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On involvement As has been groused about numerous times on these pages and society in general, too many people whine about the actions taken by government and other institutions without ever taking action to challenge those institutions. Some lament in Ventura County that red tape and not-in-my-backyard-minded activists hinder progress. Yet, without a vigilant active community little would be done to help the vast majority of our citizens, many decisions would be taken with myopic profit motives and few socially minded initiatives would get off the ground. We need only look at last year’s success defeating BHP Billiton’s attempt to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform off the Oxnard coast, where a strong coalition of environmentalists, social justice activists, politicians and even some local business people stood together to fight a project they believed threatened the environment, safety and, yes, the economy of their community. Now, the first signs are emerging of other successes by local activists, even as new fights take shape. Two hearings, for example, bring some major issues back to the table. On May 8, for one, the California Coastal Commission was set to hear Southern California Edison’s appeal of a denial by Oxnard’s city council and planning commission of a new peaker power plant near the Reliant power station at Mandalay Beach. The same activists that fought that plant last summer will fight it again at that hearing, and likely beyond. Likewise, Ojai residents concerned about mining truck traffic along Route 33 have scored something of a victory and will have a chance to ensure that victory holds May 84. That day, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission will consider final action on the proposed Diamond Rock mine. After criticism of the mine’s plans to use Highway 33 to transport material and other environmental concerns that might impact Ventura County more than Santa Barbara County, the plan was altered to prevent trucks from traveling south on 33, to reduce its production rates and truck trips to avoid situations where those truck trips might be necessary, and to address other environmental concerns. It is a testament to the continued involvement and dedication of Ojai and Cuyama Valley residents — as well as the mine owner’s willing-
ness to discuss community concerns — that such progress was made. As the summer progresses the grueling presidential nomination process will finally transition to the main event, the battle between John McCain and either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama for the White House. Those that got involved with presidential politics for the first time will need to stay engaged if they really want to see change in our leadership. Those who truly want change in society, though, will have to be involved on many more levels, though. From a leadership standpoint alone, they must commit to vote in the June 3rd state primary, when, among other races, two strong women — Mary Pallant and Jill Martinez — will vie for the Democratic nomination for the 24th Congressional District seat currently held by Elton Gallegly. Republicans, meanwhile, must decide whether they can continue to support Gallegly or if their party needs new blood, and if Michael Tenenbaum better represents their values. More important than any of these fights, though, are the less visible but more immediate neighborhood battles throughout the county. Only those who attend public hearings, write letters to their public officials or otherwise take concrete actions to express their position or affect change have valid reasons to discuss whether their leaders do or do not speak for them. Concrete actions, though, don’t just mean interacting directly with public officials. Because of the struggle to make ends meet, many people don’t have the time or resources to be fully engaged in public life. That is both a commentary on the intangible impacts of our economy’s race to the bottom and a reiteration of the need for other forms of community building. Grass roots action at the neighborhood level is necessary to show that even working class people are invested in and care about their community and what happens to it. Those who would rather complain than build those community networks, become directly involved with their government or otherwise take action toward change, however, should be ignored as the apathetic, annoying whiners that they are.
Perspective on Texas children As we watch the story in Texas unfold, it is shocking that in California thousands of children are removed from their homes because of alleged abuse. Further, many of these children do not have parents who contest the allegations or express an interest in their own children. As dependents of the court, these children are part of a legal system that often leaves them frightened, confused and alone. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) trains, recruits and supervises community volunteers who represent the hopes, dreams and best interests of these child victims. As advocates we work to ensure that each child is reunified with his/ her family or, if not possible, is provided with an alternative permanent home with a stable, loving family. CASA volunteers, staff and former foster youth have local stories to tell about their experiences in a confidential judicial system that protects children in our own neighborhoods. Every day in California 70 children who have been abused or neglected join the state’s population of 80,000 children in foster care. California is home to nearly one-fifth of all of the children in foster care in the United States. In California there are 4,000 volunteers in 43 county-run CASA programs that have weekly contact with these children, advocating in court for each child’s unique needs and bringing a common-sense community perspective to these closed judicial proceedings. But, sadly, there are thousands who do not have a CASA volunteer to speak up for them. To learn more about how to become involved with abused and neglected children right here in Ventura County please contact CASA, a program of Interface Children Family Services, 1305 Del Norte Road, Ste.130, Camarillo, 93010, 485-6114 ext. 609 or email swhite@icfs.org.
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There were no signs. There were no drums. There were no chants or barricades or confrontations with law enforcement. There was only silence. Dockworkers all along the Pacific Coast stopped work May 8 — May Day, recognized as labor day outside the U.S. — to protest the war in Iraq. “It’s really not a strike, per se, we’re just supporting our troops and we’re protesting against the war and all wars,” said Dan Hultgen, president of the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union Local 46, the Port of Hueneme branch of the union representing laborers responsible for loading and unloading cargo containers at ports all across the Pacific Coast of North America. Unlike at busier ports such as those in Los Angeles and Long Beach, the protest was marked by silence at the Port of Hueneme, where no cargo ships were scheduled to arrive May 8. The only sign anything out of the usual was taking place was Randy Simpson’s truck parked outside the gate to the port. Simpson, who works for a trucking firm based in San Diego, had driven up that morning to Ventura County to pick up a big rock truck only to discover when he arrived at the port that nobody was working. “I have to sit here until tomorrow when they come back,” said Simpson, who gets paid for each load he carries and said he would lose a day’s wages waiting until the next day to pick up his cargo. “It’s for a good cause, but why didn’t they do this five years ago when all this started,” Simpson said. Although the ILWU holds rallies every May Day and has previously spoken out against the war, Hultgen said the coordinated effort along the coast occurred because the continued cost of the conflict is having an enormous financial and emotional impact in the United States. “It’s just getting to the point now where the war is costing us so much money it’s time to take a stand,” he said. “That’s money that can be spent here in America on health care, schools, social security, all of that.” ILWU Local 46 Secretary Dispatcher Warren Shelton said the action was appropriate for May Day because it is a working people’s holiday, and working people are shouldering the biggest brunt of the war.
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“These big corporations — including some of the ILWU employers — are profiting from the war, but soldiers, taxpayers, citizens, we’re paying the price,” Shelton said. “Who’s actually paying the price? It’s the working people of America, it’s not the corporations paying the price.” Truckers like Simpson were also paying the price, Hultgen said. “They’re working people in America, too,” he said. “Look at their fuel prices. What is this all stemming from?” Port of Hueneme Spokesman Will Berg said the port wasn’t impacted by the protest because no ships were working there that day. He also said the action was “well-managed” by the union. “While the employers objected they’ve been able to make alternative plans, and here at Hueneme there’s virtually no impact,” Berg said. Employers who operate cargo lines that serve all the ports on the Pacific Coast were informed of the action more than a month ago, the union said. Shelton said the ILWU had asked employers to move their monthly unpaid stop work meeting day to all be on May 8 (Port Hueneme’s stop work day for May was originally scheduled for May 2). “We gave them plenty of notice,” Shelton said of the effort to move the meetings, “[The employers] did not want to do that, they told us no, they didn’t want to work with us, so this is where we’re at.” Even though cargo haulers made contingency plans to avoid disruptions to business, Shelton said the action was still important to bring the war to the forefront of the public’s attention. “The real problem is that the politicians aren’t being held accountable and that’s got to change,” he said. “It’s all quiet right now. Now you’re hearing about gas, you’re hearing about housing, you’re hearing about inflation, all of this. Where did that Iraq war, where all of these problems are stemming from, go to? “We weren’t in debt eight years ago. We are now. We’re $3 trillion dollars into the Iraq war. Where could that $3 trillion have gone to in the United States to fix the problems we now have?” ILWU Local 46 members also marched as part of an antiwar protest on May 8 in Oxnard sponsored by the group Veterans for Peace. ✦
Ojai residents Kristofer and Joanne Young want to get 100 people to eat food only from this 100 mile radius
by Hannah Guzik Ojai has long lodged a homespun-set of individualists, but several dozen folks in the sleepy valley are about to stick to their roots like never before. They’re growing their own and they’re picking the rest from the farmer’s market — their modern Eden in an unorganic, emissionladen world. They are the locavores, and there will soon be more than 100 of them in the Ojai Valley, if Kristofer and Joanne Young — the Adam and Eve of the movement in Ventura County — can orchestrate their plan. Though it may sound like a Spanglish term for a crazy dinosaur, “locavore” in fact describes someone who eats only food grown locally. “We have two basic reasons for doing this,” said Joanne earlier this month. “The first one is that we’re concerned about global warming. And while Al Gore’s solution of changing a light bulb is a good one, it’s a minuscule one on the scale of how big a problem global warming is. “The second is that we want to support local farmers. It’s very difficult for them to compete against corporate ag businesses.” The Youngs are on a mission to find 100 locals who will commit to eating only food grown within 100 miles of Ojai for all of 2009. A handful of people have already signed up and climbed into their gardens to begin planting for the yearlong experiment in sustainability. “Just in the last three weeks roughly, since we’ve really started telling people about it, my connections with other people in our community are already starting to blossom just about as fast as my zucchini plants are starting to put out little zucchinis,” Kristofer said. The ground rules of the project are simple: each person must only eat local food, except for three exempt items of their choice — “whatever their thing is,” says Kristofer — like chocolate, bananas, rice or other food that isn’t grown locally. The three food exceptions can be changed throughout the year, as long as a person or family doesn’t have more than three
nonlocal items “in their possession at any given time,” Kristofer said. Kristofer and Joanne, both 56, haven’t yet laid down the law regarding restaurant dining, largely because they haven’t been able to come to a consensus yet on the issue. Kristofer, the hardliner, thinks people shouldn’t eat out unless they’re sure they can order an exclusively local meal. Joanne, the moderate, thinks people should be able to go to a restaurant that serves nonlocal food a few times a month. The Farmer and the Cook in Ojai already serves mostly locally grown food, so the locavores will have at least one dining-out option, Kristofer said. He hopes to persuade other restaurants, like Mary’s Secret Garden in Ventura, to offer a local meal occasionally, he said. Although they don’t always agree, the Ojai couple is used to working as a team: They head up Ventura Chiropractic and Massage, where Kristofer works as a chiropractor and Joanne, a massage therapist. While they have long been interested in diet and health, they began to think more seriously about becoming locavores after reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, who lived on a family farm in Virginia and ate only local foods for a year. Where the locavores roam, and what they end up eating, will be captured by Quarter Mile Films, Inc., an Ojai production company that is making a documentary about the experiment. “We happened to pass the Youngs on an evening walk in our neighborhood and they told us what they were doing. We said, ‘Hey that sounds great. How about letting us make a documentary?’” said Briana Beebe, the producer of the film; her husband Steve is the director. They hope to submit the documentary to an independent film festival or possibly the Public Broadcasting Service, Briana said. “It seemed to be a timely subject matter, and it was just something that appealed to us,” she said. “We buy our vegetables at the local farmers Continued on Page 10
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removal and that Union Pacific was talking to ment plan and must abide by federal rules. to prevent future tree cutting, whether Union various agencies about issues that may come “We’re not trying to second guess the RR Pacific violated any local rules, or if there are Which comes first, sensitive habitats or up in connection with this or similar projects, and second guess the federal government,â€? he any mitigation measures the company will train safety? but she said the federal regulations trump said. “No one’s telling them they shouldn’t do have to take to compensate for any damage the To hear Union Pacific tell it, that’s a decilocal concerns. their safety or maintenance work on their rail removal may have done. sion the railroad operator was forced to make In a letter sent May 5 to Pat Veesert of the corridors. What we are saying is there might Steve Bennett, the county supervisor recently, when it chopped down eight cypress California Coastal Commission, Alan Sandbe a more appropriate time to do that work.â€? whose district includes Faria Beach, said plantrees near rail lines next to Faria Beach. ers, the conservation chair of the Los Padres Sanders said it took days to get through ners would not comment until they had fully The rail line, which owns 33,000 miles of Chapter of the Sierra Club, said some of to Veesert after receiving numerous calls reviewed its coastal plan and examined what track in the Western United states, was critithe trees removed supported nesting herons on May 1 and 2 from residents near Faria control the county can exert over actions such cized for removing the trees after a conservaand other species. Later, during a telephone concerned the tree cutting threatened the as Union Pacific’s. tion group reported the project to county and interview with the Reporter, Anders said lab habitats of local species (some of them found Constituents contacted Bennett and fellow state officials. tests on feathers found in some downed nests nests in the falling trees). He sent letters to supervisor John Flynn to complain about the Union Pacific did act quickly to stop further confirmed that red tail hawks were among the the commission and the county to look into tree removals. tree removals, but there is disagreement about other species involved. the matter, but he was worried the move Despite Veesert’s claim Union Pacific whether the company took that step because it “We’re all for maintenance and conducting would be too late, as some of the trees may stopped cutting trees after he contacted them, was asked to by regulators, or because it had activities to ensure safety, but this is obviously have already been chipped up. Bennett said the coastal commission was not completed the work it set out to do. Whicha situation where they really needed to talk “People feel there may have been evidence responsible for halting the operation. Instead, ever is the case, the situation underscored the to some people,â€? Sanders said. “Even if they contained within the downed trees,â€? he said. the supervisor said, the company stopped cutcomplexity of the overlapping jurisdictions were given permission to cut these trees down “Unfortunately it may be that they’ve done ting the trees because it had already finished responsible for ensuring the environmental they probably would have been told not this this many times in the past and no one paid the job it set out to do. integrity of Ventura County’s coastline and time of year. any notice. If it’s something that’s happened “Anybody could say it was theirNoury phone call Client: Securitas Ad Executive: Nima the safety of the transportation systems pass“This looks like two different agencies before, the reality is responsible agencies don’t that got it to stop,â€? Bennett said. Please check this proof over carefully and indicate all corrections clearly. 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Several thousand people walk down Broadway during the May Day March & United Rally for Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles, California on May 1, 2008.
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Robert Jacobo stands near an American Flag while participating in the May Day March & United Rally for Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles, California on May 1, 2008.
