Duarte Dispatch_7/10/2023

Inside Safe homeless spending approaches $40M

By Jose Herrera, City News Service

Spending related to

Mayor Karen Bass’

Inside Safe program to dismantle homeless encampments and bring unhoused people indoors has reached nearly $40 million, according to a report presented Wednesday.

The money has gone to renting hotel rooms, keeping the L.A. Grand Hotel open for another year to house formerly unhoused people, and service providers, paying overtime to Los Angeles Police Department officers and reimbursing the city’s Department of Transportation, according to the fourth report to the L.A. City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee on the Homelessness Emergency Account.

The report detailed

spending through June 30.

The City Council voted 13-0 Jan. 18 to create the fund and transfer $50 million to it.

Mercedes Marquez, Bass’ chief of housing and homelessness solutions, said the city has yet to spend the initial $50 million because of spending by Los Angeles County.

Councilwoman Nithya Raman, chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee, questioned why the city is spending more on service providers, saying that “we already have invested as a city in case management services.”

Marquez told the committee the city spent approximately $14 million on service provider contracts to expand services

that were not offered prior to the creation of Inside Safe, such as three meals a day and 24/7 monitoring.

Approximately $7 million was spent on LAPD overtime and LADOT costs related to ensuring safety and clean-up during Inside Safe operations.

“The issue of underspend is allowing the county permitting contracts to be used for people while they’re on the street and encampments up until the moment they go into a motel,” Marquez said. “When they go into a motel, it switches over to another contract.”

The city will have a better understanding of how much money it spent “fairly

soon,” she added, “now that the fiscal year has ended and everyone is doing their accounting on the county side.”

Councilman Bob Blumenfield, a committee member and who chairs the council’s budget committee, requested more information in terms of which contractors received payments in addition to a list of contracted providers, encampment areas and council districts where work is being done.

“I want to be mindful of our responsibility as custodians of the public taxpayer dollar,” Blumenfield said.

Whilecommittee members expressed their appreciation for the

3 convicted in shooting deaths of 15-year-old boys

Sheriff Luna: Video of deputy throwing woman to ground ‘disturbing’

By City News Service

Calling video of the confrontation “disturbing,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna vowed Wednesday that an “objective” and thorough investigation will be conducted into the actions of a deputy caught on camera slamming a woman to the ground and pepper-spraying her in the face outside a Lancaster grocery store.

“I want to make it clear to all of our community that this investigation is to objectively — and I do repeat objectively — determine if the force used was reasonable if it was necessary, if it was appropriate and proportionate to the level of actions that were described,” Luna said during a downtown Los Angeles news conference.

He repeatedly declined to offer an opinion on whether the deputy’s actions appeared to be appropriate or within department policy, insisting he did not “know the facts” and wanted to ensure the internal investigation is conducted fairly.

But of the video, he said, “It’s disturbing. There’s no ifs and buts about it.”

Cell phone video of the June 24 altercation outside a WinCo store in the 700 block of West Avenue K-4 surfaced late Monday night, and the sheriff’s department responded by releasing deputy-worn body camera footage.

Luna said deputies went to the store in response to a call from an employee who said two customers “were assaulting loss-prevention employees.” Video shows two deputies at the scene, one of them detaining a man who Luna said matched the description of one of the suspects given by store officials.

As that person is being detained, a second deputy approaches a woman standing nearby using her cell phone to record the deputies’ actions. The deputy grabs the woman and eventually forcibly throws her to the ground then struggles to handcuff her, ultimately using pepper spray in an effort to detain her.

The video has drawn the ire of community activists and residents who contend the confrontation is reflective of violent behavior by deputies in the Lancaster area — where the sheriff’s department is still operating under federal oversight due to a consent decree.

Luna, who said he just learned of the violent confrontation on Friday, said he has already reached out to the area’s elected officials and community leaders.

“What we’ve directed our command staff to do is to organize a meeting with community stakeholders later on this week,” Luna said. “Those phone calls have already started. We’re still trying to identify a location and work with others to put this (together) but it will give the community an opportunity and our community leaders out there to bring forward their concerns regarding this incident. And our full intent is to work with the community and based on some of the community outcry that I’ve heard. There has been some challenges out in that area. ...

“I always think we can do better, but again, I don’t know all the facts and as we get them, we’ll be sharing them with

Police investigate possible hate crime at Sylmar church

LA Mayor Karen Bass tours an Inside Safe initiative location. | Photo courtesy of Mayor Karen Bass/Twitter

6-year-old boy wounded in Fourth of July gunfire still hospitalized, improving

By City News Service

Police investigate possible hate crime at Sylmar church

By City News Service

A6-year-old boy who was struck by a stray bullet while watching Fourth of July fireworks with his family in South Los Angeles remained hospitalized Friday, but he was showing signs of improvement.

Bryan Ivan Robles Jr. was initially hospitalized in critical condition, but his condition improved after undergoing multiple surgeries, and he was described as stable, Fox11 reported.

The shooting was reported at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of East 40th Place, according to Los Angeles police Officer Rosario Cervantes.

Neighbors told reporters at the scene that Bryan’s family was having a Fourth of July party and the other relatives were watching fireworks when Bryan suddenly collapsed after being struck by something that fell from the air.

Cervantes said the boy’s mother started to drive him to a hospital but then flagged down police officers, who summoned paramedics. Police ultimately determined Bryan had been struck in the head or upper body by a stray bullet.

Gunfire is a common problem during celebrations on the Fourth of July, when people often fire weapons into the air, despite regular warnings from authorities about the dangers of falling bullets.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho released a statement saying, “Our school community is heartbroken to learn that one of our youngest children, an elementary student, was struck by a stray bullet on the Fourth of July. What does freedom truly mean to us if it has been interpreted to allow rampant gun violence instead of our founding fathers’ ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?”

There was no information on a possible suspect.

Three crosses outside a church in Sylmar were set ablaze Thursday, prompting a hate crime investigation by police, fire and federal officials.

The Los Angeles Fire Department initially responded at 5 a.m. to a report of a rubbish fire outside the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church at 13901 Polk St. But when crews arrived, they found only the smoldering wood crosses, one of which had toppled over, according to the LAFD.

Fire officials said the crosses appeared to have been doused in lighter fluid and set on fire. No injuries were reported.

As is standard protocol for fires involving churches, the House of Worship Task Force was notified and began an investigation. That task force includes the Los Angeles police and fire departments, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI. Although the blaze was being investigated as a possibly hate-motivated arson, church Pastor Pierre Howard said he’s not convinced the fire amounts to a hate crime. He said it may have been done by someone who just made a bad decision.

“I hope that’s what it is,” Howard said.

He added, however, “It’s a shame people still want to do something like this.”

He said the church serves an array of different communities, including Latino and Black congregants, and it has never had any previous issues during its nearly 30 years of existence. The church has video security, but Howard said the footage was not providing much help identifying any suspects.

Homeless spending

overview of Inside Safe spending, they also expressed continued frustration with the lack of details.

“I hate to keep harping on this, but I have the same frustration as my colleagues for years. I’ve been asking for different reports back from LAHSA,” Councilman John Lee said, referring to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

“We are the ones funding them and the fact that they can’t respond to us and get me these reports on very simple things is extremely frustrating.”

Marquez said things are improving due to new leadership at LAHSA, but in terms of data the numbers “fluctuate way too much for them to be accurate.”

Part of the challenge comes from input data, which needs to be updated and verified as unhoused individuals move through the system.

The committee will receive its next report regarding the Homelessness Emergency Account in August.

“I think we’ll have hopefully a chance to have a more fleshed out report since we have a little bit of a moment to breathe over these next three to four weeks. By the time we get the next report, we’ll have a more fleshed out report that addresses more of the questions that are emerging from the committee,” Raman said.

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Christensen sworn in as magistrate judge in LA federal court

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Former federal prosecutor Stephanie S. Christensen was sworn in Wednesday as a U.S. magistrate judge in Los Angeles federal court.

Christensen — who succeeds former Magistrate Judge John E. McDermott — has served in multiple roles in her 15 years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.

As the acting U.S. attorney in 2022, she led an office of nearly 600 personnel and managed all federal government trial and appellate litigation in the Civil, Tax, National Security, and Criminal Divisions of the office. Since 2018, she has served in executive leadership as first assistant U.S. attorney, executive assistant U.S. attorney, and special counsel to the U.S. attorney.

Christensen oversaw and approved major settlements in a broad array of federal defensive and offensive litigation, including constitutional torts, medical malpractice, employment, tax, class action, qui tam, fraud, civil rights, social security, bank-

ruptcy, criminal and national security matters.

Prior to her service in executive leadership, she led the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section of the office, focusing on cyber-attacks impacting national security, as well as trademark and copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, and economic espionage, according to Kiry K. Gray, the top clerk and executive for the Central District.

Christensen has also done pro bono work, and recently helped to launch a pro bono program for federal executive branch attorneys in Los Angeles.

In 2021, she was appointed to serve as a temporary judge for the Superior Court in Los Angeles County. In that role, with the consent of the parties, she has voluntary presided over small claims trials, unlawful detainer proceedings, and conducted settlement conferences.

The judge is also an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School teaching a Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes course.

Before joining the

CHP: 68 people died in California crashes during holiday weekend

By City News Service

Atotal of 68 people were killed in crashes throughout California during the Independence Day maximum enforcement period, which began at 6:01 p.m. Friday and concluded at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday.

Nearly half of the vehicle occupants who died within CHP jurisdiction were not wearing a seat belt.

The total numbers for Los Angeles County and Orange County were not immediately available.

Officers made 1,224 arrests for driving under the influence and issued 9,700 citations for speeding, according to the CHP.

“The results of this MEP are concerning and reinforce the need for responsible behavior behind the wheel,” said CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee. “All of these deaths were preventable, and the loved ones they leave behind will be forever impacted.”

The next MEP was scheduled for Labor Day weekend.

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Christensen worked as an associate at two law firms litigating civil disputes and defending indigent individuals accused of federal crimes.

Including the position now occupied by Christensen, the Central District of California has 24 full-

time and one part-time magistrate judge positions. The Central District comprises Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. It serves more than 19.3 million people, nearly half the population of the state.

Stephanie S. Christensen. | Photo courtesy of Stephanie S. Christensen/LinkedIn

| Photo courtesy of the California Highway Patrol

Spector’s daughter adds dad’s ex-wife as defendant in auction suit

By City News Service

The daughter of the late music producer Phil Spector, having previously obtained a temporary restraining order preventing the sale at auction by Juliens Auctions LLC of memorabilia that once belonged to her father, has now added his ex-wife as a defendant in her lawsuit.

