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WEDNESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 2017

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. calls for ‘full-scale’ boycott of BMW

Photo courtesy of Freddie Allen

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (at the podium), called for a “full-scale boycott of BMW,” during the 2017 Rainbow PUSH Coalition Global Automotive Summit in Detroit, Mich.

By Freddie Allen Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, called for a “fullscale” boycott of BMW, the German automaker, for refusing to reply to the survey for the group’s annual diversity scorecard.

Photo by Anthony Crider

Alt-right members preparing to enter Emancipation Park holding Nazi, Confederate, and Gadsden “Don’t Tread on Me” flags in Charlottesville, Va.

Out of the shadows: Overt racism still flourishes in the American south

By Stacy M. Brown Race relations in the United States, especially in the South, are plagued by troubling examples of the challenges that face the nation, as Americans work toward achieving the dream that Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of, more than 50 years ago.

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If this isn’t racism, my question would be, ‘then, what is?

Alexis Pipkins, Sr.

Americans said that they personally worry a “great deal” about race relations in n Racism, see page 2

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OT only did BMW refuse to complete the survey, the German automaker also refused to meet with the civil rights leader.

Jackson made the announcement, during a press conference at the 2017 Rainbow PUSH Coalition Global Automotive Summit.

“The diversity scorecard was developed in 2012 to provide a snapshot of each manufacturer’s success at building and sustaining ethnic diversity and inclusion, with a primary focus on people of color,” the survey’s report said.

Jackson said that he met with all of the automakers that participated in the survey.

The diversity scorecard participants included: Ford Motor Company; Toyota Motor North America; General Motors; Nissan North America; Hyundai Motor America; Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; Honda North America; Subaru of America; Kia Motors America; Mercedes-Benz USA and Volkswagen Group of America.

The automakers answered questions about employment, advertising, marketing procurement, minority dealership opportunities and philanthropy.

The auto companies that reflected best practices for ethnic diversity established by the Rainbow PUSH Automotive Project,

We’re saying to th e auto industry, ‘we ’ve worked too hard a nd consumed too mu ch, to be locked out.

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an initiative of the Citizenship Education Fund, earned green scores.

Red marks indicated that diversity initiatives and investments were nonexistent, not disclosed, or the company didn’t provide enough relevant information for scoring.

Ford and Toyota earned tops scores for employment, advertising, marketing, procurement and philanthropy. General Motors scored green in employment, marketing, procurement and philanthropy.

At the other end of the spectrum, Kia Motors America, Mercedes-Benz USA and Volkswagen earned failing grades in advertising, marketing and procurement and yellow scores, which indicate some n Boycott, see page 3

The Voter Fraud Commission wants your data-but experts say they can’t keep it safe Newly revealed records show sloppy practices that could put millions of people’s information at risk.

By Jessica Huseman and Derek Willis The voter-fraud-checking program championed by the head of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity suffers from data security flaws that could imperil the safety of millions of peoples’ records, according to experts. n Commission, see page 3

Legal experts split on if NFL can punish for anthem protests WA S H I N G T O N — Je r r y Jones may want to bench Dallas Cowboy players who don’t stand for the national anthem, but NFL owners could find themselves facing a First Amendment lawsuit if they punish football players or coaches for their protests after taking government money into the private business of professional football.

The NFL is a private business— and the First Amendment only protects Americans from free speech abuses from the government. But legal experts differ on whether pro teams who play in publicly-funded stadiums or who accepted government money in exchange for patriotic displays like the national anthem could find themselves legally exposed if they punish kneeling players.

The money exchanged between governments and pro football teams could mean that discipline enforced by the team could be “fairly attributed to a government entity, meaning the employer could not discipline someone for taking a political position,” Harvard Law School professor Mark Tushnet said.

A judge could find it “relevant that some of the stadiums have been constructed with public support and may get continuing public subsidies,” Tushnet said.

“It may be relevant that some of these practices were instituted in cooperation with the national military.”

“If the government pays for the patriotic display and the firing is a result of the behavior being deemed insufficiently patriotic, it is conceivable that that a claim could then be articulated,” said Floyd Abrams, a First Amendment attorney in New York.

The NFL has been embroiled in controversy over players using the national anthem before games as a platform for protest.

Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started the movement last season when he refused to stand during the anthem to protest racial inequality and police brutality.

Kaepernick remains unsigned n Protests, see page 6

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NEWS A bright light of Black press goes out: Bernal Smith dies at 45

By Stacy M. Brown Bernal E. Smith II, the president and publisher of the Tri-State Defender and a well-known civic leader in Memphis, Tenn., died Sunday.

Smith was 45.

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HE Tri-State Defender, among the longest running African-American newspapers in the country and a member publication of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, noted on its website that Smith was with his family when he was found Sunday, October 22.

“The New Tri-State Defender and its management board was devastated when we learned that Mr. Smith had passed,” associate publisher Karanja Ajanaku said in a statement along with Calvin Anderson, the president of Best Media Properties, the Defender’s parent company.

Smith’s death caught many of his colleagues off-guard; all of them expressed shock and sympathy for his

family.

“I am personally saddened by the death of our comrade and publisher Bernal Smith,” said Dorothy Leavell, the publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and the chairman of the NNPA. “He was just elected v i c e

chairman in June and we were looking forward to working closely with him to find solutions for the future of our beloved Black Press.”

Smith was a serious and dedicated member of the fourth estate, Leavell added.

“We shall miss him so much,” said Leavell.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, the president and CEO of the NNPA, said that the entire NNPA family of African American publishers across the nation deeply mourns Smith’s death.

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publisher of the New Tri-State Defender in Memphis, Smith represented the journalistic genius of a freedom-fighting publisher, who was dedicated to the empowerment of Black America,” Chavis said. “Long live the spirit of Bernal Smith.”

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the United States, up seven percentage points from 2016 and a record high in the Gallup’s 17-year trend, according to Gallup News.

The Gallup poll marked the third straight year that worries about race relations have increased by a significant margin, a surge that experts have said likely stems from the racial tensions and public discourse sparked by highprofile incidents of police shooting unarmed, Black men.

These high-profile incidents, often sensationalized by mainstream media, overshadow the more pervasive forms of racism that exist in local politics, businesses and schools.

A longtime prominent Florence, S.C. school board member abruptly resigned when it was made public that he sent an email in which he described Black members as “darkies.”

In part of the missive, Glenn Odom noted that he “didn’t want the Darkies” to know about the information—a reference to the African-American board members.

He has now apologized.

“I guess, I’m the head ‘darkie,’” school board member Alexis Pipkins, Sr., told the NNPA Newswire. “I didn’t find out about [the email] until September and there was a board meeting on September 14 and they didn’t notify us.”

Pipkins continued: “So, if any of them say they’re shaken up by this, they weren’t shaken up enough to inform all of the board members. If this isn’t racism, my question would be, ‘then, what is?’”

Board Superintendent Barry Townsend struggled with explaining Odom’s actions.

“I thought the biggest issues we’d have to deal with on the school board is education and taxes,” Townsend said.

Florence City Manager Drew Griffin said he learned about Odom’s email just hours before he was contacted for comment.

“Certainly, the contents and language contained within the email are inconsistent with my personal beliefs as well as the mission and core value statements adopted by the city,” Griffin said.

Surprisingly, the local NAACP President Madie Robinson said the issue is strictly a school board matter and she declined further comment.

Odom, a school board member Florence (District 1) for 25 years and whose term wasn’t set to end until 2020, was among those who fought against a U.S. Justice Department order earlier this year to make sure its

Joy Bramble, publisher of The Baltimore Times, said she was simply shocked by the news of Smith’s death.

“I was just working with him on some things, I just can’t believe it,” Bramble said.

Rosetta Perry, the publisher of the Tennessee Tribune, called Smith a true friend and a bright light.

“When I met him, we just clicked and I was comfortable with him, like I had known him my whole life, and I didn’t have to pretend to be anyone or anything,” Perry said. “That voice that we loved to hear at our meetings and training sessions is now still. Bernal’s place at the board of directors’ meetings will now be vacant, but he will live forever in our hearts.”

Karen Carter Richards, publisher of the Houston Forward Times and 1st vice chair of the NNPA, said that she asked Smith to run for 2nd vice chair of the NNPA, this year, because of his vision and talents.

Richards said that she wasn’t surprised when he won the election for the post, because of his infectious personality and great abilities.

“I am devastated. Bernal was my friend and he was a visionary, who was smart, energetic, kind and definitely the future of NNPA,” Richards said.

Richards continued: “His innovative ideas made us click. At the request of Bernal, I flew to Memphis last year to attend his Best in Black Awards show.

He wanted me to recreate the show in Houston and we were going to partner and bring his great awards show to the city of Houston.”

