June 11, 2021 | Vol. XLIII No. 24

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Anita W. Harris Senior Writer

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The permanently closed Russian Foxtrot-Class submarine known as the Scorpion sits next to the Queen Mary on June 7, 2021.

$2.5 million goes toward operation and design plans for Queen Mary, which needs $389 million in longterm repairs

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he Long Beach City Council approved up to $2.5 million in contracts related to the Queen Mary for critical infrastructure design plans and continued ship operations at its Tuesday meeting.

The move comes after the Queen Mary’s former lessee, Urban Commons LLC, surrendered its lease in bankruptcy court and turned over ownership to the City of Long Beach last week. The City has not had full ownership of the historic ship in 40 years.

“We have this very unique opportunity,” Mayor Robert Garcia said. “The Queen Mary, of course, is a historic icon. We made a commitment to take care of it and to preserve this piece of history.”

Of the $2.5 million, $500,000 will be used for a contract with Long Beach-based engineering firm Moffatt & Nichols to create design plans to address the vessel’s critical needs.

These include temporary water pumps in the lowest portion of the

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(1) Ron Settles (center) with his grandfather (left) and an uncle (right), circa October 1981. (2) Signal Hill Police Chief Christopher Nunley (at podium) speaks during the 40th Anniversary Ron Settles Day of Remembrance private event on June 5 at the Signal Hill Park Community Center. (3) Juanita Strong Matthews and Ernest Strong, Sr., Ron Settles’s aunt and uncle and members of the Ron Settles Memorial Dedication Committee

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teps away from where 21-year-old Ron Settles died 40 years ago while in the custody of the Signal Hill Police Department, family and friends gathered in a spirit of forgiveness last weekend to honor his memory.

“Ron Settles is Signal Hill’s George Floyd,” Signal Hill Mayor Edward Wilson said during the event, referring to the man murdered by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, sparking a national Black Lives Matters movement. “His death while in the custody of the Signal Hill Police Department is a tragedy that Signal Hill is known for even to this day.”

The private remembrance ceremony on Saturday, June 5 at the Signal Hill Park Community Center was jointly hosted by the Ron Settles Memorial Dedication Committee—comprised of members of Settles’s family and supporters—and the nonprofit Springs of Hope Grief-Care Center in nearby Long Beach, which was co-founded by Settles’s aunt Juanita Matthews.

“We came in a spirit of love and restoration,” Matthews told the Signal Tribune after the event.

“That’s what we wanted to bring to the city.”

Several speakers anchored the remembrance, including invited officials such as Wilson, City of Carson Councilmember Cedric Hicks and, significantly, given the circumstances of Settles’s death, Signal Hill Police Chief Christopher Nunley.

“I’m honored to be invited,” Nunley told the Signal Tribune prior to the event, also saying it meant a lot to the Signal Hill Police Department.

“This is a day of remembrance, but it’s also a day of recognition of the good work that’s been done in the city since this tragedy.”

More than one speaker—including Wilson, who is Black—recounted avoiding Signal Hill in the years surrounding Settles’s jail-cell death on June 2, 1981 following a routine traffic stop. The city lay under a cloud of suspicion and fear for local African Americans.

“Growing up in Long Beach, people of color were taught to not drive through Signal Hill at night,” Wilson said as an audience member added, “Or any time.”

The city was known for being racist, Wilson said, with Ku Klux Klan activities on its hilltop and its police using dogs on people. But a lot has changed in 40 years, he said.

“Today, I am announcing that June 2nd should be declared Ron Settles Remembrance Day in see RON SETTLES MEMORIAL page 2

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Historical image of Orange Avenue and 27th Street, looking through the cemetery towards Long Beach.

SH Council seeks to memorialize 100year anniversary of oil discovery in Signal Hill Anita W. Harris Senior Writer

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n June 23, 1921, “black gold” gushed 100 feet into the air from a new “spud” drilled into the ground near the corner of Hill Street and Temple Avenue in Signal Hill.

After that first discovery of oil— which became Alamitos Well No. 1 and still produces oil today—the hilltop became known as “Porcupine Hill” due to the 270 wooden oil derricks that popped up all over Signal Hill during the next two years, operated by 37 companies and producing over 140,000 barrels of oil per day.

During its June 9 meeting, the Signal Hill City Council and Community Relations Manager Alex Rothwell of Signal Hill Petroleum (SHP)—which owns and operates Alamitos Well No. 1—agreed to mark the 100th anniversary of the well with a SHP presentation at the next council meeting on June 22.

The council will also discuss at that meeting whether to add a bronze plaque to the specific well site. Discovery Well Park at 2200 Temple Ave., at the corner of E. Hill Street, already marks the area with a monument explaining the well’s significance.

Councilmember Lori Woods, who had brought up observing the anniversary to the council, also suggested a speaker series at the Signal Hill Public Library over the course of this 100th year, once pandemic restrictions start easing. see DISCOVERY OF OIL page 3

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THEATRE REVIEW

Actors take center stage in LB Shakespeare’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” Anita W. Harris

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What’s in a name? A lot, according to the Long Beach Shakespeare’s Company’s (LBSC) production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” The play plays on names and strange social conventions of upper-class British society circa 1895.

