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ENTRY ENTRY VOL. XXVIII NO. 4

JANUARY 24, 2020

2 years after 'step up,' Grammys step into another mess n See page 12

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY INSPIRES PEOPLE TO DREAM BELIEVE AND ACT

Oxnard--The spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King is alive and well in Oxnard, as the 34th Annual Ventura County Martin Luther King Jr. Day walk and program brought all races, colors, and creeds together to celebrate a man who stood for peace and equality.

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HE event, hosted by the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Ventura County was out bright and early and ready to make it a memorable day.

Hundreds of people gathered at Plaza Park on a chilly Monday morning

to reenact the Freedom March and prove Dr. King's point that together, they can do more than they can apart.

The original March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on Aug. 28, 1963, and was highlighted by Dr. King, making his "I have a dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The speech called for the end of racism in the United States, and one of the largest rallies for human rights ever in the country.

The group marched to the Oxnard PAL Gymnasium for a special program featuring Keynote Speaker and Moorpark City Manager Troy Brown and AKA Sorority Speech contest winner Erandi Ramirez from Curren Elementary School.

March Organizer Vincent Stewart said the event drew about 500 people in 2019.

"Since the weatherman said it's not going to rain, I'm expecting a good turnout today," he said. "We'll be having some freedom songs while we walk to the PAL gym for the program, and this will be a great morning with some great camaraderie."

The walk commemorates Dr. King's vision, he said, and there is more work to be done.

"We're getting there, but we're not there yet," Stewart said. "We want to keep his vision alive by doing the same thing that he did.

There are all kinds of groups that don't have equality yet."

Miltary Volunteer Coordinator Tracy Harris brought her sailors to the march and had no problem getting volunteers.

"This is important because the military is part of the community, and this is a community event," she said. "For us not to be here would be like us saying we're not part of the community, but we are."

To Harris, Martin Luther King Day is a time to be giving back.

"I give back every day, and we

Council adopts term limit ordinance while Starr and Percell accuse the city of using Machiavellian Politics

By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Oxnard-- The battle between Moving Oxnard Forward and the City of Oxnard continues, as the council voted to adopt the voter initiative that limits the term in office for an elected official.

The initiative limits the Mayor and the City Council to two consecutive terms, requiring a two-year break before becoming eligible to serve again. The mayor will move from a two-year to a four-year term in 2022.

The initiative had an extensive signaturegathering effort by Moving Oxnard Forward Principals Aaron Starr and Alicia Percell.

City Clerk Michelle Ascencion told the council and staff that she presented them with a certificate of sufficiency for four of the five initiatives, and the item before them required further verification from the county election commission. The random sampling of signatures for the petition in question was slightly under the threshold for qualifying.

"The code mandated that a full count had to be performed to ensure there were 8,401 valid signatures," she said. "The county verified last week that there were."

During public comments, Aaron Starr thanked everyone who helped him and Percell, and the group came close to getting the 110 percent to avoid a full count.

The vote garnered 108.7 percent of the needed signatures.

"We are a little disappointed that we had

(Photo by Chris Frost)

Aaron Starr and Mayor Tim Flynn exchange words after the meeting ends.

to get a full count," he said. "We wanted to avoid that extra time and expense."

He pointed out that the staff direction in Dec. was to provide a 9212 report, an impartial report about the impact the initiative will have on the city, and he doesn't see reports on all five, per the council's directive.

"I don't know if that's an oversight, or it's being ignored," he said. "I don't know. I didn't support the reports, but I do believe that when a council makes a decision, it should be implemented by the staff, even if I am not on the winning side of that decision."

During public comments, Ray Blattel n Machiavellian Politics, see page 6

Trustee Denis O'Leary accuses the Oxnard School District of Nepotism, ineptness, retaliation and Brown Act violations

By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Oxnard-- Denis O'Leary, Trustee at the Oxnard School District is retiring after 17 years of service, but not before leveling charges of what he claims to be bigotry, discrimination, censorship, and retaliation on the part of the Board of Trustees.

During his time, he's seen the state test scores go from down to up and then back down again. Although he claims to have repeatedly asked for an

action plan to be placed on the agenda he says there’s no plan on the part of the Board to get scores back on track.

He accuses the District of parading the best students before the public, while the majority of them flounder and fail.

An Advocate for the Students O'Leary wrote the living wage ordinance for the District. At the time, the Oxnard School District was the only district west of the Mississippi River to have a living wage.

Denis O'Leary.

(Courtesy photo)

He said the attorneys asked him to write the ordinance because they weren’t familiar with how the a wage ordinance should be structured He says he also led the charge to get off the year-round school program and had an anti-bullying policy that he presented that students wrote, which gained national attention.

Unfortunately, he said, the District did not enforce the entire policy and parts of it were ignored.

O'Leary ran in the 2002 election, but he lost.

"I was the odd person out," he said.

"There were three seats up, and I was number four. I beat two incumbents, which I thought was odd."

After a board member passed away, he was interviewed and appointed, he said.

"This interview process was interesting for me because about 12 people were applying for this position, and I was new to the community," he said. "At least I could say that I ran for the position a year ago." n Oxnard School, see page 2

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Out of the 12 applicants, O'Leary said he was the only one who had opposition because of his work with LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) as he was the district director.

"I was involved in some things," he said. "I even received some death threats. I was working in the El Rio School District, and I was still teaching in the El Rio School District, and a year after I started working there, the Superintendent, Yolanda Benitez, was being fired from the school board."

Generally speaking, the District didn't need to give a reason for her termination, but they did in this instance.

"They had 12 different reasons why she should be fired on a list, and half of them had a lot to do with civil rights," O'Leary said.

"At the time, the school board in El Rio were all Latino. They put on the paper that one of the reasons why they were firing her was that she was hiring too many Latinos, in writing."

He says he talked to “a bunch of people at LULAC,” and they were concerned about O'Leary because he worked there.

"The bottom line was, I told those guys that if this was an African-American that was being fired, and they wrote it on paper, and it said one of the reasons was the AfricanAmerican was hiring too many African-Americans, would you expect the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) to not get involved," he asked.

He told them that LULAC needs to do the same thing.

"Half the items were solely up to their discretion, and they probably could have fired her if they had put those six items," he said. "They put the other six on that list, as well."

Ultimately, he said the school district committed a Brown Act violation, and they let Benitez go with giving proper public notice.

"With the Brown Act, you have to let the public know at least 24 hours in advance if you are going to do something," he said. "You're not voting on it publicly; you're not polling other elected officials publicly behind the scenes. Everything happens in the open."

Benitez took that case to court.

"Generally, you never hear about Brown Act violations because they get settled fast," O'Leary said. "The easiest way to settle them is you put something on the agenda, and you vote on

it a second time with 24-hour notice. Usually, it's no harm, no foul. In the El Rio case, they took it back to court each time. They kept on losing, and they kept on taking it back to court."

When it was over, Benitez won $1.3 million.

"Each time they went to court, the amount went up," O'Leary said. "It's the only large Brown Act settlement in the history of the Brown Act." During the entire process, O”Leary says he encountered lots of negativity and threats.

"People didn't like me," he said. "I even got some death threats. I had my mailbox blown up twice. It was some scary stuff for a time. I wasn't an elected official yet."

Long before he became a trustee, he became involved with bilingual education. When Proposition 227 came around in 1998, (which changed the way people with limited English skills were taught in California).

He was the regional president of CABE, which is the bilingual association for teachers.

Prop 227 won, and his side lost, but O'Leary became involved with politics at that point.

"I signed on as a plaintiff in a case called Palazuelos versus the State Board of Education," he said. "I was one of the five plaintiffs. Until about 12 hours before the papers were filed, it was going to be O'Leary versus the State Board of Education.

We thought that a Latino name might be better."

The case was about Federal funds being given to students so they could become literate, he said, and when the Federal program arrived in California, the California state board said that English speakers only need apply for the money.

He signed onto that case because he had three sons in bilingual programs.

"It took a couple of years, but we won that case," he said. "The number was $813 million. I'm never going to win $813 million again in my life. My brother called me up and said, can I visit your island?"

The money all went to schools.

"I didn't receive a penny," he said. "It went to schools, including the Oxnard Elementary School District, and it went in the form of a raffle, and they were going to finance the schools to have a ratio of 20 students to one teacher."

They made it a raffle because there wasn't enough money for every school in the state.

"We, at Oxnard Elementary, were lucky in the raffle, and we had seven schools that benefitted from those funds from that lawsuit," he said.

Taking Office After winning the lawsuit, but before they started handing out the money, O'Leary became a trustee.

"At the time, my main interest was making sure that our nonEnglish-speaking students would get a good education," he said. "From the beginning, there were comments that I didn't need much time to get up to speed with everyone else."

In 2003, the Oxnard Elementary School District had a year-round school system and put four children into three seats.

"We rotated them throughout the year," he said. "It was practical only in the case that we didn't have enough schools to put all our kids, but as far as the test scores and educationally, it was dismal."

When O'Leary became a trustee, the Oxnard Elementary School District was one of the few districts in the state that still used the year-round school program. The school districts still using the program had high minority populations that were actually in the majority in those districts.

"It was a form of racism," he said. "Luckily, when I got on the board, we had done this for so many years that the trustees thought we couldn't get away from it."

It wasn't just him, but O'Leary became the swing vote to take the District away from yearround school.

"It wasn't overnight," he said.

"It went in stages, but we did get off that year-round program," he said. "We also started receiving the money for the 20:1 studentteacher ratios."

In 2003, only 17 percent of the students passed the state testing measures.

"That's an 83 percent failure rate," he said. "The state threatened to take us over many times, but when it was all said and done, it was only threats."

After the District got off yearround school and added the money for 20:1 student-teacher ratios, the scores started going up.

"Around 2008, we had about 50 percent of our kids passing the test," he said. "It wasn't a final goal, but it was getting there."

In 2008-2009, he said a couple of trustees changed, and the board swung in a different direction.

"Particularly Veronica Robles-Solis, and Ernie Morrison," O'Leary said. "Ernie Morrison was a retired principal from our school district, and he disagreed with classsize reduction. I don't have a problem with him disagreeing with it, and some people do.

He would openly say that good teachers teach, no matter how many students are there."

O'Leary has taught for 30 years, and he said although Morrison is right, it helps the teachers and students if fewer people compete for the teacher's attention.

"Veronica Robles-Solis nominated Morrison for board president the first day she was sworn-in," O'Leary said. "He got the third vote, and he was board president the first day he was sworn in, and we're all saying what?"

Morrison was a retired school principal, O' Leary said, but he did comment several times that he was surprised to see what being on the school board was like.

In 2008, the District started its first bond issue, Measure R, to replace some schools that needed replacement badly. The initiative promised class size reduction.

The schools started going up, and O'Leary saw the new schools had fewer classrooms than the ones they were replacing.

"I said wait a second," O'Leary said. "This is not happening. We physically need the classrooms, and we promised it in the bond."

In the meantime, the $813 million from the lawsuit started to run out.

"All of a sudden, our class sizes shot up, and we were building schools with fewer classrooms," he said. "It's going to be more difficult even if we do get further funding."

The District went towards construction, and the test score went back down to 17 percent again.

O'Leary attributes some of the drop to overcrowding.

"There's a lot of good people that we hired," he said. "Starting about nine years ago, I can't get the subject of class size reduction on the agenda. I can't get academics on the agenda."

