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Los Alamitos license threatened after 3 horse deaths in one day

By City News Service

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Course is facing possible suspension of its license after three horses suffered fatal injuries during races Nov. 23, state horse racing officials said Tuesday.

The deaths bring the number of fatalities at the Cypress track to 18 this year.

Backside Ace, a 2-year-old gelding running in his third race, finished third in Nov. 23’s seventh race after being bumped at the start, but was later ambulanced off.

Champions Run, also a 2-year-old gelding who had eight career races -- all at Los Alamitos -- and one firstplace finish, did not finish Nov. 23’s eighth race and was also ambulanced off.

B Ratifyed, a 2-year-old filly with six career races, four in New Mexico, was injured in Nov. 23’s fifth race, in which she finished eighth out of 10 horses. The official race chart said she “lacked response.”

California Horse Racing Board spokesman Mike Marten said the precise nature of all three fatal injuries would be verified by required postmortem examinations.

The CHRB sent a letter to the track’s owners Tuesday demanding “significant changes to its safety program” or the board could call an emergency meeting and suspend its license.

“The CHRB (both staff and Commissioners) are profoundly concerned about the recent safety record at Los Alamitos, including the alarming catastrophic injuries that occurred this past weekend,” CHRB Executive Director Scott Chaney wrote to track President Cathy Allred, wife of owner Ed Allred, in a letter provided to City News Service.

“In fact, the concern is so great that the Chairman has suggested preparing a notice for an emergency Board

meeting outlined in CHRB Rule 1435. As you know, this rule was created in the wake of the events of 2019 to give the Board both the authority and flexibility to suspend a track’s license quickly based on a safety concern.

... Dr. (Jeff) Blea and I have spoken and plan to call that emergency meeting unless Los Alamitos makes significant changes to its safety program and the injuries decrease precipitously and quickly,” the letter continued.

“CHRB requires that you develop a plan that will address this issue. That plan should outline steps you will take in addition to actions the CHRB, in consultation with Equine Medical Director Blea, suggests. We have endeavored to provide a few necessities right now but may add additional measures should we learn more about this recent spike.”

The letter outlines the following steps, which Chaney said “should be taken as a minimum for reform, rather than a complete list.”

-- Add a second regulatory veterinarian for morning soundness examinations and entry panel review watch list examinations.

-- Ensure there is an attending (private) veterinarian on the grounds in the stable area each night while racing is conducted.

-- Purchase and/or utilize and staff a second equine ambulance for use during racing.

-- Further restrict the use of IA injections, especially those that are close in time to racing and workouts.

-- Hold weekly meetings with the CHRB staff and commissioners (as permit-

Trump’s immigration forces deploy ‘less lethal’ weapons in dangerous ways, skirting rules and maiming protesters

By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and J. David McSwane, ProPublica

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.

This story is part of a collaboration between FRONTLINE and ProPublica that includes an upcoming documentary.

As the Trump administration’s immigration dragnetintensified in June, a nurse in Portland, Oregon, left work one midafternoon and drove to a nearby detention facility to voice his opposition. Federal agents had set off smoke grenades, driving away many protesters at the front of the facility, but Vincent Hawkins lifted his megaphone anyway.

“You should stop and think about what you’re doing!”

The shot came seconds later, a silver projectile launched through the small facility’s closed gate, hitting him in the face. The tear gas canister shattered his glasses, ripped apart his brow, crushed against his eye and concussed him. In video footage, the projectile can be seen bouncing off his face and arcing back toward the unknown Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fired it.

Hawkins, a 25-year veteran of the emergency room, was rushed to one, bleeding and wondering if he’d ever see through his left eye again. A frequent demonstrator, he knew the risks. He’d seen friends struggling to breathe throughtoxicchemical clouds, others pelted with pepper balls. But Hawkins was undeterred.

The 55-year-old said he’d be blind in one eye if not for the shielding effect of his glasses. He’s regained most of his vision but suffers from dizziness and vertigo, sometimes causing him to miss work.

Since President Donald Trump’sadministration launchedhigh-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, tear gas and pepper balls. They’ve fired on American citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal.

The so-called less lethal weapons are designed to break up mobs engaged in dangerous behavior or deter would-be assailants who pose a threat. They aren’t intended to kill. But research has shown the weapons can cause devastating injuries or death. Federal guidelines generally prohibit agents from targeting the head, neck, throat or spine when firing projectiles like rubber bullets or pepper balls.

ProPublica and FRONTLINE conducted dozens of interviews at protest scenes, reviewed hundreds of pages

“I have things to say,” he said. “And if it means being wounded to do it, then here I am.”

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UCLA seeks to compel arbitration of Rose Bowl contract dispute

By City News Service

The UC Regents have filed separate motions asking a judge to compel arbitration of the Rose Bowl Operating Committee’s three contractual claims alleging that UCLA is wrongfully exploring options for a new home football venue, specifically SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, and to put the case on hold pending the arbitration motion’s outcome.

In court papers filed Nov. 20 with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner, the Regents attorneys, on behalf of UCLA, state that the RBOC and its fellow plaintiff, the city of Pasadena, are bound by an arbitration agreement and that “no exceptions apply to RBOC’s claims.”

The UC Regents attorneys say UCLA did not deny talking with SoFi Stadium.

“After all, UCLA has a duty to constantly assess what is best for the university, its football team, its fans, its alumni and its students,” according to the UC Regents’ attorneys’ pleadings. “Rather, as UCLA simply informed RBOC, the agreement does not prevent UCLA from having discussions with other venues.”

When UCLA promptly responded to the RBOC’s concerns and said it would work with it in good faith to try to resolve various issues between the parties, the RBOC instead sued and lost in an attempt to get a temporary restraining order, the UC Regents lawyers

further state.

A hearing on the UC Regents’ motion for a stay of proceedings is scheduled for Jan. 8 and the motion to compel arbitration is set for Jan. 22.

The suit filed Oct. 29 seeks to enforce the terms of a lease agreement the plaintiff claims locks UCLA into playing football at the venue until 2044, which the UC Regents attorneys acknowledge in their court papers.

According to the lawsuit, UCLA has expressed its intent “to abandon the Rose Bowl Stadium and relocate its home football games to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.”

“This is not only a clear break of the contract that governs the parties’ rela-

LA union leader pleads not guilty to immigration protest charge

By City News Service

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David Huerta pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor count of obstructing a federal officer at a June illegal immigration enforcement raid on a garment industry work site in downtown Los Angeles.

Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union of California, entered his plea to a single federal count of obstruction of a federal officer. The charge carries a possible sentence of up to a year in federal prison.