But it’s the acting that takes center stage in LBSC’s version, with a great cast that seems to delight in portraying their confused characters.

The first 15 minutes does suffer from weaker sound quality—perhaps because the two initial actors are further back on the stage at that point— and their British-ish accents confound YouTube’s auto-captioning. But stay tuned! Things get more interesting once other characters arrive, and all voices get more distinct in subsequent scenes set closer to the front of the stage.

The rest of the play is fun to watch and well-paced. Jack Worthing (Mikael Mattsson) is an aristocrat who tells his friend Algernon (Jonah Goger) that though he lives in a country manor

with his young ward Cecily (Maroon Stranger), he sometimes goes to London to get away, saying he’s visiting a fictitious brother named Ernest. Cecily thinks Ernest is real and is rather enamored of Ernest’s “wicked” ways that Jack is supposedly amending.

Jack soon proposes to Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen (Annie Quigley), who really, really likes the name Ernest, so he pretends it’s his own.

Similar to Jack, when Algernon wants to get away, he tells his Aunt Augusta Bracknell (Sarah Hoeven), that he is visiting a fictitious sick friend named Bunbury, which becomes a running joke. Eventually, Algernon shows up at Jack’s place to check out Cecily, saying he is Jack’s brother Ernest. Of course, Cecily falls for him amid some heavy flirting.

Along the way, we get a whole lot of farcical insight into the nonsensical nature of the upper class—from how marriage is arranged, to how a person’s worth is measured, to which tea sandwich is more fashionable: cucumber or butter. Many statements, especially from the women characters, are logically backward, adding to the farce and reinforcing their shallowness.

Photo by Austin James, Bunny King Productions

From left: Sarah Hoeven (Lady Bracknell) and Mikael Mattsson (Jack Worthing) in Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

The play is subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” but even that is somewhat reversed logically in that it’s more like a serious comedy about trivial people.

Sets (Nicole Braucher) are fittingly designed, evoking each of the four scenes well and somehow expanding the stage of the intimate Helen Borgers Theatre. Victorian era suits and long dresses (Dana Leach) are suitably colorful—bright red for Lady Bracknell, peach for Gwendolyn and purple for Cecily—without being distracting.

Despite those first few minutes, this production is another feather in the cap for LBSC, continuing its valiant

staging of plays throughout the pandemic to transport us away for a while through theatre. If there’s a message in “The Importance of Being Earnest”— besides the one in its title—it’s that silliness is still important. All of these amazing actors seem to know that and do their utmost to make us feel it, too.

Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is available to stream through Sunday, June 27. Tickets are $35 per household for unlimited viewing, available at LBShakespeare.org.

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Signal Hill,” Wilson said, adding that the City Council would have to approve such a measure before it could be enacted.

Other speakers at the remembrance included Settle’s aunts Juanita Strong Matthews of Long Beach and Gloria Strong Robinson of Colorado, who are also pastors; Settles’s cousin Rodney Strong, an Atlanta-based lawyer; Reverend Wayne Chaney, Jr., pastor of the Antioch Church in Long Beach; Reverend Michael Ealey, pastor of the Prevailing in Christ Ministries in Carson; Linda Moore, restorative justice coordinator at Banning High School, from which Settles graduated; and Carolyn Platt, a member of the Ron Settles Memorial Dedication Committee.

With a black-and-gold theme—the colors of Cal State Long Beach, where Settles was a star football player when he died—the upbeat event also featured videotaped comments by friends, former classmates and family who could not attend in person; pastor-led prayers; singing by Janice Valentine, an instructor at Poly High School; and chamber music by the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles.

Wilson said when he joined the Signal Hill City Council in 1997 as the first Black elected official, he was asked if he was related to Settles.

“It seems like only my family and I realized how inappropriate that question was,” he said.

Since then, he said, City Clerk Carmen Brooks has become the second Black elected official and City Manager Hannah Shin-Heydorn the first female and first Asian American to hold her office.

“Systemic racism was finally recognized as a reality in the United States from the televised murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers,” Wilson said. “Last year, three people wrote letters to the Signal Hill City Council asking them to address their own systemic racism.”

Out of subsequent council discussion stemmed Signal Hill’s Race and Equity Framework, including a resolution standing up for equality and against systemic racism and establishment of the City’s Diversity Coalition Committee, Wilson said. Part of the committee’s mandate is to examine municipal policies—including those of the police—for bias.

Wilson further noted the symbolism of the adjacent Signal Hill Public Library built on the site of the former police station where Settles had died.

“A library represents opportunity,” he said. “It represents growth, it represents our future, it represents knowledge, it represents history. It represents the physical changes within the city.”

He also presented a proclamation to Matthews on behalf of the Signal Hill City Council that recognizes Settles as once a star athlete and student at Cal State Long Beach and acknowledges he died at the hands of Signal Hill police.

The proclamation also recognizes the inauguration of the Ron Settles Memorial Foundation Scholarship to support Black students seeking degrees in education and criminal justice.

“Ron Settles’s family—despite experiencing a devastating loss—committed themselves to turning

their pain into purpose,” Wilson said. “And promoting healing and restoration.”

