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LB Justice Fund to provide free legal representation for low-income immigrants

City officials explain that fund will establish ‘adequate’ protection for those in deportation cases.

Non-charter commission appointments also approved.

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City officials host informational meeting about environmental concerns The CAAP meeting intended to engage residents about the effects of climate change in Long Beach.

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JetBlue relinquishes unused LGB slots Other airliners vying for extra openings.

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#57 UFD Racing Stadium Super Trucks driver Bill Hynes jumps over a ramp during the first race of the weekend, while #7 SPEED Energy driver Robby Gordon limps behind in his damaged truck during Race 1 Saturday, April 13, at the 45th annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Hynes finished 6th, while Gordon would finish 9th in the 10-truck field. see PRIX page 10

Locals honor lives lost in 1970s Cambodian genocide during annual event.

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More than 100 people attended the 5th Annual Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day on Wednesday, April 17, at Long Beach Fire Union Hall, 2201 Cherry Ave. The Long Beach Cambodian Community hosted the event to honor the approximately 2 million lives lost during the Cambodian genocide from 1975 to 1979. Event organizers also recognized survivors by inviting the community to attend in

an effort to reflect on “healing and renewal.”

That Wednesday also marked the 44th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital that was seized by the Khmer Rouge on April 17, 1975.

Survivors of the Khmer Rouge shared their emotional stories of living through the brutal regime led under Marxist leader Pol Po. “I was 11 years old and forced to work 16-hour days in labor camps,” see MEMORIAL page 18

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LB City Council hears reports on labor agreements and Latino economic impacts Non-charter commission appointments also approved.

voted 9-0 to receive and file the application.

Cory Bilicko Staff Writer

At its April 16 meeting, the Long Beach City Council accepted an application for the transfer of an alcoholic-beverage-control license, approved several commission appointments, heard a status report on the economic profile of the Latino community in Long Beach and received a project labor agreement cumulative report, among other items.

ABC license The council made a determination that “the application serves the public convenience and necessity” and received and filed an application from Rice & Bean, Incorporated, which is doing business as The Deuce, for a premise-to-premise and person-to-person transfer of an alcoholic-beverage-control (ABC) license at 2222 E. Anaheim St. The staff recommendation included submitting a public notice of protest to ABC and directing the city manager to withdraw the protest if a conditional-use permit is granted.

However, 4th District Councilmember Daryl Supernaw made a motion to withdraw the protest.

“We stand in full support of this establishment,” he said. “They have great operators [and] great community members. They have an establishment in the 2nd District that I believe Councilwoman [Jeannine] Pearce would support.”

Indeed, 2nd District Councilmember Pearce did also voice her support of the business, calling the operator a “wonderful business owner.”

The Long Beach City Council

Appointments In a 9-0 vote, the city council approved several appointments to non-charter commissions, including the Belmont Shore Parking and Business Improvement Advisory Commission, the Cultural Heritage Commission, the Economic Development Commission, the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network and the Senior Citizens Advisory Commission.

Status report The council received and filed the first-ever status report by Centro CHA, Inc. and California State University, Long Beach on the economic profile of the Latino community in Long Beach.

The officials behind the “best-practices community-engagement initiative” said the goal of the project is twofold: to understand and address key economic, education and health data for Latinos in the city; and to help advance the “university’s vision around the public good” through community-engagement efforts and campus-community partnerships.

Dr. Seiji Steimetz, chair of the CSULB Economics Department, shared some of the findings of the report.

He said there are currently 203,000 Latinos living in Long Beach, representing 43.2 percent of the city’s population, and that close to 80 percent are of Mexican heritage and 13.2 percent are of Central or South American descent.

Steimetz added that although 33.4 percent of Long Beach Latinos

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There’s an extraordinarily large labor-force participation rate among Long Beach Latinos. [...] 70 percent is an extraordinary labor-force participation rate.

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are immigrants, only 4 percent of Latino residents under 18 in the city are immigrants. He said 42.5 percent of Latino immigrants in Long Beach are naturalized citizens.

Remarking on education, he said 37.6 percent of Long Beach Latinos age 25 and older have less than a high-school education but that 15.3 percent of them have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Regarding health care, Steimetz said that 23,289 Latinos in the city do not have health insurance and 2,276 Latino children are not covered.

Steimetz also discussed statistics concerning occupation sectors and household incomes, indicating that the Latino median household income is 14.7-percent lower than the overall median in the city.

“There’s an extraordinarily large labor-force participation rate among Long Beach Latinos,” he said. “If you were an economist, you would just geek out on this number– 70

JetBlue relinquishes unused LGB slots Three other airliners contenders for extra flight slots.

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Last week, airline JetBlue announced it would give up 10 of its 34 flight slots at Long Beach Airport (LGB).

Last November, the Long Beach City Council approved amendments to the Flight Slot Allocation Resolution to prohibit air carriers from conducting operations in a manner that causes the carrier to operate less than the following percentages of its calendar month, quarter and annual pro-rata proportion of its allocated flight slots.

The vote was made to ensure airlines fly the flight slots that they have and avoid “slot squatting.”

The City of Long Beach issued a written statement Tuesday, April 9, in response to JetBlue’s actions.

“We were informed today that JetBlue will be making 10 underutilized flight slots available to other carriers who will be able to fly them in accordance with the amended flight resolution,” said City Manager Patrick West.

“JetBlue will continue to fly 24 slots, providing great service out of the Long Beach Airport. We expect very strong demand from airlines currently operating at the Long Beach Airport for each of the 10 flight slots that were made available today and will immediately begin the process to allocate the available slots.”

JetBlue’s minimum quarter use was 70 percent, and officials said the airline was “not on pace” to meet the requirement.

As of press time, waiting lists for the flight slots included Hawaiian Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines.

percent is an extraordinary labor-force participation rate.”

Although he called that statistic “phenomenal,” Steimetz also stressed that, during difficult economic periods, the unemployment rate among Latinos in the city is greater than it is among all other Long Beach residents.

He also said that 16.4 percent of Long Beach Latinos live below the poverty line and that, by comparison, 9.8 percent of all other Long Beach families live in poverty.

The study also found that Latinos work at more than 100,000 jobs in the region, with an economic impact of $33 billion.

PLA The council also received and filed a project labor agreement (PLA) cumulative report through February 2019 on the progress of the City’s PLA application and administration.

John Gross, director of Financial Management, explained that the project is a five-year partnership between the City and the Building and Trades Council of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, and it applies to covered construction projects over $500,000. It provides “labor peace” training by unions and gives preference to local residents. It also requires contractors to hire new employees through union halls and provides hiring goals for local disadvantaged veterans.

Meeting cancelled The city council also voted 7-0 to suspend council rule contained in the Long Beach Municipal Code to cancel the meeting of Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

Parking study The city council voted 7-0 to request that the city manager begin implementation on priority areas identified in the downtown parking study and report on the progress of those initiatives.

Worker protections In a 7-0 vote, the council also declared an ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by changing two sections relating to hotel-worker safety precautions and panic buttons. The council adopted new language in the ordinance to protect workers who clean local hotel rooms, by including contractors and providing more safeguards from retaliation against hotel employees.

Poet laureate program The councilmembers also voted 7-0 to request that the city manager work with the Library Services Department and the Arts Council of Long Beach to establish a Youth Poet Laureate Program.

“This is an idea that I really want to see happen,” said 9th District Councilmember Rex Richardson.

“I want to see a youth poet laureate program that recognizes our youth, allows them to get showcased across the city for their art, [enables them] to add that title to their résumé as they grow up, [and] potentially think about scholarships or stipends for them that help move them along.”

