Feb. 11, 2022 | Vol. XLIII No. 6

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This Long Beach ceramic artist made her mark in the city one tiny pot at a time

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Thanks to Long Beach Recovery Act funds, the City is creating 20 to 25 tiny home shelters at the Multi-Service Center for people experiencing homelessness, but they don’t plan to stop there.

At its Tuesday, Feb. 8 meeting, the Long Beach City Council directed staff to look for funding opportunities and potential partnerships to create additional tiny home shelters in the city.

“Obviously this is not the panacea, this is not the only answer to deal with our homeless crisis,” said Councilmember Al Austin, who authored the item. “But it’s the most immediate solution we have at our disposal, and it’s not as expensive with the government structure.”

Tiny home shelters are small, equally sized dwellings that provide basic amenities to the unhoused.

They offer residents a bed, storage space, and privacy not found in congregate shelters.

In January, the Health Department presented its plan to build tiny home shelters outside the Multi-Service Center—a hub for many of the City’s case management and homeless outreach activities.

The $1.2 million project, funded by the Long Beach Recovery Act, will give residents in need close access to case management services and other Continuum of Care services at the center.

During Long Beach’s January 2020 Point-In-Time Count, the City identified 2,034 individuals experiencing homelessness. Of see TINY SHELTERS page 3

Councilmembers cite strain on resources and time given affordable housing deadlines

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he Signal Hill City Council decided on Tuesday, Feb. 8, not to move forward with a ballot measure allowing voters to decide whether cannabis businesses can operate in the city—reversing a decision it made on Jan. 25.

The council agreed on Jan. 25 to allow Signal Hill voters the opportunity to approve or deny a resolution allowing up to two cannabis businesses and taxing them to provide revenue to the City.

On Tuesday, however, in reviewing a “cannabis roadmap” with steps for getting the resolution onto the November 2022 ballot, the council voted 3-2 in favor of a motion by Vice Mayor Tina Hansen not to proceed forward.

Councilmember Lori Woods seconded the motion, with Hansen, Woods and Mayor Keir Jones voting in favor of tabling the ballot measure. Councilmembers Robert Copeland and Edward Wilson voted against the motion.

At the Jan. 25 meeting, however, Jones voted with Copeland and Wilson to move forward with a ballot measure while Han-

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sen and Woods voted against.

Jones confirmed with the Signal Tribune after Tuesday’s meeting that the City will not proceed with placing a cannabis resolution on the November 2022 ballot and explained changing the direction of his vote between Jan. 25 and Feb. 8.

“When it became apparent to me that there was not enough council support to get a 4 out of 5 vote on the roadmap— which is what is needed to put a revenue measure on the ballot—I decided staff time would be better served for our residents by working on more pressing priorities,” Jones told the Signal Tribune.

COUNCIL VOTES IN FAVOR OF DRAFTING CANNABIS MEASURE FOR NOVEMBER BALLOT Tina Hansen Lori Woods Keir Jones Robert Copeland Edward Wilson

Jan. 25 Feb. 8 No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

*A supermajority would have been required in July to add the cannabis measure to the ballot.

Per City Manager Hannah Shin-Heydorn’s “cannabis roadmap” report, since the cannabis resolution would include taxation, the council could only legally approve it for the ballot with a “supermajority” vote of four out of five council members in favor instead of the usual three out of five approving.

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Tenant organizer Maria Lopez makes a speech outside of the Aqua Victory apartment Complex during a car caravan calling for substantial rehabilitation to be removed as a just cause for eviction in Long Beach on May 22, 2021.

LB Council moves forward motion to make substantial remodel evictions more difficult, expensive Emma DiMaggio Managing d E itor

Evictions for substantial remodels will soon be more difficult and more expensive for landlords under a new ordinance moved forward by the Long Beach City Council Tuesday, Feb. 8.

If approved at next week’s council meeting, landlords who want to evict their tenants to substantially remodel their units will be required to pay relocation assistance to tenants (at least $4,500). They could also face civil fines of up to $15,000 if they illegally evict their tenants.

The ordinance also has a data-collection component, as Long Beach currently has no concrete data on such evictions in the city.

In order to receive permits (a local requirement for substantial remodel evictions), landlords will be required to provide a complete list of tenants who will be evicted in relation to the permitted work.

“What we have here today are concrete actions that will make a difference to our renters at a lower cost to both our city and landlords,” Councilmember Cindy Allen said, noting that the changes would see REMODEL EVICTIONS page 2

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Substantial remodel is a just cause for eviction under the Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The bill outlined limits on rent hikes and defined valid reasons for no-fault evictions.

