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Therapy Stores’ downtown permit appealed Thomas Frey Staff writer The Placerville Downtown Association and Friends of Historic Hangtown have appealed the Placerville Planning Commission’s Dec. 1 decision to grant Therapy Stores a conditional use permit to open its business in the city’s historical district.

Therapy Stores owners Jing Chen and Wayne Whelan own 11 locations around Northern California and are looking to open the 12th at 339 Main St. — the home of Combellack’s for more than

a century before it closed earlier this year.

Attorney Patrick Soluri with the Sacramento law firm Soluri Meserve filed the Dec. 10 appeal on behalf of the PDA and FOHH, listing several reasons why the Placerville City Council should reverse the Planning Commission’s decision at the appeal hearing set for 3 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11 Soluri listed four concerns: • The project is inconsistent with the character of Placerville’s Central Business District.

• The project may result in business closures and urban decay.

Christmas joy with baby boy Audrey French and Brandon Derieux of Placerville received a very special Christmas present, welcoming their son into the world on Christmas Day at Marshall Hospital in Placerville. Finn Orion French Derieux was born at 8:49 p.m., weighing 7 pounds, 6.7 ounces and measuring 20 1/2 inches long.

• The city may not lawfully approve the project because it has not adequately complied with the California Environmental Quality Act. • The decision may have been the result of an unfair hearing. “Some or all of the Planning Commissioners may have impermissibly prejudged the matter.”

Due to being considered a formula business with more than five locations, Therapy Stores applied for and was awarded a conditional use permit n

See Appeal, page A7

COVID-19 death toll climbs to 18 Dawn Hodson Staff writer The latest death count from COVID-19 is now 18 according to the latest numbers from El Dorado County.

The five new residents who died of the disease include one South County male 65 years of age or older; one El Dorado Hills female 65 years of age or older; one El Dorado Hills male 65 years of age or older; one Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Rescue male 65 years of age or older; and one Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz male in the age range of 18-49.

The county recorded 414 new COVID19 cases Dec. 25-28 (5,509 total). Of those new cases, 30 are in Pollock Pines, Camino, Kyburz; 67 are in El Dorado Hills; 30 are Diamond Springs, El Dorado; 20 are in North County; 140 are in Greater Placerville; 67 are in Cameron Park/Shingle Springs/ Rescue; 7 are in South County; 50 are in the Lake Tahoe region; and three are awaiting address confirmation (total awaiting address confirmation is 52). Of the 414 cases, 34 are ages 0-17; 177 are ages 18-49; 101 are ages 50-64; 102 are ages 65 or more; and in 0 cases the date of birth is unknown (total date of birth unknown is 4).

Twenty-eight COVID-19 patients are hospitalized with nine of those in the ICU, according to the most recent figures available at press time.

The adjusted case rate is now 40.5 per 100,000; the positivity rate is 11.6% and the health equity quartile positivity rate is 11.9%.

Ian Book leads Notre Dame to College Football Playoff Thomas Frey Staff writer Each year, only four quarterbacks in all of college football lead a team to the College Football Playoff to determine the national champion.

This year, Oak Ridge High School graduate Ian Book quarterbacked the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to that elite level by leading the team to a 10-1 record.

It’s his second time doing this.

When Book runs on to the Matrix Turf at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on New Year’s Day, his name will be etched in history, joining Jalen Hurts, Deshaun Watson, Baker Mayfield and Trevor Lawrence as the only quarterbacks in college football history to lead their teams to multiple college football playoffs appearances. In 2018 Notre Dame reached the playoff before losing to Clemson.

This year, Notre Dame will take on the top ranked Alabama Crimson Tide with the winner taking home the Rose Bowl trophy and heading to the national championship game against the winner of Ohio State v. Clemson.

“He’s certainly a dual-threat guy that presents a lot of problems for

us and we’re going to have to be very disciplined in terms of the way we play and everyone doing their job if we’re going to have a chance to be successful against Ian Book and Notre Dame’s offense,” said Alabama head coach Nick Saban.

The Rose Bowl is traditionally played in Pasadena, but due to COVID-19 the game was moved to AT&T Stadium — the 105,000-seat cathedral that houses the Dallas Cowboys. It’s the first time the Rose Bowl hasn’t been played in Pasadena since 1942, when the game was moved to Durham, N.C., after the federal government prohibited large gatherings on the West Coast less than a month after the Pearl Harbor attack.

But in a year of uncertainty, Book has played some of the best football of his life. The senior from El Dorado Hills has thrown 15 touchdowns and only two interceptions (by far the best touchdown-to-interception ratio of his career) and has done it a year after his top two pass receivers — Cole Kmet and Chase Claypool — left for the NFL. Claypool has 10 touchdowns with the Pittsburgh Steelers while Cole Kmet now plays for the Chicago Bears.

Since Book took over Notre Dame’s starting quarterback job during the

2017 season, he has won 88.2% of the 34 games he has started. In his first year as a full-time starter in 2018, he threw for 2,628 yards and 19 touchdowns to help lead Notre Dame to the College Football Playoff where the Irish fell to Clemson.

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Stumpy Meadows Reservoir as of Dec. 23 Water elevation 4,240.11 Feet Water storage 13,428 acre-feet Percent full 67% Inflow 7.87 cfs Outflow 3.79 cfs

Nicholas Donald Perata

Dec. 29, 1992 – Dec. 21, 2020

Nicholas Donald Perata was born in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 29, 1992. After graduating from Ponderosa High School, between 2011-16 Nick attended California State University, San Diego, earning his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Throughout his professional career, he worked as a project engineer building schools and hospitals for various companies, including Swinerton, Landmark and RQ Construction.

Nick was a happy go lucky positive guy, although at times was a goofball, he never hesitated to live life to the fullest. He always loved adventurous and thrilling activities, whether it was camping, fishing, hiking Half Dome in Yosemite, snowboarding, sky diving, attending multi-day music festivals and most of all, waiting in line for hours to ride a one minute roller coaster. Nick also had a passion and love for golf, never turning down an opportunity to perfect his game by playing 18 holes with family or friends. He fulfilled his passion further by volunteering and working numerous PGA Tournaments throughout the U.S. and abroad. It was always a thrill to see Nick on television as he walked the course alongside professional golfers.

Nick also had a tremendous love for architecture.

From a very young age, using LEGOs, Lincoln Logs, Rokenbok and Roller Coaster Tycoon, Nick became a master builder of small scaled masterpieces.

Some of which include building the Star Wars Millennium Falcon, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty and probably his most passionate project, rebuilding, detail for detail, a simulated Disneyland theme park.

Nick loved Disneyland so much, during his third year of college, he was awarded an internship to learn and assist in the design and construction of Disneyland rides. He was thrilled to learn the secrets of Disneyland and even more so, to share what he learned with friends and family.

Nick also enjoyed cooking his favorite recipes for friends and family, specifically tacos, shrimp scampi and salmon. Last but not least, Nick always found joy and happiness in goofing around with his friends, three brothers and beloved dog Brody.

Nick’s life was cut short at the young age of 27. He is survived by his parents Stephen and Ingrid, his brothers Alex, Michael and Logan; his grandparent’s Paula Perata and the late Donald Perata, Gerald Rowley and the late Lia Rowley, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, you may honor Nick and donate to the Sacramento Food Bank sacramentofoodbank. org/.

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William H. Crim III

April 24, 1937 – Dec. 8, 2020

Your outdoor adventure may be turning into a “Crim Adventure” when, around midway, you realize it is going to be about twice as long and arduous as planned. Nearing the end and now realizing it has become an epic journey that vastly exceeded what you signed up for, you can be certain that you have experienced a true “Crim Adventure.”

Bill Crim loved to spend time with his family and friends in the great outdoors — backpacking, mountain biking, hunting, rafting, and skiing — and occasionally those trips turned into “Crim Adventures.”

Bill was born in 1937 in Oakland, Calif. He was born into a family that had lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since the Gold Rush and had deep roots in the area. Bill was a curious and experimental boy, building contraptions like Tesla coils and an alarm that rang in his room when racoons got into the frog pond in their Piedmont home. Bill attended University of California, Berkeley to study electrical engineering, followed by graduate work at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Bill met his future bride, Eileen, while on a ski trip with friends at Squaw Valley. Bill and Eileen were married in 1966 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2016 by riding their bikes around the rim of Crater Lake. Bill and Eileen had two children, John and Catherine, who share their family’s love of the outdoors.

Bill and Eileen moved to Placerville in 1971 to raise their family in a rural setting, with hiking and skiing nearby. Bill started a company providing security and fire alarm systems for local homes and businesses, which he owned for nearly 50 years.

Together they forged many strong and enduring friendships and contributed to many community and environmental causes. If you walk or ride on the trails that used to be rails around Placerville, you’re already familiar with some of the work the Crims have endeavored to bring to their beloved community.

Bill passed peacefully on Dec. 8. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Eileen; his son, John; his daughter, Catherine; and his four granddaughters Charlotte, Alexa, Grace and Virginia.

