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Council approves fee increases Former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley sentenced to probation for misappropriating public funds

The proposed resolution adds an additional $140,000 to the general fund.

“The city has been subsidizing or covering street permit issuance and administration costs,” interim Public Works Director John Strickland said. “The present fee schedule does not address many types of street work permits issued and administered.”

Public comments about the increases drew praise from residents hoping for increased revenue, but the group stood against raising fees affecting residents.

“I know there should be increases, but you are

By Chris Frost

Bulletin Staff Writer

placing too many upon the residents,” Lynn Boone said. “Maybe someone should go over these.”

Utility companies are exempt from any fee increases because of a lawsuit between Edison and Alhambra California in 2011.

“The utility company had a franchise agreement, and the city adopted an ordinance concurrent with the agreement,” City Attorney Craig Cornwell said. “The court found that interfering with the franchise agreement is unconstitutional.”

Cornwell and Edison representatives created language in the agreement that preserves the fran-

chise agreement for the utility.

Council members opposed fees affecting residents, including a $50 jump in block party permits, and a handicap curb fee increase to $150 for the pole sign and installation, then a $20 charge annually. Residential refuse bins were scheduled to increase from $5 and $40 for small and large bins, to $25 and $75, respectively.

“I am against gouging residents because of the city’s negligence,” Councilwoman Janna Zurita.

“It is hard to ask for more money with the condi-

COMPTON—The City Council unanimously approved street work fee increases at its April 17 meeting, moving them beyond their current 1989 levels.

The city based its increase on inspection and administrative costs it traditionally did not charge, then compared rates with other cities.

“We compared our rates with Gardenia, LynBy Cat and Keniston nwood Torrance,” interim Public Works DiFormer Compton » See FEES, Page 9A rector John Strickland said.

Mayor Omar Bradley— who was convicted last month of misappropriating and misusing taxpayer funds— was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation and a year in county jail that he has already served.

Los Angeles Superior National Action Network via Twitter Court Judge George G. Dozens of illustrious religious leaders joined Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, for the Lomeli suspended a threeMinisters March for Justice on August 28, 2017. ( year state prison term that the 59-year-old former he had been convicted in the city leader will not have to case.

Bradley was first serve if he complies with interfaith gatherings in protest of racism began shortly after noon at the Martin

By Dorothy Rowley the terms of his probation. convicted in 2004, sentenced Luther King, Jr. Memorial and stopped Thousands of people, including in America.

The judge cited to three years in prison and then later moved to a halfway “[Just] as [Martin Luther King Jr.] briefly for prayer outside the Trump a cadre of faith leaders from the Bradley’s age and lack of house.

But his conviction was marched for 54 years ago, we are still Hotel before moving to the Justice Reconciled Church Movement (RCM), prior criminal history. that represents various faith-based marching for voting rights, health care, Department building, coincided with the Bradley, whose felony reversed in 2012 as a result of communities, joined the Rev. Al Sharpton criminal justice reform and economic 54th anniversary of the historic March conviction means he a California Supreme Court on Frost Washington for Jobs and Freedom and members of his nonprofit National justice,” said Sharpton, who marched

By Chris cannot seek public office ruling involving public officer Bulletinand StaffKing’s Writer “I Have a Dream” speech.

Action Network (NAN) in Washington, Monday alongside the likes of Martin again, told reporters after crimes. While awaiting a Johnnie Green, senior pastor of Mt. D.C. to rebuke President Donald Trump Luther King III. the hearing that he was retrial, he unsuccessfully ran City Council movedNew anPrior to the peaceful gathering,COMPTON—The Nebo Baptist Church in Harlem, and recommit themselves to the fight for “very thankful” to the for mayor twice against Aja other step forward in the city manager search on Brown.

Sharpton had expressed disdain over York, thanked Sharpton for organizing social and economic justice. judge.

Tuesday, April 27, as Council members Willie At his The longtime civil rights activist said how the Trump administration has the march before taking shots at Trump “ Y o u Jones, Janna Zurita and Yvonne Arceneaux inretrial, Bradley of and other GOP lawmakers. the turnout of about 3,000 people, who sought to undo much of the progress terviewed know, he five candidates during a special meettestified that “We’re here today, because many of participated in the Ministers March for the country’s civil rights era. looked at ing. he never used The nearly two-mile march, whichMayor thoseEric whoJ. sit in the seat the Justice marked one of the largest-ever my age, my Perrodin did of notpower— attend the any city money propensity to meeting because of a conflict involving current for personal interim City Manager Bryan Batiste and Coundo wrong— expenses. He cilwoman Janna Zurita. » See CLERGY, Pg 3 which before Batiste took over for former interim City insisted that this incident I Manager Lamont Ewell on Jan. 25. any city dollars had never even “City Manager Bryan Batiste wrote a memo he spent were had a speeding to City Attorney Craig Cornwell requesting that Bulletin photos by Chris Frost for the benefit ticket—and he Councilperson Zurita recuse herself from the inof Compton.

The Sibrie Park Braves practice throwing skills on Saturday, April 29. said enough terview process,” Perrodin said in a written stateDuring is enough and ment. “I will not participate until the Council two days on I’m thankful receives a written opinion from Cornwell about the stand last to him for the disagreement.” month, the that,” the Zurita said Batiste is only holding the position former mayor until the Council finds a permanent city manformer mayor and Tyrese performed.

By Lauren Poteat testified that ager. said.

“The accusations that everyone is making Maxine During a star-studded Congresswoman he had played H e have no validity to them, and the Council will showcase of social activism, Waters (D-Calif.), whose questioned how much golf with officials in order to continue searching for a qualified candidate,” my time” creativity and courage, BET “reclaiming the District Attorney’s discuss several city projects, she said. “He knew going in this was only temproclamation during a recent celebrated the achievements and bought golf clothing to Office—which tried porary.” of Black women and girls at hearing in Congress went viral, the case against him a look the part.

Cornwell said he cannot make Zurita recuse the “Black Girls Rock! 2017” was honored for her service Bradley’s attorney, second time after his herself. and leadership in the Black awards show.

2004 conviction was Deputy Public Defender “Every Council member has the right to parcommunity; Waters received TarajiByP. Henson, the overturned—spent “to Robert J. Hill, told jurors ticipate in properly noticed City Council matChris Frost award-winning actress ters,” he said. “According to the charter, the city Bulletin Staff Writer and the “Social Humanitarian” come up with an outcome that the charges against star of the hit television show award. manager serves at the will of the Council and that says I’m prohibited Bradley were “false.” He said want you are to continuing know that their “Empire,” hosted the event Sibrie“I nothing short of a legally defined conflict of inCOMPTON—The Park Braves his client acted openly and from running for office.” terest, a situation that precludes the member 2011 success in 2012 as the team has won four of its first five if it was not for the love and that was held at the New Jersey transparently and knew he “I bet it was more than from attending, or a belief the he or she cannot games. respect shown to me by Black Performing Arts Center in was “under scrutiny.” the alleged $6,500 that they be open-minded exists, complying with Mr. The squad collected awomen, forfeit on Saturday, April ultra 28, as their those right-wing Newark, New Jersey.

