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Over before it started

A group of protestors prompted the cancellation of an immigration forum hosted by two elected officials.

Denny Cristales Online Editor

Long Beach 8th District Councilmember Al Austin and 33rd District California State Senator Ricardo Lara’s communications director provided statements this week after a group of protestors prompted the cancellation of a planned immigration forum event at the Iglesia Cristiana Templo Shalom on 1120 E. Market St. on Sept. 30.

That Saturday, the two elected officials were set to host an event that would have featured presentations on immigration policies, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and private legal clinics, but the forum was over before it started, when a group of at least nine people showed up with picket signs, which featured messages condemning illegal immigrants, calling for the firing of Lara, praising President Donald Trump and touting topic points about supporting homeless veterans and providing jobs for “real” American citizens.

A majority of the protestors utilized smartphone devices to livestream the situation, which oftentimes had them confronting Austin about immigration issues, even

Photos by Denny Cristales | Signal Tribune

Waving the American flag, a protestor is pictured interjecting his claims to Councilmember Al Austin about immigration reform at a forum event at the Iglesia Cristiana Templo Shalom on Sept. 30. The man showed up with about eight other protestors to stand against Austin and California State Senator Ricardo Lara, who was not present, about illegal immigrants, citizen rights and exposing “abject lawlessness.”

claiming that he was condoning illegal immigration.

“We’re here to document and show to the world– this is live right now– how we have state senators and a city councilmember who are openly undermining our immigration laws,” Arthur Schaper, a protestor from Torrance, told the Signal Tribune at the event. “They are defying the rule of law. They are promoting illegal aliens, rather than promoting the needs of the citizens in these communities.”

In a phone interview on Wednesday, Austin said the protestors’ claims were “ridiculous.” He add-

ed that they seemed to be part of a “very divisive agenda,” which is something he attributed to their support of Trump.

“Well, I just think it’s a strategy that is being employed by a number of interests,” Austin said.

“I just think it speaks to the tone created by our very irresponsible president [...] The event was public, so they had a right to be there, but I think they should have respected the church and the intent.

There was also an opportunity for them to possibly learn something, see FORUM page 9

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Long Beach resident Rachael Parker, 33, was among those killed Oct. 1 in Las Vegas when a gunman fired shots from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the crowd of 30,000 people who were attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival.

Long Beach resident among those killed in Las Vegas mass shooting Rachael Parker, 33, was a records technician for the Manhattan Beach Police Department.

Cory Bilicko Managing Editor

What was supposed to be an immigration forum hosted by 8th District Councilmember Al Austin and California State Senator Ricardo Lara quickly turned into a contentious scene at the Iglesia Cristiana Templo Shalom on Sept. 30, when a group of about nine protestors arrived to condemn illegal immigrants and what they called “abject lawlessness.”

Pictured is Austin– as his chief of staff, Jonathan Kraus, attempts to secure the situation– pointing at the protestors after they prompted a back-and-forth confrontation with the councilmember and claimed he was condoning illegal actions.

Rachael Parker, a Long Beach resident who worked as a records technician for the Manhattan Beach Police Department, was among those killed Oct. 1 during a mass shooting in Las Vegas that took the lives of at least 59 people and injured more than 515.

The gunman, who has been identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, fired shots from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the crowd of 30,000 people who were on the Las Vegas Strip for the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. Police believe Paddock then took his own life.

According to a Nixle report that the Manhattan Beach Police Department issued Monday, Parker was in

Las Vegas with fellow employees for the event.

“On Oct. 1, 2017 at 2200 hours, four Manhattan Beach Police Department employees were off-duty and attending the Las Vegas concert where the mass shooting occurred,” the Nixle report states. “Two police department employees were shot.

One of them was a sworn officer who suffered minor injuries. Rachael Parker, a Manhattan Beach Police records technician, was shot and ultimately lost her life in the hospital. She was employed with the Manhattan Beach Police Department for 10 years and will be greatly missed.”

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia shared the news about Parker on his Facebook page Tuesday. “[The Long Beach Police Department] has confirmed that Long Beach resident Rachael Parker, 33, was killed in the Las Vegas attack,” Garcia wrote Tuesday. “Our support and love goes out to her family and friends, and the MBPD. We will be honoring her at the opening of tonight’s city council meeting.”✦ This ad was sponsored by:

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Long Beach Shakespeare Company celebrates 15 years of theatre Performances to continue as director Helen Borgers remains in hospital.

Anita W. Harris Staff Writer

As Hamlet says, “The play’s the thing…” No, not Hamlet the Pig– the cute, ruff-collared mascot of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s (LBSC)– the other Hamlet from William Shakespeare’s play.

And plays have been the thing at the LBSC, a gem in the Long Beach community that has brought relevant classics to life for 15 years this month.

Under the visionary direction of Helen Borgers, the company has made an art form of offering expertly produced Shakespeare and other classic plays, along with “old-time radio” productions of adapted plays and stories circa the 1940s, which rivet audiences now as much as they did then.

“We give great production value to everything we do,” said LBSC’s producer Dana Leach in an interview with the Signal Tribune.

Though Borgers has been hos-

pitalized since July, the company will continue its production schedule into next year.

“Yes, we’re open,” Leach said.

“And we’re staying open so she can come back.”

The company is offering three old-time radio performances during this anniversary month, including its annual presentation of Orson Welles’s 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’s 1897 novel The War of the Worlds, with live sound effects and music performed by the cast.

“Old-time radio has value just like Shakespeare does,” said Leach. “Great stories are great stories.”

(However, LBSC reminds audiences that the original radio broadcast had created nationwide panic with its all-too-realistic description of Martians invading Earth.)

In addition, LBSC has invited Mat Kaplan, host of Planetary Radio, a radio talk show about space exploration, to present on the “State of the Universe” at the Sunday, Oct. 29 matinee performance of The War of the Worlds, as he has done since 2011.

The company had, in fact,

opened its theatre with a radio performance of The War of the Worlds on Halloween night in 2002.

Well before that, the nonprofit company was known as “Bard in the Yard” when it was established in 1990, performing summer Shakespeare plays in local parks.

Borgers joined as artistic director in 1997, escalating the number and scope of its performances and locations.

After changing to its current name in 1999, LBSC opened the Black Box Theatre in Bixby Knolls in 2002, which became the Richard Goad Theatre in 2006, named after a generous donor, and which continues to be its home today.

Among its milestones during the past 15 years, LBSC highlights on its website being awarded the only stage-adaptation rights for Dashiell Hammett’s 1929 novel The Maltese Falcon, in 2008.

Since 2010, LBSC has also formally celebrated Shakespeare’s April birthday month with readings and old-time radio adaptations of his plays. And since the playwright’s 450th birthday anniversary in 2014, the company has

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The Richard Goad Theatre at 4250 Atlantic Ave., home of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, which celebrates its 15th anniversary this month

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invited academic and other speakers to give free lectures on Shakespearean topics.

Such offerings help students who are studying these stories and plays, Leach said, as do question-and-answer sessions with the director and actors.

“I can have students come, and the actors will talk to them,” said Leach. “Our actors are willing to take that time.”

The theatre debuted a lobby makeover at the beginning of 2017, thanks to a slew of volunteers, including a new interior design with chalk wall, plus new woodwork and countertop for the lobby desk.

“[The renovation] was a great little labor of love, working every day with volunteers,” said Leach.

This year’s timely productions have involved the classics and government, Leach said, focusing on people in power, decisions and manipulation, such as Julius Caesar and Measure for Measure.

