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Governor, state AG praise court decision blocking Trump tariffs

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

Following a court decision that blocks the Trump administration’s tariffs, Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta hailed the ruling and reiterated their opposition to the president’s trade agenda.

A three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade granted a permanent injunction and found that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA does not authorize the tariffs challenged in Oregon v. Trump, a lawsuit by 12 attorneys general initially filed April 23.

On April 16, California filed its own lawsuit challenging the tariffs under the IEEPA in the Northern District of California federal court.

Tariff opponents claim Trump exceeded his use of emergency powers to implement broad-sweeping levies on imported products that are harmful to state economies, consumers’ personal finances and businesses’ revenue.

“Like we said when we filed our lawsuit: These tariffs are illegal, full stop,” Newsom said in a statement. “The court agreed today that Donald Trump overstepped his authority with his unlawful tariffs, which have created chaos and hurt American families and businesses.”

This month, Bonta and Newsom filed an amicus brief supporting the Oregon lawsuit’s case against the trade policy.

“The Trump Administration’s illegal tariffs harm businesses, consumers, and states across the nation and it is our responsibility as state leaders to advocate and defend our people against this chaos — this is exactly what California’s

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sister states have done with this case,” Bonta said in a statement. “The Court of International Trade has agreed with our sister states and with California and permanently halted the President’s illegal tariffs — IEEPA does not authorize the Trump Administration to impose these tariffs. We

are pleased with the court’s decision in this case and are proud to have supported our sister states’ arguments.”

According to the Trump administration, tariffs are necessary to balance trade, boost the waning U.S. manufacturing sector, reduce illegal immigration and human trafficking, reduce the federal

By Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica

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Series: The end of aid: Trump destroyed USAID. What happens now?

American diplomats in at least two countries have recently delivered internal reports to Washington that reflect a grim new reality taking hold abroad: The Trump administration’s sudden withdrawal of foreign aid is bringing about the violence and chaos that many had warned would come.

The vacuum left after the U.S. abandoned its humanitarian commitments has destabilized some of the most fragile locations in the world and thrown refugee camps further into unrest, according to State Department correspondence and notes obtained by ProPublica.

The assessments are not just predictions about the future but detailed accounts of what has already occurred, making them among the first such reports from inside the Trump administration to surface publicly — though experts suspect they will not be the last. The diplomats warned in their correspondence that stopping aid may undermine efforts to combat terrorism.

In the southeastern African country of Malawi, U.S. funding cuts to the United Nations’ World Food Programme have “yielded a sharp increase in criminality, sexual violence, and instances of human trafficking” within a large refugee camp, U.S. embassy officials told the State Department in late April. The world’s largest humanitarian food provider, the WFP projects a 40% decrease in funding compared to last year and has been forced to reduce food rations in Malawi’s sprawling Dzaleka refugee camp by a third.

To the north, the U.S. embassy in Kenya reported that news of funding cuts to refugee camps’ food programs led to violent demonstrations, according to a previously unreported cable from early May. During one protest, police responded with gunfire and wounded four people. Refugees have also died at food distribution centers, the officials

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Thousands of landlords and tenants in Pasadena received notices that their rental units are not registered with the Rent Stabilization Department’s Rental Registry and out of compliance with the city’s charter, officials said Wednesday.

Measure H, which Pasadena voters enacted in December 2022, requires property owners to register all rental units in the city’s Rental Registry. The Pasadena Rental Housing Board approved regulations that allow a tenant to withhold rent if a landlord does not register rental units.

The Rental Registry is a central database with information about all rental units subject to regulations aimed at maintaining stability in the rental housing market.

City spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said 1,430 Second Notice of Non-Compliance letters were mailed to land-

Pasadena warns landlords of possible rent withholding for unregistered units

By Joe Taglieri joet@beaconmedianews.com

lords on May 1 and on May 8, a total of 6,815 Charter Information Sheet Notices and copies of the noncompliance letters were sent to tenants living in unregistered rental units. These documents provide information on tenants’ right

to file a Petition for Rent Withholding with the Rent Stabilization Department Hearings Division based on a landlord’s alleged noncompliance with registration requirements, according to a city statement. If authorized by a hearing officer, tenants

may be allowed to withhold rent from their landlord and instead pay into an escrow account while their property remains unregistered.

Tenants who want to petition for rent withholding can find the forms, instructions and online filing portal

Hon the Housing Department’s website under “Petitions and Hearings.”

City officials said “tenants should not withhold rent on their own. Tenants who want to exercise this right must follow the procedures in Chapter 9 of the Pasadena

Rental Housing Board’s regulations.”

Tenants may only withhold rent with a hearing officer’s approval, directing the payment into an escrow account, officials said. During the hearing process, tenants must pay rent according to their lease or rental agreement.

“Even if such an order is issued, the Department cannot prevent landlords from pursuing legal actions against tenants, including eviction or unlawful detainer filings, or issuing an eviction notice for nonpayment of rent,” according to the city. “Therefore, tenants are strongly encouraged to seek legal advice or consult with a tenant representative before initiating the rent withholding process.” Additional information and resources is online at CityOfPasadena.net/RentStabilization.

Trails remain closed in Eaton Canyon, nearby fire-damaged areas

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iking and equestrian trails in Eaton Canyon and surrounding areas damaged in the Eaton fire will remain closed at until at least early next year, with a longer closure likely, officials said Thursday.

Prohibiting the hikers and horse riders in the area is necessary to maintain public safety and allow for the recovery of burned wild lands, according to the U.S. Forest Service

“Hikers who trespass onto fire-damaged trails can put themselves at risk from unstable terrain, fallen trees or trails that simply no longer exist,” Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy David Chien,

who leads the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team, said in a statement. “Respecting closures is the best way to prevent injuries, being rescued and also helps the land to recover.”

Anyone who enters prohibited areas and trails in the Eaton Canyon Natural Area and the adjacent Angeles National Forest are subject to citations and fines, according to the Forest Service. Within Angeles National Forest boundaries, entering restricted areas is punishable by a fine up to $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization or up to six months in jail, according to the U.S. Forest

Service.

“The Eaton Fire severely damaged trails and infrastructure, and the long-term closure of Eaton Canyon Natural Area helps keep the public safe and allows nature to heal burned areas,” Norma E. GarcíaGonzález, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, said in a statement.

Other trails are available across the county, and users can find them at the LA County Parks website trails. lacounty.gov.

“We encourage visitors to take this opportunity to explore other areas of the forest this Memorial Day

holiday and until the Eaton Canyon area reopens,”

Angeles National Forest Supervisor Roman Torres said in a statement. Additional information

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Ais on the Angeles National Forest website fs.usda.gov/ r05/angeles.

The Eaton Fire erupted Jan. 7 amid fierce winds, destroying neighborhoods

and scorching more than 14,000 acres in Altadena, Pasadena and Sierra Madre, according to Cal Fire. At least 18 people died in the blaze.

deputy in excessive force case

By Fred Shuster, City News Service

U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson issued a ruling late Tuesday granting

federal judge Tuesday dismissedfelony allegations against a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who was offered a lenient postconviction plea deal months after a jury convicted him of using excessive force during an encounter with a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a supermarket in Lancaster.

in part the government’s motion to dismiss the allegations in Trevor Kirk’s indictment that raised his conviction from a misdemeanor to a felony. While the court tossed the felony allegations, it did not strike

any portion of the jury verdict, which found Kirk guilty of using unreasonable force.

However, Wilson did reject a portion of the postconviction plea deal which stipulated a sentence of one-year probation for the misdemeanor conviction.

“Straight probation does not match the facts of this case,” Wilson wrote.

“Defendant committed the offense — the willful use of unreasonable force — while acting under color of law as a police officer. Police

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Feds announce Title IX probe over trans athletes in California girls’ sports

By City News Service

TheU.S.Department of Justice announced Wednesday it is opening an investigation to determine if a state law allowing transgender athletes to compete on female sports teams at California schools violates the federal Title IX civil rights law.

The department sent letters to state Attorney General Rob Bonta, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Interscholastic Federation, which oversees high school sports in the state, informing them of the investigation.

There was no immediate response from state officials.

to allow males to compete against girls, invade their private spaces, and take their trophies,” Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said in a statement. “This division will aggressively defend women’s hardfought rights to equal educational opportunities.”

continues to ILLEGALLY allow ‘MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS.’ This week a transitioned male athlete, at a major event, won ‘everything,’ and is now qualified to compete in the ‘State Finals’ next weekend.”

