May 4, 2018 | Vol. XL | No. 18| Signal Tribune

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IN THIS ISSUE NEWS A heated situation Fire at private storage shed in SH possibly started by transients, says county fire official.

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Keeping it open

Community Hospital Task Force seeking new operator and development of seismic compliance plan.

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CULTURE Cal Rep’s End Days reviewed

The dark comedy-drama raises difficult questions.

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Rumor has it... wrong First Fridays Art Walk not canceled, returning to original format for the time being.

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Complaint against Wilson, Betance rejected on ‘insufficient admissible evidence’

Prosecutor’s office unable to determine primary aggressor in alleged dispute at hotel.

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It may have been a case of the local rumor mill– fueled by social-media activity and an inaccurate report from an otherwise trusted newspaper of record– working itself into an exponential frenzy of misinformation, but recent claims that the Bixby Knolls First Fridays Art Walk has been canceled are wrong, according to the one source who should know better than anyone.

In an interview Tuesday morning at his office, Blair Cohn, executive director of the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA), reiterated the information he had written two weeks ago in a statement in which he explained that the BKBIA will no longer serve as organizer of the event and that interested local businesses will again assume responsibility for hosting activities the first Friday of each month on their own.

“Beginning in May, the BKBIA will transition out from being the organizer of the First Fridays Art Walk and hand the event back over to our business members to program the fun in their individual locations,” Cohn wrote in his April 18 announcement. “Many businesses will continue to stay open late for the community, and we encourage you all to come out to support them as you always have.”

On Tuesday, Cohn expressed frustration with the ill-informed rumors and jumpedto conclusions that spread on Nextdoor. com and Facebook, including speculation about why the event had been “canceled.”

“When you read a headline, hear a sound byte or snippet, without knowing anything at all about the decisions behind it, it’s easy to run and imagine and twist it,” Cohn said. “If you spend any length of time on social media, the negativity is just overwhelming.”

The fact is that, with the BKBIA’s contract for (now former) redevelopment agency (RDA) funding getting closer to its expiration date, the association must now plan carefully for the future and maximize the value of those funds, Cohn said, adding that it is critical to manage the resources to further the BKBIA’s primary mission of supporting its members, making improvements to the district as a whole, ensuring a clean and safe environment and creating manageable, fun and safe events for the district.

Cohn explained that, for a year, the BKBIA’s board has been discussing how to stretch redevelopment dollars and “leave

The Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office has rejected a complaint against Signal Hill Councilmember Edward Wilson and his partner, Deborah Betance, after determining that there is insufficient evidence in a case involving an alleged dispute between the couple.

As reported in the Signal Tribune last November, Wilson, who was mayor of Signal Hill at the time, and Betance, an elementary-school teacher, were arrested at Hotel Maya in Long Beach on Nov. 17 on suspicion of a domestic-violence incident between the two parties.

A complaint-rejection document Long Beach City Prosecutor Doug Haubert provided to the Signal Tribune this week indicates that one Rubi Castro had filed the complaint against Wilson and Betance on Feb. 20, but, “due to some evidence of mutual combat,” the prosecutor’s

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A complaint filed with the Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office against Signal Hill City Councilmember Edward Wilson (pictured) and his partner, Deborah Betance, has been rejected based on “insufficient evidence.”

The complaint concerned an alleged physical dispute between the couple at a Long Beach hotel last November while Wilson was serving as mayor.

office was “unable to determine a primary aggressor.”

The document also states that the “incident is one on one with minor/ no visible injuries to either suspect.

If either party is in fear of [the] other, [the situation] is best handled civilly by obtaining a civil restraining order.”

Multiple efforts to reach Wilson for comment this week went unanswered, as of press time.

Although the details of the incident were unclear– police could not provide information in response to press inquiries because the two individuals were protected under state law as victims– some in Signal Hill were compelled to call for Wilson’s resignation as mayor, including Councilmember Larry Forester.

At the city council’s meeting on Nov. 28, Forester had requested that “reorganization” of the council be added to the Dec. 12 meeting agenda after Wilson’s alleged public “missee WILSON page 13

A place to stay

Long Beach residents provide input at workshop about citywide short-term rentals.

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Long Beach residents share their opinions about short-term rental (STR) services, such as Airbnb and HomeAway, during a community workshop at the Recreation Park banquet room on Wednesday, May 2. While most in the crowd supported STRs in Long Beach, there were some who said Airbnb and other shared-space renting services would negatively impact their neighborhoods.

Sebastian Echeverry Staff Writer

Only standing room along the walls of the Recreation Park banquet room remained as Long Beach residents gathered to attend an event that marked the beginning of a year-

long course to establish a short-term rental (STR) ordinance that would regulate services, such as Airbnb and HomeAway, citywide.

Long Beach city officials hosted the kick-off workshop on Wednesday as a way to better understand what the public wants as the City

moves toward a proposed STR ordinance.

In March 2017, the city council– at the request of councilmembers Jeannine Pearce, Lena Gonzalez, Dee Andrews and Vice Mayor Rex Richardson– reviewed current regsee ORDINANCE page 15

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May 4, 2018

NEWS

3 Batting for the necessary ‘runs’ to keep Community Hospital in the game

May 4, 2018

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Hospital task-force meeting details urgency this month to get new operator, seismic plan in check.

Denny Cristales Online Editor

May is a time of urgency for Community Hospital, but it’s also a chance to make significant progress in community leaders’ efforts to save and prevent the closure of the

east-side medical facility.

During the Community Hospital Task Force meeting Monday, April 30 at the Bixby Park Community Center, John Keisler, the City of Long Beach’s director of economic and property development, explained it in terms of baseball–

A heated situation

Sebastian Echeverry | Signal Tribune

The Los Angeles County Fire and Signal Hill Police departments responded to a fire off of Gundry Avenue, near 27th Street on May 2 around 2:30pm. A county fire officer with the battalion unit confirmed the incident started as a small tree fire that spread to a nearby private storage shed, damaging a vehicle inside. There were no injuries or casualties. The cause of the fire is undetermined, but the officer speculated it may have been caused by transients.

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John Keisler, the City of Long Beach’s director of economic and property development, provided updates during Monday’s task-force meeting at the Bixby Park Community Center about the City’s search for a new Community Hospital operator, the introduction of a new architectural firm for the facility and the end-of-May deadline to keep Assembly Bill 2591 alive.

Community Hospital is playing in extra innings and is vying for a way to score a few runs to win the game.

“We found out at the bottom of the ninth inning that Memorial is not going to operate this facility,” he said. “So, we’re literally down by two runs at the top of the 10th inning.”

The runs Community is batting for are precisely what Keisler updated locals about during the task-force meeting Monday– the search for a new hospital operator, the introduction of a new architectural firm for the facility and the end-of-May deadline to keep Assembly Bill 2591 alive.

MemorialCare announced the facility’s closure in November because of an active fault line beneath the hospital and its failure to meet the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s (OSHPD) seismic regulations. At the time of purchase, MemorialCare was aware of Community’s fault line, but continual seismic reports at the 90-yearold facility in the past few years revealed the fault line was larger and posed a bigger threat than previously anticipated.

Currently, Community Hospital’s lease terminates July 3.

Last week, Community Hospital’s state license was renewed in time for its April 28 deadline, according to 4th District Councilmember Daryl Supernaw’s newsletter.

The City has put a “target request for information,” which means it see HOSPITAL page 8

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OPINION

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May 4, 2018

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ne of my favorite sayings is, “Don’t drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.” I don’t know who coined the phrase, but I’m sure that whoever did didn’t realize how insightful those nine words would become.

Back when my generation, and probably the one after, began driving, we had distractions during our sojourns, but certainly not any as prevalent as we are experiencing now. In my opinion, cell phones have become the bane of the road. Talking on the phone and texting while driving has come to be the norm. Regardless of the laws in place, I see dozens of drivers every day who obviously are texting while behind the wheel. These folks do not have their eyes on the road, and their hands are certainly not at “10 and two.” Instead of focusing on the task at hand– driving– their views are focused on their laps or on the seats next to them. Texting while driving has become an epidemic.

In my car, as I enter the driver’s side, I see dozens of funeral programs that are stored in the area that I previously used for map storage.

Since 1998, I have collected more than 40 of the printed remembrances of those who have passed away.

Included in my collection are programs from funerals of friends, family members, colleagues and local dignitaries. I also have some for folks I did not know. I attended those services to help give emotional support to those I believed needed to see friendly and sympathetic faces among the mourners.

