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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

Rihanna, Puig, Robert Woods Among Alleged Victims of Indicted Burglary Ring ELDERLY AND ASIANS WERE THE PRIMARY TARGETS IN ELABORATE SCHEME

By Staff Reports

LOS ANGELES (CNS)— Grand jury indictments against 31 alleged gang members facing 93 total felony counts—including home invasion robbery, elder abuse and torture—were unsealed Monday as two-thirds of the defendants pleaded not guilty to participating in a burglary ring targeting elderly and Asian victims.

Detectives originally thought the burglaries targeting actors, producers, musicians and professional athletes were set up at random but later discovered the homes were selected based on social media posting and tour and travel schedules.

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ight other cases against some of the defendants—including for allegedly burglarizing the homes of Los Angeles-area celebrities and athletes, including singer Rihanna, then-Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig and Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods—are superseded by the indictments.

A pretrial hearing is set for April 5 downtown.

Six separate indictments were issued with counts including criminal street gang conspiracy; home invasion robbery; first-degree residential burglary; first-degree residential robbery; first-degree burglary, person present; elder abuse; torture; and mayhem, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Defendants are also facing gang and gun allegations.

The alleged abuse includes causing great bodily injury to at least two

Rihanna/Instagram men, 72 and 76 years old, according to two of the six indictments. Some remain sealed because the defendants have not been arrested or arraigned.

Tyress Williams, 19, was initially arrested Sept. 28 by Los Angeles police and charged in connection with those celebrity break-ins, while three other people were released from jail after prosecutors asked Los Angeles police to conduct further investigation.

Police said Williams was picked up after a traffic stop in South Los Angeles revealed a firearm and items believed to have been taken from burglarized homes.

Detectives originally thought the

burglaries targeting actors, producers, musicians and professional athletes were set up at random but later discovered the homes were selected based on social media posting and tour and travel schedules.

The burglaries followed a pattern called “flocking,” whereby suspects flock to celebrities’ neighborhoods, dressing in nice clothes and driving luxury vehicles to avoid suspicion as they search for targets. They would then change into casual clothing, including hoodies, and use a larger vehicle to haul away stolen items.

One suspect would typically n Burglary Ring, see page 5

Folk Dance Group Promotes Unity, Cultural Awareness

Compton Non-Profit Receives $1.1 Million Grant from the Department of Labor Courtesy entrenousyouth.org

COMPTON—The U.S. Department of Labor is recognizing the work of Compton’s EntreNous Youth Empowerment Services by awarding the agency a $1.1 million grant to support academic and occupational skills training for nearly 70 at-promise youth. Of the $85 million awarded across the country, Compton YouthBuild was one of only 5 programs in

California to receive the grant. “We are so proud of the accomplishments of our young people and receiving this award will allow our agency to continue to provide not only our educational component in collaboration with YouthBuild Charter Schools of California, but also continue to provide a full-scale construction trades n Grant, see page 5

Metro Board Calls for More Studies See Page 5

Students of folk dance group “El Son de mi Tierra,” perform dances from various regions of Mexico and Latin America, with the goal of bringing unity and cultural awareness amongst the community. Classes and rehearsals are held at St Albert the Great School in Compton.

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BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

NEWS L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty in Sham Drug Warehouse Search Case

By Fred Shuster

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy and another man pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from the armed robbery of more than a half-ton of marijuana and $645,000 in cash and money orders from a downtown Los Angeles warehouse.

Photo courtesy of U.S. Attorney’s Office L.A. County Sheriff ’s Dep. Marc Antrim speaks on the phone while claiming to be on-duty at a legal marijuana distribution warehouse in LA. The photo is from an LAPD officer’s bodycam, taken while responding to a call.

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eputy Marc Ant- ty Antrim, along with Perez a back door, along with Aguilrim, 41, of South El and a third man arrived at era, according to court docuMonte, entered his the warehouse before dawn in ments. Antrim remained at the plea in Los Angeles an unmarked Ford Explorer warehouse, showed the LAPD federal court to five felonies, registered to the Los Angeles officers his LASD badge, and including conspiracy, posses- County Sheriff ’s Department, falsely claimed that he was sion with intent to distribute prosecutors allege. conducting a legitimate search, marijuana, and deprivation of All three men were dressed according to court documents. rights under color of law. He as LASD deputies, carried holAntrim then handed his also agreed to forfeit a Mer- stered firearms and posed as le- phone to one of the LAPD cedes-Benz seofficers so that dan and cash the officer could Three men were dressed as LASD and money speak to somedeputies, carried holstered firearms one claiming orders taken in the robbery. to be Antrim’s and posed as legitimate law Antrim LASD sergeant. faces at least However, the inenforcement officers executing a a dozen years dividual on the search warrant of the warehouse. phone was not behind bars at sentencing, acAntrim’s sercording to his plea agreement, gitimate law enforcement offi- geant, and Antrim did not have but the penalty is ultimately up cers executing a search warrant a legitimate search warrant for to the judge. of the warehouse, court docu- the warehouse. Antrim’s falseHours later, one of Ant- ments state. Perez, a convict- hoods ultimately prompted rim’s five co-defendants—Eric ed felon, also allegedly bran- the LAPD officers to leave the “Rooster” Rodriguez, 33, of dished a rifle. The warehouse warehouse, thereby allowing Adelanto—pleaded guilty to search was allegedly staged to Antrim and his co-conspiraconspiracy, possession with look like law enforcement was tors time to complete the heist, intent to distribute marijuana executing a search warrant, ac- court documents state. and being a felon in possession cording to federal prosecutors. of a gun.

After Antrim detained Rodriguez, who was previ- the warehouse’s three security ously convicted in state court guards inside the Ford Explorof second- degree burglary, er, Aguilera allegedly drove possession of marijuana for into the warehouse parking lot sale and assault with a dead- in a large rental truck, which ly weapon, faces between five later was used to transport the years and life behind bars, ac- stolen marijuana, two cashcording to federal prosecutors. filled safes and other items U.S. District Judge Virginia from the warehouse, according EL MONTE (CNS)—A Phillips set a June 3 sentencing to court documents. During 24-year-old man from El Monhearing for both Antrim and the robbery, Sanford allegedly te was shot dead at a motel in Rodriguez. served as a look-out, scouting Ontario by a man now in cusAlso facing charges in the for potential law enforcement tody who police believe was case are Kevin McBride, 43— and remaining in contact with upset over the relationship who has signed a plea agree- his co-conspirators via phone he had with the suspect’s girlment—Matthew James “Neer” and walkie-talkie radios. friend, authorities said Sunday.

Perez, 42, of Ontario, Daniel While the two-hour robThe victim was shot severAguilera, 31, of East Los Ange- bery was in progress, Los Anal times and was pronounced les, and Jay Colby “Monte Jay” geles Police Department offidead at the scene by paramedSanford, 41, of Pomona. cers legitimately responded to ics. His name will be released According to federal pros- a call for service at the warepending notification of next ecutors, Perez, Aguilera and house, the complaint states. of kin, according to the San Sanford conspired with Ant- When LAPD officers arrived, Bernardino County coroner’s rim and the others to commit Perez and the other man posoffice. the early morning armed rob- ing as a deputy discarded their The suspect, Maximino bery on Oct. 29. The off-du- LASD jackets and fled through Marcos of Ontario, 31, fled the scene prior to the reported 11:46 a.m. shooting at the Red Carpet Motel, 1117 N. Baker St., said Detective Fred Alvarez of the Ontario Police Department.

“Through investigative efforts and the interviewing of witnesses, suspect Maximino (Marcos) was identified as the shooter,” Alvarez said.

The department’s Multi-Enforcement Unit located Marcos just after 3:30 p.m.

Saturday in the city of Montclair and arrested him without incident, and detectives later recovered a firearm they believe was used in the murder, he said.

Marcos was arrested on suspicion of murder and booked at the West Valley Detention Center.

El Monte Man Shot Dead at Ontario Hotel, Allegedly

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BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

NEWS County Goes to Court to Challenge Villanueva on Deputy Reinstatement LOS ANGELES (CNS)— The power struggle between Sheriff Alex Villanueva and the county over the reinstatement of a deputy who was fired after being accused of domestic violence landed in court Monday, with the county asking a judge to uphold the deputy’s termination.

Mandoyan’s attorney, Greg Smith, told The Times that the deputy remains on the job despite the county’s objections.

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he county filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging Villanueva’s reinstatement of Caren Carl Mandoyan, who was fired in 2016 by then-Sheriff Jim McDonnell.

According to the Los Angeles Times, a fellow deputy alleged Mandoyan grabbed her by the neck, tried to break into her home and sent her harassing text messages. Prosecutors investigated the woman’s claims but declined to charge Mandoyan.

His firing was upheld by the county Civil Service Commission, but Villanueva reinstated the deputy in his first weeks as sheriff after defeating McDonnell last fall.

Last week, county Auditor-Controller John Naimo, the county’s chief accountant, issued a letter— first reported by ABC7—stating that the deputy would no longer be paid and must turn in his gun and badge.

The letter to Mandoyan says he is “not authorized to serve as a department employee” and that his salary and other benefits were stopped last month. It adds that the sheriff, who isn’t authorized to override decisions made by other high-ranking county officials, knew of the board’s decision, according to The Times.