Family resilience continues through scholarship and grief counseling

The Ron Settles Memorial Foundation was established by Settles’s first cousins. Board members Madeline Strong Woodley and her daughter Donna Woodley said the foundation scholarship’s purpose is to help end social injustice and systemic racism.

“Creating change is the foundation’s focus,” Madeline Woodley said, echoing a theme of constructive action by several family members.

Rodney Strong described his aunt Gloria Strong Robinson’s Civil Rights activism in Memphis, Tennessee—where the family is from and where Settles was laid to rest—and her NAACP involvement since then.

According to Brian Dunn of The Cochran Firm in Los Angeles, in a videotaped comment, the Signal Hill police did not anticipate the strength of Settles’s family, who’d hired lawyer Johnny Cochran to uncover the truth in 1981.

“What [Settles’s] family received is typical of what any family receives when their loved one is killed by law enforcement—they received a convoluted web of lies,” Dunn said, referring to the police maintaining that Settles had committed suicide in his jail cell by hanging himself.

However, a coroner’s inquest revealed that Settles died not by suicide but police homicide, he said. No police officers were charged in his death.

“He almost certainly would have been a pro-football player,” Dunn said of Settles. “All of that was taken away from him.”

Several surviving members of the 1981 Ron Settles Justice Committee, which had fought for accountability in Settles’s death, were in attendance, including Matthews.

“We’ve come full circle,” Matthews said. “We look back at those tragic days that we gathered around [Ron’s parents] Helen and Darnell Settles.

The journey to justice was difficult. They pulled some trumped-up charges.”

But Matthews said it was important for her own son to know that love makes a difference in the face of wrongdoing.

“We come with healing, we come with forgiveness, we come for restoration,” Matthews said of the event. “Love never fails.”

Matthews also described the work she currently does with her nonprofit Springs of Hope Grief-Care Center to help parents of murdered children deal with tragedy, noting that she didn’t have the tools she does now to help her sister Helen after she’d lost her only son Ron. “When we say we find purpose in our pain, it’s not just a cliché for us—it’s deep,” Matthews said of her family’s efforts. “It takes grit to do it. It’s hard work.”

“Never to repeat”: Police reforms since Settles’s death

Signal Hill Police Chief Christopher Nunley said in his event speech that he and most of his staff are too young to have known Ron Settles. But they wear the same uniform as those who killed him.

“Members of our community continuously remind us,” Nunley said. “The media remind us. Our policies and practices remind us. In fact, the very culture of the Signal Hill Police Department reminds us every day we can and we must do better, we must be better.”

“As modern-day Signal Hill police officers, we recognize the past, yet we vow never to repeat it.”

— Signal Hill Police Chief Christopher Nunley Settles’s death set the department on a course of professionalism, training and community partnership, and transparency not seen in other police departments, Nunley said.

“It is incumbent upon those of us that wear this uniform to continue to build on his legacy and to work hard to ensure, with every single contact we have with our community, we do this with empathy, dignity and respect for everyone,” Nunley said. “As modern-day Signal Hill police officers, we recognize the past, yet we vow never to repeat it.”

Reverend Wayne Chaney, Jr. said Settles’s death after being beaten and hung by Signal Hill police in 1981 was “grotesque and unjust... unspeakable.” Yet, it planted a seed.

“Because he died, you can no longer take someone in the jail cell without reasonable visibility and accountability,” Chaney said. “Because he died, there are cameras in holding facilities. Because he died, there must be detailed accounts of every use of force while detained. We still have progress to make, but because he died, hundreds of men and women that look like him will live to return to their families no matter how long they were detained.”

Reverend Michael Ealey also marked the impact of Settles’s death on Signal Hill.

“The debt owed to this family after 40 years is settled by a simple apology and an acknowledgement that his life mattered because all lives matter,” Ealey said. “It is a testament to this city to start and continue the process of healing. This is a city on the hill—a signal to all that change has come.”

The Ron Settles Memorial Dedication Committee is hosting a public 40th Anniversary Ron Settles Day of Remembrance event through YouTube Live at 1pm on Saturday, June 12—Settles’s birthday.

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“We’re backlogged on our celebrations,” Woods observed.

Among the speakers, Woods suggested former Signal Hill city manager Ken Farfsing, who last year published “Black Gold in Paradise: Reclaiming Signal Hill—A Development Story.”

The council has been putting aside funds to celebrate Signal Hill’s 100th anniversary of incorporation in 2024, but not to mark the discovery of oil, Woods noted.

Signal Hill had been an unincorporated area of Los Angeles that residents chose to incorporate in 1924 to avoid being annexed by Long Beach and incur its per-barrel oil tax.

Rothwell said SHP is excited about the centennial of oil discovery and would like to have hosted a big celebration at Discovery Well Park this month.

However, due to pandemic restrictions, SHP will instead advertise historical information about Alamitos Well No. 1 in the Signal Tribune to help educate the community about the well’s significance.

SHP’s presentation during the June 22 council meeting will highlight Alamitos Well No. 1’s production history, up through today, Rothwell said.

Woods suggested sharing SHP’s presentation on the City’s cable channels and social media to further educate the community.

Before oil was discovered in 1921, the hilltop had homes with views built amid grazing and farming land. Before that, it was used by the Puva tribe to communicate, or signal, other Native tribes on Catalina Island. Spanish settlers called it “Loma Sental,” or Signal Hill.

