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Tiny Wrists in Cuffs:

Returns see page 4

By Helen Wieffering, Colleen Long, and Camille Fassett Associated Press/Report for America

He was 8 years old.

COURAGE, ADVOCACY MARK

THIS WEEK MARKS THE

25th Anniversary How Police Use Force of California’s Ban on Against Children Affirmative Action Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists.

The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns.

Mikey Williams

Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 61 Years

Neither he nor anyone else in his family’s Chicago home was arrested that night two years ago, and police wielding a warrant to look for ille-

gal weapons found none. But even now, he’s tormented by visions of officers bursting through houses and tearing rooms apart, ordering people to lie on the floor.

“I can’t go to sleep,” he said.

“I keep thinking about the police coming.”

Children like Royal were not the focus after George Floyd was killed by police in See CUFFS page 2

Ward Connerly, pictured here, was a member of the University of California Board of Regents His tenure drew to a close after 12 turbulent years in which he led the university, and then the state of California, to drop affirmative action. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER For These Local Women

Since California banned affirmative action 25 years ago, experts say data shows significant drops in the numbers of Blacks and other minorities attending universities and securing government contracts in the state.

Jhaimarion, 10, reacts as he listens to his mother, Krystal Archie talking with an Associated Press reporter in Chicago Sept. 23, 2021. Archie’s three children were present when police, on two occasions, just 11 weeks apart, kicked open her front door and tore through their home searching for drug suspects. She’d never heard of the people they were hunting. Jhaimarion, along with his sister, Savannah, who was 14 at the time, was ordered to get down on the floor. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

In education, for example, Ed Trust West, an Oaklandbased nonprofit and research organization focused on equity, says the repealing of affirmative action in California has negatively impacted African Americans both at public schools and

Decades later, a new look at

the Black Panthers’ legacy Paula M. Williams poses. Photos courtesy of Paula M. Williams

By Barbara Smith Contributing Writer Local San Diegan Paula M. Williams is eager to share her story to encourage and uplift other women and families going through breast cancer. Diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in 2018, she received aggressive chemotherapy and radiation through July 2019.

Compounding the trauma of diagnosis and treatment, Williams was grieving the loss of her mother in 2018, for whom she had been primary caregiver. The passing of her

parents and the cancer diagnosis took a toll on her physically, financially, mentally and spiritually. Equality, fairness and consistency in the health care system are three priorities Williams sees as necessary to improve health outcomes with breast cancer.

“I had to retire early from my job and I folded financially,” she says.

Her application for disability was denied in less than 21 days with her submitted medical records numbering over 2100 pages. The fact of See COURAGE page 2

Fred Hampton Junior, from left, Fredrika Newton and sculptor Dana King, react during the dedication of a bust in memory of Black Panther Party co-founder and Newton’s former husband Huey Newton on Mandela Parkway at 9th Street in West Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. The event was hosted by the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation in honor of the 55th anniversary of the Black Panthers. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group via AP)

By Aaron Morrison Associated Press It once would have been unthinkable for a city to erect a monument to Huey P. Newton.

The Black Panther Party co-founder was feared and hated by many Americans, and party members were dismissed as racist, gun-toting militants — Black avengers

who believed violence was as American as cherry pie.

But the unthinkable has happened — in Oakland, the city of the party’s founding

colleges across the state.

“California’s statewide ban on affirmative action has had lasting, devastating impacts on our K-12 and higher education system.

Students, families, and educators of color have always found themselves shut out from opportunity, from a lack of additional funding to decreased college access,” said Natalie Wheatfall-Lum, Director of P-16 Education Policy at Ed Trust West.

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55 years ago. In an unrelenting deluge on an October Sunday, Newton’s widow Fredrika and sculptor Dana King unveiled a bronze bust of Newton.

It is true that aside from Oakland, where the Panthers were born and Newton was murdered, there are few places where such a bust would be welcome; there is probably no other place in the world that could place his statue at an intersection of Dr. Huey P. Newton Way and Mandela Parkway, named for the late South A f r i c an re volut i on ar y Nelson Mandela.

And it would be wrong to suggest that the Panthers are enjoying a resurgence, or even a moment; the party disbanded almost 40 years ago.

But it is also true that in 2021, some activists and historians are taking another See page 9

Families of 9 killed in SC church settle with feds

South Carolina state senators Gerald Malloy, right, and Ronnie Sabb, left, look on as Malana Pinckney, 12, center, a daughter of the Reverend Clementa Pinckney who was killed killed in the 2015 Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting, speaks with reporters outside the Justice Department, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

By Meg Kinnard Associated Press Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church

have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.

The $88 million deal, which includes $63 million for the families of the slain and $25 million for survivors of the shooting, was set to be announced Thursday in Washington, Bakari Sellers, an attorney who helped broker the agreement, told The Associated Press on Thursday, October 28.

Sellers said the “88” figure was purposeful. It’s a number typically associated with white supremacy and the number of bullets Roof said he had taken with him to the attack.

“We’ve given a big ‘F you’ to white supremacy and rac-

ism,” Sellers told AP. “We’re doing that by building generational wealth in these Black communities, from one of the most horrific race crimes in the country.”

Months before the June 17, 2015 church shooting, Roof was arrested on Feb. 28 by Columbia, South Carolina police on the drug possession charge. But a series of clerical errors and missteps allowed Roof to buy the handgun he later used in the massacre.

The errors included wrongly listing the sheriff ’s office as the arresting agency in the

drug case, according to court documents. An examiner with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System found some information on the arrest but needed more to deny the sale, so she sent a fax to a sheriff ’s office. The sheriff ’s office responded it didn’t have the report, directing her to the Columbia police.

Under the system’s operating procedures, the examiner was directed to a federal listing of law enforcement agencies, but Columbia police did not appear on the See FAMILIES page 6

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION Anniversary: Cuffs: Continued from cover

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According to Ed Trust West, the numbers of Black and Latino students enrolling at California State Universities, has not “kept pace” with the racial makeup of high school graduating seniors.

2020, prompting a debate on the disproportionate use of force by law enforcement, especially on adults of color.

But in case after case, an Associated Press investigation found kids as young as 6 have been treated harshly by officers — handcuffed, felled by stun guns, pinned to the ground. Departments nationwide have few or no guardrails to prevent such incidents.

Ed Trust West reports that more than half of California’s K-12 schools do not have a single Black teacher. And even though children of color make up 77% of all K-12 students in the state, only 35% of teachers are people of color.

“Unfortunately, solutions focused on socioeconomic status alone have proven insufficient to close those gaps. Instead, to combat the systemic racism and structural inequality facing Black, Latinx, Asian, and Native students, we must address the unique challenges and needs of each student group directly,” said WheatfallLum continued.

“Nonetheless, plenty of powerful strategies to advance racial justice are still perfectly legal; without affirmative action, it’s even more important that school districts and higher education institutions leverage any and all at their disposal,” she said.

were takedowns, strikes and muscling, followed by firearms pointed at or used on children. Less often, kids faced other tactics, like pepper spray or police K-9s.

In Minneapolis, officers pinned children with their body weight at least 190 times. In Indianapolis, more than 160 kids were handcuffed; in Wichita, Kansas,

a sample of incidents show some kids who were stunned or restrained were armed; others were undergoing mental health crises and were at risk of harming themselves.

Still others showed police force escalating after kids fled from questioning.

Some departments have policies that govern how old a child must be to be hand-

Meanwhile, attorneys like Na’Shaun Neal say police who use force on minors often depend on the perception that kids lie. Against an officer’s word, Neal said, “no one typically believes the children.”

Neal represents two boys — identified as R.R. and P.S. in court papers — who were involved in an altercation with police on July 4, 2019.

But the information gleaned is troubling.

Black children made up more than 50% of those who were handled forcibly, though they are just 15% of the U.S. child population.

Minority children are often perceived by police as being older than they are. The most common types of force

A judge found the boys not guilty at a bench trial. Neal is suing the city and the police officer on their behalf.

The city denied that officers used excessive force, maintaining that the boys physically resisted arrest.

“Unfortunately, the escalation occurred because of the conduct of the minors, not because of anything the officer did,” the city’s attorney Dan Alderman said.

The AP analyzed data on approximately 3,000 instances of police use of force against children under 16 over the past 11 years.

The data, provided to the AP by Accountable Now, a project of The Leadership Conf­erence Education Fund aiming to create a comprehensive use-of-force database, includes incidents from 25 police departments in 17 states.

It’s a small representation of the 18,000 police agencies nationwide and the millions of daily encounters police have with the public.

him behind his back. His 13-year-old friend struggles next to him, his neck and shoulders pinned by the officer’s knees for 20 seconds.

R.R. and P.S. are Latinos.

Authorities say there are reasons why police officers are more likely to use force against minorities than against white children.

Dr. Richard Dudley, a child psychiatrist in New York, says many officers have implicit bias that would prompt them to see Black children as older, and therefore more threatening, than they are.

Royal Smart, left, poses with his siblings and mother in a Chicago park on Sept. 26, 2021. Smart still has nightmares about being handcuffed for nearly 30 minutes two years ago, alongside his mother and other adults. Neither he nor anyone else was arrested when police wielding a warrant came looking for illegal weapons and found none in the family’s home on Chicago’s South Side. From left are Royal, Roy and Royalty, and their mother, Domonique Wilson. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

officers drew or used their Tasers on kids at least 45 times. Most children in the dataset are teenagers, but the data included dozens of cases of children age 10 or younger.

Force is occasionally necessary to subdue children, some of whom are accused of serious crimes.

Police reports obtained for

cuffed, but very few mention age in their use-of-force policies. While some offer guidance on how to manage juveniles accused of crimes or how to handle people in mental distress, the AP could find no policy addressing these issues together.

Royal, the boy in Chicago, was handcuffed for nearly 30 minutes alongside his mother and other adults in the house. Then a police sergeant released him, and an aunt came to look after the children. The family has sued Chicago police, alleging false arrest, wanton conduct and emotional distress.

Chicago police did not comment on the case but said revised policies passed in May require extra planning for vulnerable people like children before search warrants are served.

Courage: Continued from cover

her denial raises questions of inequity as other non-African American survivors she knows, whose medical conditions are less serious than hers, have been approved.

“Is it my skin color?” she asked.

“Something is not right.”

Now, with legal representation, she adds, “You have to advocate for yourself and speak up. You have to stay on some doctors, some agencies, in order to be heard.” Through it all, she says, “I maintain a positive attitude, a strong faith and trust in God.” Her Kaiser health plan and other state groups offered resources, but like many San Diegan women of color, she had difficulty finding support on a local level. In fact, she says, the applications for some organizations were impossibly extensive.

“How do they think someone going through chemotherapy can answer all those questions when they can barely think or write? It was very disheartening.”

Thankfully, her family provided support, and later she received help from the Rock Cancer Care Ministry, where, after treatment, she became a volunteer. Now, Many Shades

It was a few hours before midnight when a San Fernando, California, police officer stopped to ask if they were lighting fireworks, according to a complaint filed in federal court. The boys had been walking through a park, accompanied by an older brother and his dog.

According to the complaint, the officers followed the group and told them it was past curfew; they needed to take the boys into custody.

Police said the boys were responsible for the fracas that followed, and they charged them with assaulting an officer and resisting arrest.

But then a cellphone video, taken by R.R.’s brother, materialized. The video shows an officer forcing his 14-year-old brother to the ground and handcuffing

It all becomes a vicious cycle, Dudley said. Police react badly to these kids and to the people they know, so kids react badly to police, leading them to react badly to kids.

Minority children have negative everyday dealings with police and are traumatized by them. “Whatever they’ve seen police officers do in the past,’’ Dudley said, ‘‘all of that is the backdrop for their encounter with a police officer.”

So when that encounter occurs, they may be over-reactive and hypervigilant, and it may appear that they’re not complying with police commands when, really, they’re just scared.

The police are not thinking, “I have this panicked, frightened kid that I need to calm down,” Dudley said.

of Pink has been a blessing to her “as it provides resources tailored to African American women. We share similar experiences. We can connect and laugh and cry together. I like that bonding. I don’t feel like I am alone.”

Education and resources to back it up are vital, Williams says.

Mammograms should be 100 percent covered by insurance and offered Rosalyn Williams. Photo to women under 40 if courtesy of Rosalyn Williams there is a cancer fam“Family health is one of the ily history, she continues, most important things you and “we need more doctors should know,” Williams in low-income areas where says, adding that sometimes services are minimal. More in African American culcommunity organizations ture, health issues are swept could add more outreach under the rug, and this can services for women to get result in negative outcomes. the information they need.”

Williams is also a firm Family history played an believer in being one’s own important role in Rosalyn best advocate. With a radical Williams’ battle against double mastectomy, Williams breast cancer. Diagnosed in opted for a TRAM flap pro2002, she received treatment cedure, where surgeons use and was pronounced cantissue from the lower abdocer free in 2003. A second men to create a new breast, bout occurred in 2013 and rather than using silicone or with further treatment she saline for reconstruction. got a clean bill of health in 2014. Now, Williams shares “I told the surgeon I wanted her story and insights to my own natural tissue assist other women in their because I knew my body journey with breast canwould not reject it.” cer. Williams learned only She also advises being selecafter her first diagnosis of tive in choosing doctors. extensive cancer family history including both grandSee COURAGE page 6 mothers and three aunts.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION SAN DIEGO

Blacks, Veteran’s Day Elected Officials Pretend to Care and Critical Race Theory About Black Families Being Rent Burdened

While Their Housing Commission Segregates the City

By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint

Veterans Day was created as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. It became a national holiday by an act of Congress in 1938. As we honor the memory of those who served in this great conflict, separately and apart from other occasions honoring our War service members, let us not forget the special struggles of Black Veterans, especially during the years following World War I. We have seen from history that African Americans who fought for the freedom of others on distant shores, came home to disenfranchisement, segregation, and subhuman treatment on every front where they should have received respect and equality for having served. We have seen from a historical point that a Black soldier named Charles Lewis, recently discharged from the military, was lynched in uniform in Hichman, Kentucky; in 1944, four Black soldiers after a white store owner claimed they tried to take over his place; in 1947, we repeat how Joe Nathan Roberts, a Black Navy Veteran, studying at Temple University on the G.I. Bill was abducted and shot because he wouldn’t say “Sir” to white men.

