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WWII survivor reflects on Pearl Harbor attack Laney Griffo Tahoe Daily Tribune

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OUTH LAKE TAHOE — It has been 80 years since Japanese forces attacked the Pearl Harbor Naval Base near Honolulu, Hawaii.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the time dubbed the unprovoked attack “a date which will live in infamy.” But while it lives on in the minds of Americans, there are very few alive who witnessed the devastation.

One such survivor is 98-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident, Garfield Ware. He doesn’t speak much, but he smiles often and much of his story was told with the help of Dan Browne, president of the Lake Tahoe Veterans Alliance.

Browne, a Vietnam veteran, said history was changed because of the men involved in World War II. “I felt it very important to keep our living history alive,” Browne said. “If we don’t remember our past we’re bound to repeat it. They are part of the greatest generation. These guys saved the United States because we could be speaking two different languages today if we’d lost the war … It was one of the last times this nation came together — men, women and children — to save this democracy. Garfield is a living example of

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El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini speaks to a crowd of residents at the Food Bank of El Dorado County Dec. 2 during the El Dorado County Taxpayers Association’s forum on homelessness.

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Garfield Ware, 98, holds a picture of himself in his Navy uniform when he was 18 years old. that.”

Ware chimed in, “and here I am.”

Ware was born Feb. 16, 1923, and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was 17 years old. His ship, the USS Lexington, also known as Lady Lex, was one of the first aircraft carriers to be built.

On that fateful day, Dec. 7, 1941, the Lexington had just left Pearl Harbor and was heading out

to sea. According to History.com, nearly 20 American naval vessels were damaged or destroyed, including eight battleships and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians and another 1,000 were wounded.

“Garfield witnessed, as well as all his shipmates, all the Japanese fighters coming into Hawaii,”

Browne said, with Ware saying, “yes,” to confirm.

The Lexington turned around and headed back to the base. Even though the ship didn’t experience the actual attack, everyone aboard witnessed the carnage.

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The El Dorado County Taxpayers Association held a meeting Thursday night to address homelessness in the county and various solutions brought forth by county officials.

County Sheriff John D’Agostini, Chief Administrative Officer Don Ashton and state Assemblymember Kevin Kiley were keynote speakers at the meeting held at the Food Bank “We shouldn’t of El Dorado County, giving their perspectives be having this on homelessness. conversation if our South Lake Tahoe leadership in our Mayor Tamara Wallace kicked off the meeting, county understood sharing her testimony that a vast that Project Homekey has been ineffective. majority of people Ashton followed with here don’t want a a brief overview of the county’s response and homeless hotel in action to homelessness.

The sheriff ’s plan for a their backyard.” managed campground, — John D’Agostini, Project Homekey and El Dorado County sheriff pallet homes were all potential solutions discussed.

D’Agostini started his speech stating how the Homeless Outreach Team was a response to dealing with calls about the homeless, praising its success.

He then pivoted to the county’s interest in possibly turning the Best Western Stagecoach Inn in Pollock Pines into a homeless shelter using Project Homekey funding.

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Studies find room for improvement in forest management News release California is in the midst of yet another record-breaking fire season.

Drier droughts and hotter temperatures are resulting in longer, more severe fire seasons — and the impacts are devastating.

A new report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute analyzes the massive costs of wildfires and outlines strategies for intervention and resilience, many of which align with recommendations made by independent state oversight committee the Little Hoover Commission in its 2018 report, “Fire on the Mountain: Rethinking

Forest Management in the Sierra Nevada.”

In 2018 alone the institute found wildfires in California — including the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive in state history — cost the U.S. economy $148.5 billion.

“More than $100 billion of the losses occurred in California,” the report notes.

In addition to physical damages, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires contribute to climate change and worsening air pollution can cause severe health problems and even death. According to the institute, “Wildfires across California produced $7.8 billion in estimated health costs in the Bay

Area.”

To prevent destructive wildfires and limit their impacts when they do occur, the institute’s report recommends that California take several steps to better prepare and address these disasters, including the following: • Invest in forest health projects at scale by creating forest stewardship agreements between the federal government and state, local and tribal partners.

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Thomas Joseph Kozlowski Sept. 25, 1932 – Nov. 27, 2021

Thomas Joseph Kozlowski, 89, passed away peacefully Nov. 27 after a lengthy illness. Born in Lemont, Ill., he was the second youngest of six children of Leon Joseph and Casmira Wojciechowski. He was preceded in death by his sisters Marian (Sister Marian, OLVM), Therese Sneigowski and brother Eugene. He is survived by his sister Betty Cassidy and brother Ambrose, his wife Eleanor and his eight children: Sr. Marybeth, SDSH, Chris, John, Karen, Teresa, Marie, Anne and Stephen, as well as 10 grandchildren.

After serving as Corporal in the Army during the Korean War, he moved to California. In 1959, he graduated from Loyola University (now LMU) and married “Elly,” the girl whose aunt introduced her to the “nice boy” across the street. Tom and Elly proudly celebrated 62 years of marriage this past June.

Spending their early married years in Southern California, they raised their large family together with a constant example of faithfulness and selflessness. With eight children, there was always just enough of everything in their home with the exception of one thing of which there was plenty: the care he gave in his quiet way so each of his children felt assured of his love.

He worked as an accountant and project manager for the county of Los Angeles for 25 years, including implementing IT solutions for payroll with the new computer systems he often marveled were the size of a room. After a distinguished career with the county, he retired from his position as assistant controller and relocated to Placerville with his wife and younger children. During his retirement, he enjoyed tending his five acres and keeping up with his growing children, as well as offering his time and talents to the community at St. Patrick Catholic Church as volunteer accountant for the next 30 years. He was a fervent member of the Legion of Mary throughout his adult life and ministered to the local community in countless ways. Over the decades, he acted as a true servant of all, helping to found the Mother Teresa Maternity Home and washing dishes at The Upper Room dining hall. His unwavering faith was a beacon of hope to many, especially those he visited in prison and to the home-bound.

In addition to his faith in God, service to others and love for his family, Tom had a special knack for fishing. On a good day, he could reel in catches of up to 59 with relative ease. But he never told “fish tales” nor left anyone in need “dangling on a hook.” Devoted husband, loving father and proud grandfather of nine granddaughters and one grandson, his upright, modest and honest character continues to be an inspiration to his family. He lived a life of integrity, dedication and service to God and others, all while maintaining a self-effacing humility and true generosity toward everyone who was blessed to know him.

A memorial mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 20 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 3109 Sacramento St., Placerville, followed by a luncheon.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Mother Teresa Maternity Home motherteresamaternityhome.com/support-us/ or The Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart sacredheartsisters.com/donations/. Sisters of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart 9814 Sylvia Ave., Northridge, Calif.

Alphonse Verschuur

Alphonse Verschuur, of Placerville, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, Nov. 13, surrounded by family in Morgan Hill, Calif. He was preceded in death by his wife of 44 years, Frances. He is survived by his loving companion Lorraine, three children; Michael, Jeanne and Joanneke; their spouses, Cathy, Zoltan and Lori; grandchildren Jozsef, Elizabeth, Megan and Katie, grandson-in-law Thomas and great-grandchildren Jordyn and Bailey.

Alphonse is twice an immigrant, leaving Holland by cargo ship, following World War II, to join his brother in Canada. After marrying and starting a family, he began a new life in California. A student of math, history and language, he worked several jobs before a 20 year accounting career with Paul Masson Winery. He later worked at the Casinos in Tahoe as well as volunteering as a tax accountant.

His responsibility to family and education were always first.

Early family vacations were camping trips to Fallen Leaf Lake, Yosemite and many of the National Parks. After retirement, he discovered traveling by bus and later, by boat, be it by river, sea or ocean. Every trip brought a possibility of meeting up with relatives, meet new people and see new places. And each journey inspired a photo album to occupy him during the winter months.

Playing bridge with his local friends has filled many, many days with loyal friendship and community.

He loved nothing more than afternoons sitting in his recliner chair with Lorraine, sipping a glass of wine, discussing the day and enjoying the view of the garden.

Services will be held Dec. 17. Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick with internment into Niche Westwood Memorial at 11:30 a.m. followed by a reception at 12:30 p.m. at the Church Hall.

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Dorothy Elizabeth Carter Jones

July 30, 1921 – Nov. 9, 2021

Dorothy Elizabeth Carter Jones, 100 years of age, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Nov. 9, at Gold County Country Retirement Center in Placerville, Calif. Dorothy was born at home on her parent’s farm in northwest rural Missouri, near Skidmore, on July 30, 1921, to John Walkup Carter and Madge McMahon Carter. She was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband of 68 years, Robert Jones; her oldest daughter Elizabeth Ann Limoges, brother Fred Carter, her baby twin brothers, brother George Carter, sister Virginia Carter, brother Edward Carter and her sister Mary Carter.

Dorothy grew up on her parent’s farm with her brothers and sisters, milking cows, helping her mother in their garden and with cooking, assisting in the care of her younger brothers and sisters and helping her dad with their cows, horses, corn and hay when she could. Growing up there was no electricity or central heat in their home but they did have a pitcher pump at the kitchen sink and one in the basement. Dorothy told several stories of gathering cobs and wood for their stove and refilling their kerosene lamps and cleaning their chimneys for light.

Dorothy learned how to play the piano at age 8. She had the perfect teacher, as her mother was a piano teacher with a degree in classical piano.

Dorothy went on to play piano in her church at Walkup Grove and at community meetings held at Daleview High School. She rode a horse to school through high school, except when the weather was bad her Dad would take them to school in his buggy.

Dorothy was the valedictorian of her graduating class from Daleview High School in 1939, earning her a scholarship to attend Northwest Missouri State Teacher’s college in Maryville. Dorothy earned her room and board going to college by babysitting.

At the age of 20 Dorothy accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior during a church service at Walkup Grove while she was playing the piano.

Dorothy related that was the most important decision in her life and from that point forward she tried to dedicate everything she did to her walk with Jesus.

At the end of her sophomore year in college she received 60 credits, which at the time qualified her to teach at any elementary school in Missouri.

Shortly thereafter she was hired at York School near Tarkio to teach grades one through eight at a salary of $80 a month. After teaching two years at York School, she accepted an offer to teach 27 kids at Spring Valley School in the Daleview district near her home, at the same salary of $110 a month for the school year of 1943-44.

On Groundhogs Day in 1944, her dad’s horse shied at a pile of feed sacks near their granary and slipped and fell on the ice pinning Dorothy’s left leg and breaking it. Her teaching year was cut short so she took the opportunity to go back to college and continue to work toward her bachelor of science degree in elementary education.

Dorothy then accepted a position to teach elementary school in Fairfax, Mo., to 42 students.

Near the end of her final year of teaching Dorothy decided to join the Navy as part of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, known as the Navy WAVES, to become part of the 100,000 American women to serve in a variety of non-combatant roles during World War II and subsequently enlisted in April 1945.

In June 1945, she began her Navy career in bootcamp at Hunter College in New York City.