Bill will be remembered for his broad smile and warmth; his incessant curiosity; his work ethic and high standards of workmanship; his love for his family and friends; his love for the great outdoors; and more than a few “Crim Adventures.”

Elizabeth Yates

April 10, 1939 – Dec. 26, 2020

Elizabeth (Betty) Yates, 81, of Emmett, Idaho died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. She left behind a legacy of love for her family and a life centered around faith and service.

Betty was born on April 10, 1939 in Placerville, Calif., to Anthony and Mary Ashford. She spent her childhood riding her horse and attended school in Camino, Calif. She spoke fondly of riding horseback in the Pony Express Parade from Lake Tahoe to Placerville as a teenager. She graduated from El Dorado High School in Placerville in 1957.

On July 11, 1958, she married Charles Yates Jr. She was his biggest fan at the race track racing sprint cars, or helping him mechanic on his logging truck. They raised a son and a daughter together, and invited many others into their home throughout the years. Her home was always a welcome place for any visitor. In 1990, Betty and Charles moved to Emmett, Idaho to be near their grandchildren.

Betty had many talents and hobbies including gardening, sewing and crafts. She could problemsolve and fix just about anything. She was a true example of service and love. She volunteered countless hours at her church and participated in the Legion of Mary.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles G. Yates, and her parents, Anthony and Mary Ashford. She is survived by her son, Charles Yates of Emmett, Idaho; daughter and and son-in-law, Mary and Steve Posten of Emmett, Idaho; five grandchildren, Becky (Matt) Brown, Carmen (Jeff ) Betzold, Leanne (Mike) Buck, Gary (Taylor) Posten and Marianne (Tyler) Corn along with seven greatgrandchildren.

Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Tuesday, Dec. 29 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Emmett. Burial followed at the Emmett Cemetery.

Under the direction of the Potter Funeral Chapel in Emmett. In lieu of flowers please donate to the Boise Rescue Mission.

* Note that Lake Aloha and Echo Lake contain water, but the lake elevations are below the points measured/operated by EID. The outflow at each lake is a function of the natural inflow.

Union Reservoir as of Dec. 23 Water elevation 4,814.19 Feet Storage level 135,399 acre-feet Percent full 51% Inflow — Outflow —

Caples Lake as of Dec. 24 Water elevation 45.99 Feet Storage level 13,238 acre-feet Percent full 59% Inflow 0.00 cfs Outflow 7.51 cfs

Loon Lake as of Dec. 23 Water elevation 6,381.84 Storage level 35,293 acre-feet Percent full 51% Inflow — Outflow —-

Silver Lake as of Dec. 24 Water elevation 9.03 Feet Storage level 2,653 acre-feet Percent full 31% Inflow 0.00 cfs Outflow 15.80 cfs

Ice House as of Dec. 23 Water elevation 5,418.77 Feet Storage level 24,900 acre-feet Percent full 57% Inflow 3 cfs Outflow —

Sly Park as of Dec. 24 Water elevation 95.72 Feet Storage level 26,455 acre-feet Percent full 64.5 % Inflow 1.33 cfs Outflow 26.9 cfs

Lake Aloha as of Dec. 24 Water elevation 3.09 Feet Storage level 0 acre-feet Percent full 0%

American River as of Dec. 24 Flow 41.29 cfs

CRIME LOG The following is from El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office logs:

9:25 p.m. A 34-year-old man was arrested on Highway 193 in Georgetown on charges of driving with suspended license and possessing narcotics for sale.

Dec. 13 1:38 a.m. A 27-year-old woman and 39-year-old man were arrested on Black Oak Mine Road in Garden Valley on charges of possessing narcotics with the intent to sell.

2:35 a.m. A 21-year-old woman was arrest on Highway 50 near Shingle Springs for allegedly trying to evade officers. She was eventually caught outside her vehicle after multiple spike strips were deployed.

3:55 p.m. Three suspects attempted to steal items from a vehicle’s toolbox in El Dorado.

Dec. 15

9:14 a.m. A victim’s wallet was reportedly stolen in Shingle Springs.

12:19 p.m. A victim had a wallet stolen from a locked vehicle in Oak Hill.

1:56 p.m. Aluminum wire was stolen from a construction yard in Diamond Springs.

2:23 p.m. A stolen vehicle was recovered in Highway 49 near Diamond Springs.

4:02 p.m. A female victim reported the back two tires of her van were slashed on Cimmarron Road in Cameron Park.

11:30 p.m. A 26-year-old man on probation was arrested on Highway 49 near Placerville on charges possessing drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.

5:52 p.m. A 30-year-old man was arrested on Highway 50 near Camino for allegedly driving under the influence and attempting to evade law enforcement.

Dec. 14

6:46 p.m. A 24-year-old man was arrested in Cameron Park on suspicion of robbery.

9:14 a.m. A stolen vehicle was was recovered on Salmon Falls Road in El Dorado Hills.

Dec. 16

12:45 p.m. A residence was burglarized in Camino.

12:54 p.m. Two people, ages 47 and 54, were arrested on Mormon Emigrant Gap Trail in the Eldorado National Forest due to one allegedly possessing drug paraphernalia and the other having a warrant.

6:34 p.m. Suspects reportedly broke into a shop and stole items in Cameron Park.

10:02 a.m. Deputies responded to a report of a stolen catalytic converter in El Dorado Hills.

10:25 a.m. Mail was stolen from a cluster mailbox in Diamond Springs.

Dec. 17

1:30 p.m. A 40-year-old woman was arrested in Shingle Springs ■

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Bass Lake Regional Park has soft opening Sel Richard Staff writer With the onset of rising COVID-19 cases and stay-at-home orders impinging holiday activities, the El Dorado Hills Community Services District offers recreational options, announcing a “softopening” of Bass Lake Regional Park last week.

“We recognized that our communities need to get out into parks and open spaces to do something — anything,” said EDHCSD General Manager Kevin Loewen.

“In coupling that notion with the fact that everyone is excited to know more about Bass Lake Regional Park, and what it will become, this is a good time to get folks out there.

Why wait if we can do something meaningful?”

Improvements to come Although there are no significant park improvements, steps have been taken to allow the site to be open for public use in a limited capacity.

Fencing and signage communicate lake access and fishing rules such as no live bait, catch and release only, barbless fishing hooks and the requirement of a California fishing license.

Once larger projects are under way, Loewen

Photo courtesy of the El Dorado Hills Community Services District

Nature’s gorgeous colors glow on Bass Lake. The regional park in El Dorado Hills is now open for limited use. said the district’s goal is to keep as much of the remainder of the park opened.

“There will be impacted and restricted areas, but we’ll do our best to keep visitors visiting in a safe and responsible manner,” he said, suggesting that interested community

members follow the district’s social media posts for future special occasions and events.

“For instance, we opened up and allowed fishing, but we need to pause on fishing for protection of certain migratory birds.”

Although normal park hours are 7 a.m. to 5

Californians ring in the new year with new rules on the road California Highway Patrol News release SACRAMENTO — As 2020 comes to a close, the California Highway Patrol wants to highlight some new roadway safety laws that take effect in 2021.

License points for distracted driving (AB 47, Daly; 2019): Using a cell phone in a handheld manner while driving is currently punishable by a fine. Beginning July 1, 2021, violating the hands-free law for a second time within 36 months of a prior conviction for the same offense will result in a point being added to a driver’s record. This applies to the violations of talking or texting while driving (except for hands-free use) and to any use of these devices while driving by a person younger than 18.

Unattended children in motor vehicles (AB 2717, Chau): Exempts a person from civil or criminal liability for trespassing or damaging a vehicle when rescuing a child who is 6 years old or younger and who is in immediate danger from heat, cold, lack of ventilation or other dangerous circumstances. The law takes effect Jan. 1.

Crime log Continued from A2 for allegedly stealing a package.

4:36 p.m. A 37-year-old man was arrested on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville on public intoxication charges.

7:13 p.m. Deputies responded to a residential burglary in Diamond Springs.

Dec. 18

11:30 a.m. A suspect burglarized a home in Sly Park.

1:38 p.m. A 66-year-old man with a warrant was arrested on Missouri Flat Road in Placerville on public intoxication charges.

9:38 p.m. A 26-year-old woman was arrested on Main Street in Georgetown for reportedly driving with a suspended license.

Dec. 19

1:44 a.m. A 30-year-old man was arrested on Highway 50 near Shingle Springs for allegedly possessing a controlled substance.

8:02 a.m. Two mailboxes in Oak Hill were vandalized and mail was stolen.

“Move Over, Slow Down” amendments (AB 2285, Transportation Committee): Extends the provisions of the “Move Over, Slow Down” law currently in place on freeways to also apply to local streets and roads so drivers approaching a stationary emergency vehicle displaying emergency lights, including tow trucks and Caltrans vehicles, must now move to another lane when possible or slow to a reasonable speed on all highways, not just freeways. The law is effective Jan. 1.

