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Human rights group blasts local officials for ‘criminalizing’ homelessness

By City News Service

Aglobal human rights organization blasted the city of Los Angeles Wednesday in an extensive report that accused authorities of publicly calling for the production of more housing to bring people off the streets, while instead criminalizing homelessness as the primary way of coping with the problem.

“Arrests and citations as the direct mode of criminalization have decreased substantially over the past several years in Los Angeles,” according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch. “But authorities use the threat of arrest to support the relentless taking and destruction of unhoused people’s property through sanitation `sweeps’ and people’s removal from certain public spaces. Criminalization has simply taken a different primary form, though punitive criminal enforcement always looms.”

According to the report, the United States “has been treating housing primarily as a commodity” rather than an “internationally protected human right.” The report particularly calls out Los Angeles, “where the monetary value of property has risen to extreme heights while wages at the lower end of the economic spectrum have stagnated for decades.” And as a result, “houselessness has exploded into public view.”

In response to the report, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority said in a statement that homelessness in L.A. County is a humanitarian crisis. The organization noted it is focused on ending unsheltered homelessness via “evidence-based, traumainformed approaches that move away from criminalization.”

“In partnership with the city and county of Los Angeles, we are already implementing

culturally tailored encampment resolution efforts with promising results. We are encouraged by the reduction in unsheltered homelessness of 10.4% in the city and 5.1% in the county, noted in the region’s most recent Homeless Count,” LAHSA said in a statement. “Most importantly, these reductions corresponded with increases in sheltered homelessness and a record number of permanent housing placements, indicating that we are on the right track in adhering to a best practice approach.”

“LAHSA also acknowledges and is committed to addressing the disproportionate representation of Black and Latino Angelenos impacted by homelessness. LAHSA is not involved when enforcement occurs to preserve the relationship-building efforts of the staff, which is a critical step to bringing people inside,” the statement continued.

The report outlined a series

of statistics, with the authors writing that on average, more than six unhoused people die daily in Los Angeles County.

According to the report, nearly 60% of renters in Los Angeles and 38% of homeowners are “cost-burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income for housing, while nearly half of that group pay more than 50% of their income for housing.

“Los Angeles invests heavily in criminalizing unhoused people, which causes human suffering and makes many unhoused people disappear from sight, while doing nothing to solve houselessness,” according to the report. “Criminalization is primarily accomplished by the Los Angeles Police Department through arrests, citations, and other coercive actions, and by the Sanitation Department through destruc-

tion of encampments and the property of unhoused people.”

According to the report, between 2016 and 2022, “38% of all LAPD arrests and citations combined were of unhoused people, including nearly 100% of all citations and over 42 percent of all misdemeanor arrests.”

“Criminalization effectively destroys lives and property based on race and economic class,” according to the report. “It is a set of policies that prioritizes the needs and values of the wealthy, property owners, and business elites, at the expense of the rights of people living in poverty to an adequate standard of living. As a consequence of historical and present policies and practices that discriminate against Black and other BIPOC people, these groups receive the brunt of criminalization.”

Report: California factory farms perilously close to your produce

Stronger earthquakes striking in Southern California in 2024

If it seems there have been more and bigger earthquakes in Southern California recently, it’s because there have been more.

Dr. Lucy Jones, a seismologist from California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, posted on social media Tuesday there have been 13 earthquakes in Southern California with magnitudes of 4.0 or greater this year.

There have been about five earthquakes per year of 4.0 or greater in Southern California over the past 20 years.

Since 1932, the average number of earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 or greater in Southern California has been between 10 and 12, Jones posted. The number of earthquakes greater than 4.0 in 2024 is closer to the average recorded in Southern California over the past 90 years.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 centered near the Highland Park area rattled a wide swath of the

Southland last week.

The temblor hit at 12:20 p.m., centered 2 miles southsoutheast of Highland Park, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The magnitude was initially reported at 4.6, but was later reduced to 4.4. It struck at a depth of about 7.5 miles.

Many residents reported a rolling sensation that lasted for several seconds. In Pasadena, close to the quake’s epicenter, a water line ruptured as a result of the quake at Pasadena City Hall, and water could be seen pouring out of a pipe on the building’s exterior. Employees mostly evacuated the building, but began going back inside around 1:15 p.m. Jones told reporters the earthquake appeared to be based in the same group of faults that created the 1987 Whittier Narrows quake. She noted that it occurred in roughly the same location as a 3.4-magnitude quake that struck on June 2.

“There have been others

By City News Service

House prices in the U.S. | Graph courtesy of Human Rights Watch

Navval Air Weaons Station China Lake (July 7, 2019) following a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which occurred near NAWSCL and the city of Ridgecrest, Calif., July 5 and a 6.4 magnitude earthquake one day prior. | Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist John Scorza

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee has approved a request to conduct an emergency audit of Anaheim’s leases with the Angels for the team’s stadium, the two state lawmakers who made the request said Wednesday.

Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, and Assemblyman Avelino Valencia, D-Anaheim, called for the audit following the collapse of a proposed stadium sale due to allegations that former Mayor Harry Sidhu funneled inside information to then-Anaheim Chamber of Commerce CEO Todd Ament and a consultant for the Angels in 2020.

Last month, the city settled a claim with the team related to the failed sale of the stadium. The team sought $5 million plus legal fees for the failed $320 million deal for the 151-acre stadium with the Moreno family, which owns the team, receiving a credit of $2.75 million in revenue sharing from tickets and parking and allowing the city to build a fire station along State College Boulevard to service the stadium and the neighborhood.

Sidhu has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, wire fraud and lying to federal investigators and is awaiting sentencing. Ament has also pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was cooperating with authorities.

Mayor Ashleigh Aitken said the city welcomes the audit.

“We audit our lease with the Angels every few years, and we have one upcoming in 2025, so we are scheduled to review it once again,” Aitken told City News Service. “But we’re happy

State OKs audit of failed Angel Stadium deal; 2 OC supervisors call for nonprofit probes

By City News Service

to open our books and work with our state partners to increase transparency for the city. I think in light of wrongdoing from the previous administration we’re happy to partner and open our books at the request of the state.”

The most recent audit was in 2018, and the next one was delayed due to the pandemic. But annual parking, ticket and event revenues and required capital spending under the lease are monitored annually, officials said.

Since the city walked away from the stadium deal there have not been any more talks about changes, officials said. The lease expires in 2029 and has three-year extensions available through 2038.

“It’s important to understand exactly what the relationship is between the city and the Angels and how it came to pass there was that lease extension in 2019 and how that impacts whatever

Umberg said the stadium has been estimated to be worth $500 million, but the city was willing to sell it for $320 million.

Supervisors call for nonprofit probes

Orange County Supervisors Katrina Foley and Vicente Sarmiento called Wednesday for investigations into the public funding of two nonprofits to provide meals and other services during the pandemic.

Officials with Viet America Society have been chasing down receipts to document its services for an audit. In January, the accounting firm of Buu D. Nguyen issued an analysis that showed about $25,000 in unaccounted funding, but county officials are threatening a lawsuit and demanding the nonprofit pay back about $4.2 million.

The county has also sent a letter threatening litiga-

tion against Hand to Hand Relief, which officials said has also failed to provide documentation for about $1 million.

Both nonprofits were tasked with providing meals to needy residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

County Supervisors Katrina Foley and Vicente Sarmiento asked the Orange County District Attorney’s Office to investigate, as well as state and federal authorities.

Attorney Mark Rosen, who represents Viet America Society, wrote a letter to county officials Monday saying Nguyen’s firm had already performed an audit that was as precise as possible. The audit blamed some of the issues on shortstaffing and noted a new chief financial officer had been hired.

The problem, Rosen said, was the nonprofit has been struggling to document every meal delivered.

“They’re now trying to

get records from people who don’t want to deal with the government, who are suspicious of the government because of their experience as refugees,” Rosen said of the Vietnamese community the nonprofit serves.

“The county, three years after the fact, has impossible standards now as if there was no pandemic or no one was sick,” Rosen said. “It’s easy to question all of this in hindsight, but people forget what it was like back then before we had the vaccines.”

Many of the agency’s drivers were practicing social distancing so did not get the required paperwork to prove delivery of some meals, Rosen said.

“Now the county is saying you should have them fill out a form and make contact,” Rosen said. “You’re applying standards that were impossible to apply during COVID.”

If it comes down to going to court to settle the issue, Rosen said, “We’ll call all

Metro enrolls 400,000 students to GoPass Program

By City News Service

More than 400,000 studentsenrolled into Metro’s GoPass Program, offering free fare for unlimited travel to school, work and leisure activities, officials announced Thursday.

Theprogramalso surpassed 40 million student boardings, according to Metro officials.

“Transportationneeds shouldn’t get in the way of any student’s education,” Los Angeles Supervisor and Metro

Board Chair Janice Hahn said in a statement. “For many students and their families across L.A. County, the free Metro rides through our GoPass program has made all the difference.”

Metro’s GoPass is available to all students whose school district has registered with the program. Participating schools distribute TAP cards and activation codes so students can ride transit to school and extracurricular

activities, or work without the worry of paying fares. Students can activate their cards on the online GoPass portal or by calling 866. TAPTOGO. They also have the option of using a virtual TAP card on the TAP LA App.

The program began in October 2021 and was made permanent by the agency’s Board of Directors in April.

All schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District offer GoPass to their

students along with schools in 124 additional participating school districts, including public districts, charter networks and community colleges. Metro encourages students, families and school districts to participate in the GoPass program, which provides free transit on Metro buses and trains to students in K-12 and community college.

“GoPass has introduced nearly a half million students to transit, so they feel confi-

the delivery drivers and food preparers to show that everything was entirely above board, and that this is basically a political witch hunt at this point.”

He added, “They’re asking for every single penny on an entirely false assumption that nothing was done. People received the food, deliveries were made.”

Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has come under fire because his daughter worked for Viet America Society when he voted on contracts involving the organization. Do has said he would have disclosed the relationship if he felt it was required.

Rosen warned that if officials follow through with a lawsuit it will discourage other nonprofits from responding to calls for services during emergencies.

“The two supervisors who issued that press statement are posturing,” Rosen said. “They’re not going to get every penny back because it’s all been spent.” Foley said the nonprofits had a duty to document the work.

“It’s a little late to be complaining when the requirement was to keep track of all this documentation in real time, so they don’t have to go back and reinvent what happened,” Foley said. “The expectation should have been to track it in real time. There’s very specific requirements. All the other vendors could do it, so why couldn’t they?”

Foley added, “My patience is as thin as their bookkeeping records at this point. ... I don’t really have any use for whining and complaining after the fact.”

dent riding it to school or wherever they need or want to go,” Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins said in a statement. “These young people are helping Metro grow its student ridership and realizing all the benefits that a safe, clean and efficient transit system can deliver for them and their communities. We look forward to welcoming even more students onto our system in the coming school year.”

GoPass participants can take unlimited free rides on Metro bus and rail, Antelope Valley Transit Authority, City of Commerce Transit, Culver CityBus, Foothill Transit, Glendale Beeline, GTrans, L.A. Department of Transportation’s DASH, L.A. County Shuttles, Long Beach Transit, Lynwood Trolley, Montebello Bus, Norwalk Transit, Pasadena Transit, Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and Torrance Transit.

else will be done with the stadium,” Umberg told City News Service.

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Report: California factory farms perilously close to your produce

By Gabriella Sotelo for Sentient.

by Suzanne Potter

California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration

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Californiaisknown throughoutthe country for its fruit and vegetable bounty. The golden state produces more than 40 percent of the vegetables we eat and 75 percent of its fruits and nuts. But the state has also struggled with deadly outbreaks of the E. coli pathogen on many of its produce farms — romaine lettuce and walnuts are two recent examples. When outbreaks happen, investigators work round the clock to trace the outbreak, sometimes leading back to contaminated water used to irrigate crops.

Yet exactly where the pathogen comes from originally can be harder to pinpoint. A new report from the Environmental Working Group adds some important data points. Researchers mapped 1,062 industrial meat and dairy operations in the state, and found a worrying 93 percent were located within a mile of a water source for irrigating fresh produce. What’s more, 42 percent of the meat and dairy operations mapped — close to half — were found even closer: within a quarter of a mile of a waterway used for irrigation.

California is a leading producer of dairy, as well as beef. The more than one thousand concentrated animal feeding operations,

mapped by EWG house 76.8 million farm animals at any given time.

This many millions of farm animals produce a massive amount of manure, some of which inevitably carries dangerous pathogens like E. coli or salmonella. The bacteria then spreads, traveling through the air in the form of dust, which can settle anywhere, including irrigation canals.

Once in the canal water, pathogens travel right along with it. “If canal water is contaminated with pathogens, there is the risk to pass the pathogens to farms or the produce in the farm,” Xiaohong Wei, a researcher at University of California, Davis, who was not involved with the study, told Sentient by email. “It could cause outbreaks and consumers [can] get sick…Especially while consuming the raw produce.”

Typically, multiple livestock operations are clustered in close proximity to each other and a waterway, Ethan Bahe, a data analyst at EWG and an author of the report, tells Sentient. “These irrigation canals are a spiderweb,” he says. “They go by multiple facilities,” which makes tracing any foodborne illness outbreak back to one meat or dairy operation close to impos-

sible.

Besides the waterways, there are also 2.6 million acres of crop fields that are located within a three mile radius of a CAFO, the report found, many of which — 60 percent — are where fruits and vegetables are planted, rather than feed crops, for instance.

On one farm, Bahe says he discovered that only a driveway appeared to separate the feedlot and the canal. And there was no berm — the raised strip of ground often found near waterways — or any other type of protection to stop contaminants from leaking into the water.

EWG researchers say the risk of contamination increases the closer a CAFO is to a body of water.

Researchers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reached a similar conclusion: more samples of dust contained E.coli when in closer proximity to livestock operations.

Stressed and unhealthy livestock — a staple of industrial meat and dairy operations — are far more prone to spreading pathogens than their healthier counterparts, according to University of Minnesota researchers.

Yet the EPA inspects just a fraction of these operations. According to a report from the Natural Resources

Defense Council, the EPA inspected just 0.6 percent of all CAFOs in 2017, for instance.

CAFOs, despite being required to obtain permits under the Clean Water Act for discharging pollutants into waterways, are not required to treat animal manure, unlike human waste. The EPA largely relies on self-reporting, which enables CAFOs to self assess and decide whether they need a permit to pollute.

Consumers can’t see whether produce is contaminated, says Kerry Hamilton, a professor at Arizona State University with a background in microbial risk assessment.

While there are steps consumers can take to minimize risk, including washing produce thoroughly, The Environmental Working Group’s position is that stronger protection for consumers is urgently needed at the policy level.

“What we’re really hoping to call attention to here is the need for policy change,” says Sarah Graddy, a senior communications director with EWG. There is an urgent need, she says, “to hold these polluters accountable for the contamination they’re introducing into waterways.”

Gabriella Sotelo wrote this article for Sentient.

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Dodgers’ Alumni Weekend honors Baker, Kemp, O’Malley

By City News Service

The Los Angeles Dodgers honored two former all-star players and the team’s late owner during the recent Alumni Weekend.

Matt Kemp signed a one-day contract Aug. 11 with the Dodgers to officially retire as a member of the team he spent 10 of his 15 years in the major leagues with and their only player with at least 200 homers and 150 stolen bases.

Kemp’s major league career ended in 2020 when he played 43 games with the Colorado Rockies. He was a member of the U.S. team that played in a 2021 qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics, but was not chosen for the team that eventually won a silver medal.

Kemp threw the ceremonial first pitch and was joined by family members in making the “It’s time for Dodger Baseball”announcement before the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, which was designated as Matt Kemp Day in connection with Alumni Weekend.

Kemp’s 203 home runs are seventh-most in Dodger history. He also stole 184

bases as a Dodger.

The Dodgers chose Kemp in the sixth round of the 2003 amateur draft after playing at Midwest City High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Kemp reached the majors in 2006, remaining with the team until a 2014 trade to the San Diego Padres.

Kemp played with the Padres from 2015-16 and the Atlanta Braves from 2016-17, then returned to the Dodgers in a Dec. 16, 2017 trade.

Kemp had the third of three All-Star Game selections in 2018 when he hit .290 with 21 home runs and 85 RBIs, helping lead the Dodgers to the National League pennant.

The Dodgers traded Kemp to Cincinnati following the 2018 season. He played 20 games for the Reds in 2019 and 43 games for the Colorado Rockies in 2020 to conclude his playing career.

Kemp’s best season came in 2011 when he led the National League in home runs (39), RBIs (126), runs (115) and total bases (353) and was the runner-up in voting for the National League MVP award.

Kemp was also an All-Star Game selection in 2012.

In 2009 and 2011, Kemp was a recipient of Silver Slugger Awards as one of the National League’s three top-hitting outfielders and Gold Gloves for his fielding prowess.

Walter O’Malley

The late owner Walter O’Malley was added to Dodger Stadium’s Ring of Honor before Aug. 11’s evening game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on the second night of the team’s Alumni Weekend.

O’Malley’s son Peter represented the O’Malley family at the event and accepted the honor on behalf of his father. The ceremony included the playing of an approximately four-minute tribute video narrated by the late Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully.

O’Malley is the 15th member of the Ring of Honor, alongside the retired numbers of players Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Jim Gilliam, Don Sutton, Sandy Koufax, Fernando Valenzuela, Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson and Don Drysdale, managers Walter Alston and Tommy

Lasorda, Scully and fellow broadcaster Jaime Jarrín.

O’Malley’s association with the Dodgers began in 1932, when he was assigned to the team’s Board of Directors by the Brooklyn Trust Co., at a time when the team was in arrears paying its mortgage loans on its stadium Ebbets Field.

O’Malley became the Dodgers’ vice president and general counsel in 1943, succeeding Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee.

O’Malley began buying shares of the team’s stock in 1944 and became its majority owner in 1950.

Upon taking control of the team, O’Malley made finding a replacement for Ebbets Field, which opened in 1913, a priority. However, he was unable to reach agreement with New York City officials on a new stadium site and announced in 1957 that the team would move, breaking the hearts of its loyal fans.

“The thing that annoyed

the people in Brooklyn was that the Dodgers were still drawing,” the late New York Times Pulitzer Prizewinning sports columnist Dave Anderson said in a 2008 interview with City News Service in connection with O’Malley’s induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Dodgers drew in excess of 1 million fans for each of their final 13 seasons in Brooklyn.

By comparison, the Giants, who joined the Dodgers in moving west following the 1957 season, drew 824,112, 629,179 and 653,923 fans in their final three seasons in New York.

