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Trailblazing police Council approves fee increases chief to retire

Controller reports audit on City credit card

office at all times.” manager’s office responsibility receipts to statements; The controller also for responding to emergency interviewing of those reported that this audit situations where the timely responsible for handling conducted the controller’s provision of equipment or for of the theutility. card and making chise agreement placing toobymany upon the residents, ” Lynn

By Chris Frost office said. concerned the should supplies may be critical. purchases; interviewing CouncilAnd members opposed fees affecting resiBoone “Maybeonly someone go over Bulletin Staff Writer dents, including jump inresponsible block party perthese. ” current credit card, its the city would greatly benefit aof$50those for mits,discounts and a handicap curb fee increase to $150and for Utility companies any fee in- to COMPTON—The City Council unanimously expenditures andare exempt usage; from from access payment processing pole sign anddocumentation; installation, then a $20 charge creases a lawsuit between and the approved street work fee increases at its April 17 thoughbecause the cityofmay have had forEdison expected expenditures, reviewing annually. Residential Alhambra California bins were scheduled meeting, moving them beyond their current 1989 other credit cards in in the2011. past. payments, discounts on of refuse financial policies; and “The utility company had a franchise agreeto increase from $5 and $40 for small and large levels.

She stated that the card travel expenses and other cost confirmation with the ment, and the city adopted an ordinance concur- bins, to $25 and $75, respectively.

The city based its increase on inspection and was/is “for the purpose reductions only available on vendors. rent with the agreement,” City Attorney Craig “I am against gouging residents because of the administrative costs it traditionally did not of attending meetings, credit card purchases.”

The audit, Janna requested Cornwell said. “The court city’s negligence,” Councilwoman Zurita. found that interfering charge, then compared rates with other cities. workshops and conferences, The audit process was by council, also included condiwith the franchise agreement is unconstitutional.” “It is hard to ask for more money with the “We compared our rates with Gardenia, LynforCornwell the cityand manager’s office described

by McKay as a a question regarding the Edison representatives created nwood and Torrance,” interim Public Works Dias well asinthe elected officials review every transaction purchase» SeeofFEES, alcoholic Page 9A language the agreement that preserves the of franrector John Strickland said. and also the mayor and city since the beginning of fiscal beverages. McKay said that council. year 2014 (155 transactions); they “checked with vendors “It also gave the city the matching of available if beverages were purchased on the evenings that food was purchased for council meetings, and no beverages were purchased in any of the receipts we reviewed— according to the Compton Damage estimates were no alcoholic beverages, no

By Cat Keniston Two adjacent vacant Fire Department. The first not immediately available. beverages of any type were Fire officials allowed a purchased with this credit homes in Compton were fire was extinguished in damaged early Thursday about 30 minutes, and the drone to fly over the scene card.” She also stated that on this morning’s calling the places who had by non-injury fires that second fire was doused in during officials said were considered about 45 minutes, Compton firefighting effort in order delivered food, the city was fire Battalion Chief Anthony to provide information to informed that those places “suspicious.” allow the evaluation of such made no delivery of alcohol.

Firefighters were sent Adams said.

Both fires were considered equipment by commanders to Bradfield Avenue and The controller then and under for possible future use, Adams presented pie charts of the Bales Street about 1 a.m. and “suspicious” said. again about four hours later, investigation, Adams said. card’s purchases.

In fiscal year 2014-15 the majority spending she reported was on travel, at

By Chris Frost 38%. Parks and Recreation Bulletin Staff Writer events spent 34%; education training 10%; office He went on to emphasize with someone in which the an issue off-topic.

“When the COMPTON—The content and City

By Darlene Lofgren Council ansupplies 10%; foodmoved 5%; and the importance of efficient city as a whole may not be “I hope that I can see a disrupts the meeting, Mayor, Public comments are a other step forward in the city manager search on software 3%. time when we have efficient you can ask forTuesday, that person part of each Compton City meetings. “Efficient meetings interested in.”

April 27, as Council members Willie The Yvonne fiscal Arceneaux year 2015He described the all- meetings. I’m going towards to come back Jones, within theZurita and Council regular meeting, near come by having your public Janna in16 showed as meet54% dealing with to-frequent occurrence of that,” he said decorum. If that person the top of the proceeding. At comment terviewed five candidates duringtravel a special of the cost; education/ ing. the May 2nd regular meeting, community issues; not to comments that turn into 24%;not food as 13%; Mayor Eric J.training Perrodinasdid attend the the comments took more than come up to that microphone spontaneous discussions “and office supplies as 8%; and » See COMMENTS, Pg 2 meeting because of a conflict involving current half the session, as is often the and start having a dialogue we go to several minutes on interim City Manager Bryan Batiste ammunition as 1%.and Councase, and this particular time cilwoman Janna Zurita.

Not yet concluded, were especially fraught with Batiste took over for former City the fiscal year interim of 2016-17 criticism and name calling.

Manager Lamontspending, Ewell on Jan. 25. so far, is 86% on That is not unusual, but the “City Managerfood Bryan($3,895.22); Batiste wrote13% a memo on quantity was excessive and to City Attorney Craig Cornwell requesting that Bulletin photos by Chris Frost signature stamps; and 1% on the content harsh.

Councilperson Zurita recuse herself from the inTheBefore Sibrie Park Braves practice throwing skills on Saturday, April 29. florists. comments were terview process,” Perrodin said in a written state“As with until any audit,” stated concluded, City Attorney ment. “I will not participate the Council Controller McKay, “there are receives a written opinion from Cornwell about Craig Cornwell made a findings and then there are the disagreement. ” statement: recommendations.”

Zurita said Batiste is only holding the position “One thing the City of until the Council finds permanent Sheareported thatcity in manfiscal Compton has is passion,” ager. year 2014-15 all 41 receipts he began, “and that passion “The accusations everyone is making werethat missing; in 2015, 44 (of comes out at several points have no validity over to them, and themissing; Council and will 70) were during the meeting, but continue searching for a qualified candidate, in 2016, 4 were missing—” particularly in audience she said. “He knew going in this was only temnone under the current city comments.” porary.” administration He went on to remind all Cornwell said manager’s he cannot make Zurita recuse (Cecil Rhambo). herself. that the point of the meetings There has werethetwo “Every Council member rightmissing to paris “primarily to conduct the statements 2014; and again ticipate in properly noticed in City Council matBy Chris Frost city’s business. ters,” he said. “According Bulletin Staff Writer to the charter, that the city in 2015. She explained the “As it goes to your speech, manager serves at the will of the Council and payments made at that time you cannot disturb, distract nothing short of were a legally defined inCOMPTON—The Sibrie Park Braves are continuing their based on conflict the pastofdue or impeded the proceedings. terest, a situation that precludes the member 2011 success in 2012 as the team has won four of its first five amounts, not the statements.

So when the mayor gets into from attending, or a She belief theinformed he or shecouncil cannot games. then a back and forth from the be open-minded exists, complying with Mr. The squad collected a forfeit on Saturday, April 28, as their that fees paid were $78 in audience that is outside The Batiste’s wishes has nolate legal support. ” opponents, the Blue Jays, did not show up for the game.

2014; $39 in 2015; and zero in Brown Act...

Zurita said she will not step away from the inFormer San Francisco Giant and current Assistant Coach the current fiscalfor year of 2016.