The athlete Trump is presumably referring to is Hernandez.

of general circulation in court case number KS017174 City of Baldwin Park, County of Los Angeles, State of California. The Burbank Independent has been adjudicated as a newspaper of general circulation in court case number ES016728 City of Burbank, County of Los Angeles, State of California. The Glendale

According to the DOJ, the investigation specifically targets state Assembly Bill 1266, the 2013 legislation aimed at preventing discrimination against transgender students and ensuring their right to take part in school activities, including athletics.

It also targets a CIF bylaw “that permits, directs, instructs or requires California high schools to allow males to participate in girls’ interscholastic athletics, thereby depriving girls and young women of equal athletic opportunities.”

Without using her name, the DOJ letter to CIF specifically references transgender Jurupa Valley High School track and field AB Hernandez, who will compete in this weekend’s state championship meet in the triple jump, long jump and high jump events.

“Title IX exists to protect women and girls in education. It is perverse

In coordination with the Title IX investigation, DOJ officials also announced the agency has filed a “statement of interest” in a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of two Riverside high school students who said they faced repercussions for wearing T-shirts opposing a transgender student on the school’s track-and-field team.

The lawsuit was filed in November against the Riverside Unified School District, on behalf of plaintiffs identified only as “K.S.,” a ninth-grade cross country competitor, and “T.S.,” an 11th-grader and girls’ team captain. The suit alleges T.S. was removed from the cross country team in favor of a transgender athlete, and that T.S. and K.S. were both penalized when they wore T-shirts protesting the move.

The DOJ Title IX investigation comes one day after President Donald Trump posted on social media that he would withhold federal funding from California if transgender athletes are allowed to compete in girls sports, and he called on local authorities to prevent AB Hernandez from competing in this weekend’s CIF State meet.

“California, under the leadership of Radical Left Democrat Gavin Newsom,

“As a male, he was a less than average competitor. As a female, this transitioned person is practically unbeatable. THIS IS NOT FAIR, AND TOTALLY DEMEANING TO WOMEN AND GIRLS,” Trump wrote. “Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to. The Governor, himself, said it is ‘UNFAIR.’ I will speak to him today to find out which way he wants to go??? In the meantime I am ordering local authorities, if necessary, to not allow the transitioned person to compete in the State Finals. This is a totally ridiculous situation!!!”

The CIF on Tuesday announced a change in the entry rules for the state track-and-field champion meet, essentially expanding the field of competitors in various events to ensure “biological female” athletes are not excluded from the competition, which will be held Friday and Saturday at Buchanan High School in Clovis.

“Under this pilot entry process, any biological female student- athlete who would have earned the next qualifying mark for one of their Section’s automatic qualifying entries in the

CIF State meet, and did not achieve the CIF State at-large mark in the finals at their Section meet, was extended an opportunity to participate in the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships,” according to CIF. “The CIF believes this pilot entry process achieves the participation opportunities we seek to afford our student- athletes.”

The CIF statement did not specifically mention transgender athletes, although the governor’s office noted the change is aimed at ensuring biological female athletes won’t be displaced from this weekend’s meet, while still allowing transgender athletes to compete.

“CIF’s proposed pilot is a reasonable, respectful way to navigate a complex issue without compromising competitive fairness — a model worth pursuing,” the governor’s office Director of Communications Izzy Gardon said in a statement. “The governor is encouraged by this thoughtful approach.”

AB Hernandez, a junior on the Jurupa Valley High School track and field team, will be the only openly transgender athlete competing at the CIF State Track and Field meet. She is ranked as one of the top athletes in California, ranked by athletic.net No. 1 in the triple jump and No. 2 in the long jump.

Hernandez won the girls invitational portion of the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut in April and CIF Southern Section Division 3 titles in May at Moorpark High School in the long jump and triple jump.

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wrote in the cable, including a pregnant woman who died under a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”

“It is devastating, but it’s not surprising,” Eric Schwartz, a former State Department assistant secretary and member of the National Security Council during Democratic administrations, told ProPublica. “It’s all what people in the national security community have predicted.”

“I struggle for adjectives to adequately describe the horror that this administration has visited on the world,” Schwartz added. “It keeps me up at night.”

In response to a detailed list of questions, a State Department spokesperson said in an email: “It is grossly misleading to blame unrest and violence around the world on America. No one can reasonably expect the United States to be equipped to feed every person on earth or be responsible for providing medication for every living human.”

The spokesperson also said that “an overwhelm-

ing majority” of the WFP programs that the Trump administration inherited, including those in Malawi and Kenya, are still active.

But the U.S. funds the WFP on a yearly basis. For 2025, the Trump administration so far hasn’t approved any money in either country, forcing the organization to drastically slash food programs.

In Kenya, for example, the WFP will cut its rations in June down to 28% — or less than 600 calories a day per person — a low never seen before, the WFP’s Kenya country director Lauren Landis told ProPublica. The WFP’s standard minimum for adults is 2,100 calories per day.

“We are living off the fumes of what was delivered in late 2024 or early 2025,” Landis said. On a recent visit to a facility treating malnourished children younger than 5, she said she saw kids who were “walking skeletons like I haven’t seen in a decade.”

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has pledged to restore safety and security around the world. At the same time, his administration, working alongside Elon Musk’s Department

of Government Efficiency, swiftly dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, canceling thousands of governmentfunded foreign aid programs they considered wasteful. More than 80% of USAID’s operations were terminated, which crippled lifesaving humanitarian efforts around the world.

Musk, who did not respond to a request for comment, has said that DOGE’s cuts to humanitarian aid have targeted fraudulent payments to organizations but are not contributing to widespread deaths. “Show us any evidence whatsoever that that is true,” he said recently. “It’s false.”

For decades, American administrations run by both parties saw humanitarian diplomacy, or “soft power,” as a cost-effective measure to help stabilize volatile but strategically important regions and provide basic needs for people who might otherwise turn to international adversaries. Those investments, experts say, help prevent regional conflict and war that may embroil the U.S. “If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition,” Jim Mattis, who was defense

secretary during Trump’s first administration, told Congress in 2013 when he led U.S. Central Command.

Food insecurity has long been closely linked with regional turmoil. But despite promises from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that lifesaving operations would continue amid widespread cuts to foreign aid, the Trump administration has terminated funding to WFP for several countries. Nearly 50% of the WFP’s budget came from the U.S. in 2024.

Since February, U.S. officials throughout the developing world have issued urgent warnings forecasting that the Trump administration’s decision to suddenly cut off help to desperate populations could exacerbate humanitarian crises and threaten U.S. national

security interests, records show. In one cable, diplomats in the Middle East communicated concerns that stopping aid could empower groups like the Taliban and undermine efforts to address terrorism, the narcotics trade and illegal immigration. The shift may also “significantly de-stabilize the transitioning” region and “only serve to benefit ISIS’ standing,” officials warned in other correspondence. “It could put US troops in the region at risk.”

Embassies in Africa have delivered similar messages.

“We are deeply concerned that suddenly discontinuing all USAID counter terrorism-focused stabili-

zation and humanitarian programs in Somalia … will immediately and negatively affect U.S. national security interests,” the U.S. embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, wrote in February. USAID’s role in helping the military prevent newly liberated territory — “purchased at a high cost of blood and treasure” — from getting back into the hands of terrorists “is indisputable, and irreplaceable,” the officials added.

The embassy in Nigeria described how stop-work orders had caused lapses in oversight that put U.S. resources at risk of being diverted to criminal or terrorist groups. (A February whistleblower complaint

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alleged USAID-purchased computers were stolen from health centers there.)

And U.S. officials said the Kenyan government “faces an impending humanitarian crisis for over 730,000 refugees” without additional resources, as local officials struggle to confront al-Shabaab, a major terrorist threat in the region, while also maintaining security inside the country’s refugee camps.

In early April, Jeremy Lewin — an attorney in his late 20s with no prior government experience who is currently in charge of the State Department’s Office of Foreign Assistance and running USAID operations — ordered the end of WFP grants altogether in more than a dozen countries.

(Amid outcry, he later reinstated a few of them.) The State Department spokesperson said the agency was responding on Lewin’s behalf.

In Kenya, the WFP expects a malnutrition crisis after rations are cut to a fourth of the standard minimum, Landis said. She is also concerned about the security of her staff, who already travel with police escorts, given the likelihood that there will be more protests and that al-Shabaab might make further incursions into the camps.

