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Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA Students are seen displaying sings while rallying in the street during a student walkout demanding stricter gun control laws on March 14, 2018.

Millions Expected to Participate in Anti-GunViolence Marches Saturday

By Jennifer Peltz Students from the Florida high school where 17 people were fatally shot last month expect more than 1 million participants in upcoming marches in Washington and elsewhere calling for gun regulations, students said Monday.

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ore than 800 March for Our Lives demonstrations are planned around the world Saturday, sparked by the Feb. 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida.

“It just shows that the youth are tired of being the generation where we’re locked in closets and waiting for police to come in case of a shooter,” Alex Wind, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, told The Associated Press.

“We’re sick and tired of having to live with this normalcy of turning on the news and watching a mass shooting,” he added.

Since the massacre, Stoneman Douglas students have been at the forefront of a push to tighten gun restrictions and protect schools.

They have led rallies and lob-

bied lawmakers in Washington and Florida’s capital, Tallahassee.

Last Wednesday, tens of thousands of students around the U.S. walked out of their classrooms to demand action on gun violence and school safety.

Stoneman Douglas students fanned out Monday to discuss the marches with media outlets in New York, including NBC’s “Today” show and “CBS This Morning.”

The National Rifle Association didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry Monday about the upcoming marches.

The group has said any effort to prevent future school shootings needs to “keep guns out of the hands of those who are a danger to themselves or others, while

protecting the rights of law-abiding Americans.”

Amid the wave of activism, Florida passed a law curbing young peoples’ access to rifles; the NRA has sued to try to block it.

Some major U.S. retailers decided to curb the sale of assault-style rifles or stop selling firearms to

Our schools are unsafe.

Our children and teachers are dying.

We must make it our top priority to save these lives. people younger than 21.

But Congress has shown little appetite for new gun regulations.

President Donald Trump at one point proposed raising the minimum age for buying an assault rifle to 21 but then backed off, citing a lack of political support.

The Republican president has since released a school safety plan

that includes strengthening the federal background check system and helping states pay for firearms training for teachers, while assigning the buying-age issue to a commission to study.

A petition associated with Saturday’s march calls for banning sales of assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines, as well as tightening background checks.

The suspect in the Parkland shooting, 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz, used an AR-15 assault-style rifle, according to authorities.

His lawyer has said Cruz will plead guilty in return for a life prison sentence, rather than possibly facing the death penalty.

The Associated Press reported that documents show some officials recommended in September 2016 that Cruz be involuntarily committed for a mental n March, see page 6

President Trump Inspects Border Wall Prototypes in California

By Jill Colvin and Julie Watson SA N DIEG O— Pres i dent Donald Trump last week eagerly inspected prototypes on display in California for his “big beautiful border wall” amid peaceful protests but growing tensions between his administration and the state over immigration enforcement.

Chanting “No ban! No wall!” demonstrators were cheered on by honking cars and buses at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego, the nation’s busiest border crossing.

Trump appeared engaged as he was briefed on eight towering prototypes, including one with blue steel on top. He said he liked a fully concrete wall because it was the hardest to climb, but he noted that it needs see-through capability.

He said certain parts of California are desperate for a wall to break the flow of illegal immigration.

“If you didn’t have walls over here, you wouldn’t even have a country,” Trump said.

The visit — Trump’s first to the

state as president — coincided with an escalating battle between his administration and the liberal state, which Democrat Hillary Clinton easily carried in the 2016 presidential election. California officials have defiantly refused to help federal agents detain and deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally, and the Justice Department sued the state two weeks ago over three of its immigration laws.

After viewing the wall prototypes in an area of the border heavily cordoned off and far from the rallies on the U.S. side, Trump then addressed Marines in San Diego before attending a high-dollar fundraiser in Los Angeles, where he stayed overnight.

Protests were held on the Mexican side, too, in Tijuana.

Semitrucks were parked in between the row of prototypes and the border, blocking the view from Mexico.

Demonstrators said they planned to line up and greet people walking into the United States at the San

Photo by Evan Vucci President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he gets a briefing on border wall prototypes last week in San Diego.

Ysidro crossing to show Americans welcome immigrants.

José Gonzalez, 21, stopped to snap a photo of the protesters holding signs, including one that read: “Wall off Putin!” in reference

to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has a seemingly close relationship with Trump.

“I don’t think it’s really fair how he has the choice to separate us,” n Border Wall, see page 6

Tuskegee Airman Floyd Carter Sr. Dies Floyd Carter Sr., a Tuskegee Airman who was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, has died at the age of 95, according to the New York Police Department.

In addition to his service with the fabled Tuskegee Airmen, Carter spent 27 years with the NYPD, where his duties included guarding visiting heads of state, including Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Soviet head Nikita Khrushchev, the Daily News reports.

The native of Yorktown, Virginia rose to the rank of Air Force lieutenant colonel years after joining the group of AfricanAmerican pilots at Tuskegee, according to the Daily News. It was there that he met his wife Artherine, who was working as part of an all-female repair crew. Carter wooed her on several dates in his plane, and they were married at the air base in 1945.

Carter was honored in 2007 with the Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush.

In 2012, Carter joined “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas for a screening of his film “Red Tails” about the Tuskegee Airmen—the first Black aviators in the U.S. military, trained in Alabama as a segregated unit.

In addition to serving during World War II, Carter flew during the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Carter died last Thursday. Survivors include his wife; their children, Floyd Jr. and Rozalind; grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Kirui of Kenya, Gedo of Ethiopia Win Los Angeles Marathon LOS ANGELES—Weldon Kirui of Kenya pulled away in the 24th mile to win the Los Angeles Marathon for the second time in three years. Sule Utura Gedo of Ethiopia won the women’s race.

Kirui crossed the finish line in Santa Monica in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 48 seconds on Sunday, followed about 10 seconds later by Gebresadik Adihana of Ethiopia.

Kirui also won in 2016.

Gedo won in 2:33.49, sprinting to the finish to break out of a pack race with countrywoman Tsehay Desalegn and defending champion Hellen Jepkurgat of Kenya. Desalegn was 8 seconds behind, while Jepkurgat was 13 seconds back in third.

American Christina Vergara-Aleshire finished fourth.

The 26.2-mile course began at Dodger Stadium in downtown Los Angeles and ended near the Santa Monica Pier.

The winners both earned $23,000.

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018

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California to Get First Female and First LGBT Senate Leader

By Jonathan J. Cooper SACRAMENTO—San Diego Sen. Toni Atkins made history when she became the first woman and first lesbian to hold the California Senate’s top job. A former Assembly speaker, Atkins is taking over the post of Senate president pro tem from fellow Democrat Kevin de Leon as the chamber gears up for election season and faces a number of thorny challenges, including a reckoning over sexual misconduct, a loss of the Democratic supermajority and an icy relationship with the state Assembly.

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TKINS, whose colleagues describe her as measured, said she’s not focused on making head-

lines.

“I think you’re going to see my focus will be internally so you’re not going to get any big pronouncements,” she said in a brief interview with The Associated Press.

Senate Democrats lost their supermajority last month when Los Angeles-area Sen. Tony Mendoza resigned rather than face an extremely rare expulsion vote over sexual misconduct allegations, and he’s running again for the same seat.

Sen. Josh Newman of Fullerton, meanwhile, is facing a recall that could cost the Democrats another seat in June.

On sexual misconduct, critics say the statehouse culture values the protection of lawmakers over justice for victims. They say incidents of inappropriate behavior are swept under the rug, and an inconsistent, haphazard investigation process leads victims to suffer in silence for fear that coming forward would only harm them.

