa Louise McC aule y in Tuskegee, Alabama, as a child she was small and suffered from chronic tonsillitis. When her parents separated, she moved with her mother to Pine Level, living on a farm with her maternal grandparents, mother, and younger brother.

McCauley attended rural schools until the age of eleven.

Her mother taught her sewing and she started piecing quilts from around the age of six, copying her mother and grandmother. By the age of ten she was able to create quilts alone, and by eleven she was sewing her own clothes.

The House passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by a vote of 162 to 99. First introduced by Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts in 1870, the original bill outlawed racial discrimination in juries, schools, transportation, and public accommodations. However, Republican leaders were forced to make concessions in the legislation’s protections to make it palatable enough to pass.

As a student at the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery, she took academic and vocational courses.

Parks went on to a laboratory school set up by the Alabama State Teachers College for Negroes for secondary education, but dropped out in order to care for her grandmother and later her mother, after they became ill.

Growing up in a former Confederate state, Jim Crow laws dominated most aspects of life. Racial segregation was imposed in public facilities, retail stores, educational institutions, and public transportation. Bus and train companies enforced seating policies with separate sections for Blacks and Whites. School bus transportation was unavailable in any form for Black schoolchildren.

Rosa Parks’ momentous decision to choose to be arrested rather than give up her seat to a White male on an Alabama public bus set the Civil Rights Movement (otherwise known as “The Black Freedom Struggle”) in the United States in motion.

After retirement, Parks wrote an autobiography and continued to push for more work to be done in the struggle for justice. Parks received national recognitions for her role in the Civil Rights Movement, including the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, and a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol’s National Statuary Hall. When she died in 2005, she was the first woman to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. California and Missouri commemorate Rosa Parks Day on her birthday, February 4, while Ohio and Oregon recognise her on the anniversary of her arrest, December 1.

The seven African-American Representatives (a record-number at the time) carried the debate in favor of the bill, offering personal accounts of discrimination.

Representative James Rapier of Alabama hammered the point home, famously stating, “After all, this question resolves itself into this: either I am a man or I am not a man.” The weakened legislation passed only after all references to equal and integrated education were com-

pletely removed. In the end, the law still failed to have any impact. The Supreme Court struck down the bill in 1883 on the grounds that the Constitution did not extend to private businesses.

1846 ALABAMA BEGINS STATEWIDE CONVICT LEASING In 1839, the Alabama state legislature voted to construct the first state-run prison. It resulted in the Wetumpka State Penitentiary, completed in 1941. The first inmate was imprisoned in 1842 with a term of 20 years for harboring a runaway slave. During the antebellum period, the prison inmates were 99% White; free Black people were not allowed to live in Alabama.

Enslaved Black people were subject to “plantation justice” and were unlikely to end up in prison.

The plan for the penitentiary’s self-sufficiency through the manufacture of wagons, buggies, saddles, harnesses, shoes, and rope failed. On February 4, 1846, to keep the prison solvent, the state legislature chose to lease the penitentiary to J.G. Graham, a private businessman, for six-years, becoming the first convict-leasing system in the USA. Graham took control of the entire prison and all inmates, claiming all profits from inmate labor. The practice was suspended for about four years, when the then-lessee, Dr. Ambrose Burrows, was murdered by an inmate.

The system resumed at the end of the Civil War. In 1866, 374 prisoners were leased to the firm Smith & McMillen to work rebuilding the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad.

In the post-emancipation era, with Black people no longer enslaved, the convict population took a sudden tu r n , b e c om ing 90 percent Black. Most prisoners were convicted of minor or trumped up charges, returned to a sort of de facto slavery with hard, dangerous conditions for no pay. Horrifically, this included children. By 1898, nearly 73 percent of Alabama’s revenue came from convict leasing.The practice spread through the South and continued until World War II. While technically over, a loophole in the Thirteenth Amendment still permits prisoners to be employed without pay in both public and private industry. As recently as 2010, a federal court held that “prisoners have no enforceable right to be paid for their work under the Constitution.”

“We Are Our Ancestors’ Keepers”

Black History Month 28-Day Read-Aloud

Each day in the month of February, San Diego Unified will host a daily Read Aloud from community leaders who will read selections from “We Are Our Ancestors’ Keepers,” a culturally relevant text by local author Charles 3X Alexander.

We encourage our families to tune in each day: and after each Read Aloud, answer questions using the High Impact Home Strategies our community leaders may try on!

Read Alouds will be posted by 4 p.m. daily on our YouTube channel:

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NICK MACCHIONE, FACHE AGENCY DIRECTOR

HEALTH AND HUMAN PUBLIC HEAL

3851 ROSECRANS STR SAN DIEGO, C (619) 531-5800 • FA

ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER

(EFFECTIVE JAN 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 immediately, 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 a State authorized sector 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 November 13, 2020 CDPH Guidance for the Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission for Gatherings found at https:// www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/ Guidance-for-the-Preventionof-COVID-19-Transmissionfor-Gatherings-November-2020. aspx shall comply with said guidance. 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 COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Instruction Framework & Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 20202021 School Year guidance (available at: https://www.cdph. ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/ CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/Consolidated_Schools_Guidance.pdf), 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 15a 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..

