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Vaccines available for those 65+ Thomas Frey Staff writer

COVID-19 vaccinations are now available in El Dorado County for anyone age 65 and older. Residents must register for a appointment at the El Dorado County Public Health Department in Placerville or South Lake Tahoe or at select Safeway pharmacies. Anyone who is in Phase 1A tiers 1-3, Phase 1B Tier 1 or older than the age of 65 regardless of employment status is eligible for the vaccine. Phase 1A includes critical and healthcare workers and 1B tier n

See Vaccines, page A2

Stay-at-home order lifted n EDC officials report 6 more deaths Mountain Democrat photo by Krysten Kellum

The old Salmon Falls Bridge, built in 1925 and submerged in 1955, has been left high and dry with Folsom’s Lake’s storage currently at 280,211 acre-feet of its maximum capacity 977,000 acre-feet. The bridge once served the mining town of Salmon Falls.

Local lakes shrinking Mountain Democrat staff

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The eastern reaches of Jenkinson Lake in Pollock Pines are but an exposed lakebed of late with the reservoir holding 25,807 acre-feet of its 41,033 acrefoot capacity.

Water supplies in El Dorado County lakes are dropping. In a report to the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors Monday Operations Director Dan Corcoran said the water agency expects to have adequate water supplies for 2021 but continues to be diligent regarding signs of a possible multiyear rainfall shortage. This week water levels at local reservoirs are 13,200 acre-feet at Caples (max 22,340), 2,350 acre-feet at Silver (max 8,640), 25,870 acre-feet at Jenkinson (max 41,033), 280,211 acre-feet at Folsom (max 977,000) and 260 at Weber (max 1,125). Last year at this time Jenkinson was 80% n

Thomas Frey Staff writer Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday the Sacramento region, which includes El Dorado County, could exit the regional stayat-home order, effective immediately. “This is based on the state’s four-week projection putting the region’s ICU capacity at 19.1%, above the 15% threshold announced last month,” said Carla Hass, director of communications and outreach for El Dorado County. Even though the order has been lifted El Dorado County remains in the most restrictive, n

See Order lifted, page A6

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In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday the Mountain Democrat will not publish Monday, Jan. 18.

See Lakes, page A3

Chen all smiles as Therapy Stores survives appeal Thomas Frey Staff writer Moments before the Placerville City Council denied the appeal of a conditional use permit for Therapy Stores and its owner Jing Chen to open at 339 Main St. in Placerville, Chen let loose a big smile. It was a smile she waited nearly three months to show. Once Combellack’s closed its doors after more than 130 years of operating on Main Street, Chen purchased the building with plans to put a Therapy Stores there. Since there are more than five Therapy Stores locations (11 total), it is considered a formula business, which requires a conditional use permit from the Placerville Planning Commission to open in the city’s historical district. The topic originally appeared on the Planning Commission agenda on election night Nov. 3 but was quickly

moved to Nov. 17 so there could be more of a discussion. That exchange of views went on for hours, with callers from chiming in for and against the formula business coming to town. It was continued to the Dec. 1 meeting where a decision was made. At the Dec. 1 meeting the Planning Commission quickly came to the decision to approve the permit for Therapy Stores, but commissioners knew what was in store. “Regardless of what we do there will be an appeal,” said Planning Commissioner Michael Frenn before the meeting concluded. On Dec. 10 Sacramento attorney Patrick Soluri filed an appeal on behalf of the Placerville Downtown Association and Friends of Historic Hangtown. Soluri and a representative of the PDA each gave statements Tuesday night as the City Council heard the appeal for why the permit should not

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be approved for downtown “This is a capitalist Therapy Stores. Placerville. “Larger She went on environment. Competition businesses have to say local makes us work harder and this kind of stores have unequal power,” an unwritten makes us work smarter. I Soluri said. don’t think I should apologize agreement “They can talk to not to sell for that.” the distributors each other’s and basically say, — Jing Chen, owner of Therapy Stores products. ‘Hey you know Dolly Wager, what? We’ve an owner of got 12 locations. You need to shut Lofty Lou’s on Main Street, said that out these other small operators. You was news to her. need to stop selling these items to “This unsaid rule of competition — those operators or we’re going to stop never heard of it,” Wager said. Mayerhofer echoed Soluri’s working with you.’” sentiments, saying Therapy Stores Soluri also said large businesses can afford to “purchase in bulk and have greater access to capital and can get loans easier. Soluri compared in greater variety than the mom and Therapy Stores to worldwide clothing pops’ budgets will allow.” Soluri and Mayerhofer used up and accessories retailer Gap. their entire 20 minute allotment. Heidi Mayerhofer, representing Jing Chen had 20 minutes to respond the PDA, said Therapy Stores carries dozens of duplicate lines that are already sold by other stores in n See Therapy Stores, page A7

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Eva Marie Davis

Oct. 21, 1922 – Jan. 8, 2021

Eva Marie Davis passed away in her sleep at Gold Country Health Center on Jan. 8. Eva was 98 years old. She was born in Chemnitz, Germany on Oct. 21, 1922 to Willy and Gertrude Zscheile. When Eva was 7 years old, her parent’s marriage ended in divorce. Eva with her 2-year old brother, Reinhold, was then raised by their father and maternal grandmother, Elsa Streubel. Eva had fond memories of her times in the mountains of Germany on walks in the woods with her father and grandmother. In June 1937, at the age of 14 and traveling alone, Eva left Germany for America to join her mother. She traveled on a freighter ship that made several port stops in Central America. She was quite adventurous then and discovered and loved new kinds of fruit to eat on this trip. She also delighted in meeting people of different ethnic backgrounds. Her first home in America was in Sunnyvale, Calif., where she graduated from San Jose High School. When Eva was 19 years old, she met a handsome sailor, James (Jim) Davis, at a USO dance at Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif. Meeting Jim was by accident and occurred during a grand march pairing of dancers. Eva liked Jim because he was shy and had good manners unlike the other sailors. Jim was a farm boy from Union County, Tenn. Three months later on a weekend pass, Eva and Jim traveled by bus to Minden, Nev., to get married Oct. 4, 1942, along with several other couples who also wanted to get hitched in a hurry. The sailors were afraid they would be deployed at any minute, hence the rush. While Jim was away serving our country in World War II, Eva and Jim’s first son, Jimmy, was born in 1943. Jim returned and saw his son for the first time when Jimmy was 15 months old. People made many sacrifices back in those days. Eva worked at Newberry’s in San Jose at the candy and cosmetic counters. She enjoyed herself and had many girlfriends. During the next several years, Eva and Jim lived like nomads, moving to different locations in San Jose and San Francisco while Jim was still in the Navy. After Jim’s discharge, Eva and Jim moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn., but not for long — back to San Jose. In 1947 another baby arrived, a daughter Carol Ann. Eva was very happy to settle in a new home in San Jose. But not for long because the the Korean Conflict came along. Jim was back in the Navy again and their home was sold along with the furniture. The family moved to Navy apartments during this time. After the war in 1954, Eva and Jim had another daughter, Jane Marie. The next year, Jim was hired by Kaiser Permanente in Cupertino, Calif. So the family moved once again. Eva and Jim lived in a home in Cupertino for 35 years. During this time, Eva mostly stayed home raising a family. For a few summers, Eva worked at Libby’s, Shuckle’s or Del Monte canneries to earn some extra money. She also worked in a school cafeteria for a few years, cooking and serving lunches to children. Then in 1963, Eva discovered that she was pregnant again and a son Bret Allen was born. Because of Bret, Eva and Jim became very active in the Little League Baseball program and continued following Bret throughout his baseball career in high school, college and professional baseball. Eva and Jim had a camper that they traveled to follow Bret to his games. They had so much fun. Jim retired in 1981 and the two decided to take a big step — leave their home and move to Diamond Springs to be closer to their daughter, Jane. They lived at Lake Oaks Mobile Home Park. Eva and Jim continued to go on camping trips in their retirement and enjoyed their times with their children and grandchildren. Jim died in 1997, and Eva continued to live at Lake Oaks until she moved to Gold Country Retirement Health Center to live out the remainder of her remarkable life. Eva was preceded in death by her husband Jim; son Jimmy Davis, parents Willy Zscheile and Gertrude Woodman; brothers Reinhold Zscheile and Frank Woodman. Eva leaves behind daughters Carol Wyllie and Jane McKenzie; son, Bret Davis; brother John Woodman; 10 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren. Eva’s family wishes to thank Gold Country Health Center for all the special care they gave our mother. Until we meet again, Auf Wiedersehen, Momma.

Mable Marcelene Davis

Jan. 23, 1932 - Dec. 30, 2020

Marce Davis, 88 years old, long time resident of Eskaton Lincoln Manor in Placerville, Calif., passed away due to complications of COVID-19. She is survived by her sister Geraldeen Meeks of Seward, Alaska; four children; Jeffery/Elizabeth Davis of Troy, MO; Sherri Hanson of Portland, Ore., Michael/Michelle Mac Donald of Santa Maria, Calif., Michelle Conti of Fair Play, Calif.; 10 grandchildren Jeffery Jr., Jason, Brian and Jennifer, Jackson, Alisha, Erin and Shawn, Shane and Breanne, 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild..

Paul Patrick

Sept. 23, 1945 – Dec. 8, 2020

Paul Eugene Vance Patrick beloved husband and father passed from this world on Dec. 8, 2020 in the comfort of his home in Yerington, Nev. Prior to moving to Yerington, Paul resided in Shingle Springs from 1980-2002 where he raised two sons. Paul will be remembered for his years of involvement in the local 4-H program and by anyone who enjoyed trick-or-treating on Connie Lane. A lifelong Mason and active member of his church, Paul leaves behind a loving wife and family.