Huerta was originally charged with a felony, but federal prosecutors in Los Angeles last month downgraded the charge to a misdemeanor.

At Tuesday’s arraignment hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Rosenberg allowed Huerta to remain free on his personal recognizance, and placed restrictions on foreign travel. The judge said he may travel anywhere in the United States without court approval.

She also ordered Huerta to surrender his passport to his attorney, and stay at least 100 feet away from federal officers.

Trial is scheduled for Jan. 20.

“These charges are baseless,” Huerta said after the hearing. “They’re an attempt to silence anyone who dares to speak out,

organize or demand justice. I will not be silenced. I look forward to presenting my case and being exonerated.”

The 58-year-old was among a group of protesters outside an Ambiance garment warehouse building on June 6, where federal authorities were arresting multiple people.

Video from the scene showed a man, presumed to be Huerta, being pushed out of the way of a white van being driven onto the warehouse property, then being tackled and taken into custody. A criminal complaint filed in Los Angeles federal court accuses Huerta of cursing and taunting federal agents at the scene.

“Sometime later, Huerta and another person sat cross-legged in front of the vehicular gate,” according to an affidavit in support of the complaint.

“Huerta waved at those around him and yelled, `Everybody sit down, sit down!’ In addition to sitting in front of the gate, Huerta at various times stood up and paced in front of the gate, effectively preventing law enforcement vehicles from entering or exiting the premises through the gate to execute the search warrant.”

felony charge against Huerta was reduced to a misdemeanor illustrates that the case is a weak one, Bednarski told City News Service.

“In some of these protest cases, we’ve seen charges dropped entirely because many of the cases are very weak and shouldn’t have been brought in the first place,” she said.

Huerta was released from federal custody on June 9 on bond after a court hearing.

Following his release, SEIU International President April Verrett expressed relief that Huerta was reunited with his family.

“We are deeply grateful to the hundreds of elected officials, civil rights leaders, labor partners and allies from across the nation who stood in solidarity and demanded David’s release,” Verrett said. “But this struggle is about much more than just one man. Thousands of workers remain unjustly detained and separated from their families.”

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli wrote on social media at the time that Huerta actively obstructed a lawful operation.

“Federal agents were executing a lawful judicial warrant at (an) L.A. work site this morning when David Huerta deliberately obstructed their access by blocking their vehicle,” he wrote. “He was arrested for interfering with federal officers and will face arraignment in federal court. ... Let me be clear: I don’t care who you are -- if you impede federal agents, you will be arrested and prosecuted. No one has the right to assault, obstruct or interfere with federal authorities carrying out their duties.”

The affidavit added, “As officers issued instructions to clear the way, Huerta refused to move away from the path of the vehicle and instead stood in front of the vehicle with his hands on his hips.”

meanor charge will eventually be dropped.

Huerta’s attorney, Marilyn Bednarski, said Nov. 24 she is hopeful the misde-

“We don’t think any charge is warranted,” she said, adding that misdemeanors “are very unusual in federal court.”

The fact that the initial

Gov. Gavin Newsom was among the authorities speaking out in June on behalf of Huerta, calling him a “respected leader, a patriot and an advocate for working people.”

“No one should ever be harmed with witnessing government action,” Newsom said.

However, First Assistant

Essayli posted a video online of Huerta being taken into custody. Huerta issued a statement through the union at the time, saying, “What happened to me is not about me. This is about something much bigger. This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice that’s happening. Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are being treated like criminals. We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice. This is injustice. And we all have to stand on the right side of justice.”

tionship, but it is also a profound betrayal of trust, of tradition, and of the very community that helped build UCLA football,” the lawsuit states.

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of court documents and photographs, and analyzed some 50 video-recorded incidents in which immigration agents and officers used these weapons in the last five months. That review found more than two dozen cases in which officers deployed the weapons in ways that appear to flout the government’s own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin and deploying chemical agents at moving vehicles or near children.

In Southern California, federal law enforcement fired pepper balls and rubber bullets at people’s heads and backs at least five times, and at least once at a man’s groin, records and interviews show. In Oakland, California, an unarmed pastor who posed no obvious threat was blasted in the face with pepper powder. In Chicago, where more than a dozen people reported being indiscriminately pelted with pepper balls, entire blocks were enshrouded in tear gas, forcing people from their homes. A religious leader was targeted in his head with pepper balls.

Christy Lopez, a former senior civil rights litigator at the Department of Justice, said many of the bystander and news videos she’s seen show “clearly excessive, unreasonable force” that her former office would have investigated as potential crimes.

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injuries, including 14 deaths of people struck by militarygrade gas canisters.

Haar said Americans are witnessing a “far more dangerous use of these weapons” in recent months, despite calls for clearer useof-force policies following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020 and the nationwide protests it spurred.

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“They are clearly violating people’s rights,” said Lopez, who now teaches at Georgetown Law. “It’s probably criminal, and it should be investigated as such.”

“I don’t say that lightly,” added Lopez, who led investigations into misconduct and excessive force at police departmentsincluding Los Angeles, Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri. “This is a very different situation than anything we’ve seen in the past in terms of just the routine and really brazen use of force in violation of people’s rights.”

Rohini Haar, an ER doctor and University of California, Berkeley professor who studies crowd control weapons, told ProPublica that Hawkins’ assault in Portland was “absolutely” a misuse of tear gas because it was fired at his head when he posed no obvious threat. For a 2023 policy paper published by Physicians for Human Rights, Haar and her team analyzed peerreviewed medical literature to identify more than 100,000 instances of people wounded by tear gas since 2015; the researchers found more than 5,000 serious

“You’re going to see a lot more injuries,” she said.

In a statement to ProPublica, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said its ICE and Customs and Border Protection officers show “incredible restraint” but sometimes must use force as they “put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, and gang members.”

ICE and CBP personnel “are trained to use the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve dangerous situations to prioritize the safety of the public and themselves,” the statement said. “Our officers are highly trained in de-escalation tactics and regularly receive ongoing use of force training.”

Even when used correctly, manufacturers acknowledge these weapons can be lethal. As Defense Technology, a Wyoming company that makes the type of canister that struck Hawkins, discloses on many of its wares: “THIS PRODUCT MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOU OR OTHERS.”

The company did not respond to a request for

long-lasting health harms.”

In early September, U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera issued an order restricting the use of crowd control weapons and requiring “at least two separate warnings” before agents or officers deployed them. Enforceable only in the Central District of California, which covers much of coastal Southern California, the order also barred agents from firing tear gas canisters and flashbang grenades at the public and shooting rubber bullets or other projectiles “at the head, neck, groin, back, or other sensitive areas, unless that person poses an immediate threat of death or serious bodily injury.” That order went further than existing policies at DHS, specifically prohibiting firing on journalists and requiring law enforcement to give clear dispersal orders and allowing crowds to leave before deploying weapons.