In order for the U.S. to deliver its usual food aid to Kenya by the end of the year, it needed to be put on a boat already, Landis said. That has not happened.

In recent days, South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia have begged a visiting government delegation from the U.S. not to cut food rations any further, according to a cable documenting the visit. Aid workers in another group of camps in North Africa reported that they expect

USAID

to run out of funding by the end of May for a program that fights malnutrition for 8,600 pregnant and nursing mothers.

Despite being one of the poorest countries in the world, Malawi has been a relative beacon of stability in a region that’s seen numerous civil wars and unrest in recent decades.

Yet in early March, officials there warned Washington counterparts that cuts to the more than $300 million USAID planned to provide to the country in aid a year would dramatically increase “the effects of the worsening economy already in motion.”

At the time, 10 employees from a USAID-funded nonprofit had recently shown up unannounced at USAID’s offices in the capital Lilongwe asking for their unpaid wages after the U.S. froze funding. The group left without incident, and it’s unclear if they were paid, but officials reported that they expected countries around the world would face similar issues and were closely monitoring for “increased risks to the safety and security of Embassy personnel.”

(Former employees at another nonprofit in a nearby country also raided their organization “out of desperation for not being paid,” according to State Department records.)

An hour’s drive from the nation’s capital, Dzaleka is a former prison that was transformed into a refugee camp in the 1990s to house people fleeing war in neighboring Mozambique. In the decades since, it has ballooned, filling with people running from conflicts in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. The camp, which was built to hold around 10,000, is now home

to more than 55,000 people.

Iradukunda Devota, a refugee from Burundi, came to Malawi when she was 3 and has lived at Dzaleka for 23 years. She now works for Inua Advocacy, which provides legal services and advocates on behalf of refugees in the camp. She said tension is high amid rumors that food and other aid will be cut further.

Since 2023, the Malawi government has prohibited refugees from living or working outside the camp, and there has already been an increase in crime and substance abuse after food was cut earlier this year. “This is happening because people are hungry,” Devota told ProPublica. “They have nowhere to turn to.”

Now, the Malawi government is likely to close its borders to refugees in response to the funding crisis and congestion in Dzaleka, the WFP’s country representative told the State Department, according to agency records.

Diplomats continue to warn the Trump administration of even worse to come. The WFP expects to suspend food assistance in Dzaleka entirely in July.

“The WFP anticipates violent protests,” the embassy told State Department officials, “which could potentially embroil host communities and refugees, and targeting of UN and WFP offices when the pipeline eventually breaks.”

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SoCal grocery workers union to hold strike authorization votes this week

By City News Service

The union representing more than 30,000 grocery workers in Southern California Wednesday announced an upcoming strike authorization vote following alleged labor violations by Kroger and Albertsons.

United Food and Commercial Workers members at Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions will start taking unfair labor practice strike authorization votes the first week of June, the union said.

Results will be announced after voting ends and members are informed on June 11, UFCW said.

“When we started negotiating with Kroger and Albertsons on a new contract in February, we came to the table willing to put in the time and work to get a fair deal,” according to the union. “But instead of working with us towards a reasonable contract, our employers would rather disrespect us to our faces, offer proposals that grossly underestimate our value and their wealth, and engage in multiple labor violations.”

UFCW says that Kroger and Albertsons’ alleged unfair labor practices include unlawful surveillance of members who have been active in the campaign for a new contract, interrogation of workers and retaliation for union activity.

GArts education advocates speak out against proposed federal budget cuts

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

roups championing arts education are criticizing President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to education and the arts, particularly those targeting programs promoting diversity.

The Trump budget proposal would kill the National Endowment for the Arts, which has already canceled more than $27 million in grants, including many for arts education.

Veronica Alvarez, executive director of the Pasadena-based nonprofit Create CA, said arts education funding should be preserved.

“The ‘four C’s’ of 21st-century job skills: critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity, all of those skills are developed and supported by the arts,” Alvarez pointed out. “Unfortunately, usually when there’s a constraint on the budget in terms of education, the arts have often been the first ones cut.”

The National Endowment for the Arts’ fiscal report said last year, the agency had a budget of $207 million and gave out grants totaling $163 million. The President has called for the Department of Education to be abolished and his budget proposal specifically eliminates programs to help migrant students and

English language learners, complaining they promote bilingualism and alleging they attract undocumented people to come to the U.S. Alvarez pointed out arts education is a great way for students to improve their English comprehension.

“It keeps them engaged. Research has shown that students who have access to high-quality arts education have higher attendance and

graduation rates,” Alvarez noted. “In particular, when language is a barrier, the arts transcend language. The arts help English learners and migrant students by providing a sense of belonging.”

According to the Pew Research Center, California school districts received $18.6 billion in grants from the Department of Education last year. The State of California would have a hard time backfilling the money, as it already faces a $12 billion deficit. Disclosure: Create CA contributes to Public News Service’s fund for reporting on Arts and Culture, Budget Policy and Priorities, Education, and Youth Issues. If you would like to help support news in the public interest, visit https://www.publicnewsservice.org/dn1.php.

GOP funding bill could put CA rural health centers, hospitals at risk

By Suzanne Potter, Producer, Public News Service

People who depend on CommunityHealth Centersandrural hospitals could have trouble finding care if Medicaid cuts just approved by the U.S. House are signed into law.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated 8 million people nationwide could lose coverage over the next decade, including more than 3 million in California.

Lizette Escobedo, vice president of government relations and civic engagement at AltaMed Health Services in Los Angeles, said the costs to treat a flood of uninsured patients would overwhelm community clinics and small town hospitals.

“If this bill were to be implemented over the next 10 years, some federally qualified health centers and hospitals especially in the rural areas would probably

have to close their doors,” Escobedo projected.

Supporters of the bill said the savings are needed to fund other administration priorities, including President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. The bill

would also tighten work requirements for Medicaid coverage and force people to reapply every six months instead of annually. And it would slash tens of billions in federal funding to states like California allowing

health coverage for undocumented people.

Joe Dunn, chief policy officer for the National Association of Community Health Centers, called the proposed cuts counterproductive, in terms of keeping people healthy and keeping costs down.

“Health centers actually save money in the long run, because it reduces utilization of emergency departments and other kind of higher-cost settings, like inpatient hospitalization,” Dunn explained. The bill is now in the U.S. Senate.

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Federal funding for arts education is being cut significantly, including the grant for the Student Arts

Advocacy Day, an event held in partnership with California State Summer School for the Arts.

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Silver Lake student ties for 7th in national spelling bee finals

By City News Service

Aseventhgraderat Mirman School in Brentwood tied for seventh place in the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday evening in National Harbor, Maryland, misspelling “aurore” in the 13th round.

Oliver Halkett omitted the “u” in the adjective that means “marked by or relating to a yellow or pink tint given a white sauce by the addition of egg yolks, tomato puree, or lobster coral.”

The Silver Lake resident was among nine spellers from the original field of 243 to reach the finals. He began Thursday’s finals at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, the 11th round overall, by correctly spelling “corbicula,” which refers to a bee’s pollen basket.

The 13-year-old then correctly answered the multiple-choice vocabulary question, “Who is in charge in a gerontocracy?” selecting “a group of elders.”

The second question in each of the bee’s four segments — preliminaries, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals — is a multiple-choice vocabulary question.

Oliver received $2,000 for tying for seventh with Esha Marupudi of Phoenix, who was eliminated earlier in the 13th round.

With the bee limited to students who have not have passed beyond the eighth grade or an international equivalent and 14 years older or younger, Oliver is eligible

to compete in the 2026 bee if he finishes first or second in the Los Angeles County bee.

The bee’s other contestant from Los Angeles County, Kamya Balaji, failed to score high enough on the written test to qualify for the quarterfinals. The sixth grader at Notre Dame Academy in Rancho Park was among 84 spellers tying for 100th.

Kamya qualified for the national bee by finishing second in the Los Angeles County bee.

The lone speller from Orange County, Sydney Tran, also failed to score high enough on the written test to qualify for the quarterfinals. The seventh grader at El Rancho Charter School in Anaheim was also among 84 spellers tying for 100th.

The bee was won by Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb. He correctly spelled “éclaircissement,” which is defined as “the clearing up of something obscure.” Faizan will receive $50,000 from the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Eastvale sixth grader eliminated in Round 6

A sixth grader at Philistine Rondo School of Discovery in Eastvale was eliminated in the sixth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday in National Harbor, Maryland when she misspelled ablegate.

