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Volume 47 Number 19

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California Officials Respond to

President Trump Supporters’ Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Tanu Henry California Black Media Last week, after a violent mob of President Trump’s supporters attacked and invaded the United States Capitol while protesting President-elect Joe Biden’s win of the 2020 election, Capitol Police officers evacuated members of Congress to an undisclosed area nearby.

“I am safe in a secure location,” Rep. Karen Bass (DCA-37) posted on Facebook shortly after. “The President of the United States is inciting a coup. We will not be intimidated. We will not be deterred.”

That night, after the breach of the Capitol – and hours after rioters broke windows, defaced art, stole items, broke furniture, set small fires in the building, among other crimes -- the United States Senate reconvened to certify President-elect Biden’s win. Leaders from both parties said they hoped the move to complete the work they began that morning would project resilience and inspire confidence, reassuring Americans and the world that the country’s system of democracy, regarded by many as the standard throughout the world, was strong and unshaken.

The next day, Bass, who represents a Southern California district that covers parts of Los Angeles, Inglewood and Culver City, called for the immediate removal of the president.

“Donald Trump should be removed from office today,” Bass posted on Facebook. “That can happen one of two ways. First, Vice President Pence can step up and get the President’s Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.

Unfortunately, I believe members of the Cabinet are as corrupt and unpatriotic as the president and, though the president is clearly unfit for office, they lack both the courage and the commitment to our Constitution.”

Under the 25th Amendment, if the President of the United States dies, resigns or is unable to carry out the duties of his job, the Vice President will assume the presidency.

If the Cabinet does not invoke the 25th Amendment, Bass urged her congressional colleagues to impeach the President “for the second time.”

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who represents California’s 12th congressional district, an area that spans parts of southwestern San Francisco down to – and across – parts of San Mateo County to the south, has called on President Trump to resign. Last week, Pelosi also reached out to Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff to walk through precautions that would

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021. (Julio Cortez/Associated Press)

prevent President Trump from launching nuclear weapons or taking unilateral and unapproved military action abroad.

This weekend, Pelosi followed up with a letter to members of the House of Representatives. She told them to be prepared to return to Washington this week to possibly begin impeachment proceedings.

“When we take our oath of office, we promise to the American people our seriousness in protecting our

democracy,” she wrote. “For that reason, it is absolutely essential that those who perpetrated the assault on our democracy be held accountable. There must be a recognition that this desecration was instigated by the President.”

Then on Monday morning, the House of Representatives introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump for inciting the violence that Continued on page A6

On top of Warnock’s historic win, another Democrat, Jon Ossoff has won against incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue. groups like Black Votes Matter, led by LaTosha Brown, was a deciding factor in Warnock’s decisive win. Black voters in Georgia over-performed in the early vote and on Election Day. The balance of power in Washington and on Capitol Hill will now shift dramatically to Democrats who will now control Congress and The White House. The dual victories on the same night by Rev. Warnock and Jon Ossoff marks a repudiation of the GOP under Donald Trump.

Rev. Warnock won his heavily contested U.S. Senate race over billionaire Kelly Loeffler who was appointed to the Senate by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in December Continued on page A6

Photo: Raphael Warnock for Senate / Flickr.com

In First Act of New Congress

Introduce Reparations Bill

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent With the start of the 117th Congress this week, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), a senior

(Photo: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jill Karnicki, Staff photographer, Houston Chronicle)

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Seattle Union Head Criticized for U.S. Capitol Riot Comments SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle’s internal police watchdog is investigating tweets by the head of the city’s police officers union that suggested Black Lives Matter and other liberal activists share blame for last week’s violence at the U.S. Capitol.

The Seattle Times reports that the Office of Police Accountability has opened an internal investigation into the tweets by Mike Solan, president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild. Solan’s tweets include one on Friday saying the “far right and far left are responsible for that sad day,’’ the Times said.

Solan didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment from the Times.

The investigation comes after two city police officers were placed on administrative leave by interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz while authorities look into what role, if any, the officers played in Washington, D.C., when a violent mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the nation’s Capitol.

Both Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Washington State Fraternal Order of Police condemned Solan’s social media comments on Saturday. Durkan’s chief of staff, Stephanie Formas, said in an emailed statement that Solan “should retract his statements and apologize or resign.’’

Washington State to Swear in First Black Senator in 10 Years

Historic Win in Georgia Senate Race

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor Rev. Raphael Warnock, who is the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Atlanta church where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was pastor during the civil rights movement, is now the first Black Democrat to be elected to the U.S. Senate in the Deep South in the modern political era. Warnock is the first African American to win a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia’s history.

The runoff election featured historic turnout. A voter registration strategy implemented by former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, along with a push by grassroots

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member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Budget, and Homeland Security, has reaffirmed her quest for legislation that could eventually provide reparations for slavery victims.

On Monday, January 4, 2021, Jackson Lee reintroduced H.R. 40, a bill that would fund a committee to explore whether Black Americans should receive reparations for slavery.

While it does not directly introduce payments, the Commission would study racial inequities and policy solutions.

“In short, the Commission aims to study the impact of slavery and continuing discrimination against AfricanAmericans, resulting directly and indirectly from slavery to segregation to the desegregation process and the present day,” stated Jackson Lee. The Congresswoman also serves as the Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

“The commission would also make recommendations concerning any form of apology and compensation to begin the long-delayed process of atonement for slavery.”

Under H.R. 40, the Commission would comprise members appointed by the White House and both Congress chambers.

The bill has had increased support with 147 cosponsors in the House, all Democrats.

Because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and Republicans in the Senate have indicated strong opposition to taking the measure up in that Chamber, the Georgia runoff elections count as a huge

step toward getting the bill passed.

Two Senate seats are at stake in Georgia, with Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock squaring off against Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

“The impact of slavery and its vestiges continues to affect African Americans and indeed all Americans in communities throughout our nation,” Jackson Lee remarked.

“This legislation is intended to examine the institution of slavery in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present, and further recommend appropriate remedies. Since the initial introduction of this legislation, its proponents have made substantial progress in elevating the discussion of reparations and reparatory justice at the national level and joining the mainstream international debate on the issues.”

Jackson Lee noted that some have “tried to deflect” the importance of these conversations by focusing on individual monetary compensation.

“The real issue is whether and how this nation can come to grips with the legacy of slavery that still infects current society. Through legislation, resolutions, news, and litigation, we are moving closer to making more strides in the movement toward reparations,” Jackson Lee said.

The Texas Congresswoman noted that she expects more co-sponsors during the new Congress.

“Today, there are more people at the table — more activists, more scholars, more CEO’s, more state and local officials, and more Members of Congress,” she declared.

“However, despite this progress and the election of Continued on page A6

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – Washington state will welcome several first-time lawmakers this year for the legislative session expected to begin Monday, including the state’s first Black senator in 10 years.

T’wina Nobles is scheduled to be sworn in as a state senator on Friday, and is expected to start her new role on Monday, KING-TV reported.

“Being the only current Black member of the state Senate and the first in 10 years, means I have a great responsibility,’’ Nobles said, noting the Legislature will have to balance the budget with decreased revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Nobles unseated Republican incumbent Steve O’Ban. The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission said the competitors combined spent more than $1.7 million on the race, not including independent expenditures.

“To challenge an incumbent, it’s a very expensive thing and especially someone that is well known. What I love is the community was very vocal, very loud,” Nobles said. “This is a way to be civically engaged and they showed with their votes, their dollars, with their time, participation that change is what we wanted to see in this district.’’

Nobles was previously the CEO and president of the Tacoma Urban League for more than three years where she helped the community with housing, health care, education and employment.

“I anticipate over the course of my term, I will see lots of protests and demonstrations,’’ she said, citing a desire for unity. “My ask is that we are all safe and civil and respectful of each other, so we can get to the real work. So we can hear the issues and take action on the issues for our constituents.’’

The Tacoma Urban League has already launched the search for a new president.

Sentencing for White Man Who Stabbed Black Student UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) – A white man will soon be sentenced for stabbing a black college student to death at a bus stop at the University of Maryland in what prosecutors say was a racially motivated crime.

State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said in a news release that Sean Urbanski, 25, will be sentenced on Thursday in the 2017 killing of 23-year-old Richard Collins III. Urbanski was found guilty by a jury of firstdegree murder in 2019.

Collins, a senior at Bowie State University, was days from graduation and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army when he was stabbed to death.

Braveboy says in the news release that Urbanski was a member of a racist social media group and singled Collins out at the bus stop for the attack in the early morning hours of a Saturday.

Prosecutors have said that a mixture of alcohol and racist propaganda motivated Urbanski to act on a hatred for black people.

But Defense attorney John McKenna has said in court that his client was drunk and there was no evidence or testimony to support a racial motive for the killing.

In a law named for Collins, Maryland recently strengthened its hate crime law so prosecutors don’t have to prove hate was the only motivating factor in committing a crime.

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Louisville (Finally) Terminates Cops Involved in the Death of Breonna Taylor Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, was in bed sleeping next to her boyfriend when the officers attempted to serve a no-knock search warrant. Officers falsely associated Taylor with a former boyfriend’s alleged drug activities because they claimed that the man used Taylor’s address, making the house fair game for a police raid.

Taylor, a 26-year-old former EMT worker, was shot at least a half-dozen times when officers breached her apartment to serve the erroneous warrant.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The City of Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday, fired Det. Myles Cosgrove, the police officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor, and Det. Joshua Jaynes, the cop who sought the warrant that led to the fatal and flawed March 13, 2020 raid of Taylor’s home.

Officer Brett Hankison was fired in June and a grand jury indicted him in September on charges of endangering Taylor’s neighbors by shooting through a nearby apartment’s windows.

The terminations were announced as the city named former Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields to head Louisville’s department. However, it was the Interim Police Chief, Yvette Gentry, who made the decision to terminate the officers.

Each of the officers is white. The officers have the right to appeal the decisions within ten days.

Taylor, a Black woman, was in bed sleeping next to

her boyfriend when the officers attempted to serve a noknock search warrant.

Officers falsely associated Taylor with a former boyfriend’s alleged drug activities because they claimed that the man used Taylor’s address, making the house fair game for a police raid.

After a grand jury failed to indict the officers, a defiant Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, maintained his desire to keep secret the recording of the grand jury proceedings in Taylor’s case despite a judge’s order to release them.

Judge Ann Bailey Smith ruled that the recording and all discovery documents cannot be shared merely between the parties.

Smith set Wednesday, September 30, 2020 as the day the recordings were to be released. The Kentucky Attorney General complied with her order.