Following basic training her first set of orders was for Fleet Post Office Mailman School in San Francisco. Following school, she was assigned to the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco where she processed mail for Sailors and Marines deployed in the South Pacific. Dorothy was quickly promoted to Mailman Second Class (E-5).

During her career in the Navy she attended a Navy dance at Avalon Ballroom on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. While at the dance she met a Navy Chief by the name of Robert Jones who would later become her husband. Dorothy continued in her Navy career until she was honorably discharged in August 1946. Following her discharge, she returned home and completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education.

In June 1947, she married her husband Robert (Bob) Jones at the First Baptist Church in Maryville, Mo. Dorothy and her husband Bob raised three children Elizabeth Ann, Martha Jane and Robert John, living first in Oakland and then in Walnut Creek, Calif. from 1955-89, when they moved to Placerville.

Dorothy was very active in groups for her children, including the Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. Dorothy was also very active in

the Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church where she taught Sunday school for several years. Dorothy also served as a discussion leader for several years in Bible Study Fellowship and also volunteered for Billy Graham at several crusades held in the Bay Area.

In 1989, Dorothy and her husband moved to Placerville where they built their retirement home.

Dorothy loved living in the country in Placerville as many of her neighbors had horses which she adored. She also enjoyed the abundance of deer, rabbits, turkey, squirrels and coyotes.

In 2007, Dorothy and her husband Bob moved to Gold Country Retirement Center which offered independent living apartments.

Dorothy was a true fighter, having survived cancer three times in her life and in the end after 100 years of life on earth, before being called home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, cancer would not take her. Dorothy was also a patriot. She believed in America and our Republic. She would gladly stand up for her country and our law enforcement and defend them at any time. She was an avid supporter of her Christian faith, our military and law enforcement.

Dorothy was an evangelist for Jesus. If she could only tell you one thing, it would be John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Dorothy will be missed by all who knew her for her sense of humor, kindness and compassion.

She was a wonderful wife and partner to her husband for more than 68 years, a great mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her son-in-law Bob who was married to her oldest daughter Ann until her passing in April 2020, her middle daughter Martha (Don), son Bob (Suzanne); grandchildren Ed (Audrey), Dan (Elena), Julia, Brent (Erin), Eric (Amelia) and Katherine (Navin); and seven great grandchildren.

Services were held at Walkup Grove Cemetery, Fairfax, Mo., founded by Jim Walkup Dorothy’s great-grandfather, on Saturday, Dec. 4. In memory of Dorothy, donations may be made to the Walkup Grove Cemetery Association, C/O John Carter, 28542 Hawk Road, Maryville, MO.

Dorothy June Van Asten April 1, 1935 – Nov. 17, 2021

Dorothy June Van Asten, age 86, of Anthem, Ariz., passed away Nov. 17. She was born in Perry, Okla., to Herman Bode and Atha Jane Bode (Reid). She was the loving mother of four children, Lawrence Hooley and Andrea Lea Kaylor (Boyer), who pre-deceased her.

Dorothy is survived by her husband, Rene (Ray) Van Asten and two of her children, Michael Hooley of Fountain Hills, Ariz., and Kenneth Hooley of Placerville, Calif., as well as nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Dorothy was a resident of Arizona for the majority of her life where she enjoyed a successful career and many accomplishments.

In lieu of flowers and cards the family suggests donations to Alzheimer’s Association. After cremation her ashes will be scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

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Man hit on Highway 50 Mountain Democrat staff A pedestrian suffered major injuries Dec. 1 when he was struck by a car on Highway 50 east of Ponderosa Road, according to the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol.

The incident occurred at about 10:40 p.m. in the highway’s

westbound lanes where a man, who CHP officers did not identify, was reportedly walking. He was hit by a 2015 Mercedes driven by a 66-yearold Folsom man.

CHP officials said the injured pedestrian was taken to U.C. Davis Medical Center for treatment. The incident is under investigation.

DWR takes action to prepare for third dry year News release SACRAMENTO — The Department of Water Resources on Dec. 1 announced its initial State Water Project allocation for 2022, along with several steps to manage the state’s water supply in anticipation of a third dry year with reservoirs at or near historic lows. Given the unprecedented drought conditions, the SWP’s initial allocation for Dec. 1 will focus on the health and safety needs for 2022 of the 29 water agencies that contract to receive SWP supplies.

DWR has advised these water agencies to expect an initial allocation that prioritizes health and safety water needs and that the SWP will not be planning water deliveries through its typical allocation process until the state has a clearer picture of the hydrologic and reservoir conditions going into the spring.

DWR is focused on prioritizing water supply in four categories: water for health and safety needs and Delta salinity control, water for endangered species, water to reserve in storage and water for additional supply allocations if the hydrology allows.

“Despite a wet start to the water year, conditions have dried out since that first storm and we are still planning for a below-average water year,” said DWR Director Karla Nemeth. “That means we need to prepare now for a dry winter and severe drought conditions to continue through 2022. We will be working with our federal partners and SWP contractors to take a conservative planning approach to balance

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limited water supplies with the needs of residents, businesses and the environment.”

In addition to limiting the initial allocation to health and safety needs, DWR is making plans to adjust SWP operations this winter and spring. DWR is capturing and storing water when possible in Lake Oroville and south of the Delta in San Luis Reservoir to increase available supplies for 2022 and will continue to do so throughout the winter. Health and safety demands for the Bay Area and Central and Southern California will be met with water available from the Delta as well as water stored in San Luis Reservoir.

Water in Lake Oroville will be reserved to maintain Delta water quality, protect endangered species and meet senior water right needs.

Beyond minimal exports to meet South Bay health and safety needs, water stored in Lake Oroville will be used for south of Delta deliveries only if hydrology conditions improve.

DWR plans to conserve as much storage as possible in Oroville in anticipation of a third dry year and potentially a dry 2023.

DWR, along with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, submitted a new temporary urgency change petition to the state Water Resources Control Board. If approved, the petition would allow for the State Water Project and the Central Valley Project to operate under modifications to the water quality and water right permit requirements in the Delta from February through April 2022, should n

FINANCIAL FOCUS What Are Your Financial Resolutions For 2022?

for tomorrow. So, this year, resolve to cut down on your existing debts and avoid taking on new ones whenever possible.

You can motivate yourself by measuring your progress – at the beginning of 2022, record your total debts and then compare this figure to your debt load at the start of 2023. If the numbers have dropped, you’ll know you were making the right

As you know, 2021 was full of challenges.

We were still feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic when supply Stacey chains shut down and Caso-Turk inflation heated up. So, if AAMS®, CRPS® you’re like many people, you might not be sorry Financial Advisor to see the year come to a close. But now it’s time to look moves. ahead to a brighter 2022. And on a • Don’t overreact to the personal level, you may want to set headlines. A lot can happen during some New Year’s resolutions. You a year. Consider inflation – it might resolve to improve your health shot up in 2021, but it may well and diet, and possibly learn some subside in 2022. If you changed new skills, but why not make some your investment strategy last year to financial resolutions, too? accommodate the rise in inflation, Here are a few ideas to consider: would you then have to modify • Prepare for the unexpected. it again when prices fall? And If you haven’t already created an inflation is just one event. What emergency fund, now may be a good about changes in interest rates? How time to start. Ideally, you’d like to about new legislation coming out have three to six months’ worth of of Washington? And don’t forget living expenses in this fund, with extreme weather events, such as the money kept in a low-risk, liquid wildfires and floods. Any or all of account. (If you’re retired, you these occurrences can affect the may want your emergency fund to contain up to a year’s worth of living financial markets in the short term, expenses.) Once you’ve got this fund but it just doesn’t make sense for established, you may be able to avoid you to keep changing the way you invest in response to the news of the dipping into long-term investments day. Instead, stick with a strategy to pay for short-term needs, such as that’s appropriate for your goals, risk costly home or auto repairs or large tolerance and time horizon. You medical bills. may need to adjust this strategy over • Boost your retirement time, in response to changes in your savings. The pandemic caused own life, but don’t let your decisions many of us to reevaluate our ability be dictated by external events. to eventually enjoy the retirement These aren’t the only financial lifestyles we’ve envisioned. In fact, resolutions you can make – but 33% of those planning to retire soon following them may help you said they started to contribute even develop positive habits that can help more to their retirement savings you face the future with confidence. during the pandemic, according to This article was written

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and preparedness plans.

• Structure new models for forest management and wildfire recovery by exploring the feasibility of creating a sustainable wood products market in California.

These strategies for wildfire intervention and resilience align with recommendations made by the Little Hoover Commission in “Fire on the Mountain: Rethinking Forest Management in the Sierra Nevada.”

In that report the commission urged California to take a range of actions aimed at improving long-term forest restoration and management: • Engage in greater collaboration with stakeholders at all levels of government, Native American tribes, scientists and local residents to increase the pace and scale of forest management projects.

• Provide incentives and remove hurdles for private landowners to invest in good forest stewardship and invest in a long-term forest health campaign to raise public awareness of forest health issues.

• Continue issuing grants to rural communities so they can develop infrastructure to utilize material removed from forests, building environmentally sustainable economies in the process.

As the state aims to create demand for California wood products, the goal of legislation signed in 2016, it should seek to include the voices of local residents and ensure its approach is aligned with long-term forest

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resiliency plans.

State leaders have recently taken vital steps to address the need for improved forest management in California. In the 2021-22 budget, the state invested $1.5 billion in wildfire and forest resilience funding to “improve public safety across California’s most wildfire-vulnerable communities and significantly increase the pace and scale of forest management projects.” Additionally, in 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and the U.S. Forest Service established a joint forest resilience initiative that aims to reduce potential fuels for wildfires on one million acres of forests and wildlands annually by 2025 as well as expand and accelerate the use of prescribed fires to reduce the risk of wildfires, which the Little Hoover Commission also recommended in its report.

As one forest supervisor told the commission at the time of its review, it is the management decisions made during the next few years that will determine the condition of the Sierra Nevada 100 years from now. Ongoing oversight of California’s long-term forest management plans is needed to ensure the state stays on track in meeting its goals. The commission applauds recent steps taken to address devastating wildfires and encourages policymakers to continue prioritizing long-term management of California’s forests for decades to come.

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n April this column reported on the great SALT controversy and how it impacts California taxpayers.

SALT stands for “state and local taxes” and for many years prior to President Trump’s term in office taxpayers could deduct those taxes from Jon Coupal their federal tax returns without limitation.

But in 2017, Congress enacted Trump’s tax reform, which limited the amount of state and local taxes that taxpayers could deduct up to $10,000.

Whether limiting the SALT deduction is good or bad tax policy is not nearly as interesting as the politics behind it.

The adoption of the limitation by the Republicanled Congress was broadly perceived as a big middle finger to high-tax states such as California. Whether a pretext or not, states with modest income tax rates, or no income tax at all, complained that their residents were essentially subsidizing residents of profligate, bigspending states. … immediately after But moderateto high-income passage of the tax taxpayers in reform law, California California and other high tax floated the idea of states lost a a semi-voluntary valuable deduction “charitable deduction” on their federal returns. Suddenly scheme to give highthey felt the full wealth Californians pain of high state income tax rates some relief …. But and property the IRS, in an opinion taxes. Frantic state politicians began letter, quickly shot plans to lessen that down that idea. pain. For example, immediately after passage of the tax reform law, California floated the idea of a semi-voluntary “charitable deduction” scheme to give high-wealth Californians some relief. It would have created a “charitable” fund within the general fund so high-earning taxpayers could claim a deduction for “donating” the equivalent of what they owed in state taxes. But the IRS, in an opinion letter, quickly shot down that idea.

