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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018

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ITTSBURGH (AP)— Reaction to the Saturday morning shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a man killed 11 people and wounded six in one of the deadliest attacks on Jews in U.S. history: “We grieve for the Americans murdered in Pittsburgh.

All of us have to fight the rise of anti-Semitism and hateful rhetoric against those who look, love, or pray differently.

And we have to stop making it so easy for those who want to harm the innocent to get their hands on a gun.—former President Barack Obama.

“This evil Anti-Semitic attack is an assault on humanity. It will take all of us working together to extract the poison of Anti-Semitism from our world. We must unite to

16th Street Baptist Church in 1963 that left four young African American girls dead. The violence in Pittsburgh follows on the heels of a string of attempted pipe bombings by a white supremacist who targeted frequent critics of President Trump. Our hearts go out to the families of the most recent shootings.”—Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

“We are devastated. Jews targeted on Shabbat morning at synagogue, a holy place of worship, is unconscionable.

Our hearts break for the victims, their families, and the entire Jewish community.”— Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

“With the tragic shooting in Pittsburgh, and the daily violence we are seeing in America and around world, it is evi“Today, we saw another the dent that this hate horrific act of hate at a and violence is escalating. That is why house of worship.” the SCLC- as part of its Poor People’s Richard Cohen, president of the Campaign—is proSouthern Poverty Law Center moting the Kingian Non-violence Philosconquer hate.”—President ophy.”—Dr. Charles Steele, Donald Trump.

Jr., president and CEO of the “The actions of Robert Southern Christian LeaderBowers represent the worst ship Conference of humanity.”—Scott Brady, “I was heartbroken and U.S. Attorney for the Western appalled by the murderDistrict of Pennsylvania. ous attack on a Pittsburgh “Today, we saw anoth- synagogue today. The entire er horrific act of hate at a people of Israel grieve with house of worship—this time, the families of the dead. We the murder of at least eight stand together with the Jewcongregants at Pittsburgh’s ish community of Pittsburgh.

Tree of Life Synagogue ... It We stand together with the reminds us of the slaughter American people in the face of nine African American of this horrendous anti-Seworshippers at Charleston’s mitic brutality. And we all Mother Emmanuel Church pray for the speedy recovery in 2015, the killings of six of the wounded.”—Israeli Sikh worshippers at a temple Prime Minister Benjamin Nein Oak Creek, Wisconsin, tanyahu in a video message in 2014, and, of course, the posted online. bombing of Birmingham’s n ATTACK, see page 7

In Migrant Caravan, Safety in Numbers and No Smuggling Fees ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP)—Kenia Yoselin Gutierrez had long thought about migrating from her native Honduras to the United States, but stories of others who made the trip scared her off: migrants being raped or disappearing, children stolen.

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hen she heard about the caravan that has now grown into several thousand people traveling through southern Mexico, she saw her chance.

Her 5-year-old daughter, sister and niece joined her.

“It’s not so easy to walk this road alone and with children,” the 23-year-old said, sitting with her sister and their daughters under a tarp near the main square in the southern Mexican town of Pijijiapan. “But while we are accompanied like this, it’s not so dangerous.”

The tropical sun may be hot, the road long and Mexican authorities unhelpful and even harassing, but many in the caravan say traveling in a large group helps safeguard them from the dangers that plague the trail northward.

It’s also a relatively inexpensive way to make the trip, as intensified U.S. efforts to seal the border have driven the price smugglers charge as high as $12,000 — a sum those fleeing poverty and violence can ill afford.

At the same time, kidnapping and extorting money from migrants has become big business for Mexican criminal orga-

nizations, especially near the U.S. border, making it more difficult for people to attempt crossings on their own.

The result has been caravans like this one and the camaraderie that comes amid thousands of strangers who all share a common history and goal.

“We are from the same country,” said Harlin Sandoval, who was waiting with several hundred others on the highway

The group has thinned considerably from exhaustion and illness, and was about 4,000-strong compared with its peak of more than 7,000. outside Pijijiapan, hoping to hitch a ride from passing trucks. “And I feel more protected.”

On Friday, the caravan made its most ambitious single-day trek since the migrants crossed into the southern Mexican

state of Chiapas a week ago, a 60-mile (100-kilometer) hike up the coast from Pijijiapan to the town of Arriaga.

The group has thinned considerably from exhaustion and illness, and was about 4,000-strong compared with its peak of more than 7,000. Still 1,000 miles from the nearest U.S. border crossing at McAllen, Texas, the journey could be twice as long if the group heads for the Tijuana-San Diego frontier, as another caravan did earlier this year. Only about 200 in that group made it to the border.

While such migrant caravans have taken place regularly over the years, passing largely unnoticed, they have received widespread attention this year after fierce opposition from U.S. President Donald Trump.

On Friday, the Pentagon approved a request for additional troops at the southern border, likely to total several hundred, to help the U.S. Border Patrol as Trump seeks to transform fears about immigration and the caravan into electoral gains in the Nov. 6 midterms.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis signed off on the request for help from the Department of Homeland Security and authorized the military staff to work out details such as the size, composition and estimated cost of the deployments, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss planning that has not yet been publicly announced.

Stoking fears about the caravan and n CARAVAN, see page 2

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NEWS El Monte Police Continue Search for Driver Who Killed Woman and Grandchild

SAN GABRIEL (CNS)—Authorities Monday released the names of a 59-year- old woman and her year-old granddaughter, who were struck and killed in San Gabriel by a hit-andrun driver who remains at large.

Meiyu Li was pushing a stroller carrying Paisley Chen in a crosswalk when they were struck about 9:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Del Mar Avenue and Live Oak Street, according to San Gabriel police and the coroner’s office.

Paramedics rushed the San Gabriel residents to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, but doctors were unable to save them, police said.

The suspect vehicle was a black or midnight blue Chevrolet S-10 Extreme pickup truck with decals that was last seen heading eastbound on Las Tunas Drive, according to police Lt. Brian Kott. It was previously described by police as being silver.

The truck had an extended cab, chrome rims and tint on the rear window and sustained major front-end collision damage, investigators said. The truck’s Chevy emblem from the front grille was located at the scene of the collision, according to police, who did not release a detailed description of the driver.

San Gabriel police asked anyone who saw the collision to call them at (626) 308-2828.

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illegal immigration to rally his Republican base, the president has insinuated that gang members and “Middle Easterners” are mixed in the group, though he later acknowledged there was no proof of that.

On Friday, President Enrique Pena Nieto announced the launch of what he called the “You are at home” plan, offering shelter, medical attention, schooling and jobs to Central Americans in the southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca if they apply for refuge. Pena Nieto said the plan “is only for those who fulfill Mexican laws” and is a first step toward permanent refuge status.

In the evening, in Arriaga’s central plaza after the walking was done, the migrants rejected the proposal in a show of hands and boisterous voice vote. “Gracias!” they yelled, but then “No, we’re heading north!”

A coordinator of the caravan said they would strike out again before dawn for Tapanatepec, about 29 miles (46 kilometers) away across the Oaxaca state line.

Even before the announcement, authorities said

more than 1,700 of the migrants had applied for refugee status, while hundreds of others had accepted bus rides home.

Mexico’s government has allowed the migrants to make their way on foot, but has not provided them with food, shelter or bathrooms, reserving any aid for those who turn themselves in.

Police have also been ejecting paid migrant passengers off buses, enforcing an obscure road insurance regulation to make it tougher for them to travel that way.

Authorities were also cracking down on smaller groups trying to catch up with the main caravan, detaining about 300 Hondurans and Guatemalans as they walked along a highway after crossing the Mexico border illegally, said an official with the national immigration authority.

Migrants, who enter Mexico illegally every day, usually ride in smugglers’ trucks or buses, or walk at night to avoid detection. The fact that this group was walking in broad daylight suggests they were adopting the tactics of the caravan, which

is large enough to be out in the open without fear of mass detentions.

However, it now appears such smaller groups will be picked off by immigration authorities, keeping them from swelling the caravan’s ranks.

For Jenifer Ramirez, traveling with her 5-month-old daughter in her arms as her husband and two other children, 3 and 5, trudged alongside them, the caravan was a stroke of good fortune.

Forced to leave Honduras in a hurry after her husband, a bus driver, was warned by gang members he would be killed if he didn’t agree to transport drugs on his vehicle, the family had no money to pay a smuggler.

“In a group we receive help,” said Ramirez, 24, referring to the food and donations provided by local communities at every stop along the way. “If you don’t have money you get food, clothing ... to be able to continue.”

Gutierrez, the young woman traveling with her daughter, sister and niece, said she had never before slept in a park or on a sidewalk. She hopes that all the

Lynwood Unified Expands BRIDGE Theatre Project to Include High School Students “The District is heavily invested LYNWOOD—Lynwood Unified will expand its theater in providing programs like this to program to include Firebaugh stimulate student participation and High School students through creativity, which we know supports a master class that will give stu- academic achievement,” Lynwood Unified Superindents the tendent Gudiel R. Offering the program opportuCrosthwaite said. nity to purto high school In July, forsue their middle t h e a t r i c a l students truly allows mer school students passions.

Zion Bennett us to bridge the T h e and Jose Laguna Building development of were the first RelationUniships and young writers and Lynwood fied students to Inspiring travel outside the performers from Dialogue U.S. as members through elementary school of the BRIDGE Global ExTheatre Project. change until graduation.

They were accom(BRIDGE) panied to Rwanda Theatre by Joe Quintero and BRIDGE coProject was previously limited founder Adam Kalesperis, along to Lynwood Unified students in grades four through eight. The with two teaching artists and parexpansion will give high school ent chaperone Brisa Laguna.

“By partnering with the students access to a more immersive theater experience, BRIDGE Theatre Project we are covering topics like scene study, giving our students an opportunity vocal technique, playwriting, to express themselves and harness improvisation, and world the- the best parts of who they are and The District’s BRIDGE Theatre Project offers mentorship opportunities to Lynwood and Firebaugh high school students, allowing who they will become.” them to earn up to 40 community service hours through stage management and backstage assistance. ater traditions.

The BRIDGE master class offers students with a more indepth experience in the world of theater arts and is meant to introduce students to how theCARSON—CSU Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) ater is performed in other parts will kick off its inaugural Distinguished Presidenof the world while teaching new tial Lecture Series on Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. with a proand unique techniques.

“Offering the program to gram titled “Silent Gesture: Athletics and Courahigh school students truly al- geous Conscience.” The featured speaker will be lows us to bridge the devel- legendary Olympic athlete Tommie Smith, whose opment of young writers and raised fist on the medal podium at the 1968 Mexperformers from elemen- ico City games became an iconic moment in civil tary school until graduation,” rights history.

The event commemorates the 50th anniversaBRIDGE Theatre cofounder Joe ry of Smith’s protest. He will speak about the difQuintero said. “We’re excited about helping more students ficult decision to transform his personal achieveexplore their creativity and ment into a platform for speaking out against inequality and injustice, and how that decision reach their potential.”

BRIDGE has partnered with impacted his own life and the course of the civil Lynwood Unified for four years, rights struggle.

