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Volume 47 Number 26

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Life Expectancy of Black Men Has Dropped by Three Years

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Correspondent Black Americans have lost three years in life expectancy over the last two years according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The decline is the largest since World War II. The life expectancy gap by race is now the widest since 1998 and at a 15-year low overall.

Non-Hispanic Black males now have the lowest life expectancy of any group. The new data shows that African Americans on average live six years less in life expectancy than Whites. The Covid-19 pandemic hit Black and Americans harder than any other group of Americans.

Underlying health issues and lack of health care were a factor.

Overall, African Americans are hospitalized at three times the rate of white Americans. African Americans die at double the rate from COVID than all other groups according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The impact of COVID-19, which is the cause of 500,000 deaths in less than two years, is a leading cause, not just on deaths directly due to infection but also from heart disease, cancer and other conditions. The definition of “life expectancy” is calculated by how long someone born today is expected to live. The average life expectancy last year was 77.8.

Though Covid-19 was clearly the driver of the depressing new statistics on life expectancy, drug overdoses and other health factors also factored into the data.

President Biden and Democrats in Congress are currently structuring a multi-billion COVID relief package. Former President Trump largely ignored the coronavirus crisis as mortality numbers mounted.

After Trump’s loss to Biden, departments of the federal Overall, African Americans are hospitalized at three times the rate of white Americans. African Americans die at double the rate from COVID than all other groups according to the Centers for Disease Control and government are focused on the COVID pandemic.

Non-Hispanic Black males now have the lowest life expectancy of any group.

Blacks on average live six years less in life expectancy than whites.

Prevention. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Vaccine Push Focuses on K-12 Workers

By Bo Tefu California Black Media Sprawling parking lots at California State University Los Angeles and Oakland-Alameda Coliseum in “Oaktown” are two locations in California where the state is set to conduct focused vaccine pushes for education workers. The effort is part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s health equity plan as he prioritizes the reopening of schools.

According to the equity-centered plan, as of March 1, 10 % of the state’s vaccine supply is dedicated to K-12 educators and staff. The mobile sites and vaccine drives will focus on “counties and school communities weighted by equity, including the proportion of students from low-income families, English learners, and homeless youth,” state officials said.

“Our top priority is getting students back in the classroom as safely and quickly as possible, and the expanded access to vaccines will build on the momentum and confidence that we can do so with urgency,” Gov. Newsom said.

Candidates eligible for the vaccination include teachers, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, childcare workers, and site-based administrators.

State officials have committed to providing

75,000 vaccinations each week at mobile sites set up to administer vaccines for registered school staff statewide.

The health equity plan aims to prioritize vaccine access for communities disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus. The equity plan also addresses the ethical issues presented by reports of individuals from outside target communities, including educators at a Los Angelesbased private school, skipping the line to get early vaccinations from medical providers.

Gov. Newsom said the state officials are working closely with medical providers, healthcare administrators, and local organizations to speed up vaccine delivery across California.

“The education professionals who nurture and support our children deserve to be and have been prioritized for vaccines, and I am proud to accelerate those efforts in all 58 counties,” Gov. Newsom said.

According to state officials, prioritization is based on occupational health exposure. Eligible candidates will receive single-use codes to schedule vaccine appointments.

The health equity plan is an integral addition to Gov. Newsom’s “Safe Schools for All” plan which initiated plans to vaccinate education workers in January.

So far, 35 state counties have vaccinated education workers based on supply since the launch of multiple mobile sites statewide.

Efforts to Counter the Privilege Gap that Leads to Skipping Ahead for Vaccines According to administration officials with the California Health and Human Services Agency, part of the state’s plans to promote vaccine equity includes partnering with community organizations and understanding demographic data for appropriate vaccine access statewide.”

Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, said the state is working with trusted local organizations for outreach and education campaigns to engage underserved communities.

“We work hard to make sure we don’t have blind

spots and we’re paying attention to where we can make improvements,” Ghaly said.

Public health officials are also moving forward with plans to work closely with third-party administrators to provide vaccines in communities disproportionately affected by the coronavirus.

The state can achieve health equity by, “simply doing more for those who’ve been disproportionately impacted.

So, they are not overlooked and that is something that we are deeply committed to whether it’s on age or race, or sexual orientation, gender identity,” Ghaly said.

“Administration officials have also put metrics in place to help measure the impact of its outreach and education campaigns in California’s Black and Latino communities.

Equity efforts by the state include keeping a “keen eye on the data” and “making adjustments” to address the privilege gap in California’s health care system,” he said.

Affluent people receiving early vaccinations discloses the important equity issue, “we know that we have more work to do in some communities than others,” administration officials said.

State lawmakers have prioritized school staff in efforts to accelerate and support the legislative proposal to reopen schools, “as safely and quickly as possible,” Gov. Newsom said.

The state has launched online tools for accountability and transparency to counter the imbalance of vaccine distribution and also provided routine testing for more than 1,000 schools in California.

Although the legislature’s proposal is a step in the right direction, “it doesn’t go far enough or fast enough,” Gov. Newsom said.

“I look forward to building on the growing momentum to get our schools open and continuing discussions with the Legislature to get our kids back in school as safely and quickly as possible,” Gov. Newsom said.

Law Ending “Slavery” in California’s Prisons

Asm. Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Jamila Land, cofounder of A.S.A.P. (Courtesy Photo)

Tanu Henry California Black Media For 24 years now, Samual Brown – who was convicted for attempted murder in Sacramento – has been serving time in California state prisons. Right now, he is at a correctional facility in Lancaster, a Los Angeles County town northeast of L.A. While in prison, Brown says he has evolved. In addition to earning an associate degree, Brown will be awarded his B.A. from CSU Los Angeles in the Spring, graduating with a 4.0 GPA. Before moving to the Lancaster facility that currently houses him, Brown says he was serving his sentence at a maximum-security prison in New Folsom near Sacramento.

That prison was notorious for its high homicide and suicide rates, Brown says. Responding to the death, violence and despair all around him there, Brown says he drafted the proposal for a successful intervention effort called the 10 P program. Since authorities implemented his plan, there have been less deaths at New Folsom.

“At the core of the program is effectuating emotional literacy,” Brown told California Black Media on a phone call from California State Prison Los Angeles County.

“We encourage the inmates to adopt pro-social behaviors and reclaim their narratives. We teach them how to address intergenerational trauma and adverse childhood experiences that influence their behavior. We prepare them to face the parole board.”

But as an inmate, Brown says he is also forced to work.

He has no say-so regarding his safety, or about how much he is paid, or the kinds of work he performs. Recently, the state prison has assigned him to COVID-19 sanitation duties, paying him 55 cents per hour.

“It’s unfortunate but this is true: the 13th amendment did not end slavery in the United States,” said Brown. “As long as there is forced labor and state constitutions that have conditions for ‘involuntary servitude,’ there is still slavery.”

Brown says too many racist ideologies and practices from the old slaveholding South survive today. They didn’t end, he argues, they transitioned.

“It’s wrong to have private prison corporations that can influence policy -- not because of what is right or wrong but because they directly benefit from it,” says Brown.

“In prison, if you refuse to work, you get the modern-day equivalent of a whip on your back. You could get a 115, a disciplinary write-up that could prevent you from getting parole.”

Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Los Angeles) agrees with Brown. The lawmaker is pushing legislation that would strike out the words “involuntary servitude” from the California Constitution.

In January, Kamlager-Dove introduced ACA 3: The California Abolition Act. Kamlager-Dove who represents the 54th Assembly District -- which covers sections of Los Angeles County,

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Hulu Sets Mike Tyson Miniseries, But the Boxer Punches Back

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hulu announced it has ordered a limited series dramatizing the life of boxing great Mike Tyson, who quickly slammed the production as “cultural misappropriation.”

In a press release Thursday, Hulu said “Iron Mike” will explore “the wild, tragic and controversial life and career” of a polarizing athlete.

Tyson, who is not involved in the project, criticized Hulu on social media, saying the series smacked of insensitivity.

