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Council approves fee increases LAPD Officer’s lawsuit dismissed

Navy honors 102-year-old vet, black pioneer

The proposed resolution adds an additional placing too many upon the residents,” Lynn chise agreement for the utility.

By Chris Frost no inference $140,000 tying these

By CatStaff Keniston to the general fund.

Council members opposed fees affecting resiBoone said. “Maybe someone should go over Bulletin Writer andhas been subsidizing or covering these.”

A judge dismissed a facts to the officer “The city dents, including a $50 jump in block party perstate lawsuit filed by City a black Utility companies are exempt from any fee in- mits, and a handicap curb fee increase to $150 for permitofissuance and administration costs,” COMPTON—The Council(management’s) unanimously street about17plaintiff’s Los Angeles policefeeofficer interim race,” Public Works Director John Strickland creases because of a lawsuit between Edison and the pole sign and installation, then a $20 charge approved street work increasesmind at its April annually. Residential refuse bins were scheduled said. present fee schedule does not address Alhambra California in 2011. meeting, moving beyond theirRaphael current 1989 wrote in a “The six-page who alleged hethem wrongfully “The utility company had a franchise agree- to increase from $5 and $40 for small and large many levels.

8. types of street work permits issued and adtransferred to short-term ruling issued Aug. ment, and the city adopted an ordinance concur- bins, to $25 and $75, respectively. ministered. ” The city based its increase andfiled The suit, in October administrative duty afteron inspection rent with the agreement,” City Attorney Craig Public comments about the increases drew “I am against gouging residents because of the administrative costs it traditionally did not complaining that a white 2015, stated that Ferguson Cornwell said.

“The court praise from residents hoping for increased revcity’s negligence,” Councilwoman Janna Zurita. found that interfering charge, then compared rates with other cities. colleague pulled him over and was hired by the LAPD in “We compared our rates with Gardenia, Lyn- enue, but the group stood against raising fees af- with the franchise agreement is unconstitutional.” “It is hard to ask for more money with the condi2009 and Diwas driving while detained twice” interim despitePublic fecting residents.

Cornwell and Edison representatives created nwood andhim Torrance, Works off-duty in South Los Angeles being shown identification. » See FEES, Page 9A “I know there should be increases, but you are language in the agreement that preserves the franrector John Strickland said.

In his lawsuit filed in on Aug. 19, 2014, when he October 2015 alleging was ordered to stop by a race discrimination and uniformed colleague about retaliation, Lamark Ferguson two blocks away from some said the white officer who property the plaintiff owned stopped him explained that he and wanted to inspect.

Ferguson says he told needed to verify the plaintiff’s employment because gang the officer that he also was members are known to with the LAPD and showed him his driver’s license and impersonate LAPD officers.

U.S. Navy photo identification However, Los Angeles department Superior Court Judge Michael card. He also says he had his attending the ceremony the barracks in his name, Mills risked his life for

By Julie Watson Raphael ruled that neither the uniform and badge in the The Navy recognized a Thursday at the naval base, shaking his head side to the service despite facing actions by the white officer car’s back seat.

102-year-old World War in Coronado, California, side. “That’s one of the most discrimination in a then“The officer told plaintiff nor LAPD management’s II veteran Thursday by near San Diego. Mills told beautiful things I’ve ever segregated Navy. later decision to temporarily that he needed to verify softly before seen so far.”

In 1942, Mills volunteered inaugurating a new barracks reporters employment reassign him showed racial plaintiff’s He added moments to board the USS Yorktown in his name, a rare honor for the ceremony that he was because “the (gang members) bias. overjoyed by the honor. later: “I think I have a lot of after it was attacked by the a living recipient.

“Plaintiff articulates down here are known to “Oh beautiful,” he told friends.”

Japanese during the Battle of From his wheelchair, One of the maritime Midway. retired Chief Steward Andy reporters when asked to He cracked open a safe Mills waved to the sailors describe how he felt seeing branch’s first black chiefs, » See LAWSUIT, Pg 2 containing documents and

By Chris Frost bills on the heavily damaged Bulletin Staff Writer ship.

He and a paymaster COMPTON—The City Council moved anstuffed them in a suitcase, got other step forward in theand citylowered manageritsearch on a rope down off Tuesday, April 27, as Council members Willie the ship before the Japanese plates that did not match the year of Snell was shot when he turned

By Cat Keniston Jones, Janna Zurita and Yvonne Arceneaux inattackedduring again, destroying the car, prompting officers to suspect toward the officers with the gun in his five candidates The Los Angeles Police terviewed a special meetthe Yorktown and the USS it may have been stolen. hand, police said. He was pronounced Commission ruled Tuesday that an ing. nextnot to it.

After Snell ran from the car dead at the scene and a .40-caliber officer was justified in using deadly Mayor Eric J.Hammann Perrodin did attend the conflictStephen involving Barnett current officers began to chase him on foot, handgun was recovered a fewmeeting feet because of aCapt. force in a shooting that killed an met Mills years at interim City Manager Bryantwo Batiste and ago CounBy Staff Reports police said. from his body. No officers were armed 18-year-old man in South Los cilwoman Janna Zurita. an event in San Diego and Opponents of a South Security video of the chase, taken injured.

Angeles.

Batiste took over for was former interimbyCity said he so moved the Los Angeles oil drilling site from a nearby business, showed In the days after the shooting, Despite clearing the officer Manager Lamont Ewell on Jan. 25. man and what he had done announced Monday that Snell running with his left hand activists held protests at the scene, who shot Carnell Snell Jr., the “City Managerthat Bryan Batiste wrote a memo he wanted to honor him a protest is being planned in a sweatshirt pocket, and at one outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’sto City Attorney Craig commissioners faulted some of the Cornwell requesting that Bulletin photos by Chris Frost and have young sailors learn over what they say is the residence in Hancock Park and during tactics used by officers involved in the point removing his hand to reveal Councilperson Zurita recuse herself from the about the inspiring chief. inThe Sibrie Braves practice throwing on Saturday, 29. inaction ofPark the city’s planning a handgun. He held the gun at his a meeting of the commission.terview process,” Perrodin chase skills that ended with theApril shooting said in a written state“He wasn’t like department to decide on a side briefly, then tucked it in his Protesters were verbally disruptive on Oct. 1 at 107th Street and Western ment. “I will not participate until treated the Council shipmates but it about never nuisance abatement petition waistband, turned and ran away from during Tuesday’s commission Avenue. receives a writtenhis opinion from Cornwell stopped him from his filed over a year ago. meeting, as has become common over the disagreement. ” Police were trying to stop Snell for the camera, out of sight, with officers duty—a duty he carried out Residents living near what Zurita said Batiste is only holding the position in pursuit. the last few years. driving a light blue Nissan with paper with courage, honor and until the Council finds a permanent city manis called the Jefferson drill site ager. commitment—and that at 1371 W. Jefferson Blvd.

“The accusations that aeveryone is making remains cornerstone of his filed a petition for abatement have no validity character to them, and the Barnett Council told will now,” of public nuisance in June continue searching for a qualified candidate, the crowd at the ceremony. ” 2016, claiming the operator of she said. “He knew going this wasrecalled only temMills invividly to the site, Sentinel Peak Energy, porary.” reporters one of the officers is violating its land use Cornwell said he cannot make Zurita recuse saying “but I need one of permits. The company, which herself. blackhasboys over to there” bought the site in October “Every Councilthose member the right parto go back on board the ship from Freeport McMoRan, did ticipate in properly noticed City Council matBy Chris Frost after it had been attacked by ters,” he said. “According Bulletin Staff Writer to the charter, the city not respond to a request to manager serves at will of theMills, Council thetheJapanese. oneand of comment. nothing short of two a legally defined conflictsailors of inCOMPTON—The Sibrie Park Braves are continuing their African American Residents who live near terest, a situation precludes thetomember 2011 success in 2012 as the team has won four of its first five onthat the ship, agreed go. the site lined up in January from attending, or a belief the he or she cannot games.