More successful was a method adopted by many states to provide relief for certain “qualified entities,” consisting mostly of small businesses organized as partnerships, LLCs or S corporations.

While Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s workaround embodied in Assembly Bill 150, it provided little relief for citizen taxpayers.

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Letters to the Editor Saving California EDITOR: s your dream to retire in Baltimore? How about Detroit, Chicago or maybe Minneapolis?

These cities are not usually found on anyone’s dream destinations or best places to live lists. I wonder why? Is it perhaps the complete collapse of economic opportunities these once thriving cities had? Is it the high crime, poverty and other devastation that have been left behind? How did all this happen?

My father has been a staunch Democrat his entire life. He left California in 2018 to live in Las Vegas and then moved to Tucson, Ariz., a year and a half later. Back then, he complained about California’s rising cost of gasoline and housing as he had wanted to relocate to Northern California to be near me and my family but couldn’t find anything affordable. Although he hated leaving the state he grew up in, he was excited to tell me how much cheaper his utilities and property taxes were in Tucson after finding a new, three-bedroom home for just under $200k.

Cities like Baltimore and Detroit have had total Democrat control for the last 50-plus years. There has been little to no opposing voices in the running of these cities. California has had a Democrat super majority since 2019 and since then our state has seen record homelessness and crime plus skyrocketing housing and utilities prices . Costs for basic necessities rose at enormous rates prior to the pandemic and even worse now.

Somehow politics has become an identity, a popularity contest made up of who has the coolest members. We’ve been hoodwinked into missing the correlation between the party and the policies.

My dad, although sad at first, was excited to live in a more affordable area (especially on his fixed income) yet seemed to miss entirely the cause and effect surrounding why Tucson offered this while California didn’t. In 2020 he voted the same way he always had, risking his new city to one day offer the same devastation he thought he had escaped.

Hopefully, people are waking up. Last week, my Dad cc’d me on a letter he wrote to the president, upset by one of the viewpoints and policies he didn’t agree with. I’d not known him to feel that strongly before, so much so to write to an elected official, let alone the president. Across the country

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people are standing up against the many policies they don’t agree with — vaccine mandates, critical race theory, the border crisis, skyrocketing gasoline and heating costs, defunding police, mass inflation and now supply chain disruptions. Maybe people are finally seeing there is a direct result between the party and the policy and what it means to fundamentally change America vs. make America great, again.

ANDREA BANDLE El Dorado Hills

Harris Center programs EDITOR: ack when the Mondavi Center at UC Davis was just a hole in the ground, the gentleman who would eventually be hired as MC’s first executive director made an instructive comment.

“Five years after the Mondavi Center is built, the community won’t know how it lived without it.”

That observation seems correct to me and it begs a question.

Over the last 10 years, the El Dorado County and Folsom communities have spent millions of dollars on tickets and donations at the Harris Center, the performing arts venue on the Folsom Lake College campus. In turn, the Harris Center has helped establish the broader community’s expectations as to what cultural life could be.

Now that the Harris Center is reopening under new management, what is the Los Rios Community College District doing to meet the community’s expectations? Is anybody asking the community what it wants?

Ask yourself, do you prefer more regional artistry or more touring presentations? More dance, more jazz, more classical music, more theater, more lectures, more family shows? More Broadway? Less Broadway? Lower ticket prices for lesser-known artists? Higher ticket prices for big name stars?

I was the sole staffer from the presenting program during the hiring of the Mondavi Center’s executive director and, as a consultant, I was the second person hired after Executive Director Dave Pier at the Harris Center. The center has tens of thousands of patrons’ e-mail addresses, with even more snailmail addresses. A survey of the community — from

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November daytime temperatures averaged 65.9 degrees and overnight temperatures averaged 47 degrees, both of which are within the band of normal but a tad over the new Michael average for 20 years of temperature readings.

November saw 1.5 inches of rainfall, bringing the seasonal total to 12.2.

The 147-year rainfall average for December is 6.6 inches and by the end of the month the cumulative total should be 13.75. The record for rainfall in December was recorded in 1955 when 23.29 inches fell. You can pretty well guess there were floods in Yuba City and other points in the Sacramento valley that year. Only twice has December recorded no rainfall — in 1876 and 1989.

The average daytime temperature for December is 56.8 degrees and 37.9 degrees overnight. Dec. 1 began with a low of 48 but the daytime will probably end somewhere near 70

degrees.

••• The day after this column comes out will be the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. My late Uncle Tom was stationed at Scofield Barracks and dove into some rose bushes to avoid being strafed by a Japanese Raffety plane. In civilian life he had played the drums, so the Army made him a bugler.

Later he was sent to officer candidate school and trained as an engineer. He participated in a number of battles in Europe, building and evaluating and reinforcing bridges, among other things. Then he was sent back to the Pacific to get the Japanese to surrender in the Philippines and convince them the war was over.

Also in December, Germany and its Axis powers declared war on the United States, Dec. 11-12, 1941. Dec. 16, 1944, the Germans launched the final offensive in the West, known as the Battle of the Bulge.

Both my dad and Uncle Tom learned skills in the military that

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Last year’s “huge” stimulus bills will push the federal debt to 108% of GDP. The previous record was 106% .... carried them over in civilian life. Tom Raffety began with the Port of Long Beach, managing that and dredging it out. Then he became an airport director in Texas, living in Austin. My dad learned contract administration in the Army, later administering contracts for the Minuteman missile program in Montana. We moved to the Sacramento area where he administered contracts for the Polaris program.

••• From the July 30 Kiplinger Letter comes the following information. The federal debt is 100% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product. Last year’s “huge” stimulus bills will push the federal debt to 108% of GDP. The previous record was 106% after World War II. If President Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s multi-trillion-dollar bill passes it would send federal debt into the stratosphere of 114%. If Congress keeps child tax credit and extends the tax cuts due to expire in 2025 as more people retire federal debt could equal 130% of GDP in 2026.

Japan is the top buyer of U.S. Treasury bonds, owning 6% of U.S. debt. So far the other big buyer has been the Federal Reserve.

••• If anyone plans to go abroad check your passport expiration. Because so many federal employees are working from home it takes 18 weeks to get a passport renewal. President Biden just signed some executive order encouraging federal agencies to allow employees to work from home. For an extra $60 you can get your new passport in 12 weeks. But with so much of Europe heading for lockdowns and mask mandates, except for England, it might be best to wait for summer to travel overseas.

••• Look for my art show and sale with fellow artist Kathy Fritschi, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 11-12 and Dec. 18-19 in the parish hall of the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, 2979 Coloma St. Michael Raffety is a retired editor of the Mountain Democrat and a resident of the Placerville area.

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constitutional grounds. Last month, this challenge was unanimously rejected by the Second Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York v. Yellin.

The Republican-majority Congress may have been pleased with the pain inflicted on high tax states, but in a clear case of schadenfreude the loss of the SALT deduction may have cost Republicans their control of Congress. Several members from California who voted for the 2017 tax reform measure were blamed for raising taxes on their over-taxed constituents and that cost them their reelection bids. But now, Republicans watch Democrats fight among themselves over SALT. There are many progressive Democrats in Congress who don’t want to bring back the unlimited SALT deduction even if they’re from high-tax states that would benefit, because the SALT deduction favors the rich far more than the

middle class and working poor. The progressive wing of the Democratic Party has made no secret of their dislike of the policy. In short, don’t expect AOC, other members of “The Squad,” or Bernie Sanders to support increasing the cap.

As we’ve noted before, the split within the Democratic Party over the SALT deduction reveals no small degree of hypocrisy. For all their complaining about “income inequality,” Democrats from high tax states who want to help their rich constituents are on the verge of expanding SALT deductibility as part of the Build Back Better package. The SALT fight may be just one of the many roadblocks to the Democrats’ bill but it is certainly the most entertaining and one with ramifications for high-tax California.

Jon Coupal is president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.

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West Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe — would be simple enough. Ask folks what they want, tally the responses and share those results.

This can be an exercise in both arts education and in the management of expectations — a decent presenting program shouldn’t exactly reflect popular opinion, but nor can it ignore it. Given the strong support the community has demonstrated to

the Harris Center over the past decade, it’s the least the LRCCD can do. (And, leaving out retirees like me, I can think of a few HC staffers who would like — and, frankly, deserve — their jobs back.)

A version of this letter was sent to a LRCCD board member, twice. I received no response.

DAVE WEBB Davis

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Agencies to team up in wildfire recovery webinar

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News release Wildfires in 2021 have caused great economic, infrastructure and personal devastation to multiple regions in Northern California. On a combined basis, the Dixie and Caldor fires have burnt approximately 1.2 million acres, destroyed more than 2,300 structure and caused casualties and dozens of injuries.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco are hosting a webinar forum for federal, state and local agencies to share financial assistance and resources with potential community partners capable of helping distribute the aid to small businesses and households affected by the Northern California wildfires.

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Presenters will provide specific opportunities to collaborate on wildfire recovery efforts and related community development initiatives.

The audience will include financial institutions, Community Development Financial Institutions, foundations and other community stakeholders active or interested in supporting wildfire recovery and resiliency building efforts. The event will focus on fostering sustainable partnerships among members of local financial eco-systems that result in an expedited and fair distribution of aid for affected low and moderate-income communities.

The 2021 Northern California Wildfire Recovery Webinar will be held 10-11:30 a.m. Dec. 9. To register go to tinyurl.com/44namej6.

Attendees must register by 5 p.m.

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Input sought on Mental Health Services Act update News release El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Behavioral Health Division invites the public to provide input on the 2022-23 Mental Health Services Act annual update.

Community members can provide input by attending an upcoming community meeting or by submitting an online survey or an email.

Currently scheduled meetings will be held virtually via zoom and can be accessed online through the links below or by calling (669) 900-6833 and entering the Webinar ID and passcode.

Community meetings to receive input for the MHSA annual update are scheduled as follows: • Thursday, Dec. 9, at 4:30 p.m.

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Tinyurl.com/MHSA-CPPP122021 Webinar ID: 886 4449 7904 Passcode: 842870 California voters passed MHSA (Proposition 63) in November 2004; the law was enacted Jan. 1, 2005.

MHSA places a 1% tax on personal incomes greater than $1,000,000.

Counties receive funds through the state with the goal of transforming the public mental health system into one that is consumer friendly, recovery oriented, accessible and culturally competent.

For copies of the MHSA plans visit tinyurl.com/yckcxmf7.

To provide input on the plan via online survey go to surveymonkey. com/r/MHSA22. Additional input can also be submitted via email to MHSA@edcgov.us or by mail to 768 Pleasant Valley Road, Suite 201, Diamond Springs, CA 95619.

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conditions warrant.

