The Bulletin

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019

U.S. Government Blasted for Stance on Reunifying Migrant Families

By Elliot Spagat

SAN DIEGO (AP)—The Trump administration says it would require extraordinary effort to reunite what may be thousands of migrant children who have been separated from their parents and, even if it could, the children would likely be emotionally harmed.

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onathan White, who leads the Health and Human Services Department’s efforts to reunite migrant children with their parents, said removing children from “sponsor” homes to rejoin their parents “would present grave child welfare concerns.” He said the government should focus on reuniting children currently in its custody, not those who have already been released to sponsors.

“It would destabilize the permanency of their existing home environment, and could be traumatic to the children,” White said in a court filing late Friday, citing his years of experience working with unaccompanied migrant children and background as a social worker.

The administration outlined its position in a court-ordered response to a government watchdog report last month that found many more migrant children may have been split from their families than previously reported. The government didn’t adequately track separated children before a federal judge in San Diego ruled in June that children in its custody be reunited with their parents.

It is unknown how many families were split under a longstanding policy that allows separation under certain circumstances, such as serious criminal charges against a parent, concerns over the health and welfare of a child or medical concerns.

Ann Maxwell, Health and Human Services’ assistant inspector general for evaluations, said last month that the number of separated children was certainly larger than the 2,737 listed by the government in court documents. The department’s inspector general report didn’t have a precise count, but Maxwell said staff estimated it to be in the thousands.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which wants U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw’s order to apply to children who were released to sponsors before his June 26 ruling, criticized the government’s position. A hearing is scheduled Feb. 21.

“The Trump administration’s response is a shocking concession that it can’t easily find thousands of children it ripped from parents, and doesn’t even think it’s worth the time to locate each of them,” said Lee Gelernt, the lead ACLU attorney.

Last spring, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions said anyone crossing the border illegally would be criminally prosecuted, leading to widespread family separations. President Donald Trump retreated amid an international outcry, days before the San Diego judge ordered that families be reunited Jallyn Sualog, deputy director of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, said in Friday’s filing that it would take up to eight hours to review each of its 47,083 cases between July 1, 2017, and Sabraw’s June order, which translates to 100 employees working up to 471 days.

Such an assignment would “substantially imperil” operations without a “rapid, dramatic expansion” in staffing. n Migrant Families, see page 9

“The Trump administration’s response is a shocking concession that it can’t easily find thousands of children it ripped from parents, and doesn’t even think it’s worth the time to locate each of them.”

Lee Gelernt, ACLU

McVay Looks to Future After Rams’ Ride Derails in Super Bowl

LOS ANGELES—His pen again. coaching tenure had been “The thing that is so a rocket ride all the way to tough about all of this is the Super Bowl. the finality to it,” McVay Until Bill Belichick said Sunday night after sent this bright football his Rams failed to score mind and his exciting a touchdown for only team plummeting back to the second time in his 36 Earth. games in charge. “Usually, What McVay does if you go through some about it will determine adversity, you get a chance whether to bounce back the Rams “This is going right away. This are still an is going to to be a very one ascending stick with you. powerIt just stings humbling, house or in your gut. tough one another I’m still kind NFL conof numb right that you tender now, but I have broken by learn from.” so much love the New for these playEngland ers and these Sean McVay Patriots. coaches. That’s After Belichick’s de- where it really eats at you, fense turned McVay’s because you feel like you offense into the worst didn’t do your part to help version anyone had ever them achieve success. seen, the Rams’ 33-year“This is going to be a old offensive guru was vis- very humbling, tough one ibly frustrated and embar- that you learn from. But rassed. His clenched jaw you have to demonstrate in postgame interviews that mental toughness you also signified a determi- talk about, and that is all I n Rams, see page 9 nation to never let it hap-

East Los Angeles College’s First Female Football Player Featured In Superbowl Commercial MONTEREY PARK—Ms. Toni Harris, the first female football player ever for the East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Huskies, is the featured star of a Toyota commercial that is scheduled to air before an estimated 100 million television viewers during Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, February 3, 2019.

Ms. Harris was also featured this week in a four-minute-long news segment during a national network broadcast of CBS This Mornthe most to play football is “people ing that highlighted her remarkable telling me I can’t. I love to prove story and her role model status for people wrong. A message I want to future female football players. CBS send to younger girls is to keep your carried the poignant interview with dream alive.”

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Ms. Harris Harris, “I love to prove people wrong. and preNo. 31, miered A message I want to send to p l ay s t h e d e fe n s e younger girls is to keep your To y o t a as a Free c o m Safety dream alive.” mercial. for the T h e E L AC Toni Harris broadHuskies c a s t Football Team and has been an imand commercial are online at Bit.ly/ portant part of the team’s success, ELACToniHarris. according to ELAC Head Football In her interview with CBS, Ms. Coach Bobby Godinez.

Harris said that what motivates her “Toni Harris has shown great

Toyota/YouTube resolve in her journey and quest to be a college football player. She has shown herself to be a great teammate here at East Los Angeles College and a great member of this

community. We all wish her the best in her journey beyond ELAC,” Godinez said.

Ms. Harris is one of the few women ever to play full contact college football. She joined the ELAC Huskies team in June 2017 and has been playing football since she was about six years old in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan.

Ms. Harris, an ELAC Honors Student, says she wants to continue in her football career and become the first female player in the history of the National Football League.

She has received multiple scholarship offers to continue playing football after her time at ELAC, but has not committed yet to any specific four-year college team.

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NEWS Charles Drew Among African-American Inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame Since the founding of the National Inventors Hall of Fame®(NIHF), nearly 600 visionary men and women, who conceived, patented and advanced the greatest technological achievements of our nation, have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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istorical innovators like Joseph Lee and Charles Drew paved the way beyond science and technology

by becoming trailblazers for African Americans. Today, pioneers like Marshall Jones continue to advance technologies and lead the way for the next generation of innovators.

Charles Drew Renowned for his work in blood plasma preservation, Charles Drew’s research into the storage, processing and shipment of blood plasma saved lives during World War II and reformed the U.S.’s blood bank process through standardization and advanced storage techniques.

Drew started what would become bloodmobiles and be-

came a trailblazer as the first director of the American Red Cross Blood Bank in New York.

Joseph Lee The son of slaves, Boston-area entrepreneur Joseph Lee was a pioneer in the automation of bread and bread-crumb making during the late 1800s.

The self-educated inventor was a successful hotel and restaurant owner who created his machines to allow for greater efficiency in his kitchens. By 1900, his devices were used by many of America’s leading hotels and

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were fixtures in hundreds of the country’s leading catering establishments.

Marshall Jones Marshall Jones, a mechanical engineer at General Electric (GE), pioneered the use of lasers for industrial materials processing, particularly in the welding, drilling, and cutting of metals at a time when lasers were uncommon in materials processing.

He invented novel methods to weld dissimilar metals, and developed fiber optic systems that made lasers more convenient for industrial applications.

Honor our world-changing inventors during Black History Month and celebrate the advancement of our nation through the process of invention.

You can learn more about our Inductees at invent.org/ inductees.

Joseph Lee and his ground-breaking bread-making machine.

Rancho Los Cerritos Celebrates 175 Years

ACROSS 1. Indian black tea 6. Elmer to Bugs 9. Glorify 13. Head of a mosque 14. E.T. transporter 15. This was his name-o 16. Mental portrait 17. Chlorofluorocarbon, abbr.

18. French novelist Zola 19. *Related to puzzle theme 21. Way to absorb 23. Lobe locale 24. H. H. Munro’s pseudonym 25. Rap sheet abbr.

28. Hungarian bagpipe 30. Deeply hidden within self 35. Initiation ceremony, e.g.

37. Made with stitches 39. Venus neighbor 40. Crucifix 41. Cerberus’ domain 43. Petri dish filler 44. Young hooter 46. Fraternity recruitment season 47. Type of shark 48. ____ Grove, MN 50. Corset rod 52. Animal’s nose 53. Number one 55. Second solfa syllable, pl.

57. *Flowery Valentine’s gift 61. *Between girlfriend and

wife 65. Liquid drug container 66. Planet ruler in the movies 68. *Blast from Harry’s past, movie 69. Caterpillar hairs 70. Easter lead-in 71. Human social group 72. *Tied upon marriage 73. Kith partner 74. Wild plums DOWN 1. Gulf V.I.P. 2. Clash of heavyweights 3. NBA action 4. Lake scum 5. Dionysus’ follower 6. Mussolini, with Il 7. On vacation 8. Cuckoo for what puffs?

9. *Romantic ride 10. Anisette, for short 11. Tangerine plus grapefruit 12. “Easy ____ it” 15. *Kind of wish 20. *Puppy love 22. Do biathlon 24. Woodworker’s byproduct 25. *Cupid’s ammo 26. Native of American Great Plains 27. Circular island of coral 29. *First word

31. Hat-tipper’s word 32. Donated life-saver 33. Interest in a venture 34. *Heart____ 36. “Harper Valley PTA” star 38. Hatchling’s home 42. Harry Belafonte’s daughter 45. Tiny tube 49. Tiger’s launch point 51. Leavening agent, pl.

54. Smelled offensively 56. Angry growl 57. Lounge, like in the sun 58. A sign 59. “____ ____ no good” 60. African tea 61. Shade-loving plant 62. Greek muse of history 63. River in Bohemia 64. *”Can’t take my ____ off you...”

67. Hawaiian dish LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

LONG BEACH—Rancho Los Cerritos, known for its well-preserved adobe, is turning 175 in 2019, and the year will be filled with a slate of special events to celebrate the anniversary.

Throughout 2019, rotating exhibits in RLC’s library will reflect on the history of Long Beach and the Rancho, and a series of special anniversary-related events will culminate on September 28 with a festival, complete with activities, art, music, and more.

After marrying a relative of the Nieto family—the original

recipients of the land grant in 1784—John Temple constructed the Monterey-style adobe home. The 27,000-acre ranch reached from present-day Paramount to the Pacific Ocean and was a working cattle ranch.

Temple, who became a Mexican citizen—at least on paper—in order to buy the land, actually lived in the Pueblo of Los Angeles. Rancho Los Cerritos was occupied primarily by the ranch’s foreman, unless Temple and his family were visiting on ranch business.

John Temple later sold the property to Flint, Bixby and Company. The Bixby family lived on the Rancho and raised sheep there until 1881. It was remodeled in 1930 and a new generation of Bixby family members lived in the house until 1955, when it was donated to the city.

