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LA County, Pasadena, Sierra Madre sue Edison over Eaton Fire

Los Angeles County and the cities of Pasadena and Sierra Madre on Wednesday sued Southern California Edison on allegations that the utility’s equipment caused the Eaton Fire that killed 17 people, burned over 14,000 acres and destroyed more than 9,400 structures.

The lawsuits seek to recover public funds spent on responding and recovering from the wildfire, which started during an intense windstorm Jan. 7.

Pasadena’s suit alleges the blaze damaged the police department training facility, the Pasadena Municipal Assistance, Solutions, and Hiring building and fleet as well as city-owned tanks for water storage.

In unincorporated Altadena, the fire destroyed county parks, a nature center, multiple trails and other community infrastructure, officials said.

Sierra Madre’s lawsuit claims the blaze destroyed or damaged many city landmarks, such as the Sierra Madre Historical Wilderness Area and the Mount Wilson Trail.

“The county’s complaint against SCE alleges that witnesses, photos, and videos indicate the fire started directly under SCE transmission lines in Eaton Canyon,” county offi-

LA County homeless mortality rate plateaued for 2nd year in 2023

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cials said in a statement.

“After the fire started, SCE informed the California Public Utilities Commission that a ‘fault’ occurred on its transmission line around the time the fire started.”

The lawsuits cite a Feb. 6 SCE letter to the CPUC

reporting that photographic evidence of the utility’s tower at the end of the idle Mesa-Sylmar transmission line showed signs of potential arcing and damage to the grounding equipment for two of the three idle conductors.

Pasadena’s lawsuit notes that weather forecasts in the days prior to the fire had repeatedly warned of extreme fire danger, with the National Weather

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The homeless mortality rate in Los Angeles County plateaued for the second consecutive year in 2023, marking a significant development due in large part to a reduction in drug overdoses, Department of Public Health officials announced Thursday.

DPH officials released findings of the sixth annual report on mortality among people experiencing homelessness, which showed there were 2,508 deaths of unhoused individuals in 2023. From 2021 to 2022, the mortality rate increased by 2%, followed by a 1% increase from 2022 to 2023.

While the report found the mortality rate remained high at 3,326 deaths per 100,000 people, county officials noted that it has leveled off compared to a previously devastating increase of 56% from 2019 to 2021.

“It’s good news that the rate has leveled off, but it’s still very high, and we’re working collectively with many partners to decrease the mortality rate over the next three years,” William Nicholas, director of DPH’s Center for Health Impact Evaluation, said.

Nicholas noted that the state of California added new fields in its electronic Death Reporting System for recording whether a decedent was homeless at the time of death.

“This puts California the vanguard of a national movement to track housing status on state death records,” Nicholas said.

According to the report, the five leading causes of death among homeless people were drug overdoses, coronary heart disease, traffic-related deaths, homicide and suicide — accounting for about 75% of all deaths in 2023. In prior years, COVID-19 played a significant role in homeless deaths.

Drug and alcohol overdose accounted for 45% of all deaths, and it was the leading cause of death among men, women, white, Latino, Black, Asian and American Indian/Alaska native people experiencing homelessness. The percentage of overdose deaths involving fentanyl also plateaued in 2023, however, 70.4% of those deaths involved fentanyl, meaning

Officials cited the distribution of naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, for the reduction in overdose deaths. Additionally, harm reduction, mental health and substance-use treatment services contributed to the rates in 2023, authorities said.

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“Photogrammetry” video displays flames from the Eaton Fire under SoCalEdison power lines, according to attorneys representing fire victims. | Photo courtesy of LA Fire Justice

LA County supervisors seek more detailed plan on spending freeze

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday requested that Los Angeles County CEO Fesia Davenport and the County Counsel’s Office provide a more detailed plan on a hiring and spending freeze.

The thousands of buildings destroyed in the January wildfires have impacted property tax revenues, and recovery efforts have led to higher spending that is expected to also impact the 2025-26 budget.

The County Counsel’s Office offered recommendations to the board on Tuesday — a hiring freeze that excludes only critical health, safety and other necessary positions and a moratorium for non-essential purchases of services, supplies and equipment.

County officials used a similar spending halt during the Great Recession in 2008 and COVID-19 pandemic.

Davenport was tasked with administering the hiring freeze and essential-only spending.

Supervisor Lindsey Horvath questioned the hiring freeze and how it would affect those seeking employment in the county.

“In the past contract cities have raised concerns with our office, among some of our community members and some organizations, about hiring freezes —how they’ve landed in the community, their perceptions around them, how we’ve communicated about them,” Horvath said.

In a lengthy response,

Davenport said that the hiring freeze would only affect new contracts and controlling spending was necessary because of the large amount of uncertainty in the county budget.

Davenport said her office was taking a systematic, “thoughtful process” on implementing the hiring freeze compared with prior efforts when nonsworn county employees were impacted.

She reassured Horvath her office would develop a plan over the coming months to identify the jobs that were being affected.

Supervisor Janice Hahn said the plan needed more specifics and noted that ongoing fire recovery efforts were experiencing staffing shortages.

“There’s too much in the (proposed spending freeze) that we don’t know,” Hahn said.

Davenport said the

freeze would not affect the first responders and others working directly toward fire recovery but it could impact workers such as administra-

tive support staff. No date was set for supervisors to hear a update on the possible hiring and spending moratorium.

Man arrested on suspicion of murdering his father in Monrovia

By Staff

A29-year-oldman suspected of murdering his father in Monrovia has been taken into custody, authorities said Wednesday. The victim was killed Feb. 22 in his apartment in the 100 block of West Olive Avenue, near South Myrtle Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. Investigators

later identified the victim’s son, Arturo Gonzalez Jr., as the murder suspect. He has since been taken into custody, but details on a possible motive for the killing and additional information about the victim were not available. Gonzalez is believed to be a transient and had been seen in Long Beach, Lakewood, Hawaiian

Gardens and Norwalk after the murder. He is also known to frequent Pasadena and Altadena, according to the sheriff’s department.

Anyone with information about the death of the elder Gonzalez was asked to call Sgt. Delia or Sgt. Mezzano at 323-890-5500. To provide tips anonymously, the public can call 800-222-8477 or use lacrimestoppers.org.

Feds open probe into alleged employment discrimination at UC campuses

By City News Service

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesdayithas launched a civil rights probe into allegations of antisemitism at University of California campuses and will work with a new federal task force to assess whether UC has “engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination” against Jewish professors, staff and other employees.

UCLA experienced extensive pro-Palestinian protests last year in conjunction with the Israel-Hamas war sparked by the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. A massive pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was one of the largest campus protests of its

type in the country.

The DOJ’s employment discrimination investigation will be conducted pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, and religion. Under federal law, the department has the authority to initiate investigations against state and local government employers when it has reason to believe that a “pattern or practice” of employment discrimination exists.

The UC Office of the President said in a statement to City News Service that the university system

is aware of the civil rights investigation.

“We want to be clear: the University of California is unwavering in its commitment to combating antisemitism and protecting everyone’s civil rights,” according to UC. “We continue to take specific steps to foster an environment free of harassment and discrimination for everyone in the university community.”

Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement that the DOJ “will always defend Jewish Americans, protect civil rights, and leverage our resources to eradicate institutional antisemitism in our nation’s

universities.”

