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EDUCATION

Long Beach Unified School District elementary schools to open on March 29 Anita W. Harris Senior Writer

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he Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) Board of Education agreed during its Feb. 17 meeting to postpone its planned reopening of elementary schools from March 1 to March 29 to allow all kindergarten to 5th-grade staff to receive two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine prior to students returning.

Deputy Superintendent Dr. Tiffany Brown told the Board that 3,600 LBUSD staff have already

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West Long Beach Best Western to be converted into interim housing for the homeless

been vaccinated as of Feb. 17, though vaccination is actually optional for school reopening, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Jan. 14 reopening guidelines.

“Being vaccinated is not a requirement,” Brown said. “It’s an opportunity.”

Brown expressed confidence in the March 29 date since CDPH reopening guidelines require a countywide COVID-19 case-rate of 25 per 100,000 for five consecutive days and LA County’s rate as of Feb. 16 has fallen to 20 per 100,000.

March 29 is also a four-day school week, with

LBUSD’s spring break starting Friday, April 2. The break will allow staff to assess how students are doing – socially and emotionally as well as academically – before students return from break on April 12, Brown said. The school year ends June 16.

Elementary-school teachers will return to classrooms on March 22, one week prior to students, to prepare their rooms and get used to the new safety protocols, Brown said. Those include spacing desks six feet apart, organizing students into

VACCINE EQUITY

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Scene from an early production of the opera Porgy and Bess, shown during the second week of MTW’s Black Broadway History event.

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he Long Beach City Council approved a contract that will turn a 102-unit hotel property into interim housing for people experiencing homelessness at their Tuesday, Feb. 16 meeting.

The former Best Western hotel at 1725 Long Beach Blvd. will serve as Long Beach’s first City-owned Project Homekey site. Two county-run sites already exist in Long Beach.

“Every step closer we get towards the full operation of this amazing Project Homekey location makes me so very happy and excited for all of our houseless residents that are in so much need right now,” Councilmember Mary Zendejas said.

The units will be used to house individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will focus on people with incomes at or below 30% of the Area Median Income ($23,700 for a single-person household).

In January 2020, the City identified 2,034 people experiencing homelessness, a 7% increase from the previous year. This year, the City skipped its annual homeless count after receiving a waiver from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The primary goal of the program is to help people experieincing homelessness transition into permanent

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Laura Som, executive director of the MAYE Center, hosts a bilingual COVID-19 education session for elderly Cambodians.

Elderly Cambodians struggle to sign up for vaccines, Laura Som is looking to change that Language barriers, internet illiteracy and long-term effects of Cambodian Genocide create challenges Emma DiMaggio Production Manager

When Kimsreng Ung moved to Long Beach in 2013, she came alone. She arrived in the United States seeking education, healthcare and, most importantly, safety.

The 74-year-old Long Beach resident is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, a regime responsible for a years-long genocide that led to the deaths of two million Cambodians in the late ‘70s.

Now, as COVID-19 continues to take root in low-income communities of color, her safety is being threatened. To protect herself from the virus, she needs the vaccine.

But, like other Cambodians, Ung faces a

myriad of challenges when it comes to accessing the vaccine. She doesn’t know English.

She lives alone. She doesn’t know how to drive. She doesn’t have internet access.

“There are a lot of Cambodians here, but not too many Cambodians have received the vaccines because there’s no news. There’s no education. There’s no advocates or navigators to be here with us, to help us make an appointment for the vaccine,” Ung said in Khmer. “We don’t have internet and we don’t have computers. We’re told to stay at home and we’re afraid.”

To sign up for an appointment, Long Beach residents must use VaxLB, an online appointment and notification system that tells residents when it’s their turn to be vaccinated. As of Feb. 4, over 44,000 vaccines had been distributed in Long Beach under this schema.

“The process of getting the vaccine has been very difficult for me and full of frustration,” Ung said in Khmer. “I have to depend on people to help me.”

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‘When we don’t write our own story’ Anita W. Harris Senior Writer

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usical Theatre West (MTW) may not be able to stage live shows right now, but for Black History Month, it’s offering a deep dive into Broadway – Black Broadway, that is.

Each Friday in February, Stevi Meredith – a writer, coach and director of plays and musicals – takes viewers live on a new journey exploring musicals with Black characters.

