October 22, 2021 | Vol. XLIII No. 43

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Supervisors vote to expedite help related to Dominguez Channel stench

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Students walk across the playground after recess at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School for the first day of school on Aug. 31, 2021.

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Larry Holmgren places one of his white stones on the Go board while Terry McIntyre waits to make his move on Oct. 16, 2021, at Signal Hill Park.

‘If chess is a battle, Go is a war’ This centuries-old Chinese strategy game is alive and well in Signal Hill

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ach Saturday, residents of Long Beach and Signal Hill gather under a shaded picnic table in Signal Hill Park and play the centuries-old game Go, otherwise known as Weichi or Weiqi.

One might mistake the game for a complicated match of checkers with its alternating black and white pieces. But Go dates farther back than checkers and even chess, first invented in China over 3,000 years ago, where it remains widely popular. It’s believed to be one of the oldest board games in the world.

“If chess is a game, Go is a war,” Signal Hill resident and Go player Paul Feldman said. “Every move has implications all over the place. There’s battles going on everywhere.”

The Long Beach Go Club–which has formally existed since 2013–recently moved its meetings from Tuesdays at Royal Cup Cafe to Saturdays at Signal Hill Park in an effort to attract new players.

On the morning of Saturday, Oct. 16, player Terry McIntyre and club founder Larry Holmgren were seated across see LB GO CLUB page 9

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Larry Holmgren places one of his white stones on the Go board while Terry McIntyre waits to make his move on Oct. 16, 2021, at Signal Hill Park.

LBUSD still negotiating with classified employees over raises, with contract set to expire Oct. 31 n A ita W. Harris eS nior Writer

The California School Employees Association’s (CSEA) Long Beach chapter held a rally outside the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 20, to protest LBUSD’s salary increase proposal for CSEA employees.

CSEA and LBUSD have been bargaining since March over a new labor contract to replace the current one expiring on Oct. 31. Though the two parties have agreed to 20 sections of the contract, according to an Oct. 18 LBUSD bargaining update, they continue to disagree about salary increases.

CSEA represents about 2,100 of the district’s classified employees, including instructional aides, nutrition-services workers, bus drivers, custodians and gardeners. Most LBUSD teachers are represented by a different union, the Teachers Association of Long Beach (TALB).

In its rallying call, CSEA said LBUSD is offering a two-cent per hour raise while teacher substitutes are getting a 16% raise, or about $4.50 per hour. LBUSD maintains it is offering CSEA the same “fair and competitive” package accepted by TALB in April.

LBUSD’s proposal includes a combination of retroactive raises totaling 3% for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 academic years, and a one-time “off-schedule” raise of 2% for 2020-21. see NEGOTIATIONS page 8

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ENVIRONMENT

A view of the Dominguez Channel near the 405 Freeway and Carson Street in Carson, California on Oct. 19, 2021.

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Supervisors vote to expedite help related to Dominguez Channel stench iC ty News Service

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he Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday, Oct. 19 to expedite support for residents in Carson and neighboring communities suffering from the stench emanating from the Dominguez Channel.

Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Janice Hahn co-authored a motion calling on the Department of Public Works and county CEO to do what it takes to get relief to residents quickly, including directly distributing HEPA air filters and filtration units, handing out hotel vouchers, reimbursing cities for supplies, and hiring a third party to administer relief supplies and reimbursement.

“I want to make sure that we have our foot firmly planted on the accelerator,” Mitchell said of both those efforts and the work to eliminate the smell.

Thousands of residents from Carson, West Carson and portions

of Gardena, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Wilmington and Long Beach have reported the noxious rotting-egg-like smell caused by organic material decaying in the channel. Many have complained of headaches, burning eyes, nausea and other discomfort.

“The impacts … are truly profound and ongoing,” Mitchell said of the stink that began fouling the air early this month.

Hahn said she had been in the area and described the smell. “It was putrid,” Hahn said. “It was the smell from hell.”

The county’s Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Carson City Council have declared the foul odor a “public nuisance.”

County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis sought to reassure community members in remarks to the board Tuesday.

“All of these symptoms are expected to be reversible and temporary at the levels we’ve seen so far,” Davis said.

He also clarified that the declaration of a public nuisance was not

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I want to make sure that we have our foot firmly planted on the accelerator.

-Supervisor Holly Mitchell on the work to eliminate the smell emanating from the Dominguez Channel intended to minimize the issue but represents a legal designation that helps free up the county to act.

On Oct. 12, DPH notified residents that they would be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, including the cost of certified portable HEPA indoor air filters or temporary relocation expenses to

avoid negative health impacts.

More than 1,200 residents have already sought reimbursement for related expenses, according to DPW Director Mark Pestrella.

Pestrella told the board that the smell comes from a natural process of anaerobic digestion of vegetation that naturally releases hydrogen sulfide.

“What’s different about this event is that we have a tremendous amount of vegetation,” Pestrella said.

Normally, these events typically last one or two days, but Pestrella said there is a suspicion that someone —possibly local industrial businesses—might have released chemicals into the channel that caused the overgrowth.

The DPW and the Los Angeles County Fire Department are investigating.

Workers have treated the channel with “a natural biological deodorizer” and are mechanically oxygenating the waterway in an effort to speed the decay.

“We are already seeing a change

in the concentrations of hydrogen sulfide,” Pestrella said.

He defended the speed of his department’s response, saying it required coordination with multiple federal, state and local agencies and treading carefully to ensure that potential solutions didn’t make things worse.

Health officials urged residents to keep their doors and windows closed to prevent the stench from entering homes, and consider replacing air filters with stronger, activated-carbon HEPA filters to help clean the indoor air.

Public health officials also urged residents with “persistent, worrisome or worsening symptoms from the odors” to call their health care providers, especially if they have chronic health conditions.

