November 5, 2021 | Vol. XLIII No. 45 — Veteran's Day Special Issue

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VOL. XLIII NO. 45

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This group of veterans is using community service, exercise to heal trauma and build bonds

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fter graduating in 2019, members of Cal State Long Beach’s Veterans Network wanted to continue supporting each other and helping their community outside of school.

The club’s pillars include mental health and so-

cial interaction.

“When we all got out, it was my idea to continue with the club

pillars,” said Jesse Soria of People of the Earth Krew. “And so a bunch of us got together and we’ve been slowly organizing community events here in Long Beach.”

The People of the Earth Krew gets together to clean up natural spaces like the beach, and to participate in physical activities together as a way to support their mental health.

Soria described a recent outing People of the Earth Krew members participated in together: members cleaned a section of Crystal Cove beach, went on a hike and had lunch and talked together afterward.

“The most important part was just being able to recollect our experience for that day when we were having lunch at the end,” Soria said.

Like many veterans across the nation, members of the People of the Earth Krew suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Soria explained that PTSD in veterans can come from a myriad of contributing factors.

“Some of us have been primarily affected by our service,” Soria said. “Some of us were in infantry, we experienced combat. Some of us have experienced kind of like the aftermath of getting out of see PEOPLE OF THE EARTH page 5

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(Above) Jesse Soria (far left), and People of the Earth Krew members pose with their medals after a marathon. (Below) Jesse Soria (bottom left) and Krew members pose after another marathon.

LA County ready to start vaccinating kids 5-11, as final federal OK nears City News Service o S uthern California o L a c l News

Los Angeles County received its first shipment of pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Nov. 2, the same day the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave final approval to the shots for kids aged 5-11.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the pediatric shots last week, and a CDC advisory committee OK’d them Tuesday morning. CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky gave final approval Tuesday afternoon, making the shots immediately available to those aged 5-11.

Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said there are 900 providers in the county that are ready to administer see VACCINE page 11

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Abraham is One cake, blanketed in hot the founder and baker at Getting pink with a lime green frostCaked, a bakery on Wardlow ing, has white gerbera daisy Road that specializes in handdecorations attached to the crafted pastries often made with sides while a green alien, a local, sustainable and organic happy face and red cherries ingredients. top off the whimsical design.

“That’s really just how I try to Other creations include a live my life,” Abraham said of cake version of Baby Yoda and her sustainable practices. “I’m a red and white Poke Ball with passionate about that. I think its famed characters sitting everybody should be doing it, atop. really [for] the life of the planet.”

The pastries and the subseThe organic flour used at the quent posts on Getting Caked’s bakery was consciously chosen social media are churned out from an in-state mill in Petaluoften, something that drove ma.

Abraham to open up the CalThe bakery also uses evapoifornia Heights shop in early rated cane sugar and mine salt 2020. from Utah with a trace of min“I’ve always wanted to be an erals in it. artist,” Abraham said. “I love “It’s all just like earth ingreworking with my hands. A lot dients,” said Jonathan Magnusof the different passions I have son-Gumm, Abraham’s partner. in my life pretty much all re“We try to source as consciously Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune volve around hands and art. as possible to be able to support Shoshanah Abraham lays out some What better way to make art a more sustainable future when of the non-GMO flour on a prep table than with pastry.” and if we can.” inside her shop, Getting Caked, in the One of the other components One of the bakery’s concerns is California Heights neighborhood of of the shop is The Rise, a small making sure that its products are Long Beach on Nov. 3, 2021. pizza kitchen that specializes in accessible to all. One of its early hand-tossed artisan-style pizchallenges was balancing suszas. The ingredients used are tainability with cost. also locally sourced.

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A Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School student on the first day of in-person classes on Aug. 31, 2021.

New student data shows that one-third of LBUSD students are three grade levels behind in math and reading The assessment data shows Black, Hispanic and Pacific Islander students most negatively impacted by pandemic learning Anita .W Harris Seroin Wrreti

During a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 2, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board of Education reviewed student assessment data reflecting learning loss during the past 18 months of the pandemic—leaving most LBUSD students one to three grade levels behind in reading and math.

Chris Brown, assistant superintendent of research, showed October data from the district’s new iReady assessment tool indicating that most K-12 students are at least one grade level behind in reading and math with nearly one-third testing three grade levels below.

“As we went through the pandemic, learning was unfinished,” Brown said. “Students fell behind.”

The board learned during a workshop last spring that students across all grade levels except kindergarten fell behind as the COVID pandemic forced most students to attend classes online from March 2020 to April 2021.

Among high schoolers, graduation and college readiness rates fell, and middle schoolers similarly fell behind in being ready for high school. The number of D and F grades increased by 14%.

About 15,000 LBUSD elementary students attended in-person summer school to help them catch up before the new academic year began at the end of August.

Brown said data from a March state-required student assessment test—the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium)—shows a similar decline in student proficiency due to the pandemic.

Though Brown qualified that SBAC testing may have been problematic, with some students on campus by then and some not, Brown showed that nearly all stu-

dents tested below similar students in 2018-2019, before the pandemic.

Significantly, Brown showed that both SBAC and iReady data reflect a disproportionately negative effect of pandemic learning on LBUSD’s Black, Hispanic and Pacific Islander students, which make up most of its population. Of LBUSD’s nearly 70,000 students, about 12% are Black and 58% are Hispanic.

SBAC scores for those groups declined the most in English Language Arts (ELA), Brown showed, with iReady data indicating that about one-third of Black and Hispanic students are currently three grade levels behind in reading and math.

LBUSD’s data aligns with a nationwide study of 1.6 million K-6 students on the toll taken by pandemic learning, Brown said. On average, those students fell five months behind in math and four in reading.