Emergency vehicles (SB 909, Dodd): Allows authorized emergency vehicles to use a “Hi-Lo” warning sound. This distinctive sound, different than a siren, would be used to notify the public of an immediate need to evacuate an area in an emergency.

The CHP is currently developing regulations to standardize the Hi-Lo warning sound statewide. Until the regulations are adopted, law enforcement agencies can use the Hi-Lo warning sound by obtaining a permit from the CHP. The law went into effect Sept. 29.

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p.m., modified hours will be enforced through Jan. 31 to allow for the migratory bird season.

During this period activities are reduced to walking only, with park hours from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Construction on more permanent park features are currently under review with the county, although Loewen said he urges residents to voice their desires for the park. “We do want and need advocates to tell local county officials and commissions that

you want this to happen, now. Be our advocates beyond the CSD boundaries because this is going to be your gem of an asset.”

The main gate access to the park is via Sellwood Field off Serrano Parkway.

Visitors must walk around the ball field and through the oak grove and the district recommends boots as the natural trails can be steep and rocky.

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“While schools are closed for the holiday and the governor allowing for outdoor recreation to help with personal health and wellness, Bass Lake Regional Park’s soft opening was a gift we were able to give to our community this holiday season,” said CSD Communications Specialist April West.

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Housing EA Family Services • Services: Offers a variety of programs for youth and adults.

• Phone: (530) 283-3330 • https://www.ea.org/youth-adult-services Hope House • Services: Offers transitional housing for women and their children that are homeless or about to be homeless.

• Phone: (530) 622-3231 ext 242 • Email: wearehopehouse@gmail.com • https://www.wearehopehouse.com/ The state of California created a guide to help renters and landlords navigate their rights and provide resources available during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://landlordtenant.dre.ca.gov/index.html Family & Children Hope House • Services: Offers programs for recovery, counseling, parenting, health, wellness, financial planning, career and education development and spiritual guidance.

• Phone: (530) 622-3231 ext 242 • Email: wearehopehouse@gmail.com • https://www.wearehopehouse.com/ New Morning Youth & Family Services • Services: Provides counseling services and a 24-hour youth emergency shelter.

• Phone: (530) 622-5551 • https://www.newmorningyfs.org/ Summitview Child & Family Services • Services: Summitview provides outpatient mental health services, residential treatment and special education services for adolescent boys and girls.

• Phone: (530) 644-2412 • https://summitviewcf.org/ Food Distributions Bread & Broth • Services: Offers dinners every Monday at St.

Theresa Church Grace Hall and Friday evening at Lake Tahoe Community Presbyterian Church (currently being served at St. Theresa Grace Hall until fire damage at LTCPC is fixed).

• http://breadandbroth.org/ Upper Room Dining Hall • Services: Take-Out Dinners are distributed daily between 4pm to 5:30pm.

• Phone: (530) 497-5146 • https://upperroomdininghall.org/index.html Food Bank of El Dorado County • Phone: (530) 621-9950 • https://foodbankedc.org/ Mental Health El Dorado County Mental Health Resources • Services: Provides various behavioral health resources in El Dorado County.

• West Slope phone: (530) 622-3345 • Tahoe phone: (530) 544-2219 • https://www.edcgov.us/Government/ MentalHealth The state of California created a guide to help people manage stress during COVID-19. https://covid19.ca.gov/manage-stress-forhealth/#top National Mental Health Resources Open Path Psychotherapy Collective • Services: Offers affordable psychotherapy sessions virtually for people who do not have health insurance or whose health insurance doesn’t have sufficient mental health benefits.

• https://openpathcollective.org/ National Suicide Prevention Lifeline • Services: If you’re in experiencing thoughts of suicide or emotional crisis, the lifeline connects people with free and confidential support any time of the day.

• Phone: 1-800-273-8255 • https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Employment El Dorado County Employment Services • Services: Provides employment resource centers and open workshops/training.

• Phone: (530) 642-4850 • https://www.edcgov.us/Government/ HumanServices/Employment%20Services/pages/ connections_-_one_stop.aspx Golden Sierra Job Training • Quality workforce investment services that provide both employers and individuals the opportunity to achieve and sustain economic prosperity.

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• Placerville phone: (530) 642-7300 • South Lake Tahoe phone: (530) 573-3200 • https://www.edcgov.us/Government/humanservices/Cash%20Aid%20Services/pages/cash_aid_services.aspx Additional California Resources COVID-19: Worker Resources • Services: The Employee Development Department (EDD) offers several benefit programs including benefits for workers financially impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.edd. ca.gov/about_edd/coronavirus-2019/workers.htm California Low-Cost Internet Plans • Services: The Public Utilities Commission offers a directory to help you find low-cost internet plans in your area. https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/ CALowCostInternetPlans/ California Lifeline Program • Services: The Public Utilities Commission offers a directory to help you find discounts on home and cell phone providers in your area. https://www.californialifeline.com/en/provider_search The WIOA Dislocated Worker Funds for Underserved COVID-19 Impacted Individual • The grant pays up to $800 per person for basic needs, such as housing, utility assistance, child care, transportation costs, and some ‘work from home’ costs. The deadline to apply for the grant is now December 31, 2020. https://goldensierra.com/ Small Business Crisis Hotline • Services: The California Small Enterprise Task Force connects small businesses to COVID-19 resources including support from attorneys and business advisors. https://www.law.berkeley.edu/ research/business/cares-act-and-small-businesses/ california-small-enterprise-task-force/ United Ways of California COVID-19 Resources • Services: Looking for assistance, United Way’s 2-1-1 text service connects Californians to local relief efforts including housing, mental health, food, child care, and other info and referral services including answering your questions about the novel coronavirus.

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Sources of Cash Small Businesses Can Tap Right Now Gene Marks I’ve been writing a lot about getting cash from the government to help manage through the serious economic downturn we’ve been suffering. But not everyone is going to get a Paycheck Protection Loan, considering how far behind the Small Business Administration is in processing applications. You could turn to the state or corporate grants, but they’re also very competitive.

So where to next? Assuming a traditional banking relationship isn’t in the cards, then here are three sources of cash to strongly consider.

1. Factoring If you have accounts receivable, you’re probably waiting on payment. Unfortunately, as the economy slows, customers (who are also facing their own hardships) start taking more time to pay their bills. Some of your customers may stop paying altogether. It’s important that you convert as many receivables into cash as soon as possible, which is why a factoring company should be considered. Take a look at BlueVine Capital, LSQ, and Snapcap.

What these companies do is provide financing based on your receivables. Some of them take the receivable off your hands and collect it themselves. They’ll pay you 85-90% of the receivable right up front and then the rest, net of their fees, after they collect. They are not cheap. You will have to pay a fee — sometimes as much as 2% for the first thirty days and another 0.5% for every ten days — for the

privilege of getting an invoice paid. In some cases, they may also come in between you and your customer’s relationship, which can have other negative effects. But cash is cash, and these companies can provide what you need.

Remember, you don’t have to do this for every invoice, just the big ones or the ones who you think will take longer to pay.

2. Online Lenders Online lenders can be an excellent source of short-term cash for your business. I say short term because these companies — PayPal, Square (which both offer financing based on prior sales through their systems), Fundbox and OnDeck — offer loans at interest rates that could be as much as 50 percent annually. I know that sounds like a lot, and it is. But no one says you have to keep the balance outstanding all year.

Use these funds to help pay your bills through the crisis if you’re confident that things will turn around enough over the next few months so that you can pay back the debt and be on your way.

The benefit of these online lenders is that they have a very quick turnaround — many can get your loan approved within 24 hours. And oftentimes they lend money based on little collateral or guarantees. They will likely ask to connect to your accounting systems too to keep a close eye on your books. It’s okay; these companies have been around for a while, and the industry is mature. I know many small business owners who have successfully used the capital provided by their online lender to plug working

capital holes for short term periods.

3. Friends and Family I know…ugh. But really, the best source of cash around is from people you know. They will be the most flexible. You can offer them a pretty good deal too. Just think about it: banks are paying close to one percent interest rate on savings and money market accounts. If Uncle Phil lends you $10k, you can pay him a 3% rate over three or four years, and he’s making three times what he’d make saving in a bank. Plus, he knows you, and he knows where you live.

Yeah, he knows where you live. We all know the downside of doing business with friends and family. A bad deal can ruin a relationship and cause some very uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinners. But hey — at the rate we’re going, we’ll probably be doing that dinner over Zoom anyway! In all seriousness, just make sure that if you borrow from a friend or family member that you’re confident in your ability to repay that person. If all goes well, then everyone will benefit in the end: you’ll get a much-needed loan at a much lower rate than an online lender, and your creditor will make a good return.

There are other sources of cash to consider, by the way — credit cards, selling off inventory and unneeded equipment, and even doing side gigs. But the three I’ve listed above are good options for these very challenging times. Just please: be informed and be careful.