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Theodore (Ted) Fleidner Naumann Jr. Dec. 30, 1928 – Dec. 24, 2020

Born Dec. 30, 1928 in Charleston, W. Va. and passed Dec. 24, 2020 in Folsom, Calif. He is survived by his two children, Matthew Alan Naumann and Terri Bozzo as well as his four grandchildren Megan and Maya Naumann and Kyle and Sean Bozzo. He was a loving husband to his first wife of 58 years, Mary Alice Naumann, who passed in 2008 and his second wife Audrey Naumann who passed in 2020. Ted was a very successful engineer and enjoyed the challenge of building and taking things apart. One such passion project was his home that he built with his own two hands. His legacy of invention gained him multiple patents, some of which contributed to the ultrasound. He was an Air Force veteran where he was able to put his engineering talents to good use. Ted was devoted to his family and friends and will always be remembered as a kind, intelligent and loving man. Services will be held on Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. at Green Valley Mortuary and Cemetery, 3004 Alexandrite Drive Rescue, 95672. Please go to greenvalleymortuary.com for a link if you would like to attend virtually. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking donations to be made in his name to Feed America.

Donna V. Duck

May 21, 1933 – Jan. 8, 2021

Donna Victoria (French) Duck was born May 21, 1933 in Eureka, Calif., to Gilbert and Francis E. (Twitchel) French. She died peacefully Jan. 8, in Placerville, Calif. She leaves behind her loving family, sister Nancy Sargent, daughters Darien and husband Bill Vaught, Karin and husband Larry Highberger, grandson Nick and wife Sadey Highberger and granddaughter Marissa and husband Jake Gilger. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 46 years, Lloyd L. Duck in 2006 and her precious son Steven L. Duck in 1983 at the age of 15. Donna was born and raised in the heart of Humboldt County, Garberville, Calif., where she attended school, met and married her first husband, had her first daughter, Darien then divorced. She met and married Lloyd in June of 1960, moved to Southern California and soon after had another daughter, Karin, followed by a son, Steven shortly thereafter. Once retired in 1993, she and Lloyd moved to Placerville to be near family. She was dearly loved by her family and spent 28 wonderful years living life to its fullest as “Grammie” Duck. Donna was truly a gifted and talented artist and seamstress. She enjoyed drawing and painting from an early age as well as sewing for herself, her daughters’ dolls and ultimately for her own extensive doll collection. She was very community minded. She actively participated in civic and public services and causes. She was actively involved in EDC Republican Women Federated, Placerville Fellowship and Newcomers Club, CASA, United Federation of Doll Clubs along with numerous affiliated doll clubs in northern and southern California. She served as president/chairperson of her local chapter of doll clubs on numerous occasions such as Sierra Doll Discovery Club and Sew What Club. She relished her close friendships and numerous excursions made with her fellow collectors … these were times that she loved and cherished in her life. She was a gracious hostess, true and endearing friend and an impeccably dressed and refined lady. Due to COVID-19, there will be no services, but a kind thought and or prayer in remembrance of her would be deeply appreciated. She will be deeply missed by her family, but find solace in knowing that she is free of the ravages of Alzheimers and now rests in the loving arms of her husband Lloyd, son Steven and all those who loved her who have since passed on. May God keep her in his loving care.

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1 the education sector, childcare, emergency services and food and agriculture. “There is no higher priority than efficiently and equitably distributing these vaccines as quickly as possible to those who face the gravest consequences,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom in a statement. Walk-ins will not be accepted and anyone looking to sign up must go to edcgov.us/ government/hhsa/ Pages/EDCCOVID19-Clinics.aspx. Those who sign up are asked to fill out the immunization consent form and the CDC prevaccination screening form, which are also available on the website. The Safeway locations have the Moderna vaccine while the Pfizer vaccine can be found at the El Dorado County Public

Health Department. Most of the Safeways will have appointments Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. while some will be open until 6:30 p.m. The El Dorado County Public Health Department will have appointments in Placerville Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and in South Lake Tahoe Monday, Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vaccinators can not distribute the vaccine to anyone exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, pregnant or breastfeeding, those who have had a vaccination within 14 days or have had an anaphylactic reaction to a vaccination or injectable and anyone who has had passive antibody therapy in the last 90 days.

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Thomas Frey Staff writer For Michael Saragosa 2020 was not an easy year to be the mayor of Placerville. He dealt with the coronavirus, PG&E power shutoffs and racial tension. He earned the respect of his colleagues, including Vice Mayor Dennis Thomas. “You were handed this pandemic right out of the gate and it was on your shoulders pretty much the entire year you were mayor,” Thomas said to Saragosa at the Jan. 12 Placerville City Council meeting. “Your path has been unlike any I can remember and you have done it all with so much grace.” Thomas now takes the reins as mayor of Placerville after Saragosa nominated him for the position at the Jan. 12 meeting. Thomas was voted to the City Council in 2018. He is the owner of Robinsons Pharmacy in Placerville and has served on the Placerville Planning Commission, El Dorado County Fire Protection District Board of Directors and two terms as president of the Placerville Downtown Association. Kara Taylor, also voted to the City Council in 2018, was nominated to be vice mayor by the council’s newest member, Jackie Neau. Taylor is a chef and businesswoman, founding two local businesses, Smokey Ridge Charcuterie and The Farm Table. She currently serves on the El Dorado Transit Authority and El Dorado County Transportation Commission. With Saragosa’s one-year, mayoral term complete, he will now hold the title of council member. “It has been a great honor to serve even if it has not been the year I would have expected when we started in 2020,” Saragosa said.

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Vice Mayor Kara Taylor

crime log The following is from Placerville Police Department logs:

Dec. 23 12:35 a.m. A 29-year-old man with an outstanding warrant was arrested on Dimity Lane on charges of attempting to evade law enforcement. 4 a.m. A 23-year-old man was arrested on Broadway for opening a window at a hotel and stealing a key card and receipt. 6:56 p.m. A 35-year-old man was arrested on Placerville Drive after a vehicle taken for a test drive from a dealership was not returned.

5:28 p.m. A 39-year-old man was arrested on Broadway on charges of disorderly conduct due to alcohol.

Dec. 25 9:19 a.m. A vehicle was vandalized on Mosquito Road. 12:36 p.m. A 49-year-old man was arrested on Placerville Drive on felony warrant charges.

Dec. 26 9:24 a.m. A vehicle on Pintail Lane had its tires punctured. 1:16 p.m. A 22-year-old man was arrested on Blacks Lane on charges of stealing a vehicle. 9 p.m. Apartment mailboxes were damaged on Cold Springs Road.

Dec. 24 2:55 p.m. A suspect reportedly threw glass at a vehicle on Main Street.

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was arrested on Marshall Way on charges of damaging a window with a rock, assaulting a peace officer and being under the influence of a controlled substance. 11:50 a.m. A 24-year-old man with a warrant was arrested on Broadway for allegedly possessing illegal drug paraphernalia.

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10 p.m. A 28-year-old man was arrested on Main Street for reportedly possessing stolen property and violating his probation.

Dec. 29 10:37 a.m. A 32-year-old man was arrested at a motel on Broadway on outstanding warrants. 10:04 p.m. A business’s rear door was forced open on Broadway.

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full at 33,094 acre-feet and Folsom 50% at 488,204 acre-feet. EID officials warn visitors to Jenkinson Lake against walking in areas where the lakebed has been exposed. “People have been trying to cut across the exposed lake bed and it is very muddy,” states a post to the district’s Facebook page. “It might look firm but you will sink, you will lose your shoes, you will attempt to call the gatehouse (if you have service), our rangers will have to find you and rescue you and nobody wants that kind of embarrassment.”

Winter 2020-21 has proven to be off to a below-average start but the potential exists for more precipitation in spring with a 50/50 chance of a La Niña or El Niño in the months ahead, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. State Department of Water Resources data show precipitation in the Northern Sierra at 38% of average for this time of year. The snow water content as of Jan. 4 is 58% of the April 1 average for Northern and Central California and 31% of the April 1 average in Southern California.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). A feeling of progress is an exhilarating high. The actual length of the stride forward isn’t the point. That it’s forward at all -- that’s a gift wrapped in the shiny paper of hope. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Before you tend to the typical things, carve out time for those unusual pursuits. They will hold you in good stead, becoming more interesting to you as you delve deeper. You, in turn, become more interesting to others. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The value of love is beyond anything that can be quantified. Those who are counting what has been exchanged are ultimately exchanging something other than love. It’s fine, as long as you recognize the difference. CANCER (June 22-July 22). One myth is that people who feel great and have lots of energy get the best results. The truth is that astounding and important things happen from all kinds of moods, so appreciate whichever one you happen to be in. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You are afraid to require things of people because you want it to be easy for them to be around you. What you’re not understanding is that people need to be needed. Requiring something of them is a gift. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What is said is important, but who is saying it is even more important. Some words must come from you, and other sentiments will be better received coming from a different voice.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re so concentrated on your deliverables that you don’t even consider what it’s going to feel like to enjoy the fruits of your effort. Good. It will be a surprise. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). When people praise your vision and follow-through, you can’t fully bring yourself to accept the credit. That’s because you’re honest. You realize that you got here, at least partly, by accident. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You can mostly, but not totally, be your own coach. You need someone to show-off to, impress and be accountable to and encouraged by. This, however, can be accomplished in the briefest of interactions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you work, you work hard. This is why it’s so important that you choose the best things to work on. Hint: It’s probably not the task being tossed to you. Forget about the others for a minute. What do you want? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You prefer that the people around you be happy, and you’ll make efforts to that end, all the while realizing that no one actually makes another person happy, though it’s possible to create environments more or less conducive to joy. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It will be obvious -- the possession that no longer serves a purpose, the baggage that has both spiritual and actual weight, the subscription you don’t use or habit that you’ve outgrown. This calls for ruthless subtraction.

