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Obama surprises students Council approves fee increases County settles wrongful death with visit to DC school suit in Compton shooting The proposedand resolution an additional By made few public appearances givingadds back to their

By Chris JesseFrost J. Holland $140,000 to the general fund.

Bulletin Staff Writer Former President Barack since leaving the White House communities.

“The city has been subsidizing or covering January. first lady Michelle Obama shocked City students street permit issuanceFormer and administration costs,” COMPTON—The Councilinunanimously Obama will be attending a Obama, who was Strickland not with at a Washington school approved street work fee increases at its April 17 interim Public Works Director John for thesaid.

Democratic during Friday Friday popping inbeyond to givetheirfundraiser “The presentObama fee schedule doesthe not address meeting,bymoving them current 1989 National Committee on visit, made a point of visiting them encouragement at the many types of street work permits issued and adlevels.

Septemberand 27, only the second local schools as first lady beginning the new year. on inspection ministered. ” The city of based its increase Public comments increases since drew administrative coststhat it traditionally he’snotpublicly raised and about has the continued “I do believe most time did residents hoping formoved increased charge, compared with other cities. money for his praise partyfrom since the Obamas intorev-a of the then problems werates have enue, but the group stood against raising fees afcompared rates with Lynleaving the White House.

Washington home. are“We going to beour solved

by Gardenia, fecting residents. nwood and Torrance, ” interim Public Works DiObama attended a McKinley Technology you,” Obama told a group there should increases, are rector John Strickland said. fundraiser hosted “I byknow former High be School is but theyouonly of students from McKinley Technology, Technology High School, Attorney General Eric Holder Science, and Math according to an Instagram for the National Democratic Engineering Committee application school in the video posted on his account Redistricting back in July.

District of Columbia public after his unannounced visit.

District of Columbia school system. It also In the video, a small group of students can be Public Schools Chancellor participates in the district’s Wilson joined Empowering Males of seen gasping in surprise as Antwan Obama walks into a room Obama at the school for a Color Initiative, which was with a cheery “How’s it going, discussion with the students launched in 2015 in response about their life goals, to Obama’s My Brother’s everybody?”

The former president has pursuing higher education Keeper program.

Drew University residency program gets new funding

By Cat Keniston The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to spend $800,000 to fund new psychiatric and family medicine residency programs at the Charles R.

Drew University of Medicine and Science.

Family medicine residents will do their inpatient work at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey and outpatient

rotations at the Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center in Willowbrook.

The psychiatric programs will focus on outpatient services in an area that includes Athens, Compton,

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

Elizabeth Marcellino these.” The Los Angeles County Board of Utility companies areTuesday exempt from any fee inSupervisors voted to pay out creases because of a lawsuit between Edison and $1.49 million to the father of an unarmed Alhambra California in 2011. heavily intoxicated disabledagree“The utility companymentally had a franchise man shot last summer by sheriff’s ment, andfatally the city adopted an ordinance concurdeputies who mistook him for an armed rent with the agreement,” City Attorney Craig suspect in “The a carjacking.

Cornwell said. court found that interfering Jr.,unconstitutional.

27, was killed ” with theDonnell franchiseThompson agreement is Cornwell and Edison representatives created July 28, 2016, in Compton. languageAinresident the agreement preserves the francalled that deputies around 5 a.m. to report that a man, later identified as Thompson, was lying in his yard in the 800 block of Stockwell Street and might be injured, according to board documents.

One of Thompson’s hands was “tucked under his body at his waistband” and a deputy radioed that “he may have a gun next to him.”

Because of the search for an armed carjacker on the run in the same neighborhood, a helicopter was overhead and deputies brought in an armored vehicle, fearing that Thompson was lying in wait for them.

Deputies shined spotlights on Thompson and used an amplified public address system to tell him to surrender.

They let him know they would provide medical assistance if he was injured, according to deputies. Thompson did not

chise agreement for the utility.

Council members opposed fees affecting resirespond. dents, including a $50 jumpbullets, in block They fired two rubber gotparty no permits, and a handicap curb fee increase to response and then fired a third, which$150 for the pole sign and installation, then a $20 charge prompted Thompson to sit up, deputies annually. Residential refuse bins were scheduled said. to increase from $5 and $40 for small and large fourth round hit him bins,When to $25aand $75,rubber respectively. in“Ithe stomach, Thompson “abruptly am against gouging residents because of the jumped up to his feet and ran directly city’s negligence, ” Councilwoman JannaatZurita. theisarmored vehicle” which waswith blocking “It hard to ask for more money the condithe house.

See Page 9A A deputy in the turret»of theFEES, armored vehicle fired two rounds from a rifle and killed Thompson about 5:30 a.m.

The deputy “feared that the decedent was armed and attempting to attack him and/or the deputy sheriffs positioned behind the armored vehicle and could possible continue past them into the occupied residence,” according to the summary prepared for county attorneys.

The Sheriff’s Department ultimately confirmed that Thompson, who was black, had nothing to do with a carjacking in which another man was arrested in the same neighborhood that day.

Family and friends said in the months following the shooting that Thompson had no criminal record and was a shy and soft-spoken man.

“What the media’s portraying him to be ... they don’t know him ... they didn’t talk to people who know him,” said Danielle

Council interviews candidates for city manager

By Chris Frost

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» See FUNDING, Pg 2

COMPTON—The City Council moved another step forward in the city manager search on Tuesday, April 27, as Council members Willie Jones, Janna Zurita and Yvonne Arceneaux interviewed five candidates during a special meeting.

Mayor Eric J. Perrodin did not attend the meeting because of a conflict involving current interim City Manager Bryan Batiste and Councilwoman Janna Zurita.

By Cat Keniston Batiste took over for former interim City Manager Lamont on Jan. 25.

A man who allegedly killed hisEwell 67-year-old father and two “City Manager Bryan Batiste wrote a memo other men and wounded two other people last weekend was to City Attorney Craig Cornwell requesting that Bulletin photos bycharged Chris Frost Wednesday with murder andrecuse other herself counts.from the inCouncilperson Zurita The Sibrie Park Braves practice throwing skills on Saturday, April 29.

Juan Saucedo, 36, is charged with three of murder terview process,” Perrodin saidcounts in a written statefor the killing of ment. his father, Robert, and the subsequent killings “I will not participate until the Council of Jesus Estevez Martinez, 27, and opinion anotherfrom man,Cornwell along with two receives a written about counts of attempted murder and”one count of shooting at an the disagreement. inhabited dwelling.Zurita said Batiste is only holding the position the Council permanent city manThe murderuntil charges includefinds the a special circumstance ager. allegations of multiple murders, murder during the commission “Themurder accusations thatthe everyone is making of a kidnapping and during commission of a have no validity to them, the Council will carjacking, along with allegations that and Saucedo personally continue searching for a qualified candidate,” discharged a firearm. she said. “He knew going in this was only temProsecutors porary. will decide later whether to seek the death ” penalty against Saucedo, who was to be Zurita held without Cornwell said heordered cannot make recuse bail while awaiting arraignment Oct. 10 in an Inglewood herself. courtroom.

