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Senate Rejects Immigration Bills; Young Immigrants in Limbo

By Alan Fram and Kevin Freking WASHINGTON—The Senate has left hundreds of thousands of “Dreamer” immigrants in limbo, rejecting rival plans that would have spared them from deportation and strengthened the nation’s border security. Senators dealt President Donald Trump an especially galling defeat as more than a quarter of fellow Republicans abandoned him on an issue that helped propel him to the White House.

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rump, on Twitter last Friday, accused Democrats of abandoning Dreamers because they wouldn’t back his immigration plan. Trump tweeted: “Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats...totally abandoned! Republicans are still working hard.”

Also defeated last Thursday was a compromise by a bipartisan group of senators that would have shielded the young immigrants and financed Trump’s demands for money to build his border wall, though more gradually than he wants.

Eight Republicans joined most Democrats in backing that plan, but it fell short after the White House threatened a veto and GOP leaders opposed it.

The day’s votes, in which four separate proposals were defeated, illustrated anew Congress’ steep challenge in

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striking a deal on an issue that’s proven intractable for years and on which each party’s most fervent supporters refuse to budge. The outcome suggests there may be no permanent solution soon to help the young immigrants, despite their skyhigh support in public polling.

The Senate votes left the young immigrants facing a March 5 deadline that Trump has given Congress to restore the

“This vote is proof that President Trump’s plan will never become law.”

—Sen Chuck Schumer Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, that he annulled last year.

Federal courts have blocked him temporarily from dismantling

the Obama-era initiative, but without congressional action, the immigrants will face growing risks of deportation as their protections expire.

“Dreamers” are immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and now risk deportation because they lack permanent authorization to stay. DACA gives them the ability to live and work in the U.S. for two-year periods that

Shooting Survivors on Potential Collision Course With Trump PARKLAND, Fla—Student survivors of the deadly Florida school shooting who hope to become the face of a revived gun control movement are on a potential collision course with President Donald Trump.

Several of the students have criticized the president, whose election was strongly supported by the National Rifle Association and who ran on a platform opposing gun control. Trump spent the weekend at his estate in South Flor-

ida, only an hour’s drive from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where 17 people were fatally shot last week. His only mentions of the massacre came in tweets Saturday contending that the FBI was too focused on the Russia investigation to respond to warnings about the alleged shooter and mocking Democrats for failing to pass gun control.

“You’re the president.

You’re supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us,” said David Hogg, a 17-yearold student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“How dare you,” he added.

After more than a day of criticism from the students,

“You’re the president. You’re supposed to bring this nation together, not divide us.”

—David Hogg- 17

the White House said the president would hold a “listening session” with unspecified students Wednesday and meet Thursday with state and local security officials.

Florida politicians, meanwhile, scrambled to produce legislation in response to the Feb. 14 attack that killed 17 n Survivors, see page 6

can be renewed.

“It looks like demagogues on the left and the right win again on immigration,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who helped craft the bipartisan package but also backed Trump’s plan. He added, “The only way forward is for President Trump to grab the reins and lead us to a solution.”

That scenario wasn’t in n Immigrants, see page 7

Man Arrested After Selling AR-15s to Undercover Agent

Authorities say a California man was arrested for manufacturing and selling AR15 rifles—known as “ghost guns” that are virtually untraceable—to an undercover federal agent.

The Sacramento Bee reports court documents say the arrest stems from a fivemonth Homeland Security investigation that used the dark web, Bitcoin payments, secret meetings, and discussions of buying grenades, anti-personnel mines and explosives.

A 31-page criminal complaint unsealed last Friday unveiled the alleged plot.

The man made an initial appearance in federal court on charges of unlawful dealing and manufacturing in firearms and unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm and was ordered to remain in custody pending a hearing today.

The weapons are legal for an individual to make for themselves, but cannot be sold.

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NEWS

Bubba Wallace Makes History as Black Driver in Daytona

By Dan Gelston

“I just had a guard walk me from pit road to the media center.

His name is Richard Petty. I’ve never seen him so excited in my life.”

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP)—Darrell Wallace Jr. sobbed in his mother’s arms after he posted the best finish for a Black driver in the Daytona 500.

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allace was runner-up to winner Austin Dillon, and the emotion of the achievement hit the rookie driver inside the track’s media center. Wallace, the son of a Black mother and a white father, cried with his mother and then with his sister on the stage.

Desiree Wallace told her son how much she loved him, and sister Brittany, who gave her kid brother his nickname “Bubba,” told her brother how proud she was of him.

Wallace was second in the famed No. 43 car for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Wallace was the first Black driver to start the Daytona 500 since Wendell Scott in 1969. Scott was 13th in the 1966 race, the previous best finish for a Black driver at Daytona.

Richard Petty rarely visits pit road after a race anymore and usually with good reason. The Hall of Fame driver’s eponymous race team has toiled for decades in mediocrity, with checkered flags all but extinct.

Bubba at Daytona changed the game.

The King strolled to the pits and hugged Wallace. The 80-yearold Petty wrapped his arm around Wallace , and they walked off smiling toward what each side hoped was the start of a fruitful alliance.

“I just had a guard walk me from pit road to the media center. His name is Richard Petty. I’ve never seen him so excited in my life,” Wallace said.

That Wallace can energize Petty may symbolize as much a true passing of the torch as NASCAR could want: Petty and his deep kinship with old-school fans and the 24-year-old Wallace, a video game playing, social media darling about to make history as the first Black driver since 1969 in the Daytona 500.

Busting down racial barriers in a sport long reserved for whites is heavy stuff for Wallace, and he’s keenly aware all eyes are on him.

The rookie invites glare from his fans and haters, starring in his own

eight-episode docu-series “Behind the Wall: Bubba Wallace ,” on the Facebook Watch show page.

“There’s a lot of stuff that’s riding on this weekend. I know it. I pay attention to it,” Wallace said. “I follow a lot of people on social media, and it’s being put out there. But I’m doing my best at managing it, keeping it behind me, and that’s the best thing I can do.”

Wallace is one of at least eight Black drivers in NASCAR’s 70-year history who reached the Cup level: Elias Bowie, Charlie Scott, George Wiltshire, Randy Bethea, Willy T. Ribbs and Bill Lester. Wendell Scott, who made the last start for a Black driver in the Daytona 500, is the only one to win a Cup race, on Dec. 1, 1963. The next win at a NASCAR national event by a Black driver came in 2013 when Wallace took the Truck Series checkered flag at Martinsville.

Wallace, raised in Concord, North Carolina, has the full support of the Black drivers before him. Lester sent him encouraging tweets. Wallace met some of Scott’s children.

But none of the Black drivers who raced before arrived with this kind of full-blown promotional push, acceptance in the garage and a solid ride that got him a seventh-place start in the Daytona 500. Wallace went 196.954 mph on Saturday to top the speed chart in the final practice for the Daytona 500.

More commonly known by his childhood nickname “Bubba,” the easygoing Wallace handled the spotlight with ease.

Wallace wants to show ‘em all— Black, Hispanic, kids, any race fan— that he’s worthy of becoming a driver to root for and can live up to the lofty pressure heaped on him this season.

Though Confederate flags still dot the infield, Wallace said racism in all forms was nonexistent in NASCAR’s developmental series. At the grassroots level, Wallace heard racial insults and ran into ignorant views.

The rise of social media has made it easier for hate to spread, and a high

Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr.

school football coach in Wisconsin resigned last year for a series or racist tweets aimed at Wallace.

Wallace tweeted in response : “There is only 1 driver from an African American background at the top level of our sport. I am the 1.

You’re not gonna stop hearing about “the Black driver” for years. Embrace it, accept it and enjoy the journey.”

NASCAR’s three-year talent drain that saw bankable stars Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth all leave the sport left a massive void that Wallace and a crop of 25-andunder talent must fill in more ways than behind the wheel.

“I think with the amount of coverage that I’m getting right now and the entourage that I have following, a lot of people expect, ‘Oh, who’s this kid coming up through with this media? He should be winning,”’ Wallace said.

He won six times in 45 starts in the Truck Series, went 0 for 85 in the second-level Xfinity Series and improved each race (26th-19th15th-11th) in Cup when he raced

for the injured Aric Almirola. When Almirola left for Stewart-Haas Racing, Wallace got the call from The King to drive for RPM. “He didn’t say change this or do this,” Petty said. “He let the crew figure out what to do with the car and he’d drive it.”

Wallace interrupted the boss who won 200 NASCAR races.

“I started telling him the changes now because it’s my car this year and last year it wasn’t,” Wallace said.

The King and Wallace bumped elbows and shared a laugh over who was really calling the shots on the No. 43 car.

Ryan Blaney, Wallace’s best buddy and frequent partner-in-party on social media, said Wallace will finally get to show off all his talent.

“I know a lot of people have given him not a lot of credit in the offseason,” Blaney said. “I think he proved himself (at Daytona) that he should be here and deserves to be here. I hope he can continue to do that.”

Wallace, Kyle Larson, and 2016 Xfinity champ Daniel Suarez have

benefited from NASCAR’s efforts to diversify the field and perhaps give the sagging sport a boost while helping attract a new generation of fans. NASCAR has widened its minority outreach efforts in a variety of ways: running diversity programs for drivers and pit crew development; outreach programs like NASCAR Hispanic Marketing and NASCAR Latino; and diversity awards held each year to honor inclusion throughout motorsports.

NASCAR research showed diversity among its fan base has grown from 20 to 24 percent over the last five years.

“I think having a Black driver in the race is going to have a potentially dramatically impact on the fan base which often looks to who is driving and if they can identify with somebody,” said Richard Lapchick, founder of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida.

“This weekend, it’s more of a comfort feeling. It’s more of a, ‘Hey there’s somebody who looks like me in this race.’ It’s, ‘Maybe NASCAR is more open than I thought it was’ for those who aren’t fans now.”

Like Wallace wrote on Twitter, NASCAR hopes millennials on up will embrace him, accept him and enjoy the journey.

That journey started Sunday at NASCAR’s most famous race, with a famed car number and with the weight of a sport craving its first Black star along for the ride.

Author, Freedom Fighting Journalist Lerone Bennett Jr. Passes Perhaps no other voice—or pen— captured the real life of Africans and African Americans like Lerone Bennett Jr., the former editor of EBONY and Jet magazines who died on Wednesday, February 14 at the age of 89.

Chicago Sun-Times reported that, Bennett suffered from vascular dementia.

Among his many hard-hitting and compelling works was the exposé, “Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America,” in which Bennett traces Black history from its origins in western Africa, through the transatlantic journey and slavery, the Reconstruction period, the Jim Crow era, and the Civil Rights Movement.

The book was later re-issued five more times and ultimately included life in the 1990s.

Bennett would go on to pen at least 10 books, including the eyeopening, 2000 book titled “Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln’s White Dream,” which, for some, shattered centuries-old myths about America’s 16th president’s involvement in the freedom of slaves.

A description of the book on Amazon.com said: “Beginning with the argument that the Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free African American slaves, this dissenting view of Lincoln’s greatness surveys the president’s policies, speeches, and private utterances

and concludes that he had little real interest in abolition.”

Pointing to Lincoln’s support for the fugitive slave laws, his friendship with slave-owning Senator Henry Clay, and conversations in which he entertained the idea of deporting slaves in order to create an all-White nation, the book, concludes that the president was a racist at heart—and that the tragedies of Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era were the legacy of his shallow moral vision.

“Smart man and great author. His book [about Lincoln] changed my life,” said comedian Sinbad. “Before the Mayflower’ educated me about the need to research our true history.”

Others too expressed their sadness and profound gratitude for Bennett.

“I am personally saddened by the death of Lerone Bennett Jr. We have lost another great journalist who will be sorely missed,” said Dorothy R. Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA and editor and publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana.

“We knew him as the conscience and voice of EBONY and Jet magazines and through the many books he published. The world is richer, because of his work here on earth and we are grateful for his many contributions.”

Bennett counted as an elegant scholar and freedom fighter who used the power of his pen to awaken

millions of people to the true history of African people in America and throughout the world, said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. “Bennett’s journalistic genius will be missed, but his contributions to documenting the struggles and triumphs of Black men, women and children will continue to be cherished by generations far into the future,” Chavis said.

“The NNPA salutes the living legacy of Lerone Bennett Jr. with a commitment to pick up his pen and put it into the hands of today’s freedom fighting publishers, editors and journalists.”

Bennett worked for EBONY for nearly 50 years, after starting at Jet in 1951 and then moving to the sister publication in 1953. By 1958, he was the executive editor.

