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PG&E rates to go up 8% Dawn Hodson Staff writer Last week the California Public Utility Commission approved an 8.1% increase in rates charged by PG&E to help the oncebankrupt utility pay for improvements designed to reduce the risk of wildfires ignited by outdated equipment. The higher prices are expected to impact residential customers. In March 2021 the average residential customer can expect to see a monthly bill increase of $13.44 ($10.40 for electric and $3.05 for gas). California Alternate Rates for Energy customers can expect to see a monthly bill increase of $8.99 ($6.60 for electric and $2.39 for gas). The rate change will be effective March 1 and will impact rates through Dec 31, 2022. The San Francisco utility emerged from bankruptcy five months ago. PG&E officials said the rate hike will enable it to invest in its electric and gas distribution systems and power generation infrastructure. n

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Santa Claus takes Christmas wishes Saturday morning as families drove through El Dorado Hills Community Park so little ones could share their Christmas lists with the big guy himself during the EDH Community Services District’s special event. Volunteers Elvia Triki, left, and her daughter Yasmin from the National Charity League, put in a request for an iPhone and room decorations.

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EDC officials report 3 new virus deaths Democrat staff

Eliana, 6, and Isabella De Ornelas, 4, of El Dorado Hills, left photo, peek through the sunroof to get a look at the jolly fellow. Eliana asked for an American Girl doll while her little sister said she would like a tea cart and a Cry Babies doll. EDHCSD Director of Recreation Mike Cottrell, right photo, hands out treats to El Dorado Hills youngsters Phoebe, 5, and Autumn Campbell, 7. Phoebe asked for a talking Mickey Mouse while Autumn wished for a Jessie doll from “Toy Story.” Parents Robert and Erica Campbell are all smiles.

El Dorado County officials reported three new coronavirus deaths Friday. Eight residents have now died of COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic in March, according to county data. A Placerville man and South Lake Tahoe man in the 50-64 age group and a man 65 or older from Cameron Park/Shingle Springs succumbed to complications from COVID-19. Patients in intensive care units doubled over the weekend in the county. On Friday there were four people being treated in the ICU, by Monday eight. Between Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe and Marshall Medical Center in Placerville on Monday there were 18 residents in the hospital; that number includes the eight in the ICU. County health officials Monday afternoon n

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Close call in Whitehall

High winds bring down problem pine upcountry Mark Bowen Democrat correspondent On a windy Monday morning around 8 a.m. Whitehall resident Alison Welch was lying in bed when she heard what she said sounded like an explosion. Outside her front door she found a sizeable pine tree resting on top of her 2000 Ford F350 turbo diesel. Her truck was “smashed,” she said, noting that it used to run “like a champ.” And it wasn’t just any tree. This tree was also serving to hold up power lines. The tree had been known to bend and sway in wind storms and Welch said she had reached out to PG&E three times for help with a tree she was certain would come crashing down over

nearby homes. “I told (PG&E) this needs to get resolved and that this tree needs to come down. I can’t do anything with it because a power line is attached to it,” Welch said. The Mountain Democrat left a message with a PG&E spokesperson asking for comment but that call was not returned by press time. If the tree had fallen just a few feet to the left it would have hit Welch’s granddaughter’s bedroom. Welch said PG&E crews came out to cut down the rest of the tree and restore power to Welch and other customers in the immediate vicinity that afternoon. n

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On Friday, Nov. 20, Ralph Baldwin, loving husband, father, coworker and friend, passed away at the age of 73. Ralph was born Feb. 11, 1947 in Evansville, Ind., to Cornelius and Helen (McGee) Baldwin. Ralph served in the Naval Reserves, worked as a surveyor’s assistant and ultimately became an RN in 1980. He married Susan Hathaway Ward Jan. 8, 1983. Ralph lived life to the fullest and his passion was motor racing. He was an active member of SCCA for more than 40 years and he drove the Pursuit Vehicle for Montreal Formula One races for many exciting years. He is preceded in death by his father and mother as well as his sister Kim. He is survived by his wife, daughter Jennifer, sister Kay and his three grandchildren. A celebration of life is planned for 2021, post-COVID-19.