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A skier, left, accidentally triggered an avalanche this weekend in the Carson Pass area. The skier’s partner on the right was not involved in the slide.

Avalanches reported in Tahoe backcountry Tahoe Daily Tribune Unstable steep snowy slopes have officials advising backcountry users that now is not the time to “go big.”

Two people were caught in backcountry snow slides over the weekend according to the Sierra Avalanche Center, one a skier and the other a snowmobiler and both escaped serious injuries.

Two skiers on Saturday afternoon were skinning up Nipple Peak in the Carson Pass area when one accidentally triggered a slide.

The skiers were hiking up opposite sides of a bowl above the treeline when a “sizable slab” gave way and swept away the skier, according to an incident report. The skier deployed his airbag and his head was just underneath the surface when the slide ended at the bottom in the trees.

The other skier was out of the path and avoided the slide.

The other avalanche was also reported on Saturday in the Tahoe National Forest in the Little Truckee Summit region.

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in the Central Business District of downtown at the Placerville Planning Commission Dec. 1 meeting after much debate. The permit was granted despite many business owners and Placerville locals commenting to the Planning Commission that they didn’t want to see its historical downtown allow chain stores.

“Many neighboring property owners have already reached out to the city, explaining that a formula business does not reflect the unique character of the community and desired aesthetic ambience of the CBD,” Soluri said on behalf of the PDA in an Oct. 30 email to Planning Commission Chair John List.

“A large formula business such as Therapy Stores will have an unfair advantage over these much smaller stores that may be forced to close due to competition,” he continued.

Soluri enlisted the work of Philip King, who has a Ph.D. from Cornell University in economics, to look into and make a report on how Therapy Stores impact small, independently owned businesses that offer similar goods. King said opening of the store could cause urban decay to the area — boarded-up buildings, graffiti and offensive words painted on buildings and lack of building maintenance if local businesses close down.

King’s report listed 16 businesses in downtown Placerville that carry

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fact that we were just moving along too fast, I popped out of the trees onto an exposed face,” according to the incident report. “I immediately recognized the hazard, but immediately saw the snow fracture above me and propagate across the ridge.”

The snowmobiler with no other choice attempted to outrun the slide but was caught while dropping into the treeline.

The rider was thrown from the sled and buried up to the helmet against a tree. The avalanche was about 280 feet in length.

The group witnessed the event and was there about a minute later to provide assistance. The rider was uninjured and recovered the machine that was buried in about 6 feet of snow.

The avalanches took place on steep slopes of 40 degrees or more and officials are advising users to choose slopes that are 30 degrees or less.

The center said on Monday in the daily forecast that there is still considerable avalanche danger.

“Whumpfing, shooting cracks, recent avalanches and unstable snow pit test results are all indications of unstable snow in the area,” said the statement. “Do not underestimate potential avalanche size, potential run out distance, or the hazard from connected terrain above or to the side. Think bigger avalanche than expected.”

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products also sold at Therapy Stores.

Formula stores often have greater buying power with suppliers and King concluded, Therapy Stores “does indeed have the potential to close other local (non-formula) businesses in the historical Placerville downtown area.”

On Dec. 7, three days before Soluri filed the appeal, he sent an email on behalf of the PDA and FOHH to Regina O’Connell, the Placerville city clerk, and El Dorado County RecorderClerk Janelle Horne, requesting public records.

“Our clients have received information suggesting that representatives of El Dorado County and/or the city of Placerville recruited Jing Chen and Wayne Whelan to open a Therapy Stores storefront in the city’s central business district and, as part of that effort, induced purchase of 339 Main St. by providing assurances that the Therapy Store would receive the discretionary conditional use permit needed to operate in the (district).”

Soluri requested any type of communication between city and county representatives and city and appointed officials regarding Therapy Stores and its applicants, Chen and Whelan.

For more information about the Jan. 11 appeal go to cityofplacerville.org/ city-council-agenda 72 hours before the meeting.

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are now older, more mature, better leaders, better football players. And now we get that chance.”

His 30 wins at Notre Dame are the most in the school’s history that dates back to 1887 and has seen four of its quarterbacks win the Heisman Trophy — an honor given to the best player in college football.

Book won’t win the Heisman this year (it will likely go to Alabama’s Devonta Smith), but he did win the Pop Warner Award, which is awarded to a graduating senior who has made a difference on the field, in the classroom and in his community while serving as a role model.

While Book was at Oak Ridge he was a regular at giving his time in the community. He participated in the Pink Ribbon Pedal and Pose fundraiser; served as a host for Evening of Dreams, a senior ball for local youth with disabilities; and regularly volunteered

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at the Food Bank of El Dorado County before leaving to play at Notre Dame.

The award is named after Glenn “Pop” Warner, who was a legendary college coach from 1895-1939 at schools like Georgia, Carlisle, Cornell and Stanford.

Coincidentally, the only time Notre Dame played in the Rose Bowl was against Warner while he was the head coach at Stanford in 1925. The Irish won their first national championship that day in a 27-10 win.

Ninety-six years to the day after that win, the Irish will kickoff against Alabama at 1 p.m. on ESPN in the College Football Playoff, looking to move one game closer to winning the 12th national championship at Notre Dame.

“We truly have an opportunity and it starts with believing,” Book said. “We believe we can win. We believe that we can win a national championship this year.”

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You deserve every rose you’re flung and so many more. If no rose comes by way of florist, metaphor or dirt, seek it out and gift it to yourself, forgiving the critical oversight of the world.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The omens suggest that you are still trying to make your needs fit nicely into the matrix of everyone else’s. Are they also doing that for you? Would they? Truth inspires adjustments.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You don’t have to say what you want and expect people to feel it. Improving relationships has to do with aligning expectations with what a person can give and wants to give.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). When the flow of ideas hits, it’s like a river rushing over the cliff of your consciousness, crashing impressively down while effervescing up, casting prisms into the sky.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Would you rather be mad with the rest of the world or wise alone? Well, it’s a binary choice of the past that no one with internet connection needs to worry about. Whatever the belief, there’s a tribe out there waiting for another member.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Wishing is fun. Pretending is slightly harder though also quite fun. Doing it, failing, doing it again, failing again... that’s the part that’s considerably less fun and the only way to get the skill.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The message you give is what someone needs to hear. This perfect meeting of

words and a receptive mind is made possible by your willingness to show up, speak out and connect.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The space between a person doing his or her best and the person in need of that service is sacred ground. The skill level or perfection of the product has little relevance to the exchange.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). This thing you want -- you’ve conditioned to think that it has to be given by someone else or it doesn’t count. That’s ridiculous.

Be first to hand it to yourself and watch the line form behind you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). To think bigger is to imagine what it means to other people outside of the circle, across borders, over time, beyond your generation. You’ll open yourself to the wider philosophy, the various applications and implications.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Take your time.

Everyone’s process is different, and letting things happen unhurried will allow you to learn, savor and retain more. Soon, new information will surface that makes the right decision obvious.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Like the elephant, you don’t forget. If someone thrills you once, you’ll anticipate the next time. Same goes for the one who offended you, although such a person rarely gets a chance at “next time” because you’re long gone.

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OPINION

Richard B. Esposito Publisher/Editor

Noel Stack Managing Editor

Krysten Kellum Associate Editor

California Matters

Changing rules alters outcomes

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eriodically, owners of major league sports teams change game rules and in doing so they inevitably affect the games’ outcomes, purposely or not.

Politics are no different.

Changing the rules of campaigning, voting and other political procedures DAN WALTERS affects election results.

We saw an example of that adage this year. Loosening voter registration requirements, allowing or disallowing ballot harvesting and, in some states, shifting from in-person voting to vote-by-mail affected voter turnout, altered the composition of the electorate and thus ultimately had an effect on what or who won or lost.

Obviously, writers of rules — federal and state legislators, mostly — have a motive in changing them to benefit themselves, their parties and their allied interest groups.

That’s why, for instance, the national Democratic Party poured untold millions of dollars into state legislative campaigns. The campaign’s avowed goal was altering the partisan balance of statehouses, now mostly Republican, to affect how congressional districts are redrawn after the 2020 census, but it largely failed.

Two constitutional amendments introduced in the California Legislature’s newly convened session attest to the continuing desire of politicians to change political rules and thus outcomes.

Senate Constitutional Amendment 1, submitted

by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, a Democrat from Van Nuys, would flip how referenda — measures to overturn laws passed by the Legislature — are submitted to voters.

Currently, an interest group opposed to a new law can challenge it by collecting enough signatures to place a referendum on the ballot. Voters are then asked to either validate the new law by voting “yes” or repeal it by voting “no.”

Hertzberg wants a “yes” vote to repeal the new law and a “no” vote to keep the new law in place.

Is the current procedure a little confusing? Yes, particularly since the referendum process is only occasionally used. But it’s doubtful that SCA 1’s change would be less confusing.

Hertzberg apparently believes that the change would decrease the chances of a successful referendum because if voters are somewhat undecided or confused about the underlying issue, they are more likely to vote “no.”