Schools in the area were also urged to exercise discretion regarding outdoor student activities.

Carson council members and Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragan, D-San Pedro, on Monday called for Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency.

OIL SPILL

Coast Guard, federal investigators board anchor-dragging ship in Long Beach iC ty News Service Southern California Local News

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Two women take pictures amid the oil slicked sand at the shoreline of Huntington State Beach on Oct. 4, 2021, after a then-estimated 126,000 gallons of crude oil had leaked from an underwater pipeline.

U.S. Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board marine casualty investigators boarded the container ship MSC DANIT, Saturday, Oct. 16 in the Port of Long Beach.

Prior to the visit, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Braden Rostad, chief of investigations in L.A. and Long Beach determined that the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) DANIT was involved in an anchor-dragging incident on Jan. 25, 2021, during a weather event that impacted the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The anchor-dragging incident occurred in close proximity to a sub-sea pipeline, which was subsequently discovered to be the source

of the Orange County oil spill on Oct. 2, 2021.

As a result of the investigation, the Coast Guard designated the MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, S.A.—the operator of the vessel—and Dordellas Finance Corporation—the owner of the vessel— as parties in interest in the marine casualty event.

The “party in interest” designation provides the owner and operator of the MSC DANIT the opportunity to be represented by counsel, to examine and cross-examine witnesses and to call relevant witnesses.

The Coast Guard marine casualty investigation into the Orange County oil pipeline major marine casualty remains ongoing. Multiple pipeline scenarios and additional vessels of interest continue to be investigated.

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CRIME

LBPD announces arrest of two suspects in 2020 homicide iC ty News Service Southern California Local News

On Oct. 20, police announced the arrest of two suspects in the killing of a homeless man in February 2020 in Long Beach.

Both suspects are accused in the shooting death of 33-year-old Joseph Roque, the Long Beach Police Department reported.

One suspect, 29-year-old Buchantha Suon of Long Beach, was taken into custody on Feb. 11 near his residence in the 800 block of East Eighth Street, police said.

Suon was booked on one count of murder and is currently being held in lieu of $2 million bail.

The other suspect, 33-year-old Roth Chan of Tomball, Texas, was picked up Oct. 14 in Texas by Long Beach detectives, Houston police Richard H. Grant | Signal Tribune

Long Beach City Councilmember Cindy Allen jumps in joy as Mayor Robert Garcia laughs during a check presentation at Bixby Park on Oct. 21, 2021.

State dollars trickle down to Long Beach parks Bixby Park gets $850K, Ramona Park gets $1.5M Emma iD Maggio

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ity leaders gathered in Bixby Park this morning to celebrate a $850,000 infusion in state funds to enhance the park.

The gathering came just one day after a similar celebration at Ramona Park, which received $1.5 million for a new signature playground.

“I just want to say what I think a fine moment this is for our commu-

nity, for this neighborhood, that we’re recognizing that this park is a special place,“ Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell said. “And that we need to keep it special, and we keep it special by investing in it.”

The funds will go towards modernizing the park’s community center, including HVAC, roof and plumbing repairs, as well as the addition of a computer lab. Other eligible projects include a splash pad, the addition of a basketball court, updates to public exercise equipment in the park and modern water fountains.

The park’s bandshell amphitheater is eligible for improvements.

The amphitheater was restored in 2008 after a tree limb crushed a portion of the bandshell in 2005.

“I know you’re all looking at the

front of this [amphitheater] and it looks old, and it looks worn,” Councilmember Cindy Allen said.

“But this money is going to help us really elevate this event space.”

Allen said that she’d work with the Friends of Bixby Park group to prioritize the eligible improvement projects.

The coast-adjacent park includes a skate park, picnic areas, playground equipment and a dog park, among other amenities.

Director of Parks, Recreation and Marine Brent Dennis quoted Whitney Houston in his speech, saying, “‘I believe that children are the future. Raise them up and they will lead the way.’ I think providing very safe, welcoming and appropriately designed parks and recreation facilities do just that.”

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LB City Council moves forward in recognizing October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month Karla M. Enriquez Digital Editor

At the direction of the Long Beach City Council, the city attorney will draft a resolution recognizing October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

“While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget there are practical steps that we can take to detect the disease in its early stages,” Councilmember Cindy Allen, a breast cancer survivor, said.

The item, which was unanimously supported by the council on Tuesday, Oct. 19, is intended to increase awareness and encourage healthy lifestyle choices that could reduce the risk of cancer.

“My sister is also a breast cancer survivor,” Councilmember Mary Zendejas said. “I think it is important that we all understand the importance because everybody has moms and daughters and sisters.”

According to the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States.

About one in eight U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime and one in 39 will die from breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.

Black women die from breast cancer at a higher rate than white women, according to the CDC. In a report from 2019-2020, the American Cancer Society listed the death rate for non-Hispanic Black women at 28.4 deaths per 100,000 which was double that of Asian/Pacific Islander women.

Councilmember Suely Saro noted that Breast Cancer Awareness Month, nationally observed in October, reminds people to schedule their mammograms.

“If you’re not scheduled to get tested, it’s a good time to make sure you do and that it’s on a regular ba-

sis,” Saro said.

Allen also emphasized the importance of mammograms. It was at the insistence of her friend that Allen got a mammogram in her 40s that eventually led to a breast cancer diagnosis.

“When I look back and I think of those conversations I thought ‘I’m young,’ and it was just a distant thought, cancer, but she was persistent,” Allen said.

Allen went on to have a double radical mastectomy. She noted that early onset of cancer, which is in women under the age of 45, is one in 10.

“Breast cancer is very common, but it is also preventable,” Allen said. “So today I’m asking the city to recognize October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and help our residents be more informed and better prepared to prevent, manage and survive breast cancer.”

and agents of the FBI’s violent crime task force.