“Lerone worked side by side with my father in establishing EBONY’s voice,” EBONY CEO Linda Johnson Rice told the Chicago Sun-Times.

“He was the guiding light for the editorial vision of EBONY. Lerone was not just essential in the formation of EBONY’s historic trajectory, he was a pillar in the Black community.”

The Griot reported: “In addition to being remembered as an editor for these two magazines, Bennett, a graduate of Morehouse College, is known for his books, many of which cover the Black experience

Photo courtesy NPPA in America and the civil rights movement.”

Bennett’s footprints are cemented at the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame in Atlanta and he once served on President Bill Clinton’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The veteran journalist and historian also served as an early adviser to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In a tweet, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., praised Bennett’s work.

“A classmate & biographer of Dr. King, during the turbulent 60’s, his was a pen that mattered. As historian, author of ‘Before the Mayflower’,

editor of Ebony magazine, the most read voice of the freedom struggle, his impact will long be felt and remembered,” Jackson tweeted.

From its official Twitter account, the NMAAHC tweeted, “it is with great sadness and profound sense of loss that we share the news of the death of Lerone Bennett Jr., a gifted historian and journalist.”

On Twitter, Bernice A. King called Bennett a beloved and brilliant man.

“If you haven’t read his books, I encourage you to. Even if you have, I encourage you to. Truly one of a kind historian & scholar,” King tweeted.

“Grateful for what he’s meant to my family.”

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CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Compton Events Celebrating Black History Month In honor of Black History Month, Mayor Aja Brown has curated a host of free community events throughout the city for the entire family.

To start off the week, tonight there will be a community conversation with couples from the Black Love Docuseries and on Saturday an Art Pop-Up hosted by the Compton Artists Alliance.

RSVP + stay connected as we empower, elevate, advance and celebrate Black History in Compton. #ComptonBlackHistory

WEDNESDAY, Feb 21:

BLACK LOVE DOC COMMUNITY CONVO RSVP: BlackLoveCompton.eventbrite.com Center for Sustainable Communities 7—8:30pm

THURSDAY, Feb. 22 COMPTON OPEN MIC

RSVP: ComptonOpenMic.eventbrite.com Dollarhide Community Center 8—10:30pm (Doors open at 7pm)

SATURDAY, Feb. 24

COMPTON ART POP-UP

RSVP” ComptonArtWalk.eventbrite.com MLK Transit Center Promenade 11am—4:30pm Hosted in partnership with Compton Art Alliance

SUNDAY, Feb. 25

MORNING MEDITATION & WORKOUT RSVP: ComptonMeditation.eventbrite.com Dollarhide Center Parking Structure Rooftop 7:00pm—8:30pm

MONDAY, Feb. 26

FOR THE CULTURE CONVERSATION WITH MAYOR BROWN • MISS DIDDY RSVP: ComptonCulture.eventbrite.com Compton (location TBD) 7—8:30pm

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Films Explore Legacy of Black Slaves and White Descendants

By Lisa O’Donnell Growing up in New York, Princess Hairston always looked forward to visiting her father’s family in Henry County, Virginia.

Riding in a car through the area, she’d note all the businesses that shared her surname, one that is fairly uncommon in New York.

“I was always amazed at how many Hairstons there were in the phone book” in Virginia, Hairston added.

A veteran of the film industry, Hairston has acted on that childhood interest in her family’s history and has written, directed and produced, “Tracing the Hairstons,” a three-part documentary that examines the legacy of one of the country’s largest slave-holding families.

Black, white and biracial Hairstons are spread throughout the country, with large concentrations remaining in southwest Virginia and northwest North Carolina, the horrors of slavery touching each branch of the family.

Earlier this month, the Hairston family’s rich and complex history was celebrated at the Arts Place of Stokes County in Danbury, close to Walnut Cove, one of many Hairston hotbeds in North Carolina because of its proximity to several Hairston plantations.

Princess Hairston showed a 10-minute preview of her film, which she hopes to finish this year. That was followed by a screening of “Amen: The Life and Music of Jester Hairston,” a 2013 documentary based on perhaps the most famous Hairston of them all.

The Jester Hairston

documentary was so joyful and affirming that by the end of the two-hour celebration, more than 75 people—and not all of them Hairstons, by the way— were on their feet singing and clapping along to “Amen,” a song that Jester Hairston wrote for “Lilies of the Field,” the film that made Sidney Poitier a star.

(That’s Hairston’s voice singing “Amen” in the film, dubbed over Poitier’s.)

Jester Hairston, who died in 2000 at the age of 98, was born the grandson of slaves in Stokes County. Though most biographies say he was born in the community of Belews Creek, many of the Hairstons at the event, including a few who knew Jester Hairston, were quick to point out that he was actually born in the mostly Black community of Little Egypt, which was flooded to

interested in collecting and arranging traditional Black spirituals, taking choirs to such places as China and Russia to introduce them to a style of music that he learned at the knee of his Stokes County-born grandmother.

For all his musical work, Hairston had to supplement his income by playing character roles, such as the witch doctor in the Tarzan movie, “Hidden Jungle,” as well as an assortment of bellhops and butlers.

Hairston visited the area off and on over the years and took particular pride in being part of the sprawling Hairston clan, creating friendships with Black and white family members, including Judge Peter Hairston, a white descendant who lived on the Cooleemee plantation.

Celebrating the life of Jester Hairston and his Stokes County

Jester Hairston, who died in 2000 at the age of 98, was born the grandson of slaves in North Carolina. create Belews Lake in the 1940s.

He lived there for only a year before his family headed to the steel mills of Pittsburgh, Pa., for a better way of life. Hairston showed an early gift for music and, after college, sang in choirs in Harlem before moving to Los Angeles in 1935, where he caught the eye of Academy Award-winning composer Dimitri Tiomkin. Hairston conducted choirs on Tiomkin’s scores for such movies as “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” “Red River” and “Land of the Pharaohs.”

Hairston was especially

ties are one focus of a new project called The Lilies Project, which received grant money to use public art and programming to address coal ash in the area.

Caroline Armijo, a Germanton native, is in charge of the project.

Like thousands of other Hairstons, Jester’s roots lead to Scotsman Peter Hairston, who arrived in southwest Virginia in 1729. The Hairston family became wealthy farmers and landowners, with about 10,000 slaves spread across more than 40 plantations in North Carolina, Virginia and as far west as Mississippi.

Historian Henry Wiencek spent years researching the family for his book, “The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White,” which led to stories on the Hairstons in The New York Times and “60 Minutes,” among other news outlets.

Wiencek is among the sources Princess Hairston interviews for her documentary. She did much of her research at UNC Chapel Hill, home to a trove of Hairston documents, while making a few trips to Walnut Cove and other areas in the Triad, interviewing local Hairstons, such as Betty Hairston Scales and Tony Hairston.

Though the documentary tells the story of both Black and white Hairstons, Princess Hairston said it involves more Black Hairstons than white.

Descendants of slave holders, Hairston said, are often reluctant to talk about their family’s past, an indicator that the country still struggles with the aftermath of slavery.

She hopes the film will lead to more discussions about race at a time when racial relations are showing some signs of fraying.

“Last year, I saw more Confederate flags (in the South) than when I started,” said Hairston, who started researching her film in 2014.

“That brings a sadness to my heart.”

The movie screenings served as a small Hairston reunion, with about 20 Hairstons, including Princess, posing for a portrait.

“We all came to support each other,” said Dana Dalton of Walnut Cove, whose mother was a Hairston. “This makes me very proud, very proud.”

MUHAMMAD ALI; HE SHOOK UP THE WORLD Ali at the Center of Any Talk of Activism by Black Athletes

By Tim Dahlberg PULL-UP Quote “We had no political muscle. No legal means to help the brother” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Muhammad Ali knew he didn’t have much time left.

His career was at stake—but

more importantly, so was his freedom—as he awaited the day he would formally refuse to be inducted in the armed forces of the United States.

So he embarked on a grand tour to make some money before his fighting days came to an end.

The heavyweight champion fought in a soccer stadium in England, and at an ice rink in Germany. He defended his title twice in the sparkling new Astrodome in Houston, part of a flurry of seven bouts in less than a year.

Revered by many at his death,

Ali was equally reviled at that time. Like many Black athletes who stand—or take a knee—to speak out for political or social change, he paid a price for his actions.

But he never wavered, despite nearly going bankrupt and drawing the wrath of a good portion of a country that viewed him merely as a draft dodger.

He had announced after beating Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight title in 1964 that he converted to Islam and was a follower of the Nation of Islam.

“He believed 1 million percent,” said Gene Kilroy, Ali’s longtime business manager.

“He never wavered because he believed Allah was on his side.

People didn’t believe him, but he believed.”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said it was important for Black athletes to stand with Ali, to show he had support within his community.

“That was important because America didn’t think Black Americans had any voice whatsoever,” the basketball legend said. “We had no political muscle. No legal means to help the brother. But we let him know that we were behind him and eventually he won his case.”

But Ali lost the heavyweight title and three years of what would have been the prime of his career during his forced exile from the ring.

The 70-year-old AbdulJabbar, who has had conversations with Colin Kaepernick , said the former NFL quarterback who sparked league protests by kneeling during the national anthem

AP file photo Ali towers over a prone Sonny Liston on Feb 25, 1964. before games, is paying a similar price.

Ali “sacrificed a lot to take that position,” said AbdulJabbar, author of “Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court.” “That was a great sacrifice on his part. That was the height of his career in his mid20s, the heavyweight champion of the world.

“The same thing happened to Colin. Anybody that knows anything about football will tell you that he is a talented athlete and should be on somebody’s team.” Black athletes have a storied history of being sidelined for speaking out , dating as far back to Jack Johnson in the early 1900s.

“It’s a testament to their commitment, their courage, their intellect, their understanding of the issues, and their potential

role in rectifying some of these challenges that you have people like them in those positions who are willing to pay that price,” said Harry Edwards, longtime civil rights activist and a sociology professor emeritus at University of California, Berkeley.

None stand taller than Ali. Ali’s final fight in the ring before taking on the government was at Madison Square Garden, where he punished Zora Folley before stopping him in the seventh round to remain unbeaten.

“What’s my name?” he kept asking Folley, who had refused to call him by his adopted Muslim name.

Folley wasn’t alone. No one knew what to call this heavyweight champion, or for that matter knew what to think about him.

The Associated Press used his birth name, Cassius Clay, in the story that fateful day in April 1967 in Houston. But as he stood with 11 other inductees, the U.S. government called upon Muhammad Ali not once but three times to take a step forward for induction in the U.S. Army.

He didn’t take the step. His religion, Ali said, did not allow him to kill in Vietnam in the name of others.

“I am going to die a Muslim,” he said the day before. “They don’t think I’m serious. I will show them I am.”

“He never had one regret,” Kilroy said. “He was convinced that there was a power above us that takes care of everything.

And for Muhammad that was good enough.”

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OPED Raising Emotionally Competent Children HOW MY GRANDPARENTS TAUGHT ME TO LOVE MYSELF BY LYNETTE MONROE

By Lynette Monroe

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don’t remember my grandparents assisting me with homework beyond holding up flash cards for me to recite. They could have, I just don’t remember. I do remember Lil’ Bow Wow’s release of “Beware of Dog” in 2000 followed by my incessant pleading to hang his poster on my bedroom wall. I also remember hearing my mother’s inevitable “no” as she repeated her “no posters on these walls” policy.

In a fast-paced, techobsessed world, assisting your child with homework can prove a daunting task. New teaching methods are adopted every day. Even professionals with advanced degrees are not necessarily equipped to help children with homework.

However, all parents should feel empowered to teach their children social and emotional development. Social and emotional competence yields similar academic gains as strictly educational interventions.

Parents, churches, and communities bear the brunt of the responsibility for socializing children. This is where we, as a community, have an opportunity to shine.

A report from the Brookings Institution, published in May 2015, called for the prioritization of social and emotional development as the U.S. Congress worked on the bill that would become the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), that was signed into law by Barack Obama in December 2015.

The report, titled “Social

and Emotional Development: you walk out this door.”

The Next School Reform Or, for those of us familiar Frontier,” claims social and with Christianity, social and emotional competence directly emotional development echoes correlates to a child’s ability to Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a learn and achieve in school. child in the way he should go: The report cited the findings of All parents should feel a study of more than 200,000 empowered to teach students from their children social and kindergarten to high school who emotional development. participated in social and emotional development learning (SEL) and when he is old, he will not programs at school. depart from it.”