These modifications may be needed to conserve water in Lake Oroville to ensure minimum health and safety water supplies are available later in the year if dry conditions persist. If significant precipitation materializes in the next few months, standards may be met through natural means and modifications to SWP and CVP operations may not be necessary.

DWR is also delaying the removal of the emergency drought salinity barrier in the Delta. The rock barrier across West False River was scheduled to be removed by Nov. 30; however, drought conditions have persisted and leaving the barrier in place will enable a more efficient drought response in spring 2022 if needed. DWR plans

to create a notch in the barrier in January 2022 to allow for fish passage and boat traffic until April 2022.

“It is going to take a multi-pronged approach to successfully respond to these unprecedented drought conditions,” said Nemeth.

Each year DWR provides the initial State Water Project allocation by Dec. 1 based on available water storage and projected water supply demands.

Allocations are updated monthly as snowpack and runoff information is assessed, with a final allocation typically determined in May or June.

The lowest initial allocations were 5% in 2010 and 2014. Last year the initial SWP allocation was 10%; however, due to increasing dry conditions, the final allocation was lowered to 5%.

GOT LIGHTS? Mountain Democrat readers are invited to call Noel Stack at (530) 344-5073 or e-mail nstack@mtdemocrat.net with tips about Christmas light displays to be included in a holiday photo feature story.

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n today ARIES (March 21-April 19). Plans are vulnerable to getting foiled by the smallest mistakes, such as a typo or misheard instruction. Double-check times, dates and addresses. Make sure everyone is on the same page.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Emotional highs can verge on unbearable. Of course, no one likes to feel terribly low. But to have access to an emotional range is a gift. It opens possibilities that are not an option for those who feel nothing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The obstacles of the day are not big, dull boulders. They are living decisionmakers, susceptible to influence, responsive to persuasion, yielding to stern resolve.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re growing wise.

Wisdom is different from knowledge in that it doesn’t come from knowing more but from learning more, especially from everyday people and environments.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This is not a melodrama with a villain, a hero and someone who needs saving. This is a comedy. Everyone has those three archetypes inside them as they play nuanced and complex roles. The plot is still anyone’s guess.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The situation will pique your curiosity and challenge your beliefs. That’s just the beginning. You’ll gladly go through the trouble of taking this on, though, because there’s something

bigger at stake — something worth the risk.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). No external measure of success is worthy of your pursuit because true success isn’t external. However, the goals you set will give you a focus that will help you grow internal resources and forge stronger character.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You don’t have to learn to be more satisfied with what you have. It comes naturally as you seek what you’re attracted to and then revel in the experience of understanding it better.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ve been trying to make something happen for a while and your attempts have gotten you nowhere. Paradoxically, once you stop trying to change, a change will occur.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your wide emotional range corresponds to the wide range of actions you are capable of. You wouldn’t want to ignore a feeling because that would mean ignoring the action it might inspire.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Talk about a situation and it suddenly feels manageable. If you can put words to it, you’ll find that you can also put into motion a number of possible solutions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your social life is becoming more excellent as you honor others and are honored by them. The measure of relationships is not in the number of them but in the richness of their quality.

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crime log The following was taken from El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office crime logs:

12:23 p.m. Battery was reported on Hawks Flight Court in El Dorado Hills.

Nov. 20

1:12 p.m. A suspicious subject was reported at Gateway Park on Cambridge Road in Cameron Park.

Person left the area prior to deputies’ arrival.

7:55 p.m. Battery was reported on Fairway Drive in Cameron Park.

11:16 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Forni Road in Diamond Springs.

Nov. 21 7:22 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Deer Canyon Court in Placerville.

8:48 a.m. Burglary was reported at a Merrychase Drive school in Cameron Park.

3:55 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Montgomery Place in El Dorado Hills.

Nov. 24 2:06 a.m. Deputies arrested a suspect after an alleged assault with a deadly weapon occurred at a La Crescenta Drive apartment complex in Cameron Park.

12:31 p.m. Grand theft was reported at White Rock Village on Valley View Parkway in El Dorado Hills.

9:50 a.m. Burglary to a vehicle was reported at Vineyards At Valley View on Valley View Parkway in El Dorado Hills.

1:11 p.m. Battery was reported on Gold Ridge Trail in Pollock Pines.

10:47 a.m. Trespassing was reported at a Cameron Park Drive restaurant in Cameron Park.

2:33 p.m. Burglary was reported on Knollwood Drive in Cameron Park.

1:02 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Sun Poppy Way in El Dorado Hills.

Nov. 22

3:16 p.m. Burglary to a vehicle was reported at Vineyards At Valley View on Valley View Parkway in El Dorado Hills.

7:02 a.m. Burglary was reported on Senegal Way in El Dorado Hills.

8:41 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Garden Valley Road in Garden Valley.

8:49 a.m. Burglary was reported at an apartment complex on Cimmarron Road in Cameron Park.

10:32 a.m. Vandalism was reported at a Palmer Drive restaurant in Cameron Park.

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Nov. 25 11:28 a.m. Burglary was reported at Oakmont of El Dorado Hills on Town Center West Way in El Dorado Hills.

3:15 p.m. Residential burglary was reported at a La Crescenta Drive apartment complex in Cameron Park.

12:32 p.m. Battery was reported on Argonaut Drive in Diamond Springs.

3:36 p.m. Deputies arrested a suspect after responding to a loitering report at a Coach Lane gas station in Cameron Park.

6:08 p.m. Battery was reported on Canterbury Circle in El Dorado Hills.

6:23 p.m. A suspicious subject was reported at a Forni Road restaurant in Placerville.

Nov. 23

11:32 p.m. A suspicious person was reported on Cameron Park Drive in Cameron Park. Person left prior to deputies’ arrival.

8:34 a.m. An illegal entry was reported at Holiday Inn on Town Center Boulevard in El Dorado Hills.

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lake levels Stumpy Meadows Reservoir as of Dec. 1 Water storage 13,037 acre-feet Percent full 65% Inflow 5.91 cfs Outflow 2.50 cfs Folsom Reservoir as of Dec. 2 Water storage 357,771 acre-feet Percent full 37% Inflow 982 cfs Outflow 751 cfs Union Valley Reservoir as of Dec. 2 Water storage 141,402 acre-feet Percent full 53% Inflow — Outflow — Loon Lake as of Dec. 2

Water storage 40,902 acre-feet Percent full 59% Inflow — Outflow — Ice House as of Dec. 2 Water storage 32,047 acre-feet Percent full 74% Inflow 12 cfs Outflow — Lake Aloha as of Dec. 2 Water storage 2,444 acre-feet Percent full 49% Inflow 4.48 cfs Outflow 7 cfs Caples Lake as of Dec. 2 Water storage 17,237 acre-feet Percent full 77% Inflow 2.91 cfs

Outflow 5.37 cfs Echo Lake as of Dec. 2 Water storage 1,036 acre-feet Percent full 53% Inflow 4.28 cfs Outflow 23.40 cfs Silver Lake as of Dec. 2 Water storage 6,229 acre-feet Percent full 72% Inflow 4.03 cfs Outflow 4.97 cfs Sly Park as of Dec. 2 Water storage 22,371 acre-feet Percent Full 54.5% Inflow 7.08 cfs Outflow 22.00 cfs American River as of Dec. 2 Flow 97.84 cfs

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USS Lexington leaving San Diego, California, Oct. 14, 1941. Planes parked on the flight deck include F2A-1 fighters (parked forward), SBD scout-bombers (amidships) and TBD-1 torpedo planes (aft).

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help extricate and deal with the aftermath,” Browne said.

Browne said he imagines Ware’s experience to be somewhat similar to his.

“It’s a luxury to have time to dwell on what happened. You do what you have to do and you move on,” Browne said.

“I remember when the Japanese were in Pearl Harbor and did all this damage; it didn’t bother me a bit. I thought, ‘I’m here. I’ve got to do something,’” Ware said. “I did my duty.”

The site of the attack is now a national memorial, where visitors can see the USS Arizona and USS Utah shipwrecks and see the names of those who lost their lives.

About five months later, on May 4, 1942, the Lexington took part in the Battle of the Coral Sea, a fourday struggle between Japan and the United States and Australia. The battle was the first modern naval engagement in history, according to History.com.

Lady Lex suffered severe damage and had to be sunk by its crew.

About 2,200 crew members were stranded in the water.

“He was bobbing around in the

water, shark-infested waters, for a long time,” Browne said. Ware added that even though there were thousands of people in the water, he felt alone, like there weren’t that many. History.com states that 216 Lexington crewmen died.

Despite being involved in such tragic and infamous days, Ware said he didn’t think much about those experiences after the fact. He said he has lived a long, fulfilling life.

He spent 20 years working as a custodian at the California governor’s office, where he served under four governors. “He has a long history of service to this country and to this state,” Browne said.

He has one daughter, two grandchildren and one greatgranddaughter.

In 2018 he visited Pearl Harbor with his family. The day he arrived, his former ship, The Lady Lex, was discovered fully preserved in the Coral Sea. It still has several aircraft on it that can be seen through the water.

When looking back on that day in history, Ware has one thing to say: “Well, I made it through and I’m happy I was able to come out of it and enjoy life again.”

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Fall finale Leaves of a Chinese pistache, above, flash red hues along the Highway 50 corridor through Placerville. A persimmon tree in Coloma, below, clings to its fruit as its leaves fall to the ground.

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Fall color is fading in El Dorado County as the winter solstice, Dec. 21, approaches. This Bekeart Lane grapevine in Coloma, left photo, has leaves bright as the flecks of gold spotted nearby in the American River almost 174 years ago.

Help support rebuild of Tahoe trails damaged by Caldor Fire News release SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association has announced a month-long fundraiser called the [Re] Build the Future: December Donor Drive to motivate support of efforts to rebuild and restore trails impacted by the Caldor Fire.

Funds raised before the end of the year will allow the nonprofit organization to address these challenges so it may continue developing 50 miles of multi-use trail in the Tahoe Basin.

“Anybody who enjoys Tahoe trails will benefit from the money raised this month.

Our crews and volunteers work hard to build and maintain recreation opportunities for all trail users who live in and visit the Tahoe Basin,” said Drew Bray, TAMBA executive director.

“We’ve seen an outpouring of people eager Photo courtesy of Anthony Cupaiuolo TAMBA is on a mission to get trails damaged by the Caldor Fire repaired for to support the crucial restoration of popular trails damaged by the Caldor Fire and to public use and the organization is asking for the community’s help.

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By contributing to the TAMBA [Re] Build the Future: December Donor Drive, mountain bikers and trail users of all types take an active role in trail rehabilitation, protect watersheds and create an increased capacity for trail maintenance. Funds raised during the drive will be unrestricted, allowing TAMBA to carefully direct resources for maximum community and environmental benefit.

The Caldor Fire burned roughly 20 miles of multi-use trail in the Tahoe Basin that TAMBA maintains and helped build. Tahoe is a world-class biking destination, so it is the priority of TAMBA and partner organizations to return trails to a sustainable and safe condition for users to enjoy.

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“It seems as if it’s all coming to a head because I think the county has put the cart before the horse,” D’Agostini said. “We shouldn’t be having this conversation if our leadership in our county understood that a vast majority of people here don’t want a homeless hotel in their backyard.”