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California Matters

California’s population may be declining

or decades, a cliché about California was that the weather was always sunny and mild during Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Parade on New Year’s Day and snowbound television viewers in other states were thus enticed to migrate Dan Walters westward. The cliché had a kernel of fact. California did experience very strong population growth during the latter years of the 20th century due to post-World War II flows of people from other states and later from other nations. The domestic and foreign migrants tended to be young, so their impact was magnified by increases in births. During the 1980s alone the combined effects of a strong economy, a tidal wave of mostly foreign immigration and a baby boom added six million souls to California. Population growth slowed markedly during the 1990s — thanks largely to out-migration after Southern California’s aerospace/defense industry collapsed — then dropped to a relative trickle. It was as if someone flipped a switch as California entered the 21st century. Births are declining, deaths are increasing (and not just because of COVID-19); we lose more people to other states than we gain and foreign immigration is scant. New Census Bureau estimates, released in late December, reveal that California actually saw a population loss in the year that ended on July 1 of about 69,000 residents, which translates into just a 5.7% gain since the 2010 census, much lower than the nation as a whole. California’s demographers don’t agree. A few days earlier the state Department of Finance released its own numbers for the year ending on July 1, showing a gain of 21,200. In a state as large as California, a 90,200-person differential is tiny. However, over the last decade, ever since the 2010 census, the gap between the two agencies’ calculations has become fairly wide. The Census Bureau says that on July 1 California had 39.37 million people while the Department of Finance pegged it at 39.78 million, a difference of about 400,000. During the previous decade their annual estimates had differed by as much as a million and the 2010 census settled the issue, largely in favor of the Census Bureau. The 2020 census will settle it again, but no matter how you slice it, California’s 170 years of strong population growth have ended and we may have joined other states in the Northeast and upper Midwest where populations have declined. California gained just one congressional seat after the 2000 census, saw no gain after the 2010 census for the first time and is now poised to lose at least one seat and perhaps even two. n

See Walters, page A5

Letters to the Editor Your support means everything EDITOR: n behalf of downtown Placerville, we would like to send a huge “thank you” to our local citizens who graciously shopped local for Christmas. Thank you so much for your kindness and support. SANDI FERGUSON Window Box Antiques

Consequences EDITOR: s responsible people, why would we patronage or support any business that fails to follow all health and safety rules and regulations, including the wearing of masks and required distancing? I support our local and state government agencies for holding businesses accountable for all health and safety rules and regulation that keep us safe. Endangering the health and safety of others in society must have consequences. JAMES ROTH Placerville

Arrests necessary EDITOR: hese terrorists (so-called protesters) who are trying to destroy our great country should be hunted down and charged with treason. Democracy. WILLIAM WATSON Placerville

The GOP is now a cult of personality EDITOR: n less than 20 years this nation has seen two successful GOP-led coups d’état and we are in the throes of another attempt. The first coup took place during the Bush-Gore election when a majority Republican-appointed Supreme Court, led by Scalia, stopped the vote recount in four traditionally Democratic counties on the specious excuse that there was “not enough time left to complete the counting.” The second coup occurred when Senator O’Connell refused to bring up Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland for a vote in the Senate on the fallacious excuse that the next president should choose the next Supreme Court Justice — nine months hence. Thus, O’Connell

declared that he would determine which constitutional functions a president could exercise during his last year in office. GOP attempts to overturn Biden’s election is another attempted coup d’état. FOX and other right-wing media have been roiling the air waves with claims of “electoral fraud” without producing a scintilla of evidence. Courts have handed down 60-plus decisions refuting Trump’s claims, while the Supreme Court refused to hear the case altogether. The GOP is no longer a political party, but a cult of personality. Such cults invariably give rise to fascism or Nazism or communism. Once in power they crush democratic institutions such as the free press, unions and political opponents. Trump revels in autocratic trappings. Yet, his lies, his mendacity, his dangerous ignorance, his criminal incompetence and anti-democratic antics have not stopped the GOP from selecting him as their leader. To Republicans, democracy is for saps; they play the “democracy game” to obtain power by any means, fair or foul. They’re good at gaining power but absolutely lousy at governance, which, to them, means using the levers of government to favor their donors and themselves. JOHN GARON Placerville

Hate groups EDITOR: read Lara Gularte’s letter railing against the Proud Boys as a hate group. I really don’t know anything about them one way or the other. But to hear a liberal complain about the Proud Boys at a toy drive while ignoring the rioting, vandalism, looting, violence and murder we got courtesy of the Antifa/BLM crowd is about as funny as hearing Hitler complain of anti-Semitism. GEORGE ALGER Placerville

Vaccine logic EDITOR: ov. Newsom, I need your help. Can you explain your thought process in regards to providing COVID-19 vaccinations to convicted prison felons and the homeless prior to the general public older than 75 years of age? I am a retired Marine and have paid California state taxes since 1958. DENNIS F. BYRNE El Dorado Hills

Guest Column

Even governments can make New Year’s resolutions

mine have been closed t’s the beginning for over 300 days, even of a new year. in the face of the known It’s almost the high costs of online beginning of instruction. In Arlington a new presidential County, where I live, administration, too. failing grades at middle In theory, now is a school and high school perfect time for some levels have increased resolutions: to start by 200% and 26%, fresh, fix the mistakes respectively. of the past or do what Sadly, high school we never got around to Veronique de Rugy children who doing. In that spirit, I hoped their athletic offer some advice to the performance would help them get into Biden administration; Congress; and college or get scholarships have also state and local governments. been stuck at home. Lower-income State and local governments should children and those with disabilities reopen schools. That many schools are impacted the most, and equity of are still not providing in-person access was even used as an excuse to instruction is unforgivable. We’ve stop all new instruction back in March known for months now that in many 2020. scenarios, in-person instruction poses As for Congress, it must stop being little risk to children, their teachers so generous with other people’s and their communities. Indeed, in money. This extra spending creates Germany, school closures were not serious economic distortions and associated with reduced transmission of COVID-19. counterproductive behavior related to And yet, schools in counties such as unemployment benefits or bailouts.

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Legislators from both parties have been fiscally reckless for years. But it has gotten worse during this pandemic under the stewardship of a Republican president who openly says that he doesn’t care about higher spending. The result is a Congress that abdicates all sense of restraint and approves large checks to Americans, whether they were professionally affected by the COVID-19 crisis or not. The federal government is dispensing bonuses on top of unemployment insurance payments, often providing more money for not working than working. Other wasteful expenditures include repeated bailouts to airlines. The negative consequences of this unchecked spending will be huge. The Congressional Budget Office, for instance, warned that an extension of unemployment bonuses and benefits creates disincentives to work and a slowdown of the economy. This extra spending also produces an ungodly level of debt, which academic research shows will ultimately slow

economic growth. This means that future generations will both live in a slower-growth environment and face higher taxes to pay for today’s obscene spending. And this doesn’t even address the cultural distortions created by programs designed to pay people not to work. Finally, the administration must speed up not only the distribution of existing vaccines but also the approvals of new drugs. The private sector has delivered the vaccine to fight this pandemic at a speed never before seen. As much as I fear setting the precedent that we can only be freed from destructive lockdowns once we have large-scale vaccination, it seems like the only way politicians will allow us to get our lives back. This means that vaccine distribution is a priority and needs to be accelerated. Sadly, the government is often inept at doing the basic stuff that the private sector does on a regular basis. That’s why someone on Twitter once joked

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political ramifications. Not only will California have to adjust to having fewer members of Congress, for example, but within the state we will see shifts of political representation, largely from coastal communities, which are seeing little or no growth to inland regions that are still growing, albeit slowly. That shift will become clearer when legislative and congressional districts are redrawn by the state’s redistricting commission this year. Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes for CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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that if Amazon and Chick-fil-A were in charge of vaccine distribution, they’d have the population vaccinated in no time. There’s some truth to this. The new administration should consider leveraging the private sector for that job. Increasing the supply of vaccines is also a priority. One way is for the Food and Drug Administration to approve new ones faster. Waiting through an endless FDA process costs many lives for no reason. The FDA could also consider authorization for giving only half a dose of the Moderna vaccine, which has been shown to provide an “identical immune response” to the standard dose. According to the FDA, the data for the Pfizer-

BioNTech vaccine show that “Efficacy against severe COVID-19 occurring after the first dose was 88.9%.” So the FDA should consider approving “first doses first” distribution: The priority should be giving the first dose to more people before giving a smaller group two doses. These are only a few things I wish to see happen soon. Once that’s done, Congress and state officials can then tackle ending cronyism, reforming welfare and ending all the regulations that make it harder for lower-income workers and minorities to work and prosper. Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

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Williams responded that while she has no specific data on restaurants, she said she thinks there is evidence indoor dining is riskier than outdoor dining. She said answering that question is also complicated by the fact that people congregate in restaurants with people they also spend time with outside the restaurant. Residents calling in to the meeting pleaded for the county to be reopened because of the negative effect on local businesses. One woman called in to say court cases challenging the business shutdowns are just getting started. While the commenting public said they were generally appreciative of what Williams and the county is doing in response to the pandemic, many said lockdowns were not working and wanted them ended. Board Chair John Hidahl had his own questions, most of which he said had to do with the public’s interest in knowing more about the vaccines, the number of doses the county is receiving and when a dashboard that informs people of all this plus when they can expect to be vaccinated will be operational. Carla Hass, the county’s director of communications and outreach, said the state

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purple tier of the state’s countyby-county plan for reopening amid the pandemic. Restaurants can operate outdoors while hair salons, barbershops and personal care services can open indoors with modifications. Places of worship and wineries can operate outdoors with modifications while bars, breweries and distilleries can operate outdoors, if they serve food. “We need to continue to do all we can to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 by keeping physical distance, wearing a mask, washing your hands and getting vaccinated,” Hass said. The 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew remains in effect until all regions in the state exit the stay-at-home order.

