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BY MAURICIO SEGURA PHOTOS BY GERRY MOONEY Fremont on its own is a nice place to spend the day. But on the weekend of August 6 and 7, it will be the place to be. You can even say it will be the center of the Bay Area. Celebrating its 28th year, the Fremont Festival of the Arts has become the largest free street festival this side of the Mississippi. For two full days, 385,000 people will enjoy great food, live music, and crafts while consuming over 18,000 ice cream bars and downing 23,500 mugs of ice cold beer. First held at the Fremont Hub in 1983, the festival has since grown and moved to three large city blocks of central Fremont between Mowry Avenue, Paseo Padre Parkway, State Street and Walnut Avenue. Both BART and AC continued on page 18
A Santa Clara County tradition
SUBMITTED BY DAVE CORTESE I would like to invite you to a great FREE family event this summer, the Santa Clara County Youth Fair August 4-7 at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. This year’s theme is Get Ready to Saddle Up! I have many great memories of the fair – the smell of funnel cakes and roasted corn, the rush of carnival rides, agricultural exhibits, and the sights and sounds of livestock arenas. And of course a fun day spent with my family. This year’s fair will have all of those classic fair activities and much more. It has been transformed into a modern fair with something for everyone. There will be many continued on page 20
Guadalupe River Park transforms into Tudor England SUBMITTED BY HEATHER VANCIL-BECKER PHOTOS COURTESY OF RENAISSANCE PRODUCTIONS Horseback-riding knights aren't just the stuff of fairy tales. August 6th and 7th, the first annual San Jose Renaissance Faire will showcase the lifestyle and culture of Tudor England in a two-day festival in Downtown San Jose, next to HP Pavilion. Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Guadalupe River Park, the festival is a chance for everyone - from the Shakespearean scholar to the casual observer - to take a step back in history. Non-stop entertainment will be provided on the streets by hundreds of colorfully costumed performers.
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Kid Scoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Public Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Bookmobile Schedule . . . . . . 15
It’s a date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Life Cornerstones . . . . . . . . . 37 Obituary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Washington Hospital Booth to Showcase a Variety of Programs and Services
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or the seventh consecutive year, Washington Hospital will stage an information booth at the upcoming Fremont Festival of the Arts on the weekend of August 6-7. People attending the festival are encouraged to stop by and visit the booth to learn more about the Hospital’s community services and topnotch medical programs. Hospital representatives from several departments will be available during the festival to advise members of the community about specific medical services, classes, and resources that are accessible throughout the Washington Hospital Healthcare System. Come and Say Hello! Staffing this year’s booth will be members of the Washington Women’s Center, Childbirth and Parenting Services, Washington Urgent Care, Washington Outpatient Imaging Center, the Washington Hospital Green Team and Washington Hospital Service League. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about the Washington On Wheels (W.O.W.) Mobile Health Clinic, the free Washington Hospital
Health Insurance Information Service and the resources available at the Washington Hospital Community Health Resource Li-
people what they like most about the current programming and what kind of programs they would like to see in the future.
Washington Hospital staff members (above) will be handing out information and giving away free door prizes at the Washington Hospital outreach booth at the upcoming Fremont Festival of the Arts on August 6 and 7. Staff members will be present from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. Be sure to come by and say hello!
brary. Attendees are more than welcome to say hello and meet our friendly staff. People attending the festival are also invited to stop by and visit with staff members of the InHealth Channel. InHealth, Channel 78 recently celebrated its sixth anniversary and members of the InHealth team will be on hand to answer questions and ask
Washington Women’s Center Education Classes The Washington Women's Center mission is to get women started on the path to good health and keep them going with programs geared especially for women. During the festival, participants are encouraged to take a moment to check out our growing list of wellness and education
services, including the Women’s Center wellness massage service. Washington Women’s Center offers monthly classes including their popular Lunch and Learn sessions where expert clinicians speak on a women’s health topic from Noon to 1 p.m. The Women’s Center also offers an Evening Lecture Series every month from 7 to 8 p.m. To see a list of upcoming classes, visit www.whhs.com/womenscenter and register online at www.whhs.com. Washington Hospital Is Going Green Washington Hospital recognizes the critical link between the health of each individual and the health of the environment. As the hospital reaffirms its commitment to promoting a healthier community, it’s taking a leading role in environmental awareness. At the Fremont Art & Wine Festival, members of the Hospital’s Green Team will discuss how to better recycle at home and help people fill out Stop Junk Mail kits. This effort can help eliminate tons of paper waste per year, conserve trees and prevent
the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. To learn more about the Hospital’s Green Team, visit www.whhs.com/green The Washington Hospital booth will be located in the Business Alley portion of the Fremont Festival of the Arts. The Business Alley is located on State Street between Capitol Avenue and Beacon Street. Hospital staff will be present on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Be sure to come and see us! Fremont Art & Wine Festival Parking Fundraiser Festival spectators are invited to park their cars in the Washington West parking lot located at 2500 Mowry Avenue during the weekend festival. The $5 parking fee supports the many charitable efforts of the Washington Hospital Employee Association (WHEA). WHEA supports many local organizations including: The Salvation Army, Abode Services, Tri-City Volunteers, SAVE, One Child and Rotary International by raising funds through drives and fundraising events such as the annual Fremont Festival of the Arts.
InHealth broadcasts on Comcast Channel 78 in Fremont, Newark and Union City and online at www.inhealth.tv The full schedule of InHealth programs listed below can also be viewed in real time on the Washington Hospital website, www.whhs.com
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Inside Washington Hos- Voices InHealth: Decisions pital: The Green Team in Cardiac Care Diabetes in Pregnancy
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Foods for Breast Health
Surgical Interventions for Sleep Apnea
Women's Health Conference: Chronic Pain Management
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Your Concerns InHealth: Sun Protection
Osteoporosis Update: Learn About Diagnosis and Treatment Options (Late Start)
Alzheimer's Disease Research Update
Nutrition for People with Kidney Disease
Disaster Preparedness
Washington Township Health Care District Board Meeting July 13, 2011
Voices InHealth: Update on the Journey to Magnet Status
Sepsis: Treatment of a Top 10 Killer
Washington Township Health Care District Board Meeting July 13, 2011
Do You Have Sinus Problems?
Washington Women's Center: Circulation 101 for Women - Part 1: Varicose Veins (Late Start)
Your Concerns InHealth: Pediatric Care – The Pre-School Years
Peripheral Vascular Disease: Leg Weakness, Symptoms Community Based Senior and Treatment & Supportive Services Percutaneous (Under the Skin) Treatment How to Prevent a Heart Attack & Healthy Nutrition for Your Heart
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Diabetes Health Fair 2010: Learn How Exercise Can Help Diabetes and the Kidneys
Crohn's & Colitis, Stomach Cancer and Irritable Bowel Disorders
Have You Recently Lost Health Care Coverage?
Washington Township Health Care District Board Meeting July 13, 2011
Voices InHealth: Medicine Safety for Children (Late Start)
Voices InHealth: Healthy Pregnancy World Kidney Day Your Concerns InHealth: Vitamin Supplements
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Superbugs: Are We Winning the Germ War?
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Diabetes and Your Hormones (Late Start)
Cancer Caregivers: Panel Discussion
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Your Concerns InHealth: Sun Protection Take the Steps: What You Should Know About Foot Care (Late Start)
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Washington Township Health Care District Board Meeting July 13, 2011 Heel Problems and Treatment Options
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Influenza and Other Contagious Respiratory Conditions
Arthritis: Do I Have One of 100 Types?
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Most Common Cancers and How They are Treated
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Washington Township Health Care District Board Meeting July 13, 2011
Partnering with Your Doctor to Improve Diabetes Control
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Your Concerns InHealth: Measles Resurgence Fitting Physical Activity Into Your Day
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Voices InHealth: The Greatest Gift of All
Personal Emergency Preparedness Training & Learn How to Access Community Services Quickly and Easily
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Hip Pain in the Young and Middle-Aged Adult
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Center Offers the Tools and Support Needed to Manage Diabetes Effectively
O Programming Receives Prestigious Industry Honors InHealth, Washington Hospital’s cable channel on Comcast Channel 78, marked its sixth anniversary by receiving TV honors for original productions from the 32nd Annual Telly Awards. The winning program, Inside Washington Hospital: Advances in Cardiac Care hosted by Dr. John Thomas Mehigan earned a bronze Telly award. The Telly Awards honor outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions. Inside Washington Hospital: Advances in Cardiac Care takes an inside look at Washington Hospital’s Heart Program and explores how a collaborative team of physicians and clinicians work together to treat cardiac patients. The show also features Washington Hospital heart specialists, Ash Jain, M.D., an interventional cardiac specialist and co-medical director of Vascular Services at Washington Hospital, and Jon-Cecil Walkes, M.D., heart surgeon and Washington Hospital’s medical director of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The winning program was selected as standouts from more than 14,000 entries from around the country. Inside Washington Hospital is a program that focuses on the innerworkings of the hospital. Some of the topics covered in past shows include: the emergency room, urgent care, green team, patient safety, pediatric care and antibiotic resistant infections (MRSA). Inside Washington Hospital airs on InHealth every week (see the complete television schedule on the opposite page.)
Above: John Thomas Mehigan, M.D., (left) discusses cardiac surgery options with JonCecil Walkes, M.D., during the award winning original InHealth program: Inside Washington Hospital: Advances in Cardiac Care. InHealth Channel 78 is available on Comcast or you can also watch InHealth programs online.Visit www.inhealth.tv to watch every show currently on the InHealth television schedule.
Dr. Barbara Kostick, medical director of Washington Hospital’s Community Health Services is the host of Your Concerns InHealth, a round table discussion show that features physician discussions on a variety of topics and addresses questions and concerns from people in the community. She is also the host of Voices InHealth, which covers a variety of health and safety issues. One of the programs currently airing on InHealth is Voices InHealth: Healthy Pregnancy. Dr. Savitha Krishnan, OB/GYN, provides some simple, practical guidance to help people understand the physical changes a pregnant woman will experience and how she can best take care of herself and her developing baby. The show also features a registered dietitian and a prenatal fitness instructor that talk about the importance of a healthy diet and staying active during pregnancy. InHealth is another facet of Washington Hospital’s mission to enhance patient care and health promotion throughout the District. InHealth enables Washington Hospital to better serve the community by providing the viewing audience an opportunity to take advantage of hospital resources from home, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Among the regular program schedule are broadcasts of the District Board meetings and Washington Hospital’s popular Health and Wellness classes. Programs on InHealth promote overall health and wellbeing by providing entertaining, educational and informative shows dealing with medical and non-medical health-related subject matter. Current programs cover a large variety of health and safety topics ranging from men’s health to diabetes education. In the coming months, InHealth will debut new shows on patient safety, whooping cough, vaccinations for school children, vitamin supplements and a policy update on national health care reform.
Tune Into Your Health The InHealth broadcast schedule is published weekly in the Tri-City Voice and is posted on the Hospital website www.whhs.com/inhealth. You can also watch InHealth online. Visit www.inhealth.tv to watch every show currently on the InHealth television schedule. We’d like your feedback about the current programming being provided as well as what you would like to see on the channel in the future. Please send your questions and comments to InHealth@whhs.com or contact the Community Relations Department at (510) 791-3417. Thanks for watching!
nce you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, there is no turning back the clock and there is no magical cure. Diabetes requires daily selfmanagement and vigilance to keep your blood sugar in control and your health on the right path. Fortunately for residents of Washington Township Health Care District, this is not a challenge they must undertake alone. “The Washington Outpatient Diabetes Center offers support and resources to help community members who have been diagnosed with diabetes prevent, delay, or improve complications through effective self-management,” says Washington Hospital Diabetes Program Coordinator Vida Reed, R.N., CDE. “The staff at the center works with you, your family, and your physician to come up with a personalized plan for your life.” The center, which opened in the spring of last year at its new location, expanded with the goal of helping a growing population impacted by diabetes. Recent studies show that there has been an explosion in the incidence of diabetes, with its rate of growth twice as fast in the United States compared to countries in Western Europe. “Diabetes is increasing worldwide, but local populations served by Washington Hospital continue to be hotspots in the state of California when it comes to diabetes,” Reed says. “The prevalence of diabetes here in Alameda County, specifically in the zip codes that the hospital serves, is among the highest in the state of California. The result of that, she says, is that more people in the local area are getting diagnosed with diabetes, and they need help managing the condition. “Our move to the new location and our transition into a comprehensive outpatient center has been significant,” Reed says. “And there are so many people in the community who can benefit from diabetes-related services, but yet many of them don’t even know what is available.” In fact, Alameda County has more than 100,000 people with diabetes, and 33,000 of these individuals haven’t been diagnosed. Often this is because diabetes de-
velops gradually over time and has very few symptoms early on. The only true way to tell if you have diabetes—or pre-diabetes— is to visit the doctor regularly for health screenings and have your blood sugar checked. Blood sugar (glucose) levels tell the doctor whether the cells in the body are responding properly to the insulin that is produced. The following glucose values are based on an eight-hour fast before a blood test:
ence-based information to help all community members increase knowledge about diabetes; • Sweet Success, a comprehensive program affiliated with the State of California that works with women who have diabetes and wish to become pregnant or those experiencing gestational diabetes. The program also offers individual counseling to individuals and families who need help with meal planning focused on weight loss and controlling blood pres-
The Washington Outpatient Diabetes Center is staffed by a dedicated team of nurses and dietitians who are all certified diabetes educators. To learn more about the range of services and programs that are offered at the center, visit www.whhs.com/diabetes or call (510) 745-6556 for more information.
• Diabetes is a glucose reading of 126 mg/dL or higher on two separate occasions • Pre-diabetes is a glucose reading of 100 to 125 mg/dL • No diabetes is a glucose reading of less than 100 The Washington Outpatient Diabetes Center offers a range of services focused on educating and supporting individuals and their families to help them make the healthiest choices. “Diabetes is something that you have to live with for the rest of your life, but it is very manageable with the right tools and support,” Reed says. “We want people in the community to feel like they have the support and education available to them that will help them for the rest of their lives.” Some services at the center include: • The BASICS program, which incorporates individual assessments and group classes for people and their families who live with diabetes; • Diabetes Matters, a free monthly diabetes education class with expert speakers (for the first hour), and group discussion (for the last hour) that provides sci-
sure and cholesterol. Counseling can also get you off to a great start if you are starting a new medication or starting insulin. To learn more about programs and services through the Washington Outpatient Diabetes Center, visit www.whhs.com/diabetes or call (510) 745-6556. The cost of the program is covered by most private insurance plans; however coverage varies from plan to plan. Diabetes Self-Management Education is a covered benefit under Medicare. The program is staffed by a dedicated team of nurses and dietitians who are all Certified Diabetes Educators; they have years of experience, a wealth of knowledge and a caring spirit. The Washington Outpatient Diabetes Center promotes quality education for all patients and has been recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) since 2007 for consistently meeting the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education. The center is located at 3575 Beacon Avenue in Fremont and is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Pat Kite’s Garden
BY PAT KITE CHECK ENGINE!
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he appearance of the “CHECK ENGINE” light should prompt a quick check for a loose or missing gas cap, which the driver can easily do. If that is not the cause, the auto technician can begin a search by checking the oxygen sensor. A faulty one will send incorrect information about the amount of unburned oxygen in the exhaust to the automobile’s computer and result in poor fuel mileage. A malfunctioning mass air flow sensor may also be the culprit. This sensor measures the amount of air supplied to the engine, and its failure can lead to loss of power and surges in acceleration. Otherwise, a catalytic converter may be the underlying problem, as can be misfiring spark plugs.
Clearly, a CHECK ENGINE light can have a number of causes. It can take a professional technician to figure out the correct one. At BAY STAR AUTO CARE, our ASE-certified technicians stay up to date on all the different engines on the road and we'll be able to pinpoint your problem and fix it right, the first time. In addition, we can provide the regularly scheduled maintenance that will prevent CHECK ENGINE lights in the first place! That can save you time and money. Give us a call today for an appointment. HINT: While a “CHECK ENGINE” light does not necessarily require you to immediately pull off the road, any sign of an overheated engine most definitely should.
Gary Singh is the owner of Bay Star Auto Care at 1275 Atlantic St. near Western Ave., here in Union City. Phone: 489-3331
Five hundred fifty Dahlias? It all began with a three-dahlia friendship gift to Hayward’s JoAnna and John Morton. “We were so awed by the blooms our plants produced that we planted 10 the next year,” John recalls. Fast-forward 30 years. The Morton’s now have 150 different varieties in their colorful back yard, with flowers ranging from twoinches wide to 13-inches wide. When retirement beckoned, dahlia care became an increasingly delightful hobby. JoAnna, a Castro Valley native, retired from MJB Company. John, a San Leandro native, spent 38 years with Kraft foods. “Each new Dahlia variety became our favorite that year.” There are at least 13 thousand Dahlia varieties and 19 dahlia forms. “At one time the Formal Decorative was my favorite,” John states. “Later on I was smitten by the Anemone form.” Other forms possible include Cactus, Orchid, Peony and Waterlily. While neither JoAnna nor
John comes from a dedicated gardening background, “my parents, especially my mother, tried to get a plant in every possible space in the yard,” John comments. “She even had my Dad take out part of the yard for her plants.” Dahlias offer a lot of opportunity and history. Dahlias were named after Swedish botanist Dr. Anders Dahl. But even though they had been grown in Mexico for 400 years, when introduced to Europe in 1789, they were considered useful only as a vegetable. It was hoped Dahlia tubers would become even more table worthy than the common potato. However, one Victorian writer described Dahlia tubers as having a “repulsive, nauseous peppery taste.” But the flowers, although small and plain, were also rather pretty. Hybridizers took over. By the early 1800s, the Dahlia was the most fashionable flower in the country. A diamond was reputedly offered for one newly hybridized Dahlia tuber. Dahlia varieties now come in all colors except blue. They can be short at 12 inches, medium height, or stretch
to 7-feet tall. Put them in pots, as a color focus, and gather them as summer hedges. They do need mostly sun, regular water, and improved soil. While Dahlia tuber planting time is in spring, now is the time to view your options. The San Leandro Dahlia Society will hold its 78th annual Dahlia show at the San Leandro Library August 6 and 7. The American Dahlia Society National Show will be held at the Marriot Hotel, Santa Clara, on Saturday August 20 from 1 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. and Sunday the 21st from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. “The blooms will be judged,” John explains, “and the public will be able to see the best of the best. My favorite usually comes after the shows when I determine which form did the best for me that year. Then I stock up on that form for the next year.” For information on the ADS National Show at the Marriott, email Kevin@cgdahlias.com or call (408) 259-9223 and/or check the Internet. Maybe you will see JoAnna and John Morton happily selecting their new favorites.
TRI-CITY GARDEN CLUB MEETINGS: Friends of Heirloom Flowers Work Parties - Every Tuesday - at Shinn Park, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
1251 Peralta near Mowry, Fremont (510) 656-7702 Bring gloves and tools. - Social Hour afterward Every Thursday, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Niles Rose Garden - 36501 Niles Boulevard, Fremont Bring gloves and tools. [Across Driveway from Mission Adobe Nursery] Contact Joyce Ruiz: 659-9396 Meetings are held quarterly. Call for details Fremont Senior Center Garden Club First Friday of each month, 2 p.m. Janice Anderman, program coordinator 510-790-6602 Fremont Garden Club The Fremont Garden Club meets the third Wednesday of each month, February - October, in members’ homes & gardens, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Locations are posted on the Fremont Garden Clubs’ web site at www.fremontgardenclub.org or email: fremontgardenclub@hotmail.com
PAT KITE L. Patricia [Pat] Kite’s several garden books include KISS Guide to Gardening, Gardening Wizardry for Kids, Raccoons, Ladybug Facts and Folklore and Silkworms. They may be found at Amazon.com and Alibris.com.
Letter to the Editor
How have Measure A funds been spent? The community of Hayward stepped forward in a big way when it passed Measure A (Utility Users Tax) in May 2009. Numerous people worked extremely hard to educate the community about the City’s financial position and the possible cutbacks in services, including necessary public safety reductions if Measure A failed. I was among the many that pursued its passage with passion. On March 3, 2009, City Council approved a motion to place the measure on the ballot. The motion included a requirement that if voters approved the measure, an annual revenue and expenditure report be provided to the community. This report would serve as an accountability mechanism, critical to ensuring that the community understood how and where Measure A funds
were spent. It was intended that the report would be shared with and communicated to the entire community. This required report is in lieu of a public oversight committee in which some members of the public expressed interest at the public hearing. Unless I have missed something, two years have elapsed without a report to the community regarding the proceeds of Measure A. Sadly, this observation comes on the heels of a recently approved budget that reduces a significant number of sworn police officers in our minimally staffed Hayward Police Department and staffing cuts in our Fire Department, both areas Measure A was intended to protect. No doubt, economic conditions have continued to deteriorate over the past two years, and perhaps such reductions are a
necessary result. However, the lack of communication regarding the impact of Measure A on preserving City services raises questions about how the City’s finances are prioritized. Certainly, it raises questions about community support for the possibility of a similar measure when the current utility users tax expires in eight years. Let’s expect from our City the same level of rigor applied during the Measure A campaign in meeting promised accountability of how funds have been spent to protect the services about which we care most. Please let us know where our self-imposed tax dollars are at work. Greg Jones Hayward
APPLY NOW FOR THE OHLONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEASURE G CITIZENS’ BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE The Ohlone Community College District seeks community members from within the District to serve on the Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee, or CBOC, during the implementation of the Measure G Bond Program, which was passed by voters in November 2010. Individuals who serve on the CBOC will also collaborate with other community leaders in reviewing the final expenditures of the District’s Measure A Bond program. Information on the length of terms, the number of meetings and responsibilities can be found on the web site or by calling the number below. Interested individuals can download an application at http://www.ohlone.edu/go/bondapply. Completed applications should be sent by U.S. mail to Ohlone College, Attn: Administrative Services, 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539 or by fax at 510-659-6045. For questions or concerns please call 510-659-7307.
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LETTERS POLICY The Tri-City Voice welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and include an address and daytime telephone number. Only the writer’s name will be published. Letters that are 350 words or fewer will be given preference. Letters are subject to editing for length, grammar and style.