Following Smith’s talk will be a panel discusteaching students to write and sion that focuses on how Smith’s courageous act perform plays, and how to use has inspired generations of athletes to speak out theater as a means to study other cultures. BRIDGE has also on social and political issues. The panel will inoffered mentorship opportuni- clude retired NFL star Reggie Bush, who spoke ties to Lynwood and Firebaugh out about the officer-involved deaths of Erik Garhigh school students, allowing ner and Michael Brown that made national headthem to earn up to 40 commu- lines and sparked the Black Lives Matter movenity service hours through stage ment, NFL Network reporter Steve Wyche, who management and backstage as- first reported on Colin Kaepernick’s now-famous sistance, while helping to lead protest during the national anthem, Tamica Smith Jones, athletic director at UC Riverside, younger student members.

This addition of the master and Esther Dutu, middle blocker for CSUDH’s class is meant to complement women’s volleyball team.

“Silent Gesture: Athletics and Courageous the theater arts education that Conscience” will take place on Wednesday, Nov. high school students already re7, at 4 p.m., in the Grand Ballroom of the CSUDH ceive, and to give them the same Loker Student Union. This is a free event, but regopportunity as the elementary Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos, right—barefoot, heads bowed, istration is required. and middle school students to To register visit: https://csudh-distinguished- raised, clenched fists in black gloves draw attention to civil rights during become a part of the BRIDGE their medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, 1968. lecture.eventbrite.com. community.

Olympic Champ to Speak on Athletes and Social Activism

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NEWS In this final week of the 2018 political campaign, The Bulletin has dedicated P3 to analyses. This week examines early voting in California and nationally, as well as the intense battle for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

California Schools Race Sets Record for Most Expensive

Enthusiasm Bump Not Reflected in Early California Voting

Tony Thurmond, left and Marshall Tuck, right battling for top CA education post.

By Sophia Bollag and Sally Ho

this year not only has a superintendent race but also a ballot question asking voters for a Constitutional amendment to make it an appointed position.

Half of the top 10 most expensive state superintendent election races in the country have been in California, ac-

country.

This election cycle has alSACRAMENTO (AP)— ready netted $8 million in diCalifornia is again recording rect campaign contributions the most expensive state superbetween the two candidates. intendent election in history, Marshall Tuck, who prewith a cast of billionaires who viously led the nonprofit are outspending the teachers Partnership for Los Angeles unions in support of a former Schools and the charter netcharter schools execuwork Green tive.

The state superintendent race has Dot Public The California Schools, has become “a grudge match” and State Superintendent raised $5 milof Public Instruction lion in direct “raw political warfare.” is a nonpartisan office campaign that is featuring two contributions, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, USC Democrats vying for while the the job. It has no legunion-backed islative authority but would be cording to an AP analysis state Assemblyman Tony an important symbolic victory of data compiled by the Na- Thurmond has netted $3.1 for the charter school move- tional Institute on Money in million. ment. The role has long been Politics. Those top-dollar elecBut the real money in this eyed as a school choice prize tions have all occurred since race flows through outside for education policy watchers 2002, a period that has since committees to the tune of $44 who see its potential to influ- marked a trailblazing era for million and counting. ence state education policy na- publicly-funded, privately-run Tuck has benefited from tionally. schools in the largest state in more than $32 million in outCalifornia is one of just 13 the country, which also has the side spending. The largest instates with an elected state su- most charter schools and the dividual donor backing him is perintendent. South Carolina most robust charter laws in the Bill Bloomfield, who has spent

Early Voting Numbers Signal Big Turnout for Midterms as Voter Suppression Looms

By Lauren Victoria Burke

An October 9th Associated Press report found around In Georgia, close 53,000 people— to three times the nearly 70% of them number of people African-Ameriwho voted early durcans—had their ing the last midterm registrations placed election have voted in limbo because of early. The numbers some kind of miswent up over the first match with driver’s week of early voting license or social sein a state featuring curity information.

The news regarding record one of the biggest races for turnout predictions have colTellingly, Abrams is rungovernor in the U.S: Democrat lided with the news of voter ning against an opponent who Stacey Abrams vs. Republican suppression. has had a hand in the details Brian Kemp. in making voting more Abrams would be the The news regarding record difficult in the state. first African American Greg Palast, a voter turnout predictions have suppression expert who female governor elected in history if she wins. the Palast Invescollided with the news of runs Over 482,000 people tigative Fund, asserts have voted in Georgia in that Kemp is responvoter suppression. advance which included sible for removing over 92,000 on October 19 300,000 voters from Election officials in Kansas alone. According to the New closed the only polling place in Georgia’s voter rolls over two York Times, “vote totals have Dodge City. Latinos currently years. Palast’s team of experts increased almost 200 percent make up 60 percent of Dodge includes statisticians and lawat the same point since the last City’s population. Dodge City yers analyzing changes and regubernatorial election.” Typi- has only one polling site for movals from voter rolls across cally high turnout favors the 27,000 residents.

America.

Democratic Party. n MIDTERMS, see page 8

nearly $6 million to support Tuck. Bloomfield, a frequent political donor from Southern California, said that he’s known Tuck for years for his work with low-income children.

“I’m confident that he can’t and won’t be bought and sold by any special interest,” Bloomfield said in an email.

Other leading donors include Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, philanthropist Eli Broad, Gap retail founder Doris Fisher and Walmart company heirs including Carrie Walton Penner, Jim C. Walton and Alice Walton.

They’ve piled money into Tuck-supporting groups, including EdVoice for the Kids PAC, which has spent nearly all its money this cycle supporting Tuck.

Tuck said he wants to give more districts waivers n SCHOOLS, see page 9

By Kathlene Ronayne SACRAMENTO (AP)—The enthusiasm both parties say exists in the electorate hasn’t yet translated into early voting in California, where the percentage of people who have voted so far is similar to this time four years ago.

Voters who are Republican, white and older are sending in their ballots early at a higher rate, which is typical in California elections, said Paul Mitchell of Political Data Inc., a firm that collects voter data from the counties.

About 570,000 Californians had cast ballots as of early Monday. That’s about 100,000 more than voted at this point in the 2014 election. About 12.5 million people received mail-in ballots, compared to 9.2 million four years ago.

The early numbers are just a fraction of the total voters expected to cast ballots by mail.

California voters can send in their ballots through Election Day, on Nov. 6, and ballots are counted as long as they are received by the Friday after the election.

In 2014, roughly 4.5 million people cast mail ballots.

“Right now it’s hard to tell exactly how much we’re measuring enthusiasm and how much we’re measuring changes in the mechanics of the elections,” Mitchell said.

Monday was the deadline to register to vote, although people can register conditionally through Election Day. Their ballots will be treated like provisional ballots that are counted after the voter information is verified.

Statewide, Republicans count for just a quarter of registered voters. But they make up 34 percent of early voters.

Eighty percent of already returned mail ballots are from voters older than 50, even though they make up only about half of the electorate.

Democrats need strong turnout to win U.S. House seats in Orange County and n BUMP, see page 8

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I WILL VOTE! CHOOSING NOT TO VOTE STILL IMPACTS YOU

By Jeffrey L. Boney

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“I Will Vote!”

hat is such an empowering statement, when you think about it, especially considering how important voting is for Black people at this critical time in this country.

The voting rights of Blacks are being targeted and threatened every day and those threats have become extremely rampant over the course of the last several months leading up to these important midterm elections in a few weeks.

Early voting has begun in several states and the shenanigans have also increased. There have been a number of reports coming out across the country about voter disenfranchisement and voter suppression tactics that are negatively impacting African Americans, and it is startling.

In Georgia, for instance, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is also running for governor against Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams, who is African American, has been hit with a federal lawsuit after being accused of hampering minority voters from registering prior to the midterm elections on November 6. This is troubling, especially because Kemp is running for governor, while holding the office responsible for handling the important process of voter registration.

According to reports, Kemp’s office put approximately 53,000 voter registration applications on hold because of minor discrepancies, and although Blacks make up roughly 32 percent of Georgia’s population, approximately 70 percent of the applications in Kemp’s office that were placed in this voter registration pending status were those of Black applicants.

Back in August, the Houston Forward Times published an extremely troubling story entitled, Jim Crow 2018 – Black Voting Rights under Attack in Harris County, highlighting a voter suppression tactic that took place where roughly 4,000 eligible Harris County voters, mostly African Americans located in Houston’s historic Third Ward, had their voting rights attacked by an independent operative who used an antiquated Texas state law to legally challenge their voting status.

The issue of voter disenfranchisement, voter intimidation and voter suppression is not new, just like protecting the voting rights of African Americans has been an ongoing fight for centuries and one that cannot be ignored. Voting matters. Voting makes a difference.

After the Civil War, Black men were elected to the U.S. Congress and the South even elected some Black senators. These political gains and the progress made by Black people as a result of Reconstruction governments in the South, empowered many Blacks financially and socially.

Many Southern Whites knew that if they wanted to reestablish control and political dominance over Black people in this country, they would have to stop Black people from voting by any means necessary. Thus, the Ku Klux Klan was formed, which came with a primary focus of taking back the South through voter suppression, voter intimidation and voter disenfranchisement. Fast forward to 2018 and the apple has not fallen too far from the tree, as it relates to many of the same tactics being used to disenfranchise Black people in this country politically through voter suppression, voter intimidation and voter disenfranchisement.

It is impossible for Black people to be disengaged politically, and then hope to get the best treatment, outcomes or results from the elected officials they failed to engage with while those candidates were running for their respective seats.

Black people must get engaged and must vote.

However, choosing not to vote at all is a completely different situation altogether. It is detrimental to the growth of the African American community. It does not help, it hurts.

There is a quote that is often referenced when describing someone who is not a part of a major decision that affects them that goes, “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”

The worst thing African Americans could ever do in the realm of politics is: Nothing.

“The worst thing African Americans could ever do in the realm of politics is

Nothing.”

African Americans must know it and must show it on November 6.

Black people must show that we are actually “at the table” and are no longer just “on the menu” come November 6.

To avoid being “on the menu” as the main course meal on someone else’s table, Black people must show

up to the polls this election cycle and make their voices heard. Black people must do this, in spite of the continuous neglect and lack of concentration of reaching Black voters through the mediums they are accustomed to by both political parties. Black people must not rely on others to plead their cause or fight their overall battles for

them. Black people must vote.

“We want the largest, Black voter turnout in American history,” said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin Chavis. “Voter suppression is taking place, because we’re voting.

But we’re going to overcome voter suppression this year, as this is a payback year for African Americans all

over the country at the polls.”

African Americans should use these midterm elections as a beta test for the 2020 Presidential election and use the results as a tool to make demands and ensure a dedicated seat at the head table prior to 2020. In Texas, straight-ticket ballots will go away, so neither political party will be able to take a lazy approach to proactively educating potential voters on who their candidates are.

More importantly, candidates of either party will no longer be able to simply skate in to office on party affiliation alone and must put in the necessary ground work and investments to make potential voters more aware of their position on the issues that matter to African Americans.

The Black vote should no longer be considered a guaranteed vote.

Whether you believe your vote matters or not—and it most certainly does—every Black person will have to adhere to any law that is passed and every decision that is made by the elected body of representatives who hold every seat.

