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Serving San Diego County’s African & African American Communities 62 Years

Those Massacred

The 43rd SDSU Black Baccalaureate Ceremony

In Buffalo, NY Tragedy Katherine Massey, 72

Heyward Patterson, 67

Pearl Young, 77

Celestine Chaney, 65

Andre Mackniel, 53

Roberta Drury, 32

Ruth Whitfield, 86

Aaron Salter, 55

Margus Morrison, 52

Geraldine Talley, 62

Thursday, May 12, 2022, San Diego State University’s African and African-American graduates brought their bright futures to the Lincoln High School Auditorium on Imperial Avenue for the annual Black Baccalaureate Ceremony —­­ affectionately known as ‘Black Grad’. Photo: Darrel Wheeler

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Among the victims in the Buffalo shooting was a former police officer, and 11 of the 13 killed or injured were Black. Photo: NNPA

Officials Release Victims’ Names in Last Weekend’s Racially Motivated Attack

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By Carolyn Thompson and Matt Sedensky Associated Press

Doris Lovett Turns 80

CA Primary Candidate Info

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They were caregivers and protectors and helpers, running an errand or doing a favor or finishing out a shift, when their paths crossed with a young man driven by racism and hatred and baseless conspiracy theories.

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In a flash, the ordinariness of their day was broken at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, where in and around the supermarket’s aisles, a symbol of the mundane was transformed into a scene of mass murder.

Lawsuits To Extinguish Racist Gerrymandering

By Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services The 2020 Census found that in state after state, population growth in Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Native American populations is outpacing white growth. But new voting rules working their way through state governments, including gerrymandered district maps, make it difficult for

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Carts lay abandoned. Bodies littered the tile floor. Police radios crackled with calls for help.

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Investigators will try, for days to come, to piece together the massacre that killed 10 people, all Black and apparently hunted for the color of their skin.

Those who loved them are left with

Why Schools Can No Longer Ignore Anti-Black Hate.

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their memories of the lost, who suffered death amid the simple task of buying groceries.

“These people were just shopping,” said Steve Carlson, 29, mourning his 72-year-old neighbor Katherine Massey, who checked in often, giving him gifts on his birthday and at Christmas, and pressing money into his hand when he helped with yard work. “They went to go get food to feed their families.”

One came from volunteering at a food bank. Another had been tending to her husband at his nursing home.

Most were in their 50s and beyond, and were destined for more, even if just the dinner they planned to make.

Shonnell Harris, a manager at the store, was stocking shelves when See TRAGEDY page 2

Nearly 1 Million COVID-19 Deaths in us A look at the numbers

By Carla K. Johnson and Nicky Forster Associated Press Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile — an older white male with chronic health problems — mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years.

He died March 1, an early victim in a devastating outbreak that gave a first glimpse of the price older Americans would pay.

The pandemic has generated gigabytes of data that make clear which U.S. groups have been hit the hardest. More than 700,000 people 65 and older died.

Men died at higher rates than women.

White people made up most of the deaths overall, yet an unequal burden fell on Black, Hispanic and

Native American people considering the younger average age of minority communities. Racial gaps narrowed between surges then widened again with each new wave. With 1 million deaths in sight, Doug’s son Nathan Lambrecht reflected on the toll.

“I’m afraid that as the numbers get bigger, people are going to care less and less,” he said. “I just hope people who didn’t know them and didn’t have the same sort of loss in their lives due to See DEATH TOLL page 2

Darryl Hutchinson hugs a relative at the Metropolitan Baptist Church in Los Angeles during the July 21, 2020 funeral service for his cousin, Lydia Nunez, who died from COVID-19. Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez

California Is First State to Break Down Black Employee Data

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Last week, when Gov. Gavin Newsom presented the annual May revision of his budget proposal for the next fiscal year, he announced that California will establish new demographic categories when collecting data pertaining to the ethnic origin of Black state employees.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his 2022-2023 state budget revision during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, May 13, 2022. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Kamilah A. Moore, the chairperson of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, said the breakdown of data is “amazing news.”

“California will become the first state in the nation to disaggregate data for its Black population by ancestry/lineage,” Moore posted on her Twitter page on May 13. “This will assist the task force in our efforts to develop comprehensive reparations proposals for descendants.”

Disaggregated data refers to the separation of compiled information into smaller units to clarify underlying trends and patterns. Newsom’s actions are similar to a bill authored by then-Assemblyman Rob Bonta.

In September 2016, former Gov. Jerry

Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1726 into law that required the state Department of Public Health to separate demographic data it collects by ethnicity or ancestry for Native Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Islander groups.

Recently, disaggregation of Black data has been a top priority for some Black lawmakers and advocates supporting reparations for Black descendants of American slavery in California.

In January, Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), introduced AB 1604, the Upward Mobility Act of 2022, See DATA page 2

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communities of color to elect people who will represent their needs and interests.

At a May 10 press briefing, voting rights and redistricting experts discussed an array of challenges they are bringing to stop redistricting schemes to either “pack” or “crack” ethnic and racial minority communities in Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, North Dakota, and Mississippi in particular, but also in other states across the country, including Arizona, Alabama, Michigan, and Louisiana.

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), was joined by Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s Hilary Harris Klein; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights’ Under Law’s Ezra Rosenberg; Sophia Lin Lakin of the ACLU; Michael Carter of the Native American Rights Fund; and Carroll Rhodes, of the NAACP. The inability of the current U.S. Senate to pass national voting rights legislation, plus Supreme Court rulings beginning with 2013’s Shelby County (AL) v. Holder decision that ended federal oversight of election law changes in states with a history of discrimination — part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act — have freed state lawmakers to pursue dozens and dozens of new voting rules just in the past few years.

Among the so-called “reforms” are limits on voting by mail and early voting, capricious voter ID laws and registration roll purges, and new laws barring people from offering water and snacks to Election Day voters waiting in long lines — and more. In some ways, it’s a familiar story. It’s just that the rules have changed.

MALDEF is party to a suit due to be heard in September that consolidates 10 cases. But, he said, “It is quite clear that we have already been harmed by that wrong-headed decision in 2013 (the Shelby County v Holder case).” Without the preclearance that was eliminated in that ruling, he said, “maps will be implemented in this year’s midterm elections — for Congress, the state House, Senate and Board of Education — despite their evident flaws.”

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State courts may offer the best opportunity to restore some justice to the electoral process.

“State courts have the responsibility of enforcing state constitutional provisions that are often more protective of voters than federal constitutional provisions.” said Klein, of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

But even that role of state courts, she noted, is being challenged.

“We’re in trouble in Georgia,” Ros enb erg s aid, and described four separate challenges to redistricting proposals, although any victories may come too late to affect elections this year, he said.

Georgia’s population has grown 10% since the last Census, he noted, but the Latinx population is up 32% and the Asian American Pacific Islander population is up 53%.

Nonetheless, in redistricting, “particularly in districts that were becoming more competitive,” he said, “the maps have been specifically designed to sap the voting power and the opportunity of voters of color to participate equally in the political process.”

Georgia is home to the notorious new ban on providing refreshments to voters waiting in line, although, Rosenberg said, “it’s known that in Georgia, black voters wait in line several times longer than white voters.”

In Alabama, “No black person has won a statewide race in over 25 years,” Lakin said.

A judicial panel unanimously ruled against a new redistricting map the state legislature passed in November because it discriminated against black voters and violated the Voting Rights Act, but the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stay (overrule) that ruling.

Echoing earlier speakers, Lakin said, the court had given states “a free pass to hold one discriminatory election.” It’s an ominous sign “that could signal a push by the conservative wing of the court to break new ground on its jurisprudence on race generally,” she said.

“But we continue to push forward and fight, because we must.”

“We’d hit four or five stores looking for a deal,” he laughed even as his face was wet with tears.

she heard the first of what she figured must have been more than 70 shots. She ran for the back door, stumbling a few times along the way. She wondered where her daughter, a grocery clerk, was, and went around to the front of the store.

She saw someone being shot, she said, and a man who looked like he was dressed for the Army.

“Like a nightmare,” Harris told The Buffalo News, shaken but grateful to have found her daughter safe.

The grisly scene was broadcast online by the gunman, a video notable not just for the cold-bloodedness of the killings, but how fast they unfolded. In the deafening rat-a-tat of gunfire, 10 voices were silenced, their stories left for others to recite.

Of a woman whose niece swore she was “the apple of God’s eye.” Of a longtime policeman who became a guard at the store and whose son knew he died a hero. Of an ace baker who’d give you the shirt off her back.

Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose 86-year-old mother Ruth Whitfield was killed in the attack, said she had come to Tops after her daily ritual of

Garnell Whitfield Jr., left, the son of Ruth Whitfield, a victim of shooting at a supermarket, speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

visiting her husband of 68 years in his nursing home. In so many ways, for so many years, Whitfield Jr. said his mother had devoted her life to those she loved.

“That day was like every other day for my mom,” he said Monday as he pondered how to break the news to his father.

Heyward Patterson, a 67-yearold deacon at State Tabernacle Church of God in Christ, was similarly doing the things he’d long been known for. He had just come from helping at his church’s soup kitchen and now was at Tops, volunteering in the community jitney service that shuttles people without a ride to and from the store.

Pastor Russell Bell of the Tabernacle Church said he believed Patterson had been loading someone’s groceries into his trunk when the shots took him down.

“Anywhere he was, he was encouraging people to be the best that they could be,” Bell said.

As customers arrived at Tops ahead of the shooting, their purpose was clear.

Roberta Drury, 32, was in search of something for dinner. Andre Mackneil, 53, came to pick up a cake for his son’s third birthday. Celestine Chaney, 65, needed some shortcake to go with the strawberries she sliced.

For some in the store, it was likely a trip of necessity, to fill an emptied fridge or get a missing ingredient. For Chaney, though, it was more than some stubborn chore.

Stores were her passion.

Her 48-year-old son, Wayne Jones, said he’d typically take his mother shopping each week, stopping at grocery store after grocery store in

On Saturday, it was Chaney’s older sister, JoAnn Daniels, 74, who accompanied her shopping, and the two sisters made a meandering trip through Tops’ aisles. Chaney knew she needed shortcakes, but flitting around the store, she decided she wanted to make shrimp salad, too, giggling with her sister as they filled the cart. She surveyed the roast beef and complained about the price of rolls before taking interest in chicken legs.

“You done?” she finally asked her sister, who said she was.

Pops suddenly ricocheted.

The sisters thought they were firecrackers, but others started running. They went to follow, but Chaney was knocked down. Daniels said she reached to help, but her sister said she was fine.

“I’m coming,” Daniels said her sister assured. She thought Chaney was behind her.

It would be hours before she learned the truth, when her nephew saw the video of the shooting: Her baby sister, who had survived breast cancer and three surgeries for aneurysms, died on a trip to the grocery store.

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COVID, I just hope that they don’t forget and they remember to care.”

ELDERS HIT HARD

Three out of every four deaths were people 65 and older, according to U.S. data analyzed by The Associated Press.

About 255,000 people 85 and older died; 257,000 were 75 to 84 years old; and about 229,000 were 65 to 74.

SPOUSES LEFT BEHIND

More men have died from COVID-19 than women. Men have shorter life expectancies than women, so it’s not surprising that the only age group where deaths in women outpaced those in men is the oldest: 85 and older.

For some families who lost breadwinners, economic hardships have added to their grief, said Rima Samman, who coordinates a COVID-19 memorial project that began as a tribute to her brother,

Rami, who died in May 2020 at age 40.

“A widow is losing her home, or she’s losing the car she drove the kids to school with, because her husband died,” Samman said.

RACE, ETHNICITY AND AGE

American Indians, Pacific Islanders and Black people had higher death rates when looking at COVID19 deaths per capita. Death rates per capita still leave out a characteristic that is crucial to understanding which groups were disproportionately affected — COVID-19 is more deadly for the elderly.

When considering age, it’s apparent that Black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander and Native American people suffered disproportionately more from COVID-19 deaths than other groups in the U.S. Looking at deaths per capita, Mississippi had the highest rate of any state.

“We’ve lost so many people to COVID,” said Joyee Washington, a community health educator in Hattiesburg. “The hard thing in Mississippi was having to grievwwe with no time to heal. You’re facing trauma after trauma after trauma. ...

Normal is gone as far as I’m concerned.”

Communities pulled together.

Churches set up testing sites, school buses took meals to students when classrooms were closed, her city’s mayor used social media to provide reliable information. “Even in the midst of turmoil you can still find joy, you can still find light,” she said. “The possibilities are there if you look for them.”

RURAL VS URBAN

Americans living in rural areas have been less likely to get vaccinated than city dwellers, more likely to be infected, and more likely to die.

“I’ve had multiple people in my ambulance, in their 80s and dying,” said paramedic Mark Kennedy in Nauvoo, Illinois. “Some did die, and when you ask if they’ve been vaccinated, they say, ‘I don’t trust it.’”

The recent omicron wave felt even harder to David Schreiner, CEO of Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon, Illinois.

“In the first wave, there were signs throughout the community about our health care heroes.... People loved us the first time around,” Schreiner said. But by this past winter, people had COVID-19 fatigue.

“Our people have been through so much. And then we would get a patient or a family member who would come to the hospital and refuse to put a mask on,” Schreiner said. “It’s a little bit hard to take.

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legislation that will require the state to breakdown the data of state employees by ethnic origin.

The Assembly Committee on Appropriations is currently reviewing the bill.

AB 1604 promotes mobility for people of color in California’s civil services system and requires diversity on state boards and commissions.

Newsom vetoed AB 105 last year, the legislative forerunner to AB 1604, which Holden

also introduced.

Retirement on March 14.

Shortly after he was appointed chair of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations in January, Holden reintroduced the legislation as AB 1604.

In a written statement released in October last year, Newsom said he vetoed AB 105 because “the bill conflicts with existing constitutional requirements, labor, agreements, and current data collections efforts” but found disaggregation useful for dissecting data about California’s workforce.

Holden, a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus, said AB 1604 will give the Reparations Task Force more accurate data to utilize in its study and deliberations. The bill was passed by the Assembly Committee on Public Employment and

As stated in his 2022-2023 May revision of the state budget, under the section titled “State Workforce Demographic Data

Collection,” Newsom proposed the separation of Black employee data beginning with the state’s 2.5 million-plus employees.

The Department of Human Resources (CalHR) will work with the State Controller to establish new demographic categories for the collection of data pertaining to the ancestry or ethnic origin of African American employees.

The collection of this data, the document states, “contin-

ues CalHR’s duties to maintain statistical information necessary for the evaluation of equal employment opportunity and upward mobility within state civil service.”

In March, the nine-member Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans decided with a 5-4 vote that lineage will determine who will be eligible for reparations.

The May Revision also includes $1.5 million in funding for

the Department of Justice to continue supporting the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans.

Supporters of disaggregation say it will serve as a key tool for the task force as it enters its second year of studying slavery and its lingering effects on African Americans.

The task force will recommend what compensation should be and how it should be paid by July 2023.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION Racial Violence, Hate Crimes, and “Us”

By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint The recent slaughter of Black people at the TOPS Grocery Store in Buffalo, New York carries a number of messages for those who are paying attention, even in our grief.

First, we see another young white male, convinced that it’s okay to arm himself and seek out people of color to kill for no reason other than who they are. We saw this at Mother Emanuel Church in South Carolina where a young white male entered a Black Church and killed nine people in a Bible study. We saw a white male in Texas drive several hours to a Walmart Store and target and kill Mexican shoppers for no reason other than their ethnicity. We saw a young white in San Diego County go to a Jewish Synagogue with the intent of killing many, and killing one worshiper. We have seen another church in Texas, at a different time, have 27 worshipers killed on a Sunday morning, without race or ethnicity being a factor. They were all White. We also saw that the very next day, this past Sunday, 6 people were shot while at church in Laguna Woods, California with one fatality. We are told there have been more than 200 mass shootings so far this year.

