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Wildfire Smoke Is Here to Stay Here’s How to Clean the Air Inside Your Home

The fierce wildfires that broke out across much of the western United States this summer, spreading smoke across hundreds of miles, continue to pose a serious health hazard to millions.

More are expected this fall. That’s a major health concern because microscopic particles in wildfire smoke, carried by the wind, can penetrate deep into your lungs and travel into your bloodstream. One study linked wildfire smoke exposure to a twofold increase in the rate of asthma and a 40% rise in strokes and heart attacks. Other research tied smoke to hospital admissions, ER visits and premature deaths.

The standard advice is to stay inside when heavy smoke is in the air. But the smoke can get into your house or apartment. So you might want to consider investing in equipment to clean the air inside your home, especially with climate change likely to continue escalating the scope and intensity of the fires.

“I think we have fires enough now that people should think of this as something they want to buy,” says Deborah Bennett, a professor of public health at the University of California-Davis. “Even if they only turn it on during the fires, there’s going to be plenty of times when they’re going to have it turned on.”

There are many options for cleaning the air in your home, depending on your circumstances and — of course — your budget.

If you have an HVAC system, it likely recirculates air that’s inside the house rather than drawing in air from outside. But if you have an air conditioner with a “fresh air” system that brings in outside air, you should turn off the Continued on page A9

One study linked wildfire smoke exposure to a twofold increase in the rate of asthma and a 40% rise in strokes and heart attacks. Other research tied smoke to hospital admissions, ER visits and premature deaths. (Eric Thayer / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent It’s been 13 years since Natalie Wilson and her sisterin-law Derrica Wilson founded the Black and Missing Foundation to help bring attention and closure to the evergrowing number of cases in minority communities.

As incomplete and cringe-worthy, the number of the missing – one count suggests that of the more than 600,000 individuals currently reported missing, more than 200,000 are individuals of color – Wilson forges ahead.

She does so, even 13 years and some success stories later, emotionally.

“We’ve come a long way,” Wilson declared during a recent visit to the new, state-of-the-art National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) television studios in Washington, D.C. During a conversation with NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Wilson punctuated the need for the Black and Missing Foundation with the story of Phoenix Colden, a young African American woman who went in 2011 missing near St. Louis, Missouri.

“I called every media outlet, and no one covered that

story,” Wilson recalled. “Finally, an assignment editor got tired of me calling and asked me to send Colden’s profile.”

In her interview with Dr. Chavis, which will air on PBS-TV and PBS-World as a special on The Chavis Chronicles, Wilson reflected on how the news media and even law enforcement fail to highlight missing people of color – notably missing Black girls.

“I’m so grateful for the Black Press,” Wilson remarked.

“They have used their platform to showcase [these stories]. Media coverage is important. It could speed up the recovery and add pressure on law enforcement to add resources to these cases, and that’s vital.”

Wilson proclaimed that laws are needed to protect children, particularly victims of sex trafficking. She said she had witnessed young boys and girls arrested after becoming sex trafficking victims.

“They need rehabilitation,” she exclaimed.

Wilson recalled a case in Virginia of a young Black woman who went missing.

“She was too old for an Amber Alert and too young for a Silver Alert,” Wilson stated.

$126.5 Million Black IPO to Acquire Black-owned Firms

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Shawn Rochester, who authored the spellbinding book “The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America,” and Robin Watkins, a highly regarded financial and operations accountant, have made Wall Street history.

And the two are poised to break through more barriers in the financial world.

Their latest venture, Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisitions Inc. (MEOA), has raised $126.5 million they’ve earmarked to help minority businesses and enterprises grow and prosper through mergers and acquisitions.

“It’s amazing to be a part of this,” Watkins, a Drexel University graduate, stated.

While Rochester serves as CEO of MEOA, Watkins counts as the company’s CFO. “I come from a family of entrepreneurs,” Watkins remarked during an appearance on PBS-TV and PBSWorld’s The Chavis Chronicles with National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. The interview took place inside the new state-of-theart NNPA television studios in Washington, D.C. Because her grandfather owned a trucking company and café in Lawrenceville, Virginia, and her father and other family members were entrepreneurs, Watkins leaped at this latest opportunity.

“It’s historic, and it’s amazing,” Watkins stated.

MEOA raised the money after its initial public offering in August and now counts as the first special purpose acquisition company – or SPAC – headed by African Americans.

“We are trading now on the Nasdaq under MEOAU,” Rochester, who earned a master’s degree in Business

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Man Suspected of Killing Girl, 10, in Car 2 Car Shooting ARVIN, Calif. (AP) – An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 10-year-old girl in a car-to-car shooting that left her father and brother wounded earlier this summer in Southern California, authorities said.

Liliana Jimenez died at the scene of the shooting July 17 in the small city of Arvin, southeast of Bakersfield.

Her 29-year-old father and 12-year-old brother suffered gunshot wounds and were hospitalized.

Witnesses tried to chase the suspect’s vehicle, but it sped away.

Police and US Marshals arrested Jesus Everado Haros Rodriguez Thursday night in the Kern County community of Lamont, KBAK-TV reported. It wasn’t immediately known if he has an attorney.

Investigators didn’t say what the motive for the shooting was.

The suspect is also suspected of multiple assaults, according to Arvin police.

Black and Missing Foundation Still Searching for Missing

Natalie and Derrica Wilson/Derrica Wilson (left) founded the Black & Missing Foundation to raise awareness about people of color who have disappeared. (Photo: Allison Keyes/WAMU)

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Administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a focus in Accounting, Finance, and Entrepreneurship.

MEOA will target MBEs and Black-owned businesses nationwide.

“We’re really a blank check company that’s funded through an IPO,” Watkins remarked.

“The funds are held in trust to acquire another company. In this case, we are looking at minority business enterprises to take them public through our IPO. We are the only SPAC that is targeting minority business enterprises.”

According to financial experts, SPACs generally have two years to complete an acquisition.

If they fail, the company must return the money raised to its investors.

For Rochester and Watkins, failure isn’t an option.

Rochester said they are looking at companies with enterprise values between $250 million and $500 million with recurring and predictable revenues.

The criteria include having a history of being able to generate sustainable free-cash-flow.

“There is unprecedented demand for diverse suppliers, but many minority firms don’t have the resources to meet the demand,” Rochester said.

“That’s where MEOA, and the decades of combined experience that our team has in operations, strategy, business development, and acquisitions enter the picture for the right business, to help accelerate growth,” he continued.

Further demonstrating a commitment to racial equity and economic inclusion, MEOA engaged the Industrial Bank of Washington, one of the country’s preeminent Black-owned institutions, for its working capital banking needs during the SPAC and IPO process.

Shawn Rochester, Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc.’s Chairman and CEO, and Robin Watkins, the firm’s Chief Financial Officer and Secretary.

The company’s directors are majority-minority including, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, MIT economist and Dean, College of Ethnic Studies, Cal State Los Angeles, Mr. Ronald Busby, Sr., President and CEO, US Black Chamber, Inc., and Mr. Patrick Linehan, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson.

“The mission and purpose of MEOA will help to catapult minority enterprise in this country,” Rochester asserted.

“As a SPAC, we have the opportunity to not only help drive significant change and unleash superior performance but to also signal to the broader marketplace that there is tremendous value in companies and teams that have long been ignored.”

Brookline Sued Over Proposed Workforce Housing Development BROOKLINE, N.H. (AP) – Developers hoping to build multifamily workforce housing in New Hampshire are suing the town of Brookline for blocking their proposal.