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 SARSCoV-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-face-coverings.aspx ).

9. All businesses not meeting the definition of essential business or State authorized sector 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 businesses and entities in State authorized sectors 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

6. Hospitals and healthcare providers, including dentists shall:

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-to-time, and referenced in Executive Order N-3320 issued by the Governor of the State of California.

a. Take measures to preserve and

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_DISTANCING_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. STATE AUTHORIZED SECTORS a. A “State authorized sector” is a type of business or activity that is not an essential business as defined in section 10a above, and is operating 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/ CDPH%20Document%20Library/COVID-19/8-28-20_ Order-Plan-Reducing-COVID19-Adjusting-Permitted-Sectors-Signed.pdf}, and the Blueprint for a Safer Economy framework {available at: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/

COVID-19/COVID19CountyMonitoringOverview.aspx }. b. All State authorized sectors, 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. c. The Safe Reopening Plan 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 must also be provided to each employee performing work at the facility. All businesses or entities in a State authorized sector shall implement the Safe Reopening Plan and provide evidence of its implementation to any authority enforcing this Order upon demand. The Safe Reopening Plan 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. d. 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 State authorized sector, every business or entity in that sector must comply with the guidance and shall include in its Safe Reopening Plan or Restaurant Operating 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 Safe Reopening Plan. e. All restaurants, bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries that are otherwise permitted to be open shall be closed from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. every day except for delivery, take-out, and drive-thru. Guests already in the establishment at 10:00 p.m. may remain in the establishment until 11:00 p.m..b. Cooperate with the County Department of Public Health’s

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NUARY 25, 2021) COVID-19 response team to identify and provide contact information for any persons exposed by the employee at the workplace.

12. Each essential business, and business or entity in a State authorized sector, shall take all of the following 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

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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/COVID-19/ 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.

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COVID-19 UPDATES Find a County-Operated The County has opened dozens of vaccination sites.

Visit vaccinationsuperstationsd.com to schedule your appointment.

If you are 75 or older with no computer or internet, call 2-1-1 for assistance.

CITY OF SAN DIEGO’S

New Eviction

Moratorium

Citations

FOR Parking Violations

County Opens Three New Vaccine Sites All County clinics are vaccinating people in Phase 1A and people 65 years and older in Phase 1B. All vaccination sites are Walk-In sites. Vaccines are provided at no cost. Appointments are required.

All County clinics are currently vaccinating people in Phase 1A and people 65 years and older.

Vaccinating NOW: Phase 1A-Tier 1 • Acute care, psychiatric, and correctional facility hospitals+ • Skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and similar settings for older or medically vulnerable individuals

• Include residents in these settings as recommended for Phase 1A by ACIP • Paramedics, EMTs, and others providing emergency medical services

Resume Feb. 8

Qualifying tenants cannot be evicted for unpaid rent due to financial hardship related to COVID-19 accrued during the period from February 1, 2021 and ending 60 days after the City’s COVID-19 emergency declaration ends.

For residential tenants, any accumulated unpaid rent will be converted to consumer debt.

The eviction ban for residential tenants will remain in effect until 60 days after the City’s COVID-19 emergency declaration is lifted.

Protections for commercial tenants will remain in effect through June 30, 2021, or 60 days after the City’s emergency declaration is lifted, whichever comes first.

Residents and businesses remain responsible for any unpaid rent or lease payments.

The City suspended its parking enforcement in December, to coincide with the state’s regional stay-at-home order and curfew.

Citations continued for vehicles parked Illegally at red, white and blue painted curbs.

The Regional Stay-at-Home Order was recently lifted.

Warning notices are now being issued through Feb. 7th for other parking violations.

On Monday, Feb. 8, citations will resume for street sweeping, metered parking, time limits, yellow commercial zones, and designated restaurant pick-up area violations.

To learn more, visit sandiego.gov/ parking.

SOURCE: City of San Diego

SOURCE: City of San Diego

Sharp - Grossmont Center Mall 5500 Grossmont Center Dr, Ste 212 La Mesa, CA 91942 Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

By appointment only

Cal State University San Marcos (CSUSM), Sports Center 103 Campus View Dr San Marcos, CA 92078 Sunday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

By appointment only

Tubman Chavez Community Center 415 Euclid Ave San Diego, CA 92114 Every Friday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

By appointment only

• Dialysis centers • Behavioral health residential facilities • Vaccinators SOURCE: County of San Diego

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

COVID-19 STATUS TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES

Free Rides to Vaccination Appointments MTS and NCTD transit routes are free to all County vaccination sites MTS and North County Transit District (NCTD) are now offering free transit rides for people who need to get to their COVID-19 vaccine appointment location.

This includes all vaccination sites in the county including Super Vaccination stations, hospitals, and other community immunization locations.

Your vaccination appointment confirmation email is

Worried about making your next mortgage or rent payment?

Talk with a certified housing counselor at no cost to understand your options

CALL TODAY AT (800) 569-4287 Housing counselors are certified by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development to help guide you through creating a plan that addresses your housing situation.