Today, the museum is operated by the Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation, a nonprofit organization, in partnership with the City of Long Beach.

“During the last 175 years, Rancho Los Cerritos has borne witness to the creation of Long Beach as we know it, and the Rancho reflects the diverse history of all the people who lived in and around Long Beach from the mid-19thcentury through the 1930s,” said Alison Bruesehoff, RLC Executive Director.

2019 also marks the beginning of an innovative environmental project, funded in large part with a $1 million Port of Long Beach grant. The project, which will take four years to complete, will allow RLC to retain up to 95% of rainfall on site, reducing runoff and pollution.

“We recognize our place as stewards of history, and want to make the Rancho sustainable and relevant for another 175 years,” Bruesehoff said.

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NEWS L.A. County Probation Continues Efforts to Combat Trafikking of Children For Sex LOS ANGELES—When most people think of human trafficking, they tend to consider it a crime that occurs overseas. The unfortunate reality is that this is a crime taking place daily right here in the United States and Los Angeles County is considered a hub for such activity.

Since 2011 when L.A. County was identified as a major hub for the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), the Los Angeles County Probation Department has paved the way for innovative and collaborative efforts to identify and provide services and support for children who are victims of sex trafficking.

The Los Angeles County First Responder Protocol was implemented in 2014 revolutionizing the way law enforcement and social services personnel approached and treated victims of sex trafficking. L.A. County Probation Director Michelle Guymon has been central to the effort to actively develop training programs to address the issue of sex trafficking and assist victims with getting out of “the life.”

“Perhaps the most profound thing that we have done is to change the way in which we refer to these youth,” explains Ms. Guymon. “We no longer call them prostitutes and treat them like criminals. They are in fact victims, and since they are victims, they need to be given access to services and treatment to help them heal and become whole again. Probation staff are trained to ask the right questions to help identify which kids in our custody are considered CSEC and how to

DPO Terrika Woolfolk (holding Oree Freeman’s baby), Jim Carson from Orangewood Children’s Foundation, Amber Davies from Saving Innocence, CSEC Advocate Oree Freeman and L.A. County Second District Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas best serve this growing population.”

Since the implementation of the Protocol in August 2014 through August 2018, over 361 girls and boys have been rescued from the clutches of sex-trafficking. This January alone as part of the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force’s Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, 14 minor victims were recovered. In that four-year period, data collected by L.A. County Probation revealed that the average age of a CSEC victim was 15 with the youngest being 11.

Oree Freeman, who at the age of 12 was a victim of sex trafficking in L.A. County, knows all too well about the horrors of commercial sexual exploitation.

While still under Probation supervision, Oree created and presented “In Her Heels,” an educational presentation about the sex industry and how children become victims of a multi-billion-dollar black mar-

ket often taking place in plain sight.

In her presentation Oree educated foster care staff with her in-depth descriptions of how sex trafficking operates and how victims are selected, groomed and forced to work in

ing their perceptions of sex crime victims.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors formally recognized January as National Human Trafficking Awareness Month and honored Oree

“Thinking back to when I first started at 12 years old and to where I am now has been a full circle and I couldn’t have done that without the people who are here.”

Oree Freeman, survivor and advocate dangerous conditions.

Survivors willing to speak about their experiences has contributed to a wave of awareness that ultimately led to significant reform. Oree is now a CSEC advocate and mentor helping to lead the movement that has resulted in law enforcement leaders chang-

for her decade-long advocacy and work in helping survivors of human trafficking. As she spoke her former Probation officer, Deputy Probation Officer Terrika Woolfolk, was holding her newborn baby.

“Thinking back to when I first started at 12 years old and to where

I am now has been a full circle and I couldn’t have done that without the people who are here,” Oree said thanking members of Probation. “We have a lot more work left to do. As we all go home to today, children will be exploited tonight, but they have a chance because of the people and compassion that you all give and that I received. I can’t thank Probation and the Department of Children and Family Services enough for giving me hope when I had none, for giving me a new chance on life by being there consistently.”

Oree continues to be a highly sought-after speaker, trainer and peer advocate with the community-based nonprofit organization, Saving Innocence. After a short time off to raise her newborn daughter, she plans to continue her college education in psychology to advance her work in child advocacy and combatting human trafficking.

L.A. Seeks Online Portal for Small Businesses to Compete for Large Contracts LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles City Council committee moved forward with a proposal Wednesday to create a free online database that would link local businesses to major contracts, including ones related to the 2028 Olympics and other major events.

The program would be modeled after a system that was developed for the 2012 London Olympics. Over 200,000 businesses have registered with the London website since its creation and more than 75 percent of the contracts o n the platform have been awarded t o small and medium businesses, according

to a report from the Los Angeles Business Council Institute, and will be available to

ALL Los Angeles County bases businesses.

“I want to thank the Los Angeles Business Council for bringing this concept to us because it seemed to me an exciting opportunity to emulate what has worked elsewhere in order to broaden our pool of potential businesses who can benefit from the enormous amount of economic activity in procurement that we are going to have, not just public procurement but private procurement in relation to the big events that we have coming

nesses to know about those opportunities, to compete effectively for those opportunities and to not be buried in the red tape that’s usually involved in the procurement process,” said Councilman Paul Krekorian, chair of the Ad Hoc on Comprehensive Job Creation Committee.

A motion introduced by Krekorian and approved by the committee noted many of the economic opportunities that are coming to Los Angeles in the coming years.

“Over the next decade, Los Angeles will benefit from an unprecedented amount of investment in public infrastructure projects such as those funded by Measure M and Measure HHH,” the motion says.

“L os Angeles will also benefit from significant

events that will create extraordinary economic activity, including the 2020 MLB All Star Game, 2022 Super Bowl, 2023 College Football Playoff, 2026 World Cup, 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and more.”

The motion would direct city staff to review the LABCI study and report back with options for developing the online database.

up, and will allow more busi-

Photo credit: Los Angeles Business Council Los Angeles City Councilmembers Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Paul Krekorian and Bob Blumenfield listen to the Los Angeles Business Council’s proposal of a free online program that would benefit small businesses by linking them to contracts for major sports, entertainment and convention events.

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NEWS

Blackface Scandal Spotlights Deeply Embedded Racism IS in U.S.

By Errin Haines Whack

When Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam refused to resign last week, he did so in the shadow of a Capitol built by a founding father and a slave owner, in the former seat of the Confederacy still wrestling with what to do about statues that honor those who fought to preserve slavery.

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he 35-year-old photo on his yearbook page of a person in Blackface and another person in a Ku Klux Klan robe has brought about a stunning reversal of fortune in Northam’s political career and laid bare for the nation just how deeply racist behavior remains interwoven in American culture, institutions and politics. In rejecting calls to step down, the 59-year-old white son of Virginia came across to many African-Americans as displaying a sense of white privilege.

“What we have learned over the last 24 hours along with all the incidents of the last two years brings front and center the need for this nation to deal with the question of race once and for all,” NAACP President Der-

rick Johnson said in an interview Saturday. “Because we have (President Donald) Trump in the White House, who has created a political landscape of intolerance and racial hatred, this has exposed a wound that has been festering for a while now.”

The incident came on the first day of Black History Month and as Virginians prepare to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the settlement of Jamestown.

“I think a lot of Black folks are tired of apologies and talking,” said Wes Bellamy, a councilman in Charlottesville, Virginia, who has worked for the removal of Confederate statues in the city. “This is another ugly stain on our state’s history. We are going to have to commit ourselves to making this right—not just with our words, but with our resources.”

Should Northam, a Democrat, ultimately step down, Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax would become the second Black governor in the South since Reconstruction. Last month, Fairfax, the only Black statewide official, took his seat as the Virginia Senate recognized Lee-Jackson Day, which honors Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

Virginia is still healing from the racial wounds inflicted in August 2017, when white supremacists

“This is another ugly stain on our state’s history. We are going to have to commit ourselves to making this right.”

Wes Bellamy, Charlottesville, VA City Councilman

marched on Charlottesville to protest the removal of a statue of Lee. Many of the mostly white men who converged on the city chanting racist slogans and burning torches were about the same age that Northam would’ve been as a student at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Northam’s age belies the assumption that their actions reflected the tenor and tone of the era. In 1984 when the photograph on Northam’s yearbook page was taken, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson was running for president.

Pioneering Black entertainer Bill Cosby was the star of one of America’s most popular television shows.

African-Americans were climbing the nation’s social, professional, political and economic ladders at unprecedented speed.

In his initial apology, Northam said that the photo does not represent who he is now. A day later, he denied being in the photograph and admitted to wearing Blackface as part of a Michael Jackson impersonation.

The incident is the third in recent weeks: Last month, Florida’s secretary of state resigned after photos from a 2005 Halloween party showed him in Blackface dressed as a Hurricane Katrina victim. Also last month, videos surfaced of people in Blackface at the University of Oklahoma, including a

man walking near campus. Two students withdrew from the university and apologized.

Such incidents are not only hurtful; they can be harmful when they happen at institutions of higher learning and are perpetrated by people who go on to impact the lives of people of color as decision-makers—from politicians to doctors. A recent University of Virginia study showed that Black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white patients, and that white laypeople and medical students and residents hold false beliefs about the biological differences between the races—beliefs that can affect the perception and treatment of Black patients.

The trust Northam, a pediatric neurologist, established with his patients was not unlike the faith he sought from voters. In running for governor, many people—including the 87 percent of Black voters who supported him—saw Northam as a candidate who belongs to a party associated with justice and equality, who ran against an opponent tied to a president who has been accused of racism.

Their vote for Northam was, in part, a rejection of those views and beliefs. The governor’s defiance amid the roar for him to step aside among

even his Democratic colleagues, Black and white, takes away the voters’ choice over what the consequences for his actions should be and casts doubt on his ability to represent them going forward, said NAACP President Johnson.

“If we cannot recognize African-Americans are full citizens entitled to humane treatment by our public policy makers, how can we expect public policy to meet the needs and interests of those communities being portrayed as less than human?” Johnson asked.

It also raises a critical question: In politics, should sincerity and repentance for a racist past matter more than the hurt feelings of Americans who live on the receiving end of racism?

Northam’s lieutenant governor doesn’t think so.