Mandoyan’s attorney, Greg Smith, told The Times Monday that the deputy remains on the job despite the county’s objections.

The county’s lawsuit contends that Villanueva does not have the legal authority to reverse the decision of the Civil Service Commission and reinstate Mandoyan, rendering the move “void as a matter of law.”

“To the county’s knowledge, Mandoyan has not returned any county property and is continuing to hold himself out as a deputy sheriff,” according to the lawsuit.

“Respondents’ actions are exposing the county to significant liability, threatening public safety and undermining trust in the department.”

County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who has been outspoken in her opposition to Mandoyan’s reinstatement, told City News Service that beyond the “deep disagreement” between Villanueva and the board over whether he had authority to make such a move, the case has bigger ramifications.

“The larger picture is that the sheriff has also indicated that he wants to reopen the terminations of a number of deputies, and so we were also concerned that this was going to lead to a kind of set of actions that would be similar,” Kuehl said, saying the concern pushed the county to pursue legal action to get a judge’s ruling on the matter.

Villanueva’s decision to reinstate Mandoyan prompted a heated debate at a hearing in late January between the sheriff and the Board of Supervisors, which has no direct control over the day-to-day management of the Sheriff ’s Department.

Villanueva suggested Sunday that the county’s move wasn’t the final word on the matter.

“This personnel matter is under review and will be decided through the legal employment process,” he told The Times in a written statement. “While the specific facts of this case are protected under the Peace Officer Bill of Rights and civil service procedures, I can assure that an objective, honest and fair assessment was conducted before reinstatement. We will let the process continue forward as we work to determine the final outcome.”

Villanueva won an upset election against McDonnell in November.

Fired Deputy Caren Carl Mandoyan (left) watches as Sheriff Alex Villanueva receives badge.

Inspector General’s Report Raises Concerns About Overcrowded Jails, Lack of Care

which conceal their nature and membership.”

Under former sheriff Jim McDonLOS ANGELES (CNS)—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors nell, the department took steps to shut postponed discussion of a report by down clubs in the custody division but the Office of Inspector General that stopped short of department-wide acraises concerns about overcrowded tion, according to the OIG, which dejails, poor quality of medical and men- scribed a “centrally organized code of tal health care for inmates and the per- silence” among deputies. As evidence, sistence of dangerous social cliques in it notes that despite multiple ongoing internal investigations, “this office the Sheriff ’s Department. believes While “Our jails contain too many that the none of number those issues prisoners to be of depuare new, the OIG report properly run by the number ties who have been released last month high- of staff, custody and medical, asked to date about lights uncerassigned to them.” the memtainty about bership how effective Inspector General’s report of these Sheriff Alex Villanueva will be in tackling the prob- groups or their nature is zero.”

The OIG report covers the period lems.

One question is how cooperative from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, so many of its the new sheriff plans to be in sharing findings about use-of-force data and information with the watchdog agen- in-custody deaths predate Villanueva’s term, which began Dec. 3. cy.

“Upon the new sheriff being electn Jail Report, see page 9 ed, this office made a formal request to be notified of any action on ‘truth and reconciliation,’ the term the sheriff has used to describe his planned desire to rehire some deputies who have been fired for dishonesty or other misconduct, so that we could monitor the process. As of December 31, 2018, the Office of Inspector General has received no response,” according to the report.

The sheriff has already reinstated one deputy—a man who helped Villanueva win his post—who was terminated because of allegations of domestic violence and stalking and then lost an appeal to the Civil Service Commission.

Villanueva’s unilateral move drew harsh criticism last month from the Board of Supervisors, which asked county lawyers to figure out what recourse was available.

The sheriff, uncowed, said at the time there were a half-dozen similar cases that he planned to pursue, assuring board members they would agree with him once they heard the details.

As for secret cliques within the department, the OIG’s report took a more optimistic tack, saying Villanueva could be a catalyst for solving a decades-long problem.

“This failure has been going on for fifty years and is not the fault of COMPTON (CNS)—A Los Angeles woman was senany one sheriff or of the employees of tenced Thursday to 15 years in state prison for beating a the department. However, because we 91-year-old grandfather with a brick in Willowbrook last have a new administration, we have summer. an opportunity to resolve the problem Laquisha Jones, 30, pleaded no contest Dec. 27 to a felpermanently now,” the report states. ony elder abuse charge stemming from the attack, which “The department should consult with occurred on the Fourth of July last year. deputy unions and the (Civilian OverJones attacked the man without provocation near sight Commission) and implement 118th and Robin streets, according to the Los Angeles a policy prohibiting membership in County District Attorney’s Office. organizations which advocate violaThe aftermath of the attack was captured on cell phone tion of laws, policy and civil rights or video that showed Rodolfo Rodriguez on the ground,

By Elizabeth Marcellino

Woman Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Attack on 91-Year-Old Man

with blood covering much of his face.

Rodriguez suffered several broken bones, including a shattered jaw and a pair of broken ribs, and a GoFundMe page established by his family has raised more than $327,000.

Jones was arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff ’s deputies six days later, and has remained behind bars since then, according to jail records.

Along with the elder abuse charge, Jones admitted the allegations that she used a brick, inflicted great bodily injury upon the victim and had a 2017 conviction for criminal threats, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

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BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

NEWS TOMORROW – MARCH 7TH

LBSU to Host 2019 Women’s Research Colloquium and Dinner The President’s Commission on the Status of Women at Long Beach State University presents the 2019 Women’s Research Colloquium. People attending the colloquium will learn about research done by women, as well as research related to women’s issues and concerns. The dinner event will feature two selected research presentations with discussions.

The President’s Commission on the Status of Women serves the campus community through initiating, advocating and implementing action that addresses the concerns of CSULB women students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Thursday, March 7 - 5 to 7 p.m.

The Pointe Conference Center, Walter Pyramid 1250 Bellflower Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90840

FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH – MARCH 31ST

‘Paradise’ by Laura Maria Censabella to Re-Open at Matrix Theatre Following four weeks of sold-out performances at the Westside’s Odyssey Theatre, the acclaimed production of Laura Maria Censabella’s moving, funny and thought-provoking drama, produced by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions and American Oasis, will re-open at the Matrix Theatre for a second four-week run beginning March 8.

What is the science behind first love? Two outsiders, a gifted Yemeni-American teenager at a poorly rated high school in the South Bronx and her disillusioned biology teach-

er, form an unlikely scientific partnership in the hope of securing her a scholarship.

But when conflicts arise over differences in religion, culture and the boundaries of mentorship, their capacity to alter the course of each other’s lives becomes greater than either had imagined.

Paradise was commissioned by Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, dedicated to developing new works about science and technology, and was a runner-up for the 2016 Saroyan/Paul Playwriting Prize for Human Rights.

Science, culture and religion collide in acclaimed Viola Davis/Julius Tennon produced West Coast premiere.

• Thursday at 8 p.m.: March 28 ONLY • Fridays at 8 p.m.: March 8, 15, 22, 29 • Saturdays at 8 p.m.: March 9, 16, 23, 30 • Sundays at 2 p.m.: March 17, 24, 31 (dark March 10) Matrix Theatre 7657 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046s $35 - (323) 960-7724 or www.Plays411.com/Paradise

Photo by Ed Krieger

NOW – APRIL 14TH When Sabrina’s 14-year-old son dies in a police shooting, it prompts a flurry of media attention and calls for racial justice. Unable to play the expected role of grieving mother, Sabrina retreats into the fantasy world of superheroes and arch-villains that inhabit the comic book created by her son before his death. Both heartbreaking and highly imaginative, this stunning world premiere from Los Angeles-based playwright Inda Craig-Galván signals the arrival of an exciting and distinctive new voice in American theater.

Geffen Playhouse Theater 10886 Le Conte Avenue, LA (310) 208-5454 http://tinyurl.com/y6pmaqqu $30-120

SATURDAY – SUNDAY, MARCH 9TH-10TH

‘Sunjata Kamalenya’ Immerses Audience in New Production at Samueli Theater Sunjata Kamalenya is a completely interactive production which celebrates the greatest hero of West African legend, Sunjata Keita, the first king of the ancient Empire of Mali.

A wandering hunter comes to the village of Farrakoro and makes the difficult to believe prediction that a crippled boy and his out-cast mother will overcome all odds to deliver their nation from a powerful warlord.

What follows is their adversarial struggles and the strength they derive from their faith in one another.

Authentic music, costumes, and scenery invite you to a modern Mandé village where the storyteller guides your journey as you sing, dance and act alongside professional actors and musicians in a truly unique experience.

Join us for FREE pre-show activi-

ties before Sunjata Kamalenya Celebrate West African culture with an hour of free activities before performances of Sunjata Kamalenya. Drum along to African beats in a drum circle lead by teaching artist Andrew Grueschow.

Once you have found your rhythm, create your own Malian mud cloth inspired by the fabric Sunjata himself would have worn.

Samueli Theater, 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 • 714-556-2787 https://www.scfta.org/events/2019/sunjata-kamalenya Tickets start at $20/Family-friendly

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BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

NEWS

L LA Football Club to Increase

Efforts Against Anti-Gay Slur

“Last season, we were disappointed and upset that the chant resurfaced at our stadium.”

