May 31, 2019 | Vol. XLI No. 23

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Congressman says US has ‘lost its soul’ during townhall meeting Lowenthal discusses Donald Trump Administration’s policies on immigration, the Mueller Report and other statewide issues.

Not forgotten... but gone?

Residents and preservationists hope recently closed Petroleum Club building can be saved.

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accountable to them.”

The bill passed in the House of Representatives in March.

Pairing it along with human rights, climate change is another issue that Lowenthal said he was adamant about addressing, claiming

One man is in critical condition and another is wounded after a shooting on the 3200 block of east 19th Street Wednesday night, when officers responded to the scene at 11:12pm, according to the Signal Hill Police Department (SHPD).

The department stated that it received multiple calls of gun shots, with one caller providing information that someone was shot.

When SHPD officers arrived at the scene, they determined there two shooting victims– one being an adult male who suffered a gunshot wound to his torso, and the second male who was shot in the leg.

The suspect(s) fled before officers arrived. Both victims were transported to area hospitals.

The first victim remains hospitalized in critical condition, according to the SHPD. The second victim was treated and released from the hospital.

According to other media outlets, such as KTLA5 and CBS2, three

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SH City Council approves new Summerland residential project

16 single-family homes will be built on E. 23rd Street between Orange and Walnut avenues.

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SH shooting leaves man in critical condition, other injured

According to SHPD: no arrests were reported, no potential suspects.

Denny Cristales

Emphasizing the need for equal rights for all minority groups and stronger leadership in the White House, 47th District California Congressmember Alan Lowenthal hosted a community townhall Wednesday, May 29, at the Sato Academy of Mathematics and Science, 1100 Iroquois Ave., to answers questions about statewide and legislative issues from Long Beach residents.

Before answering questions from the audience– which were written on comment cards– Lowenthal took the opportunity to discuss some of the reforms and issues he has respectively championed and addressed in Congress.

The congressmember discussed the introduction of the For the People Act, or H.R.1, earlier this year that serves to expand voting rights for citizens and limit gerrymander-

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Denny Cristales | Signal Tribune

Congressmember Alan Lowenthal, who represents California’s 47th congressional district, hosted a community townhall Wednesday, May 29, at the Sato Academy of Mathematics and Science, 1100 Iroquois Ave., to discuss legislative issues impacting statewide residents.

ing and unethical political methods.

“It really was to kind of reform and make sure everybody had access to voting,” Lowenthal said. “You’ve seen voter suppression throughout the country, we’ve seen the role of money in government and how people don’t have their elected officials

Elected officials praise Metro’s completion of southern portion of New Blue improvements

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Officials will now focus on northern section of Metro Blue Line from Compton to 7th Street stations.

Denny Cristales Managing Editor

Theatre reviews

Read two articles regarding productions of Seven Guitars and Doctor Faustus.

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Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia praised the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) completion of the southern section of the Blue Line during a press conference Wednesday, May 29, at the Compton Blue Line Station. On June 1, work on the northern section will commence.

Frequent riders on the Metro Blue Line’s Compton to Downtown Long Beach stations can abandon the bus-shuttle service that has aided them since January in favor of the upgraded rail service, that boasts completed renovations and will return Saturday, June 1, officials said.

Now at its midpoint, the New Blue Improvements Project has

finished its first phase, as workers completed the southern section of the Blue Line between the Compton and Downtown Long Beach Blue Line stations and move toward working on the northern section from the Compton and 7th Street/Metro stations until the end of September.

At a press conference at the Compton Station Wednesday, May 29, Long Beach Mayor Rob-

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Residents, preservationists hope recently closed Petroleum Club building can be saved.

Cory Bilicko Staff Writer

After declining membership forced the Long Beach Petroleum Club to close its doors in March, the city lost a landmark with a 64year history. Now that the property is in escrow, however, some residents and preservationists are also concerned that a historically significant building itself will be lost, if its new owners decide to demolish it.

On May 23, in a meet-up organized by the nonprofit Long Beach Heritage, about 50 people gathered at the site, located at 3636 Linden Ave., to show their support for nominating the 14,000-square-foot structure for historic-landmark designation. The designer of the Petroleum Club, which was constructed in 1955, was Long Beach architect John Richard Shelley.

Sarah Locke, executive director of Long Beach Heritage, said her organization does not yet have much information about the potential buyer but the building does indeed qualify to be recognized as a historic landmark.

“It is absolutely eligible,” Locke said. “Some criteria to look at for eligibility are [that the structure is] over 50 years of age, it has significance because it is by a local architect who had a significant body of work, and it retains all of its features from that period.”

Locke added that there are financial incentives available to the new owner if the building is preserved.

“There are federal tax credits.

There’s also potentially the Mills Act,” she said, referring to the state law that allows cities to enter into contracts with owners of historic structures, requiring a reduction of

property taxes in exchange for ongoing preservation of the site.

Julie Bartolotto, executive director of the Historical Society of Long Beach, was also in attendance at the event, and she told the Signal Tribune that the building is worth saving because of its local relevance.

“It has great historical, cultural and architectural significance locally, “ Bartolotto said. “This has been a gathering place– first, for people in the petroleum industry, and then their family and then the community– for over 50 years. And without efforts to preserve places like this, our communities look and feel very differently.”

She explained that for the building to be preserved, the new owner must be interested in saving it.

“Once they own the building, then whatever they’re going to do to the building will require a whole review and planning process with the City of Long Beach,” Bartolotto said. “So, that’s where preservasee PETROLEUM page 10

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Residents sign in at a table outside the Long Beach Petroleum Club during a meet-up on May 23 to discuss the possibility of saving the building as a historic landmark.

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Tips for residents to protect against mosquito population

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How I learned about pyramid schemes and MLMs

By Kristen Naeem, Signal Tribune Editorial Intern

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hose looking for employment should be cautious before joining multi-level marketing (MLM) plans.

I was checking my Facebook messages awhile ago when I saw that an acquaintance from high school had contacted me. This was odd, because while we were on good terms, we were never close and there wasn't a reason, that I could think of, for her to message me. I got my answer once we exchanged pleasantries, and she began to talk to me about the company she had just started working for, Primerica, which sold insurance.

I did a quick Google search and saw a number of negative comments surrounding the company online. Websites, such as glassdoor.com, which allows people to anonymously review their employers, listed complaints from people who felt Primerica took advantage of its distributors.

However, the most troubling criticisms I saw were those accusing the company of being a pyramid scheme.

At the time, all I knew about pyramid schemes were that they were scams that required representatives to recruit more salespeople and that they often cost money to join. This is why I was especially suspicious of the “starting fee” of $99 that Primerica required, as stated by its website– as well as the fact that it asks its representatives to use and pay for monthly access to its online resources, which “costs $25 per month for representatives,” according to the company’s website.

While any talk of “building your team” or a “starting fee” from a business to potential workers sets off alarm bells for me, some may have nostalgic memories of the Avon lady or Tupperware parties.