It also allowed substantial remodels as a just-cause for eviction as a means of improving the State’s aging housing stock.

Any kind of substantial modification—structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical that requires a permit and takes at least 30 days— can be used as a just-cause for eviction under the bill.

In Long Beach, 71% of the housing stock is over 50 years old, meaning many units are decades overdue for rehabilitation.

Substantial remodels, and the evictions that stem from them, have become a contentious issue in Long Beach.

Advocates claim that substantial remodel constitutes a “loophole” in the Tenant Protection Act—one that allows landlords to evict their tenants to hike up rents.

In Long Beach, some landlords reportedly made aesthetic changes to their units and claimed substantial rehabilitation as a means of illegally evicting the tenants, according to groups like Long Beach Residents Empowered and the Long Beach Tenants Union.

These include painting exteriors of buildings, changing cabinets, installing new tiles, removing floorboards—all illegal reasons for eviction under the TPA. In some cases, illegal building-wide eviction notices for substantial remodel were the catalyst to tenant unions like the Daisy Resistance and the Orange Resistance.

In response to these illegal evictions, Long Beach passed a tenant harassment act, added requirements to serving illegal evictions and temporarily banned substantial remodel evictions to evaluate its policy.

But even with the newly-proposed protections, tenant advocates say they aren’t enough to pro-

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Protesters paint signs at Harvey Milk Promenade Park in preparation for a protest on Sunday, June 20, 2021 calling upon the City of Long Beach to address the substantial rehabilitation provision in the Tenant Protection Act of 2019.

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Tenants will be displaced for higherpaying tenants, and the cost to substantially remodel and evict the previous tenants will be recuperated quickly for the property owner.

-Melody Osuna, lead attorney with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles tect long-standing tenants in Long Beach.

“I urge you to revisit the staff recommendation to change the construction threshold for substantial remodel from 30 to 60 days,” res-

ident Kayte Deioma said, noting that such a change would protect the remaining 20 tenants in her apartment complex.

Melody Osuna, a lead attorney with Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, said that the changes won’t prevent landlords from legally or illegally evicting their tenants. “[This policy] just makes substantial remodel evictions slightly more expensive. It doesn’t protect the long-established tenants,” Osuna said. “Tenants will be displaced for higher-paying tenants, and the cost to substantially remodel and evict the previous tenants will be recuperated quickly for the property owner.”

Landlords will only be subject to civil fines if their illegally-evicted tenants take them to civil court, where they are not provided a lawyer.

A recent change to Los Angeles’s eviction moratorium may also confuse both landlords and tenants.

On Jan. 25, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ex-

tended its eviction moratorium.

The phased program will protect residents facing no-fault evictions (like substantial remodels) until Dec. 31, 2022.

If the council approves the ordinance next week, it will “be on the books” but will be superseded by the County moratorium, Deputy City Attorney Rich Anthony said.

The council’s policy would go into effect on April 1, 2022.

The confusion was enough to impassion Elsa Tung with Long Beach Forward to urge the council not to pass the ordinance until later this year.

“Passing this ordinance tonight will lead to mass public confusion for both tenants and landlords, and unfortunately will lead to more evictions,” Tung said.

She noted that the new County policy is not an actual moratorium on filing evictions, but rather a defense against illegal evictions.

“Most tenants don’t know their rights, don’t want to go to court and are understandably terrified when they receive an eviction notice,” she said, urging the council to publicize more information about the County’s moratorium. “Most tenants simply move out without knowing they are protected.”

Councilmember Suely Saro asked whether there was anything the City could do to prevent confusion between Long Beach’s law and the County’s.

“The most effective way to combat confusion would be what several of the speakers mentioned, which would be a concerted effort on the part of staff to publicize the fact that there’s a county moratorium,” Anthony said. “And to publicize it as widely as possible.”

The council unanimously approved the motion. It will come to the council for a second and final reading next Tuesday, Feb. 15.

For more information on Los Angeles County’s recent tenant protections resolution and eviction moratoriums, visit www.dcba.lacounty.gov/noevictions/.

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$15,000 for a consultant to help create a cannabis licensing, permitting and taxation structure to put in the resolution, plus pay an estimated $20,000 in legal fees, according to Shin-Heydorn.

The City would further conduct four public workshops—including two with the Planning Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission—and a subcommittee would meet several times afterward to draft the resolution.