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Ohlone Humane Society
Of laws, cocks, sharks... and politics BY NANCY LYON
W
hile the Congress of the United States stands toe-to-toe in a battle over the financial fate of the nation, California has moved forward in animal protection reform. Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law legislation that will tighten the State’s laws protecting animals and expanding punishments for animal neglect and cruelty. On July 26th, Senate Bill 917, authored by Senator Ted W. Lieu, a far-reaching law that banned the sale or give-away of animals as part of a commercial transaction such as roadside displays and parking lots. This would include such dealings on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, carnival, or boardwalk, or to display or offer for sale. The bill, a combination of two bills vetoed at the last minute by ex- Governor Schwarzenegger last year, had significant bipartisan support. The law now increases fines and possible jail time for those convicted of animal neglect to levels consistent with penalties for felony animal abuse. The enforcement and penalty for violating this law is mandated to fall to local peace officers, animal control or humane officers. The Governor also signed into law an important bill that is long overdue. Senate Bill 426, authored by Senator Ronald Calderon, stiffened California’s inadequate anti-cockfighting laws. Both houses of the legislature unanimously approved the passage of SB 426 which allows landlords to evict tenants using their property for animal fighting, or keeping animals for use in animal fighting. Cockfighting is a cruel and vicious blood “sport” that is outlawed in 50 states and a felony in 39. It is still not a felony to be a spectator at a cockfight in California, a problem that ties the hands of law enforcement when participants often abandon their birds and claim to have “only” been watching the fights. Arizona and Oregon have strong anticockfighting laws that are enforced. This has moved cockfighters into California where laws are less stringent and potential punishment less intimidating. According to the Humane Society of the United States, since 2008, there have been more than 110 law enforcement incidences involving cockfighting in 36 of California’s 58 counties. More than 21,000 birds have been found dead or alive in connection with the bloodsport during that time. This year in California's Madera County, cockfighting was a regular occurrence near local schools and other public places. In an incident, 45 birds were seized by animal control and euthanized. Drugs and gambling are very often a large part of cockfighting making enforcement important to the safety of the communities they impact. The Madera bust included two teenage participants. Animals are often sold in unregulated, outdoor venues; frequently in terrible conditions. The animals that are being sold often live in unsanitary crowded pens or cages, without food and/or water, in extreme heat. Some of these animals are so ill that they die shortly after being purchased, before
they are thrown in the “pit” to fight for what little life is left in them. If enforced, the passage of SB 917 BY Senator Ted Lieu, will give local law enforcement another weapon to put these hawkers of cruelty and violence out of business. On a less promising front California Assembly Bill 376, authored by Assemblymember Paul Fong, which would ban the possession, sale, and trade of shark fins in the State of California is in jeopardy of being fatally weakened in an attempt to appease opponents. Finning is the process of cutting off the fins of a shark and discarding the body at sea where the animals die slowly from drowning or infection. This practice is considered a wasteful and cruel practice that contradicts all principles of sustainable shark fisheries management and conservation. Over 73 millions sharks worldwide are killed each year for... soup. According to leading oceanic authorities, without regulation in many countries, the shark finning trade has grown over the past few years as demand has surged beyond sustainable levels for slow-to-reproduce shark populations. The Shark fining bill which is basically a “no-brainer.” The effect of killing sharks for luxury foods on the rapidly dwindling population of sharks, and consequently, the health and survival of the ocean’s vital ecosystems is irrefutable although opponents of the bill question statistics supporting the bill. These statistics show that California imports and re-exports shark fins from all over the world, including Asia. Approximately 85% of all U.S. dried shark fin imports come through California. Los Angeles and San Francisco, recognized points of entry for the shark fin trade. The U.S. accounts for 70% of all shark fin imports outside Asia. As of last June there were more than 33 environmental, sports fishing, and humane organizations in support of AB 376. Concern for rapidly diminishing shark populations has resulted in shark finning being banned in many countries worldwide. Politicians have made futile attempts to please all sides but no middle ground exists. They have only succeeded in watering down a piece of legislation that needs to move forward before it becomes so weakened as to be ineffective. Please take a moment to pick up your phone and make your voice heard or email your state representatives. Remember, these representatives are just that – they stand for the voice of their constituents, so let them know your opinion. AB 376 will be heard by the California Senate Appropriations Committee on August 15th and we strongly urge your support. The Senate Appropriations Committee can be reached by contacting Senator Christine Kehoe (Chair) (916) 651-4039; email: senator.kehoe@senate.ca.gov. If passed in the Senate please, contact your local Assemblymember where it will go for a final vote. Also, ask Governor Brown at (916) 4452841 to support AB 376. Thank Assemblyman Fong for introducing AB 376 and ask that he keep the bill strong in support of a ban – (916) 319-2022; email - Assemblymember.Fong@assembly.ca.gov.
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www.ohlonehumanesociety.org Hundreds of healthy, adoptable animals are available at the TriCity Animal Shelter and other local shelters and rescue organizations. Visit www.petfinder.com where you can enter your city or zip code and search by breed, size, gender and other criteria. Nearly 12,500 rescue groups list more than a quarter-million animals available for adoption. Please save one today.
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Fremont Log SUBMITTED BY DET. WILLIAM VETERAN, FREMONT PD July 27 Officers were dispatched to an interrupted residential burglary in the 37000 block of Contra Costa Ave. The victim arrived home and found a male inside his home. The suspect immediately fled out a rear door and is described as a white male, early 20’s, 6’ tall wearing a dark tee shirt. Entry was made via an open bathroom window. A robbery was reported in the 4900 block of Conway Terrace. The victim said two black males, each holding a handgun, tried to rob him at gunpoint the previous
night. He was able to escape and both suspects were last seen running towards Pueblo Terrace. The only further description is that one male had on a black hooded sweatshirt and black baseball cap. Officer Perry handled the investigation. A residential burglary occurred in the 36000 block of Pizarro Drive. July 29 Officer Ceniceros arrested two juvenile residential burglars as they exited a home in the 4300 block of Margery. The two juveniles (14 and 17) made entry via rear window. FPD responded to a call from Seneca Center when a 15-yearold was placed on a psychiatric hold for threatening to kill every-
one at the school with a large rock. An Ace train crew reported that they had seen a possible dead body missing an arm near the tracks; it turned out to be a mannequin. Officer Foster made a new friend and transported the mannequin to PD property for proper burial. What started as a response to a petty theft at Walmart turned into an extraditable felony warrant out of Oklahoma. Colby Deaton was escorted to jail awaiting a plane ticket and another official escort. Two residential burglaries were reported on Yucatan where firearms were part of the loss; thefts were investigated by Ofcs. Miller and Harvey.
Newark Log SUBMITTED BY CMDR. BOB DOUGLAS, NEWARK PD
July 27 Between 6:37 p.m. and 4:22 a.m., at the 5600 block of Portsmouth Avenue, Newark PD SWAT was asked to provide
False identity arrest SUBMITTED BY SGT DARYL SEQUEIRA, MILPITAS PD On July 28, at 12:41 a.m., Officer Reuben Lopez noticed a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot of a closed business. Officer Lopez had prior knowledge that the business had been victimized by copper thieves in the past and as he approached the vehicle, it suddenly left the area. Officer Lopez immediately conducted a traffic stop.
During the investigation, one of the passengers provided a name, but identifiers listed in the state database did not match the passenger’s physical appearance. Upon further investigation, Officer Lopez determined the true identity of the passenger as Bonnie Levy, a 30 year-old San Jose resident. A computer check revealed Levy had multiple outstanding warrants for her arrest, exceeding $200,000 in bail, for various offenses including burglary, forgery, and giving false information to a police officer. Bonnie Levy was arrested for giving false information to a police officer and for outstanding warrants. She was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail.
an outside assist for the East Palo Alto Police Department. An investigation by East Palo Alto PD is still active and continuing.
Knife brandishing suspect arrested SUBMITTED BY SGT D. SEQUEIRA, MILPITAS PD On July 27, at approximately 9:35 p.m., officers responded to a reported fight at a residence on the 1600 block of Tahoe Drive. The suspect, later identified as Sean Munshower Sr., had been drinking earlier in the day and was involved in a verbal altercation with his older brother. The verbal argument escalated into a physical fight between the two brothers inside the residence. At one point during the fight, Sean Munshower Sr. pulled out a knife from his waistband and brandished it at the victim. When officers arrived, they located Sean Munshower Sr. in front of the residence and ultimately arrested him. At the time of
his arrest, Sean Munshower Sr. was not in possession of the knife; however a knife was recovered inside the residence. Sean Munshower Sr. was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for brandishing a weapon.
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Senior mobility BY SIMON WONG
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half-cent of every dollar spent in Alameda County is directed to funding for transportation capital projects and services for the benefit of County residents and visitors. This sales tax revenue, mandated by Measure B which voters approved in 2000 and took effect in April 2002, is administered by the Alameda County Transportation Commission, in accordance with the associated voter-approved Measure B 2000 Expenditure Plan. Pathways to Positive Aging is a community action plan designed to improve seniors’ quality of life in southern Alameda County. Mobility is important for all but especially so for elderly adults who wish to remain active and independent. The action plan identifies the need for training to use public transit; walking as a form of transportation and exercise, more same-day transportation options, door-to-door assisted transportation for frail seniors and people with disabilities, safe driving for seniors and preparation for “driving retirement.” The Tri-City Travel Training Program and the Walk This Way Program are the means by which some of these needs are met. Travel Training, funded by a Measure B Paratransit Gap Grant, provides free workshops to teach older adults and those with disabilities in the Tri-City area how to use BART and AC transit services. There are classroom instruction and group, field outings to practice what has been taught. The program includes outreach to those with limited English-language skills through interpreters from the Community Ambassadors Program for Seniors. The Transit Adventures Program was launched in April 2010 as an adjunct to the Travel Training Program. “Some seniors were still a little anxious on completing the Travel Training Program,” ex-
plained Shawn Fong, Paratransit Program Manager, City of Fremont, “They enjoyed the classroom setting and group travel and wanted continued support. Transit Adventures offers group social and recreational outings for additional first-hand experience to increase familiarity with bus and BART.” To date, there have been 29 workshops and 377 participants. Four workshops have been conducted in Mandarin, one in Farsi, another in Punjabi, one in Spanish and one in American Sign Language. There have also been 18 Transit Adventure Program outings. The most recent consisted of a group 20 seniors who travelled by BART from Fremont to Downtown Oakland where they boarded AC Transit for Jack London Square, then took a ferry to the San Francisco Ferry Building before using Muni to reach Nob Hill where they toured Grace Cathedral before riding the cable car to board BART back to Fremont. More seniors are computer-literate and want to put their skills to good use. The Travel Training Program and Fremont Senior Center are considering use of the computer lab to teach how to plan an itinerary with online resources such as 511.org, Google maps, BART and AC Transit websites. Pedestrian safety and infrastructure issues, such as location of bus stops and bus shelters/seating, assessment of crosswalk safety: better signage, striping, the need for curb cuts, etc. are an integral part of the Travel Training Program. The two-year old Walk This Way Program is funded by Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian Countywide Discretionary Funds. It promotes the benefits of walking and raises awareness of the relationship between physical activity and improved mobility among older adults; encourages walking as a method of transportation or a means of connecting with transit; increases awareness of pedestrian continued on page 25
Keeping high-speed rail on track SUBMITTED BY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION The Metropolitan Transportation Commission announced on July 27, 2011, that it will convene partner transportation agencies and other stakeholders in an attempt to revive stalled planning efforts and forge consensus for high-speed rail in the San Jose-toSan Francisco corridor. The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) will participate in the initiative, which will also focus on making improvements to the existing Caltrain rail service - including electrification of the service - on the Peninsula. “MTC believes high-speed rail service connecting the Bay Area with Los Angeles and other cities is a necessary step to ensure the economic vitality of our region,” said MTC Chair and San Mateo County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier. “We further believe it’s possible to provide attractive highspeed rail travel at sufficient speed and capacity in the Peninsula corri-
dor while also providing for a sustained Caltrain service. We’re committed to doing what we can to further these objectives.” In announcing the new effort, MTC is responding to a request from the Bay Area Council, urging the Commission to take a leadership role to provide a unified vision for high-speed rail in the region. MTC has provided assistance to the California HighSpeed Rail Authority at several key junctures in the past, including actions to recommend a preferred Bay Area alignment and funding support for critical preparatory activities. “MTC agrees with the Bay Area Council that we have arrived at a crucial moment in high-speed rail planning,” said Tissier. “As soon as possible, MTC will convene our partner agencies - including CHSRA and other interests on the Peninsula - to create a work plan of future actions needed to succeed in our objectives.” These objectives include not only the CHSRA’s resumption of preliminary engineering along the
Ramp Closures along Interstate 580 SUBMITTED BY CALTRANS Caltrans crews will close various eastbound and westbound on and off ramps along Interstate 580 from Monday, August 1, 2011 to August 5, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Closures are required to perform roadside maintenance on various vegetation along the on and off ramps. Closure schedule is as follows: Tuesday, August, 2, 2011 – Golf Links Road eastbound and westbound off and on ramps closed 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2011 – 164th Avenue eastbound off and on ramps closed 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 5, 2011 – Seminary Avenue eastbound on ramp closed 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Motorists are advised to expect delays and encouraged to take alternate routes if necessary. Motorists are also advised that traffic fines are doubled in construction zones. Please “Slow For The Cone Zone.”
Peninsula corridor but also implementing Caltrain electrification and other near-term improvements that will benefit rail passengers long before highspeed service actually begins. “We need to pluck the lowhanging fruit where consensus can be reached right away and then work our way up the tree as we build confidence and trust among all the stakeholders involved,” Tissier noted. “More than anything else, we must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good when it comes to pursuing passenger rail improvements on the Peninsula.” The group of partner agencies convened by MTC will be expected to provide regular reports to the Commission through the Planning Committee, beginning with the committee’s next meeting on September 9, 2011. It is hoped the group’s efforts will result in tangible outcomes by early 2012. For information on the California High-Speed Rail Authority, visit www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov
Gas consumption down, diesel up California gas prices jumped to $4.21 per gallon in April 2011, diesel prices hit $4.40
SUBMITTED BY ANITA GORE Betty T. Yee, First District Member of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), announced gasoline and diesel consumption figures for April 2011, on July 29, 2011. California gasoline consumption declined 4 percent in April compared to April 2010, while diesel consumption saw a 3 percent year-on-year increase. “High gasoline prices impacted consumption in April, as many households cut back,” Yee said. “This is particularly difficult for many low income households.” In California, gasoline consumption in April 2011 had fallen to 1.2 billion gallons from 1.25 billion gallons a year before. The California average price for a gallon of gasoline rose $1.07 to $4.21 in April 2011, a 34 percent higher than the average price of $3.14 per gallon, a year previously. The national average rose 95 cents to $3.85 in April 2011, 33 percent higher than April 2010’s national average of $2.90 for a gallon of gasoline. California’s diesel fuel consumption in April 2011 increased to 210 million from April 2010’s 204 million gallons. The California average price for a gallon of diesel rose $1.19 to $4.40 in April 2011, 37 percent higher than April 2010’s average price of $3.21. Nationally, the average price for a gallon of diesel rose $1.00 to $4.06, a 33 percent increase over April 2010’s national average of $3.06. For more information, visit, www.boe.ca.gov/sptaxprog/spftrpts.htm
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iles was enjoying a small building boom. The Oliver Brothers erected a garage on the site occupied by the Niles Garage. Thomas Elliott built a cottage next to his blacksmith shop and a permit was granted for the Pickering house on the present Mission Boulevard. Ed Rose became sole owner of the Rose Garage and completed an addition for Ford car
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accessories. The west subway near the Essanay plant was completed and the California Brick Company erected more kilns. Other towns also had important building projects. O.N. Hirsch erected a new garage in Irvington by the I.O.O.F. hall.
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Telephone Co. located a central telephone office in Niles because of the increased business. Local Chambers of Commerce were actively supporting plans to build the Dumbarton Bridge. The weather was especially severe in the spring of 1917. Floods washed out the main bridges at Niles creating harsh travel problems. Rainy weather and epidemics of measles led to poor school attendance. Even the teacher at Ward School was absent because of illness. Other schools were closed in April because of measles. Livermore sent a team of 30 to Niles to reorganize the Foresters (a fraternal order) of the area. Ten members of the organization were reinstated and 15 new members inducted into the organization. The coming of Chautauqua, the popular adult education movement, to Niles created great interest. Local officials were appointed to supervise the preliminary work to get ready for this great educational and entertainment event coming to Niles in May. Season tickets were being
The first new potatoes of the year from the Niles hillside were shipped in April and brought a record price of 10 cents per pound. Rhubarb shipments were also beginning from area farms. Apricots were damaged by heavy frosts. Farm bureau meetings were interesting and well attended events. Topics discussed included control of the Dooryard sow bugs in tomato beds, blackleg in cows, scab in potatoes and aphis on fruit trees. Water was a big concern for area residents. The Dumbarton Land Co. sued to try to stop formation of the Alameda County Water District. They lost but continued the fight to control the water from the Alameda Creek area. Thieves were seen removing wire from the Ellsworth Packing House so night watchman, Ed Drennan, and Constable Rose were called. Rose caught one thief, but the other ran away up the canyon. Drennan turned his dog “Sausage” loose and he soon caught the thief. The year was dominated by war news. Editorials generally supported President Woodrow
Victory Manufacturing Company
The biggest project was the construction of the F. E. Booth Cannery at Centerville. Ground was
sold for the morning, afternoon and evening meetings for the six
Washington Hight School track meet
broken on the five-acre site in April. F.T. Hawes and W.W. Walton canvassed the area to secure 200 acres of tomatoes to meet cannery needs. The company was shipping 25,000 cases of canned goods daily by fall. The Newark Realty and Development Company made land improvements in Newark. Business activities related to the war effort were rigorous. The Victory Motor Company that had occupied the Ames Pump Works property the past year was very busy. A night shift was added to meet the demand for Victory engines. Production was sometimes held up by the scarcity of skilled workmen and a shortage of materials. Other business activity included the opening of the Niles Tavern by George Rose. The tavern was an ice cream parlor that served lunches and advertised an adjacent dancing parlor and tea garden. The new Exel Shoe Store was also opened in the Lynch building in Niles. The Gregory Hotel in Centerville was purchased by J. F. Serpa. The Pacific
day event which featured speakers, teachers, musicians and preachers. The Washington Union High School class of 1917 was especially talented in track and set several school and league records. Alumni members were hoping to form an Association. The Irvington bowling team was competing with San Jose teams and winning its share of games. Car sales were big news in 1917. Rose Brothers sold so many new Fords that they had to enlarge their building. The Ford department had become one of their most important branches of business. The Ford was described as “The Universal Car.” Hayward salesmen were showing Dodge Brothers Motor cars in Washington Township. Other local cars purchased included Regal, Chandler, Jeffry and Kissel Kar. A case in Justice J. G. Mattos’ Centerville court was enlivened by a man who swore every time he coughed and was arrested for using profane language. Judge Mattos fined him $10 and told him to “try a ten dollar plaster.”
Wilson and threats presented by the war in Europe. The United States entered the war in April and in May, the Selective Service Act passed requiring men over 21 to register for military service. Families were disrupted by the draft, but patriotic fervor ran so high many were volunteers. Soon letters were received describing the horrors of war. The government was encouraging increased production of food crops, especially wheat, barley, potatoes, oats, vegetables and meat. Conservation of all waste material, including farm manure was encouraged. People were asked to join the American Red Cross. At the end of the year local school pupils were sending Christmas letters and donations to orphans in France and Belgium at the request of Red Cross workers. Food donations came from every school in the township.
PHILIP HOLMES PEEK INTO THE PAST www.museumoflocalhistory.org Photos courtesy of The Museum of Local History
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hrough a series of intermediaries, Tri-City Voice was recently contacted by a young woman with an interesting story. As an infant, she was named Holly Noelle Washington by nurses at Washington Hospital when recovering from exposure after being abandoned at a Fremont gas station 24 years ago. In a sensational case that attracted widespread attention, the birth mother was never found and the newborn soon adopted As her following letter will attest, Holly (living under a different name) is now ready to discover her roots and needs help from the Tri-City Community to do so. Although not expecting miracles - knowing that her own life is one the greatest she could experience - Holly would like to fill a gap in her personal history and is ready to accept whatever information is available. Now, separated by years and geography from Fremont, she says the lack of knowledge about her ancestry has been “eating away at me little by little as the years passed.” Hopeful to learn at least some facts about her blood relatives, Holly says, “I am expecting the worst but hoping for the best; I would just like to know the basic information most people take for granted.” Questions have continued to haunt her; wondering whose blood runs through her veins. “I wonder whose eyes I have, I wonder whose hair I have… all of those things.” She adds, “If I don’t try, I will always wonder, so this is a way for me to close a chapter of my life. Who knows, if I get super, super lucky I may find some answers but in any case, I will have tried and then move on.” So, twenty-four years later, here is Holly’s letter to the community… “It’s been almost twenty-four years since my story filled the pages of the local Fremont newspaper. It’s been almost twentyfour years since my story was in the public’s eye, since the hunt started and stopped for the newborn’s mother who abandoned her in a bush. Now my story is a hazy tale from long ago, the facts have blurred, my picture faded. But I am still here. I am still waiting to find the woman who gave birth to me. I am hunting and praying for someone to remember me. “I am the same person many people prayed for, sent clothes and gifts to, and tried to adopt.
I was adopted by a loving, caring family but try as they might, a piece of me is still lying in the bushes outside of a Peralta Boulevard gas station in Fremont CA. My name has changed, and I seemed to have run as far away from the spot where I started from as I can for now, but here I am coming back… searching for closure and answers. “I do not believe in all my years alive I have said thank you to Roberto Gusman, the man who found me just hours old, so “Thank you Roberto,” you gave me a life no one else could. Thank you for saving me; you set in motion a life full of laughter, love, compassion, understanding and a life with a very haunting past. “December 9th is almost here, twentyfour years to the date, and I am finally ready and eager to let go of my past with one more attempt at redemption. Right after I was found, when the images and facts were crisp and clear, people begged for information. Now I am pleading for them to look again: my mother is out there somewhere, someone must know something. “I do not want to make amends for the sake of her heart, but for my past. For almost two decades, I have known that I have no real lineage, no history and no story beyond myself. Well, now I want to know what I have passed onto my son. Does breast cancer run in my blood? How tall is my son going to be? Do I look like my mother? I stand in front of the mirror looking at the color of my eyes, the thickness of my straight black hair and I am brought to my knees with the weight of not knowing anything. “People ask me all the time “What am I?” I know they mean ethnicity, but perhaps for me it is just as simple as that. What am I with no mother, no father and no known past… what does that make me? Am I an Alien, a Mermaid, a Human, a fallen Angel, or just a Ghost without a past? “So I wish, as I have wished but not spoken for so many years, to find my past and finally set my mind to rest. Help me find my mother. Help me answer my questions I haven’t been brave enough to ask until now.” Anyone with information that will help is asked to contact Tri-City Voice at (510) 494-1999 or tricityvoice@aol.com to be forwarded to Holly.
The Family Resource Center (FRC) is hosting a fun hot dog lunch on Thursday, August 4 from 12 noon – 2 p.m. and the Fire Department is sending over a fire truck and crew to have lunch with you! Plus Reg-E the Raccoon will be here too! So bring your kids or grandkids and tell your friends to come on over! In addition to a wonderful lunch featuring Costco hot dogs, there will be a drawing with some fun prizes. I don't want to give it all away but we've got kiddie baskets, picnic baskets, Italian food, wine & cheese, plus tickets to the movies,
Aqua Adventure, and the Giants August 6th baseball game! Tickets are just $3 each or two for $5. All proceeds benefit Discovery Cove, the FRC's childcare center, which serves our clients for free while they’re accessing services. It’s a drop-in childcare center for well children and staffed by the City’s Tiny Tot program. Discovery Cove is also open to City employees as well as the public for just $7 per hour! It’s a handy backup when your regular childcare provider is out sick or unavailable. In a hurry? No worries! We've got Curbside pick-up! Just follow the signs, pull up, and order! Hope you can join us! It’s a fun event and supports a great service. Hot Dog Lunch Thursday, Aug 4 12 noon – 2 p.m. Family Resource Center Caribbean Room 39155 Liberty St. (at Capitol), Fremont www.fremont.gov Hot Dog Lunch - $6 Costco Polish or Beef Dog with Drink, Chips & Coke
SUBMITTED BY WYLLISA BENNETT The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is proud to announce its 20th anniversary of taking movie goers on a cinematic journey with international film screenings from around the globe. PAFF will be held on February 9-20, 2012 in Los Angeles. The film festival is the nation's largest and most prestigious Black film festival. Over the years, it has showcased films from all parts of the world, representing such countries as Angola, Austria, England, Bermuda, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Brazil, Kenya, Mexico, South African, Nigeria, and of course, the United States. Currently, PAFF is accepting submissions of independent features, shorts, narratives and documentary films made by or about people of African descent. Films should preferably depict positive and realistic images and can be of any genre -- drama, comedy, horror, adventure, animation, romance, science fiction, experimental, etc. PAFF accepts features and shorts both narrative and documentary. The film festival will accept submissions of works in progress; however, films and videos must be completed no later than December 31, 2011.Applications are available via the PAFF website at www.paff.org, by emailing ao@paff.org or calling (310) 337-4737. For more information, please visit www.paff.org or call (310) 337-4737.