“Hulu’s announcement to do an unauthorized mini-series of the Tyson story without compensation, although unfortunate, isn’t surprising,” Tyson said in an Instagram post. “This announcement on the heels of social disparities in our country is a prime example of how Hulu’s corporate greed led to this tone-deaf cultural misappropriation of the Tyson life story.”

Hulu didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tyson’s post further criticized the announcement’s timing _ during Black History Month _ and called on Hollywood to “be more sensitive to Black experiences, especially after all that has transpired in 2020.”

An “authorized” autobiographical project would be announced in the coming days, Tyson said.

The eight-episode “Iron Mike” is from the makers of “I, Tonya,” the 2017 movie that starred Margot Robbie as ice skater Tonya Harding.

Newsom Pledges More Vaccines for Central Valley Farmworkers

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ More vaccines are headed to California’s vast Central Valley, an agricultural region whose workers and residents have been hard hit by coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.

The multi-county region, which includes the cities of Fresno and Bakersfield, will get significantly more vaccines this week dedicated to farmworkers.

The shifting allocation comes as California moves to inoculate others beyond health care employees in other essential jobs, including food and farm workers and teachers.

California had been distributing doses based on the estimated number of health care workers and seniors in each county, but is revising its formula as it moves through its planned vaccination tiers.

The state also will take 34,000 doses from a pharmacy that wasn’t using them quickly enough and distributing them to food and agricultural workers through 11 new mobile clinics in the Central Valley, Newsom said.

The clinics will be set up to ensure vaccines get to people who don’t have transportation to a mass vaccination site or can’t navigate the sign-up portal, including in the small city of Arvin, southeast of Bakersfield, where Newsom spoke.

“These are the folks that never took a day off, these are the folks that never complained, these are the folks that wake up every single day and (are) there for the rest of us so we can go about our lives,” Newsom said. “It’s not just Californians who benefit, it’s the folks all across this country and around the world.”

The governor has made equitable access to the coronavirus a priority, saying the state hasn’t done a good enough job reaching low-income people in neighborhoods, largely Black and Latino, hit hard by the pandemic.

To better reach those populations, California on Sunday began transitioning to a distribution system run by insurance giant Blue Shield, starting in the Central Valley. All vaccine providers will now have to use a state website called My Turn to schedule vaccination appointments. Newsom acknowledged that “invariably there will be bumps along the road.”

Arvin Mayor Olivia Trujillo appeared to get emotional as she talked about what it will mean for farmworkers to get vaccines in their home community.

“The fear is going to be taken away (for) them,” she said.

Statewide, about 70% of all vaccine doses are now going to people age 65 and older, while the remaining 30% are split among educators, emergency service workers and farm and food processing workers, Newsom said.

It’s not clear which pharmacy the 34,000 extra doses are coming from.

Newsom had previously re-allocated more than 170,000 doses from CVS Pharmacy to Kaiser Permanente. Half of the doses went to mass vaccination sites at Cal Poly Pomona and to the Moscone convention center in San Francisco, which paused vaccinations last week after running out of supply.

Newsom, a Democrat who is facing the threat of a recall election, spoke forcefully about his commitment to ensuring people in the region get resources needed to fight the virus. Kern and Fresno counties, which have a combined population of nearly 2 million, have higher positivity test rates than that of the state, at 10.5% and nearly 9% respectively, compared with 3.3% in the state overall.

Local officials had called on Newsom to visit, including Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh, a Republican who joined him in Arvin. Newsom described himself as “not some guy from San Francisco who doesn’t give a damn about the Valley.”

“We don’t have to agree on everything but damnit, I care about ... your kids, your family, your community.”

Goh thanked Newsom for visiting and noted that residents there have higher rates of health problems that can exacerbate coronavirus treatment, such as asthma and diabetes.

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Lowballing Black Californians Home Appraisals Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Assemblymember Chris Holden has (D-Pasadena) introduced legislation, Assembly Bill (AB) 948, to address discrimination in the real estate appraisal process in California.

AB 948 proposes requiring the Bureau of California Real Estate Appraisals to gather demographic data on home sales and sellers of real estate property – and, most importantly, from homeowners from protected classes who file complaints about low appraisals.

“Black homeowners in predominantly White neighborhoods are getting their homes appraised for far less than their neighbors,” said Holden. “It’s just another example of how bias, whether explicit or implicit, creates inequity for Black Americans. This is redlining 2.0.”

According to Nationwide, the insurance and financial services company, during the process of buying or selling a house, a home appraisal is supposed to be “an independent, unbiased assessment” of how much a property is worth.

Administered by a licensed or certified professional, an appraisal is “based on equivalent sales in the neighborhood and market” as well as a visual assessment of the condition of the home, Nationwide stated.

Racial discrimination in housing has persisted for decades in California and across the country. There is a large body of evidence that has confirmed systemic bias in mortgage lending for decades now. There is also documentation of redlining, deliberate tactics governments and companies used to prevent potential Black homebuyers from securing home loans or purchasing property in majority White neighborhoods.

Home appraisals are just one of the ways real estate companies have discriminated against African Americans.

Racism has also been widespread in the home buying process for Blacks, too, according to numerous studies.

A UC Berkeley study showed that both traditional and online lenders overcharge Black and Brown borrowers for mortgage loans to the tune of $765 million a year compared to equally qualified White borrowers,” reports Greenlining, a public policy and research institute based in Oakland. “Researchers found that banking algorithms still give White borrowers better rates and loans than Black ones.”

If the California Legislature approves AB 948 and the governor signs it into law, the measure would require appraisers to take anti-bias training when renewing their licenses. The bill has been submitted to the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions for review.

Making his case, Holden cites the example of a Black couple in Marin City, just north of San Francisco. In the process of selling their home, an appraiser lowballed their home value by nearly $500,000 less than the amount quoted to a White couple for the same property. Similar incidents have been documented in other parts of California and throughout the Country.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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Holden’s legislation in California is aimed at combating just one front of a broader national issue that is pervasive.

Bryan Greene, vice president of policy advocacy at the National Association of Realtors, told the Philadelphia Inquirer in January that the ills of home appraisals will open up a window to other aspects of housing discrimination.

“As an industry we’re all concerned about the homeownership gap for Blacks, and we need to roll up our sleeves and figure out what those barriers are,” said Greene, who oversaw enforcement of the Fair Housing Act at the Department of Housing and Urban Development before joining the realty group. “As we dedicate more attention to that, it’s going to uncover issues throughout the entire industry that need our attention and that includes the appraisal industry.”

Fifty-three years after the Fair Housing Act of 1968 became law, Blacks still face racism in the housing and real estate markets. That federal legislation, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, sex or national origin in the sale, rental or financing of housing.

In California, the Fair Housing Act of 1963,

commonly called the Rumford Act, predated the federal anti-discrimination housing legislation that became national law a few years later. That first-in-the-nation fair housing law that protected the rights of Blacks and other minorities became a lightning rod for conservative groups and real estate organizations who vehemently pushed back against it. In November 1964, California voters repealed the law through Proposition 14, a ballot initiative. Then, two years later in 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court declared Proposition 14 illegal, restoring the Rumford Act in California.

Now, the housing industry is increasingly coming under a microscope again. More and more, Black homeowners are voicing complaints, and more data is being mined that corroborate allegations that African Americanowned properties are being appraised for less than those of their Non-Black neighbors.

“This bill reflects a starting point in a much-needed conversation about how discrimination is still prevalent in the home buying and selling process, and I am committed to addressing this inequity,” said Holden.

Savings Bank in New York, Citizens Savings Bank & Trust in Nashville, Commonwealth National Bank in Mobile, Ala., M&F Bank in Durham, N.C., and Optus Bank in Columbia, S.C., are receiving critical equity capital, because of Well Fargo’s generous contribution.

The financial commitment structure means that the investments are in the form of critical equity capital, which is foundational to the MDIs’ ability to expand lending and

Wells Fargo said it is also supporting each MDI’s development through a banking relationship in the form of a single touchpoint coverage model that will help them access Wells Fargo’s expertise and pursue strategic priorities like entering new markets, expanding locations, designing new products, and hiring staff to support loan growth.

