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But the fate of Atlanta’s many other Civil-War g N Kill A Inm nyone ot ates to themed streets and markers remains undecided. The “Meet C EO & switch from Confederate Avenue to “United Avenue” is Foun among the latest changes amid nationwide debate over der o f Civil War-themed monuments and symbols, The Atlanta “ Ra m Journal-Constitution reported .

Num page T A Q ber On akes The newspaper reports that Atlanta is home to at least uiet e Plac from e 25 streets believed to be named for military figures and 1968 came when he was 39. He died as he lived: Absoluteleaders who supported the Confederacy during the Civil ly committed to changing for the better factors that affect Bey War. A panel in 2017 recommended that other Atlanta on particularly for African Ameriquality and length of $life, 10 ce Giv streets be renamed, just as Confederate Avenue was. A city Hist 0,000 t es cans.

Sch orically o ools while Blac life expectancies have imcouncil committee is now exploring how to carry out that Statistics suggest that k proved across the board for decades, deep rooted disparities recommendation. The panel which had been convened remain. The five, ninety-something men and women interby former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed recommended that viewed by The New Tri-State Defender for this story acthe city immediately change the names of the streets honknowledged changes and remaining challenges when asked oring John B. Gordon, a Confederate general who was the to reflect on the context of Dr. King. head of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia after the Civil War. Barbara Cooper, 89 The panel also called for immediate changes to Tennessee House of Representatives (D-86) Date of streets named after Robert E. Lee; Nathan Bedford ForBirth: August 4, 1929 rest, a founder of the Ku Klux Klan; Stephen Dill Lee, a “In the five decades Dr. King has been gone, there Confederate soldier and founder of an organization that have been so many wonderful achievements made by black people. He would have been thrilled to see African Americhampioned the Lost Cause; and Howell Cobb, an opcans achieving in every walk of life. ponent of Reconstruction. The city council’s street names “He would have just been so pleased and proud – so committee will meet again in the coming weeks. excited… on that November night in 2008 when President With the exception of Confederate Avenue, which Barack Obama became the first African American to be was named for a convalescent home on the street that elected to the nation’s highest office. I can see him up in served the war’s veterans until 1941, it took a great deal Washington calling President Obama his ‘son.’ of research to determine whether street names such as “When it comes to our black youth killing one anothLee, Forrest, and Cobb were in honor of rebel leaders, er, he would have been so dismayed. But then, I also think the Atlanta newspaper reported. “It takes a bit of detecthat had he lived, and had he remained here to shepherd the movement and mobilize our leaders and our youth, we tive work,” said Doug Young, assistant director of urban would not have this widespread phenomenon of young design and historic preservation for the city. “There isn’t The five, ninety-something men and women interviewed by The New Tri-State Defender for this story black men and women killing each other. always explicit evidence as to why a street has a name.” acknowledged changes and remaining challenges when asked to reflect on the context of Dr. King.

“He would have guided us with his vision. There Arthur Breland, pastor of Woodland Hills Baptist seems to be no vision for our children except locking them Church, called the renaming of Confederate Avenue “a up. As we remember his legacy this month, we must be landmark moment in the history of the city. “We shouldn’t reminded that there is yet so much work to do. There is no forget history,” Breland said. “The history of the Confedtime to sit down and rest when our children can’t read and eracy and Civil War should be taught in schools and dishave no way of competing in the future with their peers,

By Sybil C. Mitchell the National Vital Statistics Reports. For women, it would played in museums, but we should not memorialize them unless we continue Dr. King’s work in serving and uplifting The New Tri-State Defender have been 49. and celebrate them. They may have fought nobly, but the The life expectancy at birth for an African American By contrast, the life expectancy for white men and our community.”

Dr. James L. Netters, 92 cause they fought for was not noble.” man born as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was in 1929, white women would have been 60 and 64, respectively. would have been about 47, according to Vol. 50, No. 6 of Dr. King’s tragic death here in Memphis on April 4, Continued on page A5 on social media Monday morning at the same time she appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Harris called on her supporters to join with her to “claim our future.”

“Justice. Decency. Equality. Freedom. Democracy.

These aren’t just words. They’re the values we as Americans cherish. And they’re all on the line now,” Harris said in the video, teasing her official kickoff in her birthplace of Oakland next Sunday.

“The future of our country depends on you and millions of others lifting our voices to fight for our American values,” the Democratic California senator said. “That’s why I’m running for president of the United States. “I’m running to lift those voices, to bring our voices together.”

Harris is the first African-American woman to announce a run for the White House in 2020, and the fourth woman in the field. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announced earlier this month that she is running, and Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York have both announced exploratory committees, a step that Harris is skipping.

In a 2020 field that now includes four women, her allies believe that her life’s work as a prosecutor -- from her start in Alameda County trying grisly crimes such as sexual assault to felonies including homicide -- will help set her apart. The style developed over those years helped her build a national following when she grilled President Donald Trump’s nominees, including Brett Kavanaugh when he was a Supreme Court nominee.

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Little Known Facts about MLK

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent

As the nation commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday, some may find interesting tidbits of little-known or talked about facts and details of the slain civil rights champion.

When he was born on Jan. 15, 1929, King’s name at birth was actually was Michael.

His father, a pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church (where the younger King would later also pastor), traveled to Germany and “was inspired by the teachings of the leader of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther,” recalled Michael Hart, a Christian conservative and host of the syndicated “Michael Hart Show.”

“As a result, King Sr. changed his own name as well as that of his 5-year-old son,” Hart said, stating a fact backed by multiple published records.

Not much was made of the fact that King was a very gifted student which allowed him to skip grades 9 and 12 before enrolling in Morehouse College at the age of 15, Hart added.

King’s father and maternal grandfather also attended Morehouse.

“Although King was the son, grandson and great grandson of Baptist ministers, he initially had no desire to enter the ministry,” Hart said.

Another lesser-known fact about King centers on his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. When he delivered that monumental and historic dissertation in Washington, it wasn’t the first time.

The civil rights leader first delivered that speech during the “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom” on May 17, 1957. At the time, King also delivered his first national address on voting rights before a crowd estimated between 15,000 and 30,000.

King’s assassination in Memphis was not the first attempt on his life.

He narrowly escaped an attempt a decade before on Sept. 20, 1958 in Harlem where he was signing copies his

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X waiting for press conference, March 26, 1964. (Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

new book, “Stride Toward Freedom.”

Izola Ware Curry approached King and asked if he was Martin Luther King Jr. After he said yes, Curry responded that, “I’ve been looking for you for five years,” and plunged a seven-inch letter opener into King’s chest.

The tip of the blade came to rest alongside his aorta, and King underwent hours of emergency surgery. Surgeons later told King that just one sneeze could have punctured the aorta and killed him.

King was in Memphis in April 1968 to support the strike of the city’s black sanitation workers, and in a speech on the night before his assassination, he told an audience at

Mason Temple Church: “Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now …

I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. And I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”

Less than 24 hours later on April 4,1968 at 6:01 pm Central time as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, King was shot and killed by James Earl Ray. King would have been 90 this year.

Victims of Mass Shootings Meet

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Members of a congregation from a Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 died in a mass shooting by an anti-Semitic gunman last fall have traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, to worship with members of the church where nine black worshippers died in 2015 at the hands of a white supremacist.

The Post and Courier reports that members of the New Light Congregation of the Tree of Life synagogue and members of the Emanuel AME Church worshipped together Friday and Sunday in Charleston.

The Pittsburgh group came to Charleston for the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend for a show of unity and celebration. Rabbi Jonathan Perlman leads New Light Congregation. On Friday, he stood at Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, a local Reform congregation, with Emanuel shooting survivor Polly Sheppard. On Sunday, he stood in a mass of sorrow at Emanuel’s altar rail hugging its senior pastor, the Rev. Eric S.C. Manning. Church members came forward from their pews to wrap him and his group in a sea of hugs, tears.

Manning, who flew to Pittsburgh to comfort synagogue members shortly after the mass shooting there, used his sermon on Sunday to implore people to love one another during divisive times. To do so, he referenced a line from one of King’s sermons: “Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.”

Along with Perlman stood Carol Black, a fellow survivor of the synagogue shooting. She hid in a closet while a gunman killed her brother, 65-year-old Richard Gottfried, a beloved dentist. Gottfried’s wife, who organized the trip to Charleston, joined them. So did Gottfried’s twin sister, Debi Salvin, who celebrated her first birthday without him precisely one week earlier.

Three of the 11 people who died inside Tree of Hope were members of New Light. “I’m sad in 2019 that Jews and African Americans are united by having been slaughtered in their houses of worship in the United States of America,” said Beth Kissileff Perlman, the rabbi’s wife.

“We share many bonds and, unfortunately, this is one of them.”

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Suing Suingthe theGovernment Government is isNot Notan anOption Optionto toEnd End Shutdown Shutdown

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

G. Terry Madonna, a professor of Public Affairs and Director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College, said there’s no basis for a lawsuit. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent As the government shutdown enters an unprecedented fifth week, some are calling for drastic measures to end the stalemate that has 800,000 government employees either working without pay or altogether furloughed and unable to put food on the table.

