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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019

Young Compton Resident Killed in Hit-and-Run

By Staff Reports

OMPTON–Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s investigators are searching for the driver of a Blue Mitsubishi Montero that apparently broadsided a Nissan driven by 20-year-old Jennifer Lopez, killing the young Compton resident. The driver of the Mitsubishi, whose back window displays a sticker, “With God All Things Are Possible” and “Baby on Board,” fled the

scene. The accident occurred at 8:50 p.m. Ms. Lopez is believed to have been driving east on Alondra Blvd. when struck on the driver’s side by the suspects’ SUV that is believed to have been travelling south on Bullis Rd., east of Long Beach Blvd. Ms. Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver fled before deputies arrived, abandoning the hit-

and-run vehicle at the point of collision. At least one other Sticker visible on the year window of the vehicle whose driver fled the scene. vehicle was involved but inside,” Lopez’ cousin Ivonne Guz- know; let the cops know.” detectives have not yet disclosed what man said in remarks broadcast on Investigators did not release a role if any it played in the collision. Fox 11. detailed description of the driver They say Ms. Lopez was the lone oc“All we want is justice. Who- but asked anyone with information cupant of her vehicle. ever saw the person (responsi- to call the Sheriff ’s Homicide Bu“She was just a happy person ble for the crash), please let us reau at 323- 890-5500.

Sporting Compton Obama College Shirt, Boulevard Michelle Obama Dedicated Cheers College-Bound During Students at UCLA Ceremony

Courtesy Daily Bruin By Staff Reports

LOS ANGELES (CNS)— Former first lady Michelle Obama led a raucous pep rally at UCLA Wednesday for 10,000 high school seniors and transfer students in celebration of their moves into higher education, telling them to never stop dreaming of reaching loftier goals. “I had someone tell me you shouldn’t reach too high,” Obama—sporting a Compton College shirt—told the crowd at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. “They told me I wanted too much for myself. I should

dream a little smaller. And let me tell you, that will happen to you again and again and again. They are haters. “... In those moments ... because they will come up, you have to ask yourselves whether you’re going to believe the haters or whether you’re going to believe the truth of your story.” Obama, joined by a host of celebrities including John Legend and Conan O’Brien, spoke to the students on College Signing Day, part of the Reach Higher campaign she started in the White House in 2014. The campaign is an effort n Michelle, see page 5

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—A South Los Angeles street was renamed in honor of former President Barack Obama during a festival Saturday, featuring musical guests Doug E. Fresh, Yo-Yo, BJ the Chicago Kid, Battlecat and Kurrupt. The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted in August to rename a 3.5-mile stretch of Rodeo Road as Obama Boulevard. “I’m thrilled that Los Angeles will be home to Obama Boulevard,” City Council President Herb Wesson said last month. “Our history is important and this is one way that we will ensure that America’s 44th president’s legacy is shared for generations to come for Angelenos and visitors alike.” The thoroughfare is in Wesson’s council district and near “President’s Row,” a series of streets named after former presidents. It includes Washington Boulevard, Adams Boulevard and Jefferson Boulevard. “In this moment of political tumult on the national level, it’s important to take stock of the tremendous accomplishment that was Barack Obama’s presidency,” county Supervisor n Obama Blvd., see page 5

“His ascent to our nation’s highest office represents, in some ways, the fulfillment of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream.” Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

LA City Officials point to the name change of a stretch of Rodeo Road to Obama Boulevard.

Compton Station Honors 5 Fallen Officers from Compton PD and LASD

By Staff Reports

COMPTON—Since its incorporation in 1888, the City of Compton has been serviced by two law enforcement agencies, the Compton Police Department, and beginning in 2000, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

n more than 130 years, five officers have fallen in the line of duty. Last week, Compton Station unveiled a memorial wall honoring officers who died in the line of duty serving their city, all since 1962. Thanks to the efforts of retired Sergeant James Rewald, Deputies Javier Flores (Aero Bureau), Steven Kankiewski (Aero Bureau), and Jesse Carrara (Compton Sheriff ’s Station), their

vision for a place of honor was masterfully realized, dedicating the memorial, “Honoring Our Fallen.” Chief Eli Vera, who worked at Compton Station early in his career, participated in the unveiling. Police Officer Dess K. Phipps was killed in an automobile accident during a high speed pursuit October 12, 1962, and passed away that n Fallen Officers., see page 5

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NEWS Animal Control to Check Pet Licenses in Unincorporated Compton and Lennox Officers from the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) will be conducting field licensing enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Compton (zip code 90221 and 90222) and Lennox (zip code 90304) b e g i n ning on

STATEPOINT CROSSWORD

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63. One born to Japanese immigrants 64. From Colorado to Wisconsin, on compass 66. Be limp 68. Anoint 69. ____ Iacocca 70. Blood circulation artery 71. “____, over here!” 72. Hole punching tool 73. *Not to be seen by groom DOWN 1. Princess Jasmine’s “prince” 2. Deliver a carol 3. Samoan money 4. Dead to the world 5. Drum roll sound 6. Like Eliza Doolittle 7. *One of four wedding “somethings” 8. Geography class prop 9. Buzzing pest 10. Twelfth month of Jewish year 11. Back of the neck 12. Ovine mom 15. Reflexive form of “it” 20. Spam, e.g. 22. Beehive State native 24. *It runs from tears 25. Hipbone-related 26. Magnetic ____ 27. Down Under marsupial

Thursday, May 16, 2019. Field enforcement efforts are designed to ensure that residents’ dogs and cats are in compliance with mandatory licensing requirements, spay/neuter, and microchipping. Additionally, California law requires that all dogs over the age of four months be vaccinated against rabies and licensed. In addition, the County of Los Angeles requires the same for all cats. As of January 1, 2014, puppies may be vaccinated at three months but are not required to be vaccinated until four months of age. Securing a dog or cat license is essential to assisting animal control agencies

if a pet becomes lost. Pet owners must be in compliance with licensing, spay/ neuter, and microchipping if they reside in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County (as well as within Cities that contract with the County and who have adopted the County’s Title 10 ordinance). Residents not in compliance will be subject to license fees, delinquency charges, and a $40 field enforcement fee (to offset the cost of the Department’s field services). In order to avoid penalties, be sure your pet is licensed. You can secure a new license by printing the application online at animalcare.

lacounty.gov and mailing it to us or by visiting your local County animal care center. If your pet’s license is not delinquent, residents may also renew online at our website: animalcare.lacounty.gov. Information on licensing fees can also be found on the website. DACC offers low-cost vaccination/microchips clinics (microchips implantation is $7.50) and low-cost assistance (for individuals who qualify) for spay and neuter surgeries. Visit the DACC website or stop by your local County of Los Angeles animal care center for more information about these services.

Controller Commends Compton on Transparency and Progress in Audit Findings

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COMPTON—The City of Compton is undertaking several efforts to address findings in a 2018 State Audit Report. Mayor Aja Brown, the City’s independent auditors, City Controller, Rafaela King and City Manager, Cecil Rhambo met with the State Controller’s Office April 11, 2019 to provide a comprehensive update on progress toward addressing concerns raised by the audit.

The update included information on the City’s planned use of Measure P funding over five years, significant staffing and structural changes at the City’s Controller’s Office, and formal timelines for addressing each audit finding, among other audit-related items. This was the second update meeting between the City and the State Controller’s Office.

In a communication to the City, a Bureau Chief from the State Controller’s Office noted that the City’s update “…demonstrated the serious commitment by the city to improving its financial conditions, recognizing that it will take time to fully address the prior findings and problems…” The representative also applauded the city for its transparency in reporting on its finances and audit-related activities to the State. “We are on schedule with our turnaround strategy designed to comprehensively address fiscal concerns from many years prior and implement new policies and best practices to secure our city’s financial future,” said Mayor Brown. “This is a top priority for the City and we are encouraged by the feedback from the State Controller’s Office that our team is on track. The City Council views the State’s audit as an opportunity, which has yielded the forensic assessment and cooperation needed. We are looking forward to continuing to move forward with greater fiscal strength and transparency.” SODOKU SOLUTION

BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019

NEWS

Warehouse workers protest Cal Cartage while filing class-action lawsuit in 2014.

Courtesy WarehouseWorkers.org

Port of L.A. in Negotiations for New Wilmington Warehouse Operator After Labor Strife WILMINGTON (CNS)—A Los Angeles City Councilman Monday praised news that a company is in negotiations to take over an 85-acre warehouse and trucking facility in Wilmington after the previous operator came under City Council scrutiny over its employment practices.

al Cartage, which is owned by NFI, has been operating at the warehouse for more than five decades, but announced in January it will close the facility in July. Toll Global Forwarding is in negotiations to sign a new lease at the site. Councilman Joe Buscaino called the news “cause for celebration.” “I am also proud that per my request the contract will include a worker retention clause to ensure that a number of former NFI employees will have the first opportunity to be rehired,” Buscaino said. NFI announced in January there are about 800 people whose employment is tied to the warehouse, with a mix of employees, temporary laborers, independent contractors and vendors. The company said it would try to retain as many employees as possible. Gene Seroka, executive director of Port of Los Angeles, said during Thursday’s Board of Harbor Commissioners meeting that the port was in negotiations with Toll, but stressed it was not a done deal. “This announcement should not be construed in any way as a guarantee of award of a permit nor accepting any particular terms. Furthermore, any proposal is subject to (the California Environmental Quality Act) and the Harbor Department will not pre-dispose any outcome of the CEQA analysis,” Seroka said. The Los Angeles City Council voted in September 2018 to review a revocable permit for the Cal Cartage warehouse at 2401 E. Pacific Coast Highway over concerns about its labor practices. The move was one of a series taken within the past year by Los Angeles city leaders as they sought to pressure trucking and warehouse companies at the port to stop classifying drivers as independent contractors. The port truckers maintain they are improperly classified as independent contractors in a scheme that deprives them of benefits and job protections while increasing their overhead costs by forcing them to lease their trucks from the companies for which they drive. “As the winning bidder, Toll now has the opportunity to negotiate a lease with the port, act as a responsible employer by raising standards for workers at the site, and lead the port trucking industry into a new era in which the misclassification of truck drivers as ‘independent contractors’ is a rare criminal issue rather than the dominant business model at America’s largest port complex,” said Eric n Labor Strife, see page 9

Long Beach State to Distribute Mass Shooting and Emergency Survival Kits THE UNIVERSITY WILL DEPLOY ‘STOP THE BLEED’ KITS TO HELP VICTIMS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY LONG BEACH—Being prepared for a mass shooting or major emergency is of top concern at Long Beach State University. That is why the campus is collaborating with Dignity Health to deploy Stop the Bleed kits throughout campus. The kits contain Combat Application Tourniquets, gloves, gauze and bandages. They will be installed at nearly 40 locations across campus where automatic external defibrillators are already in place. The moments between when an emer-

gency occurs and when first responders arrive on scene can mean the difference between life and death. In an effort to better prepare lay personnel, university police have spent the last three years training more than 300 faculty and employees in Stop the Bleed classes. President Jane Close Conoley, along with representatives from Dignity Health and the Long Beach Fire Department will demonstrate how to use the kits on Thursday, May 9th at the Student Recreation & Wellness Center at 10am.