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Wells Fargo’s Major Investment in Six Black-Owned Banks

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Wells Fargo is observing Black History Month in a meaningful way.

The banking giant has selected six African American minority depository institutions (MDIs) for equity investments.

Broadway Federal Bank in Los Angeles, Carver Federal

Based in Los Angeles, Broadway Federal Bank is one of the several minority depository institutions that Wells Fargo is investing in.

deposit-taking capacity in their communities.

The investments, primarily non-voting positions, are designed to enable the banks to maintain their MDI status.

Wells Fargo said it is also supporting each MDI’s development through a banking relationship in the form of a single touchpoint coverage model that will help them access Wells Fargo’s expertise and pursue strategic priorities like entering new markets, expanding locations, designing new products, and hiring staff to support loan growth.

The investments are part of a March 2020 pledge by Wells Fargo to invest as much as $50 million in Blackowned banks.

“MDIs are a viable and very important sector of the banking industry that can directly support the financial health of communities where typically there are gaps in banking services,” said Gigi Dixon, head of External Engagement for Wells Fargo’s Diverse Segments, Representation & Inclusion group.

“By working together with MDIs, Wells Fargo can address some of the issues where these banks are located and help reach the unbanked. These investments will complement our community development efforts while positively impacting people in many communities we serve.”

Dixon continued: “We are trying to break the cycle where these institutions and their communities have faced barriers to raising significant capital,” Dixon said. “Ideally, this is going to promote the ability of MDIs to stimulate growth in low- to middle-income communities and be more profitable.”

The Wells Fargo commitment is in the form of equity

instead of deposits. For example, with $1 of new deposits, an MDI can make $1 of new loans, but with $1 of new equity, an MDI can make $10 of new loans.

Wells Fargo officials said its investment goes beyond cutting a check, but the goal is to have meaningful, lasting relationships with the banks.

“We’ve spent considerable time getting to know each MDI and understanding their unique needs,” Dixon noted.

Each MDI will have a dedicated relationship team as part of Corporate & Investment Banking.

Wells Fargo will provide day-to-day relationship coverage and a central point of connectivity for MDIs to access various resources.

Dixon asserted that the MDIs receiving the investment had requested non-financial resources in their business plans, and Wells Fargo will be aligning resources to those needs.

Some of the requests include technology solutions for digital transformation, leveraging Wells Fargo’s consumer footprint (ATM/branch access), loan origination partnerships), financial education, and mentorship.

“These investments are designed to help the banks become stronger and more impactful to the minority communities they serve, which leads to economic revitalization and job opportunities,” said Bill Daley, vice chairman of Public Affairs at Wells Fargo. “So many communities have suffered over the past year. MDIs need capital, but they can also benefit from access to other resources, and Wells Fargo is committed to building lasting, strategic relationships with these institutions in support of their goals.”

Miami Artist Unveils Mural Honoring Civil Rights Leader Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Nice the Artist, one of the most talented and unsung at his craft, unveiled a stunning mural of National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. The unveiling took place in Liberty City, a downtown section of Miami, on Saturday, Feb. 27.

The event, which featured an appearance by Dr. Chavis, city officials, and members of the Black Press, also was filmed by a professional crew who plan to release a video on the historic event.

“It’s always a pleasure to be in the company of history, and when history is enhanced for who you are, it’s more of a confirmation of what you are doing,” Westside Gazette Publisher Bobby Henry stated.

“It’s always an honor to be in the presence of Dr. Chavis, and the fact that he took time out of his busy schedule to come to Liberty City, the heart of the city, means a whole lot to all of us,” Henry continued.

The mural features the distinct likeness of Dr. Chavis, the civil rights icon and member of the famed political prisoners, the Wilmington 10.

Nice the Artist said the mural, which encompasses

one side of a large brick building, took about 2 weeks to complete. He has painted murals in the area for about a decade.

“To have Dr. Chavis come here to Liberty City and to honor him like this is a dream,” stated Broadway Harewood, a majority owner of commercial real estate in Liberty City, who has used the arts to reduce crime in the area.

The unveiling occurred in the Broadway Arts District at 6209 NW 18th Avenue. The Broadway Art District encompasses 18th Avenue, between 62nd and 71st street. “[An acquaintance] said to me that I’ve been doing murals for so many people who don’t appreciate it and those who really haven’t done anything for the community,” Harewood told NNPA Newswire.

“He asked me had I thought about Dr. Ben Chavis, and I was like, ‘wow, here’s a man who has done so much for so many,’” Harewood exclaimed.

Harewood noted that he had always found himself spellbound by the story of the Wilmington Ten, the Dr. Chavis-led civil rights activist group that served nearly a decade in prison in the 1970s on trumped-up and racially motivated charges of arson and conspiracy.

The Wilmington Ten were eventually released from

The unveiling took place in Liberty City, a downtown section of Miami, on Saturday, Feb. 27.

prison and exonerated.

In 2012, North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue pardoned the civil rights leaders, correcting a nearly five decades-old false conviction.

“Dr. Chavis was one of the Wilmington 10 and author of ‘Psalms from Prison,’ a book that was an inspiration for the film’ Blood Done Signed my Name,’” Harewood recalled.

The 2010 film starred Natalie Alyn Lind, Michael Rooker and Nate Parker.

“You are talking about someone who continues to fight for what’s right,” Harewood stated about Dr. Chavis.

Besides recognizing Dr. Chavis, organizers distributed 1,500 protective masks to the community during the mural unveiling.

The Broadway Art District kicked off Black History Month, 2021, with Commissioner Keon Hardemon’s mural unveiling and special recognition.

Harewood said the South Florida community continues to advocate for proper safety protocols and health guidelines about social distancing. With that, all who attended the unveiling had to adhere to guidelines.

“I could hardly wait for this one,” Harewood stated.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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Los Angeles Firefighters Relied on Axe, and Luck to Free Woods from Crash

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (AP) _ With short, sure strokes of a flathead axe, firefighter Cole Gomoll methodically chopped along the edge of the SUV's broken windshield as golf icon Tiger Woods _ tangled up in his seatbelt and covered in a sheet to avoid shards of glass _ waited in shock inside the mangled wreck.

When Gomoll had cut a long, continuous line to the end of the glass, he and another Los Angeles County firefighter peeled back the windshield. The 6-lb (2.7-kilogram), 36-inch-long (91-centimeter-long) axe went down, and the backboard was swapped in.

Within minutes, the ambulance had raced away, bound for the trauma center with its famous patient in the back.

It would be hours before the news broke around the world but for Gomoll and the other nine members of Fire Station 106 in Rolling Hills Estates, California, Tuesday's call – initially reported as a traffic collision with a person trapped – lasted just 12 minutes.

“He's just another patient,” Gomoll told The Associated Press on Friday at Fire Station 106.

The 106's firefighters, from Gomoll up to Battalion Chief Dean Douty, stressed that anyone in Woods' dire situation would have received the same care from them.

“I didn't know who was inside the car,” Capt. Joe Pena said, until a sheriff's deputy told him.

And anyone else would get the same privacy, too – the firefighters declined to recount the athlete's conversations and condition at the scene to preserve patient confidentiality.

“His identity really didn't matter in what we do,” Capt. Jeane Barrett said.

Even so, those minutes marked a milestone in Gomoll's career: It was the first time the 23-year-old Marine Corps veteran had performed an extrication like that in the field.

Gomoll joined the fire station, located about a mile (1.6 kilometers) away from the crash site, in August as a probationary firefighter. Just three weeks ago, he'd

practiced similar moves with one of his superiors, Barrett.

“We've trained for stuff like this,” Gomoll said.

Woods was transferred from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on Thursday to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for “continuing orthopedic care and recovery,” hospital officials said. He had shattered the tibia and fibula bones of his lower right leg in multiple locations. Those injuries were stabilized with a rod in the tibia during a long surgery.

Additional injuries to the bones in the foot and ankle

required screws and pins.