In answer to questioning by Hansen, Shin-Heydorn said that since most of the presentation and coordination work would fall to her, she would have to put aside land development negotiations for the new State-required affordable housing the City is planning to build.

Shin-Heydorn also said the City may not know until August whether the two legal buffer zones in which cannabis businesses could potentially operate—at least 600 feet from residences, schools, places of worship and public spaces—would be impacted by the new housing plans if the State requires them to be changed.

“It depends on how the State responds,” Shin-Heydorn said of how the buffer zones might be impacted.

After consulting with City Attor-

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It just seems unreasonable to me to keep moving forward on this freight train when it can be derailed by other things along the way.

-Tina Hansen, Signal Hill City Councilmember ney Matthew Richardson, Hansen motioned that the council not con-

tinue with putting a cannabis resolution on the ballot, citing continuing costs and the potential impact of the City’s new housing.

“We are at a critical time in our development negotiations,” Hansen said. “That could be put by the wayside. The buffer zones could be impacted by where the affordable housing is located.”

Hansen did say, however, that she would support the council’s decision to draft its own resolution allowing cannabis businesses for its own approval “as a way to slow this down,” but no council member motioned to do so.

“It just seems unreasonable to me to keep moving forward on this freight train when it can be derailed by other things along the way,” Hansen said. “My motion would be to not move forward with it at this time at all.”

Once the council voted to approve Hansen’s motion, there was no further council discussion on the matter during the meeting.

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Long Beach moves in support of reproductive health care should Roe v. Wade be overturned Karla M. Enriquez

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..ith the future of women’s reproductive rights at risk, the Long Beach City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 8 directed the city manager and health department to partner with Planned Parenthood and other reproductive health care advocates to develop written recommendations on how the City can partner with LA County should Roe v. Wade be overturned.

“The attacks on reproductive healthcare represented an inflection point for cities, counties and regions to step up and operationalize the care and support those seeking abortion need,” said Celinda Vazquez, chief external affairs officer for Planned Parenthood LA in a statement. She noted the organization is proud to work with Long Beach to develop the recommendations.

The move comes at the heels of the 49th anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision which

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Mindy Haskins (left) and Noelle Castro (right) hold up signs while dressed in Handmaid outfits during an Oct. 2, 2021 protest in Long Beach. The outfits reference the Hulu streaming show based on Margret Atwood’s book “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which depicts the United States with strict religion-based laws that are used to oppress women.

ruled that the U.S. Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.

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ments in Dec. 2021.

Should Roe be overturned, the authority to ban abortions or impose restrictions that would limit abortion access would fall on individual states.

California is gearing up to become a sanctuary for women seeking abortion access if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators have voiced their intent to open the state for out-ofstate women who seek abortion access. Currently, the state is considering proposals, including subsidies for out-of-state women.

In January, the LA Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion directing Public Health and County Counsel to develop written recommendations within 30 days on how the county can respond to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

According to the proposal document, the recommendations should include an analysis of potential budget impacts of State proposals to relax residency requirements for reproductive health care.

It should also include an analysis of medical training enhancement

(especially related to septic nonhospital abortions) and ways to expand access to sexual health services and supplies for marginalized communities, among other recommendations.

“What we face is a potentially dangerous Supreme Court ruling against women’s health and against women, period,” Councilmember Cindy Allen said, noting that as a city with its own health agency, Long Beach has a “duty” to protect anyone who may be vulnerable if the Supreme Court overturns Roe. Allen noted that she recently took a trip to Kentucky—a state that would ban abortion in most cases if Roe was overturned—and stayed in a motel room where she alleged a woman once had an underground abortion performed because she had nowhere else to go.

“This is 2022 and women are being driven to these dangerous and harmful extremes,” Allen said.

Long Beach city staff has 45 days to return to the council with the recommendations.

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Rally outside LB City Hall calls for lower taxes on cannabis Kristen Farrah Naeem Staff Writer

A rally was held outside the Long Beach Civic Center on Wednesday, Feb. 9 calling for lower cannabis taxes.

“Current cultivation, retail, sales and excise taxes are squeezing out the already small profit margins for everyone across the state and impacting every single license type,” said Tamika Boyce, founder of Canna-Xpress. “The taxes levied against cannabis businesses in particular are ridiculously disproportionate in comparison to every other existing business.”

The state recently raised the cultivation tax rate for cannabis after adjusting it for inflation. The increased cultivation tax rate applies to all transfers and sales of cannabis made by cultivators as of Jan. 1, 2022. The cultivation tax rates for fresh cannabis plants, dried cannabis flower and dried cannabis leaves were increased by nearly 5%.