Owner Tom Penn and Jimmy Lopez, President 3252 Independent Supporters Union

School Officials, Irvine Congresswoman Condemn Pic of Students in Nazi Salute “I condemn this display of a hateful, anti-Semitic symbol.”

Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA)

BURGLARY RING continued from page 1

knock or ring a doorbell to check if anyone was home before breaking into a residence, according to police.

The indictments reveal that rappers A$AP Rocky and Chief Keef were also burglarized.

While the alleged crimes against celebrity victims were designed to take place when no one was at home, prosecutors said the ring sometimes attacked other victims.

Prosecutors allege the burglary ring worked from October 2017 through December 2018 and hit 69 victims at residential properties from Santa Monica and Beverly Hills to communities in the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.

The majority of cases targeted elderly and Asian residents, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

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Programs Officer.

Compton YouthSince its inprovides “We are so proud of Build ception, Enservices focused treNous Youth the accomplishments on engagement, Empowerment e mp owe r m e nt , Services (ENYES) of our young people.” and determinaand its’ pro” said Sara Co-Founder Kim Hughes tion, gram, Compton Silva, EntreNous’ YouthBuild, have Co-Founder and worked diligently to provide discon- Chief Financial and Operations Offinected youth ages 16-24+ with a sup- cer. The program officially begins on port system where they can learn key June 1, 2019 and is funded for a threeleadership development skills, engage year period. Recruitment for program in high-demand occupational train- participants begins immediately. ing, as well as earn an accredited high For more information about the school diploma in a small and high- organization, please visit www.enly- focused learning environment. trenousyouth.org or www.comptonToday, the “YouthBuild members are youthbuild.org

NEWPORT BEACH (CNS)— School officials and a Democratic congresswoman condemned Sunday an Internet photo of Newport Harbor High School students with outstretched arms in a Nazi salute gathered around red plastic cups arranged to form a swastika.

“We were recently made aware of social media postings involving some students who created inappropriate anti-Semitic symbols and possible underage drinking,” The Newport-Mesa Unified School District said in a statement.

“While these actions did not occur on any school campus or school function, we condemn all acts of anti-Semitism and hate in all their forms.”

The photo was being investigated by laws enforcement, with the district’s cooperation.

“We remain focused on educating students on all aspects of life’s challenges and are committed to holding students accountable, educating them on the consequences of their choices and the impact these actions have on our schools and community at large,” the statement said.

OS ANGELES (CNS)—The Los Angeles Football Club announced it will have an improved and heavier security presence to combat an anti-gay slur that is sometimes shouted by soccer fans during goal kicks at stadiums throughout the world beginning with Sunday’s season opener.

The improved security effort includes staff members trained and dedicated to exclusively dealing with this issue, according to Seth Burton, LAFC’s vice president of communications.

Any fans identified as participating in offensive chanting or other prohibited acts will be removed from the stadium permanently.

Season ticket holders will have their membership revoked, Burton said.

LAFC, its 3252 Independent Supporters Union and GLAAD are joining forces in an effort to ensure what the Major League Soccer club describes as “an inclusive, welcoming and safe experience for all fans” at the team’s games at Banc of California Stadium.

LAFC created a video that will be played before and during matches in an effort to ensure that everyone who attends a match will have a safe, fun experience free of homophobia, transphobia, racism or sexism.

In the video, coach Bob Bradley and several players in different languages offer a message that reads, “Our club is for everyone.

Stand with us, shoulder to shoulder, to create the best atmosphere in MLS. Stop the hateful chant during goal kicks. Racism, sexism, homophobia, and discrimination will not be tolerated in our stadium. Together, let’s win in the stands.”

Anti-gay slurs on goal kicks began at Banc of California Stadium during the first game on April 29, 2018. The following day, LAFC announced fans who shouted the slur would be ejected from the stadium and have their season tickets revoked. “Last season, we were disappointed and upset that the chant resurfaced at our stadium,” LAFC President and co-owner Tom Penn and Jimmy Lopez, president of the 3252, said in a joint statement released Sunday.

“We pledged at that time to take steps to eliminate the chant from our games, and we are thankful to work with GLAAD and our fans and Supporters to hold each other accountable. We believe that our more robust and educated security presence will help create an experience we can all be proud of.”

The slur made “LGBTQ and ally fans” feel “less than” welcome at LAFC games, said Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of GLAAD, which bills itself as the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer media advocacy organization.

“With this new campaign, the LAFC has raised the bar for inclusion and we hope that other teams nationwide and Major League Soccer will follow their lead by taking proactive steps to create safe and inclusive stadiums.”

Metro Board Wants Studies on Congestion Pricing, Taxes for Uber and Lyft LOS ANGELES—The Metro transit and bicycle/pedestrian projMetro board member and Board of Directors agreed unaniects in time for the 2028 Summer Inglewood Mayor James Butts exmously Thursday to move forward Olympics in Los Angeles. Many of pressed some hesitation at the idea with two feasibility studies on the projects already are scheduled of a TNC tax, as it could impact raising the cost of either driving to be finished by 2028, but some visitor access to the large entertainin a vehicle or riding in ment venues in his city, an Uber or Lyft in Los includes The Fo“There may be an unintended which Angeles County. rum, a new NFL stadium Congestion pricing under construction and consequence that we haven’t and levying a tax on a proposed arena for the companies like Uber thought out and I just want to Los Angeles Clippers. He and Lyft—referred to as also said the Metro tax put that out for the board to Transportation Network may preempt cities in the Company rides—are county from regulating think and consider when we steps other jurisdicTNCs. tions have undertaken, “There may be an bring this back.” according to Metro staff unintended consequence Inglewood Mayor James Butts reports, which noted that we haven’t thought that Chicago levies a out and I just want to put tax of 67 cents per trip on TNCs would need accelerated funding to that out for the board to think and and congestion pricing has been make the goal. consider when we bring this back,” successful in other cities, including Metro Board member and Los Butts said.

Stockholm.

Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said According to a Metro staff Congestion pricing is likely to he hoped the discussions on the report, the TNC tax could discourget a lot of attention and be a polarOlympics and congestion pricing age single- use TNC rides and, inizing idea because it could have a could be kept separate. stead, encourage pooled rides and wide impact on the daily commutes “I speak about both of these, mode shift to transit services, while of millions of residents. The pricing but I want to be clear that my the revenues could be “reinvested plan could involve a number of private and public conversations to improve the quality, reliability, methods, including taxing drivers have mirrored that these should be safety and convenience of transit based on the number of miles they parallel, independent efforts, that services and walking and biking travel, or charging a fee for motorists folks think that ‘28 by ‘28’ is about access.” to enter certain neighborhoods— congestion pricing, or congestion For congestion pricing, a Metro such as creating a boundary around pricing is about that,” Garcetti said. staff report said that it “can be a a central district and then charging “These are distinct efforts and it’s method of dramatically improving vehicles to cross that boundary. important that our constituents equity, mobility, and environmenCongestion pricing is one understand that. They’re both tal outcomes to achieve Metro’s method the board is considering to too important, they’re both too strategic goals in the near-term, help fund the “28 by ‘28” initiative difficult, they’re both too critical to while also providing revenues for that aims to complete 28 key road, collapse them together.” long-term capital projects.”

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BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2019

OP-ED

The

TAX Surprise

By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

The mainstream news has been covering an interesting story. People who were expecting significant tax refunds are, in very large numbers, either getting a minimal refund, no refund or having to pay the IRS. This, after the man Spike Lee has named “Agent Orange”—Donald Trump—promised a massive tax benefit for middle-income people.

When I first starting reading and seeing these stories I wondered why anyone was surprised. After all, in the lead up to Trump’s tax bribe, economists across the board were warning that this was a scam to benefit the rich. They were telling the average taxpayer that this was not going to work to their benefit. And, while the majority of the public has generally opposed the tax bribe—reform—it was still the case that the actual implications of the tax bribe took too

many people by surprise. that tax cuts for the rich really are positive beAfter more than 40 years of listening to cause they themselves, despite not being rich, right-wingers call for tax cuts and watching the may at some point be rich. public’s reaction I have come to a few concluI realize that this sounds completely convosions. luted, but it turns out that there are those who First, when it comes to taxes, much of the believe that they will at some point in the fupublic hears what ture be rich and it wants to hear. they do not wish to Even when one demonstrates If someone says be penalized. This that there will be that it is a lie, the possibility of is called magical a cut and they can thinking. tax relief serves as a seductive provide minimal Third, there evidence to that is a disconnect in song that softens the brain. effect, such an arthe minds of many gument can be a people between winner. Even when public services and one demonstrates that it is a lie, the possibility taxes. There is also a racialized element here, by of tax relief serves as a seductive song that soft- the way. A friend of mine told me a story about ens the brain. arguing with some Trump supporters and they Second, there are those who wish to believe were suggesting that they only wanted to pay for

the things that they needed and not pay “…for someone else…” He asked them whether they drove on roads, pointing out that those roads were paid for by the taxes of many people who may or may not use particular roads. The discussion came to an abrupt halt.