“You want to speak terviews, and thanked Cornwell addressing Jesse Brew led the team through a spirited practice and There was also a delinquency the issue. praised the team’s fast start. and you get the proceeding charge in 2014asked of $90.70.

Councilwoman “They have surprised me so far, ” he said.

“I am especially Arceneaux Cornwell officer—mayor, mayor proCorrective actions put in pleased by our play at shortstop and pitcher. ” for a written legal opinion directed to Council tem—get their approval to Brew coaches the defensive members, and he said he will prepare one. portion of the game and sticks place the past week, she said, speak.

Public comments on the selection process fato the fundamentals. were that payment would “One person speaks at a vored Batiste. be made “only with detailed “You keep your hands in front, step and aim at the chest of time. But there’s a larger issue “The man doesreceipts” a good job, ” resident Carolyn the person you are throwing to,” he said. “We have sound and no statement at work right now; we have Stokes said. “If you fire Batiste all of youdetailed have to fundamentals, but I know the team can do better.” paid “without meetings that go on for five deal with me. Not just one of you, all of you.”

One of the cornerstones of team success is positive attireceipts ifattached.”

And that hours, six hours a week.

She asked the Council they understood her tudes, Brew said, and he deals with problems immediately. payment would be made “And I was just speaking twice, and Arceneaux acknowledged her.

“I am not a babysitter and do not tolerate hardheads,” he Courtesy photo “for Cervantes current charges onlyconon said. “This is serious, Resident Lorraine expressed I am teaching them about baseball. ” earlier that we do not have Michelle Edgar, founder of Music Unites, inspired Kellyand Elementary students to love music, by bringing top statement.” cern about the publicity the meeting received.

The team is turning the corner offensively, Brew said, bea process to digest that producers and songwriters in to interact with them.

McKay Council “You guys kept this meeting told quiet,” she said. cause of diligent, hard work. information. We have 30 “That is why no one here tonight, it is not batting cage,artists, but live pitching imthatis“we’re in theand process of Johan Carlsson, Rickard “They musicstarted fromin the their top to use Garage Band to begin making minute sitcoms, we have on television.” updating financial policies the hitters’ timing,” he said.

“We play small ball (scorGoransson, Savan Kotecha and Ilya proves discussing their personal experiences music. one hour drama shows, City Clerk Alita Godwin Zurita both rerunsteaching with singles and doubles instead runs). Ifthen had the opportunity and will and have them in were the featured producers and ing and students how to beginof homeStudents we have two hour moves; sponded, and said the and meeting noticesure metthat the they stay focused, those ground ball hits will turn into line place making songwriters in attendance. a musical career. At the end of the to share their music with the we don’t have a system to The Park of aspent forfeit on They theSaturday, day sharing session, students were taught »how producers. digest sixSibrie hours, fiveBraves hours take of advantage See BRAVES, Page 5A » See MANAGER, Page 9A April 28, and hold an additional practice. information.”

By Darlene Lofgren A presentation was made at the regular Compton Council meeting on The proposedCity resolution adds an additional May 2nd $140,000 to the general fund.by City Controller “The city has Nita been McKay subsidizing or covering in regard to an street permit issuance and administration internal audit on the costs, city’s” interim Public Works creditDirector card. John Strickland said. “The present feeMcKay schedule explained does not address that many types of street work permits issued and under the authority ofad-a ministered.” resolution, the increases city manager’s Public comments about the drew officehoping appliedfor forincreased the American praise from residents revExpress card in September enue, but the group stood against raising fees affecting residents. 2014 and was granted the card with a be limit of 50,000 “I know there should increases, but dollars. you are She said “the card holder is the city manager, and the card secured in the city manager’s

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Council Two homes damaged in Compton fire interviews candidates for city manager

City Attorney Cornwell addresses limits on public comments

Top musicians pay visit to Kelly Elementary

Braves enjoy early-season success

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News Court date set for Compton man charged with heroin smuggling

By Staff Reports Two men are expected to face a federal judge on June 8 on charges of attempting to smuggle heroin worth nearly $500,000 on commercial flights leaving Los Angeles International Airport.

Cristian Santos, 21, of Compton, was arrested Tuesday at LAX by special agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration after boarding a Delta Airlines flight, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

DEA agents also arrested Joel Aron, 18, of Tijuana, Mexico, after he boarded a Hawaiian Airlines flight at LAX on the same day.

The suspects—charged in separate federal criminal complaints filed Tuesday in Los Angeles—apparently do not know each other.

Prosecutors allege that

narcotics were discovered in Santos’ luggage after he checked in for an Indianapolisbound flight. After seeing something suspicious in one of the bags during an image scan, Transportation Security Administration officers inspected the bag, and discovered an item that resembled a flattened pillow wrapped with black electrical tape, concealed inside the inner layer of the luggage, the complaint alleges.

After a TSA bomb detection officer determined that the package inside the bag was not an explosive, the parcel was found to contain a substance resembling brown tar, later determined to be heroin with a street value of $250,000, prosecutors contend.

Los Angeles Airport Police located Santos on his Delta

Airlines flight, and escorted him off the airplane. During a subsequent interview, Santos admitted that the luggage belonged to him, and that he was working as a courier in exchange for cash, prosecutors allege.

Narcotics were also allegedly discovered in Aron’s luggage after he checked in for a flight bound for Honolulu.

After seeing something suspicious in one of the bags during an image scan, the TSA team discovered a “mass” at the bottom of the bag which was later determined to be heroin with a street value in Hawaii of $225,000, the complaint alleges.

Airport police located Aron on his Hawaiian Airlines flight, and escorted him off the plane. During a subsequent interview, Aron allegedly admitted to DEA

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special agents that the luggage belonged to him, and that this was the fourth time he had acted as a courier.

According to the complaint, Aron admitted that, each time he acted as a courier, he would cross the border from Mexico into the United States, and take a Greyhound bus to Los Angeles.

Once in Los Angeles, Aron would receive a bag, and fly to Hawaii to deliver the bag to an unidentified male.

According to the complaint, Aron would receive $3,000 for each trip.

Santos and Aron were each charged with one federal count of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, a felony which carries a possible maximum of 20 years in federal prison.

“As it goes to your speech, you cannot disturb, distract or impede the proceedings. ... You want to speak and you get the proceeding officer—mayor, mayor pro-tem— get their approval to speak.”

Man ordered to stand trial for reality show star’s killing

By Staff Reports A Lennox man was ordered Tuesday to stand trial for the murder of a registered nurse and former reality show contestant whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in his back yard late last year.

Jackie Jerome Rogers, 34, is charged in the Dec. 18 hammer beating death of Lisa Marie Naegle, who was a contestant on the E! Entertainment Television series “Bridalplasty” in 2010.

Rogers allegedly told police where to look for

the 36-year-old San Pedro woman’s body, and was arrested Dec. 20, the day her body was found in his back yard in the 5000 block of West 106th Street.

Naegle went missing after leaving a party early on the morning of Dec. 18 at Alpine

Crossword ACROSS 1. Bluffer’s game 6. R&R spot 9. “For” in Spanish 13. Nimble 14. Not square?

