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LB activist pleads not guilty to charges of attempted murder at Yorba Linda protest Lissette Mendoza Managing Editor

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John Ramirez stands in front of J Graphix Studio, which recently celebrated its fifth year in business. He hopes the business will help him create a legacy for his friends, family and community.

“Living the American Dream”

Owner of J Graphix Studio is using his business to create generational wealth Lissette Mendoza Managing Editor

Recently expanded, John Ramirez’s J Graphix Studio provides in-house custom graphic design, silkscreen, vinyl and embroidery services. It is also home to Ramirez’s own apparel brand, the Long Beach Collection and this past June they celebrated the fifth year anniversary of being in business.

They produce various apparel products such as pins, T-shirts, sweaters, jackets, face masks, shorts, hats, bags in various styles for women, men and children.

Differing from other Long Beach based clothing brands in regards to style, materials, neutral designs and the fact that his brand is more lifestyle, the Long Beach Collection also promotes all sides of Long Beach including East, West and North.

The journey was not easy and it took Ramirez seven years of determination and hard work to get where he is now.

Ramirez, now 25 years old, grew up in the Eastside of Long Beach on Locust and 16th Street, an area where gangs and racial tensions were very prevalent in the ‘90s.

Having to look out for himself, some of that gang mentality influenced him for the earlier years of his life, choosing not to associate with a lot of people due to what was instilled in him growing up in that area.

It was at 17 years old when he realized he needed to seek an opportunity to advance himself and his family.

“I was gonna have my daughter, my mom was laid off, my dad had to leave to Mexico to wait for his papers. There was no income coming in and then my brother was in jail too so it was just all up to me at 17,” said Ramirez.

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Small acts of kindness make big impacts Karla Enriquez Online Editor

Courtesy Nellie De La Cruz

Nellie De La Cruz and Cancer Fighters delivered care packages to St. Mary’s Medical Center essential workers on Saturday, Sept. 26. A total of 199 packages were delivered on this visit. She stands with Jennifer Bourgeois (right), philanthropy officer at St. Mary’s Medical Center.

Early Saturday morning, by the time some are pouring their first cup of coffee and kids are flipping through morning cartoons, Nellie De La Cruz, age 10, is making her way to deliver care packages to essential workers at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach to show appreciation for their work.

As the number of COVID-19 cases reaches 12,003 in the City of Long Beach, at the time of publication, De La Cruz strives to make a difference through acts of kindness.

This past Saturday, Sept. 26 marked the third visit De La Cruz made

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A 40-year-old Long Beach woman was charged Tuesday, Sept. 29 with attempted murder and multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly driving her car into a group of Trump supporters in Yorba Linda last weekend.

Tatiana ‘Tia’ Turner was charged with attempted murder with a sentencing enhancement for attempted premeditated murder, making it a potential life-sentence case. She is also charged with six counts of assault with a deadly weapon, a count of mayhem and two counts of illegal use of tear gas, all felonies.

She faces 20 years to life in prison if convicted at trial. Seven victims were listed in the criminal complaint.

Turner allegedly waved a baton at protesters before she is accused of driving through the crowd, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.

Turner pleaded not guilty Tuesday at her arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. She was ordered to return to court Oct. 28 for a pretrial hearing in the North Justice Center in Fullerton.

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GoFundMe for Rot Mythong raises $5,501 after his release from ICE detention After 29 years in prison, Mythong is ready to begin his life anew with help from the community Kristen Farrah Naeem Staff Writer

A dedicated community campaign to free Rot Mythong reached an important milestone when the Long Beach resident was released on bond from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sept. 8. To help Mythong as he re-enters society, the Long Beach Southeast Asian Anti-Deportation Collective set up a GoFundMe page that was able to collect $5,501 in donations by the time it closed on Thursday, Oct. 1.

According to the GoFundMe page, the $5,501 raised will go towards: • Basic needs related to medical, food, clothing, and transportation • Digital and tech needs for cell phone, service, or a computer • Relocation needs when he decides to transition elsewhere • Financial resources for Rot as he builds socio-economic stability • Additional support for resources that Rot determines necessary Mythong was arrested in 1989

by Long Beach Police Department on charges of first-degree murder after shooting a man to death during an altercation when he was a teenager and was sentenced to 29 years to life in prison. After serving 29 years, he was granted parole and given a release date of Feb. 20, 2020.

Rather than being released that day, Mythong was transferred directly into ICE custody.

While California jails and prisons are not required by law to share an inmate’s release date or hand them over to ICE, many facilities choose to.

