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U.S. Starts Processing Asylum Seekers Slammed by Trump TIJUANA, Mexico—U.S. border inspectors allowed some of the Central American asylum-seekers to enter the country for processing, ending a brief impasse over lack of space.
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ut the migrants who crossed Mexico in a caravan may face a long legal path.
Caravan organizers said eight members of the group criticized by President Donald Trump that traveled from southern Mexico to the border city of Tijuana were allowed in to be interviewed by asylum officers, but U.S. Customs and Hans-Maximo Musielik Border Protection did not A Central American child who is traveling with a caravan of migrants, peers provide a number. from a bus carrying the group to the border wall for a gathering of migrants About 140 others were still living on both sides of the border, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. waiting in Mexico to turn The sign reads in Spanish: We're all brother countries from the Americas. Free themselves in at San Diego’s transit. Stop the deportations." San Ysidro border crossing, the nation’s busiest, said Alex lack of space. Many still waiting initial screening from October Mensing, project organizer for in Mexico celebrated. (May 1) through December, but few are Pueblo Sin Fronteras, which is Asylum-seekers are typically likely to win asylum. leading the caravan. held up to three days at the The denial rate for El “The spirits are high, there border and turned over to U.S. Salvadorans seeking asylum was good news for everybody,” was 79 percent from 2012 to Mensing said on the 2017, according to asylum We can build a base in Mexican side of the outcome information crossing, moments after Iraq in under a week. We from Syracuse University’s learning that some were Records can't process 200 refugees. Transactional allowed in. Action Clearinghouse. U.S. attorneys who I don't believe it. Hondurans were close volunteered advice behind with a 78 percent in Tijuana last week Nicole Ramos, denial rate, followed warned the Central Immigration Attorney Guatemalans at 75 percent. Americans that parents Trump administration may be separated from Immigration and Customs officials have railed against what their children and be detained Enforcement. If they pass they call “legal loopholes” and for many months while their initial screenings by asylum “catch-and-release” policies asylum cases are pending. officers, they may be detained that allow people seeking U.S. border inspectors or released with ankle monitors asylum to be freed while their allowed some of the Central while their cases wind through cases are adjudicated. The American asylum-seekers who immigration court, which can president tweeted Monday that crossed Mexico in a caravan to take years. the caravan “shows how weak enter the U.S. for processing, Nearly 80 percent of ending a brief impasse over n Migrant Caravan, see page 7 asylum-seekers passed the
L.A. Gets $36 Million Grant for Electric Buses LOS ANGELES—The meeting our goal of a fully electric Los Angeles Department of bus fleet by 2030." Transportation announced The Transit and Intercity Rail Monday a $36.1 million grant will Capital Program was created by be used to purchase 112 zeroSenate Bill 862 with the goal of emission electric buses. modernizing California's intercity The grant from the California rail, bus ferry and rail transit Transit and Intercity Rail Capital systems. In 2017, Senate Bill 1 Program will help the city reach was enacted, which provides an its goal of 100 percent zeroadditional $350 million in annual emission funding to buses Environmental stewardship the TICRP, by 2030, and the guides so much of what we LADOT funds for officials the grant do in Los Angeles, because said. The we're serious about cleaning awarded to department LADOT are our air and making our city available plans to use the money through SB1. healthier and more livable to replace “We will existing propane buses and add continue leading in transportation more buses to its fleet. to zero-emission electric bus "Environmental stewardship transit service with this pivotal guides so much of what we do improvement," LADOT General in Los Angeles, because we're Manager Seleta Reynolds said. serious about cleaning our air “Enhancing LADOT's DASH and making our city healthier system, adding new routes to and more livable," Los Angeles underserved communities, and Mayor Eric Garcetti said. "This connecting the community funding is an investment in clean through sustainable solutions like transportation for Angelenos battery-electric buses will help us today—and a strong step toward all travel safely and live well."
Lynching Memorial and Museum Draw Crowds, Tears By Beth J. Harpaz
MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Tears and expressions of grief met the opening of the nation's first memorial to the victims of lynching Thursday in Alabama. Hundreds lined up in the rain to get a first look at the memorial and museum in Montgomery. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice commemorates 4,400 Black people who were slain in lynchings and other racial killings between 1877 and 1950. Their names, where known, are engraved on 800 dark, rectangular steel columns, one for each U.S. county where lynchings occurred. A related museum, called The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, is opening in Montgomery. Many visitors shed tears and stared intently at the commemorative columns, many of which are suspended in the air from above. Toni Battle drove from San Francisco to attend. “I'm a
Nkyinkim Installation by Kwame Akoto Bamfo at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. descendant of three lynching victims,” Battle said, her face wet with tears. “I wanted to come and honor them and also those in my family that couldn't be here.”
Ava DuVernay, the Oscarnominated film director, told several thousand people at a conference marking the memorial launch to “to be evangelists and say what you
saw and what you experienced here. ... Every American who believes in justice and dignity must come here ... Don't just leave feeling like, ‘That was amazing. I cried.' ... Go out
who is biracial, came from Georgia, to see I'm a Lawrenceville, the memorial. “We're publicly grieving descendant this atrocity for the first of three time as a nation. ... You can't something you can't lynching grieve see, something you don't victims… acknowledge. Part of the process, the first step I wanted to healing is to acknowledge it.” The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a come and longtime civil rights activist, honor them. told reporters after visiting the memorial that it would help Toni Battle, to dispel America's silence on San Francisco lynching. “Whites wouldn't talk about it because of shame. Blacks wouldn't talk about it because of fear,” he said. The crowd included white and Black visitors. Mary Ann Braubach, who is white, came from Los Angeles to attend. “As an American, I feel this is a past we have to confront,” she said as she choked back tears. DuVernay, Jackson, playwright Anna Deavere Smith, the singing group and tell what you saw.” As for her own reaction, Sweet Honey in the Rock, DuVernay said: “This place Congressman John Lewis has scratched a scab. It's really and other activists and artists spoke and performed at an open for me right now.” Angel Smith Dixon, n Memorial, see page 8
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NEWS LAFC Gets Last-Minute Victory in First Game at Banc of California Stadium By Steven Herbert LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Football Club defeated Seattle Sounders FC, 1-0, Sunday evening in the first game played at Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park, with defender Laurent Ciman scoring on an approximately 30-yard free kick three minutes into stoppage time in the second half.
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HE goal prompted some fans in the "The North End" Supporters Section to set off devices emitting black and gold smoke, representing the team's colors. The Supporters Section features what the team describes as the first safe standing rail seats in North America, allowing fans to stand shoulder-to- shoulder. Many in the sold-out crowd announced at 22,000 wore black and shook thick gold foil and chanted "F-C L-A" during much of the game, accompanied by a beating drum. "There was a lot of excitement ... and every player felt it," said Ciman, who played for Belgium in the 2014 World Cup. Actor Will Ferrell, one of LAFC's owners, marked the start of the game by releasing a falcon from midfield. Attendee John Papachristos, a restaurant owner from Downey, called his experience "beyond excellent," citing the facilities, ease of access to the stadium and parking. Papachristos' 17-year-old son Greg, a midfielder with the Irvine-based youth club Strikers FC, told City News Service his experience was "awesome." Banc of California Stadium, on the former site of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, has an intimate atmosphere with the steepest seating bowl in Major League Soccer, 34 degrees, and seats 12 feet away from the sideline. The $350 million project
includes a large public plaza, restaurants, LAFC retail store and a conference and events center planned to be in use 365 days a year. In addition to LAFC games, the stadium will be a site for concerts, beginning June 2 with the pop music festival Wango Tango, and soccer during the 2028 Olympics. The stadium includes what MLS commissioner Don Garber called "the largest directors box in professional sports ... It's quintessentially Los Angeles." LAFC's ownership group also includes basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson; soccer legend Mia HammGarciaparra and her husband, Nomar Garciaparra, a former Major League Baseball star; and life coach Tony Robbins. They were all at the game. The crowd also included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, CBS late- night host James Corden, "The Price is Right" host Drew Carey, a Seattle Sounders FC owner, and rapper Ty Dolla $ign. Construction of the stadium took 20 months. It is the first open-air stadium to be built in Los Angeles since Dodger Stadium was completed in 1962. When asked at halftime why a stadium was built for LAFC, instead of it playing at StubHub Center, the Los Angeles Galaxy's home about 12 miles south in Carson, Garber said, "Every sports team needs their own home. This is the best example of it.
They have their own fans, they have their own location." Garber also praised Philip Anschutz, chairman of AEG, the Galaxy's parent company, "to have the commitment to bring in a competitor, understanding that competitor would raise the water level for the entire league." "It's early—they're in the first season, it's the first game—but ultimately, I think all the owners believe that two teams in L.A., in their own stadium is what we're going to need to lift this sport up to achieve our goals," Garber said. Banc of California Stadium is the 16th soccer-specific stadium in the 23-team
league, with two more under construction. "I've toured it a couple of times and every time I'm
impeded goalkeeper Stefan Frei's view on Ciman's goal. "As he runs across, he ducks like this, it goes right over the back and Stefan couldn't get a clean look at it," Schmetzer said after his team's record dropped to 1-4-1, remaining in last in MLS' 12-team Western Conference. "Normally that's a save Stefan would make all day long." LAFC led in shots, 14-13, while Seattle led in shots on target, 6-4. LAFC goalkeeper Tyler Miller made four saves, two in each half, for his third shutout in seven games this season. Frei made three saves. "You get in all kinds of
There was a lot of excitement ... and every player felt it. Laurent Ciman in it, I get more and more impressed with it," Garber said. "It's fantastic. It's really spectacular. It's everything that we hoped it would be, and I think it's everything our league needed." On the field itself, Seattle coach Brian Schmetzer said LAFC forward Marco Urena
games, but it's nice to not have to open this incredible new stadium in Los Angeles with a zero-zero," LAFC coach Bob Bradley said after his team's record improved to 5-2-0, the best start among MLS' 16 expansion teams. LAFC moved into second place in the Western Conference with 15 points, two behind Sporting Kansas City, which has played two more games. "My favorite part was just walking out there at the beginning. It was awesome. I talk often about if you want to be a team that can play football, you have to have a great field. The field was incredible, it was wet, the ball moved, but at the end we also weren't shaken."
Going to a Dodgers Game? Take the Gondola LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles baseball fans who want to avoid nightmarish traffic to and from Dodger Stadium could be able to take a gondola to games as soon as 2022 in a plan enthusiastically endorsed by the mayor on Thursday.
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HE estimated $125 million aerial tramway would connect fans between the stadium about a mile (1.6 kilometers) away to Union Station, the heart of Los Angeles' rail system. Backers of the privately funded project estimate that each ride would take about five minutes and that the system could move at least 5,000 people an hour in each direction. “We're off to the races,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said shortly after announcing the proposal at a meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which will have to sign off on the project. He said he lived within walking distance of Dodgers Stadium for years and frequently saw firsthand what game days are like. “It's a lot of cars, it's a lot of pollution, it's a lot of traffic,” he said. “We have for so long wanted to get people using public transportation up to Dodger Stadium. We finally have a way to do it.” He said the project doesn't have
Renderings courtesy Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies LLC. a lot of hurdles to clear, saying it's relatively inexpensive, it won't cost taxpayers any money, it's better for the environment and gondolas are safe and quiet.
Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies, a company founded by former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's son, would pay a portion of the project. The firm would seek private
financing for the remainder. In a statement, the Dodgers called the gondola “an important and innovative project” that would improve the fan experience.
Garcetti said the system could be running by opening day in 2022. City leaders also are looking at the feasibility of a gondola to the famed Hollywood sign.
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Cosby Verdict Met With Conflicting Emotions by Some Blacks By Errin Haines Whack
grew up watching shows like “The Cosby Show” and PHILADELPHIA—It is the Cosby-created spinoff difficult to overstate the “A Different World” were pride, admiration and sense conflicted about continuing of ownership many Black to watch. Americans R u t g e r s felt watching University Bill Cosby women's studies at the height professor of his career Brittney Cooper in the 1980s said it's time for and ‘90s. Black people A s to drop their Wesley Morris Dr. Cliff support for the Huxtable, entertainer and Cosby starred in a top- his work. rated network sitcom about “There's an ongoing a loving, successful Black conversation about can we couple and their wholesome love the art and dismiss children. “The Cosby Show” or disavow the artist,” said shifted the paradigm for n Cosby, see page 9 Bill Cosby goes to court in this file photo from last year. millions of viewers for what a Black family could look like. And it made Cosby an idol to many African-Americans in an era long before the country would see a Black family living in the White House. All of which explains why the comedian's downfall Thursday was By Michael Balsamo and Jonathan J. met with particular pain, Cooper disappointment and conflicted feelings in the SACRAMENTO—The genealogy Black community. For many website used to find the man accused of Black people, news of Cosby's being California's Golden State Killer sexual-assault conviction was had no idea its database was tapped hard to hear, even for fans in pursuit of a suspect who eluded law who believed his accusers. enforcement for four decades, the site's “We have been split from co-founder said Friday. Day One about his innocence The revelation came as former police because of our need to have officer Joseph DeAngelo made his a hero that looks like us,” first court appearance. Handcuffed to said Tarana Burke, the Black a wheelchair in orange jail scrubs, he woman who created the looked dazed and spoke in a faint voice (hash)MeToo hashtag in to acknowledge he was represented by a 2006 and recalled growing public defender. He did not enter a plea. up listening to albums of Authorities never approached Cosby's comedy routines Florida-based GEDmatch abo ut the and later watching him as investigation that led to DeAngelo, “America's Dad.” and co-founder Curtis Rogers said law discarded, Sacramento County District have to get a genetic profile from She warned against enforcement's use of the site raised Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said. a commercial company such as confusing Cosby with the privacy concerns that were echoed by Civil libertarians said the practice Ancestry.com and 23andMe, the roles he played. civil liberties groups. raises legal and privacy concerns for police may have obtained the DNA “Cliff Huxtable was a good The free genealogy website, which the millions of people who submit profile in their crime lab before person, but that character pools DNA profiles that people upload and their DNA to such sites to discover uploading it to GEDmatch, she said. doesn't reflect the character share publicly to find relatives, said it has their heritage. DNA was just coming into use of (Cosby's) life,” Burke said. always informed users its database can be There are not strong privacy laws to as a criminal investigative tool in “Fat Albert is not a serial used for other purposes. But Rogers said keep police from accessing ancestry site 1986 when the predator also known rapist. Bill Cosby is.” the company does not “hand out data.” databases, said Steve Mercer, the chief as the East Area Rapist apparently Cosby carefully crafted his “This was done without attorney for the forensic division of the ended his decade-long wave of persona over half a century in attacks. public life and on the big and As a former police officer, small screen. In the 1960s, he DeAngelo probably would have became the first Black actor known about the new method, to star in a network show, experts said. “I Spy.” He later created the Police at the time suspected they children's cartoon program were chasing a fellow cop or armed “Fat Albert,” based on services member because he was childhood friends, and then our knowledge, and it's been Maryland Office of the Public Defender. so methodical and meticulous, “The Cosby Show.” overwhelming,” he told The Associated “People who submit DNA for said Wendell Phillips, a former He would go on to win the Press. ancestors testing are unwittingly Sacramento deputy who joined the 2002 Presidential Medal of For the team of investigators becoming genetic informants on their hunt for the rapist who terrorized Freedom and made it his role tracking the attacker suspected of innocent family,” Mercer said, adding the suburbs east of the state capital. to admonish Blacks to take killing 13 people and raping nearly that they “have fewer privacy protections In fact, officers assigned to a personal responsibility, his 50 women during the 1970s and ‘80s, than convicted offenders whose DNA is special task force were required to stinging commentary hitting GEDmatch was one of the best tools, contained in regulated databanks.” submit saliva samples to exclude home because of the man, lead investigator Paul Holes told the While people may not realize police anyone who shared a genetic trait, husband and father many Mercury News in San Jose. can use public genealogy websites Phillips said. About 85 percent of believed Cosby to be. Officials did not need a court order to solve crimes, it is probably legal, people secrete their blood type When word of some to access GEDMatch's large database of said Erin Murphy, a DNA expert and in saliva and body fluids, but the of the allegations against genetic blueprints, Holes said. Major professor at New York University rape suspect was in the roughly 15 Cosby broke in 2014, in commercial DNA companies say they School of Law. percent who didn't. part because of a stand-up do not give law enforcement access “It seems crazy to say a police officer “Obviously, you didn't want routine by Black comedian to their genetic data without a court investigating a very serious crime can't the East Area Rapist on the team,” Hannibal Buress, many order. do something your cousin can do on a Phillips said. “That turned out to be African-Americans who DeAngelo, 72, was arrested Tuesday Tuesday,” Murphy said. “If an ordinary a pretty good concern.” had long admired the TV after investigators matched crime- person can do this, why can't a cop? No one who knew DeAngelo star were hurt. All told, scene DNA with genetic material On the other hand, if an ordinary over the decades connected him more than 60 women would stored online by a distant relative. From person had done this, we might think with the string of crimes throughout accuse Cosby of sexual there, they narrowed the search down they shouldn't.” California from 1976 to 1986. assault. to the Sacramento-area grandfather While most consumers would Some Black people who n Genealogy, see page 9 using DNA obtained from an item he
Mr. Cosby told lots of jokes. This was his sickest one.
Genealogy Site Didn't Know it Was Used to Seek Serial Killer
There are not strong privacy laws to keep police from accessing ancestry site databases.
After a Death, How Much Can ‘Broken Heart’ Hurt Survivors? By Marilynn Marchione You hear it whenever someone gets sick or dies soon after losing a spouse: Was it because of a broken heart? Stress might not be to blame for former President George H.W. Bush's hospitalization a day after his wife's funeral, but it does the body no favors, and one partner's health clearly affects the other's.
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sudden shock can trigger a heart attack or something like it called broken heart syndrome . Some studies also have found that people are more likely to die soon after losing a longtime spouse. But often the timing is mere coincidence, and “broken heart” speculation just fuels a neat narrative when the problem is unsurprising in an older person with underlying health issues. In any case, the death of a loved one is a dangerous time for the surviving spouse, said Dr. Nieca Goldberg, a cardiologist at NYU Langone Medical Center and an American Heart Association spokeswoman. “It's really important to have a lot of other support around you,” she said. “When people are depressed after something like this happens, they may not be eating, they may ignore symptoms and want to be stoic. They're certainly stressing and may not be getting enough rest. All of these things can set the stage for life-threatening conditions.”
ABOUT BUSH Bush, who will turn 94 in June, has been hospitalized since Sunday with an infection that's spread to his blood. Stress weakens the immune system and can make infections harder to fend off, said several doctors not involved in his care. But Bush needs a wheelchair because of a form of Parkinson's disease and has been hospitalized before for pneumonia and other infections. It's possible he ignored early signs of infection during the flurry of n Survivors, see page 9
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OPED Facebook Has Failed the Black Community One Too Many Times By Derrick Johnson President and CEO, NAACP “Mr. Zuckerberg, would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?” That was a question Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) posed to Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional hearing in which the latter responded with an awkward “no.” It is likely that Mr. Zuckerberg found this question too intrusive, yet when 87 million users lost their privacy under Facebook’s neglectful watch; its CEO doesn’t bat an eye, offering only an insubstantial, “I’m sorry.” The Cambridge Analytica hack is just one of many transgressions by Facebook, in which an apology will simply not suffice. Facebook’s laissezfaire attitude toward privacy protection is not just a betrayal and insult to its user base, but it is compounded by its lack of vigilance to protect one of the platform’s most vulnerable user demographics—African Americans. For example, late last year, Facebook hosted Russian sponsored ads that portrayed African Americans in a less than flattering light. The ads had political motives and
aimed to sway viewers to vote for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Another example arose just this month when the news broke that the largest Black Lives Matter group on the social media platform was in fact a fraudulent page, created by a White man in Australia
of 87 million people without their consent—was used to develop techniques for the firm’s work on the Trump campaign. This combined with the racially charged Russian ads, some of which explicitly purporting that Black Lives Matter activists were murderers, is not only wholly unscrupulous, it also carries the stench of voter manipulation. Swaying voters toward one candidate based on r a c i a l l y exploitative lies smacks of a type voter suppression that, while more insidious, is not unlike the voter ID laws that currently attempt to suppress the Black vote. As a pioneer in the tech industry serving 1.4 billion users each day, Facebook has a moral and ethical obligation to protect those most vulnerable on its sites, including minors, women, and LGBT, Brown, and Black communities. As a whole, Americans are more tolerant of hate speech than others in the world; however, this does not and should not permit Facebook to turn a blind eye to the copious amounts of hate speech the Black community, and other vulnerable communities experience on Facebook.
The Largest Black Lives Matter group on the social media platform was in fact a fraudulent page, created by a White man in Australia. designed to discredit the youth-based civil rights group. Either of the above examples is enough to seriously question the general disposition and integrity of the social media juggernaut. However, Facebook’s lack of transparency, reliability, and accountability in these two situations also substantiates the increasing doubt regarding the fairness of the 2016 presidential election. Specifically, Cambridge Analytica worked with the Trump campaign, and among the data it misused were pictures, profiles, and even direct messages between users. This data mining—which used the personal information
These communities cannot be satiated with an apology, but rather require a clear and thorough plan of defensive and offensive action. More care needs to be taken by Facebook and its tech industry peers to ensure that in connecting people with one another, these connections are positive—a sentiment which Mr. Zuckerberg said his company strives to achieve.