Chan was arrested near the 11500 block of Bolander Court in Tomball. He was booked for a fugitive arrest warrant from another state and is currently awaiting extradition to Long Beach.

Detectives believe the two suspects were near the area of Sixth Street and Lime Avenue looking for a person they believed was stealing property from Suon. They encountered the victim in that area and an argument escalated into the shooting, police said.

Anyone with information on the two suspects or the killing was asked to call Long Beach police detectives at 562-570-7244. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

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HISTORICAL COMMENTARY

SEARCHING FOR GHOSTS IN LONG BEACH

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his is the time of year, with Halloween and Day of the Dead approaching, that people start to think about “spooky stuff.” During this season questions about what lies on the “other side” abound. Many seek answers and embark on their own investigative journey. As the author of two “Haunted Long Beach” books, let me share my quest to uncover eerie happenings in Long Beach and Signal Hill, and provide some tips to “unearth” information.

My search began in 1989, while I was on the Publications Committee of the Historical Society of Long Beach. After debating what the committee should publish next, I mentioned having been in Gettysburg, and how amazed I was to see so many books about Gettysburg ghosts.

In talking with the manager, I found the shop could barely keep books about ghosts on the shelves. Sharing this information with the Publications Committee, I mentioned I already had several allegedly true ghost stories gathered from indexing early area newspapers. I went on to add that a book on Long Beach hauntings might be a way to raise needed revenue. We decided to go ahead with the project, but realized we needed to gather additional stories. We put up posters, along with forms to fill out, in area libraries and around town asking, “Have You Seen a Ghost Lately.” The advertising resulted in two money making books.

The Haunted Long Beach books are different from other ghost books because several of the stories can possibly be traced to actual events. For over 20 years I spent whatever free time I could find working on Long Beach Public Library’s Long Beach History Index.

Chronicled were human interest stories, war, politics, crime, social happenings, obituaries and much more. Up until about 1962 newspapers included the address of the person or event being written about. Since the library received so many requests about the history of a house or business, the address found in the article was also included in the index.

That way someone could do a keyword search

by putting in an address and perhaps find information. That’s how I was able to uncover stories which seemed to give possible validity to some ghostly happenings.

Let me share one story from Haunted Long Beach 2, and what the Long Beach History Index helped lead to. It’s about mysterious happenings at the Bundy house on Cedar Avenue.

The unseen housemate manifested itself first as a cold spot in the middle of summer. The room became almost unbearably cold, and Gail Bundy jokingly addressed the cold spot, asking that it go away because it was making everyone uncomfortable. Within minutes, the cold spot vanished. It wasn’t too long after this that the family dining table conversation turned to the possibility that their house could be haunted. When this subject was voiced, every window on the bottom floor, including a pair of huge glass doors, flew open. This convinced the family that they weren’t alone in their new home.

The Bundy’s began to routinely talk to the presence, especially when something turned up missing. It seemed that household items, clothing and other things would frequently disappear. Hunting for them did no good, they couldn’t be found. Instead, the family just asked their “presence” politely to return the lost article. In no time the lost whatever would be found lying in the middle of the hall, on the kitchen table or in some other conspicuous place.

It began to appear as if some of the spooky happenings were caused as the ghost went about her daily chores. The Bundy’s began to think that the entity was cleaning up after them and that the lost items had been removed while she “tidied up.” She always returned them when asked and nothing was ever damaged or destroyed.

There were signs she was going about her business when, every so often, the twoway door to the kitchen would swing back and forth, as if somebody had just breezed through. Lights would often turn on when they sensed the entity entering a room, and they would turn off when she left. She wasn’t always so energy conservation conscious, sometimes forgetting to close the refrigerator door.

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It seemed the entity had no set cleaning schedule. One evening, the Bundy’s reported, there was a terrible noise downstairs. It sounded as if the dining room chairs were being moved all over the place. As the sleepy family raced downstairs, they were shocked to find the chairs in perfect order at the table, not a speck of dust on them. Had the family ghost been cleaning?

There was one thing the family’s housemate wasn’t fond of — candles. Candles lit in the house tended to go out mysteriously, and any left burning in an upstairs bedroom were quickly extinguished. Eerily, in more than one instance, the wicks were ripped completely out of the candle. Was their ghost afraid there would be a fire?

The family asked psychic researchers to come to the house, and they confirmed there was a spirit, and that she once lived there.

Later the Bundy’s daughter Amber did a little research of her own with friends and a Ouija board.

The girls directed questions to the “presence” and the board responded. Amber couldn’t believe it, especially when she asked the spirit moving the board to perform a specific act, such as turn off the lights, and it did. Amber then and there became a lifelong believer in ghosts.”

Who was the ghost haunting the Cedar Street address? One possibility surfaced when I checked the Long Beach History Index. I found a woman who had died in the house — Miss Mary Abrams. The 80-yearold woman had passed away in the home of her brother, Dr. J. H. Abrams, on March 18, 1923. She had kept house for him for nearly 60 years. Was it her spirit that was still trying to keep the house tidy?

One question prospective ghost hunters may ask is when can you expect a ghost to appear? My research led me to the conclusion that a ghost may show itself once in a hundred years or once every Tuesday.

Seth, an entity who speaks through medium Jane Roberts gives an explanation in the book The “Unknown” Reality: volume 2.

Seth describes “psychological” atmospheres that surround the earth which allow him access to our world: “My mental or psychic journeys must occur in a medium of some kind. There are rhythmic activities in the at-

mosphere that I count upon and use, as for example, a sea captain might use the rhythm of the waves for his voyages. Those inner atmospheric ‘waves’ have a certain regularity.

They are more intense at certain times than other.”