Along with Trustee Debra Cordes, he argued during open sessions.

"When I mentioned that our test scores are low, and I have fellow trustees telling me their test scores are doing just fine," O'Leary said. "An 83 percent failure rate is not just fine in most communities, and it shouldn't be just fine here."

One cardinal sin he committed involved an open position for a vice-principal at

one school, and Superintendent Cesar Morales went to the board and said they interviewed 23 applicants, and they're all good.

"This one person rose to the top, and we recommend this young lady," O'Leary said that Morales told them. "I knew that one of Morrison's daughters was applying for the position, but I didn't ask her married name on purpose because I didn't want to know, and I didn't want it to influence me."

O'Leary voted for the candidate, and Sarah Lepe became the vice principal.

"Ernie (Morrison) recused himself, as he should, and it was a 4-0 vote," O'Leary said.

"Two weeks later, I found on the agenda at the last moment that we had to vote on a waiver for her because she wasn't qualified. She didn't have enough education experience. She was close, but she needed a waiver."

His first question was if the other 22 applicants qualified, and they were.

"To me, it sounded like a no-brainer, but it turned into nepotism, and it was a 3-0 vote to promote Ernie's daughter to the vice-principal position," O'Leary said. "In the following weeks, I had the superintendent come to me and say, wouldn't you like to know that she is doing a good job?"

He always answered that he hoped she was doing a good job.

"I am looking for the best qualified, not the daughter of one the elected officials," he said.

Two years later, there were two principal positions open, and he said the best fit for those positions was the daughter of Ernie Morrison and the daughter of Debra Cordes.

"The daughter of Debra Cordes was to be placed at the same school that Debra Cordes spent her career as a principal," O'Leary said. "The daughter of Ernie Morrison, Sarah Lepe, was to be placed at the same school that he spent his career. "Doesn't that look nice in the family album?"

Debra Cordes' daughter was qualified for the position, but at that point, he started to question the process.

"We weren't told how many other applicants there were," O'Leary said. "It was just the two daughters of the two trustees who were the most qualified."

He brought it up during the voting session and mentioned nepotism.

"The superintendent said, Trustee O'Leary, your son (Dominick), works for the school district," he said. "What's the difference?"

O'Leary told Morales that his son started two months earlier as a substitute teacher, and there is

a shortage of substitute teachers.

"He's qualified, and he didn't bump anyone out for the position," O'Leary said. "We need more substitute teachers, and he is not making an administrative salary. That's the difference."

Two weeks later, Dominick attended a board meeting and said publicly that he resented being used as an excuse for nepotism.

"He resigned and turned in his resignation," O'Leary said.

When asked about open positions in the Oxnard School District, O'Leary can't help them.

"It hurts me, sometimes, and I'm sure they would like to have a little boost," he said. "That's not in my power."

O'Leary was board president 11 years ago, but the board is different now.

For some people, he said it's important to have and noted there is no pay increase.

"The superintendent shows the agenda to the board president, and the board president accepts the agenda," he said. "They can delete things and recommend that an item be placed on the agenda. Two trustees can also decide if they want something."

Over the last several years, O'Leary said that had been ignored.

"Quite often, the board president has been passed backand-forth from Veronica RoblesSolis and Ernie Morrison," O'Leary said.

In the meantime, the District wanted another bond, and he opposed the item.

He claims the labor unions called him and asked why he opposed the bond and pointed out it meant community jobs.

"I told them I was concerned about the spending and the end product," he said. "Test scores are going down, and it interfered with the academics. The labor unions still endorsed me and still supported me."

O'Leary championed district elections, which took him 10 years to get on the agenda.

"The district election should also have a rotation of who has the power to control the agenda," he said. "I get quiet and grin every time I bring that up."

Over the last several years, O'Leary said bigotry and discrimination became evident.

"I had two of the trustees tell me on separate occasions that no white person is going to be president of an all minority board," he said. "It might just be mean-spirited because they seem to get a license to be meanspirited."

He says he kept quiet because it might be a window into why n Oxnard School, see page 6

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NEWS GOOD Forum Candidates focus on housing, education, jobs, and the environment

By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Oxnard-- The GOOD (Greater Oxnard Organization of Democrats) story continues with Jonathan Abboud talking about having tuition-free college and trade school in California.

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E told the crowd that California had this benefit, and the state can do it again.

Abboud is running for the State Assembly.

Abboud also declared climate change a threat to the future of the planet, and many people have given up on having kids because they don't want those children to grow up where the earth isn't habitable.

"Santa Barbara and Ventura had the most global warming in the entire United States," he said. "Ground zero for climate change is the 37th Assembly District. We're going to need to do a California Green New Deal. The Green New Deal is the type of big mobilization we need to inject some economic mobility into our communities with big public works projects."

He met with a city council member in Filmore and asked why there isn't a light rail that goes through Filmore to Santa Paula, up through Ventura and then into Santa Barbara?

"Then we can get some cars off the road," he said.

"Transportation accounts for 42 percent of California's transportation emissions. We need to get out of our cars, work, and live in the same community. We also need to work and live in other communities connected by public transportation."

The state also needs to invest in affordable housing, instead of market-rate housing, he said, and a clean water system.

"Market-rate housing is the communities that are usually built because private developers get their way,"

he said. "Can anyone here afford a $5,000 a month appartment? I don't think so. I'm paying $2,000 a month, and that's most of my income. We can't allow that to continue. That's the main cause of homelessness. In Los Angeles County, 65 percent of homeless people used to be renters. They were forced out of their homes. I'm sure it's the same situation in Oxnard, Ventura, and Santa Barbara and all over the central coast."

Abboud also wants to see publicly-financed elections.

"We can't continue to fund a system where $4,700 checks are how you fund a state assembly campaign," he said.

"It's not sustainable. I've been fortunate to raise $85,000 in this race, and you've got to get to $200,000. I'm doing by calling my network of people I've worked with over the last 10 years across the state that I have been good allies with.

It's working, but if we had a matching system like San Francisco or Los Angeles, I would be able to finish with the fundraising and just talk to the voters. " He thinks that's a winning plan for all politicians.

"We should have six times as much time to talk to voters, rather than raising money," he said."I support moving to a publically-financed election system, where we don't have to worry about which donors we are going to call tomorrow morning. I should be focusing on which voters I am going to be talking to tomorrow morning."

During questions and answers, Sergio Solis commented that Amazon plans to open an office in Santa Barbara.

"How do you plan to protect big technology-based companies from taking over housing from residents," he asked.

Abboud believes in people before corporations.

"Amazon is not paying anything extra to be here," he

(Photo by Chris Frost)

Good President Steven Auclair.

said. "They're not reinvesting into our community. If a corporation that big is coming into our city, we need to force them into building the housing they need. They are going to be paying high salaries from people out of the area to come

in and displace our families.

We can't completely ban them, but what we can do is make it difficult for them to come in, and if they do come in, they have to benefit the community tangibly with community input. Those

benefit agreements need to be negotiated by the city council, with the people's input."

Regarding homelessness, Abboud said Governor Newsome must realize there is more to California than San Francisco and Los Angeles.

"A lot of policy in California is driven around those two major cities," he said. "As an assembly member, I'm going to work with a coalition and the other members that don't get as much attention in Sacramento. There are more of us in the aggregate than there are in Los Angeles and San Francisco."

Santa Barbara Mayor and District 37 Assembly Candidate Cathy Murillo said she is a progressive leader who will bring Democratic values to Sacramento.

"My platform is to improve public education, protect our natural resources, create economic opportunity, and improve the quality of life for all Californians," she said. "Quality of life includes protecting public safety and health, taking care of our public libraries, building housing in all the right places.

I like the SOAR initiative (Save our Open Space and Agricultural Resources) because it says to put them in the already urbanized areas."

She stays focused on the environment.

"We banned single-use plastic bags, straws, and styrofoam, which harm our

marine environment," she said about her environmental record. "We're also Bee City USA. Those are the types of environmental goals I would take to Sacramento."

She told the crowd her father was a gang member and a drug dealer, and she works in gang prevention, and they can do something else with their lives. She taught dramatic arts to public school kids in Santa Barbara.

Murillo stands for a sharp First Five and a healthy preschool, plus K-12.

"We have to make sure that special education kids are taken care of, and there is a pathway to college," she said. "I would like to increase enrollment at UC (University of California) and Cal State University. They can make positive choices and not make the same mistakes their parent's made. That's all dramatic, but it's not like Scarface. When your dad is in prison, your mom and grandma raise you. I pay homage to my grandmother, who unionized her shop."

She has a strong labor endorsement.

"I put a project a labor policy in place in the City of Santa Barbara," she said. "With public works and construction projects over $5 million, we have to give preference to unionized construction workers," she said.

This story will continue at Tri County Sentry.com

Letter to the editor Dear Editor: Last night, Jan.21, the City Council did something dastardly -- they adopted strict term limits in order to kill strict term limits.

Yes, you read that correctly! Let me explain with a little background.

As you know, we gathered signatures over the summer from Oxnard voters to qualify a term limits initiative for the November ballot … that would limit the Oxnard mayor and council members to two consecutive fouryear terms. After a two-year break the officeholder would be eligible to run again.

Knowing that we were about to qualify for the ballot, the City Council placed its own competing initiative (Measure B) on the March ballot that would also impose term limits, but their proposal allows for up to three consecutive four-year terms (and a two-year break before being able to serve again).

But the City Council’s measure includes a loophole – if you switch from council to mayor (or vice versa) the clock starts all over again … so some can avoid term limits altogether.

In other words, it’s a fake term limits proposal.

Now here’s where it gets really interesting.

The City Council met in closed session last night to discuss whether to sue to keep our measure off the November ballot.

While they were behind closed doors – and the public was waiting in the council chambers for their decision – we suddenly heard raucous laughter from their back room.

Soon afterward, the City Council emerged – acting quite giddy – and announced that they weren’t going to sue to stop term limits.

Instead, what the council did next was a political maneuver that would make Machiavelli proud.

Rather than submitting our REAL term limits measure for the November ballot, the City Council actually ADOPTED it to go into effect immediately.

Here's why!

The City Council knows that people voting in March for Measure B (the Fake Term Limits measure) will unwittingly be voting to OVERRIDE real term limits.

You see, the voters in the March election are about to be lied to in an official government publication.

Voters won’t be told that we ALREADY

have strict term limits because of the council’s vote last night. Instead the ballot argument for Measure B – already printed in the voter guide, but not yet mailed out – falsely states the following: “FACT: Measure B imposes real term limits on elected officials.” … as if term limits don’t yet exist.

In reality, because of the Oxnard City Council’s self-serving maneuver, voting for Measure B in March will now OVERTURN our stricter term limits and substitute the council’s FAKE TERM LIMITS scheme.

Last night the City Council deprived you of the right to vote for real term limits in November.

Now, in order to preserve real term limits, Oxnard voters need to vote AGAINSTMeasure B on March 3.

Ballots are about to be mailed.

Be sure to Vote No on Oxnard’s Measure B … … and share this message with everyone you know in Oxnard so that the City Council’s dirty maneuver is known to all.

