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August 2, 2019

Cohabitation and Coyotes

NEWS

As sightings of coyotes become more common in urban areas residents need to be aware of how to protect their homes.

Daniel Green

State supreme court won’t hear Long Beach double-murder case

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Sebastian Echeverry | Signal Tribune

Long Beach City officials held the first press conference on July 31 in the new civic center during which they broke down the proposed Fiscal Year 2020 Long Beach budget, which currently stands at $2.8 billion.

Long Beach officials unveil 2020 city budget Council will vote on budget proposal in September

Chinese metal company disguises aluminum as pallets to avoid tariffs on shipping to Long Beach Port Page 3

COMMUNITY

Sebastian Echeverry Managing Editor

Allocating city funds to tackle homelessness and the announcement of new city services was at the forefront of this year’s Long Beach budget proposal presentation for Fiscal Year 2020.

Mayor Robert Garcia and City Manager Patrick West conducted the first press conference inside the new city hall building Wednesday during which they presented how the city will budget $2.8 billion across various programs and services if the city council approves the proposal on Sept. 10.

The budget proposal is “financially responsible” Garcia said, however, the city is forecasting economic shortfalls and challenges in about two year’s time.

Homelessness “I want to start by addressing what is the single biggest challenge we have in Long Beach and that is addressing homelessness,” Garcia said. “There is no larger challenge that we face as a city.”

The proposal this year includes about $30 million in total funding to address homelessness compared to $27 million from

federal, state and county grants awarded during last year’s press conference.

The city said it has helped over 5,000 people move into permanent housing since 2013.

The proposal indicates that the $30 million funds this year will address the goals put forth by the Everyone Home Long Beach report, which includes operating the Housing Navigation Center.

The center will offer transients a safe place to store their personal belongings without worrying about having their things stolen.

City manager West said fear of see BUDGET page 11

‘The new home for democracy in Long Beach’ City opens new civic center, but critics question its necessity, development process and even design.

Healing, one step at a time

Fallen SHPD Officer’s daughter to walk 25 miles in his memory Page 2

LBFD tips on earthquake safety

Fourth District residents hear about seismic safety from Long Beach fire Page 11

Cory Bilicko Staff Writer

The City of Long Beach officially opened to the public its new civic center July 29, during an event that included remarks from current and former officials affiliated with the $520-million project, as well as tours of the new facilities, which will house city hall, council chambers and the port’s administration building.

The new center is the culmination of five years of negotiation and planning, after the city

council in 2014 approved a public-private partnership (P3) with Plenary-Edgemoor Civic Partners to design, construct, fund, operate and maintain the complex for the next four decades.

Although the Port of Long Beach will now be headquartered in the new plaza– moving from its interim location near the airport– it financed its new building independently with revenue bonds, according to city officials.

The public sections of the center will include a new main li-

brary, which is scheduled to open Sept. 21, as well as a revamped Lincoln Park.

Officials indicate that the private-development aspect of the center will include transit-oriented mixed-used developments, high-rise condos and retail.

“The grand opening of this civic center is truly a testament to our collective ability to work together to achieve something that has never been done before in municipal government,” said see CITY HALL page 15

Production Manager

In recent years, the subject of coyotes has been an ongoing discussion in Signal Hill and Long Beach. Sightings and reports of attacks on pets have caused residents to ask questions about how to handle coyotes who enter their local neighborhoods.

At the annual budget meeting for the City of Long Beach on July 31, City Manager Patrick West said that the city is taking steps to study the coyote problem.

“We have a task force for Long Beach Animal Care Center [and] they’re reviewing that,” West told the Signal Tribune. “In addition to that, our Parks, Recreation and Marine Department have hired people to do studies regarding coyotes and address that.”

Both Signal Hill and Long Beach have released information in the past on how to deal with sightings of rogue animals. In 2015 the City of Long Beach released a Coyote Management Plan, which provides information on coyotes and the best way to deal with them.

Relocation One of the most common proposals on how to deal with the population of coyotes in the area is relocation.

Many residents have proposed capturing and relocating them to an area where they can live freely away from humans.

Data shows that this idea see COYOTE page 14

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COMMUNITY

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Barbara Ann Crumbacker and her husband Richard Crumbacker finish the 2016 COPS (Concerns of Police Survivors) Walk fundraising event in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, holding a picture of her stepfather, fallen Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony “Tony” Giniewicz, who died in 2011.

August 2, 2019

Courtesy Barbara Ann Crumbacker

Fallen Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony “Tony” Giniewicz, who was shot in the line of duty in 1985 and died of complications from his injuries on Dec. 7, 2011

Healing and helping, one step at a time Fallen SHPD Officer Anthony Giniewicz’s daughter to walk 25 miles in his memory.

Anita W. Harris Staff Writer

On the night of Feb. 19, 1985, Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony Giniewicz had come off duty and was having dinner with his wife Barbara and partner Steve Owens at Charley Browns, a former local restaurant.

When Owens left the restaurant to go home, he was accosted by three armed men who robbed him of his wallet and service weapon.

He went inside to tell his partner and together they confronted the men in the restaurant’s parking lot.

But as they drove away, the men shot at the officers, striking Giniewicz, though he returned fire.

The men were ultimately arrested the following month, and Owens’s service weapon was recovered, but that fateful night changed Giniewicz’s life forever.

He would never walk again, having been paralyzed from the chest down by a bullet lodged in his spine. Giniewicz died of medical complications resulting from his injuries on Dec. 7, 2011.

“Although Tony was off duty when he was injured in 1985, he quickly responded to the situa-

tion and engaged the robbery suspects before being shot,” former Signal Hill Police Chief Michael Langston said at the time. “We will always be grateful to Tony for his selfless actions serving the community.”

Giniewicz is memorialized in an art installation at the Signal Hill Police Department (SHPD) headquarters at 2745 Walnut Ave. and in signs along the 405 Freeway between Atlantic and Cherry avenues, following a 2014 state-senate resolution designating that portion as the Anthony “Tony” Giniewicz Memorial Highway.

But like many family members of police officers killed in the line of duty, Giniewicz’s stepdaughter, Barbara Crumbacker, still feels his loss deeply.

She told the Signal Tribune this week that she was only 14 years old at the time of the shooting, getting ready for school the next morning, unaware of what had happened the previous night. Her baby brother Anthony, who was only two-and-a-half at the time, was asleep alone in her parents’ bed.