There is absolutely no level of complaining or reactionary response that will change that.

There are no acceptable excuses when it comes to voting. Either Black people vote or reap the consequences of not voting. Every Black person should get engaged in politics if they wish to bring about change. So, this is your chance to make a difference. Say it – I Will Vote!

Now go do it! Cast your vote early or be sure to vote on November 6.

Jeffrey Boney is an award-winning journalist.

The State of Lending in Communities of Color: Lagging Over 53 Million Consumers Unbanked or Underbanked

By Charlene Crowell

One of the most reliable measures of a community’s economic vitality is convenient access to full-service banking. Regardless of whether a community is urban, suburban or rural, both consumers and local businesses rely on brick and mortar bank branches for a wide array of products and services.

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ew research that measures how well banks serve communities found that America’s access to banking expanded from 2015 to 2017 – except when it comes to more than 53 million Black and Latino consumers or others with low incomes or less education.

In summarizing its new survey findings on banking activity during the past 12 months, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) noted that one in five U.S. households—22.7 million—did not use mainstream credit and that “Black and Hispanic households at every income level evaluated in the survey were more likely to be in this condition than white households.”

“The good news is that our nation’s banking system is serving more Americans than ever before,” said FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams. been enacted in October 1977 by President Jimmy Cathy Hinko, Executive Director of Lou“The bad news is that even as the overall num- Carter. The law meant to end historical redlining isville’s Metropolitan Housing Coalition filed ber of people who are unbanked has declined, 8.4 practices that for succeeding generations denied comments with OCC, citing how Black neighbormillion households continue to lack a banking credit to Black America and/or low-income com- hoods are already underserved. relationship.” munities. With a new federal assurance, “To ease bank anxiety about unclear aspects McWilliams’ statement did not directly adCRA was to hold banks, credit unions and of CRA, communications among the federal dress how FDIC found that another 48.9 million other depository institutions accountable for agencies, banks, and community groups could be adults are underbanked. The difference is impor- local credit lock outs and other discriminatory improved,” wrote Hinko. tant. practices.

“However, easing bank anxiety via the one raUnderbanked consumers are those who have Here’s a question to ponder: How can two tio and diminishing the importance of branches, a bank account but also turn to assessment areas, and public input alternative fringe financial serwill decrease lending and access to “We must not slow the progress that has been vices like payday and auto loans banking in the communities that made. We need to enhance CRA, not weaken it!” need it the most.” or check cashing services. By comparison, unbanked consum“The OCC asks whether CRA William R. Tisdale ers are those who have no relaconsideration should be broadtionship with mainstream bankened for additional activities and ing at all. federal financial regulators reach such different populations. Industry trade associations have Even more importantly, FDIC’s new survey findings on the state of access to banking and been advocating for CRA consideration for projproves how the nation has a nagging, two-tiered credit for Black America? ects that have broad benefits such as financing system when it comes to financial services: one It’s a question that deserves an answer. And hospitals that are not necessarily located in lowthat serves white consumers at a growing rate; fortunately, advocates at both the state and na- and moderate-income neighborhoods,” said the but leaves behind consumers of color, regardless tional levels are speaking up. November 15 is the Buffalo-based Belmont Housing Resources for of income. deadline for public comment to OCC on how Western New York. “However, the OCC must Despite this deplorable data, another federal CRA’s regulatory framework should be reformed. be reminded that the original purpose of CRA financial agency, the Office of the Comptroller of Of key concern to OCC is a proposal named was to combat redlining in low- and moderatethe Currency (OCC) awards banks and other de- “one ratio” that would reduce the current CRA income neighborhoods.” pository institutions a 93 percent satisfactory or evaluation into a mathematical formula. Among “No bank that engages in illegal discriminahigher rating when it comes to the Community consumer advocates representing different areas tion and/or harmful consumer activities should Reinvestment Act (CRA). Although OCC super- of the country view this proposal as a way to wa- receive a positive CRA rating,” noted William vises about 20 percent of the nation’s banks, these ter down current procedures that consider key R. Tisdale, President and CEO of the Milwaukee institutions comprise approximately 70 percent criteria such as geographic availability, borrower Fair Housing Council. “We must not slow the of total bank assets. profiles, different classifications of lending like progress that has been made. We need to enhance This year CRA turned 41 years old, having mortgages, small businesses and more.

CRA, not weaken it!”

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Lessons from Ruby Bridges

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By Marian Wright Edelman

I recently had the joy of presenting an award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs to Ruby Bridges.

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s a six-year-old first had even more questions about grader in New Or- her life, so she wrote two autoleans in 1960, Ruby biographies for young readers Bridges became the including her award-winning first Black student to attend an book Through My Eyes. Today all-White elementary school she is the founder and head of in the South. She showed un- the Ruby Bridges Foundation, forgettable loving forgiveness which seeks to end racism and and courage when faced with prejudice and promote tolerugly screaming White mobs ance, respect and appreciation who jeered and taunted her across all differences. every day as she walked into Ruby’s messages of tolerWilliam Frantz ance and muElementary tual respect are “You cannot School.

Fedso urgent right eral marshals look at a person now. Equal achad to escort cess to a qualRuby to school and tell whether ity education for every day, but children rethey’re good or all she never quit mains the unfinor turned back. bad. Evil comes ished business of Norman Rockthe Civil Rights in all shades well immorMovement and talized Ruby’s the nation. Our and colors.” courage with country must his landmark wake up and Ruby Bridges 1964 painting stop the backThe Problem wards slide We All Live With. Ruby aston- away from fair treatment for ished her teacher one day when poor and non-White children. she asked Ruby why she had When Ruby Bridges spoke at a paused and talked to the crowd Children’s Defense Fund conof White adults that morning. ference she took us back to her Ruby responded, “I wasn’t talk- first year at William Frantz and ing. I was praying. I was pray- a few key lessons she learned ing for them.” And a little child that shaped her life. shall lead us!

Ruby explained that her As a young psychiatrist Dr. parents seized the opportuRobert Coles volunteered to nity for her to attend William work with Ruby Bridges during Frantz because they underher first year at William Frantz. stood it would provide a betYears later she collaborated ter education in our separate with him on his 1995 chil- and unequal segregated school dren’s book The Story of Ruby system still too prevalent toBridges to share with new gen- day. On her first day of school erations what she experienced. she was unaware she was makShe realized after that book ing history. The chaos of millwas published that children ing White crowds outside her

New Orleans school reminded her of Mardi Gras and at first she thought she was part of a parade. Eventually it became clear that the White adults surrounding her with racial jeers and epithets were full of hatred not celebration. But then she met Barbara Henry, the White schoolteacher from Boston who was assigned to teach her all year alone after other teachers refused to teach a Black child.

Barbara Henry’s kindness set an unforgettable example for Ruby: “You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad. Evil comes in all shades and colors. That is the lesson that I learned from the teacher that looked exactly like the people outside that threw

things, spit, and yelled—she looked exactly like them, but she was different, and I knew that at six years old, because she showed me her heart.”

Learning that you can never judge anyone from the outside was the first lesson of that tumultuous year. A second was that we must all “become brothers and sisters.” “We must absolutely take care of one another. It does take a village, but we have to be a village first. We have to take care of each other’s children.” She remembered some of the adults in her neighborhood who did this for her: “I was escorted every day by Federal marshals, but everyone on my street walked behind the car every day . . . I would pass

[the windows of a dry cleaners’ shop] every day, and all the men that worked in the dry cleaners would wave and say, ‘How are you doing today? You do good in school.’ So when I got my report card, I would stand by those windows . . . and they would see it and they would hand me dollar bills . . .

That’s a community, and that’s what we need again.”

As an adult Ruby Bridges takes very seriously her own commitment to being part of that community needed to care for the next generation of children. She is a fierce advocate for integration and equity in education and for teaching children accurate history including stories like her own. She says:

Politically Correct, or Perfectly Civil

By Julianne Malveaux

Megyn Kelly is off the air at NBC. After her horridly vapid statement saying she didn’t see anything wrong with blackface, she apologized the next day and even invited journalist Roland Martin on to take her to school.

Roland did a brilliant job in explaining the history of blackface and the way it demeans African American people, and it was great that he had the opportunity to educate, not only his odious host but also the millions who watch Megyn Kelly daily.

So, Kelly tearfully apologized, and she listened to Roland and television commentator Amy Holmes as they talked about race. But does Kelly “get” why her remarks were so objectionable? Roland says she does, but I’m not so sure.

She prefaced her apology by saying that she was not a “pc kind of person.” I’m not sure what that means, and what is wrong with being “politically correct” if it means being perfectly civil, informed, and mindful of others.

If African American people say that blackface is offensive, it’s not a big deal Megyn. It’s offensive. Whether you know the history or not, if members of a group say something is wrong, why not accept it? Or does your white skin privilege allow you to determine what is offensive and what is not?

This is not the first time Ms. Kelly has put her foot into racial quicksand. Confident in her Aryan-ness, she proclaimed that Santa Clause is white, and so is Jesus.

To declare Jesus white, given his geographical roots on the African continent or in the Middle East, is to embrace a special kind of both spatial and historical ignorance. But if you are vested in the world be-

ing a narrow white occasion, then you are free to spew racist myths, or shall we say, “fake news.”

On the Santa tip, since Santa is not a real person, but a fairy tale figment of someone’s imagination, Santa’s race is subject to the imagination.

to their own racial bias and sense of white superiority!

It is tragic to consider that Megyn Kelly has three young children who are undoubtedly being influenced by her warped racial

her lesson sufficiently to continue her career.

What if, instead of losing her job, she was involved in a “Black immersion” experience? What if she had to spend a month in a dormitory at Bennett or Spellman College, spending time with the young Black women

Kelly seemed she seems not to to have a What is wrong with being “politically have taken into problem consideration correct” if it means being perfectly with a Black heretofore?

Santa. Why? if her concivil, informed, and mindful of others? What Does a Black versation with Santa offend Roland Martin views. But NBC may, perhaps, her lily-white could be the first sensibilities? Is she so steeped in be reconsidering their relation- of many, and she was directed whiteness that she can’t think ship with Kelly. It would be a to spend time with Essence Edioutside the box? And did NBC great loss if she were bounced tor Emerita Susan Taylor, with throw the talented Tamron Hall off the air, though there are NNPA Chair Dorothy Leavell, under the bus for that? Speaks some who think she has learned with Jada Pinkett Smith, with

Rev. Jesse Jackson, and with others. Might that make a difference for the ill-educated Megyn Kelly? Or maybe she should just read a book or two.

Fifty years after the Kerner Commission report, it is clear that there are still two Americas, one Black, and one white.

Two Americas, with two different realities and few bridges to understanding.

This is why, even in allwhite communities, Black history must be taught. This is why our textbooks ought to speak realistically about enslavement, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and lynching.

This is why we need to bust the myth that lynchings were about sex – Black men lusting after white women. Actually, too many lynchings were about economic envy – white men lusting after Black people’s property. After white vandals destroyed the Greenwood section of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one report actually described the cause of the devastation as “Too Many N---rs Having Too Much Money.”

