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Affordability gap for Black/Latino California home-buyers remains wide

By City News Service

38% in 2021, according to the association’s Housing Affordability Index.

CAR reported that the housing affordability gap between Blacks and the overall population in California improved from 11.7 percentage points in 2021 to 9.8 percentage points in 2022, while the gap for Latinos improved from 10.5 percentage points in 2021 to 9.4 percentage points in 2022.

According to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the 2021 homeownership rate for all Californians was 55%, 63% for whites, 60% for Asians, 44% for Latinos and 37% for Blacks.

and $64,190 for Blacks -- an income gap of nearly onethird that of the overall population, which was $93,380, CAR reported.

In Los Angeles County, a minimum annual income of $192,800 was needed to qualify for the purchase of a $849,410 median-priced, existing single-family home in 2022. The monthly payment, including taxes and insurance on a 30-year, fixed-rate loan, would be $4,820, CAR determined.

CAR found that the least affordable county in 2022 for Latino homebuyers was Orange County, with an 8% affordability gap between Latino residents and the overall population.

Affordability remained a particular worry last year for Black and Latino home-buyers in Los Angeles and Orange counties, as home prices soared to record highs and interest rates jumped to levels not seen in more than a decade, the California Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.

Throughout the state, 21% of residents earned the minimum income needed to purchase a medianpriced, single-family home of $822,320 home in 2022, down from 27% in 2021. At the same time, housing affordability for white/nonLatino households fell from 32% in 2021 to 26% last year, according to the association.

Meanwhile 12% of Black and Latino households could afford the same medianpriced home in 2022, down from 16% and 17% in 2021, respectively.

The significant difference in housing affordability for Black and Latino households illustrates the homeownership gap and wealth disparity for communities of

color, which could worsen as the economy slows and rates remain elevated this year, CAR said.

Housing affordability was better for Asians but also declined from the prior year, with the index registering 31% of Asian homebuyers who could afford the median-priced home in 2022, down from

A minimum annual income of $186,800 was needed to qualify for the purchase of the $822,320 statewide median-priced, existing single-family home in 2022, CAR determined.

The monthly payment, including taxes and insurance on a 30-year, fixedrate loan, would be $4,670, assuming a 20% down payment and an effective composite interest rate of 5.47%. The 2022 California median income for whites was $105,640, $120,040 for Asians, $76,310 for Latinos

For Asian households, Orange County was also the least affordable, with just 15% of residents earning the minimum income required to buy a median- price home, CAR said.

In Orange County, a minimum annual income of $280,400 was needed to qualify for the purchase of a $1.2 million median-priced, existing single- family home in 2022. The monthly payment, including taxes and insurance on a 30- year, fixed-rate loan, would be $7,010, CAR reported.

Los Angeles makes progress in repairing 19K-plus potholes

By City News Service

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez Thursday outlined how the city is identifying and patching up more than 19,000 potholes after recent historic storms caused damage to streets.

“City staff are pulling out all the stops, but not just to prepare every pothole that’s reported, but also to

be proactive. That means driving across the city throughout this district and all others to assess the conditions of our streets, identify and repair damage right way,” Bass said Thursday morning during a press conference in Mission Hills.

The Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services reported receiving 19,279 requests

since December to fix potholes and has repaired 17,459 of them. After the winter storms in January, the city received more than 3,400 complaints about potholes.

City officials encouraged Angelenos to notify them about potholes or damage to city streets by calling 311 or on the city’s 311 app to make a service

request. Residents can also file a report with the City Clerk’s website to try to get damage expenses covered.

The process to file a claim includes filing documentation such as repair bills and pictures, though the city may request more documentation, and the city’s response will take four to six weeks.

LA sues group, journalist hoping to recover police photos PG

DA continues to investigate crash that killed infant in Rancho Santa Margarita

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LAPD sergeant seeks exit from Dodger fan’s suit alleging beating

By City News Service

the suit states.

One guard placed his knee on the plaintiff, who protested, “I can’t breathe,” the suit states.

Rodriguez later added Jackson as one of the individual security team defendants, but Jackson’s lawyers maintain the sergeant has no liability in the plaintiff’s case.

multiple profanities toward the security personnel,” Jackson’s lawyers state in their court papers.

Jackson and other security team members tried to de-escalate the situation because Rodriguez was agitated and using foul language, Jackson’s lawyers state in their court papers.

guez, who appeared to be resisting the other security team members, and stayed at a distance of five to 15 feet away so he could monitor the situation and ensure that onlookers and bystanders did not become involved, according to Jackson’s attorneys’ court papers.

ADodgers fan who alleges he was beaten by security team members at Dodger Stadium on Opening Day 2018 had admitted drinking up to three beers and punching a guard after being ejected, according to newly filed court documents for one of the security team members being sued.

Attorneys for Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Mark Jackson filed court papers on Wednesday with Los Angeles

Superior Court Judge Robert S. Draper asking for the dismissal of all or part of the claims against Jackson by plaintiff Francisco Rodriguez, which include battery, false imprisonment and negligence.

The team and other individuals also are defendants in the lawsuit, which is one of the multiple cases brought by Dodger Stadium visitors over the last several years alleging misconduct

by security team members.

In his suit filed in July 2018, Rodriguez maintains that after he asked about the way another fan was being treated by a security team member during the March 29, 2018, game, he was then told he was being ejected. When he asked the escorting guards on the way to the exit why he was being thrown out, the security team took him to the ground and punched him in the head,

“At no time during this entire incident did Sgt. Jackson make physical contact with plaintiff,” according to Jackson’s attorneys’ court papers, which further state that the off-duty sergeant watched as the plaintiff was being removed from the stadium after hearing over the radio that he was being ejected.

Rodriguez acknowledged having one to three beers at the stadium that day, Jackson’s attorneys state in their court papers.

“Sgt. Jackson observed that Rodriguez appeared to be intoxicated, was very agitated and was uttering

“Sgt. Jackson observed Rodriguez turn his back to him and fellow Dodgers security officer Erik Pena, then turn back around toward Pena, grab Pena by the collar to pull Pena closer to him and punch Pena on his left cheek with his right fist, causing a loud thud,” Jackson’s attorneys further maintain in their court papers.

Rodriguez acknowledges that he took a swing at Pena, but claims that he did not make contact with the guard, according to Jackson’s attorneys’ court papers.

Jackson was not in direct physical contact with Rodri-

One guard put a knee on Rodriguez’s left shoulder and Pena placed a knee on the plaintiff’s right shoulder so he could be handcuffed, Jackson’s attorneys state in their court papers.

“Based on the nature of the situation and what defendant Sgt. Mark Jackson subjectively observed, it cannot be said that the mere act of him standing at a distance to monitor the situation and the crowd of onlookers to fulfill his supervisory duties was negligent,” Jackson’s attorneys argue in their court papers.

A hearing on Jackson’s motion is scheduled for June 21.

DA continues to investigate crash that killed infant in Rancho Santa Margarita

By City News Service

A54-year-old San Clemente man accused in an allegedly drugfueled collision that killed a boy days away from his first birthday and seriously injured his parents in Rancho Santa Margarita has been released from jail without charges, but District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Wednesday his office is continuing to investigate.

“The investigation is continuing into the death of 11-month-old Madden Ohlwiler, who was killed by a driver who drove onto

a Rancho Santa Margarita sidewalk on Sunday,” Spitzer said in a statement.

The deadline for prosecutors to file charges against the driver, Daniel Patrick Lenihan, while in custody was Tuesday. Since prosecutors have not yet charged Lenihan with any crime, he was released from jail. But Lenihan could still be charged at a later date.

“Madden’s parents were injured in the crash,” Spitzer said. “The Orange County District Attorney’s Office, working closely with the Cali-

fornia Highway Patrol and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, has asked for expedited toxicology reports. Once the investigation is turned over to the District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors from the Homicide Unit will review the totality of the evidence and make a determination on what crimes can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

“California law requires defendants be charged within 48 hours of his or her arrest. As such, the suspect in this case

was released from custody pending further investigation. These cases are some of the most horrific we deal with and we appreciate the outpouring of support from the community as we continue to pursue justice for the victims in this case.”

Lenihan was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and was being held on $100,000 bail before his release, according to jail records and the California Highway Patrol. The collision occurred

about 4:15 p.m. Sunday on Antonio Parkway just south of Oaktree in Rancho Santa Margarita, according to the CHP.

Lenihan was driving a 2016 Hyundai Sonata northbound on Antonio when he veered off the road and slammed into the family of three — 34-year-old Kyle Ohlwiler, 31-year-old Hayley, and their 11-month-old son, who was in a stroller, according to the CHP. The infant, whose birthday was April 7, was identified as Madden

Robert Ohlwiler, according to the Orange County Coroner’s Department.