In a recent column, Charles Ellison, a political strategist and host of the radio program, “Reality Check” on WURD Radio, said Congressional Republicans could help re-open the government by simply corralling enough votes in both the House and Senate to arrive at the two-thirds majority needed to override any Presidential veto of the federal budget.

But Congressional Republicans – led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — refuse to do that.

McConnel claims that not only is he awaiting a deal between Congressional Democrats and the White House, but he also needs approval from the president before taking action.

“Which brings to mind three questions: • Why haven’t Congressional Democrats sued Congressional Republicans?

• Could states do that instead?

• Why are Members of Congress still getting paid?”

“I don’t know if suing will get us anywhere in any type of manner,” said Delaware County, Pennsylvania Democratic Chair Colleen Guiney.

“I’m not sure if it’s an option but Democrats in Congress have seven bills to reopen the government, but McConnell is refusing to consider any of the bills. The Senate should respect the will of the people,” Guiney said.

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pennsylvania) said she and other Democrats have worked tirelessly to find and offer solutions to reopen the government as thousands of federal employees have gone without pay and are struggling to pay their bills and feed their families.

“What I fear is this administration and our Republican colleagues in the Senate have forgotten is that this is the people’s house,” Scanlon said. “We have an obligation to work for them. Refusing to uphold that commitment, that promise, is a slap in the face to the American people,” she said.

Former Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Alex Charlton said his guess is that if Congressional Democrats did sue Congressional Republicans it would be the “nuclear option.”

“It would significantly delay any progress towards an actual resolution,” he said.

Unlike the federal government, a state-level government shutdown in Pennsylvania is unlikely because a court decision mandates that state employees must be paid as long as the state is still collecting tax revenue, Charlton added.

“The Republican legislature has been diligent in ensuring that the state’s expenses do not outpace its revenue. Any increase beyond that would require tax increases, which the citizens of Pennsylvania do not want,” he said.

As to why federal lawmakers continue to draw a paycheck despite the shutdown, Charlton said the salaries of U.S. senators and representatives are paid by the treasury and are set by Congress itself.

“Members of Congress are paid under legislation that is separate from the appropriations bill that funds most of the government. The tax dollars that members of Congress are paid with do not come from the same budget used to pay other federal employees,” Charlton said.

G. Terry Madonna, a professor of Public Affairs and Director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin and Marshall College, said there’s no basis for a lawsuit.

“It’s a legislative function not a judiciary one,” Madonna said.

“Folks injured by the shutdown might sue but the courts would get involved in the separation of powers doctrine. That’s been in the courts now, but a federal judge refused to rule on the charge,” he said.

More pointedly, Professor Garrett Epps who’s a professor of law at the University of Baltimore, said the Constitution would not allow members of Congress to be sued for any vote or failure to vote in Congress because the Speech or Debate Clause would cover that.

“I also know that this shutdown only affects one-quarter of the federal budget so quite a few employees are still being paid like members of Congress,” Epps said.

Further, it’s Congress’ job and they make the rules so there’s no legal penalty if they don’t reopen the government, said Justin Levitt, a Constitutional law scholar and professor at Loyola Law School.

“The Constitution allows Congress to fund government, and everybody assumes that federal officials would want federal activity. But it doesn’t require Congress to fund the government,” Levitt said.

“So there’s nothing to be gained by a lawsuit. It would fail,” he said, noting that there’s currently a federal lawsuit by federal officials who aren’t getting paid, saying that it violates the 13th Amendment to force them to come to work unpaid.

However, “the courts so far have said that because those officials could quit and get another job, they don’t win either. At least so far,” Levitt said.

Also, another reason members of Congress continue to receive their pay despite the shutdown is that 75 percent of the government had already been funded prior to the shutdown, Levitt said.

“Some members have refused their salary or donated their salary, but not everybody. Ultimately, the pressure here is going to be political, rather than legal. Enough people get ticked off, and then this shutdown ends,” Levitt said.

Finally, Michael J. Gerhart who’s the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill, said the shutdown is all governed by politics.

“That is, McConnell remains politically accountable for his decisions, just as Trump and the Democrats are politically accountable for theirs,” Gerhart said.

“McConnell has the power under Senate rules to block votes on legislative matters he does not wish to bring to a vote, and there is no legal basis on which Democrats could challenge his decision.”

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Chavis Delivers Keynote at Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory continues to inspire a new and up and coming generation of young, bold and courageous freedom fighters throughout the world, said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., during a powerful keynote address he delivered on Tuesday, Jan. 15 at Essex County College’s Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.

“Today, in his blessed name, I challenge the youth of America and the youth of the world to rise up, speak out, and to push forward for freedom, justice and equality,” said Chavis, a noted civil rights activist who counts among the famed “Wilmington 10,” who were falsely accused and wrongly convicted in connection with a 1970s firebombing of a grocery store in North Carolina.

The firebombing happened as Black high school students protested racial discrimination.

A federal appeals court later overturned the convictions of Chavis and his companions because the prosecutor withheld evidence that would have exonerated the group.

Also, the trial judge limited cross-examination of witnesses who received favors for their tainted testimony.

The Wilmington 10 received a pardon in 2012 – some four decades after their wrongful convictions.

“These convictions were tainted by naked racism and represent an ugly stain on North Carolina’s criminal system that cannot be allowed to stand any longer,” said then-Gov. Beverly Purdue, who issued the pardons. “Justice demands that this stain finally be removed.”

Chavis’ address invigorated the large crowd at Essex

College’s Mary Burch Theater.

“This is significant that we have as our keynote speaker someone of the stature of Dr. Chavis who has been in the forefront of the Civil Rights movement,” Dr. Akil Khalfani, the director of the Africana Institute at Essex County College, said in a statement.

With the national holiday honoring King ahead on Monday, Jan. 21, Chavis will deliver another keynote address – this time in Illinois at the Alpha Phi Alpha Candlelight Vigil.

The 7 p.m. program will take place at the Alice Millar Chapel on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston and include spoken work artist Timothy Mays.

The fraternity chose Chavis to deliver the keynote, in part, because of his status as NNPA president and CEO, entrepreneur, global business leader, NAACP Life Member, journalist, educator and civil rights leader.

“The National Newspaper Publishes Association continues to publish in the freedom-fighting tradition of Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Chavis, who earned a master’s degree in Divinity from Duke University and a doctorate from Howard University.

“I am optimistic today because I know Dr. King’s dream foreshadows the future when every child of God, without racial limitation or discrimination will be able to fulfill their God-given right to the best in education, health care, housing, wealth-sharing, economic progress, family solidarity, and beloved community empowerment.”

Forget Wall, Fix Nation’s Deadly Water Problems

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent The lead content in Newark’s drinking water now is the highest ever recorded in the past 17 years and Mayor Ras Baraka has sent a letter to President Donald Trump because of the health emergency.

In his January 14th letter to President Trump, Baraka implores the President to forego the demand for $5 billion to build a wall on America’s southern border in lieu of the more pressing public health emergency that continues to plague U.S. cities and put our children at serious risk: high levels of lead in drinking water.

“From Newark, New Jersey, across America’s heartland, to Oakland, California, [lead in drinking water] is affecting the health of millions of Americans every single day,” Baraka

Little Miss Flint who told you that spending $5 billion to make water safe is a much better way to protect Americans than building the wall.

In the short term, we are distributing 40,000 water filters and cartridges to affected homes in Newark. We are also changing our corrosion control system.

But, the only real solution to save this and future generations of children is to replace lead service lines. It will cost an estimated $70 million to replace the lead service lines in Newark, hundreds of millions more to replace them in New Jersey, and an estimated $35 billion to replace all of the lead service lines in America.

Achieving this is possible only with financial help from the federal government.

You have been saying that a border wall will save thousands of American lives, but that’s simply not true, instead of wasting billions of dollars to keep an ill-conceived campaign promise, I urge you to use our resources in a way that will truly save American lives – help repair our nation’s deteriorated water infrastructure.

-Ras J. Baraka

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said in a news release.

“Each day, our children in black and brown communities are being exposed to dangerously high lead levels from outdated lead service pipes, lead which enters our homes and our children’s blood and puts them at risk for serious and life altering health challenges,” he said.

This is not just true in Newark, but also in over 20 New Jersey communities and thousands of urban and rural communities across the country, Baraka said.

He said he believes the country’s aging water infrastructure should be addressed rather than funding an unnecessary border wall.

“The cost of fixing our failing water infrastructure falls disproportionately on low-income communities that lack adequate funding resources to swiftly deal with them,” Baraka said the release.

“While the City of Newark has developed a unique public-private partnership to replace lead service lines throughout the city, the only real, permanent solution to protect future generations of children is to replace the lead service lines completely, which carries a price tag few municipalities can bear alone,” he said.

Below is Baraka’s full letter to the President: I am writing to express my deep concern that you are seriously thinking of declaring a national emergency to fund a proposed $5 billion border wall. I want to bring your attention to a true emergency that puts millions of our citizens at risk: The decaying infrastructure of our water systems which has created a crisis in Newark, the State of New Jersey and across America.