The most recent funeral I attended was for Denise Damrow, a Signal Hill resident and volunteer extraordinaire. The service was a lovely gathering at the Salvation Army church and featured singing, testimonials and a general expression of love by those who cared about dear Denise. The folks in attendance were her friends and those with whom she shared a love of giving time to local nonprofit organizations such as Friends of the Signal Hill Library, Signal Hill Historical Society and the Girl Scouts.

When I returned from the service, my husband Steve saw the program I had in my hand. He smiled and immediately remarked that he knew it would join those placed in my car in what I refer to as my “Guardian Angel” compartment.

I will miss my pal Denise, and I am honored to have been part of her life.

We were studying poetry in Mr. Zimmerman’s English class, and he gave us the assignment to bring in a song to play and discuss its structure, rhyming pattern, symbolism, metaphors and meaning. He wanted us to examine poetry in modern music, which was more interesting to us at the time than a “poem lovely as a tree.” I was really excited for the assignment since music was so important to me. I could kind of guess which kid would bring in what type of song based on being a jock, nerd, metal head, socialite, punk or stoner.

I wanted so badly to play and discuss “Subdivisions”

by Rush, which would have been my senior-year statement about high school and its social structure. But, ironically, I chickened out and caved to peer pressure.

I thought I had to live up to what the class expected, which would be for me to play a hardcore punk song and disrupt the class. Not that I didn’t like being a disrupter, but at that point in time I wanted to make a real statement about high school and have my fellow students take a pause to think about it, especially those jocks, bullies and others that were too cool for, well, school.

One by one, each student walked to the front of the classroom and gave their report doing their best to dissect their song as poetry. I scoffed at the guy playing “Sailing” by Christopher Cross and dedicating it to his girlfriend. Not all choices were cheesy or not to my taste, and I was most surprised and impressed when one of the popular girls brought in “At 17” by Janis Ian. It was like she opened up her diary in the classroom for us to read. I couldn’t believe that this socialite pulled back the curtain to show us who she really related to behind the “cool kid” exterior. This was reason enough why I should have gone with my gut instinct and not taken the predictable road. I was given the chance but chickened out. I wanted to have an honest discussion about how everyone behaved in high school. Maybe “Subdivisions” still affects as much today since I have always had this unfinished business.

My turn eventually came, and I gave a disappointing presentation on a song by a local punk band that was trying to write more abstract and metaphorical lyrics than others. I thought I was being artsy and cool. It was Dullsville.

It was the end of my senior year, and I was slowly exiting the punk scene and listening to a lot of other music, especially Rush. The first time I heard “Subdivisions,” I thought the band wrote it just for me. I was magically blessed with both foresight and hindsight at my very first listen because the song moved me so much. I understood its message and meaning, and it was a perfect soundtrack to the here and now. I could look into the future and easily place my classmates into the song.

Summary: The song itself is loaded with great lyrics and descriptive rhyming, and it paints a clear picture of teen angst, isolation, longing while living in the mundane suburban sprawl. The song tells the story of peer pressure and the need to both fit in with the crowd while looking off past the horizon for something better. For me, as a 17-year-old, I understood the message loud and clear since I witnessed the wannabes, hangers-on and those doing anything to be cool. I just wanted to dodge those raindrops and get through school.

The music is dark and haunting and triggered so much

of my teen angst. It was how the song made me feel that had me pointing my accusatory finger at the caste system within the walls of Ram High. I had rebelled against these folks for the last three years and then failed to seize the opportunity to point a mirror at them when the chance presented itself.

How I’ve kicked myself over this for 33 years!

I rebelled against the conformists, not my parents or my east-side neighborhood. I channeled my energy into leather jackets, safety pins, spikes, chains, dyed hair and spray-painted shirts. Every Monday morning in first period I heard about all of the parties and the gossip, like who sneaked out their window, who got into a fight, who hooked up with whom. I didn’t like any of it. Give me a two-minute song about anarchy and I was happy.

So please indulge me here as I go back in time and pretend to take the long, intimidating and nervous walk back up to front of the class and dissect this poem. At least now all these years later I have much more life experience and hindsight.

“Subdivisions” begins with ominous keyboards setting a dark tone to the song. Then enter the drums, guitar and more keyboards with a melody that creates a sense of a lonely Saturday night in Any Suburb, USA. The singer begins the narrative: Sprawling on the fringes of the city In geometric order An insulated border In-between the bright lights And the far, unlit unknown My insulated border was the post-war homes of the Plaza neighborhood and nearby houses of the Ranchos and El Dorado Park Estates. When I went running or riding my bike around the rows and rows of houses, I wondered, What was going on behind all those doors?

Where was everyone? Were they having more fun than me? And from our corner house, I could see way off into the distance and above the tree line the glow of city lights that seemed to indicate that the action was way over there.

Those lights of course were from Thrifty’s, Lucky Market and Millikan’s stadium, not some far unlit unknown.

Growing up, it all seems so one-sided Opinions all provided The future pre-decided Detached and subdivided In the mass-production zone Nowhere is the dreamer Or the misfit so alone I had a duality with the song (being both a misfit and not a misfit). I had it pretty good and was never angry at my parents. I just wanted to march to my own drum and didn’t like being told what to do (and still don’t). I didn’t ever want to fall in line and be like the rest of the herd.

I wasn’t much of a “joiner” but always had friends from all circles: jocks, nerds, metal heads, punks, and socialites. Yes, and I knew some stoners, too. Plus, I was also see CORNER page 11

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COMMUNITY

May 4, 2018

New LBCC VP of Business Services selected The Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees approved Marlene Dunn as the new vice president of Business Services for Long Beach City College at its April 24 meeting. Dunn’s duties will oversee the district-wide fiscal, facilities, business and technology services, as well as the economic-development programs.

“With more than 20 years of working with school districts’ budgets, contracts administration and building programs, Marlene Dunn Marlene has the background and experience to ensure that Long Beach City College remains on solid financial ground,” said LBCC Superintendent-President Reagan F. Romali.

Since 2015, Dunn has served as chief business officer for the Lynwood Unified School District, in which she oversees its budget, risk management, maintenance and operations. The majority of her career was spent with the Los Angeles County Office of Education within Business Advisory Services from 2000 to 2014, focusing on school business and finance-related services to school and community colleges districts within Los Angeles County. As director of Business Advisory Services, Dunn was responsible for fiscal oversight of 80 public school districts and other agencies with budgets totaling more than $22 billion.

Dunn is a resident of Cerritos. She received her associate degree from Cerritos Community College and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Phoenix.

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AROUND TOWN LOOKING FORWARD What Panel discussion Who Hosted by the Long Beach U.S. Veterans Affairs Department When Friday, May 4 at 9am Where 2001 River Ave. More Info Panelists will discuss education, networking and career-building. Email Val Lerch at vallerch@gmail.com.

A GRAND OLD PARTY What Republican barbecue Who Hosted by the Long Beach Area Republicans When Friday, May 4 from 6pm to 10pm Where El Dorado Golf Course, 2400 Studebaker Rd. More Info Speakers include: Jim McDonnell, L.A. County sheriff; Janet Nguyen, 34th District state senator; Travis Allen, gubernatorial candidate; and Stacy Dash, former Fox News commentator. Call (562) 424-1246 to RSVP. IN HONOR OF ELLEN What The Annual Ellen Ward Community Yard Sale Who Hosted by the City of Signal Hill When Saturday, May 5 from 8am to noon Where Jessie Nelson Circle at Signal Hill Park, 2175 Cherry Ave. More Info Residents of Signal Hill and surrounding areas will have the opportunity to purchase items on display. Admission is free. Call (562) 989-7330.

BREATHE IN What Asthma-awareness event Who Hosted by Pools of Hope When Saturday, May 5 from 10am to 1pm Where 6801 Long Beach Blvd.

More Info A breath-mobile will be available for asthma treatment. Free food, mariachis, prizes and health and wellness information will be provided. Call (310) 537-2224.

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JOIN IN What Meeting Who Hosted by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) When Saturday, May 5 from 2pm to 4pm Where Park Estates More Info During the meeting, attendees will learn about activities and opportunities AAUW members participate in. For the specific location, email Gail Morrison at gail7go@gmail.com.