Before her hospitalization, Borgers had also looked ahead to 2018 and planned a schedule that includes rarely produced Shakespeare plays, including King John, All’s Well That Ends Well and Troilus and Cressida.

“She had decided to do something she’d never done before, ” see ANNIVERSARY page 10

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College moves Electrical Technology Program to its Pacific Coast Campus.

Cory Bilicko Managing Editor

It wasn’t your typical ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning at the Pacific Coast Campus of Long Beach City College (LBCC), when the site’s officials, staff and students celebrated the grand opening of a new building and the completed renovation of another. The one who had the honor of actually cutting the ribbon was a robot designed by the LBCC’s Electrical Technology Program.

It was an appropriate choice, considering the two buildings will house that program, which is moving to the Pacific Coast Campus (PCC) from the college’s Liberal Arts Campus. The PCC offers courses in welding, design, metal fabrication and computer numerical control, and the program’s relocation is part of the college’s revamping of its Advanced Manufacturing Program. LBCC will now be the only community college in the region to offer this amount of such courses on one campus, according to college officials, many of whom were present at the Oct. 4 ceremony.

Ann-Marie Gabel, LBCC vice president of Administrative Services, was among those who celebrated the new achievements that day.

“We have accomplished our goal in creating a wonderful, very hightech, very cutting-edge program and facility for our students,” Gabel said during the event. “So, I am so proud that we’ve done that, and I’m happy that our faculty members are happy with the program.”

Also at the ceremony was Jeff Kel-

Photos by Cory Bilicko | Signal Tribune

Standing in front of new Building QQ, Long Beach City College officials hold a ribbon while a robot that the Electrical Technology Program designed cuts it during a grand-opening ceremony for the college’s newly constructed building and a newly renovated facility, on Oct. 4.

logg, president of the LBCC Board of Trustees, who opened his remarks by thanking residents for supporting the college through their votes.

“I’d like to thank our district voters and the taxpayers for their strong and continued support of their Long Beach City College,” Kellogg said. “Thanks to their support, we’ve been able to make significant progress toward modernizing the college.”

The two buildings, QQ and RR, are being paid for with funds from the Measure E Bond that voters passed in 2008 and that grants $440 million for new construction, renovation and repairs at both campuses, according to LBCC officials. The $20.3-million construction project will provide students and faculty with state-of-the-art labs and technology, as well as environmentally friendly features to consee LBCC page 15

New facilities at Long Beach City College’s Pacific Coast Campus include an outdoor work yard for solar panels and a nearly full-sized traffic-signal intersection work station.

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OPINION

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October 6, 2017 COMMENTARY

Here’s that rainy day

By Blair Cohn Executive director Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association

Growing up, we were never allowed to watch The Brady Bunch. My mom had no patience for any kind of sappiness or “cheese,” and she surely wasn’t going to have her children being corrupted by the sentimental lessons learned by those upper-middle-class, suburban kids.

I was, however, permitted to view just about any scary movie I pleased, and horror films of any type were welcome on our TV at any time. Just no Bradys.

So, I’ve had all the slashers, apparitions, man-eating animals, psychotics, Martians and giant ants I could ever long for in my four-plus decades on this planet, and, at times, it seems I’ve watched everything there is to see in the genre. However, through perusing the cobweb-covered shelves of Mom-andPop video stores, searching the bowels of Netflix, and picking the brains of my friends and family, I’ve come to realize that there are still plenty of motion pictures out there just waiting to try and send a chill or three down my spine.

This month, I’ll review different scary flicks, focusing on ones that have somehow remained below my radar up to this point and about which I knew virtually nothing until viewing them... titles that I’ve been “in the dark” about. I’ll write a brief reaction to each, as well as rate it based on the five criteria that I deem most essential for a good scary movie. I’ll use a “zero-worst to 10-best” scale in the categories of: Sophistication/intellect of story (The Brains) Does the plot leave my teeth chattering and my brain working simultaneously, or does it have more holes than Charlie Brown’s Halloween costume? I’ll give high points for those that actually make me use my head a bit, and I’ll score low the letdowns that Elvira should be mocking– always mindful that good camp certainly has a place in horror.

Overall creepiness/fright factor (The Guts) Face it– when people ask you if a particular horror film is a good one, they want to know if it’s scary.

Some movies bore me to an early bedtime, but a few are so disturbing they tempt me to reach for the remote to kill the TV. Most though, it seems, fall somewhere between the two extremes. I’m looking for either those understated films that really creep me out or the bolder works that scare the pants off me.

Effectiveness of art direction to establish mood (The Skin) Sometimes minimal (or seemingly minimal) art direction makes for a more chilling picture, whereas other films require computer graphics, make-up galore and otherwordly sets in order to work. I’ll grade them based on how well they use or don’t use the visual tools available to them.

Revelation of supernatural presence (The Spirit) One of my least favorite things about a not-so-scary movie is when the monster is revealed too early on, or the secrets behind the spookiness are uncovered too soon, ruining whatever mystery had been created.

There’s a handful of terrific films that do indeed offer a rather early revelation of the ghost, creature, mad man or alien invader, but nonetheless still captivate until the closing credits.

Casting and actors’ performances (The Flesh) Just as a movie is often scarier when filmed in unfamiliar locations, oftentimes it’s also better with less experienced or unknown cast members. Then again, certain horror movies need a strong, movie-star lead that we can root for, and still others are masterpieces of stunt casting– giving us the chance to savor the

spectacle of a particular celebrity’s being eaten alive or chopped to bits. Either way, casting the right people is crucial to the success of a real chiller.

I hope I get a kick out of watching them, and I hope your reading about them is a real scream.

Okay, here’s my first stab at it:

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Sebastian Echeverry

If there is such a thing as a good song for your mother’s memorial, then “Here’s That Rainy Day” seemed to work out perfectly. The song was a tender soundtrack for someone so kind and gentle, and it set a reverent mood for the morning.

It worked for us the same way I have heard “On Eagle’s Wings” played on piano at Catholic services.

The song starts with the soft sounds of guitarist Laurindo Almeida playing harmonics like celestial bells ringing in this formal occasion.

These opening notes doubled down our focus of why we were there. And, for the family, it wasn’t just a rainy day, it was a torrential downpour.

The song continues, and the guitar strums the melody as Sammy mournfully sings, “Maybe I should have saved those leftover dreams, funny but here’s that rainy day.” see COMMENTARY page 11

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Hour of the Wolf (1968, dir. by Ingmar Bergman) Although it’s unlikely a movie that would be a blockbuster in today’s multiplexes, Bergman’s only Gothic-horror piece is ahead of its time in that it’s presented as a pseudo-documentary about the disappearance of an artist, Johan (Max von Sydow). It opens with his wife Alma (Liv Ullmann) detailing the events leading up to his vanishing as she speaks to the camera.

She explains that Johan has been haunted by “demons” which prevent him from sleeping. Alma had been staying up at night with him, especially during the so-called “hour of the wolf,” when many people either die or are born. It becomes apparent that Johan’s sanity may be questionable, although Alma herself admits to having seen the figures that have been troubling her husband. She ponders whether her love had been too strong or whether it had been solid enough to have helped him.

Supposedly, Bergman had suffered a nervous breakdown while writing the story, which, of course, lends the film some creepiness. But, despite some gore (and some surprising nudity– remember, although it’s from the late ‘60s, it’s still a Swedish film) those looking for a real terror-fest may be a bit disappointed; it’s definitely more of a thinking person’s spooky movie.