Dangerously high levels of lead are entering homes and our children’s blood through lead service lines despite the fact that any level of lead can damage the developing brains of young children.

Besides Newark, more than 20 other New Jersey cities and towns have elevated levels of lead in their tap water, and so do thousands of municipalities in our nation.

This crisis, mainly, affects older black and brown cities with limited resources and serious health issues that are systemically overlooked by every level of government.

In prioritizing environmental justice, saving children and their families within these cities is a must.

Although the situation in Newark is very different from that of Flint, our need to replace lead service lines is equally urgent.

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For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts. ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www. lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

Tiene 30 dias de calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL-120) ante la corte y efectuar laentrega legal de na copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerio.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su martrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales.

Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encontraer un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

NOTICE-RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: The restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders.

These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who had received or seen a copy of them.

AVISO-LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: Las ordenes de restriccion estan en vigencia en cuanto a ambos conyuges o miembros de la pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo a la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier agencia del orden publico que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte.

The name and address of the Court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte son) KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1215 Tuxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, is (El nombre, direccion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): LUCRECIA LARA REYES, 5115 Shadow Lake Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Telephone: Date (Fecha): Aug 17, 2018 (SEAL) TERRY McNALLY Clerk (Actuario), M V Vellmon, Deputy BAKERSFELD NEWS OBSERVER (ts) Pub: Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8986 Doing business as: ROSE GARDEN ESTATE WEDDINGS at 24492 Bear Valley Rd, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Mailing Address: 27200 Cumberland Rd, Tehacha0i, Ca. 93561 County: Kern Full name of registrant: LORIE JEAN WEINROTH, 27200 Cumberland Rd, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LORIE JEAN WEINROTH The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Sept 1, 2012 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Dec 21, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia, 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 Dec 21, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2017-B7917 Business Name you wish to abandon: ROSE GARDEN ESTATE WEDDINGS Street address of business: 24492 Bear Valley Rd, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 27200

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Cumberland Rd, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: PAUL WEINROTH, 27200 Cumberland Rd, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 LORIE WEINTROTH, 27200 Cumberland Rd, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 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: Married Couple SIGNED: LORIE WEINROTH, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Dec 21, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 �������������������������������

(AVISO AL DEMANDADO) KJ&M WALL CORP., a Califrornia corporation; MIGUEL MUNGUIA, an individual, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, You are being sued by plaintiff (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) ALLIED BUILDING PRODUCTS, CASE NUMBER (Numero del caso) BCL-18-015996 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 no 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.courtinfor.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 fee 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 be contacting your local or county bar association.

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

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIOS despues de que le entregue esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfthelp/espanol). En la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede ms cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede preder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su dueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que liame a un abogado inmedialamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede liamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, esposible 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.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de obogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene dereco a reclaiar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquler recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor eclbida medlante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbilraje 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 direccion de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, County of Kern 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Bakersfield Judicial District The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) ALAN L. BRODKIN, 85991 Alan L. Brodkin & Associates 15500B Rockfield Blvd, Irvine, Ca. 92618 Telephone: (949) 457-8686 Date: (Fecha) Aug 15, 2018 TERRY MCNALLY Clerk (Secretario) Rebecca Poison, Deputy (Adjunto NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: you are served as an individual defendant.

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SUMMONS CITACION JUDICIAL NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as indenture Trustee for Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust 2013-2 You are being sued by plaintiff (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) HELEN M. TASSEY, an individual; MICHAEL THARP, an individual; DONALD G. SCOTT, an individual; CHARLOTTE L. THARP, an individual; MARK K. SCOTT, an individual; DARREN W. SCOTT, an individual; and, DOES 1-25, inclusive CASE NUMBER (Numero del caso) BCV-18-100389 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 no 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.courtinfor.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 fee 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 be contacting your local or county bar association.

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

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIOS despues de que le entregue esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfthelp/espanol). En la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede ms cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede preder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su dueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que liame a un abogado inmedialamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede liamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, esposible 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.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de obogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene dereco a reclaiar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquler recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor eclbida medlante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbilraje 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 direccion de la corte es): KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Metropolitan Division 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) CHRIS C. CHAPMAN, Esq., 20955 Pathfinder Rd 3300, Diamond Bar, Ca. 91765 Telephone: (626) 915-5714 Date: (Fecha) Feb 20, 2018 TERRY MCNALLY Clerk (Secretario)Vanessa Cofield, Deputy (Adjunto NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: you are served as an individual defendant.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF EDGARDO L. PATAM CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-002696 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of EDGARDO L. PATAM A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ANTONIO PATAM in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 PROBATE COURT THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that APRIL VEGA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or

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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: Feb 22, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room ADDRESS OF COURT: same as noted above 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 in 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.

Attorney for petitioner: JAIME G. MONTECLARO, Esq. 23505 Crenshaw Blvd, #135 Torrance, Ca. 90505 Telephone: (310) 872-3958 Fax: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 2, 9, 16, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8696 2018-B8697 Doing business as: AGAPELAND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY/THE BAKERSFIELD COMPASSION CHRISTIAN CENTER at1030 4th Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: BAKERSFIELD COMPASSION CHRISTIAN CENTER, 1030 4th Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: OPAL J HOOKS, CFO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jun 1, 1987 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Dec 7, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia, 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 Dec 7, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 ��������������������� SUMMONS CITACION JUDICIAL NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) GARY R. STANLEY, an individual; CATHERINE E. STANLEY, an individual; ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY ADVERSE TO PLAINTIFF’S TITLE, OR ANY CLOUD ON PLAINTIFF’S TITLE TO THE PROPERTY, and DOES 1 to 10, Inclusive.

You are being sued by plaintiff (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company CASE NUMBER (Numero del caso) BCV-18-102056 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 no 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.courtinfor.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 fee 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 be contacting your local or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIOS despues de que le entregue esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos

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formularios de la corte mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfthelp/espanol). En la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede ms cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede preder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su dueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que liame a un abogado inmedialamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede liamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, esposible 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.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de obogados locales.

The name and address of the court is El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of the State 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) DEBORAH A. BOYD (SBN 136296) Barrett Daffin Frappier Treder & Weiss, LLP, 20955 Pathfinder Rd, #300 Diamond Bar, Ca. 91765 Telephone: (626) 915-5714 (626) 915-0289 Date: (Fecha) Aug 21, 2018 Clerk (Secretario) Erika Delgado, Deputy (Adjunto NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: you are served as an individual defendant.

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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 San Luis Obispo, 1035 Palm St Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 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, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers, 272640, James E. Delaney, 292600, Jenny R. Louro, 306535, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 283486) DATE (Fecha): 5/11/2018 10:05 AM Michael Powell, Clerk (Secretario),

by M. Landrum, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0015 Doing business as: BAKERSFIELD ECO GREEN COMMERCIAL CLEANING SERVICES at 5309 Windy Peak St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: YOLANDA FLORES, 6204 Chester W Nimitz St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Full name of registrant: DIANA E JIMENEZ, 5309 windy Peak St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: CoPartners SIGNED: DIANA JIMENEZ 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: Jan 2, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 2, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8703 2018-B8704 2018-B8705 2018-B8706 2018-B8707 2018-B8708 2018-B8709 2018-B8710 2018-B8711 2018-B8712 Doing business as: GOODBYETICKET.COM 123 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 124 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 125 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 126 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 127 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 128 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 129 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 130 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 131 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 132 at 5630 District Blvd Suite 113, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GOODBYETICKET.COM LLC CA, 5630 District Blvd Suite 113, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: RANDY ONEAL, Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 26, 2013 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Dec 7, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia, 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 Dec 7, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 18LC-0443 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BRIAN JOHN PATRICK, MICHAEL THOMPSON DBA EXPRESS DELIVERY 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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0025 2019-B0026 Doing business as: MARKETING GENIUS, THE / REAL ESTATE MARKETING GENIUS, THE at 5016 California Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: VICTORIA DANIELLE VAZQUEZ, 2124 E St #A Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: VICTORIA DANIELLE VAZQUEZ 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: Jan 2, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E Del Villar, 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 Jan 2, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0030 Doing business as: MONA LU BEAUTY at 331 Bear Mountain Blvd, Arvin, Ca. 93203 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MIRIAM MORENO VARGAS, 3708 Valley Springs Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MIRIAM MORENO VARGAS 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: Jan 2, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 2, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0003 Doing business as: WAVEFORM ELECTRIC at 1777 Glenwood Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: STEVE ANTHONY VALENCIA, JR., 1777 Glenwood Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: STEVE ANTHONY VALENCIA, JR. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 2, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 2, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0001 Doing business as: FROMTO DELIVERY SERVICE at 8001 Latham Ct #1 Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ASTRID S NIETO, 8001 Latham Ct #1 Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ASTRID S NIETO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 2, 2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 2, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 2, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8990 Doing business as: DOS PALMAS AUTO BODY SHOP at 2325 So Union Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: 19000 Wildwood Rd, Buttonwillow, Ca. 93206 County: Kern Full name of registrant: SALVADOR ALEXIS VARGAS, 19000 Wildwood Rd, Buttonwillow, Ca. 93206 Full name of registrant: ROSALIO AYON CORRALES, 515 21st St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: SALVADOR VARGAS, Co-Owner The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Dec 21, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia, 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