The series continues on Friday, Feb. 19 and Feb. 26, exploring musicals such as Guys & Dolls, The Wiz, Ragtime and Hamilton.

This week’s event – which debuted last Friday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. but is available to view all week – explores two loved but racially problematic musicals that originated in the 1920s: Show Boat and the opera Porgy and Bess.

Meredith, who is African American, called both shows examples of “how the Black narrative is shaped when we don’t write our own story.”

Meredith begins by confessing that thought she had seen Show Boat two or three times, she knows the songs see THEATRE page 5

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he Long Beach Southeast Asian (LB SEA) Anti-Deportation Collective has started a GoFundMe to help support two former Long Beach residents who were deported to Cambodia in 2004.

The GoFundMe campaign was started on Feb. 4 and has raised $950 as of Thursday, Feb. 18. It has a goal of raising $10,000, with the intent that Veasna “China” Sany and Tuy “Kay Kay” Sobil will each receive $5,000.

According to the GoFundMe page, both Sany and Sobil depend on financial support from their families in the United States, but their relatives are currently experiencing economic hardship due to the pandemic.

Like many other Cambodians, the families of both Sany and Sobil relocated to Long Beach and had to settle in an impoverished and violent neighborhood that was heavily policed during the “tough on crime” era.

Sany arrived to the United States when she was five after her family fled the Cambodian Genocide. Sobil was born in a refugee camp in Thailand during the Cambodian Genocide and arrived in the United States when he was two years old.

According to the Right to Reunite campaign, facing bullying at school and constant violence in their neighborhood, many Cambodian youths including Sobil joined gangs for protection when they were just children. At 18-years-old, he was arrested for snatching a purse and sentenced to two

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The Long Beach Southeast Asian (LB SEA) Anti-Deportation Collective has started a GoFundMe to raise funds to support Tuy Sobil and Veasna Sany. years in prison.

The Right to Reunite campaign also stated that because of the lack of acessibility to mental health services, Sany and her family struggled with trauma from the genocide, leading to tension and arguments at home.When Sany was 14 years old she began using drugs to try to cope with the circumstances around her. At the age of 19 she was arrested for a drug offense.

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According to the GoFundMe page, neither knew that accepting a plea deal in their cases would lead to their deportation.

The Right to Reunite campaign has been advocating for the return of Sany and Sobil to the United States for years. It is one of the numerous organizations that have called the practice of deporting immigrants upon completion of their jail and prison sentences a xenophobic attempt to unequally punish immigrants more than citizens for the same crimes.

“China and Kay Kay are examples of the many who faced deportation over minor offenses. They unknowingly accepted unfair plea deals that triggered their deportation which are currently decades-old convictions that affect them to this day,” the GoFundMe states.

In 2006, two years after being deported, Sany was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis that severely affects her daily life and now needs a hip replacement.

Sobil has since used his interest in break dancing to start a nonprofit in Cambodia called Tiny Toones that teaches disadvantaged youth dance, music, art, mathematics and Khmer and English language studies.

“The Long Beach Southeast Asian Anti-Deportation Collective is committed to advocating for their right to return to this country, but in the meantime it is imperative we ensure their survival overseas,” the GoFundMe campaign states.

Biographies with more information on Sany and Sobil‘s lives can be found at www.righttoreunite. org.

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Teachers will also continue teaching online during that week, Brown said.

It’s also optional for students to continue learning online rather than physically return to classrooms on March 29. Results of a parent survey conducted between Jan. 25 and Feb. 12 show about half are opting to keep their children learning online, Brown said.

Students who choose to remain online will have different teachers than those who attend in person. Both online and in-person students will have a hybrid schedule, with teacher instruction for 2.5 hours each day and the remaining time devoted to working online at home.

For middle schools and high schools to also reopen, LA County would have to be in the State’s “red tier” of seven or less cases per 100,000 for five consecutive days.

Anticipating the county achieving that goal, LBUSD is preparing to reopen middle schools on April 20 and high schools on April 19 for seniors and April 26 for grades 9-11, according to the assistant superintendents of those levels.

LBUSD will survey middle-school and high-school parents from March 1-26 to know how many students would be returning to campus if schools can reopen, just as it did elementary-school parents.