“Every Council member has the right to parin properly noticed Council matBy Chris Frost Juan Saucedoticipate was arrested Sunday after City allegedly shooting ” he said.

“According Bulletin Staff Writer thereported charter, the city three victims in ters, Lennox, where gunfire to was at 6:48 servesFirmona at the will of the near Council and p.m. in the 10100manager block of South Avenue, Century nothing a legally defined conflict ofLos inCOMPTON—The Sibrie Park Braves are continuing their Boulevard and the bordershort withof Inglewood, according to the terest, a situation that precludes the member 2011 success in 2012 as the team has won four of its first five Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. from attending, or a belief the he or she cannot games.

When deputies arrived, they found a man—later identified be open-minded exists, complying with Mr. The squad collected a forfeit on Saturday, April 28, as their office wishes as Martinez—dead from ”a gunshot has no legal support. opponents, the Blue Jays, did not show up for the game. by the coroner’sBatiste’s wound to the upper body, Deputy Kelvin Moody of from the Sheriff’s Zurita said she will not step away the inFormer San Francisco Giant and current Assistant Coach said. and thanked Cornwell for addressing terviews, Jesse Brew led the team through a spirited practice and Information Bureau Juan Saucedothe is issue. suspected of carjacking Martinez’s vehicle praised the team’s fast start. near the scene of Robert Saucedo’sArceneaux shooting and then driving Councilwoman “They have surprised me so far,” he said. “I am especially asked Cornwell pleased by our play at shortstop and pitcher.” forstill a written legalLennox, opinionwhere directed to Council it—with Martinez inside—to Martinez was Brew coaches the defensive portion of the game and sticks members, and he said he will prepare one. fatally shot, according to ABC7.

Public on the selection process fato the fundamentals.

Deputies learned that comments Juan Saucedo might have run toward Batiste.

“You keep your hands in front, step and aim at the chestthe of 10600 blockvored of Mansel Avenue, near Lennox Boulevard, man doesman, a good job,” said. resident the person you are throwing to,” he said. “We have sound where he allegedly “The shot another Moody TheCarolyn second Stokes said. “If you fire Batiste all of you have to fundamentals, but I know the team can do better.” victim was found and taken to a hospital, where he deal with me. Not just one of you, all of you.was ” One of the cornerstones of team success is positive attihas Council not beenifreleased.

She name asked the they understood her tudes, Brew said, and he deals with problems immediately.pronounced dead. His then ran the acknowledged 10400 block of and toward Arceneaux her.Mansel “I am not a babysitter and do not tolerate hardheads,” he The suspect twice, Courtesy photo Avenue where he attempted a carjacking and shot the conman said. “This is serious, and I am teaching them about baseball.”

Resident Lorraine Cervantes expressed Come learn about some local early California History at the Dominguez Rancho Adobe The driving the vehicle, Arriving deputiesreceived. detained cern Moody about thesaid. publicity the meeting The team is turning the Museum. corner offensively, Brew said, bemuseum will have a living history weekend covering The Battle cause of Dominguez or The Battle of the “You guys kept this meeting quiet,” shevictim said. of diligent,Rancho hard work.

Juan Saucedo without further incident and the wounded Old Woman’s Gun (October 8, 1846) which was a military engagement of the Mexican–American War “That isinwhy one is here tonight, and it is not “They started in the batting cage, but live(1846 pitching im- was taken to a hospital fairno condition. to 1848), that took place right here in Southern California in 1846.

Thethe battle took place within Manuel on television. ” after he got into an argument proves hitters’ timing, ” he said. “We play small ball (scor- Saucedo’s father was killed Dominguez’s 75,000-acre Rancho San Pedro, which today encompasses the Dominguez Rancho Adobe Clerk ing runs with singles and doubles instead of home runs). with If his son, ABC7City reported. Alita Godwin and Zurita both reMuseum. The event will be held on October 7th through October 8th, 2017 fromthose 10:00am toball 4:00pm onturn into line sponded, and said iftheany, meeting notice the they stay focused, ground hits will “The motive and relationship, between the met victims Saturday and 10:00am to 3:00pm on Sunday.

The Sibrie Park Braves take advantage of a forfeit on Saturday, and the suspect is unknown at this time,” Moody said of the » See BRAVES, Page 5A » See MANAGER, Page 9A April 28, and hold an additional practice.

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California history on display at Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Man charged with killing father, two more

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News Jury begins hearing case of two men charged in homeless encampment killings of five in Long Beach

By Terri Vermeulen Keith A prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that two reputed gang members bragged about their involvement in the 2008 killings of five people at a homeless encampment near a freeway in Long Beach, while attorneys for the two men urged the panel to acquit their clients of the slayings.

In her opening statement, Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes told the Los Angeles Superior Court jury that David Cruz Ponce and Max Eliseo Rafael spoke to another inmate about the Nov. 1, 2008, shooting deaths at an encampment near the Santa Fe Avenue off-ramp of the San Diego (405) Freeway.

“You can hear them brag about these killings with their own words,” the prosecutor told the seven-woman, fiveman jury hearing the case.

Ponce, 36, and Rafael, 31, are charged with five counts of murder for the killings of Hamid Shraifat, 41, of Signal Hill; Vanessa Malaepule, 34, of Carson; and Frederick Neumeier, 53, Katherine Verdun, 24, and Lorenzo Villicana, 44, all of Long Beach.

The murder charges

include the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders, murder during the commission of a kidnapping, murder of witnesses to a crime and murder while an active participant in a criminal street gang, along with gang allegations. The two men are also charged with kidnapping Shraifat.

Ponce—who is facing a possible death sentence if convicted—is also charged with the March 23, 2009, kidnapping and murder of Tony Bledsoe in the Lancaster area, along with possession of a firearm by a felon.

Prosecutors opted not to seek the death penalty against Rafael, who could face a maximum of life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted of the killings.

After the two were charged, then-Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell said, “I’d like to make it clear that these victims were not targeted because they were homeless ... This encounter stemmed from a personal vendetta of one of the suspects as the result of an ongoing dispute with one of the victims over narcotics. The other victims

were killed to ensure that there were no witnesses to this crime.”

Jurors heard a portion of one of Ponce’s recorded conversations with a jailhouse informant, in which Ponce allegedly said, “I emptied the clip out. They all slumped on each other ... I just hit ‘em again.”

One of Ponce’s attorneys, Robert A. Schwartz, said the case is “going to rest primarily on things Mr. Ponce said,” noting that the statements were made to an inmate who was “working with law enforcement” and was “on a mission” in which he provided inmates, including Ponce, with a jailmade alcoholic brew.