Leo Terrell, senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights, said that following the 2023 Hamas attacks in Israel, there has been an “outbreak of antisemitic incidents” at institutions of higher education throughout the U.S.

“The impact upon UC’s students has been the subject of considerable media attention and multiple federal investigations,” he said. “But these campuses are also workplaces, and the Jewish faculty and staff employed there deserve a working environment free of antisemitic

hostility and hate.”

Last week, it was announced that a federal antisemitism task force planned to visit UCLA and USC as part of a tour of 10 university campuses nationwide “that have experienced antisemitic incidents since October 2023.”

According to a DOJ statement, the Federal Task Force to Combat Anti- Semitism notified all 10 universities of the upcoming visits, saying the group “was aware of allegations that the schools may have failed to protect Jewish students and faculty members from unlawful discrimination, in potential violation of federal law.”

No timeframe was given for the visits. Nor were any specifics provided about the purported antisemitic incidents.

Asked about the task force’s planned visit, Mary Osako, UCLA vice chancellor for strategic communications, said in a statement last week that the university “has been and continues to be committed to combating antisemitism and all forms of hate, which have no place on our campus or anywhere.”

“Prior to the current academic year, UCLA proac-

LA County CEO Fesia Davenport discusses with supervisors plans for a hiring and spending freeze. | Photo courtesy of Los Angeles County

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A‘Volunteer Jail’: 7 things to know about the failure of California’s homeless shelters

By Lauren Hepler, CalMatters via Stacker

ll across California, temporary homeless shelters have become the foundation of taxpayerfunded efforts to get people off the street.

CalMatters’ new investigation found that shelters have instead become housing purgatory. They’re often a mess — dangerous, chaotic and ultimately ineffective at finding people lasting housing.

Shelters are usually offlimits to anyone but staff and residents. To understand what’s happening inside, we obtained previously unreleased state performance data, reviewed thousands of police calls and incident reports and interviewed more than 80 shelter residents and personnel.

Here are seven key findings from our investigation:

1. Local and state officials bet big on shelters

and was sexually harassed by staff.

“The shelter is a volunteer jail,” she said. “The only difference is there are more standards and you have more rights as a person in jail. That’s horrible, isn’t it?”

3. Inside shelters, chaos frequently breaks loose Black mold. Bedbugs. Domestic violence. Sex crimes.

“I have to ask, as kindly and as respectfully as I can, ‘Well, what the fuck did you think was going to happen?’” Haynes said.

6. Local and state oversight Is failing

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Large, bunk bed-lined group shelters have long been the default answer to homelessness in big cities. Now, officials in all kinds of cities, suburbs and rural areas are banking on emergency beds to help clear the streets of tents after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling gave cities more power to ban sleeping outside.

No state agency tracks the total amount of money spent on homeless shelters, but public records show that state and local agencies have spent roughly $1 billion on shelters since 2018.

This has more than doubled the number of emergency shelter beds in California, from around 27,000 to 61,000.

Once inside a shelter, residents are supposed to be connected with services and, ultimately, permanent housing. Many struggle to get in. There are still three times as many homeless people as there are shelter beds in California.

2. Shelters are deadlier than jails

Annual shelter death rates tripled between 2018 and mid-2024. A total of 2,007 people died, according to data obtained from the California Interagency Council on Homelessness. That’s nearly twice as many deaths as California jails saw during the same period.

Catherine Moore moved into an Anaheim shelter after getting clean in an area jail and found the two experiences eerily similar. She said in an ongoing class action lawsuit that she found drugs on the shelter floor, cleaned bloody toilets, dodged cockroaches,

CalMatters analyzed thousands of police call logs and shelter incident reports. They catalog the deluge of issues inside shelters.

In Los Angeles, for example, court records show a leading nonprofit hired a man who was convicted of attempted murder to work security at a shelter, where he committed three sex crimes in one day.

In five years of work at San Diego-area shelters, Holly Herring has seen it all. Her clients have survived everything from hate crimes to electrical fires to moldy food, leaving her wondering why shelters don’t at least get inspected and graded like restaurants.

But when she had to flee violence in her own home, Herring decided to avoid shelters like the ones she worked in altogether.

“I know that it is safer and more dignified for me to sleep in my car than it is in a shelter,” she said.

4. Fewer than 1 in 4 people who cycle through shelters move into a permanent home

Contracts often call for nonprofit shelter operators to find housing for between 30% and 70% of the people who come through their doors.

CalMatters obtained and analyzed state data on shelter effectiveness and found that, statewide, they’re far behind that target.

Additionally, there’s a difference of opinion in the shelter world on how to calculate their basic success.

Many shelters and the state measure it like this: Of the people who leave your program each year, how many

find permanent housing? This excludes all the people still living inside the temporary shelter. Using this math, less than one in four people, about 22%, find housing.

Housing experts and some government officials prefer to measure it another way: How many total people who enter through a shelter’s doors find housing? This method doesn’t allow shelters to exclude its current residents. They say this is a more accurate measurement since the goal is to get people out of temporary shelter quickly, and shelters too often become de facto housing.

If you use this equation, the picture is even more dismal. Homeless shelters are finding homes for only about 10% of their residents — a figure that’s declined in recent years.

Regardless of what math you use, housing experts say the state has reached a tipping point: Keep pouring resources into shelters with questionable results, or rethink the entire system.

5. Scandals have plagued fast-growing shelter operators

The Oakland-based Bay Area Community Services saw revenue climb 1,000% in a decade to $98 million in 2023. At the same time, it faced a long list of allegations against staffers at one taxpayer-funded shelter, including fraud and inappropriate relationships with clients.

LA’s Special Service for Groups brought in $170 million in 2023, a ninefigure jump since 2017, while drawing complaints and lawsuits over violence and sexual misconduct.

Larry Haynes, CEO of Orange County-based shelter operator Mercy House, said the issues go way beyond budgets. Shelters are often used as a stand-in for an “absolutely broken” health care system, he said, leaving many of the facilities to essentially operate psychiatric wards on low budgets with low-paid staff.

While the state sends local governments hundreds of millions of dollars for homeless shelters, it does little to ensure accountability. Nearly all of California’s 500-plus cities and counties have ignored a state law that requires them to document and address dangerous shelter conditions, CalMatters found.

Meanwhile, local agencies that directly pay and monitor shelter contractors often fail to follow up on reports of unsafe conditions, unused beds or missed housing targets, according to audits and complaints.

“It doesn’t work, and it never has,” said Dennis Culhane, an expert on homelessness who has lived undercover in shelters and studied their evolution over several decades. “That is part of what makes being homeless such a bad experience — that you have to be in these awful facilities for survival.”

7. Experts say there are several potential solutions Culhane is one of a growing number of experts who advocate for government agencies to redirect money from short-term shelter and services toward promising early-stage solutions like direct rent assistance.

And even staunch shelter critics agree that cities need some of the facilities since they play a crucial role for vulnerable people.

“These shelters are a lifeline,” said Chris Herring, a UCLA assistant professor of sociology who spent more than 90 days in San Francisco shelters as part of his research. “There are many elderly people in there who would not survive a second outside.”

He believes local and state officials should be more focused on changes that could get more people off the street, such as more specialized sober living options, smaller and less chaotic homeless shelters or better housing counseling.

“The political role is mainly to clear the streets,” he said. “What I’m really worried about is more funding going into shelter with very little attention to the things that would end homelessness.”