15. South Korean port 16. “Superman” Christopher 17. Turkish military leader 18. 1960s abstractionism 19. *____ eggs 21. *Small decorative appetizer sandwiches 23. Questionnaire check box 24. Insubstantial 25. Tank filler 28. Willy Wonka mastermind 30. #4 Down hometown 35. Building extensions 37. Charles Manson’s home 39. Eucharist plate 40. Strip of wood 41. Batu Khan’s people 43. *Chicken Satay is popular app in this eatery type 44. Separate head from body 46. Popular symbol of extinction 47. Comme ci, comme Áa 48. *Served on a half-shell 50. *These frog limbs are a French delicacy 52. D.C. bigwig 53. Two of a kind 55. Beehive State native 57. *Indian restaurant appetizer staples 61. *Hors d’____ 65. Mojave plant 66. Tube in old TV 68. Black ____ in “Pirates of the Caribbean” 69. Papal court 70. Porridge grain 71. Broadway’s famous orphan 72. Bird feed 73. II to Romans 74. Lodged with pigs DOWN 1. Leopard or such 2. Curved molding 3. Capital of Ukraine 4. “Love Me Tender”

Village, a German restaurant in Torrance. Her family filed a missing person’s report the next day.

Rogers—a nursing student—accompanied Naegle to the party, but repeatedly told her family he did not leave the party with her.

According to Naegle’s husband, Derek Harryman, his wife called him around 2:45 a.m. Dec. 18 and said she was leaving the party but stopping to get something to eat on the way. She never came home and also failed to show up for nursing classes

—City Attorney Craig Cornwell

she taught at West Los Angeles College.

TMZ.com reported that Naegle and Rogers were romantically involved, but that she had informed him

that she had decided to break it off and stay with her husband.

Rogers—who remains jailed—is due back in court June 22 for arraignment.

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refuses, they can be asked to leave. If they refuse, the sheriff’s deputies who act as Sergeant-at-Arms for the meeting get control of the meeting.

“So that’s the situation.

At some point we’re going to have to govern ourselves.”

He spoke of an earlier comment in “Public Comment” that the youth are watching the meetings.

“I agree,” said Cornwell, “The cameras are on and sometimes the cameras play a role in some of our comments, knowing that they’re going out to the community.”

The city attorney wrapped up his statement, his

singer 5. Wound like an old movie 6. Lil’ Bow Wow’s first name 7. *Appetizer wrapped in a blanket 8. Rapidly 9. Between larva and adult 10. Rush job notation 11. Steak preference 12. *Kids’ appetizer: “____ on a Log” 15. Part with cash, reluctantly 20. Dead-on 22. Sun Tzu’s “____ of War” 24. In sum 25. Plaster of Paris on a canvas 26. Homeless cat’s home 27. Poles and Serbs, e.g.

29. *____ cheese is not a dairy cheese 31. Encouraging taps 32. Community spirit 33. Renter’s paper 34. *Blooming bulb 36. Proofreader’s mark 38. *Serve soup 42. “____ One: A Star

Wars Story” 45. Indian Ocean’s saltwater inlet 49. Swedish shag rug 51. Buddhists’ sacred mounds 54. Fancy tie 56. Black tie one 57. Cul de ____, pl.

58. A fit of shivering 59. Foal’s mother 60. “Metamorphoses” poet 61. Football great ____ Graham 62. Jasmine of “Aladdin,” e.g.

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“impromptu summary of the rules of decorum” as he called it, with: “Madam Mayor, you are in charge of the proceeding.

Mr. City Manager, I know your name came up, but as you know you don’t have a role with the proceeding. That goes to the mayor.”

He called for questions.

Councilperson Isaac Galvan referred to the earlier name-calling from ‘public comments’, and asked “did I understand you that only the mayor can stop them?”

“First of all,” said the attorney, “I said the law does not go to the content of the speech.”

“So they can say whatever

they want?” queried Galvan.

“Yes,” answered Cornwell.

“And they’ve been doing that. But no one has the right to disturb the meeting, so when the speech disturbs the meeting, it can be shut down.

“Besides that: we need to control ourselves and act accordingly. We’re here to conduct the city’s business.”

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everyone is following them.”

Councilperson Janna Zurita, speaking of the policy that any expenditure of $5,000 or more required council approval, asked if that was also true with the credit card.

“If it exceeds 5,000” said the city manager, “we’re not going to use a credit card, unless it’s an emergency.

We’re very cautious about use of the credit card.”

Zurita asked how many physical credit cards they have for that account.

“We just have one,” said the controller, “and in a secure location in the city manager’s office.”

At the conclusion of the agenda item, Zurita asked if any elected official’s signature was approved on the card.

“They are not,” said McKay.

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News Brandon Roy killed in Compton shooting

By Cat Keniston One of four men wounded in a weekend shooting in Compton was 2007 NBA rookie of the year Brandon Roy, who tried to shield children from the gunfire, according to media reports.

The 32-year-old Roy, who played for the Portland Trailblazers and briefly for the Minnesota Timberwolves, was wounded about 9:35 p.m.

Saturday outside a home— reportedly his grandmother’s residence—in the 2000 block of North Nestor Avenue, according to published reports.

The victims—the others

are 25, 26 and 31 years old—told investigators they were watching children play basketball when two male suspects approached and shots were fired, according to Deputy Lisa Jansen of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

The suspects fled the area, and the victims were transported to local hospitals for treatment of non-lifethreatening gunshot wounds, Jansen said.

There were no reports of arrests.

The Trailblazers issued a statement, saying team officials had just learned Roy, a Washington native

who played four years at the University of Washington, had been wounded.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Brandon and his family during this time,” the statement read, in part.

According to the Blazers, Roy was nicknamed “The Natural” and remains a fan favorite, having played for the team for five seasons from 2006-2011 while averaging 19 points in 321 games.

He retired in 2012 after a brief stint with the Timberwolves and is currently the head basketball coach at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle.

Students sue over suspensions for ‘likes’ on racist posts

By Sudhin Thanawala A California school district suspended a high school student after racist images that included nooses drawn around the necks of a black student and coach appeared on his social media site.

But a federal lawsuit says the district went too far when it also disciplined students who indicated they “liked” the posts on the Instagram account. The suit—filed Monday in San Francisco on behalf of four students accuses the Albany Unified School District of violating students’ free speech rights and says the district did not have the authority to suspend the students because the offensive posts were on a private account that had no connection with any official school activity or school account.

“This to me is no different than having a private drawing book and making some offensive drawings at home and sharing them with a couple of friends,” said Alan Beck, an attorney for four students who “liked” or commented on the offensive Instagram account. “Does the school have the right to ruin my life over something I was doing at my house?”

Legal experts say the lawsuit will present federal courts with another opportunity to decide how strictly schools can regulate student speech. And it raises thorny questions about whether “likes” on social media should be treated similarly to the original posts. “‘Likes’ are ambiguous in that they could be saying, ‘This is funny,’ ‘I agree with it,’ or ‘I don’t agree, but I want to

stand up for your right to say it,”’ said Eugene Volokh, who teaches free speech law at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The racist posts on an Instagram account of a student at Albany High School surfaced in March, leading to protests by students and parents. Albany is an affluent community adjacent to Berkeley, a city that prides itself on its liberalism and political correctness.

The posts also included a photo of a black person next to an ape and jokes about students’ weight and looks.

Superintendent Valerie Williams said in a statement that the district is reviewing the lawsuit, but it intends to take “appropriate action in responding to it.”