Victoria Li gave the fourth letter of the noun meaning a papal envoy on

a special mission as an “i” instead of an “e.”

The 11-year-old was among 16 spellers eliminated in the sixth round as the field was reduced to 57.

Victoria was among the 16 spellers tying for 58th. She and all the other quarterfinalists receive a $100 gift card and a commemorative pin from the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

All the spellers receive a prize package, including bee souvenirs and an official certificate of participation from the dictionary publisher Merriam- Webster; a one-year subscription to Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online; a 2025 U.S. Mint proof set; and a one-year subscription to

Victoria began Wednesday’s competition at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center by correctly spelling “protreptic,” a noun meaning an utterance such as a speech that’s designed to instruct and persuade.

In the fifth round, Victoria chose the correct answer to the vocabulary question, “What does it mean to gesticulate?” which was “to move the body or limbs when talking.”

The second question in each of the four segments of the bee — preliminaries, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals — is a multiple-choice vocabulary question.

Victoria was among 99 spellers from the original field of 243 to advance to the quarterfinals after scoring high enough on the thirdround written test administered to contestants who had correctly spelled their first- round word correctly and provided the correct answer to the second-round vocabulary question.

The scores of the written test were not released. Those who scored at least 13 on the test advanced to the quarterfinals, bee organizers said.

The maximum score was 35.

Under bee rules, spellers were grouped by their number of correct answers.

The number of spellers of advancing was determined by identifying the group whose minimum score resulted in as close to 100 quarterfinalists as possible.

The field was 165 entering the written test.

In Tuesday’s first round, Victoria correctly spelled morion — a high- crested helmet with no visor. In the second round, she was asked the vocabulary question, “What is cadence?” and correctly selected “vocal rhythm.”

Victoria qualified for the national bee by winning by the 47th annual Riverside County Spelling Bee in March, correctly spelling tersanctus, a hymn or invocation praising God as the thrice-holy deity, to end the nearly four- hour, 23-round competition.

Victoria’s school

Hard conversations, celebrations accompany AANHPI Heritage Month

By Roz Brown, Producer, Public News Service

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders are a rapidly growing population in California and across the nation -but as they age, research indicates they’re less likely to use hospice care or be familiar with end-of-life options.

Nationwide, the group makes up about 6% of the population - and 15% in California - but like many minorities, they face greater healthcare disparities.

describes itself as a fourtrack year-round magnet elementary school with a science, technology, engineering, arts and math instructional framework on all tracks and a Mandarin immersion program on track D.

It is named for the first woman and Black superintendent of the Corona-Norco Unified School District.

The bee began with spellers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Defense schools and five nations outside the United States — the Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, Kuwait and Nigeria.

There were 42 spellers eliminated in the first round and 18 in the second.

This year’s event was the 100th anniversary of the first national spelling bee, which was held on June 17, 1925, when the Louisville CourierJournal invited other newspapers around the country to hold spelling bees and send their champions to Washington, D.C.

This was the 97th edition of the bee. No bees took place in 1943, 1944 and 1945 because of World War II and in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Six Californians have won the national bee, but none was from LA, Orange, San Bernardino or Riverside counties. Students from San Diego won the bee in 2005 and 2012.

“Because our communities don’t speak English at the same rates as other communities do, being able to talk to doctors is a problem,” he said, adding that it also applies to “health insurers, especially within the context of deathor-dying legislation.”

It’s estimated more than 100 languages are spoken within Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Many have participated in celebrations this month to mark AANHPI Heritage Month.

Those in AANHPI communities typically live at home as they age, rather than in long-term care facilities or nursing homes. After

Ben de Guzman, director of the Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs in the Washington, D.C., mayor’s office and the son of Filipino immigrants, said cultural beliefs can hinder conversations about death and dying, and language also is a barrier.

working with the Diverse Elders Coalition, de Guzman said he got involved with the Compassion and Choices advocacy group to learn more about how different ethnic groups approach hospice and palliative care.

“There’s a lot of cultural stigma that people have particularly around end-oflife care, different perceptions of death, that are informed by the cultural expectations and the cultural understandings our folks have around aging,” he said.

Conversations about death and dying between the AANHPI generations are easier than even a few decades ago, de Guzman said.

“We’ve been translating for our parents for 40 years,” he said, “so we’re

better prepared to have these conversations than the community overall was 40 years ago.”

California’s End of Life Option Act, often called “death with dignity,” took effect in 2016.

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Oliver Hackett competes in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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EL Monte City Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED VACATION OF A FUTURE STREET EASEMENT ENCUMBERING A REAL PROPERTY PARCEL LOCATED IN THE CITY OF EL MONTE – REAL PROPERTY PARCEL COMMONLY IDENTIFIED AS 5400 DURFEE AVENUE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 6066 of the Government Code the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on WEDNESDAY, June 11 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the proposed vacation of a future street SOUGHT: easement encumbering a real property parcel located in the City of El Monte – real property parcel commonly identified as 5400 Durfee Avenue. The specific parcel affected is identified as:

Parcel No. 8541-022-025

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3;

(2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

(1) Call-in Conference Line Call-in (888) 204-5987; Code 8167975 – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting;

(2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or

(3) In person.

For further information regarding this matter please contact the El Monte Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058, Monday through Thursday (excluding legal holidays), between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Published: May 26, 2025, and June 2, 2025

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

Publish May 26, 2025 & June 2, 2025 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5473.1 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 levy of the SOUGHT: sewer service charge applicable to all parcels located within the City of El Monte. As part of the annual levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the Citywide sewer service charge. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall –West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the June 25, 2025 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the Fiscal Year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www. ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall –East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

(4) Call-in Conference Line – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting; and

(5) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or (6) In person.

Published:June 2, 2025 and June 5, 2025

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 GATEWAY COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT (CFD) 2014-01 ASSESSMENT

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 CFD 2014-01

SOUGHT: special tax levy, established as a mechanism to pay for ongoing public service costs created through the development and maintenance of the municipal sewer system, street pavement, lighting and operation charges included in the annual property tax bill for certain real property parcels located within the City of El Monte – a tract commonly referred to as the Gateway Community Facilities District 2014-01. The amount of the special tax levy to be assessed in the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year in the CFD 2014-01 has been calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth in Resolution of Formation No. 9482. The specific CFD public service costs are as follows: As part of the annual levy approval, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the charge. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the June 25, 2025 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the Fiscal Year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www.ci.el-monte. ca.us/292/Engineering or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CounciMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

1) Call-in Conference Line – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting; and

2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or 3) In person.

Published: June 2, 2025 and June 5, 2025

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026

KLINGERMAN/BONWOOD WASTE & RECYCLING SERVICE CHARGE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5471 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 levy of the SOUGHT: waste collection and recycling charges applicable to all parcels located within the Klingerman/Bonwood Special Waste Area. As part of the annual levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property within the Special Waste Area subject to the waste collection and recycling charges. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall –East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

1. Call-in Conference Line (888) 204-5987; Code 8167975 –comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting;

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2. Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or

3. In person.

Published: June 2, 2025 and June 5, 2025

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026

LEWIS HOMES SEWER MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENT

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

APPROVAL Approval of the levy of a municipal sewer maintenance SOUGHT: and operation charge between May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025, is included in the annual property tax bill for certain real property parcels located within Tract No. 44776 within the City of El Monte – a tract commonly referred to as the Lewis Homes Tract. As part of the annual levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the charge. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the June 25, 2025 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the fiscal year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www. ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall –East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

(1) Call-in Conference Line – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting; (2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or (3) In person.