What is so important about these stories today is that if “Critical Race Theory’’ is allowed to be implemented on the scale white legislatures and school boards are trying to do, to sanitize all discussion of America’s racist past, these stories will be lost along with the racist history they represent. Let us not forget that we have over 99 African American servicemen who earned and received the Medal of Honor in battle, fighting, and in some cases dying for a country who would only honor them when the flag was draped over their coffins and taps played at their graveside.

It is up to us to remember and honor our own, in spite of what this nation does or how it seeks to change or erase the history that we bled and sacrificed to build. Yes, this Veterans Day, let’s remember our own; and not by running out to catch the latest sales. How about reflecting on how we can individually build on what they left? Things like registering to vote, spending money with those who support us, demanding respect for ourselves and our elders, and remembering that we are still “Black” to America whether we are rich, poor, educated, homeless, or ignorant.

We must honor ourselves before we can demand that others do so.

Are vaccine mandates racist by definition?

By J. Pharoah Doss New Pittsburgh Courier Last week I wrote ab out how the CDC changed their definition of vaccines.

Many called t he changes Orwellian. Of course, that’s a reference to a novel where the dictionary was rewritten in order to manipulate public opinion. The definition of racism also continues to change. During the George Floyd riots, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary changed its definition of racism because of a complaint.

A Black graduate student at Drake University told CNN she grew tired of having conversations about racial injustice, just to have people point to the dictionary as a defense for why they are not racist.

She said, “I kept having to tell them that the definition is not representative of what is actually happening in the world.”

To rectify the problem, the editors of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary decided to add – systemic oppression – to their definition of racism.

The dictionary editors were most likely influenced by the writing of

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Over the past few years, Kendi has made his own contribution to redefining racism.

Kendi defines racism as a collection of racist policies that lead to racial inequality, that are substantiated by racist ideas.

Kendi believes racial inequity is evidence of racial policy.

For example, Black residents were stopped and frisked at a disproportional rate under New York Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg.

According to Kendi, it didn’t matter what the Stop & Frisk policy intended or if the policy achieved any of its stated goals, the disproportion alone made Stop & Frisk a racist policy that needed to be eliminated. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary will probably use Stop & Frisk as an example of systemic oppression.

Now, there’s another New York policy in question — The Vaccine Passport.

Last month, New York began to enforce their vaccine requirement for workers and customers. Proof of vaccination is required for people entering restaurants, bars, fitness See MANDATES page 6

By Francine Maxwell President , NAACP San Diego Branch Mayor Todd Gloria claimed to be “infur i ate d” by the results of a study just released showing that Black families in San Diego are severely rent burdened. Yet, the NAACP San Diego Branch’s pending lawsuit against the San Diego Housing Commission details the extent to which City-wide policies perpetuate racial segregation and cause rent burdens.

The NAACP San Diego Branch and San Diego Tenant Union are continuing their lawsuit against the agency to stop it from administering the region’s largest housing program in a manner that unlawfully discriminates and perpetuates discrimination.

“As detailed in our lawsuit, SDHC must increase vouchers immediately to stop perpetuating racial

segregation and to allow families with Section 8 to access available rental units in low-poverty, white neighborhoods with greater opportunities and high performing schools,” states Francine Maxwell, President of the San Diego Branch of the NAACP, the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization. “The lawsuit alleges that Black households are seven times more likely to be harmed by SDHC’s voucher policy as white households.”

Regarding SDHC’s harmful rent burden policy, the lawsuit filed by poverty attorney Parisa IjadiMaghsoodi states that SDHC causes families to pay 50 percent of their income towards rent if they wish to live in a low-poverty, predominantly white neighborhood. This is because SDHC sets the voucher amount so much further below what it costs to rent a unit in these areas than in other areas of the City.

The lawsuit alleges SDHC policies impose a severe, if not impossible, housing cost burden on low-income families, despite SDHC knowing that federal best practices identify families that pay more than 30 percent of their income towards rent as rent burdened and in an unstable housing situation. Paying 50 percent of one’s income towards rent results in housing instability, and an increased risk of eviction, particularly for low-income families and individuals on a fixed-income.

The lawsuit states that SDHC’s own data illustrates how SDHC intentionally discriminates and perpetuates segregation in the City of San Diego. In response, SDHC argued that the lawsuit was not brought “solely in the public interest” because segregation only harms non-white Section 8 recipients, not the general public.

LET’S TALK BLACK EDUCATION:

Telling Our Family Stories Keeps Black History Alive

By Dr. Margaret Fortune President/CEO, Fortune School When we were kids, my dad would take us to football games at the University of Southern California (USC). I didn’t care much for football, but I loved it when we’d stay after the game to hear the USC marching band play. His love for marching bands is why we have a drumline at the public charter school I founded and named after my parents — Rex and Margaret Fortune Early College High School.

We grew up hearing family stories about life in the Carolinas from our parents and grandparents. My sister, Gwen Fortune-Blakely, has written her first children’s book, Rex and the Band, inspired by one of our favorite stories our grandma used to tell about my dad, Dr. Rex Fortune, who is now a retired public school superintendent.

As the story goes, one day back in 1947, my grandma sent little Rex to the corner store to get some eggs so she could bake a cake.

My dad bought the eggs and put them in his pockets. On the walk home, he encountered a marching band high-steppin’ down the dusty road to his mother’s house.

Little Rex got so excited that he

followed the band, beating on his legs like drums all the way home and yes, breaking all the eggs.

Rex and the Band explores a day in the life of Rex, a spirited young boy who dreams of one day playing in a high-energy marching band like the ones he enjoys watching with his father during North Carolina A&T football games.

Reading my sister’s beautifully illustrated book, I cried tears of joy. Telling our family stories is such an important way for African Americans to keep our history alive. Griots, or storytellers, are the reason why we know the truths that we do know about our families and our rich histories.

I believe all of us can think back to when our grandparents would tell us stories about our ancestors who may have passed on before we were born. It was their way of making sure our stories were not only told but preserved.

The Black press has been the clearinghouse for many stories that have impacted the Black community over time. My sister published her first poem in Ebony Jr. as an elementary school student and then in high school

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she interned at The Sacramento Observer Newspaper.

Gwen founded Cocoa Kids Books to publish books like Rex and the Band that encourage Black children to dream, aspire for more, and soar because they see themselves reflected in stories that are engaging, authentic, uplifting, and inspiring. I’m so proud of my big sis! You can buy Gwen’s book at https://store.bookbaby.com/ book/rex-and-the-band.

Editor’s Note: Dr. Margaret Fortune is the President/CEO of Fortune School, a system of nine, K-12 public charter schools with over 2,300 students focused on closing the Black achievement gap by preparing students for college. She is a State Delegate on the California Democratic Party (CDP) State Central Committee where she also is an elected member of the Executive Board of the CDP Black Caucus. Fortune is Treasurer of National Action Network (NAN) Sacramento and has been an education advisor to two California Governors. She is a graduate of the UC Berkeley and Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government.

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COMMUNITY Prep Phenom Mikey Williams Returns to SD

By Darrel Wheeler Contributing Writer

Prep basketball star Mikey William’s returned to America’s second finest City on October 19th to help raise money and awareness for breast cancer and it’s victims. Before he left San Diego, he was considered the number one freshman comboguard in the country.

Mikey left San Diego in 2019 for Charlotte, North Carolina to play for Vertical Academy’s basketball team.

“I believe sometimes you have to leave your city to see and compete against other competition. It can only make you a better player and person,” said Mikey.

He team-played Inland Rotary from Riverside, losing the contest 93-88 in double overtime.

“It was nice coming back home.

I wish the outcome of the game could have been a little different, but it’s ok,” Mikey said.

Mikey’s return was not the only function at the night’s Hoopsjunction.

Family friends and media also made their way to City College’s Gymnasium in support of breast cancer awareness.

The night honored former Encanto Lady Bull, Kearny High School, Pepperdine college, and overseas professional basketball star Daphanie Kennedy, who passed away from breast cancer in 2018 at the age of 32 years.

Mikey, the 17 year old wonder boy, work his basketball-magic, and he didn’t disappoint.

“I definitely think he has the skill-set to make it to the next levels,”said Mater Dei Catholic’s High School champion basketball Coach David Monroe. “If he gets any taller that could only help him, but if hekeeps working hard, I think sky’s the limit for the young man. He’s definitely got game.”

Mikey Williams recently became the first High School player to sign

a multi-year endorsement deal with PUMA Athletic Wear. Now, Mikey will have the coins to match his talent and swag.

Daphanie’s mother was driven to tears as her daughter was honored for her many basketball exploits and kind hearted ways.

The who’s who of local basketball officiants also showed up to see

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STATE/NATIONAL NEWS Cal DOJ: Look Out for Illegal Cannabis Edibles Copycat foods mimic popular snacks, candy

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Last week California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a “consumer alert” warning Californians that cannabis-infused edibles are being packaged and sold as copycat versions of popular food and candy products.

The California Department of Justice is advising consumers that illegal and unregulated edibles may contain dangerously high levels of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in Cannabis, and they are available in packaging nearly identical to those of popular brands like Cheetos, Fruity Pebbles, and Sour Patch Kids.

Bonta is urging Californians not to consume these dangerous knockoffs and to report the products if they encounter them.

“While cannabis-infused edibles packaged to look like our favorite brands may seem harmless and fun, the dangers of consuming unregulated and untested cannabis products are high, particularly for children and teens,” Bonta said.

“The fact is: here in California, we have a safe, regulated, and legal cannabis market. But if a product is being marketed to children, mimicking a well-known consumer brand, and advertising sky-high

levels of THC — it’s not likely to be a part of it.”

Cannabis-infused edibles describes any food or drink containing marijuana or any of its active ingredients, most often THC and cannabidiol (CBD), according to the Recovery Village Drug and Alcohol Rehab (RVDAR), a California drug rehabilitation and substance abuse treatment program. Generally, the edible product is infused with cannabis extract.

Marijuana is heated in an oilbased liquid to obtain the extract, RVDAR explains.

“Compared to other ways of consuming marijuana, edibles are known for producing a delayed high. Further, they may be more discreetly consumed than marijuana from a blunt, vape pen or bong,” according to RVDAR. The California cannabis industry is regulated by the state’s Business and Professions Code and is covered by the Medicinal and Adult Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA). According to Bonta, the edible products sold by unlicensed operators, often con tain levels of THC that exceed thelegal limit, and are advertised to youth in violation of MAUCRSA, which sets up a basic framework for product licensing, oversight and enforcement.

Cannabis businesses have to follow the same rules that other businesses in California follow. For example, there are rules in the statutes about waste disposal, protecting the environment, vehicle registration and paying taxes.

Bonta’s office makes the following recommendations:

IDENTIFY LOOKALIKE PRODUCTS:

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Californians should look for copycat packaging with language that indicates that the product contains cannabis — such as “medicated”, “THC,” “CBD,” “keep out of reach of children and animals,” and/or an image of a cannabis leaf.

In California, legal cannabis products must be affixed with the universal symbol that includes an encircled triangle with a marijuana leaf and exclamation mark in it. It letters CA are imprinted below it.

If you see indications of copycat packaging or do not see the universal symbol, the product is illicit — and may be dangerous.

KNOW THE HEALTH RISKS: Illegal cannabis products present a risk to public health and safety.

Children can experience a varietyof delayed symptoms upon ingesting cannabis edibles, including, but not limited to difficulty breathing,

lethargy, dizziness, nausea, and loss of coordination.

Illegal products made with synthetic cannabinoids may pose additional health risks. Synthetic cannabinoids can be highly toxic and are illegal in the state of California. Side effects of consuming synthetic cannabinoids include rapid heart rate, agitation, vomiting, trouble breathing, psychosis, among others.

In recent years, California has seen a surge in pediatric exposure and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) visits related to cannabis edibles, as well as an increase in children as young as 12 who are intentionally using cannabis products. In 2020, there were 1,173 calls to the Poison Control Center for services related to children aged 0-19 ingesting cannabis products. This is up from 404 calls in 2016, with the biggest increase for children aged 0-5.

California has also seen a rise in emergency room visits related to cannabis poisoning among young children. In 2016, there were approximately 21 visits per one million Californians aged 0-5. In 2020, there were approximately 113 visits. Bonta’s office insists that if a child has accidentally consumed these illicit products, monitor them for symptoms of intoxication.

California’s Poison Control System has a 24-hour hotline available for immediate assistance.

The toll-free phone number is (800) 222-1222. Language interpreter services are offered in over 200 different languages and calls are kept confidential. Upon encountering lookalike cannabis-infused edible products, Bonta is asking the public to file a complaint with the Department of Justice and with the Department of Cannabis Control.