Deputy District Attorney say I misappropriated,” Batiste’s wishes has no legal support.” opponents, the Blue Jays, did not show up for the game.

Henson said that “Black conservatives would have me Bradley said. “In my Ana Lopez countered that Zurita said she will not step away from the inFormer San Francisco Giant and current Assistant Coach Girls Rock! 2017” honored believe I’m too Black, I’m too spending was opinion, just my humble Bradley’s terviews, and thanked Cornwell for addressing Jesse Brew led the team through a spirited practice and confrontational, I’m too tough, Black women and from opinion, the justice system “purely personal” and offered the issue. praised thegirls team’s fast start. disrespectful of the boardroom to the block on and has gotten way off track “no public benefit.”

Councilwoman Arceneaux asked Cornwell “They have surprised me soI’m far,”too he said.

“I am especially them,” Waters said. “But, now I stage and pleased onscreen.

“The word here is and certainly with the by our play at shortstop and pitcher. ” for a written legal opinion directed to Council know I’m simply strong, “There Brew are coaches so many the defensive members, and he said he Wikimedia will prepareCommons one. portion of athe gameBlack and sticks money that was expended accountability,” she told woman.”

Music legend Roberta Taraji P. Henson, Public examples of gorgeous Black jurors in the retrial. comments on the selection to the fundamentals. to make a point with me, the award-winning actress andprocess star offavored Batiste.

“You keep your hands in front, step and aim at the chest of Flack, pop star Solange Piaget women changing the world The prosecutor said the hit television, hosted show “Empire,” hosted “Black because I am an outspoken the person are throwing to,” he“Insecure” said. “Weproducer have sound Girls Rock! 2017.”“The man does a good job,” resident Carolyn Knowles, and perceptions ofyou beauty,” African-American male Bradley clearly understood the Stokes said. “If you fire Batiste all of you have to fundamentals, but I know the team better. and star Issacan Rae,doand the ”ubersaid Henson.

The “Empire” who doesn’t bite his rules, but that accountability deal with me. Not just one of you, all of you.”

One of the cornerstones of team success is positive attibusinesswoman star and Washington, D.C. successful tongue, could have been for spending became “very She asked theyinfrastructure understood her tudes, Brew said, and he deals with problems immediately. trillion of municipal bondsthe Council funding iffor or native said that the event was Suzanne Shank were also spent on some really relaxed” in Compton after twice, and Arceneaux acknowledged her.

“I am not a babysitter and do not tolerate hardheads,” he and more than $1.1 trillion environment developments, honored. dedicated to Black love and the city council approved a important things.” said. “This is serious, and I am teaching them about baseball.”

Resident Lorraine Cervantes expressed conof corporate bond and equity her firm their first choice.

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Thewomen, team is turning offensively, Brew transactions since its founding Suzanne Shank took on Wall “Black Girls Rock” website remind us every day, that the issuance of city credit cards to guilty July 28 of one “You guys kept this meeting quiet,” she said. cause of diligent, hard work. in 1996.”

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At his retrial, Bradley insisted that … any city dollars he spent were for the benefit of Compton.

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News What happened to the missing Burundi teens?

By Barrington Salmon The mainstream media response to the disappearance of a group of teenagers from Burundi, who were in Washington, D.C. for a robotics competition, has once again revealed why covering the stories of missing Black people remains so complex.

The team was in Washington for the FIRST Global Challenge robotics competition. The students went missing in July.

The Washington Post reported that, “two of the teens—Don Charu Ingabire, 16, and Audrey Mwamikazi, 17—crossed in to Canada and were with friends or relatives,” and that police confirmed that, “the other four—Richard Irakoze, 18, Kevin Sabumukiza, 17, Nice Munezero, 17 and Aristide Irambona, 18—were not yet with relatives, but were still safe.”

Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officials said that they didn’t have any more information about the whereabouts of Irakoze, Sabumukiza, Munezero, and Irambona; the case was still under investigation, according to a story published at NPR. org on July 20.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Burundi, the East African home country of the missing teenagers, descended into lawlessness in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his bid for a disputed third term, despite protocols mandating a two-term limit.

HRW found that, over the past two years, government repression has continued and peace talks between the political factions have stalled.

“Hundreds of people have been killed, and many others tortured or forcibly disappeared,” HRW reported. “The country’s once vibrant independent media and nongovernmental organizations have been decimated, and more than 400,000 people have fled the country.”

Although, the robotics team’s coach suggested that family members of the teenagers may have been complicit in their disappearance, the lack of sustained media coverage about the missing African teenagers mirrors mainstream media’s apathetic approach to stories about Black women and children who never make it home.

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— Former Compton Mayor Omar Bradley

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residents and to explain the increased social media chatter about the missing girls.

The Final Call reported that a calculated decision by Metropolitan Police Commander Chanel Dickerson to publicize all cases of missing children on social media was at the heart of the anxiety. That action led to “ the mistaken belief that the cases of missing girls had skyrocketed.”

Commander Dickerson, the head of the department’s Youth and Family Services Division said that there was no evidence that any of the missing teens had been kidnapped or involved in human or sex trafficking. She also noted, “that between 2012 and 2016, 99 percent of all missing person cases have been closed,” according to The Final Call.

Although government officials have ruled out human and trafficking, other issues affecting the Black community could help to explain the epidemic.

Fatmata Fadika Zulu, who has been teaching in Baltimore, Md. and Washington for 17 years, said that she witnesses the fallout from homes destroyed by poverty, drug abuse, mental illness and neglect in the classroom every day.

“I asked my students if they knew where the children were going and they said, ‘they’re just running away,’” said Zulu, who has taught 4th and 5th graders, as well as 7th and 8th graders. “The kids came across as unsympathetic and un-empathetic, which I found quite strange. Many of them come from backgrounds with a lack of parenting, drug issues and other problems and they can see why some children are running away.”

Zulu said in the Ward 8 community in which she teaches, not all parents abuse drugs, but some young people aren’t held to any standards of accountability and they have a great deal of free time without adult supervision. More than a few children live nomadic lives, couch surfing or splitting time between family and friends that take them in.

Zulu continued: “I have parents who are active with their children, but unfortunately, this is an extremely small percentage.

Parental responsibility is just not happening.”

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online coverage of missing persons published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology found some evidence that cases involving White women not only draw more attention, but more intense coverage,” according to a TIME.com article.

Last spring, amid social media furor about the plight of missing women and girls of color in the District, Washington’s Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) defended their decision to use social media to increase awareness about missing people.

It was that use of social media that indirectly contributed to the misinformation about the missing women and girls in the District that went viral.