Shortly after Tuesday’s announcement the stay-at-home order would end, El Dorado County Public Health officials reported five additional COVID19 deaths. On Wednesday afternoon another death was announced. The county has now seen a total of 39 COVID-19related deaths since the virus outbreak began in March 2020. The six new deaths reported include an El Dorado Hills woman 65 years of age or older, one Diamond Springs/El Dorado man between 50-64 years of age, one greater Placerville area man and one greater Placerville area woman, both 65 years of age or older, one Pollock Pines/Camino/ Kyburz man 65 years of age or older and one greater Placerville area woman 65 years of age or older.

The county recorded 285 new COVID-19 cases Jan. 12-13 (7,326 total). Of those cases eight are in Pollock Pines/Camino/Kyburz, 44 are in El Dorado Hills, 15 are in Diamond Springs/El Dorado, five are in north county, 46 are in greater Placerville, 48 are in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/ Rescue, two are in south county, 107 are in the Lake Tahoe region and the rest await address confirmation. Of the new cases 33 are in patients aged 0-17; 140 are 18-49; 66 are 50-64; 44 are 65 or older. Forty-two COVID-19 patients were hospitalized as of Jan. 13, with nine requiring treatment in the ICU. With respect to the state’s tier assignments, the adjusted case rate is now 51.3 per 100,000 and the positivity rate is 14.4%.

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sold less children’s toys. But he said he just had to make some adjustments. “I look forward to welcoming (Therapy Stores) downtown,” Thomas said. Adam Anderson, who is the branch manager with WealthGuard Advisors at 496 Main St., said he is concerned with how PDA members held themselves during the appeal. “I served for many years as a member of the PDA and on their board,” Anderson said. “It seems like at this point it’s a political action committee run by a handful of people that are holding themselves out as the voice of Main Street. I just want to say that’s a false narrative of theirs. I understand that they are spending the money of the PDA to fight businesses coming in like (Therapy Stores). The attorney they had … was supposedly paid for by PDA money,

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Jing Chen, upper left, owner of Therapy Stores, smiles just before the Placerville City Council announces its decision Monday night. Chen was awaiting the decision on an appeal filed by the Placerville Downtown Association and Friends of Historic Hangtown. which is concerning to me that they are using this money that was designated for the promotion of Main Street and businesses to fight against businesses that want to come to Main Street.” After public comment

council member Kara Taylor agreed with Anderson’s sentiments. “It saddens me to see the PDA spending their money and their time trying to keep businesses out of town,” Taylor said. “We need to bring business in.”

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New year , amazing art at Gold Country Artists Gallery

Now Mills Station Arts & Culture Center presents Forced to Flee, a fiber art exhibit, through Jan. 23 at the center, 10191 Mills Station Road in Rancho Cordova. This powerful and timely exhibition illustrates the global challenges arising from the refugee crisis. For more information visit rcmacc. org. The Sac Arts Center, 5330B Gibbons Drive in Carmichael, presents Second Chances, a membership show and sale through Jan. 24. The center is open by appointment. Call (916) 971-3713 or visit sacfinearts.org for more information.

Jan. 16 Mother Lode Rehabilitation Enterprises’ premiere event held for the last 17 years to focus on the amazing one-of-akind art created by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities has gone virtual. Art sales have begun with a virtual celebration planned at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16. For more information visit morerehab.org.

Jan. 17 Eldo Rebekah Lodge No. 282 of Latrobe is holding a to-go only breakfast fundraiser. Breakfast will consist of a breakfast burrito, muffin and fruit cup. Come to 7672 S. Shingle Road in Latrobe, serving 8-11 a.m.

Jan. 21 The free UC Davis Shinkoskey Noon Concerts resume with a performance by Chase Spruill, a Sacramento native. The concert can be seen on the UCD Department of Music YouTube channel. UC Davis Theatre presents “Small Steps,” Jan. 21-23, the story of a man who grows sick of the dating scene, so he volunteers for a mission to Mars. Written by Davis native Briandaniel Oglesby, the play is being presented by Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank through the Department of Theatre and Dance. The cast includes alumni Nate Challis and Charlie Lavaroni. Register at ucdavis.zoom. us/webinar/register/ WN_0Uh5ldZUS3yUIA9NgD3bWw.

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old Country Artists Gallery, an awardwinning artists’ cooperative located in Placerville, features the work of Chris Knopp, Roger Lanzini and Anca Statescu in January.

Fluid style As a hydrologist, Knopp said he has always been intrigued by the interaction between water and the medium through which it flows; the properties of watercolor paints have become a natural extension of that, embodying his definition of art. Knopp explained the challenge for him is to free himself from “the boring constraints of staying between the lines.” While watercolor paints can be a tricky medium to control, the artist admitted, “The randomness of the medium forces you to work with the surprises that occur, which means outcomes are not entirely predetermined and learning never stops.” Knopp has been painting continuously since retiring, mastering the sparkling colors and fluid style that distinguish his work. He said he’s inspired by nature and water. “I never tire of painting streams.” “Pink Trout” is one in a series of landscapes inspired by the Trout Creek area in the Sierra Nevada region of Lake Tahoe. Painted in the early spring, a faint rosy gray touches the distant mountains with

pearly pinks and lilacs in the clouds overhead beautifully reflected in the creek below. Knopp’s watercolor of an old but tidy building perched on a rocky spur above the waters of San Francisco Bay evokes a feeling of loneliness as it sits at the base of the massive reddish pylons arising behind it. Knopp captured the scene on a relatively calm day, belying the importance of the “Fog Station Under the Golden Gate Bridge.” Knopp has mastered the skill of expressing power in a scene even with the “loose and drippy” technique he uses so well to give motion to the waves. The fog station was built prior to the bridge in the 1800s and is the last of its kind in California, and although dwarfed by the bridge, Knopp’s clean lines and focus on details feels respectful of the structure’s history and importance.

Energetic whimsy Lanzini had the good fortune to be born into a family of artists who traveled the world designing and restoring churches. This gave him the great privilege of studying the great masters up close. His first love, though, has always been the ever-challenging and satisfying medium of watercolor. In addition to his passion for art, Lanzini has an unconventional worldview and quirky sense of humor leading him to interesting ways to present his artistic vision. Lanzini said he loves creating colorful

“Happyville” by Roger Lanzini renditions of things that catch his interest, including landscapes and desert scenes, feathery salmon flies, rusty ships, classic autos and chrome-packed motorcycles. Lanzini also loves trains and his watercolor painting of the steam locomotive era “The SacramentoFolsom Commuter” is

lovingly depicted with the bright colors and powerful action of these great engines. Lanzini’s style is energetic and often quite whimsical, bringing constant movement and vibrant colors to otherwise mundane scenes. “Happyville,” Lanzini’s take on Placerville’s

iconic Bell Tower on Main Street, is a great example with all the buildings swaying tipsily, the Bell Tower itself doing a rumba and all the bright colors bringing a feeling of pure joy. “If it ain’t bright, it ain’t right,” Lanzini said. n

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Jan. 22 Sacramento Theatre Company’s Cabaret Series continues with the second online show of the season, “The Room Where It Happens: Broadway’s Modern Musical,” Jan. 22-24. Purchase tickets at tickets.sactheatre.org. For more information contact education@sactheatre.org.

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nConcert Sierra continues its Virtual Third Sunday Series in January with a performance by baritone Mario Diaz-Moresco and pianist Spencer Myer at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17. The concert premieres a recording of the duo’s November 2015 InConcert recital that was well-received by the full-house audience. Diaz-Moresco’s resonant baritone voice is complemented by Myer’s masterful work on the piano. The recital program intertwines vocal works of Beethoven, Brahms and Vaughan-Williams with solo piano works of Brahms and Ravel. Diaz-Moresco has garnered worldwide attention for his versatility and strong stage presence in both opera and leider, which are German art songs from the Romantic period that are highly emotional and expressive with strong lyrical melodies and rich harmony, which Diaz-Moresco renders beautifully. The pair opens the concert with Beethoven’s “An die ferne Geliebt,” a beautiful, intimate and colorful piece. “We just think it’s a gorgeous way to open a program and it’s a nice length, too. It’s about 13 minutes long, so

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Baritone Mario Diaz-Moresco, right, and pianist Spencer Myer make a compelling duo. See them perform this Sunday in a virtual concert. it’s substantial, but it’s not going to lose the audience’s attention. It’s an amazing piece and actually I find that it’s not programmed very often,” said DiazMoresco. The program includes Brahms’ “Drei Intermezzi, Op. 117,” Duparc’s “L’invitation au voyage,” Ravel’s “Jeux d’eau and Sonatine” and Vaughan-Williams’ “Songs of Travel.” There are two encores recorded — Schubert’s “an die Music” and Lerner and Lowe’s “On the Street Where you Live.”