On May 18 Torrance Superior Court Judge David K. Reinert issued a TRO in favor of Nicole Spector, preventing any auction from going forward before a July 27 hearing on whether a preliminary injunction should be issued pending the full outcome of the case. Nicole Spector’s original suit, filed May 16, states she obtained a detailed probate court order after her father’s death “specifically confirming” that the personal property at issue belongs to the trust established by Phil Spector in 2016, which names her as the sole trustee.

Nicole Spector maintains she obtained the probate order after her father’s ex-wife, Rachelle Spector, refused to turn over or allow the plaintiff access to property that remained in the former spouse’s possession after the divorce was final.

In an amended suit filed Friday, Nicole Spector has added Rachelle Spector

as a defendant, alleging conversion of property by her father’s onetime spouse. Nicole Spector seeks a preliminary injunction stopping Rachelle Spector from “taking possession of any items of the Spector property” or offering or advertising it for sale or auction.

“Rachelle intentionally took possession of, prevented Nicole from having access to, and thus substantially interfered with Nicole’s right to possession of the Spector property,” according to the revised suit, in which Nicole Spector seeks punitive damages from Rachelle Spector.

In a sworn declaration submitted in support of her request for a preliminary injunction, Nicole Spector says a Julien’s representative stated that the Spector property was obtained from a woman associated with Antiques on Magnolia in Burbank, who claimed to have obtained the property from a woman purporting to be the musician’s daughter.

“Based on Rachelle’s prior behavior, and what I understand Julien’s to have represented regarding the manner in which it obtained the Spector property, I believe that Rachelle impersonated me, or a representative of the estate, and provided the items to Julien’s, personally

or through a third party, on the pretense that Rachelle was me and thus was entitled to sell the Spector property,” Nicole Spector says.

The property at issue includes gold and platinum records, awards from the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and numerous others, original master recordings, music and lyric sheets, a framed photo montage given to Phil Spector by John Lennon and many other valuable items.

In her own sworn declaration, Rachelle Spector said that of the items listed for auction, many were not identified as being granted to Phil Spector in the divorce settlement because they were deemed to be her property at the time.

“The remaining items in the Julien’s auction are my property as they had been left behind by Nicole back in January 2019,” Rachelle Spector said. “I now wish to sell my property at auction and I understand that any delay would likely cause a substantial decrease the value of these items.”

Phil Spector died in January 2021 at age 81 while serving a sentence of 19 years to life for the murder of actor Lana Clarkson. The cause of the “Wall of Sound” producer’s death was complications from the coronavirus, Nicole Spector said at the time.

Phil

Phil Spector. | Photo courtesy of John Matthew Smith and www.celebrityphotos.com/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Space shuttle Endeavour prepares to go vertical as ambitious project advances

By City News Service

UCSD researchers develop tech to ‘edit’ malaria-spreading mosquitoes

By City News Service

California Science Center officials later this month will begin the process of reconfiguring the space shuttle Endeavour into a planned vertical display with rocket boosters and external fuel tank, marking the first time such a feat will have been performed with a shuttle outside of a NASA facility.

The shuttle has been on display horizontally at the Science Center for 11 years. But construction began last year on the center’s $400 million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, which will house the shuttle in the vertical launch position with the rocket boosters and fuel tank.

The new center is not expected to open until 2025, but July 20 will mark the beginning of a six-month “Go for Stack” process. The effort

will begin with the installation of “aft skirts,” on which the solid rocket motors will be stacked to form the solid rocket boosters. After that, the effort will begin to lift the massive external fuel tank, known as ET-94, into vertical position, followed by the intricate lifting of the shuttle itself by a large crane to its new location and positioning into a 200-foot-tall vertical display.

“Endeavour will be the star attraction of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, a launchpad for creativity and innovation that will inspire future generations of scientists, engineers and explorers,” Jeff Rudolph, president and CEO of the California Science Center, said in a statement. “We are grateful to be at this point in the construction of the new Air and Space Center, and

thrilled to start ‘Go for Stack’ on July 20 to commemorate Space Exploration Day.”

The move means the space shuttle Endeavour will be unavailable for public viewing after Dec. 31. It will remain off-limits until the new Oschin facility opens.

The 200,000-square-foot Oschin center in Exposition Park will nearly double the Science Center’s educational exhibition space, officials said. The building will include three multilevel galleries, themed for air, space and shuttle. The new facility will also house an events and exhibit center that will house large-scale rotating exhibitions.

Science Center officials are continuing fundraising efforts for the construction project, with about $320 million raised so far for the $400 million project.

Researchers at UC San Diego have engineered a way to genetically suppress populations of mosquitoes that spread malaria in Africa, it was announced Wednesday.

Professor Omar Akbari’s laboratory led the research — published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances — which genetically “edits” the mosquitoes who spread the pathogen causing the deadly disease.

“This technology has the potential to be the safe, controllable and scalable solution the world urgently needs to eliminate malaria once and for all,” Akbari, a professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, said in a statement. “Now we need to transition our efforts to seek social acceptance, regulatory use authorizations and funding opportunities to put this system to its ultimate test of suppressing wild malariatransmitting mosquito populations.

“We are on the cusp of making a major impact in the world and won’t stop until that’s achieved,” he said.

Each year, malaria infections result in hundreds

of thousands of deaths, with the majority of fatalities occurring in children under 5 years old. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that five cases of mosquito-borne malaria were detected in the United States, the first reported spread in the country in two decades.

First-author Andrea Smidler, a postdoctoral scholar in the UCSD School of Biological Sciences, along with former master’s students and co-first authors James Pai and Reema Apte, created a system called Ifegenia, an acronym for “inherited female elimination by genetically encoded nucleases to interrupt alleles,” which uses the CRISPR technology to disrupt a gene that controls sexual development in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes.

The researchers genetically modified two families of mosquitoes and crossbred them.

“We crossed them together and in the offspring it killed all the female mosquitoes,” Smidler said in a statement. “It was extraor-

dinary.”

According to the researchers, male mosquitoes inherit Ifegenia but the genetic edit doesn’t impact their reproduction. They remain reproductively fit to mate and spread Ifegenia. Parasite spread eventually is halted since females are removed and the population reaches a reproductive dead end, they write.

“Through modeling, we demonstrate that iterative releases of non-biting Ifegenia males can act as an effective, confinable, controllable and safe population suppression and elimination system,” the authors note in the paper.

The researchers said this method could help eliminate the increasingly ineffective and polluting use of insecticide.

They also note that the technology behind Ifegenia could be adapted to other species that spread deadly diseases, such as mosquitoes known to transmit dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever viruses.

Scientists at UC Berkeley and the California Institute of Technology contributed to the research effort.

The NASA space shuttle Endeavour. | Photo courtesy of the California Science Center

UC San Diego researchers have developed a new technology to suppress Anopheles gambiae, the mosquitoes that primarily spread malaria in Africa. | Photo courtesy of UCSD

PetSmart to pay $1.46M to resolve lawsuit alleging overcharging of customers

South Coast AQMD awarded $76M for zero-emission projects

By City News Service By City News Service

PetSmart will pay $1.46 million to settle a lawsuit filed by prosecutors in Los Angeles and other California counties alleging the retailer overcharged customers for items that were advertised for lower prices.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, PetSmart admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement, but it will pay $1.25 million in penalties, $100,000 in restitution to support future enforcement of consumer protection laws and $110,000 in investigative costs.

The company is also barred from engaging in false or misleading advertising, or from charging an amount higher than the lowest advertised price for an item. It will also have to implement additional audit and price-accuracy procedures in stores over a three-year period.

“Charging customers prices higher than what was advertised is misleading and unfair,” District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. “Customers have the right to expect that the prices they see advertised will be honored. It’s important for companies to adhere to advertising regulations and ensure transparency in their pricing practices.”

The lawsuit was filed in Santa Cruz County. Prosecutors in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Diego and Ventura counties also took part in the lawsuit.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has been awarded over $76 million by the California State Transportation Agency for zero-emission projects that are aimed at helping transform goods movement in the San Pedro Bay Port corridor, it was announced Thursday.

More than 80% of air pollution in Southern California is associated with mobile sources, including trucks, trains, planes and ocean-going vessels, and zero-emission technologies is essential to reducing air pollution, according to the AQMD.

The projects developed by the funding will create 7,600 jobs and reduce 1.7 tons of fine particulate matter, specifically PM2.5, and 632 tons of nitrogen oxides — a precursor to smog, the agency said.

“Southern California is home to the two largest ports in the nation which have a profound air quality impact to the surrounding neighborhoods,” said Vanessa Delgado, South Coast AQMD’s governing board chair.

“That’s why investments in zero-emission technologies like this are so important,” Delgado said. “They not only support the goods movement industry but reduce air pollution to better protect overburdened communities.”

South Coast AQMD said it will use the $76.25 million in CalSTA’s Port and Freight Infrastructure Program to demonstrate one first-of-its-kind hydrogen fuel cell locomotive that will operate in and around Southern California, install 376 Direct Current Fast Chargers and 19 hydrogen refueling dispensers across seven locations for trucks used for goods movement.

South Coast AQMD is the regulatory agency responsible for improving air quality for large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including the Coachella Valley.

SDG&E completes 2 energy storage facilities in Imperial, San Diego counties

By City News Service

San Diego Gas & Electric has finished two energy storage facilities totaling 171 megawatts in Fallbrook and Imperial Valley, it was announced Thursday.

The facilities have the capability to power nearly 130,000 homes for four hours, the utility company said in a statement.

“The beauty of energy storage is it can help California solve two problems simultaneously,” said Miguel Romero, SDG&E’s vice president of energy innovation. “It can soak up surplus renewable energy during the day, so solar and wind farms don’t have to cut off production when demand on the grid is low.

“By extending the availability of clean energy to peak evening hours, energy storage can also help California achieve its clean energy goals by reducing reliance on conventional power plants to meet peak electricity

demand.”

The 131 MW Westside Canal project in Imperial Valley is the largest storage asset in SDG&E’s energy storage portfolio, while the 40 MW Fallbrook project is the second largest in its portfolio.

Utility leaders said SDG&E’s energy storage portfolio is expected to reach 345 MW of power capacity by the end of the year — equivalent to 15% of its customers’ load on a typical day and 7% on a system peak day.

These facilities and others like them participate in the energy markets managed by the California Independent System Operator, allowing CAISO to store and dispatch clean energy from the facilities to meet electricity demand as needed. According to SDG&E, in recent years, as wind and solar generation capacity has grown in California, renewable genera-

tion facilities have had to increasingly curtail, or scale back, energy production to keep the grid balanced.