The next Long Beach City Council meeting will be at 5pm on Tuesday, April 23, in council chamber, 333 W. Ocean Blvd.

Male succumbs to injuries after vehicle-pedestrian collision at Willow and LA River intersection Staff Report Signal Tribune

On April 11, at approximately 10:50pm, Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers responded to the intersection of Willow Street and the Los Angeles River overpass regarding an injury traffic collision involving a vehicle and pedestrian, which resulted in the death of a male adult, the department announced this week.

Upon arrival, officers located a male adult pedestrian lying along the south curb of the eastbound lanes of Willow Street on the Los Angeles River overpass. The pedestrian was non-responsive, and the Long Beach Fire Department responded to perform life-saving measures. The pedestrian was then transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his

injuries on April 14.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the pedestrian, identified as a 35-year-old resident of Long Beach, was in the middle of eastbound lanes of Willow Street, not in a marked crosswalk, when he was struck by a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze being driven by a 59-year-old resident of Long Beach.

The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene.

The pedestrian’s identification is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the collision, the department stated.

The driver possessed a valid driver's license and insurance.

Those with information regarding the collision can contact Detective Fox of the Long Beach Police Department Collision Investigation Detail at (562) 570-7110. Visit lacrimestoppers.org.

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April 19, 2019 COMMENTARY

The mysteries of Easter

The origins, traditions of Sunday’s holiday

By Anita W. Harris, Signal Tribune Staff Writer

Fatherhood I became a father for the first time at age 41. It was by adoption, and I was all the things a new parent would be: nervous, scared, uncertain and a bit naïve. The baby was just 4 months old when I brought her home. She won my heart immediately, and thus began a most beautiful friendship. Cue up the Courtship of Eddy’s Father theme– let me tell you about my best friend.

I thought the saying was a myth, but this was love at first sight. And I mean the BIG love. Heart-pounding love. Enamored. Swooning.

All-encompassing love. And what a beauty!

The catalyst for my decision to become a father was from a curveball life threw at us. My sister had a health scare, and it raised the question for me of “when will the ‘someday’ actually become a ‘now’? How long do you put something off until the time is right?”

When we knew my sister was just fine, I decided that I should act on something I had set my mind on for a while. Becoming a father wasn’t exactly the right thing at the right time and place, but I wanted to seize the day.

So, one evening I gathered my family together to spring them with the announcement about becoming a father– to a 4-month-old fawn English Bulldog. (I actually always wanted a pot-bellied pig, but getting a bulldog was the next best thing.) That night over dinner we had a brainstorming session for names, and Annie just seemed perfect. In no time she became Annie Love, which is what she has been all about.

I had visited a local breeder and first met Annie with her mother, brother and sister. Apparently, she was considered the runt of the litter and stood taller and less wrinkly than the others. To me she looked more like a boxer, and I had to double check her breed with the owner.

She had an award-winning underbite, a tongue that didn’t fit in her mouth (it’s in a perpetual Bronx Cheer) and one eye that looked as beautifully painted with eyeliner as Cleopatra’s.

The day I went back to pick her up, I really didn’t have my plan thought out completely. In my typ-

ical busy style, I brought her with me directly downtown to a meeting. She walked in to the middle of the room, into the middle of the group of people already gathered for the meeting and peed on the floor. It was her grand entrance and introduction to my life and to my world.

Potty training took a long time despite all my best efforts and preparations. My apartment was covered in pads. My office was covered in pads, and Annie made sure she missed them all. Carpet cleaning and paying for carpet cleaning was a regular thing. She peed on Alissa’s pillows in her apartment when we had slumber parties. Annie was determined to be the only female around.

I never really got it about someone being a “dog person” before until Annie came along. It’s the total unconditional love and sweetness that comes with the companionship. Sure, there is a massive adjustment to your schedule with feeding, exercise and basic care, but it’s all part of having a loving new family member. She filled a space in my life with her cute face, snorts and noises and snuggles.

As a baby (FYI: Alissa and I still refer to Annie as “the baby”), she was high energy and would go, go, go until she needed a nap right there on the spot. On my way home from work each day, I used to have to pull over at Marshall Junior High to do wind sprints with her until she was sufficiently panting and out of gas. Sometimes during the day I would take her to Los Cerritos Park to do her wind sprints so we’d all have some peace in the office. On weekends, it was the Seal Beach Dog Park, and then I was thrilled when the Uptown Dog Park opened up close by. We’d go to these parks, and Annie would run and chase all the big dogs because she thought she was one. I still couldn’t believe she was a bulldog by the way she ran so fast because I was told that bulldogs just skulk around and drool.

Nope. She would do huge leaps for the tennis ball. I’d throw the ball, and she would do a mad sprint to get it. She’d kind of tackle or run

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Here in Southern California, we are fortunate to be experiencing a green, super-blooming spring after the rare rains this past winter.

Spring has been traditionally celebrated as a time of regrowth and renewal, at least in the northern hemisphere, as the earth starts tilting toward the sun in its annual orbit.

For example, the Persian new year– called Nowruz– starts at the spring equinox in March, after which the days start getting longer than night.

In India, a colorful festival called Holi marks the advent of spring. Its date is based on the lunar calendar, though it’s usually in March.

Passover in the Jewish tradition– which begins today according to the lunar calendar, continuing for seven days– marks spring as a time of new growth of grain and livestock, as well as freedom from slavery.

All of these traditions involve specific ritual foods and joyful communion with friends and family.

In the Christian tradition here in the U.S., Easter is the equivalent celebration, the date on which Jesus is said to have come back to life three days after dying by being nailed to a

Rabbit

cross.

The date of Easter changes because it’s also based on the lunar calendar. This is because it stems from Passover, during which Jesus– who was born Jewish– died nearly 2,000 years ago. This year, Easter falls on Sunday, which is the first Sunday following the first full moon (today)

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after the spring equinox (March 20).

Children especially are looking forward to hunting colorful eggs and candy hidden by the Easter Bunny.

But wait– this is where things get mysterious– what do eggs and rabbits have to do with Jesus?

As symbols of new life, eggs are obvious. Spring is also when new chicks are born from eggs (hence all those yellow Peeps).

But the tradition of giving eggs may have started in medieval Europe.

According to a 2017 Time magazine article that cites UCLA history professor Henry Kelly, the strict fasting rules of Lent – the 40-day period of time leading up to Easter– barred people from eating any animal products. So Christians would boil and store the eggs their hens laid during that time to give to the poor or as gifts.

Coloring eggs probably started in England after the late 13th century, when King Edward I asked for 450 eggs to be colored or covered with gold leaf before being given away, according to a book on British ritual history by Ronald Hutton.

LETTERS, EMAILS, WEBSITE COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS A staple of the city Larry Forester has truly been good for the City of Signal Hill [“Signal Hill councilmember leaves dais after 21 years of service,” April 12, 2019]. His love of the city and leadership has helped to bring an oil city that had a roughand-tumble past and helped to modernize and make Signal Hill a safe, beautiful place.

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City of Long Beach officials host informational presentation about region’s environmental concerns

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The CAAP meeting intended to engage residents about the effects of climate change in Long Beach.

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Long Beach has experienced an increase in extreme weather conditions, such as flooding and hot temperatures, as a result of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a presentation Monday, April 15, at Seventh Street Church, 668 Obispo Ave. Alison Spindler, planner and budget specialist for the City of Long Beach, informed residents of the Climate Action Adaptation Plan (CAAP) committee’s environmental concerns for Long Beach and mentioned that city officials are looking for ways to reduce the negative effects of climate change.