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Emergency Operations Center reactivated for COVID surges The El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office on Thursday reactivated the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in response to surges in COVID-19 cases and its impact on county hospitals. EOC includes personnel from the Sheriff ’s Office, Public Health Department and Chief Administrative Office. “It’s clear from the substantial increase of positive cases, the more serious impact on our county’s hospital and ICUs and the trickle-down effect to our overall health care system and community wellbeing that it’s time to provide as many resources as possible to address this public health emergency,” said Sheriff John D’Agostini. The EOC originally opened to address the pandemic in March and closed in June due to lower

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Only one permit for a temporary recreational vehicle would be allowed per lot so no “villages” or “clustering” of RVs occurs. Staff said the ordinance would not supersede any existing CC&Rs on a property. Staff said many of the same provisions governing temporary mobile homes would apply to temporary recreational vehicles, including the permit process. The permits would be good for up to two years. On another housing-related issue, the board approved an ordinance placing a cap of 900 permits on vacation home rentals in the Tahoe Basin. Previously staff had recommended supervisors approve a cap on the number of permits in the Tahoe Basin at 1,050. That number represented approximately 12% of the total number of existing residential parcels and developable lots in the basin. Staff said currently there are 591 active permitted VHRs in the unincorporated areas of the basin and 135 in process for a total of 726. After a discussion on the value of a cap on permits versus better enforcement of existing regulations governing VHRs, the ordinance as written was approved by Chair Brian Veerkamp along with Supervisors Shiva Frentzen, John Hidahl and Lori Parlin. Supervisor Sue Novasel, who represents the Taohe recused herself because of a resident’s request that she do so due to her husband’s investment company.

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Alison and Rob Welch’s 2000 Ford F-350 turbo diesel was running “like a champ” with nearly 236,000 miles on it until a pine came crashing down in Whitehall Monday night.

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A PG&E public safety power outage planned for Dec. 7 due to forecast redflag winds was canceled after PG&E Emergency Operations Center staff determined conditions (including lower elevation winds and humidity) didn’t warrant a power shutoff. The National Weather Service Reno

reported ridge winds at Kirkwood Monday morning as high as 107 mph. Near Kyburz NWS data showed gusts topping out around 30 mph while a weather station at Bald Mountain recorded gusts of 40-50 mph between midnight and 7 a.m. Aside from its usual tree duties, the pine also served to hold up power lines.

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reported 60 new cases from Saturday through Monday but noted a backlog in positive results from the weekend that may have resulted in an undercount of at least 150 cases. Of the new cases reported, about half, 28, are from the Lake Tahoe region. Eleven were found in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/Rescue, eight in El Dorado Hills, five in Pollock Pines, three in Placerville, two in north county and four are awaiting address confirmation. There were also 141 assumed COVID-19 recoveries announced, which temporarily drops the active

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As part of its Community Wildfire Safety Program PG&E plans to install stronger and resilient poles and covered power lines in high fire-risk areas; increase ongoing work to keep power lines clear of branches from an estimated 120 million trees with the potential to grow or fall into overhead power lines; implement SmartMeter technology to more quickly identify and respond to fallen power lines; enhance weather forecasting and modeling by adding 1,300 new weather stations in high fire-risk areas by 2022; and install nearly 600 high-definition wildfire detection cameras in high fire-threat areas, increasing coverage across these areas to more than 90%. The California Public Utility Commission approved the increase after two years of wrangling between PG&E and a variety of groups battling to limit how much of the financial burden customers would have to shoulder for the utility’s neglect of a grid that supplies power to about 16 million people. PG&E’s outdated equipment was blamed for causing a series of wildfires during 2017 and 2018 that killed more than 120 people and destroyed more than 27,000 homes and other buildings. The damage caused PG&E to file for bankruptcy in 2019, opening a legal avenue for the company to

negotiate $25.5 billion in settlements with wildfire victims and others. While the 2020 rate change will help fund a series of important safety investments, it will not fund legal claims resulting from the 2017 and 2018 Northern California wildfires. It also will not fund PG&E corporation or utility officer compensation. PG&E officials said they are also making changes aimed at decreasing the scope of deliberate blackouts imposed during dry and windy weather conditions that raise wildfire risks in Northern California. Customers might have been even harder hit if