“There was very little emotional reaction to the Giants leaving” for San Francisco, Anderson said.

Anderson, who covered the Dodgers for the Brooklyn Eagle, said he made a distinction between “Walter O’Malley the devil and

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Walter O’Malley the saint.”

“I, like everybody, resented the fact that he took the Dodgers away from Brooklyn,” Anderson said. “He did a terrible thing for Brooklyn. He did a great thing for baseball by bringing baseball to California.”

The Dodgers quickly captivated Los Angeles upon their arrival, setting several attendance records, including being the first team to draw 3 million fans in a season.

O’Malley’s legacy includes:

-- bringing Major League Baseball to the West Coast; -- construction of Dodger Stadium as Major League Baseball’s first privately financed stadium since Yankee Stadium in 1923; -- keeping ticket prices the same from 1958, the Dodgers’ first season in Los Angeles, through 1975, with a top price of $3.50;

Dusty Baker, second from left, and fellow Ring of Honor inductees stand before the Alumni Weekend crowd at Dodger Stadium. | Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Dodgers/Facebook

-- enhancing and modernizing the Dodgertown complex in Vero Beach, Florida, which served as the Dodgers’ spring training site from 1948 through 2008; and

-- presiding over an organization known for success on the field, stability in key positions and being a model franchise from a business standpoint.

In O’Malley’s 38 1/2 seasons as majority owner, the Dodgers won 11 National League pennants and four World Series championships, while employing just three managers — Chuck Dressen, Alston and Lasorda — and three general managers — Buzzie Bavasi, Fresco Thompson and Al Campanis.

O’Malley was ranked as the eighth most influential “off the field” person in 20th century sports by a panel assembled by ESPN in 1999 in connection with its “Sports Century” series. He was also named that year as the 11th most powerful person in

utility player Ed Goodson in a Nov. 17, 1975, trade in exchange for four players, most notably power-hitting outfielder Jim Wynn.

Baker hit 144 home runs, had 586 RBIs and 1,144 hits with the Dodgers. His solo

sports in the 20th century by The Sporting News.

O’Malley died Aug. 9, 1979, at the age of 75.

Dusty Baker

Dusty Baker was inducted into the Legends of Dodger Baseball before Aug. 9’s evening game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, being honored for helping lead the team to three National League pennants and the 1981 World Series championship.

“I don’t consider myself a legend,” said Baker, who played for the Dodgers from 1976-83. “Heck, I always thought Reggie Smith was the best player on our team.”

Baker threw the ceremonial first pitch and was joined by family members in making the “It’s time for Dodger Baseball” announcement.

Smith joined Baker and the five other living members of the Legends of Dodger Baseball — Steve Garvey, Kirk Gibson, Orel Hershiser, Manny Mota and Fernando Valenzuela — in attending the ceremony at Dodger Stadium.

Baker was acquired from the Atlanta Braves with

home run in his final at-bat of 1977 gave him 30 for the season and made the Dodgers the first team in Major League Baseball with four players hitting at least 30 home runs. The others were Garvey, Ron Cey and Smith.

He was selected as the MVP of the 1977 National League Championship Series when he hit .357 with two home runs and eight RBIs as the Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the best-of-five series.

Baker was an all-star selection in 1981 and 1982, a recipient of a Silver Slugger Award in 1980 and 1981 as one of the National League’s three top- hitting outfielders and received a Gold Glove in 1981.

He left the Dodgers via free agency following the 1983 season to sign with the San Francisco Giants and ended a 19-year playing career with the Oakland Athletics in 1985 and 1986.

Baker began his 26-year major league managerial career with the Giants in 1993, winning the first of his three National League Manager of the Year awards

for guiding them to 103 victories, 31 more than the previous season.

In 2022, he became the 12th manager, and first Black manager, to win 2,000 games. His 2,183 victories are seventh on the all-time list. All six above him are in the Hall of Fame.

The Legends of Dodger Baseball was established in 2018 to recognize Dodger greats and their impact on the franchise, both on and off the field. Inductees receive a plaque honoring their Dodger achievements, which will be on permanent display at Dodger Stadium.

Baker is the eighth inductee. Don Newcombe, Garvey and Valenzuela were inducted in 2019, Maury Wills and Gibson in 2022, Mota and Hershiser in 2023.

The honor was the second for Baker in six days. He was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary’s Shrine of the Eternals at Whittier College on Aug. 11.

The Shrine of the Eternals differs from the Hall of Fame by focusing on a person’s game-changing contributions that supersede statistical measures with voting open to the public, not restricted to sports writers and committees, according to director Joe Price.

Its criteria are distinctiveness of play — both good or bad — the uniqueness of character and personality and the imprint the individual has made on the baseball landscape.

Electees, both on and off the field, shall have been responsible for developing baseball through athletic and or business achievements, in terms or its larger cultural and sociological impact as mass entertainment and as an arena for the human imagination.

Baker’s induction into the Legends of Dodger Baseball marked the start of the team’s three-day Alumni Weekend.

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Report: More Hispanic Californians using medical aid in dying

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

Moreandmore Hispanic people are taking advantage of California’s medical aid-indying law, according to a new report from the California Department of Health.

In 2023, 43 terminally ill Hispanic patients used the End-of-Life Option Act to get a prescription to end their suffering and die peacefully. That’s compared to 24 patients the year before.

Angela Schultz, California state director for Compassion & Choices, says the group’s website and all materials are now available in Spanish.

“It’s really important

to deliver these materials and education outreach in people’s own language, so that they can understand the information without having the confusion of trying to read it in English and translate it themselves,” she added.

Compassion & Choices attributes the increase to the ongoing statewide public education campaign in English and Spanish with medical partners, and videos from civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and from José Alejandro Lemuz, a 60-year-old body shop mechanic from Wilmington with terminal prostate cancer - the first Latino to

publicly announce his intent to use the prescription.

Schultz said there are still some common misconceptions, and pointed out that medical aid in dying isn’t appropriate for people who have advanced dementia. Patients have to be able to make an affirmative choice, and to take the medication on their own.

“Medical aid in dying is for somebody who is 18 years and older, who has a terminal illness with a prognosis of six months or less. It has to be voluntary, and a person has to be mentally capable of making their own healthcare decisions,” Schultz explained.

On 2nd anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act, investments start to pay off

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

Two years ago, the U.S. made the biggest investment ever in the fight against climate change as the Inflation Reduction Act became law.

Last week, groups fighting climate change held a news conference to celebrate the progress made so far. Last year, tax credits in the new law spurred $44 billion in investments in domestic clean energy manufacturing.

Alexander Walker-Griffin, a city council member in Hercules, a veteran and California Leadership Council chair with the nonprofit Elected Officials to Protect America, talked about the long-term benefits of the law.

“Nine million jobs are expected to be created,” Walker-Griffin pointed out. “In addition, by 2030 we’re expected to reduce 40% of our carbon emissions. Literally, everyone can breathe a little bit easier with this act.”

The measure funded $369 billion in tax breaks and incentives, grants and loan guarantees to help mitigate the climate crisis, which is helping California clean up the air, promote zero-emission transportation, increase energy efficiency, make our coastline and forests more resilient to climate impacts and more.

Heidi Roddenberry, chair of the Roddenberry Foundation, named after Gene Roddenberry, the creator of

“Star Trek,” said the law will reduce our reliance on oil and gas and move us closer to the future depicted on the show.

“At the Roddenberry Foundation, we are about big, bold ideas for catalytic change, helping us get to that optimistic future that ‘Star Trek’ offered us,” Roddenberry explained. “And having an infrastructure supporting energy independence gets us closer to that goal.”

Yetide Badaki, an actress, writer, and producer on the shows “Star Trek” and “American Gods,” noted 40% of the measure’s funding targets projects in lowincome areas, tying together economic and environmental justice.

“There is a lot of Infla-

According to the report, in 2023, almost 1,300 patients in the Golden State obtained medical aidin-dying prescriptions, and 69% took the medication. Almost 64% of the deaths were caused by cancer. The rest stemmed primarily from cardiovascular, neurological and respiratory disease.

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Report: Contrary to popular belief, property crime is down in California

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

Property crime in California is near record lows, according to the latest statistics from the California Department of Justice.

A new report from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice finds property crime is down 53% statewide since 2005, and 16% since 2009, when criminal justice reforms began to take effect.

Mike Males, senior researcher with the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, said people on television who claim otherwise are cherry-picking local statistics while ignoring the larger trend.

tion Reduction Act money yet to be allocated with the investments in clean air, climate resilience, and environmental justice,” Badaki observed. “We find ourselves on the cusp of a clean-energy revolution.”

Federal data show most of the investments from the Inflation Reduction Act so far have gone to underserved and front line environmental justice communities.

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“All these insinuations we’re seeing nationwide across the political spectrum and in a lot of media is that California crime is out of control. And it’s just not true. Just the opposite is the case,” he said.

This fall, Golden State voters will decide on Proposition 36, which would reverse parts of Prop 47, a criminal justice reform bill from 2014. More thefts would be deemed feloniessending more people to jail - by lowering the cutoff on the value of property stolen. It would also classify certain drug offenses as treatmentmandated felonies and increase penalties for some drug crimes.

Prop 36 is supported by some law enforcement groups. The largest contrib-

utors include Walmart, Target and Home Depot.

Will Matthews, a spokesperson for the nonprofit Californians for Safety and Justice, pointed out that Prop 47 has saved the state $850 million so far in incarceration costs, and diverted that money to programs that combat the drivers of crime - such as poverty and addiction.