Jennifer Ly, a planner for the City of Long Beach, said the CAAP is the City’s plan for reducing the aforementioned greenhouse gas emissions and “our negative impact on the environment in the future and to adapt to the consequences of climate change that are already here.”

A few goals that CAAP has for the community is to: “empower young people to be leaders in creating a more sustainable community;” “invoke personal sense of responsibility among residents and businesses;” and “distinguish Long Beach as a leader in climate mitigation and adaptation planning.”

Spindler said driving is the biggest form of greenhouse gas emissions in Long Beach.

“We have 13 independent experts from Cal State [Long Beach], UCLA, the Air Quality and Management District, Dr. [Jerry] Schubel from the Aquarium [of

the Pacific] [and] various science experts who helped ensure that our methodology, our data and all the local available science would be included,” Spindler said.

Officials said the five major consequences of climate change are sea-level rise, drought, flooding from rain, poor air quality and extreme heat, which varies by neighborhood, according to the presentation.

Spindler said climate change can impacts people’s health, buildings, housing, transportation, water supply, parks and energy.

“The science for Long Beach tells us that extreme heat is likely to have the longest health impact on most residents in our city,” Spindler said. “In fact, our studies show that 275,000 residents are in the highest extreme-heat vulnerability zone.”

Extreme temperatures impacts all sorts of people, according to the presentations, including children, people with respiratory problems, older adults and those who primarily work jobs outside. Spindler added that it could also lead to a loss of economic efficiency, as children may miss school or adults may miss work because of extreme conditions.

“Historically, Long Beach experienced on average about four extreme heat days a year between 1980 and 2000,” Spindler said.

“The projection show[s] that we will have somewhere between 11 and 16 [heat days] by 2050, and up to 37 extreme heat days by 2100.”

An extreme heat day occurs when the temperature rises above 95 degrees. Climate change will

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Pictured is Alison Spindler, planner and budget specialist for the City of Long Beach, on Monday, April 15, at Seventh Street Church, 668 Obispo Ave., presenting how Long Beach will be affected by climate change.

also cause the temperature to be less cool at night, according to Spindler.

“This is actually not a future problem,” she said. “This problem is already here.”

She also mentioned that air pollution will have a greater impact on residents living in central, west and north Long Beach than people living in other areas.

CAAP officials are analyzing 200 actions to help combat climate change that consist of utilizing more bus shelters, increasing water-supply access and expanding cooling centers.

Another issue Spindler focused on was the flooding occurrences in Long Beach that are caused by a rise in sea level, coastal storms, river floods and urban floods.

“Our stormwater system was built a long time ago and was not built for the kinds of storms that we are experiencing today, so flooding [occurs] because of the lack of [a] sufficient system,” Spindler said.

“Flooding events are very serious [and] can lead to injury, death and displacement.”

Residents can prepare themselves for extreme weather conditions by knowing their flood risk, having a plan to evacuate, knowing basic first-aid, having emergency supplies and insurance, she said.

“You may think you already have [insurance], but double check

it,” Spindler said. “We hear this a lot after extreme-weather events like this where people thought they were covered for something, but they are not.”

Toward the end of Monday’s presentation, Spindler opened a public forum for attendees to ask questions.

“The purpose of today’s event is to really engage residents in developing the CAAP,” Ly said.

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Theatre review

Long Beach Playhouse’s

Silent Sky

Joy Rowden Editorial Intern

There is nothing for Henrietta Leavitt (Loren Bowen) in Wisconsin. Her Bible-loving sister Margaret Leavitt (Amber Hill) is content with getting married and not having a career. But, Henrietta, on the other hand, has questions about the universe that she wants to unveil through a career in astronomy.

The true story of Henrietta, an astronomer at Harvard University in the early 1900s who tried to break the status quo of women in the scientific field, came to life in the Long Beach Playhouse’s rendition of Silent Sky, directed by Phyllis Gitlin, earlier this month.

Henrietta and Margaret’s love for each other is apparent, but so is their annoyance toward each other. They are the definition of “opposites attract,” as displayed by their contrasting personalities.

Henrietta cannot see herself getting married, but she can see herself looking at stars through a telescope at Harvard. So, she spent her dowry to become a human “computer” to map out the stars at Harvard under Dr. Pickering.

At Harvard, she is met with sexism and hostility by Peter Shaw (Austin James), who is Dr. Pickering’s apprentice. He belittles Henrietta by telling her that they are not colleagues, but, rather, that she works for him.

Shaw later becomes a love interest for Henrietta, but nothing more than just an interest– which is heart-wrenching, to say the least, for audience members rooting for them as a couple.

The theatre’s thrust stage and costuming made for an excellent time machine, because it seemingly transported the audience to the early 20th century.

Williamina Fleming (Brenda Kenworthy) and Annie Cannon (Holland Renton) are also human “computers” at Harvard who do not question their

place as women in a male-dominated field, that is until Henrietta influences them to do otherwise.

Fleming, a feisty Scottish woman, alongside rigid Cannon, greet Henrietta with an unusual introduction. The two boast about each other instead of themselves in a playful manner.

The audience was laughing like hyenas throughout the entire play, because of characters like Fleming whose personality could light up anyone’s day. This play had a good balance of seriousness and hilariousness, but it was mainly funny.

All three women are confined to sit at three small wooden desks, which is where they analyze “plates” with pictures of stars on them.

They do the work, and the male astronomers take credit for it, something that does not sit well with Henrietta.

To make matters worse, she is not even allowed to look through the telescope because she is a woman.

The scenery for this play was minimal, but it was good enough. To the right of the stage, there was a projection of different images, such as a farmhouse, to signify the change in setting.

Instead of a red curtain, a piece of white sheer-looking fabric was draped all across the background with Christmas-type lights behind it.

At certain times, the houselights would go down, and the lights behind the fabric would twinkle like stars in a stunning and beautiful manner.

Finally, in the end, Henrietta looks through the telescope for the first time.

Her sister’s heaven is defined by the Bible, but Henrietta’s heaven is the universe.

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Above: Peter Shaw (Austin James) and Henrietta Leavitt (Loren Bowen) are pictured pretending to be on a ship in Leavitt’s imagination during the Long Beach Playhouse’s production of Silent Sky on Saturday, April 6.

Below: Williamina Fleming (Brenda Kenworthy), Henrietta Leavitt (Loren Bowen) and Annie Cannon (Holland Renton) are pictured looking at “plates” with stars on them at Harvard University during the Long Beach Playhouse’s production of Silent Sky.

The Long Beach Playhouse’s production of Silent Sky continues until May 4 at the Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim St. Tickets prices vary for students, adults and seniors. Call the box office at (562)-494-1014, option 1, email boxoffice@lbplayhouse.org or visit lbplayhouse.org.

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Alumni, faculty, staff and residents are encouraged to vote via an online poll at asicsulb.org/mascotsearch.

“Associated Students, Inc. accepted mascot ideas from all across the community,” said ASI President Genesis Jara.

“Whether it was from a student, alumni, staff or faculty member or just a fan of Long Beach State, submissions were accepted from everyone. We received hundreds of ideas, and to help process the submissions, we

convened a mascot review committee made up of leaders from faculty, staff, alumni, coaches, athletes, the community at-large and student government. After convening and scoring the many ideas using the criteria initially outlined, the committee narrowed down the ideas to six categories. We want to encourage everyone to vote in our poll to help us narrow down these ideas further” The six finalists are: • • • • • •

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A schedule of local activities and events SPRINGING IN What Festival Who Hosted by the City of Signal Hill When Saturday, April 20, from 10am to 1pm Where Signal Hill Park, 2175 Cherry Ave. More Info To participate in activities, $4 wristbands will be on sale until 12:30pm. Activities will include bouncy jumpers, arts and crafts, a petting zoo, carnival games, an egg hunt and a photobooth, complete with a spring-fest bunny. Attendees are advised to bring a bag or basket to collect egg-hunt goodies.