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This is not about remediation.

This is about acceleration.

-Chris Brown, assistant superintendent of research However, students of color in the study fell six months behind in reading and math, while impoverished students fell six months behind in reading and seven in math, Brown added.

But he stressed that assessments like the SBAC and iReady are simply snapshots in time.

“It doesn’t tell us what our students can do,” Brown said.

Nevertheless, iReady data shows that 86% of elementary students and two-thirds of middle schoolers are at least one grade level behind in reading. Among high schoolers, nearly half are three or more grades behind in reading and more than half are three grades behind in math. iReady data is being used to qualify students for LBUSD’s new externally contracted tutoring services that began Nov. 1.

Brown said he expects iReady

data to fluctuate as students are tested in February and again in May. That data can assess student learning growth over the academic year, he added.

Board members expressed concern but also optimism for change with students back in the classroom this year.

“It is unacceptable,” Vice President Megan Kerr said of the data.

“We need to make decisions and strategy choices that change this.”

Board President Juan Benitez called the disproportionate effect on students of color—with over three-fourths of those students at least one grade level behind—“not surprising, but striking.”

He said the data confirms how lack of technology and internet access affected learning among students of color during the pandemic. iReady data should help the district create policies and allocate its budget to help specific student subgroups, he added.

“Let’s talk about Black students in the 10th grade and build strategies specifically for Black students in the 10th grade, as an example,” Benitez said.

Superintendent Jill Baker emphasized that catching students up might not happen in one year but requires a multi-year approach.

“Today does not feel comfortable to any of us—to see the struggles that our students have had coming out of 18 months, many of them at home for that extended period of time,” Baker said. “Even with our teachers’ and principals’ and staff’s best efforts, our students have absolutely struggled.”

Brown said iReady teacher reports include “stretch goals” for each student to help catch them up or advance beyond their grade level.

“This is not about remediation,” Brown said. “This is about acceleration.”

Remediation gives students below-grade level content before new learning while acceleration incorporates unfinished learning into new content, Brown shared.

“I’m wondering if we’re going to be closing some of those gaps,” Board Member Diana Craighead said of the student deficiencies.

“I’m very hopeful.”

The district will send parents their children’s iReady reports on Nov. 15, Brown said. It will also host a livestream “parent night” on Nov. 18 to help them read the report.

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Long Beach City Prosecutor Douglas Haubert (left) and United States Marine Corps Staff Sgt. and Deputy City Prosecutor Brendan Boyes.

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ong Beach’s Veterans Day Parade will not be held for a second straight year due to the pandemic. However, publicily acknowledging those who served is still important and should not be overlooked.

The history of Veterans Day is interesting.

At the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, in the eleventh month of the year 1918, a truce was signed to end the fighting of the first World War. The date, November 11, became known as Armistice Day (armistice means “truce”) and it was celebrated in the United States, England, France.

Armistice Day acknowledged those who served in “the War to end all wars,” which saw almost 40 million casualties. World War I was not the last great war, of course, another one even larger followed.

On Armistice Day in 1947, a Navy veteran and community volunteer named Raymond Weeks organized a parade to honor veterans of all wars. Weeks’ efforts grew and in 1954, the holiday was officially changed to Veterans Day. Long Beach held parades for veterans, but its modern parade and course was started in North Long Beach in 1997 by City Councilman Jerry Shultz, himself a veteran.

Veterans Day is especially important to the families of the 1.4 million people who currently serve in the U.S. military. This

represents less than 1% of all Americans, and the number is steadily dropping.

The number of veterans is also shrinking.

Right now, less than 7% of the U.S. population is a veteran, while in 1980 it was about 18%. In 2016, the number of Gulf War-era veterans surpassed the number of Vietnam War-era veterans.

Veterans Day has deep meaning for my family. My grandfather, Lt. Col. Harvey Stockwell, served in the U.S. Army in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After his retirement, he taught at Millikan, Jordan and Poly High Schools in Long Beach, leading the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) for 15 years. Stockwell Hall at Poly HS is named in his honor.

My father also joined the U.S. Army after college. He received orders to Vietnam when my brother and I were just two and three years old. He returned, fortunately, but some of his friends did not.

I did not fully understand what that experience meant to him until years later, when I visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C. with him. I watched as he found the names of people he knew on that wall. Using a pencil and paper he brushed over the raised letters until the names were imprinted on the paper. Then he solemnly folded the paper and put it in his pocket. He was silent a long, long time after that.

To me, the sacrifices made by my grandfather, father, uncles, and cousins (and their spouses), what they went through, it is ex-

traordinary. That same sacrifice has been made by millions of veterans’ families in America.

Support for veterans should not be limited to one day. Saying thank you when you see a veteran or active duty soldier is a simple act of kindness that acknowledges your appreciation. Patronizing veteran owned businesses is another way to show support.

A simple internet search can help you locate local, veteran owned businesses.

Employing a veteran is another thing you can do. Veterans tend to be hard-working and punctual, plus they work well as part of a team. I have hired veterans as prosecutors and found they excel when they are in court.

The courtroom environment can be stressful and contentious, but veterans tend to remain calm, as if nothing will phase them after the rigors of boot camp or the battlefield.

Earlier this year, the Department of Defense presented the City Prosecutor’s Office with the Patriot Award for supporting employee veterans serving in the national guard and reserve forces. The employee who nominated us, USMC Staff Sgt. Brendan Boyes, grew up in Long Beach, served in Afghanistan right after his graduation from Wilson High School, and now is a Deputy City Prosecutor.

To Brendan, and all veterans like him, thank you for your service. It is now the duty of all of us to work hard to make sure our country is worthy of your sacrifice.