Sharp disagreements over handling sexual misconduct investigations, a single-payer health care bill and other issues of style and substance have driven a wedge between the Senate and Assembly.

Atkins said her early work will be focused on running the Senate, including developing a process to deal with sexual harassment allegations.

Other efforts to put her stamp on the Senate, like reshuffling committee assignments, will come later, she said.

De Leon took control of the Senate in 2014. He’s barred by term limits from seeking re-election and is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

If she can keep the support of her fellow Democrats, Atkins will have an unusually long run in the Senate’s top job; she isn’t term-limited until 2024.

Atkins, who has advanced groundbreaking legislation on health care, LGBT rights and housing, is described by her colleagues as kind, measured and compassionate but steadfast in her commitment to fighting for people and ideas she believes in.

“When people first interact with Toni, what they see is a very unassuming, low-key person who has a bit of an earth mother affect about her,” said Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat.

“People sometimes mistake that for weakness. But what they don’t see is right underneath that surface is pure steel. She is tough as nails. But she has a huge heart.”

Atkins, 55, is in her first fouryear term as a senator after six years in the Assembly, where she also set a milestone as the first openly gay woman to serve as speaker. Wiener, who is gay, said having a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in one of the state’s most powerful positions will ensure that issues they face don’t take a backseat now that samesex marriage is legal.

Originally from Appalachian Virginia, Atkins moved west and was a health care administrator in San Diego before turning full time to politics.

“San Diego, while the secondlargest city in California, we’re treated as if we’re a backwater when it comes to funding and equal access,” said Sen. Joel Anderson, a Republican who represents suburban and rural areas of San Diego County. “Having a pro tem from Diego will give San Diego great gravitas in getting treated equally with all the other communities in California.”

Last year, Atkins was a driving force behind a successful push to raise money for subsidized housing by charging $75 for many real-estate transactions. She also was the coauthor of a contentious bill that would replace traditional health insurance companies with a single government-funded health care plan for everyone in the state.

She wrote a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown to create a “non-binary” gender option on driver’s licenses for people who don’t identify as male or female.

Sen. Pat Bates, a Republican from Laguna Niguel and the Senate minority leader, said she’s hopeful Atkins will give Republicans more say in which committees they’re assigned to and more notice before taking up

Photo courtesy of toniatkinsforsenate.com legislation on the floor. The GOP, she said, is often left in the dark.

Sen. Holly Mitchell, a Los Angeles Democrat who is Black, said the portraits of past presidents pro tem

touch & take off!

all look remarkably familiar; before de Leon, who is Latino, they were all white men.

“I’m thrilled that after over 100 years, when I walk down that

corridor leading to the Senate floor that there will be a woman’s portrait there on the wall,” Mitchell said. “I’m really excited to be a sitting member of the Senate when we make history.”

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2018

NEWS Compton College Welding Instructor Honored as Teacher of the Year

By American Welding Society

National Geographic Acknowledges Past Racist Coverage proud of,” she told AP. “But it seemed to me if we want to credibly talk about race, we better WASHINGTON—National look and see how we talked about race.”

Mason said he found an intentional Geographic acknowledged pattern in his review. “People of color were last week that it covered the often scantily clothed, people of color were world through a racist lens for usually not seen in cities, people of color generations, with its magazine were not often surrounded by technologies of portrayals of bare-breasted automobiles, airplanes or trains or factories,” women and naive brownhe said. “People of color were often pictured as living as if their ancestors might have lived skinned tribesmen as savage, several hundreds of years ago and that’s in unsophisticated and unintelligent. contrast to westerners who are always fully clothed and often carrying technology.”

WE had to own our story to move beWhite teenage boys “could count on every yond it,” editor-in-chief Susan Goldissue or two of National Geographic having berg told The Associated Press in an some brown skin bare breasts for them interview about the yellow-bordered magazine’s April issue, which is devoted to to look at, and I think editors at National race.

Geographic knew that was one of the appeals National Geographic first published its of their magazine, because women, especially magazine in 1888. An investigation conducted Asian women from the pacific islands, were last fall by University of Virginia photography photographed in ways that were almost historian John Edwin Mason showed that until glamour shots.” the 1970s, it virtually ignored people of color National Geographic, which now reaches in the United States who were not domestics or 30 million people around the world, was the laborers, and it reinforced repeatedly the idea way that many Americans first learned about that people of color from foreign lands were the rest of the world, said professor Samir “exotics, famously and frequently unclothed, Husni, who heads the Magazine Innovation happy hunters, noble savages—every type Center at the University of Mississippi’s of cliché.” For example, in a journalism school.

1916 article about Australia, Making sure that kind of National Geographic the caption on a photo coverage never happens again perpetuated the of two Aboriginal people should be paramount, Husni read: “South Australian said. “Trying to integrate the cliché of native Blackfellows: These savages magazine media with more people fascinated rank lowest in intelligence of hiring of diverse writers and by technology and minorities in the magazine all human beings.”

In addition, National field is how we apologize for overloaded the Geographic perpetuated the past,” Husni said. magazine with the cliché of native people Goldberg said she is doing pictures of beautiful just that, adding that in the fascinated by technology and overloaded the magazine past, the magazine has done a Pacific island with pictures of beautiful better job at gender diversity women.

Pacific island women. than racial and ethnic This examination comes diversity. as other media organizations are also casting a “The coverage wasn’t right before because it critical eye on their past. The New York Times was told from an elite, white American point recently admitted that most of its obituaries of view, and I think it speaks to exactly why chronicled the lives of white men, and began we needed a diversity of storytellers,” Goldberg publishing obituaries of famous women in its said. “So we need photographers who are “Overlooked” section.

African-American and Native American In National Geographic’s April issue, because they are going to capture a different Goldberg, who identified herself as National truth and maybe a more accurate story.”

Geographic’s first woman and first Jewish National Geographic was one of the first editor, wrote a letter titled “For Decades, Our advocates of using color photography in its Coverage Was Racist. To Rise Above Our Past, pages, and is well known for its coverage of We Must Acknowledge It.” history, science, environmentalism and the “I knew when we looked back there would far corners of the world. It currently can be be some storytelling that we obviously would found in 172 countries and in 43 languages never do today, that we don’t do and we’re not every month.

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Dedicated to her trade and passionate about using her teaching talents to pay it forward, Pamela Richardson is helping Compton College students achieve more than they believed they could. “I find that it is most rewarding when some of my students who did not think they could attend and survive college, let alone attain a degree, actually complete these dreams and become employed in high-paying jobs,” said Richardson, a welding instructor at Compton College.

Her work was recently recognized and celebrated when the American Welding Society named Richardson Teacher of the Year worldwide. The organization serves more than 73,000 members globally and is comprised of 22 districts with 250 sections and student chapters.

Richardson began welding in 1992 after being overcharged by an auto mechanic when her car broke down. She started with automotive repair classes and then followed up with welding classes to prevent being taken advantage of again.

While taking these classes, Richardson discovered she was pregnant. Her child became her biggest inspiration to succeed.

She completed her welding training and became a certified welder in 1994.

Richardson now has more than 20 years of welding experience. She has held various welding jobs including for the Local 108 Sheet Metal Workers Union and working on the Red Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail. In addition, she had to opportunity to work on the

headquarters of well-known architect Thom Mayne who established the design firm Morphosis.

While working in the field, Richardson also dedicated time to teaching. She taught for 11 years at various levels and institutions within the Los Angeles Unified School District.

“I became the first female African American woman to teach full time for that school district in its history,” said Richardson. When asked what advice she would give young women interested in a welding career, Richardson said, “Stick with it and don’t let the guys discourage you! Make sure you attain a degree so you can expand your trade.”