LIKE GOOD NEIGHBORS What Breakfast meeting Who Hosted by The Good Neighbors of North Long Beach When Tuesday, May 8 from 7am to 8:15am Where Spires Restaurant, 1935 Del Amo Blvd.

More Info Long Beach Community College Trustee elect Uduak-Joe Ntuk will be the guest speaker. Email Val Lerch at vallerch@gmail. com.

GREEN THUMBS What Plant sale and open house Who Hosted by the Horticulture Department at Long Beach City College (LBCC) When Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 from 9am to 4pm Where 1305 E. PCH More Info The sale will feature metal garden art created by LBCC’s Fabrication and Welding Club, water-wise plants and vegetables and butterfly-friendly plants. An art table will also be available for children. Call (562) 938-3086.

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Food trucks and a beer garden will be available.

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A LIFETIME OF LEARNING What Presentations on Aging Issues Who Sponsored by Long Beach City College Senior Studies Lifetime Learning Center When Mondays in May and June, from 11am to 12:30pm Where Lifetime Learning Center, room QQ 122, at the LBCC Pacific Coast Campus off of Walnut Avenue More Info The dates will be: May 14, “Making the Most of Your Doctor Visits”; May 21, “Home Safety and Fall Prevention” by the LBFD Fire Ambassadors; June 4, “Food Finders, Rescuing Food, Reducing Hunger and Volunteering”; June 11, “Chronic Diseases”; and June 18, “Alzheimer’s Update.” RSVP to Theresa Brunella at (562) 938-3047. The Lifetime Learning Program is a nonprofit organization that operates under the LBCC Foundation. Emailtbrunella@lbcc.edu.

CARING ABOUT YOUR HEALTH What Free lecture Who Hosted by the Long Beach Medical Center When Tuesday, May 15 from 5pm to 7pm Where Old Ranch Country Club, 3901 Lampson Ave. More Info Local experts will discuss a patient-centric approach for atrial fibrillation. Call 1.800.MEMORIAL to register.

PAGE-TURNERS What Book club Who Hosted by the BKBIA When Wednesday, May 16 at 7pm Where Elise’s Tea Room, 3924 Atlantic Ave. More Info Attendees will discuss the novel Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Email info@ bixbyknollsinfo.com.

NOW HEAR THIS What Demonstration Who Hosted by the Long Beach and Lakewood chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America When Saturday, May 19 from 10:30am to noon Where 5220 Oliva Ave. More Info A representative will provide information about free-captioned phones for those that qualify, and a hearing-aid representative will be available to answer questions about hearing aids. Call (562) 630-6141.

ALOHA! What Free luau party Who Hosted by the Bazzeni Wellness Center of St. Mary Medical Center When Thursday, May 24 from 11:00am to 1:30pm Where 1055 Linden Ave. More Info Entertainment will include Polynesian dancers, Hawaiian food and various activities. Call (888) 478-6279 to RSVP. EGGS WITH THE ELKS What Monthly breakfast Who Hosted by Elks Lodge #888 When Sunday, May 27 from 8am to 11:30am Where 16426 Bellflower Blvd.

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TO YOUR HEALTH What Free health fair SPOKES FOLKS Who Hosted by the Bazzeni Wellness Center of What Cycling fundraiser St. Mary Medical Center Who Hosted by Millers Children’s and Women’s When Thursday, May 31 from 9:30am to 1:30pm Hospital Where 1055 Linden Ave. When Saturday, May 12 at 6am More Info Stroke, thyroid, posture analysis, Where Shoreline Drive and Linden Avenue memory screenings and glucose testing will be More Info There are multiple routes to take available. To RSVP, call (888) 478-6279. Lunch during the event including 30 miles, 62 miles, will be provided.

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NEWS

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CA, states representing over 40 percent of U.S. car market sue to defend national clean-car rules

Moving to curb toxic air pollution and improve car gas mileage, California Gov. Jerry Brown, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the California Air Resources Board on Tuesday announced California is leading an 18-state coalition to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to preserve the nation’s single vehicle-emission standard.

“The states joining today’s lawsuit represent 140 million people who simply want cleaner and more efficient cars,” Brown said. “This phalanx of states will defend the nation’s clean-car standards to boost gas mileage and curb toxic air pollution.”

Becerra said the evidence is irrefutable.

“Today’s clean-car standards are achievable, science-based and a boon for hardworking American families,” he said. “But the EPA and Administrator Scott Pruitt refuse to do their job and enforce these standards. Enough is enough. We’re not looking to pick a fight with the Trump Administration, but when the stakes are this high for our families’ health and our economic prosperity, we have a responsibility to do what is necessary to defend them.”

California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. Nichols said the standards the states are fighting to protect were adopted in 2012 and don’t take effect until 2022.

“They were a lifeline thrown to an industry that was in trouble and desperate for stability,” Nichols said. “They were based on the best judgment of engineers about what technology could achieve. And, in fact, they are being achieved today, years ahead of the deadlines, because of the good work of the auto industry. But now Administrator Pruitt, based on no new information or facts, wants to roll back all that progress in the name of deregulation. The Final Determination is just the first step, but it is intended to provide the legal basis for a decision that has already been made: to halt the progress that regulators and the industry have made toward a new generation of vehicles. It does not withstand scrutiny, and it will not stand.”

The lawsuit, which was filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, seeks to set aside and hold unlawful the U.S. EPA’s effort to weaken the existing clean-car rules. The lawsuit is based on the fact that the U.S. EPA acted arbitrarily and capriciously, failed to follow its own regulations and violated the Clean Air Act. Beginning in 2010, the U.S. EPA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and California Air Resources Board established a single national program of greenhouse gas emissions standards for model year 2012-2025 vehicles.

This program allows automakers to design and manufacture to a single target. The rules save drivers money at the pump, cut oil consumption, reduce air pollution and curb greenhouse gases.

Last year, the EPA affirmed these standards were appropriate based on an extensive record of data. The California Air Resources Board also affirmed the standards were appropriate and that the federal government should continue to support a single national program for all states.

On April 13, 2018, however, the U.S. EPA, without evidence to support the decision, arbitrarily reversed course and claimed that the clean car standards for model years 2022-2025 should be scrapped, according to Brown’s office. The federal government offered no evidence to support this decision and the forthcoming rulemaking intended to weaken the existing 2022-2025 standards.

The federal standard the states are suing to protect is estimated to reduce carbon pollution equivalent to 134 coal power plants burning for a year, as well as save drivers $1,650 per vehicle.

The car industry is on track to meet or exceed these standards.

The 18 jurisdictions joining today’s legal action represent approximately 43 percent of the U.S. automobile market and approximately 140 million people: California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

Last year, Brown wrote a letter to the U.S. EPA Administrator to defend the existing emission standard.

A copy of the petition for review is available at oag.ca.gov/news.

Source: Brown’s office

May 4, 2018

Community members gather to ‘rise up, resist and reclaim power’ Protesters rally in honor of May Day and International Workers’ Day. Izzie Hallock Editorial Intern

Nerexda Soto says she was one of the Long Beach hotel workers who was harassed in the workplace. Her assaulter showed up day after day making demeaning comments and refusing to leave her alone. However, she used her voice to spark a movement.

During a May Day rally in honor of International Workers’ Day on May 1 at Cesar Chavez Park, Soto spoke about a disturbing perception that some hotel guests have.

“When people are paying high prices, or even low prices, to stay somewhere,” Soto said, “they think they own you too as a worker.”

Soto said that, after that repeated abuse, she spoke out and found she was not the only one enduring assault in the workplace. She began marching with housekeepers protesting for a safe work environment.

“Unfortunately,” Soto said, “since our fight went up to September of last year, our city council voted down our proposal for panic buttons in the workplace.

Seeing so many women come up and give their testimony of their experiences with sexual harassment and assault in the workplace here in Long Beach, and they still have the audacity to say it’s not happening. But, our fight does not stop there. [...] We don’t give up. We don’t stop.”

Cynthia Macias of Housing Long Beach explained that the

May Day Long Beach Coalition represents 19 diverse community organizations and was the group that orchestrated the march.

“We are here to march for all Long Beach workers and all oppressed communities,” Macias said. “Right now, today and tomorrow, we will continue to rise up, resist and reclaim our power.”

May Day, or International Workers Day, came about in the 19th century, and Alex Montances, youth organizer with the Filipino Migrant Center, said that workers protested for the eighthour workday, higher wages, safer work conditions and an end to child labor.