The next regular Signal Hill City Council meeting will take place virtually on Tuesday, June 22 at 7 p.m.

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Two fishermen prepare their lines on a pier near Shoreline Village with a view of the Queen Mary on June 7, 2021.

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The Oil Discovery well in Signal Hill on June 10, 2021.

FIREWORKS

Waterfront fireworks will return for Fourth of July Staff Report Signal Tribune

Fireworks will light the sky above Queensway Bay this July 4 thanks to a partnership between Harbor Beach Cruises and the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau.

“We’re celebrating our 20th anniversary here in Long Beach, and after such a difficult year we wanted to give back and bring some joy to the city and the community that has supported us for so long,” said Dan Salas, founder

and CEO of Harbor Breeze Cruises, which is sponsoring the event.

The free 9 p.m. showing will be viewable from Lions Lighthouse for Sight, Shoreline Village, Rainbow Harbor, Marina Green and the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center parking lot. Harbor Breeze Cruises will also be offering ticketed cruises for viewing.

“This fireworks show is a way to invite everyone to experience Long Beach’s refreshed and vibrant waterfront and reconnect after a year apart,” said Steve Goodling, president and CEO of the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau. “It’s a time not only to celebrate our nation’s history, but how far we’ve come through the past year as a community.”

ship (bilge), an alarm system for water intrusion, temporary interior structural wall (bulkhead) improvements, lifeboat removal to alleviate pressure on the walls of the ship, electrical improvements and a new emergency generator.

City Manager Tom Modica estimated that these projects could be finished within six months with a goal of completion by the end of the year.

The half-a-million-dollar price tag does not include the cost to implement the design plans.

The City will also enter into a contract of up to $2 million with Evolution Hospitality, the company that has operated the Queen Mary for the past decade, for a period of six months with an optional renewal of six additional months. The company will provide security and as-needed management to maintain the ship.

The one-time $2.5 million will be paid from the Emergency Tidelands Operating Fund. All improvement projects will be overseen by City staff.

The council is expected to discuss the long-term future of the Queen Mary, and whether to maintain ownership, in late July. City staff is expected to present funding options at that time.

“We are now in full possession of the ship and controlling its future, which is an exciting time,” Modica said. “It does come with both positives and negatives.”

A 2017 marine survey commissioned by a previous operator estimated that ship repairs in the short, medium and long-term would cost $289 million.

“We have a fiduciary duty to protect the public’s money,” Councilmember Suzie Price said. “There are many competing projects that the City is currently working on. And it’s likely most if not all of them would have to be deferred in order to meet the maintenance demands of the ship.”

Last year, the City of Long Beach faced a budget shortfall of $30 million.

The budget impacts of the pandemic

will be felt for years to come, Modica said at previous council meetings.

Price said the council should consider public input before making any final decision on whether to take over the ship.

“Without partners, it’s still premature,” Price said. “For now, I am hopeful that the opportunity presented from this asset as a whole, including the waterfront property, makes us a desirable site for future investments.”

The British oceanliner’s legacy began when it departed from Southampton, England to New York in 1936. It is currently listed on the National Register for Historic Places.

She suggested that City staff look into the possibility of designating the Queen Mary as a federal national monument, a title reserved for landmarks like the Statue of Liberty or Stonewall Inn. The Queen Mary, a tourist attraction and iconic landmark of Long Beach, is also an economic generator within the city, bringing in nearly $3.3 million in tax revenue, according to a 2020 economic impact report. The Queen Mary is also the source of over 1,300 jobs and $94 million in economic output in Long Beach, the report states.

“The Queen Mary is such an integral part of our city’s identity,” Councilmember Mary Zendejas said. “And it is a great value to many of our lifelong residents.”

Price said that the ship “holds a lot of wonderful memories,” having gone to her high school prom aboard the Queen Mary.

In contrast, she shared that, during her last visit to the Queen Mary last year, an elevator broke, just one symptom of the ship’s dire disrepair.

Zendejas, who uses a wheelchair, said she exited the ship through “a very different and very closed off way.”

She said, “Nobody’s going to be able to take care of the Queen Mary as much as we can.”

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DIGITAL EDITOR

Karla M. Enriquez

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Ella looks like the kid who sat next to you in third grade who said things like “Teacher! Teacher! Let me empty the pencil sharpener! I’ll do it! I’ll do it!” And yes, Ella is an eager girl who loves to walk on leash and be your buddy. She’s 8 years old and weighs 50 pounds, which shelter staff said is mostly in her legs. She’s potty trained and crate trained as well and would work best as the only pet in an adults-only home. Ella was surrendered by her owner and wants so badly to be teacher’s pet again. Adoptions are now conducted through appointment only, so call 562-570-PETS or email PetAdopt@ longbeach.gov to meet Ella. Ask for ID#A657478. (This rescue is encouraged by the usual suspects.)

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A newly-proposed Long Beach ordinance will attempt to reduce the use of illegal fireworks by increasing penalties under a “host liability” model that will charge properties for all emergency response costs related to the fireworks.

That means any person who “organizes, supervises, officiates, conducts, controls or is otherwise in control” of a fireworks activity at a property can be held liable. That includes property owners, tenants, landlords and property managers.