Predictably, my acquaintance’s next message asked whether I was interested in selling insurance for Primerica. I'm immediately wary of starting fees as it seems odd for

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Heavy winter rains, combined with the coming warmer weather, is creating an ideal situation for mosquitoes to breed. City Health Officer Anissa Davis advises residents to protect themselves from mosquitoes and the diseases they carry. Mosquitoes can carry serious diseases– such as West Nile Virus, encephalitis, malaria and Zika– and present a serious public health concern.

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me to pay my employer in order to work for them. While she was persistent, I had to decline her offer of joining or meeting with her to learn more. I did, however, do some of my own research regarding pyramid schemes, MLM companies and the difference between the two.

After my acquaintance tried to recruit me, I learned that The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) does differentiate between pyramid schemes and legitimate MLM companies, although the business models of both are very similar.

Many MLMs have been accused of being pyramid schemes, such as Amway and Herbalife, while maintaining legal legitimacy.

While the line delineating the two can be thin, proponents of MLMs maintain that, unlike pyramid schemes, the true focus of MLMs are to provide a product. Therefore, people should be especially cautious of MLMs that appear to place greater emphasis on recruiting new salespeople than selling a product.

While MLMs usually offer salespeople a commission on the sales of their recruits, people should be wary of companies that offer bonuses simply for recruiting new representatives.

According to the FTC website: “Not all multi-level marketing plans are legitimate. If the money you make is based on your sales to the public, it may be a legitimate multi-level marketing plan. If the money you make is based on the number of people you recruit and your sales to them, it’s probably not. It could be a pyramid scheme.

Pyramid schemes are illegal, and the vast majority of participants lose money.”

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Eighth annual festival at Houghton Park announced

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Headliners for Uptown Jazz Festival include Con Funk Shun and DW3.

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Long Beach 9th District Councilmember Rex Richardson’s office announced this week that the 8th Annual Uptown Jazz Festival will take place on Saturday, July 6, from noon to 7pm at Houghton Park.

This year, Richardson will partner with Long Beach councilmembers Lena Gonzalez and Jeannine Pearce for the festival. Headlining the show for 2019 is Con Funk Shun and DW3. The full line-up will be announced in early June.

“For eight years the Uptown Jazz Festival has brought Long Beach together to celebrate summer, spend time with neighbors and listen to incredible music,” Richardson said. “This year, I am thrilled to bring the high-energy funk band Con Funk Shun, festival favorite DW3 and an exciting lineup back to uptown. The festival will, once again, be a great event for all ages to enjoy.”

The 2019 Uptown Jazz Festival is also sponsored by Los Angeles

County Supervisor Janice Hahn, Long Beach City College Trustee Uduak-Joe Ntuk, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, the Port of Long Beach, Long Beach Transit and Republic Services.

“I’m so excited to support this year’s Uptown Jazz Festival,” Gonzalez said. “The event is a great way to bring communities across the city together to celebrate the importance of live music in Long Beach.”

Pearce quoted a renowned American jazz pianist as a way to express her excitement, as well.

“As Thelonius Monk once said, ‘Writing about music is like dancing about architecture,’” she said.

“I’m thrilled to partner with Councilmember Richardson to bring music to Long Beach, especially jazz music that inspires so many pop, rock, punk and country musicians.”

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A ro u n d Tow n A schedule of local activities and events ONE STEP AT A TIME What River run Who Hosted by event organizers with the Wrigley River Run When Saturday, June 1, from 6am to 10am Where Wrigley Village (Pacific Avenue and Willow Street) More Info The 12th Annual Wrigley River Run will feature events in the 5K, 10K and 10-miles races. The event will also include a stroller run for parents and a 1K Tadpole Trot for those ages 10 and under. To register, visit urlzs.com/7Qkzz.

LAWN TO GARDEN What Workshop Who Hosted by Long Beach Water When Saturday, June 1, from 9am to 1pm (tour); from 11am to 2pm (festival) Where Throughout the city (tour) and Long Beach Water, 1800 E. Wardlow Rd. (festival) More Info Individuals will be able to tour 20 newly transformed gardens throughout Long Beach and speak to homeowners about their water-wise transformations. After the tour, attendees can join a festival at Long Beach Water and participate in recreational activities. Register for the tour map at lblawntogarden.com.

ONTO THE FUTURE What Monthly meeting Who Hosted by the Long Beach Branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW) When Saturday, June 1, at 9:30am Where Best Western Golden Sails Inn, 6285 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. More Info Officials will discuss the AAUW’s accomplishments in the past year and introduce newly installed officers. The cost for the buffet luncheon is $28 per person. Attendees can also pay $5 for only the meeting/program. RSVP to epmathis@ verizon.net or use PayPal account to aauwlongbeach@gmail.com.

IN RECOGNITION OF… What Dedication ceremony Who Hosted by 8th District Long Beach Councilmember Al Austin’s office When Saturday, June 1, at 10am Where Uptown Dog Park at Scherer Park, 4600 Long Beach Blvd.

More Info City officials will host a dedication ceremony for the life of local resident Gayle Carter, a champion and leader of the Uptown Dog Park community who passed away in September 2017.

Email district8@longbeach.gov.

MAINTAINING STABILITY What Work/life balance workshop Who Presented by Nadiya Manji, international author and speaker When Saturday, June 1, at 10am Where DeVry University, 3880 Kilroy Airport Wy. More Info RSVP to the workshop at bit.ly/2KI8iNN or by calling (562) 997-5407.

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EARTH FRIENDLY What Climate workshop Who Hosted by the City of Long Beach Development Services When Saturday, June 1, from 10am to 1pm Where Marine Stadium 5255 E. Paoli Wy. More Info The event will allow residents to view maps and results of the Long Beach climate vulnerability assessment, provide feedback on a draft of the City’s first Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) and participate in interactive activities.

Visit lbclimatefest.eventbrite.com to register.

COMMUNITY INPUT What Park planning workshop Who Hosted by the City of Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine Department When Thursday, June 6, at 6pm Where Jenny Oropeza Community Center at Cesar Chavez Park, 401 Golden Ave. More Info City officials are seeking community

input during the final Drake-Chavez parks planning workshop. Childcare and translation services will be available. Call (562) 570-6919.

DEFINING SUCCESS What Panel event Who Sponsored by Angelo Dickens II When Friday, June 7, from 11am to 12:30pm Where Work Evolution Laboratories, 235 E. Broadway #800 More Info Panelists will include Tracy Colunga, Ted Sieving, David Meltzer and Sergio Ramirez– all who will offer professional advice to attendees.

Visit successdefined.eventbrite.com, call (323) 205-8677 or email adickensiiaba@gmail.com.

RUN FOR A CAUSE What Champions Run for Life event Who Hosted by Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach When Saturday, June 8, from 8:30am to 2pm Where Shoreline Aquatic Park, 200 Aquarium Wy. More Info Individuals who participate in the run can sponsor a pediatric cancer or blood disorder patient from the Jonathan Jaques Children’s Cancer Institute at Memorial Care Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach. The run is an Olympic-style relay race as patient participants walk, run, wheel or are carried through a oneeighth mile lap. Visit torchrunonline.org or call (562) 933-8600.