“Information shared by Washington police with the intention of informing the public was compiled by a popular Instagram account, Entertainment for Breakfast, into an inaccurate post that claimed 14 girls had gone missing in Washington in a 24-hour period on March 23,” the TIME.com article said. “That post went viral, causing celebrities like Taraji Henson, LL Cool J and Viola Davis to sound the alarm. Many “regrammed” the post, sharing inaccurate information even after Entertainment for Breakfast removed the erroneous data from their account.”

Bowser, the Metropolitan Police Department and other city officials held a press conference and issued statements, attempting to quell rising anxiety among

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News Hurricane Harvey wreaks havoc, devastation on Gulf Coast

By Stacy M. Brown and D. Kevin McNeir As more and more inches of rain fell this week in the Houston-Galveston area, the wrath of Hurricane Harvey, downgraded to a tropical storm, continued along the Gulf Coast toward Louisiana, sparking more evacuations and further heightening concerns of residents and local and state officials.

Rainfall numbers have broken national records at 51.88 inches as of Wednesday, August 30.

President Donald Trump, along with his wife, White House staff and elected officials, met in Corpus Christi on Tuesday afternoon, August 29 for a briefing led by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

Trump applauded the efforts of first responders in Texas and promised to make sure the recovery efforts would be swift and serve as a subsequent model for the world. He closed with comments about the impressive size of the crowd that turned out to hear him.

However, critics fault him for saying nothing to the millions of victims who remain homeless, lost or dead.

Houston has emerged as Ground Zero with record-breaking rainfall, unprecedented flooding and over 17,000 people displaced and forced to seek refuge in three mega-centers: the Houston Convention Center, the NRG Center and the Toyota Center—all three at or beyond capacity.

Red Cross CEO American Red Cross Gulf Coast Texas Region on Wednesday said his organization has opened close to 100 smaller shelters in Texas. Cities like San Antonio and Dallas, both spared from the fury of the storm, have opened centers to accommodate the overflow of citizens.

In a twist of irony, with thousands still stranded and at least 22 reported dead, including a 61-yearold veteran Houston Police

Department officer, Tuesday also marked the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Katrina touched down in 2005, devastating the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing more than 1,800 people and resulting in over $100 billion in damage.

In the Houston area, the U.S. Coast Guard reported on Tuesday that cries for help still had not abated as officials recorded as many as 1,000 calls per hour. As of Tuesday afternoon, they had rescued more than 3,000 people via boat and air. Between Sunday and Tuesday, the Houston Fire Department reported receiving more than 2,300 calls, including 400 from individuals seeking to be rescued from the great flood waters.

Meanwhile, the Houston police reported that between Monday and Tuesday, they had rescued 1,000 people, bringing the total to more than 3,000 since the flood began.

National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) member and Houston Defender publisher Sonny Messiah-Jiles counted among the many rescued from their homes, as water poured through her house forcing them to higher ground.

“It’s been a hell of a day,” Messiah-Jiles said on Sunday.

“Some neighbors came down from about four or five blocks from us and ended up rescuing everyone from our gated community—about 60 people—and it was my first time in an airboat, but I’m alive and well and okay.”

Messiah-Jiles noted that she’s now safe in a hotel.

“I’m just hoping we don’t have what they had in Louisiana with the levees,” Messiah-Jiles said.

Karen Carter-Richards, the publisher of The Houston Forward Times and 1st vice president of the NNPA, said that she and her family and the offices of the Forward Times remain intact.

“Thank God we’re okay.

Abound The Houston Independent School District has canceled school for the week and the Houston Astros baseball team has moved its home games to Florida.

Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport closed, because of flooding.

Ben Taub Hospital, which houses a Level I trauma center, faced evacuation after flooding in the basement “disrupted the power source.”

Some 316,000 customers lost electricity and the Red Cross said it has kept busy serving about 130,000 meals a day.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he understands the compulsion to find safer

ground, but urged people to think twice before venturing out into high water and to consider unforeseen dangers, such as manhole covers being lifted from their holes.

Lt. Craig Cummings of the Texas Department of Public Safety said attempts to drive to safety may be futile anyway, as it took him twoand-a-half hours to drive 20 miles in Houston on Sunday.

“There’s 60 barricaded locations as of midnight.

Most thoroughfares are impassable. Several hundred structures are flooded, and we are expecting that number to rise,” he told CNN. Harvey blasted ashore as a Category 4 hurricane just north of Corpus Christi late

Saturday, August 26 and early Sunday, August 27. It brought with it 132-mph winds but would be quickly downgraded to a tropical storm. Still, it continued to spawn tornadoes and lightning causing fires throughout the city.

Houston’s mayor did not immediately call for a required evacuation but many residents attempted to flee as waters surged.

“Rainfall of this magnitude will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flooding,” the NWS said.

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1st Lt. Zachary West/ U.S. Army/Wikimedia Commons Soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard move through flooded Houston streets as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey continue to rise, Monday, August 28, 2017. More than 12,000 members of the Texas National Guard have been called out to support local authorities in response to the storm.

CITY OF COMPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC REVIEW CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017 Pursuant to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, the City of Compton has prepared the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the 2016-2017 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Grant (HOME) Program Year. The CAPER provides an assessment of the City’s performance in meeting Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2017 housing and community development goals as outlined in the previously adopted Fiscal Year 2016-2017 One Year Action Plan.

Additionally, the CAPER discusses changes the City anticipates making in the upcoming year as a result of the assessment of FY 2016-2017 annual performance. In compliance with the City’s approved Citizen Participation Plan and the Consolidated Plan implementing regulation 24 CFR 91.105, this notice is given to invite public review and comment of the City of Compton’s 2016-2017 CAPER. This document can be reviewed at the following locations:

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president, the Republican Congress and the Republican Senate—they’ve once again written us a bad check,” Green said. “The check written to millions of Americans— Black, brown, Jewish, Muslim and many others—has come back stamped with insufficient funds.”

Green continued: “When you try to take away healthcare for 26 million Americans, you’re trying to issue us another bad check.

When you co-sign the killings of people of color in the name of law and order, and leave our Black bodies lying in the streets for more than four hours and refuse to hear our cries of ‘I can’t breathe’ while choking us to death, you’re trying to issue us another bad check. When you tell us that there are good people among nationalists, White supremacists and neo-Nazis who commit terrorists acts here on American soil, you’re trying to issue us another bad check.”

Rev. Marshall Hatch, cochair for the Chicago-based Leaders Network, also gave a fiery speech, blasting Trump for what he said is an attempt to stop an investigation of “foreign meddling into our election.”

He went on to say that neither Trump’s recent pardon of former Arizona

There’s no water in our house and we’re safe and dry,” said Carter-Richards, noting that the Forward Times building did receive minor water damage.

Flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey, described by the National Weather Service (NWS) as “unprecedented,” has overloaded resources as authorities in and around Houston continue scrambling to save those still trapped by the high waters.

“The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before,” the NWS said.

“Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days.”

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio nor his “threatening of nuclear war and rumor of war,” via tweeted messages, pointed toward normalcy.

Hatch added that “refusing to condemn racism and anti-Semitism” also isn’t normal.