Broadcast executive and Wave newspaper publisher Pluria Marshall said Smith was one of NNPA’s up and coming publishers.

“He was about business,” said Marshall. “He added value when he spoke on issues related to NNPA and

his recent election to the executive team was a clear sign of his rising star.”

Marshall added: “He will be sorely missed.”

Hiram Jackson of Real Times Media, who sold Smith the New TriState Defender, called Smith’s passing a sad day for the future of the Black Press.

“Bernal Smith represented the future of our industry and he was one of the most innovative publishers I knew and I recognized his gifts immediately,” Jackson said. “I will miss his friendship and his contagious enthusiasm about Black people.”

A graduate of Rhodes College, who also earned a masters of business administration from Union University, Smith led a local group that purchased the Tri-State Defender from Real Times Media in 2013.

Smith mentored inner-city youth and once served as president of the 100 Black Men of Memphis.

In a joint statement, Denise Rolark Barnes and D. Kevin McNeir, the publisher and the editor of The Washington Informer, respectively, said that Smith was an integral force in the city of Memphis as the publisher of the Tri-State Defender, where he made issues of economic parity, social justice and the support and encouragement of the Black community his primary concerns.

The statement continued: “Even more, as one of the younger publishers of the NNPA, his enthusiasm and dedication were essential to our overall growth and continued existence. His death leaves a void that will be difficult, if not impossible to fill. But his spirit will live on as will our memories of him—a proud, talented Black man who loved his people and his community and who diligently gave his all each and every day on behalf of the Black Press.”

GLUTATHIONE: VITAL TO LONGEVITY Photo courtesy of Freddie Allen

Myrlie Evers, a civil rights activist and the widow of Medgar Evers, said that she was in a state of despair, hurt and anger following the tragedy in Charlottesville, Va. schools are more racially balanced.

In Conway, S.C., the FBI arrested a White restaurant manager for enslaving and torturing a Black worker for five years, calling him the “n-word” and paying him less than $3,000 a year while working him daily with very few, if any, days off, according to the local FOX-affiliated.

Restaurant owner Bobby Paul Edwards has been indicted on a felony that carries up to 20 years in prison for enslaving a Black employee.

Christopher Smith had worked for 23 years at Edwards’ J&J Cafeteria as a buffet cook. Prosecutors said Edwards “used force, threats of force, physical restraint and coercion” to compel Smith to work.

Smith, who reportedly has a mental disability, would work 18hour shifts six days a week, sometimes without breaks, his attorneys said.

Smith was hit with a frying pan, burned with grease-covered tongs and beaten with butcher knives, belt buckles and fists “while being called the n-word repeatedly,” the lawyers alleged, according to The Post and Courier.

In Hope Mills N.C., a massive Ku Klux Klan recruitment effort found its way into a high school, demanding that Whites join to “take back the country.”

The Loyal White Knights of the KKK left flyers on the windshields of cars parked outside of Gray’s Creek High School.

The flyer urged participation

by Whites and railed against the removal of Confederate statues from public spaces; the group called the removal of the statues an attack on

“White History, the White Race and America itself.”

In Louisiana, Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator vehemently objected to the planned release of Black state prisoners, who he said could continue to work on washing cars for the warden and other officials.

“In addition to the bad ones—and I call these bad—in addition to them, they’re releasing some good ones that we use every day to wash cars, to change oil in our cars, to cook in the kitchen, to do all that, where we save money,” Prator protested at a news conference. “Well, they’re going to let them out.”

“U liberals dumb as hell,” the boy posted on Snapchat, according to the Houston Chronicle.

“Not as dumb as you racist,” the girl responded.

“I’m standing up for my country,” the boy said on Snapchat. “We should have hung all u [n-words] while we had the chance and trust me, it would make the world better.”

Myrlie Evers, a civil rights activist and the widow of Medgar Evers, who was murdered by a White supremacist in 1963, said that she was in a state of despair, hurt and anger, according to the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss.

“I’m 84 years of age, and I’m thankful for my life,” she told the Clarion-Ledger. “In my prayers, I ask, ‘God, is it ever over? Must we continue to go through this horrible nightmare of prejudice, racism and hatred all over again?’ “ Evers continued: “If we don’t step forward,” she said, “we have no one to blame but ourselves for what the end may be.”

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NEWS Puerto Ricans suffer apocalyptic nightmare after hurricanes

By Barrington M. Salmon It’s been nearly a month since two, historic hurricanes savaged Puerto Rico, and despite the utter devastation left after the storms, the island’s 3.4 million residents are still waiting for substantive relief from the federal government.

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ELP from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been slowed, because of glaring lapses in coordination, a lack of guidance of medical and other personnel, as well as what critics and Puerto Rican officials have said was an almost total breakdown in distribution and supply chains. The result has been a yawning gap between the burgeoning humanitarian disaster and the urgent life-and-death needs of the shell-shocked populace.

Nearly 85 percent of the island is still in darkness, because the storms destroyed the electrical grid. Governor Ricardo Rosselló estimates that it will cost about $5 billion to repair the island’s power grid that was decimated

by Hurricane Maria. Cellphone service towers across the island are slowly being restored; there is a critical shortage of food, medicine and other basic supplies; meanwhile, more than half of the commonwealth’s residents are living without potable water.

The official death toll is 48, but there are reports that the medical examiner’s office in San Juan is holding 350 bodies. There are also fears that, as the authorities reach the most remote parts of the island and as water-borne and other diseases take hold, that the death

toll will inevitably rise.

Last week, FEMA scrubbed important statistics about the availability of clean drinking water and the paucity of electricity on the island, from its website.

The fierce winds of Hurricanes Irma and Maria left catastrophic damage, tore roofs from buildings, toppled power lines and transformers; stripped trees bare; triggered mudslides and flooding; flattened and demolished trees; and blocked roads. Beleaguered Puerto Ricans can only buy food, supplies and other materials in what is now a mostly cash-only society.

Yet, in the midst of all this need, more than 10,000 shipping containers loaded with food, medicine and other needed supplies have sat idle at the Port of San Juan and elsewhere, because of red tape, bureaucratic bungling and logistical logjams.

Aurora Flores, a New York-based activist, painted a harrowing picture that is slowly emerging as information seeps out of the soaked island.

“Oh, my God! I have such a combination of feelings. This is outrageous,” said Flores, a noted cultural historian and musician. “This is Trump’s Katrina. We’re in a dire situation. There is no electricity; people are waiting in line eight, nine hours for gasoline, food and other needs. Right now, we need the

Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Wikimedia Commons

Flooding can be seen from the air as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, DHC-8 prepares to land in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

United States Army trucks and drivers.

There’s no housing…we need cruise ships to come in.”

Flores continued: “We also need to secure the streets. Armed gangs are roaming. This is horrific. We’ve been shunned, pushed to the side.”

Flores said that she had been in contact with family in Puerto Rico, despite the communications difficulties.

She assailed the Trump administration for its slow response and castigated Trump for his constant congratulatory comments to first responders, FEMA, and others in his administration.

“He’s patting himself on the back.

[Trump found time] to put down Black athletes over the weekend and not once

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progress in diversity, for employment, dealership diversity and philanthropy.

BMW earned red marks in all categories, because they refused to reply to the survey request.

According to Jackson, that refusal showed the company’s contempt and resentment towards the Black community.

“We are in a different stage of our civil rights struggle,” said Jackson. “The first stage of our struggle was to end legal slavery; the next phase was to end legal Jim Crow; the third stage was the right to vote.”

Now, that the Black community brings money, market share, talent and experience to the table, Black businesses should be seen as partners, Jackson said.

“We trade for with you, you trade with us,” said Jackson. “There is more to the car than the ride.”

The civil rights leader called for “a fullscale boycott of BMW” until the company agrees to meet with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and works out “a mutually beneficial trade relationship.”

Jackson said that Blacks account for more than 10 percent of purchases of the company’s luxury models.

According to a 2014 poll by Strategic Vision, a research and consultant firm based in San Diego, Calif., BMW was the

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Indivisible Chicago, a progressive advocacy group in Illinois, filed a publicrecords request with Illinois and Florida for information on the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program.

Crosscheck was created and run by the Kansas secretary of state’s office and is often cited by Kris Kobach, Kansas’ secretary of state, as a way to identify voters casting ballots in more than one state. Indivisible Chicago then posted emails and other documents it received, including messages exchanged between elections officials in Illinois and Florida and Crosscheck.

The emails and records revealed numerous security weaknesses.

Crosscheck’s files are hosted on an insecure server, according to its own information. Usernames and passwords were regularly shared by email, making them vulnerable to snooping. And passwords were overly simplistic and only irregularly changed.