Missing ISU Graduate Student Jelani Day Drowned, Says Coroner The Associated Press

the forensic autopsy report for the case, The Pantagraph reported.

An Illinois State University graduate student who disappeared before being found dead died from drowning, a coroner said Monday, October 25.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has said Day’s case looks similar to other racially motivated killings.

Jelani Day, 25, was last seen Aug. 24. His family in Danville and a faculty member reported him missing after he did not show up for class for several days.

Ploch said “there was no evidence of antemortem injury, such as manual strangulation, an assault or altercation, sharp, blunt or gunshot injury, infection, tumor, natural disease, congenital abnormality, or significant drug intoxication.”

“The cause of death of this positively identified 25-yearold male, Jelani Jesse Javonte Day, is drowning,” LaSalle County Coroner Richard Ploch wrote as the cause of death opinion that’s part of

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It’s not clear how Day went into the Illinois River, Ploch said.

Civil Rights Pioneer Seeks Expungement of ‘55 Arrest Record

By Jay Reeves Associated Press Months before Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus, Black teenager Claudette Colvin did the same.

Convicted of assaulting a police officer while being arrested, she was placed on probation yet never received notice that she’d finished the term and was on safe ground legally.

be sealed and all records of the case erased.

Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey later said he agreed with the request to clear Colvin’s record, removing any doubt it would be approved.

“I guess you can say that now I am no longer a juvenile delinquent,” Colvin told a crowd that included relatives, well wishers and activists.

Now 82 and slowed by age, Colvin has asked a judge to end the matter once and for all. She wants a court in Montgomery to wipe away a record that her lawyer says has cast a shadow over the life of a largely unsung hero of the civil rights era.

Also present was famed civil rights attorney Fred Gray, now 90, who’s not currently involved in her case.

Recalling her arrest, Colvin told the crowd: “My mindset was on freedom. So I was not going to move that day,” she said. “I told them that history had me glued to the seat.”

“I am an old woman now. Having my records expunged will mean something to my grandchildren and great grandchildren. And it will mean something for other Black children,” Colvin said in a sworn statement.

Colvin left Alabama at age 20 and spent decades in New York, but relatives always worried what might happen when she returned for visits since no court official ever said she had finished probation, according to Ensler.

Supporters sang civil rights anthems and clapped as Colvin entered the clerk’s office and filed the expungement request Tuesday.

Her attorney, Phillip Ensler, said he was seeking all legal documents to

“Her family has lived with this tremendous fear ever since then,” he said. “For all the recognition of recent years and the attempts to tell her story, there wasn’t anything done to clear her record.”

Currently living in Birmingham before a move to stay with relatives in Texas, the octogenarian Colvin made her request to a juvenile court judge oddly enough since that’s where she was judged delinquent and placed on what, for all practical purposes, amounted to a lifetime of probation, Ensler said.

worldwide fame after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955. Her treatment led to the yearlong Montgomery Bus Boycott, which propelled the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into the national limelight and often is considered the start of the modern civil rights movement.

Montgomery’s city bus system, like the rest of public life across the Deep South, was strictly divided along racial lines in the 1950s.

Blacks had to use one water fountain while whites used another; the front of a bus was for white people while Blacks had to take the back by law.

A 15-year-old high school student at the time, Colvin got fed up and refused to move even before Parks.

Parks, a 42-year-old seamstress and activist with the NAACP, gained

A bus driver called police on March 2, 1955, to complain that two Black girls were sitting near two white girls and refused to move to the back of the bus. One of the Black girls moved when asked, a police report said, but Colvin refused.

Claudette Colvin laughs answers a question at the press conference after she filed paperwork to have her juvenile record expunged, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Montgomery, Ala. She was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus in 1955. At left, red tie, is her attorney from the civil-rights era, Fred Gray. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Day’s family will be joined

by Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Tuesday for a march from the Peru Police Department to near the location where his car was found on Aug. 26 in Peru, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) north of Bloomington.

A multi-jurisdictional task force including the Illinois State Police, the Bloomington and Peru police departments, LaSalle County Sheriff ’s Office, and the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit continue to investigate Day’s death.

The police report said Colvin put up a struggle as officers removed her from the bus, kicking and scratching an officer. She was initially convicted of violating the city’s segregation law, disorderly conduct and assaulting an officer, but she appealed and only the assault charge stuck.

The case was sent to juvenile court because of Colvin’s age, and records show a judge found her delinquent and placed her on probation “as a ward of the state pending good behavior.” And that’s where it ended, Ensler said, with Colvin never getting official word that she’d completed probation and her relatives assuming the worst — that police would arrest her for any reason they could.

Ensler said it’s “murky” as to whether Colvin is actually still on probation, but she never had any other arrests or legal scrapes.

She even became a named plaintiff in the landmark lawsuit that outlawed racial segregation on Montgomery’s buses. Still, Colvin said, the trauma endured, particularly for relatives who constantly worried for her.

“My conviction for standing up for my constitutional right terrorized my family and relatives who knew only that they were not to talk about my arrest and conviction because people in town knew me as `that girl from the bus,’” she said.

Ensler said it was uncertain when a judge might rule.

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‘Worst Place’ in US for Black Renters Mayor’s Update:

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An October 12 report by Zillow, the online real estate marketplace, has revealed that San Diego is the worst place in the country for Black renters. San Diego’s Black renters spend more than half (52.6 percent) of their income on rent and are the most rent-burdened racial group, compared to Latino and Asian households. For a household to be considered rent-burdened, they must spend 30 percent of their income on rent; by this definition, most Black households are considered rent and cost burdened.

Zillow economists got their statistics using a combination of Census data and their own Observed Rent Index. The report also showed that Black renters in San Diego spend 18 percent more of their income on rent than Black households nationally throughout the United States.

While the pandemic exacerbated the rental problem in the United States, historically, Black renters have always been the most burdened by rent costs due to systemic racism and racist practices Households are considered rentburdened if they spend 30 percent or more of their income on rent — meaning they have less income after paying for their housing to cover other expenses such as clothing, food, transportation, and

By Voice & Viewpoint Staff Here’s a round up of what Mayor Todd Gloria has done lately:

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other bills. According to Zillow, a typical Black household only has 66 percent of their income left after paying rent costs, or $920 less per month compared to white households.

Mayor Todd Gloria spoke to KPBS in response to the study, saying, “The results are infuriating, but not surprising” and that he aims “to ensure that all San Diegans have a roof over their head at a price they can afford.”

In response to the report, the NAACP San Diego Branch and San Diego Tenant Union have brought forward a lawsuit against theSan Diego Housing Commission (SDHC), claiming that their poli-

cies intentionally discriminate and segregate the City of San Diego.

“As detailed in our lawsuit, SDHC must increase vouchers immediately to stop perpetuating racial segregation and to allow families with Section 8 to access available rental units in low-poverty, white neighborhoods with greater opportunities and high performing schools,” said Francine Maxwell, President of the San Diego Branch of the NAACP, in an October 28 press release.

While the lawsuit is currently pending, the NAACP and SDTU both plan on moving forward when possible.

County Unclaimed Monies Might Have Your Name on It

By Tracy DeFore County of San Diego

• Mayor Gloria announced on October 14 that he has accomplished almost half of his public safety priorities and reforms to police practices, which were first announced in April. To date, Mayor Gloria has completed as part of his public safety and police practices reform package: ■■ Appropriately funded the independent Commission on Police Practices ■■ Eliminated existing gang injunctions ■■ Ensuring SDPD attracts the best candidates ■■ Removed the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) as a program of the San Diego Police Department • Mayor Gloria, City Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera, and

or state law says that unclaimed money must go into the County’s general fund.

Take a couple minutes to see if your name is listed on the San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office unclaimed monies refund list – it may be worth your while.

The County has more than $713,000 in unclaimed refunds for San Diego County residents who overpaid county departments on taxes, deposits, premiums, services or fees. The refunds range from $10 to nearly $37,000.

The only catch? You have until Dec. 17 to check that refund list

• Mayor Gloria, Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Caltrans announced on October 18 a new partnership with City Net, a nonprofit homelessness-services organization that started in Long Beach in 2005, to support residents living in dangerous conditions adjacent to state highways.

“With the holidays approaching, everyone could use a little extra money in their pocket,” said County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister. “The average refund is $386. If you are owed a refund, and can prove you are the rightful owner, we want to make sure you get your refund.”

The process is easy and can all be done online. The list contains

community leaders launched “Our Climate, Our Future” on October 27. The initiative seeks to address the climate crisis while improving public health and quality of life. To learn how “Our Climate, Our Future” works, visit sandiego.gov/climatefuture.

• Responses to Mayor Gloria’s “Our Climate, Our Future” Press Conference were hopeful but measured: ■■ Joyce Lane, Board Member, SanDiego350: “In the six years since the City of San Diego approved its Climate Action Plan, few measures have been implemented. We need to know the tools will be there this time to ensure implementation – we simply cannot afford to wait any longer.”

■■ Maleeka Marsden, Co-Director of Policy, Climate Action Campaign: “While we applaud Mayor Gloria and the City Council for leading on a bold climate plan, we need to see a commitment to implementation and funding, or this plan will sit on a shelf as the last plan has. San Diego cannot afford delay as the climate emergency accelerates.”

1,848 refunds. If you find your name, scroll to the bottom to find out how to claim it. You can email your claim to refunds@sdcounty. ca.gov or call 1-877-829-4732 for more information.

The County has refunded more than $500,000 to their owners in the last five years.

To see if your name is on the list, visit: www.sdttc.com/content/ ttc/en/tax-collection/UnclaimedMoney.html?cid=refunds2020

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The slain included the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, pastor of the AME Emanuel Church, a state senator, as well as other pillars of the community. They all shared deep devotion to the church, known as Mother Emanuel, and passed that faith along to their families, many of whom offered Roof forgiveness when he appeared in court just days after the attack.

This involves research and references but is key in any life-changing experience in one’s body.

Williams linked with the American Cancer Society Relay for Life organization for a time and also worked with San Diego’s Susan G. Komen, where she networked with new people and helped provide others with support. Many Shades of Pink has offered a place of comfort and advocacy for her.

centers, and theaters. The first thing most people questioned was the constitutionality of the mandate, but Black Lives Matter New York denounced the vaccine requirement as an excuse to exclude Black people from restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues.

Then he said the actual problem wasn’t the vaccine mandate. He claimed Black vaccination rates were low due to the lack of accessibility to the vaccine while Whites remained unvaccinated as a result of their political ideology.

The FBI has acknowledged that Roof ’s drug possession arrest should have prevented him from buying a gun.

“I wish we could have an organization like Komen geared toward African American women. They would see more people like us and be willing to utilize their services.

We need our own to help our own.”

This may be an overstatement by BLM, but a lot of Black people choose to remain unvaccinated, therefore the mandate will have a disproportional effect on Black residents in New York City. According to Kendi, racial inequity is evidence of racial policy, which means by definition the Vaccine Passport is a systemically racist policy, regardless of its good intentions.

The vaccine mandate would still disproportionately affect Black residents and the disproportion alone makes the vaccine mandate a racist policy. That’s according to Kendi’s own definition. So, why was it hard for him to say the vaccine mandate was a racist policy?

list. After trying the separate West Columbia Police Department and being told it was the wrong agency, the examiner did nothing more.

After a three-day waiting period, Roof went back to a West Columbia store to pick up the handgun.

The lawsuit for a time was thrown out, with a judge writing that an examiner followed procedures but also blasting the federal government for what he called its “abysmally poor policy choices” in how it runs the national database for firearm background checks. The suit was subsequently reinstated by a federal appeals court.

In 2017, Roof became the first person in the U.S. sentenced to death for a federal hate crime. Authorities have said Roof opened fire during the Bible study at the church, raining down dozens of bullets on those assembled. He was 21 at the time.

The deal, which was reached earlier this month, is still pending a judge’s approval, Sellers said.

“All nine of these families have been so strong, and they deserve this closure,” Sellers said. “Of course we wanted more, but this is just, and this is justice, and finally, these families can say that they got it.”

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However, when Kendi was asked directly if the vaccine mandate was a racist policy, he said it was hard to say.

The lack of accessibility isn’t true, but let’s suppose it was.

The fact is, it wasn’t hard for him to say, it’s hard for him to admit that his redefining of racism is incoherent and it actually leads to more confusion than clarity.

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ARTS & CULTURE Gil Scott-Heron Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as Early Influencer Prophetic Genius Inspired a Generation of Rappers and Musicians with “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”

By Trice Edney Newswire Legendary poet, musician and author Gil Scott-Heron was inducted posthumously in the “Early Influencer” category among the 2021 class of inductees at the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held October 30th at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland, Ohio. Scott-Heron, who died in 2011, was represented by family at the ceremony.

“We are thrilled by this honor,” said Rumal Rackley, Scott-Heron’s son and Administrator of his estate.

“The ‘Early Influencer’ category reflects what Gil Scott-Heron’s work has and continues to mean to the music industry since his first album was released in 1970.”

Scott-Heron’s artistic blending of poetry and music was the precursor to rap. His crucial voice of protest deeply influenced black music across genres, especially hip-hop,” Rackley continued.

“He is most famous for the iconic political protest song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” released in 1971, which became an anthem for activists for equality and police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

His poem, “Whitey on the Moon,” recorded in 1970 and written to pan the excessive expense of the 1969 moon landing, trended on social media this summer during media coverage of the “billionaires’ space race.”

“Gil’s body of work spans 50 years, and the poetic words Gil spoke to promote peace and justice are as relevant today as they were back then,” said Rackley.