“We can’t put all of our safety investments into just responding to crime and harm after they occur. We also have to be investing in community-based crime and harm-prevention

programs,” said Matthews. The California Legislative Analyst estimates that Prop 36 could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars per year in increased incarceration costs, and could reduce funds going to mental health and drug treatment programs, K-12 schools and crime victims.

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When is ‘recyclable’ not really recyclable? When the plastics industry gets to define what the word means.

By Lisa Song, ProPublica

Series: Selling a Mirage: The Deception Behind Plastic Recycling

The world is drowning in plastic. Producers are peddling a “solution” that is more like an illusion.

Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag?

They rip and tear. They float away in the slightest breeze. Left in the wild, their mangled remains entangle birds and choke sea turtles that mistake them for edible jellyfish. It takes 1,000 years for the bags to disintegrate, shedding hormone-disrupting chemicals as they do. And that outcome is all but inevitable, because no system exists to routinely recycle them. It’s no wonder some states have banned them and stores give discounts to customers with reusable bags.

But the plastics industry is working to make the public feel OK about using them again.

Companies whose futures depend on plastic production, including oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, are trying to persuade the federal government to allow them to put the label “recyclable” on bags and other plastic items virtually guaranteed to end up in landfills and incinerators.

They argue that “recyclable” should apply to anything that’s capable of being recycled. And they point to newer technologies that have been able to remake plastic bags into new products.

I spent months investigating one of those technologies, a form of chemical recycling called pyrolysis, only to find that it is largely a mirage. It’s inefficient, dirty and so limited in capacity that no one expects it to process meaningful amounts of plastic waste any time soon.

That shouldn’t matter, say proponents of the industry’s argument. If it’s physically capable of being recycled — even in extremely limited scenarios — it should be labeled “recyclable.”

They are laying out their case in comments to the Federal Trade Commission as it revises its Green Guides, documents that define how companies can use marketing labels like “recyclable” or “compostable.” The guides are meant to curb greenwashing — deceptive adver-

tising that exaggerates the sustainability of products. They were last updated in 2012, before the explosion of social media advertising and green influencers; the agency declined to answer questions about the revision or give an idea of when it will be done.

The push for a looser definition of “recyclable” highlights a conundrum faced not just by companies represented by the Plastics Industry Association, but by members of the Consumer Brands Association, whose plastic-packaged products fill grocery shelves across the world. (Neither trade group, nor ExxonMobil, wanted to elaborate on their positions advocating for a more liberal use of the word “recyclable.”)

Under increasing pressure to reckon with the global plastics crisis, companies want to rely on recycling as the answer. But turning old plastic into new plastic is really, really hard. Products made with dyes, flame retardants and other toxic chemicals create a health hazard when they’re heated for recycling. That severely limits the types of products you can make from recycled plastic. And most items are too small for companies in the recycling business to bother sorting and processing, or they are assembled in a way that would make it far more costly to strip them down to their useful elements than to just make new plastic. Plastic forks? Straws? Toys given out in fast food meals and party favor bags? Never actually recycled. In fact, only 5% of Americans’ plastic finds new life.

Environmental experts worry that if the FTC sides with the industry, companies could slap the “recyclable” label on virtually anything.

Though the agency only pursues a few greenwashing cases a year, its guides — which are guidelines instead of laws — are the only national benchmark for evaluating recycling claims. They’re used by companies that want to market their products in an honest way. They also serve as a reference for state officials who are drafting laws to try to reduce plastic waste. By 2032, for example, most single-use packaging sold in California will need to be recyclable or compostable. What good will such laws

be, environmental experts worry, if those words mean nothing?

For at least three decades, the industry has misled the public about what really is recyclable.

Take a close look at any plastic product and you’ll likely see a little number stamped on it called a resin identification code; it distinguishes what kind of plastic it’s made of. Plastic bags, for example, are labeled No. 4. Only some No. 1 and No. 2 plastics are widely recyclable. In each case, the number is surrounded by the iconic “chasing arrows” symbol, which has come to denote recyclability, regardless of whether that product can actually be recycled.

The design was created in the 1980s by a group of chemical companies working with Exxon and BP; Grist recently published a fascinating story about the effort.

Around that time, the plastic industry was contending with the nation’s growing awareness that its products were the root of an intractable pollution problem. States were weighing legislation to deal with it. And the American Plastics Council was convening meetings to head off threats. The council discussed the arrows, which they described as “consumer tested,” according to meeting notes obtained by the Center for Climate Integrity, an advocacy group that works to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable.

The industry persuaded 39 states to require the use of the symbols. Their purpose, the notes said: “to prevent bans.” They pursued the strategy despite warnings from state regulators who predicted the arrows would lead consumers to overestimate the recyclability of plastic packaging.

By 1995, state attorneys general were telling the FTC that’s exactly what was happening.

The agency ruled in 1998 that brands could continue using the codes with the recycling symbol, but could only display them prominently — by printing them next to the brand name, for example — if the product was recyclable for a “substantial majority” of consumers. If not, the symbols could be stamped in a less obvious place, like the bottom of containers.

These mandates did little

to ease consumers’ confusion. “You mean we’re not supposed to throw plastic bags in recycling bins?” a colleague recently asked me.

During a tour of the New York facility that sorts the city’s recyclables, I saw the result of a million well-intentioned mistakes — countless bags sloshing over conveyor belts like the unwanted dregs at the bottom of a cereal bowl.

They’re notorious for clogging equipment. Sometimes, they start fires. And when they get stuck between layers of paper, the bags end up contaminating bales of paper that are actually recyclable, condemning much of it to the landfill.

If companies started printing the word “recyclable” on them, I wondered, how much worse could this get?

When you see something labeled as “recyclable,” it’s reasonable to expect it will be made into something new after you toss it in the nearest recycling bin.

You would be wrong.

The current Green Guides allow companies to make blanket “recyclable” claims if 60% of consumers or communities have access to recycling facilities that will take the product. The guides don’t specify whether facilities can just accept the item, or if there needs to be a reasonable assurance that the item will be made into a new product.

When the agency invited the public to comment in late 2022 on how the guides should be revised, FTC Chair Lina M. Khan predicted that one of the main issues would be “whether claims that a product is recyclable should reflect where a product ultimately ends up, not just whether it gets picked up from the curb.”

Strangely, that statement ignored the agency’s own guidance. An FTC supplement to the 2012 Green Guides stated that “recyclable” items must go to facilities “that will actually recycle” them, “not accept

and ultimately discard” them.

The industry disagrees with the position.

“Recent case law confirms that the term ‘recyclable’ means ‘capable of being recycled,’ and that it is an attribute, not a guarantee,” said a comment from the Plastics Industry Association. Forcing the material to be “actually recovered” is “unnecessarily burdensome.”

Citing a consumer survey, ExxonMobil told the FTC that the majority of respondents “agreed that it was appropriate to label an item as recyclable if a product can be recycled, even if access to recycling facilities across the country varies.”

The company’s comments argued against “arbitrary minimum” thresholds like the 60% rule.

The FTC also received comments urging the agency to tighten the rules. A letter from the attorneys general of 15 states and the District of Columbia suggested increasing the 60% minimum to 90%. And the Environmental Protection Agency told the FTC that “recyclable” is only valid if the facilities that collect those products can reliably make more money by selling them for recycling than by throwing them away in a landfill.

The industry argues that recycling is never guaranteed. Market changes like the pandemic could force facilities to discard material that is technically recyclable, wrote the Consumer Brands Association. There is “simply no consumer deception in a claim that clearly identifies that a product is capable of being recycled,” the group wrote, despite the fact that “an external factor several times removed from the manufacturer results in it ultimately not being recycled.”

And what if consumers stopped seeing as many products marketed as recyclable? That could “dramatically” lower recycling rates,

the group wrote, because consumers would get confused, seeming to imply people wouldn’t know if they could recycle anything at all.

“Wow, that’s some weird acrobatics,” Lynn Hoffman, strategic adviser at the Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling, said of the industry’s uncertainty argument. The group is a network of nonprofit recyclers that supports a zero-waste future. Hoffman acknowledged the inefficiencies in the system. The solution, she said, is to improve the true recyclability of products that can be reliably processed, like soda bottles, by tracking them as they pass through the supply chain, being transparent about where they end up and removing toxic chemicals from products.

Calling everything “recyclable” would be a huge mistake, she said. “We have to be realistic about the role that recycling plays,” she added.

No matter how well done, it doesn’t fix the bigger crisis. Not the microplastics infiltrating our bodies or “plastic smog” in the oceans or poisoned families living in the shadow of the chemical plants that produce it. In fact, research has shown people can produce more waste when they think it will be recycled. When North Carolina began rolling out curbside recycling in different towns, researchers analyzed data on household waste before and after the change. They found that overall waste — the total amount of trash plus stuff in the recycling bin — rose by up to 10% after recycling became available, possibly because consumers felt less guilty.

“They get their blue bins, and they worry less about the amount of trash they generate,” said one of the researchers, Roland Geyer, a professor of industrial ecology at the University of California-Santa Barbara. “I’m probably guilty of that too.”