He introduced SCA 1 a month after his landmark law abolishing cash bail for criminal defendants was overturned by a referendum, Proposition 25, sponsored by the bail bond industry. Voters marked nearly 55% of their ballots “no” on Hertzberg’s bail bill.

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Letters to the Editor Enough hate EDITOR: he ill-informed lies you printed about President Trump were hateful and divisive, which complicates any possibilities of the country coming together to move forward. Right now Biden is saying that he wants to be the president of all of the nation but you are declaring that would be impossible. Your hate will destroy you and our nation.

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Fixed election EDITOR: o you remember the 2014 National Football League Deflategate scandal? New England Patriot quarterback Tom Brady was accused of deliberately deflating the air pressure in the footballs being used in order to prevail in a Super Bowl game that was being played in inclement weather.

While lacking any tangible evidence, the NFL almost immediately jumped into action with eyes wide shut and slapped Brady with a four game suspension for the 2015 season. For their part the Patriots were fined $1 million and two firstround selections in the 2015 draft by the NFL commissioner. Brady’s lawyers took his matter to a federal court, where the suspension was vacated.

However, following the conclusion of the season the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated Brady’s four game suspension for the 2016 season, at which point Brady announced he would accept the suspension.

Point is, for months the allegations fueled a legal circus that bounced around in the news almost on a daily basis and in and out of the court system. At no time was there ever even a smidgeon of evidence or one witness to come forward to attest that the accusations were well founded.

Fast forward to the recent general election. Here, there are a multitude of persons who have come forward, willing to testify that they personally witnessed ballot fixing at numerous polling cites.

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Polling place personnel are known to have broken the law when demanding that poll observers remove themselves from the building. Video recordings show poll workers retrieving hidden suitcases containing ballots from concealment under work tables.

Significant computer glitches have been recognized at the state level by polling supervisors. Illegal ballots from deceased and out-of-state persons have been included in the overall count totals. Voting regulations in several states have be altered by governors issuing gubernatorial actions that are not legal. Such measures can only be legal if voted into law in a bill from the entire state legislature.

Without even a hint of collaboration the Brady/ NFL fiasco went on and on in the media and in and out and in again in the federal court system. But, when it is patently obvious that a horrendous wrong has occurred in our election process there is not a single judge nor court, including the Supreme Court, that will allow that their attention be given to the matter.

Is it because with Tom Brady it really didn’t matter much because the Patriots were going to win anyway? So it really doesn’t matter that laws were broken and fraudulent ballots cast because Biden was going to win anyway? We may never know. Sad. HAL PETRIE Placerville

Response to Mr. Weitzman EDITOR: would very much like to know what plane of reality Mr. Weitzman lives on. It certainly is not the same one I live on. Now we are quoting Stalin as justification for overturning a legitimate and fair election. Really? At least he does say he was a “ruthless dictator.”

I would like to offer another theory at to why Biden won. It is because the majority of Americans see President Trump for whom he really is — an incompetent, heartless, corrupt, dishonest, autocratic, dangerous Charlatan. He will certainly go down in history as the worst president we have ever had.

SCOTT TAYLOR Placerville

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Goodbye, sweet girl. Why is losing a pet so hard?

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play and the rough-and’ve been trying to tumble that ensued was find a way to write straight out of a Hannaabout something Barbera cartoon. so painful I can As she grew, that joie still hardly think of it — de vivre continued to even nine months later. define her — and to In March, just before teach me important the coronavirus lockdown lessons. She began began in earnest, my every day the way we all husband and I lost our should, gloriously happy little dog, Sadie. At 13 to be alive, quivering she wasn’t young, but JENNIFER FORSBERG with the sheer bliss of we’d expected to have MEYER being. At some point in several more years with her waking-up routine her, which wouldn’t have she’d sit up on her haunches, tail still been unusual for the type of dog she wagging, and swipe her paws at her was, a Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix. snout, one after the other, like a little It happened so fast. From the time prize fighter.

I noticed something was wrong to her That’s when you realize your reasons last labored breath was less than two for being grumpy in the morning — no weeks. I can still hardly believe it. matter how valid you deem them to be Sadie was my constant companion, — are bogus. my work-from-home buddy, a friend Sadie was a healthy dog all her life I’ve profiled many times in this column. once we found a diet that foiled her Her silky, caramel-colored coat and large, liquid eyes and endearingly floppy susceptibility to pancreatitis. Then, that fateful day in March, I saw her sink ears made her look — before her sweet face became so gray — like a diminutive awkwardly onto one hip, topple over and lie oddly still for a few moments, version of the heroine from “Lady and the Tramp.” leaking a little urine, before coming to.

Her regular veterinarian said this When we acquired her as a pup in behavior could indicate either seizures 2007 she terrorized our two cats. They or fainting. The exam that day detected were twice her size, yet she’d lunge at a new and not inconsequential heart them joyfully, her intense, high-pitched murmur the vet said could be a factor. growl sounding just like the buzzing She referred us to a specialist in of a rattlesnake. Eventually Leo and Sacramento.

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Within 48 hours Hank and I were sitting with Sadie in that specialist’s clinic, looking at the few others in the waiting room and wondering over this new thing we’d been hearing about, “social distancing.”

After Sadie’s exam, the report shocked us. Sadie had congestive heart failure.

Her chest X-ray revealed a grossly enlarged heart with light shading over her lungs indicating a dangerous build-up of fluid.

The cause was a leaky mitral valve. I learned that approximately 10% of dogs will develop some form of heart disease during their lifetime and that about 80% of it is caused by mitral valve insufficiency. Small dogs and older dogs are particularly at risk.

It seemed impossible. Right before the fainting had started, Sadie had been pretty much her normal self — an enthusiastic eater, a chaser of chew toys, a steadfast companion that dogged my heels all day long. That she was this sick now seemed some sort of cruel hoax.

The clinic gave her a shot of Lasix for the fluid retention and sent us home with Lasix pills, plus medications for her heart and liver and an anti-nausea drug. They said her condition was severe but possibly manageable with the meds.

The next day we told ourselves she seemed better. At one point, as she went to her food as eagerly as she always had, Hank and I looked at each other

in relief, reassured that at least she still had a good appetite.

Moments later she backed unsteadily away from her food bowl, leaving the majority of her meal uneaten — something she’d never done before.

We kept administering her meds on schedule and willing them to work, but the rest of that day passed in high anxiety. I remember sitting at the bottom of the stairs at one point, stroking her smooth coat as she gazed sorrowfully at me with those beautiful eyes. In retrospect, it’s as if she knew she was in serious trouble.

She slept at the foot of our bed as always. Early the next morning, her condition sent us into a panic. She couldn’t stand, although as my husband told me through tears, she rolled over as she always did for him to rub her tummy.

As we raced around, pulling on clothes and preparing for an emergency trip to the specialist, she began to struggle for breath. In spite of the Lasix, her lungs had continued to fill with fluid.

It was still dark when we piled into the car. I sat on the passenger side with Sadie lying on a pillow on my lap. As Hank reach for the ignition, I stopped him.

“I think she’s gone,” I said. And she was.

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Walters

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Continued from A8

Proposition 25 is widely seen as a template for other referenda by business groups adversely affected by laws passed by a liberal Legislature.

Senate Constitutional Amendment 3, offered by Sen. Ben Allen, a Redondo Beach Democrat, would make a huge change in recall elections.

Currently, when enough signatures are collected to seek the recall of an elected official, such as then-Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, the issue is placed before voters in two simultaneous ballot measures. One is on the recall itself and the second is to elect someone to replace the ousted officeholder if the recall is successful.

With 135 candidates on the second ballot, action

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movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger succeeded Davis with about 48% of the vote.

SCA 3 would place the targeted officeholder on the same ballot as the challengers, meaning the incumbent could stay in office with a plurality of the vote instead of the harder-to-achieve majority vote currently required for the recall ballot.

When you change political rules, you likely change the outcome of the political game, just as in football or baseball.

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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health, their wellbeing, their happiness. A pet brings A little later, when we could manage it, we buried out our most nurturing parental instincts and these her with her favorite chew toy on the hillside facing shape how we feel about the animal during its lifetime our kitchen window. and especially at its death.

Later still, as I began experiencing that surreal lostOur pets regard us as a sort of god. We’re their limb effect of missing her, I emailed my good friend everything. We sense that adoration and it makes us who’s also a vet. feel not only that it’s our duty to protect them, but also “Tell me again why we have animals?”

It’s the question that looms at the death of a beloved we should somehow be able to do so, even at the end.

But of course we can’t. And when we can’t, it pet. The pain is shattering, plus we’re never ready for devastates us, infusing us with guilt that intensifies it. Animals’ lives are so relatively short that their end the grief. always comes “too soon.”