Richardson is currently a full-time welding instructor at Compton College. She joined the Career and Technical Education division at the college during the 2014-15 academic year. She earned a master’s degree in educational

leadership from National University, and a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Phoenix.

She was previously an adjunct instructor of welding at El Camino College Compton Center and Rio Hondo College, and was a welding instructor at the Huntington Park-Bell Community Adult School.

Richardson is a member of the American Business Women’s Association, American Welding Society SENSE Program, and the American Association of University Women.

Extremely popular with her students, Richardson’s passion for teaching is inspired by her students’ success stories. One Compton College student who earned his welding certificate and secured a high-paying job described Richardson as a beautiful person inside and out. “She is very good at what she does and is always exited to help students out and talk about welding,” he said.

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018

OPED Our Children’s Cry: Do Something!

By Marian Wright Edelman

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n March 14th, Americans witnessed a remarkable scene as tens of thousands of students across our country walked out of their classrooms to honor the tragic and preventable loss of 17 students and staff members killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida one month earlier and to demand that adults, especially political leaders, take common sense and life saving steps against epidemic gun violence in our nation. Students from Washington, D.C. and surrounding areas demonstrated outside the White House and marched on the U.S. Capitol to get politicians to protect them.

In city after city across our country young people gathered on campuses, held lie-ins on sidewalks, and took to the streets begging adults to do something to help keep them safe and to protect children, not guns. One high school student said she and her friends can no longer stand feeling “hunted” just going to school. Another said she wanted to tell Congress, “We need fewer prayers and more action.” What kind of values drive political leaders to think the NRA and guns are of higher value and importance than precious children?

I have written in this space far too often about children whose lives and futures have been snuffed out by guns—some as infants. A few weeks after the December 2012 massacre of 20 sixand seven-year-olds and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I wrote what shamefully still remains true today: “Gun violence saturates our children’s lives and relentlessly threatens them every day. It has romped through their playgrounds; invaded their birthday parties; terrorized their Head Start classrooms, child care centers,

and schools; frolicked down the streets they walk to and from school; danced through their school buses; waited at the red light and bus stop; lurked behind trees; run them down on the corner; shot them through their bedroom windows, on their front porches, and in their neighborhoods. Gun violence has taught, entertained, and tantalized them incessantly across television, movie, and video game screens and the Internet. It has snatched away their parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, friends, and teachers; sapped their energy and will to learn; and made them forget about tomorrow . . .

“It has nagged and picked at

their child and youthful minds and spirits and darkened their dreams, day in and day out, snuffing out the promise and joy of childhood and inflicting them with posttraumatic stress disorders— often chronic. It has caused them recurring nightmares and made them afraid to go outdoors or to the movies. It has made them want to or feel they have to get a gun or join a gang to protect themselves because adults can’t or won’t protect them. It has made them plan their own funerals because they don’t think they’ll live to adulthood . . . It terrifies them and makes them cry inside and wonder if and when enough adults are ever

going to stand up and make it stop and make children safe.”

In a nation obsessed with guns and unwilling to give up easy access to weapons of war, this generation has quickly learned a sad truth many adults already knew: There is no safe space in America. Not an outdoor concert. Not a dance club. Not a church or temple.

Not an office party. Not a movie theater. Not a military base. Not a college campus. Not a first grade classroom, and not what should have been an ordinary day at an ordinary American high school. Bullets have no boundaries and gun violence against children and teens cuts across race, ethnicity, age and location. But unlike many adults

who seem to have become numb to the violence, changed the channel, and shaken their heads thinking nothing was ever going to change, courageous and visionary young people are standing up to say: Enough.

No more. No more in our schools or our communities. Do something—now. Children are leading irresponsible uncaring adults!

Today’s children still don’t know whether adults are ever going to stand up and make them safe, so now some are starting to take matters into their own hands. Every child has a right to live and to dream and to strive for a future that is not destroyed in a second because we cowered before a seemingly incorrigible special interest lobby and refused to protect them. We will not pass the test of the God of the prophets or New Testament or all great faiths if we do not protect all of our sacred children against repeated and preventable gun deaths and injuries. Now is the time to do whatever is necessary to protect our children’s right to live and grow up to adulthood.

Our children are telling us they are tired of waiting and are showing us the way. Let’s follow and support them!

This weekend, thousands more children and teens will come to our nation’s capital for the March For Our Lives—a fight for their lives. We must stand with them and demand Congressional action to break up the uniquely evil and irresponsible American love affair with guns and stop the scourge of gun violence that is everywhere today and end the epidemic numbers of homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths fueled by too-easy access to firearms. In 2016, 3,128 children and teens died from guns in the United States, one every 2 hours and

48 minutes—the greatest number of child and teen gun deaths since 2006. As many children and teens died from guns every two days in 2016 as died in the Parkland massacre.

More preschool children died from gun violence than law enforcement officers in the line of duty. What is the matter with us that we are so spiritually dead about protecting lives only God can give?

To protect children, not guns, we must insist on common sense approaches to gun violence prevention: banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines; closing loopholes in the current background check system and holding accountable those responsible for reporting records to the background check system; raising the age for the purchase of long guns; raising red flags when law enforcement and family members’ concerns warrant denial of gun purchases; banning devices like bump stocks that allow shooters to increase the rate of fire in their semi-automatic weapons; protecting victims of domestic violence by extending gun restrictions on perpetrators; and ending the ban on federallysupported research on gun violence. Call for action now to Protect Children, Not Guns and vote for those who support safety for all our children now.

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.

BLACK WOMEN YOU SHOULD KNOW

By Julianne Malveaux

All too often, our “history” month turns into a tribute to the past. And while the past is an important place to lift up it is, indeed, a tributary, a stream that flows into the larger stream of an unbounded future. The future must always be greater than the present, or there has been no progress. And, in the words of Frederick Douglas, “progress concedes nothing without a demand.”

I spend much of Women’s History Month thinking of those who have come before me; I stand on their shoulders. I claim Women’s History Month for Black Women and love to call our roll of luminaries that, for me, includes Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, the first Black woman to get a Ph.D. in economics, Dr. Phyllis Ann Wallace, the first Black woman to get a Ph.D. in economics from Yale, and the first to attain tenure at MIT. There are more, but I also want to speculate about the future role of luminaries and reflect on that fact that many Black women have made it possible for us to bask in a new generation of leadership. The past has laid a foundation, but the future is far more important than the past.

Thus, Leah Daughtry (who managed the 2016 Democratic National Convention), Minyon Moore (who had a key role in the Clinton campaign), and Yolanda Caraway (an amazing political operative who has worked for Rev. Jesse Jackson, President Bill Clinton, and candidate Hillary Clinton), put a footprint in the sand for future leadership with

I spend much of Women’s History Month thinking of those who have come before me; I stand on their shoulders.

their Power Rising conference in Atlanta, last month. They gathered more than a thousand Black women from around the country to develop a “Black Women’s Agenda,” deliberately mixing up the seasoned with the sassy, established leaders with those who are eager to make their mark.

Symone Sanders, the CNN commentator who made her mark supporting Bernie Sanders, and who does not back down from a fight around principles and issues, led a panel of young women who spoke of the challenges in their work. Amanda Brown Lierman, a new mom and the political director of the Democratic National Committee, was among those on another panel about life in politics. Others on that panel included LaDavia Drane, who led Black outreach for Hillary Clinton and is now chief of staff for Congresswoman Yvette Clark (D-N.Y.) and Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who is now running for Congress. These young women aren’t playing! They are calling out their elders, but also calling out the rules. They aren’t trying to toe a line, they are trying to make a difference.

