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14-Year-old Becomes First African American to Win Scripps National Spelling Bee After spelling the word “Murraya,” a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees, Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The contest has existed for nearly a century. “Now I get to get a nice trophy, which is the best part of any win,” Zaila exclaimed in an ESPN interview right after her history-making victory.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Zaila Avant-garde twirled around in a spin, her smile radiating from the clear braces covering her teeth as confetti fell from the ceilings.

The 14-year-old from Harvey, La., had reason to twirl and spin, and most importantly, she had more than enough reasons to smile.

After spelling the word “Murraya,” a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees, Zaila became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The contest has existed for nearly a century.

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Zaila Avant-garde made history Thursday as the first African American student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The word she spelled correctly to win was “Murraya,” which is a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees. Her victory during the final round also means she is the first Black champion since JodyAnne Maxwell in 1998. Lisa Desjardins reports on her life and accomplishments. (Photo: Screen Capture from PBS News Hour Video / YouTube)

major California cities.

Last year, Black people accounted for 6.5% of California’s population but were the targets of 30% of total hate crimes, an 87% increase from 2019.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who held a press conference to address the hate crime epidemic, promised to attack this issue head on.

“We need to be more victim-centered with how we address hate crime by providing care and healing in language and with cultural competence,” Bonta told Sacramento’s ABC10. “We need to strengthen our reporting and tracking system so that we can really get a handle on the full depth of the challenge.”

When it comes to hate crimes, Black Americans are the most targeted racial group in the country, with Anti-Black hate crimes making up 47.1% of all racially motivated hate crimes in 2018 and 48.5% in 2019.

According to the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations 2019 Hate Crime Report, 2019 also saw a 64% increase in hate crimes targeting trans people, many of which were Black or Brown, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

“Yet another year with alarming levels of biasmotivated crimes underscores just how urgent it is to address this hate crimes epidemic,” said Alphonso David, the Human Rights Campaign’s first Black president.

“This year, we saw a tragic new record of fatal violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people in this country, particularly against Black and Brown transgender women.”

2020 also saw a 107% increase in anti-Asian hate crime in California as racially motivated civil unrest ravished the country.

New Strain of Covid Proving Fatal to Unvaccinated People Manny Otiko California Black Media Don’t put away that mask. While the American public might be celebrating the lifting of the tightest COVID-19 restrictions in most parts of the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is far from over.

According to medical doctors, the United States is currently dealing with a new strain of the virus, the Delta variant, which is more lethal and virulent than previous strains. The Delta variant originated in India towards the end of last year and was first identified in America in March. The Los Angeles County Health Department is so worried about a new outbreak, it’s told residents to mask up again. “Since the Delta variant is more infectious than other variants, Public Health recommends wearing a mask around others in indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status,” said the LA County Department of Health

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Black Caucus: Several Legislative Aims Were Met

DOVER, Del. (AP) – The Delaware Legislative Black Caucus says that several of its legislative aims were met during the General Assembly’s latest session.

The Delaware State News reported Sunday that the caucus’s Justice for All Agenda focused on addressing systemic racial injustice and police brutality.

Goals that were achieved included banning chokeholds by police and requiring law enforcement officers to utilize body-worn cameras. There is also a mandate to record custodial interrogations. And in most cases, there will be no more public disseminations of juvenile mugshot photos.

The caucus’s goals were announced in June 2020 shortly after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody and other prominent deaths involving Black Americans.

“The Black Caucus, our General Assembly colleagues and state officials stood shoulder-to-shoulder last year and pledged to take strong, decisive action to address issues of police brutality and accountability, as well as revamping our criminal justice system,’’ said state Rep. Kendra Johnson, who is caucus chair.

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Black Californians Are the Number One Target of Hate Crimes Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media Miya Ponsetto, the Piru, California woman who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone at a New York City Hotel in December 2020, has been charged with a hate crime.

Two Californian men have been charged with a hate crime in Oregon for allegedly assaulting a Black gas station attendant.

A Berkeley woman was charged with a hate crime after she allegedly harassed a Black Amazon delivery driver, shouting racial slurs at him and physically stopping his attempts to escape the confrontation.

Hate crime incidents in California shot up by 31% in 2020, the highest since 2008. And According to the state attorney general’s annual report, this surge can be attributed to a massive spike in anti-Black hate crimes in

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in a tweet. Dr. Jerry Abraham, director of Kedren Vaccines at Kedren Health in Los Angeles, has already seen signs of the new strain in the Los Angeles community. He said medical professionals are already gearing up for what he called the “5th wave” of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s already in LA,” he said. “We assume the rates will go back up.” Like other viruses, Covid-19 is constantly mutating.

When the virus encounters new hosts (particularly unvaccinated bodies,) it changes and gets stronger. The best way to eliminate the disease is to vaccinate about 70 % of residents in a community (herd immunity,) so the virus doesn’t have any places to grow and survive. Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist and a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, D.C., emphasized this point during a recent Ethnic Media Services virtual briefing on the efficacy of continued mask use. “The more warm bodies the virus has, the more opportunity it will have to mutate,” said Feigl-Deing, who is also the Chief Health Economist for Microclinic International, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that bills itself as an organization that “revolutionize how deadly diseases are prevented and managed worldwide.”

“If you let it spread, it will mutate,” he warned. FeiglDing added, at this stage, reaching herd immunity is not realistic, and we need to look at alternative solutions to contain the virus, such as continued mask usage, ventilation, hand washing, disinfecting surfaces and air purification devices. But over the last year, the debate about vaccinations became political. A large number of people who supported former President Donald Trump downplayed the virus and accused Democrats of overstating the severity of the pandemic. A lot of those skeptics even refused to take the vaccines.

Some say they don’t trust the science. Others do it to resist what they see as pressure coming from liberals.

But health experts say, refusing to take one of the three vaccines approved to fight COVID-19 in the United States is dangerous and only allows the virus to thrive.

Data is beginning to show the effects of politicizing public health. Deaths and infections are going up in red states, while the numbers have been steadily declining in blue states. “A study from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, finds that states with Republican governors have experienced the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to Medical News Today. Medical data shows that 99 % of recent Covid 19 deaths were unvaccinated people, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading virologist and director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Abraham is a big proponent of vaccination and estimates his clinic has given about 300,000 inoculations to people in the South Los Angeles area. But he still sees worrying trends. According to Abraham, only about 40% of Black Men in the area are vaccinated. He is also troubled by the attitude he sees in a demographic he calls “the Invincibles” (young people in their late teens and early 20s who don’t think they’ll ever get sick.) Many of them, Abraham says, are reluctant to take the vaccination, even though they’re eligible. Abraham said he encountered many “Invincibles” at the recent Juneteenth celebration in Los Angeles, and many of them had a nonchalant attitude towards Covid-19. He said many young people he encouraged to get vaccinated said, “I’ll get over it.”

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A North Carolina man who served 26 years in prison for a murder he said he didn’t commit is still seeking a pardon and compensation.

Dontae Sharpe told The Raleigh News & Observer on Friday that he wants to be able to support a family that includes his daughter and two grandchildren.

He said he also wants to help out his mother after she spent her savings sending him money in prison and trying to prove his innocence.

“The monetary part, that was the most difficult part of being released,’’ Sharpe said.

Sharpe was 19 when he was sent to prison for the 1994 murder of 33-year-old George Radcliffe. He maintained his innocence throughout, and the NAACP argued for his release for years.

He was released from a Pitt County courtroom in 2019 when a judge ordered a new trial at the end of a hearing. The prosecutor then said she wouldn’t pursue a retrial.

Theresa Newman is a lawyer who represented Sharpe and a professor emerita at the Duke University Law School. She said that a person who receives a pardon can apply to the state for monetary compensation. It has a cap of $750,000.