That grief is the price we pay for the love of our Now, in the aftermath of Sadie’s death, I think I’ve finally figured out why that pain is so piercing. pets. When the bill comes due, it’s always shockingly It’s not that we love our pets more than our human high. I’ll never fully settle this latest account, but the family and friends, of course. It’s just that they love privilege of owning Sadie will have been worth it. us so sweetly and unconditionally, and are so utterly Jennifer Forsberg Meyer is a columnist with the dependent on us. They’re our “children” Mountain Democrat.

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Do your feet or hands tingle, feel numb, or hurt. The Placerville Neuropathy Support Group meets the 2nd Wed. of each month, 1 PM, Senior Center, 937 Spring St. Except: July, Aug. & Dec. Jan., Feb., March telephone meeting. Call Bev (877)6226298 for instructions.

Placerville Senior Softball Club. Welcomes all men and women ball players, slow pitch, 55 and older. Season is April through Sept. Contact Dean Panell simplefolk1028@yahoo.com (530) 620-4755, or Kelly Heavin sfd5r5ter@aol.com (530) 919-0386 POLLOCK PINES-CAMINO ROTARY CLUB is seeking people interes ted in community service and interested in exploring a Rotary club of friendships, reasonable dues and endless satisfaction. Please call 530305-0872 for information regarding Rotary and an upcoming meeting.

Senior PEER COUNSELING Seniors 55 and over who are grieving, depressed or having issues related to aging can meet one-on-one with a caring senior, professionally supervised and trained to listen and encourage. Call (530)621-6304 to leave a message and get started.

Soroptimist International of Placerville wants to meet you! Are you looking to impact your community, make new friends with dynamic women, and feel good about your efforts? Our mission is to improve the lives of women and children. Explore the joy of being a member of a Club that makes a significant difference in many lives.

Contact us at (530) 3441476 or sipplacerille@ soroptimist.net or visit https://siplacerville. org/. (Meetings can be attended in person or via Zoom, until COVID19 distancing is no longer required.)

TOPS Club, Inc. meets Tuesday 8:00-11:00 am, Veterans Hall (downstairs) 130 Placerville Dr. For more information call Bonnie (530) 644-4668 Helping millions take off pounds sensibly since 1948.

UPPER ROOM DINING HALL located at 1868 Broadway, Placerville. Feeding the hungry 365 days a year.

Food served from 4 to 5:30PM daily. Hall opens at 2 pm, open all holidays.

Avail for families, seniors, veterans, and any who need a meal. Help us Feed the Hungry. Volunteers and monetary contributions always welcome P.O. Box 484, Placerville CA 95667 or (530)497-5146.

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 2680 Looking for new members. First years dues paid by the Post.

Meeting is the 2nd Friday of each month at 6:30 pm. Call Primo at (530) 626-5753 WOMEN VOTERS League of Women Voters of El Dorado County voter education.

For information go to lwveldorado.org or (530) 672-3141.

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KNOW Now Soroptimist International of Placerville seeks to bring charitable ideas to fruition. According to Ryan Patrick Hanley, author of “Our Great Purpose,” a happy life requires more than quiet thoughts of benevolence toward our fellow man.

True joy starts with action, demonstrating concern for others. Fulfill your goals of leading a happy life by becoming a Soroptimist.

Call (530) 344-1476, email sipplacerville@soroptimist. net or visit siplacerville.org.

Meetings can be attended in person or via Zoom until COVID-19 distancing is no longer required.

The El Dorado County Senior Nutrition Program is looking for volunteers to help prepare cold packs for home-delivered meals and the take-out meal service, Monday through Friday, 7:30-9 a.m. About 700 cold packs are prepared each day at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring St. Volunteers may sign up for one or more days of the week, as interested.

For more information call (530) 621-6160. The Senior Nutrition Program is a service of the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency.

The Placerville Lions members are asking for donations for the White Cane Fund to continue to provide sight-related services (eye exams, glasses) for those in the community who cannot afford it. Send donations to: Placerville Lions P.O. BOX 346 Placerville, CA 95667 Or donate on Go Fund Me: gofundme.com/placervillelions-white-cane-fund The 14th annual Art Studio Trek featuring the works of artists in Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay and Loomis is online through Dec. 31.

For more information visit artstudiontrek.com.

Capital Stage presents “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley,” a radio play, through Jan. 1. Tickets are free and available now at capstage.org/thewickhams-a-radio-play.

The El Dorado Hills Chapter of National Charity League Inc., the nation’s premier motherdaughter volunteer organization, announces its annual membership drive and has begun accepting applications from women with daughters currently in sixth grade through ninth grade. For more information, prospective members are encouraged to visit the El Dorado Hills Chapter’s website, nationalcharityleague. org/chapter/eldoradohills, or send an email to membershipeldoradohills@ nclonline.org. Applications will be accepted through Jan. 15, 2021.

Dec. 30 Vitalant will host a community blood drive at the El Dorado Hills Regal theater, 2101 Vine St. The Bloodmobile will be in the parking lot, 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information call (877) 2584825.

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Paula Rabell of Oak Ridge High School, left, and Naomi Smith of Ponderosa High School perform their poems at last year’s Poetry Out Loud event. The 2021 competition will look a bit different as students will videotape their performances rather than share their poems live in front of judges.

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oetry — especially poems recited out loud — has gained in popularity among high school students thanks to Poetry Out Loud, a national program sponsored by the Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and participating state and county agencies. Indeed, poetry is alive and well.

For this year’s El Dorado County Poetry Out Loud event, set up differently due to the pandemic, Arts and Culture El Dorado staff step into the roles typically held by local high school teachers — coordinating and assisting student participants.

Poetry Out Loud is a national arts program meant to encourage the study of great poetry through a competition structured much like a spelling bee, according to Caitlin Thompson, Arts and Culture El Dorado staff member and event coordinator. Competition begins at the high school level, with winners from each school moving on to the county level.

County winners compete at the state level with each state’s finalists advancing to nationals. Winners at the state level each receive $200. The winner of the national competition receives $20,000.

“This is the first time the competition will be totally virtual,” Thompson said.

“Students need to contact us directly if they are interested in taking part.”

The application is two-parts. Students must submit a letter of intent by Jan. 4; this is followed by a video of the recitation submitted by Feb. 1.

Directions for the video submission, as well as more information about Poetry Out Loud, are available online at artsandcultureeldorado.org. Because of the change, efforts are being made to ensure all participants have access to good equipment so they can pre-record their performances.

Thompson will be coordinating as a county partner with the California Arts Council, submitting the necessary forms to bring Poetry Out Loud to El Dorado County. “This will allow our county finalist to advance to the state level.”

Participation in the Poetry Out Loud

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competition encourages students to study great poetry but there is also more to gain.

“This program helps students master public speaking skills, build selfconfidence … in group discussions and sharpen analytical skills,” states the Poetry Out Loud website.

Participating students surveyed were 1.7 times more likely to have plans to attend college. In addition, participants were found to be 1.5 times more likely than non-participants to volunteer in their community, the site states.

Poetry Out Loud has reached more than 4 million students from 16,000 schools in every state (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and America Samoa). California boasts 53 counties in the competition with more than 280 schools and 769 teachers involved. Fiftysix thousand California students have participated at various levels since the inception of the program in 2005.

Finding courage However, not just students and their teachers get involved. Thompson noted community members step up to serve as judges and coaches. A sense of camaraderie is built as teachers and community volunteers come together to

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foster appreciation of the literary arts.

Bob Steele, a retired educator, has served as a judge since 2006 and recalled the training session he and others had.

“We watched taped performances from previous years and discussed how we would have judged them. We learned what to watch for. For example, did the student have the appropriate expression for the words? During the recitation, did he or she project the meaning of the poem along with some physical expression?”

In his experience, Steele said he found students who were active in drama classes tended to be more successful in the poetry competition. During his 14 years with the program Steele said he continues to admire those who compete.

“It is so gratifying to see young people learn how to perform in front of a large group, people that they don’t even know,” he shared. “It takes real courage.”

Joe Grady, a retired educator, has served as both a coach and as a judge, saying he preferred coaching as there is more interaction and a “give-and-take” with the students, plus a chance to see the performance improve as students accept his recommendations.

“It’s important that there is a minimum of body language during the recitation,” Grady explained. “I would help them project feelings through their own voice.

For example, were they expressive? What about the volume?”

He described the experience as inspirational and recalled with pride when two students he coached went on from the high school level to the county level.

“It’s inspiring to see the students put themselves on the line,” he said. “I was so proud of them. Poetry Out Loud is a wonderful opportunity for them to show their talent.”

Poetry Out Loud has provided many fond memories for Thompson as well, explaining how a recitation can bring new meaning to a poem. “The written word is given a new dimension through voice and the poem comes to life,” she said.

Students interested in competing in Poetry Out Loud should contact Thompson as soon as possible. For more information visit artsandcultureeldorado. org, or call Thompson at (530) 295-3496.

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Mature oak galls grow in a valley oak (Quercus lobata). Galls often provide a safe haven for insects that need to lay eggs.