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SUBMITTED BY NINA MOORE, FREMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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obson Homes, LLC and the Fremont Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce that a Whole Foods Market will be opening in Fremont, on the corner of Paseo Padre Parkway and Mowry Avenue. The leading natural and organic supermarket will anchor a new retail center planned for the site, which is owned and under development by Robson Homes, LLC. A number of supporting retail opportunities will be available in an adjacent strip retail center, which will share parking with the upscale grocer. Fremont Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Cindy Bonior expressed her excitement about this announcement, saying, “The Fremont Chamber of Commerce is elated and encouraged to see this type of economic development activity occur-
BY PAUL ELIAS ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP), Jul 26 - An Asian-American law professor was nominated Tuesday to the California Supreme Court, just two months after criticism by Republicans led him to withdraw his candidacy for the U.S. federal court system. Goodwin Liu is the son of Taiwanese immigrants and would become the fourth serving justice of Asian descent if confirmed for the state Supreme Court. Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, said he didn't buy into Republican criticism faced by Liu, a University of California, Berkeley law professor, after he was nominated by President Barack Obama for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In fact, Brown said the highprofile failure of Liu's nomination propelled him to the top of Brown's list for the California Supreme Court vacancy. Brown called Liu ``an extraordinary man and a distinguished legal scholar'' who is battle-tested to win confirmation after being closely vetted and cleared by the Obama administration and “attacked by the best and sharpest politicians in the country.” It was Brown's first judicial nomination since taking office in
ring in Fremont. We know that Fremont residents have long expressed a desire to have a Whole Foods in our community and we are sure that it will be a draw not only for Fremont residents but for residents of surrounding communities.” Bonior added that this anchor at this location will serve as a catalyst for additional upscale retail and restaurants. Mark Robson of Robson Homes shares the Chamber’s enthusiasm. “Finding the right tenant for this prime intersection was very important,” stated Robson. “Fremont is a special place, and supports the need for quality retail. Whole Foods will be a much anticipated addition to the City, providing residents with a wonderful place to find quality natural and organic products.” Ground breaking of the site is anticipated for July 2012. For leasing inquiries, please contact John Machado of Colliers International at 408282-3862 or john.machado@colliers.com.
January. Liu would replace Carlos Moreno, who stepped down in February to go into private practice. After his nomination by Obama, Liu, 40, picked up support from some notable conservatives such as former U.S. Solicitor General Ken Starr, who viewed him as a rising legal scholar. But his nomination was blocked by Republicans, who objected to Liu's written positions and said he was too inexperienced for the post. Specifically, some Republican senators took exception to written testimony Liu submitted in 2006 opposing the confirmation of conservative judge Samuel Alito, who went on to win an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Liu wrote that Alito was “at the margin, not the mainstream,” as an appellate judge unworthy of appointment to the high court. “Judge Alito's record envisions an America where police may shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a stolen purse,” Liu wrote. During his own confirmation process before the U.S. Senate, Liu agreed with Republican Sen. Tom Coburn that submitting that type of testimony “was a case of poor judgment.” Liu said he should have omitted that paragraph from his written testimony. A few Republican senators also
said they were troubled by Liu joining 16 other law professors who in 2007 urged the California Supreme Court to strike down the state's gay marriage ban. The state Supreme Court did end the ban, but later upheld a voter-approved initiative to reinstate it. In the end, Liu could muster only one Republican vote in the U.S. Senate and a total of 53 votes when 60 were needed to bring his confirmation to a vote. He withdrew his candidacy in May, nearly a year after the president's nomination. Liu was born in Georgia and grew up in Sacramento, where he attended public schools. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1998 after attending Stanford University as an undergraduate. He clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and worked as an appellate litigator in Washington before joining the UC Berkeley faculty in 2003. Moreno was the only Latino on the court, and influential Latino legal groups had urged Brown to nominate another. “I don't think people should be appointed because of national origin,” Brown said. “Their attributes should in every way be the dominant criteria.” Victor Acevedo, president of the Mexican-American Bar Association, called Brown's comments “disingenuous” and maintained national origin is always taken into account for candidates becontinued on page 13
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‘Bad boy’ ex-investment manager convicted in NYC BY LARRY NEUMEISTER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP), Jul 26 - A former investment manager known as Wall Street's “bad boy” was convicted Tuesday of defrauding U.S. and European investors of $140 million, promising them rich returns while blowing their money on a lifestyle that included private jets, home renovations, prostitutes, strippers and classy London hotels. Ross Mandell, 53, shook his head throughout the reading of the verdict that convicted him of conspiracy and securities fraud charges. The jury also convicted a co-defendant, Adam Harrington, 41, of Miami. The Brooklyn born-Mandell was the former chief executive officer of the brokerage firm Sky Capital, which had offices in London, New York, Florida and New Jersey. Harrington was a senior broker for the firm. The jury had deliberated over parts of three days during a five-week trial. After jurors left the courtroom, Mandell's sobbing wife hugged him for several minutes. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty did not immediately rule on a request by prosecutors to jail Mandell as a threat to flee, leaving him free on $5 million bail. Defense attorney Jeffrey C. Hoffman promised to appeal, saying there were significant issues that must be resolved regarding stocks on foreign exchanges that became significant during the trial. During closing arguments last week, Hoffman had accused the government of overreaching. He said the $140 million scope of the alleged fraud would mean federal sentencing guidelines would recommend a significant jail term, though he had not yet calculated how long. The top charge, securities fraud, alone carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison. The trial captured the hard-partying lifestyle brokers enjoyed during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s. An exhibit introduced at trial by prosecutors showed that Mandell charged $162,000 on credit cards at adult entertainment clubs in London and New York from May 2001 through January 2006. Prosecutors portrayed Mandell and Harrington as con men, saying they capitalized on the excitement over Internet tech stocks by using their broker-dealer operation to solicit private invest-
ments in startups. Prosecutors said the defendants spent some of investor money living lavishly with private jets, expensive vacations, fancy cars and flashy watches. They said the men manipulated the value of stocks they sold to investors in part by paying brokers 400 percent commissions to promote the stocks. The scheme came to an end when one of the brokers was caught lying to an FBI undercover officer. The broker agreed to secretly tape-record conversations with Mandell. Assistant U.S. Attorney Katherine Goldstein told jurors in closing arguments that Mandell told his brokers to target foreign investors because they didn't hang up the phone like Americans. “They are not jaded like we are,” Goldstein said Mandell told the brokers. “They are easier to convince. All you have to do is say the name Wall Street.” The prosecutor said Mandell treated his brokers to the fast life in London, spending $1.34 million at the nicest hotels in Europe and bringing plenty of petty cash for strip clubs and prostitutes. She said his company credit card carried more than 200 charges to adult entertainment venues, part of $440,000 he used for personal expenses that included family vacations to Disney World and his personal cable bill. She said Mandell made $7.3 million in salary at two businesses that returned nothing for investors while Harrington made $3.1 million in salary as his right-hand man. Mandell, who has homes in Manhattan and Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife and two young daughters, was arrested in 2009. He has said he is a recovering alcoholic, fitness maven and family man who quit the fast lifestyle of the late 1990s and early years of the new century. He has embraced his “bad boy” image and says he overindulged in fast-lane excesses before getting sober and becoming rich. An admitted co-conspirator who testified against Mandell at trial said that money raised from investors was spent on “strip clubs and prostitutes.” During the prosecution, Mandell has maintained a high profile. He has promoted his cause on his personal website, rossmandell.com, Facebook, YouTube and a guest spot on a cable talk show. “I'm coming to you live, uncut, unedited, uncensored, unfiltered and ... I am still under arrest,” he says in of several pretrial clips posted on his website. Mandell left court quietly, clutching his wife.
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cause background is an important consideration. “We are very disappointed,” Acevedo said. “We are the largest minority in the state and almost a majority, and now we have no representation on the court.” Liu has never served as a judge. Brown, however, said that lack of experience will add to the diversity of the California Supreme Court, where the six sitting justices all served on lower courts before their appointments. The six are also all Republican appointees.
Would-be automaker waits for loans for La. plant BY ALAN SAYRE AP BUSINESS WRITER NEW ORLEANS (AP), Jul 29 - More than two years after unveiling a plan to build a fuel-efficient vehicle in Louisiana, startup automaker Next Autoworks Co. continues to play a long waiting game for federal financing with no end in sight. Touted in 2009 as one of the biggest all-new industrial projects in years, what was first known as V-Vehicle Co. proposed converting a former headlight plant in Monroe into an auto assembly facility that would eventually employ 1,400 people. But the plan needs $321.1 million in federal loans designed to encourage new automotive technologies. Despite pressure from Louisiana's congressional delegation, the Energy Department hasn't acted. A second application was made in 2010 after the company was told by the agency that it needed to raise more of its own capital to qualify for the loan. “We are in constant contact with the DOE and are confident of a positive outcome,” said David Hitchcock, the San Diego-based company's director of Louisiana operations. The Energy Department has issued over $9 billion from the $25 billion pool of money approved by Congress in 2007 to spur automotive advances. The largest recipient has been Ford Motor Co., which received $5.9 billion in September 2009 to upgrade factories in five states to raise fuel efficiency for existing Ford models. Nissan Motor Co. got $1.4 billion to produce electric plug-in vehicles at its plant in Smyrna, Tenn. Fisker Automotive received $529 million to build two lines of hybrid plug-in electric vehicles in Wilmingon, Del. Tesla Motors Inc. got $465 million to build an allelectric car in Fremont, Calif. and produce powertrains for electric vehicles for itself and other companies. continued on Page 30
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Tri-City Stargazer AUGUST 3 – AUGUST 9, 2011 BY VIVIAN CAROL For All Signs: You have probably noticed that between June 1 and July 16 everything in motion picked up to a rapid pace. Probably you experienced at least one or two activities that happened much faster than was expected in the beginning. Now, with Mercury retrograding, it is time to pull back and regroup. The pace slows while we rethink our plans or double check the facts. We would prefer to remain in the driven mode, now that Mars is entering Cancer. But woe be unto those who ignore the nagging thought in the back of the mind that tells us to “measure twice, cut once.” Aries: March 21 – April 20 You are likely to feel compelled to take on a major project requiring the use of your large muscles. If this is a simple alteration you have already planned and you can get it done very quickly, it will probably go fine. If otherwise, think again until Mercury goes direct on the 26th. On the weekend your reflexes are not at their best. Taurus: April 21 – May 20 If you are not conscious, you could be pulled into schemes of manipulation or compulsive behaviors. Existing relationships could re-experience the pain of old wounds. You have a choice of whether to work it through or act it out in the same ways as the first time. You will be steadier at the end of the week. Gemini: May 21 – June 20 You are tempted to make a moderately significant purchase and will probably do so. Then as the week moves forward you will reconsider the expense of it and decide you didn’t really need the item anyway. When you return it, you might not be completely honest about why.
Cancer: June 21 – July 22 Mars, the warrior, enters your sign this week and will be traveling with you for six weeks. This energy is especially helpful in defining our boundaries. Periodically we need to examine who we are and also who we are not. The sensitive Crab does not like a scene. Think about who has overstepped boundaries for three weeks and plan how you will protect yourself. Leo: July 23 – August 22 Changes may be occurring in your primary relationship. One or the other of you is probably trying to hang onto what is familiar. Changes and growth must be allowed to happen or the relationship will become stale. Let things flow naturally. Don't jump to conclusions or make problems bigger than they are. Virgo: August 23 – September 22 Be careful of what you say and of whom you speak at the beginning of the week. By the 8th you may wish you had never opened your mouth. Others are especially sensitive and may misunderstand your intention. It is a
challenge to soften a statement that has already been made. Libra: September 23 – October 22 It is necessary that you give attention to an issue of control that threatens to split one or more of your relationships. Either one of you may be the one seeking power; it may be quite subtle. Step aside from attempting to get what you want through manipulation. Scorpio: October 23 – November 21 Your restless mind wants to move in a new direction. It will likely be related to contacting people at a distance, preparing to travel, seeking professional advice, or focused on education. You would rather plan a vacation than attend to problematic relationship issues at home. Who wouldn’t? Sagittarius: November 22 – December 21 Warning to those on diet and exercise programs: this week it is just too easy to break training. If you mean what you've promised to yourself, don't go anywhere in
which you would be in harm's way. It is a time in which you feel more outgoing and extroverted. Social life is a pleasure. Capricorn: December 22 – January 19 Social and romantic life is favored this week, particularly over the weekend. You may be mixing business and pleasure in a pleasant combination. This is a good time to discuss issues within a relationship because you are steady of mind and likely to be realistic, in relation to yourself as well as others. You intend to keep your promises. Aquarius: January 20 – February 18 You are happy to allow your part-
ner or a special friend to plan the activities you share this week. This is a really good time to communicate, work things out together, and play. The partner is in a dominant position, so be sure you convey what is important to you and that your plans together are fair. Pisces: February 19 – March 20 Aspects are especially favorable for fun. Your muse is present for creative activities. Love and social life are in a peak time. Activities involving your children will be positive and memorable for them. Near the 8th, someone breaks a promise or goes back on his/her previous word. Maybe it is you.
Are you interested in a personal horoscope? Vivian Carol may be reached at (704) 366-3777 for private psychotherapy or astrology appointments (fee required).
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New Calif. political maps to favor Democrats BY JUDY LIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS All-Day restaurantstyle dining services, a fabulous cafe and room service on request serve residents who are on the go or those ready to relax at the end of the day. The richly appointed common areas, library, game room, and patio complete the total living experience.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP), Jul 29 _ A citizens commission established by voters to independently create California's legislative and congressional districts delivered its first set of maps Friday, voting to adopt new boundaries that appear to give majority Democrats even more power in the nation's most populous state. The 14-member California Citizens Redistricting Commission approved final draft versions of district maps for Congress, the state Assembly and Senate, and the state Board of Equalization, which administers sales and use taxes. Even before the vote, the drafts were being heavily scrutinized by political parties, communities and minority groups because they will be used in state elections for the next decade, helping shape California's congressional delegation, the nation's largest, and the composition of the 120-member state Legislature. Redistricting experts said the new maps are likely to reduce the influence of Republicans even further. Democrats are hoping the redrawn districts will allow them to achieve the two-thirds majority needed in the Legislature to pass tax increases, while the number of Republicans California sends to Congress _ now 19 _ could be reduced. According to Democratic consultant Paul Mitchell, Democrats will now have a shot at reaching two-thirds in the Senate and gain a couple more seats in Congress, but the maps offered the majority party no advantage in the Assembly. Two of the commission's Republican members, Michael Ward of Anaheim and Jodie Filkins Webber of Norco, voted against the new congressional boundaries. Ward said the independent panel approved by voters in 2008 was intended to take politics and special interests out of the once-a-decade process of setting new political boundaries, but he did not think that had happened. “In my opinion, the commission failed to fulfill its mandate to strictly apply the constitutional criteria, consistently apply race and community of interest criteria, and sought to diminish dissenting viewpoints,” he said before final votes were taken. The California Republican Party has said the commission's decisions were not transparent enough and will consider a lawsuit or a ballot referendum. At least nine commissioners had to support the new boundaries, including at least three each from Democrats, Republicans and independents. The new Assembly, state Senate and Board of Equalization districts were approved 13-1, with Ward dissenting each time. The congressional maps were approved 12-2. Final certification is due by Aug. 15, allowing time for public viewing. Voters approved the commission in 2008 and last year expanded its authority to congressional districts, removing that responsibility from the Legislature in a move designed to lessen the influence of political parties. The lines drawn by the Legislature after the 2000 census protected incumbents and the partisan split in the Legislature and Congress, creating an environment that locked in Republican and Democratic seats and all but eliminated competition. Under its mandate, the commission was not sup-
posed to consider incumbency or party registration figures in drawing political boundaries. Instead, it tried to group communities by geography, ethnicity and economic interests. The commission members _ five Republicans, five Democrats and four independents _ were selected in a random process overseen by the state auditor's office. Several commissioners on Friday said they were pleased with the outcome, especially considering the difficulty in trying to appease so many groups in such a large and complex state, with nearly 38 million people. The political geography has been shifting along with the state's changing demographics. Republicans have been losing registration and now comprise less than a third of all voters, while one of every five voters is registered as an independent. Political consultants who have been monitoring the panel's work all year said Democrats would gain more seats through the process simply because of the state's population shift, which includes an expanding Hispanic voting bloc. Many commissioners said they made compromises but produced the best result they could and one they believe is fair. “California is a massive and complex state, and within that context this commission did a tremendous job of balancing the complexities of the process and the people,” said Michelle DiGuilio, a Democratic commissioner from Stockton. The commission struggled to meet voting requirements for minority groups. Hispanic advocacy groups were alarmed by the commission's first draft, released in June, which they said would have disenfranchised the fastestgrowing segment of California's population and electorate. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund raised the possibility of legal action under the 1965 Voting Rights Act before the commission made changes. After the commission made accommodations, the final maps created as many as 29 legislative and congressional districts in which Hispanic voters have a strong influence in determining the outcome, according to Mitchell, the Democratic redistricting consultant. New districts created in the Central Valley and east of Los Angeles in the Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley also were oriented toward Hispanics. That poses opportunities for Democrats, but also challenges because they lack a deep roster of strong candidates in typically Republican strongholds such as Riverside. Blacks preserved their influence in the Los Angeles area despite a decline in percentage as more leave the urban core for the suburbs. Leaders in that region's black communities had feared they could lose at least one congressional district, but the commission retained three districts with a strong black presence. “Overall, there is relief that we still will have an opportunity to elect candidates of choice, and that's what we set out to do,” said Erica Teasley Linnick, coordinator of the African American Redistricting Collaborative, which was formed to advocate for black voters and draw community attention to the redistricting process. Some new districts overlap existing ones, meaning some incumbents of the same party could face each other when they run for re-election.
Cal State University approves 12 pct tuition hike BY AMY TAXIN AND TERENCE CHEA ASSOCIATED PRESS LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP), - The California State University system on Tuesday approved another 12 percent increase in student tuition this fall to offset a deeper-than-expected cut in state funding. With a 13-2 vote, the CSU Board of Trustees passed the annual tuition hike of $588, which comes on top of a previously approved 10 percent increase for 2011-2012. CSU officials said the increase is needed to maintain classes and services while avoiding large-scale enrollment cuts that would prevent tens of thousands of students from attending one of the system's 23 campuses. “We don't take great delight in doing this,'' board Chairman Herbert Carter said at the meeting in Long Beach. “We do it because we think it is in the best interest of the young people of this state that this university be available to them.” Annual tuition for in-state undergraduates will increase to $5,472, which doesn't include room, board or campus fees averaging $950. That's more than three times what CSU students paid a decade ago. Tuition will rise by $678 for credential program students and $720 for graduate students. One-third of the new revenue will be set aside for financial aid. About 170,000 CSU students, almost half of all undergraduates, have all of their tuition covered by grants and fee waivers because their families earn less than $70,000 per year, according to CSU officials. Critics say the tuition hikes will hurt middle-class and undocumented immigrant students who don't qualify for financial aid. The recently approved state budget reduces CSU funding by $650 million, or more than 20 percent, to $2.1 billion. Administrators had been anticipating a $500 million reduction. The system, which has about 412,000 students, stands to lose another $100 million if the state generates less revenue than projected. continued on page 25
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The faire will feature three stages of continuous entertainment, Queen Elizabeth's court, expertly staged battle scenes and theatrical performances, lively crafts marketplace, storytelling for children (and adults), belly dancers, musicians, archery and much more. There will be merchants selling a wide array of arts and craft including one of a kind jewelry items, woodcrafts, artwork, ceramics, clothing, hats and accessories and historic weapons. Weekend highlights include a professional jousting and acting troupe that will entertain the public with its whimsical theatrics, equestrian skills and jousting proficiency. The knights will competitions compete in duels on horseback twice daily. Contests will include spear throwing, ring spearing and cabbage cutting. And then, onlookers will be astounded by the action of the hard-hitting lance-splitting jousting.
Hundreds of pounds of man, horse and metal collide and do battle right before your eyes. It is almost guaranteed that a scuffle will break out between the battling knights, and just as surely the Queen will
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restore order. Meet the likes of royals and rebels, pirates and peasants, ministers and merchants! Artisans and crafters will give demonstrations and lectures throughout each day on blacksmithing, weaving, spinning, bow-making, chainmail creating, and much more. Entertainment abounds, courtesy of nationally touring stage acts, musicians, singers, and more. Savory food and drink will satisfy your hunger and thirst. Best of shopping will be available at the shire. Shops will provide a bevy of handmade goods to purchase-from jewelry, pottery, clothing, and leather goods to swords, toys, and even lingerie. There is something for everyone at this year's San Jose Renaissance Faire! "We're proud to bring this terrific Renaissance Faire to San Jose Community.