Conviction Upheld for Long Beach Killings of Woman and Young Child “You’re going to sit here and listen to them now. Stop it,” SuperiLOS ANGELES (CNS)—A or Court Judge Jesse I. state appeals court panRodriguez told Colbert el Monday upheld an shortly before he tried to Oklahoma man’s convicrise from his seat. tion for gunning down a “I want to get out of woman and her 4-year-old here ... I don’t care about daughter in an unprovoked this,” Colbert responded. attack in Long Beach. After Colbert was detained, the hearing had he three-justice to be delayed while the panel from Calisheriff ’s department confornia’s 2nd Disducted a “use of force” trict Court of investigation and interAppeal cited “compelling viewed people in court evidence of guilt” by Branwho saw what happened. don Ivan Colbert Jr., who When the hearing was convicted of first-deresumed, Colbert was gree murder for the Aug. restrained in a “safety 6, 2016, murders of Carichair,” with the judge tellna Mancera, 26, and her ing him it was “because of daughter, Jennabel Anaya. your disruption.” RodriHe was also convicted guez subsequently denied of trying to kill the girl’s Colbert’s request that the father, Luis Anaya, who rest of the hearing not be was not hit by the gunfire. recorded by a television Jurors also found true news crew. the special circumstance “You acted, you beallegations of murder haved and you achieved while lying in wait and your goal as a real urban multiple murders, along terrorist,” the judge said. with allegations that he “You went hunting in the personally discharged a beautiful city of Long firearm. Credit: GoFundMe The appellate court Luis Anaya (l) who survived the shooting with his daughter, Jennabel Anaya, and girlfriend, Beach looking for an easy prey and you found justices noted in their 41- Carina Mancera. them.” page ruling that Colbert The judge noted that “without provocation fired defendant’s DNA,” the panel notAt his sentencing hearing, video evidence showed Colbert shotgun blasts at Carina and her ed. Colbert tried to get out of his seat young daughter” and fired—but Colbert—who claimed he and walk out of the Long Beach passing several adult men, and missed—after the girl’s father was innocent and described the courtroom as friends of the vic- said Colbert continued his travrushed toward him. crimes as “Hollywood-type hap- tims were about to speak, but Los els to find “the most innocent of “DNA collected from one of penings”—was sentenced in Feb- Angeles County sheriff ’s deputies victims” and to cause terror, grief the shotgun shells recovered at the ruary 2018 to life in prison with- pounced on him and forced him and sorrow to a young family and scene of the shootings matched out the possibility of parole. n Conviction, see page 9 to the floor. By Staff Reports

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NEWS THURSDAY MAY 9TH

Al Green Hits the Road for Limited Run The GRAMMY® Award winning and Kennedy Center Honors recipient Al Green returns to the stage to perform some of his most iconic hits and fan favorites at his first concerts in more than seven years. Green’s powerful and passionate performances of timeless classics such as “Let’s Stay Together,” Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) “I Can’t Get Next To You,” Tired Of Being Alone” and “I’m Still In Love

With You,” as well as his ability move entire crowds and have them singing along to gospel favorites such as “Nearer My God to Thee,” “Precious Lord,” “I’ll Rise Again” and his rendition of “Amazing Grace,” have made him one of the greatest performers of all-time. In addition to Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, this limited run of tour dates— his first tour in over seven years–also includes shows in

Austin, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta and a performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. With a highly successful recording and touring career that spans over five decades, Al Green’s musical roots originate in Memphis, but he has made an undeniable and lasting impact on music and musicians around the world from R&B, Soul, and Pop to Blues and Gospel.

8 – 10 pm The Greek Theatre, 2700 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles https://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/0900563FB1EE30A8 (800) 653-8000 $60 - $235, see website

THURSDAY MAY 9TH

WCCW Reading Series: Critical Intuition Jessica Gallion aka YELLAWOMAN Is a writer, poet, mother, friend, from Natchitoches, Louisiana, raised in Los Angeles, California where pen and poetry became her best friend. She is the author of Can’t No Woman Woman Like Me, published by World Stage Press in Leimert Park. She is also the creator and facilitator for Creatin’ After Hours (a guided writing night cap) at The World Stage. She has performed for Compton College, various high schools in Los Angeles County through The Living Writers Series, Cafe Con Libros, The Pasadena Lit Festival, un::fade::able, The Table Lit Readings, La Palabra, and many other venues around Los Angeles. Jessica is the 2016 champion of the Spoken Word Voices Heard Poetry Slam and a graduate of the Community Literature Initiative. Her work takes you on a journey through self discovery and affirmations, colorism, sin-

glemotherhood, and trials and overcoming with a cayenne cultural thread of “sho ya right.” A second book is in the works. Find her at @_yellawoman on Instagram. Chenel King was raised in a family led by Black women and her father. She has dedicated her writing to exploring, expanding, complicating and acknowledging their everyday lives. King has a few degrees but the best learning has come from the Black women before and around her. King is currently finishing her novel and performing her poetry in and around LA. Tamala Whittley is a writer and educator born and raised in Los Angeles. She is currently shopping her first novel, The Ghosts of Central Avenue, and is already hard at work on her next. When she isn’t writing, you can find her reading, or trying to draw and paint. *has no social media presence I believe.* Sarah Wheeler is a poet, playwright,

and performer from North Carolina who currently resides in Los Angeles. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre (with a minor in English Lit.) from Wake Forest University. Sarah moved to Los Angeles in 2015 to attend the Art of Acting Conservatory where she wrote and debuted her first one-woman show, /Once Again to Z/, which later ran in the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Currently, Sarah is writing her first book and is enrolled in the Community Literature Initiative (CLI) publishing program based out of USC. As a poet, Sarah has featured at both /The Backyard LA/ and /Beatnik Café/, and has read her work at various open mics including /Da Poetry Lounge, The Worldstage, PS Poets’ events/ and/Rattle Reading Series/. Sarah is also a creator of erasure poetry, which can be found on her Instagram *@littlegoldenblackoutpoems.*

7:30 – 9 pm Women’s Center for Creative Work, 2425 Glover Pl., Los Angeles https://tinyurl.com/y6gmj4yd (323) 739-8847 Free

SATURDAY MAY 11TH

MZANSI 101

Your introduction to the entire soundscape of South African Afrohouse, Gqom, Kwaito, & Amapiano sounds led by the the one and only FOREIGNER. 9 pm – 2 am Ace Hotel, 929 S. Broadway, LA, CA https://tinyurl.com/y62pq9rz (213) 623-3233 Free, open to the public / 21+ at Upstairs

SUNDAY MAY 12TH

The Business of Wine presented by The Black MBA of LA

Experience an afternoon of wine education as we discuss the art of winemaking with African American wine growers, winemakers, and sommeliers. Network with like-minded people, learn and unwind with fellow wine oenophiles, aficionados, connoisseurs and newbies alike. Participate in panel discussions, wine tastings, and nosh on hor d’oeuvres as you take in the beauty of the Downtown Los Angeles skyline atop a Sky Lounge Rooftop. Learn about the business of wine from our panel of expert entrepreneurs during an

interactive panel discussion on the challenges, success stories and untapped opportunities currently in the industry.

GUEST SPEAKERS DR. NATALIE L. SANDERS – World traveler, lover of music and respected Internal Medicine physical, Dr. Natalie L Sanders, MD has a clear passion for wine. Not your traditional stuffy doctor (though she does wears pearls and has an exquisite vocabulary), this lifelong wine enthusiast started in the wine business as a side hustle. Soon she grew her

business, leading a group of other wine enthusiasts as a senior leader with one of the top wine companies in the country. P. HARRELL – Paula J. Harrell is a San Francisco native and founder of P. Harrell Wines. She has had a long standing career in Real Estate & Mortgage Finance, and many years of civic endeavors with film and special events, but she always had a special passion for wine. After years of engaging with the wine culture as a hobby, she started her own private label in November 2015. The daughter of an

3:00 - 6:00 pm Sky Lounge Rooftop, 800 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles https://the-business-of-wine.eventbrite.com $25 - $45

immigrant mother from Panama and an American father, P. Harrell Wines is a tribute to her family’s entrepreneurial legacy and dedication to community, friendship, and cultural heritage. Paula’s parents raised her and her 4 siblings, built a series of thriving residential care facilities in San Francisco and in homage, Paula has named her first two wines after residences and properties of her family’s in San Francisco that hold special meaning to her. This event benefits the Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Fund.