“The ultimate responsibility is to the property owner,” Deputy City Manager Linda Tatum said. “When a property owner is going to know or be aware or be responsible for any activities that a tenant, a visitor, or even someone who is just there, as long as they’re on their property, they’re responsible for those costs.”

Under the proposed ordinance, they can also be held liable for fireworks going off in an alleyway, adjacent property or adjacent right-of-way if they return to an identifiable property location by which to attach the violation.

Fireworks are illegal in Long Beach.

The use of fireworks is currently punishable by a $1,000 fine.

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Under the newly-proposed ordinance, the language of which was approved unanimously, violators can be held accountable for the following costs: emergency personnel salaries and benefits; administrative costs; medical treatment for emergency personnel; use of city equipment; damage to city property or equipment; any other costs related to enforcement Councilmember Stacy Mungo Flanigan expressed concern about the ordinance, especially the fact that small property owners could be held liable for the actions of their tenants.

“I think it’s important for there to

be a process or a way where we ensure that the individual putting off the fireworks is actually the one that is held accountable,” Mungo Flanigan said.

She suggested adding a provision whereby, if property owners can prove that they notified their residents of the penalties, they could avoid fines.

Deputy City Prosecutor Art Sanchez said that owners could provide documentation of such action, which would be taken into consideration while prosecutors evaluate whether or not to proceed with a citation.

The ordinance also includes a provision that would nullify such a citation

if hosts initiate contact with police or fire personnel to mitigate the fireworks.

“We have been having this problem for years now,” Councilmember Mary Zendejas said, noting that fireworks set off car alarms, disturb sleep and affect veterans with PTSD. “Yet despite that $1,000 fine that we already have […] we have seen an increase in the number of illegal fireworks.”

On July 4 of last year, the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) received 799 fireworks-related calls to service, representing a 67% increase in calls compared to an average day, according to the item.

From 8:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. that day, LBPD received an average of ten calls to 911 and non-emergency lines per minute.

So far, LBPD has confiscated nearly 1,000 pounds of fireworks, according to Police Chief Robert Luna.

“We plan on doing many more,” Luna said. “Just as a warning to anybody who’s out there, you’re going to get a very heavy fine for trying to sell fireworks in the city of Long Beach.”

Residents can report the use or sale of illegal fireworks on the City prosecutor’s website. The Long Beach City Council approved the language of the ordinance at its meeting, but will take a first vote of approval next Tuesday, June 15.

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Jose Cordon, a Long Beach based street photographer, poses for a picture outside of Long Beach City Hall on June 9, 2021.

‘I had years of this creativity that I just needed to let out’ Looking through Jose Cordon’s lens

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n 2016, all was well in the life of Jose Cordon. He was part owner of clothing store 1897 LB located on 1st Street and he had a growing family. In his own words, he was “perfectly happy.”

But life took a turn.

His mother, who was his children’s primary caretaker, received a terminal cancer diagnosis.

In this moment, Cordon and his wife were faced with a decision to sell their half of the store, triggering a series of events that would lead Cordon to find his passion for photography.

With some of the money Cordon had after selling his half of the store, he and a friend drove to Best Buy to make a life-changing purchase: a Canon Rebel camera.

At the border of Seal Beach and Long Beach, Cordon took photo lessons. “[My friend is] talking to me about F stops, shutter speed, ISO and I’m just not getting it,” Cordon said of his first lesson.

Cordon’s photography career is in part thanks to a detail that took place when the two friends traveled back to their cars. “[My friend] said, ‘You ever seen those pictures of Downtown LA with all the streaks of the cars on the freeway? Well, let me show you how to do one,’” Cordon recounted.

Rather than the quick press of the shutter-release, Cordon’s friend showed him how to press a finger and wait for a long exposure photo.

The industrial look of the dimly lit refineries along the 22 freeway were the muse.

“You’re telling me I can literally create a painting in 30 seconds?” Cordon said in amazement. “Since September 2016 I knew right then and there, what

I wanted to do for the rest of my life.”

The next day Cordon went back to Best Buy to upgrade his camera.

“I had years of this creativity that I just needed to let out,” he said.

By day, he’d take care of his children and help his mother with her therapy while his wife was at work. By night, he was out shooting until his camera couldn’t take it anymore, literally.

“I did that for like the first eight months and broke that little Canon Rebel,” Cordon said. “I actually broke the shutter rod, I shot so much.”

Ready to put his crash course in photography to the test, Cordon shot one of his now-renowned series titled “Malditas” or “Damned,” in English.

The resulting images are a celebration of women warriors, inspired in part by the women in Cordon’s life who were in different stages of life.

He drew inspiration from his wife, who had received a major promotion at work. A colleague trying to leave her day job to pursue the art of taxidermy.

His daughter, whose life was just starting. His mother, whose life was coming to an end.

The series reclaimed a word with negative connotations, in this context it lauded women who persevered.

One of the photos depicts a young woman whose classic vans are firmly touching the cement. Her dark skirt blows in the wind while atop her sherpa collared jacket rests a baseball bat.

Her stare is as sharp as the turret-like tower of the Villa Riviera that looms in the background.