“With our state experiencing more frequent climate extremes such as record heat waves and droughts, it is essential to invest in innovations like energy storage to make sure we can continue to power the world’s fourth largest economy reliably,” said CAISO President and CEO Elliot Mainzer. “The rapid growth of energy storage in California in recent years gives me optimism about our state’s future and its capacity to respond to climate change.”

The Westside Canal project is made up of more than 800 cubes of stacked lithium-ion batteries across roughly 16 acres. It began commercial operation in June. The Fallbrook energy storage project is also made up of stacks of lithium-ion batteries and began commer-

cial operation in May.

“Both facilities are equipped with safety features, remote monitoring, and automation technologies,” reads a statement

from SDG&E. “When smoke or other anomalies are detected, the units will automatically shut down.”

The company finished the 30 MW Top Gun Energy

The Westside Canal energy storage project in Imperial County. | Photo courtesy of SDG&E

| Photo courtesy of Anthony92931/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

A view of the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach from San Pedro. | Photo courtesy of Ken Lund/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Toxic algae continues to threaten sea mammals, raises concern on future blooms

By City News Service

After almost six weeks of a widespread toxic algae bloom that has sickened or killed more than 1,000 marine animals along the Southern California coast, officials said Thursday there were signs indicating the bloom was nearing its end, but urged beachgoers to remain cautious and not approach sick animals.

Los Angeles city, county and wildlife officials gathered Thursday afternoon at Charlie’s Beach in Marina del Rey to discuss ongoing efforts to address the marine mammal crisis. In recent weeks, dozens of sea lions and dolphins became sick due to the bloom.

“We are currently treating and caring for more than 120 animals in our hospital. Then we have a resting zone in Marina del Rey, where ... animals have been brought here to be kept in a more restful, peaceful environment with some basic medical care from a vet that we have here full time,”

John Warner, CEO of the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, told City News Service.

County officials previously reported the crisis is being caused by a natural phenomenon — an algae bloom producing domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by the bloom of toxic marine algae called pseudo-

nitszchia.

“What we’ve seen starting in late May and early June are large numbers of dolphins and sea lions stranded on beaches up and down Southern California, especially in Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara,” Warner said.

The toxin damages the brains of marine mammals, leaving them dazed and lethargic on beaches, often leading to death. Sea lions are particularly susceptible due their foraging habits, which involve consuming

shellfish that eat the deadly algae.

With treatment, sea lions can recover within 72 hours, but some retain brain damage, resulting in memory loss. The damage is determined by how much tainted seafood the animal has devoured.

In the beginning of June, MMCC rescued a few animals. By the third and fourth week, the agency rescued so many animals it reached capacity of its facility.

The city and county stepped in to make sure

animals had places to go and also kept the public safe from animals that were sick and can be dangerous, Warner said.

He noted blooms in the past lasted anywhere from four to eight weeks.

“We’ve seen blooms for hundreds of years, usually occurring every three to seven years,” Warner said. “The frequency of it, the size of it, the intensity of it, and it’s (impact) on marine life have been greater in the last 20 years than ever before.”

Warner said the size of

the bloom is exacerbated in nature due to warming, ocean temperatures, and acidification of the ocean — all human impacts.

According to Warner, the algae bloom should be in week six or seven, but MMCC is waiting for an update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regarding the current status of the bloom.

“The last couple of days we’ve seen many fewer animals on the beaches, but that doesn’t tell us anything

Former LAPD captain accepts reduced emotional distress award

By City News Service

Aretired Los Angeles police captain has accepted a 50% reduction in the $9 million emotional distress damages granted her by a jury in her discrimination/retaliation suit against the city, avoiding a new trial on those same damages.

Former Capt. Stacey Vince was granted $9 million in past and future emotional distress damages by a jury on March 17, which Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Christopher K. Lui found was excessive and the “product of passion or prejudice.”

The judge said that the city was entitled to a new trial on those damages unless Vince agreed to have them pared to $4.5 million. The city and the judge did not challenge the award to Vince of $1.1 million in past and future economic losses.

On Wednesday, Vince’s

lawyers filed court papers confirming her acceptance of the $4.5 million award.

Vince was a lieutenant in the detective bureau when a new deputy chief, Kris Pitcher, became her direct supervisor in 2019 and eventually began shunning her, her suit filed in October 2020 stated.

Vince’s husband, LAPD Lt. Lou Vince had previously worked under Pitcher at Operations Valley Bureau and suffered retaliation and discrimination on account of a physical disability, Lou Vince alleged in his lawsuit.

When Lou Vince complained, the LAPD command staff threatened him that his wife’s career would be adversely affected, his suit stated. Stacey Vince reported the retaliation against her husband, including the allegations against Pitcher, according to her

suit.

In 2022, another jury heard trial of Lou Vince’s claims and awarded him $4.37 million for his retaliation and discrimination claims.

In addition to reporting and opposing the department’s alleged discrimination and retaliation against her husband, Stacey Vince was a witness in an Internal Affairs proceeding concerning her husband’s claims, according to her court papers. She also complained about what she believed to be disparate treatment of her while she was assigned to the detective bureau, her court papers stated.

“As a result of her protected activity, plaintiff was retaliated against in multiple ways, including ... being administratively transferred out of the detective bureau against her will,”

Stacey Vince’s court papers stated.

Stacey Vince’s discrimination claim was based upon her association with her husband and his disability claims, according to her court papers.

“(Stacey Vince) had pride in her career being a good police officer and excelling at her job, but that was taken away from her by the Department through its covert, reprehensible retaliation and discrimination, all because she and her husband had the audacity to report retaliation as she was trained to do,” Stacey Vince’s attorneys stated in their court papers.

Stacey Vince, who was promoted to captain in November, says she chose to retire rather than accept a transfer to a less prestigious position. She also is seeking $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees and $11,710 in related costs. A hearing on those

yet,” Warner said. While Warner hopes the worst passed, he said MMCC needs more volunteers and donations to cover $500,000 in costs that were unbudgeted.

In addition, he noted the toxic algae bloom will likely become a more regular occurrence than it has been in the past.

“What we’re seeing in this is that LA County needs a larger facility and more resources in order to care for the volume of marine mammals that are in need,” Warner said.

Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the 11th District, one of two coastal districts in the city of Los Angeles, agreed with Warner’s sentiments.

“I take my obligation to protect our sensitive marine habitat and our ocean wildlife very seriously and that means investing in upstream infrastructure to keep stormwater, chemicals, trash and pollutants out of our ocean,” Park said.

“I look forward to partnering with my colleagues on the City Council. The Pacific Ocean is a precious resource to the city and every resident. The obligation as humans and as policymakers to protect our incredible coastline is something that falls on all of us.”

Sea lions. | Photo by ryeguycooper/Envato Elements

of $4.5M

Retired LAPD Capt. Stacey Vince. | Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Police Department

Twin ports to benefit from $1.5 billion state infrastructure grants

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will receive more than $600 million in grant funding provided by the state in an effort to complete essential infrastructure projects to streamline and sustain the goods-supply chain, officials announced Thursday.

Of the $1.5 billion allocated by the state, the Port of Los Angeles will receive $233 million while $383 million will go to the Port of Long Beach. The funding is part of the state’s work to “enhance safety, reduce emissions and keep goods and people moving,” according to a statement from the California State Transportation Agency.

“No other state has a supply chain as critical to the national and global economy as California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “These investments — unprecedented in scope and scale — will modernize our ports, reduce pollution, eliminate bottlenecks and create a more dynamic distribution network.”

During a ceremony at the Port of Long Beach Thursday morning, Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin said state funding will put port projects in a “strong position to compete for significant federal infra-

structure dollars.”

Projects receiving funding will help boost capacity to move goods through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the busiest ports in the western hemisphere — and enhance trade throughout the state from San Diego to the Central Valley to the Bay Area, officials said.

In response to the $233 million grant, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass thanked the governor and secretary for awarding these “critical funds.”

“When we invest in infrastructure, we are also investing in our workforce, in our nearby communities and in the port’s ability to safely and consistently send and receive goods,” Bass said in a statement.

State funding will support three infrastructure projects at the Port of LA — the Maritime Support Facility Improvement and Expansion Project; the Rail Mainline/Wilmington Community & Waterfront Pedestrian Grade Separation Bridge; and State Route 47/Seaside Avenue and Navy Way Interchange Improvements.

The $198.2 million MSF project will provide chassis and empty container storage for all 12 container terminals at the twin ports. The funding will also allow

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the project to expand from 30 to 71 acres and support improvements to utilities, drainage, sewage, power, water supply and a paved perimeter roadway.

The $5.62 million bridge project will introduce a 400-foot pedestrian bridge over freight tracks, which is intended to create a safer connection between the Wilmington community, local schools and the waterfront area.

The $62.98 million state Route 47 project will modify the intersection of Navy Way and Seaside Avenue to improve traffic operations, reduce collisions and enhance safety.

“This nearly quarterbillion investment in critical Port of Los Angeles projects — along with an additional $191 million in supporting regional projects — will accelerate efforts to boost competitiveness, create jobs and enhance decarbonization efforts,” said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.

At the Port of Long Beach, nearly $225 million will fund a variety of zeroemission cargo-moving equipment and supportive infrastructure projects, including “top handlers” and other manually operated cargo-handling equipment such as tugboats

and locomotives.

Additionally, $158.4 million will go toward the planned Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility, which will shift more cargo from trucks to on-dock rail, where containers are taken to and from marine terminals by train.

The facility will be built in phases, with construction scheduled to begin in 2024 and be completed in 2032.

“This game-changing grant will make a tremendous difference in our efforts to bring more business and jobs to the harbor, enhance

the efficiency of cargo movement and accelerate the Port of Long Beach’s ongoing transformation to zero-emission operations,” said Port of Long Beach CEO Mario Cordero.

Of the $1.5 billion funding by CalSTA, approximately $250 million will be allocated for zero-emission infrastructure, locomotives, vehicles and vessels.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District, a regulatory agency responsible for improving air quality for counties in Southern California, also

received $76 million for zero-emission projects that will further support the goods movement sector in the San Pedro Bay Port corridor.

South Coast AQMD will use the funding for its Port and Freight Infrastructure Program to demonstrate one “first-of-its-kind hydrogen fuel cell locomotive.” In addition, the agency will install 376 Direct Current Fast Chargers and 19 hydrogen refueling dispensers across seven locations for trucks used for goods movement.

Woman drops wrongful termination suit against diet supplement company

By City News Service

Aformer compliance specialist for Herbalife International of America Inc. has dropped her lawsuit against the dietary supplements company in which she alleged she was wrongfully fired in 2022 for cooperating with an internal investigation of another employee’s complaint against the firm and for requesting to work from home in order to care for her parents.