Hate Crimes are on the rise.

Now, the real question is: “What do we do about it.?”

The answer depends on who you are, not where you live. There are no safe places left. If you are Black, one of the first things you notice is that White mass shooters appear to be taken alive, even with guns in their hands. While Black men seem to get shot for the slightest police encounter such as an air freshener hanging from a rearview mirror or a simple traffic stop. The White teenager in Michigan who shot and killed classmates was taken alive.

The killer of the worshipers at Mother Emanuel Church in South Carolina was taken to a McDonald’s during his extradition back to South Carolina because he was hungry. The Buffalo shooter had been to the store the day before and a Black man bought him a soda because he was thirsty. His response to that person: ‘Will you be here tomorrow?’

We saw White Supremacists rally support around Rittenhouse after he killed

two people during the Minnesota protest and we saw the judge manipulate the jury so that he was acquitted. Now, what is the point of all this? A reminder so that you will begin to think seriously about the Racial Violence, Hate Crimes, and how this affects each of us, as well as our options.

Second, let us realize that there is a connection between whether or not we vote and the attention, funding, and respect we receive as members of the national community. We can’t stop those who are elected to office or hold the public trust with badges and uniforms from being racist, but we can stop them from gaining and holding office and we can vote them out of office.

But we have to care enough to focus on the long-term outcome which will remove such people if we vote and let it be known that we will be voters from now on.

Third, we must come to grips with the fact that we are targets at all times, whether shopping, praying, or just going about our daily lives.

This does not mean we live

in fear, but in awareness for ourselves and those around us. We must discuss, develop and teach “active shooter plans”; start observing those who are observing us and consider arming our households, not carrying weapons so as to fuel the violence and efforts on the part of some to start a race war. We must rethink how and where we spend our money. We don’t have to accept “redlining” and targeted zip codes when we can question and avoid doing business with those who use such tactics against us, even if we have to be inconvenienced in our spending.

The political primary season is upon us and those who are against us are stacking the ballots and preparing for what they hope will be a political future that gives them more power. This week’s key primary is in Pennsylvania and on June 7, 2022, it will be California’s turn. “Us” can make a difference now and change the national mood which is encouraging racial violence and hate crimes.

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Why Schools Can No Longer Ignore Anti-Black Hate

By K. Hasan Hamilton The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Contributing Writer As we head into summer wrapping up the 2021-22 school year, our nation is faced with yet another anti-Black hate tragedy. This time, the gunman is an 18-year-old White male who drove nearly 3.5 hours to murder 10 people and injure 3 additional victims while racially traumatizing countless others. Among the deceased are retired Buffalo police lieutenant Mr. Aaron Salter who risked his life as a security guard to prevent further deaths from occurring.

What we know is that last year, this 18-year-old, Payton Gendron, previously threatened to shoot up his predominantly White high school, where approximately 2.7% of the student body is Black and 3.2% are two or more races.

Although he received a psychiatric evaluation, the former student was allowed to continue school and graduated without incident. Interestingly, Black students are continually suspended and expelled for willful defiance like not putting away their cell phones fast enough in class and other acts of “disruption.’’ In contrast, non-Black students, in particular, receive passes for the most egregious acts that are verbal or physical in nature.

In 2016 alone, school hate crimes rose 25%. From racial slurs of the n-word to all-out assaults, Black students are saying that they no longer feel safe in school. Take into consideration that 35% of all racial bullying and harassment reports come from Black students who make up roughly 15% of public school enrollment. In other words, Black students make up the highest incidents of school-based racial bullying and harassment nationwide (CRDC, 2018).

School is a microcosm of society, so whether acts of

anti-Black racism occur on or off campus grounds, they should always be taken seriously and acted upon by school administrators and staff. Just last month, right here in San Diego County’s Lakeside community, a 16year old African American female was stabbed outside of her apartment complex by a White male neighbor and schoolmate. Both this 16-year-old and his 15-year-old girlfriend are believed to have ties with White ‘supremacist’ groups.

Lakeside, which neighbors Santee and its local high school, El Capitan, shares similar school demographics to gunman Payton Gendron’s Susquehanna Valley High School in New York. Schools can no longer turn a color blind eye to what is happening to Black children and adolescents across the country, no matter how small the Black student population may be, as we see in these two tragic incidents. Anti-Black hate is real and we call on schools to protect our youth at every level, including from being harmed by their own peers when they are trying to learn like everyone else. Just imagine how differently the national headlines and local headlines would be if both Susquehanna Valley High School in New York and El Capitan High School in San Diego would have addressed anti-Black hate at schools

head on. The time is now for us to take action at the local, state, and federal levels.

Locally, we are calling on San Diego County DA Summer Stephans, San Diego County Board of Supervisor Joel Anderson (District 2), the Grossmont Union High School District, and Lakeside Sheriff ’s Department Substation to continue to work with the San Diego Community at large to address anti-Black hate and racism head on in communities and in schools. State and federal wide, to Assemblymember Dr. Akilah Weber, Rep. Scott Peters, and President Biden: we are grateful for the recent passage of the anti-lynching bill in honor of the late Emmit Till but we need more. On this day, we call for specific legislation that will denounce anti-Black hate in schools and communities. Our students matter. When schools and our nation address antiBlack racism as soon as threats of violence first happen in schools, we can keep our families and communities safe by preventing mass shootings in the first place.

Katrina Hamilton is the Co-Chair of Black Minds Matter Advocacy Group of San Diego (BMMAG-SD), and founder of United Shades of Black and Brown (USB²), an organization focused on eradicating antiBlack Racism in schools.

Why Every Californian Should Support the Prescription Drug Pricing Bill

By Dr. Oliver Brooks Special to California Black Media Partners In 1992, the federal government enacted the 340B Drug Discount Program.

It afforded community health centers (CHCs) the ability to provide pharmacy services to their patients, a service that many CHCs did not have the resources to provide otherwise.

The program protects safety-net providers, including CHCs, from escalating drug prices. This program is presently under threat. That is why I support Dr. Richard Pan’s Senate Bill (SB) 939. This bill, currently being reviewed by the Senate Committee on Health, would prohibit discriminatory actions by drug manufacturers and administrators when providing 340B drugs to health centers and the patients they serve.

It provides important consumer protections that are necessary to protect 340B savings and ensure that the savings remain with health centers and their communities.

For 30 years CHCs have used those savings to provide free

medications to patients experiencing homelessness, free transportation vouchers, free nutrition classes, and hire provider types who are not billable within Medi-Cal. Today, there are over 1,300 health centers in California that provide care to 7.2 million

people – that’s one in every five Californians and one in three Medi-Cal patients.

Additionally, 68% of CHC patients are from BIPOC communities. CHCs are often the only source of primary and preventative care for California’s most diverse communities.

Anyone who walks into our health centers today can access a variety of services, regardless of whether they have health insurance. A large part of why we’re able to offer those services is thanks to savings we receive from the 340B program. In recent years the 340B program has been under assault by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), drug manufacturers, and others within big Pharma.

Through the expansion of the Affordable Care Act & Medi-Cal, more low-income patients can access healthcare in California,

causing the 340B program to expand. Given this fact, manufacturers have put practices in place that limit patient access to 340B priced drugs while PBMs focus on trying to take 340B savings away from CHCs, threatening patient access to critical medicines made available through the program.

Health centers were born out of the Civil Rights movement to ensure that all communities, particularly communities of color, would have access to high-quality care. The continual acts of greed by pharmaceutical companies and PBMs

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threatens equity and access that CHCs were designed to create. Since 2019, 21 states have passed laws addressing PBM discrimination against 340B covered entities.

It’s time for California, the policy trendsetter, to become the next state to protect the 340B program so it can operate as intended. That is why Dr. Richard Pan’s SB 939 is so important.

Dr. Brooks is Chief Medical Officer and past Chief of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Watts Healthcare Corporation in Los Angeles, California.

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COMMUNITY

Mrs. Doris Lovett, the Amazing Educator,

Turns

80

By Darrel Wheeler Contributing Writer

L

ast Saturday at the George Stevens Senior Center, Mrs. Doris Lovett was treated to a very special birthday celebration. She was surrounded by her family, close friends, former students, gifts, birthday cakes and lots of love.

ents, acting as a peer leader, etc. These early leadership experiences stuck with me. Because of her tutelage and influence I received a full college scholarship in the 6th grade as part of Councilman William Jones’ “Project I Believe” scholarship program.

Former Student and life long friend Keashonna Christopher had this to say about the birthday girl:

She and I both credit Kennedy CDC as a foundational pillar of support that ensured I would earn college degrees and excel. As I matured in life, became a mom, and entered college, Mrs. Lovett was still a mentor to me. She invited me to enroll my children into Kennedy CDC and recruited me to work there as an aide while in college.

“I met Mrs. Lovett as a two-year-old upon enrolling at the Kennedy Child Development Center (CDC) as a preschool student, where she served as a Teacher and Administrator located on T street.

Kennedy CDC served preschool students during the day and elementary students before and after school and during school breaks.

Because of Mrs. Lovett’s engagement and interest in me, I have endless fond memories spanning over decades. I will always appreciate her distinct leadership practices. My intelligence and leadership skills excelled during my time there. She allowed me to be her unofficial apprentice.

I gained valuable skills and responsibilities working alongside her in the office, greeting, and engaging par-

Photos: Darrel Wheeler

To date, we remain in ongoing contact. It was such an honor to be appointed as the emcee for her 80th birthday celebration. It was fulfilling to represent the woman who played a vital role in my life and my long standing career as an Educational Leader.”

Mrs. Doris Lovett, aka the Zodiac kid, said “I want to thank everybody that came here today to help me celebrate this special day, especially my sister who came all the way from Florida. I really enjoyed myself. I’m so very blessed.” Mrs. Doris is truly a phenomenal woman.

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IN MORE NEWS Firearm Deaths Grow, Disparities Widen

New analysis shows firearm homicide rates grew nearly 35% from 2019 to 2020, with disparities by race/ethnicity and poverty level widening, and firearm suicide rates remaining high

By The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Firearms were involved in 79% of all homicides and 53% of all suicides in 2020. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a historic increase of 35% in the firearm homicide rate, resulting in the highest firearm homicide rate in more than 25 years. This, along with increases in firearm suicide rates for some groups, has widened racial, ethnic, and other disparities, according to a new CDC Vital Signs analysis.

Firearm homicide rates are consistently highest among males, adolescents, young adults, and non-Hispanic Black and non -Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people.

In 2020, firearm homicide rates increased across all age groups, with the highest rates and increases observed among those 10–44 years old. Considering age, sex, and race/ ethnicity simultaneously, the largest increases in firearm homicide rates were among non-Hispanic Black males 10–44 years old.

The overall firearm suicide rate remained nearly level between 2019 and 2020, with age-specific rate increases among persons 10–44 years old, partially offset by a decrease among those 45–64 years old. Considering age, sex, and race/ethnicity simultaneously, rates of firearm suicide increased most notably among non-Hispanic AI/AN males aged 10–44.

Working with partners, including policymakers; local, state, territorial, and tribal governments; health, education, justice, and social service agencies; businesses; and community organizations, can help ensure that local needs are met.

Among the key findings for firearm homicides: • Rates increased for both males and females, but more notably among males.

• The highest rates and increases occurred among non-Hispanic Black persons.

• Rates increased across the country in large and small metro areas, as well as non -metro and rural areas.

• Rates were higher and showed larger increases in counties with higher poverty levels.

“Firearm deaths are preventable— not inevitable—and everyone has a role to play in prevention,” said Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H, CDC acting principal deputy director and director, CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “Resources like CDC’s violence prevention technical packages and surveillance systems can give leaders tools to lay the foundation for healthier and safer communities.”

Among the key findings for firearm suicides: • The overall rate remained nearly level between 2019 and 2020.

• Rates increased most notably among non-Hispanic AI/AN males aged 10–44 years old.

• Overall, rates were highest at the highest poverty level and lowest at the lowest poverty level.

• Non-metro and rural areas experienced the highest rates.

• Long-standing systemic inequities and structural racism may contribute to unfair and avoidable health disparities among some racial and ethnic groups.

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“The tragic and historic increase in firearm homicide and the persistently high rates of firearm suicide underscore the urgent need for action to reduce firearm-related injuries and deaths,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H. “By addressing factors contributing to homicide and suicide and providing support to communities, we can help stop violence now and in the future.”

A comprehensive approach is needed to help reduce firearm-related deaths. Strategies that focus on underlying conditions can reduce disparities and the risk for violence while also strengthening protective factors at the individual, family, and community levels. Some actions can have a more immediate impact on preventing violence, and others can be longterm solutions.

Census Ready To Study Combining Race, Ethnicity Questions

By Mike Schneider Associated Press U.S. Bureau officials said Friday they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnicity questions and add a Middle Eastern and North African category to the 2030 census questionnaire, but they have to wait for another federal office to start the conversation.

That office is the White House Office of Management and Budget, which sets the definitions on race and ethnic background for all federal agencies. The Census Bureau has been using Office of Management and Budget standards which were set in 1997.

If the proposals are adopted for the 2030 census, they would mark one of the biggest changes to the census questionnaire in recent years. Several years before the last census in 2020, support was growing for combining the race and ethnicity questions into a single question and adding the Middle Eastern and North African category, also known as MENA. Census Bureau research said doing so would increase the

accuracy of the once-adecade U.S. headcount, particularly among Hispanics and people of Middle Eastern or North African descent who are unsure how to answer the race question.

But those efforts were dropped after President Donald Trump became president. As a result, there was no MENA category, and the race and ethnicity questions were separated on the 2020 census form, leading to overwhelmingly large numbers of Hispanic respondents to answer “some other race” for the race category, Census Bureau officials said on May 6.

“We are not surprised by the results. Our research predicted them,” Merarys RiosVargas, chief of the Ethnicity and Ancestry Branch at the Census Bureau, told members of the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee.

One of the committee members, Helen Hatab Samhan, a retired executive at the Arab American Institute, said it was preferable to add MENA as an ethnic category, such as Hispanic, rather than a race category like white, black, Asian, American Indian or Native Hawaiian.

Among the items the Census Bureau wants to research is the lack of responses to the race question among Hispanics, how Hispanics identified their race when they did answer the question and whether the location of the respondents made any difference in whether they answered those questions, officials said.

Once the conversation with the Office of Management and Budget gets going, it will be “jump-started” because the Census Bureau already has a trove of research, Census Bureau Director Robert Santos told committee members.

The census data are used for allocating congressional seats among the states, redrawing political districts and distributing federal funding. In a statement on Friday, May 6, the Office of Management and Budget didn’t provide a timetable for when it would examine the issues raised by the Census Bureau.

“We are actively working to help ensure the Federal statistical system efficiently, effectively, and accurately captures the diversity of the American people,” the statement said.

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May 18 - June 19

Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love and family on “Mud Row”.

Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau deftly shifts between past and present to paint a living portrait of family legacy.

Tickets: 619.337.1525 www.cygnettheatre.org

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline comprises a national network of over 200 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices.

For more information about this report, go to www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns.

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The 43rd SDSU

Black Baccalaureate Ceremony

By Voice & Viewpoint Staff Writer There was a large gathering of family and friends last Thursday evening at the Lincoln High School Auditorium for the Black Baccalaureate Ceremony. This event was a celebration of San Diego State University’s black graduates who received their actual degrees the following day. The tradition of the Black Baccalaureate ceremony, historically found as an almost spiritual event in Black Historical Colleges and Universities as one of the rites of graduation, was celebrated for the 43rd year at SDSU as the 50th milestone of the Africana Studies program as its sponsor. This was the first in-person Baccalaureate in the two years of the pandemic and the ability to gather as opposed to the “drive-thru” of last year, which made the occasion even more special.