NO BEAST, JUST BEAUTY What Day of Beauty event Who Hosted by Laser Skin Care Center When Saturday, June 8, from 10am to 2pm Where Laser Skin Care Center 3828 Schaufele Ave., Suite 300 More Info The event will provide current and new patients a chance to learn about skincare tips and products. Experts will also present several live demonstrations and answer questions. Visit eventbrite.com/e/day-of-beauty-tickets-61307267688.

WRITE RIGHT What Writers club meeting Who Hosted by the California Writers Club When Saturday, June 8, from 3pm to 6pm, with networking starting at 2:30pm Where Ruth Bach Neighborhood Library, 4055 Bellflower Blvd.

More Info The club’s June speaker is Judy Reeves, who will discuss the topic “Using Techniques of Fiction for Memoir and Narrative Nonfiction.”

Reeves is author of A Writer’s Book of Days, Wild Women Wild Voices, and Writing Alone, Writing Together. She teaches at San Diego Writers, Ink and speaks at local and international writing conferences. Email info@calwriterslongbeach.org.

TOMORROW’S LEADERS What Leadership celebration event Who Hosted by Leadership Long Beach (LLB) When Saturday, June 8, at 5pm (VIP reception) and 6pm (main program) Where Downtown Long Beach, from 3rd to 4th streets More Info The “Night of a Thousand Lights” event will celebrate 30 years of LLB’s training and involvement in the community. More than 400 alumni, supporters and leaders will fill downtown Long Beach, north of The Promenade. Tickets are $100 per person. Visit leadershiplb.org.

SPRING INTO ACTION What World Ocean Day celebration Who Hosted by the Aquarium of the Pacific When Saturday, June 8, and Sunday, June 9, from 9am to 5pm Where Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Wy. More Info Experts will be highlighting the topics of ocean conservation in an effort to provide a better future for the planet. Visit aquariumofpacific. org/events.

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SH City Council approves new Summerland residential project 16 single-family homes will be built on E. 23rd Street between Orange and Walnut avenues.

Anita W. Harris Staff Writer

During its May 28 meeting, the Signal Hill City Council approved plans for a new residential development on E. 23rd Street. It also voted to change the municipal voting date from March to November and discussed how to best manage commissioner appointments.

Summerland residences After conducting a public hearing, the council adopted a zoning ordinance allowing the construction of 16 single-family dwellings at 1365 and 1387 E. 23rd St., between Orange and Walnut avenues. The site is currently occupied by two older homes, which will be demolished.

The long and narrow U-shaped housing configuration just north of Signal Hill Elementary School will have its own T-shaped driveway connected to E. 23rd Street.

Scott Charney and Ryan Agbayani from the community-development department explained that the project had been okayed by the Planning Commission in April after the developer– Project Verve, LLC– conducted community outreach and made plan adjustments accordingly.

Charney said that area residents indicated they preferred a single-family residential format rather than higher-density housing, such as apartments or condominiums.

The site borders two existing such complexes that already impact area parking.

Agbayani said that Project Verve initiated the plan in June 2018 and, following a community meeting last October, developers worked with city staff to adjust for view considerations, exterior design and increasing parking spaces. “Density, potential view impacts, traffic, parking and noise were the main concerns,� he said.

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manage surface parking and ensure that the homes’ two-car garage spaces are actually used for autos rather than storage, Agbayani said.

He added that the developer also lowered roof heights of the two-story homes by about two feet to reduce negative view impacts and that the city mailed view notices to neighbors in December but received no requests for further changes.

A subsequent public hearing during a February planning-commission meeting yielded concerns about density and parking, Agbayani said. The final project plan contains four guest-parking spaces and six common parking spaces in addition to each unit’s two-car garage.

Project Verve will also pay for one year of off-site auto storage and promote a stacked-car parking option, Agbayani said.

He described the project’s final design-aesthetic as “modern farmhouse� with a standard three-bed-

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Matt Hamilton from Project Verve said that each unit is approximately 1,650 square feet with about 300 to 400 square feet of private open-space and will sell for a price in the upper-$600,000s.

Agbayani said that the current parcels– totaling about 42,000 square feet– are actually underutilized since they are zoned for 20 units but each only has two smaller single-story homes, pointing out that the Summerland plan of 16 units is four units less than the 20 allowed.

He also said that the new development will help the city reach its state-defined Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) prorated goal of new housing in the “above moderate� income category, which the city is falling short on.

City Manager Charlie Honeycutt said that the city’s oil legacy constrains how much housing it can build. The Summerland site itself contains an abandoned oil well, he said.

Charney said that, per state law, if the city does not meet its new-housing targets, it could potentially lose the option of subjecting new development to the planning process, including community outreach. “We have a target on our back from a statewide perspective because, proportionally, we have more vacant land than surrounding communities,� Charney said. “At some point, either you have to go higher or you just can’t achieve the number of units that have been designated for the site.�

Nevertheless, Councilmember Edward Wilson expressed concern over density and parking. “Parking is a big issue on that street,� he said, suggesting that the developer reduce the number of houses and also add common openspace rather than just private.

“We’ve already reduced it as much as we can to make the project viable,� Hamilton said. “What we’re hearing constantly from home buyers in this price point, this market,

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Vicinity map of the new 16-home Summerland residential-development project on E. 23rd Street between Orange and Walnut avenues– labeled “Subject Site” on map– approved by the Signal Hill City Council during its May 28 meeting.

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Other councilmembers expressed concerns about trash collection, garbage-can storage and street lighting, all of which Hamilton, Charney or Agbayani answered. During public comment, one resident suggested preserving the existing homes on the properties that are almost 100 years old.

Ultimately, the council unanimously approved two ordinances allowing the project to move forward.

“I like it,” Wilson said. “I just think the density is too high given the location.”

Voting date The council also passed ordinances amending the city’s charter to change the date of the general-municipal election from March in odd-numbered years to November of even-numbered years, reflecting a voter-approved measure.

Honeycutt explained that Signal Hill voters affirmed Measure N in the recent March election with 70-percent approval, opting to change the date to November instead of keeping it in March.

He said that, historically, the city has voted in March of odd-numbered years but state Senate Bill 415, passed in 2015, required Signal Hill to combine its election with either the state primary-election date in March or general-election date in November, in order to increase voter turnout.

The new municipal-election date will fall on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even-numbered years.

The council also approved an ordinance reducing councilmember terms as a result of the election-date change.

“This action will reduce by four months the terms of councilmembers elected in 2017 and 2019, as well as the city clerk and city treasurer that were elected in 2019,”

Honeycutt said.

Commission appointments Honeycutt also gave the council an opportunity to change the commission-appointment date to align with the election-date change, but it opted not to.

City Attorney Dave Aleshire noted that the council was not required to change the appointment date just because of the election-date change.

“Practically speaking, it’s a few months one way or the other,” he said. “It’s not necessary to change anything.”

Councilmember Tina Hansen said she preferred more time between the municipal election and commissioner appointments, which the new election schedule allows.

“I think people need more than a month or two– if they’re new to the council– to kind of wrap their brain around commission appointments,” she said.

Wilson concurred but said he’d like commissioner appointments– and council reorganization– to coincide with the city’s fiscal year. Commission appointments are currently June 1 to May 31 and the fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

“You would have a term that would run the length of the fiscal year […] so that the commissioners would be seated in the first meeting in June,” he said. “And, theoretically, the reorganization of council would be at that time, as well.”