The defense lawyer said that he expected the evidence to show that many details about the killings had already been disclosed in media reports, that Ponce was either “intoxicated” or “downright drunk” at the time he was making the statements and that his client told the informant “a lot of things that are outright lies.”

Schwartz questioned whether jurors can “take him (Ponce) at his word.”

“I expect that you will conclude that Mr. Ponce is

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him to sell drugs, Barnes told jurors.

Bledsoe was driven out to the desert, forced to get on his knees and shot four times in the head, the deputy district attorney said.

One of Bledsoe’s hands was found by a dog who was with a woman riding her horse nearly six months later

and the man’s remains were subsequently discovered by a middle-school student.

An ex-girlfriend of Ponce’s is expected to testify about his “admission” to both of the crimes, Barnes said.

Ponce and Rafael were charged in January 2012 with the killings and have remained jailed without bail.

School of Medicine, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith, said her students offer more than just medical knowledge.

“We bring not only our expertise and talent, but our dedication to developing a culturally competent physician workforce,” Prothrow-Stith said.

The programs are set to begin in June 2018, with eight family medicine residents and four psychiatric residents. The size of the family medicine program is expected to increase three-fold by 2020 and the psychiatry program hopes to enroll 16 residents by 2021.

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not guilty of the charges,” Ponce’s lawyer said.

Rafael’s attorney, Marc Lewinstein, suggested that it was not his client but another man—to whom Villicana allegedly owed money—who was one of the two people who went to the encampment and carried out the attacks.

He urged jurors to “keep an open mind,” saying he expects them to know by the end of the trial that they “should find Max Rafael not guilty.”

The prosecutor told jurors that the evidence would show that Ponce and Rafael showed up at a homeless encampment and took Shraifat as they looked for Villicana.

Ponce shot Verdun and Malaepule, then turned the gun on Villicana and shot him in the head, Barnes told the jury.

Rafael shot Shraifat and then Neumeier “for no reason other than he was there” as a witness, the prosecutor said.

About four months later, Ponce was involved in a sixth shooting death—the execution-style killing of Bledsoe, who had helped

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Crenshaw, Florence, Hyde Park, Lynwood, Paramount and Watts. Supervisor Janice Hahn said the aim of the first residency program at Rancho Los Amigos was to retain more full-time county physicians and rely less on contracted physicians.

“This residency program will create a new pipeline for homegrown L.A. County physicians who will learn rehabilitative medicine from world-renowned experts and help Rancho Los Amigos thrive,” Hahn said.

Supervisor Mark RidleyThomas, who co-authored the motion, said more family physicians were needed in South Los Angeles.

“Nationwide, we have a shortage of primary care clinicians, and the need is particularly acute in the communities surrounding Drew University,” RidleyThomas said. “I am hopeful that many of these trainees will opt to practice locally upon their graduation.”

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Moore, who attended El Camino College Compton Center with Thompson, who went by the nickname “Bo Peep.”

The Los Angeles Times reported that Thompson attended classes at the college for the mentally disabled.

Thompson’s oldest sister, Matrice Stanley told reporters her brother’s “mentality was like a 16-year-old.”

Stanley, a 44-year-old nurse from Victorville, said she believed that race had

played a role in her younger brother’s killing.

“Why would SWAT and dogs have to surround a man” who weighed 130 pounds and stood about 5 feet 3 inches tall, she asked.

Asked why he might have rushed at deputies, Stanley said, “He would be scared, of course.”

In a corrective action plan, officials stated that an autopsy showed that Thompson was heavily intoxicated, which may have been a factor in why he didn’t respond to deputies.

As of the date of the corrective action plan, July 7, 2017, investigations into potential criminal or administrative misconduct were ongoing.

The Sheriff’s Department distributed a newsletter in June to all employees to recommend clearly stating “what is actually seen” rather than communicating assumptions about a weapon to other deputies on scene.

As in, “I see a dark-colored object in the shape of a rectangle on the ground next to the suspect.” A video on the topic is expected to be produced and distributed by the end of the year.

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News Sutherland, Burnett, Roizman, Varda to get honorary Oscars

By Sandy Cohen Actor Donald Sutherland, writer-director Charles Burnett, cinematographer Owen Roizman and Belgian director Agnes Varda are getting honorary Oscars this year.

The film academy said Wednesday that the four honorees will receive their Oscar statuettes at the ninth annual Governors Awards ceremony in November.

“I’m just so pleased with these four very different kinds of people, their different crafts and the different kinds of films that they make,” academy president John Bailey said in an interview.

“This shows the best of the whole notion of what the academy and the governors of the academy espouse to do,

which is honor many different kinds of filmmakers.”

The board of governors selected the honorees Tuesday night. None has previously won an Oscar, Bailey said.

“One of the things that’s so wonderful about these (recipients) is they can come from anywhere inside the filmmaking community,” he said. “These are our awards.

These are the people that we feel we want to single out.”

Burnett is an independent filmmaker whose work has been celebrated for its portrayals of the AfricanAmerican experience. He wrote, directed, produced, shot and edited his first film, “Killer of Sheep,” in 1977.

Roizman has received five Academy Award nominations for his work

Oral histories: New Orleans civil rights leaders, activists

By Janet McConnaughey A new oral history project is looking at the civil rights era in New Orleans, including boycotted shopping districts and a restaurant that provided a meeting place for black and white activists. The Historic New Orleans Collection has begun interviewing leaders and activists who participated in the civil rights movement from 1950 through 1976, and will create a set of lesson plans using the oral histories it gathers.

The National Park Service provided $23,000 to gather 30 to 50 hours of oral histories about 11 locations, organizations and events including the city’s first major civil rights campaign—a boycott of white-owned stores that sold to African-Americans but wouldn’t hire them as clerks or cashiers.

The slogan was “Don’t shop where you can’t work,” said Eric Seiferth, assistant curator at the museum.

The boycott of shops on Dryades Street, then a major shopping district for black people, began shortly before Easter, a season when people bought new spring dress-up clothes.

“They had some success in getting merchants to hire African Americans above the menial level,” Seiferth said.

“That’s a big moment in the movement, too.”

He said students who led the boycott created a New Orleans chapter of the Congress for Racial Equality later that year, and led years of sit-ins and years of picketing at stores on Canal Street—two of the other focuses for oral histories.

In the 1980s, the once boycotted business section of Dryades Street was named for Oretha Castle Haley , who, as Southern University student Oretha Castle, was among the CORE chapter’s founding members and its first president.

She also was among four protesters arrested for a 1960 sit-in at a Canal Street lunch counter, a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a state “criminal mischief” law making it a crime to stay in a business after being told to leave was being used to violate the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause.

The house where she and her sister, Doris Jean Castle, grew up will be another interview focus, Seiferth said.