“Somebody has to have the courage to stand up and say, ‘this emperor has no clothes,’” Hatch said.

The march came on the heels of Trump’s sullen response surrounding a White supremacist rally held earlier this month in Charlottesville, Virginia, after city officials had contemplated the removal of Confederate statues. A couple of days after the rally, in which counter protester Heather Heyer was killed, Trump blamed “both sides” for the violence that erupted during the event.

Jeffrey David Cox, president of the 700,000-member American Federation of Government Employees located in northwest D.C., told the crowd there’s no room in this country for hatred.

“It’s time to take those statues down,” Cox said. “But leave the base so we [can] tell our children and our grandchildren what an evil wicked thing this country did.”

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THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Opinion Praying and standing for children

By Marian Wright Edelman As a new school year begins I want to share prayers for our children, all of them, and for caring adults to be God’s hands and feet standing for children everywhere in these very difficult times in our nation and around our shared world.

We especially pray for every child living in cities, towns, rural areas, neighborhoods and homes devastated by winds and floods without a safe space to escape to or a place to call home and whose lives have been upended by forces they cannot control.

We pray and stand for children blessed by parents who care and for children without a parent or anyone who cares at all.

We pray and stand for children filled with joy and for children whose days and nights are joyless or terrifying.

We pray and stand for children with hope and for children whose spirits have been dimmed and dashed.

We pray and stand for children high on play and study and laughter and for children high on pot, heroin, cocaine, and prescription opioids or who see their parents struggling with addiction.

We pray and stand for children for whom we pray every day and for children who have no one to pray them along life’s way.

We pray and stand for children poised by circumstance to soar and conquer life’s challenges and for children bogged down by the pain of survival and unbearable losses.

We pray and stand for children who love to read and for children who can’t read at all, for children who learn with excitement and for children told by adults that they cannot achieve.

We pray and stand for children who expect and are helped to succeed and for children whom no one believes in or helps to succeed.

We pray that we will be a help and not a hindrance to children we call our own and to all the children You created who are part of our family too. ** OH I AM WHO I AM Hear the cries of Your children Who are ravaged by violence, poverty, racism, neglect or natural disasters Scared, profiled, arrested, and imprisoned by those in authority Ignored by those with power as they languish in crumbling schools and neighborhoods and teeming shelters Labeled often by some entrusted with their education as dumb, disruptive, retarded, and failures Marginalized by those who vote and are elected because they cannot vote or make campaign contributions Resented by some of those forced to care for them in our too often inhumane child welfare and juvenile justice systems Hear our cries for our children all powerful God Fight their battles, turn the hearts and transform the actions of those who will not let our children escape the darkness of violence and drugs and poverty Open the Red Sea to their opportunity and hopefulness about their futures Send them Your manna in the wilderness and Lead us and our children into the promised land. ** God our creator and protector: Help us to preach by our actions and to teach by our lives like Jesus and Gandhi, and Heschel and Dr. King and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Help us to live Your faith and not be paralyzed by our fears

or submit to the pull of our greedy and violent culture.

Help us not to blame You for children who suffer, cry out in anguish, and tremble in fear.

Help us to use the hands and feet and voices and votes You have given us to save Your little ones entrusted to our care. ** Now more than ever, our children need a moral start beginning in the White House, Congress and State Houses.

On the third weekend of October congregations of all faiths will celebrate the National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths® sponsored by the Children’s Defense Fund. This annual observance is a way for all faith communities to celebrate children as sacred gifts of the Divine and provides opportunities for houses of worship to renew and live out their moral responsibility to care, protect and advocate for all children.

This 26th celebration is a part of continuing seed planting for a transforming children’s movement that aims to unite families, youths, communities and religious congregations of all faiths across the nation in shared concern for children and a shared commitment to improving their lives. This year’s theme is “Moving Forward with Hope: Love and Justice for Every Child.” Please learn more about how your congregation can download the free, easy-to-use resources and join us.

If ‘all things are possible,’ why can’t I balance my checkbook?

Dr. James L. Snyder For me, the most terrible time of each month is the day our bank statement comes.

We commonly call it BSS (Bank Statement Syndrome).

I don’t know why it is, but I have trouble getting the parsonage checkbook to balance with the monthly bank statement.

That ominous document intimidates me every time it arrives. After all, the bank’s business is keeping track of accounts. They have hundreds, maybe thousands of accounts and I have just one. On the surface, it seems a rather simple thing for me

to keep our checking account up to date, but I assure you, it is not. Every time I try, I lose interest.

Keeping our checkbook accurately balanced is almost like a circus balancing act; everything is up in the air. No matter how often I add those figures, I never get the same result twice. I have resorted to adding up the figures at least three times and then take the average. So far, I’ve been batting a .195 and have been dropped by the major league, which lost interest in my career. This may satisfy my conscience, but it does little to appease the accounting

department of my friendly banking institution.

The thing flustering me more than anything else are those fees. The average bank has more fees than a West Virginia hound dog has fleas.

Everything I turn around there is another fee. (I need to stop turning around.)

Somebody needs to invent a fee powder.

Each bank must employ a stable of employees whose only job is to dream up these fees. How else can you explain it? These fees are creative enough to cover every aspect of a person’s wallet, retroactive three generations.

dealing with someone, who is not regarded as an American citizen.”

The goal of the 2015 reauthorization of ESEA is equity, but so was that the goal in 1965. A major component of both the 1965 ESEA and ESSA as the 2015 reauthorization is parental involvement. We must be the change we want to see. Laws are an opportunity to hold our leaders accountable. We must hold ourselves accountable for the academic success of our children. At the 1979 Amandla Festival in support of relief and humanitarian aid to Southern Africa, Dick Gregory, in his fifteen minute introduction of Bob Marley and Wailers, stated: “We the decent people of this planet must stand up and say to the rest of them inhumane, cruel beast that we are not going to tolerate it no more. And then they’ll say, “what are you gon’ do about it?” If I don’t do nothing, but get out of my bed everyday and look myself in the face in the quietness of my living room and say, “I’m not gon’

tolerate it no more, I’m not gon’ tolerate it no more, I’m not gon’ tolerate it no more” that alone, when enough people stand doing it, is enough to win.”

So, let’s challenge ourselves this academic year to say, “we not gon’ tolerate it no more.” We are not going to tolerate inadequate resources, unqualified teachers, unresponsive school boards, and low academic standards.

Let’s challenge our children to rise to the occasion. Let’s challenge ourselves to attend community meetings, to join the PTA, to check our children’s homework, and to make sure our children’s teachers know us by name.

Learn more about the Every Student Succeeds Act at nnpa.org/essa.

It will take more than ESSA to save black children It’s time for black parents to stand up for the future of their children

By Lynette Monroe Last week, late nights, family road trips, and endless leisure came to an abrupt halt as children across the country headed back to school. This year, however, there is something else that requires adjustment besides early mornings and evening homework assignments. This year, a revised national education law goes into effect: the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA is the reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) signed into law by Barack Obama in 2015.