Ayanna Pressley, as an example, is challenging an incumbent Democrat in a Congressional

primary. Tired of being told to “wait her turn”, she has decided that now is her time. Even though she has always garnered support from Emily’s List, the fact that she is challenging a pro-choice Democratic man in Boston has not won her support from the political establishment. Yet the 42-year-old sister says she will not be constrained by tradition.

The Power Rising conference represented an example of that unfettered and passionate energy.

One of the most promising young leaders is Tamika Mallory,

one of the four co-leaders of the Women’s March. Tamika is a protégé of Rev. Al Sharpton (her parents were among the founders of the National Action Network, and she served as its Executive Director for several years). Because of her amazing work, Mallory earned a Phoenix Award from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in 2017.

With appropriate humility, she accepted her award “for the people,” and the most important thing that one gets from Tamika Mallory is that

she loves humanity, loves Black people, and especially Black women. She, like the others mentioned, is a leader for our future. She is the future of Black Women’s History. We all know that because she is a leader, she will attract negative energy and still, she rises, walking through life with her shoulders back, head held high, an unapologetic lover of her people.

The Akan (Ghanaian) word SANKOFA translates as “go back and get it”. It is associated with the proverb “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” which means “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.”

The Adinkra symbol for Sankofa is either that of a bird with its head turned backward carrying a precious egg in its mouth, or a stylized heart shape.

The precious egg is the history of our leadership, the women like Mary McLeod Bethune and Dorothy Height and Sadie Alexander and Phyllis Wallace.

Even while looking backward, though, the Sankofa bird is moving forward, just like Tamika Mallory, LaDavia Drane, Amanda Brown Lierman, and so many others. In the paraphrased words of the poet Mari Evans, “Look on them and be renewed.”

Julianne Malveaux is an author, economist and founder of Economic Education. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available to order at Amazon.com and at www.juliannemalveaux. com. Follow Dr. Malveaux on Twitter @drjlastword.

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OPED

The Republican Party Is Off To the Racists MATT SCHLAPP AND IAN WALTERS OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION SHOW GOP’S TRUE COLORS

By Raynard Jackson Five years after the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) infamous “autopsy” report was issued, the party’s standing within the Black community, continues to get worse.

This autopsy report was the RNC’s cynical attempt to provide political cover for the party’s incompetence after Mitt Romney’s devastating presidential election loss to former President Barack Obama in 2012. Republicans got destroyed in every conceivable demographic group imaginable.

Did the party really need a study or autopsy to find out that the Republican Party is an old, White, male party? Really?

We already knew that.

Let’s be very candid, the Republican Party, as an institution, doesn’t have the bandwidth or the interest in diversifying the party, despite the demographic shifts taking place in our country.

Message to the Republican Party: the continuation of your “all-White” strategy is no longer workable. The all-White strategy says, we can ignore the minority vote and simply focus on increasing White turnout to make up the difference.

Our gubernatorial candidate for Virginia’s governorship last year, Ed Gillespie, proved that this strategy no longer works. Blacks are 21 percent and Hispanics are 6 percent of the vote in Virginia and Gillespie decided to write off 27 percent of the electorate in pursuit of the all-White approach. How

Did the GOP really need a study or autopsy to find out that the Republican Party is an old, White, male party? did that work for him?

Gillespie got his butt kicked by the Democrat 54 percent to 45 percent.

According to exit poll data from the Washington Post, Gillespie received 12 percent and 32 percent of the Black and Hispanic vote respectively. Put another way, Gillespie received only 19 percent of the non-White vote.

Of the Black vote, Gillespie received 17 percent of the Black male and 8 percent of the Black female vote.

The party and campaigns continue to hire staffers and consultants, who aggressively push an all-White strategy. This was and is personified in people like Matt Schlapp and Ian Walters, both of the American Conservative Union.

I detailed their racism towards former RNC chairman Michael Steele in one of my recent columns.

As though the Schlapp affair wasn’t bad enough on its own, Schlapp has continued to throw gasoline on the fire with no rebuke whatsoever from party leadership.

Schlapp recently appeared on the daytime talk show “The View” and the issue of Michael Steele came up. Not only did he continue his racist rants toward Steele, he

even used racist language when referring to his own employee, Ian Walters, the person who made the original comments about Steele.

He called Walters a “darkskinned conservative.” I am not kidding you, this is a direct quote.

Just watch the video. Schlapp then went on to refer to Walters as my “dark-skinned” colleague.

Herein lies the problem with the Republican Party; they continue to remain silent and give a pass to racists such, as Schlapp and Walters, but are quick to denounce Rev. Al Sharpton or Black Lives Matter, when they make similar stupid statements.

Where does a 50 year-old like Schlapp get off on referring to an Indian American as “darkskinned?” That is the language of an 80 year-old, White southern male.

So, Matt, is Michael Steele now a “Colored?” How about “Negro?”

How about “Afro American,” or just simply, “boy?” Matt, do you still shop at “KKK and Beyond?”

Racism is not genetic. So, my question to Matt and Ian is this: Who taught you this behavior and this mindset? Matt, surely you didn’t learn this at your alma mater, Notre Dame University did you?

Those who have followed my columns know that I rarely use the race card, but Schlapp’s racism must be called out by everyone of good conscious.

Again, CPAC and the ACU both have one Black on their respective boards and neither have shown

the guts to call out wrong when they see it. Guess they don’t want to mess up their invitation to the annual Christmas party.

Since Matt and Ian are continuing to make their media rounds selling their bigotry under the conservative banner, me and some of my friends have decided to give them an opportunity to bring their reverse minstrel show to a group of prominent, minority Republicans live and in living color.

I am working with a good friend, Aaron Manaigo, on a major conference in April for minority Republicans.

The Multicultural Policy & Political Action Conference (MPAC) has formally invited both Mr. Schlapp and Walters to be on a panel to clarify their racist remarks.

I would be stunned if they accepted our invitation, because people like them don’t have the courage to confront their bigotry head on.

Until the Republican Party

addresses its racist past, there can be and will not be any constructive engagement with the Black community.

Until the Republican Party begins to reflect America, in all its diversity, Blacks will never associate with our candidates; despite many Blacks being very supportive of “true conservative” values.

Finally, Mr. Schlapp, you stated on The View, “In America, we judge the person on what they say.”

Well Matt, based on what you and Ian “said,” you are both racists!

Raynard Jackson is founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered 527 Super PAC established to get more Blacks involved in the Republican Party.

BAFBF focuses on the Black entrepreneur. For more information about BAFBF, visit www.bafbf.org.

You can follow Raynard on Twitter @Raynard1223.

President Trump’s 2019 Budget Hurts Blacks PRESIDENT TRUMP’S 2019 BUDGET HURTS LOW-INCOME, BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES

By Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-La.) Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus

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f you want to know how a president feels about your community, then all you need to do is look at his or her budget, because it reflects their values—both what they value and what they don’t.

If you look at President Trump’s FY 2019 budget, it’s clear that he doesn’t value lowincome and black and brown communities because he cuts programs that these communities disproportionately rely on, including the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (food stamp program), Medicaid, the Low-Income Heating Assistance Program, and Community Development Block Grants, which provide funding for projects and programs—affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development— that inner city and rural communities need to survive.