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Irene Aguilar

Case No. 24STPB06856

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

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Diane Garcia 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 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 September 10, 2024, at 8:30 AM in Dept. 11 Room: 21. located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

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

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JUDITH A. CLARK CASE NO. 24STPB08833

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

DITH A. CLARK.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by TODD W. CLARK in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that TODD W. CLARK 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 au-

thority 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: 09/12/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID HASTINGS 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: 09/06/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 62 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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CASE NO. 24STPB08981

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

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LUCILLE BENEVENTO 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 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: 09/19/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 44 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Ruth E. L. Beebe

Case No. 24STPB03771

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in

the will or estate, or both, of Ruth E. L. Beebe

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Sandi Beebe 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 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 November 19, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 5. located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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NOTICE OF WAREHOUSE LIEN SALE [Civ. Code Sec. 798.56a(e); Comm. Code Secs. 7209, 7210] TO: Teri Pratt [Registered Owner] AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING AN INTEREST in the following goods: A 1968 mobilehome, Manufacturer: Golden West., Tradename: Golden West; HCD Decal Number LAZ5260, Serial nos.: 1101XX and 1101XXU; HUD Label/Insignia nos.: B229252 and A229251; measuring 54 feet in length and 10 feet in width per section. SINCE THE DEMAND MADE under Civil Code Section 798.56a(e) and Commercial Code Sections 7209, 7210(2) of the Commercial Code by Rancho Glendora Mobile Villas, LLC (“Community Owner”) for payment in full of the storage charges due and unpaid was not satisfied, the above-stated mobilehome, held on account of Teri Pratt, and due notice having been given to all parties known to claim an interest in the mobilehome and the time specified in the notice having expired, notice is hereby given said mobilehome, and all of the fixtures contained in the home, will be advertised for public sale and sold by auction at 10:00 a.m. on September 10, 2024 at 1630 S. Barranca Ave., Space 141, City of Glendora, County of Los Angeles, State of California 91740. The subject mobilehome, and all fixtures contained in the home, will be sold in bulk, “as-is” without warranties of title, fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranties, express or implied, and will be subject to a credit bid by Community Owner. The sale is subject to change upon proper notice.

Please take notice payment at the public sale must be made by certified funds within three (3) days of the warehouse lien sale or at the time the mobilehome is removed from the premises, whichever is sooner. Failure to pay or remove as required will result in failure of the bid in which case the next highest third party bid will be taken subject to these same terms and conditions; if the next highest bidder is Community Owner’s credit bid, then Community Owner’s credit bid will prevail. Reasonable storage charges at the per diem rate of $43.81 from May 1, 2024 through July 29, 2024, plus utilities and other charges due as of July 1, 2024 of $248.31, and including estimated charges of $1,000.00 for publication and service charges (note: this is an estimated administrative charge only; actual charges incurred must be paid to satisfy the demand for payment), all associated with the storage of the mobilehome in the sum of $5,191.21. Additionally, you must pay daily storage in the amount of $43.81 per day accruing on or after July 30, 2024, plus utilities and other charges associated with the storage of the mobilehome due after July 1, 2024, and continuing until the mobilehome is removed from the Community.

Please take further notice all thirdparty bidders must remove the subject mobilehome from the premises within three (3) days after the sale or disposition of the same. THE MOBILEHOME MAY NOT REMAIN IN RANCHO GLENDORA MOBILE VILLAS AFTER THE SALE OR DISPOSITION. Any purchaser of the mobilehome will take title and possession subject to any liens under California Health & Safety Code §18116.1. All bidders are responsible and liable for any penalties, or other costs, including, but not limited to, defective title or other bond, which may be necessary to obtain title to, or register, the mobilehome.

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Dated: August 16, 2024, at San Jose, California BY: ____________________________

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Central District of California Civil Action No. 2:24-cv-03438 CBM (AGRx)

Land and Warehouse LLC, Canterbury Enterprise, Inc. d/b/a Mega Produce, Toupan Tommy Salim, and Toupan Tommy Salim, Trustee of the Salim Family Trust, UDT, dated June 23, 2007, and ROES 1-10, Plaintiff(s) v. Revvity, Inc., Industrial AssetsRevitalization, Inc. (f/k/a Industrial Assets Environmental Remediation, Inc.), Mattes Diversified, Inc. (d/b/a Custom Metal Fabrication), Steven Mattes, (See Attachment #1) Defendant(s) SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION ON FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT To: (Defendant’s name and address) Shih-bin Robin Chang 1015 Via Romales, San Dimas, CA 91773

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A lawsuit has been filed against you.

Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) – or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an office or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) – you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and address are: Tiffany Hedgpeth

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is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described. (2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: CHEFS CHINA KITCHEN, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION 19762 COLIMA RD., ROWLANDS HEIGHTS, CA 91748 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: 19762 COLIMA RD., ROWLANDS HEIGHTS, CA 91748 (4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: CHEFS KITCHEN TW LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are FURNITURE, FIXTURE AND EQUIPMENTS of that certain business located at: 19762 COLIMA RD., ROWLANDS HEIGHTS, CA 91748 (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at that location is: CHEF’S CHINA KITCHEN (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is 09/05/24 at the office of OLYMPUS ESCROW CORPORATION, 137 E. HUNTINGTON DRIVE ARCADIA, CA 91006, Escrow No. 006060-KI, Escrow Officer: KITTY IP. (8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above. (9) The last date for filing claims is 09/04/24. (10) 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: AUGUST 12, 2024

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. Any vehicles sold will be under Section 3071 of motor vehicle code. The undersigned will be sold by competitive bidding at BID13 on or after the 3rd day of September, 2024 at 9:30 AM or later, on the premises where said property has been stored and

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Notice of Public Hearing on the Proposed Lamanda Park Specific Plan

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Planning & Community Development Department has prepared a new Specific Plan for the Lamanda Park area. The proposed Lamanda Park Specific Plan (LPSP) covers areas in the 2003 East Colorado and the 2000 East Pasadena Specific Plans. The proposed LPSP will result in a unique plan vision for Lamanda Park, with goals, policies, permitted uses, and design, development, and public realm standards that will shape the built environment for the plan area and implement General Plan Land Use policies. The proposed LPSP will require the following approvals: General Plan Map Amendment, Specific Plan Adoption, and Zoning Map and Text Amendments. You may find documents related to the proposed LPSP at https://www.ourpasadena.org/LPSP-PC-HR-082824.

PROJECT LOCATION: The proposed LPSP area generally encompasses the area between the 210 freeway to the north, Roosevelt and Vista Avenues to the west, Colorado Boulevard to the south and Kinneloa Avenue to the east (Exhibit 1).

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

APPROVALS NEEDED: The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing and consider the proposed amendments and addendum to the GP EIR. The Planning Commission recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council. The City Council will make a final decision at a separately-noticed public hearing.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission will hold a public meeting to review the latest update to the LPSP. The meeting is scheduled for:

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2024

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

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: Council Chambers, Pasadena City Hall 100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249. The meeting agenda will be posted by August 23, 2024 at https://www.cityofpasadena.net/commissions/planning-commission/

Exhibit 1: Proposed Boundary for the Lamanda

PUBLIC INFORMATION: Any interested party or their representative may appear at the meeting and comment on the project. Prior to the start of the meeting, written correspondence may be emailed to commentsPC@cityofpasadena.net or mailed to the address below (note that this email address will not be checked once the meeting starts).

Contact Person: Ani Garibyan, Planner

Phone: (626) 744-6743

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Exhibit 1: Proposed Boundary for the Lamanda Park Specific Plan

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contract for Sewer and Storm Drain Repair Services. Contractor shall dispatch and mobilize their resources including furnishing labor, materials, equipment, services, and specialized skills to perform as needed sewer or storm drain repairs on a short notice. The Work included in the Bid is defined in accordance with Specification No. 3987. The general sewer or storm drain work includes: provide traffic control on residential, collector, and arterial streets; excavate and replace existing sewer and storm drain pipe of various materials and manhole rings; provide sewage or storm water bypass; remove and reconstruct asphalt concrete and Portland cement concrete pavement; remove and replace interfering trees and plants; other Sanitary Sewer, Storm Drain infrastructure, or related appurtenances repairs as needed and directed by the Director or his designee as shown on the project plans and specifications, Standard Plans for Public Works Construction (SPPWC 2024 Edition), and the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (2024 Edition), including all supplements thereto issued prior to bid opening date.

Other Bidding Information: 1. 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. 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. Contract Amount and Duration. The on-call contract is valid for the duration of three years from the contract certification date in a not-to-exceed contract amount of $1,200,000, with an option to extend the contract duration by an additional two-years in the amount of $800,000.

3. 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.

4. 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. 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.

5. 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

Park Specific Plan

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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.

7. 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.

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

9. Substitution of Securities. Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 22300, substitution of securities for withheld funds is permitted in accordance therewith.

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. Prevailing Wages. This Project is subject to the provisions of California Labor Code Section 1720. Contractor awarded this Contract and all Subcontractors of any tier shall not pay less than the minimum prevailing rate of per diem wages for each craft, classification, or type of worker needed to perform the Work. The Director of Industrial Relations of the State of California, pursuant to the California Labor Code, and the United States Secretary of Labor, pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act, have determined the general prevailing rates of wages in the locality in which the Work is to be performed. The rates determined by the California Director of Industrial Relations are available online at www. dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD/. Davis-Bacon wage rates are available online at www.wdol.gov/. To the extent that there are any differences in the federal and state prevailing wage rates for similar classifications of labor, Contractor and its Subcontractors shall pay the highest wage rate.