This story was produced by CalMatters and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. The article was copy edited from its original version. Republished with CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

A shuttered door remains at a homeless shelter in Anaheim that is permanently shut down and partially boarded up. | Photo courtesy of Jules Hotz/CalMatters/Stacker

‘Madame Web’ tops Razzie Awards as worst picture

By City News Service

The comic-book-based boxofficebomb

“Madame Web” won this year’s Razzie Award for worst picture of the year, while also collecting “wins” for worst screenplay and worst actress for Dakota Johnson.

The 45th Razzie Awards also bestowed on March 1 the honor of worst actor to Jerry Seinfeld and worst supporting actress to Amy Schumer for “Unfrosted,” and to Jon Voight for his work in “Megalopolis,” “Reagan,” “Shadow Land” and “Strangers.”

Receiving the dishonor for worst director was Hollywood legend Francis Ford Coppola for “Megalopolis,” with Razzie organizers noting that “even a cinematic maestro occasionally musters up a misfire.” And Coppola was quick to acknowledge the honor.

On his Instagram page,

Coppola wrote, “I am thrilled to accept the Razzie Award in so many important categories for (‘Megalopolis’), and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the worst director, worst screenplay and worst picture at a time when so few have the courage to go against the prevailing trends of contemporary moviemaking!

“In this wreck of a world today, where ART is given scores as if it were professional wrestling, I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the enormous pool of young talent at its disposal, may not create pictures that will be relevant and alive 50 years from now,” he wrote. “What an honor to stand alongside a great and courageous filmmaker like Jacques Tati who impoverished himself completely to

make one of cinema’s most beloved failures, PLAYTIME! My sincere thanks to all my brillian colleagues who joined me to make our work of art, MEGALOPOLIS, and let us remind ourselves that box office is only about money, and like war, stupidity and politics has no true place in our future.”

Meanwhile, “Joker: Folie a Deux” was named worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel, and stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga were named worst screen combo.

On the positive side of the Razzies, Pamela Anderson — who won a Razzie in 1996 as worst new star for her work in “Barb Wire” — was named the recipient of this year’s Razzie Redeemer Award, recognizing her critically acclaimed and award-nominated performance in “The Last Showgirl.”

Number of sea lions sickened by toxic algae grows; public warned to stay clear

By City News Service

An outbreak of illness in sea lions due to toxic algae that began in Malibu was continuing to expand Tuesday, reaching as far south as Redondo Beach and prompting experts to warn the public not to interact with the affected animals.

According to the Marine Mammal Care Center, the number of sea lions affected by the domoic acid toxicosis has more than tripled over the last week. As of Tuesday, 27 sea lions were being treated at the center, up from 10 last week.

Domoic acid is an algal bloom resulting from a single-celled organism called Pseudo-nitzschia. There are benign and toxic strains that animals may be exposed to through ingestion of contaminated fish. In its toxic form, the toxin damages the brain and heart, even in low doses. Signs in marine mammals

include seizures, a craning head motion known as “stargazing,” and highly lethargic or comatose states.

When conditions are right, waters off the coast of California can experience large-scale toxic algal blooms that are capable of sickening hundreds of sea lions in a matter of weeks, causing them to wash ashore at an alarming rate — sometimes a dozen a day.

MMCC officials said the center is bringing in three to five animals per day.

“This is also the time of year when starving young elephant seal pups begin to strand along the L.A. County coastline,” according to MMCC. “Combining these two events will almost certainly lead to capacity issues at MMCC’s hospital in San Pedro.”

But center officials said a more pressing concern is warning people to avoid interacting with animals

on the beach. They noted that sea lions affected by the domoic acid “can be especially aggressive, often awaking from a seizure with little notice.”

According to the center, a family with children approached an adult male sea lion displaying seizure behavior in Manhattan Beach on Monday and began petting him.

“This family was incredibly lucky they did not get bit,” according to the center.

On Sunday, a family gathered around a sea lion in Redondo Beach to take a photo, scaring the animal into the water, “preventing it from being rescued that day and potentially leading to it drowning if it had a seizure in the water.”

MMCC officials urged people to stay clear of stranded animals on the beach and reported them to the center by calling 800-39WHALE (94253).

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A sick sea lion struggles to move on a Southern California beach. | Photo courtesy of the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles/Facebook

UCLA study: Film studios retreat from ethnic and racial diversity

By City News Service

Film studios last year retreated from racial and ethnic diversity in front of and behind the camera, even as women and people of color continued to drive opening weekend ticket sales, according to a new UCLA study.

The latest Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA found that opportunities for people of color fell across the board in 2024, a reversal from the gains seen in recent years. Women saw an increase in their share of lead roles, but experienced a drop in the writing room.

The report, now in its 12th year of analyzing movies, television and audiences, focused on the top 200 movies released globally in theaters last year, showing shifts in industry progress, with attention paid to data and trends on race and ethnicity, gender and disability status around key job categories.

The researchers looked at theater audiences, exploring the offerings they wanted to see, and the apparent disconnect between audience preferences and studio offerings.

The report’s authors found that films like Jon M. Chu’s Oscar-nominated “Wicked” and the Lupita Nyong’o-starring “A Quiet Place: Day One” demonstrate how diversity on screen appeals to wide audiences. The study also determined that domestically and worldwide, films “reflective of a multitude of identities” did better at the box office than less-diverse

projects, proving them to be superior investments.

“Last year, we celebrated some historic highs for people of color in the industry,” Ana-Christina Ramón, co-founder of the report and director of UCLA’s Entertainment and Media Research Initiative, said in a statement.

“But 2024 saw a widespread reversal, as film studios retreated from racial and ethnic diversity in front of and behind the camera.”

The study suggested the industry continues to struggle in the wake of the pandemic and the weight of the 2023 actors and writers strikes, and “the retreat from diversity was swift.”

“The writing was on the wall, as we previously saw the loss of executive positions and programs focused on diversity,” said report co-founder Darnell Hunt, who is also the executive vice chancellor and provost at UCLA. “For the studios, it seems that it wasn’t about investing in what our data has shown to be profitable. They went with what they considered safe.”

Last year saw a reduction in wide releases, with only 104 English-language films among the top 200 globally, down from the 109 studied in 2023. The study determined that 20 of those films mainly came from franchises, with only three, including the animated “The Wild Robot,” were not a part of an established film series. Horror, 21.2%, and drama, 19.2%, rose to become the most popular

genres of films, overtaking action and comedy.

According to the report, diversity — particularly people of color — remains a driving factor in opening weekend box office success. People of color led domestic ticket sales as the majority audience for 12 of the top 20 films, including seven of the top 10, the Hollywood Diversity Report found.

Women also made up the majority of ticket buyers for eight of the top 20 movies during opening weekends.

Among the top 20 films where white audiences made up the greatest share of opening weekend box-office sales, only one — “Wicked” at No. 20 — ranked No. 1 for its opening weekend.

According to the report, films that most reflected the country’s population — now estimated to be 44.3% people of color according to the U.S. Census — outperformed other top releases, both domestically and internationally.

“Diversity is a key part of the big financial picture,” said Jade Abston, one of the report’s co-authors and a doctoral candidate in cinema media studies at UCLA. “Diversity travels. When a film lacks diverse faces and perspectives, it’s just not as appealing here and abroad.”

Films that were in the 11% to 20% cast diversity range saw the lowest median global box-office sales at $33.3 million, the study determined.

The full report is online at socialsciences.ucla.edu.