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AIR FORCE

COAST GUARD

According to the National Security Act of 1947, the Air Force’s mission is to prepare the air forces necessary for effective prosecution of war unless assigned otherwise and, in accordance with integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of the peacetime components of the Air Force to meet the needs of war. The Air Force is one of three military departments within the Department of Defense. It is managed by the civilian secretary of the Air Force and under the control of the Secretary of Defense.

Their jobs include explosive ordnance disposal, combat rescue, pararescue, security forces, combat control, disarming bombs, rescuing downed or isolated personnel, calling in air strikes and setting up landing zones in forward locations.

The U.S. Army Signal Corps began the Aeronautical Division in 1907, in the wake of the Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. The division experimented with aircraft and mostly explored balloons and dirigibles. In 1914, the Army started the Aviation section of the Signal Corps, and soon thereafter World War I began. However, all the other European combatants’ aerial technology outstripped American technology.

President Woodrow Wilson took notice and established the Army Air Service, placed directly under the War Department, on May 24, 1918. The air service grew to more than 19,000 officers, 178,000 enlisted men and 11,754 aircrafts. Post-war demobilization and a name change resulted in the Air Corps, a modest peacetime operation.

Then World War II came. The Department of War created the Army Air Forces (AAF) and deemed it equal to the Army Ground Forces. The Air Corps remained a branch of the Army, subordinate to the AAF. The AAF fought in every theater of war and had 80,000 aircraft and 2.4 million personnel at its peak. Again, America demobilized postwar and the U.S. Air Force finally earned its independence from the Army on September 18, 1947.

The increased power of new aviation technology, the Vietnam War and the Cold War arms race accelerated the capabilities of the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force also began to explore space with the advent of launch vehicles and orbital satellites.

In the 1970s, the Air Force focused on modernizing its fleet and missiles. The Iran Hostage Crisis spurred America to further develop the Air Force. By the 1990s, a collapsed Soviet Union led the U.S. to streamline the Air Force and downsize it overall.

George Washington authorized and began the Coast Guard then known as the “cutters” on Aug. 4, 1790 as part of the Tariff Act. Ten vessels would enforce federal and tariff laws and stop smuggling. As the infant nation grew, the scope of the “Revenue Cutter Service” grew. The U.S. Coast Guard was founded then, but it was established on Jan. 28, 1915 to be an official military branch.

There are 11 missions dealing with ports, waterways and coastal security, drug interdiction, aids navigation, search and rescue, living marine services, marine safety, defense readiness, migrant interdiction, marine environmental protection, ICE operations and other law enforcements. There are 38,000 active-duty men and women, 8,000 reservists and 35,000 auxiliary personnel who serve in a variety of job fields ranging from small-boat operators to aviation mechanics.

The Coast Guard was created after five separate federal services were combined; the U.S. Lighthouse Service, the Revenue Cutter Service, the Steamboat Inspection Service, the Bureau of Navigation and the U.S. Lifesaving Service. In 1915, a congressional act combined the Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter service to form the Coast Guard. The service was placed under the control of the Treasury Department until 1967, when an executive order transferred the Coast Guard to the newly formed Department of Transportation.

Currently, the Coast Guard operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, under the Navy during wartime or by special presidential order. In addition to protecting our nation’s waterways, the 43,327 active-duty members of the Coast Guard perform search and rescue, law enforcement and environmental cleanup operations.

In 1915, a congressional act merged the Revenue Cutter Service with the U.S. Life-Saving Service, another governmental agency devoted to saving the shipwrecked, and thus made the Coast Guard. The Lighthouse Service joined the Coast Guard in 1939. Congress moved the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation to the Coast Guard in 1946.

The Coast Guard has been involved in wars such as the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. The last time the Coast Guard operated as a whole within the Navy was during World War II. Usually, military and combat units within the Coast Guard will operate under Navy or joint control while others remain under the Department of Homeland Security.

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the military, and kind of adjusting to society again.”

According to Soria, his own mental health struggles began before he enlisted in the Navy, and stemmed from a childhood marked by financial hardship and housing insecurity.

“My PTSD is a combination of before coming into the military, while I was in the military, and when I got out,” Soria said.

While in the Navy, Soria spent nine months at a time on the USS Boxer between operations. During his service he was deployed to the Persian Gulf, the outskirts of Oman and in Mombasa.

While in Mombasa, Soria assisted in anti-piracy operations.

Soria told the Signal Tribune that veterans can often experience additional mental health struggles after returning to civilian society.

“We served the country with a purpose. And when you get out you feel like you don’t have that purpose anymore,” he said. “You had a job, you had a duty when you were there, and when you get out you have nothing anymore.”

Community support is crucial to the mental health of returning servicemen and servicewomen.

“That’s when people start having different thoughts about their purpose,” Soria said. “They start having thoughts about what they did in the service, whether it was good or bad. And so it affects you mentally, that if you don’t have the right people, the right network, or people that have experienced some sort of PTSD in their life—you kind of feel alone.”

People of the Earth Krew seeks to fill this role and support its members as they cope with PTSD. According to the US Department of Veteran Affairs, in 2018 an average of 17.6 veterans a day committed suicide.

Soria pointed out that it’s not only veterans who suffer from PTSD. The People of the Earth Krew are able to use their experiences coping with the disorder

On this Veterans Day, I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to all those who have courageously served our country and helped to protect our freedom.

Image Courtesy Jesse Soria

Members of the People of the Earth Crew gather for community service and recreational activities as a way of counteracting the negative effects of PTSD. to empathize with other members of their community.

“As veterans, we can relate to other organizations and other communities that didn’t go to combat,” Soria said. “But we can assimilate that same experience, and with the tools and skills that we are learn-

ing, the skills that we’re developing, we’re able to engage with someone that’s experienced something that they feel they might be alone.”