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any of us will give money to charity this month. Americans give more than any other people in the world. Good for us. 56 years ago, because American charities hadn’t ended poverty, John Stossel politicians said they would end it. They declared a “war on poverty.” That “war,” so far, has cost $27 trillion. Some people were helped. But the handouts also had a bad effect. My new video shows a moving graph of America’s poverty rate. It reveals that before the War on Poverty began, Americans had been steadily lifting themselves out of poverty. Year by year, the number of families in poverty — defined as earning less than three times what they need to feed themselves — decreased. Then welfare began and for about seven years progress continued. But then progress largely stopped. That downward trending poverty line now rises and falls with economic conditions. America now has an “underclass,” generations of people who stay poor. “Welfare taught them they didn’t have to work,” says Yaron Brook, of the Ayn Rand Institute. Handouts perpetuate poverty, he says, “because if you get a job ... your checks get smaller.” That’s why charity is better. Charities are free to help people who truly need help while giving a push to people who need “a kick in the butt.” Government’s one-size-fits-all rules discourage that. I donate to a charity called The Doe Fund. It tries to “break the devastating cycle of homelessness” by teaching men to take pride in work. Many are helped. But not all charity helps. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave $100 million to improve Newark’s public schools. The money disappeared into the education bureaucracy. Education consultants and friends of politicians got some. Teachers union contracts grew fatter. “But the public schools didn’t get better,” Brook points out. “The performance of the students didn’t get better.” This year’s booming stock prices increased America’s wealth gap. Billionaires got richer while store clerks lost jobs. “Progressives” gathered outside Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ home and set up a guillotine. The message: “Behead the rich.” They think that when Bezos makes billions, the rest of us have less. That’s ignorant, says Brook. “All of our lives are dramatically better because of somebody like Jeff Bezos. Things just appear at our doorstep. They hire hundreds of thousands of people. They make it possible for poor people to make a living by selling me something that I want!” I push back. “But he has so much — when others have so little.” “It’s his money!” Brook responds. “He created it. Once we start deciding what you can or can’t do with your property, what we will get is ... extreme poverty for everybody. Only one system has brought people out of poverty, capitalism.” n

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Letters to the Editor Rep. Tom McClintock’s beanball of Gavin Newsom EDITOR: n Nov. 19, in one of his periodic (and taxpayer funded) “e-newsletters,” Congressman Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove) took aim at Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for having flouted his own edicts re: social distancing and restaurant dining. I almost never agree with our Congressman, but in this instance his rebuke of the governor was legit — overly snarky perhaps and filled with specious claims to boot, but the governor made himself fair game. What Gov. Newsom did was stupid. As a longtime political staffer/consultant I would have argued strongly against it. Regardless, the congressman’s communique was, overall, every bit as stupid and perhaps even more irresponsible than what the governor did. COVID19 is not just a “nasty bug,” as McClintock labeled it. Instead, it is a highly contagious and lethal virus. Statements to the contrary by a prominent elected official only serve to advance ignorance and increase resistance to legitimate and necessary public health measures. In his Nov. 19 statement Congressman McClintock alleged “40% who get it don’t even know they have it (emphasis added) yet we have allowed our officials to ruin our quality of life over it — destroying countless businesses, throwing tens of millions into unemployment, robbing our children of their educations and shredding our most cherished rights as Americans.” Many of those in that 40%, it is safe to assume, are among those who refuse to wear masks and are encouraged to do so by politicians such as Rep. McClintock. Those resistors and deniers are carriers of the disease. They spread it. They cause others to contract and possibly succumb to it. Famed American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes is perhaps best known for his argument that “free speech” is not unlimited, that falsely crying fire in a crowded theater can create “a clear and present danger” to innocent people and, therefore, is not protected by the First Amendment. Citizens blessed with an operating moral compass accept that logic to this day. It is by no means extreme to extend the “clear and present danger” argument to those who falsely contend that COVID is just a “nasty bug” and who go on to argue that reasonable and responsible steps to contain its spread and mitigate

its damaging effects should be ignored or even violated. I am fairly confident that Justice Holmes would frown on Tom McClintock’s rhetorical beanball and chastise him for it. And, were he still around, he might even try to get the congressman thrown out of the game — much to the delight of those of us who hope to live to see and enjoy another season or two. LES FRANCIS Camino