North Carolina’s governor currently holds the power to trigger compensation by granting a pardon. A bill in the North Carolina Statehouse would extend the power to trigger compensation to courts.

Fayetteville State Clears Tuition Debt for Nearly 1,500 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – Fayetteville State University has used pandemic relief funds to clear $1.6 million in tuition debt for nearly 1,500 students.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Sunday that the historically Black school utilized money from the federal legislation that’s known as the American Rescue Plan.

Signed into law in March, it provided nearly $40 billion to higher education institutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. FSU cleared tuition that was not covered by federal student grants or loans.

The school also plans to use $4.7 million in federal funds to provide free summer classes to 1,400 undergraduates through the summer of 2023.

“The university is focused on students’ success by clearing past due balances and erasing debt,’’ FSU spokeswoman Joy Cook said. “When the burden of financial stress is taken away, student success increases.’’

Memphis to Honor Ida B. Wells with Plaza, Statue MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – A statue of journalist, teacher and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells will be unveiled as part of a week’s worth of events honoring the former resident of Memphis, Tennessee.

The life-size bronze statue of Wells, who lived in Memphis for 10 years in the late 1800s, is being erected at a plaza in downtown Memphis. The unveiling is scheduled on July 16, culminating a week-long celebration of Wells’ life and legacy that also will include a community prayer service, a parade and a visit to a prominent lynching site in Memphis.

Wells was a Black journalist and publisher in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She helped found civil rights and women’s suffrage groups while fighting racial injustices such as lynching. She died in 1931.

Born in 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Wells moved to Memphis with her sisters in 1882 to live with her aunt. She taught at two Memphis schools before becoming a full-time journalist.

Three Black men and friends of Wells were lynched in Memphis in 1892, and Wells wrote articles about it.

Wells’ office on historic Beale St. was destroyed and her life was threatened for her reporting on the lynching.

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Cal AG Rob Bonta Hits Google With Lawsuit Tanu Henry California Black Media Last week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the California Department of Justice (DOJ) is joining a multistate lawsuit against Google.

In the claim, California joins 35 other states and the District of Columbia in accusing the Mountain Viewbased company of violating national and state laws (the federal Sherman Antitrust Act and California’s Cartwright Act) with its Google Play Store’s monopolization of the smartphone app market.

“Google has violated the trust of Android phone customers by limiting consumer choice and raking in outrageous commissions on app developers. Android customers are effectively stuck using the Google Play Store for apps, where they pay a premium,” said Bonta.

Calling Google’s dominance of the Android-app market “anti-competitive,” Bonta pointed out that customers are impacted the most by Google’s actions.

“A more competitive app marketplace could open

innovation, leading to more choice, better payment processing, improved customer service, and enhanced data security,” he added.

The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court in San Francisco, is the second multi-state lawsuit California has joined against the tech giant. Last year, Cal DOJ joined another U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit claiming Google stifles its competition by signing exclusionary agreements with smartphone manufacturers to dominate their operating systems, blocking out its search engine and other app competitors.

“In the absence of Google’s anticompetitive conduct, there would be two main channels for consumers to obtain apps on an open Android operating system: (i) direct downloading and installation of apps or app stores; and (ii) apps or app stores pre-installed on devices by device manufacturers and/or mobile network operators,” reads the 144-page complaint in which phrases with sensitive information have been redacted.

“But Google has closed off its purportedly “open” Android operating system from competition in app distribution,” it continues. “To accomplish this, Google degraded direct distribution channels, and then cut deals to discourage and disincentivize any remaining potential competition.”

Responding to the states’ legal action, Google’s senior director of government affairs and policy Wilson White wrote in a blog post that the suit isn’t about fairness.

Instead, in his view, it’s about a “handful” of developers who want access to the benefits of Google’s app store without paying for it.

“The complaint limits its definition of app marketplace to Android devices only. This completely ignores the competition we face from other platforms such as Apple’s incredibly successful app store, which accounts for the majority of mobile app store revenues, according to third party estimates,” White wrote.

White insists Google allows both developers and consumers to have options.

Bo Tefu California Black Media California’s “Your Actions Save Lives” art campaign recently unveiled two “Safety First” murals in San Francisco.

The artworks, created by the Grammy-nominated visual artist Serge Gay Jr, were commissioned to encourage people to continue to take safety precautions against COVID-19 even though the state reopened last month, according to the governor’s office.

One is located in the Castro, the city’s renowned historical “gayborhood,” as it is affectionately called by some locals, and the other in the Tenderloin, near downtown -- two well-known districts steeped in the Golden Gate City’s famous history of Leftist political organizing and the visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) people.

The Tenderloin mural, which he dedicates to the city’s transgender community, was inspired by the idea of, “breaking free because during the pandemic, we were all

just home and kind of stuck there,” said Gay. The mural, he explains, emphasizes the feeling of being free, “once you get vaccinated you have that experience back again, that freedom of moseying around the city,” said Gay. Gay’s second artwork is located at 2390 Market Street in the Castro.

Gay says he chose the Castro district strategically since the area has a history that is committed to the safety and protection of the LGBTQ+ community.

The state says the “Your Actions Save Lives” campaign equips Californians with information about what they can do to help stem the spread of COVID-19. To get the word out, it partnered with The Center at the Sierra Health Foundation and 20 local artists across the state to reach communities that have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The project engages Latino, Black/African American, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American/ Indigenous and LGBTQ artists and communities,” according to a press release from the governor’s office.

The arts initiative, organizers say, is designed to raise awareness of critical actions Californians have taken to help stop the spread of COVID-19, such as wearing a mask, washing hands, physical distancing and getting vaccinated.

“These accomplished artists are tapping into their culture and creativity to share empowering messages with communities that have been hard hit by COVID-19. Art has incredible power, and we believe these works will spark important conversations, connections and inspiration throughout the state,” said Chet P. Hewitt, president and CEO of The Center at Sierra Health Foundation.

According to Gay, he celebrates the Tenderloin for its inclusion of Black and Brown people. The message behind the mural places an emphasis on freedom of movement following the COVID-19 pandemic and encourages the public to get vaccinated, says the artist whose collaboration with film director Matt Stawski clinched him a Grammy nomination for “Best Short Form Video.”

“I wanted to really kind of also showcase our trends visibility,” said Gay. The work that Gay produced for the statewide art project captures the diversity of Black and Brown people

in San Francisco’s LBGTQ+ community. Gay says, because of his own personal experiences, he realizes that it is important to represent Black and Brown people in his work. He remembers feeling unwanted and invisible when he first moved to San Francisco from Miami.

“Being part of the LGBT community is just wanting to kind of have the opportunity to show diversity on everything,” said Gay. As a third-generation artist, Gay wants Black people to recognize themselves in his artwork. When he sees artwork centered around Black people, Gay says, he often thinks to himself, “This is me, it resonates with me when I see another artist painting something that I can relate to.”

The fine artist attributes his artistic style (some critics have described it as graphic realism) -- as well as his personal flair -- to his Haitian culture and heritage as well as his upbringing in Miami, which taught him life lessons about the importance of community. As a Haitian American artist, Gay wants his work to indicate that Blackness is not a monolith. Gay pays homage to his Haitian roots through his artwork which celebrates various Black communities in the Bay Area -- African Americans as well as African and Caribbean immigrants, he explains.

“I have this sense that everything is like a celebration of our culture, identity, and roots. So, I tend to put down a lot in my work, bringing the fresh immigrant story, almost like an outsider perspective,” said Gay. Although there is misinformation and disinformation, Gay wants his work to reassure people that the vaccine is safe. Racial disparities in the healthcare system had a devastating impact on Black communities across the nation. Gay stressed that the number of lives lost due to COVID-19 in Black and Brown communities indicates that people need to get vaccinated.

