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Magnolia trees across Long Beach still feeling effects of infestation Page 2

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Early results of the state’s primary election began to trickle in Tuesday night, and showed 2nd Council District candidate Robert Fox (left), 8th Council District Al Austin (center) and 6th Council District candidate Suely Saro (right) in the lead. Final results are tentatively scheduled to be certified on March 22, according to the Long Beach City Clerk’s office.

Fox, Austin, Saro lead in their respective Long Beach council districts following Super Tuesday election Sebastian Echeverry Managing Editor

New life for old offshore rigs?

Aquarium report suggests preserving offshore oil rigs as artificial reefs for sea life.

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Early results for the California Presidential primary election showed Long Beach council candidates Robert Fox, Al Austin and Suely Saro leading in their respective districts Tuesday night.

This doesn’t officially mean they have won the council seats they are vying for. The Long Beach City Clerk’s office stated

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that all council races were headed toward a run-off election scheduled for Nov. 3 2020. This election will pitch the top two candidates against one another.

The Clerk’s office also stated that the County is tentatively scheduling to certify the results on March 22.

In the meantime, the fight for the 2nd District was tight and continues to be a guessing game between candidate Cindy Allen

and Fox. As of press time, results from 4:02pm showed Fox edging into the lead position with six more votes than Allen. A previous version of this article reported Allen in the lead, but as the county continues to tally the thousands of ballots that still need to be counted, the fight for the first position is not written in stone. The two have collected the most votes see COUNCIL ELECTION page 14

Early Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) election results showed Tonia Reyes Uranga in the lead for District 2 and Doug Otto in the lead for District 4.

Candidates must earn at least 50% of the vote, if not, the race will be determined in a runoff election between the two candidates with the highest number of votes on Nov. 3, 2020.

Otto, winning 52.66%, will most likely not have to campaign for a run-off election. Uranga, who won 43.88% of the vote, will likely go against Erik Millsee LBUSD ELECTION page 15

City of Long Beach declares local health and city emergency in response to coronavirus Even though the City is preparing for a possible outbreak, officials are not yet preparing to close any public facilities.

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‘Underground’ radio station opens studio beneath Shannon’s on Pine Page 3

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As concerns over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) rises, the City of Long Beach responded to the disease by declaring a local health emergency and local emergency.

In a press release issued on Wednesday, March 4, officials announced the emergencies in order to strengthen preparations for

the coronavirus.

“We are prepared and continue to plan to address any possible spread of the coronavirus,” Mayor Robert Garcia said in the press release. “We continue to take proactive measures that will protect, treat and care for our residents, especially those most vulnerable.”

The press release states that the declarations will allow the city to respond faster by mobilizing city resources, streamlining staffing and coordinate agencies across the city.

“While there are still no confirmed cases

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Even though the City is preparing for a possible outbreak, officials are not yet preparing to close any public facilities.

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Images of sea life beneath offshore oil rigs presented by Dr. Jeremy Claise during a press conference at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on March 4.

New life for old offshore rigs?

Aquarium report suggests preserving offshore oil rigs as artificial reefs for sea life.

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What happens when the 27 oil rigs off the Southern California coast reach the end of their 30to 50-year lifespans?

The nonprofit Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach released a report Wednesday, March 4, endorsing that the rigs be preserved as natural habitats for sea life in the form of artificial reefs rather than dismembered.

“Options range from full removal to partially removing the upper portions of a platform jacket and converting the remaining structure to an artificial reef,” Dr. Sylvia Earle of the National Geographic Society states in the report. “The platforms could also be allowed to remain in place and repurposed for other uses such as aquaculture facilities, marine research centers or renewable-energy production facilities.”

Edited by Dr. Jerry Schubel, the Aquarium’s president and CEO, the report summarizes

the findings of an Offshore Oil Platform Decommissioning Forum held at the Aquarium over three days in January with dozens of researchers, consultants and representatives of environmental groups and government agencies.

A few of those speakers were on hand Wednesday at an Aquarium press conference for the report’s release, including John B. Smith, a consultant on offshore oil-rig decommissioning, who cited a gap in California law that prevented the rigs being legally converted to artificial reefs.

Smith said Federal law requires that 23 of the 27 platforms that are in Federal waters be removed within one year after their leases terminate unless California institutes a formal Artificial Reef Program, which it currently does not have.

Schubel added that to do that, the State would need to amend a 2010 law— AB 2503: The California Marine Resources Legacy Act— by instituting an Arti-

ficial Reef Program that covers liability for the platforms.

“If California were not to amend AB 2503, the only option we would have for these platforms in Federal waters would be full removal,” Schubel said.

Besides loss of sea-life habitats, removing all platforms would cost a total of $1.5 billion and come with huge engineering, environmental and material-disposal challenges since some of them rival the Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building in length, Smith said.

However, according to AB 2503, if only the top part of a rig— equivalent to 10% to 40% of a structure— were removed, leaving the remainder underwater, then the owner of the structure would give the State 80% of the cost savings, which Smith said may be as much as $75 million. The State would deposit 85% of those savings in the California Endowment for Marine Preservation. see OIL RIGS page 7

Magnolia trees across Long Beach still feeling effects of infestation

In an attempt to curb the spread of the tuliptree scale, Long Beach is rolling out a new treatment plan to help the city’s trees.

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As magnolia trees across the city continue to struggle with an ongoing infestation, Long Beach City staff are suggesting a new plan to save the city’s trees.

The infestation comes in the form of thousands of little insects known as the tuliptree scale (Toumeyella Liriodendri), a softshell insect that the City is trying to halt through a new treatment plan that will identify and help magnolia trees affected by the bugs.

According to a city memo from Feb. 26, the Public Works department identified various levels of infestation in 2,571 magnolia trees, out of the city’s 6,975.

The emergence of the tuliptree scale across Long Beach is not a

new phenomenon. As previously reported in the Signal Tribune in September, the City of Long Beach documented 120 reported cases in 2018 but had reported 350-400 cases last year.

Magnolia trees infected with the scale can face serious health problems depending on the level of infection, such as defoliation, dieback or death.

Scale harm the magnolia tree by attaching themselves to the trunks and drawing sap out of the plant’s tissue–– depriving the tree of essential nutrients.

The effects of the scales’ feeding can be seen through an excess of sap excreted by the insects called “honeydew.” A byproduct that may be familiar to residents living near magnolia trees.

“It’s kind of like a free-flowing straw because the pressure

of the sap inside the tree is what drives it into the bodies of the scale,” Brian Thorson, a botanical curator at Cal State University Long Beach, said. “So, they’re actually consuming an excess. That is what is secreted out onto the sidewalks, and people’s cars, and down the side of the trees.”

In addition to depriving the magnolia tree of its sap, the honeydew created by scale can lead to additional issues, such as black mold. Even though the mold is not directly harmful to the tree, it can prevent photosynthesis.

When the city first began trying to address the scale infestation, it began a treatment plan for infected trees that included inspecting, pruning, trimming and the removal of 93 sick trees. see SCALE page 8

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‘Underground’ radio station opens studio beneath Shannon’s on Pine Kristen Farrah Naeem Staff Writer

KLBP 99.1 FM, the second radio station to be based in Long Beach, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new studio in downtown Long Beach Friday, Feb. 28.