He said that reorganizing the council along those lines would eliminate having different mayor names on different fiscal-year financial reports.

“Part of the confusion that we have with the title of mayor is all of these changes that happen differently than how the city business is operated,” he said.

Mayor Lori Woods asked staff to add council reorganization as an agenda item for the near future.

Honeycutt also invited the council to reevaluate the commissioner appointment process.

“Due to the growing interest of community members to serve on commissions, a formalized appointment process may be something the council wants to consider in order to eliminate any confusion experienced by candidates or the councilmembers when appointments take place,” he said, noting that over 20 candidates had applied for the recent commission appointments made in May. Aleshire said that the appointment process is partly regulated by the city charter.

“Persons nominated are nominated by the mayor– you can’t change that because that’s in the charter,” Aleshire said. “But how the mayor conducts the election and the order and so forth, the charter does not deal with that.”

Hansen described how the process usually changes, depending on which councilmember is rotated in as mayor that year.

“Every year commission appointments come up, somebody different is mayor,” she said. “Everybody has their own sort of idea of how they’re going to structure it, so there’s no continuity to it.”

She also said that the appointments themselves can be confusing to make.

“The last two appointment cycles– what’s happened is that when we’re looking at people one at a time, people aren’t thinking of the entire slate and so they may vote for the first few people and then realize, ‘Oh, I meant to save a vote for somebody else and it’s too late and now I can’t vote for that person.’”

She suggested a process in which councilmembers interviewed and nominated candidates then went member by member to list their top votes and then tallied them in order to consider the whole slate.

“I can’t stand the process where somebody’s name comes up and we have to say, ‘No,’” she said. “Because we’re not necessarily [saying] ‘no’ to that person.”

Aleshire suggested that interviewing candidates could take place see COUNCIL page 15

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From left: William Warren (Hedley) and Ebonie Marie (Louise) in Long Beach Playhouse’s Seven Guitars

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One of six plays by Pulitzer-prize winning playwright August Wilson that each take place in a different decade, Seven Guitars– at the Long Beach Playhouse (LBPH) through June 15– is a moving meditation on hope and desperation inflected through the African-American experience. Set in 1948 Pittsburgh, the story focuses on one musician but is very much an ensemble portrait of seven men and women deciding how to live their best lives in the shadows of oppression and uncertainty.

Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton (Rayshawn Chism), a blues musician whose recorded single is a hit on the radio, is itching to return to Chicago at the invite of the record label. But he wants Vera (Latonya Kitchen)– who has already been burned once by his abandonment– to go with him.

This story is actually told in flashback with the play opening in the wake of Floyd’s funeral. We don’t know how he has died, but we see Vera grieving, along with fellow musicians Canewell (Jay Reed) and Red (Gilbert Roy DeLeon). Also sharing Vera’s common backyard are sharptongued landlady Louise (Ebonie Marie) and brooding older neighbor Hedley (William Warren).

The days leading up to Floyd’s funeral comprise most of the play, filled with banter among these likable characters, along with songs, stories and Hedley’s ominous, Bible-infused musings as he sharpens knives. Louise’s visiting niece Ruby (Justyn High) soon adds her alluring energy (and her own problems) to the mix.

The interactions among the men reveal a shared sense of oppression. The threat of being arrested at any moment just for being black informs their choices. Their simmering feelings find expression in music and stories, but also threaten to erupt in violence– each character has a weapon and pulls a gun or knife when things get heated.

We thus viscerally feel how the men’s desires to achieve their dreams and live a fulfilled life is persistently thwarted by white power and whim.

Desperate choices seem inevitable and result in tragic consequences. The women are left defensive, making decisions and building lives from what little the men can offer and the crumbs they leave behind.

Hedley, between his Caribbean heritage and mental incapacity, invokes a more mystical feeling of thwarted black legacy expressed through his memories, dreams and songs. He also adds uncertainty and foreboding, at one point unexpectedly executing a rooster.

Wilson’s poetic words that dive deep are given excellent voice by the well-cast ensemble. Marie as the quick-witted Louise is especially vivid, often making the audience laugh with her observations and delivery.

Reed as Canewell is similarly true to character, expressively spinning yarns. DeLeon as Red is delightfully charming; Kitchen as Vera is believably warm-hearted and conflicted; Chism makes a very suitable and emotive Floyd; and High as Ruby plays her young role with confidence.

But Warren as Hedley is perhaps the most transcendent, embodying in his character the roots of black pain, the brokenness of its collective suffering, its visceral anger that lashes out in violence and its intense faith in redemption and a chance for wholeness.

He is the spiritual center of the play and the character through which we feel the most devastation.

Seven Guitars is ultimately a threehour meditation on the black experience, resonant as much today as in 1948, judging by the audience’s verbal responses during one Sunday-afternoon performance. Desperation and hope are also part of the shared human experience– we see ourselves in these characters making the most of what they have, living for their dreams.

Seven Guitars continues at the Long Beach Playhouse Mainstage Theatre, 5021 E. Anaheim St., through June 15, with shows Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $14 to $24. For tickets and information, call the box office at (562) 4941014 or visit lbplayhouse.org.

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Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Doctor Faustus Anita W. Harris Culture Writer

Though it usually serves up a light Shakespearian comedy in spring, the Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) is currently offering the tragic Doctor Faustus– a play by Shakespeare’s contemporary Christopher Marlowe– which asks, “What is the price of power?” But fear not– under the magical direction of Ken Knight, this production teases out every opportunity for humor as it delves deep into the darkness of a man paying that price with his very soul.

Replete with black-feathered demons and dark arts, Doctor Faustus is a fitting choice for LBSC’s current “season of villains.” The fiery gates of Hell are literally flung open on stage to allow the title character to make a pact with Lucifer the devil– 24 years of fame, virility and supernatural abilities in exchange for an eternity of torment.

The potential for cheesiness in this scenario is high. However, LBSC’s production is intense and engaging from beginning to end due to brilliant casting and excellent staging, including hypnotic choreography, affecting music and vivid lighting.

Even a severed head– though clearly not real (sorry)– is delightfully humorous because the cast “owns” and works with its fakeness.

Knight also uses the space of the intimate stage exceptionally well, creating a dynamic, sometimes almost 3D effect, with characters in constant motion in both the foregrounds and backgrounds of scenes.

And the actors under his direction are uniformly brilliant in their roles.

Brando Cutts, who is also LBSC’s artistic director, excels as the ambitious yet angst-filled Faustus. With clear emphasis and natural rhythm, Cutts expresses his character’s desire for demonic power along with the trepidation of turning from divinity. We sympathize with Faustus, not knowing which of the two literal angels– a steely bad one dressed in red (Sarah Hoeven) or a sweet good one in white (Amy Paloma Welch)– he will heed.

Mephistopheles– Lucifer’s representative sent to negotiate with Faustus– is normally male but here cast as female in a genius move, especially with Demitra Sealy playing the part with intelligent verve, childish irreverence and just the right amount of red-lipped evilness.

Sexual tension between Faustus and Mephistopheles is heightened as a result, making their relationship more interesting as it inflects on the latter’s servitude and petty jealousies.