Ratings Sophistication/intellect of story– 8 Overall creepiness/fright factor– 6.5 Effectiveness of art direction to establish mood– 8 Revelation of supernatural presence– 8 Casting and actors’ performances– 9 Overall Score– 7.9 out of a possible 10

SIGNAL TRIBUNE ONLINE EDITOR

This particular piece comes just before the second anniversary of my mom’s death, so if you do not like sad stories you may want to stop reading.

Every day, without fail, I come into work, sign onto YouTube and play “Here’s That Rainy Day” sung

by Sammy Davis Jr. Every day for nearly two years. We discovered that it was the first song on my mom’s iTunes playlist, and so it happened to be the first song played at her memorial. This daily ritual is my personal reminder to keep her memory front and center, to never be too busy or let too much time pass without thinking of her. And in some way the song connects me to the memorial service which then connects me to the last few months of her life. I guess in some psychoanalytical way, if I can feel that the loss is still fresh, then it doesn’t seem like time is moving on farther and farther away from when she was here.

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On Sept. 19, a coalition of community groups brought an ordinance to protect hotel workers from sexual assault and abusive working conditions. Al Austin, the city council member from the 8th district, made a substitute motion, which was approved by 5 to 4.

The motion essentially blocks the Hospitality and Workload Safety Ordinance.

Austin had promised the hotel workers that he would vote in favor of the ordinance.

Al Austin was handpicked by Rae Gabelich, the former city council member of the 8th district, to run for council. Rae was a great representative of the district.

She held regular neighbor meetings and worked hard to keep the airlines in check.

My only problem with her is that she was not particularly pro-labor. She picked Al because he was staunchly against airport noise and expansion. Austin is also a union organizer and a Democrat.

His bio states: “For the past ten years, Councilmember Austin has served as a professional staff representative for the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO, where he works in support of working families, and quality public services throughout California.”

Before his reelection for his second term, Austin gave his full support to an upscale project called Riverwalk in the northern part of his district. Neighbors felt the project crammed too many homes in a small area, the access to the property was one small street and trees on the property were removed even before the planning commission had voted on the project. A slow-growth environmental group, Citizens About Responsible Planning (CARP), sued the City and won some concessions.

Because of this betrayal, Laurie Angel, a CARP member, ran against Austin in the 2014 election.

Although Laurie Angel was a better candidate, I voted for Austin. I voted for him because I thought he would be for labor. My thinking was that he would vote for a living-wage ordinance and because of his background supporting working people. For me, the vote on the hotel workers is the final straw. In his justification for gutting the ordinance, Austin spoke for the hospitality industry. He said: “I came to this city as an aircraft worker from over 25 years ago, and that industry is gone. The hospitality industry is more and more important today than ever before, so I don’t want to be rushed into any decision by emotion.”

Austin is a termed-out council person. He has his sights on higher office. His actions show he no longer cares about the district or the people he serves. This is not the way for so-called Democratic Party politicians to treat working people of whatever background. Especially now, with the Trump agenda raising hate, fear and uncertainty, progressive politicians must stand up for the working people, not the developers and the ​corporate hospitality industry. The hotel workers and their supporters expressed their feelings after the vote. I agree; shame on you, Al Austin.

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A SAFE PLACE What Domestic Violence Awareness Month event Who Hosted by WomenShelter of Long Beach When Friday, Oct. 6 from 5:30pm to 9pm Where 4362 Atlantic Ave. More Info October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the purpose of the event is to honor the lives of those who have been affected by domestic violence and to promote prevention education and awareness in hopes of preventing future violence. WomenShelter will share information to help individuals distinguish between unhealthy and healthy relationships and recognize the impact that domestic violence has on the community. Contact Tatiana S. Dorman at tdorman@womenshelterlb.org or (562) 437-7233, ext. 27.

ART-OBER What First Fridays Art Walk Who Hosted by the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association When Friday, Oct. 6 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm Where Along Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls More Info This month’s art walk will celebrate October as Arts Month with the theme “ArtOber.” Visit http://firstfridayslongbeach.com.

RAPTOR RAMBLE What Hike Who Hosted by Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust When Saturday, Oct. 7 from 8am to 10am Where Los Cerritos Wetlands, 6720 Pacific Coast Highway More Info Walkers will tour the wetlands while looking for tidal pools and wading birds. Email elizabeth@lcwlandtrust.org.

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MASTER CHEFS What Food fundraiser Who Hosted by Food Finders When Tuesday, Oct. 10 from 6pm to 9pm Where Alpert Jewish Community Center, 3801 E. Willow St. More Info All proceeds at the event will support Food Finders’ food rescue program. Chefs from restaurants including The Federal Bar, Roe Seafood, Parkers’ Lighthouse and Tortilla Jo’s will provide food for guests. The event costs $45 per person and $80 per couple. Tickets can be purchased through foodfinders.org. Call (562) 283-1400.

SENIOR TRIP What Tour Who Hosted by Lifetime Learning Center When Thursday, Oct. 12 from 8:30am to 6pm Where The tour departs from LBCC Foundation Building, 4901 Conant St. and will return to the Senior Studies Center, 1305 E. PCH More Info The tour will visit the Temecula Valley Museum and Alpaca Hacienda. The tour costs $79. Call (562) 938-3048.

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CRACK A BOOK What Book club Who Hosted by Bixby Knolls Literary Society When Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 7pm Where Elise’s Tea Room, 3924 Atlantic Ave. More Info The book that will be discussed is Martin Eden by Jack London. Refreshments will be provided. Email info@bixbyknollsinfo.com.

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NEWS

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October 6, 2017

‘I come from streets […] from nothingness’ Immanuel Place complex offers affordable housing for elders and homeless.

Sebastian Echeverry Staff Writer

Jennifer Campbell compares her community to a colorful patchwork quilt. In her eyes, individuals from different walks of life are woven and sewn together to create the diverse society that surrounds her.

At one point in her life, Campbell was a special-education teacher who taught in Philadelphia before retiring in 2006. When she moved to Los Angeles in 2016, fate wove Campbell into a life of homelessness.

“I come from streets, from a homeless situation– from nothingness,” she said.

Her homeless struggle came to an end when she received a Section 8 voucher and was given residence in an old church that was converted into a senior-living complex.

The church is now known as Immanuel Place, located at 3215 E 3rd St. in Long Beach. It is a three-story renovated church, which features 24 one-bedroom units. Immanuel Place also offers an additional 15 units for pre-selected homeless individuals, such as Campbell.

On the outside, Immanuel Place has kept the aesthetic look of the old church. However, the rooms inside are highly updated, and the building is equipped with solar thermal water heating panels and high-efficiency lighting and appliances.

Last week, Long Beach officials spoke during a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted in the halls of Immanuel Place.

“The project supports our goals of neighborhood revitalization and is a terrific addition to Bluff Heights,” said 2nd District Councilmember Jeannine Pearce during the ceremony. “The grand opening of Immanuel Place is an exciting

time for our community.”

Funding for the project came from a variety of sources, including a loan from the Long Beach Community Investment Company, an Affordable Housing Trust Fund loan from the Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles, an Infill Infrastructure Grant from the Cali-

fornia Department of Housing and Community Development, and Affordable Housing Program loan from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco and an equity investment by Union Bank through an allocation of tax credits from the Tax Credit Allocation Committee.

In total, the project had a bud-

get of $13 million. It was officially built to meet Build It Green’s Platinum GreenPoint Rated New Home Multifamily certification standards, which is a nonprofit organization that partners with contractors to influence how homes are built or renovated in California.

Thomas Safran and Associates (TSA) spearheaded the renovation

project. The organization has built over 6,000 units of rental housing in California, according to a Long Beach City press release.