Video from the 2007 event documented police in riot gear targeting both civilians and the media. In one video, officers pushed reporter Christina Gonzalez and her camera operator to the ground. Orbiting above the chaos, an LAPD Air Unit violated department policy when it broadcasted only a partial dispersal order in English. The air unit failed to broadcast a Spanish dispersal order to the predominantly Hispanic crowd. In less than two hours, police officers launched 146 less-lethal impact munitions and delivered more than 100 baton strikes to people in the crowd. Metropolitan Division officers are the only members of the LAPD equipped with a 36-inch baton. The baton
is designed specifically for crowd control. In the end, the LAPD had forced thousands of people from MacArthur Park. Public allegations of excessive force by the LAPD against the largely peaceful crowd resulted in an internal investigation of the incident by the LAPD. The final report examining the May Day incident was presented to the LAPD Board of Police Commissioners on Oct. 9, 2007. The report isolated the decision to employ a team of LAPD motorcycle officers to force people eastbound on Wilshire Boulevard as the critical “tipping point.” The rationale behind ordering motorcycle officers to redirect a hostile crowd into the park remains unclear. In addition, the investigation identified systemic failures within the LAPD. “Notwithstanding the problems in planning, tactics, command and control, situational awareness, training and individual responsibility, the larger issue was the fact that not a single supervisor or member of the command staff involved attempted to intervene,” the report says. The LAPD internal affairs group received 321 complaints relating to the MacArthur Park incident. Twenty-six officers have been identified. The Los Angeles District Attorney is currently reviewing the investigation. To date, no criminal charges have been filed against any officers involved. “What occurred last year should not have happened,” says Sergio Diaz, Deputy Chief OperationsCentral Bureau of the LAPD. “The LAPD failed. There were several failures, primarily human failures. Failures in our training.” “The officers involved last year are here,” Diaz says at this year’s rally. “They are working today. No one has been relieved of their rank or responsibilities. The officers have been retrained. We have Continued on Page 14
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“The police make fun of the way we dress,” he says. “They always talk shit. The police think that a badge gives them the right to do whatever they want. They just sit there and laugh at us.” One hour later, Terresa Guiteres and her younger brother Pedro cut ripe pineapple at a roadside stand near the Interstate 105 freeway. Pedro wears a T-shirt that says “Idealism” across the chest. Both of their parents are undocumented immigrants. “I am only afraid of two things,” Pedro says. “My parents being deported and the LAPD. The police do not like Mexicans.”
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The April 2008 edition of Union Jack; Leo Lewis and his wife, Karen. to the United States. He spent four years alternating between chartering a ship to the Carribean and “teaching screaming Jewish kids in upstate New York how to sail.” When that period ran its course, he briefly joined a carnival before purchasing a “hippie bus” (appropriate for the “flaming red hair and beard” he was sporting) and driving crosscountry to Hollywood to take another stab at acting. He landed a role alongside Malcolm McDowell in 1979’s Time After Time, nearly secured a recurring part on Cheers and was supposed to be in a film with Dudley Moore that was ultimately shelved. In the late 1980s, having (again) exhausted his actor cravings, Lewis returned to Tolquay to open another pub, but found himself missing America too much. So he came back,
transitioned back into concert promotion, opening an agency on Hollywood Boulevard, where he met Karen, who became his fourth wife. When the chance arose to contribute to the Union Jack, he leapt at it and — surprisingly — has stayed for seven years, because he’s “getting to the age where I don’t want to start a new career.” After all that, writing a monthly newspaper column does seem rather mundane. But Lewis insists it is among the most rewarding things he has ever done. “It gave me the opportunity to be of service for the first time in my life,” he says, “and stop being so selfish.”
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Jack’s origins can be traced back to the country’s national religion: soccer. “There was absolutely no soccer news from Britain in U.S. papers,” says editor and co-publisher Ron Choularton, 58, who moved from the U.K. to San Diego in the mid-1970s. In the technological dark ages preceding the Internet, Choularton and his brother, Jeff, would break their backs trying to keep up with their hometown team, Manchester United. With his background in production — he previously worked for the Guardian in London — Ron figured a soccer-oriented newsletter would fill a void for a lot of fellow expatriates. But there were other, weightier issues that spurred the Choulartons to found the Union Jack in 1982 — particularly the American press’s coverage of the conflict in North-
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there’s no time for that. This paper ing out of its La Mesa, Calif., office is just right.” And since Lewis and, until recently, Florida. Even moved to the — his wife, who with the media growth thenumber last COMMENTS: Write of the on the adarea that works for a self-storage company, decade-plus — to making scores corresponds yoursoccer comments/corrections transferred here last year — the and balanced international news far plugs he has given to her business accessible than they were 26 1.more ____________________________________________ and others has given the Union Jack years ago — its circulation is 75,000, added importance. “Wherever [Leo] with a pass-along rate of about _______________________________________________ lives, he wants to be part of successthree, meaning it maintains a readful place. We all get into ourselves of nearly a quarter million. 2.ership ____________________________________________ and become insular, but it’s nice to Ron admits Union Jack has had to see someone who is interested in adjust its content to adapt to the _______________________________________________ having everything happen right for changing media landscape, going everyone. in a more magazine-style direction 3.and____________________________________________ “Of course,” she adds with a improving its Web presence, laugh, “he’s a bloody pain in the but he insists the print edition of the ass, too.” _______________________________________________ paper remains crucial. Although he has slowed a bit “We are still sensitive to the from his youth, Lewis maintains sector who don’t access the 4.older ____________________________________________ a busy schedule. He is right in the Internet,” he says. “We can’t say, middle of assisting with events for ‘Forget about you, we’re modern _______________________________________________ BritWeek, a two-week celebration now.’ ” of all things British culminating in Leo Lewis joined as a contribu5.tor____________________________________________ a British Celebrity Soccer Match in 2000. He and Ron met at a at Home Depot Center in Carson stage production of The Importance _______________________________________________ of Being Earnest Choularton was on May 80. He is also helping the American Tall Ship Institute to starring in, and the two discovered they had more in common than raise $100,000 to buy a classic schooner called the Bill of Rights, which nationality and acting. Both sailed would be docked in Channel Islands across the Atlantic to visit the UnitHarbor and used to introduce local ed States for the first time, both 1st Proof Proof children to the joy of sailing. Coutraveled across the country in hip- 2nd pled with his commitment to the pie vans, and both profess a deep, Union Jack, Lewis hasn’t had time profound love for the concept of FINAL PROOF (APPROVED) to return to England for three and America. And, because of that, even a half years — which he doesn’t though part of their job is to mainappear to mind. After all, he’s on the tain a connection to their homeland, phone with his British connections both confess to feeling more Amerimost days, and all they seem to talk can than British these days. about is how cold and rainy it is “I feel like a stranger when I go there. Besides, he’s got work to do back home, like a tourist,” Ron says. on this side of the pond. In the three decades he’s been gone, “Our job is to leave the planet the monetary system has changed, better than we found it,” he says. as have the dialects. And maybe it’s “I don’t waste a minute. I can run just because he’s lived here so long circles around these youngsters.” ✦ now, but he says the pervasiveness of American culture in England has For more information on the also become more noticeable. “The Union Jack, visit www.ujnews.com.
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Performance artist John White comes out of semiretirement to celebrate the opening of his wife’s new gallery in Midtown Ventura by Jenny Lower
John White was teaching performance art at UC Irvine in 1983 when one of his students, a skinhead with a swastika tattooed to his scalp, announced that for his final project he wanted to suspend himself above the audience with a rope and pee on them. White said no. “OK,� the student said, “what about colored piss?� Still no. “This is an audience I’ve cultivated over seven or eight years, and I’m not going to put them at risk,� White told him. The day of the performance, the student arrived with hundreds of needles, pins and clips —“$100 worth of stationery goods� — clamped onto his face, clothes and skin, so confining he AD PROOF could barely move. “It was quite exciting.648-2244 He came right up to ys Ad Executive: Kelly Tracy (805) the audience and he sat there. And guess what?� oof over carefully and indicate all corrections clearly. You will have a “1st Proof�, “2nd Proof�, and White says, his eyes gleaming. “He peed in his e receive no proof after the 1st or 2nd Proofs, AD WILL RUN AS IS. If this proof meets your approval pants. The audience went absolutely bananas.� heck off “FINAL PROOF (APPROVED)� box, date and sign at the bottom. White, who will celebrate his 71st birthday 5/8/08 E FA X T H I S P R O O F T O ( 8 0 5 ) 6 4 8 - 2 2 4 5 A S A P May 80, was anISSUE: active member of Los Angeles’ performance art scene until his retirement in 1986 (to focus on his abstract paintings and drawings). During his 25-year career, he made a name by putting his spectators first. Calling an audience “a frame around an artwork,� he has rejected brands of performance art that alienate or aggress viewers in favor of a style character1st Proof 2nd Proof FINAL PROOF (APPROVED) ized by humor, accessibility and intimacy. On May 80, he will emerge briefly from retirement for two back-to-back performances 410 E. Main St., Downtown Ventura honoring the opening of the new Sylvia White (805) 653-2320 Gallery on Main Street, owned by his wife. : Joining him will be Pamela Casey and Steven oduced by the production department of Southland Publishing, is the copyrighted property of Southland Publishing. members of the SHRIMPS performance an the placement of advertising in any of Southland Publishing’s publications is prohibited withoutNagler, the express consent group and White’s old friends, who have worked 1/2 Price Drinks from 9-10pm Every Fri. & Sat. lishing, plus any applicable fees. with him since the ’60s. $ 3 Sex On The Beach & Margaritas All Night Seven days before the opening, the gallery is still under construction. Workmen are drilling, check for accuracy and is not intended building stairs and lugging heavy bags. The of reproduction. 'XGT[ room where the performance — titled “Wall THURS. 6JWTUFC[ MAY 8 Dialogue� — will take place looks rougher still: unfinished concrete, exposed pipes and fluorescent lighting define the venue, the smallest space in the 5,000 square-foot gallery. & #0 &#0 But White, who never plans a piece until he has seen the performance area, clearly relishes the imperfection. He points out with delight the cracks, leaks and stains from which he draws his inspiration, as though greeting old friends. He dislikes comparisons of performance art to theater, whose artificiality he believes is epitomized by use of costumes, Doors Open at 8pm characters and staging that set actors apart. Rather, White craves authenticity. “I hope that people come to my performance,� () () ) )0 he says, “and know who I really am.� 0 , , FRI. /( /(.# .#& & MAY 9 His style borders on minimalist, with low * *' ' with tech lighting and simple props. A good piece is not too long, educational without being condescending, and may involve audience participation. At his first public performance in SAT. MAY 10 Del Mar in the ’60s, White asked participants with to lie down on a bed of newspapers as a second group covered them with a layer of crumpled papers. One young man became so well hidden Nicholby’s is an upscale 21 and over venue and he fell asleep, so that even White was startled dress code is strictly enforced. Doors open at 9pm. when an audience member later cried out, Upstairs at 410 E. Main St., corner of Oak & Main For more info., reservations, or to book your party at the club, log onto “My friend’s in there!� www.myspace.com/nicholbysnightclub or call club line at 653-2320 Those surprising, organic moments are
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24/7 @ www.vcreporter.com folktales. $7-$10. Theatre 150, 316 E. Matilija St., Ojai. 646-4300. theater150.org. BLUE/ORANGE See Friday. VISITING MR. GREEN See Friday. THE FULL MONTY See Friday. NUDE WITH PINAPPLE Through May 10, Saturdays and Sundays, 2 pm. Also Sunday, May 4, 7 pm. In “Nude with Pineapple” Charley Turner has married Clara Turner and the two look on life from totally different angles. $10. Conejo Player’s Theatre. 495-3715.
SENIOR SINGERS WANTED Sopranos, altos, tenors and baritones sought for free choral class. Moorpark Active Adult Center, 799 Moorpark Ave., Moorpark. 517-6261. CLASSES AT THE RUBICON Year-round programs for students aged 5-adult. Classes available in four sessions. Begin in September and end in April, grouped by ages 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-18, and adult. Instructors include established performers. www.rubicontheatre.org. 667-2912, ext. 234.
Sunday, May 11
ACCOLADES GALLERY Ed Millan, “Keys & Clues” acrylic paintings and Sean Tully’s mixed media in “Back by Popular Demand.” 12-5 pm ThursdaysSundays, 12-4 pm Mondays, by appointment Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 451 E. Main St, #9, Ventura. 648-4080. www.accolades-gallery.com. ARCHITEXTURE “The Hollywood Factor” a museum exhibit of beauty from the last century including MaxFactor theatrical and cosmetic memorabilia artifacts and photos. 25 S. Ventura Ave, Ventura. 506-0669. AROUND THE CORNER GALLERY 11 am-5 pm daily. 105 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. 640-8844. ARTAGRAPHIX Monday-Friday 9:30 am-6 pm, Saturday 10 am-5:30 pm. 2806 Townsgate Road, Westlake Village. 496-4900. ARTIST’S UNION GALLERY The City of Ventura Artists’ Fellowship Showcase. Noon-6 pm Thursdays and Sundays, noon-9 pm Fridays and Saturdays. 330 S. California Plaza, Ventura. www. venturaartistsunion.org. 643-3012. BELL ARTS FACTORY Through May 24, portraits by Otto “Tito” Sturcke. Open WednesdaySaturday, 11 am-6 pm, and Sunday, 11am-5pm. 432 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura. 804-6433. www. bellartsfactory.com. BEATRICE WOOD CENTER FOR THE ARTS 11 am-5 pm Friday-Sunday. www.beatricewood. com. 646-3381. BROKEN OAK GALLERY 1414 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Suite 213, Thousand Oaks. www.brokenoakgallery.com. 497-4022. BROOKS GALLERY Ventura Campus, 5301 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura. 966-3888. BUENAVENTURA GALLERY Judy Klement’s exhibit, “California Places and Faces.” 700 E. Santa Clara St., Ventura. www.BuenaventuraGallery.org. 648-1235. BUENAVENTURA ART ASSOCIATION: THE DISCOVERY ANNEX 8:30 am-5 pm MondayFriday, 9 am-5 pm Saturday, 10 am-5 pm Sunday. Ventura Visitor’s Bureau, 101 S. California St., Ventura. www.BuenaventuraGallery.org. 648-1235. CAFÉ ON A 3-6:30 pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, and by appointment. Various art exhibits. 438 S. A St., Oxnard. CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY Through May 17. The artwork of senior art majors at California Lutheran University is featured in “12 Apart.” Kwan Fong Gallery of Art and Culture, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. 493-3316. www. callutheran.edu/kwan_fong/. CAMARILLO ART CENTER Through May 18, Spring Judged Art Show, “Spring Forward.” Gallery open Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. 3150 Ponderosa Dr. 445-7061. www.camarilloartcenter. org. CARNEGIE ART MUSEUM Through May 18. “Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation.” 10 am-5 pm Thursday-Saturday and 1-5 pm Sunday. 424 S. C St., Oxnard. www.vcnet.com/carnart. 385-8157. DINAN MAIN GALLERY noon-5 pm. ThursdaySunday. 307 E. Ojai Ave., Suite 101, Ojai. 6466205. DISCOVERY GALLERY Through June 5, Margery Spielman’s exhibit, “In My Backyard.” 8:30 am-5 pm Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm Saturday, 10 am-5 pm Sunday. Ventura Visitor’s Bureau, 101 S. California St., Ventura. www.BuenaventuraGallery. org. 648-1235. DOWNTOWN CENTER FOR THE ARTS 329 N. Fifth St., Oxnard. www.downtowncenterforarts. com. 798-0830. FOX FINE JEWELRY Through May 12. Ines Monguio and Gayel Childress, “Dreams & Roses.” 10:30 am-6 pm Monday-Thursday. 210 E. Main St., Ventura. 652-1800. GO GALLERY 993 Foothill Dr., Fillmore. www. gogallery.org. GONZALEZ FRAMING & GALLERY Xavier Montes in a solo show presenting new work and other favorites. 2037 E. Thompson Blvd. 525-8961. HARBOR VILLAGE GALLERY 1591 Spinnaker Dr., Suite 117C, Ventura. www.buenaventuragallery.org. 644-2750. JAVA LU CAFÉ Local artwork on display. Telephone and Petit roads, Ventura. HIGH STUDIO ART GALLERY 11 am-6 pm Monday-Saturday. 11 East High Street, Moorpark. www.HighStudio.net. 523-7957. HILLCREST CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERIA 9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday, call for extended evening and weekend viewing. Free. 403 W. Hillcrest Dr., Thousand Oaks. www.hillcrestarts. com. 381-2747. HUMMINGBIRD NEST 9 am-9 pm daily. 1208 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai. 642-5400. JOHN NICHOLS GALLERY Noon-5 pm Wednesday-Saturday. 916 E. Main St., Santa Paula. 5257804. DINAN MAIN GALLERY Noon-5 pm ThursdaySunday and by appointment. 205 N. Signal St., Ojai.