Brown noted that some elementary

schools have 76% of students returning while others have only 26%. The number impacts logistics, ranging from how many teachers and classrooms will be needed to how many entrances and exits will need to be used.

Board Member Dr. Juan Benitez, who represents LBUSD District 3, said families in his Southwest Long Beach area had a relatively lower response rate to the survey and a lower percent wanting their child to return to in-person schooling. Five elementary schools in District 3 will have less than 40% of students returning, he said.

He asked the board not to lose sight of those students, some of whom are negatively impacted by online learning due to language, technology, transportation and other socio-economic barriers. Though they would benefit the most from in-person learning, their families opted to keep them at home, Benitez said.

“These are our highest needs students,” he said, asking staff for an update at the next board meeting on March 3 on how LBUSD can further help them.

Benitez also suggested that LBUSD conduct town-hall-style community meetings to directly inform parents using visuals, diagrams and a minute-by-minute account of what a school day will look like for returning students, in multiple languages.

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February 19, 2021 OPINION: FROM OUR READERS

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FROM OUR ONLINE READERS: LETTERS, EMAILS, COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS

IN RESPONSE TO:

City looks to acquire more open space for public parks along LA River, groups push city to acquire Pacific Place Project

In response to ‘LBUSD board recognizes outgoing members Meyer and Williams for service’:

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By: Carlos Ovalle via website comment

Thank you for your excellent service to youth, Mr. Jon Meyer!

The issues of park inequities, as a component of environmental racism, itself

a component of structural racism, took on renewed importance after the George

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Floyd protests and the city’s Framework for Reconciliation. It’s not just an issue

– Linda Truesdell via website comment

of parks as a place to play. While that is important, in Western Long Beach we have the highest levels of pollution in the nation, the most overcrowded conditions, a higher incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases, higher incidence of cancer, higher rate of COVID, and even pre-COVID a shorter life span

In response to ‘“Stop corporate greed”: Protesters rally in solidarity with essential workers against Kroger Co.’s planned closures of North and East Long Beach grocery stores’:

than the eastern side of Long Beach.

A contributing factor to all of this is the lack of parks and open space. We’re

glad council took a step in the right direction by looking at the feasibility of ac-

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quiring land along the LA River. For us who live a stone’s throw from the river, we’re reminded daily of the fact that the roar we hear on quiet evenings is not the

So grocery stores must operate at a loss because council requires? Is city paying the losses? (us taxpayer’s) now Landlords must operate at a loss? Local restaurants, other, small businesses close weekly. Employees don’t run the store nor do customers. Garcia wants owners to lose money because that’s his City model and why Long Beach is broke.

river but the freeway carrying trucks... spewing diesel fumes... along the Diesel Death Corridor.​

Compliance with an accelerated Clean Air Action Plan along with the building

parks all along this corridor to serve as our lungs will go a long way towards addressing environmental racism.

We look forward to working with public agencies to find funding and form

partnerships to acquire and develop parkland for our community, beginning with

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Wrigley North and Wrigley South.

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Vaccine Equity continued from page 1 out vaccines for the City’s seniors, elderly Cambodians are struggling to sign up for vaccines. A combination of computer illiteracy, language barriers and lack of outreach have caused some to believe that elderly Cambodians are being left behind.

Laura Som is looking to change that.

Som, a survivor of the Cambodian Genocide, runs the MAYE Center in Long Beach, a space that provides trauma-informed workshops in yoga, tai chi, meditation and civic engagement.

In March of last year, she set up an additional offering to the community: bilingual COVID-19 education classes.

These aren’t the same as workshops from the City of Long Beach, which give updates on the status of the pandemic and suggestions for staying safe from the virus.

When survivors of the genocide immigrated to Long Beach in the ‘80s, many were uneducated.

Many Cambodians are illiterate in English. Some never learned how to read or write in Khmer, their native

language.

For these reasons, Som is starting at square one.

“You’re really teaching them from the beginning,” Som said. “‘Here’s a cell. Here’s what biology is.’ It takes a lot of time for you to build and cultivate that kind of learning and understanding, especially for a population that is heavily traumatized, where their learning capability is really impacted.”