And though these two could carry the play by themselves, Pablo Milla adds a level of comic virtuosity rarely seen on this stage as both Faustus’s servant Wagner and the German emperor whom Faustus entertains by raising dead people. Between unabashed facial and physical flourishes and well-timed, bone-dry delivery, Milla steals all his scenes.

Adding to the physical comedy are Eliza Blair as the flea-ridden boy Robin, who steals Faustus’s spell book with ultra-covert moves, and Ketty Citerrio as the sleepy, easily beguiled Pope tormented by Mephistopheles’s and Faustus’s tricks.

Five additional talented cast members similarly support the story through their multiple roles,

especially Eduardo Mora as both the slow-witted servant Ralph and monkish narrator who advises Faustus to turn back to God. These cast members are also impressively foreboding as bird-like demons with red eyes who periodically emerge from Hell under the sway of Faustus and Mephistopheles.

This surprisingly intricate production of Doctor Faustus delights and astounds with a talented cast and crew who evoke both its latent humor and emotional depth. Faustus takes the shortcut that we would like to, Knight notes– from painstaking work to instant gratification and fame– making his soul’s plight all too familiar.

Doctor Faustus continues at the Helen Borgers Theatre, 4250 Atlantic Ave., through June 15, with shows Fridays (except June 7) and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm.

Ticket prices are $12.50 to $22.50.

For tickets and information, call (562) 997-1494 or visit LBShakespeare.org.

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From left: Pablo Milla (Wagner) and Eliza Blair (Robin) in Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Doctor Faustus

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tionists can really get involved and, hopefully, potentially, Long Beach Heritage– because this is part of what they do– can broker a deal that would, on some level, preserve some part of this structure.”

Like Locke, Bartolotto said it is not yet known what the new owner’s plans are.

“We don’t really know what that owner wants to do,” she said. “We just know that this is a big piece of property in a desirable neighborhood at a time when people want more housing. There’s a mandate– state and locally– to provide more housing.”

Bartolotto added that, even if the new owners develop the site as housing, some aspects of the structure’s architecture can be preserved.

“There is a way to do both,” she said. “That’s what historic preservation does.”

Lee Fukui, who serves on the Advocacy Committee for Long Beach Heritage, said the “interesting historical character” of the building is worth preserving.

“There are a lot of interior things, as well,” Fukui said. “The round bar, the red room. There’s a mural inside– I hope that can be saved.

There’s a lot of elements in there that are really, really great, and it means a lot to the community. It’s got a long history here. That’s why

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you have so many people here that have fond memories of it.”

Fukui said that what he and others hope for is that at least the most signature parts of the building can be preserved.

“I think what people want to see is that some aspects of the building be saved– maybe not all of it, but certainly a lot of the character-defining elements would be nice to save,” he said. “And it could be re-

used. I heard that it may be used as housing or a hotel or something. It could be mixed-use, and it certainly could serve as that– creatively, adaptively reusing this building.

It would be a shame just to tear it

down.”

More information about the building is available at lbheritage.org/ latest-news.

Nonprofit executive director announces candidacy for LB school board Staff Report Signal Tribune

On Wednesday, May 29, Erik Miller, executive director for local nonprofit PVJOB– a countywide initiative that provides employment opportunities for at-risk individuals– announced his candidacy for the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education– District 2, with the endorsement of the Teacher’s Association

of Long Beach (TALB).

In announcing his campaign, Miller issued a statement in which he declared his passion for serving students.

“Throughout my career, I have spent countless hours dedicated to helping individuals find their true passion and live a better life,” he said. “I know firsthand how important gaining a valuable education is from a young age. I’ve spent a considerable amount of

time contemplating this decision with my family and friends and have come to the conclusion that this is something that I am truly passionate about pursuing. Education has always been a driving factor for me throughout my life, and I know it’s now time to put that drive to use by securing and protecting the students and teachers here in the city I love.”

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that the changing conditions of the planet will have significant impacts on future generations.

“It’s critically important that the United States make its position as the champion of human rights around the world, as we know we do,” he said. “Nobody is doing it these days.

Also, as co-chair of the Safe Climate Caucus, [...] I believe that there is nothing as critically important as climate change that the country has to face. [...] I think our infrastructure package has to promote zero-emission programs and move toward zero-emission transmission transportation systems. Those are the kinds of things I’m working on.”

The Mueller Report is the official documented findings and conclusions of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election by American lawyer and government official Robert Mueller. Lowenthal said there was “tremendous amount of involvement” between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, but there was no defineable evidence that the interactions led to credible cyber sabotage on the 2016 election, per the Mueller Report.

“I’m going to tell you, I have never been through something like what we’re going through right now,” said Lowenthal, who added that legitimate president impeachment processes are rare. “You know, we have rarely in this country ever indicted anyone for it. It’s only happened three times– Andrew Johnson, Bill

Clinton and Richard Nixon [...].

Mueller has said he’s not really going to do anything more– if you want to know what’s in the report, read the report. [...] I think impeachment is very divisive, [but] I also think it is time for us to start impeachment inquiries. [...] There is not going to be any winners or losers in this.

The American public is going to be dragged through this.”

During the Q&A portion of the event, Lowenthal first answered a question about the U.S.-Mexico border, inquiring if there is indeed an illegal-immigration crisis.

“We have not understood that the greatest number of people that are coming to the border are escaping oppression or seeking asylum,” he said. “They are not criminals.

They are not people who are trying to sneak across the border. They’re trying to say, ‘I am living under tremendous fear for my life.’ The largest number of people are coming now across the border from Central America, and not from Mexico, seeking refuge from intolerable situations. [...] I think the crisis is that we’re not addressing the tremendous oppression that’s taking place and the drug dealing and the loss of governmental control driving people out of their homes.”

On that note, Lowenthal also mentioned there is a deportation problem, arguing that the Trump Administation is targeting refugees.

“I think that’s just terrible,” he said. “I’ve been in federal courts de-

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Fourty-seventh District Congressmember Alan Lowenthal is pictured addressing a Long Beach crowd at the Sato Academy of Mathematics and Science Wednesday, May 29, at a townhall meeting.

fending people, I’ve been at the border helping people. [...] We’ve had sweeps here in Long Beach against Cambodian young people. I am now working with our ambassadors to free Americans or to free people who would be deported.”

Added Lowenthal in regard to unjust deportations: “I think the country has lost its soul.”

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Second public advisory meeting about Clean Air Action Plan to take place June 25 Staff Report Signal Tribune

This week, Port of Long Beach officials announced that the second advisory meeting of 2019 will offer information on progress of the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) 2017 Update, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, in Wilmington.

Up to four CAAP stakeholder advisory meetings a year were called for as part of the CAAP Update approved by the Los Angeles and Long Beach boards of Harbor Commissioners in November 2017.

The first meeting of 2019 was held on March 13.

The next advisory meeting will be from 10am to noon at Banning’s Landing Community Center, 100 E. Water St. The meeting is open to the public.

The CAAP 2017 Update is a comprehensive strategy for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy, officials said in a press release.