The parents were rushed along with the baby to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, where the infant was pronounced dead, according to the CHP.

According to a GoFundMe page established to benefit the family, the parents remain hospitalized. Kyle Ohlwiler was concussed and has stitches in his neck, while his wife suffered a fractured pelvis.

Public Health launches ‘Heart Hero’ campaign to teach CPR

Residents who attend entertainment events or visit public places in Los Angeles County such as malls or places of worship will now be able to participate in live CPR training, the Department of Public Health announced Thursday.

Barbara Ferrer, director of the Public Health, launched the “LA County Heart Heroes 2023 Campaign” Thursday afternoon, which aims to train half-a-million county residents and workers in what was described as “hands-only CPR” by the end of the year. The plan is to hold various training events throughout the county at sporting events,

entertainment venues, places of worship, campuses, work sites, malls and other locations.

“I couldn’t be happier than to be joined by so many partners that are going to make an effort all across this county for the next year to make sure that every county resident, every county workers, every worker is able to offer life-saving support to a person that’s experiencing a cardiac event,” Ferrer said during a press conference at the Hollywood/Wilshire Wellness Center.

Ferrer said the campaign was launched in 2019, and they were able to train

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100,000 people in hands-only CPR, but this year officials are determined to provide training to 500,000 people.

“Heart disease remains a leading cause of death and premature death in LA County, and it continues to be a leading cause of death across our entire nation,” Ferrer said.

According to the American Heart Association, approximately 90% of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting will die. But if victims of cardiac arrest are given CPR, their chances of survival double or even triple, particularly if CPR is provided immediately.

Ferrer said about 70% of cardiac arrests happen in the home.

“Knowing how to give CPR in an emergency means you’re prepared to save the lives of the people you love,” she added.

Anthony Marrone, fire chief of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, expressed his excitement on behalf of the department to be part of this year’s campaign and promoting the message of learning hands-only CPR.

“We are here to serve and do everything we can when people need us the most,” Marrone said. “But the truth is, we cannot be everywhere

all of the time.”

“That is why we need everyone to step up and be part of our team as a ‘heart hero.’ We all know cardiac arrest can happen anytime,

anywhere, and knowing how to provide hands-only CPR can help save a loved one’s life while firefighters, lifeguards and deputies are on their way.”

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Chinese consulate in LA condemns House speaker meeting with Taiwan president

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TDhe Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles is condemning Wednesday’s scheduled meeting in Southern California between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.

McCarthy and Tsai are scheduled to meet at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, according to the Republican House speaker’s office. Last year, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, met with Tsai during a much-debated trip to Taiwan that was also met with condemnation from China, which responded by engaging in military exer-

cises around Taiwan and cutting off some communication with leaders in Washington.

Tsai’s visit with McCarthy will occur during a stopover on her journey home after visits to Guatemala and Belize.

A representative for the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles condemned the planned meeting, saying the Chinese government is the “sole legal government representing the whole of China,” and Taiwan is “an inalienable part of China’s territory.”

“China firmly opposes any form of official interactions between the U.S. and

Chinese Taiwan region,” the representative said in remarks released by the consulate. “We firmly oppose any so-called visit by leaders of the Taiwan region to the U.S. in any name or under whatever pretext. We firmly oppose the U.S. government violating the one-China principle and having any form of engagement with Taiwan authorities.”

The representative called Tsai’s interactions with U.S. officials efforts to “seek breakthroughs and propagate ‘Taiwan independence.’”

According to CNN, Taiwan’s foreign ministry

issued a statement calling Chinese criticism of Tsai’s travels “increasingly absurd and unreasonable.”

“Taiwan will not back down, and friends in the U.S. who support Taiwan and Taiwan-U.S. relations will not back down either,” the statement read. “Democratic partners will only become more united and have more frequent exchanges.”

Tsai argues that Taiwan is a sovereign nation. The United States officially operates under a “One China” policy, although it has never formally recognized China’s claim that Taiwan is part of that country.

Trump arrested in NYC, pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts

By Staff

FormerPresident

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday in New York City to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records surrounding his bid for the White House in 2016.

Prosecutors allege Trump and others “employed a ‘catch and kill’ scheme to identify, purchase, and bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects. The real-estate-mogul-turnedpolitician “then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity, including attempts to violate state and federal election laws.”

The case centers around shell corpora-

tions controlled by Trump and associates that allegedly were used to pay hush money to individuals with image-damaging stories to tell about the then-presidential hopeful.

One such $130,000 payment involved Trump’s personal lawyer delivering the funds to porn actress Stormy Daniels, then seeking reimbursement from Trump, according to prosecutors. Special Counsel Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty and served prison time for the illicit transaction, which was made using a shell corporation that was funded through a bank in Manhattan.

“Manhattan is home to the country’s most significant business market. We

cannot allow New York businesses to manipulate their records to cover up criminal conduct,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. said in a statement. “As the Statement of Facts describes, the trail of money and lies exposes a pattern that, the People allege, violates one of New

York’s basic and fundamental business laws. As this office has done time and time again, we today uphold our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law.”

In November Trump announced his campaign to regain the presidency in 2024.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. | Photos courtesy of the Office of the President of the Republic of China and U.S. House of Representatives

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Highest-rated Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles, according to Tripadvisor

Chinese food consistently ranks at the top of favorite cuisines in the U.S. year after year (often neck and neck with Mexican food as the #1 favorite). In fact, there are more than 40,000 across all 50 states.

However, most Chinese food you find in the U.S. is really American-Chinese food, and many of the most popular Chinese dishes were created in the U.S., including General Tso’s chicken and chop suey.

Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles on Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor rankings factor in the average rating and number of reviews. Read on to see the most popular Chinese restaurants in your area.

#28. Hong Kong B-B-Q

Restaurant

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (16 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.5/5)

- Price: $

- Address: 803 N Broadway

# 807, Los Angeles, CA 900122309

- Read more on Tripadvisor

#27. P.F. Chang’s

- Rating: 3.5 / 5 (165 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (3.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 21821 Oxnard St. The Promenade, Los Angeles, CA 91367

- Read more on Tripadvisor

#26. Dongpo Kitchen

- Rating: 3.5 / 5 (81 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (3.5/5), Value (3.5/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 100 Universal City Plaza Universal CityWalk Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA 91608

- Read more on Tripadvisor

#25. Atlantic Seafood & Dim Sum restaurant

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (37 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food

(4.0/5), Service (3.5/5), Value (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 500 N Atlantic Blvd Suite 200, Monterey Park, CA 91754-1079

- Read more on Tripadvisor #24. City Wok

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (99 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (3.5/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 10949 Ventura Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 916043341

- Read more on Tripadvisor #23. King Hua Restaurant

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (38 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 2000 W Main St, Alhambra, CA 91801-1854

- Read more on Tripadvisor #22. Mandarette - Rating: 4.0 / 5 (46 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5) - Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 8386 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 900482631

- Read more on Tripadvisor #21. Hop Li - Rating: 4.0 / 5 (31 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.5/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 526 Alpine St, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2308

- Read more on Tripadvisor #20. HongKong BBQ Restaurant

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (41 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (3.0/5)

- Price: $

- Address: 803 N Broadway,

By Stacker

Los Angeles, CA 90012-2309

- Read more on Tripadvisor #19. Hu’s Szechwan

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (29 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 10450 National Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 900344662

- Read more on Tripadvisor #18. Chi’s Chinese Cuisine

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (27 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 9635 Reseda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 913242018

- Read more on Tripadvisor #17. Elite Restaurant

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (53 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (3.5/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 700 S Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754-3859

- Read more on Tripadvisor #16. Bamboo Cuisine

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (61 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 14010 Ventura Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 914233512

- Read more on Tripadvisor #15. Little Fatty’s

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (21 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (5.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.5/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 3809 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066-4405

- Read more on Tripadvisor

#14. Oak Tree Inn

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (42 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value

(4.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 1315 Fair Oaks Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030-3807

- Read more on Tripadvisor #13. Genghis Cohen

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (94 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 740 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 900467206

- Read more on Tripadvisor #12. Phoenix Inn Chinese Cuisine

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (35 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $

- Address: 301 Ord St, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2832

- Read more on Tripadvisor #11. Golden Dragon Restaurant

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (99 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (3.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (3.5/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 960 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012-1707

- Read more on Tripadvisor #10. Lunasia

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (99 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 239 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 911011903

- Read more on Tripadvisor #9. WP24

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (303 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (3.5/5), Atmosphere (4.5/5)

- Price: $$$$

- Address: The Ritz-Carlton, 24th Floor 900 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015

- Read more on Tripadvisor

#8. Mama Lu Dumpling House Mp

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (118 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (3.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (3.5/5)

- Price: $

- Address: 501 W Garvey Ave Ste 101, Monterey Park, CA 91754-2757

- Read more on Tripadvisor #7. mao’s kitchen

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (209 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.5/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $

- Address: 1512 Pacific Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90291-3612

- Read more on Tripadvisor #6. Lunasia Dim Sum House

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (108 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 500 W Main St Suite A, Alhambra, CA 918013379

- Read more on Tripadvisor #5. NBC Seafood

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (134 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.0/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 404 S Atlantic Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754-3279

- Read more on Tripadvisor #4. Bao Dim Sum House

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (156 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 8256 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 900484516

- Read more on Tripadvisor #3. Newport Seafood Restaurant

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (169 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.0/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 518 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776-1111

- Read more on Tripadvisor #2. Yang Chow

- Rating: 4.0 / 5 (394 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (3.5/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 819 N Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012-2309

- Read more on Tripadvisor #1. Din Tai Fung

- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (492 reviews)

- Detailed ratings: Food (4.5/5), Service (4.5/5), Value (4.0/5), Atmosphere (4.0/5)

- Price: $$ - $$$

- Address: 177 Caruso Ave, Glendale, CA 91210-1564

- Read more on Tripadvisor

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Woman’s suit accuses Tim Robbins of tirade before theater company workers

By Bill Hetherman, City News Service

Academy Awardwinning actor Tim Robbins is accused in a new lawsuit alleging pregnancy discrimination of going on a tirade in front of employees of a theater company he co-founded.

Robbins is not a defendant in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit brought against Actor’s Gang Inc. by Matea Galeana, which also alleges wrongful termination, violations of the California Family Rights Act and various state Labor Code violations. The former marketing and communications manager for the company seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

An Actor’s Gang representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit brought Monday. The company’s website still lists Galeana as the person to contact for media inquiries, even though her lawsuit states she was terminated in late 2022.

Actor’s Gang was founded in 1981 by a group of actors, including the 64-year-old, West Covinaborn Robbins. The lawsuit’s reference to the “Shawshank Redemption” actor comes in a passage stating that last fall, many of the company’s directors “grew hostile” and began “baselessly” accusing their employees working from home of not completing enough work.

“Defendants even guilted these employees, on this basis, to return to defendants’ office, making out the employees who worked from home to be lazy and not dedicate their working hours to actual work, though such beliefs and accusations were

without any foundation,” the suit states.

No mandate was given to employees to return to the office, the suit states.

Throughout the meeting, Robbins, the company’s artistic director and a member of the board “screamed at employees, accusing them of stealing money without any basis,” the suit states without further elaboration.

The meeting, though particularly hostile, was representative of the toxic environment at the company, according to the suit.

According to Galeana, she was hired in October 2021 with an annual salary of $54,600 and that her duties included using the latest digital marketing tools to increase production ticket sales, developing community engagement, expanding audience awareness and improving the company’s web, email and social media presence.

Galeana spent more than $10,000 for a camera she used for work and was never reimbursed, the suit states. Although she was scheduled to work only weekdays, she had to also monitor social media on weekends, the suit further states.

“By failing to record or compensate (Galeana) for her weekend work, defendants unlawfully deprived (her) of her legally-earned overtime wages at an overtime rate of pay,” the suit states.

Galeana became pregnant last July and in October underwent surgery after having difficulties in the process, according to the suit, which further states that the plaintiff requested a medical leave.

“Defendants accepted plaintiff’s request, but stopped paying her,” according to her suit, which further states that management asked for a return of her work computer, access keys and parking pass, including pressing for a return of the computer while she was in labor.

Galeana’s baby girl died four hours after she gave birth on Nov. 9 and the plaintiff went home the next day, the suit states.

“This was undoubtedly one of the worst, if not the worst, times in plaintiff’s life,” the suit states. “Yet, even with the knowledge of what (Galeana) had just endured the day prior, and that plaintiff had been absolutely distraught, defendants continued insisting that plaintiff promptly return her company laptop and key access.”

Galeana responded that she could not immediately return the items because she was in the process of picking up the cremated remains of her deceased daughter, the suit states.

Management told Galeana in December that she would be presented with an option to not return to work from her leave, but the plaintiff never received it and she was told to apply for unemployment if she wanted to be paid, the suit states.

Galeana believes her termination was “substantially motivated” by her pregnancy as well as her requests for accommodations, according to her suit, which further states she has suffered financially and also experienced “severe and profound pain emotional distress” since losing her job.

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Coroner: Rapper Coolio died from fentanyl, other drugs

By City News Service

The September death in Los Angeles of Coolio, the Comptonraised rapper who achieved international fame with the 1990s Grammywinning single “Gangsta’s Paradise,” was due to the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, the coroner’s office announced Thursday.

Coolio, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., collapsed while at a friend’s house on Sept. 28 and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 59.

The Los Angeles County coroner’s report also noted that the rapper was suffering from heart disease and asthma and had recently used phencyclidine, or PCP. The coroner’s office deemed his death acciden-

tal.

Born in Pennsylvania on Aug. 1, 1963, but raised in Compton, Coolio sold more than 17 million records during his career, powered largely by the 1995 smash “Gangsta’s Paradise,” which was featured in the film “Dangerous Minds.”

The song earned him a Grammy for best solo rap performance and was nominated for song of the year.

In July 2022, the song reached a milestone 1 billion views on YouTube.

Before his music career took off, he went to community college and worked as a volunteer firefighter and in airport security before putting his full attention into hip-hop.

He gained fame first in

the underground rap scene in the 1980s, and his song “Fantastic Voyage” earned him attention in the music industry.

He earned six Emmy Award nominations during his career.

According to his official website, Coolio’s music was also featured in films including “Space Jam,” “Clueless,” “The Big Payback” and “HalfBaked.” He also wrote the theme song for the Nickelodeon series “Kenan & Kel.” During his career, he collected an American Music Award, three MTV Music Video awards, two Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, two Billboard Music and a World Music award.

As an actor and

portraying himself, he appeared in a variety of films and television shows over the years, including “Martin,” “The Nanny” and “Charmed.” He later appeared on reality shows including “Celebrity Big Brother” and “Ultimate Big Brother,” and his talents as a chef led him to appear on the reality TV show “Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.”

In 2009, he released his own cookbook, “Cookin’ with Coolio: 5 Star Meals at a 1 Star Price,” dubbing himself a “ghetto gourmet.” He also appeared in a web series titled “Cookin’ with Coolio.”

He had a show on Oxygen, “Coolio Rules,” in 2008.

Feds seize $66.4M in virtual currency linked to LA investment scams

By City News Service

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have seized virtual currency worth $66.4 million linked to cryptocurrency investment scams commonly called "pig butchering," the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.

According to court documents, the virtual currency accounts in Los Angeles and elsewhere were used to launder proceeds of various cryptocurrency confidence scams. In these schemes, fraudsters cultivated longterm, online relationships with victims, eventually enticing them to make investments in fraudulent cryptocurrency trading

platforms. In reality, the funds sent by victims for the investments were instead funneled to cryptocurrency addresses and accounts controlled by scammers and their associates, according to the DOJ.

A U.S. magistrate judge in Los Angeles authorized the seizure of an account containing $66.4 million in various cryptocurrencies after finding probable cause that the funds were derived from wire fraud schemes, according to the DOJ.

"The victims in Pig Butchering schemes are referred to as 'pigs' by the scammers because the scammers will use elabo-

rate storylines to 'fatten up' victims into believing they are in a romantic or otherwise close personal relationship," according to an affidavit in support of the Los Angeles seizure warrant. "Once the victim places enough trust in the scammer, the scammer brings the victim into a cryptocurrency investment scheme."

The scammer attempts to create the appearance of legitimacy by fabricating websites or mobile apps to display a bogus investment portfolio with large returns, the affidavit states. In relation to the Los Angelesbased account seizure, the

FBI has identified at least 10 victims who were unable to withdraw funds they had invested, with the seized account containing some funds from all 10 victims.

Authorities executed the Los Angeles seizure warrant in December and received the last transfer of cryptocurrency on March 21.

"Using the methods of traditional con artists, hightech fraudsters have taken advantage of the publicity and hype surrounding cryptocurrency to encourage an untold number of Americans to invest in getrich-quick schemes," U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada of the Central District of Cali-

fornia said in a statement.

The affidavit in the Los Angeles seizure warrant discussed a series of cryptocurrency investment scams, one of which targeted a woman who was contacted on LinkedIn by a man who used the name "Fei Kuang."

After learning the victim already had a small cryptocurrency account, Fei Kuang offered to help the victim, eventually convincing her to invest more money and to move her funds to another, presumably fraudulent, trading exchange, according to the document. When she tried to withdraw her funds, she was told she had to pay 20% in "taxes." When the

Public Health unveils platform to address gun violence

By City News Service

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health unveiled Friday its multi-point Gun Violence Prevention Platform to address firearm homicides impacting communities in the county and across the country.