Som, a graduate of UC Riverside with a degree in biochemistry, said that a single lesson on one aspect of basic biology can take nearly an hour,

sometimes two with question-and-answer.

“They don’t know how to use Zoom. They don’t have email. They don’t read and write in English,” she said. “They have to learn how to turn on a computer or an iPad. Most of them don’t even know how to enter a website address to get on there.”

Som said they do know how to use one application: Facebook. Taught by their grandchildren and family members, Cambodians use the application to keep in touch with their family members abroad.

During her education sessions, she

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runs two Facebook conference calls at once to accommodate the demand for her classes. These elderly Cambodians can’t Google their questions.

During these sessions, Som acts as a real-life search engine. After going over the day’s lesson plan, she fields questions in Khmer: “Are there any foods I should avoid after I get the vaccine?” “Will the vaccine destroy my immune system?” “Do I have to get two vaccines?” “Am I supposed to get one Moderna and one Pfizer vaccine?” “Where can I book an appointment?”

One by one, she doles out potentially life-saving answers to her class.

She explains how vaccines work and why it’s important to get two doses to trigger a full immune response.

She reminds them to hold onto their vaccination paperwork to prove that they’ve received the first vaccine.

Near the end of Som’s session, she touches base on the progress of her group’s vaccine appointments.

“How many of you have signed up for a vaccine?” she asks the class.

Only a few raise their hands.

“If you want to register, make sure to send me the name and information of the person,” Som said. “I will help you make the appointment.”

Multilingual information only helps if seniors can access it

An estimated 20,000 Cambodians live in Long Beach, though some assert that they’re historically undercounted in the Census. The city is home to the largest number of Cambodians anywhere in the world besides the country itself. Like other underrepresented groups, they are economically disadvantaged compared to their white counterparts.

To address inequities in the vaccine rollout, the City’s health department launched an equity subcommittee in December.

“We’re just trying to get out to where we know the communities who have been most impacted by COVID-19 will be served,” Equity Officer Katie Balderas said. “But also communities who really lack trust in the vaccine because they have been harmed by so many other forms of oppression and barriers.”

Earlier this month, vaccine data from the City showed that about 49% of the people who had been vaccinated in Long Beach were white.

Around 21% were Hispanic or Latino, while 20% were Asian and 7.6% were Black.

Since the onset of the pandemic, Hispanic and Latino residents have experienced the highest rates of COVID-19.

Som said that, without breaking down statistics of Asians into subcategories, particularly by Cambodians, there’s no way of knowing if Long Beach’s Cambodian community is being equitably inoculated.

“This is a special minority group that has gone through a genocide,” Som said. “Most of them are seniors.

They also have preexisting conditions from the torture, from the war and violence they’ve gone through.

We need that data to help us.”

The City has taken steps to address equity in the vaccine rollout. Applications and supplemental information on the rollout are available in English, Spanish, Tagalog and Khmer.

Som said this isn’t enough.

When it comes to computer literacy, elderly Cambodians face the same problems as elderly white residents: they’re unfamiliar with the format.

Though the City’s website is offered in Khmer, understanding how see VACCINE EQUITY page 7

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housing. Case managers for the residents will provide connections to permanent housing as well as resources for employment, mental health, transportation and food services. Security and cleaning services will be provided on site.

The project will be paid for by a $17.6 million HCD grant from the State of California. In July 2020, the State made $600 million in grant funding available to Project Homekey to expand housing inventory for people experiencing homelessness.

The site will be staffed by 17 fulltime employees residing in Long Beach.

The Illumination Foundation will run the site for one year with the option to renew the contract for an additional year. After that, the site may be converted into permanent supportive housing.

“We need to do everything that we can to support getting people housed and off the streets, and especially in non-congregate facilities during this terrible COVID crisis,” Jonah Breslau, a research analyst for the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, said.

“The housing crisis that has been predating COVID for so many years.

But we cannot forget the hotel workers who are also struggling in this moment.”

Councilmember Roberto Uranga pointed out the irony of the situation.

While the project creates housing for the homeless, it may also put displaced hotel workers at risk of becoming homeless.

Former hotel worker Guadalupe Lopez lost her job when the Best Western she worked at was purchased

by Los Angeles County to turn into a Project Homekey site.