Indeed, Scott-Heron’s music and words are very much in demand.

His work continues to be licensed for inclusion in high-profile movies, documentaries, and television series, including the use of “Whitey on the Moon” in the 2021 Emmy nominated episode of the HBO blockbuster Lovecraft Country.

Scott-Heron won a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, and “ The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” was entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014. Scott-Heron is also featured in exhibits at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Legendary poet, musician, and author Gil Scott-Heron. Photo: Anthony Barboza Scott-Heron

Earlier this month, relatives, close associates and New York Park Service officials celebrated the ribbon-cutting and dedication of the newly named Gil Scott-Heron Amphitheater in St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx.

Colin Kaepernick, left, and Ava DuVernay, right, co-creators of the Netflix dramatic limited series “Colin in Black and White,” pose with cast member Jaden Michael at the premiere of the series Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Michael portrays Kaepernick in the series. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

“Colin in Black and White” Premieres The Associated Press Colin Kaepernick and TV and movie maker Ava DuVernay are the co-creators of Netflix’s “Colin in Black and White,” a six-episode, half-hour series inspired by the Black activist and former NFL quarterback’s teen years. Jaden

By Hillel Italie Associated Press Michelle Obama’s next promotion for her memoir “Becoming” will center on college students.

The former first lady will appear Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. with “Black-ish” actor Yara Shahidi for a livestream conversation with students from 22 schools throughout the country, from Cal Poly Pomona to Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland, from where Obama and Shahidi will speak.

BET plans to televise the event at a later date, to be determined.

BLACK HISTORY DR. THOMAS ELKINS RECEIVES HIS THIRD PATENT A dentist, abolitionist, surgeon, barber, pharmacist, and inventor, Dr. Elkins is best known for his work with the Underground Railroad in Albany. He patented at least three major innovations. The third, US221222A, was a modification of an ice box (also called “refrigerators” at the time). Elkins ice box preserved ice and temperature longer and could be used to store either food or corpses.

1988 1942 BIRTH OF DR. PATRICIA BATH Dr. Bath discovered Black Americans were eight times more likely to have glaucoma and twice as likely to be blind than whites. The first woman in UCLA’s Department of Ophthalmology, she also cofounded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.

She is the first Black female doctor to receive a medical patent for her L aserphaco Probe, which treats cataracts. She died of cancer in 2019.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COSBYS’ $20 MILLION GIFT TO SPELMAN COLLEGE

Given by William H. (Bill) and Camille Cosby, the funds were used to build the Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Academic Center and to endow professorships in the fine arts, social sciences, and humanities. To date it is still the largest donation to any HBCU. Reevaluating its relationship with Bill Cosby in light of criminal allegations, the women’s college returned the funds to Camille Cosby’s Clara Elizabeth Jackson Carter Foundation in 2015.

In a statement, he said he hopes to inspire youth facing racism and

other burdens to overcome them and see that they too could say, “‘I’ve worked through them, and I was able to be successful and come out the other end, keeping my dignity and my identity intact.’” The series debuted Friday, October 26.

Michelle Obama to Speak with College Students Nationwide

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2008 BARACK OBAMA WINS THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL RACE Barack Hussein Obama II is the first (and currently only) Black American nominated for president by a major party, as well as the only racial minority to become President of The United States. Formerly a senator for the state of Illinois, Obama won his first term with an electoral college vote of 365 to 173 and an even larger margin in the popular vote. He was re-elected for a second term of office in 2012.

“I can’t wait to hear from students across our country as they navigate their studies and lives during this unprecedented time,” Obama said in a statement Monday, November 1.

“As a first-generation college student myself, I remember my own struggles to manage classes and figure out my place on campus — and I can’t even imagine how much harder it is to do it during a pandemic, when so much feels like it’s constantly up in the air. I just hope they realize that moments of self-doubt and fear are completely natural, but if we embrace those moments — if we own our stories and use our voices — we can share the very best parts of ourselves with the world.”

will deliver the keynote address and speak with the vice president of the NCTE, Valerie Kinloch, the first Black woman dean of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education.

Obama’s book, published in 2018, has sold nearly 10 million copies in the U.S. alone, and continues to sell more than 2,000 copies a week, according to Crown president David Drake. Most political memoirs, even ones by presidents or first ladies, are forgotten after the initial publicity. But Obama’s book has been assigned everywhere from Ohio State University to Fresno City College, in courses ranging from civil rights history to Black women’s studies.

Along with the Nov. 9 event, Crown is donating 100 copies to each of 12 schools in the Maryland Community College Consortium.

“We know the book has been deeply impactful for young people, especially young women, and has become a kind of touchstone,” Drake said.

Earlier this year, Crown released a young readers edition, for ages 10 and up, that Obama will help promote when she appears at the National Council of Teachers of English convention on Nov. 18. She

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks to the crowd during her book tour stop in Washington on Nov. 17, 2018, left, and a cover image for Obama’s memoir “Becoming.” The former first lady will appear Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. with “Black-ish” actor Yara Shahidi for a livestream of conversations with students from 22 schools throughout the country.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Colonial Art: Cambridge Hands Over Looted Bronze to Nigeria The Associated Press

A Cambridge University college handed over a bronze cockerel looted from Africa in the 19th century to Nigerian authorities on Wednesday, October 27, as part of a modest but growing effort in some European countries to return African art taken by colonial powers.

Jesus College is the first U.K. institution to give back one of the artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes.

Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s ceremony, college master Sonita Alleyne called it a “momentous occasion.”

The British Museum said Monday, October 25, it is working on a collaboration with Nigeria, linked to the construction of a new museum in the West African country, which will allow to “reunite Benin artworks from international collections.”

Paris before being handed over to Benin on Nov. 9.

Such returns are controversial in Europe, where many museums hold works acquired during colonial times.

Describing his long-standing efforts to get the works back, the foreign minister said “No one could have predicted this happy

President Emmanuel Macron visited the exhibit Wednesday, October 27, with Benin Foreign Minister Aurelien Agbenonci, who called it a “historic moment.”

British colonial forces took the Okukor statue in 1897 from the Court of Benin in what is now Nigeria — among thousands of artworks seized by occupying troops — and it was given to the college in 1905.

The college removed the bronze from public view in 2016 after students protested, saying it represented a colonial narrative. The college set up a working group that concluded the statue belongs to the Oba of Benin, head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire. The empire centered on Benin City in modern-day Nigeria.

Master of Jesus College Sonita Alleyne, left and Director General of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments Professor Abba Isa Tijani pose for a photo ahead of a ceremony at Jesus College Cambridge, where the looted bronze cockerel, known as the Okukur, will be returned to Nigeria, in Cambridge, England, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

France’s president on Wednesday, October 27, announced the “rightful return home” of 26 looted colonial-era artifacts being sent to the government of Benin - some of the estimated 90,000 African artworks held in French museums.

Hundreds of seized Benin Bronzes ended up in the British Museum in London, and hundreds more were sold to other collections such as the Ethnological Museum in Berlin.

Germany this year said it would return the items in its possession.

The wooden anthropomorphic statues, royal thrones and sacred altars from the collection known as the “Abomey Treasures” were pilfered by the French army 129 years ago, and are currently on display in

Brazil kicks off their Black History Month

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA The Brazilian state of Bahia kicked off Black Consciousness Month with a promise of educating the community about the trials, tribulations, and accomplishments of Black people throughout South and Latin America.

During November, many in the northeastern state have vowed to recognize Black history and cultural awareness ahead of the nationwide observance of Black Consciousness Day on November 20.

UN Chief to Sudan Army: Reverse Coup, Take Heed of Protests

By Samy Magdy Associated Press The U.N. secretary general urged Sudan’s generals on Sunday, October 31, to reverse their takeover of the country, a day after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the largest pro-democracy protest since last week’s coup.

His Royal Majesty, Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, welcomed the handover decision. “We truly hope that others will expedite the return of our artworks, which in many cases are of religious importance to us,” he said in a statement.

Brazilians Observe “Mês da Consciência Negra”

People chant slogans during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

outcome ... given how numerous the obstacles were.”

Macron is the first French president to call for systematic restitution of colonial art. He called for “a law that would create a long-term framework for restitution” to make such art handovers smoother.

“These works will return home.

They will find the men and women who will be able to understand the full power behind these works,” Macron said. “Their return home is a rightful return home.”

Antonio Guterres said the generals should “take heed” of the Saturday, October 30, protests. “Time to go back to the legitimate constitutional arrangements,” he said in a tweet.

He was referring to a power-sharing deal that established joint military-civilian rule following the ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government in April 2019.

The U.N. envoy for Sudan, Volker Perthes, meanwhile, said he met Sunday, October 31, with Abdalla Hamdok, the deposed prime minister who remained under house arrest in the capital Khartoum.

“We discussed options for mediation and the way forward for Sudan. I will continue these efforts with other Sudanese stakeholders,” he said.

A military official said that other efforts are underway, also supported by the U.N. but conducted by a Sudanese committee that began separate meetings last week with Hamdok and coup leader Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan.

Brazil’s Black community’s progress includes a nearly two-decade-old law that requires the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in schools. (Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil via Wikimedia Commons)

South American republic, which included the present-day Brazilian coastal state of Alagoas, Brazil.

“Today, Zumbi is known as one of the great historical leaders of Brazil,” the historians wrote. “At approximately six years old, the Portuguese captured Zumbi from the Palmares region and given as a slave to a Portuguese priest, António Melo.”

The historians continued:

“Mês da Consciência Negra [Brazil’s Black History Month] is related to the commemoration of the death of Zumbi of Palmares on November 20, 1695, a holiday in many Brazilian cities,” tweeted historian and Howard University Professor Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo.

“Baptized Francisco, Zumbi was taught Latin, the Portuguese religion and language, and served the Catholic mass. In 1670, at 15 years old, Zumbi escaped and returned to his birthplace. He soon became known as a Capoërae/Capoiera master in the roda (wheel or circle) of Palmares’ practitioners of this African martial art. By his early twenties, he became a respected military strategist.”

Born free in 1655, Zumbi dos Palmares counted among the last military leaders of the Quilombo – or warrior village. According to historians, the Quilombo dos Palmares was a free society, an old

Zumbi eluded the Portuguese and continued the Quilombo resistance. It’s believed that someone betrayed Zumbi, which led to the Portuguese destroying the Palmares compound. Zumbi was

captured and killed on November 20, 1695.

“Today, the entire month is a celebration of Black Brazilian history,” Dr. Araujo wrote.

Brazil’s Black community’s progress includes a nearly two-decade-old law that requires the teaching of Afro-Brazilian history and culture in schools.

The text of the law states that every school in the nation should teach “the History of Africa and Africans, the struggle of black people in Brazil, Afro-Brazilian culture, and the contributions of black people in forming national society, including social, economic, and political areas relevant to the History of Brazil.”

According to the Middlebury Institute Network, with Brazil’s academic reputation and its growing racial divide, many policymakers believe that the law, known as “The Status Quota Law,” is the only way out.

Gisele Alves, a Brazilian native with African ancestry who lives in

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity as he wasn’t authorized to release the information, said that Hamdok is still the main candidate for heading a Cabinet that would report to the leading generals. But should he not accept, other Sudanese figures could.

It remains unclear what mandate such a government would have.

Before the coup, Sudan was ruled by a transitional government that included a joint military-civilian sovereign council and a Cabinet, headed by Hamdok, that ran the day-to-day affairs.

The official said in these negotiations, the prime minister has insisted on the release of all government officials and political leaders arrested since the coup, before engaging in “meaningful talks” to form a new government.

Hamdok also demanded the return to the pre-coup constitutional order that would set a deadline by which the complete leadership of a poor neighborhood on the out skirts of Rio de Janeiro, told the Middlebury Institute Network that she probably would not have gone to college without help from the state.

“I thought I was going to finish school, find work in a little shop, get married and pregnant, and that would be it,” she stated.

the country would be handed over to civilians, he said.

Burhan has given an initial approval to release the majority of the detained officials, but said a few must remain in custody for allegedly playing a role in a coup attempt that was thwarted in September, the official said.

He added that another issue is semantic — the military does not consider their takeover as a coup, arguing that they had already been part of the ruling government.

Burhan said he would install a new technocrat government soon, with the aim of holding elections in July 2023. But the pro-democracy movement also fears the military has no intention of easing its grip and will appoint politicians it can control.

Any new prime minister besides Hamdok would also likely face rejection by the pro-democracy protesters.

Burhan has claimed that the takeover was necessary to prevent a civil war, citing what he said were growing divisions among political groups. However, the takeover came less than a month before he was to have handed some power to a civilian.

The Sudanese Professionals’ Association, which was in the forefront of the uprising against al-Bashir and now leads the anticoup protests, insists on the removal of Burhan-led military council and holding those behind the takeover accountable.

“We need a full civilian government after our 2-year experience with the generals,” said Mohammed Yousef al-Mustafa, a spokesman for the Association.

The protests on Saturday were the biggest so far since the coup.

Security forces shot dead three protesters in Omdurman during the protests, bringing the tally to at least 12 dead and over 280 wounded since Monday, October 25, according to the Sudan Doctors’ Committee.

The Sudanese police said its forces did not use live ammunition against protesters on Saturday, October 30.

Guterres, the U.N. chief, expressed concern about violence against protesters on Saturday calling for perpetrators to be held accountable.

Because of the law, Gisele received acceptance to the State University of Rio de Janeiro.