When the paymaster at a city Office of Zoning be open-mindedaccompanying exists, complying withcould Mr. The squad collected a forfeit on Saturday, April 28, as their him Administration hearing about Batiste’s wishes has no legal support. ” opponents, the Blue Jays, did not show up for the game. not open the safe on the USS the petition to complain of Zurita said she will not step away from the inFormer San Francisco Giant and current Assistant Coach Yorktown, Millsforasked if he health problems, excessive terviews, and thanked Cornwell addressing Jesse Brew led the team through a spirited practice and could have a go at it. noise and pollution they say the issue. praised the team’s fast start.

“Click. I asked went up there the facility is responsible for.

Councilwoman Arceneaux “They have surprised me so far,” he said. “I am especially Cornwell and turneddirected it. Click,” he said, The petition asks the city pleased by our play at shortstop and pitcher.” for a written legal opinion to Council “Money all out Brew coaches the defensive portion of the game and sticks members, and hegrinning. said he will preparefell one. to require that oil extraction Public comments on the selection process fato the fundamentals. of it.” at the site be completely vored Batiste.

“You keep your hands in front, step and aim at the chest of Family friend Deborah enclosed, to mandate the use “The man does a good job,of ” resident Carolyn the person you are throwing to, ” he said.

“We have sound Thompson, San Diego, said of quieter and less polluting Stokes said. “If you fire Batiste all oftoyou to fundamentals, but I know the team can do better.” it meant so much hishave family electric rigs instead of deal with me. Nottojust one of you, all of you. ” One of the cornerstones of team success is positive attisee him finally honored for diesel ones, and to provide She asked the Council if they understood her tudes, Brew said, and he deals with problems immediately. his bravery. publicly accessible air quality twice, and Arceneaux acknowledged her.

“I am not a babysitter and do not tolerate hardheads,” he broughtexpressed tears to conour monitoring to track pollution said. “This is serious, and I am teaching them about baseball.”

Resident Lorraine“It Cervantes eyes,” she said as received. she held at the site. cern about the publicity the meeting The team is turning the corner offensively, Brew said, bethe back The petition also says these “You guys keptonthistomeeting quiet,”ofsheMills’ said. cause of diligent, hard work. wheelchair.

“That is why no one is here tonight, and it is not “They started in the batting cage, but live pitching improtections were granted on television.” proves the hitters’ timing,” he said. “We play small ball (scorThe barracks will house decades ago to “whiter, City Clerk Alita Godwin andCarrying Zurita both reing runs with singles and doubles instead of home runs). If 934 their wealthier” neighborhoods on Courtesy photo and said thesailors. sponded, meeting notice met the they stay focused, those ground ball hits will turn into line seabags on their backs, some the Westside. #foxgives provided Jefferson Scholars with over 800 backpacks filled with supplies this morning as part of The Sibrie Park Braves take advantage of a forfeit on Saturday, of the sailors gathered around #foxprojectbackpack. » See BRAVES, Page 5A » See April 28, and hold an additional practice.

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Oil protest planned over South LA drilling site

Officer-involved shooting found to be justified

Braves enjoy early-season success

Jefferson Scholars receive 800 backpacks full of school supplies

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News South L.A. auto shop owner who circumvented smog check program gets probation

By Cat Keniston A South Los Angeles auto shop owner was sentenced Monday to three years of federal probation for violating the Clean Air Act by conducting scores of fraudulent smog check inspections.

Cheerline May Young, also known as Cheerline Williams, 53, of Athens was among nine defendants charged last year in a 44-count indictment that focused on Smogz R Us, a now-defunct shop she owned that operated on West 54th Street in South Los Angeles.

The charges included conspiracy and various counts of making false statements in connection with more than 1,300 bogus smog checks conducted at the location.

Young’s 33-year-old son, Jermaine Elroy “Aria” Williams, was sentenced a week ago to an eight-month sentence—to be split between federal prison and home detention—for violating the Clean Air Act. Young told U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald

that she wished to apologize to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the offense.

“I’m not a bad person,” the defendant told the court.

“If I hurt anyone, I’m sorry.

I’m not a troublemaker.”

The judge determined that it was “somewhat of an overstatement” to conclude that because Young was

the owner of the shop, she deserved a harsh sentence.

Fitzgerald said the twin motivations of cash and family ties appeared to be at the root of Young’s involvement.

Her son, the judge said, “instigated” the conspiracy.

Young pleaded guilty in March to a federal conspiracy count.

According to the

157 people killed by police in California in 2016

By Michael Balsamo Violent police encounters in California last year led to the deaths of 157 people and six officers, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday in a report that provides the first statewide tally on police use-of-force incidents.

All of the state’s 800 police departments supplied detailed data from 2016, including demographic information on the civilians and officers, the type of call that led to the violence and the officers’ justification for using force.

The departments reported 782 incidents resulting in serious injury or death, or where a firearm was discharged.

Those cases involved 832 civilians and about 19 percent, or 157, of those people were killed.

Forty-two percent of civilians who were involved in the incidents were Hispanic, 30 percent white and 20 percent black. More than 50 percent of the officers involved were white, according to the report.

The times officers used force represent a tiny fraction

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indictment, the defendants engaged in a form of fraudulent smog testing in which vehicle identification information was entered into smog testing equipment to make it appear that a particular vehicle was being tested—while a substitute “clean” vehicle was tested in order to obtain a passing grade.

of the millions of police encounters in the state of nearly 40 million people.

“In California, we strive to improve public trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they are sworn to protect by opening lines of communication,” Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. “A necessary part of the discussion is knowing the facts and having the data to inform the creation of effective plans to advance sound criminal justice policies.”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “While we are not ashamed of our great great grandfather, we are ashamed to benefit from white supremacy while our black family and friends suffer … we are ashamed of the monument .”

— Jack Christian

Confederate monuments not limited to the Old South Confederate monuments aren’t just located in parks and cemeteries in the states of the Old South. Most of the 11 Southern states that seceded prior to and during the Civil War have rebel monuments on or near the grounds of their state Capitol buildings.

In Montgomery, Alabama, where the Confederacy was formed in 1861, statues,

plaques and monuments dot the Capitol grounds. A statue erected in memory of the mothers, daughters and wives of Confederate soldiers stands outside the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi.

Confederate symbolism has been an issue across the region since 2015, when Dylann Roof fatally shot nine black people in a historic

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A letter from Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson was also read at the meeting.

“The residents of Council District Eight deserve a responsive government and a safe and healthy community,” Harris-Dawson wrote. “I share the frustration of my constituents in enduring these nuisances and threats to their safety and quality of life.

I support local community residents in their request for the same protections afforded to constituents in drill sites located in other parts of the

city.”

In January, a spokeswoman for HarrisDawson said a report on the petition was expected to be issued within 75 days from a zoning administrator.