PUBLIC NOTICE This statement expires on Dec 21, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0043 Doing business as: J.GARCIA AND SONS TRANSPORTATION at 10806 Dee Dee Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JACINTO JR GARCIA, 10806 Dee Dee Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JACINTO JR GARCIA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 2, 2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 2, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 2, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0072 Doing business as: P3 PATIOS,PARTYS,PICTURES at 3401 Margalo Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JUDY P YBARRA, 3401 Margalo Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JUDY P YBARRA 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: Jan 3, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 3, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B3518 Business Name you wish to abandon: FVP DIESEL REPAIR Street address of business: 5341 So Union Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 7626 China Doll Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: FABIO VILLABONA PAREDES, 7626 China Doll Ln, Bakersfield, ca. 93307 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: FABIO VILLABONA PAREDES, Dueno This statement of abandonment filed on: Dec 20, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 30 2019 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CLYDE L. BARBEAU aka CLYDE LEE BARBEAU CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-003032 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CLYDE L. BARBEAU aka CLYDE LEE BARBEAU A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by EPHRAM and ODETTE NEHME, trustee of the Nehme Family Trust, dtd 7-1-95 in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Metro Justice Building THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that EPHRAM and ODETTE NEHME, Trustees of the Nehme Family Trust, dtd 7-1-75 be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Jan 24, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P

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Room ADDRESS OF COURT: same as noted above 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 in 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.

Attorney for petitioner: MARK A. LESTER, esq./Theresa A. Loss, Esq. JONES & LESTER, LLP 300 E Esplande Dr, #1200 Oxnard, Ca. 93036-1247 Telephone: (805) 604-2655 Fax:

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 be contacting your local 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.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIOS despues de que le entregue esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copla al contrademandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfthelp/ espanol). En la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede ms cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede preder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que liame a un abogado inmedialamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede liamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, esposible 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.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de obogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene dereco a reclaiar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquler recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor eclbida medlante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbilraje 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 direccion de la corte es): KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Metropolitan Division The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) MICHAEL R. YOUNG, S.B. NO. 39491 Law Offices of Yount & Nichols 1901 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911 (661) 861-7932 Date: (Fecha) Nov 8, 2018 TERRY MCNALLY Clerk (Secretario)Vanesa Jackson, Deputy (Adjunto NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: you are served as an individual defendant.

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The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CARMEN A ZAMBRANO JUAREZ 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: Jan 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 10, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 �������������������������������

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PATRICIA A. BARBEAU aka PATRICIA ANN BARBEAU aka PAT BARBEAU CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-003031 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PATRICIA A. BARBEAU aka PATRICIA ANN BARBEAU aka PAT BARBEAU A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by EPHRAM and ODETTE NEHME, trustee of the Nehme Family Trust, dtd 7-1-95 in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Metro Justice Building THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that EPHRAM and ODETTE NEHME, Trustees of the Nehme Family Trust, dtd 7-1-75 be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Jan 24, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room ADDRESS OF COURT: same as noted above 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 in 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.

Attorney for petitioner: MARK A. LESTER, esq./Theresa A. Loss, Esq. JONES & LESTER, LLP 300 E Esplande Dr, #1200 Oxnard, Ca. 93036-1247 Telephone: (805) 604-2655 Fax: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 9, 16, 23, 2019 �������������������������������

SUMMONS Cross-Compaint (CITACION JUDICIAL-CONTRADEMANDA) NOTICE TO CROSS- DEFENDANT AVISO AL CONTRADEMANDADO) DEMETRIO TOLENTINO, DOES 1 through 10, Inclusive You are being sued by CrossComplainant: (Lo Esta Demandando El Contrademandante): LEONARDA S. ALEXANDER, D.D.S., CASE NUMBER (Numero del caso) BCV-18-102415 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 crosscompainant. A letter or phone call will no 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.courtinfor.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,

PUBLIC NOTICE: This is to notify the following persons that his/her personal household and/ or miscellaneous goods will be sold at public auction or private sale.

Stor It Self Storage 4200 Patton Way Bakersfield, CA 93308. The sale will take place online at www. storagetreasures.com; the bidding will end January 23, 2019 at 6:00 pm. A025 Barbara White-Misc. A049 Taylor Raymond-Misc. A052 Richard Meek-Misc. A055 Garald DavisMisc. B025 Robert Hallum-Misc.

D053 Nikos Xenakis-Misc. F001 Helaina Rowles-Misc. F002 Kellie Anderson-Misc. H003 Donald SmithMisc. H018 Aleshea Green-Misc.

I022 Ward Miller-Misc. J025 Vincent Garcia-Misc. J033 Christine HilerMisc. K057 Richard Aronson-Misc.

PUBLISHED BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Jan. 9 & 16, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0117 2019-B0118 2019-B0119 Doing business as: CASH FOR KEYS KERN / CASH FOR KEYS BAKERSFIELD / CASH FOR KEYS at 8200 Stockdale Hwy #274 Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: AAMIR ABBAS, 1303 Calaveras Park Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: AAMIR ABBAS 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: Jan 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 4, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30 Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0253 Doing business as: SOUTH VALLEY TRANZ at 5920 Lenz Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CARMEN A ZAMBRANO JUAREZ, 5920 Lenz Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0249 Doing business as: QUICK WATCH REPAIR AND GIFT at 5550 California Ave #104 Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MUMTAZ RAMZANALI RAJANI, 3505 Sampson Ct #D Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MUMTAZ RAMZANALI RAJANI The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Apr 10, 2014 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia, 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 Jan 10, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0220 Doing business as: GLOBAL-X at 1201 24th St #B110-105 Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GLOBAL-XHMN, WY 30 N Gould St #R Sheridan WY 82801 Full name of registrant: LLOYD CHRISTIOPER HOLLINS, 1201 24th St #B110-105 Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: LLOYD HOLLINS 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: Jan 9, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 9, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0219 Doing business as: ALL BRNAD AIR, INC. at 3328 Oregon St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ALL BRNAD AIR, INC. CA, 3328 Oregaon St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: CHARLES WINCHOR, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 9, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia, 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 Jan 9, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0218 Doing business as: SKYLAR FARMING AND CATTLE at 7247 Weedpatch Hwy Bakersfield, Ca.

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93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: STELLA SKYLAR-INIQUE ACEVES, 7247 Weedpatch Hwy Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: STELLA SKYLAR-INIQUE ACEVES 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: Jan 9, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia , 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 Jan 9, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 �������������������������������

Doing business as: SOULFUL EXPRESSIONZ at 704 Candia Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHRISTOPHER DION GYCE, 704 Candia Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHRISTOPHER DION GYCE 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: Jan 3, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 3, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 �������������������������������

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 Los Angeles, 111 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 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, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers, 272640, James E. Delaney, 292600, Jenny R. Louro, 306535, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/8425850 (File No. 282790) DATE (Fecha): Jan 22, 2018 SHERRI R. CARTER Clerk (Secretario), by GLORIETTE ROBINSON, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant.

1/16, 1/23, 1/30, 2/6/19 CNS-3211445# BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0185 Doing business as: AMERICAN ELECTRIC at 3928 White Sands Dr Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: STEPHEN ANTHONY GUERRA, 3928 White Sands Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: STEPHEN ANTHONY GUERRA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 8, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia , 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 Jan 8, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0095 Doing business as: WILLIES RIB JUICE at 1031 Pershing St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 696 Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Full name of registrant: MYLES CAMERON SHELL, 1031 Pershing st, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MYLES SHELL The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: July 7, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 4, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 �������������������������������

FILE NO: 2019-B0089 Doing business as: ETHNIC BOUTIQUE at 3767 Ming Ave #A Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 11201 Strathaven St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Full name of registrant: TOLU JOY SULE, 11201 Strathaven St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: TOLU JOY SULE 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: Jan 3, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 3, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 �������������������������������

PUBLIC NOTICE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0170 Doing business as: SIMMERME MICROBLADING at 10105 Riata Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MONIQUE ELIZABETH SIMMER, 10105 Riata Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MONIQUE ELIZABETH SIMMER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 3, 2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 7, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia , 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 Jan 7, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0130 Doing business as: L&B WATER TRUCKING CO at 10026 Shellabarger Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHARLENE MARIE FLUD, 10026 Shellabarger Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHARLENE MARIE FLUD The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 4, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0088

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0106 Doing business as: LAB BAKERSFIELD, THE at 1619 Elzworth St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: THE LAB BAKERSFIELD LLC CA, 1619 Elzworth St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: LYLE MARTIN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Nov 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 4, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0103 Doing business as: A D FUENTES GENERAL SERVICES at 914 El Tejon Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ADRIAN DURAN FUENTES, 914 El Tejon Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ADRIAN DURAN FUENTES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 5, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 4, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B8458 Business Name you wish to abandon: ETHNIC BOUTIQUE Street address of business: 3769-A Ming Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: TOLU JOY SULE, 11201 Strathaven St, 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: Individual SIGNED: TOLU JOY SULE, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Jan 3, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BC691057 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CARLOS ORELLANA AKA CARLOS ORELLANO 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 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

PUBLIC NOTICE: This is to notify the following persons that his/her personal household and/ or miscellaneous goods will be sold at public auction or private sale. Stor It Self Storage 4200 Patton Way Bakersfield, CA 93308. The sale will take place online at www. storagetreasures.com; the bidding will end January 30, 2019 at 6:00 pm. J020 Michael Nieman – Misc. B038 Sherri Hines – Misc. K064 Diana Barnes – Misc. G016 Kim Barker – Misc.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) Jan. 16 & 23, 2019 ������������������������������� CITATION Freedom From Parental Custody and Control (ABANDONMENT) Re: ADOPTION) Case Number BAT-18-003110 Superior Court of California, Count of Kern, 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 In the Mater of NAHUN MISAEL MEJIA, A person(s) who should be declared free from the custody and control of (his) (her) parent or parents.

