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Readiness to Reopen: Leaders Gauge COVID Threat in Black Communities

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Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media With California set to do away with most of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions and prepare to fully reopen on June 15, some Black leaders and medical professionals are taking stock of the pandemic’s impact on Black communities.

They are also tracking readiness in those areas to return to business as usual.

As of May 7, over 60% of Californians had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. And 44% of people in the state are now fully vaccinated.

But the road to this point of the state’s journey to recovery has not been easy, says Dr. Jerry P. Abraham, who leads outreach programs at the Kedran Community Health Center in South Los Angeles.

“We drove up to the county Department of Public Health warehouse, we banged on those doors, we jumped up and down, we screamed, and we shouted,” Abraham said. “We waved our hands, ‘where are our vaccines?’ And we left with 100 doses that day.’”

Abraham shared his story during a webinar about the state’s COVID-19 recovery efforts organized by California Black Media in collaboration and the Center at the Sierra Health Foundation.

Not long after the pandemic started, the Kedran Community Health Center swiftly responded to provide people in South Los Angeles – many of them frontline

healthcare workers and the elderly, with as many vaccines as they could get their hands on, Abraham said.

Dr. Oliver Brooks, Chief Medical Officer, Watts Healthcare Corporation, a community health center located in South Los Angeles, initially saw inequity in access to the vaccine in the Black community, but says, with time, things got better.

“Quite frankly right now, the vaccine is fairly widely available. An individual who has anything more than a passing desire to get vaccinated can get vaccinated,” Brooks said. “That being stated, in California, African Americans are 5% to 6% of the population and only 3.7% of those getting vaccinated. I don’t see it right now as an access issue more so than a complacency issue.”

David Tucker, spokesperson of the California Department of Public Health Vaccinate All 58 campaign, says even though the state has set June 15 as the date for reopening, it doesn’t mean that everything is back to normal.

“We still need to be cautious. We still need to wash our hands and wear masks when appropriate,” he said. “We need to get vaccinated. California has come together and truly met the moment and saved countless lives. COVID-19 rates and hospitalizations have been steadily decreasing and our vaccinations efforts continue to increase.

So far, in California, there has been about 3.8 million

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California Corporate Boards are Made Up Only 2% Black Women Quinci LeGardye California Black Media While the representation of women on the boards of California publicly traded companies has increased over the past few years, Black women remain disturbingly underrepresented.

In fact, African Americans account for only 2 % of all women serving on corporate boards, according to a report the California Partners Project (CPP) recently released.

The annual report follows the Women on Boards Law also known as Senate Bill (SB) 826. Signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2018, SB 826 requires publicly held corporations based in California to have at least one female member on its board of directors by the

end of 2021, with the minimum number increasing based on the number of board seats.

“I am mindful that there is still room for more diversity on corporate boards and California can do better achieving gender-diverse corporate boards for the benefit of our state, its economy, and above all, its people,” said California Secretary of State Shirley Weber.

Weber’s office is responsible for enforcing SB 826.

Under the law, companies that are not in compliance with SB 826 by the end of year could be fined up to $100,000.

According to the CPP report, the number of female board members overall has increased by over 500 across California since SB 826 passed, but a majority of the women being appointed to serve on California’s corporate

boards are White.

Across the state, a total of 1,483 women now serve on corporate boards. Although White women make up 18.5 % of California’s population, they hold 20.2 % of those corporate board seats.

The report states, “Women on corporate boards have been shown to drive business growth, with a triple bottom line model of environmental responsibility, social responsibility, and strong governance practices. Before us now is the opportunity to fill more board seats with women of color, whose unique perspectives and experiences can lead our state — and the world — into a future of greater Continued on page A2

CA Reparations Effort Governor Appoints Five Members to Task Force

Bo Tefu California Black Media Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his allotment of five of nine representatives to the nation’s first-ever Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The state task force is being assembled to meet the mandate of the Assembly Bill (AB) 3121, a landmark legislation Gov. Newsom signed into law last September 2020 that aims to promote racial justice and equity.

Earlier this year, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) appointed two other members to the task force: Sen. Steve Bradford (D-Gardena) and San Diego city Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) is tasked with appointing the two remaining members.

AB 3121, which was authored by California Secretary of State Shirley Weber when she served in the state Assembly, mandates that the task force must submit written reports, “with a special consideration for African Americans who are descendants of persons enslaved in the United States.”

The nine task force members will study the deeprooted legacy of slavery and the expressions of systematic racism African Americans have encountered over centuries in the United States. The legislation also calls for scholars assembled by the Regents of the University of California to draft a research proposal analyze how the state and country have benefitted from slavery.

“California is leading the nation, in a bipartisan way, on the issue of reparations and racial justice, which is a discussion that is long overdue and deserves our utmost attention,” Newsom said.

Newsom selected an interdisciplinary team of academics, community leaders, and lawyers to spearhead the state’s effort.

He said each member of the task force has, “an expansive breadth of knowledge, experiences and understanding of issues impacting the African American community is the next step in our commitment as a state to build a California for all.”

The Black Leadership Council (BLC), a statewide organization of African American leaders in California, says it is “committed to ensuring reparations discussions can and will continue in California.”

The group applauded Sen. Steve Bradford (D-Gardena), who is a member of the reparations task force, and other members of the California Legislative Black Caucus for keeping the issue “front and center” in California politics.

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Florida School Halts Use of Book About a Black Boy’s Killing FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – A Florida school board is halting the use of a fictional book about a Black boy who is killed by a white officer after a police union complained to the school district that is antipolice “propaganda.”

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported the children’s fiction book “Ghost Boys” by Jewell Parker Rhodes was used in one fifth grade class at an elementary school in Coral Springs, Florida, without going through the district’s vetting process.

A school board member said assignments related to the book were on hold.

“The timing of whether to implement this subject matter must include parents and ultimately be a decision by the parents of each student,” school board member Lori Alhadeff told the newspaper. “I do not feel ‘Ghost Boys’ is appropriate for fifth graders.”

Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that rates TV shows, movies, books and other content based on children’s development, says the book is appropriate for children who are 10 and older, the age of fifth graders.

The book was published in 2018, and it is told from the point of view of a 12-year-old bullied Black boy in Chicago who is shot dead by a white police officer while playing with a toy gun, recalling the 2014 killing of Tamir Rice, in Cleveland.

In the wake of the killing, the ghost boy narrates how his family and the community is impacted, and befriends the daughter of the officer, who is the only living person who can see him, and Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago whose beating death in 1955 helped spur the civil rights movement.

The director of the local Fraternal Order of Police, Paul Kempinski, asked Broward County School Board members in a letter to stop using the book. He wrote he was upset by the friendship between the daughter and the boy saying he “ultimately convinces her that her father shot and killed him because her police officer father is a liar and a racist.”

“Our members feel that this book is propaganda that pushes an inaccurate and absurd stereotype of police officers in America.”

The book was removed from a California school district late last year, according to the National Coalition Against Censorship.

Broward County Public Schools district told the newspaper the book was “supplemental” material and could be considered by teachers who want to delve into racial and criminal justice issues. But the district said the teachers who assigned the book did not follow protocol of informing parents to give them a chance for their children to opt out of the assignment.

It was previously used in the same school district at Pines Middle School, where a seventh grade book club spoke via Skype with the Black author.

Commemorative Police Coin Criticized for Offensive Design KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A commemorative coin that was designed to honor the Kansas City Police Department’s vice unit is being widely criticized.

The coin, which was to feature an image of a 1970s-era pimp with a biracial complexion on one side and a handcuffed brown-skinned woman in a sexually suggestive pose on the other side, was never produced but it was advertised in the department’s newsletter in January.

Mayor Quinton Lucas on Thursday said he had seen a rendering of the coin, which hasn’t been released publicly, and he told department leaders he was displeased.

“I thought it was repugnant at the time and shared that sentiment as soon as I learned about it with department leadership,’’ Lucas said.

Shortly after the coin was advertised, Police Chief Rick Smith told the Board of Police Commissioners he found the image offensive and had launched an investigation into how it had been approved, according to an image of the email obtained by The Kansas City Star.