Woods had been driving a 2021 Genesis SUV on a downhill stretch of road known for wrecks when he struck a raised median in a coastal Los Angeles suburb, crossed into oncoming lanes and flipped several times.

The crash was the latest setback for Woods, who has won 15 major championships and a record-tying 82 victories on the PGA Tour. He is among the world's most recognizable sports figures, and at 45, even with a reduced

schedule from nine previous surgeries, remains golf's biggest draw.

He was in Los Angeles last weekend as the tournament host of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club.

Monday and Tuesday had been set aside for him to give golf tips to celebrities on Discovery-owned GOLFTV. The Los Angeles County sheriff has called the crash “purely an accident” and says drugs and alcohol did not appear to be a factor.

Everyone says Woods is lucky to be alive _ and “if nothing else, it's a good PSA for wearing a seatbelt,” Barrett added.

The first responders did, however, correct previous reports that said they'd used the Jaws of Life and a pry bar called a halligan tool to free the celebrity.

Barrett, a 25-year fire service veteran, and her fellow firefighters know the dangers of the eponymous rolling hills in the area and have cut many drivers out of their twisted cars.

They initially had three plans for Woods' SUV: First, try the axe on the windshield. If that didn't work, see if going through the sunroof was a possibility. A third option would be to cut the entire roof off.

The firefighters and paramedics spoke to Woods _ who introduced himself as “Tiger” _ throughout, reassuring him through a hole in the windshield that he'd soon be free.

“You can tell he was in pain,” firefighter Sally Ortega said, but he was still responding to their questions and clearly anxious to get out.

“Luckily, our first plan was the one that worked,” Barrett said.

As the ambulance pulled away, Barrett surveyed the SUV to see what lessons her crew might be able to apply to save a future driver.

“No car is ever crumpled in the same way,” she said.

The firefighters later debriefed together around their station's kitchen table, then ate salads for lunch in a nearby park _ savoring the last of the quiet as the news finally made its way around the world.

78TH Annual Golden Globe Awards

Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous Award

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) – With homebound nominees appearing by remote video and hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on different sides of the country, a very socially distanced 78th Golden Globe Awards trudged on in the midst of the pandemic and amid a storm of criticism,

with a bounty of awards for streaming services, pleas for inclusivity, and a posthumous award for Chadwick Boseman.

Netflix, which came in with a commanding 42 nominations, won the top TV awards. “The Crown,” as expected, took best drama series, along with acting wins for Josh O'Connor (Prince Charles), Emma Corrin (Princess

Globes Org Says It Will Recruit Black Members after Outcry

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The organization hosting the Golden Globes says it is developing a plan to recruit Black members after falling under sharp criticism for lacking diverse members.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said in statement Friday that an “action plan” is under development to admit Black members. The group currently has 87 members who are journalists, but none are Black.

Former HFPA president Meher Tatna told Variety in an interview that the organization hasn't had a Black member in nearly two decades. The Mumbai-born board chair said she couldn't recall when there had been a Black member, but she says the organization will keep trying.

Some including Time's Up and presenter Sterling K. Brown are among those who have criticized the HFPA's lack of inclusion and diversity. The criticism comes just days before the Globes air live on Sunday.

An HFPA spokesperson said it welcomes the opportunity to meet with groups such as Time's Up and prospective Black members who are interested in joining the organization.

“We are fully committed to ensuring our membership is reflective of the communities around the world who love film, TV and the artists inspiring and educating them,” the HFPA statement read. “We understand that we need to bring in Black members, as well as members from other

underrepresented backgrounds, and we will immediately work to implement an action plan to achieve these goals as soon as possible.”

Time's Up took aim at the HFPA in a tweet saying “a cosmetic fix isn't enough.” The activist organization also included the hashtag (hash)TimesUpGlobes.

Brown, an award presenter, posted the Time's Up photo on social media with his own criticism.

“For any governing body of a current Hollywood award show to have such a lack of voting representation illustrates a level of irresponsibility that should not be ignored,” he said.

Brown said the HFPA must do better. He said the organization has a responsibility to show its “constituency is fully reflective of the world in which we live.”

“And having a multitude of Black presenters does not absolve you of your lack of diversity,” he continued. “This is your moment to do the right thing. It is my hope that you will.”

The HFPA said it welcomes journalists from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds based in Southern California that cover entertainment for foreign media. The organization says membership is majority female and more than 35% percent of its members are from non-European countries across the world.

Diana) and Gillian Anderson (Margaret Thatcher). The streaming service's “Queen's Gambit” won best limited series, and best actress in the category for Anya TaylorJoy. “Schitt's Creek,” the Pop TV series that found a wider audience on Netflix, won best comedy series for its final season. Catherine O'Hara also took best actress in a comedy series.

Chadwick Boseman, as expected, posthumously won best actor in a drama film for his final performance, in the August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom” _ a Netflix release. Boseman's wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award.

“He would thank God. He would thank his parents.

He would thank his ancestors for their guidance and their sacrifices,” said Ledward. “He would say something beautiful, something inspiring.”

Chloe Zhao, the China-born filmmaker of “Nomadland,” became the first woman of Asian descent to win best director. She's the first woman to win the award since Barbra Streisand won for “Yentl” in 1984.

They were among many of the evening's awards to go to streaming services, which _ facing scant traditional studio competition _ dominated the Globes like never before. Apple TV+ scored its first major award when a sweatshirt-clad Jason Sudeikis won best actor in a comedy series for the streamer's “Ted Lasso.”

Fey took the stage at New York's Rainbow Room while Poehler remained at the Globes' usual home at the Beverly Hilton. In their opening remarks, they managed their typically well-timed back-and-forth despite being almost 3,000 miles from each other.

“I always knew my career would end with me wandering around the Rainbow Room pretending to talk to Amy,” said Fey. “I just thought it would be later.”

They appeared before masked attendees but no stars.

Instead, the sparse tables _ where Hollywood royalty are usually crammed together and plied with alcohol during the show _ were occupied by “smoking-hot first responders and essential workers,” as Fey said.

In a production nightmare but one that's become familiar during the pandemic, the night's first winner accepted his award while muted. Only after presenter Laura Dern apologized for the technical difficulties did Daniel Kaluuya, who won best supporting actor for his performance as Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” get his speech in. When he finally came through, he waged his finger at the camera and said, “You're doing me dirty!”

Pandemic improvising was only part of the damage control for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts on the Globes. After The Los Angeles Times revealed that there are no Black members in the 87-person voting

body of the HFPA, the press association _ which Ricky Gervais last year called “very, very racist” in his opening monologue _ came under mounting pressure to overhaul itself and better reflect the industry it holds sway in.

This year, none of the most acclaimed Black-led films _ “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,” “One Night in Miami,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Da 5 Bloods” _ were nominated for the Globes' best picture award. With the HFPA potentially fighting for its Hollywood life, Sunday's Globes were part apology tour. Fey and Poehler started in quickly on the issue.

“Look, a lot of flashy garbage got nominated but that happens,” said Poehler. “That's like their thing. But a number of Black actors and Black-led projects were overlooked.”

Within the first half hour of the NBC telecast, members of the press association also appeared on stage to pledge change. “We recognize we have our own work to do,” said vice president Helen Hoehne. “We must have Black journalists in our organization.”

When attendees would normally be streaming down the red carpet on Sunday evening, many stars were instead posing virtually. Regina King, resplendent in a dazzling dress, stood before her yawning dog. Carey Mulligan, nominated for “Promising Young Woman,” said from a London hotel room that she was wearing heels for the first time in more than a year.

The circumstances led to some award-show anomalies.

Mark Ruffalo, appearing remotely, won best actor in a limited series for “I Know This Much Is True” with his kids celebrating behind him and his wife, Sunrise Coigney, sitting alongside.

Lee Isaac Chung, writer-director of the tender KoreanAmerican family drama “Minari” (a movie the HFPA was criticized for ruling ineligible for its top award because of its non-English dialogue), accepted the award for best foreign language film while his young daughter embraced him. “She's the reason I made this film,” said Chung. “'Minari' is about a family. It's a family trying to learn a language of its own. It goes deeper than any American language and any foreign language. It's a language of the heart,” said Chung. “I'm trying to learn it myself and to pass it on.”