THEATER
ROCK IN PEACE Saturday, May 10, 2-9 pm. The Libbey Bowl will
be the site of Rock in Peace, a seven-hour festival, showcasing the talents of up-and-coming rock acts, including local groups Dr. Surf, Hindu Kush (pictured), Char-man, Krusader, Shades of Day and PeaceBomb as well as the San Francisco-based group Golden Animals. The event benefits Oak Grove School’s music department. $8.
MY ANTONIA preview Thursday, May 8, runs May 10-June 1, 2 pm
and 7 pm Wednesdays, 8 pm Thursdays and Fridays, 2 pm and 8 pm Saturdays and 2 pm Sundays. Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 10th Anniversary Season with the Southern California premiere of “My Antonia,” the stage adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winner Willa Cather’s classic novel about a spirited Eastern European immigrant girl on the Nebraska plains in the late 1800s. Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura. www.rubicontheatre.org. 667-2900.
THREE ART EXHIBITIONS OPENING
Saturday, May 10, 4-6 pm. Exhibits through June 21. In The J. Handel Evans Gallery: “External / Internal,” offering seven artists’ poetic renderings of landscape. In The O’Keeffe Gallery: “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?” paintings and installation by William Solomon, a resident of Newbury Park. In The Gerd Koch Gallery: “Shreds,” by Arlene Mead, a resident of Thousand Oaks. Studio Channel Islands Art Center, CSUCI, Building 18. www. studiochannelislands.org. 383-1368.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS See Thursday. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT See Friday. BLUE/ORANGE See Friday. VISITING MR. GREEN See Friday. THE FULL MONTY See Friday.
MARKETS & SHOWS ARTS & CRAFTS BY THE SEA ongoing. See Saturday.
Tuesday, May 13 CLASSICAL MUSIC BEIJING OPERA TROUPE 7 pm. The 86-year-old Mei Lanfang Beijing Opera Troupe will perform in the Preus-Brandt Forum at CLU. Beijing Opera combines history, mythology, singing, dancing, acting, face painting, stage fighting and acrobatics. Free. 493-3302. arowley@callutheran.edu.
LITERATURE & POETRY POETRY READING ongoing, 7:30 pm. An open mic hosted by Roe Estep. Artist’s Union Gallery, 330 S. California St., Ventura. 643-3012. www. venturaartistunion.org.
Wednesday, May 14 ART ART WORKSHOP Renowned artist Urania Christy Tarbet, president of the International Association of Pastel Societies, will teach the workshop. Unwind and relax, witnessing the beauty of nature, and learn painting techniques with pastels and a palette knife. Three-day class $350. 646-9615. pastelartworkshop.com.
THEATER
Thursday, May 8 SPECIAL EVENTS VENTURA MUSIC FESTIVAL Through May 10. Featuring a variety of musical acts, including Festival Brass Quintet, Concertante, Giuseppe Albanese and Pink Martini. 648-3146. www.venturamusicfestival.org. ART RECEPTION 5:30-7 pm. Through June 3, “Wrrds & Images,” pairing images as expressed through the words and media of local poets and artists. Atrium Lobby, Hall of Administration County Government Center, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura. 658-2213. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Through May 11, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7 pm and Sundays at 3 pm. The Buena High School Drama Department presents this musical about a down-and-out skid row floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Buena High School Auditorium. 289-1826, ext. 1260.
Friday, May 9 SPECIAL EVENTS VENTURA MUSIC FESTIVAL See Thursday. SCRAPBOOK FUNDRAISER 5-11 pm. First Lutheran Church and Preschool, 380 Arneill Road, Camarillo and local vendors will host a Mother’s Day Scrapbook Crop Fundraiser. $45 includes dinner, door prizes, discount table, share table, library table, silent auction. 300-4834.
THEATER WILD Rio Mesa High School presents this production. $6-$9. Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way. www.oxnardpacc.com. 483-7303. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS See Thursday. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT Through May 18, 7 pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2 pm Saturdays and Sundays. This classic and clever tale for all ages is featured by the Ojai Art Center Theater. Ojai ACT, 113 S. Montgomery St. $15 adults, $12 seniors and students, $5 for kids under 12. 640-8797. www.OjaiACT.org. BLUE/ORANGE Through May 25. 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays and 2 pm Sundays. In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator — a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. This is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service. Elite Theatre Company, 730 S. B St., Oxnard. Elitetheatre.org. 483-5118. VISITING MR. GREEN Through May 25. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2:30 pm. One of the most widely performed plays around the world, “Visiting Mr. Green” is a poignant, at times hilarious, and heartwarming portrayal of the collision of two men: one a devout Jewish widower, the other a young hot-shot American Express executive. $18-$12. Santa Paula Theater Center, 125 S. 7th St., Santa Paula. 525-4645. THE FULL MONTY Through May 25. Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Find out just how far six unemployed steelworkers from
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Buffalo, N.Y., will go to get their lives back on track. $16-$20. Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. 583-7900. www. simi-arts.org.
CLASSICAL MUSIC PHILHARMONIC 7:30 pm. The Thousand Oaks Philharmonic Orchestra will present a concert featuring seven young artists in the church sanctuary. Free, donations accepted. In addition to the concert, there will be a pre-concert lecture in Howald Parlor at 6:45 p.m. on the evening’s composers. 291 Anacapa Dr., Camarillo. 482-4312. www. cam-umc.org.
Saturday, May 10 SPECIAL EVENTS VENTURA MUSIC FESTIVAL See Thursday. THE CURIOUS LIFE 3 pm. The Oxnard Public Library will host a presentation by Mark Thompson, author of “American Character,” on the life of an extraordinary man named Charles Fletcher Lummis. Free. Meeting Room B. 385-7532. ART OPENING 2-6 pm. The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts will present two new exhibitions through June 29. “In Close Proximity” by Richard Amend and “Sculpture & Vessels” by Richard Flores will be presented in the Beato Gallery, while “Recent Works” by Allison Newsome will be on exhibit in the Logan Gallery. OLD TOWN STUDIO GALLERY 7-10 pm. Featuring artists David Rivas, Laura Krifka and Jacques D’Auteuil with 10 percent of all sales from the show benefiting Concerned People for Animals. Show through June 15. 2165 Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. 987-2037. JOHN WHITE’S BACK 7 and 9 pm. Art performance featuring John White & The Shrimps. Sylvia White Gallery, 1783 Main Street, Ventura. $10. www.sylviawhite.com. (310) 452-4000. PLACE MEETING 10 am. A community meeting for the purpose of creating a process to select residents for the W V project. Community Meeting Room at Ventura City Hall, 501 Poli St. Markets & Shows ARTS & CRAFTS BY THE SEA ongoing. 10 am-4 pm. Original gifts sold by members of the Artists’ Union. California Street plaza, Ventura, next to the Crowne Plaza Hotel. artsbythesea@verizon. net. 421-9270.
THEATER LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS See Thursday. SHREK: TALES FROM THE SWAMP 11:30 am and 4 pm. The all-volunteer troupe of Gypsies in a Trunk continues its 14th season of free Fairy Tales in the Park. Free, donations accepted. In Camarillo at 11:30 am behind the Community Recreation Center, 1605 E Burnley St. and in Ventura at 4 pm at Barranca Vista Park, 7050 Ralston. www. fairytalesinthepark.com. (661) 718-3968. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT See Friday. FRACTURED FABLES 1 pm, through June 7. A fast-paced romp through stories that were adapted for the stage from Asian and Middle Eastern
FREE TEEN IMPROV CLASS Wednesdays through May 28, 4-5 pm. Straight Up Ventura County is bringing free teen improv workshops to the Teen Center in Camarillo. 647-4622. katherine@straightupvc.org. Camarillo Boys and Girls Club, 1500 Temple St., Camarillo. www.straightupvc.org.
ONGOING EVENTS CALL FOR ENTRIES The Ventura County Arts Council’s 2008 County Government Center Juried Competition, juried by Sylvia White, with cash awards. Exhibition: June 5 – July 29. CD deadline: Friday, May 16. Prospectus online at www.VenturaCountyArtsCouncil.org under “Call To Artists.” 658-2213. CAPS-TV OPEN MIC DAYS To further its mission of providing Venturans the ability to voice their opinions, CAPS-TV announces “Open Mic Days” where people who either live, work or go to school in Ventura can come into the CAPS studio and say whatever they want for three minutes. Held the second Thursday of each month, 2 pm-8 pm, and the fourth Friday,10 am-5 pm. 65 Day Road, Ventura. CALL FOR LOCAL ARTISTS Hot Summer Jazz and Art is a free jazz concert and art exhibit in historic downtown Santa Paula on July 12 and Aug. 23. The Santa Paula Downtown Merchants’ Association invites local artists to submit an entry for possible selection for one or all the dates. Apply by May 30. rmargolin@ci.santa-paula.ca.us. 5252873. CALL TO ARTISTS Drop off dates Monday, June 9, 4-7 pm and Tuesday, June 10, 9 am-noon. “Taboo Topics” is an open juried show to be held June 14-July 20 at Artists Union Gallery, California Street at the Promenade, Ventura. www.venturaartistunion.org. SHORT SCARY PLAY SUBMISSIONS Theater 150 in Ojai invites submissions of short scary plays for Halloween. We’re interested in truly chilling, tension-filled plays with strong stories that will give our audiences a good scare. For more information, e-mail debnorton@theater150.org. DIVINE MURDERS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD Through May 23, various times and days. Those fun-loving Ya-Ya sisters are cooking up a little mystery and mayhem at Paul’s Italian Villa in Simi Valley this spring. $45, Italian meal included. The Gypsy Players, Paul’s Italian Villa, Simi Valley. www. justmurder.com. (888) MURDERZ. BOOK GROUP First Wednesday of the month, 7:30 pm. The Friendly Book Discussion Group meets in the conference room at the Grant R. Brimhall Library. For more information, call 3670571. POEMCRAFTERS GUILD For more information send a bio and sample of work to 807 Camino Concordia, Camarillo. 491-3242. MONTHLY WRITING GROUP Second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 7 pm. Stories and chapters are reviewed before the meetings and then discussed. vcwordcraft@yahoogroups.com. IMPROV CLASSES The Livery Theatre offers classes in comedy improvisation for youth, teens and adults. First class is free. 34 N. Palm St., Ventura. www.venturaimprov.com. 643-5701.
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’80s hitmakers light the eternal flame for a local high school by Chris Jay
When the average kid’s parent helps to raise money for their school, it’s usually in the form of some brownies for the bake sale or volunteering time at a car wash. When your parent happens to be in one of the most successful female rock’n’roll bands of all time, you can skip the baked goods for a fullblown rock concert. The Reporter caught up with Bangles guitarist Vicki Peterson during a rehearsal break to discuss how Nordhoff High ended up with their coolest fundraiser of all time and the potential smooch-inducing effects of one of the band’s biggest hits. VC R: So how does a school go about booking the Bangles for a benefit concert ? Peterson: It’s kind of been a long time coming. I’ve been wanting to do something for the school. The arts department there has been really good to my stepdaughter, who is an amazingly talented dancer, and I say that with absolutely no bias whatsoever. [Laughs.] A friend of mine is very involved in the parentteacher organization for the arts department, and I spoke with her about a show. The Bangles have done a lot of fundraisers for schools, but we sort of do a really low-key acoustic performance. This time we decided to put on a full-on rock show. I talked to the girls, and they were happy to do it, and the whole thing grew from there. It’s gonna be a really great show, and then the thing I’m really excited about is that the students will be our opening act. The jazz band is gonna play, the dance department is gonna do a cou-
ple of numbers, and I don’t know if we have the whole choir or not but a couple of the vocalists will be performing for sure. D o yo ur d a u g h t e r ’s f r i e nd s k now wh at her stepmom does fo r a living? Yes, yes they do. The way I look at it is, if it is at all cool in any way, shape or form, then it makes up for all the time her dad and I embarrass her in front of all her friends.
