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Trump Turns Over Ball, Given Chance to Criticize LBJ on His Home Court

By Jonathan Lemire

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP)—President Donald Trump insulted NBA star LeBron James from afar but passed up an opportunity to criticize him on his own turf, sticking to Democrats, the news media and other familiar targets during a campaign rally Saturday night in James’ home state of Ohio.

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hen Trump took the stage in a sweltering high school gymnasium north of Columbus, his late-night tweet deriding James’ intellect had already generated hours of online buzz in defense of the all-star from Akron who had just opened a school for at-risk children in his hometown.

Even first lady Melania Trump provided an assist to James, her spokeswoman saying it appeared to the president’s wife that James was “working to do good things on behalf of our next generation” and that Mrs. Trump would be open to visiting his “I Promise” school. The statement didn’t criticize Trump.

CNN’s Don Lemon spoke to James at the school and the interview included a negative assessment of the president, whom James said has “kind of used sports to kind of divide us.”

Just before midnight Friday, Trump tweeted: “Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon.

He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!”

Among the current and former professional athletes jumping to James’ support in support of James on Saturday was “Mike,” also known as NBA legend Michael Jordan, who said in a statement: “I support LeBron James. He’s doing an amazing job for his community.”

James’ publicist declined to respond to Trump’s tweet, but early Saturday afternoon, James retweeted a post from the “I Promise” school and said: “Let’s get it kids!! Love you guys.”

Trump rarely allows a slight to pass unanswered, but James appeared off limits by the time the president crossed the Ohio border to campaign for state Sen. Troy Balderson, the Republican in a special U.S. House election on Tuesday.

His opponent, Democrat Danny O’Connor, tweeted, “I don’t have to tell (asterisk) anyone (asterisk) what LeBron James means to Ohio.”

In remarks lasting more than an hour, Trump assailed many other critics while arguing that Republicans needed to control Congress and casting the midterms as a referendum on himself.

He defiantly questioned the idea that, historically, the party that controls the White House suffers in the midterms, declaring “but I say why?”

Ohio Gov. Josh Kasich, a Republican who at times criticizes Trump, tweeted: “Rather than criticizing @KingJames, we should be celebrating him

for his charity work and efforts North Korean leader Kim Jong to help kids.”

Un (“smart cookie”) and RusPro Football Hall of Famer sian President Vladimir Putin Shannon Sharpe tweeted Sat- (“very smart”) and has been urday: “It should be beneath known to praise himself as “a the dignity of a sitting POTUS very stable genius.” to take racist shots at D. Lemon James played for over a deand Lebron James.” cade—and in two stints—with NBA player Karl-Anthony the Cavaliers and delivered Towns wrote: “So let me get a title to the championshipthis straight: Flint, MI has starved region in 2016. dirty water still, Although but you worried he departed for “I support about an interthe Los Angeles view about a LeBron James. Lakers earlier man doing good this summer, He’s doing for education the superstar and generations very an amazing remains of kids in his popular in the hometown?”

Buckeye State, job for his Before enand Trump’s community.” attack could be tering politics, Trump frea gift for the Michael Jordan Democrat in the quently praised James and his congressional own family tried race that Trump to recruit him to the New York is weighing in on Saturday in Knicks in 2010.

Ohio.

But commenting on some“I don’t have to tell (asone’s intelligence, includ- terisk)anyone(asterisk) what ing his own, has long been LeBron James means to Ohio,” a Trump trope. He has been Democrat Danny O’Connor criticized for complimenting tweeted.

AP Photo/Phil Long LeBron James watches his daughter Zhuri at the opening ceremony for the I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, Monday, July 30, 2018. The I Promise School is supported by the The LeBron James Family Foundation and is run by the Akron Public Schools.

“The earth is not flat, and climate change is real.”

—CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra

States to Fight Trump’s Car Fuel Rules

By Brian Melley

wildfires burning out of control throughout the state. “Can someone please inform the folks at the White House and our federal government of those facts?”

Becerra also promised another lawsuit if the administration makes good on what he called “arbitrary and capricious” plans to revoke a longstanding waiver allowing California and other states to set their own stricter auto emissions standards. At least twelve other states and the District of Columbia follow California’s rules.

Officials in the Trump administration said their actions would make autos more affordable and that would make roads safer because more motorists n Car Rules, see page 8

LOS ANGELES (AP)— State prosecutors from California to Massachusetts blasted the Trump administration last week for proposing weaker auto fuel-efficiency standards they said would imperil clean air and increase greenhouse gases.

Months after they pre-emptively sued to block anticipated efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to roll back mileage regulations, Democratic attorneys general vowed to continue their fight in the courts.

“The earth is not flat, and climate change is real,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said, as he connected global warming to the deadly

New STEM Library Corner Launched at the Compton Library

Photo courtesy PBS SoCal

—See story, Page 7—

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NEWS California State University, Dominguez Hills Earns Maximum 10-Year Re-Accreditation

CARSON—California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) has had its accreditation reaffirmed for a maximum 10-year term by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior Commission for Universities and Colleges (WSCUC), the regional accrediting agency responsible for certifying higher education institutions in California, Hawaii, and the Pacific.

“Accreditation confirms CSUDH’s commitment to the highest standards of academic excellence,” said CSUDH President, Thomas A. Parham. “To receive WSCUC’s full, 10-year accreditation is further testament to the

outstanding work everyone on this campus does on a daily basis to ensure our students receive the very best academic and co-curricular experience.”

The WASC accreditation process aids institutions in developing institutional structures, processes, and resources that sustain effective educational programs.

WSCUC encourages continuous improvement and assures constituencies, including the public, that accredited institutions are fulfilling their missions. Recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, WSCUC accreditation certifies institutional eligibility for federal funding in a number of programs,

including student access to federal financial aid.

In a letter formalizing the action, WSCUC highlighted CSUDH’s approach to supporting student success and achievement, and the resulting gains in retention and graduation rates. WSCUC also commended the university for its strong sense of community among students and faculty, and its ‘pervasive entrepreneurial spirit,’ which is reflected in a strong, optimistic outlook about its future.

Former CSUDH President Willie J. Hagan received special recognition for developing a clear vision and path forward for the school.

The commission recommend-

ed that CSUDH continue to build on its efforts to strengthen assessment of evidence-based curricular and co-curricular program student outcomes, faculty hiring, and physical campus development. Overall, the school was ‘encouraged to continue its progress, particularly in respect to student learning and success.’

CSUDH’s 10-year re-accreditation from WSCUC represents a major accomplishment and completes a lengthy multi-year process that involved the review of data, processes, and outcomes across the entire university, as well as an in-depth evaluation of important university priorities.

Black Public Media Launches Third Round of its 360 Incubator+ NEW YORK—Black Public Media (BPM), the nation’s only nonprofit dedicated solely to media content about the Black experience, has issued an open call to producers for nonfiction broadcast projects (individual programs or series pilots) and scripted or nonfiction digital web series. The third round of BPM’s 360 Incubator+ will see as many as 10 teams contend for up to $150,000 in funding to help produce the pilots or funding reels of their broadcast or digital projects.

The program is designed to get quality programming and content into the pipeline and help move it to market.

“We are excited to offer the third round of the 360 Incubator+. With the success of past winning projects like My Africa Is and POPS, and the recent release of Read Awakening we hope this round brings just as many exciting new projects and talented artists to public media,” said BPM Executive Director Leslie Fields-Cruz.

The 360 Incubator+ is a competition for development funds. Participants get tailored training and mentorship in proposal development, script writing, fundraising, distribution options, outreach, and more and work to complete a pilot or funding reel, a full project proposal and a robust fundraising strategy. Producers with projects currently in the preproduction phase—on areas in BPM’s current content priorities of health in Black communities, environment, mass incarceration, LGBTQ issues and immigration—can compete in the current round.

The deadline for submissions is August 31, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Those selected to participate as fellows will be announced on Friday, November 30, 2018. To apply and for additional rules and guidelines, visit https://blackpublicmedia.org/360-incubator-fund.

COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Candidate Session CandidateInformation Information Sessions Candidates willCandidates have thewill opportunity to learn more Compton Comhave the opportunity to learnabout more the about Compton Community College District (CCCD) Boardatofan information munity CollegetheDistrict (CCCD) Board of Trustees positions Trustees session scheduled for: positions at two information sessions scheduled for:

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 and Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Wednesday, August at 6:00 p.m.22, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.

The information session is for sessions candidates vying for four open The information are for candidates vying forseats four in the November 6, 2018 election for CCCD Trustee6,Areas 1, 2, 4forand 5. Trustee open seats in the November 2018 election CCCD Areas 1, 2, 4 and 5.

This is an opportunity candidates to receive update on the CCCD and This is an for opportunity for candidates to an receive an update Compton College accreditation, the Compton on regarding the CCCD facilities, and Compton College regarding facilities,College Transiaccreditation, theand Compton College Transition Plan, Academic tion Plan, Academic Affairs, the Compton College Promise program.

Affairs, and the Compton College Promise program.

For more information, the Compton College District presiFor morecontact information, contact theCommunity Compton Community District president/CEO office at 310-900-1600, ext. dent/CEO officeCollege at 310-900-1600, ext. 2000.

2000.

www.district.compton.edu www.district.compton.edu

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NEWS National Weather Service Issues Heat Warning for LA Area

LOS ANGELES—Parts of the Southland remained under the threat of wildfire and an excessive heat warning signifying health threats went into a second day.

Former California Congressman Ron Dellums died on July 30, 2018. He was 82. Photo taken during a 2013 event celebrating Nelson Mandela’s birthday at Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, D.C.