Food and snacks will be available for purchase. Parking will be available at Legion and Hill Street and at Alvarado Elementary School on 21st and Cherry.

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LEARN EARTH’S WORTH What Earth Day celebration Who Hosted by The Growing Experience Urban Farm When Saturday, April 20, from 11am to 3pm Where The Growing Experience Urban Farm, 750 E. Via Carmelitos More Info At this family-friendly event, attendees can shop sustainable vendors and a fresh produce stand, meet the chickens, explore the food forest, learn about microgreens, try healthy food samples and more. Food vendors will include Feel Good Salsa, Rainbow Juices and Under the Sun. There will also be free healthy samples from Healthy Active Long Beach and Primal Alchemy Catering.

TINY TREE PLANTING What Earth Day gardening Who Hosted by the Signal Hill Public Library When Monday, April 22, from 5pm to 7pm Where Signal Hill Community Center, 1780 E. Hill St. More Info Attendees are invited to create a self-sustained garden known as a terrarium. The event is free and space is limited. Registration is required. To register, call 562-989-7323 or visit the library.

GREEN MACHINE What Environmental clean up Who Hosted by the Friends of the LA River When Saturday, April 27, from 9am to noon Where Three locations: Compton Creek at Del Amo Station; Willow Street Estuary (headquarter site for the clean-up); and Golden Shore Marine Reserve More Info The Great LA River CleanUp will bring together hundreds of volunteers to the river to remove several tons of trash that would potentially pollute the

river and harm wildlife before dumping into the Pacific Ocean. This is an opportunity to contribute to a thriving, healthy LA River during Earth Month. Visit folar.org.

KRAFTY KIDS What Children’s activity Who Hosted by Rancho Los Cerritos When Saturday, April 27, from 10am to noon Where Rancho Los Cerritos, 4600 Virginia Rd. More Info Julia Bogany, a Tongva Tribal Councilmember, will lead a special workshop where children can make necklaces and learn a few Tongva words. Bogany is a member of the Tongva tribe, the Tribal council and a cultural consultant. A $5 donation per child is suggested. Visit rancholoscerritos. org/tongva/.

BEACH STREETS What Community bike ride Who Hosted by the City of Long Beach When Saturday, April 27, from 10am to 4pm Where Pacific Avenue from Willow Street to downtown More Info The route will be closed to cars and open for walking, bicycling and more. Local music, food and vendors will be posted along the 2.5-mile route, extending from the Wrigley area to downtown. Three festival hubs will feature music and family-friendly activities. Free skateboarding lessons will also be provided by Skate Kids throughout the day. To view the route map visit longbeach.gov/beachstreets.

YOGI FEST What Yoga festival Who Hosted by local Long Beach yoga studios When Sunday, April 28, from 9am to 6pm Where The Pike, 95 S. Pine Ave. More Info Free yoga lessons will be provided by teachers from studios across Long Beach including Ashtanga Yoga Long Beach, Purple Yoga Studio, Sundara Yoga, Yogalution, Ja Yoga and FreeSpirit Yoga. There will be a Mindful Market featuring curated vendors selling all organic, non-GMO, vegan products, yogi lifestyle-related products and accessories. Locally sourced vegan and vegetarian food and drinks will also be available for sale. Wishful Events will be on site to provide childcare and activities including art and crafts, outdoor games and meditation classes for kids. For a schedule of events visit thelongbeachyogafestival.com

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arth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues, and Earth Day 2019 occurs on Monday, April 22. The holiday is now a global celebration that’s sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green living. The brainchild of Sen. Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the protests of the 1960s, Earth Day began as a “national teach-in on the environment” and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of students that could be reached on university campuses. By raising public awareness of pollution, Nelson hoped to bring environmental causes into the national spotlight.

By the early 1960s Americans were becoming aware of the effects of pollution on the environment.

Rachel Carson’s 1962 bestseller Silent Spring raised the specter of the dangerous effects of pesticides on America’s country sides. Later in the decade, a 1969 fire on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River shed light on the problem of chemical waste disposal. Until that time, protecting the planet’s natural resources was not part of the national political agenda, and the number of activists devoted to large-scale issues, such as industrial pollution was minimal. Factories pumped pollutants into the air, lakes and rivers with few legal consequences. Big, gas-guzzling cars were considered a sign of prosperity. Only a small portion of the American population was familiar with– let alone practiced– recycling.

Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, a Democrat from Wisconsin, was determined to convince the federal government that the planet was at risk. In 1969, Nelson, considered one of the leaders of the modern environmental movement, developed the idea for Earth Day after being inspired by the anti-Vietnam War “teach-ins” that were taking place on college campuses around the United States. According to Nelson, he envisioned a largescale, grassroots environmental demonstration “to shake up the political establishment and force this issue onto the national agenda.”

Nelson announced the Earth Day concept at a conference in Seattle in the fall of 1969 and invited the entire nation to get involved.

He later recalled, “The wire services carried the story from coast to coast. The response was electric. It took off like gangbusters.

Telegrams, letters and telephone inquiries poured in from all across the country. The American people finally had a forum to express its concern about what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes and air– and they did so with spectacular exuberance.”

Dennis Hayes, a young activist who had served as student president at Stanford University, was selected as Earth Day’s national coordinator, and he worked with an army of student volunteers and sev-

TAKING CARE OF OUR PLANET The history of Earth Day eral staff members from Nelson’s Senate office to organize the project. According to Nelson, “Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. We had neither the time nor resources to organize 20 million demonstrators and the thousands of schools and local communities that participated. That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself.”

On April 22, rallies were held in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and most other American cities, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In New York City, Mayor John Lindsay closed off a portion of 5th Avenue to traffic for several hours and spoke at a rally in Union Square with actors Paul Newman and Ali McGraw.

In Washington, D.C., thousands of people listened to speeches and performances by singer Pete Seeger and others, and Congress went into recess so its members could speak to their constituents at Earth Day events.

The first Earth Day was effective at raising awareness about environmental issues and transforming public attitudes. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, “Public opinion polls indicate that a permanent change in national priorities followed Earth Day 1970.

When polled in May 1971, 25 percent of the U.S. public declared protecting the environment to be an important goal, a 2,500 percent increase over 1969.”

Earth Day kicked off the “environmental decade with a bang,” as Sen. Nelson later put it. During the 1970s, a number of important pieces of environmental legislation were passed, among them the Clean Air Act, the Water Quality Improvement Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Another key development was the establishment in December 1970 of the Environmental Protection Agency, which was tasked with protecting human health and safeguarding the natural environment– air, water and land.

Since 1970, Earth Day celebrations have grown. In 1990, Earth Day went global, with 200 million people in over 140 nations participating, according to the Earth Day Network (EDN), a nonprofit orga-

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nization that coordinates Earth Day activities. In 2000, Earth Day focused on clean energy and involved hundreds of millions of people in 184 countries and 5,000 environmental groups, according to EDN. Activities ranged from a traveling, talking drum chain in Gabon, Africa, to a gathering of hundreds of thousands of people at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Today, the Earth Day Network collaborates with more than 17,000 partners and organizations in 174 countries. According to EDN, more than 1 billion people are involved in Earth Day activities, making it “the largest secular civic event in the world.”