The Bangles May 8, 7:30 p.m. at Libbey Bowl in Downtown Ojai For info: www.nhsmusic.com A l o t o f m u s i c i a n s do b e n e f i t s f or their kid’s scho o l, b ut usua ll y it’s for a pr ivate sch o ol which d oes n’t re al ly need the money. S ince t his one is for a p ublic schoo l that do es need the money, d id they m a ke it easy to put t og e t her, o r was the re a lot o f r e d t ap e ? Probably no more than trying to get anything else passed. There were definitely committees and board members and that sort of thing, but they were all very supportive. I mean, the thing that makes me really gratified about it is, although the schools in Ojai are excellent schools, all public schools are suffering from budget cuts, and that includes the Ojai [Unified]
School District. Of course, one of the first things to go is the arts. Nordhoff High School has an amazing reputation both academically and artistically, and their marching bands and choirs win awards all the time. The drama department puts on amazing productions. So it’s actually pretty high-end for a public high school in a lot of ways, but everything still costs money, and money is not forthcoming from federal funding. They’re taking the hit like everybody else, and if we can help raise a little bit of money and buy some uniforms and take some of the burden off teachers, then we’ll consider it a successful event. “ E t e r n a l Fl a m e ” i s o n e o f t h e g r e a t m a ke o u t a n t h e m s o f a l l t ime and t he quint es s ent ia l ’80 s p ro m t h e m e. D o yo u f i nd i t a l l f u n ny t h at yo u ’ l l b e p l ay i n g t h at s o n g i n f r o n t o f a n a u d i e n c e f u l l o f m a n y k i d s t h at a r e g e t t i n g re a d y fo r t h e i r p r o m s a n d m o s t l i ke ly d o i n g a l o t o f m a k i n g o u t t h e m s e l ve s ? [Laughs.] It’s kinda sweet, really. My stepdaughter just went to her prom last week, but I don’t think they played “Eternal Flame.” They’re playing Fergie. But on the other hand, a dear friend of mine danced her first dance with her future husband to that song, and I think a lot of people have that association with it which is kind of romantic. We do see a lot of people making out when we play it, though. So O ja i’s Libb ey B ow l w i l l become a massive ma keout session to support Nordhoff High school? It’s possible. ✦
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Guy Blakeslee knows firsthand about fear’s capacity to inspire. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was touring the country in a band he was growing increasingly dissatisfied with. Amidst the despair and confusion of that day, Blakeslee took the moment as a sign to change his situation before it was too late. He left the group soon afterward and created Entrance, a vehicle for his burgeoning fascination with American roots music and inter national folk traditions. Three records in, Blakeslee is a favorite of the blo gosphere, his chilling voice ear ning him comparisons to Leadbelly and Syd Bar rett. Growing up in Baltimore, Blakeslee’s first experiences as a musician were of the punk variety. It wasn’t until much later, after he established himself in post-hardcore trio the Convocation Of …, that his younger brother introduced him to the blues. He became obsessed. On his own, Blakeslee began writing songs closer in spirit to Charley Patton and Robert Johnson than Fug azi. Inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and the ser mons of hellfire preacher J.M. Gates, he describes his latest album, Prayer of Death as both a “rock opera” and a gospel album. He brings his swirling vortex of sound to the Women’s Club in Ojai on May 9.
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You wouldn’t expect to find a band called the Feisty Piranhas hidden away in a quiet, gated Camarillo community, cranking out their adrenaliz ed and highly tuneful brand of punk rock from inside their massive, aerodynamically designed rehearsal space/recording studio. Then a gain, there are a lot of things about this quar tet you wouldn’t expect. For instance, their drummer, 47-year-old Peter Lust, owner of the sprawling estate where the group practices, is currently employed as a “spacecraft consultant.” Bassist Will MacGregor, 48, has played with everyone from Chuck Berry to Tori Amos to Fear. And rhythm guitarist Mike Gossard is a mere 15 years old. But perhaps the last thing you would ever suspect about the Piranhas after listening to them is that their singer, lead guitarist and main songwriter Peter Alex Lust III is nearly deaf. By combining straightforward ar rangements with instrumental virtuosity, the Piranhas have achieved a sound that is remarkably powerful: simple without being sloppy, big without being ostentatious. The band opens for Blue Oyster Cult at the Canyon on May 9.
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Like so many great bands throughout history, England’s Duke Spirit be gan at that hallowed den of creativity, art colle ge. Vocalist Liela Moss and guitarist Luke Ford met at a university in Cheltenham while studying painting and photography, respectively, and not long afterward moved to London and started writing songs together, music in the noisy, primitive and sonically experimental vein of Sonic Youth and the Pixies. With the addition of second guitarist Dan Higgins, bassist Toby Butler and drummer Olly Betts, the band took on another, even skuzzier quality, drawing comparisons to the Gun Club, the Cramps and Nick Cave. Through old-fashioned touring and word of mouth hype, the band has received a growing layer of buzz around them following the release of their second record, 2007’s Neptune. A powerful piece of work, it proves, if anything, that going to art school isn’t always a bad career move. The band perfor ms at the Troubadour on May 10.
Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, (310) 276-115 Rock, Myron, Quay Paddy’s: DJs Pangaea: Social Club Events presents Ambiance Saturdays featuring DJs Juice, Tony Collage, Aycer, Also Ruby’s Café: Adrenalina featuring DJs Orbs, Gorilla, Alex, Caney, Excalibur Whale’s Tail: DJ Divine
KARAOKE Golden China, 8:30 p.m. Outlaws, 9 p.m., hosted by Leigh Balton Star Lounge, 9 p.m., hosted by Ashley
Dargan’s: Corsican Brothers
OPEN MICS Sans Souci, 8 p.m., hosted by Favio
KARAOKE Bombay, 9:30 p.m., Kool Karaoke w/ Leigh Balton
COMEDY, ETC. Nicholby’s: Salsa Dance Lessons, 6:30 p.m.
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Rock City, open blues/rock jam, 7:30 p.m.
Caffe Bella: Dano, 8 p.m. Café Fiore: Davey Miller Dargan’s: Telekinesis, 10 p.m.
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The Canyon: Andrew “Dice” Clay Comedy Esquire: Willie Barcena, 9 p.m. The Sportsman (Camarillo): Kira Soltanovich w/ Henrietta, Grace Fraga, Jorjeana Marie, hosted by Celeste Donahue, 9 p.m.
Billy O’s: Dr. Nick’s Neon Knights (rock, punk, disco, glam, 80’s, metal, country) Experimental Café: DJs Abel G, Spin, 7 p.m. It’s All Good: DJs B to the 4th, Eric G Sans Souci: Mixology featuring DJ Darklove
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Sunday, 5/11 LIVE MUSIC Bodee’s: Al Westcott, 12 p.m. Bombay: TBA, 4 p.m. Caffe Bella: Dano, 3 p.m. The Canyon: Fab Four (Beatles tribute) Dargan’s: Cuinas, 5:30 p.m. Deer Lodge: Jo Cuseo, Alastair Greene Hi Cees: Blue Stew, 2 p.m. Keynote Lounge: Stun Dexim Pierpont Inn: Dan Wilson, 11 a.m. Tailgate: Vic Moraga Whale’s Tail: Raw Silk, 4 p.m.
DJS Bombay: Licorice Pizza featuring DJs, 9 p.m. Casa Escobar: DJ Experimental Café: Mother’s Day Fun featuring DJs Divine, Myrun, 11 a.m. Ruby’s Café: La Tropical Salsa Night featuring DJ Mickey, 8 p.m.
KARAOKE Golden China, 8:30 p.m. Paddy’s, 9 p.m., hosted by Robin
Comedy, etc. Ruby’s Café: Salsa Dancing Lessons, 6 p.m.
Monday, 5/12 LIVE MUSIC Billy O’s: Monday Night Rock Residency featuring Automatic Hotel
KARAOKE Bombay, 9:30 p.m., Kool Karaoke w/ Leigh Balton DJ’s, 7 p.m. Outlaws, 9 p.m., hosted by Rockin’ Robin
OPEN MICS Golden China, 8:30 p.m.
COMEDY, ETC. Nicholby’s: Swing Dance Lessons, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 5/14 LIVE MUSIC Bombay: Davey Miller, 7 p.m. Café Fiore: Myst Caffe Bella: Rikka Z & Bruce Kimmel, 8 p.m. Experimental Café: Wide Open Wednesdays featuring Avant Garage, Erik Lenk, Natalie Alyse, Grimm & Hutch, Morgan Sharp, Paul Starling, Deepakalypse, 7 p.m. Hush: Reggae Night with Darrell
DJS Outlaws Grill & Saloon: Wicked Wednesday featuring DJ Christopher J (hip-hop, dance, slam)
KARAOKE Billy O’s, 8 p.m., hosted by Captain Kirk Paddy’s, 9 p.m., hosted by Robin
OPEN MICS Golden China, 8:30 p.m. It’s All Good, 8 p.m., hosted by Brion & Augie Wine Lovers, 8 p.m.
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French spy spoof proves it’s not all berets and art films in the Land of Nouvelle Vague by Andy Klein OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Béjo, Aure Atika, and Philippe Lefèbvre. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius. 99 min. Rating N/A. From the country that brought you Godard and Resnais, Children of Paradise and The Grand Illusion, Sartre and Genet, comes OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies — which may just be the silliest movie I’ve ever seen. I mean that in the best way. Frankly, they had me at the title. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a deliberately retro spy thriller, located on the reality scale a tad closer to The Pink Panther than to Top Secret!, with a hero a good deal closer on the stupidity scale to Maxwell Smart than James Bond. Based on a series of 250-plus novels written by Jean Bruce (and then by his widow and then by their children), Michel Hazanavicius’s broad farce centers on Hubert Bonisseur
de La Bath (Jean Dujardin), a former OSS agent of Gallic descent, now (that is to say, 1955) working for the French government under the code name “OSS 117.” Hubert is suave, brilliant and sexually irresistible — at least in his own mind. In the minds of most of the other characters, he is inexcusably arrogant and provincial, with a condescending attitude toward women and other cultures that gives new depth to the various meanings of “chauvinism.” So of course his superiors send him to Egypt, where his utter ignorance of things Arab and Muslim is sure to cause disaster. Hubert is supposed to investigate the disappearance of his former partner, Jack (Philippe Lefèbvre), who has been undercover in Cairo, posing as the head of SCEP (Societe Cairote d'Elevage de Poulets, a.k.a. Cairo Chicken Breeding Company). His contact is the sultry Larmina (Bérénice Béjo), whom he constantly manages to offend. “You’re very ... French,” she tells him at one point, which he mistakenly assumes to be a compliment. The main comic mechanism driving Cairo, Nest of Spies is the tension between the Western cultural assumptions of its period and our
perspective on them 50 years later. It inevitably evokes, and comments on, the Bond movies, the universal touchstone of the genre. In Goldfinger, it seemed — in terms of the dominant culture in 1964 — really cool and studly when 007 saved the world by “converting” lesbian Pussy Galore to healthy, upright heterosexuality through his mighty prowess (or size or something). Forty years later, even Goldfinger’s most rabid fans — count me among them — have to wince at this one plot device. (Even 10 years later, it was wince-worthy.) One can imagine OSS 117 trying the same thing, being rebuffed, and failing to see the look of utter loathing on the woman’s face. But we see it. OSS 117 views the characters around him through the eyes of a Eurocentric colonialist circa 1955, while we react to them with hindsight sharpened by the Algerian revolution, Vietnam, the crumbling of the British and French empires and, yes, even the lessons of our current imperial blundering in Iraq. When OSS 117 “shuts up” a muezzin calling for prayer because it strikes him as incredibly rude for some old man to disturb his sleep with nonsen-
sical caterwauling, are we that far from the misunderstandings and bullheaded stupidity detailed in Redacted? I would hate to overload such a goofy flick with heavy interpretation. Even as it derives much of its humor from Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin the contrast between OSS 117’s perspective and our own, it also for laughs: Every time his ex-partgets a lot of mileage from mocking ner is mentioned, Hubert has flashother elements of its genre. In addibacks to their jolly days together, tion to Bondish music and ’60s-style playing and wrestling nearly nude animated credits, the filmmakers on the beach — in, Hubert would have gone to nearly ridiculous certainly insist, a strictly manly, hetlengths to reproduce the look of its erosexual, Sean Connery way. And forebears, researching what lenses there is another incredibly dumb and film stocks were used in the gag that is so funny it is repeated early Bond movies and in several times, and could have been Hitchcock’s North by Northwest and repeated a few more times without The Man Who Knew Too Much, both losing its potency. of which are consciously invoked. Dujardin has the same blank (Likewise, a pre-credit sequence handsomeness as Hitchcock veterabout Hubert and Jack’s World War ans John Gavin (Psycho) and II experiences looks like Frederick Stafford (Topaz), both Casablanca, presented in black-and- of whom played OSS 117 in the white with antique studio logos.) ’60s, but he sweetens it with a Regardless of its interesting theflash of Jean-Paul Belmondo’s matic concerns, the main goal here crooked grin. He pulls off the conis yucks and boffs. Hazanavicius siderable feat of keeping us tolerand his collaborators haven’t hesiant of the most culturally insensitated to go outside the genre spoof tive lout in the world. ✦
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390 Lantana St. 383-2267 The Bank Job Fri.-Sat., 2:15, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs., 2:15, 7:15 p.m. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Fri.Thurs., 12 noon, 4:45 p.m. Then She Found Me Fri.-Sat., 12 noon, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:45 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs., 12 noon, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30 p.m. Young at Heart Fri.-Sat., 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs., 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 p.m.
Edwards Cinema
680 Ventura Blvd. 383-8866 Baby Mama Fri.-Wed., 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:10, 7:40, 10:10 p.m. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Thurs. only, 11:59 p.m. Forgetting Sarah Marshall Fri.-Wed., 10:50 a.m., 4:30, 10:40 p.m. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay Fri.-Wed., 1:50, 7:50 p.m. Iron Man Fri.-Wed., 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1, 1:30, 2, 4, 4:30, 5, 7, 7:30, 8, 10, 10:30, 11 p.m. Made of Honor Fri.-Wed., 10:20 a.m., 1:10, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 p.m. Open Captioned Performance Selected Film - Daily Fri.-Thurs. Redbelt Fri.-Wed., 11:20 a.m., 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10 p.m. Speed Racer Fri.-Wed., 10:10 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 12:40, 1:10, 1:40, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:20, 10:50 p.m. What Happens in Vegas Fri.-Wed., 10:50 a.m., 11:20 a.m., 1:20, 1:50, 4:20, 4:50, 7:10, 7:40, 9:40, 10:10 p.m.
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543 W. Los Angeles 552-9154 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Fri.-Sun., 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., 5:15, 7:45 p.m. Iron Man Fri.-Sun., 12 noon, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., 5, 7:40 p.m. Speed Racer Fri.-Sun., 12 noon, 2:45, 5:35, 8:25 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., 5, 7:45 p.m.
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Baby Mama Fri.-Wed., 12:05, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 p.m. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Thurs. only, 12:01 a.m. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! Fri.Wed., 11:30 a.m., 1:50, 4:25 p.m. First Blood Thurs. only, 7:30 p.m. The Forbidden Kingdom Fri.-Wed., 6:45, 9:30 p.m. Forgetting Sarah Marshall Fri.-Wed., 11:35 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:15 p.m. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay Fri.-Wed., 12:15, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 p.m. Iron Man Fri.-Wed., 10:55 a.m., 11:55 a.m., 12:55, 2, 3, 4, 5:05, 6, 7:05, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10 p.m. Made of Honor Fri.-Wed., 12 noon, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30, 10 p.m. The Metropolitan Opera: La Boheme Encore II Wed. only, 6:30 p.m. Nim’s Island Fri.-Tues., 12:45, 3:05, 5:25 p.m.; Wed. 12:45, 3:05 p.m. Prom Night Fri.-Tues., 7:45, 9:55 p.m. Redbelt Fri.-Wed., 11:50 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 p.m. Speed Racer Fri.-Wed., 10:50 a.m., 11:25
a.m., 12:25, 1:25, 1:55, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5, 5:35, 6:35, 7:35, 8, 8:35, 9:35, 10:30 p.m.; Thurs. 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:30 p.m. What Happens in Vegas Fri.-Wed., 11:20 a.m., 12:20, 1:45, 2:45, 4:10, 5:10, 6:40, 7:40, 9:05, 10:05 p.m.