“There have been far too many families and communities in L.A. County impacted by violence that is both predictable and prevent-

able,” said Barbara Ferrer, director of Public Health.

“Stronger gun regulations and innovative solutions that are laid out in the Gun Violence Prevention Platform are necessary steps to address this crisis and prevent acts of violence, including mass shootings, that take the lives of friends, neighbors and community members.”

Ferrer said in the first 11 weeks of 2023, the

country experienced more than 100 mass shootings, including the deadly mass shooting that occurred in Monterey Park in January.

The 40-point platform includes a range of strategies spanning prevention, intervention and healing. The platform also identifies four priorities as critical steps toward making the county safe and secure:

Gun safety legislation:

Advocate for robust gun safety legislation, locally and nationally, with a focus on the reinstatement of the federal ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines.

Social connections and healing services: Support efforts to promote social connections, healing practices and a culture of

trading platform continued to demand more money, the woman realized she was the victim of a scam which cost her about $2.5 million, according to the DOJ.

In 2022, investment fraud nationally caused the highest losses of any scam reported by the public to the FBI's Internet Crimes Complaint Center, totaling $3.31 billion, prosecutors said.

Frauds involving cryptocurrency, including pig butchering, represented most of these scams, increasing 183% from 2021 to $2.57 billion in reported losses last year, authorities said.

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How abortion bans are impacting pregnant patients across the country

By Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica

Series:Post-Roe America

Abortion Access Divides the Nation

Nine months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending nearly 50 years of federal protection of abortion rights, the impact of the landmark ruling known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization continues to ripple across the nation.

In Dobbs, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.

The ruling essentially divided the nation into two territories: states where people have access to abortion care and states where most or all people are unable to obtain an abortion, even if their lives are at risk. An estimated 23 million Americans live in states that tightly restrict access to abortion. A few states, such as Tennessee, outlaw the procedure with no exceptions, forcing doctors to choose between risking their freedom and saving a pregnant patient’s life.

Since the Dobbs ruling on June 24, ProPublica has chronicled the nationwide fallout. Our stories have explored new concerns about data privacy, battle lines between blue and red states and the increasing popularity of civil lawsuits that seek to punish people for obtaining abortions.

A recent investigation by reporter Kavitha Surana explored the complicated story of a Tennessee woman who faced a life-threatening pregnancy after doctors decided they couldn’t risk prosecution to provide an abortion. ProPublica has also explored the harm created by parental involvement laws, on the books in many states long before the Dobbs ruling.

In a series of live events, ProPublica has also interviewed the nation’s top legal and medical experts about what they are seeing on the ground following the Dobbs ruling and what they expect going forward.

Last week, ProPublica talked to two leading experts on how the battle over abortion is impacting people in the most restrictive states and how legal challenges are likely to play out across the country. More than 1,400 people signed up to hear our live discussion with law professor Mary Ziegler and Tennessee OB-GYN Dr. Nikki Zite.

Ziegler is the Martin

Luther King Jr. professor of law at the University of California, Davis School of Law. She is one of the world’s leading historians of the U.S. abortion debate and the author of six books on the law, history and politics of reproduction in the United States. Zite lives in Tennessee and is professor and vice chair of education and advocacy in the department of OB-GYN at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine.

Ziegler and Zite presented their personal perspectives on this issue during our discussion, and their thoughts do not reflect the positions of their institutions. This interview was edited for length and clarity.

Wyoming recently became the latest state to outlaw medication abortion. How do you see the criminal legal landscape playing out?

Ziegler: We’ve seen a rising trend within the antiabortion movement of people who identify themselves as abolitionists. And they essentially argue that if the movement is serious that a fetus or an unborn child is a rights-holding person, then it would be logical to punish women too. The most recent manifestation that people may have heard about was in South Carolina. There were over 20 lawmakers sponsoring a bill that would treat abortion as murder and potentially subject women to the death penalty for having abortions. So far, the mainstream consensus within the anti-abortion movement that punishing women is a bad idea politically and morally is holding up, but it’s fragile. We have the wrongful death lawsuit in Texas, in which a man is suing three women for allegedly helping his now-ex-wife obtain an abortion. Nikki, could you tell us about your experience in Tennessee?

Zite: The way our law is written, ending any pregnancy is illegal. Immediately, several of our outpatient abortion clinics closed. That not only had the effect of making abortion more challenging to access for people who needed that care, but it also made it harder for those of us who teach abortion to the next generation of OB-GYNs. Then we had all the unintended consequences: the cases like ectopic pregnancy, the cases of inevitable but not complete miscarriage, the cases of that ambiguous “How close to death does she need to be

for it to meet the standards of protecting or saving her life?” It became this complicated legal situation where physicians not only felt like they had to make medical decisions, they then had to run it by hospital legal or a criminal attorney. We’ve lost a lot of physicians, and we don’t know whether or not medical students will want to train in states where they’re going to have restrictions on the type of care that they can learn.

I guess you’d call it a brain drain of doctors in this field who are leaving states like Wyoming?

Zite: There’s only a couple of OB-GYNs in some of those states. So if they leave, you really have these OB deserts.

Mary, you’ve mentioned fetal personhood laws. Does establishing fetal personhood make a pregnant person who has an abortion a murderer under the law?

Ziegler: There are proposals emerging on the right that we need to make birth free [of charge]. Georgia has its antiabortion law requiring certain forms of child support during pregnancy. Then on the other hand, you have people saying if equal treatment is really the name of the game, then that requires murder prosecutions for people who have abortions.

So far it’s mostly been emerging in state legislators up to a point. We’ve seen it in the wrongful death lawsuit you mentioned. One question you might have is: Why bother with a wrongful death lawsuit? They wanted to say that if you provide someone else with abortion pills, you’re an accomplice to murder or you are a murderer, and that’s a personhood argument. We’re going to see it crop up more, and eventually the end game is a case brought to the U.S. Supreme Court. Whether they lead to prosecutions of women or just to nationwide abortion bans remains to be seen.

Nikki, you’ve been part of working on a bill to modify Tennessee’s law to create clear exceptions for maternal health care. Can you tell us about that effort and where it stands now?

Zite: Not in a good place. We were sticking with the things we could all agree on. The amendment passed 8 to 2 out of committee. Immediately, the right-to-life got all their members to call legislators and started threatening the legislators with losing their “ranking.” Unfortu-

nately, we now have a very watered-down amendment. I don’t think that physicians are going to feel that it gives them much more leeway to provide lifesaving care without being criminalized.

What are the problems with policymakers trying to determine what constitutes a medical emergency?

Zite: The idea that it has to be a medical emergency is the first problem. We should be able to prevent an emergency, not just treat an emergency. The overwhelming evidence for most of these cases is that it doesn’t improve the outcome for the pregnancy to wait. That’s why laws for abortion have been liberalized in places like Poland, South and Central America and Ireland. Women died because they were made to stay pregnant until there was no longer a heartbeat and they got infected or bled. We don’t want to go back to that in the United States. Legislators don’t seem to understand that’s the inevitable outcome of what they’re forcing us to do.

I have had a question about that as a journalist. How are we going to know whether more people are dying or suffering measurable harm in states that have banned abortion?

Zite: And how long is it going to take us to get that data? When we look at the state and maternal mortality reports, they’re not always that accurate, and these reviews usually were two or three years behind.

Mary, you recently wrote that the court does not get the final word even on the meaning of its own important decisions. Can you talk about that?

Ziegler: I think what we saw with Roe, the judges pretty clearly thought that they were settling this and that Roe was going to mean abortion was a thing between a doctor and a woman. I think the court in Dobbs is trying to say the same thing:

that history and tradition, in the court’s view, would not have recognized the right to abortion in the 19th century, and that’s the end of it. We’re already seeing Dobbs emerging as a symbol of things the Supreme Court didn’t want it to be. We’ve seen a lot of poll data documenting a really precipitous decline in trust of the Supreme Court and Dobbs being the most visible symbol of that decline. I think the court often holds itself out as having the last word on these constitutional struggles when it can’t.

One of our readers asks: What can people who live in states that still protect abortion rights do to safeguard maternal health for themselves and others in states that ban abortion?

Zite: I’m feeling pretty discouraged, frankly. I think it’s going to take ballot initiatives. We don’t have that option in Tennessee, but there are other states that do. Normally you say state elections are important, but when they’ve been gerrymandered so much, I don’t see things getting better in Tennessee for decades. I’m focusing at a federal level.

Ziegler: Based on what’s going on now in the federal courts, if you’re living in a state where abortion is legal, you should not take for granted that that will remain the case. The mifepristone case we’d been talking about in Texas could, depending on how the FDA responds, make it impossible for people in a state like California to have a medication abortion. We’ve seen some voices emerging essentially saying, “Look, even if you define yourself as pro-life, do you really want to spend a lot of taxpayer money enforcing criminal abortion laws?”