ESEA included l a n d m a r k legislation such as the Adult Education Act (1966), which provided funding for supplemental education centers and mandated educational programming even during “out-of-session” periods for isolated and rural areas; the Women’s Educational Equity Act, which protected women and girls from discrimination in education; ESEA also included protections for those who suffer from

discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or disability. ESEA has been updated every five years since it was signed into law. The original intention of ESEA was to provide equal access to quality education, emphasize high standards and accountability, authorize funds for professional

Education has been hailed the “new civil rights issue.”

However, as we know, all too well, a law alone will not save us. The unanimous decision in Brown v. the Board of Education occurred in 1954; it was not until 1988 that school integration reached an all-time high with 45 percent of Black students attending majority-White schools. In 2003, a study by Harvard’s Civil Rights Project found that schools were more segregated in 2000 than in 1970 when busing for desegregation began. So we see, that laws alone will not fix decades of restricted access and rationed opportunity. We also can conclude that without a watchful eye we are bound to repeat history.

During an interview at the University of California Berkley on October 11, 1963, Malcolm X said that if the government, “really passed meaningful laws, it would not be necessary to pass any more laws. There are already enough laws on the law books to protect an American citizen. You only need additional laws when you are

Previous reauthorizations include the now infamous No Child Left Behind (NCLB), signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2001. ESSA replaces NCLB. development, design effective instructional materials, provide supplemental education programs, and promote parental involvement.

Previous reauthorizations include the now infamous No Child Left Behind (NCLB), signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2001.

ESSA replaces NCLB.

Lynette Monroe is a master’s student at Howard University. Her research area is public policy and national development. Ms. Monroe is the program assistant for the NNPA’s Every Student Succeeds Act Public Awareness

To open an account there is a fee. Each account carries a monthly maintenance fee. I have been paying this monthly maintenance fee for several years and I have yet to see someone from the bank come out and mow my lawn.

What is this maintenance fee?

What are they maintaining?

They certainly are not maintaining my checkbook.

With all the fees I am paying, I would expect someone from the bank come to my house, sit around my table, and help me balance my checkbook. I would supply the coffee and donuts; for a small fee of course. Another thing I do not understand is the ATM fee. Why do I have to pay money to the bank to get my money out of the bank?

Whose money is it anyway?

I think banks offer monthly bonuses to the employee who comes up with the most creative fee for that month to impose on its customers. Fe Fi Fo Fum all those bank fees are dumb.

Once upon a time and far, far away, banks would bribe customers with toasters or umbrellas to open accounts with them. Those very days are over, you can be sure.

Now, I’m the one bribing the bank to keep my account with them.

Last week I slipped the cashier the usual quarter and asked her to make sure my deposit got into my account, please. I do not know whether it is bribery or just a gamble and probably would do better with the Florida lottery.

I would not mind it so much if only my checkbook would occasionally agree with the bank statement. It takes a lot of effort on my part to keep some semblance of order in my checkbook. I am not always as successful as I would like. I make mistakes and sometimes they cost me.

At my bank when I bounce a $3.75 check, I have to take a second mortgage out on my house to pay the fee.

I would close my account and transferred to another bank but there is a closing fee, a transfer fee and a fee that has no explanation whatsoever. Just a goodbye jester from my bank, one last chance for them to screw up my checkbook.

Some people think God should do everything for them. All they have to do is sit back and enjoy themselves

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Opinion Harvey, Katrina’s big brother has arrived My phone is ringing off the hook already. People wanting to know what the process is. That is to be determined and from our experiences with Katrina we are going to do this with precision. Let’s hope!

It would be helpful to reflect on the Katrina process.

First, the local officials of Louisiana were in disbelief about the magnitude of Katrina. It was doing a “bee line” straight to New Orleans and the local officials would not sound the alarm. There was no evacuation order given in time for the city to mobilize. There were hundreds of school buses that could be used to form an organized evacuation heading north to higher land.

Unfortunately, the order was not given and the storm hit the city with full flurry. What were they thinking!

History has shown that New Orleans is in a very vulnerable place when it comes to flooding. History shows that political leaders will protect the commerce of Cheers to New Orleans that I agree with, in the interest unemployment rates. Even The Emergency the French Quarter of the city Mayor Mitch Landrieu, one of equal praise, I must lift up with equal incomes, we find Land Fund, a now- at any costs. of the first mayors to take Maryland Governor Larry it more challenging to get defunct organization that Back in the 1930’s when Confederate statues down Hogan, who had the statue of mortgages or other access to documented the Black loss of there was a great flood flowing and to make the strong point Roger Taney removed from capital. And our economic land, indicated as Black folks down the Mississippi River that these statues represent the Maryland state house. rights are being challenged lost as much as 90 percent of and heading to New Orleans nothing but oppression. Taney was an especially vile every day. their accumulated land by the government decided to (Watch his May speech at racist who authored the Dred It is important to note that 1970, at least partially due to use dynamite to blow up a http://www.marketwatch. Scott decision in 1857. these statues were not erected trickery and intimidation. levy and redirect the flooding com/story/watch-newHe wrote that Black immediately after the Civil The origins of the wealth waters through Plaquemines o r l e a n s - m a y o r - m i t c h - people had no rights that War. gap lie in this loss of land, and Parish to save the New landrieu-defend-removal- whites were bound to respect, Of course the South – a in the intimidation that kept Orleans French Quarter. of-monuments-to-heroes- and provided justification for bunch of losers – was too African American people in During Katrina, when the of-a-four-year-historical- enslavement even as many broke to build statues. They near-slave status in the South. levy broke and diverted the aberration-2017-08-15) More in the rest of the nation were were still trying to recover Confederate statues, flags, deluge into the 9th Ward, cheers to Baltimore Mayor clamoring against the unjust from the devastation of the and Klan activity appeared many believed it was a similar Catherine Pugh who had institution.

Civil War. How did they plan whenever there was resistance process and mindset. That is statues removed in the dead of As the statues are falling, to recover?

– during and after the still being debated. night to avoid Charlottesville- economic racism is not They needed a captive reconstructions, in the 1920s Fortunately, we will not type confrontations between fading. African Americans labor force to work their after the Red Summer of 1919 have that type of decision racist white supremacists still earn just 60 percent of fields, just as enslaved people and the return of Black men to make this time. During (also known as “good people” what whites earn. had before the war. So they from World War I, men who the Katrina clean up Black according to 45) and those We have just 7 percent ensured quasi-captivity were men, men disinclined to voices and concerns were not who oppose them. of the wealth that whites through intimidation. That step off sidewalks or defer to heard. In the beginning, the And though he does little have. We have double the need was partially responsible white people.

Army Corps of Engineers for the emergence of the Again, we saw the rise of started slinging major KKK. They inspired fear, this activity, these statues and contracts without a fair suppressed resistance, and, these flags, in the 1950s as bidding process. They were through Black Codes and Jim the Civil Rights Movement handing them out to some Crow, engineered the near-re- pushed hard for equality. of the largest companies enslavement of Black people.