Seth’s statement might explain what Mollie and her daughter Holly experienced in their little two-bedroom house on California Avenue. They seem to have a “cyclical” ghost, one who appears in regular cycles, every few years at Christmas. It’s almost as though whatever is necessary to cause the ghost to manifest itself takes a set time to build up enough energy to show itself again. You’ll find this and other stories in Haunted Long Beach 2.

I hope this brief explanation will help any prospective ghost hunters out there. Of course, there is equipment you may use to aid in your search — spirit boxes, electromagnetic field (EMF) detectors, digital voice recorders.

However, if you have already experienced an eerie occurrence in Long Beach or Signal Hill a simple, free research tool would be to use the Long Beach History Index. Even if your house or business was built after 1962 (when addresses were no longer published in the newspapers), you may still find a “ghostly” link. One example is a haunting at the Hyatt reported to me by a hotel employee in 2019. The hotel was built on the site of the Pine Avenue Pier, in which 38 died and over 200 were injured when the pier collapsed during Empire Day celebrations in 1913.

Could one of these victims still haunt the site? Another example is the unexplained happenings at the Long Beach Towne Center, built on the site of the former Navy Hospital, where many died.

I look forward to this year’s Cemetery Tour on October 30th, put on by the Long Beach Historical Society. It is always an enjoyable, informative event. I will “manifest” myself at the Municipal Cemetery between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Local Author’s booth if you would like to meet me.

If you have a true “eerie”experience you would like to share I would love to hear from you. I can be reached at claudineburnett@ hotmail.com.

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Anita W. Harris

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COLUMNIST

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COMMUNITY

Volunteer help needed for community garden behind Peruvian restaurant in Long Beach

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community garden in Long Beach that grows fresh produce for the Peruvian restaurant Casa .iChaskis is in need of volunteer help.

“We want this to become a community asset,” said Jeff Rowe of Project Business Lift. “That the community says that this is a part of who we are.”

Rowe put together Project Business Lift in 2020 to assist and advise small businesses on the Westside of Long Beach that were struggling during the pandemic.

It has actively been helping to improve and beautify the Santa Fe Village neighborhood, where Casa Chaskis is located, since December 2020.

According to Rowe, the garden requires daily care. It needs to be weeded and fertilized, and the irrigation system needs to be repaired.

So far, all volunteer work has been provided by students in the UC Master Gardeners program as part of their studies, but more help is needed.

Once the garden has community volunteers to help care for it, they’ll be welcomed to take a few pieces of produce in return for their hard work, according to Rowe.

“The community building is sort of the prize to me at the end,” Rowe said. “And kind of getting more people to grow fruits and veggies so they live healthier.”

A 10-square-foot plot in the garden grew watermelons throughout the summer, and its winter crop is still to be decided. The garden also features a vegetable plot 30 feet wide and 20 feet long, a plot specifically for lettuce that’s 6 feet by 3 feet, and fruit trees, including a large calamansi tree that towers over the rest of the plants.

During the summer, gardeners were able to plant cabbage in the shadow of the calamansi tree even though it was out of season—the shade making it cool enough for the cabbage to survive the summer heat.

Volunteers with the UC Masters Gardeners program began planting the first crops in the community garden a little over five months ago.

Later on in the summer, the garden’s first crop was ready to be harvested, and included a lot of corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuces, zucchinis and pole beans.

“When you grow and you harvest and you use, it’s something magical,” Chef Agustin Romo said.

This first summer harvest inspired Romo to create a garden-to-table style menu, with dishes made from the freshly harvested crops often referred to as “de la chacra,” referring to the Andean word for garden or field.

The garden grows more food than Casa Chaskis can use, and the extra produce is distributed to the community.

“A lot of restaurants in the city do support local farms and stuff like that but they don’t grow their own stuff,” Romo said.

Casa Chaskis focuses on Criollo cuisine, which developed in the capital city of Lima, Peru and pulls

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(Above) Jeff Rowe (left) and Agustín Romo, owner and head chef at Casa Chaskis, sit near a wall that lets patrons know how unique the restaurant’s vegetable garden is on Oct. 19, 2021. (Bottom Left) Some kale is ready to be picked and used in one of Casa Chaskis saltado dishes on Oct. 19, 2021.

The kale is grown in a reclaimed area turned garden near the restaurant’s parking lot. (Bottom Right) Maxima Delacruz, who works in the nail salon that shares a parking lot with Casa Chaskis, pulls some calamansi fruits from the tree in the garden on Oct. 19, 2021. Calamansi is also known as the Philippine lime.

from the cuisines of various ethnic groups residing in the country.

Around half of Casa Chaskis’ menu consists of seafood dishes.

The Chinese and Japanese influences in Criollo cuisine can be seen in the stir fry and noodle-based dishes.

The garden has helped to offset some of the restaurant’s costs.

According to Romo, when the garden was growing tomatoes in the summer, he went a month and a half without having to purchase any for Casa Chaskis.

“I don’t have to buy any kale at all,” Romo said. “I’m still using

the one that was planted there this year.”

One of Casa Chaskis’ signature dishes, its kale saltado, was only made possible through the fresh kale grown in the garden.

“I’m not tooting my own horn, but I would dare to say that I invented that dish just because I had kale,” Romo said. “I had kale so I’m like ‘What am I going to do with all this kale?’”

Multiple times throughout the day, Romo will send his staff to the back lot behind the restaurant to cut pieces of kale from one of the stocks growing in the garden.

“I’m happy that kale is perennial because people come back for it,” Romo said.

Its kale saltado is a reinterpretation of the popular Peruvian dish lomo saltado, a stir fry traditionally made with fries, tomatoes, white onions and a protein, served with white rice.

Kale saltado replaces the fries with kale to create a healthier option that’s been a big hit with Casa Chaskis’ customers.

According to Romo, the kale saltado is the restaurant’s “number one seller.”