Crumbacker had heard on the television news that morning that a Signal Hill police officer had

been shot and was in Long Beach Memorial Hospital, but she didn’t know it was her dad.

“When I heard that on the news, I called the [police] dispatch,” Crumbacker said. “They let my mom know at the hospital, ‘Your daughter just found out from the news.’”

The family relocated to San Luis Obispo County a couple of years after the shooting. Crumbacker’s brother, John Peters, who was 11 at the time of the shooting, has since become police chief at Grover Beach in that county, as previously reported in the Signal Tribune.

Following Giniewicz’s passing– or “end of watch”– in December 2011, the family followed his final wishes and didn’t let his death interfere with the holidays, only holding a funeral afterward.

“We had a celebration of life– everyone got together telling stories and such,” Crumbacker said, adding that the chief and other members of the SHPD also attended.

COPS Walk It was at the funeral that Crumbacker met a woman from a national organization called Con-

cerns of Police Survivors (COPS), established in 1984 to assist family members and coworkers of fallen officers. Though based in Missouri, COPS’s local chapters cover most of the nation, with a membership of 50,000, according to its website.

“Each year, between 140 and 160 officers are killed in the line of duty and their families and coworkers are left to cope with the tragic loss,” COPS states. Its mission: to rebuild the shattered lives of those survivors.

Crumbacker said that after the funeral, the organization prepared her family for what to expect at a National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial event– which takes place every year during National Police Week– honoring Giniewicz in Washington, D.C. on May 12, 2012.

Since then, Crumbacker has become active in the COPS North Carolina chapter, where she now lives, and has participated in the organization’s annual fundraising walks at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia each year since 2012.

She plans to walk the 25-mile course this year as well, covering 12.5 miles each day during a weekend in October.

“This is my eighth year and I will be completing my 200th mile,” Crumbacker said. “It’s not a race. You walk at your own pace. For me, it’s a healing thing.

I wish other survivors that have lost somebody in the line of duty [could do it].”

Crumbacker’s daughter, Marissa Lewis– who is married to a North Carolina highway-patrol officer whose department lost three troopers– will also participate this year for the first time.

Proceeds from the walk help COPS assist families with everything from filling out paperwork to counseling as well as hosting a kids’ camp and retreats for young adults and the adult children of fallen officers, Crumbacker said.

“This is all free,” she said. “This is what raising this money does.

COPS feels that the survivors have already paid the ultimate sacrifice.”

Crumbacker said she especially appreciates the camps for children, having lost her own father at a young age.

“All the kids there have lost a parent,” she said. “This is their safe environment, their safe haven. This is where they can be with see COP page 5

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Chinese metal company disguises aluminum as pallets to avoid tariffs on shipping to Long Beach Port City News Service Southern California Local News

A Chinese metal company and its former president were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles for allegedly dodging $1.8 billion in U.S. tariffs by importing large amounts of aluminum disguised as pallets not subject to the levies, prosecutors announced on July 31.

The indictment unsealed late Tuesday accused China Zhongwang Holdings Limited, described as Asia’s largest aluminum company; former president/chairman Zhongtian Liu; and several other individuals and companies of orchestrating the scheme to avoid paying “anti-dumping and countervailing duties” on aluminum imported into the United States.

Prosecutors contend the company disguised the aluminum as pallets, which are not subject to tariffs, and shipped it to the United States through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The roughly 2.2 million pallets were stored in Southern California warehouses then “sold” in bogus

transactions to companies controlled by Liu, prosecutors said.

The bogus sales were used to artificially inflate the value of China Zhongwang by overstating its volume of sales and exports, claiming the material was being sold to independent third parties when it was actually being stockpiled by Liu-controlled companies, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

In a separate case filed Tuesday, Liu associate Po-Chi Eric Shen, 41, of Los Angeles, was charged with failing to report more than $9 million in taxable income he received in 2015 to the IRS. Shen has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with the continuing investigation into the alleged scheme, prosecutors said.

The indictment against Ziu and others charges the defendants with conspiracy, nine counts of wire fraud and seven counts of passing false and fraudulent papers through a customhouse. Most of the defendants were also charged with money laundering.

Sebastian Echeverry | Signal Tribune

Meant to Be Cafe and Long Beach Rescue Mission staff set the tables on July 30 for the Chefs Serve Shelter event, hosted by Dine LBC.

Dine LBC, Long Beach chefs band together to feed the homeless before week-long event Sebastian Echeverry Managing Editor

The 6th annual Dine LBC, a week long event where folks can try various foods from dozens of local eateries, is set to start this Saturday, Aug. 3.

To kick off the festivities, Dine LBC decided to bring the event to the homeless population via its Chefs Serve Shelters event on July 30 at the Long Beach Rescue Mission.

“We realize that there are many among us who won’t get the chance to dine out during Dine LBC,” Terri Henry, organizer of Dine LBC, stated in a press release. “Serving a gourmet restaurant style meal to our neighbors struggling with homelessness is our way of bringing restaurant week to them and including everyone in Dine LBC.”

Staff from Meant to Be Cafe, The Attic, PigBurd, L’Opera Ristorante, Hof’s Hut and Saint & Second served multi-course meals to about 250 shelter residents and individuals living on the streets.

“Dine LBC is important for our restaurant, but not everyone gets to participate,” Raquel Jubran, chef representing PigBurd, said.

“So we like to bring our cuisine out to the less fortunate so that they get to have good food too just like the average, everyday, working people.”

The chefs working behind the counter inside the mission’s mess hall banded together to cook up mineral-packed vegan lentils, cinnamon-chip salads served with pasta and a small pie for dessert.

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OPINION

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August 2, 2019

Small steps to achieve a 93-year-old dream Fifty years ago it was hard to find Signal Hill’s public library.

The catacomb library was hidden deep beneath City Hall. It was the smallest municipally-owned library in Los Angeles County, and perhaps the entire nation.

Head librarian, and only full time employee, Mrs. Kathleen Brady found the neat cellar library with its 13,500 books a much better place than when she came to work for the city in 1962. Then the library occupied a small 800 square foot room which could house about 4,000 books on the second floor of City Hall. The move to the larger quarters in 1965 not only increased the number of books the library could hold to 20,000, but also saw an increase in patronage. In 1967-68 a total of 13,594 books were checked out by local residents. It also became a place to study with its brightly lit rooms, polished floors and catacomb-like atmosphere.