John Boyega, supporting actor winner for his performance in Steve McQueen's “Small Axe” anthology, raised his leg to show he was wearing track pants below his more elegant white jacket. Jodie Foster (“The Mauritanian”) won one of the biggest surprise Globes, for best supporting actress in a film, while, sitting on the couch next her wife, Alexandra Hedison, and with her dog, Ziggy on her lap.

Bob Odenkirk, while appearing on five screens with fellow TV actor nominees before an ad break, took the moment to meet a legend, virtually. “Mr. Pacino, very good to meet you ... on the screen,” he said.

Some speeches were pre-taped. The previously recorded speeches by Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the wining “Soul” score went without hiccup even though presenter Tracy Morgan first announced “Sal” as the winner.

Even if speeches sometimes lacked drama without Hollywood gathered in one place, representation was a common refrain. Pointedly referring to the diversity of the HFPA, presenter and previous winner Sterling K. Brown began, “Thank you. It is great to be Black at the Golden Globes,” he said. “Back.”

Jane Fonda, the Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree, spoke passionately about expanding the big tent of entertainment for all. “Art has always been not just in step in history but has lead the way,” said Fonda. “So let's be leaders.”

Other awards included Pixar's “Soul” for best animated film; Rosumund Pike took best actress in a comedy or musical film for “I Care a Lot”; and Aaron Sorkin (“Trial of the Chicago 7”) for best screenplay. The film, a favorite to win best drama film at the Globes, was sold to Netflix

by Paramount Pictures last summer due to the pandemic.

“Netflix saved our lives,” said Sorkin.

As showtime neared, the backlash over the HFPA threatened to overwhelm the Globes. Yet the Globes have persisted because of their popularity (the show ranks as the third most-watched award show, after the Oscars and Grammys), their profitability (NBC paid $60 million for broadcast rights in 2018) and because they serve as important marketing material for contending films and Oscar hopefuls. That may be especially true this year when the pandemic has upset the normal rhythms of buzz in a virtual awards season lacking the usual frenzy.

The Globes took place on the original date of the Academy Awards. Those will instead be held April 25.

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The ‘Roots’ of Slavery and Its Lasting Effects This is Part 6 in a Series on Slavery in America The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has launched a global news feature series on the history, contemporary realities and implications of the transatlantic slave trade.

Still, those names come with a price because many agree that hate is as American as Apple Pie and baseball. And, victims of such hate not only include the once enslaved African American, but America is a country where it once was illegal for all women to vote.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Kunta Kinte: What’s snow, Fiddler?

Fiddler: Never you mind, boy, never you mind. Let’s get on back to home. I got enough trouble teaching you the difference between manure and massa. ‘Course there ain’t all that much difference when you gets right down to it.

“The first time he had taken the massa to one of these “high-falutin’ to-dos,” as Bell called them, Kunta had been all but overwhelmed by conflicting emotions: awe, indignation, envy, contempt, fascination, revulsion—but most of all a deep loneliness and melancholy from which it took him almost a week to recover. He couldn’t believe that such incredible wealth actually existed, that people really lived that way. It took him a long time, and a great many more parties, to realize that they didn’t live that way, that it was all strangely unreal, a kind of beautiful dream the white folks were having, a lie they were telling themselves: that goodness can come from badness, that it’s possible to be civilized with one another without treating as human beings those whose blood, sweat, and mother’s milk made possible the life of privilege they led.” ― Alex Haley, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.”

“I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character…” — Martin Luther King, Jr. The year was 1976 and America was still feeling the aftershocks of the Civil Rights Movement, the murder, some eight years earlier, of Martin Luther King Jr., and the end of the Vietnam War. King’s death along with the murders of President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Sen. Robert Kennedy – both of whom were proponents of civil rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and other minorities – were reminders to many that America still had not come close to achieving the slain leader’s “Dream.”

What’s more, in 1976, author Alex Haley released his family’s autobiography, “Roots.”

It would not only go onto become a best-selling book, but a much-watched and talked about ABC Television mini-series that re-awakened everyone to the darkness, horrors and inhumanity of the transatlantic slave trade.

“Alex Haley tapped into something very special, the idea that black Americans have been, are, and will always be compelled to understand their history,” said Dr. Kellie Jackson, an assistant professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley University.

Jackson’s research focuses on slavery, abolitionists, violence as a political discourse, historical film, and black women’s history.

That “Roots” spawned an era where African Americans would give their newborn children African-themed names was no surprise and counts as an important moment in self-recognition, said Jackson, whose new book, “Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence,” examines the conditions that led some black abolitionists to believe slavery might only be abolished by violent force.

Slave quarters at the McLeod Plantation, which has been turned into a museum on the outskirts of Charleston, S.C./ Photo by Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission

“For many African Americans giving their children names with meaning is incredibly important. What’s remarkable about ‘Roots,’ is that despite the master’s attempts to rename Kunta Kinte, ‘Toby,’ the name in popular culture and memory never stuck,” Jackson said.

“Kunta Kinte is only referred to by his African name.

I think this is a signal of the value African Americans place on names. In the 1970s and beyond, giving black children Afrocentric names provided not only a feeling of pride, but a sense of heritage in history.”

Jackson continued: “Naming children after great rulers such as Nzinga, Kenyatta, or Chaka still resonates with many black parents today. I know parents who have given their children the name Obama. Names that are also signposts to historical moments. What’s more powerful than your name?”

Still, those names come with a price because many agree that hate is as American as Apple Pie and baseball.

And, victims of such hate not only include the once enslaved African American, but America is a country where it once was illegal for all women to vote.

It’s also a country that not only devastated Native Americans, but today still prevents those living on reservations to cast a ballot despite the historic amount of bloodshed and despair brought upon that group.

“I believe America does owe Native Americans the chance to cast a ballot,” said Shawn Halifax, a cultural history interpretation coordinator at the MacLeod Plantation Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. “I understand that what the law is and what people who are attempting to exercise their rights are told the law is can be

two different things,” Halifax said.

America has always had a system of discrimination and prejudice against all groups who were not identified as “White Anglo-Saxon” native, said Walter Palmer, the founder of the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School in Philadelphia and current faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches urban studies and social policy and practice.

“Because historically American indigenous native’s language, culture, history, customs and way of life has been wiped out and they have been a ward of the government, they lost their personhood,” Palmer said of Native Americans.

“As American citizens, native indigenous people should be entitled to all the same privileges, rights and entitlements as all other American citizens,” he said.

Palmer said America has continued to try and hold onto slavery, but in more legal forms like hate groups and prisons.

“After the abolishment of slavery and the end of the reconstruction period, there was the rise of the Klu Klux Klan, which was a replacement of the slave patrols after this period,” Palmer said.

“America always used the prison system as a means of threat, intimidation and social control and this was later enlarged to use Chain Gangs and Jim Crow laws to further control the African Americans,” he said.

Palmer said “Roots” was built on the legacy of prior black historians over the past two hundred years, like Fredrick Douglas, William B. Dubois, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, G. Carter Woodson,

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. “The connection that African Americans have had to the African Diaspora goes back to the “Back to Africa” movement of the early 19th century like the American Colonization Society American that was created in 1821,” Palmer said.

For the 20th Century, “Roots” proved a watershed moment, Halifax said.

“I imagine it inspired an incredible number of people to seek to learn more about their family’s past, because they knew little about it or had not been listening carefully to the stories of their elders,” Halifax said.

“I think ‘Roots’ influenced some white Americans.

I think the movie helped place the notion in the minds of many whites that enslaved populations were families and communities that experienced pain and suffering, that experienced joy and wonder, that were founders and builders of this country. That they were more than property,” he said.

Halifax continued: “I think ‘Roots’ helped usher changes regarding the placement of African Americans within the context of our national history. Of course, this did not happen just because of ‘Roots.’

