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VOL. 31, No. 76
LEAKED TAPE REVEALS TRUMP CAUGHT ON TAPE
In California, literacy is a constitutional right: Some school districts may be breaking law
DISCUSSING HUSH PAYMENT TO FORMER PLAYBOY MODEL
By Francis Taylor, Asst. Editor
A state judge recently ruled in a 2017 lawsuit, declaring literacy is a constitutional right in California and many school systems violate that maxim. Now, districts, educators and parents from the Coachella Valley, where the suit originated, to points north and west are explaining their take on the controversial issue. In a ruling on Monday, a California Superior Court judge found that low literacy rates in school districts across California indicate a violation of the state’s constitution. “It’s the first ruling in the state of California that acknowledges that children have a right
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A secretly recorded tape of Donald Trump by his longtime personal lawyer was played on CNN Tuesday night in which the two can be heard talking about a potential payment for a Playboy model’s story about an alleged affair and the soon-to-be president is heard discussing whether to “pay with cash.” The audio recording , surreptitiously made by Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen two months before the 2016 presidential election, was provided to CNN by Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis. The conversation between Trump and Cohen came weeks after the National Enquirer’s parent company reached a $150,000 deal to pay former Playboy model Karen McDougal for her story of a 2006 affair, which it never published, a tabloid practice known as catch and kill. Trump denies the affair ever happened and his campaign had said he knew nothing about the payment. Trump and Cohen appear to be discussing buying the rights to McDougal’s story from the Enquirer’s parent company. Cohen can be heard on the tape saying that he needed to start a company “for the transfer of all of that info regarding our friend David,” a possible reference to David Pecker, Trump’s friend and president of the National Enquirer’s parent company, American Media Inc. When Cohen begins to discuss financing, Trump interrupts him and asks, “What financing?”
“We’ll have to pay,” Cohen responded. The audio is muffled, but Trump can be heard saying “pay with cash,” though it isn’t clear if he is suggesting to pay with cash or not to pay with cash. Cohen immediately says, “No, no, no” and Trump can then be heard saying, “check.” Trump’s current attorney, Rudy Giuliani, told The Associated Press that he’s had an expert enhance the recording and the president says “don’t pay with cash.” “It clearly indicates that the president did not want to pay with cash. Suggesting otherwise is ridiculous and is inconsistent with the rest of the conversation, during which it was discussed doing it through a corporation,” Giuliani said. Giuliani said Cohen, as Trump’s lawyer, thought it would be best if he could buy the rights to McDougal’s story and the recording captures the two of them discussing how to do that. “Cohen says I have to pay him. The president brings up cash and says don’t pay with cash and says ‘check,’ He wants it memorialized,” Giuliani said. “Cohen then says ‘No, no, no, no’ and he cuts off
the tape. He obviously cuts it off in midsentence and that in itself is suspicious.” “The president wanted to do it the right way. If you wanted to hide something, you would not do it by corporation or check,” he said. The payment was never made and Giuliani said he didn’t know why that was the case and hadn’t discussed it with
Trump. “Listen to the tape. Donald Trump is not shocked money is being paid about someone named Karen McDougal,” Davis said during an interview with CNN. Davis said his client - who is under investigation by federal officials in New York - “has been disparaged and insulted and called all kinds of things.” “He’s got truth on his side and he’ll continue to tell the truth,” Davis said. Davis did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the AP on Tuesday night.