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Aggressive Campaign Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, a 30-year veteran of CBP, has orchestrated many of the most aggressive immigrant roundups across the country.

When forces under Bovino’s command began rounding up suspected undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles in June, vocal demonstrations followed. In response, his troops used tear gas and rubber bullets in ways that drew rebuke from a California federal judge.

On June 7, a Homeland Security agent shot a local reporter in the head with a rubber bullet as the journalist covered a fierce protest at a Home Depot in Los Angeles County, causing a concussion.

In ensuing days, federal personnel repeatedly fired crowd control munitions at media members, protesters and bystanders. The Los Angeles Press Club and a union representing journalists sued the Department of Homeland Security.

“DHS agents have consistently used these weapons to suppress First Amendment protected activity when they faced no meaningful threat of violence,” the suit said. “Despite common perceptions that alleged ‘crowd control’ weapons are harmless, each of these weapons — including, and especially, chemical weapons and projectiles — can cause significant and

DHS appealed, saying the ruling “micromanages how DHS agents respond to violent riots.” The appeal is pending.

Bovino has defended his officers, calling their use of the weapons “exemplary.” Yet allegations of misuse have followed his forces to other cities.

Midway Blitz

After Los Angeles, Bovino took his troops to Chicago. There, he led Operation Midway Blitz — an aggressive campaign of roving immigration sweeps that included the siege of an entire apartment building.

Those apprehended during the blitz were taken to a detention facility in a nondescript industrial park in Broadview, a Chicago suburb. Small demonstrations had been held there for years, but they exploded in size as ICE and CBP officials rushed hundreds of detainees through the suburban streets to jail and possible deportation.

Federal agents and officers turned again to crowd control weapons.

Raven Geary, co-founder of Unraveled, an independent news operation in Chicago, was covering a protest at the Broadview detention facility in late September when a federal agent shot her in the face with a pepper ball, causing her left cheek to bleed and bruise.

“It was this very sudden, horrible pain,” said Geary, who was carrying two large cameras and wearing a press badge. Then she realized

An activist is arrested. | Photo courtesy of DHS/Facebook

Study proposes new way of targeting college financial aid

By Suzanne Potter, Public News Service

Anew study from the University of California-Merced found college financial aid in California fails to target the students considered dually disadvantaged; those from families who are both lowincome and low-wealth.

The families have low annual incomes and have few assets such as college savings accounts, investments or real estate, the type of wealth often passed down through generations.

Laura Hamilton, professor of sociology, cofounder of the HERE Lab at the university and the report’s co-author, said students who are dually disadvantaged end up borrowing a lot more money for their education.

“Relative to their peers who are just low-income, dually-disadvantaged students get about the same amount of aid but they have a lot more need,” Hamilton explained.

The study found only 52% of dually disadvantaged students are predicted to attend college compared

to 83% of students from low-income, high-wealth families. Similarly, only 20% of dually disadvantaged students are predicted to complete a bachelor’s degree compared to 59% of students from low-income, high-wealth families.

Hamilton argued college financial aid needs to be increased to benefit more students.

“We simulated what would happen if we instituted an additional $5,000 need-based supplemental state aid grants given to

students who are both in the bottom income bracket, and have $0 in wealth,” Hamilton explained. “You would see much higher numbers of college graduates in each cohort.”

The report estimated more than 41,000 dually disadvantaged students would qualify for such a grant, so the program would cost the state about $208 million, producing an extra 4500 graduates per year and $966 million in economic returns as the graduates entered the workforce.

CA report calls for expanding youth apprenticeship pathways

By Farah Siddiqi, Public News Service

Anew statewide report showedCalifornia coulddramatically scale up youth apprenticeship programs to strengthen the workforce and close persistent skills gaps.

Laboreducatorsin Southern California said the findings reflect what they see daily: Young people need earlier access to hands-on training and clearer pathways to good jobs. The California Youth Apprenticeship Committee report recommends creating more bridges from high school to registered apprenticeshipprograms, expanding college-connected pathwaysandensuring supportive services for those who are out of school.

David Espinoza, executive director of the Laborers Training Trust, said the programs give young people a practical onramp to careers which might otherwise feel out of reach.

“Apprenticeships are extremely important for the simple purpose of opportunity,” Espinoza explained. “Typically most people

aren’t born with that skill set. There’s a lot of things to learn, from safety to actually unique skills associated with those different types of work projects.”

The report noted 32% of California apprentices are between ages 16 and 24, and estimates the state could grow to serve up to 650,000 apprentices overall.

The recommendations align with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s workforce strategy to expand nondegree career pathways.

Training staff said the need is about more than filling job openings, it is about making sure young people enter the field confident and prepared.

James Smith, a longtime instructor and now training manager at the Laborers Training School in Azusa, said students benefit from using real tools and techniques long before they arrive on a job site.

“It was great practice for them,” Smith emphasized.

“They actually learned something they could take right to the field, and the bosses

recognized ‘em, and our main thing is about safety.”

For students nearing completion, the pathway feels transformative.

Lonnell McTier, a construction apprentice finishing his final class, said the program has opened doors he never had before.

“You have a career to lean on; ultimately you’re making a lot of money,” McTier stressed. “It’s just a great opportunity, and a good experience for somebody that doesn’t mind working with their hands or being physically in the field.”

The report urged the state to invest in early career exposure programs, supportive services and regional intermediaries to help more young people on apprenticeship pathways, especially women, foster youth and formerly incarcerated people. Labor educators said expanding capacity now will be essential to meeting California’s future workforce needs.

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she was covered in a powder containing the active ingredient in hot peppers. “You’re coughing, you are sneezing, you are wheezing, it can be hard to see.”

Leigh Kunkel, a demonstrator, also got pelted. “The crowd was not doing anything,” she said, yet the pepper balls came flying at them.

Agents shot her in the back of the head and the nose. “I’m incredibly lucky that he didn’t hit me 2 inches higher,” she said. “I could have lost an eye.”

Kunkel and Geary became plaintiffs in a lawsuit seeking to curb the use of force by federal forces in the Chicago area.

As part of that lawsuit, a nearby resident and mother named Autumn Hamer told a judge how she swung by the facility in the early morning to see peaceful protestors chanting, “Whose streets?

Our streets!”

Federal officers on the roof intermittently fired rubber bullets and pepper balls into the crowd, she said. A flash-bang grenade landed next to her, causing disorientation and a ringing in her ear.