“On a personal note, I truly apologize to anyone that was offended,’’ Smith wrote. “I can tell you that I am too offended. This should never have happened. A Vice detective who sanctions this type of image should be closely scrutinized for his or her position in that unit.’’

Community activists said the coin’s design raises questions about the culture inside the department.

“This is yet another disturbing example of the severity of systemic racism inside the KCPD,’’ said Gwen Grant, president/CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. “The very fact that such a coin could be designed and promoted among the rank and file is unconscionable.”

Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jacob Becchina said the department has changed how it manages the production of such coins.

“Command staff determined the coin should not be approved for production,’’ Becchina said in an email to The Star. “If an individual wants to produce a challenge coin depicting some aspect of the department or unit that has to be approved by that respective chain of command.’’

Police officials declined to say whether anyone was disciplined related to the coin’s design.

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Civil Rights Groups Sue Georgia Over New Sweeping Voter Suppression Law “This law is driven by blatant racism, represents politics at its very worst, and is clearly illegal,” said Sophia Lakin, deputy director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. “We urge the court to act swiftly to strike it down.” (shutterstock photo)

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equity, prosperity, and health for everyone.”

The report found that although women now hold 26.5 % of California’s public company board seats, only 6.6 % are held by women of color, who make up 32 % of California’s population. The report also found that Latinas hold 1 % of the seats on California’s corporate boards.

Responding to the report’s findings, CPP, an organization California First Partner was co- Jennifer Siebel Newsom co-founded, is calling for California’s publicly held companies to fill upcoming board vacancies with people of color. The recommendation also falls in line with the mandate of another law on corporate board representation, the Underrepresented Communities on Boards law or Assembly Bill (AB) 979.

AB 979, which was signed into law in September 2020, requires California-based publicly held corporations to have at least one board member from an underrepresented minority in the state by the end of 2021.

The report also includes strategies for recruiting women of color to corporate boards. Informed by focus groups CPP organized, recommendations include guidance that encourages corporation executives and recruiters expand their insular networks; expand their definition of qualified; think of diversity as an opportunity; and seek difference over conformity.

ATLANTA — Civil rights groups have filed a new federal lawsuit against Georgia’s sweeping law that makes it much harder for all Georgians to vote, particularly voters of color, new citizens, and religious communities.

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and law firms WilmerHale and Davis Wright Tremaine brought the case on behalf of the Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Georgia Muslim Voter Project, Women Watch Afrika, Latino Community Fund Georgia, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The law being challenged is S.B. 202, which was passed by the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in under seven hours last Thursday. These elected officials’ actions follow the 2020 presidential election and the 2021 runoff elections for two seats to the U.S. Senate that saw record turnout of voters, particularly Black voters, in Georgia.

The elections were celebrated not just for their turnout, but also for their integrity, with Georgia officials praising them as safe and secure. But rather than act to expand participation in the political process, Georgia leaders responded by doing what they have done many times in the state’s history: they placed burdensome, unjustified, and unnecessary restrictions on voters, particularly voters of color and other historically disenfranchised communities. The lawsuit challenges multiple provisions in S.B. 202, including the:

• ban on mobile voting

• new narrow identification requirements for requesting and casting an absentee ballot

• delayed and compressed time period for requesting absentee ballots

• restrictions on secure drop boxes • out-of-precinct provisional ballot disqualification • drastic reduction in early voting in runoff elections • perhaps most cruelly, ban on “line warming,” where volunteers provide water and snacks to Georgians, disproportionately those of color, who wait in needlessly long lines to cast their vote These provisions, the lawsuit charges, violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and infringe on Georgians’ rights under the First, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

“This law is driven by blatant racism, represents politics at its very worst, and is clearly illegal,” said Sophia Lakin, deputy director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. “We urge the court to act swiftly to strike it down.”

“…The provisions of the new law and the manner in which it was enacted reflect a thorough disregard for the sanctity of protecting the right to vote and a headlong and determined zeal to diminish Black political power in Georgia,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s president and director-counsel. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

“Legislators and Governor Kemp ignored the very obvious lessons from the election in 2020 and runoffs in 2021: expand safe and secure access to the ballot, codify innovations to voting, and provide additional resources to cash-strapped counties,” said Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director for the SPLC. “Instead, to appease conspiracy theorists and amplify deadly lies about past elections, Georgia’s leaders have chosen to pass into law S.B. 202, which makes it more difficult for every Georgian — but particularly Georgians who are members of historically disenfranchised communities — to vote in a safe, secure, and convenient manner and have that vote counted. In so doing, the defendants have violated federal law and the U.S. Constitution, and we turn to the federal courts and U.S. Congress to address the incredible harm S.B. 202 will have on our clients.”

“S.B. 202 is perhaps the most bold and shameful voter suppression legislation enacted in the modern era.

Its purpose and target are clear: to create barriers to voting for Black voters who turned out in record numbers for the November 2020 presidential election and the January 2021 special election. The provisions of the new law and the manner in which it was enacted reflect a thorough disregard for the sanctity of protecting the right to vote and a headlong and determined zeal to diminish Black political power in Georgia,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s president and director-counsel. “This is a powerful moment for democracy in this country. S.B. 202’s attempt to disenfranchise Black voters in Georgia harkens back to the most shameful days

of voter suppression in the decades before the civil rights movement. That this law was passed in Georgia, less than a year after the death of one of the state’s greatest heroes, Representative John Lewis, is shameful. In his name, we will fight to strike down this illegal attempt to undo his legacy. Anything less represents a grave threat to the future of our democracy and inherently undermines the notion of equality for all.”

“Democracy depends upon people expressing their voices freely through their votes,” said WilmerHale partner Debo P. Adegbile. “The Georgia omnibus voting obstruction law is a prime example of modern voter suppression and erodes democracy. A great deal has changed in Georgia but the commitment to brazenly disenfranchise voters clearly has not.”

“S.B. 202 attacks the most sacred foundations of our democracy. But in this country, the law secures every American citizen the equal right to make their voice heard at the ballot box, no matter who they are. And we intend to vindicate that right in court,” said Adam Sieff, attorney at Davis Wright Tremaine.

The lawsuit, Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp, was filed in federal court in Atlanta.

Complaint: https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/ sixth-district-african-methodist-episcopal-church-v-kemp Statement: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/ civil-rights-groups-sue-georgia-over-new-sweeping-votersuppression-law

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that existed within the United States and the colonies.”

The task force also needs to choose, “the form of compensation that should be awarded, the instrumentalities through which it should be awarded, and who should be eligible for this compensation,” the bill reads.

According to the bill, over 4 million African Americans were enslaved in the United States from 1619 to the year slavery was abolished in 1865.

The bill focuses on, “Leveling the playing field in our society and ensuring that everyone has a fair shot at achieving the California dream,” according to Newsom.

Newsom’s task force appointments include four people of African descent and one Japanese American. They all have a credible track record of advocating for racial justice and equity in their respective communities. According to the legislation, Senate confirmation is not required for members of the task force, but they are eligible for a daily allowance for no more than ten meetings.

Newsom’s appointees are: · Dr. Amos Brown, 80, an award-winning civil rights leader and respected Bay Area pastor whose leadership

journey started under the tutelage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the 1960s. He protested alongside the Freedom Riders, a multiracial group of activists who fought segregation laws in the South during the Jim Crow era. He is also the current president of the San Francisco Branch of the NAACP and a Member of the organization’s board of directors. · Dr. Cheryl Grills, 62, is a clinical psychologist and professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Grills achieved international recognition for her research on racial trauma, healing, and implicit bias in the African American community. She also serves as a member of a few congressional caucuses and leads national COVID-19 initiatives focused on communities of color. · Lisa Holder, 49, is a trial attorney who owns a law firm in Southern California. Holder is well known as an advocate for racial and social justice with more than two decades of legal experience. · Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, 38, is an economic anthropologist and geographer whose research includes reparations, race, and economic inequality in the U.S.

and Caribbean. Lewis is the chair of the Department of Geography at the University of California Berkeley, where he also works as an associate professor. · Don Tamaki, 69, is an attorney best known for the Supreme Court case of Korematsu v. the United States.