Described as “flawless” by Opera News, DiazMoresco studied at the University of Colorado and the University of Southern California and most recently completed the Professional Studies Diploma program at Mannes The New School. He has been a young artist with Chautauqua Opera, Central City Opera, The Glimmerglass Festival, a Stern Fellow at SongFest and a Vocal Fellow at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute. Diaz-Moresco was a finalist in the 2019 Jensen Foundation

Vocal Competition. Outside of being an active recitalist, opera highlights include Guglielmo in “Così fan tutte”; playing the lead role in Robert Ashley’s “Dust,” which was named one of the best classical music performances of 2017 by the New York Times; William in “The Fall of the House of Usher” (Glass) and singing the baritone role in “Hydrogen Jukebox” at Chautauqua Opera under maestro Steven Osgood. Myer’s career was launched with three

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over the world and has performed several times for InConcert Sierra. “Spencer lights up the concert hall and any room he enters for that matter, with both his personality and his artistry. He’s become a favorite of our audience, as well as our board and staff,” said Julie Hardin, executive director. “Ravel’s ‘Jeux d’eau’ that he performs on this program is magical. If you haven’t heard Spencer perform before you are sure to be a devotee after this concert.” In December the duo gave a master-class for InConcert Sierra’s Composers Project with Mark Vance students in preparation for the class’ winter concert called Poetry in Song. The showcase will present new works by the 11 students featuring voice and one instrument. Diaz-Moresco and Myer gave the class a lively instruction about the technicalities of composing vocal works. The YouTube concert will remain online following the premiere. The full program page with movements, as well as translations, can be downloaded from concert’s webpage on the InConcert Sierra website. To learn more about Diaz-Moresco or Myer go to mariodiazmoresco. com and spencermyer. com.

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The Wild & Scenic Film Festival has begun The 19th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival hosted by the South Yuba River Citizens League offers loads of great programming this year, from a live artist painting to panels of experts to a wide range of workshops. The festival runs through Jan. 24 and features more than 100 films covering a variety of topics — all available to watch online. Visit wsff.eventive.org to get more information on festival entries and virtual activities as well as to purchase tickets.

This workshop, 4-5 p.m., explores the impacts the community would face if Nevada County allows the mine to open. It offers insights from trusted community leaders, highlights ways to stay informed and includes tips for influencing decisionmakers. Pascale Fusshoeller, the esteemed editor of YubaNet and 21-year veteran of the Nevada County news scene, will moderate. There are many other workshops to engage in throughout the festival. Check out the Activist Center Workshops track in the virtual catalog to see them all.

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fter a year of anticipation Disney+ has finally released the first episode of “WandaVision,” the streaming giant’s first original series based on its Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Wanda and, uh, Vision. The show blends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU in which Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) — two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives — begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems. I was given the first three episodes of the nine episode mini-series to check out and review this week. The first two episodes are a throwback to the black and white sitcoms of the 1950s and ’60s (think “I Love Lucy” and

Joshua B. Porter Democrat correspondent “I Dream Of Jeanie”) with the third episode harking back to the colorful ’70s and “The Brady Bunch,” at least in style. The substance also usually leans into those eras of comedy as well, with safe, family friendly jokes and situational comedy backed by the canned laughter track of the era. For two or three minutes of each episode, however, the show turns mysterious, touching on the fact that something is amiss in their perfect little suburb community. This is what we are really anticipating with the show, especially since Vision was killed in

“Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) and Wanda was snapped out of existence in the same film. How the show will explain how the two of them were brought back together is the biggest mystery of this series. Are they living in an alternate universe? Hiding in the electromagnetic waves of television broadcasts? I imagine we will find out more later in the season. Even though the style, performances and scripts are clever and well executed, it still feels a bit gimmick-y. I’m not quite sure who this show’s target audience is; those who grew up with the American sitcoms of the first Golden Age of television probably won’t be interested in a facsimile version that’s headed toward Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity and younger viewers might be bored with the first few episodes that lean more into the television of yesteryear than a sequel to

Public Notices  AMENDED SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NO. (NUMERO DEL CASO) PC 20200358 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): (1) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS, AND DEVISEES OF FREDDIE L. MCCARTY, SR.; (2) THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS, AND DEVISEES OF PATRICIA A. MCCARTY; (3) DAVID B. CAMPBELL; (4) BRENDA J. CAMPBELL; (5) CALEB ASSOCIATES, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; (6) DOLPHIN FINANCIAL, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION; (7) REGINA R. FIECHTNER, TRUSTEE OF THE VICTORIA FAMILY TRUST, DATED 1/17/03; and DOES 1 to 20 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLANTIFF; (LO ESTÁ DEMANDADO EL DEMANDANTE) U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin eschuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que Ie entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una lIamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que Ie quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que Ie de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte Ie podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que lIame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede lIamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las coutas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000

ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un case de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pudea desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 3321 Cameron Park Drive Cameron Park, CA 95682 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): LAUREL I. HANDLEY (SBN 231249) CHARLES A. CORREIA (SBN 86123) ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP 4375 Jutland Drive, Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92177-0935 (619) 326-2407 (619) 590-1385 DATE (Fecha): Aug 19, 2020 by /s/ C. Maher, Deputy (Adjunto) 12/25, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15 8497 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (NÚMERO DEL CASO): PCL20190911 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BRANDON J POWERS YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede

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llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Jennifer Myers, Esq. (Bar #326289), 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 560708) DATE (Fecha): DEC 02 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by C. MAHAN, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant. 12/25/20, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15/21 CNS-3425737# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 12/25, 1/1, 1/8, 1/15 8508 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1179 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MABANET TRAILER RENTALS, located at 5000 Highcrest Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Wojciech B Lewalski, 5000 Highcrest Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682, 2. Margaret B PonulakLewalski, 5000 Highcrest Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/27/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Wojciech Lewalski WOJCIECH LEWALSKI, CO-OWNER I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/28/2020. 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) 1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 8513 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1178 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MABANET HERBS, located at 5000 Highcrest Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Margaret B Ponulak-Lewalski, 5000 Highcrest Dr, Cameron Park,

CA 95682, 2. Wojciech B Lewalski, 5000 Highcrest Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/27/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Wojciech Lewalski WOJCIECH LEWALSKI, CO-OWNER I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/28/2020. 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) 1/1, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 8514 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FRANCES C. ROUTH CASE NO. PP20200234 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FRANCES C. ROUTH; MARGARET FRANCES ROUTH A PETITION for Probate has been filed by ROBERTA ROUTH HANSON in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that ROBERTA ROUTH HANSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: February 17, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person

interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: GEORGE APPELBAUM Attorney at Law 2980 Whitethorn Road Shingle Springs, CA 95682 (530) 676-5396 1/1, 1/8, 1/15 8521 ORDINANCE NO. 2021-01 OF THE EL DORADO HILLS COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHING A PERMIT PROCEDURE AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS AT EL DORADO HILLS COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT PARKS WHEREAS, Government Code section 61060(b) authorizes the El Dorado Hills Community Services District (“District”) “to adopt, by ordinance, and enforce rules and regulations for the administration, operation, and use and maintenance of the facilities and services listed in Part 3 (commencing with Section 61100)”; and WHEREAS, Government Code section 61100(e) authorizes the District to “[a]cquire, construct, improve, maintain, and operate recreation facilities, including, but not limited to, parks and open space, in the same manner as a recreation and park district formed pursuant to the Recreation and Park District Law, Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 5780) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code”; and WHEREAS, it is imperative that individuals engaging in peaceful expressive public activity, and law enforcement personnel dedicated to protecting such activity, be allowed to do so without suffering injury; and WHEREAS, Government Code section 61064(a) states that “violations of any rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by the board of directors is a misdemeanor punishable pursuant to Section 19 of the Penal Code”; and WHEREAS, Government Code section 61064(b) states that “[a] ny citation issued by a district for violation of a rule, regulation, or ordinance adopted by a board of directors may be processed as an infraction pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 17 of the Penal Code”; and WHEREAS, numerous public protests, demonstrations, and rallies conducted throughout cities such as Charlottesville, Portland, St. Louis, as well as cities throughout California, such as Berkeley, Laguna Beach, and Sacramento have erupted in violence between demonstrators and counterdemonstrators, and violence against law enforcement personnel; and WHEREAS, individuals, acting alone or in concert with others, have used improvised weapons to inflict injury on members of the public attending these events and law enforcement; and WHEREAS, the El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors (“Board”) hereby finds that to be prepared for such events, the District must prohibit items that are often used as improvised weapons to protect the health, safety, and welfare of event participants, law enforcement personnel responsible for safeguarding participants’ rights, and the public generally; and WHEREAS, the Board hereby finds that it is necessary to establish a procedure for public assemblies in the parks within District boundaries which comply with the requirements of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution; and WHEREAS, the Board hereby finds that public assemblies offered to the general public or a substantial segment of the public often attract a large gathering of people, which may adversely affect the operation, use, and maintenance of the District’s facilities and require regulation to assure adequate sanitation and sewage disposal facilities, emergency and safety precautions, parking, traffic management and control, crowd control and other regulations in the interest of public safety and the administration, operation, use and maintenance of District facilities; and WHEREAS, the Board hereby finds that this ordinance and the actions directed herein are not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15060, subdivision (c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15061, subdivision (b)(3) (there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment). NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Findings: The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference. SECTION 2. Purpose: The purpose of this ordinance is to establish standards and procedures for the issuance of permits for Assemblies at District parks, to preserve and protect the public health and safety of Residents of the District and others who use District facilities, to preserve the rights of individuals to engage in expressive activity protected under the First Amendment, and to provide for the recovery of costs to the District directly flowing from these events. Sections 3-15 of this ordinance shall only apply to events that fall within the definition of “Assembly” as set forth below. SECTION 3. Definition of Terms: A. As used in this Section, “Assembly” means any stationary formation, assembly, or gathering for the purpose of Expressive Activity upon any part of any park of more than 20 persons. This term does not include special services or facility rentals as described in El Dorado Hills Community Service District Policies 1160 and 1220. B. As used in this Section, “Expressive Activity” includes conduct, the sole or principal object of which is the expression, dissemination or communication by verbal, visual, literary or auditory means of opinions, views, or ideas. It includes public oratory and the distribution of literature. SECTION 4. Permit Requirement: No person shall conduct, manage or sponsor any Assembly without a written permit from the District. No person shall participate in any Assembly with the knowledge that its sponsor has not been issued the required permit. SECTION 5. Application for Permit: A. Written applications for permits on a form to be provided by the District should be submitted to the District at least 30 days prior to the date of the requested Assembly. However, all applications for permits shall be acted upon by the District so long as they are received by the District not less than five days before the date of the requested Assembly. The fiveday time limitation shall be waived by the District if the occurrence giving rise to the permit application did not reasonably allow the applicant time to file within the time prescribed, and imposition of the time limitation would place an unreasonable restriction on the right to free speech. B. Applications shall be submitted no more than six months before the Assembly date. C. Completed applications will be reviewed by the EDHCSD General Manager. D. An application will be accepted by the District only if it is fully completed and legible, contains the following information: 1. The name, address, and telephone number of the applicant; 2. If the Assembly is proposed to be conducted for, on behalf of, or by an organization, the name, address, and telephone number of the headquarters of the organization, and of the authorized and responsible heads of such organization; 3. The date(s) of the Assembly; 4. The starting and ending times of the Assembly, including times for set-up and tear down; 5. The exact location of the assembly and disbanding areas, indicating the particular portion of any District park in which the Assembly is to be held; 6. The estimated number of participants and spectators expected at the Assembly; 7. A description of any sound amplification equipment which will be used in the Assembly; 8. A description of any structures, features, and/or props that will be used in the Assembly; 9. The cleanup activities planned; and 10. The parking contingencies planned. SECTION 6. Notification of Affected Agencies: Upon receipt of the complete application for Legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  permit, the District shall forward a copy of the application to the El Dorado County Sheriff, the El Dorado County Director of Environmental Health Services, the Fire Chiefs of the affected areas, the Office of Emergency Services, the California Highway Patrol and any El Dorado County department or any other public agency which may be affected by the operation and conduct of the Assembly. This notification and transmittal shall be for the purpose of identifying any logistical or public safety issues surrounding the granting of the particular application. SECTION 7. Grounds for Denial of Application or Revocation of a Permit: A. The District shall approve an application for a permit unless it determines from a consideration of the application or other pertinent information, the existence of any of the following, any of which shall also be justification for the District to revoke a previously issued permit: 1. Information contained in the application, or supplementary information requested from the applicant, is false in any material detail; 2. The applicant failed to provide a complete application after being notified of the requirement of producing additional information or documents; 3. The concentration of persons, animals and/or vehicles at the site of the Assembly, or at the assembly and disbanding areas, will prevent proper police, fire, ambulance, or other public services to areas contiguous to the Assembly; 4. The time, location, or size of the Assembly will disrupt to an unreasonable extent the safe and expeditious movement of traffic contiguous to the Assembly site; 5. The size or duration of the Assembly will require the diversion of so great a number of District or El Dorado County Personnel that providing the minimum level of sheriff or other safety services to other areas of the District or El Dorado County is jeopardized. Nothing in this paragraph authorizes denial of a permit because of the need to protect Assembly participants from the conduct of others; 6. The Assembly will substantially interfere with any construction or maintenance work scheduled to take place upon or along the affected park or a previously granted encroachment permit; 7. The applicant fails to conduct the Assembly in accordance with the information contained in the permit application, or any terms and conditions imposed on the issued permit; 8. The Assembly will interfere with another Assembly, event, street closure or other activity for which a permit has previously been granted. B. When the grounds for denial of the application for a permit specified in Subdivision A can be corrected by altering the time, place and/or manner of the Assembly as authorized by Section 9, the District shall, instead of denying the application, conditionally approve the application provided the applicant accepts such conditions for permit issuance. The conditions imposed shall provide for only such modifications of the applicant’s proposed Assembly as are necessary to achieve compliance with this subsection. SECTION 8. Conditions to Issuance of Permit: The District may condition the issuance of a permit by imposing reasonable requirements concerning the time, place, and manner of the Assembly, as necessary to protect the safety of all persons and property, provided that the conditions shall not unreasonably restrict the right of free speech. These conditions include, but are not limited to: A. Alteration of the date or time of the Assembly proposed on the application; B. Alteration of the location of the Assembly; C. Accommodation of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, including restricting the Assembly to only a portion of a park; D. Compliance with all ordinances or laws and obtaining all legally required permits or licenses; E. Requirements for the training and use of volunteers, monitors, and/or participants; F. Requirements for the use of garbage containers, cleanup, and restoration of District property; G. Requirements for providing notice of permit conditions to volunteers, monitors, and/or participants; H. Requirements for the provision of adequate first aid and sanitary facilities; and I. Requirements regarding the use of amplification devices or amplified sound. SECTION 9. Timing of Action on Permit: The District shall approve or deny an application as set forth in this subsection no later than the earliest date of the following: 15 days after the complete application was received by the District, or three business days prior to the date of the scheduled Assembly; provided however that in the event that the District waives the five-day notice requirement as set forth in Section 5, the application shall be approved or denied as soon as reasonably practicable. SECTION 10. Issuance of the Permit: The District shall issue a permit after the application has been approved, the applicant has agreed in writing to comply with all of the terms and conditions of the permit, and the requirements of this chapter have been fully satisfied. SECTION 11. Appeal Procedure: A. The applicant shall have the right to appeal any permit conditions imposed upon an Assembly or the denial of a permit application. The applicant shall also have the right to appeal the amount of traffic control fees or clean-up deposits imposed pursuant to Section 14. B. A notice of appeal stating the grounds for the appeal shall be filed with the District no later than three days after delivery of the notice of the denial of the application or notice of the contested/disputed permit conditions. C. If an applicant files a notice of appeal, the Board shall conduct a hearing on the appeal at the next scheduled meeting of the Board. The Board shall render its decision at the hearing unless the permit applicant or sponsor agrees to a continuance. The decision of the Board is final. D. If the date of the next scheduled meeting of the Board following the receipt of a notice of appeal is later than 48 hours before the date of the scheduled Assembly, the Board shall convene a special meeting

within 72 hours of the delivery of the notice of appeal. Notice of the time and place of said special meeting shall be given to all parties as soon as reasonably practicable. The Board shall render its decision at the hearing unless the permit applicant or sponsor agrees to a continuance. The decision of the Board is final. E. No Board member who did not hear the evidence or who was not read or heard the record or proceedings shall vote on the decision. SECTION 12. Indemnification: Each applicant, and any other person, organization, firm or corporation on whose behalf the application is made, shall be required to agree in writing to jointly and separately indemnify, protect and defend and hold harmless the District, its officers and employees against all claims, damages, expenses, loss or liability of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of, or resulting from, the alleged acts or omissions of the permittee, its officers, agents or employees in connection with the Assembly. SECTION 13. Fees: A. Upon approval of an application for a permit, the District shall provide the applicant with a statement of the estimated cost of providing support services. The cost of such services shall be solely borne by the applicant and shall be paid to the District at the time the Assembly is permitted. A permit will not be issued unless fees have been paid. B. The District support service fees will be established by the Board. The amount of such fees shall be based on the District’s actual cost of providing the services necessary to ensure the safety of both the Assembly’s participants and the community. C. If the actual cost of District support services for the Assembly is less than the estimated cost, the applicant will promptly be refunded the difference by the District. If the actual cost for District support services is more than the estimated cost, the difference shall become due and payable to the District upon the permittee’s receipt of a statement of costs. SECTION 14. Insurance: A. The permittee of an Assembly must possess or obtain public liability insurance to protect against liability for personal injury and property damage arising from the Assembly. Coverage shall be a comprehensive general liability insurance policy with a minimum limit of one million dollars for each occurrence combined single limit bodily injury and property damage. B. Insurance required pursuant to this section shall be maintained for the duration of the Assembly and shall: 1. Name the District, its officers, employees and agents on the policy or by endorsement as additional insureds; 2. Be a primary policy and not contributory or in excess of any policy of the District; 3. Declare all deductibles on the policy. C. No applicant shall be required to comply with the provisions of Subsection A and B pertaining to insurance if the activity proposed is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the applicant produces evidence that complying with those provisions is impossible or so financially burdensome that it would preclude the applicant from using park property for the proposed activity. SECTION 15. Prohibited Items: A. No person shall carry or possess the following items or articles while attending or participating in any demonstration, rally, protest, picket line or public assembly, regardless of the number of persons present: 1. Any length of lumber, wood, or wood lath unless that object is 1/4 inch or less in thickness and 2 inches or less in width, or if not generally rectangular in shape, such object shall not exceed 3/4 inch in its thickest dimension. Both ends of the lumber, wood or wood lath shall be blunt; 2. Any length of metal or plastic pipe, whether hollow or solid; provided, however, that hollow plastic piping not exceeding 3/4 inch in its thickest dimension and not exceeding 1/8 inch in wall thickness, and not filled with any material, liquid, gas or solid may be used solely to support a sign, banner, placard, puppet or other similar expressive display. Both ends of any plastic pipe permissible under this subsection shall be blunt; 3. Signs, posters, banners, plaques or notices, whether or not mounted on a length of material permitted under Subdivisions 1. and 2. of this section, unless such sign, poster, banner, plaque or notice is constructed solely of soft material, such as cloth, paper, soft plastic capable of being rolled or folded, or cardboard material no greater than 1/4 inch in thickness; 4. Baseball or softball bats, regardless of composition or size; provided, however, that such items are permissible when configured of cloth, cardboard, soft plastic, foam or paper for expressive purposes; 5. Any aerosol spray, tear gas, mace, pepper spray or bear repellant; 6. Any projectile launcher or other device, such as a catapult or wrist rocket, which is commonly used for the purpose of launching, hurling or throwing any object, liquid, material or other substance, whether through force of air pressure, spring action or any other mechanism; 7. Weapons such as firearms, knives, swords, sabers or other bladed devices, axes, hatchets, ice picks, razor blades, nun chucks or martial arts weapons of any kind, box cutters, pellet or BB guns, conducted electrical weapons, including, but not limited to, Tasers or stun guns, metal/composite/ wooden knuckles, or any chain greater than 20 inches in length or greater than 1/4 inch in diameter. This subdivision also includes toy or replica firearms unless such toy or replica is florescent colored or transparent. 8. Balloons, bottles or any other container such as water cannons or super-soakers, filled with any flammable, biohazard or other noxious matter which is injurious, or nauseous, sickening or irritating to any of the senses, with intent to throw, drop, pour, disperse, deposit, release, discharge or expose the same in, upon or about any demonstration, rally, protest, picket line or public assembly; 9. Glass bottles, whether empty