San Pedro Music Festival

Windy City Entertainment presents the inaugural San Pedro Music Festival at the historic Warner Grand Theatre. This very special Mother’s Day lineup includes Jazz saxophonist Azar Lawrence, Jazz guitarist Nils, the all female ensemble Jazz in Pink, and the Goddess of Song, Windy Barnes Farrell. Honors will be bestowed by the Music Festival organizers upon some deserving mothers including Supervisor Janice Hahn, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Nathan Watts, bassist with Stevie Wonder for over 40 years.

A VIP reception, a purple carpet and lots of celebrity sightings will kick off the evening creating fun and memorable moments. It’s also the perfect time to honor and celebrate professional musicians for their dedication to healing the planet through their musical gifts and talents.

4 – 7 pm Warner Grand Theatre, West 6th Street, San Pedro http://www.sanpedromusicfestival.com (310) 548-2493 • $35 - $135

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NEWS Covered California Has Options for Those Suddenly Losing Employment LOS ANGELES—Life can change in an instant, whether it’s your health or your personal situation. Elvira of Los Angeles lost her health insurance when the auto dealership she worked for closed its doors suddenly at the end of January. “I did not want to be without a job and without health insurance. You never know when you might need to go to the doctor or the hospital,” she said. “Who knows? Life is very unpredictable.” Elvira got a quote from COBRA that would let her keep the health plan she had had through work, but with her employer no longer picking up part of the cost, she would have had to pay nearly $600 a month. “A friend reminded me that Covered California could be cheaper,” Elvira said. “I remembered hearing on the radio there is financial help, so someone referred me to a certified agent.” Elvira found out that she qualified for financial assistance through Covered California, and she enrolled in a plan from a name-brand company at a fraction of the cost she would have paid through COBRA. The plan provides free preventive care—along with lab tests, X-rays and imaging— and allows Elvira to see her primary care physician or specialist without first needing to meet a deductible. The recently unemployed have many things to worry about, but having health insurance for themselves and their families shouldn’t be one of those concerns.

Even though Covered California’s annual open-enrollment period is over, if you have lost your coverage because you lost or changed your job, you may be eligible for special enrollment. You may qualify for financial assistance to help you afford coverage. Those who are eligible can sign up for coverage through Covered California’s special-enrollment period, as long as they do so within 60 days of a qualifying life event. The following circumstances are among the more common reasons individuals become eligible for special enrollment: • They lose their health coverage because they have lost or changed jobs. • They get married or enter a domestic partnership. • They have a baby, adopt a child or place a child for adoption or in foster care. • They move and gain access to new health plans through Covered California that were not available where they previously lived. • They become a citizen, a U.S. national or a lawfully present individual. Get more information on special-enrollment rules on the Covered California website. Those who qualify for Medi-Cal may enroll through Covered California year round. For more information, visit CoveredCA.com, where you can enroll online or get information about obtaining free, confidential in-person assistance in a variety of languages.

Meghan and Harry Love Story Takes New Turn: A Baby Boy Meghan and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge. Harry, the 34-year-old son of LONDON, UK—The baby weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces (3.26 ki- Prince Charles, said he was present at lograms) at birth and was born at 5:26 the birth. “It’s been the most amazing exa.m. (0426 GMT; 12:26 a.m. EDT). Harry said their son was a little bit perience I could ever have possibly overdue and that had given the roy- imagined,” he said. “How any woman al couple more time to contemplate does what they do is beyond comprehension. names. “We’re both H a r r y a b solutely promised that Meghan has brought thrilled and so more details— something new and grateful for all such as the bathe love and supby’s name—will different to the royal port from everybe shared in the body out there. coming days. family. She is an It’s been amazHarry and ing, so we just the palace American who enjoyed to share didn’t immea successful career in wanted this with everydiately provide details on show business before body,” he said. Word that whether the joining “the firm,” the baby had baby was born been born was at a hospital or as the royals are withheld while if it was a home senior members birth. The royal known to many. of the royal famcouple had earily, including the lier said they queen, were told. Princess Diana’s wanted to keep details private. The infant is seventh in line to family was also informed. Buckingham Palace said minutes the British throne and is the eighth great-grandchild of 93-year-old before 2 p.m. that Meghan had gone Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest into labor (in fact the baby had already been born) and Harry emerged reigning monarch. It is a satisfying moment for the less than an hour later to announce queen as the monarchy grows in the birth in person. Harry’s dramatic announcepopularity in part because of public affection for Harry, his older brother ment, and his obvious pleasure, Prince William, and their two wives, sparked cheers among royal fans and By Staff Reports

Los Angeles native Meghan Markle has given birth to an infant boy who is 7th in line to the British throne. well-wishers who had gathered outside the imposing grounds of Windsor Castle hoping to hear the news. “Cheers to the newborn baby boy! Hip hip hooray!” said 64-yearold John Loughrey, popping open a bottle of sparkling wine. He was clad in head-to-toe Union flags and royal family memorabilia to mark the occasion. Some people in Windsor said it would provide a welcome respite from the continuing political stalemate over Brexit. Londoners Pam and Keith Jonson said the news will provide a boost to peoples’ spirits.

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to encourage students to pursue higher education, those acceptance letters. ... I want you all to know per“whether at a professional training program, a com- sonally you’re about to make the best investment you munity college or a four-year college or university.” can possibly make. And that’s true whether you’re goObama has said she started the campaign in re- ing to a trade school or the military or a community sponse to her own experiences, saying she never re- college or a four-year university.” ceived encouragement from school counselors or The Reach Higher campaign also works to raise others to strive for higher education. But she went on awareness about the availability of education grants to graduate from Princeton Uniand scholarships and to increase versity and Harvard Law School. “You’re about to make the number of school counselThe Reach Higher campaign ors to provide support to high is designed “to inspire every stu- the best investment you school students. dent, especially first-generation According to the Reach can possibly make.” and low-income students, to Higher website, students who take charge of their future and meet with a school counselor Michelle Obama complete an education past high to discuss financial aid or colschool.” lege are three times more likely to attend college During Wednesday’s event, Obama said that and seven times more likely to apply for financial when the campaign started five years ago, there were aid. only a handful of College Signing Day rallies around “None of us does this alone, and that’s why we put the country, but this year there will be more than this day together, because we want you all to under3,000 celebrating the higher- education aspirations of stand how many people have your back. There are 600,000 students. many ways to lead this life, and there’s no one right “You overcame so many hurdles and I know that,” way to do it. So if you stumble ... I want you to get she said. “So, I know it must have felt special to get back up.”

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day. He was 37 years-old and had served in the U.S. Navy from June 16, 1943 until December 29, 1944, in World War II. Police Officer Ralph Kay Reeves suffered a heart attack on April 04, 1967, while struggling with a student at Compton High School. He was dispatched to respond to the school to investigate reports of an intoxicated student. The student began to struggle with Officer Reeves and a group of other students began to surround the two as they tried to take the subject from Officer Reeves’ custody. As other officers arrived Officer Reeves collapsed. The other officers were able to pull Officer Reeves to safety and called an ambulance. He was transported to a local hospital where it was learned that he had suffered a heart attack. His condition never improved and he died as a result on March 26th, 1968. Officer Reeves was 50 years-old and survived by his wife, four children, and three grandchildren. Officer Reeves’ brother, Patrolman Richard Vance Reeves, was killed in the line of duty on October 2nd, 1957, while serving with the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department. Police Officer’s James Wayne MacDonald and Kevin Michael Burrell were shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop at the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue and Dwight Avenue on February 22, 1993. He died that day. The suspect was a parolee with a gun. He was able to break free as the officers attempted to handcuff him. He fired at both officers with another gun he still had concealed on his person. The suspect was arrested and

convicted of murdering two police officers and received the death penalty. Officer MacDonald was 24 yearsold and had served with the Compton Police Department for 18 months. He had recently been hired by another agency. This was his last night on patrol in Compton. He was survived by his parents and brother. Officer Burrell was 29 years-old and had served with the Compton Police Department for five years. Sergeant Alfonso Lopez suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to assist other deputies who were involved in a high speed pursuit in Compton at approximately 5:20 a.m. October 24, 2016. Shortly after he responded from the station a citizen came into the lobby to advise deputies a patrol car had crashed at the intersection of Myrrh Street and Willowbrook Avenue. The driver was unresponsive. Deputies responded to the location and began performing CPR on Sergeant Lopez. He was transported St. Francis Medical Center where he passed away. It is believed that Sergeant Lopez suffered a fatal heart attack prior to his vehicle colliding with a fence at low speeds. The pursuit he was responding to was terminated shortly after it began due to the dangerously high speeds of the fleeing vehicle. Sergeant Lopez was 47 years-old and had served with the Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department for 26 years. Prior to his assignment at Compton station, Sergeant Lopez had worked at Special Victims Bureau for the majority of his career. He is survived by his wife and two adult children.