Cannabis cultivation taxes are applied to any harvested cannabis that enters the commercial market, regardless of whether or not it’s eventually sold. No other crop in California is charged a cultivation tax.

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Ángel Rodriguez holds a sign as a group of protesters gather outside Long Beach City Hall to call for a reduction of taxes on cannabis on Feb. 9, 2022.

Cannabis business owners complained that the current taxes raise the price of their products until they can no longer compete with cheaper black market products.

“People voted because they didn’t want to see their family members go to jail,” Wonderbrett co-founder Brett Feldman said of the legalization of recreational cannabis.

“They didn’t vote though to be

taxed to death, they didn’t vote for legal weed to just be basically made so uncompetitive […] against the black market that there’s no chance or hope of survival for brands.”

Recreational cannabis products sold within Long Beach are currently charged an excise tax of 15% by the state and a local sales tax of 10.25% by the City.

The Long Beach City Council lowered taxes across the cannabis supply chain (manufacturers, distributors, cultivators and testing laboratories) from 6% to 1% in November 2019, but local cannabis business owners say more reductions need to be made.

Vice Mayor Rex Richardson said when the City lowered the cannabis tax rate, it also lowered its tax revenue projections for the local cannabis industry from $4.5 million to $4 million. Despite the City’s lowered expectations, Long Beach’s cannabis industry outperformed all projections and brought in $10 million in revenue after the tax decrease.

“It was so economically viable that we’ve been able to use this additional revenue to balance our budget during the pandemic,” Richardson said. “When other revenue sources were slowing down, cannabis thrived.”

continued from page 1 those, 78% were unsheltered, a 24% rise compared to 2019.

Austin anticipates that the 2021 Point-In-Time Count, set to take place Feb. 24, will reflect how COVID-19 “exacerbated challenges” regarding homelessness in the City.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 20222023 budget is expected to include financial support for new tiny home shelters, Austin wrote in the proposal.

City Manager Tom Modica expressed confidence that additional tiny home shelters would qualify for Project Roomkey funding handed down by the state, saying the project “absolutely qualifies” and that staff would be putting together a “very strong application” for the funds.

During public comment, resident Rocio Torres urged the council to create the shelters “sooner rather than later.”

“Homeless residents can’t wait,” she said. “With those tiny homes, we bring critical resources, everything in one location, to uplift our neighborhoods.”

Councilmember Rex Richardson urged staff to be open to all options—including empty parcels where landowners might be interested in developing tiny home shelters.

Health and Human Services Director Kelly Colopy said, of the funding sources she was aware of, the City would be required to make a 15-year commitment to the tiny home shelter location.

She noted the shelter element of the tiny homes meant that “good service” would entail a place where residents could access case management and other services that would help them transition into permanent housing.

Mary Simmons, who lives on the Anaheim Corridor, said the daily struggles of unhoused residents in the area were “just heartbreaking.”

She supported the idea of creating more tiny home shelters.

“Sometimes we forget that the unhoused do live in communities amongst themselves,” resident Jim Howard said. “To me, that is one of the important things that tiny homes allow them to do, it allows them to live in a community where they can support each other.”

The city manager will work with Long Beach Continuum of Care partners and appropriate departments to study the program’s feasibility. They will have 60 days to report back to the council with their findings.

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DIGITAL EDITOR

Karla M. Enriquez

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Sara Pilchman lays on the floor of her ceramics studio and warehouse in Signal Hill on Feb. 8, 2022, among a variety of her finished tiny pots while talking to her studio mate candle-maker, Keri Palustre. After sitting on a stool for hours to shape the pots, she prefers to lay on the ground to relax.

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acks upon wooden racks of about 1,000 tiny ceramic pots sit in a brick kiln at Angels Gate Cultural Center ..in San Pedro waiting to be fired at 2,380 degrees.

Ceramic artist Sara Pilchman and her team work out of her Signal Hill and San Pedro workspaces (the latter, a set of old army barracks turned into studios) to fulfill the weekly process.

At the Signal Hill studio, it takes minutes for Pilchman to mold softened clay into a vessel using her potter’s wheel, but the finishing process—polishing, glazing and firing—takes the rest of the week.

The tiny pots—usually in nine different styles—can be found at over 125 shops around the nation.

Eight of those shops are in Long Beach including Plantiitas, Blue Windows and Made by Millworks.