12. 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://www.dir.ca.gov/public-works/contractorregistration.html 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: https://www.dir.ca.gov/public-works/PublicWorksSB854.html 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.

Suzie Abajian, Ph.D., City Clerk of the City of Glendale

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Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FE P. TIDALGO CASE NO. 24STPB08536

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ISABELA T. TIDALGO in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ISABELA T. TIDALGO 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 independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause

LEGALS

Attorney for Petitioner

DAVID A. SOFFER - SBN 240289

SOFFER LAW GROUP

345 N. MAPLE DRIVE, SUITE 386

BEVERLY HILLS CA 90210

Telephone (310) 284-7306 8/12, 8/15, 8/19/24

CNS-3840541#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RUTH MILLER

Case No. 24STPB08296

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RUTH MILLER

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on August 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 62 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.

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.

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: 09/10/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

LAW OFFICE OF JENNIFER L. FIELD

405 N. INDIAN HILL BOULEVARD CLAREMONT CA 91711

Telephone (909) 625-0220 BSC 225583 8/12, 8/15, 8/19/24

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PATRICIA C. MCGREAL CASE NO. 24STPB08582

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

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.

Attorney for Petitioner SCOTT A. HANCOCK - SBN 115747

SNYDER & HANCOCK 1112 FAIR OAKS AVE. SOUTH PASADENA CA 91030

Telephone (626) 799-7156

8/12, 8/15, 8/19/24 CNS-3840801# GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHARLOTTE S. BREARTON CASE NO. 24STPB08832

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

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that STEVEN BREARTON 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 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.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DONNA JO HOLT CASE NO. 30-2023-01352128-PR-PLCMC

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by BENJAMIN HOLT in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BENJAMIN HOLT 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: 09/05/24 at 9:00AM in Dept. 5 located at 3390 HARBOR BLVD., COSTA MESA, CA 92626 NOTICE IN PROBATE CASES The court is providing the convenience to appear for hearing by video using the court’s designated video platform. This is a no cost service to the public. Go to the Court’s website at The Superior Court of California - County of Orange (occourts.org) to appear remotely for Probate hearings and for remote hearing instructions. If you have difficulty connecting or are unable to connect to your remote hearing, call 657-622-8278 for assistance. If you prefer to appear in-person, you can appear in the department on the day/ time set for your hearing.

why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/06/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 62 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Petitioner: Rodney Miller

RODNEY MILLER 11445 SANTA GERTRUDES AVE WHITTIER CA 90604 CN108950 MILLER Aug 12,15,19, 2024 WEST COVINA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DARLENE MISETIC CASE NO. 24STPB08789

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of DARLENE MISETIC. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOHN JEAN-PIERRE

GEORGES DEFACHELLE in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOHN JEAN-PIERRE

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by WILLIAM KERRY MILLER in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that WILLIAM KERRY MILLER 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: 09/10/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/13/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 44 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA

90012

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.

Attorney for Petitioner TORI J. FREEBORN - SBN 293750 EICK & FREEBORN, LLP 2604 FOOTHILL BLVD STE C LA CRESCENTA CA 91214

Telephone (818) 248-0050 8/15, 8/19, 8/22/24 CNS-3842181# GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

JULIANNA M. MALIS - SBN 189138 SANTA

Flores in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Amanda Antoinette Flores be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Sept. 9, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 2D located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Attorney for petitioner: PAUL HORN ESQ SBN 243227

PAUL HORN LAW GROUP PC 11404 SOUTH STREET

CERRITOS CA 90703

CN109298 OLAGUE

Aug 15,19,22, 2024

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

KENNETH PATTERSON CASE NO. 24STPB07674

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

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

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

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: 10/01/24 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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.

Telephone (888) 909-9140 8/15, 8/19, 8/22/24 CNS-3841271#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WOLFGANG SPIEGELSTEIN aka WOLFGANG HORST SIMON SPIEGELSTEIN Case No. 24STPB09124

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WOLFGANG SPIEGELSTEIN aka WOLFGANG HORST SIMON SPIEGELSTEIN

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Monica Lago-Kaytis in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Monica LagoKaytis 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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Sept. 12, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 62 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Attorney for petitioner: WILBUR GIN ESQ SBN 93826

EDWARDS ASHTON AND GIN LLP

100 W BROADWAY STE 860

GLENDALE CA 91210-1202

CN109324 SPIEGELSTEIN Aug 19,22,26, 2024

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF STEVEN K. HANAMI

Case No. 24STPB09110

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of STEVEN K. HANAMI

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Thomas D. Hanami in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Thomas D. Hanami be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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 Sept. 13, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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.

ELDER LAW SERVICES OF CALIFORNIA APLC 1609 CRAVENS AVENUE TORRANCE CA 90501

CN109319 HANAMI Aug 19,22,26, 2024 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARIA DEL CARMEN JIMENEZ REYES

Case No. 24STPB08664

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MARIA DEL CARMEN JIMENEZ REYES

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Saless Arlene Jimenez in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Saless Arlene Jimenez be appointed as personal repre-sentative 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 Sept. 12, 2024 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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.

BAZAN HUERTA & ASSOCIATES 5345 E OLYMPIC BLVD LOS ANGELES CA 90022 CN109322 REYES Aug 19,22,26, 2024 BALDWIN PARK PRESS

Public Notices

NOTICE OF $20,000 REWARD OFFERED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles has reestablished the $20,000 reward offered in exchange for information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the heinous murder of Sheriff’s Deputy Juan Escalante, who was fatally shot in front of his mother’s house in the Cypress Park area, on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at approximately 5:40 a.m. Si no entiende esta noticia o necesita más información, favor de llamar al (213) 974-1579. Any person having any information related to this crime is requested to call Lieutenant Patricia Thomas at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500, and refer to Report No. 008-00095-3199-011, or Detective Carlos Camacho at the Los Angeles Police Department, Homicide Division at (213) 486-6890, and refer to Report No. 08-1119483), or the Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 222-8477 The terms of the reward provide that: The information given that leads to the determination of the identity, the apprehension and conviction of any person or persons must be given no later than September 22, 2024. All reward claims must be in writing and shall be received no later than November 21, 2024. The total County payment of any and all rewards shall in no event exceed $20,000 and no claim shall be paid prior to conviction unless the Board of Supervisors makes a finding of impossibility of conviction due to the death or incapacity of the person or persons responsible for the crime or crimes. The County reward may be apportioned between various persons and/or paid for the conviction of various persons as the circumstances fairly dictate. Any claims for the reward funds should be filed no later than November 21, 2024, with the Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, 500 West Temple Street, Room 383 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Los Angeles, California 90012, Attention: Sheriff’s Deputy Juan Escalante Reward Fund. For further information, please call

NAME Megan Noel Sigler . 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: 09/03/2024 Time: 8:30pm Dept. D100

REMOTE HEARING The address of the court is Justice Center, 700 Civic Center Dr, 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: July 30, 2024 Layne H. Melzer Judge of the Superior Court Pub Dates: August 5, 12, 19, 26, 2024 ANAHEIM PRESS

Summons

(Domestic Violence Restraining Order) Citación

(Orden de restricción de violencia en el hogar)

Superior Court of California, County of Corte Superior de California, Condado de Los Angeles NE District Pasadena Courthouse

300 E. Walnut Street Pasadena, Ca 910107

Case Number/Número de caso: 24PDRO00999

(1) Person asking for protection: La persona que solicita protección: Sydney Marie Ochoa

(2) Notice to (name of person to be restrained): Aviso a (nombre de la persona a ser restringida): Jacob Tyler Mowery

The person in (1) is asking for a Domestic Violence Restraining Order against you. La persona en (1) está pidiendo una orden de restricción de violencia en el hogar contra usted. Lea la página 2 para más.

The court will complete the rest of this form

El tribunal llenará el resto de este formulario

You have a court date Tiene una audiencia en la corte

Date/Fecha: 9/10/2024

Time/Hora: 8:30am

Dept/Depto: S Room/Sala: 417

What if I don’t go to my court date?

If you do not go to your court date, the judge can grant a restraining order that limits your contact with the person in (1).

If you have a child with the person in (1), the court could make orders that limit your time with your child. Having a restraining order against you may impact your life in other ways, including preventing you from having guns and ammunition. If you do not go to your court date, the judge could grant everything that the person in (1) asked the judge to order.

Restricción

¿Qué pasa si no voy a la audiencia?

Si no va la audiencia, el juez dictar una ordern de restricción que limita su contracto con la persona en (1), la corte puede dictar órdene que limitans u tiempo con su hio, ina orden de restricción en su contra puede tener otras consecuencias, como prohibirle tener armas de fuego y municiones. Si no va a la audiencia, el jues puede ordenar todo lo que pide la persona en (1)

How do I find out what the person in (1) is asking for?

To find out what the person in (1) is asking the judge to order, go to the courthouse listed at the top of page 1. Ask the court clerk to let you see your case file. You will need to give the court clerk your case number, which is listed above and on page 1. The request for restraining order will be on form DV-100, Request for Domestic Violence Restraining Order.

¿Cómo puedo entender lo que pide la persona en (1)?

Para entender lo que pide la persona en (1), vaya al tribunal en la dirección indicada en la parte superior de la página (1). Pida al secretario de la corte permiso para ver el expediente de su caso. Tendrá que darle al secretario el número de su caso, que aparece arriba y en la página 1. La solicitud de una orden de restricción se hace en el formulario DV-100, Solicitud de orden de restricción de violencia en el hogar .