Aaron Starr starr@movingoxnardforward.org 805-804-9101

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OPED Please don't mess with my peanut butter Dr. James L. Snyder Normally, I'm a rather calm, cool and collected person. Actually, my creditors trying to collect things from me, mostly money, are responsible for this and I have been officially collected. If I could only collect my thoughts, but the pieces are too small and too few.

Anybody who knows me knows I am not easily rattled by anything. I let the chips fall where they may because I know from whence they came. I am not susceptible to the various rumors making their way around on a regular basis.

All the debate about global warming, for example, has not in the least disturbed my personal serenity. Some say the earth is getting warmer while others insist it is getting cooler.

Who in the world are you to believe? One scientist frantically reported that if we do not do something quickly in 1500 years, the earth is going to get 10° warmer than it is right now.

One can only hope he was not a Rhodes Scholar.

Then there was the hullabaloo about how harmful chocolate was to a person only to be discovered later that it has marvelous health benefits.

Pass me another bonbon.

Others took potshots at coffee.

Again, it was found that a morning cup of Joe is just the thing to get a person on the go.

I took all of these things in the good-natured way that is typical of Yours Truly. I try not to let anything get my dander up. In fact, I am quite proud of the humble way in which I respond to all of these negativities, usually, with a cup of coffee in one hand and a bonbon in the other.

All was going well until one morning, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage rattled my cage.

She takes great pleasure in doing something like this.

"Have you seen the trouble they are having with peanut butter?"

This caught me by surprise because I had not heard any such thing. My wife went on to explain that, in some

cases, they were recalling certain peanut products.

Personally, I know a few nuts that need to be recalled.

I do not mind if they fool around with global warming, and recall every car on the planet. I care not what they say about chocolate and coffee, but I go by one simple rule; do not mess with my peanut butter.

My underlying philosophy is, man shall not live by bread alone, he needs a little bit of peanut butter to hold it all together.

I am not sure who invented peanut butter, it might have been God himself; all I know it is the food

of the gods. According to Wikipedia, there has never been a time in history when there was not some form of peanut butter.

It is one of the few essential items in this world that nobody can get along without. I can hardly imagine a world without this marvelous concoction, either creamy or crunchy.

There are many things I can get along without, but I cannot get along without my daily ration of peanut butter.

Some people have chocolate

as comfort food. Some people's comfort food of choice is a bag of salty potato chips. Others pamper their comfort with ice cream. And I say, to each one his own. My comfort food is simply peanut butter, preferably crunchy.

The thing about peanut butter that is so amazing is it can be used in a variety of ways. I would guess that the list is all but limitless. Hardly a month goes by that I do not discover a new way to enjoy peanut butter.

There, of course, is the traditional peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Every thoughtful and loving mother starts her young brood off

on nutritious and delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. If your mother was quite like my mother, she affectionately trimmed the edges, which made the peanut butter all the more delightful.

Need I mention Peanut Butter Cookies, Peanut Butter Fudge, Southern Peanut Butter Soup with Pepper Jelly, Peanut Butter Cheesecake, Peanut Butter Candy, and a Peanut Butter and Chocolate Sundae?

I'm not alone in this appreciation. "To me, peanut butter is the breakfast of champions!" opined Greg Louganis, Olympic Diver. And if anybody should know what a champion eats for breakfast, he should.

Peanut butter can be used for breakfast, lunch and supper. And for all those snacks in between.

Those who know the history of our country will remember that two Presidents of the United States were peanut farmers [Jefferson and Carter]. I am not sure of this, but I think it helped them deal with the nuts at Washington.

Of all the ways to enjoy peanut butter, there is one I prefer above all else. That is simply a nice tablespoon of peanut butter right out of the jar.

If a tablespoon is not handy, several fingers will do the trick admirably.

Really, there is no wrong way to enjoy the marvelous taste of peanut butter. Speaking of comfort food, the Bible has the perfect recipe. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

(Psalms 23:4).

God has a marvelous way of taking our attention away from the trials of this world and focus our thoughts on Him. Dr. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, 1471 Pine Road, Ocala, FL 34472. He lives with his wife in Silver Springs Shores.

Call him at 352-687-4240 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net. The church web site is www.whatafellowship.com.

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Failing at greatness

By Marian Wright Edelman In January 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took a rare sabbatical to write what would become his last book: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? In the final chapter he raised this question: “Not too many years ago, Dr. Kirtley Mather, a Harvard geologist, wrote a book entitled Enough and to Spare.

He set forth the basic theme that famine is wholly unnecessary in the modern world. Today, therefore, the question on the agenda must read: Why should there be hunger and privation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific knowhow to provide all mankind with the basic necessities of life?”

Dr. King’s answer: “There is no deficit in human resources; the deficit is in human will . . . The welloff and the secure have too often become indifferent and oblivious to the poverty and deprivation in their midst. The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds, and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible. Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for ‘the least of these.’”

The Trump Administration has made a lot of promises about being “great,” but again and again has shown a basic contempt and lack of compassion for the poorest and most vulnerable both outside our borders and in our own nation. In one of its latest failures to show concern for “the least of these,” the administration finalized a new rule in December to weaken the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by imposing time limits and work requirements. Instead of using some of our vast resources to finally eradicate hunger in America in 2020, the USDA estimates nearly 700,000 people will lose benefits and be at risk of going even hungrier. The deficit in human will is on full display.

Under the new rule more able-

bodied adults without dependents will be required to work or participate in work activities for 20 hours a week in order to receive SNAP benefits for more than three months in a three-year period. States’ ability to waive time limits in areas where there are many unemployed adults and too few jobs has been reduced.

As CDF’s policy team has explained, research suggests that rather than promoting increased employment, time limits actually harm health and productivity. Data also show the overwhelming majority of SNAP participants who struggle to meet the 20 hours of work per week requirement aren’t falling short because they’re not interested in working but because of the volatility in the low-wage labor market, caregiving duties, or personal health issues. Punishing them by making it

harder for them to put food on the table is not going to help.

Although current law doesn’t impose these time limits on children or adults with children, the rule’s devastating impact will still harm children because children living in poverty often depend on pooled resources (including SNAP benefits) from extended family members who don’t claim them as dependents.

Right now, SNAP helps feed 19.9 million children in our nation— more than 1 in 4. With less food to go around, everyone will suffer.

In CDF’s formal comments to the USDA when the rule was first proposed, we said: “Given the critical role SNAP plays for children and families in communities across the country, we have serious concerns about any policies that would restrict access to SNAP for those who are

hungry… SNAP has a proven track record of reducing food insecurity, lifting people out of poverty and generating economic activity. We must continue to improve upon access to this critical safety net program, not make it more difficult to assist those it is intended to benefit.”

This rule is just one of several recent inhumane attempts by the Trump Administration to take food away from hungry families—and we must continue to strongly resist and speak out against every new threat. We cannot afford to become overwhelmed or exhausted. As our nation pauses for the holiday celebrating Dr. King’s birthday, our current national path seems to reject Dr. King’s definition of greatness at every turn. But as Dr. King reminded us in Where Do We Go

From Here?, in words of tremendous encouragement and hope for this moment: “In any social revolution there are times when the tail winds of triumph and fulfillment favor us, and other times when strong head winds of disappointment and setbacks beat against us relentlessly. We must not permit adverse winds to overwhelm us as we journey across life’s mighty Atlantic; we must be sustained by our engines of courage in spite of the winds. This refusal to be stopped, this ‘courage to be,’ this determination to go on ‘in spite of ’ is the hallmark of any great movement.…Today’s despair is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow’s justice.”

Marian Wright Edelman is President Emeritus of the Children's Defense Fund.

Column: MLB whistleblower deserves applause, not criticism

By Paul Newberry When future generations are documenting baseball history, Mike Fiers will surely be remembered as one of the game's most significant figures.

Not necessarily for what he did on the field, though tossing a pair of no-hitters is certainly a worthy achievement.

Let's just hope all his fellow players give him a big tip of the cap when he takes the mound this season.

After all, Fiers blew the lid off one of the most nefarious schemes in the history of the national pastime, a scandal that ranks right up there with the Black Sox and the Steroids Era. There will surely be some who view him as a back-stabbing snitch for going public with revelations that Houston cheated its way to a World Series title in 2017 by stealing signs, who will whisper— or even say right out loud—that he violated one of baseball's cardinal rules by revealing the secrets of the clubhouse.

We already got a sampling of that line of thought from ESPN analyst and New York Mets adviser Jessica Mendoza, who said Thursday the pitcher should have reported his concerns to Major League Baseball instead of going to The Athletic with his blockbuster story.

“It didn't sit well with me,” Mendoza said during an appearance on ESPN's “Golic and Wingo” show. “Honestly, it made me sad for the sport that that's how this all got found out.”

Then, she dug herself an even deeper hole.

“This wasn't something MLB

naturally investigated,” Mendoza said. “It came from within. It was a player that was a part of it, that benefited from it during the regular season when he was a part of that team. That, when I first heard about it, it hits you like any teammate would. It's something that you don't do. I totally get telling your future teammates, helping them win, letting people know, but to go public with it and call them out and start all of this, it's hard to swallow.”

What a crock.

If Fiers hadn't made his on-therecord allegations to a journalist, there's a very good chance the world never would have known the full extent of the scam.

If there's one thing that sports leagues and pretty much any for-profit business try to avoid, it's embarrassing publicity. We'll never know how thorough the investigation would've been if baseball officials had known it was all on the down low, but history is filled with foul deeds that went largely unpunished until a whistleblower bravely went public with the truth.

Chances are, AJ Hinch, Jeff Luhnow, Alex Cora and Carlos Beltran would still have jobs.

Instead, all were ousted from the game after Commissioner Rob Manfred quickly and thoroughly investigated the report, singling them out as most responsible for a clandestine video system that allowed the Astros to signal to their hitters what pitches were coming— providing a huge advantage over the guys on the mound.

Not surprisingly, there were players who reacted negatively to the way Fiers exposed the Astros' dirty little secret, though they didn't have the same courage to let their be names be used.

“Give back your ring and your World Series share,” a current Houston player told Yahoo Sports.

It's not unfair to question Fiers' motives.

He didn't say anything, at least not publicly, when the Astros were cheating their way to a World Series title. Some wondered if he were bitter about the way he was treated by his former team, which didn't use him during the 2017 playoffs and decided not to offer him a

contract after the championship season. Others have questioned Fiers for remaining quiet through two more seasons, finally coming clean after his current team, the Oakland Athletics, finished second to the Astros in the AL West.

But it's much more likely that Fiers followed a tortured path taken by many whistleblowers.

He was troubled all along by what he knew, but was reluctant to say anything for fear he would be seen as a troublemaker. He surely fretted that leveling such a monumental allegation against a powerhouse franchise would make him a pariah within the game he loves and haunt him for the rest of his career.

Then, for whatever reason, Fiers finally decided that the weight of remaining silent was greater than the potential burden of going public.

“That's not playing the game the right way,” Fiers told The Athletic.

“They were advanced and willing to go above and beyond to win.”

Those who were victimized by Houston's scam—most notably the Los Angeles Dodgers, who

lost the 2017 World Series in seven games—seem to grasp the significance of Fiers' revelations, even if it's too late to help get a fair shot at the title.

“I would rather face a player that was taking steroids than face a player that knew every pitch that was coming,” Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood wrote on Twitter.