The work that lines the shelves of the shops is something Pilchman has been doing almost her entire life—first sitting behind a potter’s wheel at 6 years old during summer camp. Serving as a glimpse into her future life, Pilchman would sell tiny sculptures as a kid to a Long Beach pottery shop.

At age 16, after transferring to Idyllwild Arts Academy from Poly High School, Pilchman rediscovered her love for ceramics, launching Sara Pilchman Ceramics years later in 2016.

“It actually grew out of my competitive nature,” Pilchman said of her start. “As I got a little bit older, there were people that were better than me and I didn’t want them to be.”

Although she got her start doing dishware in 2016, for a few years now Pilchman has focused only on the tiny pots—something that was born out of public demand at local markets where she displayed miniature versions of full-sized bottles.

Further fueling demand were small bike planters that Pilchman made for a friend, which gained popularity in the Long Beach and Signal Hill areas, where biking is

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Sara Pilchman uses her hands to create the top lip of a tiny pot inside her studio and warehouse in Signal Hill on Feb. 8, 2022. Pilchman and her employees produce about 1,000 pots per week in this location.

widespread.

“After a certain time I was like ‘Why am I trying to make these other products that people might like but are labor intensive and don’t quite have the same impact?’”

Pilchman said.

The tiny pots vary in size from 2 to 3 inches tall. Each pot is unique and usually catered to a shop’s aesthetic. Currently, Pilchman only offers her work wholesale.

One of the tiny pots offered at Made by Millworks features a cerulean blue glaze at the neck that drips into the body. Some of the other pots, vase-like in nature, have a teal glaze while others retain their earthy colors.

The pots can be used for just about anything, Pilchman explains in an Instagram video. They can serve as planters, shot glasses or simply as decorative pieces.

“It’s never been about the product as much as it has been about the process for me,” Pilchman said. “I just wanted to be on the wheel all the time and that’s definitely what I’ve been doing with these tiny pots. I get the satisfaction of creating a product.”

Pilchman noted that creating a high volume of tiny pots removes so much of the “stress and heartbreak” that comes with spending countless hours on one product that could break in the process.

Although Pilchman has been surrounded by many aspects of art, having earned a degree in museum studies and visual storytelling from Juniata College, the physicality of creating pottery is what has captivated the artist through the years.

From immersing her hands in the high fire clay as it spins in the wheel to having the ability to smash a pot against a rock—fueling the idea of creation and destruction— Pilchman has used pottery making as a physical outlet.

“It is my body going into this item and [being] able to do whatever I want with that,” Pilchman said of the satisfaction of pottery making.

“It’s a sense of physical control that I think a lot of other arts couldn’t offer me.”

To keep up with Sara Pilchman’s work and find a list of retailers follow her on Instagram at @sarapilchmanceramics.

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Local nonprofit hosts second annual virtual 5k ‘Conquer Signal Hill’ Karla M. Enriquez iD gital d E itor

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A baby sea otter pup at the Aquarium of the Pacific peeks out from a dip in the water.

Aquarium of the Pacific rebounds from pandemic, ends 2021 with ‘historic high’ revenues Emma DiMaggio Managing d E itor

The Aquarium of the Pacific finished out 2021 with record profits, ending the year with $22 million in earnings, $2 million more than 2019.

“When the pandemic hit, suddenly, there were no more yellow school buses parked outside the Aquarium,” CEO Peter Kareiva said to the Long Beach City Council on Feb. 8.

The impact of the pandemic came at the heels of the Aquarium’s best financial year on record—a historic high of $41 million in operating revenue, according to the Aquarium Chief Financial Officer Anthony Brown.

That rise was cut short when pandemic-related health orders shut down large portions of the Aquarium to the public. In 2020, the facility was only fully open for 91 days.

“We suffered tremendously,” Brown said, pointing to a $13 million loss in operating revenue.

On the rebound from the worst of the pandemic, the Aquarium has bounced back in part thanks to “pent up visitor demand and record spending levels in retail and annual memberships,” Brown said.

The Aquarium’s operating reserve account has been replenished, he said. The Aquarium was also able to repay a loan early—one the City granted in 2017 to help the Aquarium with its construction payments.

Though the City twice approved loans for the Aquarium—one for $2.2 million in 2020 and one for $5 million in early 2021—they never had to use them.

During the pandemic, the Aquarium developed online programs that reached over 200,000 students and gained a TikTok following of 2.5 million.

The Aquarium also developed a number of programs in 2020, including the African American Scholar Program, which provided ten Black students studying aquarium-related fields with $10,000 scholarships.

In the past few months, they’ve added an American Indian fellowship program and a Hispanic fellowship program.