To keep up with the People of the Earth Krew, follow them on Instagram @pote_krew

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This Veterans Day, the Signal Tribune T is honoring those who served by bringing special attention the distinct branches of the armed forces.

THE ARMY

he Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military that provides land-based military operations. Their mission is to fight and win wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of commanders. They accomplish missions assigned by the President, Secretary of Defense and Combatant Commanders.

The Army is led by a Civilian Secretary of the Army, who conducts all affairs of the Army under the authority, direction and control of the Secretary of Defense.

The Chief of Staff is the highest-ranked military officer in the Army. This person is the military advisor and executive agent for the secretary of the Army along with a Joint Chiefs of Staff member, a body of the Service Chiefs from each of the Department of Defense military services who advise the President, Secretary of Defense and National Security Council.

The Army also has both an operational and institutional portion. The operation Army consists of armies, corps, divisions, brigades and battalions that conduct a full spectrum of international operations. The institutional Army trains, equips, deploys and ensures readiness to support the operational army.

It began as the Continental Army in 1775, formed by the second Continental Congress in response to the Revolutionary War. George Washington was its Commander-in-Chief. Prior to this formalized National Army, there were only cobbled-together, local militias without a chain of command.

Washington described his new army as, “A mixed multitude of people under very little discipline, order or government.”

With the Revolutionary War over, the Continental Congress disbanded the Continental Army in 1784. Congress did not wish the United States to have a standing army during peacetime. However, conflicts with Native Americans spurred Congress to allow and create the Legion of the United States. Its four sub-legions would go on to become the first four regiments of the U.S. Army.

The Army went on to fight the British in the War of 1812, then afterwards was heavily involved in U.S. western expansion, fighting Native Americans and winning the Mexican-American War in 1848. The Civil War began in 1861 and split the nation, and the Army. The Army recombined in its aftermath and won the Spanish-American War in 1898, followed by victory in the Phillipine-American War, which lasted from 1899 to 1902.

As America entered the 20th century, it entered both World War I and World War II. Next came the Korean War amid the larger Cold War, followed by the Vietnam War. The 1990s saw the Persian Gulf War in response to the invasion of Kuwait.

The 2000s witnessed the military occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq in the wake of 9/11.

FUN FACT: The U.S. Army is older than the country itself. The Continental Army was created on June 14, 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence was signed.

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THE ARMED FORCES

An overview of the branches of the military

MARINE CORPS

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he United States Marine Corps (USMC) serves as an expeditionary force in readiness.

Their mission is primarily responsible for: the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and other land operations to support naval campaigns; the development of tactics, technique and equipment used by amphibious landing forces in coordination with the Army and Air Force; and other duties directed by the President.

A committee of the Continental Congress formed two Marine battalions on Nov. 10, 1755 to combat the British-- and so began the Continental Marines. In the peacetime that followed the end of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Marines were dissolved.

The U.S. agreed with Britain to remain a neutral trader in Britain’s war with revolutionary France; France, though a former ally, was furious and seized American ships trading with Britain. An attempt at negotiation began with French diplomats attempting to extort America via bribery in the infamous XYZ Affair. This incensed the American public and sparked the Quasi-War with France, so called because a formal war was never declared. Congress mobilized the armed forces, such as the Navy, and in 1798 established the Marine Corps. The treaty ended the Quasi-War in 1800.

The First Barbary War tested the new republic. Pirates from the Barbary Coast captured American merchant ships and enslaved their crews. America paid off the countires to stop the piracy save for one country, Tripoli-- and the two nations went to war. In 1805, a force combining Marines and mercenaries captured the Tripolitan city of Derna, forcing the ruler to agree to end hostilities and return captured Americans in exchange for ransom.

The Mexican-American War further cemented the Marine Corps’ reputation. The two wars brought the Marines glory, now immortalized in the opening lines of the Marines’ hymn: “From the Halls of Montezuma/ To the shores of Tripoli.” The Barbary War also began another Marine Corps tradition, the Mameluke sword. Worn by Marine officers today, the first Mameluke sword was a present from Prince Hamet Bey for the Marines’ victory at Dema; Bey was rightfully restored as ruler of Tripoli from the victory.

John Philip Sousa joined the Marine Band at age 13 and headed the Marine Corps band in 1880. He would go on to compose the official march of the Marines, “Semper Fidelis,” and the national march of the U.S., “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”

Marine Corps aviation began in 1912 with the nation’s earliest aviation camp. World War I struck soon after, and the Marines began Parris Island, their first base dedicated solely to training, which remains today. In 1918, Opha Mae Johnson became the first enlisted female Marine, though she did not survive the war zone. That same year, Marines legend says they earned the nickname “Devil Dogs” from their German enemies after victory at the Battle of Belleau Wood.

Next came World War II. Between 1942 and 1949, the first wave of Black Marines enlisted as America slowly desegregated. Women made further strides with 1943’s formation of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve-- their roles were expanded into manufacturing and assembly.

Photographer Joe Rosenthal froze the Marines and the Battle of Iwo Jima in time with his iconic photo featuring five marines and a Navy corpsman mounting the national flag.

The Marines went on to fight both the Korean War and the Vietnam War; more Marines were deployed in service during the Vietnam War than World War II. The Marines joined the other branches of the armed services post-9/11 in US operations in the Middle East, especially the Iraq War.

FUN FACT: In 2001, the Marines introduced a new program to train service members in martial arts like taekwondo, karate and Brazilian jiu-jutsu.

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he mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.