Funds administered by the California Housing Finance Agency. HUD-approved housing agencies will never charge you for their services. The approval of a housing counseling agency does not create or imply a warranty or endorsement by HUD of the approved agency or its employees to a prospective client or to any other organization or individual.

all that required.

Rides are free to and from vaccination sites on MTS buses and Trolleys, seven days per week.

Check the MTS Transit Trip Planner for rountes to vaccine sites at https://www. sdmts.com/schedules-realtime-covid-19-updates/freerides-vaccines MTS Access Paratransit subscription passengers must book ahead of time to/from trips in the normal way.

SOURCE: MTS

REPORTED TESTS

3,485,147

240,050

HOSPITALIZED

ICU

10,255

1,464

SOURCE: County of San Diego, HHSA as of 2/2/21

Statewide

COVID-19 cases per 100k: 47.7 Positivity rate: 10.0%

San Diego County Status: WIDESPREAD COVID-19 cases per 100k: 50.5 Positivity rate: 10.5%

· No-Cost COVID-19 Testing Available Now · Seven-Days A Week · Protect Yourself, Your Family, Your Friends & Community To find a site near you, visit

211sandiego.org or call 2-1-1.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

DRUG COMPANIES SCOOPING

SUPER PROFITS FROM THE ‘PEOPLE’S VACCINE’

By Global Information Network

Protected by undisclosed trade secrets and exclusive patents, a small group of drug companies has ensured that rich countries can lay claim to most of their miracle drugs while limiting the number of companies that can also produce the vital vaccines.

Now, oppos it i on i s building to the patent holders who use taxpayer dollars to fund research and development (R&D) but refuse to share their drug formulas with manufacturers in developing countries that could make their vaccines free and available to all.

Moderna, for example, through its

COVID-19 vaccine partnership with the U.S. government, scored $2.48 billion in R&D (research and development) and supply funding from taxpayers for its program, sparking outcry from consumer watchdogs and others.

“We paid for the drugs,” echoed Dean Baker, senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, “and one of the things we would have liked is full transparency on all of the research results.”

“This is the people’s vaccine,” objected consumer advocate Public Citizen. “It is not merely Moderna’s. Federal scientists helped invent it and taxpayers are funding its development. We all have played a role. It should belong to humanity.”

“There’s no good argument for keeping (test) data secret,” he said.

“But most of the drug companies insist on that. Maybe they want to misrepresent the safety or effectiveness of their drugs,” he surmised.

Finally, in an open letter to major

CRIES OF FRAUD ECHO THROUGH AN

“Everyone is fleeing at the moment. I’m holed up at home,” Robert, from Boali, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Bangui told the French-language AFP by phone, over explosions audible in the background.

By Global Information Network

Touadera was re-elected after a vote on Dec. 27, defeating 16 other candidates. The country’s electoral college said he captured 54 percent of the vote – enough to make a runoff unnecessary.

The mineral-rich nation has vast

stockpiles of gold, diamonds, uranium and oil. It has been plagued by competing power-seeking forces since 2013 when a rebellion ousted former president Francois Bozize.

Bozize threw his hat into the ring in 2019 but was barred from running. In a scenario like that foreseen for the U.S., a Constitutional Court ruled that he did not satisfy the “good morality” requirement, over official allegations of torture and assassinations.

Militia leaders have also been accused of war crimes and

crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.

Fighters targeted civilians, used rape as a weapon of war, forced children into their ranks, and deliberately targeted homes and properties of Muslims, the courts have charged.

UN peacekeepers and local and Rwandan soldiers have been patrolling the streets throughout the capital, according to reporters of the Agence France Press (AFP) and a peacekeeping force, whose mandate the U.N. Security Council renewed on Nov. 14, 2019, should strengthen

“Your company faces a choice.

Either you can defend business as usual and deny hundreds of millions rapid access to the vaccine in defense of your monopoly power.

Or you can instead rise to the challenge and commit to a Peoples Vaccine, by pledging to do what is right for all people in all countries.”

Experts and opposition figures are asking what legitimacy the re-elected president and 140 MPs will have, given the obstacles to voting freely by a large proportion of people in internal exile.

AFRICAN NATION IN A TAKE-OFF OF U.S. VOTE Endangered citizens of the Central African Republic are fleeing the country in the hundreds of thousands as rebel fighters seek to overturn the recent re-election of President Faustin Archange Touadera with familiar cries of fraud and demands for his ouster.

drug companies from Doctors without Borders, the group wrote in part: “Clearly neither yours nor any other company can produce all the doses needed to vaccinate the whole world’s population.

“How do we vote when we don’t even have our voter cards?” he asked.

Photo of cell at Bozize villa where prisoners were forced to stand

civilian protection and maximize its role in securing justice.

“Refugee arrivals into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached 92,000 according to local authorities and some 13,240 people have crossed into Cameroon, Chad, and the Republic of Congo, since violence erupted in December 2020 ahead of CAR’s general elections,” the statement said.

UGANDA’S CONTESTED ELECTION GOES TO COURT WITH FAMILIAR

CLAIMS OF POLL RIGGING

By Global Information Network Photo of Y. Museveni (l) and B. Wine (r)

Lawyers for Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a challenge in the Supreme Court against President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in last month’s election, claiming the poll was rigged.