Many of us act as if ‘things’ happen on their own and that they need not be funded. Or, worse, that our tax money is being used for allegedly un-deserving populations. Thus, there is a willingness to go for the right-wing arguments for tax cuts even when such tax cuts may cut one’s own throat.

Welcome to another day in the United States of Agent Orange. Make sure that you test that bridge before you cross it. There may not be enough tax money to keep it standing.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the former president of TransAfrica Forum.

‘Leaving Neverland’ is Michael Jackson’s Pandora’s Box chael’s alleged pedophilia, his sister Latoya created a firestorm by saying that she “would [Disclaimer: The views and opinions ex- not be a silent collaborator in my brother’s pressed in this article do not necessarily reflect crimes against little children.”

Latoya claimed that she and her mother the official policy or position of BlackPressUSA.com and the National Newspaper Publish- had seen checks written out for “lots of money” to the families of her brother’s alleged ers Association.] child victims. Her mother, Katherine, “was “Leaving Neverland and the Twisted Cult so disgusted that she wrote a letter in which of Michael Jackson Truthers.”— The Daily she used [a homophobic slur] to describe Michael,” Latoya alleged.

Beast Katherine vehemently denied “every “The Music Stops: Leaving Neverland and the awful truth about Michael Jackson.” word Latoya had to say.”

She’d been brainwashed, the Jacksons — NY Daily News “Leaving Neverland Reveals The Monster said.

For this reporter and one-time close famWe Didn’t Want to See in Michael Jackson” ily friend, their denials were shattered years — BuzzFeed Those are just three of what’s become a later when the Jackson family forfeited poscavalcade of headlines about the gut-wrench- session of a storage unit upon being sued in ing and disturbing documentary, “Leaving 2002.

That storage unit, Jermaine and KathNeverland,” that finally aired on HBO Sunday night with part two and a post-film in- erine would admit to me, contained “those terview by Oprah Winfrey followed on Mon- checks and that letter” Latoya had spoken of.

Several Jacksons, including Jermaine, day night.

It’s the story of Wade Robson and James Rebbie, Katherine and even Joseph often Safechuck, two men who describe in the confided in me and much of those discusmost heart-breaking and wrenching ways sions have remained confidential despite the the abuse they say they suffered at the hands sour ending to the friendship.

J e r of the late Mimaine and chael Jackson For this reporter and one-time close Rebbie both when they were little family friend, their denials were shat- poured out their souls boys. tered years later when the Jackson for book While Miproposals. chael’s family, family forfeited possession of a Others fans and the i n c luding executors of storage unit upon being sued in 2002.

Tito, Jackie his multi-biland Randy lion dollar estate, have blasted everyone involved in the also often spoke openly.

“Michael is messed up,” Randy has said. film, this fact remains indisputable: One family member expressed his fear Only the young men know what really happened between the sheets at Neverland, that “Michael may have touched [his son].”

My response at the time: Ridiculous. the King of Pop’s sprawling 2,700-acre estate His take: “I hope not,” and “How would in the Santa Ynez Valley of California.

And, while it’s noble that Tito, Jackie, you know?”

Like him, I didn’t really know. At the Marlon, Jermaine and the lawyers who represent Michael’s estate have pushed back time, I had my doubts.

Michael’s family often fumed about his against the film, one thing director Dan “Carrying on with little white boys,” though Reed’s documentary does make clear: Michael and his family really were strang- they never said he was molesting his special friends. ers over the last 25 years of his life.

One morning in 2003, I received in sucThey didn’t know him and he really didn’t cession, two phone calls pleading for my care to know them.

His interactions with his brothers, whom intervention. One from a girlfriend of Jerhe once led as the Jackson 5 and later as The maine’s and the other from one of Michael’s Jacksons, were mere token visits on “Family nephews.

Both had the same concern: A teenage Day” once a year.

During the 1993 investigation into Mi- family member was telling others that MiBy Stacy M. Brown

chael was guilty of bad behavior with little boys – this was taking place while police were investigating Michael.

Authorities eventually questioned the teen family member and two lead detectives said the boy denied that Michael had done anything wrong, but they were convinced he knew a lot more than what he said.

One month before jury selection in Michael’s 2005 trial, members of the Jackson family attended my wedding on Long Island.

At a dinner, a heated argument between two members ensued over whether Michael was a pedophile.

I interjected, “Let me ask you a question, you all still believe he was regularly high on drugs, correct?” Both agreed.“Could it be possible that he behaved with these boys inappropriately while under the influence?” The dissenting family member paused and conceded to me: “You have a point.”

While Safechuck declined to testify for Michael, Robson did.

And, despite being a “star” witness for the defense, Robson’s testimony, and that of his mother, were amongst the most disturbing in a trial that made most observers feel “unclean.”

Robson testified that he shared a bed with the King of Pop regularly and Robson’s mother, Joy, said Jackson would “cry like a baby” if she denied any of his requests to have a sleepover with Wade.

Detectives approached one family member during the trial in which Michael was acquitted on all charges.

That family member declined to take the stand for either side.“I told them,” the family member said. “I will tell you that Michael’s a pedophile because I know that he is. But, take me to jail now because I’ll never say that in court.”

Stacy M. Brown is a journalist and former family friend of the Jacksons. He’s the author of the forthcoming biography, “Aftermath: Michael Jackson’s Dysfunctional Family and the Legacy of the King of Pop.”

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OP-ED

Jean Fairfax Raised the Bar

The Congressional Black Caucus: Not Always in Headlines, but Never on the Sidelines

By Marian Wright Edelman

“It’s not only what we make happen, but what we stop from happening.”

Majority Whip James Clyburn

These words from Jean Fairfax were highlighted in the recent remembrance by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) for their beloved colleague, who passed away in February at age 98.

Majority Whip James Clyburn

By Julianne Malveaux

What does the Congressional Black Caucus do?

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t takes Majority Whip James Clyburn to make it understandable. “It’s not only what we make happen, but what we stop from happening,” Clyburn told a standing room only crowd at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Black History Month Celebration on February 26. His words are instructive for folks who get their news from sound bites and tweets. The legislative process is rarely fully televised, and those who put brakes on nonsense proposals never make the headlines. The February 26 event made it clear, in celebration, that the Congressional Black Caucus is often effective on the front lines and the sidelines.

The 116th Congress includes fifty-five members of the Congressional Black Caucus, an incredibly diverse group of African Americans who approach Black liberation (although some might not use the term) differently. Among the fifty-five, there are five who now chair House committees, including Congressional representatives Maxine Waters (DCA), who chairs the Financial Services Committee, Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) who chairs the Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) who chairs the Education and Labor Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MS) who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, and Elijah Cummings (D-MD) who chairs the Government Oversight Committee. Cummings was the only one of the five who was not present, understandably so when one reflected on his leadership in the hearing that examined Michael Cohen, the jail-bound attorney who formerly represented the Nation’s Prevaricator-in-Chief.

Each of them talked about the challenges they face in their roles, especially the fact that progressive legislation that leaves the House of Representatives is often unlikely to pass the Republican-dominated United States Senate and the obstreperous Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (my words, not theirs). But each also talked about issues they will address in their leadership. Congresswoman Waters can subpoena tax returns and bank records. She spoke of the many ways banking boards lack diversity and plans to establish a diversity and inclusion subcommittee as part of the Financial Services Committee. Bennie Thompson and Eddie Bernice Johnson talked about directing money to HBCUs and about the ways that some universities are able to get the majority of federal dollars. Congressman Bobby Scott intrigued me when he talked about the way the media is interested in drama, not substance. On a day when he dealt with both the minimum wage and higher education legislation, most of the questions he got from the media were about Blackface and other scandals in Virginia.

The search for the salacious has been the theme of the 45 administration. One does not have to search far to find payments to prostitutes, pandering to potentates, and other chicanery. The real trickery, however, is happening when our regulatory structure is being decimated, when payday lending rules are hanged by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make predatory lending easier and more exploitative; when education regulations are being changed to make access for Black and other students of color even harder than it is now; when labor regulations are being changed to exploit unions. The federal minimum wage, at $7.25, has not increased in a decade. As such, the Raise the Wage Act should be making headlines. Instead, all cameras, all eyes are on the scandals that dominate this administration.

In celebrating the Congressional Black Caucus, I’m not touting their perfection, because the collective caucus is flawed as any other organization. My biggest bone to pick with Caucus members is all of them won’t sign or align themselves with HR 40, the reparations legislation that Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) introduced thirty years ago. Many say the reparations conversation is impractical. From my perspective, if you are interested in economic justice, you must be interested in restorative and reparatory justice for the descendants of the enslaved people who built this country. That means developing public policy to close the wealth gap. That means developing public policy to increase access to education. That means educating a nation with leaders and teachers who seem to think it is okay to run around in Blackface, hand children cotton bolls or more alarmingly, have children (in South Carolina) actually pick cotton and sing slave songs. That means examining the ways that racist (yes, racist) legislation has exacerbated, not closed the wealth gap.