Megyn Kelly is not the only white person who is ignorant of American history (because the history of Black people really is American history). White ignorance is one of the reasons I look askance at some aspects of the #MeToo movement. White ignorance is a choice, especially among adults who can educate themselves and expose themselves to the totality of history.

Megyn Kelly chose to expose herself to Roland Martin and Amy Holmes.

Too bad she shot off her uninformed mouth before she got educated! Perhaps she will now remove the term “p.c.” from her vocabulary unless she happens to mean perfectly civil.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist.

“If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened, good, bad, ugly, no matter what, I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.” When she was told that her plan for educational equity was grandiose, she responded: “Well, it was a grandiose plan when you marched my little butt up those stairs back in 1960, but it happened.” In a nation desperate for moral leadership and vision we need many more citizens with grandiosity like Ruby’s.

In 2011, President Barack Obama invited Ruby Bridges to the White House to see Norman Rockwell’s iconic painting of her which was on loan to hang outside the Oval Office.

President Obama told her, “I think it’s fair to say that if it wasn’t for you guys, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Ruby Bridges is an inspiring reminder that our entire nation owes a huge debt of gratitude not just to the adults who took a stand during the Civil Rights Movement but to the thousands of extraordinary children and youths who were frontline soldiers in the war to overthrow Jim Crow in American life, from the Birmingham Children’s March to the children locked in cattle pens in Jackson, Mississippi protesting segregation. Children were the frontline soldiers in desegregating our segregated schools across the nation. Our children and young people taught us to be courageous, to stand up against injustice and to do so with uncommon dignity, maturity, nonviolence, and grace.

What a contrast to the ugly violent behavior of hate-filled adults all around them.

It’s time to thank Ruby Bridges today by following her example and supporting all our children who are standing up against injustice and pervasive gun violence because we adults have dropped the ball of adult responsibility.

It’s time to ensure every child equal education, health care, a strong early childhood foundation and safe passage to adulthood. It’s time to replace the greed of those at the top to ensure the hopes and dreams of our millions of children crying out for hope and help. We must all follow Ruby Bridges’ example.

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

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HEALTH Trump Says New Proposal Will Lower Some U.S. Drug Prices

By Ricardo Alonoso-Zaldivar and Deb Reichmann

WASHINGTON (AP)—Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced a plan last Thursday to lower prices for some prescription drugs, saying it would stop unfair practices that force Americans to pay much more than people in other countries for the same medications.

“We are taking aim at the global freeloading that forces American consumers to subsidize lower prices in foreign countries through higher prices in our country,” Trump said in a speech at the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Same company. Same box. Same pill. Made in the exact same location, and you would go to some countries and it would be 20 percent of the cost of what we pay,” said Trump, who predicted the plan will save Americans billions. “We’re fixing it.”

But consumers take note: • The plan would not apply to medicines people buy at the pharmacy, just ones administered in a doctor’s office, as are many cancer medications and drugs for immune system problems.

Physician-administered drugs can be very expensive, but pharmacy drugs account for the vast majority of what consumers buy.

• Don’t expect immediate rollbacks. Officials said the complex proposal could take more than a year to put into effect.

In another twist, the plan is structured as an experiment through a Medicare innovation center empowered to seek savings by the Affordable Care Act. That’s the law also known as “Obamacare,” which Trump is committed to repealing.

Trump has long promised sweeping action to attack drug prices, both as president and when he was running for the White House. He made his latest announcement just ahead of the Nov. 6 elections, with health care high among voters’ concerns.

Under the plan, Medicare payment for drugs administered in doctors’ offices would gradually shift to a level based on international prices. Prices in other countries are lower because governments directly negotiate with manufacturers.

Drugmakers immediately pushed back, arguing the plan amounts to government price-setting.

“The administration is imposing foreign price controls from countries with socialized health care systems that deny their citizens access and discourage innovation,” Stephen Ubl, president of the Pharmaceutical Re-

Dialysis Companies Spend $111 Million to Kill Ballot Measure

By Sophia Bollag

SACRAMENTO (AP)—Dialysis companies have contributed an extraordinary $111 million to defeat a California ballot initiative.

Proposition 8 would cap profits for dialysis clinics that provide treatment for people with damaged kidneys.

A $5 million donation from dialysis company Fresenius pushed the anti-Proposition 8 campaign’s total past the $109 million pharmaceutical companies spent two years ago to defeat a measure limiting prescription drug costs.

Proposition 8 opponents have raised more than any group on one side of a U.S. ballot issue since at least 2002. Ads blanketing the California airwaves feature dialysis patients saying passage could lead to clinic closures that endanger their lives.

The campaign supporting the measure, led by the Service Employees International Union, has spent $18 million. Supporters say passage will ensure dialysis companies put patients before profits.

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Poll: Young People Back Single-Payer Plan

Shoppers May Face Hard Choices Again on Health Marketplaces

By Tom Murphy Insurance shoppers likely will have several choices for individual health coverage this fall, but there’s no guarantee the plans will cover a wide range of doctors or prescriptions.

Health insurers have stopped fleeing the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, and they’ve toned premium hikes that gouged consumers in recent years. Some are even dropping prices for 2019.

But the market will still be

far from ideal for many customers when open enrollment starts Thursday.

Much of the insurance left on the marketplaces limits patients to narrow networks of hospitals or doctors and provides no coverage outside those networks.

That creates complications for people who want to keep seeing a certain doctor or have some unexpected care.

The enrollment window for 2019 coverage runs until December 15 in most states.

WASHINGTON (AP)— is very important, but just 32 According to the poll, 69 Large majorities of young Ameripercent of those who will be old cans want to see an expansion of percent of young Americans enough say they’re certain to government services, including a cast a ballot. single-payer health care program, Jannette Ramirez, 27, of between the ages of 15 and according to a new poll by The Winter Haven, Florida, said she 34 favor a national health would “probably” vote in NoAssociated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and vember’s elections, but she was plan, known as a singleMTV. unsure how much impact her According to the poll, 69 pervote would have. payer program. cent of young Americans between “I can vote all day long, evthe ages of 15 and 34 favor a naery day, 30 times a day and still issues for him as he looks ahead to the tional health plan, known as a single- midterms. my opinion wouldn’t matter,” said payer program. Eighty-eight percent “People sometimes get sick, and Ramirez, who described herself as a of young Democrats and 40 percent sometimes medicine is what they political moderate. of young Republicans favor a govern- need,” said Edwards, who described Liberal Democrats are more exment-run health insurance program, himself as a moderate Democrat. cited than other young people about according to the poll. Roughly twoMajorities of young Americans participating in the political process, thirds of young independents are in also favor other types of expansion according to the poll. Seventy-six perfavor. of government service, including free cent said they are reading and watchYoung Americans called health public college and trade school. Sixty- ing news about November’s elections, care a very important issue in decid- six percent of young Americans say compared with 58 percent of young ing how to vote. Sixty-two percent they support free public college tu- Americans overall. Similarly, 71 of those who will be old enough to ition. Seventy-nine percent of young percent of liberal young Democrats vote in the midterms rated it as such. Democrats and 39 percent of young called voting in the midterms very That’s the most who said the same of Republicans are in favor. Among in- important, compared with 54 percent any issue in the poll, including immi- dependents, 72 percent said they sup- of young Americans overall. gration and the economy.

Miller, who is a tax preparer, said ported free tuition.

Thirty-three-year-old Jasmine that while she will absolutely vote in Younger people typically do not Miller, of Detroit, said that she pays turn out for midterm elections in November’s election, she’s frustrated $800 a month for health insurance to great numbers. According to the new by the tone of politics today. cover herself and her son. Miller, who poll, more than half of young voters “It’s more like a big high school describes herself as a humanitarian, say voting in the upcoming midterms argument,” she said. said that health care is among the issues she cares about most.

“It should be a universal standard for health care,” said Miller, who prefers Democrats. “If we do have to pay deductibles, at least let our premiums be lower.” Christopher Edwards, 28, of Columbia, Missouri, said health care was among the most important

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NEWS KENTUCKY MURDERS CALLED ‘HATE CRIMES’ Larger Tragedy at Predominantly Black Church Averted

A police chief has acknowledged that the killings of two black people at a Kroger grocery store were racially motivated, days after the FBI announced that it is investigating the shootings as a potential federal hate crime.

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effersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers told the congregation at First Baptist Church on Sunday that racism is “the elephant in the room” of this case.

Civil rights activists in Kentucky are calling for a hate crime prosecution of Gregory Bush, who is being held on state murder charges in last week’s shootings of two shoppers in the store outside Louisville. Both victims were black.

Bush is white.

Police said Bush tried to break into First Baptist, a predominantly African-American church, shortly before the shooting.

Bush “appeared to try to gain access to the church,” Rogers said. But services were over and the doors were locked.

Bush's ex-wife is African-American, and she has received protection orders against him after violent outbursts, including an incident in 2009 when she told police he called her racial epithets during a custody exchange of their son.

They divorced in 2000.

Bush's criminal record shows he threatened his exwife and punched a deputy sheriff during a family court hearing years ago.

He also was charged with assaulting his elderly parents in January 2009.

A judge ordered him to comply with mental health treatment and prohibited Bush from possessing firearms for two years.

An arrest citation said Bush's parents were punched and choked, and they told police they were “terrified of (his) unpredictable behavior.”

Bush's ex-wife told authorities in a domestic violence petition in 2009 that Bush was “diagnosed paranoid” in 2003 but had stopped taking his medication.

“I am afraid for me and my son. I want him to stay away,” she wrote in the court document.

A Look at the Science Used to Find Mail-Bomb Suspect

By Lisa Marie

evidence,” said Anthony Roman, a private security and investigations consultant. “As human beings, we are filtering off our DNA everywhere we walk, everywhere we sit.”

Experts said DNA or fingerprint evidence does not necessarily steer authorities directly to the perpetrator, but is used to verify that the suspect they have identified is responsible.

A 56-year-old Florida man was charged Friday in the nationwide mail-bomb scare targeting prominent Democrats.

Experts had predicted that forensic evidence left behind by the bomb maker would help law enforcement track down a suspect. Here are some of the issues involved: EXAMINING THE DEVICES The innards of the devices— the type of pipe used, the filler and the type of mechanism designed to set it off—offered all sorts of clues.

Besides any genetic material that the alleged bomber left behind, the materials themselves often point investigators toward who made and sent the explosives.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Cesar Sayoc’s fingerprints and possible DNA were collected from two of the 13 devices. Wray said the fingerprints matched a print found on one of the packages sent to Rep. Maxine Waters of California.

OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Before advances in DNA, other types of physical evidence often helped authorities. But even something as small as a stray hair can help identify a suspect.

David Chipman, a retired ATF agent and explosives expert who is now a senior adviser at the Giffords Law Center to Pre-

vent Gun Violence, recalled working on a case in Texas in which a dog hair found on

“As human beings, we are filtering off our DNA everywhere we walk, everywhere we sit.”

Anthony Roman, security consultant electrical tape on the device helped prove who made the bomb.

“It will be a treasure trove of forensic

ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS USED The bombs seized were made using 6 inches of PVC pipe, a small clock, a battery, wiring and “energetic material.” Previously, law enforcement officials said they also contained shards of broken glass and were wrapped with black tape.