Tamaki overturned the conviction of Fred Korematsu who refused to be taken into custody during the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in World War II. The case boosted the Redress Movement, a social movement inspired by landmark court cases that shaped human rights for Japanese Americans. Tamaki is also the co-founder of ‘Stop Repeating History,’ an intersectional campaign that aims to create public awareness on reparations and racial equity.

Once the team has a total of nine members, the task force will host its first meeting on June 1, 2021. The task force will also elect its own chair and vice-chair who will be supported by staff from the Office of the General Attorney of California.

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COVID-19 cases and 62,269 deaths from complications of the disease. Health officials have administered more than 60 million COVID tests and administered over 32 million vaccines, according to the California Department of Public Health.

Tucker said four million of those vaccines were administered in areas hit hardest by COVID-19.

But only 25 % of Black Californians have been vaccinated so far.

“We have come a really long way since the beginning of this pandemic,” said California’s Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris. “We are able to connect with other people again – it’s good for our health psychologically and emotionally.

But to maintain the low numbers of COVID cases in California, Burke Harris said people have to continue to get vaccinated and spread the word to their family members and people in their community about the importance of getting the COVID shot.

Burke Harris said it’s also important for people who get vaccinated to include their race. She says it makes it easier to track how many African Americans in California are getting vaccinated and make the case for more resources to increase those numbers if they are low.

On testing, Brooks explained why he feels people are no longer regularly checking to see if they are infected with COVID. He says it has become less of a priority in California but assured that the decline isn’t much cause for concern.

“But the reason for not getting tested, from what we can ascertain, has nothing to do with hesitancy, just not noting the need,” Brooks said. “I think that because of the vaccine, the virus is just not circulating as much and there’s not the urgency that is felt for providing COVID-19 [tests].”

Brooks mentioned that there have been some holdouts for getting vaccinated but, according to him, that is to be expected.

“There will always be a hardcore percent of any given population, that hovers around 15 to 20% in America, that for COVID vaccines are saying ‘I’m not doing it,’” Brooks said.

Despite these holdouts, Brooks thinks California will be relatively safe to reopen in June.

“There was a section of the population where their mindset was ‘wait and see.’ The number of the ‘wait and see’ is on its way down and those who are fully vaccinated are on the way up,” Brooks said. “What we are seeing with the

Black community is a continued uptake of vaccinations.”

The Rev. K.W. Tulloss, pastor of Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles and president of the Baptist Minister’s Conference of LA, says although the number of COVID cases are decreasing, it is still important for leaders to continue encouraging people to get vaccinated and tested when necessary.

“It is very important that we as a faith community, rise and come together to push the importance of this vaccination. We in the faith community have been distant over the past year. Many of our members have been afflicted. We have lost loved one. We have done funerals virtually,” he said.

In order to get back to a sense of normalcy, Tulloss continued, “It is very important that we look for opportunities to push this vaccine.

“We have to continue to educate, continue to encourage our faith community to rise up and recognize the importance of getting vaccinated. We’re tired of going to funerals because of COVID. We’re tired of being separated and isolated because of COVID,” he said.

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R&B Singer Aaron Neville, 80, Retires from Touring

By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Fans of the sweet, melodic sounds of New Orleans’ legendary vocalist Aaron Neville won’t have many opportunities to hear him live from now on.

In posts Thursday on his official website and via social media, Neville announced his official retirement from touring.

Now 80, Neville said embarking on multi-date tours is no longer appealing.

“The time has come for me to stop ripping and running on the road,” Neville wrote. “I waited for someone to invent a way to beam me from show to show but no such luck. ... Unfortunately, the grueling nature of travel and the schedule needed to make a tour work has become less than desirable. The current climate of our world brought me many realizations. Life is short and I’d like to spend my remaining time on this earth being less hurried.”

Still, Neville said his love for singing has not waned.

“It provides so much joy for me, at least as much as for those listening, if not more,” he said.

“Don’t see this as a permanent goodbye, by the grace of God, I will keep making more music and may show up

at a special event or concert down the road,” he promises.

Neville hasn’t performed live since March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic caused concerts to come to an abrupt halt in the U.S. Instead, he has livestreamed solo performances from Freville Farm, the 12-acre home in upstate New York where he and his wife, photographer Sarah A. Friedman, have lived since 2013.

The virus is of great concern to Neville, whose old age and asthma makes him especially at risk of developing a severe case of COVID-19.

“I don’t want to get sick,” Neville said in an article last year written for AARP. “So, I canceled my tour dates and we’ve been home and isolated on our farm in New York.”

Neville’s solo career flourished after the 1966 release of “Tell It Like It Is” and a later collaboration with Linda Ronstadt on “Don’t Know Much” and “All My Life.”

He also garnered much of his fame from his work with the Neville Brothers, an R&B, funk and soul group that was based in his hometown of New Orleans and also consisted of his brothers Art, Charles and Cyril.

The group, which formally disbanded in 2012, was known for closing out the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival’s two-weekend run each spring.

Lloyd Price, Singer and Early Rock Influence, Dies at the Age of 88

By HILLEL ITALIE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ‘n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88.

Price died Monday at a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, New York, of complications from diabetes, his wife, Jacqueline Price, told The Associated Press on Saturday.

Lloyd Price, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, was among the last survivors of a postWorld War II scene in New Orleans that anticipated the shifts in popular music and culture leading to the rise of rock in the mid-1950s. Along with Fats Domino and David Bartholomew among others, Price fashioned a deep, exuberant sound around the brass and swing of New Orleans jazz and blues that placed high on R&B charts and eventually crossed over to white audiences.

“Very important part of Rock history. He was BEFORE Little Richard!” rock singer and E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt said Saturday on Twitter.

“Lawdy Miss Clawdy of 1952 has a legit claim as the first Rock hit.... Righteous cat. Enormous talent.”

Price’s nickname was “Mr. Personality,” fitting for a performer with a warm smile and a tenor voice to match.

But he was far more than an engaging entertainer. He was unusually independent for his time, running his own record label even before such stars as Frank Sinatra did the same, holding on to his publishing rights, and serving as his own agent and manager. He would often speak of the racial injustices he endured, calling his memoir “sumdumhonkey” and writing on his Facebook page during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests that behind his “affable exterior” was “a man who is seething.”

Born in Kenner, Louisiana, one of 11 siblings, Price had been singing in church and playing piano since childhood. He was in his late teens when a local DJ’s favorite catchphrase, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” helped inspire him to write his boundary-breaking first hit, which he worked on in his mother’s fried fish restaurant.

Featuring Domino’s trademark piano trills, “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” hit No. 1 on the R&B charts in 1952, sold more than 1 million copies and became a rock standard, covered by Elvis Presley and Little Richard among others.

But Price would have mixed feelings about the song’s broad

appeal, later remembering how local officials in the Jim Crow South resisted letting both blacks and whites attend his shows.

Price was drafted and spent the mid-1950s in military service in Korea. He began a career restart with the 1957 ballad “Just Because,” and hit the top with the brassy, pop-oriented “Stagger Lee,” one of the catchiest, most celebratory songs ever recorded about a barroom murder.

Written by Price, “Stagger Lee” was based on a 19th century fight between two Black men _ Lee Shelton, sometimes known as Stag Lee, and Billy Lyons _ that ended with Shelton shooting and killing his rival. Their ever-changing legend was appearing in songs by the 1920s, and has inspired artists ranging from Woody Guthrie and Duke Ellington to Bob Dylan and the Clash.

Price’s version opened with a few spoken words that had the understated tension of a crime novel: “The night was clear, the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling ... down.” The band jumps in and Price shouts out the story of Stagger Lee and Billy fighting over a game of dice, concluding with a bullet from Stagger Lee’s 44 passing through Billy and breaking the bartender’s glass.

“Go Stagger Lee!” a chorus chants throughout.

The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart early in 1959, but not everyone was entertained.

“American Bandstand” host Dick Clark worried the song was too violent for his teen-centered show and pressed Price to revise it: For “Bandstand” watchers and some future listeners, Stagger Lee and Billy peacefully resolve their dispute.