The “new” basement library, however, wasn’t what the city had hoped for. In January 1964 Mayor William F. Mendenhall announced plans for a $300,000 circular new library building to be erected on city property on the west side of Hill Street, west of the fire station.

The newly formed Signal Hill Rotary Club had pledged to collect all the money to construct the 25,000 book classic style library through public subscription. An architect had prepared preliminary plans for the 2-story 13,317 square-foot library which would be circular and completely enclosed in glass, with an interior patio. The children’s library would be on the ground floor, along with a vault, audio visual room, bindery and storage area. A play area for the youngsters would be conveniently located on the first floor. Plans called for the library to have an entry bridge off Hill Street leading into the main lobby on the

second floor. There one would find the adult section, an office, book stacks, magazine racks and reading tables. Parking space was to be at the rear of the property.

This “new” library was not to be. The public library remained in the basement until December 1978 when it moved into the old city fire station. The obsolete fire building had been renovated as part of a $1.5 million urban renewal project that also brought the city a new police station.

Signal Hill will finally have a new library 93 years after Mary Maude Chandler Trodd convinced W. E. Hinshaw to give her a room, rent free, for a library in his new brick building at 21st and Cherry.

With space for a library guaranteed, she managed to cajole the Signal Hill City Council into giving her $30 for shelving. She then went from door to door collecting magazines and books. The library, with its few shelves of books, opened in March 1926. The library eventually expanded, placed on the top floor of Signal Hill’s new city hall at 2175 Cherry in 1934, later moving to the basement in 1965, and an old fire station in 1978. Mary would be very happy to learn the small steps she had taken to create the Signal Hill Public Library have paid off. Finally, Signal Hill will have a library in a brand new building, all its own, thanks in no small part to Mary Maude Chandler Trodd’s dream.

For more on Mary Trodd and the creation of the Signal Hill Public Library, read my June 2017 blog entry at historicalsignalhill. blogspot.com.

The 14,000 square-foot new library is scheduled to open Aug. 10, 2019, at 1800 E. Hill Street.

Festivities begin at 11am and continue until 4pm. The temporary library has already closed to prepare for the move.

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From 1934 to 1978, Signal Hill City Hall housed the library, initially on the second floor, later the basement.

Rendering of the new 2019 Signal Hill Public Library located at 1800 E. Hill St.

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other like children. That’s what touches me the most.”

COPS Walk also includes some kids who have either lost a parent or are the children of those who have, Crumbacker said, adding that about 50 walkers participate each year on average.

“It’s a family event,” she said.

“Some of us walk in groups. Some of us walk alone and have time for reflection. […] It’s a family reunion in a way. We honor our officers and remember them.”

The trail follows the historic

185-mile Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal Towpath that runs along the Potomac River, starting at Point of Rocks, Maryland and ending in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Crumbacker said COPS provides trail support during the walk, with volunteers such as her husband Richard Crumbacker providing medical assistance.

Though often sunny there in October, it’s sometimes cool enough for Crumbacker to wear gloves and a hoodie, she said.

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“The weather is finnicky,” she said. “Every year that I can remember other than last year, it has rained at least one of the days.”

But Crumbacker looks forward to the event, despite the blisters she gets, walking not just for her father– whose picture she carries with her on the trail– but other officers she has known who have died.

“I keep all of them in mind when I walk,” she said. “I know not everyone can be there, but […]

I let their families know that I’m thinking about them.”

Above all, the walk is personal-

ly meaningful to Crumbacker and worth raising the required $1,000 every year in sponsorship.

“For me, it’s healing,” she added. “This is my way to give back to an organization that helped my family and that has helped other families. […] I know there’s people in the organization that I can call, day or night and I’m not judged for how I feel.”

Those feelings include anger that Giniewicz’s life was cut short, at only 58 years old when he died.

“I feel at times like my dad has missed out on experiencing grandchildren,” she said. “There’s

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A ro u n d Tow n A schedule of local activities and events MEDICINE, MUNCHIES AND MOVIES What Lecture and movie screening Who Mariusz Wirga, M.D. When Friday, August 16 at noon Where Memorial Care Long Beach Medical Center, Houssels Forum More Info Mariusz Wirga, M.D. will be giving a lecture on the healing power of laughter. The lecture will be followed by a screening of Ghostbusters and a complimentary lunch. To register call (562) 933-1650.

ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT What Support Group Who The Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group When Tuesday, August 13 from 3pm to 5pm Where Millers Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Conference Room A1, 2801 Atlantic Ave More Info This gathering welcomes anyone who wishes to safely express their feelings, thoughts, and experiences regarding Alzheimer’s. The support group also aims to provide attendees with ways to cope with and manage the struggles surrounding the disease. To register call (323) 930-6256.

HOLD THE MEAT What Vegan Festival Who Plant Based For All Non Profit When Saturday, August 3 from 11am to 7pm Where The Pike Outlets and Green ​95 S Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA More Info A festival dedicated to vegan food.

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great-grandchildren now that he never got to know about.”

Walking the trail each year is thus an opportunity for Crumbacker to commune with Giniewicz– who had been an avid outdoorsman– in a safe environment.

“Every mile is a memory,” she said. “In a sense, doing it is keeping my dad alive.”

FREE MUSIC What: Free concert Who: The Bernie Pearl Blues Band with vocalist Elizabeth Hangan When: Monday, Aug. 5, from 6pm to 8pm Where: Food court at the Carson Mall (just off the 405 in Carson).

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PARK CONCERT What: Free music Who: Bernie Pearl Blues Band, Kimberly Allison, Lucky Lloyd, and Lester Lands When: Wednesday, Aug. 14, from 6pm to 8pm Where: Los Cerritos Park, 3750 Del Mar Ave., Long Beach, CA More Info: Three blues guitarists, each with a

distinctive style, appear in open-air free concert.

Satisfy your blues-guitar cravings and expect a little Gospel, too. Event sponsored by the Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association.

GREEN GARDENING What: Eco-friendly gardening workshop Who: Water Replenishment District (WRD) in partnership with Rancho Los Cerritos.