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COMMUNITY NEWS In this Oct. 13, 1971, file photo, accompanied by his bodyguard, Robert Leonard Bay, left, Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, leaves the Alameda County Courthouse, after his third trial in connection with the death of a policeman. John Frey, an Oakland police officer who died of gunshot wounds in 1967 after pulling Newton over.

Newton denied shooting Frey but was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1968 Newton's conviction, but was overturned two years later. The case In this July 23, 1977 photo, former Black Panther leader Huey spurred a "Free Huey" campaign.

Newton is greeted by friends and well-wishers at a rally after his (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File) release on bail in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/John Storey, File)

Fredrika Newton, widow of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton, leans on a bust of her late husband at Artworks Foundry on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/ Noah Berger)

Members of the Black Panther Party argue with a California state policeman at the Capitol in Sacramento after he disarmed them May 2, 1967. The armed Panthers entered the Capitol protesting a bill before the Legislature that would restrict carrying arms in public. Men in berets at center are Panther leaders Eldridge Cleaver, left in sunglasses, and Bobby Seale. The policeman holds a weapon taken from the Panthers. (AP Photo)

In this Aug. 1968 photo, a group of flag-bearing Black Panthers are shown outside the Alameda County CourtHouse, Oakland, Calif., during the Huey Newton trial.(San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Black Panther leader Huey Newton stands atop a ticket counter at San Francisco International Airport to address a large crowd gathered to greet him, July 4, 1977. With Newton is his wife Gwen, left, and Black Panther chairperson Elaine Brown. Man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)

Members of the Black Panther Party leave a Sacramento Municipal Court, May 18, 1967, after a hearing dealing with their armed intrusion into the California Assembly was postponed for the second time. Several of the members carry copies of the Black Panther newspaper. (AP Photo/Walter Zeboski)

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look at the legacy of the Panthers through a lessfreighted lens. The Panthers, they say, were a harbinger of today’s identity politics, helped shape progressivism, and have served as grandfathers and grandmothers to the Black Lives Matter movement.

“You have the detractors who only see (the Panthers) as a militia, and then you have the folks who are actually happy for that because the times required it,” said Robyn Spencer, an associate professor of history at Lehman College in New York City.

Much of the party’s story has often been overshadowed by its association with violence.

The Black Panther Party has been seen as an organization that sought war with police, a group doomed by infighting, infiltration and corruption among its leaders.

Yet over its 15 years of operation, the party and its politics were a training ground and an inspiration for a generation of Black, Latino, Asian, Native American and white people who hold public office or public platforms today. Some of the party’s biggest accomplishments, like its community service programs, helped transform public education and health care.

Fredrika Newton, who co-founded the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation in Oakland, is among those who want to retell the Panthers story for a new generation.

She said the bronze bust is just a start of a larger effort to see the Black Power movement take its place in history with other, less confrontational actors of the civil rights movement. Among her goals: recognition of Panther sites by the U.S. National Park Service.

“You’re hearing more about the Black Panther Party, and Huey’s contributions to (Black) liberation as a thought leader, than you’ve ever heard before,” she said.

After meeting at a community college in Oakland, Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in October 1966.

Newton was the party’s minister for defense and Seale was the party chairman.

In this April 16, 1969 photo, Bill Whitfield, member of the Black Panther chapter in Kansas City, serves free breakfast to children before they go to school. The Panthers were known, among other things, for free breakfast programs for school children and a pioneering sickle cell disease testing program. (AP Photo/William P. Straeter)

Together, they wrote the party’s Ten Point Program, laying out the party’s beliefs. Among their demands: Freedom to determine the destiny of the Black community, economic empowerment through full employment and wealth redistribution, an educational system inclusive of the Black experience, and an end to brutality and fatal encounters between Black people and police.

The party became famous in its early years for its men and women in matching black berets and black leather jackets, sometimes accessorized by long-barrel shotguns. And there were the Panther formations, marches and patrols, meant as a show of discipline and strength.

In interviews, former Panther members acknowledged that the party’s very name drove

Huey P. Newton, national defense minister of the Black Panther Party, raises his clenched fist behind the podium as he speaks at a convention sponsored by the Black Panthers at Temple University's McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 5, 1970. He is surrounded by security guards of the movement. The audience gathered is estimated at 6,000 with another thousand outside the crowded hall. (AP Photo)

perceptions that it only operated by force and intimidation. The party eventually dropped “for Self Defense” from its name. But those words also meant nutrition, health care and political education for the Black community, said Erika Huggins, who was the first woman to lead a chapter of the Panther Party.

Largely due to its “Survival Programs,” the party was embraced in nearly 70 communities across the U.S. and abroad where it had chapters, opened offices, provided free health care clinics to residents and free breakfast programs for school children, and published Black Panther newspapers. Also among its 65 programs were pioneering sickle cell disease testing research, free food and clothing distribution, transportation service for families visiting incarcerated loved ones, and escorts for seniors who needed assistance getting to a supermarket or a pharmacy.

Panthers were aggressively surveilled by the FBI, and the agency’s infamous and illegal COINTELPRO effort included infiltration and intimidation of Panthers groups across the country. It sowed paranoia, distrust and violence within the party.

Whenever the FBI shared intel with police departments, members say, it preceded the assault, torture, arrest, imprisonment and deaths of Panthers across the country.

The narrative continues in places like the Officer Down Memorial Page, a website dedicated to honoring law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

Among those memorialized is John Frey, an Oakland police officer who died of gunshot wounds in 1967 after pulling Newton over. Newton

A man passes a mural celebrating the Black Panther Party in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. The home sits across the street from where Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton was shot and killed in 1989. A lesser-known fact was that a majority of the party's membership, as well as its leadership outside of the central organizing committee in Oakland, were Black women. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

denied shooting Frey but was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1968. Newton’s conviction was overturned two years later.

“The Black Panthers is a racist, radical group that professed the murders of law enforcement officers,” reads the memorial entry for Frey, which also includes claims Panthers were responsible for the deaths of at least 15 officers and the wounding of dozens nationwide.

The party officially folded in

1982 after years of police surveillance, dwindling national membership, violent infighting, allegations of embezzlement and scandals in which Newton was implicated.

In many ways, the old Panthers say, we now live in the Black Panthers’ world. They tilled the ground and made it fertile for activism against police brutality, mass incarceration, generational poverty and racial wealth gaps. For better or worse, they helped launch the America we see today, broken

up into tribes by sex and race and creed.

The Panthers were radical for their time, but their positions are less so today, when social activism based on race or ethnicity, religious faith, queer and transgender identity and political ideology is common. And while armed self-defense is still considered extreme, that has not stopped some whites on the far-right from embracing the concept.

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Rocks with the names of people that were victims of the coronavirus pandemic are displayed at the Rami’s Heart COVID-19 Memorial in Wall Township, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

By Philip Marcelo Associated Press As the world nears the milestone of 5 million COVID-19 deaths, memorials large and small have cropped up across the world and the United States. Here's a look at what inspired some U.S.-based artists to contribute to the growing collection of memorials honoring the nearly 5 million dead worldwide from COVID-19.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Back in June, Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg purchased 630,000 small white flags in preparation for stag-

People visit artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s “In America: Remember,” a temporary art installation made up of white flags to commemorate Americans who have died of COVID-19, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

ing a massive temporary memorial on the National Mall. It would be more than enough, she thought, to represent all the Americans who would have succumbed to the virus as the pandemic seemed to be on the retreat.

She was wrong. By the time “In America: Remember” opened Sept. 17, more than 670,000 Americans had died.

At the end of the exhibit's two-week run, the number was more than 700,000.

Firstenberg was struck by how strangers connected in their grief at the installation, which ended Oct. 3.

“I was blown away by the willingness of people to share

 A t the request of families, Rima Samman photographs particular names of people who died from coronavirus at the Rami’s Heart COVID-19 Memorial in Wall Township, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. The memorial, which started out on a jersey shore beach made of shells and rocks, has found a permanent home at Allaire Community Farm. Started by Samman and named after her brother Rami, who died from coronavirus, it has grown to more than 4,000 victims’ names, with dozens of new names added every week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)  High school freshman Madeleine Fugate holds a picture of late Tuskegee Airman Theodore “Ted” Lumpkin to be included in one of her quilts, part of the COVID Memorial Quilt to honor and remember those who died of COVID-19, at her home in Los Angeles. Fugate’s memorial quilt started out in May 2020 as a seventh grade class project. Inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which her mother worked on in the 1980s, the then13-year-old encouraged families in her native Los Angeles to send her fabric squares representing their lost loved ones that she’d stitch together. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

their grief and by the willingness of others to lessen it, to honor it,” she said. “So when I looked out on those flags, I saw hope. I really believe humanity is going to win out.”

inured to these numbers.”

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F i rste nb e rg pre v i ou s ly planted nearly 270,000 white flags outside Washington's RFK Stadium last October to represent the national death toll at the time.

On Jan. 25, Rima Samman wrote her brother Rami's name on a stone and placed it on a beach in her hometown of Belmar, New Jersey, surrounded by shells arranged in the shape of a heart. It would have been Rami's 41st birthday, had he not died from COVID-19 the previous May.

“For the first one, my motivation was outrage that the country could let something like this happen,” she said.

“This time it was really to cause a moment of pause.

The deaths have been relentless. People have become fully

A makeshift memorial quickly grew up after Samman, 42, invited others in an online support group to contribute markers memorializing their own loved ones.

By July there were more than 3,000 stones in about a

 I n this Sept. 17, 2021 photo, Zoe Nassimoff, of Argentina, looks at white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s temporary art installation, “In America: Remember,” in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, on the National Mall in Washington.

Nassimoff’s grandparent who lived in Florida died from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

 Erika de Vasconcelos Machado her father’s name inscribed on installed to comfort family me who died from COVID-19, at the and Cemetery, in the Caju neig Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 202

 Demonstrators dance in an alley adorned with pinwheels that represent people who have died of COVID-19 during a memorial event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Samman and other volunteers decided to preserve the memorial. They disassembled the arrangements and set them in display cases.

“I knew if we just demolished it, it would crush people,” she recalled. “For a lot of people, it's all they have to remember their loved ones.”

The displays are now the centerpiece of the Rami's Heart COVID-19 Memorial, which opened in September at Allaire Community Farm. It includes a garden, walking path, and honors more than 4,000 virus victims and growing.

“It's a double-edged sword because as much as working on the memorial helps, every day you're exposed to this grief,” Samman said. “You want to make sure it's done right. It can be draining.”

LOS ANGELES Madeleine Fugate's memorial quilt started out in May 2020 as a seventh grade class project. Inspired by the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which her mother worked on in the 1980s, the then-13-year-old encouraged families in her native Los Angeles to send her fabric squares representing their lost loved ones that she'd stitch together.

The COVID Memorial Quilt has grown so big it covers nearly two dozen panels and includes some 600 memorial squares honoring individuals or groups. The bulk of the quilt is currently at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, with a smaller portion on permanent display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles and another featured at the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Fugate, her mother and a small band of volunteers meet Sundays to sew and embroider panels. Now a high school freshman, she plans to keep the project going indefinitely.

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“It would be amazing to see that happen, but we're still technically fighting the war against this virus,” she said.

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A volunteer re-paints a faded heart on the COVID-19 memorial wall in Westminster in London, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Walking along the 8-foot high concrete wall on the south side of the River Thames, directly opposite the Houses of Parliament, is a somber experience, especially for those who lost someone and who think the British government could have done a lot more to prevent the U.K.’s enormous death toll during the pandemic.

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“I really want to get everyone remembered so that families can heal and represent these people as real people who lived,” she said.

 A woman adjusts flowers at a memorial honoring the victims of COVID-19, with their names written on rocks, outside the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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COVID-19 UPDATES Had Covid? Vaccination Offers Higher Protection than A Previous COVID-19 Infection Study participants were over 5 times more likely to have COVID-19 if they were unvaccinated and had a prior infection A nurse is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

infection alone for at least 6 months.

On October 28, CDC published new science reinforcing that vaccination is the best protection against COVID-19. In a new MMWR examining more than 7,000 people across 9 states who were hospitalized with COVIDlike illness, CDC found that those who were unvaccinated and had a recent infection were 5 times more likely to have COVID-19 than those who were recently fully vaccinated and did not have a prior infection.

The study looked at data from the VISION Network that showed among adults hospitalized with symptoms similar to COVID-19, unvaccinated people with prior infection within 3-6 months were 5.49 times more likely to have laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated within 3-6 months with mRNA (Pfizer or Moderna) COVID-19 vaccines. The study was conducted across 187 hospitals.

Associated Press U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for younger children after millions of 12- to 17-year-olds already safely got the shot, the only one available for children in the country.

Ages 5 to 11 will get just a third of the dose given to teens and adults.

The Food and Drug Administration cleared the kid-size doses Friday,

COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. They prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death.

CDC continues to recommend everyone 12 and older get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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October 29, and next the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will recommend who should get them.

The FDA assessed the safety of the kid-size doses in 3,100 vaccinated youngsters.

Regulators deemed that enough data, considering the trove of safety information from hundreds of millions of larger doses given to adults and teens worldwide.

A study found kid-size doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine were 91% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19. The 5- to 11-yearolds developed virus-fighting antibodies as strong as those of teens and young adults who got regular doses, with similar or fewer annoying reactions such as sore arms, fever or achiness.

Very rarely, teens and young adults given the Pfizer vaccine or a similar one made

by Moderna experience a serious side effect, heart inflammation, or what doctors call myocarditis. It’s (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin) mostly in young men or U.S. health authorities concluded teen boys, and usually after the the vaccine’s benefits outweigh second dose. They tend to recover quickly, and after intense scrutiny that small risk.