GROW FOR IT! umbrellas, sea urchins, turbans or alien-looking helmets. They can be every color of the rainbow, sometimes ave you simultaneously. They noticed “oak really can be spectacular apples” in oak and are fun to discover trees? The oak apples on an oak leaf or on a known to most people twig. grow on trees in the The oak apple, the sub-group of white Deborah Nicolls largest of these galls, is oaks, the valley oak UCCE Master Gardener of formed by the Andricus (Quercus lobata) and californicus wasp. These El Dorado County the blue oak (Quercus wasps are considered douglasii). They are roundish, fruitparasitic to the trees although they like structures, sometimes very large, don’t harm them. They are, in turn, that range in color from green to white parasitized by other insects, known as to black. hyperparasites, which lay their eggs in These strange oak apples are oak the growing galls. Other insects eat the galls. They are made after a parasitic gall material itself. The galls provide a wasp deposits one egg in an oak twig. somewhat safe haven for these minute Usually it is the depositing of the egg creatures, except for the parasitism that prompts the gall to begin forming, within or the possibility that a mouse growing around and protecting the may discover its inhabitant once minute larvae until it hatches. These it falls to the ground. To improve wasps are tiny (1-8 millimeters) their protection, some galls secrete members of the Cynipid family. There a honeydew that attracts and feeds are about 800 members of this family ferocious ants, who protect the galls in North America and the majority against attack from other insects. of them colonize oak trees. What is Some wasps can take up to two wonderful is that each species of this years to mature, while other species wasp produces a different shape of gall. produce two generations a year The galls take the shapes of everything — the first being created from the from tiny grains of rice to inverted mating of a male and female wasp

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and the next generation is created through parthenogenesis (or asexual generation). The appearance of the gall, while it varies from species to species, also varies depending on how the eggs are generated, either sexually or asexually.

Each wasp lays its egg on a specific species of oak, such as only blue oaks, or only on members of a sub-group, such as all oaks in the white oak sub-group. The wasps are harmless to the tree and probably a sign the environment is in fairly good health.

Oak gall wasps are among the hundreds to even thousands of species of animals, fungi and arthropods that rely on oaks for their existence. The wasps play their part in the intricate life that goes on and around an oak tree.

If you are interested in identifying the various galls, try “Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States” by Ronald A. Russo.

If you are interested in the myriad of insects and diseases that can be found in oak trees, I suggest “USDA – A Field Guides to Insects and Diseases of California Oaks” (Swiecki and Bernhardt). And, finally, if you just want to know more about oaks, “Oaks of California” (Pavlik, Muick, Johnson and Popper) is a must-have.

Master Gardeners are pleased to announce new online classes planned for 2021. Coming up on Jan. 16 is a class on methods for controlling invasive weeds, featuring

Immature oak galls, above, don’t have their signature shape yet. the notorious yellow starthistle. And on Jan. 30 there will be a class on spring and summer vegetables. View the class schedule at mgeldorado. ucanr.edu/Public_Education_ Classes/?calendar=yes&g=56698.

Click on each class title for more information and instructions for registering in advance.

Due to the pandemic, Master Gardener events will for the foreseeable future continue to be limited. Find the new online class schedule at mgeldorado. ucanr.edu/Public_Education_ Classes/?calendar=yes&g=56698 and recorded classes on many gardening topics at ucanr.edu/sites/EDC_Master_ Gardeners/Public_Education_Classes/ Handouts_-_Presentations/.

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Macaroni Kid Folsom – El Dorado Hills, a local family fun event calendar and e-newsletter, joined forces with 16 local businesses to create 100 elf baskets filled with activities, gifts, treats, excursion passes and more. These baskets were stealthily dropped at front doors across Folsom and El Dorado Hills by nine secret elf families to bring holiday cheer to local residents.

Each basket included a “We’ve Been Elfed” flyer to display on the home’s front door and a “You’ve Been Elfed” flyer with instructions on how to elf two additional families to pay it forward and keep the holiday cheer spreading. Those newly “elfed” families then continue to pay it forward thus creating a wonderful kindness movement in the community this 2020 holiday season. The entire community also had the chance to enter to win one of three mega-elf baskets, which included higher value prizes like a family photo session and family excursion tickets.

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Morales personally collected business contributions and shopped at numerous stores to craft the perfect elf baskets. She made all 100 baskets personally and safely.

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Several businesses sponsored and contributed to the project. For more information on the Elf the Town project visit bit.ly/ElfTheTown.

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Due to the California stay-at-home order, the Sherwood Demonstration Garden will be closed until further notice. Check mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/ Demonstration_Garden for updates.

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Caravan of decked-out vehicles brings holiday cheer to seniors Kevin Christensen Staff writer

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l Dorado County senior communities in El Dorado County were treated to a Christmas Caravan Friday.

Voz Alta Studio owner Talia Crumb organized the festive holiday event with classic cars decked out in Christmas decorations motoring by delighted seniors.

“The Christmas Caravan was so important this year,” said Crumb, a Cameron Park resident. “I am surprised every time I interact with someone, the lack of knowledge the general public has regarding the affect this pandemic has had on our senior residents.”

The caravan made its way through Placerville’s Gold Country Retirement Center, The Pines at Placerville Healthcare Center, Western Slope Health Center

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Makayla Hendren sticks her head out the sunroof and smiles as she rides with Charlene Cooke, Christi Hendren and Michael Hendren, from left, in the Christmas Caravan. and Eskaton Village.

In El Dorado Hills the decorated cars passed by Oakmont of El Dorado Hills, El Dorado Estates Gracious Retirement Living and The Pavilion.

The Friday event kept with current COVID19 guidelines. “Due to

lockdown restrictions we couldn’t exit our vehicles so no physical interaction,” said Crumb.

Sad stories shared with Crumb from senior community activity directors and seniors themselves made her realize the Christmas Caravan should be a

priority this year, she explained. The stories inspired her and her Voz Alta Studio team to put together a joyous community gesture to let seniors know they are not forgotten.

“Some seniors haven’t seen their families since March and others found themselves in

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Different classic cars were decorated with holiday items for the Christmas Caravan organized for seniors. isolation in their rooms for weeks,” Crumb said.

“One even told me she was stuck in her room for two months. (There are) rises in depression

and, in one extremely sad case, suicide, due to the visiting restrictions.”

Crumb said there n

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Baskets filled with food ... and joy

Caravan

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were a few tears as the caravan drove by honking their horns Friday.

“Two ladies were sitting on a bench outside their apartment waiting for us to arrive,” she said.

“When we drove by they were giggling and crying and said, ‘We thought you had forgotten us.’”

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Blue Shield in El Dorado Hills donated food baskets to El Dorado County families earlier this month.

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office recently partnered with Hands4Hope – Youth Making a Difference and distributed the 66 baskets to families in need this holiday season.

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(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).)

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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) 8442 12/9, 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 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).)

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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

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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.

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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).)

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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 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1109 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SACRAMENTO PET AQUAMATION, located at 2700 Shady Lane, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 Registered owner(s): Sacramento Pet Aquamation LLC, 2700 Shady Lane, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 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: N/A Signature of Registrant: /s/ Shala Shores SHALA SHORES, 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).)

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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) 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6 8469 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1088 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRUE ORAL, FACIAL AND DENTAL IMPLANT SURGERY, located at 4420 Town Center Blvd, Suite 250, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Jason Straw DDS, Inc, 4420 Town Center Blvd, Suite 250, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: California The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/23/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jason Straw DDS, Inc JASON STRAW DDS, INC, 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 11/30/2020.

NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN

THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 8470 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1087 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRUE ORAL, FACIAL AND DENTAL IMPLANT SURGERY, located at 3168 Turner Street, Suite 200, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Jason Straw DDS, Inc, 3168 Turner Street #200, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: California The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/23/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jason Straw DDS, Inc JASON STRAW DDS, INC, 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 11/30/2020.

NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Legal notice continued on the next page

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Public Notices  IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 8471 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1135 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EL DORADO MOBILE MARINE SERVICE AND REPAIR, located at 1800 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Andrew J Anguiano, 1800 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/10/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Andrew Anguiano ANDREW ANGUIANO, 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 12/11/2020.

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) 8472 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1134 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YCOLLECTABLES, located at 2002 Boulder Ridge Road, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Ricardo J Fratarcangeli, 2002 Boulder Ridge Road, 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/ Ricardo J Fratarcangeli RICARDO J FRATARCANGELI, 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 12/11/2020.

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) 8473 12/16, 12/23, 12/30, 1/6 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LONNIE CHARLES KYSER AKA LONNIE C. KYSER CASE NO. PP20200187 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LONNIE CHARLES KYSER a.k.a. LONNIE C. KYSER A PETITION for Probate has been filed by KEVIN MCCRARY in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado.