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Arcadia City Notices

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE ARCADIA CITY COUNCIL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Arcadia City Council Chambers, 240 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, the Arcadia City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider Ordinance No. 2403, amending Article V, Chapter 6 of the Arcadia Municipal Code relating to Sanitation and Health, and adopt by reference, the Los Angeles County Health Code.

California law allows for contracts between cities and counties for the administration of public health services, including any ordinances regarding public health, sanitation, and inspection services, with any such enforcement actions performed by a County Health Officer. The City of Arcadia currently uses the Los Angeles County Public Health Code as the “Health Code” for the City. In the process of updating and modernizing the Public Services Contract between Arcadia and Los Angeles County, the ordinance to adopt the Health Code by reference is being proposed for readoption, with minor cleanup to the existing language related to dates and terminology. Aside from these minor changes, Section 5600 of the Arcadia Municipal Code will be largely unchanged under proposed Ordinance No. 2403. Los Angeles County Public Health provides for the local administration of public health services to Arcadia on a no-cost basis. If adopted, Ordinance No. 2403 will not create any changes in the provision of public health services to the City of Arcadia, nor the costs for such services (none).

At said time and place an opportunity will be afforded to all those interested and the public in general to be heard. All persons are hereby advised that should any person desire to legally challenge any action taken by the Arcadia City Council with respect to the above matters and this public hearing, such person may be limited to raising only those issues and objections raised by such person or other persons at or prior to the time of the public hearing.

Copies of the proposed ordinance are on file and available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours, which are Monday through Thursday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and on alternate Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For further information regarding the proposed ordinance, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (626) 574-5455

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All persons are invited to appear and provide testimony at the public hearing. In addition, all persons are invited to provide written and other evidence at or prior to the public hearing. You may view the Arcadia City Council agenda and the documents on the City’s website at www.ArcadiaCA.gov beginning Thursday, March 27, 2025.

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NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the City of Temple City (City) will receive proposals for 1) recording City Council meetings and provide editing and programing services for the meeting videos and 2) programing and support services for City’s PEG cable channel.

Submit your proposal by delivering 2 copies and 1 electronic file in pdf format to: City of Temple City, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, California, 91780, Attention City Clerk, and cityclerk@templecity.us, by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 4, 2025. All proposals must be clearly marked, “CITY OF TEMPLE CITY VIDEO PRODUCTION, RECORDING, EDITING AND SUPPORT SERVICES PROPOSAL.” City Hall is open Monday – Friday, 8 :00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except holidays and days which City Hall is closed. POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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All submitted proposals will be reviewed and analyzed by City staff and the proposals which best meet the City’s needs will be selected for further analysis and negotiation. The City reserves the right, in its sole discretion during the selection process, to reject any or all proposals or any portion without exception or explanation.

The RFP is available online at www.templecity.us. For questions regarding this RFP you may contact the City Clerk’s office at 626285-2171 or email cityclerk@templecity.us.

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JASMINE OUYANG LUM AKA JASMINE O. LUM

CASE NO. 25STPB02328

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JASMINE OUYANG LUM AKA JASMINE O. LUM.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MELANIE OUYANG LUM in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MELANIE OUYANG LUM 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: 04/01/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 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 appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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.

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

Attorney for petitioner: JEFFREY C LEE ESQ SBN 102783

LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY C LEE

490 S FAIR OAKS AVE

PASADENA CA 91105

CN114743 KAWATO Mar 6,10,13, 2025

ROSEMEAD READER

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GARY PAUL NEUENSCHWANDER

Case No. 25STPB02232

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner

WILLIAM F. KRUSE - SBN 90231

EDWARD W. GOODSON - SBN 181250 LAGERLOF, LLP

155 N. LAKE AVENUE, FLOOR 11 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 793-9400 BSC 226496 3/10, 3/13, 3/17/25 CNS-3902201# ARCADIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JAY R. KAWATO

Case No. 25STPB02233

To all heirs, beneficiaries, cred-itors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JAY R. KAWATO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jennifer Amimoto in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jennifer Amimoto 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 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 April 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 9 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

who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of WYNNE MILDRED THURSBY AKA WINNE MILDRED THURSBY.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by THOMAS EDWARD VENEMANN in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that THOMAS EDWARD VENEMANN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 03/27/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jeanne Partridge 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 March 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 62 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. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner:

TROY WERNER ESQ SBN 265907

GRACE LIM-AYRES ESQ SBN 321004

THE WERNER LAW FIRM 27433 TOURNEY RD STE 200 SANTA CLARITA CA 91355 CN114768 NEUENSCHWANDER Mar 10,13,17, 2025 MONROVIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WYNNE MILDRED THURSBY AKA WINNE MILDRED THURSBY CASE NO. 25STPB02103

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. In Pro Per Petitioner

THOMAS EDWARD VENEMANN 26234 LAKE FOREST DR. #1342 TWIN PEAKS CA 92391 3/6, 3/10, 3/13/25 CNS-3902468# SAN GABRIEL SUN

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSE DIAZ CASE NO. 25STPB02319 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOSE DIAZ.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by GUADALUPE DIAZ in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that GUADALUPE DIAZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/11/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 99 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

Probate Notices

Glendale City Notices

City of Glendale NOTICE INVITING BIDS Specification No. 4012

For Petroleum Tank Testing and Repairs Program

Two (2) sets of a sealed Bid (one original and one copy) must be received before 2:00PM on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in the City Clerk’s Office, located at 613 E. Broadway, Room 110, Glendale, CA 91206. Late Bids will not be accepted. There will be a mandatory PreBid Meeting on March 19, 2025, at 10AM.

Copies of Specification 4012 (“Specification”) will be made available from noon on March 5, 2025, until noon on March 17, 2025. To receive an electronic copy, please send an email request to the City’s contact listed below.

Bid Security equal to 10% of the total Bid Amount, in the form of a “Bid Bond” (“Bond”) or a cashier’s check (“Check”) drawn on a solvent bank payable to City of Glendale, must accompany all Bids.

Refer to the Specification for complete details and Bid requirements. The Specification and this Notice shall be considered a part of any contract made pursuant thereunder Bidders shall submit all questions regarding the scope of services, Specification, and Bid process by email with the Subject “Request for Clarification – Petroleum Tank Testing and Repairs Program”. All Requests for Clarifications shall be submitted before 3PM on March 26, 2025.

City personnel to contact regarding this Bid:

Public Works Fleet Services

Mike Lunsford, Fleet Compliance Manager

541 W. Chevy Chase Dr. Glendale, CA. 91204 (818) 541 3952

mlunsford@glendaleca.gov

The Tank Testing and Repairs Program per this Specification are anticipated to start on or about June 1, 2025.

Publish March 10, 2025 & March 17, 2025 GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

native language.

Dr Suzie Abajian, City Clerk of the City of Glendale

Publish March 10, 2025

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DECISION ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT CASE NO. PAUP-003939-2024

LOCATION: 209 WEST WILSON AVENUE Glendale, CA 91203 (Spice Season)

APPLICANT: Panida Chantarasereekul

ZONE: “DSP/OC” - (Downtown Specific Plan Orange-Central)

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: GLENDALE BLVD TRACT E 25 FT OF W 80 FT OF LOT 12 BLK 7

APN: 5642-015-050

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Application for an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) to allow continuation of the on-site sales, service, and consumption of beer and wine (ABC License Type 41) at an existing full-service restaurant (Spice Season) located in the DSP/OC (Downtown Specific Plan Orange-Central) Zone.