“Today in Long Beach and throughout the United States, workers are still struggling for a living wage, good benefits, the right to unionize, and dignity and respect in the workplace,” Montances said. “Even Long Beach hotel workers are fighting for city council to pass Claudia’s Law to protect them from sexual harassment, while undocumented workers are calling for Long Beach to become a Sanctuary City to protect them and keep families together. Other workers can’t even afford rent and would love to see rent control passed in the city. Many working families in Long Beach cannot send their children to college, and their schools are grossly underfunded, but we wonder why the U.S. still has funding for military spending and war in Syria, Korea, Israel.”

The current administration, Macias said, is not helping either.

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Protesters rally and make their way to Long Beach City Hall on May 1 in honor of May Day and International Workers’ Day.

“Workers all around the world are now fighting for a much larger enemy– the growing racists, sexists, the xenophobic, homophobic, the anti-people policies of the Trump Administration and other governments around the world,” Macias said.

Soto then stated, “We refuse to stand with him. We will never be with him.”

The kick-off program ended with a moment of silence before

the protesters filled the streets and rallied in front of City Hall.

“As the May Day Coalition,” Macias said, “we affirm the role of oppressed communities, of colored, to be at the front of all struggles for economic and social justice, and unapologetically declare that this is our land and recognize that when the most oppressed and marginalized are liberated, we will all be free.” ✦

Obituary Gregory Howard Keyes September 26, 1951 - April 3, 2018 Born in Inglewood, California

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regory Keyes passed away in his sleep on April 3, 2018 in Oroville, California. Greg and his wife Melissa Keyes, moved to Northern California on March 2, 2018 to realize their dream of retirement in their Oroville hilltop home.

Gregory Howard Keyes was born in Inglewood, California on September 26, 1951. His childhood was rich in many ways, especially in his uncles and fathers’ orderly garages, where autos, tractors, cycles, and airplanes foretold a destiny. Knowledge of tools and “parts” became Greg’s playground. He inherited a propensity of quality results in his genes, and it would follow him throughout his life, in work and recreation.

A move to Long Beach, California took place in 1962, where Greg attended Mark Twain Elementary School, Hoover Junior High, Lakewood High School, and Long Beach City College from the centrally located Lakewood Village. He joined the Air Force and lived in Alaska and South Carolina during his service. Greg was a carpenter and Structural Supervisor in the Public Service Division of the City of Long Beach. Greg and his wife of almost 21 years, Melissa Keyes, pursued many activities and city-related affairs for work and for their community. They were a match made in Long Beach; Greg’s heart’s delight was Melissa and vice versa.

The years of work for the City of Long Beach never stopped the travels and side trips of the Keyes’. Their RV “Jewel” has been a second home. Many miles and states saw Jewel with Greg behind the wheel, doing one of the things he loved best. Many visits were made; friends and family alike, crossing the states.

Greg Keyes was a humble yet extraordinary man. His gregarious nature and natural ability was admired and will be remembered in his accomplishments and antics. He spent much of his days helping others. From his dear friend Jesse, to his brother from another mother Albert, no one cared more than he and he showed it every day.

Greg Keyes leaves his wife Melissa Keyes, his daughters Deanna Lyn Keyes, Christina Behrendt and Lindsey Keyes; stepson Daniel Pearson and his wife Sarah, sister Margaret Keyes, niece Megan Kaplinsky and nephew Alan Rosenquist. Grandchildren include Zachary Rose, Abbygail Rose, and Kaitlyn Strick. Great Grandson Corey James Strick arrived on April 8, 2018. A great granddaughter is expected in July.

Greg was a proud veteran and was active with a local non-profit organization The Rock Club, specifically the Rock for Vets.

His wife requests that anyone wishing to make a donation in his memory, do so by visiting their website at www.musicistheremedy.org. A Celebration of Life is planned in Long Beach in the coming months. Arrangements are entrusted to Oroville Funeral Home, Oroville California.

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Neglected by his stepparents, Nelson is motivated by his love for Rachel, but she calls him a “Godwhore” for embracing Judaism, Christianity and science at the same time.

Rachel, who accuses her mother of being delusional about allowing Jesus in her heart, has her own fantasy of meeting the renowned physicist Steven Hawking (ironically also played by Denton/Jesus). What the women have in common is that they lose sight of what’s before them in their quest for understanding what’s bigger than they are.

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The set and prompts are astoundingly simple. A handful of chairs and tables, a magnet-covered fridge, a guitar and a couple of lamps create the school and home setting. The cast members are comfortable and confident in their roles, facilitating the “willing suspension of disbelief.”

The play by Deborah Zoe Laufer examines how arch enemies science and religion have more in common than some would like to admit. They both fail to quench human thirst for knowledge.

End Days continues at California State University Long Beach Theatre Arts, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., through May 12, with shows Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm.

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During a Community Hospital Long Beach Task Force meeting April 30 at the Bixby Park Community Center, Matthew Faulkner, executive director of the Community Hospital Long Beach Foundation (far right), said an unbiased survey on consumer demand for Community’s critical-care services shows that the hospital’s resources are a crucial need for the local populace.

can initiate conversation with any potential operators who are interested in Community Hospital, Keisler said during the meeting Monday.

He said the City is communicating with those operators who submitted letters of interest about their conditions, proposals and other extensive details for the facility. The City is expecting three to four finalized letters of interest and candidates and about three weeks of negotiations.

Keisler said the City is looking for operators to meet certain criteria.

“I’m happy to say that there is interest from the market, but there are also constraints,” he said. “In terms of what that finalized mix of uses might look like, it has to have an emergency department, it has to have the basic services, it has to

achieve licensing from the California Department of Public Health and there has to be a middle- and longterm plan for the capital improvement.”

The City’s self-imposed deadline for its operator search is May 15.

OSHPD established that Community Hospital must be seismically compliant by Jan. 1, 2020, and operators are concerned about not only bringing the building up to seismic compliance by that due date, but funding the endeavor. The cost to renovate and adjust the property to meet OSHPD standards would be roughly $2 million to $2.5 million per room, according to Keisler, and there is still a risk that Community Hospital would still not be compliant enough after that.

The negotiations will determine how much the operator and the City will each spend to fund Community’s OSHPD renovations.

The City has also performed a number of tours on-site with contractors and concluded there are several buildings that could be feasibly retrofitted.

“We’re going through that proposal, as well as other suggestions we have received from health-care management experts, to then get a cost proposal to actually do that kind of construction,” Keisler said.

At its April 17 meeting, the Long Beach City Council approved Councilmember Supernaw’s agenda item to provide $150,000 from his council district’s saving fund to pay for the City’s hiring of an architectural

firm, which is Perkins+Will.

California’s 70th District Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell introduced Assembly Bill 2591 (AB 2591) in February to extend the hospital’s seismic-deadline compliance.

However, the bill hit a road block two weeks ago, when the Assembly Health Committee put O’Donnell’s bill on hold until the City of Long Beach could move forward with a tangible plan detailing how the building’s seismic compliance would be achieved.

According to Keisler, Diana Tang, the City of Long Beach’s manager of government affairs who championed for the deadline extension at a Community Hospital task-force meeting in March, presented the bill to the Assembly Health Committee.

O’Donnell told the Signal Tribune in April that other hospitals across the state with similar seismic issues had already engaged in extensive planning to address those problems.

The City is performing a number of steps to keep the bill alive, all of which need to be accomplished and presented by the end of May. “We have to get a legislative change, an actual change to the law, for any extension,” Keisler said.

“It’s not the state-regulatory agency that has this power, it’s not the City or the County that has this power, it is actually an act of the Legislature to extend the deadline by five years.

And what that does is that it potentially gives us some time to do the short-term and maybe even some middle-term fixes to restructure the operation. [...] That’s a critical, critical legislative action.”

Perkins+Will officials are communicating with OSHPD to aid in the development of a compliance plan, according to Keisler, who is confident that the bill will remain

active so long as the City follows its own time line.

Keisler did note that the Community Hospital property has, “unfortunately,” been devalued by some of the rhetoric about the facility and the situation over the past few months.

The current priority and objective, however, is to keep the medical facility’s emergency department accessible to residents. The idea is to “limit disruptions” of those services as efficiently as possible and approach the issue as a whole in a segmented fashion, which would be locating an operator, working with the current architectural firm and addressing the postponed AB 2591.

“I think, given the time line, we have to address this incrementally,” Keisler said.