The studio is located below street level, underneath Shannon’s On Pine Irish Pub & Sports Bar. The only other radio station to be based in Long Beach is run by Cal State Long Beach’s college news organization, 22 West Media.

When the radio station first began it was difficult for its board of directors to find the funding needed. A grant from the Long Beach Community Foundation eventually helped KLBP afford the antenna equipment necessary for broadcasting.

“This is a very historical day for all of us because as we look out into the news landscape, as

we look at news information that’s available, it’s really what moves the city. It’s what encourages people to be engaged in what’s going on,” Long Beach Community Foundation President and CEO Marcelle Epley said. “But what’s really different about the radio station is that there’s a two way dialogue, so we can start to have a conversation about issues that are going on and and start to work towards solutions interactively.”

KLBP’s radio tower is located at the Port of Long Beach, after Dana Buchanan, a member of the station’s Advisory Council, reached out to the port’s Communications Division for help finding a location.

The station is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization staffed entirely by volunteers. At the ribbon cutting ceremony, KLBP President Ashley Aguirre told the story of how Rose Lozon became the station’s current programing director, to illustrate the impor-

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KLBP President Ashley Aguirre cuts the ribbon in front of KLBP’s new studio, surrounded by other members of the public radio station on Friday, Feb. 28.

tance of volunteers at the organization. Lozon began volunteering at the radio station in an effort to stay active after a traumatic brain injury left her unable to work full time.

“When we were building this platform,” Aguirre told the crowd, “this […] was for Rose

and all the people in our community who will get to benefit from this platform, whether it is through healing [or] whether it’s through learning a new skill–– it’s here for you. This station is for you. That’s the biggest thing, that it isn’t a license that’s owned by a big commercial entity. It is

entrusted into the public good through our nonprofit.”

To learn more about volunteering at KLBP, or to submit an idea for a radio show visit the station’s website at KLBP.org.

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The Center for Biological Diversity stated ship strikes are the leading cause to whales migrating along California’s coast.

Lawsuit threatened to protect whales in LA, LB port shipping lanes

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An environmental group on Monday, March 2, announced that it may sue the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Coast Guard to protect endangered whales and sea turtles from being struck by ships accessing the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

The Center for Biological Diversity, which has an office in Los Angeles, alleges that the government agencies are ignoring the requirements of the Endangered Species Act in agency consultations, studies and actions such as speed limits in shipping lanes or protecting critical habitat areas.

“Ship strikes kill far too many endangered whales off Califor-

nia’s coast, and the Trump administration can’t keep ignoring a deadly threat that’s only getting worse,” said Brian Segee, an attorney at the center. “We want good science to determine how shipping lanes are placed and managed. Ships simply don’t need to kill as many whales and sea turtles as they do.”

Ship strikes are a leading cause of death and injuries to whales migrating along California’s coast and are more lethal than previously understood, the center said. The group is calling for the Fisheries Service to update biological surveys of endangered blue whales, fin whales, humpback whales and leatherback sea turtles and better protect them from harm.

At least 10 whales were killed by ship strikes in California

in 2018, including a fin whale draped across the bow of a container ship as it entered San Francisco Bay. Federal records blame ship strikes for 88 dead whales in the state since 2006.

Scientists say the actual number could be 20 times larger, given the fact that most dead whales don’t wash ashore, according to the center.

The notice letter covers shipping lanes that access ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and along the San Francisco Bay. It calls for an update of the Fisheries Service’s 2017 biological opinion regarding ship strikes’ impacts on imperiled whales and sea turtles, and for new data to inform U.S. Coast Guard rules.

Hundreds of critically endangered giant sea bass, which are native to Southern California, are being released into the ocean near Long Beach after being bread in captivity, the Aquarium of the Pacific announced Thursday, March 5.

In 2016, the Aquarium of the Pacific became the first public aquarium to successfully hatch and raise a giant sea bass, which is “notoriously difficult to breed in an aquarium setting,” according to the Aquarium of the Pacific.

After this first success, the aquarium built partnerships with other aquariums, universities and government agencies who had been working with giant sea bass.

In the summer of 2019, Cal State Northridge shared giant sea bass eggs with the Aquarium of the Pacific and Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, and they were able to successfully rear giant sea bass from the eggs, the Aquarium of the Pacific reported.

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Half of the fish have been released into the ocean near Long Beach, and the second half will be released later. In total, several hundred fish will be released, according to the Aquarium of the Pacific. The location of the release is confidential.

“The Aquarium of the Pacific is proud to directly contribute to enhancing wild populations of giant sea bass by investing in this critically endangered species’ culture and care,” said Aquarium of the Pacific Vice President of Animal Husbandry Dr. Sandy Trautwein. “This iconic Southern California species is key to healthy kelp forest ecosystems and is a wonder to behold.”

The Aquarium of the Pacific encouraged anyone who sees a giant sea bass in the ocean to share a photo on bassspottinggiantseabass.msi.ucsb.edu to help scientists track individual sea bass.

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March 6, 2020 LETTERS, EMAILS, WEBSITE COMMENTS AND STATEMENTS Editor’s note: The following are comments from our readers on various articles published on signaltribune.com [The following comments were posted under the article titled: “Long Beach residents raise questions over order in which they received voter material”]

[Some Signal Hill and Long Beach voters participating in Super Tuesday’s primary elections reported lengthy queues and faulty voting machines. Here’s what some of our readers on Facebook had to say:] There were only [four] machines at our voting center

Cindy Rodriguez Castro Facebook comment

I waited in line for an hour at the Signal Hill library at around 10:30am. It seemed like there weren’t enough voting stations, only four stations. But I still voted!

Michele Allen Stanton Facebook comment

Thank you, for this article, Karla, and Signal Tribune. We also got vote-by-mail ballots first, and did not get the sample ballot info until many days later. I can imagine Mr. Matthew’s frustration as a serious candidate with a tight budget. Our neighbors who emigrated here and take voting seriously we’re confused and dismayed also by not understanding why they were even getting a vote-by-mail ballot given they did not sign up for it. They got a vote-by-mail notice card but did not know why. Yes, I agree this is a hole in our democratic-election system. We need to better order and sequence the mailing of these essential information materials. Otherwise, special-interest money unduly affects the outcome of our elections if opposition information is suppressed, whether by design or not. While increasing the numbers of people who can vote by mail theoretically can increase the vote, it needs work to achieve such a benefit.

Linda Scholl Website comment

Thanks for covering this very important issue. It is essential that sample ballots arrive either ahead of or at the same time as the actual ballots. I received my sample ballot a full two weeks after my [voteby-mail] ballot. That is not acceptable! Candidate statements and ballot measure arguments, pro and con, must be in the voters hand when a [vote-by-mail] ballot is received. I might excuse a day or two, but two weeks[?] No! We can and must correct this. Let’s plan better and get this corrected ASAP!

Glennis Dolce Website comment

What an utter failure is what they did to the voting system! At least for the regular people. It is just a way to improve voter suppression.

Judy Budny-Weidlein Facebook comment

Polls have been open for [four] days, plenty of opportunities.

Dana Buchanan Facebook comment

That’s why I vote by mail!