Manfred deserves kudos for moving quickly to suspend Astros manager Hinch and GM Luhnow for the entire 2020 season (which led to them being fired shortly afterward). His report also singled out Cora, the team's former bench coach, as the main architect of the shenanigans (which led to his firing as Boston Red Sox manager).

Beltran was the one player mentioned prominently in the report, undoubtedly because 2017 was his final year on the field. This was supposed to be his first season as the New York Mets manager, but the team cut ties with him before he even got the chance to come up with another underhanded method of winning.

Manfred needs to go a step farther and punish every player who had a significant role in stealing signs, or readily accepted the ill-gotten edge.

“The fact that there hasn't been any consequences to any players up to this point is wild,” Wood said.

Further, it might be time to consider a thorough crackdown on the game's technological arms race, starting with a ban on the use of any video while the game is in progress.

No matter how it all shakes out, the national pastime is better now than it was a few days ago.

Thank you, Mike Fiers.

History will treat you well.

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all do as much we can," Harris said. "This, right here, shows that we're not just overseas defending the country, we are right here defending what's here."

Sailor Chayde Jensen said it's important to show that that the Navy is representing the community.

"This allows me to get involved, rather than sit at the base and hide," he said. "I joined the Navy to serve my country. It took me two years to get here, but I am going to stay here. It's going to take a lot to get me out."

Councilman Oscar Madrigal said Martin Luther King Day is vital.

"It's a day to remember his legacy and remember his words," he said. "We will all be judged by our character.

It's important that Oxnard has this celebration because it's a reflection of our past and hopefully, a reflection of a better future for the city."

Supervisor John Zaragoza said celebrating Dr. King's legacy is important.

"Oxnard is such a diverse city, and our diversity is important to all of us," he said.

"Martin Luther King's legacy helped me tremendously in my work with the city and my work with the county.

I've been doing this for 24 years." Myshawne Stallings

came out to march, remember and honor the legacy of an extraordinary activist.

"It makes us unified and appreciate one another," he said.

Lashelle Stallings said, coming together to march as a community is vital.

"We need to remember Dr. King and the hard work he put in and the sacrifices he made, and everyone who worked alongside him, as well," she said.

Lashelle agreed that progress is moving forward, but there is still a lot of work to do.

"I can go out and educate the community," she said. "My

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specialty is financial services, so I am bridging the gap caused by discrimination."

Congresswoman Julia Brownley was excited to see so many people up early on a Monday morning celebrating Dr. King.

"We're all living in perilous times at the moment," Brownley said. "It's more perilous than in the history of our lifetime."

Remembering the life and legacy of Dr. King, Brownley said, is essential every day.

"He's a man who fought for justice and equality," she said.

"He understood the meaning of dignity. Selflessness is a description we think of so much when we think of Martin Luther King."

If King were still alive, Brownley said his advice

would be not to despair.

"Keep dreaming," she said. "It's important to all of us to keep dreaming. We all remember King's I Have a Dream speech. He said in that speech; this is no time to have the luxury of cooling off or take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of Democracy.

We're fighting to hold on to our Democracy."

Mayor Pro Tem and Ventura County District Five Candidate Carmen Ramirez remembered the day King was assassinated.

"I was in college, and it was a stunning, shocking, horrible thing," she said. "Of course, we have a whole lot of work to do to achieve the goals he worked for."

She said it's a call to action.

"Remeber the struggles and sacrifices that people made," she said. "Only light can destroy the darkness, and only love can cure hate. Dr. Martin Luther King is one of my heroes."

Ventura County Board of Supervisors District Four Candidate Kim Marra Stephenson took part in an event on Sunday in Santa Paula.

"I was honestly overcome with emotion when we were singing We Shall Overcome," she said. "We haven't overcome yet, and looking at the inequities and overwhelming power of money right now, the thought of overcoming corporations and social injustice took me over, and I was overwhelmed."

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told the council it's true the voters elected all of them to represent the best interest of the city, and the city hired a consultant to analyze the report on the initiatives.

"This report echoed what the staff wanted to say, and the entire voter population in the city had the opportunity to read it, to see it, hear for themselves and draw their conclusions," he said. "The information was out there.

However, you don't trust the voters to make smart choices, or you think the voters are stupid, or you think the voters can't analyze the pros and cons and make their own decisions.

Remember, these stupid and untrustworthy voters put you where you are seated right now. It sure seems like you

want to silence the voice of the voters."

City Attorney Stephen Fischer said the council could request a 9212 report if they'd like.

"Adoption of the ordinance is one of the two approaches that has been requested by the proponent, as I recall," he said. "With Measure B on the March 2020 ballot, the voters will have the opportunity to consider the adoption of four good governance measures."

After the council adopted the ordinance, Starr said the council employed Machiavellian politics by adopting the initiative.

"All the literature out there in the voter handbooks says there are no term limits, and if you vote for this, you will

put in term limits," he said.

"What the city council just did was they adopted our measure knowing that people are going to be voting to vote for what they think are term limits, but what they are really going to be doing is voting to loosen term limits.

That's what Measure B will do. It was a really underhanded move, and something we thought was possible. We didn't think the city would move into a Banana Republic, such as this."

Percell said they could adopt Measure B and avoid the cost of the election.

"Oh, we want to save the money," she said. "We're just going to adopt this. They didn't adopt this because they want it to be the policy; they want to kill this because they want their measure to override it."

had a special board meeting at Harrington Elementary School, which talked about the Brown Act and working together.

The District had their attorney, Bonnie Garcia, attending, along with Attorney Nitasha Sawhney and Superintendent Morales.

"Bonnie is in the middle of the horseshoe with the trustees facing the center," he said. "In the next section, we are going to talk about the elephant in the room."

He looked at Garcia and asked if he was the elephant, and he said yes.

"Dennis, I talked to your

fellow trustees, and they don't want you to give your opinions of why you are going to vote a certain way. If you do, they will censure you."

O'Leary paused, and he said that it doesn't mean anything.

The two laughed.

"I put my hands out like they were going to handcuff me, and I said go ahead and censure me," O'Leary said. "I talked to the four trustees. Garcia said.

Stop asking; you're never going to be board president."

O'Leary said both of the two last pieces are Brown Act Violations. One of them involves a constitutional amendment. The Brown Act violations come from him polling the other trustees who said he would censure me if I gave my opinion.

Garcia polled the trustees and he said they wouldn't ever be president.

"You can poll as many trustees as you want, but you're not supposed to let the trustees know the results of the poll," he said. "It has to be publicly announced ahead of time, and this was on the fly."

He plans to ask the district attorney to review the Brown Act violations and investigate the trustees.

"Right now, the board of trustees are in a bad state," O'Leary said.

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ACROSS 1. Cracked open 5. Protrude 8. *"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" supporting nominee 12. Eggnog time, traditionally 13. Pol request 14. Capital of Senegal 15. *Jo Van Fleet won for her role in "East of ____" 16. Augmented 17. Shoemaker without shoes, e.g.

18. Ones full of desire 20. VSCO girl's shoes 21. New Zealand native 22. "The Nutcracker" step 23. Boiled bread product, pl.

26. Guarapo de jagua fruit 30. Edith Wharton's "The ____ of Innocence" 31. "____ 'er ____!"

34. *1935 Best Picture nominee "A ____ of Two Cities" 35. Plant a.k.a. golden buttons 37. *Dustin Hoffman was nominated for role in "____ the Dog" 38. Does like Matryoshka 39. Narrative poem 40. Brunch drink 42. Gumshoe 43. 10-sided polygon 45. Qatar native 47. Greek R 48. "Friends" favorite spot?

50. Fodder holder 52. *Oscar winner for "The Revenant" and 2020 nominee 55. Uses a paring knife 56. Twelfth month of Jewish civil year 57. Whirlpool 59. *The first to refuse his award, for "Patton" 60. *He was nominated for "Lost in Translation" 61. Sunburn aid 62. Negative contraction 63. Chi precursor 64. *"The Marriage Story" nominee DOWN

1. Reply to a captain 2. *RenĂŠe Zellweger's role 3. Away from wind 4. Dub again 5. *Movie with most 2020 Oscar nominations 6. First cradles 7. *Oscar-winners Gore, Fonda and Cameron did this talk, pl.

8. *South Korean black comedy thriller 9. Image in an Orthodox church 10. Soaks in rays 11. The old college one 13. With numerous veins 14. Backless sofa 19. Campaign trail gathering 22. Coach's talk 23. Diminished 24. Open-mouthed 25. Relating to a gene 26. Garbage in, garbage out 27. Primo, on Italian menu 28. What tailor shops do

29. *He won an Oscar for role in a Scorsese movie 32. *Oscar-winning writer Julius Epstein to Oscar-winning writer Philip Epstein 33. Ewe's mate 36. *She's nominated in 2020... twice 38. Civil rights org.

40. Jersey call 41. Sudden increase in wind 44. *Whoopi Goldberg scored an Oscar for this movie 46. *"Phantom ____," 2018 nominee 48. Locomotive hair 49. Round openings 50. Cul de ____, pl.

51. *Meryl Streep won for "____ Lady" 52. Mortgage, e.g.

53. Not in action 54. Skunk's defense 55. Tire measurement 58. Japanese capital

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they act that way.

In Dec. 2018, the school district won an award, and he was asked to go to San Francisco. He found out the hotel where they were giving out the award was on strike, and he refused to cross the picket line.

"I grew up knowing that you don't cross a picket line," he said. "I had the school district get their money refunded."

The District wanted to send someone else.

"I didn't want them to profit off me," he said. "Two weeks later, I'm not elected board president again."

In April 2019, the District

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LEGAL T.S. No. 082018-CA APN: 6138-003023 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 2/23/2007.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 1/30/2020 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 3/8/2007, as Instrument No. 20070507637, , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: JOSE ANDRADE, A SINGLE MAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: VINEYARD BALLROOM, DOUBLETREE HOTEL LOS ANGELES NORWALK, 13111 SYCAMORE DRIVE, NORWALK, CA 90650 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2117 W CORYDON ST COMPTON, CA 90220 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $296,297.21 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 082018CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 280-2832 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:78653 AdId:26252 CustId:670 -----------T.S. No. 085082-CA APN: 6142-013026 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/6/2006.

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 On 1/28/2020 at 10:30 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 11/14/2006, as Instrument No. 06 2513908, in Book , Page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: BENNIE CABS, A WIDOWER WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1402 WEST 156TH STREET COMPTON, CA 90220-3512 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $345,971.52 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the

successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.STOXPOSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 085082CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (844) 477-7869 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:78661 AdId:26255 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000007635352 Title Order No.: 180260204 FHA/VA/PMI No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/04/2006. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 01/12/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0077798 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: NANCY J TAYLOR, A WIDOW, 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: 02/07/2020 TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: BY THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1820 E PINE ST, COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90221 APN#: 6177-018-011 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 $392,134.92. 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 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkASAP. com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000007635352. 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: AGENCY SALES and POSTING 714-730-2727 www. servicelinkASAP.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as

Trustee 3990 E. Concours Street, Suite 350 Ontario, CA 91764 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 01/02/2020 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-4714660 01/08/2020, 01/15/2020, 01/22/2020 SchId:78737 AdId:26280 CustId:64 -----------Title Order No. 8759354 Trustee Sale No. 84086 Loan No. 399214065 APN: 6137019-027 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/16/2018. 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 1/29/2020 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/23/2018 as Instrument No. 20181076845 in book N/A, page N/A of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: DAISY COOK, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. ALFORD, DECEASED, PROBATE CASE 17STPB04828 R/W 17STPB07903 , as Trustor ATHAS CAPITAL GROUP, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION , as Beneficiary 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). At: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE – continued 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 the land therein: LOT 77 OF TRACT NO. 13111, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 302, PAGE(S) 38 AND 39 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES, LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID PROPERTY, BUT WITH NO RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY RESERVED IN INSTRUMENTS OF RECORD. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 14623 SOUTH CAIRN AVENUE COMPTON, CA 90220. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit $187,509.12 (Estimated).