The City has given itself a four- to six-week deadline to accomplish its tasks.

On May 1, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to accept the findings of the county’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency impact-evaluation report released last week that noted Community’s closure would negatively affect local residents’ access to emergency-medical and psychiatric services, according to a press release from 4th District Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office.

The closure significantly impacts the Long Beach, Signal Hill and northwest Seal Beach areas, according to the report, specifically indicating it would cause longer: travel times to reach other emergency departments; out-of-service times for EMS personnel in patient transports; and wait times for patients experiencing non-life-threatening illness or injury in emergency departments of surrounding hospitals. Moreover, see HOSPITAL page 9

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the report shows there would be a loss of 30 critical-care beds and 28 psychiatric beds.

“This report confirms what we have been worried about since the beginning,” Hahn said in the press release. “Closing Community Medical Center will hurt Long Beach and Signal Hill residents’ access to medical care in emergencies and put a strain on the entire county’s emergency-services system.”

The impact report was based on public input at a hearing in April about Community Hospital’s potential closure. At the hearing, MemorialCare Health System CEO John

Bishop had justified the decision to close the facility, also adding that efforts were being made to soften the blow of losing medical services in that area.

“I want to emphasize that we did explore all options to continue to provide critical-care services, and we spent nearly $1 million trying to find a solution, and we simply couldn’t,” Bishop said last month.

He said it was becoming difficult to maintain the depth of resources necessary to keep Community operating as an acute-care medical facility.

In response to losing medical-care beds due to the hospital’s possible

closure, Long Beach Medical Center increased its number of observation beds and converted medical-surgical and telemetry-monitor beds, Bishop said during the hearing.

Matthew Faulkner, executive director of the Community Hospital Long Beach Foundation, also provided the results of an unbiased survey about consumer demand for Community’s critical-care services.

Two Cal State Long Beach professors, Ingrid and Wade Martin, independently conducted the survey, which was funded by the Community Hospital Long Beach Foundation.

The professors interviewed two

focus groups, one that was familiar with Community’s resources– such as doctors and nurses– and the other that consisted of local residents who are unaffiliated with the hospital.

Faulkner told the Signal Tribune Thursday that the professors chose the focus groups to get an “unfiltered view” of the situation. Interviewing Service of America, a data-collection firm, was contracted separately to also aid in the survey and do telephone interviews over a two-week period with randomly-selected households.

The survey, released publicly this week at savetheer.com, echoes the

EMS impact report, revealing that local demand for Community’s ER is high, but it also revealed that it is not the preferred medical facility for the majority of the participants– only less than half of those who were interviewed said Community was their facility of choice.

“The demand for services are strong, but the sense of coming to the facility is not high,” Faulkner said. “And, I believe, the aesthetics and marketing come to play.”

Faulkner remarked how, in his roughly 30 years of attending the hospital, he probably has not received one brochure promoting Community. He said the hospital has been undermarketed even prior to MemorialCare’s announcement that Community would close.

The findings in the survey include: the services and level of satisfaction respondents have of their local hospitals; the respondents’ awareness of the issues affecting Community Hospital; the importance of Community’s services; and socio-demographic information of survey respondents.

Community’s resources are important, according to the survey results, and Faulkner concluded that this reinforces the urgency to complete the steps necessary to keep the ER accessible and open.

“A casual glance at this data shows that we are absolutely right with our assertion that the ER is critical for our community,” Faulkner said. “That’s what’s being played up here with these comments.”

The next Community Hospital Long Beach Task Force meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 4 at an undisclosed location and time. Visit chlbfoundation.org and savetheer.com for more information.

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California Senate approves Lara’s ‘Safe Sidewalk’ act to end criminal penalties for vendors

The California Senate voted 22-10 Thursday to approve the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act (Senate Bill 946), which ends criminal penalties for sidewalk vendors statewide and puts them on a path to having a safe and legal business, according to 33rd District State Sen. Ricardo Lara’s office.

“California’s sidewalk vendors are working hard to feed their families and build their businesses, but they are trapped in a legal vacuum, unable to seek a valid business permit and exposed to criminal prosecution,” said Lara (D-Bell Gardens), author of SB 946. “California needs to start treating sidewalk vendors like any small-business owner working to make it in our state– not putting more obstacles in their path.”

The Safe Sidewalk Vending Act allows local governments to regulate vendors if they first create a permit process.

The City of Los Angeles voted recently to abolish criminal penalties for vending and create a permit process that allows vendors to come out of the shadows.

Without the protection of local laws, vendors face harassment and shakedowns by local gangs and businesses, according to Lara’s office. A study in Los Angeles found that 80 percent of vendors are women and seniors. Harassment or arrests of vendors strikes at families and at those on fixed incomes.

“With Immigration and Customs Enforcement threatening to deport any undocumented immigrant, sidewalk vendors are more vulnerable than ever,” states a press release from Lara’s office. “Last year ICE agents detained a sidewalk vendor and mother of four in Rancho Cucamonga after she was arrested for selling corn.”

Sidewalk vendors use pushcarts, pedicarts or other non-motorized vehicles on sidewalks and parks. Many have reported confiscation of property by local authorities when they work without a permit, which would be prevented under SB 946.

The Safe Sidewalk Vending Act will be heard next in an Assembly committee.

May 4, 2018

Secretary of State releases videos describing five ballot propositions in American Sign Language

The California Secretary of State’s office has released a series of videos in American Sign Language with information about the five propositions on the June 5, 2018 Statewide Direct Primary ballot.

“We strive to ensure all California voters can make informed decisions when casting their ballots,” Secretary of State Alex Padilla said. “Providing election information in American Sign Language is another step we are taking to expand access to elections. These videos will provide the deaf and hard of hearing community with important nonpartisan information and analysis of the ballot measures on the June ballot.”

The American Sign Language videos include a summary of the measure, what a yes or no vote means, the fiscal impact and the pro and con arguments submitted by campaigns for and against each proposition on the June 5 ballot.

The official Statewide Voter Information Guide is available online at voterguide.sos.ca.gov, and the video is available at voterguide.sos.ca.gov/ asl.

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Man dead, bicyclist injured in traffic accident One man is dead and a bicyclist injured after a vehicular accident at the intersection of Bellflower Boulevard and Atherton Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD).

On Sunday, April 29, at approximately 8:10am, officers were dispatched to the area regarding an injury traffic collision. Upon arrival, officers located a 2018 Ford Fusion driven by a male adult that had struck a light pole. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics transported him to a local hospital in serious condition, but he was later pronounced deceased.

It was also discovered that the driver had struck a bicyclist prior to striking the light pole. The bicyclist was also transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver was traveling in the No. 3 southbound lane of Bellflower Boulevard, approaching Atherton Street, when his vehicle began to repeatedly strike the curb of the west service road’s raised median.

The bicyclist, a 64-year-old resident of Long Beach, was also riding in the No. 3 southbound lane of Bellflower Boulevard approaching Atherton Street and preparing to stop for the red light when the Fusion struck him from behind. The vehicle then continued through the intersection and collided with a light pole on the southwest corner of Bellflower and Atherton.

Those who may have witnessed the collision are asked to contact LBPD Collision Investigation Detective Garcia at (562) 570-7355.

Anonymous tips may be submitted through “LA Crime Stoppers” by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), downloading the “P3 TIPS” app to a smart phone or visiting LACrimeStoppers.org.

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The chorus hits: Subdivisions (spoken in a deep, menacing, authoritative tone) In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out Subdivisions In the basement bars In the backs of cars Be cool or be cast out Any escape might help to smooth The unattractive truth But the suburbs have no charms to soothe The restless dreams of youth Get that same haircut. Get those clothes. Join the team. Join the club.

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At 18, I never wanted to sell out and be a square. I sensed that for some of my classmates it seemed just fine for them. To settle. That was the last thing I wanted.

Chorus hits again: Subdivisions In the high school halls In the shopping malls Conform or be cast out Subdivisions In the basement bars In the backs of cars Be cool or be cast out The instrumental passages and guitar solo launched my wandering and wondering into the stratosphere.

That ‘80s synthesizer melody still haunts me today and triggers intense nostalgia. With each listen I can be transported back to May of 1985.