“The problem is that when we got fired, then people were subcontract-

but had blocked out the story due to a disturbing scene.

The musical highlights two characters who work on a showboat on the Mississippi River – Joe, who is white, and his wife Julie who is mixed race, making the marriage illegal there at the time. At one point, Joe cuts Julie’s hand and sucks her blood to prove to authorities he has Black blood in him.

Consulting the book, “The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical” by Warren Hoffman, Meredith points out that Show Boat can be seen in one of two ways. The first is as innovative theatre, exploring alcoholism, race relations, miscegenation and spousal abandonment for the first time in a musical.

But the other way to see Show Boat, Meredith says, is as a racist musical that demeans African Americans, portraying them in subservient jobs, speaking pidgin English and not developing as characters over the show’s three-hour run time.

Though some of Show Boat’s songs, such as “Ol’ Man River,” are well-known, at least one has a questionable history. The opening song, “Cotton Blossom,” currently includes the lyrics, “Here we all work while de white folks play.”

However, the “we” in the song had been “colored folk” in 1946 and “darkies” in the 1936 movie, Meredith notes. And in the original 1927 lyrics

by Oscar Hammerstein II, it was the ‘N-word.’

Meredith comments on how the first thing early audiences would have heard when the curtain rose was the N-word. She adds that the 1966 revival of the musical completely eliminated the Black chorus in the opening number.

Similarly, Porgy and Bess, an opera that debuted in 1935, has had a “convoluted, sometimes troubling history” over its eight decades, Mer-

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The former Best Western hotel at 1725 Long Beach Blvd. will serve as Long Beach’s first City-owned Project Homekey site. Two county-run sites already exist in Long Beach. ed. And so it would not be fair for our family to face homelessness in this situation,” Lopez said during public comment. She said that this month, she had to choose between paying her rent and feeding her daughter.

“I had to pick my daughter, of course,” she said. “I don’t want other workers to face the same situation that I had to face.”

Councilmember Cindy Allen suggested adding a stipulation to the contract that would require The Illumination Foundation to prioritize hiring former hotel workers before hiring

subcontractors for the site.

Councilmembers did not add the hiring stipulation in their vote, given time constraints. They did, however, accept a motion by Zendejas to report back in 30 days on the City’s efforts to outreach to the laid off hotel workers.

The site is scheduled to open on March 15 of this year, the deadline required to receive state funding for the project.

The next Long Beach City Council meeting will take place Tuesday, March 2 at 5 p.m. via teleconference.

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edith says.

Set in a segregated South Carolina fishing community, the story follows the disabled Porgy as he tries to save Bess from a violent lover and a drug dealer, as Meredith describes, perpetuating racial stereotypes of poverty, drug-taking and violence along the way.

“The fact that the show has little more than suffering says, to me, that the show was written for a white audience to view the suffering of the Black race and feel better about themselves when they leave the theatre,” Meredith says.

Meredith notes that writer James Baldwin called Porgy and Bess “a white man’s version of Negro life.”

She cites another essayist who observes that the opera is the main performing opportunity for many Black operatic singers but requires them to wear rags and embody stereotypes.

Meredith doesn’t call for an erasure of these problematic shows but says they should be taught in historical context.

“We just need to be thoughtful about it,” she says.

And while Meredith condemns stories in any form that treat Black characters as “props” to facilitate the development of whites, she says some musicals, such as Hairspray and Memphis, give Black characters stories of their own.

“It’s not just what happens,” Meredith says about Black characters in those stories, “it’s how they feel about what happens.”

To view MTW’s Celebrate Black Broadway Artists programming, visit Musical.org/celebrate. Black Broadway History classes continue on Fridays, Feb. 19 and Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.. Black Broadway Choreography classes continue at noon on Saturdays, Feb. 20 and Feb. 27. All donations go to the artists.