NHPR reports that Brookline Opportunities LLC and Tamposi Brothers Holdings LLC filed a lawsuit last week claiming the town violated the Fair Housing Act and has fallen short of its obligations under state law to accommodate workforce housing.

The companies said their proposed 80-unit townhome development would address a “profound need for affordable housing” but they’ve faced fierce community opposition that was “explicitly based on discriminatory attitudes toward families with children, immigrants, and people of color.’’

In a statement on its website, Brookline denied the allegations and said it has hired legal counsel to defend against the developers’ claims.

Groundbreaking for Obama Presidential Center

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center will move another step closer to its brick-and-mortar future next week when ground is broken after years of reviews, other delays and continued local opposition.

Obama and his wife, Michelle, will join Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in Chicago on Tuesday for a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center.

“Michelle and I could not be more excited to break ground on the Obama Presidential Center in the community that we love,’’ the former president says, seated beside his wife, in a video announcement shared first with The Associated Press.

The former president in 2016 chose a site in a historic lakefront park on the South Side of Chicago to build his presidential library, near where he began his political career, met and married his wife and lived with their family. The former first lady grew up on Chicago’s South Side.

But the planning process hit numerous snags due to a legal battle with park preservationists and protests from neighborhood activists who feared the planned $500 million center would displace Black residents.

Chicago’s City Council has since approved neighborhood protections, and a four-year federal review process that was needed because of its location in Jackson Park – which is on the National Register of Historic Places – was recently completed.

Officials announced in February that construction would begin this year, starting with the relocation of utility lines followed by actual construction.

“This project has reminded us why the South Side and the people who live here are so special,’’ the former first lady said in the video, adding that the effort has reaffirmed for her and her husband that the future on the South Side of Chicago “is as bright as it is anywhere.’’

Barack Obama has described the center as a hub for youth programming and public gatherings that will jumpstart the economy on the city’s South Side, parts of which are impoverished, by bringing attention, jobs and visitors. Foundation officials estimate the center will help create about 5,000 jobs, both during and after construction.

Funding will be raised through private donations.

The complex will sit on 19 acres of the 540-acre Jackson Park and include a museum, public library branch, athletic center, children’s play area and a test kitchen. Obama’s presidential papers will be available in digital form.

The Obama Foundation will also donate up to $3.5 million toward a public track and field facility in the area, city officials have said.

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Game Changing Legislation in the Racist ‘War on Drugs’

Congress Poised to Pass EQUAL Act

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Many have identified New York City in the 1980s as the epicenter of the War on Drugs.

With the February 1988 assassination of NYPD Officer Edward Byrne in Queens, federal officials and law enforcement agencies around the country descended upon the Big Apple.

Meanwhile, Washington, D.C. earned the moniker the “nation’s murder capital” because it held the dubious distinction of the city with the highest homicide rate.

“This is the capital of the United States of America.

We have to have standards here that are reflective of the country as a whole, that this is not some third-world country,” Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas said during a hearing in 1989.

President George H.W. Bush soon followed Gramm’s dissertation by proclaiming a war on drugs – though that war dated to the early 1970s when President Richard Nixon made a similar declaration.

With all of that as the backdrop, Congress on Tuesday, September 28, prepares to vote on the Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of Law (EQUAL) Act, which would eliminate the disparity in authorized sentencing offenses involving crack versus powder cocaine.

The bipartisan EQUAL Act would eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

It also would allow those currently serving time for crack offenses to motion for reduced sentences.

Under current federal laws, individuals caught with 28 grams of crack receive the same sentence as someone caught with 500 grams of powder cocaine, despite the American Medical Association’s findings that there is no chemical difference between the two substances.

Starting with the 1980s version of the “War on Drugs,” those caught with small amounts of crack – primary people of color – received decades longer prison sentences than those with powder cocaine – overwhelmingly white individuals.

According to Human Rights Watch, African

The Honorable Bobby Scott, U.S. Representative (D-VA), has sponsored legislation to end the racial disparities in crack and powder cocaine sentencing.

Americans comprise 62.7 percent and white people 36.7 percent of all drug offenders admitted to state prison.

That despite federal surveys and other data show clear that this racial disparity bears scant relation to racial differences in drug offending.

“There are, for example, five times more white drug users than Black,” Human Rights Watch officials wrote in a recent report.

“Relative to population, Black men are admitted to state prison on drug charges at a rate that is 13.4 times greater than that of white men. In large part because of the extraordinary racial disparities in incarceration for drug offenses, Black people are incarcerated for all offenses at 8.2 times the rate of whites,” officials at the nonprofit continued.

“One in every 20 black men over the age of 18 in the United States is in state or federal prison, compared to one in 180 white men.”

The eye-opening report concluded that: “Shocking as such national statistics are, they mask even worse racial disparities in individual states. For example, in seven states, Black individuals constitute between 80 and 90 percent of all drug offenders sent to prison. In at least fifteen states, Black men are admitted to prison on drug charges at rates from 20 to 57 times greater than white men.

“These racial disparities in drug offenders admitted to prison skew the racial balance of state prison populations.

In two states, one in every 13 Black men is in prison. In seven states, Black people are incarcerated at more than 13 times the rate of whites.”

The authors concluded that the imprisonment of African Americans for drug offenses is part of a more significant over-incarceration crisis in the United States.

“Although prison should be used as a last resort to protect society from violent or dangerous individuals, more people are sent to prison in the United States for nonviolent drug offenses than for crimes of violence,” the authors determined.

The EQUAL Act also removes conspiracy charges that have contributed to numerous years of sentencing for drug offenses, particularly when it involves African Americans.

Congressman Bobby Scott (D-Va.), the co-sponsor of the legislation, said in a recent interview that individualized review in sentencing allows judges to more effectively resolve issues like “the girlfriend problem,” in which a drug dealer’s girlfriend may have driven him to a deal or passed along a message but still received an exorbitant sentence based on the mandatory minimum law.

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“(Retroactivity) could have a profound effect on people who have been given sentences, particularly on conspiracy,” Congressman Scott told VOX. “Because on conspiracy, you’re addled with the whole weight of the operation, even if part of it was negligible,” Scott remarked.

Still, in an Op-Ed, officials at the American Bar Association cautioned that optimism over the progress on the EQUAL Act must be balanced against Congress’s continued willingness to place rhetoric over science when it comes to drugs.

“For example, the 117th Congress recently voted to renew a policy that will continue to subject more people to mandatory minimum sentences for offenses involving synthetic opioids,” editors at the nonprofit wrote.

“Even though such ‘war on drugs’ strategies have not historically reduced the flow of drugs into the country or overdose deaths, legislators continue to back a harsh opioid policy that has – and will continue to – produce similar racial disparities as did the original sentencing scheme for crack cocaine.

“Hopefully, after 35 years of enforcing a law that has failed to produce desired results, the time for passage of the remedial EQUAL Act has come.”

Senators Fail to Reach Deal on George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Talks to enact the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act were halted on Wednesday after a bipartisan Senate negotiations team announced it failed to reach a deal.

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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) called off the talks. No further discussions are in the works.

“Unfortunately, even with this law enforcement support and further compromises we offered, there was still too wide a gulf with our negotiating partners, and we faced significant obstacles to securing a bipartisan deal,” Sen. Booker stated.

“The effort from the very beginning was to get police reform that would raise professional standards, police reform that would create a lot more transparency, and then police reform that would create accountability, and we’re not able to come to agreements on those three big areas,” the senator remarked.

Lawmakers had worked toward a measure following the police murder of George Floyd in May 2020.

Optimism about a deal peaked in April when a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of Floyd’s murder.

Floyd’s killing led to global protests and corporate

awareness of the call that Black lives matter.