At a subsequent protest, she saw a projectile tear through an acoustic guitar a woman was playing. The agents fired tear gas, Hamer said, making her choke. As Hamer and others tried to move from the barricaded front of the facility toward fresh air on another street, she told ProPublica and FRONTLINE, they found themselves getting shot through a side barricade, as though agents had flanked them to box them in.

“It all felt cruel,” Hamer told reporters. She noted that the pepper ball launchers are similar in design to recreational paintball guns. “I have teenage boys, so when I look at [agents], I’m like, … are you pretending that you’re in a video game right now?”

Federal Judge Sara Ellis sided with the plaintiffs, issuing a temporary restraining order that barred immigration agents from targeting journalists and using crowd control weapons unless there is a serious threat to public safety.

Still, Bovino’s agents continuedtousethe weapons.OneChicago resident captured a video that looks like it could have come from a video game.

Enrique Bahena wore camera-equipped Meta glasses to a protest in Chicago’s Little Village, a largely Latino neighborhood.

Bahena said he was with a group of activists who were loudly — but nonviolently — confronting Border Patrol agents. “Everyone was just telling them to get out,” he recalled.

Bahena’s camera glasses captured a first-person view of a Border Patrol agent pointing a pepper ball launcher at him, just feet away. In the video, the agent fires at his throat, sending up a cloud of noxious smoke.

On Nov. 6, Ellis, the federal judge for the Northern District of Illinois nominated by former President Barack Obama, said from the bench that “the use of force shocks the conscience,” before ordering dramatic changes in how federal forces use crowd control weapons.

DHS decried her ruling as “an extreme act by an activist judge that risks the lives and livelihoods of law enforcement officers.”

“Rioters, gangbangers, and terrorists have opened fire on our federal law enforcement officers, thrown rocks, bottles, and fireworks at them, slashed the tires of their vehicles, rammed them, ambushed them, and they have destroyed multiple law enforcement vehicles,” a department statement read.

DHS appealed. Last month, a panel of three Republican appointees sided with the government, temporarily blocking her ruling and saying Ellis’ limitations on officers went too far — so much so, the judges wrote, that they “resembled federal regulation.”

Ellis criticized Bovino for an October incident in which he threw a tear gas canister at community members in the Little Village neighborhood. Bovino claimed he’d been attacked by a rockthrowing assailant, forcing him to deploy the gas for his own protection. Ellis said “video evidence disproves this. And he ultimately admitted he was not hit until after he threw the tear gas.”

Bovino did not respond to a request for comment made through DHS.

A DHS official said personnel working under Bovino enjoy a sense of “impunity” when it comes to uses of force. “These events

keep happening because of the lack of accountability by CBP,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions. “And there’s usually no repercussions for agents or officers because federal prosecutors rarely prosecute agents for excessive force.”

“We Come in Peace”

On the morning of Oct. 23, a green-andwhite Border Patrol truck lurched through a crowd of protestors gathered on the Oakland, California, waterfront. The demonstrators had converged after learning that federal agents would be using a nearby Coast Guard base to launch a wave of immigration raids.

Masked Border Patrol agents popped out to disperse people who’d enveloped the vehicle with signs and chants. Hoping to calm the tension, a local pastor named Jorge Bautista joined the crowd to pray.

Videos show an agent exiting the truck, marching toward the pastor and pointing a large-caliber weapon at his face.

“I’m thinking, ‘There’s no way he’s going to shoot this thing at me,’” Bautista recalled. “I’m thinking, ‘He’s just using this to scare me. It’s not going to work.’ And the moment I realized he was close enough to hear me, I said, ‘We come in peace.’”

As he said those words, the agent pulled the trigger, striking Bautista with an object that dispersed what bystanders believed was pepper powder. Videos show Bautista struggling to breathe as his eyes and skin burned beneath toxic granules. The unidentified agent calmly returned to the truck.

Bystanders poured liquid on his face. He kept his eyes shut and wound up in the hospital for treatment of scrapes and bruises on his chin and neck.

“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” said Bautista, who said he intends to sue DHS.

“You would figure they would be trained to de-escalate situations, right? Instead of going straight for using some kind of weapon to assault somebody,” the pastor said.

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In the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of pregnant women were wheeled into hospitals where they fought for their lives and the lives of the babies they carried.

It took the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until August 2021, eight months after the first vaccine was administered, to formally recommend the COVID-19 shot for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. The CDC had found that pregnant women with COVID-19 faced a 70% increased risk of dying, compared with those who weren’t. They also faced an increased risk of being admitted to the intensive care unit, needing a form of life support reserved for the sickest patients, and delivering a stillborn baby. In recommending the vaccine, the CDC assured them that the shot was safe and did not cause fertility problems.

ProPublica examined the harm caused by the delay in rolling out and endorsing the vaccine for pregnant mothers. Federal officials at the time told us that they wanted to ensure “an abundance of evidence” before issuing guidance.

But a surprising turn of events this summer reversed that guidance.

In May, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary and a longtime vaccine critic, announced on X that “the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS’s promise to Make America Healthy Again.”

The next month, Kennedy fired all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with a selection of

Amid confusing CDC guidance about vaccines, study highlights new risk of COVID-19 during pregnancy

By Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica

hand-picked members. The committee has since shifted its guidance, encouraging people to decide on their own whether to get the shot and to consider individual risk factors.

Doctors and national medical organizations said the new guidance from the CDC has caused confusion among patients and could put pregnant women and their babies at risk of severe illness or hospitalization.

“COVID-19 infection during pregnancy increases the risk of preterm birth, preeclampsia, and stillbirth,” read a statement from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

The organization, as well as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the nation’s leading professional organization for OB-GYNs, reiterated their recommendations that all those who are pregnant or breastfeeding receive the updated vaccine and booster, regardless of the trimester they’re in.

ProPublica found that though unvaccinated women faced devastating risks, the COVID-19 vaccine had been commandeered by disinformation

and doubt. Pharmaceutical companies and government officials had not ensured that pregnant women were included in the early development of the vaccine, despite federal guidance on how to safely include pregnant and breastfeeding people in biomedical research.

The HHS’ communications director, Andrew G. Nixon, defended the federal government’s actions, saying in a statement: “ACIP’s recommendation applies to all individuals six months and older. It includes an emphasis that the risk-benefit of vaccination in individuals under age 65 is most favorable for those who are at an increased risk for severe COVID-19 and lowest for individuals who are not at an increased risk, according to the CDC list of COVID-19 risk factors.”

Pregnancy is listed as a condition that can increase risk.

In the midst of the backlash against the CDC’s guidance, a recent Harvard University study highlights a new risk of COVID-19 during pregnancy. In a rare look at the children

of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant, the study found that they may be at increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3.