One of the most disgusting examples of this is President Trump’s proposal for the food stamp program, a program that serves close to 44 million Americans, 26 percent of which are Black. In addition to proposing to cut the program by $213 billion, which would leave 4 million low-income people without these benefits, President Trump is proposing to prevent families from

choosing what type of food they buy for themselves. He wants to send these families Blue Apron-style boxes of perishable and non-perishable food items, including items produced by American farmers.

Although the Administration has characterized this proposal as a cost-savings measure that would help low-income communities eat more nutritious foods and American farmers make a profit, it is demeaning and disrespectful, because it’s based on a notion that low-income people can’t and shouldn’t think for themselves.

Under this proposal, SNAP beneficiaries wouldn’t be able to decide what they want to eat, including culturally appropriate foods for their family, and they wouldn’t know what foods they were getting, preventing them from planning meals for their family.

Additionally, there are logistical problems with the proposal. Families may not have a car and be unable to pick up the box of food at the designated location in their community. Also, severe weather events may prevent families from getting food on time, leaving them hungry for days or weeks at a time.

On top of that, providing

an over-abundance of fresh perishable foods to families where parents work two and three jobs and may not have time to cook them, may make a bad situation worse. These concerns and others make it unlikely that this plan will save the federal government $130 billion over 10 years as predicted by the Trump Administration.

The food stamp proposal isn’t the only issue with President Trump’s FY 2019 budget. His budget cuts two critically important education programs for lowincome students: GEAR UP,

a grant program focused on increasing the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education, and Promise Neighborhoods, an Obama-era grant program that provides cradle-tocollege-to-career services for children living in low-income neighborhoods. In addition, his budget cuts a number of programs that help workers, especially workers who belong to unions.

His budget cuts Occupational Safety and Health Administration training grants that the agency

uses to help employers better enforce workforce health and safety requirements.

His budget also targets labor unions, whose membership is 14 percent Black, by investing in more union focused investigations.

President Trump’s budget would also insufficiently invest in our nation’s infrastructure, while also cutting grants that fund infrastructure development at the state and local level.

President Trump proposes to invest $200 billion in repairing America’s roads and bridges

even though there’s trillions of dollars of infrastructure work to be done across the country, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.

This insufficient investment will force states to rely too much on the private sector for funding they need to start and finish projects, projects that will likely come with a cost for the very commuters they’re supposed to help: toll roads.

On top of this, infrastructure projects in communities who are unable to attract private investment –low-income communities and Black and brown communities—will be left in disrepair.

President Trump calls his budget “An American Budget,” but the Americans he has in mind aren’t those who are living paycheck to paycheck and aren’t those who are members of Black and brown communities.

Congressman Cedric L. Richmond represents the 2nd District of Louisiana, which includes parts of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. He is also the chair of the 48-member, bicameral, bipartisan Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which was established in 1971. Follow him on Twitter at @RepRichmond. Follow the CBC on Twitter at @ OfficialCBC.

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NEWS NAACP Critical of Ben Carson’s Move to Change HUD’s Mission Statement The NAACP is deeply concerned by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s move to dilute the agency’s longstanding mission.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, which established HUD as a cabinet-level agency, declared a purpose: “[T]o provide for full and appropriate consideration, at the national level, of the needs and interests of the

Nation’s communities and of the people who live and work in them.” This purpose is sustained through the agency’s mission to “build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination.”

Secretary Carson’s action not only threatens HUD’s founding purpose, but also reveals plans of regression. “Dr. Carson’s attempt to diminish HUD’s mission comes on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the Kerner

Dr. Carson’s attempt to diminish HUD’s mission comes … at a time when the Trump administration seeks to cut billions of dollars in housing aid for low-income families.

NAACP’s Sr. Director of Economic Programs, Marvin J. Owens, Jr.

Commission’s report which affirmed that discrimination and segregation had long permeated much of American Life and continues to threaten the future of every American; and at a time when the Trump administration

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seeks to cut billions of dollars in housing aid for low-income families,” said NAACP’s Sr. Director of Economic Programs, Marvin J. Owens, Jr. Despite these attempts, the promise of discrimination-free practices lives on in the Fair Housing Act which has the central objective of prohibiting race discrimination in sales and rentals of housing. The hope of continued progress in America rests in the hands of communities across the country that continue to push their elected leaders to preserve programs designed to help disadvantaged communities and promote policies that make economic inclusion a reality.

The NAACP recognizes the importance of an inclusive economy and economic policies that address the challenging

Photo by Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Ben Carson speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, D.C. realities facing our country including poverty, lack of jobs and disproportionate high unemployment, lack of affordable housing, and foreclosures. The NAACP Economic Department’s work enhances the capacity of African Americans and other

under-served groups through financial economic education; individual and community asset building initiatives; diversity and inclusion in business hiring, career advancement and procurement; and monitoring financial banking practices.

“We’re just trying to make sure that morally just people are running this country.”

country,” Stoneman Douglas senior Ryan Deitsch told the AP. As soon-to-be voters, the students say they’re here to stay in the public debate.

“We are not just a presence on Twitter. We are not just some social media fad. We’re not like Tide Pods,” Deitsch said, referring to the laundry detergent packets that recently sparked a dangerous socialmedia-fueled trend of teenagers eating them.

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evaluation, though the recommendation was never acted upon. Such a commitment would have made it more difficult, if not impossible, for Cruz to get a gun legally.

Beyond making a statement, Saturday’s marches aim to make political change by registering and mobilizing people to vote.

But the students insist their aim isn’t partisan: “We’re just trying to make sure that morally just people are running this

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said Gonzalez, a dual citizen who lives in Tijuana and crosses the border daily to work at a San Diego ramen restaurant.

Army veteran Mark Prieto, 48, shook his head as he walked by the protest.

“People are so narrowminded,” the Riverside firefighter said as the crowd chanted. “Finally we have someone who is putting America first.”

His wife, Corina Prieto, a nurse who has extended family in Mexico, agreed. Both voted for Trump.

“I think he is doing a lot of good, like protecting our Border Patrol,” she said.

Trump was briefed on lessons learned from the construction of the prototypes built in San Diego last fall. He also met with border agents and officers to ask what they need, Homeland Security spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said.

The president also talked about sanctuary cities, arguing that they are a major threat to public safety and national security, according to a senior administration official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about Trump’s remarks and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

San Diego’s Republican mayor criticized Trump’s short visit, saying the president won’t get a full picture of the city.

Kevin Faulconer said a popular cross-border airport terminal connecting San Diego and Tijuana shows that “building bridges has worked wonders.”

Faulconer, writing in The San Diego Union-Tribune, also said San Diego police work to protect everyone regardless of immigration status, an apparent dig at Trump’s push to target illegal immigration.

Trump tweeted about California’s immigration policies as he flew to the state aboard Air Force One. “California’s sanctuary policies are illegal and unconstitutional and put the safety and security of our entire nation at risk.

Thousands of dangerous & violent criminal aliens are released as a result of sanctuary policies, set free to prey on innocent Americans.

THIS MUST STOP!” he wrote.

This isn’t Trump’s first visit to the border. He traveled to Laredo — one of Texas’ safest cities — weeks after declaring his candidacy in June 2015.

Trump told reporters then that he was putting himself “in great danger” by coming to the border. But, he said, “I have to do it. I love this country.”

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HEALTH

Barbershop Study Trimmed Black Men’s Hair and Blood Pressure

By Marilynn Marchione Trim your hair, your beard, your blood pressure? Black men reduced one of their biggest medical risks through a novel project that shows the power of familiar faces and trusted places to improve health.

The project had pharmacists work with dozens of Los Angeles barbershops to test and treat clients.

The results, reported Monday at a cardiology conference, have doctors planning to expand the project to more cities nationwide.