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555 E. Main St. 641-6500 Baby Mama Fri.-Thurs., 11:25 a.m., 1:55, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 p.m. Forgetting Sarah Marshall Fri.-Thurs., 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 p.m. Iron Man Fri.-Thurs., 11:40 a.m., 12:40, 2:45, 3:45, 5:50, 6:50, 8:55, 9:55 p.m. Made of Honor Fri.-Thurs., 11:20 a.m., 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 p.m. Speed Racer Fri.-Thurs., 11:45 a.m., 12:45, 2:40, 3:55, 5:55, 7:05, 9:10, 10:10 p.m. The Visitor Fri.-Thurs., 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:35, 10:05 p.m. What Happens in Vegas Fri.-Thurs., 11:35 a.m., 2, 4:25, 7, 9:30 p.m. Young at Heart Fri.-Thurs., 11:15 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 p.m.
Regency Buenaventura
1440 Eastman Avenue 658-6544 10,000 B.C. Fri.-Thurs., 12 noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 p.m. 21 Fri.-Thurs., 1, 4, 7:10, 9:50 p.m. College Road Trip Fri.-Thurs., 12:30, 2:50, 4:55, 7:20, 9:35 p.m. Fool’s Gold Fri.-Thurs., 12:45, 5:30, 10:05 p.m. Leatherheads Fri.-Thurs., 1:15, 3:45, 7, 9:40 p.m. Reefer Madness Thurs. only, 7:30 p.m. The Ruins Fri.-Thurs., 3:15, 8 p.m. Superhero Movie Fri.-Wed., 2:45, 7:50, 9:55 p.m.; Thurs. 2:45, 9:55 p.m. Under the Same Moon Fri.-Thurs., 12:15, 4:50 p.m.
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2710 Lakeshore Dr. 667-4242 27 Dresses Fri.-Thurs., 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 p.m. 88 Minutes Fri.-Thurs., 11:10 a.m., 12 noon, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:55, 7:50, 9:30,
10:25 p.m. Drillbit Taylor Fri.-Sun., 11:15 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:30, 9:55 p.m.; Mon. 10 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:30, 9:55 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs., 11:15 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:30, 9:55 p.m. Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay Fri.-Thurs., 11:05 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 1:35, 2:30, 4:15, 5:15, 7:05, 8:05, 9:40, 10:30 p.m. Leatherheads Fri.-Thurs., 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 5, 7:40, 10:15 p.m. Made of Honor Fri.-Thurs., 11:25 a.m., 12:20, 2:05, 2:50, 4:45, 5:30, 7:20, 8:10, 10, 10:40 p.m. Smart People Fri.-Thurs., 12:05, 2:35, 4:50, 7:35, 10:10 p.m. Street Kings Fri.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 11:55 a.m., 1:50, 2:25, 4:20, 5:05, 6:50, 7:45, 9:25, 10:35 p.m. Vantage Point Fri.-Thurs., 11:20 a.m., 1:45, 4, 7, 9:20 p.m.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE Westlake Village Mann 8 180 Promenade Way 3792299 Baby Mama Fri.-Thurs., 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:10, 10 p.m. Forgetting Sarah Marshall Fri.Thurs., 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5, 7:40, 10:10 p.m. Iron Man Fri.-Thurs., 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 6:20, 7:30, 9:20, 10:30 p.m. Made of Honor Fri.-Thurs., 11:10 a.m., 1:40, 4:10, 7, 9:50 p.m. Speed Racer Fri.-Thurs., 11 a.m., 12:10, 2:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40 p.m. What Happens in Vegas Fri.-Thurs., 11:20 a.m., 1:50, 4:20, 5:10, 6:50, 7:50, 9:30, 10:20 p.m.
Westlake Village Twin 4711 Lakeview Canyon Road Westlake Village 777-7876 The Visitor Fri.-Sat., 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:55, 7:45, 10 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs., 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:55, 7:45 p.m. Young at Heart Fri.-Sat., 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10 p.m.; Sun.-Thurs., 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:30 p.m.
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media shmedia by Scott Patrick Wagner Robert Downey Jr., is a Cool Cat And old people rock
Way back in my wanton, TV-saturated childhood, there was a low-rent cartoon series that featured the Marvel superheroes (the Amazing Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the Invincible Iron Man, the Very-Nordic Thor — OK, I don’t remember all their adjectives). The production qualities of this show were cheesier than Wisconsin: the animation was so unanimated as to intermittently become a slideshow of stills, with only the actors’ voices to clarify the action (“I better web-sling over to that balcony right now!”). But there were a few standout details to the old show. First was the introduction to my furtive little mind of Loki, the God of Mischief in the Thor cartoon. (Granted, this was not a creation of the cartoon, but I wasn’t reading Edith Hamilton's Mythology at age 6.) The concept of a god dedicated to mischief — hmmm. I dredged out the idea a few presidential elections ago to describe Ross Perot, whose purpose in life seemed to be solely to serve as some force of mischief in a campaign process that was already mottled. The Loki idea once again comes to mind when I think of this Rev.Wright,whose singular mission seems to be the sabotage of Barack Obama’s trajectory.
The other salient feature I gleaned from that old Marvel series was some rooty-tooty theme songs. Not all of the heroes had good themes, mind you, just Spider-Manand Iron Man. What I loved best about the Iron Man theme were the first two lines: “Tony Stark makes you squeal/He’s the coolest cat/With a heart of steel.” I’ve always considered Robert Downey Jr. to be a pretty cool cat, albeit one with the most profound and self-destructive addiction pattern I had ever experienced (in third-hand media observation). Apparently, though, some steely component has entered into Mr. Downey’s arsenal, which has hopefully not affected his heart but seems to have transformed his work discipline. The recently released Iron Man movie is a cool cat, too. This bigscreen Iron Man bites off a certain moral ambiguity in its central conceit, with Downey — at the top of his game, emotionally and bicep-wise — starting off as a glib and ambivalent billionaire weapons manufacturer. His exploits evolve him into something different, in a fully actualized screenplay that works at every beat. Since a good superhero story also serves as topical allegory, Iron Man
cunningly builds a villain that looks less like an insane lunatic and more a hyper-aggressive neo-con (I won’t name which politico he resembles, but see what rhymes with Prick Cheney). Mortality is a central theme of Iron Man, and a final message of not wasting a life is handled with energy and resonance. Interestingly, there is another current film that deals with the same themes of mortality and living life to the fullest. It is called Young @ Heart, and please let me be clear: This is the best thing I’ve seen in a long time. The subjects of this documentary are 24 Massachusetts senior citizens who sing punk and rock songs in concert, locally and abroad. The film features several hysterical music videos; a true standout is their interpretation of the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated.” Watching these intrepid but fragile old people deal with both their passion and their mortality with such clarity and focus is a transformative experience. If the whole thing sounds a bit precious, it isn’t. You will laugh, you will cry, you will de-bullshit your life. And if enough people see it, perhaps a critical mass of this country will start looking wider and deeper than lapel flag pins. ✦
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The 14th annual Los Padres Friends of NRA fundraising banquet will be held at the Mar riott Cour tyard, 600 E. Esplanade Drive, Oxnard. Proceeds will benefit The NRA Foundation, a nonprofit. The evening will include dinner, games, a live and silent auction, and prize drawings. $45. www.ojaisurplus.com/id14.html. 646-2350.
ROSENTHAL WINEMAKER DINNER
Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 pm. Come experience a five-course dinner prepared by Chef Andy Brooks and meet the winemaker from Rosenthal Winery. Brooks, 545 E. Thompson, Ventura. 652-7070. www.restaurantbrooks.com. $125.
AUDUBON SOCIETY
Saturday, May 10, 9 am. Ojai Meadow Preserve. This is a joint walk with the Ojai Land Conservancy. It provides an oppor tunity to view the newly reconfigured and replanted meadows with ponds, wider streambeds and na tive plantings. Viewers will likely see many spring migrants including grosbeaks, orioles, tanagers and Lazuli Buntings. 640-9037.
Thursday, May 8 SPECIAL EVENTS WINE TASTING BENEFIT 5:30-8 pm. Get your taste buds ready for the spectacular Oxnard Rotary Wine Tasting benefiting Turning Point Foundation. Herzog Winery, 3201 Camino Del Sol, Oxnard. $50, includes wine tasting, appetizers, music and silent auction. 896-2875. CELEBRATION OF CAMPUS EXCELLENCE 5-7 pm. A campus wide exhibition showcasing the activities and accomplishments of CSUCI. John Spoor Broome Library Reading Room. mitchel.sloan@csuci.edu.
LECTURES & SEMINARS MUSLIM WORLD 3-4:30 pm. The CSUCI Center for International Affairs to host Dr. Bouguetta, a Fulbright Scholar as part of the Fulbright Visiting Specialist Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World. John Spoor Broome Library, Room 1360. elizabeth.hartung@csuci.edu.
MARKETS & SHOWS FARMER’S MARKET ongoing, 2-6:30 pm. Fresh from the fields to the table, the Certified California Farmers bring the freshest fruits and vegetables, all at the peak of the season. 403 West Hillcrest Dr., Thousand Oaks. 529-6266.
CLASSES STOP SMOKING CLASS 5:30-6:30 pm. Classes are eight weeks and free nicotine replacement therapy products are available. St. Johns Hospital, Oxnard. 652-3231. YOGADANCE WORKOUT ongoing, 8:15 am. All levels welcome. $7 drop-in fee. ZanZilla, 2750 E. Main St., Ventura. 890-4863. www.zanzillasyoga.com. VENTURA HEALING ROOMS ongoing, 9 am-4 pm, and by appointment. 701 E. Santa Clara St., Suite 11, Ventura. 647-6641 or www.LeeHodgesArt.com. OXNARD WEST COAST JUI-JITSU ongoing, 89 pm. 2945 Los Olivos, Oxnard. CAPOEIRA BATUQUE ongoing, 7:30-8:30 pm. A Brazilian martial arts class. Ventura Bell Arts Factory, 432 Ventura Ave.
GROUPS & CLUBS LIBERTARIANS 6:30 pm. Libertarians of Ventura County are meeting. Both old and new members are welcome. Pickles Deli Restaurant, 1940 Newbury Road, Newbury Park. 652-0290. BREAST CANCER SUPPORT ongoing, 1:30-3 pm. Women in the Ventura area facing breast cancer have a new resource in their corner – a support group offered by The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura and Community Memorial Hospital. Free. Community Memorial Hospital Cancer Resource Center, 184 N. Brent St., Ventura. 379-4777. PARENTING SUPPORT GROUP ongoing, noon1:15 pm. A professionally facilitated support group that combines educational insight, peer and therapeutic feedback. Free initial assessment required prior to attendance. 204-7315. 12-STEP SURVIVORS OF INCEST ANONYMOUS ongoing, 5:30-6:30 pm. Group for men and women who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. 133 S. Laurel St., Ventura. 893-3322. COOPERATIVE PARENTING AND DIVORCE PROGRAM ongoing, 6:30 pm. Presented by Jewish Family Service to teach parents how to shield children from parental conflict and establish “co-parent”hood. 1815 E. Main St., Ventura. 641-6565. ONE AGAIN ongoing, 7:30 pm. Support and social group for widowed, divorced or separated individuals. Westlake Village Methodist Church, 1049 Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. $4 nonmembers. 653-6466.
STEPPING OUT DANCE MEDICINE ongoing, 7:30-9:30 pm. Healing through dance. $5-10 donation. Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery, Ojai. 798-1765. COUNTRY LOVERS ongoing, 6:30 pm. Weekly dance lessons and party. Family Center, 10269
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Friday, May 9 SPECIAL EVENTS CELEBRATION OF STUDENT RESEARCH 2:30-5 pm. This event showcases faculty-mentored student research at CSUCI. Students will present more than 100 posters and 30 oral presentations. John Spoor Broome Library Exhibition Hall. cynthia.wyels@csuci.edu. BIRDS OF OJAI VALLEY 7 pm, also Saturday at 9 am. Presentation by Jesse Grantham, California Condor Project Manager and local birding expert. While viewing a slide presentation of stunning photos of the migratory birds frequently seen in Ojai, participants will learn where to look for them, how to attract them to their homes, and gain valuable information on birding supplies and publications.
GROUPS & CLUBS CPA/LAW SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM 9:30 am1:30 pm. The Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics is one of the sponsors of the CPA/Law Society of Ventura County’s Ethics Symposium Scholarship Fundraiser. Proceeds from the event fund scholarships for students. Pierpont Inn, Ventura. $30-$75. 659-6800. www.cpalawsociety.com. BUDGET SCRAPBOOKING ongoing, 10-11:30 am. Learn how to attractively present mementos and photos. Free. Moorpark Active Adult Center, 799 Moorpark Ave., Moorpark. 517-6261.
Saturday, May 10 SPECIAL EVENTS BIRDS OF OJAI VALLEY See Friday. PLANT WORKSHOP 9:30 am-3 pm. Lloyd Simpson, biologist with the Los Padres National Forest and Ken Niessen with the California Native Plant Society will train you to identify the chaparral and riparian plants of Wheeler Gorge. Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center, 17017 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai. CHOCOLATE! 1 pm. Celebrate Mother’s Day, or any day, with a meal of chocolate in every course. In this hands-on class, we may start with dessert. Call to reserve a space. $45. Ojai Culinary Studio, 315 N. Montgomery St., Ojai. 646-1124. OJAI RENAISSANCE PIRATE FAIRE 10 am-6 pm. The 18th annual “Ojai Renaissance Pirate Faire” will be held on May 10 & 11 at Lake Casitas in Ojai. The faire will recreate a 16th century village on the shores of beautiful Lake Casitas. $15. 496-6036. LOCAVORES 7 pm. Kristofer and Joanne Young of Ojai are planning a locavore project in the Ojai Valley for the entire year of 2009. A locavore is a person who pays attention to where her/his food comes from and commits to eating local food as much as possible. www.groups.google.com/ group/eat-local-one-year. 640-7629. CAUSE CONCERT 7 pm. Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy is pleased to announce the return of the beautiful vocal stylings of Perla Batalla at their Mothers Day Weekend Concert. Center for Spiritual Living, 101 Laurel Ave., Ventura. $25. www.coastalalliance.com. 658-0810, ext. 211. MOTHER’S DAY TEA & FASHION SHOW noon-3 pm. The Democratic Women’s Council of Conejo Valley will hold their second annual Mother’s Day Tea and Fashion Show. Westlake Village on the island, overlooking the lake. 495-1515. $20. www.democraticwomenscouncil.com. FAMILY FESTIVAL noon-5 pm. The festival includes the third annual Kids' Swap Meet, the season opener of Fairy Tales in the Park and free Barranca Vista Creative Center performances of dance, theater, music and hands-on arts activities, refreshments and exhibits for the whole family. Barranca Vista Park, 7050 E. Ralston St., Ventura. 644-6542. kdippong@cityofventura.net. GOLD DUST GALA 6 pm. Grammy-nominated recording group Emerson Drive, whose hit “Moments” topped the country charts in 2007,
will headline the Community Memorial Healthcare Foundation’s 18th annual Gold Dust Gala. Proceeds from the benefit event go toward early breast cancer detection and intervention. $95. www.golddustgala.com. 667-2881. CHURCH YARD SALE 7 am-1 pm. The United Methodist Men of the Camarillo United Methodist Church will hold their semiannual Yard Sale in Brooks Hall and on the patio area. 340-5422. 291 Anacapa Dr., Camarillo. www.cam-umc.org.