Béchamp EDITOR: veryone has heard of Louis Pasteur, the scientist who discovered how germs make you sick. But have you heard of Antoine Béchamp? Béchamp discovered that it’s not the germ itself but is the body’s alkaline level that leads to illness. Béchamp claimed that germs are chemical by-products that affect a body that is too acidic. If your body is too acidic, it provides the right environment for germs and diseases to thrive. But if your body is in proper alkaline balance, it can resist germs that try to attack. But keeping our bodies in proper balance is not easy. Our cells all burn nutrients as fuel. But the remnant of the natural food burning process is an acidic ash buildup. Furthermore, polluted air increases our acidity, as does acid rain, food additives, environmental chemicals and a host of other issues such as poor diet and all kinds of stress. Furthermore, as we age our bones become brittle as our bodies take the calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium we need to remain alkaline from them. We can fight against this natural aging process by eating healthy fresh food, exercising, managing stress and by taking supplements to help keep us alkaline. Béchamp, although disregarded, was not completely forgotten. Doctor William Howard Hay wrote “A New Health Era.” His conclusion was, “All disease is caused by auto-intoxication caused by acid accumulation in the body.” As a complete amateur in health and wellness, I cannot give medical advice. However, there is ample information available by health professionals to help everyone improve by living healthier lives. CECIL RINGGENBERG Placerville

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wenty-two his hands gleefully, years ago, on expecting that his tight the day after relationship with Davis Gray Davis would automatically was elected governor bring him a cornucopia of California, I hopped of new clients and their aboard a Southwest fees. And he was not Airlines plane bound for wrong about that, as Los Angeles. later became evident. I was heading south I cite this instance for Davis’ morning-after because of the flap over press conference and I Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Dan Walters was not alone. Several attendance at a birthday party this month for journalists and other Capitol figures were on the plane, lobbyist Jason Kinney, a veteran including the man sitting across the political consultant and a longaisle, a lobbyist for public employee time Newsom friend who founded unions. a lobbying firm, Axiom Advisors, The lobbyist was in an ebullient shortly after Newsom was elected in mood as we chatted. His union clients 2018. had helped Davis weather a very Kinney’s 50th birthday was rough patch in his 1998 campaign for celebrated with a lavish dinner party governor, when he faced two multiat French Laundry, a very expensive millionaire rivals in the Democratic Napa restaurant, and Newsom and his wife, Jennifer, attended even primary and needed all the money he though it was the sort of gathering could get. that Newsom had often discouraged The lobbyist was literally rubbing

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to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. When the San Francisco Chronicle reported on the Newsoms’ attendance, its bad political optics forced the governor to apologize profusely, saying on Monday, “I shouldn’t have been there, I should have turned back around. And so when that happens, you gotta pay the price, but you also gotta own the mistake and you don’t ever make it again.” The French Laundry incident, which reverberated loudly on social media as an example of political hypocrisy, also put the spotlight on Kinney — a former speech writer for Gray Davis, incidentally — and his instantaneously lucrative lobbying practice. As Politico pointed out in a quickly reported and written article, “Axiom reaped $10.9 million worth of lobbying work in 2019-20, the first legislative session during which Newsom was governor.” The firm has nine lobbyists and more than 80 clients, most of whom

are corporate entities or coalitions who in Capitol politics would be jousting with interests, such as unions and environmental groups, associated with Newsom’s Democratic Party. “Some of Axiom’s clients highlight Kinney’s overlapping roles. Kidney dialysis firms DaVita and Fresenius paid Axiom $475,000 this session,” Politico reported. “During the same period, Kinney earned $90,000 from the California Democratic Party, which spent money to pass a laborbacked initiative regulating kidney dialysis. DaVita and Fresenius were the measure’s principal opponents. “The single most remunerative client for Axiom in the last two years has been Marathon Petroleum, giving Kinney’s firm $525,000 worth of business. Marathon is a member of a powerful oil industry organization that battled proposals to ban hydraulic fracturing; Newsom called on the Legislature earlier this year to

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who pay him more than $4 million a year. In real world politics, one must pay to play with lobbying fees and campaign contributions. Rightly or wrongly, it is what it is. Dan Walters is a journalist and author who writes for CALmatters.org, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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That’s what I finally learned after years of consumer reporting. Consider three ways to help people: government, charity and capitalism. Government is needed for some things, but it’s inefficient and its handouts encourage dependency. Charity is better because charities can make judgments about who really needs a handout versus who needs a push. But charities can be inefficient, too. Oddly, what helps the most people in the most efficient way is greedy, self-interested capitalism. “Two hundred fifty years ago,” recounts Brook, “almost all of us were earning what the United Nations today defines as extreme poverty, $2 a day or less. That was 94% of all people on planet Earth. Today, only about 8% are that poor. Why?