“There’s open communication in a barbershop. There’s a relationship, a trust,” said Eric Muhammad, owner of A New You Barbershop, one of the barbers who participated. “We have a lot more influence than just the doctor walking in the door.”

Black men have high rates of high blood pressure—a top reading over 130 or a bottom one over 80—and the problems it can cause, such as strokes and heart attacks.

Only half of Americans with high pressure have it under control; many don’t even know they have the condition.

Churches, beauty salons and other community spots have been used to reach groups that often lack access to doctors, to promote cancer screenings and other services. Dr. Ronald Victor, a cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, wanted to reach black men.

“Barbershops are a uniquely popular meeting place for AfricanAmerican men,” and many have gone every other week to the same

barber for many years, he said. “It almost has a social club feel to it, a delightful, friendly environment” that makes it ideal for improving health.

Victor did a study in 17 Dallas barbershops a few years ago. In that one, barbers tested patrons and referred them to doctors.

Improvements were modest.

In the new study, “we added a pharmacist into the mix” so medicines could be prescribed on the spot, he said.

The new work involved 303 men and 52 barbershops. One group of customers just got pamphlets and blood pressure tips while they were getting haircuts. nother group met with pharmacists in the barbershops and could get treatment if their blood pressure was high.

At the start of the study, their top pressure number averaged 154.

After six months, it fell by 9 points for customers just given advice and by 27 points for those who saw pharmacists.

Nearly two-thirds of the men who saw pharmacists lowered their pressure to under 130 over 80—the threshold for high blood pressure under new guidelines adopted last fall. Only 12 percent of the men who just got advice dropped to that level.

“This is a home run ... high-touch medicine,” said one independent expert, Eileen Handberg, a heart researcher at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Most drug trials only dream about such good results, yet they were achieved in a regular community setting, she said.

Nineteen of Muhammad’s customers finished the program, and “all their blood pressures were down,

There’s open communication in a barbershop. There’s a relationship, a trust.

Eric Muhammad every single one of them,” he said.

Marc Sims, a 43-year-old records clerk at a law firm, is one. He didn’t know he had high pressure—175 over 125—and the pharmacist said he was at risk of having a stroke.

“It woke me up,” said Sims, who has a young son. “All I could think

about was me having a stroke and not being here for him. It was time to get my health right.”

Medicines lowered his pressure to 125 over 95.

Treatment doesn’t always mean medicines; healthier lifestyles can do a lot. Poor diets, lack of exercise and other bad habits cause most high blood pressure.

The National Institutes of Health paid for the study. Results were discussed at an American College of Cardiology conference in Orlando and published by the New England Journal of Medicine.

The cost of doing this isn’t really known. Victor now aims to do a study of 3,000 men in many cities around the country that will include a look at that. He also hopes to tackle high cholesterol with a similar approach.

The results show that “you don’t need cardiologists” to improve things, said Dr. Willie Lawrence, an American Heart Association spokesman and blood pressure specialist in Kansas City, Missouri.

“We can partner with others in the community and get this epidemic under control.”

LEGAL NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-17-767784JB Order No.: 730-170345070 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/26/2005. 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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): Claudia Gonzalez, a single woman Recorded: 11/3/2005 as Instrument No. 05 2660411 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 9/16/2015 as Instrument No. 20151146126 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 1/18/2013 as Instrument No. 20130093605 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 11/20/2009 as Instrument No. 20091759617 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/29/2018 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $458,741.17 The purported property address is: 1715 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90221 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 6167014-016 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

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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.

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

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

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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 INDU SRIVASTAV, ESQ. SBN 208438 LAW OFFICES OF INDU SRIVASTAV 1400 N. HARBOR BLVD. STE 601 FULLERTON CA 92835 3/7, 3/14, 3/21/18 CNS-3105848# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70180 AdId:23396 CustId:61 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIAM R. CRAWFORD aka WILLIAM RALPH CRAWFORD, SR. Case No. 18STPB00213 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or

estate, or both, of WILLIAM R. CRAWFORD aka WILLIAM RALPH CRAWFORD, SR. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Morrow Crawford in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

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.

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THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Morrow Crawford be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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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

LAW OFFICES OF SYBIL YVONNE BURRELL

STE 901 LOS ANGELES CA 90012 CN946683 CRAWFORD Mar 7,14,21, 2018 SchId:70190 AdId:23400 CustId:65 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOSEPH YSABEL FLORES Case No. 17STPB03305 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOSEPH YSABEL FLORES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Lydia Stanley in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Lydia Stanley be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 12, 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:

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.

DIANE WALDER ESQ

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

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

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PLAYA DEL REY CA 90293 CN946929 FLORES 7,14,21, 2018

Mar

SchId:70193 AdId:23401 CustId:65 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF IBERA BURRIES Case No. 18STPB00021 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will

or estate, or both, of IBERA BURRIES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Bernita Mason in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Bernita Mason 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 April 2, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 57 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 ap-

praisal 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.

Petitioner: Bernita Mason BERNITA MASON 7825 E VIEWRIM DR ANAHEIM CA 92808 CN946696 BURRIES 7,14,21, 2018

Mar

SchId:70198 AdId:23403 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 April 11th, 2018 @ 3:00 PM. Account: Description of goods, Nebil A Josef: household goods, personal belongings; Kenny Joo: Bedroom items; Dorlisa Thomas: House; Timothy Robinson: Household and furniture; Adriana Alcauter: Misc, clothing and shoes, pictures/ electronics. 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.

CN947054 04-11-18 21,28, 2018

Mar

SchId:70229 AdId:23415 CustId:65 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000004860045 Title Order No.: 730-140691770 FHA/VA/PMI No.: CA1974291887703 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 04/20/2009. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018

LEGAL 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 05/01/2009 as Instrument No. 20090638558 , LOAN MODIFIED ON 08/27/2014 INSTRUMENT NO. 20140900476 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ABEL M SOMILLEDA AND ELIZABETH A SOMILLEDA, 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: 04/26/2018. 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: 5021 WEST 137TH STREET, HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA 90250. APN#: 4147-005-026. 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 $463,735.38. 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 00000004860045.

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: 03/07/2018 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-4649784 03/14/2018, 03/21/2018, 03/28/2018 SchId:70257 AdId:23423 CustId:64 ---------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JAY LENORE DONNELLY Case No. 18STPB02173 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JAY LENORE DONNELLY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jared Jacobs in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jared Jacobs 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 April 5, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 67 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: TIMOTHY E NILAN ESQ SBN 190194 LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY E NILAN APLC 10825 LAKEWOOD BLVD DOWNEY CA 90241 CN947173 DONNELLY Mar 14,21,28, 2018 SchId:70263 AdId:23425 CustId:65 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 1700766-SMCA Title No. 170329051-CAVOI A.P.N. 6167-013-009 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY IS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTICE PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR ONLY PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02/22/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; 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 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 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: Jose de Jesus Perez, a married man, as his sole and separate property. Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation. Recorded 03/07/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0488789 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: 04/12/2018 at 9:00 AM. Place of Sale: Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, Vineyard Ballroom, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650. Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $400,796.12. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1705 North McDivitt Avenue, Compton, CA 90221. 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.

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 requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded.