Our Democracy I is on the Line,

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OP-ED

Back in December 2018, we led a boycott of Facebook. We called upon Congress to conduct further While the debate whether investigations into Facebook after a President Trump obstructed report released for the Senate Inteljustice should be over with the ligence Committee revealed that the Russian influence campaign “made release of Special Counsel an extraordinary effort to target Robert Mueller’s report, African-Americans” using an array unfortunately, it is not. of tactics to suppress turnout among Democratic voters. n fact, it has just begun as ConNow, with the results of Robert gress prepares to conduct exMueller’s report, the outrage should haustive examinations into be palpable. Congress must fully these breathtaking revelainvestigate, take all appropriate tions. action, and ensure the integrity and Given the overwhelming evsecurity of our democracy. This idence to the contrary, Attorney must be done with the urgency General Barr’s attempt to exonit requires. The 2020 election erate Trump is simply stunning. It has already begun. Candidates is crystal clear that Trump interfered are making pitches. Voting machines with the Mueller investigation. Even the redacted report are being purchased. Yet our democracy is not safe from the contains a multitude of actions in which Trump obstructed external forces that want to cause us harm. justice in one of the most consequential investigations ever Congress begins their examination and investigation withconducted regarding the state of our democracy. out a full record, and completion of that record must be a top We warned the nation about Attorney General Barr when priority. we opposed his confirmation to the position. We told The redacted report released by Attorney General William the Senate that William Barr “can never overcome the Barr falls woefully short of what is owed to Congress and public perception that he endorsed Trump’s efforts to to the American people. It shows that the Trump adminishold himself above the law. William Barr simply cannot tration is intent on hiding facts and covering its tracks. Mr. serve as the independent leader our Barr should immediately release country needs at this critical time.” complete Mueller report Barr’s lack of independence the We were correct. in unredacted, unedited, and Barr’s lack of independence and and Trump’s obstruction unvarnished form. The American Trump’s obstruction raises critical public deserves the truth. raises critical questions questions about the rule of law. But this We are also troubled by Special is also about the integrity and security Counsel Mueller’s decision not to about the rule of law. of our democracy. Just as important in press for a subpoena or interview the Mueller report was the astounding of Trump. Trump has caused indisclosure that our country was subjected to a full-scale attack finite damage to the office of the presidency by impeding justice on our democratic process. and subverting the rule of law. He should be called to answer Astonishingly, the Mueller report concluded that Russia and held accountable for his actions to harm our democracy. “interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and Our democracy is in a holding pattern. We need answers systemic fashion.” Russia intended to benefit and did in fact and we need them fast. The Trump administration has already benefit Trump. We also know that the Trump campaign harmed our civil rights in devastating ways, and it will take knew about Russia’s assistance and welcomed it with open us years to recover. But we cannot, and must not, allow the arms. Russia helped Trump win the presidency by manipfoundations of our democracy to be undermined, knowing ulating voters, fomenting racial division, and targeting the full well of the threat. This is our democracy, and we must act African-American community to suppress voter turnout. to protect it. By Derrick Johnson

Congress Must Act Now

The Mueller Report: Blacks Better Be Careful By Raynard Jackson

As I always say, “Weak people take strong positions on weak issues.”

xhibit A for this is the recently released Mueller report. Democrats have lost their damned minds over this report. They didn’t get the result they wanted, an indictment of President Trump, so they figured if they keep investigating, they will come up with something they can use to remove Trump from office. Mueller’s report was very clear, on both the accusations of collusion and obstruction, there was NOT sufficient evidence to bring charges in either circumstance! Period. End of sentence. Was there unflattering information about Trump and his aides in the report? Yes. Did Trump and some of his aides walk up to the line between legal and illegal? Yes. But, in our system of justice either you violated the law, or you didn’t, and Mueller clearly concluded that Trump and his aides did not cross the line.

So, legally Trump and his aides are in the clear. Politically is where the problem is—for Democrats—especially Black Democrats. Let’s get one thing straight, Democrats don’t have the guts to actually file articles of impeachment against President Trump after Mueller has clearly stated there is not sufficient evidence for him to bring any charges. Now radical liberal Democrat members of Congress like Maxine Waters and Al Green are running over each other demanding that the president be impeached. Hmmm, do you really want to go down that road? Let me paint a picture for you to consider. Jussie Smollett, the actor who concocted a fake story about being assaulted in Chicago, had all charges dismissed against him. Legally, like Trump, he is in the clear. In all probability, the U.S. Department of Justice is going to file federal charges against Smollett for mail fraud because he mailed a fake letter threatening himself but

made it seem as though the letter was mailed by someone else. I can guarantee as clear as day that Waters and Green will be the first to claim that the Justice Department

is only doing it because Smollett is Black, with absolutely no evidence to support their claim. But wait. Let me make sure I understand. Mueller found insufficient evidence to bring forward charges of collusion and obstruction against Trump, but Democrats say to hell with Mueller, we want impeachment. But, if and when something similar happens to a Black, then it is racist? I am

through. I have a headache! The one takeaway for me in the Mueller report that no one seems to be talking about is how the report made clear that, in America, we have two systems of justice. One for the rich and well connected (Jussie Smollett and Hillary Clinton), and one for regular people like Pookie and LaQueesha. Russian intelligence knew how corrupt and vulnerable the Clinton’s were to their intelligence operations. They knew the Clinton’s loyalty was to money, not America. Every country—let me repeat—EVERY country, that has the means, spies and interferes in the internal affairs of other countries. I laid this out in a column I wrote two years ago titled, “Russia is Winning the War for American Minds.” Americans, for the first time in history, have had a front row seat to a psychological operations campaign live and in living color, in real time. This, indeed, is unprecedented. So, to radical Black liberals, you better

The reaction by radical Black liberals to the Mueller report should serve as a cautionary tale for the Black community.

be careful! You didn’t like the results of the Mueller report, so you want to treat Trump as though he was indicted. When this happens to someone Black, remember you started it! In liberalism, intent is more important than results. As a matter of fact, that is the sole basis of liberalism not results. So, when white folks hold you to the same standard, please spare me your cries of racism! Democrats are in the process of ensuring the re-election of Donald Trump as president. They have provided absolutely no serious vision of where they want to take America. They have offered nothing but grandiose platitudes to the American people, especially to Blacks: reparations, DC statehood, etc. Have you noticed that not one Democrat candidate for president has mentioned anything about the killings going on in Chicago? Or the stagnant wages of the Black worker despite the phenomenal Trump economy for

Blacks? They have spent more time talking about amnesty for the upwards of 30 million illegals because they are too ignorant to realize that when you increase cheap labor in the marketplace wages go down! The reason Democrats are obsessing about the Mueller report is because they have nothing of any substance by way of policy to offer the American people. The reaction by radical Black liberals to the Mueller report should serve as a cautionary tale for the Black community. There will be a “Black” version of Donald Trump and he will be subjected to the same treatment as our current president. When it happens just admit that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander; and it has nothing to do with race. Raynard Jackson is a Republican political consultant based in Washington, D.C. He has been involved in every Republican presidential campaign from George H. W. Bush to George W. Bush.

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OP-ED

E N D I N G C H I LD POVE RT Y

o child should have to worry where her next meal will come from or whether she will have a place to sleep each night in the wealthiest nation on earth. Yet more than 12.8 million poor children in America face these harsh realities every day. It is a moral disgrace, a costly injustice and a profound economic threat that nearly 1 in 5 children are poor in our boastfully wealthy nation. Nearly 4 in 10 of our children spend at least a year in poverty before their 18th birthday and more than 1 in 10 struggle through at least half their childhoods in

NOW

payments to the credit bureaus so that customers can also build their credit ratings. For the Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, senior pastor of Dallas’ Friendship West Baptist Church and a leading partner in the Faith and Credit Roundtable facilitated by the Center for Responsible Lending, predatory lending is a matter of economic justice that deserves actions and not just hearings. “Payday predators are a part of a hostile takeover of the economy of the unbanked and underserved. This exploitative industry targets and saturates communities that are already suffering from economic apartheid,” said Rev. Haynes to the lawmakers. “When the vulnerable are drowning in desperation the payday industry throws a ‘life preserver’ weighted with the iron of usurious interest rates.” “We are calling for strong protections so that those who experience an emergency don’t end up drowning in debt they cannot repay,” added Rev. Haynes.” The pastor forcefully called for the CFPB to implement its “common sense rule” and for enacting legislation, like a bill introduced by Illinois’ Senator Richard Durbin, that would establish national 36% interest rate cap while allowing states to have lower rate ceilings. “Borrowers have described the debt trap, in their own words, as ‘a hole that you can’t get out of ’, ‘soul-crushing’, and a ‘living hell’, Diane Standaert, a CRL EVP testified. “And research has shown time and time again, that these high-cost lending storefronts are disproportionately situated in Black and Latino communities, even when they have the same or higher incomes than white communities.” The good Reverend Haynes agreed, adding, “The Bible teaches that nations will be judged by how they treat ‘the least of these’. It must not be said of this nation, “I was hungry, and you gave me a payday loan…I was given a bad hand and you gave me a bad plan.” Amen, Reverend!

poverty now. In 2015, the Children’s Defense Fund published the first of our groundbreaking Ending Child Poverty Now reports that showed, for the first time, how America could immediately lift millions more children out of poverty by simply improving and investing in existing policies and programs that work. Four years later it is unconscionable that our leaders are still debating and millions of our poor children are still waiting to have their basic survival needs met. Millions of children needlessly suffer in poverty because of our nation’s inaction. How many more years, child lives and taxpayer dollars will we waste before we end child poverty? This week CDF released a new edition of Ending Child Poverty Now, updating our earlier study with help from the Urban Institute, and issued another call for an immediate reduction in child poverty for 5.5 million children. It confirms once again that we can act now to end child poverty for a majority of children and raise family incomes for millions more. By investing a small percentage of our federal budget into existing programs and policies rather than tax breaks for wealthy corporations, billionaires and millionaires, we can reduce child poverty at least 57 percent and help 95 percent of all poor children. These child investments would cost $52.3 billion—1.4 percent of federal spending and 0.3 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). This is a moral necessity and economic bargain our nation—which approved nearly $2 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals and corporations in 2017—can easily afford. Every dollar invested in reducing child poverty will return at least seven dollars to our economy and help save our nation’s future and soul. The bottom line is simple: we can save hundreds of billions by investing in healthy, educated children or spend hundreds of billions more in prison and illiteracy costs. Children only have one childhood and it is right now. We cannot afford to wait another 3, 5 or 10 years to end child poverty and this report shows we do not have to. The question is not whether we have the knowledge or resources to end child poverty, but whether we have the moral decency, common sense and political will to help every child reach healthy, productive adulthood. Let all of us make our voices heard and demand action for our children to live free from poverty.

Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s Deputy Communications Director.