Since 2005, port-related air pollution emissions in San Pedro Bay have dropped 87 percent for diesel-particulate matter, 58 percent for nitrogen oxides and 97 percent for sulfur oxides. Targets for reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) from

LB Public Library to launch new loan-service program Staff Report Signal Tribune

Assembly Bill 1303, introduced by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell to provide an additional $150 million to K-12 Vocational/ Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, passed the Assembly on Wednesday 76-0, according to O’Donnell’s office.

“As a classroom teacher, I have seen firsthand how vocational programs engage students and guide them to success,” said O’Donnell, who is chair of the Assembly Education Committee. “Vocational/ career technical programs prepare our students for lasting careers and strengthen our California workforce.

I am grateful for the overwhelming support we have received for this bill. I look forward to working with the Senate on its passage.”

According to the assemblyman’s office, AB 1303 builds upon last year’s appropriation of $300 million in ongoing funds to Vocational/ CTE programs. If enacted, funding for Vocational/CTE programs will total $450 million. The bill will also align two existing programs under the direction of the California Department of Education to make it easier for school districts to apply for funding and meet accountability requirements.

“We must offer students options,” O’Donnell said. “Not every student will go to college, and not every job requires a college degree. We have a shortage of workers for jobs requiring technical skills. The State needs to increase its efforts to meet the needs of our economy.”

The bill now awaits referral to its first Senate policy committee.

exclaimed, “Thank God we live in California,” praising the state’s strict rules. However, the congressmember said he is eager to close loopholes nationwide that allow individuals to purchase deadly automatic weapons and ammunition without federal involvement.

“There’s no reason we should be selling military-grade weapons to civilians,” he said. “[We also must] track purchases of ammunition.”

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men with face masks and bandanas broke into a Signal Hill home.

Purportedly, five individuals were in the household during the break in, and the suspects attempted to tie the family with zip-ties, but they fled when they attempted to fight them off– not before shooting two residents.

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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 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019.

TST5912 / 2019 117514 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: LOTUS COUNSELING SERVICES, located at 5199 E. Pacific Cost Hwy, Suite 612, Long Beach, CA 90804.

The fictitious business name(s) referred to above were filed on October 29, 2018, original File No. 2018274081, in the County of Los Angeles. Registrant(S): JAMIE CHOU, 5199 E. Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 612, Long Beach, CA 90804. This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: Jamie Chou. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on May 3, 2019. Pub. The Signal Tribune: May 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019.

TST5913 / Case No. 19CMCP00063 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, COMPTON COURTHOUSE, 200 West Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF Jimmy Edmond TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: JIMMY EDMOND has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: JIMMY EDMOND to Proposed Name: JIMMY LEE NEWMAN. 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 20, 2019; Time: 8:30A

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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: May 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated April 22, 2019 TST5914 / Case No. 19CMCP00060 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, COMPTON COURTHOUSE, 200 West Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220

PETITION OF Justin Randy Arreola TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: JUSTIN RANDY ARREOLA has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: JUSTIN RANDY ARREOLA to Proposed Name: JUSTIN RANDY SOLORZANO. 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 20, 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 newspa-

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST5935 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on Tuesday June 11, 2019, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, to consider the following: ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF CUP 97-03 SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM INC. (SHP) HAS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) FOR SEVEN CONSOLIDATED DRILL SITES IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. THE CUP IS SET TO EXPIRE ON JUNE 30, 2019. EXTENDING THE CUP TO JUNE 30, 2020, WILL ALLOW SHP TO CONTINUE OIL PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES WHILE PLANS FOR A LONG-TERM RENEWAL CONTINUE. CONSOLIDATED DRILL SITE LOCATIONS: 1. East of N. Olive Avenue, at Gateway retail center (3051 California Avenue).

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

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

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

5. South of Combellack Drive, west of Temple Avenue.

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

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

Applicant: Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc. Recommendation: On May 21, 2019, the Planning Commission recommended City Council approval.

AN INITIAL STUDY AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION 9/18/97 (1) for the subject CUP was approved and certified by the City Council under Resolution 98-06-4831 in 1998.

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

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend the hearings to present written information, express their opinions or otherwise present evidence on the above matter.

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

FURTHER INFORMATION on this item may be obtained at the City of Signal Hill Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by emailing Colleen Doan, Planning Manager, at "mailto:cdoan@cityofsignalhill.org"cdoan@cityofsignalhill.org or calling at (562) 989-7344.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper per Gov’t Code §65091(a)(4) on: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: Mailed to affected property owners within 300’ on:

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Ordinance No. 2019-05-1506 was introduced by the Signal Hill City Council at their meeting of Tuesday, May 28, 2019. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 19-01, AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO CHANGE AN APPROXIMATE 0.96-ACRE SITE AT 1365 AND 1387 E. 23RD STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY (RH) TO SUMMERLAND RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN (SP-22) AND ADDING CHAPTER 20.27, SUMMERLAND RESIDENTIAL SPECIFIC PLAN (SP-22) TO THE SIGNAL HILL MUNICIPAL CODE ESTABLISHING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE SITE The ordinance was introduced by the following vote: AYES:

MAYOR LORI Y. WOODS, VICE MAYOR ROBERT D. COPELAND, COUNCIL MEMBERS TINA L. HANSEN, KEIR JONES, EDWARD H.J. WILSON

NOES:

NONE

ABSENT:

NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE A copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City Clerk’s Office and on the City’s website: www.cityofsignalhill.org.

Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal-Tribune newspaper on May 31, 2019.

Posted at City Hall, Library, Discovery Well Park, and Reservoir Park on May 31, 2019.

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May 31, 2019 per of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: May 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated April 22, 2019 TST5918 / 2019 118758 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: RESILIENT GEAR AND LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, 2201 N. Lakewood Blvd., Ste D625, Long Beach, CA 90815.

Registrant: JONATHAN C. CANTLO, 2201 N. Lakewood Blvd., Ste D625, Long Beach, CA 90815.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Jonathan C. Cantlo. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in May, 2019. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on May 6, 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: May 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019.

TST5920 / Case No. 19LBCP00175 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH DISTRICT, 275 Magnolia Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802 PETITION OF Mark William Sickendick Fedderly.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: MARK WILLIAM SICKENDICK FEDDERLY has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: MARK WILLIAM SICKENDICK FEDDERLY to Proposed Name: MARK WILLIAM FEDDERLY.

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 13, 2019; Time: 8:30 AM; Dept. S26, Room 5500. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: May 10, 17, 24, 31, 2019 ___//ss//___ Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court Dated May 2, 2019 TST5938 / Case No. 19TRCP00158 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTHWEST DISTRICT, 825 Maple Avenue, Torrance, CA 90503-5096 PETITION OF Alfredo Franco Jr. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ALFREDO FRANCO JR. has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: ALFREDO FRANCO JR to Proposed Name: EDWARD AUGUST CHAVEZ. 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 19, 2019; Time: 8:30A M; Dept. M. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, CA 90755: May 31, & June 7, 14, 21, 2019 ___//ss//___ Ramona See, Judge of the Superior Court Dated May 24, 2019

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Bill that seeks to provide students with increased funding for career options passes Assembly

Staff Report Signal Tribune

Assembly Bill 1303, introduced by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell to provide an additional $150 million to K-12 Vocational/Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, passed the Assembly on Wednesday 76-0, according to O’Donnell’s office.