Medard Sseggona, one of Wine’s lawyers, rejected the vote outcome, saying: “Any election Museveni

participates in can never be a free and fair election”.

The 38-year-old singer-turned-lawmaker came a distant second behind veteran leader Museveni in the Jan. 14 vote that followed some of Uganda’s worst pre-election bloodshed in years.

“We want nullification of the election. We do not want (Museveni) participating in any future election,” Sseggona said outside the Kampala courthouse where he filed the petition.

Museveni, 76, has ruled since 1986.

He won a sixth term with 58.4 per cent of the vote, according to the latest updated count from the electoral commission.

Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, captured 35.1 per cent.

He slammed the vote as a sham.

Museveni, however, declared the election the cleanest in Uganda’s post-independence history.

According to Sseggona, “soldiers invaded polling stations” and stuffed ballot boxes. Electoral registers were tampered with at other locations, he added.

Under the constitution, Wine has 15 days from the declaration of results by the electoral commission to challenge the outcome. The Supreme Court must now rule on the petition within 45 days.

“Museveni cannot be left to cheat and steal scot-free,” Sseggona said.

MINING GIANT UNDER THE GUN AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS MOUNT AGAINST THEM

By Global Information Network A human rights complaint against the British subsidiary of the mining giant Glencore “merits further examination” according to a monitoring group that looked into a toxic wastewater spill in the north central African nation of Chad.

Dozens of villagers – including children – claim they suffered severe burns, skin lesions and sickness after contact with contaminated water.

The complaint was brought before Britain’s Dept. of International Trade by three human rights groups. It alleges environmental abuses in relation to two serious spillages - a wastewater spill when an earth bank supporting a waste-

water basin at the Badila oilfield collapsed, and an alleged oil spill, both in 2018.

In the wastewater spill, the equivalent of 34 Olympic-sized swimming pools of contaminated water overran fields and a local river, killing livestock and fish and causing at least 50 local people to fall sick with skin lesions, vomiting and diarrhea, the groups say.

Residents claim the wastewater basin had been leaking for weeks before it collapsed. They said Glencore failed to properly address the problem or to warn local residents about the impending danger, and Glencore has still not acknowledged the harm caused or provided

a remedy, they allege. A few weeks after the incident, residents also reported an oil pipe leak, which is contested by the company.

Glencore is expected to challenge all the claims.

Anneke Van Woudenberg, head of Rights and Accountability in Development (Raid) declared: “For more than a year we tried, along with organizations in Chad, to get Glencore UK to investigate these claims and to compensate those affected. And although they’ve made promises, none of them have resulted in any remedy, nor has there been an independent investigation into what happened. This is why we launched the complaint.

“No community, whether they are in a remote area of Chad or elsewhere, should have to wait more than two and a half years for a company to investigate whether its toxic spill caused injury, especially when it involves so many children.”

Raid published a detailed report about the alleged abuses in March

last year.

In an unrelated development, Royal Dutch Shell has been ordered to pay damages to Nigerian farmers after an appeals court found the company’s Nigerian subsidiary liable for oil spills in the Niger Delta more than a decade ago.

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HEALTHY LIVING

EDUCATION

COUNTY CAMPAIGN AIMS TO SAVE BLACK BABIES, MOTHERS

THREE UC SAN DIEGO BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENTS TO CHECK OUT to come together virtually in recognition of student scholarship. Live DJ performance and featured keynote talks by Starla Lewis, Professor Emeritus and global teacher of self-love, and UC San Diego Alumna Helen V. Griffith, the Inaugural Executive Director of The Preuss School UC San Diego.

By José A. Álvarez County of San Diego

Communications Office

To continue to drive these numbers down, the County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) launched Black Legacy Now last Thursday, January 28, as an education and outreach campaign to improve health outcomes for Black babies and their mothers in the region.

By Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Event: Not Your Average History Lesson

The new campaign supports the County’s Perinatal Equity Initiative, which is being funded with a $1.45 million grant from the California Department of Public Health to reduce racial bias to improve birth and maternal health outcomes for Black families.

The initiative’s goals are to:

Date: Saturday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. • Price: Free

Address the causes of persistent inequality and identify best practices

Registration: https://blackhistorymonth.ucsd. edu/2021/index.html

Promote the use of specific interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming Provide funding to County health departments to promote leadership and coordination for widespread and lasting change in public awareness

Details: Every day of Black History Month, we will post a profile of a person in Black History that is not typically taught or talked about in history class. Includes a weekly Zoom chat with possible guest speakers and professors.

Black mothers in California are more than three times more likely to die due to pregnancy and delivery complications than white mothers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These health outcome disparities persist regardless of factors, such as the mother’s income or education.

Event: UC San Diego’s 19th Annual Black History Month Celebration and Scholarship Awards Ceremony (virtual) Date: Friday, Feb. 26 from 4-6 p.m. • Price: Free Details: All community members are invited

Registration: https://ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_TXwwV630TUOYEUWr_aBlig Event: Geisel Library 50th Anniversary Signature Event: A Conversation with Kevin Young (virtual) Date: Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m.