MUSEUMS OLIVAS ADOBE HISTORICAL PARK ongoing, 11 am-4 pm. The two-story adobe hacienda on the park grounds, built in 1847, features furnishings from the early California rancho period. 4200 Olivas Park Dr., Ventura. 658-4728.
MARKETS & SHOWS CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET- DOWNTOWN VENTURA ongoing, 8:30 am-noon. Corner of Santa Clara and Palm, Ventura. 529-6266.
GROUPS & CLUBS ARTHRITIS SUPPORT ongoing, 2-4 pm. The Arthritis Foundation presents its Arthritis Support and Education Group at Dr. Steve Jensen’s office, at 2109 Pickwick Dr. in Camarillo. 563-4685. www.info.sca.sbb@arthritis.org. MEDITATE FOR CALM AWARENESS ongoing, 1-2:15 pm. Guided by Sarah Kalvin. Spa by Diane Loring Inc., Historic Love House, 119 S. Figueroa St., Ventura. www.calmawareness.com. (818) 421-9068. LAUGHTER CLUB ongoing, 7:30-8:15 am. Learn to laugh for no reason and receive the physiological and psychological benefits of laughter. Free. Camarillo Yoga Center, 5800 Santa Rosa Road, Ste. 127, Camarillo. 484-8810.
STEPPING OUT DATES AND DJ 7:30-10:30 pm. Featuring Julia Kilgore from Santa Barbara’s “Dance Away.” Makoto Dojo, 3026 Telegraph Road, Ventura. www.waywebby.com/dancejam. 650-7112.
better bones, balance and strength. Free. Moorpark Active Adult Center, 799 Moorpark Ave., Moorpark. 517-6261. VENTURA HEALING ROOMS See Thursday. OXNARD WEST COAST JUI-JITSU ongoing, 89 pm; also Thursdays. 2945 Los Olivos, Oxnard.
GROUPS & CLUBS WOMEN’S ECONOMIC VENTURES 6-7 pm. Women’s Economic Ventures is holding free selfemployment training orientations in Ventura County. Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, 400 E. Esplanade Dr., Suite 100, Oxnard. 604-9000, ext. 237 or www.wevonline.org. WOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP ongoing, 2-3:30 pm. This group is designed to help women gain insight, learn coping strategies and gain support from other women. Free initial assessment required prior to attendance. 204-7315. CHANNEL ISLANDS CLIPPERS ongoing, 7-9:30 pm. The group is looking for men who like to sing to join their Barbershop Chorus. Wilson Park Center, 350 N. C St., Oxnard. 650-9940.
LECTURES & SEMINARS SPIRITUALITY WITHOUT RELIGION ongoing, 7 pm. Based on the principles of “A Course in Miracles,” given by nondenominational spiritual lecturer Scott Patrick Wagner. Ventura Center for Spiritual Living, $10 suggested donation. 101 S. Laurel Street., Ventura. 655-0159.
HEALTH MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP ongoing, 6:30-8 pm. Bible Fellowship Church, 6950 Ralston St., Room 301, Ventura. www.DSBAAlliance.org. 201-0659.
STEPPING OUT COUNTRY LOVERS WESTERN DANCE CLUB ongoing, 6:30-9 pm. All ages welcome. $3, firsttime visitors free, free to kids younger than 13, $5 taco dinner. Family Center, 10269 Telephone Rd., Ventura. www.countrylovers.com. 647-1893.
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OJAI RENAISSANCE PIRATE FAIRE See Saturday.
MUSEUMS OLIVAS ADOBE HISTORICAL PARK See Saturday.
MARKETS & SHOWS CHANNEL ISLANDS HARBOR FARMER'S AND FISHERMAN’S MARKET ongoing, 10 am2 pm. More than 35 farmers sell locally grown fresh-picked fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers. 3350 S. Harbor Blvd., Channel Islands Harbor. 643-6458.
Monday, May 12 CLASSES TRIBAL BELLYDANCE ongoing, 7-8:15 pm. $40 for four classes. 2434 E. Main St., Ventura. www.neareastdance.com. 640-5781. YOGA AT BOULDERDASH ongoing, 7:30-9 pm. Instructor Jennifer Mackie. $10. 557-1300.
GROUPS & CLUBS SIERRA GROUP MORNING WALKS ongoing, 8:30 am. Three to five-mile walk conducted at various sites in Ventura-Ojai area. 643-0270. CAMARILLO NOONTIME OPTIMIST CLUB ongoing, noon. Teachers from the GATE program will speak. Round Table Pizza, Arneill Rd. 300-5656. GOOD GRIEF GROUP ongoing, 10:30 am. Group open to all people in need of spiritual uplifting. 291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo. 482-4312. DEPRESSION SUPPORT ongoing, 6:15-7:30 pm. Come heal the emotional pain, meet others who share your concerns, identify root causes and discover how to move ahead. Free initial assessment required prior to attendance. 204-7315. SENIORS SUPPORT GROUP ongoing, 3-4:15 pm. Group for depression, life transitions, anxiety, loneliness, caregivers issues. Free initial assessment required prior to attendance. 204-7315.
Tuesday, May 13 CLASSES CAPOEIRA BATUQUE See Thursday. VENTURA SUNRISE TOASTMASTERS ongoing, 6:30 am. Helping people develop speaking, presentation and meeting management skills. Carrow's Cafe and Bakery, 2401 Harbor Blvd, Ventura. 509-4736. NEI GUNG ongoing, 9:30-11 am. Taught by Scott Nordeng. Ventura County Church of Religious Science, 101 S. Laurel St., Ventura. 953-4458. BUILDING BETTER BALANCE ongoing, 9:3010:30 am. Join instructor Ryan Campbell and work on improving posture and balance. Free. Moorpark Active Adult Center, 799 Moorpark Ave., Moorpark. 517-6261. STRENGTH TRAINING ongoing, 10-11 am. Join instructor Ryan Campbell and workout to build
GROUPS & CLUBS BUSINESS NETWORK INT’L ongoing, 11:30 am-1 pm. The world’s largest marketing program specializing in business referrals for members is proud to open the new Inner Circle Chapter in Ventura County. Thousand Oaks Inn, 75 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks. $13. 8500157. linda@bni-vc.com. TEEN THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT GROUP ongoing, 3:30-4:30 pm. Dealing with anxiety, selfesteem, effects of divorce, depression, loneliness and socialization. Free assessment required prior to attending. 484-7868, ext. 8. ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP ongoing, 5:306:45 pm. Discover root causes, coping techniques, and how to manage your anxiety so you can begin enjoying your life. Free initial assessment required prior to attendance. 204-7315. BINGO ongoing, 5:30-9:30 pm. The public, ages 21 and older, are invited to the weekly Wednesday Night Bingo at the Avenue Adult Center. Cash payouts for winners. 550 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura. 648-3035. DEPRESSION & BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE ongoing, 2-4 pm and 6:30-8 pm. Group meetings, peer-led. Adult Wellness & Recovery Center, 56 E. Main St., Ste. 103, corner of Main Street & Ventura Avenue. 201-0619. WOMEN IN TRANSITION ongoing, 6:30-8 pm. Ventura County Jewish Family Services hosts this support group for women experiencing changes or difficulties in their lives. 1915 E. Main St., Ventura. 641-6565. ONE AGAIN ongoing, 7:30 pm. Support and social group for widowed, divorced or separated individuals. Church of the Foothills, 6279 Foothill Road, Ventura. 525-0944.
Ongoing GOT SOCCER? AYSO Region 39 Ventura 2008 Fall Soccer Registration will be held from 10 am to 2 pm on Saturdays, May 3, May 10 and May 17. Pre-register at www.eayso.com. Birth certificates required for players not registered in Fall 2007. Location of all registrations is Bible Fellowship Church, corner of Johnson Drive and Ralston Street. www.ayso39.org. POWER SOCCER CLUB looking for experienced and devoted players, girls ages 13-16. Players must be dedicated and willing to train for development. Training Sessions based on agility, speed, technique and tactics. Goal keepers also wanted. 890-036. CAREGIVERS Volunteers Assisting The Elderly is seeking volunteers to visit frail seniors in Ventura, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula and Camarillo. 658-8530. cdarrough@vccaregivers.org. PICK-UP SOCCER The Conejo Recreation & Park District Sports Office is conducting adult pick-up
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soccer for 10 weeks, running May 13 through July 15, on Tuesday evenings, from 6:30-8 pm. Preregistration is not required, just show up at Thousand Oaks Community Park, 2525 North Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. $5 per evening. 495-4674. LAUGHTER CLUB 6:30-7:15 pm. First, second and third Fridays of each month. Laughter Club is a creative, fun, experiential way to learn how to laugh to relieve stress and improve health. Free. Camarillo Center for Spiritual Living, 340 Mobil Ave. www.laughteryoga.com. 497-9756. CSUCI SEEKS COMMENCEMENT VOLUNTEERS California State University Channel Islands invites members of the community to volunteer for its 2008 commencement ceremony to be held Saturday, May 17 from 7 am-noon. Volunteers will receive a campus T-shirt and gift bag. For more information call 437-8892 or email lori.macdonald@csuci.edu. 1st U.S. VOLUNTEERS The nonprofit group seeks veteran volunteers to provide military funeral honors in uniform. 647-8784. www.military honors.blogspot.com. FLY FISHING LESSONS Free tips on where to go. Daily classes for groups or individuals. Equipment provided. $10 off special. 794-9126. CAR CAMPAIGN The Boys & Girls Clubs throughout California are running a car donation campaign to support their programs. (800) 246-0493. ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 3-4:30 pm. The Alzheimer’s Association, California Central Coast Chapter is offering a free lesbian, bi-sexual and transgendered friendly support group to caregivers. 1339 Del Norte Road, Camarillo. www.centralcoastalz.org. 477-7302. RED CROSS ONLINE TRAINING Ventura County community members can get trained in lifesaving skills such as CPR and first aid online. www.arcventura.org. 339-2234, ext. 232. CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARKS NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Positions available in the Robert J. Largomarsino Visitor Center in Ventura Harbor. bill_faulkner@nps.gov. 658-5734. WEIGHT CONTROL SUPPORT GROUP 6:30 pm Wednesdays. Featuring occasional guest speakers on mediation, body image and physical fitness. $5 suggested donation. Ojai Valley Women’s Club, 441 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai. 652-1841. FREE TEST PREPARATION RESOURCES The Oxnard Public Library online database “Learning Express” provides more than 300 current practice tests. www.oxnard.org. 385-7532. DEPRESSION & BIPOLAR DISORDER SUPPORT GROUPS 6:30-8 pm Tuesdays and 2-4 pm first and third Wednesday of each month. Confidential, peer-led and self-help support groups. Tuesday meetings at Bible Fellowship Church, 6950 Ralston St., Room 301, Building 300, Ventura. DBSA_Ventura@yahoo.com. 201-0619. Wednesday meetings at the Adult Wellness & Recovery Center, 56 E. Main St., Suite 103. DBSA_Ventura@yahoo.com. 671-5038. LEARN COMPUTER CONCEPTS Daily. A class to teach keyboarding, Windows, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet and e-mail. $15 for 8-week session, free for adults older than 50. Ventura Adult & Continuing Education, Adult Center, 550 N. Ventura Ave. 280-7925. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Meetings daily in the Ventura, Ojai and Santa Barbara areas. www.oaciig.wordpress.com. (888) 702-0202. LGBT DEPRESSION GROUP Meets weekly at Ventura County Rainbow Alliance to experience the power and magic of group healing in the LGBT Community. Call for free assessment. 339-6344, ext. 301. CANINE ADOPTION AND RESCUE LEAGUE Organization needs foster homes for small to large puppies and dogs until they are adopted. 3004 Telegraph Road. www.carlvc.org. 652-1001.
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My boyfriend of a year has his own home, as do I. He needs a roommate to help pay bills, and only a woman has responded. She'll have her own bedroom, but they'll share a bathroom. He advertised in the campus housing office, so she must be young, or younger than I am (my boyfriend and I are both in our mid 30s). I have an issue with him having a female roommate. What if we have a fight and he doesn't answer the phone? What if he drinks beers and watches movies with her? I trust him but believe in avoiding tempting situations. He insists he'll be at my place all the time anyway (which I've told him isn't fair to me), and says I'm just insecure. I said I'm willing to meet her and see how I feel, but he won't wait to see if others respond (he did once before and ended up stuck).
— The Girlfriend Don't be too quick to assume this prospective roommate is some young hottie. The joke'll be on you when you discover she's some 60year-old former housewife who's going back to school and borrowing his razor in the morning to mow her chin hairs. If his roommate ends up being considerably younger, hotter and less bearded, sure, something could go on between them. But,
unless you've got the guy chained to a dripping pipe in the basement, he's always just a barstool or bus seat away from temptation. So, even now, when you have a fight and he doesn't answer the phone, it may be because he spent the night rearranging his sock drawer — or "rearranging his sock drawer" with some ex-stripper named Blaize. As for his contention that he'll be at your place "all the time anyway," he probably isn't saying so because he'll pay less on his water bill if he flushes at your house. Chances are, he's trying to allay your fears that his living arrangement will become one long half-time show, with his roommate dropping out of school to spend her days vacuuming his living room topless. At the same time, he's probably trying to maintain some semblance of dignity as a guy in his mid 30s who has to take in a boarder to make ends meet. Yet, there you are, turning his solution to his financial crisis into the rental version of HOTorNOT.com. And exactly how ugly and disagreeable must a prospective roommate be before your boyfriend can get out of selling his blood to keep the lights on? There are easier and less complicated ways to get extra-relationship sex than advertising for it to store its tampons under your bathroom sink. Now, either you have reason to trust your boyfriend or
you don't. You don't get to tell another adult what to do, which is what you're trying to do with "I'm willing to meet her and see how I feel." Meanwhile, you're not only telling him you have little faith in him, but suggesting he's settled for too little in a girlfriend, since you seem convinced your replacement is just a one-bedroom/shared bath ad away. You'd actually have more control by relinquishing control. Instead of telling him what to do in other relationships, show him why he wouldn't want to do anything that jeopardizes yours. It's really the best way of seeing to it that there's no woman he'd rather open a dented can of beans for: "Au poivre, darling? Or would you prefer tartare?"