Guadalupe River Park is a beautiful location, perfect for the faire, a portal where visitors can escape the modern world, and enter a kingdom of a very different era." said Marti Miernik, co-producer of San
Jose Renaissance Faire and co founder of Renaissance Productions. "Renaissance faire enlightens, it entertains. We create an atmosphere for patrons to lose themselves in the magical experience, thus escaping the modern world, even if just for a short while." Visitors need not dress the part or be fluent in the Queen's English, but period costumes always add to the magic and make it more fun to play. Gates will open at 10 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. on Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday. The event is produced by Renaissance Productions, producers of Ardenwood Shakespeare Festival coming to Fremont September 10, 2011. The cost of admission is $17 for adults, $12 for seniors, and children ages 612. Children under six are free. For more information, and directions to the grounds, visit www.sanjosefaire.com Renaissance Faire Saturday, August 6 – Sunday, August 7 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (closes at 5 p.m. on Sunday) Next to HP Pavilion (between St. John and Santa Clara streets) www.sanjosefaire.com Adults: $17 Seniors and children ages 6-12: $12 Children under six: Free
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Transit are just two blocks away for those who prefer public transportation to dealing with driving or parking. “I look forward to the festival every year,” states retired nurse Joyce Wallace. “I've been able to buy unique gifts from the vendors there that I haven't seen anywhere else. I even do some of my Christmas shopping there.” Eric Chitwood of Healdsburg says, “I found the fair by accident in the early 90s. My wife and I were on our way to San Jose but veered off in Fremont for some gas. There, we were told about the fair and decided to check it out. We've been going back every year since.” Kid City, run by the YMCA, is the place to take the kids, but fun for adults as well. Live music, jugglers, magic acts and other children's entertainment will be all-day events from its main stage. Kiddie rides, including a giant slide and trackless train are a big draw, but families are also invited to participate in health related educational activities. And children will have the opportunity to become citizens of Kid City by visiting various sites and completing specific learning tasks and games. “My kids get tired of all the adult stuff, so it’s a great break for them to go to the kid's section,” explained Lori Wilson of Fremont. “They interact with other kids, paint, play, have a great time, and even learn! I'm so glad they added this section, because up until a few years ago, we had to just leave the festival early. Now we can enjoy the entire day.” The main stage on Mowry Avenue and Paseo Padre Parkway and a second on State Street and Beacon Avenue, will be the places to hear the best of local musical talent. Everything from jazz to country to good old Rock & Roll will be blaring all weekend long. And there will be plenty of room to strut your stuff if you feel the need to. Of course, the biggest draw of the festival is the artisan booths. With approximately 650 booths lining a four-mile route featuring handcrafted jewelry, crafts, clothing, paintings, and much more, it is difficult to go home empty handed. “I've been going to the festival for the last six years since moving out here from Wyoming,” says current Hayward resident Gail Johnston. “I love just walking from booth to booth and looking at everything. I always end up coming home with two bags full of adorable items.” Food-wise, the equivalent of the artisan booths is the Gourmet Marketplace. From fruit, candy, specialty salsas, tea, pasta, pies, nuts, and ethnic food specialties, everyone can stock up their pantries for the winter. The Wine Garden is the festival's hidden treasure. It's a private, secluded shaded area open both days from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person per day, and each ticket holder is entitled to a preferred parking space near the Wine Garden, a 2011 festival wine glass, a drink ticket that can be used outside the Wine Garden, and a gourmet buffet served by some of Fremont’s leading restaurants where premium wines are poured by experts and representatives from local wineries. The garden has full in-and-out privileges allowing enjoyment of the entire festival. An added bonus is that the Wine Garden provides a nice place to relax in the shade and cool off. Featuring Fremont Chamber of Commerce Members, Business Alley is an outdoor trade show. Businesses will be promoting themselves throughout the day, with some distributing goodies. As for the food and drinks, be prepared for sensory overload; wine from local wineries, na-
tional and locally brewed beer, margaritas and mixed drinks, and sodas and water. All those drinks will be necessary to wash down garlic fries, BBQ, hot dogs, gyros, nachos, calamari, pizza, tacos, burgers, and Philly Cheesesteaks. And best of all, each booth's sales will benefit a different local charity or service group. So while you're making your stomach happy, you're also benefiting a local program. So pick a day or pick them both, and walk, bike, drive, bus, or BART to Fremont for a great experience that only happens once a year. Don't miss out! Fremont Festival of the Arts Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days Central Fremont (Between Paseo Padre Pkwy. and Fremont Blvd., and between Mowry Ave. and Walnut Ave. www.fremontfestival.net Free
Concert Schedule: Saturday, August 6 (times subject to change) Paseo Padre Stage - Paseo Padre Pkwy. and Walnut Ave. 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Liz Kennedy (Singer/Songwriter) Noon - 1:30 p.m.: Danny Click (Americana) 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Contino (Zydeco and Blues) 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Evolution (Journey Tribute) State Street Stage - State Street and Beacon Ave. 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Fremont Christian School Dixie Dominus Jazz (Jazz) Noon – 1 p.m.: Prairie (Country) 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: TBD (Singer/Songwriter) 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Los High Tops (Rockabilly) 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Los High Tops (Rockabilly) Sunday, August 7 (times subject to change) Paseo Padre Stage – Paseo Padre Pkwy. and Walnut Ave. 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: James Nagel (Rock/Pop/Soul)
Noon - 1:30 p.m.: Amee Chapman & the Velvet Tumbleweeds (Americana) 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Michael Lee Firkins (Rock) 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Caravanserai (Santana Tribute) State Street Stage – State Street and Beacon Ave.
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BY SIMON WONG PHOTOS BY GARY GIN Hayward Animal Shelter will hold an adoption event, sponsored by the shelter’s volunteers, on Saturday, August 6, 2011. Would-be pet owners can attend Hot "Paw"gust Nights and find the ideal companion. Dogs, puppies, cats, kittens, bunnies and other cute critters, including a turtle, are looking for good homes. Kitten season is in full flow. For this event, all dogs adopted will have a microchip fitted at no cost, so the adoption fee will be reduced by $15. Adoptions of adult cats, aged a year or older, will be $20 (spayed/neutered, fitted with a microchip, shot and cardboard carrier). Adopt one kitten at the regular fee and adopt the second for $20. Hot "Paw"gust Nights will also be held at the PetSmart store at the Bayfair Center at 15555 E 14th Street, San Leandro, on the same day
Hayward Animal Shelter Adoption Fees Female cats/kittens: $107 Male cats/kittens: $97 Female dogs/puppies: $168.50 Male dogs/puppies: $143.50 Male and female rabbits: $50 All other animals - turtles, hamsters, guinea pigs, birds, reptiles, etc.: $20. Dog and cat fees include sterilization, shots (rabies, DHPPV and Bordatella for dogs/puppies, and an FVRCP vaccination for cats/kittens), a microchip, a cardboard carrier for cats, and a license for dogs if the adopters are Hayward residents. If the adopter lives outside the City of Hayward, the license fee is deducted. If a pet enters the shelter already spayed or neutered, the fee is reduced because the shelter does not have to subsidize the procedure.
and during the same hours, though there will be fewer animals to see. For those unable to attend this adoption event, Hayward Animal Shelter’s regular hours are 12 - 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday. The shelter is closed to the public on Sundays and Mondays and on the last Saturday of the month, except to people searching for lost pets.
Low-cost Spay/Neuter certificates are available to Hayward residents whose pets are intact (proof of residency required): Male cat/kitten: $20 Female cat/kitten: $35 Male dogs: $45 Female dogs: $60
Hot "Paw"gust Nights Saturday, August 6 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hayward Animal Shelter 16 Barnes Court, Hayward (510) 293-7200, ext. 7 PetSmart (nr. 24 Hour Fitness) Bayfair Center 15555 E 14th Street, San Leandro (510) 293-7200, ext. 7
SUBMITTED BY BARBARA STRATTON Friends of the Milpitas Library and the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will present a free program Thursday, August 4 on Garden Plants from Riparian Woodlands led by Deanna Giuliano. The riparian plant community is home to a variety of California natives suitable for moist places in the greater Bay Area. If you have a wet location in your garden or live near a stream, creek or river, you will be especially interested in the wide range of trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials available – all of which provide habitat for local birds, insects and other wildlife. Giuliano has been a native plant nursery specialist for eight years and has managed
the Acterra Restoration Nursery in Palo Alto for the past five years. A two-mile hike with the California Native Plant Society will follow the August 4 presentation on Sunday, August 7 to inspire you to plant your own riparian garden. The hike will be from 10 a.m. to noon along Calero Creek, Calero County Park in south San Jose, crossing the creek in a few places, seeing meadows, sycamores, and upland oak woodlands. For more information on the hike, please contact Carolyn Dorsch at cdorsch1@aol.com or (650) 804-6162 Garden Plants from Riparian Woodlands Thursday, August 4 - 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Milpitas Library 160 N. Main St., Milpitas (408) 262-1171 Ext: 3616
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hands-on activities including the interactive “World of Music” exhibition, housing over 300 different ethnically diverse and/or historical instruments from six continents. A World of Music also features ongoing interactive rhythm workshops in which students of all ages can learn simple patterns under the guidance of a musician or teacher. Daily drum circles allow people, even those without music experience, to explore the world of percussion and drum rhythms. For a lighthearted and entertaining glimpse at the Wild West, watch Fables of the West perform daily at the fair. “The little cowboys on the little horses” combine improvisational comedy, western flair, and wacky antics to show how the West was fun! The fair will also be hosting a talent and performing arts competition including youth performing a variety of acts from ballet and hip hop dancing to Broadway and country vocals. These performances will be held throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. You can’t forget the amusement rides. The fair will bring even more
rides this year for hours of entertainment. Grab a rucksack to ride down the slide or climb on the Ferris Wheel for a bird’s eye view of the fairgrounds. Last but not least, visit the air conditioned Expo Hall to view the livestock show, an opportunity for kids to see all sorts of livestock from chickens to sheep to cows. These animals were raised by youth participating in the 4-H program. Those grooming their animals are usually happy to talk about raising livestock. You can also contact me with any questions or comments at (408) 299-5030 or dave.cortese@bos.sccgov.org. Complete details about the fair can be found at: www.thefair.org. Santa Clara County Youth Fair Thursday, Aug 4 – Sunday, Aug 7 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds 344 Tully Road, San Jose 408-494-3247 www.thefair.org Parking $5 (FREE on Thu & Fri)
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$ = Entrance or Activity Fee R= Reservations Required Schedules are subject to change. Call to confirm activities shown in these listings.
Tuesdays, through Nov 15
Seniors: Walk This Way to Better Health R
Saturday, Aug 6 - Sunday, Aug 7
One mile walk of the LaRiviere Marsh Trail
Festival of the Arts $
Don Edwards Visitor Center 1 Marshlands Rd., Fremont (510) 792-4275
1 p.m. - 2:.30 p.m.
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Walking, flexibility, strength and balance games
Art works, entertainment, food, music
Newark Senior Center 7401 Enterprise Dr., Newark (510) 574-2053
Downtown Fremont Paseo Padre Pkwy. & Walnut Ave., Fremont www.fremontfestival.net
Tuesday, Aug 2
Saturday, Aug 6
National Night Out
6 - 8 p.m.
Blacksmithing Demonstrations $R
All cities
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Check city or police websites
Transform steel bars in tools
Tuesday, Aug 2
Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797
Poles for Hiking, Walking & Fitness
7 - 8:30 p.m. Proper use of poles for hiking
REI Fremont 43962 Fremont Blvd., Fremont (510) 651-0305
Saturday, Aug 6
Marshlands of Dreams
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, Aug 6
Child Safety Day
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free kids photo ID, raffle, giveaways and snacks
Check Center 39478 Fremont Blvd., Fremont (510) 745-8117 Saturday, Aug 6
Movie Night $
7:30 p.m. The Girl in the Pullman with other shorts
Niles Essanay Theater 37417 Niles Blvd., Fremont (510) 494-1411
Wednesday, Aug 3
Mission Gold Jazz Band
7 - 9 p.m. Danceable Dixieland music
Swiss Park 5911 Mowry Ave., Newark (510) 657-0243 Wednesdays, Aug 3 - Nov 16
Seniors: Walk This Way to Better Health
9:30 - 11 a.m. Walking, flexibility, strength and balance games
Kennedy Community Center 1333 Decoto Rd., Union City (510) 574-2053 Wednesday, Aug 3
Thomas John, Juggler
2:45 p.m. Ball tricks, juggling and comedy
Warm Springs Community Center 47300 Fernald St., Fremont (510) 284-4008 Thursday, Aug 4
National Night Out in Milpitas
(408) 586-2538 www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov Thursday, Aug 4
Big Cat Tolefree
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. New flava blues and soul
Fremont Central Park (510) 494-4327 Thursday, Aug 4
Hot Dog Fundraiser
12 Noon - 2 p.m. Explore a fire truck, drawing and prizes
Family Resource Center 39155 Liberty St., Fremont (510) 574-2000 Thursdays, Aug 4 - Nov 17
Seniors: Walk This Way to Better Health
9:30 - 11 a.m. Walking, flexibility, strength and balance games
Fremont Senior Center 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont (510) 574-2053 Thursday, Aug 4
Garden Plants from Riparian Woodlands
7 p.m. Discussion with Deanna Giuliano
Milpitas Library 160 North Main St., Milpitas (408) 262-1171 Fridays, Aug 5 - Nov 18
Seniors: Walk This Way to Better Health
A prayer centered church of spiritually bonded friends
Unity of Fremont Sunday 10:00 AM
9:30 - 11 a.m.
mer. Celebrate survivors, remember those lost, and help raise funds for research and treatments to create a cancer-free world.
Walking, flexibility, strength and balance games
Centerville Presbyterian Church 4360 Central Ave., Fremont (510) 574-2053
Relay For Life Union City
Saturday, August 27 – Sunday, August 28
Saturday, Aug 6
A positive path for spiritual living
255 H Street, Fremont
www.unityoffremont.org 510-797-5234
Berry Picking $
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Pick berries to take home
Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797
Join in the fight against cancer by taking part in the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life events happening throughout the sum-
10 a.m. to 10 a.m. James Logan High School 2801 Hop Ranch Rd., Union City www.relayforlife.org/unioncityca
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Sunday, Aug 7
Wednesday, Aug 10
Improv Comedy Show $
Summer Concert Series
Children's Concert and Magic
8 p.m.
1 - 4 p.m.
2 - 2:45 p.m.
Actors make up stories and songs on the spot!
The Royal Deuces (East Bay Rock-ABilly) and Ron Thompson (Blues Hall of Fame)
Music, magic and humor with Peter Apel
Made Up Theatre 3392 Seldon Ct., Fremont www.MadeUpTheatre.com Saturday, Aug 6
Mind and Meditation
10:30 a.m. - Noon Workshop on calmness, increasing energy and focus
Union City Branch Library 34007 Alvarado Niles Rd., Union City (510) 449 1213 Saturday, Aug 6
Harmony Fusion Chorus Fundraising Sale
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Niles Town Plaza 37592 Niles Blvd., Fremont http://www.niles.org/events/Plaz a_Summer_2011_Lineup.pdf
Niles Station 37001 Mission Blvd., Fremont (510) 910-7024 Saturday, Aug 6
Hot "Paw"gust Nights
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Animal adoption event; dogs, puppies, cats, kittens and bunnies
Hayward Animal Shelter 16 Barnes Ct., Hayward (510) 293-7200 Saturday, Aug 6
Reconnecting to the Self
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Wellness workshop; guest speaker Diane Patton
Fremont Main Library 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont (510) 745-1421 Saturday, Aug 6
Family Nature Hour $
1 - 2 p.m. Wonders of wetlands
Coyote Hills Regional Park 8000 Patterson Ranch Rd., Fremont (510) 544-3220 Sunday, Aug 7
Lovely Ladies Croquet $
1 - 3 p.m. Victorian croquet game
Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797 Sunday, Aug 7
Gret Brownie Bake-Off $
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Tribute to Mildred 'Brownie' Schrumpf, creator of the brownie
Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797 Sunday, Aug 7
Multi-Ethnic Food Festival and Community Potluck
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Cooking demo and garden tour; bring a dish
Hayward Community Gardens 25051 Whitman, Hayward (510) 881-7980 Sunday, Aug 7
Odd Fellows Summer Concert
1 - 5 p.m. From rock to pop with Kari McAllister and the Sweetspots with Sezu
Memorial Park 24176 Mission Blvd., Hayward http://www.ci.hayward.ca.us Sunday, Aug 7
Hens Lay Eggs $
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Listen to a story, meet the chickens and search for eggs
Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797 Sunday, Aug 7
Vegetable Harvest & Planting Spree $
2 - 3 p.m. Harvest and taste heirloom vegetables
Ardenwood Historic Farm 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797
and
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Guys and Dolls $
Variety of backpacking destination for all ages and abilities
REI Fremont 43962 Fremont Blvd., Fremont (510) 651-0305 Tuesday, Aug 9
Speech and Language Milestones
Samples wines from Livermore Valley wineries
Exhibits
Thursdays Saturdays, Through Aug 13
Hill and Valley Clubhouse 1808 B St., Hayward (510) 769-7500
3:30 p.m.
Continuing Events:
Bay Area Backpacking Destinations
Parenting with Purpose
Wine Tasting Train Specials
Fremont Main Library 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont (510) 745-1421
Tuesday, Aug 9
Home decor items, clothing, sports equipment
Saturday, Aug 6
Newark High School’s Class of 1971 40th Class Reunion Saturday October 8th 6pm W Silicon Valley Hotel, 8200 Gateway Blvd., Newark www.classcreator.com/Newark-CA-1971 Contact the reunion committee members listed on the website for information
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7 - 8 p.m. Fremont Main Library 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont (510) 745-1421
8 p.m. Live performance by StarStruck Theatre
Gary Soren Smith Center 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont (510) 659-1319
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Thursdays Through Aug 13
Sundays,
Thursdays through Aug 13
Sundays,
Monday - Friday, through Sep 30
The Star Spangled Girl $
Art Exhibit
Artist's Guild of the East Bay
8 p.m. 1 p.m. (Sun.)
12 Noon - 5 p.m.
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Juried work of Olive Hyde Art Guild members
Reception, Friday, August 5 from 5:30 7:30 p.m.
Olive Hyde Art Gallery 123 Washington Blvd., Fremont (510) 494-4357
John O'Lague Galleria 777 B Street, Hayward (510) 538-2787
Tuesdays - Fridays, through Aug 26
Mondays - Fridays, Through Sep 16
Past Tents: The Way We Camped
Flight of Imagination
Comedy of young men struggling to start a "protest" magazine
Broadway West Theatre Company 400-B Bay St., Fremont (510) 683-9218 Tuesdays through Aug 4
Thursdays,
Art Classes $R
1 - 4 p.m. Eight classes for high school arts students
Jan's Art Studio 38215 Fremont Blvd., Fremont nncybntn@comcast.net
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. 2 - 7:30 p.m. (Thurs.)
Featured artist Vinay Verma
Camping in California - late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
HAHS Gallery 22392 Foothill Blvd., Hayward (510) 581-0223
SUBMITTED BY JULIE MACHADO Hayward Odd Fellows Sycamore Lodge #129 is partnering with Hayward Area Parks and Recreation District (HARD) and local non-profits for a series of summer concerts on Sundays from August to October at Hayward Memorial Park. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs, a picnic (no alcohol), and enjoy an afternoon in the park with music, art, dance, and chess. Kids of all ages are welcome to come create chalk art, and chess players should bring their best moves or come to learn. The program runs from 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. on most Sundays through October 2 and is free to the public. A tot lot is nearby, as is a lovely hiking trail, indoor pool (the Hayward Plunge), tennis courts, and plenty of free parking. This magnificent local park is managed by HARD, the premier agency in the greater Hayward area. Each event will showcase and feature one of our area's fine 501 c 3 non-profit groups, which do much of the heavy lifting in the community. All donations received go to the featured non-profit of the day and are tax deductible. Musicians, artists, dancers, and chess masters are all donating their time for these events. The Hayward Odd Fellows Sycamore Lodge #129 was re-formed in 2010 with a focus on supporting music and arts in the community, as well as doing other good work and providing good fellowship. For more about the lodge or Music and Arts in the Park visit www.haywardlodge.org or e-mail juliemac@pacbell.net. Music and Arts in the Park Sunday, August 7 – Sunday, October 2 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Hayward Memorial Park 24176 Mission Blvd., Hayward juliemac@pacbell.net www.haywardlodge.org
8 a.m. - 6 p.m. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Fridays) Phantom Art Gallery at Milpitas Community Center 457 E. Calveras Blvd., Milpitas (408) 586-3409
Concert schedule: Sunday, August 7 - Kari McAllister and the Sweetspots, Sezu, Gary O, and Jim Safer (All original music, fun and introspective, rock to pop stylings) Non-profit partner: The Lighthouse (http://lgbtlighthousehayward.org/) Sunday, August 14 - The Sycamore Lodge Revue and Friends (Beatles, Blues and Classics) Non-profit partner: Hayward Friends of the Animals Sunday, August 28 – Shape Shifters with Lonesome Locomotive (Original Rock music) Non-profit partner: bands4bands Sunday, September 4 - 3 O'clock Jump with The Herd of Cats and also Moment’s Notice (Big Band, Swing and Jazz) Non-profit partner: Hayward-La Honda Music Camp (www.lahondamusiccamp.org) Sunday, September 11 - Celtic Celebration featuring a day of Celtic Music, Dance, and Art--featuring Celtic Crossover and other groups with fantastic fiddling, dancing and singing Non-profit partner: Hayward Education Foundation (http://haywarded.org/) Sunday, September 18 - The Walker and Lamb Blues Review. Dave Walker Band with Gary Lamb and The Marquis Horns (Blues) Non-profit partner: FESCO (www.fescofamilyshelter.org)
Sunday, September 25 - Stay Away Joes and Guests (Rockabilly Revival) Non-profit partner: Hayward high school band booster club Sunday, October 2 - Sector 7 with Crooked Monkeys (Original Rock music) Non-profit partner: still open
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BY GIOVANNI ALBANESE JR. It had been a magical run for the District 45 (Union City and Hayward area) Little League Baseball’s Big League all-star club. Throughout the run, D45 hadn’t lost a match, culminating with its 2-1 win over Southern California to win the Western Regional tournament and advance to the Big League World Series in Easley, S.C.. But in consecutive days from Wednesday, July 27, through Friday, July 29, D45 took three losses and were eliminated from contention. They opened up their quest for a world championship against the Southwest representative from Ruston, La. Southwest got on top 1-0 in the third inning with a Jacob Stockton RBI single off Brandon Yau, scoring Jared Lupo. D45 quickly responded with two runs in the top of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead. With Pascual Flores and Rafael Delgadillo on the base paths, Jalen Thayne-Hallman ripped a double to center off Southwest starter Jared Dye, scoring both runners. In the back-and-forth affair, Southwest took the lead back with two of their own in the bottom of the fifth. With the bases loaded, Stockton knocked in two more with a sharp single to left off Yau, plating Eric Goree and Lupo for a 3-2 advantage. Yau buckled down to get out of the inning without further damage. Flores smashed a homer in the top of the sixth to knot the game up at 3. Flores would play a major part in the
BY BIFF JONES Two years ago Fremont's Mission San Jose (MSJ) Little League Juniors (13-14 year olds) advanced to the Junior Division Western Regionals in Southern California. To get there they had to win double elimination tournaments in District 14 (Fremont/Newark), Section 3 (East Bay, Peninsula, Tracy area) and Division 2 (Northern California). In regional play, with the winner moving on to the Little League World Series in each division determined by age, teams participate in a pool-play format with the top two teams in each pool moving to the semifinals. That year MSJ Juniors went undefeated in pool play until they lost the last game. As two other teams in their pool also only had one loss with each team beating each other, MSJ was knocked out of the 2009 Junior Western Regional on a tie breaker. Fast forward to the present and most of that MSJ Junior team and coaches from 2009 played together in 2010 and 2011 as Senior (15-16 year olds) Little Leaguers. This year, MSJ Seniors went unopposed in the D14 post season. In Section 3, MSJ defeated Granada LL of Liv-
outcome of the match. He took the hill in the bottom of the seventh hoping to send the game into extras with the score still tied. Clade Thomason battled Flores for a walk to lead off the inning. Stockton was up next and got beaned to put runners on first and second (Landon Crane pinch ran for Thomason). Goree then chopped an infield single to third, putting runners at each base. Sloan Dieter came up and, like Goree, chopped one to third. Kenny Chavez, however, was unable to field it cleanly, allowing the winning run to score for Southwest. Flores was tagged with the loss. Yau, the starter, went 5 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking six. Flores was the leading hitter for D45 on the day, going 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. On Thursday, July 28, it was an East Coast-West Coast duel, and a slugfest at that. But East representative from Cumberland, N.J., pulled out the one-run victory in the end, 12-11. It didn’t look as if East had a shot after West was done putting a seven-spot up in the top of the first. D45 sent 11 men to the plate tagging starter Darren Fischer for all seven runs on just two hits with the help of four walks and a couple errors. Thayne-Hallman scored when East catcher Chet Godfrey committed an error. Alex Abeyta scored D45’s second run after Brandon Yau reached after being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Andrew Tamaru then walked, scoring Mark Engler.
ermore and Union City National LL in the double elimination tournament by winning all three of its games played. Last week's Division 2 (Nor Cal) double elimination tournament in Stockton saw MSJ drop it first game played to Rocklin LL, 12-2, to send them into the loser's bracket with the next loss ending their season. Other Section winners in the six team Nor Cal tournament were Chico Central LL, Oakland LL, Sunnyvale National LL and Turlock LL. First elimination game on Monday, July 25 against Oakland, MSJ breezed 13-3 in a game called in the sixth inning because of the 10-run mercy rule. Brandon Fuhs had a three-run homer and Ryan Mark a two-run shot. Devon Jones added three hits including a double and Cole Lewis' double started a three-run fifth inning. Wyatt Ott, Kenny Jacoby, Fuhs and James Gaffey shared the pitching duties. Tuesday, July 26, it was Turlock and MSJ facing off in an elimination game and again MSJ came through with a 9-6 victory behind 11 hits and 11 Turlock base-on-balls. Jacoby had three hits and three RBIs while Ott got the final outs of the game and also added three RBIs.
