TRI-COUNTY SENTRY NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SYLVIA ANASTACIO SECREST CASE NO. 56-201400452215-PR-LA-OXN
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SYLVIA ANASTACIO SECREST. A Petition for Probate has been filed by SHIRLEY SECREST in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The Petition for Probate requests that SHIRLEY SECREST be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: 6/4/2014 at Time: 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: J6 located at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA, 4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036, Juvenile Justice Center. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: /S/Maria L. Capritto (CSB #188970) ARNOLD LAROCHELLE MATHEWS VANCONAS & ZIRBEL LLP 300 E. Esplanade Drive, Suite 2100 Oxnard, CA 93036 (805) 988-9886 Publish No.: May 9, 16, 23, 2014 - 3T TCS14-0173P(20) File No.: 20140501-10007473-0 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS: C.R. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 516 PENNSFIELD PL. #200 THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360 VENTURA COUNTY State of Incorporation/Organization: California Return Mailing Address: R. John Kohlbrand, Esq., 3075 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., #103, Westlake Village, CA 91362-3402 Full Name of Registrant Acropolis Management, Inc. 516 Pennsfield Pl., #200 Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 This Business is conducted by: A Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on March 1, 2014. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) /S/Thomas Sosa NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code). THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 05/01/2014. MARK A. LUNN By: QU Deputy County Clerk Publish No.: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014 - 4T TCS14-0173 KOHLBRAND
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA CASE NO.: 56-201400452406-CU-PT-VTA TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner LEYDIN BOWMAN REYNOLDS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. LEYDIN BOWMAN
REYNOLDS Proposed Name: to LEYDIN CAROL BOWMAN 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: JUN 27, 2014, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 40 b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009 3. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry. Date: MAY 2, 2014 BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By DEBRA RAMOS Deputy Clerk In Pro Per Published No.: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014-4T TCS14-0173CofN(21) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA CASE NO.: 56-201400452141-CU-PT-VTA TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner VISHNU MADDILETI AND JYOTHI PULIPAKA FOR JYOTHIRADITYA E MADDILETI, A MINOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. JYOTHIRADITYA E MADDILETI Proposed Name: to JYOTHIRADITYA ESWARA 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 06/24/14, Time: 8:30, in Dept.: 42 b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009 3. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry. Date: APR 28, 2014 BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By LESLIE CARLIN Deputy Clerk In Pro Per Published No.: May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014-4T TCS14-0173CofN(22) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF BIRGIT ANDERS CASE NO. 56-201400452551-PR-PW-OXN
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of BIRGIT ANDERS HARPER, BIRGIT HARPER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by BRET L. BURT in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The Petition for Probate requests that BRET L. BURT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however,
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section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: /S/Lynn A. Smiley (CSB #243039) LAW OFFICE OF LYNN A. SMILEY 840 County Square Drive 3rd Floor Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 639-0428 Publish No.: May 9, 16, 23, 2014 - 3T TCS14-0173P(23)
xxxxT.S. No. 13-24141 APN: 579-0-042-445 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/2/2009. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a
California DMV reports possible breach of credit card data
By David R. Baker The California Department of Motor Vehicles is reporting a possible data security breach in its credit card processing services but said it had not yet found evidence that its computer system had been hacked. The department did not describe in detail the nature of the possible breach. But the news comes at a time when extensive hacks at retailers Target and Neiman Marcus have raised doubts about the security of credit and debit card information. The DMV, which lets Californians pay many fees online, first learned of the potential problem from law enforcement authorities, according to a statement the department posted Saturday on its website. Aided by state and federal investigators, the department is seeking information from credit card companies as well as the firm that processes credit card transactions for the DMV. “Protecting the identity and security of our customers is our highest priority, and we fully understand the potential impact any breach of security can have,” said Armando Botello, public information officer for the DMV. “The department has implemented heightened monitoring of all DMV website traffic and credit card transactions. We will immediately notify any affected DMV customers as quickly as possible if we find any issue. DMV customers are also encouraged to closely monitor their credit card statements and transactions for any fraudulent or unusual activity and report it to their credit card company immediately.” Hackers working through one of Target’s outside vendors last year stole debit and credit card information for 40 million customers who shopped at the low-cost retailer between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. A separate attack last year netted the card information of 350,000 Neiman Marcus customers.