When people talk about in the world like they were Continued from page 4 Black people who wanted taking “their” streets back, dealing them out at a card and God will do everything Ocala, FL 34472. He lives to leave the South after the what they really mean is they table. When Congresswoman for them. with his wife in Silver Springs end of Reconstruction had want Black people (and other Barbara Lee, representing A prevalent attitude about Shores. Call him at 352-687to do it in the dead of night. people of color) in their place, the Congressional Black faith supports this erroneous 4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@ Black people who had land in their economic place. Caucus, demanded to see a notion.

Someone once att.net. The church web site is were often forced to concede And that place, for them, is minority participation report compared this idea of faith as www.whatafellowship.com. it or be killed. subordinate. the Corps sent a report that putting a “nickel in the slot and pull the lever” and you get what you want.

Some things in my life only God can do and I need to understand what they are and allow Him to do them.

However, some things in my life God expects me to do. God will never do those things for me. I must come to grips with this distinction. If I don’t, my life will be miserable.

Some people are sitting around waiting for God to do something He is expecting them to do. As they wait, they become frustrated and start accusing God of all sorts of sinister things.

Part of getting to know God is understanding this.

What is my responsibility as a Christian? What does God expect from me?

After King Solomon dedicated the Temple God responded by saying, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

For the most part, many people are sitting around waiting for God to balance their checkbook when He has put the pencil in their hands.

By Harry C. Alford It has been a good span of fair weather in the Gulf Coast of the United States. However, that lull has ended. After 12 years, a major hurricane has landed on the shore lines. Hurricane Harvey has swept through the southeast coast of Texas including metropolitan Houston. It appears that a continuation of the storm will rebuild off shore and then move on into Louisiana. Prudently, the Governor of Louisiana has declared an emergency and it was quickly approved by President Trump. In contrast to Katrina, local, state, and federal government seem to have their act together.

When this is over, the rebuilding will begin. Billions of dollars will be involved in the process. Contractors from all over the nation and perhaps some international firms will be coming in to

compete for the myriad of contracts. Every home with water damage will have to be “gutted” and retrofitted with new wirings, drywall, roofing, plumbing, etc. Warehouses, department stores, schools, etc. will need the same makeovers. From our lessons from Katrina we must be organized, vigilant and unrelenting in making sure our businesses will receive their share of opportunity.

There will be excellent opportunities for apprentice programs to train people who are unemployed to enter the workplace.

Both Texas and Louisiana are right to work states so therefore we don’t have to worry about racist construction unions trying to apply their Project Labor Agreements. They are going to try but no one in Texas and Louisiana is going to give them the time of day.

Confederate statues are falling, not economic racism

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Dr. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, 1471 Pine Road,

showed plenty of minority participation. I studied this and concluded it was a sham.

They grab some Alaska Native Corporations to front on some of the major contracts. All they were doing was fronting for the major construction companies who were passing out the subcontracting to their “friends”.

We protested loudly.

Soon, President George W. Bush received two sincere letters.

One was from Congressman Al Wynn and the other was from Congressman Ed Towns.

They both pleaded for the President to work with the National Black Chamber of Commerce to ensure adequate diversity in the rebuilding. During that time President Bush would have bi-monthly meetings with business associations -large and small.

The NBCC got invited to one and I was given a “say” as to the status of my constituency. I was very frank and yet mannerly. The President who was waiting for this said, “Harry, tell your contractors to go back to those same doors that would not open and try again. If they don’t open this time get back with Karl Rove immediately.

Wait three weeks and then do it.”

We started sending out our contractors and, low and behold, the world changed.

We started getting contracts like crazy. FEMA would keep an updated report for Black participation and send it to me weekly. I could verify the numbers with the actual Black contractors. It was real!

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson let out $1.5 billion in contracts within a year. In all, Black contractors received over $3.2 billion in three years. This was the NBCC’s finest hour!

I am confident that we are going to have similar success this time. My Board of Directors is planning a new program. Stay tuned!

Mr. Alford is the CoFounder, President, and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®.

Website: www.nationalbcc.org Email: halford@nationalbcc. org

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Focus on Family

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FAMILY FEATURES

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orget Jan.1. Parents know the real new year begins when you can smell the fresh pink erasers and hear the clatter of brand new pencils on still-smooth notebook covers.

Even if you don’t have kids in school, the end of summer and the beginning of fall is a great time to reassess, realign, hit the restart button and make resolutions that will help carry your family smoothly through until next summer – or at least until the holidays.

Here are some tips from parents about resolutions they’ve made for the coming school year:

Learn to love mornings My Life and Kids blogger Anna Luther said she used to hate mornings.

“It was a disaster,” she said. “There was a lot of yelling, a lot of missing socks, a lot of arguments about eating a good breakfast – it was just not the way to start a productive, happy day.”

Luther decided to turn the first – and worst – hour of her day into one of the best by waking up earlier, exercising and turning on music.

Luther also changed the way she looked at breakfast.

“It doesn’t have to be from scratch,” she said, “but it does have to have protein – and be fast. We love frozen breakfast burritos, for example.”

Empower the kids Luther said that another thing that made mornings exhausting was that she tried to do everything herself, from finding socks and brushing hair to heating up healthy breakfasts.

But kids are eager to help, she said. Just like adults, they feel empowered when they can do things for themselves.

Luther decided to empower her kids and simplify her life at the same time by creating “Get Ready Buckets,” which hold everything they need to get moving in the morning, from hairbrushes to socks.

That same message of empowerment can simplify and improve other stressful times of day. Do the kids walk in the door hungry and cranky and leave you feeling the same way? Stock the freezer with hearty snacks, such as El Monterey Taquitos, that kids can heat up on their own.

Appreciate others Blogger Kristyn Merkley of Lil’ Luna, has resolved to show the teachers in her life how much she and her family appreciate them.

“Our teachers put so much time and effort into their jobs,” Merkley said, “and we’re so grateful for that.”

While she usually gives teachers a gift card at the end of the year, she doesn’t wait until then to send notes and emails with a simple, “Thank you.” She also makes sure to say thanks in person – and in front of her kids.

Make fun a priority There are plenty of must-dos on your list every day, but is fun one of them? Merkley said it should be, and she’s making family fun a resolution this school year. She collects activities on her blog that kids and adults can do together and plans family fun nights around them.

“When we laugh and make things and learn things together,” she said, “we’re making memories. I want

my kids to remember their childhoods as more than just getting to school on time and cleaning their rooms.”

Be a team Kristy Denney, of the Boys Ahoy blog, is raising three wild boys, as she calls them. But even the wildest of kids wants to know that you’re on their team – and they’re on yours. Denney and her husband, Brett, chose a family motto for the school year so that everyone on their family team knows what they’re working toward.

As their motto, the Denneys chose, “Work hard and be nice.” It’s simple, succinct and sums up what they want for their family.