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This year, more people are shopping online and getting items through home delivery. While very convenient, there is an increased risk of losing an online order due to package theft. Porch pirates use opportunities like holiday seasons to steal packages without getting caught. Here are tips from the U.S. Postal Service Inspection Service (USPIS) to stay safe: • Promptly pickup mail: Try not to leave letters and packages in your mailbox or at your door for any length of time.

• Deposit mail close to pickup time: Deposit outgoing mail into

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USPS® Blue Collection Boxes before the last collection or inside your local Post Office™.

• Inquire about overdue mail: If you do not receive a check, credit card, or other valuable mail you’re expecting, contact the sender as soon as possible and inquire about it.

• Don’t send cash: Be careful about what you send. Don’t risk sending cash in the mail.

• Arrange for prompt pickup: If you cannot be home to receive a package, make another arrangement or use the USPS Hold Mail Service.

• Use Hold for Pickup: When shipping packages, use the Hold for PickUp option, and the recipients can collect the package at their local Post Office™.

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Students continue to return to in-person learning after more than a year of varied access to the educational opportunities they need to succeed. For example, estimates show that 3 million students have been consistently absent from or have not been actively participating in remote learning since the beginning of the pandemic.

these evidence-based approaches, all of which can be supported with American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds.

“Our country’s students—particularly our students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, students experiencing homelessness, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners—have faced immense challenges amid the pan-

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The summer may be over, but unfortunately, some natural disasters and weather threats continue into the fall. Stay safe from hurricanes, wildfires and more with four reminders from the National Weather Service (NWS):

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Remain vigilant after extreme weather passes. The storm may be over, but dangers remain, so watch out for downed power lines and damaged buildings, and always avoid floodwaters.

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Take simple actions to protect yourself and your loved ones.

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Dangers can lurk below the surface of the water like erosion and potential collapse of the road surface.

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released “Strategies for Using American Rescue Plan Funding to Address the Impact of Lost Instructional Time,” a resource to support educators as they implement and work to continuously improve their strategies for supporting students. This guidance is intended to lift up

demic, especially with regard to lost instructional time,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.

“Strategies for Using American Rescue Plan Funding to Address the Impact of Lost Instructional Time” is part of a series of steps the Biden Administration has taken to

The School Choice priority window is now open, from October 4 through November 15, 2021, for the 2022-2023 school year. Now is the time to explore educational options for your child and learn more about the different programs available to families - and the brand-new Discover digital guide makes it easier than ever before.

well as create customized searches based on the factors most important to their family, including: • Location • Awards • Specialties including STEAM, Music & Arts, IB, World Language • Career Pathways • Military Supports • Athletics

The Discover guide allows parents to easily find and learn more about their neighborhood school, as

Visit https://discover.sandiegounified.org/ to access the Discover guide.

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Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline

By Rachel Vaughn-Coaxum, PhD For some children in the United States, school is not only a place of learning but can be a point of entry into the criminal justice system. In some schools, even minor breaks from the rules can lead to children’s behavior being criminalized and dealt with by authorities outside of school—sometimes without consideration of what motivated the behavior. Behavioral consequences can include children being removed from school and coming into contact with the juvenile court system/incarceration. This movement is commonly referred to as the school-to-prison pipeline.

Not all children who break school rules are sent on this pipeline in equal measure. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, school disciplinary policies disproportionately affect students of color. Black students are suspended and expelled three times more than White students. Knowing these disparities exist and that the school-to-prison pipeline is a problem, how can the situation improve?

In part, the answer may lie in understanding the root of the problem—why some children are exhibiting certain behaviors in school.

Research has shown that adverse life events—like fewer economic resources, child abuse and neglect, exposure to community violence or bullying—have significant effects on mental health, emotion regulation and other skills people need to function well.

Rachel Vaughn-Coaxum, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, says, “Experiences of deprivation of resources are associated with changes in cognitive functioning and development, including language learning, flexible thinking, memory, self-control and time management. Experiences related to threats to well-being are associated with emotion regulation. These experiences are usually seen as disruptions in development. But, it’s important to consider that something that looks atypical in a child’s development might be adaptive. What some people view as a deficit in development may actually be a necessary adap-

tation to survive in less stable environments.”

Dr. Vaughn-Coaxum says it is important to consider that, in certain environments, the consequences of adversity may put children at much higher risk for difficulties at school. If children are having difficulty regulating their emotions and are more likely, because of their race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, to receive more punitive measures at school, this could put them at risk of becoming part of the school-toprison pipeline.

Childhood adversity puts children at higher risk for behavioral and mental health issues, including anxiety and depression. Not all children receive the help they need to process adverse life events (research shows that 50% or less of children get the mental health assistance they need–https://jamanetwork.com/ journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2724377?guestAccessKey=f68 9aa19-31f1-481d-878a-6bf838445 36a). In addition to getting treatment, children also need treat-

ments that work best for them.

Dr. Vaughn-Coaxum is currently conducting two* studies** that are looking at the way adverse life experiences influence the way children learn basic coping skills in treatment and examining the effectiveness of certain therapy skills. Research shows that standard treatments for depression do not always work as well in children who have a history of adversity. Dr. Vaughn-Coaxum wants to understand why in order to better target the delivery of helpful coping skills to children who have experienced higher levels of stress and adversity.

Children need to be able to get support for mental health issues, get the treatment that works best for them and there needs to be consideration that some disruptive behaviors emerge from adverse life experiences.

“It’s important to consider in what ways we punish behaviors that may serve to protect children in other environments,” says Dr. VaughnCoaxum.

Rachel Vaughn-Coaxum, PHD

To learn more about Dr. VaughnCoaxum’s studies, call 412-5268667 or email ECYMHlab@pitt. edu. * LEADS Study Pitt+Me page: https://pittplusme.org/studyarms/ publicdetails?guid=bac43d1e-1ecd-456d-8fa8-cf0e87923ad5 **ShARE Study Pitt+Me page: https://pittplusme.org/studyarms/ publicdetails?guid=6002f3c21dc5-48d2-9f15-8519ea271b15 Article appeared originally in the New Pittsburgh Courier.

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Located at: 5152 Logan Ave. San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego --P.O. Box 742271 San Diego, CA 92174 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 09/03/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: RaShan Paulette Jefferson 5152 Logan Ave. San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 15, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 15, 2026 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9023972 Fictitious business name(s): Panpan Wok --Lucky Bowl

Located at: 904 S. Santa Fe Ave Vista, CA 92084 County of San Diego --7728 Garvey Ave Ste 6 Rosemead, CA 91770 County of Los Angeles This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Lucky Bowl, Inc 904 S. Santa Fe Ave Vista, CA 92084 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 23, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 23, 2026 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9023938 Fictitious business name(s): Micheaux Roache --O’lijuwon Roache

Located at: 4371 Swift Ave Apt 5# San Diego, CA 92104 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/23/2021 This business is hereby

registered by the following: Micheaux Roache 4371 Swift Ave Apt 5# San Diego, CA 92104 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 23, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 23, 2026 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022563 Fictitious business name(s): Black Magic Massage

Located at: 3065 Rosecrans Pl #209 San Diego, CA 92110 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: Paulette LaShawn Harris 267 Rancho Drive Unit D Chula Vista, CA 91911 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 07, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 07, 2026 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9023268 Fictitious business name(s): Signatures, Ink --Signatures, Ink Mobile Notary

Located at: 2782 Ramfos Place San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/10/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Regina Bradley 2782 Ramfos Place San Diego, CA 92139 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 15, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 15, 2026 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9023478 Fictitious business name(s): Jones Investigative Security Specialist

Located at: 4306 Boston Avenue San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/19/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following:

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Jeremy Tolano Obrian Jones 4306 Boston Avenue San Diego, CA 92113 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 19, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 19, 2026 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022833 Fictitious business name(s):

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BlackCotton Unique Fashions

Located at: 110 W. Renette Ave #6 El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 05/05/2005 This business is hereby registered by the following: Felicia Lee Williams-Henderson 110 W. Renette Ave #6 El Cajon, CA 92020 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 11, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 11, 2026 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022942 Fictitious business name(s): Breaking Ground Design

Located at: 4860 Rolando Ct #36 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 04/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Stephen Lynch 4860 Rolando Ct #36 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 12, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 12, 2026 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9023588 Fictitious business name(s): Desanti Construction

Located at: 4948 Vista Arroyo La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/20/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Daniel E Desanti 4948 Vista Arroyo La Mesa, CA 91941 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 20, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 20, 2026 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9023573 Fictitious business name(s): Fabulous Totes & Accessories Boutique

Located at: 6760 Doriana St Apt 87 San Diego, CA 92139 County of San Diego --P.O. Box 151226 San Diego, CA 92175 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 09/08/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Claudette Allen-Butler 6760 Doriana St. Apt 87 San Diego, CA 92139 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 20, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 20, 2026

Sang Dao Restaurant

Located at: 5421 El Cajon Blvd San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 09/23/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Phidprakay Bobbie Deary 5239 Topsail Dr. San Diego, CA 92154 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 19, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 19, 2026 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9021981 Fictitious business name(s): Thrift Options --Thrift Options 619

Located at: 209 Garrett 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 names(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Edgar Carlos Romero 209 Garrett Ave. Apt. C Chula Vista, CA 91910 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 01, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 01, 2026 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9021699 Fictitious business name(s): WMSE - Elite Concierge Services --Wells Mustard Seed Enterprises

Located at: 212 Avenida Victoria Apt A San Clemente, CA 92672 County of Orange --8677 Villa La Jolla Drive #222 La Jolla, CA 92037 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 4/1/2019 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lisa Wells 212 Avenida Victoria Apt A San Clemente, CA 92672 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on September 28, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on September 28, 2026 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9023037 Fictitious business name(s): Capital Trans

Located at: 4751 33rd St #8 San Diego, CA 92116 County of San Diego --P.O. Box 16033 San Diego, CA 92176 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: Kifle Ande 4751 33rd St #8 San Diego, CA 92116 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 13, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 13, 2026 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11

No Way

Located at: 6344 Ferris Sq San Diego, CA 92121 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was: 12/01/2016 This business is hereby registered by the following: Topper Crown International Inc 6344 Ferris Sq San Diego, CA 92121 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 11, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 11, 2026 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9021664 Fictitious business name(s): Treasures By Shi

Located at: 1560 Santa Carolina Rd, Unit 2 Chula Vista, CA 91913 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Married Couple Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Lafayette Rochelle Brown 1560 Santa Carolina Rd Unit 2 Chula Vista, CA 91913 --Shigeru Dontario Brown 1560 Santa Carolina Rd Unit 2 Chula Vista, CA 91913 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on September 28, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on September 28, 2026 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11

Pure Romance

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Located at: 1560 Santa Carolina Rd Unit 2 Chula Vista, CA 91913 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 07/28/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Lafayette Rochelle Brown 1560 Santa Carolina Rd Unit 2 Chula Vista, CA 91913 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on September 28, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on September 28, 2026 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022581 Fictitious business name(s): Hera Hub San Marcos

Located at: 261 Autumn Dr San Marcos, CA 92069 County of San Diego --41765 Rider Way Temecula, CA 92592 County of Riverside 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: The Empire Consulting Group, LLC. 44753 Kit Court Temecula, CA 92592 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 07, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 07, 2026 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11

HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Torrey del Mar Apartments, a 112-unit affordable community in San Diego is opening up its waitlist on November 8, 2021! This property offers affordable 1-, 2- & 3-bedroom apartments with rents from $396-$1,372 per month. Pre-applications for the waitlist will be distributed and accepted starting Monday, November 8, 2021 at 9 AM. Pre-applications will be available starting Nov. 8th by phone request, contactless pick-up at the property, on-line at bridgehousing.com/properties/torrey-del-mar/ or request via email at torreydelmar@bridgehousing.com. The office is located at 13875 Carmel Valley in San Diego. Office hours are Mon-Fri. from 9 AM-5 PM. Amenities include community room with kitchen, laundry facilities, Swimming pool and outdoor play areas. For more information call us at (858) 780-8760. Income and other restrictions apply. Section-8 welcome. EHO.

REQUEST FOR BIDS REQUEST FOR BIDS NOTICE TO BIDDERS’ HA BUILDER GROUP, LLC. General Contractor, License # 991686, Is hereby soliciting construction bids (including DVBE, MBE, WBE and Section 3) for ALL BUILDING TRADES Project & Location: The Radisson Anticipated Work Commencement Date: Feb 2022 Bid Documents: Bids shall be in accordance with the bid documents accessible via link below: BIDDING: RBSH: Radisson Prevailing Wage: This project is subject to Davis Bacon and State Prevailing wage, whichever of the two is higher, 1. San Diego County DIR Registration: You must be registered State Prevailing Wage registration can be completed https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ Contractor-Registration.html Section 3 Requirements: This project has HUD Section 3 requirements (24CFR135) Bids Due Date: November 15, 2021 Trade Scopes Include (But Not Limited To): Carpenter. Carpet installer. Electrician, Insulation installer, Landscaper, Painter, Plumber, ironworker, glaziers, elevator mechanic, cement mason, Fire Sprinkler, Cabinet Installer Bid Delivery & Questions: Pre-bid RFI’s, Contractual questions, and bid submissions should be directed to Via email at patrick@ habuilders.com | +1-619-888-3917****

Strand Out Media

Located at: 11990 Handrich Drive San Diego, CA 92131 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/19/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Ian Osric Wesley Strand 11990 Handrich Drive San Diego, CA 92131 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 12, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 12, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022837 Fictitious business name(s): Yemi Cab

Located at: 4360 Cherokee Ave #3 San Diego, CA 92104 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: Tesema Sugebo Melketo 4360 Cherokee Ave-Apt-3 San Diego, CA 92104 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 11, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 11, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022717

RLS Security, INC

Located at: 5739 Casa Grande Way Bonita, CA 91902 County of San Diego --PO Box 1592 Bonita, CA 91908 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was: 12/27/1995 This business is hereby registered by the following: RLS Security, Inc. 5739 Casa Grande Way Bonita, CA 91902 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 08, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 08, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9021738 Fictitious business name(s): Vicki DJ’s Condiments DBA Toppin it --Toppin It

Located at: 4867 Manomet St San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Vicki Davis 4867 Manomet St San Diego, CA 92113 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on September 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on September 29, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4

HOUSING OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC NOTICE: APPLICATION PERIOD OPENING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City of Carlsbad will be accepting applications for the sale of city owned affordable housing for a period of 60 days beginning Nov. 19, 2021 and ending Jan.17, 2022 at 5 p.m. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received.