Details: Poet, author and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Kevin Young will discuss his career and most recent work, African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song with moderator Kimberley Phillips Boehm ’82, Ph.D., UC San Diego Foundation Board Trustee and Alumni Board President.

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15. For purposes of this Order: a. “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. Non-essential 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. b. “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-25-20 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 November 16, 2020; j) the State of California’s “Resilience Roadmap;” k) the State of California’s Plan for Reducing COVID-19 and Adjusting Permitted Sector Activities to Keep Californians Healthy and Safe; l) 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. Section 11e of this Order requires a closing time for restaurants, bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries commensurate with the traditional end of dine-in meal service.

The State Health Officer found (as stated in the November 19, 2020 Limited Stay at Home Order) that “certain activities conducted during 10:00pm to 5:00am are often non-essential and more likely related to social activities and gatherings.” For restaurants, bars, wineries, distilleries and breweries, the time restriction is also imposed to reduce the occurrence of higher alcohol consumption and reduced food consumption after 10:00 p.m. CDPH Guidance on Closure of Sectors in Response to COVID-19, dated July 1, 2020, observed that “alcohol consumption slows brain activity, reduces inhibition, and impairs judgment, factors which contribute to reduced compliance with recommended core personal protective measures, such as the mandatory use of face coverings and maintaining six feet of distance from people outside of one’s own household.”

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 businesses or entities in State authorized sectors 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 December 9, 2020.

IT IS SO ORDERED: Date: December 9, 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: December 9, 2020 Helen Robbins-Meyer Chief Administrative Officer Director of Emergency Services County of San Diego

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By David Crary AP National Writer Deborah Archer, a professor at New York University School of Law with expertise in civil rights and racial justice, has become the first Black person in the 101year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be elected its president.

During former President Donald Trump’s four years in office, the ACLU filed 413 lawsuits and other legal actions against his administration, challenging policies related to immigrant rights, voting rights, LGBT rights, racial justice and other issues.

The ACLU announced Monday that Archer was elected over the weekend in a virtual meeting of the organization’s 69-member board of directors. She succeeds Susan Herman, a professor at Brooklyn Law School who had served as president since 2008.

The campaign against Trump’s administration— promoted in a catchy “See You In Court” ad campaign—fueled huge increases in donations and membership. According to Romero, the ACLU national office and its state affiliates received about $175 million in donations in the three months after Trump’s election, helping to finance a major expansion of staff.

As the ACLU’s eighth president since 1920, Archer will act as chair of its board of the directors, overseeing organizational matters and the setting of civil liberties policies. The fight against racial injustice is expected to be a top priority.

“The ACLU has proven itself as an invaluable voice in the fight for civil rights in the last four years of the Trump era, and we are better posi-

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The ACLU’s day-to-day operations are managed by its executive director—a post currently held by Anthony Romero.

tioned than ever to face the work ahead,” Archer said.

Early in her career, after graduating from Yale Law

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School, she was a legal fellow at the ACLU in 199798. She has been a member of the ACLU’s board since 2009, and a general counsel and member of the board’s executive committee since 2017.

At NYU L aw School, Archer is a professor of clinical law and director of its Civil Rig hts Clinic.

She has served as chair of the New York City Civilian C ompl aint Review B oard, which investigates alleged police misconduct, and also was assistant counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

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“There is no one better equipped, who best personifies or is more capable to helm the future battles for civil rights, civil liberties, and systemic equality than Deborah Archer,” Romero said.

Romero is hopeful that the newly installed administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be more attentive to the ACLU’s major concerns than the Trump admin-

istration was, but he expects daunting challenges ahead.

“President Trump may be gone but his toxic legacy on civil rights and civil liberties is still very much with us,” Romero said. “It will take years to clean up.”

“At the top of our agenda is the effort to redouble this nation’s longstanding but frayed commitment to civil rights and racial justice,” he

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added. “The country needs a president who will be transformational when it comes to these issues.”

Other ACLU priorities, Romero said, include voting rights, a rollback of the Trump administration’s get-tough immigration policies, and joining in efforts to thwart anti-abortion legislation surfacing in many Republican-governed states.

High blood pressure is the most common underlying condition identified in San Diego County’s COVID-associated deaths.

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President Biden has vowed to right the many wrongs of the Trump administration, including working toward improving race relations in America and offering more opportunities to people of color. Tubman would be the first AfricanAmerican woman featured on U.S. currency.“The $20 currently features a former president, Andrew Jackson, who not only owned slaves, but ordered the death march of thousands of Native

Americans,” NNPA’s General Counsel A. Scott Bolden wrote in a 2019 editorial.“Euphemistically called ‘Indian Removal,’ the Trail of Tears made way for white settlers to claim millions of acres of southern land,” Attorney Bolden wrote.He continued:“The attempted erasure of Tubman represents yet another move in the Trump playbook to disconnect racial reality from white fantasy.

Harriet Tubman should be

a respected and lauded icon for people of every race and ethnicity. Did she not personify American ideals, at the risk of her own life? As a Black woman in antebellum times, she was vulnerable to capture, prison, assault or lynching, but did she falter? Did she not refuse to kneel to any man or any king? Did she not fight for freedom against overwhelming odds? Are these not the qualities we hold dear in our American heroes?”