Taylor, a 26-year-old former EMT worker, was shot at least a half-dozen times when officers breached her

apartment to serve the erroneous warrant.

One member of the grand jury argued that Cameron “attempted to make very clear that the grand jury alone made the decision on who and what to charge.”

The anonymous juror added that “the only exception to the responsibility he foisted upon the grand jurors was in his statement that they ‘agreed’ with his team’s investigation that Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and officer Myles Cosgrove were justified in their actions.”

“It’s a compelling public interest for these proceedings to be released,” the juror continued in court filings.

“The citizens of this Commonwealth have demonstrated their lack of faith in the process and proceedings in this matter and the justice system itself.

Using the grand jurors as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility for these decisions only sow more seeds of doubt in the process while leaving a cold chill down the spines of future grand jurors.”

Marathon Announces Property Purchase Program Southwest Detroit Residents to Benefit

Marathon Building – Marathon Office Building 1001 Oakwood St in Detroit. (Courtesy Photo)

By Renee Summers Telegram Reporter On December 17, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) announced its offer to purchase residential properties in southwest Detroit. MPC plans to spend $5 million on the purchase program focusing on homes closest to I-75 on Edsel and South Patricia Streets, in the Boynton Neighborhood. In addition, MPC is negotiating with the City of Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA)

to purchase 38 abandoned homes and 140 vacant lotsin the neighborhood owned by the DLBA, which are in the area east of I-75 and north of Schaefer. The area is heavily surrounded by industry and lies within Detroit’s 48217 zip code, which has been deemed by both researchers and elected officials as the state’s most polluted zip code.

“I think it’s a great proposal and it’s more than purchasing homes,” said State House Representative, Tyrone Carter (6th Dist.). “Phase one is really for the safety

and beautification of the community.”

MPC’s goal is to create a green space to serve as a buffer between residents and their industrial neighbors.

Abandoned and blighted homes will be demolished. “We take great pride in being part of southwest Detroit, and we are committed to continuing our partnership with the community to improve the quality of life here,” said Dave Leaver, general manager of MPC’s Detroit refinery. “We are happy to make this property purchase option available; our intent is to work with residents in the target area to secure property and create green space at the north end of the neighborhood.” MPC’s contributions to the neighborhood include a $2 million contribution to the renovation of the Kemeny Recreation Center and ongoing support to organizations in the area including La Sed, Starfish Family Services and the Fort Street Bridge Park Project.

Carter applauds MPC’s initiative. “Where the city can’t knock down houses, they’re going to eliminate blight…they’re going to maintain the grass, they’re going to create a buffer, so for the people that want to stay, it’ll be a nicer, cleaner neighborhood, and the ones that want to leave, this gives them options,” he said.

The Property Purchase Program is strictly voluntary and will enable those eligible residents who wish to relocate to do so while residents who choose to stay will enjoy more open space. MPC has contracted with the real estate consulting firm Community Interaction Consulting (CIC) to guide residents and handle purchases. CIC will establish an information office in the neighborhood in January.

Those interested in participating in the program may begin the process on February 1, 2021.

“Residents have experienced respiratory illness, cancer, and foul odors as they suffer from the pollution in the area,” said U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

Outrage and More Despair as Prosecutors Fail to Charge Officers in Jacob Blake Case

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer who shot Jacob Blake last August will not face criminal charges, and neither will the other cops involved.

In what’s become an all-too familiar story surrounding America’s systemic disregard for Black lives, Kenosha District Attorney Michael Graveley said the evidence didn’t support charges against the officers.

“It is my decision that no Kenosha law enforcement officer, in this case, will be charged with any criminal offense based on the facts and the laws,” Graveley proclaimed.

Blake, an unarmed African American, was shot seven times in the back by Police Officer Rusten Sheskey as his two children sat in the backseat of his car and watched in horror.

Police said they were responding to a domestic disturbance report, one that Blake reportedly had attempted to quell.

As has become custom, significantly when prosecutors decline to pursue charges, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers had stated his intention to deploy 500 National Guard troops in preparation for protests and civil unrest.

Wisconsin’s African American community reportedly are outraged.

“We are immensely disappointed in Kenosha District Attorney Michael Gravely’s decision not to charge the officers involved in this horrific shooting,” nationally

renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump and his cocounsels Patrick A. Salvi II and B’Ivory LaMarr, declared in a statement on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.

“We feel this decision failed not only Jacob and his family but the community that protested and demanded justice.”

Officer Sheskey’s actions sparked outrage and advocacy throughout the country, but the District Attorney’s decision not to charge the officer who shot Jacob in the back multiple times, leaving him paralyzed, further destroys trust in America’s justice system, Crump and his team proclaimed.

“This sends the wrong message to police officers throughout the country. It says it is OK for police to abuse their power and recklessly shoot their weapon, destroying the life of someone who was trying to protect his children,” the attorneys continued.

“This is not the news we were hoping for, but our work is not done, and hope is not lost. It is now our duty to broaden the fight for justice on behalf of Jacob and the countless other Black men and women who are victims of racial injustice and police brutality in this country.

“We will continue to press forward with a civil lawsuit and fight for systemic change in policing and transparency at all levels. We urge Americans to continue to raise their voices and demand change in peaceful and positive ways during this emotional time.”

(Dist. 13), who urges residents to seek out legal guidance before fully participating in the program. “Residents have a right to be skeptical of Marathon and I am meeting soon with Marathon to learn more about their plans. I am encouraging all residents considering the program to seek legal assistance, and my office can provide information about free legal consultation.”

Carter says MPC’s program is an example of the company’s efforts to work with the community surrounding it and creates a model for other large corporations along with their host communities to follow when pursuing outreach and consensus within that community. Carter adds that it is important for large corporations to remain compliant with local regulations. “It’s about holding our neighbors accountable, but also being good neighbors with our neighbors.”

Contact Congresswoman Tlaib at www.tlaib.house. gov. To contact State Rep. Tyrone Carter, go to www. tyronecarter@house.mi.gov.

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Perceptive Amber Ruffin Earns TV Spotlight

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – If you’re someday in need of a plus-one to liven an unpromising party, consider Amber Ruffin. In fact, skip the party and just hang with Ruffin, whose weekly comedy show is proving her to be excellent company.

Ruffin’s exuberant charm can and should lure you in to Peacock’s weekly “The Amber Ruffin Show,’’ but expect humor that’s incisive and impressively deft, including on race, politics and the sunny side of life, such as it is.

A memorable moment from Ruffin’s show last fall was a lullaby she sang oh-so-sweetly: “The sun has set, it’s time to go to bed. Brush your teeth and rest your sleepy head.

When you wake in the morning, you’ll rise and do your best. Then in November, your vote will be suppressed.’’

Trained in improv and a writer on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers’’ since 2014, Ruffin was ready for her star turn on Peacock: The streaming service ordered 10 additional episodes of the weekly show that debuted last fall, with new half-hours released on Fridays.

Ruffin easily shifts from “wildly silly to incredibly insightful and moving,’’ Meyers said. “There are very few people that can swing back and forth as ably as Amber can, and that’s been on full display on our show and even more so on hers.’’

Tarik Davis, her longtime comedy partner and an actor and singer, is Ruffin’s game sidekick through jokes, skits and duets.

The Omaha, Nebraska, native spoke with The Associated Press about her start in entertainment, how she and other Black women are making their mark, and the book Ruffin wrote with her sister, Lacey Lamar, about routine brushes with racism _ and yes, “You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey’’ is funny as well as eye-opening.

The interview has been edited for clarity and length.

AP: What pulled you out of your hometown and to Chi-

cago to pursue a career in comedy?

Ruffin: I used to improvise in Omaha and it was very fun, and we would go to Chicago to do the Chicago Improv Festival, which was a big deal. You set to see real improvisers you only ever heard stories about. So one year I’m there and Charna Halpern, who runs the iO Theater in Chicago, said, `If you move here, you’ll have a full-time job within a year.’ And she was right, I did.

AP: Did you know what your ultimate goal was?

Ruffin: Everything that happens to me is a surprise.

I did not see myself ever going to New York. And when I got this job writing for Seth, I knew people wrote for latenight shows, but you just don’t hear a lot about that and certainly don’t hear about Black people doing it, so it just didn’t occur to me that it was a thing. Then when I got this job, I thought, `Oh, I’m just never going to know what is the next thing.’ I don’t try to guess and I don’t try to plan anything. But I have to be trying to do a very good job, because it seems like that what’s driving everything is my working hard and hopefully doing a good job.

AP: Amid demands for diversity, a number of Black women are coming into their own as successful writers, producers and performers, including you, Robin Thede and Issa Rae. Why do you think that’s the case?

Ruffin: Most of the Black women I know take care of what is wrong, and no matter what their job is, they’re doing four people’s jobs. They’re always making sure that everything’s taken care of, and when no one else will do it, it falls to us. I think once people started hiring Black women to write on shows, they realized we won’t just take care of the things you asked us to hand in. We’ll produce the (expletive) out of stuff. I think people are slowly realizing that is Black women behavior, and then once you put some money behind it, whoa, baby, we’ll do all the work.

AP: Your sister has made a habit of keeping notes on her encounters with racism, at work and elsewhere. How did you decide that would make for a book?

Ruffin: When something racist happens to her, she calls me on the phone, and she’ll be telling the story and I’ll be doubled over laughing and crying because it’s hilarious.

That’s everybody who gets discriminated against, like when you were talking to your boss and he couldn’t stop looking at your boobs. I was on my way for a meeting about doing a book and Lacey called and said, `You will never believe this.

We got T-shirts at work because we met our goal, and all

the supervisors except for me are white and almost everyone else is Black, and the shirts say “(hash)Wewinnin.”

AP: What would you like readers to take away from her experiences?

Ruffin: I hope they look back at what society is and what workplaces are and go, ‘I’ve helped create a place where stories like these aren’t welcome.’

James on This Week’s Unrest: “We Live in Two Americas”

Amber Ruffin’s exuberant charm can and should lure you in to Peacock’s weekly “The Amber Ruffin Show,’’

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates were already upset after a Wisconsin prosecutor on Tuesday decided not to charge a police officer who shot a Black man last year.

Then came Wednesday when a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to delay Congress from certifying the results of November’s election.

What James watched on television along with his family continued to reinforce his view of the wide divide in the country.