The study found that So, what can Black parents students who completed SEL do to supplement the lack of programs demonstrated greater school-based SEL programs? social skills, less emotional Here are a few things my stress, better attitudes, fewer grandparents did. conduct problems, and more frequent positive behaviors, 1. Respect Your Child’s such as cooperation and help Voice If there was a rule I didn’t for other students—benefits that translate to the workplace. agree with, my grandma In November 2017, after always took the time to all 50 states and the District hear my perspective. She of Columbia submitted their didn’t listen just waiting to state ESSA plans, Lauren reply; she listened intently, Poteat reported that states to understand. Most times were ignoring opportunities I didn’t change her mind, to address social competency but a few times I did. Those in the new national education experiences taught me that my voice was valid, that you didn’t’ law.

Social and emotional have to agree with someone to development is a child’s ability understand their perspective, to understand and control his/ and that simply acknowledging her feelings, acknowledge and someone else’s perspective can respect the feelings of others, create an environment for and to form meaningful enlightenment. relationships. In layman’s terms, 2. Give Your Child Tangible social/emotional development Heroes is the authoritative, waving There was a ‘no posters finger of your mother, father, on these walls’ policy in my grandma, grandpa, aunt or house. I am almost certain my uncle saying: “Remember grandma didn’t want posters who you representin’, when of celebrities on her wall for

respectability devotions.

However, the unintended outcome was an elevated perception of self-worth. Since, my grandma never provided me the opportunity to idolize my favorite pop stars, I learned to look to the people around me for role models and guidance. Ultimately, I learned that whatever tools I needed to succeed were already within me. I learned how to control my behavior.

I held the sole responsibility for my choices and whenever I felt confused, the first people I looked to for help were in my immediate support system.

there. Twirl around, let me see it all the way around.” In that moment I would feel as if I was the only girl in the world. I felt we had similar interest in pretty dresses and that made him more than just my father figure; that made him my confidant. I credit this experience for my ability to form meaningful relationships. Neither of my grandparents graduated high school, however they were able to have a profound impact on my academic progress by simply validating my voice, providing a strong support

system, and encouraging me regardless of accolades from the outside world.

Learn more about social and emotional development and the Every Student Succeeds Act at nnpa.org/essa.

Lynette is the program assistant for the NNPA’s Every Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness Campaign and a master’s student at Howard University. Her research areas are public policy and national development. Follow Lynette on Twitter @_monroedoctrine.

3. Encourage Your Children I never received a reward for expected behavior. I didn’t get taken out for pizza or ice cream for good grades or behavior.

Nevertheless, my grandpa never missed an opportunity to show his appreciation for a job well done, either through a big bear hug or a cheesy smile. My grandpa showed his love for me regardless of any accolades I obtained.

He made it clear that he loved me; just for me. He told me I was beautiful before anyone else ever got the chance to. On bad days, I still here his voice saying, “That’s a pretty dress

The Trump Administration’s War on Workers

By Lawrence Wittner When Donald Trump was running for the presidency, he promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.” Today, though, safely ensconced in the White House, President Trump is waging a fierce campaign against American workers His appointments to federal positions created to defend workers’ rights provide an indication of his priorities. For Secretary of Labor, Trump nominated Andrew Puzder, the CEO of a major fast food chain.

When Puzder’s nomination was withdrawn amid allegations of labor law violations, Trump turned to Alexander Acosta, a figure with a long history of aligning with rightwing and corporate interests.

As the new Labor Secretary, Acosta served as one of the stars at the annual gathering of the militantly anti-labor American Legislative Exchange Council. For Deputy Secretary of Labor, Trump chose Patrick Pizzella, a former employee of the rabidly anti-union National Right to Work Committee who had lobbied against raising sweatshop-level wages.

Other administration appointments had the same orientation. For Assistant Secretary of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Trump nominated David Zatezalo, a former CEO of a coal mining operation with serious mining violations.

The Trump administration also took control of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by appointing members with a record of opposing workers’ right to organize. Furthermore, Trump helped ensure an unsympathetic hearing for American workers in the courts by appointing new

federal judges known for their deeply-ingrained rightwing views.

Assisted by these and other pro-corporate officials, the administration quickly attacked worker health and safety provisions.

It repealed an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule requiring employers to keep accurate injury records, repealed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule ensuring that federal contractors follow safety and labor laws, withdrew an OSHA policy allowing workers in nonunion workplaces to participate in OSHA inspections, and scrapped more than a dozen rules from the OSHA and MSHA regulatory agenda, including standards on combustible dust, styrene, 1-bromopropane, construction noise, update of permissible exposure limits, and MSHA penalties and refuge alternatives in coal mines. In addition, the administration delayed the issuance of the new standard for cancer-causing beryllium and enforcement of the OSHA standard for deadly silica dust.

The Trump administration has also launched an attack on workers’ wages. Although the Obama administration had updated and expanded overtime protections for 4.2 million American workers, implementation has been blocked in federal court while Trump’s Labor Department lays plans to narrow worker eligibility.

The Labor Department has also proposed a new rule making it legal for restaurant owners to keep the tips given to their waitstaffs, thereby depriving millions of

low-paid workers (most of them women and people of color) of a substantial portion of their income.

Of course, increasing the federal minimum wage, which has been

spend on anti-union campaigns.

In December 2017 alone, the NLRB reversed a 2004 decision bolstering the right of workers to organize free from unlawful employer interference, reversed a 2016 decision safeguarding unionized workers’ rights to bargain over changes in terms of employment, and overturned a 2011 decision protecting the right of a group of employees within a larger non-union company to form a bargaining unit. The NLRB also invited employers to withdraw from agreements to hold union representation elections, even in cases where the election had already been held.

One of last December’s NLRB actions―overturning a 2015 decision making employers responsible for bargaining with workers if they have direct or indirect control over these workers’ employment― has enormous consequences for millions of low-wage earners. Fast food companies like McDonald’s license franchises for most of their restaurants, with the companies and franchise managements each avoiding responsibility for negotiating with their workers.

Thus, the Obama Labor Board’s decision provided fast food workers with a meaningful right to collective bargaining. The Trump Labor Board took it away.

Perhaps the most serious threat to unions comes from the Trump administration’s support of socalled “right-to-work” laws, which eliminate the obligation of workers to pay for the union representation they receive. Adopted in 28 states thanks to campaigns by big

The Trump administration has also launched an attack on workers’ wages. stuck at $7.25 an hour for nearly nine years, would lift millions of workers out of poverty. But Trump and Congressional Republicans staunchly oppose raising this pathetically low wage floor, arguing that there is no need for a federal minimum wage.

Given the central role that organized labor plays in defending workers’ rights, it’s hardly surprising that the Trump administration has sought to weaken American unions. For example, the Labor Department has proposed repealing the Obama administration’s rule that employers and their consultants must report how much money they

business and its rightwing allies, these laws have proven sure-fire methods for creating masses of “free riders” and, thus, crippling unions.

Naturally, then, House Republicans introduced the National Right to Work Act shortly after Trump’s inauguration and, within a few days, the Trump administration re-affirmed its support for “rightto-work” laws. “The president believes in right to work,” declared White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. “He wants to give workers and companies … flexibility.” When the Canadian government proposed barring “right-to-work” laws under the provisions of a new NAFTA agreement, the Trump administration promptly rejected the idea.

The Janus case now before the Supreme Court provides another component in the same battle. Brought to the court by the National Right to Work Committee, it would make every state and local government worker in the United States a potential “free rider.” Entering the case, Trump’s Justice Department filed an anti-union brief. In addition, Trump’s appointment to the Supreme Court of Neil Gorsuch, a rightwing ideologue, makes it likely that the court will decide in favor of the National Right to Work Committee, with devastating consequences for America’s public sector unions.

Looking at the conflict between workers and their bosses, an old labor ballad asks, hauntingly: “Which side are you on?” The Trump administration is certainly not on the side of the workers.

Dr. Lawrence Wittner, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press).

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

OPED How Long Until We Protect Children, Not Guns?!

By Marian Wright Edelman If I don’t make it I love you and I appreciate everything you did for me —Text message sent from a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida to her mother December 2017 marked the fifth anniversary of the indescribably horrible mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School when 20 young children and 6 teachers were brutally murdered by a 20-yearold with a gun he should never have possessed. As our nation was grieving, I wrote that this terrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut was no fluke but a result of the senseless, immoral and indefensible neglect of all of us in our nation to protect children instead of guns and to speak out against the pervasive culture of violence and the insane proliferation of guns by the millions that have no business in civilian hands. I truly believed at the time that these shocking and horrific murders would finally force our elected leaders to put child life and safety ahead of politics and the NRA and take the necessary steps to protect children instead of guns.

Wow was I wrong.

Sandy Hook marked a turning point in public opinion about guns and sparked a new wave of public advocacy to prevent gun violence, but it did not fundamentally change the cowardice of most of the men and women we have elected to represent us who put their political self-interest ahead of the safety of our children. Though some states made important strides to prevent deadly weapons from getting into the wrong hands, others have gone backwards.

Our Congressional leaders have continued to offer platitudes after horrific mass shootings while doing nothing to act and expand and improve the background check system, limit access to assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, deprive domestic violence perpetrators of their guns, or even take basic steps to prevent children from accessing deadly firearms by requiring safe storage of guns and ammunition.

Congress has turned a blind eye

and wallowed in inaction while the deadly plague of gun violence afflicting our nation has worsened.

The rate of child and teen gun deaths has increased every year since Sandy Hook and nearly 11,000 more children and teens have died.

On Wednesday it happened again.

This time the victims were teachers and students going about their day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – maybe excited about Valentine’s Day because of a secret crush, or planning to go to Ash Wednesday mass that evening.

The shooter was a 19-year-old former student at the school with a history of disturbing behavior and an obsession with guns. Like many other mass shooters in United States, he was armed with an AR-15 assault rifle. In a short span of time seventeen people lost their lives and at least fourteen were injured. Once again we saw the scenes many of us first saw outside Columbine High School in April 1999 that now seem horribly and tragically familiar in America: frightened students fleeing with their hands up, frantic parents desperate to reunite with their children, and traumatized survivors telling television interviewers what happened and the horrors they heard and saw. And it goes on and on and will continue to go on and on until we stand up together and say no more.

An entire generation of children are coming of age understanding that there is no safe space in America after bearing witness to horrifying massacres killing 26 and 9 people in churches in Texas and South Carolina, 58 at a concert in Nevada, 49 at a nightclub in Florida, 9 at a college in Oregon, 14 at a workplace in California, 2 at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky in January, and now 17 more children and adults on an otherwise ordinary day at a high school in Florida. Tens of thousands of other shootings have taught us all that gun violence does not discriminate.

Twice since Sandy Hook we have had to put a new tragedy atop the list of the worst mass shootings in American history and gun death numbers grow in communities that often go unnoticed. When will the

indefensible insane tolerance of violence end?! When will children and human life matter more than a gunman’s right to kill innocent people?

We have already waited too long for our leaders to protect children rather than guns.

Victims, survivors and families impacted by gun violence too often are forgotten. We must not let that happen again. How evil it was that on the very same day last December a national vigil was held just blocks from the Capitol to remember victims of gun violence, the House of Representatives voted 231 to 198 to pass the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R.38), a NRA priority that would allow individuals to carry concealed weapons across state lines even if the state to which they are traveling has much stronger gun safety laws.

For example, if the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act were to pass the Senate now, a person from Mississippi, Missouri or Wyoming who is not even required to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon, could travel with it to Massachusetts, California or New York, which all require that in order to apply for a concealed carry permit an applicant must first demonstrate good cause or a justifiable need.

Forcing all states to recognize the concealed carry requirements of all other states regardless of their own laws and protections poses a significant threat to public safety across the nation. The concealed

carry bill must not be taken up in the Senate.

Several other bills have recently been introduced in Congress and offer potential progress. I hope we will take any positive steps we can to move them forward. For example, the Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act (S.2044/ H.R.4186) would close loopholes in federal law that currently permit the sale and possession of weapons to dating partners or former dating partners convicted of domestic violence crimes, and prohibits the sale or possession of a firearm by a person subject to a temporary domestic violence restraining order. Research shows women in domestic violence situations are five times more likely to be killed if their abuser owns a gun and their children are also at risk. An analysis

by Everytown for Gun Safety found a majority of mass shootings from 2009-2016 were related to domestic or family violence. Only 13 states require law enforcement to remove firearms at the scene of a domestic violence incident.