“I had to go make up some lyrics about Stagger Lee and Billy being in some kind of squabble about a girl,” Price told Billboard in 2013. “It didn’t make any sense at all. It was ridiculous.”

Price followed with the top 10 hits “Personality” and “I’m Going To Get Married” and the top 20 songs “Lady Luck” and “Question.” He fared no better than many of his contemporaries once the Beatles arrived in the U.S. in 1964, but he found his way into other professions through a wide range of friends and acquittances. He lived for a time in the same Philadelphia apartment complex as Wilt Chamberlain and Joe Frazier and, along with boxing promoter Don King, helped stage the 1973 “Thrilla in Manila” between Frazier and Muhammad Ali and the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” championship fight between Ali and George Foreman. He was also a home builder, a booking agent, an excellent bowler and the creator of a line

of food products.

His career in music continued, sporadically. He and his business partner Harold Logan started a label in the early 1960s, Double L Records, that gave an early break to Wilson Pickett, and they also ran a New York nightclub.

But after Logan was murdered, in 1969, Price became so disheartened he eventually moved to Nigeria and didn’t return until the 1980s. He would become a favorite on oldies tours, performing with Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis among others.

He settled in New York with his wife, but was not

forgotten back home. A street in Kenner was renamed Lloyd Price Avenue and for years Kenner has celebrated an annual Lloyd Price Day. Price would credit clean living and steady focus for his endurance.

“I never drank, smoked, used drugs or had bad habits,” he told interviewer Larry Katz in 1998. “I’d drive a taxi cab to get me the food I need to live. I never was starstruck. I had 23 hit records and I never looked for the next record to hit. I never had that need that they had to be somebody. I just wanted to be.”

Ulta Beauty,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement Thursday. “We stand against racism in all forms and as we've publicly shared in our social channels, we stand in unity with the AAPI community. We believe it's important

that our partners share our values. Our discussions with Conde Nast are actively underway as we seek to better understand their next steps and determine ours.”

McCammond, 27, was a noted political journalist before Conde Nast announced earlier this month she'll replace Lindsay Peoples Wagner at digital-only Teen Vogue. Soon after the announcement, since-deleted tweets stretching back to 2011, when McCammond was in college, resurfaced, including several using racist and homophobic stereotypes. McCammond is Black.

While Teen Vogue has stood by McCammond's appointment, detractors have spoken out on social media and McCammond has apologized. More than 20 staff members at Teen Vogue posted a statement Monday saying they've written management in support of readers and others alarmed by the tweets, noting that they come at a time of “historically high anti-Asian violence and amid the ongoing struggles of the LGBTQ community.''

McCammond had worked for Axios and was an on-air contributor for MSNBC. In her latest apology, posted on social media, she said: “This has been one of the hardest weeks of my life, in large part because of the intense pain I know my words and my announcement have caused so many of you. ... I've apologized for my past racist and homophobic tweets and will reiterate that there's no excuse for perpetuating those awful stereotypes in any way.''

The tweets first surfaced in 2019, when she said she was “deeply sorry'' and that the posts “do not reflect my views or who I am today.''

A spokeswoman for Teen Vogue did not immediately respond to an email request for comment Thursday.

Ulta Beauty's ad pause was first reported by The Daily Beast.

The company has had problems of its own. It has faced accusations of racial profiling of customers in stores and criticism over a lack of diversity in brands it carries. The company recently hired actor and fashion icon Tracee Ellis Ross as a diversity and inclusion adviser as it has started to implement a broader initiative on those fronts. Those steps include a promise to double the number of Blackowned brands available on their shelves and a $20 million campaign to reach out to customers of color and other underrepresented groups.

Ulta Beauty Pauses Teen Vogue Ad Spending

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – A major advertiser at Teen Vogue, the retailer Ulta Beauty, has paused ad spending at

the Conde Nast publication amid a growing outcry over anti-Asian tweets by the site's new editor in chief, Alexi McCammond.

“Diversity and inclusion have always been core values at

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1676 Doing business as: THE STEPHENS WORKSHOP at 703 Graham Peak Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GLEN STEPHENS, 703 Graham Peak Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GLEN STEPHENS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 3, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

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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): Superior Court of California, County of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, California 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): Alana B. Anaya, Eq. SBN: 195758 Anaya Law Group 2629 Townsgate Road, Suit 140 Westlake Village, Ca. 91361 Telephone: (805) 230-9222 DATE (Fecha): 01/13/2021 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), GINA SALA, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1473 Doing business as: JAVI’S MOBILE NOTARY at 10435 Avignon Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JAVIER MENCHACA ACUNA JR, 10435 Avignon Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JAVIER MENCHACA ACUNA JR The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: March 25, 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 March 25, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1884 2021-B1885 Doing business as: SHAUNYCAKES / BROWN SUGA BAKERY at 1300 R St. Unt 16, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DASHONDA SPRATLEY, 1300 R St. Unt 16, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GLEN STEPHENS 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: April 8, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on April 8, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1889 Doing business as: DILIGENTMINDSET at 430 A St. Apt #B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MANUEL FLORES JR, 430 A St. Apt #B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MANUEL FLORES JR The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/29/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 8, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

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������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1934 Doing business as: JJ’S BBQ at 6410 Olive Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JONATHAN JONES, 6410 Olive Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JONATHAN JONES 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: April 10, 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 April 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1988 Doing business as: KINDER PEDIATRIC DENTAL SPECIALIST at 3130 Union Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MR RAYMOND DENTAL CORPORATION PC, CA, 3130 Union Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: RACHEL PAFAHL, Manager The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/22/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 12, 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 April 12, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2016-B7176 Business Name you wish to abandon: KINDER PEDIATRIC DENTAL SPECIALIST Street address of business: 3130 Union Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: EDWARD E. DOVE, DDS, 11442 E. Bella Vista Dr., Scottsdale, Az.. 85259 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: Corporation SIGNED: RACHEL L. PAFAHL, General Manager This statement of abandonment filed on: April 1, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-21-010167 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JOSHUA ESTES FRANKS and DOES 1 through 40 inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ALTA ONE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 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

������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-013121 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DOE 1, JASON SCOTT ALVAREZ, and Does 2 to 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ANCHOR GENERAL INSURANCE CO 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. ¡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.

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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): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, 118226 Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers 272643, James E. Delaney 292600, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 286540) DATE (Fecha): 07/21/2020 Tamarah Harber-Pickens, Clerk (Secretario), by Evan Moran, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual.

4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12/21 CNS-3461977# BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1484 Doing business as: R N D PLUMBING at 22480 Vaquero Dr., Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RANDY DEAN GRAHAM, 22480 Vaquero Dr., Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RANDY DEAN GRAHAM The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: March 26, 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 March 26, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 21, 28, May 5, 12, 2021 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JAMES N THRAILKILL CASE NUMBER: BPB-20-002986 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JAMES N THRAILKILL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HEATHER WEST in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metropolitan Division - Justice Building THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that HEATHER WEST 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: Jul 30, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and

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state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Petitioner: Heather West 11205 Cave Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Telephone: (303) 807-7411

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, Esq. SBN 217788 The Law Offices of Young & Nichols 1901 Truxtun Aveenue Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911

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 April 2, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021

The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: JOE COLOMBO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/3/1995 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 6, 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 April 6, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GENEVA MORRIS CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002345 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GENEVA MORRIS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by OLIVIA GANDY and VALENCIA CHAMBERS in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metropolitan Division - Justice Building THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that OLIVIA GANDY and VALENCIA CHAMBERS 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: May 27, 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 the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided on Probate Code section 9100.

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

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

Petitioner: Olivia Gandy and Valencia Chambers 1741 Cheatham Ave. Apt. 5 Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Telephone: (661) 371-9198 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (LHC) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 2021

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF EMIL JOHN SCHAUB CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002200 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of EMIL JOHN SCHAUB A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JORDAN RYAN SCHAUB 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 JORDAN RYAN SCHAUB 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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Aug 6, 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

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (Y&N) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 2021

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KEN LEO MAYNARD CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002342 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KEN LEO MAYNARD A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KAMRA LYNCH in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KAMRA LYNCH 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: May 27, 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 the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided on Probate Code section 9100.