“It blows my mind — this is complete operational security incompetence,” said

brand that was most often cited as a future vehicle purchase for African Americans.

“If you have a BMW, we urge you to get another car. If you don’t have one, don’t plan on [buying one],” said Jackson. “We’re saying to the auto industry, ‘we’ve worked too hard and consumed too much, to be locked out.’”

Jackson said that the Black community wants equity, parity and mutually beneficial, reciprocal business relationships across all business sectors, a message that he plans to convey through a partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a trade group that represents more than 200 Black-owned media companies. NNPA media outlets reach more than 20 million readers in print and online every week.

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., the president and CEO of the NNPA, recognized that some people will question why the Black community and its allies should support the BMW boycott.

“The real question is: Why did BMW decide to boycott the diversity report card?

It’s an insult!” Chavis exclaimed. “What is BMW hiding? Why isn’t BMW joining the rest of the auto sector in responding to the report card?”

Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA and publisher of the Crusader Newspaper Group, said that the diversity

scorecard is very important, because there are companies that say that they do business with the Black community, yet, the scorecard proves that they don’t.

Leavell said that when it comes to promoting ethnic diversity and inclusion and economic equity, obviously BMW doesn’t have anything to show.

“To insult an organization like [the Rainbow PUSH Coalition], to not even respond to very valid inquiries, means that BMW should be boycotted,” said Leavell. “Our people should know what kind of business BMW conducts.”

USA Today reported that Strategic Vision also found that Blacks said that a manufacturer’s reputation was “extremely important” 61 percent of the time; White consumers said that a manufacturer’s reputation was “extremely important” 50 percent of the time.

“Instead of investing in a company, like BMW, that doesn’t care about them, Black people should be doing business with automakers that do,” said Leavell.

Leavell noted that economic boycotts have been successful in the past in getting companies to change their business practices.

“It’s always been the pocketbook,” said Leavell. “I think that we forget that sometimes, so maybe this is a good time to remind them.”

Joe Hall, the chief technologist for the Center for Democracy & Technology, an organization that promotes internet freedom. “You should consider all of that stuff in the hands of people who are clever enough to intercept someone’s email.”

The Kansas secretary of state’s office did not respond to emailed questions about Crosscheck’s security.

Crosscheck was conceived in 2005 as a way to, as the name implies, let states compare their voting rolls to prevent people from registering in multiple states. Kansas operates the program at no cost to the states that participate.

Crosscheck assures them — about 30 states use the program as of now — that it employs “industry standard encryption technology and passwords.”

Hall disputes that. “It’s a complete lie,” he said.

Kobach co-chairs President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission, which has been under heavy scrutiny over whether it will be able to secure the vast voting data it has requested, including names, addresses and dates of birth

for virtually every voter in the country.

When Kobach requested this data in June, the commission was scorched with criticism and lawsuits in both federal and state courts over privacy concerns.

Kobach sent a second letter to states in late July promising data would “be kept confidential and secure throughout the duration of the commission’s existence.”

Experts say the documents released

by Indivisible Chicago undercut Kobach’s claims that he understands how to protect voter data. “This raises serious concerns about the security of citizens’ data not only in Crosscheck, but with the voter fraud commission run by the same people,” said Dave Becker, the executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research. “They tell the voters, the states and the courts ‘trust us’ with personal data, but they refuse to answer basic questions about how they plan to secure or use that data.”

Concern over the commission’s ability to keep data secure given the new information about Crosscheck’s n Commission, see page 6

did he say anything about Puerto Rico,” she said. We’ve been shunned, pushed to side. We don’t need any more excuses.

Puerto Rico needs help right now. You don’t do this to other Americans. We need the federal government to come to the rescue. We need compassion and leadership to come together. We’ve fought for and bled for this country.

We’re part of America.”

Critics have chided Trump for ignoring the crisis for the first week after Hurricane Maria slammed into the island. He spent more time tweeting to demand that NFL players kneel for the anthem than expressing any compassion or concern for Puerto Rico’s plight. And to add insult to injury, Elaine Duke, acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security crowed at the end of the first week that the federal efforts on the island as a “good news” story.

Trump’s nonchalance has angered Puerto Ricans and a raft of other critics,

including singer Marc Anthony and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz.

“Mr. President, shut the f*** up about the NFL. Do something about our people in need in #PuertoRico. We are American citizens, too,” the singer tweeted on September 25.

During a recent interview on CNN, Yulín Cruz lambasted attempts by the White House to spin the situation in Puerto Rico as a “good news story.”

“When you’re drinking from a creek, it’s not a ‘good news story.’ When you don’t have food for a baby, it’s not a ‘good news story,’” she said. “When you have to pull people down from their buildings because—you know, I’m sorry, but that really upsets me and frustrates me.”

Yulín Cruz continued: “This is— damn it, this is not a ‘good news’ story.

This is a ‘people-are-dying’ story. This is a ‘life-or-death’ story. This is a ‘there’sa-truckload-of-stuff-that-cannot-betaken-to-people’ story. This is a story of a devastation that continues to worsen.”

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Who polices the police?

By Printus LeBlanc The FBI has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately. Half the country is upset at the handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation and the announced outcome on July 5, 2016. The other half of the nation believes the Comey cost Clinton the election by declaring the FBI was reopening the investigation following the discovery of more emails on Anthony Weiner’s computer. And now it looks like the former FBI Director may have perjured himself.

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HAT is perjury?

Perjury is considered a crime against justice.

These are crimes against “Justice” itself. These offenses include bribery, contempt of court, and perjury. The penalties for these crimes can be severe.

These offenses carry substantial penalties, including imprisonment. 18 U.S.C. 1621 states, “in any declaration, certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, United States Code, willfully subscribes as true any material matter which he does not believe to be true; is guilty of perjury and shall, except as otherwise expressly provided by law, be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

There are three general federal perjury laws. 18 U.S.C. 1621, outlaws presenting material false statements under oath in official federal proceedings. 18 U.S.C. 1623, bars presenting material false statements under oath before or ancillary to federal court or grand jury proceedings, and finally 18 U.S.C. 1622 (subornation of perjury), prohibits inducing or

procuring another to commit perjury in violation of either Section 1621 or Section 1623.

There is also a false statement statute, 18 U.S.C. 1001. It outlaws false statements within the jurisdiction of a federal agency or department.

Perjury is very hard to prove. Not only do you have to show the person in question is lying, but it must also be determined the person knew the information was false. If someone misremembers or thought a blue shirt was black, that does not make it perjury.

The question being asked is, did James Comey perjure himself?

Following the exoneration of Mrs. Clinton, Comey was summoned to Capitol Hill to answer questions in September of 2016. The exchange between Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) and Comey was particularly interesting: Rep. Ratcliffe. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Director, did you make the decision not to recommend criminal charges relating to classified information before or after Hillary Clinton was interviewed by the FBI on July the 2nd?

Mr. Comey. After.

Seems like the right way to run an investigation. Collect all the facts from

all the witness, then make a judgment.

However, it didn’t end there.

The Senate continued to investigate the matter and found something that directly contradicts what Comey stated under oath. Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Charles Grassley (R-Neb.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) sent a letter to the new Director of the FBI Christopher Wray asking for more documents and information. Part of the letter states, “According to the unredacted portions of the transcripts, it appears that in April or early May of 2016, Mr. Comey had already decided

We can and must win for children!

By Marian Wright Edelman As congregations of all faiths are observing the National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths® Celebration this weekend, “Moving Forward with Hope: Love and Justice for Every Child,” I offer prayers for all child advocates in this very challenging time for children and families and all of us when a half century of struggle for a more inclusive and just nation is at risk. The laboriously woven child and family safety net created over decades and not yet completed is on the brink of obliteration with the administration and its congressional allies seeking to destroy our government’s role and responsibility at all levels to protect those left behind.

Racial, religious and gender intolerance are mushrooming out of control and all who care about children and the future must fight back with all our might. No matter the political climate we need to remain steadfast in our stewardship of future generations and our determination to shield children from harm.

Hang in there, all of you who love children. Never give up.

PRAISE OF DIVERSITY Wouldn’t it be dull if all people were White or Black or any single color? Wouldn’t it be drab if the earth was all wrapped in brown? Wouldn’t it be boring if everything was blue? Wouldn’t it be blah if fields were all gray? Wouldn’t it be tiresome if red was all day and no seasons took turns?

Thank You, God, for Your incredible panorama of people and sights and sounds and changes and vistas afar and miracles up close. Who but You could imagine and create such a universe of connected yet beautiful complexity and diversity?