THE PETITION for probate requests that KEVIN MCCRARY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: February 3, 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: WENDY S. FINEN Law Offices of C. Michael Finen 3461 Robin Lane, Suite 4 Cameron Park, CA 95682 (530) 677-7100 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 8479 SUMMONS CASE NO. PC 20170522 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: the Benficiaries, Heirs and Assigns of the Estates of Mabel H Poheim, Charles L. Gilmore, and Sarah T. Rolleri, and Michael Gilmore and Ronald Gilmore, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY CROSS-DEFENDANT: WALKER LAND COMPANY, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the crosscomplainant. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: EL DORADO COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 3321 Cameron Park Drive Cameron Park, CA 95682 The name, address, and telephone number of cross-complainant’s attorney, or cross-complainant without an attorney, is: MICHAEL W. THOMAS, SBN 168634 THOMAS & ASSOCIATES 2390 Professional Drive Roseville, CA 95661 P: (916) 789-1201 DATE: December 14, 2018 by /s/ L. Vogel, Deputy 12/16, 12/23, 12/30 8480 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1121 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EL DORADO DUMPSTERS, located at 1921 Pleasant Valley Road, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Tyler Wade Pittman, 1921 Pleasant Valley Road, 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/ Tyler Wade Pittman TYLER WADE PITTMAN, 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 12/08/2020.

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) 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 8500

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1152 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PERINATAL EXCELLENCE, located at 2040 Bunkhouse Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Deborah J Acker, 2040 Bunkhouse 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: 01/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Deborah J Acker DEBORAH J ACKER 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 12/17/2020.

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) 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 8501 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1151 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: 2018A0000084 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 01/23/2018 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: PROFESSIONAL EVIDENCE Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 2040 Bunkhouse Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): Deborah J Acker, 2040 Bunkhouse Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ Deborah J Acker DEBORAH J ACKER 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 12/17/2020.

The Statement of Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk within 30 days after publication has been accomplished.

The Statement should be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The Statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is conducted (Business & Professions Code 17917).

Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business & Professions code 17930) 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 8502 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1105 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LANGUAGE & DICTION COACHING, located at 8550 Wyndrush Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Steven R Vario, 8550 Wyndrush Way, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 This business is conducted by an Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/26/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Steven R Vario STEVEN R VARIO 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) 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 8503 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1156 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. EARTH BLOOM HEALTH COACHING, 2. LOVE MOON GOLDENS, located at 1200 Arrowbee Dr., Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Marirose Ordillas, 1200 Arrowbee 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: 12/15/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Marirose Ordillas MARIROSE ORDILLAS 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 12/17/2020.

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) 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 8504 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1162 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GEORGETOWN MINI STORAGE, located at 6741 Eaton Rd, Georgetown, CA 95634 Registered owner(s): Georgetown Self Storage LLC, 3814 Solstice Ave, Merced, CA 95341 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: 12/04/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kao Saetern KAO SAETERN, 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 12/18/2020.

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) 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 8505 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1090 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOLA MONROE BOUTIQUE, located at 5068 Padova Dr, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Registered owner(s): Sweet P Enterprises Inc, 5068 Padova 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: 05/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Ashley Willard ASHLEY WILLARD, 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 12/01/2020.

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) 12/23, 12/30, 1/6, 1/13 8506 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1173 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REVIVE, located at 3330 Heights Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95667/Mailing Address: 4630 Walls Way, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Jessi Marchant LLC, 4630 Walls Way, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: California The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/01/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Jessi Morine JESSI MORINE, OFFICER - JESSI MARCHANT LLC I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).)

This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/22/2020.

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) 12/30, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 8510 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1174 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACIFIC PLOT TREE & BRUSH SERVICE, located at 4630 Walls Way, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Pacific Plot LLC, 4630 Walls Way, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company, State of LLC: CA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/22/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Todd Morine TODD MORINE, MANAGING MEMBER - PACIFIC PLOT LLC I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.

(A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).)

This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 12/22/2020.

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) 12/30, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 8511 PUBLIC NOTICE SURPLUS VEHICLE DONATION PROGRAM The El Dorado County Transit Authority invites applications to receive a wheelchair accessible minivan or cutaway vehicle.

Government agencies and 501(c) (3) non-profit organizations serving El Dorado County may submit an application for one (1) wheelchair accessible vehicle.

Application available at www. eldoradotransit.com/news/ or email mwilcher@eldoradotransit.com Application deadline is 10:00 AM January 19, 2021 For more information call (530) 642-5383 ext. 229 12/30, 1/8 8512 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1148 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: 2016A0000697 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 06/28/2016 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: DIAMONTE ESTATE WINERY Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 6100 Gray Rock Rd, Fair Play, CA 95684 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): John Alexander, 6100 Gray Rock Rd, Fair Play, CA 95684 This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ John Alexander

JOHN ALEXANDER 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 12/16/2020.

The Statement of Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk within 30 days after publication has been accomplished.

The Statement should be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The Statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is conducted (Business & Professions Code 17917).

Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business & Professions code 17930) 8515 12/30, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1147 File Number of Fictitious Business Name Statement: 2018 0000313 Date Fictitious Business Name was filed in El Dorado County: 3/11/2018 Fictitious Business Name(s) to be abandoned: 1. COLIBRI RIDGE WINERY & VINEYARD, 2. COLIBRI RIDGE WINERY, 3. COLIBRI RIDGE VINEYARD Fictitious Business Name Street Address: 6100 Gray Rock Rd, Fair Play, CA 95684 THE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) HAVE ABANDONED THE USE OF THE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME: Registrant name(s) & address(es): John Alexander, 6100 Gray Rock Rd, Fair Play, CA 95684 This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signature of Registrant: /s/ John Alexander JOHN ALEXANDER 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 12/16/2020.

The Statement of Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name must be published in a newspaper once a week for four successive weeks and an affidavit of publication filed with the county clerk within 30 days after publication has been accomplished.

The Statement should be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal place of business is located. The Statement should be published in such county in a newspaper that circulates in the area where the business is conducted (Business & Professions Code 17917).

Any person who executes, files, or publishes any fictitious business name statement, knowing that such statement is false, in whole or in part, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) (Business & Professions code 17930) 8516 12/30, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FB2020-1149 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIZZA GUYS #160, located at 4370 Golden Center Dr Num 110, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): James L Berry Jr., 5751 63rd Street, Sacramento, CA 95824 This business is conducted by a Corporation, State of Incorporation: ______ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/19/2020 Signature of Registrant: /s/ James L. Berry Jr. JAMES L. BERRY JR., DIRECTOR 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 12/17/2020.

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) 12/30, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 8517

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MSRP $21,520. 36-month lease on approved credit, $6,025 due at signing includes tax, title, fees and $0 security deposit. 10,000 miles per year, plus 15¢ per mile in excess. Cannot be combined with any other incentives or offers. 1 at this offer. Stock/VIN: 17730S/M3705019

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2021 SUBARU OUTBACK PREMIUM

159

$

plus tax for 36 mo Model: MDD-11

STOCK/VIN: 17544S/M3116068

MSRP $30,330. 36-month lease on approved credit $ 6,775 due at signing includes tax, title, fees and $0 security deposit. 10,000 miles per year, plus 15¢ per mile in excess. Cannot be combined with any other incentives or offers. 1 at this offer. Stock/VIN: 17544S/M3116068

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2021 SUBARU FORESTER

139

$

plus tax for 36 mo Model: MFB-02

STOCK/VIN: 17724S/MH428075

MSRP $26,445. 36-month lease on approved credit,$6,600 due at signing includes tax, title, fees and $0 security deposit. 10,000 miles per year, plus 15¢ per mile in excess. Cannot be combined with any other incentives or offers. 1 at this offer. Stock/VIN:17724S/MH428075

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2021 SUBARU ASCENT PREMIUM 7 PASS

229

$

plus tax for 36 mo Model: MCC-12

STOCK/VIN: 17673S/M3421448

MSRP $38,476. 36-month lease on approved credit, $6,500 due at signing includes tax, title, fees and $0 security deposit. 10,000 miles per year, plus 15¢ per mile in excess. Cannot be combined with any other incentives or offers. 1 at this offer. Stock/VIN: 17673S/M3421448

NEW CAR FINANCING AS LOW AS

0% for 63 months!*

*on approved credit. Must finance through Subaru Motors Finance. All prices plus government fees and taxes, any finance charges, any dealer government fees and taxes, any finance charges, any dealer document processing charge, any electronic filing charge, and any emission testing charge. Finance APR available on 20 Ascents, Foresters, Imprezas , Legacys and Outbacks. See dealer for complete details. All prices good through close of business on 12/31/2020.

Get 2 Sierra-at-Tahoe Season passes with every purchase or lease of new Subaru!* * Season passes are provided courtesy of Sierra-at-Tahoe and are valid only at Sierra for the 2020-2021 winter season. See sales associate for details.

877-538-0407 | 8581 Laguna Grove Drive, Elk Grove CA | ElkGroveSubaru.com All prices plus government fees and taxes, any finance charges, any dealer government fees and taxes, any finance charges, any dealer document processing charge, any electronic filing charge, and any emission testing charge. All prices good through close of business on 12/31/2020.