When: Saturday, Aug. 3, from 1:30pm to 4:30pm Where: Rancho Los Cerritos 4600 Virginia Rd. Long Beach, CA More Info: Learn how to get the most out of your irrigation system to conserve water. This workshop will familiarize homeowners with the components and the layout of residential irrigation equipment. RSVP for this event to WRD directly: wrd.org/EcoGardenerRSVP BIRD WATCH What: Nature walk and bird watching Who: Rancho Los Cerritos.

When: Thursday, Aug. 8, from 8am to 9:30am Where: Rancho Los Cerritos 4600 Virginia Rd. Long Beach, CA More Info: Stroll through the grounds of the historic rancho and watch both resident birds and seasonal migrants. Participants will also listen to calls and songs and potentially observe other specific seasonal behaviors. Meet in the lower parking lot at 8am sharp. Wear comfortable closed toed shoes and bring a hat and binoculars.

A limited number of binoculars may be borrowed. Free and open to all. Rain cancels.

LAWN CONCERT What: Free concert Who: The Band of the California Battalion When: Sunday, Aug. 25, from 5pm to 7pm Where: Rancho Los Cerritos 4600 Virginia Rd. Long Beach, CA More Info: The site opens at 5pm for pre-concert picnicking. Concerts run from 5:30pm to 7pm. Guests can bring blankets or lawn chairs.

Pets are not allowed. RSVP and on the Rancho Los Cerritos Facebook event page. Visit rancholoscerritos.org/upcoming-event/free-concertlawn-august-2019/ for more details.

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NEWS

Signal Tribune

August 2, 2019

State supreme court won’t hear appeal to Long Beach double-murder case

Court rules against man found guilty of murdering a woman and her 4-year-old child City News Service Southern California Local News

The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to review the case of an Oklahoma man convicted of gunning down a woman and her 4-yearold daughter in an unprovoked attack in Long Beach.

Jurors found Brandon Ivan Colbert Jr. guilty of first-degree murder for the Aug. 6, 2016, murders of Carina Mancera, 26, and her daughter, Jennabel Anaya.

Colbert was also convicted of trying to kill the girl’s father, Luis Anaya, who was not hit by the gunfire.

Jurors also found true the special circumstance allegations of murder while lying in wait and multiple murders, along with allegations that he personally discharged a firearm.

In a May 6 ruling, a three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal cited “compelling evidence of guilt” and noted that Colbert “without provocation fired shotgun blasts at Carina and her young daughter” and fired– but missed– after the girl’s father rushed toward him.

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ered at the scene of the shootings matched [the] defendant’s DNA,” the panel noted.

Colbert– who claimed he was innocent and described the crimes as “Hollywood-type happenings”– was sentenced in February 2018 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

At his sentencing hearing, Colbert tried to get out of his seat and walk out of the Long Beach courtroom as friends of the victims were about to speak, but sheriff’s deputies pounced on him and forced him to the floor.

“You’re going to sit here and listen to them now. Stop it,” Superior Court Judge Jesse I. Rodriguez told Colbert shortly before he tried to rise from his seat.

“I want to get out of here […]

I don’t care about this,” Colbert responded.

“You acted, you behaved and you achieved your goal as a real urban terrorist,” the judge told the defendant. “You went hunting in the beautiful city of Long Beach looking for an easy prey and you found them.”

Noting that video evidence showed Colbert passing several adult men as he searched out “the most innocent of victims,” Rodriguez called the shooting a “cowardly act of terror.”

The defendant snapped back, calling the judge a coward.

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cided against seeking the death penalty for Colbert, but Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes described him as “the worst, most vile monster I’ve ever come across” and called him a “pox” on the Earth.

In a sentencing memorandum, the prosecutor wrote that the attack was “without any provocation.”

Mancera and her daughter were gunned down near Ninth Street and Locust Avenue as the family was returning home from grocery shopping. He hid behind a sign and opened fire on the family with a shotgun.

Colbert was arrested about three weeks later by Los Angeles police on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle and a DNA swab was obtained, ultimately linking him to the killings.

The surviving victim told investigators that a man walked up to his longtime girlfriend and their daughter and suddenly– without provocation– opened fire, then ran off. He said he did not recognize the man, nor did anyone else in the neighborhood.

Colbert spent time in a state mental hospital after being found incompetent to stand trial, but criminal proceedings were reinstated after authorities determined that his mental competency had been restored.

He acted as his own attorney during the trial.

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Alley fire spreads onto Cal Heights home, cause of fire under investigation Sebastian Echeverry Managing Editor

Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) firefighters stopped a fire from burning down a Cal Heights garage on July 26 at the 3700 block of Lewis Avenue. No injuries were reported.

Rosemary Ferrier posted pictures of her half-charred garage on Nextdoor.com, a social networking service for neighborhoods, on Sunday, urging fellow neighbors to keep watch for suspicious behavior and fires in the alleys.

“LBFD suspects arson on this as the fire started at the base of our garage on the outside,” Ferrier wrote. “Please keep a close watch in your alleyways, day and night, and report any suspicious activity.”

LBFD Public Information Officer Jake Heflin told the Signal Tribune Monday the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but arson has not been ruled out.

The Signal Tribune reached out to Ferrier via Nextdoor for updates on the fire that spread onto her home.

“I don’t know very much yet, as the arson investigator still hasn’t reached out to me, and it’s been almost 72 hours,” she said. “I’m not sure what they’ll be able to find in terms of evidence now that the ignition spot has already been so tampered with. I’m highly frustrat-

ed by the whole situation at this point.”

Ferrier was not home when the fire erupted. She was in Huntington Beach with her family when she received a call from a 562 area code.

“We don’t know many people from Long Beach, so I didn’t pick up,” Ferrier said. “We thought it was a sales call.”

When she got home, and saw multiple fire trucks blocking the entrance to her street, the 562 number made more sense, Ferrier said. It was the fire department informing her that her garage caught fire.

There were two dogs in the main part of the house, but they were not injured Ferrier said.

“I was calm, worried about my dogs, but I was fine,” she said.

In April, the Signal Tribune reported that there had been about five fires between the 3400 and 3800 blocks of Gaviota Avenue.

The most recent blaze occurred on April 18, when another Cal Heights family found out that their furniture that had been set out for pickup had caught fire. The incident caused their fence to burn down and some of their pets to die in the flames, according to local reports.