Former Congressman Ron Dellums Dies at 82

By Stacy M. Brown

Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ron Dellums, the firebrand former Oak- as well as from Berkeley’s powerful antiland, California mayor and founding mem- Vietnam War organizations, 35-year-old ber of the Congressional Black Caucus, who Dellums was elected to Congress, where he vigorously fought on behalf of the poor and quickly emerged as one of the most radical disenfranchised, died on Monday, July 30. and o utspoken lawmakers in Washington.

Dellums, who helped shape politics in Within weeks of his election, Dellums the Bay Area for decades, reportedly died called for congressional investigations into after a long battle with prostate cancer. He alleged war crimes in Vietnam and cowas 82. founded the Congressional Black Caucus.

Tributes celebrating Dellums political Two years later he began a long campaign and civil rights activism poured in from col- to end the apartheid policies of South Africa leagues and friends. and in 1986 introduced the Comprehensive “I have known and admired Ron Del- Anti-Apartheid Act, which called for sanclums since I was a child,” former U.S. Na- tions against the nation’s government. tional Security Advisor Susan Rice said in a President Ronald Reagan vetoed the bill, statement. “He, in part, inspired my interest however his veto was overridden, marking in public service.” the first time a presidential veto of a foreign California U.S. Senator Kamala Harris policy measure was overridden by Congress also expressed her condolences. in the 20th Century.

“I’m deeply saddened by the loss of forIn 2006, he was elected as the mayor mer congressman and mayor of Oakland, of Oakland, succeeding former California Ron Dellums. His years of service to both Governor Jerry Brown. He left office in 2010. the Bay Area and California will continue to “We mourn the loss of one of the foundserve as a beacon for change and progress,” ers of the Congressional Black Caucus,” Harris tweeted. the CBC said Minnesota’s in a statement.

Within weeks of his Democratic U.S. “His work for his Rep. Keith Elliand election, Dellums called for community son said Dellums his work for the counted as a couwill be congressional investigations Caucus rageous freedom missed.” fighter. He reThe Rev. Al into alleged war crimes in membered DelSharpton called Vietnam and co-founded the Dellums a “true lums for his “inspiring example, and Congressional Black Caucus. progressive courage, humor courageous man.” and relentless “We spoke faith in our ability to make a better world.” often,” Sharpton said. “He was a brilliant Born on November 24, 1935 in Oakland, man.”

Calif., Dellums served in the United States In a statement celebrating Dellums’ legMarine Corps from 1954 to 1956 after he acy, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was denied the college scholarship he had called him “a great warrior and statesman.” sought, according to his biography at Black“The contributions that Congresspast.org. man Dellums made to our East Bay comAfter service in the Marines, Dellums, munity, the nation, and the world are too with the help of the G.I Bill and an outside innumerable to count,” Lee said in the statejob, attended San Francisco State College ment. “I feel blessed to have called Congresswhere he received a Bachelor of Arts degree man Dellums my dear friend, predecessor, in 1960. and mentor. I will miss him tremendously, He went on to earn a master’s degree in and I will hold dear to my heart the many social welfare from the University of Cali- lessons I learned from this great public serfornia at Berkeley in 1962. vant.”

After teaching at San Francisco State The statement continued: “My condoUniversity and at Berkeley, Dellums became lences are with the Dellums family, friends, a politician. and loved ones. His legacy and spirit will be He was elected to the Berkeley City forever with us.” NAACP Board Chairman Council, where he quickly became known Leon W. Russell said that, Dellums created as the spokesperson for African American space for our voices to be heard. community affairs and for his radical politi“It is said that the current generation cal beliefs. stands on the shoulders of giants; Ron was After only three years on the Berkeley a giant who blazed a path to empowerment City Council, Dellums decided to run for that we still walk on today,” Russell said.

Congress.

Dellums is survived by his wife, Cynthia With crucial campaign assistance from Dellums and his five children.

Also threatening the Southland Tuesday is unusually high heat. In effect until 8 Tuesday evening is an excessive heat warning throughout L.A. County—the San Fernando, Santa Clarita, San Gabriel and Antelope valleys, the San Gabriel and Santa Monica mountains, and coastal cities, metropolitan Los Angeles, the Downtown area, and red flag warning signifying a high risk the Hollywood Hills.

With several communities expecting tripleof wildfire because of high heat, strong digit temperatures, the NWS warned of “increased winds, low humidity and bone-dry potential for serious heat-related illnesses, espevegetation remained in force in the San cially for the young and elderly, those performing Gabriel Mountains and the forests that stretch outdoor activities, as well as those without access over them—the Angeles National Forest in L.A. to air conditioning” and an “increased potential County and Ventura County’s Los Padres Nafor power outages. tional Forest—and the Santa Clarita Valley. It “Take extra precautions if you work or went into effect Monday and was scheduled to spend time outside,” urged an expire at 9 Tuesday evening. , s NWS statement. “If possible, r ccu There was no red o n o i t strenuous activii flag warning in effect le reschedule re ign b fi a f r I o ties to early morning or eve“ v in Orange County, re fa a s . n . ning ... wear light weight and . o i d t where firefighters are rea p ondi s c e loose-fitting when r fi struggling to tame a pid , possible and clothing a r r o i y v r drink plenty of e a v h wildfire in the Cleve- for e be r fi water.” e m e e land National Forest. d extr Also, “Never, ever, leave aten lif e r h A wind advisory issued an t d l u o people or pets in enclosed Monday and scheduled hich w .” w y t vehicles, even for a short r e to expire at 3 Tuesday prop d n period of time” since a a morning was extended for t n e car’s interior temperature m e t at least three hours.

NWS sta can quickly turn deadly.

“Gusty winds will make The NWS forecast sunny skies driving difficult, especially in L.A. County Tuesday and highs of 84 degrees for high profile vehicles,” in Avalon; 85 at LAX; 94 on Mount Wilson; 95 warned the National Weath- er Service.

National Weather Service forecasters expect in Long Beach; 96 in Downtown L.A.; 103 in San north winds of 15-30 miles per hour with gusts of Gabriel and Burbank; 104 in Pasadena; 105 in 35-45 to blow through the San Gabriels early this Saugus; 108 in Palmdale and Lancaster; and 109 morning before weakening and changing direc- in Woodland Hills. Temperatures will drop by up tions, replaced by southwest winds of 8-15 mph to 10 degrees Wednesday but remain in the 100s with 25 mph gusts. Also expected is a dismally and high 90s through at least Monday.

Sunny skies were also forecast in Orange low humidity level of 4-12 percent amid tripleCounty, along with highs of 79 in San Clemente; digit temperatures.

82 in Newport Beach and Laguna Beach; 94 in Ir“If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorvine and Anaheim; 97 in Fullerton and Mission able for very rapid fire spread ... and extreme fire Viejo; and 98 in Yorba Linda. Temperatures will behavior, which would threaten life and properdip by a few degrees on Saturday. ty,” warned an NWS statement.

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California Urges Resistance to Census Citizenship Question

By Kathleen Ronayne SACRAMENTO (AP)—California’s top elections official urged residents Tuesday to formally oppose a Trump administration plan that would ask whether a person is a U.S. citizen on the 2020 census.

Secretary of State Alex Padilla and advocacy groups for immigrant, Muslim and other communities warn a citizenship question will discourage immigrants from participating, giving California an undercount in the decennial recording of each state’s population. The numbers determine each state’s representation in Congress and federal funding.

Padilla called the adn Census, see page 9

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Enough with the Racism in the Rooftop Solar Industry

By Julianne Malveaux

Recently, news came out that the electronics retailer Best Buy decided to reconsider their partnership with a company called Vivint. The partnership allowed Vivint employees to work inside Best Buy stores and to sell Best Buy customers products capable of reducing their home’s energy usage.

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The potential decision by Best Buy is apparently just business, but it is a welcome piece of news, because Vivint seemingly has a problem with African Americans.

Vivint isn’t alone when it comes to struggling with race. There has always been bigotry in this country. In 2018, thanks to the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, who risked their lives fighting for equality and justice, things are much improved.

But these days, some racists in this country are feeling encouraged to express their ugly views in public or discriminate against people of color.

Recently, Vivint Solar—one of the largest sellers of solar panels in this country—was sued in California by a Black employee who alleges that his superiors likened him to a monkey; used a racial epithet against him; and that his coworkers used cardboard boxes to build a fort around their desks that was marked as “White only.” The complainant’s lawyer provided pictures of this absurd and abhorrent cardboard façade to the media and The Sacramento Bee published the photo.

David Bywater, the top executive at Vivint Solar, told the media that he was “deeply disturbed” by these allegations.

“I want to firmly state that Vivint Solar has a zero-tolerance policy for racial discrimination and harassment in the workplace,” Bywater said. “Our company is built on the strength of diversity.”

This is precisely what a CEO is supposed to say, but a person of conscience would back their words up with action. A deeper dive into Vivint’s practices makes me question Bywater’s sincerity.

In March, Hector Balderas, the Attorney Gen-

Amazon Must Stop Selling Hate

By Barbara Arnwine Amazon claims to be a company that values inclusion and diversity, but a recent report reveals that this façade masks a darker side, as the company profits from selling White supremacist and other hateful products. Progressive lawmakers in Georgia, where earlier this year conservative lawmakers punished Delta for cutting ties with the N.R.A., should take a stand of their own by punishing Amazon for promoting hatred and bigotry.

The report, jointly published by the Partnership for Working Families and Action Center on Race & the Economy, details the startlingly vast array of White supremacist products and goods available on the Amazon marketplace. This includes everything from costumes featuring lynching imagery to burning-cross onesies and Nazi swastika pendants.

It begs the question: is Amazon failing miserably to police its platform or is the tech giant willfully overlooking the sale of bigoted products?