“A lot of it was based out of my mom’s apprehension of just kind of being a liberated person, not just a woman,” he said. “She was always very reclusive and just very sheltered, she was afraid of the entire world. She did that all the way till the day she passed away.”

The exhibition was picked up by Latin American media outlet, Remez-

cla.

The viewfinder of Jose Cordon’s camera has also captured portions of recent local history.

Amid business closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he worked with the Arts Council for Long Beach to document artists painting boarded-up businesses in 2020.

“I received this email from [Arts LB Director Griselda Suarez]. It was like a call to arms like as artists we have to go up there and uplift the community,” Cordon said. “I didn’t even ask if they were paying, I just said yes I’m going.”

The experience, Cordon said, was surreal.

Much like he had persevered through adversity after his mother’s death, Cordon was now documenting artists who persisted through a global pandemic.

The day after the May 31, 2020 uprising, Cordon found himself again in the streets of Long Beach documenting a large clean-up effort organized by the Downtown Long Beach Alliance.

“You see the images, and then it just kind of hits you like you’ll never [capture] anything like that ever again,” Cordon said of the experience. “And you really hope that you never [capture] anything like that again.”

Cordon went on to photograph the recovery effort for painted panels that once shielded businesses.

One of the images he caught shows tan office chairs strewn about a large facility– almost framing part of a panel resting sideways against a green wall.

The panel is part of a bigger art piece depicting George Floyd.

“There it was in an empty temporary storage place in an effort to give the artwork that rose from the tragic death of a man another life,” Cordon said in an Instagram caption. “And a reminder of a day that like many cities around the U.S. where protest[s] were held will go down in the fight against police brutality history.”

Cordon has been able to capture poignant moments around Long Beach for posterity over the last few years, in part due to the leap he took in 2016.

Waiting until he was ready was not an option.

“Don’t wait on the sidelines,” Cordon says, the message applicable to all.

To keep up with Cordon’s work and to connect with the artist, follow him on Instagram @deadendbrigade.

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3 Images Courtesy Jose Cordon

(1) A wife and husband artist duo paint a boarded-up restaurant in Long Beach in 2020 as captured by Jose Cordon.

(2) Ms. Yellow creates a mural at a Long Beach business in 2020 as rain pours.

Cordon documented the dozens of artists who created artwork at boarded-up businesses throughout the city.

(3) Part of a panel that made up a mural honoring George Floyd sits in a storage facility for preservation. Jose Cordon documented the recovery effort for painted panels that once shielded businesses in Long Beach in 2020.

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE Thursday, June 3

10:30 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 3200 block E. PCH 12:50 p.m., Auto burglary, 2200 block E. Willow St.

Friday, June 4

2:36 a.m., Possessing controlled substance; misdemeanor warrant, E. PCH/Cherry Ave. (suspect arrested) 12:52 p.m., Auto burglary, 2500 block Cherry Ave. 8:22 p.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 2400 block Cherry Ave.

Saturday, June 5

2:20 a.m., Battery on spouse/cohabitant, 1100 block E. Wardlow Rd. (suspect arrested) 9:46 a.m., Burglary, 2100 block E. Willow St. 1:58 p.m., Identity theft, 2000 block E. 21st St. 4:42 p.m., Auto burglary, 1500 block E. Spring St. 5:59 p.m., Auto burglary, 2700 block Cherry Ave. 7:22 p.m., Burglary, 2900 block E. PCH 10:49 p.m., DUI; driving without a license, Lewis Ave./Burnett St. (suspect arrested)

Sunday, June 6

12:00 a.m., Battery on spouse/cohabitant, 1900 block Stanley Ave. (suspect arrested)

Monday, June 7

1:25 a.m., Stolen vehicle – recovered, Walnut Ave./E. 21st St. 8:08 a.m., Grand theft – motor vehicle, 1600 block E. Willow St. 9:26 p.m., Burglary, 1800 block Junipero Ave.

Tuesday, June 8

10:28 a.m. Identity theft, 2200 block Gaviota Ave. 1:23 p.m., Inflict corporate injury on spouse/cohabitant, 2700 block PCH (suspect arrested) 3:27 p.m., Identity theft, 2300 block Lemon Ave. 9:41 p.m., Grand theft-money/labor/property over $400, 900 block E. 33rd St. (suspect arrested)

Wednesday, June 9

12:28 a.m., Tampering with vehicle, 1660 E. Spring St. (suspect arrested) 2:07 p.m., Elder abuse, 2700 block E. 20th St. 7:29 p.m., Annoying/threatening phone calls, 1800 block Dawson Ave. 9:57 p.m., Auto burglary, 2000 block Stanley Ave. LBPD reporting area is too extensive to report here.

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TST6447: CNS: 3475112 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VIRGINIA LOUISE O’BRIEN CASE NO. 21STPB05015 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of VIRGINIA LOUISE O’BRIEN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by BARON URBANO COVARRUBIAS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BARON URBANO COVARRUBIAS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/01/21 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner TRENT C. MARCUS, ESQ. - SBN 227772 TRENT C. MARCUS, A LAW CORPORATION 19900 BEACH BOULEVARD, C-1 HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92648 BSC 220006 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/21 CNS-3475112# THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE TST6444 / 2021 107169 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. PORTEOUS FASTENERS COMPANY, 2. EZ SOCKET SCREW, 5855 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805.