“We live in two Americas and a prime example of that was yesterday. If you don’t understand or see that then you need to take a step back. Not just one step but four or five or even 10 steps backward,’’ James said Thursday night after the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the San Antonio Spurs 118-109. “How do you want your kids or grandkids to live in this beautiful country? Yesterday was not it. I couldn’t help but to wonder if those were my kind storming the Capitol what would have been the outcome. We all know what would have happened if anyone even got close let alone storm or get in the offices.’’

James wore a shirt walking into Staples Center before the game that said “Do you understand now.’’ He also had it written on his sneakers during the game. Players and coaches from both teams locked arms in a circle at midcourt during the national anthem.

When asked what we meant by his shirt, James said he wants people to understand what athletes and Black people are saying.

“You will never understand the feeling of being a black man and woman in America,’’ James said. “Do you understand how hard it is to continue to inspire and give everything we got? Everyone jumps on the bandwagon of what we provide, what we bring. How we dress, our music, our culture, our food. Everyone steals from what we do and then they want to act like we did it or brought it to this

world. We don’t get our due diligence or anything back to his country except a slap in the face.’’

Tuesday’s decision by a prosecutor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, not to bring charges against the officer who shot Jacob Blake, drew ire throughout the NBA. Blake’s shooting was one of many social issues players focused on last summer when play resumed in the Orlando, Florida, bubble.

James has remained a critic of Trump during his four years in office and said that what happened at the U.S. Capitol was a direct correlation of what Trump represents.

“He doesn’t care about this country or his family. We saw the tweets along the whole path to this destruction.

Over the last four years we all knew,’’ he said. “One thing you can never get back is time. We’ve literally just (thrown) away four years.’’

“Yesterday was shameful. We are supposed to be setting an example for all other countries on how to run things and change the world and yesterday we looked like a third-, fourth-, fifth-world country. It was embarrassing.’’

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who also hasn’t held back in expressing his views about President Trump, said he believed Trump enjoyed Wednesday’s insurrection.

“I believe with all my heart that Trump enjoyed it,’’ Popovich said 90 minutes before tipoff. “They talked about the police and how easy it was and the barriers were pulled and they just walked right in. That doesn’t happen unless there’s a wink and a nod somewhere. That just doesn’t happen. It’s never happened at any protest anybody’s ever been to.

“That’s why I don’t think it’s so far fetched for people to start talking about the 25th amendment. We know it probably won’t happen.’’

Popovich also took time to laud James, calling him an “iconic figure.’’

“As a human being and citizen and someone who looks at the social issues of our time, he doesn’t do it with hate. He just tells the truth,’’ Popovich said of James.

Harris Team Says They Were Blindsided by Vogue Cover

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) _ Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there’s a problem: the shot of the country’s soon-to-be No. 2 leader isn’t what both sides had agreed upon, her team says.

Instead of the powder blue power suit Harris wore for her cover shoot, the first African American woman elected vice president is instead seen in more casual attire and wearing Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers, which she sometimes wore on the campaign trail.

Harris’ team was unaware that the cover photo had been switched until images leaked late Saturday, according to a person involved in the negotiations over how Harris would be featured on the cover. Harris’ office declined comment and the person spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity.

Representatives for Vogue did not respond Sunday to emailed requests for comment.

Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian descent, posed in the light blue suit in front of a gold backdrop for the magazine’s cover. She also posed, more casually dressed in slacks, a blazer and sneakers in front of a pink and green background, for photos that were planned for inside the magazine, the person said. Pink and green are the colors of Harris’ college sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Vogue has released both images online, but the photo of a sneaker-clad Harris is the one that will grace the cover of the fashion bible’s print edition.

The person with knowledge of the negotiations said Harris’ team has expressed to Vogue its disappointment over the magazine’s decision.

The cover also generated outrage on social media as posters expressed disappointment in how the magazine decided to present the nation’s first female vice president on its cover.

Harris is set to be sworn in as vice president on Jan. 20.

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PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5352 Doing business as: CLOGS PLUS PLUMBING at 3801 Savannah Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MICHAEL CARUSO, 3801 Savannah Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MICHAEL CARUSO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/1/2001 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 3, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions

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I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 3, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5406 2020-B5407 Doing business as: WILEY D. HUGHES SURVEYING / HUGHES SURVEYING at 218 S. H Street Suite 203., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: PO Box 43133, Bakersfield, Ca. 93384 County: Kern Full name of registrant: WILEY D. HUGHES SURVEYING, INC., 218 S. H Street Suite 203., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: WILEY HUGHES, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/1/2007

PUBLIC NOTICE This statement file with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 8, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 8, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

PUBLIC NOTICE FILE NO: 2020-B5391 Doing business as: FEARLESS FITNESS at 10315 Merriweather Dr. Unit B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: AMANDA DENEA DICKERSON, 10315 Merriweather Dr. Unit B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: AMANDA DENEA DICKERSON The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/1/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 7, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

PUBLIC NOTICE Kern Alliance of Business, Inc. NOTICE TO SUBCONTRACTORS, MATERIAL SUPPLIERS AND WORKERS Kern Alliance of Business, Inc., a California Public Benefit non-profit is actively soliciting bids from prospective subcontractors or material suppliers whose businesses qualify as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR part 121 and/or qualify as Section 3 Business Concerns, as well as individuals who qualify as Section 3 Residents in connection with the Community Development Block Grant funded the installation of Andela Glass Pulverizer system, consisting of machinery and equipment manufactured by Andela Products, Ltd., including, glass pulverizer, trommel separator, metering surge hopper, and conveyors with 480vac motor starter control panel (collectively, referred to as “Andela Equipment”); and installation of the Digital Royal Bagging Scale, IT6000E Scale Controller, Center Grip Bag Spout with foot Pedal Clamp Activation; JEM International, Inc.’s BC12V V-Belt Bag Closing Conveyor; and Newlong NP-7A Sewing Head (110V) with Sewing Pedestal Stand with Adjustable Height, and Single Operator Controls located at 2550 E. Belle Terrace, Suites 600 and 601 in the City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, and funded by HUD (hereinafter referred to as “Project”).

A Section 3 Business Concern is a business: (1) That is 51% or more owned by Section 3 Residents; or (2) Whose permanent, full-time employees include person, at least 30% of whom are currently Section 3 Resident, or within three years of the date of first employment with the business were Section 3 Residents; or (3) That provides evidence of a commitment to subcontract in excess of 25% of the dollar award of all contractors and/or subcontracts to be awarded to businesses that meet the qualifications set forth in paragraphs (1) or (2) in this definition of a Section 3 Business Concern.

A Section 3 Resident is: (1) A resident of public housing located in Kern County, or (2) An individual who resides in the County of Kern and who is a low or very low income person.

Qualified individuals and firms may obtain information about the Project from Bakersfield Blueprint & Copy located at 3700 Easton Drive, Suite 1, Bakersfield, California 93309 until 5:00 pm (PST) on January 18, 2021. The General Contractor should be contacted directly for possible use oif their proposal on this project.

Kern Alliance of Business, Inc. and prospective General Contractor are seeking such subcontractors in compliance with the procurement standards found at 24 CFR 85.36(e) and Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968, which provides that Small Businesses (SBs) and Section 3 Business Concerns/Residents be given the maximum practical opportunity to participate in HUD funded contracts.

Subcontractors may be let for the following categories of work on this Project: Laborers Welders Electricians Plumbers Equipment Installation Electrical NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS ARTICLE 1 – INVITATION TO BID 1.1 Notice Inviting Bids: Kern Alliance of Business, Inc., a California Public Benefit non-profit Corporation (“KAB”) will receive sealed Bids at the office of Bakersfield Blueprint & Copy, located at 3700 Easton Drive, Suite 1, Bakersfield, California 93309 until January 20, 2021 for the following public work: installation of machinery and equipment manufactured by Andela Products, Ltd., and related equipment located at 2550 E. Belle Terrace, Suites 600 and 601, City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, and funded by the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), CD Project No. 3.18.4.

1.2 Project Description: The project, consists of, in general, the installation of Andela Glass Pulverizer system, and consisting of machinery and equipment manufactured by Andela Products, Ltd., including, glass pulverizer, trommel separator, metering surge hopper, and conveyors with 480vac motor starter control panel (collectively, referred to as “Andela Equipment”); and installation of the Digital Royal Bagging Scale, IT6000E Scale Controller, Center Grip Bag Spout with foot Pedal Clamp Activation; JEM International, Inc.’s BC12V V-Belt Bag Closing Conveyor; and Newlong NP-7A Sewing Head (110V) with Sewing Pedestal Stand with Adjustable Height, and Single Operator Controls located at 2550 E. Belle Terrace, Suites 600 and 601, City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, and funded by HUD (hereinafter referred to as “Project”). Work shall be completed within One Hundred and Twenty (120) working days from the date when contract commences to run.

1.3 Procurement of Bidding Documents: Bidding documents may be purchased at the office of Bakersfield Blueprint & Copy, located at 3700 Easton Drive, Bakersfield, California 93309 until 5:00 pm (PST) on January 18, 2021 at the price of -- $15.00 per set.

1.4 Instructions: Bidders shall refer to Document 002000 Instructions to Bidder for required documents and items to be submitted in a sealed envelope. Seal proposals must be received before 4:00 pm (PST) on January 20, 2021 at the following location: 1.

Delivered in person, by courier service or by U.S. Mail should be addressed to Bakersfield Blueprint & Copy C/O Kern Alliance of Business - Bid Proposal Attn: Valarie Canfield 3700 Easton Drive, Suite 1 Bakersfield, CA 93309 It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to arrive at Bakersfield Blueprint & Copy at least ten (10) minutes prior to the bid receipt deadline to receive a test time stamp. The time stamp at Bakersfield Blueprint & Copy shall be the official time. Any bid received at our after 4:00 pm will be returned unopended. Soon after 4:00 (PST) pm the bids will be picked up and delivered to the office of Kern Alliance of Business, Inc. The Bids will be publicly opened and read on the Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (PST) at 2550 E. Belle Terrace, Suites 600 and 601, Bakersfield, Kern County, California.

1.5 For Bid and Site Visit: KAB will conduct a Pre-Bid Conference and Site Visit at 10:00 a.m. (PST) on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 2550 E. Belle Terrace, Suites 600 and 601, Bakersfield, Kern County, California.

1.6 Bid Preparation Cost: Bidders are solely responsible for the cost of preparing their bids.

1.7 Reservation of Rights: KAB specifically reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any or all Bids, to re-bid, or to waive inconsequential defects in bidding not involving time, price or quality of the work.