“In fact, I think ‘Roots’ was a crashing wave into America’s consciousness that had been pushed by a swell generated during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements that preceded it. Stories from America’s history were to be highlighted as “American History” for so long were decided by white male academics.

“I think ‘Roots’ helped send a message. Historians needed to be more inclusive in their storytelling. It was during the 70s and 80s that more inclusive social histories were being researched and pursued in academia and academia began to become more diversified.

“By the 90s museums and historic sites began recognizing that there is more to America’s story than just rich white guys, their families, and the wars they waged.

And equally important it was by then that people began demanding more of these stories. Unfortunately, following the crashing wave of Roots there has been a very slow seep into the American conscious as a whole.”

“I think evidence of its importance is in the fact that its remake was released the same year as the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture,” Halifax said.

“I suspect that was not an accident. We have a long way still to go. The study by the Southern Poverty Law Center on how Slavery is taught in American schools is damning.”

Halifax pointed out that it took 100 years for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to open. To lesser fanfare and just before the opening of that museum on the National Mall, two other smaller museums opened within a few months of each other.

Both state that their purpose is to share the history of enslaved people and their descendants. Both are former slave labor camps, known euphemistically as plantations – the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Louisiana and McLeod Plantation Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina.

“As far as I know they are the only two former plantation sites who have rejected the white dominated narrative, to look at these sites as places of memory for those held captive and enslaved and for those whose families survived,” Halifax said.

“These two sites hold promise as places of healing where slavery, its legacy, and American racism can be examined. In the end, I think Roots has had an important and lasting impact.

(Read the entire series: Slavery Part 1, Slavery Part 2, Slavery Part 3, Slavery Part 4, Slavery Part 5)

White Person Who Jumped Vaccine Line in Black Area Shares Their Story Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media On Feb. 22, a White Pasadena resident says “they” received an e-mail from a friend containing access codes to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in a nearby neighborhood that is predominantly Black. The problem? Those codes were meant for people in Latino and Black communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic.

Last week, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services sent about 1,000 access codes to community groups that were to be used to register people for vaccinations in Los Angeles and Oakland, according to spokesperson Brian Ferguson. However, these codes were leaked. This resulted in people who the codes were not intended for reserving appointments and showing up at vaccination sites in heavily Black and Latino communities.

“I was excited. I felt a rush to sign up at the chance to keep myself safe,” a White Pasadena resident accused of jumping the line in Black communities told California Black Media (CBM).

“I’m thinking about getting pregnant and knowing I could be safe from COVID before that happened would be really reassuring,” said the person who spoked to CBM on the condition of anonymity.

The incident brings to life the two dueling opinions in an enduring, deeply controversial and divisive public fight over race and state policy in California, a state where Proposition 209 outlawed affirmative action or any consideration of race in public employment, public education or public contracting in 1996. On one hand, the unauthorized use of the codes underscores how race-based policy may have unintended outcomes when implemented, leaving some people feeling left out or overlooked. On the other hand, it reveals the importance of targeting funding – in this case life-and-death assistance -- to particular racial and ethnic minorities who may be most affected by a specific problem.

Explanation of Access Code Fiasco California Gov. Gavin Newsom responded last week, sharing what he plans to do to remedy the fiasco.

“We’re going to go away from group codes to individual codes,” Newsom said. “We don’t like to see those abuses.”

Newsom has since said that he plans on “revamping” the program.

According to Ferguson, state officials believe that most of the outsiders who received the codes did not misuse them intentionally.

“When I found out the codes were not meant for us, I was frustrated,” the Pasadena resident said. “I wouldn’t have cut the line if that’s what I knew we were doing, but I’m embarrassed to say I didn’t realize that was happening.”

According to the Los Angeles Times, this was a common story amongst nonresidents who received codes that weren’t meant for them.

The Pasadena resident, whose preferred pronouns are they, their, and them, said, after visiting the state online vaccine portal, “My Turn,” they entered their race and address into the system. However, the system did not inform them that they could not use the access code.

“We put in our information, including race and zip code and it didn’t deny us. There was no mention in the email or on the website,” they said.

Upon realizing what had happened, they attempted to correct the mishap on their end.

“My husband and I had conversations about it and decided to cancel our appointments,” they said.

This resident, along with many others, expressed outrage, complaining that the system did not efficiently assist those it was designed to help.

“I’m so angry that the system puts the responsibility on the recipient to do the right thing and be educated enough to know what is going on,” they said. “It feels like a conspiracy.”

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: April 5, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

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

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PUBLIC NOTICE shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: January 27, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Diane Lucci Campos 6711 Valleyview Dr Apt 1 Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Phone: (661) 567-4429 E-Mail Address: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO CONTINUE INITIAL SEVERANCE HEARING CASE NO.: JS519660 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA In re the Matter of: TA’ANI R.A. QUIDACHAY, A Minor Child.

Petitioner having submitted her Motion to Continue Initial Severance Hearing Currently Scheduled for December 4, 2020 at 9:30 A.M., and GOOD CAUSE having been shown.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED continuing the Continue Initial Serervance Hearing Currently Scheduled for December 4, 2020 at 9:30 A.M. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED continuing the Continue Initial Severance Hearing to the 29th of March, 2021 at 1:30 P.M. Dated 12/8/2020 Signed By: Commissioner Nicole D. Stoutner BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 2021 CITATION Freedom From Parental Custody and Control (ABANDONMENT) Re: ADOPTION) Case Number BAT-21-003004 Superior Court of California, Count of Kern, 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 In the Matter of MEMPHIS LEON KIMBALL, Minor A person who should be declared free from the custody and control of his parent or parents.

To TYLER SETH KIMBALL and to all persons claiming to be the father or mother of said minor person(s) above named.

By order of this Court you are hereby cited and required to appear before the Judge Presiding in Department B of the above entitled court on March 19, 2021, at 8:30 a.m. 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 his parents according to the petition on file herein. For failure to attend, you will be deemed guilty of a contempt of court.

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NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED. 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 PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY: Lindsey Impagliazzo Kimball 6308 Devon Drive Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Telephone: (661) 858-9703 E-mail: lindseykimb@gmail.com ATTORNEY FOR: IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0140 Doing business as: JAMES AIR CONDITIONING 7 HEATING, INC. at 2100 Deerfield St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JAMES AIR CONDITIONING 7 HEATING, INC., CA, 2100 Deerfield St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: PAUL JAMES, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/09/2005 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: January 15, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on January 15, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0293 Doing business as: KABAYAN REMITTANCE at 1609 S H St. Ste. B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LORELIE F WHITLOCK, 3801 Kennedy Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LORELIE F WHITLOCK The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/03/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: January 22, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COUNTY OF KERN’S FY 2020-2021 AND PRIOR YEAR ANNUAL ACTION PLANS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS On April 13, 2021, the County of Kern Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing to provide the opportunity for public comment regarding proposed amendments to the County’s FY 2020-2021 and prior year Annual Action Plans for Community Development Programs for Home Investment Partnerships Program(HOME) Benton Park Cottages HOME Project #33.18.4. Project consists of the acquisition, design, permits,and construction of a proposed 25 unit affordable rental housing development, featuring 16 onebedroom units and 8 three-bedroom units limited to households with income below 60% of the Area Median Income and one manager unit. The HOME funds will be provided as a 55-year residual receipt, 3% interest rate loan. Twelve(12) units in the Project, as agreed to by County and Developer, will be designated as Fixed HOMEAssisted Units. Housing Authority of the County of Kern will be the property owner, manager, and developer.

Due to unprecedented increases in construction material costs, particularly lumber and now electrical related items, the low bid came in over the construction budget. On December 17, 2019, County of Kern approved funding $2,000,000 to partially finance the affordable rental housing development. Housing Authority of the County of Kern request additional HOME funds of $504,000 to help make up the shortfall for a total loan amount not to exceed $2,504,000. Project is expected to begin construction in April 2021.

Project is located at 2341 Terrace Way, Bakersfield, east of Hwy 99 and south of Hwy 58. Assessor’s Parcel Number 147-170-03-00-9. The project site is zoned R-3 PD High Density Residential and is a total of 2.84 acres.