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LAX WORKERS THREATEN WALKOUT
OVER LOW SEVERANCE PAY By City News Service An estimated 600 ground operations workers at Los Angeles International Airport could soon walk off the job over a labor dispute – – a move that could create a major disruption at LAX and beyond, it was recently reported. Nicolas Fernandez, who represents employees with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said Monday that Swissport International plans to eliminate its cabinet-cleaning, ramp, mechanics and passenger-service departments, although
its cargo and fueling departments will remain in operation, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. Swissport employs more than 1,000 people at LAX. At issue are the severance packages the aviation services company has proposed. Fernandez says they are inadequate. Swissport, he said, wants to pay $600 to employees who have been with the company for up to two years, $800 for workers who have logged two to five years, $1,000 to employees with five to eight years experience, $1,200 for those
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THE LITTLE CITY THAT COULD
PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Willie Brown VICE PRESIDENT Gloria Kennedy
Thirteen years ago we first learned about the plans for the Hollywood Park Race Track property. Yes, we were sad to hear the race track was closing, after all, it had been part of the fabric of Inglewood life for decades, but time marches on. The plan at the time was to create primarily a housing community with condos, townhomes, and private homes in a parklike setting. The lake in the middle of the track was to be kept and would become the focal point of the development, while an office building or two was to be placed along Prairie Ave. As one moved deeper into the property, one would find the condo community, and farthest east – away from the traffic noise of Prairie and Century - would be the private homes nestled against the backyards of the homes along 11th Avenue. The corner of the track property, where Prairie and Century meet, was to feature a large commercial area featuring shops, restaurants, a multi-plex movie theatre, and services that the residents and the surrounding community would need. Oh yes, and four acres was to be set aside for a public school and a library branch. There was also to be a police substation. It was a lovely plan with lots of greenery in four planned parks – an oasis in the middle of Inglewood that all could enjoy. Then came the Great Recession of 2008, and ev-
erything changed. Funding dwindled and all plans were put on hold. Somehow, we all survived the Recession, but no one, including Hollywood Park, was unscathed. The casino continued to operate through it all. Fast forward a couple of years and a new plan for the race track property was on the table – an NFL stadium. Suddenly, there were daily jousts in the media about where to put a stadium in LA. The single most ridiculous idea was smack dab in the middle of downtown! Can you imagine the horrendous traffic on the 110 Freeway with a stadium
California Literacy of access to literacy,” said Mark Rosenbaum, Public Counsel’s lead attorney on the case. “It’s a pretty significant victory.” The order comes following a lawsuit filed in December 2017 by Public Counsel, a public-interest law firm, on behalf of a group of students, parents and advocates who say the foundations of public education have been jeopardized by a failure to teach students how to read. These plaintiffs are suing the state of California and the state Department of Education to ensure students receive a quality education in reading and writing. “The ruling is disappointing and
where the convention center sits?? But, there was also City of Industry, and the least viable of all, Carson, in the mix. One by one, the options fell, but the City of Champions held on. Then, in January 2016, the NFL owners voted to put the stadium in Inglewood and to bring the Rams back to LA after 20 plus years away. LA finally had a pro football team again. There was the matter of the Hollywood Park Casino in this new plan for the race track property. NFL rules state that there can be no gambling on sports property. Therefore, the almost 300 acre property had to be re-parsed to make the casino property separate from the rest of the acreage. This is why we have a completely new casino sitting much closer to Century. From Hollywood Park Race Track (19382013) to Hollywood Park Tomorrow to Hollywood Park Live and the City of Champions Stadium the last large parcel of land in LA County has come a long way. So has our city. We are the little city that could.
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the California Department of Education, State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction will be reviewing all legal options available moving forward,” said Bill Ainsworth, spokesperson for the California Department of Education. The lawsuit, which is being referred to as Ella T. vs. State of California, will either move to trial or be settled in negotiations between Public Counsel and the state. However, the task of enforcing literacy will be a massive, regardless of the case’s outcome, local educators and teachers involved in the lawsuit say. It is significant to note the comparative
difference between Coachella Valley students and Inglewood Unified students. With respect to college readiness, according to the Education Date Partnership report, 43.6 percent of the Inglewood students did not meet the English Language arts/literacy standards while 32 percent of Coachella students did not meet the standard. In mathematics, 53.6 percent of the Inglewood students did not meet the standard while 64 percent of the Coachella Valley students did not meet the standard. Perhaps we have arrived at a point in time when it is appropriate and necessary that we evaluate how students
are being taught. Consider for example the difference between telephone communication 50 years ago compared to wristwatch telephones today. Consider the difference between automobiles 50 years ago to driverless cars today. Now consider the fact that classrooms 50 years ago look identical to those where young people are being taught today. Now is the time for us to update and modernize our teaching methods such that all capable students are able to achieve standard English and math levels of education.