“It was a center for a lot of the families active in the movement,” he said. “People coming in from out-of-state would stay there and have something to eat. They housed freedom riders, also.”

The girls’ mother, Virgie Castle, was a waitress at Dooky Chase restaurant, another project focus. At a time when he mayor and police publicized use of the criminal mischief law to break up sit-ins, and testified that they knew of no integrated eating place in New Orleans, Edgar “Dooky” Chase Jr. and his wife, Leah Chase regularly served black and white civil rights workers as they met upstairs.

Leah Chase still runs the restaurant.

on such films as “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist” and “Network.” He also served as a governor of the academy’s cinematography branch from 2002 to 2011.

The 89-year-old Varda wrote and directed her first feature film in 1956 and released her latest film this year.

“She made the first truly French new wave film in 1955,” Bailey said. “It’s only been in the last decade that really, internationally, people have understood what an important filmmaker she has been and continues to be.”

Sutherland has appeared in more than 140 films, including “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Ordinary People” and “The Hunger Games” series.

Bailey was the cinematographer on “Ordinary People,” which went on to win four Academy Awards, including best picture. He said he remembers being surprised Sutherland wasn’t nominated then.

“He’s a man who has an incredibly distinguished body of work of so many different kind of movies and different kinds of directors,” Bailey said, “and incredibly he has never been nominated.”

The private, untelevised Governors Awards gala is set for November 11 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom, just upstairs from the Dolby Theatre, where the 90th Academy Awards will be presented on March 4, 2018.

White House says black colleges summit is on despite reports

By Darlene Superville A mid-September conference on historically black colleges and universities remains on track, the White House said Wednesday, despite reports that it has been postponed.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, an assistant to President Donald Trump and communications director for the White House Office of Public Liaison, said the summit has been moved to the White House campus from a hotel in the Virginia suburbs of Washington.

The conference is planned for Sept. 17-19,

with the bulk of the work scheduled for Sept. 18, she said. Some organizations and lawmakers had called on the White House to scrap the conference after Trump blamed “both sides” for violence between white supremacists and their opponents during clashes last month in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one woman was killed.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said late last month that conference registration was at capacity and the White House had no intention of canceling.

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund cast doubt on the gathering when it released a statement last week saying it supported a decision by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to postpone the National HBCU Week Conference.

Published reports described the conference as having been postponed. DeVos’ statement mentioned modifying the conference, not postponing it.

Manigault Newman told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday that the conference has just been scaled back, not eliminated.

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Opinion

When you educate a girl, you educate a nation

By Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) As I write this, I am preparing to travel with my colleagues to Nigeria, where I will have the honor of meeting some of the Chibok girls who were released after two waves of negotiations between Boko Haram and Nigerian government officials. It is my fourth trip to Nigeria since April 14, 2014, when the terrorist group shocked the world by abducting nearly 300 schoolgirls from their dormitory rooms. More than three years later, 113 of the original 276 Chibok girls are still being held captive.

Many of the girls who escaped their kidnappers on that fateful night or have since been released have remarkably not allowed this hugely traumatic ordeal to diminish their determination to pursue an education. It is my mission to help ensure that they, and indeed every girl in Nigeria, have the opportunity

to go as far as their desire to learn will take them.

Before Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn into office, the president-elect wrote in a New York Times op-ed about the urgent necessity to educate girls so that “they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty.” He rightly surmised that the country owed at least that much to the Chibok schoolgirls, whose fate at that time was gravely uncertain. I look forward to working with the nation’s activists and government leaders to examine ways to help Buhari keep that pledge.

There is an African proverb that says, “If we educate a boy, we educate one person. If we educate a girl, we educate a family—and a whole nation.” Fifty percent of Nigeria’s population is female, so it borders on the

Courtesy photo Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) says that a lack of education has been a key factor in Boko Haram’s ongoing ability to successfully recruit young men and boys. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) (left) speaks during a candlelight vigil for the missing Chibok school girls in front of the State Department in Washington, D.C. absurd to not push for them to receive the “best possible education” that Buhari promised in his opinion piece. They will in turn ensure that their children—boys and girls—are educated, which as the proverb suggests will greatly benefit both their families and ultimately the nation by equipping it with a workforce that is prepared to help undo the extensive damage that has occurred during Boko Haram’s reign of terror.

A lack of education has

been a key factor in Boko Haram’s ongoing ability to successfully recruit young men and boys and continue to replenish losses incurred in battle with the Multinational Joint Task Force. While the insurgents teach boys, that “Western education is sinful,” educated mothers are living examples of the critical role education plays in determining one’s future success. Those boys grow up viewing a world full of possibility and opportunities and are therefore extremely

unlikely to see the appeal of becoming a terrorist.

Girls can change the world and there is no better example of that than the young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who was famously shot in the head at age 16 for daring to question the Taliban’s efforts to deny her right to an education.

In addition to becoming the first recipient of her country’s peace prize, being named one of Time magazine’s most influential people, and receiving the United Nations

The DACA debate is filled with landmines

By Printus LeBlanc On Tuesday, September 6, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump Administration would be phasing out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

The program allowed illegal immigrant “children” to stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation.

The administration is ending the program because several states have threatened to sue the federal government over the constitutionality of the program.

A similar program known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) was already ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge and upheld by the Supreme Court. Most legal experts believed it was a given that DACA would be ruled the same way because the judge that ruled on DAPA would be the judge to rule on DACA. It appears the Trump administration may have worked out a deal with the Attorneys General who were threatening to sue. Right after the announcement, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that it was dropping its lawsuit against DACA. However, the states could easily bring the suit anytime they feel like it and therefore bringing an abrupt end to the program.

Instead, President Donald Trump used political capital to stop the suits and give Congress a chance to address the issue.

On Twitter he stated, “Congress now has 6 months to legalize DACA (something the Obama Administration was unable to do). If they can’t, I will revisit this issue!”

Doesn’t sound like the

heartless monster the media is making him out to be, does it?

Of course, the President must be careful when negotiating with Congress over DACA. Many Republicans and all Democrats have been pushing amnesty for some time now. For some reason, establishment Republicans believe in the accuracy of the 2012 autopsy report on the embarrassing election loss.

The report argues Republicans must grant amnesty to win over the Hispanic vote.

They believe the report, despite the fact that in 2016 President Trump spit on the autopsy and did everything the report said not to do

and still tore down the Blue Wall to win the election the Republican establishment couldn’t even make a dent in.

Make no mistake about it, the amnesty debate is not about compassion. The debate is not about families or the economy. If it was about families, why would the Obama administration institute a policy that encourages parents to hand their children over to human traffickers? Human traffickers are not known for their compassion. No, the debate was always about increasing the number of Democrat voters.