There’s a notion that medical exceptions to abortion bans give people appropriate access to the medical care they need. Nikki, can you talk about that a little bit?

Zite: I think that a lot of people think, well, if we add an exception, that’s going to get access for some. But access for some is not actually helping the majority. The type of care I provide in a hospital setting is less than 1% of abortion care. Without abortion care, we’re going to see maternal mortality go up. We’re going to see people stay in abusive relationships.

Dr. Zite, how are medical schools deciding what procedures are taught, and what is their legal standing?

Zite: Currently about half of the residency training programs are in banned states. It is a requirement to graduate from a residency and become a board-certified OB-GYN to be able to perform abortion care. We’ve been struggling in Tennessee to figure out how we’re going to get that training for our residents. Will it actually make it harder to become board-certified?

So you have some doctors leaving these states, training that is difficult to access and people who will be coming to emergency rooms needing abortion care in an emergency?

Zite: That’s the situation that I think is very poorly understood. I had a resident when I first got to the University of Tennessee that had opted out of all abortion training before I arrived. About three months before she finished training, we were called down to the trauma bay and a young woman who was about 16 weeks pregnant had been in a very bad car accident. There was still a fetal heartbeat. We did the case together, and afterward the resident had this moment of realizing “I’m going to be on my own in three months.”

What happens if this patient comes into my ER? I am the person who should be able to save her life. We need to be able to train doctors to do these procedures.

This story was republished with the Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).

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5 Biden administration decisions that mirror Trump-era policies

By Eliza Siegel, Stacker

In early March 2023, reports surfaced that the Biden administration is considering reinstating the highly controversial Trumpera policy of migrant family detention. Though the policy has not been formally announced, its reconsideration has raised alarm bells for human rights organizations, immigrants’-rights advocates, and more than 100 House Democrats, who wrote a letter to the president on March 28 expressing concern and urging him not to “return to a cruel policy of the past.”

If the Biden administration moves forward with its revival of the policy, it would fly in the face of President Biden’s campaign promises and his own actions to put a stop to family detention early on in his presidency. In a tweet posted in June 2020, Biden condemned the practice, writing, “Children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately. This is pretty simple, and I can’t believe I have to say it: Families belong together.”

A different letter, written by the American Academy of Pediatrics to President Biden on March 16, argued that detaining children for any length of time is unsafe, and can pose “a threat to child health,” and asked him to “abandon any effort” to imprison families.

This is not the first time the Biden administration has entertained — or carried out — reinstating a Trump-era policy, despite its rollback of many Trump administration decisions.

Some revivals of Trump policies have not been intentional choices on the part of President Biden. For instance, Biden attempted to end President Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy when he first took office but was blocked by a lawsuit

that forced the program to restart. A U.S. district judge finally lifted his injunction in August, allowing the Biden administration to proceed with ending the program.

Some Trump-era policies have, however, been taken up by the Biden administration without the insistence of the courts. Certain policy experts have pointed out that some degree of continuity between administrations, however ideologically different, is standard practice, while others have remarked on inconsistencies between President Biden’s stated principles and his administration’s actions.

Stacker compared policy briefs, news reports, and formal decisions from the Trump and Biden administrations to see how certain policies have carried over — or been walked back and then reinstated — between the two presidencies.

Controversial Alaska oil drilling project approved by Biden in 2023

On March 13, the Biden administration greenlighted the Willow Project, a multibillion-dollar oil drilling plan that opens up a section of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve on the North Slope to oil extraction. The move contradicted President Biden’s campaign promise to put a stop to new drilling on federal land.

The Willow Project was originally given the go-ahead by President Trump in 2020 but was blocked after a lawsuit from Trustees for Alaska charged that the potential environmental impacts of the project had not been fully evaluated. The version of the Willow Project approved by the Biden administration is of a smaller scope than what was originally proposed but is still expected to generate over 278 million tons of

greenhouse gasses during its 30-year life span.

Reactions to the Biden administration’s announcement have been mixed, with oil industry stakeholders and some lawmakers, including Alaska’s Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, celebrating the decision for its perceived economic benefits. Environmental advocates and other legislators, on the other hand, have decried the decision, calling it harmful to the environment and antithetical to the Biden administration’s stated climate goals.

Indigenous Alaskan communities have also given mixed responses. Julie Kitka, the president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, voiced her support for the project, as did several other community leaders. Others, like Sonia Ahkivgak of Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic, voiced dissent for the decision and called out the Biden administration’s inconsistency on climate-related issues.

Asylum restrictions announced for many migrants seeking refuge in 2023

In February, the Biden administration rolled out a new policy that would deport asylum seekers who cross the U.S. border with Mexico illegally or who do not apply for asylum in countries they travel through on their way to the U.S. American immigration law has previously made it so that asylum seekers can apply for protection in the U.S. regardless of how they arrive.

While stopping short of banning asylum seekers outright, the restrictive new policy, which is set to last for two years, will likely have a dramatic deterrent effect on those seeking protection. It has drawn comparisons to Trump-era policies

and contradicts President Biden’s promises to restore asylum.

Biden’s new asylum policy will replace the Trump administration’s asylum decree, Title 42, which is set to expire in May. Title 42 was instituted during the pandemic and has essentially barred entry to all asylum seekers on the grounds of threats to public health. Title 42 has been used over 2 million times to expel asylum seekers, according to Politico.

Trump-era refugee caps continued in 2021

While campaigning for the presidency, Biden committed to raising the refugee cap in the U.S. to 125,000 from the limit of 15,000 Trump imposed — a limit Democrats called “racist.” In 2021, however, the Biden administration announced that it would maintain the 15,000-refugee limit, sparking immediate backlash. President Biden quickly backpedaled, raising the cap to 62,500, half of his initial promise.

The following year, Biden raised the cap again, this time to the full 125,000, a number the administration repeated for 2023. However, an analysis of the number of refugees actually admitted in fiscal 2022 was only about 26,000, leaving thousands of ostensibly open slots unclaimed and even more waiting for admission. Refugee admission numbers have yet to reach pre-pandemic — and pre-Trump administration — levels.

Trump’s 15,000 refugee limit, instated in 2020, was the lowest since the 1980 Refugee Act raised the cap from 17,400 to 50,000. The Trump administration’s cap was announced during Trump’s campaign for reelection and was criticized as a betrayal of the role of

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the U.S.’s as a humanitarian leader internationally.

Exports of excess vaccine doses to other countries in need were temporarily blocked in 2021

In March and April of 2021, Politico reported on conflict happening within the Biden administration about whether or not to send excess doses of the vaccine to countries with high COVID-19 rates and vaccine shortages. The stockpiled vaccines in question consisted mostly of that produced by AstraZeneca, which had not been given emergency authorization for use in the U.S.

Some top Biden administration officials argued that diminishing the U.S. vaccine stockpile would be unwise and reportedly brushed off requests from the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, health agency leaders, and others inside the administration to share extra vaccines with other countries. After more than a month of internal debate, the Biden administration announced that it would send millions of extra doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine abroad, but actual shipment of the vaccines did not begin until the summer of 2021.

The Biden administration’s indecision about sending vaccines overseas was a continuation of the Trump administration’s “America First” philosophy on vaccine distribution — a strategy that began even before the vaccine was fully developed. During Operation Warp Speed, vaccine ingredients and parts of the vaccine manufacturing supply chain were monopolized by the U.S., cutting lower and middle-income countries out. Despite urging from the World Health Organization in 2020 that sharing the vaccine

globally would be the only way to keep the virus from spreading and mutating into even more dangerous variants, the Trump administration did not make a plan to do so.

Foreign policy strategies maintained in Saudi Arabia and Israel

On the campaign trail, President Biden did not mince words about his stance on U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia, particularly in light of the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He stated that he planned to “make them in fact the pariah that they are.” When President Biden traveled to Israel and Saudi Arabia, however, he met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the U.S. has continued to supply the country with weapons and other aid in the Yemen War despite reports of civilian deaths from Saudi airstrikes.

These actions are seen by many foreign policy analysts as a continuation and even a compounding of Trumpera strategies in the Middle East, notably demonstrated through Biden’s embrace of the Abraham Accords. President Trump brokered the Abraham Accords in 2020, which sought to normalize relations between Israel and Arab nations such as Bahrain, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates. The deal symbolized a break from former Arab-Israeli negotiations, which had prioritized an independent state for Palestinians in exchange for normalized relations between much of the Middle East and Israel.

The Abraham Accords are seen as a shift away from a two-state solution as a precursor to normalization.

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peace. Gun violence restraining orders awareness and enforcement: Improve awareness and access to gun violence restraining orders. Ensure that services, systems and messaging are culturally relevant and make it easy for community residents to initiate gun violence

restraining orders.