You Can’t Segregate God’s Creation God’s family is big and inclusive and everybody belongs.

he would issue a statement exonerating Secretary Clinton. That was long before FBI agents finished their work. Mr. Comey even circulated an early draft statement to select members of senior FBI leadership. The outcome of an investigation should not be prejudged while FBI agents are still hard at work trying to gather the facts.”

As you can see this is clearly not what Comey stated before Congress.

The question becomes, was this misstatement intentional? At the very least it requires another trip to Capitol Hill for Comey and more

God is in all these things and in so much more.

Thank You, God, for Your presence and gifts everywhere in everyone in everything in life.

PRAYER FOR COURAGE TO DO JUSTICE

By Alan Paton O Lord, open my eyes that I may see the needs of others; Open my ears that I may hear their cries; Open my heart so that they need not be without succor; Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.

Show me where love and hope and faith are needed, and use me to bring them to those places.

And so open my eyes and my ears that I may, this coming day, be able to do some work of peace for thee. Amen.

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

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

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God is not a Catholic, Methodist, or Baptist – Southern, National, American, or Progressive.

God is not a Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Evangelical, Pentacostal, Mormon, Greek or Russian Orthodox.

God is not a Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or Baha’i.

God is all these and far, far more.

God is not republican or democrat, socialist or communist, liberal or conservative, or radical or moderate.

God is all these and far, far more.

God is not Black, Brown, Red, White, or Yellow but all these and all the blends in between.

God is not rich, middleclass, or poor; straight or gay; young, old, or middle-aged.

God is all these and far, far more.

God is not pretty, ugly, skinny, fat, short, tall, ablebodied or disabled.

God is all these and so much more.

God is no respecter of certain persons but the Creator of all persons made in God’s image with their own DNA. God is not only in the sunshine or in the moonlight or in the seas or in the mountains or in the deserts or in the rain.

questions. Is it a good idea to circulate a draft exonerating the person being investigated before the FBI interviews the person? Did Comey draft a statement stating his recommendation to indict Clinton? The whole episode has destroyed the trust the American people have in the FBI. It is up to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to take control and restore the reputation of the FBI.

The only person who asks more questions than a lawyer is the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. I am not saying that questions are bad, at least not all of them. What I am saying is, some questions can be trick questions.

To know the difference between a legitimate question and a trick question takes years of practicing being a husband. If the husband learns anything in his marriage, it is this.

I know people ask questions in order to get information. Not all people ask a question in order to get information. Some people ask questions in order to trick somebody into saying something that is compromising.

Of course, we all know the old joke about Honest Abe and his wife when she asked him, “Does this dress make me look fat?”

What does a person do in a situation like that? If a person is honest and tells the honest truth, it may not fare too well with him. It is not so much the question being asked as it is the answer that goes along with that question.

It is the smart husband who is an expert in this “answer” scenario. How he answers his wife’s questions will determine the quality of his life. To ignore the question is only going to induce more questions and what husband really wants that?

The art of answering a trick question is the only thing that keeps some people on the positive side of marital bliss. If, for one moment, the husband thinks his wife is simply seeking an answer, he is in for a lot of trouble and heartache.

I certainly would not have liked to have been in Honest Abe’s shoes if he ever was presented with such a question from Mrs. Lincoln. Personally, I would have loved to hear how he dealt with that question, after all he was known as Honest Abe. This past week I was presented with such a question, it caught me a little bit off guard, and I did not know how to deal with it.

I noticed my wife was walking through the house looking at everything. It may be curious, but I tried to keep out of that situation.

Finally, she came to me and said quite sincerely, “Have you seen my glasses?”

It sounds like a very simple question and it should deserve a straightforward answer.

But I did not know what to say. What kind of trouble would I be in if I told her where her glasses were?

I stuttered a little bit, and she being very nervous at the time, turned and started searching the house again. What do you do in situations like this?

I knew that her glasses were very important to her, but I was in a position where I did not know if this was a trick question or if I was in

serious trouble.

Trying to do the right thing, I said to her, “No, I don’t know where your glasses are?

Where did you have them last?”

I thought if I said that it would solve the problem and I could go on with a very happy afternoon.

Looking at me, she said rather smartly, “If I knew that I wouldn’t have to ask you where my glasses are.”

That sorted cued me in to the reality of the situation. I was rather sure this was a trick question and I knew I needed to play this very carefully. One wrong word from me, and my boat was sunk for the day.

She came back into the room and I looked at her and smiled very cheerfully, hoping that that would kinda solve the problem. She looked at me and said, “What are you smiling about?”

Now I was a bit confused. Are we facing a real situation here, or, is this a trick to see if I am really on board? I could not understand any of this at this point.

I thought to myself, “Can a person live with another person as long as we have and not know what’s going on?”

Finally, I looked at her and rolled my eyes up and down, hoping that she would take the hint. However, it was a useless gesture.

“Have you seen my glasses? I need them right now.”

At this point, it was all I could do to keep from laughing hysterically. I knew if I did that sort of thing, I would be in a lot of trouble. How can you keep from laughing when the situation before you is of hysterical proportions?

My wife stood in front of me both hands on her hips during me and then she lifted her right hand to scratch her head and discovered her glasses were on top of her head.

“Oh,” she said as she spun around to leave, “here they are on the top of my head.”

Now what do I do with that? Do I laugh or pretend I do not know what happened? Then, she turned around and looking at me said, “You better not laugh.”

It reminded me of a verse in the Bible.

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known” (1 Corinthians 13:12).

Sometimes what we are looking for is right in front of us, but we can’t see it.

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

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Cleaning up the asylum mess left by President Obama

By Natalia Castro Days before President Obama left office, he removed asylum protections from Cubans who reach US soil in a desperate attempt to flee their oppressive country. This was a strange contrast from the rest of the administration’s efforts, which seemed to support granting asylum to any individual who enters the US by illegal means. Now, the Trump Administration is left with the job of cleaning up the confusion and fraud the Obama Administration propelled.

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TTORNEY General Jeff Sessions is taking a leading role in combatting asylum fraud, alongside Trump’s efforts to limit the number of asylum seekers entering the country. This is not because these men do not want these people in our country, but because the system was expanded so significantly under the Obama Administration, agencies can no longer handle the load and maintain security.

In December 2009, President Obama issued a directive that allows individuals illegally entering the US to claim asylum status and automatically receive parole. While the claim of asylum is under review, the illegal immigrant is released in the US and cannot be arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). All these detained individuals need to do is claim they have a credible fear of going back to their country, and nearly immediately, they are released back into American society.

AG Sessions explained before the Executive Office for Immigration Review on Oct. 12, “In 2009, DHS conducted more than 5,000 credible fear reviews. By 2016, that number had increased to 94,000. The number of these aliens placed in removal proceedings went from fewer than 4,000 in 2009 to more than 73,000 by 2016—nearly a 19-fold increase— overwhelming the system and leaving those with just claims buried.

The increase has been especially pronounced and abused at the border.

From 2009 to 2016, the credible fear claims at the border went from approximately 3,000 cases to more than 69,000.”

This has left a backlog of over

600,000 pending asylum cases.

The massive influx of cases due to President Obama’s policy changes in 2009 have left agencies begging for reform.

In December of 2015, the Government Accountability Office (GOA) produced a report entitled “Asylum: Additional Actions Needed to Assess and Address Fraud Risks,” where they detailed the growing prevalence of fraud in this system.

Exact statistics on fraud are unknown because the system allows it to exist. The GOA explains, asylum applicants often claim they must flee their countries without a passport or birth certificate, or have left countries where documentary evidence was not available or may have fled using fraudulent documents to hide their identity and escape persecution.

This allows individuals to reapply for asylum continually using fake information or build stories which demonstrate “credible fear” that have no proof or backing. Then a single immigration judge makes the blind *judgment* call to determine if the “credible fear” is enough to grant asylum. Or even more often, when judges are unavailable individuals wait on asylum parole for an extended period. When their trials finally come around, the illegal immigrants are nowhere to be found and continue living in the country.

Session best articulates the impact this has on our entire immigration system, “DHS found a credible fear in 88 percent of claims adjudicated. That means an alien entering the United States illegally has an 88 percent chance to avoid expedited removal simply by claiming a fear of return.”

Rather than acting as a method of protecting individuals from oppressive

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DHS found a credible fear in 88 percent of claims adjudicated.

That means an alien entering the United States illegally has an 88 percent chance to avoid expedited removal simply by claiming a fear of return. foreign governments, the US asylum system has turned into an opportunity for illegal immigrants to exploit and backlog the entire immigration system.

President Trump and AG Sessions have added a significant number of judges to immigration courts to reduce the backlog and rebalance the courts, as well as limited the number of refugees and asylum seekers allowed to enter the country to give the DHS time to reconstruct the system. But as Sessions makes clear, Congress must act.