Former Logan standout ready for new challenge
Joe Armstrong scored on another Godfrey error, then Yau came across on a Chavez sac fly. Thayne-Hallman drove in Tamaru with a single to center. And D45’s last run came across on an Elijah Carter (who came on for Fischer) wild pitch. However, despite the 7-0 lead, West was never comfortable. East came up against Luke Lederman and plated four of their own on one hit, four walks and two errors. Only Godfrey had an RBI hit for East in their four-run frame. D45 added to its lead with a run in the fourth on an Armstrong sac fly, plating Abeyta. It was in the bottom of the fourth when East took control of the game. In that frame, the New Jersey club plated eight runs, one off Lederman, six off Dillion Pereira and one off Thayne-Hallman. In Pereira’s outing, he didn’t record an out while East caught up and surpassed D45 on the scoreboard while getting tagged with the loss. Thayne-Hallman shut down East and went the final 2 2/3 innings. Lederman went 3 1/3, allowing seven runs (four earned) on two hits while striking out three and walking six. After a Flores RBI double scoring Dylan Lacombe in the fifth, D45 made it interesting in the seventh. Trailing 12-9 going into the inning, D45 plated a pair of runs and had runners on second and third for Engler, but he grounded out to second to end the game. Abeyta had an RBI single and Delgadillo scored on an error to give the West its runs before coming up short. And on Friday, needing a win to stay
This game and the Oakland game were played on the secondary field used for the tournament
alive in the United States’ pool, West was eliminated from contention with a 6-4 loss to Central representative from Michigan. Like the day before, West got on top in the first, this time just a single run on an Armstrong RBI double plating ThayneHallman. But as was the care against East, D45 and starter Armstrong blew that lead. After two straight wild pitches by Armstrong put a pair of runners in scoring position, Ed Grochowalski racked a two-run double scoring Ryan Elble and Grant Van Putten for the 2-1 lead. In the fourth, both teams puyt a run across -- Flores sac fly; Travis Kraai RBI single -- but Central added to their lead with a run in the fifth and two in the sixth. Armstrong pitched a complete game, going six innings, allowing six runs on seven hits while striking out and walking four. He had a chance to put his club in front in the seventh, coming up with the bases loaded and two outs, but flied out to left to end the game. Pereira drove in Flores to make it 6-3 earlier in the inning, and Edwin Alvarenga walked, forcing home Pereira to make it 6-4 before Armstrong’s at bat. D45 finished off its World Series experience on Monday, Aug. 1, against Southeast representative from South Carolina. Score for the game was unavailable at press. To find out the score to D45’s final game, and the remaining schedule for the Big League World Series, log onto the TCV Sports website, http://sports.tricityvoice.com.
kept the final score less than a 10-run differential. Next game against MSJ was not one of Sunnyvale's best as MSJ won easily 15-6. Afterward the Sunnyvale manager said his team could have beaten Rocklin the day before except for one bad inning. However, against MSJ, they just did not play very well. Jeff Chu, normally the starting center fielder, got the start on the mound and lasted 2 1/3 innings before changing positions with shortstop Jacoby who went
The scoreboard says it all as Brandon Facha delivers a sterling pitching performance to lead the MSJLL senior all-stars over Rocklin 7-2. (courtesy of Ed Hugo)
which had an all natural grass field including the base paths and only dirt around the bases, home plate and pitching mound. Whole outfield was also a short porch as the fence was only 300 feet all around. Final game of the loser's bracket was against Sunnyvale which lost only 10-6 to Rocklin. It was the first time any team Rocklin played this post season
the next 3 2/3 innings. Ott pitched the seventh to close out the game. Offensively, Chu and Mark each had three hits while Fuhs had four RBIs and Reid Marion three. Having survived the loser's bracket, it was time to again meet the beast, Rocklin on Thursday, July 28. To win Nor Cal, MSJ would have to defeat Rocklin twice; first on Thursday then
BY KEVIN YIN For Gabriella Stange, competition is not merely an activity. It is a way of life. During her four years at James Logan High School, Stange won 12 varsity letters, four each in three different sports: soccer, track and field, and cross-country. When she had completed her career, she had amassed a long list of Mission Valley Athletic League honors, having been named to the All-MVAL team eight times in the three individual sports.
again on Friday. In MSJ's quest for a fourth straight win, it would be the Brandon Facha show. After giving up two runs on three hits in the top of the first to Rocklin, Facha settled down and only allowed three Rocklin base runners over the final six innings. In addition, Facha helped his own cause with two hits including a solo home run. Jacoby added three hits and Marion and Fuhs two each in the 12-hit MSJ attack as the 7-2 MSJ victory would force a winner-take-all game on Friday. Friday would see the clock strike midnight on Mission as the game was all Rocklin's. After two quick outs in the bottom of the first, a MSJ fielding error was followed by a Rocklin two-run home run. Top of second, MSJ answered with another solo home run by Facha only to have Rocklin strike for five runs in the bottom of the second. MSJ would close the gap to 72 with a run in the fifth. Once again, Rocklin answered MSJ's single run with another five-run outburst in bottom five to send the Fremont team home 12-2 as the 10-run mercy rule was enacted. It was the same score as the first meeting between MSJ and Rocklin back on July 23. MSJ finished Nor Cal at 4-2 while going 7-2 in post season Little League play. Next for Rocklin is the nineteam Senior Western Regionals, August 2-9 in Ontario. Winner of West Regionals moves on to the 10-team Senior Little League World Series in Bangor, Maine, Aug. 14-20. Championship game will be televised by ESPNU on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 11 a.m. PT.
Considering the rigors an athlete must sustain herself through in order to compete—much less excel—at even a single sport, Stange’s dossier implies a quantity and quality of attention and labor that a typical person would be unwilling to muster for anything less than a matter of survival. Yet Stange professed little difficulty in handling the load. “During freshman year, it was sometimes hard,” Stange said. “From one practice to another, sometimes you get home at ten o’clock, but I got used to it. I became accuscontinued on page 35
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Former Logan standout ready for new challenge, continued from page 24 tomed to it, and then it was just life.” The source of her seemingly inexhaustible supply of competitive fuel is hardly a mystery. Stange’s father, Ken, was a standout athlete in his youth, and introduced Gabriella to the sporting world at a young age. Ken Stange said his daughter’s competitive nature was evident very quickly. “If there was any way to describe her, it would be as a fierce competitor,” Ken Stange said. “As a baby, she used to dribble the soccer ball in the house. Even at a young age, she was very, very competitive. She did not like to lose.” Gabriella’s older sister, Alex, was also a standout athlete for Logan, and is currently a member of the softball team at San Jose State. Gabriella believes that, more than any other factor, it was her sister who spurred her on to success. “Ever since we were kids, it’s always been competitive. I was like ‘I want to beat you’. It was always a continued from page 9
family rivalry,” Stange said. Although Stange said she enjoyed competing in all three sports, soccer gradually emerged as the recipient of her greatest focus. In her senior year, Logan went undefeated in MVAL play, winning the program’s first ever league title. Logan girls soccer coach Tony Villasenor credits Stange’s contributions to keying their success. “She was really instrumental that last year,” Villasenor said. “We went undefeated in the league and won the first league title in Logan history, so she was instrumental in achieving one of the greatest seasons that Logan girls soccer has ever had.” With her 3.75 grade point average and parade of athletic honors, after her career at Logan was completed Stange had scholarship offers to play soccer at colleges across the country. She decided on San Jose State largely so she could remain close to her family. In order to devote maxi-
mum attention to her soccer career, Stange has given up competing in track or cross country. Pairing down the number of sports she competes in, however, does not mean Stange is getting soft in her old age. “This sport is almost like having the same load as all three sports in high school,” Stange said. “For college, the work rate is incredible. Right now, we go three-a-days. We start at six and we end at nine, and you don’t get to go home for three weeks. So it’s almost like having three sports at a time.” Stange was bitten by some bad luck at the opening of her college career, recently suffering a partial hamstring tear. The injury has sidelined her, but only temporarily. She anticipated being recovered in two to three weeks, and looks forward to getting back onto the field. “It’s kinda hard not being able to prove yourself yet. I can’t wait ‘till it’s healed so I can get going.”
Senior mobility
safety by assessing barriers in the environment and advocates for infrastructure improvements. The free, sixteen-week program is open to adults in the TriCity area and includes structured walking activities and games; health promotion education, including strength, flexibility and balance training, disease prevention and management and falls prevention; pedestrian safety education and advocacy. To date there have been 14 Walk This Way sessions at senior and community centers, mobile home parks and apartment complexes. Approximately, 300 people have participated and enjoy improved fitness, a better quality diet, greater knowledge of transportation resources and raised their awareness of pedestrian and driving safety. Some have been able to dispense with their diabetes and blood pressure medications. Four new sessions scheduled for the start of August 2011. After 16 weeks, some people wish to continue, so five alumni walking groups have been formed in Fremont, Union City, Newark, one at the Tropics Mobile Home Park and another for the Afghan
Elderly Association. These meet weekly and continue to walk locally. The Fremont Group recently toured the BART to Warm Springs extension project site for 90 minutes. “We teach and encourage people to advocate for public transit in the community. This can be tough in the face of budget cuts but taking the bus means greater ridership and reduces the likelihood of routes being axed or changed. We try to keep participants informed of transit developments and how they, themselves, can keep abreast of service changes,” stated Fong. “I’d like to thank the Alameda County Transportation Commission for its generous support of our mobility programs in the TriCity area,” she concluded. For more information about the Alameda County Transportation Commission, visit www.alamedactc.org. For information about transportation services for seniors and people with disabilities in Alameda County, visit, www.accessalameda.org. For more information about Paratransit, and the Tri-City
Travel Training and the Walk This Way programs and registration, call Monica Gloria, City of Fremont, at (510) 574-2053 or email mgloria@ci.fremont.ca.us. Walk This Way Sessions Newark Senior Center Tuesdays August 2 – November 15, 2011 1:00 -2:30 p.m. 7401 Enterprise Drive, Newark Union City Kennedy Center Wednesdays August 3 – November 16, 2011 9:30- a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 1333 Decoto Road, Union City Fremont Senior Center Thursdays August 4 – November 17, 2011 9:30- a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont Centerville Presbyterian Church Fridays August 5 – November 18, 2011 9:30- a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 4360 Central Avenue, Fremont Registration required
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Cal State University approves 12 pct tuition hike ``The enormous reduction to our state funding has left us with no other choice if we are to maintain quality and access to the CSU,'' said Chancellor Charles Reed. About 50 students marched and chanted outside the board meeting, carrying signs that read “Fund instruction, not corruption” and “No cuts, no fees.” “We are vehemently disappointed in what has happened today,'' said Gregory Washington, president of the California State Student Association. “The sad truth is that California isn't prioritizing its higher education.” Cal Poly Pomona student Pati Guerra, 21, said she's tired of seeing CSU trustees deal with the budget crunch by pushing tuition higher and higher. She said one of her younger brothers had to drop out of school because of the increases, and another brother is looking into studying out-ofstate. “They keep on taxing the students,” Guerra said. “The CSU claims to be an affordable, accessible and a quality education. But that's no longer the case.” Shortly after the tuition vote, the board approved a controversial $400,000 compensation package, including $50,000 from the campus foundation, for Elliot Hirshman, the new president of San Diego State University. That's about $100,000 more than his predecessor Stephen Weber.
In a letter to the board chairman Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown criticized the move, saying, “I fear your approach to compensation is setting a pattern for public service that we cannot afford.” CSU officials defended Hirshman's salary, saying the university needs to provide competitive compensation to recruit and retain top administrators. Carter acknowledged the governor's concerns and said the board would create a task force to review CSU's policies on selecting and paying administrators. “This whole thing has been an insult,'' said Grace Castaneda, a 19-year-old student at California State University, Northridge, who has taken out $10,000 in loans to help pay for her education. “If they cared, they wouldn't have salaries of $400,000.” The University of California's Board of Regents is scheduled to vote Thursday on raising tuition by 9.6 percent above the previously approved 8 percent increase for the coming academic year. If approved, annual tuition for in-state undergraduates would increase $1,068 to $12,192, which doesn't include room, board or campus fees. One third of the new fee revenue will be used for financial aid UC officials say the additional tuition hike is needed to offset the 10-campus system's loss of $650 million in state funding.
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Government Briefs City Council summaries do not include all business transacted at the noted meetings. These outlines represent selected topics and actions. For a full description of agendas, decisions and discussion, please consult the website of the city of interest: Fremont (www.ci.fremont.gov), Hayward (www.hayward-ca.gov), Milpitas (www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov), Newark (www.ci.newark.ca.us), Union City (www.ci.union-city.ca.us).
Fremont City Council
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Fremont City Council July 26, 2011
Union City City Council July 26, 2011
Consent: Authorize purchase from Dell Marketing L.P. for backup and recovery hardware and Software in an amount not-to-exceed $215,653. Award a contract to for citywide bridge preventative maintenance to Victory Engineers, Inc., in the amount of $186,186.00. Accept highway and safety improvement funds and appropriate $517,680 to the Walnut AvenueArgonaut Way/Parkhurst Drive Lane Reduction and Roundabout Project. Contract with Data Ticket, Inc. for parking citation and hearing officer for five years. Award contract for boiler replacements in police building and main library to Bay City Boiler & Engineering Co., Inc., in the amount of $190,750. Establish the Fire Safety General Obligation Bonds tax rate of $0.00983 per $100 of assessed valuation (0.00983%) for fiscal year 2011/12.
Presentation: Catherine Westphall of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) spoke about the Earthquake Safety Program and retrofits scheduled for 45 Union City foundations, columns and “shear keys.” Community concerns and contact with BART will be through Kate Claassen (510) 2874762. A project information phone number is (510) 476-3876. Work in Union City will begin late August or early September and continue for 1.5-2.0 years.
Approve a new Memorandum of Understanding (2011-2013) with the International Association of Fire Fighters and Battalion Chiefs (IAFF) including compensation, health benefit and retiree benefit reductions and a second tier retirement program. Authorize City Manager to execute items during council recess for the month of August. These include Centerville Ballfield Synthetic Turf Conversion Project, Sabercat Creek Restoration Project, Afghan Health Promoter project, health and case management services, Abode Services for the operation of Sunrise Village homeless shelter, LIFE ElderCare to provide meals on wheels, counseling and case management services, revise an existing building rehabilitation program loan with Judith Radcliff Heyman, et al, approve Amendment No. 2 to Construction Management Service Agreement with Critical Solutions, Inc., approve Amendment No. 4 to the Design and Construction Administration Service Agreement with The Crosby Group, approve Amendment No. 1 to the Special Inspections Service Agreement with Consolidated Engineering Laboratories, approve Amendment No. 4 to the existing agreement for Fire Bond Construction Project Management Services with Harris and Associates, implement Memorandum of Understanding(s) ratified by labor association(s) that meet Council-established labor relations direction with the six outstanding labor associations if agreement is reached during the August City Council recess. Adopt denial of Appeal of Planning Commission findings to expand the Conditional Use permit for the Center Theater. Ceremonial: Recognize the Fremont Festival of the Arts to be held August 6-7, 2011 Public Communications: Lisa Whitman of Local 1021 SEIU offered a plan for $9 million cost savings to the council. She urged the council to review the Sustainability Study carefully before making any decisions. Strategic Sustainability Study: Adopt the budget principles that will serve as a framework for long term financial discipline related to capital improvements, grants and performance. Analysis examines City’s financial position and costs – those within and beyond City control. Without changes, deficits will continue leading to depletion of reserves. Recommendations are designed to review service delivery models, compensation, expenditure controls and new or increased revenues. Implementation timeframes include immediate (FY 2011/12), intermediate (FY 2012 – 2014) and long range (FY 2014-16). Public Finance Authority Establish meeting regular meeting dates: September 6, 13, 20. Referral: Councilmember Dutra would like the council to consider the ramifications and feasibility of moving City Hall and Cultural Arts Center and Civic Plaza to an area near the future Warm Springs BART station. Stating that this Priority Development Area is “worthy of significant staff time and the leveraging of regional, state and federal funds for the planning, infrastructure and environmental work necessary to optimize its potential for success.” (4 Ayes, 1 Nay [Natarajan]) Update on Niles Canyon Safety Improvement Project: Consider a city-sponsored public meeting with Caltrans to continue discussion of this project and its effects on the environment.
Hayward City Council July 26, 2011
Consent: Agree to participate in Public Agencies Post Retirement Health Care Plan Trust Adopt a Memorandum of Understanding with the Newark Police Department for collaborative efforts of Special Weapons and Tactics Teams. Removed from Consent: Second reading of ordinance to comply with “Voluntary Alternative Redevelopment Program” Public Hearings: Renew Union Landing Property and Business Improvement District and levy assessments for Fiscal year 2011/12 subject to property owner vote [majority property owner interests in favor]. Approve site development review of air filtration replacement at U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company Amend Municipal Code to conform to California Business and Professions code for massage establishments and technicians. Mayor Mark Green Vice Mayor Jim Navarro Councilmember Emily Duncan Councilmember Lorrin Ellis Councilmember Pat Gacoscos
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Newark City Council Newark City Council July 28, 2011 Proclamations: August 2, 2011 proclaimed National Night Out September recognized as National Disaster Preparedness Month Public Hearings: Revocation of Conditional Use Permit issued in 1998 to KidsPark for drop-in child care services in NewPark Plaza Shopping Center (required to issue new permit for Safari Kid) Issue Conditional Use Permit for Safari Kid learning center in NewPark Plaza Shopping Center. Abandon a portion of Mowry School Road north of John Muir Drive Consent: Accept bid of $134,562.90 by Graham Contractors, Inc. for Slurry Seal Program Accept contract with West Coast Arborist, Inc. for tree maintenance Authorize a no-fee encroachment permit and provide police services for traffic control to Newark Days Celebration, Inc. for parade and 2.6 mile run Authorize agreement with City of Fremont for case management services at $5,000 for 1-1/2 hours service per week Contract with All City Management Services to restore school crossing guards at seven locations August 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013 Council Matters: Designate Councilmember Al Nagy as voting delegate to the annual business meeting of the League of California Cities to be held September 21-23 in San Francisco Adjourn until September 8, 2011
Mayor David Smith Vice Mayor Luis Freitas Alan Nagy Alberto Huezo Ana Apodaca
Absent Yes Yes Absent Yes
Presentations Presented Taste of Hayward proceeds [$6,808] to the Friends of Hayward Public Library. The funds will benefit Hayward students in the Library’s After School Homework Support Center and be used to buy books to support children’s studies at Longwood Elementary School’s new Homework Center. Consent Joined League of California Cities’ Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Cities Campaign. Authorized City Manager to negotiate and execute a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with BKF Engineers in the maximum amount of $300,000 for final design of the Dixon Street Improvements project and appropriated $450,000 in the Street System Improvements Fund. This Transportation for Livable Communities Grant Project consists of streetscape and roadway improvements to both sides of Dixon Street between Tennyson Road and Valle Vista Avenue. Approved contracts and amendment of PSA with TJKM Transportation Consultants and approved purchases of traffic signal controllers and traffic management software from Western Pacific in the maximum amount of $200,000 and video detection systems from Iteris, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $165,000 as part of the Signal Timing and Controller Replacement Program. Awarded a contract for Sidewalk Rehabilitation and Wheelchair Ramps FY 2011 - Orchard Hayward Hills Area (District 2), and the Huntwood - Tyrrell Area (District 3) to Rosas Brothers Construction in the amount of $569,547. Total estimated project cost is $989,000. The adopted FY 2012 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) includes $900,000 for the Sidewalk Rehabilitation Project in the Street System Improvements Fund and $89,000 in the Gas Tax Fund for wheelchair ramps construction; $100,000 of reimbursement from property owners is anticipated. Construction scheduled from August 22 to December 5, 2011. Amended Hayward Municipal Code by rezoning, from Medium Density Residential to Planned Development District, certain property relating to the Residual Burbank School Site Residential Development. The zone change applicant will underground utility service to the properties along the north side of B Street, if property owners grant permission. Authorized the City Manager to execute a 10-year Master Agreement and Lease with Hayward Area Recreation and Park District for park sites from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2021; designate Alden E. Oliver Sports Park as an additional park site. Executed a one-year Airport Noise Monitoring Support Services Agreement with Bruel & Kjaer EMS Inc. for $63,068 with annual options for five additional years. Authorized City Manager to enter into an agreement with IntelliBridge Partners to temporarily fill the vacant positions of Accounting Manager and Budget Officer in the Finance Department for the period July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011; maximum amount of $188,700. Approved the Engineer’s Report, confirming the assessment diagrams and assessments, and ordered the levy and collection of assessments for FY 2012 for Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District No. 96-1, Zones 1 through 13; Maintenance District No. 1 - Storm Drainage Pumping
Station and Storm Drain Conduit - Pacheco Way, Stratford Road and Ruus Lane; and Maintenance District No. 2 - Eden Shores Storm Water Facilities and Water Buffer. Certification of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report, adoption of amendments to the General Plan, and introduction of ordinances involving zoning reclassifications and text changes to the Zoning Ordinance and related Municipal Code sections, to enact and implement the South Hayward BART/Mission Boulevard Form-Based Code – continued to September 13, 2011. Legislative Business Ordinance to "Opt-In" to an Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program under ABx1 27, the Voluntary Program Act, to maintain the operations of the Hayward Redevelopment Agency; and provide preliminary direction to staff on the source of funds for the “opt-in” payment. (5 YES votes; 1 NO vote (Sweeney)). Reauthorized approval to execute the Standard Agreement and Disbursement Agreement with the Department of Housing and Community Development for Infill Infrastructure Grant Funds; approved negotiate and execution of an Owner Participation Agreement with the developers of the South Hayward BART Station TransitOriented Development; modified/clarified certain conditions of approval for the South Hayward BART Station Transit-Oriented Development Project; and approved execution of a Joint Powers Authority Agreement with BART to address BART parking and access issues. Authorized City Manager to negotiate a Disposition and Development Agreement with Habitat for Humanity East Bay to develop property located at 123197 “A” Street, Hayward, as an affordable ownership housing project and to submit an application for state grant funds under the Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) Program with the city not guaranteeing additional funds to Habitat and that the properties be marketed to Hayward residents to the extent legally possible. Designated Marvin Peixoto as Voting Delegate and Barbara Halliday as Alternate for the 2011 League of California Cities Annual Conference in San Francisco, September 21-23, 2011. Public Comment Doug Ligibel thanked his wife, DeDe, Mayor Sweeney and Director of Maintenance Services Matt McGrath for persuading Caltrans to swiftly resolve graffiti vandalism to signs at the I-92/Calaroga Ave. over-pass. Crime in Downtown Hayward continues to depress property values. The past 30 days have seen five new foreclosures within 30 seconds of Ligibel’s home, adding to the existing repossessions in the neighborhood. He is concerned about the future loss of seven sworn police officers, as per the FY 2012 budget, and has requested a FY 2010-11 expenditure report for Measure A Utility Users’ Tax from the City Manager who has already provided FY 2009-10 revenue figures; Measure A’s intent was to maintain public safety and retain sworn police officers. Charlie Peters, Clean Air Performance Professionals, thanked Council for its support over the issues of corn ethanol in gasoline and PZEVs. Mayor Michael Sweeney – Yes Barbara Halliday – Yes Olden Henson – Yes Marvin Peixoto – Yes Bill Quirk – Yes Mark Salinas – Yes Francisco Zermeño - Absent
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A magical mystery tour argument for scraping previous planning including the new General Plan and completely reinventing the City with a focus away from Alameda County.