A domestic violence conviction should have barred the individual who killed 26 people in a Sutherland Springs, Texas church in November from purchasing a gun. The Air Force failed to report his conviction to the national background check system enabling him to clear a federal background check to purchase the rifle used in this horrific crime. The bipartisan Fix NICS Act of 2017 (S.2135) would help ensure data get promptly and accurately reported.

It requires federal agencies and states to create plans to comply with existing federal laws requiring reporting of mental health and criminal records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and provides financial support to states that comply and penalizes agencies that fail to report these records to the system.

Both these bills are commonsense approaches to help limit gun violence. While they do not close all the dangerous federal loopholes that allow potentially dangerous people to get deadly weapons, their passing would be a critically important first step. There also

are pending bills that would allow more research on gun violence, prohibit the sale of guns before completion of background checks, close loopholes in the background check system, and ban devices like bump stocks allowing shooters to increase the rate of fire of their semiautomatic weapons. All these positive steps deserve a vote. And it is also past time to reinstate the ban on assault weapons and highcapacity ammunition magazines that consistently increase the body count in our all-too-frequent mass shootings. We must keep using our votes and voices to move forward and never never ever give up until we succeed.

Every person who cares about protecting children and human life must stand up right now with urgency and persistence, join hands with those directly affected by gun violence, and demand Congressional action to prevent and break up the uniquely evil American love affair with guns and stop the scourge of gun violence that has killed more than 140,000 people and devastated thousands of families between Sandy Hook and this week’s tragedy. A child or teen dies from gunfire every 2 hours and 48 minutes in the United States; 3,128 children and teens died from guns in 2016, enough to fill 156 classrooms of 20 children. It is a profoundly immoral travesty that the NRA and its craven Congressional allies continue pushing to weaken gun laws although the majority of Americans cry out for stronger safeguards and children witness and suffer from mass shooting after mass shooting.

In memory of the 17 children and adults whose lives were snuffed out this week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the 2 children killed at Marshall County High School in Kentucky less than a month before, the 26 who died at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and the tens of thousands more children and adults killed in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Charleston, Seattle, Orlando, Las Vegas, New York City, New Orleans, Sutherland Springs, and cities and small towns across our country now is the time to call and visit your elected leaders urging them to protect children, not guns.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND WHITE ANXIETY

By Oscar H. Blayton

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here has been yet another school shooting in America. The multiple murders at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida mark the 18th school shooting in this nation since the beginning of the year. And once again the only response by elected officials has been to offer “thoughts and prayers” for the victims and their families.

News anchors and pundits scratch their heads and ask, “What can be done to fix this?” while ignoring the obvious answer—limit access to guns.

If this seems like madness, it’s because it is. This country clearly has a gun problem, a problem that can be solved if we act, as so many countries around the world have done.

But we choose not to.

Much of the blame for these killings is placed at the feet of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the political behemoth that slides dollars into the pockets of every conservative federal elected official and to many state politicians as well.

These “bribes” ensure that conservative politicians will not enact any meaningful legislation that will stop or slow the flow of guns, even into the hands of the criminally insane. But the NRA could not exist without a culture in this

country that places a higher priority on the right to gun ownership than on the lives of school children.

The main question then becomes, “How did this madness come to dictate America’s priorities?”

In attempting to answer this question, we cannot ignore the racial dynamic of America’s obsession with guns. White men can walk the streets with fully loaded automatic rifles and suffer no negative consequences, while people of color are shot dead for having a toy gun.

This is because the freedom of Americans to bears arms that is not the real issue here; it is the freedom of white Americans to arm themselves against people of color (who are perceived as a threat).

Even though the great majority of mass shooters are

white, the perceived threat is the armed person of color.

The psyches of many white Americans are tainted by a fear of retribution for past wrongs and injustices committed against people of color.

This fear will not go away anytime soon because for as long as the injustices persist, the fear will persist and the gun culture will persist. So, the mass killings will persist.

Typically, and ironically, the victims of American injustice are not doing the killing. A segment of the white populace that is armed to the teeth unleashes its murderous anxiety by firing assault weapons, killing the innocent.

It may seem farfetched to quote a character from a “Star Wars” episode, but in this case, the warning by Master Jedi Yoda’s makes sense: “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

To those whites prone to such behavior, Donald Trump has given license to openly fear and hate people of color. The resulting suffering has followed, as night follows the day.

The problem of mass shootings is most definitely a gun problem.

It is also undeniably a mental health problem. And at the base of it all, the root of the gun culture that allows the mentally

ill to run around with the capability to commit multiple murders is white America’s fear of people of color.

But the fear that many white people have of people of color pales in comparison to their fear of a Black man with a gun.

The high-water mark for American gun control legislation during the last eighty years was in the late 1960s, due in large part to the Black Panther Party showing up heavily armed at the California State House in May 1967.

The sight of armed Black men with large afros and berets sent a chill down America’s spine and sparked political activity that eventually led to new gun control laws being passed in federal and state legislatures.

In the years since, law enforcement across the country struck heavy blows against Black organizations perceived to be radical, armed and dangerous. These organizations began to fade and the perceived threat level lessened. Once this happened, gun control began to be relaxed.

A working paper released by the Harvard Business School in 2016 explored the impact of mass shootings on gun policy from 1989 to 2014.

It showed that gun laws have been loosened over the years by legislators courted by the gun

lobby.

The paper even states, “When there is a Republicancontrolled legislature, mass shootings lead to more firearm laws that loosen gun control.

A mass shooting in the previous year increases the number of enacted laws that loosen gun restrictions by 75% in states with Republicancontrolled legislatures.”

In other words, when there is a mass shooting, Republicans make it easier for someone to commit another mass shooting by loosening gun control laws.

This can best be explained by the existence of a great fear of, and a need to arm against, the perceived threat posed by people of color.

The gun lobby’s 2nd Amendment argument to keep and bear arms is predicated upon self-defense. But the language of that amendment begins,” A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State…” Gun rights advocates never talk about this first clause of the one sentence that is the 2nd Amendment.

The necessary “well regulated Militia” underpinning the right to keep and bear arms has been swept aside, as it is now alleged that the amendment addresses the security of individuals rather than that of the “free state.”

Today, it is white privilege,

not America, that some white people are seeking to protected by the 2nd Amendment.

We must now ask ourselves, “How do we, as citizens, take on the gun lobby and the culture that supports it?” Clearly, our current, collective elected officials will do nothing.

We, as citizens, need to begin on the local, state and federal levels to replace politicians who are lackeys of the NRA and the gun lobby so that we can pass laws restricting access to automatic weapons.

The right to bear arms does not mean the right to bear all weapons. Ordinary people cannot possess mortars, rocket launchers or grenades, so, why can’t we extend these prohibitions to include automatic assault rifles?

Why can’t we mandate strict background checks and limit the number of guns an individual can purchase?

We must put people in office who have principles and who value human life over profit and privilege and find ways to pass laws that create more effective gun controls.

It is time for us to use gun laws to protect citizens rather than to secure white privilege.

Oscar H. Blayton is a former Marine Corps combat pilot and human rights activist who practices law in Virginia.

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

NEWS LAX Upgrades Taking Shape LOS ANGELES—The plan to decrease auto traffic at Los Angeles International Airport with the construction of an automated people mover took a step forward last week as the airport’s civilian oversight board approved a recommended developer for the project.

LAX Integrated Express Solutions was chosen by the Los Angeles World Airports Board of Airport Commissioners as the recommended developer for the project, and LAWA will present a 30-year contract valued at about $4.5 billion to the BOAC and City Council for approval. Under the deal, LINXS would design, build, finance, operate and maintain the APM. “Los Angeles relies on LAX to power our economy forward—that’s why we’re making historic investments to ensure it remains one of the most passenger-friendly airports in the world,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “Today’s recommendation brings us one step closer to a people mover that will provide Angelenos and travelers from everywhere with reliable, convenient transportation to and from the terminals.”

The APM is part of a $5.5 billion LAX project that includes a Consolidated Rent-A-Car Center that aims to bring together more than 20 car rental offices and would feature the 2.25-mile APM to eliminate the need for rental car courtesy vehicles to enter the central terminal area and reduce the number of autos driving in and out of the airport by an estimated 3,200 each day.

The plan—called the Landside Access Modernization Program— also includes roadway improvements to increase vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian access.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reflects on Becoming Himself

By John Rogers NEWPORT BEACH— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been a best-selling author, civil-rights activist, actor, historian and one of the greatest basketball players who ever lived.

One thing Abdul-Jabbar has never been—at least not in public—is chatty.

“I’m not known for being a blabbermouth, you know?” the soft-spoken AbdulJabbar concedes with a smile, something else he was never particularly known for during his playing days. But, he adds, still smiling, his public can expect to see that change—and soon.

This fall Abdul-Jabbar will embark on a cross-country tour as part of “Becoming Kareem,” a stage show in which he’ll discuss his life, answer audience questions and talk about the key mentors he says helped him achieve his goals. Among them: civil rights heroes Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, his legendary college coach and lifelong friend John Wooden, and fellow superstar athletes Muhammad Ali and Wilt Chamberlain.

The tour was inspired by the 2017 best-seller “Becoming Kareem,” a memoir of his years

from childhood to age 24.

Inspirational, poignant, funny and occasionally heartbreaking, it recounts the coming of age of a bright and hardworking but painfully introverted kid, one who was always the tallest in class.

And although he didn’t realize it until looking closely at a class photo taken in the third grade, he was often the only Black kid in class, a circumstance that in later years would expose him to repeated episodes of ugly racism, no matter his fame or success, that would leave deep emotional scars that sometimes took decades to heal.

So he kept his game face on, both on and off the court, and persevered through setbacks and successes.

“I did the book because I thought that the process that I went through could be very useful for young people right now,” Abdul-Jabbar told The Associated Press during a wide-ranging interview last week at the offices of the Skyhook Foundation, the charitable nonprofit he created several years ago to provide educational opportunities for elementary school children, the same group he targeted his book for.

After its publication, sports broadcaster Roy Firestone, a longtime friend, suggested he share those experiences directly with live audiences, telling him his words would not only resonate with young people today but provide a chance for Abdul-Jabbar to clear up some lingering misconceptions dating to his playing days. The clipped, seemingly curt answers he often gave during postgame interviews, for example, frequently came across not as shy but as surly, especially coming from someone who stood an intimidatingly tall 7 feet, 2 inches.

“And that was very unfortunate,” Abdul-Jabbar says softly now. “I think it kept me from a head coaching job and commercials and stuff because people wanted to assume the worst.”

Not that he hasn’t had a storied life and career before and after basketball.

Abdul-Jabbar played on six NBA championship teams, was an assistant coach for two others, won a record six MVP awards and is the leading scorer in NBA history with 38,387 points, a mark that’s never been seriously challenged in the 29 years since he retired.

He’s written more than a

Rubio and Scott by name in a warning to politicians backed by the NRA. “Now is the time to get on the right side of this, because this is not something that we are going to let sweep under the carpet,” she said on “Meet the Press.” Seeking to increase pressure for gun control, the students plan to visit the state capitol in Tallahassee this week to demand immediate action. They are also calling for anti-gun violence demonstrations in Washington and other cities March 24.

Organizers behind the Women’s March, an antiTrump and female empowerment protest, called for a 17-minute, nationwide walkout by teachers and students on March 14.

Chris Grady, a 19-yearold senior at the Florida school, was one of several students at Sunday’s rally near the campus. “The kids in Newtown were too young to understand what

happened and were too young to have their own voice,” Grady said, referring to the 20 first-graders killed in the 2012 Connecticut school shooting. “We want to be the voice for those kids and thousands of others.”

Not every student at the Florida school was calling for more gun control.

James Ciaramello, a freshman in the school’s JROTC program, was heartbroken by the massacre but skeptical firearms regulations could have prevented it.

“He’s just messed up,” Ciaramello said of Cruz, another JROTC member. “I mean, tighter gun control, it’s not gonna help. There’s always a way around it.”

School and government records obtained Sunday show Cruz was diagnosed as developmentally delayed at age 3 and had disciplinary issues dating to middle school. In February 2014, while in 8th grade, Cruz was transferred to a special

Photo courtesy of NNPA dozen books ranging from children’s adventure novels to histories of prominent African-Americans to crime novels featuring the adventures of none other than Mycroft Holmes, older brother of Sherlock.

“I enjoyed Sherlock Holmes from when I was a kid,” he recalls, adding with a robust laugh that until high school he actually believed the master detective was a real person.