To OSCAR ALFREDO MEJIA and to all person claiming to be the father or mother of said minor person above named.

By order of this Court you are hereby cited and required to appear before the Judge Presiding in Department C of the above entitled court on FEBRUARY 15, 2019, at 8:30 of that day, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why said person should not be declared free from the control of her parents according to the petition on file herein.

For failure to attend, you will be deemed guilty of a contempt of court.

You are hereby notified of the provisions of Civil Code Section 237.5 which provide: “the judge shall advise the minor and the parents, if present, of the right to have counsel present. The court may appoint counsel to represent the minor whether or not the minor is able to afford counsel, and if they are unable to afford counsel, shall appoint counsel to represent the parents.

Date: DEC 31, 2018 (SEAL) TAMARA HARBER-PICKENS, County Clerk By: A Rodrogiez, Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED. You are served as an individual citee The time when a citation is deemed served on a party may vary depending on the method of service.

For example, see Code of Civil Procedure Section 413.10 through 415.40 SANTOS ROSIBEL REYES, 3015 Potomac Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Telephone: (661) 493-7619 IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (ts) PUB: Jan 16, 23, 30, Feb 6, 2019 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0401 2019-B0402 Doing business as: MJ WELLNESS SUITE / NAIL ROOM, THE at 1412 17th St #354 Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 1509 Crestmont Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 County: Kern Full name of registrant: MARISELA JACINTO, 1509 Crestmont Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARISELA JACINTO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 17, 2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 17, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia, 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 Jan 17, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 23, 30 Feb 6, 13, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0355 Doing business as: MEGA TRANSPORT at 6200 Chester W Nimitz St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1151 Bakersfield, Ca. 93302 County: Kern Full name of registrant: GILBERTO SEPULVEDA REYES, 6200 Chester W Nimitz St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GILBERTO SEPULVEDA REYES

PUBLIC NOTICE 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: Jan 15, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 15, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 23, 30 Feb 6, 13, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0337 Doing business as: DICKS AUTOMOTIVE AND SERVICE at 4625 State Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHRISTOPHER ALLEN FREDRIKSON, 122 Arvin St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHRISTOPHER ALLEN FREDRIKSON 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: Jan 15, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Jan 15, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 23, 30 Feb 6, 13, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0306 Doing business as: DYE BAR at 212 Coffee Rd #206 Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 2536 Spruse St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANDREA DAWN BOSSAERT, 2536 Spruce St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANDREA DAWN BOSSAERT 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: Jan 14, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia, 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 Jan 14, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Jan 23, 30 Feb 6, 13, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B0289 Doing business as: KHANDUR TRUCKING at 3611 Chisholm Trail Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GURMEET SINGH DEOL, 3611 Chisholm Trail Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GURMEET SINGH DEOL The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Jan 11, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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).

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Kamala Harris Run for President Continued from page A1

Her book tour earlier this month served as a soft launch for her presidential bid, showcasing her strong appeal among women, minorities and millennials — as well as the criticism she will face over aspects of her long and complex record as a prosecutor, district attorney of San Francisco and attorney general of California.

Harris sought to use the anecdotes in the new book to demonstrate her toughness, including how she took on the big banks as California’s attorney general after the foreclosure crisis and held out for a $20 billion settlement for California homeowners. The clear subtext throughout her appearances was that she would not be bullied by anyone, including Trump.

While avoiding directly engaging Trump, Harris has accused the President of stoking racist and xenophobic rhetoric, while aligning his administration with white supremacists at home, and cozying up to dictators abroad.

She has argued that the needs of the middle class have been ignored, citing the federal shutdown over the President’s “vanity project” — a border wall — as the latest example.

Shortly after Harris announced her presidential bid Monday, Michael Ahrens, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, previewed a Republican line of attack against Harris, telling CNN in a statement she is “arguably the least vetted Democrat running for president, but it’s already clear how unqualified and out-of-touch she is.”

‘Kamala Harris for the people’ Harris’ campaign will be headquartered in Baltimore — giving aides an East Coast hub in a racially diverse city that has struggled with wide income disparities — and Oakland, where Harris was born to immigrant parents who came to the US to advance their academic careers.

Harris chose to announce on Monday to honor the legacies of two of her heroes.

Forty-seven years ago this week, Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman ever to run for president, launched her campaign. And Martin Luther King Jr. has been a role model for Harris throughout her life in what she views as his “aspirational fight for progress.”

The former prosecutor chose yellow and red for her campaign logo in a nod to Chisholm’s bid for president with its red and yellow campaign buttons.

Her signs will carry her campaign theme “Kamala Harris for the people,” the words that she spoke each time she rose in the courtroom as a prosecutor.

In her memoir, “The Truths We Hold,” she writes about the “nerves, excitement, and adrenaline” running through her mind the first time she said those words as prosecutor.

“I was honored by and conscious of the immense responsibility I held—the duty to protect those who were the most vulnerable and voiceless members of our society,”

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Five Contemporaries Offer Perspective Continued from page A1

Mt. Vernon Baptist Church- Westwood, Pastor Emeritus Date of Birth: September 10, 1927 “Of course, God has brought us through so many trials and challenges. We enjoy a quality of life that only existed back then in the imagination of Dr. King.

“I remember as a young preacher in 1963 going to Washington where Dr. King delivered his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. I helped set up the stage as thousands and thousands of people gathered there at the Lincoln Memorial. We were setting up, and I remember sitting down at the back of the stage when he began speaking. I was riveted to that seat as he encouraged and uplifted us all.

“After that, I would have the opportunity to meet with him several times at his room in the Lorraine Motel. He would stay in that same room all the time. Of course, we marched along side of him during the Sanitation Strike.

“But before that time, it was in 1964, seven of us were inspired by Dr. King to stage a sit-in on the city bus. We were arrested, and they put me in the car with Jesse Turner (former national NAACP treasurer, Tri-State Bank president and Shelby County Commissioner). While we were in that police car, Jesse told me to pray, and I said: “‘Lord Jesus, forgive these police officers for taking us to jail, for they know not what they do. They are arresting us because they want to maintain the status quo. But forgive them, Lord.’

“Then, one of the officers put his hand on his billy club and said, ‘OK, preacher, that’s enough.’

“Then I said very loudly, ‘And Lord, AMEN.’ Jesse and I would laugh about that for many years.

“But Dr. King’s dream is still alive, and I carry it, living in the dream, and it is still just as strong and as forceful as it was in 1963.”

Dr. Erma Clanton, Professor Emeritus, 95

University of Memphis Date of Birth: February 5, 1923 “I was working on my master’s degree at the University of Memphis when he was assassinated. Like most young, African American people, we were inspired to give of ourselves in serving and helping others.

“I began teaching english and speech at Melrose High School in 1969. We had to be more than just teachers in the classroom. We were parents and counselors and nurturers of our students. Dr. King was driven by the vision of our children doing better than we did, each generation becoming more and more successful.

“As I moved to the University of Memphis and began teaching Theater and Communications, I tried always to create new opportunities for our children to act, to speak and to communicate effectively. Those were heady days when we performed all over the country versions of my original stage production, ‘An Evening of Soul.’

“Many students were the first to attend college, and on the high school level, some of those children had no dream of attending college after graduation. Those shows instilled a sense of pride and beauty in being ‘young, gifted and black,’ to use the words of a songwriter.

“I like to think that Dr. King would have loved those productions and what I was trying to do…”

Norvelle Sanders, 88 Member of Kappa Alpha Psi for 70 years Date of Birth: December 5, 1930 “I was born in Yazoo City, Miss. My mother left me with my grandparents who lived in Memphis. She went up to Detroit to get a good job.

“I graduated from Fisk University, where I pledged Kappa. After graduation, I went up to Michigan to live

Harris writes in her book.

That has been a constant theme of her appearances over the past year on her book tour, and in early-voting states like Iowa and South Carolina, where she will campaign on Friday.

Her progressive record as a prosecutor Harris’ record as a prosecutor has come under scrutiny each time she has run for office, both from the right and left. Some of the criticism has come into sharper focus as she has weighed a run for president and criminal justice has moved to the forefront of the Democratic agenda.

From the time that Harris told her family that she wanted to become prosecutor, she was on the defense about why she, as the child of civil rights activists, would be part of a system that disproportionately incarcerated black and brown men.