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The event started with the future graduates, in cap and gown, marching in a processional to the sounds of Sekani Thomas and Nigel Zuniga African Drummers.

The graduates followed the faculty members, who led the walk.

Each graduate wore robes that represented their achievements. The Grand Marshals were Professor Ajani Brown and Dr. Estralita Martin. Dr. Adisa A. Alkebulan served as Host of the Ceremony.

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The program involved two student speakers followed by a Charge to Graduates, given by Ms. Chida Warren-Darby, Deputy Director of Communications and Director of Boards and Commissions with San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria. Warren is a University of San Diego graduate, former Managing Editor, and Co-Publisher of the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper; served as Executive Director of the original Black Chamber of Commerce; is creator of the Hadesha Project to help young girls, and is the publisher of her own magazine. Her remarks drew a parallel between the present drought facing California’s environment and the drought in our lives when we face difficulties that seem hopeless. She talked about the rain storms that come into our lives bringing strength as well as much-needed water. She was well received by the graduates and her personal story seemed to appeal more to the majority female class, although it had something for everyone.

Quincey Penn, a doctoral student graduate, accepted the charge of graduates. Penn completed his Ph.D in Education from SDSU and Claremont Graduate School. The event also included clips from a forthcoming documentary on the 50 years of the Africana Studies Department at SDSU.

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COVID-19 UPDATES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEAL TH SERVICES

LIMITED ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER (Effective June 15, 2021) On June 15, 2021, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy will be rescinded. Persons and entities may still be subject to Cal OSHA and California Department of Public Health guidelines and standards with limited public health restrictions, including face coverings, school based guidance, and guidance for mega events. The California Public Health Officer has issued an order to be effective June 15, 2021, and available here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/ CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-ofthe-State-Public-Health-Officer-BeyondBlueprint.aspx. The California Public Health Officer has also issued updated face covering guidance effective June 15, 2021, and available here: https://www. cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/ COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings. aspx#June15guidance.

In San Diego County, persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are likely to have COVID-19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID19, or is likely to have COVID-19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended.

Both orders are available at: https://www. sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/ programs/phs/community_epidemiology/ dc/2019-nCoV/health-order.html.

Subsequent Health Officer Orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be issued in San Diego County as conditions warrant.

Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code sections 101040, 120175, and 120175.5 (b), the Health Officer of the County of San Diego (Health Officer) ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: • Effective June 15, 2021, the Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations,

dated May 6, 2021, and any other Health Officer orders related to COVID-19 shall expire, with the exception of the following: a.“Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19,” dated December 24, 2020. b.“Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” dated April 5, 2021. c. Any quarantine or isolation order issued to an individual that is currently in effect.

2. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 120175.5 (b), all governmental entities in the county shall continue to take necessary measures within the governmental entity’s control to ensure compliance with State and local laws, regulations, and orders related to the control of COVID-19.

IT IS SO ORDERED: Date: June 14, 2021 WILMA J. WOOTEN, M.D., M.P.H. Public Health Officer County of San Diego ___________________________________ EXPIRATION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS As Director of Emergency Services for the County of San Diego, I am authorized to promulgate regulations for the protection of life and property pursuant to Government Code Section 8634 and San Diego County Code section 31.103. The Health Officer Order and Emergency Regulations, dated May 6, 2021, shall expire as a regulation for the protection of life and property, on June 15, 2021.

Date: June 14, 2021 HELEN ROBBINS-MEYER Chief Administrative Officer Director of Emergency Services County of San Diego

COVID-19 WAS THIRD

Leading Cause of Death in U.S. CDC reports examine U.S. Death Rates for 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Two reports have been released that use CDC’s National Vital Statistics System to look at death rates in the United States and find that differences in death rates still remain between certain racial and ethnic minority groups.

The first report provides an overview of provisional U.S. mortality data for 2021, including a comparison of death rates for all causes of death and for deaths involving COVID-19. The study found that the overall age-adjusted death rate

increased by almost 1% in 2021 from 2020.

Overall death rates were highest among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native and non-Hispanic Black or African American people. For the second year, COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer.

The second report shows that from 2020 to 2021, differences in COVID-19 death rates decreased

Medical workers in protection suits take a rest after conducting COVID tests for residents near a commercial office complex on Thursdays, May 12, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

WHO: COVID-19 Falling Everywhere, Except Americas And Africa Associated Press

The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in its latest assessment of the pandemic. The decline comes as Europe marked a COVID-19 death milestone: 2 million on the continent.

In its weekly pandemic report released late Tuesday, May 10, the U.N. health agency said about 3.5 million new cases and more than 25,000 deaths were reported globally, which respectively represent decreases of 12% and 25%.

The downward trend in reported infections began in March, although many countries have dismantled their widespread testing and surveillance programs, making an accurate count of cases extremely difficult.

WHO said there were only two regions where reported COVID-19 infections increased: the Americas, by 14%, and Africa, by 12%.

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Cases remained stable in the Western Pacific and fell everywhere else, the agency said.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned during a press briefing this week that “the rising cases in more than 50 countries highlights the volatility of this virus.”

Tedros said COVID-19 variants, including mutated versions of the highly infectious omicron, are driving a resurgence of COVID-19 in several countries, including South Africa, which was the first to identify omicron in November.

He said relatively high rates of population immunity are preventing a spike in hospitalizations and deaths but cautioned that “this is not guaranteed for places where vaccination levels are low.”

Only about 16% of people in poorer countries have been immunized against COVID-19.

WHO’s report noted that some of the biggest jumps in COVID-19 cases were seen

among most racial and ethnic groups.

for non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander persons (0.2%–0.3% of people who died) compared with non-Hispanic multiracial people.

This report found disparities in the age-adjusted COVID-19 death rates decreased by 14%–40% for most racial and ethnic groups, including non-Hispanic White people, who accounted for 60%– 65% of all people who died; and increased non-significantly (7.2%)

The results of both studies highlight the need for greater effort to implement effective interventions.

We must work to ensure equal treatment in all communities in proportion to their need for effective interventions that can prevent excess COVID-19 deaths.

US ‘Vulnerable’ To COVID Without New Shots

By Zeke Miller .

Associated Press White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha has issued a dire warning that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments.

In an Associated Press interview Thursday, May 12, Jha said Americans’ immune protection from the virus is waning, the virus is adapting to be more contagious and booster doses for most people will be necessary — with the potential for enhanced protection from a new generation of shots.

His warning came as the White House said there could be up to 100 million infections from the virus later this year — and as President

Joe Biden somberly ordered flags to half-staff to mark 1 million deaths.

“As we get to the fall, we are all going to have a lot more vulnerability to a virus that has a lot more immune escape than even it does today and certainly than it did six months ago,” Jha said.

“All of these variants were first identified outside of the United States,” he said. “If the goal is to protect the American people, we have got to make sure the world is vaccinated. I mean, there’s just no ‘domestic-only’ approach here.”

His comments came after he and Biden addressed the second global

COVID-19 vaccination summit and pressed for the international community not to get complacent in addressing the pandemic.

Here in the U.S., Biden requested $22.5 billion in emergency funding for the virus response in March, but the money has been held up, first by sticker-shock in Congress and now amid wrangling over expiring pandemic-era migrant restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Jha predicted that the next generation of vaccines, which are likely to be targeted at the currently prevailing omicron strain, “are going to provide a much, much higher degree of protection against the virus that we will encounter in the fall and winter.”

But he warned that the U.S. is at risk of losing its place in line to other countries if Congress doesn’t act in the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily next several weeks. briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Food and Drug Administration is to meet in June to determine the specific strains of the virus that the fall vaccines will target, and Jha said it takes two to three months for manufacturers to develop them.

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in China, which saw a 145% rise in the last week.

Earlier this week, Chinese authorities doubled down on pandemic restrictions in Shanghai after a brief period of loosening up. The move frustrated residents who were hoping a more than month-long lockdown was finally easing after complaints of food shortages and quarantines where some people were forced to surrender their house keys.

WHO’s Tedros said Tuesday he didn’t think China’s “zero-COVID” strategy was sustainable, “considering the behavior of the virus now and what we anticipate in the future.”

On Thursday, May 12, North Korea announced its first coronavirus outbreak and imposed a nationwide lockdown. The size of the outbreak wasn’t immediately known, but it could have serious consequences because the country has a poor health care system and its 26 million people are believed to be mostly unvaccinated.

san diego county

COVID-19 STATUS TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES

768,368

REPORTED TESTS

10,942,744 HOSPITALIZED

30,042

ICU

2,152 SOURCE: County of San Diego Last updated 5/12/2022

COUNTY COVID-19

VACCINATION STATUS BY RACE/ETHNICITY SAN DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS AGE 5 OR OLDER THAT ARE FULLY VACCINATED WITH BOOSTER

Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander 43%

Black/ African American 26%

American Indian/ Alaska Native 21%

Hispanic/ Latino 30% White 45%

SOURCE: County of San Diego.

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CalFresh Benefits?

May is Calfresh Awareness Month, join San Diego in events to help promote the free nutrition program

By Katie Cadiao County of San Diego

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he County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency and its partners are working together to get the word out about CalFresh benefits during the month of May, which is designated as CalFresh Awareness Month.

CalFresh is a supplemental nutrition program for families and individuals who meet certain income guidelines. The program is designed to reduce food insecurity and increase food budgets to improve participant’s access to fresh and healthy food.

The need for supplemental nutrition assistance has greatly increased over the last couple of years, in part due to the rising cost of living in the region, as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

CalFresh plays a critical role in filling that need, with 354,204 people in San Diego County currently receiving the benefit, up 6.8% from a year earlier. Maximum monthly amounts for qualifying households range from $250 for a single person to $835 for a household of four an up to $1,316 for a household of seven.

In addition to attending one of the upcoming events, San Diegans can

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Poll Workers Still Needed for June 7 Gubernatorial Primary

Registrar is offering $15 dollars per hour for vote center work in the two weeks up to election day

By Tracy DeFore County of San Diego The Registrar of Voters is seeking poll workers for the June 7 Gubernatorial Primary Election. Poll workers play an essential role in elections and can serve their community while earning $15 per hour.

With the introduction of the Voter’s Choice Act, voter centers replace traditional polling places. Vote centers are open throughout the county for an extended period before Election Day. Rather than a single day of service, poll workers are now needed to staff vote centers up to 11 days in the two weeks before Election Day. English speakers who are bilingual in Spanish, Filipino, Vietnamese or Chinese are also needed.

also apply for CalFresh online at GetCalFresh.org and MyBenefitsCalWIN.org, or by calling 2-1-1 San Diego. For more information about CalFresh, visit the County’s CalFresh page at www.sandiegocounty. gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/ ssp/food_stamps.html.

To become a poll worker, applicants must be 18 years old, a U.S citizen and registered to vote in California, or lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. Applicants must also provide their own transportation to their assigned vote center.

Here are some community events that will promote the program and provide free screenings and application assistance: • Every Tuesday, 8:00 am - 4:00 PM, Reach Out to Families Resource Center, 1237 Elder Ave. Imperial Beach 91932 • Every Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:00 PM, Nicoloff Elementary, 1777 Howard Ave San Diego 92173 • May 26, 2022, 7:30am - 1:00 PM, Community Outreach, 1220 Magnolia Ave El Cajon 92020 • May 28, 2022, 10:00am - 1:00 PM, Senior Saturday-Kimball Park, E. 12th St National City, 91950

The Registrar is seeking people who are team players, exhibit strong leadership and customer service skills, and display flexibility, patience and the highest level of integrity at all times. Poll workers must represent the Registrar of Voters in a professional, nonpartisan manner.

The Registrar’s office is working with Public Health Services to ensure the health and safety of election workers and voters. Recommended personal protective equipment and sanitation supplies will be provided to workers so they can conduct the

City of San Diego Wants

to Return Unclaimed MonIES

More than $840,000 in refunds needs to be claimed by residents and business owners Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The City of San Diego has identified more than $840,000 that can be returned to nearly 1,070 residents and business owners. The money belongs to individuals who have paid for City of San Diego services or have done business with the City during the last three years.

Individual refund amounts are in the range between $1 and $77,500.

The most common types of unclaimed monies are returned checks for overpayment of business taxes, overpaid utilities and other fees paid to the City. Checks that remain uncashed after six months become unclaimed money.

“We want San Diegans to know that one of these checks could be theirs.

We encourage people to check their name or business name on the City website a couple of times throughout the year,” said Roma Nichols, Acting Disbursement Manager with the Department of Finance.

“Searching the report is free, the process to request a refund is easy

and we want to get every single dollar back to its rightful owner.”

Payees have approximately one year after check issuance to claim

There is no charge to search the report or to file a claim. To submit a claim, print and complete the Unclaimed Monies Form and mail

election process safely.

Applications are available online at www.sdvote.com/content/rov/en/

it to: City of San Diego, Department of Finance Unclaimed Monies Claim Processing 202 C St. – Mail Station 7A San Diego, CA 92101 Once the claim is verified, a check will be issued in three to four weeks. Questions about unclaimed monies may be submitted to DoF@ sandiego.gov or 619-236-6310.

pollworkers.html. For more information, call (858) 565-5800 or email pollworker@sdcounty.ca. gov.

2022 NINTH CIRCUIT

Civics Contest Finalists Announced All winners from the Southern California category are from San Diego; will advance to final stage Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Preliminary judging of the essay and video entries has been completed for the 2022 Ninth Circuit Civics Contest for high school students in the western United States and two Pacific island jurisdictions. In all, the circuit received 800 essays and 112 videos this year.

This year’s contest focused on students’ free speech rights.

memorative prize.

If the winners of the video portion of the competition are part of a team, then they will split the total cash prize. Winners will be announced on the civics contest website www.ca9.uscourts.gov/civicscontest/ in June.

The contest challenged students to address “What are students’ free speech rights – and responsibilities – on and off campus?” Participants were asked to consider what rights the First Amendment provides to students engaging in free speech, both inside and outside of school.

The contest was open to high school students in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington state, the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

In all, 42 essays and 29 videos out of the 912 total entries received were selected to advance to the next round for consideration by judges, court staff and members of the bar.

Last year, the City returned approximately $600,800 to 75 recipients listed on the Unclaimed Monies Report, meaning only 42% of the unclaimed monies were returned.

The average claim was $8,011.

their money. For checks issued before April 1, 2021, the last day to submit a claim is Monday, June 20, 2022. Unclaimed funds will be transferred to the City of San Diego General Fund on July 1, 2022. To view the Unclaimed Monies Report, visit sandiego.gov/ finance/unclaimed.

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The Ninth Circuit Public Information and Community Outreach (PICO) Committee will determine the final winners at the circuit level. PICO is responsible for organizing and sponsoring the contest together with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the 15 federal judicial districts that comprise the circuit.

First-place winners at the circuit level will be invited to attend the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Big Sky, Montana, and a total of $11,400 in cash prizes will be awarded to the top three essay and video winners. Circuit-level winners will receive – $3,000 for first place, $1,700 for second place and $1,000 for third place along with a com-

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Civics Contest Finalists Finalists are the winners selected to advance to the final round of competition. Civics contests sponsored by the judicial districts in the Ninth Circuit offered cash prizes and/or certificates for the winners of their essay and video competition. Below are the winners from the Southern California that will advance to the next round of the competition at the circuit level:

Southern District of California Essay Winners: First place ($1,000) – Aadhya Tripathi of Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego; second place ($500) – Gillian Celis of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista; and third place ($250) – Oliver Charat-Collins of Canyon Crest Academy in San Diego.