Not because of charity, not because of foreign aid but by employing people. ... Businesses are the most efficient because they have the right incentives. They won’t survive if they’re not efficient. Government has no such incentives. And charities are mixed.” So, why do billionaires and entrepreneurs now rush to donate, rather than doing what they’re best at: innovating? “They want to be liked,” replies Brook. “(But) they’re buying into false ideas, both economically and morally. They are acting against their selfinterest, and against all of our interests, including the interests of the poor.” John Stossel is author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.”

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Union Mine freshman Baylee Hill pets Porky, her 200-pound, 2-month-old pig inside of the swine barn on campus. The barn was built so students like Hill, who don’t have a barn at home, could raise their animals at school.

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wine raised by Union Mine High School Agriculture and Future Farmers of America students have new digs to call home. After two years of fundraising, the school recently built a new swine barn that can house about 20 hogs — a much needed addition for students who don’t have access to land where their project animals can live a healthy life. The swine barn is now part of the school’s 10-acre, on-campus farm. The structure features ventilation, skylights, roll-up doors, stall mats, a livestock scale and a sanitation system. “It helps us a lot because it gives the animals a shelter so they aren’t out in the wind,” said freshman Baylee Hill. Hill was one of the first students to take advantage of leaving her 200-pound hog Porky at school. Hill is in her first year raising farm animals and said she’s thankful for the new building. “Baylee is just getting started with pigs,” said new program advisor Nicole Gillin. “She didn’t know a ton about it so this gave her the opportunity to kind of check it out and see if this is something she

Two years of fundraising resulted in the new Union Mine High School swine barn, which can house about 20 pigs. is interested in long term. It gives the students who wouldn’t usually have this experience the opportunity.” While the school provides a home for the hog and a place for students to prepare the critters for the El Dorado County Fair’s livestock show, the students learn all the work associated with raising an animal through hands-on experience. The students are responsible for buying food and feeding their animals each morning and night, cleaning them and ensuring they get exercise. It’s a year-long process that culminates when the students show their animals at the El

Dorado County Fair. Abbigayle O’Neill, now in her third year of Union Mine FFA, raised a hog last year that was awarded the reserve champion market hog. This year, she is raising a steer named Diesel that lives on campus. “It’s super helpful because personally at home, I don’t have enough room to have livestock,” O’Neill said of the farm. Her hours at the farm vary greatly depending on Diesel’s needs, but she said she spends about two to six hours there each day. “It’s easy because I’m already at school,” O’Neill said. “It’s very helpful that the school

offers this to us.” Union Mine’s agriculture and FFA programs have blossomed over the last several years. In 2017 Stacy Hardesty arrived at the high school to become the programs’ advisor. It was just one building — the poultry barn. “The property was just empty,” O’Neill said. The program began with three classes; agricultural mechanics technology, agriculture leadership and agriculture science. Hardesty quickly launched an expansion. Planter boxes were built in 2018. The sheep and lamb barn, which also currently houses the steers, was finished in July 2019 and just a few months before that the school purchased a new truck and livestock trailer through CTE grant funding with support from the El Dorado Union High School District. The truck and trailer have helped students attend events throughout the state. The farm also has a training arena, a turkey barn and a chicken coop that can fit about 30 chickens. The course load has doubled. Students can take classes covering agricultural science, biology and sustainable

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ative to Mexico, Poinsettias are found in wild, tropical forests from Southern Sinaloa down the entire Pacific Coast of Mexico to Guatemala in Central America. They also exist in the hot, dry forests of the Mexican interior and can grow in temperate coastal climates, such as the beach communities of Southern California. In some climates Poinsettias are perennials and can reach 10-15 feet in height but they are not frost-tolerant. Native peoples have used Poinsettias for a variety of cultural, spiritual and medicinal purposes for hundreds of years. The Aztecs ground up Poinsettia bracts to make a reddish-purple dye for fabrics and used the sap to control fever. Joel Roberts Poinsett introduced the plant to this country in 1828. Poinsett was a botanist, physician and the first United States ambassador to Mexico. After discovering the

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agriculture, agricultural mechanics, agricultural mechanics technology, agriculture leadership and animal science. In February 2018 Union Mine began fundraising for the new swine barn, including the Farm to Pork fundraiser that paired some of El Dorado County’s best chefs with local breweries and wineries for a night serving the community. Construction on the facility began in January 2020. John Heath and Heath Construction as well as Jeremiah Curtis from AC Septic Service donated many hours to help build the new barn. It took two months to complete the barn and a few months later Porky took up residence as the first four-footed guest. “There aren’t a lot of kids who have the facilities to keep pigs on their house property so giving them the opportunity to do

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Union Mine agriculture programs include chicken raising. Here the birds stay warm and toasty in their own on-campus barn. this is a really cool thing,” Gillin said. “We really appreciate the community support. The more support that the community pours into the program, the better opportunities these kids are going to have.”