“I have worked closely with Ralph Northam over many years. He has been a friend to me and has treated my family and me with hospitality and respect,” Fairfax wrote in a statement Saturday, noting that he is a descendant of people enslaved in Virginia. “While his career has been marked by service to children, soldiers and constituents, I cannot condone the actions from his past that, at the very least, suggest a comfort with Virginia’s darker history of white supremacy, racial stereotyping, and intimidation.”

Fairfax has not called for Northam’s resignation, but by Sunday, he was one of the few democrats who had spoken publicly and not called for him to step down.

“He doesn’t want to go down on something he doesn’t think he did,” said Anthea Butler, a University of Pennsylvania religion professor who has written about politics.

“I don’t know how he thinks he can show up in the Black community.

He’s hobbling what he can do for his African-American constituents, and we’re asked to do the labor of forgiveness and healing. We’re over it. Why should he be allowed to stay?”

His stance illustrates how many Americans have come to view racism since the end of legally-enforced segregation, defined by only the most egregious, blatant examples like using the N-word or the Ku Klux Klan.

“That’s the boundary. Everything else is not,” said Carol Anderson, Emory University African American studies professor and author of ‘White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide.’

“Unless you’re burning a cross, you’re not racist,” Anderson said.

“But racism since the Civil Rights Movement is deceptively structural.”

Former Florida Elections Chief Apologizes for Blackface

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)—Florida’s former top elections official on Sunday apologized for dressing in Blackface as a Hurricane Katrina victim, more than a week after he resigned when photos of his Halloween costume were made public.

Michael Ertel, who was Florida’s secretary of state for less than three weeks, said in a personal Facebook post that what he did in 2005 was stupid and he is a better man than he was 14 years ago.

“For those who have not received a personal apology yet—I’m sorry,” he wrote.

Ertel also said that someone made the photos public out of revenge. He didn’t elaborate. The Tallahassee Democrat first published the pictures.

“Because while public revenge may be sweet for them, my private redemption, new family, and blessed life have been sweeter,” Ertel wrote. “Regardless of the circumstances which ended my public role, I’m a better private citizen for having served my fellow countrymen, first in the military, then in elected office and most recently as Secretary of State.”

Ertel didn’t respond to a phone call seeking comment.

Before being appointed Florida’s top elections official by Gov. Ron DeSantis, he was the elections supervisor in Seminole County, a suburb of Orlando.

DeSantis announced last week that Circuit Judge Laurel Lee would replace Ertel.

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NEWS Love Ain’t Easy’: Booker Brings Upbeat Vibe to 2020 Fight

By Elana Schor

WASHINGTON (AP)— Cory Booker leaped into the 2020 presidential race on Friday with a call for Americans to unite in a time of bitter polarization while some of his Democratic rivals are taking a more combative stance as they vie to take on President Donald Trump.

“The people I admire are the people that lead by calling out the best of who we are and not the worst.”

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ooker’s entry into the Democratic primary was steeped in history and symbolism, befitting his status as the second Black candidate in a historically diverse field. Invoking the legacy of the national movements for civil rights and for women’s suffrage, the New Jersey senator urged a return to a “common sense of purpose” and cast his appeal to the nation’s better angels as an uplifting alternative to Trump.

The 49-year-old Booker told reporters outside his home in Newark that “love ain’t easy,” adding: “The people I admire are the people that lead by calling out the best of who we are and not the worst.

So, I’m running for president because I believe in us. I believe in these values.”

Whether Democrats are in the mood to embrace Booker’s optimistic persona after two years of fuming about Trump’s

Cory Booker

presidency remains to be seen.

With Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren running as a champion for the middle class in a fight against powerful interests, and California Sen. Kamala running on taking on Trump directly, Booker’s fate may hinge on a bet that the electorate will respond again to the soaring oratory that helped Barack Obama break through in 2008.

Known for his easy way with voters during an age of sel-

fies and social media, Booker, the former mayor of Newark, announced his bid with a video that showcased his personal ties to the “low-income, inner city community” he says he led to a comeback. Booker won a special Senate election in 2013 and then a full Senate term in 2014.

Veteran GOP strategist Doug Heye lauded Booker’s video for a “fresh perspective” and suggested that the senator could fill a key niche in the

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2020 primary.

“There will be plenty of time for Democrats to ‘take on Trump’ in the coming months,” Heye said. “No doubt that is what a sizable part of the Democratic base wants, but if the campaign is all about who is the true anti-Trump, Democrats could miss connecting with voters who want to see a Washington that works.”

Booker hustled to make those connections on Friday, calling in to three radio shows

popular with Black and Hispanic listeners and appearing on “The View,” a staple for female audiences, with his mother in the audience. Asked how a committed vegan could win fans at the meat-and-buttercentric Iowa state fair, Booker said he enjoys “lots of deepfried stuff ” and underscored his family ties to that pivotal early-voting state: His grandmother was born there.

Booker is cultivating key powerbrokers Iowa, as well

Attackers Won’t Win

Smollett had made his first public comments about the incident on Friday in a written statement that said he had been “consistent on every level” with WEST HOLLYWOOD(AP)—Jussie Smollett was the police during their investigation, countering blunt, emotional and defiantly determined Saturday comments on social media saying he had changed his night at a Southern California concert some urged story and been uncooperative with investigators. him not to play, telling the crowd before singing a Chicago police also said Smollett has been coopnote that he had to go on with the show because he erative and they have found no reason to think he’s couldn’t let his attackers win. not being genuine.

“The most important thing I can say is Smollett stars alongside Terence and ‘thank you so much, and I’m OK,” said the “I’m not fully healed yet, but I’m going to be, Taraji P. Henson in “Empire,” the Fox TV “Empire” actor and R&B singer from the show about the power struggles of a family stage at the Troubadour in West Hollywood and I’m gonna stand strong with y’all.” in the music business that is now in its fifth in his first public appearance since he reJussie Smollett season. The series has allowed Smollett to ported to police in Chicago on Tuesday that play, sing and occasionally write music in two masked men had assaulted him and “And above all, I fought the (expletive) back,” he addition to acting. put a rope around his neck while using homophobic said to cheers.

Last year he released a solo album, “Sum of My and racial slurs.

Then he paused and said, emphatically but with a Music, which made up much of Saturday night’s set, “I’m not fully healed yet,” said Smollett, who is along with songs from “Empire.”

Black and openly gay, “but I’m going to be, and I’m laugh, “I’m the gay Tupac.”

Fan Monique Davis said after the show that she He often sits at the piano on the show but stood gonna stand strong with y’all.”

The concert had been planned long before the in- was shocked he spoke so bluntly and directly about front and center at the microphone at the Troubadour, the legendary Los Angeles club that helped launch the cident, and his family members and others had urged the incident, but she’s glad he did.

“It was amazing, it was emotional, it was inspir- careers of James Taylor, the Eagles and Elton John. him to postpone it. ing,” Davis said. “He showed everyone in the room he He was joined in jubilant dance by his family But Smollett said he couldn’t do that. members during his encore.

“I had to be here tonight, y’all. I couldn’t let those was strong.”

Smollett told police the men attacked him as he Earlier, they had taken the stage and voiced their (expletives) win,” he said to screams and cheers from the packed room of about 400 people. “I will always walked home in Chicago early Tuesday, throwing a support before he came on. chemical substance at him in addition to shouting “To be honest, as his big brother, I wanted him to stand for love. I will only stand for love.” sit this one out,” Joel Smollett Jr. said.

His small band then launched into an upbeat song slurs and putting the rope around his neck.

No arrests have been made, and police have not “But we realized this night is an important part and he broke into dance, wearing a simple white buttoned shirt, white sneakers and black jeans, shuffling found surveillance video of the attack, though they of Jussie’s healing. He’s been a fighter since he was a across the front of the stage and at times standing de- found footage of Smollett walking home with the baby. He fought his attackers that night, and he conrope around his neck. tinues to fight.” fiantly with a fist in the air.

By Andrew Dalton

Smollett kept the tone mostly celebratory through his hour-long set before addressing the attack headon toward the end of his hour-long set, when he told the crowd he wanted to clarify a few things.

He said he was bruised but his ribs were not cracked. He went straight to the doctor but was not hospitalized, and physicians in both Chicago and Los Angeles cleared him to play but told him to be careful.

as early voting New Hampshire and South Carolina. He plans to visit all three states before March.

Before he hit the road, the White House took its own hit at his candidacy. Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to the president, told CBS News that Booker “often sounds like a Hallmark card and not necessarily a person who is there to tell you everything he’s accomplished.” Booker will be able to run for a second full Senate term in 2020 while running for president, thanks to a law that New Jersey’s governor signed in November.

Booker joined a field getting more crowded and diverse by the week. As many as five more Democratic senators could soon mount their own primary bids, creating a competition for voters’ attention.

Several of Booker’s rivals for the nomination bring higher name recognition to a race that could still include former Vice President Joe Biden.

He could face further difficulty winning the hearts of the progressive Democratic base due to his past financial ties to banking and pharmaceutical interests. Booker said he would stop taking contributions from pharmaceutical companies in 2017, the year that he partnered with potential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on a bill that would allow importation of prescription drugs from Canada. Asked on Friday about Harris’ suggestion that the private health insurance industry be eliminated in the transition to single-payer health care, which both she and Booker support, Booker said that he envisions the continued existence of private providers.

Still, Booker is underscoring his progressive identity by joining many other prominent Democratic White House contenders by forswearing all donations from corporate political action committees and federal lobbyists to his campaign, which is dubbed Cory 2020. A prominent Booker supporter, San Francisco attorney Steve Phillips, says he is working on millions of dollars in committed donations to a so-called super PAC that would boost the senator’s candidacy, but Booker’s campaign is openly against super PACs playing any role in the presidential race.

And he was resolute on Friday in elevating his message that “the only way we can make change is when people come together.”

“We’ve got to be a country that gets back to sharing a common sense of purpose about what we’re for and who we’re for,” Booker said during a satellite radio interview.

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OP-ED Losing Your Driver’s License to Debt: “I finally paid off my student loans.

I want the freedom to be wherever I want to be.”

Keli Hammond, Owner/CEO B Classic Marketing & Communications

The American Dream Remains Deferred for Black Millennials

By Stacy Brown

The American Dream is described as a national ethos: a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers.

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hat’s the Wikipedia definition.

For African American millennials, the dream remains deferred—and in some cases, is a nightmare.