The city intends to sell the units to low-income eligible buyers whose household gross annual income is at or below San Diego’s Area Median Income restrictions.

Mulberry at Bressi Ranch is a 100-unit development located off Gateway Road and Village Green Drive. The first available condominiums for sale are 2 bedroom/1 bath units with a one car garage, one uncovered parking space and access to the community pool and clubhouse.

The City of Carlsbad Affordable Housing Resale Program is a homeownership program specifically designed to assist qualified lower-income households to purchase a city-owned residential property at an affordable price. These affordable units were purchased from a low income homeowner at the time the owner decided to sell the unit. The city has established basic threshold eligibility criteria for participation in this affordable homebuyer program, participants are strongly encouraged to review the criteria and program guidelines on the city’s website at www.carlsbadca.gov/housing.

In an effort to be fair and ensure those who meet the priority criteria set forth by the city have an opportunity to apply to the program, the city will open an application period when the units are available for purchase. The application period will remain open for a period of 60 days, or longer if needed to receive enough qualified applications.

Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received.

This notice serves to provide a 15-day notice prior to the opening date of the application period. Applications for the purchase of an affordable unit must be filed with the City of Carlsbad Housing & Homeless Services Department by the date and time specified in this public notice. Applications will be date and time stamped in the order in which they are received. Submission of an incomplete application will be returned to the applicant, and the application will not be considered for the purchase until it is accepted as complete.

Interested buyers can download the application online from the city’s website starting Nov. 19, 2021 at www.carlsbadca.gov/housing, and must submit completed applications via mail or email by Jan. 17, 2022 at 5 p.m. to: City of Carlsbad 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008 Attention: Homebuyer Program, Housing & Homeless Services Department affordablehousing@carslsbadca.gov If you have questions or wish for further information, please contact KC Clifford, the city’s authorized Affordable Housing Realtor by phone at 619-866-5304 by email at affordablehousing@carlsbadca. gov or by mail to the city address listed above.

Persons with a disability may request an application in appropriate formats as required by the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 by contacting the Housing & Homeless Services Department at 760421-2812 (voice), 711 (free relay service for TTY users), 760-7202037 (fax) or affordablehousing@carlsbadca.gov.

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4823 Kingwell Dr. Mcleansville, NC 27301 County of Guildford This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/06/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Livio Harris 360 Sunnyside Ave. San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 06, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 06, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022147 Fictitious business name(s):

This business is hereby registered by the following: Edward Ratcliff 7111 Waite Dr. #40 La Mesa, CA 91941 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 04, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 04, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022546 Fictitious business name(s):

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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.

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Together We Fit

Located at: 6470 El Cajon Blvd Apt #305 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 02/04/2019 This business is hereby registered by the following: Nicholas Anselment 6470 El Cajon Blvd Apt #305 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on September 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on September 29, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022475 Fictitious business name(s): A Royalty Cleaning Service

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Another Dollar Productions --9milli GoHard

Located at: 7111 Waite Dr. #40 La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/04/2021

INVITATION FOR BIDS INVITATION FOR BIDS BAYSHORE BIKEWAY: BARRIO LOGAN PROJECT IFB SOL548457 CIP 1223055 The SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SANDAG), 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101-4231, is requesting bids to perform the work as follows.

The work consists in general of approximately 2.3 miles of Class I bikeway along Harbor Drive between Park Boulevard and 32nd Street within the City of San Diego and Port of San Diego Tidelands. The bikeway will extend along the western side of Harbor Drive between Park Boulevard and Cesar Chavez Parkway. The bikeway will cross to the eastern side of Harbor Drive at Cesar Chavez Parkway, where it will extend to 32nd Street. Roadway improvements are required to accommodate the Class I bikeway. Features include raised concrete medians and buffers, concrete curb & gutter, asphalt concrete dike, curb extensions, concrete barrier railing, chain link fencing, street lighting, traffic signal modifications and other traffic safety measures linked to signage and striping. At the intersection of Harbor Drive and 32nd Street, the existing steel span pedestrian bridges will be removed, and the existing concrete abutments and stairs will be demolished. On 32nd Street, between Harbor Drive and Norman Scott Road, improvements include new sidewalk and medians, traffic signal improvements, and railroad signaling improvements for the MTS Trolley.

Work includes, but is not limited to, controlling for water pollution; traffic control; erosion control; clearing and grubbing; curb, gutter, cross gutter, driveway, stamped concrete, and sidewalk work; roadway excavation; imported borrow; asphalt concrete pavement; PCC pavement; concrete bridge removal (portion); steel bridge removal (complete); landscaping and irrigation; wayfinding signage; pavement markings and signage; street lighting; railroad signaling and software programming; trenching and backfill for underground electric conduits; water appurtenances and fire hydrant relocations; storm drain installation; traffic signal modifications; and procurement of all materials and performing all other work necessary to complete the work in accordance with the project plans and specifications.

Hazardous material handling is required due to the presence of aerial deposited lead, lead-based paint, and asbestos. For the SWPPP, this project is a Risk Level 1.

The engineer’s estimate for this work is $14,698,450. The prime contractor must have an A license at time of bid submittal. The Prime contractor must perform with their own organization, at least 35 percent of the work. The project is funded in whole or in part with Federal Active Transportation Program (ATP), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Local County of San Diego, and Local TransNet funding. There is a DBE goal of 23% on this project.

A non-mandatory prebid meeting will be held virtually on November 3, 2021 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am PDT. All prospective bidders are highly encouraged to attend. It is an opportunity to learn about the Project and ask questions. There will be no site walk. At the virtual prebid meeting we will share images of the site. The project area is accessible to all. Bidders are reminded to stay in the public right of way. The link to the virtual prebid meeting will be shared via SANDAG’s bidding platform and vendor portal.

This IFB package can be downloaded at no charge from the SANDAG website at www.sandag.org/contracts. Register in SANDAG’s bidding platform and vendor portal and download the IFB and plans.

SANDAG is the only source of accurate information about SANDAG projects.

Bids are to be submitted electronically through SANDAG’s bidding platform and vendor portal by November 30, 2021 at 2:00pm PST. Bids submitted later than 2:00 p.m. PST, or at a location other than SANDAG’s bidding platform and vendor portal, will not be considered.

SANDAG is an equal opportunity employer and, as a matter of policy, encourages the participation of small businesses that are owned and controlled by minorities and women. Joint ventures are also encouraged where feasible.

Grace Unity Baptist Church

Located at: 6328 Brooklyn Avenue San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was: 09/01/2014 This business is hereby registered by the following: Grace Missionary Baptist Church 6328 Brooklyn Avenue San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 07, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 07, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9022378 Fictitious business name(s): Pure Kratom Botanicals

Located at: 918 Rangeview Street Spring Valley, CA 91977 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: Kevin Vasquez 918 Rangeview Street Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on October 05, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on October 05, 2026 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway Ave San Diego, CA 92101 Ceentral Division 37-2021-00044318CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alejandra S. Taborga To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Alejandra S. Taborga filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Alejandra S. Taborga PROPOSED NAME: Alejandra Saavedra 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

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Advertisement for Bids Notice is hereby given that the San Diego Unified School District, acting by and through its governing board, will receive “ELECTRONIC ONLY” bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, transportation, equipment, and services to: REPLACE REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT AND INSTALL NEW SHADE STRUCTURE AT THE COLD STORAGE FACILITY A mandatory site visit is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2021, at the flag pole outside of Strategic Sourcing and Contracts, 2351 Cardinal Dr. Building M, San Diego, CA 92123. ALL CONTRACTORS MUST PREREGISTER WITH THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO ATTENDING THE SITE WALK. Please send only one representative per Company. Contact jalmond@sandi.net for the link to preregister. PLEASE SEE BID FOR DETAILS (No. CP22-0217-23).

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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 hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway Ave San Diego, CA 92101 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00043453CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Frances Geniza Lacsamana To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Frances Geniza Lacsamana on behalf of minor child filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lucas Franklin Gonzalez PROPOSED NAME: Lucas Franklin Gonzalez Lacsamana 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: November 29, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 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

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

A RESPONDENT 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00038994CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Lollie Mae Bowen To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Lollie Mae Bowen filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lollie Mae Bowen PROPOSED NAME: Lottie Mae Bowen THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 12, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 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 hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT 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

10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Central Division Hall of Justice 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00043445CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Miguel Vargas Servin To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Miguel Vargas Servin and on behalf of minor child filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: a) Lucas Vargas-Fregoso --b) Miguel Vargas Servin PROPOSED NAME: a) Lucas Servin-Fregoso --b) Miguel Servin 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: November 29, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 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 hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Central Division Hall of Justice 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00043291CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Veronica Burbridge on behalf of minor child To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Veronica Burbridge filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

PROPOSED NAME: Antrell Hill Burbridge 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: November 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 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 RESPONDENT 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00043267CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Bruk Albe Agiro To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Bruk Albe Agiro filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Bruk Albe Delke PROPOSED NAME: Bruk Albe Agiro 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: November 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61

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LEGAL NOTICES 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 hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00043206CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Oscar Barba Miranda To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Oscar Barba Miranda filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Oscar Barba Miranda PROPOSED NAME: Oscar Miranda 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: November 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. 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.

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filed, the court will set a hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Alexis Diana Romero; Amanda Destiny Romero filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

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.

legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

A RESPONDENT 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 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00042588CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung, Esq. To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Clarence Caburian Demetrio filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Clarence Caburian Demetrio PROPOSED NAME: Risa Camonayan Caburian 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: November 22, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 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 hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT 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

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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego Central Division Hall of Justice 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2021-00042116CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Pussy Player Wife’s To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Pussy Player Wife’s filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Pussy Player Wife’s PROPOSED NAME: Romance Heaven InLove 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: November 17, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 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 RESPONDENT 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 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: Civil Division 330 W. Broadway P.O. Box 120128 San Diego, CA 92112-0128 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00041719CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alexis Diana Romero; Amanda Destiny Romero

PRESENT NAME: a) Alexis Diana Romero --b) Amanda Destiny Romero PROPOSED NAME: a) Alexis Diana Vallarta --b) Amanda Destiny Vallarta 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: November 16, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 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 hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT 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 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00042546CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Vicky Lynn McKorn AKA Vicky Lynn Whaley To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Vicky Lynn McKorn AKA Vicky Lynn Whaley filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Vicky Lynn McKorn AKA Vicky Lynn Whaley PROPOSED NAME: Vicky Lynn Whaley 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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 18, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 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.

The name and address of the court is: Central Justice Center 700 W. Civic Center Dr. Santa Ana, CA 92701 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff ’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: Cassady S. Davidson, Esq. 21250 Hawthorne Blvd.

Suite 500 Torrance, CA 90503 310-503-8805 Summons Filed: 03/18/2021 Order For Publication Filed: 10/26/2021 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 500 3rd Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910

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

A RESPONDENT 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 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 non-signing parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/4

SUMMONS SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of Orange Central Justice Center 700 W. Civic Center Dr. Santa Ana, CA 92701 Case Number:

30-2021-01188783-CU-PACJC NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:

Joshua Colville, an Individual; DOES 1 TO 15 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:

Vidal Estrada

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit

Case Number:

20FL600012S

Notice To Respondent:

Simone Leontine Miller

You have been sued. Read the information below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

STANDARD FAMILY LAW RESTRAINING ORDERS Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic parter are restrained from: 1.

2.

3.

removing the minor children of the parties from the state or applying for a new or replacement passport for those minor children without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, or changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor children; transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasicommunity, or separate, without the written

LEGAL NOTICES consent of the other party or an order of the court, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4.

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

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

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

For more information, visit www.coveredca.com. Or call Covered California at 1-800-300-1506 WARNING - IMPORTANT INFORMATION California law provides that, for purposes of division of property upon dissolution of a marriage or domestic partnership or upon legal separation, property acquired by the parties during marriage or domestic partnership in joint form is presumed to be community property. If either party to this action should die before the jointly held community property is divided, the language in the deed that characterizes how title is held (i.e., joint tenancy, tenants in common, or community property) will be controlling, and not the community property presumption. You should consult your attorney if you want the community property presumption to be written into the recorded title to the property.