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 or visit this Internet Web site www. ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 17-00766-SMCA. 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: 03/09/2018 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany and Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1230 Columbia Street, Suite 680 San Diego, CA 92101 Toll Free Phone: 888264-4010 Sales Line 800-2802832; Sales Website:www. ndscorp.com/sales Rachael Hamilton, Trustee Sales Representative A-4650051 03/14/2018, 03/21/2018, 03/28/2018 SchId:70278 AdId:23430 CustId:64 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EARNESTINE KNOX CASE NO. 18STPB02163 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of EARNESTINE KNOX. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NATALIE KNOX LEE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NATALIE KNOX LEE be appointed as Special Administrator with general powers 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 in this court as follows: 04/05/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file

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

Petitioner In Pro Per: NATALIE KNOX LEE 17709 CANEHILL AVENUE BELLFLOWER CA 90706 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/18 CNS-3110376# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70288 AdId:23434 CustId:61 --------------------------------------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 12830 Roselle Ave, Hawthorne CA 90250, April 11th at 2:00 PM. Rodney Chapman, Misc. home items; Mike Mcmillian, Clothing and personal items; Jackie Wilson, Household items; Joyce Moten, Household Items and Clothing; Shalon Cooper, Love seat, bed, fridge, and misc. home items; Aurora Romero, Furniture, Household items, electronics, appliances, boxes; Kirk Smart, Bed, fridge, love seats, dressers, boxes, clothing; Marie Hovis, Misc. Household and personal items; Marilyn Zamora, Couch, queen bed, dining room table, and boxes; Phillip Morris, Misc. household items and personal items; Dedrick Hill, Bed, art, household items. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

CN947281 04-11-18 21,28, 2018

Mar

SchId:70302 AdId:23438 CustId:65 -------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARTHUR DELL MANLEY CASE NO. 18STPB02376 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ARTHUR DELL MANLEY. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by REX EUGENE MANLEY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TAUNEE LEVETTE ENGLISH 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 in this court as follows: 04/11/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form 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 PAUL HORN, ESQ. - SBN 243227 PAUL HORN LAW GROUP, PC 11404 SOUTH STREET

THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70308 AdId:23441 CustId:61 ---------------------------------------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 2017-04264 Loan No.: 1427839813 A.P.N.: 6152-007-001 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/3/2005. 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. A PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2424h(b), (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States), 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: Lula H. James, an unmarried woman. Duly Appointed Trustee: Entra Default Solutions, LLC 1355 Willow Way, Suite 115, Concord, California 94520. Recorded 11/10/2005 as Instrument No. 2005-2726496 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 4/11/2018 at 11:00 AM. Place of Sale:By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $498,452.56. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2055 E 130TH ST COMPTON, CA 90222. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. We are attempting to collect a debt and any information we obtain will 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 or visit this Internet Web site www. servicelinkASAP.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2017-04264. 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: 3/14/2018 Entra Default Solutions, LLC Katie Milnes, Vice President A-4650825 03/21/2018, 03/28/2018, 04/04/2018 SchId:70312 AdId:23443 CustId:64 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CLEO MAE DAVIS CASE NO. 18STPB02438 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CLEO MAE DAVIS.

3/21, 3/28, 4/4/18

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by YOLANDA R. DAVIS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

CNS-3110682#

THE PETITION FOR PRO-

CERRITOS CA 90703

BATE requests that YOLANDA R. DAVIS 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 in this court as follows: 04/12/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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 SIBYLLE 141553

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SBN

LORENZO C. STOLLER SBN 291581 CONOVER & GREBE, LLP 3424 W CARSON ST #320 TORRANCE CA 90503

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/13/18 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 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 CHRISTOPHER P. WALKER, ESQ. - SBN 174533 LAW OFFICE OF CHRISTOPHER P. WALKER, P.C. 505 S. VILLA REAL DRIVE, STE 103 ANAHEIM HILLS CA 92807 3/21, 3/28, 4/4/18 CNS-3112825# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70349 AdId:23455 CustId:61 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIAM WASHINGTON HARRIS III Case No. 18STPB02503 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WILLIAM WASHINGTON HARRIS III A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Angie Harris and Kira Nelson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

3/21, 3/28, 4/4/18 CNS-3111276# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:70330 AdId:23448 CustId:61 ------------------------------------NOTICE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1017 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245.

April 11th, 2018 at 4:00 pm.

Jonathan Botts, Household Items; Dawn Brown, Personal Property; Jack Vallembois, supplies for rental house: cleaning, paint, tools, etc.; Machete, Storing items from business 4 couches, tables, chairs, flat screen tv, 10-15 file cabinets artwork, 10x20 3000 sqft 15 box storages.

30 medium boxes 25 chairs, racks, office equipment; Sean Crenshaw, 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.

CN947447 04-11-18 21,28, 2018

not grant the authority.

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SchId:70344 AdId:23453 CustId:65 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TONI RENE MORGAN CASE NO. 18STPB02495 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of TONI RENE MORGAN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NICKOLAS BROWN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NICKOLAS BROWN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Angie Harris and Kira Nelson 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 April 13, 2018 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 11 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: JUDD MATSUNAGA ESQ SBN 177920 ELDER LAW SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA APLC 1609 CRAVENS AVENUE TORRANCE CA 90501

CN947482 HARRIS 21,22,28, 2018

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SchId:70352 AdId:23456 CustId:65 --------------------------------------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CARMEN C. HARRIS aka CARMEN CARMELITA HARRIS Case No. 18STPB02504 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CARMEN C. HARRIS aka CARMEN CARMELITA HARRIS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Angie Harris and Kira Nelson in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Angie Harris and Kira Nelson 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 April 13, 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: JUDD MATSUNAGA ESQ SBN 177920 ELDER LAW SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA APLC 1609 CRAVENS AVENUE TORRANCE CA 90501 CN947483 HARRIS 21,22,28, 2018

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SchId:70355 AdId:23457 CustId:65 -------------------------------------Trustee Sale No. 16-003746 730-1708915-70 APN 4025023-031 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/12/06.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 04/11/18 at 11:00 am, Aztec Foreclosure Corporation as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Devon Elliott McNairy, and Daphne EW McNairy, husband and wife as community property with right of survivorship, as Trustor(s), in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as Nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., A New York Corporation, as Beneficiary, Recorded on 06/20/06 in Instrument No. 06 1349117 of official records in the Office of the county recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, 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), 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, California described as: 3542 WEST CHAUCER LANE, INGLEWOOD, CA 90305. The property heretofore described

is being sold “as is”. LOT 71 OF AMENDED TRACT NO. 54190, IN THE CITY OF INGLEWOOD, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 1308 PAGES 1 TO 22 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES AND MINERALS IN AND UNDER SAID LAND BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE THEREOF OR WITHIN 500 FEET BENEATH THE SURFACE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING FOR OR EXTRACTING SUCH OIL, GAS OR OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES AND MINERALS, AS RESERVED

BY DEED EXECUTED BY WATT COMMUNITIES AT RENAISSANCE LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, RECORDED JUNE 20, 2006 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 06-1349116 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. 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 the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $644,617.11 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: March 19, 2018 AZTEC FORECLOSURE CORPORATION Elaine Malone Assistant Secretary / Assistant Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Corporation, 3636 N. Central Ave., Suite #400, Phoenix, AZ 85012 Phone: (877) 257-0717 or (602) 638-5700; fax: (602) 638-5748 www. aztectrustee.com 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 or visit the Internet Web site, using the file number assigned to this case 16-003746. 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. www.homesearch. com 800-758-8052 or Aztec Foreclosure Corporation (877) 257-0717 www.aztectrustee.com NPP0328866 To: INGLEWOOD TRIBUNE 03/21/2018, 03/28/2018, 04/04/2018 SchId:70367 AdId:23461 CustId:68 ------------------------------------NOTICE OF FOR BIDS

INVITATION

Sealed bids are invited for: Insurance Broker – the City of Compton insurance broker will be required to acquire appropriate Property, Casualty insurance on behalf of the City and assist in acquiring appropriate finance packages as necessary.