“The American Dream, the idea that anyone can succeed through hard work, is one of the most enduring myths in this country. And one of its most prominent falsehoods,” Reniqua Allen, the author of “It Was All a Dream” wrote in a recent New York Times Op-Ed. “As I entered my 30s, still navigating what achieving the dream would mean, I wondered what other Black millennials were feeling. I wanted to figure out what my generation of Black Americans thought about the promise of the American dream and how we can attain it,” Allen said.

Keli Hammond, the owner and CEO of Washington, D.C.-based B Classic Marketing & Communications and author of “Craved: the Secret Sauce to Building a Highly-Successful, Standout Brand,” said Black millennials have an uphill climb to achieve the American Dream.

“Unfortunately, this is a very true reality. Race is a touchy subject in this country—always has been, always will be,” Hammond said. “It’s funny because, even though it’s part of our social construct, it’s still incredibly uncomfortable when it’s talked about.”

Hammond, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Advertising from Temple University and a certification in Change Leadership from Cornell University, noted that race has a way of humbling dreams quite fast.

“Although I believe that millennials in general are struggling to identify with the American Dream, for Black millennials it can often feel like a dream you can’t achieve,” she said.

“We weren’t afforded the same job opportunities or raises, we don’t have the same networks, we’re not given the same leeway if we make a mistake, and we don’t have the same access to capital or generational wealth—it’s hard every day,” Hammond said.

In a survey customized exclusively for NNPA Newswire, Branded Research asked 452 African Americans which aspect of the American Dream is most important.

A total of 30 percent said having a comfortable retirement; 21 percent said homeownership; 21 percent said setting up their children for success; 15 percent said owing a business; 7 percent said a college education; and 6 percent said having a nuclear family.

When broken down by gender, 22 percent of men and 34 percent of women said having a comfortable retirement was most important.

Twenty-two percent of men identified homeownership as most important as compared with 21 percent of women.

When broken down by age, 24 percent of those between 18 and 24 identified setting up their children for success was most important and 21 percent of the same age group said having a comfortable retirement and owning a business is paramount.

Twenty-eight percent of African Americans between 25 and 34 identified home ownership as most important followed by setting up their children for success (27 percent); and having a comfortable retirement (19 percent).

Overall, African American consumers are most likely to say that the most important aspects of the American Dream are having a comfortable retirement, homeownership and setting children up for success.

African American women are more likely than African American men to say that having a comfortable retirement is the most important aspect of the American Dream.

Younger African Americans value homeownership, setting up children for success and owning a business while older African Americans value a comfortable retirement most.

“The American Dream isn’t what I strive for [because] my goal is to be successful in my chosen creative path of singing and to travel the world doing that—not to be tethered to a job I don’t like, to pay a mortgage I don’t want in order to live permanently anywhere,” said New York musician Risa Branch.

“I finally paid off my student loans. I want the freedom to be wherever I want to be,” Branch said.

“If I did get the surplus funds to buy a house, I’d rent it out and use the investment to fund a more mobile lifestyle.”

Hammond argued that Black millennials want equality, opportunity and freedom. “We want the same business and home loans, we want the same job offers, we want the same—everything,” she said.

“I’m college-educated, well-read, and well-traveled. I’m a business owner and a homeowner, and even with all of that, I’m keenly aware that I am still very much an underdog,” Hammond continued.

“Freedom means you don’t struggle financially or live paycheck-to-paycheck. Freedom means you’re able to relax sometimes and not worry about all the ways that you have to work to dispel racial myths and stereotypes.”

43 States Allow Suspensions Due to Unpaid Court Debt

ing (CRL). These advocates oppose these punitive policies and practices, particularly for the financial hardships imposed on the Today, personal vehicles transport parents poor. to work, take multiple family generations to In North Carolina, the Second Chance school, access medical and/or business services, Alliance has developed a change strategy and more. With a car and a driver’s license, that is largely based on the real-life expeconsumers gain mobility to go about their daily riences of people impacted by these inlives in all of its multiple dimensions. justices. Further, their strategy combines But what happens when that driver’s license reforms directed to local courts as well as is revoked or suspended? legislative initiatives. On 2017, according to In 43 states and the District of Columbia, the Alliance, over 1.1 million North Carodriver’s licenses can be suspended because of unlinians had their driver’s licenses suspended paid court debt. In most locales, once a driver’s liindefinitely for failure to either appear in cense is suspended, it can retain that designation court or pay fines. indefinitely. Only four states currently require an “Excessive fees and fines pose a funda“ability-to-repay” or a “willfulness” determinamental challenge to a fair and effective crimtion. Otherwise, nonpayment of driver-related inal justice system,” said Larry Schwartztol, charges can lead to the loss of a driver’s license executive director of Harvard Law’s Crimifor years. nal Justice Policy Program. “At their worst, That leaves consumers in 39 other states in these practices can lead to a two-tiered sysa financial quagmire. Whether a license is sustem of criminal justice, exposing indigent pended or revoked, the likelihood is that the defendants to especially harsh outcomes.” driver will incur a range of fees that many conIn A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sancsumers find unaffordable. Without a driver’s litions as a Punishment for the Poor, a book cense to reliably get to a job and its earnings the written by Dr. Alexes Harris, a professor of ability to repay assessed fees becomes nearly imsociology at the University of Washington, possible. over seven million Americans are either The fees and fines that lead to the revocation incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. of drivers’ licenses strikes the hardest among conFurther, court-ordered monetary sanctions sumers of color. In 2017, according to the Federthat compel criminal defendants to pay fines, al Reserve, Median family incomes by race and fees, restitution or other court-imposed ethnicity reveal $215,000 for Whites, $35,000 costs, bring more diffifor Latino families, and only culty to those seeking to $14,400 for Black families.

“Excessive fees and reenter society.

Further that same year the “Because they canFed found that nearly 1 in 5 fines pose a not be held fully accountBlack families have zero or able for their offending negative net worth—twice fundamental when they are unable to the rate of white families. challenge to a fair pay, the poor experience According to the Legal a permanent punishAid Justice Center in Virginand effective ment,” wrote Dr. Harris ia, nearly a million people in the book’s preface. with a suspended license—1 criminal justice “Because they cannot be in 6—could not pay their system.” held fully accountable fines. If caught driving on a for their offending when suspended Virginia license, Larry Schwartztol, they are unable to pay, consumers can be incarcerexecutive director of the poor experience a ated for up to a year and also permanent punishment. incur a $2,500 fine. Those Harvard Law’s Criminal Nevertheless, non-electwho are either late or short Justice Policy Program ed court bureaucrats enin paying traffic fines can force this system and ashave their driver’s license sess debtors’ remorse for suspended. The Commontheir crimes based on their own ideas about wealth’s courts and judges can take this action personal responsibility, meritocracy, and acthrough the assistance of computers—not peocountability.” ple, leaving many consumers unaware.

This trend of ‘punishing the poor’ gained The State of Illinois offers another insightadditional momentum in the aftermath of ful example: the foreclosure crisis. With plummeting tax • Nearly 50,000 Illinois licenses are suscollections, many cities, counties and states pended each year because drivers cannot sought ‘revenue enhancements’ to fund govpay their tickets, fines, or fees—including ernments. The unfortunate result is that the non-moving violations that have nothing to do same communities that were targeted for with driving; and millions of unsustainable mortgages that led • In Cook County, home to Chicago, peoto foreclosures are now being financially hit ple arrested for driving on a suspended license again. spend an average of 14 days incarcerated at a “Black and Brown communities already cost to taxpayers of $5.5 million annually. unjustly bear the disproportionate burden of Fortunately, a growing number of organiinequities in our criminal justice system,” notzations and consumer advocates are now deded Lucia Mattox, CRL’s Western States’ Policy icating resources to address this largely unreand Outreach Associate. ported trend. These advocates include but “The suspension of drivers’ licenses follows are not limited to: National Consumer Law the same trend lines.”

Center’s (NCLC) Racial Justice & Economic “States and local governments have a critOpportunity Project, Harvard Law School’s ical role to play in reversing these trends and Criminal Justice Policy Program, the North policies that unfairly trap people in debt cycles,” Carolina Justice Center, California’s Back on added Mattox. “Any entrenchment of racial inthe Road Coalition, Southern Poverty Law equalities denies freedom.”

Center, and the Center for Responsible LendBy Staff Reports

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OP-ED Dangerous Steps Backwards on Discriminatory School Discipline

By Marian Wright Edelman

In January 2014, the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice jointly released a ‘guidance package’ on school discipline to help schools and districts meet their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to use nondiscriminatory discipline practices.

Years of data have shown children of color and children with disabilities are disproportionately punished by school discipline practices and suspended and expelled from school.

Many schools and school districts have finally begun reforming their policies to promote positive academic and behavioral outcomes for all students and eliminate harsh and exclusionary discipline practices that push students out of school.

Administration the Departments of Education and Justice supported these positive reforms. Their 2014 guidance was a key step reminding schools of their legal obligations, followed by resources to help schools make sure they

Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 119 other organizations last month in signing a letter to the Departments of Education and Justice urging them to immediately recommit “to vigorous enforcement of

for educators to create safe, healthy, and inclusive environments for all students … Rescinding the guidance sends the opposite message: that the Departments do not care that schools are discriminating against children of color

“Rescinding the guidance is another in a long line of administration actions that “make schools less safe for LGBTQ students, sexual assault survivors, immigrant students, students of color, students with disabilities, and any child who experiences systemic discrimination.”

Letter to Depts. Of Education and Justice were providing equal opportunity for all students. The Trump Administration is now actively undercutting and eliminating this guidance.

Just as most teachers and students were getting ready to leave for winter break in December, the Departments of Education and Justice announced they were rescinding the 2014 guidance reinforcing protections for students of color and students with disabilities from discrimination in school discipline. The Children’s Defense Fund joined the

our civil rights laws and to a meaningful response to racial discrimination in school discipline.”

The letter says the 2014 guidance “clarifies that [the Departments of Education and Justice] expect schools and districts to treat all children fairly and provides practical tools and guidelines

by disproportionately excluding them from school and that the Departments will not fulfill their role in helping educators create and maintain safe schools that afford all students equal educational opportunities.” The letter also notes that rescinding the guidance is another in a long line of administration actions that “make

schools less safe for LGBTQ students, sexual assault survivors, immigrant students, students of color, students with disabilities, and any child who experiences systemic discrimination.”