ARTICLE 2 – LEGAL REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Required Contractor’s License(s): If required by State law, bidders must have an appropriate California contractor’s license prior to award of this Contract. If required by State law, Joint Ventures must secure a joint venture license prior to award of the Contract.

2.2 Substitution of Securities: KAB will permit the successful bidder to substitute securities for any retention monies withheld to ensure performance of the contract, as set forth in Document 00 0610 Escrow Agreement For Security Deposits in Lieu Of Retention and incorporated herein in full by this reference. In accordance with Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code.

2.3 Prevailing Wage Laws: Pursuant to part 7 of the Division of the California Labor Code Section 1720 et seq, the Contractor shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages to workers on this Project as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. The Director’s schedule of prevailing rates is on file and open for inspection at Kern Alliance of Business, Inc., located at 2550 E. Belle Terrace, Suites 600 and 601, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, and is incorporated herein by this reference.

2.4 For projects with Federal Funding, such as this one, and if required by state law, each Contractor must be licensed at this time the Contract is awarded.

2.5 Federal Prevailing Wage Requirement: This Community Development Project is subject to the DavisBacon Act, the Copeland “Anti-Kick Back” Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Requirements and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. Minimum wage rates as predetermined by the Secretary of Labor are set forth in the Special Provisions. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and his subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate?

2.6 Small Business Requirements: KAB hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, small businesses will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. The bidder to whom the contract is awarded will be required to comply with the Small Business Affirmative Action Plan requirements as set forth in the special provisions.

2.7 Section 3 Requirements: The work to be done on this Project is subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 USC 1701 u) which requires that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall, to the greatest extend feasible, and consistent with existing Federal, State and local laws and regulations, be directed to low and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of governmental assistance for housing, and to business concerns which provide economic opportunities to low and very low income persons. The requirements are explained in detail in 24 CFR 135. The pre-bid conference will include a workshop on Section 3 compliance.

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I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 7, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021

timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Feb 11, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: December 10, 2020 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Citlalli Viviana Guadarrama 11816 April Ann Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Phone: (661) 337-8541 E-Mail Address: citlalliviviana@gmail. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 23,30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021

Petitioner: VALERIANO BARAJAS 6023 Oneida Falls Dr. Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Phone: (661) 808-5066 E-Mail Address: val.baraias4@gmail. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021

Full name of registrant: PACIFIC HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, CA, 5300 California Avenue Ste 200, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: CHIN KIM, CFO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/18/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 16, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 16, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 20, 2021

������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2016-B1550 Business Name you wish to abandon: FEARLESS FITNESS Street address of business: 3225 Park Meadows Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: AMANDA DENEA DICKERSON, 3225 Park Meadows Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: AMANDA DENEA DICKERSON, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: December 7, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RITA LOPEZ MAYA CASE NUMBER: BPB-20-002074 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RITA LOPEZ MAYA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ELSA M. GONZALEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: BAKERSFIELD COURTHOUSE THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ELSA M. GONZALEZ 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 pprobate.

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: Date: Jan 15, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 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 deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided on Probate Code section 9100.

The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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 (for 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.

Petitioner: Elsa M. Gonzalez 245 S. Pima Avenue #28 West Covina, Ca. 91790 Telephone: (818) 574-9933 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 2021

������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-20-102871 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: CITLALLI VIVIANA GUADARRAMA FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CITLALLI VIVIANA GUADARRAMAL for a decree changing names as follows: Present name CITLALLI VIVIANA GUADARRAMA Filed a petition with this court Proposed name CITLALLI VIVIANA LUNA THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is

������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-20-102728 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: ANA ISABEL MAGANA PADILLA FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ANA ISABEL MAGANA PADILLA for a decree changing names as follows: Present name NATALY MAGANA Filed a petition with this court Proposed name NATALY MAGANA-MARQUEZ THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Jan 25, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Other: Non-Petitioning parent to be served as required by CCP Sec. 1277.

Date: November 20, 2020 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: ANA ISABEL MAGANA PADILLA 7215 Arbor Forrest Ct. Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Phone: (559) 300-8221 E-Mail Address: Prepared by Luis M Solorzaho LDA#111 933 Niles St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 (661) 323-0333 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (LS) PUB: Dec 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-20-102751 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: VALERIANO BARAJAS FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: VALERIANO BARAJAS for a decree changing names as follows: Present name VALERIANO BARAJAS Filed a petition with this court Proposed name VAL BARAJAS THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Feb 1, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: November 25, 2020 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY

������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-012853 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): GABRIELA MOJICA, and Does 1 to 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online 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 c a s e . ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen.

Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más a d v e r t e n c i a .

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal S e r v i c e s , (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers, 272640, James F. Delaney, 292600, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 286228) DATE (Fecha): 6/29/2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by EVAN MORAN, Deputy (Adjunto) ( S E A L ) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant.

12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6, 1/13/21 C N S - 3 4 2 3 9 1 0 # BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (DJ) PUB: Dec 23,30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5544 Doing business as: PHEC HOSPITAL at 5300 California Avenue Ste 200, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 420 Exchange Ste 250, Irvine, Ca. 92602 County: Kern

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5507 Doing business as: TAVGUN TRANSPORT at 2417 Sosa Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JATINDER SINGH, 2417 Sosa Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JATINDER SINGH The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 15, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 15, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Dec 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del C a s o ) : B C V - 2 0 - 1 0 0 3 0 4 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BILL G DESTEFANI aka BILL DESTEFANI aka BILL GENE DESTEFANI aka WILLIAM J DESTEFANI aka DESTEFANI BILL, and individual; FLYING TIGER FARMS, INC., a CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS, adba FLYING TIGER FARMS; DOES 1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): AMERICAN EXPRESS NATIONAL BANK NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online 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 c a s e . ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen.

Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la

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Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal S e r v i c e s , (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Mordechai Wolowitsch, Esq. SBN: (324413) Michael & Associates, PC 555 St. Charles Drive, Suite 204 Thousand Oaks, Ca. 91360 DATE (Fecha): 2/4/2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Rebecca Saldivar, Deputy (Adjunto) ( S E A L ) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

3. on behalf of (specifiy): under CCP 416.10 (corporation) BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (M&A) PUB: Dec 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-20-102599 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: ELLIOTT GRAEME WALLACE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ELLIOTT GRAEME WALLACE for a decree changing names as follows: Present name ELLIOTT GRAEME WALLACE Filed a petition with this court Proposed name ELLIOTT GRAEME HAUSCHILD THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Feb 16, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: December 15, 2020 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Elliott Graeme Wallace 11600 Caliente Bodfish Rd. Caliente, Ca. 93519 Phone: (805) 638-3581 E-Mail Address: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (ROG) PUB: Dec 30, 2020, Jan 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5566 Doing business as: AFTER BODY SCULPTING at 8315 Bantam St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: R A E G E A N NICOLE HERNANDEZ, 8315 Bantam St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RAEGEAN NICOLE HERNANDEZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 17, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 17, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021 �������������������������������

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PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5657 Doing business as: SO CAL TRANSPORT at 3608 Camino Minorca, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JUAN F REYES PALOMERA, 3608 Camino Minorca, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JUAN F REYES PALOMERA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 22, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 22, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-20-102936 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: DEEPAK KUMAR FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: DEEPAK KUMAR for a decree changing names as follows: Present name DEEPAK KUMAR Filed a petition with this court Proposed name DEEPAK SHARMA THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Feb 22, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: December 18, 2020 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: DEEPAK KUMAR 9915 Mulligan Ct. Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Phone: (661) 578-8208 E-Mail Address: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-20-102969 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: ALVIS RAY WALKER FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ALVIS RAY WALKER for a decree changing names as follows: Present name ALVIS RAY WALKER Filed a petition with this court Proposed name ELVIS RAY HOWARD, SR. THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Feb 23, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: December 23, 2020 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: ALVIS RAY WALKER IN PRO PER 1501 Gorrill St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93307

PUBLIC NOTICE Phone: (661) 324-4865 E-Mail Address: Prepared by: LEGAL HELP CLINIC-KCLDA #137 1234 L St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Phone: (661) 325-9670 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (LHC) PUB: Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-20-102994 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: CHRISTOPHER ANDREW MURPHY FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: CHRISTOPHER ANDREW MURPHY for a decree changing names as follows: Present name CHRISTOPHER ANDREW MURPHY Filed a petition with this court Proposed name RONAN CHRISTOPHER MURPHY THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Feb 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

Dept: 12 The address of the court is: Same as noted above.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: December 24, 2020 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: CHRISTOPHER ANDREW MURPHY 2221 Symonds Drive Bakersfield, Ca. 93222-6363 Phone: (310) 200-9010 E-Mail Address: rcm@venetowest. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-012791 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): PAUL ROBERSON II AND DOES 1 TO 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online 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 Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si

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no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxton Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers, 272640, James E. Dalaney, 292600, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 286554) DATE (Fecha): 6/19/2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Evan Moran, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

12/16, 12/23, 12/30/20, 1/6/21 CNS-3424141# BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (CS) PUB: Dec 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan 6, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCV-19-102355 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): GAIL ELLEN MARTIN, a business owner. et al YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): JUDGE A. ROBERTSON NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online 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 Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte. ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxton Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Judge A. Robertson, 1200 First Street, Bakersfield, CA 93394 DATE (Fecha): 11/19/2020 (no signature), Clerk (Secretario), by (no signature), Deputy (Adjunto)

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������������������������������� COMPLAINT-Personal Injury, Property Damage, Wrongful Death Amended Case Number: BCV-19102355 Type (check all that apply): Other (specify): Personal Injury Other Damages (specify): Emotional Distress Jurisdiction Action is an unlimited Civil Case (Exceeds $25,000) 1. Plaintiff: Judge A. Robertson alleges causes of action against defendant: Gail Ellen Martin, a business owner, et al.

2. This pleading, including attachments and exhibits, consists of the following number of pages: 5 3. Each plaintiff named above is a competent adult a. Except plaintiff (name):

a.

3) A public entity (describe): The Connie House 4) An adult b. Except plaintiff (name): Judge A. Robertson 1) A corporation qualified to do business in California 4) An adult 4. Plaintiff: Judge A. Robertson is doing business under a fictitious name: Iam That Iam Systems Inc. No.: 3481243 File June 01/2012 and has complied with the fictitious name laws.

5. Each defendant named above is a natural person

a.

Except defendant (name): 1) Gail E. Martin 2) Business Owner 4) A public entity (describe): The Connie House 5) Other (specify): Rentals 6. The true names of defendants sued as Does are unknown to plaintiff.

a.