Georgia communities in particular should be aware of the hate-mongering taking place on the Amazon marketplace. One of the prominent products cited in the report and still available for purchase on Amazon is an “old” Georgia state flag featuring Confederate imagery alongside the state of Georgia seal. Just a half-century removed from the struggle for equality, this is an affront on the hard-fought battles of Georgia civil rights leaders like Representative John Lewis.

But the marketplace is not the only Amazon platform that has seen White supremacist offerings. Amazon Kindle, which controls nearly 83 percent of the online book market, was found to offer 226 books from publishers that the Southern Poverty Law Center identified as hate organizations. With such a

Amazon is failing its responsibility to keep our communities safe from this type of bigotry and hate speech.

dominant market share, Amazon is failing its responsibility to keep our communities safe from this type of bigotry and hate speech.

This is not the first time that Amazon has been found profiting from these appalling business practices. Earlier this year, the company was caught selling apparel and other items emblazoned with the phrase “Slavery Gets Sh*t Done,” which included children’s T-shirts and bibs.

Only after human rights organizations such as Anti-Slavery International condemned the company did Amazon pull them from their online shelves. Meanwhile, the tech giant’s German marketplace was revealed to be offering modified Lego-style Nazi German soldiers for purchase. The toys were reportedly being marketed to children as young as seven years old, sparking an online petition and groundswell of opposition protesting their sale.

Since Amazon clearly has a long and alarming history of allowing hatred on its platforms, it is time that Georgia lawmakers take swift action to protect communities of color and other minorities. Beyond denouncing this clear violation of ethical conduct, lawmakers should consider whether it is time to introduce regulations that force Amazon to reject profiting from the sale of products that promote hate.

Civil rights leaders have bravely fought for decades to keep burning crosses and other symbols of bigotry off the lawns of Georgia communities. Now they must prevent Amazon from allowing them to be delivered to the front door.

Civil rights leader Barbara Arnwine is the founder and president of the Transformative Justice Coalition and a lecturer at Columbia Law School. She served as the executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law from 1989 until 2015.

eral of New Mexico filed a against Vivint Solar, accusing them of fraud, racketeering, and unfair business practices. Balderas says the company, which sells rooftop solar panels employed “high-pressure sales techniques and procedures designed to mislead consumers” and lock their customers into contracts lasting 20 years, with rates that increase “by over 72 percent,” as the agreement matures.

Also, according to the Balderas’ office: “The complaint also charges Vivint with filing improper notices in consumer real estate records that operate to cloud titles, in some cases, making it difficult for New Mexico consumers to sell their homes.”

There is also some evidence that consumers of color and low-income consumers are targeted for these pressure tactics.

Vivint Solar is connected to Vivint Home Security, a company that also has had its run-ins with the law. Last year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxson reached a settlement with the company for allegations the company violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. This, combined with the action by the New Mexico Attorney General, paints a picture of a company that is not treating customers fairly.

I’ve been interested in the solar industry, because it is an expanding industry that increasingly provides new opportunities. However, there also seems to be additional opportunities to exploit consumers, especially minority consumers.

I’ve written about my concerns about the ways the industry targets less sophisticated consumers, echoing concerns raised by several members of Congress in a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in early 2017.

In response to my concerns, the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) used a consultant to harass me and my staff. I received and accepted an apology from the CEO of SEIA. I hoped they were sincere in their stated concerns about consumer protection and also about diversity in their industry.

But Vivint Solar, with its “White only” fort, is a member of SEIA. The allegations of racial discrimination and harassment involving Vivint Solar seem inconsistent with SEIA’s stated values. What must they do? I have some ideas: First, SEIA should ask Vivint Solar to leave their trade association. If SEIA wants to represent rooftop solar makers that respect consumers and employees, then Vivint Solar needs to go.

If SEIA doesn’t take action against Vivint Solar, there is no accountability, which only further erodes trust with minority communities.

Further, SEIA should back up their statement, that CEO Abby Hopper has established diversity of solar’s workforce and customer base as among her top three priorities.

SEIA should also work to increase awareness about their “Diversity Best Practices Guide” by funding and hosting consumer education seminars around the country to better inform consumers, especially minority consumers, about their rights when it comes to the rooftop solar industry. I have always been excited about the ways solar energy can reduce our dependence on fossil fuel, as a power source. But the solar energy movement is crippled when companies like Vivint Solar both take advantage of customers and discriminate against minorities.

It’s not enough to have a “Diversity Best Practices Guide.” SEIA needs to let best practices be their guide in their dealings with Vivint Solar. Silence is complicity.

It is time for good people to stand up against racism. Best Buy, SEIA: What say you?

Julianne Malveaux is an author, economist and founder of Economic Education. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available to order at Amazon.com and at www. juliannemalveaux.com. Follow Dr. Malveaux on Twitter @drjlastword.

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OPED On July 16, 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson was shot and killed in front of her Washington, D.C. home trying to buy ice cream. Makiyah was a rising fifth grader who loved basketball, football, art, and puzzles. She had just opened her front door on her way to the ice cream truck in the courtyard when four young men pulled up in a car and started shooting into a crowd of people enjoying the summer evening.

Four people, including Makiyah’s 18-year-old sister, were injured and Makiyah was hit in the chest. Neighbors watched helplessly as her mother screamed and prayed over her dying child still holding the five-dollar bill she’d been given to buy a treat.

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n ice cream truck sat outside the church during Makiyah’s funeral as a stark reminder of the childhood innocence and joy shattered by the shooting. Between 2007 and 2016, 156 children and teens were killed by guns in Washington, D.C. compared to two local law enforcement officers killed by guns in the line of duty during that same 10-year period. The Washington Post noted that the day before Makiyah’s murder a 12-year-old boy was shot and injured in the District. On July 4th 11-year-old Ashley Prentice, who once attended the same school as Makiyah, was hit by gunfire during a holiday cookout. She told a reporter, “I was sad because I was like, why me? I always get good grades in school. I’m just a good girl.

And I’m like, why me?” Then she heard about Makiyah: “I felt really sad about how her parents could feel because if that was me, I could have been the one dead.”

Makiyah’s friends and family are far from alone. In 2016, 3,128 children and teens were killed by guns in America – more than 8 every day. There were 221 gun victims 10 years old and younger. Another 17,155 children and teens were injured with a gun leaving physical and emotional scars that often last a lifetime.

This pervasive everyday gun violence kills children like seven-year-old Taylor Hayes, who died in Baltimore on July 19 two weeks after being shot in the back while riding in the back seat of a car. Taylor reportedly loved reading, dancing, singing and games like Go Fish. It injures children like a nine-year-old girl in Chattanooga, Tennessee left in critical condition on July 22 after being hit in the stomach by a stray bullet during an argument between adults.

Pervasive gun violence terrorizes millions of children forced to go about their everyday lives in neighborhoods where it is a common threat.

When six-year-old Florida first grader King Carter was killed by gunfire in 2016 on his way to buy candy, more than 100 children and teenagers had been killed by guns in his county, Miami-Dade, in the previous three years. At King’s funeral family members and friends decorated the church with football goalposts and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figures.

Black children and teens are disproportionately affected by gun violence. In 2016, 43 percent of gun deaths were among Black children and teens although they were only 14 percent of all children and teens. That year 1,335 Black children and teens were killed

by guns. The gun death rate for Black children and teens was nearly four times that for White children and teens and more than eight times that for Asian and Pacific Islander children and teens. Between 1963 and 2016, 65,947 Black children and teens were killed by guns — more than 16 times the recorded lynchings of Black people of all ages in the 74 years from 1877 to 1950.

An Urban Institute report points out “exposure to gun violence has been linked to a variety of psychological challenges like anger and dissociation, anxiety and depression, and posttraumatic stress dis-

order (PTSD). It can also affect Although Black children million guns. Although the U.S. youth in the classroom, mak- are at special risk, shootings at accounts for less than five pering it difficult for them to con- schools and in movie theatres cent of the global population, centrate in class and damaging and concerts show no child is Americans own 46 percent of their academic performance fully safe in a nation saturated all civilian-owned guns in the and educaworld. A study Pervasive gun violence terrorizes tional or career published in the aspirations.” It American Journal noted another millions of children forced to go about of Medicine last study of urban their everyday lives in neighborhoods year said among youths which high-income nawhere it is a common threat. found 42 pertions, 91 percent cent reported of children under having seen someone shot or by guns. The most recent esti- 15 killed by gunfire lived in the knifed and 22 percent reported mate of U.S. civilian gun own- United States. This is insane having seen someone killed. ership exceeds 393 million, and indefensible.

Children are dying from gun- more than one gun per person.

Makiyah Wilson’s mother fire every day and those left be- In contrast, U.S. military and said her youngest child wanthind and often living in fear are law enforcement agencies pos- ed to “conquer the world” but suffering deep trauma. sess only approximately 5.5 watched a flower-draped horse

New National Poll Finds Consumers Still Want Financial Regulation

By Charlene Crowell A decade ago, the entire nation suffered through a financial crisis that led to the brink of a global financial collapse. While Wall Street reckoned with its risky practices, America’s families suffered lost wealth of nearly $2 trillion, half of it coming from communities of color who were targeted for high-cost and unsustainable mortgages.

Now a new poll finds that even with the passage of a decade, consumers still support financial regulation and related enforcement. Moreover, when it comes to payday and car-title lending, consumer scorn has grown even stronger over the past year for these small-dollar, debt trap loans that come with triple-digit interest rates.

The 2018 poll, conducted

by Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consulting, found that among respondents more than 90 percent viewed regulation of financial services to be very important, and registered support across partisan affiliations. Among Republicans, 85 percent supported regulation, compared to 92 percent of independents and 96 percent of Democrats.