The County of Kern Planning and Natural Resources Department has determined that with the incorporation of mitigation proposed, the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required.

Immediately after the public hearing, the Board will consider the following actions: a.

Approval of amendment to the County’s FY 2020-2021 and prior year Annual Action Plans for Community Development Programs as provided herein;

b.

Authorization for the Director of the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department to sign and submit all documentation related to the amendment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The public hearing is scheduled for: Location:

Board of Supervisors Chambers County Administrative Center 1115 Truxtun Avenue, First Floor Bakersfield, California 93301

Date: Time:

April 13, 2021 2:00 P. M. or thereafter

Comments and/or questions prior to the public hearing concerning the proposed amendments can be directed to Catherine Vasquez, Housing Programs Manager at: Planning and Natural Resources Department Community Development Division 2700 M Street, Suite 250 Bakersfield, California 93301 Phone: (661) 862-5062 Facsimile: (661) 862-5052 TTY Relay: (800) 735-2929 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (Government Code Section 54953.2) The Board of Supervisors Chamber is accessible to persons with disabilities. Disabled individuals who need special assistance to attend or participate in a meeting of the Board of Supervisors may request assistance at the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Fifth Floor, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California or by calling(661) 868-3585 or via TTY Relay: (800) 735-2929. Every effort will be made to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities by making meeting material available in alternative formats. Requests for assistance should be made five (5) working days in advance of a meeting whenever possible.

Published Bakersfield News Observer March 3, 2021

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another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on January 22, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B2978 Business Name you wish to abandon: KABAYAN REMITTANCE Street address of business: 1609 S H St. Ste. B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: LORELIE F WHITLOCK, 3801 Kennedy Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: LORELIE F WHITLOCK, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: January 22, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0249 Doing business as: FIRST CHOICE CARPET CARE at 1303 Shasta St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHRISTOPHER MULCAHY, 1303 Shasta St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHRISTOPHER MULCAHY The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: January 20, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on January 20, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0367 Doing business as: WIRELESS FINANCING AND REPAIRS at 3699 Ming Ave. Ste F, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: WIRELESS PLANET LLC, CA, 1463 White Ln., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: AYAD ABDO ALI NAHSHAL The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: January 27, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on January 27, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0263 Doing business as: TORRES TIRES at 6215 Windy River Ln., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: EFRAIN ALEXANDER TORRES, 6215 Windy River Ln., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: EFRAIN ALEXANDER TORRES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/11/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: January 21, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on January 21, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0444 Doing business as: GCS TRANSPORTATION at 2436 Torino

PUBLIC NOTICE Ct., Delano, Ca. 93215 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: SANTIAGO ESPINOZA, 2436 Torino Ct., Delano, Ca. 93215 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: SANTIAGO ESPINOZA 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: February 1, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100248 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: RUBY VENTURA AND ESTEBAN VENTURA FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: RUBY VENTURA AND ESTEBAN VENTURA for a decree changing names as follows: Present name NATHAN FRANCISCO GARCIA Filed a petition with this court Proposed name NATHAN FRANCISCO VENTURA THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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

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

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: February 4, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: RUBY VENTURA AND ESTEBAN VENTURA 2400 La Siesta Drive Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Phone: (661) 302-8501 E-Mail Address: ruby.ventura@ yahoo.com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 2021 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MICHAEL ALEX GIBSON CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002088

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MICHAEL ALEX GIBSON

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICKY MIKE GIBSON in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro Justice Building THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICKY MIKE GIBSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to pprobate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Mar 18, 2021 Time: 10:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by

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the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided on Probate Code section 9100.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (for DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate code section 1250. A request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Joseph Lechman 1200 Pasco Camarillo, Suite 295 Camarillo, Ca. 93010 Telephone: (805) 389-7374

to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 3, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LARAE JANETTE SMITH CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002091

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LARAE JANETTE SMITH

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KARI MCCASLIN in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro Division THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KARI MCCASLIN 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: Mar 12, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided on Probate Code section 9100.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (for DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate code section 1250. A request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Brandon B. Holladay, SBN 217788 The Law Offices of Young & Nichols 1901 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911 Fax: (661) 861-7932 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (Y&N) PUB: Feb 17, 24, Mar 3, 2021

������������������������������� 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 (March, 10 2021) at 6:00 pm.

K021 Joy Lasserre – Misc., Victoria Erwinschiskie – Misc., BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0498 2021-B0499 2021-B0500 2021-B0501 Doing business as: ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE / ADVANTAGE REAL ESTATE GROUP / ADVANTAGE REALTY / ADVANTAGE REAL HOME SERVICES at 1121 W Valley Blvd. Ste I-319, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: SARA E LAWRENCE, 22651 Jerry Dr., Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: SARA E LAWRENCE The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/12/2016 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: February 3, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0551 Doing business as: 45 LIFE at 4900 California Ave Ste 210B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: BOYER BRANDS LLC, CA, 1463 White Ln., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: GREGORY R BOYER, CEO 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: February 8, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 8, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B5373 Business Name you wish to abandon: LEGACY HEARTH Street address of business: 708 Elsey St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: TMMR, INC., 708 Elsey St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: MARISA BANKS, Managing Member This statement of abandonment filed on: February 2, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0601 Doing business as: REHNA RAIYA at 10807 Gainsborough Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RR GROUP LLC, CA, 10807 Gainsborough Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: PARNEET D. JHAH, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/29/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: February 9, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 9, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0785 2021-B0786 2021-B0787 Doing business as: ARCVIEW SERVICES / ARCVIEW TAX CONSULTING / ARCVIEW CONSULTING at 9208 Lacroix Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MICHAEL D. ORLOFF, 9208 Lacroix Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MICHAEL D. ORLOFF The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/11/2010 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: February 18, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 18, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0743

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Doing business as: THE LIGHT TOWER at 3402 Amazon Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JENNIFER LUCHIEN, 3402 Amazon Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JENNIFER LUCHIEN 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: February 17, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 17, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021

¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

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

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil.

Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): THE DUNNING LAW FIRM APC Donald T. Dunning (144665) James MacLeod (249145) 4545 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 200 San Diego, Ca 92123 DATE (Fecha): 07/30/2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by EVAN MORAN, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021

18, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 18, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021

������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100265 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: JAIME CASTILLO & JOAHNA BOTELLO FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JAIME CASTILLO & JOAHNA BOTELLO for a decree changing names as follows: Present name JAIME JEREMIAS CASTILLO JAIME CASTILLO ZABALA Filed a petition with this court Proposed name JEREMIAH JAMES CASTILLO JAMES CASTILLO THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Apr 13, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

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

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: February 9, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Jaime Castillo & Joahna Botello 10800 Montemar Dr Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Phone: (805) 539-8767 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-013237 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ANTONIO J TORRES LARA, an individual; DANA EMARICELA TORRES MORALES, an individual; and DOES 1 to 5, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): SUNSTREET ENERGY GROUP, LLC, a limited liability 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 SelfHelp 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.

������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100235 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: SYRIA TINAJERO FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: SYRIA TINAJERO for a decree changing names as follows: Present name SALVADOR SAMUEL TINAJERO Filed a petition with this court Proposed name SAMUEL TINAJERO THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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

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

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Other: Non-petitioning parent to be served as required by CCP Sec. 1277 Date: February 3, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Syria Tinajero 2701 Ming Ave. Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Phone: (661) 447-6655 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0788 Doing business as: LEFT COAST DESIGN STUDIO at 6308 Devon Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LINDSEY IMPAGLIAZZO KIMBALL, 6308 Devon Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LINDSEY IMPAGLIAZZO KIMBALL The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 06/01/2009 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: February

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0826 Doing business as: CAFE TORI at 5440 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LATA CORPORATION, CA, 5440 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: SUNG WON YOON, CFO/LATA CORPORATION The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/10/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: February 19, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 19, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0645 Doing business as: RUSTIC & REFINED INTERIORS at 1420 19th St., Ste B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 3815 Hoffman Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Full name of registrant: RHONDA LEE FAUCETT, 3815 Hoffman Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RHONDA FAUCETT 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: February 8, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 8, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0708 Doing business as: PEDIATRICS FOR ALL at 4550 Panama Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: 2700 F St. Suite 210, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Full name of registrant: PEDIATRICS FOR ALL, INC., 4550 Panama Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: DR. NIRANJAN DASS, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: February 12, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 12, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): FCS055152 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MOISES ALEXANDER JUAREZ AGUILAR ALEXANDER SUAREZ YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ANDREA BALLIN, VALERIA BALLIN NOTICE! You have been sued.