Published: June 2, 2025 and June 5, 2025

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL OF ANNUAL LEVY OF

LEGALS

FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026

MOUNTAIN VIEW COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT (CFD) 13-1 ASSESSMENT

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025

BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant Section 6066 of the Government Code, the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 CFD 13-1 SOUGHT: was established as a mechanism to pay for ongoing public service costs created through the development and maintenance of the municipal sewer system, street pavement, lighting and operation charges included in the annual property tax bill for certain real property parcels located within Tract No. 71784 within the City of El Monte – a tract commonly referred to as the Mountain View Community Facilities District 13-1. The amount of the special tax levy to be assessed in the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year in the CFD 13-1 has been calculated in accordance with the methodology set forth in Resolution of Formation No. 9390. The specific CFD public service costs are as follows: As part of the annual levy approval, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each property subject to the charge. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the June 25, 2025 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the fiscal year in question will be available for inspection on the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www. ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall – East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways:

(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways:

Published: June 2, 2025 and June 5, 2025

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

APPROVAL OF LEVYING VALLEY VISTA SERVICES DELINQUENT RESIDENTIAL REFUSE ACCOUNTS ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 TAX ROLL

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE

TO: All Members of the Public and All Other Interested Parties

FROM: City Council of the City of El Monte

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN as required by Section 5473.1 of the Health & Safety Code and Section 6066 of the Government Code the El Monte City Council hereby gives notice that a public hearing will be held on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 at 7:00 P.M. to determine for the purpose of considering and taking action to approve the following:

APPROVAL Approval of the levy of the past due and delinquent

SOUGHT: charges for solid waste refuse disposal service on all applicable residential parcels delinquent between May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025, located within the Valley Vista Services, Service Area. As part of the levy approval process, the City Council will review and take action to approve a report setting forth the specific sums to be levied against each applicable property. A copy of this report is maintained by the City Engineering Division located at El Monte City Hall – West, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California and is available for inspection during City business hours.

Prior to the conduct of the June 25, 2025 hearing but in no event later than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing, a written report containing, among other things, a listing of each of the real property parcels subject to the levy/lien and the total sums to be charged against the parcel for the Fiscal Year in question will be available for inspection in the City Engineering Division webpage (https://www. ci.el-monte.ca.us/292/Engineering) or by calling the Engineering Division at (626) 580-2058 to make arrangements for reviewing the documents.

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD AT: El Monte City Hall East, City Council Chambers, 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California.

Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in one of the following ways: (1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; (2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/CouncilMeeting-Videos; or (3) In person.

Members of the public wishing to make public comment may do so via the following ways: (1) Call-in Conference Line Call-in (888) 204-5987; Code 8167975 – comments/questions can be submitted per the instructions at the beginning of the meeting; (2) Email – All interested parties can submit questions/comments in advance to the City Clerk’s general email address: CityClerk@elmonteca.gov; or (3) In person.

Published: June 2, 2025 and June 5, 2025

Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk City of El Monte

EL MONTE EXAMINER

UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE NO. 3054

AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE: (1) CONFIRMING THE CONDUCT OF A MAY 14, 2025 MAJORITY PROTEST PUBLIC HEARING PER ARTICLE XIIID, SECTION 6 OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53755 ET SEQ. TO RECEIVE WRITTEN PROTESTS AND OBJECTIONS BY AFFECTED REAL PROPERTY PARCEL OWNERS TO PROPOSED INCREASES TO THE CITY’S SCHEDULE OF SEWER SERVICE FEES AND CHARGES AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER 3.01 (SEWER SERVICE CHARGE) OF THE EL MONTE MUNICIPAL CODE; (2) RE-AFFIRMING THE MASTER LIST OF AFFECTED REAL PROPERTY PARCELS; (3) RE-AFFIRMING ITS APPROVAL OF A SEWER SERVICE CHARGE RATE STUDY JUSTIFYING THE RECOMMENDED SEWER SERVICE CHARGE INCREASES; (4) CONFIRMING THE RESULTS OF THE MAJORITY PROTEST PROCEEDINGS; AND (5) ADOPTING THE SCHEDULE OF INCREASED SEWER SERVICE FEES AND CHARGES RECOMMENDED IN THE FEE STUDY

WHEREAS, the City of El Monte (“City”), pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 5470 et seq., has the power to prescribe, revise and collect fees or other charges for the use of its sewer system; and

WHEREAS, sewer service charges established under the authority of Health & Safety Code Section 5470 et seq. are considered property-related fees/charges within the meaning of Article XIIID of

the California Constitution (“Article XIIID”) and are therefore subject to the approval requirements set forth under Article XIIID; and WHEREAS, the El Monte City Council (“City Council”) first established its schedule of sewer service charges on June 17, 2008 in compliance with Article XIIID by conducting a duly noticed majorityprotest public hearing to consider the approval of the charges under the authority of Health & Safety Code section 5479 et seq.; and

WHEREAS, the City Council, in the course of the June 17, 2008 majority-protest public hearing, listened to the oral comments of affected residents, property owners, and other interested parties and received the written protests of affected parcel owners, including written protests which had been submitted to the City Clerk in advance of the majority-protest public hearing; and

WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the June 17, 2008 majorityprotest public hearing, the City Council approved uncodified Ordinance No 2724 which approved the establishment of the existing schedule of sewer service charges in the manner prescribed in that certain Sewer Service Charge Study dated April 25, 2008 (“2008 Rate Analysis”) prepared by the consulting firm of Hilton, Farnkopf & Hobson, LLC; and

WHEREAS, the City now wishes to increase, adjust and modify the current schedule of sewer services charges prompting the need for the City to undertake new majority-protest proceedings; and

WHEREAS, Sections 3.01.010 and 3.01.02 of Chapter 3.01 (Sewer Service Charge) of Title 3 (Revenue and Finance) of the El Monte Municipal Code provide permit the City to establish and periodically adjust its schedule of sewer service fees and charges by means of an uncodified ordinance and compliance with applicable laws, including Article XIIID; and

WHEREAS, Article XIIID requires that the City provide all affected real property parcel owners with written notice that (i) informs the parcel owners of City’s intent to increase a property-related fee or charge and the amounts proposed, (ii) explains the reasons and methodology for the increases,(iii) identifies the proposed date, time and location of the majority-property hearing where the City Council will consider approval of the increase, and (iv) explains the majority-protest process and how parcels may lodge objections to the proposed increases; and

WHEREAS, Article XIIID further requires that such notice be issued no less than 45 days prior to the proposed date of the majority-protest hearing; and

WHEREAS, the City has engaged Raftelis to prepare that certain updated sewer service charge fee study entitled Sewer Rate Study and dated March 12, 2025 (the “2025 Rate Study”) which proposes an amended schedule of increased sewer service fees and charges; and

WHEREAS, the 2025 Rate Study was made available for public inspection commencing March 26, 2025 on the City’s internet website at https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/705/2025-Sewer-RateStudy and in hardcopy form at the Public Works Department Counter and at the Office of the City Clerk both located at 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California 91803; and

WHEREAS, on March 26, 2025, notice of the May 14, 2025 majority protest hearing was mailed to those affected real property parcel owners identified in that certain list of real property parcels compiled by Harris & Associates (hereinafter, the “Parcel List”) which identifies the total number of real property parcels within the City that receive sewer services from the City and would be affected by the rate increases discussed herein; and

WHEREAS The parcel numbers and corresponding property owner addresses are based on parcel data compiled from the latest equalized tax assessment roll. Commencing March 26, 2025, a true and correct copy of the Parcel List was made available for inspection by members of the public on the City’s internet website at: https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/705/2025-Sewer-Rate-Study and in hardcopy form at the Public Works Department Counter and at the Office of the City Clerk both located at 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California 91803; and

WHEREAS, the City Clerk, following the close of the majority protest public hearing, the City Clerk will tabulate all written protests submitted in opposition to the proposed increases to determine whether or not the number of real property parcels for which a protest was submitted exceeds 50% of the total number of real property parcels affected by the contemplated increases; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has found that the total number of written protests required to defeat any proposed increase in water charges shall be a sum equal to 50% plus 1 of 18,462, the total number of affected real property parcels or 9,232 protests total; and

WHEREAS, the total number of submitted protests as in fact 23; and

WHEREAS, the proposed increases to the City’s schedule of sewer service charges may be implemented because the total number of real property parcels for which a protest was submitted was less than 50% of the total number of real property parcels affected by the contemplated increases.

LEGALS

NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of El Monte does hereby resolve and find as follows:

SECTION 1. City Council finds that the foregoing Recitals are true and correct.