The use of broken glass and PVC pipe could point to the bomb maker wanting to ensure the devices were as light as possible to avoid shipping restrictions, Chipman said. Broken glass as filler would be lighter than nails or other metal, and a PVC pipe would be lighter than a metal pipe.

The postal service requires packages weighing more than 13 ounces to be shipped from a retail counter, and it returns any heavier packages that are dropped into a mailbox or slot.

The federal criminal complaint charging Sayoc said that each of the devices was packaged in a manila envelope lined with bubble wrap. Each had about six postage stamps bearing a picture of an American flag.

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search and Manufacturers of America, said in a statement. “These proposals are to the detriment of American patients.”

Trump is linking the prices Americans complain about to one of his longstanding grievances: foreign countries the president says are taking advantage of U.S. research breakthroughs.

Drug pricing expert Peter Bach of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Center for Health Policy and Outcomes called the plan “a pretty substantive proposal” but one that faces “serious political challenges.”

“The rhetoric about finally dealing with foreign freeloading suggests that we are going to take steps to get other countries to pay their fair share for innovation,” Bach added. But that’s “quite literally the opposite of what is being proposed. What is being proposed is that we freeload off of other countries’ ability to negotiate more effectively.”

Democratic leaders on Capitol

Don’t expect immediate rollbacks. Officials said the complex proposal could take more than a year to put into effect.

Hill were dismissive. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California said if Trump wants to save seniors money he should seek congressional approval for Medicare to negotiate prices for its main prescription drug program, “Part D.” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said “it’s hard to take the Trump administration and Republicans seriously about reducing health care costs for seniors two weeks before the election.”

The health insurance industry, at odds with drugmakers over prices, commended the administration’s action.

As an experiment, the proposal would apply to half the country. Officials said they’re seeking input on how to select the areas that will take part

in the new pricing system. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said politics would have nothing to do with it.

In advance of Trump’s speech, HHS released a report that found U.S. prices for the top drugs administered in doctors’ offices are nearly twice as high as in foreign countries. The list includes many cancer drugs. Medicare pays directly for them under its “Part B” coverage for outpatient care.

Physician-administered drugs cost Medicare $27 billion in 2016. HHS says the plan would save Medicare $17.2 billion over five years. Beneficiaries would save an estimated $3.4 billion through lower cost-sharing.

The plan could meet resistance not only from drugmakers but from doctors, now paid a percentage of the cost

of the medications they administer.

However, HHS officials said the plan is designed so it would not cut into doctors’ reimbursements.

Azar said more plans are being developed on drug costs.

“This is not the end of the road, the end of the journey,” he said. “There is more coming.”

Trump has harshly criticized the pharmaceutical industry, once asserting that the companies were “getting away with murder.” But it’s largely been business as usual for drugmakers even as Trump has predicted “massive” voluntary price cuts.

A recent Associated Press analysis of prices for brand-name drugs found far more increases than cuts in the first seven months of this year.

The analysis found 96 price hikes for every price cut. The number of increases slowed somewhat and they were not quite as steep as in past years, the AP found. The Trump administration proposal is open for public comment for 60 days.

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“This has always been a thought in the back of my mind, scenarios just like this. During the week the building is locked.

We have a security camera to see who comes. But on Sabbath it’s an open door. And there are people right there where he would have walked in.”— Chuck Diamond, former Rabbi at the Tree of Life Synagogue.

“When Jews are murdered in Pittsburgh, the people of Israel feel pain. All Israel are responsible for one another.”— Naftali Bennett, Minister of Education and Minister of Diaspora Affairs in Israel.

“We are thinking of ‘our brothers and sisters, the whole house of Israel, in this time of trouble,’ as we say in the morning prayers. We are thinking of the families of those who were murdered and praying for the quick recovery of those who were injured. I am sure that the law enforcement agencies and the legal authorities in the U.S. will investigate this horrific event thoroughly and that justice will be served on the despicable murderer.”—Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

“We send our thoughts and prayers to those affected by this morning’s tragedy in Pittsburgh. We will continue to pray for everyone involved.”—Pittsburgh Steelers.

“We are incredibly saddened to hear of this morning’s tragedy at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. We send our thoughts and prayers to all those affected.”—Pittsburgh Penguins.

“We are sickened by this horrific attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s historic Jewish neighborhood.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the dead and injured as well as the rest of the congregation and Jewish community.”—Simon Wiesenthal Center.

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NEWS Baseball’s Top Minority Showcase Renamed After Hank Aaron

By Joe Reedy

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OS ANGELES (AP)— Major League Baseball’s largest developmental effort for minority players is being renamed after one of the sport’s greatest players.

The Elite Development Invitational has been renamed the Hank Aaron Invitational and will include a showcase game beginning next season.

The event has been held since

2015 for high-school age players to get them to the next levels of the game either on or off the field. The program has been run by Major League Baseball, the Major League Baseball Players Association and USA Baseball.

The announcement was made at Dodger Stadium on Friday before Game 3 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers.

“It means an awful lot to Credit: Courtesy 3blmedia Hall of Famer Dave Winfield holds court with youth attendingElite Development Invitational at historic Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fl.

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16. Annoying tiny biters 17. Greyhound, e.g.

18. Lazybones 19. *It runs on iOS 21. *Swipe right, swipe left app 23. *21st century of Common ____ 24. *Update an iPod 25. Public health org.

28. Diplomat's forte 30. V.I.P. in Hawaii 35. *Hit TV show about plane crash survivors 37. Apple leftover 39. The N of U.S.N.A. 40. Egyptian hieroglyph for "life" 41. *Demoted planet 43. Mandolin's cousin 44. Curl one's lip 46. Sandler or Arkin 47. Seedy source of Omega3s 48. *Kilauea Volcano location 50. River in Bohemia 52. In the manner of, French 53. Popular pickling herb 55. Sashimi-style

57. *Not Jong-un 60. *Duchess of Sussex 63. Wintour's favorite publication?

64. Form of "to be" 66. *Friends' approvals 68. Not odds 69. Cambridge university 70. High society 71. "Bee ____" 72. Bartender's concern 73. Past or present DOWN 1. Clothe 2. Raja's wife 3. "Hurry!" acronym 4. Like a ballerina 5. Hang out with 6. Wisecrack 7. *____Tube 8. Moldy-smelling 9. "Ant-Man" leading actor 10. Having the know-how 11. Swerve 12. Go wrong 15. Diced tomatoes packaging 20. African American civil rights org.

22. Octopus' defense 24. Layered pastry of European descent 25. *Like modern mob 26. Fashion designer Karan 27. Off kilter 29. Float soda

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me. We need someone to help of Famers Ken Griffey Jr. and its to cultural sites around the shape this game into what the Dave Winfield along with for- city. game is all about. And the game mer manager Jerry Manuel.

“It’s been a great success for is about all of us, not just a few The top 44 players will then us. Being able to add Hank and of us, but all of us who have an be invited to Atlanta to play his legacy is going to enhance it opportunity and a chance to in a special showcase game at and bring more opportunities,” play this game,” Aaron said.

SunTrust Park as part of the said Tony Reagins, who overThe Hank Aaron Invita- “Hank Aaron Week” festivities sees MLB’s youth programs. tional will be Over held in July the past “We need someone to help shape this game four years, and August at Dodginto what the game is all about. And the the Elite ertown in D evelopVero Beach, game is about all of us, not just a few of us.” ment InFlorida. Apvitational Hank Aaron proximately has seen 250 players m o r e ages 13 to than 100 18 will receive training from put on each year by the Braves. alumni playing in the minors former big league players and The program will also include or in college. Five players have coaches. presentations on college avail- been drafted in the first seven Recent instructors in the ability, potential job opportu- rounds the past two years inprogram have included Hall nities within the sport and vis- cluding Hunter Greene, who was a first-round selection by the Reds in 2017.

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(3.8 percent to. 3.4 percent). “ F o r Overall, baseball has seen a 49.1 how much we’re statement.

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A coalition of advocacy groups has launched a lawsuit to block Georgia from enforcing the “exact match” requirement that could block over 50,000 votes in the state.

The Campaign Legal Center and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argued in the suit, which was filed in a federal district court on Thursday, that the state’s “exact match” requirement violates the Voting Rights Act and the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

The question a little over two weeks from Election Day is: Will high turnout be able to erase attempts at voter suppression.

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NEWS Police Issue Warning Against Drinking and Driving on Halloween EL MONTE—With Halloween a day away, police are encouraging everyone to avoid putting themselves and others at risk by drinking and driving.

“Halloween should be a fun night for kids and adults,” Sergeant Jimmie Pitts of the El Monte Police Department said.

“By planning ahead, abiding by the rules of the road and driving sober, everyone can enjoy a safe night out.”

Halloween night has seen an increase in drunk-driving related crashes, including a total of 168 drunk-driving deaths across the nation on Halloween night between 2012 and 2016, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. More than 40 percent of of all people killed in crashes on Halloween night were in accidents involving a drunk driver.

Drivers between 21 and 34 years old pose the greatest risk, accounting for nearly half of all deaths in drunk-driving crash-

es on Halloween night in 2016, the NHTSA said.

In an effort to cut down on the number of drunk drivers, El Monte police will have extra officers on patrol, looking for intoxicated drivers and helping keep kids safe.

“We want people to enjoy Halloween, but also act responsibly,” Sergeant Pitts said. “There are no excuses for driving impaired. There are so many options to get home safely.”

Police also warned people who use marijuana or take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving warning on the label, might be impaired enough to get a DUI. El Monte police also offered the following tips for drivers, partygoers, and parents out with children trick-or-treating on Halloween night: • Avoid driving through residential areas where trickor-treaters are likely to be.

• This is a night with heavy

foot traffic and another reason to slow down, be extra cautious and obey all traffic signs and signals.

• Watch for children in costumes that may be harder to see at night. Look out for trickor-treaters who may cross the street mid-block, or from behind parked cars.

• Decide before going out whether you plan to drink or drive. You can’t do both.

• If you plan to drink, designate a sober driver, take a cab, ride- share or use public transit.

Anything that doesn’t involve you getting behind the wheel.

• Party hosts: Offer nonalcoholic drinks to designated drivers and don’t allow anyone who may be impaired to leave.

• Parents should plan their trick-or-treat route ahead of time and avoid busy streets.

• Have your children wear visible costumes that are easy to walk in and see. Light-colored costumes are best. Use retroreflective tape.

Trump Off Track on Birthright Citizenship

By Mark Sherman and Calvin Woodward

L.A. County Votes to Keep Kids Out of Juvenile Halls

By Elizabeth Marcellino LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a comprehensive plan to divert young offenders from the juvenile justice system and offer them programs and services to get their lives back on track.

The move comes in advance of a state law set to take effect in January, prohibiting the prosecution of anyone under the age of 12 other than for crimes of rape and murder.

Supervisor Hilda Solis said Senate Bill 439 recognizes criminal behavior by children as a bid for help and turns away from a historic bias toward punishment.