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT Thursday, February 11 5:02 a.m., Auto burglary, 1900 block Junipero Ave. Friday, February 12 10:54 a.m., Forgery, 2900 block Gardena Ave. 1:07 p.m., Auto burglary, 3300 block Myrtle Ave. 1:44 p.m., Burglary, 700 block E. Spring St. 6:46 p.m., Robbery, 2700 block Cherry Ave. 7:53 p.m., Grand theft, 900 block E. 33rd St. 10:02 p.m., Felony warrant, 3500 block E. PCH (suspect arrested) Saturday, February 13 9:56 a.m., Auto burglary, 2400 block Cherry Ave. 7:22 p.m., Auto burglary, 3000 block E. 19th St. Sunday, February 14 10:01 a.m., Grand theft, 2400 block Cherry Ave. 10:54 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2400 block California Ave. Monday, February 15 8:26 a.m., Assault with a deadly weapon; felony warrant; misdemeanor warrant, 700 block E. Spring St., (suspect arrested) 9:22 p.m., Auto burglary, Walnut Ave./Creston Ave. Tuesday, February 17 2:12 a.m., Carrying a concealed weapon; possessing metal knuckles, carrying loaded firearm in public place, 2000 block E. 19th St. (suspect arrested) 10:20 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 1600 block E. Spring St. 3:14 p.m., Assault with a deadly weapon, 1800 block E. Willow St. 3:22 p.m., Auto burglary, 800 block Walton Ave. 3:43 p.m., Stolen vehicle – recovered, E. 27th St./Myrtle Ave. 6:39 p.m., Felony warrant, 3000 block California Ave. (suspect arrested) 7:32 p.m., Auto burglary, 2200 block E. Willow St. 9:17 p.m., Assault with a deadly weapon, 3000 block California Ave. 11:58 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2300 block Lemon Ave. Wednesday, February 18 8:17 a.m., Auto burglary, 2000 block Temple Ave. 8:36 a.m., Auto burglary, 2200 block Village Way 12:50 p.m., Auto burglary, 2700 block E. 21st St. 3:46 p.m., Auto burglary, 1400 block E. Willow St. LBPD reporting area is too extensive to report here.

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TST6375 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-20-882546-SH Order No.: 200124785-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/5/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): BRYAN GEORGE MIOTT AND KELLY LYNN MIOTT, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHTS OF SURVIVORSHIP Recorded: 1/8/2007 as Instrument No. 20070034284 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 7/23/2013 as Instrument No. 20131077283 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/24/2021 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $487,828.94 The purported property address is: 2501 EAST 21ST STREET #304, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 7215-028-046 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 619846-7649 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-20-882546-SH. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 619-846-7649, or visit this internet website http://www. qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-20-882546-SH to find the date

on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. 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 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 619-8467649 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-20-882546-SH IDSPub #0173060 2/5/2021 2/12/2021 2/19/2021 TST6385 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-20-885847-SH Order No.: 200302742-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/1/2006. 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. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MICHAEL MOUNTAIN AND JACKIE MOUNTAIN, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 11/7/2006 as Instrument No. 06-2469558 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/16/2021 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: $598,751.99 The purported property address is: 9201 GERALD AVENUE, NORTHRIDGE AREA, CA 91343 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 2687-018-035 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

February 19, 2021 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 916939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this internet website http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-20-885847-SH. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772, or visit this internet website http://www. qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-20-885847-SH to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. 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 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-9390772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-20-885847-SH IDSPub #0173145 2/19/2021 2/26/2021 3/5/2021 TST6382 Case No. 20NWCP00280 AMEND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, NORWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA. 90650 PETITION OF: JEAMINE PEREA-MORA TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: Jeamine Perea-Mora has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: JEAMINE PEREA to Proposed Name: JENINE PEREA. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 9, 2021; Time: 10:30a.m., Dept. C, Room 312. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1860 Obispo Ave., Ste F, Signal Hill, February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 2, 2021

February 19, 2021 TST6374 / 2021 000204 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: DEEZ GLOBAL ENTERPRISE LLC, 1267 Willis St., Ste 200, Redding, CA 96001, Mailing address: P.O. Box 5088, Bellflower, CA 90707. Registrant: DEEZ GLOBAL ENTERPRISE LLC, 1267 Willis St., Ste 200, Redding, CA 96001. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. 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 January 4, 2021(date). NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: January 29, & February 5, 12, 19, 2021 TST6376 Case No. 20CMCP00005 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: ISABELLA ALEJANDRA TORRES by and through her mother Alfa Torres TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ISABELLA ALEJANDRA TORRES, by and through her mother Alfa Torres, has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: ISABELLA ALEJANDRA TORRES to Proposed Name: VICTORIA ISABELLA TORRES. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: March 30, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. A, Room 904. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, January 29 & February 5, 12, 19, 2021 Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated January 5, 2021