Introduced by California Democratic Congresswoman Karen Bass, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act addressed a range of policies and issues surrounding police practices and accountability.

The bill sought to lower the criminal intent standard to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution.

In addition, the measure would limit qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against an officer, and it would grant administrative subpoena power to the Department of Justice in patternor-practice investigations.

Notably, the measure establishes a framework to prevent and cure racial profiling by law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels.

It restricts the use of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and carotid holds.

“On behalf of the families of George Floyd and so many others who have been impacted by police violence,

we express our extreme disappointment in Senate leaders’ inability to reach a reasonable solution for federal police reform,” Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump wrote in a statement.

“In the last year and a half, we have witnessed hundreds of thousands of Americans urging lawmakers to bring desperately needed change to policing in this country so there can be greater accountability, transparency, and ultimately trust in policing,” Crump continued.

“People – including many police leaders – have raised their voices for something to change, and partisan politics once again prevents common-sense reform. We cannot let this be a tragic, lost opportunity to regain trust between citizens and police.

“We strongly urge Democratic senators to bring the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to the floor for a vote so Americans can see who is looking out for their communities’ best interests and who is ready to listen to their constituents so we can together put the country on a better, more equitable path for all.”

Gov. Newsom’s New $15 Million Climate Change Program Includes Grants for Communities Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a historic $15 billion climate change package. The initiative has funds in it to combat the state’s current environmental crisis as well as to help communities prepare for and prevent any disasters that may result from shifting weather patterns and changing global temperatures.

It is the largest investment of its kind in the history of the state.

“At the KNP fire today, while the realities of climate change surrounded us, we signed into law a $15 BILLION package that will help California tackle the climate crisis — from record heat waves, to extreme drought, to massive wildfires,” Newsom tweeted after the press conference he held in regards to this investment.

The governor was referring to a range of wildfires authorities have designated the KNP (Kings Canyon National Park) complex that has been burning since Sept.

9 in that park and in the adjacent Sequoia National Park.

As of Sunday, that wildfire had burned nearly 46,000 acres of land.

Across the state, the effects of climate change have decimated over 1.9 million acres of land, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Some experts believe this is due to California’s severe drought this year.

As is the case with many other crises in the United States, communities of color are disproportionately affected by climate change.

This climate package hopes to change that by providing grants to help communities plan for climate change, as well as bolstering fire and drought prevention and response through program funding.

“California is doubling down on our nation-leading

policies to confront the climate crisis head-on while protecting the hardest-hit communities,” said Newsom.

“We’re deploying a comprehensive approach to meet the sobering challenges of the extreme weather patterns that imperil our way of life and the Golden State as we know it, including the largest investment in state history to bolster wildfire resilience, funding to tackle the drought emergency while building long-term water resilience,

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and strategic investments across the spectrum to protect communities from extreme heat, sea level rise and other climate risks that endanger the most vulnerable among us,” he explained.

The state has not yet announced a schedule for release of the funding to communities or at how it will be dispersed. California Black Media will be following that process.

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“It’s wonderful to be back together. When The Tempts first met Smoke we were teenagers, young black men in Detroit who had no clue that our partnership at Motown would produce ‘My Girl,’ one of the greatest hits of all time,” says Williams.

Temptations Mark 60th Anniversary with Release of New Single w/Smokey Robinson

By NNPA Newswire LOS ANGELES, CA This year marks the 60th Anniversary celebration of The Temptations, the legendary, Grammy Award-Winning group known as the “No. 1 R&B Artists of All Time” (Billboard).

And releasing today is their brand-new single, “Is It Gonna Be Yes Or No,” a duet between the group and the equally legendary Smokey Robinson, the man who delivered their first hits.

The song, also written and produced by Smokey, is a preview of the upcoming TEMPTATIONS 60 album.

The single and taster of their 2022 album, Executive Produced by Temptations’ founding and sole surviving original member Dr. Otis Williams, is available now.

Robinson brought in stellar studio musicians to play on the ballad, including his longtime associate Dave Garfield on keyboards, bassist Freddie Washington and drummer Steve Ferrone.

And in all the years Robinson has delivered such timeless Temptations classics as “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “My Girl,” “Since I Lost My Baby,” “Get Ready” and more, the duet marks the only time he and the Temptations have sung lead together, save for a recording of “The Christmas Song” in 1989.

“It’s wonderful to be back together. When The Tempts first met Smoke we were teenagers, young black men in Detroit who had no clue that our partnership at Motown would produce ‘My Girl,’ one of the greatest hits of all time,” says Williams.

“And our success together didn’t stop there. We had chart hit after chart hit and, soon after, our music was heard around the world. Now, 60 years later, as I turn 80, Smoke and I have come full circle. I never imagined we would have the opportunity to get back in the studio and do it all again.”

Smokey adds, “When Otis called me and said, ‘Hey man, we’re doing a new album and we’d like you to do a song, that got me excited about working together again. That was it, that’s all it took. I proceeded to write a new song for them, and I was very happy to, because it’s been a long time. When I showed up at the studio, Otis said, ‘Man, I want you to sing on this one with us.’ So, I said, ‘Oh, okay, I’m very excited about the song, let’s do it! You, know, it’s just great working with them, always.”

The Temptations’ 60th Anniversary campaign launched this summer and will run through June 2022, in a celebration befitting one of the most revered and prolific musical institutions of all time.

The year-long campaign includes the new album in 2022; a 50-city tour through the end of this year, with more global dates to be announced; remastering of their music videos, including “Standing on the Top” with Rick James and their No. 1 hit “Stay;” a new content series; the Imperial Theatre re-opening on October 16th of the Broadway musical, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, based on Otis Williams’s personal journey that was nominated for 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and won the Tony Award for Best Choreography at the 73rd Tony Awards

ceremony in June 2019 and whose Ume cast album was GRAMMY-nominated; and celebratory events along the way including Otis Williams’ 80th birthday on October 30th.

Their Emmy Award-Winning Television mini-series, The Temptations, which first aired to rave reviews in 1998, is still on air or streaming every day somewhere in the world.

Williams’ critically acclaimed autobiography, Temptations, was recently released as an audiobook edition for the first time, with a new introduction by Williams.

Temptations History The Temptations are today one of the most iconic, bestselling brands in the entertainment world. With Otis Williams, the founding and sole surviving member of The Temptations, their track record of history-making music is breathtaking, their presence across multi-media platforms has never been more vivid, and their popularity is ever-increasing. Most recently, adding to their dozens of sampled tracks, their hit “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone,” was used as the foundation of the Migos smash, “Avalanche.”

The Temptations were among the first African American musical artists to crossover into mainstream America and appear on popular, national mainstream television programs, such as The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Hollywood Palace in the 60s. Trailblazers, the group’s star power was so striking that these top-rated, national programs, and many others, scheduled appearances for the Temptations multiple times during a single year.

At the time, this was an unparalleled accomplishment

for African American entertainers. The Temptations helped change the face of primetime television and fueled the growth in the performing arts and entertainment world for African Americans artists forever.

The Temptations rank No. 1 in Billboard magazine’s most recent list of Greatest R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of All Time, and the group appears in the magazine’s list of 125 Greatest of All Time Artists. Rolling Stone magazine commented that the Temptations are “Indisputably the greatest black vocal group of the Modern Era…,” and listed the group’s Anthology album among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The group has won four GRAMMY Awards, including Motown’s first-ever statuette, awarded to the Tempts for “Cloud Nine” for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental in 1969.