CODE REQUIRES

1) The sale of alcoholic beverages requires an Administrative Use Permit in the DSP/OC (Downtown Specific Plan Orange-Central) Zone (Glendale Downtown Specific Plan 3.3, Table 3-A-3).

APPLICANT’S PROPOSAL

1) To allow for the on-site sales, service and consumption of beer and wine at an existing full-service restaurant.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION

The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 1 “Existing Facilities” exemption, pursuant to Section 15301(e) of the State CEQA Guidelines because the discretionary permit request is to allow the on-site sales, service, and consumption of beer and wine at an existing restaurant within an existing commercial space and there is no additional floor area proposed.

PENDING DECISION AND COMMENTS

Copies of plans, staff analysis, and proposed decision letter are available on the City’s website at: http://www.glendaleca.gov/planning/pending-decisions.

If you would like to review plans, submit comments, or be notified of the decision, please contact case planner Paulina Safarian at (818) 937-8301 or PSafarian@GlendaleCa.gov

DECISION

On or after MARCH 18, 2025, the Community Development Director will make a written decision regarding this AUP request.

APPEAL

PUBLIC NOTICE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HEARING

After the Director has made a decision, any person may file an appeal within 15 days of the written decision. Appeals may be filed online at www.glendaleca.gov/Permits, click “Apply,” “Skip..”, and search for “Appeal.”

Dr. Suzie Abajian, The City Clerk of the City of Glendale

tive will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/09/25 at 1:30PM in Dept. CM08 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.

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.

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 issu-ance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:

JEFFREY M OBERTO ESQ SBN 298805 KEYSTONE LAW GROUP P C 11300 W OLYMPIC BLVD STE 910 LOS ANGELES CA 90064 CN114724 AMMARI Mar 6,10,13, 2025 GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RICHARD RUSSELL WENGER aka RICHARD R. WENGER and RICHARD WENGER Case No. 23STPB10544

A public hearing will be conducted by the Glendale Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to review a proposal for work at a property identified as a historic resource, as follows:

Publish March 10, 2025

A public hearing will be conducted by the Glendale Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to review a proposal for work at a property identified as a historic resource, as follows:

Project Address: 1026 CUMBERLAND ROAD, Glendale, CA 91202

Hearing Information

Thursday, March 20, 2025, 5:00 p.m. (or as soon as possible after that hour) 633 E. Broadway, Room 105 (Planning Hearing Room), Glendale, CA, 91206

Proposed Work

• Construction of a 246 square-foot addition and a 74 square-foot covered porch at the front of the existing single-family residence.

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

DONALD PAUL SERRATO

CASE NO. 25STPB02041

• Construction of a 246 square-foot addition and a 74 square-foot covered porch at the front of the existing single-family residence.

Existing Property

1,505 square-foot, one story single-family residence, which includes a 394 squarefoot Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) within the existing house.

• 440 square-foot detached garage.

tion 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.

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

• 1,505 square-foot, one story single-family residence, which includes a 394 square-foot Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) within the existing house.

9,339 square-foot lot.

• Zoning: RI-1 (Low Density Residential, Floor Area Ratio District I.)

• 440 square-foot detached garage.

Historic Status

• 9,339 square-foot lot.

Contributing property in the North Cumberland Heights Historic District.

• Zoning: RI-1 (Low Density Residential, Floor Area Ratio District I.)

Historic Status

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

Contributing property in the North Cumberland Heights Historic District.

Staff Contact Ani Mnatsakanyan, Case Planner, 633 E. Broadway, Room 300, Glendale, CA 91206 (818) 937–8185 / AMnatsakanyan@GlendaleCA.gov

Environmental Determination

Staff Contact

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

Attorney for Petitioner

RODNEY GOULD, ESQ. - SBN 219234

Attorney for Petitioner

LYNN L. KAMBE, ESQ. - SBN 101793

LYNN L. KAMBE, INC. 23172 PLAZA POINTE DR. STE. 100

LAGUNA HILLS CA 92653

Telephone (949) 585-1930

3/3, 3/6, 3/10/25

CNS-3901284# ANAHEIM PRESS

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RICHARD RUSSELL WENGER aka RICHARD R. WENGER and RICHARD WENGER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Lisa Marie Brisley in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Victoria Rizo be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

Ani Mnatsakanyan, Case Planner, 633 E. Broadway, Room 300, Glendale, CA 91206 (818) 937–8185 / AMnatsakanyan@GlendaleCA.gov

Environmental Determination

The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 1 “Existing Facilities” pursuant to Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines because it consists of an addition to an existing single-family dwelling that does not result in an increase of more than 50% of the existing floor area. It is also exempt as a Class 31 “Historic Restoration or Rehabilitation” pursuant to Section 15331 of the State CEQA Guidelines because the proposed condition of approval to relocate the addition to the rear of the residence will make the project consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.

How You Can Participate

There are three ways to provide comments and questions regarding this project:

The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 1 “Existing Facilities" pursuant to Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines because it consists of an addition to an existing single -family dwelling that does not result in an increase of more than 50% of the existing floor area. It is also exempt as a Class 31 “Historic Restoration or Rehabilitation” pursuant to Section 15331 of the State CEQA Guidelines because the proposed condition of approval to relocate the addition to the rear of the residence will make the project consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.

• In person: see the “Hearing Information” section above to attend the hearing. Phone: while viewing the hearing on television or a streaming service, call (818) 937-8100 and you will be able to speak about the item you are interested in after the public comment section begins.

How You Can Participate

There are three ways to provide comments and questions regarding this project:

• In person: see the “Hearing Information” section above to attend the hearing.

• Phone: while viewing the hearing on television or a streaming service, call (818) 937-8100 and you will be able to speak about the item you are interested in after the public comment section begins.

Email/Letter: send an email message or letter to HPC via the case planner noted in the “Staff Contact” section above, who will forward it to the commissioners. Meetings are broadcast live on Glendale TV, viewable on Spectrum Cable, channel 6, and AT&T U- verse, channel 99. Meetings are also streamed live on the City webpage, glendaleca.gov/live, on YouTube.com/myglendale, and on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, iOS and Android devices using a free app called Cablecast and choosing “Glendale TV” from the menu. Meetings are also archived on the City Website for viewing anytime at www. glendaleca.gov/agendas

Meeting Agenda, Project Materials, and Staff Report

The agenda and all meeting materials, including project drawings, can be found at www. glendaleca.gov/agendas beginning approximately one week before the hearing date. Find the HPC hearing date and click on “HTML Agenda,” then click on the item to open the meeting materials.

Accessibility

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, auxiliary hearing aids, sign language translation, and Braille transcripts are available upon request. Assisted listening devices are available same-day upon request. The City Clerk’ office should be notified 72 hours (three business days) or as soon as practicable for requests regarding sign language translation and Braille transcription services. All documents related to items on this agenda that are received less than 72 hours prior to this meeting, and are public records, will be available for review in the Planning Division office, 633 E. Broadway, Room 103, Glendale, CA 91206.