TST6377 / 2021 013877 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person is doing business as: SATIN AND SLATE, 1868 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806. Mailing address: 1802 Petaluma Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815. Registrant: JEREME LEE JAMES, 1802 Petaluma Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Jereme Lee James. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2021.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 15, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: January 29, & February 5, 12, 19, 2021 TST6378 / 2021 017442 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: JESSICA GORDON MUSIC PUBLISHING, 5101 E. Anaheim St., Apt. 105, Long Beach, CA 90804. Registrant: JESSICA GORDON, 5101 E. Anaheim St., Apt. 105, Long Beach, CA 90804. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Jessica Gordon. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 22, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: January 29, & February 5, 12, 19, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICES/NEWS TST6389 / 2021 031722 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: AMPHIBIOUS MEDICS, 3320 E. Airport Way, Long Beach, CA 90806. Registrant: INDUSTRIAL MEDICAL SUPPORT, INC., 3320 E. Airport Way, Long Beach, CA 90806. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ryan La Bounty, Secretary. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in June, 2016. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on February 5, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 12, 19, 26, & March 5, 2021

TST6392 / 2021 018609 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: TTSR TOBACCO, 1301 West Willow Street, Long Beach, CA 90810. Registrant: SK SIGNATURE LLC, 1301 West Willow Street, Long Beach, CA 90810.

This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Hassan Khalil, President. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in December, 2020. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 25, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 19, 26, & March 5, 12, 2021 TST6390 / 2021 024635 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: HIBIKI ACUPUNCTURE, 911 E. San Antonio Drive Unit 4, Long Beach, CA 90807. Mailing address: 3520 E. 1 st St Unit 301, Long Beach, CA 90803.

Registrant: HIBIKI LLC, 3520 E. 1 st St. Unit 301, Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Yoko Nomura, Owner-Manager.

The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 29, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 12, 19, 26, & March 5, 2021

TST6393 / 2021 028490 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1800 HD PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE LLC, 2520 Cherry Ave., STE. 355, Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: 1800 HD PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE LLC, 2520 Cherry Ave., Ste. 355, Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Jesus Knox, Manager. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on February 3, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 19, 26, & March 5, 12, 2021

TST6394 / 2021 034407 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: FLIPP FAMILY, 18018 Glenburn Ave., Torrance, CA 90504. Registrant: FLIPP CO, 18018 Glenburn Ave., Torrance, CA 90504.This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Jennifer Estacio, Owner. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on February 9, 2021.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 19, 26, & March 5, 12, 2021 TST6381 / 2021 019529 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: ANTIQUE STOVE STYLE, 1428 Pacific Coast Hwy, Harbor City, CA 90710.

Registrant: MARCO A. RODRIGUEZ MORANDO, 1428 Pacific Coast Hwy, Harbor City, CA 90710. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Marco A. Rodriguez Morando. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2016. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 26, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 TST6369 / 2021 001717 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: DANR ELECTRIC, 1721 S. Avington Ave., West Covina, CA 91792, Mailing address: 1700 Santa Fe Ave., #448, Long Beach, CA 90813. Registrant: POWER & AIR MECHANICAL, INC., 1721 S. Avington Ave., West Covina, CA 91792. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Mitch Chuong, President. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in December, 2020.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 5, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: January 15, 22, 29 & February 5, 2021 TST6379 / 2021 017816 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: PLANET PEOPLE WASTE INSIGHTS, 419 E. 6 th Street, Unit 100, Long Beach, CA 90802. Registrant: KIRK HOWARD KUNIHIRO, 419 E. 6th Street, Unit 100, Long Beach, CA 90802. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Kirk Howard Kunihiro.

The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2019. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 25, 2021. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 TST6391/Order No: 8692 Auto Lien Sale On 03/05/2021 at 712 W FLORENCE AVE INGLEWOOD,CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 2016 HONDA VIN: 3CZRU5H51GM725844 STATE: NV LIC: 320298 at 8AM

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Vaccine Equity continued from page 4 to change the language on a webpage can be a task in itself.