Organizers of the protest -which is planned for Saturday -- said the city has “missed its deadline by three months and has failed to respond to community concerns. The protest will center around Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote, ‘Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”’

church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof was an avowed white supremacist who had posed for photos holding the Confederate battle flag.

That same year, thenSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley successfully led calls to bring down a Confederate flag that had flown on Statehouse grounds for 54 years.

The push to remove monuments has intensified since violent clashes at a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend that left a woman dead.

The white nationalists who staged the rally were protesting the city’s decision to remove a monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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impersonate LAPD,”’ the complaint alleged.

The officer allowed Ferguson to leave after 20 minutes. However, after Ferguson pulled into the driveway of his property, the same officer detained him for another 20 minutes while again insisting he needed to verify the plaintiff’s employment, the suit stated.

During the stop, Ferguson contacted his supervisor at the Hollywood Division and said he was being harassed because he is black, according to his court papers.

A month after the two stops, Ferguson filed a personnel complaint against the officer who detained him. The LAPD retaliated by temporarily assigning him to another division, where he was given administrative traffic duties, the suit alleged.

But the judge said in his ruling that when Ferguson was stopped by the white officer, the plaintiff was in the capacity of “a lay citizen in his personal vehicle” and was not in the “course and scope of his employment.”

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News Stonewall Jackson kin: Take down Confederate monuments

By Alana Durkin Richer A great-great-grandson of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson said Thursday that the monument to the legendary Confederate general and others in Virginia’s capital city were constructed as symbols of white supremacy and should be taken down.

Meanwhile, a descendant of Jefferson Davis said he supports moving the statues to appropriate settings, such as museums.

Jackson’s great-great-grandson told The Associated Press that he used to be open to the idea that the statues on Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue—which memorialize southern Civil War heroes, including Jackson—might be acceptable if context were added to explain why they were built.

However, the racially charged violence in Charlottesville has shown that to be impossible, Jack Christian said.

“They were constructed to be markers of white supremacy.

They were constructed to make black people fearful,” Christian said. “I can only imagine what persons of color who have to walk and drive by those every morning think and feel.”

Bertram Hayes-Davis, a great-great-grandson of Davis, told the AP that he believes that “complete removal is wrong.” But the descendant of the Confederate president said that putting the statues “in a historic place where the entire story can be explained is the best outcome for the American public.”

Jack Christian and his brother Warren Christian said in a letter to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney published by Slate on Wednesday that it is “long overdue” for the city to remove the “overt symbols of white racism and white supremacy. The men said they want to make clear that the statue—and their greatgreat-grandfather’s actions—do not represent them.

“While we are not ashamed of our great great grandfather, we are ashamed to benefit from white supremacy while our black family and friends suffer,” the brothers and Richmond natives wrote. “We are ashamed of the monument.”

Michael Shoop, who wrote a book on the genealogy of the Jackson family, confirmed that the men are descendants of the Confederate general.

Christian said he would like to see the statues preserved after they are removed from public display. He said he has heard from one relative who said she agreed with the sentiments expressed in the letter.

Christian said he’s pleased the Richmond mayor has decided that the former capital of the Confederacy will consider removing or relocating its statues.

The mayor had previously said he thought the monuments should stay but have context added about what they represent and why they were built, but changed course after the events in Charlottesville, where white supremacists rallied after the city voted to remove of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Stoney said he applauded the descendants of Confederate leaders for supporting his call to move the monuments.

“Every family has a history that can’t be changed, but we can all have an impact on the future,” The Democrat said in a statement. “In order to heal the divisions among us and move forward to a more equal and inclusive America, we need to reject these symbols when they become rallying points for hate, bigotry and violence,” Stoney said.

Chaos erupted at the Charlottesville rally, which included neo-Nazis, skinheads, Ku Klux Klan members, and is believed to be the largest gathering of white supremacists in a decade.

They clashed violently with counterdemonstrators, and after authorities ordered the crowd to disperse, a car plowed into a group of marchers, killing a woman and injuring 19 others.

Two state police troopers who had been monitoring the chaos were also killed when their helicopter crashed outside the city.

The events in Charlottesville have quickened the pace of the removal of Confederate monuments across the country.

Four Confederacy-related monuments were hauled away on trucks under cover of darkness late Tuesday night and early Wednesday in Baltimore. In Birmingham, Alabama, a 52-foottall obelisk honoring Confederate soldiers and sailors was covered by wooden panels at the mayor’s order.

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Photo by Steve Helber Protesters carry signs in front of a statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson as they demonstrate in Charlottesville, Va. earlier this year.

Auditor: California women’s inmate suicide rate too high

By Paul Elias Suicides spiked at a California women’s prison after officials failed to properly prepare for the transfer of 400 of the state’s most dangerous female inmates to the facility, the state auditor said Thursday.

In a report published Thursday, the auditor also found flaws in suicide prevention plans at all four women’s prisons.

Women comprise 4 percent of California’s prison population but accounted for 11 percent of suicides from 2012 to 2016.

“The ongoing nature of many of the problems we identified at the four prisons we reviewed is particularly troubling,” the report concluded.

State Auditor Elaine Howle reported that seven of the eight

suicides of women inmates between 2013 and 2016 occurred at the California Institution for Women in Chino. She says the culture of the prison changed dramatically when prison officials transferred maximum security inmates there in 2012.

The suicide spike at Chino prompted state lawmakers to request the audit.

Prison officials say their suicide prevention programs have improved, including the addition of more counseling.

There have been no suicides at the Chino prison this year, though two women inmates killed themselves in other prisons in 2017.

The population of California women’s prisons has fallen from 6,643 in 2012 to 4,743 last year after the

state’s “realignment” laws and policies shifted non-violent prisoners to county jails. Prison officials attributed some of the suicide spike to the larger percentage of violent inmates who now make up much of the prison population since realignment. Prison officials also posited that increased drug use and violence among women inmates contributed to the increase.

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Scott Kernan told the auditor that the prison system has since “improved its practices” in many of the areas the auditor found deficient and will consider incorporating other recommendations.

Kernan said he would respond with more details within 60 days.

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Opinion

Please take a side

By Marian Wright Edelman “I remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the Kingdom of Night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.

“I remember he asked his father: ‘Can this be true? This is the twentieth century, not the Middle Ages. Who would allow such crimes to be committed? How could the world remain silent?’

“And now the boy is turning to me. ‘Tell me,’ he asks, ‘what have you done with my future, what have you done with your life?’ And I tell him that I have tried. That I have tried to keep memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices.

“And then I explain to him how naïve we were, that the world did know and remained silent.

And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides.

Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

Sometimes we must interfere.

When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe.”

This passage (emphasis mine) is

from Holocaust survivor and human rights champion Elie Wiesel’s 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. Elie Wiesel spoke with a moral authority and clarity that is as obvious to even the smallest child watching a playground bully as it is to a witness of an unbearable genocide. Yet this plain moral truth has now been shamefully denied and trampled upon by the holder of our nation’s loudest bully pulpit – the Presidency.

There are not two sides to Nazism. There are not two sides to White supremacism, bigotry, and racial and religious hatred and intolerance. Heather Heyer – a nonviolent protester against racial intolerance – is not as much at fault as the man who violently and deliberately hit and killed her with his car on a Charlottesville street.

What must our children be thinking and learning from this? How can we equate an evil and violent act that took a life to a nonviolent protest? How do we encourage our children to stand up and fight back nonviolently in the face of evil when morally blind leaders can’t tell the difference?

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is currently tracking 917 hate groups across our nation.