Bid Deadline – Bid submissions should be received no later than 3:30 p.m., April 9, 2018 at the City of Compton City Clerk’s office at: 205 S. Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220 Bid information may be obtained on the City’s website as of March 26, 2018.

Contact - Monica TurnerEdwards, Risk Manager 310-761-1459 for any inquiries ALITA GODWIN CITY CLERK SchId:70370 AdId:23462 CustId:314

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ENTERTAINMENT

‘A Wrinkle in Time’

Is a Big Leap for its Teenage Star Storm Reid tried to play it cool when Ava DuVernay told her she’d gotten the lead role in Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” but it wasn’t long before the tears started flowing.

“

I flipped out,” says Reid, now 14 and in the ninth grade. The Atlanta-native started acting at age 3 after she told her mother that she wanted to be a “stuperstar.” She’s had bit roles in television (“NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Chicago P.D.”) and film (“12 Years a Slave,” “Sleight”), but nothing even close to something like “A Wrinkle in Time.” As the heroine Meg Murry, she is in nearly every frame, navigating mean girls at school, the loss of her father and even interdimensional travel.

“It’s such an important story to be told,” says Reid, who had done a book report on the Madeleine L’Engle novel in the 6th grade. “She goes on this beautiful journey and finds herself and becomes more accepting and learns that she is worthy of being loved.”

DuVernay saw Reid very early on in the casting process and said every girl after had to measure up

Photo by Atsushi Nishijima © Disney

Storm Reid in Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time.” to her. Eventually she trusted her initial impulse and went back to Reid.

“This whole thing doesn’t work if you don’t have a great Meg. She goes from completely depressed to defiant to exuberant to joyful to determined to fighting evil. It’s every

She has the whole thing on her shoulders.

She’s incredible.

Director Ava DuVernay emotion,” says DuVernay. “She has the whole thing on her shoulders.

She’s incredible.”

The experience of filming “A Wrinkle in Time” was incredible, Reid says, not only because it meant acting alongside the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Chris Pine, but because of DuVernay’s set.

“Our set was so inclusive with women and men and different races and sexualities. It was kind of like the United Nations,” Reid says. “She has a beautiful vision and a beautiful mind.”

Reid looks up to actors like Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep and Natalie Portman and loves movies like “Hidden Figures” that tell stories that aren’t so widely known. She appreciated that all of her A-list costars were humble and down to earth and says that she is still just a normal teenager with a normal life outside of acting.

She says people keep telling her how much she’s going to change with her new raised profile. But Winfrey disagrees.

“Miss Oprah told me those people are not right,” Reid says. “She told me, ‘You’re going to stay the same but the people around you are going to change.’ I feel like I’ll be recognized more once the movie comes out but I’m still the same girl.”

Film Academy President Facing Sexual Harassment Allegations

By Staff Reports

Pool photo

High Court Declines to Hear Cosby Appeal

By Staff Reports The state Supreme Court has allowed model Janice Dickinson’s defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby and the comedian’s former attorney to move forward to trial.

The high court declined last Thursday to hear Cosby’s appeal of a November decision by a threejustice panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal that upheld Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Debre Katz Weintraub’s rejection of Cosby’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The appeals court reversed Weintraub’s decision that removed lawyer Martin Singer from the case. “That means our case against (Cosby), on behalf of our brave client Janice Dickinson, moves forward,” Dickinson’s attorney, Lisa Bloom, tweeted Friday.

Cosby’s lawyers maintained in their appeals that Weintraub erred

in March 2016 when she denied hotel room more than 30 years ago. their motion to dismiss Dickinson’s Cosby’s lawyer, Alan Greenberg, told lawsuit in its entirety on free-speech the justices during oral arguments grounds. Weintraub granted part of on Oct. 26 that Singer did what any the motion, attorney but allowed That means our case against would do in the thrust of his situation [Cosby], on behalf of our D i c k i ns on’s by standing lawsuit to brave client Janice Dickinson, up for his move forward client and moves forward. against the doing so Attorney Lisa Bloom 80-year- old within the comedian. parameters Dickinson appealed the part of of the First Amendment. the case that Weintraub dismissed, Greenberg said Dickinson’s as well as the judge’s February 2016 rape allegations, which she made ruling that eliminated Singer from during media interviews in 2014, the case. contradicted what she wrote in a Dickinson sued Cosby in May book years earlier.

2014, saying she had been reDickinson filed an amended victimized and her reputation had complaint in November 2015, adding suffered because of denials by Singer Singer as a defendant. Weintraub of her allegations that his then-client ruled that Dickinson could not revise drugged and raped her in a Lake Tahoe the complaint to add Singer because

the model was aware of the lawyer’s alleged comments before the original lawsuit was filed.

Singer’s legal team maintained that Dickinson’s attorneys were barred from amending the original case and adding their client as a defendant while a hearing was pending on Cosby’s motion to dismiss the original lawsuit. Cosby fired Singer in October 2015.

Dickinson, 63, is one of dozens of women who have accused the 80year- old Cosby of sexual assault.

The comedian was not charged with a crime until December 2015, when he was charged in Pennsylvania with aggravated indecent assault.

Prosecutors allege he sexually assaulted Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, in January 2004 after plying her with drugs and wine. The first trial ended in a mistrial; a retrial is pending.

John Bailey, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is under investigation for allegations of sexual harassment.

According to the trade publication Variety, which first reported the accusations, the Academy received three harassment claims last Wednesday and immediately opened a probe.

In a statement released Friday, the Academy declined comment, citing confidentiality issues.

“The Academy treats any complaints confidentially to protect all parties,” the statement reads.

“The Membership Committee reviews all complaints brought against Academy members according to our Standards of Conduct process, and after completing reviews, reports to the Board of Governors. We will not comment further on such matters until the full review is completed.”

Bailey, 75, who was elected to a four-year-term as president in August to replace Cheryl Boone Isaacs, is a cinematographer and occasional director. He has nearly 90 films to his credit including “The Big Chill,” “Groundhog Day,” “Ordinary People” and “As Good as It Gets.”

No details about the nature of the allegations have been released.

The investigation comes in the midst of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements against sexual harassment and inequality.

Disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein was thrown out of the Academy last year in light of the multiple sexual harassment and assault allegations against him.

If forced to step down, Bailey would be temporarily replaced by Lois Burwell, a veteran makeup artist who is the Academy’s vice president, until the next election in July.

In December, the Academy established a code of conduct, which provides that members may be disciplined or expelled for abuse, harassment or discrimination. The organization also set up a claims process, which set forth how such allegations would be adjudicated.

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THE BULLETIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018

LAST YEAR IN COMPTON ...

You were passing Rosecrans Avenue, thinking about high school graduation.

You were wondering if you’d laugh or cry when you saw Mom in the crowd after they called your name and handed you the diploma you worked so hard to earn.

You thought about the family who believed in you through the tough tests, in school and out, and you remembered the late nights studying, the AP courses, the part-time jobs, the sacrifices.

You were coming to the end of something, but you couldn’t see yet what was just up the road.

You didn’t know then that UCLA, the best public research university in the country, had recognized you, out of more than 113,000 exceptional high school seniors from around the world, because they could see so clearly your greatness and your extraordinary potential. And now you know.

All your hard work, all your family’s hard work, has opened a whole new world of immense opportunity.

So, for all you did to get here, we’d just like to say: Thank you. We’re proud of you. Your family is proud of you. And Compton is proud of you.

Congratulations to the entering Class of 2018.