Learning he was Arthur Conan Doyle’s creation, he concluded the author gave short shrift to Mycroft and set out to fix that a few years ago. His second Holmes book came out last year, and he’s working on another.

“That and this tour will hopefully keep me pretty busy,” he said as he sat in a chair in his spacious office.

It’s an office filled with memorabilia commemorating not only his basketball career but his African-American roots and his work as a civilrights advocate. Sitting near NAACP Image Awards are dozens of basketballs, many autographed by members of the Showtime-era Los Angeles Lakers teams he helped lead to five championships in the 1980s. On the walls are posters of him launching his signature skyhook shot over the likes of Charles Barkley and guarding Bill Walton.

The sounds of jazz, the

school for children with emotional and behavioral issues. He stayed there until 10th grade, when he was transferred to Stoneman Douglas. Last year, Cruz was expelled.

On Sept. 28, 2016, an investigator from the Florida Department of Children and Families visited Cruz and his mother, Lynda Cruz, after he posted video on Snapchat showing him cutting himself.

The report showed that Cruz had written a racial epithet against AfricanAmericans and a Nazi symbol on his book bag, which his mother had forced him to erase. The investigator said Cruz was suffering from depression and on medication and had told Lynda Cruz he planned to buy a gun, but she couldn’t determine why.

A school counselor told the investigator that Lynda Cruz had always tried to help her son and followed through on his therapy and

medication, but the counselor was concerned about the youth’s desire to buy a gun.

A crisis counselor told the DCF investigator he had visited the school and that he did not believe Cruz was a danger to himself or others. The case was closed, with the investigator concluding that Cruz was receiving help from his mother and counselors, and “no other referrals or services were needed.”

After Lynda Cruz died in November, Cruz moved into the home of a teenage friend. The friend’s parents told the Sun-Sentinel newspaper they had no idea the extent of Cruz’s issues.

“We had this monster living under our roof and we didn’t know,” Kimberly Snead told the newspaper in an interview published Sunday. “We didn’t see this side of him.”

James Snead added: “Everything everybody seems to know, we didn’t know. It’s

beloved soundtrack of AbdulJabbar’s life, play softly through the office until he silences them to talk. (His father, Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, whose name he shared before changing his in his early 20s upon his conversion to Islam, was not only a New York City police officer but a talented jazz musician.)

If not as shy as he once was, Abdul-Jabbar is still somewhat guarded in conversation, although he can be playfully funny as well.

Yes, he confirms with a grin, it’s true that after President Donald Trump sent him a name-calling note for criticizing Trump, he crumpled it into a ball and skyhooked it into a wastebasket.

Although he suffered from leukemia that’s now in remission and underwent quadruple bypass surgery three years ago, Abdul-Jabbar looks little different than he did during his playing days, appearing trim and athletic in Tommy Hilfiger jeans and an open-necked shirt.

“Well, you know, seeing how there is no alternative— I’ll take it,” he says of turning 70 last year. “But I don’t know about that ‘life begins at 40’ stuff. What happened at 40 is I started getting old.

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people. Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old who had been expelled from the school, is being held without bail in the Broward County Jail, accused of 17 counts of first-degree murder.

In a TV interview, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio embraced a Democratic bill in the Florida legislature to allow courts to temporarily prevent people from having guns if they are determined to be a threat to themselves or others. Gov. Rick Scott, also a Republican, attended a prayer vigil at the First Church Coral Springs, blocks from the shooting site.

He is expected to announce a legislative package with GOP lawmakers this week. Emma Gonzalez, another student survivor, gave an impassioned speech at a weekend rally with a stinging citation of the NRA’s $30 million in expenditures on Trump’s behalf in the presidential election. On Sunday she cited Trump,

as simple as that.”

The teen kept the AR15 he allegedly used in the massacre locked in a gun safe with a few other firearms.

James Snead thought he had the only key to the cabinet but says Cruz must have had another key. The family kept their own rifles, bought after a burglary a few years ago, in a separate locked cabinet.

They told Cruz he needed to ask permission to take out the guns. He had asked only twice since November.

They said “yes” once and “no” once.

Speaking Monday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” the Sneads said they have only seen Cruz once since the shooting when they briefly saw him at the police station. Kimberly Snead says she yelled at him and “really wanted to strangle him more than anything.” The couple says Cruz told them he was sorry.

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

NEWS California Latinos Make Up Small Fraction of Mortgage Market

By Janie Har

Latinos are the largest ethnic group in California but a new analysis reveals they make up just a fraction of people applying for conventional home loans and were more likely to be denied loans in two rural Northern California metro areas.

A national analysis by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting found Latinos accounted for nearly half of the population in the Los Angeles area in 2015-2016, yet applied for just 18 percent of conventional loan applications.

In the Central Valley city of Fresno, Latinos made up more than half of the population but only accounted for a quarter of traditional mortgage applications.

The data also showed disparities in two rural Northern California communities: in Chico, when

Latinos did apply for such loans, they were nearly 2.5 times more likely than whites to be denied.

In Salinas, they were 1.7 times more likely to be denied. The analysis compared applicants with similar incomes, loan amounts and purchasing neighborhood, among other factors.

The review of millions of federal records found evidence of redlining—the practice of charging more or denying services based on factors such as race or religion—in dozens of metro hubs across the country

STATEPOINT CROSSWORD THEME: ST. PATRICK’S DAY

“With more flexible credit scoring methods, credit-worthy Latinos could be qualifying for conventional products that are cheaper.”

Vedika Ahuja 50 years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending.

Redlining makes it harder and more expensive for Latinos to buy homes and build wealth, exacerbating racial and ethnic inequities that have long plagued the country.

Additionally, low application numbers for conventional loans mean Latinos are not getting favorable borrowing terms.

“Redlining is not a thing of the past,” said Dave Rodriguez, president of California LULAC, which stands for the League of United Latin American Citizens.

“Lenders are missing the boat. They still think, in many respects, that we are a high-risk

population for loan products so we get the most expensive products and the most penalties for nonpayment,” he said.

Housing and civil rights advocacy groups say there are legitimate reasons why Latinos, who tend to have lower incomes, made up a lower percentage of conventional loan applications: Homes are pricey in California or they may be relying on federally-backed FHA loans, which are more expensive but easier to get. FHA loans are not factored into Reveal’s analysis.

But advocates also say the skewed numbers are not surprising given historical hostility toward Latino borrowers.

It is hard to prove that lenders

are steering Latinos to pricier, unconventional loans, but at the very least, they could do a better job reaching out to Latinos, said Vedika Ahuja, economic equity program manager at The Greenlining Institute, a nonprofit that promotes social and economic justice. She said banks and other lenders could check utility and rent payments to determine a person’s ability to make payments, rather than rely strictly on credit score and income.

“With more flexible credit scoring methods, credit-worthy Latinos could be qualifying for conventional products that are cheaper,” she said.

Gary Acosta, co-founder and CEO of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, said there are legitimate reasons why Latinos may be going with flexible federal FHA loans rather than conventional loans: They tend to be inexperienced firsttime home buyers who can’t afford high down payments.

“Do I think people intentionally put people in an FHA loan because they’re discriminating against them?

I’m certain that happens, but it doesn’t account for the majority,” he said. “It’s the path of least resistance.”

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ACROSS 1. Salmon deposit 6. Old age, archaic 9. Bagpiper’s garb 13. Hawaiian veranda 14. Big Island flower necklace 15. Helper 16. V.C. Andrews’ “Flowers in the ____” 17. Uno ___ or one more 18. 4 x 4 race 19. *”Water of life” 21. *Shamrock 23. ____ Aviv 24. Rumpelstiltskin’s weaver 25. Wildebeest 28. Mega Bloks competitor 30. *Outdoor St. Patrick’s Day event 35. Starting point on way to riches 37. Clump 39. Dionysus’ pipe-playing companion 40. *Ireland, once 41. Ox connector, pl.

43. Quartet minus one 44. Put out on a curb 46. *William Butler Yeats, e.g.

47. Cardinal vices 48. Bee’s favorite drink 50. Russian mountain chain 52. Go gray 53. Period of illness 55. Workout unit 57. *These never lived in Ireland 60. *Hibernia 64. Musician’s exercise 65. Flying saucer acronym 67. Cleveland’s controversial chief 68. Villain 69. Decompose 70. Do penitence 71. Parting words 72. Pro vote 73. “Walk the Dog” toy, pl.

DOWN 1. Deli side 2. Beaten by walkers 3. Nay sayer 4. Middle measurement 5. Jefferson coin 6. Lined with elm trees 7. “Back To The Future” actress 8. ABBA’s genre 9. Capital of Ukraine 10. Like some rumors 11. Shakespeare’s tragic monarch 12. “Don’t give up!”

15. Olfactory property, pl.

20. Funereal lament 22. Chop off 24. ____ tower 25. *”The wearing of the ____” 26. Evian, backwards 27. Finno-____ language 29. Lump of stuff

31. Refuse visitors 32. Skylit lobbies 33. Faulkner’s “As I Lay ____” 34. Irregular or jagged 36. Religious offshoot 38. *Stout, e.g.

42. Liverpool star 45. Cursor-moving button 49. Wade’s opponent 51. Wiggle room 54. Shylock’s line of work 56. Socrates’ famous pupil 57. Dog command 58. Classic art subject 59. Puts two and two together 60. Itty-bitty bit 61. Call to a mate 62. Unacceptable 63. “Nobody ____ It Better” 64. Flow alternative 66. *British to the IRA

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

sight last week. The White House trashed the bipartisan proposal as “dangerous policy that will harm the nation,” denouncing a provision directing the government to prioritize enforcement efforts against immigrants who arrive illegally— beginning in July. Trump proved unwilling to fold on his demands for a tougher bill, reflecting the hardline immigration stance that fueled his presidential run. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blamed Democrats for failing to accept what he said was a “generous” offer from Trump.

“They turned away from a golden opportunity to solve the issue,” said McConnell. He expressed openness to considering a future compromise but said, “For that to happen, Democrats will need to

take a second look” at Trump’s demands.

Trump had dangled a chance at citizenship for 1.8 million young immigrants, meeting a top Democratic demand. But that plan also included $25 billion to build his border wall with Mexico and enact other border security measures, tighter curbs on relatives whom legal immigrants could sponsor for citizenship and an end to a visa lottery that encourages immigration from diverse nations.

No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas said after the votes that lawmakers might consider temporarily protecting Dreamers from deportation in a government-wide spending measure Congress will consider next month.

He said that approach

“to me is not great, but that’s kind of where we are.”

Democrats said Trump was the major hindrance to a broader deal.

“This vote is proof that President Trump’s plan will never become law,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. “If he would stop torpedoing bipartisan efforts, a good bill would pass.”

The Senate derailed Trump’s proposal by voting 60-39 against it— 21 votes shy of the 60 it needed to survive.

Fourteen Republicans— more than 1 in 4— joined 46 Democrats in opposition. The “no” votes included some of the chamber’s most conservative Republicans, many of whom were uncomfortable with offering citizenship to immigrants here illegally.

Just three Democrats backed Trump’s proposal, all of them facing dicey November re-election in states he carried easily in 2016: Indiana’s Joe Donnelly, North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin.

The vote on the bipartisan plan was 54-45, six short of the required 60. Eight Republicans who helped craft that compromise supported it, and three Democrats voted “no,” including Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who’s viewed as a 2020 presidential hopeful.

SODOKU SOLUTION

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

HEALTH A Family-Oriented Intervention May Reduce the Effects of Poverty on Brain Development

By William Ross Perlman Children who grow up in poverty are vulnerable to a variety of health problems that often begin early in life and can persist across the life course. Childhood poverty’s ill effects can include deficits in the development of brain structures in the limbic system, including the hippocampus and amygdala.

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HESE structures contribute to learning, memory, mood, and responses to stress, and thus are crucial for academic functioning and social development. They have been implicated in addiction and other psychiatric disorders.

Dr. Gene H. Brody and colleagues at the Center for Family Research at the University of Georgia developed the parentingfocused Strong African American Families (SAAF) program with the aim of reducing the negative effects of poverty-associated life stresses on rural African American youths. Studies have demonstrated that SAAF improves participants’ self-control and reduces their propensity for drug use and conduct problems.

Now, a new study suggests that

SAAF can ameliorate poverty’s negative effects on limbic brain development.