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M Antoinette Dobson Facebook comment

With $260,000 spent on the safe parking lot, we are spending $1444/mo/vehicle. Couldn’t we give them vouchers in that amount for an apartment where they have proper facilities? Somehow this doesn’t make sense.

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Bad idea. The homeless are the danger, so there is no safe parking.

They are mostly criminals with heroin or meth addictions who commit petty crimes such as breaking into cars and [stealing] items and package theft. This is perpetuated by the recent decriminalization of thefts under $1,000 so the current state legislators made the problem worse. [Added] to the problem is the medical and insurance fraud committed by so-called detoxes that fly in drug addicts and pay them $5,000 to detox in these $60,000/mo resorts while billing the insurance companies and making a fortune.

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Over an hour at Sato High School.

Priorities are not our strong suit.

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RAPTOR RAMBLE What Nature hike Who Los Cerritos Wetland Trust When Saturday, March 7 from 8am to 10am Where Los Cerritos Wetland Trust, inland side of the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and 1st Street More Info Look for predatory birds like ospreys and hawks while learning about the history of the area’s Native Americans. This activity is for those 7 years of age and older. To learn more, email elizabeth@lcwlandtrust.org.

SENIOR ACTIVISM What Long Beach Gray Panthers monthly meeting Who Long Beach Gray Panthers When Saturday, March 7 from 10:30am to 12:00pm Where Long Beach Senior Center, 1150 East 4th Street More Info Come learn more about the senior activist group, the Gray Panthers’, latest work in the fields of social and environmental justice. Volunteer opportunities are also available.

COOKBOOK SIGNING What Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook authors’ signing Who Flipp Family When Saturday, March 7 from 2pm to 4pm Where Romeo Chocolates, 460 Pine Ave. More Info Bring your copy of The Filipino Instant Pot Cookbook: Classic and Modern Filipino Recipes for Your Electric Pressure Cooker or buy one at the event to be signed by the authors. This event is free to attend.

TELLING YOUR STORY IN KHMER What Khmer language class Who Chan Hopson When Saturday, March 7 from 3pm to 5pm Where Mark Twain Neighborhood Library, 1401 E Anaheim St More Info Learn conversational Khmer in this class centered around sharing personal narritives.

All ages and language abilities are welcome. For more information call (562) 570-1046.

LOCAL VENDOR MARKETPLACE What Arts and Crafts Fair Who Arts and Crafts Fair When Sunday, March 8 from 9am to 3pm Where Marketplace Long Beach, 6475 Pacific Coast Hwy. More Info Over 50 local vendors will be present at this weekly fair, including bakers, artisans and more.

RANCHO READING What Children’s story time Who Rancho Los Cerritos When Tuesday, March 10 from 9:30am to 10am Where Rancho Los Cerritos, 4600 Virginia Road More Info An out-loud reading of a children’s book in Rancho Los Cerritos’ library. Attendance is free and no registration is required.

DANCE FOR LIFE What Exercise class Who United Cambodian Community When Tuesday, March 10 from 10am to 12pm Where Mark Twain Neighborhood Library, 1401 E Anaheim St. More Info This dance class provides light exercise that is ideal for seniors to the tune of pop music and khmer songs. This event is open to the public and all ages.

HISTORIC GARDEN TOUR What A Curated Tour of Florence Bixby’s Gardens Who Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation When Saturday, March 14 from 12pm to 2:30pm Where Rancho Los Alamitos, 6400 E Bixby Hill Rd. More Info The beginning of this year’s curated garden tours at this historical sight. The garden was designed by Florence Bixby in the early 1900s. Tickets are $15 per person.

LONG BEACH ART WALK What local art fair Who LB Art Walk When Saturday, March 14 from 5pm to 10pm Where East Village Arts District More Info Galleries and businesses will be displaying artwork for the public to see. Artists will also get a chance to sell their artwork and musicians will be playing live music. For more information visit https://artslb.org/ lb-artwalk/.

LITTER PATROL What 30 minute beach clean up Who Justin Rudd When Saturday, March 21 from 10:30am to 11am Where 1 Granada Ave. More Info Volunteers of all ages are invited to help pick up trash from the beach, to improve safety and cleanliness. The event will continue in any weather. The parking kiosk code is 0215.

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Signal Hill chef shares tastes of his native Italy, hosts cooking classes Kristen Farrah Naeem

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Chef Christian Simionato is sharing his 18 years of culinary experience through a series of pop-up dinners and cooking classes held in the Signal Hill area, featuring cuisine from his native Italy.

The Signal Hill resident and chef’s culinary journey began at the age of 13 on a farm near Venice, Italy, out of necessity. “I had to help the family,� Simionato told the Signal Tribune, “and growing up in a farm outside Venezia, everyone had his part to do.�

His mother taught him the basics of Italian cooking, but many members of his large family were responsible for teaching him their own recipes. After his uncles and father butchered pigs in the winter, they taught Simionato how to prepare charcuterie meats, while his aunt Mariuccia taught him to age and cook wild game. “I have seven aunts, and each of them has a specialty,� Simionato said of his early food mentors.

These early lessons can still be tasted in Simionato’s food. The “pasta fresca� served at many of his dinners owes its texture and depth of flavor to Simionato substituting chicken eggs for duck eggs, the way his grandmother taught him.

From these early origins, Simionato later expanded his understanding of food by earning a degree in enogastronomy, the study of food and wine. He went on to cook with Michelin Star chefs in kitchens around the world, including London and Beijing.

After moving to Signal Hill five years ago, Simionato wanted to share his knowledge of food and

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Chef Christian Simionato cooking homemade gnocchi pasta.

wine with the local community. A year later, he opened a wine import and distribution business with Andrea Semprebon, Alwaysgood Wines LLC, which imports and distributes boutique, organic and vegan wines. Currently, Simionato partners with the business DG Events LLC to host his series of Sestieri pop-up dinners and cooking classes in Signal Hill.

The Sestieri dinners are multicourse Italian meals held at a 12-foot-long communal table, meant to encourage guests to make new connections. “Eighty percent of the time our guests don’t know each other,� Simionato said.

These dinners combine Siminionato’s family recipes with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. “Seasonal ingredients play a starring role in each dish,� he said, “the aim [is] to expose diners to new flavors, new experiences and infuse each meal with the sense of

joyness.�

While all of Simionato’s classes and dinners with DG Events for March are fully booked, more are being planned for April, including an approximately three hour class for Ravioli Piacentini.

Simionato put significant amounts of time into researching and testing out different Ravioli Piacenti recipes after hearing about the historical origins of the pasta. First made by the cooks of nobleman Bernardo Anguissola to provide poet Francesco Petrarca with a visually appealing meal, the braided raviolis are now served with oisette sage butter and grana padano cheese at Simionato’s Signal Hill dinners.

To learn more about this class and other culinary events being held by Chef Simionato and DG Events in Signal Hill, email Debora Zoli at dgeventsllc@gmail.com or contact DG Events’ Instagram page, @dg_eventsllc.

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A Long Beach man who suffered a brain injury in a vehicle collision involving an on-duty U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent won a $4.1 million verdict, according to court papers obtained Monday, March 2.