The Tempts were also awarded a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, while their No. 1 hits “My Girl” and “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone” are in the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame. The group has been inducted into the Rock & Roll, National Rhythm & Blues Music, and Vocal Group Halls of Fame, and they have a star on both the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Apollo Theater’s Walk of Fame.

Throughout the group’s evolution, they have released countless gold, platinum and multi-platinum chart hits, many of which are considered American masterpieces.

They have 16 No. 1 R&B chart albums, 44 Top 10 R&B chart hits, including, 14 No. 1 R&B singles, plus four No. 1 Hot 100 singles.

R. Kelly Found Guilty of All Charges in New York Racketeering and Sex-Trafficking Case Singer R. Kelly was found guilty of leading a decadeslong scheme to recruit women and underage girls for sex in New York on Monday, with the jury declaring him guilty of all all nine counts of the racketeering and sex-trafficking charges against him, according to the New York Times.

The jury, consisting of seven men and five women, convicted Kelly of racketeering and eight violations of an anti-sex trafficking law after nine hours of deliberations in federal court in Brooklyn, after beginning its deliberations Friday afternoon. Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison; an attorney for Kelly told CNN they are considering filing an appeal and are disappointed in the verdict.

The singer sat motionless in the courtroom as the verdict was read, according to the paper. His facial expression was obscured by a mask. The verdict comes 13 years after Kelly was acquitted of child pornography charges in Illinois. He faces further charges in Illinois.

“Today’s guilty verdict forever brands R. Kelly as a predator, who used his fame and fortune to prey on the young, the vulnerable and the voiceless for his own sexual gratification,” Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, acting U.S. attorney from the Eastern District, said outside court after the verdict was read, according to CNN. “He is a predator who used his inner circle to ensnare underage girls and young men and women for decades, in a sordid web of sex abuse, exploitation and humiliation.

“This conviction would not have been possible without the bravery and resilience of R. Kelly’s victims. I applaud their courage in revealing in open court, the painful, intimate and horrific details of their lives with him,” Kasulis continued. “No one deserves what they experienced at his hands or the threats or harassment they faced about telling the truth about what happened to them. We hope that today’s verdict bring some measure of comfort and closure to the victims.”

In the New York trial that began Aug. 18, Kelly faced federal counts of human trafficking, racketeering, child pornography, kidnapping and forced labor. The former music star denied all allegations against him, and pleaded not guilty. During the trial, the prosecution sought to prove that not only is Kelly a predator, but his team has long enabled his behavior.

During closing statements on Wednesday, federal prosecutor Elizabeth Geddes drove home the point that R. Kelly used his fame to take advantage of underaged girls and boys, as well as young women, characterizing the R&B

singer as a predator.

“For many years, what happened in the defendant’s world stayed in the defendant’s world,” Geddes said, according to the Times. “But no longer.”

Over the course of the five-week trial, the prosecution brought nine women and two men to the stand to tell their accounts of Kelly’s sexual, physical and mental abuse, along with 34 witnesses, including former employees of Kelly.

Kelly will not take the stand, per the Times.

According to the Associated Press, accusers testified that Kelly allegedly locked a radio intern in a room where she passed out and he sexually assaulted her, videotaped a woman wiping feces on her face as punishment for not following his rules and knowingly gave multiple people herpes without informing them of his STD status.

In one of the most explosive moments during testimony, a witness alleged that they had seen Kelly sexually abusing late R&B star Aaliyah in 1993, when she was only 13 or 14, according to the AP. That same witness also testified that Kelly began to sexually abuse her when she was 15. Part of the prosecution’s evidence included a fake marriage license that they alleged Kelly and his team used to wed the two when Kelly came to believe he had impregnated her, the AP stated. The faked license claimed that Aaliyah was 18, when in reality she was only 15. The prosecution alleged that Kelly wanted the sham marriage so that he could make Aaliyah get an abortion, out of fear of criminal consequences, according to the Times.

“We all know what the defendant was thinking,” Geddes said, according to the Times. “No baby, no jail.”

Geddes’ closing statement lasted more than three hours, according to the Times, also detailing what she called Kelly’s “violent temper” and tendency to use the promise of fame to take advantage of others sexually.

“He used lies, manipulation, threats and physical abuse to dominate his victims,” Geddes said. “Just because you have one of your henchmen do your dirty work doesn’t make you any less responsible. The defendant’s pattern of sexual abuse of minors didn’t change after he wed Aaliyah.

In fact, it didn’t skip a beat.”

The defense presented four character witnesses, including former employees, an audio engineer and an accountant, the latter of whom testified about the structure of Kelly’s company, RSK, as demonstrated by an illustration of an octopus and its tentacles.

This is the first of several cases against R. Kelly, as

he faces charges in several states, including Illinois and Minnesota. It’s the latest in a string of court procedures propelled by hit documentaries. On Sept. 17, Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir and subject of HBO’s 2015 docuseries “The Jinx,” was convicted of murdering his friend, Susan Berman, more than 20 years ago. On Sept.

29, Britney Spears faces a California judge in the matter of her 13-year-long conservatorship, the validity of which was questioned starkly in the New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears.” Interest in Kelly’s case was revived in large part due to the Lifetime series “Surviving R. Kelly.”

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Bakersfield News Observer

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5681 Doing business as: TOXICALASH at 3025 N Halfmoon Dr #A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: KARINA PEREZ-TINAJERO, 3025 N Halfmoon Dr #A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: KARINA PEREZ-TINAJERO 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: August 20, 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 August 20, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021

ALPHA PERFORMANCE BODYSHOP at 6950 District Blvd. #C, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ADRIAN M QUIROZ FUENTES, 6416 Easter Lily Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ADRIAN M QUIROZ FUENTES 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: September 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 September 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5963 Doing business as: ENCHANTED ESSENCE at 4619 Mcginnis St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: PO Box 81643, Bakersfield, Ca. 93380 County: Kern Full name of registrant: MARIA DE LA CRUZ BARRAZA, 4619 Mcginnis St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARIA DE LA CRUZ BARRAZA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 8/25/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 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 September 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5915 Doing business as: TY MARK WELDING & FAB at 325 Mckelvey Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: TYLER BENNETTE MARCO, 325 Mckelvey Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: TYLER BENNETTE MARCO 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: August 30, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

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

This statement expires on August 30, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5957 Doing business as: FITNESS VISIONARIES at 9409 Staffordshire Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LORENZO HUIZAR, 9409 Staffordshire Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LORENZO HUIZAR The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 2/16/2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 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 September 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5877 Doing business as: GO GREEN LAWN AND LANDSCAPE at 2801 Wenatchee Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LAURA ESPARZA, 2801 Wenatchee Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: LAURA ESPARZA 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: August 27, 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 August 27, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5952 Doing business as:

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������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5964 Doing business as: HOLLY JOLLY XMAS SHOP at 4619 Mcginnis St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: PO Box 81643, Bakersfield, Ca. 93380 County: Kern Full name of registrant: KRISTINA AVALOS, 4619 Mcginnis St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: KRISTINA AVALOS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 10/1/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 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 September 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5801 Doing business as: MERINO PARTY RENTALS at 2909 Dalea St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: WILSON ANTONIO MERINO, 2909 Dalea St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: WILSON ANTONIO MERINO 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: August 25, 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 August 25, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 �������������������������������

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B4654 Business Name you wish to abandon: BRIGHT AND WHITE OFFICE CLEANING Street address of business: 600 Hosking Ave. Apt 77C, Bakersfield,

PUBLIC NOTICE Ca. 93307 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: FRANCES KETTY MAHAN, 600 Hosking Ave. Apt 77C, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: FRANCES KETTY MAHAN, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Aug 30, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 8, 15, 22, 29, 2021 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOSE D. HERNANDEZ aka JOSE HERNANDEZ LAINEZ CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002796 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOSE D. HERNANDEZ aka JOSE HERNANDEZ LAINEZ A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DANILIO HERNANDEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro Justice Building THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DANILIO HERNANDEZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: R. Sam Price 300 E. State Street, Suite 620 Redlands, Ca. 92373 Telephone: (909) 328-7000 Legacy Audio ONLY call in Use this method if you do not have access to a computer/smart phone.