Translation services are provided for meetings by bilingual staff for speakers who wish to utilize the service, as available. Please contact the City Clerk’s office at (818) 548-2090 at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting or as soon as possible. Please specify the language for which you require translation. The exclusive use of City provided interpreters is not required and persons are welcome to use their own interpreter or speak in their

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: 03/27/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 62 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

LAW OFFICE OF RODNEY GOULD 15233 VENTURA BLVD., STE. 1020 SHERMAN OAKS CA 91403 Telephone (818) 981-1760 BSC 226463 3/3, 3/6, 3/10/25 CNS-3900240# BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FRANCES YBARRA TRUJILLO CASE NO. 30-2025-01462813-PR-LACMC

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by AMALIA ROIG in the Superior Court of California, County of ORANGE.

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

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RAZAN FARAH AMMARI

Case No. 24STPB12040

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

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Zena Sawaged and Suhail Sawaged be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 29 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:

THOMAS C AIKIN ESQ SBN 241411

SAUL EWING LLP

1888 CENTURY PARK EAST STE 1500

LOS ANGELES CA 90067

CN114730 WENGER

Mar 6,10,13, 2025

BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

TYRONE RAOUL TORO

AKA

TYRONE R. TORO AKA

TYRONE TORO AKA TY TORO

CASE NO. 25STPB02286

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of TYRONE RAOUL TORO AKA TYRONE R. TORO AKA TYRONE TORO AKA TY TORO.

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

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

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

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

04/02/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 67 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

JOHN J. STANTON - SBN 162432

ATTORNEY AT LAW 1370 N. BREA BOULEVARD, SUITE 220 FULLERTON CA 92835

Telephone (714) 974-8941

3/6, 3/10, 3/13/25 CNS-3901613# GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER TODD RAMSEY aka CHRIS T. RAMSEY

Case No. 25STPB02120

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

or both, of CHRISTOPHER TODD RAMSEY aka CHRIS T. RAMSEY

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Linda L. Jones in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Linda L. Jones be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 44 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Attorney for petitioner: JASMIN ARYA ESQ SBN 347469

THE BURBANK FIRM L C 2312 WEST VICTORY BLVD STE 100 BURBANK CA 91506 CN114731 RAMSEY Mar 6,10,13, 2025

BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SABINA LAYLA SARAKALO aka LAYLA SARAKALO Case No. 25STPB02122

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SABINA LAYLA SARAKALO aka LAYLA SARAKALO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Richard Miles in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 44 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA

LEGALS

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: DIANA LAM ESQ SBN 340713

THE BURBANK FIRM L C 2312 WEST VICTORY BLVD STE 100 BURBANK CA 91506 CN114732 SARAKALO Mar 6,10,13, 2025

BURBANK INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FRED COOPERMAN aka F. COOPERMAN, FRED I. COOPERMAN aka FRED E. COOPERMAN, F. COOPER aka FRED COOPER, FREDERICK I. COOPERMAN Case No. 21STPB11144

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FRED COOPERMAN aka F. COOPERMAN, FRED I. COOPERMAN aka FRED E. COOPERMAN, F. COOPER aka FRED COOPER, FREDERICK I. COOPERMAN

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by County of Los Angeles Public Administrator in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that County of Los Angeles Public Administrator be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on April 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 11 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:

DEBORAH P MOGIL

PRIN DEP COUNTY COUNSEL SBN 199609

DAWYN HARRISON OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNSEL

500 WEST TEMPLE ST STE 648

LOS ANGELES CA 90012

CN114766 COOPERMAN Mar 6,10,13, 2025

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

JERRY GORNEY HESS

CASE NO. 24STPB12368

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contin-gent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the LOST WILL or estate, or both of JERRY GORNEY HESS.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CATHLEEN F. KIBALA in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CATHLEEN F. KIBALA be appointed as administrator with will annexed.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s LOST WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The LOST WILL and any codi-cils 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 with limited authority. (no authority, without court supervision, to (1) sell or exchange real property or (2) grant an option to purchase real property or (3) borrow money with the loan secured by an encumbrance upon real property). The independent administration authority with limited authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 04/11/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 4 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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Attorney for Petitioner

JUSTIN A. MILLER, ESQ. - SBN 302136 AND RICHARD A. MILLER - SBN 57818

THE BARRISTER BUILDING 7956 PAINTER AVENUE WHITTIER CA 90602 Telephone (562) 698-9941 3/10, 3/13, 3/17/25 CNS-3902473# WEST COVINA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LIZA KWONG TANG Case No. 25STPB01947

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LIZA KWONG TANG A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Cynthia A. Hom in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Cynthia A. Hom 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 ap-proval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the per-sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 99 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 rep-resentative 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.

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Attorney for petitioner: EDMUND V YAN ESQ SBN 280291

TREE OF LIFE LAW FIRM 328 S ATLANTIC BLVD STE 218 MONTEREY PARK CA 91754 CN114424 TANG Mar 10,13,17, 2025 ALHAMBRA PRESS

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PETITION OF Isaac Juarez Aponte, Marisol Morales Perez, parents of Vanessa Juarez FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 25NNCP00138 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, Ca 91502, North Central Judicial District TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner Vanessa Juarez a minor by and through her parents Isaac Juarez Aponte and Marisol Morales Perez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name a. OF Vanessa Juarez to Proposed name Vanessa Juarez Morales 2. THE COURT

ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reason for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 04/11/2025

OF HEARING a. Date: 03/28/2025 Time: 8:30AM Dept: S27. Room: 5400 The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Pasadena Press DATED: February 21, 2025 Mark C. Kim JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. February 24, March 3, 10, 17,

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-202502562 Pub. 03/03/2025, 03/10/2025, 03/17/2025, 03/24/2025 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). PlainJoe Studios (2). PlainJoe (3). PMGX 7345 Piute Creek Drive Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County Storyland Studios, LLC (CA, 7345 Piute Creek Dr, Corona, CA 92881 Riverside County

This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 15, 2025. 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, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on February 25, 2025 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-202502592 Pub. 03/03/2025, 03/10/2025, 03/17/2025, 03/24/2025 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Lot1 Productions 33645 Harvest Way E Wildomar, CA 92595 Riverside County Lot1 Productions (CA, 33645 Harvest Way E, Wildomar, CA 92595 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on February 21, 2020. 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. Casey Jacobs, Chief Financial Officer Statement filed with the County of Riverside on February 3, 2025

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-202501624 Pub. 03/10/2025, 03/17/2025, 03/24/2025, 03/31/2025 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250001929

The following persons are doing business as: IE Embroidery, 4323 Rudisill St, Montclair, CA 91763. Courtney Moore, 4323 Rudisill St, Montclair, CA 91763. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. 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/ Courtney Moore, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on February 26, 2025 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#: FBN20250001929 Pub: 03/10/2025, 03/17/2025, 03/24/2025, 03/31/2025 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250002200

The following persons are doing business as: THAT 1 PAINTER ONTARIO-FONTANA, 14050 Cherry Ave Suite R #628, Fontana, CA 92337. Mailing Address, 17944 Pokeroot Ln, San Bernardino, CA 92407. DS & SONS GROUP LLC (CA202463015350, 17944 Pokeroot Ln, San Bernardino, CA 92407; Aakash Dhirajbhai Parmar, President. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino 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. 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/ Aakash Dhirajbhai Parmar, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on March 4, 2025 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#: FBN20250002200 Pub: 03/10/2025, 03/17/2025, 03/24/2025, 03/31/2025

San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250002209

The following persons are doing business as: Bakers Heating & Air Conditioning, 1049 W Notre Dame St, Upland, CA 91786. Mailing Address, 1049 W Notre Dame St, Upland, CA 91786. Steven Hill, 1049 W Notre Dame St, Upland, CA 91786. 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 November 28, 2005. 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/ Steven Hill, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on March 5, 2025 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#: FBN20250002209 Pub: 03/10/2025, 03/17/2025, 03/24/2025, 03/31/2025 San Bernardino Press

Starting Friday, people can again drink the water in Pacific Palisades, with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power set to lift a “do not drink” notice.