Doe defendants (specify Doe numbers): 10 were agents or employees of other named defendants and acted within the scope of that agency or employment.

b.

Doe defendants (specify Doe numbers): 8 are persons whose capacities are unknown to plaintiff.

8. This court is the proper court because a. At least one defendant now resides in its jurisdictional area. c. Injury to person or damage to personal property occurred in its jurisdictional area. d. Other (specify): 2308 Connie Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93304 9. Plaintiff is required to comply with a claims statute and

a. has compiled with applicable claims statutes CCP Section 1714(a).

The plaintiff did not enjoy his tenancy unmolested (Salinas v. Martin (2008) 166 Cal. App.3d735 10. The following causes of action are attached and the statements about apply to each (each complaint must have one or more causes of action attached): e. Premises Liability f. Other (specify): See other unattached Cause of Actions bases pursuant to California code, EVID Section 1070//Calif. Code, Civil Procedure - CCP Section 1250.130// to record a notice of the pendency of the proceeding in the manner provided by, Section 1250.150//Title 14 HIPAA, 45 CFR Section 164.526.

11. Plaintiff has suffered

a.

Wage loss

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Loss of property c. H o s p i t a l and medical expenses d. G e n e r a l damage e. P r o p e r t y damage

f.

Loss of earning capacity

g.

Other damage (specify): Emotional distress; Intentional Tort, Willful failure to warn, Compensatory Damages, Negligance.

14. Plaintiff prays for judgment for costs of suit; for such relief as is fair, just, and equitable; and for a. Compensatory damages The amount of damages is (in cases for personal injury or wrongful death, you must check (1)): 1) A c c o r d i n g to proof

2) In the amount of $ as provided by a Jury Trial 15. The paragraphs of this complaint alleged on information and belief are as follows (specify paragraph numbers): Paragraphs as noted from 1 - 15. Request for a Jury Trial IT-1. Plaintiff (name): Judge A. Robertson Alleges that the defendant (name): Gail Ellen Martin, business owner, et al Prem.L-1 (name): Gail Ellen Martin alleges the acts of defendants were the legal proximate cause of damages to plaintiff.

On (date) Aug 21 2019 plaintiff was injured on the following premises in the following fashion (description of premises and circumstances of injury): At the business of the Connie House at 2308 Connie Ave Bakersfield, CA 93304, after moving into the Shared Rooms, of four, days after my rent of $800.00, I was not informed that the premises had dangerous Bed Bugs; the manager/owner Gail Martin had stated by her cell phone leaving a message for me alleging: (“We are going to spray. We already have a pest control service but obviously it is not working. I have a lead on another company that deals primarily with bed bugs and I’ll call them tomorrow.”) Further during the whole entire living there she never had professional service.

Does one to ten Prem.L-2 Count One – Negligence the defendants who negligently owned, maintained, managed and operated that described premises were (names): Gail Martin, the owner/operator of the Connie House, Cottie a house keeper, cook etc. at 2308 Connie Ave Bakersfield 93304; they was Negligence and by intent caused Harm to Judge A. Robertson, a tenant thereof.

Does one to ten Prem.L-3 Count Two – Willful Failure to Warn [Civil Code section 846] The defendant owners who willfully or maliciously failed to guard or warn against a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity were (names): The owner/operator and her works willfully or maliciously failed to guard or worn against (“Bed Bugs”) which cause excessive itching which has caused sores, and other illnesses, by cross-contaminating with my Blood; although seen by my LA doctor, as he

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having treated me with ongoing treatment since July of 2017, as a Tenant thereof.

Does one to ten Prem.L-4 Count Three – Dangerous Condition of Public Property The defendants who owned public property on which a dangerous condition existed were (names): At the mentioned address above the owner Gail Martin, owner/operator, did not forewarn about the dangerous conditions of her business the Connie House; this business has infestation of contaminated insects “Scabies.”

Does one to ten

a.The defendant public entity had actual notice of the dangerous condition in sufficient time prior to the injury to have corrected it.

Allegations about Other Defendants The defendants who were the agents and employees of the other defendants and acted within the scope of the agency were (names): Cottie and Lura a weekend worker; they was a (“nonprofessional fumigator”) Etc. However, Gail had relied on their spraying the dangerous insects all along.

Does one to ten b. The defendants who are liable to plaintiffs for other reasons and the reasons for their liability are described in an attachment Prem.L-5b as follows (names): Gail E. Martin, owner/operator, and the following defendants will be added on as plaintiff and learn the True Names.

GN-1 Plaintiff (name): Judge A. Robertson alleges that defendant (name): Gail Ellen Martin, a business owner et al and Does one to ten Was the legal (proximate) cause of damages to plaintiff. By the following acts or omissions to act, defendant negligently caused the damage to plaintiff On (date): Aug 19th 2017 at (place): The Connie House, 2308 Connie Ave Bakersfield CA 93304 (description of reasons for liability): That Plaintiff, Judge A. Robertson, alleges the acts as follows, that the defendant(s) and each of them were the legal proximate cause of the damages to plaintiff. Date plaintiff moved in residence on June 20, 2017; and Further, on Date of July 14 2017 Plaintiff seen his primary Doctor Michael Yadegari, M.D. for Chief Complaint having Rashes over his body, these Rashes also caused (“excessive itching”) on a continual basis; Furtherer, the ongoing itching was the first time the plaintiff experienced such severe nonstop itching; Further, doing the first week of Moving into the premises, the defendant Gail E. Martin’s failure to exercise that degree of care which a person of ordinary prudence (a reasonable man [person]) would exercise under the same circumstances. Whereas, the defendant knew of the dangerous bedbugs; as she had acknowledged of their presence; however alleged that she was going to get a (“professional fumigator”) however instead should have recognized as involving an unreasonable risk of causing an infestation:[of the Bed Bugs] of an interest of another [plaintiff Judge A. Robertson] which resulted as a failure to do an act necessary for the protection or assistance of another and which the actor is under a duty to perform. See id. Section 284. Therefore doing my treatments my doctor had advised me to Move therefor the following month I did on Aug 19 2017; since after being injured by the types of inspections thereon the premises at 2308 Connie Ave., I have suffered

continual effects of nonstop pain and suffering, over the months, till this day. I have been under Medical Care since becoming harmed physically and emotionally by the invasion of these Bed Bugs. And as by respect of a Jury Trial; plaintiff will show cars by exhibiting demonstrative evidence; by forms of photographs, containing the depictions that will be corroborated with the proof and explanations of law.

IT-1 Plaintiff (name): Judge A. Robertson alleges that defendant (name): Gail Ellen Martin, a business owner et al and Does one to ten Was the legal (proximate) cause of damages to plaintiff. By the following acts or omissions to act, defendant negligently caused the damage to plaintiff On (date): Aug 19th 2017 at (place): The Connie House, 2308 Connie Ave. Bakersfield CA 93304 (description of reasons for liability): 1. Was the proximate cause of damages to plaintiff: By the following acts or omissions to act, as the defendants intentionally cause the damage to plaintiff.

2. On and about the date of June following days after moving into the Connie house plaintiff Judge A. Robertson had encountered somewhat excessive itching and therefore asked the residents are you having the same itch? And they said that the house is infested with bed bugs, I was not familiar with the term, so after viewing a bug known to the housekeeper she said it was a Bed Bug, I had texted the Property Business Owner who had moved me in a day ago.

3. Further, she had claimed by texting me back that she was to have a (“professional fumigator”) come out to spray the house, however she never did, only the two housekeepers did all the spraying, both the caretakers had indicated that they are the primary sprayers to the dangerous insects by using a nonprofessional strength of a brand called “HOT SHOT.” “Formulated to kill bed bugs” as the defendants keeps on location stored away inside their garage for the use of controlling their insect problems; I had been taking photos each time I experienced something unknown to me while living at this location.

4.Further, each defendant foreknown of the dangerous conditions which has taken place at the colony house about the insect infestation’s openly.

5. Furthermore, the defendant business owner Gail E. Martin, was aware before renting the property to the plaintiff Judge A. Robertson; that the possibility of the sufferings of damages of injury were (“destined or (“inevitable”) to the Plaintiff, Judge A. Robertson.

6. Furthering, bases are clear, these premises are infested with Bed Bugs and Scabies, and other bugs and as well the owner of the business, Gail Martin, at no time forewarned the plaintiff that the kind of infested insects make you excessively itch and painful tendency as a result as caused from a contagious sharp nozzle, penetrating the skin and underlying below the tissue causing an adversed condition, by its biochemical mixture of different contaminants causing excessive itching and other uncomfortable severe unpleasant Lee cruel painful conditions.

7. Moreover, plaintive has been under doctors care since living there and is still seeking medical help for needs to combat against this problem of Skin, Neurotic and Emotional Dis-

tress problems.

1. Plaintiff, Judge A. Robertson, alleges the acts of defendants with DOES ONE – TEN were the legal proximate cause of damages to plaintiff.

2. On the Date of Aug 19, 2017, plaintiff was injured on the following premises in the following fashion: 3. The plaintiff judge Robertson did undergo suffering of months of fears at the real property at 2308 Connie Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. Under the care and control of Gail martin and her Employees and Does One to Ten. 4. Further, plaintiff’s insomnia caused by the fears of becoming attacked again by the infestation of dangerous insects who attacked at their will; does each time the plaintiff was under attack it was by at least [8] or more different Bedbug species of different sizes and shapes, and I did take photos of them, because they are encounters was all knew to plaintiff of record; ease I would have Moved at the first signs of these type of insects; Scabies and Bedbugs.

5. Each night, I has experienced months of different types of nightmares, thinking when was the next painful needle experience or when will they painfully sting me by their bloodsucking, penetrating my skin and tissue with their frontal bloodsucking apparatus as such the mosquito, this type insect do contaminate human blood by their similar fashions of operation. This causes a biohazard allergic effect as with plaintiff it caused excessive itching, which caused plaintiff to have to over itch and two over scratch all over scratchy effected areas, leaving third-degree painful markings of skin and bleeding.

6. The contagious irruption’s causing months of irritations; my experiences was that after killing bedbugs at the location, I noticed that each time I smashed with an interment, that blood came from each killing of the Bed bug, thereof; these analysis by me had determined that since the Bed bugs do carry and store blood within their bodies, over months before they having to feed again, I had concluded that a mixture of human blood types or contaminations may have become biohazards, at some point.

ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name, State Bar number, and address): Judge A. Robertson 4001 Wilshire Blvd F-284 Los Angeles, CA 90010 TELEPHONE NO: 323.470.7244 ATTORNEY FOR: in Pro Per BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5634 Doing business as: McCLELLAN BOARD BOARD & CARE at 4104 Milo Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: VIRGINIA McCLELLAN, 5307 Glacier Springs Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: VIRGINIA McCLELLAN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 5/1/1988 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 21, 2020 MARY B BEDARD

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice Inviting Bids: County of Kern (hereinafter “Owner”) Owner will receive sealed Bids at the County of Kern, General Services Division of the County Administrative Office, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Third Floor Bakersfield, California 93301-4639 until 10:59 A.M. on Wednesday, January 20, 2021- for the following public work: Community Development – Frazier Park Rec. Bldg. Rehab. – 3801 Park Drive, Frazier Park, CA 93225 Project Description: The project, in general, consists of furnishing all labor, material, and equipment to replace existing woodpecker damaged wood siding and trim. Furnish all labor, material, and equipment to replace existing water damaged and or decayed wood siding. Furnish all labor, material, and equipment to stabilize all lead base painted areas per lead-based paint survey report dated June 17, 2016 by Akri Corporation included in the project manual. Furnish all labor, material, and equipment to paint exterior wood siding, fascia, eave, wood beams, wood posts, and steel pipe columns.

Work shall be completed within thirty (30) Working Days from the date when Contract Time commences to run.

Procurement of Bidding Documents: Interested Bidders shall purchase Plans, Specifications and Bid Proposal forms to be used for bidding this project by contacting Blueprint Services Co., Inc., 1100 18th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301, or phone them at 661-327-2501. It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to contact the County of Kern, Construction Services Division, 661-868-3000 to verify that all addenda has been received. Addenda will only be available from Blueprint Services Co. Bid Proposals that do not contain a signed cover sheet for all addenda may, in the sole discretion of the County be rejected as non- responsive.

Instructions: Bidders shall refer to Document 00 2113 Instructions to Bidders for required documents and items to be submitted in a sealed envelope. Sealed proposals will be received on the date and time indicated in Paragraph 1.01, at the following location: 1. Delivered in person, by courier service or by mail to the County of Kern, General Services Division of the County Administrative Office, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Third Floor, Bakersfield, California 93301.

It is the sole responsibility of the Bidder to arrive at the General Services Division third floor main lobby at least ten (10) minutes prior to the bid receipt deadline to receive a test time stamp. The time stamp clock in the main lobby of General Services shall be the official time. Any bid received at or after 11:00 A.M. will be returned unopened.

Soon after 11:00 A.M. the bids will be publicly opened and read in the third floor conference room of the County Administrative Center.

Mandatory Pre-Bid Site Visit: Owner will conduct a Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference and Site Visit at 11:00 A.M. on January 6, 2021.

Bid Preparation Cost: Bidders are solely responsible for the cost of preparing their Bids.

Reservation of Rights: Owner specifically reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any or all Bids, to re-bid, or to waive inconsequential defects in bidding not involving time, price or quality of the work.

Required Contractor’s License(s): A California “B” contractor’s license is required to bid this contract. Joint ventures must secure a joint venture license prior to award of this Contract.

Substitution of Securities: Owner will permit the successful bidder to substitute securities for any retention monies withheld to ensure performance of the contract, as set forth in Document 00 6290 Escrow Agreement For Security Deposits In Lieu Of Retention and incorporated herein in full by this reference, in accordance with Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code.

Prevailing Wage Laws: Pursuant to Part 7 of Division 2 of the California Labor Code (Section 1720 et seq.) the Contractor shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of wages to workers on this project as determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. The Director's schedule of prevailing rates is on file and open for inspection at County of Kern, General Services Division of the County Administrative Office, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Third Floor, Bakersfield, California 93301, and is incorporated herein by this reference. This project may be subject to monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), including the obligation to submit certified payroll records directly to the DIR Compliance Monitoring Unit (CMU) at least monthly in a format prescribed by the Labor Commissioner. The contractor must post job site notices as prescribed by DIR regulation.

Required Registration with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations: Pursuant to California Labor Code 1725.5, all contractors and subcontractors must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) in order to be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any public work contract. Detailed information about contractor’s responsibilities and online registration may be obtained on the State of California Department of Industrial Relations, Public Works website, http://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html For projects without Federal Funding, each Bidder must be licensed, as required by law, at the time the bid is submitted. For projects with Federal Funding, each Contractor must be licensed at the time the Contract is awarded.

Small Business Requirements: The County hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, small businesses will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. The bidder whom the contract is awarded will be required to comply with the Small Business Affirmative Action Plan requirements as set forth in the special provisions.

Section 3 requirements: The work to be done on this project is subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 USC 1701u) which requires that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance shall, to the greatest extent feasible, and consistent with existing Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, be directed to low- and very low-income persons, particularly those who are recipients of government assistance for housing, and to business concerns which provide economic opportunities to low and very low-income persons. These requirements are explained in detail Published Bakersfield News Observer December 23, 30, 2020, January 6 & 13, 2021

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 21, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 2021

2021-B0003 2021-B0004 Doing business as: DFP SERVICE SOLUTIONS / D.P.F. SERVICE SOLUTIONS / DPF BURN TURN at 2512 Olmo Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: M I C H A E L ANTHONY GARCIA, 2512 Olmo Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MICHAEL ANTHONY GARCIA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: January 4, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on January 4, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 2021

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5645 Doing business as: DEVIOUS DESIGNZ at 5117 Belcrest Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: D A L E VAUGHN, 5117 Belcrest Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DALE VAUGHN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 21, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 21, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0002

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5527 Doing business as: DID IT DONE IT CONSTRUCTION at 816 Adelaide Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: B R E N T O N LEJANDER, 816 Adelaide Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: BRENTON LEJANDER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/12/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 15, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement

PUBLIC NOTICE does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 15, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2020-B5704 Doing business as: ON THE VINE WINE BAR at 10711 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: M I S K A T WINE INC., CA, 10201 Wentworth Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: DARREL CONNER, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: December 23, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on December 23, 2025 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B3370 Business Name you wish to abandon: ON THE VINE Street address of business: 10711 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern

PUBLIC NOTICE Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: MIDEAL LLC, 2808 LaCresenta Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: MARRY HEARN, Owner/ Manager This statement of abandonment filed on: December 15, 2020 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0005 Doing business as: ANGIE’S SWEETS & TREATS at 7120 Hanover Circle, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12194, Bakersfield, Ca. 93389 County: Kern Full name of registrant: A N G E L A LOCKHART, 7120 Hanover Circle, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANGELA LOCKHART The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/01/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: January 5, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. 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 to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on January 5, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 2021

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Trump Supporters’ Attack on the U.S. Capitol Continued from page A1

erupted at the Capitol last week. But Republican members blocked Speaker Pelosi’s push to prompt Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment.

The mayhem at the Capitol began the afternoon of Jan. 6, when hundreds of President Trump’s supporters overpowered officers, broke through barriers and stormed the Capitol building. Five Americans died during the riots, including a police officer. So far, there has not been an official estimate of the damage but, according to several news reports, taxpayers will have to pick up the tab for repairs because the building that houses the United States

Legislature is not insured.

This past weekend, U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), whose district covers Oakland and other parts of Alameda County, announced that she joined another member of California’s congressional delegation, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA-14), and 45 other colleagues to pen a letter to the Speaker. Speier represents an area covering parts of San Francisco and San Mateo counties.

The members of the House of Representatives called on Speaker Pelosi to conduct an in-depth investigation of the security breach.

“Despite promises made to Members of Congress that every precaution was being taken and that there was adequate manpower and coordination, hundreds of people were able to easily enter restricted parts of the Capitol grounds, including the steps, and break into the building itself,” the lawmakers wrote. “Even before yesterday’s events, it was clear that security at the Capitol was inadequate to address current security threats.”

From the same secret location that Rep. Bass posted Wednesday during the attack, Rep. Maxine Waters (DCA-43) also spoke by phone to her constituents.

Vegas Police ID Woman Sought in Casino Child Abandonment LAS VEGAS (AP) – Police in Las Vegas have identified a woman sought for questioning after a 3-year-old girl believed to be her daughter was found abandoned in a casino restroom.

Officer Misael Parra said Friday investigators don’t know where 26-year-old Mariam Ramos lives, but learned she frequently visited casinos downtown and on the Las Vegas Strip.

Ramos is accused of abandoning the child in a woman’s restroom at Wynn Las Vegas the morning of Dec. 29.

Police released a video statement describing the woman, who is Black, after she was seen on casino surveillance video wearing a

blonde wig with a ponytail and walking with the child.

Detectives learned she and child took a taxi to the Fashion Show mall before entering the Wynn across Las Vegas Boulevard.

Lt. David Valenta said the woman asked during the taxi ride about the nearest shelter.

Nevada has a no-questions-asked “safe haven’’ law that lets parents leave a child under 30 days old at a hospital, fire station or emergency care facility without facing arrest or prosecution.

Parra said the girl was not physically harmed and was placed in the care of Clark County Child Protective Services.

“I know that I could be a target. It was only a few days ago that another threat came in to kill me,” Waters, who represents parts of southern Los Angeles County, said to L.A. Magazine.

“I know that I should be careful as much as I possibly can,” Waters continued. “I’m a target. As a Black controversial woman, I have the White supremacists and others who are constantly after me, threatening me, saying terrible things about me, and lying about my stance on issues. I live with this and so I’m not surprised that we have protesters. But I am surprised that they have the support of the President of the United States of America.”

Republican California U.S. Congressmen Devin Nunes (D-CA-22) and Kevin McCarthy (D-CA-23), who supported the pro-Trump public protests and legislative objections to President-elect Biden’s certification – were among the lawmakers in Washington that day that were ushered away from the Capitol into hiding. Both men represent inland congressional districts in the San Joaquin Valley. Nunes’ district includes parts of Tulare and Fresno counties and McCarthy’s district covers parts of the foothills and elevations of the Tehachapi Mountains and the Sierra Nevada.

Gov. Newsom ordered the flags at the California State Capitol to fly at half-staff on Sunday. He said it was a salute to the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died as a result of wounds he suffered when a mob attacked him during the riots.

“Our democracy rests on our common civility. As we work to heal from the aggressions that occurred against our seat of democracy this past week, we honor U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who lost his life in defense of our democratic institutions,” the governor said. “Our hearts are with his family and all of our fellow public servants, our Congressional delegation and the brave men and women in uniform who protect us.”