School safety and services: Increase access to comprehensive, culturally relevant physical and mental health supports and services for all K- 12. Enhance school safety by implementing pilot initiatives in at least three school districts.

The platform was

developed and will be implemented by a diverse group of county and community partners including community and faith leaders, health care and mental health professionals.

The platform was informed by data that shows the impact of systemic racism in perpet-

uating a cycle of violence that leaves young people of color in the county experiencing the highest rates of death by firearms, according to Public Health officials.

“Gun violence is a public health issue,” said Susan Stone, L.A. Care’s senior medical director of utilization

and care management services. “As the largest public health plan in the country, serving many who have suffered from gun violence, L.A. Care is committed to working with our county partners in taking a stand against gun violence and for gun safety, making people’s lives safer and healthier.”

Kevin Orange, a community violence interventionist for Public Health’s Office of Violence Prevention and executive director of Advocates for Peace and Urban Unity, said the community needs to come together to address trauma and anxiety and end gun violence.

Temple City Notices

TEMPLE CITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION

The Planning Commission is holding a public hearing on the project described below. You are receiving this notice because your property is located near the project, the project may directly, or indirectly affect you, or because you have requested to be notified.

Project Citywide, City of Temple City, County of Los Angeles

Location:

Project: PL 23-3896 Zoning Code Amendment. Ordinance 23-1071 amending Section 9-1T-21 (Urban Dwellings and Urban Lot Splits) of the Municipal Code related to SB-9. Staff is recommending that the Planning Commission make a recommendation to the City Council on the proposed Ordinance. The City Council will be the final decisionmaker.

Applicant: City of Temple City, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780

Environmental The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to environmental review

Review: under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). Senate Bill 9 (Atkins) states that an ordinance adopted to implement the rules of Senate Bill 9 is not considered a project under Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code. (See Government Code sections 65858.21(j) and 66411.7(n).

The Planning Commission Public Hearing will be held:

Meeting Date & Time: Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 7:30 P.M.

Meeting Location: City Council Chambers, 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City, CA 91780

For questions or concerns regarding this project, or if you wish to review the project file, please contact: Project Planner: Scott Reimers, Community Development Director (626) 656-7316 sreimers@templecity.us or visit the Community Development Department offices at City Hall, located at: 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, CA 91780 Monday – Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,

If you have a request for reasonable modification or accommodation due to a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act please contact staff (planning@templecity.us or (626) 656-7316) 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

The decision of the Planning Commission is a recommendation to the City Council. A separate public hearing for the project will be held before the City Council. When scheduled, the hearing will be separately noticed. If you challenge any of the foregoing actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the hearing body at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Date: April 3, 2023

Signature: Scott Reimers Scott Reimers, Community Development Director

Publish April 10, 2023

TEMPLE CITY TRIBUNE

Duarte City Notices

NOTICE OF INVITING BIDS

Bernards is requesting bids from qualified bidders for the Duarte High School Gymnasium – Phase 2 project located at 1565 Central Avenue, Duarte, CA 91010. The project consists of a new gymnasium. Construction includes grading and full construction of a new gym. We are interested in bids from all trades involved in this project minus demolition. The bidders will be selected using the “Best Value” competitive procurement process under California Education Code section 17400 et seq. “Best value” is a competitive procurement process whereby the selected bidder is selected on the basis of objective criteria for evaluating the qualifications of bidders with the resulting selection representing the best combination of price and qualifications.

Duarte High School Gymnasium – Phase 2

Bids Due: May 4, 2023 at 2:00pm Email bids to: bid@bernards.com or to Gustavo Becerra at gbecerra@bernards.com

Pre-Qualification: In accordance with California Education Code 17250 and Public Contract Code 6109 all mechanical, electrical, plumbing (“MEP”) and sheet metal subcontractors (contractors that hold a C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 or C-46 license), must have submitted prequalification applications (link below) at least ten (10) business days prior to bid date and must be approved at least five (5) business days PRIOR to bid date. Be sure to check approval and expiration dates. The prequalification application is available at the link below: https://www.duarteusd.org/cms/lib/CA01900906/Centricity/Domain/4/Duarte%20 HS%20Prequal%20Packet%202023.01.20.pdf

All prequalification applications must be completed and submitted to James Young at jyoung@ericksonhall.com and Mike Arnold at marnold@ericksonhall.com

Bernards is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to; and encourages the participation of MBEs, WBEs, DBEs, SBEs, DVBEs,

and OBEs and requires submittal with their bid the certification form from the authorizing agency. Participation in Bernards’ Prequalification process improves our ability to collaborate with Subcontractors while providing them with the benefit of inclusion in potential select project lists. Please contact SubcontractorPrequalification@ bernards.com for Prequalification documents or visit our website https://www.bernards.com/industry-partners/ for more information.

Subcontractors must comply with general prevailing wage rates (PCC 1720 et seq.). Under new California law, all subcontractors and sub-tier subcontractors wishing to conduct business with any public entity must be registered and maintain good standing with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) prior to submitting a bid and during performance of the work (Labor Code 1725.5). Only registered contractors and subcontractors can be awarded public works projects. Please visit www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html for more information and to register.

Subcontractors must also meet the minimum requirements for Skilled and Trained Workforce (PCC 2600 – 2603 et seq.). Also refer to California Education Code, Sections 81703(c)(2)(F) and 17407.5; Labor Code 1777.5; and CCR Title 8, Section 230.1. Please visit https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/Apprentices.html for more information.

Textura Construction Payment Management System: Subcontractors will be required to electronically sign and submit their pay applications – including invoices, sworn statements, conditional lien waivers, and unconditional lien waivers. Bernards pays for the majority of the cost for the Textura system. However, there is a small fee paid directly by each Subcontractor or Major Supplier to Textura which must be included in any bid to Bernards. For additional information and associated fees, please visit www.texturacorp.com.

Plans & Specifications: Plans and specifications will be available via BidMail and also the following link: https://share.bidmail.com/index.html#preconstruction/ sublist?project=200-176051

By submitting a bid, subcontractor confirms they have reviewed Bernards’ Standard Subcontract Agreement and/or Professional

Service Agreement along with Attachments “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, “E” and will execute said Agreement without modifications. Please review all Bernards’ Standard Subcontract documents and forms at https://share.bidmail.com/index.html#preconstruction/ sublist?project=200-176051. Bids that do not conform to these bid instructions will not receive the maximum number of subcontractor quality points in a “Best Value” award process. The Attachments will be issued via an addendum during the bid period.

All subcontractors awarded work on this project must be prepared to furnish 100% faithful performance and 100% payment bonds issued by a licensed, admitted corporate surety with a minimum A.M. Best rating of A-VI that is authorized to issue bonds by the State of California and is acceptable to Bernards, (current Treasury Listing is acceptable), in the full amount of their subcontracts.

Requests for Information: Due April 20, 2023 by 2:00pm to Matt Wopschall MWopschall@bernards.com

Non-Mandatory Job Walk: April 13, 2023 at 10:00am.

Publish April 3, 10, 2023

DUARTE DISPATCH

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DONALD BOYD HOPPS

CASE NO. 23STPB03229

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DONALD BOYD HOPPS.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DONALD FLOYD HOPPS in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DONALD FLOYD HOPPS 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 with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

04/28/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner

AMY FENELLI CIFTCIKARASBN 224058, FENELLI LAW FIRM 24800 CHRISANTA DRIVE, SUITE 110 MISSION VIEJO CA 92691 BSC 223117 3/30, 4/3, 4/10/23

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

SHARONANN GOLDBERG

CASE NO. 23STPB03248

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SHARONANN GOLDBERG.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID GOLDBERG in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

05/02/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 2D located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner DOMENIC SCIRE, ESQ. - SBN 276910, LAW OFFICE OF C.R. ABRAMS 27281 LAS RAMBLAS, STE.

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Pasadena City Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARNG Planning Commission

Notice of Public Hearing on an Ordinance Implementing the Housing Element - Pertaining to Emergency Shelters, Low Barrier Navigation Centers, Safe Parking, Design Review, and Modifications for Individuals with Disabilities

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Planning and Community Development Department is bringing forward a Zoning Code Amendment to amend Title 17 (the Zoning Code) to implement the Programs 16, 19, and 23 of the Housing Element and revise development standards for Emergency Shelters, allow Low Barrier Navigation Centers as a permitted use in certain non-residential zones, allow Safe Parking as an accessory use on sites developed with religious facility or public/semi-public uses, exempt certain sites carried forward from previous Housing Elements from subjective Design Review, and create a ministerial process for modifications to development standards for Individuals with Disabilities.