Video Winners: First place ($1,000) – Gillian Celis of Eastlake High School in Chula Vista and second place ($500) – Giovanna Sanchez of Bonita Vista High School in Chula Vista.

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Protect Yourself Best Moves From Odometer For A Toned Body Fraud MICHELLE OBAMA’S

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

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The odometer is used to measure the distance a vehicle travels. Developed in the 1600s, they originally measured the distance of wagons and horse-drawn buggies.

But did you know about odometer fraud?

o you want toned arms this summer?

Ever since First Lady Michelle Obama revealed her beautiful arms to the public, women across the nation have hit the gym to get their own biceps and triceps into shape.

EXERCISES FOR TONED ARMS If sculpted arms are what you’re looking to develop, take a look at these helpful workouts from trainers who have trained our Forever First Lady. These workouts will set you on a journey to being in the best shape you can be in.

Pilates Boxing • Standing with your feet hipwidth apart and your knees bent.

• Maintain a neutral spine by hinging forward from the waist.

• Raise your fists to your shoulders and while keeping the elbows up.

• Box your right hand forward clinching the abs in the process.

• Bring the hands to the center and switch hands. Box on each side 20 times to feel the burn.

Biceps and Arm Circles What you will need: 5-8 pound

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dumbbells • Holding a dumbbell in each hand, stand with your legs slightly wider than hip width with your elbows bent and palms up.

• Keeping the spine straight, squat and circle your left hand up and in toward your shoulder in a circular motion as if beckoning someone towards you.

Reverse the motion towards the lower hand and repeat for 16 reps.

• Don’t forget to do the same on the other side.

Tricep Swing What you will need: Two 5 pound dumbbells • Lie faceup with your feet on the floor and your knees bent; take a 5-pound dumbbell in each hand and keep them a few inches off of the floor.

• While keeping the arms straight, raise the left arm

over the chest while the right arm stays over the head.

• Lower and repeat for 15 reps with the left arm and repeat on the right arm.

Do 2-3 sets.

Opposite Arm and Leg Lift helps to gain toned arms This exercise requires the use of your own body weight.

• While on all fours, reach your right arm forward while stretching your left leg back at the same time.

• Hold this pose for 5 seconds then release and repeat using the left arm and the right leg to complete one rep.

• Do 10 to 15 reps for a full workout.

Vehicle fraud is not just catalytic converter theft, it can also include odometer fraud.

While this type of fraud is not easily detected, there are useful tips to help identify odometer tampering when purchasing a used vehicle.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) odometer fraud is defined as the disconnection, resetting or alteration of a motor vehicle’s odometer with the intent to change the number of miles indicated. It is estimated that 450,000 vehicles are sold each year with false odometer readings, a crime that costs American car buyers $1 billion annually.

The NHTSA offers up these tips to detect odometer fraud: ASK to see the title and compare the mileage on it with the vehicle’s odometer. Be sure to examine the title

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closely if the mileage notation seems obscured or is not easy to read.

COMPARE the mileage on the odometer with the mileage indicated on the vehicle’s maintenance or inspection records. Also, search for oil change and maintenance stickers on windows or door frames, in the glove box or under the hood.

CHECK that the numbers on the odometer gauge are aligned correctly. If they’re crooked, contain gaps or jiggle when you bang on the dash with your hand, walk away from the purchase.

EXAMINE the tires. If the odometer on your car shows

20,000 or less, it should have the original tires. LOOK at the wear and tear on the vehicle — especially the gas, brake and clutch pedals — to be sure it seems consistent with and appropriate for the number of miles displayed on the odometer.

REQUEST a vehicle history report from a service, such as CARFAX, to check for odometer discrepancies in the vehicle’s history. If the seller does not have a vehicle history report, use the car’s VIN to order a vehicle history report online.

Visit www.nhtsa.gov to learn more information about odometer fraud.

This article was originally published on BlackPRwire. com.

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Giving Students the Vision to Learn Voice & Viewpoint Newswire On a sunny morning at Washington Elementary School, there was magic happening.

“I feel like Harry Potter put a spell on me,” the young girl shouted and stretched out her arms to fly. For the first time in her young life, the student had been given a pair of glasses.

This same magic occurred for more than 27 students at Washington Elementary through a partnership between Vision to Learn, Price Philanthropies and San Diego Unified. Trustee Richard Barrera and Principal Juan Nunez congratulated the students on making the change.

“I was a 19-year-old college student before I got my first pair of glasses,” says Barrera. “I didn’t

know I needed glasses; I just knew I couldn’t see what the professor was writing on the board. Glasses opened up a whole new world for me.”

For many adults, sitting through meetings and having trouble with their “focus” can be hard, but for young people without the ability to literally focus on their lesson, the price can be high. In addition to missing out on years of learning, it

can negatively impact their feelings about themselves.

An estimated 25 percent of all students need some sort of eye correction to achieve 20/20 vision.

However, the problem frequently goes unnoticed for years, as both parents and teachers can easily miss the need for glasses.

Susan Barndollar, the head of Nursing and Wellness at San Diego Uni-

Students get fitted for their pairs of glasses.

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fied, says all students should get screened for their vision, and if parents are unable to afford glasses, her department is ready to help identify low-cost or free options through MediCal and other sources.

5 Ways to Get Kids Excited About STEM Learning The events of the past couple of years have shown how important scientists are to making the world a better and safer place.

According to an independent research study, 91% of people believe that scientists are critical for our future well-being, and 89% say that science brings hope for the future.

Here are five ways to get kids, the next generation of scientists, excited about STEM. 1. Widen access. All kids should have access to STEM education opportunities, at school and outside of the classroom, whether it’s through an after-school program, science camp, competition, or at home.

Fortunately, online learning

tools have made it possible for more children to access such programs. Websites like youngscientistlab.com and 3M.com/ScienceAtHome feature fun and engaging projects for grades K-8, along with tools to guide kids through the experiments.

2. Connect science to something your child already loves. Connecting science to something your child already loves can help broaden their conception of what a future in STEM could entail. For example, kids who play sports may be interested in exercise science or sports medicine.

Introducing kids to science kits, experiments, and other hands-on activities can help fast-track learning, make the

contributions of and need for girls and women to solve real-world challenges.

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subject more fun and engaging, and demonstrate firsthand how science fits into the activities and interests they already love.

3. Promote gender equity in STEM education. We can help shift antiquated thinking that science is not for girls by instilling confidence in them to challenge these

stereotypes and by exposing them to the valuable work of women inventors, doctors, mathematicians, and scientists, so they can start to see themselves in these positions. Sign them up for extracurriculars like math team and coding camp, visit math and science museums together, and talk about the

4. Diversify STEM. Science is not tied to one gender, race, ethnicity, or nationality.

If we expose kids to different career landscapes in ways they can connect to, they can better understand the importance of learning these subjects, build self-awareness around their unique attributes, and open them up to envision themselves in future STEM careers.

5. Bring science to life.

Hands-on projects help bring science to life. Look for science competitions and programs that allow young minds to explore and develop real-world experi-

ence. For example, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge, a national science competition for students in grades 5 through 8 created with Discovery Education, asks students to identify a problem and come up with a unique innovation to solve it.

It can be something they’re already passionate or curious about. The best part is anyone can get involved; all you need is an idea to get started. Learn more about this year’s competition at youngscientistlab.com.

For a brighter future for everybody, give your child the resources and encouragement needed to pursue STEM. (StatePoint)

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POLLING/VOTING LOCATIONS

VOTE CENTER & BALLOT DROP BOX LOCATIONS VOTE CENTER LOCATIONS

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SAN DIEGO - 92113 5081 Logan Ave Epiphany Women In Focus Mountain View Comm Ctr-Back Meeting Rm 641 S Boundary St New Hope Baptist Church Hall 2205 Harrison Ave Southcrest Rec Ctr-Meeting Rm 1 4149 Newton Ave, Use S 40Th St

June 4 to June 7 June 4 to June 7 June 4 to June 7 May 28 to June 7

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SAN DIEGO - 92114 Audubon School-Auditorium 8111 San Vicente St Bayview Baptist Church-Auditorium 6134 Pastor Timothy J Winters St Encanto Recreation Ctr-Meeting Rm 6508 Wunderlin Ave Fulton Elementary School-Auditorium 7055 Skyline Dr Martin Luther King Jr Rec Ctr-Meeting Rm 6401 Skyline Dr

June 4 to June 7 June 4 to June 7 May 28 to June 7 June 4 to June 7 June 4 to June 7

All Vote Centers meet usable accessibility requirements.

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CHULA VISTA - 91910 Bonita Vista Middle School-Cafeteria 650 Otay Lakes Rd Chula Vista City Hall 276 4th Ave Clear View Elementary School-Auditorium 455 Windrose Way Hilltop High School-Cafeteria 555 Claire Ave Bay View Baptist Church Fred H Rohr Elem School-Cafeteria MAAC Community Center Shadow Mtn Comm Chr-Fireside Rm

CHULA VISTA - 91911 210 Jamul Ave 1540 Malta Ave 1387 3rd Ave 960 5th Ave

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LA MESA - 91942 5400 Maryland Ave Maryland Avenue Elem School-Auditorium Parkway Middle School-MPR 9009 Park Plaza Dr United Church Of Christ Of La Mesa-Hall 5940 Kelton Ave

June 4 to June 7 June 4 to June 7 June 4 to June 7

LEMON GROVE - 91945 2590 Main St Lemon Grove Masonic Lodge #736-Hall

May 28 to June 7

NATIONAL CITY - 91950 Camacho Recreation Center - Gym 1810 E 22nd St El Toyon Recreation Ctr-Classrm 2005 E 4th St Martin Luther King Jr Comm Ctr-Main Hall 140 E 12th St

May 28 to June 7 June 4 to June 7 May 28 to June 7

SAN DIEGO - 92101 Downtown Works - 2nd Flr Rm 202 & 203 550 W B St San Diego City College - P Bldg Flex Rm 1480 Park Blvd Washington Elem School-Auditorium 1789 State St Golden Hill Recreation Ctr-Gym Horton Elem School-Auditorium

SAN DIEGO - 92102 2600 Golf Course D 5050 Guymon St

SAN DIEGO - 92105 Columbus Club Of SD-Assembly Hall 4425 Home Ave Mid City Community-Gymnasium 4302 Landis St Oak Park Elem School-Auditorium 2606 54th St, Use Maple St Wilson Middle School-Meeting Rm 129 3838 Orange Ave

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SAN DIEGO - 92111 6905 Kramer St Carson Elem School-Auditorium Clairemont Covenant Chr-Fellowship Hall 5255 Mt Ararat Dr Islamic Center Of San Diego - MPR 7050 Eckstrom Ave Kearny Mesa Rec Ctr-Meeting Room 3170 Armstrong St Linda Vista Presbyterian Church - Hall 2130 Ulric St

You can vote at any vote center in the county. Select locations open throughout San Diego County from May 28 - June 6, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm and Election Day, June 7, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.

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SAN DIEGO - 92115 5600 Spartan Dr June 4 to June 7 Crawford High School-Bungalow B19 Hoover High School-800 Bldg JROTC Rm 4474 El Cajon Blvd, Use Highland Ave June 4 to June 7 Registrar of Voters

SAN DIEGO - 92123 5600 Overland Ave, Suite 100

May 28 to June 7

Mira Mesa Rec Ctr-Game Rm

SAN DIEGO - 92126 8575 New Salem St

June 4 to June 7

SAN DIEGO - 92182 SDSU Aztec Student Union-Montezuma Hall 6075 Aztec Circle Dr

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SPRING VALLEY - 91977 9400 Campo Rd Faith Chapel-Student Center New Seasons Church - Youth Center 2300 Bancroft Dr Spring Valley Community Ctr-Computer Rm 8735 Jamacha Blvd

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BALLOT DROP BOX LOCATIONS Convenient locations throughout the county to drop off your voted ballot sealed inside its return envelope. May 9 – June 6, days and hours vary by location | Election Day, June 7 all locations open 7:00 am to 8:00 pm SITE NAME & ADDRESS

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CHULA VISTA - 91910 Chula Vista Mon-Thu 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Public Library Fri-Sat 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Civic Center Branch Sun 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

365 F St Closed May 11 at 5:30 p.m.

Closed May 14.

Closed May 30 in observance of Memorial Day* First United Mon-Thu 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Methodist Church Closed May 30* 1200 E H St (entrance off of Paseo Ranchero) Norman Park Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Senior Center Sat 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

270 F St Closed May 30* Office of the Assessor/ Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Recorder/County Clerk Closed May 30* 590 3rd Ave CHULA VISTA - 91911 Otay Recreation Center Mon-Thu 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., 3554 Main St 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Fri 9 a.m. -12 p.m., 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Sat 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Closed May 30* South Chula Vista Library Mon-Thu 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

389 Orange Ave Fri-Sat 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sun 1 p.m. - 5p.m.

Closed May 30* LA MESA - 91942 Frazier Farms Mon-Sun 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.

8401 Fletcher Parkway La Mesa Branch Library Mon,Thu 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

8074 Allison Ave Tue-Wed 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Fri-Sun 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Closed May 30* Westmont of La Mesa Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

9000 Murray Dr Closed May 30* LEMON GROVE - 91945 Bella Vista Health Center Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

7922 Palm St Closed May 30* Lemon Grove Mon,Wed,Thu 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.

Branch Library Tue 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.

3001 School Ln Fri-Sat 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Closed May 30* NATIONAL CITY - 91950 Lincoln Acres Tue 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Branch Library Wed-Thu 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

2725 Granger Ave Fri-Sat 10 a.m. - 5 p.m National City Mon-Wed 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Public Library Sat 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

1401 National City Blvd Closed May 30* SAN DIEGO - 92101 Central Library Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

330 Park Blvd Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed May 30* Firehouse Museum Thu-Fri 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

1572 Columbia St Sat-Sun 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

San Diego Unified Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Port District Closed May 13,27,30* 3165 Pacific Hwy

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SAN DIEGO - 92101 Continued The Old Globe Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

1363 Old Globe Way Closed May 30* SAN DIEGO - 92105 City Heights/ Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Weingart Library Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

3795 Fairmount Ave Closed May 30* Oak Park Library Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

2802 54th St Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed May 30* SAN DIEGO - 92111 Linda Vista Library Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

2160 Ulric St Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed May 30* SAN DIEGO - 92113 Barrio Station Mon-Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

2175 Newton Ave Closed May 30* Logan Heights Library Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

567 S 28th St Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed May 30* Mountain View/ Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Beckwourth Library Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

721 San Pasqual St Closed May 30* SAN DIEGO - 92114 Valencia Park/ Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Malcolm X Library Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

5148 Market St Closed May 30* SAN DIEGO - 92115 College-Rolando Library Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

6600 Montezuma Rd Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed May 30* San Diego Center for Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. the Blind Closed May 30* 5922 El Cajon Blvd The Salvation Army Mon-Fri 6 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Kroc Center Sat 7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

6845 University Ave Sun 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Closed May 30* SAN DIEGO - 92123 Registrar of Voters Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

5600 Overland Ave, Suite 100 SAN DIEGO - 92139 Paradise Hills Library Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

5922 Rancho Hills Dr Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed May 30* Skyline Hills Library Mon-Tue 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m.

7900 Paradise Valley Rd Wed-Sat 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed May 30* SPRING VALLEY - 91977 Casa de Oro Branch Mon,Wed,Thu 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Library Tue 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.

9805 Campo Rd #180 Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Closed May 30* Spring Valley Branch Mon,Wed,Thu 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Library Tue 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.