An award-winning artist, Gay says the COVID-19 pandemic pushed various Black communities to, “come together to fight for a cause.”

He said it important for Black and Brown communities to “remember what we have learned through this and figure out how we move forward and how we deal with it the next time.”

Through his artwork, Gay takes on the responsibility of, “educating people to go back to what happened in the

“Device makers and carriers can preload competing app stores alongside Google Play on their devices,” he said.

“In fact, most android devices ship with two or more app stores preloaded. And popular Android devices such as the Amazon Fire tablet come preloaded with a competitive app store and no Google Play Store.”

Technically, Bonta says, consumers do have the option to install app stores they choose or to buy apps directly from developers. But he says Google discourages this “type of sideloading through a convoluted process that forces users to click through oftenmisleading security warnings and multiple permission screens.”

“This burdensome series of red flags leaves consumers with the impression that alternative app stores are inferior at best and high risk at worst. Over 90 % of all Android app distribution in the United States is done through Google’s Play Store,” said the Cal DOJ in a press release.

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past and to learn from the past,” he said.

White House Gun Reduction Strategy Serge Gay Jr (Courtesy Photo)

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White House Memorandum In June, President Biden unveiled a comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence. This strategy implements preventative measures that are proven to reduce violent crime and attacks the root causes – including by investing in effective community policing and addressing the flow of firearms used to commit crimes. Combined, the Administration’s comprehensive strategy will: • Stem the flow of firearms used to commit violence, including by holding rogue firearms dealers accountable for violating federal laws • Support local law enforcement with federal tools and resources to help address summer violent crime • Invest in evidence-based community violence interventions • Expand summer programming, employment opportunities, and other services and supports for teenagers and young adults • Help formerly incarcerated individuals successfully reenter their communities The core of the President’s plan is a partnership with cities and states, equipping local leaders with historic levels of federal funding and a range of tools to address the multifaceted challenge of gun violence. In particular, the strategy uses the American Rescue Plan’s $350 billion in financial support and clear guidance to provide state, local, territorial, and tribal governments the money they need to put more police officers on the beat – including hiring above pre-pandemic levels in communities experiencing an increase in gun violence associated with the pandemic – as well as the other resources, training, and accountability they need to engage in effective community policing. The administration has clarified that these funds can also be used to support evidence-based community violence intervention programs, summer employment and educational opportunities, and other investments that we know will reduce crime and make our neighborhoods safer.

Since the President’s plan was launched, leaders across the country have already responded by taking up or supporting the take-up of these American Rescue Plan dollars for violence prevention efforts. And, as cities, counties, and states around the country consider how to allocate the historic support they’ve received through the Rescue Plan, we again encourage them to use funding to improve public safety in their communities. Already we’ve seen state and local governments utilize the funding they’ve received to put more cops on the beat, invest in community violence intervention programs, bolster community programs and economic opportunities, and acquire technology like gunshot detection systems that will help them better confront crime head-on.

We know that the rise in violent crime over the last 18 months is a complex and multi-dimensional challenge for communities around the country, and that it requires a comprehensive re sponse. And we know that cities and states need a strong partner in the federal government to get that done. That’s why we’ve been heartened to see communities moving already to use the funding in the Rescue Plan to bolster public safety: • Utica, NY, plans to support “gun violence prevention and law enforcement career recruiting efforts.”

• Walla Walla, WA, will “fund new police hires” • Tucson, AZ, “plan[s] to invest at least $7 million in community safety, health and wellness, and violence interruption programs.”

• Cincinnati, OH, is using Rescue Plan funds to increase its policing and emergency services budget • Philadelphia, PA, is spending “$1.3 million to expand proven violence interruption programs” and “$2 million for a Transitional Jobs Program to address a root cause of violence, lack of job opportunities.”

• Albuquerque, NM, is investing “$3 million to expand a gunshot detection system, $5 million to refurbish station houses, $1 million for new cars and $450,000 to recruit more officers.”

• Watertown, NY, will use some of its Rescue Plan funds “to reinstate four police officers and two other city staff positions.”

• Kansas City, MO, seeks to “restore police departments to pre-pandemic levels” • Syracuse, NY, will invest in an “enhancement of the police department’s ShotSpotter system, which helps locate gunfire; a collaboration with mental health providers to assist with mental health-related police calls; [and] increased police transparency.”

Monday, the President will continue his ongoing conversations with local leaders about gun violence reduction.

Cities represented in the meeting are using American Rescue Plan funds to improve public safety and expand community services – including by investing in community policing and bolstering law enforcement, supporting effective community violence intervention programs, and expanding programming to increase economic opportunity and steer at-risk individuals away from crime.

The historic funding from the American Rescue Plan is also being supplemented by additional federal efforts to support communities and crack down on gun crime.

As part of that, the Department of Justice has announced the launch of gun trafficking strike forces in five areas nationwide – including New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and the Bay Area.

In addition, the President has requested additional support to better strengthen both federal and local law enforcement efforts. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Those multi-jurisdictional efforts will address the problem of guns being obtained in places with weaker gun laws and then used to commit horrific crimes across state lines. And they will augment existing efforts by the Department of Justice announced in May to target federal law enforcement efforts nationwide to address violent crime.

In addition, the President has requested additional support to better strengthen both federal and local law enforcement efforts.

In his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022, the President asked for $300 million more for the COPS program to boost federal assistance for community policing, and he called for over $750 million more for federal law enforcement agencies.

The President also has already taken steps to strengthen regulations to keep guns out of the wrong hands – including by cracking down on ghost guns, homemade firearms that often cannot be traced by law enforcement due to the lack of a serial number and that are increasingly being used in crimes.

He also continues to push Congress to take longoverdue action to prevent guns from being used in crimes, including strengthening background checks, renewing the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and ending immunity for gun manufacturers.

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of any win,” Zaila exclaimed in an ESPN interview right after her history-making victory.

Zaila also took home the $50,000 first prize.

“Not only has she competed in spelling bees for two years, she already holds three Guinness World Records for dribbling, bouncing, and juggling basketballs. All before the ninth grade,” New York Times writer Maria Cramer noted.

In an interview with “Good Morning America,” Zaila remarked that she hopes that more African American students would participate and fare well in the Scripps Spelling Bee. “It is a gate-opener to being interested in education,” Zaila proclaimed.

Celebrities and others praised Zaila for her victory.

“Three Guinness World Records and now the national spelling bee champ! Congrats, Zaila—your hard work is paying off. We’re all proud of you,” former President Barack Obama tweeted.

“There’s a Black girl from New Orleans named ZAILA

AVANT GARDE currently competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee today, and no one talks to me about anything else,” movie producer Franklin Leonard tweeted just before Zaila’s victory.

“Remember to twirl like Zaila Avant-garde today,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated.

The website www.latestcelebarticles.com celebrated the victory by adding Zaila to the A-list.

The site’s authors detailed Zaila’s journey, noting that she was the regional spelling champion in New Orleans in 2019.

She is the IJA Juggling Silver Medalist and Kaplan Hexco Bee Champion, according to her Instagram bio.

Zaila achieved her first world record in 2019 for the most bounce juggles with three basketballs in one minute at 231.

Zaila classified spelling as a “side pastime” despite having practiced for seven hours each day.

“She is a basketball prodigy who aspires to play in the WNBA one day and owns three Guinness World Records for simultaneously dribbling several balls,” the website noted.

The Spelling Bee championship came down to Zaila and Chaitra Thummala, a 12-year-old from San Francisco.

Chiatra spelled the word “fewtrils,” and Zaila followed up by spelling “retene.”

Chiatra misfired on the word “neroli oil” and opened the way for Zaila to claim the title. An official told her to spell “Murraya” and explained that it meant a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees having pinnate leaves with imbricated petals.

“Does this word contain like the English word ‘Murray,’ which would be the name of a comedian?” Zaila asked.