Attorneys for plaintiff

Roxana Baez filed court papers on Wednesday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy asking that her case be dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning it cannot be refiled. The court papers do not indicate if a settlement was reached or if Baez is not pursuing the case for other reasons.

The lawsuit allegations included wrongful termination, retaliation, disability discrimination, failure to accommodate and engage in the interactive process and

both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

In their court papers, Herbalife attorneys maintained Baez’s position was eliminated due to “organizational changes and related cost-cutting efforts.”

Baez was hired in September 2015 and originally worked as executive assistant for Chief Compliance Officer Henry Wang, the suit states. Wang was originally a co-defendant in the suit filed on March 24, but was then dropped from the case by Baez on June 21.

After Wang became Herbalife’s general counsel, Julia Bailey was hired as the chief compliance officer and reported to Wang and in 2018, Bailey promoted Baez to a compliance specialist position, according to the suit.

Bailey was fired in August 2020 at about the time Herbalife reached a settlement with the Department of Justice and the Securities and

Exchange Commission, which conducted a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act probe into the company, the suit stated.

Bailey alleged that her termination was unlawful and accused Wang of inappropriate and unlawful conduct in the workplace, the suit states. Herbalife’s human resources investigated Bailey’s claims and interviewed Baez, who corroborated some of Bailey’s allegations regarding Wang’s conduct, according to the suit.

Herbalife and Bailey ultimately settled her claims, but Baez’s relationship with Wang became strained, the suit stated. Baez continued to work on her projects, but was no longer allowed to coordinate with outside counsel and auditors, nor was she permitted to communicate directly with senior management, the suit stated.

Baez also was excluded from meetings where her projects were discussed and she was not allowed to

provide reports regarding ongoing programs to senior management as she had done in the past, the suit alleged.

In October 2021, Baez moved to Banning to be near her parents and help with their care, the suit states. But in May 2022, Baez, who had been working remotely since March 2020 due to coronavirus restrictions, was told along with other employees to resume working in the office, the suit stated.

Human resources denied Baez’s request to continue working from home or have some flexibility in her schedule so she could tend to her father and mother, the suit stated.

Baez took a medical leave last August and received a company-wide email notification about the potential for layoffs within the company, but the plaintiff was assured they would not impact her, the suit stated.

However, when Baez returned to the office that

same month, she was told her position was eliminated due to budget constraints, even though Herbalife hired three new employees in her department within two months of her termination, the suit stated.

“Plaintiff’s termination obviously had nothing to do with budget constraints and everything to do with her having cooperated in the HR

investigation into Bailey’s termination and her requests for accommodations,” the suit alleged.

But according to the Herbalife attorneys’ court papers, the company decided to replace Baez’s job with a higher-skilled position in a lower-cost region that would handle responsibilities Baez “did not and could not effectively perform.”

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Monrovia City Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

MONROVIA CITY COUNCIL

This Notice is to inform you of a public hearing to determine whether or not the following project should be granted under Title 16 and/ or 17 of the Monrovia Municipal Code:

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPLICATION: Historic Landmark (HL2023-0001) and Mills Act Contract (MA2023-0001)

MONROVIA CITY COUNCIL

Public Notices

Notice of Public Sale

Pursuant to the California Self Service Storage Facility Act (B&P Code 21700 ET seq.) The undersigned will sell at public auction on Wednesday July 26, 2023 at 3:00 pm. Personal property including but not limited to furniture, clothing, tools and/or other household items located at: The sale will take place online at www.selfstorageauction.com.

Mynu Medina

Adam A Haley

Perla M Bretado Garcia Erick Dominguez

Troy Dean Lucarelli

Hieu Dang

Huntington Oasis, Inc. 102 E. Huntington Drive Arcadia, CA 91006

Doing Business as: 7-ELEVEN STORE 39764B

All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within the past three years, as stated by the Seller(s), is/are: NONE

The location in California of the Chief Executive Officer of the Seller(s) is: NONE

The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s)

is/are: Patriot Fuel Inc 102 E. Huntington Drive Arcadia, CA 91006

The assets being sold are described in general as: Goodwill, Leasehold Improvement, Furniture, Fixture & Equipment and are located at: 102 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91006

to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

PRESERVATION

inform you of a public hearing to determine whether or not the following project should be Title 16 and/or 17 of the Monrovia Municipal Code:

ENVIRONMENTAL

REQUEST: Applicant is requesting a Historic Landmark designation (HL-163) and a Mills Act contract (MA-152) for a Spanish Colonial Revival style residence that was constructed in 1929.

Historic Landmark (HL2023-0001) and Mills Act Contract (MA2023-0001)

Additional information regarding this request may be found on the City’s website at https://www.cityofmonrovia.org/your-government/ community-development/planning/projects-under-review.

Applicant is requesting a Historic Landmark designation (HL-163) and a Mills Act contract (MA-152) for a Spanish Colonial Revival style residence that was constructed in 1929.

ENVIRONMENTAL

DETERMINATION: This project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) §15303, under Class 31. Class 31 consists of projects limited to maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation, or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitation, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings..

Additional information regarding this request may be found on the City’s website at https://www.cityofmonrovia.org/your-government/communitydevelopment/planning/projects-under-review

DETERMINATION: This project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) §15303, under Class 31. Class 31 consists of projects limited to maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation, or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitation, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

COMMISSION: On June 28, 2023, the Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing and recommended that the City Council approve the request for Historic Landmark designation (HL2023-0001) and Mills Act Contract (MA2023-0001) at 332 North Canyon Boulevard.

On June 28, 2023, the Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing and recommended that the City Council approve the request for Historic Landmark designation (HL2023-0001) and Mills Act Contract (MA2023-0001) at 332 North Canyon Boulevard

APPLICANT: Paul Tran and Tera M. Perez

Paul Tran and Tera M. Perez

ADDRESS: 332 North Canyon Boulevard

PROJECT ADDRESS: 332 North Canyon Boulevard

All sales are subject to prior cancellation. All terms, rules and regulations are available online at www.selfstorageauction.com. Dated this July 10, 2023 and July 17, 2023 by StorAmerica - El Monte, 3830 N Santa Anita Ave, El Monte, CA, 91731 (626) 444-5439 7/10, 7/17/23 CNS-3717905# EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE

(Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. 36140-KR

(1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described

(2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: K.G. VENTURES, INC., 2225 HUNTINGTON DRIVE, DUARTE, CA 91010

(3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: 2413 S. PARK AVE., POMONA, CA 91766

(4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: HECMAR VENTURES INC., 2413 S. PARK AVENUE, POMONA, CA 91766

(5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT, GOODWILL AND FRANCHISE of that certain business located at: 2225 HUNTINGTON DRIVE, DUARTE, CA 91010

(6) The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: SUBWAY #47114

(7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is JULY 28, 2023 at the office of: ADVANTAGE ONE ESCROW, 19671 BEACH BLVD STE 103 HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92648, Escrow No. 36140-KR, Escrow Officer: KIT RHOADS

(8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above

(9) The last date for filing claims is: JULY 27, 2023.

(10) This Bulk Sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE.

Dated: JUNE 30, 2023

TRANSFEREES: HECMAR VENTURES INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION

TRANSFERORS: K.G. VENTURES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION 1752086-PP MONROVIA WEEKLY

7/10/23

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (UCC Sec. 6105) Escrow No. 23R-2114-AL

Project Location Map

AND TIME: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM

HEARING DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM

The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: Mayflower Escrow a Non Independent Broker Escrow, 2501 E. Chapman Ave., #130 Fullerton, CA 92831 and the anticipated sale date is 07/26/23

The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2

YES

The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: Mayflower Escrow a Non Independent Broker Escrow, 2501 E. Chapman Ave., #130 Fullerton, CA 92831 and the last date for filing claims by any creditor shall be 07/25/23, which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: 07/03/2023 Buyer(s) Patriot Fuel, Inc.

By: S/ Naser Abdallat, President 7/10/23

CNS-3718171# ARCADIA WEEKLY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE(S) (U.C.C. 6105 et seq. and B & P 24073 et seq.) Escrow No. 54986-LM

Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is about to be made. The name(s) and business address(es) of the Seller(s)/Licensee(s) are:

Tom Tyler Market Inc, 4022 Tyler Ave. Unit C, El Monte, CA 91731

Doing Business as: Tom Tyler Market Inc. All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s)/Licensee(s) within the past three years, as stated by the Seller(s)/ Licensee(s), is/are:

The name(s) and address(es) of the Buyer(s)/Applicant(s) are: RSSS Inc, 5022 Los Serranos Rd. Chino Hills, CA 91709

The assets being sold are generally described as: Furniture, fixtures, equipment, inventory of stock, business, leasehold, leasehold improvements, goodwill, covenant not to compete, trade name, phone numbers, domain name and website and is/are located at: 4022 Tyler Ave. Unit C, El Monte, CA 91731

The type of license(s) and license no(s) to be transferred is/are: Off-Sale Beer & Wine 20-596617

And are now issued for the premises located at: The bulk sale and transfer of alcoholic beverage license(s) is/are intended to be consummated at the office of Penn Escrow, Inc., 1818 W. Beverly Blvd., Suite 103 Montebello, CA 90640 and the anticipated date of sale/transfer is 07/26/23.

The purchase price or consideration in connection with the sale of the business and transfer of the license, is the sum of $140,000.00, including inventory, estimated at $40,000.00, which consists of the following: Cash $140,000.00

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California, 150 West Commonwealth, Alhambra, Ca 91801.

United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST

The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 135 MOUNT OLIVE DR, BRADBURY, CA 91008 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $1,539,374.68 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary’s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s), business address(es) of the Seller(s), are: Huntington Oasis, Inc. 102 E. Huntington Dr. Arcadia, CA 91006

LOCATION: Monrovia City Hall (Council Chambers), 415 South Ivy Avenue, Monrovia, California

Doing Business as: SHELL

HEARING LOCATION:Monrovia City Hall (Council Chambers), 415 South Ivy Avenue, Monrovia, California

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Public comments regarding this item may be stated in person at the meeting, or submitted in writing. Written comments submitted by 5 p.m. on the meeting date will be distributed to the City Council members.

If you challenge this application in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Division at, or prior to, the public hearing. This application will not alter the zoning status of your property. For further information regarding this application, please contact the Planning Division at (626) 932-5565, or by email to planning@ ci.monrovia.ca.us.

Staff Report pertaining to this item will be available on Thursday, July 13, 2023 after 4:00 PM. on-line at the following hyperlink: https://www.cityofmonrovia.org/your-government/boards-and-commissions/planning-commission/agendas-minutes

Este aviso es para informarle sobre una junta pública acerca de la propiedad indicada más arriba. Si necesita información adicional en español, favor de ponerse en contacto con el Departamento de Planificación al número (626) 932-5565.