Researchers, who followed the children via their medical records from birth through their toddler years, observed some initial developmental delays at 12 months and again around 18 months, said Dr. Andrea Edlow, one of the study’s senior authors and an OB-GYN at Harvard Medical School.

“We were seeing speech and motor delays, but we really didn’t know if they were going to be persistent or evolve into other diagnoses like autism, or if children were maybe going to catch up,” Edlow said. “But that, unfortunately, hasn’t been the case.”

Edlow treated many pregnant patients during the pandemic, including some who experienced a life-threatening condition known as a cytokine storm. They often had high fevers and severe inflammation for several days. The condition, she remembers thinking, couldn’t be good for the

placenta or the developing fetal brain.

Edlow and her team studied more than 18,000 live births to mothers who delivered between March 2020 and May 2021. Of those, more than 800 had been diagnosed with COVID-19. What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero. That was a statistically significant finding.

During the period covered by the study, the CDC had not yet come out with its formal recommendation for pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and as such, most of the mothers were unvaccinated.

The children of mothers who contracted COVID-19 in the third trimester, a critical time for fetal brain development, and boys had an even higher risk. The male placenta and fetal brain, the researchers wrote, are more susceptible to a mother’s immune response to COVID-19 and other infections.

“I know it’s alarming,” Edlow said.

The researchers, she said, are not out to stoke fear. While the risk of autism is increased, Edlow said, the overall risk still remains low. The study underscores the importance of monitoring children born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant for neurodevelopmental conditions.

Edlow encouraged pregnant women to do everything they can to avoid getting COVID-19, including wearing masks, avoiding crowded indoor spaces and getting vaccinated and boosted.

“COVID is a real problem that poses risk to the mom in pregnancy and to the child,” she said. “And it’s still worth preventing, even at this point.”

Dr. Naima Joseph worries about how the reversal of the COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for pregnant patients will affect the health of the country, particularly its most vulnerable residents, women and children.

She remembers standing in line during the pandemic to get her COVID-19 vaccine when her husband, who is also a doctor, turned to her.

“Are you sure you should be doing this?” he asked. Joseph, a maternal fetal medicine doctor at Boston Medical Center who serves on ACOG’s Immunization, Infectious Disease, and Public Health Preparedness Expert Work Group, paused. She was pregnant with twins. Like so many mothers, what she cared about most in this world was protecting her babies, but she also treated many pregnant patients sick with COVID-19 who spent months fighting for their lives from a hospital bed. Some died or lost their babies.

“Yes,” she replied to her husband before getting the shot.

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Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LILLIAN J. PRINCE

Case No. 25STPB05081

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LILLIAN J. PRINCE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jodi Critz, also known as Jo A. Critz in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Dec. 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 5 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

DARRELL G BROOKE ESQ SBN 118071 THE BROOKE LAW GROUP PC 525 S MYRTLE AVE STE 204 MONROVIA CA 91016 CN121998 PRINCE Nov 24,27, Dec 1, 2025 MONROVIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

ELEANOR F. MEAGLIA AKA ELEANOR MEAGLIA CASE NO. 25STPB13106

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the lost WILL or estate, or both of ELEANOR F. MEAGLIA AKA ELEANOR MEAGLIA.

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

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LORI IRELAND be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s lost WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The lost WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 12/19/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

WALCH & WALCH

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MEGAN NICOLE WRIGHT

Case No. 25STPB13131

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

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 2, 2026 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

LEGALS

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: DARRELL G BROOKE ESQ SBN 118071

THE BROOKE LAW GROUP PC 525 S MYRTLE AVE STE 204 MONROVIA CA 91016 CN122347 WRIGHT Dec 1,4,8, 2025 MONROVIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

ACAR MURAT KOSEOGLU AKA ACAR M. KOSEOGLU AKA ACAR KOSEOGLU CASE NO. 25STPB13163

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ACAR MURAT KOSEOGLU AKA ACAR M. KOSEOGLU AKA ACAR KOSEOGLU.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICHARD HUNTINGTON (PF310) in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICHARD HUNTINGTON (PF310) be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 01/09/26 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 mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner

AMY FENELLI CIFTCIKARA - SBN 224058

FENELLI LAW FIRM 24800 CHRISANTA DRIVE, SUITE 110

MISSION VIEJO CA 92691

Telephone (949) 699-0000

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GWEN J. ROCHE AKA GWEN ALICE ROCHE AKA GWEN ROCHE CASE NO. 25STPB13147

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of GWEN J. ROCHE AKA GWEN ALICE ROCHE AKA GWEN ROCHE.

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 12/24/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA

90012

JOSEPH P. FERRY - SBN 110586

ATTORNEY AT LAW 1348 10TH ST SANTA MONICA CA 90401 Telephone (310) 458-7548 11/27, 12/1, 12/8/25 CNS-3989637# ARCADIA WEEKLY

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SIEGWALDE MARIA KNOBLING AKA MARIA SIEGWALDE KNOBLING, M. SIEGWALDE KNOBLING, SM KNOBLING, SIEGWALDE M. KNOBLING AND SIEGIE KNOBLING CASE NO. 25STPB13183

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of SIEGWALDE MARIA KNOBLING AKA MARIA SIEGWALDE KNOBLING, M. SIEGWALDE KNOBLING, SM KNOBLING, SIEGWALDE M. KNOBLING AND SIEGIE

KNOBLING. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICHARD HUNTINGTON (PF310) in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICHARD HUNTINGTON (PF310) be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 01/09/26 at 8:30AM in Dept. 29 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA

90012

AMY FENELLI CIFTCIKARA - SBN 224058

FENELLI LAW FIRM

24800 CHRISANTA DRIVE, SUITE 110

MISSION VIEJO CA 92691

Telephone (949) 699-0000 BSC 227716

12/1, 12/4, 12/8/25 CNS-3989655# TEMPLE CITY TRIBUNE

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF THOMAS JOHN TORRANCE Case No. 25STPB12757

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Rick Marcellin aka Richard Marcellin in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

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

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

The independent administration au-

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Dec. 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 99 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ANTHONY JAMES CHALUE Case No. 25STPB12672 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Anthony James Chalue A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Anthony Chalue in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Anthony Chalue 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 December 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. 99. located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

Glendale City Notices

CITY OF GLENDALE – NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

Substantial Amendment to the HOME-ARP Allocation Plan

The City of Glendale is proposing a substantial amendment to its HOME-ARP Allocation Plan. The original plan, approved by HUD in 2023, allocated nearly all HOME-ARP funding to the development of affordable housing at 426 Piedmont Avenue, with a preference for seniors facing or at risk of homelessness.