She then asked for the language of origin before nailing it.

“I got it,” Zaila exclaimed.

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TruSo, a Black-owned Social Networking App Set to Launch Backed by celebrities Sway Calloway, Kareem Grimes, Terrell Owens, and Miki Barber, the Black-owned social networking app, TruSo, is poised to debut.

“I believe in the power of community – especially cultural communities,” Matthew Newman, the founder and CEO of TruSo noted in a news release.

together behind a cause – we create a phenomenon.”

Newman continued: “Now, we are introducing a social community that is built and funded by Blacks for Blacks and has monetization built-in so that everyone wins. Those who use the app should also benefit financially. That’s what we’ve built.”

TruSo reportedly is designed to “empower and advance personal and career aspirations.”

It includes a content calendar that engages prominent individuals within several categories: Arts & Culture, Business & Marketing, and more.

Calloway said his partnership with the app was a strategic one and one that he felt others would use very well.

“I got involved with TruSo because this technology is truly disruptive in the social networking space,” he said.

Grimes said Newman “has a clear vision and go-tomarket strategy. I’ve worked with him on other projects, so I’m well-aware of his business acumen, and I welcomed the opportunity to get involved.”

Upon launch, TruSo will be available for both Apple and Android users.

The app is free, and individuals who join the waitlist in July will receive a complimentary six-month premium membership. Sign up at JoinTruSo.com and enter the referral code TruSoPR21.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A new app could end the so-called “Black Twitter” experience and allow African Americans their own social media platform.

Backed by celebrities Sway Calloway, Kareem Grimes, Terrell Owens, and Miki Barber, the Black-owned social networking app, TruSo, is poised to debut.

“I believe in the power of community – especially cultural communities,” Matthew Newman, the founder and CEO of TruSo noted in a news release.

“As it relates to the Black community, the entire world has witnessed what we can accomplish when we join Upon launch, TruSo will be available for both Apple and Android users.

Cedric the Entertainer to Host Live Emmy Awards Ceremony LOS ANGELES (AP) – Cedric the Entertainer will host the Emmy Awards in September as the ceremony returns to a live telecast after last year’s pandemic-forced virtual event.

There will be a limited audience of nominees and guests at the Microsoft Theatre for the Sept. 19 show, CBS and the TV academy said Monday.

Contenders for the 73rd prime-time Emmys will be announced virtually at 8:30 a.m. PDT Tuesday, streaming live on Emmys.com.

“Since I was a little boy huddled up next to my grandmother, television has always been my reliable friend, so it is an enormous honor for me to host this year’s Emmy Awards,’’ Cedric the Entertainer said in a statement.

“Throughout the roller-coaster of a year that we have all lived through, television has helped us stay connected as a society like never before,’’ said the actor and comedian, who stars in and produces CBS’ sitcom “The Neighborhood.’’

Among the binge-worthy shows that kept viewers

By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer IRVINGTON, N.Y. (AP) – This time, the weather gods were smiling on Kerby Jean-Raymond and his label, Pyer Moss. So too were the fashion gods.

Two days after torrential rains and lightning sent guests fleeing for cover and forced Jean-Raymond to postpone unveiling his hotly awaited first couture collection, the sun came out Saturday and the crowds came back. They were rewarded with a hugely imaginative, visually audacious show that blurred the lines between fashion and art as it paid tribute to the ingenuity of Black inventors often overlooked by history.

And so, there was the peanut butter dress – literally, a huge, soft sculpted jar of the stuff. There was a stunning hot roller cape – which was what it sounds like, hot rollers from head to toe. There was an ice cream cone with chaps for the cone. There was an air-conditioning unit, an oldfashioned mobile phone, a kitchen mop.

There was a pastel pink lampshade dress, with beaded fringes. There was a chess board, and a white metal folding chair, and a bottlecap – each costume a sophisticated work of sculpture. There was also a refrigerator with colorful letter magnets spelling out the phrase: “But who invented Black trauma?’’

There were also dancers, a rap musician, a string section, and a history lesson from Elaine Brown – activist, writer and a former leader in the Black Panther Party.

Jean-Raymond, whose shows always entwine his ideas about fashion with those about culture, race and society, said in an interview after the show that his goal was “to highlight inventions by Black people and show them in a nontraditional way,’’ involving 3D construction and sculpture.

All Pyer Moss shows attract intense interest, but this show had even more buzz because Jean-Raymond was the first Black American designer invited by France’s Chambre Syndicale to show a collection during Paris Couture Week – the event was livestreamed, with officials in Paris extending the length of Couture Week to accommodate the rescheduled show.

And the setting was deeply significant: Villa Lewaro, an early 20th-century mansion in leafy Irvington, N.Y., about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from New York City built by Madam C.J. Walker, the daughter of enslaved parents who became a hair-care magnate and a self-made millionaire.

“Madam C.J. Walker’s wealth was more than money,’’ Jean-Raymond wrote in the show notes. “Black prosperity begins in the mind, in the spirit and in each other. She knew that no dollar amount could ever satisfy the price tag of freedom – that green sheets of paper & copper coins could never mend souls, heal hearts or undo the evil we’ve endured.’’

Chartered shuttle buses ferried guests from Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the rescheduled show Saturday included a contingent from the public, adding to the excitement in the air.

It began with a speech by Brown, who gave a history lesson of sorts of the Black struggle for justice in America and asked the crowd, “Where do we go from here? Where does the freedom movement go from here?’’ She urged the crowd to look past differences and “get back on the freedom train.’’

Then came the dancers – men in white, who slowly

shed their jackets and eventually their shirts as they accompanied rapper 22Gz performing several numbers, including “Sniper Gang Freestyle’’ and “King of NY,’’ while the models walked the circular runway.

Jean-Raymond said he and his team had gone through an exacting and exhaustive process to meet the demands of a couture collection.

“We went through rounds and rounds of design,’’ he said. “We started with a completely different concept.

Then the team went out to Joshua Tree and did ayahuasca together. And then we came back with this concept.

“So it wasn’t just couture in the traditional sense where were sewing up garments,’’ he said. “There was welding involved and and fiberglass molding. And we made shoes.’’

The hair curler outfit alone, he said, took months because “it was just people sitting there and curling real weaves onto hair rollers. You know, the bottle-cap took two months. Every time we made something, we we sat back, we thought, `How can we make it better?’ And every time the construction got more complicated.’’

Jean-Raymond was relieved to not have to contend with freak weather again on Saturday.

“It’s been a long, long process to get this where we are right now,’’ he said. “But I’m very happy with the results and that the audience gave us a second chance, after that monsoon on Thursday almost wiped us out.’’

company during the COVID-19 pandemic and are considered front-runners for nominations: “The Crown,’’

“Ted Lasso,’’ “The Mandalorian’’ and “Bridgerton.”

Pyer Moss Wows with Couture Show Honoring Black Inventors

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SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCV-20-102782 NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): AJ CONTRACTOR LABOR SERVICES, INC., a corporation dba AJ NAVARRO TRUCKING; “Additional parties attachment is attached” YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): RUBEN GUDINO ALVARADO, an individual 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.

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.