836 Kempton St Fri 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Closed May 30* SPRING VALLEY - 91978 San Miguel Fire Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 12 p.m., Protection District 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

2850 Via Orange Way Closed May 30*

*Note: Select locations closed on Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day

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BUSINESS NEWS Board of Supes Approve Subcontractor

Transparency Ordinance Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

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he San Diego County Board of Supervisors, on May 11, passed two separate ordinances about subcontractor transparency, after the to increase the amount of information contractors provide about the subcontractors they use on their projects in unincorporated areas of the County. Union leaders are supportive of this new subcontractor transparency ordinance.

“There are too many subcontractors that prey on working families and use exploitation as a business model. Today’s ordinance ensures we are able to identify the bad actors that plague the construction industry,” said Doug Hicks, Regional Manager, Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters.

“Multi-layered employment structures can create accountability problems and dangerous conditions at worksites, including in the public right-of-way. Lowroad subcontracting is a huge problem in the telecom industry, affecting work quality, worker safety, and public safety. We have seen substandard work quality and unsafe work conditions,” said Frank Lopez, Maintenance Splicing Technician for 23 years and Chair of CWA Local 9509 Health and Safety Committee.

The updated ordinance will collect the following information before a subcontractor gets onsite: • Subcontractor specialty, name/contact, license number, and workers compensation policy, • Start and end dates of subcontractor work • Subcontractor address • Detailed scope of work done on job

• Verification of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or wage violations • Subcontractor Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) status • Special safety licenses or training requirements for a subcontractor’s scope of work The following are types of projects that will require greater subcontractor transparency

Photo: County of San Diego Webcast

Building Permits: 1.) All new commercial, residential tracts (five or more lots), and multifamily construction projects (5 or more units); 2.) Commercial tenant improvement (renovation) projects that affect more than 10,000 square feet of space under the renovation; and 3.) Projects associated with General Plan Amendments Right-of-Way Permits: 1.)

Projects that are done in the right-of-way to provide for transport of energy, water, or sewer that are subject to State Prevailing Wage; and 2.) Projects in the right-ofway not subject to State Prevailing Wage (excluding residential projects for driveways and retaining walls) Approximately 14,000 to 18,000 building permits annually and roughly 2,200 right-of-way permits annually are issued, and the overwhelming majority use subcontractors.

LISA COOK, First Black

Woman To Head Fed Post

By Christopher Rugaber Associated Press The Senate confirmed economist Lisa Cook on Tuesday, May 10, to serve on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, making her the first Black woman to do so in the institution’s 108-year history. Her approval was on a narrow, party-line vote of 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the decisive vote.

Senate Republicans argued that she is unqualified for the position, saying she doesn’t have sufficient experience with interest rate policy.

They also said her testimony before the Senate Banking Committee suggested she wasn’t sufficiently committed to fighting inflation, which is running at four-decade highs.

Cook has a doctorate in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and has been a professor of economics and international relations at Michigan State since 2005. She was also a staff economist on the White House Council of Economic

1. Be flexible: Traveling at offhours or mid-week can trim your plane or train fare, as can avoiding holiday weekends.

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Some of her most well-known research has focused on the impact of lynchings and racial violence on AfricanAmerican innovation.

Cook is only the second of Biden’s five nominees for the Fed to win Senate confirmation. His Fed choices have faced an unusual level of partisan opposition, given the Fed’s history as an independent agency that seeks to remain above politics.

Some critics charge, however, that the Fed has contributed to the increased scrutiny by addressing a broader range of issues in recent years, such as the role of climate change on financial stability and racial disparities in employment.

Biden called on the Senate early Tuesday to approve his nominees as the Fed seeks to combat inflation.

“I will never interfere with the Fed,” Biden said. “The Fed should do its job and will do its job, I’m convinced.”

Lisa Cook, nominee to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, speaks during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Washington. (Ken Cedeno via AP)

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is currently serving in a temporary capacity after his term ended in February. He was approved by the Senate Banking Committee by a nearly unanimous vote in March. Fed governor Lael Brainard was confirmed two weeks ago for the Fed’s influential vice chair position by a 52-43 vote.

Philip Jefferson, a economics professor and dean at Davidson College in North Carolina, has also been nominated by Biden for a governor slot and was approved unanimously by the Finance Committee. He would be the fourth Black man to serve on the Fed’s board.

Cost-Cutting Tips for Your Dream Vacation After more than two years of the pandemic, you’re probably eager to get out and explore the world. But as desire and demand for travel skyrockets, so do the prices to get there.

Here are some great ways to maximize your savings, so you can make your dream vacation a reality:

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concierge, rental host, restaurant servers and other locals for the best ways to get off the beaten path.

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exchange for vouchers, credits and other perks.

2. Do as the locals do: The areas of a town or region where tourists congregate tend to have the most expensive restaurants and stores. After seeing the must-see sights, be sure to get recommendations and insights from your hotel

3. Eat in: Depending on the type of travel you’re doing, it may make sense to eat some of your meals in order to save some money. If there is a small kitchen or grill where you’re staying, make use of it. Visiting a nearby grocery store can actually be an interesting way to take in the local flair of your destination and sample some of the best food the area has to offer.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS BIG OIL AND GOLD MINERS GET THE SHIPWRECK MUSEUM IN

CAPE VERDE RECALLS

‘UNWELCOME MAT’ A DARK PAST FROM AFRICAN GRASSROOTS GROUPS Global Information Network

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il companies and gold mines in Africa are facing increasingly fierce challenges from grassroots community organizations trying to address serious climate concerns.

Shell Oil, to give an example, was hit with legal challenges as both the company and individual Board members faced opposition from Friends of the Earth. Total, a French oil major and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation East Africa Oil Pipeline (EACOP) continue to face significant opposition from locals, with 260 community groups across Uganda, Tanzania, and neighboring countries drawing awareness to the situation globally with the campaign #StopEACOP. Public protests, legal action, and media attention have helped delay the works for the last two years.

The ‘heart of Africa’ line shipping crude from Uganda to Tanzania is unnecessary and poses a huge environmental risk, they say.

Last month, Friends of the Earth Netherlands/milieudefensie sent a letter to Shell directors citing their personal responsibility in not acting on a climate case verdict one year ago at The Hague. By continuing to violate human rights, the company could have endangered the community by causing dangerous climate change, they said.

“Millions of people around the world are suffering from increasingly extreme weather events: drought,

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fires, floods and other climate impacts. Yet Shell seems to think it does not need to implement the orders of a Dutch court to reduce its emissions,” warned Sam Cossar, Friends of the Earth International.

“This is morally wrong and economically risky, for both the company and Shell’s Board of directors, who have a legal obligation to enact the climate verdict.”

At the current Mining Indaba in South Africa, Barrick Gold - the largest gold producer in Africa attempted to polish its reputation by blaming developed countries for their selfishness in hoarding COVID vaccines. “Global problems need global solutions. But instead of the developed countries leading a coordinated response to the need for COVID vaccines, we saw them give a shameful display of selfishness, initially at least, starving poorer countries of vaccines while they sat on stockpiles of the stuff,” Mark Bristow, Barrick CEO said.

“If ever there was a need for partnership, this was it, and they failed the test.”

But Barrick Gold record was not

much better when it faced legal action in the UK on behalf of victims of shootings and beatings by mine security at their North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania. Continuously embroiled in conflict and legal action, according to Mining Watch Canada, the company has “deeply harmful relations with the indigenous communities that surround its mines.”

In yearly visits since 2014, MiningWatch Canada has documented over 200 cases of excess use of force at this mine, and supports some of the victims through the current legal action by Cardiff-based firm Hugh James.

Early this year, indigenous communities, environmentalists and fishing groups in South Africa celebrated a court ruling that ordered oil giant Shell to suspend plans for seismic blasting along the country’s eastern coast.

Other African grassroots groups resisting the once all-powerful oil and other extractive industries operations include Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria and the DRC, according to 350Africa.org, an African grassroots movement.

“We believe that an African grassroots movement can hold our leaders accountable to the realities of science and the principles of climate justice,” they wrote on their website. “That movement is rising from the bottom up all over the continent and is coming together to champion solutions that will ensure a better future for all.”

FOR BLASPHEMY, IS LATEST Global Information Network Religious conflicts have escalated dramatically in recent years.

Throughout the 1950-1996 periods, these conflicts constituted 33% to 47% of all conflicts.

Few continents are exempt from this picture of faith-based conflict and today Nigerians are grappling with a troubling theological issue following the stoning death of a Christian college student, allegedly for committing blasphemy on a social media site.

Few have seen the site or what Deborah Yakubu Samuel, age 25, a student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto state is alleged to have said on the WhatsApp online platform. What is known is that a group of young men, crying ‘blasphemy’, took law into their own hands, snatching her from school, stoning her and then covering her with tires which were set on fire.

Some have defended the violent action, noting that Nigerian law upholds punishment for “insult to religion.” Section 204 of the Criminal Code states: “Any person who does an act which any class of persons considers a public insult on their religion… is guilty of a mis-

demeanor and liable to imprisonment for two years.”

But another section in the Constitution entitles every Nigerian to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and freedom of expression.

Nonetheless, dozens of cases of mob punishment for blasphemy have taken place over the years including one ignited by a daily newspaper, Thisday, suggesting that Muhammad would have approved of a Miss World pageant that was taking place in Abuja.

Muslim mobs attacked the paper, burning down its office building in Kaduna. Churches and properties owned by Christians were attacked.

Soldiers and police intervened. About two hundred and fifty people died.

In another case, rioting took place after a Christian teacher confiscated a copy of a Quran from a pupil reading it during an English lesson. More than twenty Christians died in the rioting and two churches were destroyed.

Fellow student “Rakia” remembered how the murderous melee began, starting with a discussion on the WhatsApp platform created for students. Someone asked

The official language is Portuguese, the language of instruction and government and in newspapers, TV and radio, but the recognized national language is Cape Verdean Creole, spoken by the vast majority of the population.

A sizeable Cape Verdean diaspora community exists across the world, especially in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and in Portugal, considerably outnumbering the inhabitants on the islands.

New finds from archaeologists have brought to light fresh evidence of Cape Verde’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Charles Akibode, director of Cape Verde’s Institute of Cultural Heritage claims nations often sent pirates to do their dirty work.

The Portuguese colonization of the Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) began in 1462. Initially envisaged as a base to give mariners direct access to West African trade, the Central Atlantic islands soon became a major hub of the Atlantic slave trade.

Enslaved Africans were used on the sugar plantations of the islands and sold on to ships sailing to the Americas. The islands gained independence from Portugal in 1975.

As Cape Verde was much further from Portugal than the other Atlantic colonies (about two weeks sailing), the islands attracted fewer European settlers, especially women. As a consequence, Europeans and Africans intermarried on the islands, creating an Afro-Portuguese culture with a strong African religious and artistic influence.

SCHOOLGIRL, MURDERED VICTIM OF NIGERIAN RELIGIOUS STRIFE

The Republic of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) is an archipelago island nation to the west of Senegal and Mauritania, consisting of 10 volcanic islands that lie between 320 and 460 nautical miles west of CapVert, the westernmost point of continental Africa.

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Deborah how she passed last semester’s exam and she replied it was ‘Jesus o.’

“Immediately, about three other chats came in from two Muslims and one Christian, telling her to retract the statement. Two students from other departments told Deborah’s close friends to prevail on her to retract the statement. But she replied via a voice note: “The group wasn’t created for that but rather as a notice on test, assignment, exam, etc, not these nonsense religious posts.”

Young men from outside the school were led inside to look for Deborah, Rakia recalled. “Those in the class took her to the security post where a cab was waiting to drive her to the police station. Unfortunately, the mob overpowered everyone who tried to save her.

They even threatened to kill anyone who attempted to stand in their way.”

“She was dragged out, flogged and stoned. Her last words were ‘what do you hope to achieve with this?’

Finally, all the Christian students fled the school premises. When I got home I heard she was set ablaze. Since the incident, I have been having a flash of her pleading for mercy... What a cruel way

The Museu dos Náufragos (Shipwreck Museum), on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde, has reopened two years after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Here, history is told from the period of the discoveries, slavery, isolation, survival, drought and Creole culture.

The Museum is the result of the work of two decades by Maurizio Rossi, an Italian archaeologist.

“This is a three-story museum

to die.”

While President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, and others have condemned the violence, several Muslim leaders defended the action. Chief Imam of the Abuja National Mosque, Prof. Ibrahim Maqari, justified the murder on his Twitter page.

Maqari warned those who broke the religion’s red lines would face severe consequences. Anas Mohammad Sani, a government official in Sokoto, also threatened that Christians in Nigeria would be killed if they said anything derogatory about the venerated Prophet Muhammad.

Former vice president and current aspirant Atiku Abubakar also hesitated to condemn the murder. His first post on Twitter attacked the

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that starts in the darkest part of history,” Rossi said. “Hundreds of objects are exhibited here such as finds from the wreck of historical ships off Boa Vista, pieces from the period of the pirate attacks to the island or from the sending of enslaved Africans to the Americas and, also, from the Cape Verdean art, and its evolution during the encounters of cultures.”

Through the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, a law enacted by the Portuguese government in 1899 allowed authorities to force any kind of work, no matter how low the wage or undesirable the situation, upon any unemployed male. This enabled the government to maintain the work force on the cocoa plantations during another grave famine in 1902 to 1903.

In the 1950s, protest was mounting throughout Portuguese Africa. A group of Cape Verdeans and people from the mainland colony of Guinea-Bissau, led by Amilcar Cabral, joined forces to organize the Partido Africano de Independencia de Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC).

Those who resisted politically were subject to the terrors of the Portuguese secret police, and sometimes imprisoned in the concentration camp at Tarrafal, on Sao Tiago. Built in 1936, it operated until 1956. It reopened in 1962, under the name of ‘Chão Bom Labour Camp’, with the purpose of incarcerating anti-colonial activists from Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde.

On April 25, 1974, the government in Portugal was overthrown. The new Portuguese government was prepared to destroy their old colonies, but reconsidered, believing that they could still control the colonies with puppet governments.

The Cape Verdeans resisted, supporting the PAIGC, and general strikes were called. The government surrendered when all services and production stopped.

Independence Day was established on July 5, 1975 and is celebrated

by Cape Verdeans throughout the world. Many music lovers now know Cape Verde for the stunning work of singer Cesaria Evora.

violent mob but he later deleted it, claiming he had not authorized the post. Critics claimed it followed a threat to deny him thousands of votes from the northern area.

Last but not least, Dr. Abiola AfolabiAkiyode, speaking for a coalition of women’s groups declared: ”The blatant disregard for human lives and the continuous killing of women and girls with impunity and the normalization of jungle justice shows the failure of states to secure the people.”

The burial of Deborah Emmanuel has taken place in her hometown, Tunga Magajiya, Niger State, amidst tears.

For updates to the story, visit news reporter Adeola Fayehun on YouTube, Instagram or Twitter.

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OBITUARIES Carl Muhammad

Laron L. Wright

EverLee Mills

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

07/07/1964

01/13/1933

04/27/1944

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

05/08/2022

04/15/2022

04/12/2022

Carl Horne was born in Newark, New Jersey, on July 7,1964, where he began and completed his education. He met his wife Penny his last year of high school. Soon after, they started their family.

He joined the Nation of Islam in 1985, where he learned the true meaning of entrepreneurship (Do for self). He started cutting hair from home and had a fruit stand. Carl was also in the Police Academy all while still working a fulltime job. On March 28, 1987, they lost their daughter Natosha at the age of 3. Months later, they decided to relocate to San Diego, CA. Shortly thereafter, their family expanded.

Carl attended Mosque #8, where he began to lay the foundation. Carl mentored the youth early on as well, the young men and women. Carl would make and sell incense and body oils, he opened a t-shirt store on market street, a bakery outlet where you can also rent videos of minister louis Farrakhan.