“As a classroom teacher, I have seen firsthand how vocational programs engage students and guide them to success,” said O’Donnell, who is chair of the Assembly Education Committee. “Vocational/career technical programs prepare our students for lasting careers and strengthen our California workforce. I am grateful for the overwhelming support we have received for this bill.

I look forward to working with the Senate on its pas-

sage.”

According to the assemblyman’s office, AB 1303 builds upon last year’s appropriation of $300 million in ongoing funds to Vocational/CTE programs. If enacted, funding for Vocational/CTE programs will total $450 million. The bill will also align two existing programs under the direction of the California Department of Education to make it easier for school districts to apply for funding and meet accountability requirements.

“We must offer students options,” O’Donnell said.

“Not every student will go to college, and not every job requires a college degree. We have a shortage of workers for jobs requiring technical skills. The State needs to increase its efforts to meet the needs of our economy.”

The bill now awaits referral to its first Senate policy committee.

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As seen in this image of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s website, the qualified candidates for the June 4 special election are, in alphabetical order, Lena Gonzalez and Jack Guerrero.

Get to the polls: Senate District 33 special general election to take place June 4

Staff Report Signal Tribune

The Senate District 33 Special General Election is Tuesday, June 4.

Signal Hill's designated polling place is Discovery Well Park, 2200 Temple Ave. Polls will open at 7am and close at 8pm. Residents can also vote by mail.

For more information about this special election, visit the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s website at lavote.net/home/voting-elections/current-elections/upcoming-elections

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST5937 NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION

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Pictured during a forum at Veterans Park last month are Lena Gonzalez (left) and Jack Guerrero (right)

Ordinance No. 2019-05-1505 was introduced by the Signal Hill City Council at their meeting of Tuesday, May 28, 2019. A summary of the ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TO CHANGE THE CITY’S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION DATE TO THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION DATE OF THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER OF EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS AND REDUCING ONE-TIME COUNCILMEMBER TERMS BY FOUR MONTHS The ordinance was introduced by the following vote: AYES:

MAYOR LORI Y. WOODS, VICE MAYOR ROBERT D. COPE LAND, COUNCIL MEMBERS TINA L. HANSEN, KEIR JONES, EDWARD H.J. WILSON

NOES:

NONE

ABSENT:

NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City Clerk’s office and on the City’s website:www.cityofsignalhill.org.

Carmen R. Brooks City Clerk Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper on May 31, 2019.

Posted at City Hall, Signal Hill Library, Discovery Well Park, and Reservoir Park on May 31, 2019.

City of SH officials invite public to fill out ADA survey

Community can participate in online form to decide different services offered in city.

Staff Report Signal Tribune

The City of Signal Hill is updating its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) self-evaluation and transition plan, officials announced last week.

The accessibility plan provides a comprehensive plan for access for individuals with disabilities to City of Signal Hill facilities, parks, programs, services, activities and events.

The City of Signal Hill is seeking input from agencies, organizations and individuals with disabilities. As an agency, organization or individual, the value of stakeholder guidance will help to address and prioritize current and future needs, officials said.

Officials also added that they welcome input from organizations that represent individuals with disabilities, patrons, community members, employees, and other interested people who wish to participate in the evaluation.

Individuals and/or organizations who would like to provide input are invited to complete the survey at bit. ly/2KjUQxP.

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LBT Board of Metro continued from page 1 Directors adopts ert Garcia, who is a Metro board member, said he is elated to see budget that light-rail services return to the downtown Long Beach area. focuses on “We also want to make sure peocustomer care, ple know that even though the construction on the actual rail line is amenities finished, there is still lots of work Officials claim the finances will serve as an example of the company’s good customer service.

Staff Report Signal Tribune

The Long Beach Transit (LBT) Board of Directors adopted its fiscal year 2020 budget focused on “enhancing the customer experience and continuous improvement,” officials said in a press release on Wednesday, May 29.

“In the past five years, LBT has improved safety and service quality and exercised financial accountability by improving services and adopting balanced budgets without taking on any debt,” said Kenneth McDonald, LBT president and CEO. “For fiscal year 2020, LBT continues this practice with a special focus on innovation, customer experience, promoting community and the transportation industry.”

Each year in May, the LBT Board of Directors adopts an annual budget that sets the blueprint for the agency’s strategic priorities. This year’s spending plan emphasizes customer amenities, such as enhancing bus stops and increasing customer care through additional training and other programs. LBT is also increasing its community focus through sustainability efforts, partnerships and new programs, officials said.

By late 2019, LBT will issue a proposal to purchase up to 34 zero-emission, battery-electric buses and it is piloting a digital-engagement program to improve customer wayfinding and transit information.

“The outstanding LBT team continues to do a great job improving safety and service quality,” McDonald said. “Our on-time performance and accident-free days has steadily improved over the years, and that trend will continue. Creating a safe, reliable and pleasant experience is important for the millions of customers we serve each year. I truly appreciate the leadership of our board of directors and the commitment

by LBT’s staff to achieve our goals.”

happening along the line, whether it’s fencing work, landscaping that’s happening, painting and other work sprucing up the line itself,” he said. “So, while the construction is complete, much of the landscaping work is still ongoing.”

While the southern section of the Blue Line will reopen Saturday, the northern section’s services will be suspended. Bus-shuttle services will be offered through the Compton and 7th Street/Metro Station route.

Sixty days of construction work at the junction of the Expo and Blue lines near Washington and Grand Avenue will also begin Saturday, June 22, officials announced. Bus shuttles will replace the Expo Line service between LATTC/Ortho Inst and 7th Street/Metro stations.

The $350-million New Blue project intends to overhaul Metro’s oldest and busiest light-rail service to improve reliability, safety and customer experience, Metro officials announced earlier this year.

Currently, the improvements to the system include upgrading rail tracks, overhead power lines, train control and adding switches.

Moreover, station-area upgrades will be installed, including interactive information kiosks, repainted stations, new signage and fresh landscaping.

The primary upgrade showcased at Wednesday’s press conference was the informational kiosks, which officials said works like “an oversized iPhone.”

Metro partnered with technology and media company Intersection to provide the interactive digital displays, present at select stations and in the southern section of the Blue Line. The kiosks provide real-time train and bus arrival times, service alerts, emergency messages and ads.

“Metro engineers and construction workers have been working day and night on the southern section,” said 4th District Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. “[...] And we know that the last four months have been difficult for the riders— and these riders on the Blue Line are our most loyal riders of the entire system for Metro. We appreciate their patience, and we appreciate how they’ve embraced the shuttle system. And we have readjusted the schedule so they met the needs of our riders. And now many of these commuters like the Express shuttles so much, they want to make it a permanent service. Mayor Garcia and I think that’s a great idea, and one that we have pledged to make happen.”

The aforementioned bus-shuttle

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Los Angeles County 4th District Supervisor Janice Hahn and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia look on as a Metro official showcases the new kiosks that are now available at select Metro stations and all of the southern segment portion of the Blue Line.

services— which includes transportation to select Blue Line station stops, all stops or an express service straight to downtown from any station— will be offered at varied rates for customers during the northern-section construction.