John Mayer, Senior Planner

All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the Seller(s) within the past three years, as stated by the Seller(s), is/are: NONE

The location in California of the Chief Executive Officer of the Seller(s) is: NONE

The name(s) and address of the Buyer(s) is/are: Patriot Fuel Inc 102 E. Huntington Drive Arcadia, CA 91006

The assets being sold are described in general as: Goodwill, Leasehold Improvement, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment and are located at: 102 E. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91006

The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: Mayflower Escrow a Non Independent Broker Escrow, 2501 E. Chapman Ave., #130 Fullerton, CA 92831 and the anticipated sale date is 07/26/23

The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2

YES

The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: Mayflower Escrow a Non-Independent Broker Escrow, 2501 E. Chapman Ave., #130 Fullerton, CA 92831 and the last date for filing claims by any creditor shall be 07/25/23, which is the business day before the sale date specified above.

Dated: 7/3/2023 Buyer(s)

It has been agreed between the Seller(s)/ Licensee(s) and the intended Buyer/ Applicant(s), as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Dated: 06-30-23 Buyer(s)/Applicant(s)

RSSS Inc

By: S/ Rajnibhai Vishnubhai Patel, CFO, Secretary,

By: S/ Sandipkumar Vishnubhai Patel, CEO, President

Seller(s)/Licensee(s) Tom Tyler Market Inc

By: S/ Tom Tan, President/Secretary

Seller(s)/Licensee(s) 7/10/23

CNS-3718301# EL MONTE EXAMINER

CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 23AHCV00318 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS, AND DEVISEES OF THOMAS R. LUTHE; UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS, AND DEVISEES OF GLORIA K. LUTHE; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20 INCLUSIVE

Plaintiff’s Title Thereto. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): JP MORGAN CHASE BANK. N.A.

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court

The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Laurel I. Handley (SBN 231249), Diala Debbas (SBN 312322), Aldridge Pite, LLP; 8880 Rio San Diego Drive, Suite 725, San Diego, Ca 92108. (858) 750- 7600, (619) 590- 1385.

Date: (Fecha) 02/10/2023

David W. Slayton, Clerk (Secretario)

By: A. Olivia, Deputy (Adjunto)

You are served

Publish July 10, 17, 24, 31, 2023 ROSEMEAD READER

Trustee Notices

APN: 8527-008-019 TS No:

CA08000158-23-1 TO No:

2253412CAD NOTICE OF TRUST-

EE'S SALE (The above statement is made pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(1). The Summary will be provided to Trustor(s) and/ or vested owner(s) only, pursuant to CA Civil Code Section 2923.3(d)(2).)

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED October 28, 2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE.

IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On August 1, 2023 at 10:00 AM, behind the fountain located in the Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA 91766, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust recorded on October 31, 2014 as Instrument No. 20141155297, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by IEK CHON SENG AND NGAN YU WONG, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, IEK CHON SENG, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Beneficiary, as nominee for HSBC BANK USA, N.A. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the

In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Notice to Potential Bidders If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property.

Notice to Property Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call In Source Logic at 702-659-7766 for information regarding the Trustee's Sale or visit the Internet Website address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000158-23-1. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Notice to Tenant NOTICE TO TENANT FOR FORECLOSURES AFTER JANUARY 1, 2021

You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 702-659-7766, or visit this internet website www.insourcelogic. com, using the file number assigned to this case CA08000158-23-1 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was

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Glendale City Notices

City of Glendale

NOTICE INVITING BIDS Specification No. 3945

For Citywide Repairs and Maintenance of Elevator Systems at Various Facilities

Three (3) sets of a sealed Bid (one original and two copies) must be received by 2:00PM, Wednesday, August 2, 2023, in the City Clerk’s Office, located at 613 E. Broadway, Room 110, Glendale, CA 91206. Late Bids will not be accepted.

Copies of Specification 3945 (“Specification”) will be made available from noon on July 12, 2023 until noon on August 1, 2023. To receive an electronic copy, please send an email request to the City’s contact listed below.

Bid security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Amount for Year-One of the contract term in the form of cash, cashier’s check, money order or surety bond, made out to City of Glendale, must accompany all Bids.

A Pre-Bid Job Walk will be held on Wednesday, July 19th at 8AM, at Perkins Building, Community Room on the 1st Floor, 141 N. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, California 91206. Attendance at this Job Walk is mandatory. If a Bidder is unable to attend, a representative of the bidding company must be present. Failure to do so may result in rejection of a Bid. Attendees or their representatives will be required to sign-in at the Job Walk. Check in at Perkins Building Community Room on the 1st Floor.

All contractors planning to attend the mandatory Job Walk shall RSVP by 4PM on July 17th by email to bsojobi@glendaleca.gov.

The purpose of this Job Walk is to ensure that Bidders have adequate information to respond fully and comprehensively to the City’s requirements. During the Job Walk, City staff will discuss with prospective Bidders the Services to be performed and answer questions arising from Bidders’ initial review of this IFB. Before the Job Walk takes place, Bidders should review the IFB thoroughly and should be familiar with its content, as well as the City’s functional and technical requirements.

Refer to the Specification for complete details and Bid requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder Bidders shall submit all questions regarding the scope of services, Specification, and Bid process by email with the Subject “Request for Clarification – Elevators”. All Requests for Clarifications shall be submitted before 3PM on July 24, 2023.

City personnel to contact regarding this Bid:

Public Works Facilities Management Division

Bolaji Sojobi, Sr. Public Works Management Analyst

633 E. Broadway, Room 307 Glendale, CA 91206 (818) 548-3970 bsojobi@glendaleca.gov

The Elevator Maintenance Services per this Specification are anticipated to start on or about September 1, 2023.

Publish July 6 & July 10, 2023

3946

For Citywide Repairs and Maintenance of Industrial Doors & Gates

Three (3) sets of a sealed Bid (one original and two copies) must be received by 2:00PM, Wednesday, August 2, 2023, in the City Clerk’s Office, located at 613 E. Broadway, Room 110, Glendale, CA 91206. Late Bids will not be accepted.

Copies of Specification 3946 (“Specification”) will be made available from noon on July 12, 2023 until noon on August 1, 2023. To receive an electronic copy, please send an email request to the City’s contact listed below.

Bid security in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Amount for Year-One of the contract term in the form of cash, cashier’s check, money order or surety bond, made out to City of Glendale, must accompany all Bids.

A Pre-Bid Job Walk will be held on Wednesday, July 19th at 8AM, at Perkins Building, Community Room on the 1st Floor, 141 N. Glendale Avenue, Glendale, California 91206. Attendance at this Job Walk is mandatory. If a Bidder is unable to attend, a representative of the bidding company must be present. Failure to do so may result in rejection of a Bid. Attendees or their representatives will be required to sign-in at the Job Walk. Check in at Perkins Building Community Room on the 1st Floor.

All contractors planning to attend the mandatory Job Walk shall RSVP by 4PM on July 17th by email to bsojobi@glendaleca.gov.

The purpose of this Job Walk is to ensure that Bidders have adequate information to respond fully and comprehensively to the City’s requirements. During the Job Walk, City staff will discuss with prospective Bidders the Services to be performed and answer questions arising from Bidders’ initial review of this IFB. Before the Job Walk takes place, Bidders should review the IFB thoroughly and should be familiar with its content, as well as the City’s functional and technical requirements.

Refer to the Specification for complete details and Bid requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder Bidders shall submit all questions regarding the scope of services, Specification, and Bid process by email with the Subject “Request for Clarification – IDG”. All Requests for Clarifications shall be submitted before 3PM on July 24, 2023.

City personnel to contact regarding this Bid:

Public Works Facilities Management Division

Bolaji Sojobi, Sr. Public Works Management Analyst 633 E. Broadway, Room 307 Glendale, CA 91206 (818) 548-3970 bsojobi@glendaleca.gov

The Industrial Doors & Gates Maintenance Services per this Specification are anticipated to start on or about September 1, 2023.

Publish July 6 & July 10, 2023

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

Bidding Documents Available: Bidding documents are available to view and download online at: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/finance/purchasing/rfp-rfq-bid-page

for such Work. When the Bidder submits its Bid to the City, the Bidder must list each

Subcontractor whom the Bidder must disclose under Public Contract Code Section 4104

(Subcontractor Listing Law), and the Bidder must provide all of the Subcontractor information that Section 4104 requires (name, the location (address) of the Subcontractor’s place of business, California Contractor license number, California Department of Industrial Relations contractor registration number, and portion of the Work). In addition, the City requires that the Bidder list the dollar value of each Subcontractor’s labor or services. The City’s disqualification of a Subcontractor does not disqualify a Bidder. However, prior to and as a condition to award of the Contract, the successful Bidder shall substitute a properly licensed and qualified Subcontractor— without an adjustment of the Bid Amount.

7. Permits, Inspections, Plan Checks, Governmental Approvals, Utility Fees and Similar Authorizations: The City has applied and paid for the following Governmental Approvals and

All other Governmental Approvals and Utility Fees shall be obtained and paid for by Contractor and will be reimbursed based on Contractor’s actual direct cost without markup.

See Instructions to Bidders Paragraph 14, and General Conditions Paragraph 1.01 for definitions and Paragraph 1.03 for Contractor responsibilities.

8. Bid Forms and Bid Security: Each Bid must be made on the Bid Forms obtainable from the City’s Bidding website listed in the paragraph 1 above. Each Bid shall be accompanied by a cashier’s check or certified check drawn on a solvent bank, payable to “City of Glendale,” for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid. Alternatively, a satisfactory corporate surety Bid Bond for an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total maximum amount of the Bid may accompany the Bid. Said security shall serve as a guarantee that the successful Bidder, within fourteen (14) calendar days after the City’s Notice of Award of the Contract, will enter into a valid contract with the City for said Work in accordance with the Contract Documents.

9. Bid Irrevocability. Bids shall remain open and valid for ninety (90) calendar days after the Bid Deadline.

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 Three (3) prevailing wage public contracts in California; each comparable in scope and scale to this Project, within Five (5) years prior to the Bid Deadline and with a dollar value in excess of the Bid submitted for this Project.

General Scope of Work:

Contractor shall furnish labor, materials, equipment, services, and specialized skills to perform work involved in the Project. The Work included in the Bid is defined in accordance with Specification No. 3942 and Plan No. 49-259. The work generally includes:

Phase 1:

Removing existing striping, pavement markings, cross walks / continental cross walk.. Installing signs, K-71 bollards, tuff posts, detectable surface, temporary planters, concrete K-rail, bike racks, pavement markings, striping, continental cross walks, detector loops as shown on the project plans and specifications, Standard Plans for Public Works Construction (SPPWC 2021 Edition), and the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (2021 Edition), including all supplements thereto issued prior to bid opening date.