Dr. Brody and colleagues used magnetic resonance imaging

comparison group that was not exposed to SAAF. In addition to imaging the brain, the researchers also collected the 25-year-olds’ self-reports of levels of depression, cigarette smoking, and alcohol use, and used these data to assess potential correlations between psychosocial outcomes and limbic region volumes.

The brain images disclosed that, among the 25-year-olds whose families had not participated in SAAF, the left amygdala and left hippocampus were smaller in

A family-oriented prevention program can reduce the effects of poverty on brain development.

(MRI) to measure the volumes of the amygdala and hippocampus in two groups of 25-year-olds who had participated in a study of SAAF when they were 11 years old. One group had participated with their families in SAAF, while the others were assigned to a

proportion to how much of their adolescence between ages 11 and 18 had been spent in poverty (see Figure). In contrast, among those who had participated in SAAF, the volumes of the limbic structures were relatively constant regardless of how much of their adolescence

was spent in poverty. Across both groups, lower left hippocampal volumes correlated with higher levels of self-reported depression, and lower left amygdalar volumes were linked to increased cigarette smoking. No association was found between limbic-structure volumes and greater alcohol use.

Dr. Brody summarizes, “The study provides initial evidence suggesting that a family-oriented prevention program can reduce the effects of poverty on brain development. Fourteen years later, the youths who had participated in SAAF had larger hippocampal and amygdalar volumes than youths in the comparison group, despite having spent as many or more years in poverty.” These results are consistent with previous studies which have indicated that supportive parenting, a major focus of SAAF, might offset povertyrelated risks to brain development.

The results are particularly exciting because the SAAF program that appears to have achieved these long-lasting benefits consists of just seven 2-hour sessions. However, as the investigators noted, additional research will be required to substantiate the new findings.

U.S. Senator to Call for $1 Billion For Flu Vaccine Development U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is calling for a $1 billion federal government investment for the development of a universal flu vaccine.

The Connecticut Democrat announced the proposal at a flu shot clinic in East Hartford. He’s cosponsoring the bill with Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and several other Democrats.

A universal vaccine would provide protection against multiple types of the flu, rather than a select few that a typical seasonal vaccine guards against.

Federal officials estimate this year’s vaccine is only 36 percent effective in preventing severe flu illness.

The legislation would provide $1 billion over five years to the National Institutes of Health for development of a universal vaccine. Blumenthal says $64 million was awarded to researchers in 2017, which he called “a pittance” compared to what’s needed.

Budget Undercuts Trump Focus on Mental Health, School Safety

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Maria Danilova WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is calling for a focus on mental health and school safety in response to shootings like the one that took 17 lives in Florida, but his budget would cut funding in both areas.

Trump’s latest budget would slash the major source of public funds for mental health treatment, the Medicaid program serving more than 70 million low-income and disabled people. The budget also calls for a 36 percent cut to an Education Department grant program that supports safer schools, reducing it by $25 million from the current level of $67.5 million.

However, some smaller mental health programs would get an increase.

The budget was issued last week, before the horrific mass shooting at a South Florida high school. Spending priorities often change in response to events that galvanize national attention. In this case, advocates and policy experts said the budget numbers call into question how much value the administration places on mental health.

“Whatever small increases they are asking for is more than offset by the changes they would make to Medicaid,” said Andrew Sperling, legislative advocacy director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

The budget resurrects a GOP Medicaid plan that failed in Congress last year, which calls for turning the program over to the states and limiting future federal payments. That would mean a cut of about $1.4 trillion over 10 years from projected spending.

States would face hard choices over competing priorities like mental health or addiction treatment, nursing home costs or prenatal care for low-income women.

“The only area where I see the budget providing an increase is on the opioid addiction side,” said Diane Rowland, a Medicaid expert with the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. “Not all people who have mental health challenges are going to be substance abusers.”

On school safety, the administration wants to slash funding for national school safety initiatives by nearly $25 million in 2019, down from this year’s projected funding of $67.5 million.

The administration wants school districts to use these funds on opioid addiction and prevention programs, but Education Department spokeswoman Liz Hill says that schools can also spend the

money on violence prevention and safety.

“The department is committed to providing resources, direct support and technical assistance to schools who have suffered unthinkable tragedy,” Hill said.

The department also has more than $5 million in special emergency response grants that schools can use in the aftermath of shootings and other tragedies. Hill

did not address why a cut to the grant program was needed in the first place.

Last week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos called on Congress to start a serious national conversation on tackling mental health issues in the aftermath of the deadly Florida high school shooting.

“One of these shootings is one too many and we have got to have an honest conversation and Congress

has to lead on this, it’s their job,” she told conservative host Hugh Hewitt.

A senior Democratic lawmaker involved with health care as well as budget issues said leadership is supposed to come from the White House.

“If the president was serious about stopping the scourge of gun violence...he would work with Congress on common sense gun safety measures, rather than pointing to mental health services and school safety as the only solutions just days after introducing a budget that slashes those very investments,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a statement.

The future of Medicaid under Trump and a GOP Congress is one of Murray’s central concerns. The program’s role in mental health care was underscored by a Kaiser Foundation study that found Medicaid accounted for 25 percent of what the nation spent in 2014, or more than $46 billion. Medicaid was only slightly behind private payments for mental health care, which accounted for 28 percent.

The administration says states will be able to run Medicaid more efficiently, without sacrificing the health and well-being of their residents. Getting Trump’s Medicaid overhaul through Congress would be a tall order, since key Republican governors opposed it last year, and there doesn’t seem to have been much effort to get them on board now.

Also in the mental health area, the administration is highlighting a $15-million budget request for “assertive community treatment,” a new approach that seeks to keep people with serious mental health problems from being cycled through jails and emergency rooms.

However, Sperling said that program had been already authorized by Congress and focuses on people with a long history of serious illness.

In budget documents, the Trump administration noted that an estimated 43 million American adults met the medical standard for having a mental, behavioral or emotional disorder that substantially interfered with or limited major life activities. Of those, 10 million had a serious mental illness.

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

ENTERTAINMENT Former USC, Morningside Standout Tina Thompson Among Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists LOS ANGELES— Former USC and (Inglewood) Morning­ side High standout Tina Thompson was among the 13 finalists from the North American and Women’s committees for the Basketball Hall of Fame announced Saturday.

Joining Thompson as first-time finalists were Grant Hill, the former Duke star who played the final season of his 18-season NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers, and two-time File photo NBA MVP Steve Nash, who completed an 18-season NBA career by playing two seasons for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The other first-time finalists were two-time NBA champion Ray Allen, 10-time NBA all-star Jason Kidd and three-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Smith.

The repeat finalists were Rudy Tomjanovich, who coached the Houston Rockets to two NBA championships and coached the Lakers for the first 43 games of the 200405 season, four-time NBA all-star Maurice Cheeks, former Maryland coach “Lefty” Driesell, 28-year NBA referee Hugh Evans, Kim Mulkey, who coached Baylor to two NCAA championships, five-time NBA All-Star Chris Webber and the Wayland Baptist University women’s team, a 10-time AAU national champion.

Thompson was among the WNBA’s 20 greatest players selected in 2016 on the league’s 20th season. She was a member of the Houston Comets teams that won each of the league’s first four championships and the U.S. teams that won gold medals in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

The finalists each need at least 18 votes from the 24-member Honors Committee to be elected to the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame’s 2018 class will be announced on March 31 at a news conference in San Antonio on the day of the NCAA men’s Final Four games.

The finalists were announced at Staples Center in connection with the NBA All-Star Weekend. The Hall of Fame customarily announces its nominees on Dec. 21, “the Birthday of Basketball,” the anniversary of the first game played, the finalists during the NBA All-Star Weekend and the new selections at the men’s Final Four.

Compton Art Pop-Up To Debut on Saturday

By Melina Cervantes For The Compton Bulletin

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ith the theme of Black Excellence and in celebration of Black History Month, The Compton Artist Alliance (CAA) will be featuring emerging artistic talent at the Martin Luther King Transit Center Plaza, for the inaugural Compton Art Pop-Up exhibition.

Vice President Rosie Shields of CAA describes it as a “family” event where patrons can enjoy this “community space.”

She adds that while interacting with exhibiting artists, visitors will be entertained by live music, cultural displays, crafts and a children’s table. The Art PopUp will include visual artists, vendors creating original crafts, live painting and an indoor gallery.

Ms. Shields selected the artists for the event, some of whom are Compton natives.

Mounds of great food served by All Flavor No Grease, Comfort Food LA and Compton Vegan are among the featured vendors expected to participate.

Compton Artist Alliance is an art collective that formed last July determined to feature the arts in the City of Compton.

It is comprised of four core members, President Cory Nash, Vice President Shields, Secretary Eva Mays and Treasurer Saida Powell along with other artists and community members. Compton Mayor Aja Brown approached CAA to plan the Artist Pop-Up and it is collaborating along with the City of Compton.

The Compton based non-profit Sylvia Nunn Angels is the sponsor for CAA for this event.

Saturday’s event runs from 11:30am 4:30pm and is free. to the public.

Restored ‘Porgy and Bess’ Gets Key Test on Road to Met Opera

By Jeff Karoub A restored edition of a pioneering, enduring American opera emerges at a time its racial and social themes are as relevant as the era in which it premiered.

The long-in-the-works “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” gets a test-drive Saturday in Michigan en route to a planned, official debut in 2020 by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The staging is a collaboration of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance, the University Musical Society and The Willis Patterson Our Own Thing Chorale blending students, community singers and professional performers.

University musicologist Mark Clague says the goal is to deliver on co-lyricist Ira Gershwin’s late-inlife declaration, “We must do right

by Porgy.” Among other things, the nearly final draft restores some deleted music as well as an onstage “Orphans’ band,” and dialogue that clarifies Bess chooses to stay with Porgy.

Work began in 2002, nearly 20 years after Gershwin’s death.

Descendants of the lyricist and his composer brother, George Gershwin, sought music librarian Wayne Shirley to edit a new performance edition.

The University of Michigan’s involvement in curating the project came through Todd Gershwin, the Gershwins’ grandnephew who graduated from the school in 1997.

The family also donated one of George Gershwin’s pianos to the university—likely the one on which he composed “Porgy”—that will be used in the performance.

Clague said restoring original elements provides “a deeper artistic engagement” for the 1930s work

criticized for cultural appropriation by its white creators but also praised for possessing an activist spirit and affirming humanity. He adds that the opera’s themes of mistreatment by law enforcement and the justice system stubbornly remain part of the Black experience.

Surrounding the performance is a multiday symposium designed to provide an overview and context of the work, as well as explore appropriation in popular culture.

“What I would love is for this to be a nostalgia piece,” said Clague, who oversees the Gershwin Initiative, a scholarly deep-dive into the brothers’ works in partnership with descendants. “Instead, it intersects with so many (current) themes. ...

We’re confronting those moments.”

From the beginning, the principal roles were given to Blacks— unprecedented at the time—but that doesn’t erase all concerns.

Clague is sensitive to the call from former Michigan professor Harold

perspective and experiences” but they embraced “an opportunity to bring the talents of Black artists to the cultural mainstream.”

Morris Robinson, who plays Porgy, recognizes it isn’t “Black music per se,” but he respects what George Gershwin did for Black artists through his prominent platform.

“I don’t think he’s exploiting us at all. I think he was trying to replicate that which he saw and made good on it by saying, ‘Only people who look like this should be able to perform this,”’ said Robinson, who first played Porgy at Milan’s La Scala opera house in 2016.

Talise Trevigne, who plays Bess, understands the concerns of Cruse and others—views still held by

What I would love is for this to be a nostalgia piece.

Musicologist Mark Clague Cruse, who asked Black artists of the 1960s to boycott the opera because he viewed it as “a symbol of that deeply engrained cultural paternalism that obscured Black artists’ originality.”

Clague said the “all-white creative team” wrote from a “limited

some today. She said her generation “benefited from the paths paved by those singers before us” and they owe it to their forebears to bring “great integrity” to “Porgy and Bess.”

“You cannot replace history, you cannot change it—though we may not like it,” said Trevigne, who first performed as Bess last year at the Cooperstown, New York, Glimmerglass Festival. “I think it’s a very reverential attempt to put to opera a people.”

Naomi Andre, a Michigan associate professor specializing in opera and issues surrounding gender, voice and race, writes in the program notes there is much to love and be troubled by in “Porgy.” Some consider it “the Great American opera,” she said, while others see “a frustrating collection of stereotypes that emphasize a vision of Black people who speak in dialect-ridden English, drink and gamble too much, and have a loose moral code.”