Marian Wright Edelman is President Emeritus of the Children’s Defense Fund

By Marian Wright Edelman

poverty. More than 2 in 3 poor children are children of color. Most shamefully, our youngest children are our poorest

failing our children and our nation. When we let millions of children grow up poor with-

poor adult. It makes her more likely to suffer illnesses and get sucked into the criminal justice system. Beyond human costs,

which solutions already exist if we have the moral and economic sense to expand and invest in them. In 2017 benefits

“Child poverty is an urgent and preventable crisis for which solutions already exist if we have the moral and economic sense to expand and invest in them.” during their years of greatest brain development. Permitting millions of children to live in poverty—many denied basic human needs of housing, enough food and a chance to get ready for school and attend schools with equal funding and quality—is unjust. We are

out basic necessities like food, housing and health care, we deny them equal opportunities to succeed in life and rob our nation of their future contributions. Poverty decreases a child’s chances of graduating from high school and increases her chances of becoming a

child poverty has huge economic costs for all of us. Our nation loses about $700 billion a year from lost productivity and increased health and crime costs stemming from child poverty. Child poverty is an urgent and preventable crisis for

like nutrition assistance, housing vouchers and tax credits helped lift nearly 7 million children out of poverty. However, inadequate funding, eligibility restrictions and low parental wages left millions of children behind. We can and must do more to help all children escape

Capitol Hill Hearing Takes Up the War Between the Needy and the Greedy: The Future of Payday Loan Regulation

By Charlene Crowell

At an April 30 Capitol Hill hearing, the multi-dimensional problems wrought by small-dollar, high-cost loans were brought to the attention of lawmakers serving on the powerful House Financial Services Committee. A witness panel representing bankers, consumers, clergy, and public policy organizations taught, recounted, reasoned and preached to lawmakers on the rippling and disastrous effects of debt-trap loans. Each addressed the industry that reaps billion-dollar profits from the poor: payday, car-title, and other triple-digit interest small-dollar products. The average annual interest rate for payday loans in the United States is 391% although in more than 17 states, many of them home to consumers of color, the APR is even higher. As consumers suffer financially, it’s a different story for payday lenders: $4.1 billion in fees every year in the 33 states that allow these debt traps, according to the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL). Similarly, the annual fees generated on car-title loans was found to be $3.8 billion. The session occurred as the current Administration seeks to permanently reverse a payday rule that was developed over five years of public hearings, research and comments that sought the input of consumers, financial institutions and other stakeholders. Announced by the first Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director, the rule would require lenders to determine if a consumer could repay the loan, also known as the ability-to-repay standard. With a new CFPB Director, the rule’s suspension was accompanied by an announcement of an intent to begin rulemaking anew. For the industry, the suspension provides yet another opportunity to take the teeth out of financial regulation. For consumers, long-awaited consumer protection that would have taken effect this summer is now indefinite. With the average borrower earning $25,000 to $30,000 a year, whatever difficulty led them to a payday loan store or web site, made their lives even

worse. able enF o r terprise,” The hearing was a high-profile Detroit noted Rep. opportunity to share his personal P re s s l e y. resident Ken Whit“Well a lot experience with a $700 payday taker, the of people hearing loan that wound up costing him are getting was a rich off of $7,000, in addition to debt high-prokeeping file opporpeople collections, a court judgment, tunity to poor. And share his so how do and his tax refund garnished. personwe reform al experience with a $700 payday loan anything that’s based on that premise? that wound up costing him $7,000, in The short answer is, we don’t.” addition to debt collections, a court Todd McDonald, Senior Vice Presjudgment, and his tax refund gar- ident and Board Director of the New nished. Orleans-based Liberty Bank and Trust, “I found I could not afford to pay off a Community Development Financial the first loan without taking out another Institution (CDFI) spoke at the hearone. Then I began a cycle of debt which ing from the perspective of community lasted over a year,” testified Whittaker. banks. His own firm operates in eight “Soon I was paying $600 per month in states through 15 branches. He is also a fees and interest. I eventually closed my board member of the National Bankers bank account to stop payments from Association, the leading trade associabeing drawn out and leaving me with- tion for the nation’s Minority Deposiout cash for my family’s rent, groceries tory Institutions. and other essential bills.” “As a CDFI that serves a largely In the hearing’s most poignant mo- low and moderate-income consumer ment, Whittaker appealed to the law- base that often utilizes these high-cost, makers saying, “Please support strong small dollar loans,” testified McDonald, reform of predatory payday and car ti- “Liberty often works to help our custle lending for people like me. We work tomers get out of these predatory loans hard to support our families and make and into more manageable products.” our finances stable, and this kind of Since 2008, Liberty Bank has offered lending only makes it harder.” a payday and car-title loan alternative For one lawmaker, Boston’s Rep. known as Freedom Fast loans that avAyanna Pressley, Whittaker’s plea was erages just over $6,000 and comes with heard loud and clear. an average interest rate of 12.6%. Lib“Any universe with payday lend- erty provides these loans to customers ing is answering the question of how with credit scores ranging from a low of to make poverty a sustainable profit- 500 to higher than 700. It also reports

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HEALTH

Former Insys Therapeutics Chairman John Kapoor, convicted of bribing doctors to push opiods.

Drug Firm Founder Guilty of Bribing Doctors to Push Opioid By Alana Durkin Richer

BOSTON (AP)—A pharmaceutical company founder accused of bribing doctors across the U.S. to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray was convicted Thursday in a case that exposed such marketing tactics as using a stripper-turned-salesrep to give a physician a lap dance. John Kapoor, the 76-yearold former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of racketeering con-

spiracy after 15 days of jury deliberations. Four ex-employees of the Chandler, Arizona-based company, including the former exotic dancer, were also convicted. Some of the most sensational evidence in the months-long federal trial included a video of employees dancing and rapping around an executive dressed as a giant bottle of the powerful opioid spray Subsys, and testimony about how the company made a habit of hiring n Pushers, see page 9

Cocaine Deaths Up in U.S., Opioids Are Big Part of it By Mike Stobbe

NEW YORK (AP)—Cocaine deaths have been rising in the U.S., health officials said Thursday in their latest report on the nation’s deadliest drug overdose epidemic. After several years of decline, overdose deaths involving cocaine began rising around 2012. And they jumped by more than a third between 2016 and 2017. The increase at least partly reflects trends in deaths from heroin, fentanyl and other opioid drugs. Many overdose deaths involve several different drugs. The CDC researchers found that nearly three-quarters of the deaths involving cocaine in 2017 were among people who had also taken opioids. But deaths involving cocaine alone also increased, said Lawrence Scholl of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the study’s authors. The researchers did not look at why cocaine deaths have been n Cocaine, see page 9

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Officials are investigating another confirmed case of measles in a Los Angeles County resident and an additional non-resident measles case who traveled throughout Southern California, part of a renewed outbreak of the disease nationally and across the Southland. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that persons who may have been on-site at the date and time for any of the below locations may be at risk of developing measles for up to 21 days after being exposed: • 4/27: Peet’s Coffee, 175 S. Fairfax Ave., Unit D, 9 a.m.-noon • 4/27: Fratelli’s Cafe, 7200 Melrose Ave., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • 4/27: ART Restaurant (located in Farmer’s Daughter Hotel), 115 S Fairfax Ave., 5-8 p.m. • 4/27: The Grove, 189 The Grove Dr., 2-5:30 p.m.

• 4/27: J.Crew and Barnes and Noble (The Grove), 189 The Grove Dr., 3:30-5:30 p.m. • 4/27: Los Angeles Farmer’s Market, 6333 W. 3rd St., 3:30-5:30 p.m. • 4/27: Paper Source, 175 S Fairfax Ave. 4-6 p.m. • 4/27: Whole Foods, 6350 W. 3rd St., 8-11 p.m.

The announcements Saturday came hours after Long Beach health officials announced the first confirmed case of measles in a city resident since 2015—an adult graduate student who attends UC Irvine and is recovering at home, according to the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services. Orange County officials also reported their second case of 2019 on Saturday—an infant who was too young to be vaccinated and remains hospitalized. • 4/28: Pizzanista, 1837 E 7th St., 5:30-7 p.m. • 4/28: Total Wine, 7400 Carson Blvd., 6-7:30 p.m. • 4/30: Susan European Dressmaker, 3319 E

• 4/27-28: Farmer’s Daughter Hotel, 115 S. Fairfax Ave., all day on 4-27 through 10 a.m. on 4-28 • 4/30/19: LAX International Terminal 2, 7:4511:45 p.m. • 4/30 and 5/1: LAX Employee Shuttle, 7:30-9:30 p.m. on 4/30 and 9:30-11:30 a.m. on 5/1 • 5/1: LAX Terminal 2, 7:10-9:30 a.m.

In the Long Beach case, officials said they are “working with the neighboring health jurisdictions of Orange County and Los Angeles County to identify and notify residents of locations the infected individual visited while contagious. Health Department staff are notifying locations in Long Beach the person visited while contagious.” Individuals who visited the following Long Beach locations at the times stated below might have been exposed to measles:

7th St., 5-7 p.m. • 5/1: Art du Vin Wine Bar, 2027 E 4th St., 8-10 p.m. • 5/1: Ralph’s, 2930 E 4th St., 2-5 p.m. • 5/2:

Ralph’s, 6290 PCH, 3-6:30 p.m. • 5/2: AMC Marina Pacifica, 6346 E PCH, 6-10 p.m. • 5/3: Broadway Carwash 4000 E Broadway, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

And Orange County residents may have been exposed to measles at these locations on the following dates and times: • Mon., April 29—UCI Humanities Instructional Building 100, 10 a.m.- noon • Mon., April 29—UCI Krieger Hall, Classic Dept. 4th Floor, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. • Tues., April 30—UCI Humanities Hall 112, 2-5 p.m. • Thurs., May 2—UCI Student Health Center, 1-3 p.m. • Friday, May 3—The Pickled Monk, Fullerton, 1:45-3:30 p.m. • Friday, May 3—Brick Basement Antiques, Fullerton, 2:40-4 p.m. • Friday, May 3—Buffalo Exchange, Fullerton, 3-4:15 p.m. • Friday, May 3—8Eightyeight Cigar, Fullerton, 3:15-5 p.m. L.A. County exposures can be found at www.publichealth.lacounty.gov; Orange County exposures can be found at www.ochealthinfo.com/measles. Measles is a highly contagious and potentially severe disease that causes fever, rash, cough and red, watery eyes. Measles spreads very easily by air and by direct contact with an infected person. People who become infected are contagious before they have symptoms and know they are infected. Health officials also say to self-monitor for illness with fever and/or an unexplained rash from 7 days to 21 days after exposure. If symptoms develop, stay at home and call a health care provider immediately. “The best way to protect yourself from measles is to get vaccinated. All children and non-immune adults should be vaccinated against measles,” Long Beach Health Officer Anissa Davis said. “If you are unsure of your vaccination status, contact your provider to make sure you are up-to-date.”