Mythong’s case has put a local face to the controversial practice.

Those who object to the transfer of immigrants from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to ICE custody argue that it is a xenophobic attempt to punish immigrants more than citizens for the same crimes.

“I sometimes do think of the possibilities of being deported to Cambodia and how will that look like,” Mythong wrote on July 23 in a letter to his supporters. The

handwritten letter was shared on social media by the Long Beach Southeast Asian Anti-Deportation Collective on Aug. 1. “I have to admit the fear is real for me. I think of the past horror and trauma my family and I had to escape from. I don’t speak the Khmer language and I have no living family or relatives in Cambodia.”

Mythong arrived in this country when he was only two years old, and is culturally no different from any other American who was born here. If he were a citizen he would have been granted release on parole in February and been home with his family instead of in the ICE-ran Adelanto Detention Center when the coronavirus pandemic arrived.

“As the state of California has deemed him rehabilitated, in the state’s same breath they sentenced him to more persecution in ICE detention,” Nathaniel Tan, co-director of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee, said in a press release. “For immigrants and refugees who have gone through our criminal justice system, they do not get to celebrate their freedom, but instead are made to endure more time in ICE while they await deportation. It is because of Rot’s will to fight and organizers’ will to reunite families that Rot’s freedom is possible.”

Members of the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition, the Sanctuary Long Beach Coalition, Khmer Girls In Action and the May Day Long Beach Coalition would call ICE weekly on Tuesdays asking for Mythong’s release.

The Sanctuary Long Beach Coalition is also co-sponsoring the VISION Act, Assembly Bill 2596, which would limit the authority of CDCR to transfer inmates to ICE. Under the current California Values Act, only those “convicted of specified crimes or arrested for a serious or violent felony,” can be transferred from CDCR to ICE custody. The California Values Act also prohibits California law enforcement agencies from sharing an inmate’s release date with ICE unless that information is already publicly available.

Courtesy Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition via Instagram

Rot Mythong was recently released from Adelanto Detention Center, where he was sent after serving 29 years in prison, where he participated in a number of rehabilitation programs.

While the VISION Act is currently stuck in committee, if passed it would require that law enforcement only comply with subpoenas related to immigration if they’ve been signed by either a federal judge or a federal magistrate judge. It would also ban CDCR from sharing an inmate’s release date with ICE in all cir-

violent criminals, like Mythong, off our streets.”

Advocates for Mythong claim that he is a changed man and that the 45-year-old has reformed himself since his time as a troubled teen.

“At the time, Rot only knew how to respond to situations with violence and aggression,” a

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I plan to continue to be an advocate for change... I would like to share my testimony to the men and women and show them that it is possible to leave the gang lifestyle for a higher purpose.

– Rot Mythong

cumstances.

ICE has spoken in defense of transferring inmates from CDCR to ICE custody, calling it a matter of public safety.

“It is a great injustice for our community and law enforcement officers to see criminals, who pose a risk of reoffending and danger to the public and should therefore be turned over to ICE, released into the public instead,” ICE’s ERO Los Angeles Field Office Director Dave Marin said. “We have an obligation to protect and serve, which includes using every resource at our disposal, such as honoring immigration detainers, to keep

petition on MoveOn.org asking for Mythong’s release, said. The petition was shown to the presiding judge in the case.

The petition listed Alcohol Anonymous, anger management, substance abuse prevention, Buddhist meditation groups, alternative violence program (AVP), Criminal and Gang Anonymous (CGA), Prisoners Against Child Abuse and New Life Canine Dog Program among the programs Mythong participated in while behind bars.

“My goals and purpose is also here in America,” Mythong’s letter said. “I plan to continue to be an advocate for change. I would like

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to continue to reach out to the youngsters or even adults who is struggling with [their] addiction to criminal and gang lifestyle. I would like to share my testimony to the men and women and show them that it is possible to leave the gang lifestyle for a higher purpose.”

The MoveOn.org petition to free Mythong originally had a goal of 3,000 signatures, then 5,000, and has garnered 4,827 signatures as of Monday, Sept. 28.

Despite originally being denied bond a few weeks earlier, a federal judge agreed to release him on bail Tuesday, Sept. 8. Mythong was reunited with his family the next day. His partner had been pregnant at the time of his arrest and until now, Mythong had been incarcerated for the entirety of his daughter and grandchildren’s lives.

During the campaign for his release, his medical history as a cancer survivor and asthma sufferer was repeatedly referred to as a reason his immediate release was necessary. COVID-19 is known to attack the lungs and potentially cause them to fail in some cases, and those with underlying health conditions are more likely to have severe symptoms.