CALIFORNIA EMISSION STANDARDS CHALLENGED BY WHITE HOUSE The Trump administration will seek to revoke California’s authority to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions -- including its mandate for electric-car sales -- in a proposed revision of Obama-era standards, according to three people familiar with the plan. The proposal, expected to be released this week, amounts to a frontal assault on one of former President Barack Obama’s signature regulatory programs to curb emissions that contribute to climate
change. It also sets up a high-stakes battle over California’s unique ability to combat air pollution and, if finalized, is sure to set off a protracted courtroom battle. The proposed revamp would also put the brakes on federal rules to boost fuel efficiency into the next decade, said the people, who asked to not be identified discussing the proposals before they are public. Instead it would cap federal fuel economy requirements at the 2020 level, which under federal law must
be at least a 35-mile-per-gallon fleet average, rather than letting them rise to roughly 50 mpg by 2025 as envisioned in the Obama plan, according to the people. As part of the effort, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose revoking the Clean Air Act waiver granted to California that has allowed the state to regulate carbon emissions from vehicle tailpipes and force carmakers to sell a minimum number of electric vehicles in the state, the people said.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will likewise assert that California is barred from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from autos under the 1975 law that established the first federal fuel-efficiency requirements, the people said. The proposal is still in the final stages of a broad interagency review led by President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and
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The release of this book is significant because many women are seeking to be empowered, admired, loved, heard, feel and look better. For women who’ve been sexually harassed at work, betrayed, blindsided by a lover, brokenhearted, bullied, put down or feel badly about their weight and physical appearance, or disrespected, this book will empower them. Effective mind, spirit, and body exercise routines are provided to help heal and build their spirit and physical body temple into a rock-solid one. Women will become the spiritually strong, sexy, and firm woman everyone admires and no one can resist, and people will listen whenever they say, “No.” “I strive to add value to the lives of billions of people through education and consistent positive intentions and actions. With my programs, speaking engagements, and bestselling book, people will live active-healthy lifestyles, have fun, feel better, and live better lives,” stated Althea Moses. Her mission is to serve people and be beneficial in their lives, so they and their families can live, look, and feel better. #MeToo women can contact Althea for a free book and coaching session by email althea@altheam.com. (Offer is per person only).
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Budget, but these major elements of the plan are not expected to change, the people said. Once the agencies formally unveil the proposal, the public will have a chance to weigh in, with those comments used to develop a final rule that could be implemented as soon as the end of the year. Messages seeking comment from OMB, NHTSA and the EPA were not returned. California Air Resources Board head Mary Nichols declined to comment, as did a spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown. Although the proposal will outline other options, the administration will put its weight behind the dramatic overhaul, including the revocation of California’s cherished authority, the people said. The state’s 2009 waiver under the Clean Air Act has allowed California to set emissions rules for cars and trucks that are more stringent than the federal government’s. But the state has aligned its rules with those set by the EPA and NHTSA in a so-called national program of clean-car rules. The forthcoming plan also could create a new opportunity for negotiations be-
tween Washington and Sacramento on a harmonized standard. Trump directed his agency leaders to pursue one on May 11, but the talks haven’t occurred. If Trump’s plan sticks, it could be his biggest regulatory rollback yet. Agencies are expected to claim it will reduce traffic fatalities by making it cheaper for drivers to replace older, less-safe cars, while paring sticker prices for new vehicles even if motorists have to buy more gasoline. “California has done the math, and it’s concluded that the only way to meet both its greenhouse gas goals and its ozone targets is to move away from fossil fuel-based transportation,” said Paul Cort, an attorney for Earthjustice, a San Francisco-based environmental group. “The law is very clear about California’s authority to set these standards, and for the EPA to try to narrow it now means they have an uphill battle.” California, for its part, rejects the idea that its 48 years of ability to write its own tailpipe emission rules should end. “We have the law on our side, as well as the people of the country and the people of the world,” said Dan
Sperling, a member of the state’s Air Resources Board. California, with more than 2 million new cars and light trucks sold last year, is the nation’s biggest state market -- on par with Canada. A dozen other states follow California’s vehicle rules, and together account for more than a third of U.S. auto sales. Colorado also plans to adopt California’s clean-car rules. California and 16 other states plus the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on May 2 seeking to block the Trump administration’s effort to unravel the Obama-era emissions targets. Sperling said that number will grow as more people come to realize how fundamentally Trump is attacking the idea of states’ rights. The administration also will have a tough time proving that tailpipe emission standards don’t need to get tougher after 2020, said Ann Carlson, a University of California at Los Angeles law professor, pointing to evidence that the emissions are contributing to climate change and the fact that the technology to reduce them already exists. Caught somewhere in the mid-