The department of the Navy has three principal components: The Navy Department, consisting of the executive offices mostly in Washington, D.C; the Operating Forces, including the Marine Corps, the reserve components and, in time of war, the U.S. Coast Guard (in peace, a component of the Department of Homeland Security); and the shore establishment.

The names of commissioned U.S. Navy ships are prefixed with the letters “U.S.S,” which stands for United States Ship. Each ship also has a letter-based symbol for classification to indicate the vessel’s type and number.

The Navy began as the Continental Navy. Soon after the end of the Revolutionary War, the last ship was sold and the Continental Navy was disbanded. The Continental Navy was founded on Oct. 13, 1775, which was the day of the passage of the resolution of the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Eleven years later, conflicts between American merchant shipping and pirates in the Mediterranean Sea led to the Naval Act of 1794, which created the U.S. Navy.

The Department of the Navy was established on April 30, 1798.

The first victory for the U.S. Navy was on July 7, 1798, when the U.S.S Delaware captured Le Croyable, a French Privateer during the Revolutionary War. The first victory over an enemy warship was when the Frigate Constellation captured the French Frigate l’Insurgente on Feb. 9, 1799. Over the next 20 years, the Navy fought the French Navy in the Quasi-War, Barbary states in the first and second Barbary Wars and the British in the War of 1812. On Dec. 7, 1941, the Navy fought in World War II after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Soon after, the Navy fought in the battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The U.S. Navy’s Sea, Air and Land teams (SEAL) are that branch’s principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command. They originated sometime during the second World War, when the U.S. Navy felt the need for the covert reconnaissance of landProudly Representing Long Beach, Signal Hill, San Pedro and ing beaches and Catalina Island coastal defenses.

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NATIONAL GUARD The National Guard is the designated militia force of the United States. It’s both the oldest military branch of our nation and one of the oldest military units in the world, dating back to 1636.

The Army National Guard and Air National Guard are the two main components of the regiment. Combined, the soldiers and airmen of this militia force are vital facets that have helped shape the dramatic history of our nation with valiant efforts.

The Air National Guard was assembled in the 20th century in the wake of increased technological and organizational innovations. The Army National Guard made its debut on Dec. 13, 1636, the National Guard’s birthday, when the three-month-old militia was assembled by the general court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for their first drill in Salem, Massachusetts.

Since that December day in 1636, the National Guard has played an active part in any conflict or war of our nation. It wasn’t until post-World War II that the National Guard’s aviation units assembled officially to become the Air National Guard. Certain aviation units were active in World World I, but weren’t deemed an official title until later.

In 1916, these units, once referred to as “the militia,” earned their title as the National Guard--- initiating almost 400 years of service to the nation’s community and state.

From 1961 to 1962, the National Guard battled through the Cold War, sending both soldiers and airmen to fight in Korea during the Berlin Crisis. Throughout the Vietnam War, almost 9,000 militia forces were sent to Vietnam and 23,000 were called for active duty.

Though the National Guard has been active in every battle pursuit since the 1600s, they also played a role in Desert Storm during 1991 and responses in 1990s to Haiti and in Iraq. They’ve since been called for peace-making attempts in various countries.

Since the terrorist attacks in New York City on Sept.

11, 2001, the National Guard has carried a new meaning for the defense of our nation. While rescue and recovery were two vital components of this mission, the National Guard was also there to protect, secure and ease our nation into security. The National Guard may be called in a variety of instances to protect, serve or secure our nation.

MERCHANT MARINES The United States “Mariners” are the dedicated men and women of our nation who are tasked with helping move passengers, goods and cargo between regions in and outside the country.

The Mariners are a part of the United States Merchant Marine (USMM), which is the fleet of U.S. merchant vessels that facilitate the distribution and transportation of goods during peacetime and wartime. During peacetime, they transport cargo and passengers. During wartime, the USMM acts as an auxiliary to the Navy, providing troops, supplies and a variety of services to the military. This service is also activated during national emergencies.

Though the Mariners do not partake in combat, they play a large role in protecting vital cargo, facilitated by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Transportation and the U.S. Maritime Administration (USMA).

In addition, Mariners’ duties involve worldwide waterway operations, maintaining and controlling a plethora of vessels. They also regulate shipbuilding, water and land transportations and ports.

According to the USMA, the mariners have played important roles in national conflicts since 1775, especially during World War II. The USMM corps were founded on March 15, 1938, overseen by John F. Kennedy’s father Joseph P. Kennedy. Initially, they were trained on government ships. Eventually President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized their importance and ordered mass amounts of liberty ships to help establish the U.S. Maritime service during World War II. President Roosevelt stated, “[The Merchant Marines] have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theatre of operations across every country in the biggest, most difficult and dangerous job ever undertaken.”

Thousands of Mariners continue to be trained across the nation, whether employed by the government or the USMA, to assist in the valiant efforts of transport at sea.

FUN FACT: World War II mariners weren’t given veteran status until 1988 because mariners are not considered part of the military.

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Grayson would prefer his tennis ball to just about anything except for a loving, forever home. Grayson’s a Lab mix with a beautiful gray coat and luminous brown eyes. His ideal adopter or foster would have experience with large-breed dogs and be able to keep up with his active self. Grayson’s very smart—he already knows several commands and is always down for a walk! He’s curious about other dogs but is easily distracted by a toy. In all, he’s a wonderful dog, but he’s been lingering at our shelter for eight months.

He’s begun to lose weight because of the stress of being in a kennel for so long, with only periods of play with devoted volunteers. If you want the ideal big guy, please come meet Grayson! You can foster him, too! Adoptions are now conducted through appointment only, so call 562-570-PETS or email PetAdopt@ longbeach.gov to meet Grayson.