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

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

Petitioner: Kamra Lynch 7108 Noah Ave. Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Telephone: (661) 809-2613 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (CCA) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 2021

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2024 Doing business as: NAGLE EARTHWORKS at 831 Espee Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: TATE NAGLE, 5192 Vista Grande, Weldon, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: TATE NAGLE The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/29/2005 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 12, 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 April 12, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1659 Doing business as: RIO MIRADA PARTNERS at 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: KENNETH ALTERGOTT, 6308 Ridgeway Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: JOE COLOMBO, 5207 Ursa Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: CARLA EICHMAN, 12000 Bedfordshire Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: JOSEPHINE LENCIONI, 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: JOE COLOMBO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/9/1997 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 2, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1772 Doing business as: LAVARE INVESTMENT GROUP at 2949 Petrol Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Full name of registrant: KENNETH ALTERGOTT, 6308 Ridgeway Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: JOE COLOMBO, 5207 Ursa Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: CARLA EICHMAN, 12000 Bedfordshire Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: JOSEPHINE LENCIONI, 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: RICHARD BUSSARD, 1501 Jenkins Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: LYLE HUNWARDSEN, 2289 S Blake Ranch Road, Kingman, Az. 86401 Full name of registrant: JOSEPH JOHN LENCIONI ESTATE, 2801 Adee Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: MARY PREUSSER, 5701 Pembroke, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: JIM LENCIONI, 25015 68th Street, Los Molinos, Ca. 96055 Full name of registrant: MICHAEL VALENTI, 3305 Falcon Street, San Diego, Ca. 92103 Full name of registrant: RON VALENTI, 6808 Topaz Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: JOE COLOMBO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/3/1995 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 6, 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 April 6, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1769 Doing business as: INC INVESTMENTS at 3209 Landco Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Full name of registrant: KENNETH ALTERGOTT, 6308 Ridgeway Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: JOE COLOMBO, 5207 Ursa Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: CARLA EICHMAN, 12000 Bedfordshire Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: MARY PREUSSER, 5701 Pembroke, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: RICHARD BUSSARD, 1501 Jenkins Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: MICHAEL VALENTI, 3305 Falcon Street, San Diego, Ca. 92103 Full name of registrant: RON VALENTI, 6808 Topaz Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: JOSEPHINE LENCIONI, 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: JOE COLOMBO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 722/1992 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 6, 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 April 6, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1771 Doing business as: HYS INVESTMENTS at 34782 Lencioni Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Full name of registrant: KENNETH ALTERGOTT, 6308 Ridgeway Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: JOE COLOMBO, 5207 Ursa Court, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: CARLA EICHMAN, 12000 Bedfordshire Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: JOSEPHINE LENCIONI, 3211 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: RICHARD BUSSARD, 1501 Jenkins Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: LYLE HUNWARDSEN, 2289 S Blake Ranch Road, Kingman, Az. 86401 Full name of registrant: JOSEPH JOHN LENCIONI ESTATE, 2801 Adee Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: MARY PREUSSER, 5701 Pembroke, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: ROCKY SPENCER, 4005 Raven Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: MICHAEL VALENTI, 3305 Falcon Street, San Diego, Ca. 92103 Full name of registrant: RON VALENTI, 6808 Topaz Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1932 Doing business as: GUERO TIRES SERVICE at 624 Columbus St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PAULO SERRANO, 624 Columbus St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PAULO SERRANO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/30/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 10, 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 April 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2145 Doing business as: SWAN’S LASHES at 3213 Clearwater Dr.., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: SWANYELL C. BEAMON, 3213 Clearwater Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: SWANYELL C. BEAMON The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 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 April 17, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B4105 Business Name you wish to abandon: LINKS4ED Street address of business: 1206 Radcliffe Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: JEANNE VARGA, 1206 Radcliffe Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: SARAH CLAYTON, 15550 Sequoia Grove Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 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: Corporation SIGNED: SARAH CLAYTON, Partner This statement of abandonment filed on: April 5, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100829 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: ERICA N CERVANTES and JONATHAN EDUARDO GUADARRAMA PACHECO FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ERICA N CERVANTES and JONATHAN EDUARDO GUADARRAMA PACHECO for a decree changing names as follows: Present name DANTE IVAN CERVANTES Filed a petition with this court Proposed name DANTE IVAN GUADARRAMA CERVANTES 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

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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: June 17, 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: April 15, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Erica N Cervantes and Jonathan Eduardo Guadarrama Pacheco 14028 Comanche Dr. Arvin, Ca. 93203 Phone: (661) 497-0508 E-Mail Address: ericapacheco1992@ icloud.com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Apr 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2021

Full name of registrant: NENA’S COCINA MEXICANA LLC, CA, 5914 Hatchville Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: YOLANDA CONARD, 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: April 26, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on April 26, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: VICENTE MORGAN AGUILAR, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: April 27, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHRISTOPHER NEAL EDWARDS CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002303 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CHRISTOPHER NEAL EDWARDS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by KELLY MOLLNER in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Probate Court THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KELLY MOLLNER 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: Jul 30, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Daniel A. Hunt Paul Grow (PL-467722) Law Offices of Daniel A. Hunt 798 University Avenue Sacramento, Ca. 95825 Telephone: (916) 488-9788 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 2021

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1832 Doing business as: ARCO. AMPM at 4203 Ming Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 620 Panjon St., Hayward, Ca. 94544 County: Kern Full name of registrant: GRAND AVENUE COAST INC, CA, 4203 Ming Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: JASWANT S. BRAR, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 7/10/2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 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 April 8, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2310 Doing business as: NENA’S KITCHEN at 5914 Hatchville Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: 4725 Panama Ln. #D3-345, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2104 Doing business as: DSM DRAFTING SERVICES at 2811 Summit Circle., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DOMINIQUE MILLER, 2811 Summit Circle., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DOMINIQUE MILLER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 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 April 15, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2398 Doing business as: KLUE FIT 2 FLEX FITNESS at 2611 F Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 3412 Rio Grande Ln., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Full name of registrant: KYLE WATKINS, 2611 F Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: KYLE WATKINS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/1/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 28, 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 April 28, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2374 Doing business as: FIRST IMPRESSION at 9605 Valley Forest Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: VICENTE MORGAN AGUILAR, 9605 Valley Forest Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: CANEEL TOBIAS AGUILAR, 9605 Valley Forest Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: VICENTE MORGAN AGUILAR The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/02/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 27, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on April 27, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B5066 Business Name you wish to abandon: FIRST IMPRESSION Street address of business: 9605 Valley Forest Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: VICENTE MORGAN AGUILAR, 9605 Valley Forest Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: CANEEL TOBIAS AGUILAR, 9605 Valley Forest Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2273 Doing business as: CHAKRA FITNESS at 7908 N Laurelglen Blvd Apartment B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHELSEY ESPERANZA ALVAREZ, 7908 N Laurelglen Blvd Apartment B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHELSEY ESPERANZA ALVAREZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/1/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 26, 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 April 26, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B5685 Business Name you wish to abandon: CHAKRA FITNESS Street address of business: 7908 N Laurelglen Blvd Apartment B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: CHELSEY ESPERANZA ALVAREZ, 7908 N Laurelglen Blvd Apartment B, 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: Individual SIGNED: CHELSEY ESPERANZA ALVAREZ, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: April 26, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2332 Doing business as: BINS AND BASKETS at 15226 Dobbs Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RANDI NICOLE MASON, 15226 Dobbs Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RANDI NICOLE MASON 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: April 27, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on April 27, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2339 Doing business as: JV BEAUTY at 9509 Thistlewood Ct. Apt A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOEY HUY PHAM, 9509 Thistlewood Ct. Apt A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JOEY HUY PHAM The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/27/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 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 April 27, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