Heflin said alley fires in the Cal Heights neighborhood are being investigated, and that

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LBFD Public Information Officer Jake Heflin said the cause of a fire that charred part of a Cal Heights garage July 26 is still under investigation, but arson has not been ruled out.

fire-location frequency plays a role in identifying an arson suspect or a cause.

Ferrier said she was concerned for her family’s safety following the fire.

“I have two kids that play in

the room next to the garage,” she said. “The thought of someone coming back to finish the job is frightening.”

Heflin urged the public to contact the LBFD with tips to help with the ongoing inves-

tigations. LBFD Captain Bob Cheng is the lead fire investigator. Those with information can contact Cheng at (562) 570-2537.

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On Tuesday, July 30, Steve, a 60 year-old-man with cognitive impairments went missing from a Board and Care facility in Long Beach. Authorities were notified Wednesday afternoon and were able to track Steve’s location using his Project Lifesaver bracelet. He was found safe one mile away from where he was last seen.

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Fourth District County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office celebrated LA Found program’s 10th and 11th rescues Thursday since the program launched last year.

The program assists emergency crews in locating people who go missing via a tracking bracelet.

Two people with cognitive impairments went missing and were located this week and returned safely to their families because they were wearing LA Found trackable bracelets.

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On Tuesday, July 30, a 60 year-old-man with cognitive impairments went missing from a board-and-care facility in Long Beach. Authorities were notified Wednesday afternoon and were able to track the man’s location using his Project Lifesaver bracelet. He was found safe one mile away from where he was last seen, according to the press release.

LA Found is a program established by the LA County Board of Supervisors in Sept. of 2018 which aims to find people who wander quickly and reunite them with their families. It uses a system of voluntary, trackable bracelets given to individuals with Alzheimer’s, autism, dementia or other cognitive impairment that puts them at risk of wandering. Each bracelet corresponds with a unique radio frequency. When a person wearing a bracelet goes missing, the LA County Sheriff’s Department Mental Evaluation Team can use a handheld receiver or a receiver mounted on a helicopter to track the person’s location.

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having personal items stolen is preventing some homeless individuals from taking trips to the clinic or housing appointments.

“Right now we’re finding that possessions are keeping people from going into doctors’ offices because they can’t take their shopping cart and all their other things,” West said.

2020 Census The city has also allocated $1 million to address redistricting efforts and Census counting for 2020.

“The Census is an extremely important part of this budget,” Garcia said. “If we’re not completely funded, we will lose federal funds in the future.”

Bus Pass While homelessness took up most of the opening presentation, city officials announced three new services that would address transit for Long Beach students, HIV and STD levels citywide and neighborhood cleanliness.

The first is a Promise Pass program for students. If approved, the city would partner with Long Beach Transit to provide free or low-cost bus passes to Long Beach Promise students who attend Long Beach City College or California State University, Long Beach. Garcia said $350,000 from Long Beach Transit funds and city funds have been set aside to support the new program.

“For us to really be able to support more students and create a true pass […] we are going to be creating a group with the [school] presidents to develop this Promise Pass,” Garcia said.

HIV Testing The mayor announced $500,000 would fund a new initiative called the HIV/ STD Strategy aimed at reducing the levels of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in Long Beach.

The city’s health department will conduct HIV studies for the next two years.

“We believe that we can reduce HIV and STDs in Long Beach,” Garcia said. “This is a significant investment that speaks to community health, and one that is affecting not just folks who are LGBTQ, but other communities particularly in north Long Beach that we’ve seen.”

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“I do believe that Long Beach can be the cleanest big city in the United States,” Garcia said. “We are now aggressively cleaning corridors and streets all across the city.”

Public Safety From the $2.8 billion total funds, the general fund is made up of $554 million. Public safety accounts for 71% of the general fund, according to West.

Two years ago when Garcia announced the 2018 Fiscal Year budget, public safety accounted for less that 70% of the general fund.

Measure A funds have been a key component to the city’s investment in public safety. The Fiscal Year 2020 proposal will support 121 positions within the fire and police departments.

One-time funds have allowed for more officers to carry body-worn cameras, and the budget for 2020 will continue to invest in that.

Pensions Garcia also claimed that pension liabilities is something the city has worked to reduce overtime. Currently, city pensions stand at $1 billion as opposed to $1.8 billion five years ago, the mayor said.

Over the next five years, Garcia said the number will go up and down depending on the year, but it will continue to decline overall.

“We are reducing and cutting that long-term pension liability at the city, and I think that is very important,” the mayor said.

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LBFD Public Information Officer Jake Heflin informs residents of disaster preparedness and hands out emergency supplies during a 4th Council District community meeting Wednesday, July 31.

LBFD tips on earthquake safety Fourth District residents hear about seismic safety from Long Beach fire official Kristen Naeem Staff Writer

Long Beach Fire Department Public Information Officer Jake Heflin gave a presentation on different aspects of emergencies caused by seismic activity on Wednesday night at the Los Altos Public Library. Councilmember Daryl Supernaw was present to answer questions from the public.

During his presentation, Heflin touched on the topics of common risks posed by earthquakes, community involvement and individual emergency preparation.

“We are way overdue for a large earthquake along the San Andreas fault,” Heflin told community members.

Some of the dangers associated with earthquakes that were discussed were broken glass, ruptured gas lines and tsunamis.

Heflin informed attendees that one of the most common types of injuries that occur during and immediately following an earthquake are those caused by broken glass.

He said that this is especially a problem for people who may be awakened by an earthquake while sleeping barefoot, who inadvertently step on broken glass in their

haste to deal with the situation. As a solution, reusable tote bags were distributed to attendees who were advised to place an old pair of shoes in the bag and attach it to the bottom of their bed posts.

Heflin referred to past incidences of fires caused by broken gas pipes to illustrate the dangers of broken gas lines and why it poses a significant danger to the city following an earthquake. He also stated that the areas of Long Beach located below 7th street were most vulnerable if an earthquake were to ever cause a tsunami to strike the shores of Long Beach.

Heflin also explained to attendees that while the LBFD will do their best to serve residents in need, in the case of large disasters their resources may be spread too thin to effectively help everyone, which is why officers will rely on civilians with emergency training to assist their neighbors during such times and “fill the gap.” Heflin recommended that those in attendance should try to become Community Emergency Response Team certified through LBFD’s two day free program.