Phase 2:

Removing striping, pavement markings, signs, cross-walks, K-71 bollards, tuff posts, detectable surface, temporary planters, concrete K-rail. Installing striping, pavement markings, continental crosswalks and detector loops as shown on the project plans and specifications, Standard Plans for Public Works Construction (SPPWC 2021 Edition), and the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (2021 Edition), including all supplements thereto issued prior to bid opening date.

Other Bidding Information:

Number of Contract Working Days:

PHASE 1

Installation of the Barriers (30 Working Days after the Notice to Proceed for Phase 1 is issued)

PHASE 2

Restoration of the Street (30 Working Days after the Notice to Proceed for Phase 2 is issued)

The Notice to Proceed for the restart of the work – Restoration of the street (Phase 2) may occur within 365 calendar days of the issuance of the Notice to Proceed for Phase 1. The City may decide not proceed with Phase 2, which includes the restoration work.

Amount of Liquidated Damages: $ 650 per Calendar Day

Other Bidding Information:

Bidding Documents: Bids must be made on the Bidder’s Proposal form contained herein. Bidding Documents may be obtained in the Public Works Engineering Department, 633 E. Broadway, Room 205, Glendale, CA 91206 where they may be examined. Electronic copies of bidding documents can be obtained at no cost from: https://www.glendaleca.gov/government/departments/finance/purchasing/rfp-rfq-bid-page

1. . Future addenda, if any, will be available for download on the same page as the bidding documents. The city will not mail/deliver the addenda to the prospective bidders. It is the bidders’ sole responsibility to check the website to obtain future addenda to this bid document. Prospective bidders shall acknowledge the receipt of the addenda in the bid forms.

2. Engineer’s Estimate. The preliminary cost of construction of this Work has been prepared. The estimate is in the range of $ 675,000 to $ 750,000

3. Completion:

PHASE 1 Installation of the Barriers (30 Working Days after the Notice to Proceed for Phase 1 is issued)

PHASE 2 Restoration of the Street (30 Working Days after the Notice to Proceed for Phase 2 is issued)

The Notice to Proceed for the restart of the work – Restoration of the street (Phase 2) may occur within 365 calendar days of the issuance of the Notice to Proceed for Phase 1. The City may or may not proceed with Phase 2, which includes the restoration work.

4. Acceptance or Rejection of Bids. The City reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to award all or any individual part/item of the Bid, and to waive any informalities, irregularities or technical defects in such Bids and determine the lowest responsible Bidder, whichever may be in the best interests of the City. No late Bids will be accepted, nor will any oral, facsimile or electronic Bids be accepted by the City.

5. Contractor License. At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, including full completion of all corrective work during the Correction Period, the Contractor must possess a California contractor license or licenses, current and active, of the classification required for the Work, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division 3, Section 7000 et seq. of the Business and Professions Code. In compliance with Public Contract Code Section 3300, the City has determined that the Bidder must possess the following license(s): a. Pursuant to Section 3300, of the Public Contract Code, the classification of the bidder’s Contractor’s License shall be “Class A” Failure of a bidder to obtain adequate licensing at the time the contract is awarded shall constitute a failure to execute the Contract and shall result in the forfeiture of the Bidder’s Bond.

• b. For federally funded projects, the Contractor shall be properly licensed at the time of award.

The successful Bidder will not receive a Contract award if the successful Bidder is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses, or one or more of the licenses are not current and active. If the City discovers after the Contract’s award that the Contractor is unlicensed, does not have all of the required licenses, or one or more of the licenses are not current and active, the City may cancel the award, reject the Bid, declare the Bid Bond as forfeited, keep the Bid Bond’s proceeds, and exercise any one or more of the remedies in the Contract Documents.

6. Subcontractors’ Licenses and Listing. At the time of the Bid Deadline and at all times during performance of the Work, each listed Subcontractor must possess a current and active California contractor license or licenses appropriate for the portion of the Work listed for such Subcontractor and shall hold all specialty certifications required

10. Prevailing Wage Resolution. Bidders are hereby notified that in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Code of the State of California, the City Council of the City has ascertained and determined by Resolution No. 18,626 (as amended), the general prevailing rate of per diem wages of a similar character in the locality in which the Work is performed and the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime Work for each craft or type of worker needed in the execution of agreements with the City. Said resolution is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and is hereby incorporated and made a part hereof by the same as though fully set forth herein. Copies of said resolution may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk.

11. California Department of Industrial Relations ― Public Works Contractor Registration.

Beginning July 1, 2014, under the Public Works Contractor Registration Law (California Senate Bill No. 854 - See Labor Code Section 1725.5), contractors must register and meet requirements using the online application https://efiling.dir.ca.gov/PWCR/ActionServlet?a ction=displayPWCRegistrationForm before bidding on public works contracts in California. The application also provides agencies that administer public works programs with a searchable database of qualified contractors. Application and renewal are completed online with a non-refundable fee of $300. More information is available at the following links: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/PublicWorks/SB854FactSheet_6.30.14.pdf http://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html

Beginning April 1, 2015, the City must award public works projects only to contractors and subcontractors who comply with the Public Works Contractor Registration Law.

Notice to Bidders and Subcontractors:

• No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a Bid proposal for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code Section 1771.1(a)]. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.

This Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

• The prime contractor must post job site notices prescribed by regulation.

(See 8 Calif. Code Reg. Section 16451(d) for the notice that previously was required for projects monitored by the DIR Compliance Monitoring Unit.)

Furnishing of Electronic Certified Payroll Records to Labor Commissioner. For all new projects awarded on or after April 1, 2015, contractors and subcontractors must furnish electronic certified payroll records directly to the Labor Commissioner (aka Division of Labor Standards Enforcement).

Dated this ____ day of _______, 20___, City of Glendale, California.

Aram Adjemian, City Clerk of the City of Glendale

Publish July 10 & 13, 2023

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

Monterey Park City Notices

City of Monterey Park

Engineering Division

320 West Newmark Avenue Monterey Park, CA 91754

Tel. No: (626) 307-1320

Fax: (626) 307-2500

NOTICE INVITING BIDS

CIPP LINING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, SPEC. NO. 2023-005

Contract Time: 50 Working Days; Liquidated Damages: $1,000 per working day.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

The project consists of the rehabilitation of approximately 19,550 linear feet of 8-inch sanitary sewer pipeline using cured in place pipe lining, and related work as shown on the plans on file with the City’s Public Works Department. Prevailing wages required. A 10% Bidder’s Bond is required with bid. Successful contractor will be required to provide: (1) Liability insurance with City of Monterey Park as addition insured endorsement; (2) Proof of workers’ compensation insurance coverage; (3) 100% Faithful Performance; and, (4) 100% Labor and Material Bond. Plans are available to download for a fee from QuestCDN; link on the City’s website www.montereypark. ca.gov/444/Bids-Proposals. Bid Package Cost: $42.00.

Bid Due Date and Time: Bids will be received via the online electronic bid service, Quest Construction Data Network (QuestCDN), www. questcdn.com, until 11:00 AM, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Questions? Please call: Ziad Mazboudi, Project Manager at (626) 307-1320.

Publish July 10, 2023 & July 17,

MONTEREY PARK PRESS

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEANNE ARDELL NIMS CASE NO. PROSB2300788

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

JEANNE ARDELL NIMS.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID HOWARD WILDER in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN BERNARDINO.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID HOWARD WILDER 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: 08/01/23 at 9:00AM in Dept. S37 located at 247 W. THIRD STREET, SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415-0212

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.

In Pro Per Petitioner

DAVID HOWARD WILDER

13295 DERON AVENUE SAN DIEGO CA 92129

6/29, 7/3, 7/10/23

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ONTARIO NEWS PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Linda Pearl Lopez

Case No. PRRI2201031

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Linda Pearl Lopez

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Steve Lopez in the Superior Court of California, County of RIVERSIDE.

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

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

The independent administration authority will be granted unless an in-

terested 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: July 31, 2023 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 8. located at 4050 Main Street, Riverside, Ca 92501.

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:

LAW OFFICES OF AARON F. GARCIA, APLC AARON F. GARCIA 71-780 SAN JACINTO DRIVE, BUILDING J RANCHO MIRAGE, CA 92270

(760) 346-3788

JULY 3, 6, 10, 2023

RIVERSIDE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Robert H. Dennis aka Robert Henry Dennis

Case No. 23STPB06878

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Robert H. Dennis A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by D’Anna Alcantar in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that D’Anna Alcantar be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on August 4, 2023 at 8:30 AM 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

LEGALS

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:

LESTER, CANTRELL & KRAUS, LLP

MARSHA SMITH (SBN 319797) 1770 IOWA AVENUE SUITE 110 RIVERSIDE, CA 92507 JULY 3, 6, 10, 2023 ALHAMBRA PRESS

NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

ROBERT GEORGE HAND CASE NO. 22STPB10100

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the lost WILL or estate, or both of ROBERT GEORGE HAND.