“It’s such a blessing to have you in our city,” Councilmember Suzie Price said. “It’s great to see that this city asset is thriving and continues to bounce back and in a really impressive way after the pandemic.”

Local nonprofit The Rock Club-Music is the Remedy is holding its second annual “Conquer Signal Hill” 5k virtual challenge in support of its music programs for veterans, this year honoring Signal Hill Commissioner Terry Rogers, who died on Jan. 30.

This is one of the many runs taking place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic (the Long Beach Marathon had a virtual component in 2021). It will feature a 5k run, walk and dog walk as well as a 20k bike challenge.

“We want everyone to be a part of this and you can do it in your house, you can walk on the treadmill, you can walk in your brain, you actually don’t have to do it but just support,” said musician Frank Mcilquham, executive director of The Rock Club.

Proceeds from the virtual 5k will support the music programs for Rock for Vets and The Rock Club’s Quarantine Singing Circle—a set of videos that allow members to continue singing with program leaders through the pandemic.

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Two participants in 2021’s ‘Conquer Signal Hill’ challenge walk in Signal Hill.

Founded in 2009 by Mcilquham, The Rock Club provides support and mentorship to youth, veterans and senior citizens through music.

Those registering for the challenge must participate anytime between Feb. 26 and March 26.

There’s a registration fee of $60 per person or bike and $30 for dogs, which includes a shirt, medal, towel and face mask.

Signal Hill Petroleum, one of the event sponsors, will provide four $150 prizes. The categories include fastest male 5k runner, fastest female 5k runner, fastest 20k cyclist and most “prized pooch.”

To be considered for the prize money, those who registered must send proof of time and a photo of themselves participating in the challenge while wearing their event

shirt to katherine@musicistheremedy.org no later than March 27 by noon. Those entering their dog must submit a photo by the same deadline through email.

“Conquer Signal Hill” came about in 2021 after Los Alamitos’ “Race on the Base”—a race The Rock Club participated in for 10 years—decided not to do an event.

The race came back later that year as Race Los Alamitos.

“There [was] a hole,” Mcilquham said. “People like to run and they like to be active, so [Executive Administrator] Katherine [Mcilquham] thought it would be a great idea for us to have our own 5k.”

Final results for “Conquer Signal Hill” will be decided by Signal Hill Petroleum on March 30, according to The Rock Club’s website. Winners will be notified and results will be posted online by March 31.

“Anything to stay active and stay busy and help our community,” Mcilquham said of the race. “That’s the best part.”

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. via video/teleconference, to consider the following: AMENDMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT-CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT FUNDS (CDBG-CV) The Signal Hill City Council will consider amending the CDBG-CV project funding. The following projects are proposed to be funded with CDBG-CV funds.

CDBG-CV Projects Budget Senior Food Distribution Program $27,802 Family Food Distribution Program $37,160 ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited and encouraged to attend the public hearing to present written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evidence on the above matter.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953 (AS AMENDED BY AB 361), THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD VIA VIDEO/TELECONFERENCE ONLY AND WILL NOT BE PHYSICALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. COUNCIL 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 hearing in one of the following ways: • You may participate via teleconference by calling (408) 638-0968 on the date and time of the meeting using the meeting number 881-4793-6648 and password 374778; • You may participate via Zoom.us. To join the meeting via Zoom, enter the following meeting number: 881-4793-6648 and password 374778 or • You may submit comments prior to the meeting date by email to comservices@cityofsignalhill.org, or by mail to the attention of Alison Dobay, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755. If received prior to publication of the agenda (on or before Thursday, February 17, 2022), staff will incorporate the comments into the staff report. Written comments received by 5:00 p.m. on February 22, 2022 will be provided electronically to the City Council and attached to the meeting minutes. Written comments will not be read into the record.

• The City is not responsible for meeting disruptions or technical difficulties; however, if you are disconnected, please repeat the steps above.

IF YOU WISH TO LEGALLY challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearing.