WILLIAM MARSHAK
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n 1967, an unscripted film featuring The Beatles called “Magical Mystery Tour” followed a loose plot without cohesion. Reviewers were unkind at best and although the music was memorable, the film was a flop. The City of Fremont failed to take note of this lesson in ad hoc entertainment and has embarked on its own not-so-magical mystery tour. Where is Fremont? That question continues to haunt this city as, after years of pious announcements, consultant reviews, money spent, land purchases and endless discussion, the question remains as elusive as ever. Councilmember Dutra has now decided to up the ante by suggesting that “Downtown/Midtown” should be relocated to Warm Springs. I have to give kudos for thinking outside the box on this one, but after all this time and effort which admittedly has produced next to nothing, the suggestion to scrap it and accept that years of posturing have been a waste of time, is nothing short of amazing. Mr. Dutra was not only active, but an advocate of the previous use of time and city resources to further a goal of Downtown in the vicinity of the present City Hall. The traveling minstrel show of Fremont politics has moved from a building – now demolished – perched on a knoll atop an active and dangerous earthquake fault to its present location in a patchwork of buildings, thought to be the precursor of a central showcase of Fremont business, arts and government. Given the erratic political nature of Fremont, moving the governmental hub to the southern portion of the City is, according to Councilmember Dutra, “sending a strong and positive message to UP [Union Pacific Railroad]” which has hinted that a rail storage yard is a strong possibility for their land in the same area and will “leverage planning with infrastructure developments” as well as “draw the type of lifestyle retail we have always dreamed about.” The southern location focused on Silicon Valley makes an eerie
Mayor Wasserman expressed amazement that council chambers was not full of people responding to this suggestion but may have failed to realize that this was a somewhat obscure referral, not on the agenda as an action item. I am sure that with further consideration by the council, the mayor will not be disappointed by a lack of response or attendance. Councilmember Natarajan spoke of past years “vision” of a civic center that represented a geographic and symbolic location. She added, “It sends the absolute wrong message to our development partners and to the community.” She summarized her statements by saying that she “completely disagrees” and even talking about this sends wrong and mixed messages to development partners in Mid-town. Always articulate and cerebral Councilmember Chan spoke with her usual aplomb about changes in Fremont and the lack of progress of the downtown area, noting, “We don’t have anything.” She called the proposal “intriguing” and supported putting the matter on a future agenda. In true form, assured that she was making no decision, Ms. Chan was fine with more discussions citing the fact that “Fremont is different that it was 50 years ago.” She noted that the “It could present some opportunities we haven’t thought of before… times have changed, our population has changed; people are looking for something to tie us together.” According to Councilmember Harrison, “The possibilities down there [Warm Springs] are endless.” He noted that the City should facilitate development at the Warm Springs site but added, “We can have our cake and eat it too” with a “Downtown” at the present location and a “tremendous development” in Warm Springs. He cautioned that the City needs to be “predictable” and “to shift at this point would not be the right thing to do.” Left to the mayor as the deciding vote to include this on a future agenda, Wasserman said that this is the type of issue where “everyone is right.” Saying that years ago, he never would have considered a suggestion like this, “I have watched whatever you want to call it… midtown, uptown, downtown; I have seen a lot of studies, a lot of projections and what I haven’t seen is anything happen.” He noted that activity centers in
Fremont have shifted south and “will create more synergy than midtown.” Speaking of the area, he commented, “There is no significant interest in retail around here.” He summarized that to discuss this further “doesn’t put us any worse off then we are now.” It is interesting to listen to such a discussion after much economic development effort and mayoral praise of changes in Niles, two new grocery chains – Sunflower and Whole Foods – announcing plans to locate in “Midtown” and major residential development at Patterson Ranch in the northern section of Fremont. Comments from a majority of this council not only admits failure of leadership during their tenure, but negates prior comments of praise for a new General Plan and actions taken toward development of the Midtown/Downtown. If any conclusion can be drawn, it is the dysfunctional state of Fremont, a city with unlimited potential saddled with weak council vision or direction. As long as the majority of the council is open to moving the government center, why not consider low cost and creative solutions. Just like traveling minstrel shows of the past, council meetings could be held in a tent, pitched in vacant fields (Centerville Unified Site?) for a night of old-fashioned oratory and entertainment. Use of advanced social media technology – tweets – could inform everyone of the location for the week and people could emulate raves by passing the word. After all, what’s the point of these meetings when the council shows minimal leadership and does little except praise staff and consultants for endless reports while putting City management on autopilot, waking up every so often to comment that the City has changed.
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enacted and the Governor has signed, companion bills AB x1 26 and AB x1 27, requiring that each redevelopment agency be dissolved unless the community that created it enacts an ordinance committing it to making certain payments; and
SECTION 3. The amendment to the City’s Municipal Code is exempt from further environmental review in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
WHEREAS, specifically, AB x1 26 prohibits agencies from taking numerous actions, effective immediately and purportedly retroactively, and additionally provides that agencies are deemed to be dissolved as of October 1, 2011; and
SECTION 4. Within fifteen (15) days from and after adoption, this Ordinance shall be published once in the Tri-City Voice, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in Alameda County and circulated in the City of Union City, in accordance with California Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days after its adoption.
WHEREAS, AB x1 27 provides that a community may participate in an “Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program,” in order to enable a redevelopment agency within that community to remain in existence and carry out the provisions of the CRL, by enacting an ordinance agreeing to comply with Part 1.9 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code; and
AYES: Councilmembers Duncan, Ellis, and Gacoscos, Vice Mayor Navarro, Mayor Green NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None
WHEREAS, under the threat of dissolution pursuant to AB x1 26, and upon the contingencies and reservations set forth herein, the City shall make the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 community remittance, currently estimated to be Seven Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,600,000), as well as the subsequent annual community remittances as set forth in the CRL; and
APPROVED: /s/ Mark Green MARK GREEN, Mayor
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 454250-57 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: (1) Tip Top Cleaning Services LLC, (2) Property Preservation Professionals, (3) Quick Clean Trash Out Services, (4) Ready to Show N Sell Trash Out Services, (5) Top Notch Cleaning Services, (6) First Impression Cleaning Services, (7) U Have It Maid Cleaning Services, (8) Maid to Perfection Cleaning Services, 36703 Burdick St., Newark, CA 94560, County of Alameda Tip Top Cleaning Services LLC, California, 36703 Burdick St., Newark, CA 94560 This business is conducted by a limited liability company The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 7/21/2011 I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Homi K, Press. LLC Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on July 21, 2011. NOTICE-In accordance with Section 17920(a), a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires five years from the date it was filed with the County Clerk, except as provided in Section 17920(b), where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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). 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23/11 CNS-2146944# FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 453914 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Armored Down Studio, 47119 Benns Terrace, Fremont, CA 94539, County of Fremont Jesse Islas, 47119 Benns Terrace, Fremont, CA 94539 This business is conducted by an individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Jesse Islas This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on July 13, 2011 NOTICE-In accordance with Section 17920(a), a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires five years from the date it was filed with the County Clerk, except as provided in Section 17920(b), where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. 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). 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2138464#
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 2. PARTICIPATION IN THE ALTERNATIVE VOLUNTARY REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. In accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 34193, and based on the Recitals set forth above, the City Council hereby determines that the City shall comply with the provisions of Part 1.9 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, as enacted by AB x1 27. SECTION 3. PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST. Except as set forth in Section 4, below, the City Council hereby determines that the City shall make the community remittances set forth in Health and Safety Code section 34194 et seq.. SECTION 4. EFFECT OF STAY OR DETERMINATION OF INVALIDITY. The City shall not make any community remittance in the event a court of competent jurisdiction either grants a stay on the enforcement of AB x1 26 and AB x1 27 or determines that AB x1 26 and AB x1 27 are unconstitutional and therefore invalid, and all appeals therefrom are exhausted or unsuccessful, or the time for filing an appeal therefrom has lapsed. Any community remittance shall be made under protest and without prejudice to the City’s right to recover such amount and interest thereon in the event that there is a final determination that AB x1 26 and AB x1 27 are unconstitutional. If there is a final determination that AB x1 26 and AB x1 27 are invalid, this Ordinance shall be deemed to be null and void and of no further force or effect. SECTION 5. IMPLEMENTATION. The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager to take all actions and execute all documents necessary to implement this Ordinance, including but not limited to notifying the Alameda County Auditor-Controller, the Controller of the State of California, and the California Department of Finance of the adoption of this Ordinance and the City’s agreement to comply with the provisions of Part 1.9 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, as set forth in AB x1 27. SECTION 6. ADDITIONAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND INTENT. It is the understanding and intent of the City Council that, once the Agency is again authorized to enter into agreements under the CRL, the City will enter into an agreement with the Agency as authorized pursuant to Section 34194.2, whereby the Agency will transfer annual portions of its tax increment to the City in amounts not to exceed the annual community remittance payments to enable the City, directly or indirectly, to make the annual remittance payments. The City Council does not intend, by enactment of this Ordinance, to pledge any of its general fund revenues or assets to make the remittance payments. SECTION 7. CEQA. The City Council finds, under Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, Section 15378(b)(4), that this Ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) in that it is not a “project,” but instead consists of the creation and continuation of a governmental funding mechanism for potential future projects and programs, and does not commit funds to any specific project or program. The City Council, therefore, directs that a Notice of Exemption be filed with the County Clerk of the County of Alameda in accordance with CEQA Guidelines. SECTION 8. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion thereof. SECTION 9. CERTIFICATION; PUBLICATION. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause it, or a summary of it, to be published once within 15 days of adoption in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the City of Union City, and shall post a certified copy of this Ordinance, including the vote for and against the same, in the Office of the City Clerk in accordance with Government Code § 36933. SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from its adoption.
AYES: Councilmembers Duncan, Ellis, and Gacoscos, Vice Mayor Navarro, Mayor Green NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None
WHEREAS, since adoption of the Redevelopment Plan, the Agency has undertaken redevelopment projects in the Project Area to eliminate blight, to improve public facilities and infrastructure, to renovate and construct affordable housing, and to enter into partnerships with private industries to create jobs and expand the local economy; and WHEREAS, over the next few years, the Agency hopes to implement a variety of redevelopment projects and programs to continue to eliminate and prevent blight, stimulate and expand the Project Area’s economic growth, create and develop local job opportunities and alleviate deficiencies in public infrastructure, to name a few; and WHEREAS, as part of the 2011-12 State budget bill, the California Legislature has recently
The City of Fremont Fire Department has received CalARP Risk Management Programs (RMPs) from three existing facilities and one new facility within Fremont. They are:
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WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Union City (“Agency”) is engaged in activities to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan pursuant to the provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code § 33000, et seq.) (“CRL”); and
California Accidental Release Prevention Program (CalARP) Notification
WHEREAS, to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction enjoins, restrains, or grants a stay on the effectiveness of the Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program’s payment obligation of AB x1 26 and AB x1 27, the City shall not be obligated to make any community remittance for the duration of such injunction, restraint, or stay; and
GOVERNMENT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Union City (“City”) approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the Union City Community Redevelopment Project (“Redevelopment Plan”) covering certain properties within the City (the “Project Area”); and
CNS-2147179# CITY OF FREMONT PUBLIC NOTICE AUGUST 1, 2011
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Union City at a regular meeting held on July 26, 2011, by the following vote:
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE VOLUNTARY ALTERNATIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO PART 1.9 OF DIVISION 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE AND OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY (INTRODUCED JULY 19, 2011)
APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Benjamin T. Reyes II BENJAMIN T. REYES II, City Attorney 8/2/11
WHEREAS, the City reserves the right, regardless of any community remittance made pursuant to this Ordinance, to challenge the legality of AB x1 26 and AB x1 27; and
NOW, THEREFORE, theCity Council of the City of Union City does ordain as follows:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES
ATTEST: /s/ Renee Elliott RENEE ELLIOTT, City Clerk
WHEREAS,the City understands and believes that an action challenging the constitutionality of AB x1 26 and AB x1 27 will be filed on behalf of cities, counties and redevelopment agencies; and WHEREAS, while the City currently intends to make these community remittances, they shall be made under protest and without prejudice to the City’s right to recover such amounts and interest thereon, to the extent there is a final determination that AB x1 26 and AB x1 27 are unconstitutional; and
APPROVED: /s/ Mark Green MARK GREEN, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Renee Elliott RENEE ELLIOTT, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ Benjamin T. Reyes II BENJAMIN T. REYES II, City Attorney 8/2/11 CNS-2147188# ORDINANCE NO. 759-11 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT, AT-11-001, to Modify Chapter 18.39 of the Municipal Code to modify the “day spa” definition in the Union Landing Commercial Zoning District THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1.Pursuant to Section 18.64 of the City of Union City Municipal Code, the City Council of the City of Union City does hereby find the following textual changes to the Zoning Ordinance to be necessary and desirable to achieve the purposes of Title 18, Zoning, of the Municipal Code of the City of Union City, and to promote the public health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, and general welfare of the residents of the City of Union City. SECTION 2.The Municipal Code is amended as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof by this reference, a copy of which is available in the office of the City Clerk.
Name Unit # Paid Through Date Tierra Grooms B150 6/5/2011 Amit Nagpal B323 6/12/2011 Janet Luevano C182 6/13/2011 Julio Torres C242 5/30/2011 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2147227#
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Union City at a regular meeting held on July 26, 2011, by the following vote:
WHEREAS, the Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program requires that the community agree by ordinance to remit specified annual amounts to the county auditor-controller; and
WHEREAS, the City reserves the right to appeal the California Director of Finance’s determination of the Fiscal Year 2011-12 community remittance, as provided in Health and Safety Code Section 34194; and
00ampursuant to the California Self-Storage Facility Act. The sale will be conducted at: Thornton U-Haul, 4833 Thornton Ave. Fremont, CA 94536. The items to be sold are generally described as follows: clothing, furniture, and / or other household items stored by the following people:
Alameda County Water District Water Treatment Plant 2 (municipal water supply), 42436 Mission Blvd. Alameda County Water District Mission San Jose Water Treatment Plant (municipal water supply), 42500 Vargas Road •
Alameda County Water District – Blending Facility (municipal water supply), 1111 Mowry Ave. •
Solyndra (solar panel manufacturing), 47488 Kato Road
Each of the RMPs submitted contains the elements required in Federal and State law and are now available for a formal 45-day public review. The RMPs may be reviewed during normal business hours at the Fremont Fire Department’s Administrative Offices, 3300 Capital Avenue, Building A, Fremont, CA 94537. Please call (510) 494-4222 or 494-4200 in advance to arrange a time to review the document(s). 8/2/11 CNS-2145858# NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received in the Office of Purchasing Services at 3300 Capitol Ave., Bldg B, Fremont, California, up to the hour of 2:00 PM on August 16, 2011, at which time they will be opened and read out loud in said building for: Nature Learning Center at Fremont Central Park City Project No. PWC 8744 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: A non-mandatory prebid conference is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., August 8, 2011, at the project site located in Fremont Central Park. Bidders should meet at the end of the parking lot located behind the Aqua Adventure Water Park, at 40500 Paseo Padre, Fremont, CA 94538. Plans, special provisions and standard proposal forms to be used for bidding on this project can be obtained for a non-refundable fee at ARC/ Peninsula Digital located at 44846 Osgood Road, Fremont, CA 94539 or 599 Fairchild Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043, or through Planwell at www.peninsuladigital.com, Phone (510) 490-7411, Fax (510) 657-7248. No partial sets will be issued, cost is non-refundable. Call to confirm availability of copies before coming to pick up documents. For more information on this project, contact the City of Fremont Purchasing Department at (510) 494-4620. CORINA CAMPBELL PURCHASING MANAGER CITY OF FREMONT 7/26, 8/2/11 CNS-2142879#
PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DENIS D. WORKMAN CASE NO. RP11585012 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Denis D. Workman A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Philip P. Workman in the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Philip P. Workman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on August 22, 2011 at 9:30 in Dept. 201 located at 2120 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Mark L. Gladden, 1201 Vine Street, Suite 200, Healdsburg, CA 95448, Telephone: (707) 433-3363 7/22, 7/26, 8/2/11 CNS-2140954#
PUBLIC AUCTION/SALES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that personal property in the following units will be sold at public auction: on the 19th DAY OFAugust 2011at or after 11:
TRUSTEE SALES T.S. No.: 2011-00728 Loan No.: 90286597 APN: 475-0179-047 TRA No.: 15-004 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/29/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: RICHARD T. JIANG AND WINNIE L CHEUNG HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP Beneficiary Name: ING Bank, FSB Duly Appointed Trustee: Integrated Lender Services, a Delaware Corporation and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 12/06/2005 as Instrument No. 2005518633 in book ---, page --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Alameda County, California, Date of Sale: 8/23/2011 at 12: 00 PM Place of Sale: At the Fallon St. emergency exit to the Alameda County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon St., Oakland, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $609,460.37 The property heretofore is being sold “as is.” The street Address or other common designation of real property is purported to be: 32673 COLORBUST COURT, UNION CITY, CA 94587-1991. As more fully described in said deed of trust A.P.N.: 475-0179047 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: 7/28/ 2011 Integrated Lender Services, a Delaware Corporation, as Trustee 2411 West La Palma Avenue, Suite 350 – Bldg. 1 (800) 232-8787 For Sale Information please call: (714) 573-1965 Sem Martinez, Trustee Sale Officer P864142 8/2, 8/9, 08/16/2011 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/11 CNS-2148568# Trustee Sale No. 748833CA Loan No. 3010679326 Title Order No. 110227637-CA-MAI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/18/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 8/23/2011 at 12:00 PM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 08/30/2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 2006331539, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of ALAMEDA County, California, executed by: NORMA ADAME, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: AT THE FALLON ST EMERGENCY EXIT TO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1225 FALLON ST. OAKLAND, CA Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $728,524.03 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 32509 SHEILA WAY UNION CITY, CA 94587 APN Number: 483-0106-110 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 7/29/2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee CASIMIR NUNEZ, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com P859041 8/2, 8/9, 08/16/2011 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/11 CNS-2147755# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 080031705 Title Order No. 08-8-134901 Investor/ Insurer No. APN No. 483-0049-112 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/10/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by SHAWN RAI, A SINGLE MAN, dated 08/10/ 2005 and recorded 08/25/05, as Instrument No. 2005365820, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/23/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3234 SANTA MONICA WAY, UNION CITY, CA, 94587. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $873,686.69. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In
addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 07/15/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1757 TAPO CANYON ROAD, SVW-88 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4055413 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011, 08/16/2011 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/11 CNS-2146819# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 100089847 Title Order No. 10-8-359364 Investor/ Insurer No. 127087474 APN No. 092A-0778-004 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/16/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DANILO C EMBERNATE, AND LANIE S EMBERNATE, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 03/16/2006 and recorded 04/06/06, as Instrument No. 2006135061, in Book -, Page -), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/23/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 36025 DALEWOOD DRIVE, NEWARK, CA, 945601807. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $610,549.58. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 11/03/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4055210 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011, 08/16/2011 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/11 CNS-2146810# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 100120379 Title Order No. 10-8-441923 Investor/ Insurer No. N/A APN No. 482-0051-046 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/23/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ROLLAND M. HOYT AND JACKI LEE HOYT, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 08/ 23/2005 and recorded 09/06/05, as Instrument No. 2005380741, in Book -, Page -), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/23/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 32455 CAPITOLA COURT, UNION CITY, CA, 94587. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $781,980.36. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 12/25/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4055851 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011, 08/16/2011 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/11 CNS-2146808# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 100128725 Title Order No. 10-8-466230 Investor/ Insurer No. N/A APN No. 092A-0615-015 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/04/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by PANCHO M REGALADO AND CORAZON M REGALADO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, dated 08/04/2006 and recorded 08/15/06, as Instrument No. 2006312092, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/23/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 6257 MADELAINE DRIVE, NEWARK, CA, 94560. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $607,059.81. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee
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PUBLIC NOTICES and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/02/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4053616 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011, 08/16/2011 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/11 CNS-2146146# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 110035018 Title Order No. 11-0027555 APN No. 087-0007-080 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/15/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by MOHAMMAD AGH HORR, AND ROSITA T FARINAS, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 10/15/ 2004 and recorded 10/26/04, as Instrument No. 2004478331, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/16/2011 at 12:00PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, Alameda, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 35000 ROBERTS STREET, UNION CITY, CA, 94587. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $513,321.68. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 07/23/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.139426 7/26, 8/02, 8/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2144441# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 100030743 Title Order No. 10-8-126497 APN No. 543-0429-107 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/19/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ALENI FLORES-NATE, A MARRIED WOMAN, dated 11/19/2004 and recorded 12/01/04, as Instrument No. 2004530868, in Book, Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/16/2011 at 12:00PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, Alameda, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4605 DINUBA ST, UNION CITY, CA, 94587. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $634,865.08. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 06/06/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.101965 7/26, 8/02, 8/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2144264# TS No. T10-61961-CA / APN: 486-0015-091 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/12/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer, or authorized agent, declares as follows: [X] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed and [X] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Trustor: JUAN NUNEZ AND JUAN C NUNEZ*, A MARRIED MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: CR Title Services, Inc. C/O PITE DUNCAN, 4375 JUTLAND DRIVE, SUITE 200, SAN DIEGO, CA 92117 877-576-0472 Recorded 12/22/2006 as Instrument No. 2006467426 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of ALAMEDA County, California, Date of Sale: 8/22/2011 at 12:00 PM Place of Sale: AT THE FALLON ST EMERGENCY EXIT TO THE ALAMEDA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1225 FALLON ST. OAKLAND, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $545,558.55 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 33350 6TH ST UNION CITY, CA 94587 A.P.N.: 486-0015-091 Legal Description: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written