Attendees were also informed of digital technologies that can

help them be aware of emergency events in their communities, such as the app PulsePoint, which gives residents live information about where emergency response vehicles are currently in their city, as well as alerts CPR-certified neighbors when a neighbor is experiencing cardiac arrest.

People were also warned that they should prepare themselves and their families for an earthquake or other disasters. Heflin spoke about the importance of having “enough water to take care of [oneself] and [one’s] family’s for seven days” and to gather emergency supplies as soon as possible because “that stuff may not be there when you need it.”

Heflin told residents that it was crucial to have an emergency contact that lived out of state when a localized disaster strikes because someone who lives out of state “is typically not going to be effected by that local event.”

The importance of people having basic emergency knowledge before they are need of it was underscored near the end of the presentation.

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EYE ON CRIME CRIMES REPORTED BY THE SIGNAL HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT Thursday, July 25 10:06am, Forgery, 3200 block E. Willow St. 10:52am, Grand theft, 700 block E. Spring St. 2:27pm, Forgery, 2200 block Molino Ave. 3:29pm, Rape, Cherry Ave.,/E. Hill St. 3:55pm, Possessing paraphernalia, possessing controlled substance; possessing controlled substance in prison/jail; misdemeanor warrant, 2700 block Walnut Ave (suspect arrested) Friday, July 26 5:35am, DUI, 3300 block Cerritos Ave., (suspect arrested) 6:09am, Auto burglary, Cherry Ave./E. 21st St. 6:23am, Auto burglary, 2000 block E. 21st St. 4:24pm, Battery, 2700 block E. 28th St. Saturday, July 27 7:06pm, Battery, Walnut Ave./Cherry Ave. Sunday, July 28 12:00am, DUI, E. PCH/Temple Ave. (suspect arrested) Monday, July 29 12:21pm, Burglary, 1200 block E. 33rd St. 1:53pm, Grand theft, 1800 block E. Willow St. 2:51pm, Identity theft, 2500 block Walnut Ave. 5:53pm, Grand theft, 2700 block E. Willow St. Tuesday, July 30 9:27am, "Grand theft, 2700 block E. Willow St. 11:21am, Auto burglary, 700 block E. Spring St. Wednesday, July 31 1:45am, Burglary, 2200 block Walnut Ave. 4:49pm, Grand theft, 1900 block Junipero Ave.

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The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES COUNTY: Governor George Deukmejian Courthouse, 275 Magnolia, Long Beach, CA 90802 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): ERNEST J. GUADIANA; 10345 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90064; (310) 746-4400.

Date: (Fecha) JUNE 13, 2019 SHERRI R. CARTER, Clerk (Secretario)

By Elizabeth Salcido, Deputy (Adjunto) Published Signal Tribune, July 12, 19, 26 & Aug. 2, 2019 TST5980 / Case No. 19LBCP00252 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, GOVERNOR GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN COURTHOUSE, 275 Magnolia Ave., Long Beach, CA 90802 PETITION OF: Oliver Zayes Juarez by his father, Moises Juarez and his mother, Marcela Rayon Zayes.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: OLIVER ZAYES JUAREZ by his father, Moises Juarez and his mother, Marcela Rayon Zayes has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: OLIVER ZAYES JUAREZ to Proposed Name: OLIVER JUAREZ ZAYES. 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: August 21, 2019; Time: 8:30A M; 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 July 12, 19, 26, & August 2, 2019 ___//ss//___ Michael P. Vicencia, Judge of the Superior Court Dated July 10, 2019

August 2, 2019 TST5982 / 2019 192845 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. ENCORE GAS & SUPPLY 2. ENCORE GAS AND SUPPLY, 2675 Temple Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755.

Registrant: ENCORE WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY LLC, 2675 Temple Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90755.

This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Benjamin Anderson, President. The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on July 12, 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: July 19, 26, & August 2, 9, 2019.

TST5983 / 2019 187640 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: ARYAN CREATION, 18430 Arline Ave., Apt. 7, Artesia, CA 90701. Registrant: 1. FNU FATIMA BEGUM, 2. FNU MOHAMMAD SHAHNAWAZ ALAM, 18430 Arline Ave., Apt. 7, Artesia, CA 90701. This business is conducted by: a Married Couple. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Fnu Fatima Begum, Owner.

The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on July 8, 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: July 19, 26, & August 2, 9, 2019.

TST5986 / Case No. 19CMCP00114 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF: Daniel Garcia Blas TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: DANIEL GARCIA BLAS has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: DANIEL GARCIA BLAS to Proposed Name: DANIEL MORA. 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: September 17, 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 July 19, 26, & August 2, 9, 2019 ___//ss//___

Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated July 16, 2019 TST5987 / Case No. 19NWCP00260 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFOR-

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August 2, 2019 NIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, NORWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 PETITION OF: John Van Aalst and Angelica Van Aalst, on behalf of Miranda Rose Van Aalst TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: JOHN VAN AALST AND ANGELICA VAN AALST, ON BEHALF OF MIRANDA ROSE VAN AALST has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: MIRANDA ROSE VAN AALST to Proposed Name: EDEN ROSE VAN AALST. 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: September 11, 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 July 19, 26, & August 2, 9, 2019 ___//ss//___ Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated July 17, 2019 TST5988 / Case No. 19CMCP00117 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF: Mariadel S Zuniga Munoz.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: MARIADEL S ZUNIGA MUNOZ has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: MARIADEL SOCORRO ZUNIGA MUNOZ to Proposed Name: MARIA DEL SOCORRO ZUNIGA MUNOZ. 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: September 19, 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 July 26, & August 2, 9, 16, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated July 17, 2019 TST5989 / Case No. 19CMCP00119 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF: Gerald Dwayne Johnson.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: GERALD DWAYNE JOHNSON has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: GERALD DWAYNE JOHNSON to Proposed Name: GERALD DWAYNE FRANKLIN. 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: September 19, 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 July 26, & August 2, 9, 16, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated July 18, 2019 TST5990 / 2019 201478 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 12.28.17, 10524 Washington Ave., South Gate, CA 90280.