Lecia Brooks, SPLC’s director of outreach, said, “The ugly bigotry and hate on display in Charlottesville underscores a growing sickness in our country – one that’s become all too commonplace and increasingly lethal.” They are among many groups and leaders and individuals calling on President Donald Trump to take responsibility for his role. SPLC says in a new petition: “President Trump’s campaign and presidency have energized the white supremacist movement in unprecedented ways.

Martin Luther King condemned the violence on both sides, too

By Robert Romano Someone has to be the adult in the room.

Whenever President Donald Trump—or any political leader— stands up to condemn all of the violence at a national tragedy such as Charlottesville, Va. regardless of the causes, political or otherwise, those calls should be embraced, lest the result be that some forms of political violence be justified— and perpetuated as a consequence.

That was what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached. He said, “Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love… Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding.”

King deplored the violence on all sides of the national pursuit of racial equality. In his book, “Where do we go from here: Chaos or community?”

King condemned the “terror of extremist white violence” and at the same time gave an equal share of the blame for violence to those who resorted to riots to end racial oppression and segregation: “in several Northern and Western cities, most tragically in Watts, young Negroes had exploded in violence. In an irrational burst of rage they had sought to say something, but the flames had blackened both themselves and their oppressors.”

While King understood why the riots occurred—he called them the “language of the unheard”— and yet he did not justify them, instead saying, “riots are socially destructive and self-defeating” and “there’s no practical or moral answer in the realm of violence” and “there is no violent solution” to social injustices.

Was King morally equating those who perpetuated racial injustice and those who opposed it, as Trump is now accused? No. But he was saying resorting to violence to achieve political ends, regardless

of the motive, was unquestionably immoral, even in the pursuit of racial justice. That is all.

But it was not simply a message of non-violence as its own end. King never lost sight of his goals: “it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society.” He urged legislation via our political institutions, not physical confrontation, to resolve the evils of segregation.

King was being the adult in the room. He was right. While the nation was tearing itself apart over a true injustice, government-forced racial segregation, he pursued nonviolent, political means to achieve the changes he sought. In the face of racial violence, he preached a non-violent response. He kept the moral high ground. His view was that violence would only lead to more violence, and so brokered no quarter for those who resorted to it—whether they were fighting for or against racial injustice.

At question today is whether President Trump should have condemned not only the violence in Charlottesville, Va. perpetrated by hateful white supremacists attending the rally opposing the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee—including the tragic murder of Heather Heyer by James Fields—but also the anti-fascists (“Antifa”) counter-protesters who attended and engaged in street fights with the protesters.

On Twitter on Aug. 12, Trump deplored the violence, writing in his first response to the tragedy at 1:19 p.m., “We ALL must be united [and] condemn all that hate stands for. There is no place for this kind of violence in America. [Let’s] come together as one!”

Later in the day, he said at a speech in Bedminster, N.J. at 3:33 p.m., “we’re closely following the terrible events unfolding in Charlottesville, Virginia.

We saw it in the support he received from the likes of David Duke during his campaign. We saw it in the surge in hate crimes committed in his name after his election. And we saw it in the deadly gathering of white supremacists in Charlottesville . . . At this point, it’s not enough for Trump simply to condemn bigotry.

He must take responsibility for the surge in white supremacy and hate that he has unleashed.”

While Americans wait to see whether that happens, it is up to parents and grandparents and faith leaders and educators and all those committed to building a more just nation to step into the void. We must teach our children the truth about our history and the importance of speaking and standing up nonviolently. We must exemplify the actions we want our children to follow. We must refuse to raise ahistorical and amoral children who ignore or support evil. We must not raise another generation who choose violence as a way of life and cannot respectfully disagree without it. Remaining silent is not an option.

Our children must know right from wrong and be willing to stand up and take sides thoughtfully and nonviolently. And adults at all levels beginning with our president and political leaders have a responsibility not to ever condone intolerance and violence.

I hope we will teach children how to respect the sacred lives of every human being and end with this prayer.

O God, help our children to feel love and appreciation for all Your gifts of life.

Grant each of them a passion for peace and justice.

Kindness for those who are weak and needy and sad and afraid.

Courage to stand up for right and to struggle against wrong.

Friendship and kinship with all who share the world You have created.

Grant our children faith to open the door of their souls wide to life and love as You intend.

Protect them against the worms of hate and the weasels of selfishness and envy.

Help our children to sing their own songs and to hear and respect the songs of others in the spheres of our earth’s firmament.

Dear God, help us to live what we preach so that we may be worthy of our children’s respect.

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

For more information go to www. childrensdefense.org.

Celebration has become a way of life for me Dr. James L. Snyder I have just celebrated my birthday, my wife’s birthday and our wedding anniversary. I am not sure how old I am or how long we have been married and I won’t even go to my wife’s age. I’m old enough to know better.

I have long past the idea of candles on my birthday cake representing one candle per year. The fire department will not give us a permit to do that.

Someone asked me how long we have been married and without even thinking, I said, “Forever.” Once that word danced out of my lips I knew I was in trouble with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. One look from her, and I knew that my forever had ended.

All seriousness aside, celebrations are wonderful opportunities, at least from my point of view, to gorge myself with cake. After all, if it is my birthday or anniversary or my wife’s birthday, I should be respectful enough to eat the cake presented.

At my age, I’m not too concerned about eating healthy. That’s why I love the holidays.

Between holidays, my wife insists on eating healthy. I cannot even name all of the vegetables that appear on our table at suppertime. I think they are vegetables, my wife says they are vegetables, but I am not so sure about it. My wife believes that if it is green and leafy it must be a vegetable.

I, on the other hand, with a fork in each hand, have had enough vegetables I want to get to the celebratory cake.

After all, what is the sense in celebrating a birthday or an anniversary if you cannot eat the cake presented? Especially if it is my birthday.

I will give my wife the latitude to put vegetables, so-called, on our dinner table between our celebrations. The problem is, my birthday, her birthday and our anniversary are within three weeks of each other. That means, there are 49 weeks that I have to put up with vegetables.

Therefore, I am a great one when it comes to celebrating something. Anything. I am so glad that our culture is assisting me in this. It has come to the point where there is a celebration for every day of the year. I do not care what I’m celebrating, as long as cake is involved, I’m right there. After all, I certainly don’t want to offend anybody.

In my carefulness to not offend anybody in this regard, I have on occasion offended my wife. She is a vegetableaholic if ever there was one. She even eats vegetables as a snack. Once at a church fellowship, she brought in a huge plate of raw vegetables, insinuating it was a snack tray.

Recently, I was sitting in my lazy-boy chair, drinking a nice hot cup of coffee and reflecting on the important issues of life. I cannot tell you how many problems in this world I have solved if only somebody would listen to me.

However, in my muse a wonderful thought embraced several grey cells. What if, and I don’t have any legitimate documentation on this, when we get to heaven, it is a celebration every day with cake only an angel could bake? And what if, every day it was somebody’s birthday and we needed to celebrate it? That certainly would make heaven for me.

Further, in my muse, what if there were no vegetables whatsoever to be found at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb? That too would make heaven, heaven for me. What if all we had at that table was cake, pie, ice cream and soda pop? Wouldn’t that just be divine?

I think most people, particularly my wife, take this matter of eating healthy too seriously. I think when a person eats it should be an enjoyable experience and not a ragged old duty.

I wonder what kind of soda pop they will have in heaven? I’m sure it will not be a diet soda. Why would we be dieting in heaven?