Andrew Gross, TSA president, spoke to the Signal Tribune shortly after the ceremony about the challenges the company had to face to complete the Immanuel Place rensee COMPLEX page 8

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Immanuel Place, located on 3215 E 3rd St. in Long Beach, is a three-story renovated church that features 24 one-bedroom units and an additional 15 units for pre-selected homeless individuals. A grand-opening ribbon cutting ceremony for the senior-housing project took place last week.

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21-year-old CSULB honor student killed in drive-by shooting Estephan Hernández, a 21-year-old senior sociology student at Cal State University Long Beach, died as a result of a driveby shooting Thursday, Sept. 28, outside his home in Compton.

“We mourn the death of Estephan Hernández, who was an esteemed member of our Beach family,” wrote Carmen Taylor, vice president of Student Affairs at the university, in a statement this week. “He was a scholar on track to receive a bachelor’s degree in sociology next spring.

Hernández was on the president’s list of academic achievement for four semesters. He was a valuable member of our Men’s Success Initiative, a mentoring program that provides support to African-American and Latino male students.

Our hearts go out to Estephan’s family and friends at this difficult time.

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California attorney general issues warning about sham charities after Vegas shooting Attorney General Xavier Becerra this week issued a consumer alert to warn Californians about sham charities being started following the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Becerra, who has the primary responsibility for supervising charities and the professional fundraisers who solicit on their behalf, may, under Government Code section 12580 et seq., investigate and bring legal actions against charities and fundraisers that misuse charitable assets or engage in fraudulent fundraising practices.

“California stands with our neighbors in Las Vegas. Our hearts and prayers are with the victims, their families, the peace officers and firefighters who responded, and everyone affected,” Becerra said. “Unfortunately, some people try to capitalize on our generosity in times of tragedy. These unscrupulous individuals set up fake charities purporting to help the victims of the tragedy, only to line their own pockets. I encourage anyone who has been a victim of a charitable-giving scam to file a complaint through my office’s website, oag.ca.gov, or call (800) 952-5225. The California Department of Justice has zero tolerance for disgraceful scam artists, especially during this difficult time. We will do everything we can to hold them accountable.”

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Estephan Hernández, a 21-year-old senior sociology student at Cal State University Long Beach, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 28, outside his home in Compton.

Airline passenger traffic at the Long Beach Airport (LGB) increased 23 percent in July 2017 and 16 percent in August compared with the same periods in 2016, according to Long Beach officials. Total passenger traffic includes the number of airline passengers both enplaned and deplaned.

In July 2017, LGB served 325,820 passengers compared to 264,162 in July 2016. Total air cargo carried by aircraft, both inbound and outbound, decreased 13 percent in July 2017 compared to the same time last year. In July 2017, 1,795 tons passed through LGB compared to 2,064 tons during the same period in 2016.

In August 2017, LGB served 316,291 passengers compared to 271,509 in August 2016. Total air cargo carried by aircraft, both inbound and outbound, decreased 5.5 percent in August 2017 compared to the same time last year.

In August 2017, 2,142 tons passed through LGB compared to 2,266 tons during the same period in 2016.

More information related to Long Beach Airport commercial flight activity is available at lgb.org/information/statistics/default.asp.

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ovation.

Gross said he was initially told he could not build in the area because of the pushback by neighbors. Eventually, members of a local neighborhood council agreed to the project.

To garner the funds needed for the project, Gross said his company had to partner with City entities and Clifford Beers Housing– a community housing development organization to develop affordable housing.

Other challenges that impacted the housing project were the unstoppable forces of nature. In 1933, the church sustained significant damage from an earthquake.

It was rebuilt in 1934.

“Earlier this year we had this street backed up because of floods here in Long Beach,” Gross added.

“Water went into the basement and we had to figure that out, which we did.”

Despite the obstacles TSA members had to work around, Gross said the most memorable part of the project was walking into the main hall and hearing music flow out of the original organ that was kept after the project was complete.

The music from the organ can still be heard by Immanuel Place’s residents, such as Campbell. She shared her thoughts about a patchwork quilt with the ribbon-cutting attendees last week.

“This is Immanuel Place,” Campbell said. “A patchwork quilt of our community that is interwoven into the fabric of our life.” ✦

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Jennifer Campbell, Immanuel Place senior-housing resident, is introduced by Thomas Safran, chairman for Thomas Safran and Associates, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the senior-housing project on Friday, Sept. 29. Campbell, formally homeless, was granted residence to one of the 15 housing units allocated for homeless individuals.

Second District Councilmember Jeannine Pearce speaks about the importance of opening Immanuel Place, a senior-housing complex, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Sept. 29.

Once a church located at 3215 E 3rd St., the building is now known as Immanuel Place– a senior-housing complex. The church has significantly changed since the renovation project, however, the original organ was kept in the new design.

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which they didn’t get a chance to do because black communities, and nobody cares. [...]

We have Americans of all backgrounds bethey came here to disrupt.”

After some heated debate that day be- ing wiped out by illegals– murdered or their tween Austin and some of the protestors, jobs are being pushed out, public safety is the councilmember’s staff promptly escort- being undermined– and we’re calling them ed him to his vehicle in the church parking on this.”

Schaper also added that America needs to lot. Many of the protestors surrounded his car and continued to yell their claims at prioritize its citizens.

“We want every elected official to put him– calling him a “disgrace” and someone who did not benefit the community– which Americans first, respect our president, to caused him to point at them, calling them a honor the rule of law and to ensure the pub“disgrace,” before leaving the event roughly lic safety of all Americans to ensure that illegal aliens are not fighting our posts of before 10am.

In the phone interview, Austin admitted any kind of safety in these cities,” he said. that the situation got pretty tense, and, due “What they’re promoting instead is lawto the aggressive nature of the protestors, lessness. It’s abject lawlessness. And we’re said there was some concern about it getting confronting it, and we’re exposing it. We’re allowed to do that.” physical, which didn’t happen.

Before he continued, the rest of his group “I’m glad that it didn’t happen,” he said. “[...] It was kind of chaotic, and people were called him over for a picture. As they were feeling intimidated. [...] I had a couple of posing for shots, Victor Paredes, a local resyoung interns there with me, and I really ident in the area, confronted them about how had to apologize to them that they had to they woke him up because of how loud they see that side of it. And I had to assure them were.

Paredes and a few protestors exchanged that it was going to be OK. But, for young people to see that– people who come in here some racially charged words, and Paredes and assuming they are coming into a safe left the scene.

The Signal Tribune caught up to Paredes space, it’s unfortunate. I think it’s a sign of the times, and, again, I think the tone is set at and asked him about some of the rhetoric the the top. Keep in mind who these people said protestors were defending.

“The bottom line is that you’ve got a they represent.” group of peoSchaper claimed ple that have elected officials are hate, anger, putting the needs of bitterness in illegal citizens over their life,” he the needs of foster said. “Apparkids and homeless ently they’ve veterans. He said evfound an ery time he drives to excuse to, I downtown Los Anguess, feed geles, he always sees into that. [...] a homeless person.