Because that project required less funding than anticipated, the City proposes to reallocate $2,100,000 of HOME-ARP funds to support the rehabilitation and expansion of a transitional housing facility in Glendale. The project will create 19 permanent supportive units for women and families affected by domestic violence.

Additionally, HUD identified an administrative error in the City’s original HOME-ARP award. As a result, Glendale’s total allocation has been increased from $5,109,346 to $5,116,976. Consistent with HUD rules, up to 15% of this correction is allocated to Administration & Planning, with the balance added to the domestic violence housing activity. This amend¬ment reflects both the new project activity and the corrected total award.

This amendment qualifies as a substantial amendment under HUD regulations because it adds a new activity and updates the total award amount. The senior preference established for the Piedmont project does not apply to this new activity.

The draft amendment is available for public review at:

- Online: www.glendaleca.gov/affordablehousing

- In person: Community Development Department – Housing Division, 141 N. Glendale Avenue, Suite 202, Glendale, CA 91206

Public Comment Period: November 17, 2025 – December 1, 2025

Written comments may be submitted by email to abrownell@glendaleca.gov or by mail to the address above. All comments received by December 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. will be consid¬ered before the amendment is submitted to HUD.

Public Hearing: The Glendale City Council and Housing Authority will hold a joint public hearing on December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM at 613 E. Broadway, 2nd floor, Glendale, CA 91206 to consider adoption of the substantial amendment.

Contact: Aaron Brownell, Senior Housing Project Manager | abrownell@glendaleca.gov 818-550-4530

Publish November 17, 20, 24, December 1, 2025

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DECISION

ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT CASE NO. PAUP-004442-2025

LOCATION: 1240 SOUTH GLENDALE AVENUE (Bliss Restaurant)

APPLICANT: Araz Parseghian

ZONES: “C1” - (Neighborhood Commercial), and “R-2250/P” - (Medium Density Residential / Parking Overlay

)

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Parcel A, Parcel Map No. GLN 1319A

APN: 5676-029-039

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Application for an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) to continue the on-site sales, service, and consumption of alcoholic beverages (ABC License Type 47) at an existing full-service restaurant (Bliss Restaurant), in the “C1”-(Neighborhood Commercial) and “R-2250/P”(Medium Density Residential / Parking Overlay) Zones.

CODE REQUIRES

1) The sale of alcoholic beverages requires an Administrative Use Permit in the C1 Zone (Glendale Municipal Code §30.12.020, Table 30.12-A).

APPLICANT’S PROPOSAL

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

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION

The project is exempt from CEQA review as a Class 1 “Existing Facilities” exemption, pursuant to Section 15301(e) of the State CEQA Guidelines because the discretionary permit request involves renewal of a previous entitlement for an existing commercial tenant and there is no additional floor area proposed.

PENDING DECISION AND COMMENTS

Copies of plans, staff analysis, and the proposed decision letter are available at GlendaleCA.gov/planning/pending-decisions.

If you would like to review plans, submit comments, or be notified of the decision, please contact case planner Soc Yumul at (818) 937-8166 or SYumul@glendaleca.gov.

DECISION

On or after FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025, the Community Development Director will make a written decision regarding this request.

APPEAL

After the Director has made a decision, any person may file an appeal within 15 days of the written decision. Appeal forms are available at GlendaleCA.gov/home/ showdocument?id=11926.

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

PUBLISHED on December 1, 2025

GLENDALE INDEPENENT

Probate Notices

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LINDA HAIRONG WU Case No. 25STPB12960

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

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

THE PETITION requests au-

ing 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 rep-resentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

Attorney for petitioner: JUSTIN M GORDON ESQ SBN 287328

GORDONLAW APC 12100 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 800

LOS ANGELES CA 90025

CN121993 WU Nov 24,27, Dec 1, 2025 ALHAMBRA PRESS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

GENEVIEVE DENZON PACANA

CASE NO. 25STPB13054

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

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 12/18/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 62 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

terested 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 GAREE T. GASPERIAN - SBN 136631

GASPERIAN LAW CORPORATION 966 ARTESIA BLVD. HERMOSA BEACH CA 90254

Telephone (310) 606-2576 11/24, 11/27, 12/1/25 CNS-3988483#

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HASMIK THOROSSIAN

Case No. 21STPB07359

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

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

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Dec. 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 67 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by BRIAN J. COLSELL in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BRIAN J. COLSELL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 12/19/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

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

Attorney for Petitioner JENNIFER N. SAWDAY, ESQ.SBN 228320 TREDWAY, LUMSDAINE, AND DOYLE, LLP 3900 KILROY AIRPORT WAY, SUITE 240 LONG BEACH CA 90806 Telephone (562) 923-0871 BSC 227720 11/27, 12/4, 12/11/25 CNS-3990034# BELMONT BEACON

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN FRANCES CRAVEN CASE NO. 25STPB13110

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner MARC P. GRISMER

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Dec. 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No. 4 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. IF YOU OBJECT to the grant-

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person in-

Attorney for petitioner: JEFFREY FORER ESQ

SHANNON H BURNS ESQ

HINOJOSA & FORER 2215 COLBY AVE LOS ANGELES CA 90064-1504 CN122339 THOROSSIAN Dec 1,4,8, 2025

GLENDALE INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RONDA C. CHAMPAGNE CASE NO. 25STPB13111

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 12/19/25 at 8:30AM in Dept. 79 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Date: 01/12/2026 Time: 8:30AM Dept: T. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the day set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Alhambra Press DATED: November 5, 2025 Roberto Longoria JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Pub. November 10, 17, 24, December 1, 2025 ALHAMBRA PRESS Order

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2025-00865-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction, if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855)-976-3916, or visit this internet website https://tracker.auction. com/sb1079, using the file number assigned to this case 2025-00865-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Date: November 17, 2025 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 238 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 https://www.altisource.com/loginpage. aspx ___________ Trustee Sale Assistant. Run Dates: 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025 RIVERSIDE INDEPENDENT

T.S. No.: 2025-01221-CA

A.P.N.:0414-131-01-0000

Property Address: 10695 5TH AVENUE, HESPERIA, CA 92345

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) and (d), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.

NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED

DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/01/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

Trustor: KENNETH HARTMAN, A SINGLE MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 09/15/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0632814 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of San Bernardino County, California, Date of Sale: 01/14/2026 at 01:00 PM Place of Sale: NEAR THE FRONT STEPS LEADING UP TO THE CITY OF CHINO CIVIC CENTER, 13220 CENTRAL AVENUE, CHINO, CA 91710

Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 403,752.92 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE:

All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. Street Address or other common designation of real property: 10695 5TH AVENUE, HESPERIA, CA 92345

A.P.N.: 0414-131-01-0000

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 403,752.92.

Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.

The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

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

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2025-01221-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTICE TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction, if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (866)-960-8299, or visit this internet website https://www.altisource. com/loginpage.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case 2025-01221-CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify

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as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Date: November 24, 2025 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 238 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 https://www.altisource.com/loginpage. aspx __________ Trustee Sale Assistant. Run Dates: 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025, 12/15/2025 ONTARIO NEWS PRESS

Fictitious Business Name Filings

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN20250010467

The following persons are doing business as: CMM Advantage, 14427 Huntridge Drive, Victorville, CA 92394. Mailing Address, 14427 Huntridge Drive, Victorville, CA 92394. # of Employees 1. Thrill The Tastebuds LLC (CA, 14427 Huntridge Drive, Victorville, CA 92394; Monique Jennings, CEO. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino

This business is conducted by: a limited liability company (llc). Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. By signing below, I declare that I have read and understand the reverse side of this form and that all information in this statement is true and correct. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes Public Record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Government Code Sections 6250- 6277). /s/ Monique Jennings, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on November 6, 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#: FBN20250010467 Pub: 11/10/2025, 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025 San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). Slim Weight Loss (2). Slim Coaching Group (3). Slim Wellness Group 284 Dupont Street #115 Corona, CA 92879 Riverside County Mailing Address, 5406 Fulmer Ct, Jurupa Valley, CA 91752. Riverside County Better Life Coaching Group (CA, 5406 Fulmer Ct, Jurupa Valley, CA 91752

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.Samuel Abraham, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on November 6, 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-202513466 Pub. 11/10/2025, 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ALOHA CONSTRUCTION 4395 LEONARD WAY CORONA, CA 92883 Riverside County ALOHA REMODELING & LANDSCAPING (CA, 4395 LEONARD WAY, CORONA, CA 92883

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. BETSABE IRIGOYEN MUNOZ, MANAGING MEMBER Statement filed with the County of Riverside on November 5, 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-202513420 Pub. 11/10/2025, 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20256728981. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: (1). Santa Ana Distro (2). Santa Ana – Distro (3). Catalyst – Santa Ana Distro (4). Catalyst Santa Ana Distro , 3400 Warner Ave Unit B, Santa Ana, CA 92704. Mailing Address, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. Full Name of Registrant(s) CATALYST –FOUNTAIN VALLEY LLC (CA, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. 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. CATALYST –FOUNTAIN VALLEY LLC. /S/ ELLIOT LEWIS, MANAGING

MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on November 12, 2025. Publish: Anaheim Press 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20256728982. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: (1). CATALYST – FOUNTAIN VALLEY (2). CATALYST CANNABIS –FOUNTAIN VALLEY (3). CATALYST FOUNTAIN VALLEY (4). CATALYST CANNABIS FOUNTAIN VALLEY (5). CATALYST CANNABIS CO. – FOUNTAIN VALLEY (6). CATALYST CANNABIS DISPENSARYFOUNTAIN VALLEY , 3400 W Warner Ave Unit A, Santa Ana, CA 92704. Mailing Address, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. Full Name of Registrant(s) CATALYST – FOUNTAIN VALLEY LLC (CA, 401 Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802. 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 November 6, 2025. CATALYST –FOUNTAIN VALLEY LLC. /S/ ELLIOT LEWIS, MANAGING MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on November 12, 2025. Publish: Anaheim Press 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Local Esthetics 28410 Old Town Front St #102 Temecula, CA 92590 Riverside County Linette Pirschel, 4 1930 Calle Cabrillo, Temecula, CA 92592 Riverside County This business is conducted by: a individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on September 3, 2025. I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousands dollars ($1000).)

s.Linette Pirschel Statement filed with the County of Riverside on November 5, 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-202513421 Pub. 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025 Riverside Independent

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Baladi 141 E Alessandro Blvd unit 10A Riverside, CA 92508

Riverside County LAZEEZ FOOD LLC (CA, 16117 Hillsmont Lane, Riverside, CA 92503

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.LINA ZAITAR, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on November 10, 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-202513540 Pub. 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250010392

The following persons are doing business as: St. Francis Episcopal Mission Outreach Center, 2855 N Sterling Ave, San Bernardino, CA 92404. Mailing Address, PO Box 3037, San Bernardino, CA 92404. (1). The Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese of Los, 840 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026 (2). St. Francis of Assisi episcopal church, San Bernardino, CA 92404. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a an unincorporated association other than a partnership. 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/ Claire Z. Bangao, Managing Member. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on October 31, 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#: FBN20250010392 Pub: 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN20250010220

The following persons are doing business as: EYEBROW 4 U, 12351 Mariposa Rd UNIT -I(9), Victorville, CA 92395. Mailing Address, 15630 inca way, Victorville, CA 92395. # of Employees 3. CC Sehgal Corporation (CA, 15630 inca way, Victorville, CA 92395; Pankaj Sehgal, CEO. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on October 20, 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/ Pankaj Sehgal, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on October 27, 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#: FBN20250010220

Pub: 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025 San Bernardino Press

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as (1). LOLA’S

(2). LOLA’S AT THE COVE (3). LOLA’S AT THE COVE DINING AND DRINKS (4). LOLA’S AT THE COVE RESTAURANT AND BAR (5). LOLA’S RESTAURANT (6). LOLA’S OLD TOWN LA QUINTA (7). LOLA’S RESTAURANT AND BAR (8). LOLA’S LQ (9). LOLA’S LA QUINTA (10). THE COVE 78015 Main Street, Suite 109 La Quinta, CA 92253

Riverside County Return to Normacy Inc. (CA, 74578 Lavender Way, Palm Desert, CA 92260

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. Zayd Nurani, Secretary Statement filed with the County of Riverside on October 17, 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-202512753 Pub. 11/17/2025, 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025 Riverside Independent

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 20256729275.