Of the 784 detainees held at Adelanto, 81 have tested positive for coronavirus, with nine requiring hospitalization. A federal judge ordered on Tuesday, Sept. 29 that the facility must come up with a plan to reduce its population size to allow all detainees to keep a distance of six feet from each other, according to City News Service.

It was recently discovered during a lawsuit that ICE administration at Adelanto has been allegedly denying COVID-19 testing to detainees, as reported by the American Civil Liberties Union.

While the agency had tested new arrivals, it chose not to do so for the existing population.

“With COVID-19 rapidly spreading in immigrant prisons, immigration detention can become a death sentence for many,” said Gaby Hernandez, executive director of the Long Beach Immigrants Rights Coalition. “People are crowded in close quarters with no possible way to social distance, creating a high risk for rapid spread of this dangerous virus and peoples’ lives are at risk the longer they are in there. Detention destroys entire families and is simply unnecessary. We are incredibly thankful to know Rot is home and no longer in an immigrant prison that could have cost him his life.”

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Without a resume or prior work experience, Ramirez went to Pacific Gateway’s Youth Opportunity Center seeking help. Here he was able to take classes, earning his work credentials and was assigned to work at the Spring Street Farm Project.

Under the direction of Jesse Frutos, Ramirez and other youth would cultivate and harvest crops, run the farm stand and care for a chicken coop. Days would extend up to 16 hours at times when the crops had to be taken to multiple farmer’s markets during the week.

“People looked at that like, ‘Oh, this guy’s working on a f—— farm,’ you know like, at that age, people are usually working at any other retail store or whatever, I was 17, I was just like, ‘I don’t care how I look,’” said Ramirez.

The farm lot was located adjacent to a property that then housed the Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP), a nonprofit dedicated to providing essential resources to underserved communities. Within LBCAP was the Leadership Academy Men-

wear his own designs.

In the silkscreen class, Ramirez learned to digitize his art and began learning graphic design. They were then taught to transfer them onto silk screen plates which were transferred onto shirts and after processing, became a complete product ready to sell.

Although LAMP was an after school program for some, it was more than that for Ramirez.

“To some LAMP was after an after school program, but to me it was what was going to feed my family,” said Ramirez.

Bryant, who owned a screen printing shop which featured his own surfer clothing brand, took Ramirez under his wing, inviting him to his own live printing shows, pop-up shops and industry events, showing him the possibilities of what silk screening and creating apparel could do.

“I was raised in a different era where we only associated with our people you know, LAMP and the farm helped me meet a lot of different people and be in a good route, that changed me and got

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John Ramirez holds a sweater, explaining that he wanted them to represent the diversity in Long Beach so the characters on the sweater include white, Asian, Black, Latino and Samoan “homies”.

toring Program (LAMP) which offered leadership skill development in four creative disciplines: film/television production, graphic design/silk screening, music production, and photography.

While working on the farm, Ramirez was recruited by Darick J. Simpson, then executive director of LBCAP. Ramirez recalled Simpson approaching him and complimenting his work ethic. “‘Damn man, you’re like the hardest working person in Long Beach,’ he would always see me working like 16 hours, 14 hours, 12 hours,” Ramirez recalled.

Ramirez comes from a family of artists. His father and brother are tattoo artists and he himself was into drawing, painting and graffiti art. Enrolling in the graphic design/silkscreen class under “content expert” Ryan Bryant seemed like the perfect transition as it would give him an opportunity to

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me comfortable with myself, you know like, because I was very on the side and being a troublemaker, they made me grow up there,” Ramirez said.

Eventually he was hired by LBCAP and began producing their business cards, flyers, anything involving graphic design, including shirts for their after school programs. He was also still working on the farm and finishing up his last year of high school.

After the silk screen course ended, Ramirez was invited to another nonprofit which was coincidentally piloting its own program in micro-entrepreneurship where he was able to develop his five-year plan.

Ramirez had already begun investing and buying in his own silk screen machines. However he wanted more time with his family and with the blessing of Jesse Frutos, his supervisor at the farm, Ramirez left.

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In 2015, by the age of 20, Ramirez had saved enough money to sign off on his current storefront space at 404 E. 3rd Street in downtown Long Beach.

With support from his family and friends, Ramirez was able to fix and build his shop up from the inside. For the last five years business was doing great but like many others, was slowed down due to COVID-19.

The shop closed down for two months but with the property adjacent to him being up for sale, and his five year plan being complete, Ramirez couldn’t miss the opportunity of expansion.