At the end “What about their of the day, needs?” he quesas a people, tioned. “The more I we can nevstudy the history on this, illegals have Fernando Garcia, pictured left and who told the Signal er move forbeen coming into Tribune he was homeless, protested on Sept. 30 at the ward until we these areas, they Iglesia Cristian Templo Shalom to expose what he called u n d e r s t a n d differhave firebombed the corruption of California State Senator Ricardo Lara our and the condoning of illegal immigrants. ences and re-

Photos by Denny Cristales | Signal Tribune

A group of about nine protestors arrived at the Iglesia Cristiana Templo Shalom on Sept. 30 for the immigration forum event hosted by Councilmember Al Austin and California State Senator Ricardo Lara. Arthur Schaper, a protestor from Torrance and pictured with the red hat and white T-shirt, said their intent was to expose the undermining of immigration laws and how America needs to prioritize its own citizens.

spect each other’s differences. We have to be realistic– this is a country where people come from all nations of the world, and we need to learn how to embrace that and just respect that they are coming with so much diversity [...] and they are just coming to better themselves.”

Fernando Garcia, a protestor who told the Signal Tribune he was homeless, interrupted Paredes during the interview and called him a liar. The two, face-to-face, exchanged a few words about race and immigration before Paredes concluded all the protestors want are a “white, European America” and left.

Garcia claimed Paredes was probably a “plant” sent by Lara’s office for his agenda.

In an interview at the event, Garcia added that he was evicted from his home illegally due to the construction of more homes in his area.

“The thing is, these guys lie to people,” he said. “[...] They’re trying to brainwash you because [the 2018 election] is coming [...]

It’s just protecting these people; it’s not protecting our people.”

He also said the streets would be safer with the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.

“Who’s going to want gangsters on the street?” he said. “They even know it’s better for the community if criminals get deported.”

Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers were dispatched to the church around 8:57am regarding a group disturbance, according to LBPD spokesperson Nancy Pratt in an email. Pratt said that, upon arrival, the officers concluded the protestors were exercising their First-Amendment rights and all parties left the location without incident a little after 10am. see FORUM page 15

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A new program will begin for writers throughout the community.

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Ernest Hemingway once said, “It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.”

Now writers in Long Beach can do just that. The new Long Beach Literary Arts Center (LBLAC) will be a place for writers to learn how to pursue their literary passion.

Desiree Kannel, Rachael Rifkin and Nancy Lynée Woo are the founders and minds behind the center’s development.

Kannel is the director of the Rose Writers Workshop, journalist and ghostwriter Rifkin has organized the Long Beach Human Library and Woo has led multiple poetry workshops.

“I came up with the idea of a literary center about five years ago,” Kannel said. “After I graduated with an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University, I set out to find and connect to Long Beach’s literary community.

I was hoping to find the same cooperative spirit and support that Los Angeles seems to have. But, I found it hard– too hard– to locate and connect with other writing groups in the area. I also noticed a lot of different organizations doing the same things, and I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if there was an umbrella organization that focused on all things literary– all genres of writing [like] novels, poetry, plays and scripts; publishing; presenting; support groups; etcetera?

Long Beach Literary Arts Center was born.”

Rifkin explained that the purpose of the LBLAC is to create a writing space and provide tools, support and

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education for local writers.

“The three of us saw a need for a central hub for the writing community in Long Beach,” Rifkin said.

“One of our goals is to establish Long Beach as a significant literary designation for the broader national literary community.”

The LBLAC has already started fundraising through events in the community.

“We just had our first fundraiser, A Writer’s Life Workshop: Practical Skills for the Working Writer, last Sunday,” Rifkin said last week.

“We’ve done a few poetry events and workshops and silent-reading parties.

We’ll be having more of both soon.”

On the fourth Thursday of every month, the LBLAC will host silent-reading parties from 5pm to 8pm. Kannel posts the locations of the parties 24 hours before the event through Instagram at lblitarts_party.

There will also be a poetry reading on Oct. 14 at the Long Beach Public Library’s main branch from 2pm to 4pm.

As for the location of the center, Kannel explained that the former Acres of Books building in downtown Long Beach would be ideal.

However, until the group finalizes a spot for the center, the LBLAC has reached out to writers through social media.

Overall, Kannel, Rifkin and Woo began to develop the center so writers throughout the community can join together to learn how to achieve their goals of becoming a writer.

“The Long Beach Literary Arts Center is a space for local writers to connect, create and collaborate,” Rifkin explained. “Offering diverse literary programming, the LBLAC seeks to elevate the voices in our community through professional development training, inclusive literary events and resources for artistic cross-pollination.” ✦

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City of Long Beach celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month The City of Long Beach is participating in National CACoD has made to our residents– all of our residents.”

Disability Employment Awareness Month in October for The history of National Disability Employment Awarethe second consecutive year with two signature events co- ness Month traces back to 1945 when Congress enacted a ordinated by Long Beach’s Citizen’s Advisory Commis- law declaring the first week in October each year “Nationsion on Disabilities (CACoD). This year’s national theme al Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” In 1962, is “Inclusion Drives Innovation.” the word “physically” was removed to acknowledge the Participating in National Disability Employment employment needs and contributions of individuals with Awareness Month is an extension of the City’s commit- all types of disabilities. In 1988, Congress expanded the ment to educate the public and staff about disability em- week to a month and changed the name to National Disployment concerns while celebrating the many and varied ability Employment Awareness Month. contributions of American workers with disabilities, acEmployers and employees in all industries can learn cording to city officials. more about how to participate in National Disability Em“Long Beach takes pride in its values of diversity and ployment Awareness Month and ways they can promote inclusion,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “We are continu- its messages– during October and throughout the year– by ously striving to improve the quality of life of all of Long visiting dol.gov/ndeam.

Beach residents especially those with disabilities.”

On Oct. 4, which is Disability Mentoring Day, a nation- Source: City of LB al event coordinated by the American Association of People with Disabilities that promotes career development Long Beach Transit for students with disabilities through job shadowing and hands-on career Systemwide exploration, students with disabilities Transit Analysis & had the opportunity to learn first-hand about career opportunities and expeReassessment rienced a half-day in a professional work environment at City Hall with 29 City staff from various departments who have volunteered to be mentors this year.

On Thursday, Oct. 26, a public celebration to commemorate Disability Employment Awareness Month will take place at Veterans Park Community Center, 101 E. 28th St., from 1pm to 3pm. The keynote speaker during the 30-minute program will be 6th District Councilmember Dee Andrews.

The event will include a resource fair specific to the disability community.

“The work that our commissions do Join us for the next phase to hear our on behalf of the City of Long Beach is invaluable, and CACoD is no differinitial recommendations on route and ent,” said Heather Blackmun, citywide service changes and help LBT design ADA coordinator. “They are a leading voice in our disability community, and the transit system of the future. it continues to be an honor to work with and learn from them. These two events are a small example of the commitment to inclusion that the City and

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Leach said. “We’re looking forward to her being back for her to direct her dream season.”

The company will also continue offering other classics. January will start the year with a focus on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes in an oldtime radio production of A Scandal in Bohemia, and July will feature Orson Welles’s radio adaptation of Treasure Island.

“2018 will be [a season of] unique, daunting, problematic productions that you don’t see in other places,” Leach said.

A plan is in place to continue producing plays even if Borgers should remain unavailable. Theatre veteran Joe Montenari will direct the three October shows, and Brandon Alexander Cutts will direct this year’s Christmas show, The Wakefield Second Shepherds’ Play.

Cutts had co-directed, with Borgers, the recent production of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost.

While Borgers could not be present physically, a camera mounted in the theatre allowed her to view progress of the production and provide input. “[Cutts] grew up as Helen’s protégé,” Leach explained. “There’s a webcam in the theatre so she can see. He’ll direct any of the Shakespeare that she can’t.”

Thus, while everyone is rooting for Helen’s recovery and return, the shows will indeed go on.

“All of our actors, technicians, volunteers are doing a great job keeping the theatre alive,” Leach Courtesy Long Beach Shakespeare Company said. “And they’re doing it for her.”