U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, in a verdict issued Friday, found negligence on the part of DEA Special Agent Albert Smith, who was found to have been distracted at the time of March 2016 collision in which he rear-ended a vehicle driven by Romulo Ray Rufo.

The impact caused permanent disability for the 55-yearold former Southern California Edison employee, according to attorney Eric Traut, who said the government offered $900,000 to settle prior to the non-jury trial.

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A 29-year-old Long Beach man pleaded guilty to molesting a 12-year-old boy at a Thanksgiving gathering in Garden Grove, according to court records obtained Friday, Feb. 28.

Isai Beltran pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count of lewd or lascivious act on a minor younger than 14. He is scheduled to be sentenced May 4 in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana. Beltran had been awaiting trial on that charge, as well as another felony count of lewd or lascivious act on a minor younger than 14, and child annoyance and molestation, both misdemeanor counts.

Beltran was accused of molesting the boy Nov. 28, 2014. When

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Traut said. “Without question, Mr. Rufo would return the money in an instant if he could have his former life back again.�

In the months following the accident, Traut said, Rufo’s symptoms worsened and he was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury. The injury has rendered him permanently disabled and unable to drive, the attorney said.

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he was charged in July 2015, he was also accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy he met as a volunteer at an Orange County church, according to court records.

At his preliminary hearing in January 2017, investigators testified that he met the 12-year-old for the first time at the Thanksgiving get-together at the Garden Grove home of the victim’s aunt and uncle. Beltran sat the boy on his lap and molested him, police testified.

Later that evening, Beltran was also accused of befriending the other alleged victim through a church, where he was a youth group volunteer, and molesting him while the two wrestled, according to testimony at the preliminary hearing.

Beltran allegedly went to the boy’s home in Buena Park April 1, 2014, molested him, took him to dinner, then groped him again in his car, according to testimony.

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will be distributing the report to members of the State legislature, hoping someone takes up the cause.

“It’s very clear that over the

decades, these platforms have become magnets and magnifiers for fish productivity and also for other forms of sea life,” Schubel said. “Unless the Act is amend-

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said. She also said they were no more contaminated with heavy metals than their shoreline cousins.

Claise added that the fish among the platforms are also 27 times as productive on average as those in natural rocky reefs and among the most productive globally because the rigs create a “nursery effect” with their unique vertical structures stretching from seafloor to the water’s surface.

“You get a lot of different types of habitats throughout the water column,” Claise said, adding that partial removal of the top part of a rig’s structure wouldn’t reduce the numbers of young fish arriving to the remaining lower portion.

Schubel reiterated that unless California amends AB 2503 by adopting a formal Artificial Reef Program, these productive ecosystems would start being eliminated in as soon as 5 years. He said the Aquarium

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One of the biggest obstacles to amending the Act may be the question of who assumes liability— the oil-rig company or the State, Smith said.

Meanwhile, platform decommissioning will begin in five or six years, with 5 to 10 rigs likely to be decommissioned by 2030, he said.

Half of the rigs are off the coast of Santa Barbara County.

The four off the coast of Long Beach are still productive with no plans for decommissioning in the near future, Smith said.

Dr. Ann Bull, a marine-science researcher at UC Santa Barbara, and Dr. Jeremy Claise, a marine ecologist at Cal Poly Pomona, described the extensive amount of sea life that has developed in and around the oil-rig bases that would be lost if the rigs were taken down.

Bull said that in her 30 years studying sea life under platforms, she and her fellow researchers observed 1.5 million fish from over 100 species. She noted that 90% were rockfish, the dominant species in reefs from Alaska to Baja California.

“These structures, in my mind, are novel ecosystems,” Bull said. “When you think about the underwater structure and the open complexity of the platforms, you realize that this [is] the relationship that should occur between a reef fish and a structure acting as a reef.”

Bull added that the platforms are encrusted with a diverse array of invertebrate species, including mussels, that people have harvested for bait and human consumption. Though the platforms off of Santa Barbara are not currently fished, Long Beach “party boats” often fish between oil-rig platforms, she said.

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City workers also began spraying trees with a specialized insecticide called imidacloprid, which the trees absorb through its roots.

To aid the treatment plan, officials reached out to the public to ask residents to water trees on their property regularly–– which helps the tree circulate the insecticide through its system.

However, the City found that the previous treatment plan was not as effective as they hoped for.

“With the trees that were more of a severe infestation and higher, we noticed that there was only a 25% to 30% improvement rate after that treatment,” Jennifer Carey, a community-relations officer

for Long Beach, said. “So, based on that we kind of regrouped and developed a new treatment plan.”

According to the city memo, the Public Works Department has recommended the removal of 192 fully infected trees. The beginning of the work is scheduled for early March and is expected to take 45 days to complete.

The Public Works department is also advocating for a treatment program for the remaining 1,078 trees showing signs of scale infestation, with an estimated cost of $325,000. The City Council has allocated $100,000 in the Fiscal Year 2020 budget to fight the disease.

City staff has also asked the council to consider a balanced approach between removal and treatment, which will be determined based on the severity of the scale infestation.

“It’ll be on a case-by-case basis [depending] on how prevalent the disease is in the tree and where it is impacting the tree,” Carey said. “If there’s a risk of public safety, or we’re worried about a limb failure, or […] part of the tree falling and possibly injuring someone or […] causing property damage, we are recommending that those trees are removed.”

The department has also stated that it does not have an estimate regarding how many sidewalks in Long Beach will require pressure-washing due to honeydew from the scale. However, it believes that $50,000 is enough to support 400 sites.

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The Andrews Brothers at International City Theatre

Brett Ashley Hawkins Culture Writer

The songs of The Andrews Sisters have become timeless since the trio’s ascendance into popularity in the late 1930s. If you’re not familiar, you might have heard their efforts throughout moments in pop culture history such as “Mele Kalikimaka” in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation or “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” sung by impersonators at a World War II-themed fundraiser in Gilmore Girls.

Many of today’s artists are still influenced by The Andrews Sisters—Christina Aguilera, for example, used the sisters’ hit “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” to inspire her 2007 hit “Candyman.”

Trust in the fact that there are more than enough songs in The Andrews Sisters’ repertoire to necessitate an entire musical. Cleverly written and created by Roger Bean, this musical marries 1940s tradition with wonderfully modern camp to bring a moving and believable narrative to life in a hilarious love letter to the World War II era.

It’s 1945 in the South Pacific and Peggy Jones (Kelley Dorney) is a pin-up starlet excited to perform her first USO show with doo-wop sensations The Andrews Sisters. When the sisters are quarantined by a flu outbreak (and the timeliness of this to today’s current events does not escape me), Peggy prepares for her debut with F-grade soldiers and stage hands, Patrick (Max DeLoach), Lawrence (Michael D’Elia), and Max Andrews (Grant Hodges).

The three brothers are tasked with filling the legendary high-heeled shoes of The Andrews Sisters

by pushing the envelope beyond where USO shows have ever ventured before.

Director and choreographer Jamie Torcellini understands the stage’s space and keeps it relatively simple to focus on the rehearsal/performance concept of the show as well as to have minimal obstacles for the ever-moving ensemble, shifting props, and even a moment of audience participation.