In 1992, Carl and his wife opened one of the first beauty and barber salons in southeast San Diego, called “Isis.” Later that year he opened the second Isis on Imperial Avenue and Isis 3 in national city. While in business, he employed well over 25 people. He even started the Isis Youth Club where he would take the youth to the symphony and plan family days annually.

He introduced Kwanzaa to the Isis family and would host the events at the shop and his home. He put together the Black Business Directory and honored the Muslim communities with a banquet and presented awards. On January 15, 2000, he opened the Salaam Fish House on Imperial Avenue, where he maintained his business for over 20 years until his stroke in 2015.

Carl was a true businessman, husband, father, brother, coach, and friend.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Reba Horne, his mother, Phyllis Lewis and his Daughter, Natasha Horne. He is survived by his father, Carl Horne Sr.; his wife Penny Horne; sons Corey Walker, Rashad Muhammad, Ahmad Muhammad, Jihad Muhammad, and Farad Muhhamad; sisters Michelle Horne andTahtinisha Blackwell; brothers Kevin Crenell, Derrick Horne and Raymond Horne; grandchildren Mecca Muhamma, Naomi Muhammad and Rossi Muhammad, nieces Sharney Horne, Sharayah Horne and Ashley Horne; nephew Tosh Horne and many grand-nieces and grand-nephews, as well as a host of other relatives and friends that are too many too mention. He was truly loved by all.

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Funeral services were held on 04/28/2022 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the burial following at Cypress View Mausoleum. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

Laron Lawrence Wright was the fifth child born to Louis Cornelius Wright, Sr., and Effie Lee Shields Wright. He was born on January 13, 1933, in Temple, Texas. He was the baby of the family for a long time, before his little sister came along, so his older brother “Buddy” called him “Baby.”

Laron accepted Christ as his Savior at an early age and was baptized at David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Austin, Texas. As a member of the church, he took part in many youth ministries. He often played his trumpet during church services with his brother-in-law on clarinet.

Laron attended public schools in Austin, Texas, and graduated from L.C. Anderson High School. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.

He later joined the United States Marine Corps and served a tour in Europe.

While in the military he played his trumpet in the marching band.

After his tour in the Marine Corps, he decided to make San Diego, CA, his home where he met and married his future bride, Gladys Dillon. To their union were born two lovely daughters, Tiffany and Terri.

Laron spent 31 years working for the United States government, of which 28 were for the U.S. Postal Service.

Laron was a member of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings.

Funeral services were held on 05/10/2022 at Good News Baptist Church with the burial following at Miramar National Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

EverLee was born on April 27, 1944, in Aikens County, South Carolina. One of five daughters born to H.B. and Georgia Mae Borum, she and her family moved to Washington, D.C. She graduated from McKinley Tech High School.

She attended nursing school at Catholic University in D.C., graduating as a Registered Nurse. She found work for a local hospital before moving into the school system.

EverLee was blessed with a son, Nelson B. Simmons III. She met Sammie Lee Mills in 1968. The couple married after moving to San Diego, CA. EverLee worked for the San Diego Unified School District. Having an affinity for helping young girls, she began fostering daughters.

She owned and operated the ‘Mills Board and Care Home.’ EverLee nurtured, mentored, cared for and helped hundreds of women and young girls.

EverLee and her husband became founding members of Good News Missionary Baptist Church. EverLee became the church’s first secretary and both formed and headed the Pastor’s Aide Committee. A member of the Choir, Mission and Sunday School.

On April 12th, 2022, She entered into rest. She was preceded in death by her biological parents, her adoptive parents, her brother Andrew Lee and four sisters - Linda, Patricia, Bernice and Lizetta. She leaves to cherish her memory and maintain her legacy, her husband Sammie Lee Mills; her son Nelson B. Simmons III of San Diego, CA; Sheila D. Henderson (Ahmad Steele) of Houston, TX; Seven dear grandchildren - DeAndre E.L. Simmons of Berlin, Germany; Jermain Morgan of San Diego, CA; Goldy B. Simmons of Chandler, AZ; Janelle Bowes-Simmons and Linelle Bowes of Victoria, B.C. (Canada); Danielle and Joshua Simmons, also of San Diego, CA; One great-grandchild Jaylon James Bowes-Simmons; Godson Harold Joseph Mack III (Carmen and family) of San Diego, CA; Goddaughter LaTasha P. Wilson (daughter: Alexis); Foster daughter, Sandra Tillman of San Diego, CA (Alyssa Tillman); and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins, friends, foster daughters and those for whom she cared through her Board and Care Home.

“ Memory is a way of holding on to the things †¢

T he Lord is close

Sonja Julia Shaw

to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

SUNRISE 06/23/1944

SUNSET 04/16/2022

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY Funeral services were held on 05/13/2022 at 31st Street 7th Day Adventist Church with a burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

Sonja Julia Shaw was born in San Diego, California, on June 23, 1944. She was the eldest daughter of John D. Shaw and Beulah Maxine McCoy. Sonja had an older brother, Dr. Walter J. Shaw, who was born exactly the same day as Sonja, only one year earlier. She also had two younger sisters, Synthia and Sylvia. They were twins.

Sonja went to Lincoln High School in San Diego, CA, and graduated in 1962. She later attended Kelsey-Jenny Business School. Sonja began her professional career as an Airline Reservationist for PSA Airlines in 1969. She worked for the Airlines for over 50 years. Later, PSA Airlines became American Airlines, which

”

you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

is the company Sonja retired from in 2019.

Sonja was a dedicated and loyal employee and she made many friends over the years.

Sonja played the piano and sang at her high school and at the 31st Street SDA Church.

Many of her first cousins and friends sang in the choir. Sonja had a son, Byron Shaw.

Affectionately, he was called “Casper” by his family. Unfortunately, Casper passed away on February 19, 1991.

Sonja married Dr. James E. White on Sunday, February 2, 1992. She and James loved to travel together. Sonja and James lived in Murrieta, CA. Later moved to Winston Salem, North Carolina. Sonja and James continued to travel and met many dear friends.

Sonja had a deep faith from her spiritual upbringing in the SDA Church. She loved the Lord and prayed daily. Sonja was baptized by the leadership of Elder Black when she was eleven years old. She dedicated herself to the Lord and remained a Devoured Christian all her life.

Sonja’s father, John D. Shaw, mother, Beulah Maxine Shaw-Cotton, her son, Byron Shaw, her younger sister, Sylvia Shaw, and husband, Dr. James E. White, all preceded her in death. Sonja leaves behind her devoted brother, Dr. Walter J. Shaw, sister in law, Dr. Candace J. Shaw, her younger loyal sister, Synthia Corum, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends from all over the country.

Psalm 34:18

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OBITUARIES Ernestine Edwards

Marilyn Rockett

Karin Gail Hollins

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

03/31/1934

04/24/1956

09/19/1960

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

04/16/2022

03/19/2022

04/12/2022

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY Funeral services were held on 05/06/2022 at Memory Chapel of AndersonRagsdale Mortuary with the burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary.

MARILYN ROCKET was born on March 31, 1934, in Blytheville, Arkansas, to Geneva and Ike Rockett. Her mother and father preceded her in death. Marilyn also received her education and graduated from high school in Blytheville, Arkansas. Shortly after graduation, she moved to San Diego, California, where she began her career at the Naval Hospital. A few years later, she continued her career at Sharps Hospital, where she eventually retired after 27 years in the medical field. She had a passion for caring and helping others…She also had a passion for Brisk Ice Tea!!

Marilyn is survived by her Children Ronald Rockett, Dexter Rockett, Regina Terrell, Toni Rockett, Anita Rockett, Carolyn Rockett, Floyd Moran, Betty Hearn, Farline Lockett and J.C Moran. She is also survived by a host of Grandkids, Great-Grandkids, Great-Great-Grandkids, Family and Friends.

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ERNESTINE EDWARDS, affectionately known as “Ernie” by family and friends, was born on April 24, 1956, in San Diego, Ca, to loving, caring parents, Celeste Frazier and Moses Edwards. The Edwards children were born and raised in San Diego, California. Ernie was the youngest girl of eight brothers and sisters.

Ernestine and her other siblings lost their parents at a young age.

KARIN GAIL HOLLINS was born September 19, 1960, to the late Irving Hollins, Jr. and Ola Mae Hollins in San Diego, California. Karin attended local schools in San Diego and graduated from Madison High School in 1977. Karin was baptized by the late Dr. S.M. Lockridge of Calvary Baptist Church.

Ernestine was a smart, loving, kind-hearted person. She enjoyed life and loved people. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, and friend. She enjoyed cooking, music, and being around family. Ernestine attended Baker Elementary, Gompers, Lincoln High School in 1973, and attended some college courses.

After graduating from high school, Ernie and high school sweetheart Donald Ray Smith had a beautiful daughter, LaTesha Smith. In late 1989, Ernie and Wendell were blessed sixteen years later with a beautiful baby girl, Tashonda Harrison.

She was preceded in death by both her parents Moses and Celeste Edwards, one sister Henry Littleton, and two brothers Clarence and Alphonso Edwards.

Ernie leaves to cherish her memory her two daughters, Latesha Smith (significant other Ronald W.) and Tashonda Harrison-Joseph (Erric J.); three sisters, Linda Edwards, Pat (Jerry) Reed, Erma (Delvin) Barnett; and her brother Johnney Edwards; one grandchild Nijah Carter; her favorite nephew and nieces, Trevor Collins, Keith Mitchell, Anthony Edwards, Johnell L., Lavigne Hill, Sajanah Reed, Spanky Edwards, Michelle E.; and a host of great-nieces, nephews, and friends.

Prenda Danette Cole

Karin, affectionately known as KK or Auntie KK, was full of jokes, laughter, and an infectious smile that would light up a room. Karin was a social butterfly who often found herself the life of the party. In fact, the party didn’t start until KK entered the room. Karin could brighten your day with her love and huge smile. Karin loved having a good time with family and friends. It was a family joke among Karin’s children, nieces, and nephews that “she couldn’t hold water.” Karin was a die-hard sports fan; and her favorite football team was the Raiders and with basketball she had favorite players.

On Tuesday afternoon, April 12, 2022, at 4:14 P.M., God said, “Come home my daughter, take your rest.” With her daughter and son by her side, she bowed her quiet spirit and transitioned peacefully to the other side.

Karin leaves to cherish her memory her children: Nikkia Brown and Jamal Brown of San Diego; her wife, Lisa Marshall; the father of her children, Darrell Brown; her sister, Walthea “Lynn” Graham of San Diego; a plethora of nieces and nephews that she loved dearly; and many other relatives and friends.

Karin was preceded in death by both parents; two brothers: Vernon Hollins and Irving Hollins; sister-in-law, Doris K. Hollins; brother-in-law, Russell W. Graham, Jr.; great-niece De’Aujanae Graham; and great-nephew, Damahjion Graham.

SUNRISE 04/11/1964

SUNSET 04/03/2022

ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL MORTUARY Today, we are gathered here to say farewell to a beloved mother, sister, aunty, and friend. Prenda Danette Cole began life on April 11, 1964, in San Diego, California, to the late Donald and Mayron Cole.

PRENDA started her formal education here at Emerson Elementary, Memorial Jr. High, going on to graduate from Point Loma High where she received her diploma. While enrolled in high school, she joined NROTC Program, where she had aspirations of joining the Navy after graduation.

At an early age, Prenda accepted God into her life. It wasn’t until she reached adulthood and developed a personal relationship with God and got baptized.

Prenda was always the life of the party, and the biggest social butterfly. She loved to joke, talk, and laugh with just about anybody. She had a big heart and was always willing to help those in need.

On Sunday April 3, 2022, Prenda passed away peacefully in her sleep. She leaves to mourn her passing, but cherish her memories: her two sons, Iziah Sherman and Meyraun Cole of San Diego; a daughter, Tasha’Neisha of Louisiana; her brother, Raymond Horn of Pontiac; her sister, Mildred Noel-Jones of San Diego; and an abundance of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, cousins, and friends.

Memories Build a Special Bridge

Our memories build a special bridge when loved ones have to part to help us feel we’re with them still and sooth a grieving heart.

Our memories span the years we shared, preserving ties that bind, They build a special bridge of love and bring us peace of mind.

Emily Matthews

May Time Soften Your Pain In times of darkness, love sees…

In times of silence, love hears...

In times of doubt, love hopes…

To Honour You

In times of sorrow, love heals...

And in all times, love remembers.

May time soften the pain Until all that remains Is the warmth of the memories And the love.

Connie F. Kiefer Byrd

To honour you...

I get up every day and take a breath.

And start another day without you in it.

To honour you...

I laugh and love with those who knew your smile And the way your eyes twinkled with mischief and

secret knowledge.

To honour you...

I take the time to appreciate everyone I love, I know now there is no guarantee of days or hours spent in their presence.

To honour you...

I listen to music you would

have liked, And sing at the top of my lungs, with the windows rolled down To honour you...

I take chances, say what I feel, hold nothing back, Risk making a fool of myself, dance every dance.

You were my light, my heart, my gift of love, from the very highest source.

So every day, I vow to make a difference, share a smile, live, laugh and love.

Now I live for us both, so all I do, I do to honour you.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY Christians’ United in the Word of God Conference Call Worship Service: SUNDAYS 10:30 AM Call: 1-701-802-5400 Access Code 1720379# Rev. Luis A. Garcia, Sr. Pastor

Bishop / Pastor Adlai E. Mack

All are Welcome to Join Us.

Pastor Milton Chambers, Sr. & First Lady Alice Chambers

Pastor Dennis Hodges 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

619.232.0510 • www.bethelamesd.com

9:30 A.M. Sunday Service In Person, Live Stream on Facebook - www.facebook.com/stpaulsumcsd

10:00 A.M. Sunday Service In Person, Live Stream on Facebook, Youtube and on bethelamesd.com

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

Rev. Harvey L. Vaughn, III

“Come Worship With Us”

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

619.469.4916 Email: newassurancebaptistchurch@yahoo.com

858.485.6110 • www.mesaview.org Email: mvbcadmin@mesaview.org

10 A.M. Sunday Service Live Stream on Facebook, Youtube, Sunday School Lesson Immediately following service.

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. - In person Wednesday Night Bible Study & Prayer 6:00 p.m. - In person

We are using YouTube under our website of www.mesaview.org or www.YouTube.com 8:45 A.M. Sunday School Class - Via Zoom Call Contact Office for details 10 A.M. Sunday Service • 7 P.M. Wednesday Bible Study Visit our site for previous sermons: www.mesaview.org

12 P.M. Wednesday Bible Study Live Stream on Facebook, 2P.M. on Youtube

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”

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

Lively Stones Missionary Baptist Church

Phillips Temple CME Church

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

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

5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

1728 S. 39th Street San Diego, CA 92113

619.263.3097 • t.obie95@yahoo.com

619.262.2505

Sunday School 9 :00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Breakfast @ 8:00 AM Church Service 9:00 AM In-Person and on, Live Stream Facebook.com/PTCSanDiego & YouTube - Zoom Go to ptcmesd@gmail.com Sunday School @ 10:30 Wednesday Bible Study @ 6:00 PM In-Person and On Zoom ID: 81144203904 P: 867104

619.262.6004 • Fax 619.262.6014 www.embcsd.com

Pastor Keith Eric Ellison

Pastor Jared B. Moten

Sunday School 9 :30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 12 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

“A Life Changing Ministry” Romans 12:2

The Church of Yeshua Ha Mashiach Hebrew for “Jesus the Messiah”

Bethel Baptist Church

Total Deliverance Worship Center

1819 Englewood Dr. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

1962 Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92105

138 28th Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.724.6226 • www.coyhm.org

619.266.2411 • www.bethelbc.com bethel@bethelbc.com

www.totaldeliverance.org Fax: 619.303.2008 Mail: 7373 University Ave. Suite 217, La Mesa, CA 91942

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

Sunday Worship Service 9:00 a.m.