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Lifelong racing fan, Martin Punzo, has his photo taken with racing legend Mario Andretti at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Punzo has attended the event for the last six years.

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ace fans flocked to the coast over the weekend for a healthy dose of sun and speed, as the Grand Prix made its yearly return.

The City of Long Beach hosted the 45th Annual Acura Grand Prix from Friday, April 12, to Sunday, April 14, in downtown, where organizers closed off a portion of Shoreline Drive and Pine Avenue to set up the race track this month.

After a long partnership with Toyota, the event was sponsored for the first time by Acura and featured a mix of racing and live-music.

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia joined Jim Michellian, the CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, on Sunday to welcome spectators to the city and speak about the races.

“This is our biggest event in Long Beach, and we’re very proud of it,” Garcia told an excited crowd.

The Grand Prix has been a popular event since its beginning in 1975.

Since then, it has gone on to become one of the oldest Indycar races in the country, with drivers from all over the world traveling to the city to earn their place in history.

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#9 PNC Bank IndyCar Driver Scott Dixon straps on his helmet before a practice session for the 45th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Saturday, April 13.

Dixon finished 3rd in the 3rd practice session with a time of 01:07.2257.

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#88 VP Racing Fuels Stadium Super Trucks driver Blade Hildebrand limps to the checkered flag after tangling with #7 SPEED Energy driver Robby Gordon in Race 1 Saturday, April 13. Gordon and Hildebrand would finish 9th and 10th, respectively, in the 10-truck field.

exander Rossi, who won his second straight Long Beach Grand Prix. The recent win puts Rossi in an exclusive club as only one of eight competitors who have won the race twice, and one of only six to do it consecutively.

In a press conference after the race, Rossi talked about how much the win meant to his team and

thanked his sponsor.

When asked about his most recent achievement, Rossi acknowledged the prestigious history of the event, but downplayed his most recent win.

“I don’t care about two in a row or whatever,” Rossi said. “It’s just about making as many wins as we can.”

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Aside from the Indycar race, the competition featured the Super Trucks and the drift competitions, both of which drew fans from all over Southern California. Anaheim resident George Kaiser is a longtime racing fan who attended the event for a third year.

“We really wanted to see the drift this year, because last year we went to the truck races [with] jumps,” Kaiser said.

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hile some fans were experiencing the sights and sounds of the racetrack, others took the chance to meet their racing heroes.

In the exhibition hall, located in the Long Beach Performing Arts Center, fans lined up to meet racing legend Mario Andretti. Over his 36-year career, Andretti earned a total of four wins at the Grand Prix of Long Beach and is considered one of the most successful American drivers in the sport.

Similar to Rossi, he is also one of the few winners to hold back-to-back wins in Long Beach.

Racing fan Martin Punzo has attended the event for the last six years and was one of the fans who waited for an autograph from the icon. “[It’s] great that I got to meet a legend,” Punzo said in an interview with the Signal Tribune on April 13. “Mario Andretti has been in the sport forever. [He’s] been an inspiration since his Formula 1 days. It’s just awesome to finally meet him.”

Aside from the numerous activities dedicated to the racing world, the Grand Prix also host-

ed multiple musical acts. Organizers arranged a free concert, entitled a “Rock ‘N’ Roar,” for ticket holders in front of the Performing Arts Center on Saturday night.

The concert opened with a jazz set, featuring students from the Trombone Shorty Foundation in New Orleans. The next band was a threepiece electric indie band, known as Moontower, from Los Angeles.

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Slideshow: 45th Acura Grand Prix of LB stuns local crowd in downtown

The 45th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach entertained a local crowd of racing enthusiasts in downtown from April 12 to April 14. Scan the above code with a QR-reading smartphone application to view some highlights of the racing festivities, courtesy of contributor and local photographer Jose De Castro, on signaltribunenewspaper.com.

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#27 NAPA Auto Parts IndyCar Driver Alexander Rossi exits out of turn 11 hairpin during the 45th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Sunday, April 14. Rossi dominated the competition, leading 80 of the 85 laps for his second straight Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach victory.

the band Cold War Kids, return to a hometown crowd. The band played a mixture of classic hits, such as “First,” and new songs off its 2017 album, “L.A. Divine.”

Between songs, lead singer, Nathan Willet, told the crowd that returning to Long Beach was nostalgic for him and that he used to live near the intersection of 1st and Cherry.

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#27 NAPA Auto Parts IndyCar Driver Alexander Rossi celebrates in the victory lane after capturing his 2nd consecutive Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach victory Sunday, April 14. Rossi become the first back-to-back winner at Long Beach since Sebastien Bourdais won three in a row from 2005 to 2007.

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Long Beach band, the Cold War Kids, returned to perform for an enthusiastic hometown crowd, Saturday, April 13, in front of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Frontman, Nathan Willet, told the crowd that performing for them was nostalgic.

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Celebrating over 30 years of promoting responsible pet care, the annual America’s Family Pet Expo returns to the Orange County (OC) Fair and Event Center from Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.

Last year, more than 50,000 people visited the OC Fair & Event Center for the event, according to organizers.

For more than 30 years, the expo has been the signature happening for pet lovers in Southern California, bringing the largest variety of animals to one location.

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LGB warns of possible measles exposure Staff Report Signal Tribune

The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) has confirmed one case of measles in an individual who traveled through Long Beach Airport (LGB) on two separate occasions while infectious, according to city officials last week.

This person departed from LGB from Gate 11 on Saturday, March 30, at 6:40am on JetBlue flight 1136 and again departed from LGB from Gate 7 on Sunday, April 7, at 6:40am on the same flight.

Individuals present at LGB on March 30, or April 7, between 6am and 8am may be at risk of developing measles because of exposure to this traveler, LGB officials said.

Individuals who may have been exposed at LGB on April 7, and have not exhibited symptoms by April 28, will no longer be consid-

ered at risk of acquiring measles, officials added.

There is currently no ongoing risk related to measles at LGB. Only those who were present at the airport during the specific times stated may be at risk of developing the disease.

“Given the recent increase of measles cases both nationally and globally, the best way to protect against becoming infected is by getting immunized,” said Anissa Davis, Long Beach City Health Officer.

“Talk to your provider to make sure you are up to date with your measles vaccinations. People who may have been exposed to measles and have not been immunized may receive measles immunization to protect against becoming infected in the future.”

For more information on measles, visit longbeach.gov/measles.

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According to Port of Long Beach officials this month, the terminal’s first quarter of 2019 was the second busiest in its history.

Port of LB touts its first quarter of 2019 as ‘second busiest’ in history Dock workers moved 1.8 million TEUs in a span of three months, according to port officials.

Despite lingering trade uncertainty, the Port of Long Beach had the second-busiest first quarter in its history, moving more than 1.8 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) January through March, according to officials this month.

That figure trails only the first

quarter of 2018, a year when the port set an annual record for container movement at 8.1 million TEUs, officials said in a press release.

First-quarter 2019 cargo movement eased 4.7 percent compared to last year’s opening quarter.

“With warehouses full from ship-

pers rushing to beat the looming threat of escalating tariffs, shipments slowed somewhat,” said Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach executive director. “It’s going to take some time for inventory to cycle to markets and for typical growth to resume.”

Almost 1.4 million TEUs passed through the harbor from December 2018 to January. December was the Port’s second-busiest month ever, as reported by the Signal Tribune.

Long Beach Harbor Commission President Tracy Egoscue noted that the recent Pulse of the Ports economic forecast predicted a 1.8-percent increase in North American imports this year.