Not bi a long shot I just met this really cool guy at a café. We bonded over being artists and later exchanged emails. The thing is, I'm a lesbian, and I'm never sure when to break this to a guy. Now, he's invited me to lunch, and I'm feeling guilty. I don't want him to spend money on me thinking I'm a possibility.
— Boy Friends Only As I told a straight girl who asked me a similar question, it's best to inform a guy you're a no-go right from the start. For example, before
Is Your Relationship Worth Saving? “I teach couples how to resolve their problems and to grow and mature in their love and intimacy. even sitting down, you might blurt out, "By the way, I was a teenage lesbian werewolf. These days, I'm no longer a teenager or a werewolf." Or, you might say, "If you were Thelma, I'd be Louise, and we could wear matching ill-fitting shorts, crank up the Indigo Girls, and go over the cliff together." For a less-in-your-face approach, just slip mention of "my ex-girlfriend" into conversation. (The "ex-" part is actually important, since a certain set of older straight women have commandeered "my girlfriend" to mean some woman they take pottery classes with.) You may not stop a guy from considering you a possibility, but once you've been quoteunquote straightforward, it's his problem if he blows a bunch of tens and twenties in hopes of seeing good things happening in threes.
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LEGAL Fict. Business Names FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080407-10005021-0 The following person is doing business as: 1) RANCH HAND BBQ & GRILL, 2) ARNIE’S BBQ & GRILL, 3321-B Kimber Rd., Newbury Park, CA 91320, Ventura County, Arnold Gysbertus Scherpenborg Jr., 1383 Calle Castano, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Arnold G. Scherpenborg Jr., Arnold G. Scherpenborg Jr. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 7, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080408-10005149-0 The following person is doing business as: HOUSE OF PANES, 1419 E. Santa Clara St., Unit B, Ventura CA 93001, Ventura County, Benjamin Patrick Hummer, 1227 New Bedford Court, Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Ben P. Hummer, Ben P. Hummer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 8, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080407-10005027-0
The following person is doing business as: MEDIA COOPER, 2362 Hopi Lane, Ventura, CA 93001, Ventura County, Greg A. Cooper, 2362 Hopi Lane, Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 4/7/08. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Greg A. Cooper, Greg A. Cooper. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 7, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
CA, 555 East Easy St., Simi Valley, CA 93065, Ventura County, Bason Company Inc. CA Corporation, 555 East Easy St., Simi Valley, CA 93065. This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Bason Company Inc., Renjye Yeh, Renjye Yeh, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 8, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
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The following persons are doing business as: 1) NEFTIN WESTLAKE MAZDA, 2) NEFTIN WESTLAKE CAR CO., 3) NEFTIN MAZDA, Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number filed with the California Secretary of State: 0747882, State of incorporation: California, 3500 Auto Mall Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362, Ventura County, Conejo Auto Imports Inc., 3500 Auto Mall Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Conejo Auto Imports Inc., Howard Neftin, Howard Neftin, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 8, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
The following persons are doing business as: ABS INTERNET, Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number filed with the California Secretary of State: 2103109, State of incorporation: California, 3825 Old Conejo Rd., Newbury Park, CA 91320, Ventura County, Matrix 5, Inc., 3825 Old Conejo Rd., Newbury Park, CA 91320. This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 1/1/2001. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ William P. Miller, William P. Miller / President & CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 4, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080408-10005113-0 The following persons are doing business as: CAVALRY STORAGE, Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number filed with the California Secretary of State: C1187825, State of incorporation:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080411-10005311-0 The following person is doing business as: ROAD DOGS, 1021 Devilfish Drive, Oxnard, CA 93035, Ventura County, Sharon Farrell, 1021 Devilfish Drive, Oxnard, CA 93035, Randy Rutledge, 1840 Capstan, Oxnard, CA 93035. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Sharon Farrell, Sharon Farrell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 11, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080404-10004903-0 The following person is doing business as: ONE LOTUS, 405 Bedford Place, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, Ventura County, Susan Sumiko Harada, 405 Bedford Place, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, Niloufer M. Cainglit, 2685 Velarde Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. This business is conducted by: Copartners. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 4/04/08. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Susan S. Harada, Susan S. Harada. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 4, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080411-10005325-0 The following person is doing business as: CORLAND INVESTMENTS, 255 Scarborough St., Thousand Oaks, CA 91361, Ventura County, Susan O’Brien, 255 Scarborough St., Thousand Oaks, CA 91361, Lynne McGolrick, 255 Scarborough St., Thousand Oaks, CA 91361, Herbert McGolrick, 255 Scarborough St., Thousand Oaks, CA 91361. This business is conducted by: Copartners. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 4/11/08. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which
he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Susan O’Brien, Susan O’Brien. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 11, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080408-10005114-0 The following persons are doing business as: GOLDEN CHINA RESTAURANT, Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number filed with the California Secretary of State: 2477610, State of incorporation: 760 S. Seaward Ave., Ventura, CA 93001, Ventura County, Ney San Corporation, 9132 Halifax St., Ventura, CA 93004. This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 11/26/02. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Ney San Corporation, Kuo-Cheng Cheng, Kuo-Cheng Cheng, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 8, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080415-10005567-0 The following person is doing business as: COASTAL BRASS ACADEMY, 1375 Tamarix Street, Camarillo, CA 93010, Ventura County, Lynnea C. Mitchell, 1375 Tamarix Street, Camarillo, CA 93010. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: April 15, 2008. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Lynnea C. Mitchell, Lynnea C. Mitchell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 15, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE
DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080415-10005558-0 The following person is doing business as: SO. CAL CLEANING, 2767 Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001, Ventura County, Lisa Ann Probst, 2767 Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Lisa Probst, Lisa A. Probst This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 15, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080410-10005287-0 The following person is doing business as: 1) INTERNATIONAL SYNERGISTIC DESIGNS, 2) UNIQUE SYNERGISTIC DESIGNS, 9540 Telegraph Rd. #21, Ventura, CA 93004, Ventura County, KarenLee McMurrich, 9540 Telegraph Rd. #21, Ventura, CA 93004, Deborah Turturro, 9540 Telegraph Rd. #21, Ventura, CA 93004. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ K-L McMurrich, Karen-Lee McMurrich. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 10, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080416-10005628-0 The following person is doing business as: JUAN’S MAINTENANCE, 111 Leighton Drive, Ventura, California 93001, Ventura County, Juan Antonio Ruiz, 111 Leighton Drive, Ventura, California 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 01-30-08. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Juan Ruiz, Juan A. Ruiz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 16, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080416-10005620-0 The following persons are doing business as: CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER, Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number filed with the California Secretary of State: C0501018, State of incorporation: California, 303 H Street, Suite 250, Chula Vista, CA 91910, San Diego County, California-American Water Company, 303 H Street, Suite 250, Chula Vista, CA 91910. This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: April 1, 2003. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ California-American Water Company, Carrie L. Gleeson, Carrie L. Gleeson, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 16, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
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LEGAL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080417-10005646-0 The following person is doing business as: STALLINGS ENTERPRISES, 2516 Aztec Court, Ventura, Calif. 93001-1423, Ventura County, Glenn F. Stallings, 2516 Aztec Court, Ventura, Calif. 93001-1423, Karen S. Stallings, 2516 Aztec Court, Ventura, Calif. 93001-1423. This business is conducted by: Husband and Wife. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 5/27/87. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Karen S. Stallings, Karen S. Stallings. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 17, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080416-10005635-0 The following person is doing business as: 1) AUTHORIZED KIRBY SALES & SERVICE, 2) VENTURA VAC & SEW, 3) SIMPLICITY, 2474 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, Steven Mark Cool, 169 Beverly Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 1017-2007. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Steve Cool, Steve Cool. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 16, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080418-10005740-0 The following person is doing business as: 1) COOLPLATES, 2) COOLPLATES.NET 771 Seneca St., Unit D-52, Ventura, Ca 93001, Ventura County, Craig Wooton, 771 Seneca St., Unit D52, Ventura, Ca 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Craig Wooton, Craig Wooton. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 18, 2008. NOTICE THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080421-10005818-0 The following person is doing business as: PORT POSTAL, 417 E. Hueneme Rd., Port Hueneme, CA 93041, Ventura County, Lonnie W. Cavenee, 364 Ponoma St., Port Hueneme, CA 93041. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Lonnie W. Cavenee, Lonnie W. Cavenee. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 21, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080428-10006059-0 The following person is doing business as: NEIL’S MACHINING, 2850 Sherwin Ave., Suite B, Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, Neil Cummings, 9996 Big Horn St., Ventura, CA 93004. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Neil Cummings, Neil Cummings. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 28, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080428-10006124-0 The following person is doing business as: 1) CREATIVE CONCEPT DESIGN, 2) AWESOME INTERIORS, 30 Encinal Place, Ventura, CA 93001, Ventura County, Christine O’Brien Simms, 30 Encinal Place, Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Christine O’Brien Simms, Christine O’Brien Simms. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 28, 2008. NOTICE THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080423-10005934-0 The following person is doing business as: 1) BUENA VENTURA MOTORCYCLE TRAINING, 2) BVMT, 632 Opal Ave., Ventura, CA 93004, Ventura County, Anne Manuela Klees, 632 Opal Ave., Ventura, CA 93004. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Anne Klees, Anne Klees. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 23, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080415-10005557-0 The following person is doing business as: PELHAM PRINTS, 90 E. McFarlane, Ventura, CA 93001, Ventura County, Larry Wayne Pelham, 90 E. McFarlane, Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all informa-
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tion in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Larry Pelham, Larry Pelham. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 15, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080424-10005979-0 The following person is doing business as: ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS REPAIR, 755 Buena Vista Street, Ventura, CA 93001, Ventura County, Gary Lee Hensley, 287 West Vince Street, Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: Sept. 1987. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Gary Lee Hensley, Gary Lee Hensley. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 24, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080421-10005812-0 The following person is doing business as: VC RED DEVILS, 595 Jordan Ave., Ventura, CA 93001, Ventura County, Benjamin John Marquin, 595 Jordan Ave., Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Benjamin John Marquin, Benjamin John Marquin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 21, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080418-10005774-0 The following persons are doing business as: GREEN BUILDINGS, INC, Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number filed with the California Secretary of State: C2742545, State of incorporation: CA., 297 Lynnbrook Ave., Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, Gregory Barrow, 297 Lynnbrook Ave., Ventura, CA 93003. This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ AMG & Associates, Inc., G. Barrow, Gregory Barrow, Vice President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 18, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080428-10006118-0 The following persons are doing business as: HAH TRANSPORTATION, Articles of Incorporation or Organization Number filed with the California Secretary of State: 2992993, State of incorporation: CA., 857 South B Street, Oxnard, CA 93030, Ventura County, HNBC, Inc, 857 South B Street, Oxnard, CA 93030. This business is conducted by: a corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 11/15/2007. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ HNBC, Inc., H. Hasan, H. Hasan, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 28, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080423-10005929-0 The following persons are doing business as: VAN SICKLE & ROWLEY, LLP, Articles of incorporation or organization number filed with the California Secretary of State: 20200101004. State of incorporation: CA. 90 E. Thousand Oaks Bl., #300, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, Ventura County, Richard Van Sickle, 11687 Charisma Ct., Camarillo, CA 93012, Diane L. Rowley, 11687 Charisma Ct., Camarillo, CA 93012. This business is conducted by: A limited liability partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 115-01. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Van Sickle & Rowley, LLP, Richard Van Sickle, Richard Van Sickle, Partner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 23, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08, 5/15/08, 5/22/08 and 5/29/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080428-10006242-0 The following person is doing business as: CREATING MAGICAL MEMORIES, 441 Valmore Ave., Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, Lorraine Brown, 441 Valmore Ave., Ventura, CA 93003. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Lorraine Brown, Lorraine Brown. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 28, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08, 5/15/08, 5/22/08 and 5/29/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080502-10006541-0 The following persons are doing business as: OLD NEW YORK DELI & BAKERY CO., Articles of incorporation or organization number filed with the California Secretary of State: C1751224. State of incorporation: California. 2700 Teller Rd., #A, Thousand Oaks, CA, Ventura County, Old New York Bagel & Deli Co. Inc., 4972 Verdugo Way, Camarillo, CA 93012. This business is conducted by: A corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed on: N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Old New York Bagel & Deli Co. Inc., Michael J. Raimondo, Michael J. Raimondo, President / CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on May 2, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08, 5/15/08, 5/22/08 and 5/29/08.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20080423-10005941-0 The following person is doing business as: A PLACE OF PEACE, 1234 E. Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001-3104, Teri Kierbel, 2223 Martinique Ln., Oxnard, CA 93035. This business is conducted by: an individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on: 4/1/2008. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Doug Kierbel, Doug Kierbel. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 23, 2008. NOTICE - THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THAT TIME. 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 & Professions Code). PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08, 5/15/08, 5/22/08 and 5/29/08.