“These behaviors should be seen as a cry for help, and our justice system should not respond with a heavy hand,” Solis said. “By responding to these children’s needs in an innovative and supportive manner, we can stabilize the lives of these young people, their families and our communities.”

Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, who sponsored the bill, told the board she had been moved by a book of photographs—”No Place for Children: Voices from Juvenile Detention”—with an image of a small boy standing on a milk crate to reach a counter to be fingerprinted.

“Children are not pint-sized adults,” Mitchell told the board, adding that children in the system “have been failed by us,” whether at school or home or elsewhere.

She urged county officials to “push in favor of attention instead of detention.”

In 2015, 687 children under 12 were referred for prosecution statewide, including one 5-year-old and more than a dozen 7-year-olds, and about 250 were ultimately

prosecuted, according to the motion.

Almost all of those involved—92 percent from 2003-17—were youth of color.

“We had two 7-year-olds and two 8-year-olds arrested last year,” Solis said.

“You have to ask yourself how that happens.”

Solis suggested the possibility of dropping the age minimum further than the state bill does, though no specific recommendation is included in the motion.

“Senate Bill 439 has set a floor and I believe that we can still do more,” Solis said.

Mitchell said she pushed as far as possible at the state level.

“We settled at 11 because that was the best we could do,” she told the board.

Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, who co-authored the county motion, emphasized the trauma suffered by children in the juvenile justice system.

“Being placed in handcuffs, courtrooms and juvenile halls can leave young people deeply traumatized, particularly children as young as 11 or 12,” Ridley-Thomas said.

“We simply must do more develop alternative systems so that our children are spared the predictable and avoidable outcomes of detention and incarceration.”

The county’s Probation Department has already been able to advocate for 12-yearolds and get them released from juvenile hall, Chief Deputy Probation Officer Sheila Mitchell told the board.

Senate Bill 1391, also set to take effect in January, takes away the ability to try a defendant under the age of 16 as an adult.

The result will be that convicted offenders will serve their sentence in a locked juvenile facility rather than in prison alongside adults.

pre-election politics and misrepresentation and should be sharply criticized as such.”

Schuck, of Yale, and colleague Rogers Smith of the University of Pennsylvania have argued since the mid1980s that Congress can set the rules for providing citizenship to U.S.-born children of parents who came illegally.

But most scholars on the left and right share the view that it would take a constitutional amendment to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are in the country illegally.

African-Americans were not citizens.

The Supreme Court has WASHINGTON (AP)— never ruled squarely about the President Donald Trump has clause’s application to children astonished legal scholars with of immigrants who are in the his claim that he can end birthU.S. illegally. Trump did not right citizenship with a swipe of make a distinction between his pen. No, they say, he can’t. legal and illegal status in his Trump also went far off remarks. An 1898 Supreme track in asserting that the U.S. Court decision held that the is the only country that autoU.S.-born son of legal Chinese matically grants citizenship to immigrants was a citizen under anyone born in the country. the 14th Amendment; a footMany do. note in a 1982 decision suggests His comments in an interthere should be no difference view with “Axios on HBO”: for children of foreign-born TRUMP: “It was always parents whether they are in the told to me that U.S. legally or illegally. ___ you needed a The citizenship clause, in constitutional TRUMP: “We’re the particular, was intended to only country in the world amendment.

Guess what? You overturn the Supreme Court’s where a person comes in, don’t. ... Well, has a baby and the baby is you can definitely notorious Dred Scott decision essentially a citizen of the do it with an act United States for 85 years of 1857 that held Africanof Congress. But with all of those benefits. It’s now they’re sayIt’s ridiculous.

Americans were not citizens. ridiculous. ing I can do it just And it has to end.” with an executive THE FACTS: That’s order.”

James Ho, a conservative flat-out wrong.

THE FACTS: Scholars Trump-appointed federal apThe U.S. is among about widely pan the idea that Trump peals court judge, wrote in the 30 countries where birthright could unilaterally change the Green Bag legal journal in 2006 citizenship — the principle of rules on who is a citizen. It’s that birthright citizenship “is jus soli or “right of the soil” highly questionable whether protected no less for children — is applied, according to the an act of Congress could do it, of undocumented persons than World Atlas and other sourceither, though it is conceivable for descendants of Mayflower es. Most are in the Americas. that legislators could change passengers.”

Canada and Mexico are among the rules regarding children Stephen Yale-Loehr, a Cor- them. Most other countries born in the U.S. of parents who nell university immigration confer citizenship based on are in the country illegally. expert, said the case against that of at least one parent — jus Peter Schuck is perhaps Trump’s authority is “not open sanguinis, or “right of blood” the most prominent advocate and shut, but the better view is — or have a modified form of of the idea that birthright citi- it would require a constitution- birthright citizenship that may zenship is not conveyed by the al amendment.” restrict automatic citizenship Constitution to children of parThe Constitution’s citi- to children of parents who are ents who are living illegally in zenship clause was part of the on their territory legally. the U.S. Even he says “Trump post-Civil War amendments More broadly, Trump’s clearly cannot act by” executive that enshrined the rights of Af- view that U.S.-born children of order. rican-Americans. The citizen- foreigners live a lifetime of tak“I feel confident that no ship clause, in particular, was ing “all those benefits” ignores competent lawyer would ad- intended to overturn the Su- the taxes they pay, the work vise him otherwise,” he said preme Court’s notorious Dred they do and their other contriby email Tuesday. “This is just Scott decision of 1857 that held butions to society.

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from the provisions of the California education code. He says money is essential to reach voters in the nation’s most populous state.

“I think it’s the most important issue that the state is not doing a good job on,” Tuck said of public education.

Groups backing Thurmond have spent more than $12 million in independent expenditures, with more than $8 million of that coming from the California Teachers Association. The rest has largely come from the California Democratic Party and other unions, including the California Federation of Teachers and the Service Employees International Union.

California Teachers Association president Eric Heins said the union wants to see

Thurmond in office because he’ll continue to implement the education reforms already in place.

“It makes a difference when teachers are in the room and the union is in the room at every level of education,” Heins said.

Thurmond and Tuck both say securing more money for public schools is a top priority and oppose for-profit charter schools.

The winner will report to the next California governor, widely expected to be lieutenant governor and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.

Newsom has called for more accountability and a moratorium on charter school expansions, a stark departure from the past decade of

charter-friendly policies in the state. He’s garnered teacher union support while also mobilizing deep-pocketed charter school supporters.

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political analyst and University of Southern California professor, said the state superintendent race has become “a grudge match” and “raw political warfare.” Tuck winning the seat would offer a perception of power and influence for the charter school movement, and the billionaires’ money is a show of force to prove that they may be down, but not out of the political conversation in the years to come.

“It prevents them from being totally steamrolled by the teachers’ union. The message is ‘You need to listen to us too,” Bebitch Jeffe said.

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NEWS

Man Who Made Online Threats to Inglewood Courthouse Sentenced to Prison

By Fred Shuster

were an effort to disrupt those proceedings and to retaliate against the broker, as well as LOS ANGELES—A to disrupt his stepdaughter’s South Los Angeles man job at a Los Angeles moving was sentenced Monday and storage company after the pair had an argument. to a year and a day Prior to being sentenced, behind bars for making Hale apologized, telling the online threats to kill law judge that he was “not in my right mind” when making the enforcement personnel threats. and disrupt proceedings “I just panicked,” he said. at the Inglewood “It was foolish and very cowardly and I’m very sorry for courthouse. it.”

In the messages, Hale ohn Patrice Hale, 43, threatened to set off explosives must also pay $6,000 planted in sheriff’s vehicles at in restitution and serve the courthouse. three years of supervised The threat prompted the release—to include 20 hours evacuation of the courthouse, of community service per and both the Los Angeles week—following his federal County Sheriff’s Departprison term. ment’s Arson and Explosives U.S. District Judge Dale Unit and the Threat InterdicS. Fischer recommended that tion Unit responded.

Hale underTwo threats were go a mental “If you make threats like this, our made to the sheriff’s health evaluation while in office will identify you, locate you department, through its Court Services Dicustody and and bring you to court.” vision website, on ordered him to May 15, 2017, with the self-surrender Assistant U.S. Attorney Reema El-Amamy sender promising to on Nov. 26 to “take out as many ofbegin serving Courthouse to evict him and ficers that pull out (of) your his sentence.

“If you make threats like others from a home in the parking structure.”

Two more threats made a this, our office will identify area. He admitted the threats

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you, locate you and bring you to court,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Reema El-Amamy told the court, adding that Hale’s “troubling personal issues” do not excuse his conduct. “This was a very serious crime.”

Hale, who used the online moniker “Frost K Blizzard,” pleaded guilty in July to a federal count of making threats to injure in interstate commerce, which means that he used the internet in making the threats.

Arguing for a probationary sentence, defense attorney Deborah E. Gonzalez said her client is “not a hateful person who was intent on hurting anyone—he was a hurt person himself.”

Hale made the online threats in May 2017, after a real estate broker began legal proceedings in the Inglewood

day later warned of explosives planted under a patrol car at the Inglewood sheriff’s station, saying the impact would be felt for “half city block.”

The threats again prompted a significant response by law enforcement and evacuation of the Inglewood courthouse.

In addition to those threats, Hale sent a threat to the moving company that employed his stepdaughter on

May 23, 2017, that read: “All praises to Allah. Today, we will detonate an explosive at your La Brea and Arbor Vitae location if our needs aren’t met by your company. ISIS.” Hale also admitted that, two days later, he submitted bogus information to the FBI’s Tips and Public Leads web page, despite a warning that submitting a false tip could result in a fine and/or imprisonment.

Hale claimed on the site that he knew a man who “would supply ISIS with explosives even planting them for them” and who had received instructions from ISIS “to send Inglewood sheriff department bomb threats via email.”

Although some of the threats invoked ISIS, there was no evidence linking Hale to international terrorism, prosecutors said.

LOT 1 OF TRACT 60998, AS SHOWN ON A MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1313, PAGES 1 TO 3, ALL IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.PARCEL 2.