Rev. Raphael Warnock’s Historic Win in Georgia Senate Race

The balance of power in Washington and on Capitol Hill will now shift dramatically to Democrats who will now control Congress and The White House. The dual victories on the same night by Rev. Warnock and Jon Ossoff marks a repudiation of the GOP under Donald Trump

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2019. The U.S. Senate race cost over $200 million with soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell donating over $60 million from his PAC. By late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning after Election Day in Georgia, Warnock had 2,227,296

votes to Loeffler’s 2,173,866.

On top of Warnock’s historic win, another Democrat, Jon Ossoff has won against incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue. As election results continued to come in showing how close the Warnock/Loeffler race would be,

In First Act of New Congress

Introduce Reparations Bill Continued from page A1

the first American President of African descent, the legacy of slavery lingers heavily in this nation. While we have focused on the social effects of slavery and segregation, its continuing economic implications remain largely ignored by mainstream analysis.”

Jackson Lee continued: “These economic issues are the root cause of many critical issues in the African American community today, such as education, healthcare, and criminal justice policy, including policing practices. The call for reparations represents a commitment to entering a constructive dialogue on the role of slavery and racism in shaping present-day conditions in our community and American society.

“I believe that H.R. 40 is a crucial piece of legislation

because it goes beyond exploring the economic implications of slavery and segregation.

“It is a holistic bill in the sense that it seeks to establish a commission to also examine the moral and social implications of slavery.

“In short, the Commission aims to study the impact of slavery and to address continuing disparities in the African American community and discrimination against the African American community, resulting directly and indirectly from slavery to segregation.

“After its study, the Commission would offer proposals concerning the long-term impact of slavery and bring about solutions to these ongoing disparities in the African American Community.”

some Republicans began assigning blame for the coming loss to President Trump.

The stunning double victory on a single night for Democrats will change the trajectory of the presidency of Joseph Biden, which begins on January 20. The U.S. Senate will be tied 50-50 and Vice President-elect Kamara Harris will now become a pivotal figure required to often preside over the U.S. Senate from the presiding officers Chair and break ties on key policy and nominees.

In the race for The White House in 2020, Trump lost Georgia to Joe Biden by over 11,000 votes on November 3, 2020. In the days before the runoff elections in Georgia, Trump spent most of his time criticizing other Republicans in Georgia. Trump had earlier called into question the validity of the voting process in Georgia. The President also pressured Georgia officials to flip the state in his favor as

Congress is set to officially certify the presidential election.

Trump’s words signaled an internal war in the Republican Party as the out-going President caused problems within the GOP. Trump attacked Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and the Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger. That, along with out-going U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell single handedly blocked $2,000 checks to assist Americans in a pandemic that has killed over 350,000 people, likely impacting the results in Georgia.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist for NNPA and the host of the podcast BURKEFILE. She is also a political strategist as Principal of Win Digital Media LLC. She may be contacted at LBurke007@gmail. com and on twitter at @LVBurke

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER A7

News

$227 Billion Includes Stimulus Cash, Rental Relief, Job Training, and More

By Tanu Henry California Black Media Gov. Gavin Newsom sounded upbeat when he announced at a press briefing Friday afternoon that he has submitted a $227 billion budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year to the State Legislature for approval.

The spending plan reflects a brighter picture than the gloomier one Newsom presented last summer when he projected a steep budget shortfall of more than $50 billion.

In this proposal, the governor’s office is estimating that there will be a budget surplus of about $15 billion over the 2020-21 fiscal year, with nearly $3 billion stashed in the state’s operating reserve.

“In these darkest moments of the COVID-19 pandemic, this budget will help Californians with urgent action to address our immediate challenges and build towards our recovery,” said Newsom. “As always, our Budget is built on our core California values of inclusion, economic growth and a brighter future for all.”

The proposal includes significant investments intended to shore up and revive the state economy battered by the COVID-19 global pandemic. It proposes $2.4 billion for a one-time payout of $600 per individual from the “Golden State Stimulus” fund for the lowest earning Californians, many of them essential workers, who have been hit hardest by the global health crisis and the economic dip it caused.

The majority of workers that have been affected are African American, Hispanic or from other ethnic groups in California and across the country.

To ensure a swift economic recovery, the governor has allocated $372 million to facilitate the distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines across the state.

Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Los Angeles), chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus and the only African American lawmaker in the upper house of the California legislature, says he is pleased that the governor’s budget invests in equity. He told CBM that he will work with the governor’s office to make sure the proposals in the plan, particularly the relief for businesses, benefit Black Californians.

“Governor Newsom’s 2021-2022 budget proposal reflects what we are all hoping: that things are getting back on track and in a better way. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate California, but thanks to the swift actions taken last year by the Legislature and the Governor, we are in a strong position to combat this crisis and rebuild our economy,” Bradford said

“We do not want to go back to where we were. We want a more just economy moving forward,” the senator added.

Workers at hospitals, grocery store clerks, public transportation operators and more had to continue showing up to work through the most difficult and uncertain phases of the pandemic last year. And entrepreneurs like barbers and beauticians and workers in retail, food and beverage service, hospitality and the leisure sectors suffered the most job losses. Newsom announced $777.5 billion in his budget for economic recovery, including assistance to businesses of all sizes – more than $500 million will go to small businesses -- and money to support the state’s minimum wage increase to $14.

Bradford, who is also chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, applauded Gov Newsom for including funding for improving prisons and criminal justice reform efforts.

“As Chair of the Senate Public Safety Committee, I am also pleased to see funding for the maintenance of California state prisons, Los Angeles County, use of force investigations by the Department of Justice, and rehabilitation and educational programs for our inmate population,” he said. “Following the work I began in 2018 with the California Cannabis Equity Act, I am delighted to see the permanent funding of the state’s local equity grant program, which is a momentous step toward a fair and equitable cannabis market.”

The money for COVID economic recovery comes at a time when there looms the threat of another economic downturn. According to numbers released by the U.S. Department of Labor Friday, payrolls across the country decreased by 140,000 jobs in December. It is the sharpest drop in jobs since last April. The economy has not fully bounced back since the beginning of the pandemic last march when it lost 22.2 million jobs. Only 12.4 million jobs have been recovered so far.

Although the governor’s budget projects optimism, and it provides substantial funding for critical ongoing government priorities like education, transportation public safety, higher education, health care and green initiatives, it is short on details. It does however include a clear high-level breakdown of where the money will be spent – if not exactly how. For example, Gov. Newsom calls for $2 billion to help schools across the state to reopen in the next couple of months. The budget also allots $85.8 billion for schools,

By Quinci LeGardye California Black Media More than ten days into January, California has not distributed as many COVID-19 vaccines as previously estimated.

Gov. Gavin Newsom first acknowledged on Jan. 4 that the state’s vaccine rollout was “not good enough.” As of Jan. 8, less than a third of the over 2 million doses of vaccines that California has received has been administered to eligible residents.

After a slow start in distribution, on Jan. 8, Governor Gavin Newsom set a target to vaccinate an additional one million Californians over the next nine days. In addition to this goal, in the proposed state budget announced the same day, Newsom allocated $372 million to improve vaccination efforts.

“We want to see 100% of what’s received immediately administered in people’s arms, and so that’s a challenge,” Newsom said during his Jan. 4 news briefing. It’s a challenge across this country – it’s a challenge, for that matter, around the rest of the world. But that’s not an excuse.”

“I would expect — and you should expect — that we are going to see a substantially higher number of vaccines administered in the coming days and coming weeks,” said Newsom on Jan. 8. He later added, “Hold me accountable.”

This new target for vaccine distribution comes in the middle of a massive post-holiday surge in COVID-19 cases that has left hospitals stretched thin. ICU capacity is currently at 0 % in the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley regions, with the Bay Area at 3 % and Greater Sacramento at 6.4 % capacity, according to California Department of Public Health numbers reported as of Jan. 8.

Part of the initial challenge in administering vaccines

comes from verifying whether people are within the groups the state prioritized in the first phase of vaccination. That category includes healthcare workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities. Public health officials have noted the strain that this complex distribution plan places on an already stressed healthcare system.

On Jan. 7, the state eased restrictions on who qualifies for vaccinations, expanding the prioritized list to include community health workers, public health field staff, primary care clinics, specialty clinics, laboratory workers, dental clinics and pharmacy staff. Under this guidance, if there is still a surplus of vaccines after everyone in the prioritized group has been granted access, then the vaccine can be offered to essential workers in education, child care, emergency services, food and agriculture, as well as people over the age of 75.

The state’s vaccine rollout was also slowed by technical problems with an online software system, PrepMod, which is used to coordinate vaccine distribution among a network of providers. Providers, including public clinics and nursing home operators, have said that the system is limiting access to the vaccines.

California Department of Public Health (CDPH) officials said that they have received complaints about the system. The department said that it “has been working with the vendor to work on finding solutions.”

Even with the slow rollout, both Gov. Newsom and California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly have assured that the state will continue to prioritize the most vulnerable populations in vaccine distribution.

“We don’t want that prioritization to be diminished in any way, while also continuing to encourage fast and efficacious vaccination of our communities,” Ghaly said.

Spending Plan

which includes teacher training, early childhood education programs, teacher recruitment and money to extend learning into the summer. The governor is also proposing that the state invests $500 million in low-cost housing tax credits; $1.75 billion to continue purchasing motels to house the homeless under “Project Room Key;” and $353 million for job training and creation programs.

Over the next 5 months, Gov. Newsom says he and the Legislature will be working to hash out, distill and define budget priorities. Through the process, they will determine how and at which level of government – state, county or municipal – the monies will be spent. Then in May, he will present his revised, and more detailed, budget to the legislature for final approval before the fiscal year begins in July.

Senate Republicans say over 19,000 small businesses in the state have had to shutter since the pandemic began.

Therefore, they are urging the governor to increase funding for them.

“Over the past ten months, the Governor’s shutdowns and COVID-19 challenges have made it difficult for millions of Californians,” said Senate Republican Leader

Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) and Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama) in a statement responding to the governor’s budget.

Some environmental groups complained that the budget redirects cash to emergency preparedness, “shortchanging” programs that provide funding to underserved communities, some of them places where Black Californians live.

“The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is meant to cut pollution in our most impacted communities,” said CEO Debra Gore-Mann, president of the Greenlighting Institute, a public policy and research organization based in Oakland. “Funding for wildfires should come from the utilities whose recklessness led to so many problems.

Gov. Newsom says now that he has presented his budget, the hard work begins.

“The Budget makes progress towards the goal I set when taking office to harness California’s spirit of innovation and resilience and put the California Dream within reach of more Californians,” Gov. Newsom said.