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Rooted Home Services, 54 El Cencerro, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688. Full Name of Registrant(s) (1). Jarod Schnetz, 54 El Cencerro, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 (2). Mary Schnetz, 54 El Cencerro, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 . This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /S/ Jarod Schnetz. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Orange County on November 14, 2025. Publish: Anaheim Press 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025, 12/15/2025

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Western Data Enterprises 7177 Brockton Ave Suite 330 Riverside, CA 92506 Riverside County Mailing Address, 1000 N. Beeline Hwy. Ste 224 Suite 330, Payson, AZ 85541. Gila County Etairos Corp (AZ, 603 Ramsey Place, El Dorado Hills, Ca 95762 El Dorado County This business is conducted by: a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 1995. 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. Dan Salisbury, CEO Statement filed with the County of Riverside on November 19, 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-202513866 Pub. 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025, 12/15/2025 Riverside Independent

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250010433

The following persons are doing business as: Socal united professional services, 240 W 5th Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415. Mailing Address, 240 W 5th Street, San Bernardino, CA 92415. # of Employees 2. Marshall Attorney & Legal Services Inc. (CA, 4192 Brockton Ave, Suite 203, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501; Xavier Marshall, President. County of Principal Place of Business: San Bernardino This business is conducted by: a corporation. 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/ Xavier Marshall, President. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on November 4, 2025 Notice- In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920. A Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The

filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code) File#: FBN20250010433

Pub: 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025, 12/15/2025 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250010686

The following persons are doing business as: Stratton Auto Group, 121 N Cactus Avenue R-608, Rialto, CA 92376. Monica L Guzman. 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 . 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/ Monica L. Guzman, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on November 13, 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#: FBN20250010686 Pub: 11/24/2025, 12/01/2025,

12/08/2025, 12/15/2025 San Bernardino Press

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN20250010955

The following persons are doing business as: Apex Procurement Group, 9229 PERSIMMON AVE, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. Mailing Address, 4549 cedar ave, El monte, CA 91732. THIEN D LUU. 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 April 20, 1998. 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/ THIEN D LUU, Owner. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino on November 24, 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#: FBN20250010955 Pub: 12/01/2025, 12/08/2025, 12/15/2025, 12/22/2025 San Bernardino Press

California Community Foundation releases $6M in fire-related grants

By City News Service

The California CommunityFoundation awarded $6 million in grants to 14 nonprofit organizations who will provide direct assistance for survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires, it was announced Tuesday.

Nearly a year after the fires, many survivors -- particularly those with household incomes under $100,000 -- are heading into the holidays with depleted savings, rising debt and growing concerns about affording essentials like food, according to foundation officials.

A recent survey conducted by the nonprofit Department of Angels found that 27% of those with incomes below $50,000 have had to cut back on food. Among those with incomes between $50,000 to $90,000, 22% have cut back on food.

“As we approach the holiday season, we are providing immediate relief as families struggle to meet

their basic needs while also confronting the long road to rebuilding,” Miguel Santana, CEO and president of the foundation, said in a statement.

The foundation is expected award grants to the following nonprofits: -- Altadena Chamber of Commerce -- The Change Reaction -- CORE Community Organized Relief Effort -- Eaton Fire Collaborative -- Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges -- Lift International -- Malibu Chamber of Commerce -- Malibu Community Long Term Recovery Group -- Pacific Palisades Long Term Recovery Group -- Pasadena Altadena Coalition of Transformative Leaders -- Pasadena Village -- Project Passion -- Villa Esperanza

Services; and -- YMCA Metro LA.

Those organizations will determine the individual award amounts, according to foundation officials.

“On a daily basis, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city who have their own personal fire that they’re trying to fight,” said Wade Trimmer, president of The Change Reaction, one of the organizations receiving a CCF grant.

“A car breaks down, or I can’t pay rent this month because my child was sick and I didn’t have enough sick time. All of these little things become really big things when you don’t have the financial resources to cover them,” Trimmer added.

The foundation’s efforts are guided by community input, as well as the most recent survey from the Department of Angels. The nonprofit was co-founded

Respondents of the survey noted the release of

Duarte is ready to celebrate with joy, cheer, and plenty of holiday traditions. From twinkling lights and snowy adventures to Santa sightings across town, this year’s lineup can be found on the City Calendar on the city’s website.

Dec. 1 to 17, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Santa’s Mailbox (1600 Huntington Drive)

Drop off your holiday letters in Santa’s official Duarte mailbox. Children ages 10 and under can send wish lists to the North Pole and receive a letter back from Santa himself if you have a Duarte address. The mailbox is available Monday to Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at City Hall (1600 Huntington Drive). Don’t forget to include your name, address, and phone number so Santa can reply.

Dec. 2 and 3, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Stuff a Patrol Car

Help spread joy to children in the Duarte community by donating a new, unwrapped toy at the 4th annual “Stuff

federal disaster recovery funds as a top priority for recovery along with fair insurance practices, rental assistance and mortgage relief, as well as contamination testing and remedia-

Duarte announces holiday lineup

a Patrol Car” event. Take a photo with the Sheriff’s Posse and bring personal gifts to be wrapped by DART youth volunteers for free. The toy drive will take place at Target (1050 Huntington Drive) on Tuesday 2 and Walmart (1600 Mountain Avenue) on Wednesday.

Dec. 2, 6:30 to 8 p.m. | Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony Featuring Duarte Rotary’s Hot Cocoa with Santa (1600 Huntington Drive)

Enjoy festive performances, free crafts for kids, gingerbread decorating, photos with Santa, and Duarte Rotary’s famous hot cocoa at Duarte’s Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony. Additional food and beverages will be available for purchase. Join the festivities at 7:45 p.m. to help Santa countdown to the lighting of the city’s holiday tree.

Dec. 7, 5 to 8 p.m. | Snow Nite (2000 Buena Vista St.)

Bundle up for tons of snow at Duarte’s annual

tion.

While philanthropy can provide emergency assistance, Santana urged largescale investment from the federal government to get people back in their homes.

By Staff

Snow Nite. Enjoy sled runs, snow play areas, carnival rides, crafts, and tasty winter treats. And of course, no holiday celebration is complete without a visit from Santa Claus himself. Santa will be making a special appearance throughout the evening, giving families the perfect opportunity to capture a snowy holiday photo and share their wish lists.

Dec. 16 and 18, 5 to 9 p.m. | Santa Claus is Coming to Duarte

Listen for the jingles and sirens, Santa is touring Duarte. Step outside to wave hello as he travels through the streets of Duarte spreading holiday cheer. Follow Santa’s route each night using the Santa Finder at CityofDuarte.ca.gov. Make sure to check out the city’s social media pages for the routes Santa will be taking each night.

Dec. 17, 3 to 5 p.m. | Santa’s Hotline

Have something impor-

tant to tell Santa this year?

Children can call (626) 386-6851 and be connected to Santa in the North Pole.

Whether they want to share a heartfelt wish, give an update on their nice-list status, or make a last-

minute gift request, Santa is ready to take their calls and spread some Christmas cheer.

by Santana and Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap Inc., to empower survivors to advocate for recovery on their own terms.

| Photo courtesy of California Community Foundation

| Photo courtesy of City of Duarte / Facebook