Schumer Calls on CDC to Declare Emergency in Superbug Fight

EW YORK (AP)—U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the Centers for Disease Control to declare an emergency and unlock special funding to stem a potentially deadly drug-resistant fungus that’s been spreading at health care facilities. Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, says declaring an emergency over the Candida Auris fungus could make his home state of New York eligible for potentially millions of dollars in public

health crisis response funding. More than half of the 613 confirmed cases in the U.S. have been in New York. Illinois has had 156 confirmed cases of the fungus. New Jersey has had 106. The CDC has declared public health emergencies over Zika, Ebola and H1N1. Schumer says the extra funding could be used to boost testing for Candida Auris and raise public awareness.

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NEWS California to Review Sex-Abuse Responses of All 12 Dioceses By Staff Reports

LOS ANGELES (AP)—The California attorney general’s office will review how all 12 Roman Catholic dioceses in the state handled allegations of child sexual abuse that have resulted in payouts of hundreds of millions of dollars to victims. Attorney General Xavier Becerra sent out letters to the dioceses on Thursday, Sacramento diocese spokesman Kevin Eckery told the Sacramento Bee. The letters ask diocese to voluntarily preserve documents relating to abuse allegations involving clergy, staffers and volunteers that were received from 1996 to the present. The attorney general’s office will look into whether the archdiocese properly reported the allegations under California law. The request could be the first step toward a full investigation of California dioceses, which serve an estimated 10 million worshippers. “We intend to comply with both the spirit and the letter of what they’re asking for,” Eckery said. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced it will cooperate. Both dioceses said they have taken steps to ensure that suspected sex abuse is reported to law enforcement by priests, teachers and other employees. “Even those who are not mandated reporters are reminded of the moral obligation to be aware for the signs of child abuse and to report it when there is a reasonable suspicion an abuse has occurred,” Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto said in a statement

Friday The Los Angeles archdio- accused of sexual abuse over de- torney general in December said “The Archdiocese of Los cese, which covers Santa Bar- cades. that 690 clergy members had Angeles is committed to trans- bara, Ventura and Los Angeles Last year, a grand jury re- been accused of sexual abuse, parency and has established counties, has paid a record $740 port in Pennsylvania detailed while church officials had only reporting and prevention pol- million in settlements to vic- decades of abuse and cover-up publicly identified 185. icies and programs to protect tims. In April, the archdiocese in six dioceses, alleging more “We think it’s a long time minors and support coming,” Joey Pisvictim-survivors in citelli, a board memour parishes, schools The Los Angeles archdiocese, which covers Santa ber of the Survivors and ministries,” the Network of those Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties, has archdiocese said in a Abused by Priests, or statement. told the Bee. paid a record $740 million in settlements to victims. SNAP, Last November, “We think it’s a bad Becerra asked victims idea for entities that of clerical sex abuse to submit announced an $8 million set- than 1,000 children had been have a history of covering up complaints to his office. tlement for a former Catholic abused over the years by about child abuse to report on themMany dioceses around the school student who was molest- 300 priests. Since then, federal selves, and that’s what they’ve country have been hit with law- ed by a coach. prosecutors and attorneys gen- been doing. They have not been suits and accusations that sex Several dioceses in Cali- eral in several other states have transparent in the past, and they abuse by clergy and others was fornia have released updated launched investigations. have a history of covering things ignored or swept under the rug. counts of priests who had been A report by the Illinois at- up.”

The California attorney general’s office review was praised by Joseph George, a Sacramento attorney. George told the Los Angeles Times that he has worked with abuse survivors to file with the attorney general’s office more than 100 reports of abuse involving clergy in Los Angeles, Oakland, Santa Rosa, Fresno, San Diego and Monterrey. “The hope is that the hierarchy will be held accountable and the conduct will be conveyed to the public,” he said. “They keep talking about apologies and evil and mistakes and sins. But what we’re really talking about are crimes that were made by more than just bad apples.”

Longtime Packers Assistant to Coach Los Angeles XFL Team By Steven Herbert

LOS ANGELES (CNS)— Former Green Bay Packers associate head coach Winston Moss was introduced Tuesday as the coach and general manager of the Los Angeles team in the XFL. “I want to give God all the praise,” Moss said at the late-morning news conference at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. “I’m blessed to be in L.A. I’m going to say it again. I’m blessed to be in L.A. L.A. stands for excellence. I’m going to say that again. L.A. stands for excellence. “I am so appreciative to have the opportunity to be a head coach and GM in the XFL, especially in a city where I spent four years as an NFL

player. Starting a team and a league from scratch is unique and exciting.” Team president Heather Brooks Karatz said Moss “has

The team is set to begin play in February at the 27,000-seat Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. The Packers “parted ways”

assistant head coach for six seasons. He had been the Packers’ linebackers coach from 200608 and in 2014 and inside linebackers coach from 2009-13.

“His passion for football and commitment to providing unique access to our fans makes him the ideal partner for what we’re looking to accomplish.” Heather Brooks Karatz, President of the Unnamed Los Angeles XFL Team an impressive resume as a player and coach in the NFL and is the perfect choice to lead our Los Angeles team on the field.” “His passion for football and commitment to providing unique access to our fans makes him the ideal partner for what we’re looking to accomplish.”

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Tate, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local Because of the Teamsters’ efforts, we now have 848, which represents more than 500 port truck been left with no other option but to shut down drivers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long the Wilmington operation.” Beach. The latest strike involving some NFI workIn October, the council’s Trade, Travel and ers at the port came in October 2018. NFI offiTourism Committee, which is chaired by Bus- cials said the strike occurred after an effort by caino, recommended veto of the proposed Cal the Teamsters to unionize its workers failed, Cartage permit and asked the Harbor Depart- and that only a handful of is employees at the ment to oversee warehouse took part the drafting of in the strike. “The contract will include a one that could The company avoid labor said the permit neworker retention clause to strife between gotiations were unensure that a number of former successful because the owners and workers. the Teamsters’ NFI employees will have the first of The issue of efforts to organize companies at the the Wilmington emopportunity to be rehired.” Port of Los Angeployees, though they les and the Port “overwhelmingly” LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino of Long Beach voted against unionclassifying drivers as independent contractors ization. has been a focal point of numerous strikes at The Teamsters alleged in statement that the the port in the last five years. According to the company broke numerous laws, such as threatTeamsters, workers at NFI have been involved ening and intimidating workers, casting doubt in seven of those strikes in the last three years. on the legitimacy of the union vote. Sid Brown, CEO of NFI, said in January that According to a USA Monday investigative NFI was unable to reach an agreement with the report published in June 2017, there are around city, and blamed the Teamsters. 800 companies regularly operating at the L.A. “We have been fighting, with the help of our ports, and almost all of them turned to some employees, for the past four months to negoti- form of a lease-to-own trucking model after ate a deal to keep the facility open long-term,” California banned older trucks from entering he said. “This is not the outcome we wanted. the ports in 2008.

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attractive women as sales rep- cancer patients in severe pain. gave a lap dance at a Chicago resentatives. The bribes were paid in the nightclub to a doctor whom The case threw a spotlight form of fees for sham speaking Insys was pushing to write on the federal government’s ef- engagements that were billed more prescriptions. Lee’s lawforts to go after those it views as educational opportunities yer said she will challenge the as responsible for fueling the for other doctors. verdict. nation’s deadly opioid crisis. The charges carry up to 20 Jurors also watched the Opioid overdoses claimed years in prison. rap video meant to motivate nearly 400,000 lives in the “We will continue the fight sales reps to push doctors to U.S. between 1999 and 2017, to clear Dr. Kapoor’s name,” prescribe higher doses of the according to the drug. Centers for DisThe compaJurors also watched the rap ease Control and ny’s former CEO, Prevention. An esBabich, video meant to motivate sales Michael timated 2 million pleaded guilty and people are addict- reps to push doctors to prescribe testified against ed to the drugs, his colleagues. He higher doses of the drug. which include said Insys recruitboth prescription ed sales reps who painkillers such as were “easy on the OxyContin and illegal drugs defense attorney Beth Wilkin- eyes” because doctors didn’t such as heroin. son said in a statement. She want an “unattractive person Kapoor and the others were said the long deliberations to walk in their door.” accused of bribing doctors to prove it was “far from an openKapoor’s attorney sought boost sales of Subsys and mis- and-shut case.” to shift the blame onto the leading insurers in order to A former sales representa- company’s former vice presiget payment approved for the tive testified that regional sales dent of sales, Alec Burlakoff, costly drug, which is meant for manager Sunrise Lee once who also pleaded guilty.

with Moss on Dec. 4, two days after the firing of coach Mike McCarthy hours after a 20-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals dropped their record to 4-7-1. “I have serve(d) the Packers with all my heart and soul,” Moss tweeted that day. “I’ve given it my all. No regrets!” Moss had been Green Bay’s associate head coach/linebackers coach since 2015 after being