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or filled; 10. Open flame torches, lanterns or other devices that utilize combustible materials such as gasoline, kerosene, propane or other fuel sources; 11. Shields made of metal, wood, hard plastic or any combination thereof; 12. Bricks, rocks, pieces of asphalt, concrete, pellets or ball bearings. B. When feasible, excluding exigent circumstances, a warning shall be issued before enforcement of the provisions of this section. Such warning shall be sufficient if provided orally, by posted signs or by amplified announcement. C. Authorized peace officers, or employees, agents or representatives of the District, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section when such officers, employees, agents or representatives of the District are engaged in official business of the District. D. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an individual from carrying a cane or using a walker or other device necessary for providing mobility so that the person may participate in a public protest, demonstration, rally, picket line or public assembly. Further, nothing in this section shall prohibit the imposition of specific conditions for activities expressly authorized under permit issued by the District Pursuant to this ordinance. SECTION 16. Violations: A. Willful violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, or the terms or conditions of an Assembly permit by the permittee or any participant in said Assembly shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment in the County jail for not more than six (6) months, or both. B. This ordinance shall not limit or preclude the prosecution of an individual under any other applicable provision of law. SECTION 17. Enforcement: The El Dorado County Sheriff or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to enforce and uphold the District’s rules as set forth in this ordinance, and to take any lawful action deemed necessary in furtherance thereof. SECTION 18. Authority: This ordinance is enacted pursuant to the authority granted to special districts by state law including, and without limitation, Government Code sections 61060(a) and 61060(b). SECTION 19. CEQA: The Board finds and declares that the enactment of this ordinance does not constitute a “Project” for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq., “CEQA”) because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment (Pub. Resources Code, § 21065, CEQA Guidelines, § 15060(c)(2).) SECTION 20. Severability: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Board hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 21. Publication and Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its passage. Within fifteen (15) days of its passage, this ordinance shall be published once in the Mountain Democrat, a newspaper of general circulation within the District. In lieu of publication of the full text of this ordinance within fifteen (15) days after its passage, a summary of this ordinance may be published at least five (5) days prior to and fifteen (15) days after adoption by the Board, and a certified copy shall be posted in the office of the General Manager for at least one week, pursuant to Government Code sections 61060 and 25124. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14 day of January 2021, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: BY: ______________________________ Noelle Mattock, President Board of Directors ATTEST: ______________________________ Kevin A. Loewen, General Manager Secretary to the Board of Directors 1/6, 1/8, 1/11, 1/13, 1/15 8528 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MICHAEL ANTHONY VINE CASE NO. PP20200217 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MICHAEL ANTHONY VINE A PETITION for Probate has been filed by SHEILA MARIE VINE in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that SHEILA MARIE VINE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: February 10, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a

contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: BRIGIT S. BARNES, ESQ. Brigit S. Barnes & Associates, Inc. 3262 Penryn Road, Suite 200 Loomis, CA 95650 (916) 660-9555 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 8533 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1201 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RECON INSPECT, located at 5499 Daisy Dr, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 Registered owner(s): R & S Enterprise LLC, 5499 Daisy Dr, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: 61-1937382. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Randolph Starks RANDOLPH STARKS, MANAGER, R & S ENTERPRISE LLC I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/30/2020. 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) 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8534 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1128 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GURU GETTINGS, located at 2660 Woodridge Court #14, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Sydney T Leos, 2660 Woodridge Court #14, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/10/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Sydney Leos SYDNEY LEOS, CEO/OWNER I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/10/2020. 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) 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8535 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200617 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Eliseo Millán Castañeda filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ELISEO MILLÁN CASTAÑEDA Proposed name: ELISEO MILLÁN 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not

be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MARCH 5, 2021, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on DECEMBER 30, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8536 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PC 20200618 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Melinda Julene Buchanan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MELINDA JULENE BUCHANAN Proposed name: MELINDA JULENE MILLÁN 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MARCH 5, 2021, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on DECEMBER 30, 2020. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8537 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1196 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: J&J CONSULTING SERVICES INC, located at 1620 Pheasant Way, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): J&J Consulting Inc, 1620 Pheasant Way, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/24/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ John Morsey JOHN MORSEY, PRESIDENT I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/30/2020. 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) 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8538 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1129 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GREEN VALLEY ANIMAL HOSPITAL, located at 321 Green Valley Rd, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): 1. Stephen T Spellman, DVM, 5033 Morrill Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762, 2. Marney L Spellman, 5033 Morrill Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/15/2000 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Stephen T Spellman STEPHEN T SPELLMAN I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/10/2020. 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) 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8539 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0005 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WELLMINDED MEDIA, located at 3941 Park Drive, Ste 20-559, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Lynn Lok-Payne, 1095 Hogarth Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/04/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Lynn Lok-Payne LYNN LOK-PAYNE, OWNER I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 01/05/2021. 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) 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8540 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0007 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HELP FOR THE HOLIDAYS, located at 6303 Dean Road, Mount Aukum, CA 95656/ Mailing Address: PO Box 165, Mount Aukum, CA 95656 Registered owner(s): Linda L Lange, 6303 Dean Road, Mount Aukum, CA 95656 This business is conducted by a Joint Venture. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/01/2018 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Linda Lange LINDA LANGE, GENERAL PARTNER I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 01/05/2021. 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) 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8541 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0006 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACK STRING CELLARS, located at 3680 Leisure Ln., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Holly’s Hill Vineyards, LLC, 3680 Leisure Ln., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/1/20 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Carrie Bendick CARRIE BENDICK, MANAGING MEMBER I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 01/05/2021. 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

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Public Notices  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) 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8542 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the LATROBE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT, at its regularly scheduled meeting to be held on January 19, 2021, will conduct a public hearing and receive public testimony on the continuing needs of the District to levy school facilities mitigation amounts on development within the District in order to provide school facilities for students generated from new residential, commercial, and industrial development. The Board of Trustees will also consider adoption of an updated School Facilities Needs Analysis/Fee Justification Study (“Study”) and the mitigation amounts described therein. Information regarding the proposed mitigation amounts, including the updated Study, is available for review during regular business hours at the District Office located at: Latrobe Elementary School District 7900 S. Shingle Road Shingle Springs, CA 95682 If you have any questions, please contact Superintendent Natalie Miller at (530) 677-0260. All individuals who wish to comment on the proposed mitigation amount are invited to attend the meeting of the Board of Trustees at the following time and location: DATE: January 19, 2021 TIME: 6:00 P.M. LOCATION: Miller’s Hill School Library 790 S. Shingle Road Shingle Springs, CA 95682 1/8, 1/15 8543 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ROBERT LEON NEWLUND CASE NO. PP20200238 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROBERT LEON NEWLUND A PETITION for Probate has been filed by ROBIN NEWLUND-SHARP in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that ROBIN NEWLUND-SHARP be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: February 17, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: SHERI L. HOFFMAN Hoffman & Hoffman 2600 E. Bidwell Street, Suite 240 Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 985-2753 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 8544 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHRISTINE R. THIEL CASE NO. PP20200240 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CHRISTINE R. THIEL A PETITION for Probate has been filed by JOHNNY LEE TILLMAN, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that JOHNNY LEE TILLMAN, JR. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the

proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: February 17, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: CAROL A. FAUERBACH Law Office of Carol A. Fauerbach 1380 Prairie City Road Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 597-1305 1/8, 1/15, 1/22 8545 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to the California SelfService Storage Facility Act, (B & P Code Sections 21700 et. seq.) County of El Dorado, State of California, the undersigned will sell at public Lien Sale by competitive bidding at the following location at the date and time shown, personal property including, but not limited to: Clothing (childrens and womens), wardrobe racks, suitcases, paintings, violin, strollers, exersaucer, household furniture, mattresses. Location: GoldKey Storage 4980 Golden Foothills Parkway El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Date: January 22nd Time: 12:00 p.m. Units for Auction: Unit # 8/ #98/ #338 Shannon Ma All Sales are subject to prior cancellation in the event of the settlement between owner and obligated party. Owner reserves the right to bid at the sale. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid or pull property from the sale. Terms and inspection prior to sale. Auctioneer: Nor Cal Storage Auctions, Inc. CA Bond 7900390179 1/8, 1/15 8547 T.S. NO.: 2020-01740-CA A.P.N.:323-030-009-000 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1690 COLD SPRINGS ROAD, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/29/2005. 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: PETER J NERWINSKI, AN UNMARRIED MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 10/10/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0069305-00 in book ---, page--- and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, Date of Sale: 03/04/2021 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE 495 MAIN STREET, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 630,455.28 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: 1690 COLD SPRINGS ROAD, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 A.P.N.: 323-030-009-000 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