The singer drives the point home one last time, repeating: Any escape might help to smooth The unattractive truth But the suburbs have no charms to soothe The restless dreams of youth To this day, as I drive around at night, I am still haunted by the memory of our lighted streets on quiet nights of yearning and worry. I see the yellow glow of porch lights and still wonder where everyone is and what they are doing…without me. I was always attracted to their warmth and felt so at ease and insulated in my Plaza neighborhood.

OK, so now I can exhale and walk back to my desk in Mr. Z’s class, feeling like I finally got all that off my chest. I hope I covered the material thoroughly enough to get a good grade.

As for conforming to the caste, guilty as charged. ✦

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As Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April came to a close, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra published resources to further equip Californians with tools to prevent human trafficking and protect the rights of survivors of sexual assault.

The resources include updated public posters that display information regarding services for victims of human trafficking and “Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights” cards that local law-enforcement agencies and district attorney offices will distribute to survivors.

“We must protect all Californians from acts of sexual violence. For those who have been victimized, we must ensure justice and accountability,” Becerra said. “The resources we provide today give Californians, along with local law-enforcement agencies, effective tools to help support survivors of sexual assault.”

The resources outline the rights of victims and survivors of sexual assault and the services available to them under California law. Pursuant to Assembly Bill 1312, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego), the “Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights” is to be distributed to survivors by law-enforcement agencies that are assigned to investigate an alleged violation of domestic violence or sexual violence. These rights include, but are not limited to, asking for the status and results of the analysis of all assault evidence, information about financial assistance, and how to seek a protective order.

In addition to the “Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights” cards, Becerra also unveiled updated posters aimed at supporting victims of human trafficking. Pursuant to Senate Bill 225, authored by Senator Henry Stern (D-Canoga Park), the posters provide information for victims to help them access services like resource hotlines and information for nonprofit organizations that provide human trafficking support and services. The posters will be displayed in places where victims may be trafficked or spotted like airports, bus and rail stations, truck stops, emergency rooms, massage parlors, hotels, motels, privately-operated job recruitment centers, adult stores, and roadside rest areas.

“No sexual-assault survivor should ever feel mistreated by the criminal-justice system,” Fletcher said. “They deserve to know their rights. They deserve to know every resource available to them.

Senator Henry Stern said, “Human trafficking is not just a global scourge, it’s a multi-billion-dollar criminal enterprise in our own back yards. I am proud to have partnered on this legislative package to make our human-trafficking hotlines more accessible to youth victims.”

More information on resources available to survivors of sexual violence is available at oag.ca.gov/ sexual-violence.

Source: Becerra’s office

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TST5667 / Case No. NS034354 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKEJIAN, 275 Magnolia Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802.

PETITION OF Murry L. Boldin.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: MURRY L. BOLDIN has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: MURRY L. BOLDIN, to Proposed Name: LAWRENCE MILLER. 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: May 22, 2018; Time: 8:30A M; Dept. S26, 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, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: April 20, 27 & May 4, 11, 2018 ___//ss//___ Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court Dated April 6, 2018 TST5666 / Case No. SS027536 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

PETITION OF Tiffany Marie Welch.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: TIFFANY MARIE WELCH has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: TIFFANY MARIE WELCH, to Proposed Name: TIFFANY MARIE ROCQUEMORE. 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: June 22, 2018; Time: 8:30A M; Dept. K, Room A203.

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, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: April 20, 27 & May 4, 11, 2018 ___//ss//___ Gerald Rosenberg, Judge of the Superior Court Dated April 12, 2018 TST5665 / 2018 087271 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: BELLWOOD MEDICAL CENTER PHARMACY, 10230 Artesia Blvd., Ste 101, Bellflower, CA 90706. Registrant: BELLWOOD MEDICAL CENTER PHARMACY CORP., 10230 Artesia Blvd., Ste 101, Bellflower, CA 90706. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is

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true and correct. Signed: Ryan Kim, President. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in March, 1997.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 10, 2018. 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: April 20, 27, & May 4, 11, 2018.

TST5671 NOTICE OF VEHICLE LIEN SALE

Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold at public auction on the 11th day of May, 2018 at or after 10:00am. The sale will be conducted at: Moon Auto Body 4961 Firestone Blvd., South Gate, CA 90280. The vehicle to be sold is a 2012 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA TRUCK with OK license plates, VIN 1FUJGHDV2CSBA5028.

Published in the Signal Tribune Newspaper on May 4, 2018

TST5668 SUMMONS CASE NO. 17N12022 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: Timothy Birmingham. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: Highlands Premier Acceptance Corporation.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons is 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 typewritten 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, 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 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 SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, NORWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is STEPHEN M. DENNING, ESQ. THE LAW OFFICES OF STEPHEN M. DENNING, A P.C., 6067 N. Fresno St., Ste. 107, Fresno, CA 93710, (559) 438-5600.

Date: June 8, 2017. Judicial Officer, Sherry R. Carter, Clerk, Virginia F. Owens, Deputy Published in the Signal Tribune Newspaper on April 27, & May 4, 11, 18, 2018 TST5669 / 2018 083969 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person is doing business as: BREWING CREATIVITY, 140 W. 220th St., #107, Carson, CA 90745. Registrant: ISABEL MANIMBO ESMILLA, 140 W. 220th St., #107, Carson, CA 90745. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Isabel Manimbo Esmilla. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2018. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 5, 2018. 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: April 27, & May 4, 11, 18, 2018.

TST5675 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DONNA MAE SIMPSON, aka DONNA SIMPSON CASE NO. 18STPB03974 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, con-

May 4, 2018

tingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DONNA MAE SIMPSON, aka DONNA SIMPSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID J. DAWSON in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID J. DAWSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on MAY 30, 2018 at 8:30 A.M. in Dept.: “9” located at: 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative ,as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

NORMAN RASMUSSEN, SB# 30583 Attorney For Petitioner Law Offices of Norman Rasmussen 11 Golden Shore, Suite 430 Long Beach, CA 90802 Reporter# 107119 Published in: Signal Tribune Pub Dates: May 4, 11, 18, 2018

TST5680 / 2018 104841 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: J.RAY.SHOTS, 3352 Falcon Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755.

Registrant: JEFFREY R. COOPER, 3352 Falcon Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: person signing.

The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in April, 2018. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 30, 2018. 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: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5679 / 2018 107234 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: BIXBY KNOLLS WELLNESS CENTER, 4301 Atlantic Ave., #5, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: ANNA S. PEARL, 4301 Atlantic Ave., #5, Long Beach, CA 90807.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Anna S. Pearl. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 2, 2018. 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: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5677 / 2018 105744 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: STRAIGHT LINE TRANSPORT, 2345 Caspian Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810. Registrant: SLT

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hill, California, will conduct a public workshop at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, to consider the following:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hill, California, 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:

TST5672 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TST5674 NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP

CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PROJECT SECOND PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF NINE SINGLE-STORY BUILDINGS, THIRTY-FOUR FEET TALL, ON TWO VACANT SITES TOTALING 8.4 ACRES, ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF WALNUT AVENUE AT 21ST STREET. PROJECT ENTITLEMENTS THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING ENTITLEMENTS: • A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE EASTERLY SITE FROM CO, COMMERCIAL OFFICE, TO LI, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL; • A ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE ZONING DESIGNATION FOR THE EASTERLY SITE FROM CO, COMMERCIAL OFFICE, TO LI, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL; • A REQUEST TO VACATE 21ST STREET BETWEEN WALNUT AVENUE AND GUNDRY AVENUE; • A TENTATIVE TRACT MAP CREATING NINE INDUSTRIAL CONDOMINIUM LOTS, ONE FOR EACH BUILDING; AND • A SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REIVEW. Applicant: Steven Christie of Xebec Realty, Agent Property Owner: Signal Hill, XC, LLC Recommendations: Receive public comments and provide direction for consideration at a future public hearing.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend this public workshop to present written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evidence on the above matter. You are encouraged to participate at the workshop to ensure that the applicant has the opportunity to respond to comments prior to finalizing the plans for the public hearing. A public hearing will be scheduled after the workshop and a separate notice will be sent regarding the public hearing.

THE FILE and associated documents for the proposed project may be reviewed by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall.