I’m typically mixed on my opinion of audience involvement in shows (it’s done best in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and done worst in too many productions to count).

However, I did not have time to objectively weigh the pros and cons of its use in this show as I was interrupted in my fourth row seat by the lovely Michael D’Elia, completely done up in The Andrews Sisters drag.

“You look like you’re up for anything,” he said.

He didn’t say it in the hooker-like fashion you read that injust now, I promise. It was more of an in-character suggestion that I be completely open to be escorted onstage for a comedic bit along with another gentleman.

As this is my review, I am fortunate enough to be in the position to let you all know that I was a marvelous vision of grace and poise who took direction well from the tiny dynamo that is Kelley Dorney—take my word for it, please. Objectively, the audience did laugh and the other willing participant, an elderly gentleman from Australia, looked like he was having the time of his life.

We’ll call it a success. Above all, the four cast members were incredible at handling such vari-

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Michael D’Elia, Max DeLoach, and Grant Hodges might be in over their heads attempting to fill the shoes of The Andrews Sisters at a USO performance.

ables as impromptu actors very well. And why wouldn’t they?

Last-minute improvisation is the very nature of the story!​ While we’re on the subject of applauding the acting performances, all four actors were phenomenal. Dorney’s chipper and enthusiastic exterior makes her a perfect pin-up with a few sultry moments to spice up the proceedings. Superior to all of that—the girl’s got a voice that’s a force to be reckoned with. Max DeLoach displays hyperventilating nervousness with tremendous comedic chops, D’Elia anchors many scenes with sardonic wit that is expressed with expert precision and timing, and Grant Hodges enchants the audience with his winning smile and impressively charming delivery. Well done, all.

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Emily Holman, the Communicable Disease Controller for Long Beach, told the Signal Tribune in an e-mail. “However, we are planning for those situations in case it is warranted in the future, but we are not at that point.”

The press release stated that the City is closely monitoring the situation and urged any residents who traveled to affected areas to report any symptoms to the Health De-

partment immediately.

To stay up to date on the latest information readers can visit www.longbeach.gov/ COVID19.

emergency for the novel coronavirus, as six new cases of the disease were revealed in the county in the last 48 hours.

The health directors of Long Beach and Pasadena, which have their own health deCounty News partments, said they both planned to declare Stressing that they were acting out of public health emergencies later Wednesday, “an abundance of caution” and not pan- even though neither city currently has any ic, Los Angeles city and county officials known cases of the virus.

Wednesday, March 4 declared a state of Appearing at a morning news conference attended by L.A. Department of Public Health officials, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. County Supervisors Hilda Solis, Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn, the officials said the declarations would allow greater coordination among various levels of government, with more local cases expected to be discovered in the near future.

The six new cases were confirmed Tuesday night with positive lab results and were linked to an “assumed known exposure,” according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county health department.

“There’s either a travel history to an area with an outbreak, there’s exposure to known travelers coming from areas where there’s an outbreak, or the person is in close contact with a confirmed case,” she said.

“This means as of today, we still don’t have known cases of community transmission.”

One of the six new victims is in the hospital, while the others are being treated in isolation at home and monitored by the health department, according to Ferrer.

“Three of the new cases were travelers who were traveling together in Italy, two of the new cases are family members who are in close contact with another family member who does not live in L.A. County but (has the virus) and the last new case is a person whose job at the time exposed them to travelers from other countries who may have been infectious.”

Ferrer laid out a series of steps the department will be taking in the days and weeks ahead: “We are increasing our capacity for testing at our local public health lab. (It is) Image courtesy longbeach.gov among 10 California health labs that have Long Beach’s Health and Human Services department is monitoring the novel coronavireceived CDC test kits and we have addirus and posting updates via its webpage tional kits on the way.

We are currently testing and have been since last Wednesday,” Ferrer said.

“We will ensure that people who test positive for the novel coronavirus and their close contacts are quickly identified and closely monitored and supported while they are in isolation and/or quarantine.”

County residents can expect more confirmed cases in the near future, according to Ferrer. She urged people to follow basic sanitary practices such as frequent and thorough hand washing, covering their mouths and noses when coughing or sneezing, and avoiding other people if they are sick, but also plan for the possibility of “more extensive social distancing requirements,” including verbal salutations instead of handshakes, and whenever possible, trying to Commercial recycling is the law. Under AB 341, multi-family buildings stay at least six feet away with 5+ units and businesses that generate 4 or more cubic yards of from strangers at public waste must have a recycling program in place. Recycling isn't just the events. right thing to do, it can help promote your community or business as “We do need folks to plan for the possibility environmentally friendly. To get started with a compliant recycling of business disruptions, program, call EDCO at 562-597-0608

school closures, and modifications or cancellations of select public events. We will be working closely with schools and public event venues and businesses before decisions are made to close.”

Ferrer also said the department will begin daily radio briefings Thursday on three different stations, and is posting new guidelines for childcare facilities, schools, colleges and universities, employers, hotels, public safety responders, shelters and parents on how they can prepare for and slow the spread of the virus, officially known as COVID-19.

Additionally, the department is sending out technical assistance teams on site visits to interim housing facilities to make sure all necessary precautions are taken.

The county’s pandemic response plan for COVID-19 is in accordance with guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Garcetti said the city has activated its emergency management department at level 3 for the past week, which is the lowest level, to coordinate the city’s efforts with the county’s, and to direct each city department to examine their plans “should things get worse.”

On Tuesday night, hours after the news conference was announced, officials with Kaiser Permanente confirmed to various media outlets that it was treating a newly diagnosed coronavirus patient in Los Angeles.

“Kaiser Permanente is overseeing the care of a coronavirus patient who is home in self-isolation and being treated on an outpatient basis,” according to a Kaiser statement. “We are in touch with and monitoring the patient.”

No other details were released about the patient or how the person may have been exposed to the illness that has killed more than 3,100 people worldwide, mostly in China. Nine deaths have been reported in the United States, all in Washington state.

More than 93,000 cases of the illness, officially known as COVID-19, have been confirmed around the globe.

A previous confirmed coronavirus patient in Los Angeles County has since recovered and been released from treatment.

The county Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles City Council are both expected to hear reports during their Wednesday meetings about the status of the illness locally.

News of the new Los Angeles cases came on the heels of Orange County health officials announcing Tuesday that two more residents there had tested positive locally for the virus. Those diagnoses were still awaiting confirmation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.

Orange County also had a previous coronavirus patient who has also recovered.

The newest Orange County patients are a man in his 60s and a woman in her 30s who had recently traveled to countries with widespread outbreaks of COVID-19. One media report indicated that the pair had both traveled– separately– to Italy.

Dr. Nichole Quick, Orange County’s health officer, credited the discovery of the new patients to increased local testing ability.

“The more you look for something, the more likely you are to find it,” she said. “[…] Now that our Public Health Laboratory is able to perform COVID-19 testing, we expect to see more cases here in Orange County. Our residents should take everyday precautions to prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses like covering your coughs and sneezes, avoiding touching your face, and washing your hands frequently.”