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Litter Did We Know, LLC

Home Free Consultants LLC 411 Camino Del Rio South 300 San Diego, CA 92108 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on December 28, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on December 28, 2025 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/04 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9020973 Fictitious business name(s):

Located at: 2838 Farragut Rd San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant Has Not Yet Begun To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above This business is hereby registered by the following: Litter Did We Know, LLC 2838 Farragut Rd., #125 San Diego, CA 92106 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 08, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on January 08, 2026 1/21, 1/28, 2/04, 2/11 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9000094 Fictitious business name(s):

Located at: 6474 University Ave San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 06/16/20 This business is hereby registered by the following: Vestone LLC 6474 University Ave San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on December 28, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on December 28, 2025 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/04 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9020974 Fictitious business name(s):

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OF INTENTION BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR THE SALE OR GROUND LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBERS 281-182-17 and 281-182-18 (LOCATED BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH STREET IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF \ RAMONA) Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego (“Board”) has adopted a RESOLUTION OF INTENTION BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR THE SALE OR GROUND LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBERS 281-182-17 and 281-182-18 (LOCATED BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH STREET IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF RAMONA) for purposes of development and operation of an affordable senior group housing community, including a senior community center.

NUMBERS 281-182-17 and 281-182-18 (LOCATED BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH STREET IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF RAMONA) On motion of Supervisor Jacob seconded by Supervisor Gaspar, the following resolution was adopted:

The proposals will be received and presented to the Board of Supervisors at a public hearing on March 2, 2020, at which time public testimony will be received. The Board meets at 9:00 a.m. at Board Chambers of the County Administration Center, A copy of the resolution of the intent to consider proposals is copied below and is posted in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Room 402, of the County Administration Center at 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego California, 92101, This notice and summary are published pursuant to Government Code Sections 25515.2, and the Board of Supervisor's action of January 2, 1979 authorizing publications.

The following is the Resolution as approved by the Board of Supervisors on 10/27/2020: Resolution No.: 20-168 Meeting Date: 10/27/2020 (09) RESOLUTION OF INTENTION BY THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR THE SALE OR GROUND LEASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASSESSOR PARCEL

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The RFP documents will be available from the County’s Department of General Services, Real Estate Services Division, 5560 Overland Avenue, Suite 410, San Diego, California 92123.

WHEREAS, the County of San Diego (“County”) owns approximately 7.86 acres of land located between 12th and 13th Street in the unincorporated community of Ramona, County of San Diego, California(“Property”). The Property is also known as Assessor Parcel Numbers 281-182-17 and 281-182-18.

WHEREAS, the County desires to consider proposals for the sale or ground lease and development of the Parcel for senior group affordable housing; and WHEREAS, pursuant to applicable laws of the State of California, including Government Code Sections 25515 through 25515.5, the County is authorized to engage in a competitive solicitation process for the sale or ground lease and development of the Property using a Request for Proposals process; and

Qualifying proposals submitted in accordance with all RFP requirements will be received by the Board of Supervisors at its regularly scheduled meeting on March 2, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at its regular place of meeting, the chambers in Room 310 at the County Administration Center at 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, California 92101.

The County will only receive proposals from developers determined to be qualified by the Director, Department of General Services, in consultation with the Director, Housing and Community Development Services through the RFSQ. Section 6. Notice of the adoption of this Resolution and the time and place of holding the public meeting described above shall be given by publishing the resolution in a newspaper of general circulation within San Diego County once a week for three weeks prior to that public meeting.

Section 7. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

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WHEREAS, the County desires to use a two-step process by first soliciting responses to a Request for For the Record Marketing, LLC Statements of Qualifications Located at: (“RFSQ”) from interested 3969 Idaho St. #7 parties, and then allowing San Diego, CA 92104 selected proposers County of San Diego determined to have the This business is appropriate qualifications to conducted by: respond to a Request for Proposals (“RFP”), with A Limited Liability Company proposals to be received at a Registrant Has Not Yet Begun public meeting of the Board of To Transact Business Under The Name(s) Above Supervisors as described This business is hereby below; and registered by the following: WHEREAS, the County must For the Record Marketing, LLC 3969 Idaho St. #7 adopt this Resolution San Diego, CA 92104 pursuant to Government Code County of San Diego Section 25515.2 before This statement was filed with receiving proposals; and the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on WHEREAS, notice of the January 12, 2021 adoption of this Resolution and the time and place of the This fictitious business name will expire on public meeting must be given January 12, 2026 by publishing this Resolution 2/04, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 at least once a week for three weeks prior to the public -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS meeting described below.

NAME STATEMENT 2021-9000083 NOW, THEREFORE, be it Fictitious business name(s): resolved as follows: Villa Alta

Section 1. This Board of Supervisors declares its intention to consider proposals for the sale or ground lease and development of the Property for senior group housing and ancillary uses.