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NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1949 Doing business as: CULTIVATING OAKS WELLNESS at 7708 Palodura Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GEORGINA NIEMEYER, 7708 Palodura Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GEORGINA NIEMEYER 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: April 10, 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 April 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1800 Doing business as: ACCOUNT ON US BOOKKEEPING at 6719 Jerno Dr. #A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: PO Box 13154, Bakersfield, Ca. 93389 County: Kern Full name of registrant: TAMARA LYNNAE JONES, 6719 Jerno Dr. #A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: TAMARA LYNNAE JONES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 5/1/2006 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 7, 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 April 7, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2442 Doing business as: EDP445 at 5100 Ming Ave Apt D10, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: BRYANT TURHAN EMMERSON MORELAND, 5100 Ming Ave Apt D10, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: BRYANT TURHAN EMMERSON MORELAND 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: April 29, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 April 29, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2400 Doing business as: STEVEN & SON WATER SERVICE at 13401 Pergola Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: STEVEN CARROLL UNDERWOOD, 13401 Pergola Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: STEVEN CARROLL UNDERWOOD 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: April 28, 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 April 28, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2291 Doing business as: COCO STUDIO at 4600 Berkshire Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ABEL HINOJOSA, 14600 Berkshire Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Full name of registrant: AMINA COKER, 14600 Berkshire Rd., Bakersfield,

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Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: ABEL HINOJOSA 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: April 26, 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 April 26, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B1982 2021-B1983 Doing business as: CLEANING FOR WELL-BEING / ONENESS LOVE at 5504 Sage Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ESMIRNA LILIBETH GIPSON, 5504 Sage Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ESMIRNA GIPSON 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: April 10, 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 April 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2499 Doing business as: THE SUITE ESCAPE at 12623 Willowdale Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANGELICA MARIA CALVILLO, 12623 Willowdale Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: CHANEL LEE PALMER, 13715 Pemberley Passage Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: CoPartners SIGNED: ANGELICA MARIA CALVILLO 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: April 30, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 April 30, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B0757 Business Name you wish to abandon: WL NICHOLS ENTERPRISES Street address of business: 4900 California Ave. Ste. 210B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 2412 Mountain Oak Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: WILLIE ELMER NICHOLS III, 2412 Mountain Oak Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: WILLIE ELMER NICHOLS III, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: April 26, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B0758 Business Name you wish to abandon: NICHOLS INSPECTIONS Street address of business: 4900 California Ave. Ste. 210B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 2412 Mountain Oak Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: WILLIE ELMER NICHOLS III, 2412 Mountain Oak Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual

PUBLIC NOTICE SIGNED: WILLIE ELMER NICHOLS III, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: April 26, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B0545 Business Name you wish to abandon: LA STUDIO BROWS BEAUTY Street address of business: 1000 Mohawk St. Apt 32, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: LAURA ALVAREZ MENDOZA, 1000 Mohawk St. Apt 32, Bakersfield, Ca. 9330 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LAURA ALVAREZ MENDOZA, President This statement of abandonment filed on: April 28, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2574 Doing business as: VEGA BUYS HOUSES at 6009 Hartman Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JULIEN ANDRE VEGA, 6009 Hartman Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JULIEN ANDRE VEGA 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: May 3, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 May 3, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2576 2021-B2577 Doing business as: HIGH LEVEL HOLLYWOOD / SMOKE THE MIC at 9121 Bolero Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: 2851 West 120th Street, Hawthorne, Ca. 90250 County: Kern Full name of registrant: TIER ONE MEDICAL, CA, 9121 Bolero Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: DARRYL CRUTCHFIELD, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/29/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 3, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 May 3, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2590 Doing business as: TM SIGNS AND GRAPHICS at 3232 Rio Mirada Suite C2, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHILEAN MIRTH, CA, 10604 Hinderhill Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: TRINA MOORE, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/1/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 3, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 May 3, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 �������������������������������

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2376 Doing business as: VERTEX at 1505 S. Fairfax Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: VERTEX QSR INC, CA, 1505 S. Fairfax Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: ESA ALI, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/1/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 27, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, 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 April 27, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2639 Doing business as: ECM DESIGNS at 5101 Marsha St Apt 176, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: EMIKO CHANTELLE MACKINS, 5101 Marsha St Apt 176, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: EMIKO CHANTELLE MACKINS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/1/2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 4, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 May 4, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2431 Doing business as: DEL TACO 1245 at 2933 N Chester Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: 10209 Paradiso Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 County: Kern Full name of registrant: MOHAMMAD ADEEL KHAN, 10209 Paradiso Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MOHAMMAD ADEEL KHAN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/28/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 28, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 April 28, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2015 Doing business as: HOUSE OF DISCOUNTS at 3200 Stine Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 1812 Hughes Ln., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Full name of registrant: EDWIN PALENCIA, 1812 Hughes Ln., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: EDWIN PALENCIA 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: April 12, 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 April 12, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2207

PUBLIC NOTICE Doing business as: KEMASES ROYAL RECYCLING at 3100 Edmonton St. #A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHRISTOPHER K. VENTURA, 3100 Edmonton St. #A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHRISTOPHER K. VENTURA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/1/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 22, 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 April 22, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2642 Doing business as: RAINBOW CATERING & SPECIAL EVENTS at 1616 Dimare Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LARRY ROLAND, 1616 Dimare Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LARRY ROLAND 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: May 4, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on May 4, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2612 Doing business as: KERN IMAGE at 11102 Guaranda Place, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: HAILEY RENEE BUCK, 11102 Guaranda Place, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: HAILEY RENEE BUCK The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/1/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 3, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R PADILLA, 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 May 3, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2503 Doing business as: FIT RAPID ACADEMY at 5640 District Blvd. #118, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANGELO DARIO BARBUTO, 3900 Riverlakes Drive Apt 13E, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANGELO DARIO BARBUTO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/21/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: April 30, 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 April 30, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2533 2021-B2534 Doing business as: BB & A KENNELS / BB & A PARTY RENTALS at 4411 Rushmore Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: BB &

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ASSOCIATES LLC, CA, 4411 Rushmore Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: VANESSA BONNER, Manager 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: May 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).

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Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DANIELLE JULIET BELL, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: May 5, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021

above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 3, 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 May 3, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2651 Doing business as: THE BEAUTY LAB at 12623 Willowdale Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHANEL LEE PALMER, 13715 Pemberley Passage Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: ANGELICA MARIA CALVILLO, 12623 Willowdale Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: CHANEL LEE PALMER 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: May 4, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

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������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2689 2021-B2690 Doing business as: GIFT OF LIFE RESOURCE CENTER / GIFT OF LIFE HOME FOR PREGNANT TEENS at 7904 Tule Creek Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DANIELLE JULIET BELL, 7904 Tule Creek Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DANIELLE JULIET BELL The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/6/2014 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 5, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA, 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 May 5, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B2578 Business Name you wish to abandon: GIFTOF LIFE RESOURCE CENTER Street address of business: 7904 Tule Creek Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: DANIELLE JULIET BELL, 7904 Tule Creek Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313

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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B2579 Business Name you wish to abandon: GIFT OF THE HOME FOR PREGNANT TEENS Street address of business: 7904 Tule Creek Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: DANIELLE JULIET BELL, 7904 Tule Creek Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DANIELLE JULIET BELL, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: May 5, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J LUNA Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2617 2021-B2618 Doing business as: INDIE GOURMET BURGERS / TAILORED BURGERS at 6305 Grant Wood Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: INDERPAL SEKHON, 6305 Grant Wood Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: INDERPAL SEKHON The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B2779 Doing business as: NEIL’S CARE at 3801 Heisey Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: 208 L Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Full name of registrant: JANEIL TATIANA NORWOOD, 208 L Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JANEIL TATIANA NORWOOD The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/26/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 6, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on May 6, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021

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������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-21-011111 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): EVELYN LEIGH HERNANDEZ and DOES 1 through 40 inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ALTA ONE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 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. ¡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.

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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 Avenue, Bakersfield, California 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): Alana B. Anaya, Eq. SBN: 195758 Anaya Law Group 2629 Townsgate Road, Suit 140 Westlake Village, Ca. 91361 Telephone: (805) 230-9222 DATE (Fecha): 01/13/2021 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), GINA SALA, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E)

PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100851 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: ANGELICA RAMONA GAXIOLA FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ANGELICA RAMONA GAXIOLA for a decree changing names as follows: Present name ALEXANDRIA MARIE BARRERA Filed a petition with this court Proposed name ALEXANDRIA MARIE WILLIAMS 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: June 28, 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 (specify): Non-petitioning parent to be served as required by CCP Sec. 1277.