Dozens of local businesses, organizations and community members contributed to the swine barn project. “Our community’s ongoing support and generosity has allowed us to expedite the development of the

farm and provide our students with first-class, supervised agricultural experiences,” Union Mine Principal Paul Neville said. “Our goal is to continue to grow the program and compete at the highest level of FFA.”

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Poinsettia drops its colored bracts and leaves. For long lasting Poinsettias, select plants with little or no yellow pollen showing. Though once available only in red, there are now more than 100 varieties of Poinsettias — in pink, white, yellow, purple, salmon, burgundy and many other colors, as well as in marbled and speckled patterns. However, the red Poinsettia still

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OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8387 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1040 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RADON ADS, located at 5170 Golden Foothill Pkwy, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Carter Kash, 940 Bliss Ct, 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/ Carter Kash CARTER KASH, 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 11/12/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE

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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) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8388 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1042 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. VISIONARY REALTY GROUP, 2. VRG, 3. VRG PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 4. TEAM ENVISION, 5. VISIONARY REALTY GROUP INC, located at 3420 Coach Lane Suite 9, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Visionary Realty Group Inc, 3420 Coach Lane Suite 9, Cameron Park, CA 95682 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: 02/01/2010 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jesse Crawford JESSE CRAWFORD, 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 11/13/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8393 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1044 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS, located at 1588 Sean Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Thomas K Burke, 1588 Sean Drive, 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: 11/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Thomas K. Burke THOMAS K. BURKE, 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 11/13/2020 NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION

17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 8394 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1043 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IN HIS NATURE, located at 3962 Audubon Dr, Camino, CA 95709 Registered owner(s): Paula Pearson, 3962 Audubon Dr, Camino, CA 95709 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/12/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Paula Pearson PAULA PEARSON, 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 11/13/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED

IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 8418 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PAUL D. HLADIK CASE NO. PP20200206 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PAUL D. HLADIK A PETITION for Probate has been filed by PATRICIA LYNN TOMPKINS in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that PATRICIA LYNN TOMPKINS 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 Legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  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 20, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: CLARA YANG Law Office of Clara Yang 2810 Coloma St., Ste. A Placerville, CA 95667 (530) 621-3624 8422 11/25, 12/2, 12/9 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1079 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. GRC WHOLESALE, 2. GRC COMPANY, located at 4949 Windplay Drive Suite 200, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Guy R Corr, 2073 Portsmouth Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Not Applicable Signature of Registrant: /s/ Guy R Corr GUY R CORR, 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 11/25/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23 8432 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1064 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAMERON AIRPARK LIQUOR, located at 3181 Cameron Park Dr #109, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Lakhdata Inc, 3181 Cameron Park Dr #109, Cameron Park, CA 95682 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: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Parmjit Singh Khaira PARMJIT SINGH KHAIRA, 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 11/20/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23 8433

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DUANE BOBBY MATTHEWS CASE NO. PP20200194 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DUANE BOBBY MATTHEWS A PETITION for Probate has been filed by CAROLE STEVENS in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that CAROLE STEVENS 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: September 23, 2020 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: JUSTIN M. CLOUSER, ESQ. 1512 Hwy 395 N, Ste. 1 Gardnerville, NV 89410 (775) 782-2888 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 8434 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1082 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GREEN VALLEY FARM, located at 4921 Rattlesnake Bar Rd, Pilot Hill, CA 95664/Mailing Address: PO Box 5206, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Chamy T Lee, 4921 Rattlesnake Bar Rd, 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: 11/20/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Chamy T Lee CHAMY T LEE 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 11/25/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/2, 12/9, 12/16, 12/23 8435 NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PLACERVILLE STATION II – PARK-N-BUS Notice is hereby given to Qualified Civil Engineering Consultants that Proposals will be received at the City of Placerville (3101 Center Street, Placerville, CA 95667) until, Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 3:00 P.M. local time, for furnishing all labor, materials and equipment, and performing all work necessary and incidental to: Provide construction management services including Resident Engineer, inspection, materials testing, construction staking quality control, coordination of environmental monitoring, and contract administration services for the Federal, State, and locally funded Placerville Station II – Park-N-Bus. Construction work will include grading, paving, striping, storm drain improvements, lighting, and landscaping associated with the construction of the new park and ride, and the widening of Mosquito Road and the adjacent US-50 offramp. Proposals shall be addressed to: City of Placerville Engineering Department 3101 Center Street, 3rd Floor Placerville, CA 95667 Attn: Cory Schiestel, P.E. City Project Manager Email: cschiestel@cityofplacerville.