Her view is softened by the “compelling picture of Black Southern life” and “true-to-color” casting. Most of all, she’s moved by the Gershwins’ sonic offerings— timeless melodies woven throughout, including those in “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “Bess, You Is My Woman Now.” Trevigne agrees “the music is breathtaking,” but what’s crucial is the connection among characters, itself a lesson for contemporary society.

“What I think the AfricanAmerican community in our times needs to remember is its sense of community,” she said.

“That’s really what it’s about— these people who live so closely with one another and it is often a time of life or death. And they cling to one another, good or bad. They are a community.”

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

ENTERTAINMENT Tears, exuberance as ‘Black Panther’ opens across Africa

By Cara Anna JOHANNESBURG— “Black Panther” has burst onto the screen in Africa, handing a powerful response to the unfortunate remarks about the continent by President Donald Trump.

As the red carpet in South Africa swirled with stunning outfits and exclamations in the local isiXhosa language used in the film’s Wakanda kingdom, cast member John Kani laughed at the U.S. president’s views, which several African nations have openly scorned.

(Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o said simply: “No comment.”)

The South African actor Kani, like many at Friday night’s Johannesburg premiere, expressed pride at seeing an Afrofuturistic society that celebrates traditional cultures and dreams of what the world’s second most populous continent

can be.

“This time the sun now is shining on Africa,” he said.

“This movie came at the right time. We’re struggling to find leaders that are exemplary and role models ... so when you see the Black Panther as a young boy and he takes off that mask you think, ‘Oh my God, he looks like me. He is African and I am African. Now we can look up to some person who is African.”’

Added actress Danai Gurira, who grew up mostly in Zimbabwe: “To bring this film home is everything.”

The film has opened in other top economic powers across Africa, where a growing middle class flocked to IMAX showings and shared vibrant opening-night images on social media.

“The African culture highlighted in the movie is so rich that it makes me feel proud

of being Black. I totally love it,” said Liz Muthoni after a screening in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. “I can watch it again and again.”

“Black Panther” screened a few days ago in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, where Nyong’o’s father, Anyang, is the local governor.

“Sometimes we think that we have two choices to make in Africa,” he wrote this month in The Star newspaper. “Choice one: We maintain our traditions and cultures and stay backward forever. Choice two: We modernize by becoming westernized and forgetting our cultural traditions which, by their very nature so we think, are stuck in the past. The experience of the Wakanda people teaches us otherwise.”

In Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, “Black Panther” has been selling out its five-timesa-day screenings at the only

theater showing the film.

“Moviegoers are enjoying the African heritage part of the film. This is also unique for us because Ethiopia is often mentioned alongside the Black power and Black movements as the only nation not colonized

by Western powers,” said Elias Abraha, the cinema’s operations chief. “There are people who changed their flight plans just to watch the movie.”

Some Ethiopian fans quickly changed their Facebook profile pictures and expressed their adoration.

“Tears stream down my face as I write this,” said one Facebook user who goes by LadyRock Maranatha. “Black Panther was basically an enormous . roller coaster of emotions, adventure and most of all the affirmation of what I had felt since I left my country for Cambridge and came back.

I cried for my people and felt

Photo courtesy Marvel Studios “Black Panther” raked in nearly $200 million over its first weekend.

Lupita Nyong’o (left) and Letitia Wright star in “Black Panther.” immense pride in being Ethiopian and most importantly AFRICAN. We are truly resilient and beautiful.” As the audience poured out of the Johannesburg screening, spirits were high.

“Totally blown away. I got emotional,” said reality TV

star Blue Mbombo, who admitted that going into the film she thought the expectations had been “hype.” But she praised its use of cultural touches like Basotho blankets and called the use of the isiXhosa language “very humbling.”

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-----------------------------------A.P.N.: 6161-001-038 Trustee Sale No.: 2016-2135 Title Order No: 170030915 Reference No: 157 #A NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER A NOTICE OF A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 2/1/2017.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that on 3/7/2018 at 11:00 AM, S.B.S. Lien Services, As the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 2/7/2017, as Document No. 20170154081, Book , Page , of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, The original owner: Jose A Zamarripa The purported new owner: Jose A Zamarripa, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by 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 state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or a savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.): BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA. All right, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, as more fully described on the above referenced assessment lien. The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 157 S Wilmington Ave # A 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, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-

brances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, to wit: $11,295.20 accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The claimant: Forest Park Village HOA I AKA Forest Park Village Homeowners Association under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. 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 FOR SALE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855)9869342, or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com using the file number assigned to this case 2016-2135.

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 PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD SUBJECT TO THE NINETY DAY RIGHT OF REDEMPTION CONTAINED IN CIVIL CODE SECTION 5715(b).

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT COLLECTOR AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: 1/26/2018. S.B.S LIEN SERVICES, 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362. By: Annissa Young, Trustee Sale Officer (02/14/18, 02/21/18, 02/28/18 | TS#2016-2135 SDI-9242) SchId:69848 CustId:645

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-----------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-11433908-CT Order No.: 110155363-CAGTI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/22/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-

TACT 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): MANLIO GARCIA, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 3/6/2007 as Instrument No. 20070486058 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/8/2018 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: $203,842.42 The purported property address is: 1608 EAST 124TH STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6147020-003 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: CA11-433908-CT. 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 publica-

tion 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 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619645-7711 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-11-433908-CT IDSPub #0136808 2/14/2018 2/21/2018 2/28/2018 SchId:69893 CustId:608

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-----------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-16707342-CL Order No.: 160073926 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/23/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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): KARLA VERONICA GRAYSON, A SINGLE WOMAN Recorded: 11/1/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2422915 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 5/4/2012 as Instrument No. 20120668154 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/15/2018 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: $283,735.07 The purported property address is: 1116 NORTH SANTA FE AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90221 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6167-021-023 Legal Description: Please be advised that the legal description set forth on the Deed of Trust is in error. The legal description of the property secured by the Deed of Trust is more properly set forth and made part of Exhibit “A” as attached hereto.

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 bid-

der 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: CA16-707342-CL. 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 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619645-7711 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-16-707342-CL IDSPub #0136886 2/14/2018 2/21/2018 2/28/2018 SchId:69902 CustId:608

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-----------------------------------T.S. No.: 9551-4383 TSG Order No.: 160060846-CAVOI A.P.N.: 6137-021-021 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/02/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Affinia Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 11/16/2006 as Document No.: 06 2538244, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: SANDRA DAVIS, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full

at time of sale 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).

All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the attached legal description. Sale Date & Time: 02/28/2018 at 10:00 AM Sale Location: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 14529 S APRILIA AVE, COMPTON , CA 90220-1206 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 in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $345,585.46 (Estimated) as of 02/02/2018. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. 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, www.nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9551-4383.

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.

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. Affinia Default Services, LLC 301

E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 833-290-7452 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting. com or Call: 916-939-0772.

Affinia Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. LEGAL DESCRIPTION LOTS 127 OF TRACT NO. 13111 IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 302, PAGE(S) 38 AND 39 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM AN UNDIVIDED HALF OF ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES, LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED BY WILLIAM W. MORELAND ET UX, BY DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 23774 PAGE 226 OFFICIAL RECORDS, AND AS MODIFIED BY DEED FROM WILLIAM W. MORELAND, ET UX., RECORDED IN BOOK 24662 PAGE 196, OFFICIAL RECORDS. NPP0325178 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 02/07/2018, 02/14/2018, 02/21/2018 SchId:69909 CustId:68

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-----------------------------------NOTICE SALE

OF

SHERIFF’S

U.S. BUILDERS, LLC VS MCBRIDE, HELEN CASE NO: BC346703 R Under a writ of Execution issued on 09/06/17.

Out of the L.A SUPERIOR COURT STANLEY MOSK, of the CENTRAL DISTRICT, County of Los Angeles, State of California, on a judgment entered on 06/20/08: JUDGMENT RENEWED ON 07/06/15.

In favor of SMTHM INVESTMENTS, LLC and against MCBRIDE, HELEN showing a net balance of $76,421.92 actually due on said judgment. (Amount subject to revision) I have levied upon all the right, title and interest of said judgment debtor(s) in the property in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, described as follows: A CONDOMINIUM COMPRISED OF: PARCEL 1: AN UNDIVIDED 1/51 INTEREST IN AND TO ALL THAT PORTION OF LOT 1 OF TRACT NO. 34429, IN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 902, PAGES 30 AND 31 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, SHOWN AND DEFINED AS ``COMMON AREA``, ON THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1978 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 78-1186775, OFFICIAL RECORDS. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL CRUDE OIL, PETROLEUM, GAS, BREA, ASPHALT, AND ALL KINDRED SUBSTANCES AND OTHER MINERALS UNDER AND IN SAID LAND BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY AS RESERVED BY JOSEPH DOMINIC BEELER AND CONSTANCE ROSE BEELER, HIS WIFE, ALSO KNOWN AS JOSEPH D. BEELER AND CONSTANCE R. BEELER, BY DEED RECORDED JUNE 26, 1963 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 1532, IN BOOK D2079 PAGE 817, OFFICIAL RECORDS. PARCEL 2:

ALL THAT PORTION OF LOT 1 OF SAID TRACT NO. 34429, IN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SHOWN AND DEFINED AS UNIT NO. 110 ON SAID CONDOMINIUM PLAN. PARCEL 3: EXCLUSIVE EASEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND APPURTENANT TO PARCELS 1 AND 2 ABOVE, FOR PARKING PURPOSES, OVER THOSE PORTION(S) OF LOT 1 OF SAID TRACT NO. 34429, SHOWN AND DEFINED AS AREAS 51P ON SAID CONDOMINIUM PLAN. PARCEL 4: NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF AND APPURTENANT TO PARCELS 1 AND 2 ABOVE, AS SUCH EASEMENTS ARE SET FORTH IN THE SECTIONS ENTITILED ``CERTAIN EASEMENTS FOR OWNERS,`` AND ``SUPPORT``, ``SETTLEMENT AND ENCROACHMENT`` OF THE ARTICLE OF THE ``DECLARATION`` RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 1978 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 78-1267940, OFFICIAL RECORDS, ENTITLED ``EASEMENTS``.

APN: 4017-015-063 Commonly known as: 855 VICTOR AVENUE, #110 INGLEWOOD, CA 90302 Public notice is hereby given that I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States all the right, title and interest of the debtor(s) in the above described property or so much as will be sufficient to satisfy said writ or warrant with interest and all costs on 03/14/18, 10:00 AM at the following location.

STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE 111 N. HILL ROOM 125B

STREET,

LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 ( ) This sale is subject to a minimum bid in the amount of $0.00 (Subject to revision) Prospective bidders should refer to sections 701.510 to 701.680, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure for provisions governing the terms, conditions and effect of the sale and the liability of defaulting bidders.

Creditor’s Attorney JOSHUA ESQ. OF

P.

FRIEDMAN,

JOSHUA P. FRIEDMAN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 23679 CALABASAS ROAD #377 CALABASAS, CA 91302 Dated: 02/01/18 Branch: Los Angeles JIM McDONNELL, Sheriff By: LISA MOJARRO, Deputy Operator Id: E229646 Para obtener esta informaciontraduccion en Espanol llame a este numero: (213) 972-3950 NOTE: IT IS A MISDEMEANOR TO TAKE DOWN OR DEFACE A POSTED NOTICE BEFORE THE DATE OF SALE. ( Penal Code section 616) CN946005 BC346703R Feb 14,21,28, 2018 SchId:69917 CustId:65

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-----------------------------------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 12830 Roselle Ave, Hawthorne CA, 90250, Mar 14th at 2:00 PM. Dorothy Meadows, Household items; Orlanda Johnson, household goods; Jem Bryan, Clothes; Bianca Banks, household items;

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018

LEGAL Shannin Williams, fridge, boxes, queen bed; Delia Mendoza, Personal items; Stacy Lyons, refrigerator king bed and love seat; Clara V Hayes, household items, personal; Michael Trammell, household, boxes; Christopher Aguebor, household items; Dadisi Barber, Clothes, misc. Household goods; Stacey Evans Lagway, Dresser clothes books small appliances; Shawnn Brown, Clothes and kitchenware; James Maple, Dresser, Queen bed frame, clothes and tools; Monalisa Nwokikesea, 1 mattress, bed, tv, dresser and misc items; Chad Fay, Tools, misc items and personal items; Damien Orr, Clothes, table, small bed, chairs; Eugene Pettigrew, bedroom set dresser living room, clothes; Jessica Wyatt, boxes, furniture, and misc items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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-----------------------------------T.S. No. 17-48575 APN: 7301-010-013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/27/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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: KEVIN BAYLOR, A MARRIED MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 3/7/2007 as Instrument No. 20070495193 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:3/9/2018 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $259,734.77 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1027 S STONEACRE AVE COMPTON, 90221-4634

California

Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust.