Date: April 26, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: ANGELICA RAMONA GAXIOLA 1504 Penny St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Phone: (661) 333-3825 E-Mail Address: hellcatwo@gmail. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100679 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: TYREN JAMES GARNICA FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TYREN JAMES GARNICA for a decree changing names as follows: Present name TYREN JAMES GARNICA Filed a petition with this court Proposed name TYREN LYNN FENSTERMAKER 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: June 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: March 30, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Dennis Oliver DEPUTY Petitioner: Tyren J Garnica Phone: (661) 304-1800 E-Mail Address: tyrengarnica@gmail. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2021 �������������������������������

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Health Insurance Just Got Too Cheap to Ignore

By Bernard J. Wolfson California Healthline If you are uninsured because health coverage seemed too expensive the last time you looked, it’s time to look again.

A new federal law could make it a whole lot cheaper to buy your own insurance if you don’t get coverage through an employer or a government insurance program such as Medicare or Medicaid.

The law, the American Rescue Plan, provides billions of federal dollars to reduce premiums for people who buy their coverage through the insurance exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. The aid expands a federal tax credit created by the ACA that you can take upfront as a discount on your premium or claim when you file your taxes the following year. It is not available for those who buy individual or family policies in the open market outside an ACA exchange. So, if you are in an off-exchange health plan, you might save a lot of money by switching to one inside the exchange.

Covered California, the state’s ACA exchange, opened a special enrollment period on April 12 for people who want to take advantage of the new aid by enrolling or switching coverage. The period runs through December — 4½ months later than the Aug. 15 special enrollment end date on the federally run exchanges.

Covered California estimates the new money will reduce its customers’ monthly premium bills by an average of $180 per household. Nearly 90% of Covered California enrollees already get financial aid, and many will now get more. Some enrollees who didn’t previously qualify for tax credits may now be eligible.

Darci Gutierrez, an insurance agent in Dublin, California, says a client with a large family saved $425 a month on a Blue Shield PPO at the silver tier — the secondlowest level in the ACA’s four-tier system of coverage.

“I was shocked at the amount of reduction in cost. I was like, ‘Holy cow,’” Gutierrez says.

The additional federal aid is slated to stop after 2022, which means your insurance could cost you more after that. But there is talk in Congress about extending the enhanced tax credits for longer.

The new law follows the lead of California, which provided groundbreaking state-funded tax credits starting last year to augment the ACA credits and push eligibility for aid well into the middle class. The new federal dollars will provide assistance even further up the income scale.

Covered California estimates 100,000 consumers with incomes too high to qualify for federal or state credits under prior law will now be eligible for subsidies averaging $500 a month per household.

The share of the new money going to California could be about four times as much as those state-funded subsidies and will completely replace them, saving the state about $761 million this fiscal year and next.

The newly enhanced federal tax credits take effect with

coverage that starts May 1. To get coverage for the first of any month, you need only sign up by the day before.

If you are currently enrolled in Covered California, you can keep your plan and take the savings, or you could

the state can get even more, and the exchange is spending more than $20 million on a television, radio and social media advertising blitz to drum up business. It is targeting in particular the approximately 810,000 uninsured

shop around and save even more — or switch to a higher level of coverage without increasing your monthly bill.

“It’s critical that anybody who buys coverage as an individual take a look, because they may be leaving hundreds if not thousands of dollars on the table,” says Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access, a Sacramento-based consumer advocacy group.

The new law, signed by President Joe Biden in March, also allocates money to provide virtually premium-free coverage — in 2021 only — for anyone, regardless of income, who receives unemployment benefits at any point during the year.

California is projected to get about $3 billion of the new federal money. Officials at Covered California think

Californians who are eligible for federal support under the new law.

“We need to rattle uninsured people to look again and realize this is new and different,” says Peter Lee, Covered California’s executive director. “If they think it’s just the same old same old, they ain’t going to check.”

Covered California is also marketing itself to an additional 270,000 people who are enrolled in health plans outside the exchange and would qualify for subsidized coverage if they switched to Covered California.

In an example used by Covered California in its promotional campaign, an Oakland couple making $77,580 a year, both 45 years old, pay the full monthly premium of $1,271 for a silver plan outside the exchange.

Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media Watching your tax dollars, elected officials and legislation that affects you.

It has been over 13 months since cops in Kentucky killed Breonna Taylor, and just shy of a year since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd.

These high-profile deaths of African Americans, along with many others sparked global protests and resulted in politicians and activists on the political Left calling on their cities to and counties to defund their police departments.

More precisely, many of are pushing their elected officials to reallocate money in police budgets to more social serviceoriented interventions in efforts to reduce the number of violent police encounters.

But some cities in California -- Sacramento, San Diego and Los Angeles -- are planning to do just the opposite.

From 2019 to 2020, Sacramento’s approved police budget saw an increase of over $7 million. This year, California’s capital city will spend a record $165.8 million on police, a $9.4 million increase.

However, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg says, by mid 2022, at least $10 million will be directed away from the police department toward the Department of Community Response.

“I’m not for ‘defunding,’” Steinberg told the Sacramento Bee. “There are some things that are part of running a city, like collective bargaining and binding arbitration, and genuine needs for the police department.”

“I’m not going to get pinned to the argument that the measure of whether or not we are investing in the community in an aggressive way is whether or not we’re taking the money directly from the police department,” he continued.

In San Diego, the city is planning to raise the police budget for the 11th year in a row.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria proposed a 3% increase for police spending next year, meaning that the police budget has ballooned by a total of 52% since 2008.

The city is introducing that increase with a decrease in library hours in an effort to offset those costs.

San Diego City Council President Georgette Gómez says that she planned to cut the police budget but former Mayor Kevin Faulconer would have vetoed that measure.

Gloria has expressed interest in reducing police spending over time also, but activists insist that more needs to be done.

In Los Angeles, after two reports from the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners admonished the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for their mishandling of several protests over the past year, the LAPD has announced that it wants a $67 million increase in its budget to contend with the costs of protest response reform.

During various protests in the summer of 2020, police made over 3,000 arrests with little to no accommodations for those arrested.

Police Chief Michel Moore admitted the protest response could have been handled better but asserted that most of his officers responded the way they did because of their training.

“While there were missteps and shortfalls in communication and command and control, especially from senior staff in the field, the vast majority of personnel performed admirably with their ongoing efforts to tirelessly serve the city, even in the face of antagonistic and violent crowds,” Moore wrote in a letter to the board of commissioners.

Training will be the primary focus of this proposed budget increase, according to Deputy Chief Dominic Choi.

Choi stated that much of the budget will be going towards salaries and overtime for extended training.

The Police Commission has not moved on the proposed budget and the LAPD needs the City Council’s approval before it can go into effect. However, Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed a $50 million increase in the police budget, much to the dismay of members of the Los Angeles Black Lives Matter organization.

While a couple of these budget proposals are still being deliberated and wouldn’t fully go into effect until next year, they are far cries from defunding the police.

Despite a growing chorus of voices against it, more Golden State taxpayer money will likely go toward

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By switching to the same plan in Covered California, they would pay only $550 — a monthly saving of $721.

If you are a current enrollee, Covered California — unlike the federally run exchanges — will automatically calculate your lower premium, and you will see a credit for May on your June bill. You will also reap that saving retroactively for the first four months of 2021 in the form of an additional premium reduction, in equal monthly installments, over the rest of the year.

If you are uninsured or in an off-exchange health plan, however, you need to take action. The money won’t just come to you. Research your options and enroll.

To find out if you qualify for federal assistance, log on to www.coveredca.com.

Click the “shop and compare” button to find the health plans available to you in your area, along with the monthly premium you will pay after your tax credit.

You can also click a button to get a call from a licensed health insurance agent who can help you figure it all out — without charging you. If you don’t have a computer, call Covered California at 800-300-1506.