“After last year’s historic result, we’re expecting modest growth this year, but it’s always important to look to the future,” she said. “That means positioning our port for sustained long-term success with our multibillion-dollar capital improvement plan, designed to provide customers with cargo movement that is predictable, reliable, efficient and fast.”

Port officials said that marine terminals and dock workers moved 552,821 TEUs in March, a 3.9-percent decrease compared to the same month a year ago. Imports were down 7.8 percent at 247,039 TEUs, while exports were 7.7 percent lower at 131,436 TEUs. Empties shipped overseas rose 5.7 percent to 174,346 TEUs. For more detailed cargo numbers, visit polb.com/stats.

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“We are excited to see how many people have embraced the mascot-selection process, and we encourage others to do the same,” said Michele Cesca, vice president for University Relations and Development. “This is a unique opportunity– not only to refine our identity and create new traditions that will unify our vast and diverse Beach family, but also to build awareness of everything this vibrant institution has achieved over the course of the past seven remarkable decades.” ✦

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Officials with El Dorado East Regional Park offers tips for visitors on Easter Sunday Staff Report Signal Tribune

City officials are providing tips for residents who are planning on visiting El Dorado East Regional Park on Sunday, April 21, which is the Easter holiday and “the busiest day of the year.” Officials said the public should be aware of the following rules: Pictured above are the locations that are participating in the youth recreation programs that the City of Long Beach will offer to students next week.

City of LB to offer youth recreation programs in local parks during school spring break

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During the upcoming school spring break, from April 22 through April 26, the City of Long Beach will offer free youth and teen recreation programs at various parks throughout the city. Parents and guardians also have the option of registering their child for an El Dorado Nature Center workshop for a low-cost fee.

Spring Break Fun Days– Free Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine will offer “Spring Fun Days,” extended supervision (dropin, non-custodial care) recreation programs at neighborhood parks.

Children ages 5 through 12 years old can enjoy free games, crafts, sports tournaments, field trips and more.

The programs are scheduled from 11am to 5pm, Monday through Fri-

day, from April 22 through April 26.

The public can visit bit.ly/1Ga7Boi for daily program schedules.

“The free programs for youth and teens offered by Parks, Recreation and Marine will provide opportunities for safe fun for youth over the spring school break,” said Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia. “Programs are offered throughout the city, so that all families have easy access.”

Spring Break Teen Programs– Free Teens can also participate in free spring break activities at Admiral Kidd, Chavez, Coolidge, McBride and Silverado parks and at the Freeman Center, 1205 Freeman Ave. The public can visit bit.ly/1Ga7Boi for daily program schedules.

El Dorado Nature Center Spring Break Programs

Children ages 5 to 8 (must have kindergarten experience) can participate in nature-themed workshops during spring break at El Dorado Nature Center, 7550 E. Spring St. Each one-time session is from 9am to noon and costs $20. Those interested can register at lbparks.org. Below is a list of upcoming workshops: • • • • •

April 22: Jewels of the Air (all about hummingbirds), Course #30785 April 23: The Worms Crawl In, The Worms Crawl Out, Course #30786 April 24: Kaleidoscope (discover colorful birds, animals and plants, Course #30787 April 25: Nature Rocks! (art and music), Course #30788 April 26: Coyotes, ‘Possums and Skunks, Oh My!, Course #30789

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The holiday parking rate is $8 per car, cash only Parking on the grass is prohibited; vehicles parked on the grass will be ticketed or towed Park hours are from 7am to 8pm; all visitors must leave the park by 8pm

Parks, Recreation and Marine officials also offer a number of tips to help visitors: •

Barbecue grills, picnic areas and shelters are available on

a first-come, first-served basis • Extra parking and picnic space is located in Area 3, north of Wardlow Street • Unloading and loading areas will be available along the interior roads; drop-offs and unloading are not allowed on Spring Street or Wardlow Road • Arrive early; park officials will close the gates to vehicles once the lots are at capacity • Vehicles exiting the park may not be granted re-entry if park closes for capacity • El Dorado Nature Center will be closed In addition to picnicking and shelters, the 388-acre park is full of amenities, including bicycle trails and playgrounds. El Dorado East Regional Park is located at 7550 E. Spring St.

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TST5856 / 2019 062087 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: COYOTE CACTUS CREATIVE, 1837 E. 8th St., Long Beach, CA 90813. Registrant: PATRICIA ISNALI, 1837 E. 8th St., Long Beach, CA 90813. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Patricia Isnali. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in March, 2019.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on March 11, 2019. 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: March 15, 22, 29 & April 5, 2019.

PUBLIC NOTICES Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 PETITION OF Evangelos Alexander Liakos.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: EVANGELOS ALEXANDER LIAKOS has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: EVANGELOS ALEXANDER LIAKOS to Proposed Name: ALEXANDER EVANGELOS LIAKOS. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 1, 2019; Time: 1:30A 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, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: March 29 & April 5, 12, 19, 2019 ___//ss//___ Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated January 22, 2019

TST5870 / 2019 070816 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL CO., 2428 Lewis Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: LOIS ANNE HANCOCK, 2428 Lewis Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Lois Anne Hancock. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in March, 1981. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on March 19, 2019.

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: March 29 & April 5, 12, 19, 2019.

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date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019 ___//ss//___ Mark C. Kim, Judge of the Superior Court Dated March 21, 2019 TST5877 / 2019 084384 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: GREAT WESTERN INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE, 17707 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 230, Torrance, CA 90504. Registrant: CAMINITO PROPERTIES, INC., 17707 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite 230, Torrance, CA 90504. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Lee Aceves, President. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name.

The registrant began using this fictitious business name in March, 2019.

This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on March 29, 2019. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019

ing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 14, 2019; 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, CA 90755: April 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice a. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated March 15, 2019 TST5879 / 2019 077213 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: THE SIGNAL HILL SANDBOX, 2020 Raymond Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: KAROLE FOREMAN, 2020 Raymond Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Karole Foreman. 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 March 26, 2019.

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

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NOTICE: RON EDEM to Proposed Name: COMPTON COURT, 200 W. COMPThis fictitious business name stateProject1_Layout 1 2/13/14 10:47 21, AM Page 1 This fictitious business name statement expires DESHARNAE SHARON PREE. TON BLVD., COMPTON, CA 90220 ment expires five years from the date five years from the date it was filed in 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all perPETITION OF: ANJELICA GOMEZ it was filed in the office of the county the office of the county clerk. A new sons interested in this matter shall BUENROSTRO. clerk. A new fictitious business name fictitious business name statement appear before this court at the hearTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: statement must be filed prior to that must be filed prior to that date. The ing indicated below to show cause, 1. Petitioners: ANJELICA GOMEZ date. The filing of this statement filing of this statement does not of if any, why the petition for change of BUENROSTRO has filed a petition does not of itself authorize the use itself authorize the use in this state name should not be granted. with this court for a decree changing in this state of a fictitious business of a fictitious business name in vioNOTICE OF HEARING: her name as follows: name in violation of the rights of lation of the rights of another under Date: May 3, 2019; Time: 8:30A M; Present Name: ANJELICA GOMEZ another under federal, state, or comfederal, state, or common law (see Dept. 27. The address of the court BUENROSTRO to Proposed Name: mon law (see section 14411 et seq., section 14411 et seq., Business and is the same as above. A copy of this ANJELICA BUENROSTRO. Business and Professions Code).