Moving forward, companies like Facebook can take a greater stance against those who wish to use online spaces to corrupt. First, they must be on the offense, not just deleting but reporting and perhaps even fining advertisers with such ill intent. Second, they should also be more aggressive on the defensive front, removing the burden of reporting hate
speech from the user and instead placing it on themselves. While Facebook has already started this approach, devoting more resources to this effort would allow for a quicker and more intelligent sweep of bad content. Additionally, these resources must include hiring more people of color across all levels of the company—an initiative that would address Silicon Valley's failure to take real steps towards embracing diversity. This is an issue brought up on Day 2 of Zuckerberg's hearing, when Rep. G.K. Butterfield mentioned that the company's Black representation has only risen from 2 percent to 3 percent. Furthermore, while 67 percent of African Americans are Facebook users, the company's C-suite remains entirely White. Lastly, in a “clear and concise” manner, users should be made aware of their privacy terms, including instances when their information will be shared and how the information will be used. Facebook may or may not feel a moral imperative to protect the users that allow it to exist, but that does not mean it should not be held accountable for its actions, inactions, and indifference to user privacy.
Martin Luther King Jr. Wanted Equal Treatment For Blacks, Not Special Treatment
By Raynard Jackson
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s the world commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I reflected upon the legacy of the iconic civil rights leader, I was reminded of two columns I wrote years ago in the form of poems. Yes, I do have a poetic side that most of the public has not seen unless they have read my book, “Writing Wrongs: My Political Journey in Black and Write.” The first column was written in January of 2005 titled, “Letter to Dr. King.” Please remember the context in which this piece was written. George W. Bush had just won a second term as president; Barak Obama was just sworn in as the new senator from Illinois; Bill Cosby was being vilified for his now infamous “Pound Cake” speech before a NAACP awards program in Washington, D.C.; the speech was about Blacks being more responsible for what happens in their lives. Even though Bush named Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice the first Black Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, respectively in the history of the United States, liberal Blacks still called Bush a racist; Former President George W. Bush also had a more diverse cabinet than former President Bill Clinton. The second column was written six years later, in 2011, and titled, “The State of the Dream.” In this piece, I was very critical of how Blacks awarded the contracts to design and construct King’s statue on The Mall in Washington, D.C., to a Chinese sculptor and not an American; this is why I will never visit it—ever. They even imported
When did it become okay to call our women bitches and hoes? Or what about the way some young people dress? Do you really think King would have approved of us walking around with our pants hanging down to our knees or our women showing all manner of body parts at work, church and on the street? To my White folks: I think King would be disappointed that insidious s o c i a l engineering t h r o u g h p r o g r a m s like welfare systemat ic a l ly have contributed to the destruction of the Black family and the emasculation of the Black male. Some of these perverted programs have also had a negative impact on the rest of America. America, with all the strides that we have made, continues to hand the Blacks the same check returned with the words “insufficient funds” stamped on its face ever time they try to cash it. King didn’t want special treatment for Blacks; he simply wanted equal treatment. He didn’t want Blacks to become a protected class; he simply wanted America to enforce the Constitution. We already had the right to vote; the right to live wherever we want; the right to eat at any restaurant; and the right to walk through the front door. The problem was that the Constitution wasn’t being enforced when it came to Blacks. God had already endowed us with
these inalienable rights that were codified in the U.S. Constitution. Yes, America has come a long way from where we used to be, but we still have a long way to go. But, to my liberal friends who constantly posit, “When was America ever great?” I simply say that America was great when Lincoln freed the slaves; America was great when we passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964; America was great when we passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965; America was great when we passed the Fair Housing Act of 1968; America was great, when we elected the first Black president in 2008. So, as I reflect on King’s assassination and his legacy, I can hear him telling both Blacks and Whites: “Boy, go get me a switch, because you have brought shame on America.” After we start crying from his love taps from the switch, I can then see him grabbing us in his arms and lovingly saying, “Now, go do better.”
King didn’t want special treatment for Blacks; he simply wanted equal treatment.
the granite from China, even though they could have gotten the same quality of materials in the U.S. One of the most prominent sculptors in the U.S. is Ed Dwight, Jr. who just happens to also be a former Air Force test pilot and the first Black to be trained as an astronaut. Why was he not commissioned to do King’s sculpture? With this as a backdrop, I think if King was living today, he would be totally embarrassed and ashamed of the Black community; and he would be totally disappointed in the White community, as well. When people called King the “n-word,” it was not a term of endearment; it was a term of
death, as in, “Kill the n—ger!” I am quite sure that Jesse Jackson never walked up to King and said, “Yo, what’s up my n—ger!?” Now, you have Blacks all over television, movies, and public spaces using the word in mixed company. Then Blacks have the nerve to want to get angry when a non-Black does the same thing. N-ga, puh-leeeze! No one should be using the word. Period. The very use of this word is an affront to everything King represented. Another thing that would embarrass Dr. King, would be the blatant mistreatment and degradation of Black women.
Raynard Jackson is founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 Super PAC established to get more Blacks involved in the Republican Party. BAFBF focuses on the Black entrepreneur. For more information about BAFBF, visit www.bafbf.org. You can follow Raynard on Twitter @Raynard1223.
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Only the Truth Will Set Us Free Marian Wright Edelman We want to tell the truth, because we believe in truth and reconciliation but we know that truth and reconciliation are sequential. We can’t get to where we’re trying to go if we don’t tell the truth first. —Bryan Stevenson On April 26 I was deeply honored to participate in the opening summit of the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. These profoundly moving new landmarks are the vision of Bryan Stevenson, the brilliant founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Bryan has spent his professional life fighting unjust incarceration, especially death row cases, and fighting for racial justice in our criminal system. This has evolved to include the consuming determination to document, remember, and honor the victims of racial terror and lynchings in America – work now immortalized at this museum and memorial which I encourage everyone to visit and take your children and grandchildren with you. EJI has identified more than 4,400 Black men, women, and children who were hanged, burned alive, shot, drowned, and beaten to death by White mobs between 1877 and 1950. They are honored here in a powerful and sacred outdoor space where their names and dates of death are engraved onto 800 steel monuments, one for every county where a racial terror lynching took place. Many of the monuments are suspended from the ceiling, literally evoking a hanging. EJI explains why this memorial was needed: “EJI believes that publicly confronting the truth about our history is the first step towards recovery and reconciliation. A history of racial injustice must be acknowledged, and mass atrocities and abuse must be recognized and remembered, before a society can recover from mass violence… The museum and memorial are part of EJI’s work to advance truth and reconciliation around race
in America and to more honestly confront the legacy of slavery, lynching, and segregation.” This confrontation of America’s original birth defects is desperately needed. Lynching, Jim Crow, and legal segregation were all part of a deep-seated pattern of racial subordination in America that lasted long after slavery ended and affects us still. Today, racially skewed rates of gun deaths, school suspensions, corporal punishment, incarceration, illiteracy, and poverty have become new ways of continuing the same old patterns. Lynchings may have stopped but the assault on Black bodies, children, and communities has not and Black opportunity still lags behind that of Whites. More than 150 years after slavery was legally abolished Black children and teens are still being sentenced to physical, social, and economic death in our nation at astonishing rates. EJI data show between 1877 and 1950 at least one Black person was killed by lynching every week on average among the 12 most active lynching states – Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia – and some of the most pronounced racial disparities today still exist in those states. Consider a few facts: the Black child remains the poorest child in America. In 2016, about 1 in 3 Black children was poor and a Black baby was born into poverty every 4 minutes. In 6 of the 12 states with the highest lynching rates Black child poverty rates were at least 40 percent. Gun deaths remain the leading cause of death for Black children and teens. A Black child or teen is killed with a gun every 6 hours and 34 minutes. Between 1963 and 2016, 65,947 Black children and teens have been killed by guns – more than 16 times the recorded number of lynchings. Where is our equivalent anti-lynching movement today to give our children a chance to grow up safely?
In 2016, about 1 in 3 Black children was poor and a Black baby was born into poverty every 4 minutes.
More than 80 percent of 4th and 8th grade Black public school students could not read at grade level in 2015, and millions of Black students still attend separate and unequal schools. More than 1 in 3 Black students in the most active lynching states attended intensely segregated schools with at least 90 percent non-White enrollment in 2014. Black children are suspended from public schools at a rate four times greater than White children. Denied education is a block to success in our competitive nation and world. Inside schools, corporal punishment is disproportionately used to discipline Black students: in 2013-2014, Black students made up less than 16 percent of the student population but were over 38 percent of students receiving corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is still allowed in all but one (Virginia) of the most active lynching states.
Our school system has also become a major feeder into the pipeline to prison, particularly for Black children. A Black child is arrested every one and a half minutes. In 2016, the juvenile arrest rate for Black children was more than double that for White children. The 12 most active lynching states held almost half (44 percent) of the total share of all children in adult prisons in America in 2015. Police brutality continues as one more form of assault against Black bodies. According to a database established by the Washington Post to track gun deaths at the hands of law enforcement officers, 750 Black males – including 25 children – have been shot and killed by police officers since January 1, 2015. This is more than the 654 African Americans killed in the most active lynching state, Mississippi, and more than double the number of African Americans killed by lynching in
Alabama. Confronting the violent and tragic legacy that preceded today’s inequalities is a critical step – one the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice help our nation to take. The truth will set us free. But you and I must stand up and stop today’s unequal punishments of Black and other people of color across our nation. Only the truth and vigilant action can truly make us free. Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children's Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information, go to www. childrensdefense.org.
Difficult Positions: The Death Penalty And the Parkland Killer By Laura Finley Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." I’ve been thinking about that quote a lot lately, and about the importance of holding positions that are particularly difficult. I live not 30 minutes from Parkland, Florida, where Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentines Day. Cruz left 17 others wounded and devastated not just the school but the entire community. Despite the horrors that Cruz levied, I still do not want to see him executed. I universally oppose the death penalty. That is not a particularly easy position to hold right now, in this case, but I believe it is the right one. It is for me, at least.
I oppose the death penalty for many reasons, but will highlight just a few here, briefly. First, as much as people want to believe, no credible studies show it to be a deterrent. Second, it costs far more than does incarcerating someone for life without parole, money that could be better used to help victims and to support violence prevention programs. Third,
it is rife with racial bias. The Death Penalty Information Center reports that 297 black defendants have been executed for killing a white victim while only 31 white murderers have been executed for killing black individuals (and black defendants are wrongfully convicted at a rate seven times that of white defendants). Fourth, it is arbitrary, with death sentences varying wildly from county to county. Fifth,
we get it wrong way too often and no one can fix a wrongful execution. One hundred sixtytwo people have been exonerated from death row since 1973. Florida has exonerated 27 individuals. Sixth, a vast majority of the people on death row have significant mental issues, and a 2014 poll showed that Americans oppose executing the mentally ill more than two to one. But, perhaps most importantly, I reject the death penalty because it is morally repugnant. The state should simply not have the right to kill if we want to teach people that killing is wrong. In the case of Cruz, his attorneys have offered that he would plead guilty and accept multiple life sentences with no chance of parole in exchange for dropping the capital charges. This would ensure he cannot commit any other offenses, save taxpayer dollars, and it would spare the families of victims a long wait for a lengthy and difficult trial, followed by many years of appeals. By some estimates, it could take 10 years for Cruz to face trial and another 20 of appeals. I don’t speak for all the victims or their families, but at least some have been on
record saying they’d prefer prosecutors to accept Cruz’s guilty plea so they can move on. Just like the case of Dylan Roof, who received a death sentence for the murder of nine African-American parishioners in South Carolina in 2015, Cruz is clearly guilty and there is no racial bias given that he is Caucasian. So, some assert the system “works” in these cases. That is far from the truth. Executing Cruz furthers a system that is desperately broken and that is, most often, not used against people like him. Death row is filled with poor, uneducated men of color and individuals who suffer from serious mental issues. Pretending that two supposedly “slam dunk” cases fixes the rot that is the death penalty is no more accurate than announcing success for saving one berry in a moldy batch. Yes, Cruz’s actions were horrendous. Yes, the community is still grieving. Adding one more body to the list of fatalities can hardly help, though.