Further, a growth in the number of consumers supporting a rule to hold payday lenders accountable increased six percentage points in just the past year. Believing that payday lenders prey upon those who have the fewest financial resources – low-wage earners, working families, and elder Americans, 79 percent of sur-

vey respondents want the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to hold these predatory lenders accountable.

A similar poll taken in 2017 tallied support of a CFPB payday rule at 73 percent.

When asked about the lack of enforcement against abuses by payday lenders, 81 percent were concerned about

ner, AFR executive director.

“But Wall Street and high-cost lenders are constantly pushing for deregulation and spending vast amounts of money to get it.”

The current federal deregulation trend can be traced to an executive order signed

by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, and then

Administration as its OMB Director and has dually served as the Acting CFPB Director since late 2017.

So it is particularly noteworthy that 80 percent of survey respondents expressed concerns with three recent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) developments:

CFPB’s inaction. And again, these strong responses crossed party lines: 77 percent of Republicans, 82 percent of independents, and 85 percent of Democrats.

The telephone survey of 1,000 likely 2018 general election voters occurred between June 28 to July 7, 2018, and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1. The effort was jointly underwritten

by Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL).

“Ten years after the financial crisis, the public knows what it wants,” noted Lisa Don-

published in the Federal Register on February 3. The order directed all federal offices to repeal two existing regulations for every new one proposed.

Secondly for Fiscal Year 2017, the incremental cost of every newly proposed regulation could not bring any costs.

To put it plainly, no proposed regulation could cost a cent. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was granted the sole authority to review and decide any requested written exceptions.

That official is Mick Mulvaney, who joined the Trump

1. Curbing the enforcement of fair lending rules; 2. Ending enforcement of payday lending rules; and 3. Restricting public access to the Bureau’s complaint database The 2018 survey results speak to the stark differences between CFPB today and its era before Mulvaney’s arrival.

As of July 2017, CFPB received approximately 1.3 million consumer complaints that were investigated and in turn led to a series of enforcement actions that totaled $11.9 billion of restitution, forgiveness

and buggy carry her daughter’s casket away after her funeral.

All because our nation refuses to protect children and to protest guns. What will it take for our nation to stand up and value children more than guns?

Marian Wright Edelman is President of the Children’s Defense Fund, whose Leave No Child Behind’s 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. and other enforcement. As many of these were class action cases, an even larger number of consumers -- 29 million were helped.

Broad consumer contact and confidence was bolstered by the 41 cities where CFPB held either field hearings on a given issue or public town halls, 169 visits to military installations and 63 appearances to testify before Congress.

“Before Mick Mulvaney’s tenure at the agency, the CFPB was a champion for working families – giving back billions of dollars in relief to consumers

who were cheated by financial companies,” noted Mike Calhoun, CRL president.

“Now, under the CFPB’s current leadership, payday lenders have preferred access because one of their own is leading the consumer bureau,” continued Calhoun. “We need to build on CFPB’s previous success, not block its progress of protecting consumers from abusive financial practices.”

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

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HEALTH Company Offers New Device to Help Smokers Monitor, Change Their Habits

By Stacy M. Brown

Kevin Burns, the CEO of the e-cigarette technology firm JUUL Labs, said his company is dedicated to eliminating traditional cigarette smoking by offering existing adult smokers a real alternative to combustible cigarettes.

The JUUL device uses an munity outreach and youth intelligent heating mechanism education awareness and prethat creates an aerosol and is vention in Baltimore, Md. It’s engineered to minimize com- the first city in which JUUL bustion, according to the com- is attempting a hands-on appany’s website. proach, aligning with partners Burns, who formally served like the Black Mental Health as president and COO of the Alliance and Baltimore Corps., Greek yogurt brand Choba- an organization that enlists ni, told the NNPA Newswire talented individuals in pubthat JUUL lic service and remains fosocial entrecused on “We don’t want preneurship in improving Baltimore. non-users and the lives of W h e n the more asked how we don’t want than 38 mildoes JUUL lion adults underage users.” plan to market E-cigarettes have the potential to benefit adult smokers who are not pregnant if used as a complete substitute for regular cigarettes and who smoke its products to other smoked tobacco products, according to the CDC. in America —Kevin Burns, JUUL Labs African Amerand the one icans and Hising efforts in terms of retail around schools and other their dependence,” Burns said. the hardware and software, billion-plus who indulge in panics, Burns said the compaauditing to make sure people places, Burns said.

“Connection to the app may we’ll be able to give people evcigarette use around the globe. ny is evaluating options. are not selling their products JUUL is also developing have features that allow you to ery opportunity to minimize According to the Centers “We’re formulating a plan to underage youth, Burns said. a Bluetooth-enabled device monitor and have active man- their relationship with nicofor Disease Control and Pre- now. We have a partnership The company takes under- in international markets that agement of your device, which tine. This will be done through vention, Black adults smoke with Black Mental Health Alliage smoking very seriously consumers can link to health can actively manage nicotine a very sophisticated technolocigarettes at roughly the same ance…doing community work and, to that end, they’re also and wellness apps on their levels; getting people off of gy where we will have a device rate as White adults (16.5 per- and we’re working on the popestablishing the use of Blue- smartphones. [combustible] cigarettes is a connected to an app that will cent for non-Hispanic Blacks ulation that’s underserved and tooth technology which could “We are looking at the big win.” allow you to have active manvs. 16.6 percent of non-His- over-harmed,” Burns said. one day shut devices down ability to allow them to reduce Burns concluded: “With agement of your use.” panic Whites).

The company is also mak“This is a product focused on the adult smoker and we want to eliminate smoke around the world and give the smoker the nicotine experience with the switch to e-cigarettes” said Burns, who holds a bachelor of science degree —Karin Berntsen, whistleblower nurse from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from the LOS ANGELES (AP)—Prime Healthcare Services, one of the nation’s largWharton School of the Uniest hospital systems, agreed Friday to pay $65 million to settle allegations of versity of Pennsylvania.

Medicare overbilling in California.

The JUUL is a slim device The company and CEO Prem Reddy agreed to settle a whistleblower lawthat looks like a flash drive. suit alleging that 14 of its hospitals unnecessarily admitted patients and also The company, which report“upcoded” patient diagnoses, exaggerating their illnesses in order to receive edly has an estimated worth of more Medicare money. $16 billion, also manufactures The U. S. attorney’s office said hospitals generally receive higher payments e-liquid “JUULpods” that from Medicare when a patient is admitted rather than placed under observacontain nicotine salts, which tion.

Burns said result in nicotine Ontario, California-based Prime has 45 hospitals in 14 states, 17 in Calidelivery that users find as satfornia including Inglewood’s Centinela Hospital Medical Center and Garden isfying as what they get from Grove Hospital Medical Center. traditional cigarettes. The liqKarin Berntsen, a registered nurse working for Prime, sued the company in uid pods contain benzoic acid, 2011, alleging it violated the federal False Claims Act with fraudulent billings. a naturally occurring ingredi“The patients were becoming commodities. They were becoming dolent that, when combined with lar signs, not people,” Berntsen said in a statement. “Everything being done nicotine, helps in mimicking seemed to be solely to increase profit.” the peak nicotine delivery of a In a statement, Prime said the government didn’t find any improper concigarette. duct or wrongdoing by the company.

A single JUULpod con“This matter dealt with the technical classification of the category under tains five percent nicotine; a which patients were admitted and billed,” the company said. “Physicians, not three percent nicotine pod will hospitals, direct the level of care needed for their patients. Prime continues to be more widely available this support physicians in the care they determine is best.” month, Burns said.

Under the settlement, Prime will pay $61.75 million and its CEO will pay “We hope the availability $3.25 million. of different nicotine strengths will continue to allow adult smokers the ability to explore what’s best for them,” Burns said.

That’s important for Af- By Lauren Poteat diagnosed with sickle cell disease and Despite his own perrican Americans, Hispanics, would often find myself being hospital- sonal struggles with SCD, lower-income individuals and It has been over 100 years since ized three to six times a year, because of Dr. Frederick said that many military veterans, all sickle cell disease (SCD), a hereditary the disorder,” Dr. Frederick recounted. things started to look up who tend to use nicotine prod- blood disorder, was first discovered in “In Trinidad, the life expectancy for for him when he moved ucts, he said. the United States. someone with the disease is just eight to the United States to “We think we can bring However, despite the many years years old. Growing up, I can’t really go to college, earning his a solution that can have an of research recall ever meeting Bachelor of Science and incredible impact on people and study, with the same his medical degree by the Having the disease does anyone switching from combustible SCD still disease and so, often- age of 22. tobacco products [to e-ciga- affects mil“Attending Howard not mean a person cannot times I would find rettes],” Burns said. lions of myself feeling alone University, as a student, The company has cre- p e o p l e live. I want people to know and left out…some- gave me a huge boost,” ated educational materials to throughout I find that Dr. Frederick said. “At that there are no limits.” times, support underserved com- the world, people don’t fully un- [Howard] I was able to munities and they continue according to derstand the scheme meet people my age with —Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick to encourage the use of their the Centers of struggles that I go the same disease, who products by adults only, Burns for Disease through myself.” understood a lot of my said.

Control and Prevention (CDC), and is For people living with SCD, those struggles.”

“Our intent is not to have particularly common among those with struggles come with a myriad of sympNot surprised by Dr. people who aren’t using nico- African ancestry, including individuals toms, including swelling in the hands Frederick’s positive extine products to [purchase our living within the United States, South and feet; chronic pain; spikes of severe periences on Howard’s Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick products],” Burns said. “We America, Saudi Arabia, Italy, India and pain; anemia; yellowing of the eyes; fre- campus, Dr. James G. says that sickle cell disease is not a death sentence. Peodon’t want non-users and we the Caribbean. quent infections and vision problems.