“The district takes great care to ensure that our students feel safe at school, and we are committed to providing an inclusive and respectful learning environment for all of our students,” she said.

The student who owned the account is also facing expulsion, according to his attorney, Cate Beekman. She declined to provide his name.

He has not filed a lawsuit.

The lawsuit filed Monday represents four other Albany High School students— three of them Asian, who say they were suspended after or commenting on the Instagram account or indicating they “liked” a post.

One of the students said “yep” to another comment, according to the lawsuit.

Another student commented that the account “is only targeting black people.”

The other two students “liked” a few of the images

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posted on the account.

The lawsuit claims the district brought suspended students before the student body at a “public shaming” session during which they were cursed and jeered.

At a meeting later the same day, two suspended students were injured by an angry protester, according to the suit. The four students seek unspecified damages and a court order removing the suspensions from their records.

Volokh said California does not give schools extra authority to limit speech on campus, so the students in this case could prevail under state law.

Trailblazing police chief to retire

and wonderful about Santa Monica, I

By Cat Keniston know the city and the police department Santa Monica Police Chief are well prepared for this transition,” she Jacqueline Seabrooks has announced her said. retirement, ending a 36-year career in Seabrooks began her career in 1982, law enforcement. becoming the Santa Monica Police Seabrooks’ retirement, which she Department’s first African-American announced Friday, becomes effective female patrol officer.

Sept. 30.

When she A national search became the chief will be conducted to “I am both pleased at of the Inglewood find her successor. and appreciative for Police Department An interim chief will in 2007, she was the serve while the search the opportunity to state’s first Africanis being conducted, have worked with American woman to said Santa Monica serve as police chief Public Information our community.” for a municipality, Officer Constance Farrell said.

Farrell.

Seabrooks became chief of the Santa “I am both pleased at and Monica Police Department in 2012. appreciative for the opportunity to have “Chief Seabrooks is a person of great worked with our community, those in integrity who is widely respected in the municipal administration, and the men community and nationally,” said Santa and women of the Santa Monica Police Monica Mayor Ted Winterer. “She has Department as we collectively made protected this city and upheld our values Santa Monica a safer place,” Seabrooks for three decades and for that we are said. grateful.”

“While I will miss all that is unique

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Opinion

Flipping the switch

By Marian Wright Edelman What if boosting a toddler’s brainpower was as easy as turning on a light switch? In fact, “Flip the Switch” is one of the simple activities suggested

by Vroom, an initiative that provides creative tools and materials to help families turn daily interactions with children into “brain building moments.” On one side of an electronic “flashcard” Vroom describes this idea for children between six months and two years old: “Before leaving the house today, let your child be the one to turn off the lights. Help them flip all the switches and talk about how their actions turn the lights off for darkness and on for light.” On the reverse side Vroom explains the “brainy background” behind it: “This game teaches your child about cause and effect. When one of you hits the switch, your child will observe how the lights turn off and on. Have a conversation about what is happening so they learn some new words too.”

Vroom, an initiative of the Bezos Family Foundation, is one of a number of initiatives across the country focused on empowering parents to boost early childhood brain development. The first five years of life are the time of greatest brain development.

Early nurturing interactions with caring adults form the basis of a healthy brain foundation.

The strong case for increased federal investments for quality child care and other early childhood programs is bolstered by the great local work supporting families and communities in building healthy brains during children’s earliest years of life.

Vroom is partnering with leaders in a number of cities to build early learning communities where high quality early learning environments are available for all children. In Dallas, Vroom is working with the Commit! Partnership to improve access to quality early learning opportunities and create a continuum of care to support children and families, with an ultimate goal of ensuring 80 percent of Dallas children enter kindergarten ready to learn by 2025. They are using Vroom’s “Moments Framework” to educate parents about the importance of the early years for children’s development and suggest activities they can do. For example, what do zoos, museums, laundromats and nail salons have in common? For Vroom, these are all opportunities to spread awareness about how parents can create “brain building moments” every day while they are out and about with their children. Vroom has also launched a free app so parents can receive daily developmentally appropriate activities like “Flip the Switch” on their smartphones.

A baby is born with a brain 25 percent as large as an adult brain. Researchers at the Institute for Learning and Brain Science at the University of Washington tell us that by the time she reaches her fifth birthday, her brain is already over 90 percent of the size of her mature brain. That startling period of growth in size is mirrored by the growth in neural connections needed to learn how to process information and build skills.

The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University reports that in the earliest years of a child’s life more than one million of these connections are formed

every second, with simpler connections paving the way for more complex ones. These early connections build the foundation for children’s future health, education and behavior. Every time adults respond appropriately to a young child’s calls for attention, they are helping build and strengthen neural connections and supporting the development of a strong brain foundation. The Center on the Developing Child refers to this quality parent-child communication as “serve and return” interactions and says the absence of them is a “serious threat” to a child’s development.

The idea for the Boston Basics initiative was born out of a 2011 conference hosted

by Dr. Ron Ferguson devoted to discovering what parents need to know to help eliminate skill gaps already evident at age two. An advisory committee of researchers came up with five “Basics” all parents should practice with their children to support healthy brain development: 1) Maximize Love, Manage Stress; 2) Talk, Sing, and Point; 3) Count, Group, and Compare; 4) Explore through Movement and Play; and 5) Read and Discuss Stories.

The Boston Basics Campaign, launched in January 2016, is a public-private collaboration between leaders from the Black Philanthropy Fund, the Boston Mayor’s Office, the Pediatrics Department at Boston Medical Center, WGBH Broadcasting and the Boston Children’s Museum among many other community leaders. The “basics” are being infused throughout the Boston community — engaging health care providers, places of worship, libraries and museums, barbershops, early childhood centers, and schools to ensure parents are saturated with information about how to support their child’s brain development wherever they go. Boston Basics demonstrates the potential for private organizations and government partners to come together in support of young children in a community.

The Black Philanthropy Fund was instrumental in investing time and resources to lead the campaign, which is now being expanded to a number of other cities.

Too Small to Fail, a joint initiative of the Clinton Foundation and the Opportunity Institute,

launched the excellent public awareness and action campaign “Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing,” which uses books, parent videos, text messaging, and social media to share fun and easy ways for parents and caregivers to boost their child’s early brain and vocabulary development.

There are now “Talking is Teaching Word Gap” campaigns in dozens of cities across the country.

Just as the latest research shows that investments in quality early childhood programs generate an average annual return of more than 13 percent on every dollar invested, every effort made in boosting young children’s brainpower — including the thousands of simple, fun, and free activities parents and caregivers can weave into everyday life — benefits all of us later on. These important community initiatives are essential but cannot make up for needed public investments in programs that support children’s early development.

High-quality child care and other early opportunities are out of reach for too many children and families that need them but are also critical for further strengthening

children’s early brain development. Healthy early child brain development is not a partisan issue. Congress should embrace the evidence and make the investments needed today to guarantee every baby has a strong start to ensure a strong America tomorrow.

Marian Wright Edelman

is President of the Children’s Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. For more information go to www. childrensdefense.org.

Congress still needed to defund sanctuary cities and states

By Natalia Castro President Trump’s war on sanctuary cities came to a sudden halt when a federal judge deemed the President’s executive order to defund the cities unconstitutional.

While the clearly left-leaning judge called into question the executive office’s ability to act on this issue, it is important to remember how necessary action against sanctuary cities is — in fact, now is a better time than ever for Congress to step up to the plate.