Now there’s not only more storefront space for display, but there is also more workspace, providing higher efficiency rates for incoming orders to be completed and also providing the opportunity to recruit Christian Torres to join his team alongside Ramirez, longtime employee Fernando Gutierrez, Walter Jackson, Courtney Manning and Juan Perez.

As for Ramirez’s next goals, he wants to continue growing his shop and hopes to collaborate and feature other local artists such as the RIOT brand, a black-owned apparel line who is also currently being featured in the store’s new expansion.

Success in business granted Ramirez and his family the chance to buy a house in Bixby Knolls, now his entire family including his father and brother who got out of jail and opened up their own tattoo shop, are reunited and have the chance to be a family again.

“My family is happy, I got my brother and my mom in the house, my kids are with them, enjoying them, to me this is living the American Dream, being your own boss, a homeowner,” said Ramirez.

Ramirez also emphasized that one should never forget where they came from but that they can always grow from it.

“Be proud of where you came from, you owe it to your parents to be better, they worked their a– off for you no matter what they did,” Ramirez said.

He also hopes to come full circle and possibly open a nonprofit for teaching the youth skills just as LBCAP and LAMP had taught him.

“I want to be an example for my culture, I’m a brown, Hispanic, Mexican owner, with parents that migrated here. I’m gonna show that we’re more than just workers,” Ramirez said.

“I want to leave a legacy for my community, friends and family, that’s the end goal.”

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Screenshot of Poly Jam Band’s “Canvas Blues” music video. Clockwise from top left: Rory Cuyugan on guitar, Victor Jimenez on bass guitar, Doc Chris Stevens on drums, and Patrick Gillogly on lead guitar and vocals.

Long Beach teachers sing the “Canvas Blues,” a comedic spin on their online learning woes Anita W. Harris Senior Writer

“Opened up my District email/ What do ya think I see?/This brand-new Canvas platform/Lord it’s killin’ me.”

So begins the Poly Jam Band’s “Canvas Blues,” a music-video collaboration among five seasoned educators at Long Beach Polytechnic High School– Rory Cuyugan, Patrick Gillogly, Victor Jimenez, Albert Shaheen, Jr. and “Doc” Chris Stevens.

Like many other teachers in the Long Beach Unified School District, the five spent what they describe as an “exhausting” week getting immersed in Canvas-LBUSD’s new online learning platform-just before school started on Sept. 1.

“Sucked up so much of my soul/ There’s nothin’ left to lose./They’ve got Synergy, Zoom and Clever/ But I’ve got the Canvas blues.”

The band shared with the Signal Tribune through email that the song was Stevens’ idea as a creative way to express their collective stress at the end of summer.

“Our song and video […] rather unexpectedly and spontaneously spawned out of the angst surrounding the impending start of school and a bunch of technology to learn in a relatively short period of time,” Stevens said.

A music teacher at Poly for 25 years, Stevens said he knew that colleagues in other departments were also musicians and invited them to collaborate virtually. Stevens began the process by sending the others a percussion recording

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and 12-bar blues structure.

Cuyugan, an English teacher at Poly for 31 years, said band members then contributed separate tracks after their teaching days.

“Chris Stevens asked if we wanted to ‘jam out’ a blues song that would express our difficulties that had left us quite depressed,” Cuyugan said. “We each recorded our assigned parts– mine was rhythm guitar-and emailed them to Chris, who had a professional music engineer [Poly alumnus Thomas Kendall Hugues] splice and synchronize it together on digital audio.”

Cuyugan added that the three-minute YouTube video came together in a few takes on a Sunday afternoon after Jimenez came up with the idea to make it like a Zoom conference with the bespectacled teachers training in Canvas online before transforming into guitar-and-drum playing musicians singing “Canvas Blues.”

The lyrics– primarily composed

by Shaheen and Gillogly– include references to Canvas, such as its “modules” section that contains assignments.

“After all these District trainings/ One thing I still need to hear/ How do I fill my modules/ With tequila, wine and beer?”

“These are the most dedicated and hardest working [teachers] you’ll ever find,” Cuyugan said.

“But as you can see, we have our goofy side.”

Shaheen, who just began his eighth year teaching chemistry at Poly, said participating in the see CANVAS BLUES page 5

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Members of Cancer Fighters, including Nellie De La Cruz (far left) and Capone Magallanes (far right) deliver care packages to St. Mary’s Medical Center in Long Beach on Saturday, Sept. 26, marking their third visit to thank doctors, nurses and other essential workers at the hospital.

to St. Mary’s to complete her delivery of care packages, handing out 199 of them during her visit.