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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): Karla Ruiz, Esq. 269598 9454 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 900 Beverly Hills, Ca. 90212 (310) 887-8000 DATE (Fecha): 11/30/2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Sophia Munoz Alvarez, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (MLG) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021

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: June 10, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Jackie Lynn Cooper 11111 Truchard Ct. Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Phone: (661) 513-8621 E-Mail Address: jackie.cooper1224@ gmail.com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021

MUNA ADEL ALI GABBAR ABDO ADEL ALI GABBAR Filed a petition with this court Proposed name MUNA MOHAMED ALGAZALI ABDO MOHAMED ALGAZALI 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: July 22, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

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

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: May 18, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: MOHAMED ABDO ALGAZALI & SAMEERA Y ALGAZALI 1080 Fieldstone Dr. Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Phone: (661) 717-9869 IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021

������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-101290 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: JACKIE LYNN COOPER FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JACKIE LYNN COOPER for a decree changing names as follows: Present name JACKIE LYNN COOPER Filed a petition with this court Proposed name JACKIE LYNN SMOCK 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: Aug 12, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

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������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3462 Doing business as: THE SHRIMPMAN CATERING COMPANY at 1211 E 9th St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: THE SHRIMPMAN CATERING COMPANY, CA, 6200 Victor St #G104, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: BENJAMIN TORALBA, C.E.O. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/12/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: May 25, 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 25, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3919 Doing business as: JEWELRY BY CLICK at 10903 Delicato Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ROGELIO CORDERO FLORES, 10903 Delicato Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ROGELIO CORDERO FLORES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/10/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 10, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3998 Doing business as: HOTSHOTS CARWASH at 14700 CA 178, Lake Isabella, Ca. 94240 Mailing Address: 12208 Great Country Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Full name of registrant: PAIGE ELIZABETH BEARD, 12208 Great Country Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 933124 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PAIGE ELIZABETH BEARD 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: June 14, 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 June 14, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100937 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: MOHAMED ABDO ALGAZALI & SAMEERA Y ALGAZALI FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MOHAMED ABDO ALGAZALI & SAMEERA Y ALGAZALI for a decree changing names as follows: Present name

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3597 Doing business as: JUNIORS BARBEQUE AND CATERING at 2400 Valentine Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: NORRIS DENNIS KEMP JR, 12208 Great Country Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 933124 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: NORRIS DENNIS KEMP JR 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 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 May 28, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4049 2021-B4050 2021-B4051 Doing business as: TEHACHAPI FLOWER SHOP / TEHACHAPI WHOLESALE / TEHACHAPI FLORIST at 107 South Green St., Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: SARA ELISABETH FROST, 916 Bamboo Ct., Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Full name of registrant: JAMES CHRISTOPHER FROST, 916 Bamboo Ct., Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: SARA ELISABETH FROST 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: June 16, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 16, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4041 Doing business as: BEST VALUE SOLAR SYSTEMS at 4518 Antelope Peak Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: BELINDA JOANNE LATORRE, 4518 Antelope Peak Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: BELINDA JOANNE LATORRE The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/10/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 15, 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).

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I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 16, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3833 2021-B3834 Doing business as: BOOKHOUNDS / BOOKHOUNDS WAREHOUSE at 2710 L Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ROBIN CHERYL BEATTY, 192 Par Lane, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ROBIN CHERYL BEATTY The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/20/2013 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 8, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 8, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B4246 Business Name you wish to abandon: BOOKHOUNDS Street address of business: 2622 Fairhaven, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 2810 19th St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: ROBIN BEATTY, 2810 19th St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 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.)

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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),

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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. as the personsued under the fictitious name of (specify): ¡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.

Esrecomendable 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 derechocivil.

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): REESE LAW GROUP, Harlan M. Reese, 118226, Joseph M. Pleasant, 179571, Dana N. Meyers, 272640, James E. Delaney, 292600, 3168 Lionshead Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92010; 760/842-5850 (File No. 286973) DATE (Fecha): 12/10/2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Gina Sala, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) 6/30, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21/21 CNS-3485305# BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (DJ) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas.

La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte.

The name and address of the Court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte son) SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or petitioner without an attorney, is (El nombre, direccion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Kristina MArie Crawford, 9808 Rancho Verde Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Telephone: (661) 334-0632 Date (Fecha): April 8, 2021 (SEAL) TAMARAH HARBERPICKENS Clerk, By: (Actuario), J. SMITH, Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021

The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: AIDA DEGUZMAN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 21, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 21, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021

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 June 23, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021

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SUMMONS FAMILY LAW CITACION DERECHO FAMILIAR CASE # BFL-21-001883 NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: AVISO AL DEMANDADO: DAVID PAUL CRAWFORD I You have been sued. Read the information below and on the next page. Lo han demandado. Lea la informacion a continuacion y en la pagina siguiente.

PETITIONER’S NAME IS: NOMBRE DEL DEMANDANTE: KRISTINA MARIE CRAWFORD You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

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

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

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

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

NOTICE-RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: The restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who had received or seen a copy of them.

AVISO-LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: Las ordenes de restriccion estan en vigencia en cuanto a ambos conyuges o miembros de la pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo a la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier agencia del orden publico que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acatar en cualquier lugar de California

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3921 Doing business as: PURPLE VALOR CORPORATION at 3817 Wilson Rd. Suite B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PURPLE VALOR CORPORATION, 3817 Wilson Rd. Suite B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: OMAR RODRIGUEZ 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: June 10, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4145 Doing business as: DJ GILL & COMPANY at 16031 Black Hawk Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RAVINDER SINGH, 16031 Black Hawk Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: RAVINDER SINGH The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 21, 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 June 21, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4160 Doing business as: CINDY’S CLERICAL SERVICES at 813 Ellington St., Delano, Ca. 93215 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 703, Delano, Ca. 93216 County: Kern Full name of registrant: CINDY’S CLERICAL SERVICES LLC, CA, 813 Ellington St., Delano, Ca. 93215 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: ERIK A MOLINA TORRES, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 21, 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 June 21, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4127 Doing business as: AIDAS FINEST LIVING at 1030 Flower St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Mailing Address: 1828 Julian Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Full name of registrant: AIDA DEGUZMAN, 1828 Julian Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4172 Doing business as: AGUAS EL ZARAPE at 825 S. Oleander Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANGELICA R ZARAGOZA, 825 S. Oleander Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANGELICA R ZARAGOZA 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: June 22, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 22, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4171 Doing business as: J.A.M.Z CREATIONS at 825 S. Oleander Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANGELICA R ZARAGOZA, 825 S. Oleander Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANGELICA R ZARAGOZA 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: June 22, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 22, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4243 Doing business as: THE METALCORE CHURCH at 10205 Cave Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RAYMOND JOEY HARGREAVES, 10205 Cave Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RAYMOND JOEY HARGREAVES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 5/10/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 24, 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 June 24, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4203 Doing business as: OLIVE DRIVE LIQUOR INC at 5302 Olive Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: OLIVE DRIVE LIQUOR INC, CA, 18957 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside, Ca. 92508 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: RAMI ASSAF, 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: June 23,

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4193 Doing business as: TSUNAMI PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES at 4005 Wilson Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CALVIN VINNY LEE PHROMTHEP, 4005 Wilson Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CALVIN VINNY LEE PHROMTHEP 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: June 22, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 22, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3974 Doing business as: YOUR GARDEN at 1811 Oak St Ste 150, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 5501 Stockdale Hwy #11897, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ITZ JUS NATURAL, 1522 18th St Ste 100, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: MIIYOSHI JONAE RODGERS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/28/2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 11, 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 June 11, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3975 Doing business as: TOUCH OF WELLNESS PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES at 901 Mohawk St #84, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 5501 Stockdale Hwy #11897, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Full name of registrant: MIIYOSHI JONAE RODGERS, 901 Mohawk St #84, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MIIYOSHI JONAE RODGERS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/28/2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 11, 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 June 11, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4251 Doing business as: FAIRY GARDEN VINTAGE FINDS at 12207 Palm Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MARIA DE LOS ANGELES GONZALEZ, 12207 Palm Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARIA DE LOS ANGELES GONZALEZ 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: June 24, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR,

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

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 June 24, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021

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. as the personsued under the fictitious name of (specify): ¡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.

Esrecomendable 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 derechocivil.