Conservatives were rightly frustrated when this week’s budget resolution did not include a defunding for sanctuary cities, something Trump has been expecting Republican support on since his own executive order. The purpose of this legislation is to defund the cities who knowingly violate federal immigration guidelines in order to provide a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants, something well within Congress’s Article I power of the purse responsibilities to the people.

The urgent need for Congressional action is clear.

In South Portland, Maine, City Council members considered a proposal which defied federal immigration law by directly forcing local police to neglect their jobs.

The Portland Press Herald explained, “the proposed amendment says South Portland police will not assist, cooperate or provide information in any federal raids, detentions or deportations of immigrants.”

Presumably that would include no longer submitting criminal records to the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database — which state and local police departments voluntarily cooperate with and assist in automatically alerting federal officials when individuals wanted for federal crimes are booked — including those wanted for violations federal immigration law.

Meanwhile, in Maryland’s most populous county, Prince George’s, the county began refusing to comply with U.S. Immigration

and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests in 2014 unless ICE procured a judicially issued warrant as opposed to the administrative warrants used by the agency.

In 2016, the county board unanimously passed a resolution calling ICE’s immigration enforcement procedures “unduly aggressive.”

While preventing local police to enforce federal laws seems to have become common in sanctuary cities, often cities take their sanctuary status a step further; not only rejecting federal immigration enforcement but hindering federal investigations as well.

In California, legislation deeming the state a sanctuary state, rather than just a city, if enacted would bar state and local law enforcement agencies from “[m]ak[ing] agency or department databases, including databases maintained for the agency or department

by private vendors, or the information therein other than information regarding an individual’s citizenship or immigration status, available to anyone or any entity for the purpose of immigration enforcement.”

Essentially, telling law enforcement officers not to utilize databases led by the FBI to locate illegal immigrants, usually after they have committed minor crimes or traffic infractions.

This legislation passed the Senate in California last month on a 27-12 vote, meaning if California does not experience repercussions for violating federal law, they could prevent the estimated three million illegal immigrants living in California’s borders alone from being tracked by FBI databases or being detained

by ICE. Clearly action must be taken against these cities, which is exactly why President Trump’s January

executive order “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States” prevented these jurisdictions from receiving federal funds. But federal judge William Orrick felt these were “means that are so coercive as to compel [states] compliance,” too coercive, he claims, to be constitutional.

Yet even when the Supreme Court handled National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) v. Sebelius, a case Orrick relied on, that was a case that centered around the Obamacare’s forced expansion of Medicaid onto states, not terms and conditions for receiving existing federal grants.

In fact, all members of the court defended Congress’s right to offer grants to states and require states to comply with certain conditions in return. In fact, this case was the first time the Court has ever found that a federal condition on a fund to states

was unconstitutionally coercive. The difference, according to the decision led by Chief Justice Roberts, is that “Congress may offer states grants and require states to comply with accompanying conditions, but states, as independent sovereigns, must have a genuine choice about whether to accept such offers.”

In South Dakota v. Dole the Supreme Court ruled that under the spending clause of the Constitution the federal government could withhold highway funds to exert control over the states. Providing clear legal precedent for Congress to deny funds, while the courts are debating Trump.

Moreover, under the 14th Amendment, each state has a duty to guarantee every citizen of the U.S. equal protection of the laws, and “The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.”

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 THE BULLETIN 5

Opinion Ghana and South Korea— A tale of two nations

By Harry Alford In 1957, Ghana was the richest nation in subSaharan Africa with a per capita income of $490. That was nearly the same as South Korea which had a per capita income of $491. By the early 1980’s Ghana’s per capita income had been reduced to $400 while South Korea’s per capita income had grown to a whopping $2,000. By 1990 South Korea’s per capita income was ten times larger than Ghana - $4,832 versus $481.

1957 is an important year as Ghana received its independence and became a self -governing nation. Kwame Nkrumah became the first

democratically elected leader.

It was economically viable with more exported cocoa than any other nation in the world. It possessed ten percent of the world’s gold.

It also exported significant amounts of diamonds, bauxite, manganese, and mahogany. Its reserves were more than $532 million. Its liquid assets were seven times larger than its long-term debt.

Under Nkrumah, Ghana squandered its riches.

Tribalism, patronage, heavy regulations, and tariffs were bad enough. However, the unabated corruption from top to bottom of government institutions encouraged the well - educated and talented workforce to migrate to

England, the Caribbean, and the United States. It was a first class “Brain Drain”.

By the time, Nkrumah was overthrown in 1986, Ghana was over $1 billion in debt and had terrible credit.

After the Nkrumah tenure, there were great challenges.

The nation went through five military coups and two weak civilian administrations. It was in shambles and had not seen much improvement until the mid-1990’s. The times have stabled but it will take serious and longterm improvement to be considered on the right path to economic empowerment.

The Republic of South Korea (established after the Korean War) was first led

Trump forces NAFTA renegotiation from bully pulpit

By Natalia Castro President Trump is utilizing a new platform to engage in foreign trade relations — Twitter. With simple tweets Trump has made it clear that the United States is completely willing to withdraw from the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) if the deal does not better suit American economic needs, now Mexico and Canada have already begun backing off and allowing Trump to renegotiate what he calls the “worst trade deal in the history of the world.”

President Trump campaigned on removing the United States from bad trade deals that harmed our manufacturing industries. On Oct. 26, 2016, he tweeted, “I will renegotiate NAFTA. If I can’t make a great deal, we’re going to tear it up. We’re going to get this economy running again,” to express the need to push Mexico and Canada to the negotiating table.

It was one of the reasons Trump swept the Rust Belt, winning Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and became President — combining conservative and union households were both dissatisfied with current U.S. economic policy towards

the world.

Fast forward to April 26, and Trump had a trial balloon floated to the Washington Post that he was ready to issue an order to begin the process of withdrawing from NAFTA — and forcing Mexico and Canada to the table was exactly what he has been able to do.

A day later on April 27, Trump took to Twitter once again to announce, “I received calls from the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Canada asking to renegotiate NAFTA rather than terminate. I agreed… subject to the fact that if we do not reach a fair deal for all, we will then terminate NAFTA. Relationships are good — deal very possible!”

Trump has directly critiqued the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico as a result of poor NAFTA negotiations, on Twitter Trump wrote, “The U.S. has a 60 billion dollar trade deficit with Mexico. It has been a one-sided deal from the beginning of NAFTA.” Trump is correct; in 2016 alone, U.S. goods were at a $63.2 billion trade deficit with Mexico and $11.2 billion with Canada, according to data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau, a relationship the Office of the U.S.

Trade Representative even admits NAFTA has fostered “by virtue of the agreement’s comprehensive, marketopening rules.” Highlighting the United States need to produce more goods domestically, a call Trump has echoed through his campaign.

Luckily, Trump’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross also defended during his confirmation hearing that the best way to stimulate the economy through trade was not to limit imports, but increase exports. He defended the Presidents stance on Mexico and Canada saying, “The president has done a wonderful job preconditioning other countries with whom we will be negotiating that change is coming.”

However, one key voice is missing in this conversation. The voice of Trump’s nomination for U.S. Trade Representative, who should be leading these negotiations. Trump’s pick Robert Lighthizer has been silent, but not because of his own choice, but because the Senate has not confirmed him yet.