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Theatre review:

Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet

Anita W. Harris Culture Writer

The Long Beach Shakespeare Company (LBSC) has outdone itself with its production of Hamlet, continuing through March 21. This streamlined version of William Shakespeare’s tragedy is well-paced and exciting. Its actors— under the capable direction of Brando Cutts, with help from Ken Knight— infuse their characters with urgency. The result is a particularly captivating and accessible performance, in which Hamlet’s inability to avenge his father’s death is made all too clear— and all too human.

The cozy Helen Borgers Theatre seems to expand with Hamlet, aided by a moody, branchfilled set by Nicole Braucher and dynamic lighting by Cutts.

Costumes by Dana Leach are richly jewel-toned and textured.

And the actors don’t hesitate to project their voices loudly when necessary to express their characters’ fear, grief, hate or even love, making their feelings palpable.

Their interactions are also very physical. When the ghost of Hamlet’s father— the former king of Denmark— visits his son, the two sit facing, even embracing, making visible Hamlet’s devotion to his father and heavy sense of loss from his death. The ghost tells Hamlet that his uncle Claudius, now married to Hamlet’s mother Gertrude, had poisoned him and calls on his son to exact revenge.

But the black-clad young Hamlet hesitates again and again, questioning the right course of action in ways that this pareddown production makes easy to see, such as when he could easily stab Claudius while the latter is praying, but doesn’t for fear that his uncle will go straight to heaven. Meanwhile, Hamlet’s relationships with his mother and girlfriend Ophelia deteriorate as he walks a razor’s edge between feigned madness and deep existential angst.

Nick Napoli is very well-cast as Hamlet, doing complete justice to his conflict-ridden character and emoting every word, including the play’s oft-quoted lines about being and not being, about thinking and philosophy, that consume Hamlet’s thoughts and foil his actions.

The other players are similarly invested. Knight as Ophelia’s father Polonius is believable as a dad who just wants the best for his daughter and spouts all kinds of advice– don’t borrow or lend, be true to yourself, yadda, yadda— to his daughter Laertes (not a son in this production), before she goes off to college.

Laertes’ focused determination to avenge her father after he is accidentally stabbed by Hamlet sharply contrasts with Hamlet’s hesitation— perhaps more so than in other productions— in part due to Erin Snett’s animated portrayal of her forthright, albeit

one-dimensional, character.

Yelena Podkolzina and Phillip S. Bartolf add parental weight as Queen Gertrude and King Claudius, fitting targets of Hamlet’s adolescent disdain. And Rachel Speth (in another gender-reversed role, though she portrays a male) is rock-solid as Hamlet’s buddy Horatio, having his back to the bitter end.

Though she sweetly contrasts all the talk of vengeance, and sings like a lark, Natasha Renae Potts as Ophelia is no passive wallflower. She is genuinely befuddled by Hamlet’s apparent delusional state and logically disbelieving of his rejection of her.

But even this Ophelia breaks after learning of her dear father’s death at Hamlet’s hand, succumbing to a childlike state of delusion herself.

The two side-characters made famous by a Tom Stoppard play— Rosencrantz and Guildenstern— are here a married couple

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From left: Rachel Speth (Horatio) and Nick Napoli (Hamlet) in Long Beach Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet

played by Emma Geleynse and Robert Fawcett.

Like the other gender swaps, this one works surprisingly well, the duo’s interactions with Hamlet making perfect sense with Rosencrantz as a woman.

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TST6179 / 2020 003345 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: OSAN JANITORAL SERVICES, 1020 E. Salt Lake Street, Long Beach, CA 90806. Registrant: 1. ANGELICA S. MARTINEZ, 2. OSCAR SICAN, 1020 E. Salt Lake Street, Long Beach, Ca 90806. This business is conducted by: a Married Couple. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Angelica S. Martinez.

The registrant has not begun to use this fictitious business name. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on January 6, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: January 31 & February 7, 14, 21, 2020.

TST6188 Case No. 20CMCP00025 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: Roy Fernandez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ROY FERNANDEZ has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: ROY FERNANDEZ to Proposed Name: ROY CAMPOS. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 9, 2020; 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, February 14, 21, 28 & March 6, 2020. ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 6, 2020 TST6189 Case No. 20CMCP00024 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: Andrea Sophia Renderos by and through her mother Sandra Y. Renderos In Pro Per TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ANDREA SOPHIA RENDEROS by and through her mother Sandra Y. Renderos has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows:

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Present Name: ANDREA SOPHIA RENDEROS to Proposed Name: ANDREA SOPHIA LUIS. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 9, 2020; 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, February 14, 21, 28 & March 6, 2020. ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 6, 2020 TST6191 / 2020 035933 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: APEX INFUSION PHARMACY, 3299 East Hill Street Suite 301, Signal Hill, CA 90755. Registrant: MARIN WELLNESS PHARMACY, LLC, 55 Mitchell Boulevard Ste 11, San Rafael, CA 94903. This business is conducted by: a Limited Liability Company. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Moussie Hailemariam, President. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in February, 2020. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on (date). NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the

county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: February 21, 28, & March 6, 13, 2020.

TST6192 Case No. 20NWCP00058 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, NORWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA 90280.

PETITION OF: Julianne Flores Larios-Williams TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: JULIANNE FLORES LARIOS-WILLIAMS has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: JULIANNE FLORES LARIOS-WILLIAMS to Proposed Name: JULIANNE FLORES LUCIA. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 15, 2020; Time: 1:30p.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, February 21, 28 & March 6, 13, 2020. ___//ss//___

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6197 NOTICE OF VACANCY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that one vacancy for an unexpired term through May 31, 2023 exists on the Signal Hill Planning Commission. The City of Signal Hill will be conducting a recruitment to fill the vacancy. All interested residents are encouraged to apply.

To serve as a Planning Commissioner, you must be a U.S. citizen, 18 years of age or older; and a registered voter and resident of the City at least 29 days prior to the date of appointment. Each member shall continue to reside in the City for the duration of the term of office (Signal Hill City Charter Section 602).

If you are interested in serving as a Commissioner, please apply online via the City’s website at www.cityofsignalhill.org. If you have any questions, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (562) 989-7305.

Online applications will be accepted until Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Published in the Signal Tribune Newspaper Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010

March 6 & March 20, 2020 March 2, 2020

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6199 NOTICE OF A PUBLIC WORKSHOP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, the Planning Commission of the City of Signal Hill will conduct a public workshop at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2175 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, California, to consider the following: CONCEPTUAL PLANS FOR A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF CONCEPTUAL PLANS TO DEMOLISH AN EXISTING ONE-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING AND DETACHED GARAGE AT 2750 E. 20TH STREET AND CONSTRUCT THREE DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS ON A 0.3-ACRE SITE IN THE RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY (RH) ZONING DISTRICT. PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES TWO-CAR GARAGES FOR EACH UNIT PLUS THREE SURFACE OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES. NO PRIVATE DRIVEWAY PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF GARAGES ARE PROPOSED. Agent: Bozena Jaworski, RPP Architects & Associates Inc. Property Owner: Narsimha and Usha Reddy Recommendation: Receive public comment and provide direction for consideration at a future public hearing.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS are hereby invited to attend this public workshop to present written information, express their opinions, or otherwise present evidence on the above matter. You are encouraged to participate at the workshop to ensure that the applicant has the opportunity to respond to comments prior to finalizing the plans for the public hearing. A public hearing will be scheduled at an undetermined time after the workshop and a separate public hearing notice will be sent at that time.