PUBLIC NOTICE

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 SelfHelp 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 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): OLD SOLANO COURTHOUSE, 580 Texas Street, Fairfield, Ca. 94533 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): John A. Fetto 129472 Law Offices of John A. Fetto 45 Quail Court, Suite 112 (925) 9444955 Walnut Creek, Ca. 94596 DATE (Fecha): 08/05/2020 D. HERTZ, Clerk (Secretario), Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B0491 Doing business as: OPEN HEART at 6106 Martinque Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PINKY LINITHICUMN, 6106 Martinque Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PINKY LINITHICUMN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/14/2015 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: February 2, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on February 2, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 2021

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Pushing Law to End “Slavery” in California’s Prisons

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including Ladera Heights and Baldwin Hills -- says she wants to build off the momentum of similar laws recently passed in Colorado, Nebraska and Utah.

“As it currently reads, the Constitution of California prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude ‘except to punish crime,’” she said. “The California Abolition Act would remove such conditional language, abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude without exception.”

Brown’s wife Jamilia Land, who lives in Sacramento, is a member of the Abolish Slavery National Network (ASNN), an organization committed to ending all forms of slavery in the United States. She is also the co-founder of A.S.A.P, an organization that advocates for the mental health and well-being of children impacted by police or community violence.

With Land’s input, Brown drafted the original language that appears in Kamlager-Dove’s bill. Along with other Sacramento community activists, the couple has worked closely with the Assemblymember’s office and others in the state legislature to lobby for the bill.

“We are very excited. My husband and I are strong supporters of ACA 3. Our organization and ASNN now have 30 states on board,” Land says. “Senator Jeff Merkely of Oregon is working on this legislation on a federal level, and we are building a coalition here in California while working with a national steering committee.”

Kamlager-Dove, who calls involuntary servitude “modern-day slavery,” has written to her legislative colleagues asking them to support the bill by becoming coauthors.

“The U.S. House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment in 1865, codifying what is commonly considered the outlawing of slavery and involuntary servitude nationwide,” Kamlager-Dove wrote in the letter.

“California was the second state -- behind Oregon -- to ratify the amendment. However, conditional language remains in both the federal constitution and that of our state’s.”

In California, there are an estimated 115,000 people incarcerated, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. Based on the demographics of the state prisons and county jails, Blacks are 10 times more likely to be imprisoned than whites. Black men alone account for 28.5 % of the prison population although they make up under 6 % of all adult Californians.

Kamlager-Dove said neither the California Constitution nor the state courts require physical labor as a condition of imprisonment. But she points out that most incarcerated prisoners end up working in jobs that can pay them as little as 8 cents an hour.

Sometimes in California, prisoners are given an option to volunteer to work. For example, CalFire hires inmates who are serving time in minimum security prisons through its Conservation (Fire) Camps program and pays them $2 a day when they are on duty and $1 a day when they are not. The program saves the state between $90 million and $100 million annually, according to Bill Sessa, a

Samual Brown an inmate at a correctional facility in Lancaster, CA. (Courtesy Photo)

spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Brown says many of the businesses that have profited from the prison industrial complex are the same ones now investing in rehabilitative programs.

“The prison industrial complex is not one corporation or one group of people. We have to attack the beast and deconstruct it from many angles,” said Brown.

On March 5, Land says ACA 3 co-sponsors are organizing a rally in Sacramento at a location to be decided.

“We have to educate the public,” says Land. “Instead of tearing down statues, we need to be tearing down statutes.”

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State Announces Immediate Action Agreement For Relief To Californians Experiencing Pandemic Hardship

By Estrella Ramos South Kern Sol Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom and California legislators reached an agreement on an expanded relief package for state residents. Its purpose is to provide additional support to individuals, families, and small

businesses who have been economically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We’re nearly a year into this pandemic, and millions of Californians continue to feel the impact on their wallets and bottom lines. Businesses are struggling. People are having a hard time making ends meet,” said Senate President

pro Tempore Atkins. “We are at a critical moment, and I’m proud we were able to come together to get Californians some needed relief.”

The Immediate Action Agreement carries multiple key provisions that will impact families, students, and small businesses.

The additional plans for direct relief are aimed to assist those who have been disproportionately burdened by the COVID-19 recession, such as, households with incomes below $30,000 and those who have unfairly excluded from previous stimulus payments in the past.

The agreement will issue $600 in one-time relief to households receiving the California EITC for 2020 and taxpayers with Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITINs) who were precluded from receiving the $1,200 per person federal payments issues last spring and the more recent $600 federal payments.

Households with income below $75,000 will also be eligible.

Furthermore, an additional $24 million will be used to fund other local financial assistance programs and services. Also, $35 million will be used for food banks and diapers. This money will help address problems within a community as it recognizes specific needs.

Childcare insecurity has become a prevalent issue as many districts have yet to open their campuses. Many essential workers struggle to find childcare when they must still go to work.

The agreement is predicted to serve almost 400,000 children by adding $400 million in new federal funds to provide stipends of $525 per enrolled child for all statesubsidized child care and preschool providers. It is projected

to provide resources that will extend childcare services for essential workers up until June 2022.

College students have also been specifically targeted to be impacted by this agreement.

Emergency financial aid, amounting to $100 million go towards qualifying low-income students carrying six or more units, at community colleges. Award amounts will be decided locally, by early April.

Additionally, about $6 million will be used towards support outreach and application assistance to University of California, California State University, and California Community College students made newly eligible for CalFresh, the state-administered federal program for supplemental food assistance.

Qualifying businesses will receive more grants and be eligible for additional exemptions in the treatment for loans provided through the Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP). The agreement will partially conform California tax law to new federal tax treatment for loans provided through the PPP. This would allow companies to deduct up to $150,000 in expenses covered by the loan.

Fee waivers will also be available to eligible restaurants and bars licensed through the state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and barbering and cosmetology individuals and businesses licensed through the Department of Consumer Affairs. In total, this will have the potential to impact almost 659,000 businesses.

“From child care, relief for small business owners, direct cash support to individuals, financial aid for community college students, and more, these actions are critical for millions of Californians who embody the resilience of the California spirit,” Newsom stated in a press release.

Orrin West

Orson West

B.P.D. Press Release on Orrin & Orson West TWO MISSING BOYS (March 1, 20201)-The Bakersfield Police Department is now the primary or lead agency for the investigation into the December 21, 2020 disappearance of Orrin and Orson West and the circumstances surrounding it. The California City Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation will continue to have active roles in the investigation.

The primary or lead agency is responsible for investigative strategies, obtaining information, resource allocation and fact compiling. Due to facts now known to investigators, and the circumstances surrounding the disappearance, the City of Bakersfield is a historical nexus to the children.

The Bakersfield is asking for anyone who had contact with Orrin and/or Orson West within the past year, regardless of the context, to contact us via Secret Witness at (661) 322-

4040. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts, circumstances or history of the little boys is encouraged to share that information with law enforcement by utilizing the Secret Witness tip-line at (661) 322-4040.

We understand the public outcry for information regarding the ongoing efforts to locate Orrin and Orson West. Significant resources have and will continue to be allocated to explore all tips, investigative leads and possibilities; however, specific information regarding law enforcement efforts, strategies and knowledge will not be released to protect the integrity of the investigation. Our goal is the return of the boys and the investigation will continue until that is accomplished.

All inquiries regarding this investigation should be directed to the Bakersfield Police Department.

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