Romo noted that the difference

in taste between store-bought and freshly harvested produce is significant.

“You’ll notice it,” Romo said. “It’s totally different. My bell peppers tasted totally different. The kale here was much softer, it wasn’t so hard and stiff like you would get at markets.”

To volunteer to work in the community garden at 2380 Santa Fe Ave., contact Jeff Rowe by calling 562-343-3834 or by emailing jfrowe@rocketmail.com.

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Jennifer Hill, owner of Songbird Boutique peaks out from her office that is seperated from the rest of the shop with a curtain that says “Welcome to the Freak Show” on Oct. 19, 2021.

Enter the realm of Songbird Boutique, the eccentric gift shop on Fourth Street Karla M. Enriquez Dilatig Edroti

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range and lilac paper lanterns and multi-colored butterflies welcome those traveling on Fourth Street into the quirky world of Songbird Boutique.

Inside, seafoam green walls encase rows of colorful and eclectic gifts whose curation was imagined by the creative mind of owner Jennifer Hill.

The sound of horror punk band The Misfits and indie band TV On The Radio plays casually in the background as patrons come in and out.

“This store is like the inside of your brain,” Hill recalls her friend telling her of the collection of gifts— which ranges from classic monster memorabilia to bright pink floral weekender bags.

Hill prides herself in selecting items for her store that have a function, whether that’s leopard socks (from sock company Woven Pair) or key rings shaped like a cat.

For the pop-culture devout, there’s a corner where devotional candles of Dolly Parton, Kurt Cobain and Prince sit on a glass shelf.

A 500-piece Golden Girls puzzle can be found nearby.

Travel deeper into the store and there’s an “f-bomb” station—one of the shop’s most popular corners— that ranges from delicate plates with expletives to thoughtfully naughty greeting cards.

Every gift was carefully chosen from local and national vendors by Hill and fit into a theme. The entire store is compartmentalized into themes.

“When you have a mind like mine where things have to have a certain space, it just made sense to make sections,” Hill said, naming Japanese pop-culture store Sanrio as inspiration.

Hill wanted to recreate the “overwhelming sense of happiness” she

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Throughout Songbird Boutique customers can find a wide variety of custom gifts many of which come from local Long Beach artists and can be found during 4th Street’s Fourth Friday events every month. felt when she walked into a Sanrio store as a child and was greeted by the organized burst of color.

Although the contents of the store are often humorous, Hill’s journey to being a store owner has been anything but.

When Hill opened Songbird in 2010, she was well into a new chapter that started when she relocated back to Long Beach from Oakland a few years after a divorce.

“I thought, ‘This is probably going to be the only time I get a chance to maybe open a business,’” Hill said of the time.

Inspired by her mother, who was also a business owner, Hill started doing car shows and music events primarily in the rockabilly scene until a space became available for her first store.

The store was Sneaky Tiki, a small boutique she ran with her now-husband, that first opened inside Third Eye Records (it has since moved) specializing in vintage apparel and small gifts.

About five years later Hill opened Songbird.

Mounting life responsibilities and her mother’s cancer diagnosis led Hill to take a step back from her first boutique a few years after opening, letting her husband run the store full-time.

For Hill, owning Songbird was the ultimate dream she had finally reached after hitting the reset button a few times. When the pandemic hit, she did it all to hold on.

“There was too much on the line,” Hill said of the uncertainty of 2020. “I wasn’t going to lose my business, I wasn’t going to lose my house when I had kids to feed, I had to figure something out.”

Hill used the large windows of Songbird as the ultimate display, pricing items for sale and visibly placing her phone number. Patrons texted her what they wanted and she hand-delivered.

For a few days, Hill put a gate across her front door where patrons could walk up and tell her what they wanted. She would bring the items out using a bucket and string.

Simplifying the process, Songbird launched a web store in 2020.

“We were getting orders online, a lot of local pickups and local deliveries,” Hill said. “I felt so supported by my community. People did not want to see me go.”

Songbird Boutique is located at 2240 E 4th Street. Store hours can be found on their website. To keep up with Songbird, follow them on Instagram @songbird_boutique

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The Jenny Oropeza Community Center, named after the first Latina city councilmember and first Latina to serve on the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education, at Cesar E. Chavez Park.

Centro CHA will plant roots, temporarily, at Jenny Oropeza Community Center and Long Beach Senior Center Emma DiMaggio Magnia Edroti

The Latino-serving nonprofit Centro CHA will temporarily place roots at both the Jenny Oropeza Community Center at Cesar E. Chavez Park and the Long Beach Senior Center after unanimous approval by the Long Beach City Council Tuesday, Oct. 19.

“This truly, really solidifies and advances—you know, what we’re all saying in our community—to promote and expand public benefits for our community members,” Centro CHA Executive Director Jessica Quintana said.

The move comes just one week after the council heard a presentation on the future Latino Cultural Center, of which Centro CHA will be the main partner.

Centro CHA will occupy Room 112 at the Jenny Oropeza Community Center, which was previously an “underutilized corner of that facility,” according to Parks, Recreation and Marine Director Brent Dennis. He noted that the nonprofit already uses the community center as a “home base” for many of its programs.

“Long term, the purpose of that is once the Latino Cultural Center [site] is identified, that a more permanent home would be located in that facility,” Dennis said.

The nonprofit will remain at the community center for five years with the option to renew for two additional five-year periods, at the discretion of the city manager.

Centro CHA is currently awaiting the completion of its headquarters on Atlantic Avenue, which Dennis projected will be completed within the next 12 to 18 months.

“For our residents, they really thrive off of being able to have Centro CHA so close to them,” said Councilmember Mary Zendejas.