What’s Holding Up California’s Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines

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Visualizing a Trip to Kenya Africa

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent With the pandemic badly hamstringing travel plans for so many people, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) would like to take Black America on a trip – at least digitally.

Destination: The World.

Until medical science gets a real stranglehold on the coronavirus, we invite you to explore from the safety of your home the many places around the globe that might make your bucket list.

We begin in beautiful Nariobi.

Nairobi is known for exciting activities like Rugby, the iconic Coke Studio Africa music show, and the Storymoja Festival.

Once a year, book lovers gather at the Storymoja festival to enjoy the literary arts.

Coke Studio Africa is the biggest show in all of Africa.

It began more than seven years ago and features different music genres and cultures, and artists come from places like Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, and South Africa.

Unavoidable in Kenya’s capital city is the famed African safaris – after all, the city lays claim as the continent’s safari capital.

“Kenya remains one of my favorite places to visit on the continent because you get a lot of the Mother Land vibes there,” stated Chandell Stone.

She owns Destination Impact, an African Americanowned volunteer travel company that offers service opportunities across the African Diaspora.

“Being in Africa is always powerful and empowering,” noted Stone, who, despite the pandemic, planned to fly out of New York to Africa following her phone conversation with NNPA Newswire.

“I can’t stay away … I love going to Africa,” the globetrotter proclaimed.

A short distance away from Nairobi in nearby Karen, Kenya, people young and old still find the red-colored dirt as fascinating as the banana trees that line the stunning city’s hills.

Workshops housing designers and artists cram busy

Unavoidable in Kenya’s capital city is the famed African safaris – after all, the city lays claim as the continent’s safari capital.

roads that offer sightly and breathtaking views of the high skies against lush green landscaping and colorful flowers.

According to New York Times Travel Writer Ginanne Brownell Mitic, Karen, Kenya, was named after the Danish writer Karen Blixen, who published works like “Out of Africa” under the pen name Isak Dinesen.

“Karen has become a home to both ex-pats and wealthy Kenyans, with stately villas and a few five-star hotels for travelers who want to be luxuriously situated close to the airports for safari excursions or beach holidays,” Mitic wrote.

“It is also home to some of the city’s most intriguing and exclusive places to shop, for items like statement silver jewelry, hand-carved chairs and locally dyed and sewn fashion.”

In Nairobi, residents can shop at many open-air markets throughout the city, including Maasai Market, Toi Market, City Market Nairobi, and Muthurwa Market.

Maasai Market, located outside the Nairobi Court of Appeals, opens each Saturday and contains an array of African jewelry and sought-after fabric.

Toi Market, located in the Adams Arcade and Ngong

Road area, routinely bustles with shoppers who can find items like dresses, skirts, slacks, and jeans.

City Market, which is managed by the Nairobi City Council, is located at the intersection of the busy Market Road and Muindi Mbingu Street.

It features drums, artwork, flowers, meat, fruits, and vegetables.

At Muthurwa Market, located in the Central Business District of the city, the crowded and often noisy retail space offers a range of food items and clothing.

Nairobi also features a “lit” nightlife, Stone and other travel experts exclaimed.

Located in the Kilimani area on the first floor of Galana Plaza, the B Club counts among the most wellknown among Nairobi’s residents and visitors. It is known for its charm and exotic ambiance.

Operating in a relatively small space on Lang’ata Road, 1824 Whisky Bar is regularly jammed with partygoers.

It also has the nickname “Sunday School,” because of the club’s excitement on Sundays.

As for food and places to stay, Stone of Destination Impact said delicacies in Kenya won’t disappoint, though she prefers Nigeria’s offerings over Kenya.

Stone also recommends two Black-owned hotels, the Sovereign and Westwood.

The Sovereign is a five-star boutique hotel located in Kisumu within the business district.

The Westwood sits in the Westlands area off Eldama Road and less than an hour from Nairobi’s airport.

It borders Karura Forest, where outdoor diners have a birds-eye view of wild animals, including Sykes monkeys.

“I’m not a hotel person, I think the best experience is at an Airbnb, but the Sovereign and Westwood are good hotels,” Stone declared.

Finally, airfare can be a significant obstacle to visiting anywhere in Africa. But Stone said prices have dramatically decreased.

“A few years ago, it would be $1,500 for a flight out of JFK Airport to Kenya,” she noted. “Now, you can get a flight for $600 or $700. It is worth it. I know I can’t stay away from Africa.”

In Dr. King’s Honor, California

Black Doctors Call for Urgent Action During COVID-19 Crisis “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.”

— Martin Luther King Jr. Observer Group Newspapers of Southern California, Inc. Covered California News Three African American health leaders — advocates for expanded health care who are on the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19 raging across California — took a moment to reflect on the state of health care as the holiday honoring civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. approaches on Jan. 18.

Doctors David Carlisle, Elaine Batchlor and Adrian James are admirers of King and find his words of injustice in health care even more profound as hospitals and clinics are overflowing with COVID-19 patients — many of them African Americans and other people of color.

“On the day that we celebrate the great civil rights icon’s birthday, Dr. King’s sentiment has never been more relevant than today, as the pandemic has laid bare the great health inequities that remain in this country,” said Dr. Carlisle, president and CEO of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. “COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on communities of color makes it more important than ever that African Americans, Latinos and other people of color seek out affordable health care coverage, such as through Covered California, and also get the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available.”

Carlisle, Batchlor and James recently teamed up with Covered California to address vaccine confidence and encourage Black Californians to get the COVID-19 vaccine

when it becomes available, and to sign up for quality health insurance coverage through Covered California or MediCal. “Every day at MLK Community Hospital in South Los Angeles, we see high rates of unmanaged chronic disease that lead to poorer health outcomes,” said Dr. Batchlor, the hospital’s CEO. “This is illuminated by the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the African American community. We must change our country’s separate and unequal system of care, which is perpetuated by a payment system that disincentivizes doctors to serve in low-income communities like ours.

“I believe access to high-quality health care is a basic human right, and providing universal quality care to everyone, regardless of income level, race or political beliefs is a fundamental act of social justice,” Dr. Batchlor said.

Dr. Adrian James of the West Oakland Health Council in the San Francisco Bay Area said he and his colleagues are fighting misinformation circulating in the African American community about the vaccines to fight COVID-19.

Underlying medical conditions caused by inequality make people of color more susceptible to illness caused by COVID-19, Dr. James said. Other challenges Black people face include the inability to work from home and social distance.

“The quote from Dr. King that ‘Of all forms of

inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman’ is true because it may lead to death, which is the worst possible outcome. In California, the pandemic has had a devastating impact on the African American community,” Dr. James said.

The pandemic has also highlighted the importance of quality health care coverage. Right now, an estimated 1.2 million Californians are uninsured — including an estimated 67,000 African Americans — even though they are eligible for financial help through Covered California, or they qualify for low-cost or no-cost coverage through Medi-Cal. “Roughly nine out of every 10 consumers who enroll through Covered California receive financial assistance —

in the form of federal tax credits, state subsidies, or both — which helps make health care more affordable,” Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee said.

Covered California’s current open-enrollment period lasts until Jan. 31. Consumers interested in learning more about their coverage options can: • Visit www.CoveredCA.com.

• Get free and confidential in-person assistance, in a variety of languages, from a certified enroller.

• Have a certified enroller call them and help them for free. Call Covered California at (800) 3001506.

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It Couldn’t Be Any More Clear. White Privilege on Full Display as Rioters Storm, Terrorize U.S. Capital

By Aimee South Kern Sol On Wednesday, terrorists stormed the U.S Capitol, which caused an unbelievable amount of mayhem; however, Even after all the chaos, danger and damage they caused, they were met with little to no resistance from law enforcement.

In fact law enforcement let their guard down and in some instances cooperated with them by taking pictures with them and even allowed them through without putting up much of a fight.

Now the Black Lives Matter protests were a completely different story. During the movement over the summer of 2020, large groups peacefully protested and were still met with more violence. Do I dare say it was because of the color of their skin?

During Black Lives Matter protests, protestors were pepper sprayed by law enforcement just so President Trump could take a photo while holding the Bible upside down; however, law enforcement allowed these terrorists — and yes, we mean terrorists — at the the US Capital to pepper spray them.

And how can any of us forget the horrifying image of law enforcement pushing down an old man so hard, it caused him to bleed from his skull during a BLM protest?

This is a completely different image of the officer helping an elderly woman down the stairs of the US Capital.

Not to mention when President Trump addressed the Black Lives Matter protests, he referred to protesters as “thugs.” But when he acknowledged the dangerous mobbing of the U.S Capitol, he showed his admiration by saying, “…We love you, you’re very special…”

In every aspect there was an extreme double standard where the protestors fighting against systemic injustice were demonized and the men and women who went on a terror spree inside of a federal building were let off with less than a slap on the wrist.

When the Black Lives Matter protests were occuring,

President Trump made it abundantly clear that, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” But when the Capitol was stormed it seemed as if nobody went to such extremes to make a threat.

Now, we aren’t advocating for law enforcement to shoot the terrorists like they shoot the BLM protestors. We are asking them to not shoot the BLM protestors like they don’t shoot the terrorists mobbing the US Capital.

You may notice, we keep using the word “terrorist.” It you look at what happened Wednesday, the rioters’ actions seem to fit what a terrorist does, which is use unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Going back to the Summer of 2020, why does a random Target store in Minnesota hold more priority than the U.S Capitol? Perhaps it has to do with the fact that the Black Lives Matter protests included people of color, whereas the storming of the U.S Capitol was predominantly white people.

I will just come out and say it. Trespassing and damaging federal property was a form of white privilege.

They had the ability to enter with no problem and quite frankly no consequence, but peaceful protestors of color were tear gassed, shot with rubber bullets, and experienced violence from law enforcement on multiple occasions.

Another difference I noticed was that President Trump was proactive in ending the peaceful protests, but inactive when it came to halting his supporters. He was so quick to call the National Guard to protect the U.S Capitol during the Black Lives Matter protests, but when the Capitol truly needed protection he chose to hand over the responsibility to Vice President, Mike Pence.

Right-wingers storming the Capitol in hopes of stopping the democratic process was a threat to our fragile democracy, yet the Black Lives Matter protesters were treated as the real criminals. In actuality, the real thugs were the people who made the conscious choice to exhibit terrifying and ludicrous behaviors that are not in any way

acceptable nor patriotic as they believe.

All in all, we don’t ask for you to shoot them the way

you shot us, but rather you don’t shoot us the way you didn’t shoot them.

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