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TEST From page 12A 6. Yearly Pap tests The yearly Pap smear is a common part of women’s health checklists, but it doesn’t need to be. Women at average risk only need them every three years, since cervical cancer generally takes 10 to 20 years to develop. If women have also had negative tests for the human papillomavirus (HPV), which is now known to cause the cancer, they only need a Pap test along with the HPV test every five years. And women older than 65 who have had several normal Pap tests in a row can stop having them altogether. Do note, however, that a yearly visit to an ob-gyn stays on the to-do list. 7. Bone density scan for women before age 65 and men before age 70 For the estimated 10 million people — mainly women —in the United States who have osteoporosis, bone-strengthening medications can lower the chances of breaking a bone. But many experts argue that for those ages 50 to 65 who have osteopenia — mild bone loss — testing and subsequent drug prescriptions may be a waste of time and money. Not only is the risk of fracture often quite low, medications such as Fosamax (alendronate) and Boniva (ibandronate) have been linked to throat or chest pain, difficulty swallowing, heartburn, muscle pain, bone loss in the jaw and thigh-bone fractures. 8. Follow-up ultrasounds for small ovarian cysts Many women receive repeated ultrasounds to verify that ovarian cysts have not become cancerous, but current research says that these tests aren’t necessary. For one thing, premenopausal women have harmless ovarian cysts regularly. For another, about 20 percent of postmenopausal women also develop harmless cysts. 9. Colonoscopy after age 75 Most people should have screening for colon cancer at 50 and then every five to 10 years after that, if the first test is normal. By age 75 — if you’ve always had normal colonoscopies — you can stop taking this test altogether. That should be good news, because a colonoscopy can cause serious complications in older people. 10. Yearly physical There’s little evidence that having an annual checkup can keep you healthy. Many tests that doctors regularly perform — to diagnose anemia, liver disease or urinary tract infections, for example — don’t make sense unless there’s a reason to suspect a problem. Your specific needs should determine how often you see your doctor, he adds. If you have an illness that needs treatment, you should see your physician. And do talk to your doctor about how often you need to have your blood pressure and cholesterol tested. NBA From page 11A a society. We live in a culture. We have to live within that culture. V: But shouldn’t we take a stand for what’s wrong? And be the change and the difference? DS: I don’t want to change the culture, because I can’t. It’s too big and too [unknown]. V: But you can change yourself. DS: I don’t want to change. If my girl can’t do what I want, I don’t want the girl. I’ll find a girl that will do what I want! Believe me. I thought you were that girl—because I tried to do what you want. But you’re not that girl. Sterling, 81, has a long history of antagonizing Blacks. In 2009, he paid $2.7 million to settle a suit accusing him of discriminating against Blacks, Latinos and families with children at an apartment building he owned in Los Angeles. In addition, NBA Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor, who spent 22 years with the Clippers, filed a suit against Sterling in 2009 for wrongful termination. According to the Los Angeles Times, “In his deposition, Baylor spoke about what he called Sterling’s ’plantation mentality,’ alleging the owner in the late 1990s rejected a coaching candidate, Jim Brewer, because of race. Baylor quoted Sterling as saying: ‘Personally, I would like to have a white Southern coach coaching poor black players.’ Baylor said he was shocked. ‘And he [Sterling] looked at me and said, ‘Do you think that’s a racist statement?’ I said, ‘Absolutely. That’s plantation mentality.’ ” Donald Sterling is the Paula Deen of professional basketball. Accordingly, the NBA should stick a fork in him and tell him he’s done. George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook. BUNDY From page 11A President Obama’s intent is to “enslave” Whites; it’s White conservatives – and their Black frontmen such as Ben Carson, Herman Cain and Allen West – asserting that Blacks who vote Democratic are unthinkingly content to laze about on the Democratic “plantation.” If it’s not the Family Leader, an Iowa-based conservative group, proclaiming that Blacks were better off during the Slave era because the slave-owners kept their families intact – a brazen lie – it’s former U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, now head of the powerful, conservative Heritage Foundation, declaring on a right-wing Christian talk show earlier this month that the slaves were not emancipated by “big government” but by “a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith that [slavery] was wrong.” I’ve no doubt that the ignorance on display in the conservative movement’s obsession with American slavery is largely a deliberate gambit to obscure how evil – and widely accepted among Whites – slavery and its successor, legalized racism, was. But I also think that, as with Cliven Bundy, some of it stems from the deep-rooted fear of what “freedom” for Black Americans means for those Whites who need the crutch of White supremacy to feel good about themselves. If Blacks were “free,” you could get Black Americans contributing a full measure of their talent to American society. Why, you might get a Paul Robeson, or an Althea Gibson, or a Leontyne Price, or even a president of the United States. And then, what would America be? Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.