Hamlet the Shakespeare pig, mascot of the Long Beach Currently, the crew is in the midst of casting the Shakespeare Company, wears an Elizabethan ruff collar to Christmas show and getting programs ready for greet visitors. The company marks its 15th anniversary this the October shows. They will also hold a costume month. sale Friday, Oct. 6, in time for Halloween.

But Leach feels how much the theatre and Borgtheatre. She never wants to take credit for all she’s ers need each other. done.”

“She is the captain of the ship. We can’t sail withDespite this trial, Leach encourages the public out her, but we can stay afloat,” Leach said. “It takes to continue attending performances at the Richard eight people to do what Helen was doing. I give our Goad Theatre, so that the Long Beach Shakespeare volunteers a lot of credit.”

Company may see many more years to come.

Leach recalled visiting Borgers in the hospital “We love our community, and I think our commulast week, describing her strength in the face of her nity loves us back,” she said. “I hope people come health crisis. see the shows and support the theatre.”

“She’s making a conscious effort to fight for her life. [But] the first thing she said was, ‘Tell me about For performances and other information, visit lbthe theatre,’” Leach recounted. “The theatre is her shakespeare.org. baby. I don’t think anyone could take [us] through 15 years besides her. She is the heart and soul of the

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Our special guest speakers shared anecdotes covering the full spectrum of my mom’s life. My dad spoke about how 60 years together was a full lifetime but passed as quickly as a puff of smoke. The three Cohn siblings’ remarks were vastly different and with our own very specific voice. I was very impressed with how my sister delivered “a walk through the valley of the shadow is not an easy one” describing the conversations she had with our mom in the final months. My brother, who is typically more hyper-sensitive than I, had psyched himself up for a few days and delivered upbeat tales of Mom’s tireless support, cheerleading, check-ins and documenting every holiday or special occasion.

I was not nearly as brave. Nope. I had a friend from the Literary Society read my statement since I knew I wasn’t capable of forcing even one word out of my mouth without a complete breakdown.

The song comes back to the repeated verse with the melodic guitar following Sammy again: “Funny how love becomes a cold rainy day, Funny, that rainy day….” and Sammy holds the last few notes a bit longer: “…is here.”

And finally the song ends with flutters of guitar that immediately reminded me of a bird’s or butterfly’s flight off into the sky. Or maybe it was like someone’s soft wave goodbye. And that’s exactly how she left us on that Friday evening of Oct. 9, 2015.

The song faded out, the people filled up the room, and my dad got the memorial started.

To my amazement, life has moved on, and new memories are being made all the time. Football seasons, concerts, documentaries, holidays, world events, birthday parties, brunches all come and go, and sometimes it’s hard to fathom that she isn’t here for any of it. I now understand “the presence of absence” reference.

There is a new family ritual. We light a candle at each gathering to hold her place at the table, to remind us of the strength of her light, and that she is still the light with us who glows through any rainy day we may have.

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The room was ready, all the tables were set, the microphone worked and the sole picture of my mom was affixed to the lectern. The photo of her was taken in Cuba with a cigar in her mouth and mojito in hand raised in a toast with a conquering smile of being up for anything.

Once my dad, who had sweat over the details of the service, recognized the voice and music, he said, “Ah, perfect.” “..funny but here’s that rainy day” Here was that rainy day indeed.

Sammy seemed to sing directly to the family just as the guests began to arrive. All of the Cohns were in different parts of the room trying to keep a brave face before things got really heavy.

“Here’s that rainy day they told me about, and I laughed at the thought that it might turn out this way.”

True. I never thought we’d lose her so soon and in the way we did. I had taken for granted that there is longevity in the family, and I expected her to be here at least another 10 years. I never thought it would turn out that my daughter would grow up not knowing her, or that we wouldn’t fulfill our promise of taking Mom “shopping for potatoes” like we had joked about with her for years.

Sammy tenderly continued to deliver the lines: “Where is that worn out wish that I threw aside After it brought my love so near?

Funny how love becomes a cold rainy day Funny that rainy day is here.”

The guitar then took over to repeat the melody as the large gathering of family, friends, and colleagues funneled into the room. The music played like a perfect movie soundtrack, and I stepped out of myself for a moment to watch the scene develop.

Could this be real? Could it be true?

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Meet Hot Like Lava at the Companion Animal Village at 7700 East Spring St., (562) 570-PETS. Ask for ID#597535.

(This rescue encouraged by the usual suspects.)

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TST5546 / 2017 252127 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: JB AUTO REPAIR, 2171 N. Kelly Dr., Signal Hill, CA 90755.

Registrant: DELMYS AGUETA, 2171 N. Kelly Dr., Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Delmys Argueta.

The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in August, 2017. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 7, 2017. 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: September 15, 22, 29 & October 6, 2017.

TST5549 / Case No. TS020936 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 Traci Antoinette Crumpler.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: TRACIE ANTOINETTE CRUMPLER has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: TRACIE ANTOINETTE CRUMPLER, to Proposed Name: TRACIE ANTOINETTR BRYANT. 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 20, 2017; Time: 8:30A M; Dept. A. 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, 939 E. 27th. Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: September 22, 29, & October 6, 13, 2017. ___//ss//___ Brian S. Currey, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: September 14, 2017 TST5552 / Case No. TS020968 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 Erica Mojica Hernandez.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: ERICA MOJICA HERNANDEZ has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: ERICA MOJICA HERNANDEZ, to Proposed Name: ERIKA MOJICA. 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: October 31, 2017; 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, 939 E. 27th.

Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: September 22, 29, & October 6, 13, 2017. ___//ss//___ Brian S. Currey, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: September 15, 2017

PUBLIC NOTICES TST5556 / Case No. NS034027 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIEN COURT, 275 Magnolia, Long Beach, CA 90802.

PETITION OF Noa Lafo Davis.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: SOLINA TUVALU has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: NOA LAFO DAVIS, to Proposed Name: NOA GOLDENRASTA TUVALU. 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 3, 2017; 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, 939 E. 27th. Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: September 22, 29, & October 6, 13, 2017. ___//ss//___ Ross Klein, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: September 19, 2017 TST5551 / 2017 222749 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: ZAZNIDA CREATIVE SERVICES, 550 Orange Ave., #128, Long Beach, CA 90802.

Registrant: LINDA ZAZUETA, 550 Orange Ave., #128, Long Beach, CA 90802. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Linda Zazueta. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in July, 2017. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on August 14, 2017. 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: September 22, 29, & October 6, 13, 2017.

TST5553 / 2017 260086 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: AGENCY ETA, 444 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 150, Long Beach, CA 90802. Registrant: ETA ADVERTISING, INC., 444 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 150, Long Beach, CA 90802. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Cynthia Adele Allen, President. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in August, 2005.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 13, 2017. 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: September 22, 29 & October 6, 13, 2017.

TST5555 / 2017 264668 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as:

PERCIVAL 98, 333 W. Broadway, Suite 312, Long Beach, CA 90802. Registrant: JOHN P. EDDY, 333 W. Broadway, Suite 312, Long Beach, CA 90802. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: John P. Eddy. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in June, 2017.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 15, 2017. 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: September 22, 29, & October 6, 13, 2017.

TST5557 / 2017 240889 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: POP INN COLLECTIBLES, 1880 Santa Fe Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90810.

Registrant: PETER ESTRADA SEPULVEDA, 957 Cedar Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Peter Estrada Sepulveda. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on August 29, 2017. 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: September 22, 29, & October 6, 13, 2017.