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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: $ 630,455.28. 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 http://www. altisource.com/MortgageServices/ DefaultManagement/ TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2020-01740-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 http://www. altisource.com/MortgageServices/ DefaultManagement/ TrusteeServices.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case 2020-01740-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. Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 h t t p : / / w w w. a l t i s o u rc e . com/MortgageServices/ DefaultManagement/ TrusteeServices.aspx ___________________________ Trustee Sale Assistant Date: December 28, 2020 WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8564 PUBLIC NOTICE

Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT For Placerville New Construction Project In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Council on Environmental Quality regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508) and the HHS General Administration Manual Part 30 Environmental Protection (February 25, 2000), HRSA has determined that the new construction project proposed by El Dorado County Community Health Center will have no significant adverse impact on the quality of the human environment. As a result of this FONSI, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides discretionary grant and cooperative agreement awards to support health centers expand their capacity to provide primary and preventive health care services to medically underserved populations nationwide.

El Dorado County Community Health Center in Placerville, CA has applied for HRSA grant funding. The applicant proposes to use grant funds construct a new, 30,000 SF single story health center with associated site improvements and new parking at 4212 Missouri Flat Rd. in Placerville. The applicant has submitted an Environmental Assessment (EA) that documents impacts of the proposed action. This EA is incorporated by reference into this FONSI. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Assessment for this project, which is on file at the following address for public examination upon request between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Due to COVID-19, requests to review the assessment will be scheduled through Andrea Campbell, Executive Administrative Assistant at 530-3507837. El Dorado Community Health Centers 4327 Golden Center Drive Placerville Ca. 95667 Attn: Terri Stratton Phone: 530-350-7837 No further environmental review of this project is proposed prior to final approval from HRSA. Public Comments Any individual, group, or agency disagreeing with this determination or wishing to comment on these projects may submit written comments to the El Dorado County Community Center, Attn: Terri Stratton, CEO at the above referenced address. HRSA will consider all comments received within 15 days of this “Notice” prior to final approval from HRSA. 1/13, 1/15 8565 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0033 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SIERRA SUCCULENTS CA, located at 610 Myrtle Ave., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Devon M Palermo, 610 Myrtle Ave., Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Tony Palermo, 610 Myrtle Ave., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/11/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Devon Palermo DEVON PALERMO I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 01/11/2021. 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) 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5 8568 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-0034 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: FB2020-0807 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 09/16/2020 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: SIERRA SUCCULENTS Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 610 Myrtle Ave, Placerville, CA 95667 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): 1. Devon Palermo, 610 Myrtle Ave, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Tony Palermo, 610 Myrtle Ave, Placerville, CA 95667 This business was conducted by a Married Couple. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Devon Palermo DEVON PALERMO I declare 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 ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 01/11/2021. The Statement of Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk within 30 days after publication has been accomplished. The Statement should be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The Statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is conducted (Business & Professions Code 17917). Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business & Professions code 17930) 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5 8569

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DENNIS SCOTT ROWE CASE NO. PP20200242 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DENNIS SCOTT ROWE A PETITION for Probate has been filed by DANIELLE TINKER ROWE in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that DANIELLE TINKER ROWE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: February 17, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: JOHN B. PALLEY Meissner Joseph Palley & Ruggles, Inc. 1555 River Park Drive, Suite 108 Sacramento, CA 95815 (916) 920-5983 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 8570 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TRUSTEE SALE NO. : 00000008625774 TITLE ORDER NO.: 191103740 FHA/VA/PMI NO.: 043-7431942 952 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/09/2007. 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.BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/16/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0070928-00 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of EL DORADO County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: DONALD D REID, AN UNMARRIED MAN,WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States).DATE OF SALE: 02/09/2021 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE MAIN STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 495 MAIN STREET, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667.STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be:6651 PEYCOS DRIVE, PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95667 APN#: NEW: 085-732-002000 / OLD: 085-732-02-100 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said 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 said 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 $212,808.04. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.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 the 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 833-561-0243 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000008625774. 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 TO TENANT: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction 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 833-561-0243, or visit this internet website using the file number assigned to this case 00000008625774 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 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:833561-0243 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 3990 E. Concours Street, Suite 350 Ontario, CA 91764(866) 795-1852 Dated: 01/06/2021 A-4728910 01/15/2021, 01/22/2021, 01/29/2021 8571 1/15, 1/22, 1/29 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ERVIN KAMINE CASE NO. PP20200228 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of ERVIN KAMINE. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SHANE KAMINE in the Superior Court of California, County of EL DORADO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SHANE KAMINE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 02/10/2021 at 8:30AM in Dept. 8 located at 295 FAIR LANE, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner JONATHAN P. HUBER SBN 225809 HUBER LAW GROUP, A.P.C. 650 UNIVERSITY AVE. STE 113 SACRAMENTO CA 95825 1/15, 1/20, 1/22/21 CNS-3430733# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 1/15, 1/20, 1/22 8572

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the megahit movie “Avengers: Endgame” (2019). The only thing keeping me interested is that it might lead to something greater in the Marvel Universe and these two characters are the leads. I will need more to keep watching.

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Still, color me intrigued. Vision and Wanda (The Scarlet Witch) are two of the more fascinating characters in the MCU. Depending on where the show goes, it might be a captivating ride. Time will tell.

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Wild & Scenic audience members will have the chance to bid on artwork by Steph Littlebird Fogel.

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Joshua B. Porter is a writer/director/producer. His most recent project, the music video “When You Know” by the band Sunny State, can now be streamed on Youtube. He can be reached at @ joshuabporter or joshuabporter@mtdemocrat.net.

wisdom of those who have chosen to call it home. Jan. 19, “Public Trust” — In a time of growing income inequality in America, there is one asset that remains in the hands of the American people: the 640 million acres of America’s public lands. Given its status as the last large-scale public asset on the planet, powerful forces have aligned to attempt the largest land grab in modern history, rob Americans of this unique birthright and make modern day vassals of the American people. Jan. 20, “Pushed Up the Mountain” — A poetic and emotionally intimate film, “Pushed up the Mountain” is about plants and the people who care for them. Through the tale of the migrating rhododendron, now endangered in its native China, the film reveals how high the stakes are for all living organisms in this time of unprecedented destruction of the natural world. Jan. 21, “Overland” — Immersed in remote landscapes, meet an eagle hunter, a hawk whisperer and a falcon racer, each on a quest to connect to the vanishing

wild while practicing an ancient art that is disappearing as a way of life. “Overland” offers a stunning cinematic journey across four continents that twists and turns like nature itself, bridging ancient to modern, east to west and earth to sky. Note: To watch and participate live, be sure to “unlock” each film session within the 24-hour window in which the livestream occurs.

Virtual lobby The virtual lobby is staffed 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the festival. Drop-in and ask a question, play a game or join the daily Happy Hours, 5-6 p.m., including toasts at 5:30 p.m. Meet fellow attendees (and maybe even some filmmakers) and connect and enjoy mingling with others on Zoom. Jan. 15: Art Reception Happy Hour with Barefoot Wines Jan. 17: Barefoot Wine chat with Melinda Booth Jan. 24: Award and Wrap Party Happy Hour

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“Sacramento-Folsom Commuter” by Roger Lanzini

As a child, Romanian-born artist Statescu found delight in the art books her father collected. She was captivated by the cave paintings, modern art, impressionism and folk-art found in those pages and her work reflects this early influence. Statescu went on to earn degrees in civil engineering and art, fields that she interconnects in her creations. Statescu has worked in multiple mediums, but several years ago she discovered ceramics. Statescu said she found a whole new world in the malleability of clay, the wide variety of glazes and an excellent way to express herself in threedimensional form. Statescu shared that she’s inspired by the designs, textures and colors found in nature. The artist’s “Lace Leaf ” brings to mind a maple leaf that, having fallen from the tree long ago, has decayed until only the tiny veins remain, leaving a lacy leaf structure behind. Statescu created this effect with a variety of textures carved into the clay and then glazed the piece with her favored fall palette of deep browns and muted gold. In addition to creating art that touches the soul and pleases the eye, Statescu also makes forms that are

practical (her glazes are food-safe) as well as beautiful. “Calla Lily Vase” is glazed a light bluish green with a row of white calla lily blossoms riding up the front of the vase; the centers of the blossoms catch the eye with a bright yellow glaze. Statescu said she wants her work to make people feel happy; this piece feels like a bit of springtime, a vessel ready to be filled with flowers to make one smile.

The gallery Gold Country Artists Gallery is operating under a temporary schedule and will return to its regular hours when it is safe to gather in groups. At this time the gallery is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m. Mondays and Wednesday through Friday and closed Tuesdays. The gallery at 379 Main St. in Placerville features the work of many awardwinning regional artists working in fields as diverse as fine jewelry, photography, fused glass, wood turning, pastels, colored pencil, scratch board and watercolor, acrylic and oil painting. For more information call (530) 642-2944 or visit goldcountryartistsgallery.com.

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