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 (562) 989-7344.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper on: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: Mailed to property owners and residents within 500’ radius on or before:

May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018

SITE PLAN & DESIGN REVIEW 17-03 A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A 3,152-SQUARE-FOOT TWO-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING WITH FOUR BEDROOMS, THREE-AND-A-HALF BATHROOMS AND A THREE-CAR GARAGE AT 1900 TEMPLE AVENUE IN THE RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY (RL) ZONING DISTRICT (SEE VICINITY MAP), AND TO DESIGNATE THAT THE LOT FRONTAGE IS ON E. 19TH STREET WHICH WILL HAVE A MINIMUM TWENTY-FOOT SETBACK, CONSISTENT WITH ADJACENT HOMES Applicant: Phala Chhean Recommendation: Staff is recommending approval. The Planning Commission previously reviewed the proposal at a public workshop on May 16, 2017.

THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15303(a), of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines for new Construction of a single-family residence or a second dwelling unit in a residential zone.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend the hearing to present written information, express their opinions 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 hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearing.

THE FILE and associated documents for the proposed project may be reviewed by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays, in the Community Development Department at City Hall.

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 on: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: Mailed to property owners within a 500’ radius on or before:

May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018

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TRANSPORT, INC., 2345 Caspian Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Karen Garza-Pace, Secretary. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in July, 2001.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 1, 2018. 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: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5676 / 2018 104194 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: VELOCITY TRADING GROUP, 709 E. 3rd St. Long Beach, CA 90801. Registrant: DARRIN ABNER, 709 E. 3rd St., Long Beach, CA 90801. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Darrin Abner. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in June, 2013.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 27, 2018. 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: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

TST5678 / Case No. TS021064 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT OFFICE, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220.

PETITION OF Morres Lister.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

1. Petitioner: MORRES LISTER has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: MORRES LISTER, to Proposed Name: SONNY MAURICIO LISTER. 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: June 5, 2018; 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, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated May 1, 2018

TST5670 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-14-704988-RY Order No.: 160055931-CA-VOI 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 Code 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.

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST5673 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on Tuesday May 15, 2018, the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hill, California, will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, to consider the following: ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF CUP 97-03 SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM, INC. (SHP) HAS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) FOR SEVEN CONSOLIDATED DRILL SITES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. THE CUP IS SET TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 13, 2018. EXTENDING THE CUP TO MAY 31, 2019, WILL ALLOW SHP TO CONTINUE OIL PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES WHILE PLANS FOR A LONG-TERM RENEWAL CONTINUE. CONSOLIDATED DRILL SITE LOCATIONS: • East of N. Olive Avenue, at Gateway retail center (3051 California Avenue).

• Southeast corner of Spring Street and Orange Avenue (1251 E. 29th Street).

• North of Willow Street, south of 27th Street, between Walnut and Gardena Avenues.

• Southwest of Junipero Avenue and Combellack Drive, behind Home Depot.

• South of Combellack Drive, west of Temple Avenue.

• South of 20th Street, between Redondo and Obispo Avenues.

• South of Grant Street, between Redondo and Obispo Avenues.

Applicant: Signal Hill Petroleum Inc. Recommendation: Staff is recommending approval with conditions.

AN INITIAL STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION 9/18/97 (1) for the subject CUP was approved and certified by the City Council under Resolution 98-06-4831 in 1998. On October 1, 2002 an Amended CUP 97-03 and Supplemental Mitigated Negative Declaration 8/12/02 (1), were approved for a term of ten years and certified by the City Council under Resolution 375-09-02. In accordance with California Code of Regulations Section 15162 no subsequent Negative Declaration is required for the extension of CUP 97-03 in that no changes to the previously approved project are proposed. The Mitigated Negative Declaration, as well as material relevant to CUP 97-03, may be inspected by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and on Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Community Development Department located on the lower floor of City Hall.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend the hearings to present written information, express their opinions 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.

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 Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: Mailed to affected property owners within 300’ on or before:

May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018 May 4, 2018

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: 5/29/2018 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: $558,043.46 The purported property address is: 2388 CERRITOS AVENUE, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 7211-019010 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 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 are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only

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Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 6457711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-14-704988RY IDSPub #0139805 5/4/2018 5/11/2018 5/18/2018 TST5681 / 2018 097645 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: URBAN RE-LEAF, 409 North Pacific Coast Highway 691, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. Registrant: DENISE SMITH, 409 North Pacific Coast Hwy 591, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. This business is conducted by: an Individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: person signing. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 20, 2018. 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: May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018.

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conduct.”

During the Dec. 12 meeting, council members deliberated on the issue after hearing public comments both in favor of and against removing Wilson as mayor.

Ultimately, Forester withdrew his motion, but with a caveat. Forester said that if further charges were filed against Wilson, he would “want the motion back.”

The then mayor did make apologies during both the Nov. 28 and Dec. 12 meetings.

“I apologize for any embarrassment or hardship this has caused,” he said during the latter. “I take full responsibility. We will move forward. This is a great city, and I love this city.”

The incident also prompted the council, along with the City Council as Successor Agency, on Dec. 12 to unanimously approve adopting a conduct manual that includes directives for official behavior and censure guidelines. ✦

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EYE ON CRIME Crimes reported by THE Signal Hill Police Department

Thursday, April 26 Midnight Possessing open alcohol container in vehicle; disorderly conduct; intoxicated by drug with alcohol 2200 block Gaviota Ave. (suspect arrested)

1600 block E. Willow St. (suspect arrested)

7:48pm Auto burglary 3300 block Lime Ave.

1:45pm Grand theft E. 32nd St./California Ave.

9:29pm Indecent exposure 2400 block Rose Ave.

2:58pm Elder abuse 2300 block E. 19th St.

Friday, April 27 2am Grand theft/taking vehicle without owner’s consent/vehicle theft 2300 block Dawson Ave.

3:22pm Elder abuse 3200 block Lemon Ave.

2:27am Stolen vehicle– recovered 2300 block Dawson Ave. 12:34pm Indecent exposure Crescent Heights and Cherry Ave. 12:41pm Grand theft 2600 block E. 28th St. Saturday, April 28 3am Driving while license suspended/revoked; felony warrant Atlantic Ave./Wardlow Rd. 4:55pm Auto burglary 1800 block E. 20th St. Sunday, April 29 5:55pm

Monday, April 30 9:24am Auto burglary 3300 block California Ave.

Tuesday, May 1 10:13am Abandoned vehicle 2100 block Gundry Ave. 10:49am Abandoned vehicle 2000 block Raymond Ave. 11:24am Identity theft 2000 block Cherry Ave. 7:05pm Burglary 1800 block E. Willow St. Wednesday, May 2 8:11am Grand theft– motor vehicle 2300 block E. Spring St. 9:04am Battery 2100 block E. Spring St.

NEWS 14 Signal Tribune Long Beach man killed in single-car crash on Shoreline Drive A Long Beach man is dead after a traffic accident in the area of the northbound 710 Freeway and the West 9th Street exit, according to the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD).

On Wednesday, May 2, around 4:45pm, officers were dispatched to the area regarding an injury-traffic collision. When officers arrived, they determined that a collision had occurred on West Shoreline Drive just north of the 7th Street onramp.

The driver had been ejected from the vehicle and was lying in the roadway just north of his ve-

hicle. There were no other occupants in the vehicle. Long Beach Fire personnel responded and determined the driver deceased at the scene.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a 39-year-old male resident of Long Beach was driving a 2009 Kia Sportage SUV north on West Shoreline Drive at a high rate of speed. As the road veered to the left, the driver continued straight and struck the curb at the gore point where 6th Street merges onto West Shoreline Drive. The contact with the curb caused his front right tire to go flat and the vehicle overturned, tumbling twice before

landing on its wheels and ejecting the driver, who was not seat-belted.

The driver had a valid driver’s license, and it is unknown if drugs or alcohol were factors in the collision.

Those with information regarding the collision are asked to contact Detective S. Fox of the Long Beach Police Department Collision Investigation Detail at (562) 570-7355.