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO. 20080418-10005762-0 The following persons have abandoned use to the Fictitious Business Name: THE CAT DOCTOR, located at 760 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. The date on which the fictitious business name being abandoned was filed: 4-15-2004. The file number to the fictitious business name being abandoned: 20040415100065160. The county where the fictitious business name was filed: Ventura. Cat Practices, Inc, 1363 Spinnaker Dr., Slip 38, Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: a corporation. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Cat Practices, Inc, Valerie Creighton, Valerie Creighton, President. This Statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura County on April 18, 2008. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
Legal Notices Display COUNTY OF VENTURA NOTICE INVITING BIDS Sealed bids will be received by the undersigned in the bid box at the Department Of Airports, Administration Office Public Counter, 2nd floor lobby, Camarillo Airport, until 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday the 3rd day of June, 2008, for Oxnard Airport - WEST SIDE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, Specification No. DOA 08-05, which consists of A) 880LF extension of an existing 16’ x 7’ Reinforced Concrete Box (RCB) culvert northward along Victoria Avenue including a 30 LF 60” RCP drain line stub-out with inlet transition structure to connect to the north side earth channel, 1 each Curb Opening Catch Basin, 1 each Manhole, Entrance Driveway improvements and appurtenant work as the Base Bid; B) the 1,053 LF extension of 60” RCP drain line from the existing 60” RCP stub-out at the 16’ x 7’ RCB eastward along the south airport property line with a junction structure connecting to 2 each existing 42” RCP’s, 3 each Manholes, 4 each Grating Catch Basins and appurtenant work as Bid Alternate No. 1; and C) re-grading of 3,892 LF of an existing earth channel eastward along the north airport property line and appurtenant work as Bid Alternate No. 2. The estimated cost of construction for the Base Bid is $1,768,001. Bids will be publicly
opened after said time. The plans, specifications and proposal forms for this project are filed in the office of the undersigned and are by reference made a part of this Notice. Said documents may be obtained at the location indicated above for $6.00 including tax, which is not refundable. (Add $9.00 for shipping). For general information concerning bidding documents, call (805) 388-4273. For technical questions concerning the bidding documents FAX questions to Don Occhiline @ (805) 388-4366 or call (805) 388-4205. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE UNDERSIGNED. APWA-AGC Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction, 2006 Edition and the 2007 and 2008 Supplement, referred to by said documents, are available for $75.00 including tax. (Add $10.00 for mailing). Make checks payable to the County of Ventura. This project is funded at 95% by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under an Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant, AIP No. 3-060179-27, and is subject to the following requirements: • The proposed contract is under and subject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, of September 24, 1965, and to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Federal Labor Provisions. All labor on the Project shall be paid no less than the higher of either the State prevailing rates of wages established by the Director of the State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, or the Federal prevailing rates of wages established by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. • The EEO requirements, labor provisions, and Federal prevailing rates of wages are included in the Bid Documents and Specifications and are available for inspection at the County of Ventura - Department of Airports. A copy of the State determination of prevailing rates of wages in Ventura County is on file with the Clerk of the Board. Each Bidder must complete, sign, and furnish with their bid the following FAA required documents: 1. Assurance of Compliance - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Participation 2. Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities 3. Bidder’s Statement - Previous Contracts Subject to EEO Clause 4. Suspension and Debarment Requirements for all Contracts over $25,000 5. Certification of Affirmative Action Program 6. Certification Regarding Foreign Trade Restrictions 7. Buy America Certificate • To be eligible for award, each bidder must comply with the affirmative action requirements which are contained in the Specifications. A contractor having 50 or more employees and his subcontractors having 50 or more employees and who may be awarded a contract of $50,000 or more will be required to maintain an affirmative action program, the standards for which are contained in the Specifications. • Disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE’s) as defined in 49 CFR Part 23 shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part with Federal funds under this agreement. Consequently, the DBE requirements of 49 CFR Part 23 apply to this agreement. Women will be afforded equal opportunity in all areas of employment. However, the employment of women shall not diminish the standards of requirements for the employment of minorities. An ‘Advisory’ DBE goal for this project has been set at 3.0%. • All solicitations, contracts, and subcontracts resulting from projects funded under this contract are subject to the foreign trade restrictions required by 49 CFR Part 30, Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services of Countries that Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors. The Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 provides that preference be given to steel and manufactured products produced in the United States when funds are expended pursuant to a grant issued under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Bids must be submitted on the proposal form furnished with said documents. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid guarantee in the amount of not less than 10% of the amount bid, PAYABLE TO THE COUNTY OF VENTURA and guaranteeing that the bidder will enter into a contract in accordance with the terms of the bidding documents if award is made to him. The bid guarantee shall be in one of the following forms: a bid bond written by an admitted surety insurer on the form included with the Proposal form, a cashier’s check drawn by a National bank, a check certified by a National bank or cash. An electronically transmitted copy (FAX) of the bid bond form included in the Proposal form may be used, but the form must have the original signatures of the principal and surety. A FAX of the completed bond will not be accepted. Bidders shall have a Class - A California Contractors license, at the time of award. The bidder to whom award is made will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Pay-
ment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract price. In accordance with Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code, securities may be substituted for funds withheld. The determinations of prevailing rates of wages made by the State of California for Ventura County are available on the Internet @ http://www.access.gpo.gov/davisbacon/allstates.html. (i.e. Once on the web site, select “California” then select “Ventura County”). The determinations of prevailing rates of wages made by the Federal Government are available on the Internet @ http://access.gpo.gov/davisbacon. Wages paid for labor performed on this project shall be the higher of the two determinations. Bidders who do not have access to the Internet may obtain a copy of the State Prevailing Rates of Wages by contacting the Department of Airports at (805) 388-4205. The Contractor must post copies of the prevailing wage schedule at each job site. Dated this 2nd day of May, 2008. Todd L. McNamee, A.A.E. Director of Airports. Department of Airports. 555 Airport Way. Camarillo, CA 93010. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
LIEN SALE Lien Sale Channel Island Harbor Patrol, 3900 Pelican Way Oxnard. 5-23-08, 11:00am. Chrys., CA Hin#49377. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08.
NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given pursuant to Chapter 10, Section 21700 of Civil Code of the State of California of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of The Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. The undersigned, MARINA SELF STORAGE, 2600 W. Wooley Road, Oxnard, Ventura County, California, will sell to the highest bidder at the above address at 9:45 a.m., on May 16, 2008. The following abandoned miscellaneous goods or personal property described below. Unit number, tenant name, description: A062 - PAUL R. ROMERO III: Couch, TV, entertainment center, Misc. B062 - AUGUSTIN ESPINOZA JR.: Ice chest, bike, Misc. B239 - JOHNALAN K. LINHORST: Bags, boxes, misc. G088 - TRACY R. ESPINOZA: Boxes, bags, containers. Landlord reserves the right to bid at sale. Purchased goods are sold as is where is and must be removed at time of sale. Sale is subject to prior cancellation in the event of a settlement between landlord and obligated party. Auctioneer: James O’Brien Auctions, State License Bond #158525941, (951) 681-4113. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
NOTICE OF PENDING LIEN SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 1988 of the civil code, State of California, the undersigned will sell at public auction by competitive bidding on the 17th day of May 2008 at 10:00 A.M. where said property has been stored and is located at CITIZENS SELF STORAGE, 269 Aviador Street, Camarillo, Ca. County of Ventura. The Abandoned goods, Chattels of personal property in part below in the matters of: Unit E-21 - Tools, Furniture, Misc. Boxes. Landlord reserves the the right right to to bid bid at atthe the Landlord reserves sale. Cash only only and and removed removedday dayof ofsale. sale. sale. Cash Sale subject to to prior prior cancellation cancellation in in the the Sale subject event of settlement. settlement. Auction Auction Conducted Conducted event of by: H. Humphreys, Humphreys,Manager Managerof ofCitCitby: Blynn Blynn H. izens izens Self Self Storage. Storage. PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED:Ventura VentuCounty Reporter; 5/8/08 and 5/15/08. ra County Reporter; 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Unknown contents of storage bins. Tenants: TOM FULHAM, DELIA DELUNA, EDWARD MOLLE. May 22, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at PORTA-STOR, 330 West Park Row, Ventura, CA. (805) 643-3862. SOLD TO HIGHEST CASH BIDDER. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08 and 5/15/08. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-04062 Title Order No. 08-8-026606 Inves-tor/Insurer No. APN No. 189-0410-125 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/19/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JULIO C DORADO, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE & SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 07/19/2005 and recorded 07/29/05, as Instrument No. 200507290185737, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Ventura County, State of California, will sell on 05/22/2008 at 11:00AM, At the main entrance to County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ventura at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash
LEGAL or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2722 JILL PLACE, PORT HUENEME, CA, 930411619. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $395,411.04. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks 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. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 04/26/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1757 TAPO CANYON ROAD, SVW-88 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Informa-tion (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI#1006.18753 5/01,5/08,5/15/2008. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-04685 Title Order No. 08-8-028959 Inves-tor/Insurer No. APN No. 189-0271-265 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/29/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by LUIS ALBERTO ALATORRE, AND ALMA ROSA ALATORRE, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 12/29/2005 and recorded 01/06/06, as Instrument No. 20060106-0003558, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Ventura County, State of California, will sell on 05/22/2008 at 11:00AM, At the main entrance to County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ventura at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2617 NORTH ANCHOR AVENUE, PORT HUENEME, CA, 93041. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $291,933.09. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks 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. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 04/26/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1757 TAPO CANYON ROAD, SVW-88 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Informa-tion (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI#1006.18754 5/01,5/08,5/15/2008.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA STATEMENT OF DAMAGES CASE NO. 56-2008-00311252CU-PA-VTA Ha Phuong Vu Plaintiff, vs. Michael Steven. To: MICHAEL STEVEN. Plaintiff: HA PHUONG VU seeks damages in the above-entitled action, as follows: GENERAL DAMAGES: Pain, suffering and inconvenience in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000. 00). Emotional distress in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000. 00). SPECIAL DAMAGES: Medical expenses (to date) in the amount of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00). Future medical expenses (present value) in the amount of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00). Loss of earnings (to date) in the amount of: FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000. 00). PUNITIVE DAMAGES: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00) when pursuing a judgment in the suit filed against you. Date: March 4, 2008. /s/ Brian Yorke, Esq., Attorney for Plaintiff. Law Office of Ball & Yorke, 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330, Ventura, CA 93003. Phone: (805) 642-5177, Fax: (805) 642-4622. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08, 5/15/08, 5/22/08 and 5/29/08.
VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. 56-2008-00316274CU-PT-VTA This statement was filed April 7, 2008, with the Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009, Ventura Hall of Justice. Petition of: CAROL LYNN WOTMAN FOR CHANGE OF NAME. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CAROL LYNN WOTMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: CAROL LYNN WOTMAN to CAROLYNN BARTLETT WOTMAN. 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: May 28, 2008. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 42. The address of the court is Ventura County Superior Court, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER.
Date: April 7, 2008. /s/ Michael D. Planet, Judge of the Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Debra Hebert. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. 56-2008-00316681CU-PT-VTA This statement was filed April 14, 2008, with the Ventura County Superior Court: at Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009, The Ventura Hall of Justice. Petition of: ARTURO GRANT MOLINA FOR CHANGE OF NAME. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ARTURO GRANT MOLINA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ARTURO GRANT MOLINA to GRANT CASH MOLINA. 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 10, 2008. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 43. The address of the court is Ventura County Superior Court, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER. Date: April 14, 2008. /s/ Michael D. Planet, Judge of the Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Debra Hebert. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08, 5/8/08 and 5/15/08.
VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. 56-2008-00317351CU-PT-VTA This statement was filed April 23, 2008, with the Ventura County Superior Court: at Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009, Ventura Division. Petition of: EUGENE MARCEL CARRIERE FOR CHANGE OF NAME. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: EUGENE MARCEL CARRIERE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: EUGENE MARCEL CARRIERE to EUGENIO MARCEL CASTRO. 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 16, 2008. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 41. The address of the court is Ventura County Superior Court, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER. Date:. /s/ Michael D. Planet, Judge of the Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: A. Grewal, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT SECOND AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CIV 244969 This statement was filed April 28, 2008,
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with the Ventura County Superior Court: at Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, Hall of Justice, Room 210, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. Petition of: JOHN MERRITT FOR CHANGE OF NAME. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JOHN MERRITT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: JOHN EARL MERRITT II to ARIEL MICHELLE ROSE. 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 27, 2008. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 41. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, Hall of Justice, Room 210, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER. Date:. /s/ Michael D. Planet, Judge of the Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Jessica Brown, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
VCR Summons SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) CASE NO. D325121 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: PHILLIP JOHN SOLOMON. You are being sued. PETITIONER’S NAME IS: SHELLEY ANN ARMSTRONG. Case Number D325121. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 OF FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. 1. The name and address of the court is: Ventura County Superior Court, 800 S. Victoria Ave, Ventura, CA 93009. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, are: Shelley Ann Armstrong, 581 Tarlow Ave., Ventura, CA 93003, (805) 570-6333. Date: January 30, 2008. Michael D. Planet, Executive Officer and Clerk, by Liz Vallejo, Deputy. [Seal]. NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) CASE NO. 1246126 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: ROY A. BYRON-COOPER. You are being sued. PETITIONER’S NAME IS: JOELLEN BYRON-COOPER. Case Number 1246126. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this
Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 OF FL-123) at the court and serve a copy on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE: The restraining orders on Page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. 1. The name and address of the court is: Santa Barbara County Superior Court, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, is: JOELLEN BYRON-COOPER, 125 W. Haley St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Date: July 20, 2007. Signed: /s/ Gary M. Blair, Executive Officer, Clerk, by Patricia Frutos, Deputy. NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/17/08, 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA SUMMONS CASE NO. 56-2007-00303408CU-PA-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: TREMAINE BRUMFIELD, KATRINA GUTIERREZ, CITY OF OXNARD, and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: HAFFIZA ALI and FAZEED HANIFF ALI. 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 Self-Help 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 from you without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to contact an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. The name and address of the court is: VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Richard R. Bredlau, 801 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite 203, Ventura, CA 93003, Phone: (805) 650-3100. Dated: September 7, 2007. Signed: Michael D. Planet, Clerk, By Denise M. Lugo, Deputy. PUBLISHED: Ventura County
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA SUMMONS CASE NO. 56-2007-00307935CU-PA-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JULIO CASTRO; ALEJANDRO NAVARRO LEYVA; MARY KATHLEEN MOLNER; JAMES RONALD MASON, and DOES 1 to 50, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: JANET LYNN DePRIMA. 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 Self-Help 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 from you without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to contact an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. The name and address of the court is: VENTURA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Richard R. Bredlau & Associates, 801 S. Victoria Avenue, Suite 203, Ventura, CA 93003, Phone: (805) 650-3100. Dated: November 21, 2007. Signed: Michael D. Planet, Clerk, By Denise M. Soto, Deputy. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/1/08, 5/8/08, 5/15/08 and 5/22/08.
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA SUMMONS CASE NO. 56-2008-00311252CU-PA-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: MICHAEL STEVEN and DOES 1 through 25, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: HA PHUONG VU. 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 Self-Help 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 from you without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to contact an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney,
you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA, Hall of Justice District, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Brian Yorke, Esq. (Bar #120340), Law Office of Ball & Yorke, 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330, Ventura, CA 93003. Phone: (805) 642-5177, Fax: (805) 642-4622. Date: January 17, 2008. Signed: Michael D. Planet, Clerk, By: Denise M. Lugo, Deputy. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/8/08, 5/15/08, 5/22/08 and 5/29/08.
VCR Probate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF YUSMANAHWATI KARTASASMITA CASE NO: 56-2008-00316959PR-LA-VTA To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: YUSMANAHWATI KARTASASMITA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ESTEL D. RICHARDSON in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The Petition for Probate requests that: ESTEL D. RICHARDSON 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: May 29, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 44. Address of court: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ventura, California 93003, Main Courthouse. 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 four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. 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: Brian L. Fox, 290 Maple Court, Ste. 206, Ventura, CA 93003, (805) 658-9204. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 4/24/08, 5/1/08 and 5/8/08.
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