Route and cost information can be found at metro.net/newblue.

Metro officials said that ambassadors will be on-site at the northern-section stations to provide imformation to passengers.

When the New Blue project is completed in its entirety, the rail system will be renamed from the Metro Blue Line to the Line A system, transitioning past the color-coded navigation that has served as Metro’s staple for decades.

Perhaps undergoing the biggest transformation is the Willowbrooks/Rosa Parks Station, which is the only stop along the Blue Line that is closed throughout the entire eight-month project. Dubbed a total renovation, the station will have a longer platform, new canopies and a new southern pedestrian entrance. Work is expected to be completed at the end of September.

But arguably the biggest change to the Willowbrooks/Rosa Parks Station will be the slight tweaking of its name. “[We’ve talked about] the Rosa Parks/Willowbrook Station and changing that [name] around,”

said Metro CEO Phil Washington.

“We are looking into doing that.

And we know that station remains closed as we get this rehab of the entire line, that is going to be pret-

ty much a brand new station. So we’re very very happy to do this.

This whole line will be a state-ofthe-art rail line that all of us can be proud of.” ✦

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The kiosks work like “an oversized iPhone,” providing real-time train and bus arrival times, service alerts, emergency messages and ads.

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during a separate meeting that is still open to the public.

Wilson said that “fairness” about the process and even what is considered “best practice” are subjective determinations, but supported interviewing on one date and selecting on a different date to allow more time to consider candidates.

“The reason I interviewed [candidates separately] when I was mayor– I interviewed every single person– was because I didn’t think it was fair to that person to only give them five minutes of time,” he said.

Aleshire also said that the process has become more complicated by candidates applying for as many of the three commissions they wanted and suggested asking them to limit

their choices to their primary choice for which they are best qualified and an alternate.

He said that, under state law, once you post for the position and conduct an application process, the council can select people that haven’t even applied for a position.

Woods said that there was more to decision-making than just the night of the interviews, especially in considering the diversity of the commissions and technical expertise required by some of them.

“It’s important for the applicants, for the public, to know that each of us […] take this appointment very seriously,” she said.

The council asked staff to sum up ideas for how the council might

consider proceeding with commission appointments going forward.

Presentations Building Inspector John Hartley and Administrative Assistant Phyllis Thorne of the community-development department gave a presentation recognizing May as National Building Safety Month.

Thorne explained that the International Code Council, established in 1994, developed all national building safety codes and that its 2019 theme is “No Code, No Confidence.” To mark it, the department invited female students from the After School Recreation Club to tour the site of the new Signal Hill Public Library under construction.

Throne said the young students wore hard-hats and explored the different library rooms in progress, asked questions about the equipment and waved from the second-floor balcony.

Woods presented Denise “Sparkle” Peterson, principal at the Jessie Elwin Nelson Academy in Signal Hill– a middle school that she had opened– with a proclamation recognizing Peterson’s retirement after 35 years of service to the Long Beach Unified School District.

“Under Ms. Peterson’s leadership, Jessie Elwin Nelson Academy was designated a ‘Kindness Certified School’ in 2017,” Woods said.

“Ms. Peterson’s motto, ‘Raising the bar,’ is seen in her commitment to

staff development, curriculum development, mentoring and coaching and providing leadership in her community.”

Wilson also praised Peterson for her above-and-beyond commitment, calling her “a quintessential principal.”

Peterson thanked the city and several educators in the audience for their support of her.

“Thank you to all of you,” she said. “You’ve helped me to grow and to be a better person.”

The next Signal Hill City Council meeting will take place Tuesday, June 11, at 7pm in the council chamber at 2175 Cherry Ave.

Port of LB announces distribution of $100,000 in scholarships Staff Report Signal Tribune

The Port of Long Beach on Tuesday, May 28, announced $100,000 in scholarships for 77 local college and high school students as part of an expanded education-outreach effort.

The students receiving the scholarships were recognized at the port’s 6th annual “Celebrating Education” event, along with the port’s 25 incoming high school summer interns and the 22 local teachers who were trained in engineering education earlier this year as part of the port’s externship program.

The event brought together students, educators, public officials and business leaders to highlight the port’s education-outreach programs and accomplishments in the goods-movement industry. This year’s event was held at the Long Beach Marriott as part of World Trade Month.

The port also announced that participation, grade-point averages and enrollment in Advanced Placement courses have steadily improved among students registered in the Academy of Global Logistics at Cabrillo High School since the program was established by the port three years ago with the Long Beach Unified School District.

The four-year, career-based AGL program combines academic curriculum with training for students interested in global trade, logistics and supply chain management, officials said.

Recently, the Washington D.C.based University Professional and Continuing Education Association awarded its annual Engagement Award to the partnering organizations for AGL. The award recognized “an outstanding mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources” between the AGL and the California State University, Long Beach, Center for International Trade and Transportation, along with the university’s College of Continuing and Professional Education.

“The Harbor Commission has a longstanding belief in leveraging the port’s position as the second-busiest container seaport in the United States for positive changes in our industry and our community,” said Tracy Egoscue, president of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners. “The Academy of Global Logistics at Cabrillo High School successfully combines academics and industry-relevant training with the goal of educating our city’s students to become leaders in global trade and goods movement.”

Among the accomplishments:

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There are 464 students currently enrolled in AGL, up from 433 students who participated in the inaugural 2016-17 program.

67 percent of AGL students earned a 2.0 GPA or higher in 2019, up from 61 percent in 2016.

About 16 percent of AGL students are enrolled in Advanced Placement classes, up from 6 percent in 2016.

toring for those interested in careers in international trade and related fields, officials said.

The Port of Long Beach expanded other education programs, including: •

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Launching the Maritime Center of Excellence at LBCC to offer training in logistics and supply chain jobs requiring more than a high school diploma, but less than a four-year degree.

Adding new science, technolo-

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gy, engineering and math programs (STEM) across LBUSD high schools.

Becoming the first industry partner of the Long Beach College Promise.

Receiving the Cal State Long Beach President’s Distinguished Service Award for the port’s accomplishments in education.

“The Port of Long Beach is committed to investing in tomorrow’s

future industry leaders through internships and scholarships that will help support the development of a skilled workforce in international trade and goods movement,” said Mario Cordero, executive director of the Port of Long Beach. “As the industry continues to grow, education outreach and workforce development programs have become a larger priority for the Port of Long Beach and the entire goods movement industry.”

The $100,000 in scholarships announced Tuesday was the highest amount to date for a single year, the port announced. Officials also added engineering and environmental science categories for LBCC and Cal State Long Beach students and increased from 39 to 77 the overall number of scholarship recipients this year compared to last.

Also on Tuesday, the Harbor Commission approved an increase in the annual scholarship fund to $125,000 for next year.

Since 1993, the port has awarded scholarships to 541 students pursuing careers in international trade and goods movement. This year’s scholarships went to students from local high schools, Long Beach City College and Cal State Long Beach.

Additionally, the port welcomed 25 Long Beach-area high school students who will work as interns this summer. The six-week program offers real work experience and men-

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