Registrant: EDUARDO RECIO, 10524 Washington Ave., South Gate, CA 90280. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Eduardo Recio.

The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on July 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: July 26, & August 2, 9, 16, 2019.

TST5991 / 2019 196228 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: OLIVA COMMERCIAL CLEANING, 9636 Aero Dr., Pico Rivera, CA 90660. Registrant: RUBEN OLIVA, 9636 Aero Drive, Pico Rivera, CA 90660. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Ruben Oliva.

The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on July 17, 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: July 26, & August 2, 9, 16, 2019.

TST5992 / 2019 188123 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: LIKE THE FLOWER, 4508 Atlantic Ave., Suite A 161, Long Beach, CA 90807. Registrant: LTF MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, 4508 TST5995 Auto Lien Sale On 08/15/2019 at 1922 EAST 64TH ST UNIT E LOS ANGELES,CA a Lien Sale will be heldon a 2015 DODGE VIN: 2C3CDZBT4FH758574 STATE: CA LIC: 7UAY502 at 10 AM TST5998 Auto Lien Sale On 08/14/2019 at 6830 CRENSHAW BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA a Lien Sale will be held on a 2017 KIA VIN: 5XXGT4L3XHG122846 STATE: CA LIC: 7XEE574 at 10am

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST5997

Atlantic Ave., Suite4 A 161, Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Jasmine Campbell, Managing Member. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in June, 2015. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on July 9, 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: July 26, & August 2, 9, 16, 2019.

TST5993 / 2019 201469 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. COPIAM ASSET MANAGEMENT, 2. COPIAM, 4821 E. 2nd Street, Long Beach, CA 90803 Registrant: DENNIS C. SMITH, 4821 E. 2nd Street, Long Beach, CA 90803.

This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Dennis C. Smith. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in November, 2014. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on July 23, 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: July 26, & August 2, 9, 16, 2019.

TST5994 / Case No. 19CMCP00106 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SOUT CENTRAL DISTRICT, 200 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220 PETITION OF: Jayden A. Mendoza by and through his mother Claudia L. Dolores.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: Jayden A. Mendoza

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by and through his mother Claudia L. Dolores has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: JAYDEN ALEXANDER MENDOZA DOLORES to Proposed Name: JAYDEN ALEXANDER GOMEZ DOLORES. 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: September 10, 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 July 26, & August 2, 9, 16, 2019 ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated July 09, 2019 TST5999 / 2019 198929 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. FRIENDS OF WANNA, 2.

FRIENDS OF THE WRIGLEY AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, 2091 San Francisco Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, Registrant: STEWARDS OF WRITLEY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, INC., 2091 San Francisco Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

Signed: Joan V. Greenwood, CEO. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in July, 2019. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on July 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: August 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019.

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, the City Council of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, to consider the following: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 19-01 A PROPOSAL TO OPERATE A DAY CARE FACILITY FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AT 695 E. 27TH STREET IN THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL (CG) ZONING DISTRICT Applicant: Karen Nixon, agent for Dungarvin California, LLC Property Owner: WRG SFG 27th ST PROPERTIES LLC Recommendation: On June 18, 2019, the Planning Commission recommended City Council approval.

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

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

THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301 Class 1(a) for Existing Facilities, of the CEQA Guidelines.

FURTHER INFORMATION and associated documents on this item may be reviewed by the public between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays at the Community Development Department located at 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California. For any questions or concerns, contact Ryan Agbayani, Assistant Planner, via email at ragbayani@cityofsignalhill.org or by calling (562) 989-7341.

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may not be as beneficial to coyotes or their human neighbors.

According to the Long Beach management plan, removing coyotes requires permission from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW).

Which only relocates coyotes as a last resort.

The main problem with relocation is that removing coyotes from their natural habitat is not “economically or ecologically efficient.�

According to the City’s management plan, “attempts made by local, state and federal agencies, as well as private organizations, over the past century to eradicate coyotes have proven to be ineffective, as coyotes have expanded their territories across the United States. As a last resort, lethal control measures, when employed, can be controversial and non-selective; therefore, if they are used, they must be humane and in compliance with federal and state laws.�

Another issue of relocation is that it can be harmful to coyotes who are moved, as many do not survive the transfer.

Coyotes who do survive rarely stay in their new location and leave for new habitats where they may clash with local wildlife over territory or introduce diseases to the new area. In some cases, relocated coyotes will try to return to their original location.

An additional challenge with removing coyotes from their habitat is the creation of a territory that is open to new occupants. The main concern is “transients,� or coyotes who are not a part of a larger pack.

Transients may include young coyotes who break off from large packs or older males who get pushed out by younger competition. These transient coyotes will quickly move into any area that is open and has a source of food.

The same will occur even if coyotes are euthanized. “At all times of the year, numbers of transient coyotes are immediately available to replenish

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A screen shot of the Reported Coyote Activity Map found on longbeach.gov. The map can be found under Animal Care Services, along with a page where residents can report any coyote activity in their neighborhood. The incidents are color-coded based on the severity of the incident.

any voids created by killing the resident coyotes,� the management plan stated.

Dealing with Coyotes The City’s main solution for dealing with coyotes is education, and asking the public to take steps to reduce incentives for animals to roam their neighborhoods. This includes removing sources of food for coyotes and training them to avoid humans.

A major reason for the presence of coyotes is the abundance of food. California law prohibits the feeding of coyotes under California Code of Regulations Title 14. Section 251.1

Harassment of Animals.

Residents can lower chances of coyotes in their area by picking up fallen fruit in their yards, and securing trash in bins with tight-fitting containers.

Another suggestion is to freeze meat scraps or left-over food until collection day to avoid leaving tempting food out too long.

The City also warns residents to avoid feeding coyotes, whether intentionally or unintentionally. This includes feeding pets inside, or if the animal must eat outside, removing any leftover food as soon as possible.

Cats and smaller dogs should be monitored by their owners, especially during the hours between dusk and dawn. The report suggests the best way to keep

cats safe is to keep them inside or in a secure enclosure outside.

Another step for locals is to train coyotes to avoid humans by hazing any animals who come too close to residential areas. The intent is to train coyotes to see humans as a threat, which will cause them to avoid people. Yelling, spraying water, throwing items or bright lights are methods stated in scaring coyotes away. The intent is not to harm coyotes in the area, but to scare them to teach them to avoid human areas.