Despite moving past his Senate committee hearing on March 14, the Senate has not taken a vote to the floor to confirm him, making it impossible for him to pursue his duties as U.S.

Trade Representative. And this is critical, because while Secretary Ross is focusing on expanding exports and tariff-driven trade barriers, Lighthizer could be focusing on non-tariff trade barriers such as currency devaluations.

Trump took a hard stance during the 2016 campaign on calling China a currency manipulator, but has not yet spoken out against Mexico and Canada doing the same.

Historically, world trade rules seem to neglect currency related issues, yet devaluation has an obvious effect on prices, with devaluing currencies achieving reductions in the price of exports while increasing the price of imports. Since 2002, the peso has devalued against the dollar 52 percent to $0.0533 as of this writing, and from its peak in 2011, the Canadian dollar has devalued against the dollar almost 31 percent to $0.7322.

An issue which makes it difficult for the United States to win on trade.

Emily Stewart of The Street news explains that even if Trump put a 20 percent tariff on Mexican imports, Mexico could just devalue their currency to essentially nullify Trump’s policy.

by President Syngman Rhee.

The economy was floundering until newly elected President Park Chung He. When President Park took office, the nation was very dependent on U.S. foreign aid. His plan was to build South Korean’s economy through robust exporting.

President Park realized that capitalism was the path South Korea should take. Capitalism with some benevolence of the national treasury.

According to the World Bank archives: “It was President Park’s enthusiastic and persistent encouragement of exports which primarily accounted for South Korea’s extraordinarily high GNP growth rate, averaging 10 per cent annually during much of his 18-year rule, despite the drastic reduction of US foreign aid, the oil shocks of the 1970’s various world recessions, and droughts affecting agricultural production. In doing so, President Park defied his country’s historical tradition and orthodox economic thinking. He also undermined dependency theory accepted by many scholars in the 1960s, that because less developed countries (LDCs) were dependent on the export of primary products and the import of manufactured products, they were doomed to deteriorating terms of trade, low standards of living, and educational underdevelopment.”

Park also revolutionized the educational standards of South Korea. Illiteracy fell from 80% to less than 10%.

By the end of the 1980s, 37% of South Korean students had some form of higher education.

The big problem with Ghana’s past management has been trying to make socialism a success.

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Focus on Food A Winning Comfort Combination

Almost nothing says comfort food quite like tender, slow-cooked beef and potatoes. Add in sweet honey for a twist on a timeless cold-weather classic and you’re in for a true delight. Find more honey-infused recipes at honey.com.

Beef and Potato Tzimmes

Photo courtesy of Getty Images

Recipe courtesy of the National Honey Board Servings: 6 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided 2 pounds beef, cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks 2 cups chopped onion 2 cups carrots, sliced 1-inch thick 2 teaspoons garlic salt 4 cups water, plus 3 tablespoons (optional) 2 cups potatoes, cubed 1-inch thick 2 cups sweet potatoes, cubed 1-inch thick 1/3 cup honey 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper 4 ounces dried apricots 4 ounces pitted prunes 2 tablespoons flour (optional) 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (optional) In heavy 5-quart pot over medium heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add beef and brown on all sides.

Remove beef from pan, add remaining oil, if necessary, and saute onion until tender. Return beef to pan; add carrots, garlic salt and 4 cups water to cover ingredients. Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour.

Add potatoes, sweet potatoes, honey, cinnamon and pepper; stir and return to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, 30 minutes, or until potatoes are barely cooked.

Add apricots and prunes and simmer, uncovered, 30 minutes, or until beef is tender. Liquid should be slightly thickened.

If necessary, dissolve flour in 3 tablespoons water and stir into stew; return to simmer, stirring frequently.

Sprinkle with parsley before serving, if desired.

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njoying warm comfort foods during winter months can serve as an exceptional way to defeat that icy chill. As the frost sets in and winds howl, nothing beats the comforting taste of delicious foods like Roasted Sonoma Chicken with Wild Rice and Carrot Butter, Beef and Potato Tzimmes, or Pumpkin Butterscotch Bread Pudding.

For more comfort food recipes, visit culinary.net.

Bread Pudding Pick-Me-Up

On cold winter nights, sometimes that one last bite to eat before turning in is the key to finishing your day on a happy note. A warm serving of Pumpkin Butterscotch Bread Pudding with a dollop of cool ice cream is sure to do the trick. Find more dessert options at verybestbaking.com.

Pumpkin Butterscotch Bread Pudding

Recipe courtesy of Nestlé Servings: 12 Prep time: 30 minutes Total time: 1 hour, 55 minutes 1 loaf (14 ounces) cinnamon challah bread or cinnamon brioche, cut into 3/4-inch cubes 4 large eggs 2 cans (12 ounces each) Nestlé Carnation Evaporated Lowfat 2 percent Milk 1 can (15 ounces) Libby’s 100 percent Pure Pumpkin 1 cup granulated sugar, plus 1 tablespoon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar 1 cup Nestlé Toll House Butterscotch Flavored Morsels Vanilla Dreyer’s or Edy’s Slow Churned Light Ice Cream Heat oven to 350 F. Grease 13-by9-inch baking dish.

On rimmed baking sheets, spread bread cubes in single layer. Bake, tossing occasionally, 10 minutes, or until dry.

In large bowl, beat eggs; stir in evaporated milk, pumpkin, 1 cup granulated sugar, vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and salt. Add bread; toss gently to coat. Transfer mixture into prepared baking dish; let stand 30 minutes, or until bread is thoroughly saturated.

Combine brown sugar with remaining granulated sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle morsels over bread mixture; top with brown sugar mixture.

Bake 45-55 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 30 minutes to set. Serve warm with ice cream.

Cozy Up to Comfort Foods

Creating a comfort food masterpiece like Roasted Sonoma Chicken with Wild Rice and Carrot Butter is a no-brainer when hunger hits along with chilly winter air. The dish’s warm, captivating spices will help you forget about the frosty climate around you.

But to truly keep winter winds at bay, try pairing your tasty meal with a vibrant, fruit-forward wine, such as Kenwood Vineyards Sonoma County Pinot Noir 2014. The wine works well for nearly any occasion, but it’s the perfect complement to bring out the flavors of the roasted chicken thanks to its aromas of raspberry and red currant combining with spice notes of nutmeg and vanilla, which lead to a smooth, elegant finish.

For more wine pairing tips and recipes, visit KenwoodVineyards.com.

Roasted Sonoma Chicken with Wild Rice and Carrot Butter

Recipe courtesy of chef Ari Weiswasser Serves: 4 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts 3/4 cup kosher salt, plus additional for seasoning 1/3 cup sugar 1 gallon water 1 cup carrot juice 4 tablespoons butter, diced 1 1/2 cups wild rice 3 1/3 cups chicken stock

2 3-4 2 2 4

large onions, diced tablespoons olive oil teaspoons curry spice tablespoons apple cider vinegar tablespoons sun-dried tomato, chopped finely canola oil or olive oil 1/4 cup parsley, chopped Brine chicken in 3/4 cup salt, sugar and water. Refrigerate 1 hour; pat dry and store overnight, uncovered, in fridge.

Add carrot juice to saucepan and reduce to thick consistency on high heat, 10-15 minutes. Whisk vigorously if juice separates. Whisk in butter. Set aside to cool.