Moss coached Team Irvin in its 49-27 victory over Team Rice in the Pro Bowl in 2016 after Mike McCarthy declined to travel to Hawaii due to illness. Moss began his coaching career in 1998 as a defensive quality control coach with the Seattle Seahawks, after ending his 11-season playing career with the Seahawks in 1997. Moss was a defensive assistant and quality control coach with the New Orleans Saints in 2000

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concern and fear opened fire on through a large the family with a “Colbert city. shotgun. R o d r i g u e z continued his Colbert was called the shootarrested about ing a “coward- travels to find three weeks afly act of terror,” ter the killings “the most telling the defenby Los Angeles dant, “You are a innocent of police on suspicoward.” cion of driving victims” and a stolen vehicle The defendant snapped to cause terror, and a DNA swab back at the judge, was obtained, ulcalling him a timately linking grief and coward. him to the killsorrow to a ings. The Los Angeles County The survivyoung District Attoring victim told ney’s Office optfamily and investigators that ed not to seek a man walked up concern and to his longtime the death penalty against Colbert, fear through a girlfriend and but Deputy Distheir daughter trict Attorney large city.” and suddenly— Cynthia Barnes without provoSuperior Court cation—opened described him as “the worst, most fire, then ran off. Judge Jesse I. vile monster He said he did I’ve ever come Rodriguez during not recognize across,” calling original sentencing. the man, nor him a “pox” on did anyone else the Earth. in the neighborIn a sentencing mem- hood. orandum, the prosecutor Colbert spent time in a wrote that the attack was state mental hospital after “without any provocation.” being found incompetent Mancera and her daugh- to stand trial, but criminal ter were gunned down near proceedings were reinstated Ninth Street and Locust Av- after authorities determined enue as the family was re- that his mental competency turning home from grocery had been restored. He acted shopping. Authorities said as his own attorney during he hid behind a sign and the trial.

and their linebackers coach from 2000-2005. Moss was chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1987 NFL Draft after lettering four years at the University of Miami, where he was a member of the Hurricanes’ first national championship team in 1983. Moss played with the Buccaneers from 1987-90, the Los Angeles Raiders from 1991-94, leading them in tackles in 1993, and Seattle from 1995-97. Professional wrestling magnate Vince McMahon announced the formation of the XFL on Jan. 25, 2018, saying he would personally finance the league. This is McMahon’s second attempt at starting a pro football league. The original XFL folded after its inaugural season in 2001 after heavier than expected financial losses and disappointing television ratings. The Coliseum- based Los Angeles Xtreme won the league’s championship.

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increasing. Health officials say about 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017. Nearly 48,000 involved at least one type of opioid. About 28,000 deaths involved fentanyl or some other kind of synthetic opioid, 15,500 involved heroin, and 14,500 involved prescription opioid painkillers. Just under 14,000 involved cocaine, according to the new report.

70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017. Nearly 48,000 involved [an] opioid. Ohio was the state with highest cocaine death rate, but the largest relative increases were seen in Wisconsin and Maryland. The new report goes through 2017, the last year for which complete statistics are available. Some preliminary data from CDC suggests that deaths from cocaine continued to rise early in 2018 but may have leveled off last summer. However, “this is provisional data and this may not reflect what we see when we get the final data” for 2018, cautioned one of the CDC other authors, Mbabazi Kariisa.

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LEGALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN (LCAP) AND THE BUDGET OF COMPTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY The Governing Board of Compton Unified School District will hold public hearings on the LCAP and the BUDGET OF THE DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2020, PRIOR TO Final Adoption as required by Education Code Section 42103 and 52062. The public hearings will be held at Compton Unified School District Education Center, 501 South Santa Fe Ave., Compton, CA 90221 on May 22, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend this meeting. The proposed LCAP and Budget will be on file and available for public inspection should members of the public wish to review the LCAP and Budget prior to the public hearings, at the following location(s): Compton Unified School District, Fiscal Services Dept., Ed Services, and website at: www.compton. k12.ca.us from May 17, 2019 to: May 21, 2019 during the hours of 8:00 AM to: 4:30 PM. Debra Duardo, M.S.W., Ed.D. Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools 5/8/19 CNS-3238414# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:75329 AdId:25122 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FRED W. SPOONER CASE NO. 19STPB02654 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of FRED W. SPOONER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NATHANIEL WILLIS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NATHANIEL WILLIS 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: 05/31/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and

legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

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: KELLI C STANFORD ESQ SBN 201882

Attorney for Petitioner

LAW OFFICES OF

JAMES A. DIAMOND

KELLI C STANFORD

SBN 118484

319 EAST HILLCREST BLVD

DAVIDSON RUSS & DIAMOND

INGLEWOOD CA 90301

1875 W REDONDO BEACH BLVD. SUITE 301

CN959740 ROBERTS Apr 24, May 1,8, 2019

GARDENA CA 90247

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4/24, 5/1, 5/8/19 CNS-3246124# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:75563 AdId:25202 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GWENDOLYN ROBERTS aka GWENDOLYN R. ROBERTS Case No. 19STPB03704 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GWENDOLYN ROBERTS aka GWENDOLYN R. ROBERTS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Roslyn R. Roberts in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Roslyn R. Roberts be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 20, 2019 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept

-----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006538904 Title Order No.: 170009727 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 10/11/2006. 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 10/20/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2332429 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: SAMUEL A. ADELEYE, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS 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: 06/03/2019 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: 5315 WEST GOLDENWOOD DRIVE, INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90302 APN#: 4102-015031 PARCEL 1: LOTS 31 OF TRACT 29424, IN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1005, PAGES 32 THROUGH 35 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS, AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES LYING BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND, BUT WITH NO RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY AS PROVIDED IN DEEDS OF RECORD. PARCEL 2: A NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENT APPURTENANT TO SUCH LOT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS, ACCESS, USE AND ENJOYMENT TO THE COMMON AREA WITHIN THE PROJECT AS DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS RECORDED ON THE PROJECT, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREIN. 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 $808,478.92. 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 00000006538904. 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 714-7302727 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: 04/24/2019 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-4691891 05/08/2019, 05/15/2019, 05/22/2019 SchId:75630 AdId:25227 CustId:64 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GRACE LUCIEL DUNCAN CASE NO. 19STPB03596 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of GRACE LUCIEL DUNCAN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JULIUS DUNCAN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JULIUS DUNCAN be appointed as personal repre-

sentative 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: 05/17/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner KENNETH GUAGH, ESQ. SBN 140695 LAW OFFICE OF KENNETH GAUGH

Compton Community Development Department at (310) 6055532, Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Richard Rojas, Director Community Development Department Publish: May 1, 2019 and May 8, 2019 SchId:75638 AdId:25230 CustId:314 -----------IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING, JUVENILE DEPARTMENT IN RE THE DEPENDENCY OF: OSSI TIYMAR WATSON DOB: 11/14/2015 TOMIYA LEE SHAVERS DOB: 8/30/2009 NO: 18-7-02918-8 KNT 18-7-02919-6 KNT NOTICE OF HEARING TO: * Randy Lamar Watson a/k/a Randy Lamar WatsonHicks, Father of Ossi; Tommie Lee Pitts III, Father of Tomiya., and/or anyone claiming parental/paternal rights or interest in the children and to All Whom It May Concern: On November 2, 2018, a petition for Termination was filed in the above entitled Court, pursuant to RCW 13.34.080 and/or RCW 26.33.310 regarding the above named children, whose parents are Tiya Cherie Anderson a/k/a Hester and *. [FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL 253-372-5738, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.] Said Petition will be heard on June 3, 2019, at the hour of 8:15 a.m., at King County Superior Court, Juvenile Department, 401 4th Ave North, Kent, WA 98032, before a judge of the above entitled court, at which time you are directed to appear and answer the said petition or the petition will be granted and action will be taken by the court such as shall appear to be for the welfare of the said children. Dated April 24, 2019. BARBARA MINER

1963 CARSON STREET

KING COUNTY

TORRANCE CA 90501

SUPERIOR COURT CLERK

5/1, 5/8, 5/15/19

BY: AMD, Deputy Clerk

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5/1, 5/8, 5/15/19

THE COMPTON BULLETIN

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THE COMPTON BULLETIN

-----------CITY OF COMPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONE TEXT AMENDMENT NO. 18-02 Pursuant to Section 65090 of the California Government Code, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Planning Commission of the City of Compton, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Compton City Hall Council Chambers, to consider a request of Electric Guard Dog LLC. to modify the zoning ordinance to allow electrified fencing in commercial and manufacturing/industrial zones within the City of Compton. The Council Chambers is located at 205 S. Willowbrook Ave., Compton, CA 90220. If you have comments concerning the proposed zone text amendment, please submit the comments in writing, to Richard Rojas, Director, Community Development Department, Planning Division, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220. Comments are due by 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, 2019. If you have any questions, you may call the City of

SchId:75665 AdId:25239 CustId:61 -----------T.S. No.: NR-51385-CA APN:6181-022-006 U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE Recorded in accordance with 12 USCA 3764 (c) WHEREAS, on 7/13/2009, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Justine Early, an unmarried woman as to fee title as trustor in favor of Financial Freedom Acquisition LLC, a Subsidiary of Onewest Bank, FSB as beneficiary, and Chicago Title Company, CA as trustee, and was recorded on 7/21/2009, as Instrument No. 20091097260, in Book XX, Page XX, in the Office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California; and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an Assignment of Deed of Trust dated 10/21/2013, recorded on

BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019

LEGALS 11/6/2013 , as instrument number 20131576305, book XX, page XX, in the Office of the County Recorder, Los Angeles County, California; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that the payment due on 3/6/2019, was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of 4/26/2019 is $401,742.64; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et.seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of Nationwide Reconveyance, LLC as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on 4/20/2017 as instrument number 20170435190, book XX, page XX notice is hereby given that on 5/30/2019 at 11:00 AM local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: Legal Description: LOT 6 IN BLOCK “A” OF TRACT NO. 6307, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 67 PAGES 33 AND 34 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SID COUNTY. Commonly known as: 15602 South Butler Avenue, Compton, CA 90221 The sale will be held at BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid an estimate of $ 401,742.64. There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale. When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling $40,174.26 [10% of the Secretary’s bid] in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. Each oral bid need not be accompanied by a deposit. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $40,174.26 must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable . The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits , must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the high bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyancing fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale , the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of a certified or cashier ‘s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD Field Office representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The commissioner may , at the direction of the HUD field office Representative, offer the Property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant. The amount that must be paid if the Mot1gage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $401,742.64, as of 5/29/2019, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary outofpocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement. Date: 4/26/2019 Nationwide Reconveyance, LLC U.S Dept. of HUD Foreclosure Commissioner 5677 Oberlin Drive, Suite 210 San Diego, California 92121 (858)201-3590 Fax (844)252-6972 By: Rhonda Rorie (05/08/19, 05/15/19, 05/22/19 TS# NR-51385-ca SDI14863)SchId:75685 AdId:25246 CustId:645 -----------T.S. No. 18-54097 APN: 7301-026-002 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/15/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 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: TIMOTHY SMITH AND MICHELLE R SMITH, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 12/23/2004, as Instrument No. 04 3324795, The subject Deed of Trust was modified by Loan Modification Agreement recorded as Instrument 20131591655 and recorded on 11/7/2013, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:6/6/2019 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: $335,725.23 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1500 SOUTH AVENUE

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COMPTON, California 90221 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust. A.P.N #.: 7301-026-002 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 18-54097. 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: 4/26/2019 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee

any attempt to collect such obligation. EPP 28810 Pub Dates 05/08, 05/15, 05/22/2019 SchId:75688 AdId:25247 CustId:108 -----------NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARY EFFIE BOUDREAUX CASE NO. 17STPB11132 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of MARY EFFIE BOUDREAUX. AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by OLIVIA BOUDREAUX, RODNEY J. BOUDREAUX II in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that OLIVIA BOUDREAUX, RODNEY J. BOUDREAUX II be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE AMENDED 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: 06/10/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of AURORA GONZALEZ. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICARDO GONZALEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICARDO GONZALEZ 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: 05/28/19 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner PAUL HORN ESQ. - SBN 243227 PAUL HORN LAW GROUP, PC 11404 SOUTH STREET CERRITOS CA 90703 5/8, 5/15, 5/22/19

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__________ Michael Busby, Trustee Sale Officer This office is enforcing a security interest of your creditor. To the extent that your obligation has been discharged by a bankruptcy court or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy, this notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a demand for payment or

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5/8, 5/15, 5/22/19 CNS-3249192# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:75706 AdId:25254 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: AURORA GONZALEZ CASE NO. 19STPB03910

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T.S. No.: 190121025 Notice Of Trustee’s Sale Loan No.: 082818b Order No. 95521430 APN: 6151-014-009 You Are In Default Under A Deed Of Trust Dated 8/28/2018. Unless You Take Action To Protect Your Property, It May Be Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need An Explanation Of The Nature Of The 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, cashier’s check drawn by

a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, 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: Gabriel Ocampo, Trustee of the M & G Trust Duly Appointed Trustee: Total Lender Solutions, Inc. Recorded 8/30/2018 as Instrument No. 20180879976 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 5/29/2019 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $281,254.70 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 513 West Elm Street Compton, CA 90220 A.P.N.: 6151-014-009 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 (877) 440-4460 or visit this Internet Web site www. mkconsultantsinc.com, using the file number assigned to this case 190121025. 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: 4/24/2019 Total Lender Solutions, Inc. 10951 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 2F San Diego, CA 92121 Phone: 866-5353736 Sale Line: (877) 440-4460 By: /s/ Chelcey Romeril, Trustee Sale Officer SchId:75761 AdId:25272 CustId:621

BULLETIN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019

ENTERTAINMENT

3 Black Women Win Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America By Mark Kennedy

Remembering the Legacy of

Director John Singleton

By Lauren Victoria Burke

ike a meteor, John Singleton, the youngest-ever Best Director nominee in the history of the Academy Awards, died on April 29 after a stroke. He was 51. “An inspiration to us all. John Singleton, you will be greatly missed,” the Academy of Arts and Sciences said in a statement on April 29. At age 24, Singleton became the youngSingleton launched the acting careers of est African American—and youngest person several young African Americans on his way ever—to be nominated for an Oscar. Nom- to notoriety. inated for Best Director for his 1991 film, They included Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, ‘Boyz N the Hood,’ which was also nominated Cuba Gooding, Regina King, Janet Jackson, for Best Original Screenplay. The film would Taraji P. Henson, and Tyrese Gibson. become a staple and a right of passage moSingleton’s breakout film, ‘Boyz N the ment in the African American community. Hood,’ relayed a story that covered the ter“Time and ritory of drugs, time again, John working class “John forced our country to drew upon his Black families unique life exand gun vioreckon with the ills of our periences as a lence that many troubled history with the South Los Anat the time were geles native to not ready for. issue of race in ‘Rosewood.’” skillfully showSingleton’s work case the Afrihighlighted a Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-CA) can American jarring statistic: experience in One out of evhis highly acclaimed roster of films, which ery twenty-one Black American males will be include ‘Higher Learning,’ ‘Poetic Justice,’ and murdered. ‘Baby Boy.’ John forced our country to reckon Currently, homicide remains the leading with the ills of our troubled history with the cause of death for Black males between the issue of race in ‘Rosewood,’” wrote Rep. Max- ages of 15 through 34. And, according to reine Waters (D-Calif.) who was also a personal search published in the Annals of Internal friend of Singleton. Medicine in 2018, “Between 2008 and 2016, “He brought new awareness to the realities Black men were more likely to die by guns in and pain our community faced at the height homicides.” of the crack cocaine epidemic with his latest Singleton is survived by his mother, SheiFX television series ‘Snowfall.’ la Ward, his father, Danny Singleton and his All the while, John paved the way for fu- children Justice, Maasai, Hadar, Cleopatra, ture African American directors and film- Selenesol, Isis, and Seven. Lauren Victoria makers, and created opportunities for scores Burke is an independent journalist and writer of young African American actors,” she added for NNPA as well as a political analyst.

EW YORK (AP)—When Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA crown, it marked more than a personal triumph: It meant that for the first time, three Black women are the reigning Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America. The North Carolina lawyer completed the historic triple Thursday with pageant winners 2019 Miss America Nia Franklin and recently crowned 2019 Miss Teen USA Kaliegh Garris. “The three young women who have focused their energy on demonstrating how standards of Black beauty speak for American standards of beauty are to be commended,” said Thomas DeFrantz, a professor in the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University. “These three standard-bearers prove that Black beauty is at the heart of a 21st century American ideal,” he added. Franklin, from New York, won her title in September in Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the first woman also to win the Miss America crown without having to don a swimsuit. Garris, from New Haven, Connecticut, won her crown in April, and hopes to become a trauma nurse. Kryst, a former Division I athlete and attorney at Poyner Spruill LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina, won her crown in Reno, Nevada. She holds an MBA from Wake Forest University. “Mine is the first generation to have that forward-looking mindset that has inclusivity, diversity, strength and empowered women. I’m looking forward to continued progress in my generation,” said Kryst, after accepting her crown. She now advances to the Miss Universe competition. The oldest of the three is the Miss America pageant, which began in 1921 but women of color were barred from participating until the 1940s by a rule that said contestants must be of “the white race.” Frustration led to the creation of Miss Black America contest. In 1970, Cheryl Browne became the first Black woman to participate in the Miss America pageant. Since then, more than a dozen Black women have been named either Miss America or Miss USA, including actress Vanessa Williams, the first-ever Black Miss America in 1983. The Miss USA contest was created in 1952 and crowned the first African American contestant—Carole Anne-Marie Gist—in 1990. A year later, Janel Bishop won the Miss Teen USA title, becoming the first African American winner.

Peabo Bryson Recovering After Heart Attack, Cancels Concerts NEW YORK (AP)—A representative for R&B singer Peabo Bryson says he is on his way to making a full recovery after suffering a mild heart attack. Bryson’s representative says Friday he is improving but has to can-

cel several planned concerts so he can rest. The statement reads, “Mr. Bryson is still listed in stable condition and is improving rapidly.” Bryson, 68, is a two-time Grammy winner known for hits such as “Beauty & the Beast” and “A Whole

New World.” His rep says his family continues to ask for privacy, “but extends their deepest gratitude and appreciation to friends and fans for the outpour of love and support expressed throughout this experience.”

‘black-ish’ Spinoff to Focus on Mixed-Race Issues LOS ANGELES (AP)—A spinoff of the ABC sitcom “black-ish” will focus on a young Rainbow Johnson and her challenges growing up in the 1980s. ABC said Thursday that the new series, titled “mixedish,” will be narrated by Tracee Ellis Ross. She stars in “black-ish” as the adult character with the nickname of Bow. In the spinoff, preteen Bow and her mixed-ethnicity family face the dilemma of assimilation or staying “true to themselves,” according to ABC. Bow and her siblings also must adapt to suburbia and a mainstream school after their parents move from a commune. Arica Himmel stars as Bow, with Tika Sumpter and Christina Anthony among the other cast members in “mixed-ish.” An airdate for the spinoff wasn’t announced. ABC also said it renewed “black-ish” for next season, its sixth.

Courtesy ABC

“Arica Himmel (center) who will play young “Bow” in upcoming TV series, “mixed-ish,” a spin-off of “black-ish.”

Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA Credit: Instagram

“Mine is the first generation to have that forward-looking mindset that has inclusivity, diversity, strength and empowered women.” Cheslie Kryst, Miss USA

Nia Franklin, Miss America Credit: Instagram

Kaliegh Garris, Miss Teen USA Credit: Instagram