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Located at: 4227 52nd Street San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 01/09/2018 This business is hereby

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Located at: 1640 Camino Del Rio North, Ste 338 San Diego, CA 92108 County of San Diego --800 E. 12th Street, Unit 322 Los Angeles, CA 90021 County of Los Angeles This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 06/28/2019 This business is hereby registered by the following: Yimax Clothing, Inc. 800 E. 12th Street, Unit 322 Los Angeles, CA 90021 County of Los Angeles This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 08, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on January 08, 2026 1/28, 2/04, 2/11, 2/18 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9000240 Fictitious business name(s): Cozy Fox

Located at: 3030 Plaza Bonita Road, Ste 1144 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego --800 E. 12th Street, Unit 322 Los Angeles, CA 90021 County of Los Angeles This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 12/06/2013 This business is hereby registered by the following: Yimax Clothing, Inc. 800 E. 12th Street, Unit 322 Los Angeles, CA 90021 County of Los Angeles This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 08, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on January 08, 2026 1/28, 2/04, 2/11, 2/18 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9000308 Fictitious business name(s): Peacefull Mind Clothing

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 January 12, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on January 12, 2026 1/21, 1/28, 2/04, 2/11 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9000145 Fictitious business name(s): Summit Financial

Located at: 3610 Calle Colina Roca Alpine, CA 91901 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 10/20/2010 This business is hereby registered by the following:

Knight & Dame

Located at: 535 University Ave #23 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego --401 4th Ave Apt C 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: Kellie Shardae Abbadie Ramierz 535 University Ave Ste 23 San Diego, CA 92103 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on January 6, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on January 6, 2026 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/04 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9000068 Fictitious business name(s): 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: Renell 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 January 5, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on January 5, 2026 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/04 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2020-9020972 Fictitious business name(s): Home Free Consultants

Located at: 411 Camino Del Rio South 300 San Diego, CA 92108 County of San Diego --6474 University Ave San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 10/14/20 This business is hereby registered by the following:

Vestone Disinfection

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Located at: 9920 Mission Vega Road Unit 2 Santee, CA 92071 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 10/20/20 This business is hereby registered by the following: Babble Baby Boutique LLC 9920 Mission Vega Road Unit 2 Santee, CA 92071 County of San Diego This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on December 28, 2020 This fictitious business name will expire on December 28, 2025 1/14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/04

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00002269CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Abbey Claire Barnard To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Abbey Claire Barnard filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Abbey Claire Barnard PROPOSED NAME: Abbey Claire Barnard Giustini 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: March 03, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE

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 Attachment 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 2/04, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00002361CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Ryan Todd Green-Lichty To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Ryan Todd Green-Lichty filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ryan Todd Green-Lichty PROPOSED NAME: Ryan Todd Lichty 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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 04, 2021 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 Attachment 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 2/04, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00002255CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Ahmad Zia/ Fahima Fnu on behalf of minor children To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Ahmad Zia / Fahima Fnu on behalf of minor children filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ibrahim Fnu PROPOSED NAME: Ibrahim Sorabi THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this

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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.

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.

be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

(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:

Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made:

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 03, 2021 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 Attachment 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 1/28, 2/04, 2/11, 2/18 -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00001962CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Ahmad Zaki / Tamana Armaghan on behalf of minor children To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Ahmad Zaki / Tamana Armaghan on behalf of minor children filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Haris Fnu --Edriss Fnu PROPOSED NAME: Haris Armaghan --Edriss Armaghan 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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 09, 2021 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 1, 2021 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.

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 Attachment 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: Any Petition for the name 330 W. Broadway change of a minor that is San Diego, CA 92101 signed by only one parent 1/21, 1/28, 2/04, 2/11 must have this Attachment -----------------------------------served along with the SUPERIOR COURT OF Petition and Order to Show CALIFORNIA Cause, on the other nonCounty of San Diego signing parent, and proof 330 West Broadway of service must be filed with San Diego, CA 92101 the court.)

Hall of Justice 37-2021-00001061The address of the court is: CU-PT-CTL 330 W. Broadway Petitioner or Attorney: Any Petition for the name San Diego, CA 92101 Susan Sahle Yihedgo change of a minor that is 1/21, 1/28, 2/04, 2/11 signed by only one parent To All Interested Persons: must have this Attachment -----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF Petitioner served along with the CALIFORNIA Susan Sahle Yihedgo Petition and Order to Show County of San Diego filed a petition with this court Cause, on the other non330 W. Broadway for a decree changing name signing parent, and proof San Diego, CA 92101 as follows: of service must be filed with Hall of Justice the court.)

37-2021-00000612PRESENT NAME: CU-PT-CTL Susan Sahle Yihedgo The address of the court is: Petitioner or Attorney: 330 W. Broadway Eloy Javier Lopez Villa PROPOSED NAME: San Diego, CA 92101 Susan Sahle Bahta 1/28, 2/04, 2/11, 2/18 To All Interested Persons: -----------------------------------Petitioner THE COURT ORDERS that SUPERIOR COURT OF Eloy Javier Lopez Villa all persons interested in this CALIFORNIA filed a petition with this court matter appear before this County of San Diego for a decree changing name court at the hearing indicated 330 W. Broadway as follows: below to show cause, if any, San Diego, CA 92101 why the petition for change of Hall of Justice PRESENT NAME: name should not be granted.