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dropping out of high school than attending a proprietary college is beyond the pale! It also shows the lengths to which the Department will go to shut down these schools that have served our community so well. The Washington Post says that if you use the same math the Department uses on all private schools—from Harvard Dental School to child care training programs—well over half would fail! And yet the Department is proposing to regulate only proprietary colleges and universities. At risk, by the Department of Education’s own admission, are more than 1 million students who will be negatively impacted by the proposed Gainful Employment regulation. What about their future? Denying them a chance to improve the quality of their lives and better living for their future children hurts them and hurts our economy. The chance of poverty increases exponentially. That will spike poor healthcare, crime (as an alternative to suffering), domestic violence and hopelessness. These ailments are far too familiar to our communities and crushing the hopes of more than 1 million students will take it to another much higher level. We must stop them from this. I just don’t know why this Administration keeps fighting the principles of free enterprise. It may be a first amongst modern nations. We now have a government that decides to fight the vehicles of education and increased opportunity for its citizens. Let’s show the outrage! Not every student needs to go to Harvard Dental School to get a great career. But students do need to have the option to pursue the education that is right for them and the ability to access higher education that can provide them with career options. It’s time to tell the Department of Education to stop the gainful employment rule before it’s too late. Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org. AFFIRMATIVE From page 11A affirmative action case, the Supreme Court has chosen to slam doors in the face of those who have experienced historical discrimination. This Supreme Court, collectively, has behaved no better than Southern night riders who would stop at nothing too exclude African Americans from participation in education, voting, or owning property. This court is no better than the administrators at the University of Georgia who denied Charlayne Hunter Gault and Hamilton Harris admission, despite their qualifications. This court has legalized educational segregation, and Sonia Soyomayor’s blistering attack on her colleagues reflects the sentiments of millions of people who are tired of this court trampling on their rights and history. Justice John Roberts is 59 years old. He attended college when long excluded people of color were admitted because of race-conscious policies. What are his resentments toward his classmates who, equally qualified, may have “displaced” some of his friends? Does everyone who has been “displaced” have grounds for a lawsuit? What impact will Roberts have on race matters in the future? While Justice Sotomayor is on the court to check him, and while her opinions will have some weight, she and her colleagues will not be able to outvote the myopic conservative majority. Roberts led the cabal that slammed the door in the faces of people of color. His justice is a “just us” attempt to reinforce White privilege. Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C. BALLOONS From page 1B Don Neal, SCE director of Corporate Environmental, Health and Safety. “Never removing this weight is the best way to prevent outages and mishaps caused by balloons.” Those mishaps include fires and injuries that can occur when balloon contact leads to downed power lines. May and June are traditionally the worst months for balloon-related outages, with nearly 33 percent of SCE’s 689 such outages last year occurring in those months. In the past five years, only the 126 balloon outages in June 2012 exceeded last May’s 116. There were 110 outages last June. By comparison, February and March — also high months because of Valentine’s Day — produced 19.4 percent of last year’s balloon outages. With this increase in mind, SCE recommends some other safety tips for handling metallic balloons: • Do not attempt to retrieve a balloon — or any foreign object — tangled in power lines. Instead, call SCE at 800-611-1911 and report the problem. • Never tie a metallic balloon to a child’s wrist. If the balloon comes into contact with electricity, it will travel through the balloon and into the child, possibly causing serious injury or even death. • Never attach streamers to any balloon — latex or metallic. • When done with them, puncture the balloons or cut the knot to keep them from floating away. • If you see a downed line or dangling wire — even if it appears not to be live — don’t touch or approach it and call 911 immediately. More on metallic balloon safety can be found at on.sce.com/staysafe. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. About Southern California Edison An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a population of nearly 14 million via 4.9 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern California.
VCCF From page 1B in Westlake Village, McAvoy holds several funds at VCCF that benefit many local nonprofits. The Chairman’s Award went to the late Fred Kavli. A physicist and entrepreneur, Kavli established The Kavli Foundation to advance science for the benefit of humanity. He funded the Fred Kavli Theatre for Performing Arts at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Founding Board Member Richard “Dick” Shipley received a posthumous Special Award from the community foundation. Shipley served as a member of the VCCF board from 1987 to 2004 and remained involved with VCCF, also serving on the Planned Giving Advisory Council and the Fund Development and Investment Committee. Shipley passed away in CHILDREN June 2013, one day after the community foundation From page 11A numbers and then suggest that students are better off celebrated its 25th anniversary.