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. 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 of Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 1/3/2020 CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST, as Trustee 8190 EAST KAISER BLVD., ANAHEIM HILLS, CA 92808 PHONE: 714-283-2180 FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION LOG ON TO: www.stoxposting.com CALL: 844-477-7869 PATRICIO S. INCE’, VICE PRESIDENT CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALIST IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED 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 or trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-477-7869, or visit this internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case T.S.# 84086. 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.”

CALIFORNIA TD SPECIALISTS Attn: Teri Snyder 8190 East Kaiser Blvd. Anaheim Hills, CA 92808 SchId:78746 AdId:26283 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANNIE L. HELON CASE NO. 20STPB00054 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ANNIE L. HELON. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CECILIA A. BRADSHAW in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CECILIA A. BRADSHAW 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: 02/10/20 at 8:30AM in Dept. 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 JACK I. ESENSTEN - SBN 026240 LAW OFFICE OF JACK I. ESENSTEN 4000 PALOS VERDES DRIVE NORTH, SUITE 200 ROLLING HILLS ESTATES CA 90274 BSC 217883 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/20 CNS-3330079# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:78793 AdId:26296 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF BENJIE L. KNOX Case No. 20STPB00006 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BENJIE L. KNOX A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Ja'Mil Welch in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Ja'Mil Welch 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 January 30, 2020 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 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: ABRAHAM I PARISER ESQ SBN 314524 KEYSTONE LAW GROUP PC 11300 W OLYMPIC BLVD STE 910 LOS ANGELES CA 90064 CN967110 KNOX Jan 15,22,29, 2020 SchId:78825 AdId:26308 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-18-837370-CL Order No.: DS730018001786 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/26/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by 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): Lydia P. Johnson, an unmarried woman Recorded: 2/6/2006 as Instrument No. 06 0271779 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 6/26/2009 as Instrument No. 20090966951 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 2/13/2020 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: $461,227.54 The purported property address is: 1701 S CENTER AVENUE, COMPTON, CA 90220 Assessor's Parcel No.: 6162-005-041 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you

are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-18-837370-CL. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-18-837370-CL IDSPub #0159790 1/22/2020 1/29/2020 2/5/2020 SchId:78834 AdId:26311 CustId:608 -----------T.S. No. 15-41075 APN: 6145-019-045 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/22/2006. 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 drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: NIKITA K KNOWLES, A SINGLE WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVE Deed of Trust recorded 9/29/2006, as Instrument No. 06-2171507, And further modified by that certain Home Affordable Modification Agreement dated 9/22/2006, and recorded on 1/12/2015, as Instrument # 20150036834, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:2/13/2020 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Vineyard Ballroom, Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $340,586.17 Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt owed.

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1105 WEST 137TH STREET COMPTON, CA 90222 Described as follows: As more fully described on said Deed of Trust A.P.N #.: 6145-019-045 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which

may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.auction. com, using the file number assigned to this case 15-41075. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Dated: 1/14/2020 LAW OFFICES OF LES ZIEVE, as Trustee 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 For NonAutomated Sale Information, call: (714) 848-7920 For Sale Information: (800) 280-2832 www.auction.com _______________________________ Michael Busby, Trustee Sale Officer This office is enforcing a security interest of your creditor. To the extent that your obligation has been discharged by a bankruptcy court or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy, this notice is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a demand for payment or any attempt to collect such obligation. EPP 30908 Pub Dates 01/22, 01/29, 02/05/2020 SchId:78850 AdId:26316 CustId:108 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TERESA MONTOYA Case No. 19STPB04396 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of TERESA MONTOYA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by James L. Leestma, Esq. in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that James L. Leestma, Esq. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Feb. 28, 2020 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.

Petitioner: James L. Leestma, Esq. LAW OFFICE OF JAMES LAMBERT LEESTMA 7301 TOPANGA CYN BL STE 202 CANOGA PARK CA 91303 CN967320 MONTOYA Jan 22,29, Feb 5, 2020 SchId:78876 AdId:26326 CustId:65 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHARLES WILLIAM PATTERSON CASE NO. 20STPB00245 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of CHARLES WILLIAM PATTERSON. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by YASHICA WILEY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that YASHICA WILEY 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: 02/10/20 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 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

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LEGAL 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 SUZANNE M. REHMANI - SBN 160128 REHMANI & ASSOCIATES, a PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION 14751 PLAZA DR., B TUSTIN CA 92780 BSC 217911 1/22, 1/29, 2/5/20 CNS-3332746# THE COMPTON BULLETIN SchId:78879 AdId:26327 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006167506 Title Order No.: 160225543 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 1975956813-703 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 06/22/2012. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/29/2012 as Instrument No. 20120970080 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: BARBARA CLEVELAND, A SINGLE WOMAN AND RODRIGO CUEVAS, A SINGLE MAN ALL AS JOINT TENANTS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 02/27/2020 TIME OF SALE: 9:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Doubletree Hotel Los AngelesNorwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1719 EAST SAN MARCUS STREET, COMPTON, CALIFORNIA 90221 APN#: 6183-007-020 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 $326,374.75. 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 00000006167506. 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 800-280-2832 www.auction.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 3990 E. Concours Street, Suite 350 Ontario, CA 91764 (866) 795-1852 Dated: 01/16/2020 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-4715830 01/22/2020, 01/29/2020, 02/05/2020 SchId:78900 AdId:26333 CustId:64 -----------NOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMPTON CONSIDERATION OF A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE HOMES 1950 North Central Avenue Compton, California NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Compton (the “City”) will hold a public hearing on February 4, 2020 at 6:00 pm (or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard) in the Compton City Council Chambers located at 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220. The hearing may be continued from time to time until completed. Any person

desiring the opportunity to be heard will be afforded an opportunity to do so.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider approval of a proposed Purchase and Sale Agreement between the City and Olson Urban Housing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Developer”), governing the conveyance by the City to the Developer of the property located at 1950 North Central Avenue (the “Land”) for the development of market rate and affordable housing consisting of thirty (30) detached Townhomes (the “Development”). Four (4) of the detached Townhomes will be required to be sold at affordable sales prices to moderateincome households. The former Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Compton (the “Agency”) acquired the Land. Following the dissolution of the Agency, the Land was conveyed to the City as the housing successor to the former Agency.

A report summarizing certain aspects of the conveyance of the Land from the City to the Developer and a copy of the Purchase and Sale Agreement are available for public inspection and copying, at a cost not to exceed the cost of duplication, at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Compton, Compton City Hall, 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

Further information regarding this hearing may be obtained by calling Leslie NacionalesTafoya, Administrative Analyst II, at 310-605-5697.

Any and all persons having any objections to the proposed Purchase and Sale Agreement, or to the proposed conveyance of the Land to the Developer and the construction of the Development, or who deny the regularity of this proceeding or wish to speak on any issue raised by the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the proposed conveyance of the Land or the construction of the Development, may appear at the hearing and will be afforded an opportunity to state their objections.

If you desire to challenge in court the proposed conveyance of the Land or the approval and execution of the proposed Purchase and Sale Agreement, or any proceedings in connection therewith, you may be limited to raising only those issues that you or someone else raised at the hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the hearing. Written correspondence on this matter may be addressed to the City Council, c/o of the City Clerk, at 205 South Willowbrook Avenue, Compton, California, 90220.

ALITA GODWIN, MMC CITY CLERK

_______________________________ ______ __________________________ DATES OF PUBLICATION: __January 22, 2020 _January 29, 2020 SchId:78904 AdId:26335 CustId:314 -----------File No.: 20191209100222130 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Can Do Services 197 E Ramona St. Ventura, CA 93001 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Fred Nevarez 102 W. Summer St. Ojai, CA 93023 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Fred Nevarez NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 12/9/2019.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78674 AdId:26259 CustId:1241 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-19-866861-CL Order No.: DS730019005044 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/19/2004.

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): Shannon L. Baquar, a married woman as her sole & separate Recorded: 10/27/2004 as Instrument No. 200410270287705 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California; Date of Sale: 2/6/2020 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001, in the Auction.com Room Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $719,525.41 The purported property address is: 3938 CORTE CANCION, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360 Assessor's Parcel No.: 5920-241-015 Legal Description: Please be advised that the legal description set forth on the Deed of Trust is in error. The legal description of the property secured by the Deed of Trust is more properly set forth and made part of Exhibit "A" as attached hereto.

Parcel I: Lot(s) 111 of Tract No. 2569, in the City of Thousand Oaks, County of Ventura, State of California, as per Map recorded in Book 76, Page(s) 87 through 94 inclusive

of Miscellaneous Records, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Except therefrom an undivided onehalf interest in all oil, gas, minerals, and other hydrocarbon substances lying below a depth of 500 feet, but with no right of surface entry, as provided in deed recorded July 19, 1933 in Book 403, Page 242, Official Records.

Except therefrom the remaining undivided onehalf interest in all oil, gas, minerals, and other hydrocarbon substances lying below a depth of 500 feet, but with no right of surface entry, as provided in deeds of record. Parcel II: A nonexclusive easement for ingress, egress, use and enjoyment over and across the "common area” as more fully described in the Declaration of Restrictions recorded July 5, 1979, in Book 5433, Page 295, Official Records. 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 http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-19-866861-CL. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-19-866861-CL IDSPub #0159467 1/10/2020 1/17/2020 1/24/2020 SchId:78686 AdId:26263 CustId:608 -----------File No.: 20191227100232840 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Reliable Rehab LLC 5521 Cochran St. #252 Simi Valley, CA 93063 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Reliable Rehab LLC 5521 Cochran St. #252 Simi Valley, CA 93063 This Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/27/2019.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Zachary Bailey NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 12/27/2019.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78693 AdId:26265 CustId:1242 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF EUGENE R. SOLOMON Case No. 56-2019-00537842-PRPLOXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of EUGENE R. SOLOMON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Laura Weltman in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Laura Weltman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested

person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Feb. 13, 2020 at 9:00AM in Dept. No. J6 located at 4353 E. Vineyard, Oxnard, CA 93036.

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: KELLEY BANNON LASHLEY ESQ SBN 202882 CALLETON MERRITT DE FRANCISCO & BANNON LLP 131 N EL MOLINO AVE STE 350 PASADENA CA 91101-1873 CN967033 SOLOMON Jan 10,17,24, 2020 SchId:78696 AdId:26266 CustId:65 -----------File No.: 20191231100234310 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Baubles & KnickKnacks 13995 Burdock Drive Moorpark, CA 93021 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Beverly Wallace 13995 Burdock Drive Moorpark, CA 93021 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Beverly Wallace NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 12/31/2019.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78700 AdId:26267 CustId:1243 -----------Order To Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 56-2019-00537352-CU-PT-VTA To All Interested Persons: REGINA ELLEN CONNOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1 PRESENT NAME: REGINA ELLEN EMANUEL PROPOSED NAME: GINA EMANUEL CONNOR The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice Of Hearing Date: 2/4/2020 Time: 8:20 AM Dept. 21.