Sessions explains, “Congress must pass the legislative priorities President Trump announced this week, which

included significant asylum reform, swift border returns, and enhanced interior enforcement. We can impose and enforce penalties for baseless or fraudulent asylum applications and expand the use of expedited removal.

We can elevate the threshold standard of proof in credible fear interviews. We can expand the ability to return asylum seekers to safe third countries. We can close loopholes and clarify our asylum laws to ensure that they help those they were intended to help.”

But all of this can only be done

if Congress is willing to work to remove the harmful policies of the Obama Administration. While the previous administration denied the needy the opportunity for safety, in favor of expanding asylum for illegal immigrants, President Trump’s leadership grants the chance to restore the order and the integrity of our immigration system.

Natalia Castro is a contributing editor for Americans for Limited Government.

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methods is “absolutely justified,” said Kenneth White, director of the Open Crypto Audit Project, and a security researcher and consultant.

Crosscheck’s data is stored on an FTP server run by the Arkansas Office of the Secretary of State.

FTP servers are unencrypted, leaving passwords and downloads readable by electronic spies. It is standard across the industry to instead use SFTP (short for “SSH File Transfer Protocol”), which

protects data from prying eyes, according to Hall. He compared FTP servers to a postcard and SFTP servers to a letter sealed in an envelope and locked in a vault.

Employees of the Arkansas secretary of state’s office send login credentials to election officials in states participating in Crosscheck and restrict access to either the public IP address or a range of addresses used by election officials in those states.

That’s an important step to ensure users can only access the system

through one of the approved IP addresses, according to White — but he said well-resourced attackers would be able to get around this protection.

And because Crosscheck routinely emailed full credentials, hackers may not even need to work particularly hard to do so.

They could simply “spoof” — essentially, mimic — the email address of a state authority and send an email to Crosscheck’s administrators adding a different IP address, said Shawn Davis, the

STATEPOINT CROSSWORD THEME: TV FAMILIES

director of forensics at Edelson PC, a Chicago-area law firm specializing in cyber security.

The firm has begun working with Indivisible Chicago, and Davis will testify before an upcoming joint session of the Illinois House and Senate to discuss Crosscheck’s vulnerabilities.

“Hackers do take these steps,” said Davis. “They are pretty patient — if they want to get the data they’ll do these things.”

WHO’S REALLY IN CHARGE OF THE VOTING FRAUD COMMISSION? Newly released email data shows two Republican not-yetmembers potentially influencing a controversial letter — even as a Democratic member claims he was largely excluded from the process.

Illinois has been a member of Crosscheck since 2011, but emails released by Indivisible Chicago show that no Illinois official inquired about data security issues until this July, when Indivisible Chicago raised questions. In

response, Vipin Nischal, an analyst at the Arkansas secretary of state’s office, confirmed the use of an FTP server but claimed “no unauthorized or anonymous access” had been found. Bryan Caskey, Kansas’s director of elections, said officials at the Kansas secretary of state’s office, which performs the matching work, also have access to the data.

Arkansas employees sent emails to Crosscheck members containing the FTP address, the username and the password in the same email, which is considered bad security practice.

Operating procedures included in the records request show that this practice was standard — Crosscheck instructed all three things to be sent in a single email every January before the matches were done. Hall called this “completely, unbelievably irresponsible.”

The Illinois State Board of Elections, which fulfilled one of the records requests from Illinois, redacted the FTP address but did not redact usernames and

passwords. Passwords were emailed to all states in the same manner, leaving them vulnerable to similar exposure through public-records requests in other states.

The passwords are simplistic, and emails from Crosscheck’s operators show they were rarely changed. “Due to the heavy work load on our IT Director, we will not be able to update the passwords for this data pull,” an Arkansas employee said in an email to Crosscheck participants in 2011. “If there is a specific state that really needs/ wants their password changed, please let me know and I will see what I can do for you.” Emails from Arkansas employees to the Illinois State Board of Elections in 2016 and 2017 also contained the same credentials. “[Secretaries of state] took an oath to the people of their states to protect the state constitution, and part of that is the safekeeping of the citizens’ information,” said White. “They are abdicating that responsibility by putting their data in this sort of system.”

guard performances.

There is no guarantee that a First Amendment lawsuit would succeed against pro teams even if they have accepted government money, Tushnet said. Other legal experts dismiss the idea of any kind First Amendment lawsuit against NFL teams being successful. Rules for NFL player conduct are also spelled out in the league’s rulebook, personal conduct policy and the collective bargaining agreement.

“If it is a private stadium, it is not a public forum and the person imposing the rule is not a government actor,” said Stephen F. Ross, director of the Penn State University Institute for Sports Law, Policy, and Research. “Even in public stadia, you do not have the right to free speech.”

Public funding of stadiums doesn’t change that, Ross said.

He compared the funds to when governments provide subsidies to move an auto plant from one state to another.

“That does not convert the auto plant into a public facility,” Ross said. “It might be bad public policy to subside public stadia, but it doesn’t make them a public forum where you have a right to engage in free speech.”

Some states have their own First Amendment-style protections, and they can include protection of political speech, Tushnet said.

In the past, those protections have only protected people from being punished for belonging to certain political parties but a creative lawyer might try to argue it covers

protesting football players, too, he said.

Wayne Giampietro, general counsel for the First Amendment Lawyers Association, said if teams are just renting fields from local government it doesn’t mean that the governmental entity has anything to do with how players are treated.

“I don’t think there’s enough governmental control over whatever goes on in the NFL, the NBA, the professional baseball teams, I don’t think there enough governmental involvement in putting on the games and everything to make the First Amendment apply to this situation,” Giamepietro said.

Jones portrayed his statement as an employment issue rather than a First Amendment issue, saying standing was in “the best interest of the Cowboys.”

“This is a workplace issue,” Jones said. “I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding as to where I want the personnel of the Cowboys to be when we’re at the No. 1 workplace we have, which is the field and the sideline on game day. And, so, again, I want to do everybody a service as I should in leading the team of saying let’s be real clear about what our expectations are.”

President Donald Trump has been pressuring NFL owners to discipline players who do not stand for the national anthem.

Vice President Mike Pence walked out of an Indianapolis home game in protest of about a dozen San Francisco players who kneeled during the anthem. The president has tweeted several times since then to keep the issue in play, and said Pence’s walkout was at his request.

“It is about time that Roger Goodell of the NFL is finally demanding that all players STAND for our great National AnthemRESPECT OUR COUNTRY,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday in response to news that NFL team owners and players would talk about the issue next week in previously scheduled owners’ meetings.

Commissioner Roger Goodell told club executives Tuesday in a memo obtained by The Associated Press that the anthem issue is dividing the league from its fans.

He said the NFL needs “to move past this controversy.”

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ACROSS 1. *Stars of “The Waltons” and “Roseanne,” e.g.

6. Equinox mo.

9. Don’t do this to the messenger 13. Whitman’s dooryard bloomer 14. *Logo of “All in the Family” network 15. Beyond normal limits 16. *Where to hear Frasier Crane 17. Workout segment 18. Nary a soul 19. *TV’s largest family 21. *Flintstones’ best friends 23. Before now 24. Catch some Z’s 25. Car nut 28. “Brave New World” drug 30. “Can’t stop! I’m ____ a ____!”

35. Big Bang’s original matter 37. Sheep’s milk cheese 39. “So You Think You Can ____” 40. Knowing about 41. *Sansa, Arya, or Robb 43. Narcotics agent 44. Nymph of lakes and springs 46. Most populous continent 47. Major bike maker 48. “____ ____ the Clowns,” past tense 50. “Me and ____ and the Dying Girl” 52. “Da” to a Russian 53. Source of protein 55. More, in Madrid 57. *”Blackish” family 61. *”Fuller House” family 65. “So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, ____...”

66. Skeleton in a lock 68. Part of gastro-intestinal system 69. Modulator-demodulator, for short 70. Proper place for a napkin 71. Inspiration for poets and musicians 72. Born and ____ 73. Before of yore 74. Sign up again DOWN 1. Simpleton 2. Hokkaido native 3. Smeltery refuse 4. a.k.a. boreal forest 5. Scrawny ones 6. Army ____ hall 7. Pirate’s affirmative 8. Old but in 9. Door opener

10. Adored one 11. Half-moon shaped object 12. Tommy and Spike, e.g.

15. Straighten a paperclip, e.g.

20. Abode toppers 22. Israeli submachine gun 24. Computer program input 25. *Lucious and Cookie 26. Arm bones 27. “___ __ on the ground floor” 29. Of higher order 31. Deliver a tirade 32. Opposite of binary 33. Rocks at mountain base 34. *Family in “The Middle” 36. Castle’s line of defense 38. “Mi chiamano Mimi,” e.g.