Every day in America 2,363 children are arrested. That’s one child every 37 seconds. Thousands of children of color and with disabilities are getting trapped in the Cradle to Prison Pipeline™ because of discriminatory school discipline policies that often push children into the juvenile justice system. We must continue to enforce the laws preventing discrimination, which remain intact, and the good practices referenced in the 2014 guidance and reject every effort to drag our nation’s laws and children backwards.

As we enter this year’s Black History Month soon after celebrating what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 90th birthday, his words inspire us to go forward and resist this administration’s attempts to push our children backwards.

I often quote his clear words the first time I heard him speak in person during my senior year of college in Spelman College’s chapel: “If you cannot fly, drive; if you cannot drive, run; if you cannot run, walk; if you cannot walk, crawl. But keep moving. Keep moving forward.” We must not miss a step in our march toward justice.

During the Obama

A Dream Deferred—Is the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Just Another Elusive Dream?

By Dr. Elizabeth V. Primas Program Manager, NNPA ESSA Awareness Campaign

In 1951, Langston Hughes laid bare the anxious aspirations of millions of Black people in America with his poem, “A Dream Deferred.” In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reminded America of the promissory note written to its citizens guaranteeing life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, in his “I Have a Dream” speech.

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson attempted to make good on that promise by signing the Civil Rights Act into law. And in 1965, President Johnson sought to ensure equitable access to these unalienable rights by signing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) into law.

As a part of Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” ESEA was supposed to assist students of color in receiving a quality education, thereby helping lift them from poverty. To date, ESEA remains one of the most impactful education laws ever ratified. ESEA established education funding formulas, guided academic standards, and outlined state accountability.

Since Johnson, presidents have re-authorized and/or launched new initiatives safeguarding the intentions of ESEA. Some of the most notable re-authorizations have been “No Child Left Behind” (2001, George W. Bush) and “Race to

the Top” (2009, Barack Obama).

The most recent re-authorization, the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA) was signed into law by President Obama in 2015.

In previous re-authorizations of ESEA, emphasis was placed on students’ ability to pass rigorous standards in order to proceed from one grade to the next. However, data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that a measurable achievement gap has persisted.

As education leaders review the individual state plans that have been developed and approved in keeping with the Every Student Succeeds Act, it is obvious that many states are

making an attempt prioritize equity over performance.

Some states have set timelines for their accountability

too low for vulnerable student populations.

In several states, schools that perform in the bottom 5%

Be present in the school, be the squeaky wheel and don’t be afraid to demand the best for your children. measures, signifying the urgency of the problem, while other states continue to miss the mark by setting goals that are too distant, including the proposal of a twenty-year timetable to close the achievement gap.

I am concerned about ESSA State plans such as these, that pass the buck to future generations of educators and set the bar

will receive funding to assist in closing the achievement gap.

But, again, I wonder if we are setting the bar too low. I am not convinced that assisting schools in the bottom underperforming 5% will make a significant impact on closing the achievement gap in any city.

Still, I find hope in the new reporting guidelines outlined in

ESSA. ESSA requires State Education Agencies (SEAs) and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to develop school report cards so parents can compare which school is the best fit for their children.

District report cards must include the professional qualifications of educators, including the number and percentage of novice personnel, teachers with emergency credentials, and teachers teaching outside their area of expertise.

States must also report per-pupil spending for school districts and individual schools. Expenditures must be reported by funding source and must include actual personnel salaries, not district or

state averages. Parents must get engaged to hold legislators and educators accountable for their ESSA State Plans. Parents must also hold themselves accountable in prioritizing the education of our children. Research shows that just one year with a bad teacher can put a child three years behind. Now, think about what happens after years of neglect and lack of advocacy.

So, what happens to a dream deferred?

Parents hold tight to your dreams for your children’s futures. Be present in the school, be the squeaky wheel and don’t be afraid to demand the best for your children. Don’t stop at the classroom or schoolhouse door if you aren’t satisfied with the education your children are receiving. The race for educational advocacy is a run for your child’s quality of life.

Be the Parent Teacher Association’s (PTA) president. Be the neighborhood advisory commissioner. Be the next school board member. Be the next mayor of your city. Be on the City Council. Run for Congress.

Be all that you want your children to be. Be the example.

Be Engaged.

For more information on how you can get engaged, go to www.nnpa.org/essa Elizabeth Primas is an educator who spent more than 40 years working to improve education for children.

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HEALTH Science ASKS: Can a Super Bowl Ad Give You Brain Tingles?

By Carla K. Johnson

A new Super Bowl commercial aims to calm frenzied football fans with oddly relaxing images of actress Zoe Kravitz whispering into a pair of microphones and softly tapping on a bottle.

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he beer ad already has drawn more than 10 million views and stands to expose a vast audience to an internet craze known as ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response.

A few scientists are trying to study ASMR, and there is evidence that there might be something to it. And if any harm is done, it’s not financial: It’s usually free.

Most people agree the sound of nails on a chalkboard is freakishly unpleasant. ASMR is described as an opposite feeling: a tingly euphoric response, usually starting on the head and scalp, and sometimes spreading down the neck, arms or back.

Triggers include videos of someone turning pages in a book, pretending to give an eye exam or tapping on a collection of purses.

Some call it a “brain orgasm,” though most say it’s not sexual. They say it’s deeply relaxing, making it different from goosebumps or chills.

The feeling helps some people get to sleep.

“I’ll feel my eyelids start to droop. I’ll feel a tingling sensation start toward the top of my head and slowly travel down my neck to my shoulders to my fingertips,” said Robert Calaceto, 24, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, who uses it nightly before going to sleep and sometimes after work. “Listening to these videos helps my mind to mellow out.”

Craig Richard, author of “Brain Tingles” and a professor at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, traces the history to 2007 when a post titled “Weird sensation feels good” kicked off a conversation in an internet health forum.

Today, millions subscribe to content from

the most popular ASMR artists. Products including Dove chocolate, Behr paint and IKEA have used it in advertising.

About a dozen research studies have been published. That’s not a lot in the world of medical science.

In England, University of Sheffield researchers found something surprising when they hooked up 112 volunteers to electrodes to gather biophysical data during ASMR videos: The tinglers seemed physically excited, but their heart rates slowed.

Half the volunteers were self-identified ASMR fans. They had greater reductions in their heart rates—by about 3 beats per minute—compared to the non-tinglers while watching the same videos. Their bodies became more excited, compared to non-tinglers, as measured by how their skin conducted electricity.

Louisiana State University researchers tried to see whether the power of suggestion affected people’s responses to ASMR audio clips. It did, but only for the people who never before experienced ASMR. The study involved 209 volunteers, including fans of ASMR recruited from the online forum Reddit. All were told about the ASMR effect and that they would hear three audio clips.

Half were told the audio clips were known to produce the effect. The others were told none of the audio clips had been shown to elicit ASMR. Some clips were ASMR-triggering sounds such as a whispering and tapping. Other clips were fakes: screaming and piano scales.

The encouraging instructions made a huge difference in those who’d never experienced ASMR before; they mostly felt tingles when

Study: Many Small Kids in U.S. Are Using Too Much Toothpaste

NEW YORK (AP)—Too many young covered that people whose drinking water kids are using too much toothpaste, increas- naturally had more fluoride also had fewer ing their risk of streaky or splotchy teeth cavities. That led to efforts to add fluoride to when they get older, according to a govern- tap water, toothpaste, mouthwash and othment survey released Thursday. er products. Experts say fluoride had helped About 40 percent of kids ages 3 to 6 used drive down rates of tooth decay in U.S. teens a brush that was full or half-full of tooth- and adults. paste, even though experts recommend no But too much fluoride when teeth are more than a pea-sized amount, the study forming can lead to tooth streaking or spottifound. ness—known as dental The Centers for fluorosis. In extreme “You don’t want them cases, teeth can be Disease Control and Prevention findings pitted by the mineral, eating it like food, we were based on a surthough many cases are vey of parents of more mild only dentists want the parent to be in so than 5,000 kids ages 3 notice it. to 15.

Past studies have charge of the toothbrush Health officials suggested fluorosis has and the toothpaste.” recommend that all been increasing for at people drink fluorileast three decades, Dr. Mary Hayes, dated water, and that and can affect as many Chicago pediatric dentist everyone 2 or older as 2 out of 5 adolesbrush twice a day with cents. fluoride toothpaste.

The new study did But the amount is important. Children not follow the kids through time or try to under 3 are only supposed to use a smear of determine how many developed streaked toothpaste the size of a grain of rice. Kids 3 or spotty teeth as a result of using too much to 6 are supposed to keep it to a pea-sized toothpaste. amount.

The authors acknowledged other limita“Fluoride is a wonderful benefit but it tions. Parents might have misremembered needs to be used carefully,” said Dr. Mary how much toothpaste kids used when they Hayes, a pediatric dentist in Chicago. were younger. Also, the survey didn’t ask Young kids may push for independence specifically about what kinds of toothpaste in brushing their teeth, but kids’ toothpaste were used; not all kinds of children’s toothtastes sweet. paste have fluoride in them.

“You don’t want them eating it like food,” The study found about 60 percent of kids Hayes said. “We want the parent to be in brushed their teeth twice a day. It also found charge of the toothbrush and the toothpaste.” that roughly 20 percent of white and Black Fluoride is a mineral found in water and kids, and 30 percent of Hispanic kids, didn’t soil. More than 70 years ago, scientists dis- start brushing until they were 3 or older.

The sound of nails on a chalkboard is freakishly unpleasant. ASMR is described as an opposite feeling: a tingly euphoric response, usually starting on the head and scalp, and sometimes spreading down the neck, arms or back.

they were told to expect tingles.

But ASMR fans weren’t fooled by the fakes or the misleading instructions. They reported more tingles when they heard legitimate ASMR audio, no matter what they were told ahead of time.

“In a way, it doesn’t matter as long as what the user experiences is relief or stress reduction,” said Megan Papesh, who led the study. “It seems relatively harmless and it is free, which is wonderful.”

For ASMR to take hold in mainstream science hinges on whether the craze lasts long enough for researchers to find out whether it helps people with stress or other health problems. That kind of study is expensive and lengthy.

“I think it helps teach people the feeling from a healthy relationship,” Richard said. “You can have people learning for the first time what a healthy relationship feels like from an ASMR video.”