Harris sought to be part of changing the system from within from her early days as district attorney in 2004, when she created a diversionary program for first-time offenders charged with drug offenses that moved them into job training and apprenticeship programs.

She also launched programs aimed at reducing implicit bias as district attorney of the city and county of San Francisco and as California’s attorney general beginning in 2011. But some felt she did not do enough to support progressive ballot propositions revising California’s threestrikes law, for example, when she became attorney general. She maintained that she should not take a position, because she was responsible for writing the ballot language.

When she became attorney general, she came under fire for her decision to defend the death penalty — out of what she described as a sense of duty to the office — even though she personally opposed it. She won praise from the Los Angeles Times editorial board, but disappointed activists who had hailed her for withstanding intense pressure in

2004, when she did not seek the death penalty for the killer of San Francisco police officer Isaac Espinoza.

Her path Juan Rodriguez, the strategist who managed Harris’ successful campaign for Senate in 2016 and advised California Gov. Gavin Newsom in his recent campaign, will be her campaign manager. Her sister Maya Harris, who advised Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, will serve as her campaign chair. She will continue to be guided by her longtime strategists Sean Clegg and Ace Smith.

Harris’ team has been interviewing potential aides in Iowa and New Hampshire. Her team clearly sees her strongest potential for an early state victory in South Carolina, where African-Americans made up 61 percent of the Democratic primary electorate in 2016.

From the Palmetto State, Harris hopes to notch another win because of her neighboring state advantage in Nevada, where she has campaigned extensively for other candidates.

The challenging task for Harris after those early state hurdles would be to try to fend off her challengers and consolidate the African-American vote. If successful, the goal would be to rack up a series of wins in the Southeastern states of the old Confederacy, where the most powerful force within the Democratic primary electorate is African-Americans.

Harris’ home state of California has also moved up its primary to Super Tuesday—but that will also be a tough battle given the expense of driving a message on television in the Golden State.

That is one of the many reasons she’ll be kicking off her campaign in her home base of Northern California, the place where she first campaigned for office, greeting voters at grocery stores while using her ironing board to hold her posters and her flyers.

Look at the Veracity of Claims by Trump TRUMP: “We can stop heroin.”

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump made an untenable case Saturday that a Mexican border wall would be a magic bullet for America's drug problem.

Drugs from Mexico are primarily smuggled into the U.S. at official border crossings, not remote lands that can be walled off. His proposal to end the government shutdown implicitly recognizes that reality by proposing money to improve drug-detection technology specifically at land ports of entry. Even so, Trump pitched a wall as a solution to drugs and crime.

A look at his remarks: TRUMP: “If we build a powerful and fully designed see-through steel barrier on our southern border, the crime rate and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced. Some say it could be cut in half.”

TRUMP, on the virtues of a wall: “We can stop heroin.”

THE FACTS: His argument flies in the face of findings by his government about how drugs get into the county. It also contradicts a multitude of studies that conclude people in the country illegally do not commit violent crime at a higher rate than other people.

The Drug Enforcement Administration says “only a small percentage” of heroin seized by U.S. authorities comes across on territory between ports of entry. It says the same is true of drugs overall.

In a report, the agency said the most common trafficking technique by transnational criminal organizations with my mother. I stayed a few years, but then returned to Memphis in 1960.

“Back when Dr. King was involved in the civil rights movement, the Kappas as well as all the black Greek organizations stood with him. Organization of the marches and protests were coordinated through ministers and their churches.

“And so, there was a strong, Greek presence in Dr. King’s efforts and other civil rights leaders through the churches…

“Mr. Obama is the embodiment of Dr. King’s dream for future generations of black children. If his spirit was anywhere around the inauguration, he was leaping with joy.”

Opal Carpenter Mayfield, 90 Retired Teacher Date of Birth: February 5, 1928 “…Dr. King had galvanized blacks all over the nation.

We were left with his dream, and that helped to move us

is to hide drugs in passenger vehicles or tractor-trailers as they drive into the U.S. though entry ports, where they are stopped and subject to inspection. They also use buses, cargo trains and tunnels, the report says, citing other smuggling methods that also would not be choked off by a border wall.

Even if a wall could stop all drugs from Mexico, America's drug problem would be far from over.

The U.S. Centers on Disease Control and Prevention says about 40 percent of opioid deaths in 2016 involved prescription painkillers. Those drugs are made by pharmaceutical companies. Some feed the addiction of people who have prescriptions; others are stolen and sold on the black market. Moreover, illicit versions of powerful synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have come to the U.S. from China.

As well, many researchers have found that people in the U.S. illegally are less likely to commit crime than U.S. citizens and legal immigrants _ except, that is, for the crime of being illegally in the country. A March study by the journal Criminology, for example, said states with larger shares of illegal immigration had lower crime rates between 1990 and 2014, and “undocumented immigration does not increase violence.”

The libertarian Cato Institute has reached similar conclusions in a series of studies. One found that people living illegally in Texas had 56 percent fewer criminal convictions than native-born Americans in the state, as a percentage of their respective populations. forward.

“My husband and I had six children. He died of cancer when they were very young. I raised them by myself, all six – four boys and two girls. All of them have masters and doctorate degrees.

“That day when Dr. King was killed, I believe we all realized that quitting was not an option, and failure was not an option. It was a sad day, and all we could do was pray.

“I taught school and retired after 30 years. … I believe all educators felt a duty and responsibility to guide and nurture our kids, not just in the classroom, but we had to teach them life lessons that would carry them through to adulthood.

“All of us were part of Dr. King’s legacy. We had to go on. We had to embrace the dream for all our children.”

Entertainment

'Green Book' Takes Top Honor at the Producers Guild Awards

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ The Oscars race may have gotten a little clearer Saturday night as the race-themed road trip drama “Green Book” drove off with the top honor at the Producers Guild Awards, winning out over presumed front-runners like “Roma,” “A Star Is Born” and “Black Panther.”

“When you make ‘Dumb and Dumber’ you never expect to get an award,” said “Green Book” producer and director Peter Farrelly as he accepted the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the untelevised ceremony in Beverly Hills. He laughed that not only is this his first PGA awards, but that it's the first time he has even heard of them.

“I’m so grateful to be in this business,” Farrelly said.

Ten films were up for the honor, including “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Crazy Rich Asians,” “The Favourite,” “A Quiet Place” and “Vice.” In the broader awards race, the PGAs are a closely-watched event. The Darryl F. Zanuck Award winner has gone on to win the best picture Oscar 20 out of 29 times, including last year with “The Shape of Water.”

“Green Book” has had a rollercoaster awards campaign, weathering its share of both praise and backlash. But the film has with its PGA and Golden Globe wins emerged stronger than ever going into Tuesday's Academy Award nominations.

The Fred Rogers film “Won't You Be My Neighbor?” won for documentary, and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” collected the animation award to much applause.

“We tried really hard to make a movie that was good enough for Miles Morales and his family to be in,” said “Spider-Verse” producer and co-writer Phil Lord.

The producers of nine television programs were also recognized, including “The Americans,” for drama, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” for comedy, “RuPaul's Drag Race,” game and competition television, “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” for non-fiction television, and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” for limited series. “Sesame Street” won for children's programming, “Being Serena” for sports program and “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” for short form.

The awards were almost a backdrop, however, to the multiple special honors bestowed throughout the evening to people like Marvel chief Kevin Feige, Jane Fonda, “Black-ish”

creator Kenya Barris, Warner Bros. Pictures Group Chairman Toby Emmerich and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.

Bradley Cooper got to thank Emmerich for taking a chance in letting him, a first-time director, make the fourth remake of a movie ("A Star Is Born”) with a star who had never been in a movie before.

“I'm so proud to have been your wingman on your maiden voyage,” Emmerich said accepting the Milestone Award.

“Please count me in on many more journeys.”

Robert Downey Jr. was on hand to introduce Feige, the David O. Selznick Achievement Award recipient, who he said “MEDVACed me from the top of insurance-risk mountain and delivered me to the upper-middle of the Forbes list.”

Feige thanked Downey Jr., but noted that he “hasn't aged a day” since they made the first “Iron Man” over 10 years ago.

“I on the other hand look like I picked the wrong grail,” Feige said. “It's an `Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' reference!”

Barris would also reference Feige's oeuvre when accepting the Visionary Award, speaking about how Norman Lear taught him as a kid about “the importance of representation and seeing yourself.”

“Black Panther,” he said, did something similar.

“You always hear the notion that black movies don't travel,” Barris said. “They told an African fairytale, and it's the third biggest movie of all time. What that said to me was that

humanity translates. Telling good stories to people anywhere from your heart translates.”

Norman Lear, who was there to introduce Barris, but did not present the award named after him to Sherman-Palladino, was also an oft-mentioned name.

“He taught sitcom writers how to write sitcoms,” she said.

Lear, later, said that listening to her talk about him made for “the most delicious evening I can remember.”

But it was perhaps Jane Fonda who had one of the best moments of the evening, getting up to accept the Stanley Kramer Award, and noting that she actually knew all the guys the awards were named after.

“It is fun to be old” she said. “It is so hard to be young.”