42. Deserved consequence 45. Chinese tapas 49. What’s old is new again, prefix 51. Jousting match participant 54. Bracelet-wearing part 56. Sleep sound 57. Doorframe part 58. Airy emanation 59. Sweep under the rug 60. Financial aid criterion 61. Done on a Smith Corona 62. Joie de vivre 63. One way to memorize 64. *”Game of Thrones” bastard 67. Inner, middle or outer, on one’s head LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

and wants to resume his career, but other NFL players have picked up his cause and kneeled, sat or made other gestures during “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Jones, one of the NFL’s most powerful owners, has said the NFL can’t leave the impression that it tolerates players disrespecting the flag and said any Cowboys doing so will not play.

“If you do not honor and stand for the flag in a way that a lot of our fans think that you should, if that’s not the case, then you won’t play,” Jones said Tuesday on a Dallas radio station.

Public money is inextricably linked with the NFL. The vast majority of NFL stadiums were constructed or renovated with public money, including the Cowboys’ home in Arlington, Texas. The Taxpayer Protection Alliance rated AT&T Stadium as one of the most egregious abuses of taxpayer money, saying the cost to taxpayers has been about $444 million.

And the NFL was paid by the military for at least four seasons for its patriotic displays during pregame, as part of defense spending to market to potential recruits. After complaints from Arizona Sens. Jeff Flake and John McCain, the NFL in 2016 repaid the government more than $700,000 covering payments from four NFL seasons, 2012-2015, for activities including performances of the national anthem, full-field flag details and on-field color

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LEGAL T.S. No.: 9987-5077 TSG Order No.: 730-1704215-70 A.P.N.: 6146-011-018 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/13/1995. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 09/19/1995 as Document No.: 95 1521572, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: WENDE BROWN, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN , as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 11/08/2017 at 10:00 AM Sale Location: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 935 W 132ND STREET, COMPTON, CA 90222 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $62,201.70 (Estimated) as of 11/03/2017.

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting. com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9987-5077. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd.

Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www. nationwideposting.com or Call: 916-939-0772.

NBS Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. NPP0318323 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 10/18/2017, 10/25/2017, 11/01/2017 SchId:68729 AdId:22891 CustId:68 ___________________________________ T.S. No. 16-41288 APN: 6166-005-151 Loan Number: 0280232 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/26/2008. 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. 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: JEREMALE M GREEN, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVE Deed of Trust recorded 7/2/2008 as Instrument No. 20081178569 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:11/16/2017 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $230,587.99 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: 500 N WILLOWBROOK AVENUE #N-1 COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90220 Described as follows: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST A.P.N #.: 6166-005-151 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 applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 848-9272 or visit this Internet Web site www.elitepostandpub.com, using the file number assigned to this case 1641288. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 10/12/2017 LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVE, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (714) 848-9272 www. elitepostandpub.com _________________________________ Christine O’Brien, Trustee Sale Officer THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. EPP 23425 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/17 SchId:68747 AdId:22897 CustId:108 ___________________________________ TSG No.: 8707925 TS No.: CA1700280576 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 0484634555 APN: 6150-001004 Property Address: 12410 S WILMINGTON AVE COMPTON, CA 90222-1219 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/25/2007. 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 11/07/2017 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 07/31/2007, as Instrument No. 20071801973, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: YOLANDA CANTU, A WIDOW, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) 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: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 6150-001-004 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12410 S WILMINGTON AVE, COMPTON, CA 90222-1219 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, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, 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 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 $243,262.32. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed.

The undersigned 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 (916)9390772 or visit this Internet Web http://search. nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms. aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1700280576 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)9390772NPP0317981 To: COMPTON BULLETIN 10/18/2017, 10/25/2017, 11/01/2017 SchId:68750 AdId:22898 CustId:68 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006839948 Title Order No.: 170225950 FHA/VA/PMI No.: ATTENTION

RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/02/2007. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/12/2007 as Instrument No. 20072334216 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: JEAN SAFFOLDLESTER , A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 11/22/2017 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: DOUBLETREE HOTEL LOS ANGELESNORWALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA 90650. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 412 NORTH MAIE AVENUE, COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90220 APN#: 6143-006-048 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, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, 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 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 $183,854.42. 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 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 800-280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www. auction.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000006839948. 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 TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION. COM, LLC 800-280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 10/13/2017 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4635377 10/18/2017, 10/25/2017, 11/01/2017 SchId:68753 AdId:22899 CustId:64 ___________________________________ 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: 3846 W. Century Blvd, Inglewood, CA 90303, 310672-9642, November 15th 2017, 12:30 pm. Unit Number, Account, Amount Owed, Description of goods. 449, DOROTHY M MARTIN, $1,266.90, Household items; 399, Bennie Louis Thomas Jr., $394.10, Boxes; 287, INDIA RHODES, $653.50, BED, STOVE, DRESSERS, BOXES; 135, Paul Peete, $1,058.00, Household Goods; 505, Eleyna Guidry, $306.00, Clothes and Bins; 198, Monique Hicks, $669.90, Household items; 4, Tori Mcneel, $538.85, Christmas decoration; 85, Joseph Okoroji, $467.00, Boxes and household items; 224, Derek Morris, $1,659.70, bedroom set, entertainment center, dining table, 2 couches, washer, dryer, fridge, 10x24 NON FMHO 418; 53, Carmencita Velasco, $1,099.40, boxes, tools, household items; 281, Dana Williams, $932.60, 2 couches 2 desks table 2 chairs patio table chairs bed entertainment center 2 dressers doll house 2 tv’s shampooer; 444, Derek Milner, $1,054.00, staging radical decore; 537, Leslie Miller, $479.67, boxes dvds; 138, Robert Page, $580.20, dresser & household items; 122, Miesha Hurrel, $527.80, tv stand, 3 tables, television, bags of clothes papers and books; 103, Auntanish Smith, $395.00, boxes 2 couches crib fireplace toddler bed game chair 2 small dresser, 3 televisions, 155, Julian Hixson, $365.00, Clothes, equipment; 119, Kory Brigg, $564.65, Mattress, boxes, tv. 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.

CN942690 11-15-17 Oct 25, Nov 1, 2017 SchId:68784 AdId:22911 CustId:65 ___________________________________ 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 15th, 2017 @ 2:30PM. Unit Number, Account, Description of goods 2057, Pheoliuos Yizar, Household Goods; 2035, E Wanda Artison, Blank; 3164, Guzman Maricela, no description; 1142, Kevin Ellis, no description; 2161, Robert Sena, house items; 2175, Dayana Hernandez, House Goods; 2206, DEBRA CLARK, BOXES, TV ETC; 2088, Rolando Calderon, Household items; 3086, Rose Torres, 10x10 wall unit, table, 2 beds, fridge, washer, dryer, couch; 1127, Alisa Thompson, Bedroom, china cabinet, bar set, clothes and dishware; 3151, Elizabeth Haro, Household goods; 3005, Devin St James, personal items household; 2102, Rita Minor, House; 0032, Shanice Wade, Clothing, boxes; 1078A, Alnesha Berry, 2 tv and a tv stand, twin bed, kitchen

table; 1064, Reande Head, Household and furniture; 1173A, Jazelle Jacobs, Clothing and shoes. 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.

CN942717 11-15-17 Oct 25, Nov 1, 2017 SchId:68786 AdId:22912 CustId:65 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 133684 Title No. 730-1706040-70 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/05/2005. 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 11/22/2017 at 11:00 AM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 04/07/2005, as Instrument No. 05 0801216, in book xx, page xx, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Willie Jarvis Bailey and Eunice Bailey, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States), By the fountain located at 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: FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. APN 6179026-010. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 118 S Sloan Ave, 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, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, 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 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: $212,387.02. 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 written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Dated: 10/18/2017 THE MORTGAGE LAW FIRM, PLC Adriana Durham/ Authorized Signature 41689 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH, STE. 228, TEMECULA, CA 92590 (619) 465-8200. FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727.

The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC. may be attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. 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 (714) 730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site -www.servicelinkASAP. com- for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case: 133684. 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. A-4635780 11/01/2017, 11/08/2017, 11/15/2017 SchId:68790 AdId:22914 CustId:64 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 133774 Title No. 170252822 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/18/2007. 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 11/22/2017 at 11:00 AM, The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 04/23/2007, as Instrument No. 20070970227, in book xx, page xx, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed

by Leobardo Benicio Chavez, an Unmarried Man, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States), By the fountain located at 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: FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE DEED OF TRUST. APN 6140033-018. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2207 West Raymond Street, 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 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, 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 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: $327,106.52. 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 written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned

caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Dated: 10/11/2017 THE MORTGAGE LAW FIRM, PLC Adriana Durham/ Authorized Signature 41689 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH, STE. 228, TEMECULA, CA 92590 (619) 465-8200. FOR TRUSTEE’S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730-2727.