Executing [the killer] furthers a system that is desperately broken.
Laura Finley, Ph.D., teaches in the Barry University Department of Sociology & Criminology and is syndicated by PeaceVoice.
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Health Care Is New Front for Transgender Rights Under Trump By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON—Military service. Bathroom use. Job bias. And now, health care.
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HE Trump adminis tration is coming under fire for rewriting a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care based on “gender identity.” Critics say it's another attempt to undercut acceptance for transgender people. The Health and Human Services Department rule dates to the Obama administration, a time when LGBT people gained political and social recognition. But a federal judge in Texas said the rule went too far by concluding that discrimination on the basis of gender identity is a form of sex discrimination, which is forbidden by civil rights laws. Instead of appealing the judge's injunction, the Trump administration has opted to rewrite the rule, which applies to health care providers and insurers receiving federal funds. Roger Severino, head of the department's Office for Civil Rights, said the rewrite will address the “reasonableness, necessity and efficacy” of the Obama-era requirement. He refused to discuss
specifics, as the revision is under White House review before its official release. Groups representing transgender people expect the Obama protections to be gutted and are preparing to take the administration to court. “The proposed rollback does fit into a pattern of transphobia and anti-LGBT sentiment in this administration,” said Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, a lawyer with Lambda Legal, a civil rights organization. He ran through a checklist: President Donald Trump's call to bar military service by transgender people; Attorney General Jeff Sessions' memo concluding that civil rights laws don't protect transgender people from discrimination on the job; the override of Obama-era guidance that allowed transgender students to use school bathrooms that matched their gender identities. Social and religious conservatives are one of the administration's most steadfast constituencies, and the White House has been out front championing their causes, including restrictions on abortion and legal protections for health care providers with moral and religious qualms about particular procedures. Behind the latest health care
dispute is a medically recognized condition called “gender dysphoria”—discomfort or distress caused by a discrepancy between the gender that a person identifies as and the gender at birth. Consequences can include severe depression. Treatment can range from sexreassignment surgery and hormones to people changing their outward
The original rule did not override either the medical judgment or religious beliefs of providers. appearance by adopting a different hairstyle or clothing. Under the Obama-era rule, a hospital could be required to perform gender-transition procedures such as hysterectomies if the facility provided that kind of treatment for other medical conditions. The rule was meant to carry out the anti-discrimination section of the Affordable Care Act, which bars sex discrimination in health care but does not use the term “gender identity.” In the Texas case, a Catholic hospital system, several states and a
Christian medical association argued that the rule went beyond the law as written and would coerce providers to act against their medical judgment and religious beliefs. That rule “would have forced doctors to perform gender transition procedures on children, even if that would be against their best medical judgment and they believed it would be harmful to the child,” said Luke Goodrich, a lawyer with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is involved in the case. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that for children who have yet to reach puberty, gender transition does not involve any medical interventions but instead focuses on social changes such as clothing and calling the child by another name. The Becket Fund responded that the Obama administration did not limit the application of its nondiscrimination rule to adults. UCLA legal scholar Jocelyn Samuels oversaw drafting of the anti-discrimination rule while in the Obama administration and says it reflected established legal precedent that transgender people are protected under federal sex discrimination laws. “The case law on whether sex discrimination includes gender identity has been pretty clear for
quite a while,” said Samuels. The original rule did not override either the medical judgment or religious beliefs of providers, said Samuels, arguing those are protected by other laws. The timetable for the Trump administration's proposed changes is uncertain, but the rewrite isn't likely to settle the debate. The transgender controversy could follow the path of other Trump initiatives to the Supreme Court. ACLU attorney Joshua Block said five federal appeals courts have ruled that discrimination based on gender identity violates federal laws against sex discrimination. In Congress, a GOP advocate for transgender rights is urging the administration to re-evaluate. Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., came to the U.S. from Cuba as a child. “I fled from a communist regime to come to this land of opportunity and freedom, where if you work hard and are a responsible member of society, you have the ability to get ahead,” said Ros-Lehtinen. “That principle should apply to anyone, including transgender Americans. I urge the administration to guide its policies under the premise of freedom, opportunity and equality.” One of Ros-Lehtinen's children is a transgender man.
USC Receives $12.5 Million Gift for Lung Disease Research
LOS ANGELES—USC scientists developing new treatments and cures for lung disease have received a $12.5 million donation from the Hastings Foundation, the university announced Friday. The gift renews the foundation's commitment to the USC Hastings Center for Pulmonary Research, which it established in 2014 with a $7.5 million donation. Researchers at the center seek breakthroughs in the laboratory that can be translated into new and promising approaches for lung injury, repair and regeneration. "This generous support will enhance our research on serious pulmonary diseases that affect millions of people around the world and facilitate our development as a premier center for lung research," said Dr. Zea Borok, director of the center and professor of medicine and biochemistry and molecular medicine. "Our investigators are seeking new strategies to treat and cure conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis," she said. "We are incredibly grateful to the Hastings Foundation for recognizing the critical importance of this work." The foundation's ongoing support has ensured the center can continue to recruit leading scientists and promising young researchers, said Borok, who serves as chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the USC Keck School of Medicine. A multidisciplinary research hub, the center features specialists in basic lung biology, epigenetics, respiratory health, regenerative medicine and stem cell research. Collaborators include scientists from the USC Center for Advanced Lung Disease and experts from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC. "We have been extremely impressed with the advancements in pulmonary research that have emerged from the center in the past few years," said Gene Gregg, president of the Hastings Foundation's board of directors. "This new gift is a symbol of our continued investment in USC's skilled researchers and clinical scientists as they lead the way in the fight against lung disease."
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Dr. Laura Mosqueda
USC Appoints New Dean of Keck School of Medicine LOS ANGELES—Dr. Laura Mosqueda became dean of USC'S Keck School of Medicine Tuesday after serving in the position on an interim basis since October. Mosqueda succeeds Dr. Rohit Varma. USC announced in October that Varma was no longer dean as the Los Angeles Times was preparing to publish a story disclosing that he had been formally disciplined by USC in 2003 following allegations that he sexually harassed a young researcher while he was a junior professor supervising her work. Mosqueda was the school's associate dean of primary care and chair of the Department of Family Medicine before becoming interim dean. The Keck School alumna joined the school's faculty in 2014. "Being a second-generation Keck School of Medicine of USC graduate, my connection to the school runs deep,"
Mosqueda said Wednesday after her appointment was announced. "You could even say that USC and the Keck School are in my DNA. It is a great honor to have the opportunity to serve such a talented community of students, healers, researchers, teachers and thinkers." Mosqueda said her goals as dean include expanding research capabilities
Max Nikias said. "As the school's interim dean, she fostered an environment that promotes the highest standards of quality. "Her exceptional foresight, coupled with her decades of expertise, will surely elevate the meaningful work of our Keck School community as it continues to advance innovation in medical education, patient care and research." Mosqueda directs the National Center on Elder Abuse, a federally funded initiative that focuses on improving response to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. Mosqueda also cofounded the first Elder Abuse Forensics Center in the U.S., which unites legal, medical, social services and law enforcement experts to evaluate and intervene in complicated cases of suspected elder abuse. Mosqueda has been invited to the White House to discuss elder justice initiatives and testified in front of Congress as an advocate for the elderly.
You could even say that USC and the Keck School are in my DNA. It is a great honor to have the opportunity to serve such a talented community of students, healers, researchers, teachers and thinkers. on USC's Health Sciences Campus Mosqueda is the first woman to be dean of the school, which opened in 1885. "Laura Mosqueda brings extraordinary leadership and an unwavering commitment to excellence to our Keck School of Medicine," USC President C. L.
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NEWS Study: California Gun Deaths Declined Between 2000 and 2015
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By Paul Elias AN FRANCISCO— Gun deaths have fallen in California over a 16-year period ending in 2015, driven largely by a decline in gang violence and falling homicide rates among Black and Hispanic male victims, a recent study of firearm violence has found. Researchers at the University of California, Davis published their findings in the May issue of the journal Annals of Epidemiology after reviewing 50,921 firearm deaths recorded in California between 2000 and 2015. The University provided the study results on Monday. The report found 24,922 firearm homicides during that period and 23,682 suicides by gun. Researchers say the number of firearm homicides dropped from 4.19 per 100,000 people in 2000 to a low of 3.13 per 100,000 in 2014 before ticking up slightly in 2015.
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& ineffective U.S. immigration laws are.” Attorney General Jeff Sessions has pledged to send more immigration judges to the border if needed and threatened criminal prosecution. On Monday, the Justice Department said it filed illegal entry charges against 11 people identified as caravan members. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it processed hundreds of asylum-seekers in the previous week, many of them Mexican, which contributed to a bottleneck that led inspectors to turn away caravan members since they arrived late Sunday afternoon. Asylum-seekers did not appear to be thrown off the by the delay. Elin Orrellana, a 23-yearold pregnant woman from El Salvador, said she is fleeing the violent MS-13 street gang, a favorite target of both Sessions and Trump because of their brutal killings in communities in the United States. She said her older sister had been killed by the gang in El Salvador, so she is attempting to join other family members in the Kansas City area. “Fighting on is worth it,” she said. Customs and Border Protection has room for about 300 people at the San Diego border crossing. “As in the past when we’ve had to limit the number of people we can bring in for processing at a given time, we expect that this will be a temporary situation,” the agency said. During a surge of Haitian arrivals at the San Diego crossing in 2016, Customs and Border Protection required people to wait more than five weeks in Mexico. Since then, smaller upticks of Mexican asylum-seekers have caused delays of several hours.