Saturday Shabbat Service 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Dr. John W. Ringgold, Sr. Pastor

Sunday Morning Prayer 6:00 & Worship 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9 :30 a.m.

Morning Worship Youth & Children’s Church 11:00 a.m.

Community Prayer (Hemera) Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. 7:30 a.m.

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 7:30 p.m.

Mid Week Prayer Wednesday 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m.

Suffragan Bishop Dr. William A. Benson, Pastor & Dr. Rachelle Y. Benson, First Lady

Sunday Early Morning Worship Service 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

“It Takes Team Work to Make the Dream Work”

Eagles Nest Christian Center

Mount Olive Baptist Church

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

36 South 35th Street San Diego, Ca 92113

4995 A Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.266.2293 • jwarren@sdvoice.info www.facebook.com/EaglesNestChristianCenter

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619.264.3369

Sunday First Worship 9:30 a.m.

Second Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 p.m.

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Sunday School 9 :00 a.m.

Morning Service 10:45 a.m.

New Membership Orientation BTU 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Eve Prayer Service 6:00 p.m.

Sunday Services: Bible Study: 9 :00 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Pastor Antonio D. Johnson

Join Us via Zoom Meeting:

Pastor Donnell and First Lady Sheila Townsend

Real God, Real People, Real Results.

Online or Dial: 1(669) 900-6833 Meeting ID: 747 601 3471 • Passcode: 626024

“To Serve this present age” Matt: 28:19-20

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Search: Pastor John E. Warren San Diego We are a non-denominational full fellowship of believers dedicated to reach our community with the gospel and providing a place for believers to workship, learn, fellowship, serve and grow into the fullness of Christ Jesus.

This ministry is to build people of Purpose, Prayer, Power, Praise and Prosperity. This mandate is being fulfilled by reaching the reality of the gospel in a simplistic fashion, and a result, learning how to apply it in everyday life.

Minister Donald R. Warner Sr.

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Wednesday Youth Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Rev. Julius R. Bennett

Calvary Baptist Church

Greater Woodlawn Park Church of God in Christ

719 Cesar E. Chavez Pkwy San Diego, CA 92113

124 Spruce Road Chula Vista, CA 91911

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Sundays Bible Discovery Hour 9 :30 a.m.

Mid Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

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Running to Represent: Black Dem and GOP Candidates Vying for Cal Legislature Seats

By Joe W. Bowers Jr. California Black Media

Democrat Jennifer Esteen is a Psychiatric Registered Nurse. She is on the ballot to represent Assembly District (20) Alameda.

Her opponents are two Democrats and a Republican. This is a solid Democratic district. No incumbent is on the ballot.

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Primaries will be held June 7 for four positions on the California Board of Equalization, all 80 seats in the State Assembly, and 20 State Senate seats. Half of the 40 State Senate seats are subject to election every two years.

The 20 even numbered districts are on ballots this year.

Democrat Maurice Goodman is a San Mateo County Community College District Trustee.

He is running to represent Assembly District 21 (San Mateo). He is running against five Democrats and a Republican. This is a solid Democratic district. No incumbent is on the ballot.

California Black Media (CBM) is reporting that no Black candidates are running for the Board of Equalization. Malia Cohen, current Board Chair and the first Black woman elected to the Board, is passing up a re-election bid to continue representing District 2 to run for State Controller instead.

Democrat Jon Wizard is a Councilmember and Housing Policymaker. He is running to represent Assembly District 30 (San Luis Obispo). He is running against three Democrats and a Republican. This is a solid Democratic district. No incumbent is on the ballot.

There are five Black candidates running for two State Senate seats. Four are Democrats and one is a Republican. Three candidates are women and two are men.

Democrat Marlon G. Ware is a University Professor and Director. He is also a retired US Marine officer. He is running to represent Assembly District 36 (Imperial). He has two opponents. Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D) currently representing the 56th Assembly District is on the ballot for this seat due to redistricting. This is a solid Democratic district.

Twenty-two Black candidates are on ballots for 18 State Assembly contests. Twenty candidates are Democrats and two are Republicans. Eight candidates are women and 14 are men. Nine races involve incumbents, and eight incumbents are Black. Three Black incumbents are running unopposed.

Two Assembly seats are being contested by more than one Black candidate.

Although African Americans are 5.8% of California residents and 7% of the voting-eligible population, Black candidates are on ballots for 10% of the Senate races and 22.5% of the Assembly races.

State Senators represent an average of 988,455 residents and Assembly Members represent an average of 494,227 residents.

(L-R) Democrat Tecoy Porter, Kamilah Moore (No Ballot Designation), Republican Gregory Tatum, Democrat Corey A Jackson, Democrat Lori D. Wilson and Democrat Maurice Goodman. Photo: Courtesy of CBM

After the redistricting done following the 2020 US Census, African Americans no longer exceed 40% of the population in any district. Three Senate districts and five Assembly districts have African American populations exceeding 20%.

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Black candidates running for State Senate are: Republican Gregory Tatum is a pastor, U.S. Army veteran and avionics technician. He is running to represent Senate District 16 (Bakersfield). State Senator Melissa Hurtado who currently represents District 14 is in this race because redistricting changed her district boundaries. This district is predicted to be a tossup for the two Republican and three Democrats on the ballot.

Four Black Democratic candidates are running to represent Senate District 28 (Los Angeles). Jamaal A. Gulledge is a public servant. Kamilah Victoria Moore, chair of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations proposals for African Americans, has no ballot designation. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas is an educator and community organizer. Cheryl C. Turner is a Civil Rights Lawyer. Five candidates are on the ballot. This is a solid Democratic district.

Black candidates running for State Assembly are:

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Democrat Kevin McCarty is an Assembly Member representing District 7 (Sacramento). Due to redistricting, he is running to represent District 6 (Sacramento). He has four opponents. This is a solid Democratic district.

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Two Black candidates are competing to represent Assembly District 10 (Elk Grove).

Democrat Tecoy Porter is a pastor, educator and nonprofit director. Republican Eric M. Rigard is a retired businessman. Five candidates are on the ballot. This is a solid Democratic district. No incumbent is on the ballot.

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Democrat Lori D. Wilson is listed on the ballot as a Democratic Mayor and Finance Director running to represent Assembly District 11 (Vallejo). Recently, she won a special election to represent District 11, making her the incumbent. She has one opponent.

This is a solid Democratic district.

Democrat Ida Times-Green is a School Board Trustee. She is Board President of the Sausalito-Marin City School District and is running to represent Assembly District 12 (Marin). She has three Democratic rivals.

This is a solid Democratic district. No incumbent is on the ballot.

Democrat Mia Bonta is the Assemblymember representing District 18 (Oakland). She is running for re-election unopposed. This is a solid Democratic district.

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Democrat Chris Holden is an Assemblymember representing District 41 (Pasadena).

He is running for re-election unopposed.

This is a solid Democratic district.

Democrat Jamie Swain is a truck driver and businesswoman. She is running to represent District 47 (Palm Springs). Her opponents are two Republicans and a Democrat.

There is no incumbent on the ballot. This race is judged to be a tossup between the Republicans and Democrats.

Democrat Isaac G. Bryan is the Assemblymember representing District 55 (Los Angeles). He is the incumbent and has one opponent, a Republican. This is a solid Democratic district.

Democrat Reggie Jones-Sawyer is the Assemblymember representing District 57 (Los Angeles). He is running for re-election unopposed. This is a solid Democratic district.

Democrat Corey A Jackson is a Riverside County Board of Education member. He is running to represent Assembly District 60 (Moreno Valley). He has three opponents.

This is a solid Democratic district. No incumbent is on the ballot.

Three Black candidates are running to represent Assembly District 61 (Inglewood).

Democrat Tina Simone McKinnor is Non-Profit Director and businesswoman.

Democrat Robert Pullen-Miles is Mayor, City of Lawndale. Republican James Arlandus Spencer is an Environmental Consultant.

Five candidates are on the ballot. This is a solid Democratic district. No incumbent is on the ballot.

Democrat Mike Anthony Gipson is the Assemblymember for District 65 (Compton).

He is running for re-election against one opponent. This is a solid Democratic district Two Black candidates are on the ballot to represent Assembly District 69 (Long Beach). Democrat Al Austin II is a Long Beach Councilmember. Democrat Janet Denise Foster is a Healthcare Administrator.

Four Democratic candidates are running for the seat. This is a solid Democratic district.

No incumbent is on the ballot.

Democrat Akilah Weber Democratic State is an Assemblymember and Doctor. She represents Assembly District 79 (La Mesa) and is running for re-election against two Republican opponents. This is a solid Democratic district.

In each contest for Senate and Assembly seats the two candidates receiving the most votes in the June 7 primary will move on to the November 8 general election.

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By Bo Tefu .

California Black Media

In 2018, Malia Cohen made history when she became the first Black woman elected chair of the California State Board of Equalization.

In March, the California Democratic Party endorsed Cohen’s run for State Controller.

California Black Media spoke with Cohen about her plans to promote transparency and accountability.

Q: A:

I’ve performed many audits in the city and county of San Francisco. I’ve managed billions in tax dollars and was able to save over $41 million during my time as the chair of the budget committee.

Statewide, I represent 23 counties with 10 million people in various communities that are familiar with the work I have done on the California Board of Equalization.

Malia Cohen

Q: A:

From your perspective, what is the State Controller’s main function?

The Controller is responsible for the disbursement of tax dollars. The State Controller pays the bills on behalf of the state. She writes the checks. The role is independent and has some fiscal oversight of state funding.

The Controller also sits on 76 different boards and commissions. These groups are responsible for setting policies that impact the quality of life for Black people.

Q: A:

Why are you running for Controller?

I am running to make sure that spending of tax dollars is equitable, also to be an independent voice in state government. During the pandemic, we saw where the state’s resources failed. It was mostly among communities of color. An audit of the state’s spending can help us figure out how to address those issues.

Q: A:

What experience do you bring?

Q: A:

If you win, what will be your priority?

First, I want to get an audit going on the Employee Development Department. State programs such as EDD help people get access to different resources.

However, these programs did not work well during the pandemic. My goal is to better understand how the breakdown of the EDD program happened.

The main issues disproportionately affecting Black communities are homelessness, reproductive rights, and affordable housing. We want affordable housing unit projects to be expedited to the top of the list so that we are able to get housing onto the market to relieve the tension of the homelessness crisis.

Q:

How do you describe your leadership style and how does that match with the demands of being State Controller?

A:

My primary goal is to connect with the people instead of working with lawyers and lobbyists. People in the workforce need an advocate in the finance space. I can support that need.

Why are you running for Controller?

I believe that when we think about the challenges California faces right now, some of those challenges are created by a lack of good fiscal management. A lack of a real set of accountability principles around how our money is being spent. My background is exactly the kind of experience that is needed for this job.

Lanhee Chen Attorney and Stanford Law School lecturer Lanhee Chen is a Republican running for California State Controller. Chen, a Fellow at the Hoover Institution, is respected among Republicans and Democrats for his work across party lines.

Chen spoke with California Black Media (CBM) about his plans to promote fiscal accountability, transparency and the state’s economic advancement.

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A:

From your perspective, what is the State Controller’s main function?

The Controller oversees the disbursement of state funds.

The Controller’s office also has an unclaimed property department. The state keeps a catalog of all the information people need to claim money they forgot they had.

Perhaps the most important thing the controller does is audit. The Controller is responsible for auditing programs run by the state government.

Photos: Courtesy of CBM

Q:

A lot of Black and Brown people work for the state government. What is your view on unfunded pension liabilities?

A:

I have a big problem with the idea that we play politics and interfere with pension funds.

The primary goal of pension funds is to keep people’s retirement earnings safe and ensure that we’re maximizing the return on the investment that we make.

Unfortunately, the state isn’t doing that in a lot of cases. CalPERS and CalSTRS have not been truthful with us for too many years about what their expectations are about how much in unfunded liabilities we have.

Q: A:

If you win, what will be your priority?

The first thing we need is transparency into every dollar the state spends. I want to create a transparent database that allows you to figure out exactly where our state is spending money. This project will help us set up a government transparency portal that gives us a sense of whether the spending was effective or not.

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This fictitious business name will expire on April 21, 2027 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009616 Fictitious business name(s): Sana Styles Studio Located at: 3651 Midway Dr. #23 San Diego, CA 92110 County of San Diego --931 22nd St. #2 San Diego, CA 92102 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: Hossana Paida 931 22nd St. #2 San Diego, CA 92102 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 25, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 25, 2027 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009083 Fictitious business name(s): Porches Meshaye LLC Located at: 8160 Mira Mesa Blvd #121 San Diego, CA 92126 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 02/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Porches Meshaye LLC 4763 Gainard Way San Diego, CA 92124 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 19, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 19, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008599 Fictitious business name(s): Zedeh Designs Located at: 11937 Bajada Rd. San Diego, CA 92128 County of San Diego --16769 Bernardo Center Dr. Ste. 1 #713 San Diego, CA 92128 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 01/28/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Zoe Lamarche 11937 Bajada Rd. San Diego, CA 92128 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 12, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 12, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008873 Fictitious business name(s): Day Dream Massage and Skincare Located at: 7188 Avenida Encinas 110-19 Carlsbad, CA 92011 County of San Diego --430 Rancho Vista Rd. Vista, CA 92083 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 07/06/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Ashley Herold 430 Rancho Vista Rd. Vista, CA 92083 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 15, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 15, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009541 Fictitious business name(s): 1904 Street Dog's Located at: 7389 Waite Dr. La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 11/12/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Jairo Garcia

7389 Waite Dr. La Mesa, CA 91941 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 22, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 22, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008407 Fictitious business name(s): Sunshine TCG Located at: 1671 Chalcedony St. Apt. 1 San Diego, CA 92109 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 02/02/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Eric Martin Smith 1671 Chalcedony St. Apt. 1 San Diego, CA 92109 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 08, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 08, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009025 Fictitious business name(s): Charleston Co. Rentals Located at: 8753 Plaza Park Lane San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 04/18/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Teesha Turner 8753 Plaza Park Lane San Diego, CA 92123 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 18, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 18, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009331 Fictitious business name(s): Marley Cab Located at: 6270 Hannon Ct. San Diego, CA 92117 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: Dawit Yemane 6270 Hannon Ct. San Diego, CA 92117 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 21, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 21, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009328 Fictitious business name(s): Mini Cab Located at: 114 65th Street San Diego, CA 92114 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: Mosses Woldemariam 114 65th Street San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 21, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 21, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008950 Fictitious business name(s): Mama King's Katering Located at: 10907 Via Brescia #807 San Diego, CA 92129 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 04/18/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Yolanda R. Williams-Lewis 10907 Via Brescia #807 San Diego, CA 92129 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 18, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on

April 18, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009205 Fictitious business name(s): Gravity Hair Academy Located at: 5565 Grossmont Center Dr. La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 10/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Naissa Daniels 4560 Mission Gorge Pl. #106 San Diego, CA 92120 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 20, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 20, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008787 Fictitious business name(s): Love by Lianne Located at: 862 40th St. San Diego, CA 92102 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: Danielle Gulley 862 40th St. San Diego, CA 92102 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 14, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 14, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9009086 Fictitious business name(s): Kolorblynd Located at: 4231 Balboa Avenue, #1415 San Diego, CA 92117 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 03/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Havikhaze, LLC 4231 Balboa Avenue, #1415 San Diego, CA 92117 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 19, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 19, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008672 Fictitious business name(s): Brows by Tosh Located at: 8127 La Mesa Blvd. Suite 111 La Mesa, CA 91942 County of San Diego --8919 Arlingdale Way 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: Toshua L. Cornwell-Clark 8918 Arlingdale Way Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 13, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 13, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008183 Fictitious business name(s): Tashas Beauty Studio Located at: 1616 West Lewis San Diego, CA 92103 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 04/09/1985 This business is hereby registered by the following: Barbara Belinda Powell 1005 Capistrano Ave Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 06, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 06, 2027 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19 Read Free Online! www.sdvoice.info

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NAME CHANGE

County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 37-2022-00011324CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Jeneá McKenzie

Birth Name(s) of Child(ren) King Terrence Lovell Johnson; William Christopher Johnson

waived.