Phone number: (833) 568-8864 Meeting ID: 160-4896-5918 Passcode: 32835295 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (PLF) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, 2021

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LAVADA DORIS LUCAS, aka LAVADA D. LUCAS, aka LAVADA LUCAS CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-002628 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LAVADA DORIS LUCAS, aka LAVADA D. LUCAS, aka LAVADA LUCAS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by BRENDA DARLENE LUCAS BERTRAND in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro Division THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BRENDA DARLENE LUCAS BERTRAND be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admittedd 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: Oct 21, 2021 Time: 10:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave.,

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Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Michael R. Young, Esq. The Law Offices of Young & Nichols 1901 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (Y&N) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, 2021

������������������������������� AMENDED 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 Branch Name: Metro Division PETITION OF: EMILY KAY SECHLER CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS JACOBS FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: EMILY KAY SECHLER CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS JACOBS for a decree changing names as follows: Present name PARKER CHRISTOPHER JACOBS Filed a petition with this court Proposed name PARKER JOSHUA 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Oct 14, 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: Sept 9, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Sarah Gomez DEPUTY Petitioner: EMILY KAY SECHLER 1163 Alder Ave. Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Phone: (801) 726-3844 CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS JACOBS 1415 Broadway Apt 318 Alameda, Ca. 94501 Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Phone: (669) 220-4720 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6048 Doing business as: KIDZ BEAUTY BOUTIQUE at 9617 Ravenwood Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANA MARIA NUNEZ, 9617 Ravenwood Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: AZELLIA GRACE BUTLER, 9617 Ravenwood Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: LILY FAITH BUTLER, 9617 Ravenwood Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: ANA MARIA NUNEZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 6/2/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 7, 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 September 7, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B4452 Business Name you wish to abandon: KIDZ BEAUTY BOUTIQUE Street address of business: 9617 Ravenwood Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: ANA MARIA NUNEZ, 9617 Ravenwood Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: AZELLIA GRACE

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BUTLER, 9617 Ravenwood Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: LILY FAITH BUTLER, 9617 Ravenwood 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: General Partnership SIGNED: ANA MARIA NUNEZ, Co Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 7, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021

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 September 9, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021

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 August 18, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5910 Doing business as: CALIFORNIA HOME FIX at 9917 Krista Vineyard Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PAZ JOSEFINA B PELAEZ, 9917 Krista Vineyard Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PAZ JOSEFINA B PELAEZ 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: August 30, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on August 30, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6077 Doing business as: AFRICA’S HAIR SALON at 1030 2nd Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: SARAH HENRI TOUSAINT, 1030 2nd Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: SARAH HENRI TOUSAINT The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/6/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 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 September 8, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5901 Doing business as: ACCESSIBLE SOLUTIONS at 14313 Yucatan Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: PO Box 510, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ACCESSIBLE SOLUTIONS LLC, CA, 14313 Yucatan Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: MIGUEL MOLINA, Managing Member 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: August 30, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on August 30, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6111 2021-B6112 Doing business as: EXOTICS ON DEMAND / EXOTICS ON DEMAND SMOKE SHOP at 1509 19th St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: AHMED WAHIB SALEH, 1509 19th St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: AHMED WAHIB SALEH The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/5/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 9, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6051 Doing business as: HOTMAMIBODY_BYDALIA at 5510 Grant Grove St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DALIA LIZBETH OLVERA, 5510 Grant Grove St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DALIA LIZBETH OLVERA 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: September 7, 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 September 7, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6129 Doing business as: CLASSIQUE BOUTIQUE RENTALS at 10609 Galway Bay Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: SHAVON LAJOY SIMS, 10609 Galway Bay Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: SHAVON LAJOY SIMS 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: September 10, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6142 Doing business as: HARVEST BEE COMPANY at 10909 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: 12109 Brockridge Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Full name of registrant: KARSON RUTH GRAY, 12109 Brockridge Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: KARSON RUTH GRAY The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/9/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 10, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5606 Doing business as: MINDWELL at 5719 Baguette Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JAVON JERREL KEMP, 5719 Baguette Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JAVON JERREL KEMP 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: August 18, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business

������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B1298 Business Name you wish to abandon: BEYOND THE PATTERNS Street address of business: 209 Real Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: CAROLYN ELAINE WILSON, 209 Real Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CAROLYN ELAINE WILSON, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 10, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B2533 Business Name you wish to abandon: BB & A KENNELS Street address of business: 4411 Rushmore Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: BB & ASSOCIATES LLC, CA, 4411 Rushmore Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: VANESSA BONNER, Member This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 2, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B2534 Business Name you wish to abandon: BB & A PARTY RENTALS Street address of business: 4411 Rushmore Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: BB & ASSOCIATES LLC, CA, 4411 Rushmore Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: VANESSA BONNER, Member This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 2, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B2617 Business Name you wish to abandon: INDIE GOURMET BURGERS Street address of business: 6305 Grant Wood Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: INDERPAL SEKHON, 6305 Grant Wood Street, 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: INDERPAL SEKHON, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 1, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B2618 Business Name you wish to abandon: TAILORED BURGERS Street address of business: 6305 Grant Wood Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: INDERPAL SEKHON, 6305 Grant Wood Street, 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: INDERPAL SEKHON, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 1, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CIRILO NUNEZ TORRES CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002862 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CIRILO NUNEZ TORRES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NELDA TORRES in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro Justice Building THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NELDA TORRES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Oct 14, 2021 Time: 10:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 other: via zoom (Phone number: (833) 5688864 Meeting id: 169-4896-5918 Passcode: 32835295 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: S. David Kozich, Esq EQUITY LAW GROUP 3281 Guasti Road Ste # 700 Ontario, Ca. 91761 Telephone: (949) 610-5770 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (ELG) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 2021

������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-101788 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 Branch Name: Metro Division PETITION OF: SATBIR SINGH FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: SATBIR SINGH for a decree changing names as follows: Present name SATBIR SINGH Filed a petition with this court Proposed name SATBIR SINGH JASSAR 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: Oct 14, 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: August 12, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Satbir Singh 5816 Empress Tree Dr. Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Phone: (661) 616-7166 E-Mail Address: jassar.satbir@gmail. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6177 Doing business as: BEYOND THE PATTERNS at 209 Real Road, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 6077 Coffee Road Ste 4, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Full name of registrant: BEYOND THE PATTERNS LLC, CA, 6077 Coffee Road Ste 4, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: CAROLYN WILSON, Managing Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 8/30/2021

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This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 15, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 15, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021

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 September 15, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021

information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on August 27, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021

������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B6149 Business Name you wish to abandon: BEYOND THE PATTERNS LLC Street address of business: 6077 Coffee Road Ste 4, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 1401 21st Street, Sacramento, Ca. 95811 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: BEYOND THE PATTERNS LLC, 6077 Coffee Road Ste 4, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CAROLYN WILSON, Managing Member This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 15, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6114 2021-B6115 Doing business as: WYLD STALLIONS / WYLD STALLIONS BARBER AND SKATE SHOP at 27750 Stallion Springs Dr Suite D, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: AUSTIN DEAN DAVIDSON, 27750 Stallion Springs Dr Suite D, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 Full name of registrant: KYLE LEE HAMON, 27750 Stallion Springs Dr Suite D, Tehachapi, Ca. 93561 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: AUSTIN DEAN DAVIDSON The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/6/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 9, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 9, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5960 2021-B5961 Doing business as: HF PRODUCTIONS / HECTIC FILMS at 4040 Easton Drive Suite #6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RICKEY DEAN BIRD JR, 717 Meadow Grove #D, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RICKEY DEAN BIRD 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: September 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 September 1, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6188 Doing business as: KAL TRAILERS & LEASING INC at 3401 North Sillect Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: KAL TRAILERS & LEASING INC, 11184 Almond Ave, Fontana, Ca. 92337 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: KALVINDER SINGH The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 7/15/2020 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 15, 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

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6218 Doing business as: ANIE THE MANI at 2217 “F” Street # D, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 8103 Crab Apple Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANABEL MARIE RODRIGUEZ, 8103 Crab Apple Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANABEL MARIE 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: September 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 September 16, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6215 Doing business as: BAKO BABE CO. at 9642 Silver Falls Ln., Shafter, Ca. 93263 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: NICOLE DANIELLE LEGORRETA, 9642 Silver Falls Ln., Shafter, Ca. 93263 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: NICOLE DANIELLE LEGORRETA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/14/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 16, 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 September 16, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6163 Doing business as: RHINO AUTO SALES at 3120 Niles St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RHINO AUTO SALES, CA, 3120 Niles St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: SAMUEL TRUJILLO, C. F. O 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: September 13, 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 September 13, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5888 Doing business as: HIS IMAGE CHRISTIAN CLOTHING AND APPAREL at 408 Terriwood Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ELLIJAH DANIEL OLVERA, 408 Terriwood Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: CYNTHIA LYNN RUST, 408 Terriwood Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: ELLIJAH DANIEL OLVERA 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: August 27, 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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6246 2021-B6247 Doing business as: MCCULLOUGH DENTAL / MCCULLOUGH DENTISTRY at 210 S. Montclair St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: BRANDON MCCULLOUGH DENTAL CORPORATION, CA, 210 S. Montclair St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: BRANDON MCCULLOUGH, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/23/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 17, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 17, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6273 Doing business as: MICHAELANGELO’S JEWELRY at 110 Cedarwood Lane, Oildale, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MICHAELANGELO MENA-AGUILAR, 110 Cedarwood Lane, Oildale, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MICHAELANGELO MENAAGUILAR 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: September 17, 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 September 17, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6029 Doing business as: BADGESBYYESSICA at 2313 Calvin St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: YESICA M RODRIGUEZ DE ANDA, 2313 Calvin St., Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: AUSTIN DEAN DAVIDSON The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/15/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 3, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

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 September 3, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6232 2021-B6233 Doing business as: RAMOS AUTO REGISTRATION SERVICES / PACIFIC AUTO CLUB at 332 E Norris Rd Unit 3, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: 12602 Spoleto Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOSE ROBERTO RAMOS-ZUNIGA, 12602 Spoleto Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JOSE ROBERTO RAMOSZUNIGA 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: September 16, 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 September 16, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6263 2021-B6264 Doing business as: NEXT RIDGE APPAREL / NEXT RIDGE OUTDOORS at 34601 Meadow View Lane, Caliente, Ca. 93518 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: TRACIE DEEANN TAYLOR, LLC., CA, 34601 Meadow View Lane, Caliente, Ca. 93518 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: TRACIE TAYLOR, CEO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/2/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 17, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 17, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6139 Doing business as: ARON’S POOL SERVICE at 9221 Hoxie Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ARON ASAPH DURAN, 9221 Hoxie Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ARON ASAPH DURAN 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: September 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).

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PUBLIC NOTICE Bakersfield, CA. Resource Anesthesiology Association of California, a Medical Corporation (“RAA of CA”) is a covered entity that performs anesthesiology services through a professional services agreement with Dignity Health, d/b/a Mercy Hospital Downtown and d/b/a Mercy Hospital Southwest. On July 8, 2021, a RAA of CA employee’s laptop was stolen from their vehicle.

RAA of CA notified law enforcement and filed a police report but was unable to recover the stolen laptop.

RAA of CA investigated the known contents of the stolen laptop to determine what patient information may have been present on the laptop. Our investigation confirmed that patient information was present on the laptop, including the patient’s name, address, date of birth, provider name, date of service, diagnosis and treatment information, health insurance information and other information related to patient medical care. If you are the individual listed on an impacted patient’s insurance policy, then your name, date of birth, and health insurance number may have been present as well. Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and other government IDs were not present in the data on the laptop.

RAA of CA has issued notification letters to those who were impacted, but not all addresses were available, so we are also posting notice here.

RAA of CA is not aware of any misuse of information, but we are offering, at no cost to the affected individuals, identity theft protection services through IDX. We are in the process of making sure all health professionals’ laptops are encrypted. We are also retraining staff and reviewing policies and procedures related to patient confidentiality. Our patients’ trust is a top priority for RAA of CA, and we sincerely apologize for any concern this has caused. We respect the privacy and confidentiality of all information entrusted to us, and we will remain vigilant in our efforts to safeguard and protect all information within our control.

To determine whether you were affected by this incident, please call please call 1-833-992-4006 Monday through Friday from 6 am - 6 pm Pacific Time. Recommendations by the Federal Trade Commission regarding identity theft protection and details on how to place a fraud alert or a security freeze on a credit file can be found at www.identitytheft.gov.

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

Stor It Self Storage 4200 Patton Way Bakersfield, CA 93308. The

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sale will take place online at www. storagetreasures.com; the bidding will end (October 13, 2021) at 6:00 pm. K016 Monae Magee – Misc., H054 Ashley Snook – Misc., BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 2021 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ALENE SMITH, aka ALENE S SMITH, aka ALENE SUZETTE SMITH CASE NUMBER: BPB-21-002887 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ALENE SMITH, aka ALENE S SMITH, aka ALENE SUZETTE SMITH A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID A SMITH in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Branch Name: Metro THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID A SMITH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Oct 21, 2021 Time: 10:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Michael R Young, Esq. 1901 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (Y&N) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 2021

������������������������������� ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-21-102121 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 Branch Name: Metro Division PETITION OF: MANUELA GALINDO FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MANUELA GALINDO for a decree changing names as follows: Present name MANUELA GALINDO Filed a petition with this court Proposed name DANIELLA GALINDO 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: Nov 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: Sept 15, 2021 Linda S Etienne COURT COMMISSIONER Andrea Sanders DEPUTY Petitioner: Manuela Galindo 5900 Ashwood St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Phone: (661) 699-5199 E-Mail address: mgalindo451@ gmail.com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-014953 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DANIEL HORTON, an individual; and DOES 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): UHG I, LLC NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you

PUBLIC NOTICE without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

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

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

There are other legal requirements.