Researcher Veronica Pear attributed the decline in gun homicides to a reduction of gang violence, particularly in Los Angeles County. The study also showed a big drop in the number of Black men being killed by guns. Pear said the number of gun homicides involving Black male victims dropped 32 percent from the peak in 2005 at 47 per 100,000 people to 31 per 100,000 in 2015. The homicide rate for Hispanic male victims was 6.7 per 100,000 in 2015, a 38 percent decline from its peak of 10.8 per 100,000 in 2005. The homicide rate of White and Asian male victims held steady throughout the period at roughly the same level of 3 homicides per 100,000 annually. Pear said she hopes the new research will be used by others studying the cause and effects of gun violence. “We also hope it can serve as a template for researchers in other states to create similar profiles,” she said. For the last 30 years, the federal
government has largely abandoned gun-violence studies after the National Rifle Association prevailed on Congress to significantly restrict funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent to do the research. The NRA said it does not oppose gun research but is against
research that it calls biased, flimsy or aimed at advocacy. A few private foundations and California have recently stepped up funding of gun violence studies. California became the first state to publicly support the research when lawmakers voted to fund U.C.
Davis' Violence Prevention Research Program with $5 million over five years. The Kaiser Permanente health care consortium announced earlier this month it would spend $2 million to study gun violence among its 12 million members.
Federal Agency Says It Lost Track Of 1,475 Migrant Children
By Garance Burke Federal officials lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children last year after a government agency placed the minors in the homes of adult sponsors in communities across the country, according to testimony before a Senate subcommittee Thursday. The Health and Human Services Department has a limited budget to track the welfare of vulnerable unaccompanied minors, and realized that 1,475 children could not be found after making followup calls to check on their safety, an agency official said. Federal officials came under fire two years ago after rolling back child protection policies meant for minors fleeing violence in Central America. In a follow-up hearing on Thursday, senators said that the agencies had failed to take full responsibility for their care and had delayed crucial reforms needed to keep them from falling into the hands of human traffickers. “You are the worst foster parents in the world. You don't even know where they are,” said Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. “We are failing. I don't think there is any doubt about it. And when we fail kids that makes me angry.” Since the dramatic surge of border crossings in 2013, the federal government has placed more than 180,000 unaccompanied
minors with parents or other adult social workers can follow up with sponsors who are expected to care them and never show up in court. for the children and help them From October to December attend school while they seek legal 2017, HHS called 7,635 children the status in immigration court. agency had placed with sponsors, An AP investigation found in and found 6,075 of the children 2016 that more than two dozen were still living with their sponsors, unaccompanied 28 had run away, children had five had been been sent deported and 52 to homes were living with where they someone else. were sexually The rest were assaulted, missing, said starved or forced Steven Wagner, to work for little acting assistant or no pay. At secretary at the time, many HHS. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp adult sponsors Republican (D – ND) didn't undergo Sen. Rob t h o r o u g h Portman gave background checks, government HHS and the Department of officials rarely visited homes and Homeland Security until Monday in some cases had no idea that to deliver a time frame for sponsors had taken in several improving monitoring. unrelated children, a possible sign “These kids, regardless of their of human trafficking. immigration status, deserve to Since then, the Health and be treated properly, not abused Human Services Department or trafficked,” said Portman, who has boosted outreach to at-risk chairs the subcommittee. “This is children deemed to need extra all about accountability.” protection, and last year offered Portman began investigating post-placement services to about after a case in his home state of one-third of unaccompanied Ohio, where eight Guatemalan minors, according to the Senate teens were placed with human Permanent Subcommittee on traffickers and forced to work on Investigations. egg farms under threats of death. But advocates say it is hard to Six people have been convicted know how many minors may be and sentenced to federal prison for in dangerous conditions, in part their participation in the trafficking because some disappear before scheme that began in 2013.
You are the worst foster parents in the world. You don't even know where they are.
The hearing comes as the Trump administration has called for amending a law to allow the government to send more migrant children back to their home countries more quickly if they are not at risk of trafficking. The administration also is pushing to terminate the settlement of a class-action lawsuit that ensures unaccompanied minors are housed in the “least restrictive” setting, preferably with their parents or other adult relatives, while they await hearings in immigration court. Last year, the administration announced it would begin arresting sponsors who had hired smugglers to bring their children into the U.S., a move that sent a shudder through immigrant communities nationwide. HHS is re-examining its interpretation of existing laws to explore whether the agency is legally responsible for children after they have been released from its placement program, said Steven Wagner, an acting assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Homeland Security has coordinated the care, custody and removal of unaccompanied minors with its counterparts at HHS, according to an agency official's testimony. The two agencies plan to share more information going forward, likely including data n Missing Children, see page 8
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NEWS California Sues Over Plan to Scrap Car Emission Standards SACRAMENTO—California and 16 other states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its plans to scrap standards on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, which help set gas mileage rules. The suit takes aim at a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to roll back and revise emissions standards for vehicles manufactured between 2022 and 2025. Those standards would have translated to vehicles getting 36 miles of real-world driving per gallon (58 kilometers per gallon) by 2025, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) over the existing standard. “Pollutants coming out of
vehicle, out of tail pipes, does permanent lung damage to children living well-traveled roads and freeways. The only way we’re going to overcome that is by reducing emissions,” California Gov. Jerry Brown said as he announced the lawsuit alongside state Attorney General Xavier Becerra. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has said the standards are not appropriate and need revision. They were set in 2012 when California and the Obama administration agreed to single nationwide fuel economy standard. Pruitt outlined his reason-
ing for the change in an April 13 posting to the Federal Register. He argued assumptions about gas prices and vehicle technology used by the Obama administration to set the standards were too optimistic. The standards, he said, would hurt automakers and consumers who can’t afford or don’t want to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. California officials say the standards are achievable and the EPA’s effort to roll them back is not based on any new research. They argue the plan violates the Clean Air Act and didn’t follow the agency’s own
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regulations. California has a unique waiver that allows it to set its own tailpipe emissions standards for vehicles, which it has used to combat smog and more recently global warming. Thirteen other states and the District of Columbia have adopted the California standards as their own. Automakers have argued that the current requirements would have cost the industry billions of dollars and raised vehicle prices due to the cost of developing the necessary technology. California has now sued the Trump administration more than 30 times on topics including immigration and health care policy. Brown, who has made fighting climate change a core of his policy and political platform, said the state’s fights with Washington over climate are the most essential. “If we follow the PruittTrump path, we follow our way off the path to disaster,” he said. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Joining California are Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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about the immigration status of potential sponsors, officials said. “DHS has worked closely with the Trump administration and members of Congress to address existing ‘loopholes' that allow individuals to exploit our immigration laws,” said James McCament, a DHS deputy undersecretary. Once migrant children turn 18, they are no longer eligible to be held in facilities
run by HHS, and the agency is required to let DHS know whether the children should be detained or released into the community. But HHS only forwards those plans for one of every three children, the subcommittee found. The number of children seeking refuge in the U.S. has not returned to the height of the surge starting in 2013, but spiraling gang and
drug violence in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador continue to push children, teens and families to migrate northward. The panel's top Democrat, Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, said the agencies need to do more to prevent abuse. “Given all that we learned in 2015 and 2016, it's unacceptable that we can still be this bad at keeping track of these children,” Carper said.
“We're not going back. We're going forward with this museum.” Singer Patti Labelle ended the evening with a soulful rendition of “A Change is Gonna Come.” Other launch events include a “Peace and Justice Summit” featuring celebrities and activists like Marian Wright Edelman and Gloria Steinem in addition to DuVernay.
The summit, museum and memorial are projects of the Equal Justice Initiative, a Montgomery-based legal advocacy group founded by attorney Bryan Stevenson. Stevenson won a MacArthur “genius” award for his human rights work. The group bills the project as “the nation's first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and people of color burdened with contemporary presumptions of guilt and police violence.” Several thousand people gave Stevenson a two-minute standing ovation at a morning session of the Peace and Justice Summit. Later in the day, Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, urged the audience to continue their activism beyond the day's events on issues like ending child poverty and gun violence: “Don't come here and celebrate the museum ... when we're letting things happen on an even greater scale.”
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ACROSS 1. Dog show outcasts 6. Pose a question 9. Mr. Potato Head, e.g. 13. ____ tower 14. Holstein sound 15. Liable to cry 16. Was rebroadcasted 17. Pilot's deadline 18. Packers QB 19. *Where ATMs have instructions in Latin 21. Army bathroom 23. Surf turf 24. "At ____, soldier!" 25. Pat 28. University head 30. Pre-wedding agreement 35. Caspian Sea river 37. Like the fairy tale duckling 39. Pore in a leaf 40. Hindu Mr. 41. Intrudes 43. Month before Nisan 44. Perpendicular to the keel 46. "Pronto!" 47. Highway hauler 48. Magazine collection 50. Bike maker 52. Bro's counterpart 53. Start of a conclusion 55. Look through a scope 57. *Popular all-inclusive location, pl. 61. *Where to visit "the happiest place on Earth" 65. Yokel's holler 66. Crematorium jar 68. Dip a ____ ____ the water 69. General direction 70. Be indisposed 71. Jagged 72. Trees on Freddy Krueger's street 73. Spade for stony ground 74. Roller derby turf, pl. DOWN 1. Type of nuclear missile
2. Eye layer 3. Legal wrong 4. *Orient Express, e.g. 5. On the same page 6. Echoed by the flock 7. Chronic drinker 8. *Down Under marsupial 9. Scorch 10. ____wig or ____winkle 11. *Middle name of Shakespeare's hometown 12. Unit of force 15. *Taking the ____, or going to Baden-Baden 20. Consumed 22. Pharaoh's cobra 24. Joins the military 25. *Location of world's tallest building 26. Omani and Yemeni 27. "____ in Toyland" 29. *Where to see Taj Mahal
31. #17 Across, pl. 32. Source of lymphocytes, pl. 33. Savory sensation 34. *Chunnel ride from London 36. *Party in Maui 38. *Sydney Harbour is one of first to ring in the new one 42. Ancient fishing tool 45. Modus operandi 49. Female pronoun 51. In working order 54. Run-of-the-mill 56. Native New Zealander 57. Memory unit 58. Nobleman's title 59. Throat-clearing sound 60. Flipside of pros 61. Unrivaled 62. *Vegas light 63. Floppy storage 64. Change for a five 67. *Home to Christ the Redeemer
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opening ceremony Thursday night that was by turns somber and celebratory. Among those introduced and cheered with standing ovations were activists from the 1950s Montgomery bus boycott, Freedom Rider Bernard Lafayette, and one of the original Little Rock Nine, Elizabeth Eckford. “There are forces in America today trying to take us back,” Lewis said, adding,
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As They Pay Down College Loans, Millennials Are Taking A Hard Look at Homeownership By Christopher G. Cox As the U.S. economy recovers from a decade of slow growth, more and more millennials— generally defined as people born between the early 1980s and about 2004—are becoming a significant factor in the real estate market, as they pay off student loans and become established in their professions.