THE FILE and associated documents for the proposed project 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, in the Community Development Department at City Hall.

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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 Ryan Agbayani, Assistant Planner, at ragbayani@cityofsignalhill.org or calling at (562) 989-7341.

Published in the Signal Tribune newspaper: Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on or before: Mailed to affected property owners and residents within a 500’ radius on or before:

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PUBLIC NOTICES

March 6, 2020 Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 14, 2020 TST6193 Case No. 20NWCP00057 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, NORWALK COURTHOUSE, 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA 90650 PETITION OF: Deisy Lucia Larios-Williams TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: DEISY LUCIA LARIOS-WILLIAMS has filed a petition with

CITY OF SIGNAL HILL TST6203 Notice Inviting Bids A-1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that electronic proposals will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, California, until 10:00 AM on Monday, March 30, 2020, and on the same day shortly thereafter, they will be publicly opened and read for the construction of the “Traffic Signal Modification Project, Junipero Avenue at Pacific Coast Highway, Project No. 90.19002” (“Project”) subject to all terms and conditions outlined in the Bid Package (including the Bid Schedule, Specifications, and Proposal forms. The electronic proposals shall be tabulated by the City Engineer and the results thereof reported to the City Council for consideration at a meeting to be held no later than 60 days after the bid opening.

Bids are required for the entire work as shown on the Construction Drawings and as described in the Bid Schedule and the Specifications. The work to be accomplished under this Project consists of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, tools and incidentals as required by the Contract Documents (which include, without limitation, the Specifications, Bid Schedule, Construction Drawings, and the Public Works Agreement attached to the Bid Package (the “Contract”), and other bidding and contractual documents referenced herein). The work shall be completed, and all work, materials, and services not expressly indicated or called for in the Contract Documents which may be necessary for the complete and proper construction of the Work shall be completed, in good faith shall be provided by the Contractor as though originally indicated, at no increase in cost to owner.

The Project generally includes the upgrade of a traffic signal pole and revised traffic striping and signage to prevent north-south through movements on Junipero Avenue at Pacific Coast Highway as shown per the Plans and Specifications. Please note: the work is within Caltrans jurisdiction requiring a dual permit.

All Work must be completed within 90 working days after receipt by the Contractor of the Notice to Proceed from the City of Signal Hill, including the procurement of all materials necessary to complete the work.

A-2 The Contract Documents, are only available electronically and may be obtained from the City’s website. The documents are entitled “Traffic Signal Modification Project, Junipero Avenue at Pacific Coast Highway, NO. 90.19002”. The electronic version of the bid documents (including plans and specifications) are available for download from “PLANETBIDS” by visiting: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=36746&BidID=70601 Each bid shall be electronically submitted on a form which can be obtained via download from the City’s on-line bidding software “PLANETBIDS”. Contractors must register on the website in order to download the bid documents. The original Bid Bond or Cashier’s Check for 10% of the amount of the Bid made payable to the City of Signal Hill, shall be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the Bid Due Date and Time noted above or as revised via addendum to the project documents. Such guarantee may be forfeited should the bidder to whom the contract is awarded fails to enter into the Contract.

The project plan holders list including “plan rooms” is also available for viewing at the Signal Hill portal of the “PLANETBIDS” website. The City of Signal Hill is not responsible for the completeness of the project documents from other sources.

Bids will not be received unless they are made on a proposal form furnished in the Contract Documents by the City of Signal Hill.

INQUIRIES: Questions and inquiries related to this Notice Inviting Bids should be directed to Jesus Saldana, Senior Engineering Technician at (562) 989-7352, or jsaldana@cityofsignalhill. org.

A-3 Bids will not be received unless they are made on a Proposal form furnished in the Contract Documents by the City of Signal Hill. Each bid must be accompanied by cash, certified check, cashier’s check or bidder’s bond, made payable to the City of Signal Hill for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, such guarantee to be forfeited should the bidder to whom the Contract is awarded fail to enter into the Contract.

A-4 All bids are to be compared on the basis of the estimate of quantities shown in the Bid Schedule(s) and as stipulated herein. Bids will not be accepted from the contractors who are not licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California. The Contractor shall be required to possess a currently active Class A license at the time the bid is submitted and during the entire duration of the work. All subcontract work will be required to hold the appropriate license to perform other work in the contract.

A-5 Attention is directed to the provision in Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code concerning the employment of apprentices by the Contractor or any subcontractor under the Contractor.

A-6 Before a Contract is entered into with the successful bidder, the bidder shall present evidence in writing to the City Clerk, City of Signal Hill, that he/she has a current combined single limit liability policy with aggregate limits for Bodily Injury and Property Damage in the amount of four million dollars ($4,000,000) and all insurances as required by the contract documents available on PlanetBids.

A-7 Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773.2 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the minimum prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification or type of workman needed to execute the Contract Documents shall be determined by the Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California which are on file with the City Clerk of Signal Hill and copies will be made available to any interested party on request. These rates shall be the minimum wage rates for this Project. A copy of the Contractor’s certified payroll, as well as those of all subcontractors, will be required to be submitted with each invoice.

A-8 Attention is directed to Public Contract Code Section V-22300 permitting the substitution of specified and approved securities for contract retention of funds. All such securities shall be subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney of the City of Signal Hill.

A-9 The successful bidder will be required to furnish a payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract price, a faithful performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract price, and any other bonds as required by the contract documents; said bonds shall be secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City Attorney of the City of Signal Hill.

A-10 The City of Signal Hill reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or delete portions of any and all bids or waive any informality or irregularity in the bid or the bid procedures and shall be the sole judge of the bids received.

A-11 It is estimated that the Contract will be awarded on April 14, 2020 by the City Council. A pre-construction meeting is tentatively scheduled with the awarded contractor on April 20, 2020. It is desired that work begin the week of April 27, 2020.

A-12 No Contractor or Sub-Contractor may be listed on the Bid Package Proposal unless they are registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) pursuant to Labor Code Section 17255.

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A pre-bid meeting: Not required.

BY ORDER of the City of Signal Hill.

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this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: DEISY LUCIA LARIOS-WILLIAMS to Proposed Name: DEISY LUCIA. 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 15, 2020; Time: 1:30p.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, February 21, 28 & March 6, 13, 2020. ___//ss//___ Margaret M. Bernal, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 14, 2020 TST6196 Case No. 20LBCP00061 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, 275 MAGNOLIA AVE., LONG BEACH, CA 90802 PETITION OF: Brian Demetrius Shaw TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: BRIAN DEMETRIUS SHAW has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing his name as follows: Present Name: BRIAN DEMETRIUS SHAW to Proposed Name: MAAZI AMIR JAMAAL 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 3, 2020; Time: 8:30a.m., Dept. 27. The address of the court is the same as above. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, THE SIGNAL TRIBUNE, 1399 E. 28th, Street, Signal Hill, February 28 & March 6, 13, 20, 2020. ___//ss//___ Mark C. Kim, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 21, 2020 TST6200 Case No. 20CMCP00048 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: Yeni Manzo TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: YENI MANZO has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: YENI MANZO to Proposed Name: YENI BATES 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-

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sons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 7, 2020; 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, March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2020. ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 26, 2020 TST6201 Case No. 20CMCP00043 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: Alieda Patricia Lopez TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioners: ALIEDA PATRICIA LOPEZ has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing her name as follows: Present Name: ALIEDA PATRICIA LOPEZ to Proposed Name: ALEIDA PATRICIA LOPEZ BEY 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: April 30, 2020; 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, March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2020. ___//ss//___ Maurice A. Leiter, Judge of the Superior Court Dated February 24, 2020 TST6202 / 2020 039902 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: GRACE’S GOURMET GOODS, 4234 Rose Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807.