De La Cruz started the group Cancer Fighters in 2019, with one goal; to help others in times of need.

“My grandma passed away with pancreatic cancer, and my aunt Sheril is battling pancreatic cancer,” De La Cruz said in an interview with the Signal Tribune as to what her motivation was for starting Cancer Fighters.

For Capone Magallanes, who recently became a member of Cancer Fighters and was also present at Saturday’s event, cancer had also made an impact on his family.

Helping others going through a similar experience led him to join the group.

“My uncle Art had colon cancer and my aunt Mary fought and survived breast cancer as with my cousin who fought and survived leukemia,” Magallanes said.

“It’s important for my son to join this,” Magallanes’ mother, Velina Velasquez said. “It’s a big deal for our family since we have a lot of cancer in our family. I am very proud of both of them for doing this, to show everyone else that they can do something. It’s a big difference and it can mean something in this world.”

Having witnessed the difficulties that come with a cancer diagnosis, both De La Cruz and Magallanes strive to remind cancer patients that they’re not alone.

“I wanted to do it because I wanted to let kids know that we’re fighting with them,” De La Cruz said with determination. “And if they fight it we’ll be there to help them fight it as well and we wanted to make kids smile.”

Cancer Fighters look to help not just cancer patients, but people going through other health conditions and De La Cruz is bringing some of that fight home.

Her sister was diagnosed with Kleefstra syndrome, a disorder whose characteristic features include developmental delay, limited or absent speech and weak muscle tone, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. To raise awareness, De La Cruz gave out balloons and goodie bags at an event Cancer Fighters hosted on Saturday, Sept. 19. In May, Cancer Fighters also hosted an event to raise awareness about rheumatoid arthritis, something her aunt is currently battling.

“They’re basically raising awareness on how they can help others,” Nellie De La Cruz, who shares a name with her daughter,

said to the Signal Tribune. “Their goal is just to give the message, no matter how small you are, you can make a difference and it makes a big difference in the world.”

“To me, she inspires a lot of kids,” De La Cruz’s mother said.

“So I’m very proud that she continues to go even though it’s a rocky start, members leaving, members joining, she always sticks to it and she’s like ‘This is what we’re going to go for.’”

De La Cruz began her altruistic journey by making and delivering 90 bracelets for children with cancer at Miller Children’s Hospital last year.

Nellie and Cancer Fighters went back to the children’s hospital for Christmas and donated over 100 gifts for children. Their last delivery was in March, as the pandemic was starting, to donate 94 Easter baskets.

As the pandemic began taking hold, donations to the Cancer Fighters GoFundMe started growing and De La Cruz decided to start making care packages. Some of their deliveries include 50 packages to College Medical Center, and 200 packages to the Lakewood Sheriff’s Department and the Long Beach Police Department South and West Patrol Divisions, according to posts on Instagram.

“Now they’re doing acts of kindness because during the pandemic it’s like people losing their jobs and more diseases,” De La Cruz’s mother said. “She said ‘If they are pushing forward, I’m pushing harder.’”

Claire Fieri, principal of Nieto Herrera Elementary School, the school De La Cruz attends, noted the student’s persistence while in-person school was still in session.

“As a fourth-grader, there’s all different kinds of things that happen everyday and she’s just consistently making bracelets every day,” Fieri said to the Signal Tribune. “So, I think for the adults around her, it reminds us to never give up.”

“She just goes for her goals,” Fieri said of De La Cruz’s consistent hard work and determination.

At only 10 years old, De La Cruz is already leaving a legacy at Nieto Herrera Elementary. She spoke to Fieri’s first-grade summer school class on how to make their neighborhoods a better place and how they can help others.

These efforts will only grow as Fieri is hoping to use De La Cruz’s leadership to positively impact the student population through a leadership organization that will give back on a regular basis.

Courtesy Heather Lemmon | @heatherlemmon via Instagram

Tatiana “Tia” Turner holds a Black Lives Matter sign during the March for Black Women in Long Beach on Aug. 1.

Turner recently pled “not guilty” to charges after injuring two with her car in Yorba Linda during a protest.

Equality” against police violence and systemic racism at a Yorba Linda Public Library parking lot.

Down the street at the intersection of Imperial Highway. and Yorba Linda Boulevard a much larger group of counter protesters in support of President Donald Trump, who waved American flags and held pro-Trump signs, had also organized.

Shortly after, at about 2:30 p.m., the Trump counter protesters made their way down to the library parking lot where the March 4 Equality protesters had been rallying at initially.