The nonprofit will also occupy the Long Beach Senior Center (Suite 104A, B, D, C and E) after former tenant Partners of Parks relocated to the Parks, Recreation and Marine Administrative Building in El Dorado Park. They will remain in the Long Beach Senior Center for two years, with the option to renew for an additional one-year period.

“We have an infrastructure that has brought many, many

much-needed services to the community and bringing millions of dollars to the City of Long Beach,” Quintana said.

She noted that the organization will provide immigration and legal services as well as business development and workforce training.

“I really thank Centro CHA, [for] all the amazing work that you do, and that you provide for communities,” Zendejas said. “Especially for our communities that are hard to reach, especially for those communities that are the most in need.”

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ike all voting districts nationwide, the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is redrawing its board representation boundaries based on how the population shifted over the past decade, as revealed by 2020 census data made official last month.

LBUSD is divided into five areas across Long Beach, Lakewood, and Signal Hill, and Avalon on Catalina Island, each with one elected board member. According to federal law under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, each area must have roughly the same voting population.

LBUSD is seeking input especially from “communities of interest”— which are allowed to stay in one voting area rather than be broken up by redistricting—as it considers how to redraw its board representation map. So far, the district is considering three map scenarios that differently rebalance voting populations in each of the five areas.

However, during its Wednesday, Oct. 20 meeting, the board expressed concerns about how redistricting will affect community interests.

Board Member Megan Kerr appreciated “Map Scenario 2” since it keeps neighborhoods together, including the entire city of Signal Hill.

Board Member Doug Otto called for LBUSD to conduct special outreach to the neighborhoods affected by redistricting. He also expressed concern that in some scenarios, the area he represents—Area 4 that covers southeast Long Beach, Signal Hill and Avalon—would become less diverse, both racially and socioeconomically. “[My area is] becoming more white, and that has a downside to

it,” he said of the redistricting scenarios. “Any area would be better if it were more diverse.”

Board President Juan Benitez agreed and made an impassioned call to consider community interests when redistricting. The census count itself includes hard-to-count populations such as immigrants, renters and seniors, he said, adding that LBUSD is calling these “communities of interest” though they may be undercounted.

“The true essence of these maps is to ensure political representation for our underserved, historically underrepresented groups, that happen to be the same groups that get undercounted in the census,” Benitez said, adding that the board must be mindful of that since there are political implications.

He suggested that LBUSD include racial/ethnic population breakdowns on each map scenario and to educate the community more so they participate in the redistricting process.

“It’s not enough to say, ‘Here’s the link, we need your input,’” Benitez said. “Otherwise, we’re perpetuating the inequity of historically underserved, marginalized, disengaged, voiceless communities basically having their political destiny drawn for them by a system that, quite frankly, could be doing better by engaging [them].”

Benitez also said that though diversity is important, it shouldn’t come at the cost of “diluting” historical communities of color by spreading them out, such as the Black, Latinx and Asian communities in his Area 3 in southwest Long Beach, some of whom may get redistricted to vote in Area 2 of West Long Beach.

“White people are not ‘communities of interest,’” he said, clarifying that it means their numbers should not drive redistricting.

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LBUSD’s redistricting conceptual map 2, one of three proposed redistricting maps the board of education is considering adopting.

LBUSD should especially reach out to communities that might change by redistricting because they may not even know it’s happening.

“When we talk about equity, when we talk about acknowledgment of historical inequities, this is the way it happens,” he said. “We’ll check off a box that says, ‘We had community input, we had community process,’ but we’re not targeting communities that would be most impacted by our decisions.”

Benitez noted that if the board doesn’t do this work now, it will be another nine years before the next census and potential redistricting, which includes three voting cycles that could impact funding and community partnerships.

The board is scheduled to continue reviewing redistricting with public input before selecting a final new map on Dec. 1, which the Long Beach City Council will vote to approve or not on Dec. 7.

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“While the District recognizes the significant contributions of CSEA during these difficult times, the District is not able to responsibly agree to this offer if it is to remain fiscally solvent in the future,” LBUSD stated in its Oct. 18 update, adding that it has already increased classified employee salaries by 21% since 2013.

However, CSEA-represented employees told the LBUSD board during its meeting Wednesday that the district’s proposed increases are not enough to offset their higher cost of living and rent payments.

Viola Mae Bledsoe, a special-education instructional aide, said CSEA is asking for an equitable cost-of-living adjustment.

“We are struggling,” she said, adding that she can’t find a home to rent because she doesn’t have enough income to qualify. Bledsoe said she earns about $3,000 per month from LBUSD and minimum monthly rents are $1,000.

“We are not making enough money with this district,” Bledsoe said.

Blesdoe called instructional aides the “backbone” of special ed, noting that maintenance workers like plumbers, electricians, groundskeepers and custodians

worked during the pandemic as well.

“It’s a shame that you don’t care enough about your classified employees to do any better than this,” she told the board regarding LBUSD’s proposal.

Marilyn Brown, a nutrition-services worker, similarly said that she and others who serve food to LBUSD students are essential workers.

“We truly, honestly deserve the raises we are fighting for,” she said.

“We are just as important as the other workers that work for the Long Beach Unified School District.”

According to LBUSD’s classified-worker pay schedule, a nutrition service worker earns between $14.50 and $18 per hour. Instructional aides and assistants earn between $17 and $27 per hour.

Joshua Newman, a teacher at Millikan High School, said the district’s stated commitment to equity includes making sure its “material resources” go to those who need it most.

“This is what I see: A district that is comfortable fully funding an armed police force on campuses but refuses to pay a living wage to paraprofessionals who support students with disabilities,” Newman said, adding that teachers who pay for classroom materials and

students who experience excessive force by security officers suffer as well.

Negotiations between the union and the district over salary increases stalled last week. On Oct. 13, after state mediation failed to break the impasse, CSEA and LBUSD filed a joint request for the State’s Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) to collect facts from both sides and adjudicate.