The name and address of the court are: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO 500 3rd Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: David Allen Miller 601 Telegraph Canyon Road Apt 282 Chula Vista, CA 91910 Summons Filed: 01/05/2021 Order For Publication Filed: 06/03/2021 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11

PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Jonathan Edward Nash Case Number: 37-2021-00030253-PR-PWCTL To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Jonathan Edward Nash A Petition for Probate has been filed by Sharon B. Nash in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego The Petition For Probate requests that Sharon B. Nash be appointed as a personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests that decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

April Anne Hawley in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on December 02, 2021 at 1:30 PM in Department 503 located at the Superior Court of California County of San Diego 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101 Probate Division If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

You may examine the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a REQUEST FOR SPECIAL NOTICE (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL NOTICE form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Ryan Anderson 6106 Paseo Delicias, Ste. E P.O. Box 752 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 858-756-5558 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 ---------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Carol Hawley Case Number: 37-2021-00031949-PR-PWCTL To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Carol Hawley A Petition for Probate has been filed by

The Petition For Probate requests that April Anne Hawley be appointed as a personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests that decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on December 02, 2021 at 1:30 PM in Department 503 located at the Superior Court of California County of San Diego 1100 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101 Central If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

You may examine the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a REQUEST FOR SPECIAL NOTICE (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL NOTICE form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Ryan S. Anderson 6106 Paseo Delicias, Ste. E P.O. Box 752 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 858-756-5558 11/4, 11/11, 11/18

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Legacy: Continued from page 9

The Panthers also pushed society to deal with Black people as they are, not as racists see them. It was a clear contrast to the “respectability politics” of the nonviolent civil rights movement.

That has carried over to the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters adopted tactical confrontation with law enforcement and elected leaders, in response to the deaths of Black boys, men and women at the hands of police and vigilantes: Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

Phillip Agnew, a Florida-based activist and early organizer in the Black Lives Matter movement, co-founded Black Men Build, a national group focused on the empowerment and political education of Black men.

The Panthers, he said, are “still a model to draw from.”

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CHURCH DIRECTORY Christians’ United in the Word of God

Bishop / Pastor Adlai E. Mack, Pastor

7965-B Broadway Street Lemon Grove, California 91945 Conference Call Worship Service: SUNDAYS 10:30 AM Call: 1-701-802-5400 Access Code 1720379#

Rev. Luis A. Garcia, Sr. Pastor

All are Welcome to Join Us.

Pastor Milton Chambers, Sr. & First Lady Alice Chambers

Pastor Dennis Hodge First Lady Deborah Hodges

Pastor Dr. John E. Warren

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Diego

3094 L Street San Diego, CA 92102

3085 K Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.232.5683

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Food Distribution Thursday Noon – 3:00 PM Diaper Program Thursday Noon – 2:00 PM

Rev. Harvey L. Vaughn, III

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New Hope Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

New Assurance Church Ministries

Mesa View Baptist Church

2205 Harrison Avenue San Diego, CA 92113

7024 Amherst Street San Diego, CA 92115

13230 Pomerado Road Poway, CA 92064

619-234-5506 • Fax 619 234-8732 Email: newhopeadm@gmail.com

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I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” Psalms 122:1

Rev. Dr. Obie Tentman, Jr.

St. Paul United Methodist Church of San Diego

Pastor Rodney and Christine Robinson

6:30 P.M. Wednesday Live Stream Bible Study

Pastor Dr. Darrow Perkins Jr.

“A new Hope, A new Life, A new Way through Jesus Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17 A change is coming”

Lively Stones Missionary Baptist Church

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Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

605 S. 45th Street San Diego, CA 92113-1905

5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

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Bethel Baptist Church

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1819 Englewood Dr. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

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Sunday In the Know Bible Study 8:00 a.m.

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Dr. John W. Ringgold, Sr. Pastor

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Mount Olive Baptist Church

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

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OBITUARIES Dortheria (Portlock) Sullivan

Percy Daniel

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

1/1/1943

10/25/1928

5/14/1935

Hazel Smith

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

10/11/2021

10/1/2021

10/9/2021

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Funeral Services were held on November 1, 2021 at Memory Chapel of Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary with the burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final Arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

HAZEL SMITH was born on January 1, 1943 to Annie Ruth King (“Mully”) and Sam Smith in Hobbs, New Mexico. Her family migrated from Hallsville Village, Texas. Hazel and her family eventually arrived in San Diego, California. Hazel grew up in a community of Point Loma. She graduated from Point Loma High School and was amongst the first group of African-Americans to graduate from that school.

Hazel attended Kelsey Jenny Business College and worked at North Island Naval Air Station before bearing children. She was a single mother to 6 children. Hazel was a strong woman who valued family and did everything she could to protect them. She accepted Christ and was baptized at an early age. She attended church as a child with her grandmother and also attended the Mount Erie Baptist church as an adult where she participated in the church choir for a short time.

We will remember Hazel for her value of family and the support she provided them regardless of the situation. She showed unconditional love for family and friends. She made endless sacrifices for her children to protect and provide all that they needed. She had a gift for tending to individuals of her senior and to those who were ill.

Hazel loved to play cards, board games, and video games. She was a big fan of tennis, basketball, football and enjoyed attending sporting events.

She loved astronomy and recently began observing the moon, stars, planets, comets, and galaxies.

The Lord saw fit to call Hazel home on Monday, October 11, 2021, surrounded by her children. She joins her parents; Annie Ruth King (“Mully”), Sam Smith; all seven of her siblings; Velma Rushing, Ruby Washington, Charles King (“CL”), Annette Alberty, Larry Smith (“Candyman”), Elizabeth Foster (“Dotty”), Barbara Hickmon (“Bobby”) and her son Robert Alan Smith. She leaves to cherish her memory five of her six children; Christopher, Stephanie (Jarrod), Melissa, Monica (Mark), and Danielle, her grandchildren; DeAndre, Christopher, Joyess, Alana, Aliya, Melany, and Cedric Jr. She also leaves a host of relatives, in-laws, and devoted friends to cherish her memory.

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY

Funeral services were held on October 29, 2021 at Victory Outreach Church with a burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

DORTHERIA (PORTLOCK) SULLIVAN, 92, was affectionately known as “Aunt Dot”, “Mimi”, “Dot” and “Dottie”. Dortheria was born on October 25, 1928, in Stamps, Arkansas. She was the ninth child of ten children raised by Coleman and Essie Portlock.

The family moved to San Diego, in 1943 and became members of Bethel AME Church. While attending Memorial Junior High School, Dortheria met many of her lifelong friends including Doris (Whitfield) Broady and Joann (Addison) Logans. Upon graduating from San Diego High School in 1949, Dortheria took a job at Ryan Aeronautical as a riveter and retired in 1992 after 42 years of faithful service.

In 1948, she met Carthel Alexander Sullivan who was in the United States Marine Corps. They were united in marriage on October 14, 1950. They both enjoyed spending time with family and friends and were involved in several social clubs attending many formal balls and dances. To this union, one daughter, Rosslynne Gayle was born. The family spent time camping and were co-founders of the “The FreeWheelers RV Club”.

Dortheria was active in the community and in her church where she served in many capacities. She belonged to Las Munecas Auxiliary of “The Children’s Home Society” who sponsored the Ebony Fashion Fair each year, to raise money to support CHS. Dottie was fun loving and enjoyed making others laugh. She was very generous and cared deeply for people. She never met a stranger.

Dortheria went home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 1, 2021. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Carthel A. Sullivan who died in 1999. She leaves to cherish her memory, daughter, Rosslynne Gayle Ludden, son-in-law, Paul Ludden, granddaughter, Roslyn Nicole Ludden, grandson, Bryan Dominic Ludden, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends who will cherish her memory and mourn her passing.

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Funeral services were held on October 28, 2021 at Memory Chapel of Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

MR. PERCY DANIEL was the son of the late Edward Daniel and Edna B. Daniel. Percy was born on May 14,1935, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the second child of five children. In 1943 during WWII, the family relocated to San Diego, CA. Percy attended Point Loma High School and graduated in 1954. After high school Percy was hired by the County of San Diego, CA where he worked until he retired. For a short stint of time, he served in the United States Army in 1958.

Percy, an avid sports fan, watched everything from Football, Basketball and Baseball to Tennis, Boxing etc. He also loved board games. He was an extremely competitive player of Checkers, Bid Whist, Spades, Gin Rummy and Monopoly; however, a master at Chess and Scrabble. He was very conscious of his physical health, which led him to spend much of his time in the gym during his younger and into his senior years.

Percy was raised in a Christian home. He was a member of Jackson Memorial Church of God in Christ under the leadership of the late Bishop J. A. Blake Sr., until he was an adult. In the 1990s Percy found a church home that suited his spiritual needs and recommitted his life to Jesus Christ. He remained a committed member of Saint Phillips Church of San Diego until his health began to fail. On October 9, 2021, 7:20pm Percy Daniel was called home and transitioned from this life to his heavenly home.

Percy is preceded in death by his parents; Father, Edward Daniel and Mother, Edna B. Daniel, siblings; Edward Daniel Jr, Mrs. Vera Lee Williams, and Mrs. Audrey Mae Craft. Percy leaves to cherish his memory, sister Piccola Berryman (Paul Berryman), brother-in-law, Harold R. Williams; Nieces and nephews; Pauline Powell (Jerry Powel), Pamella R. Berryman, Val L. DeJohnette, (Darno V. DeJohnette), Veronica L. Williams, Harold Raydell Williams (Detra Williams), John (Rocky) Craft (Zavon Craft), Alesia V. Craft; Cousins, Danny Johnson ( Lisa Johnson), Albert Scott, Melvin Scott, Caesar Scott, John Scott and a host of great-nieces and nephews, family and friends.

Leslie Lee Love SUNRISE 9/18/1961

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SUNSET 10/2/2021

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Funeral services were held October 22, 2021 at Memory Chapel of Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

LESLIE LEE LOVE, 60, husband, father, brother, uncle, and dear friend to many, died peacefully on October 2, 2021. Leslie was born on September 18, 1961 to Ernest and Ruth Love.

Leslie was an avid fisherman, chef, and a gifted dancer. He enjoyed cooking for his family, fishing with his brothers, cousins, nephews, brother-in -law, sons, and buddies. Leslie met the love of his life Katrina Denise Smith in December of 1989. They united in holy matrimony July 24, 1994.

He received his education from Lincoln high School. Leslie entered the construction field and retired in 1992. Leslie received Christ at Shiloh Temple.

Where he was baptized and filled with the holy spirit in 2016.

To his testament he leaves behind his wife Katrina, children; LaShannon, Tamara, Tanasha, Leslie Jr., Shanequa, Brittany, Anthony, Kristina. 24 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, his brothers, and sisters; Ricky, Darlene, Regina, Ronald, Marlene, Keysha, Christine, and Tushanna. He presides in death with his parents; Ernest and Ruth Love, Sister and brothers; Ernest Ray and Royland, Nieces; Kendra, and Jamilah, and his first-born son Leslie Lee Love Jr.

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Providing jobs, economic development and character to neighborhoods, the more than 28 million small businesses account for 54 percent of all U.S. sales.

Nationwide, the number of small businesses has grown by 49 percent since 1982, per the U.S. Small Business Administration. Since the onset of the coronavirus, small businesses have been disproportionately affected. Now, just off the heels of a pandemic, owners are coping with employee shortages.

Business owners across the country were met with unforeseen hurdles due to the pandemic. While some small businesses have been forced to close their doors permanently, others have barely been able to stay afloat.

Those lucky to have survived the pandemic are now faced with a new dilemma — running a business with limited staff. Affecting everything from food availability to the customer service experience, the pandemic’s effect and the shortage of employees in businesses is causing major issues for small business owners.

“We don’t have enough employees to extend our hours so we’re still on the restricted hours. People don’t want to work because they are making more money at home with unemployment. Now with these rates, we’re small businesses, we can only pay so much,” says Chef Musheya Glenn, owner, operator and chef of Detroit Taco Bar and Pasta Bowl on the city’s west side.

Information published by Track the Recovery, an economic tracker used to measure the effects on businesses due to the pandemic, reveals that since January 2020 small businesses across Michigan have shrunk by 50 percent.

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To Empower African Immigrants Simba, the upcoming African Fintech company, has launched a new card to ease money transfer services for African immigrants in the USA. With transfer of funds free for a Simba-toSimba card, the African Fintech has taken another giant step in its mission of providing the African immigrant community with access to financial products and services that make it easier to save, support loved ones, and thrive.

Michigan’s Governor is stepping in to show small businesses across the state how their impact affects communities. Showing resilience and perseverance, Governor Whitmer sent personalized letters to 200 small business owners who stepped up during the pandemic and refused to let COVID-19 force a dream to end.

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5 schedule, workers are opting to stay home.

The Burger Grille has also had its menu affected by the “We can only pay so much. price jumps caused by the We can’t compare or compandemic. Already working pete with the amount that limited hours, the business the unemployment is doing is facing food shortages. unless you’re full-time. We

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can do that with certain employees, but not every employee,” says Chef Glenn.

cation process includes ample security safeguards that are reassuring to users.

Speaking on the launch of Simba’s card, Simon Tiemtore, Founder of Simba and successful banker said “I wanted to use my banking expertise to respond to the needs of our community.

We will provide tailor made

Photo: Courtesy of Simba

products to our communities, facilitate the ability to send money to loved ones here in the States and at home. Our members can have access to affordable banking services, while doing free instant transfer to support their families all in one application.”

Although the core market of Simba is the African diaspora, the card can be used by anyone in the USA. Currently, Simba money transfer services are available in Algeria, Botswana, Chad, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia and Zambia. Equally nearing completion are plans for the launching of efficient and rapid money transfer services to the rest of the African continent.

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