Our Congressional Black Caucus and, indeed, the Democratic Party that all of them belong to, is flawed, but there are accomplishments, as well. The challenge for us is to lift up the accomplishments amidst a culture that values scandal instead of achievement.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist.

longtime CDF board member, partnered with her on that report. Jean continued to work with Winifred Green and Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald, now CDF’s Southern Regional Director, at the Southern Coalition on Educational Equity. Her legacy and influence lives on through the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice organized across the Deep South by Winifred, ean was the founder and director of Oleta, and Sophia Bracy Harris, founding LDF’s Division of Legal Information and executive director of the Federation of Child Community Services and served at LDF Care Centers of Alabama. for twenty years before retiring in 1984.

Jean held fast to her priorities throughout In that role she made a quiet but profound her extraordinarily dedicated life. LDF’s curdifference. As LDF explained: “Over the rent President and Director-Counsel Shercourse of her 40-year career, Jean Fairfax was rilyn Ifill said: “Jean’s guiding principle was a pioneering organizer, a professor, a religious her deep and sincere devotion to and respect scholar, a missionary, and an unparalleled for poor and working-class families. She lisstrategist and policy advocate. She helped tened. She learned about the needs of parents organize Black students and families in rural and children and the barriers they faced, and communities in the years following Brown v. then she fought for policies that would bring Board of Education, and went on to shape and to those families the resources they needed lead some of the most influential federal gov- to move their lives forward. She was a master ernment policy innovations to support work- strategist. Ms. Fairfax understood how racism ing class and poor families.” worked to depress opportunities for Black Later she and her sister Betty, a teacher, families, and she was clear-eyed about the became philanthropic leaders and role mod- need to focus on the system of policies and els as they used their carefully invested sav- practices—especially funding policies—that ings to endow more than a million dollars in could be transformed to create a level playscholarships for poor students and students ing field for those of color. Along most in need.” the way she was Her parents were both the first One of Jean’s a collaborator, most influential friend, and inspi- generation in their families born legacies was her ration to many into freedom and the first to go successful effort of us at the Chilleading the Comdren’s Defense to college, and Jean grew up mittee on School Fund. As Black Lunch ParticipaHistory Month valuing education and service to tion, a coalition has come to an of women’s orgaher community. end, Jean Fairnizations, which fax’s example reminds us we can’t confine in April 1968 released Their Daily Bread, the importance of Black history to a single a study of the National School Lunch Promonth. And as Women’s History Month be- gram. The report helped prompt Congress to gins she is a special example of the legions of establish the Special Food Service Program women—too often unsung—who have always for Children, which became the Child Care been at the backbone of every transforming Food Service Program and the Summer Food social movement in America.

Service Program. After the CBS broadcast of Jean was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Her the documentary “Hunger in America” and parents were both the first generation in their continuing pressure from Dr. Martin Luther families born into freedom and the first to King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign and others, go to college, and Jean grew up valuing ed- the Committee’s work persuaded President ucation and service to her community. After Nixon to increase funding for the National graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the Univer- School Lunch Program serving children in sity of Michigan she earned a joint degree in areas of concentrated poverty. comparative religion from Union TheologJean was a firm but gentle leader. CDF colical Seminary and Columbia University and leagues shared that if you arrived to a meeting served as a university administrator before with Jean 10 minutes early, you might still be traveling to Austria as a missionary. She then late! Jean’s attention to precision and excelbecame a Director of the American Friends lence was a hallmark of everything she did, Service Committee—first working with col- but she was always welcoming, inclusive, and leges and then becoming their Director of gracious.

Southern Civil Rights. That work in the South Sophia Bracy Harris remembered Jean at the height of the Civil Rights Movement led visiting her family when Sophia and her sister her to her role at LDF. were integrating their high school in Elmore At LDF she helped determine strategy County, Alabama, soon after a firebombing of and researched and wrote key reports. One their home: “My mother spoke of having visof her early projects there was a collaboration ited with royalty when Jean and Winifred visbetween LDF and the Washington Research ited us at our newly rebuilt house; Mom wearProject, CDF’s parent organization. That 1969 ing her ragged field clothes, and Jean wearing report, Title I: Is It Helping Poor Children?, a dress fit for a queen. But Jean treated Mom exposed widespread illegal diversion of fed- as if she was a queen.” eral funds in Title I of the Elementary and Jean Fairfax set a high standard. We all can Secondary Education Act intended to pro- honor her legacy by following her example vide financial assistance to local educational and carrying on her good work to help end agencies serving areas with concentrations of child poverty and the hunger and lack of a educationally disadvantaged children from quality education that so often accompany it. low-income families across the South. WinMarian Wright Edelman is President ifred Green, who later founded the Southern Coalition for Educational Equity and was a Emeritus of the Children’s Defense Fund.

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HEALTH Star Chef Fights for Equality in Industry, Cancer Research

By Rachel Nania

Women of color account for 3 percent of leadership roles in the food industry.

Courtesy WTOP.com

WASHINGTON (AP)—Shortly after arriving in Boston to start a dream job as food stylist and cast member on “America’s Test Kitchen,” Elle Simone Scott received some life-altering news.

It was 2016, and the then 40-year-old chef “had been experiencing a little bit of pain.”

She’d seen a doctor “at least twice” about the issue, but the discomfort wasn’t going away.

“And I thought it would just be a good idea to follow up on that,” Scott said.

The diagnosis: stage 1C, grade 3 ovarian cancer—one of the deadliest cancers for women.

“It was very challenging; it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do,” Scott said about her battle with the cancer that affects 20,000 women in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“And I promised myself and the higher power that if I survived this horrible disease, I would commit my life’s work to bringing awareness to this disease and to fight for detection, a cure, and I’d do anything . . . and so, here I am.”

On March 5, Scott, now in remission, will emcee the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance’s annual “Turn Up the Heat” culinary event at The Anthem, which celebrates the work of the city’s top female chefs and mixologists while raising funds for ovarian cancer research and patient

programs.

This year’s event will highlight the work of Seng Luangrath, chef and owner of the Laotian restaurant Thip Khao. Past honorees include Marjorie Meek-Bradley of St. Anselm and Amy Brandwein of Centrolina.

Bringing attention to ovarian cancer is a life mission for Scott, and so is rallying and supporting female chefs. Because in addition to her roles as TV food star and ovarian cancer advocate, Scott is also the founder of SheChef, a professional networking organization she started in 2013 for women chefs of color.

Scott said the idea came to her while hustling through New York’s culinary industry, where she worked as a caterer, a food stylist and as an intern for Food Network. She noticed few women in the field—and even fewer women of color.

Various sources report about 20 percent of restaurant kitchens are run by women, and a 2017 report from the consulting firm McKinsey & Company found women of color account for 3 percent of leadership roles in the food industry.

“I thought it would be a great way to create a network to bring those underrepresented people together to see how we could support each other, create a network where we can help each other grow professionally—also to just deal with the angst of being women in kitchens where we are the only women in the kitchen,” said Scott, who worked as a social worker after college before pivoting to a career in

the culinary arts.

“That brings about a lot of mental, physical and emotional tests. And it’s not easy to navigate alone. So I thought, `I should create a network.”’

Since its inception, SheChef has grown from small group meetups in New York to a national-level organization with more than 200 members—and it shows no signs of slowing down, especially at a time when the industry’s long standing abusive and chauvinistic behaviors are coming to light.

“Even though the trajectory of the culinary industry is changing, slowly but surely, the need for sisterhood, camaraderie, network, connectivity—all those things still exist. Until those numbers start to balance, we’ll still need that support,” Scott said.

And especially for women of color.

“It’s important for us to see ourselves represented in this industry. That’s how we know we can do it—when we see someone who looks like us achieving the goal. And SheChef is meant to be a glass window for all of us to look through and see ourselves being successful on the other side.”

The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance’s “Turn Up the Heat” event will take place March 5 at The Anthem at 6:30 p.m. General admission is $280; tickets include unlimited food and drinks from more than 40 of D.C.’s culinary stars.

More information is available on the event’s website.

Rare Sea Creature Washes Ashore in Southern California SANTA BARBARA—(AP) A 7-foot sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere.

The University of California, Santa Barbara, said an intern spotted the stranded fish last week at Sands Beach in the university’s Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve.

The intern alerted Jessica Nielsen, a conservation specialist at Coal Oil Point who initially thought it was a type of local sunfish and posted photos to the reserve’s Facebook page.

That drew the attention of Thomas Turner, an associate professor in UCSB’s ecology, evolution and marine biology department who examined the fish and posted photos to the iNaturalist online community.

That caught the eye of Marianne Nyegaard of Murdoch University in Australia, who identified the species in 2017 and formally named it Mola tecta but gave it the hoodwinker moniker because it had somehow escaped scientific recognition.

Nyegaard told UCSB in an email that she discussed the images with ichthyologist Ralph Foster of the South Australian

Thomas Turner, UCSB

First Latino to Chair Charles Drew University Board LOS ANGELES—Arthur J. Ochoa, JD, Senior Vice President of Advancement and Chief Advancement Officer for Cedars-Sinai, has been named Chair of the Board of Trustees for Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU).

He is CDU’s first Latino Chair of the Board of Trustees, and has been on CDU’s Board of Trustees since 2012. Previously, he served as Vice Chair and headed the Development Committee.