The address of the court is Superior Court of Ventura, 800 Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: TriCounty Sentry Date: 12/16/2019 MICHAEL D. PLANET Ventura Superior Court SchId:78704 AdId:26268 CustId:1244 -----------File No.: 20191230-10023352-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. RAICES SALON 2000 Saviers Rd. Oxnard, CA 93033 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Monica Zamora 1170 Cadiz Ct. Oxnard, CA 93035 This Business is conducted by: MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/30/2019.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Monica Zamora NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another

under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 12/30/2019.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78708 AdId:26269 CustId:1245 -----------File No.: 20191230-10023368-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Cottage Animal Hospital 906 E 5th St Oxnard, CA 93030 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Mehrzad Emad DVM PHD A Veterinary corporation 906 E 5th St Oxnard, CA 93030 This Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/2004.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Mehrzad Emad NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 12/30/2019.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78730 AdId:26278 CustId:1247 -----------File No.: 20191223100230920 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. ROBEKS IN CAMARILLO 612 Las posas rd Camarillo, CA 93010 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Samuel Shin 11517 Verona Dr Chatsworth, CA 91311 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2018.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Samuel Shin NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 12/23/2019.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78749 AdId:26284 CustId:1248 -----------File No.: 20200106-10000227-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. BGM Sports 2. BGM Sports Cycling Club 3. Cycle Sports Global Timing Systems 6363 Alta Vista Ridge Road Simi Valley, CA 93063 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Hubert Patrick Glennon 6363 Alta Vista Ridge Road Simi Valley, CA 93063 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/28/2003.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Hubert Patrick Glennon NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/6/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78753 AdId:26285 CustId:1249 -----------File No.: 20200106-10000225-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. First US Finance 5549 Seneca Place Simi Valley, CA 93063 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Lester Salvatierra 5549 Seneca Place Simi Valley, CA 93063 This Business is conducted by: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/08/2010.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant

who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Lester Salvatierra NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/6/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78757 AdId:26286 CustId:1250 -----------File No.: 20200106100002460 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Adventures Du Jour 3537 Ocean Drive Oxnard, CA 93035 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Gabe Soumakian 3537 Ocean Drive Oxnard, CA 93035 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/06/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Gabe Soumakian NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/6/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78761 AdId:26287 CustId:1251 -----------File No.: 20191223100230370 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Angl Co. 1531 E Jefferson Way Apt 209 Simi Valley , CA 93065 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Brendan McConnachie 1531 E Jefferson Way Simi Valley , CA 93065 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/23/2019.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Brendan McConnachie NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 12/23/2019.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78765 AdId:26288 CustId:1252 -----------Order To Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 56-2020-00538454-CU-PT-VTA To All Interested Persons: TUTI BUDIARTI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: 1 PRESENT NAME: TUTI BUDIARTI PROPOSED NAME: RUTH TUTI BUDIARTI The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice Of Hearing Date: 2/13/2020 Time: 8:20 AM Dept. 43.

The address of the court is Superior Court of Ventura, 800 Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: TriCounty Sentry Date: 1/2/2020 MICHAEL D. PLANET Ventura Superior Court SchId:78769 AdId:26289 CustId:713 -----------File No.: 20200103-10000144-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1.

ANDREA TANUS-GARCIA INTERPRETING

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TRI-COUNTY SENTRY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020

LEGAL 2613 W. BOKER WAY PORT HUENEME, CA 93041 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. ANDREA TANUS-GARCIA 2613 W. BOKER WAY PORT HUENEME, CA 93041 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/03/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/ANDREA TANUS-GARCIA NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/3/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78773 AdId:26290 CustId:693 -----------File No.: 20200103-10000139-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. MORAIMA CUEVAS INTERPRETING 1915 RIALTO ST. OXNARD, CA 93035 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. MORAIMA CUEVAS 1915 RIALTO ST. OXNARD, CA 93035 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/03/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/MORAIMA CUEVAS NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/3/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78777 AdId:26291 CustId:693 -----------File No.: 20200102-10000095-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Conejo Lock & Key 2. Conejo Lock And Key 3. Conejo Lock & Key Service 4. Conejo Lock And Key Service 3466 Kimber Dr Newbury Park, CA 91320 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Allison Oberle 3466 Kimber Dr Newbury Park, CA 91320 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Allison Oberle NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/2/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78781 AdId:26292 CustId:1253 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SHELDON JACKNOWITZ CASE NO. 56-2019-00536188-PRPWOXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SHELDON JACKNOWITZ. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CLEA MARKMAN AND HILJA JACKNOWITZ in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CLEA MARKMAN AND HILJA JACKNOWITZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested

person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/19/20 at 9:00AM in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 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 SHIRLEY C. MUNCH - SBN 123487 SHIRLEY C. MUNCH, ESQ. 11600 WASHINGTON PLACE, SUITE 217 LOS ANGELES CA 90066 1/17, 1/24, 1/31/20 CNS-3330466# TRICOUNTY SENTRY SchId:78787 AdId:26294 CustId:61 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROBERT EDWARD KINYOUN aka ROBERT KINYOUN Case No. 56-2019-00536690-PRLAOXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROBERT EDWARD KINYOUN aka ROBERT KINYOUN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Kristen Kinyoun in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Kristen Kinyoun 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 January 29, 2020 at 9:00 AM in Dept. No. J6 located at 4353 E. Vineyard, Oxnard, CA 93036.

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 J CALLAHAN ESQ SBN47544 17131 AUTUMN CIRCLE HUNTINGTON BEACH CA 92647 CN967099 KINYOUN Jan 10,17,24, 2020 SchId:78802 AdId:26300 CustId:65 -----------File No.: 20200106-10000223-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. REALTY EXECUTIVES-LEGACY 260 MAPLE COURT, SUITE 275 VENTURA, CA 93003 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. TIMOTHY B. DAVIS 3026 OLD COACH DRIVE CAMARILLO, CA 93010 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/TIMOTHY B. DAVIS NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/6/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78804 AdId:26301 CustId:693 -----------File No.: 20200102-10000106-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Otis + Pearl Partywares

2. Otis + Pearl Vintage Rentals 1120 E Santa Clara Street Ventura, CA 93001 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Gretchen Ulrich 1120 E Santa Clara Street Ventura, CA 93001 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Gretchen Ulrich NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/9/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78808 AdId:26302 CustId:1254 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-17-761306-RY Order No.: 170034307-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/8/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial 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): MICHAEL A. COOK AND, KIMBERLEY A. COOK, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 6/12/2006 as Instrument No. 20060612-0123838 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California; Date of Sale: 3/3/2020 at 11:00AM Place of Sale: To the right of the main entrance, near the exit doors, of the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $945,870.71 The purported property address is: 1965 LAKOTA STREET, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 Assessor's Parcel No.: 619-0-251085 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 916939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-17-761306-RY. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916-939-0772 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-17-761306-RY IDSPub #0159745 1/17/2020 1/24/2020 1/31/2020 SchId:78819 AdId:26306 CustId:608 -----------File No.: 20200110-10000654-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

1. FERAS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 1915 N H st. APT 32 Oxnard, CA 93036 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. FERAS MUSTAFA 1915 N H st. APT 32 Oxnard, CA 93036 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Feras Mustafa NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/10/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78828 AdId:26309 CustId:1255 -----------TSG No.: 730-1502840-70 TS No.: A546734 APN: 627-0-214-025 Property Address: 2843 DALHART AVENUE SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/03/2006. 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. On 02/11/2020 at 11:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 10/12/2006, as Instrument No. 20061012-00215865-0, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of VENTURA County, State of California. Executed by: Josef Obermeier and Taybee Obermeier, husband and wife as joint tenants, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/ CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the main entrance to the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003 All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 627-0-214-025 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2843 DALHART AVENUE, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 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 $ 466,478.12. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-758-8052 or visit this Internet Web homesearch.com, using the file number assigned to this case A546734 Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Date: First American Title Insurance Company 4795 Regent Blvd, Mail Code 1011-F Irving, TX 75063 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1-800758-8052 NPP0366253 To: TRICOUNTY SENTRY 01/17/2020, 01/24/2020, 01/31/2020 SchId:78838 AdId:26312 CustId:68 -----------File No.: 20200108100004140 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS STATEMENT

NAME

THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. V's Creations 203 Lynn Drive Ventura, CA 93003 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Valeri L Ziegler 203 Lynn Drive Ventura, CA 93003 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/08/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Valeri L Ziegler NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/8/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78841 AdId:26313 CustId:1256 -----------APN 108-0-140-275 Trustee Sale No. 1907 Loan No. Solano Verde 2nd T i t l e Order No. 1365042cad NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/26/2019. 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 02/12/2020 at 11:00AM, Parker Foreclosure Services, LLC as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 09/26/19 as Document #20190926-00115952-0 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, executed by: Jafaeth Sarahi Gomez, Trustee of the JSG Trust, dated April 18, 2007, as Trustor, Gaudalupe Martinez, a Married Man, as his sole and separate property, as Beneficiary, 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 PAYABLE TO PARKER FORECLOSURE SERVICES, LLC drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state of 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). At: At the main front entrance to the Government Center Hall of Justice 800 S. Victoria Ventura, CA 93009, 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 describing the land therein: “See Attached” Exhibit “A” Legal Description The land referred to herein is situated in the State of California, County of Ventura unincorporated Area and described as follows: Parcel 1: Parcel 31 of parcel map no. 3361, in the county of Ventura, State of California as shown on the Parcel Map filed in book 33, page(s) 1 through 12, inclusive of parcel maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said county.

Except the interest in the Deed from Helen Ladine McCormick, et al., recorded October 21, 1952 in book 1094 page 537 of official records as follows: Reserving and excepting however to Helen Ladine McCormick her successors and assigns an undivided 1/4th interest in and to all oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances and all other minerals of every kind and nature in on under or produced from the above described land for the period ending June 1, 1972, and as long thereafter as oil, gas, hydrocarbon substances or minerals are produced therefrom in paying quantities; But without any right to enter upon any portion of the surface or the subsurface of said land to a depth of 550 feet below the surface excepted as provided in the Agreement and Deed executed by Helen Ladine McCormick and by Joseph A. McCormick, et al, recorded January 18, 1966 in book 2929 page 433 of official records. Also except all oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances, minerals and fissionable substances located in, on and under said land but without any right to enter upon the surface or subsurface of said land within 550 feet below the surface thereof for any purpose whatsoever except as provided in Deed to Title Insurance and Trust Company recorded November 1, 1961, in book 2066 page 555 of official records, as excepted and reserved

by Joseph A. McCormick and John F. McCormick in said Deed and in Deed recorded March 13, 1967, in book 3116 page 129 of official records. Also except all oil, petroleum, naptha, gas and other hydrocarbon substances, also any and all other minerals of every kind, character or nature, without, however any rights to enter upon any portion of the surface of said real property and the subsurface thereof to a depth of five hundred fifty (550) feet below the surface except upon the easements described as drill sites 4, part of 7 and 8 and all of 10, as reserved by Joseph R. Russell, et al, in the Agreement and Deed recorded September 27, 1966 in book 3047 page 571 of official records Parcel 2: An easement for a private road forty (40) feet in width across a portion of Tract 59 Rancho Las Posas, in the county of ventura state of california according to the map thereof recorded in the office of the county recorder of said county in book 3, page 22 of maps, the center line of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the northerly line of said tract 59 distant south 64 degrees 01’ 15” west 104.91 feet along said northerly line from a 2 capped iron pipe set at the corner common to tracts 59, 60 and 61 and designated as “B-4” on the recorded map of said Rancho Las Posas; thence from said point of beginning south 12 degrees 18’ east 220.03 feet to a point in the center line of Bradley Road; from which point a ¾” iron pipe monument designated as Station 13 on the map entitled “Map of Bradley Road in Rancho Las Poss, Ventura County California” May 7, 1918 (RD. Bk 5-9) records of Ventura County, bears south 47 degrees 14’ 50” west 36.63 feet. The side lines of the above described easement to be prolonged or shortened to begin on the northerly line of said tract 59 and to terminate on the center line of said Bradley Road. Parcel 3: an easement for private road purposes over the following described land The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”.