This was easily proven in the debate over the 2013 Gang of Eight Amnesty bill.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) attempted to introduce an amendment to the bill that would strip the citizenship language from the legislation.

The illegal immigrants would still be granted legal status and allowed to work, but not citizenship, meaning they would not be able to vote.

This was a non-starter for the Democrats and the combined force of Republican leadership and Democrats stopped the amendment from moving forward.

President Trump must understand one thing. First, the President must remember the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), also known as the Simpson–Mazzoli Act.

The act granted amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants with a path to citizenship. The legislation was also supposed to secure the border and stem the further flow illegal immigration but failed in every regard. Sound familiar?

The swamp will try and sell the President on the same notion. Codify DACA into law now and the border wall and security will come later. The President must not allow this. The 1986 amnesty doomed California to the semi-communist state it is now.

The goal of the opposition is to do the same thing to Texas, Arizona, and Florida that they did to California, therefore, putting the

Human Rights Award, she is the world’s youngest Nobel laureate. Malala has earned global acclaim for championing education for girls around the world, including Nigeria, and after completing her studies at Oxford University will return to her native Pakistan to continue those efforts.

It is my hope that the Chibok girls, some of whom met with Malala this summer, will be inspired to follow her path, one on which tragedy is turned into triumph.

Republican Party in the permanent minority. There is no path to a majority in the House, Senate, or the winning the Presidency if that happens. Just as a matter of survival of the two-party system depends on there being no path to citizenship.

Because the President has some leverage in this situation, he should demand a few things first. All of these actions must happen prior to DACA being codified into law. Not only must the actions be passed by Congress, they must also be funded long term to ensure there is no bait and switch. Trump must ensure three things happen to ensure his base is happy: 1.

President Trump should DEMAND the passage of Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act or the RAISE Act. 2. The border wall must be funded.

3. If citizenship is to be granted, the illegal immigrant must leave the country and go back to their home country and start the process the legal way, if they meet the new standards under the RAISE Act. If the illegal immigrant does not wish to do that, they may obtain legal status, but there can be no path to citizenship.

Vice President for Policy at Americans for Limited Government Robert Romano stated, “The first and only matters Congress should be dealing with at this stage are the Cotton-Perdue legislation ending chain migration and re-introducing a skills-based legal immigration system, building and finishing the southern border wall, shutting down sanctuary cities and providing additional resources for immigration enforcement on the border and in workplaces.

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Opinion My sneeze is no gentle breeze Dr. James L. Snyder It has been days (or has it been years) since I have enjoyed a sneeze free day.

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage told me it is simply that time of the year and I should learn to deal with it. “After all,” she opined, “you’re not going to die.”

That news was not quite encouraging, because it was the hope of dying keeping me alive so far. If my brain was functioning anywhere halfdecent, (and I can’t remember a time it has) I probably could remember when I felt worse.

However, it does not matter how I have felt in the past it is how I’m feeling right now that really matters.

I have gone through a million boxes of tissues this past week.

I would not mind an occasional sneeze every now and then. For example I could live with a simple “aah-choo,” and be done with it. But, oh no, my nose has different ideas about the whole thing.

It is what I call the unholy Trinity. It goes something like this.

Aaaaah Choooooooooooo.

Aaaaaah Choooooooooooooo.

Aaaaaaaah Choooooooooooooooo.

Each sneeze tries to outdo the previous one. I can never sneeze one time, it always has to be in multiples of three.

Of course, sometimes my nose tries to outsmart me.

For example, when a sneeze comes I gear up for three in a row. Then my nose will sneeze two times and I am ready for the third one and it does not come. It will do this several times in a row, then it will sneeze twice, there is a small pause, and I think it is over and the third thunders forth.

Notwithstanding, this has made certain inconveniences in the life I once enjoyed. For example, in the middle of the night when nature calls I try to be as careful in getting out of bed and going as I possibly can. I never open my eyes so as not to become fully

awakened in the middle of the night. Once awake I find it difficult to go back to sleep.

Just the other night I was responding to nature’s call as I normally do and was just about ready to get back into bed when my nose realized what was happening and called forth three mighty sneezes.

Not only did it bring me to full awake status, but also the lady sleeping in my bed was aroused to full alertness, and yelled, “What happened?”

I live by one basic rule.

Never wake up grouchy.

I’ve learned one thing about what not to do when you have this condition.

That is simply never brush your teeth during this condition. My mirror in my bathroom will be shiny bright and never have a cavity, guaranteed.

I have noticed when you are sick and people find out about it they feel obligated to share with you their medical expertise on the situation at hand.

One person said to me, “What you need is plenty of vitamin C. I recommend you drink as much orange juice as you possibly can. That’ll take care of it for sure.”

I don’t know who is worse.

The one giving advice or the one taking it.

Being in such desperate straits, I decided to take the orange juice regimen. For one whole day, I drank as much OJ as I possibly could get down. For a while, it seemed to work, but then the inevitable raised its ugly head.

Everybody knows when you drink as much OJ as I have been drinking there comes the necessity to go to the bathroom.

I got to the bathroom, just in time, and in midstream, I had a ferocious attack of the sneezes. When the storm subsided, the bathroom looked like the aftermath of Hurricane Charley. I tried explaining this to my wife but she only crossed her arms, looked at me and raised her eyebrows in a way I knew she

did not buy what I was saying.

While I was still in this sniffling-sneezy-stuffy condition, I ran into a friend of mine. It is hard to hide your condition when all you are doing is sneezing and sniffling. He understood, of course, and then offered me his expert medical advice.

“I have found the perfect cure for your condition.”

You would think by this time I would have learned my lesson, but I was feeling so down I was grasping at straws.

“When I get what you have I always take a laxative regimen.”

Had I been in my right mind and had my mind been clear I would have considered this as stupid advice. However, being in the condition I was in it somehow it sounded plausible.

“This laxative regimen,” he explained, “flushes all the poison contributing to your condition out of your system.”

Either, my friend had never tried the remedy himself or, he had forgot to warn me about a very serious side effect. One sneeze can trigger a flush. Don’t ask me how I know.

In the midst of all of this nonsense, my bleary, teary eyes rested on an old familiar friend. It is found in Psalms 103:1 (KJV), “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.”

Schools must welcome participation from all parents How can parents and the community get more involved in ESSA?

By Aiyana Thomas Increasing parental engagement in education has been an important task for education policy makers. While it is unfortunate that some parents do not wish to become more involved, and may not know why they should be, those who do wish to be more engaged can learn how to get more involved. Parental involvement creates positive, visible change, sets an example that influences others to participate, and nurtures student success. Parental engagement is also a major component of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new national education law.

Local education agencies and schools should make parents and community stakeholders aware of public school board meetings to foster community engagement.