Mr. Ochoa succeeds Dignity Health Senior Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Marvin O’Quinn, MPH, who had served as Board of Trustees Chair since 2013.

Arthur J. Ochoa has been with Cedars-Sinai since 2001, and the organization has raised more than $1 billion in philanthropic support since his appointment as Chief Development Officer in 2004. In addition to leading Cedars-Sinai’s development, Mr. Ochoa also leads its community engagement and marketing communication teams.

Prior to joining Cedars-Sinai, he practiced corporate and tax law at the Los Angeles offices of O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Irell & Manella LLP. He is a past chairman of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Tax Exempt Organization Committee.

In addition to his leadership role at CDU, Mr. Ochoa is vice president of the board of Marlborough School, a board member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, a member of the Yale Law School Association’s Executive Board and an

honorary trustee of the Mexican American Bar Foundation. He has been board chair of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles and is a past board president of the Center for Early Education. His community awards include recognition from the National Hispanic Health Foundation, the Mexican American Bar Foundation and Boy Scouts of America, among others. Mr. Ochoa received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California (cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and his law degree from Yale Law School.

“CDU is fortunate to have a seasoned healthcare and development executive in Art Ochoa at the helm of our Board of Trustees,” said CDU President and CEO Dr. David M. Carlisle. “Art has contributed immeasurably to our stability and growth during his time on the Board, and we look forward to his leadership as Chair. We also express our deep gratitude to Marvin O’Quinn for his steady Board leadership over the last five years, and we are pleased that he will continue to serve on the Board.”

“It is an honor to be selected to lead the Board of Trustees of Charles R. Drew University,” said Mr. Ochoa. “I share the school’s passion for their mission and objectives: to work for social justice and health equity, to eliminate health disparities and to educate and train the healthcare workforce of the future. I look forward to working with Dr. Carlisle, his exceptional executive team and my fellow trustees to help grow the University, its enrollment and its philanthropic support.”

Arthur J. Ochoa, JD

Museum but was reluctant to identify the fish as a hoodwinker because the photos didn’t clearly show distinctive features and because it had turned up so far out of its known range.

Nyegaard sent specific instructions to California about what to photograph and tissue samples that should be taken.

Turner and Nielsen were glad to help, but first they had to find the fish, which had been moved by the tide, according to UCSB. They walked from opposite ends of the beach and found it several hundred yards from its original position.

Nyegaard said she ended up with a large number of extremely clear photos “and there was just no doubt of the ID.” Sunfish are odd-looking, flat and somewhat oval with fins that resemble little wings.

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NEWS Immigration Documentary’s Protagonist Faces Deportation temporarily in the United States. The attorney would not comment on the case and only said agents from the Labor Department were interviewing Rojas on Monday because “there is an ongoing investigation about his victimization by his former employer.”

But the officers who detained him appeared to not know about his pending application or even the kind of visa, Pineda said.

In 2017, the immigration agency had asked the lawyer to file newspaper clippings of hunger strikes Rojas staged in 2012 at Broward Transitional Center, the for-profit detention facility in Pompano Beach, Florida.

It was around that time that three young immigrant activists got detained on purpose to infiltrate the facility, find Rojas and document cases of others inside there who had no criminal record and were held for months at a time.

The purpose was to fight the claim by then-President Barack Obama that immigration enforcement focused on criminals.

“Claudio was the center of the story,” said Rivera, the filmmaker. Rivera said Rojas helped free many other immigrants from detention.

The nonprofit organization Dream Activist began collecting signatures on Monday to deliver to federal lawmakers, urging them to help stop his deportation.

Emiliano Rojas said his father was excited to be at the premiere in Miami and have a reunion with others who had also been detained in 2012.

“He had a hotel room booked where he was going to stay with my mom in downtown Miami,” Emiliano Rojas said. “It feels horrible. We are going through the same thing all over again.”

By Adriana Gomez Licon

MIAMI (AP) — The protagonist of an award-winning documentary chronicling the plight of immigrants held at a for-profit facility was supposed to be celebrating at a film premiere in Miami.

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nstead, Claudio Rojas is back at another immigration detention facility’s cell, facing deportation.

Sandy Pineda, his attorney, said “We were supposed Rojas has been taken into custody again, to be celebrating years after his release. here in Florida, Rojas, 53, was complying with a periodic his participation visit that is required by the government when in this awardhe was jailed last week.

The Argentine faces winning Sundance deportation after being film. What can denied a request that allows certain immibe said? It’s very grants who are in the upsetting.” country illegally to stay, despite a pending visa application, Pineda Co-Director said.

The documentary won two Alex Rivera awards at the Sundance Film Festival last month. It centers on a mission to infiltrate the detention facility to get Rojas and others out in 2012, when Rojas was detained for overstaying his visa.

“We were supposed to be celebrating here in Florida, his participation in this award-winning Sundance film,” said the film’s co-director Alex Rivera. “What can be said? It’s very upsetting.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it could not comment on this case.

Pineda said Rojas had applied for a T visa, which allows victims of human trafficking to live and work

JAIL REPORT continued from page 3

It offers a stark assessment of jail overcrowding.

“Our jails contain too many prisoners to be properly run by the number of staff, custody and medical, assigned to them,” the report states.

That results in an increasing use of force—though the OIG also says department data on use-of-force incidents is unreliable—inadequate inmate welfare, and breakdowns in medical and mental health care.

Examples cited include chaining mentally ill individuals to benches in

the Inmate Reception Center for prolonged periods of time and women inmates being forced to wear paper underwear for two months because of a mix-up in ordering supplies.

There were six inmate deaths during the three months under review. Three involved inmates of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, most of whom had some medical or mental health issues, and one of those three was described as a suicide.

None were related to a use-offorce incident, according to the OIG,

which said it was concerned about the quality of care and poor coordination between jail guards and health care personnel.

There was some good news.

Deputies involved in multiple shootings have been under increased scrutiny and some have been removed from the field. In 2016, 34 percent of deputies involved in shootings had been involved in one or more previous shootings. In 2017, that ratio dropped to 19 percent and in 2018 to 3 percent.

There were four deputy-involved shootings during the three months in question, three of which involved armed suspects and none of which appeared to result in a fatality.

The report also provided useof-force data, but with so many caveats that it is hard to draw conclusions beyond the report’s statement that incidents are on the rise. However, the OIG and court monitors have previously said that the kind of bone-breaking violence seen

during Sheriff Lee Baca’s tenure and leading to lawsuits and federal oversight is now a very rare occurrence.

Villanueva has reported dramatic increases in the use of force as well as inmate attacks on deputies to challenge the success of reforms instituted

by McDonnell.

The OIG and others have challenged the accuracy of that data and raised concerns that the numbers will be used to justify rolling back changes.

LEGALS NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF EDWARD LOUIS JACKSON Case No. 18STPB11454 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of EDWARD LOUIS JACKSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Katy Jackson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Katy Jackson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 28, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: SHERRIMARIE ST CYR ESQ SBN263940 SMJ LEGAL SERVICES 3350 E 7TH ST NO 132 LONG BEACH CA 90804 CN957734 JACKSON Feb 20,27, Mar 6, 2019 SchId:74705 AdId:24906 CustId:65 -----------T.S. No. 17-48982 APN: 6176-008-036 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/13/2007.

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 war-

ranty, 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: ARACELY MARTINEZ, A SINGLE WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 12/7/2007, as Instrument No. 20072687815, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:3/13/2019 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: $370,219.21 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: 1019 E ARLINGTON ST COMPTON, California 90221 Described as follows: THE NORTHWESTERLY HALF OF LOT 19 IN BLOCK “C” OF TRACT NO. 4827, IN THE CITY OF COMPTON, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, SATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 54, PAGES 25 AND 26 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. A.P.N #.: 6176-008-036 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 17-48982. 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: 2/14/2019 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as

Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 www.elitepostandpub.com _______ Andrew Buckelew, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 28163 Pub Dates 02/20, 02/27, 03/06/2019 SchId:74725 AdId:24913 CustId:108 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Mary Ann Cruz CASE NO. 19STPB01304 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Mary Ann Cruz A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Edward A. Alvarado in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Edward A. Alvarado be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with full authority . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 3/13/2019 at 8:30am in Dept.

29 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 Stanley Mosk Central Courthouse.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Steffanie Stelnick Law Offices of Steffanie Stelnick 23890 Copperhill Dr. #405 Valencia, CA 91354 Telephone: (661) 917-2224 2/20, 2/27, 3/6/19 CNS-3224144# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74746 AdId:24920 CustId:61 -----------T.S. No. 18-54265 APN: 6140-025-010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/9/2016.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO

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LEGALS 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: DOLLICIA HEATH, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN AND ANNIE L. WILLIAMS, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 9/16/2016, as Instrument No. 20161122645, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:3/20/2019 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: $374,642.80 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: 1500 SOUTH WADSWORTH AVENUE COMPTON, CA 90220 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust A.P.N #.: 6140-025-010 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 1-866-539-4173 or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkauction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 18-54265. 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: 2/19/2019 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: 1-866-539-4173 www.servicelinkauction.com _______ Andrew Buckelew, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 28196 Pub Dates 02/27, 03/06, 03/13/2019 SchId:74768 AdId:24927 CustId:108 -----------T.S. No.: 18-21202 A.P.N.: 6161-026-

052 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/5/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor: ROBERTO ARREOLA, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC Recorded 4/12/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0801491 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust.