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If a coyote is found in a populated area, residents can protect their families, pets and properties. However, residents should be aware that they can only harm or kill a coyote if the animal is a physical threat. “If someone in Long Beach goes outside into their backyard and they see a coyote attacking their dog or their child [‌] underneath code 4180, they are able to kill that coyote,â€? said Jennifer De Trez, a public relations officer for the Long Beach Police Department. “Now on the flip side, if I go out into my backyard and I see a coyote maybe over my fence or if I’m walking my dog in the park and I happen to see a coyote, I can’t just kill it. If I do that and someone sees me they can report me to the police. We will come, and that person will be prosecuted.â€?

For full details, residents can look up California penal code 4180. Anyone interested in reading the full Coyote Management Plan can find a downloadable PDF at longbeach.gov, along with other information on living with urban wildlife. There is also an interactive map of local coyote sightings.

Residents who want to report a coyote sighting can call the Long Beach Animal Care Services at their 24-hour hotline at (562) 570 -7387 or log a report at longbeach.gov/acs/wildlife/ coyote-report/. âœŚ

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Public Works Director Craig Beck, to the audience, “and that is this P3 project that we’re here to celebrate.”

Beck added that the project yielded 6,000 union jobs.

“That was 1.6 million work hours to help construct these beautiful facilities,” Beck said.

“12.6 million pounds of steel went into the construction of these buildings, which is about the same [as what] it took to build the Eiffel Tower.”

He also said 105,000 tons of concrete were poured, which is analogous to the weight of about 100 cargo container cranes at the port.

“And we have a very green facility,” Beck said. “The solar arrays that were built generate 930 kilowatts of power. That’s enough to charge everyone’s cell phone in this audience for a year.”

Calling the civic center “the new home for democracy in Long Beach,” Mayor Robert Garcia told the crowd that Monday’s event was a celebration of “our future together as a city.”

“We’re all aware that this new City Hall, our port headquarters, our library, the buildings that we are constructing here– they’re not just made of steel and glass,” Garcia said. “What really drives them are the people inside.”

The mayor then called for applause for the thousands of employees who work for the City and who will be occupying the buildings. Those workers had begun moving into the new civic center a few days earlier.

Garcia also introduced his predecessor and the namesake of the new council chambers– Bob Foster– however, problems with various microphones began to occur as Foster addressed the crowd, and the remainder of the event was riddled with technical issues, as City staff unsuccessfully attempted to find a mic that worked.

The microphone problem became the source of amusement among city officials, who continued the event by addressing the crowd without technical amplification.

Garcia remarked that the issue would not ruin the occasion, and the mood among the officials who spoke was indeed positive and celebratory.

However, some community or-

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Members of the public tour the new council chambers during the grand opening of the Long Beach Civic Center Monday night. ganizations are not happy about the new civic center, for various reasons.

Ian Patton, executive director of the Long Beach Reform Coalition (LBRC), an umbrella organization under which numerous community groups united last year to defeat the Measure BBB term-limit extensions proposed by the current city council, was critical of how Long Beach officials have handled the project.

“Our mandate is transparency, and the main issue with doing a project like this as a public-private partnership, aside from the highly unusual fact that the people of Long Beach won’t actually own their own city hall for the next 40 years, is the lack of transparency,” Patton said. “A traditional major public-works project bond measure would have had full transparency baked in, as legally required, for the benefit of the voters. Instead, a private consortium has formed an LLC and the City and the port have signed a massive 700-plus page contract with it. The financing portion of the project is very opaque, with no elucidation, that I can tell, regarding the profit margin of the private parties, nor even the interest rate being paid for the multi-hundred-million-dollar

commercial loans from Allianz and Sumitomo banks.”

Patton added that he questions the long-term success of the project, should the new-development portion prove to be less profitable than expected over the decades.

“One also must ask why the City never went through the request-for-proposal process to get bids on a seismic retrofit of the ‘70s-era city hall building just vacated,” he said. “Several experts suggested the cost of doing that could have been for far less than the $200 million claimed by the City at the time that the new civic-center project proposals were being finalized. But this is all water under the bridge now. Going forward, we need to see a lot more transparency on major projects like this. It’s a different mindset.

It’s almost like crowd-sourcing.

The chance that serious errors get made goes down considerably the more the public, volunteering its effort, can lay eyes on the same things that city bureaucrats can lay eyes on.”

Another vocal critic of the project is the head of one of the organizations in the LBRC– Carlos Ovalle, executive director of People of Long Beach, which formed last year in response to four measures the city council put

on the ballot.

The Signal Tribune asked Ovalle if he believes the new civic center was a necessary expense.

“I’m an architect. If no one builds, there is no need for my profession, and I have no way of making a living,” he said. “But I am a citizen first, and I believe in living within our means. I taught that to my children, and I expect every reasonable person to abide by that bit of common sense. In that sense, no, the new civic center was not necessary. It would’ve been far less expensive to upgrade the existing civic center to be structurally sound and energy-efficient. And it would remain ours, instead of having to pay rent for the next 40 years.”

Ovalle added that, although there are instances when a P3 may be advisable, given that there was no need for a new building, that necessity did not exist.

“There were two bids for the P3, but the project went with Clark Construction even though they were not the low bidder, for reasons that I find questionable,” Ovalle said. “Furthermore, there are no safe-bet P3 arrangements.

There are many things that can

go wrong, leaving the taxpayers holding the bag.”

When asked if he thinks the new civic center will benefit the city’s residents in any way, Ovalle said that, although he is sure it is a “fine building,” he is not convinced it has any redeeming value for the citizens.

“Quite the contrary,” he said.

“If the P3 fails, the residents of Long Beach will be left with a huge debt burden. I haven’t visited the new city hall, but, to me, the heart of a government building is the room where the public gets to exercise power, the Greek Demoskratia, the essence of our democracy. In the old city hall, the council chambers were exposed to the public via large glazed surfaces. It may have always had the drapes closed but, to me, the fact that they could draw the curtains was a symbolic openness. Beyond that, the stadium-type seating allowed the public to sit up high, symbolically taking its rightful place over the public servants. All of that is gone in the new council chambers. Now the dais is high, and the public is low– symbolically a reversal of the role from democracy to authoritarianism.”✦

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