Taylor VI, the director of ple living with SCD can still play sports, go to school, don’t want underage users.”

Every year, 1 in 365 Black babies Even though the crippling disease the Center for Sickle Cell have careers and live productive lives.

JUUL Labs has spared little are born with SCD and 1 in 13 are born has proven to be fatal for many, Dr. Disease at Howard Uniexpense in its educational ef- with sickle cell trait (SCT). In compari- Frederick said that he refuses to give versity Hospital, credited to research advocacy and community forts. son, SCD occurs in roughly 1 out of ev- in to the statistics of the disorder and the institutions longstanding commit- outreach, particularly screening for the In the United States, youth ery 16,300 Hispanic-American births. chooses life over mortality. ment to improving the lives of people sickle cell trait.” The Howard University are more likely than adults to Center for Sickle Cell Disease offers free Trinidadian-born, U.S. physician “Sickle cell is a painful disease,” Dr. living with SCD. use e-cigarettes, according to and Howard University President, Dr. Frederick said. “But people need to “The Center for Sickle Cell Disease is screenings in the lobby of Howard Unithe CDC, which makes those Wayne A.I. Frederick, who lives with know that it is not a [death] sentence. committed to further expanding How- versity Hospital on Wednesday morneducation efforts even more SCD, recalled his own painful experi- Having the disease does not mean a per- ard University’s clinical and transla- ings from 9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. critical, as the company ex- ences with the disease and the inability son cannot live. I want people to know tional research programs with a focus Results are available within 4–6 pands into new markets. of many loved ones and the community that there are no limits…that they can on new treatments and opportunities weeks and testing, specifically “hemoJUUL Labs established to properly embrace him. still play sports, go to school, have ca- for curative therapy,” Dr. Taylor said. globin electrophoresis,” can also be oran advisory council for com“When I was three years old, I was reers and live productive lives.”

“We have a long-standing commitment dered by a health care provider.

CA Hospital System Pays $65M to Settle Overbilling Medicare “The patients were becoming commodities. They were becoming dollar signs, not people.”

Howard University President Talks About Living with Sickle Cell Disease

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NEWS Judge Says Reuniting Families Is Government’s Sole Burden

By Elliot Spagat

ministration may be able to aid the effort.

Sabraw said he was disappointed with the court SAN DIEGO (AP)—A federal judge last Fri- filing “in the respect that there’s not a plan that has day said the Trump administration was solely been proposed.” He said he would order the govresponsible for reuniting hundreds of children ernment to name someone to lead the effort. who remain separated from the parents after be“This is going to be a significant undertaking, ing split at the U.S.-Mexico border, puncturing a and it’s clear that there has to be one person in government plan that charge,” he said. put the onus on the Left unresolved “The reality is that for every American Civil LiberFriday was a tempoparent that is not located, ties Union. rary halt on deport“The reality is that reunified families there will be a permanently ing for every parent that that Sabraw imposed is not located, there orphaned child and that is 100 on July 16 to allow will be a permanently time to address anorphaned child and percent the responsibility of the other dispute. The that is 100 percent the ACLU has asked that administration.” responsibility of the families have at least administration,” U.S. a week to decide if —Judge Dana Sabraw District Judge Dana they want to seek Sabraw said. asylum after they are His remarks in a conference call came a day reunited with their children, a step that the adafter the administration and the American Civil ministration opposes.

Liberties Union submitted widely divergent Sabraw said he wanted to wait to see how a plans on how to reunify more than 500 still- federal judge in Washington, D. C., rules on a separated children, including 410 with parents lawsuit that also seeks a temporary halt on deoutside the United States. portations. If that judge transfers the case to The government proposed last Thursday San Diego, Sabraw said he planned to convene a that the ACLU, which represents parents, use its hearing next week for oral arguments. “considerable resources” to find parents in their In late June, Sabraw ordered that more than home countries, predominantly Guatemala and 2,500 children rejoin their parents by July 26.

Honduras. The Justice Department said in a Hundreds remain apart, however, mainly becourt filing that the State Department has begun cause their many of those parents are outside the talks with foreign governments on how the ad- country.

New STEM Library Corner Launched at the Compton Library Funded by Edison and executed by PBS SoCal

Judge Reaffirms Ruling That DACA Must Resume WASHINGTON (AP)—A federal judge has reaffirmed his ruling that the Trump administration must resume a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.

The ruling has no immediate effect because U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington gave the administration 20 days to decide if it wants to appeal and ask that it be put on hold while trying to get it overturned.

In April, the judge gave the government 90 days to restate its argument to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In a 25-page ruling on Friday, he said the administration failed to change his mind.

Two nationwide injunctions earlier this year applied only to renewal requests for DACA recipients, commonly referred to as “Dreamers.” The Washington case also covers first-time applicants.

Photo courtesy PBS SoCal Photo courtesy PBS SoCal

LOS ANGELES—PBS SoCal recently received a $30,000 grant from Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, to create a STEM Library Corner at the Compton Library. The Library Corner will become an educational hub for the community, providing iPads loaded with educational apps, as well as monthly educational services including family coding workshops and bilingual Parent Academies. The STEM Library Corner was launched on July 26, during a ceremony at the Compton Library.

“Through our early childhood education work, we fulfill a critical need for early learning resources to serve the more than 40 percent of Southern California children that don’t attend preschool,” said Jamie Myers, PBS SoCal COO & Vice President, Education & Community Engagement.

“Compton is a priority community for these services, so we are grateful to Edison International for helping us create this important dedicated STEM Library Corner at the Compton Library, where we will work with area parents and children to provide gradeappropriate STEM concepts

and access to critical learning resources.”

The grant from Edison International will make possible a donation of ten iPads with cases, and a rolling case for use at the Library Corner.

Each iPad will be loaded with U.S. Department of Education approved PBS Kids apps recognized to improve literacy and numeracy. A PBS SoCal Education staff member will visit the library monthly to provide additional support to those using the lab. The grant also provides supplies like STEM tool kits, invention kits, and bilingual worksheets for families and children.

NC’s Blue Cross Cutting ‘Obamacare’ Prices Despite Changes

By Emery P. Dalesio RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)—North Carolina’s largest health insurer said Tuesday it’s cutting some individual premiums for the first time in over a quarter century, but next year’s savings on subsidized “Obamacare” coverage would have been much larger if Washington had left the law alone.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said it proposed prices to state insurance regulators that could lower rates for next year’s Affordable Care Act policies by 4.1 percent on average. North Carolina has one of the country’s highest enrollment levels in ACA policies and Blue Cross has more than 475,000 customers in the plans offered in all 100 counties.

“I’m not aware of any plan of our size, almost 500,000 members, with this amount of decrease,” Chief Executive Officer Patrick Conway said in an interview.

Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to repeal “Obamacare,” enrollment has stabilized nationally at about 10 million

people. After two years of stiff premium hikes, many insurers are making money again. There seems to be little risk of insurers fleeing HealthCare.gov in 2019 as some did in the past.

The accounting pluses and minuses that added up to the proposed cut in ACA policy premiums for 2019 came from many factors, but Conway said a big reason was a $120 million reduction in health care costs from newly negotiated deals with doctors and hospitals.

“We are now jointly accountable for the quality and total cost of care,” Conway said.

Blue Cross could have lowered average rates by another 18 percent if Congress and the Trump Administration hadn’t eliminated the penalty for people who don’t buy health coverage and a subsidy to insurers, the company said. Blue Cross has been the only insurer offering the subsidized coverage in all 100 North Carolina counties.

About 90 percent of the insurer’s customers with ACA plans qualified for subsidies that helped them afford health insurance coverage.

MAN KILLED IN COMPTON SHOOTING PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED

COMPTON—The coroner’s office released the name of a man shot to death in Compton, as detectives searched for the person or persons responsible.

The victim was Marcus Kerr, 29, of Compton, said Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

Deputies responded at 8:20 p.m. Friday to a shots fired call in the 100 block of East Cypress Street and learned that a gunshot victim was located on the corner of Willowbrook Avenue and Cocoa Street, according to Deputy Trina Schrader with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Detectives believed the shooting was near East Cypress Street, she said.

The victim now identified as Kerr suffered at least one gunshot wound to the upper torso and was pronounced dead at the scene, Schrader said.

A description of the suspect or a motive for the shooting was not available, she said.

‘HOODIE BANDIT’ SOUGHT FOR COMPTON ARMED ROBBERY

COMPTON—Authorities circulated security images of the “Hoodie Bandit,” who is being sought for the armed robbery of a Compton convenience store, during which he uncovered his face while demanding money from employees.

The crime occurred about 1:20 p.m. July 21 at an am/pm store at an Arco gas station in the 2800 block of Alondra Boulevard, the sheriff’s department reported.

The suspect was described as Black, in his late 20s, 6 feet tall and weighing 140 pounds.

He had a beard, black hair, and black eyes. He

was armed with a handgun.

“The suspect entered the store with customers inside brandished a weapon demanding money from the cash register,” a sheriff’s statement said.

“The cashiers did not understand what was being said because the suspect’s mouth was covered with his hoodie sweatshirt,” the statement said.

“The suspect removed the hoodie from his mouth exposing his face and again brandishing the handgun demanded money stating, ‘I’ll put a bullet in your face.”’

The man obtained money from the register and drove off in a newer- model silver SUV, possibly an Infiniti or Audi with black rims.

Anyone with information on the case was urged to call (310) 605-6506, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.