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

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

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

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

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 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): Michael Raichelson/SBN-174607, Sarah Jane Reynolds/SBN 299510; Luis Duenas/SBN 271873; Martin Weingarten/SBN 201906 PERSOLVE LEGAL GROUP, LLP 9301 Corbin Ave Ste 1600 Northridge, CA 91324 Telephone: (818) 534-3100 Fax: DATE (Fecha): November 24, 2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Gina Sala, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (PLG) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 Order to Show Cause Hearing is set for 11/2/2021 at 8:30 A.M. in Department 12.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (PLG) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-015018 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DARRELL BROWNEN, an individual; and DOES 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): DNF ASSOCIATES, LLC 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

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

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

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

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

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 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): Michael Raichelson/SBN-174607, Sarah Jane Reynolds/SBN 299510; Luis Duenas/SBN 271873; Martin Weingarten/SBN 201906 PERSOLVE LEGAL GROUP, LLP 9301 Corbin Ave Ste 1600 Northridge, CA 91324 Telephone: (818) 534-3100 Fax: DATE (Fecha): December 2, 2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Sophia Munoz Alvarez, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (PLG) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

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

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

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 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): Michael Raichelson/SBN-174607, Sarah Jane Reynolds/SBN 299510; Luis Duenas/SBN 271873; Martin Weingarten/SBN 201906 PERSOLVE LEGAL GROUP, LLP 9301 Corbin Ave Ste 1600 Northridge, CA 91324 Telephone: (818) 534-3100 Fax: DATE (Fecha): December 11, 2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Sophia Munoz Alvarez, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (PLG) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

Order to Show Cause Hearing is set for 11/9/2021 at 8:30 A.M. in Department 12.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (PLG) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-015303 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ, an individual; and DOES 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): UHG I, LLC 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

Order to Show Cause Hearing is set for 11/17/2021 at 8:30 A.M. in Department 12.

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SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-014762 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): TIMOTHY BIRD, an individual; and DOES 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): UHG I, LLC 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

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abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 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): Michael Raichelson/SBN-174607, Sarah Jane Reynolds/SBN 299510; Luis Duenas/SBN 271873; Martin Weingarten/SBN 201906 PERSOLVE LEGAL GROUP, LLP 9301 Corbin Ave Ste 1600 Northridge, CA 91324 Telephone: (818) 534-3100 Fax: DATE (Fecha): November 12, 2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Gina Sala, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served.

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COURT 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): Michael Raichelson/SBN-174607, Sarah Jane Reynolds/SBN 299510; Luis Duenas/SBN 271873; Martin Weingarten/SBN 201906 PERSOLVE LEGAL GROUP, LLP 9301 Corbin Ave Ste 1600 Northridge, CA 91324 Telephone: (818) 534-3100 Fax: DATE (Fecha): December 2, 2020 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Gina Sala, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served.

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Individual SIGNED: FERMIN GARMENDIA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 8/12/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 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 September 16, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

Doing business as: FRANKIE’S MATTRESS COMPANY at 525 W. Columbus St. Ste 1, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 4201 Isla Verde St. Apt D, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Full name of registrant: FRANKIE FINDS, LLC, CA, 525 W. Columbus St. Ste 1, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: FRANCISCO J. ALVAREZ, Managing Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 7/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 16, 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 September 16, 2026

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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 September 16, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

Liability Company SIGNED: FRANCISCO J. ALVAREZ, President This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 16, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

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 September 20, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

Order to Show Cause Hearing is set for 10/18/2021 at 8:30 A.M. in Department 12.

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SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCL-20-015028 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): YOLANDA DAVIS, an individual; and DOES 1-100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): UHG I, LLC 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.

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR

Order to Show Cause Hearing is set for 11/9/2020 at 8:30 A.M. in Department 12.

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������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6238 Doing business as: FRANKIE’S MATTRESS COMPANY 2 at 624 Morning Dr. Ste 1, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: 4201 Isla Verde St. Apt D, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Full name of registrant: FRANKIE FINDS, LLC, CA, 525 W. Columbus St. Ste 1, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: FRANCISCO J. ALVAREZ, Managing Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 7/1/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 16, 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

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6284 Doing business as: A&A CERVANTES TRUCKING at 330 10th Street, McFarland, Ca. 93250 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ALEX CERVANTES CARDENAS, 330 10th Street, McFarland, Ca. 93250 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ALEX CERVANTES CARDENAS 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: September 20, 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 September 20, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6291 Doing business as: WEDDINGS BY MG at 5913 Niles St Suite 4., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: TRAMITES CALIFORNIA INC, CA, 5913 Niles St Suite 4., Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: MARIBEL GONZALEZ ROLON, CFO 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: September 20, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 20, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B5985 Doing business as: COUNTRY BOY DRIVE IN at 10211 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: 13015 Queen Palm Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 County: Kern Full name of registrant: COUNTRYBOY DRIVE IN INC., CA, 10211 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: HYUNG KOOK KIM, President The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 12/2/2016 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 2, 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 September 2, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6227 Doing business as: VIANFER MEDICAL at 8502 White Rock Dr. Apt 2, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: FERMIN GARMENDIA, 8502 White Rock Dr. Apt 2, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by:

������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2021-B0010 Business Name you wish to abandon: FRANKIE FINDS! Street address of business: 525 W. Columbus St. Ste 1, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 4201 Isla Verde St. Apt D, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: FRANKIE FINDS, LLC, 525 W. Columbus St. Ste 1, 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.)

Business was conducted by: Limited

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6278 Doing business as: P.B CLEANING SERVICES at 3100 Ashe Rd. Apt 165, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PAULA BOBADILLA HERNANDEZ, 3100 Ashe Rd. Apt 165, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PAULA BOBADILLA HERNANDEZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 20, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: P DEL VILLAR, Deputy

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6249 Doing business as: PRIME TIME HANDYMAN at 8806 Brannock Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PEDUARDO MONTES SANCHEZ, 8806 Brannock Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PEDUARDO MONTES SANCHEZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE PETITION Notice is hereby given by the persons whose names appear hereon of their intention to circulate the petition within the County of Kern for the purpose of establishing term limits for the Kern County Board of Supervisors. A statement of the reasons of the proposed action as contemplated in the petition is as follows: The same politicians have run Kern County for years, but they have failed to address the pressing issues facing our County, including ever-increasing homelessness, bringing good paying jobs, and finding real solutions to the rising crime rate. These career politicians have become so entrenched that they are routinely re-elected, even though they’ve lost touch with the people of Kern County.

Indeed, only one incumbent supervisor in Kern County has lost a re-election bid in more than two and a half decades.

The hold that the career politicians have on the levers of power makes it difficult for qualified challengers to compete for office, much less succeed in being elected to the Board of Supervisors.

We need new leaders in Kern County -- leaders with new ideas to improve quality of life in our County.

We need reasonable limits on the number of terms that a politician can serve to end the reign of career politicians and to create opportunities for new leaders to serve the best interests of our community -- and not the special interests.

Signed by proponents: _______/s__________________ Sandy Moreno 6924 Jasmine Avenue California City, CA 93505

_______/s__________________ Maria Teresa Herrera 459 Del Mar Drive Bakersfield, CA 93307

_______/s__________________ Sonja N. Bennett 6915 Kings Forest Court Bakersfield, CA 93313 TITLE AND SUMMARY PREPARED BY COUNTY COUNSEL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TERM LIMITS MEASURE This measure would amend the Kern County Ordinance Code to impose a maximum two (2) term limit for any person serving on the Board of Supervisors. The limitation of two (2) terms imposed by the measure applies to any person regardless of district represented.

The measure provides that any person will be deemed to have served a full term where the individual is selected or appointed to an unexpired term as a Supervisor after the effective date of this section and who serves more than one-half of a full term of office.

A person will also be deemed to have served a full term where a Supervisor resigns or is removed from office with less than one-half of a full term remaining until the expiration of the term.

The measure applies prospectively so that any current or former Supervisor will be prohibited from serving more than two additional terms.