D’Agostini told the story of how the seeds of the idea to implement a managed campground next to the El Dorado County Jail in Placerville, dubbed the HOSTESS program, came from Shingle Springs resident Liz Drummond. He said the idea had merit and could work with changes but was shot down in favor of other projects.

“We have a program that I believe will work,” D’Agostini said. “Will we have hiccups going through it?

Absolutely, I’m sure we will, but I’m really concerned (that we are) buying a facility using taxpayer dollars to put homeless in that we are going to be owning forever.”

According to D’Agostini, he initially questioned Health and Human Services Director Don Semon as to why he would appraise the hotel for a project that the community strongly opposes.

Ashton reiterated the point later on that the county was waiting to see if the Pollock Pines hotel would be a viable option to use for Project Homekey before seeking community feedback.

Auditor-Controller Joe Harn also spoke, saying on Nov. 16 he sent an email to the Board of Supervisors suggesting the county host a public hearing with the community in Pollock Pines on its plans for the Best Western.

The possible purchase was a closed session agenda item for the board meeting at the time.

Also relating to transparency issues, Harn stated the Probation and Health and Human Services departments inadequately responded to a public acts record request from the Concerned Citizens of Cameron Park group regarding the county’s spending to house probationers and mentally ill people at the Quality Inn in Cameron Park.

Harn said he did all he could to respond to those requests but the records that need to come from Probation and Health and Human Services have not been received yet.

County Supervisors George Turnboo and Chair John Hidahl shared their perspective on how to address homelessness.

Turnboo brought back the idea of implementing pallet homes he proposed at a previous board meeting, stating that it would be a less expensive and practical solution.

Hidahl uplifted efforts of the El Dorado Opportunity Knocks Continuum of Care program, stating that between the years 2018-20, 80% of 917 homeless people were housed.

Hidahl continued to cite statistics, mentioning that of the more than 600 homeless currently in the county, 47% were longtime residents.

“I think there is a lot of misunderstanding that they are coming from outside the county because they want to be in El Dorado County,” Hidahl said.

Hidahl added that two-thirds of the homeless have lived in El Dorado County for at least five years and that mental health is a major driver for homeless issues, causing drug and alcohol addictions, and that the county can address those issues through El Dorado Opportunity Knocks.

Kiley gave his perspective on homelessness at the state level, which he called an “absolute disgrace,” noting that some polls of California residents found homelessness was the top issue in the state and that California has nine times the homeless population compared to “the next state over.”

“In the rest of the country it’s not the same situation,” Kiley said.

“We’ve actually seen declining rates of homelessness, whereas in California it has only continued to grow. We have homeless here, obviously, but you look in L.A. and they have over 1,000 people dying on the streets every year.”

Kiley said even though the state is pouring more money into homelessness solutions, the problem keeps growing. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s top advisor on homelessness and housing stated that homelessness is a leadership problem at the state level, de added.

“We should focus the blame on where it ultimately belongs, which is we have a state government that is absolutely messed up in its approach to homelessness here,” Kiley said. “In a lot of ways our leaders at the local level are grappling on how to manage a bad situation that’s been created by others.”

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KNOW Dec. 7 Hangtown Branch 275 of the Fleet Reserve Association hosts a Pearl Harbor Day program at the Veterans Memorial Building, 130 Placerville Drive (upper level), 10:30-11:45 a.m. Also participating are Marine Corps League Detachment 697, DAV Chapter 63 and VFW Posts 10165 and 2680. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

The El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s annual Santa Run run brings the jolly fellow in red to neighborhoods throughout the community, Dec. 7-11. Visit edhfire.com/ santa-run/santa-stops to see the schedule. The fire department has also begun its Holiday Heroes Toy Drive, collecting and distributing toys to families in need. Each of the five EDH fire stations as well as Rescue Fire Station 83 have collection boxes in front. Elves will also collect food and toy donations at all the Santa Run stops.

Powell’s Steamer Company and Pub, 425 Main St. in Placerville, presents Eric Hill and Jonny Mojo for Taco Tuesday on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 4-7 p.m. Stop by for some good food and good tunes. For more information call (530) 6261091.

Dec. 9 Nello Olivo Winery presents Sequoia Home for the Holidays, a dinner party and dance, 5-9 p.m. at the Sequoia Mansion, 643 Bee St. in Placerville.

For more information call (530) 303-3617. To buy tickets visit cellarpass. com/events/sequoiahome-for-the-holidaysclub-member-dinnerparty-8233.

Dec. 10 The Cordova Community Council presents the Holiday Lights drivethru experience, Dec. 10-19. For tickets and more information visit cordovacouncil.ticketspice. com/rcholidaylights.

Dec. 11 Two members of Church of Our Saviour Episcopal Church, 2979 Coloma St. in Placerville, will sell their art in the parish hall. Kathy Fritschi and Michael Raffety will have art on display and for sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 11-12, and Dec. 18-19. A portion of the proceeds will go to the church.

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Hospice Ethiopia CEO Ephrem Abathun speaks with a patient. The hospice staff only does home visits at this time by Abathun and his staff hope to build a facility one day — and Snowline Hospice has stepped up to help.

Hospice helping hospice Snowline Hospice steps up to help Ethiopian program

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ospice Ethiopia CEO Ephrem Abathun is doing everything he can to build up hospice and palliative care in his nation with 115 million residents and looks at Snowline Hospice in Diamond Springs as an example.

It was nearly a decade ago that Snowline Hospice began learning about the lack of hospice and palliative care in Ethiopia.

That led to a formal partnership between Hospice Ethiopia and Snowline Hospice.

Palliative care is for people living with a life limiting illness that can’t be cured and will likely lead to death.

“We have a very fragile healthcare system, which means many patients have needs of palliative care,” Abathun said of Ethiopia.

“Otherwise they will die, in suffering, in pain and without dignity.”

Abathun said this type of care is a human right.

Harriet Andrews, the Irish Ambassador for Hospice Ethiopia who

made a recent trip to the United States with Abathun, agreed.

“If I could have one person not to die roaring in pain, I will do this all day long,” Andrews said. “Once you’ve seen anybody who is in agony, I think you can never look back.

You need palliative care.”

Abathun runs the only non-government operated hospice in Ethiopia and it has zero beds.

“We provide homebased care, outpatient care and palliative care,” Abathun said. “The concept is in the infant stage for the country.”

Hospice Ethiopia was founded in 2003 and has about 270 patients — each seen about once every two weeks.

When (now former) Snowline Hospice CEO Michael Schmidt and Medical Director Jeanine Ellinwood first heard about the dire situation in Ethiopia, they immediately wanted to help. They met with Abathun in Ethiopia and liked what he brought to the table.

“He is so passionate about helping the

“We have a very fragile healthcare system, which means many patients have needs of palliative care.

Otherwise they will die, in suffering, in pain and without dignity.”

— Ephrem Abathun, Hospice Ethiopia CEO

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people in his country to avoid suffering during serious illness or end of life care,” Ellinwood said. “I think our

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Abathun and Andrews recently met with the entire Snowline Hospice staff and board to learn about care in the United States.

“Our board has been very supportive of the global exchange as well as our staff,” Ellinwood said. “Our staff just embraced Ephrem when he was here and really was interested in learning more about it.”

The average salary in Ethiopia is much lower than the United States and Hospice Ethiopia stretches every dollar.

A month of outpatient care can be funded for $75 while $25 can supply a patient and their family with money needed to buy the basics

they need to live.

Abathun and Hospice Ethiopia are looking at the big picture too.

When Abathun was asked if $1 million would be enough to build a facility with 20 beds, he practically guaranteed it would.

That’s less than it cost to build a McDonald’s in the United States.

“That’s not going to be fundraised in Ethiopia,” Andrews said. “It’s not going to happen with Ethiopian government support, but it’s not an awful lot to ask in order to fundraise in the States where people have the heart.”

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prospecting El Dorado County Youth Commission teams up with supervisors for a day on the job Dina Gentry EDCOE

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n a continued effort to positively enhance our community and empower our future leaders, the county Board of Supervisors partners with the El Dorado County Office of Education to facilitate and support the El Dorado County Youth Commission.

Each school year students are appointed to the Youth Commission by the Board of Supervisors to help develop and express the opinions, ideas and vision of El Dorado County youth by working with local government and community decisionmakers. Through the program, students gain leadership skills and work toward common goals as they partner with other youth organizations, assist with local community service activities and discover ways to better communicate with youth about various opportunities available in El Dorado County.

“We are extremely proud of the Youth Commission and its

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County supervisors and youth commissioners take on matters of the day at a recent board meeting. dedication to serving community youth.” noted El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ed Manansala. “In working together with our county Board of Supervisors to develop youth leadership opportunities such as these. We

empower the next generation of El Dorado County residents to further cultivate a healthy and vibrant community.”

On Nov. 9 the Youth Commission members participated in their annual shadow day, where

the commissioners joined the board during one of its regularly scheduled meeting and provided input and comments on agenda items such as: public comments, county code enforcement specifications and a proposed homeless

services program.

“These future leaders are a talented, dedicated and passionate group of youth, and it is our honor to welcome them here and work alongside them,” stated Supervisor Wendy Thomas, who serves as the Board’s Liaison for the Youth

Commission. “Shadow Day provides an unforgettable learning experience for the commissioners. I am continually impressed by their insights on community issues. They are our future leaders and their innovative and insightful input now helps to shape the future of El Dorado County.”

“The Youth Commission was honored to attend the Board of Supervisors meeting,” noted Youth Commission Vice-Chair Lauryn Sumimoto. “This experience increased our awareness of issues in the county and provided the opportunity to experience local government in action.

Not only did we gain insight on local issues such as code enforcement and homelessness. We also received a new appreciation for our county representation.

The commission is grateful for the opportunities to join community discussions and work with county leadership.”

More information about the Youth Commission program can be found online at ychealth.org.

Rock climbing event inspires change for incarcerated youth Dina Gentry EDCOE

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he El Dorado County Office of Education, Lake Tahoe Community College and the El Dorado County Probation Department recently partnered to bring a unique experience to the youth housed at the Juvenile Treatment Center in South Lake Tahoe. The LTCC Wilderness Education and Outdoor Leadership program brought a 40-foot rock climbing wall into the JTC for youth to challenge their skills and comfort level.

Blue Ridge Court School is housed in JTC and serves El Dorado County. The student population consists of court-incarcerated youth that range between grades six and 12.

The Court School Program team members, in partnership with the probation team, are dedicated to creating safe and productive learning environments where positive experiences enrich student alternatives and choices. They also strive to create a positive and productive learning environment that promotes social and emotional skill development by engaging students in activities that improve self-esteem, help students learn to interact in a positive manner with others and utilize appropriate conflict resolution, anger management and decision-making strategies.

“This is fantastic for the youth. The more activities they have is definitely good for their mental health, as well as bonding between

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“This is very positive. They are learning some things about each other and it shows that they can listen to instructions from other people,” said Dustin Wekekind, an AOD counselor.