HIT-AND-RUN TAKES WOMAN'S LIFE IN S EL MONTE

SOUTH EL MONTE—A woman was killed by a hit-and-run driver in South El Monte Sunday.

The woman who was struck by the vehicle died at the scene, CHP Officer M. Sencion said.

The woman appeared to be between 30 and 40-years-old and may have been homeless. Her name was withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The woman was struck on Rosemead Boulevard, just south of Rush Street, occurred about 5:05 a.m., the CHP reported.

There was no available information the suspect vehicle or the hit-and- run driver, Sencion said.

The CHP asked anyone with information to call them at (323) 980-4600.

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NEWS Josephine Baker Documentary Headlines African Diaspora Film Festival in Washington DC

By Stacy M. Brown

“Streetlight Harmonies,” by Brent Wilson and the documentary “Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World,” count among the highlights of the 12th annual African Diaspora International Film Festival which opens on Friday, August 17 at the Marvin Center at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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he three-day festival, which presents films to diverse audiences and redesigns the Black cinema experience by

strengthening the role of African and African descent directors in contemporary world cinema, will feature 16 films that will take audiences in

and out of the United States, including eight that will have their premieres in the nation’s capital.

“There’s a lot new this year,” said Reinaldo BarrosoSpech, an educator in foreign languages and Black literature who created the festival with his wife, Diarah N’Daw-Spech, a financial consultant and university budget manager.

The opening night film, “Timeless,” by Ed LaBorde counts as a love story that transcends time from 19th century Ghana to the modern

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day Caribbean.

Some of the social issues explored in the film are the human trafficking of the slave trade in the past and the present day human trafficking in the Virgin Islands, as well as political corruption and immigration.

Festival organizers also plan to present the premiere screening of the awardwinning drama, “The Citizen,” a narrative a b o u t middlea g e d African political refugee (Wils o n ) w h o seeks Hungarian citizenship.

The film has already earned acclaimed from critics at The New York Times and other publications.

Organizers have also expressed excitement about “Streetlight Harmonies,” a film about doo-wop featuring a who’s who of musicians that trace the evolution of pop music from doo-wop and Phil Spector’s legendary “wall of sound” through Motown, surf music and the British Invasion.

The festival also includes

a special program where films depict the lives of a na-

lem juxtaposing her parents’ memories of noble family histories with a humble working class

tive of one country who moves to another nation like, “African-Americans in Europe,” which features a Josephine Baker documentary by Annette von Wangenheim.

Two other films directed by women explore issues of identity in diaspora communities in the United States.

“The Good Life—or La Belle Vie—by Rachelle Salnave reflects on the cultural crossfire she experienced as a HaitianAmerican growing up in Har-

reality.

“Life Is Fare,” b y Sephora Woldu counts as a cross-cultural film that challenges how patriotism and nationalism are practiced by people of a country, and is inspired by current Eritrean and Ethiopian migration experiences in the United States.

“From its inception, the festival has always showcased great films that explore the black British experience,” Barroso-Spech said.

driving. States that joined the lawsuit said the change would end up costing more money at the pump because vehicles won’t go as far on a gallon of gas, and more misery for those suffering pollution-exacerbated maladies such as asthma.

“This has to be absolutely one of the most harmful and dumbest actions that the EPA has taken,” Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said. “It’s going to cost drivers here and across the country hundreds of millions of dollars more at the pump.”

Pollution from cars, trucks and other on-road vehicles is the California’s single-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, according to state data.

California has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. It met its 2020 goals four years early, but hitting the next target will be much harder without cleaner vehicles.

The state has struggled to rein in vehicle pollution.

Transportation is the only sector where greenhouse gas emissions went up in 2016, the most recent data available.

The lawsuit filed in May in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia alleged the plan to dump the mileage standards violated the federal Clean Air Act and didn’t follow the agency’s own regulations.

The lawsuit is proceeding, and Becerra said lawyers will now pore over the documents filed with the proposal to help make their case.

Other states that joined in the lawsuit were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia. All have Democratic attorneys general.

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Becerra and attorneys general from 16 other states sued in May to stop the EPA from scrapping standards that would have required vehicles by 2025 to achieve 36 miles per gallon (58 kilometers per gallon) in real-world driving, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) over the existing standards. The Trump proposal would freeze standards at 2020 levels when vehicles will be required to hit an average of 30 miles per gallon (48 kilometers per gallon) in real-world

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NEWS

Levi’s, Yelp Join Coalition Pledging to Not Discriminate

By Dee-Ann Durbin

Levi Strauss, Yelp and Lyft are leading a coalition of 1,200 businesses and cities that are pledging not to discriminate against employees or customers based on race, sexual orientation, or other characteristics.

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ormally, making a promise to serve every customer might seem like a nobrainer. But the Open to All coalition is launching in a highly charged atmosphere, with florists refusing to provide flowers for gay weddings and stores turning away Muslim customers. On the same June weekend that White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant because of her affiliation with President Donald Trump, a transgender woman was harassed by staff at a Washington restaurant for using the women’s restroom.

So it remains to be seen if the “Open to All” message—on businesses’ Yelp pages or on stickers in their windows—will calm frayed tempers or anger customers and businesses who might question its motives.

Tia Agnew, co-founder and CEO of New Day Craft, an Indianapolis-based producer of mead and cider, is excited to put up her “Open to All” window sticker, which she says matches her “personal and professional ethos.” She’s not worried that it will be a turn-off to some potential patrons.

“All I can do is put our best foot forward and say, ‘Hey, come on in and hang out,”’ she said.

But George Marinakos, the owner of The Exchange Saloon in Washington, isn’t sold on the idea. His bar is near the White House, and he has served Sanders as well as members of the Obama administration. A chalkboard in front of the bar reads, “Everyone welcome,” but he thinks an “Open to All” sticker might raise questions. If he doesn’t put it up, some people will wonder why; if he does, some people might not feel welcome because of what they interpret as a leftleaning message. “You’re putting yourself in the position of being damned if you do or damned if you don’t,” he said.

The Open to All coalition got its start late last year as the U.S. Supreme Court was preparing to consider the case of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple because it violated his religious beliefs. The court ultimately ruled for the baker but didn’t give businesses a blanket right to discriminate against gays.

Calla Rongerude, Open to All’s campaign manager, said businesses were asking civil rights groups how to make it clear they would serve gays and other minorities. The cities of New York and Oakland, California, are also part of the coalition, as are 190 civil rights groups, organizations and faith

groups, including the Ameri- the ‘us versus them’ mentality. “Open to All.” Owners will also “Up and down the compacan Civil Liberties Union, the Everyone deserves to be treated have the option to leave that ny, these are issues that we’ve Interfaith Alliance, the Ser- with dignity and respect.” space blank or say the estab- always leaned in on,” Lowe vice Employees International Levi Strauss and Co. said it lishment is not open to all, said said. Asked if the label might be Union and the divisive, Lowe said NAACP. Yelp is simply tryOn the same June weekend that White House Press “People have ing to guide people been really hungry to places that welSecretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia to engage and let come them. people know that restaurant because of her affiliation with President Donald The Civil they’re welcome,” Rights Act of 1964 Trump, a transgender woman was harassed by staff at a outlaws discrimishe said.

Rongerude also in public Washington restaurant for using the women’s restroom. nation says she doesn’t places on the basis think the camof race, color, repaign will face any ligion, sex or nabacklash from conservatives. plans to display “Open to All” Luther Lowe, Yelp’s senior vice tional origin. But only 21 states “Having a business say, window stickers at nearly 200 president of public policy. Yelp and the District of Columbia ‘I am going to serve all of my U.S. stores and outlets. already bans speech on its site ban discrimination on the basis customers on the same terms’ Yelp is adding a tab to its that attacks someone based on of sexual orientation. is inherently positive,” she said. site so restaurants and other race, religion, sexual orientaRongerude said many busi“I think we want to get beyond locations can note that they are tion and other traits. nesses have gone further than

LeBron James to Executive Produce Showtime Documentary Series on NBA Players BEVERLY HILLS—LeBron James will be among the executive producers of a three-part documentary series on the changing role of athletes, focusing on NBA players, scheduled to premiere on Showtime in October. “Shut Up and Dribble” chronicles the modern history of the NBA and its players, starting with the 1976 merger with the American Basketball Association.

The NBA’s popularity burgeoned after Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird entered the league in 1979, leading players to become leaders in commerce and fashion and cultural icons and making statements in the current political climate.

The title stems from a remark by conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham in response to a comment by James in February about Golden State Warriors players declining an invitation to the White House.

The series will be directed by Gotham Chopra, who directed the 2015 Showtime documentary “Kobe Bryant’s Muse” and the Facebook Watch documentary series on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, “Tom vs Time,” released earlier this year.

The executive producers also include Maverick Carter, James’ business manager.

“If being a star athlete is inherently a

political experience, ‘Shut Up and Dribble,” tells that complex and dramatic story from the past to the present and from the inside out,” Showtime Networks Inc. President and CEO David Nevins said.

“LeBron James is one of many competitors whose place in the spotlight has led not to silence but perspective, and he, Maverick Carter and Gotham Chopra have given us an important, insightful docuseries that should bring their fans and fellow citizens to a higher level of discourse, rather than the dismissal satirized in the title.”

The announcement was made Monday at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour which is being held in Beverly Hills.

the government. Uber, for example, includes sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status in its nondiscrimination policy. It dumped a Houston driver from its platform earlier this year after the driver made a gay couple get out of his car.

“Business really is in a unique place to lead right now,” Rongerude said.

But not every business contacted by Open to All plans to join the coalition. Target Corp., for example, said it won’t join because it has a policy prohibiting third-party signs on its doors.