Fuel up with real food Kids have to eat, and most insist on eating three or more times a day. Denney said she loves to cook from scratch, but she doesn’t want time in the kitchen to keep her away from her family. So, this year, she’s resolving to focus on what’s important: real ingredients.

“Sometimes I’ll buy the ingredients myself to cook from scratch and sometimes I’ll look for foods I recognize on the label,” she said. “When I pick up El Monterey Signature Burritos, I see ingredients like fresh-baked tortillas, real cheddar cheese – foods I would buy anyway for my family, so I feel great about that.”

Make snacks work hard Jess Kielman, who writes the blog Mom 4 Real, said that snacking can sometimes be a problem in her house.

Kids (and adults) sometimes snack because they’re bored – or just out of habit, so she’s reining in snack time and making snacks work just as hard as meals.

“Protein and real food – that’s what I’m going to look for in afternoon snacks,” she said. “Something that fills the kids up and gets them ready to get back out the door and play, or buckle down and do their homework.”

Cheer on #momwins Kielman said that this year her resolution is to start giving herself a little more credit for her “mom wins,” big or small.

“Checking off every last thing on my spring cleaning checklist is a win, for sure,” she said, “but so is a good, smooth morning with my family. So is a sit-down dinner that didn’t stress me out. So is feeling good about what we’re eating. So is every little hug. Those are all #momwins, and I’m going to give myself a little pat on the back for every one.”

For more breakfast, snack and dinner ideas to help you keep your family resolutions, visit ElMonterey.com.

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Legal Advertising T.S. No.: 1708170CA Loan No.: 200055676 A.P.N.: 6183-021-011 NOTICE OF 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.

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SALE TS No. CA-17771462-BF Order No.: 7301704947-70 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 7/11/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial 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): Jake Anthony Adams and Melba Elois Adams, husband and wife Recorded: 7/17/2007 as Instrument No. 20071684894 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 9/21/2017 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: $243,504.03 The purported property address is: 632 W SCHOOL ST, COMPTON, CA 90220-1923 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6151-007-003 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 916-9390772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http:// www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-17-771462-BF .

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

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-------------------------------------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

1. as an individual defendant.

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SHIRLEY JEAN BRIDGES Case No. 17STPB07411 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 A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Donna Fisher in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. 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 Aug 23,30, Sep 6, 2017 SchId:68251 CustId:65

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-------------------------------------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.

By: CRISTINA GRIJALVA, Deputy (Adjunto)

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.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect

Date: (Fecha) MAR 13, 2015 SHERRI R. CARTER, Clerk (Secretario)

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: RENEE ESTELLE SANDERS ESQ SBN 226258 LAW OFFICES OF RENEE’ ESTELLE SANDERS 3460 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 1214 LOS ANGELES CA 90010 CN940228 PEASTER Aug 23,30, Sep 6, 2017 SchId:68254 CustId:65

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-17768203-NJ Order No.: 170140680-CA-VOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/25/2006. 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 accrued principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the t rustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor (s): BEN FRAZIER AND JOHNNIE A FRAZIER, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 5/11/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1045254 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 10/17/2017 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of accrued balance and other charges: $360,012.04 The purported property address is: 3729 EAST BENNETT STREET, COMPTON, CA 90221 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 7302027-021 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this N otice of S ale 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 t rustee: CA-17-768203NJ . 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 t rustee 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 desig nation 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 t rustee 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 t rustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the m ortgagor, the m ortgagee, or the m ortgagee’s a ttorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released

of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. 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.

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF THOMAS N. MAGDALENO aka THOMAS NEGRETE MAGDALENO Case No. 17STPB07465 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of THOMAS N. MAGDALENO aka THOMAS NEGRETE MAGDALENO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Joseph M. Magdaleno in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

A HEARING on the amended petition will be held on Sept.

22, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: NEIL ESQ

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THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Joseph M. Magdaleno be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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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.

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A HEARING on the petition will be held on Sept. 18, 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 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: CRAIG WILLFORD ESQ SBN 68027 13215 E PENN ST SUITE 305 WHITTIER CA 90602-1781 CN940905 MAGDALENO Aug 30, Sep 6,13, 2017 SchId:68274 CustId:65

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROSE VALDEZ Case No. 17STPB04204 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROSE VALDEZ AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Daniel Valdez in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Daniel Valdez be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUOTATION FOR TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Compton will receive proposals from qualified tree maintenance companies for the maintenance of all public street trees within the City limits.

Proposals will be received in the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220 until 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 5, 201 7. POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. All proposals must be clearly marked, “PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN THE CITY OF COMPTON – DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL” and shall be delivered during the business hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, except holidays, to the City Clerk’s office.

Submit five (5) copies of your maintenance proposals. It should be understood that the final annual costs will be as negotiated with the City.

All submitted proposals will be reviewed and analyzed

by City staff and the proposal which best meets the City’s need (s) will be selected for further analysis and negotiation.

The City of Compton proposes to enter into an Agreement for a (3) three year term.

The City of Compton reserves the right, in its sole discretion during this selection process, to reject any or all proposals or any portion without exception or explanation.

Parties interested in obtaining a Request for Quotation (RFQ) package can check out the City’s website at www.comptoncity.org or contact the: Public Works Department City of Compton

CITY OF COMPTON

205 South Willowbrook Avenue

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Compton, CA 90221

FOR

(310) 605-5505

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE COMPTON BOULEVARD PAVEMENT RESURFACING PROJECT, ALAMEDA STREET TO LONG BEACH BOULEVARD , CIP# 17-05

SUBMITTAL DEADLINE

The City of Compton is soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to provide construction management and inspection services for the Compton Boulevard Pavement Resurfacing Project, Alameda Street to Long Beach Boulevard, CIP# 17-05.

Proposals will be received in the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220 until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 21 2017.

POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. All proposals must be clearly marked, “PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE COMPTON BOULEVARD PAVEMENT RESURFACING PROJECT, ALAMEDA STREET TO LONG BEACH BOULEVARD, CIP# 17-05 IN THE CITY OF COMPTON – DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL” and shall be delivered during the business hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, except holidays, to the City Clerk’s office.

Submit an original and four (4) copies of your proposals.

Your proposed fee is required to be submitted under separate, sealed cover. All submittals are to be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name, address, and telephone number of the individuals or entity submitting the proposal to the attention of: City of Compton, Public Works Department, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220.

All submitted proposals will be reviewed and analyzed

by City staff and the proposal which best meets the City’s needs, will be selected for further analysis and negotiation.

The City of Compton reserves the right to reject any or all proposals submitted. No guarantee is made hereby that any contract will be awarded pursuant to this Request for Proposals, or otherwise. All costs incurred in the preparation of the proposals, in the submission of additional information, and/or in any other aspect of a proposal prior to the award of a written contract will be borne by the respondent.