The youth had plenty of support from EDCOE and probation team members, community members and Encompass Youth volunteers. Lake Tahoe Community College’s President Jeff DeFranco also attended, saying, “I’m happy to see this event act as a big confidence builder for the youth. This event is good for their development, as well as helping the youth gain confidence and trust.”

The youth and staff had a playful competitive race to the top of the wall.

Immediately evident was the peer support the youth provided to each other by consistently cheering each other on, as well as helping give direction on the next best move.

“This event has been great for skill building, encouraging each other and confidence building,” said Probation Officer J. Schindler.

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Damian Gulbransen joins the Marshall Medical Center team as chief nursing officer.

Marshall Medical welcomes new leader Brittany Garcia Marshall Medical Center Damian Gulbransen, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, has joned the Marshall Medical Center family as the new chief nursing officer.

Gulbransen joins Marshall with a wealth of experience and education, holding masters’ degrees in nursing and business administration from Western Governors University. She is Nurse Executive Advanced Board Certified and is in the process of earning her doctorate in nursing practice from Aspen University.

Gulbransen has vast experience in all areas of nursing operations and strategy, with previous nurse leadership roles at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. She has led successful joint commission and accreditation surveys, as well as led process improvement efforts and engaged all levels of staff in quality care initiatives. Gulbransen also

shares Marshall’s vision for creating a collaborative team that supports patient care.

Gulbransen plans to focus on providing the caregivers who work at Marshall with the support, encouragement and resources they need in order to continue to provide the high-quality and compassionate care for which Marshall is known.

She also intends to improve and sustain Marshall’s award-winning patient and employee safety program.

The new CNO said she was drawn to Marshall Medical Center’s family and team work atmosphere, as well as how dedicated employees, providers and leaders are to giving back to the community they serve.

“I am looking forward to getting involved in Marshall’s outreach programs and in El Dorado County by serving on boards and giving back,” Gulbransen shared. “This is now my home and I feel it’s my n

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EDC Public Health receives a special accredidation Margaret Williams EDC Health & Human Services El Dorado County Public Health is pleased to announce that it has been awarded national accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board. The accreditation through PHAB demonstrates El Dorado County Public Health’s commitment to excellence in serving the community.

“Achieving national accreditation from PHAB is important because it confirms that we are meeting important organizational standards, operating effectively and promoting continuous quality improvement,” said Olivia Byron-Cooper, MPH, director of Public Health. “We hope this announcement, coming in the midst of our continuing public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, assures our community, partner organizations, funders and elected officials that our services are responsive to the needs of

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Tahoe Boys and Girls Club seeks public help Tahoe Daily Tribune SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe is making a final push to complete its new building and is seeking the public’s help in providing the finishing touches.

The club celebrated its 30th birthday this past summer but has never had a home of its own and has operated out of one wing of the Al Tahoe site since 2007.

In 2016 the need for a permanent home became more pressing and, thanks to Lisa Maloff, the “Angel of Tahoe,” the club was able to turn its dream into a reality due to a $3 million donation and a land use agreement with Lake Tahoe Unified School District.

The club’s board of directors pressed ahead and broke ground at the Al Tahoe site in June 2020 during the pandemic.

Now, despite the pandemic, wildfire and supply chain issues, the building is almost complete but the club is asking for help to open its doors in early 2022.

“So many incredible individuals, businesses and foundations have got us to this point,” said Jude Wood, the club’s executive director. “Now we need the help of the general public to get us to the finish line.”

The club has set a fundraising goal of $500,000 that will pay for the finishing touches to the building and all the furniture and equipment inside. The new building will have a dedicated art room, STEM room, collaborative spaces and activity rooms. There is a dedicated room for 4- to 7-year-olds and a teen center for middle and high school members.

“For so long the club has made do,” said Kathi Jensen, Vice President of the board. “But our kids deserve the best and we are excited for the programs and educational experiences that the new rooms will provide.”

Interested donors can read more about the building and donate at bgclt.org/ buildingbrightfutures.

“This has been a tough year for our community,” said Club President Terri Arnold. “But this building celebrates everything that is wonderful about Tahoe. We pushed ahead despite all the challenges and now our community can come together to ensure that our children finally have a building of their own. We can’t think of a better holiday gift.”

The CARES Act ensured that all donations, no matter how much, qualify for a tax rebate in 2021.

Room naming and donor wall places are still available.

Any business or individual interested in being a major donor to the building campaign should contact Wood at (530) 542-0838 or by email at jwood@bgclt.org.

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members were brimming with expansion ideas and figuring out ways to get involved.

“We need to thank Snowline Hospice and the leadership including former CEO Michael Schmidt and his wife Sue, current CEO Tim Meadows, Dr. Jeanine Ellinwood, the entire staff and board at Snowline and Stephanie Council, who is a part of the U.S. team for Hospice Ethiopia,” Abathun said.

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responsibility to give back in some way outside of the hospital walls.”

Gulbransen said she looks forward to finding places to trail run and explore the great outdoors in the surrounding areas. “I just love the open spaces, trees and mountains,” she said. “I feel much more at home up here than in the big city.”

Marshall Medical Center is an independent, nonprofit community healthcare organization.

Marshall Medical Center includes Marshall Hospital, a fully accredited acute care facility with 111 beds in Placerville; several outpatient facilities in Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills and Georgetown; and many community health and education programs. Marshall has more than 220 licensed practitioners and 1,400-plus employees providing quality healthcare services to the residents of El Dorado County.

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Often called the “backbone” of the public health system, public health departments are on the front lines of communities’ efforts to protect and promote health and prevent disease and injury.

Across the nation, health departments provide services aimed at promoting healthy behaviors; preventing diseases and injuries; ensuring access to safe food, water, clean air and life-saving immunizations; and preparing for and responding to public health emergencies.

“The value of becoming nationally accredited through PHAB extends far beyond the interior walls of the health department,” said PHAB President and CEO Paul Kuehnert, DNP, RN, FAAN. “People living and working in communities served by these health departments can be assured that their health department is strong and has the capacity to protect and promote their health.

Just going through the accreditation process itself helps health departments pinpoint the areas that are critical to improving the work they do for their communities.”

The El Dorado County Public Health Division works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in El Dorado County. El Dorado County Public Health is a division of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency. Learn more about at edcgov.us/PublicHealth.

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The Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe hopes to open its doors in early 2022 but needs a bit more help from the community to make that happen.

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Public Notices  FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1213

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ESSARANG ART, located at 4265 Nashone View Lane, Pilot Hill, CA 95664/Mailing Address: 3941 Park Dr Ste 20481, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Elisabeth Fitch, 4265 Nashone View Lane, Pilot Hill, CA 95664 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Elisabeth Fitch ELISABETH FITCH 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 11/09/2021.

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) 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 9692

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HIS & HER EVENTS, located at 5350 Marybelle Lane, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Connor F Ricketts, 5350 Marybelle Lane, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Connor Ricketts CONNOR RICKETTS 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 11/03/2021.

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• Child Advocates of El Dorado County (CASA) to help recruit and train advocates for at-risk youth.

• El Dorado County Office of Education for learning programs supporting children in need.

• Family Resource Center to address mental health issues for the Latino Community.

• HumanGood to increase access to health resources for low-income seniors.

• Live Violence Free to provide bilingual mental health services for victims of abuse.

• Middle School Club Live to educate students about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco.

• SOS Outreach to offer youth mentorship programs for emotional skill development.

• Suicide Prevention Network to support suicide awareness and prevention programs.

• Tahoe Alliance for Kids dedicated to the prevention and reduction of substance misuse among adolescents in our community.

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All grant applications are reviewed by the Barton Foundation’s selection committee, composed of community members, health leaders, physicians and nonprofit stakeholders.

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annual Crab & Chowder Gala. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with first course served at 6:30 p.m. Guests can also select a drive-thru option with pick-up 3:30-5:30 p.m. For tickets and more information call (530) 621-5860 or visit eldoradocountyfair.org.

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The Crocker Art Museum announces Stephen De Staebler: Masks and Monumental Figures, an exhibition of clay and bronze masks and sculptures on view through April 3, 2022.

Take a relaxing carriage ride through El Dorado Hills Town Center through Dec. 18.

Rides are available 6-9 p.m. Fridays and 5-9 p.m. Saturdays.

The River Fox Train’s Magical Christmas Train rides run through Dec. 22 at various days/times at 18095 County Road 117, West Sacramento.

Certain days will have multiple trains. Check the calendar at riverfoxtrain.com/calendar.

Share your list and snap a pic with Santa Claus at the California Welcome Center in El Dorado Hills Town Center, through Dec. 24. No appointment necessary.

Global Winter Wonderland presents Imaginarium360: Light Up the Night at Cal Expo in Sacramento, through Jan. 16.

Along with the stunning light displays, Imaginarium360 will have carnival rides, games and food to ensure fun for all ages. For tickets and more information visit imaginarium360.

Cordova Community Council presents The Fall Show, a juried art show, through Jan. 22, at Rancho Cordova City Hall, 2729 Prospect Park Drive. The reception and the show are free and open to the public.

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park invites everyone to tour many of its historical houses rarely open to the public during Christmas in Coloma, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 11 & 12. Hear the history told by costumed docents. Games and holiday crafts and a visit with Santa will keep young and old entertained. Fresh greens, ribbons and bows will be available for wreath-making activities.

Plus, 13 historical buildings in the park will be decorated and open for visitors. Costumed docents will be on hand to share the history of the structures and their former inhabitants. Hot food and drinks will be available for purchase through the Gold Discovery Park Association.

Visit with Santa, play in the snow, decorate a cookie and make a wreath for your door. Enjoy live music, wagon rides and refreshments. For more information call (530) 622-3470.

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Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Kramer Patterson, 3281 El Encanto Rd, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/08/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kramer Patterson KRAMER PATTERSON, 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 11/09/2021.

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) 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 9694 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1222 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AlPINE DESIGNS, located at 6192 Enterprise Dr, Ste K, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 Registered owner(s): Christopher Todd Coyle, 6192 Enterprise Dr, Diamond Springs, CA 95619 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2016 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Chris Coyle CHRIS COYLE, 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 11/10/2021.

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) 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 9697 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1220 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAXIMUM PROTECTION SECURITY SERVICES, located at 5170 Golden Foothill Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Naoshi Gonzales Miyashiro Jr, 8786 Bridalsmith Drive, Sacramento, CALI 95828 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/05/2021

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Naoshi Miyashiro Jr NAOSHI MIYASHIRO JR, 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 11/10/2021.

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) 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 9698 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2021-1217 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DYNAMIC MOBIlE TIRE, located at 4860 Jubilee Trail, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Jackson H Barker, 4860 Jubilee Trail, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/09/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jackson Barker JACKSON BARKER, 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 11/10/2021.