AN AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ROBERT GENE HAND in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE AMENDED PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ROBERT GENE HAND be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE AMENDED 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: 08/09/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner

ADAM M. MILLER - SBN 277939, MILLER LAW OFFICE, PC 25000 AVE STANFORD, SUITE 94 VALENCIA CA 91355 Telephone (661) 544-3401 7/6, 7/10, 7/13/23

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GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

GUADALUPE MUNOZ CASE NO. PROSB2300806

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ANDY MUNOZ in the Superior Court of California, County

of SAN BERNARDINO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ANDY MUNOZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 08/08/23 at 9:00AM in Dept. S36 located at 247 W. THIRD STREET, SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92415

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 PRISCILLA C. SOLARIO, ESQ.SBN 259607, LAW OFFICES OF PRISCILLA C. SOLARIO 9431 HAVEN AENUE, STE. 108 RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91730 Telephone (909) 529-1011

7/6, 7/10, 7/13/23

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KYUNG HEE HAHN aka KYUNG H. HAHN Case No. 23STPB06001

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KYUNG HEE HAHN aka KYUNG H. HAHN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Raphael Hahn in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Raphael Hahn and Hye Jung Hahn be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on August 31, 2023 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 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 ap-pearance 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 knowl-edgeable 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:

DARRELL G BROOKE ESQ SBN 118071

THE BROOKE LAW GROUP PC 525 S MYRTLE AVE STE 204 MONROVIA CA 91016 CN998105 HAHN

Jul 10,13,17, 2023 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

JOHN MICHAEL THYR

CASE NO. 23STPB07222

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

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BRENDA DEPEW 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: 08/09/23 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner

JEFFREY FORER - SBN 108310

MEGAN I. BRAUN - SBN 305335

HINOJOSA & FORER LLP 2215 COLBY AVE

LOS ANGELES CA 90064

Telephone (310) 473-7000 7/10, 7/13, 7/17/23

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BALDWIN PARK PRESS

Public Notices

Order To Show Cause For Change of Name Case No. 30-2023-01327865 To All Interested Persons: Leann Neung filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME Leann Neung PROPOSED NAME Leanne Heng. The Court Orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice Of Hearing Date: 07/20/2023 Time: 8:30am Dept. D100. REMOTE HEARING The address of the court is Central Justice Center 700 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Anaheim Press Date: May 30, 2023 Layne H Melzer Judge of the Superior Court Pub Dates: June 19, 26, July 3, 10 2023 ANAHEIM PRESS

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Amber Xinyue FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER:23AHCP00252 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 300 E Walnut St , Pasadena Ca 91101, Northeast Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED

PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Yutong Liu filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Amber Xinyue Deng to Proposed name Amber Xinyue Liu 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 08/30/2023 Time: 8:30AM Dept: 3. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Baldwin Park Press DATED: June 06, 2023 Robin Miller Sloan JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 2023 Baldwin Park Press

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF GOODS TO SATISFY LIEN AUCTION LOCATION: 3800 East Philadelphia Street, Ontario, CA 91761

In accordance with the provisions of the California Commercial Code, Sections 7201-7210, notice is hereby given that on Thursday, July 20th, 2023 at the hour of 07:30am of said date, at 3800 E Philadelphia St., Ontario, California 91761, County San Bernardino, State of CA, the undersigned will sell at public auction for cash, in lawful money of the United States, the articles hereinafter described, belonging to, or deposited with, the undersigned by the persons hereinafter named at Clutter, INC. Said goods are being held on the accounts of: Monica J Moorman, Jon Haile, Luis, Tracy Holland, Marlo Rowland, Israel Marshall, Yasha Blackman, Roya Pakzad, Alexander Randazzo, Rashad Jacobs, Atif Karimuddin, Darin Hudson, Yelit Kal, Keith Cornell, Bella Erikson, Ronan McCloskey. All other goods are described as household goods, furniture, antiques, appliances, tools, misc goods, office furniture, and articles of art, equipment, rugs, sealed cartons and the unknown. The auction will be held for the purpose of satisfying the lien of the undersigned on said personal property to the extent of the sum owed, together with the cost of the sale. For information contact Clutter, INC. Terms: Cash only with a 15% buyer’s premium. Inspection at sale time. Payment and removal day of sale. Auction conducted by Dave Hester Auctioneer, Dave Hester Auctioneer & Associates, (714) 271-2770 or davehesterauctioneer.com Bond #70759390.

Dated: 6-21-2023 at Ontario, CA

By: Clutter, INC 7/3, 7/10/23

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NOTICE OF LIEN SALE

StorQuest – Pomona/ Towne Center Dr.

Notice is hereby given, StorQuest Self Storage – 863 Towne Center Dr., Pomona, CA 91767 will sell at public sale by competitive bidding the personal property of: Alvin Guzman, Melvinia Vega, Dewayne Contreras, Blake Weaver, Arthur Eustace Jr Amplayo. Property to be sold: Misc. household goods, furniture, tools, clothes, boxes, & personal contents. Auctioneer Company: www.storagetreasures.com. The Sale will conclude at 11am on July 20th , 2023. Goods must be paid in CASH and removed at time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party

Published July 3, 2023 & July 10, 2023 in the WEST COVINA PRESS

to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale, or visit this internet website https://www.nationwideposting. com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 2023-78139 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Dated: 06/26/2023 RESS Financial Corporation, a California corporation, as Trustee By: ANGELA GROVES, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER 1780 Town and Country Drive, Suite 105, Norco, CA 92860-3618 (SEAL) Tel.: (951) 270-0164 or (800)3437377 FAX: (951)270-2673 Trustee’s Sale

Information: (916) 939-0772 or www. nationwideposting.com NPP0436946 To: SAN BERNARDINO PRESS 07/03/2023, 07/10/2023, 07/17/2023

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.

23-00272-US-CA Title No. 2310154 A.P.N.

2468-027-026 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT

UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED

02/27/2019. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Ninous Shahbaz Yourghenloo aka Ninous Shahbaz and Ofik Davoodian, married to each other; Davis Shahbaz, unmarried Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 03/20/2019 as Instrument No. 20190248496 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Los Angeles County, California. Date of Sale: 08/10/2023 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, Vineyard Ballroom, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650

Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $272,742.06 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1719 Keeler St, Burbank, CA 91504 A.P.N.: 2468-027-026 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you

LEGALS

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 or visit this internet website www.ndscorp. com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 23-00272-US-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT*: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” you may be able to purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 888-264-4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 23-00272-US-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. *Pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code, the potential rights described herein shall apply only to public auctions taking place on or after January 1, 2021, through December

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). REXERA AUTO GROUP (2). REXERA AUTO REGISTRATION

SERVICES

41695 S Enterprise Cir Temecula, CA 92590 Riverside County RODEO AUTO INC (CA), 8504 Indiana Ave, Riverside, CA 92504 Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on June 13, 2023. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. RANIA ALKANJ, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on June 15, 2023

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# 202309284

Pub. 06/19/2023, 06/26/2023, 07/03/2023, 07/10/2023 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Win or Out Slots 6953 Stillbrook Way Eastvale, CA 92880 Riverside County Pristina Holmes, 6953 Stillbrook Way, Eastvale, CA 92880 Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Pristina Holmes

Statement filed with the County of Riverside on May 22, 2023

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business

Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common

law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk

File# 202307888 Pub. 06/19/2023, 06/26/2023, 07/03/2023, 07/10/2023 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

File No. 20230005750

The following persons are doing business as: RPM LLC, 1500 S Milliken Ave Unit D, Ontario, CA 91761. 6Blu Inc. (CA), 1500 S Milliken Ave Unit D, Ontario, CA 91761; Kunqi Li, ceo. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on June 5, 2023. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Kunqi Li, ceo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on June 5, 2023 NoticeIn accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920. A Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code) File#: 20230005750 Pub: 06/19/2023, 06/26/2023, 07/03/2023, 07/10/2023 San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SoCal Ritual Bodywork 40555 California Oaks Road suite 118 murrieta, CA 92562 Mailing Address, 35858 Octopus Ln, Wildomar, CA 92595. Riverside County Lauren Amy Tucker, 35858 Octopus Ln, Wildomar, CA 92595 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Lauren Amy Tucker Statement filed with the County of Riverside on June 22, 2023

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a

fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# 202309625 Pub. 06/29/2023, 07/06/2023, 07/13/2023, 07/17/2023

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Knights of Columbus Council 17085 – St. John The Evangelist 19510 Van Buren Boulevard F3399 Riverside, CA 92508

Riverside County Harold Patrick Mullen, 36682 Acanthus Dr, Lake Elsinore, CA 92532

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Harold Patrick Mullen

Statement filed with the County of Riverside on May 19, 2023

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# R-2023070810 Pub. 07/03/2023, 07/10/2023, 07/17/2023, 07/24/2023

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Founder Bourne Consulting Group (2). Founder Bourne 12983 Moreno Beach Drive Unit 13201 Moreno Valley, CA 92555

Riverside County Mailing Address Po Box 70806 Riverside, Ca 92513

Riverside County Founder Bourne LLC (CA), 12983 Moreno Beach Drive, Moreno Valley, CA 92555 Riverside County This business is conducted by:

a limited liability company (llc).

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on June 11, 2023. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).) s. Kevin M Gallegos, Member Statement filed with the County of Riverside on June 27, 2023

NOTICE: In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of the five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any changes in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 Et Seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County, Clerk File# 202309811

Pub. 07/03/2023, 07/10/2023, 07/17/2023, 07/24/2023

Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Satire 8652 GARFIELD ST RIVERSIDE, CA 92504 Riverside County AERIN ANSELMINI, 8652 GARFIELD ST, RIVERSIDE, CA 92504 Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the regis -

Two men and a woman wereconvicted Wednesday of murder and other charges stemming from a shooting in South Los Angeles in which two 15-year-old boys were killed and two other teens were wounded on Mother’s Day in 2018.

The downtown Los Angeles jury deliberated just over two hours before finding Cristian Ivan Macias and Edwin Federico Loza, both 24, and Nancy De La Rocha, 31, guilty of two counts each of first-degree murder for the May 13, 2018, shootings of La’Marrion Upchurch of Long Beach and Monyae Jackson of Los Angeles in the 300 block of West Manchester Avenue near the 110 Freeway, along with one count each of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts each of attempted murder for the shootings of two other 15-year-old boys who were injured.

Jurors also found true

3 convicted in shooting deaths of 15-year-old boys

By City News Service

the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, along with an allegation that Macias personally and intentionally discharged a firearm.

The three are facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In his closing argument, Deputy District Attorney Brian Chang called the slayings the “result of a calculated plan to kill by the defendants,” alleging that Macias and Loza were gang members and that De La Rocha served as the driver and that a Los Angeles police officer believed she was a gang associate.

The prosecutor told jurors that De La Rocha was initially confronted by a man who pointed a gun at her at a taco stand to get some food. Chang said Loza left to arm himself with a weapon, and that Macias had a separate confrontation with the four teenage boys in which a gun that wound up being a pellet

gun was pointed at him by Jackson before Macias ran away and subsequently got into De La Rocha’s black SUV.

Of the defendants, Chang said, “It’s a planned execution. ... They hunted for them.”

“They utilized a car to get the jump on them ... to surprise the victims,” the prosecutor said, telling jurors that the four teenagers were shot while running away.

Attorneys for all three defendants contended that there was insufficient evidence to prove the case against their clients.

Macias’ attorney, Michael Waldinger, said the only reasonable explanation was that Macias was “seeking refuge” and “seeking safety” after the confrontation with the teenagers, and maintained that his client was not the one who opened fire on the youths. He said his client’s subsequent statement

Downey man suspected of killing Tijuana prostitute awaiting extradition

ADowney man is behind bars and awaiting extradition to Mexico to face charges of murdering at least one prostitute in Tijuana, according to documents obtained Friday by City News Service.

Bryant Rivera, 30, was arrested around 5:30 a.m. Thursday on one count of femicide filed against him in the state of Baja California, authorities said. Femicide is used to describe an eruption of violence against women in Mexico, especially in Tijuana.

Mexico may add additional charges when it submits a formal request for extradition, according to the criminal complaint unsealed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court.