Date of Sale: 3/20/2019 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $308,705.70 (Estimated) Street Address or other common designation of real property: 348 SOUTH SHERER PL COMPTON, CA 90220 A.P.N.: 6161-026-052 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. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site www.STOXPOSTING. com, using the file number assigned to this case 18-21202. 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. Date: 02/14/2019 Carrington Foreclosure Services, LLC 1500 South Douglass Road, Suite 150 Anaheim, CA 92806 Automated Sale Information: (844) 477-7869 or www.

STOXPOSTING.com for NONSALE information: 888-313-1969 Vanessa Gomez, Trustee Sale Specialist SchId:74771 AdId:24928 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF VIVIAN GOMEZ Case No. 19STPB01430 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of VIVIAN GOMEZ A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Dolores G. Toscano in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Dolores G. Toscano be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 18, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 9 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: JUVENTINO B CASAS JR ESQ SBN 44445 LAW OFFICE OF J B CASAS JR 2520 W BEVERLY BLVD MONTEBELLO CA 90640-2308 CN957768 GOMEZ Feb 27, Mar 6,13, 2019 SchId:74791 AdId:24936 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-17-766241-RY Order No.: 170110259-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/21/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the 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): ROMAN HERNANDEZ, A SINGLE MAN Recorded: 5/31/2007 as Instrument No. 20071312166 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 4/25/2019 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, in the Vineyard Ballroom Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $399,480.17 The purported property address is: 3733 EAST BENNETT STREET, COMPTON AREA, CA 90221 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 7302-027-022 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 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-17-766241-RY. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17-766241-RY IDSPub #0150583 3/6/2019 3/13/2019 3/20/2019 SchId:74800 AdId:24939 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM EDWARD EISEN AKA WILLIAM ROBINSON AKA BILL EISEN AKA WILLIAM ROBERTSON AKA WILLIAM D. ROBERTSON AKA BILL ROBERTSON AKA PAUL MARTINEZ CASE NO. 19STPB01672 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WILLIAM EDWARD EISEN AKA WILLIAM ROBINSON AKA BILL EISEN AKA WILLIAM ROBERTSON AKA WILLIAM D. ROBERTSON AKA BILL ROBERTSON AKA PAUL MARTINEZ. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICHARD EISEN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICHARD EISEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 03/25/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

of the California Probate Code.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner ALLAN B. WEISS SBN 043774 ALLAN B. WEISS & ASSOCIATES 5001 AIRPORT PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 240 LONG BEACH CA 90815 BSC 216658 2/27, 3/6, 3/13/19 CNS-3225925# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74822 AdId:24943 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DOROTHY MAE GIVENS aka DOROTHY M. GIVENS aka DOROTHY GIVENS Case No. 19STPB01516 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DOROTHY MAE GIVENS aka DOROTHY M. GIVENS aka DOROTHY GIVENS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Marilyn Gipson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Marilyn Gipson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 4 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: STEPHEN MARC DRUCKER ESQ SBN 76279 LEGAL ACTION WORKSHOP PC 417A N GLENDALE AVE GLENDALE CA 91206 CN957014 GIVENS Feb 27, SchId:74832 AdId:24946 CustId:65 -----------APN: 6179-021-022 TS No: CA08000624-18-1 TO No: 8741603 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED July 20, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On April 11, 2019 at 09:00 AM, Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on July 27, 2007 as Instrument No. 20071776140, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by RITA A WAFER, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for PAUL FINANCIAL, LLC as Beneficiary, 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: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 508 SOUTH BURRIS AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90221 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 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. 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 $39,564.31 (Estimated). 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. 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 Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000624-181. 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. Date: February 15, 2019 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA0800062418-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Myron Ravelo, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction.com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 56739, Pub Dates: 02/27/2019, 03/06/2019, 03/13/2019, THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74843 AdId:24951 CustId:669 -----------T.S. No. 045763-CA APN: 6161-001076 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/14/2006. 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 4/2/2019 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 1/5/2007, as Instrument No. 20070025188, , of Official Records in the office of the Coun-

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LEGALS ty Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: SHELIA NELSONGRIGGS, A SINGLE WOMAN 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: 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: 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: 810 WEST COMPTON BOULEVARD #13 COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 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 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: $156,175.24 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 or its predecessor 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 (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 045763CA. 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: (844) 4777869 CLEAR RECON CORP. 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:74851 AdId:24954 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ABEL D. WHITE AKA ABEL DUANE WHITE CASE NO. 19STPB01738 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ABEL D. WHITE AKA ABEL DUANE WHITE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NICOLE R. WHITE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NICOLE R. WHITE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administra-

tion authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 03/28/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner TAMSEN REINHEIMER - SBN 234257 MORTENSEN & REINHEIMER, PC 2855 MICHELLE DRIVE, SUITE 120 IRVINE CA 92606 3/6, 3/13, 3/20/19 CNS-3227179# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:74882 AdId:24966 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON CONSIDERATION OF A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE TOWNHOMES 930 West Compton Boulevard Compton, California NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Compton (the “City”) will hold a public hearing on March 19, 2019 at 6:00 pm (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard) in the Compton City Council Chambers located at 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

The hearing may be continued from time to time until completed. Any person desiring the opportunity to be heard will be afforded an opportunity to do so.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider approval of a proposed Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City and City Ventures Homebuilding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Developer”), governing the conveyance by the City to the Developer of the property located at 930 West Compton Boulevard (the “Land”) for the development of market rate and affordable housing consisting of 24 Townhomes (the “Development”). Four of the Townhomes will be required to be sold at affordable sales prices to moderateincome households. The former Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Compton (the “Agency”) acquired the Land. Following the dissolution of the Agency, the Land was conveyed to the City as the housing successor to the former Agency.

A report summarizing certain aspects of the conveyance of the Land from the City to the Developer and a copy of the Purchase and Sale Agreement are available for public inspection and copying, at a cost not to exceed the cost of duplication, at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Compton, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

Further information regarding this hearing may be obtained by calling Leslie NacionalesTafoya, Community Development Specialist, at 310-6055697.

Any and all persons having any objections to the proposed Purchase and Sale Agreement, or to the proposed conveyance of the Land to the Developer and the construction of the Development, or who deny the regularity of this proceeding or wish to speak on any issue raised by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the proposed conveyance of the Land or the construction of the Development, may appear at the hearing and will be afforded an opportunity to state their objections.

If you desire to challenge in court the proposed conveyance of the Land or the approval and execution of the proposed Purchase and Sale Agreement, or any proceedings in connection therewith, you may be limited to raising only those issues that you or someone else raised at the hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the hearing.

Written correspondence on this matter may be addressed to the City Council, c/o of the City Clerk, at 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

ALITA GODWIN, MMC CITY OF COMPTON CITY CLERK _________ _________

DATES OF PUBLICATION: __March 6,___________, 2019 _March 13,___________, 2019 SchId:74888 AdId:24968 CustId:314 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ANNIE E. SANDERS Case No. 18STPB11651 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ANNIE E. SANDERS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Curtis L. Betts in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Curtis L. Betts be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 8, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: REBECCA L.T. SCHROFF ESQ SBN 151016 MOORE BRYAN SCHROFF & INOUE LLP 21515 HAWTHORNE BLVD STE 490 TORRANCE CA 90503-6511 CN957085 SANDERS Mar 6,13,20, 2019 SchId:74929 AdId:24982 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE (UCC Sec. 6101 et seq. and B & P 24073 et seq.)

Escrow No. 30063-PC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made. The name and business address of the Seller/licensee are: SHAMROCK HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC, 13261 STANBRIDGE AVENUE, DOWNEY, CA 90242 Doing Business as: MULDOON’S SALOON All other business name and address used by the seller(s)/licensee(s) within the past three years, as stated by the Seller(s)/licensee(s), is/are: SAME The name and address of the Buyer/ applicant are: COCKTAILS LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, 10415 MARGARITA AVENUE, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708 The assets being sold are generally described as: GOODWILL, LEASEHOLD INTEREST, FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT AND ONSALE GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES LICENSE #48-570937 and is/ are located at: 5646-48 PARAMOUNT BLVD., LONG BEACH, CA 90805 The type of license to be transferred is/are: ONSALE GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES, now issued for the premises located at: SAME The bulk sale and transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of: CITYWIDE ESCROW SERVICES INC, 12501 SEAL BEACH BLVD, STE 130, SEAL BEACH, CA 90740 and the anticipated sale date is MARCH 29, 2019 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

The purchase price of consideration in connection with the sale of the business and transfer of the license, is the sum of $272,000.00, including inventory estimated at: $12,000.00 which consists of the following DESCRIP-