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): Donald T. Dunning 144665 The Dunning Law Firm APC 9619 Chesapeake Dr., Suite 210 San Diego, Ca. 92123 (858) 974-7600 DATE (Fecha): 12/1/2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Erika Delgado, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (DLF) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021

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 July 2, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021

������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B4251 Business Name you wish to abandon: FAIRY GARDEN VINTAGE FINDS Street address of business: 12207 Palm Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: MARIA DE LOS ANGELES GONZALEZ, 12207 Palm Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARIA DE LOS ANGELES GONZALEZ, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: June 25, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 2021 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF OLGA BLUE CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002620 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of OLGA BLUE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SHERRY STONE in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SHERRY STONE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Aug 5, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Petitioner: Sherry Stone 10 Franktown Ct. Washoe Valley, NV. 89704-9583 Telephone: (661) 203-3208 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (CCA) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 2021

������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCV-20-102774 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MEHDI DAVARY, an individual; DALIAN CONSTRUCTION, INC, a corporation; YOU ARE BEING SUED

BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): JOHN DEERE CONSTRUCTION & FORESTRY COMPANY a corporation 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

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4144 Doing business as: C.H. POOL SERVICE at 1430 E. 11th St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CORNELIO HUMBERTO SANCHEZ MORROQUIN, 1430 E. 11th St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CORNELIO HUMBERTO SANCHEZ MORROQUIN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/20/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 21, 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 June 21, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4446 Doing business as: C & D AMUSEMENT VIDEO at 15218 Kingbury Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RYAN CHRISTIAN PARLIER, 15218 Kingbury Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: ASHLEY BREANNE PARLIER, 15218 Kingbury Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: ASHLEY BREANNE PARLIER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 5/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: July 2, 2021 MARY B BEDARD

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B3761 Doing business as: THE GOOD GUYS at 6400 Brahma St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: BRYAN ABARCA, 6400 Brahma St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: BRYAN ABARCA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/4/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 7, 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 June 7, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4412 2021-B4413 Doing business as: BSWB / BSWB INC. at 5503 Broad Acres Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 21374, Bakersfield, Ca. 93389 County: Kern Full name of registrant: BAKERSFIELD SOUTHWEST BASEBALL, INC., 5503 Broad Acres Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: TRISHA BURRIS, Secretary The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 3/12/1984 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: July 1, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on July 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4314 Doing business as: MATH EXPLAINED at 13012 San Simeon Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: KRISTIN ROSS THOMAS, 9425 South 11th Ave., Inglewood, Ca. 90305 Full name of registrant: CHRISTOPHER PARKS ANDERSON, 13012 San Simeon Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: CHRISTOPHER PARKS ANDERSON 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: June 28, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 28, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4398 Doing business as: AQUA PROS POOL AND SPA SERVICE at 13604 Brogan Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: COREY JOSEPH LOPEZ, 13604 Brogan Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: COREY JOSEPH LOPEZ 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: June 30,

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

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on June 30, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4280 Doing business as: PLANYOURWEALTH.NET at 2126 Soldera Street, Delano, Ca. 93215 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LEAH RANIS VELASCO, 2126 Soldera Street, Delano, Ca. 93215 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LEAH RANIS VELASCO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 5/4/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 25, 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 June 25, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 ������������������������������� AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-100831 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: ANA LILIA OSORNIO VARGAS FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: ANA LILIA OSORNIO VARGAS for a decree changing names as follows: Present name ANA LILIA OSORNIO VARGAS Filed a petition with this court Proposed name ANA LILIA OSORNIO VARGAS 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: Aug 24, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m.

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

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: June 24, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Ana Lilia Osornio Vargas 4347 Banning St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Phone: (661) 440-9446 E-Mail Address: lv3321269@gmail. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4351 Doing business as: BAKERSFIELD ODOR REMOVAL at 207 Ethrum Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MACKENZIE AUBREY TAMAYO-AMPARAN, 207 Ethrum Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MACKENZIE AUBREY TAMAYOAMPARANA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/4/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: June 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 June 29, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021

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������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4418 2021-B4419 2021-B4420 2021-B4421 Doing business as: MLKCOMMUNITY INITIATIVE COLLABORATIVE / WILLIE J FRINK LEADERSHIP / SHE SHE / POWER PREP at 201 New Stine Road, Ste 300, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Post Office Box 13153, Bakersfield, Ca. 93389 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ARLEEN CAMILLE WALLER, 11627 Alton Manor Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ARLEEN CAMILLE WALLER 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: July 1, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on July 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021 �������������������������������

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LUTHDIVINA FLORES CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002472 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LUTHDIVINA FLORES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by CLARISSA VALDEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CLARISSA VALDEZ be appointedt 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: Oct 29, 2021 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Petitioner: The Law Offices of Young & Nichols 1901 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (Y&N) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, 2021

������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-19-018524 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ROSEMARY OLIVAS, an individual; LAWRENCE L OLIVAS, JR., an

PUBLIC NOTICE individual; and DOES 1 to 5, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): LENDMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, a limited liability company NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

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

There are other legal requirements.

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

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. as the personsued under the fictitious name of (specify): ¡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.

Esrecomendable 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 derechocivil.

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): The Dunning Law Firm APC Donald T. Dunning (144665) James MacLeod (249145) 4545 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 200 San Diego, Ca. 92123 (858) 974-7600 DATE (Fecha): 11/7/2019 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Layton Johnson, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (DLF) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021 ������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-101463 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 PETITION OF: EMILY KAY SECHLER & CHRISOPHER DOULAS JACOBS FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: EMILY KAY SECHLER & CHRISOPHER DOULAS JACOBS for a decree changing names as follows: Present name PARKER CHRISTOPHER JACOBS Filed a petition with this court Proposed name PARKER CHRISTOPHER SECHLER 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

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

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

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER Date: June 30, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Emily Kay Sechler 1163 Alder Ave. Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Phone: (801) 726-3844 E-Mail Address: emsechier@gmail. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021

Clerk of Kern County on: July 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 July 6, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4415 Doing business as: FLORES CLEANING SERVICE at 2200 Julian Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ELIA ESPERANZA FLORES, 2200 Julian Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ELIA ESPERANZA FLORES 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: July 1, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on July 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4474 Doing business as: ETHAN MOBILE DETAIL at 6308 Cape Cod Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JULIO DURAN VILLASENOR, 6308 Cape Cod Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JULIO DURAN VILLASENOR 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: July 2, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on July 2, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4503 Doing business as: JUST COOKING WITH DENISE at 1205 Calle Extrano, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 21091, Bakersfield, Ca. 93390 County: Kern Full name of registrant: DENISE L NORRIS, 1205 Calle Extrano, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DENISE L NORRIS 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: July 6, 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 July 6, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4513 Doing business as: RK MOBILE FABRICATION AND SERVICES at 12452 Brenda Jean Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ROBERT FRANKLIN GUESS, 12452 Brenda Jean Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: KATRENDA SUE GUESS, 12452 Brenda Jean Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: KATRENDA SUE GUESS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 2/22/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: July 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 July 6, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4520 Doing business as: GEORGE’S MOBILE CARWASH AND DETAILING at 1112 Oneil Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JORGE MORALES CENDEJAS, 1112 Oneil Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JORGE MORALES CENDEJAS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 5/10/2021 This statement filed with the County

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������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B4457 Doing business as: GIRO LURES at 619 Tyler St., Taft, Ca. 93268 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DOUGLAS MARK UPSHAW, 619 Tyler St., Taft, Ca. 93268 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DOUGLAS MARK UPSHAW The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/30/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: July 2, 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 July 2, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2020-B4595 Business Name you wish to abandon: BAKERSFIELD SIGNS AND GRAPHICS Street address of business: 3232 Rio Mirada Dr., Suite C2, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: CHILEAN MIRTH, 10604 Hinderhill Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MICHAEL MOORE, Secretary/ Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: July 7, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2016-B4601 Business Name you wish to abandon: GRAYMATTER PHARMACY SERVICES INC. Street address of business: 10604 Hinderhill Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: GRAYMATTER PHARMACY SERVICES INC., 10604 Hinderhill Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MICHAEL MOORE, President/ Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: July 7, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: July 14, 21, 28, Aug 4, 2021

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Louisiana’s Oldest Juneteenth Celebrations Return on Heels of State and Nation Holiday Designation Groups throughout Baton Rouge hosted as many as four separate celebrations including those hosted by the Community Against Drugs and Violence (CADAV), the Baton Rouge African American Museum, Scotlandville

High School, the City of Baker with Advantage Charter Academy, and State Rep. C. Denise Marcelle with CareSouth Medical Center.