dle are automakers, which in recent months have stressed they would not support freezing the federal targets and want Washington and Sacramento to continue linking their vehicle-efficiency goals. While they spent the first year of the Trump administration attacking Obama’s rules as too costly, they fear the regulatory uncertainty that a yearslong court battle over a rollback would create. In addition, other major auto markets such as China and Europe are pressing forward with tougher mandates of their own for cleaner cars. “This is a huge shift in regulatory oversight, and while it initially looks like a benefit for automakers it adds a level of uncertainty none of them want,” Karl Brauer, executive publisher Kelley Blue Book, said in an emailed statement. A spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers declined to comment. The Washington-based trade association represents a dozen carmakers including General Motors Co., Daimler AG and Toyota Motor Corp. “This is nothing less than an outra-
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EYE ON THE CITY
GEORGE DOTS O N
A LEX PA D I LLA
JA M ES B U T T S
ELOY M O R A LES
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PUBLIC HEARINGS STAGED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING By Francis Taylor, Assistant Editor
A public hearing to consider placing delinquent refuse and sewer accounts for direct property tax assessment that amounts to Sanitation and Sewer Funds and a public hearing to initiate proceedings for the annual levy and collection of assessments for the Morningside Park Maintenance Assessment District No. 1974-2 was conducted and both matters were approved by the council with no public comment. A collective public hearing was conducted by a member of the Public Works Department to address the following: 1. Public hearing to initiate proceed ings for the annual levy and collection of assessments for the In-Town Maintenance Assessment District No. 1975-1. 2. Public hearing to initiate proceed ings for the annual levy and collection of assessments for the
Inglewood Street Lighting Assessment District No. 1980-1. 3. Public hearing to initiate proceed ings for the annual levy and collection of assessments for Darby-Dixon Maintenance Assessment District No. 1987-1. These items were collectively approved by members of the city council. A public hearing to consider approval of the Draft Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan (Plan) for submittal to the HUD Los Angeles Field Office: The council approved the Fiscal Year Annual Action Plan and approved submission of the plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The city council denied the claims presented by the City Attorney’s office. The council accepted a staff report recommending approval of a four-year Co-
operative Agreement with the County of Los Angeles to provide for the continuation of the Lennox Paratransit services through June 30, 2022 and approved an agreement in a total amount not to exceed $440,000. In a matter presented by a representative from the Inglewood Police Department, the council approved a recommendation to use Asset Forfeiture Funds for the purchase of a mobile command vehicle, to replace the existing vehicle which has been in operation for the last 20 years and is not equipped with the necessary equipment prescribed for urban police agencies. A purchase order in the amount of $830,000 was authorized to purchase a new Emergency vehicle. The council adopted resolutions amending the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Annual Capital Improvement Program Budget for the City Last Mile Transit
Connector Project P658, and the Stadium Planning & Improvements Project P700, to complete the current phases for each project. The council approved the award of a contract and approved an agreement for the 2018 Inglewood Valve Replacement Project per Bid No. CB-18-19. The council awarded a contract and approved an agreement with The Adjul Corporation (dba Lee Construction Company) to replace the storm drain at Inglewood Well No. 4, per Bid No. CB18-18. Council approved a four-year agreement with Enterprise Fleet Management to lease eleven (11) vehicles. (General Fund). Limited public comments were offered and council member’s comments were, for the most part, limited to recognizing a number of Inglewood residents and staff members.
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INGLEWOOD TRANSIT CONNECTOR NOTICE OF PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING Thursday, July 26th • 6:00pm to 8:00pm Inglewood Senior Center, 111 N. Locust Street, Inglewood, CA 90301 PROJECT AT A GLANCE: The City of Inglewood proposes to construct a 1.8-mile Automatic People Mover (APM) that would connect the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Line at the north end of Market Street in the City of Inglewood to the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District (LASED). This world-class, convenient, reliable and efficient transit connector would link the:
geous attack on public health and states’ rights,” said Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch. “It’s a dumb move for an administration that claims it wants peace, because this will lead to an emissions war: progressive states versus a reactionary federal government. The big question: Who will the car companies back?” Some conservatives have long chafed at the rare authority granted
California and welcome the effort to revoke. “Congress didn’t intend for California to set national fuel economy standards,” said Steve Milloy, a policy adviser for the Heartland Institute, a group critical of climate science. “It’s nutty it’s been allowed to develop. National fuel economy standards are set by the federal government so that’s what we are going to do.”
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The Notice of Preparation is available at www.cityofinglewood.org, Inglewood City Hall, and the Inglewood Public Library. More information about the proposed Project can also be found at http://envisioninglewood.org/transportation-solutions/inglewood-transit-connector.