Source: LBPD

May 4, 2018

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nothing on the table” when those funds disappear. will launch its new “Summer Saturdays” event, which will be Vitale said she and her staff are looking at reworking their “As a side note, we’ve started these conversations through scheduled in the afternoon during normal business hours to First Fridays activities starting in July to something that is my role on the Economic Development Commission and as a make it easier for BKBIA members to participate and for fam- more yoga- and wellness-related, but those plans are still in BID (business-improvement district) leader and the other BIDs, ilies in the community to attend. Cohn said the late-afternoon the works. with the mayor, city manager, council offices and the Econom- scheduling takes into consideration that many families attend “No matter what,” she said, “we will have events and keep ic Development Department, in finding what we’ll now call events such as little-league games earlier in the day. The event our community rocking and connected.” ✦ ‘economic-development funds’,” he said. “As the leader here, will feature art, music, free classes of various types, tastings I have to look way past the immediate horizon, and I have to and food pairings, movies, the trolley and perhaps even a petlook past the first Friday of every month to say, ‘How are we ting zoo, he said, adding that all activities will take going to stretch [the funds] and what is the impact?’” place inside businesses to “strengthen the connecThe RDA money helps to fund: the BKBIA’s staff; security tivity between community members and business patrol; all façade improvements, including painting building owners.” exteriors, signage and installing and repairing security lightPrior to that event, the BKBIA will coordinate ing; landscaping, including trimming trees, pulling weeds and a Small Business Saturday on Saturday, May installing new plants; murals; and events such as First Fridays 19, similar to the national Small Business Saturand Concerts in the Park(ing Lot). day that takes place in November. Cohn added “Everybody’s seeing what the results of these funds are,” residents can also still look forward to the sumCohn said. “Prior to [acquiring RDA funds], we had just the mer Concert in the Park(ing Lot) series, the new BKBIA’s operating budget.”

“Knights of the Round (Turn)Table” group, the He explained that the City, upon hearing the announcement Strollers walking group, the Literary Society book that the State would be eliminating redevelopment agencies, club meetings, the Good Spirits Club and Kidical granted a 10-year contract to the BKBIA. Mass group bike-riding programs.

“They locked us in for 10 years,” he said. “That was as far As for what to expect the first Friday of each as they could go and be accepted. They couldn’t do a 20-year, month, the BKBIA’s sponsorship of the art walk is Get a $100 AT&T Visa® Reward Card† when you 30-year [contract] because the State would have said, ‘We’re not completely off the table. Cohn said the BKBIA sign up for DIRECTV SELECT™ Package or above. not going for that.’ So, that locked us in for the max. Well, here will revisit the possibility of resuming it later in we are getting close, because it’s another year and a half before the year. Additionally, many local businesses are W/ 24-mo. agreement. Redemption required. these funds go away.” planning to proceed as usual.

EARLY TERMINATION FEE OF $20/MO. FOR EACH MONTH REMAINING ON AGMT., $35 ACTIVATION, EQUIP. Therefore, it has become infeasible for the BKBIA to conIn a phone interview Wednesday, Ernie Henson, NON-RETURN & ADD’L FEES APPLY. New approved residential customers only (equipment lease req’d). tinue sponsoring the First Fridays events because the cost of owner of Willmore Wine Bar on Atlantic Avenue, Credit card req’d (except MA & PA). doing so has grown significantly over the years. What began 12 said his establishment has featured live music on Don’t settle for cable. Call now! years ago as a small event that one business hosted has trans- the first Friday of each month and will continue formed into a immense attraction that stretches multiple blocks. to do so.

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Another Bixby Knolls business owner, Cassan$100 Reward Card for purchase of qualifying DIRECTV SELECT and above; Offer not available in select locations. For new residential customers “Once we got the RDA contract, we budgeted $3,000 a dra Vitale, said activities in May and June at her in the U.S. (excludes Puerto Rico and U.S.V.I.). Residents of select multi-dwelling units are not eligible for this offer. Reward Card: Will be sent letter with redemption requirements. Redemption req’d w/in 75 days from reward notification mail date. Reward Card delivered within 3-4 weeks after month,” he said. “So, it went from $100 up to $3,000 a month yoga studio, FreeSpirit, also on Atlantic, will be redemption to customers who maintain qualifying service from installation date and through reward fulfillment. Card expires at month-end, 6 mos. after issuance. No cash access. For cardholder agreement, go to rewardcenter.att.com/myrewardcard/agreement_FSV.pdf. AT&T Reward Card because we started to book all the music to connect the dots.” in line with what the business has always done for issued by U.S. Bank National Association, pursuant to license from Visa. U.S.A Inc. May not be combined with other promotional offers on same services. Offer ends 6/30/18. DIRECTV SVC TERMS: Subject to Equipment Lease & Customer Agreements. Must maintain a min. base TV pkg of Cohn said residents seem to think the art walk just pops up First Fridays. $29.99/mo. Programming, pricing, terms and conditions subject to change at any time. Visit directv.com/legal or call for details. ©2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All Rights Reserved. AT&T, Globe logo, DIRECTV, and all other DIRECTV marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T once a month without planning.

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“People think First Fridays just happens,” he said. “Well, it craftspeople, as well as local bands,” she said. doesn’t just happen, because the coordinating of it is all month “Moving forward, we plan to have a free yoga in this office– all month.” class sponsored by the BKBIA on Small BusiHe explained that, eventually, the budget for the walk ness Saturday, and for Summer Saturdays we will reached $5,000 a month, and that’s when he began to question have a barefoot dance party with a deejay and Fine whether it had outgrown its original purpose.

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ulations of STRs, following the growth of platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway in recent years, according to a City press release.

An STR is a property that is typically furnished and rented for a short-term stay. STRs can provide several economic benefits, including increased tourism activity, according to the press release. STRs can also present challenges to the housing stock in the city and have adverse traffic and parking impacts.

At the start of Wednesday’s meeting, councilmembers Suzie Price and Pearce gave opening remarks to the

crowd.

“I was happy to bring this item to the council to ensure that we have a full process– including residents, homeowners and hosts– to ensure that we’ve got a process that is thoughtful of Long Beach,” Pearce said. “I know that many of us depend on short-term rentals as a source of income.”

Pearce represents a portion of the coastal district in Long Beach, which is where most of the Airbnbs are located, according to City officials.

Price said that she has met with residents that are for and against

STRs in the city.

“I have talked with many of you in this room who feel very strongly that impacts of short-term rentals are detrimental to your neighborhood,” Price said. “I’ve also talked to many of you who are hosts, and you want to explore possibilities to allow Airbnbs in a way that is respectful and mitigates some of the impacts that have been raised by other residents.”

Jennifer Daugherty led the presentation at the start of the workshop.

She is a senior associate with Lisa Wise Consulting Inc., which is an advising company the City hired to aid in the STR ordinance-development process.

She said that a major driving force behind the proposed ordinance is the sudden rise of a new type of economy.

“Sharing economy is really why we are here,” Daugherty said. “The sharing economy has shifted the way business transactions work, and that is because of the widespread adoption of the Internet.”

She explained that society is experiencing a more peer-to-peer consumer market for goods and services.

Platforms such as Lyft and Uber allow for individuals that own a vehicle to make money by giving others rides. Housing and lodging are no different.

However, the City put in place zoning-regulation codes to oversee these services. As they stand now, the codes prohibit STRs where the host is absent, according to Daugherty.

“We are analyzing the existing municipal code,” she said. “Room rentals are allowed in all residential zones but are restricted to two bedrooms per home.”

Daugherty said that residents should keep in mind what is currently allowed and what is not as they give input for the development of the STR ordinance.

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Long Beach residents amass outside of the Recreation Park banquet room to attend a kick-off workshop concerning short-term rental ordinances on Wednesday, May 2. During the event City officials presented data about sharing-economy services, such as Airbnb, and allowed for public input.

During the presentation, Daugherty said that as of March, 1,532 STR listings were active and there were 1,328 active rental units. Approximately 91 percent of guests that use STRs in Long Beach stay from one to seven nights. On average, STR owners can generate $10,000 per year in revenue, according to Daugherty.

A show of hands in the crowd revealed that most of the residents who attended the event were STR hosts and affiliated with Airbnb.

When the time for public comment came, most of the statements supported the idea of Airbnb-like services citywide.

However, there were residents present at the meeting that opposed STRs in the city, particularly on the island-style neighborhood of Naples located in Alamitos Bay. One resident, who refused to speak to the Signal Tribune, said during

public comment that he felt “very uncomfortable” about STRs in Naples. There were others in the crowd who agreed with his statements.

In contrast, a woman said that she was very happy working as a host with Airbnb. She said her guests come from all around the world, including Spain and Italy, and she added that tourists who stay with her spend their money in Long Beach.

Her comment received applause from a majority of the crowd.

As the public spoke, City officials collected the input from residents to aid in the creation of an online survey that is slated to go live in June.

Throughout the summer, City officials will conduct more case-study research and community workshops, according to Daugherty.

The city council will give direction on how to prepare an STR ordinance sometime in the fall of this year. ✦

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