Attending these meetings, allows community members to find out what their school district’s established goals are, how they intend to achieve those goals, the priorities of funding and budgeting plans, and what is included in the approved curriculum. These meetings also offer parents the opportunity to verbalize opinions, needs, questions, or concerns to the board and community. School board meetings should be safe spaces for honest dialogue, where parents feel comfortable to address their concerns and actively participate in the decision making that affects their children.

Back-to-school nights are also a great tool that can be used to increase parental engagement with educators. Schools can use back-to-school nights to communicate needs and ask parents for their assistance through volunteer opportunities that are cognizant of varying times of availability and skill set. As parents get more involved, they become more comfortable with the environment and are more likely to participate in future activities. This should be a goal for all schools.

Lastly, transparency is essential to building successful parent-teacher partnerships.

Transparency is also an important aspect of ESSA. ESSA requires states and school districts to be more transparent, specifically with parents; mandating more detailed district report cards and a breakdown of data for all student groups. Parents should always know, if their student needs assistance or is excelling. Assigning homework that includes family input and inviting parents to view student presentations are other examples that may get parents engaged in their child’s education. More information, rather than less, is preferred when it comes to academic achievement.

Producing successful students requires patience, support and community partnership.

Parental involvement is one of many things that help students overcome obstacles and it also gives students the extra push needed to be great. All parents are different, some are proactive; others need an invitation. It is the educators’ duty to invite them.

Aiyana Thomas is a 17-year-old Baltimore City College High School student. She is a public speaker, youth advocate, and blogger. She enjoys using her voice for positive change.

One day, she would like to own a business that contributes to the change she hopes to see; a change that begins with the improvement of education and the development of her community.

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The question of what to do with the tens of millions already here illegally cannot be considered at all when there have been zero attempts by Congress to provide adequate resources for immigration enforcement including the border wall. The first and only priority to fixing our broken system must be securing the

border and ports of entry and putting America first and American workers first.”

Romano added, “There can be no path to citizenship for those who came here illegally and remain here.

Any attempt in Congress to address this issue will most likely fail as has every other attempt at so-called

comprehensive immigration reform.”

The President has leverage and he should use it — to get the RAISE Act passed and the border secured.

The Democrats and a few Republicans are going to try and pass amnesty. The President has a stronger base than the Republicans on

Capitol Hill and he should remind them of that. Trump should stay strong, call on his supporters to let Congress know what they should do, and get his agenda done.

Printus LeBlanc is a contributing editor at Americans for Limited Government.

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Opinion Congress: Act on CHIP

By Marian W. Edelman “In this dark day of discontent So many feel despair As poverty and dissidence Cause sadness everywhere.”

Is peace escaping our world?

By Harry Alford It doesn’t seem believable but we may be on the verge of nuclear war. You look at all the continents on this earth and you will find unrest. There are many reasons causing this conflict and uneasiness. Perhaps the main reason is the failure of the United Nations. Before the UN there was the League of Nations which was formed after World War I for ending any future wars. It was impotent. Germany evolved into a racist war machine right in front of the League’s face. Japan walked out on a formal hearing and prepared for international conquest. Those major transitions led us into World War II. The death toll was horrific. Many millions of soldiers were killed with many times that for civilians.

When World War II finally ended the United Nations was formed to provide peace to the world. Almost immediately violent conflict started popping up everywhere. The Korean War, Indo-China War, the Soviet Union land grab of various eastern European nations and other conflicts led the way for the making of an unpeaceful world. The Korean War ended in a stalemate. The Indo-China War turned into the Vietnam War which lasted over 20 years, 1955 – 1975 with North Vietnam (Communists) claiming the final victory.

The biggest opponent of peace today is Islamic Terrorism.

It was first thought this uprising would be targeted for the Middle East. But the religion Islam is practiced all over the world. This means that we can have an outbreak wherever or whenever a terrorist faction is formed. Let’s look at the religion of Islam. It’s premise is that there is “No God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet”. Therefore, all other religions are falsehoods and shall not be tolerated. As Islam grew so did slavery, genocide, civil and regional wars. At the same time, so did Christianity but they both soon subsided after the great Crusades (starting with the Arab – Byzantine War in 634 AD to the Ottoman Wars ending in 1922).

Osama Bin Laden was one of the most successful leaders of Islamic Terrorism. He formed the group Al-Qaida which evolved mostly within the nation of Afghanistan which was being controlled by the Taliban. The Taliban does not respect any borders. They are mainly found in Afghanistan but that does not preclude them from seasonal travel to Pakistan where they find safe harbor. It was not surprising that when Bin Laden met his demise it was well within the borders of Pakistan. Al-Qaida is still quite alive today with cells acting basically throughout the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Like its terrorist rival, ISIS, it is a fluid operation which could have followers anywhere in the world. Al-Qaida and ISIS are the main war mongers throughout the world with sub-cells like Boko Haram and Al Shabab in Africa and others throughout the world such as Canada, Australia, Philippines, etc. They don’t seem to be going away.

No nation has ever dominated Afghanistan. Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, the British Empire, Soviet Union etc. have failed throughout the ages. We may also add the United States to that list of would failed events in Afghanistan. Our conflict in Afghanistan is our longest war in history. When will it end? It is indeed depressing that with all the above happening at a growing rate, we still have new challenges.

North Korea, a nation that cannot feed all its own people, has become a nuclear power. How did they do this? Certainly, with the help and encouragement of major rivals such as Russia and China but also with that “silent” trouble maker – Pakistan. Pakistan has been all too willing to share its atomic technology with any nation who will pay them. It’s biggest customer right now is Iran but North Korea has always been a great “student” of its technology. North Korea is moving at a rapid rate to become an owner of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States. They have a “nut case” as a dictator who is boasting of sending nukes to us on any given day. It seems that we will have no choice but to act with ferocity.

South Africa has the technology while Israel has had it for decades. It won’t be long before Iran with its belligerent government will have nukes ready to “shoot at will”. India is well equipped with nukes in consideration of its neighbor Pakistan. When you think of Islamic Terrorism India rarely crosses your mind. This nation has nearly a population of 1 billion people. 40% of that population is loyal to Islam. Peace could fall apart at any time.

All the while, the United Nations is sitting around having emergency meetings that end in no recourse. I am frightened.

Aren’t you?

Mr. Alford is the Co-Founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org Email: halford@nationalbcc.org

On May 11, 1997 Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) began his remarks at a Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) conference with the lyrics above from “Freedom’s Light,” a song written by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), as the two together announced historic legislation that ultimately led to the creation of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which has brought light, hope and health care to nearly 9 million lowincome children in the form of affordable health insurance.

Thanks to their tireless bipartisan work over many months Senators Kennedy and Hatch got CHIP across the finish line and it was signed into law

by President Clinton on August 5, 1997. I described it then and now as one of the biggest advances for children in decades. It was another historical moment when politics were divisive and broader efforts at health reform had failed – but members of Congress put children first and moved forward.