SECTION 2. The City Council re-affirms its acceptance 2025 Rate Study by way of City Council Resolution No. 10591 dated March 12, 2025. (A true and correct copy of the 2025 Rate Study is attached and incorporated into this Uncodified Ordinance as Exhibit “A” and has been available for public inspection since March 26, 2025 on the City’s internet website at https://www.ci.elmonte.ca.us/705/2025-Sewer-Rate-Study and in hardcopy form at the Public Works Department Counter and at the Office of the City Clerk both located at 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California 91803. Based on the 2025 Rate Study, all written documentation entered into the record of the majority protest proceedings (including the submitted protests and objections), the testimony of City staff and consultants and the oral testimony of interested members of the public, the City Council and finds, determines and resolves, in accordance with Section 6(b) of Article XIIID, that: (i) revenues derived from the fee or charge referenced in the 2025 Rate Study do not exceed the funds required to provide the property related service; (ii) revenues derived from the fees or charges will not be used for any purpose other than that for which the fee or charge was imposed; (iii) the amount of the fees or charges imposed upon any parcel or person as an incident of property ownership will not exceed the proportional cost of the service attributable to the parcel; and (iv) no fee or charge will be imposed for sewer service unless that service is actually used by, or immediately available to, the owner of the property in question; and (v) no fee or charge will be imposed for general governmental services including, but not limited to, police, fire, ambulance or library services, where the service is available to the public at large in substantially the same manner as it is to property owners.

SECTION 3. The City Council also re-affirms its approval and acceptance of that certain list of real property parcels which has been compiled by Harris & Associates (hereinafter, the “Parcel List”) and which list the total number of real property parcels within the City that receive sewer services from the City and would be affected by the rate increases discussed herein. The parcel numbers and corresponding property owner addresses are based on parcel data compiled from the latest equalized tax assessment roll. A true and correct copy of the Parcel List was made available to members of the public for inspection on March 26, 2025 on the City’s internet website at: https://www.ci.el-monte.ca.us/705/2025-Sewer-RateStudy and in hardcopy form at the Public Works Department Counter and at the Office of the City Clerk both located at 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, California 91803.

SECTION 4. The City Council further confirms that the total minimum number of written protests required to defeat any proposed approval and implementation of an updated schedule of sewer service fees and charges is a sum equal to 50% plus 1 of 18,462, the total number of affected real property parcels or 9,232 protests total. Affected real property parcel owners were issued written notice of the May 14, 2025 majority protest public hearing in compliance with the requirements of Article XIIID, Section 6 of the California Constitution and the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act (Government Code Section 53750 et seq.). In keeping with Article XIIID, Section 6, City staff mailed written notice of the majority protest public hearing to all persons identified in the Parcel List on March 26, 2025, a date more than 45 days prior to the date of the majority protest public hearing. The specific procedures for the submission and tabulation of protests are set forth in City Council Resolution No. 10591 approved March 12, 2025.

SECTION 5. At the conclusion of the May 14, 2025 majority protest public hearing, the City Clerk tabulated the total number of written protests submitted on behalf of affected real property parcels in the City opposing the adoption and implementation of an updated schedule of increased sewer service fees and charges and determined that number to be 23 protests total, a sum representing less than 50% of the total number affected real property parcels. Accordingly, the City Council is authorized to adopted the schedule of increase sewer service fees and charges recommended in the 2025 Rate Study. By approval of this uncodified ordinance, the City Council does hereby approve, adopt and order the implementation of said schedule of increase sewer service fees and charges effective as July 1, 2025.

SECTION 6. By approval of this uncodified ordinance, the City Council does hereby repeal Uncodified Ordinance No. 2724 dated July 1, 2008 and declares that it shall be of no further force or effect upon the date this uncodified ordinance takes effect.

SECTION 7. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements with the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller (“Auditor-Controller”) and such other County agencies as may be necessary to provide for the annual collection of the City’s sewer service fees and charges through the property tax roll. The City Manager or designee is further authorized to complete and submit all documentation and provide all such information as may be required by the Auditor-Controller or other County or State agencies for the collection of sewer service fees and charges as contemplated under this ordinance.

SECTION 8. The City Council further acknowledges and finds that in addition to written protests, the City also received 2 written objections submitted pursuant to Government Code Section 53759.1(c) as enacted under AB 2257 which took effect January

1, 2025. Procedures for submission and review of written objections were set forth under Resolution No. 10591 dated March 12, 2025. True and correct copies of these written objections, along with the City’s written responses to the objections were entered into the record of the majority protest proceedings and were considered by the City Council before approving this uncodified ordinance and the schedule of increase sewer service fees and charges approved by way of the same. In reviewing the written protests and the corresponding City responses to the same, the City Council determines that (i) the written objections and the City’s responses do not warrant clarification to the proposed schedule of increased sewer service fees and charges; (ii) reduction of the proposed fees and charges is not necessary; (iii) no further review is necessary; and (iv) the City Council was justified in proceeding to the tabulation of written protests.

SECTION 9. The Mayor shall sign, and the City Clerk shall attest to, the passage of this uncodified Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after adoption.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of El Monte at a regular meeting held on this 14th day of May, 2025.

ATTEST:

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:

CITY OF EL MONTE )

I, Gabriel Ramirez, City Clerk of the City of El Monte, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Uncodified Ordinance No. 3054 was introduced for first reading on the 14th day of May 2025 and approved for second reading and adopted by said City Council at its regular meeting held on the 28th day of May 2025 by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES: Mayor Pro Tem Cortez, Councilmembers Crippen-Thomas, Galvan, Herrera and Longoria

NOES: None

ABSTAIN: None

ABSENT: Mayor Ancona and Councilmember Dr. Ruedas

Publiss June 2, 2025 EL MONTE EXAMINER

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SHUNRI HU

CASE NO. 25STPB05278

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

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on 6/10/2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST.

LOS ANGELES CA 90012 STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Jennifer C. Fu, Esq. (SBN 237082) Amity Law Group LLP

Probate Notices

Pasadena City Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on an Amendment to Schedule of Taxes, Fees, and Charges for fiscal year 2026 will be held by the Pasadena City Council at the time and place listed below:

DATE: July 14, 2025

TIME: 6:00 P.M.

PLACE: City Hall, Council Chambers 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S-249 Pasadena, CA 91101

Please refer to the City Council agenda for instructions on how to view a live stream of the meeting. The meeting agenda will be posted at: http://ww2.cityofpasadena. net/councilagendas/council_agenda.asp

Public Information: All interested persons may submit correspondence to correspondence@cityofpasadena.net prior to the start of the meeting. During the meeting and prior to the close of the public hearing, members of the public may provide live public comment. Please refer to the agenda when posted for instructions on how to provide live public comment.

This Amendment increases certain taxes, fees, and charges, excluding New Year’s Day revenues and Admission Tax, listed on the Schedule of Taxes, Fees, and Charges (last adopted by the City Council on June 3, 2024) by the CPI (3.1094%) for Fiscal Year 2026 beginning July 14, 2025. This includes all taxes, licenses, and a number of certain permits which are billed or assessed and collected throughout the year when due. The estimated revenue increase to the General Fund is $160,300, $1.0 million in the Sewer Fund, and $272,400 in other funds. The existing amount or rate and the proposed amount or rate and the associated activity are listed as follows:

ADA: To request a disability-related modification or accommodation necessary to facilitate meeting participation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office as soon as possible at (626) 744-4124 or cityclerk@ cityofpasadena.net. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability

Copies of the Schedule of Taxes, Fees and Charges, as well as supporting documentation, will be available on the City’s website https://www.cityofpasadena.net/finance/general-fund/fees-tax-schedules/. Written comments may be sent to the Finance Director, at the Department of Finance, 3rd floor, 100 N. Garfield Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101, (626) 744-4355.

Date Published: __________

Approved as a form AL Chef Assistant City Attorney

Financial Institutions (banks)100

Service Shop, Service Stations100

Laundromat

Animal Kennel (shelter)100 gal/1,000 sq ft gross floor area

Nurseries/Greeneries25 gal/1,000 sq ft gross floor area

Warehousing, Open Storage 25 gal/1,000 sq ft gross floor area (storage pace)

Indoor Theatre (movies)125 gal/1,000 sq ft gross floor area

Bowling, Skating

Mortuaries/Cemeteries100

Schools: Elementary or Jr. High10/ gal/student High Schools 15/ gal/student Universities or Colleges20/ gal/student College Dormitories 85/

Rate ($.55 per $500) established by State code. No CPI increase.

Maximum Rate ($16.00) established by State code. No CPI increase.

Per Council action, the fees receive a 60% abatement credit. Staff is still reviewing fees and recommends continuing the 60% abatement credit until the analysis is complete.

Reduced Business License Tax ($1.00) only for first year businesses in Pasadena that meet the following eligibility criteria:

- Be in a Commercial or Industrial zoned area as defined in Chapter 17 of the Pasadena Municipal Code.