Bryant is accused of strangling a sex worker to death on Jan. 24, 2022, in a room at Hotel Cascadas, next to the Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club in Zona Norte, a red light district in Tijuana, the complaint says.

The following afternoon, Mexican authorities received a report about the discovery of the body, identified as Ángela Carolina Acosta Flores, the document states.

According to the victim’s mother, Flores had been working as a stripper and occasional prostitute at the

involving the shooting to someone placed in a jail cell with him did not match up to the evidence.

De La Rocha’s attorney, Angela Berry, said her client is a mother of three and a nursing student who “sees the good in people” and “gives them rides” and said the prosecution had failed to prove that the gunman emerged from De La Rocha’s vehicle, telling jurors that there were numerous black SUVs in the area around the time of the shooting.

“There’s so much doubt here,” she said, noting that she also disputed the characterization of De La Rocha as a gang associate.

Loza’s attorney, Robert Schwartz, told jurors that his client was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” He noted that Loza subsequently told someone placed in his jail cell that “I didn’t expect it.”

In his rebuttal argument, the prosecutor countered

that Loza was referring to seeing a gun pointed at De La Rocha, not about the shooting of the teens minutes later.

Upchurch died from a gunshot wound to the back the day of the shooting, and Jackson died two days later as a result of a gunshot wound through the abdomen, according to records from the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.

Macias was arrested by

Los Angeles police just over a month after the shooting, while De La Rocha was taken into custody in September 2018 and Loza was arrested in November 2018. Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench ordered that they remain jailed without bail while awaiting sentencing. Macias is due back in court for sentencing Aug. 29, while a sentencing date is scheduled to be set Aug. 25 for Loza and De La Rocha.

Uber passenger alleging assault agrees to drop default judgment bid

By City News Service By City News Service

Hong Kong bar for about five months, the complaint says.

On the night of the murder, the victim texted her mother that she was going with a client to a room at Hotel Cascadas for 30 minutes. Security cameras caught a man and Flores together before entering the room, according to the complaint.

When the mother began to worry after not hearing from her daughter, Flores’ boyfriend went to the bar to look for her. He could not find her, but one of the workers there said that she had seen Flores “with a male client with a light brown complexion, an acne-scarred face,” who stood about 5-foot-5 and had brown hair, according to the document.

“The woman added that she knew the victim’s client as `Bryant Rivera,’ and that he was a `gringo,’ the complaint states.

Flores’ mother and boyfriend went to the reception area of the hotel seeking information, and remained there until learning that a woman had been found dead in room 404, the document says.

During an investigation, a sex worker at the bar alleged that she had met with a man matching the suspect’s

description and name on the afternoon of the murder and went to the hotel room with him. She said that at about 10 p.m. that night, she saw the man she knew as Rivera leave the bar with Flores, according to the complaint.

On Jan. 25, 2022, just after 12:02 a.m., Rivera returned to the United States on foot at the San Ysidro port of entry, the document states, citing U.S. Customs and Border Protection records.

Baja California Attorney General Ricardo Carpio said in press interviews in November that at least three victims have been linked to a killer who apparently finds victims in strip clubs and bars in Zona Norte.

The complaint and provisional arrest warrant for Rivera was placed under seal June 29 by a federal magistrate judge in downtown Los Angeles due to the possibility that the suspect “is likely to flee if he learns of the existence of a warrant for his arrest,” according to prosecutors.

A detention hearing is scheduled Monday in Los Angeles at which federal prosecutors will ask a judge to keep Rivera behind bars during extradition proceedings.

Awoman who alleges that she was sexually battered by an Uber driver in a downtown Los Angeles alley in 2022 after she sought a ride from an area lounge has agreed to drop her bid for a default judgment against the ridehailing company.

The plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges negligence, intentional and negligent representation, battery, sexual battery, assault and false imprisonment, and seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages in the Los Angeles Superior Court suit brought Jan. 5.

Attorneys for the plaintiff and Uber and RaiserCA LLC filed joint papers on Thursday with Judge Michael E. Whitaker stating that Doe had agreed to let the case proceed toward trial. The Raiser arm of Uber typically deals with airport agreements, government licenses and class-action lawsuits.

Uber and Raiser attorneys maintained in previous court papers challenging the default bid that the companies were not properly served with Doe’s suit when the papers were presented

in New York rather than California. The defense attorneys also maintained that the plaintiff’s attorneys ignored multiple inquiries from them about whether they would agree to have the case coordinated with similar cases brought by other similar passengers, leaving them unaware that service had been attempted.

The Uber parties moved quickly to address the default issue after learning in the media of Doe’s attempt to obtain a default judgment, the defense attorneys further stated in their court papers.

Doe began using Uber after being convinced that it was a safe service, a conclusion she reached based on the company’s advertising and from her experience taking Uber rides with friends who already had Uber’s digital smartphone application, the suit states.

“She rode in Uber cars and was impressed by the deliberate appearance which Uber had cultivated, that these were high-end, clean cars driven by professional Uber drivers,” the suit states.

Doe requested an Uber ride on Jan. 15, 2022, and she

was picked up at about 3:05 a.m. outside the Blue Moon Hookah Lounge on South Hill Street near downtown Los Angeles, according to the suit, which further states her expected drop-off point was on Main Street was about five minutes away, according to the suit.

Instead, Doe was driven to an alley, where she woke up to find herself being sexually assaulted by the driver, her suit alleges. The two struggled, but Doe was unable to escape and the driver continued to abuse her until eventually letting her out blocks from her destination, according to the suit, which includes security footage of the alleged drop-off point and the Uber sticker on the car’s windshield.

“Jane Doe is now living from the trauma and injuries sustained that night and will continue to live with this pain and suffering for the rest of her life,” the suit states.

Uber breached its duty to Doe in the hiring, supervision of and/or retention of the Uber driver, who was unfit and incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired, the suit states.

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our community,” he said.

The relationship between the man and woman involved in the confrontation was unknown, despite some reports suggesting they were a married couple. But Luna said the pair went into the WinCo store together and were both involved in an altercation with store security. On the various videos of the incident, there are suggestions the woman has cancer.

Luna said the man and woman were ultimately arrested then cited and released on alleged violations including resisting an officer, attempted petty theft and interfering with a businesses. According to Luna, the woman seen being thrown to the ground

was taken to a hospital and treated for pain to her eyes from the pepper spray and abrasions on her arms.

In addition to the sheriff’s internal affairs investigation, probes are also likely to be conducted by the county Inspector General’s office and the Department of Justice, which oversees sheriff’s operations in the area due to the federal consent decree.

Luna asked anyone who witnessed the confrontation or who may have additional video to come forward.

“We do take the use of force — any use of force that occurs within our agency — very seriously,” Luna said.

“But again, we need to determine the actual facts of what happens and ... I’m

going to make sure that it’s a very objective review.”

He asked for “the community’s patience to allow us to look at this objectively and (determine) exactly what happened.” He said he was unclear how long the department’s investigation might take, but he hoped it would be within 45 days.

A group of protesters gathered outside the WinCo store Wednesday night, demanding the firing of the deputies involved. They also questioned why Luna did not learn about the confrontation until Friday.

After speaking out during a news conference, many members of the group made their way inside the store to continue the protest. The body-worn camera video is avail-

able at www.lasdvideos. org/mediaportal/062423lancaster-incident-dep-1/

and www.lasdvideos.org/ mediaportal/062423lancaster-incident-dep-2/.

Hospitality workers return to work, but more walkouts possible

By City News Service

Hundreds of hospitality workers who walked picket lines over the holiday weekend, targeting 19 Southern California hotels, were back on the job Wednesday, but union officials warned that more work stoppages could occur at any time.

Workers represented by the Unite Here Local 11 union went on strike at 6:01 a.m. Sunday, and picketing continued through the Fourth of July holiday at hotels in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Orange County and elsewhere.

The workers returned to their jobs Wednesday, but the union insisted that doesn’t mean the strike is over. The union’s Maria Hernandez said the first round of picketing targeted 19 hotel properties, but workers at 41 other properties are poised to walk off the job — something she said could happen “at any moment.”

In a statement, union officials said the holiday walkout “marks just the first wave of strikes and disruption by hotel workers across the region. Workers will not rest until they are paid

a wage that allows them to live in the communities where they work.”

The contract between the hotels and the union expired at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, although the union reached a deal last week with the largest of its employers, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown Los Angeles.

Contract agreements are unresolved with the remaining hotels.

Officials have said the hotels will remain open with management and other nonunion staff filling in.

There has been no word of any renewed contract talks between the union and the Coordinated Bargaining Group negotiating on behalf of the hotels. Speaking to KNX News, Hernandez said the hotels know what workers want — as reflected in the agreement reached with the Westin Bonaventure.

Representatives for the hotels accused workers of being inflexible in their demands.

The union “has not budged from its opening demand two months ago of up to a 40% wage increase

and an over 28% increase in benefit costs. From the outset, the union has shown no desire to engage in productive, good faith negotiations with this group,” the reps said in a statement provided to the Los Angeles Times.

Attorney Keith Grossman of Hirschfeld Kraemer, one of two firms representing the hotel coalition, told the Times that employers have offered raises of $2.50 an hour in the first 12 months and $6.25 over four years. He said housekeepers at unionized hotels in Beverly Hills and downtown Los Angeles, who currently make $25 per hour, would get a 10% wage increase in 2024 and make more than $31 per hour by January 2027.

The workers are on strike “because the union is determined to have one,” Grossman said.

Unite Here Local 11 represents up to 15,000 workers employed at about 60 major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

On June 8, 96% of the union’s members approved a strike authorization. Union officials said a recent

survey of its members showed that 53% said they have moved in the past five years or will move in the near future because of soaring housing costs in the Los Angeles area. The workers include thousands of cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellhops and front desk agents.

Union officials said their members earn $20 to $25

an hour. Negotiators are asking for an immediate $5 an hour raise and an additional $3 an hour in subsequent years of the contract along with improvements in health care and retirement benefits.

The union is also seeking to create a hospitality workforce housing fund. Many union members say they’re now commuting hours from areas like Apple

Valley, Palmdale, California City and Victorville.

“This walkout was the first of many actions that may come this summer by workers at hotels across Southern California, and it is only one tool in our toolbox,” Unite Here Local 11 President Kurt Petersen said in a statement. “We have put the industry on notice that the workers have suffered enough.”

‘Disturbing’

Hospitality workers and supporters conduct a sit-in near the entrance to Los Angeles International Airport in June. | Photo courtesy of Unite Here Local 11

Body-worn camera footage shows an LA County sheriff’s deputy applying pepper spray to a woman outside a Lancaster grocery store. | Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department