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S the U.S. economy recovers from a decade of slow growth, more and more millennials—generally defined as people born between the early 1980s and about 2004—are becoming a significant factor in the real estate market, as they pay off student loans and become established in their professions. And with more and more millennials hitting peaks within their education, Brooke Cashion, a broker with Allen Tate Realtors and the president of the WinstonSalem Regional Association of Realtors, said that she could see the correlation between education levels and higher real estate investments. “I work with many, well-educated millennials who are finally working in the professions they trained so hard for and are settling down and getting married,” Cashion said. “Some are looking for more traditional properties, while others prefer modern construction, but they are all looking for a good real estate investment that will help them to grow their money.” As millennials begin to get on their feet financially—after years of struggling with student debt and difficulty finding jobs in their chosen fields—Cashion explained that these same young people, tend to be conservative in their financial planning and want to avoid taking on more debt than they can
comfortably afford. In addition, Cashion also said that millennials are looking for homes that reflect their lifestyles, that allow them to live among likeminded neighbors, and that offer them the opportunity to be a part of the communities where they live. “I find that millennials are very empathetic,” Cashion said. “They want to play a role in making their communities better places to live.” Brian A. Hudson, the executive director and CEO of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, agreed with Cashion, that
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Cooper, author of the recent book “Eloquent Rage,” which explores the Cosby allegations. But “we have to stop deciding that art is a reasonable spoil of war, that we will ignore all the casualties. We can't separate Cosby from his art.” For some, this is easier said than done. In a rare frontpage essay, New York Times critic-at-large Wesley Morris laid bare his emotional strife over having to divorce himself from Cosby's work in the wake of the verdict, and told of how the comedian was a formative influence in his life. “Mr. Cosby made Blackness palatable to a country historically conditioned to think the worst of Black people,” wrote Morris, who is Black and was born in Philadelphia, where Cosby is from. “Mr. Cosby told lots of jokes. This was his sickest one,” Morris continued. “How do I, at least, cleave this man from the man he seduced me into becoming?” Cosby was prosecuted after rumors of sexual assaults swirled for years. He was protected, his detractors say, by power, money and racial loyalty. Supermodel Beverly Johnson said her reluctance to come forward as an accuser was tied to her allegiance to AfricanAmericans and a disinclination to hurt a member of her community. Since then, (hash)MeToo has become a global phenomenon that has brought down powerful men in politics, entertainment and the media, including Hollywood studio boss Harvey Weinstein. Some observers have said the movement contributed to Cosby's conviction. It may also have given some AfricanAmericans permission to finally hold their hero accountable. “It took away the heft of the narrative, in Black communities in particular, that this was some kind of grand conspiracy to take down a powerful Black man,” Cooper said. “It placed Cosby in conversation with folks like Weinstein, to say this is about the kinds of things that powerful men do when they feel like they can get away with it.” Cosby, at 80, is now looking at the possibility of dying behind bars. “He is now part of a broader narrative about Hollywood, mainstream men doing this kind of thing,” Cooper said.
community is very important to millennials. “They want to live close to where they work, especially when they can obtain a mortgage that is less than
more millennials to evaluate the tipping point between paying rent and paying a mortgage. “Even if they are not sure how long they will be in a certain community, many believe it makes sense to transition from renting to owning, when rent payments equal or exceed mortgage payments,” Cashion said. H o w e v e r , homeownership is not without obstacles for millennials, with Cashion noting a lack of housing inventory, as one of the major conflicts. “I recently had a listing that had seven offers only a short time after
Young people tend to be conservative in their financial planning and want to avoid taking on more debt than they can comfortably afford. the rent they are paying,” Hudson said. In addition, Hudson said that the hot rental market in the last five years has caused more and
DNA Search For California Serial Killer Led to Wrong Man By Michael Balsamo, Jonathan J. Cooper and Gillian Flaccus SACRAMENTO—Investi gators hunting the so-called Golden State Killer turned to genetic websites last year but misidentified an Oregon man as a potential suspect. A year later, after using a similar technique, investigators say they are confident they've caught the serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for decades. Court records obtained by The Associated Press showed investigators in Clackamas County, Oregon, convinced a judge in March 2017 to order the 73-year-old man to provide a DNA sample. Investigators cited a rare genetic marker, which the Oregon man shared with the killer. This week, police say they arrested the right man for a dozen killings and 50 rapes from 1976 to 1986. He's Joseph DeAngelo, a 72-year-old for mer policeman.
it went on the market,” Cashion said. Millennials comprise 30 to 40 percent of Hudson’s client base. Hudson noted that this level of interest is not unusual for quality properties in the current real estate market. In addition, Hudson also said that another important factor in reaching millennials, is making use of digital media. “Running magazine and newspaper ads, as we did for years, does not work well with millennials. These days you have to be on Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter and other social media, because that’s what they rely on to get information,” Hudson said.
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preparations for Barbara Bush's funeral, said James Giordano, a Georgetown University neurologist and expert on stress's effects on the body. “It could be something as simple as that; inattention led to an escalation of signs and symptoms,” he said. “He's old, there's no good way to put it,” so medical problems and risks are magnified by stress. Stress has three stages, Giordano said: alarm, when the body releases “fight or flight” chemicals that can do damage; a resistance stage, like “calling out all the troops” to deal with the stress; and then fatigue or a letdown stage, when some of the body's defenses may crash from the strain. Even if a partner's death is anticipated—as Barbara Bush's was after she decided to focus on comfort care—“facing and going through the reality of the event” is stressful, he said. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS Stress and a broken heart sometimes may get too much blame, though, when people are grieving. Country music star Johnny Cash died four months after his wife, June Carter Cash, did in 2003. She was 73 and died of complications following heart valve surgery. He was 71 when he died of problems related to diabetes and had a neurological disease for years before that. “Broken heart” was widely speculated when Debbie Reynolds died a day after her actressdaughter, Carrie Fisher, did in 2016. An autopsy later showed that Reynolds, 84, died of a blood vessel that ruptured and caused bleeding in her brain—a kind of stroke. She also had high blood pressure and other serious medical problems for several years before that.
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DeAngelo worked nearly three decades in a Sacramento-area supermarket warehouse as a truck mechanic, retiring last year. He was known by neighbors in suburban Citrus Heights for keeping his lawn manicured and cussing loudly. Investigators are removing virtually everything from DeAngelo's home in search of mementos such as class rings, earrings and photos taken from crime scenes as well as weapons, Jones said. DeAngelo, who has been charged with eight counts of murder, is on suicide watch in the psychiatric ward of the county jail and has been muttering to himself, said Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones. Authorities said more charges are likely to be filed later. Police in the central California city of Visalia said Thursday that DeAngelo is now a suspect in a 13th killing and about 100 burglaries that occurred while he was a police officer in the neighboring farm town of Exeter from 1973 to 1976. In 1975, community college teacher Claude Snelling was shot while trying to stop a masked intruder from kidnapping his 16-year-old daughter from his home.
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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
LEGAL NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-17-799555-CL Order No.: 170461547-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/24/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): JAIME RAFAEL SAAVEDRA AND MARIA DEL CARMEN SAAVEDRA, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 5/29/2008 as Instrument No. 20080942437 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 5/24/2018 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: $256,480.50 The purported property address is: 2254 E BLISS ST, COMPTON, CA 90222 Assessor's Parcel No.: 6155-033-021 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-17799555-CL. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 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-17-799555-CL IDSPub #0138970 4/18/2018 4/25/2018 5/2/2018 SchId:70503 AdId:23505 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Recording requested by: TS No. CA-17-797273NJ Order No.: 95518550 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/7/2014. 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 accrued 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 BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): NORMA L. LINTON, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 11/14/2014 as Instrument No. 20141216639 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 6/5/2018 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of accrued balance and other charges: $201,342.35 The purported property address is: 2211 W 134th Street, (Los Angeles Area) Compton, CA 90059
Assessor's Parcel No. : 6134-030-005 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www. qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the trustee: CA-17-797273-NJ. 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 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 holders right's against the real property only. 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. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17-797273-NJ IDSPub #0139139 4/18/2018 4/25/2018 5/2/2018 SchId:70597 AdId:23537 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3846 W. Century Blvd Inglewood, CA 90303 May 16, 2018 at 1pm. Unit Number, Account, Description of goods: 65, EMMA D. GOODE, Shipping crate, exercise equipment, boxes, artwork; 251, Michael E Lee, bed and boxes; 288, JAYSHELL ABBOTT, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS; 250, Vernethe Ramirez, Furniture, boxes; 501, Isaiah Tate, queen size bed, boxes furniture clothing; 107, Reveles Evett, household items, disney doll set; 384, Mia Kemp, Personal items and furniture; 554, Shantae Jackson, full bed and household items; 471, Godwin Kwushue, Six boxes of books files and household items; 254, Rafael Delgado, boxes, clothing, furniture; 374, Marvin Lucero, personal stuff; 234, Jheryl Robinson, 2 bedroom, Fridge, stove, sectional, Cal King Bedroom set, 3 TVs, 100 boxes; 541, Audra Jackson, Boxes/ Household items; 180, Ranesha Matthews, stove and refrigerator and small items; 444, Derek Milner, staging radical decor; 78, David Braxton, bedroom set, small couch, head board mattress table; 530, Lon Williams, Household items; 495, Patrick Walker, Clothes; 145, Joyce Sweatt, washer and dryer, clothes; 194, Aisha Davis, boxes of books, clothes, bookcase, totes; 201, Darryl Smith, 2 bedroom apartment, living room set, piano; 463, Tasha Sampson, Bedroom sets, Dressers, Couches, table, stove, fridge, appliances, Clothing and dishes, Photos; 176, Mia Spanier, 2 bedroom, boxes; 538, Valerie Holland, clothing, dishes and toys; 433, Kathy Smith, Furniture; 268, Ronnie McMillan, Clothes, personal items, boxes; 103, Auntanish Smith, boxes 2 couches crib fireplace toddler bed game chair 2 small dresser, 3 televisions; 307, Kathy Smith, furniture; 424, Elizabeth Rodriguez, movies, tools; 42, Sharae Odell, queen bed mattress and box springs, 2 bunk beds, furniture, chest of drawers; 528, Brian Joseph, 60`` TV, bbq grill, misc items; 53, Freda Stevenson, wedding decor and crafting materials; 522, Thomas Jackson, clothes, TV, pictures, and containers; 113, Liz Moore, household items boxes desk electronics; 270, ML Davis, Mattress, Dresser, totes, desk, clothes; 119, Felecia Rowland, dresser bed boxes. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN948182 05-16-18 Apr 25, May 2, 2018 SchId:70641 AdId:23553 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 12830 Roselle Ave, Hawthorne CA 90250, May 16th at 2:00 PM. B2050, James Wesley, Misc. household and personal items; B2039, Jem Bryan, Clothing; B2006, Joyce Moten, Home furnishings, boxes and misc. items; C3068, James Brown, Household items; A3005, Stacy Lyons, Fridge, bed, boxes and misc. personal items; A3015, Salvador Ininguez, Boxes and misc. home furnishings; B1018, Maria Lassiter, Home furnishings, boxes and misc. items; C3054, Avery Searcy, Fridge, boxes, bed, misc. personal items; A3022, Mia Yarbrough, Futon, couch, 10 boxes of misc. items and household goods; B3051, Kim Holland, Clothing and boxes of misc. personal items; C1030,