In pot, cover wild rice with chicken stock. Bring to simmer and cook 45 minutes to 1 hour. Season with salt.

Heat oven to 400 F. In frying pan on medium-high heat, sweat onions in olive oil until soft. Add curry spice and toast until aromatic, 1-2 minutes. Add vinegar and salt; stir well. Fold through sun-dried tomatoes.

Place chicken skin-side up on roasting pan fitted with rack. Brush chicken with canola or olive oil and season with salt. Roast about 25-35 minutes until golden brown; internal temperature should be 165 F. Drizzle with roasting juices; add salt and chopped parsley before plating.

To plate, add carrot butter to wild rice; scoop 1/2 cup onto each dish.

Place chicken skin-side up on top of rice. Dollop with onion, curry and tomato mixture.

Pair each serving with a glass of Kenwood Vineyards Sonoma County Pinot Noir 2014.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 THE BULLETIN 7

Legal Advertising NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JAMES MARK GUZMAN Case No. 17STPB03301 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JAMES MARK GUZMAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Susan Marie Guzman in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Susan Marie Guzman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 22, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

No. 67 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: JOHN H CABALLERO ESQ SBN 105328 SCHIADA & CABALLERO 12016 TELEGRAPH RD STE 204 SANTA FE SPRINGS CA 90670 CN936714 GUZMAN Apr 26, May 3,10, 2017 SchId:67707 CustId:65

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-----------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-11465926-CT Order No.: 939887 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THE COPY PROVI DED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR (Pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code 2923.3) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/3/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial C ode and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): LARRY TATE AND DOROTHY TATE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 2/15/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0347117 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 5/18/2017 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Be-

hind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $371,053.96 The purported property address is: 15626 S VISALIA AVE, COMPTON, CA 902203339 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6139-025-020 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 sa le date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www. qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-11-465926-CT . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return o f the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 O r Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-11-465926-CT IDSPub #0125621 4/26/2017 5/3/2017 5/10/2017 SchId:67713 CustId:608

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-----------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006525844 Title Order No.: 730-1700129-70 FHA/VA/PM 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 03/29/2006. 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 04/03/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0702477 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: JOHNNY OFISA AND LINA OFISA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE:

05/26/2017.

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: 603 WEST INDIGO STREET, COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90220.

APN#: 6161-025-027. 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 $293,232.79. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-758-8052 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www. homesearch.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000006525844.

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:XOME 800-7588052 www.homesearch. com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 04/20/2017 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-4617592 04/26/2017, 05/03/2017, 05/10/2017 SchId:67722 CustId:64

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-----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSE GARCIA AKA JOSE GARCIA HERNANDEZ CASE NO. 17STPB03415 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOSE GARCIA AKA JOSE GARCIA HERNANDEZ. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CARLOS CABRERA in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CARLOS CABRERA 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.

Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/23/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

DAVIDSON, RUSS & DIAMOND

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 PAULO I. MENEZES - SBN 248864 DUARTE LLP

&

MENEZES,

17215 STUDEBAKER RD. STE 240 CERRITOS CA 90703 4/26, 5/3, 5/10/17 CNS-3003314# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:67725 CustId:61

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-----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LILLIAN DELL ALLEN CASE NO. 17STPB03173 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of LILLIAN DELL ALLEN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LEROY ALLEN, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LEROY ALLEN, JR. 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: 05/12/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner JAMES A. DIAMOND SBN 118484

1875 W. REDONDO BEACH BL. SUITE 301 GARDENA CA 90247 4/26, 5/3, 5/10/17 CNS-3003500# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:67728 CustId:61

AdId:22540

-----------------------------------TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE MATTER OF THE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CALIFORNIA HOME FINANCE AUTHORITY CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM AND PACE PROGRAM: Golden State Finance Authority (“GSFA”), formerly known as California Home Finance Authority (“CHF”) is seeking to amend the validation Judgment obtained in Sacramento County Superior Court, Case No. 34-2015-00174212, which authorized the finance or refinance for acquisition, installation and improvement of energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements affixed to or on real property and in buildings, whether the real property or buildings are privately or publicly owned and whether the real property or buildings are used for residential, commercial, industrial, or other purposes (the “Clean Energy Program”) and authorized the CHF Property Assessed Clean Energy (“PACE”) Program to include the financing of the seismic strengthening infrastructure for all types of property located in GSFA jurisdictional areas..

GSFA is now seeking to amend the validation Judgment, to include (1) Resolution No. 2016-05, (2) to amend the Program Report for the PACE program to authorize the financing of seismic strengthening improvements that are permanently fixed to residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural or other real property in California pursuant to AB 811, and (3) to authorize the levy of a special tax to finance or refinance Authorized Improvements which shall include seismic improvements pursuant to AB 2618.

Any person who wishes to challenge the amendment to the validation Judgment must provide written notice to Danielle Sakai at Best Best & Krieger LLP, 3390 University Ave., 5th Floor, Riverside, CA 92501, phone number (951) 6861450, by May 22, 2017, or appear at the hearing on May 30, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Department 54 of the Sacramento County Superior Court located at 720 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

4/26, 5/3, 5/10/17 CNS-3001545# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:67732 CustId:61

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-----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JESSIE SALDANA CASE NO. 17STPB03545 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JESSIE SALDANA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARY L. HERNANDEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARY L. HERNANDEZ 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: 05/26/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner PAUL HORN, ESQ. - SBN 243227 THE PAUL HORN LAW GROUP, PC 11404 SOUTH STREET CERRITOS CA 90703 5/3, 5/10, 5/17/17 CNS-3004900# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:67740 CustId:61

AdId:22545

-----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN WESLEY KYLE Case No. 17STPB03397 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN WESLEY KYLE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Gloria Kyle in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Gloria Kyle be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 22, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

No. 67 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: IAN NOEL ESQ SBN 183113 LAW OFFICE NOEL

OF

IAN

9800 LA CIENEGA BLVD STE 200 INGLEWOOD CA 90301 CN937006 KYLE 3,10,17, 2017 SchId:67743 CustId:65

May

AdId:22546

Unit B, Compton, CA 90221 Will be sold at public auction on: Date:

May 24, 2017

Time:

10:00 a.m.

Place: 18221 S. Susana Road, Unit B, Compton, CA 90221 Preview: of sale

8:00 until time

Description of Property: INVENTORY 10 pallets wood chair seats; 8 pallets seat backs; 15 pallets unassembled office cubicles; 2 donage stands, stnless steel tbl, 15 cases sheet straps, 2 cases Velcro tape (sm); 28 cases Velcro tape (lg), 776 cases Remedies humidifiers (6 per case), 46 Remedies cool mist humidifiers, 10 pallets wood bases, 10 desk bases, 33 fabric side chrs, 7 desks, 1 Panasonic phn brain, 4 chairs, 1 couch Terms of sale are: cash in lawful money of the United States, money order or cashier’s check, with sale going to the highest bidder in competitive bidding, the property must be paid for and removed by the purchaser at the time of sale.

Cost of advertising and sale will be paid for from the proceeds of sale.