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TST5889 / Case No. 19NWCP00111 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 Joel Maglalang/Angelissa Maglalang TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: JOEL MAGLALANG has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his daughter’s name as follows: Present Name: AVA GABRIELLE GENUINO MAGLALANG to Proposed Name: AVA GABRIELLE GENUINO MAGLALANG 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 29, 2019; Time: 1:30A 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, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 2019 ___//ss//___ Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated March 22, 2019 TST5890 / Case No. 19CMCP00050 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 200 W. Compton , Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF Kenedi Rogers.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: KENEDI ROGERS has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: KENEDI ROGERS to Proposed Name: MARY ELIZABETH KENEDI WHITING. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 6, 2019; 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, CA 90755: April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated April 3, 2019 TST5893 / Case No. 19CMCP00043 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT OFFICE, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF Alieda Patricia Ward.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ALIEDA PATRICIA WARD has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: ALIEDA PATRICIA WARD to Proposed Name: ALIEDA PATRICIA LOPEZ BEY. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 21, 2019; 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, CA 90755: April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated March 26, 2019 TST5894 / Case No. 19NWCP00132 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY , NORWALK SUPERIOR COURT, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 PETITION OF Ngoc Duong Tran.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: NGOC DUONG TRAN has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: NGOC DUONG TRAN to Proposed Name: COREY NGOC DUONG TRAN. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 12, 2019; Time: 1:30A 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, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: April 12, 19, 26 & May 3, 2019 ___//ss//___ Judge Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated April 9, 2019 TST5895 / Case No. 19NWCP00137 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTHEAST DISTRICT, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 PETITION OF Andrea Ashley Padilla.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ANDREA ASHLEY PADILLA has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: ANDREA ASHLEY PADILLA to Proposed Name: ANDREA RHYE NAAKTGEBOREN. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 26, 2019; Time: 1:30A M; Dept. C. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: April 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 2019 ___//ss//___ Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated April 11, 2019

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NEWS TST5896 / Case No. 19CMCP00033 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, COMPTON COURTHOUSE, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF Andrea Gomez Buenrostro.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ANDREA GOMEZ BUENROSTRO has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: ANDREA GOMEZ BUENROSTRO to Proposed Name: ANDREA BUENROSTRO PENA 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 14, 2019; 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, CA 90755: April 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated March 15, 2019 TST5897 / 2019 089949 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: SUN & JAMES, 1819 Redondo Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755.

Registrant: 1. JEREME JAMES, 1819 Redondo Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755, 2. XIAOYA SUN, 1380 Veteran Ave., #409, Los Angeles, CA 90024. This business is conducted by: Joint Venture. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Jereme James, General Partner. 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 4, 2019. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).

Pub. The Signal Tribune: April 19, 26 & May 3, 10, 2019.

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT Thursday, April 11

3:02pm, Possessing controlled substance for sale; 3500 block PCH (suspect arrested) 6:14pm, Stolen vehicle - recovered, 700 block E. Spring St.

Friday, April 12

3:39am, Stolen vehicle, 1600 block E. Spring St. 6:49am, Stolen vehicle - recovered, 1500 block E. Spring St. 8:44am, Spousal abuse, 2200 block Jeans Ct. 2:34pm, Grand theft, Gundry Ave./E. 28th St.

Saturday, April 13

5:28am, DUI, Temple Ave./Wall St. (suspect arrested) 11:17pm, Spousal abuse, 3500 block E. PCH

Sunday, April 14

3:15am, Contribute to the delinquency of a minor; possessing burglary tools, attempt to operate vehicle without owner’s consent, misdemeanor warrant,1600 block E Spring St. (suspect arrested) 10:06am, Burglary, 2100 block E. 27th St. 11:15am, Grand theft, 700 block E. Willow St.

Monday, April 15

8:25am, Grand theft, 1400 block E. 33rd St. 12:31pm, Grand theft - motor vehicle, E. 28th St. east of Cherry Ave. 2:14pm, Elder abuse, 1800 block St. Louis Ave.

Tuesday, April 16

6:18am, Auto burglary, 900 block Las Brisas Way 7:21am, Auto burglary, 2500 block E. Willow St 8:52am, Burglary, 2700 block Cherry Ave. 10:42am, Felony warrant, 2500 block Cherry Ave. (suspect arrested) 11:42am, Burglary, 2700 block Cherry Ave 12:26pm, Auto burglary, 2500 block E. Willow St.

Wednesday, April 17

12:04am, Battery, 2700 block E. PCH 9:15am, Grand theft - motor vehicle, 2500 block E. PCH 10:02am, Possessing paraphernalia, possessing burglary tools, misdemeanor warrant (suspect arrested) 1:41pm, Identity theft, 1900 block Dawson Ave.

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over the ball and then just stand there staring. I’d have to run over, pick it up and throw it again across the park.

I got as much of a workout as she did.

Not once has she ever brought the ball back to me in the conventional sense of fetch.

It was a total game changer for us all when she discovered the joys of a dog beach. Our sweet animal turned manic once she hit the wet sand. She’d be making laps and laps up and down the beach, challenging the waves and ignoring her body type by diving into the water to chase the balls and expecting to swim to shore like a retriever. We got as much joy out of watching her as she did frolicking.

Most nights Annie and I would sleep cheek-to-cheek, and I considered her snoring a wonderful white noise lullaby. To me, it meant she was happy and comfortable, and she looks like a beautiful angel (But her gas, however, is not so heavenly).

There are still many nights when she gets up to slink down the hall for water and comes back to burp or upchuck in my ear.

When young, she chewed everything possible. She ate the legs of my chairs, desk and toys of all types.

She ate a cell phone, the lunch off my desk when I walked away for a minute and would chew on the loafer tassels of the ad rep’s shoes who came to visit us. She’d climb up on my lap and sit in all my meetings. It was difficult, but I had to attempt to remain professional while the baby snored in my arms. I would have to try to type around her when working.

I also discovered early on that she had OCD. She hates plastic bags, anything that moves suddenly or unexpectedly, anything blocking her normal walking path, and she won’t leave a room or get up unless you get behind her and she walks out first.

She goes on the same path when going for a walk or to do her business outside and never deviates.

I was talked into taking Annie to obedience school, where she did fine

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until the last class and final test where she then rolled on her back and misbehaved. All progress went out the window. She got a consolation prize for “Best Look,” where she at least could stop, stare, drool and accept her treat. She has been a rascal ever since.

And boy is she stubborn! The trait runs in the family, so she fit right in.

She will lock in a stare with a bovine look in her eyes and not move. She’s won every staring contest we’ve ever had. When we go outside to do her business, she will get distracted if she spots someone walking across the street or parking their car in front of us. She’ll stop and watch someone until they walk out of view. This is always especially appreciated when I’m in a hurry, and she gets “stuck,” even in the rain– much to my dismay.

She has many faces– she rises up like a fierce lion to get attention, and her eyes go black when she postures and barks, challenging me to play or chase her around. Often she can look like Edward G. Robinson, and when she’s tired, she has the most sincere and, well, puppy-dog eyes, while her tongue sticks out pink like bubble gum. She’s my sweetheart, but she never gets up to greet me, only looks up with that dry tongue sticking out sideways. She definitely recognizes me, but she doesn’t race to the door, jump up and down or spin around to meet me.

Annie has always been spoiled from the start. We brought her with us to a dog-friendly hotel in Santa Monica, where she stretched out on the king-sized bed enjoying the ocean view. Some weekends we’d drive her down to Laguna Beach Dog Park so she’d have acres and acres to frolic around and then enjoy the ocean view coming home via PCH. Our hearts broke watching her walk away from us into the PetCo Hotel while we went off to celebrate the holidays with Alissa’s family in Las Vegas. We spoiled her with her own big room and a TV showing Animal Planet and paid for plenty

of play time. On the drive both directions, she was sitting upright and looking out the window the entire time. Our baby.