THE CONDOMINIUM UNIT:UNIT 90, OF A PORTION OF PARCEL A, AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT ``B``, OF CERTIFICATE OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT AND COVENANT AND AGREEMENT TO HOLD PROPERTY AS ONE PARCEL RECORDED APRIL 27, 2007, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 20071023581, BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1 OF TRACT 60998, AS SHOWN ON A MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1313, PAGES 1 TO 3, OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AND AS DEPICTED AND/OR DESCRIBED ON THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN AND IN THE "DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, ANDRESERVATION OF EASEMENTS FOR WILLOW WALK" RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 26, 2007, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 20072596918 AND "NOTICE OF ANNEXATION FOR PHASE 3 OF WILLOW WALK" RECORDED ON DECEMBER 31, 2007 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 20072863205 TOGETHER WITH ANYAMENDMENTS, MODIFICATION, OR RERECORDATIONS THERETO, AS MAY OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE "DECLARATION").PARCEL 3. EASEMENT FOR EXCLUSIVE USE CORPORATION PROPERTY:AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT APPURTENANT TO THE AFOREDESCRIBED CONDOMINIUM UNIT AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AND/OR DEPICTED IN THE DECLARATION AND DEPICTED AND/OR DESCRIBED IN THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN (E.G., PATIO, BALCONY, PORCH, AND AIR CONDITIONING PAD PURPOSES) (``EXCLUSIVE USE CORPORATION PROPERTY``).PARCEL 4. NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENTS OVER CORPORATION PROPERTY:A NONEXCLUSIVE EASEMENT APPURTENANT TO THE AFOREDESCRIBED CONDOMINIUM UNIT FOR INGRESS, EGRESS, USE, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, DRAINAGE, ENCROACHMENT, SUPPORT, AND ENJOYMENT AND OTHER PURPOSES IN, ON, OVER, UNDER, ACROSS, AND THROUGH ALL PORTIONSOF THE CORPORATION PROPERTY IN THE PROJECT, EXCEPT THEREFROM THOSE PORTIONS DESCRIBED AND/OR DEPICTED IN THE CONDOMINIUM PLAN OR DECLARATION AS EXCLUSIVE USE CORPORATION PROPERTY, IF ANY, OR WHICH REPRESENT EASEMENTS (E.G., MAINTENANCE AND/ ORIRRIGATION) LOCATED WITHIN OTHER CONDOMINIUMS. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 500 N WILLOWBROOK AVE UNIT H-7, COMPTON, CA 902202462 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges

and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $359,302.09 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee.

In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Auction.com at 800.280.2832 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Web site address www.Auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08003029-14-1S. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: October 10, 2018 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No.

LEGAL T.S. No. 071906-CA APN: 6161-012055 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 4/17/2007. 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 On 11/13/2018 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 4/25/2007, as Instrument No. 20070996021, , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: MICHELLE D POMPEY, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 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 described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 277 S GRAPE AVE COMPTON, CA 90220-6703 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 held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $266,869.06 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. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned

off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 071906-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:73109 AdId:24378 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1017 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245. November 14th, 2018 at 4:00 pm. Machele Williams, Household items; SA Data Manager, Stacey Napp, Household items; Gary Vasquez, Household goods; Jeanette Saiz, Household items; Kiera Lewellyn, Personal property. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

CN954163 11-14-18 Oct 24,31, 2018 SchId:73178 AdId:24402 CustId:65 -----------T.S. No. 071979-CA APN: 6140-015004 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 7/2/2008. 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 On 11/20/2018 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 7/7/2008, as Instrument No. 20081197583, , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: DONNA A RUSHING

JACKSON A SINGLE WOMAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 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 described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2632 W BENNETT ST COMPTON, CA 90220 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 held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $24,724.71 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. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the

sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.STOXPOSTING. COM, using the file number assigned to this case 071979-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844) 4777869 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:73183 AdId:24404 CustId:670 -----------APN: 6166-005-044 TS No: CA08003029-14-1S TO No: 140323641-CAVOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/ or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).)

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 26, 2009. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On November 21, 2018 at 09:00 AM, Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on February 3, 2009 as Instrument No. 20090140594, and rerecorded on September 19, 2017 as Instrument No. 20171069685, and that said Deed of Trust was modified by Modification Agreement and recorded June 26, 2013 as Instrument Number 20130951422, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by DAMON T TURNEY, AND BRANDI T TURNEY, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: PARCEL 1. AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE COMMON AREA: A ONE/TWENTIETH (1/20TH) UNDIVIDED FRACTIONAL FEE INTEREST IN AND TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF COMPTON, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DESCRIBED AS MODULE ``B`` OF THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM PLAN RECORDED ON DECEMBER 31, 2007 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 20072863204, AS SAME MAY BE AMENDED OR MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME (``CONDOMINIUM PLAN``), BEING A PORTION OF PARCEL A AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT ``B`` OF CERTIFICATE OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT AND COVENANT AND AGREEMENT TO HOLD PROPERTY AS ONE PARCEL RECORDED APRIL 27, 2007, AS INSTRUMENT NO. 20071023581, BEING A PORTION OF

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LEGAL CA08003029-14-1S 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone:949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Bobbie LaFlower, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ONLINE AT www.Auction.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Auction.com at 800.280.2832 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 50672, Pub Dates: 10/17/2018, 10/24/2018, 10/31/2018, THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:73206 AdId:24412 CustId:669 -----------APN: 6177-017-026 TS No: CA08000403-18-1 TO No: 180228569-CAVOI NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/ or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).)

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 31, 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On November 15, 2018 at 10:00 AM, behind the fountain located in the Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on February 13, 2007 as Instrument No. 20070310670, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by ARTURO ABARCA, A SINGLE MAN AND BERTHA JUAREZ, A SINGLE WOMAN AS JOINT TENANTS, BERTHA JUAREZ, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for PMC BANCORP as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1901 EAST PINE STREET, COMPTON, CA 90221 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $481,543.53 (Estimated).

However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-6597766 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Web

site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000403-18-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: October 10, 2018 MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA08000403-18-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 Phone: 949-252-8300 TDD: 866-660-4288 Bobbie LaFlower, Authorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.insourcelogic.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: In Source Logic AT 702-659-7766 Trustee Corps may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose.ISL Number 50677, Pub Dates: 10/17/2018, 10/24/2018, 10/31/2018, THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:73209 AdId:24413 CustId:669 -----------NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 12714 S. La Cienega Blvd, Hawthorne CA 90250, 310-363-9305, on November 14th, 2018 @ 3:00PM. Account, Description of goods: Robert Sena - house items; E Wanda Artison - n/a; Robert A Armstrong - house; Michael Frieson - house; Nebil A Josef household goods, personal belongings; Abraham Carons - books, dining set, tv, chest, fridge, stove; Nicole Etheredge Misc items; Ronald Allen JR - Business goods; Debra Banks - Household and misc; Devin St James - personal items household; Juan Banuelos - Household items; RONALD JOSLIN - Misc household items, boxes, chairs, books, tools, shelving, garden tools; Dorlisa Thomas - House; Jarreau Brooks - personal items; Adriana Alcauter - Misc, clothing and shoes, pictures/ electronics; Branden Vasak - Bedset, living room, furniture; Vernon Hawthorne - Tools, Working materials; Felicia Jackson Household items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

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items; 151 - Anthony Graham - clothing and personal property; 481 - Margarita Mijares - Bedroom set, bed, mirror, 6-7 boxes; 148 - Edward Simpson - Tubs and personal items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

CN954302 11-14-18 Oct 24,31, 2018 SchId:73233 AdId:24421 CustId:65 ------------

APN: 6180-002-010

Irvine, CA 92606

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/26/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: VICTOR M. ZENTENO AND MARIA OLGA ZENTENO, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP Deed of Trust recorded 2/9/2006, as Instrument No. 06 0305419, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:12/6/2018 at 9:00 AM

Notice is hereby given that Extra Space Storage will sell at public auction at the storage facility listed below, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at location indicated: 12714 S. La Cienega Blvd, Hawthorne CA 90250, 310-363-9305, on November 14th, 2018 @ 3:00PM. Account, Description of goods: Robert Sena - house items; E Wanda Artison - n/a; Robert A Armstrong - house; Michael Frieson - house; Nebil A Josef household goods, personal belongings; Abraham Carons - books, dining set, tv, chest, fridge, stove; Nicole Etheredge Misc items; Ronald Allen JR - Business goods; Debra Banks - Household and misc; Devin St James - personal items household; Juan Banuelos - Household items; RONALD JOSLIN - Misc household items, boxes, chairs, books, tools, shelving, garden tools; Dorlisa Thomas - House; Jarreau Brooks - personal items; Adriana Alcauter - Misc, clothing and shoes, pictures/ electronics; Branden Vasak - Bedset, living room, furniture; Vernon Hawthorne - Tools, Working materials; Felicia Jackson Household items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650

-----------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 3846 W. Century Blvd Inglewood, CA 90303 November 14, 2018 at 1pm. 251 - Michael E Lee - bed and boxes; 250 - Vernethe Ramirez - Furniture, boxes; 274 - James Lanier Muhammad - household items; 346 - Vision International Ministries - Church items, etc.; 376 - Charles Ortiz - misc household items; 278 - May Hong Do - Couches, boxes, totes; 133 - Alvon Blair - Household items; 220 - Renee Coleman - a fridge and some boxes and love seat; 451 - Gwendolyn Williams - two bedroom house; 490 - Jessica Spicer - toys, clothing; 363 - Tiffani Hill - clothing; 524 - Mindy Reynolds - household items, clothing; 351 - Steven Douver - 2 beds, 3 dressers, 2 tvs stands, fridge, kitchen table with 4 chairs, 10-20 boxes, washer and dryer; 479 - Myriah Dozier - Clothes, lamp, laptop, shelving unit, cabinets; 507 - Tomisha Pinson - clothing, boxes and totes, tv; 63 - Mike Murphy - Business equipment, office furniture; 543 - Kyle Jett - Mattress, bike, furniture, household supplies, 48`` Sony tv.; 176 - Lashea Alderson - 50 boxes of toys; 105 - Wilsheda Johnson - deep freezer, fridge, dresser, 3 mattresses, 5 ish boxes, 2 couch; 426 - Raeneisha Richard - personal property, tv, boxes

Zieve, Brodnax & Steele, LLP, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450

Place of Sale:

SchId:73228 AdId:24419 CustId:65

Dated: 10/23/2018

T.S. No. 17-47668

NOTICE

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applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the file number assigned to this case 17-47668.

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.

Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $292,724.20 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 4714 EAST LUIS STREET COMPTON, CA 90221 AKA 4714 EAST SAN LUIS STREET COMPTON, CA 90221 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust.

A.P.N #.: 6180-002-010 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

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

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if

For Sale Information: (800) 280-2832 www.auction.com _______ Andrew Buckelew, Trustee Sale Assistant THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE EPP 27030 Pub Dates 10/31, 11/07, 11/14/2018 SchId:73332 AdId:24454 CustId:108 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PERCY KENNETH THOMAS Case No. 18STPB09842 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PERCY KENNETH THOMAS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Nekeya Clark Thomas in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Nekeya Clark Thomas 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 Nov. 26, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept.

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

ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DOROTHY WEST be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/21/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE154) 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 MARY E. COCHRAN, ESQ. - SBN 162269 LAW OFFICES OF MARY E. COCHRAN

JT LEGAL GROUP APC 801 N BRAND BLVD STE 1130 GLENDALE CA 91203 CN954584 THOMAS Oct 31, Nov 7,14, 2018 SchId:73355 AdId:24461 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CLIFFORD ROLAND DUNN CASE NO. 18STPB09831 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CLIFFORD ROLAND DUNN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DOROTHY WEST in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS

COMPTON

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SchId:73406 AdId:24477 CustId:628 -----------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. NB-63881-18 (1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: LA PERLA EXPRESS, INC, 2500 NORTH ALAMEDA STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: 2500 NORTH ALAMEDA STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 (4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: SPARTA INTERMODAL, LLC, 2675 JUNIPERO AVENUE STE 800, SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are: FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, GOODWILL, TRADE NAME, TOOLS, FORK LIFT, CONTAINER CHASSIS of that certain business located at: 2500 NORTH ALAMEDA STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: LA PERLA EXPRESS, INC. (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is NOVEMBER 19, 2018, at the office of PORTFOLIO ESCROW, 12 CORPORATE PLAZA DR #120, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660 Escrow No. NB-63881-18, Escrow Officer: LISA EVANS (8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is: NOVEMBER 16, 2018 (10) This Bulk Sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Dated: OCTOBER 16, 2018

10/31, 11/7, 11/14/18

Transferees: SPARTA INTERMODAL, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

CNS-3189027# THE COMPTON BULLETIN

(UCC Sec. 6105)

ISAHAK KHACHATRYAN ESQ SBN 313054

LA2133516 10/31/18

INGLEWOOD CA 90301

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.