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C O M MLEAKED U N I T Y TRUMP TAPE P U B L I S H E R ’ S M E S S A G E Continued from page 1 American Media, Inc.’s payment effectively silenced McDougal through the election, though days beforehand news of the deal emerged in The Wall Street Journal. At the time, a Trump spokeswoman said his campaign had “no knowledge of any of this.” The FBI raided Cohen’s office, home and hotel room in April, searching in part for information about payments to McDougal and porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2006 - which Trump denies - and was paid $130,000 as part of a non-
ENOUGH FOR YOU?
This week Senator Steven Bradford alerted his constituents, including Inglewood residents, about the “Flex Alert” that was issued for Tuesday and Wednesday. Due to high temperature extremes across our state, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) issued a statewide “Flex Alert” that calls for voluntary electricity conservation. As high temperatures continue, California residents are urged to conserve electricity especially during the late afternoon and evening when air conditioners are typically at peak use. You can help avoid power interruptions by turning off all unnecessary lights, using major appliances before 5 p.m. and after 9 p.m., and setting air conditioners to 78 degrees or higher. California ISO is devoting all of its available resources to serve our state’s energy demand however, conservation is necessary to reduce the risk of emergency measures, including rotating power outages. There are some additional electrical energy saving tips that also reduce your electric utility costs:
disclosure agreement signed days before the 2016 election. A dozen audio recordings seized during those raids were forwarded to federal prosecutors last week after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds. Giuliani said those recordings captured Cohen discussing the president with third parties, who he would not identify. They are also being enhanced by experts, he said.
LAX WORKERS THREATEN WALKOUT
The lower the U-value, the better. Old windows have an average U-value (or U-factor) of around 2.7. As a Continued from page 1 comparison, today’s modern energyefficient windows with triple layer designs can have U-values of 1.0 or lower. for 15 or more years. “That’s the entire package” and there 5. Lower the room temperature. If you can are people who have been working with handle it, lowering room temperature by this company for 40 years!” he said. “I’m only a degree or two, can result in big energy savings. The greater the difference trying to keep them at the table. We’re between outdoor and indoor temperature trying to bargain in good faith.” Swissport said it believes its severance is the more energy is used to maintain room temperature. You can always put on “is fair and takes into account the contri more clothes! If you set your thermostat butions of our employees.” The company lower at night and at times when you are initially indicated it would eliminate the not home, you can still end up saving a four divisions in October but more re lot of money. Get a programmable cently said it could be as early as August, thermostat that allows you to do according to Fernandez. these things. The union has issued a counter-proposal with higher severance payouts, but Swis6. Get an energy audit .Before you start sport has yet to respond, Fernandez said. optimizing your house with ways to Under that plan, workers with up conserve energy you might want a to two years experience would receive consultation on where your house is leaking energy. This is exactly what $1,000, while those with two to five years an energy audit is. An expert performs 1. Get rid of incandescent light bulbs, those a comprehensive home energy checkup: would get $2,500. Others with five to eight years would receive $4,000, while that have been on the market since the A series of tests to find out where your employees with eight to 15 years would 19th century. The quality of light is close money is best spent to make your get $7,500, and workers with more to ideal however, they are incredibly house more energy efficient. than 15 years experience would receive inefficient with only 10% of the electricity $15,000. is converted into light while the rest ends Finally, Inglewood residents who have up as heat. It’s about time they are benefitted by the Residential Sound replaced with light bulbs that are more Insulation Program have derived not only environmentally friendly. Taking this step the benefit of reduced noise from aircraft now will eliminate the need for you to landings at Los Angeles International respond to the U.S. plan to ban them Airport, they have also received doors, altogether. double-pane windows and a modern heating, ventilation and air-conditioning 2. Seal air leaks. Is your house uncomfor system that allow for the better manage table when it gets cold outside despite the ment of electrical costs and noise fact that all the heating is switched on? If abatement. Individual homeowners may you think it is due to poor insulation you wish to review the City of Inglewood may need to think again. Air leaks are Website to learn what the residential often the main culprit in cold houses and sound insulation program provides sealing them can make a big difference! for targeted homes to glean some ideas that may be useful for those not in the 3. Turn off electrical devices. This is a LAX flight path and not eligible no-brainer. Turn off the lights when you for the sound insulation program. leave a room. Don’t let the TV run in the background if nobody is watching it. This also applies to all other electrical devices that you are not using.