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) 9699 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 21CV0142 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Diana S Jordan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DIANA S JORDAN Proposed name: DIANA M JORDAN 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. legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  NOTICE OF HEARING: JANUARY 21, 2022, 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 NOVEMBER 10, 2021. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 9700 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CAROLE PRISCILLA DAYTON-AXLINE CASE NO. 21PR0017 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CAROLE PRISCILLA DAYTON-AXLINE A PETITION for Probate has been filed by CRAIG D. DAVISSON and KRISTIN A. AXLINE in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that CRAIG D. DAVISSON & KRISTIN A. AXLINE 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: January 12, 2022 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: KIMBERLY A. STRAND Guthrie & Ellerman 3108 Ponte Morino Drive, Suite 240 Cameron Park, CA 95682 (530) 677-1693 9720 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF THOMAS E. QUIJADA CASE NO. 21PR0015 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of THOMAS E. QUIJADA A PETITION for Probate has been filed by EDWARD T. QUIJADA in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that EDWARD T. QUIJADA 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: January 12, 2022 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: SHAUN D. CULBREATH Calone & Harrel Law Group, LLP 1810 Grand Canal Blvd., Ste 6 Stockton, CA 95207 (209) 952-4545 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 9725 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DAN’L G ROEDIGER AKA DANL GEORGE ROEDIGER CASE NO. 21PR0038 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DAN’L G ROEDIGER aka DANL GEORGE ROEDIGER A PETITION for Probate has been filed by TERI C PETERSEN in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that TERI C PETERSEN 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: January 26, 2022 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: ANTHONY L GRAUPENSPERGER 1300 Lincoln Way Ste. A Auburn, CA 95603-5051 (530) 888-0511 11/22, 11/29, 12/6 9729 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1185 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. KIME PERFORMANCE PT, 2. KIME HUMAN PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE, located at 4990 Hillsdale Cir, Ste 100, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Mikla Dunning Physical Therapy Systems, 4990 Hillsdale Cir, Ste 100, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 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: 8/1/2016 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Anthony Mikla ANTHONY MIKLA, CEO 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 11/03/2021.

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) 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 9730 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1250 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. UNITED COUNTRY REAL ESTATE-GREAT WEST, 2.

UNITED COUNTRY REAL ESTATEGREAT WEST LAND COMPANY, 3.

GREAT WEST LAND COMPANY, located at 4220 Prospect Dr, Carmichael, CA 95608/Mailing Address: PO Box 689, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Richard Johnson, 4220 Prospect Dr, Carmichael, CA 95608 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/12/2017 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Richard

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Johnson RICHARD JOHNSON 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 11/17/2021.

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) 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 9731 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1248 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: QUALITY MOBILE TIRE AND OIL SERVICE, located at 5320 Terra Bella Lane, El Dorado, CA 95623 Registered owner(s): David A Fredrick, 5320 Terra Bella Lane, El Dorado, CA 95623 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ David Fredrick DAVID FREDRICK, 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 11/17/2021.

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) 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 9732 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1207 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DR. DEB’S HERBALS, located at 484 Pleasant Valley Road #2, Diamond Springs, CA 95619/ Mailing Address: PO Box 505, Somerset, CA 95684 Registered owner(s): 1. Deborahe Prock, 3261 Gopher Hole Rd, Somerset, CA 95684, 2.

Rickey Prock, 3261 Gopher Hole Rd, Somerset, CA 95684 This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Deborahe Prock DEBORAHE PROCK 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 11/08/2021.

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) 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 9733 ANNOUNCEMENT – PUBLIC NOTICE Vacancy for the position of 2 Board Directors, Mosquito Fire Protection District December 2021 – December 2022 December 2021 – December 2024 This is a volunteer position that will require a commitment to attend monthly meetings. The Directors will be appointed to fill the unexpired terms noted above. All Directors, which compose a five-member

board, have a vested interest to operate the business of the District to the best of his or her, ability, and conscience.

If interested, please contact the District Board Clerk at 530-626-9017 or at MFPDCLERK@MFPD.US Letters of interest must be received on or Before December 9th, 2021 by 5 PM, in person, via Mail, or email to MFPDCLERK@ MFPD.US The Board of Directors will select and appoint the new director on December 23, 2021 during the monthly Board meeting.

More information is available on our website WWW.MFPD.US 11/24, 11/26, 11/29, 12/1 12/3, 12/6, 12/8 9744 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARK ANTHONY JINKERSON CASE NO. 21PR0042 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MARK ANTHONY JINKERSON A PETITION for Probate has been filed by DANIEL ANTHONY JINKERSON in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that DANIEL ANTHONY JINKERSON 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 2, 2022 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: CLARA YANG Law Office of Clara Yang 2810 Coloma St., Ste. A Placerville, CA 95667 (530) 621-3624 11/29, 12/6, 12/13 9750 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1233 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SACRAMENTO CANOPY, located at 2592 King Richard Dr, El Dorado Hills, CALI 95762 Registered owner(s): Skilz Handyman Services LLC, 2592 King Richard Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: ______ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Michael Jacobs MICHAEL JACOBS, 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 11/16/2021.

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) 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20 9754 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1269 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTAS FOREST, located at Bass Lake Rd & Hwy50, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762/Mailing Address: 4807 Woodland Dr, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Justin P Tuohy, 4807 Woodland Dr, 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: 11/22/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Justin Tuohy JUSTIN TUOHY, 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 11/23/2021.

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) 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20 9755 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1271 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLIGHTZ, located at 3907 Park Drive, Suite 110, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): JAMEO, INC, 3907 Park Dr., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 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: 05/05/2017 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Michael D Griffith MICHAEL D GRIFFITH, 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 11/23/2021.

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) 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20 9756 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1284 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLEAN LIVING, located at 2915 Jacquier Rd. Unit B, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Jessica L Johnston, 2915 Jacquier Rd. Unit B, 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: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jessica Johnston JESSICA JOHNSTON, 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 12/01/2021.

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) 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27 9775 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1259 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOLD COUNTRY HAULING, located at 8321 Mount Aukum Rd, River Pines, CA 95675/ Mailing Address: PO Box 232, River Pines, CA 95675 Registered owner(s): 1. Caitlin Harding, 8321 Mount Aukum Rd, River Pines, CA 95675, 2. Jeffrey Miley, 8321 Mount Aukum Rd, River Pines, CA 95675 This business is conducted by

Copartners.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/14/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Caitlin Harding CAITLIN HARDING /s/ Jeffrey Miley JEFFREY MILEY 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 11/19/2021.

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) 9776 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1283 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAMERON PARK APPLIANCE RESCUE, located at 2560 Sierra Vista Rd, Rescue, CA 95672 Registered owner(s): Matteson Services, 2560 Sierra Vista Rd, Rescue, CA 95672 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: 12/1/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daniel Matteson DANIEL MATTESON, CEO 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 12/01/2021.

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) 9777 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2021-1279 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ENTWINED DESIGNS

BY CHERI, located at 2561 Sandpiper Way, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Cheri L Bratton, 2561 Sandpiper Way, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/29/2021 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Cheri Bratton CHERI BRATTON, 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 11/29/2021.

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) 12/6, 12/13, 12/20, 12/27 9778

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Sat 12/11 Featured

"Twelfth Night" @ 7pm / $24-$48 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco

Saturday Dec 18th

Editor's Voice

Luke and Kaylee Holiday Concert Ft. Merry Mac

@ 8am / $535-$635 Dec 9th - Dec 10th This 2 day CME conference will take place at the Hotel Nikko, with opportunity for remote participa‐ tion via zoom livestream. Hotel Nikko San Francisco, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco. info@ ocme.ucsf.edu, 415-476-4251

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@ 8pm / $8-$12 Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco

Kevin Shea

@ 12:15pm / $5-$20 Buckhorn, 2 Main Street, Winters

@ 9am Vendor market with over 120 local merchants, live music, food, toy drive, raf‐ �es and more Main Street, Main St Main Street, Win‐ ters. dholdenevents@ gmail.com, 707-514-6314 "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley" @ 2pm / $12.50-$18.50 Capital Stage, 2215 J Street, Sacramento

@ 7pm Scarlet's Saloon, 614 Sut‐ ter St, Folsom Marqueal Jordan: w/ Isaiah Sharkey @ 7pm Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Fran‐ cisco

Kurva, Dead Engine, Dark Satellite, Hell Bound Pound

Arizona Zervas

@ 8pm Great American Music Hall, 850 O'‐ Farrell St., San Francisco

Mon 12/13 Rotary Club of Davis Weekly Lunch + Program

Wed 12/15

Cannabis Business Summit & Expo

@ 8am / $150 Dec 15th - Dec 17th @ 12:15pm The 7th Annual Cannabis Business See website for details . University Summit & Expo | San Francisco | Park Inn and Suites, 1111 Richards December 15-17, 2021 Moscone Boulevard, Davis. jen.kukis@ed Center, 747 Howard Street, San wardjones.com, 530-564-4655 Francisco. info@cannabisbusiness //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// summit.com, 972-349-7702

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White Reaper, Taipei Houston at August Hall SF

Interactive Mystery Show | San Francisco

@ 8:30pm August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Francisco

Fri 12/17

The Dinner Detective Interactive Mystery Show | San Francisco

Get ready for an evening you’ll never forget! Our actors will hide in Destiny Rogers: THE @ 7pm / $12.50-$18.50 plain sight and we’ll make sure that ROAD TRIP TOUR Capital Stage, 2215 J Street, anyone can end up being part of @ 7pm Sacramento the show, including YOU. Le Méri‐ Harlow's Restaurant & //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// dien San Francisco, 333 Battery Nightclub, 2708 J St, Rent Street, San Francisco. sfo.info@ @ 7:30pm Sacramento thedinnerdetective.com, 866-496Orpheum Theatre-San Francisco, 0535 Editor's Pick 1192 Market St., San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Speak Trio @Torch Club (early show)

@ 5:30pm / $35-$60 Tired of Swiping? Tantra Speed Date is not your average singles //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// event, and it's back in person! The Get It?! Gameshow Center SF, 548 Fillmore Street, San @ 8pm / $18 Francisco. help@tantrany.com Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// bus Avenue, San Francisco The Dinner Detective

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Tantra Speed Date - San Francisco! (In-Person Singles Event)

@ 6pm / $94.95 Get ready for an evening you’ll never forget! Our actors will hide in plain sight and we’ll make sure that //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// anyone can end up being part of White Reaper, Taipei //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// the show, including YOU. Le Méri‐ Houston dien San Francisco, 333 Battery @ 8:30pm Street, San Francisco. sfo.info@ Featured August Hall, 420 Mason St, San thedinnerdetective.com, 866-496Francisco 0535

@ 3pm / $20 Lesher Center for the Arts - Mar‐ garet Lesher Theatre, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek

"Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley"

@ 8pm JaM Cellars, 1460 First St., Napa

"Plot Points in Our Sexual Development"

@ 8pm / $21-$28 New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// cisco The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

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Benny Bassett

Magic Fusion Starring Robert Hall

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Holden Events Holiday //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Bazaar

Another Damn Disap‐ pointment (A.D.D.)

Come celebrate the holiday season with some live music! Local favorites Merry Mac will kick off the night; Followed by Nashville based country music duo Luke and Kaylee.