A three-member panel—including one representative from each party and either a PERB-appointed chairperson or one mutually agreed upon by the two parties—will likely convene in January, according to LBUSD. Meanwhile, the board agreed during Wednesday’s meeting to spend $2 million on a contract for special-education tutoring and hire 50 new instructional aides for those classrooms.

Erin Simon, assistant superintendent for school support services, said LBUSD is experiencing a shortage of workers like instructional aides, bus drivers and nutrition workers.

Despite giving instructional aides additional hours and hosting job fairs for classified positions, the district is losing workers, she said.

“I’m receiving resignations on a daily basis,” Simon said. “It is a very severe problem.”

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(Above) Paul Feldman, a Signal Hill Go player, coaches Sam Enriquez during her first game of Go on Oct. 16, 2021, at Signal Hill Park. (Below) Larry Holmgren demonstrates some of the fundamental moves of the game Go on Oct. 16, 2021, at Signal Hill Park. (Bottom) Terry McIntyre places one of his black stones into position on the Go board on Oct. 16, 2021, at Signal Hill Park. from each other in a match. One by one in alternating turns, they placed black and white stones on the cross-sections of the board.

“What struck me was the simplicity and elegance of the rules,” said McIntyre, who first discovered Go decades ago while flipping through a games magazine. “It only takes about five minutes to teach a person the rules of the game, but then figuring out what the rules mean, their significance, you can spend a lifetime learning that.”

The strategy game relies on creating walls with the stones, sequestering opponents and cutting off territory. He who dominates the most space on the board wins.

Holmgren started playing Go in the ‘70s when he happened upon the book “How to Play Go” while looking for chess books. He made a DIY board using Santa Rosa Beach stones as game pieces. Like others in the club, he went on to play at different Chinese, Japanese and Korean Go clubs in Los Angeles in search of new opponents.

“You make points by making your territory bigger, growing, making the enemy territory smaller, reducing, cutting and killing and capturing your opponent’s groups or connecting your groups together to make them live,” Holmgren said as he looked intently at the board.

After calculating his next move, Holmgren carefully placed a white stone between the tip of his index and middle fingers, lifting his hand and sliding the stone into its place on the board.

“You can think of Go as a game of war, when armies trying to surround the other, kill them,” Holmgren said. “Or you can think of it as a game of harmony, where you’re making beautiful shapes and solving complex problems.”

Beyond the match itself, Holmgren said there are lessons to be learned from Go, which are encapsulated in proverbs.

“Don’t go fishing when your house is on fire,” Holmgren said.

“Meaning urgent moves come before important moves.”

“Don’t be greedy, don’t be jealous,” he continued. “Greed does not win the game. Because when you’re greedy, you end up neglect-

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It’s easy to learn and hard to play. There’s a great deal of negotiation, detente.

In the earlier days you tend to be very combative, and then that opens up to little technical, scrappy fights. You have to learn to read the board.

-Paul Feldman, Signal Hill resident and member of the Long Beach Go Club

ing and ignoring your weak points.”

He noted that there are more possible iterations of the game than there are atoms in the universe, meaning players have plenty of opportunities to internalize the lessons of the game.

“It’s easy to learn and hard to play,” said Feldman, who picked up the game while attending college in Toronto. “There’s a great deal of negotiation, detente. In the earlier days you tend to be very combative, and then that opens up to little technical, scrappy fights. You have to learn to read the board.”

Members of the Long Beach Go Club are looking beyond Holmgren’s printout of “Ten Keys to Success in Go,” which he shares readily with newcomers.

On the back of the double-sided sheet of rules is bonus rule #12, “Don’t look at the player’s rank.

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE Thursday, October 14

10:02 a.m., Burglary, 900 block E. 27th St. 3:47 p.m., Grand theft, 2400 block Cerritos Ave.

Friday, October 15

10:19 p.m., Felony spousal abuse, 1900 block Junipero Ave.

Saturday, October 16

12:38 a.m., DUI, Cherry Ave./E. Burnett St. (suspect arrested) 8:55 a.m., Burglary, 2700 block Combellack Dr. 8:47 p.m., Auto burglary, Ridge View Terrace/Orizaba Ave.

Sunday, October 17

1:48 a.m., Under influence of controlled substance; disorderly conduct, 2800 block Cherry Ave. (suspect arrested) 1:29 p.m., Auto burglary, 700 block E. Spring St. 1:43 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2700 block California Ave. 9:28 p.m., Trespassing & refused to leave at Peace Officer’s request, 3500 block E. PCH (suspect arrested)

Monday, October 18

10:10 a.m., Elder abuse, 1600 block E. Hill St. 2:03 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 3300 block Falcon Ave. 2:13 p.m., Petty theft under $950; misdemeanor warrant, 2400 block Cherry Ave., (suspect arrested) 4:38 p.m., Grand theft, 900 block E. 33rd St.

Tuesday, October 19

12:56 p.m., Grand theft, 900 block E. 27th St. 3:51 p.m., Identity theft, 1900 block Dawson Ave. 6:49 p.m., Take vehicle without owner’s consent; false identification to Peace Officer; felony warrant, 2700 block E. PCH (suspect arrested)

Wednesday, October 20

8:32 a.m., Rape report, 3100 block E. PCH LBPD reporting area is too extensive to report here.

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6552 SIGNAL HILL CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be reached, to receive comments on the 2021 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP). California law requires the City to review and update its UWMP every five years. Additionally, the California legislature imposed new requirements for urban water suppliers to adopt a WSCP. The UWMP supports the City’s long-term water resources planning to ensure adequate water supplies are available to meet existing and future water needs.

The WSCP is a road map for water conservation and water shortage planning. The City encourages public participation in this review process. The City’s draft UWMP and draft WSCP can be viewed at cityofsignalhill.org/water.