They do have another option: calling the City’s vaccine helpline, but they could face long wait times for a response. Currently, the helpline only has two Khmer-speaking employees.

Those two staff members are responsible for all of the callbacks for Khmer-speaking residents.

To bridge the information gap, Som also collaborates with Tony Lai, founder of Khmer TV, one of the only Khmer-language media outlets in the region.

Since many elderly Cambodians have trouble accessing information from the City, Lai offered free airtime to Som to share information about COVID-19. Lai said his channel is popular amongst elderly Cambodian communities because they don’t have anywhere else to turn for information in Khmer.

Ung said that most of her information about the pandemic came from Khmer TV, the MAYE Center and the United Cambodian Community via social media.

“They are watching our channel because they don’t speak English,” Lai said. “They have no other place to go.”

Last week, he received a call from a 93-year-old woman trying to sign up for the vaccine. He tried to help her, but couldn’t figure out how to work VaxLB. “They cannot do it themselves,” Lai said. “We need to have somebody that can help them from registration to transportation.”

He ended up referring the woman to another community organizer. Lai himself wasn’t aware of the City’s Khmer-language helpline, a testament to the lack of outreach in the Cambodian community.

In the midst of these challenges, the City of Long Beach has pursued a new model for distributing vaccinations, one that’s less reliant on technology—mobile clinics.

Mobile vaccine clinic coming soon

Marc Coleman, a civil rights attorney working alongside Som, commended the City’s vaccine rollout, one which the New York Times called “a model within the state.”

“I have to say, above everything, that the City’s done a great job in getting and disseminating vaccinations, putting equity aside for a second,” he said. “But we shouldn’t be putting equity aside for a second. Where was our equity officer who was supposed to be watching this stuff?”

Long Beach’s approximately 60-member subcommittee has been tasked with just that.

Balancing equity and expediency, committee members are working with city leaders to come up with solutions to inoculate Long Beach’s most COVID-impacted populations.

“The large clinic Convention Center, I think, is one way that we can reach as many people as possible,” Balderas said. “But we also recognize that there are so many barriers to accessing that, whether it be access to the registration site, access to a car,

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One of Laura Som’s students gardens at the MAYE Center on Friday, Feb. 12. even just trusting that that is a safe place for you.”

Som hadn’t heard of the committee until she spoke at a vaccine study session held by the city council Tuesday, Feb. 2. At the time, the City hadn’t announced any specific plans to inoculate the Cambodian community.

“We’ve got to have more than one door to get to the vaccinations,” Coleman said. “Long Beach only has one door, and it’s a heavily computer-dependent door. You need both computer access, computer proficiency and high bandwidth to meaningfully access [the vaccines].”

Som was invited to join the committee after her comments at a council study session.

Since joining the subcommittee, Som has worked with the mayor and community leaders to address inequities in the vaccine rollout. On Feb. 22, Cambodia Town will receive its first mobile vaccine clinic.

After negotiating with the Health Department, Som and other Cambodian leaders secured 390 doses for the MacArthur Park mobile clinic, up from an initial 200 vaccines.

They also negotiated an additional 400 vaccines to be distributed at the Community Medical Wellness Center in the heart of Cambodia Town.

“We really understand and value the partnership with our community-based organizations and leaders to bring the vaccine to where people are,” Balderas said. “We did a clinic in a historically Black church called St. Mark on [Feb. 10].”

For now, the MacArthur Park mobile clinic is one step forward in inoculating Long Beach’s vulnerable elderly Cambodian population. Som hopes it will be the first of many.

“It’s only now that we’ve become aware of the vaccines and the vaccine appointment process because of Laura,” Ung said. “Without Laura, we wouldn’t know where and how to do it.”

Before attending Som’s sessions, Ung had concerns about the vaccine.

She worried that the vaccine would alter her DNA and cause long-term side effects. Now, she’s eager to get a vaccine.

Ung will receive her first dose on Monday, Feb. 22 at the MacArthur Park mobile vaccine clinic.

“Now that I’ve received my appointment, I’m extremely excited,” she said. “It brings me happiness to know I will have protection.”

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Signal Tribune

February 19, 2021

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