Rep. Moore Reveals Cancer Diagnosis and How the ACA Saved Her Life

care law.

Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are getting Wisconsin Democratic Rep. behind the idea, according to Gwen Moore has made a strong NPR which cited California and very personal case for lawSen. Kamala Harris who said makers to keep the Affordable her aim would be to eliminate Care Act. all private insurance.

In a televised interview, Harris was a co-sponsor Moore revealed her cancer diof a 2017 bill written by Sen. agnosis and where she believes Bernie Sanders, (I-Vermont), she’d be if it weren’t for former that would have created a naPresident Barack Obama’s sigtional, single-paynature piece of legishealth syslation which allows “If I had to pay $15,000 a month er tem, eliminating her to afford the the private insurtreatments and necfor this medicine, I’d be here ance system. essary medication to writing my obituary perhaps Ever yone fight the deadly diswould get a Mediease. instead of talking to you.” care card and doc“If I had to pay tors would have to $15,000 a month Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) sign annual agreefor this medicine, ments to particiI’d be here writing my obituary perhaps instead originates in the lymphatic pate.

For Moore, that would be of talking to you,” Moore told system – Moore said the disMSNBC in an interview this ease is manageable because ideal, particularly for those she caught it early and she who suffer with life-threatenweek. ing illnesses like cancer.

She said her oral medica- takes her medicine every day.

After her MSNBC appear“The mere suggestion that tion, Imbruvica, helps to keep ance, Moore spoke before the it could be cancer was anatheher in remission.

Without the insurance cov- House Ways and Means Com- ma to me because nobody ever erage, she’d be on the hook for mittee in which members held wants to hear the C-word,” a hearing on protecting those Moore said. $15,000 per month.

“All of the while that I was Prior to taking Imbruvica, with pre-existing conditions Moore said she had intrave- – a major component of the going through the diagnosis nous therapy twice a month at Affordable Care Act which and the care that I was getting, President Donald Trump and I thought about the number a whopping $20,000.

“The GOP is always talking most Republicans have fought of people that I knew who die needlessly from cancer about the costs of the ACA: against.

Moore and other Demo- because they didn’t get early the cost of protecting pre-existing conditions, the cost of crats, who’ve now taken con- diagnosis. It’s our job as legisessential health benefits, the trol of the House, have said lators to ensure that no Amercost of the individual man- they want to reverse the GOP’s ican has to choose between decision to take away the indi- seeking treatment & providing date,” Moore said.

“But what about the value vidual mandate in the health for their families.

By Stacy M. Brown

of life? The lives of your kids?

Your parents? That’s the core of this debate,” she said, adding that she’s “alive today because of comprehensive insurance that covers most” of the money in medication costs per month she now needs.

First diagnosed last summer with small lymphocytic lymphoma – a non-Hodgkin lymphoma where the cancer

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NEWS TODAY & TOMORROW

Free Screenings of Black Panther

Disney is re-releasing the Academy Award-nominated film to return to the big screen to celebrate Black History Month for a one-week engagement Feb. 1–7! To ensure that the movie is accessible to all, Disney is making the tickets FREE for everyone. There will be two showings per day at each of the 250 participating AMC Theaters.

In a press release, Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company said, “Black Panther is groundbreaking for many reasons, including the rich diversity of voices behind its success.” He continued, “The story also showcases the power of knowledge to change the world for the better, and the importance of ensuring everyone has access to it. We’re proud to provide thousands of free screenings of Black Panther in hopes it will continue to inspire audiences.”

TODAY THROUGH FEBRUARY 18TH

TOMORROW

Pan African Film Festival

Fighting for a Sustainable Future and Healthy Communities Join California State University, Dominguez Hills for a discussion on California’s efforts to defend environmental protections that are critical to our health and well-being.

Featuring California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Lecture and one-on-one Q&A with President Thomas A. Parham (4 – 5 PM) Following the Attorney General’s remarks will be a panel discussion featuring: Gladys Limón Executive Director California Environmental Justice Alliance

The largest Black film festival in America returns for it’s 27th year! The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) presents the broad spectrum of Black creative works, particularly those that reinforce positive images and help destroy negative stereotypes.

Every year PAFF-LA showcases hundreds of quality new and old films and hundreds of fine artists and unique craft persons from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, South America, Europe, the South Pacific and Canada.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences designated PAFF as an official qualifying film festival for live action and animation short films. USA Today selected PAFF as #3 in their 2015 list of 10 Best Film Festivals in the U.S. Schedule and details https://www.paff.org/

Hawk McFadzen CSUDH Graduate Student CalFresh Outreach Coordinator Tim Watkins President/CEO Watts Labor Community Action Committee Moderated by: Dr. John Thomlinson CSUDH Professor and Chair of Biology

FRIDAY – MONDAY

Compton Fire Department Raising Money for MDA What MDA does Research: MDA is the largest source of funding for neuromuscular disease research outside the federal government and has committed more than $1 billion in funding since its inception.

Treatments: Research we have supported is directly linked to approved, life-changing therapies across multiple neuromuscular diseases.

Technology: Our MOVR platform is the first and only data hub that uniquely aggregates healthcare, genetic, and patient-reported data, transforming health outcomes and drug development in neuromuscular disease.

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The vast majority of children are released to relatives, but many of them are not parents. Of children released to sponsors in the 2017 fiscal year, 49 percent went to parents, 41 percent to close relatives like an aunt, uncle, grandparent or adult sibling and 10 percent to distant relatives, family friends and others.

Sualog, echoing White’s concerns, said the government would lack legal authority to take children from their sponsors and “doing so would be so disruptive and harmful to the child.”

“Disrupting the family relationship is not a recommended child welfare practice,” Sualog wrote.

Evelyn Stauffer, a Health and Human Services spokeswoman, said Saturday that the department does not comment on ongoing litigation.

• MDA on the local level • MDA clinics • Summer Camp • Equipment assistance program • Fighter focus MDA is committed to implementing a strong educational platform to ensure firefighters understand just how much Filling the Boot impacts the families we serve.

We have CE train-

ing decks, Rookie/Cadet training decks, Media and Public outreach plans, and more available to share with your department!

• Firefighters are MDA’s largest sponsor—65-year partnership—Over $650 million raised by firefighters • Fill the Boot History—The tradition b e g an in 1952, when a father in desperate need

ran to IAFF member George Graney’s Fire Engine Company 1 in South Boston. IAFF Local 718 immediately rounded up 20 fire fighters and set in motion a door-to-door canister drive that raised $5,000.

In 1953, Graney launched a citywide fund-raising campaign with the help of Boston fire fighters and made appeals across Massachusetts in behalf of children with muscular dystrophy.

• Over 1,900 Fill the Boot events take place nationally = over 20 million raised annually by firefighters • Because of Firefighter support-MDA has had more research advancements in the last 5 years than in the last 50!

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know how to do.”

McVay could have been speaking partly to convince himself after he coached only the second team in 53 Super Bowls to fail to score a touchdown.

The wunderkind’s confidence appeared to be shaken to its core by a New England defense that held the 11th highest-scoring team in NFL history to 260 total yards, six first downs in the first three quarters and their fewest points in McVay’s era.

“It’s embarrassing,” left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “It stings to play that way. You’d almost rather score a ton and lose that way, but that would take away from what the defense did.

They gave us every opportunity to win.”

McVay thrives on X’s and O’s, and he will have six months to scheme new ways to attack the similar zone defenses used late in the year by Detroit, Chicago and New England to throttle the Rams’ passing game. He also will endeavor to teach Jared Goff to make better decisions under pressure after

the young quarterback’s stinker of a Super Bowl .

General manager Les Snead has big calls to make on soon-to-be free agents and roster vacancies. The Rams will return with a wealth of talent, but they must determine whether their 4-3 record in their final seven games was a sign of bigger flaws.

Financially speaking, the Rams’ championship window remains wide open for at least one more season before Goff likely gets a significant raise and consumes a larger chunk of their cap space in 2020. They can deal with their disappointment by adding players, not culling them—and after the bold moves of the last offseason, there is no reason to suspect the Rams won’t go all in again in 2019.

Although the Rams are hurting, a franchise with 13 consecutive non-winning seasons before McVay arrived is not likely to panic over one Super Bowl setback, particularly since much of its core—running back Todd

Gurley, two-time Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald and 1,200-yard receivers Brandin Cooks and Robert Woods—is locked into place with longterm deals.

“The first thing (Super Bowl MVP) Julian Edelman said to me when I was congratulated him after the game was, ‘You guys are going to be really good for a long time,’” Whitworth said.

Los Angeles’ unrestricted free agents include defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, safety Lamarcus Joyner, edge rusher Dante Fowler and left guard Rodger Saffold.

Although Suh loves living in LA and got his first career playoff victory this season, he likely could make more money elsewhere.

The Rams must think about using the franchise tag on Fowler, who clearly would like to stay.

“We’ll be ready next year,” Fowler said after the Super Bowl.

Linebacker Cory Littleton, the Rams’ leading tackler, leads a shorter

list of restricted free agents.

They also will await a decision by Whitworth, the oldest offensive lineman in the NFL. The 37-year-old left tackle still plays superbly, but he has not committed to returning for the third season of his contract, saying Sunday he will “see how the offseason plays out.”

While the defense could require several changes, the fate of the Rams’ stalwart offensive line is a key. No starter has missed a game due to injury in McVay’s two seasons, but center John Sullivan will be 34 and Saffold will be 31 by training camp. After another stellar season, Saffold could be expensive to keep.

No matter the changes, the Rams’ returning players will carry the motivation of this Super Bowl loss—and so will McVay, who sees no end to his work after two wildly successful seasons.

“There is no other way to say it,” McVay said. “I got outcoached.”

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NEWS SATURDAY

Cal State Dominguez Hills Opening Doors to Experience Innovation

Discover Dominguez Hills, a festive community-focused day of interactive multidisciplinary learning experiences. Is open to the public this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Designed by faculty and staff from all six CSUDH colleges, Discover Dominguez Hills will feature hands-on games, demonstrations, and interactive displays, as well as dance, theatre, and music performances.

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in the most recent faculty research taking place at CSUDH, such as brain wave scans to determine the impact of technology on brain function, and technological advances in prosthetic and orthotic design during demonstrations with 3D printers, scanning technology, and biomechatronics. They can also explore CSUDH’s Occupational Therapy program, which works with non-profit organizations to address such issues as homelessness, pediatric sensory integration, and stroke survivor rehabilitation.