What if, and again, I am speculating, everyone in heaven is fat? Everyone is fat, eating, laughing and enjoying themselves. Wouldn’t that be a shock to some people? I’m not saying it is, but who’s to say it isn’t? A person can dream, can’t they?

That certainly would be something worth celebrating.

In the midst of all this musing, my wife happened to walk in and said, “What in the world are you smiling at?”

I confess it caught me a little off guard. I looked at her, still smiling and said, “I was thinking about heaven and the great time we are going to have celebrating up there.”

I did not give her any particulars, because it was my dream. All she said was, “I think it’ll be a wonderful time up there celebrating.”

Her idea of celebrating may not be exactly my idea of celebrating, but then why get caught up in particulars. Her celebration may be different from my celebration, but if both of us are happy in that celebrating atmosphere, what’s the harm?

I couldn’t help but think of what Jesus once said to his disciples. “I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:51).

The best celebration that I know of is feasting upon that “living bread” which is none other than Jesus Christ.

Dr. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, 1471 Pine Road, Ocala, FL 34472. He lives with his wife in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net. The church web site is www. whatafellowship.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 THE BULLETIN 5

Opinion Why was the FBI so sure that Russia hacked the DNC without looking at the server?

By Robert Romano On May 3, 2016, when asked by MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell if there was any indication that foreign governments had penetrated her private email server that contained classified information, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton emphatically denied the charge, saying, “No, not at all.”

The rationale for denying this was obvious enough. If the classified information on her private email server had fallen into the hands of foreign powers, then there would be real damage—potentially placing her in greater legal jeopardy.

Just a day later, on May 4, 2016, Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar, AKA Guccifer, who had first exposed Hillary Clinton’s private email server that contained classified information, contradicted Clinton in an interview with Fox News, claiming to have penetrated that email server.

“For me, it was easy … easy for me, for everybody,” Lazar claimed.

Later, former FBI Director James Comey corroborated Clinton’s account when he exonerated her of any wrongdoing related to her server in July 2016, saying, “With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton’s personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked.”

But, Comey added, “given the nature of the system and of the actors potentially involved, we assess that we would be unlikely to see such direct evidence. We do assess that hostile actors gained access to the private commercial e-mail accounts of people with whom Secretary Clinton was in regular contact from her personal account.” Here, Comey was referring to the original Guccifer hack of Clinton associate Sydney Blumenthal.

Guccifer, a Romanian national, was not some state actor. He was a crackpot obsessed with finding evidence of what he called the “Illuminati.” So, he targeted members of those he believed to be a part of this “Illuminati,” including the Bush family, Colin Powell, and others, by successfully guessing their passwords or the answers to password security questions based on publicly available information to unlock their email or social media accounts.

“Lehel was [not] a good hacker, technologically speaking. He was not. He mainly had the time and patience to design social engineering attacks. He would comb the internet for background information on his intended victims and then try to guess the password or password question from their email or Facebook accounts. He guessed Colin Powel’s AOL password by learning his grandmother’s name,” Steve Mierzejewski noted on his blog at the time.

In a letter written from prison written in 2015, Lehel explained his method: “Breaking into [Blumenthal’s] email address took me a few minutes… By utilising a complex kit of social engineering and deeply accessing open-source information, a vulnerability of the email account permits

the possibility of resetting the password. Once into the core of the communications of the man who had been supporting the Clintonian crime syndicate for decades, I modified the passwords of the email accounts associated with the main account.”

Once in Blumenthal’s AOL account, emails to Hillary Clinton’s private email server were revealed, including those that appeared to contain classified information. He uploaded them to a Google folder and sent it around to media outlets. This was the first time Clinton’s private email address was revealed to the world. The Smoking Gun online newspaper published a story about the Blumenthal emails on March 15, 2013 and March 18, 2013.

It was only years later and after Lazar’s Fox News interview stating he had accessed Clinton’s email server directly that any Russian connection to Guccifer was asserted. The claim was made by the conspiracy website whatdoesitmean.com on May 6, 2016 that asserting that somehow Russian intelligence services had piggybacked on Guccifer’s “hacks” and used that to penetrate Hillary Clinton’s private email server and obtain tens of thousands of Clinton’s emails. Gateway Pundit picked up on this, which is likely how then-candidate Donald Trump became aware of the claim.

Except, there was no evidence Guccifer had ever penetrated Clinton’s email server, although he claimed he did. The whatdoesitmean.com story was intended to falsify Clinton’s claims that her server had been hacked by foreign adversaries, but no verifiable evidence was provided.

Then, just a month later in June 2016, the Democrats suddenly changed their tune on foreign hacks, when it came to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers had been supposedly penetrated by Russia.

Immediately, it was assessed that Russia was behind everything. Out of nowhere, Guccifer 2.0 appeared, and this time he or she was leaving Russian fingerprints everywhere. Interestingly, whoever was adopting the Guccifer 2.0 persona wanted to make it sound like the original Guccifer, claiming to be from Romania and renewing the interest in the “Illuminati,” stating in the June 15, 2016 blog post, “F**k the Illuminati and their conspiracies!”

Guccifer 2.0 also appeared to adopt some of the methodology of the original Guccifer, cutting and pasting the contents of emails into new documents in an attempt to strip the metadata. However, this plan was not ultimately successful, casting major doubts on Guccifer 2.0’s connection to a foreign hostile actor like Russia, which was later asserted by the FBI, CIA and NSA in the joint intelligence assessment on supposed Russian meddling in the 2016 elections issued in January. On July 24, a group of forensic investigators called Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issued a memorandum to President Trump, “Was the ‘Russian Hack’ an Inside Job?” calling that whole narrative into question.

According to the report, “Forensic studies of ‘Russian hacking’ into Democratic National Committee

computers last year reveal that on July 5, 2016, data was leaked (not hacked) by a person with physical access to DNC computer. After examining metadata from the ‘Guccifer 2.0’ July 5, 2016 intrusion into the DNC server, independent cyber investigators have concluded that an insider copied DNC data onto an external storage device.

Key among the findings of the independent forensic investigations is the conclusion that the DNC data was copied onto a storage device at a speed that far exceeds an Internet capability for a remote hack.”

All of which calls into question just how the FBI, CIA and NSA was so certain the DNC servers had been hacked—when it never took possession of the servers. As Comey noted last July, when it came to the Clinton private email server, even with it in possession, “given the nature of the system and of the actors potentially involved, we assess that we would be unlikely to see such direct evidence [of a hack].” So, even with server in-hand, ascertaining a hack was deemed “unlikely.” Without it, as with the DNC server, making such a forensic determination should have been impossible.

Yet, in January, the FBI, CIA and NSA concluded that “We assess with high confidence that the GRU used the Guccifer 2.0 persona, DCLeaks.com, and WikiLeaks to release U.S. victim data obtained in cyber operations publicly and in exclusives to media outlets… Content that we assess was taken from email accounts targeted by the GRU in March 2016 appeared on DCLeaks.com starting in June. We assess with high confidence that the GRU relayed material it acquired from the DNC and senior Democratic officials to WikiLeaks.”

Somehow, the federal government concluded that the DNC emails were obtained via “cyber operations” without ever examining the DNC servers. Comey later confirmed in testimony on Jan. 10 before the Senate Intelligence Committee that “Ultimately what was agreed to is the private company would share with us what they saw…

Our forensics folks would always prefer to get access to the original device or server that’s involved, so it’s the best evidence.” Instead, the FBI deferred to the private group, Crowdstrike, which conducted an independent analysis of the supposed DNC hack.