Department of the Treasurer and Tax Collector TST5558 Notice of Divided Publication

NOTICE OF DIVIDED PUBLICATION OF THE PROPERTY TAX-DEFAULT LIST (DELINQUENT LIST) Made pursuant to Section 3371, Revenue and Taxation Code Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code (R&TC) Sections 3702, 3381, and 3382, the Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector is publishing in divided distribution, the Notice of Sale of Tax-Defaulted Property Subject to the Tax Collector’s Power to Sell in and for the County of Los Angeles, State of California, to various newspapers of general circulation published in the County. A portion of the list appears in each of such newspapers. Notice of Public Auction of Tax-Defaulted Property Subject to the Tax Collector’s Power to Sell (Sale No. 2017A) Whereas, on Tuesday, August 8, 2017, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, directed me, JOSEPH KELLY, Treasurer and Tax Collector, to sell at public auction certain tax-defaulted properties. I hereby give public notice, that unless said properties are redeemed, prior to the close of business on the last business day prior to the first day of the public auction, or Friday, October 20, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time), I will offer for sale and sell said properties on Monday, October 23, 2017, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), to the highest bidder, for cash or cashier’s check in lawful money of the United States, for not less than the minimum bid, at the Fairplex, Los Angeles County Fairgrounds, 1101 West McKinley Avenue, Building 6, Pomona, California.

I will re-offer any properties that did not sell, for a reduced minimum bid, on Tuesday, October 24, 2017.

The minimum bid for each parcel is the total amount necessary to redeem, plus costs, as required by R&TC Section 3698.5. If a property does not sell at the public auction, the right of redemption will revive and remain until Friday, December 1, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). Beginning Saturday, December 2, 2017, at 3:00

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p.m. (Pacific Time), through Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time), I will re-offer for sale any unimproved properties that did not sell or were not redeemed prior to 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time), on Friday, December 1, 2017, at online auction at www.bid4assests.com/losangeles.

Prospective bidders should obtain detailed information of this sale from the County of Los Angeles Treasurer and Tax Collector (TTC) at http://ttc. lacounty.gov/. Bidders are required to pre-register at 225 North Hill Street, Room 130, Los Angeles, California and submit a refundable $5,000 deposit in the form of cash, cashier’s check or bank-issued money order at the time of registration. The TTC will not accept personal checks, two-party checks or business checks for the registration deposit. The TTC will apply the registration deposit towards the minimum bid. Registration will begin on Monday, September 18, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. and end on Friday, October 6, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time).

Pursuant to R&TC Section 3692.3, the TTC sells all property ``as is`` and the County and its employees are not liable for any known or unknown conditions of the property, including, but not limited to, errors in the records of the Office of the Assessor (Assessor) pertaining to improvement of the property.

If the TTC sells a property, parties of interest, as defined by R&TC Section 4675, have a right to file a claim with the County for any proceeds from the sale, which are in excess of the liens and costs required to be paid from the proceeds. If there are any excess proceeds after the application of the minimum bid, the TTC will send notice to all parties of interest, pursuant to law.

Please direct requests for information concerning redemption of tax-defaulted property to Joseph Kelly, Treasurer and Tax Collector, at 225 North Hill Street, Room 130, Los Angeles, California 90012.

The Assessor’s Identification Number (AIN) in this publication refers to the Assessor’s Map Book, the Map Page, and the individual Parcel Number on the Map Page. If a change in the AIN occurred, the publication will show both prior and current AINs. An explanation of the parcel numbering system and the referenced maps are available at the Office of the Assessor located at 500 West Temple Street, Room 225, Los Angeles, California 90012.

Should you require a copy of the list explaining the abbreviations used in this publication, please visit the TTC, at 225 North Hill Street, Room 130, Los Angeles, California 90012, or call 1(213) 974-2045.

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Los Angeles, California, on September 15, 2017.

JOSEPH KELLY Treasurer and Tax Collector County of Los Angeles State of California The real property that is subject to this notice is situated in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and is described as follows: PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE POWER OF SALE

(SALE NO. 2017A) 3053 AIN 7212-007-056 2800 WALNUT LLC C/O C/O CHARLES G WESTLUND JR LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $151,067.00 3054 AIN 7214-009-086 EMMONS,RANDALL AND JANE M TRS EMMONS FAMILY TRUST LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $19,611.00 3055 AIN 7216-026-010 MARKALONIS,JOHN TR JOHN MARKALONIS TRUST LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $48,577.00 3058 AIN 7217-015-013 TEN EYCK,FRED W AND TEN EYCK,WARREN E LOCATION COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES $6,335.00 CN941729 578 Sep 29, Oct 6,13, 2017.

TST 5554 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-14-704988-RY Order No.: 160055931-CA-VOI NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THE COPY PROVI DED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR (Pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code 2923.3) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/12/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial C ode and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): LILIA LOPEZ, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 7/20/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1599635 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 10/24/2017 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $538,952.93 The purported property address is: 2388 CERRITOS AVENUE, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 7211-019-010 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

- HELP WANTED Experienced pre-school cook needed; Monday through Friday, full-time hours and full benefits.

Reply to: 562-951-3500

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October 6, 2017 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 sa le date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-14-704988-RY .

Information about postponements that

TST5559 / Case No. NS034035 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIEN COURT, 275 Magnolia, Long Beach, CA 90802.

PETITION OF Renee Marie Boomer.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: RENEE MARIE BOOMER has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: RENEE MARIE BOOMER, to Proposed Name: RENEE MARIE SHIPMAN. 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 3, 2017; Time: 8:30A M; Dept. 27, Room 5400. 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, 939 E. 27th.

Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: September 29, & October 6, 13, 20, 2017. ___//ss//___ Ross M. Klein, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: September 22, 2017

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST5567 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND CEQA DETERMINATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 17, 2017, the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California to consider the following: ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 17-01 AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 20 ENTITLED “ZONING” OF THE SIGNAL HILL MUNICIPAL CODE PROHIBITING ALL COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA ACTIVITIES AND USES SUCH AS RETAIL SALES, MANUFACUTURING, CULTIVATION, TESTING, DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERIES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS CITYWIDE AND REGULATING INDOOR PERSONAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 17-02 AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 5 ENTITLED “BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS” AND TITLE 9 ENTITLED “PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE” of the municipal code PROHIBITING ALL COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA ACTIVITIES AND USES SUCH AS RETAIL SALES, MANUFACUTURING, CULTIVATION, TESTING, DISTRIBUTION AND DELIVERIES IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS CITYWIDE AND REGULATING INDOOR PERSONAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION Applicant: City of Signal Hill Recommendation: Staff is recommending approval.

THESE ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS will be reviewed at public hearings by the Planning Commission and the City Council which is the approving authority. A separate notice will be published prior to the City Council public hearing.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend the hearing to present written information, express their opinion or otherwise present evidence on the above matter.

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.

THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15061(b)(3) of the California Administrative Code because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that prohibiting commercial marijuana activities or regulating personal cultivation will have a significant effect on the environment and therefore it is not defined as a project per Section 15378 and is not subject to CEQA.

FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by emailing Colleen Doan, Senior Planner, at cdoan@cityofsignalhill.org or calling at (562) 989-7344.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper per Gov’t Code §65091(a)(4): Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before:

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TST5563 / 2017 265146 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: CAL HEIGHTS CONSULTANCY, 3814 Elm Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: IAN S. PATTON, 3814 Elm Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ian S. Patton. 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 15, 2017. 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: September 29, & October 6, 13, 20, 2017.

TST5564 / Case No. TS020962 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Compton Court, 200 W. Compton Blvd., CA 90220.