Where can I get help?

Free legal information is available at your local court’s self-help center. Go to www. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp to find your local center.

¿Dónde puedo obtener ayuda?

Puede obtener información legal gratis en el centro de ayuda de su corte. Vea www. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp selfhelpcenters. htm?rdeLocaleAttr=es para encontrar el centro de ayuda en su condado¬¬.

Do I need a lawyer?

You are not required to have a lawyer, but you may want legal advice before your court hearing. For help finding a lawyer, you can visit www.lawhelpca.org or contact your local bar association.

¿Necesito un abogado? No es obligatorio tener un abogado, pero es posible que

quiera consejos legales antes de la audiencia en la corte. Para ayuda a encontrar un abogado, visite www.lawhelpca.org/es/ homepage o contacte al Colegio de Abogados local.

David W. Slayton, Clerk, by (Secretario, pro): W. Acuna, Deputy (Asistente) July 30, 2024

Publish August 5, 12,

BBQ The names, Social Security or Federal Tax Numbers and addresses of the Buyer/ Transferee are: JNBB CORPORATION, 7814 ORANGETHORPE AVE., STE. 106, BUENA PARK, CA 90621 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other

NAME, GOODWILL, LEASEHOLD INTEREST AND IMPROVEMENT, COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND ABC LICENSE #637563 and are located at: 7814 ORANGETHORPE AVE., STE. 106, BUENA PARK, CA 90621 The kind of license to be transferred is: 41 - ON SALE BEER AND WINE - EATING PLACE, now issued for the premises located at: 7814 ORANGETHORPE AVE., STE. 106, BUENA PARK, CA 90621 The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 at the office of: MASTERS ESCROW, 6561 BEACH BLVD, BUENA PARK, CA 90621 The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business,

138 E Graham Ave Lake Elsinore, CA 92530 Riverside County Mailing Address, 610 N Santa Anita Ave Floor 2, Arcadia, CA 91006. Los Angeles County SVPP Properties, LLC (CA, 610 N Santa Anita Ave Floor 2, Arcadia, CA 91006

County

business is conducted by:

company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact

under the fictitious business

or names listed herein on June 10, 2021. 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. Srinivas Yalamanchili, Manager Statement filed with the County of Riverside on July 22, 2024 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-202409540 Pub. 07/29/2024, 08/05/2024, 08/12/2024, 08/19/2024 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Vintage Woods Apts 87 E Jarvis St Perris, CA 92571 Riverside County Mailing Address, 610 N Santa Anita Ave Floor 2, Arcadia, CA 91006. Los Angeles County Vintage Woods LLC (CA, 610 N Santa Anita Ave Floor 2, Arcadia, CA 91006 Los Angeles County This business is conducted by: a limited partnership. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on April 22, 2016. 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. Rao R Yalamanchili, General Partner Statement filed with the County of Riverside on July 22, 2024 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-202409549 Pub. 07/29/2024, 08/05/2024, 08/12/2024, 08/19/2024 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Privia Consulting 2665 Covington Cir Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County Privia Dental Solution LLC (CA, 2665 Covington Cir, Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant has not yet

LEGALS

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. Robert Chun, Member Statement filed with the County of Riverside on July 29, 2024 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-202409737 Pub. 08/05/2024, 08/12/2024, 08/19/2024, 08/26/2024 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20240006885

The following persons are doing business as: (1). Fresh Cut Foods, LLC (2). Fresh Cut Catering (3). GrabNGo Cuisine , 12207 Central Ave., Chino, CA 91710. Mailing Address, Po Box 624, Chino Hills, CA 91710. Fresh Cut Foods, LLC (CA 202115210834, 12207 Central Ave., Chino, CA 91710; Kristina Gutierrez, President. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino 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 October 1, 2021. 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/ Kristina Gutierrez, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on July 31, 2024 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#: FBN20240006885 Pub: 08/05/2024, 08/12/2024, 08/19/2024, 08/26/2024 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN20240007094

The following persons are doing business as: (1). Notary, Apostille & Translation Services (2). Uptown Notaries (3). Say I Do – Marriage License & Ceremony , 8599 Haven Ave Suite #306, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. Mailing Address, Po Box 9274, Whittier, CA 90608. Aracelly J Sanchez, 12432 Pasadena St, Whittier, CA 90601. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on July 12, 2024. 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 62506277). /s/ Aracelly J Sanchez, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on August 7, 2024 Notice- In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920. A Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (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#: FBN20240007094 Pub: 08/12/2024, 08/19/2024, 08/26/2024, 09/02/2024 San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TACOS EL CHAPULIN 6104 Mission Blvd Jurupa Valley, CA 92509 Riverside County Mailing Address, 8628 6th St, Downey, CA 90241. Riverside County El Chapulin LLC (CA, 6104 Mission Blvd, Jurupa Valley, CA 92509

Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). 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. Yahir german caiceros galeno, President Statement filed with the County of Riverside on August 7, 2024 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-202410125 Pub. 08/19/2024, 08/26/2024, 09/02/2024, 09/09/2024 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Trusted Ledger Solutions 3610 central ave, suite 400 Riverside, CA 92506 Riverside County Jose Francisco Navarro, 3610 central ave, suite 400, Riverside, CA 92506

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. Jose Francisco Navarro Statement filed with the County of Riverside on August 13, 2024 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-202410346 Pub. 08/19/2024, 08/26/2024, 09/02/2024, 09/09/2024 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PlainJoe Studios Architecture, Inc. 7345 Piute Creek Drive Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County Storyland Architecture, Inc. (CA, 7345 Piute Creek Drive, Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on August 14, 2024. 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. Blake Ryan, President Statement filed with the County of Riverside on August 15, 2024 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

Apartment complex for formerly homeless seniors opens in Pasadena

By City News Service

Heritage Square South, a 69-unit apartment complexproviding one-bedroom apartments for seniors who previously experienced homelessness, opened Wednesday in Pasadena.

The complex is aimed at helping address the housing crisis affecting communities in Southern California, where extremely high costs and low availability have put stable housing increasingly out of reach, especially for seniors, according to the project’s nonprofit developer, Bridge Housing.

Located in a commercial area at the corner of Fair Oaks Avenue and Orange Grove Boulevard, Heritage Square South provides apartments in a trio of threestory buildings, connected by pedestrian bridges.

Case management services for residents will be provided by Pasadena-based Union Station Homeless Services. Those services will include counseling, assistance with healthcare, independent living support, on-site activities, and more, according to the developer.

“It’s not right that here in Pasadena, or anywhere, many of our neighbors struggle to put a roof over

their head, have no local housing options within their budget, or are just one paycheck away from becoming unhoused,” Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, said in a statement. “That’s why projects like Heritage Square South are so critical, and nearly 70 seniors who have experienced homelessness will now have a place to call home here in Pasadena with access to amenities and vital case management services from Union Station Homeless Services.”

Chu added that she “will continue pushing for solutions to our housing crisis in Congress, in collaboration with partners at the federal, state, and local levels.”

Keith Dickson, a lifelong San Gabriel Valley resident who owned a high- end auto repair shop in Pasadena until the COVID-19 pandemic and his own illness caused his business to close, was forced to live in his car for two years before moving into Heritage Square South this past spring.

“It’s a wonderful apartment,” Dickson, 72, said at Wednesday’s grand opening. “It’s nice and clean, and there are a lot of good people here. I thank

Earthquakes

God every day that I have a roof over my head.”

Amenities at Heritage Square South include a leasing office, an onsite manager, 24-hour security, laundry rooms, an outdoor courtyard, outdoor lounging areas, two flex rooms, and a community room. It also includes 2,200 square feet of commercial space. Powered in part by renewable energy, Heritage Square South is an Affordable Multifamily GreenPoint Rated Platinum project, according to the developer.

“All seniors deserve a home where they can live with dignity,” Bridge President and CEO Ken Lombard said. “Each of these 69 units will give residents a safe, stable place to call home and comprehensive services to help them change their lives for the better. Bridge Housing is delighted to work with the City of Pasadena and our partners to serve some of our most vulnerable neighbors.”

The complex is adjacent to another Bridge development, Heritage Square, which opened in 2016 with 70 affordable apartments for low-income seniors.

Monrovia Old Town report: EPIC-enter

By Shawn Spencer shawn@girlfridaysolutions.net

Can we all just agree that earthquakes are scary? Doesn’t matter where the epicenter is or how mild it is. Sure, some are far more scary than others, but all shakes and quakes are scary. We don’t know if it’s a prequel for something more dire. We don’t know if the BIG ONE is coming. My daughter always wants to watch San Andreas and it drives me crazy. All I have deduced from watching that movie is that none of us will survive the big one unless we have the Rock with us to save the day.

We all know that we should have water, canned goods and first aid on hand for these emergencies. We also need to have a meeting place or a plan in place for our families that aren’t at home if/ when an earthquake happens. That part is the hardest for me to figure out, so I’m open to hearing your ideas.

If you aren’t already, get prepared. If you have a smartphone, download the MyShake app. I don’t know how useful it is, but it is supposed to be an early warning app. It also shares damage and quake results from other communities that have been affected. The WEA or Wireless Emergency Alerts also provides alerts issued by the President of the United States, their designee or state and local government authorities during an emergency. It

also provides imminent threat warnings for fires, hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters, as well as Amber Alerts.