The announcement was made Thursday by Mayor Karen Bass, who said crews continue to make significant progress cleaning up debris left by the deadly Palisades Fire.

“In the two months since the devastating fires broke out, we’ve made historic progress in rebuilding,” Bass said during a morning news conference at the city’s new Unified Utilities Rebuild Operations Center in Pacific Palisades.

“Water and power have been restored, and last week we completed Phase 1 of debris removal process -- both months ahead of expectations.”

The mayor said officials are leading the “fastest recovery effort in the state’s history” and added that, next week, she will use her emergency executive powers to direct city departments to create a streamlined path for people who want to build in a more resilient way, such as using fireproof materials.

“The past two months

Bass: Water now safe to drink in Pacific Palisades

have been a defining time for our city,” Bass said. “We will continue to do all that we can to bring this community home.”

After the “do not drink” notice is lifted Friday, LADWP crews will continue testing water in the Palisades area, officials said. The department is asking residents to flush out their pipes with the following tips:

-- Prepare your site for flushing by removing aerators and screens from all faucets. Set water-softening devices and filters, both point-of-use and whole-house to “bypass mode”;

-- Flush outside plumbing by opening and flushing any external fixtures and hose bibs/faucets for about 10 minutes or until water is clear and temperature is constant;

-- Flush cold water by running all cold-water faucets on the property beginning with the faucet closest to the water line. Run the water at the highest flow (or fully open) for about 10 minutes or until water is clear and temperature is constant. Then turn off all faucets in reverse order;

-- Flush all toilets and urinals at least once but repeat if the refilled water is not clear;

tively instituted reforms and programs to combat antisemitism and enhance campus safety, marked by the launch of our Four-Point Plan for a Safer, Stronger UCLA; issuance of revised Time,

Place and Manner policies for public expression activities on campus in line with UC guidance; and consistent work with multiple campus offices and stakeholders, including UCLA Hillel, to

such risk is still very high for unhoused people who use drugs.

“Despite the continued plateau in drug-related overdoses among people experiencing homelessness, we are still facing the worst overdose crisis in history,”

Gary Tsai, director of DPH’s Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, said.

“Expanding access to treatment, overdose prevention, and harm reduction services has been vital to this progress, but our work is far from over,” he added.

LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis, who represents the 1st District, encompassing Skid Row and MacArthur Park, said in a statement

By City News Service

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-- Flush hot water by draining your hot water tank to discharge any accumulated sediments. Wait for the hot water tank to refill and flush, as in Step 3 (flush cold water);

-- Clean aerators and screens and reattach to faucets, shower heads and fixtures;

-- Flush appliances by running an empty dishwasher and washing machine once on the rinse cycle. Empty ice from ice maker bin; run ice maker and discard two additional batches of ice; and

-- Restore all removed filters and reset all water devices from “bypass mode.”

DWP General Manager Janisse Quiñones said that each property will have instructions on-site to assist with the flushing process. She said officials were able to lift the notice Friday because of the hard work of DWP crews.

“We have nearly 100 miles of water pipes in the Palisades that serve over 8,400 homes and businesses,” Quiñones said. “We worked very close with our state regulator and

UC probe

promote safety and protect civil rights,” Osako said.

“Furthermore, the campus has supported an investigation and redoubled our efforts to enhance community safety and wellbeing.”

it was encouraging to see overdose deaths and other causes of death level off. She added, “The safety and wellbeing of our most vulnerable residents depend on our continued commitment to compassionate, data-driven solutions.”

Heart disease accounted for 14% of deaths and stood as the second leading cause of death for homeless people. Traffic-related deaths remained the third leading cause of death at a rate of 251 deaths per 100,000, which represents a 50% increase compared to 2019. In 2023, on average, a person experiencing homelessness died because of a moving vehicle “approxi-

USC issued a statement saying it has “publicly and unequivocally denounced antisemitism in all its forms, and has taken strong actions to protect all of our students — including members of

Homeless mortality rate

mately every other day,” DPH reported. Homicide decreased by

followed their guidance, and met all of their strict requirements.”

“We’re proud to announce today that water is safe to resume drinking and using throughout the Palisades effective tomorrow,” she added.

Customers will be credited $50 to their DWP account so they can flush out their pipes without worrying about an extra cost.

Quiñones noted that significant progress has been made in restoring the power system as well, with the replacement of 800 power poles, 50,00 feet of cable and the restoration of power to thousands of homes and businesses. Some 143 customers remain without power as they are located in challenging areas, she added.

Additionally, DWP is moving forward with its “undergrounding plan,” placing 4,000 feet of cables underground.

FEMA Regional Administrator Bob Fenton and Col. Eric Swenson with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encouraged Palisades residents to sign up for available programs.

Fenton noted that FEMA approved more than $83

million in assistance for fire victims, and the Small Business Administration provided another $1.4 billion in loans and financial aid.

The FEMA Individual Assistance, SBA Disaster Loan, Disaster Unemployment Assistance have a March 10 deadline. L.A. County’s Small Business Relief Fund is also available until March 12.

FEMA’s wildfire debris removal program is accepting applications for free cleanups through March 31.

Meanwhile, Bass also reminded Palisades residents that they can now obtain original building plans for their lost homes at the LA One-Stop Rebuilding Center. Homeowners can request their plans via email at records.ladbs@lacity. org and at the One-Stop Rebuilding Center in person. Government issued ID, a copy of the property’s recorded deed and completion of this form (bit.ly/41LN5Ih) are required to obtain plans.

The One-Stop Rebuilding Center is located at 1828 Sawtelle Blvd., and open from Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on the weekend from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

25% from 213 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022 to 159 deaths per 100,000 people in

our Jewish community — from illegal discrimination of any kind. USC is proud to enroll one of the largest Jewish student bodies in the country, and we look forward to speaking with

the Department of Justice about everything we have done to create a welcoming and non-discriminatory campus environment for all members of our community.”

2023. DPH highlighted the decrease was notable among Black people experiencing homelessness, with that homicide rate decreasing by 8% in 2022 to 4% in 2023.

Meanwhile, suicide stood as the fifth leading cause of death, with the rate stable over time.

Compared to the general population, people experiencing homelessness were 4 1/2 times more likely to die.

The report highlighted four recommendations that could help reduce the mortality rate among homeless people:

-- Ensure rapid access to housing and shelter, and address the needs of unhoused people;

-- Expand harm reduction and overdose prevention outreach;

-- Ensure that physical health, mental health and substance-use treatment services are available; and -- Collaborate with cities and unincorporated community to reduce traffic deaths among homeless people. The annual report uses data from LA County Office of the Medical Examiner and California’s state death records, as well as the annual homeless count and demographic survey. According to county officials, the next report will be released in January 2026, providing insight into data in 2024.