But even that is questionable. Crowdstrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch in the Washington Post published June 14, 2016 spoke of the lack of evidence as to how it was that somebody got onto the Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers to get the emails that were ultimately published on Wikileaks in July 2016. According to the Washington Post, “CrowdStrike is not sure how the hackers got in. The firm suspects they may have targeted DNC employees with ‘spearphishing’ emails… ‘But we don’t have hard evidence,’ Alperovitch said,” the report stated. Nor was Alperovitch really sure who had hacked the DNC emails: “CrowdStrike is less sure of whom Cozy Bear works for but thinks it might be the Federal Security Service, or FSB, the country’s powerful security agency, which was once headed by Putin.”

THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

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hile school safety is of the utmost importance to parents, millions of school-age children begin and end their days with a bus ride. To provide some measures for parents to help increase safety going to and from the bus and during the ride, the National Association for Pupil Transportation offers these tips.

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Ensure backpacks are packed securely so papers and other items don’t scatter as the bus approaches.

Create a morning routine that puts kids at the bus stop five minutes before the scheduled pickup time. This helps avoid a last-minute rush, when safety lessons are easily forgotten, and ensures kids are safely in place for boarding.

Encourage children to wear bright, contrasting colors so they can be seen easier by drivers.

Walk young children to the bus stop or encourage kids to walk in groups. There is safety in numbers; groups are easier for drivers to see.

Instruct children to walk on the sidewalk.

If there is no sidewalk, advise them to stay out of the street, walk single-file, face traffic and stay as close to the edge of the road as possible.

If kids must cross a street, driveway or alley, remind them to stop and look both ways before crossing.

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Remind children that the bus stop is not a playground. Balls or other toys can roll into the street and horseplay could result in falling into the path of oncoming traffic.

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When boarding the bus, items can get bumped and dropped. Caution children that before picking anything up, they should talk to the driver and follow instructions to safely retrieve their possessions.

Teach safe riding habits: stay seated with head, hands and feet inside at all times; use a seatbelt (if available); keep bags and books out of the aisle and remain seated until the bus stops moving. Also instruct children to never throw things on the bus or out the windows and to never play with or block the emergency exits.

Remind kids that yelling and other loud noises are off limits as they could distract the driver.

If cell phones and other electronic devices are permitted, instruct children to mute the sound or use headphones so as not to create a distraction for the driver or other riders.

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For parents who meet their kids at the bus stop, remember that in their excitement kids may dart across the street. Eliminate the risk by waiting on the side of the street where kids exit the bus.

Make the bus ride part of your daily “how was school?” discussion. Encourage kids to talk about the things they see and hear on the bus so you can discuss appropriate behaviors and, if necessary, report any concerns to school administrators.

A Safe Transportation Option Beyond teaching safety precautions around the bus, there is another option to ensure kids are transported safely to and from school each day. Many school districts are moving away from noisy, pollutioninducing and expensive diesel buses in favor of buses powered by an alternate fuel, like propane, which offers numerous benefits for school districts and their students.

Jenna Bush Hager

Safety: Jenna Bush Hager, a teacher, author, journalist and parent of two, has partnered with the Propane Education & Research Council to educate parents and school districts about the benefits of propane school buses.

School buses powered by propane offer numerous safety advantages. Propane school buses are quieter than diesel buses when operating, making it easier for drivers to hear both inside and outside the bus. This can have a direct impact on student behavior, and many districts have reported fewer disciplinary issues as a result. An interactive audio quiz detailing the difference between the types of buses can be found at QuieterSchoolBuses.com.

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Discuss the Bus Join the discussion (or start one) on school districts exploring a switch from diesel buses to cleaner alternatives by downloading resources including fact sheets, videos and more at BetterOurBuses.com.

“As a former teacher, I know parents often overlook how the ride to and from school can impact a child’s performance in the classroom,” Hager said. “A child’s attitude or behavior before they arrive at school can set the tone for the whole day.”

In addition, these buses meet rigorous U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and each is equipped with an automatic shut-off feature that prevents fuel flow to the engine when not running.

Another safety consideration is the health implications of older diesel buses. The shorter height of younger students can put them face-to-face with a black cloud of diesel smoke every school day.

With propane buses, however, students aren’t exposed to the harmful particulate matter in diesel exhaust, which is known to aggravate asthma and has been identified by the World Health Organization as a carcinogen. However, “low-NOx” propane engines are 75 percent cleaner than current federal emissions standards require.

Savings: Not only is propane consistently less expensive than diesel fuel, the buses themselves don’t require the same expensive repairs and replacement parts that today’s modern diesel buses demand. Saving money on transportation costs puts schools in a better position to appropriate budget toward meeting students’ needs in the classroom and other areas, such as fine arts and athletic programs.

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Legal Advertising NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-16-734991JB Order No.: 160169773-CAVOI NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THE COPY PROVI DED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR (Pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code 2923.3) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/3/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial C ode and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): DAVID P. CARTZNES, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 10/11/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2257168 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 1/8/2015 as Instrument No. 20150024075 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 8/31/2017 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: $518,281.44 The purported property address is: 709 AND 711 EAST COCOA STREET, COMPTON, CA 90221 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6179-006039 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sa le date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-16-734991-JB . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return o f the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON

SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 O r Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-16-734991-JB IDSPub #0130027 8/9/2017 8/16/2017 8/23/2017 SchId:68164 AdId:22701 CustId:608 ---------------------------------------WILVER VARGAS vs.

HILARIO MENCHACA; AN INDIVIDUAL Case No. ADJ8892555 Special Notice of Lawsuit HILARIO MENCHACA; AN INDIVIDUAL; 1409 WILLOWBROOK AVE, COMPTON, CA 90220. A lawsuit has been filed with the Workers Compensation Appeals Board against you as the named defendant by the abovenamed applicant(s).

Name and Address of Appeals Board: Worker’s Compensation Appeals Board 320 West 4th St., 9th Fl. Los Angeles, CA 90013 Applicant Attorney: LAW OFFICES OF TELLERIA, TELLERIA & LEVEY 828 W. LAS TUNAS DRIVE SAN GABRIEL, CA 91776 Publish: August 9,16,23,30 The Compton Bulletin SchId:68173 AdId:22704 CustId:676 ---------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CATHY BARTON CASE NO. 17STPB06819 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CATHY BARTON. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KENISHA EDWARDS AND EBONY BARTON in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KENISHA EDWARDS AND EBONY BARTON 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: 08/31/17 at 8:30AM in Dept.

99 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner TATIANNA Y. METTERS SBN 243998 ATTORNEY AT LAW 1631 BEVERLY BLVD LOS ANGELES CA 90026 8/9, 8/16, 8/23/17

TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERENCED BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPY PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/04/2007. 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 of 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, express 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: Jesus Flores and Maria Del Carmen Flores Duly Appointed Trustee: Seaside Trustee Inc., Recorded 05/09/2007, as Instrument No. 20071123108, in book XX, page, XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: 09/13/2017 Time: 11:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the Fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $245,358.31.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1906 E. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90221. A.P.N.: 6183-021-011. 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: We request certified funds at sale be payable directly to SEASIDE TRUSTEE INC. to avoid delays in issuing the final deed.