37-2021-00001729Eloy Javier Lopez Villa Any person objecting to the CU-PT-CTL name changes described Petitioner or Attorney: PROPOSED NAME: above must file a written Chasa Monya Overton Eloy Javier Galindo objection that includes the reasons for the objection at To All Interested Persons: THE COURT ORDERS that least two court days before Petitioner all persons interested in this the matter is scheduled to be Chasa Monya Overton matter appear before this heard and must appear at filed a petition with this court court at the hearing indicated the hearing to show cause for a decree changing name below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not as follows: why the petition for change of be granted. If no written name should not be granted. objection is timely filed, the PRESENT NAME: Any person objecting to the court may grant the petition Chasa Monya Overton name changes described without a hearing. above must file a written PROPOSED NAME: objection that includes the NOTICE OF HEARING Cashaé Monya Martin Meads reasons for the objection at Date: February 23, 2021 least two court days before Time: 8:30 A.M. THE COURT ORDERS that the matter is scheduled to be Dept. C-61 all persons interested in this heard and must appear at NO HEARING WILL matter appear before this the hearing to show cause OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE court at the hearing indicated why the petition should not below to show cause, if any, be granted. If no written (Due to the COVID-19 why the petition for change of objection is timely filed, the pandemic, which poses name should not be granted. court may grant the petition a substantial risk to the Any person objecting to the without a hearing. health and welfare of court name changes described personnel and the public, above must file a written NOTICE OF HEARING rendering presence in, objection that includes the Date: February 22, 2021 or access to, the court's reasons for the objection at Time: 8:30 A.M. facilities unsafe, and least two court days before Dept. C-61 pursuant to the emergency the matter is scheduled to be NO HEARING WILL orders of the Chief Justice heard and must appear at OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE of the State of California the hearing to show cause and General Orders of the why the petition should not

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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 Attachment 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 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 1/21, 1/28, 2/04, 2/11

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CAN YOU FIND THE “FIRSTS”?

Test your knowledge of Black History! Take the Find the ‘Firsts’ Black History Quiz below, then visit our website at www.sdvoice. info to check your answers!

1.

Visitors in the Senate galleries burst into applause as a Republican from Mississippi, entered the chamber to take his oath of office. Those present knew that they were witnessing an event of great historical significance. The gentleman was about to become the first African American to serve in the Senate.

A) P.B.S Pinchback

C) Hiram Revels

B) Blanche K. Bruce

2.

The African American was an American football quarterback. Born near Pittsburgh in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, he was known as “Mitts” for his large hands and arm strength compared to his 5”11 frame. He was known to toss a football 70 yards. He was part of the 1952 Michigan State Spartans who won the national championship, He became the first African American to appear at the quarterback position in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the Chicago Bears in 1953.

A) Bill Willis

B) Johnnie Grier

C) Paul Younger

D) Willie Thrower

3.

He became an engineer, NASA astronaut, and the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, he was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-8, he became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African ancestry in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez.

A) Guion Stewart Bluford

C) Charles Bolden

B) Ronald McNair

4.

He became the first African American to play in an NBA game when he take the court in the season opener for the Washington Capitols. He grew up in Jim Crow Virginia and went to West Virginia State. He didn’t know he’d been drafted by the NBA until he ran into a friend on campus. It turned out that the Washington Capitols had picked him in the ninth round of the draft.

A) Julius Ervin

B) Earl Monroe

C) Earl Lloyd

D) Dwayne Washington

5.

He was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. After graduation from Harvard, where he was the first African American to earn a doctorate, he became a professor of history, sociology and economics at Atlanta University.

A) W.E.DuBois

C) Frederick Douglass

B) Johnnie Grier

6.

The first Greek-lettered Sorority established and incorporated by African American College women. The Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of twenty students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. Forming a sorority broke barriers for African American women in areas where little power or authority existed due to lack of opportunities for minorities and women in the early 20th century.

A) Zeta Phi Beta

B) Alpha Kappa Alpha

C) Sigma Gamma Ro

D) Eta Phi Beta

7.

She was an African American entrepreneur and philanthropist, regarded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. She made her fortune by developing and marketing a successful line of beauty and hair products for black women under the company she founded.

A) Emma Bronner

B) Lisa Price

C) Sarah Breedlove

D) Madame C.J. Walker

8.

She was the first African American woman to win the Miss USA Title. She first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2, 1990 in Wichita, Kansas. She is a Detroit native and was also the first contestant from Michigan to win Miss USA and broke the five year streak of winners from Texas.

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A) Kenya Moore

B) Carole Gist

C) Vanessa Williams

D) Halle Berry

9.

She was an American Civil aviator and the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of African American descent to hold an international pilot license. In order to make a living as a civilian aviator, she became a “barnstorming” stunt flyer, and peformed for paying audiences.

A) Bessie Coleman C) Demetria “Dina” Elosiebo’s

B) Marie Jemison D) Janet Bragg

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We’ve also significantly invested in industry-leading solutions and resources. To help many of our teammates balancing family and work, we provided an enhanced benefit of up to $100 per day for in-home childcare — funding nearly 3 million days of support. And in 2020, we accelerated the move of our U.S. minimum hourly rate of pay to $20, more than a year earlier than originally planned.

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