Jasmine Douglas, Clothing; C1061, Toni Merceron, Clothing, and personal items; A3032, Jeremy Aquino, Clothing, and personal items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN948192 05-16-18 Apr 25, May 2, 2018 SchId:70646 AdId:23555 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JULIUS C. CAIN CASE NO. 18STPB03394 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JULIUS C. CAIN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TORRIE CHYRESEANN CAIN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TORRIE CHYRESEANN CAIN 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: 05/11/18 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 PAUL HORN, ESQ. - SBN 243227 PAUL HORN LAW GROUP, PC 11404 SOUTH STREET CERRITOS CA 90703 4/18, 4/25, 5/2/18 CNS-3121316# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70662 AdId:23560 CustId:61 -----------REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO PROVIDE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE WILMINGTON AVENUE SAFE STREETS PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PHASE II IN THE CITY OF COMPTON, CALIFORNIA The City of Compton Public Works Department is requesting Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified consultants to provide design services for the Wilmington Avenue Safe Streets Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements Project, Phase II within city limits from Rosecrans Avenue to Greenleaf Boulevard. The RFP describes the proposal format, submittal requirements, preliminary scope of services and project schedule, the minimum information that must be included in the proposal, and the selection process. Failure to submit the Proposal in accordance with the procedures outlined maybe cause for disqualification. Requirements for this RFP are located on the City’s website at www.comptoncity. org. In order to be considered in the selection process, interested parties shall submit five (5) copies of their Proposal and one digital copy on CD or USB drive no later than 5:00 PM, May 17, 2018 to: City of Compton City Clerk’s Office 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220 Attention: Mr. John Strickland Project Manager Late proposals will not be accepted. Any questions should be directed to: Mr. John Strickland, Project Manager Office Phone: 310.605.5505 Email: jstrickland@comptoncity.org Sincerely, Alita Godwin City Clerk PUBLISH: April 18, 2018 April 25, 2018 May 2, 2018 May 9, 2018 SchId:70665 AdId:23561 CustId:314 -----------NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 12714 S. La Cienega Blvd, Hawthorne, CA 90250, 310363-9305, on May 16th, 2018 @ 3:00PM. Account, Description of goods: Michael Oblowitz, general; Kevin Ellis, no description; Robert Sena, house items; Lang Gary, na; Martha Partida, Blank; Stanley Carl Moore, house; Windi Stewart, home; Smith Synai, Furniture, shoes, clothing, cookware artwork and books; ASHLEY MANGAR, Household; Mark Scoggins, 4 bedroom home with washer and dryer; Andrew Chad Richardson, Household; Monique Jasmin, Household and misc; Derrick Jones, Fridge, Bedroom set; Aisha Herrell, Household and furniture; Jarreau Brooks, personal items; Jaime Franco, boxes household items, two chairs; Brandon Manning, Furniture; Terese Worrell, household items; Gary Eason, Home; Vernon Hawthorne, Tools, Working materials. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced
facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN948230 05-16-18 Apr 25, May 2, 2018 SchId:70680 AdId:23566 CustId:65 -----------APN: 7321-025-011 TS No: CA07000746-17-1 TO No: 8715193 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 25, 2012. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 25, 2018 at 09:00 AM, near the fountain located in the Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, 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 31, 2012 as Instrument No. 20121132058, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by EFFIE M. PORTER, SURVIVING JOINT TENANT, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP 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: 19006 BELSHAW AVENUE, CARSON, CA 90746 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 $274,214.20 (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 In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA07000746-17-1. 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: April 10, 2018 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA07000746-17-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Bobbie LaFlower, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 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 39085, Pub Dates: 04/18/2018, 04/25/2018, 05/02/2018, THE WEEKENDER SchId:70705 AdId:23574 CustId:669 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FRANCISCO AYALA AKA FRANCISCO AYALA AMEZCUA CASE NO. 18STPB03296 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of FRANCISCO AYALA AKA FRANCISCO AYALA AMEZCUA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ANA PATRICIA AYALA in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ANA PATRICIA AYALA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/10/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner JOHN R. RAMOS, ESQ. SBN 59887 LAW OFFICES OF JOHN R. RAMOS 2509 W. BEVERLY BLVD MONTEBELLO CA 90640 4/18, 4/25, 5/2/18 CNS-3122613# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70721 AdId:23580 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1017 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245. May 16th, 2018 at 4:00 pm. La Seona Smith, Personal Property; David Ladik, Household Goods; Evelyn Valdivia, Household items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. CN948434 05-16-18 Apr 25, May 2, 2018 SchId:70729 AdId:23583 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-17-800690-AB Order No.: 170476770-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/23/2013. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE 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): ISAAC S AGUILAR, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, AND MANUEL S AGUILAR, A SINGLE MAN, AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 4/16/2013 as Instrument No. 20130558429 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 5/24/2018 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: $296,221.93 The purported property address is: 14171419 W 130TH STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 Assessor's Parcel No.: 6145-007-023 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.qual-
ityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-17800690-AB. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 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-17-800690-AB IDSPub #0139619 5/2/2018 5/9/2018 5/16/2018 SchId:70765 AdId:23598 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006170500 Title Order No.: 160226541 FHA/VA/PMI No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/26/2006. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 07/03/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1461531 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: REFUGIO FLORES G., A MARRIED MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 05/25/2018. TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: BY THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1516 S CHESTER AVE, COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90221. APN#: 6164-019-007. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied,regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $292,481.05. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkASAP.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000006170500. 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 TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:AGENCY SALES and POSTING 714-730-2727 www.servicelinkASAP.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 04/18/2018 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4654623 04/25/2018, 05/02/2018, 05/09/2018 SchId:70772 AdId:23600 CustId:64 ------------
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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
LEGAL NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000007229560 Title Order No.: 170479305 FHA/VA/PM No.: 1974070596703 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/23/2009. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 02/09/2009 as Instrument No. 20090174379 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: TAMIKA D POWELL BRANCH, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 06/07/2018. TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: DOUBLETREE HOTEL LOS ANGELESNORWALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA 90650. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 209 SOUTH ESSEY AVENUE, COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90221. APN#: 6183-024-020. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $280,034.97. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site www.auction. com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000007229560. 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 TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:AUCTION. COM, LLC 800-280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 04/19/2018 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4654690 04/25/2018, 05/02/2018, 05/09/2018 SchId:70778 AdId:23602 CustId:64 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DARLENE THELMA BASS CASE NO. 18STPB02048 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DARLENE THELMA BASS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by STANFORD D. WILLIAMS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that STANFORD D. WILLIAMS 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: 05/14/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11, ROOM 246 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file
your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. In Pro Per Petitioner STANFORD D. WILLIAMS 15561 SOUTHWIND AVENUE FONTANA CA 92336 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/18 CNS-3125090# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70793 AdId:23607 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-17-798073-JB Order No.: 16-0008573 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/12/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): ANNIE M. CHANEY, AN UNMARRIED PERSON Recorded: 11/8/2005 as Instrument No. 05 2703645 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 5/24/2018 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: $32,878.06 The purported property address is: 15003 SOUTH CLYMAR AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90220 Assessor's Parcel No.: 6137-008-026 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-17-798073-JB. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 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-17-798073-JB IDSPub #0139777 5/2/2018 5/9/2018 5/16/2018 SchId:70807 AdId:23612 CustId:608 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BLONNELL HALE CASE NO. 18STPB03521 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of BLONNELL HALE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been
filed by GREGORY HALE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that GREGORY HALE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent's WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/16/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 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 MATTHEW R. STIDHAM - SBN 316304 DAVID S. CHON - SBN 238274 NATHANIEL F. EPSTEIN - SBN 309543 THE LEGACY LAWYERS, P.C. 10221 SLATER AVENUE, SUITE 106 FOUNTAIN VALLEY CA 92708 BSC 215690 4/25, 5/2, 5/9/18 CNS-3123338# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70822 AdId:23617 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF THELMA EASON Case No. 18STPB03708 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of THELMA EASON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Danielle Brown in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Danielle Brown be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent's lost will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. Copies of the lost 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 May 21, 2018 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: LARRY D LEWELLYN ESQ SBN 141687 LAW OFFICES OF LARRY D LEWELLYN 2305 TORRANCE BLVD TORRANCE CA 90501 CN948835 EASON May 2,9,16, 2018 SchId:70891 AdId:23642 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF MEETING OF OVERSIGHT BOARD TO THE FORMER COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF COMPTON Notice is hereby given that the Oversight Board to the Former Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Compton will hold a public hearing at the Council Chambers /City Hall 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 on May 16, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. to consider the proposed sale of the following Successor Agency owned properties located at 305-315 N. Long Beach Boulevard, Compton, CA 90220 (APN 6178-025-906; APN 6178-025-907; APN 6178-025-908; APN 6178-025-909; APN 6178-025-910 to the Frank Harvey