Intended for the entire family, young people will enjoy climbing onboard a state-of-the art ambulance that will serve as a working laboratory for CSUDH students to demonstrate real-world applications taught in CSUDH’s new Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) program. They will also laser cut their own desktop rockets and experience the latest 3D scanning technology in the university’s fleet of five mobile fabrication laboratories (fab labs), which brings the latest in science and technology education directly to K-12 schools in L.A. County.

Campus tours will also be offered throughout the day to the university’s nursing Health Assessment Skills Laboratory, the University Art Gallery, and to locations of innovative environmental projects underway by CSUDH’s the Office of Sustainability. The University Library’s Gerth Archive and Special Collections will offer a guided tour of digital collections that include images, videos, and other artifacts that have been archived through the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project.

Discover Dominguez Hills takes place Saturday, Feb. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at California State University, Dominguez Hills. The campus is located at 1000 E. Victoria Street, Carson, Ca. 90747.

MONDAY

‘AFROPOP’ TAKES VIEWERS ON THE POLITICAL TRAIL WITH ‘WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE’ AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, the award-winning public television documentary series focused on the global Black experience, turns its lens toward the American political landscape with While I Breathe, I Hope.

Director Emily Harrold’s documentary follows the 2014 political campaign of Bakari Sellers, a young, Black Democrat trying to change the political landscape of red state South Carolina.

Executive produced by radio personality Charlamagne tha God, the film joins Sellers, now a CNN political commentator, as he runs for lieutenant governor of his home state at the age of 29. From the 2014 campaign to the tragedy of the Charleston church shooting and his current role as a pundit on CNN, While I Breathe, I Hope invites viewers to get to know one man on a journey to help heal South Carolina and the fractured

American political scene.

While I Breathe, I Hope premieres on Monday, February 11 at 8 pm ET (10 pm PT) on WORLD channel. Viewers can also stream it and other AfroPoP episodes on world.org, PBS.org, and PBS apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and more. New episodes of the series, hosted by Danielle Brooks of Orange Is the New Black, airs new every Monday through February 18.

LEGALS NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JUANITA RAY CASE NO. 19STPB00265 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JUANITA RAY. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JACQUELINE NICOLE RAY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JACQUELINE NICOLE RAY 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 in this court as follows: 02/19/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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 Request for Special Notice (form 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.

In Pro Per Petitioner JACQUELINE RAY PHILLIPS AKA JACQUELINE NICOLE RAY 7740 PAINTER AVE SUITE 207 WHITTIER CA 90602 1/23, 1/30, 2/6/19 CNS-3213501# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74322 AdId:24776 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MAHALIA MAE MCDONALD CASE NO. 19STPB00443 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of MAHALIA MAE MCDONALD. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ZONDRA M. JENNINGS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ZONDRA M. JENNINGS 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 with limited

authority. (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 in this court as follows: 02/20/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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 Request for Special Notice (form 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 BRENDA J. LOGAN, ESQ. - SBN 153164 LAW OFFICES OF BRENDA J. LOGAN, P.C. 400 CORPORATE POINTE, SUITE 300 CULVER CITY CA 90302 1/23, 1/30, 2/6/19 CNS-3213982# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74353 AdId:24790 CustId:61 -----------SUMMONS CASE NO. SWD 1602789.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): 1. JACQUELINE YOUNG YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): 1. CHARLES LAMARR ROBINSON NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may

be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelp california.org) the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO: Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 Dias De Calendario despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papales legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su repuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su repuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpia con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encountrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalif ornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov ) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of Ventura County, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93009.

The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Charles LaMarr Robinson 21881 Martin Street Perris CA 92570 Phone: 909-420-0100 Date: 12/11/2018 C. LIVINGSTON, CLERK SchId:74399 AdId:24804 CustId:959 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: THELMA MAE BOYKIN AKA THELMA M. BOYKIN CASE NO. 19STPB00572 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of THELMA MAE BOYKIN AKA THELMA M. BOYKIN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CAROLYN C. FOSTER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests

that CAROLYN C. FOSTER 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 with limited authority. (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 in this court as follows: 02/21/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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 Request for Special Notice (form 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 BRENDA J. LOGAN, ESQ. - SBN 153164 LAW OFFICES OF BREANDA J. LOGAN, P.C. 400 CORPORATE POINTE, SUITE 300 CULVER CITY CA 90302 1/30, 2/6, 2/13/19 CNS-3215444# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74414 AdId:24810 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Ref. No. 13-1175-TORRENCE Trustor and Owner/ Taxpayer. ROBERT TORRENCE, 3721 RUTHERFORD COURT, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN DATED 02/06/2012. 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 of federal savings and loan 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, an interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien 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 Delin-

quent Assessment and Claim of Lien, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien, 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. The sale will be subject to a ninety (90) day right of redemption by the current owner(s) of record. TRUSTOR: ROBERT TORRENCE Duly Appointed Trustee: JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation Recorded 02/23/2012, as Instrument No. 20120290252 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, Date and Time of Sale: 02/19/2019 at 10:00AM. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges as of 02/19/2019: $13,032.08. Street address or other common designation of real property: 3721 RUTHERFORD COURT, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 APN #: 4025-019-091 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. 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 Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee. 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. Date: 12/24/2018 JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation 11845 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1245, Los Angeles, California 90064 (310) 4730757, JAMES GEFNER, TRUSTEE www. nationwideposting.com NPP0347607 To: INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE Publish Dates: 01/30/2019, 02/06/2019, 02/13/2019 SchId:74417 AdId:24811 CustId:68 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VERA MAE CALLIS CASE NO. 19STPB00662 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of VERA MAE CALLIS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LEDA MAE CALLIS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LEDA MAE CALLIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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 in this court as follows: 02/22/19 at 8:30AM in

Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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 Request for Special Notice (form 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 KEITH J. MOTEN, ESQ. - SBN 240381 MARCELA J. PENA, ESQ. - SBN 283092 MOTEN & ASSOCIATES 355 S. GRAND AVE. SUITE 2450 LOS ANGELES CA 90071 1/30, 2/6, 2/13/19 CNS-3215810# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74420 AdId:24812 CustId:61 -----------Title Order No. 18-225665 Trustee Sale No. 83310 Loan No. 9160017964 APN 6147-018-014 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/29/2007. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 2/20/2019 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 4/4/2007 as Instrument No. 20070798730 in book N/A, page N/A of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: GRISELDA M. CONTRERAS, A SINGLE WOMAN , as Trustor MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE 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: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE – continued 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 the land therein: Lot(s) 1 of Parcel Map No. 26595, in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, filed in Book 335 Page(s) 80 and 81 of Parcel Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County.

The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1605 & 1605 ½ 126 STREET COMPTON, CA 90222-. The un-

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LEGALS dersigned 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 trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit $282,532.64 (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 of Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 1/22/2019 CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.com CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed or trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-4777869, or visit this internet Web site www. stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 83310. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.” CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser Blvd. Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 SchId:74423 AdId:24813 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-18-840557-BF Order No.: DS730018002736 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/24/2008.

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 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): Murrell M Goff a single man Recorded: 4/28/2008 as Instrument No. 20080737961 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 2/28/2019 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $245,085.79 The purported property address is: 852 E DARLAN ST, COMPTON, CA 90220 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6139-030-036 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-18-840557-BF. Information about postponements that are very short in

duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. 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, 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. 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. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-18-840557-BF IDSPub #0149714 2/6/2019 2/13/2019 2/20/2019 SchId:74425 AdId:24814 CustId:608 -----------Title Order No. 05937178 Trustee Sale No. 83351 Loan No. 9160032178 APN 6161-025-061 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/2/2006. 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 2/20/2019 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 8/17/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1830813 in book N/A, page N/A of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: DEBRA WILLIAMS, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY , as Trustor MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ALLSTATE HOME LOANS, INC. DBA ALLSTATE FUNDING, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION , 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: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE – continued 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 the land therein: LOT 61, OF TRACT NO. 43066, IN THE CITY OF COMPTON, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1036 PAGES 57 TO 60 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL MINERALS, GAS, OIL, PETROLEUM, NAPHTHA AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES, IN AND UNDER SAID LAND LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET FROM THE SURFACE, WITHOUT HOWEVER THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED OR EXCEPTED IN A DEED OF RECORD. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 745 SOUTH BARRON STREET COMPTON, CA 90220. 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 trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit $176,893.94 (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 of Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 1/24/2019 CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.com CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed or trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of

this property, you may call 844-477-7869, or visit this internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 83351. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.” CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser Blvd. Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 SchId:74429 AdId:24815 CustId:670 -----------T.S. No.: CR18-1060 A.P.N.: 6139-030035 Order No.: 1977596-05 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/12/2012. 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. Trustor: ATRICIA M LOVE Duly Appointed Trustee: COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC Recorded 1/31/2012 as Instrument No. 20120163789 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 10/25/2018 in Book Page , as Instrument No. 20181083693 of said Official Records. Date of Sale: 2/20/2019 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $8,735.82 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 848 EAST DARLAN STREET COMPTON, CA 90220 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844/477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site www.stoxposting. com, using the file number assigned to this case CR18-1060. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. 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. Date: 1/28/2019 COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC 4952 WARNER AVENUE #105 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 PHONE #: (714) 846-6634 FAX #: (714) 846-8720 TRUSTEE’S SALE LINE (844) 477-7869 Sales Website: www. stoxposting.com ROSIE GOMEZ COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC., TRUSTEE DIVISION SchId:74473 AdId:24830 CustId:670 -----------Title Order No. 95520805 Trustee Sale No. 83372 Loan No. 399198474 APN 6147-029-012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/19/2018. 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 2/27/2019 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 6/26/2018 as Instrument No. 20180635689 in book N/A, page N/A of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: ALBETRA SAMUELS, A SINGLE WOMAN , as Trustor VALCHRIS INVESTMENTS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION , 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: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE – continued 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 the land therein: LOT 23, TRACT 13115, IN THE CITY OF COMPTON, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 251 PAGE(S) 6, 7 AND 8 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 844 WEST 127TH PLACE COMPTON, CA 90222. 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 trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit $87,103.55 (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 of Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 1/28/2019 CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.com CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed or trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-477-7869, or visit this internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 83372.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.” CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser Blvd. Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 SchId:74475 AdId:24831 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LARICE JONES Case No. 19STPB00619 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LARICE JONESA PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Larry Jones in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Larry Jones 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 Feb. 21, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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 Request for Special Notice (form 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: CARLA D ALLEN ESQ SBN 195623 THE LAW OFFICE OF CARLA D ALLEN 4418 S MULLEN AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90043 CN957097 JONES Feb 6,13,20, 2019 SchId:74521 AdId:24846 CustId:65

-----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA17-767784-JB Order No.: 730-170345070 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/26/2005.