Registrant: BRIGHTEN-BEST INTERNATIONAL, INC., 5855 Obispo Ave., Long Beach, CA 90805. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Peggy Hsieh, Secretary.

The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 10, 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: May 21, 28, & June 4, 11, 2021 TST6445 / 2021 096525 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: LONGBEACHNATIVES, 825 E. Wardlow Rd 1, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: EFRAIM FLORES GONZALEZ, 825 Wardlow Rd 1, Long Beach, CA 90807.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Efrain Flores Gonzalez. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on April 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: May 21, 28, & June 4, 11, 2021 TST6446 Case No. 21LBCP00143 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE, 275 Magnolia Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802 PETITION OF: TERRENCE MARQUIS ANDERSON TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: TERRENCE MARQUIS ANDERSON has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: TERRENCE MARQUIS ANDERSON to Proposed Name: TERRENCE MARQUIS. 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: July 2, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept.

27. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1860 Obispo Ave., Ste. F, Signal Hill, CA 90755, May 21, 28 & June 4, 11, 2021 Mark C. Kim, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: May 19, 2021 TST6453/ 2021 111842 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. MED ART, 2. NEXUS ENTERPRISES, 4432 Montair Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808. Registrant: CAROL A. BECKERMAN, 4432 Montair Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Carol A. Beckerman. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in March, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 17, 2021.

NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 TST6454 Case No. 21LBCP00153 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE, 275 MAGNOLIA, LONG BEACH, CA. 90803 PETITION OF: IRIS CRISSMAN

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: IRIS CRISSMAN has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:Present Name: VINCE NEIL CAVALIDA to Proposed Name: VINCE NEIL CRISSMAN. Present Name: VANNESSA LOVE FLORES to Proposed Name: VANNESSA LOVE CRISSMAN 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: July 14, 2021; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. 26.. The address of the court is the same as above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1860 Obispo Ave., Ste. F, Signal Hill, CA 90755, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2021 _________ Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court Dated: June 2, 2021 TST6452 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DIEN THI HOANG AKA DIEN T. HOANG AKA DIEN HOANG CASE NO. 21STPB05339 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DIEN THI HOANG AKA DIEN T. HOANG AKA DIEN HOANG. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by AN BUI in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that AN BUI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/02/21 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner THOMAS W. DOMINICK - SBN 120525 FULLERTON LEMANN SCHAEFER & DOMINICK 215 NORTH “D” STREET, FIRST FLOOR SAN BERNARDINO CA 92401-1712 6/11, 6/18, 6/25/21 CNS-3478305# THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE

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CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6450 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. via video/teleconference, to receive and consider all evidence, reports, and comments presented at said hearing relative to the proposed adoption of a resolution amending the City’s Schedule of Fees and Charges, for which users make a payment proportionate to the service rendered. The City’s proposed Schedule of Fees and Charges includes updates charged by the Administration, Community Development, Community Services, Finance, Police, and Public Works Departments. The proposed Schedule of Fees and Charges is available for review on the City Website and in the City Clerk’s office, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill or 562-989-7505.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to participate in this public hearing to present written information, express their opinions, or otherwise present evidence on the above matter. Testimony may be presented during the meeting or in written form prior to the hearing and made part of the record. Written comments may be submitted prior to the Public Hearing to the City Clerk at the above address or by email at cityclerk@cityofsignalhill.org.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 to “stay at home” to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, you are encouraged to participate and provide comments during the public hearing in one of the following ways: • Call (408) 638-0968 (audio only) on the date and time of the meeting and enter the meeting ID 881-4793-6648, press # when prompted to provide participant ID, and enter passcode 374778. If you would like to make a public comment, please notify the meeting host by pressing *9 on the telephone keypad; • Visit https://zoom.us/j/88147936648 on your desktop computer or laptop and enter passcode 374778 ; or • Download the app from the app store if you are using a smart phone and enter meeting ID 881-4793-6648 and passcode 374778 when prompted; • You may submit comments prior to the meeting date by email to cityclerk@ cityofsignalhill.org, or by mail to the attention of City Clerk, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755. If received prior to the publication of the agenda (on or before June 16, 2021), staff will incorporate the comments into the staff report. If received after the publication date, staff will read the comments aloud during the public hearing.

• The City is not responsible for meeting disruptions or technical difficulties; however, if you are disconnected, please repeat the steps above.

IF YOU WISH TO LEGALLY challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearing.

FURTHER INFORMATION and associated documents on this item may be on this item may be obtained from the City Clerk’s office by calling the City Clerk at 562989-7305 or by emailing cityclerk@cityofisignalhill.org. _______________________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper: June 4 and June 11, 2021 Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: June 4, 2021

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6455 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. via video/teleconference, to consider an amendment to the Signal Hill Municipal Code Section 3.20 - Purchasing: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE CITY’S PURCHASING ORDINANCE AS SET FORTH IN TITLE 3 OF THE SIGNAL HILL MUNICIPAL CODE

TST6459 / 2021 124857 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: WONDERBRETT, 314 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Mailing address: 3030 Walnut Ave., Suite 160, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: 314 LA BREA, LLC, 314 N La Brea Ave., 314, Los Angeles, CA 90036. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: David Judaken, President. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on June 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: June 11, 18, 25 & July 2, 2021

TST6460 / 2021 109181 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: MONE’S DAYCARE, 4142 Mendez Ave. Unit 429, Long Beach, CA 90815.