Participants in the coalition risk turning off some customers. Mark McLean, a retired business owner and conservative blogger in Tennessee, says “Open to All” signs are divisive. He likens them to “GunFree Establishment” signs that infringe on gun owners’ rights.

“We can’t govern how people think. That’s a dangerous slope to go down,” McLean said. But Jacinta Gauda, principal and chief strategy officer at The Gauda Group, who counsels companies about diversity and inclusion, says businesses are also facing pressure from employees and customers to take a stand on issues and make their values clear.

“I’m just of the mind that the movement to do this, driven by their employees and customers, is larger than the political risk,” she said. “They calculated this and said, ‘We have more to gain than we have to lose.”

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ministration’s proposed citi- administration over the queszenship question a “blatant ef- tion, and Democrats in Confort to intimidate non-citizens gress want Ross to offer public from participating in the cen- testimony clarifying how the sus.” question came about.

He’s launched a website Karin MacDonald, a cenwhere Californians can sub- sus expert at the University of mit public Californiacomments Berkeley’s Californians can on the quesInstitute tion directly of Govsubmit public to the federal ernmental registrar, comments on the Studies, said which is takshe hasn’t question directly to witnessed a ing feedback on the cenefthe federal registrar, similar sus questions fort by the through state to urge which is taking Aug. 7. citizens feedback on the T h e to oppose Trump adcensus census questions. aquestion ministration in announced her roughly in March it 25 years would include a citizenship following the survey. But, she question on the 2020 count, said, it’s abnormal for the censaying the U.S. Justice Depart- sus to include a question opment requested it to help with posed by its own Census Scienforcement of voting rights entific Advisory Committee. laws.

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LEGAL TS No.: CA-18-825249-NJ Order No.: 8733541 NOTICE OF DEFAULT "AND FORECLOSURE SALE" WHEREAS, on 3/3/2010, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by VIRGINIA V. GRIMES, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE HENRY AND VIRGINIA V. GRIMES FAMILY TRUST DATED OCTOBER 12, 1999., as trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS) AS NOMINEE FOR URBAN FINANCIAL GROUP IS ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF OKLAHOMA, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as beneficiary, and was recorded on 3/9/2010, Instrument No. 20100319041 in the Office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, CA; and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an Assignment recorded on 5/2/2014 as Instrument Number 20140459311 in Book xx, Page xx of LOS ANGELES County, CA; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that: BORROWER(S) HAVE DIED AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE OF AT LEAST ONE SURVIVING BORROWER AND, AS A RESULT, ALL SUMS DUE UNDER THE NOTE HAVE BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage to be immediately due and payable and sufficient payment has not been made as of the date of this notice; and WHEREAS, the total amount due as of 7/3/2018 is $239,761.20. NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in Quality Loan Service Corp. by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 27 subpart B, and by the Secretary's designation of Quality Loan Service Corp as Foreclosure Commissioner as indicated on the attached Foreclosure Commissioner Designation, notice is hereby given that on 8/16/2018 at 10:00 AM local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder: Commonly known as: 1629 E 124th Street, Compton, CA 90222 Located in: City of Compton , County of LOS ANGELES, CA More particularly described as: LOT 43 OF TRACT 4472 AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 48 PAGE 69 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. The sale will be held Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $244,662.96 There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his pro rata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling approximately $24,466.29 in the form of certified check or cashier's check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany an oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $24,466.29 must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier's check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyancing fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and and all other costs associated with the transfer of title.

At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant the winning bidder an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier's check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due. If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit or, at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after

consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the discretion of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the trustor(s) or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified or cashier's check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before public auction of the property is completed. To obtain a presale reinstatement all defaults must be cured prior to the scheduled sale, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner's attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary outofpocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

To obtain information regarding reinstating the loan by paying the sums that are delinquent you should contact the Foreclosure Commissioner, Quality Loan Service Corp., at the address or phone number listed below. Tender of payment by certified or cashier's check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: Foreclosure Commissioner Nicole Jordan, Assistant Vice President on behalf of Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 For Sale Information: Sales Line: 916-9390772 Website: www. nationwideposting.com TS No.: CA-18-825249-NJ A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of: California) County of: San Diego) On 7/3/2018 before me, Katherine A. Davis a notary public, personally appeared Nicole Jordan, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/ they executed the same in his/her/ their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature Katherine A. Davis Commission No. 2095368 NOTARY PUBLIC - California San Diego County My Comm. Expires 12/29/2018 IDSPub #0142505 7/25/2018 8/1/2018 8/8/2018 SchId:71855 CustId:608

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--------------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-14-652038-CL Order No.: 150057814-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/8/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state

or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): EDUARDO LOMELI SR AND, ROSA E VILLA LARA, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 5/16/2007 as Instrument No. 20071187182 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 8/16/2018 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $305,208.08 The purported property address is: 413 W CHERRY STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 Assessor's Parcel No.: 6153-016-027 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA14-652038-CL. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee.

This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-6457711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan. com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-14652038-CL IDSPub #0142779 7/25/2018 8/1/2018 8/8/2018 SchId:71981

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CustId:608 --------------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PATRICIA ANN CARTER

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CASE NO. 18STPB06402 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Patricia Ann Carter A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by La Toria Noel Carter in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that La Toria Noel Carter be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 08/10/2018 at 8:30 am in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 Central .

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner:

City Clerk

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 08/21/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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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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8616 LA TIJERA BLVD. SUITE 505 LOS ANGELES CA 90045 8/1, 8/8, 8/15/18 CNS-3157000# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:72093 AdId:24051 CustId:61 --------------------------------------------Request for Proposals For Emergency Board Ups and Weed Abatement Services August 1, 2018 The City of Compton Building and Safety Department is soliciting a Request for Proposals (RFPs) from qualified cleanup and removal service contractors to perform emergency board ups, weed abatements, removal and haul away services on an “as needed” basis citywide.

The RFP describes the proposal format, submittal requirements, preliminary scope of services, the minimum information that must be included in the proposal, and the selection process.

Steffanie Stelnick 23890 Copperhill Dr. #405 Valencia, CA 91354, Telephone: (714) 227-1738 7/25, 8/1, 8/8/18 CNS-3156736# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:72091 AdId:24050 CustId:61 ---------------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHELLE D. POMPEY CASE NO. 18STPB06742

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.

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To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of MICHELLE D. POMPEY. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CHAKILA PILLORS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CHAKILA PILLORS 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

Request For Proposals can be obtained from the City’s website at www.comptoncity.org or by calling 310-605-5509 attention Mr. Victor Orozco, Interim, Chief Building Official. Failure to submit the Proposal in accordance with the procedures outlined maybe cause for disqualification.

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---------------------------------------------T.S. No. 18-51682 APN: 6178-004-020 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/26/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: EULALIA G. AMARO, A WIDOW Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 11/1/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2419839 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:9/13/2018 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $227,395.88 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 923 NORTH PEARL AVENUE

All proposals should be clearly marked on the Outside Envelope with the Name of the Company Submitting the RFP and “Request for Proposal Emergency Board Ups and Weed Abatement Services”

COMPTON, California 90221

In order to be considered in the selection process, interested parties shall submit three (3) copies of their proposal no later than 3:00 PM, August 15th 2018 to:

A.P.N #.: 6178-004-020

City of Compton City Clerk’s Office 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220 Late proposals will not be accepted.

The City of Compton thanks you for your interest.

Sincerely, Alita Goodwin

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

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you

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LEGAL to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction. com, using the file number assigned to this case 18-51682. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 7/31/2018 Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (800) 2802832 www.auction.com _______ Andrew Buckelew, Trustee Sale Assistant

HIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 26177 Pub Dates 08/08, 08/15, 08/22/2018 SchId:72234 CustId:108

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--------------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF BETTY HENNON Case No. 18STPB06017 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BETTY HENNON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Regina Hennon in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Regina Hennon be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Sept. 10, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person

or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner:

Attorney for Petitioner LISA F. COLLINS ESQ. - SBN 176655 LAW OFFICE WILLIAMS

OF

WILLIAMS, LISA

F.

2601 W MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD. #B LOS ANGELES CA 90008 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/18 CNS-3160230# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:72283 AdId:24112 CustId:61 ---------------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: HUGH C. BAKER CASE NO. 18STPB06842

TO

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of HUGH C. BAKER.

CHERYL MANSELL ESQ SBN 143627 MANSELL & MANSELL APC

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DESHAWN BAKER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

1645 NORTH VINE ST STE 306 LOS ANGELES CA 90028 CN951799 HENNON Aug 8,15,22, 2018 SchId:72250 AdId:24102 CustId:65 --------------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WALTER MILLER JR. CASE NO. 18STPB06950

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.

TO

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WALTER MILLER JR..

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by WILLIAM D. WHITFIELD in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that WILLIAM D. WHITFIELD 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: 08/27/18 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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DESHAWN BAKER 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: 09/05/18 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 BYRON R. LANE - SBN 132625 LANE LAW GROUP, INC. 28924 S. WESTERN AVENUE, SUITE 206 RANCHO PALOS VERDES CA 90275 BSC 216002 8/8, 8/15, 8/22/18 CNS-3160492# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:72295 AdId:24116 CustId:61 ---------------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Ref. No. 14-1149-STEPHENSONWalton Trustor and Owner/Taxpayer.