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Woman’s March Comes to Bakersfield

By Martin Nillsen Special to the News Observer The pussy grabs back.

People of both sexes, male, female, even a few non-gender specific, packed out Mill Creek Park on Saturday, January 19 for the third annual Woman’s March.

There was plenty of diversity on display at the event; all ages, all races, all creeds stepped out into the sunshine to wave protest signs on a wide variety of topics. People in favor of Women’s Rights, Transgender Rights, Equality, and Reproductive Rights were all represented. For Bakersfield, known as a staunchly conservative community, the Wom-

en’s March proved to be a virtual clearinghouse for local minority viewpoint.

The demonstration came at a most opportune time.

National events relating to the march, began in 2017 as a reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decisive policies, have been at the forefront of the nation’s collective mind as of late. A diverse number of women were elected to the House in November and has given the Trump administration notice that they will not wield unbridled power.

Rabbi Cheryl Rosenstein of Bakersfield’s Temple Beth-El uplifted the crowd with her Biblical testimony.

“The Book of Genesis relates that all humanity has just two parents. The lesson in that is this: We are family! All of us.

No one is better than anyone else.

Rosenstein also exhorted the crowd to look into each other’s eye and recognize the holiness and inherent worth

of their fellow human being. “Genesis also tells us that God breathed life into the first human being. That breath is life.

Our very breath is divinely sourced.”

The Bakersfield’s Women’s March drew a large number of senior citizens, who remarked that they began demonstrating in the 1960’s said it was high time to once again take to the streets to make sure that their voices were heard.

One older gentleman remarked that his arm was getting tired holding u his protest sign “as I’ve been doing it since the Sixties, and we still don’t have equality.”

Surprisingly, there appeared to be no counter-demonstration by Bakersfield’s more conservative groups, for a national weekend that was blighted by privileged college students taunting a Native American veteran.

While the women’s movement appears to be gaining speed, with the declaration of California Senator Kamala Harris announcing her candidacy for presidency in 2020, there appears to be some division in the ranks. Conserva-

tive women’s groups, such as Pro-Life Demonstrators, have complained that they have not been allowed to participate.

There have also been women’s groups who have decried the transgender women in the movement, saying that they are “part-time women.”

One organizer said that while these issues may be brewing at the national level, they did not appear to have impeded the movement locally.

Education Advocates Raise Concern of

High Number of Tranfers Among Students of Color Karla Gutierrez South Kern Sol Although the number of suspensions and expulsions have decreased in the Kern High School District since 2014, the number of students voluntarily and involuntarily transferring out school continue to be a concern for education advocates, according to a presentation made by the Kern Education Justice Collaborative Thursday at a Community Forum.

KEJC, a local organization that fights for education equity in Kern, questions if the district is using transfers as a way to remove students – majority students of color – from schools.

“Are they still getting rid of students by transferring them to continuation schools or having them agree to a voluntary transfer to community school,” asked Cynthia Rice, Director of Litigation for the California Rural Legal Assistance.

Members of KEJC went over the data just two weeks before the district’s fourth legally mandated community fo-

rum, which is part of the terms of a $670,000 settlement agreement the district entered into in 2017 after more than 20 plaintiffs – CRLA being one – accused KHSD of disproportionately suspending and expelling Latino and African American students.

When talking about the involuntary transfers, Rice said the number has decreased since the lawsuit; however, data shows African Americans are 11 times more likely than other groups to be involuntarily transferred out of KHSD and three times more likely than white students to be transferred.

“We brought this lawsuit for the community, and it can only go so far, and we need to hold the district accountable so we can make the changes,” said Lyndsi Andreas, a staff attorney for Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. Comprising more than 60 percent of the student body, Latinos also account for the majority of voluntary transfers, with 140 Latino students voluntarily transferring

600 Black Legislators Resolved to Push Policies for Economic Justice

By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com It was three years ago that a group of national business leaders launched a movement called Black Wealth 2020 partially based on the economic vision articulated by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King said in his final speech on April 3, 1968: “It’s all right to talk about streets flowing with milk and honey, but God has commanded us to be concerned about the slums down here and his children who can’t eat three square meals a day. It’s all right to talk about the new Jerusalem, but one day, God’s preacher must talk about the new New York, the new Atlanta, the new Philadelphia, the new Los Angeles, the new Memphis, Tennessee.”

As America commemorates another Martin Luther King Jr. National Birthday Holiday Jan. 21, an organization of Black legislators have adopted a resolution to begin spreading the Black Wealth 2020 principles and initiatives with an aim to grow the economic justice movement that King started in Memphis just before he was assassinated April 4, 1968.

The National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), a 600-member group of local and state Black elected officials, has encouraged its members to form Black Wealth 2020 economic task forces and adopted a resolution to promote its economic agenda in 2019.

“State legislators can play a critical role in the sustainability of communities through policy,” said New York State Senator James Sanders Jr., who introduced and shepherded the resolution during the NBCSL’s 42nd Annual Legislative Conference that concluded Dec. 1. “This initiative aims to financially empower the Black community in the areas of home and business ownership as well as to broaden opportunities for Black financial institutions.

Under those conditions, I believe we must do more than announce these goals aloud, but work to firmly cement them throughout America in the form of solid legislation, so they can truly flourish.”

This means the NBCSL, which represents 60 million people in 45 states, the U. S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, will spend the next two years - and beyond - prioritizing policies that enhance Black economic growth through business ownership, homeownership and Black banking.

Sanders is chairman of the New York State Senate Banking Committee. He also leads the Senate Democratic Conference’s Task Force on Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise.

Sanders continues, “As we approach Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let us remember that he was a pioneer in this area, planting roots with his ‘Poor Peoples Campaign,’ which propelled the economic justice movement begun in Memphis. I am proud to aid in the continuation of Dr. King’s vision. I look forward to working with my colleagues in government and also the private sector to further assist people of color.”

The resolution is posted in its entirety at NBCSL.org.

The passage of the resolution represents the next steps of a promise made by Rep. Greg Porter, NBCSL’s immediate past president, during his speech at the Black Wealth 2020 second anniversary luncheon last year. He called for unity behind the Black Wealth 2020 vision.

The backing of the legislators reinvigorates and expands the movement, says former National Bankers Association President Michael Grant, one of Black Wealth 2020’s founders and chief spokespersons.

“The National Black Caucus of State Legislators, through exemplary leadership of Representative Greg Porter and State Senator James Sanders, helped the Black Wealth 2020 coalition take a quantum leap forward with the passage of Resolution BED-19-21. The NBCSL connects Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of economic justice to a modern day movement that is making wealth-building throughout the Diaspora one of our highest single priorities.”

Other Black Wealth 2020 founders are Ron Busby, president/CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers Inc. and Jim Winston, president of the National Organization of Black Owned Broadcasters.

“Whereas, the economic goals of Black wealth 2020 have historic roots, referencing to when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had launched the ‘Poor People’s Campaign’, an economic justice movement that had begun in Memphis; the founders of Black Wealth 2020 view their work as a continuum of Dr. King’s vision, with a unique contemporary strategy for sustainability,” states the resolution.

“Therefore, be it resolved, the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), encourages state policymakers and their membership to establish a Black Wealth 2020 economic task force designed to develop economic building blocks for the African-American population to addresses racial wealth gap.”

The NBCSL, aiming even higher with its goals to spread the initiatives, said it will send a copy of the resolution to the “President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and other federal and state government officials as appropriate.”

At least a dozen other major Black organizations have either joined or expressed support for the Black Wealth 2020 economic initiatives. The goals seek to untangle a web of economic injustices including the following statistics outlined in the resolution:

• There are only 2.6 million Black-owned businesses in the United States, whereas the U.S. black population is estimated to be over 40 million, according to the National Black Chamber of Commerce.

• 27.6 percent of black applicants for conventional mortgage loans were denied in 2013 while White applicants were denied only 10.4 percent of the time, according to the National Association of Real Estate Brokers.

• The number of Black-owned banks operating ln the U.S. has been dropping steadily for the past 15 years and fell to 23 last year, the lowest level in recent history, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

• The median wealth of White households is 20 times that of Black households.

Among the successful initiatives of Black Wealth 2020 in its third year are an agreement between the Bishops of the African American Episcopal Church and Black-owned banks and a credit card established by the Black-owned Liberty Black of New Orleans and the U. S. Black Chamber Inc.The NBCSL resolution points out that such initiatives will empower a nation where the pain of poverty and economic disparities are pervasive.

The resolution concludes: “Be it further resolved that the NBCSL urges state representatives todevelop and implement state and community-based intervention programs aimed to address historical and systematic barriers to homeownership, small business and access to capital.”

in the 2017-18 school year.

Latinos also make up the largest number of involuntary transfers, with 22 in the 2017-18 school year.

KEJC speakers noted student transfers aren’t the only area of racial divide within the district – there is a lack of diversity among KHSD staff, according to Yoana Tchoukleva, a member of the Equal Justice Society.

Tchoukleva said it’s important for the staff to reflect the student population because students work well with teachers they can relate to.

“Studies show that students of color don’t do as well if they only have white teachers,” said Tchoukleva. “Teachers of color tend to have higher expectations of students of color than white teachers do. And teachers of color tend to see less behavior problems of students of color than white teachers do.”