“Our members are getting to the point that if we don’t hear back they may walk off the job,” Fernandez said, according to the Daily News. “That would create big problems, not only here in Los Angeles, but nationwide. If you’ve got 600 people walking out of work at LAX the entire nation will have a problem.” Swissport serves 24 airlines at LAX, including Frontier, Aero Mexico, Air China, Lufthansa, Spirit Airlines and Virgin Atlantic Airways, according to the company’s website.
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4. Use energy-efficient windows, doors and skylights. Even though the windows in an average house only cover about 5-10% of the outer surface, it is not un common that they are responsible for over 40% of the heat loss. A building’s heating costs can therefore be drastically lowered if old windows are with poor energy ratings are replaced with energy-efficient alternatives. The same goes for doors and skylights as well.
to your thoughts, your mind has the power to select the thoughts you process and act upon.
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FIRST PLACE
DODGERS PLAY SEVEN GAME HOME STAND By Steve Finley The first place Los Angeles Dodgers start a seven game home stand Monday against the second place Milwaukee Brewers. The Dodgers are in first in the National League West and Milwaukee is in second place in the National League Central. The Monday game starts at 7:10 p.m. The Tuesday and Wednesday games against the Brewers also start at 7:10 p.m. and the fourth game against Milwaukee is set for Thursday at 6 p.m. The next three games of the home stand will be against the World Series champion Houston Astros. Houston, who has the second best record in Major League Baseball, is in first place in the American League West. The game times for the Houston series are Friday, August 3, at 7:10 p.m. Saturday, August 4, at 6:10 p.m. and Sunday, August 5 at 1:10 p.m. The Houston series will be a rematch of the two World Series finalists. Now that the Dodgers added short stop Manny Machado they are hoping he is the missing link that will get them back to the World Series. With him in the lineup they are looking for hitting and run production from their one through eight players.
Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw and the rest of the Dodgers will start a seven game home stand on Monday against the Milwaukee Brewers.
LAKERS SIGN
MICHAEL BEASLEY EL SEGUNDO – The Los Angeles Lakers have signed forward Michael Beasley, it was announced today by General Manager Rob Pelinka. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. Beasley played in 74 games (30 starts) for the Knicks last season, averaging 13.2 points (.507 FG%), 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 22.3 minutes per game. Named to the 2008-09 All-Rookie First Team, Beasley has appeared in 583 career games (236 starts) for the HEAT, Timberwolves, Suns, Rockets, Bucks and Knicks, with averages of 12.7 points (.464 FG%), 4.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 23.4 minutes. “Michael adds another component of versatility to our deep roster,” said Pelinka. “His length and ability to guard multiple positions, stretch the floor, play-make and create his own shot are all essential characteristics for us. Coming off one of the finest years of his career, we think Michael is poised to have a very exciting and strong season for us.” A native of Prince George’s County, MD, Beasley went on to play one season collegiately at Kansas State, earning consensus First Team All-America honors in 2007-08. The Big 12 Player of the year started all 33 games, tallying 26.2 points (.532 FG%), an NCAAleading 12.4 rebounds, 1.6 blocks, 1.3 steals and 1.2 assists in 31.5 minutes per game.
Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, right, talks to the Rams quarterbacks during mini camp last month in Thousand Oaks. The Rams opened training camp last Wednesday at UC Irvine.
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PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Clyde Gatewood CASE NO. 18STPB06206
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case # BS174452
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or ESTATE, or both, of CLYDE GATEWOOD A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by THOMAS M. ALEXANDER, JR. (188803) in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES, 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SANDRA K. WOODWARD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on August 8, 2018, 8:30 A.M. Dept 2D, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR of 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 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 statues and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. In Pro Per Petitioner Thomas M. Alexander, Jr., S.B.N.: 188803 468 N. Camden Drive, Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 July 19, 26; August 2, 9, 2018 INGLEWOODTODAY CN: 102
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS Petitioner: Armando Ramirez Parra, 2112 S. Bronson Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90018, has filed a petition with the Superior Court Of California, County Of Los Angeles, 111 North Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, to change his name. FROM: Armando Ramirez Parra
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing on September 11, 2018, 10:30 am, Dept 44, Room 418, to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Pub: July 26; August 2, 9, 16, 2018
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