- Have five or fewer employees.

- Have a 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code in Construction (23), Manufacturing (31-33), Information (51), and Scientific, Technical, and Professional Services (54).

On the renewal anniversary following the first year tax reduction, renewing businesses are required to pay the fully required business license tax established for that fiscal year of tax reinstatement.

Per City Council action on July 14, 2014, Dog License Fee for not spayed and not neutered dogs is $60 more than the fee for spayed and neutered dogs.

rates are based on water consumption. Single Family Residential water usage will be capped at 26 hundred cubic feet (hcf) of water on a bi-monthly basis. Commerical water usage will be billed at 90% of use.

Glendale City Notices

execution of contracts with the City of Glendale. Said Resolution is on file in the office of the City Clerk and is incorporated herein and made a part hereof the same as though fully set forth herein.

The City of Glendale reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities or technical defects as the best interests of the City may require. Suzie Abajian, City Clerk City of Glendale

Park City Notices

each of the respective Codes noted above.

Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 p.m. by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park in City Council Chambers, 14403 E. Pacific Avenue, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. All interested parties may appear and be heard at that time.

All persons interested in providing testimony will be given an opportunity to address the City Council during the hearing. If in the future anyone wishes to challenge a decision of the City Council in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described above or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing.

If further information is desired on the above case, please contact the Building and Safety Division at (626) 813-5265 and refer to the State Fire Marshal Fire Map Adoption. If you are aware of someone who would be interested in becoming informed of the contemplated action, please pass this notice along as a community service.

June 2, June 9, 2025

BALDWIN PARK PRESS

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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: 06/13/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 9 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

STEVEN F. BLISS, ESQ. - SBN 147856 LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN F. BLISS 43920 MARGARITA ROAD SUITE F TEMECULA CA 92592

Telephone (951) 223-7000 5/29, 6/2, 6/5/25 CNS-3930602# PASADENA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JUSTINE V. GARCIA Case No. 25STPB05857

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JUSTINE V. GARCIA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Barbara Rodriguez in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Barbara Rodriguez 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 June 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 67 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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: JENNIFER KELLER SMITH ESQ SBN 210968 THE KELLER LAW FIRM 1219 MORNINGSIDE DR MANHATTAN BEACH CA 90266 CN117093 GARCIA May 29, Jun 2,5, 2025 MONTEREY PARK PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KANOKSAK LERTVANICH Case No. 25STPB05945

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KANOKSAK LERTVANICH A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Arthur Lertvanich in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Arthur Lertvanich 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 July 2, 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 appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: SAMUEL

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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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want

s. Januel Domingo Arriola Statement filed with the County of Riverside on April 1, 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-202504268

Pub. 05/12/2025, 05/19/2025, 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Akamai Pediatrics 4149 Chestnut St Riverside, CA 92501

Riverside County Mailing Address, 700 East Redland Blvd #741, Redland, CA 92373. Riverside County

Chris Delos Reyes Arca MD PC (CA, 700 East Redland Blvd #741, Redland, CA 92373

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

s. Chris Arca, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on May 8, 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-202505965 Pub. 05/19/2025, 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are)

doing business as Healthy Snacks SoCal 34183 Camelina Street Lake Elsinore, CA 92532

Riverside County Mailing Address 34183 Camelina Street Lake Elsinore, CA 92532

Riverside County Palazzo GLM LLC (CA, 34183 Camelina Street, Lake Elsinore, CA 92532

Riverside County

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

s. Daniel Bitencourt Martins, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on May 13, 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-202506198 Pub. 05/19/2025, 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KENNEDY’S 41269 Margarita Road Suite C105 Temecula, CA 92591 Riverside County KENNEDY’S MEAT MARKET (CA, 1766 E Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA 92027 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s. Navtish Plaha, CFO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on April 22, 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

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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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250004431

The following persons are doing business as: ULTIMATE TOWING & RECOVERY, 1340 Wabash Ave, Mentone, CA 92359. Mailing Address, 1340 Wabash Ave, Mentone, CA 92359. LOUIS K SHARPLES, 1340 Wabash Ave, Mentone, CA 92359. 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/ LOUIS K SHARPLES, Individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on May 12, 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#: FBN20250004431 Pub: 05/19/2025, 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250004023

The following persons are doing business as: JMF Court Reporter, 2321 S Magnolia Ave Unit 1C, Ontario, CA 91762. Mailing Address, 2321 S

Magnolia Ave Unit 1C, Ontario, CA 91762. Jacqueline Martinez, 2321 S Magnolia Ave Unit 1C, Ontario, CA 91762. 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/ Jacqueline Martinez, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on April 28, 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#: FBN20250004023 Pub: 05/19/2025, 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250003545

The following persons are doing business as: S & H CAL PLUMBING, 1529 La Quinta Cir # 56, Upland, CA 91784. Saul Gomez Herrera, 1529 La Quinta Cir # 56, Upland, CA 91784. 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 January 1, 2025. 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/ Saul Gomez Herrera, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on April 11, 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 fort h 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#: FBN20250003545 Pub: 05/19/2025, 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20256716573. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: We The People – Legal Express Anaheim, 1100 E Orangethorpe Ave, Suite 189, Anaheim, CA 92801. Mailing Address, 8780 19th St #157, Alta Loma, Ca 91701-4608. Full Name of Registrant(s) Pacific State Corporation (CA, 8780 19th St, # 157, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701-4608. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on February 24, 2014. We The People –Legal Express Anaheim. /S/ Summer Edouni, Secretary. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on May 21, 2025. Publish: Anaheim Press 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025, 06/16/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20256716594. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Epic Pub Quiz, 17861 Lincoln St, Villa Park, CA 92861. Full Name of Registrant(s) EPiQ Entertainment LLC (CA, 17861 Lincoln St, Villa Park, CA 92861. 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 May 19, 2025. Epic Pub Quiz. /S/ Peter Alexander Fitschen, Managing member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on May 21, 2025. Publish: Anaheim Press 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025, 06/16/2025

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as WILD LINE CAMPER 6604 Doolittle Ave Riverside, CA 92503 Riverside County WINCAR OFF-ROAD INC. (CA, 6604 Doolittle Ave, Riverside, CA 92503 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars

($1000).) s. FANGFANG TAN, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on May 21, 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# R202506571 Pub. 05/26/2025, 06/02/2025, 06/09/2025, 06/16/2025 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250004553 The following persons are doing

Monrovia Music Fest helps get the summer started June 8

By Staff

The Monrovia Music Fest is set to return next month with another annual array of diverse performers, food, libations and fun for the whole family.

Now in its eighth year, organizers describe the festival as one of the most anticipated summer kick-off events in the San Gabriel Valley. The all-day, free event features live performances by artists playing multiple musical styles, a curated artisan market, a variety of food trucks, a kids zone and a 5,000-square-foot craft beer and wine garden, including a VIP lounge that offers the best views of the stage. The festival is scheduled

for June 8 at Library Park, 321 S. Myrtle Ave., from noon-7 p.m. and is hosted by Creative Being, “a nonprofit dedicated to awakening the artist in everyone,” according to organizers. “This festival affirms the power of creativity to build meaningful connections.”

Brendan Hidalgo from Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s office said in a statement, “Creative Being will bring people from Monrovia and surrounding cities to achieve their creative passions through the arts … and will help bring people together and create a sense of belonging and community.”

ees can get an up-close look at BMW’s latest designs and pick up some BMW branded swag.

From powerful vocals to intimate acoustic sets, this year’s lineup of musicians of independent artists and seasoned performers include Hailey Hermida & The Haze, Kathryn D’Costa, Blues and Fries, The Whistling Diva and more.

“We believe that everyone is an artist and when people express themselves creatively, quality of life expands exponentially,”

Carole Anne Kaufman, president of Creative Being and the festival’s producer and founder, said in a statement.

LA Times reporter alleges First Amendment violation, sues county, ex-sheriff

By City News Service

Aformer Los Angeles Timesreporter Tuesday sued ex-LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and others, alleging in federal court that her 1st Amendment rights were violated when a secret probe was opened into her activities after she got hold of a leaked list of deputies with a history of misconduct.

The suit filed in downtown Los Angeles seeks unspecified damages for alleged violations of Maya Lau’s privacy, as well as the alleged injuries she contends she suffered after the probe became public.