It was CHIP’s bipartisan beginning that set it on the path to success.

For 20 years CHIP has been there, giving working families the security of knowing their children had access to high-quality, child-appropriate health coverage they could afford.

CHIP has helped reduce the number of uninsured children by half, improved health outcomes and access to care for children, and helped reduce school absenteeism and improve children’s readiness to learn. Today CHIP is a lifeline for 8.9 million children living in families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to buy private coverage. They are children like Brandon, a Houston six-year-old who

needed CHIP to help cover his treatments for asthma and high blood pressure after his father lost his job; or the Philadelphia family who relied on CHIP for their three young children to see providers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Health System and for routine needs like visits to a mobile dental van; and others whose stories we’ve shared over the years.

Together CHIP and Medicaid form the foundation of our nation’s health care system for children.

Now 20 years after CHIP put an entire generation of children on the path to a healthy adulthood, we stand at another pivotal moment: unless Congress takes action, funding for this essential, popular, highly successful program will end after September 30, 2017. Without this funding, millions of children could lose health coverage or pay more for less comprehensive coverage, leaving these children significantly worse off than they are today.

Senator Hatch is once again leading the bipartisan charge to extend CHIP funding this time partnering with Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon). They convened a Senate Finance Committee hearing on September 7th to discuss CHIP’s future and lay the groundwork for its urgent extension millions of children need. With CHIP funding possibly ending by the end of this month, states face critical decisions about the future of their programs. If funding is not forthcoming quickly, states will have to take actions that will create chaos in program administration and confusion for families trying to access coverage for their children, including establishing waiting lists and sending out disenrollment notices.

Congress must act now to avoid harmful disruption to children’s health and well-being.

CDF hopes you will join us in urging Congress to assure by September 30th a CHIP extension that: • Ensures continued funding and stability for at least the next five years. Any shorter term

funding extension would not allow states to invest in improvements to child health or make responsible budgeting decisions. Advance planning is critical for all states, and especially for those operating under biennial budgets.

• Maintains current CHIP policy to ensure coverage, eligibility levels and costsharing protections will be continued for the duration of the funding extension. With state budgets already finalized for the coming year, states and families are depending on stability in CHIP policy and funding. Maintaining CHIP’s enhanced matching rate and maintenance of effort requirements in current law will help states avoid significant disruption in children’s coverage.

• Relieves state agencies of the need for contingency planning. Congress cannot wait to extend CHIP. Many states are developing their future budgets, making commitments to children and families, and negotiating contracts with insurers right now. They need to know whether and what federal CHIP funding will remain or states will have to begin expensive and chaotic contingency planning that could lead to drastic program cuts through enrollment caps,

reductions in eligibility and/ or benefits, and/or cuts in provider payments.

• Is not coupled with any cuts, caps or other changes to Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicaid and CHIP work together and make up the foundation of health coverage for children in America. As Congressional leaders contemplate changes to our health care system, they must not hold CHIP hostage by enacting structural changes or cuts to Medicaid or other legislative proposals harmful to children and lowincome Americans.

Congress must not play politics with the health of so many millions of our children. Amidst so much unrest and insecurity in our country and instability in our health care system facing an opioid crisis and the aftermath of damaging hurricanes afflicting countless children, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle must step up together to ensure a healthy start for the 46 million children now helped by Medicaid and CHIP. Assuring children access to needed health coverage to survive and thrive is surely something we can agree on and get done now. Children should not be political footballs for any politician or political party.

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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

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.: 7302-027-021 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-17-768203-NJ .

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) 6457711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17768203-NJ IDSPub #0130794 8/30/2017 9/6/2017 9/13/2017 SchId:68269 AdId:22738 CustId:608

Date: (Fecha) MAR 13, 2015

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SHERRI R. CARTER, Clerk (Secretario)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF THOMAS N. MAGDALENO aka THOMAS NEGRETE MAGDALENO

By: CRISTINA GRIJALVA, Deputy (Adjunto) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

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

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SchId:68245 AdId:22728 CustId:65 ----------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-17-768203NJ Order No.: 170140680-CAVOI 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,

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. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Joseph M. Magdaleno 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. 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:68275 AdId:22740 CustId:65 ---------------------------------------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.

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.

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): BOBBY D. BROWN, AN UNMARRIED MAN Recorded: 7/6/1994 as Instrument No. 94 1270294 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 10/12/2017 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, in the Vineyard Ballroom Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $46,172.69 The purported property address is: 318 SOUTH BRADFIELD AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90221 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6183-031-005 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 800-280-2832 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-17-772498-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 Line: 800-280-2832 O r Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp.

TS No.: CA-17-772498-BF IDSPub #0130991 9/13/2017 9/20/2017 9/27/2017

Attorney for petitioner:

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NEIL JOSEPH DELEON ESQ

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CITY OF COMPTON

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5850 CANOGA AVE STE 400 WOODLAND 91367

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

CA

CN941024 VALDEZ Aug 30, Sep 6,13, 2017 SchId:68285 AdId:22744 CustId:65 ---------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-17-772498BF Order No.: 8704262 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 6/21/1994. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT

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

(PHASE II) FROM COMPTON BOULEVARD TO CITY LIMITS, CIP# 17-01

want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90221 (310) 605-5505 SUBMITTAL DEADLINE 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:68305 AdId:22752 CustId:314 ---------------------------------------CITY OF COMPTON REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE CENTRAL AVENUE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT

LONG BEACH CA 90802 9/6, 9/13, 9/20/17 CNS-3047918# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:68319 AdId:22756 CustId:61 ---------------------------------------NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET COMPTON

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 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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205 South Willowbrook Avenue

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 9985-3204 TSG Order No.: 8381597 A.P.N.: 4031-024-008 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(c)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(c) (2).) YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 07/12/2007. 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. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 07/20/2007 as Document No.: 20071719055, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: RICARDO ARELLANO AND MARIA ARELLANO, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date and Time: 10/06/2017 at 11:00 AM. Sale Location: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766.

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3529 WEST 113TH STREET, INGLEWOOD, CA 90303.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $484,231.77 (Estimated) as of 08/30/2017. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.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

Compton, CA 90220 (310) 605-5505

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.

FOR

555 E OCEAN BLVD #810

City of Compton

SUBMITTAL DEADLINE

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

PRAY PRICE WILLIAMS & PICKING

SchId:68322 AdId:22757 CustId:173

Publish: 09/06/17 09/13/17 09/20/17

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DAVID M. PRICE, ESQ. - SBN 120105

Public Works Department

Alita Godwin, CMC

SchId:68302 AdId:22751 CustId:314

Attorney for Petitioner

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 09/27/17 SchId:68309 AdId:22753 CustId:314 ---------------------------------------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

OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, (714) 730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www.servicelinkASAP. com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9985-3204.

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.If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802.