MARGIE STEPHENSONWALTON, TRUSTEE OF THE 8725 EDMONTON PLACE LAND TRUST, 8725 EDMONTON PLACE, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN DATED 04/23/2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A Public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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: MARGIE STEPHENSONWALTON, TRUSTEE OF THE 8725 EDMONTON PLACE LAND TRUST Duly Appointed Trustee: JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation Recorded 05/08/2014, as Instrument No. 20140478889 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, Date and Time of Sale: 08/28/2018 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 08/28/2018: $14,391.65. Street address or other common designation of real property: 8725 EDMONTON PLACE, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305 APN #: 4025-019-068 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: 07/19/2018 JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation 11845 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1245, Los Angeles, California 90064 (310) 473-0757, JAMES GEFFNER, TRUSTEE For Sales Information Call (916) 939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com NPP0337676 To: INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE Publish Dates: 08/08/2018, 08/15/2018, 08/22/2018 SchId:72301 AdId:24118 CustId:68 --------------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'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: 08/28/2018 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 08/28/2018: $23,671.37. Street address or other common designation of real property, widow, 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: 07/18/2018 JAMES GEFFNER, A Professional Corporation 11845 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 1245, Los Angeles, California 90064 (310) 473-0757, JAMES GEFFNER, TRUSTEE For Sales Information Call (916) 939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com NPP0337677 To: INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE Publish Dates: 08/08/2018, 08/15/2018, 08/22/2018 SchId:72304 AdId:24119 CustId:68 --------------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LUE BERTHA JACKSON Case No. 18STPB07064 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LUE BERTHA JACKSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Betty Smith in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Betty Smith 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 August 30, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 11 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections

with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: LAURA WIDDIS ESQ SBN 240008 LAWRENCE A WIDDIS ESQ SBN 106477 630 E COLORADO ST GLENDALE CA 91205 CN951906 JACKSON Aug 8,9,15, 2018 SchId:72312 AdId:24122 CustId:65 --------------------------------------------NOTICE TO BULK SALE

CREDITORS

OF

(UCC Sec. 6105) Escrow No. 18-1212-JY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) to the Seller(s) are: PAXSON, LLC 10930 LONG BEACH BLVD, LYNWOOD, CA 90262 Doing Business as: ROBBINS #343299

BASKIN

All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within three years, as stated by the Seller(s), is/are: NONE The location in California of the Chief Executive Officer of the Seller(s) is: NONE The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s) is/are: MUHAMMAD FAROOQ, 18311 BAILEY DR, #20, TORRANCE, CA 90504 The assets to be sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, GOODWILL, TRADENAME, LEASEHOLD INTERESTS, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, ALL TRANSFERABLE PERMITS AND LICENSES, AND ALL INVENTORY OF STOCK IN TRADE and are located at: 10930 LONG BEACH BLVD., LYNWOOD, CA 90262 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: ACE ESCROW, 3030 W. 8TH ST, STE 408, LOS ANGELES, CA 90005 and the anticipated sale date is AUGUST 24, 2018 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

[If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: ACE ESCROW, 3030 W. 8TH ST, STE 408, LOS ANGELES, CA 90005 and the last day for filing claims shall be AUGUST 23, 2018, which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: JULY 30, 2018 BUYER: MUHAMMAD FAROOQ LA2074159 THE WEEKENDER 8/8/18 SchId:72325 CustId:628

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New FX Series Chance to Tell Latino Stories from Inside Out.

By Beth Harris BEVERLY HILLS (AP)—The cocreator of a new series featuring Latino characters who are violent criminals is at its core about a family, albeit a damaged one that lives outside the parameters of normal society.

Kurt Sutter told a TV critics meeting on Friday that he’s “really proud to have a brown cast” in “Mayans M.C.,” which debuts Sept. 4 on FX. At the time same, Sutter said he doesn’t bow to outside pressure that many of the Latino characters are criminals.

“The stories that I like to tell and the characters I like to create are damaged,” he said. “I never write these guys or these women from the point of view of them being dangerous or bad. I write them from the idea that they’re human beings with complex feelings.”

The show picks up 21/2 years after the events of Sutter’s “Sons of Anarchy” and focuses on that series’ rivalsturned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club.

“People didn’t show up for ‘Sons’ because it was about (expletive) outlaws,” Sutter said. “It was about a (expletive) family.”

Co-creator Elgin James said he grew up in a world of gangs and violence, and he sees the show as a chance

“I don’t know what it’s like to grow up in a functional family, I don’t know what it’s like to grow up in a supportive family.”

—Co-Creator Elgin James

to tell Latino stories from personal experience.

“I don’t know what it’s like to grow up in a functional family, I don’t know what it’s like to grow up in a supportive family,” James said. “But I do know that I have these stories that I have to tell and this damage inside me that I have to get out.”

James noted that many of the people working in front of and behind the camera on the show grew up in poverty amid violence and incarceration.

“This is the first time we get to tell our own stories from the inside out, which is incredibly important to me,” he said. “I don’t want any nice people ... to tell me I can’t tell my story.”

Among the cast is Edward James Olmos, Danny Pino, JD Pardo, and Emilio Rivera, who was in “Sons of Anarchy.”

Olmos starred in the PBS series “American Family” that ran from 2002-04 and was the first broadcast TV drama featuring a mostly Latino cast.

“We’re more than 22 percent of the population and less than 4 percent of the images on screen,” he said. “This show is going to move the needle. It’s about time. This next whole evolvement that we’re going through right now will be one to remember. Everyone is going to see this show and have an opinion.”

Fox Exec: Up to ‘Simpsons’ Creators to Handle Apu Criticism

By Lynn Elber

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Nelson’s Mandela’s birth by attending the opening of the Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition in London, an exhibit paying tribute to the late South African President’s life. Prince Harry is standing between his wife and Mr. Mandela’s granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela. The Duchess celebrated her own 37th birthday this week.

American descent as she goes.

Lisa’s response: “Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect. What can you do?” A photo of Apu appears, and Marge says, “Some things will be dealt with at a later date” and Lisa adds, “if at all.”

Comedian Hari Kondabolu, who wrote “The Problem With Apu” documentary to address how marginalized groups are represented in pop

makes a change and he’s willing to step away from the role, saying it feels BEVERLY HILLS (AP)—Crelike the right thing to do. ators of “The Simpsons” have the Walden and Gary Newman, her freedom to handle the show’s depicfellow Fox TV group chairman and tion of Indian shop owner Apu in the CEO, were asked how Disney’s purright way for their show, a top Fox chase of Fox assets including its TV executive said Thursday. and movie studios might affect the Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart clerk who future of “The Simpsons,” among the has sold expired food and ripped off shows produced by 20th Century Fox customers in the long-running aniTelevision. The Fox network isn’t part mated Fox series, has come under fire of the sale to Disney and, if the deal as racist and stereotypical. The passes regulatory scrutiny, will criticism flared after the recent become the sole major broadcast Hank Azaria, the cast member network not joined to a studio. release of the documentary “The Trouble with Apu.” “The Simpsons” is so much of “The Simpsons” who “We have had conversations a part of the Fox network brand voices Apu, said publicly in with (executive producer) Jim that there’s no plan for it to go Brooks and his team, and basi- April he hopes the show makes “anywhere other than Fox,” cally we’ve left it up to them,” Walden said. There are a couple a change and he’s willing to Fox Television Group Chairman of years of episodes already in and CEO Dana Walden told a progress, she added. step away from the role.

TV critics’ meeting.

When she didn’t directly ad“They’ve treated the characdress whether it made financial ters with so much respect, we defi- culture, attacked the show’s response sense for the increasingly costly show nitely trust them to handle it in a as sad and misguided. He was joined to stay on a network separate from way that will be best for their show,” by a chorus of online protests. the studio producing it, a reporter Walden said. She’s unaware of their Walden had a measured response asked Newman to weigh in. plans, but “we all decided that was when asked about the episode’s back“I guess the man’s going to take their decision.” lash. She called it “good information” the money question,” Walden said, “The Simpsons,” now in its 30th for the creators, who she said focused dryly. year, made a stab at responding to on it and undoubtedly will take it into Earlier in the question-and-ancritics in an episode that aired last account as they further address the swer session, she had touted Fox’s April. Mom Marge is sharing a book character. inclusivity on screen and in the exshe enjoyed as a child with daughHank Azaria, the cast member of ecutive ranks, including 46 percent ter Lisa but finds herself editing its “The Simpsons” who voices Apu, said female representation among those slurs against people of Irish and Latin publicly in April he hopes the show at the vice president level and above.

Calling 911: Actresses Bassett, Hinds Helped by Responders

BEVERLY HILLS (AP)—Angela Bassett once resorted to dialing 911 for help when she had trouble with a fireplace at home. Aisha Hinds needed help for a life-threatening emergency as a teenager.

The actresses co-star on Fox’s “9-1-1” series about the pressurized world of police, firefighters and dispatchers who are thrust into a variety of high-stress situations.

Bassett told a TV critics meeting last Thursday that she once called for help when a fire she and a friend started got

out of hand. It wouldn’t extinguish af- gear arrived and took care of it. ter being doused with water and she had “They were very handsome,” she said, trouble ussmiling. ing a spatHinds “I’m a Florida girl, so fireplaces ula to toss got mistakthe burnenly shot in aren’t usually a thing.” ing log outthe back as —Angela Bassett side. a 16-year“I’m a old walking Florida girl, so fireplaces aren’t usually a home from school in New York by a suspect thing,” she said. chasing another man.

Much to Bassett’s relief, firefighters in full “It didn’t even register that I had been

shot,” she said. “It felt kind of like a stiletto, like a really sharp stiletto just piercing, and really, really hot.”

The bullet grazed her aorta and she ended up losing a kidney.

Both men ended up dying within a couple years of the incident.

“So here I am, the lone survivor of that entire experience,” Hinds said.

“Truly, truly I have to give credit to the very fast response of 911 in my neighborhood.”