FURTHER INFORMATION and associated documents on this item may be obtained from the Community Services Department by calling Alison Dobay, Community Services Manager, at (562) 989-7330, or by emailing comservices@cityofsignalhill.org __________/ss/__________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper on: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before:

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TST6626 / 2022 000000 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: J & J ENTERPRISES, 5523 Monlaco Road Long Beach, CA. 90808. Registrant: JAMES P. CIRIVELLO, 5523 Monlaco Road Long Beach, CA. 90808. This business is conducted by: An individual . I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: James P. Cirivello. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in (08/2002). This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (01/19/2022). 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: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022 TST6627 / 2022 008765 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: DORWIN PROPERTIES, 5199 E. Pacific Coast HWY STE 100D Long Beach, CA 90804. Registrant: 1. DEBRA HOOD GRAYLEY 5530 Daggett St. Long Beach, CA 90815, 2. NANCY WALLACE LUNGREN CO-TTEE 24 Savage River Circle, Sacramento CA. 95831 3. B. J. WALLCE GREEN 8755 HWY 128 Healdsburg, CA 95448, 4. ROBERT WALLACE 76 Hickory Way Solvang, CA. 93463, 5. CHRISTOPHER W. SWANSON TTEE 3105 E 63rd St. Long Beach, CA. 90805 This business is conducted by: a General Partnership. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Debra Hood Grayley. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in (May, 2021). This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (January 19, 2022). 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: January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022 TST6628 Case No. 22NWCP00026 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, NORWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 Norwalk Blvd, Norwalk, CA 90650. PETITION OF: 1.

Sandra Lynn Arnold Baculod, 2. Analyn Michelle Arnold Baculod, 3. Maegan Tiffany Arnold Baculod, 4. Amber Love Arnold Baculod TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners:Sandra Lynn Arnold Baculod has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing their name as follows: Present Names: 1. Sandra Lynn Arnold Baculod, 2. Analyn Michelle Arnold Baculod, 3. Maegan Tiffany Arnold Baculod, 4. Amber Love Arnold Baculod,Proposed Names:1. Sandra Lynn Arnold Bedruz, 2.

Analyn Michelle Arnold Bedruz, 3. Meagan Tiffany Arnold Bedruz, 5. Amber Love Arnold Bedruz 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: March 23, 2022; Time: 10:30 a.m., Dept.

C, Room 312. 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, January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 2022. ___// ss//___ Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: January 21, 2022 TST6630 / 2022 010123 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: EL INCA RACING CAMS, 13101 South Main, Los Angeles, CA 90061. Registrant: MARTHA VILLACRES, TRUSTEE OF THE 1989 TERESA VILLACRES TRUST, 2895 Adriatic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810.

This business is conducted by: a Trust. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Martha Villacres, Trustee of the 1989 Teresa Villacres Trust. The registrant has not be-

gun to use this fictitious business name.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 14, 2022. 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: January 28, & February 4, 11, 18, 2022 TST6635 / 2022 016461 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: A MUTT ABOVE, 4102 Orange Ave. #113 Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: MELINDA J RUESS, 2325 Tulane Ave. Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Melinda J. Ruess. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (January 25, 2022). 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: February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022 TST6632 Case No. 22LBCP00023 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE, 275 Magnolia, 1st Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802 PETITION OF: Taryn Avrille Erhardt TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: Taryn Avrille Erhardt has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing

her name as follows: Present Name: TARYN AVRILLE ERHARDT Proposed Name: TARYN AVRILLE PEREZ 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: March 3, 2022; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. 526. 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, February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022 ___// ss//___ Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: January 27, 2022 TST6638 Case No. 22TRCP00027 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, TORRANCE SUPERIOR COURT, 825 Maple Ave. Torrance, CA 90503. PETITION OF: JEVINAL FERNANDES TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: Jevinal Fernandes has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: JEVINAL FERNANDES Proposed Name: JEFFREY MICHAEL WILLIAMS 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: March 25, 2022; Time: 9 a.m., Dept.

M. 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, February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2021 ___//ss//___ Deidre Hill, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: February 2, 2022

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6634 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on February 22, 2022, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. via video/teleconference, to consider a Resolution for a Street Vacation at E. 21st Street between Walnut Avenue and Gundry Avenue: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, VACATING A 15,684 SQUARE-FOOT SECTION OF E. 21ST STREET LOCATED BETWEEN WALNUT AVENUE AND GUNDRY AVENUE (STREET VACATION NO. 2021-01), PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE SECTION 8300 ET SEQ., EXCEPTING AND RESERVING RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES, AND DIRECTING THE CLERK TO PUBLISH AND POST REQUIRED NOTICES ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to participate in this public hearing to present written information, express their opinions, or otherwise present evidence on the above matter.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54953 (AS AMENDED BY AB 361) this City Council meeting will be held via video/teleconference only and will not be physically open to the public. Council Members and City 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 hearing 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 881-4793-6648, press # when prompted to provide participant ID, and enter passcode 374778. If you would like to make a public comment, please notify the meeting host by pressing *9 on the telephone keypad; • Visit https://zoom.us/j/88147936648 on your desktop computer or laptop and enter passcode 374778; or • Download the app from the app store if you are using a smart phone and enter meeting ID 881-4793-6648 and passcode 374778 when prompted; • You may submit comments prior to the meeting date by email to cityclerk@ cityofsignalhill.org, or by mail to the attention of City Clerk, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755. If received prior February 16, 2022, City staff will incorporate the comments into the staff report. Written comments received by 5:00 p.m. on February 22, 2022 will be provided electronically to the City Council and attached to the meeting minutes. Written comments will not be read into the record.