Date(s) of Birth 07/30/2009; 02/23/2011

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Central Division Juvenile Court 2851 Meadow Lark Dr. San Diego, CA 92123

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Jeneá Nevokia McKenzie on behalf of Laila J. Cox filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

City/State of Birth San Diego, CA; San Diego, CA

Attorney or Party without Attorney: Terry Givens

Petitioner(s) request(s) a judgment declaring the child(ren) free from the custody and control of DeOndre Johnson, pursuant to Fam. Code §: 7822 - Abandonment The child has been left by the parent(s) named above in the care and custody of a non-parent for a period of six months without any provision for the child's support, or without communication from the parent(s), with the intent on the part of the parent(s) to abandon the child.

PETITION FOR FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2022-00011507CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Darlene Walters AKA Danilynn Darlene Rich AKA Danilynn Darlene Garcia AKA Danilynn Darlene Rodriguez AKA Dani Rodriguez To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Darlene Walters AKA Danilynn Darlene Rich AKA Danilynn Darlene Garcia AKA Danilynn Darlene Rodriguez AKA Dani Rodriguez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Darlene Walters AKA Danilynn Darlene Rich AKA Danilynn Darlene Garcia AKA Danilynn Darlene Rodriguez AKA Dani Rodriguez PROPOSED NAME: Danilynn Darlene Walters 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: June 06, 2022 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 nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

PRESENT NAME: Laila Jeneá Cox PROPOSED NAME: Laila Jeneá Burse 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: May 31, 2022 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 hearing date.

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

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19

SUMMONS SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Central Division Juvenile Court 2851 Meadow Lark Dr. San Diego, CA 92123 Attorney or party without attorney: Terry Fields In the Matter of the Petition of: Terry Givens and Jackie Givens PETITION FOR FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL The petition of Terry Givens and Jackie Givens respectfully represents and alleges that the minor(s) listed below is/are a person(s) under the age of eighteen and that said person(s) is/are within the County of San Diego:

In the Matter of the Petition of: Terry Givens and Jackie Givens The petition of Terry Givens and Jackie Givens respectfully represents and alleges that the minor(s) listed below is/are a person(s) under the age of eighteen and that said person(s) is/are within the County of San Diego:

Additional facts in support of allegations: 'Drug addicts and homeless haven't seen the dad in awhile'

Birth Name(s) of Child(ren) Teryah Annjoeliah Martinez

It is in the best interest of the child(ren) to be declared free from the custody and control of the above-named parent(s).

WHEREFORE, petitioner(s) request(s) that this court inquire into such matter, and that said child(ren) be declared free from the custody and control of the above-named parent(s) as provided in Fam. Code § 7800 et seq, and for such other and further relief as the court may deem proper.

City/State of Birth San Diego, CA

Filed: 03/02/2022 --CITATION FOR FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Jackie Givens & Terry Givens Case Number: 22AD000151C In the Matter of King Terrence Lovell Johnson; William Christopher Johnson (Date of Birth: 07/30/2009; 02/23/2011) To: DeOndre Johnson You are ordered to appear in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego, in Department JC-02 at the court location indicated above on May 13, 2022 at 1:30 PM, to show cause, why King Terrence Lovell Johnson; William Christopher Johnson should not be declared free from parental custody and control (for the purpose of placement for adoption) as requested in the petition.

This hearing will be conducted by video or telephone through the 2851 Meadowlark Drive SAN DIEGO, CA 92123. See Attached instructions and call the court to have the video link emailed to you.

At the hearing, the judge will read the petition and, if requested, will explain the effect of the granting of the petition, any term or allegation contained therein and the nature of the proceeding, its procedures and possible consequences, and may continue the matter for not more than 30 days for the appointment of counsel or to give counsel time to prepare.

The court may appoint counsel to represent the minor whether or not the minor is able to afford counsel. If any parent appears and is unable to afford counsel, the court shall appoint counsel to represent each parent who appears unless such representation is knowingly and intelligently waived.

Someone over the age of 18 not the petitioner - must serve the other party with all the forms and complete a proof of service form, such as Proof of Service (JC Form #FL-330 or JC Form #FL-335), telling when and how the other party was served and file that with the court.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your pleading, if any, may be filed on time.

Dated Filed: 03/29/2022 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2

Date(s) of Birth 08/17/2005

Petitioner(s) request(s) a judgment declaring the child(ren) free from the custody and control of Joseph Martinez, pursuant to Fam. Code §: 7822 - Abandonment The child has been left by the parent(s) named above in the care and custody of a non-parent for a period of six months without any provision for the child's support, or without communication from the parent(s), with the intent on the part of the parent(s) to abandon the child.

Additional facts in support of allegations: 'Haven't heard from him but I know he is homeless and on drugs' It is in the best interest of the child(ren) to be declared free from the custody and control of the above-named parent(s).

WHEREFORE, petitioner(s) request(s) that this court inquire into such matter, and that said child(ren) be declared free from the custody and control of the above-named parent(s) as provided in Fam. Code § 7800 et seq, and for such other and further relief as the court may deem proper.

Filed: 03/02/2022 --CITATION FOR FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL Attorney or Party Without Attorney: Jackie Givens & Terry Givens Case Number: 22AD000150C In the Matter of Teryah Annjoeliah Martinez (Date of Birth: 08/17/2005) To: Joseph Martinez You are ordered to appear in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego, in Department JC-02 at the court location indicated above on May 13, 2022 at 1:30 PM, to show cause, why Teryah Annjoeliah Martinez should not be declared free from parental custody and control (for the purpose of placement for adoption) as requested in the petition.

This hearing will be conducted by video or telephone through the 2851 Meadowlark Drive SAN DIEGO, CA 92123. See Attached instructions and call the court to have the video link emailed to you.

At the hearing, the judge will read the petition and, if requested, will explain the effect of the granting of the petition, any term or allegation contained therein and the nature of the proceeding, its procedures and possible consequences, and may continue the matter for not more than 30 days for the appointment of counsel or to give counsel time to prepare.

The court may appoint counsel to represent the minor whether or not the minor is able to afford counsel. If any parent appears and is unable to afford counsel, the court shall appoint counsel to represent each parent who appears unless such representation is knowingly and intelligently

Someone over the age of 18 not the petitioner - must serve the other party with all the forms and complete a proof of service form, such as Proof of Service (JC Form #FL-330 or JC Form #FL-335), telling when and how the other party was served and file that with the court.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your pleading, if any, may be filed on time.

Dated Filed: 03/29/2022 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/2 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNT OF SAN DIEGO (North County) 325 S. Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081 Case Number: 37-2021-00009883 -CU-OE-NC NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: HILLCREST CARE HOME, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, dba as COUNTRY GARDENS; ANGEL OF LOVE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company; EVERSAILING MANAGEMENT, LLC a California Limited Liability Company; GOLDEN VISTA MANOR, LLC a California Limited Liability Company; LAVITA NUOVA MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC., a California Corporation; CHENG ZHE GUO, an individual; JENNY CASTELLANOS, an individual; THIAN T. TAN, an individual; AILA JENNICA SARAPAT, an individual; MING WANG, an individual; LI KINSBERG, an individual; JUN LI, an individual YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: CLAUDIA GARCIA, an individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the following 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 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.

The name and address of the court is: San Diego Superior Court (North County) 325 S. Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081

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LEGAL NOTICES The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff 's attorney is: Gregory J. Belnap, Esq., 400 S. Melrose Dr. Suite #111 Vista, CA 92081 (760) 705-1334 Summons Filed: 08/20/2021 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19

PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Manuel Perez, aka Manuel Perez-Gonzalez and Manuel G. Perez Case Number: 37-2022-00017803-PR-LACTL To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Manuel Perez, aka Manuel Perez-Gonzalez and Manuel G. Perez A Petition for Probate has been filed by Lissette Aide Perez in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego The Petition For Probate requests that Lissette Aide Perez be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on July 7, 2022 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 - 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 the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Antoinette Middleton, Esq. Law Offices of Antoinette Middleton 1761 Hotel Circle South, Suite 115 San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 235-9501 5/19, 5/26, 6/2 Read Free Online @ SDVoice.info

BLACK HISTORY

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1918 MARY TURNER LYNCHED It began in Georgia when Sidney Johnson confessed to the murder of his employer, Hampton Smith. Smith was a white farmer infamous for his abuse of Black workers on his farm. He would often post bail for Black men in jail on petty crimes, then de facto enslave them to “repay” his generosity. Johnson was shot to death by police, but many in the local community were not content. They proceeded to accuse and lynch at least 7 other men working on the farm, including Hayes Turner.

Hayes Turner’s wife, Mary, was eight months pregnant. She spoke out publicly, threatening to take legal action, despite the fact that it was not possible under Georgia’s laws.

In response, a local mob from the white community dragged her to Folsom bridge, hung her upside down, doused her with gasoline and lit her on fire. They also used a butcher knife to cut the baby from her abdomen and killed it in front of her while she was still alive. After this, they finally shot her to death, using hundreds of bullets. The bodies were left as a warning to the Black community to remain silent about injustice.

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1921 BIRTH OF YURI KOCHIYAMA Mary Yuriko Nakahara was born and raised in San Pedro, California. In 1943, the Nakahara family was sent to a U.S. concentration camp in Arkansas.

Her father died before making it to the camp, due to likely medical negligence. After her release, Mary Nakahara moved to Harlem and married Bill Kochiyama, also becoming interested in social equality and civil rights. Her core belief was that “Racism has placed all ethnic peoples in similar positions of oppression poverty and marginalization.” She was a staunch supporter of the Young Lords and the Harlem Community for Self Defense. When founding Asian Americans for Action, she sought to inextricably link it with the Black liberation movement.

After meeting Malcolm X (with whom she shared a birthday), she became an integral member of the Organization for Afro-American Unity. She was present when Malcolm X was shot, and there are photos of her cradling his head in her lap in the aftermath.

Kochiyama continued her work for equity across all racial and ethnic groups, especially in the Black and Latinx communities, until her death in 2014.

1925 BIRTH OF MALCOLM X Born in Nebraska and raised in Michigan, Malcolm Little was moved into the foster care system at the age of 12, after his father’s death and mother’s mental breakdown. He dropped out of high school after a white teacher told him a law career was impossible due to race. In 1943, Little moved to Harlem. He was officially employed by New Haven Railroad, but also engaged in drug dealing, gambling, racketeering, robbery, and pimping. When called up by the draft board, he feigned mental incapacity so well that he was rated unfit for military service. During this time, he became close friends with John Elroy Sanford (Redd Foxx). In 1946 he was arrested for his part in a series of robberies in Massachusetts and spent 6 years in jail.

During his time in prison, he was influenced to read, self-building his education. He also learned about and joined the Nation of Islam. After his conversion, He changed his name to Malik el-Shabazz and went by the nickname Malcolm X. He also gained the FBI’s attention when he wrote a letter to the president denouncing the Korean War. After his release from prison, he visited Elijah Muhammed, with whom he had corresponded. Malcolm X became an assistant minister about a year later.

He rose to fame in 1957, after attempting to help other members of the Nation of Islam who had been beaten nearly to death, arrested, and thrown in jail without medical attention. A crowd of over 4000 people gathered in protest. Police and officials were unable to disperse the crowd, but X was able to disperse the gathering quietly and non-violently. In the 1960s, X was invited to several United Nations functions and befriended both Fidel Castro and Yuri Kochiyama.

In 1964, he left the Nation of Islam, converting to Sunni Islam’s less violent beliefs.

While his departure from the Nation of Islam was not viewed kindly, it is unclear whether his 1965 assassination was a condoned action or a small conspiracy of outliers.

While preparing to address the Organization for Afro-American Unity, X was shot in the chest by a load of buckshot at the same time the stage was sprayed by two shooters with automatic weapons. His pregnant wife and four daughters were in the audience.

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a second booster dose for certain groups. The authorization allows adults aged 50+ and immunocompromised people aged 12+ to receive a second booster shot of the PfizerBioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

If you qualify for a second booster, you have to get it at least 4 months after receiving the first booster dose of any COVID-19 vaccine. If you’re eligible, visit Vaccines.gov to schedule your second booster appointment.

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2022 KEEPERS OF THE

Culture Set for May 27th SDAAMFA Celebrates Black Prominence in the Arts Voice & Viewpoint Newswire On Friday, May 27, the San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art (SDAAMFA) will host its annual “Keepers of the Culture” in collaboration with the San Diego History Center. This event recognizes San Diegans whose contributions have resulted in retaining and expanding the cultural expressions that are uniquely African American.

• Alyce Smith Cooper, Ancestral Storyteller • Nathan East, Bassist, Vocalist, and a founding member of the contemporary jazz group, Fourplay • Calvin Manson, Director, Producer, Playwright and Visual Artist • Andrea Rushing, Visual Artist and Founder of the Andrea Rushing Academy of Fine Arts

This year “Keepers of the Culture” will be held at the Quartyard, 1301 Market Street in the East Village The evening begins at 5:00 PM with a reception featuring a jazz trio led

by Grammy award winner Kamau Kenyatta. The program begins at 6:00 PM. Ms. Jade Hindmon, Co-Host KPBS Midday Edition will moderate a discussion with the honorees about the significant cultural contributions made by African Americans in America and beyond.

This event is free to the public, but capacity is limited, and reservations will be required. Please RSVP at www.sdaamfa.org

In-person Commencements Return To SDCCD Campuses Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The strains of the “Pomp and Circumstance” graduation march will once again be heard at the region’s community colleges this spring, as the 10 community colleges in San Diego and Imperial Counties celebrate a return to in-person commencements. Because of public health concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges held virtual ceremonies in 2020 and 2021.

Many found new ways to celebrate their graduates, with drive-by ceremonies in which the graduates were cheered as they passed by in their vehicles. Now that restrictions are beginning to ease, graduates will once again be donning gowns and mortarboards and lining up to receive their diplomas at area community colleges.

The first community college commencement ceremony in the region will be held May 20, with ceremonies continuing through June 15. The full schedule can be found at https://bit.ly/37Vxcpk.

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2018 WEDDING OF MEGHAN MARKLE & HENRY CHARLES ALBERT DAVID The famous (and sometimes infamous) union of a member of the British royal family and an American actress continues to be a point of media focus four years and two children later. The ceremony included a song by a Black choir and sermon from a Black-American preacher, causing confusion and some consternation among the British press.

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Right now the U.S. has run out of federal COVID-19 response funding to place new orders of vaccines.

“If we had the resources we’d be there having those conversations today,” said Jha. “The window is really closing on us if we want to be in the front of the line.”

While acknowledging that “getting to zero is going to be a challenge,” Jha said most deaths from the virus now are preventable, with vaccinations and boosters, and with effective therapeutics, The challenge is often making sure that they are available to people

when they need them.

Jha said there is “no viable alternative path” right now than to have the U.S. government take the lead in securing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, rather than allowing the commercial market to deal with procurement as with other medical treatments. He cited the global mismatch between supply and demand.

“We have to have the US government still playing an active role,” he said.

“That role will change over time. But right now that’s still critical.”

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