Secure items in your home that may be hazards, like water heaters and large shelves. Create a disaster plan with your family. Organize your supplies. Keep all of your important documents in one central location. If and when an earthquake happens: drop, cover, and hold on. Stay away from windows. Do not run outdoors where you can fall, be hit by falling debris, glass or power lines. If you are outside, get out into the open; away from chimneys, tall buildings, power lines or anything else that could hit you.

Your emergency supplies should consist of one gallon of water per person per day. You also need canned, dried or ready to eat food that is nutritional, like protein bars, peanut butter, granola, etc.

Cin the past,” Jones said. “In 1989, we had a pair of fourand-a-halfs that were also in the system that were just a half-hour apart. There have been plenty of small ones over the years that are also within this.”

The quake came on the heels of a 5.2-magnitude

earthquake on Aug. 6 centered in the Bakersfield area that was also felt across most of the Southland.

Local officials urged residents to use the quake as a reminder to be prepared for a shaker at any time.

“Having lived through the Northridge earthquake,

today’s tremor made me flashback to what we know are life saving rules during an earthquake: drop, cover, and hold on,” county Supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement last week. “It was also a reminder to us all that we live in earthquake country and we need to be prepared.”

Another clever idea is to keep your small bills. Every time you go out and pay in cash, save your ones, fives and tens. If our digital world crashes, no one will have change for a 20 or 100 dollar bill. Purchase a multi tool, light sources and portable cell phone charging banks. Make sure you have a back-up of all medications that are vital to your wellbeing. Stay indoors until the shaking stops. If possible, check on your neighbors that might require assistance. Try to stay calm and keep your wits about you. We live in a great community that takes care of each other. We also have the best city staff and first responders that are trained in how to manage these situations. Even if I’m fully prepared, I’m still counting on them to know what to do and to get us all through it. Be prepared. Be calm. Be smart and may God bless us all, every day.

Cargo volume soars in July at

the

Port of Long Beach

By City News Service

argo volume surged to historic levels at the Port of Long Beach in July, representing the thirdbusiest month in the port’s 113 years, as retailers stocked up on goods in preparation for peak shipping season, officials announced Wednesday.

Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 882,376 twenty-foot equivalent units in July, an increase of 52.6% compared to the same time last year, which also surpassed the previous record set in July 2022 by 12.4%. Imports increased by 60.5% to 435,081 TEUs, exports grew by 16.3% to 104,834 TEUs and empty containers moved through the facility by 57.8% to 342,462 TEUs.

“We’re in a strong position heading into the peak shipping season as consumers purchase back-to-school

supplies and shippers move goods ahead of potential tariff increases,” Port of Long Beach

CEO Mario Cordero said in a statement. “We have plenty of capacity across our terminals and cargo continues to move efficiently and sustainably at this premier gateway for trans- Pacific trade.”

The port has moved 5,174,002 TEUs during the first seven months of 2024, up

20% from the same period last year. “Our waterfront workforce continues to move trade through the port at a recordsetting pace,” Long Beach Harbor Commission President Bonnie Lowenthal said in a statement. “Our strong partnerships with labor and industry continue to help us meet the evolving needs of our customers.”

Heritage Square South. | Photo courtesy of rdolsonconstruction/Instagram

| Photo courtesy of Port of Los Angeles/Facebook

State funding for supportive housing headed to SoCal counties

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

Riverside and Orange countieswilleach

receive over $20 million from the state for more permanent supportive housing units in governments’ ongoing attempts to reduce homelessness, California officials announced Wednesday.

Riverside County, in a partnership with Abode Communities, will get more than $21.7 million for the Desert Extended Stay project in Riverside, according to the governor’s office. The project is a hotel acquisition and rehabilitation that officials said would create a manager unit and 96 permanent supportive units for people who are on the brink of homelessness, exiting homelessness and chronically unhoused.

Orange County, in a partnership with American Family Housing, will receive $29 million for the 1400 Bristol St. project in Costa Mesa. The acquisition and refurbishing of a former Travelodge motel will add 76 permanent supportive dwellings and two manager units.

The SoCal counties were among nine awardees — Merced, Richmond, San Francisco, Sebastopol, San Mateo County and the housing authorities of Kern

County and Sacramento County — that will receive a total of $130.6 million via the Homekey program, according to the governor’s office. The funding will add 533 new permanent supportive units statewide and help an estimated 4,886 Californians at risk of being unhoused, including initiatives focused on young people, individuals and families.

“We are proud to stand with local partners who are serving their communities by providing muchneeded housing to alleviate homelessness,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “We’ll continue to support local governments who are doing the work to ensure everyone has a place to call home.”

The grants are administered through the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development.

“Originally an emergency measure to help curb the spread of COVID-19 among unhoused Californians, Homekey has grown and evolved into a model for supporting our families and individuals in need of housing such as deserving veterans and others experiencing behavioral health

challenges,” HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez said in a statement. “Thanks to forward-thinking voters, HCD will get to play an even larger role in housing Californians who are struggling, and connecting them to the services they need to exit homelessness and maintain housing stability.”

Homekey began in 2020 and was initially called Project Roomkey.Theprogram enables state and local governments and public entities to build permanent supportive housing by buying, develop-

ing and repairing a wide range of housing types such as hotels, motels, hostels, single-family homes, multifamily apartments and commercial properties.

Early Homekey projects were mainly hotel and motel conversions, while projects awarded in the most recent third round of grant funding “have included a hospital conversion, new construction and innovative modular construction approaches,” officials said. “The program goal remains to rapidly expand availability of

affordable housing to help Californians exit or prevent homelessness.”

To date the program has awarded $3.6 billion for 259 projects that officials said will include 15,850 residences to serve a projected 172,000 California households over the project’s span.

“Homekey continues to demonstrate California’s steadfast commitment to working with local partners to expand our housing supply and build new homes for our most vulnerable neighbors,” state Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Secretary Tomiquia Moss said in a statement.

Now as funding for Homekey winds down, HCD staff are planning to expand its model statewide under the moniker Homekey+. In March voters approved Proposition 1, which officials said will fund housing and supportive services for veterans, homeless people and state residents with mental health challenges.

HCD and CalVet, the state’s veterans services agency, will announce Homekey+ grant availability before the end of the year, officials said.

The governor’s office

noted the over $40 billion in state funds spent on affordable housing, and additionally, more than $27 billion to try to reduce homelessness since Newsom’s 2019 election.

Wednesday’sfunding announcementfollows Newsom’s July 25 executive order that directed cities and counties to use the state funding “to address unsanitary and dangerous encampments within their communities and provide people experiencing homelessness in the encampments with the care and supportive services they need,” according to the governor’s office.

According to the results of Riverside County’s most recent point-in-time homeless count, in 2023 the estimated homeless population was 3,725, compared with 3,316 recorded in the previous count. In Orange County, the 2024 homeless population was 7,322 people. Compared with 2022, there was a 37% increase in the unsheltered population and an 18% increase in people living in shelters.

Additional information on Homekey is available at the HCD website.

Famous Amos, who launched cookie empire in LA, dies at 88

By City News Service

Wally Amos, the talent agent-turnedcookie entrepreneur whose “Famous Amos” brand got its start in a small shop on Sunset Boulevard, has died in Hawaii at age 88, his family announced Wednesday.

In a statement to The New York Times, Amos’ children Shawn and Sarah said their father died Tuesday due to complications from dementia.

Born in Florida, Amos moved to New York as a teen and later joined the Air Force.

He returned to New York after his military service and began working in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency, working his way up the ranks to become a talent agent who notably represented, among others, Simon & Garfunkel, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye. He later moved to the West Coast with the dream of expanding his talent agent work and pursuing his other passion -- baking. With the help of a $25,000 loan from Gaye and Helen Reddy, Amos

opened his very first Famous Amos store on Sunset Boulevard in 1975.

Fueled by Amos’ infectious personality and boundless marketing energy, his bite-sized, fresh-ingredient cookies grew into a local and national sensation. Amos also became a media darling, making guest appearances on television programs and putting pen to paper to produce multiple books about his business and the power of self-confidence and promotion.

He also eventually hosted the educational TV program “Learn to Read” to promote literacy.

But his cookie empire eventually crumbled financially, and he was forced to sell the Famous Amos Co. and his trademarked “Famous Amos” brand. He rebounded in the 1990s with the launch of the Uncle Noname Gourmet Muffin business, later rebranded Uncle Wally’s. He also eventually returned to cookies, dubbing himself the Cookie Kahuna.

Homelessness

The report contends that while Black residents represent less than 8% of the overall population of Los Angeles, Black people represent 33% of the homeless population.

Mayor Karen Bass’ office did not respond to a request for comment as of Wednesday afternoon.

Hugh Esten, director of communications for City Council President Paul

Krekorian, said that while Krekorian has not seen the report, he rejects the characterization of the city’s policies as “criminalizing homelessness.”

“We do not prohibit

camping on the streets of Los Angeles; we enforce restrictions on the time, place and manner of street camping to ensure public access to the public right of way, and to protect the

safety of the housed and unhoused alike,” Esten said in an email.

“Since 2020 we have built interim shelter and permanent supportive housing for those experi-

encing homelessness. As a result, over the last year we have seen more than a ten percent reduction in unsheltered homelessness in the city of Los Angeles,” he continued.

| Image courtesy of the California Housing and Community Development Department

Amos is survived by his wife, Christine, and children Shawn, Sarah, Gregory and Michael.

Famous Amos cookie store. | Photo by kaveman743 CC BY-NC 2.0