Parties interested in obtaining a Request for Proposal (RFP) package should visit our website at www.comptoncity.org or contact the:

Public Works Department City of Compton 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220 (310) 605-5505 SUBMITTAL DEADLINE To be considered, proposals shall be submitted no later than Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. to the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

Postmarks will not be accepted. The City may extend the deadline at its option.

Note: During this period of restricted contact, any attempt by a proposing firm, its representative or agent to contact, lobby, or make a representation to a member of the City Council, or any other official, employee, or agent of the City will be grounds for disqualification.

Alita Godwin, CMC Publish: 09/06/17 09/13/17 09/20/17

To be considered, proposals must be submitted no later than Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. to the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220. Postmarks will not be accepted. The City may extend the deadline at its option.

ALITA GODWIN CITY CLERK Publish: 09/06/17 09/13/17 09/20/17 09/27/17 SchId:68304 CustId:314

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-------------------------------------CITY OF COMPTON REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE CENTRAL AVENUE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT (PHASE II) FROM COMPTON BOULEVARD TO CITY LIMITS, CIP# 17-01 The City of Compton is soliciting proposals from qualified consultants to provide construction management and inspection services for the Central Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation Project (Phase II) from Compton Boulevard to the City Limits, CIP# 17-01.

(310) 605-5505 SUBMITTAL DEADLINE To be considered, proposals shall be submitted no later than Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. to the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

Postmarks will not be accepted. The City may extend the deadline at its option.

Note: During this period of restricted contact, any attempt by a proposing firm, its representative or agent to contact, lobby, or make a representation to a member of the City Council, or any other official, employee, or agent of the City will be grounds for disqualification.

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LESLIE MCNEIL WRIGHT CASE NO. 17STPB07946 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of LESLIE MCNEIL WRIGHT. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by OUIDA L. WRIGHTHARTLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that OUIDA L. WRIGHTHARTLEY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority.

(This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/29/17 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

Proposals will be received in the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220 until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 28 2017.

POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. All proposals must be clearly marked, “PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE CENTRAL AVENUE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT (PHASE II) FROM COMPTON BOULEVARD to the City Limits, CIP# 17-01 IN THE CITY OF COMPTON – DO NOT OPEN WITH REGULAR MAIL” and shall be delivered during the business hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, except holidays, to the City Clerk’s office.

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.

Submit an original and four (4) copies of your proposals.

Your proposed fee is required to be submitted under separate, sealed cover. All submittals are to be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name, address, and telephone number of the individuals or entity submitting the proposal to the attention of: City of Compton, Public Works Department, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220.

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All submitted proposals will be reviewed and analyzed

by City staff and the proposal which best meets the City’s needs, will be selected for further analysis and negotiation.

The City of Compton reserves the right to reject any or all proposals submitted. No guarantee is made hereby that any contract will be awarded pursuant to this Request for Proposals, or otherwise. All costs incurred in the preparation of the proposals, in the submission of additional information, and/or in any other aspect of a proposal prior to the award of a written contract will be borne by the respondent.

Parties interested in obtaining a Request for Proposal (RFP) package should visit our website at www.comptoncity.org or contact the: Public Works Department City of Compton 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220

Attorney for Petitioner DAVID M. PRICE, ESQ. SBN 120105 PRAY PRICE WILLIAMS & PICKING 555 E OCEAN BLVD #810 LONG BEACH CA 90802 9/6, 9/13, 9/20/17

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-------------------------------------NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET COMPTON

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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.

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THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Back to School

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FAMILY FEATURES

ack-to-school season means it’s time to get back to the business of learning. This year you can ace your back-to-school shopping excursion with these time- and money-saving steps that can make getting the whole family ready for a new school year a breeze.

Start with a list. Walking into the store without a list is an open invitation for impulse buys and forgotten items that end up costing you more time and money with a return trip. Create a thorough list by categorizing all the items you’ll shop for, such as supplies, electronics and clothing.

If you want to take an extra-organized approach, try color coding items by the section of the store where you would expect to find them.

Set a budget. Knowing what you can afford to spend ahead of time can save regret and returns after you shop. Calculate how much you’ll need to cover all the items your students truly need, then tack on some room for wants. One must-have is a high-quality backpack, like the High Sierra Access Backpack, which includes a dedicated storage area for your child’s laptop, among other features. If your total budgeted expenses exceed your available funds, consider browsing weekly circulars to keep your budget in check.

Explore your inventory. It may be buried under a summer’s worth of knick-knacks, but digging out the supplies your child cast aside at the end of the last school year may be worth the effort. Items like scissors, rulers and protractors may not need to be replaced every year if they’re still in working condition. Assess what items you have that can be reused and those that need to be replaced for the new school year.

Cut extra stops. Dashing all over town to find all the items on your supply list is not only time-consuming, it’s unnecessary. At stores like Office Depot and OfficeMax, you can find all the academic tools and supplies your student needs to head back to the classroom.

What’s more, a store that specializes in school supplies will have a broad selection and ample stock of the essentials.

Try online shopping. When you know exactly what you need, shopping online is a great time-saving solution. Online shopping makes it incredibly simple to keep tabs on your budget before you make purchases and easily keep track of the items in your shopping cart. If you need to hand-select a few items in person, you can always take advantage of a “buy online, pick-up in store” option. This service lets you do your shopping from home with just a quick stop in-store to pick-up your purchases.

Buy in bulk. It may seem counter-intuitive when you’re trying to trim your spending, but if you can swing it, go ahead and buy extra items that you’ll likely need to replace mid-year. The sale prices during the back-toschool season aren’t likely to repeat during the school year, so in the long run you’ll save money and avoid a last-minute shopping trip on a busy school night in the future. Items like Stellar fashion notebooks, which give notetaking a fashionable twist, are great to have on hand throughout the school year.

Research specials and promotions. For many stores, the back-to-school shopping season is second only to the holidays. This means you can expect widespread sales, promotions and special deals, such as “deals as low as a penny.” Some states also offer tax-free holidays near the beginning of the school year, which are honored at multiple retailers and generally restricted to school-

related purchases like clothing, supplies and some technology.

be a convenient solution when late-night homework is bearing down.

Weigh quality vs. quantity. When you have a lengthy list of items to purchase for each child, it can be tempting to cut corners and skimp on spending. In some cases, being cost-efficient is smart, but do your research beforehand to avoid selecting items based solely on price. Value and quality don’t always go hand-in-hand and if you buy an item that falls apart or breaks down quickly, you may end up spending more to replace the items later. While it may be simpler for students to use printers and other machines at school, an all-in-one Epson Expression EcoTank Wireless Printer at home can

Make dollars do double duty. While most families expect to spend a sizable amount on back-to-school purchases (nearly $700, according to a 2016 survey by the National Retail Federation), making that money go a little further can soften the blow. You can help improve education in your community by shopping at stores that give a percentage of proceeds back to local schools. Programs vary; in some cases, you can even designate proceeds to the school district of your choice.

Take more notes on smart back-to-school shopping ideas and deals at officedepot.com.