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 6952 Solano Verde Dr., Somis, CA 93066-9756.

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: $1,520,595.444 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. 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 and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation.

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844-477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site, Stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 1907. 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: 01/10/20 Parker Foreclosure Services, LLC PO Box 2940 Ventura, CA 93002-2940 (714) 573-1965 H. Blossomgame, Trustee SchId:78848 AdId:26315 CustId:670 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CAROLYN BLANCHE LASKY AKA CAROLYN BLANCHE AMRHINE Case No. 56-2020-00538861-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CAROLYN BLANCHE LASKY AKA CAROLYN BLANCHE AMRHINE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Lynda Edmonds aka Lynda C. Edmonds in the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Lynda Edmonds aka Lynda C. Edmonds 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 2/26/2020 at 9:00 AM in Department J6 located at 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, California 93036.

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.

Rennee R. Dehesa, Esq. SBN 249235 Jones, Lester, Schuck, Becker & Dehesa, LLP 915 E. MAIN STREET, STE. A Santa Paula CA 93060 Phone: 805-525-7104 Fax: 805-525-1653 SchId:78860 AdId:26319 CustId:703 -----------NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RONALD GAUDIA Case No. 56-2020-00538892-PR-PWOXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RONALD GAUDIA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Catherine Sherwood in the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura.

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

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration

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LEGAL 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 3/4/2020 at 9:00 AM in Department J6 located at 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, California 93036.

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.

JEANNE M. KVALE SBN: 180457 HATHAWAY, PERRETT, WEBSTER, POWERS, ET AL. 5450 Telegraph Road Suite 200 Ventura CA 93003 Phone: 805-644-7111 Fax: 805-644-8296 SchId:78864 AdId:26321 CustId:753 -----------File No.: 20200103100001860 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Step By Step Publications 3993 Northland St Newbury Park, CA 91320 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Chris Slogocki 3993 Northland St Newbury Park, CA 91320 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/03/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Chris Slogocki NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/3/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78886 AdId:26329 CustId:1258 -----------File No.: 202000116100010810 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. BILL JOHNSON REALTY 2368 N. JUSTIN AVENUE SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. BILL JOHNSON 2368 N. JUSTIN AVENUE SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/16/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/BILL JOHNSON NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/16/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78890 AdId:26330 CustId:1259 -----------NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. CA-14-648743-BF Order No.: 140834796-CAVOI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/20/2012. 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): MICHELLE L SARDELLA, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded: 9/27/2012 as Instrument No. 20120927-00172319-0 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 10/2/2017 as Instrument No. 2017100200127280-0 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California; Date of Sale: 2/20/2020 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001, in the Auction.com Room Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $829,233.86 The purported property address is: 1281 HIDDEN RANCH DRIVE, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Assessor's Parcel No.: 6510-260-225 OLD 651-0-260-385 NEW 651-0-260-375 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 http://www.qualityloan.com, using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-14-648743-BF. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser's sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary's Agent, or the Beneficiary's Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-14-648743-BF IDSPub #0159910 1/24/2020 1/31/2020 2/7/2020 SchId:78894 AdId:26331 CustId:608 -----------T.S. No.: CR19-1080 A.P.N.: 647-0-013090 Order No.: 2042388-05 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/5/2017. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: GEORGE RANGEL, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC Recorded 9/14/2017 as Instrument No. 2017091400118877-0 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, and pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 10/14/2019 in Book Page , as Instrument No. 2019101400124211-0 of said Official Records. Date of Sale: 2/19/2020 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice located at 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $71,331.44 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 6342 ALTA VISTA RIDGE ROAD SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be

aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 844/477-7869 or visit this Internet Web site www.stoxposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case CR191080. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the 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.

Date: 1/16/2020 COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC 4952 WARNER AVENUE #105 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92649 PHONE #: (714) 846-6634 FAX #: (714) 846-8720 TRUSTEE’S SALE LINE (844) 477-7869 Sales Website: www.stoxposting. com ROSIE GOMEZ COUNTY RECORDS RESEARCH, INC., TRUSTEE DIVISION SchId:78897 AdId:26332 CustId:670 -----------T.S. No. 085178-CA APN: 580-0-181295 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 7/5/2006. 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 On 2/20/2020 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 7/10/2006, as Instrument No. 20060710-0145192, in Book , Page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Ventura County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: EZIO VAN HORST AND VIRGIE MARTIN, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: Auction.com Room, Four Points

by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 25 HUMBOLDT ST SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $1,046,025.14 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 085178-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 2802832 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 SchId:78912 AdId:26338 CustId:670 -----------SUMMONS CASE NO. 56-2019-00535073-CU-PAVTA. NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): 1. BRANDON WAYNE CHEEK, and DOES 1 TO 30

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): 1. BRANDON BENCOMO, CATHERINE NIGHTINGALE, KNOX BENCOMO NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days.

Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away.

If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service.

If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelp california.org) the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www. courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO: Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papales legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su repuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su repuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas.

Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov ) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name, address and telephone number of the court is (El nombre y direccion de la Corte es:) Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, California 93009.

The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): DAVID A. RICHARD, SBN 128348 1591 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 205 Ventura, CA 93001 Ph: (805) 644-0808 Date: 10/22/2019 Michael D. Planet, Clerk SchId:78915 AdId:26339 CustId:1261 -----------File No.: 20200115-10000859-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. PROFILE CONSTRUCTION 885 RIVERSIDE ST. VENTURA, CA 93001 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. PROFILE CONSTRUCTION INC. 885 RIVERSIDE ST. VENTURA, CA 93001 This Business is conducted by: CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/06/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/RYAN MINKEL, PRESIDENT NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/15/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78919 AdId:26340 CustId:693 -----------File No.: 20200121-10001218-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Bob Bacon Coaching 2. Results Consultancy

3. Results Coaching 3590 Amarillo Ave Simi Valley, CA 93063 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Robert Bacon 3590 Amarillo Ave Simi Valley, CA 93063 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2020.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/RBacon NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/21/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78923 AdId:26341 CustId:1262 -----------File No.: 20200109100005420 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. CHANNEL ISLANDS MORTGAGE SERVICES 58 N. Ash St. Ventura, CA 93001 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Cathy Milligan 32 Knox Ave. Ventura, CA 93003 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Cathy Milligan NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/9/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78933 AdId:26344 CustId:1264 -----------File No.: 20200113100006880 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. La Verseau 2. Wiser Future Co. 2678 Velma Ct Simi Valley, CA 93065 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Jessica Hernandez 2678 Velma Ct Simi Valley , CA 93065 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Jessica Hernandez NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/13/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78937 AdId:26345 CustId:1265 -----------File No.: 20200115-10000944-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. Los Pajaros Trucking 1791 Hobart Dr. Camarillo, CA 93010 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. Severo Rodriguez 1791 Hobart Dr. Camarillo, CA 93010 2. Cesar Rodriguez 1791 Hobart Dr. Camarillo, CA 93010 3. Jorge Severo Rodriguez Tamayo 1791 Hobart Dr. Camarillo, CA 93010 This Business is conducted by: GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/01/2013.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Jorge S. Rodriguez Tamayo NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920,

where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/15/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78941 AdId:26346 CustId:1266 -----------NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF PORT HUENEME REGARDING PROPOSED ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT HUENEME, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE II, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2010 OF THE CITY OF PORT HUENEME MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO COUNCILMANIC SALARIES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Port Hueneme on Monday, February 3, 2020, at the hour of 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 250 North Ventura Road, Port Hueneme, California, to consider the amendment of Port Hueneme Municipal Code section 2010 relating to councilmanic salaries. If approved, this Ordinance would identify that certain nonsalary benefits may be set by resolution of the City Council.

However, this Ordinance would not increase or change the salary of any Councilmembers and only operates to give notice to the public that other benefits may be provided. A Councilmember benefits resolution related to payment of healthcare premiums and deferred compensation will be forthcoming and considered at the February 3, 2020 regular City Council Meeting.

Interested persons are invited to attend and be heard at the Public Hearing.

Testimony may be presented in person or submitted in written form prior to the Hearing and made part of the Hearing Record.

Should you require special assistance in order to attend the Hearing, including assistance addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify the City at least three days prior to the Hearing by calling (805) 986-6500.

Further information on the subject matter of this Hearing may be obtained from the City Clerk.

Dated:

January 21, 2020 CITY OF PORT HUENEME Kristy Buxkemper, City Clerk SchId:78945 AdId:26347 CustId:699 ------------

File No.: 20200117-10001110-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. LA RAZA #2 MEAT MARKET 530 E. PLEASANT VALLEY RD PORT HUENEME, CA 93041 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. LORENA GAONA 3050 SOUTH D ST. OXNARD, CA 93033 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/31/2019.

I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/LORENA GAONA NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/17/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78946 AdId:26348 CustId:693 -----------File No.: 20200117-10001112-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: 1. BARBACOLLERIA, MENUDERIA Y ANTOJITOS LA RAZA 3045 SAVIERS RD OXNARD, CA 93033 VENTURA COUNTY Full Name of Registrant: 1. LORENA GAONA 3050 SOUTH D ST. OXNARD, CA 93033 This Business is conducted by: INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/LORENA GAONA NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).

THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 1/17/2020.

MARK A. LUNN SchId:78950 AdId:26349 CustId:693

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TRI-COUNTY SENTRY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020

HEALTH FEMA funds earthquake safety for Good Samaritan Hospital LOS ANGELES—The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $1.7 million to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and the City of Los Angeles to ensure Good Samaritan Hospital’s Emergency Department can deliver lifesaving services after a major earthquake.

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S a first-tier hospital in the National Disaster Medical System, Good Samaritan’s emergency staff are trained to receive and treat victims of mass casualty events, such as a largescale disaster. But violent shaking from an earthquake can damage essential medical equipment and critical support systems needed to treat survivors.

To alleviate this concern, nonstructural bracing and anchoring of medical equipment, communications hardware, and supporting infrastructure is essential to ensure post-earthquake operations.

Project funds will go to the installation of bolts, straps, anchors, hangers, and similar reinforcements to guarantee Good Samaritan continues to provide critical services to surrounding communities in their greatest time of need.