request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The Trustee shall incur no liability for any good faith error in stating the proper amount of unpaid balances and charges. For Sales Information please contact PRIORITY POSTING AND PUBLISHING at WWW.PRIORITYPOSTING.COM or (714) 573-1965 REINSTATEMENT LINE: 877-5760472 Date: 7/26/2011 CR Title Services, Inc 1000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, MS-314 O’FALLON, MO 63368 MICHAEL SCHAFFER, TRUSTEE SPECIALIST Federal Law requires us to notify you that we are acting as a debt collector. If you are currently in a bankruptcy or have received a discharge in bankruptcy as to this obligation, this communication is intended for informational purposes only and is not an attempt to collect a debt in violation of the automatic stay or the discharge injunction. P861162 7/26, 8/2, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2144158# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 110022821 Title Order No. 11-0018483 Investor/ Insurer No. 139513065 APN No. 092A-2144-077 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/19/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DANIEL PENA, AND CORINA V PENA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 07/19/2006 and recorded 07/27/ 06, as Instrument No. 2006289017, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/16/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 37982 BIRCH STREET, NEWARK, CA, 94560. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $614,710.81. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 06/23/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.ASAP# 4050971 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2144060# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 11-516844 INC Title Order No. 110012748CA-BFI APN 087-0012-087-00YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/18/05. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 08/15/11 at 12:30 p.m., Aztec Foreclosure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/30/05 in Instrument No. 2005511277 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of ALAMEDA County, California, executed by: Manuel Marzan, Jr., an Unmarried Man, as Trustor, OneWest Bank, FSB, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state), at the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California described as: 2137 MANN AVENUE, UNIT #2, UNION CITY, CA 94587 The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $335,555.30 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Requirements of SB1137 have been met pursuant to the Notice of Sale Declaration of record. DATE: 7/20/11 Robbie Weaver Assistant Secretary & Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation c/o 4665 MacArthur Court, Suite 250 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone; (800) 731-0850 or (602) 222-5711 Fax: (847)627-8803 www.aztectrustee.com For Trustee’s Sale Information Call 714-730-2727 http://www.lpsasap.com ASAP# 4049825 07/26/ 2011, 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2143578# TS #: CA-11-442906-EV Order #: 815947 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/1/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): NISAR A PALAGIRI Recorded: 04/11/2008 as Instrument No. 2008120071 in book XXX, page XXX of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of ALAMEDA County, California; Date of Sale: 8/22/2011 at 12:00 PM Place of Sale: At the Fallon St emergency exit to the Alameda County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon St. Oakland, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $490,805.94 The purported property address is: 302 Monte Carlo Ave Union City, CA 94587 Assessors Parcel No. 087-0032-007 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Pentagon Federal Credit Union P.O. Box 1432 Alexandria VA 22313. Pursuant to California Civil Code §2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [1] The mortgage loan servicer has not obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [2] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or
2923.55. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 or Login to: www.priorityposting.com Reinstatement Line: 619645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. P855317 7/26, 8/2, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2143289# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 090158265 Title Order No. 09-8-482727 Investor/ Insurer No. 30142397 APN No. 087-0336-009 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/24/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JOEL CORONEL, AN UNMARRIED MAN, AND JOSEFA T CORONEL, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 10/24/2006 and recorded 10/27/06, as Instrument No. 2006402471, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/16/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1038 AQUAMARINE TERRACE, UNION CITY, CA, 94587. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $551,286.24. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/24/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4048453 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2142172# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No.: 20100187421955 Title Order No.: 100242960 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULTUNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/03/07. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEx West, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on04/18/07, as Instrument No. 2007147549 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of ALAMEDA County, State of California. EXECUTED BY: MOHINI RUPANI AND SANJAY AMEET RUPANI AND SEEMA RUPANI, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) DATE OF SALE: August 15, 2011 TIME OF SALE: 12:00 PM PLACE OF SALE: At the Fallon Street emergency exit to the Alameda County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon St., Oakland, CA STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 34880 HERRINGBONE WAY, UNION CITY, CA 94587. APN# 087-0018-081 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $606,388.15. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION, INC. 5005 WINDPLAY DRIVE, SUITE 1, EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762-9334 916-939-0772, www.nationwideposting.com NDEx West L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee, BY: Ric Juarez Dated: 06/30/ 11 NPP0184502 07/26/11, 08/02/11, 08/09/11 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2140555# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 110035017 Title Order No. 11-0027554 Investor/ Insurer No. 084905319 APN No. 092A-0511-052 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/12/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JOSEFINA TORRES, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 11/12/2004 and recorded 11/29/04, as Instrument No. 2004526212, in Book -, Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/16/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 35806 BETTENCOURT STREET, NEWARK, CA, 94560. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $427,154.43. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust
with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 07/23/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4041755 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2139117# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 20110015002189 Title Order No.: 110175579 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/20/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/29/2006 as Instrument No. 2006249262 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of ALAMEDA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ROBERT M. WOEHL AND SANDREA M. WOEHL, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 08/15/2011 TIME OF SALE: 12:30 PM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE FALLON STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1225 FALLON STREET, OAKLAND, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 35210 OLDHAM PL, NEWARK, CALIFORNIA 94560 APN#: 092A-0729-015 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any , shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $681,756.35. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730-2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 07/18/2011 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addison, Texas 75001-9013 Telephone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800 ASAP# 4040445 07/ 26/2011, 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2139115# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 100038411 Title Order No. 10-8-148730 Investor/ Insurer No. 0240324179 APN No. 092A-0517042 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/13/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by MANDEEP SANDHU, A SINGLE WOMAN, dated 03/13/2006 and recorded 03/21/06, as Instrument No. 2006104427, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/09/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 36401 BRIDGEPOINTE DRIVE, NEWARK, CA, 94560. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $628,322.58. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 06/19/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4042636 07/19/2011, 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/11 CNS-2138038# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 100036003 Title Order No. 10-8-142690 Investor/ Insurer No. 870180222 APN No. 092A-0723-011 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/15/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by FARIDA MAQDOOR, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 05/15/2008 and recorded 05/29/08, as Instrument No. 2008171802, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/09/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 35441 BLACKBURN DRIVE, NEWARK, CA, 94560. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $563,615.76. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 06/30/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4042602 07/19/2011, 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/11 CNS-2138037# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S No. 132406814 APN: 483-0096-083 TRA: 15001 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx0859 REF: Ali, Pomy IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED March 16, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On August 22, 2011, at 12:00pm, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded March 24, 2006, as Inst. No. 2006110338 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, executed by Pomy Ali, A Married Man, As His Sole and Separate Property, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the steps to the entrance of the county courthouse 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4511 Ventura Way Union City CA 94587 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $447,791.32. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: August 01, 2011. (R-386489 08/02/11, 08/09/11, 08/16/11) 8/2, 8/9, 8/16/11 CNS-2136722# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 110031507 Title Order No. 11-0025103 Investor/ Insurer No. 101862805 APN No. 483-0104-004 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 05/25/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by VIRGINIA EGET, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 05/25/2005 and recorded 05/27/05, as Instrument No. 2005219580, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/09/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4635 JEAN CT, UNION CITY, CA, 945875012. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $676,362.09. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 07/16/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4039924 07/19/2011, 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/11 CNS-2136378# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 110030819 Title Order No. 11-0024037 Investor/ Insurer No. 103832538 APN No. 092-0150-001 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/06/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ELEAZAR VARGAS, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 07/06/2005 and recorded 07/19/05, as Instrument No. 2005305455, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Alameda County, State of California, will sell on 08/09/2011 at 12:30PM, At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 7492 WELLS AVENUE, NEWARK, CA, 94560. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $689,058.45. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 07/16/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4034945 07/19/2011, 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/11 CNS-2135703# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS #: CA-11435706-CL Order #: 110167926-CA-LPI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/19/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the
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PUBLIC NOTICES Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RENATO B. LEE AND CELERINA D. LEE , HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 3/27/2007 as Instrument No. 2007119937 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of ALAMEDA County, California; Date of Sale: 8/19/2011 at 12: 30 PM Place of Sale: At the Fallon Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon Street, Oakland, CA 94612 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $851,520.30 The purported property address is: 34514 JASMINE CT UNION CITY, CA 94587 Assessor’s Parcel No. 087 010012300 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Aurora Loan Services LLC 10350 Park Meadows
Dr. Littleton CO 80124 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Line: 619645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR
THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 4034485 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011, 08/09/2011 7/26, 8/2, 8/9/11 CNS-2133973# NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NTSP20110015002266 Trustee Sale No. : 20110015002266 Title Order No.: 110180139 FHA/VA/PMI No.:YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/02/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 04/09/2007 as Instrument No. 2007135631 of official records in the office of the County Recorder
of ALAMEDA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: AVELINA V BURLINGAME AND GEORGE A BURLINGAME, JR, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 08/08/2011 TIME OF SALE: 12:30 PM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE FALLON STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1225 FALLON STREET, OAKLAND, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 31285 SANTA CATALINA WAY, UNION CITY, CALIFORNIA 94587 APN#: 483-0043-082 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any , shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the
time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $541,740.54. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730-2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 07/11/2011 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addison, Texas 75001-9013 Telephone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800ASAP# 4035811 07/ 19/2011, 07/26/2011, 08/02/2011 7/19, 7/26, 8/2/11 CNS-2133125#
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Would-be automaker waits for loans for La. plant The Energy Department also issued $730 million for Severstal Dearborn LLC to produce highstrength steel for vehicles in Dearborn, Mich. And Vehicle Production Group got a $50 million loan to produce a six-passenger, wheelchair accessible vehicle that will be powered by compressed natural gas. Hitchcock said that Next Autoworks has been busy - despite the wait. “We've done some refinements to the product. Our design team has been working on refinements,” Hitchcock said. “We're always trying to learn and incorporate good ideas that will make the car more appealing. We have absolutely not been sitting on our hands.” When the initial application
was rejected in April 2010, company officials said the Energy Department wanted it to raise another $50 million in private investment - on top of $86.5 million initially raised - and get a $50 million credit line for working capital. In November 2010, the company changed its name to Next Autoworks and named Kathleen Ligocki, a veteran auto executive, as chief executive. Investors in the company include T. Boone Pickens, the investment arm of Google Inc. and the venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. John O'Dell, senior editor at Edmonds.com, which follows the automotive industry, said it was difficult to tell whether a startup company proposing an all-gasoline vehicle might be in a competitive
disadvantage with other applicants for Energy Department loans. Electric cars and hybrids have an avid fan in President Obama. “They are mostly going to electric or electric-gas vehicles,” he said. “However, there's nothing that bars a gasoline-efficient manufacturer from getting one of these loans.” O'Dell said the Energy Department has received scores of applications and there are probably about a dozen that can expect serious consideration based on technological advancements and their business plans to market their vehicles. “The grants coming to the smaller companies have been really slow,” he said. “That's been the rule rather than the exception.” At a hearing in June, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., pressed
Census: Share of children in US hits record low BY HOPE YEN ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP), Jul 12 - Children now make up less of America's population than ever before, even with a boost from immigrant families. And when this generation grows up, it will become a shrinking work force that will have to support the nation's expanding elderly population - even as the government strains to cut spending for health care, pensions and much else. The latest 2010 census data show that children of immigrants make up one in four people under 18, and are now the fastest-growing segment of the nation's youth, an indication that both legal and illegal immigrants as well as minority births are lifting the nation's population. Currently, the share of children in the U.S. is 24 percent, falling below the previous low of 26 percent of 1990. The share is projected to slip further, to 23 percent by 2050, even as the percentage of people 65 and older is expected to jump from 13 percent to 19 percent due to the aging of baby boomers and beyond. In 1900, the share of children reached as high as 40 percent, compared to a much smaller 4 percent share for seniors 65 and older. The percentage of children in subsequent decades held above 30 percent until 1980, when it fell to 28 percent amid declining birth rates, mostly among whites. “There are important implications for the future of the U.S. because the increasing costs of providing for an older population may reduce the public resources
that go to children,” said William P. O'Hare, a senior consultant with the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, a children's advocacy group. Pointing to signs that many children are already struggling, O'Hare added: “These raise urgent questions about whether today's children will have the resources they need to help care for America's growing elderly population.” The numbers are largely based on an analysis by the Population Reference Bureau, a nonprofit research group in Washington that studies global and U.S. trends. In some cases, the data were supplemented with additional census projections on U.S. growth from 2010-2050 as well as figures compiled by the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count project. Nationwide, the number of children has grown by 1.9 million, or 2.6 percent, since 2000. That represents a drop-off from the previous decade, when even higher rates of immigration by Latinos - who are more likely than some other ethnic groups to have large families - helped increase the number of children by 8.7 million, or 13.7 percent. Percentages aside, 23 states and the District of Columbia had declines in their numbers of children in the century's first decade, with Michigan, Rhode Island, Vermont and D.C. seeing some of the biggest drops. On the other hand, states with some of the biggest increases - Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas - also ranked in the bottom one-third of states in terms of child well-being as measured by the Kids Count project. The project calculated
child well-being based on levels of poverty, single-parent families, unemployment, high-school dropouts and other factors. The slowing population growth in the U.S. mirrors to a lesser extent the situation in other developed nations, including Russia, Japan and France which are seeing reduced growth or population losses due to declining birth rates and limited immigration. The combined population of more-developed countries other than the U.S. is projected to decline beginning in 2016, raising the prospect of prolonged budget crises as the number of working-age citizens diminish, pension costs rise and tax revenues fall. Japan, France, Germany and Canada each have lower shares of children under age 15, ranging between 13 percent in Japan and 17 percent in Canada, while nations in Africa and the Middle East have some of the largest shares, including 50 percent in Niger and 46 percent in Afghanistan, according to figures from the United Nations Population Division. In the U.S., the share of children under 15 is 20 percent. Depending on future rates of immigration, the U.S. population is estimated to continue growing through at least 2050. In a hypothetical situation in which all immigration - both legal and illegal - immediately stopped, the U.S. could lose population beginning in 2048, according to the latest census projections. Since 2000, the increase for children in the U.S. - 1.9 million - has been due to racial and ethnic minorities.
Jonathan Silver, director of the Energy Department loan program, on the status of the loan. During a Senate hearing, Silver said the agency was in regular contact with Next Autoworks officials and other applicants. After the hearing, Landrieu said “significant progress is being to finalize this loan. I am very hopeful that it will be finalized in the next few months.'' In a June 13 letter from Silver to Gov. Bobby Jindal, Silver said the agency was in negotiations with Next Autoworks “respecting the potential terms of a proposed loan” to the company. Silver said he could not provide a time frame for a decision. The state has a $67 million incentive waiting for Next Autoworks should the loan win
approval, including $50 million in the state's capital outlay bill and $17 million in a special state fund for big business development projects. State economic development chief Stephen Moret said that if the loan is approved, his agency will immediately ask for final state approval of the package. Voters in Ouachita Parish in 2009 approved a property tax expected to raise another $12.5 million for the project. Hitchcock would not speculate on how long it would take Next Autoworks to begin production if the Energy Department loan is approved. “We're working on every aspect of our business model so we'll be ready to go when the funding is in place,” he said.
Currently, 54 percent of the nation's children are non-Hispanic white, compared to 23 percent Hispanic, 14 percent black, and 4 percent Asian. Over the past decade, the number of non-Hispanic white children declined 10 percent to 39.7 million, while the number of minority children rose 22 percent to 34.5 million. Hispanics, as well as Asians, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and multiracial children represented all of the growth. The number of black and American Indian children declined. In nearly one of five U.S. counties, minority children already outnumber white children. “The ‘minority youth bulge’ is being driven primarily by children in immigrant families,” said Mark Mather, associate vice president of the Population Reference Bureau who co-wrote a report released Tuesday on the subject. “They are transforming America's schools, and in a generation they will transform the racial-ethnic composition of the U.S. work force.” “Policymakers are paying a lot of attention to the elderly, but we have a large population of children who have their own needs,'' he said. The numbers come as states around the nation are seeking to cut education spending and other programs - rather than raise taxes - to close gaping budget holes as schools districts run out of $100 billion in federal stimulus money that helped stave off job losses over the past two years. In Texas, for instance, the Legislature changed state law so it could slash education spending by $4 billion over the next two years to help make up for a $27 billion budget shortfall. The move is the first cut in per-student spending in Texas since World War II, even as the state has gained nearly 1 million children over the past decade, many of them Hispanic. The school cutbacks are expected to have a disproportionate effect on low-income communities which are less able to raise local school taxes. Advocates be-
lieve that could further widen the achievement gap between students of different races in states like Texas, where some of the fastest student growth is among those who are poor and whose primary language is not English. The resulting cuts will be farreaching and surprising to many parents and communities, from teacher layoffs to reductions in extracurricular programs and ballooning class sizes, said Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, a spokeswoman for the Texas Association of School Administrators. “When people say, ‘Cut government spending,’ they don't think about the impact on the school down the street, until local voters begin to see the harm later,'' she said. “That's when we will really see the backlash. The sad thing is we'll have many kids suffer in the process.” Similar battles over education funding have played out in California, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Wisconsin. Other census findings: -Based on current trends, Florida could surpass New York as the third-largest state in overall population before the next census in 2020, part of a long-term migration of U.S. residents to the South and West. The most populous states are California and Texas. -While more than half of U.S. residents now live in suburbs, the number of people living in cities also has rebounded somewhat in the past decade, increasing by 3 percentage points. Roughly onethird of the U.S. population lives in cities, the highest share since 1950. --Online: Census Bureau: www.census.gov Population Reference Bureau: http://www.prb.org/ Kids Count: www.kidscount.org
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Daisy Taylor Alex M. Lopez RESIDENT OF HAYWARD September 13, 1925 – July 12, 2011
Susan Sakamoto RESIDENT OF FREMONT November 14, 1947 – July 20, 2011
Adriana P. Quick RESIDENT OF NEWARK September 7, 1922 - July 24, 2011
RESIDENT OF FREMONT October 7, 1917 – July 23, 2011
Janet Reid RESIDENT OF UNION CITY April 9, 1937 - July 24, 2011
Sue Farmer RESIDENT OF UNION CITY February 4, 1937 - July 21, 2011
Gerald Desmond
Delora J. Marshall RESIDENT OF NEWARK June 16, 1950 - July 26, 2011
RESIDENT OF FREMONT September 18, 1920 - July 24, 2011
Sister M. Agnes Gough
James Ray Duke RESIDENT OF FREMONT March 23, 1919 - July 27, 2011
RESIDENT OF FREMONT July 6, 1926 - July 22, 2011
Beatrice Yoshida
Lily M. Gudino RESIDENT OF STOCKTON February 2, 1934 - July 28, 2011
Elizabeth P. Penumaka RESIDENT OF FREMONT July 31, 1964 - July 28, 2011
Francis “Willie” J. Vait RESIDENT OF NEWARK November 13, 1938 - July 28, 2011
RESIDENT OF GARDENA May 5, 1918 - July 11, 2011
Ruth Lohi RESIDENT OF MODESTO February 9, 1922 - July 21, 2011
Hsien-Mu Chen RESIDENT OF FREMONT January 10, 1916 - July 21, 2011
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Clarence C. Walla RESIDENT OF FREMONT August 17, 1931 - July 29, 2011
RESIDENT OF NEWARK July 25, 1948 - July 24, 2011
Arlene Lopez
Roy J. August RESIDENT OF FREMONT May 19, 1945 - July 31, 2011
RESIDENT OF FREMONT January 13, 1935 - July 20, 2011
Kumar Motwani RESIDENT OF FREMONT April 21, 1950 - July 19, 2011
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Mary Ann Curtis Recent Resident of Truckee, CA Former Resident of Los Gatos, CA December 14, 1939 – July 20, 2011
Charlotte Ann Opper, 78, entered peacefully into rest July 12, 2011 in Fremont, CA. Born May 19, 1933 to Edward and Margaret Rofkahr in Altus, Arkansas, where she attended St. Mary’s School and Parish. Charlotte was a nurses’ associate at Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse, a Dominican Guild member, and a preschool teacher at Head Start in Fremont. As a long time parishioner of St. Leonard’s Parish, she was a member of the choir, Altar Committee and the Ladies’ Guild. She loved singing and was a talented floral arranger. She was an avid gardener, who loved her beautiful gardens, especially her prized grapes. Above all, Charlotte enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. Beloved mother of Dennis Rofkahr of Glendale, AZ, Lisa Opper and Jennifer Kincheloe of Fremont, CA, Philip Opper of Lafayette, LA, Melanie Martin and Timothy Opper of Fremont, CA. She is also survived by her sisters Sylvia Rollins and Marilyn Zeiler, brothers Jerome Rofkahr and Matthew Rofkahr, fifteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Preceded into death by former husband Paul Opper and her sisters Irene Intres and Mary Ann Rofkahr. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Friday, July 15, 2011 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Fremont. Remembrances may be made to Dominican Sisters of MSJ, P.O. Box 3908, Fremont, CA 94539 or St. Mary’s Bldg. Fund, 5118 St. Mary’s Ln. Altus, Arkansas 72821
Bassam Sakakini RESIDENT OF REDWOOD CITY April 27, 1959 - July 18, 2011
Mary Ann blessed her parents, Edward and Mary Ann Churka with her birth in Chicago, Illinois on December 14th 1939. From the day she was born, she brought happiness to everyone that knew her; her smile could light a dark room.
honor student and a model. Mary was an amazing person. Her laugh was contagious and her humor unmatched. Her life was based on values, respect for others, class and artistic creativity. She could take a blank, boring room and turn it into a
Her family moved to sunny California when Mary was six years old. She attended a girl’s Catholic school until her high school years, then attended Washington High in Fremont and excelled as head cheerleader,
castle. She was courageous beyond measure. She would never back down from a challenge. Mary had a full and exciting life of world traveling, painting, interior designing, hosting art events, and being a top selling re-
altor for many years. She was a very hard worker, well known in her Real Estate community. Her “Velvet Hammer” nickname was because she would, “Nail the Deal with Honor and Class.” She always said her best attributes in life were her four children and nine grandchildren. She always made time for family and loved any kind of family gathering. She loved treating her grandchildren to a trip to the candy shop. Our mother was the light of our lives. She will be missed every single day. We were blessed to be her children and honored to be witness to her journey to Heaven on July 20, 2011. Mary Ann is survived by her siblings; Edward Churka (Diane), Tom Churka and Marge Elwell (Dennis); children; Linda D’Arpino (Vince), Marlene Leal (David), David Curtis and Steve Curtis (Megan); her grandchildren; Deanna, Michelle, Samantha, Gina, Daniel, Molly, Joe, Amelia, Maggie, baby Curtis (on the way)... and of course, Buster (loving canine companion). “I will not say goodbye – because you will live in my heart forever.” Family and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Mass at St Joseph’s Church, 43148 Mission Blvd. Fremont, on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 10 a.m. If you would like to make a donation in honor of Mary Ann Curtis, please make it to the following places that were dear to her heart: Assumption Catholic Church Truckee: 10116 E St., Truckee, CA 96161 (530) 587-3595 Tahoe Forest Cancer Center, 10956 Donner Pass Rd., #330, Truckee, CA 96161 (530) 582-6450
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SUBMITTED BY WAYNE C. ANTHONY DeVry University is proud to announce that the Fremont campus will host a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall August 10, 11, 12 and 13. A creation of Tom and Dee Twigg, this memorial was “built out of their care for mankind and for the people who served, died and are missing in the Vietnam War.” This is a unique opportunity to bear witness and respect for those who served our country during a difficult period of American history. Vietnam Memorial Wall Wednesday, Aug 10 – Saturday, Aug 13 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. DeVry University 6600 Dumbarton Circle, Fremont (510) 574-1262 www.devry.edu http://www.bringinghomethewall.com/ Event is FREE and Open to the Public
In a ceremony emceed by local realtor Lena Zee on July 30, the new home office and warehouse for multinational furniture wholesaler, Homelegance, Inc., was welcomed to its new Fremont headquarters by dignitaries of the human kind as well as colorful and athletic lions and dragons symbolizing good luck from the spirit world. The company has locations throughout the United States and Canada.