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WWW.SIGNALTRIBUNE.COM • LEGAL NOTICES/NEWS• FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2021 made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction. com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Website address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08001727-14-1S. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2021 You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction.

There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call www.

Auction.com, or visit this internet website https://tracker.auction.com/sb1079/, using the file number assigned to this case CA08001727-14-1S to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: October 28, 2021 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08001727-14-1S 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Amy Lemus, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.

Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction. com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. Order Number 78307, Pub Dates: 11/5/2021, 11/12/2021, 11/19/2021, SIGNAL TRIBUNE TST6560 / 2021 235301 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. SANCUS TAX RESOLUTION, 2.

SANCUS TAX, 3. SANCUSTAX, 4. SANCUS ACCOUNTING, 5. SANCUS TAX AND ACCOUNTING, 6. SANCUS TAX & ACCOUNTING, 4401 Atlantic Ave., Suite 200, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: SANCUS TAX, INC., 4401 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Douglas Dick, CEO. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January 2020. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October 27, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021

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CRIME

Case filed against man who allegedly drove onto sidewalk, striking seven City News Service

Southern California Local News

Criminal charges were filed Nov. 2 against a man who allegedly drove onto a sidewalk in Long Beach, striking and injuring seven people.

Richard Daltons To Irigoyen— also known as Richard Dalton Irigoyen—pleaded not guilty to one felony count of attempted murder and seven felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon—an automobile.

Officers were initially dispatched to the 1300 block of Orange Avenue, near Anaheim Street, at 2:43 a.m. Sunday regarding an “unknown trouble” call, which was later determined to be an assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence incident involving a man and a woman, the Long Beach Police Department reported.

Irigoyen allegedly had argued with a woman who was among those hit on the sidewalk, accord-

ing to Allison Gallagher, LBPD public information officer.

Five adults and one minor were standing on the sidewalk at the tail end of a Halloween party and were hit by the vehicle, according to reporters at the scene. They were rushed by paramedics to hospitals where they were listed in stable condition, police said.

A seventh victim was subsequently reported, according to police.

Irigoyen allegedly drove away northbound on Orange Avenue.

He was arrested that afternoon in Compton, according to police.

Irigoyen was taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries unrelated to his arrest and then to the Long Beach City Jail, Gallagher said.

Police also located the 27-yearold Long Beach resident’s car and impounded it. He remains jailed in lieu of $1.18 million bail, and is due back in a Long Beach courtroom Dec. 10.

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Fikre Workneh 84 Chase Hampton 56 Eric Olson 71 Lance Williams 37 Margaret Garrison 85 Ignacio Arocha 92 Stephen Cruise 84 Ana Salmeron 99 Robert Boyd 83 Eric Miller 47 Julia Camacho 62 Charles Nwogo 62 Grace Alston 58 Robert Palmer 90 Larry Jones 70 The families were assisted by McKenzie Mortuary.

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TST6557 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC WORKSHOP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public workshop via video/ teleconference at 7:00 p.m. to consider the following: PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT AT 1900 TEMPLE AVENUE PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF CONCEPTUAL PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ONE-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING WITH AN ATTACHED TWO-CAR GARAGE AND DETACHED TWO-CAR GARAGE ON A 0.18-ACRE SITE AT 1900 TEMPLE AVENUE IN THE RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY (RL) ZONING DISTRICT Agent: Bozena Jaworski (RPP Architects & Associates Inc.) Property Owners: Roger Vititow Family Trust Recommendation: Receive public comment and provide direction ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to participate in this public workshop to present written information, express their opinions, or otherwise present evidence on the above matter. ***THIS MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953 (AS AMENDED BY AB 361) WHICH AUTHORIZES TELECONFERENCED MEETINGS UNDER THE BROWN ACT DURING CERTAIN PROCLAIMED STATES OF EMERGENCY. THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMED A STATE OF EMERGENCY RELATED TO COVID-19 ON MARCH 4, 2020. THIS TELECONFERENCED MEETING IS NECESSARY SO THAT THE CITY CAN CONDUCT ESSENTIAL BUSINESS AND IS PERMITTED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 54953 IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ATTENDEES.*** Consistent with Government Code Section 54953, this Planning Commission Meeting will be held via video/teleconference only, and will not be physically open to the public. Commission Members and staff will teleconference into the meeting by audio and/or video. The meeting will be conducted via Zoom.

You are encouraged to participate and provide comments during the public workshop in one of the following ways: • Call (408) 638-0968 (audio only) on the date and time of the meeting and enter the meeting ID 860-0994-8336, press # when prompted to provide participant ID, and enter passcode 636831. If you would like to make a public comment, please notify the meeting host by pressing *9 on the telephone keypad; • Visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86009948336 on your desktop computer or laptop and enter passcode 636831; or • Download the app from the app store if you are using a smart phone and enter meeting ID 860-0994-8336 and passcode 636831 when prompted; • The City is not responsible for meeting disruptions or technical difficulties; however, if you are disconnected, please repeat the steps above.

You are encouraged to provide written comments in advance of the publication of the agenda as well as participating during the meeting, to ensure that the Planning Commission has ample time to consider your comments and that the applicant has the opportunity to respond to comments prior to finalizing the plans for the public hearing. When the public hearing is scheduled, you will receive another notice.

THE FILE and associated documents for the proposed project may be reviewed publicly on the City’s website at www.cityofsignalhill.org. If you have difficulty in accessing the documents, please contact Director of Community Development Colleen Doan, via email at cdoan@cityofsignalhill.org or by calling (562) 989-7344.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: Mailed to affected property owners within a 100’ radius on:

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TST6556 APN: 7268-013-021 TS No: CA08001727-14-1S TO No: VTSG1605949 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).)