800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.servicelinkASAP.com or Call: (714) 730-2727. NBS Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate. A-4631772 09/13/2017, 09/20/2017, 09/27/2017 SchId:68346 AdId:22767 CustId:64 ---------------------------------------The City of Compton Local Housing Authority announces it will be accepting applications online for its Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) Waiting List beginning 8:00 a.m. on September 25, 2017 until 5:00 p.m. on September 28, 2017.

Applications must be submitted online “ONLY.” The application can be completed via the City of Compton website www.comptoncity.org/ services/ops.asp , then click on Section 8 Waiting List Application or you can use this website: https://www.waitlistcheck. com/CA1906 Due to limited funding availability, applications will be selected and placed in order using a random lottery system. [Not all applicants will be placed on the Waiting List].

By randomly selecting the applications received for placement on the waiting list, the process is equitable. The time and date of receipt of the application online has no bearing on whether an application will be selected for the waiting list.

There is no need or advantage to applying immediately after the list opens. Status information regarding placement on the list will be available online shortly after the closing date at this website: www.waitlistcheck.com Alita Godwin City Clerk SchId:68349 AdId:22768 CustId:314 ---------------------------------------CITY OF COMPTON PUBLIC WORKS/ MUNICIPAL UTILITIES DEPARTMENT “NOTICE INVITING BIDS” SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220 on or before Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM, opened and read in the City Clerk’s Office, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220.

All Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to: City Clerk, City of Compton 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton CA 90220 And marked outside with: PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT (PHASE II) FROM COMPTON BOULEVARD TO CITY LIMITS” CIP # 17-01 The proposed work shall be performed in accordance with the plans, specifications and other contract documents as specified herein and shall consist of the following general work descriptions: Install Cement Stabilized Pulverized Base (CSPB), Asphalt Concrete (AC); Asphalt Rubber Hot Mix (ARHM), install ADA compliant curb ramps, curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements, striping and traffic loop replacement and other minor associated work.

A Mandatory Prebid Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10 am at Compton City Hall (second floor), 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, CA 90220.

Plans, Special Provisions and Proposal Forms will be available by September 13, 2017, at 10:00 am and can only be obtained by prospective bidders as follows: • 1 CD of Plans and Specifications: No Charge • 1 Hard Copy of 11x17 Plans and Specs: $ 45.00 (nonrefundable) • If mailed, please provide Fed Ex Number • Online at www.comptoncity. org All checks shall be made payable to the City of Compton. Mail checks to the City of Compton, Public Works Department Engineering Division, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220.

If you need additional information, please call John Strickland, Project Manager at (310) 605-5505.

Alita Godwin City Clerk PUBLISH: September 13, 2017 September 20, 2017 September 27, 2017 October 4, 2017 October 11, 2017 SchId:68351 AdId:22769 CustId:314

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THE BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Around the House

Staples to Stock Your Pantry FAMILY FEATURES

I

t’s the time of year when the weather can be unpredictable, making a trip to the grocery store undesirable at best, or even outright dangerous.

Keeping your pantry stocked with some basic necessities can help ensure you’re ready to hunker down and keep things cozy and warm in the kitchen.

Baking necessities: There’s nothing like baking to chase away a blustery day, so keep an ample supply of traditional baking needs on hand. Include all-purpose flour and sugar (white, brown and confectioners) along with baking powder, baking soda and common flavorings like vanilla and almond extract. If you enjoy making pastries from scratch, add a tub of shortening and don’t forget the nonstick spray.

Meal makers: A supply of rice, pasta and beans can make it easy to round out a meal no matter what type of protein and other groceries you have available. These can each be used to create an array of hearty soups, stews and noodle-based dishes to warm you from the inside out.

Simple sides: Keeping a well-stocked pantry means you can serve up great-tasting, Sunday dinner-worthy side dishes with every meal. Canned veggies and fruit are a start, but you can take it up a notch by adding savory side dishes such as Idahoan Signature Russets mashed potatoes, which taste as if you peeled, boiled and mashed them yourself. Sold in a convenient re-sealable pouch for freshness, they have a smooth taste like original homemade mashed potatoes with just a hint of butter and cream. They can be made in just 5 minutes using milk and butter, or, if you have to skip that run to the store, just water.

Sauces and condiments: Even the bare basics can take on an appetizing new flair when you add flavor with sauces and condiments. Jarred sauces like marinara and alfredo make it easy to bypass fresh produce and cream when you’re in a pinch, while mayonnaise paired with distinctive flavors like spicy mustard or honey let you build your own creamy sauces. An array of oils and vinegars can serve diverse purposes, from marinades to dressings to dips.

Other dry goods: If you’re uncertain what your spice rack should hold, you’re not alone. Even amateurs can tease amazing flavors out of everyday foods using the right spices and seasonings. For starters, invest in sea salt and pepper grinders. Garlic is another versatile staple; the powder is a good substitute when fresh or minced garlic isn’t available. Then build out the rest of your collection based on the foods you like best. Basil, thyme and oregano are common picks. Add some heat with crushed red or cayenne pepper, and don’t forget another versatile favorite: cinnamon.

Find more staples to help stock your pantry at Idahoan.com.

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Dinner’s Perfect Partner

Making a midweek meal can sometimes be a challenge, especially when you’re short on time or ideas. A simple solution like these glazed chicken breasts make for a delightful starting point at dinner that can be complemented by nearly any family-favorite side dish. Find more centerpieces for family meals at chickenroost.com.

Orange-Rosemary Glazed Chicken Breasts

Recipe courtesy of the National Chicken Council Glaze: 1/2 cup orange marmalade 1/2 cup orange juice 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons chicken stock 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, minced 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Chicken: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon rosemary leaves, minced

1 tablespoon Italian flat parsley, minced 1 teaspoon grated orange zest

1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 4 chicken breast halves, bone-in and skin-on 4 fresh rosemary branches Heat oven to 425 F. To make glaze: In small saucepan, combine marmalade, orange juice, vinegar, stock, garlic, rosemary, crushed red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Bring to boil over high heat; reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.

Remove pan from heat. Pour 1/4 cup of sauce into small bowl and reserve. Pour remaining sauce into pitcher or serving bowl for table use.

To make chicken: In large, oven-proof skillet over mediumhigh heat, heat olive oil. In small bowl, combine rosemary leaves, parsley, orange zest, salt and pepper; rub on chicken breasts. Place chicken, skin-side down, in skillet and brown, about 4 minutes.

Remove chicken from skillet. Place rosemary branches in pan and place chicken breasts, skin-side up, on top of rosemary branches. Roast in oven 15-20 minutes, brushing chicken breasts with reserved glaze several times during last 10 minutes of cooking.

Nutritional information per serving: 410 calories; 14 g fat; 3.5 g saturated fat; 31 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 24 g sugars; 40 g protein.

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