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 (855)986-9342 Sale line or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com using the file number assigned to this case 1708170CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Date: 08/09/2017. Trustee Sales Information: 855-9869342, www.superiordefault. com 650 N. Rose Dr #147, Placentia, CA 92870 Seaside Trustee Inc., P.O. Box 2676, Ventura, CA 93014. By: J. Weber, Authorized Signer.

(08/23/17, 08/30/17, 09/06/17 TS#1708170CA SDI-7179)

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THE COMPTON BULLETIN

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APN: 7381-008-021 TS No: CA07000573-15-2 TO No: 170163503-CAVOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1).

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to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d) (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED June 28, 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On October 11, 2017 at 09:00 AM, near the fountain located in the Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on July 5, 2006 as Instrument No. 06 1479696, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by MITSURU ISHII AND MARY RITA ISHII, TRUSTEES OF THE ISHII FAMILY TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 1994, as Trustor(s), in favor of FINANCIAL FREEDOM SENIOR FUNDING CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 856 E GLADWICK STREET, CARSON, CA 90746 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $141,427.17 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA0700057315-2. 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.

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nancial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA07000573-15-2 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Stephanie Hoy, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-6597766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 33500, Pub Dates: 08/16/2017, 08/23/2017, 08/30/2017, THE WEEKENDER SchId:68205 AdId:22715 CustId:669 ---------------------------------------CITY OF COMPTON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT “NOTICE INVITING BIDS” SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 on or before August 31, 2017 at 10:30 AM, opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220. The bid package will be available online at www.comptoncity.org on August 16, 2017.

All Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to: City Clerk, City of Compton 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton CA 90220 And marked outside with: “Request for Bids Proposal For Compton Boulevard Pavement Resurfacing Project Alameda Street to Long Beach Boulevard” The proposed work shall be performed in accordance with the contract specifications and other contract documents as specified herein and shall consist of the following general work descriptions: to provide Street Pavement and Concrete Maintenance Services in the City of Compton. If you need additional information, please contact Glen W. C. Kau, at (310) 605-5505.

The Agency reserves the right, after opening bids, to reject any or all bids, or to make award to the lowest responsible bidder and reject all other bids; to waive any informality in the bidding; and to accept any bid or portion thereof; and to take all bids under advisement for a period of Ninety (90) calendar days. Bids will be compared on the basis of the engineer’s estimate of the quantities of the several items of work as shown on the Bid Sheets. Only such plans, specifications, and items of work as are appropriate shall apply to the work as bid.

At the time of contract award, the contractor shall possess a Class A Contractor’s License or a combination of Specialty Contractor’s License(s) adequate to perform the work herein described. All subcontractors shall have equivalent licenses for their specific trades. The contractor and all subcontractors shall have a valid City of Compton business license prior to commencing work.

Each bid must conform and be responsive to this notice and shall be made on the official forms furnished in the Instructions to Bidders. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check, or by a corporate surety bond on the form furnished by the AGENCY, as a guarantee that the bidder will, if an award is made to him in accordance with the terms of their bid, promptly secure workmen’s compensation insurance and liability insurance, execute a contract in the required form, and furnish satisfactory bonds for the faithful performance of the contract and for the payment of claims of material and laborers thereunder.

Said check or bidder’s bond shall be in an amount not less than 10 percent of the amount of the bid. The Performance Bond shall be not less than 100 percent of the total amount of the bid price named in the contract. The Payment Bond shall be not less than 100 percent of the total amount of the bid price named in the contract. The AGENCY reserves the right to reject any bond if, in the opinion of the AGENCY Attorney, the Surety’s acknowledgment is not in the form included in the contract documents or in another form substantially as prescribed by law.

Minimum wage rates for this project have been predetermined by the Secretary of Labor. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the prevailing wage rates as determined by the State for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and their subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate.

In accordance with provisions of Section 1773.2 (amended 1977) of the California Labor Code copies of the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the State Director of Industrial Relations and are available at the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/ PWD. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed. Copies of the prevailing wage rates are on file with the City and available upon request.

The City of Compton hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, Disadvantaged Business and Women’s Business Enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The Contract Documents call for monthly progress payments based upon the Engineer’s estimate of the percentage of work completed. The AGENCY will retain 5 percent of each progress payment as security for completion of the balance of the work. At the request and expense of the successful bidder, the City

will pay the amounts so retained upon compliance with the requirements of Government Code Section 4590 and the provisions of the Contract Documents pertaining to the Substitution of Securities.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served

ALITA GODWIN

SchId:68242 AdId:22728 CustId:65

CITY CLERK PUBLISH: August 23, 2017 August 30, 2017 SchId:68216 AdId:22719 CustId:314 ---------------------------------------CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): BC575293 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): VICTOR ESTEBAN GALVAN, an individual dba VG TRANSPORT; MARTIN SERRANO AGUIRRE, an individual; EL PASO LIMOUSINE EXPRESS, INC.; MILO EXPRESS, INC.; FAYE STEWART TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, LLC; SEARING INDUSTRIES, INC.; and DOES 1-25, Inclusive.

DOE 3 FRANCISCO GARCIA, individually, as potential heir to the estate of JESSICA LORRAINE GARCIS, Misaligned Defendant YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): JUANA JIMENEZ, an individual.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov) en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales.

Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente.

Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil.

Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): JOSEPH L. RICHARDSON, SBN 212206, BORTON PETRINI, LLP, 1461 Ford Street, Suite 201, Redlands, CA 92373 (909) 381-0527 (909) 381-0658 Date: (Fecha) MAR 13, 2015 SHERRI R. CARTER, Clerk (Secretario) By: CRISTINA GRIJALVA, Deputy (Adjunto)

1. as an individual defendant.

CN940691 JIMENEZ 23,30, Sep 6,13, 2017

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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.

Request for Proposals for Architectural, Space Planning, Construction Management and Inspection Services Notice is hereby given that the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Compton will receive proposals for Architectural and Space Planning Services.

Each response must be submitted in a sealed envelope and clearly marked: City of Compton

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SHIRLEY JEAN BRIDGES

Attorney for petitioner:

Code Enforcement Department

RENEE ESTELLE SANDERS ESQ SBN 226258

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

LAW OFFICES OF

Introduction

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

RENEE’ ERS

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Donna Fisher 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 Sept. 19, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: CHERYL MANSELL ESQ SBN 143627 MANSELL & MANSELL APC 1645 NORTH VINE ST STE 306 LOS ANGELES CA 90028 CN940328 BRIDGES 23,30, Sep 6, 2017

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SchId:68249 AdId:22730 CustId:65 ---------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF IDA CARMICHAEL PEASTER Case No. 17STPB05449 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of IDA CARMICHAEL PEASTER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Anjanette L. Brown in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Anjanette L. Brown 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 Sept. 14, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 99 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your

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The Compton Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget of the District for the year ending June 30, 2018, prior to final adoption as required by California Code of Regulations, Title 5 section 58301.

The Public Hearing will be held in the Compton Community College District Board Room, 1111 E. Artesia Boulevard, Compton, CA 90221, September 12, 2017, commencing at 5:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend and residents of the District may appear and express their views concerning any item contained within the proposed budget.

The proposed budget is on file and available for public inspection in the Compton Community College District President/ CEO Office, Building “A”, 1111 E. Artesia Blvd, Compton, CA 90221 beginning August 30, 2017, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

SchId:68255 AdId:22732 CustId:173 ---------------------------------------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE (UCC Sec. 6101 et seq. and B & P 24073 et seq.)