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org OBTAINING OR INSPECTING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS DOCUMENT: The RFP Documents are available and may be previewed and downloaded from http// cityofplacerville.org by clicking on the “RFPs, RFQs & Projects Out to Bid” button under the “Government” tab: https://www.cityofplacerville.org/rfprfq-projects-out-to-bid Consultants wishing to propose in response to this RFP are invited to notify the City of their intent to propose by emailing Cory Schiestel at the address indicated above to be added on the Proposer List. The City reserves the right of amend this RFP by addendum prior to the final submittal date and will email any addendums to the RFP directly to the Consultants on the Proposer List. Questions shall be addressed to Cory Schiestel in writing according to the timelines indicated herein and at the address indicated above. Verbal explanation or instructions shall not be considered binding by the City of Placerville. Any modifications to this solicitation will be issued by the City of Placerville in the form of written addenda as indicated above. The RFP does not commit the City of Placerville to award a contract or pay any costs associated with the preparation of a proposal. The City of Placerville reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time or to extend the submittal deadline. 12/7, 12/9 8438 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1099 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LA CANADA APARTMENTS, located at 3337 La Canada Dr, Cameron Park, CA 95682/Mailing Address: Park Cameron, LLC, 530 Showers Drive Suite 7-302, Mountain View, CA 94040 Registered owner(s): Park Cameron LLC, 530 Showers Drive Suite 7-302, Mountain View, CA 94040 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jasmine Dhaliwal JASMINE DHALIWAL, MANAGER 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 12/03/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 8442 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1098 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GHOSTED&TOASTED DESIGNS, located at 1301 Hidden Lake Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Cera E Rivera, 1301 Hidden Lake Drive, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Cera Rivera CERA RIVERA, 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 12/03/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 8443 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1104 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. A.C. SEPTIC SERVICE, 2. A.C. TRANSPORT AND FIRE, located at 3971 Lakeview Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682/Mailing Address: PO Box 1667, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Curtis Industrial LLC, 3971 Lakeview Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 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: 02/21/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jeremiah Curtis JEREMIAH CURTIS, PRESIDENT I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/04/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 8444 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1034 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. BISON BIKES, 2. BISON’S BIKE & HIKE, 3. GOLDEN SPOKE BIKE SHOP, located at 4100 Cameron Park Dr. #119, Cameron Park, CA 95682/Mailing Address: 1484 Barrett Dr., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Kendall Byson McCann, 1484 Barrett Dr., Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Jennifer Renee McCann, 1484 Barrett Dr., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/09/2015 est. Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jennifer McCann JENNIFER MCCANN 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 11/09/2020. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 8445 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF NANCY JANE POWERS CASE NO. PP20200178 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of NANCY JANE POWERS A PETITION for Probate has been filed by CHRISTOPHER GRANT SPELIUS in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that CHRISTOPHER GRANT SPELIUS 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 13, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult

with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: KIMBERLY BUCHHOLZ Law Office of Kimberly Buchholz PO Box 189631 Sacramento, CA 95818 (916) 212-8882 12/9, 12/16, 12/23 8446 T.S. NO.: 9462-6701 TSG ORDER NO.: 200300697-CA-VOI A.P.N.: 125-583-010-000 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01/08/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Affinia Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 01/25/2007 as Document No.: 2007-0005789-00, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of El Dorado County, California, executed by: ILONA BRAGG, DAVID A BRAGG, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the attached legal description. Sale Date & Time: 12/30/2020 at 10:00 AM Sale Location: At the Main Street entrance to the County Courthouse at 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3101 BRACKENWOOD PL (Unincorporated Area), EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $170,175.46 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-9390772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting. com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9462-6701. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. Affinia Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 833-290-7452 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www. nationwideposting.com or Call: 916939-0772. Affinia Default Services, LLC, Omar Solorzano, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. LEGAL DESCRIPTION LOT 332, “FAIRCHILD VILLAGE UNIT NO. 7, BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 23 AND THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 10 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST, M.D.M.” FILED FEBRUARY 17, 1994 IN BOOK H OF MAPS, AT PAGE 80, AND

AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED MARCH 17, 1994 IN BOOK 4235 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 407. NPP0372275 To: MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT & PLACERVILLE TIMES 12/09/2020, 12/16/2020, 12/23/2020 12/9, 12/16, 12/23 8447 ORDINANCE NO. 5133 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF EL DORADO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: RELATED TO REZONING IN THE GEORGETOWN RURAL CENTER, (PAYE): Section 1. The Official Zoning Map for the Georgetown Rural Center is hereby amended to rezone the following described lands: Georgetown Rural Center: Assessor’s Parcel No. 061-071026, being described as a portion of Section 1, T12N, R10E, M.D.M., consisting of 103.6 acres as shown on Exhibit A hereto. The southern parcel as shown on Exhibit A hereto is hereby amended: From: Open Space (OS) To: Residential Estate Five-Acres (RE-5) Zoning Map Correction: On December 15, 2015, as part of the Targeted General Plan AmendmentZoning Ordinance Update (TGPAZOU) Project, the entirety of the parcel was re-mapped from Residential Estate 10-Acres (RE-10) to Open Space (OS) in error. The northern parcel as shown on Exhibit A hereto is hereby amended: From: Open Space (OS) To: Residential Estate 10-Acres (RE10) Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and shall become effective thirty (30) days following the adoption hereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado at a regular meeting of said Board, held on the 2nd day of December, 2020, by the following vote of said Board: Ayes: Hidahl, Frentzen, Veerkamp, Parlin, Novasel Noes: None Absent: None ATTEST Kim Dawson Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By /s/ Tabetha Smith Deputy Clerk /s/ Brian K. Veerkamp Chair, Board of Supervisors 8448 12/9 SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 5136 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 130 (ZONING) TEMPORARY HOUSING OPTIONS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF EL DORADO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: The proposed Ordinance No. 5136 consists of amendments to Title 130 (Zoning) of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code. The changes include but are not limited to 1) Subsection 130.40.190.B entitled “Mobile/Manufactured Homes - Permit Requirements” is amended to add Subsection 8 entitled “Temporary Housing Option Recreational Vehicle.” The option to use a recreational vehicle as temporary housing aligns with the process and procedures established for the County’s Temporary Mobile Home Permit Program; 2) The proposed Ordinance for Temporary Housing Options would sunset three years from the date of adoption upon which date no new Temporary Recreational Vehicles permits may be issued or renewed; and 3) Subsection 130.52.050.D entitled “Temporary Mobile Home Permit Requirements” is amended to add Subsection 6 to include criteria that would allow one “Temporary Recreational Vehicle” (TRV), as defined in Subsection 130.40.190.B.8, on lots measuring one acre or larger as a temporary housing option, under a Temporary Mobile Home Permit. The full text of the Ordinance is available for viewing in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, California. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately following the adoption thereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado at a regular meeting of said Board, held on the 2nd day of December, 2020, by the following vote of said Board: Ayes: Hidahl, Frentzen, Veerkamp, Parlin, Novasel Noes: None Absent: None ATTEST Kim Dawson Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By /s/ Tabetha Smith Deputy Clerk /s/ Brian K. Veerkamp Chair, Board of Supervisors 8449 12/9 SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 5135 This ordinance hereby amends the El Dorado County Ordinance Code Title 5- Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations - Chapter 5.56.Vacation Home Rentals with amendments to include clarifying updates to the code for the purpose of program implementation and introducing a cap of 900 permits total in the Tahoe Basin. Adoption of this ordinance was heard by the Board of Supervisors on December 2, 2020. The Public Hearing was held virtually. For information on this matter, and copies of associated documents, including the full and complete copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance, may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, located at 330 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA, or by calling (530) 621-5390. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days following the adoption thereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado at a regular meeting of said Board, held on the 2nd day of December, 2020, by the following vote of said Board: Ayes: Hidahl, Frentzen, Veerkamp, Parlin Recused: Novasel Noes: None Absent: None ATTEST KIM DAWSON Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By /s/ Kyra Scharffenberg Deputy Clerk /s/ Brian K. Veerkamp Brian Veerkamp Chair, Board of Supervisors APPROVED AS TO FORM COUNTY COUNSEL By: /s/ David Livingston Title: County Counsel 12/9 8450

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