In the 2017-18 school year, KHSD had 190 open teaching positions, according to KEJC, and the district filled those positions with 119 white, 15 Latino and five African American teachers.

According to KEJC, 62 percent of the students in KHSD are Latino and 75 percent of staff is white.

“For a black student, having a black teacher, a single black teacher, in the grades of third through fifth grade reduces (students’) chances of dropping out of high school by 30 percent,” Tchoukleva said. “So having a single teacher of color can really make a difference in the life of a student.”

To address the lack of staff diversity, KEJC suggests the district recruit teachers in places where teachers of color live and partner with specific programs that train educators of color.

“Looking at the tiers, (KHSD) starts to begin talking the talk in diversity, but they’re not really walking the walk in diversity,” Tchoukleva said. “We all have to add pressure on the district to change and remind them that the time for change is now.”

KEJC held the community forum to prepare the community for KHSD’s forum at 7 p.m. on Jan. 30 at West High School, 1200 New Stine Road. Advocates encouraged the community to attend the forum.

“It is not a privilege for the children to be in school,” Rice said. “It is a right. It is a right many of us have fought for our entire lives and many have to fight for future generations.”

Cynthia Rice, from California Rural Legal Assistance, talks about Kern High School Districts suspensions, expulsions and transfer data. (PHOTO BY KARLA GUTIERREZ)

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Community Awards Breakfast Celebration

Bakersfield New’s Observer James Luckey Jr. (L) excepting Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Young Businessman Award on behalf of himself, Jon Coley, and the late Founder Joseph Coley. (Carrington Prichett photo)

By Darlene L. Williams and Austyn J. Williams Contributing Writers The 16th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast was held Monday, January 21, 2019 at the MLK Jr. Community Center 1000 South Owens Street. Rev. Wesley Crawford, Sr. Chair and the MLK Jr. Committee honored the slain Civil Rights Activist by coordinating a Community Awards Breakfast “Mere Beginning thru Simple Triumphs” to honor seven (7) local men and women for their leadership, support, and entrepreneurial savvy in the Bakersfield community.

The crowd of 480 feasted on a buffet-style breakfast, prior to the celebration getting underway.

Mayor Karen Goh presented a proclamation and addressed the racially-mixed crowd by stating, “It’s by the grace of God, as a community, that we are gathered together this day.”

Goh spoke of the importance of Dr. King’s vision and from a quote of his 1968 sermon, when he preached from the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, “The Drum Major Instinct”.

“Let us together be drum majors of justice, drum majors of peace, and drum majors of righteousness, she said.

Goh presented Rev. Crawford with a proclamation declaring January 21, 2019 as Dr. MLK Jr. Day. Keynote Speaker, Fredrick Prince, President of Omega Financial & Insurance Services received a thunderous standing ovation for a speech about economic justice, love and sacrifice and human progress.

At many intervals during his speech, the crowd responded with such loud applause in approval of his comments.

Prince quoted several excerpts from speeches and quotes of Dr. King. ‘But Bakersfield Heart Hospital CEO Michelle Oxford accepting the Rev. MLK Jr. Drum Major Lifetime tragically and unfortunately, there is another America. This other America has a Achievement Award on behalf of The Bakersfield Local Barber Dorsh Sanders (L) accepting the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. daily ugliness about it that constantly transforms the ebulliency of hope into the Heart Hospital. (Carrington Prichett photo) Drumline Major Lifetime Achievement Award. (Carrington Prichett photo) fatigue of despair.’

“What King saw in 1968 and what we should recognize today is that, it is useless to try to address race without also talking on the larger issues of inequality”, Prince said.

“By the showing of hands, how many of you are homeowners?” By the showing of hands, how many of you are taxpayers?” Prince asked.

“We’ve showed up at the polls, we’ve donated money”, he said. All of you are helping to pay back 502 million dollars on Measure J for Bakersfield College, which was so desperately needed.

“You’re also paying for the new 500 million dollar High School, explained Prince. Contracts are starting to be awarded and I don’t think we’re getting too many phone calls. We’re not being solicited to bid on these services. Today, we’re looking for more than publicity and an act; we’re looking for a contract.”

Prince concluded the thirty-five minute speech with accolades for the several outstanding youths who have “aimed high” in spite of hardships and challenges that many of them faced and successfully overcame.

“Tatyana Pryor was one of those youths who aimed high, Prince said. After losing her mother in high school, Pryor’s grades began to suffer. She was later told by a counselor that “she wasn’t college material”, still Pryor walked across the stage at Clark University with a Bachelor’s Degree in 2018 and in a couple of months will receive her Master’s Degree Mayor Karen Goh presenting a Martin Luther King from CSUB at the young age of 22.”

Jr. Day proclamation. (Carrington Prichett photo) The Honorable Judge Stephen Schuett (L) accepting the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Mayor Pryor sat at a table and wept as Prince shared Harvey Hall Visionaries Award. (Carrington Prichett photo) her story.

The 3-hour celebration concluded with the presentation of awards to the eight honorees.

Dr. Sonya Christian, President of Bakersfield College received the Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. & Councilman Vernon Strong Visionaries Award. Under Christian’s leadership, she has maintained the institution’s 100-plus year history of quality instruction while shepherding BC through an exciting phase of exciting opportunities for current and future students.

Mr. Jon Coley, C.E.O. & Mr. James Luckey Jr. Publisher/ Editor of The Bakersfield News Observer, received the Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. Young Businessman Award in honor of the Late Joseph Coley.

Joseph Coley graduated from Temple University with a degree in Journalism and later opened and operated the circulation business in Bakersfield, Calif.

Coley met the late Ventura Watson and later founded The Bakersfield News Observer, with Watson serving as managing editor. Coley served as an officer for the NAACP, supporting their protest of police brutality and alleged racism involving the arrests of local African-Americans. In 1990 Coley launched the Annual Black History Essay Contest and encouraged students to write about black history in addition to their family experiences. Coley felt there was a need to continue to educate the next generation of youth about black history, black struggles, black inventions, the voting act, and laws and bills passed to protect the black culture. He wanted other cultures and groups to learn how the successes of the black struggles impacted everyday life. The BNO will celebrate its 42nd year of operations in Kern County, Los Angeles, and The Valley (Lancaster and Palmdale, Ca.) areas.

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Keynote Speaker Frederick A. Prince. (Carrington Prichett photo)

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. & Councilman Vernon Strong Visionaries Award winner, Bakersfield College President Dr. Sonya Christian (R) along with the late Veron Strong’s son as the presenter (L). (Carrington Prichett photo)

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MLK Community Awards Breakfast Continued from page A7

Dr. MLK Jr. & Mayor Harvey Hall Visionaries Award.

Judge Schuett was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, and he attended the public school system before attending college at UCLA. After graduating with a degree in economics, Schuett attended UCLA School of Law and obtained his law degree. Judge Schuett established and funded the mentorship program at Leo Hart Elementary School in 2006. He has provided quarterly mentoring sessions for a group of young men with mentors from prominent black leaders in the community along with lunch.

Mr. Wesley Davis III received the Rev. MLK Jr. &

Stephanie W. Campbell-Chatman Community Service Award.

Davis’ passion to serve his community has been instilled in him since he was a kid. April 23, 2006 was a very important day in Wesley’s life, on that day his 16-year old brother, Wendale Davis was murdered. From that day forward Wesley made a commitment to support the community of Bakersfield and to be an answer to the problems that exist within the community.

Mr. Dorsh Sanders received the Rev. MLK Jr. Drum Major Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sanders attended Moler Barber College where he re-

ceived his barber license in January 1960. He worked for two different barber shops until he ventured out on his own in March of 1967. Sanders worked by appointment, yet he is always ready to listen to a client’s problems and provide them with good sound advice. Dorsh is an avid cyclist, and ultra-marathon runner, and he has a love for studying God’s Word.

Mr. Ben Stinson CEO received the Rev. MLK Jr. Drum Major Lifetime Achievement Award.

Stinson was appointed President of Stinson Stationers, Inc. in 1981 and continues to serve in this role. He has guided Stinson Stationers, Inc. through a myriad of changes in the office products industry. Under his leadership Stinson’s has evolved into one of the largest independent office supply companies in California.

The Bakersfield Heart Hospital received the Rev. MLK Jr. Drum Major Lifetime Achievement Award. BHH CEO Michelle Oxford accepted the award.

BHH specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of heart and vascular disease, but also care for a wide range of other medical and surgical patients. Family members are welcome and are encouraged to become involved in the care of their loved ones. This gives the opportunity for family members to understand cardiovascular disease and take an active role in the recovery process.

Additionally, Dr. Vinod Kumar M.D. F.A.C.C., presented students Marissa Krolnik and Shenika Boykins with scholarships for $250.00 Several events following the celebration, including a march, were scheduled to convene throughout the community in honor of Dr. King.

Wesley Davis III (L) accepting the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. & Stephanie W. Campbell-Chatman Community Service Award. (Carrington Prichett photo)

Ben Stinson (L) accepting the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Drumline Major Lifetime Achievement Award.

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