Escrow No. 9139-AK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made. The name(s) and business address of the Seller(s)/ Licensee(s) are: POOP SCOOP, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, 2601 E. VICTORIA ST, COMPTON, CA 90220 Doing Business as: YOUR COUNTRY STORE All other business names(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s)/licensee(s) within the past three years, as stated by the Seller(s)/Licensee(s), is/ are: NONE The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s)/Applicant(s) is/ are: ARJUN PRATHANA, INC, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, 2601 E. VICTORIA ST, COMPTON, CA 90220 The assets being sold are generally described as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, GOODWILL, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE, AND ABC 20OFF SALE BEER AND WINE LICENSE 562873 and is/are located at: 2601 E. VICTORIA ST, COMPTON, CA 90220 The type of license to be transferred is/are: Type: 20-OFF SALE BEER AND WINE, License Number: 562873 now issued for the premises located at: SAME The bulk sale and transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of: DETAIL ESCROW, INC, 13017 ARTESIA BLVD, STE D106 CERRITOS, CA 90703 and the anticipated sale date is SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 The Bulk sale subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

The purchase price of consideration in connection with the sale of the business and transfer of the license, is the sum of $180,000.00, including inventory estimated at $15,000.00, which consists of the following: DESCRIPTION, AMOUNT: CASH $90,000.00 CHECK $90,000.00 TOTAL $180,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller(s)/Licensee(s) and the intended Buyer(s)/ Transferee(s), as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions code, that the consideration for transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

POOP SCOOP, INC, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, Seller(s)/Licensee(s) ARJUN PRATHANA, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, Buyer(s)/Applicant(s) LA1865790 COMPTON BULLETIN 8/23/17 SchId:68258 AdId:22734 CustId:628 ---------------------------------------City of Compton COMPTON MUNICIPAL WATER DEPARTMENT 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220

The City of Compton is requesting for proposals to provide parking citation disposition, administrative citation disposition and revenue collection services to the City.

The contract shall commence no sooner than October 01, 2017, and shall continue until terminated by either Party.

Service start date will be confirmed in writing. Either Party may terminate the contract by giving written notice sent by certified mail to the other Party not less than ninety (90) days prior to the termination date.

Scope of Services The services the City is interested in are listed below: • Processing of parking and administrative citations • Provide DMV Interface for Registered Owner Information and Holds • Ability to import current citation data(from third party) into their citation management system • Entering or loading the data into a citation management system • Generating and tracking precollection notices • Sending accounts to collections and • Generating and/or giving the City access to management reports • Receipt and entry of payments into the system and process billing • Other correspondence.

Proposal Requirements and Elements The period of performance of any contract awarded as a result of this Request for Proposal is tentatively scheduled to begin as soon as possible.

The proposal is to be brief but should indicate if the vendor offers the following systems and/or services: 1. Citation management software.

2. Online citation tracking for persons cited 3. DMV Interface for parking citation management 4. Indicate if training is provided 5. Online payment options 6. Electronic ticketing handhelds 7. Customer service/call center systems and/or services 8. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of three business references.

9. Project approach and work plan.

10. Itemized cost for services 11. Other related services Proposals will be evaluated

by City of Compton based on the response to the information requested above. All nine items must be addressed for the proposal to be considered responsive. The deadline for submission of responses is Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 05:00p.m., Pacific Standard Time, in Compton, California. LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION. Proposals are to be in a sealed envelope (properly marked, “Proposal for Parking and Administrative Citations Processing”) and mailed or handdelivered to: City of Compton City Clerk’s Office 205 S. Willowbrook Ave. Compton, CA 90220 Phone: 310-605-5530 The vendor assumes the risk for the method of delivery chosen. The City of Compton assumes no responsibility for delays caused by any delivery service.

The City of Compton reserves the right at its sole discretion to reject any or all bids prior to the execution of a contract. This Request for Proposal does not obligate City of Compton to contract for the services specified herein. The final selection, if any, will be the bid that in the opinion of the City of Compton best meets the requirements set forth in the Request for Proposal and is in the best interest of the City. The City of Compton is not obligated to select the lowest price bid. The City of Compton shall not be responsible for any costs associated with a vendor’s preparation of a proposal in response to this Request for Proposal.

In submitting a proposal in response to this Request for Proposal, the vendor agrees to accept the terms set forth in this Request for Proposal.

Any requests for information about this project are to be directed to the requester Lance Williams, Code Enforcement Manager, at 310-605-6329.

Thank you for considering this solicitation.

Sincerely,

(310) 605-5505

Lance Williams

Fax (310) 605-6326

Interim Code Manager

August 15, 2017 WATER IMPROVEMENTS: MUNICIPAL WATER YARD FACILITIES

Enforcement

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THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017

Back to School

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FAMILY FEATURES

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hen those first school bells ring and class is back in session for kids of all ages, make sure you and your student have everything in hand to help ensure success. Whether it’s tools for the classroom, supplies for a nutritious lunch, stylish clothes or helpful items for home, you’ll need to gear up for the school year ahead. Find more back-to-school solutions at eLivingToday.com.

Simply Super Storage for Kids Good organizational habits are important to a child’s success in school. That’s why ClosetMaid created KidSpace, a collection of kid-tested and kid-approved juvenile storage furniture ranging from toy chests to storage shelves. This robust line, which was designed with safety and storage in mind, helps parents avoid clutter and create more space for imagination, magic and giggles in bedrooms, playrooms, living rooms and more. For more information, visit closetmaid.com/kidspace.

A Helping of Hummus Give Gratitude Teachers’ hard work and planning begin long before the school year starts and classes are back in session. Show your gratitude to your children’s teachers with merci Chocolates, a thoughtful collection of fine, European chocolates. Each slim, stylish box contains eight unique, individually wrapped flavors, making it the perfect token of appreciation to teachers for opening minds and touching hearts. Find more information at merci.us.

Find the hummus you love in individual, portable containers with Sabra Singles, which are easy to add to a lunchbox when you’re on the move. Each 2-ounce cup of Sabra hummus is non-GMO and contains 4 grams of plant-based protein and 3 grams of dietary fiber with no added sugar. Serve with carrots for an easy and tasty way to increase the veggies in your child’s diet every day.

Visit sabra.com for more information.

Sporty Sneakers Send your student to school in style with shoes that fit this season’s “athleisure” trend and kick it up a notch with a hint of sparkle. These retro-inspired Arizona Sparkling Sneakers can add a relaxed, sporty feeling to a wardrobe without compromising on appearance. Help your child stand out from the crowd by finding these and more at JCPenney with styles that are priced to buy and guaranteed to love. Find more back-toschool styles at JCPenney.com.

Tech Tools for Students

Lunchtime Upgrade

Teach students to code with the TI-Innovator Hub from Texas Instruments, which plugs into the TI-84 Plus CE or TI-Nspire CX graphing calculator many students already have. The hub is a palm-sized board with a microcontroller that turns a graphing calculator into a STEM tool for back to school. Students can light up LEDs or write a program to play a song using their calculators. Learn more at education.ti.com.

Give your old-school lunchbox a technology upgrade this school year. The Freezable Classic Lunch Box from PackIt is the only horizontal lunch box that chills healthy food for hours with built-in freezable gel that eliminates the need for ice packs. The lunchbox’s top-load design makes it easy to pack flat containers like bento boxes, and a buckle handle clips onto totes, backpacks or sports bags for convenient travel to and from school, day care and extracurricular activities.

Find more lunchtime solutions at packit.com.