In contrast to the federally operated exchanges, Covered California requires that people switching from off-exchange health plans into exchange-based ones be allowed to apply any deductible paid so far this year against the new policy, as long as they don’t change insurance companies. That flexibility also applies if you are exchanging one Covered California plan for another, but with more restrictions, so ask your health plan before you make any changes.

If you are coming to Covered California from the open market, it should be easy to keep doctors you like, since most off-exchange plans mirror ones in Covered California and have the same networks. But there are cases in which you would not be able to keep your doctors, so be sure to ask your insurer about it before making a final decision.

Another notable feature of the new federal tax credits is that they no longer carry upper-income limits for eligibility. Instead, the amount people pay in premiums is limited to a fixed percentage of their income, ranging from zero for low-income consumers to 8.5% for the most affluent.

For the 2020 tax year, the new law overrides a requirement that consumers whose incomes exceeded their original estimate pay back any subsidy amounts to which they are not entitled.

Tom Freker, an insurance agent in Huntington Beach, California, says one of his clients made a big profit on a property sale last year, which raised his income to a level that would have required paying back the $10,000 subsidy he received in 2020.

“But the new American Rescue Plan waived that repayment,” Freker says. “That’s a big deal.”

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Drought Conditions Worsening Across California and in Kern County at our doorstep,” Newsom announced last Wednesday.

Under the Drought Resilience Task Force, state agencies have been able to work together since November to prepare for continued dry conditions. Alongside the emergency proclamation made by Governor Newsome,

state agencies have also taken various actions to address dry conditions including the launching of a new drought preparedness website that details current conditions, the state’s response, and informational resources for the public.

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By Victoria Rodgers South Kern Sol California is in the midst of its second consecutive dry year, pushing the state to the brink of another drought.

The winter months are supposed to be the wettest for the state of California – but not this year, as 100 percent of the state is experiencing abnormally dry conditions and 85 percent of the state is experiencing severe drought conditions, according to the United States drought monitor.

As of now, Governor Gavin Newsom has only declared a drought emergency in two counties, Sonoma and Mendocino, and has directed state agencies to bolster drought resilience and prepare for impacts on communities, businesses and ecosystems if dry conditions extend to a third year.

“California is facing the familiar reality of drought conditions,” Newsom said in a press release on April 21.

“And we know the importance of acting early to anticipate and mitigate the most severe impacts where possible.”

While the western part of Kern County is severe drought conditions, the eastern side is experiencing extreme drought conditions. Consequently, Kern County’s water supply from the State Water Project has been reduced to

just five percent of full allocation due to low water storage and rainfall.

Ranking second in types of phenomena that are associated with billion dollar weather disasters, the impacts of droughts are proven to be extremely hazardous and have substantial societal, environmental, and socioeconomic risks. These risks include farmers losing money due to crop destruction, ranchers spending more money to feed and water their animals, plants and animals losing their habitats, the damaging of people’s health and safety, and a substantial increase in wildfire risk.

Californians are encouraged to reduce water use and conserve supplies in case these dry conditions extend into next year. Newsom’s state of emergency proclamation revealed that the governor has directed state agencies to work with regional and local governments to to identify watersheds, communities, public water systems and ecosystems that may require coordinated state and local actions to address drought impacts and protect people, natural resources and economic activity.

“Climate change is intensifying both the frequency and the severity of dry periods. This ‘new normal’ gives urgency to building drought resilience in regions across the state and preparing for what may be a prolonged drought

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CSUB Psychology Professors, Students Weigh In On The Mental Health Of Teens During The Pandemic

By Janell Gore South Kern Sol In March of 2020, many teenagers were taken out of their norm and forced to cut off the majority of their inperson socialization, and after a year of isolation, they are in the process of getting back to normalcy of interacting with friends and family.

This type of transition can have an effect on students, whether they were struggling before this pandemic or not.

Because of this transition, Cal State Bakersfield psychology professors and students say it is important for adults around

them to do what they can to make it smooth.

“To validate their struggles, that’s a struggle that them as a parent did not have to face so it’s hard to understand,” said Denisse Silva, a third-year CSUB psychology graduate student. “At that age it’s a pivotal part of their life to be around other people of their own age. That not bCSUB Psychology Professors, Students Weigh In On The Mental Health Of Teens During The Pandemic eing there, lets just have more compassion towards those kids.”

CSUB’s Masters in psychology program ranked number eight in the nation by psychologydegreeguide. org. The founder and CEO of psychologydegreeguide.org, John Samarin, told CSUB news that when choosing the colleges for the list they look at “…which schools truly excel when it comes to academics, curriculum, affordability and student support.”

“I think the main thing is we have a really good faculty.

They’re a pretty cohesive bunch. We approach training in very similar ways so there’s not a lot of division so we’re good at that,” said William Kelly, Associate professor and director of the MS Counseling in Psychology Program at CSUB. “Also, we have a really good clinic — our counseling training clinic. That, I think, is a big part in our success as well in really being able to train students well. It’s a service to the community as well cause it’s low cost therapy.”

The students in the program run the low-cost clinic.

For her clinical hours, has gotten to work with children during these past two years; however, this past year has presented a whole new challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic. “(The field) allowed us to kind of process the change with each other,” said Silva explaining how her professors made the transition, due to the pandemic, to online easier.

“They would hold space for us to talk about what this means and how it’s affecting us.”

Silva described the teacher holding that space as helpful because hearing other student’s tell how they had the same story and struggles helped her to realize how much she was affected and overwhelmed.

Because of the challenges the pandemic has presented to so many people, mental health has become a mainstream topic, and people are trying to find ways to help it improve, especially in teens.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only 59 percent of children with anxiety

get treatment. Some say it’s because receiving counseling or therapy carries a stigma, suggesting that something is wrong with someone if they need counseling.

However that is not the case and counseling can help people in many ways. Silva said her love for the field comes from seeing people who she described as having “no life” become joyful and happy again after receiving therapy.

However, therapy is not always a possibility for teens struggling right now during the pandemic. To help students in these situations, Silva also recommends giving kids activities that get them off of their phones and possibly outside. For schools she recommends opening up spaces for students to talk about what they are struggling with, like social anxiety groups.

As students transition back to in-person school, Kelly says all staff members can play a role in helping students maintain good mental health.

“I think (teachers) have to make a big effort to make sure that the kids are going to feel safe and included together to get over that awkward feeling,” said Kelly. “It’s mostly the adults who have to make a big effort to create these environments. The young folks, their only job should have to be becoming who they are and just feeling safe and secure in developing.”

Teen years are when a lot of people start developing their personality and communication with others has a big hand in that, experts say. One way for parents and teachers to help the students during this time is just to open the line of communication so kids feel comfortable coming to them for help.

“My advice would be to provide a support system to try your best to have dinner together, talk to your kids, share your life, and assure them that you’re there,” said Luis Vega, a social psychology professor at CSUB. “To know that there are support systems as a parent too. To reach and not be scared because all of us are in need of that support system.”

South High School Unveils New Mascot mascot name suggestions.

The committee believes its goal has been met- to recommend a change of the mascot that would give the community, students, staff, and the neighborhood an identity they could be proud of.

South High School administration, staff, and students, along with the South High Mascot Committee, were thrilled to unveil the school’s new mascot in the quad area on Friday, May 7, 2021, at 1 p.m.

South High School retired its Rebel mascot and is excited to celebrate the next chapter in the school’s journey by welcoming a new mascot that will exemplify strength, courage, and the spirit of the diverse student body and community.

“South High is a place of acceptance. Unfortunately,

when the two words South and Rebel are used together, there is a perception of identifying with segregation and racism. The time is right to end this perception and reminders of social injustice.” -Connie Grumling, Principal, South High School South High School alumna and former KHSD administrator Fuchsia Ward led the charge of the mascot committee comprised of South High alumni, staff, students, and community members. The committee would like to thank the community members who submitted

For additional information regarding the unveiling ceremony, please contact Erin Briscoe-Clarke, KHSD Public Information and Communications Manager, at (661) 827-3171, or Erin_Briscoe@KernHigh.org.

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