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED July 7, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On December 2, 2021 at 09:00 AM, Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on July 18, 2006 as Instrument No. 06 1576359, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by ALEN LANG LY, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for NBGI, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1342 MYRTLE AVENUE, LONG BEACH, CA 90813 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $645,957.99 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right.

The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE Thursday, October 28

6:58 a.m., Auto burglary, 2000 block Orizaba Ave. 11:58 a.m., Forgery, 2600 block E. 28th St. 7:55 p.m., Battery, 1600 block E. Willow St.

Friday, October 29

6:24 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2900 block Cherry Ave. 6:45 a.m., Grand theft, 1900 block Obispo Ave. 2:01 p.m., Battery, 1900 block Cherry Ave. 4:07 p.m., Auto burglary, Temple Ave./Combellack Dr. 5:25 p.m., Auto burglary, E. 28th St./Atlantic Ave. 8:20 p.m., Assault with a deadly weapon/not firearm, Oral copulation, 2500 block Palm Dr. (suspect arrested)

Saturday, October 30

8:20 a.m., Indecent exposure, 1400 block E. Willow St. 10:03 a.m., Burglary, 2000 block Freeman Ave. 7:10 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2800 block Gundry Ave. 11:24 p.m., Battery on spouse/co-habitant, 1300 block E. 23rd St. (suspect arrested)

Sunday, October 31

10:56 a.m., Burglary; trespassing, 900 block e. 33rd St. (suspect arrested) 2:28 p.m., Inflict corporate injury on spouse/cohabitant, Creston Ave./Walnut Ave. (suspect arrested) 9:08 p.m., Felony spousal abuse, E. 21st St./Dawson Ave.

Monday, November 1

10:30 a.m., Forgery, 2200 block Gaviota Ave. 11:28 a.m., Stolen vehicle – recovered, 900 block E. 33rd St.

Tuesday, November 2

1:45 a.m., Prowler, 1800 block Stanley Ave. 1:14 p.m., Auto burglary, 2700 block Junipero Ave. 7:44 p.m., Critical missing, 2500 block Walnut Ave.

Wednesday, November 3

3:16 p.m., Robbery, 900 block E. Spring St. 3:30 p.m., Robbery, second degree; violate probation; felony warrant, 2400 block Cherry Ave. (suspect arrested) 5:05 p.m., Possessing controlled substance; false iD to Peace Officer; take stolen property, felony warrant; misdemeanor warrant, 2400 block Cherry Ave. (suspect arrested) 7:35 p.m., Felony warrant, 900 block E. 33rd St. (suspect arrested) 8:10 p.m., Robbery, St. Louis Ave./E. 20th St. LBPD reporting area is too extensive to report here.

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TST6548 / 2021 219640 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as:1. PLATINUM CONSTRUCTION, 2.

PLATINUM HEATING AND AIR, 3. PLATINUM PLUMBING, 812 E. Channel St., San Pedro, CA 90731. Registrant: ELVIRA GUILLEN, 812 W. Channel St., San Pedro, CA 90731. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Elvira Guillen. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October, 6, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: October 15, 22, 29, & November 5, 2021 TST6546 Case No. 21LBCP00329 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESGEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE, 275 Magnolia, Long Beach, CA 90802 PETITION OF: ARIELLE H. KENDRICK for Gia Lorraine Hearn TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: Arielle H. Kendrick for Gia Lorraine Hearn has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: GIA LORRAINE HEARN to Proposed Name: GIA LORRAINE KENDRICK. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: November 24, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. 26. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1860 Obispo Ave., Ste. F, Signal Hill, CA 90755, October 15, 22, 29 & November 5, 2021 ___//ss//___Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court Dated October 5, 2021 TST6549 Case No. 21CMCP00123 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 200 W. COMPTON BLVD., COMPTON, CA 90220 PETITION OF: NOAH HERRERA CORTEZ by and through his mother, Greicy V. Herrera TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.

Petitioners: NOAH HERRERA CORTEZ by and through his mother, Greicy V. Herrera, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: NOAH HERRERA CORTEZ to Proposed Name: AXANDER NOAH HERRERA. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: November 30, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. A, Room 904. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1860 Obispo Ave., Ste. F, Signal Hill, CA 90755, October 22, 29 & November 5, 12, 2021. ___//ss//___Thomas D. Long, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: September 17, 2021 TST6553 / 2021 224400 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: T&C LEGACY PARTNERS, 3807 Sierra Hwy 64416, Acton, CA 93510. Registrant: TAMAR CAMPBELL, 3807 Sierra Hwy 64416, Acton, CA 93510. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Tamar Campbell. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in October, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on October 14, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this state-

ment does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: October 22, 29 & November 5, 12, 2021 TST6554 Notice of Public Lien Sale Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of the California Self-Storage Facility Act Code, Section #21700, the undersigned will be sold by public auction at: Storco Self Storage, 3050 Orange Ave, Long Beach, CA 90807, County of Los Angeles, and State of California. Auction date of: November 16th, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

Terms of sale: Cash sale, all sales are final and purchased at buyers own risk.

No guarantees or warranty of any sale are promised by seller. Storco Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or cancel auction. Facility owner or its representatives has the right to bid on any and all units or stop sale at any time. Name of auctioneer: Climers Auction Services. The following units are scheduled for sale: Unit # & Customer Name: Unit # C173/Rudy Ohrt - Unit # C195/Tanisha Morgan-Unit # B100/Managers Unit(s) contents may include but are not limited to: Electronics, furniture, appliances, garage items, toys, clothing, sporting goods, tools, automotive and miscellaneous household goods, unless otherwise stated. Publish Dates: & 10/29/2021 & 11/05/2021.