Dated: April 28, 2017 Richard L. Seide, Esq. 901 Dove Street, Suite 120 Newport Beach, CA 926603018 Tele: (949) 474-8000 CN937196 BMSR-001 May 3,10, 2017

SchId:67752 CustId:65

AdId:22549

-----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BIRDIE L. TOWNS CASE NO. 17STPB03740 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of BIRDIE L. TOWNS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ARNESE O. TOWNSCOX in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ARNESE O. TOWNSCOX be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/31/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

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Attorney for Petitioner

NOTICE OF SALE OF

CHARLENE L. USHER, ESQ. - SBN 191559

ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and pursuant to Section 1993.07 of the California Civil Code, the property listed below believed to be abandoned by: West Intermodal Transport, Inc., a California Corporation Who last known business address was: 18221 S. Susana Road,

USHER LAW GROUP, P.C. 3200 E. GUASTI RD. #100 ONTARIO CA 91761 5/10, 5/17, 5/24/17 CNS-3007146# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:67753 CustId:61

AdId:22550

-----------------------------------NOTICE

OF

TRUST-

EE’S SALE Ref. No. 15-1157-RIGGINS Trustor and Owner/Taxpayer. MARIE RIGGINS, 8725 PENRIDGE PLACE, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN DATED 04/23/2013.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A Public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state of federal savings and loan association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, an interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. The sale will be subject to a ninety (90) day right of redemption by the current owner(s) of record. TRUSTOR: MARIE RIGGINS Duly Appointed Trustee: JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation Recorded 07/11/2013, as Instrument No. 20131021105 in of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, Date and Time of Sale: 05/30/2017 at 10:00AM. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges as of 05/30/2017: $17,459.41. Street address or other common designation of real property: 8725 PENRIDGE PLACE, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 APN #: 4025-018-230 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Delinquent Assessment and Claim of Lien plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Date: 03/20/2017 JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation 11845 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1245, Los Angeles, California 90064 (310) 4730757, JAMES GEFFNER, TRUSTEE For Sales Information Call (916) 939-0772 www.nationwideposting. com NPP0307217 To: INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE Publish Dates: 05/10/2017, 05/17/2017, 05/24/2017 SchId:67756 CustId:68

AdId:22551

-----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH YSABEL FLORES CASE NO. 17STPB03305 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOSEPH YSABEL FLORES. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KATHERINE FLORES in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KATHERINE FLORES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/07/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you

should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner DAVID M. PRICE, ESQ. SBN 120105 PRAY, PRICE, WILLIAMS & PICKING 555 E. OCEAN BLVD., SUITE 810 LONG BEACH CA 90802 5/10, 5/17, 5/24/17 CNS-3008274# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:67759 CustId:61

AdId:22552

-----------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROBERT LEE CARTER Case No. 17STPB01291 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROBERT LEE CARTER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Harriet Penny Nesbit in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Harriet Penny Nesbit be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on June 1, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: STEVEN A. ELLIS (SBN 171742) SHAUNA E. WOODS (SBN 300339) GOODWIN LLP

PROCTER,

601 S. FIGUEROA ST., 41ST FL. LOS ANGELES, CA 90017 213-426-2500 213-623-1673 FAX May 10, 17, 24, 2017 SchId:67768 CustId:687

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THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017

Spotlight on Health

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FAMILY FEATURES

older weather and cold and flu season go hand-in-hand.

While you may not be able to completely avoid getting sick, you can take some steps to protect yourself and minimize the chances of a serious illness.

The flu is a highly contagious illness that can result in hospitalization and even death. Managing your own risk of exposure to the flu not only protects you, but can help minimize the chances of passing on a potentially dangerous illness to those in higher risk groups.

Those with compromised immune systems and risk factors such as age (both the elderly and young babies and children) and other health conditions are at an elevated risk.

Know the signs.

It can be easy to confuse whether you’re fighting off symptoms of a common cold or a more serious bug like the flu. A common misconception is that the flu is defined by fever, vomiting and diarrhea. While these symptoms may be present with a case of the flu, the flu is primarily a respiratory illness. A variety of tests can help verify whether you have the flu, with varying degrees of reliability.

Unless a definite determination is required and may affect your treatment (for example, if you are pregnant and need to avoid certain medications), chances are your doctor will not administer a test and will instead treat your symptoms.

Get vaccinated.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends everyone 6 months and older get a yearly flu vaccine. Getting the vaccine early

in the season is advisable because it can take as long as two weeks to be effective. Although the vaccination may not completely eliminate your chances of contracting the flu, it can minimize the severity of symptoms and reduce the likelihood of hospitalization due to the flu.

Although the vaccine is available in both shot and nasal spray forms, the CDC recommends the shot as the preferred preventive method.

Other preventive steps.

Although it is not always practical or possible, avoiding contact with those infected with the flu virus is an important preventive measure. The flu is very contagious and is thought to be transmitted in the droplets of saliva or nasal mucus that occur from coughs and sneezes. Encouraging those who are ill to cover their mouths with their sleeves or elbows (not hands, where germs are most easily transmitted) and regularly and thoroughly washing your hands can help reduce your risk, as well.

Treating the flu.

Difficulty breathing, pain in the chest or abdomen, confusion, dizziness, severe vomiting and seizures are all indications that your illness requires immediate medical attention. Even if you aren’t experiencing these serious symptoms, you may benefit from a visit to the doctor, who can provide prescription antiviral drugs to shorten the length of your illness and help minimize the severity of symptoms. Other treatments include getting plenty of rest and preventing dehydration by drinking plenty of water or other clear fluids.

Find more cold weather tips for healthy living at eLivingToday.com.

4 Ways to Stretch Your Health Benefits

O

ften, employees enroll in medical insurance plans for protection against unpredictable events, sudden illness or serious health concerns that may result in expensive medical bills. Getting the most from your benefits requires understanding coverages and deductibles, as well as taking advantage of voluntary benefits, like dental, vision and hearing, to stay healthy and save money.

you have a high-deductible plan, you will need to pay for most or a percentage of the health costs until reaching the individual or family deductible. Be prepared to pay any copayments or deductibles the plan requires before receiving care. Also, before scheduling appointments, ask for a cost estimate for the appointment, tests or service.

Avoid surprises.

Many voluntary plans, such as dental and vision, offer preventive exams, such as routine cleanings and vision exams, that are fully covered. That’s because these preventive exams help to maintain and improve overall health and help reduce health costs. Voluntary

About 91 percent of adults in the United States are confused about what their benefits cover, according to a recent Harris poll. The best starting point is to review your plan so you understand the care and services covered. If

Preventive dental and vision.

coverage is affordable and many plans offer added incentives. For example, coverage for LASIK, dental, vision and hearing benefits can increase from one year to the next for those who continue to enroll and use their benefits.

Members could earn monetary rewards to use for dental, vision, LASIK, orthodontia and hearing benefits, care materials and services simply by using their benefits and keeping the benefits paid out under a specified amount.

Medical screenings.

Routine health screenings, such as mammograms, immunizations, colonoscopy procedures and prostate cancer screenings, which may be covered fully or in part by your medical

coverage, can help you stay healthy and lower health care costs.

Get paid to save.

Many employers encourage employees to save money by matching a percentage of the amount the employee contributes to the plan. If available, enroll in a Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account to set aside money to pay for health care costs.

Remember that these accounts are not a substitute for the coverage provided by voluntary benefits.

Learn more about the questions to ask when reviewing benefit plans at ameritasinsight.com.