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. 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 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): Claudia Gonzalez, a single woman Recorded: 11/3/2005 as Instrument No. 05 2660411 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 9/16/2015 as Instrument No. 20151146126 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 1/18/2013 as Instrument No. 20130093605 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 11/20/2009 as Instrument No. 20091759617 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 2/28/2019 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $491,008.68 The purported property address is: 1715 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90221 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6167-014-016 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-17-767784-JB. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. 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, 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. 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. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17-767784-JB IDSPub #0149916 2/6/2019 2/13/2019 2/20/2019 SchId:74524 AdId:24847 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. T-016086-CK (1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: SAMER KAUZMAN, 1008 ALAMITOS AVE., LONG BEACH, CA 90813 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: SAME (4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: DAMIAN RIOS, 1443 NW 80TH WAY, PLANTATION, FL 33322 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are: FURNITURES, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, TRADE NAME, LEASEHOLD INTEREST & IMPROVE-

MENTS, GOODWILL, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND INVENTORY of that certain business located at: 1008 ALAMITOS AVE., LONG BEACH, CA 90813 (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: SMOKING BOX (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is FEBRUARY 25, 2019, at the office of TOWER ESCROW INC, 23044 CRENSHAW BLVD, TORRANCE, CA 90505, Escrow No. T-016086-CK, Escrow Officer: CINDIE KIM (8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is: FEBRUARY 22, 2019 (10) This Bulk Sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE Dated: JANUARY 25, 2019 TRANSFEREES: DAMIAN RIOS LA2199040 LONG BEACH CALIFORNIAN 2/6/2019 SchId:74556 AdId:24857 CustId:628 -----------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. T-016086-CK (1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: SAMER KAUZMAN, 1008 ALAMITOS AVE., LONG BEACH, CA 90813 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: SAME (4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: DAMIAN RIOS, 1443 NW 80TH WAY, PLANTATION, FL 33322 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are: FURNITURES, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, TRADE NAME, LEASEHOLD INTEREST & IMPROVEMENTS, GOODWILL, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND INVENTORY of that certain business located at: 1008 ALAMITOS AVE., LONG BEACH, CA 90813 (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: SMOKING BOX (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is FEBRUARY 25, 2019, at the office of TOWER ESCROW INC, 23044 CRENSHAW BLVD, TORRANCE, CA 90505, Escrow No. T-016086-CK, Escrow Officer: CINDIE KIM (8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is: FEBRUARY 22, 2019 (10) This Bulk Sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE Dated: JANUARY 25, 2019 TRANSFEREES: DAMIAN RIOS LA2199040 LONG BEACH CALIFORNIAN 2/6/2019 SchId:74557 AdId:24858 CustId:628 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RAYMUNDO R. BAUTISTA Case No. 19STPB00701 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RAYMUNDO R. BAUTISTA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Milagros B. Rubio in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Milagros B. Rubio be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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 Feb. 26, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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 Request for Special Notice (form 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: ALEXANDER L MAZZIA JR ESQ SBN 82495 1405 SARTORI AVE TORRANCE CA 90501-2802 CN957099 BAUTISTA Feb 6,7,13, 2019 SchId:74581 AdId:24866 CustId:65

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Thank U, Next: Maroon 5’s Halftime Show Was Basic

Travis Scott is carried by the crowd during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019.

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

By Staff Reports

There’s a number of words you could use to describe Maroon 5’s halftime show performance: Empty. Boring. Basic. Sleepy.

Skippable. Unfulfilling. Unnecessary.

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nd those who came to help save the day didn’t do their jobs: If you blinked you would have missed that Travis Scott and Big Boi performed. Even the gospel choir singer was a struggle—clearly, they let the wrong one sing lead Sunday.

Adam Levine and friends kicked off the performance as fireworks burst from a stage designed like the letter “M,” which should have stood for “magic,” because they needed some.

It started off on the right note, actually. “Harder to Breathe,” the band’s amazing debut rock song, was rousing as fire blasts shot from the sides of the stage.

Levine grabbed his guitar for “This Love,” while other bandmates also strummed away.

It was all going well until a joke was uttered: “A true musical genius who needs no introduction.”

That’s when Scott rocketed to the stage. He tried to rap— most of it was bleeped out—in a circle of fire, but his inclusion felt more like an interruption. Scott performed his No. 1 hit, “Sickomode,” and Levine awkwardly danced beside him, which looked almost as bad as Katy dancing next to Missy Elliott at [Travis] Scott Perry Super Bowl 49.

But there was one Scott highlight: rocketed to He fell backward into the audience the stage. He and faded away.

The rest of the performance went tried to rap— downhill like Scott’s body did. Mamost of it was roon 5 performed the very terrible hit “Girls Like You,” making the already bleeped out— bad song sound worse by mixing in gospel choir, led by a singer whose in a circle of avoice would make you walk out of church (sorry, girl). fire, but his Each transition during the halfinclusion felt time show didn’t feel smooth, and Boi appearing on top of a car in more like an Big a thick mink coat added to the biinterruption. zarreness of the night.

When he performed “The Way You Move,” it just made you wonder what Andre 3000 was doing at the moment. Watching?

Sleeping? Probably sleeping while watching.

You probably had similar thoughts when Scott was onstage and Drake’s vocals played at the beginning of “Sickomode”—wishing the show had a real superstar like Drizzy to give an epic performance.

Those thoughts lingered again when Levine sang “Moves Like Jagger.” WHERE IS MICK JAGGER RIGHT NOW AND CAN HE PERFORM? Any of the Stones would do, actually.

Who probably should have headlined the halftime show?

Gladys Knight.

She scored a touchdown with her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”: The legend’s voice shined brightly as she hit all the right notes ahead of the big game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.

R&B sister duo Chloe x Halle were also in top-notch form: They harmonized like a veteran girl group as they sang “America the Beautiful” at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The group, nominated for two Grammys at next week’s show including best new artist, are signed to Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment.

Noise and controversy surrounded this year’s Super Bowl since some have boycotted the NFL over treatment of Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who protested racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem.

Some performers declined participation in the Super Bowl as a result.

Knight Draws Heavy Praise for National Anthem Performance

Good news for people who bet the over. Bad news for people who bet the under.

Artist Gladys Knight’s rendition of the national anthem for Sunday’s Super Bowl appeared to last longer than 1:50, which was what most sportsbooks set the over/under as beforehand.

But outside potentiallyhappy gamblers, many praised Knight for her “stunning” performance.

If Gladys Knight wanted to come back out for halftime, I would not be mad. Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) February 3, 2019 Gladys Knight didnt make me cry.

She made YOU cry. #SuperBowl53 Rev. Graves (@WWEGraves) February 3, 2019 Give Gladys Knight the #SBLIII MVP award. Brought tears to my eyes.

Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) February 3, 2019 What a stunning, gorgeous rendition of the national anthem by Gladys Knight #SuperBowl Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) February 3, 2019

Estefans to Be Awarded Gershwin Prize Courtesy Crescent Moon, Estefan Enterprises Inc. Gloria Estefan didn’t think she’d get married. Her focus was on attending the Sorbonne in Paris. But Emilio Estefan “landed in her lap,” and music became her career.

The native Cubans will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in May. They are the first married couple (together 40 years) and musicians-songwriters of Hispanic descent to receive the honor.

The couple met when Emilio saw her sing in church. Six months later, he was playing a wedding she was at and he asked her to join the band for a song.

Estefan said Friday that the success of their personal union is due to having the same values and priorities.

“I meet him, and he landed in my lap,”

she said. “We’re very different, and it keeps a good balance. The core things we rarely differ on in business or music. Our values and priorities are on the same page. It helps if you don’t fight a lot.”

Estefan said if they were both like her, they’d still be sitting on the couch playing guitar. And if they were both like Emilio, they’d have had heart attacks because of his relentless drive.

“It’s love,” Emilio said. “We were fighting for our dreams.”

The couple’s Miami Sound Machine hit it big in 1985 with Top 10 hits “Conga,” ‘‘Words Get in the Way” and “Bad Boy.” “We knew this would work,” Estefan said of their Latin-influenced music. “That was our biggest challenge, convincing people in charge that were in the way.”

Charley Pride in the Spotlight with Upcoming TV Specials

By Beth Harris and Lynn Elber

PASADENA (AP)—A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs.

PRIDE’S STORY Paging Terrence Howard. Charley Pride still wants the actor to play him in a movie of the country music star’s life.

The project has been discussed for about 10 years. Pride told TV critics Friday that it remains a goal to have it made with Howard, who stars in the Fox music series “Empire.”

Meanwhile, Pride finds himself in the spotlight with two upcoming PBS projects: “Country Music,” Ken Burns’ film on the genre’s evolution and the people who created it, and “Charley Pride: I’m Just Me,” airing as part of the “American Masters” series on Feb. 22.

The 84-year-old Grand Ole Opry member shrugs off any suggestion of legend status as one of the few African-Americans to find success in country music. His 1971 crossover hit “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” earned him Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year honors.

“People say, ‘Well, you’re a legend,’ “he said. “I think, ‘Well, you’re already dead and gone up there.”

Pride initially wanted to make the major leagues and break records.

He used to pick up extra cash by singing before Negro League games. Pride got as far as tryouts with the then-California Angels and New York Mets, but he never made the majors like his idol Jackie Robinson.

Eventually, the son of Mississippi sharecroppers began working toward a performing career, already having taught himself to play a $14 guitar ordered from the Sears catalog by his mother.

“I have no answer to what I’ve been able to achieve,” Pride said. “Once I come out and start singing, it doesn’t matter if I was pink. They wanted to hear me sing.

That’s the way my career has been all these years.”

Burns’ “Country Music” film is set to air from Sept. 15-18 and Sept. 22-25. Besides Pride, it focuses on Garth Brooks, the Carter family, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills and Hank Williams, among others.