And quite appropriately she was the ring bearer at our wedding.

I like it when the whole family comes home from being gone all day and watches Annie confidently walk upstairs into the house– her house.

She is definitely our first child, and our place seemed more like home when Annie walked back inside to prepare for the night.

I’m writing this in the third and final act of this most beautiful creature. She’s now 10 ½ and, over time, she’s acquired all types of conditions: skin, eye, leg, arthritis. She’s been better than most of her breed, and I have to give kudos to loving doctors and staff at the Uptown Animal Hospital for doting on her daily. She takes pills three times a day for a neurological issue; gets dips for recurring ringworm and sometimes has goopy eyes. But oh, how I love her.

And she’s been loved deeply every day of her life. She’s never lonely and is always greeted with love and kindness by friends and strangers. Our family counts on her being there for every special occasion. Her framed portrait is displayed in all our homes.

When the day does come where she leaves us to “go away to the farm,” I will indeed be heartbroken but filled with the joy she brought to my life. She prepared me for having our second child, Marley. Annie opened me up to the love that’s as wide as the ocean views she’s enjoyed. I’ll miss the smooches, the slobber, the snoring and all the long rituals of hygiene and healthcare. I’ll miss the slow and stubborn walks.

I’ll miss her sitting on my foot and her crawling up and putting all 60 pounds across my chest. I’ll miss her in the backseat of the car looking out the window watching the world go by with her sincere expressions. But her gifts have been many, and my cup runneth over. ✦

Decorating eggs with intricate patterns is also very popular in Eastern Europe. Carl Fabergé made his first jewel-encrusted egg for the Russian czars in 1885.

That tradition came to the U.S. with British and European immigrants and, in 1878, the White House held its first Easter Egg Roll for children. First Lady Melania Trump will host the 141st annual egg roll on the South Lawn this coming Monday.

As to rabbits, they too are a natural symbol for new life, given their proclivity to procreate. But it’s also possible that the connection between Easter and bunnies arrived with German immigrants to Pennsylvania in the 1700s– who associated spring with an egg-laying hare called “Osterhase.”

An eighth-century English Monk, the Venerable Bede, even proposed that the English word “Easter” may have derived from

a Germanic pagan fertility goddess named “Eostre,” for whom rabbits were a symbol. An earlier name for this goddess may have been Ostara, who presided over Ostern, a Germanic spring festival.

It’s also possible that Eostre is connected with the Greek goddess of dawn, Eos, and possibly even other goddesses associated with new life and renewal in the Indo-European world.

Such mysteries connected to meaningful rituals run deep in human history.

But there is another meaning to the word “mystery” that is more spiritual and transformative. Figuratively, Easter can mark a time of our own rebirth as we emerge out of our winter shells. It can be an opportunity to consciously renew ourselves and– like all these California poppies– bloom in a super way. ✦

LB Water’s Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget, rate-setting process organized this week A series of public meetings will continue throughout May and June.

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Long Beach Water’s budget and rate-setting process for Fiscal Year 2019-20 began this week, with more public meetings scheduled into May and June.

Thursday’s workshop kicked off a series of budget and rates workshops that will have the Board of Water Commissioners adopt the water and sewer budgets for FY 2019-20 and establish the corresponding water and sewer rates for FY 2019-20.

The adoption of water and sewer rates for FY 2019-20 are subject to a subsequent Proposition 218 pub-

lic hearing and approval by the Long Beach City Council. All meetings are open to the public to attend and will be held at Long Beach Water’s Administration Building at 1800 E. Wardlow Rd. The budget and rates workshop schedule is as follows: • • •

Thursday, May 2, 9am: Full budget, including Capital Improvement Program, revenue and rates Thursday, May 30, 9am: Review of full budget and rates Thursday, June 13, 9am: Rate adoption by the Board of Water Commissioners

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Dr. Christina Lee spoke at the 5th Annual Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day on Wednesday, April 17, at the Long Beach Fire Union Hall.

said local Chilynna Lo in her native Cambodian language of Khmer at the event. Lo was one of three people sharing their stories during a panel at the event.

For some survivors, their experience was too traumatic to recount.

“I never got to hear the whole story,” said Sabby Leng in regard to her parents, who lived through the regime before coming to America.

Cameron Sam, whose parents were also survivors, said, “We’re not going to forget the past, but we can

be stronger.”

Sam is the owner of Rep Cambodia, a clothing line dedicated to the expression and cultural movement of Cambodian aesthetics.

The event ended with participants decorating lotus flowers, named the official flower for Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day, with the names of those they wished to honor as part of a community art mural that will be displayed at the United Cambodian Community Center. ✦

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of the most hopeless places in all of California: in Adelanto, Calif.,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center. “[It’s] in the high desert, where there is a huge for-profit prison that does ICE’s dirty work for it in holding our community members there. [It’s] where people are very unlikely to have representation that Long Beach will be giving them hope.”

The Long Beach City Council approved the Justice Fund on Dec. 4, 2018, according to city officials.

The Immigrant Defenders Law Center was selected as the provider after

a lengthy process by the City, Vera and community members with the Human Relations Commission and the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition.

The City provided a one-time grant of $250,000, while Vera initiated a $100,000 Safety and Fairness for Everyone (SAFE) Cities Catalyst Grant.

According to officials, “charitable contributions from individuals and philanthropic organizations,” along with other miscellaneous grants, will sustain the funding for the program.

Vera will work in partnership with the City and community stakehold-

Eduwigis Reyes, a Long Beach Community Defense Network volunteer dispatcher, speaks Wednesday, April 17, during a press conference at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church regarding the establishment of the Long Beach Justice Fund

ers to identify another community-based organization to helm the Justice Fund after its current twoyear partnership ceases.

“As policy makers, we make decisions that benefit our communities and better our communities,” said Long Beach 1st District Councilmember Lena Gonzalez. “But it’s without these [supporters] that we wouldn’t be able to champion these types of policies, especially as a city councilmember that represents over 60 percent of my district, which is Latino. When I have Cambodian families that are crying because they have had families separated, when we know that our Filipino friends have had less opportunities because of the fact that they are not documented– all of this today is because of [people’s] tireless work and support.”

Eduwigis Reyes, a member of the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition and a volunteer dispatcher for the Long Beach Community Defense Network, said her responsibility will be to answer incoming calls made by Long Beach community members who are witnessing an ICE raid or pickup or have knowledge of one.

“As soon as I get a call from the community members reporting an incident, I will immediately activate the community-defense network of servers that are near the area where the incident is occurring,” Reyes said. “The CDN (Community Defense Network) observers will then drive to the scene of the reported raid or pickup and try to film and report as much as they can from the incident taking place. If a Long Beach community member were to

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Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, said April 17 during a press conference at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church that the newly established Long Beach Justice Fund will allow defense lawyers to adequately represent Long Beach residents who are detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

be detained during a raid or pickup, the CDN will connect the community members to [the] Immigrant Defenders [Law Center], the legal service provider for the Long Beach Justice Fund.”

Tania Sawczuk, a member of the Vera Institute for Justice, said cases through the Long Beach Justice Fund will begin May 1 and that defenders will “continue accepting cases while the capacity permits.”

“Fairness dictates that no one should have to face exile from their community– [away from] their fam-

ilies, their children– simply because they cannot afford an attorney,” Sawczuk said. “[...] With over 2.2 million non-citizen residents in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Metro area that are vulnerable to deportation proceedings, [...] the need for representation in Long Beach is especially stark.”

More information about the Long Beach Justice Fund can be found at longbeach.gov.

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