TION, AMOUNT: CASH $272,000.00, ALLOCATION TOTAL $272,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller(s)/licensee(s) and the intended Buyer(s)/transferee(s), as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consideration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: FEBRUARY 27, 2019 SHAMROCK HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC, Seller(s)/Licensee(s) COCKTAILS LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Buyer(s)/Applicant(s) LA2216128 LONG BEACH CALIFORNIAN 3/6/2019 SchId:74932 AdId:24983 CustId:628 -----------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC Sec. 6105) Escrow No. 19-42240-SS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) to the Seller(s) are: KYE SOOK OH, 8158 CAPISTRANO DR. STANTON, CA 90680 Doing Business as: CARSON BURGERS All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within three years, as stated by the Seller(s), is/are: The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s) is/are: MYUNG HWAN OH, 8158 CAPISTRANO DR. STANTON, CA 90680 The assets to be sold are described in general as: ALL STOCK IN TRADE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, GOODWILL, TRADENAME, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE and are located at: 21680 S. WILMINGTON AVE., CARSON, CA 90810 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: TEAM ESCROW INC, 6025 BEACH BLVD, BUENA PARK, CA 90621 and the anticipated sale date is MARCH 22, 2019 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

[If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided.] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: TEAM ESCROW INC, 6025 BEACH BLVD, BUENA PARK, CA 90621 and the last day for filing claims shall be MARCH 21, 2019, which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: 2/27/19 BUYER: MYUNG HWAN OH LA2217050 WEEKENDER 3/6/2019 SchId:74945 AdId:24987 CustId:628 -----------LEGAL NOTICE REGULAR MEETING NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACTION BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SECOND SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATED OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER COMPTON REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RELATING TO: The proposed sale of real property, 2000- 2024 West Compton Boulevard, (APN Nos.6138-004-900, 6138-004901, 6138-004-902, 6138-004-903 & 6138-004-904) located in the City of Compton, (the “Property”), by the Successor Agency to the Former Compton Redevelopment Agency (the “Successor Agency”) to Red Mountain Group, (the “Purchaser”) pursuant to the Successor Agency ’s Long Range Property Management Plan (the “LRPMP”) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Los Angeles County Second Supervisorial District Consolidated Oversight Board (the “Oversight Board”) will hold a meeting as follows: Date: March 20, 2019 Time: 6:30 P.M. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard Place: Inglewood City Hall Council Chambers, One Manchester Blvd., 9th Floor, Inglewood, California 90301 At the abovedescribed meeting the Oversight Board will consider the adoption of a resolution authorizing the Successor Agency to sell the Property to the Purchaser in accordance with the LRPMP for $2,265,000 (appraised value) pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement between the Successor Agency and the Purchaser substantially in the form presented to the Oversight Board.

Interested persons are invited to attend this meeting and be heard regarding this matter. Further information may be obtained by contacting Leslie NacionalesTafoya, the Community Development Specialist of the City of Compton, Compton, California 902200 by telephone at 310-605-5697, or by email at lnacionalestafoya@comptoncity.org. In addition, the staff report, resolution, purchase and sale agreement, and any supporting documentation for this action will be available in the City Clerk’s Office City Hall, 205 S Willowbrook St, Compton, California 90220, during normal business hours, and on the Successor Agency’s and Oversight Board’s website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. Interested persons may submit written comments addressed to the Los Angeles County Second Supervisorial District Consolidated Oversight Board, c/o Successor Agency of the Former Compton Redevelopment Agency, 205 S Willowbrook St., Compton, California, 90220 prior to the hour of 3 pm. on March 14, 2019.

At the time and place noted above, all persons interested in the above matter may appear and be heard.

Dated this 4th day of March , 2019 SchId:74946 AdId:24988 CustId:314

-----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LARICE JONES Case No. 19STPB00619 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LARICE JONES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Harold Jones in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Harold Jones be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 26, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: ALPHONSO KIMBELL ESQ SBN 71485 LAW OFFICES OF ALPHONSO KIMBELL 6560 S WESTERN AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90047 CN958193 JONES Mar 6,13,20, 2019 SchId:74948 AdId:24989 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DANIEL JAMES CAMPOS Case No. 19STPB01670 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DANIEL JAMES CAMPOS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Manuel J. Campos in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Manuel J. Campos be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 26, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 4 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner: THOMAS G MARTIN ESQ SBN 195627 FORESIGHT LEGAL GROUP PC 111 W OCEAN BLVD 4TH FLR LONG BEACH CA 90802 CN958236 CAMPOS Mar 6,13,20, 2019 SchId:74976 AdId:24998 CustId:65 -----------CITY OF COMPTON FIRE DEPARTMENT “NOTICE INVITING BIDS” SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 on or before Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 2 P.M. On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 2 P.M. bids will be opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220, for a: RESCUE TRUCK DODGE 5500 4-DOOR The Notice Inviting Bids, along with Specifications and complete Bid Package will be available on the City of Compton’s Website at www.comptoncity.org under the City Clerk Department on Wednesday, March 6, 2019.

If you need additional information, please contact Fire Chief Ronerick Simpson at (310) 605-5670 or rsimpson@comptonfire.org ALITA GODWIN, MMC CITY CLERK PUBLISH: March 6, 2019 March13, 2019 SchId:74979 AdId:24999 CustId:314 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DEBORAH E. RICE Case No. 19STPB01587 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DEBORAH E. RICE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Karen Rice in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Karen Rice be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 25, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 99 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Petitioner: Karen Rice KAREN RICE 3730 E DUMA ST COMPTON CA 90221 CN958344 RICE Mar 6,13,20, 2019 SchId:74991 AdId:25004 CustId:65

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ENTERTAINMENT

Franklin, Basie Among New Inductees to Blues Hall of Fame

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EMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Aretha Franklin, Count Basie and Booker T. & the MGs are among the performers named as inductees to the Blues Hall of Fame.

The Blues Foundation announced this year’s honorees last

week. An induction ceremony is scheduled May 8 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Known as the Queen of Soul, Franklin also performed blues and gospel songs. Many of Count Basie’s songs were rooted in Kansas City blues. Booker T. and the MGs’ blues-soul-rock

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Brings ‘Day of Action’ to Flint, Michigan

FLINT, Mich. (AP)—Yo-Yo Ma brought both music and a call for social change to Flint, Michigan.

The famed cellist performed for more than 100 fans inside a gymnasium at Berston Field House during his visit Thursday to the city that’s still feeling the effects of a lead-contaminated water crisis.

But Ma says he found a community that is about much more than “water problems.”

The Grammy-winning artist was in Vehicle City as part of a “Day of Action” themed “Flint Voices: Culture, Community, and Resilience” that included a tour of spots around the city with recording artist Tunde

Olaniran and an invitation-only working session with dozens of Flint-based community leaders at the Flint Fresh Food Hub to discuss cultural collaboration for social change. As for a takeaway from his visit, Ma says it will be “an awesome respect for the people here and for the dignity that they have.”

Pianist, Composer Ramsey Lewis Honored in Chicago

sound was created at Stax Records in Memphis and has influenced countless musicians.

Classic recordings also are being inducted, including “Rollin’ Stone” by Muddy Waters, “I Got a Woman” by Ray Charles and the Elmore James album “The Sky is Crying.”

Nathaniel Taylor, Who Played Rollo on ‘Sanford and Son’ Dies

By Martha Irvine

Nathaniel Taylor, the actor best known as Rollo Lawson, the street-smart best friend of the son on the 1970s sitcom “Sanford and Son,” has died.

Taylor died last week at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after a heart attack, his son Kaedi Taylor told The Associated Press Saturday.

The elder Taylor was 80.

Taylor’s character, Rollo, was the sidekick to Lamont Sanford, played by actor Demond Wilson, and often drew the skepticism of TV patriarch Fred Sanford, who thought Rollo was a bad influence on Lamont because he’d spent time in jail. The fast-talking but good-hearted Rollo dressed in colorful suits and hats and called Fred— played by actor and comedian Redd Foxx—“Pops.”

Taylor went on to act in other shows and movies, later opening a performing arts studio for young actors. But his son said Taylor never tired of people recognizing him as Rollo.

“It was a time and an era—just to be on TV as a black man, it was an honor,” said Kaedi Taylor, who works in the television and film industry behind the scenes. “It was an honor for people to remember him.”

Nathaniel Taylor also played roles on shows such as “The Redd Foxx Show,” “Police Story” and “What’s Happening” and Blaxpoitation films such as “Dynamite” and “Trouble Man.” He reprised his role as Rollo in the 1980s spinoff “Sanford.”

Hip-hop music promoter Alonzo “Lonzo” Williams, one of Taylor’s longtime friends, said the actor was a mentor to many. “He was always there with a wise word and a kind word and a joke to put a little icing on it,” Williams said.

Taylor is survived by his wife, Loretta, four daughters and three sons.

CHICAGO (AP)—Chicago-bass jazz musician Ramsey Lewis was honored with a lifetime achievement award by Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White.

Lewis received his award last Thursday during a ceremony to close out Black History Month.

Lewis told the crowd at the Thompson Center in Chicago that he will “continue to strive and make you proud.”

The 83-year-old Lewis formed the Ramsey Lewis Trio early in his career and won several Grammy awards.

He has recorded more than 80 albums and written pieces for string ensemble and orchestra. He received the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award in 2007.

Among others being honored were Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Candice Payne, who rented hotel rooms for some of the homeless during the Arctic cold earlier this winter.