Calif. Reps. Lee and Bass Are Pushing Bills to Probe COINTELPRO;

Juneteenth marks and honors the day when U.S. General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to demand that enslaved people there be set free. President Abraham Lincoln had signed an executive order more than two years earlier, to free all enslaved people in places that were still “in rebellion against the United States.”

By Cora Lester and Yulani Semien The Drum In 1976, Baton Rougeans first celebrated Juneteenth with a parade. Then annual celebrations occurred sporadically in the capital city until historian Sadie RobertsJoseph began hosting annual celebrations consistently in the late 1980s.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day, is a holiday celebrating the 1865 emancipation of all African and Black people who were enslaved in the United States.

In 1992, the city of Alexandria hosted the first statewide public celebration, nearly a decade before RobertsJoseph, other community leaders, and legislators were able to secure a state statute recognizing Juneteenth Observance Day. That was in 2003.

It has taken 18 years for the work Roberts-Joseph started to expand into a state holiday, thanks to legislation pushed by State Rep. Larry Selders and the Legislative Black Caucus.

On June 2, Selders’ House Bill 554 to designate Juneteenth as a state holiday passed the House of Representatives with unanimous votes. On June 10, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette announced it would observe Juneteenth as an official university holiday. No classes would be held and the campus would close, officials said.

Then, on June 11, Governor John Bel Edwards signed the bill into law and designated Juneteenth as a state holiday. Edwards quickly approved Friday, June 18 as a half-day holiday for state employees.

State law now designates the third Saturday in June as Juneteenth Day throughout the state. Beginning next year, all state offices will be closed the Friday before.

On the pulse of national momentum, Congress also passed and President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act on June 17, making June 19th the eleventh federal holiday.

“I’m hoping folks all around the state will learn more about it and celebrate it together,” said Selders.

Grandmothers of Juneteenth Juneteenth marks and honors the day when U.S. General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to demand that enslaved people there be set free. President Abraham Lincoln had signed an executive order more than two years earlier, to free all enslaved people in places that were still “in rebellion against the United States.” After Granger’s arrival, Galveston became the site of the nation’s first Juneteenth Celebration.

Momentum grew as the annual celebration of freedom spread beyond Texas. Like many others, historians like Roberts-Joseph and Opal Lee of Marshall, Texas, began Juneteenth celebrations in their communities.

Lee is now known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.”

After years of creating local celebrations and persistently gaining attention to Juneteenth, Lee moved her focus to bring national recognition to the Day. In 2016, Lee, who was 89 years old at the time, mobilized a team, launched an online petition, and pledged to walk 1,400 miles from her Texas home to Washington DC. In November of 2019, Lee visited the Odell Williams Then and Now African American History Museum (now the Baton Rouge African American History Museum) four months after the death of museum curator Roberts-Joseph who could easily be identified as Louisiana’s Grandmother of Juneteenth.

“Though small in stature, Ms Lee’s passion for ensuring that Juneteenth become a national holiday was immeasurable,” wrote the museum on Facebook. “During her visit, she was asked by a student how, at 92, was she still so driven. Ms. Lee responded, “I asked God for the strength to see it through to the end. He keeps waking me up, so I keep going.” She ended up logging 300 miles on foot and continued to push her movement to appear across the country. When, Biden authorized the Juneteenth holiday earlier this month, Lee, who is now 94, was by his side.

First Louisiana Celebrations “To our knowledge the first public celebration of Juneteenth was held in 1993 in Alexandria, Louisiana,” wrote Carolyn Frazier, organizer of the 29th Annual Juneteenth Let’s Do This Together Celebration.

According to the Central Louisiana Juneteenth Cultural Celebration, the inaugural celebration was organized by former Alexandria councilman and current Rapides Parish School Board member John Allen, former Rapides Police Juror Joe Fuller, and fundraiser Allen

Semien Sr. More than 500 people participated in the oneday event.

The annual celebration did not occur in 1995 and in 2020 due to the pandemic. In 1996, the Alexandria News Weekly and publisher Leon Coleman sponsored the celebration in order to continue the event. Once held at the Alexandria Amphitheater with more than 15,000 participants, this year’s 29th celebration spanned a week with activities at various locations across the city.

Participants enjoyed a parade and engaged in entertaining activities that are designed to raise cultural awareness and better understanding of each other.

Likewise, organizers in Donaldsonville have hosted Juneteenth celebrations for 23 years. Started by former Donaldsonville Mayor B.J. Francis Sr. and his late wife, Janet Ganes Francis. It was hosted by the River Road African American Museum and other volunteers in the community, including Tamiko Francis Garrison, Allison Hudson, and the City of Donaldsonville.

Madam C.J. Walker Louisiana Juneteenth Celebration As part of the ongoing Juneteenth activities going on throughout Madison Parish, June 18-19, the Village of Delta named a portion of Highway 3218, near First Street, for the late Madam C.J. Walker.

The Delta native was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist. She was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 on the same cotton plantation where her parents, Owen and Minerva Anderson Breedlove, were enslaved.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she was the first self-made American female millionaire and the wealthiest Black woman of her time.

Walker made her fortune by inventing and selling a line of hair products and cosmetics specifically for Black women. On Friday, June 18, a host of dignitaries, guests and local residents gathered in Delta to honor Walker and kickoff the two-day Madame C. J. Walker Juneteenth Celebration. “(Madam Walker) was a diamond in the rough,” said State Rep. C. Travis Johnson, one of the event organizers.

“Imagine what she went through as a woman. As a Black woman. When I think about her. When I think about this community, this is the beginning of a vision,” he said.

The celebration included a Zydeco and Gospel concert and awards program. The Madam CJ Walker Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Elvadius Fields, who was a Mayor for the Town of St. Joseph and the second Black agriculture agent in Tensas parish in 1961. Residents and Ferriday High School students produced a historical parade on Saturday, that presented the unforgettable journey of Black Americans since 1863.

Collective Celebration Statewide the sounds of celebration traveled statewide.

From North Louisiana where Monroe hosted its 10th annual celebration and parade. The Town of Richwood held its first celebration which included a car show and parade. Local archivist Carl Robinson also presented a oneday historical exhibit of family items he has collected dating back to the late 1800s. Rho Omega and Friends held a three-day festival, honoring African American heritage and culture in Shreveport. The City of Grambling’s Juneteenth Festival included a 5k walk, cookouts, original movie screenings, a paint party, and a fishing tournament.

In St. Mary, the 100 Black Men hosted the inaugural Soul Food Festival, while the City of Oberlin held its first Juneteenth “Celebrate Freedom” parade and fest at the Allen Parish Civic Center and Veteran’s Memorial Park.

The Real Change in Ruston Committee partnered with the Zion Traveler CDC to throw Ruston’s first Juneteenth celebration concert.

In New Orleans, the celebration of freedom continued at the African American Museum with an arts market, in Congo Square, and at the Ashe Cultural Center where they hosted a drumming circle. Groups of Baby Dolls prayed and danced in the 7th Ward on Bayou Road. OHUB hosted a hybrid Juneteenth 4.0 Celebration with speakers and a virtual casting call with ABC’s Shark Tank. Nearby, the Whitney Plantation hosted tours of the land where the enslaved children are memorialized to explain the realities of slavery and plantation life.