TST6551 APN: 7206-002-020 TS No: CA05000135-20-1 TO No: 200133219-CA-VOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).)

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED May 30, 2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On November 18, 2021 at 10:00 AM, behind the fountain located in the Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on June 10, 2014 as Instrument No. 20140596382, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by STEVEN CHIO, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for GOLDEN EMPIRE MORTGAGE, INC., DBA PROGRESSIVE LOAN FUNDING as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2959 CHESTNUT AVENUE, LONG BEACH, CA 90806 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $356,022.83 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endors-

ee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Website www.insourcelogic.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA05000135-20-1.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2021 You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 702-6597766, or visit this internet website www. insourcelogic.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA05000135-201 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: October 13, 2021 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05000135-20-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Amy Lemus, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. Order Number 78058, Pub Dates: 10/22/2021, 10/29/2021, 11/5/2021, SIGNAL TRIBUNE

TST6558/Order No: 10463 Auto Lien Sale On 11/22/2021 at 355 E. MANCHESTER AVE LOS ANGELES,CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 2017 HONDA VIN: 1HGCR2F75HA167898 STATE: CA LIC: 7YDU150 at 10 AM

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continued from page 1 the pediatric doses.

“Sites that receive doses today might be able to start vaccinations as early as tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon or Thursday,” Ferrer told the county Board of Supervisors.

She said the county received its first shipment of pediatric doses Tuesday, with the county expecting to receive a total of nearly 300,000 doses within the next week to 10 days.

According to Ferrer, there are about 900,000 kids aged 5-11 in the county.

“We don’t anticipate scarcity, and we expect that there will be ample vaccines to meet demand,” she said. The city of Long Beach, which has its own health department separate from the county, will begin offering the pediatric doses beginning Friday. The City estimated there are 43,900 kids aged 5-11 residing in Long Beach.

While the pediatric shots are a lower dosage than the adult vaccine, the doses must be given on the same schedule––two shots administered 21 days apart. Ferrer noted that children must have a signed consent form from an adult to receive the shot, and some vaccination sites require them to be accompanied by an adult.

The pediatric shots will be offered under an emergency use au-

QUICK FACTS: Students aged 5-11 will not be subject to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s student-vaccine mandate. thorization, the same authorization given to the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, and to the Pfizer vaccine for people aged 1215. Pfizer’s vaccine has full federal approval for people aged 16 and up.

According to Ferrer, there have been more than 79,000 COVID cases during the pandemic among children aged 5-11 in the county, and one fatality. About 37,000 cases have occurred in kids up to age 4, also with one death, and more than 89,000 cases in those aged 12-17, with five deaths.

“Over the week ending Oct. 10, 12% of L.A. County cases were in children aged 5-11, and children in this age group comprise 9% of the county’s population,” Ferrer said last week.

Despite federal approval of the shots for kids aged 5-11, students in that age group will not be subject to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s student-vaccine mandate.

The mandate will continue to apply only to students aged 12 and up, requiring them to have at least one dose by Nov. 21 and their second by Dec. 19.

LAUSD officials issued a statement Tuesday saying the vaccine is “highly encouraged” for students aged 5-11, and the district will begin offering doses to that age through its mobile clinics on Nov. 8, and through its school-based clinics on Nov. 16.

In Los Angeles County, 80% of residents aged 12 and older have received at least one dose of vaccine, while 72% are fully vaccinated, according to the county. Among the county’s overall population of 10.3 million people, including those under age 12 who aren’t yet eligible for the shots, 69% have received at least one dose, and 61% are fully vaccinated.

PORTS

California legislature discuss long wait times at SoCal ports, whether adding fines will increase cost of goods rK ise t na F rrah Naeem Stfa Wrreti

California state senators and assembly members gathered for a hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 3 to discuss the congestion at Southern California’s ports, caused by a long line of ships waiting to unload their cargo. The inability of ships to enter the port has caused supply chain issues.

“This is also becoming an economic and social problem as consumers face significant delivery delays and begin to see empty shelves at stores,” said Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, who represents the areas of both the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach.

According to O’Donnell, the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles collectively handle 40% of the nation’s imports and 25% of its exports.

On Friday, Oct. 29 the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbor commissions voted to start a “Container Excess Dwell Fee,” which will fine any company whose containers stay at the ports for nine days or more.

Companies will be fined $100 per container, with the amount increasing by $100 per container each day the containers remain at the ports.

The fee is to motivate companies to remove their cargo from the port as soon as possible.

When asked what measures the ports were making to ensure the cost of the fees would not be passed onto everyday consumers, Executive Director of the Port of Long Beach Mario Cordero said increasing prices was not the intent of the fee and that the fee would be temporary.

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A cargo ship has its containers unloaded at Pier G of the Port of Long Beach on Nov. 2, 2021. [carriers] to address this issue that we’re in,” Cordero said.

Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles Gene Seroka said he couldn’t guarantee that the fee wouldn’t increase the cost of shipped items once they reached store shelves. He pointed out that shipping companies have brought in record profits in the last year, suggesting that the companies will be able to absorb the cost of the fee without passing it on to their customers.

According to Seroka, out of 79,000 import containers at the Port of LA, 38,000 had been there for more than nine days. Seroka said that since the Container Ex-

cess Dwell Fee was announced, the LA port has received requests to move 9,500 containers from the port into long term storage.

During the hearing, the Port of Oakland was considered as an alternative destination that waiting ships could be diverted to. According to Assemblymember Mia Bonta, the Port of Oakland is currently operating at only 50% capacity.

“An estimated $64 billion in cargo is idling on the coast waiting to unload,” Assemblymember Vince Fong said. “With the holidays right around the corner, Christmas and the months beyond may be different for Americans across the country.”

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