PROJECT LOCATION: Citywide

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: An Addendum to the 2015 Pasadena General Plan Environmental Impact Report (GP EIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2013091009) to address the potential site-specific environmental impacts associated with the proposed amendment has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) (Cal. Public Resources Code Section 21000, et. seq., as amended) and its implementing guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Section 15000 et. seq., 2016). This Addendum has been prepared and will be processed consistent with CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., Title 14, Section 15162 and Section 15164). The addendum found that the proposed amendment will not result in any potentially significant impacts that were not already analyzed.

APPROVALS NEEDED: The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider recommendations on the proposed Zoning Code Amendment and Addendum to the GP EIR. The Planning Commission recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council. The City Council will make a final decision at a separately noticed public hearing.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed Zoning Code Amendment and proposed environmental determination. The hearing is scheduled for:

Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: Council Chambers, Pasadena City Hall 100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249. The meeting agenda will be posted by April 21, 2023 at https://www.cityofpasadena.net/commissions/planning-commission/.

PUBLIC INFORMATION: Any interested party or their representative may provide live public comment by following the instructions in the meeting agenda. Prior to the start of the meeting, written correspondence may be emailed to commentsPC@cityofpasadena.net or mailed to the address below (note that this email address will not be checked once the meeting starts).

Contact Person: Martin Potter, Senior Planner

Phone: (626) 744-6710

E-mail: mpotter@cityofpasadena.net Website: www.cityofpasadena.net/planning

Mailing Address:

Planning & Community Development Department

Planning Division, Community Planning Section

175 North Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101

ADA: To request a disability-related modification or accommodation necessary to facilitate meeting participation, please contact the Planning & Community Development Department as soon as possible at (626) 744-4009 or (626) 744-4371 (TDD) or mpotter@ cityofpasadena.net. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability. Language translation services may also be requested with 72-hour advance notice by calling (626) 744-4009

Publish April 10, 17, 24, 2023

PASADENA PRESS

The City of Glendale (“the City”) is soliciting proposals from professional civil, structural, traffic engineering, geotechnical/soils engineering and materials testing, land surveying, and landscape design firms (“Proposers”) for the preparation of Plans, Specifications and Cost Estimate (PS&E) for soundwall construction to provide effective freeway traffic noise reduction for sensitive receivers along Interstate 210 freeway (I-210 FWY) in the City of Glendale from the west side of the Lowell Avenue overcrossing to the Pennsylvania Avenue overcrossing per the recommendation of the noise study conducted by Caltrans and the Project Study Report-Project Report (PSR-PR).

The detailed scope of the work, the content of the proposal, and the selection process are described in the Request for Proposal’ (hereinafter called “RFP”). To obtain a copy of the RFP, please visit the City of Glendale Public Works Engineering Procurement/Bid Page at: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/finance/purchasing/rfp-rfq-bid-page

For Questions and Request for Clarification about the RFP, please contact:

Sarkis Oganesyan, P. E., Deputy Director of Public Works/City Engineer

Public Works Department - Engineering Division

633 E. Broadway, Room 205 Glendale, CA 91206-4388

Phone: (818) 548-3945

Email: soganesyan@glendaleca.gov

The Proposer must submit a Request for Clarification in writing, by letter or email, to the above contact and address. The City must receive the Request for Clarification on or before 4:00 p.m., April 21, 2023.

Submitting a Proposal:

The proposal packages must be clearly marked PROPOSAL FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR INTERSTATE 210 FREEWAY SOUNDWALL PROJECT and addressed to:

City of Glendale Public Works Department – Administrative Division 633 E. Broadway, Room 205209 Glendale, CA 91206-4388

Attention: Yazdan T. Emrani, P.E., Director of Public Works

Deadline for Submitting a Proposal:

The City must receive the Proposal on or before 4:00 PM on June 2, 2023. A Proposal received after this date and time will be considered non-responsive and the City will return the Proposal, unopened.

Oral, telephonic, facsimile, or electronically transmitted (email) Proposals are invalid and the City will not accept or consider them.

If necessary, the City will make clarifications, interpretations, corrections, or changes to the RFP, or the proposed Contract, or both, by issuing Addenda.

Each Addendum will be posted on the City’s website only. It is the proposer’s responsibility to check the City’s website for any Addenda. Each proposer must provide a signed acknowledgement confirming receipt of all issued Addenda to this RFP, as part of their proposal submittal

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Publish April 3 & 10, 2023

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT NOTICE INVITING BIDS

NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Glendale (“City”) will receive sealed Bids, before the Bid Deadline established below for the following work of improvement:

be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/28/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner JOSEPH E. DEERING

SBN 52317

LAW OFFICES OF JOESPH E. DEERING 2221 23RD STREET SANTA MONICA CA 90405 4/3, 4/6, 4/10/23

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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 (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner In Pro Per: Nancy Gower 3529 Avenida Maravilla Carlsbad CA 92009 Telephone: (619) 600-2303 4/6, 4/10, 4/13/23 CNS-3687626# PASADENA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Eileen Claire Dupree CASE NO. 23STPB02950

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Eileen Claire Dupree

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Elizabeth Dupree in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Elizabeth Dupree 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 with full authority . (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.

Bid Opening: 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 (NO LATE BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED) City Council Chambers 613 E. Broadway, 2nd Floor Glendale, CA 91206

Bidding Documents Available: April 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m., only available electronically at: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/finance/purchasing/rfprfq-bid-page

Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference: Date: April 26, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Pacific Park (Project Site) 501 S. Pacific Avenue Glendale, CA 91204

City of Glendale Project Representative: Kevin Todd, Assistant Director of Public Works E-mail: ktodd@glendaleca.gov

Mandatory Qualifications for Bidder and Designated Subcontractors:

A Bid may be rejected as non-responsive if the Bid fails to document that Bidder meets the essential requirements for qualification. As part of the Bidder’s Statement of Qualifications, each Bid must provide satisfactory evidence that: Bidder satisfactorily completed at least one (1) prevailing wage public contract in California; comparable in scope and scale to this Project; within five (5) years prior to the Bid Deadline; and with a dollar value greater than $1,000,000. In addition, Bidder satisfactorily completed at least one (1) project that included a Federal Funding source and associated Federal Funding requirements. Bidder shall provide reference(s) for qualifying project(s). Reference(s) shall have current and accurate contact information, must be available to respond by email and phone, and must be able to confirm the details for the project of which they are listed as a reference.

NOTICE: Federally Funded Project Requirements:

Bidders are hereby notified that this Project is funded, in part, with City of Glendale, Community Development Block Grant, through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Federal requirements apply, including: Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage regulations, Small Business Enterprise (“SBE”), Minority Business Enterprise (“MBE”), Women’s Business Enterprise (“WBE”), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (“DBE”) utilization (see Attachment E to Exhibit 5 for definitions of these business enterprises), Equal Employment Opportunity, and Section 3 Program requirements.

Publish April 10 & 13, 2023

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Rosemary Aydelotte

CASE NO. 23STPB00781

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Rosemary Aydelotte

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Nancy Gower in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Nancy Gower 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 with full authority . (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 04/26/2023 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 2D located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK 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 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 (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.

who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of KRIKOR GUREGHIAN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARY ASTADOURIAN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARY ASTADOURIAN

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 07/10/2023 at 8:30am in Dept. SMC 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST. LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK 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

Attorney for Petitioner: Chris Hansen - 190758 7840 El Cajon Blvd, Ste 306 La Mesa, CA 91942 Telephone: 619-469-2667 4/6, 4/10, 4/13/23 CNS-3687517# WEST COVINA PRESS NOTICE

LA sues group, journalist hoping to recover police photos

By City News Service

Sierra Madre pharmacist pleads guilty in Medicare fraud scheme

By Staff

The city of Los Angeles has filed a lawsuit against a journalist and watchdog group, hoping to recover photos of officers mistakenly released last year, including some who work undercover.

The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit names as defendants journalist Ben Camacho of Knock LA and the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. The suit states the defendants received the photos, names and work locations of 9,000 officers through a public record request.

The city mistakenly included information

regarding officers working undercover assignments.

“Defendants Ben Camacho, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition and (unidentified others) are willfully exposing to the public the identities of Los Angeles Police Department officers in undercover assignments on the website Watch the Watchers, despite knowing that they are not entitled to possess this information,” the lawsuit brought Wednesday states. “The city seeks the return of these inadvertently produced photos to protect the lives and work of these undercover officers.”

Following the photos’ release, the officers’ information appeared on a website named “Killer Cops,” which offered a bounty to anyone that killed an officer.

“This is a new low,” Stop LAPD Spying stated on Twitter on Wednesday. “The city is suing community groups and journalists for publishing public records.”

Also on Wednesday, Camacho said on Twitter that “Public records are for the public.”

On Tuesday, undercover officers filed claims against the city and the department over the photos’ release.