PETITION OF Michael Anthony Banjo.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: MICHAEL ANTHONY BANJO has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: MICHAEL ANTHONY BANJO, to Proposed Name: MICHAEL ANTHONY MEDINA. 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: October 24, 2017; 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, 939 E. 27th. Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: September 29, & October 6, 13, 20, 2017. ___//ss//___ Brian S. Currey, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: September 14, 2017

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EYE ON CRIME Crimes reported by Signal Hill Police Department LBPD reporting system is still down.

Friday, Sept. 29 6:30am Forgery 2700 block E. PCH 2:57pm Criminal threats 2200 block Walnut Ave. Saturday, Sept. 30 9:56am Grand theft - motor vehicle 2000 block Freeman Ave. 8:30pm Inflicting corporate injury on Spouse/Cohabitant; threatening crime with intent to terrorize 3200 block E. PCH Sunday, Oct. 1 3:58am Battery on Spouse/Co-Habitant 2300 block Lewis Ave. (suspect arrested) 6:47am Auto burglary 2800 block E. 19th St. 7:38am Forgery 2700 block Cherry Ave. 12:56pm Grand theft - motor vehicle 2500 block Orange Ave. 7:07pm DUI; driving without license E. Willow St./Orange Ave. (suspect arrested) Monday, Oct. 2 7am Possessing controlled substance; TST5565 / 2017 281729 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: PAISLEY ACE, 3553 Atlantic Ave., #1205, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: ARMANI J. LEWIS, 3553 Atlantic Ave., #1205, Long Beach, CA 90807.

This business is conducted by: an individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Armani

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misdemeanor warrant E. Wardlow Rd./California Ave. (suspect arrested) 6:05pm Misdemeanor warrant 2200 block Gaviota Ave. (suspect arrested) Tuesday, Oct. 3 2am DUI; Misdemeanor warrant Orange Ave./Spring St. (suspect arrested) 3:52am Grand theft - motor vehicle 2400 block California Ave. 2:47pm Injury - Hit and Run 2700 block E. PCH 2:51pm Person with a knife 2200 block E. Willow St. 3:24pm Auto burglary 1900 block E. 21st St. 8:15pm Battery 1800 block Molino Ave. Wednesday, Oct. 4 1am Driving while license suspended/revoked Cherry Ave./E. Willow St. (suspect arrested) 10:58am Grand theft - motor vehicle 1100 block E. Burnett St.

J. Lewis. 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 29, 2017.

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 6, 13, 20, 27, 2017.

TST5566 / 2017 2017284415 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: RC SQUARED INVESTIGATIONS, 4224 Ostrom Ave., Lakewood, CA 90713.

Registrant: ROBERT C. CRAVENS, 4224 Ostrom Ave., Lakewood, CA 90713. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Robert C. Cravens. 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 3, 2017.

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 6, 13, 20, 27, 2017.

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How is this done? People look for, dig up and study fossils. Fossils are bones, footprints or other traces of animals and plants in rocks or in the ground that have been under a lot of pressure for long periods of time. One scientist, Sir Richard Owen, used the word “dinosaur” to name the giant animals that were alive during the Mesozoic Era: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Dinosaurs died out by the Era’s end.

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serve energy and water, plus two new electric-car charging stations.

Additionally, the two-story, 24,454-square-foot Building QQ will share space with the LBCC’s Lifetime Learning Center, which offers classes through the Senior Studies for Lifetime Learning Program.

Dr. Reagan F. Romali, LBCC superintendent-president, also thanked voters and said the college has been able to modernize its Electrical Technology facilities “to provide a more robust education and training program for this high-demand industry.”

“In addition, the new Lifetime Learning Center will allow us to expand and provide high-quality programs to more seniors in our community,” Romali said.

Jeff Bacurin, the architect who de-

signed Building QQ, was at Wednesday’s event, and, in an interview with the Signal Tribune inside the learning center, pointed out some of the new features.

“It’s designed for flexibility so they can rearrange the furniture for any kind of configurations or events they might have,” Bacurin said. “[There’s] a little kitchenette out there. We’ve got the patio for them to do any kind of outdoors activities they might want to do... It’s very exciting to see it in person and built now. So, I hope everybody enjoys it.”

The new buildings will include seven electrical classrooms, for Transformer Motor, Cisco/Networking, Active Learning (AutoCAD), 2 Active Learning (Tab Arm), Labvolt and Motor Control.

There will also be specialized labs for Motor Control and PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) Lab, Cisco Networking and Building Automation Lab, Building Lighting and Automation Lab, Robotics Lab. LBCC will also be one of first community colleges in California with a dedicated Building Lighting and Automation Lab, which was built with the state’s highest levels of energy efficiency standards, according to officials.

Additionally, the facilities will include an outdoor work yard for solar panels, a nearly full-sized traffic-signal intersection work station for traffic-signal technicians and a full automation wing that will include Robotics, Electro-hydraulics and Pneumatics. ✦

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Michael Soller, communications director with Lara’s office, said the whole circumstance was a valid example of free speech and praised the police for making sure people were safe and allowing the protestors to speak their mind, but he condemned the behavior.

“Really, we know how to do this in America,” Soller said. “We know how to have peaceful protests that aren’t disruptive, that allow the event to continue. And that didn’t happen here. I think that’s certainly sad in this case.”

Austin said there are no immediate plans to reschedule the event but that his staff will work with community partners to ensure the information is available for the public. He also said his staff is going to put some thought into how to deal with similar situations in the future.

According to Soller, the state senator couldn’t attend the event, regardless of the protestor presence. The Signal Tribune also couldn’t get in touch with Lara by press time.

In a phone interview on Monday, Soller, although he wasn’t present at the event, said the situation seemed “frightening and disturbing.”

“When you look at some of the things that have been posted already online by the people claiming to be behind this– they’re talking about a victory– it’s not a victory,” he said. “Our perspective out there is that we are going to continue to do these events. This is a failure of our civil discourse, when people disrupt something. [...] I don’t want to say anything about the people who came to protest, but it seemed pretty clear that there were people from outside of this neighborhood and outside from even the Long Beach community who were there to protest.”

Jonathan Solorzano, a presenter with the Long Beach Immigration Rights Coalition who was set to speak at the forum, said this isn’t the first time anti-immigrant individuals have presented themselves. He said a similar group protests in front of Lara’s office from time to time.

Solorzano noted that the few people who did attend the event didn’t get the chance to be informed– and that “the rest who arrived probably overheard everything and were scared away.”

He also posed the solution of making Long Beach a sanctuary city to better protect citizens.

“We need to make sure that we can protect our immigrants in an effective manner, and that’s the one thing we’re working toward,” he said.

“The best thing you can do is to overpower them with people power, have more of a positive turnout for our communities to come out and really benefit from this and shut that whole bit up. In this particular case, they obviously had more numbers and had more people making noise, and that’s ultimately what resulted in the event being canceled.”

Austin echoed what he told the protestors on Saturday– that it was “disgraceful” for them to be disrespectful in an area of worship and peace.

He also wanted to ensure residents that he is fighting to keep them safe.

“As a public official, an elected official representing the 8th district in the city of Long Beach, I feel like it’s my responsibility to provide resources, information to everyone who lives here,” Austin said. “I care about everybody’s quality of life. No resident in this city should walk around in fear.” ✦

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Eighth District Councilmember Al Austin was confronted by a group of protestors at an immigration forum event on Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Iglesia Cristiana Templo Shalom. The protestors claimed Austin and California State Senator Ricardo Lara, who was not present but was co-hosting the event with Austin, were condoning illegal immigrants.

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