The public hearing will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Government Code Section 54953 (as amended by AB 361) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will be held remotely online on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/88147936648 (passcode 374778). To call into the hearing (audio only), dial (408) 638-0968, enter the meeting ID 881-4793-6648, press # when prompted to provide participant ID, and enter passcode 374778.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are invited to attend and be heard at the Public Hearing. Testimony may be presented in person or in written form prior to the hearing and made part of the record. Written comments may be submitted prior to the Public Hearing to the City Clerk at the above address.

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 hearings described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearings.

The following person is designated as the official to receive any inquiries about the UWMP and WSCP: Matt Tryon Water Superintendent 2175 Cherry Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90755 Telephone: (562) 989-7251 ___________________ Thomas Bekele Public Works Contracts Manager Published in the Signal Tribune Newspaper October 22, 2021 and October 29, 2021 Posted at City Hall, Discovery Well Park, Reservoir Park and Signal Hill Public Library on or before October 22, 2021

TST6532 / 2021 208333 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. LITTLE SAGE, 2. LITTLE SAGE HERBS, 3. LITTLE SAGE ACUPUNCTURE, 4.

LITTLE SAGE ACUPUNCTURE AND HERBAL MEDICINE, 2800 Pacific Ave., Suite A, Long Beach, CA 90806. Mailing address: 3553 Atlantic Ave., Suite 105, Long Beach, CA 90807.

REGISTRANT: Little Sage Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, Inc., 3553 Atlantic Ave., #105, Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: a Corporation.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Melissa Roxas, President. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 17, 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 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 TST6534 Case No. 21LBCP00303 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: ROXANA AGUIRRE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ROXANA AGUIRRE has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: ROXANA AGUIRRE to Proposed Name: ROXANNE HARMON-AGUIRRE. 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 5, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. 27. 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 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 ___//ss//___ Mark C. Kim, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: September 21, 2021 TST6535 / 2021 208214 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: FLATLINE GALLERY, 6023 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805. Registrant: ELIZABETH MUNZON, 1708 Redondo Ave., Apt 5, Long Beach, CA 90804. This business is conducted by: an Individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Elizabeth Munzon. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in August, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 17, 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 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 TST6536 / 2021 206642 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: THE UNION TRUCK SERVICES, 15303 White Ave., Compton, CA 90221. Registrant: JUAN DURAN GUTIERREZ, 15303 White Ave., Compton, CA 90222. This business is conducted by: an Individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Juan Du-

ran Gutierrez. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 16, 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 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 TST6537 / 2021 206670 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: CHARA ORTHODONTICS, 3714 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: Chara Quintero, Inc., 3714 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: Efrain Chara. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 16, 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 1, 8, 15, 22, 2021 TST6543 / 2021 208473 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1.

BEATZ DIGITAL, 2. FOUNDRY METALS, 3. CREATIVE SECURITY SOLUTIONS, 4. STELLARIS CYMBALS, 5. TIN FOIL HATS, 375 Redondo Ave., #1055, Long Beach, CA 90814. Registrant: BC GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, LLC, 375 Redondo Ave., #1055, Long Beach, CA 90814. This business is conducted by: a Limited Partnership. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Brian Choper, Managing Member. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in September, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (date). 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 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 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 TST6541 / 2021 209114 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: REBENDER, 1941 San Anseline Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815. Registrant: FASTBENDER LLC, 1941 San Anseline Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ramon Dawson. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in September, 2017. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 20, 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 8, 15, 22, 29, 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

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WWW.SIGNALTRIBUNE.COM • LEGAL NOTICES • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021 TST6538 APN: 7278-026-050 TS No: CA05000744-19-1 TO No: 191072561-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 March 29, 2007. 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 4, 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 April 11, 2007 as Instrument No. 20070869988, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by MARTHA HARRISON, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC. 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: 535 W 4TH ST APT 212, LONG BEACH, CA 90802-2191 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 $74,253.05 (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 post-

ponements 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, CA05000744-19-1.

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 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 CA05000744-19-1 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: September 29, 2021 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA05000744-19-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Dalaysia Ramirez, 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 77861, Pub Dates: 10/8/2021, 10/15/2021, 10/22/2021, SIGNAL TRIBUNE TST6539 CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 21LBCV00430 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO: ALEXANDER NATICCHIONI, an Individual, doing business as THE WINE BAR; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive,YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ZACHARY WALTERS and TYSON PARRISH, NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

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

You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si

no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov) en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE, 275 MAGNOLIA, LONG BEACH, CA 90802 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Kevin Mahoney, 249 E. Ocean Blvd., Suite 814, Long Beach, CA 90802. 562-590-5550 Date: (Fecha) AUGUST 12, 2021 SHERRI R. CARTER, Clerk (Secretario) By: J. BALLESTEROS, Deputy (Adjunto) Pub Dates: 10/8/2021, 10/15/2021, 10/22/2021, 10/29/2021 SIGNAL TRIBUNE 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 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 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 po-

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tential 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 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 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 22, 29 & November 5, 12, 2021

Pet of the week:

Sunshine

In the autumn of her life, Sunshine needs a soft, forever lap to warm and a home that fits her name and personality.

She’s 15 years old and, although she was surrendered to a shelter, volunteers say that she hasn’t had a single mean thought. She beckons you with her call from the kennel, gives you sweet little paw taps, and is tolerant of other cats. Sunshine had some dental problems but they’ve all been attended to.

She’s a survivor through and through, fit enough for any TV reality series, but she’d be so much better off in the privacy of a forever home.

Shelter adoptions are conducted through appointment, so contact PetAdopt@longbeach.gov to meet Sunshine.

Ask for ID#A664212.

(This rescue encouraged by the usual suspects.)

WWW.SIGNALTRIBUNE.COM • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021

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