Attorney for petitioner:

BUYER: SUKHJIT KAUR & BALWINDER KAUR

110 SOUTH LA BREA AVENUE, SUITE 325

SchId:73367 AdId:24465 CustId:61

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 DE154) 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.

Dated: 10-12-18

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE

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.

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.

with whom claims may be filed is: ACT ONE ESCROW, 17316 EDWARDS RD, STE B160 CERRITOS, CA 90703 and the last date for filing claims shall be NOVEMBER 16, 2018, which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

-----------NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE

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SchId:73407 AdId:24478 CustId:628 -----------REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Resurface and Renovate Tragniew Park Tennis Courts

Escrow No. 14038-JP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) to the Seller(s) are: MARCO ANTONIO PEREZ AND LUCIANA ALONZO DE PEREZ, 912 N. LONG BEACH BLVD, COMPTON, CA 90221-2229 Doing Business as: SMART DISCOUNTS AND MORE All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within three years, as stated by the Seller(s), is/are: The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s) is/are: SUKHJIT KAUR AND BALWINDER KAUR, 912 N. LONG BEACH BLVD, COMPTON, CA 902212229 The assets to be sold are described in general as: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, TRADE NAME, GOODWILL, LEASE, LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS AND COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE and are located at: 912 N. LONG BEACH BLVD COMPTON CA 90221-2229 The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: ACT ONE ESCROW, 17316 EDWARDS RD, STE B160 CERRITOS, CA 90703 and the anticipated sale date is NOVEMBER 19, 2018 The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

[If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the following information must be provided] The name and address of the person

Request for Proposals to Resurface and Renovate Tragniew Park Tennis Courts The City of Compton is requesting proposals from qualified contractors for the resurfacing and renovation of the Tragniew Park Tennis Courts Proposal Release Date October 31, 2018 Proposal Due Date November 15, 2018 at 10 a.m.

Proposals will be evaluated by the City of Compton based on the response to the information requested. All listed items must be addressed for the proposal to be considered responsive.

Detailed information can be obtained from the Department of Parks & Recreation office and the City's Website.

All proposals should be mailed to the following: City of Compton City Clerk’s Office 205 S. Willowbrook Ave. Compton, CA 90220 Phone: 310-605-5530 Website: www.comptonCity.org ALITA GODWIN, MMC CITY CLERK SchId:73408 AdId:24479 CustId:314

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ENTERTAINMENT Celebrated Author Ntozake Shange Dies

By Lauren Victoria Burke

iane, and Betsey Brown, a novel about a Black girl Pioneering poet and playwright who runs away from home.

Ntozake Shange died on the morning of Shange was also awarded a October 27 at an assisted living facility Guggenheim Foundation felin Bowie, Maryland. She was best known lowship an in April 2016, Barfor her much celebrated Obie Awardnard College announced the winning play, “For Colored Girls Who acquisition of Shange’s papers.

Have Considered Suicide/When the But her most celebrated and Rainbow is Enuf.” famous work, was “To our extended 20-part poem “Ntozake Shange invited us to marvel at the the family and friends, it is depicting the lives of with sorrow that we inwomen of color. The resiliency and power that women of color form you that our loved poem was made into harness in order to survive a hostile world.” the stage play and a one, Ntozake Shange, passed away peacefully published book in Sarah Bellamy in her sleep in the early 1977. In 2010, Tyler morning of October 27, Perry made her work 2018. Memorial information / details that women of color harness in order to into a film entitled a “For Colored will follow at a later date,” her Twitter survive a hostile world. She invited us to Girls.” account announced. practice the ritual of loving ourselves.”

The recent book by DonShange, who turned 70 on October “R.I.P. Ntozake Shange (#ForColna Brazile, Yolanda Cara18, had suffered multiple strokes over the oredGirls) #YouAreBroadwayBlack you way, Leah Daughtry, Minyon last few years. She died in her sleep. will forever be remembered and eterMoore, and Veronica Chambers, “I write for young girls of color, for nally etched in our minds as The Lady entitled “For Colored Girls girls who don’t even exist yet, so that in Orange, a prolific poet, an amazing Who Have Considered there is something there for them when playwright, and the Black feminist we all Politics,” was a play they arrive,” Shange once said. aspire to be. Well done,” a tweet from the on the famous “Zake was a woman of extravagance Broadway in Black twitter account read. work by and flourish, and she left quickly without Shange was also the author of the Shange. suffering,” said her sister Ifa Bayeza, who novels Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Lil-

Eva Longoria to Be Honored at Latino Achievement Ceremony

was also a writer. “It’s a huge loss for the world. I don’t think there’s a day on the planet when there’s not a young woman who discovers herself through the words of my sister,” she added.

Her death is a “a major shift in the cosmos,” said Sarah Bellamy said on October 27. “Ntozake Shange invited us to marvel at the resiliency and power

Kelly’s ‘Blackface’ Remarks Amplify Halloween Costume Debate face.

“You shouldn’t be disrespectful,” Quirk said.

PHOENIX (AP)—NBC talk show host Megyn Kelly’s comments about Calling out cultural appropriation is blackface on Halloween have reinvigorated a debate over costumes that what drives Amanda Blackhorse, a longtime cross racial lines and what’s appropriate at a time when diverse movie activist against the use of Native images for mascots and logos. On Wednesday, Blackand TV characters like “Black Panther” have become hugely popular. horse and others demonstrated he issue has outside the Phoenix headquarreverberters of Yandy.com, a lingerie ated across company that has been selling social me“sexy” Native costumes includdia, from magazine ing one marketed as “Chief articles about whethWansum Tail.” er “Black Panther” Her group delivered an onis an OK costume line petition with thousands of for white children to signatures calling on Yandy to protests against cosstop using Native American tumes that perpetuculture for costumes. ate Native American “The people have always stereotypes.

Social looked at or seen Native people media debates have through stereotypes - through focused on whether headdresses, buckskin and political correctness fringe,” Blackhorse said. “This is spoiling the spirit company is perpetuating that. of the holiday.

They think that’s who we are.

The fallout was They don’t see us as different swift for Kelly, who tribes.” questioned on her The group wants Yandy to show why dressing up discontinue the line, issue an in blackface for Halapology and donate any proloween is racist: NBC ceeds from the costumes tosaid Friday it was ward agencies that help Native canceling “Megyn American women. A spokesKelly Today.” She woman for Yandy did not refound little support spond to a message seeking from her NBC colcomment. leagues, including Al Yandy’s far from the only Roker who called on retailer offering such costumes. her to apologize to Amazon.com and other people of color namainstream sites offer HalA similar issue cropped up in recent years with tionwide. He later loween-wear based on Asian the animated features “Moana,” set in ancient was asked on Twitter stereotypes such as a geisha or if a woman’s white lady.” There are also Polynesia, and Pixar’s “Coco,” which centers on a “dragon son was OK to dress Mexican-inspired outfits that as his idol, “Black include a poncho, sombrero Mexican boy named Miguel and his family.

Panther.” and mustache and a “sexy se“Sure he can. Just norita” dress. don’t try to wear Kelly’s comments, meanca, I’m not going to say no.” dark makeup on,” Roker wrote. while, left many outraged.

A similar issue cropped up in recent Others chimed in on the thread, includ- years with the animated features “Moana,” “Back when I was a kid that was OK as ing Jeff Schwartz, whose white 7-year-old set in ancient Polynesia, and Pixar’s “Coco,” long as you were dressing up as like a charson also wants to don the Marvel character’s which centers on a Mexican boy named acter,” Kelly said in discussion with an allvibranium suit.

Miguel and his family. A few months before white panel.

“We should encourage our kids to have “Moana’s” November 2016 release, Disney Blackface dates back to the 1830s when Black heroes whether they’re white or Black pulled a costume based on the character white performers would put on dark makekids. That’s healthy,” Schwartz told The As- of Maui, voiced by Dwayne Johnson. The up, wigs and exaggerated costumes, mocksociated Press. ensemble included a brown bodysuit with ing slaves, according to the Smithsonian Some articles warn white parents away Polynesian tattoos and a faux-grass skirt. National Museum of African American Hisfrom such a choice, arguing that while Black Some argued that it was off-putting to have tory & Culture. They often depicted Black Panther’s fabled homeland “Wakanda” isn’t a child wear the skin of another race. people as lazy, ignorant or cowardly. Dea real place, the character’s race is essential Jim Quirk, a white father of three in St. cades later, movie stars like Mickey Rooney to his identity.

Paul, Minnesota, said adults should stop and Judy Garland wore blackface on screen.

Elise Barrow, a Black mother of three in projecting concerns about race and gender In 2013, “Dancing with the Stars” pro New York City, said she and her husband onto what is essentially “a kids’ holiday.”

Julianne Hough showed up to a Halloween tried to persuade their 5-year-old son to be “They want to be princesses, doctors, party as “Crazy Eyes,” a Black character in Black Panther, but he opted to be a dinosaur Black Panther or whatever,” Quirk said. Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black.” Her instead. Barrow said she was torn by the de- “They do it because they want to be like look included blackface makeup and bantu bate. them. It’s adults who put meaning onto knots, a hairstyle traditionally worn by Af“Kids want to be what they want to be. these things.” rican women.

I’m not going to prevent them,” Barrow The backlash was swift and Hough apolBut he acknowledges there are some said. “If my son wants to be Captain Ameri- things that are over the line, such as black- ogized on social media.

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By Staff Reports LOS ANGELES (AP)—Eva Longoria and Gina Rodriguez will be among those honored at next month’s ALMA awards.

Wilmer Valderrama is host of the celebration of Latino achievements in American entertainment and media.

Activists Samantha Fuentes and Jamie Margolin also will be honored. Fuentes survived the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, and Margolin founded the Zero Hour movement to address climate change.

Rodriguez, star of TV’s “Jane the Virgin,” will share the awards spotlight with the show’s cast.

The Nov. 4 ALMA ceremony is airing live at 8 p.m. Eastern on sibling TV channels Fuse and FM. Performances by Ally Brooke and Amara La Negra will be featured.

In a statement Friday, host Valderrama said Latino achievements and contributions need to be spotlighted more than ever at what he called a “critical” time.

The ALMAs—American Latino Media Arts Awards—are back after a three-year hiatus in time for the 50th anniversary of UnidosUS, previously known as National Council of La Raza.

UnidosUS is the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. In 1995 it created the ALMAs as a way to promote fair, accurate and balanced portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry.

Fuse Media made a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive multiplatform media home of the ALMAs.