The suit, which names the county, Villanueva, ex-Undersheriff Tim Murakami and former Detective Mark Lillienfeld as defendants, alleges violations of Lau’s rights under the U.S. constitution and California state law,

including retaliation and civil conspiracy to deny constitutional rights.

“It is an absolute outrage that the Sheriff’s Department would criminally investigate a journalist for doing her job,” Lau said in a statement to the Times. “I am bringing this lawsuit not just for my own sake, but to send a clear signal in the name of reporters everywhere: we will not be intimidated. The Sheriff’s Department needs to know that these kinds of tactics against journalists are illegal.”

In a statement to City News Service on Tuesday evening, the sheriff’s department said it had not yet been officially served with the lawsuit.

“While these allegations stem from a prior administration, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Depart-

ment under Sheriff Robert G. Luna is firmly committed to upholding the constitution, including the First Amendment,” the department stated. “We respect the vital role journalists play in holding agencies accountable and believe in the public’s right to a free and independent press.”

Villanueva said via email to the Times that he had not yet reviewed the complaint in full and that “under the advice of counsel, I do not comment on pending litigation,” according to the newspaper’s story, which quoted the ex-sheriff as saying the investigation was “based on facts that were presented to the Office of the Attorney General.”

In December 2017, the Times published a story by Lau about a list of about 300 problem deputies. A lengthy

budget and restore fairness in trade relationships.

“For decades, the United States slashed our trade barriers on other countries, while those nations placed massive tariffs on our products and created outrageous nonmonetary barriers to decimate our industries,” Trump said in April. “They manipulated their currencies, subsidized their exports, stole our intellectual property, imposed exorbitant VAT

taxes to disadvantage our products, adopted unfair rules and technical standards and created filthy pollution havens. This all happened with no response from the United States of America, but those days are over.”

Also this month, the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day halt to tariffs during trade negotiations.

“The 90-day pause and reduction of tariffs between the United States

“Whether you paint, whistle or just want to find your spark — this fest is for you.”

Organizers invited the public to bring “friends, curiosity, and a blanket, adding that “Monrovia Music Fest is more than a music event; it’s a call to reawaken your creativity.” Arts and crafts are also a prominent fest feature.

Library Park is accessible from the Metro L (Gold) Line Monrovia Station, organizers noted.

More information about the festival is online at MonroviaFest.com, which also has VIP Lounge tickets for sale or accepts donations.

case file reviewed by the newspaper last year found that sheriff’s investigators launched an initial probe into who provided Lau with the list, according to the

Trump tariffs

and China is welcome news for consumers, American businesses, workers and the supply chain,” Gene Seroka, Port of Los Angeles executive director, said in a statement May 12. “Even with this announcement, tariffs remain elevated compared to April 1. To avoid further uncertainty and disruption of trade, both sides should work together swiftly toward a long-term agreement.”

Seroka said the U.S.

should also work with other nations to reduce existing tariffs.

Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach executive director, said while the U.S.-China negotiations are an encouraging step, “uncertainty remains, and I think what this industry is calling for is that we have certainty and clarity with regard to what that tariff policy looks like in the midand long-term.”

The tariffs are impact-

The agency’s investigation began when Jim McDonnell was sheriff in 2017. The Sheriff’s Department ultimately dropped

the investigation without referring it for prosecution after, as Lau’s lawsuit states, it “turned up no evidence connecting Ms. Lau to any crime,” the Times reported.

ing a variety of electronics and household appliances and “with significantly reduced cargo volumes, it’s likely that the consumer will have fewer choices,” Cordero added.

Administration officials also said the tariff negotiations included discussions on fentanyl.

“This is a priority for President Trump and, indeed, the whole administration,”

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told report-

ers earlier this month in Geneva, where trade talks with China are set.

“Hundreds of thousands of Americans die every year and I think that we saw here in Geneva that the Chinese are now serious about assisting the U.S. in stopping the flow of precursor drugs.”

A copy of California’s lawsuit against the tariff policy is on the attorney general’s website via tinyurl.com/bdf4w8as.

BMW of Monrovia, the festival’s title sponsor, will present an exclusive display of luxury vehicles. Attend-

| Image courtesy of the Monrovia Music Fest

article Tuesday.

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. | Photo courtesy of Villanueva for Los Angeles County Sheriff 2022

Fire victims awaiting refunds urged to update addresses with LA County assessor

By City News Service

The county Assessor’s Office Tuesday urged victims of the area’s wildfires to update their mailing addresses to ensure they receive property tax refund checks, noting that some payments are being returned to the office as undeliverable.

According to the office, mailing addresses on record for many fire victims are invalid because they are for homes that were destroyed in the fires, and residents have not updated their information to provide their current location.

People can update their address with the assessor’s office online at assessor.lacounty. gov/homeowners/change-mailing-address.

“Getting relief into the hands of wildfire victims is a top priority for our office,” Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang said in a statement. “We understand how devastating these fires have been, and we are committed to making sure impacted property owners receive the support they’re entitled to. But we need their help in updating contact information so that relief can reach them without delay.”

Following the January fires, the Assessor’s Office re-evaluated all properties in the declared disaster areas, often resulting in temporary reductions in assessed valuations and in many cases property tax refunds.

officers are entrusted with protecting the public, not harming them. By willfully using unreasonable force against (the victim), defendant broke that trust. A sentence of straight probation does not sufficiently reflect defendant’s breach of duty and the manner in which he breached that duty.”

Kirk, 32, of Santa Clarita, was convicted in federal court in February of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for the force used in June 2023.

At the beginning of May, however, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed an unusual post-conviction plea and sentencing agreement in which Kirk would plead guilty to a misdemeanor and admit under oath that he “used unnecessary force.”

The plea deal — which required the approval of the court — would overturn the jury’s verdict and reduce Kirk’s possible prison exposure of 10 years to one year. The government said that if accepted, prosecutors would recommend a sentence of a year’s probation and a fine.

Following the filing of the post-conviction plea agreement, four federal prosecutors withdrew from the case.

Kirk’s attorney Tom Yu has described his client as a “hero, not a criminal.”

Sentencing is scheduled for June 2 in downtown Los Angeles.

In March, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Professional Association said the prosecution of Kirk was “wrongful and politically charged” and his actions, as seen on body-worn

camera video, were “lawful, restrained, and aligned with training.”

LASPA President Cesar Romero said the organization “stands unwaveringly” with Kirk.

“This isn’t just about one deputy — it’s an assault on every law enforcement officer who puts their life on the line daily,” Romero said in a statement. “We will not back down. Trevor has our full support, and we will fight alongside him and his loved ones until justice is restored.”

Evidence showed Kirk and another deputy were responding on June 24, 2023 to a possible robbery at WinCo Foods by a male and female suspect.

According to court papers, Kirk and his fellow deputy arrived at the scene, handcuffed a man matching the suspect’s description and detained him, while a woman fitting the description of the second suspect recorded the deputies with her phone.

The indictment states that Kirk then approached the woman — identified in court documents as J.H. — and attempted to grab her phone without issuing any commands. The woman turned away, prompting Kirk to grab her arm, hook his left hand behind her neck and forcefully throw her to the ground, prosecutors said.

While on the ground, Kirk yelled at J.H. to “get on the ground,” and she told him the video had already been posted on YouTube, according to the indictment.

Federal prosecutors initially said Kirk then placed his knee on the woman’s shoulder, and

when she yelled for him to stop and used an expletive, he pulled his right arm back with a clenched fist and threatened to punch her in the face.

The indictment says Kirk used his LASD radio to call in a misleading report that he was in a fight. Court papers further state that shortly thereafter, without giving any additional commands to J.H, Kirk sprayed her twice in the face with pepper spray. The woman received medical attention for the spray and injuries received from being thrown to the ground, evidence shows.

The jury heard that Kirk then drafted and submitted a misleading report to the LASD in which he portrayed J.H. as a threat to his physical safety, claiming that the woman assaulted him, attempted to hit him and took a “fighting” stance.

At the time charges were filed last year, the sheriff’s department said Kirk was relieved of duty pending the outcome of the criminal case.

The department issued a statement in February saying it “has fully cooperated with the FBI during this investigation. The deputy is currently relieved of duty without pay. These actions are completely contrary to the values and standards upheld by the Sheriff’s Department. Law enforcement officers not only take an oath to uphold the law but are held to the highest standards of accountability and integrity. No deputy is above the law and any abuse of power which violates the public’s trust will not be tolerated.”

| Photo courtesy of LA County Assessor’s Office

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