The San Leandro Art Association (SLAA) held their 52nd Annual Festival of Fine Art Saturday and Sunday, July 23 and 24 at the historic Casa Peralta, featuring award winning art, art demonstrations, silent auction, and children’s art activities. This event is a free, open show where anyone can enter their artwork, and serves to bring local work to the community and promote new and professional artists. Well-known Bay Area artist and teacher Laura Williams served as judge, and 2011 winners were announced: Oil and Acrylic Category: 1st - Edward Burton, "Quandary" 2nd - Martin Biro, "Medicine Man" 3rd - Monica Satterthwaite, "Grapes" Watercolor Category: 1st - Monica Satterthwaite, "Moonlight Cactus" 2nd - Barbara Berrner, "Welcome" 3rd - Gregory Sallee, "Summer Garden"
Photography Category: 1st - Tom Hicks, "Tickets Please" 2nd - John Abercrombie, "Little Red Church" 3rd - Cathy Grills, "Lone Tree" Porcelain Cateory: 1st - Jane Tsushima, "Pansy Tray" Sculpture Category: 1st - Bob Riggo, "African Woman" 2nd - Rebecca Chau, "Vincent" 3rd - Nicholas Tricket, "Untitled" Best of Show: "Moonlight Cactus" by Monica Satterthwaite The next SLAA show will be a nonjudged showing for members September 1 – October 1 at the San Leandro Main Library, located at 300 W. Estudillo Avenue. The library is also the location of SLAA’s meetings, held at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month. Free and open to the public, the general meeting is kept short and fol-
- noon, beginning August 22; the deadline is September 2. For more information call (510) 317-4200. To learn more about the San Leandro Art Association, call (510) 357-4650 or visit online at www.sanleandroartassociation.net.
lowed by a demonstration from a professional artist. Oil painter Bill Parsons will be the featured artist on August 9. For those who want to get involved in creating art or sharpen existing skills, San Lorenzo Adult School (820 Bockman Rd.) will be offering a 10week drawing class on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon beginning September 15 for $75. A 10-week class in watercolor will also be available on Mondays from 9 a.m. to noon starting September 12, also for $75. Classes will be led by Monica Satterthwaite, this year’s Festival of Fine Art Best of Show winner. Register at the Best of Show, "Moonlight Cactus" watercolor by Monica Satterthwaite Adult School, 8:30 a.m.
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s a Fulbright Germany Commission recipient, I was encouraged to approach my school’s principal about establishing a partnership with a school in Göttingen, Germany. We were invited to bring Mission San Jose High School students to visit the school and experience German culture. Principal Sandra Prairie and I stayed with teachers there; students were paired with German students according to their hobbies and age. There were nine students who traveled to Germany: Shiwen Chen, Shravya Sanagala, Sonia Krishna, Bisma Baig, Sabina Kapur, Darien Lo, Nikhil Krishna, Christopher Lo and Raashi Goyal. The following essays recount experiences by four of the students. RISHA KRISHNA, MSJHS ETHNIC STUDIES TEACHER-ESSAYS WRITTEN BY MISSION SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY SHRAVYA SANAGALA: Europe. It is a continent that Americans flock to in hopes of enjoying fine food, artistic beauty, and cultural exploits as the travel brochures describe to us. But the cliché paragraphs we read on paper can never truly convey the multiple facets of a country. We are hindered even further in our conquest for aesthetic pleasure when we stay in chain hotels and dine at easy fast food options because of accessibility and affordability. But a lucky nine of us Mission San Jose students got the opportunity of a lifetime to truly experience the customs and traditions of the rich, historical nation of Germany, in a summer cultural exchange program. The program, from June 17 to June 27, was proposed by Ethnic Studies teacher Risha Krishna after her visit to the country in 2010 in relation to the Fulbright Commission. After being invited back to the city of Göttingen, Germany by the teacher she stayed with, Ms. Ursula Kramer, Ms. Krishna decided on her own initiative to take nine students for a pilot cultural exchange program. She pitched the idea to Mission San Jose High principal, Sandra Prairie who approved of it and asked to attend as well. In preparation, we learned German phrases, tried German food, and made contact with our exchange partners. Communication was limited to email and social networking, but we tried as much as possible to learn about the lives of our German counterparts before the trip. We learned about their school, the Otto-ban Gymnasium, their sports activities, and daily activities. But just like travel brochures, emails did not give us the full scope of the truly beautiful and stimulating small town of Göttingen. The quaint city captivated us in the first moments as we walked through the trees. But the beauty of the town was only a small portion of the many wonders we enjoyed because the families we stayed with were the times we really enjoyed. Their kindness and hospitality never ceased to amaze us and rumors of cold and the calculating behavior never materialized. Instead, we noticed how organized and efficient they were, trying to keep us all entertained at every moment. The day after we landed, a hike was planned for us near one of the oldest German castles called Burg Hanstein. Every second of our trip was culturally rich with a castle tour, meeting with Gottingen’s mayor, and a visit to the town hall; proof that the German people we met were kind and ready to take care of us at every step. In conclusion, the highlights of our trip were all the cities we were able to visit including Hamburg, Berlin, Hanover, Dudershtact, and Göttingen; but in the end our trip was made special by the people we met and connections that were made. Ms. Krishna summed it up best, “Theoretically the partnership was established by the Fulbright Commission, and was expected to work perfectly. But for me, it went beyond theory and practicum. I saw the students with different backgrounds and different home environments come together in a way that was beyond expectations.”
BY SONIA KRISHNA: It’s not every day you find yourself with another mom and dad. At the beginning of summer, all I expected was playing tennis and volunteering, but I got so much more… I got the chance to have a whole new family. This summer, I had the opportunity, along with eight other students from my school, Mission San Jose High School, to go to Germany and live with a host family. We were placed with our exchange partners based on hobbies and interests. I was paired with a 16-year-old girl named Caroline Bolte. Throughout my time in Germany I attended school and participated in afterschool activities with her. We went hiking, biking, shopping, sightseeing, and hung out with friends. My time with Caroline led to an epiphany. I realized that in “Fremont culture,” kids come home and jump on the internet to socialize but in Germany most kids hang out face-to-face. Also, the food there was amazing; I’m going to miss having currywurst on the street corner. Public transportation is a major way of travel, in Germany, unlike the “California car culture” which involves being driven everywhere. Everywhere we went, we walked or rode the bus and train. Overall, the entire trip was fantastic. Traveling to Berlin and Hamburg and seeing major historical cities could have been boring if done with parents, but going with peers my own age made the experience so much more interesting. Hanging out with the other students from my school was an added bonus. It was great to have them around when I felt frustrated that I wasn’t able to communicate fluently with my new friends. When it came to my new friends, I felt that although it may appear on the surface that we are two totally different cultures, if you really get to know us better
you can see we are quite similar. I loved this experience because I got to meet people that I related to so easily, and I got a chance to experience their unique culture.
BY CHRISTOPHER LO: In the time span of nine days, eight American students and I took part in a cultural exchange that not only enriched our knowledge of German culture but also formed the foundation for potentially long-lasting friendships with our German counterparts. After several months of preparation, which, aside from the usual itinerary review, included establishing online contact with our German hosts, we flew from SFO to Hannover International Airport (with a brief stop in Zurich). Rita Engels, Principal of the German Otto Hahn Gymnasium (German school), and several host parents, greeted our group of students, a teacher and our principal. We were whisked off to the school in a three-car convoy to meet our host partners and their respective families. By a matter of luck (or in my case, misfortune), my car arrived first at the school parking lot, and I was given the responsibility of breaking the ice with a group of Germans staring curiously at me. Much to my own surprise, I waved and began shaking hands with as many host families as I could and worked my way to my host partner, Tom Rouenhoff, and his family. Taking me in with open arms, the Rouenhoffs were an extremely friendly group (including their Labrador) and surprisingly, not very different from the typical American family. They loved Apple products, had movie nights in the living room, and loved sports (basketball in their case). Upon arriving at their small but beautiful home in Bovenden, a smaller town ten miles from Gottingen, I promptly dove onto the bed in the room my host family had set up for me and dozed off for the night. It wasn’t until the next day that I was able to fully appreciate my surroundings. The architecture of my house would have been considered odd by American standards: The front entrance/atrium measured only a few feet by a few feet. If one were to close all the doors, it would seem as if one were in a large closet. There was only one living room and an incredibly small kitchen with a fastheating electric stove. Stepping outside, I was greeted by a beautiful neighborhood, with bright, red-roofed houses and roads paved smooth with neat little, multi-colored bricks. An assortment of Volkswagens, BMWs, Mercedes, and Audis lined driveways. The station wagon style seemed to be the Germans’ car of choice for family excursions, as every host family used a station wagon vehicle to drive us on our excursions. Our first landmark was a castle, Burg Hanstein, situated near the old west-east German border. Almost in ruins, the castle dates back to medieval times and was a sort of eye-candy for my brother and I (both of us being history buffs and me being the engineer type). After touring the castle and taking a hike on one of the surrounding forest trails with the whole German-American group, we had our first German meal of bratwurst and sauerkraut. Although the bratwurst was fairly tasty, the sauerkraut was somewhat unpalatable for my taste buds. The afternoon and subsequent evening involved Tom and the German kids taking several of the Americans (myself included) to an indoor pool. The second day consisted of my first day of German school. German education is organized much differently than the American education structure. Instead of the
standard K-12 education involving elementary, then high school, German students have to take a test in 4th grade that determines what type of “high school” they will attend. Students showing the highest potential for success are sent to a Gymnasium, which offers the best education, while lower-scoring students are sent to trade schools. Tom put things in a different light: “It’s really easy to get in a gymnasium, and almost everyone makes it in.” Taking fourteen classes spread throughout the week, Tom’s first class was biology, equivalent to my A.P. Biology class. After the two-hour class, Tom and I took off with the rest of the German/American group to walk to the town hall, meet the vice mayor of Göttingen and take a walking tour of the town. The third day was a full school day consisting of geography, philosophy, and history, with a two-hour meeting with my fellow Americans and lunch in-between philosophy and history. Although the third day was fairly uneventful, the subsequent one was to be the complete opposite… the Berlin trip. Taking the 200 mph high speed rail from Göttingen to Berlin, we arrived at the Berlin Bahnhof train station after a three-hour trip. Stepping out of the train station, we were greeted by the largest building in the city off to our left: the Reichstag, the German parliament building. With its old, World War II structures juxtaposed by a brand new glass dome on its top, the Reichstag gave me an aweinspiring feeling reminiscent of the U.S. Capital building. Since one of the German student’s mothers was working in the Reichstag, we were given a special VIP tour of the building that included underground passageways used by the parliament members and various meeting rooms used by the different parties. After the tour of the Reichstag, we stopped at a nearby park for a lunch break, and then headed toward the Brandenburg gate for our walking tour of Berlin. The tour guide, Carlos, took us all over Berlin, showing us various landmarks such as the Adlon hotel, the World War I Peace Memorial, Museum Island, the Russian Embassy (which was the largest and had still had Soviet markings), several memorials to the Holocaust, a once-abandoned ghost train station, and finishing at Checkpoint Charlie. By this time it was evening. We made it back to Göttingen around 10 p.m. The following days consisted of school with Tom, and at one point I was asked by the principal to give a brief lecture on California to a group of fifth graders. Friday consisted of a visit to the ex-East German checkpoint museum and lunch at the quaint, serene town of Duderstadt. On Saturday, the German-American group split up for the day, with six of us (Tom, two other Americans, their hosts, and I) taking a three-hour drive to Hamburg. Possessing the same hustling pace as Berlin, Hamburg seemed to focus less on the history and more on the modern age, as the harbor was brimming with cargo vessels and military warships, while the city center was a mix of convention centers, skyscrapers, and modern architecture. Our group of six kids and four adults took a boat tour of the river Elbe and hung out at a mall before having dinner at a restaurant and driving home. Five kilometers from home our car (with Tom. his brother, two parents and I) stalled and came to a sudden stop at the side of the road: We had run out of gas, and it took another hour or so before the second car came to our rescue with a spare gallon (or should I say liter?). Needless to say, I became very familiar with the phrase, “schiesse” after this mishap.
MSJHS students meet Göttingen’s mayor in office chambers.
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GermanSchool: MSJHS students, host students, Principal Prairie (far left), teacher Risha Krishna (right) with German school teacher (farthest right) all pose in front of the German school’s mural.
On our last full day (Sunday), our Hamburg group hiked around the neighborhood forest, stopping at a castle for a quick bratwurst and ice cream for lunch. We then hiked down to one of the German girl’s houses for a BBQ party in the evening and partied the night away. The next (and saddest day) day, Tom, his parents and I woke up at 5 a.m. to drive to the Gymnasium to say goodbye. After thanking the parents for their hospitality and inviting them to come to California anytime, Tom and I said farewell for now. We ended it how we started it, with a bro-hug, and a smile. Then my classmates and I boarded the taxi for Hannover.
BY DARIEN LO: As I look back now; it’s difficult for me to understand the way I felt when I first considered taking this exchange trip. I’ll admit that I’m not exactly ambitious to try new
Day three was spent mostly at school; our first class was a morality of class, something unheard of back here in the U.S. Afterward, we attended music theory class. My partner spent the rest of the day teaching me basic German so I could be less of a Chinese tourist. The next day was our greatly anticipated Berlin day trip. We took the three and a half hour ride on the ICE train to the impressive Berlin Banhof (train station). However, we became even more impressed when we saw the imposing Reichstag five minutes later. We were able to enter the Reichstag via a series of underground passages that led to government offices and eventually spent some time on the roof and glass dome. After lunch (in a beer garden) we walked over to the Brandenburg gate to begin our tour of Berlin. Our splendid tour guide showed us many prominent Berlin landmarks such as: Museum Island, the Berlin Cathedral, Humboldt University, and Checkpoint Charlie. Berlin was a truly magnificent city; it gave me the sense of being in a classical 18th century European city. The weather was surpris-
Sonia Krishna and Sabina Kapur pose in front of the Reichstag Building in Berlin, home of the German Parliament.
things and I truly didn’t feel like wasting part of my summer for this, even if I was going to Germany. Nonetheless, I was beginning to feel excited a couple days before we left. I had never been on an exchange trip or to Germany. On the day we arrived in Lower Saxony (central Germany), we were able to meet our respective partners at the school we would be attending, Otto Hahn Gymnasium of Göttingen. I spent most of this first day introducing myself to my partner, Lea, her brother Julius and her parents Tatiana (mom) and Bernd (dad), as well as adjusting to my new surroundings in the small town of Dransfeld. In comparison to my house and the neighborhood around it, Lea’s house emanated a truly homey feeling with its colorful interior, large garden and design. On our first day, the entire exchange group made a hiking trip to the partially ruined Burg Hanstein Castle, near the River Werra. As a history fanatic, I would say that this trip to Burg Hanstein was truly fascinating. In the late afternoon, most of the exchange group (including me) went on a bonding trip to a nearby indoor swim park. We started day two, a Monday, rather early at 6 a.m. to go to school where I attended a physics lecture (Germans take up to 14 subjects or about two or three a day). We left our lecture a little early to join the rest of the exchange group for a walk to Göttingen City Hall where we met the mayor and other officials. Afterwards, we took a tour of the old part of Göttingen, going to many renowned sites such as the George August University, the Gänseliesel fountain, St.Jacoby’s church and the old city hall. It was after the tour that I had my first currywurst (a representative German fast-food consisting of sausage topped with ketchup and curry powder). My host family and I spent the later part of the day hiking near the Gauss tower in an extinct volcano.
ingly sunny that day, a respite from the constant rain we had experienced throughout the week. Owing to the fact that we got back to Göttingen at around ten o clock at night, we were allowed to sleep in a little longer the next day. Once again we were back at school and this time I attended a physical education class as well as an English class. The latter part of the afternoon, I spent with Lea and her mom in the medieval town of Hann Münden. Since Lea’s mom is actually from the town, she served as an excellent tour guide. Personally, I found this city to be the highlight of my trip; we toured the little town and went to its numerous landmarks such as the city castle, town hall, medieval walls, and church.
At the end of our tour, we stopped by the renowned Knight of The Red Sausage, rated the best bratwurst stop in Europe, where we indulged in some truly delicious bratwurst sausage. Evening was spent with the rest of the exchange group at a movie night, where we sampled some German cinema. Day 6 began at six in the morning. The American students and I went to the Duderstadt Borderland Museum Eichsfeld, which gave us some insight and knowledge about the West German-East German Border. We also spent some time in the center of the medieval town of Duderstadt. Like Göttingen and Hann Münden, Duderstadt featured the typical medieval German architecture of Gothic churches and half timber housing. Upon returning to Göttingen, I had some free time back in my room to study German before all the host families and exchange students convened at the Gymnasium for a dinner potluck and go to the school musical. The actors and cast in the musical displayed some true talent, singing and performing well known Michael Jackson, Beyonce, and Bee Gees’ songs. The next day was Saturday and my host partner and I went with half of the exchange group to Hanover on our own. Due to a train strike, we left about an hour later. We took the regional train this time, not the ICE and arrived at Hanover Banhof at early noon. Lea’s boyfriend was kind enough to give us a tour of Hanover starting from the magnificent Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen. From the grand and baroque gardens we took the tram system to the Staatsoper Hanover (opera house), new and old city hall, and the marktkirche (Hanover market church). In general, Hanover can be considered a downsized version of Berlin with its grandiose architecture and 18th century style. Unfortunately, the train strike derailed our original plans to return to Göttingen and we were forced to stop at Goslar and switch trains before heading back to Göttingen. Our final day happened to be a Sunday and even though I’m not Christian, I requested to join my host family in church just to get a feel of what Church is like. The experience could have been more enlightening if I understood what the pastor what saying, (obviously it was all in German), but in general the experience seemed very much like an American church. My family recognized my pronounced love for the town of Hann Münden so we decided that my last full day in Germany should be spent exploring the other half of the town. Before we left however, I said my final goodbye to Bernd who was starring in a T.V. show in Cologne and was leaving that day. On our second tour of Hann Münden, we explored the inside of the city church, walked around the city rotunda and climbed up the extremely tall city watchtower to get a panoramic view of the city and its three rivers. Returning home, we ate dinner and spent the rest of the evening playing a board game before going to sleep early for my 7:30 a.m. flight back to the States. Upon boarding my flight, I had already begun to experience a feeling of longing and nostalgia. To call this trip profound would be an understatement; there aren’t many adjectives to describe a trip of this caliber. This boring money-wasting trip had turned out to be something a lot bigger, it allowed me to establish a bond, not only with the German students, but also with my fellow American students. This experience exposed and enlightened me to a culture I had never before dealt with; it expanded my worldview, and made me more cosmopolitan. Taking in all the sounds, sights and smells gave me an experience that I could not have imagined when I was first asked to go on this trip. Finally, I would simply say that this trip was just a whole lot of fun.
MSJHS students taking the ICE train to Berlin for the day.
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Theatre Review
the biggest laughs of the evening came with his one-liners and facial expressions. Karina Simpson did a fantastic turn as Nathan’s long-suffering fiancée, Adelaide. Rather dimwitted but endearing she was one hoofster who could belt it out and her “Adelaide’s Lament,” was hilarious and touching. James M. Jones was wonderful as cool Sky Masterson, the gambler’s gambler and high roller with heart. It has been a pleasure seeing this StarStruck veteran age like fine wine. His rendition of “Luck Be a Lady,” was great and one of the nights most anticipated numbers. Katherine Dela Cruz was perfect as prim “mission doll” and Sky’s challenging “mission.” Her fine voice was showcased in some great numbers such as “If I Were a Bell,” “I’ll Know,” and the fun duet, “Marry the Man Today.” Her comedic talents also shone through with the hilarious Havana scene. A special mention goes to some of the other featured roles
BY JANET GRANT
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he sizzle of Havana and New York City razzmatazz invaded the usually quiet Mission Hills above Fremont Friday night when StarStruck presented the classic “fable of Broadway” - “Guys and Dolls.” Based on short stories created by Damon Runyon with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, “Guys and Dolls” is considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy. And under the brilliant leadership of Artistic Director and Producer, Lori Stokes, Starstruck’s production more than paid homage to this Broadway legend. Performed under the stars by an exceptionally talented cast of 50 mostly teens from throughout the East Bay, StarStruck’s "Guys and Dolls" surpassed all expectations for a simple night of entertainment. From the time the curtains rose to depict the colorful milieu of 1930s New York City to the grand finale, this rousing production captivated a near packed house. In “Guys and Dolls,” we meet loveable thugs and their long-suffering dolls. Nathan Detroit runs the “oldest established permanent floating crap game” in New York. He is desperately seeking a place to play while also striving to keep Adelaide, his fiancé of 14 years from becoming his wife. And then there’s Sarah Brown, the up-
tight Save-A-Soul Mission leader out to reform the evildoers of Time Square and Sky Masterson, the high-rolling gambler who
tries to woo her to win a bet. And wrapped around this premise are some very familiar and toe-tapping tunes such as “Guys and Dolls,” and “Luck Be a Lady.” It takes more than dumb luck to put on a successful musical, and all the hard work was evident in spades with the incredible company ensemble numbers such as “Havana,” “Take Back Your Mink,” and the wonderfully athletic all-male romp, “The Crapshooter’s Ballet.” These numbers and more were choreographed by the incredible Jeanne BatacanHarper and conducted by the brilliant baton of Nancy Godfrey. Without exception, the principal leads were outstanding. Connor Stokes was funny as ever and just as appealing as ne'er-do-well and stressed out crap game czar, Nathan Detroit. His comedic timing was spot on and some of
such as Drew Williams as NicelyNicely Johnson; Coleton Schmitto as Benny Southstreet; Trevor Meyer as Harry the Horse; Max Lerch as Big Jule; Jeremy Griffith as Lt. Brannigan; Daniel J. Harper as Arvide Abernathy; and Anastassia Tselikova as General Mathilda Cartwright. All their performances were amazing and Drew William’s and the Ensemble’s crowd pleaser “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat,” almost brought the house down. Theater productions can be a crap shoot, but StarStruck’s “Guys and Dolls” is aces - a definite high stakes winner by the most hardworking young theatre troupe around. A high voltage, colorful, toe-tapping musical classic filled with vivid characters, oddball romance, and great numbers and all set in a beautiful, outdoor, star-studded, awesome night venue. However you look at it - it’s magic! Guys and Dolls Friday, July 29 Saturday, July 30 Thursday, August 4 Saturday, August 6 Thursday, August 11 Saturday, August 13 8 p.m. Ohlone College Smith Center, Outdoor Amphitheatre 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont (510) 659-1319 www.starstrucktheatre.org Reserved seating prices range from $22-$26 The performance on Friday, August 5, will also include American Sign Language interpretation.
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