The clashing escalated as the Trump counter protesters began flashing white power signs with their hands and demanding that the March 4 Equality protesters tell them what nationality they were before yelling at them to “go back.” Another Trump supporter yelled at a March 4 Equality protester with a shield, “That won’t stop what I have in my hand.” An estimated 250 individuals were involved.

According to an Orange County Sheriff’s Department press release, due to reports of physical altercations occurring between the two protest groups and reports of individuals within the crowd having weapons, the demonstration was declared an unlawful assembly at 2:40 p.m. and police ordered everyone to leave the area.

Tatiana “Tia” Turner, an activist from Long Beach who is the founder and organizer for the grassroots organization “Caravan 4 Justice” — a car-based protest in solidarity with BLM that is dedicated to educating, organizing and mobilizing the community for change — was exiting the Yorba Linda Public Library parking lot when she allegedly drove her compact car through an intersection and struck two counter-protesters, a man and woman.

On videos of the incident that surfaced online, it showed a massive amount of Trump counter protesters had surrounded Turner’s car as she got in it and began pounding on her vehicle. The man who was struck, who has not been identified, could be seen in the video prior to being hit, standing stagnant in front of Turner’s car

with his cellphone in hand recording Turner and her vehicle.

It was then that Turner accelerated briefly before stopping and accelerating again as counter protesters began throwing objects including flagpoles at her vehicle, striking and shattering through her rear window as she was being chased by the Trump counter protesters before being detained by the sheriffs.

“The man suffered two broken legs and the woman had major injuries,” Sgt. Dennis Breckner said.

Both were transported to a hospital for treatment of their injuries and are expected to survive.

Turner was being held on $1 million bail before her scheduled appearance in court on Tuesday, according to Orange County jail records.

The Urban Organizers Coalition who organized the March 4 Equality released a statement after the incident, “Urban Organizers Coalition (UOC), a group of grassroots organizers, participated in the March for Equality event on Saturday, September 26 in Yorba Linda. With regards to the event, our heartfelt sympathies are with those who were injured at the rally. The details of this event are currently being investigated and UOC will issue another public statement once we have additional information.”

A 47-year-old Yorba Linda man at the protest, who would only give his name as Mike because he feared Antifa-leaning elements might seek to harm him, told

City News Service that he’s been getting together with a group of several dozen other locals every other week for patriotic rallies.

He claimed he personally saw three Trump supporters injured by the car that was hemmed in and trying to drive away. But he also said the “Make America Great Again” demonstrators had been harassing Turner, causing the panicked look on her face.

“They started to pound on her car,” he said, while clutching a carefully rolled up American flag.

“It took damage.”

Mike told CNS he witnessed one female counter-protester get swept under the vehicle, as well as a male counter-protester who suffered an ankle injury. He said another male counter-protester suffered minor abrasions.

Turner has been on the frontlines for multiple protests in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality and systemic racism. She organized Caravan 4 Justice after the George Floyd protest as a COVID-safe way for people to participate in protests against police brutality by not having to leave their vehicles.

What happened to Turner is a stark contrast in comparison to two similar incidents in Hollywood on Thursday, Sept. 24 where two cars including a large black truck and a white Prius ran through BLM protesters, leaving two people hospitalized. The Los Angeles Police Department detained and quickly released both drivers.

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collaborative effort was a “major pick-me-up” after the late-summer Canvas rollout and ramp-up to virtual teaching.

“Creativity has been the antidote to the soul-sucking, nightmarish beginning-of-the-year experience,” he said.

Most LBUSD students and teachers are currently engaged in exclusively online education via Canvas and Zoom video-conferencing. The District recently postponed moving to in-person classes from its original planned date of Oct. 5 to Jan. 28, 2021 due to ongoing coronavirus concerns.

Jimenez, a 24-year education veteran with the past eight teaching English and language development for English-language learners at Poly said he found playing bass and editing the video uplifting in the current circumstances.

“My involvement with the band has been a welcomed and enjoyable diversion from the whole Canvas/ virtual learning/ pandemic thing,” Jimenez said.

Canvas training only added to the burden of preparing to teach online, the teachers agreed.

LBUSD had begun exploring a new, more comprehensive learning-management system (LMS) this summer to make online education more feasible, according to Chris Eftychiou, LBUSD’s public-information officer and as discussed at a July 20 board of education workshop.

“We especially considered feedback from students and teachers who wanted more of a one-stop platform to support communication and online learning in a user-friendly way,” Eftychiou said.