Registrant: BEVERLY NELSON, 4142 E. Mendez Ave., Unit 429, Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Beverly M. Nelson. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in April, 2021. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 12, 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: June 11, 18, 25 & July 2, 2021

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6457 NOTICE OF INTENT NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS FOR LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022 AND APPROVING THE ENGINEER’S REPORT On June 8, 2021, the Signal Hill City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-06-6616 and declared its intention to levy and collect assessments for the Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No.1. Resolution No. 2021-06-6616 is on file with the City Clerk’s office located at City of Signal Hill City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755.

On, June 22, 2021, during a regular City Council meeting via video/teleconference, the Signal Hill City Council will hear any and all persons having any objections to the work or intent of the assessment district may appear and show cause why said work should not be done or carried out, or why said assessments should not be levied in accordance with this Resolution of Intention for the Landscape and Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 for the Fiscal Year 2021-2022.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 to “stay at home” to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, you are encouraged to participate and provide comments during the public hearing in one of the following ways: • Call (408) 638-0968 (audio only) on the date and time of the meeting and enter the meeting ID 881-4793-6648, press # when prompted to provide participant ID, and enter passcode 374778 . If you would like to make a public comment, please notify the meeting host by pressing *9 on the telephone keypad; • Visit https://zoom.us/j/88147936648 on your desktop computer or laptop and enter passcode 374778; • Download the app from the app store if you are using a smart phone and enter meeting ID 881-4793-6648 and passcode 374778 when prompted; • You may submit comments prior to the meeting date by email to cityclerk@ cityofsignalhill.org, or by mail to the attention of City Clerk, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755. If received prior to the publication of the agenda (on or before June 16, 2021), staff will incorporate the comments into the staff report. If received after the publication date, staff will read the comments aloud during the public hearing.

• The City is not responsible for meeting disruptions or technical difficulties; however, if you are disconnected, please repeat the steps above.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to participate in this public hearing to present written information, express their opinions, or otherwise present evidence on the above matter.

IF YOU WISH TO LEGALLY challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the​public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearing.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR’S EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 to “stay at home” to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, you are encouraged to participate and provide comments during the public hearing in one of the following ways:

FURTHER INFORMATION and associated documents on this item may be on this item may be obtained from the Deputy Director of Public Works by 562-989-7251 or by emailing clooney@cityofisignalhill.org .

• Call (408) 638-0968 (audio only) on the date and time of the meeting and enter the meeting ID 881-4793-6648, press # when prompted to provide participant ID, and enter passcode 374778 . If you would like to make a public comment, please notify the meeting host by pressing *9 on the telephone keypad; • Visit https://zoom.us/j/88147936648 on your desktop computer or laptop and enter passcode 374778; • Download the app from the app store if you are using a smart phone and enter meeting ID 881-4793-6648 and passcode 374778 when prompted; • You may submit comments prior to the meeting date by email to cityclerk@ cityofsignalhill.org, or by mail to the attention of City Clerk, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90755. If received prior to the publication of the agenda (on or before June 16, 2021), staff will incorporate the comments into the staff report. If received after the publication date, staff will read the comments aloud during the public hearing.

• The City is not responsible for meeting disruptions or technical difficulties; however, if you are disconnected, please repeat the steps above.

IF YOU WISH TO LEGALLY challenge any action taken by the City on the above matter, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the​public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City prior to or at the public hearing.

FURTHER INFORMATION and associated documents on this item may be on this item may be obtained from the City Clerk’s office by calling the City Clerk at 562989-7305 or by emailing kboles@cityofisignalhill.org. ______________________________ Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before:

June 11, 2021 June 11, 2021

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CRIME

Former Long Beach police officer pleads not guilty in child porn case City News Service Southern California Local News

A former Long Beach Police Department officer charged with possession and distribution of child pornography pleaded not guilty today.

Anthony Mark Brown, 56, was charged in March with three counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child or youth pornography—all felonies.

He was ordered not to have any unsupervised time with minors as a condition of remaining free on bond.

Brown—a 26-year veteran of the Long Beach Police Department who was then assigned to the Long Beach Airport—was arrested Feb. 10 while on duty.

He was initially suspended without pay during the course of the criminal and internal affairs investigations and subsequently retired from the force.

Police said a tip received in May 2020 “regarding a possible online crime against a child” led officers to Brown, who was identified through an investigation as “the suspect responsible for this crime.”

Brown’s Lakewood home was searched after he was taken into custody.

The police department did not provide details on whether evidence was discovered during the search.

Long Beach Deputy Police Chief Wally Hebeish said after the arrest that Brown’s alleged actions “do not represent the professionalism and commitment that all of our employees show every day while protecting our community.”

“When the actions of an individual employee erode the values of our organization and the public trust all of us have worked so hard to cultivate, they must be held accountable,” he said, adding that “protecting children is one of our most sacred responsibilities.”

A date is scheduled to be set Sept.

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