The $2.3 million project will be funded by a $1.7 million Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) award from FEMA, with non-federal

sources covering the remaining $600,000.

FEMA’s HMGP helps states,

territories, federally-recognized tribes, local communities and certain private, non-profit organizations

become more resilient to potential infrastructure damage and reduce future disaster costs. In the past 30

years, FEMA has invested more than $1.3 billion to reduce disaster risk in California.

LA County monitoring novel coronavirus as CDC conducts screenings at LAX LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is cooperating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to respond to recent reports of a novel (new) coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some causing respiratory illness in people and others that circulate mostly among animals, including camels, cats and bats. Common symptoms in an infected person include a fever, cough and shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.

Since December 2019, Chinese authorities preliminarily identified more than 45 human infections, including two deaths, associated with this novel (new) coronavirus in an outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. In addition, novel coronavirus infections have been confirmed in three travelers who traveled to or came from Wuhan City. No cases have been identified in the United States. Because this is a novel virus, and there is a possibility of person to person spread, CDC, acting with an abundance of caution, will initiate screening of travelers from Wuhan City at JFK airport in NYC, SFO airport in San Francisco, and LAX airport in Los Angeles.

These three airports have been selected because they are the initial U.S. destinations for the vast majority of travelers from Wuhan City.

Public Health will be assisting the CDC to ensure that travelers from Wuhan City that have a fever or respiratory illness symptoms upon arrival to LAX are appropriately screened, tested and receive care.

Travelers from Wuhan City who are not ill upon arrival will be provided with information on symptoms and advised to seek care if they become ill while visiting LA County. While there is no cure for this virus, our hospital partners and clinical providers will be able to test and care for ill travelers effectively to minimize transmission

Court to look anew at health care law birth control rules

By Mark Sherman

and severe illness. Public Health issued a health advisory informing local healthcare providers in LA County of the current situation on January 8, 2020. Public Health will continue to provide updates and work with local healthcare providers as the situation evolves.

“Though we understand that the news of airport screenings can be unsettling, Public Health is encouraged by preliminary information from China that no infections have been identified among healthcare workers who have provided care for persons with this novel infection, suggesting that the virus may be of low transmissibility,” said Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, Los Angeles County Health Officer.

“Additional monitoring and investigation are needed to confirm this observation, as healthcare workers have had increased risk in certain previous coronavirus associated outbreaks (e.g. SARS and MERS). From what we know now, this doesn’t appear to be something

that should affect the daily lives of the 10.4 million residents we serve.”

There is much more to learn about the transmissibility, severity, and other features associated with this novel coronavirus, and investigations are ongoing in China. Based on current information, however, the risk from the novel coronavirus 2019 to spread in Los Angeles County residents is deemed to be very low at this time.

As the investigation proceeds, Public Health is staying in close communication with CDC regarding new information.

Public Health also urges individuals who have recently traveled to Wuhan City and who develop fever or respiratory symptoms, to contact their healthcare provider. Public Health requests that healthcare providers treating patients with respiratory symptoms ask these patients about their travel history to Wuhan, China and to report suspected novel coronavirus infections to Public Health.

WASHINGTON (AP)—The Supreme Court will consider allowing the Trump administration to enforce rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.

The justices agreed Friday to yet another case stemming from President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, this time about cost-free birth control. The court probably will hear arguments in April.

The high court will review an appeals court ruling that blocked the Trump administration rules because it did not follow proper procedures. The new policy on contraception, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, would allow more categories of employers, including publicly traded companies, to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious objections.

The policy also would allow some employers, though not publicly traded companies, to raise moral objections to covering contraceptives.

Employers also would be able to cover some birth control methods, and not others. Some employers have objected to covering modern, long-acting implantable contraceptives, such as IUDs, which are more expensive and considered highly effective in preventing pregnancies.

The share of female employees paying their own money for birth control pills has plunged to under 4 percent, from 21 percent, since contraception became a covered preventive health benefit under the Obama-era health law, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Even though the Trump rules remain blocked, a ruling by a federal judge in Texas in June already allows most people who object to covering contraception to avoid doing so.

The issue in all the cases is the method originally adopted by the Obama administration to allow religiously affiliated organizations to opt out of paying for contraception while making sure that women under their plans would not be left with the bill.

Some groups complained that the opt-out process violated their religious beliefs and wanted to be relieved of even signaling their religious objection.

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TRI-COUNTY SENTRY, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2020

Report: Disney dropping the 'Fox' from movie studio names NEW YORK (AP)—Disney is dropping the word “Fox” from the movie studios it acquired as part of last year's $71 billion purchase of Fox's entertainment business, according to published reports.

LOS ANGELES (AP)—“Parasite” has officially infected this year’s award season. Bong Joon Ho’s Korean film became the first foreign language film to take top honors from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday, setting itself up as a legitimate best picture contender to the front-runner “1917” at next month’s Academy Awards.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston both took home awards at the 26th Screen Actors Guild on Sunday. Pitt, who is headed toward his first acting Academy Award for his performance in “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” won for best supporting performance by a male actor.

Shortly after, Aniston won best actress in a drama series for the Apple TV Plus show “The Morning Show.”

Robert De Niro became the 56th recipient of the guild’s lifetime achievement award. The actor was presented the award by Leonardo DiCaprio who applauded De Niro for his authenticity.

De Niro was unapologetic during his acceptance speech, saying he will use his voice whenever he sees what he called “a blatant abuse of power.”

It was one of several digs the twotime Oscar winner took at President Donald Trump, without mentioning him by name.

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ISNEY will still run them as separate studios within the company. But trade publication Variety reported that 20th Century Fox will become 20th Century Studios, while Fox Searchlight Pictures will be Searchlight Pictures. Variety said the studios' logos are largely unchanged except for the removal of the Fox name.

Variety said the Fox name created brand confusion with Disney because Fox News and the Fox broadcast network are owned

by Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp., while the movie studios now belong to Disney.

The news outlet said a decision has yet to be made on Disney's Fox television production businesses, 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studio.

Disney representatives did not return messages requesting comment.

Kardashian West pursues criminal justice reform in TV show

By Beth Harris PA S A D E N A ( A P ) — K i m Kardashian West is a step closer to becoming a lawyer, having finished her first year of study as an apprentice.

She told The Associated Press on Saturday that her next step is taking the “baby bar,” socalled because it's a one-day exam. If she passes, she plans to study for another three years and then take the California bar exam.

“I'm super-motivated, and I really want to see it through,” she said in an interview after promoting a television documentary on criminal justice reform.

“There's obviously times where I'm overwhelmed and stressed and feel like I have a lot on my plate.

My kids know that I'm in school just like they are. It's 20 hours a week, so it is a lot of my time.”

“Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project” airs April 5 on Oxygen. The two-hour documentary shows her being visibly moved by prison inmates recounting their stories of landing behind bars. She talks to their families and friends, lobbies public officials and consults with their attorneys as well as her own.

It features four cases, including a sex trafficking victim and a woman who murdered the family member who molested her. Each of them believe they received unfair sentences; two of them end up being released.

“Once you hear the circumstances that led them to make those decisions, your heart would completely open up,” Kardashian West told the AP. “I hope that this is a step to opening up people's hearts and minds. And then hopefully they can help with changing some actual laws that really do have to be changed.”

Vince DiPersio, an executive producer of “The Justice Project,” said Kardashian West was taking on a “fair amount of risk” by advocating for the release of prisoners.

“She is a nationally known figure, and she has a big brand. God forbid someone gets out and does something terrible, but Kim is willing to take that risk,” he said.

‘Parasite’ wins at SAG Awards, so do Pitt and Aniston

2 years after 'step up,' Grammys step into another mess

By Mesfin Fekadu NEW YORK (AP)—The leadership at the Recording Academy thought they were in the clear: After the Academy's then-CEO made comments that seemed to belittle women at the height of the (hash)MeToo movement, leaving the organization in a firestorm that further exposed their diversity problems, it set out to make a change.

It issued a task force focused on inclusion. It hired Michelle Obama's former chief of staff to run it and also launched an initiative to create more opportunities for female music engineers and producers.

And they hired Deborah Dugan as its new CEO. But a measly 169 days after she became the first woman to officially lead the academy, Dugan is out, and the Academy—just days before its 2020 awards show—is in upheaval again.

On late Thursday, the academy said that Dugan, the former CEO of Bono's (RED) charity organization, was put on leave following an allegation of misconduct by a senior leader at the organization.

“The board determined this action to be necessary in order to restore the confidence of the Recording Academy's membership, repair Recording Academy employee morale, and allow the Recording Academy to focus on its mission of serving all music creators,” the statement read. “The Recording Academy Board of Trustees is committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace, music industry, and society.”

One industry leader took to Instagram to express her displeasure at Dugan's ouster.

“What's so incredibly frustrating is a woman is a bully but a man a leader?

This woman has had a flawless career but at the Academy she's a bully? Smells like fish to me,” said Lou Taylor, the CEO of Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group, who has worked with Britney Spears, Florida Georgia Line, Mary J. Blige and more. “Until proven otherwise I stand for Deb. (hash)standwithdeb.”

Legendary rapper Chuck D wrote an open letter Friday and defended Dugan.

“I salute Deborah Dugan for her

truth and courage to try and effect change. As always, a bunch of ignorant, testosterone-fueled, usually old white men stop progress and screw it up,” he wrote.

When asked about Dugan's leave in an interview Friday about other topics, John Legend said: “I truly have no comment because I have no idea what happened.

“It was definitely shocking to say the least for someone that they searched so long to find to ... be put on administrative leave, or whatever, because of misconduct. I don't know any details around it but makes you wonder what happened,” added Legend, who is member of the academy's Los Angeles chapter and is friends with and has collaborated musically with Dugan's interim replacement, music producer and Board Chair Harvey Mason Jr. The Grammys have been criticized over the years over the diversity in its

top prizes, which rarely goes to rap and contemporary R&B stars, including heavyweights like Beyonce, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Mariah Carey. While those acts have won in the rap and R&B categories, when it comes to main prizes such as album, song and record of the year, the winners tend to be in the rock, country and pop genres.

The organization has also been targeted for its lack of female winners in the top categories, and things took a turn in 2018 when only two female acts won awards during the live telecast.

At the same show, Lorde was the sole female nominee up for the top prize— album of the year—but the pop singer wasn't given a slot to perform during the show, which angered fans and some music industry players.

Neil Portnow, who began his post in 2002 and was president at the time, was asked about the lack of female winners and responded with words that essentially ended his run at the academy.

“I think it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, who want to be producers, who want to be part of the industry on the executive level to step up,” he said backstage after the show.

Drama ensued. An online petition posted by singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton calling for his resignation surpassed its goal of 10,000 signatures; more than 30,000 people had signed the document. The remarks were criticized

by Pink, Sheryl Crow, Katy Perry, India.

Arie and others.

Portnow called his comments a “poor choice of words” and later said he chose not to seek an extension on his contract, which ended last year.

The academy took the hit seriously and announced it was creating a task force to uncover unconscious biases and other barriers that impede women's success in the music industry. That's when Dugan was hired.

The academy's Board of Trustees includes 44 people and 35% are women.

Eight of the 44 Trustees serve on the Executive Committee, which is 50% female and was the group that made the decision to put Dugan on administrative leave.