Registrant: GRACE YANAGISAWA CARNEY, 4234 Rose Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807. This business is conducted by: an Individual. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Grace Yanagisawa Carney. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2020. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on February 18, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the

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county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2020.

TST6204 / 2020 047427 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: 1. REAL ESTATE TECHNICAL GROUP INC., 2. RETC GROUP INC., 5510 E. El Jardin, Long Beach, CA 90815. Registrant: REAL ESTATE TECHNICAL GROUP INC, 5510 E. El Jardin, Long Beach, CA 90815. This business is conducted by: a Corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Mark Pirelli, CEO. The registrant has begun to use this fictitious business name. The registrant began using this fictitious business name in January, 2020. This statement was filed with the county clerk of Los Angeles County on February 26, 2020. NOTICE: This fictitious business name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. The Signal Tribune: March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2020.

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Through the decades: 60 years of artwork by William Lane at Greenly Art Space in Signal Hill Kristen Naeem Staff Writer

A lifetime’s work of art is being displayed at Greenly Art Space in Signal Hill, for an exhibit focusing on the career of artist William Lane.

“Wanderings” includes artwork

by Lane spanning six decades, showcasing the different styles and artistic periods he has gone through. The earliest works displayed were made while Lane was

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a graduate student in the 1960s, with the newest being made in the last few years.

While Lane once predominantly showcased his abstract works, Wanderings also includes figurative paintings inspired by the artist’s experiences in Mexico, where he lived for a year after graduate school. Lane returned to the United States with photographs of his travels and incorporated the scenes into his artwork.

“I’d just have a lot of sensations that were strong enough,” Lane told the Signal Tribune at the opening reception for “Wanderings” on Saturday, Feb. 29. “I felt connected enough to them that I wanted to do something with them.

Some of them would be buried in the abstract work, but some work became very figurative. I worked from some of the images that I photographed, some of the scenes, and put things together, just because I

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The Weavers by William Lane was inspired by the artist’s experiences in Mexico and will be on display at part of the Wanderings art exhibit at Greenly Art Space in Signal Hill until April 3.

liked Mexico so much and I missed it and I wanted to recapture some of the sensations.”

One of Lane’s paintings inspired by photos taken in Mexico is The Weavers, which shows two men standing on a sidewalk, holding pieces of cloth while in front of a church. The two figures he painted are based on a photograph Lane took in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the church is from a photograph of Chiapas, Mexico that he found in a book. The Weavers was done in egg tempera and took Lane longer to finish than any other work in “Wanderings.”

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Despite the high percentage, Saro’s campaign so far has not met the required 51% vote threshold to win the seat–– as it stands, 6th district residents will have to once again vote in the run-off election later this year.

Although election results were trickling in Tuesday night and

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in the City’s most crowded race with six other candidates vying for the seat. They will enter the runoff election in November.

In the north, the race drastically changed over night. Eighth District Candidates Juan Ovalle and Austin led the three-person race shortly after election results began to be reported. As of Wednesday morning, Tunua Thrash-Ntuk nudged past Ovalle, sending the race to a run-off election between her and Austin.

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that down to a final 30 pieces for the show.

“I thought this would be a really wonderful time to think about and to talk about doing some type of a retrospective show,” Hocking told the Signal Tribune. “And so we really conversed about the ways that there are these connections in form and shape and color and things like that, over the lifetime of his work.”

Wanderings will be on display until April 3. Guests can view the free exhibit on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11am to 2pm, or by appointment, which can be made by calling (562) 533-4020.

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Both Lane’s abstract and figurative paintings use vibrant colors, and Lane told the Signal Tribune that he could be viewed as a colorist, who are known for making intense color the principal characteristic of their art.

“My work depends on color for the resolution of the final image state,” Lane said.

Kimberly Hocking, Greenly Art Space co-founder and curator, worked with Lane to select which pieces would be included in “Wanderings.” They were originally working with a selection of over 60 pieces, and were able to narrow

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er, who won 34.74% of the vote as of press time.

District 2 District 2 consists of the westside of Long Beach–– from Anaheim Street to Wardlow Road–– and includes central Long Beach, including the neighborhoods of Wrigley and Washington.

Whoever wins this race will be replacing longtime LBUSD board member Felton Williams, who represented District 2 for four terms.

Tonia Reyes Uranga is a 50year resident of Long Beach and former Long Beach City councilmember who represented District 7 from 2002 to 2010.

Her husband, Roberto Uranga, is the current 7th District councilmember since 2014. She’s the owner of Tonia Reyes Uranga Consulting, also known as TRUConsult, which serves non-profits, public agencies and specializes in workforce and municipal policy issues. She presently serves on multiple boards and committees including, the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, the Coalition for Good Jobs and Healthy Communities and Goals for Life, a nonprofit mentoring program that couples retired NFL players with school-age youth.

Uranga also serves as executive board member for the California Democratic Party representing the 70th Assembly District and has over 30 years working in workforce and employment issues in Southern California.

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LBUSD board in 26 years since Jenny Oropeza in 1994.

Erik Miller, a product of the LBUSD system, was born and raised in Long Beach. He is currently the executive director of a countywide initiative that provides employment opportunities for at-risk and disadvantaged youth, adults and veterans in career-track employment. He also currently serves as a mentor with Operation Jump Start, an organization that provides academic support and mentoring to first-generation, college-­ bound youth from low-income households in Long Beach.

Miller was the chairman of the Long Beach GRIP (Gang Reduction Intervention and Prevention) Taskforce from 2012 to 2014. Prior to working in the non-profit sector, Miller worked as an architect. He formerly ran for the 6th Council District seat in which he came in second against incumbent Dee Andrews.

District 4 Doug Otto, a life-long Long Beach resident and lawyer who has served on the Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees for 16 years, has won the board seat for District 4 which covers southeast Long Beach schools to the 605 freeway covering Belmont Shore, Los Altos and Alamitos neighborhoods and includes Signal Hill and Avalon schools.

Otto will be replacing longtime LBUSD board member Tom Meyer, who represented District 4 for four terms and had also endorsed Otto.

Otto has decades of expe-

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rience in multiple community boards in both civic and non-profit organizations including LBCC, the Aquarium of the Pacific and St. Mary Medical Center. He also served in the City of Long Beach Planning Commission, the Long Beach Cultural Heritage Commission and the Long Beach City Manager’s Downtown Business and Development Advisory Committee.

Winners of the board seats will serve four year terms.

Courtesy LBUSD

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