Canvas allows teachers, students and parents to access a common platform rather than multiple applications for different learning purposes. Canvas costs LBUSD $390,000 annually, compared to $374,000 for School Loop, the district’s previous LMS, Eftychiou said.

However, Shaheen said Canvas training was rushed and compressed, with a steep learning curve. He has relied on other teachers and YouTube videos on Canvas to learn more of its particulars, he said.

Jimenez said he experienced Canvas training as long and tedious. “It was basically a crashcourse in brain surgery– or felt that way,” Jimenez said. Cuyugan said he found the training and transition to Canvas overwhelming.

“Canvas forced us to become web designers overnight!” he exclaimed.

“I finally got a homepage/ Well, whoopdy frickin’ dee/ But with my Zoom link and HML editor/ Now I’m lookin’ at a blank screen.”

Nevertheless, after nearly a month of teaching with Canvas, most of the bandmembers agree that it’s a better system than School Loop.

“Canvas is much more powerful

and versatile than School Loop,” Shaheen said. “School Loop is very limited compared to Canvas […] it’s a great improvement now that we’ve had time to get acquainted with it.”

Stevens agreed that while its rollout was problematic, Canvas itself is not. “Viewpoints are all over the map about the wisdom and effectiveness of its implementation, especially on such short notice,” Stevens said. “But overall, I think it is a good thing.” Jimenez also said using Canvas has been getting smoother, though at different rates for different teachers.

“It does have many helpful and innovative tools that we are learning to utilize with our classes,” he acknowledged.

All the teachers expressed appreciation for their students who have to dwell virtually in Canvas and Zoom during school hours.

“Students seem to be getting

used to it, just like us, but my greatest concern is the amount of time they have to be online,” Shaheen said, adding that the teachers have been brainstorming ways to relieve students of Zoom- and online-overload.

Gillogly, who has been with LBUSD for 27 years– the past 17 at Poly teaching AP US History and Model United Nations-said he, too, is cautiously observing how his students are handling virtual classes, though he is amazed at their attendance and participation overall.

“In the past, what we could do quickly and informally by reading expressions and body language is a little more difficult to assess,” Gillogy said. “We have all been very sensitive to watching carefully how our students are handling online learning, navigating the new platform, screen time, time management and the like.”

The bandmembers also give a shout-out in the video to Thurman Ashley, Kathleen Naruse, Gloria Scipio and Leslie Saito Waddles, LBUSD teachers who had to quickly learn Canvas in order to teach other teachers.

“We all agreed to use the song as a ‘thank you’ to four of our wonderful colleagues who took on the thankless and monumental task of training 150+ overwhelmed, grumpy, summer-brained, tantrum-throwing teachers the ins and outs of Canvas-virtually via Zoom and with very little lead time to learn it themselves,” Shaheen said.

“They are our heroes and lifesavers.”

Superintendent Jill Baker told the Signal Tribune she’s seen the video and appreciates the band’s heartfelt thanks to their peers, who she said are still serving as Canvas trainers at school sites.

“I am happy to see our talented

teachers are maintaining a sense a humor during tough times,” Baker said about the Poly Jam Band.

Gillogly, who provided vocals and lead guitar in the “Canvas Blues” video, said the band created the song to lighten the load for all teachers scaling Canvas’s steep learning curve.

“Sucked up so much of my soul/ There’s nothin’ left to lose/ ‘Cause I’m too young to retire/ So I’ve got the Canvas blues.”

“I would also agree with my colleagues that it is an amazing and powerful platform, and I believe that we are much better off in the long run with it than School Loop,” Gillogly said. “The novelty has already worn off for some, but the kids have been amazingly resilient on the whole, as have my colleagues.”

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TST6303 TSG No.: 8763239 TS No.: CA2000286294 APN: 7148-002-022 Property Address: 3309 LEMON AVENUE SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/18/2012. 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. On 10/15/2020 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 09/28/2012, as Instrument No. 20121463407, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: ALBERT B. CLEMMER, AN UNMARRIED MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 7148-002-022 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3309 LEMON AVENUE, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $ 107,416.35. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. 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 or visit this Internet Web http://search. nationwideposting.com/propertySe archTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA2000286294 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 In-

ternet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY​ INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)9390772NPP0371491 To: SIGNAL TRIBUNE 09/25/2020, 10/02/2020, 10/09/2020 TST6306 / 2020 131993 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: WISE MONEY MANAGEMENT, 3353 Atlantic Ave., #1171, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: NAILAH DORSEY, 4247 Walnut Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Nailah Dorsey. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in July, 2020. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on August 31, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020.