III and Krista Harvey Revocable Trust and 958 W. Walnut Avenue, Compton, CA (APN 7319-028-904) to California Water Service Company. All interested persons are invited to appear at the time and place specified above to give testimony regarding the proposed sale. Further information may be obtained by contacting Laurence Adams, Assistant City Manager, City of Compton at (310) 605-5585. PARA INFORMACIÓN EN ESPAŇOL, por favor comuníquese a la oficina de Servicios de Comisiớn al numero (213) 974 1431 entre 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. Lunes a Viernes. SchId:70894 AdId:23643 CustId:314 -----------REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) CITY OF COMPTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 on or before June 13, 2018, opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. The Proposal package will be available online at www.comptoncity.org on May 2, 2018 All Proposals shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to: City Clerk, City of Compton 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton CA 90220 And marked outside with: “Request for Proposal for Sidewalk Trip Hazard Remediation” The proposed work shall be performed in accordance with the contract specifications and other contract documents as specified herein and shall consist of the following general work descriptions: to provide SIDEWALK TRIP HAZARD REMEDIATION in the City of Compton. If you need additional information, please contact John Strickland, at (310) 605-5505. The Agency reserves the right, after opening Proposals, to reject any or all Proposals, or to make award to the lowest responsible bidder and reject all other Proposals; to waive any informality in the Proposals; and to accept any Proposals or portion thereof; and to take all Proposals under advisement for a period of Ninety (90) calendar days. will be compared on the basis of the engineer's estimate of the quantities of the several items of work as shown on the Bid Sheets. Only such plans, specifications, and items of work as are appropriate shall apply to the work as bid. At the time of contract award, the contractor shall possess a Class A Contractor's License or a combination of Specialty Contractor's License(s) adequate to perform the work herein described. All subcontractors shall have equivalent licenses for their specific trades. The contractor and all subcontractors shall have a valid City of Compton business license prior to commencing work. Alita Godwin City Clerk PUBLISH: May 2, 2018 May 9, 2018 May 16, 2018 SchId:70896 AdId:23644 CustId:314 -----------PUBLIC NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS Sealed bids are invited for: 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 3:00 P.M. May 24, 2018 opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. For qualified developers to acquire and develop City of Compton Successor Agency owned property known as 1716 East Rosecrans Avenue for CommercialRetail, Mixed Use or Residential Development. Bid deadline- Bid submissions should be received no later than 3 pm on May 24, 2018 at the City of Compton City Clerk’s Office at 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. Bid information may be obtained on the City’s website as of Thursday, May 3, 2018. Contact Leslie NacionalesTafoya, Administrative Analyst at 310-605-5697 or lnacionalestafoya@comptoncity.org for any inquiries. ALITA GODWIN CITY CLERK PUBLISH: MAY 2, 2018 MAY 9, 2018 MAY 16, 2018 SchId:70899 AdId:23645 CustId:314 -----------T.S. No. 16-0386-11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文 件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문 서에 정보 요약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY PLEASE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(d)(1) THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THIS DOCUMENT BUT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED AND THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION NEED ONLY BE MAILED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/24/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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: DIANA CRUZ AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 10/3/2005 as Instrument No. 05 2376692 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Street Address or other common designation of real property: 3190 CEDAR AVENUE LONG BEACH, CA 90806 A.P.N.: 7204-019-002 and a Loan Modification Agreement Recorded on 1/10/2011, as Instrument No. 20110046902 Date of Sale: 6/7/2018 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $525,353.79, estimated 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 (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 160386-11. 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: 4/26/2018 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale Information Only: (800) 280-2832 Auction.com Sindy Clements, Foreclosure Officer PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE WOLF FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. . NPP0331576 To: LONG BEACH CALIFORNIAN 05/02/2018, 05/09/2018, 05/16/2018 SchId:70902 AdId:23646 CustId:68 -----------T.S. No. 17-50053 004
APN:
6147-008-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/26/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: RICKY HILL, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 5/22/2007 as Instrument No. 20071236053 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:5/24/2018 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $209,349.26 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: 12615 SOUTH SLATER AVENUE Compton Area, California 90222 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N #.: 6147-008-004 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, direc-
tions 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 (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction. com, using the file number assigned to this case 17-50053. 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: 4/26/2018 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: (800) 280-2832 www.auction.com _________________________________ Andrew Buckelew, Trustee Sale Assistant THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 25360 Pub Dates 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2018 SchId:70911 AdId:23649 CustId:108 -----------PUBLIC NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS Sealed bids are invited for: 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 3:15 P.M. May 24, 2018 opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. For qualified developers to acquire and develop City of Compton Successor Agency owned property known as 413 & 415 West Compton Boulevard for CommercialRetail, Mixed Use or Residential Development. Bid deadline- Bid submissions should be received no later than 3:15 pm on May 24, 2018 at the City of Compton City Clerk’s Office at 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. Bid information may be obtained on the City’s website as of Thursday, May 3, 2018. Contact Leslie NacionalesTafoya, Administrative Analyst at 310-605-5697 or lnacionalestafoya@comptoncity.org for any inquiries. ALITA GODWIN CITY CLERK 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 3:00 P.M. May 24, 2018 opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. SchId:70943 AdId:23659 CustId:314 -----------PUBLIC NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BIDS Sealed bids are invited for: 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 3:30 P.M. May 24, 2018 opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. For qualified developers to acquire and develop City of Compton Successor Agency owned properties known as 1425 East Compton Boulevard and 110 & 114 North Bowen Avenue for CommercialRetail, Mixed Use or Residential Development. Bid deadline- Bid submissions should be received no later than 3:30 pm on May 24, 2018 at the City of Compton City Clerk’s Office at 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. Bid information may be obtained on the City’s website as of Thursday, May 3, 2018. Contact Leslie NacionalesTafoya, Administrative Analyst at 310-605-5697 or lnacionalestafoya@comptoncity.org for any inquiries. ALITA GODWIN CITY CLERK 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 3:00 P.M. May 24, 2018 opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. SchId:70945 AdId:23660 CustId:314
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ENTERTAINMENT
Comic Who Called Cosby Rapist Credited After His Conviction
By Andrew Dalton
ignored for years suddenly got a footing. New accusers emerged, and Standup comic Hannibal old accusers remerged. Lawsuits and Buress, whose 2014 remark criminal prosecution soon followed. Buress was silent on the subject about sexual-assault after Thursday's verdict against accusations against Bill Cosby, tweeting out only tour Cosby went viral, is getting dates, and his representatives didn't another serious surge of respond to requests for a statement. attention. But thousands of people were talking about him on Twitter in posts like HE path to Cosby's conviction on Thursday on charg- these: • “Think about the impact es he drugged and molested Hannibal Buress made.”—CNBC politics reporter John a woman at his suburban PhilaHarwood. delphia home • “These allegations arguably started were made for years and 3 1/2 years earwere almost uniformly lier in a PhilaHannibal Buress ignored. delphia comedy Then Hannibal Buress club, where Bureferenced them in a standup comedy ress during his standup act mocked Cosby's smug preachiness and called routine that went viral, and suddenly it was an avalanche.”—Michael him a rapist. “I've done this bit on stage, and David Smith, managing editor of Pro people think I'm making it up,” Football Talk. • “Somebody buy (at) Burress said. “Bill Cosby has a lot of hannibalburess a drink today. And rape allegations. ... When you leave then again tomorrow. Forever.”— here, Google ‘Bill Cosby rape.”' Cellphone video of the moment TV comedy writer Travon Free. • “Hannibal Buress changed taken by then-Philadelphia Magazine reporter Dan McQuade went viral, history.”—John Podhoretz, editor and so did the allegations. Stories of Commentary. Cosby, who was known for that had been public but largely
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his good-guy image as wisdomdispensing, sweater-wearing Dr. Cliff Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” repeatedly denied sexually violating a Temple University employee at his mansion in 2004. Cosby, who's 80, could get up to 10 years in prison on each of three
counts of aggravated indecent assault but is likely to get less than that under state sentencing guidelines. Buress has refused to talk about Cosby in interviews, but he addressed what he had started in his 2016 Netflix special.
“That situation got out of hand. Yikes!” Buress said. “I was just doing a joke at a show.” He said most of the media coverage contained a “slight dis” when it called him “unknown comedian Hannibal Buress.” No one calls him that anymore.
Remembering Fats Domino: Funeral, Concert on Jazz Fest Day 2 By Rebecca Santana NEW ORLEANS—Fats Domino was a New Orleans musical legend when he died last year so it's only fitting that his death—and his music—receive a special send-off this year during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Organizers marked the occasion with a jazz funeral as well as a
special tribute performance in his honor. “There are two New Orleans musicians ... that changed the music of the whole world. That's Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino,” said festival producer Quint Davis, who said he had a “wonderful time” going back and listening to Domino's music to prepare for the festival. Domino sold more than
110 million records, with hits including “Blueberry Hill,” ‘'Ain't That a Shame” and other standards of rock ‘n' roll. The rock ‘n' roll pioneer helped change popular music with his steady, pounding piano and easy baritone. Despite his fame, he always stayed loyal to New Orleans. After 2005's Hurricane Katrina as floodwaters swept the city, he and his family were rescued by boat
Oh, Yeezus: Trump and Kanye West Trade Twitter Love
By Jonathan Lemire
NEW YORK—Trump-West 2020? In a moment that seemed to encapsulate 2018's social mediadriven blurring of celebrity and politics, President Donald Trump tweeted his thanks to rap superstar Kanye West on Wednesday for his recent and perhaps unexpected online support. “Thank you Kanye, very cool!” the president posted in response to the tweets from West, who called the president “my brother.” West, the enigmatic hip hop provocateur, posted a series of tweets in support of the president, whom he visited at Trump Tower in December 2016 during the presidential transition. “You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy,” West wrote Wednesday. “He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.” Later, West posted a photo of himself wearing one of Trump's signature red campaign “Make America Great Again” hats and showcased that the president had signed it. “MAGA!” Trump responded in another tweet, using the acronym for his slogan.
from his home but he lost three pianos and dozens of gold and platinum records and other memorabilia. The tribute concert Saturday will feature various members of Domino's band who are still playing, as well as special musical guests like Bonnie Raitt and Jon Batiste. The jazz funeral will feature the Tornado Brass Band as well as three of the city's social aid and pleasure clubs. They will parade to an area of the concert West noted that his wife, Inauguration and made a point reality star Kim Kardashian of calling Roseanne Barr, a rare West, wanted him to clarify Trump supporter in Hollywood, that he was not in lockstep with for the recent success of her all the Republican president's sitcom. positions. Tr u mp “My wife has also I don't agree with just called consistently me and she everything Trump does. b e e n wanted me rted I don't agree 100% with sbyu p ap o small to make anyone but myself. this clear to p ercent age e v e r y o n e ,” of Black Kanye West West wrote. voters. “I don't agree W e s t with everything Trump does. I has recorded several bestdon't agree 100% with anyone selling albums and produced a but myself.” buzzy fashion line and has the West lent an air of celebrity to undeniable talent for attracting Trump, who has not been nearly attention. He's also been linked as popular among movie and to several previous presidents, music stars as his Democratic including when Obama called him predecessor, Barack Obama. He “a jackass” in 2009 for storming complained about struggling the stage at an MTV awards show to lure big-name talent to his to interrupt Taylor Swift.
venue that's referred to as the ancestor area because it features paintings on plywood of various luminaries associated with the festival who have passed away. Davis said Domino's painting will show him sitting at a grand piano, back-toback with a portrait of musician and pianist Allen Toussaint, who died in 2015. Domino is also featured on this year's festival poster. “He's with us everywhere,” said Davis.
LA Photographer Known for Nude Self-Portraits Dies at 58 LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles photographer who chronicled the patrons of a working-class lesbian bar in the 1990s and captured her own body like a sculpture amid desert landscapes, died on Wednesday. She was 58. Laura Aguilar died peacefully at a nursing home in Long Beach after one last day with “loving visitors,” Sybil Venegas, an independent curator and friend, told The Los Angeles Times. Aguilar had diabetes and suffered from end-stage renal failure, Venegas said. Her loss is profound, said Chon Noriega, director of the Chicano Studies Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. “She had an ability to cut through the biases and habits of thought that makes us see a smaller world than actually exists,” he said. “And she did it as an expression of the stunning beauty of the
human body, including her own.” Aguilar was doing lesbian portraits in the 1990s, a time when many Latinos were not open to homosexuality, Venegas said. “Everyone talks about gender and identity and body politics now,” Venegas said. “But in 1990, she was way out there ... It was a very different world than today.” Aguilar's series of nude self-portraits drew widespread critical attention. She photographed herself draped over rocks, curled into the fetal position and otherwise inserting her naked body into desert landscapes. Susanne Vielmetter, who organized several Aguilar exhibitions at her gallery in the early 2000s, said the work was “decades ahead of its time.” “It was all about photography and the gaze,” she said. “She was both the subject and the object. She was both the photographer and the mood.”