A.P.N #.: 7301-010-013 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.

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 (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub.com, using the file number assigned to this case 17-48575. 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.

Dated: 2/9/2018 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 8487920 For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 www.elitepostandpub.com ____ Christine O’Brien, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 24622 Pub Dates 02/14, 02/21, 02/28/2018 SchId:69978 CustId:108

AdId:23328

-----------------------------------T.S. No. 062712-CA APN: 6154-014-011 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 5/25/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 3/29/2018 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 6/6/2006, as Instrument No. 06 1239078, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: WALTHER BACA, A MARRIED MAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: VINEYARD BALLROOM, DOUBLETREE HOTEL LOS ANGELES - NORWALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA 90650 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 13610 SOUTH LARGO AVENUE COMPTON, CA 90222-3022 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $234,718.06 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. 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 (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 062712-CA. 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. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 280-2832 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:69980 CustId:670

AdId:23329

-----------------------------------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1017 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245. March 14th, 2018 at 4:00 pm. Kenneth Wilder; bOOKS, dvd’s MISC. / Kaitlin Deichert; Households Goods / Tanner Smith; Household goods.

Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

CN946291 03-14-18 21,28, 2018 SchId:69987 CustId:65

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-----------------------------------NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 12714 S. La Cienega Blvd, Hawthorne CA 90250, 310363-9305, on March 14th, 2018 @ 3:00 PM. Account: Description of goods: Martha Partida, Blank; Courtney Cooper, Refrigerator, stove, mattress; Ivette Florez, 2 bedroom apt; Jarreau Brooks, personal items; Lionel Benjamin, Household and furniture; Miesha Wilder, Home and furniture. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

CN946304 03-14-18 21,28, 2018 SchId:70003 CustId:65

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AdId:23336

-----------------------------------TSG No.: 170032781 TS No.: CA1700281378 FHA/ VA/PMI No.: 6000313453 APN: 6147-024-021 Property Address: 1844 E 124TH STREET COMPTON, CA 90222 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/02/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 03/13/2018 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 02/08/2007, as Instrument No. 20070276258, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: VIRGIE LEE RUSSELL, A UNMARRIED WOMAN , WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 6147-024-021 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1844 E 124TH STREET, 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, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $349,995.35. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. 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 or visit this Internet Web http:// search.nationwideposting. com/propertySearchTerms. aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1700281378 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772NPP0326172 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 02/21/2018, 02/28/2018, 03/07/2018 SchId:70029 CustId:68

AdId:23344

-----------------------------------T.S. No. 17-17022 Loan No. Carmichael Order No. 5931494 APN: 6138-012023 SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/10/2016.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 3/14/2018 at 10:30 AM, (or as postponed from time to time), Best Alliance Foreclosure and Lien Services Corp. as the duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to deed of trust recorded 8/31/2016, as Instrument No. 20161041419, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed

by Otis James Carmichael Sr. as Trustor, ALLBB, LLC, Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a 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) At: AT THE FRONT STEPS OF BUILDING LOCATED AT 17305 GILMORE STREET, VAN NUYS, CA all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said deed of trust in the property situated in said county, California describing the land therein: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”.

The street address and other common designation, in any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 524 South Clymar Avenue Compton, CA 90220 The Trustee makes no representation as to percentage of title being sold. Bidders are advised to do their own research of title prior to bidding. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and/ or other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding the physical condition of the property, title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust and personal property, if any,, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and of the trusts created by said deed of trust, to wit: amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $482,275.23 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. 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.

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 (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub.com using the T.S. number assigned to this case. 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 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 Notice of Default and Election to Sell was recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation.

Date: 2/14/2018 WE ARE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EPP 24675 2/21, 2/28, 3/7/2018.

Best Alliance Foreclosure and Lien Services Corp., as Trustee 16133 Ventura Blvd., Suite 700 Encino, California 91436 For Payoff/Reinstatement: (888) 785-9721 Sales Line: (714) 848-9272 or www.elitepostandpub.com _____________ Priscilla Quemuel SchId:70032 CustId:108

AdId:23345

-----------------------------------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3846 W. Century Blvd Inglewood, CA 90303 March 14, 2018 at 1 pm. DOROTHY M MARTIN, Household items; Vesta Waltower, household; JAYSHELL ABBOTT, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS; INDIA RHODESBED, STOVE, DRESSERS, BOXES; James Evans, Household Items; Peretha Porter, papers, pictures, file cab, clothing, kitchen goods; April Lightsy, boxes and small house supplies; Alice Anderson; home goods fridge washer dryer; Alvon Blair, Household items; Yevette Wright, boxes, full bed, frame, fridge, stove, clothes, 2 small dressers, 5x10 NEN FMF 140; Nicole Helms, Boxes; Shaun Chisolm, clothing; Dyaunte Fox, clothes; Xiomara McLean, fridge, stove, 60`` tv, bags; Patrice Ray, stove, refrigerator, beds, dinette set, boxes; Maria Rangel, Ladders, vacuum, home goods, cooler, car seat, computer, chairs, bed, mattresses, fridge, tv, tools, toys; Charles Gahagan, Fridge, bed, couches, tables, chairs, dining room set; Christopher Douglas, Clothes. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction.

Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

CN946330 03-14-18 21,28, 2018 SchId:70036 CustId:65

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AdId:23347

-----------------------------------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. L- 036072-MK (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: JOYCE AGYEI AND JAMES AMBE FUH, 6513-15 WEST BLVD, INGLEWOOD, CA 90302 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: SAME (4) The name and business address of the Buyer(s) are: DJWT, INC, 6513-15 WEST BLVD, INGLEWOOD, CA 90302 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are: FURNITURE, FIXTURE & EQUIPMENT, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE, GOODWILL, TRADENAME, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ABC LICENSE NO. 21-557847 of that certain business located at: 6513-15 WEST BLVD, INGLEWOOD, CA 90302WILL (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: WILL’S LIQUOR (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is MARCH 9, 2018, at the office of TOWER ESCROW INC, 3600 WILSHIRE BLVD, #426, LOS ANGELES, CA 90010, Escrow No. L-036072-MK, Escrow Officer: MARTHA KIM (8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is: MARCH 8, 2018 (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 11, 2018 TRANSFEREES: DJWT, INC, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION LA1970555 INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE 2/21/18 SchId:70044 CustId:628

AdId:23350

-----------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 1700267-2 Loan No: MHA PRODIGY, INC. APN 7318011-080 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED OCTOBER 31, 2013. 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 March 14, 2018, at 11:00 AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, as the duly appointed Trustee (the “Trustee”), under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on November 8, 2013, as Instrument No. 20131593074 of official records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA, executed by: MHA PRODIGY, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, as Trustor (the “Trustor”), in favor of SAN DIEGO PRIVATE BANK, as Beneficiary, and any modifications thereto are collectively referred to herein from time to time as the “Deed of Trust”, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated

in said County, California describing the land therein as: THAT PORTION OF PARCEL 3 MAP NO. 12679, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP FILED IN BOOK 124, PAGE(S) 41, 42 AND 43 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, WHICH LIES WESTERLY OF A LINE WHICH BEARS NORTH 0º02’52” WEST FROM A POINT IN THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL 3 DISTANT NORTH 89º57’08” EAST 238.50 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID PARCEL 3. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND HYDROCARBONS, BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED IN INSTRUMENTS OF RECORD. 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 714.730.2727 or visit this Internet Website www.servicelinkasap.com, using the file number assigned to this case 17-00267-2. 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 Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Beneficiary has elected and hereby elects to conduct a unified foreclosure sale pursuant to the provisions of California Commercial Code Section 9604(a)(1)(B) and to include in the nonjudicial foreclosure of the estate described in this Notice of Trustee’s Sale all of the personal property and fixtures described in the Deed of Trust and in any other instruments in favor of Beneficiary. The following described property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, whether now existing or hereafter arising, and wherever located, in which Trustor gave to Lender a security interest for the payment of the indebtedness and performance of all other obligations under the Note and Commercial Security Agreement: All tangible and intangible items obtained or owned by, or in the possession of Trustor that are directly or indirectly related to the acquisition, development, design, construction, permitting, marketing, or habitation of the real property or the improvements to be constructed at the real property commonly known as 1957 East Del Amo Boulevard, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220 with Assessor’s Parcel Number 7318-011080; whether heretofore or hereafter issued, prepared, or executed, including without limitation, all building materials, supplies, fixtures, equipment, permits, licenses, authorizations and approvals; trademarks and tradenames, and any and all land use entitlements, development rights, sewer capacity approvals, density allocations and other rights or approvals relating to or authorizing the development or occupancy of the real property, plus all utility or other deposits, reimbursement rights, studies, tests, contracts, plans and specifications, relating to the real property and improvements; whether any of the foregoing is owned now or acquired later; all accessions, additions, replacements, and substitutions relating to any of the foregoing; all records of any kind relating to any of the foregoing; all proceeds relating to any of the foregoing (including insurance, general intangibles and accounts proceeds). With respect to any term used herein that is defined in either (I) Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in force in the jurisdiction in which the security agreement was signed by the Trustor at the time that it was signed, or (ii) Article 9 as in force at any relevant time in the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed, the meaning to be ascribed thereto with respect to any particular item of property shall be that under the more encompassing of the two definitions.In addition, the following personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, whether now existing or hereafter arising, and wherever located:(a) All accessions, attachments, accessories, replacements of and additions to any of the collateral described herein,

whether added now or later. (b) All products and produce of any of the property described in this Exhibit “A”. (c) All accounts, general intangibles, instruments, rents, monies, payments, and all other rights, arising out of a sale, lease, consignment or other disposition of any of the property described in this Exhibit “A”. (d) All proceeds (including insurance proceeds) from the sale, destruction, loss, or other disposition of any of the property described in this Exhibit “A”, and sums due from a third party who has damaged or destroyed the Collateral or from that party’s insurer, whether due to judgment, settlement or other process. (e) All records and data relating to any of the property described in this Exhibit “A”, whether in the form of a writing, photograph, microfilm, microfiche, or electronic media, together with all of Trustor’s right, title, and interest in and to all computer software required to utilize, created, maintain, and process any such records or data on electronic media. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as those in the Note, Commercial Security Agreement, the Deed of Trust and/or any other loan documents between Trustor and Beneficiary.

Beneficiary reserves the right to revoke its election as to some or all of said personal property and/or fixtures, or to add additional personal property and/or fixtures to the election herein expressed, at Beneficiary’s sole election, from time to time and at any time until the consummation of the trustee’s sale to be conducted pursuant to the Deed of Trust and this Notice of Trustee’s Sale. No warranty is made that any or all of the personal property still exists or is available for the successful bidder and no warranty is made as to the condition of any of the personal property, which shall be sold “as is”, “where is”. The real 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: 1957 EAST DEL AMO BOULEVARD, RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA. 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 without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifications thereto).

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the Property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $803,806.97 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The Property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the Property receiver, if applicable.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the Property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $803,806.97 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The Property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the Property receiver, if applicable.

DATE: February 15, 2018 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, TRUSTEE 17-00267-2 1101 Investment Blvd., Suite 170 El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 916636-0114 Sara Berens, Authorized Signor SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www. servicelinkasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714.730.2727. A-4647999 02/21/2018, 02/28/2018, 03/07/2018 SchId:70045 CustId:64

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-----------------------------------T.S. No.: 9987-3973 TSG Order No.: 730-170099770 A.P.N.: 6155-005-013 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF

TRUST DATED 10/19/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Affinia Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 10/31/2007 as Document No.: 20072457878, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: GUILLERMO RAMIREZ, A MARRIED MAN , as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale 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).

All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 04/09/2018 at 10:00 AM Sale Location: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2032 E SHAUER ST, COMPTON (UNICORPORATED AREA), CA 902222409 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 in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $173,036.73 (Estimated) as of 02/22/2018. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. 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, www.nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9987-3973.

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.

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. Affinia Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 833-290-7452 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting. com or Call: 916-939-0772.

Affinia Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. NPP0325832 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 02/21/2018, 02/28/2018, 03/07/2018 SchId:70048 CustId:68

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2018