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Rotary Club of Winters Weekly Lunch

Featured

The Purple Place Bar & Grill, 363 Green Valley Rd, El Dorado Hills

@ 7:30pm / $20 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ mento

Arizona Zervas

@ 7pm Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub, 2708 J St, Sacramento

Magic Fusion Starring Robert Hall @ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe "The Woman in Black"

@ 11am SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco

Katie Knipp: Peter Petty's Hepcat's Holla Daze @ 7pm The So�a, home of B Street The‐ atre, 2700 Capitol Ave, Sacra‐ mento

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San Francisco Ballet @ 7pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco

San Francisco Ballet

@ 7pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco

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Dance Fridays HOLIDAY PARTY - You are invited to @ 7pm / $30-$42.50 Live Salsa w/ Orquesta A.C.T.'s Strand Theater, 1127 Mar‐ Nrimba, Bachata Room, ket St., San Francisco Lesson //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm / $21.99-$32.49 Comedy Night at the Dance Fridays - HOLIDAY PARTY Valencia Room Hottest Salsa and Bachata Dance @ 7pm / $10 The Valencia Room, 647 Valencia St, San Francisco

Paula Atherton: Christmas "It's that Time Again" @ 7pm Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo

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Editor's Pick Tony Saunders Bassist & Producer

Club, LIVE Salsa Band, Bachata Dance Floor, Beginning Dance @ 8pm Leslie Stevens Lessons & More. TICKETS, https:// Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia Magic Fusion Starring //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm dancefridays12-17.eventbrite.com Street, Vallejo Robert Hall //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "A Christmas Carol" Amado's, 998 Valencia St, San Dance Fridays, 550 Barneveld, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm / $32-$42 Marqueal Jordan: w/ Isaiah @ 7pm / $24 Francisco Francisco. info@dancesf.com The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly "Gently Down the Stream" Sharkey Sacramento Theatre Company -//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Village Way, South Lake Tahoe @ 8pm / $15-$28 @ 7pm Mainstage Theatre, 1419 H Street, "Gently Down the Stream" "Gently Down the Stream" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New Conservatory Theatre Center, Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Fran‐ Sacramento @ 8pm / $15-$28 @ 8pm / $15-$28 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ Bilderbuch cisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New Conservatory Theatre Center, New Conservatory Theatre Center, cisco @ 8pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ "Gently Down the Stream" 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Public Works, 161 Erie St, San cisco @ 8pm / $15-$28 cisco Francisco Editor's Pick //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// New Conservatory Theatre Center, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Featured Los Lobos 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ Comedian Sheng Wang "Plot Points in Our Sexual TV Girl @ 7:30pm cisco @ 8pm / $10-$12.50 Development" @ 8pm Crest Theatre, 1013 K St, Sacra‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Punch Line Sacramento, 2100 Ar‐ @ 8pm / $21-$28 Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St., San mento den Way, Suite 225, Sacramento "Plot Points in Our Sexual New Conservatory Theatre Center, Francisco @ 6pm Torch Club, 904 15th St, Sacra‐ mento

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Sheng Wang

Handel's "Messiah"

@ 8pm / $20 Punch Line Comedy Club - Sacra‐ mento, 2100 Arden Way, Sacra‐ mento

@ 7:30pm / $40 Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, San Francisco

@ 8pm Harlow's Night Club - Sacramento CA, 2708 J St, Sacramento ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Stillhouse Junkies ft.

Quattlebaum

Returns"

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@ 9pm The Green Room Social Club, 251 Main St, Placerville

@ 7:30pm / $20 Lesher Center for the Arts - Mar‐ garet Lesher Theatre, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek

Arizona Zervas

@ 8pm / $21-$28 New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ cisco

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"A Christmas Carol" @ 8pm / $24

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Jordana @ 8pm Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St, San Francisco

Caitlin Jemma album release w/ Maya Elise, Josiah Johnson

Mainstage Theatre, 1419 H Street, Sacramento ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

@ 8pm Bray: w/ Neon Velvet Featured //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Amado's, 998 Valencia St, San @ 9pm Roosevelt Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Rellik Tavern, 726 1st @ 8pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Phil Grif�ths: Private Event St, Benicia Public Works, 161 Erie St, San Wet Leg @ 8pm Francisco @ 8pm Hot Mountain Dips + Benny Bassett San Francisco Bay Area, 237 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell St., San Marshall House Project at @ 5pm Kearny St, San Francisco GOLF ALPHA BRAVO Francisco Boom Boom Room Andaz Napa - A Concept By Hyatt, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm / $10 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 9:30pm 1450 1st St, Napa "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Boom Boom Room, 1601 Fillmore //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Fishbone Santa's Holiday Laser Pemberley" Mission Street, San Francisco St, San Francisco @ 8:30pm San Francisco Ballet Show Vallejo @ 8pm / $12.50-$18.50 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, @ 7pm Capital Stage, 2215 J Street, @ 9pm / $25.50-$35.50 BIT San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, 455 DJ J.Remy: Audio presents Sacramento @ 9:30pm Solano County Fair‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Franklin St., San Francisco Qrion //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San grounds, 900 Fairgrounds //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Magic Fusion Starring @ 10pm Francisco Petey Drive, Vallejo Marqueal Jordan: w/ Isaiah Audio Nightclub, 316 11th St, San Robert Hall //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm Francisco Sharkey @ 9pm / $32-$42 Goodnight, Texas Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly @ 9pm Mission Street, San Francisco Black Cat, 400 Eddy St, San Fran‐ Village Way, South Lake Tahoe The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Art of Banksy cisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Francisco @ 5pm Comedian Sheng Wang //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco Ballet The Palace Of Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon @ 9:45pm / $10-$12.50 Hotel Garuda @ 2pm St, San Francisco Punch Line Sacramento, 2100 Ar‐ Featured @ 10pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Rotary Club of Winters //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// den Way, Suite 225, Sacramento Bergerac, 316 11th St, San Fran‐ Franklin St., San Francisco Weekly Lunch //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// One Step Closer cisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 12:15pm / $5-$20 @ 6pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Gently Down the Stream" Buckhorn, 2 Main Street, Winters Holy Diver, 1517 21st St, Sacra‐ Sokyo: Wyatt Marshall @ @ 2pm / $15-$28 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// mento San Francisco Ballet Halcyon SF New Conservatory Theatre Center, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Editor's Pick @ 2pm @ 10pm 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ War Memorial Opera House, 455 Halcyon SF, 314 11th St, San Fran‐ cisco The Nutcracker (Recorded Featured Franklin St., San Francisco cisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Music)

Fri 12/10

Tue 12/14

Sun 12/19

Thu 12/16

Sun 12/12

Chamber Music Society

@ 7:30pm Jackson Hall - Mondavi Center, One Shields Ave, Davis Alex Ramon: "Magic Returns"

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"Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley"

Megan Rüger

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Scott Guberman

Handel's "Messiah"

Napa Singles Holiday Mixer

@ 2pm Harmonic Brewing, 1050 26th St, San Francisco

The Nutcracker w/ San Francisco Ballet

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War Memorial Opera @ 7:30pm / $40 House, 455 Franklin St., Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van @ 3pm / $5 San Francisco Ness, San Francisco Archer Hotel Napa, 1230 1st St, Magic Fusion Starring //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Napa Robert Hall "Gently Down the Stream" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 8pm / $15-$28 New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ cisco

Katie Knipp at Harlow's @ 4pm Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub, 2708 J St, Sacramento

@ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

@ 8pm / $12.50-$18.50 Capital Stage, 2215 J Street, Sacramento

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Giolì & Assia w/ SWAYLÓ @ 8:30pm The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

The Windy Mesa House Band @ 8:30pm Amado's, 998 Valencia St, San Francisco

Alex Ramon: "Magic Returns"

@ 5pm / $20 Lesher Center for the Arts //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// - Margaret Lesher The‐ Editor's Pick atre, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek Radiokeys LIVE at Green Room Social Club! (Live Destani Wolf :: Holiday Stream Available!) $10 Soul @ SFJazz Center

@ 7pm Great American Music Hall, 859 O'‐ farrell St, San Francisco

The Wedding Band

White Reaper

San Francisco Symphony

Sat 12/18 Plaza

@ 11am / Free MAKERS MARKET - An outdoor Marketplace of the Best Local Makers and Great Vibes in Walnut //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Creek! Come on out y’all! Start off "The Woman in Black" the fall season in the beautiful @ 7pm / $30-$42.50 Broadway Plaza Broadway Plaza, A.C.T.'s Strand Theater, 1127 Mar‐ 1275 Broadway Plaza, Walnut ket St., San Francisco Creek. marketing@makersmar //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ket.us @ 7pm August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Francisco

"A Christmas Carol"

Sacramento Theatre Company -Mainstage Theatre, 1419 H Street, Sacramento

"The Woman in Black"

@ 2pm / $30-$42.50 A.C.T.'s Strand Theater, 1127 Mar‐ ket St., San Francisco

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"Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley"

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@ 10pm / $39.50 The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Boule‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// vard, San Francisco

@ 2pm / $12.50-$18.50 Capital Stage, 2215 J Street, Sacramento

@ 7:30pm / $20 Lesher Center for the Arts - Mar‐ garet Lesher Theatre, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek

@ 7pm / $35-$85 SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center, 1301 L St., Sacramento

"Plot Points in Our Sexual Development"

@ 2pm / $21-$28 New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness Avenue, San Fran‐ cisco

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San Francisco Ballet @ 7pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco

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"The Woman in Black" @ 7pm / $30-$42.50

A.C.T.'s Strand Theater, 1127 Mar‐ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

SweaterCon: San Francisco Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl

ket St., San Francisco

Entertainment Unit Fundraiser ELVIS "That's the Way It Is" Dinner Show

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"Twelfth Night"

@ 7pm / $24-$48 @ 4pm / $12 San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Celebrate the Holidays at San Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Phil Grif�ths: DCBC - Del Francisco's SweaterCon Pub //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The Dead South Cielo Brewing Comedy Crawl! 1233 Polk St, 1233 Polk Jeff Rosenstock @ 7:30pm @ 7:30pm Street, San Francisco. info@ @ 8pm The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San Del Cielo Brewing Co., 701 Escobar crawlsf.com, 415-515-5220 Great American Music Hall, 850 O'‐ Francisco St # A, Martinez //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Farrell St., San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Rodriguez High School Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco

Million Dollaz Worth Of Game Live Show presented

by Boost Mobile

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@ 8pm / $39.50-$59.50 Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Fuzz @ 8pm Great American Music Hall, 859 O'‐ farrell St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

MAPACHE

JF Harris

@ 8pm / $20 @ 6pm @ 9pm @ 8:30pm Punch Line Comedy Club SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San The Chapel, 777 Valencia St, San The Green Room Social Club, 251 Sacramento, 2100 Arden Francisco Main St, Placerville Francisco Way, Sacramento //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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@ 5pm / $65 Come support the REU and see award winning Elvis tribute artist, Rick Torres for a 2 hour music event plus a fabulous dinner and raf�e! Joseph A Nelson Community Center, 611 Village Drive, Suisun City. bcwrenjr12@att.net, 707-4848514

Marc Rebillet @ 8pm 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom Street, San Francisco

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Marc Rebillet @ 8pm 1015 Folsom, 1015 Folsom St, San Francisco

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Magic Fusion Starring

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@ 9pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe

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