TST6307 Case No. 20CMCP00107 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT, 200 W. COMPTON BLVD., COMPTON, CA 90220 PETITION OF: Marycruz Aguilar TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: MARYCRUZ AGUILAR has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: MARYCRUZ AGUILAR to Proposed Name: MARY AMADOR. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: November 24, 2020; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. A, Room 904. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020. _ _ _ / / s s / / _ _ _ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated September 16, 2020 TST6308 / 2020 136642 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: TACOS DORADOS LALO, 2412 E. Adana Street, Compton, CA 90221. Registrant: EDUARDO OJEDA MANJARREZ. 2412 E. Adana Street, Compton, CA 90221. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Eduardo Ojeda Manjarrez. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 10, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020.

October 2, 2020 TST6312 / 2020 137393 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: GAMINO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, 15325 Orange Ave., D20, Paramount, CA 90723. Registrant: ISMAEL GAMINO, 15325 Orange Ave., D20, Paramount, CA 90723. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ismael Gamino. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 11, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020.

TST6313 / 2020 137315 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: OROZCO LOPEZ MOVERS, 2026 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806.

Registrant: OROZCO’S LOGISTICS CORPORATION, 2026 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806. This business is conducted by: a Corp. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Pedro Orozco, CEO. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 11, 2020. NOTICE:This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020.

TST6314 / 2020 137345 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: P.O.L. TRANSPORTATIONS SERVICES, 2026 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806. Registrant: OROZCO’S LOGISTICS CORPORATION, 2026 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806. This business is conducted by: a Corp. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Pedro Orozco, CEO. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 11, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020.

TST6310 / 2020 137412 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: J & S LEGAL SERVICES, 12750 Centralia Street, Unit 22, Lakewood, CA 90715. Registrant: SILVIA E. REYNOSO, 12750 Centralia Street, Unit 22, Lakewood, CA 90715. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Silvia E. Reynoso.

The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 11, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. via video/teleconference, to consider the following: AMENDMENT TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 03-05

A REQUEST TO AMEND CUP 03-05 FOR EXPANDED HOURS OF OPERATION OF AN EXISTING LAUNDROMAT BUSINESS LOCATED AT 2499 E. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY SPECIFIC PLAN (SP-10) ZONING DISTRICT

APPLICANT: Bill Mylonas (business owner of Laundry Guys)

PROPERTY OWNER: Laundry Revolution LLC RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission has recommended approval.

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THIS PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301 Class 1 Existing Facilities, of the Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act, in that the project involves a negligible expansion of an existing use.

AMENDMENTS TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS are reviewed by the Planning Commission and approved by the City Council at a public hearing.

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The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 10, 2020.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2020.

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TST6311 / 2020 142839 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: COLLAZO MOBILE CARWASH, 14111 Anderson St., Paramount, CA 90723. Registrant: ENRIQUE COLLAZO-LARIOS, 14111 Anderson St., Paramount, CA 90723. This business is conducted by: an Individual.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Enrique Collazo-Larios. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using the fictitious business name in August, 2020. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on September 21, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: September 25 & October 2, 9, 16, 2020.

TST6315 Case No. 20LBCP00219 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, LONG BEACH COURTHOUSE, 275 MAGNOLIA AVE., 1ST FLOOR, LONG BEACH, CA. 90802 PETITION OF: Sonia Vanessa Arias TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: SONIA VANESSA ARIAS has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: SONIA VANESSA ARIAS to Proposed Name: VANESSA ELISE ARIAS 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: November 5, 2020; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. 26.

The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 2020. _ _ _ / / s s / / _ _ _ Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court, Dated September 24, 2020

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RETIRED COUPLE Has $$$$ to lend on California Real Estate*

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Just who doesn’t love a cupcake? The good thing about this Cupcake is that she won’t wreck your diet!

She’s a 2-year-old spayed furball who’s somewhat shy at first but then warms up nicely. Adopt her, and be the icing on her cake!

Because the shelter is closed to the public, adoption appointments are conducted through email, so contact PetAdopt@longbeach.gov to meet Cupcake. Ask for ID#A649094.

(This rescue encouraged by the usual suspects.)

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Signal Tribune

October 2, 2020

Staying safe starts with a skip.

Keep a safe distance from customers and bus operators aboard LBT. Please Skip a Seat, Skip a Row, meaning only sit in unoccupied rows, with an empty seat between you and fellow customers.

For more bus safety information, visit ridelbt.com/basics.

Moving you through.