At the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, the Stephens Hall chimes and the Victory Bell at Cajun Field each rang 19 times to mark Juneteenth on Saturday.

“Observing Juneteenth offers the university a moment to acknowledge the challenges Black Americans still face. We can honor that struggle by affirming our commitment to creating an environment that respects – and draws strength from – difference,” said Taniecea Mallery, executive director of strategic initiatives and chief diversity officer.

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Remove Hoover’s Name From FBI Building

Quinci LeGardye California Black Media California’s U.S. Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and Karen Bass (D-CA-37) are backing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to remove former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Another bill they are supporting calls for probing the racially motivated counterintelligence programs that Hoover organized and oversaw known as COINTELPRO. Under Hoover’s watch, the FBI often relied on extra-legal tactics to accomplish its aims.

Last month, Representatives Bobby L. Rush (DIL-01), Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) and Steve Cohen (DTN-09) hosted a virtual forum focused on the activities of COINTELPRO. Several African Americans with direct knowledge of COINTELPRO programs testified, including 1960s activists Akua Njeri, Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins, testified. Fred Hampton Jr also testified.

COINTELPRO is the moniker used to describe a series of covert projects the FBI coordinated between 1956-1971. They were aimed at surveilling, infiltrating and disrupting several domestic political movements and individuals that the agency deemed subversive or critical of the United States. Targeted groups and individuals included the Communist Party USA, the Black Panther Party, the Nation of Islam, anti-Vietnam war organizers, feminist organizations and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The 2021 Oscar-nominated film “Judas and the Black Messiah” depicted the strategy COINTELPRO used to infiltrate the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, which led to the assassination of Black Panther Party leader the late Fred Hampton Sr. The lawmakers hosting the virtual forum condemned the COINTELPRO programs and J. Edgar Hoover’s leadership over the operation and, more broadly, the FBI. Hoover was the first and founding director of the FBI and he ran the agency from 1935 until his death in 1972. Hoover was also the head of the Bureau of Investigation, a government agency founded in 1924 and the forerunner to the FBI. They are also calling for the uncovering of the stillclassified history of COINTELPRO. Rush, the co-founder of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, introduced his COINTELPRO Full Disclosure Act on May 4, which would require federal government agencies to publicly release all counterintelligence files related to COINTELPRO, and remove J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the FBI building in Washington, D.C. Representatives Cohen, Rush and Lee are also co-sponsoring a separate bill aimed at removing Hoover’s name from the FBI headquarters.

“I know the damages of J. Edgar Hoover’s COINTELPRO firsthand. I was put in the middle of their aggressive surveillance and counterintelligence activities after becoming involved with the Black Panther Party as a community worker,” said Lee. “As a community worker, I used my organizational and fundraising skills to help implement the Ten Point Program, which made programs like Free Breakfast for Children possible and paved the way for our own government’s free breakfast plan for low-income children.”

Calling the FBI’s activities and methods under Hoover “government-sponsored harassment,” Cohen said “COINTELPRO was not just violent and illegal.

What made it so pernicious is it undermined our Constitution and democracy.”

“The United States was born of dissent, and alternative perspectives should be welcomed, not ‘neutralized.’ We may disagree, but every American has the right and freedom to speak their mind, to petition their government, to protest, to be engaged and active in civic life, and to contribute their energy and efforts in pursuit of our ‘more perfect union,’” he said. he FBI, attempted to snuff out minorities and minority viewpoints.”

The forum featured both activists with deep knowledge of COINTELPRO’s efforts and former members of the Black Panther Party. Akua Njeri, Fred Hampton Sr.’s partner, shared a harrowing account of the Black Panther Party leader’s death. Her son, Fred Hampton Jr., also spoke about his own experience with COINTELPRO. According to Njeri and Hampton Jr., the majority of COINTELPRO’s subversive activities involving Black nationalist groups was directed at the Black Panther Party.

While the forum was mostly focused on testimonies, Lee stressed the need to learn about the past COINTELPRO operations in case similar efforts are used again in the future. She cited the FBI’s “Black identity extremism” report, which was written by the FBI’s Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit in 2017, and claimed that “perceptions of police brutality against African Americans” had spurred“ an increase in premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence against law enforcement.” Lee criticized the idea of a “Black identity extremist,” saying that such a thing “did not exist.”

“This was another way for the FBI to surveil the Black community. So, we must be vigilant now, this briefing is so important, because we all have to understand what a COINTELPRO 2 looks like now,” Lee said.

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They think if they eat right and are healthy, they’ll survive Covid, he said. But Abraham said healthy people can get sick and still need to get vaccinated. “You’re never going to exercise or eat your way off a ventilator,” said Abraham.

Abraham also warned the situation would worsen during the fall when it gets colder, and people spend more time inside. “It’s not a matter of if,” said Abraham. He also said that pandemic diseases are becoming more common.

There are several reasons why this could be occurring, such as overpopulation, children growing up in sterilized environments, poor nutrition, global warming, poor health and poor sanitation in the developing world. And we live in an increasingly globalized world, so it’s easy for a disease that originated on the other side of the world to end up in the West. “What happens in South Asia will affect us in L.A.,” said Abraham.

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CSUB Bridges Equity Gap with CSUCCESS All Freshmen and New Transfer Students Eligible to Receive Free iPad possession beginning on day one and continuing throughout their college experience,” added Castro. We aspire to have additional phases of the initiative that will expand access to more new and current students.”

Eligible CSUB students who wish to register for the program should visit https://its.csub.edu/step/csuccess.

For CSUB student who are not eligible for the initial phase of the program but need assistance with access to technology, please visit https://its.csub.edu/step.

Joining CSUB in the initiative are the CSU campuses at Channel Islands, Fresno, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Maritime Academy, Northridge and San Marcos.

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By CSUB csub.edu California State University, Bakersfield, will open an era of unprecedented access and achievement for new students by providing a free iPad to all incoming freshmen and new transfer students who register for the CSUCCESS initiative – or California State University Connectivity Contributing to Equity and Student Success.

“CSUCCESS will assure that students have immediate access to innovate, new mobile tools they need to support their learning,” said CSU Chancellor Joseph I. Castro.

“The new initiative will establish a foundation for their achievement and has the potential to play a key role in eliminating stubborn equity gaps among our talented and diverse students. In addition to truly addressing equity and access, we see these as powerful tools as we prepare our students for their future careers.”

Though the numbers continue to shift as more students complete the enrollment process, CSUB is anticipating roughly 2,700 new students will be eligible for the program, which is operated by the California State University in partnership with eight of the system’s 23 campuses, including CSUB. Some 35,000 students from participating campuses will be eligible to receive the technology, beginning with the fall 2021 term.

The vast majority of CSUB’s students are the first in their families to attend college, and 65 percent of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a key indicator of

financial need. During the pandemic, CSUB worked to bridge the equity divide by loaning hot spots and laptops to nearly 1,000 students so that they could continue their education in a remote-learning environment.

THE CSUCCESS initiative builds on that outreach by offering an iPad Air, Apple Pencil and Apple Smart Keyboard Folio to all incoming first-year and transfer students who register to participate. Students will use the iPad bundle for the entirety of their undergraduate experience at the CSU. The retail value of the iPad and all accessories is $905, but the CSU was able to negotiate 15% savings. A full accounting of expenses will be available in the fall after all students have received their equipment and we have been able to calculate the total demand.

During the initial phase, campuses will support the purchase of the devices in a variety of ways, including through savings and reserves accumulated over time for new programs, reimbursements for revenue lost during the pandemic, and investments in the CSU by the state as part of the 2021-22 budget.

Funding for future phases is still to be determined, but the university is actively seeking additional sources of revenue and partnerships to continue and expand the program in future phases.

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