ASierra Madre-based pharmacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for prescription drugs that were never dispensed to patients. Paul Mansour, 55, was a pharmacist and co-owner at Mansour Partners Inc., doing business as Best Buy Drugs, according to court documents. Mansour made phony patient profiles in the company’s digital filing system and created fraudulent prescription drug entries to these fictitious patient files, which duplicated prescriptions for medications that were provided to actual patients of the pharmacy.

“Mansour then submitted false and fraudulent claims for the drugs added in the fictitious patient files that had never been dispensed, billing Medicare for the fraudulent prescriptions in the names of real patients of the pharmacy,” according to prosecutors. “Between January 2017 and June 2022, Mansour caused Medicare to pay the pharmacy between approximately $600,000 and over $1 million as a result of the submission of false and fraudulent claims.”

Mansour pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud and is scheduled to be sentenced on June 28, prosecutors said. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

The FBI Los Angeles Field Office and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General investigated the case before turning it over to federal prosecutors.

“The Fraud Section leads the Criminal Division’s efforts to combat health care fraud through the Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program,” according to the Justice Department. “Since March 2007, this program, comprised of 15 strike forces operating in 25 federal districts, has charged more than 5,000 defendants who collectively have billed federal health care programs and private insurers more than $24 billion. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, are taking steps to hold providers accountable for their involvement in health care fraud schemes.”

More information can be found at https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/health-carefraud-unit.

Series of 26 tree fires in northeast LA under investigation; man arrested in Westlake fire

By City News Service

Aman was arrested for allegedly starting a tree fire that spread to an apartment building in the Westlake area, fire officials said Friday, but the blaze was unrelated to a recent series of tree fires in the Mount Washington, Glassell Park and Silver Lake areas that remain under investigation.

The 38-year-old man was taken into custody in connection with a tree fire that occurred about 8:20 p.m. Thursday and spread to

an apartment building in the 1500 block of West Cambria Street, said Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The man was arrested on suspicion of “arson that causes an inhabited structure or inhabited property to burn,” which is a felony, the LAFD reported. His name was not immediately released.

Prange said the Westlake fire “was unrelated to the recent spree of 26 tree fires,

which remains under active investigation.” Those fires have occurred since March 1 in the Mount Washington, Glassell Park and Silver Lake areas, Prange said.

The investigation was being conducted by personnel from the LAFD, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Los Angeles Police Department, Prange said.

“These agencies are working collaboratively to conduct a thorough

investigation and to bring to justice any potential criminal behavior,” Prange said. “Determining the cause of these fires remains a high priority, in an effort to increase public safety.”

No reports of significant damage or injuries have been associated with the series of fires, Prange said.

Anyone with information about the fires was urged to contact the LAFD Arson Tip Line at 213-893-9850 or LAFDArson@lacity.org.

Los Angeles Superior Court. | Photo courtesy of Amaury Laporte/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Paul Mansour, second from left, with co-workers at Best Buy Drugs in Sierra Madre in 2016. | Photo by Terry Miller/HeySoCal.com

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Mountain Small Business Grant applications now available in San Bernardino County

By Staff

The application process started Friday for grants for small businesses impacted by recent snow storms that hit San Bernardino County, officials announced.

The Mountain Small Business Grant Program was unveiled by San Bernardino County Chair and Third District Supervisor Dawn Rowe during the Board of Supervisors meeting on March 28.

“The board unanimously approved the program to help mountain businesses

impacted by this season’s crippling snowstorms get back on their feet,” the county’s announcement said.

Under the grant program, mountain businesses and nonprofits with 50 or fewer employees are eligible for a one-time $3,000 grant, and businesses with more than 50 but less than 500 employees can get $15,000 to help with repairs and recovery efforts made necessary by the recent snowstorms, the county reported.

Qualifying businesses must have been open and

operating before Feb. 27 and have a physical, brickand-mortar location in the affected unincorporated San Bernardino Mountains that is used by employees and customers, according to the county. The funding is intended to help businesses cover overhead costs such as rent and utilities.

“The recent snowstorms had devastating impacts for many businesses in the mountains,” Rowe said in a statement. “These grants will help them to recover financially as they work to reopen

to serve the community. I will continue working hard to obtain additional resources for our mountain businesses and residents.”

Many mountain businesses, such as Steven Ayala’s Apex Boxing and Fitness in Twin Peaks, were cut off from their customers or were unable to work in their stores, shops and offices for weeks because they were blocked by snow or isolated by unsafe roads.

“The grants approved by the Board will help many of those businesses stay open,

keep mountain residents employed, and contribute to the area’s economic recovery,” the county’s

Defendant admits charges in killing of rapper Pop Smoke

By City News Service

A20-year-old man who is among four people charged in connection with rapper Pop Smoke’s shooting death just over three years ago in the Hollywood Hills admitted a Juvenile Court petition Thursday that could result in him remaining in custody until he turns 25.

The defendant — whose name was withheld because his case was handled in juvenile court — admitted one count each of voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery stemming from the rapper’s Feb. 19,

2020, death.

The Los Angeles Times reported the judge declined to give the defendant credit for the time he has already spent in juvenile hall.

Two other defendants being tried as juveniles still have their cases pending and are due back in court May 12, while Corey Walker, who was 19 at the time of the killing and is being tried as an adult, is due in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for a pretrial hearing May 5. Pop Smoke, a 20-yearold New York-based rapper

whose real name was Bashar Jackson, was found mortally wounded around 4 a.m. Feb. 19, 2020, at a rental home at 2033 Hercules Drive in the Hollywood Hills. He was pronounced dead at CedarsSinai Medical Center.

Los Angeles police said shortly after the shooting that investigators believed the suspects entered Jackson’s short-term rental home and shot and robbed him inside. Investigators believe the suspects are “members of a Los Angeles street gang,” according to

police.

LAPD Capt. Steve Lurie said the 911 call that brought police to the Hercules Drive address came from someone on the East Coast who said a friend’s home was being broken into by multiple suspects, and that one of them was armed with a handgun.

“When officers arrived there approximately six minutes later, they discovered a victim inside the house had been shot,” Lurie said. “They called the fire department, who arrived and transported

that victim to Cedars-Sinai, where he was pronounced dead.”

The suspects were wearing masks and were last seen running from the home and possibly getting into a nearby vehicle.

Officers detained several people inside the house, according to Lurie, but “all of those folks were released. ... No one was arrested at the scene.”

Walker was arrested July 9, 2020 and has remained in custody since then.

Pop Smoke was named

Man charged with allegedly threatening Planned Parenthood in LA, Santa Barbara

By City News Service

ABakersfield man was behind bars Thursday on federal charges of making telephone threats to Planned Parenthood facilities in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections offered under Roe v Wade.

Nishith Tharaka Vandebona, 34, pleaded not guilty late Wednesday afternoon to three misdemeanor counts of threatened forcible intimidation regarding the obtaining and provision of reproductive health services, along with two felony counts of transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

He was ordered to remain jailed without bond pending

a tentative May 30 trial date.

According to prosecutors, on June 25, the day after the Supreme Court issued its decision, Vandebona allegedly called Planned Parenthood Los Angeles and said, “I’m calling to let you know that I’m going to come in there and kill all of you, including your staff and your security. You got it? You’re overdue for an attack.”

He allegedly called back again within an hour and made more death threats, saying, “I’m gonna come in there and murder your staff.”

Prosecutors contend that on the previous day, Vandebona left a voicemail message containing death threats with Santa Barbarabased Planned Parenthood California Central Coast.

The defendant allegedly used an internet application to generate anonymous phone numbers that were used to make the calls, prosecutors said.

He also allegedly phoned in a bomb threat in February 2022 to Californians for Population Stabilization, a Ventura-based nonprofit that advocates for immigration restrictions to control population growth, prosecutors said.

“Death threats are never acceptable regardless of what a person believes,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said in a statement. “No one should be threatened with death or bodily harm simply because they provide health services or work for a nonprofit. This indictment serves as a warning

that there will be significant repercussions especially for anyone seeking to intimidate those seeking and providing reproductive health services.”

Sue Dunlap, president/ CEO of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, issued a statement calling threats made to abortion-service providers since the Supreme Court decision “horrifying.”

“Whether it is online or on the sidewalks in front of health centers, violent rhetoric and imagery create an environment where criminal acts can and do occur,” Dunlap said. “The threats that led to today’s arraignment are part of a pattern of hate, dismissal, and ignorance directed at patients, families, and medical providers. Planned

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top new artist, top rap artist and top male rap artist at the Billboard Music Awards in May 2021, while his “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon” won top rap album and top Billboard 200 album. The rapper’s mother, Audrey Jackson, accepted the top Billboard 200 album award on her late son’s behalf, saying then that she wanted to “thank the fans for honoring the life and spirit of my son so much that he continues to manifest as if he were still here in the flesh.”

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