• The City is not responsible for meeting disruptions or technical difficulties; however, if you are disconnected, please repeat the steps above.

IF YOU WISH TO LEGALLY challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearing.

FURTHER INFORMATION and associated documents on this item may be obtained from the City Clerk’s office by calling the City Clerk at 562-989-7305 or by emailing cityclerk@cityofisignalhill.org. _____________________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper: February 4 & 11, 2022 Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: February 4, 2022

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WWW.SIGNALTRIBUNE.COM • LEGAL NOTICES • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2022 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 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA06000175-19-1.

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 Web site. 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 702-659-7766, or visit this internet website www.insourcelogic.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA06000175-19-1 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: January 26, 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA0600017519-1 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.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702659-7766 Order Number 79777, Pub Dates: 2/4/2022, 2/11/2022, 2/18/2022, SIGNAL TRIBUNE TST6629 Notice is hereby given in accordance with APN: 7184-022-005 TS No: CA05000047-21-1 TO No: 210608190-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 December 16, 2004. 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 March 10, 2022 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 January 3, 2005 as Instrument No. 05 0001936, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by ERWIN H DE GROOT, A WIDOWER, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION DBA DITECH.COM 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: 3748 MARBER AVE, LONG BEACH, CA 90808 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 $175,355.78 (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 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 Web site address www.

Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA05000047-21-1.

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 Web site. 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 800.280.2832, or visit this internet website https://tracker.auction.com/ sb1079/, using the file number assigned to this case CA05000047-21-1 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: January 25, 2022 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05000047-21-1 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 Order Number 79765, Pub

Dates: 2/4/2022, 2/11/2022, 2/18/2022, SIGNAL TRIBUNE TST6643 / 2022 026948 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. CLEARVIEW AUTO GLASS 2. USA WINDSHIELDS, 7321 S Alameda Street A Los Angeles, CA. 90001. Registrant: MIREYA ARLENE VALDIVIA, 6033 1/2 Clara Street Bell Gardens, CA. 90201.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Mireya Arlene Valdivia. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (February 3, 2022). 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: February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2022 TST6642 / 2022 026951 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: CREATIVE VISION STUDIO, 6019 San Remo Way Buena Park, CA. 90620.

Registrant: LUIS ENRIQUE VAZQUEZ PEDROZA, 6019 San Remo Way Buena Park, CA. 90620. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Luis Enrique Vazquez Pedroza. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (February 3, 2022). 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: February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2022 TST6641 / 2022 026948 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1.CREATIVE VISION STUDIO, 11760 S Esther St. Lynwood, CA. 90262. Registrant: ROVIANNI LLC, 11760 S Esther St. Lynwood, CA, 90262. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Claudia C. Hernandez. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (February 3, 2022). 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: February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2022 TST6644 Case No. 22CHCP00043 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CHATSWORTH COURTHOUSE, 9425 Penfield Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311 PETITION OF: SHU CHUN WU TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: Shu Chun Wu has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: SHU CHUN WU Proposed Name: LAYLA SHU-CHUN WU 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: April 6, 2022; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. F47. 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, February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 2022 ___//ss//___David B. Gelfound, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: February 9, 2022

TST6640/Order No: 10067 Auto Lien Sale On 02/21/2022 at 2500 MARINE AVE REDONDO BEACH,CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 2019 KAWASAKI VIN: JKAEXKH16KDA28551 STATE: CA LIC: 24E7719 at 10 AM

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TST6631 APN: 7317-018-150 TS No: CA06000175-19-1 TO No: 191002130-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 December 5, 2017. 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 March 3, 2022 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 December 15, 2017 as Instrument No. 20171456812, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by MAUALUGA T. MATAUTIA, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for SIWELL INC., DBA CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES OF TEXAS 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: 3595 SANTA FE AVENUE #293, LONG BEACH, CA 90810 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 $434,486.13 (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 made available to you and to the public,

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