A homeless encampment occupies a downtown LA sidewalk in 2021. | Photo courtesy of Levi Clancy/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0)

Report: Lack of clarity, oversight hamper LA’s homeless programs

By Fred Shuster, City News Service

Los Angeles’ homelessness programs are hampered by poor oversight resulting in an inability to track substantial funds allocated to the city’s assistance services, according to the draft of a court-ordered audit issued Thursday.

Auditors with the firm Alvarez & Marsal identified $2.3 billion of funding, including appropriations, commitments or spending related to city programs, according to the assessment released by U.S. District Judge David Carter.

“Due to the manner in which the city recorded expenditures for homelessness assistance services, A&M was unable to completely quantify the total amount spent by the city for each component of the city programs using the data provided,” the preliminary assessment stated

“Multiple funding sources and allocations across various city departments resulted in fragmented accounting records.”

Further, auditors said, the city and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority “did not initially provide all requested financial data, prompting A&M to make multiple efforts to identify, trace and reconcile relevant data as it was produced to A&M.”

A&M said it relied on the financial data produced by the city and LAHSA, as A&M did not have direct access to the financial information systems used by the city. As a result, because the city and LAHSA were unable to identify and calculate relevant expenses for all

city programs, auditors were unable to quantify the total amount of money spent to establish beds and provide associated homeless supportive services, the report stated.

In addition, limited financial oversight and performance monitoring of homeless programs resulted in oversight that frequently missed verifying the quality, legitimacy or reasonableness of expenses, A&M determined.

Carter set a hearing for March 27 in Los Angeles federal court to discuss the assessment.

“The invoicing process between the city and LAHSA, or the `cash request’ process, was a time-consuming, manual process at risk of human error, exposing the city and LAHSA to potential accounting inaccuracies and complicating precise reconciliation of contract expenditures,” the report said.

Also, contracts between the city, LAHSA and service providers“frequently contained broad terms without clear definitions, which created ambiguity about the scope and type of service delivered,” A&M found.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a statement saying, “The broken system the audit identifies is what I’ve been fighting against since I took office. This audit validates our work to change what’s festered for decades. We still have work to do, but changes we’ve made helped turn around years of increases in homelessness to a decrease by 10% — the first one in years.

“The city, the county and

LAHSA are working together to change and improve the system and we are committed to continuing to do that.”

Bass was mayor for less than half the time covered by the audit — June 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024. Bass was sworn on Dec. 12, 2022, in to succeed Eric Garcetti, who was barred from running for reelection because of term limits.

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, chair of the City Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committee, said the preliminary report underlined her own findings that more oversight of the city’s homelessness assistance programs was needed.

“The findings of this audit reinforce the need for real oversight and performance management of our city’s homelessness response,” she said Thursday. “This is exactly what I have proposed in my motion to create a division in the Los Angeles Housing Department to centralize performance management and oversight of the city’s spending on homelessness programs.

“This work must happen now: This is about more than just metrics — this is about saving people’s lives by bringing them indoors into safety.”

Raman has introduced a motion calling for more oversight of the city’s home-

Fire lawsuits

Service issuing progressively stronger advisories culminating in a Red Flag Warning on the morning of January 7, 2025 when winds reached extreme levels.

“The destruction of public facilities essential to Pasadena’s operations requires significant investment to restore and rebuild,” Pasadena spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said in a statement. “While our restoration efforts continue, we have a responsibility to pursue appropriate compensation for the costs of rebuilding the public infrastructure our commu-

nity relies upon.”

An SCE spokesperson said, “Our hearts are with the communities affected by the wildfires in Southern California,” an SCE spokesperson said. “We are reviewing the lawsuits that were recently filed and will address them through the appropriate legal process. This investigation is still underway, and it will take time and require very specific expertise. We are reviewing all available information to determine the cause of fire.”

SCE is currently facing several lawsuits by resi-

dents that fault the utility for sparking the devastating wildfire.

“While we do not yet know what caused the Eaton wildfire, SCE is exploring every possibility in its investigation, including the possibility that SCE’s equipment was involved,” Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of SCE’s parent company Edison International, said in a statement last month. “We have been fully engaged since the start of the fires in supporting the broader emergency response, containment, recovery and investigation efforts.”

SCE officials said its investigation into the fire’s cause was likely to take several more months.

“We are working with the local communities SCE serves to rebuild and emerge stronger,” Pizzaro said. “We understand the community wants answers, and we remain committed to a thorough and transparent investigation.”

The Eaton Fire caused at least 17 deaths, destroyed 9,418 structures and damaged 1,073 more while burning 14,021 acres.

“Our focus remains

lessness response.

Raman’s office pointed out that despite the city spending over $1 billion annually into its regional homelessness response, “there is currently no staff or department within the city government tasked with monitoring the outcomes of this investment, and very little data to hold the system accountable.”

The homelessness assistance programs to be scrutinized by A&M include, but are not limited to, programs used by Bass in her 20242025 draft budget summary, which includes a $1.3 billion commitment to end homelessness, court papers show.

The audit was to look at three specific areas, Carter said, including Bass’ Inside Safe program, designed to move unhoused residents from street encampments indoors, and two other agreements.

A statement from Bass’ office said “Inside Safe is tracked and reported on through monthly public presentations to increase accountability and transparency for progress to save lives and move people inside. In that way, it is more transparent than almost any other program in LA city.”

Carter’s decision to hire A&M came about as part of a lawsuit brought in March 2020 by the LA Alliance for Human Rights, a group of downtown business owners who sued the city and county of Los Angeles to compel elected officials to rapidly address the homelessness crisis, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The plaintiffs demanded the immediate creation

of shelter and housing to get people off the streets, services and treatment to keep the unhoused in shelter, and regulation of public spaces to make streets, sidewalks and parks safe and clean.

Carter has expressed frustration regarding the accounting of public funds to battle the homelessness crisis, and has repeatedly mentioned from the bench that $600 million was distributed to city programs in years past without proper accounting.

Paul Webster, executive director of the LA Alliance, said the report confirmed what the lawsuit’s plaintiffs have been alleging for years.

“We knew this was a fractured, ineffective system, (rife with) financial mismanagement,” he said. “We just didn’t know how deep it went, and how difficult it was for A&M to get basic accountability information.

“A&M used words like ‘difficult’ and ‘complex’ and ‘challenging’ — not referring to getting people off the streets — but to emphasize how difficult it was for them to get basic information (from the city about expenditures).”

Webster said that because the systems used by the city, county and LAHSA are so “fractured and ineffective,” there is little consistency in terms of data tracking and accountability.

“Our conclusion is this audit really validates what we’ve been saying, and it calls for a complete overhaul of the homelessness (response) system,” he said.

on the full restoration of services to Pasadena residents and businesses,” Derderian said. “By working collaboratively with neighboring jurisdictions, we can more effectively address the devastating impacts this fire has had on our communities while ensuring that those responsible are held accountable.”

According to the county, costs from the Eaton Fire and its aftermath will total at least hundreds of millions of dollars. County Counsel Dawyn Harrison, who filed the lawsuit, said

the costs and losses being sought include compensation for destroyed county infrastructure, recreational areas, parks, road damage, cleanup and recovery efforts, flood and mudslide prevention, workers compensation claims, overtime for county workers, lost taxes and other fire-related expenses.

“We are committed to seeking justice for the Altadena community and the taxpayers of Los Angeles County,” Harrison said in a statement.

The county’s court filing is available for viewing at counsel.lacounty.gov.

Los Angeles City Hall looms over a downtown tent encampment.

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