The Mortgage Law Firm, PLC. may be attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained may be used for that purpose. 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 (714) 730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site -www. servicelinkASAP.com- for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case: 133774. 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. AFN4635287 11/01/2017, 11/08/2017, 11/15/2017 SchId:68793 AdId:22915 CustId:64 ___________________________________ T.S. No.: 1708170CA Loan No.: 200055676 A.P.N.: 6183-021-011 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERENCED BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPY PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/04/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state of national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Jesus Flores and Maria Del Carmen Flores Duly Appointed Trustee: Seaside Trustee Inc., Recorded 05/09/2007, as Instrument No. 20071123108, in book XX, page, XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California.

Date of Sale: 11/17/2017 Time: 11:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the Fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $253,018.05. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1906 E. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90221. A.P.N.: 6183-021-011.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: We request certified funds at sale be payable directly to SEASIDE TRUSTEE INC. to avoid delays in issuing the final deed. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (855)986-9342 Sale line or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com using the file number assigned to this case 1708170CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 10/18/2017. Trustee Sales Information: 855-9869342, www.superiordefault.com 650 N. Rose Dr #147, Placentia, CA 92870 Seaside Trustee Inc., P.O. Box 2676, Ventura, CA 93014. By: J. Weber, Authorized Signer. (10/25/17, 11/01/17, 11/08/17 TS#1708170CA SDI-8058) SchId:68797 AdId:22916 CustId:645 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Loan No.: 11664 / KFON RESS Order No.: 76239 A.P. NUMBER 7141-005074 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/06/2017, 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. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on 11/15/2017, at 10:00AM of said day, Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766, Worldwide Lenders, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust executed by KFON

PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION recorded on 03/21/2017, in Book N/A of Official Records of LOS ANGELES County, at page N/A, Recorder’s Instrument No. 20170319320, by reason of a breach or default in payment or performance of the obligations secured thereby, including that breach or default, Notice of which was recorded 07/17/207 as Recorder’s Instrument No. 20170796335, in Book n/a, at page n/a, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, lawful money of the United States, evidenced by a Cashier’s Check drawn on a state or national bank, or the equivalent thereof drawn on any other financial institution specified in section 5102 of the California Financial Code, authorized to do business in the State of California, ALL PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE, all right, title and interest held by it as Trustee, in that real property situated in said County and State, described as follows: Lot 10, Tract 45502, per Book 1127, pages 72 through 74 inclusive, of Maps The street address or other common designation of the real property hereinabove described is purported to be: 3550 NORTH WESTON PLACE, LONG BEACH, CA 90807. The undersigned disclaims all liability for any incorrectness in said street address or other common designation. Said sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or other encumbrances, to satisfy the unpaid obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest and other sums as provided therein; plus advances, if any, thereunder and interest thereon; and plus fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of said obligations at the time of initial publication of this Notice is $551,280.37. In the event that the deed of trust described in this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is secured by real property containing from one to four singlefamily residences, the following notices are provided pursuant to the provisions of Civil Code section 2924f: 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’s sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 76239. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Dated: 10/17/2017 Worldwide Lenders, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as Trustee By: RESS Financial Corporation, a California corporation, Its Agent By: BRUCE R. BEASLEY, PRESIDENT 1780 Town and Country Drive, Suite 105, Norco, CA 92860-3618 (SEAL) Tel.: (951) 270-0164 or (800)343-7377 FAX: (951)2702673 Trustee’s Sale Information: (916) 939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com NPP0318953 To: LONG BEACH CALIFORNIAN 10/25/2017, 11/01/2017, 11/08/2017 SchId:68832 AdId:22928 CustId:68 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIE LEE GRIMES Case No. 17STPB01372 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WILLIE LEE GRIMES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by Andre Grimes, Darrell Grimes, Dennis Grimes in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Joan M. Miller, Esq. 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 Dec. 12, 2017 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 99 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court.

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

Attorney for petitioner: JOAN M MILLER ESQ SBN 134220 LAW OFFICES OF JOAN M MILLER 8400 CRENSHAW BLVD INGLEWOOD CA 90305 CN942183 GRIMES Oct 25, Nov 1,8, 2017 SchId:68835 AdId:22929 CustId:65 ___________________________________ 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: 1017 E El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, CA, 90245, 310713-1573, on November 15th, 2017 at 3:30PM. La Seona Smith, A109; Personal property / Jeff Volz, A227; Household items / Jonathan Botts, D205L; Household Items / Tara Murray, D120; Household goods / Gerelle Weekes, B235; household goods.

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.

CN942829 11-15-17 Oct 25, Nov 1, 2017

SchId:68841 AdId:22933 CustId:65 ___________________________________ 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: 12830 Roselle Ave, Hawthorne CA 90250, 310644-1995, November 15th, 1:30 pm.; C2079, Tony Harris, $354.00, boxes and household items; B3002, Sarah Stewart, $317.00, Decorations and homes goods; B2006, Joyce Moten, $510.70, bedroom set, 2 chairs, 2 tables, china closest, fridge, washer, dryer; C3034, Stephani Montoya, $327.00, Massage Table, 2 night stand, Clothes; C1043, Colombia Estrada, $681.60, Household items.; C2005, Qiana Campbell, $317.00, Clothes, boxes; A3005, Stacy lyons, $525.00, refrigerator king bed and love seat; C2025, Milay Sanchez, $435.15, 1 bed house hold items; B2079, Anthony Wallace, $494.50, household items beds tvs; A3011, Brianna Beverly; $428.40, Couch, dining table (4 chairs), 2 night stands, 2 small tables, 2 tvs; B2036, Luis Quezada, $658.60, 1 bedroom apartment, bed frame, mattress, household goods and misc boxes; C3038, Andy Ayala, $405.00, Loveseat, misc items, weights, vacuum, boxes.

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.

CN942886 11-15-17 Oct 25, Nov 1, 2017 SchId:68849 AdId:22936 CustId:65 ___________________________________ ORDINANCE NO. 2,292 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON CALLING FOR THE HOLDING AND GIVING NOTICE OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF COMPTON ON JANUARY 23, 2018, FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS A PROPOSED MEASURE I, Alita Godwin, City Clerk of the City of Compton, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of Compton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk at a regular meeting thereof held on the 24th day of October, 2017.

That said Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERSZURITA, GALVAN, MCcOY, SHARIF, BROWN NOES : COUNCIL MEMBERSNONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERSNONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERSNONE The full text of this ordinance is available at no charge from the Office of the City Clerk, (310) 605-5530.

(310) 605-5530.

SchId:68899 AdId:22954 CustId:314 ___________________________________ NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF REBECCA WEBB JENKINS aka REBECCA JENKINS Case No. 17STPB06778 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of REBECCA WEBB JENKINS aka REBECCA JENKINS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed

by Janice Renee Watson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Janice Renee Watson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 28, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: RENEE ESTELLE SANDERS ESQ SBN 226258 LAW OFFICES OF RENEE’ ESTELLE SANDERS 3460 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 1214 LOS ANGELES CA 90010 CN940226 JENKINS Nov 1,8,15, 2017 SchId:68930 AdId:22965 CustId:65 ___________________________________ City Of Compton 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR CITY MEDIANS, FACILITIES AND WELCOME SIGNS Proposals due by November 30, 2017, no later than 10:00A.M. The City of Compton Department of Parks & Recreation is seeking proposals to provide Landscape Architectural and Engineering Services for City Medians, Facilities, and Welcome Signs Proposals will be received in the office of the City Clerk, City of Compton at 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California 90220, until 10:00 A.M. on November 30, 2017. Postmarks will not be accepted. Facsimile submissions will not be accepted. All proposals must be clearly marked “Proposal to provide City of Compton Landscape Architectural and Engineering Services for City Medians, Facilities, and Welcome Signs Do not open with regular mail” and shall be delivered during the business hours of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday, except holidays and furlough days, to the City Clerk’s Office.

The contractor assumes the risk for the method of delivery chosen. Late proposals will not be accepted and will be automatically disqualified from further consideration.

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 SchId:68936 AdId:22967 CustId:314

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 2017

SPORTS BRONCO CORRAL

By Bronco Mike

Here we go again. It’s the same old story. Colin Kapernick was at best a back-up quarterback, on a team that was changing coaches and players, much like we did in the 60’s in Denver. The only thing that sets him apart from the seventeen quarterbacks that played for Denver in a two year period is the amount of money that he was earning.

Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts talks during a news conference before Game 3 of baseball’s National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago.

Dave Roberts keeps Dodgers pointed toward World Series glory

By Greg Beacham LOS ANGELES—Dave Roberts’ first two years as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager have gone by in an action-packed blur.

He has watched 195 regular-season wins and survived one awful losing skid. He has won two NL West titles, three playoff series and a pennant. He persevered through his father’s death with almost no time to grieve last spring, determined to keep his team pointed toward its championship goal.

And though he played 2 1/2 seasons for the Dodgers, this UCLA product still sometimes feels like a newcomer in blue.

“I’m learning something every day, I think,” Roberts said recently. “Being more familiar with the front office, the players, the coaches, I think that all of that has helped me be more comfortable in any situation.”

Roberts relishes the chance to reflect on these two crazy seasons—perhaps at his North County winery—after the World Series, which visits Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night for the first time in 29 years.

But until the Dodgers and the Houston Astros are finished, he’ll stay focused on putting his highly paid players in the best positions to chase that trophy. Although he had no managerial aspirations until long after his playing career ended, Roberts has grown passionate about the work.

“I think that I just love the game,” Roberts said. “I love to teach. I love the players. ... I think that as your [playing] career evolves and starts to descend, you start changing roles as far as mentor, teammate, role model, and then helping younger players, and just loving the teaching component.”

Roberts is often given credit for balancing the demands of the prodigious baseball minds in the Dodgers’ data-driven front office and the hearts of the ballplayers doing the on-field work. He routinely redistributes any praise among his players and the team’s large group of executives and coaches—just as a leader should.

And while he was a surprise choice for the job in late 2015, Roberts has been just about as successful as anyone can be in an unforgiving, relentlessly second-guessed profession.

In concert with the front office, he has been innovative and fearless while the big-budget Dodgers honed new strategies to handle pitching staffs and attempted to get maximal value from all their extraordinary assets.

Roberts won the NL Manager of the Year award as a rookie last season while setting a major league record with 606 pitching changes. With a few inspired moves in the NL Division Series against Washington, he helped the Dodgers to the NL Championship Series, where they ran into the destined Chicago Cubs.

After guiding these current 104-win Dodgers past Arizona and Chicago in a 7-1 playoff rampage, the former outfielder has the chance to add another championship ring to the one he earned through his monumental stolen base against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera during the Boston Red Sox’s 2004 championship run.

“Doc gets a lot of respect because he played the game, but the biggest thing that he gives us is consistency,” Dodgers lefthander Rich Hill said. “If we’re winning six times a week or in a losing streak, he’s the same guy every day. He’s always trying to make everybody better, and he doesn’t take days off. Teams feed off that, and the results of it show up when you get to where we are in October.”

Roberts has major advantages in his job: The highest payroll in baseball, a roster studded with talent, and a loyal, vociferous fan base eager for a championship.

He also has incredible challenges: The Dodgers’ championship drought, a surplus of talent to keep happy, those enormous expectations brought on by that fat payroll —and a loyal, vociferous fan base eager for a championship.

At 45, Roberts approaches it all with a studied, contagious confidence.

“Doc is a smart man. He always knows what to do in situations,” said right fielder Yasiel Puig, whose career has been revitalized under Roberts and his coaching staff.

Roberts tries to speak to each of his players every day, even if it’s just a greeting. He works the Dodgers’ clubhouse like a senior class president, checking in on every relationship and staying abreast of everybody’s health. He gave himself a mental break over the weekend, spending a day at home in San Diego and enjoying a favorite wine.

Roberts would be the first manager of Asian descent to win a World Series, and the second black manager to win a title, following Toronto’s Cito Gaston. He recognizes the importance of those milestones, but he believes they would mean more to his father.

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F one was to examine his on field production, one would find that he was more of a running back than a quarterback. His position, even though wearing a quarterback’s number, could be compared to a tail back in the “single wing” formation of old. He didn’t have a great completion rate, nor quarterback rating.

A g o o d athlete, y e s , but so are the others w h o are on the field at the same time.

Now come the complaints that no one in the NFL will sign him to a contract because he was openly expressing himself about issues he and others were concerned about. He found himself, like many of

my teammates did back in the day, having displeased the owners and coaches and being cut.

Even though the position of quarterback is important, it still

remains a team sport.

He might be referred to as a “locker room cancer.”

Politically correct or not, that is the term of art used to describe folks

who forget that team unity goes hand and hand with winning. Bring someone who might otherwise be the most talented person in the league, but has baggage or a “bad attitude” will not remain long on that roster.

By the way, he is not the first. There were those in my locker room that had their career terminated, not because of the lack of ability, but due to their impact on the other players. Bad attitudes, dissatisfaction can spread faster than the plague.

Now a “show me the money” lawsuit has emerged. I think about the negative publicity that Cam Newton received for his comment regarding women reporters. The sock showing or depicting police as “pigs” might arguably be ten times more insulting that Cam’s comment. The League and

commentators went bonkers over Newton’s statements, yet barely a whisper as to the socks, on the field, wearing game uniform of the 49ers, with police and security protecting fans and teams on that very same field and stadium. Do you think that might have been just one factor, not to add in all of the other comments that he, Kapernick, went public with that just might have led to decisions of coaches, players, and owners that they might not want this person to be the face of their team? Just maybe?

The harsh reality of life, on the field as well as off the field, is that these folks care about their bottom dollar. If you are looking for someone who might

not now be treated fairly by the League, check out the story going on in Dallas.

With no charges filed, no confirmation that anything actually happened between the player and his girlfriend, and yet he is being suspended without pay for 6 - 9 weeks.

Try that one on for size.

The columnist is a former player with the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders.

World Series patches in place, Dodgers prepare for Astros

By Ben Walker LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles Dodgers love their analytics, collecting so much data that manager Dave Roberts proudly proclaims: “I don’t see any team that’s more prepared than we are.”

All the numbers, video and advanced scouting reports are great. But firsthand looks are nice, too.

So Curtis Granderson, what do you know about your World Series opponent, the Houston Astros?

“I saw them a couple times in spring training, when I was with the Mets,” the outfielder said.

OK, then.

Funny, in a way. The Astros and Dodgers have played more than 700 times over the years, but these clubs know very little about each other.

“A lot of it is going to be learning as you go,” Granderson said.

Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw is set to pitch Game 1 on Tuesday night against Dallas Keuchel at Dodger Stadium. Rich Hill will start Game 2 for the Dodgers vs. AL Championship Series MVP Justin Verlander.

Yu Darvish will start Game 3 for the Dodgers when the Series shifts to Houston on Friday night. Acquired from Texas on July 31, he’s the most familiar with the Astros.

Darvish is 5-5 in 14 career starts against them, including 1-1 this season.

Keuchel has never faced the Dodgers. Verlander beat Los Angeles on Aug. 20 with eight

Aerial view of Dodger Stadium in Elysian Park. dominant innings, shortly before he got traded from Detroit.

“It’s hard to dismiss the two guys at the top of the rotation,” Roberts said, also praising Houston’s “athleticism” and “ability to slug.”

The Astros showed off all facets Saturday night, beating the New York Yankees 4-0 in Game 7 of the ALCS. The Dodgers haven’t played the Astros since 2015, when they dropped a three-game series at Houston. The previous time they met was 2012, back when Houston was still in the National League and stuck in the midst of three straight 100loss seasons.

Boosted by Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa, the Astros are now among the elite teams in the majors.

Hill also knows how quickly

things can turn around.

Wearing a hat that had a World Series emblem on the side, the 37-year-old reflected on where he was fairly recently.

In 2015, beset by injuries, no team in the big leagues wanted him and he wound up pitching for the Long Island Ducks.

“A couple years ago, I was using a bucket in independent ball as a toilet,” he said.

Not anymore.

Hill became a valuable member of the Dodgers’ staff, signed a rich contract and has helped them make it back to the World Series for the first time since 1988.

Like Hill, All-Star shortstop Corey Seager is expected to make his first World Series appearance. Seager got there a bit faster—at 23, a season after he was the NL Rookie of the Year.

Seager didn’t play in the NL Championship Series against the Cubs because of a back injury. But Roberts said team was “very confident” Seager was ready to return.

Seager hit .295 with 22 home runs and 77 RBIs this year. He went 3 for 11 with four walks in the NL Division Series against Arizona, but tweaked his back during a slide in Game 3.

Charlie Culberson did well while filling in for Seager during the NLCS. Chris Taylor also saw action at shortstop against the Cubs and was the co-MVP of the series.

It is possible Seager could be the designated hitter for the Dodgers when the Series moves to Houston.

“In a perfect world, he would play shortstop and hit second,” Roberts said.