The measure may only be amended by a majority vote of Kern County voters. *

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business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 17, 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 September 17, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

Suite 104, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Company SIGNED: RANJIT SINGH, 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: September 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 September 21, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PAUL CHRISTIAN JAMOROL GABIANA, 7501 Scarlet River Drive Apt. 5N, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PAUL CHRISTIAN JAMOROL GABIANA The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/15/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 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 September 21, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

FILE NO: 2018-B5359 Business Name you wish to abandon: PAUL GABIANA PHOTOGRAPHY Street address of business: 600 Hosking Ave Apt 54 C, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: PAUL CHRISTIAN JAMOROL GABIANA, 600 Hosking Ave Apt 54 C, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: PAUL CHRISTIAN JAMOROL GABIANA, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Sept 21, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: M HERNANDEZ Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6326 2021-B6327 Doing business as: AMERICAN DREAM REAL ESTATE / AMERICAN DREAM CAPITAL LENDING at 4501 Stine Rd Suite 104, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 9854, Bakersfield, Ca. 93389 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ALL REAL ENTERPRISES, INC., CA, 4501 Stine Rd

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6320 Doing business as: PAUL GABIANA PHOTOGRAPHY at 7501 Scarlet River Drive Apt. 5N, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6371 Doing business as: TRUE COMFORT at 12115 Fairburn Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JENNIFER CHACON, 12115 Fairburn Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by:

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Individual SIGNED: JENNIFER CHACON 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: September 24, 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 September 24, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6142 Doing business as: HARVEST BEE COMPANY at 10909 Rosedale Hwy., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: 12109 Brockridge Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312

PUBLIC NOTICE County: Kern Full name of registrant: KARSON RUTH GRAY, 12109 Brockridge Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: KARSON RUTH GRAY The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/9/2021 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: September 10, 2021 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R ROBERTS-MARTIN, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on September 10, 2026 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 2021 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2021-B6353 Doing business as:

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Truth about “Tuskegee Experiment” Revealed African American Educators Highlight Vaccine Hesitancy at Conference

By Vicki C. Phillips (Long Beach, CA) – “How fortunate and blessed we are to know about the types of COVID vaccines that are available today. Why then should we deny ourselves getting vaccinated? We all have the opportunity to be informed, receive advice from professionals we trust and understand how we can protect ourselves by getting vaccinated.”

Those were the words of Lillie Tyson Head, daughter of Freddie Lee Tyson, a United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study Victim at Tuskegee and Macon County, Alabama and President, of the Virginia-based, Voices For Our Fathers Legacy Foundation https://www.voicesforfathers.org/, speaking on a panel entitled “Vaccine Hesitancy: Understanding the Science and Getting people to Trust It.” The panel was part of the Annual RoundUp of Education Leaders, co-hosted by the California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators, https://www.caaasa.org/the Los Angeles County Alliance of Black School Educators and the National Coalition on Education Equity under the theme “Addressing Equity for African American and Other Students of Color.”

The organizations, including educators from throughout California, met recently at the Reef Restaurant in Long Beach, to discuss a number of issues related to education equity. The Annual Round-Up of Education Leaders was co-hosted by the California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators, the Los Angeles County Alliance of Black School Educators and the National Coalition on Education Equity under the theme “Addressing Equity for African American and Other Students of Color.”

The presentation on vaccine hesitancy, also featured Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director, LA County Department of Public Health and Dr. Oliver T. Brooks, Chief Medical Officer, Watts HealthCare Corporation and Past President, National Medical Association and was one of four highlighted throughout the day.

During her speech, Tyson Head shared information about the history of Public Health Service’s Study and corrected some of the misinformation that has been widely circulated for decades. For one, she requested that the monikers, “The Tuskegee Syphilis Study,” and “Tuskegee Experiment,” cease from being used. Tuskegee Institute (now University) was not the owner of the study, nor were they responsible for it, she said “The study began in 1932 and was initially funded by the Rosenwald Foundation for six months and then, for the next 39 years and 6 months, it was approved and funded by the US government,” she said. “This study is the longest lasting, non-

therapeutic, biomedical study in US history.” The participants were African American men; struggling farmers or poor sharecroppers with little formal education. They were NOT injected with syphilis, as the myth has been circulated. The “recruits” included men with congenital syphilis, latent syphilis or no syphilis.

“The men were told that they had ‘bad blood’ and that they would receive treatment. They were never told they were in a study and the intent of the study.” To make matters worse, those with syphilis were denied Penicillin, when it became available in 1945, despite the drug’s proven results in treating the disease.

“The ramifications of this study are still haunting and fosters mistrust” she said. “Forty nine years after the study was exposed and 89 years after the study began, people, particularly in the African American communities, distrust certain medical treatment and medical research. And they are using this study as reasons for hesitating getting vaccinated or refusing to get vaccinated at all.

Other Round-Up highlights included virtual greetings by California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond and Education Trust West Executive Director, Dr. Christopher Nellum.

Panel discussions included: Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness; Families and Educational Stakeholders: Maintaining an Equity Focus, PostCOVID; and Supporting the Mental Health of Black Students and Educational Stakeholders.

Founded in 1993, CAAASA is an education equity and advocacy organization that works through collaboration, network-building and direct community engagement to promote the success of African American, Latinx and other underserved California K-12 public school students and families.

CAAASA’s members include school superintendents, administrators, teachers and other educational professionals from throughout California.

Although its primary focus is education, CAAASA has been at the forefront of numerous issues impacting the health of the African American community. Once vaccines became available within LA County, CAAASA hosted a webinar with noted medical professionals, to address the concerns of African American students, families and education stakeholders. Additionally, CAAASA is currently engaged in campaigns, funded by the County COVID-19 Community Equity Fund (CCCEF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to provide individuals with valuable information about COVID-19, in the hope of increasing vaccine awareness among African Americans living in the Antelope Valley area.

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The Case for Reparations: Cal Task Force Hears Painful Personal, Family Stories Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Last week, California’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals took an expansive but deeply personalized look at the history of Slavery, racial violence and injustice in America and traced how that past still shapes how we live now.

During the two-day meeting that concluded Sept.

24, participants shared details of harrowing incidents that happened in California and across the country. Their stories will help the panel determine what compensation should be for descendants of enslaved people in the United States who provided free labor for nearly 250 years and survived discrimination, lynching, racial violence and Jim Crow laws for more than a century after that.

The nine-member panel listened to close to five hours of emotional testimony presented by slave-trade experts, academic scholars, historians, and members of the Black community.

“The pain is real,” said California Secretary of State Shirley Weber after hearing testimony from individuals sharing personal and family experiences of bigotry and enslavement.

Weber, too, testified in front of the Task Force on Sept. 24.

“I think when we all reflect on it, we try not to reflect on it often because it is extremely painful,” said Weber, who authored Assembly Bill (AB) 3121, signed into law in 2020, that created the California task force that is currently investigating the history and costs of slavery and discrimination in America – and the extent of California’s involvement.

Weber, providing a broad understanding of why she penned AB 3121, discussed how her family was forced out of Arkansas and fled to Southern California after her father attempted to organize union rights for sharecroppers.

Weber also shared a largely unknown part of history that has direct ties to why reparations are being discussed.

She highlighted the 1919 race riots in Elaine, Arkansas, which has not gotten the attention of other mob incidents of racial terror that happened in places like Chicago, St. Louis and Tulsa.

Historians document a series of those massacres that occurred from April to November 1919 as “Red Summer,” when a wave of anti-Black riots and lynching took place after World War I. The word “red” symbolizes the color of the fires that engulfed burning, Black churches.

Weber’s family was from nearby Hope, Arkansas, but during her research, she discovered that Black farmers “were chased in the fields, the cotton fields” murdered by non-Black people “to strike a sense of fear” in African Americans. Weber

between their life conditions and those of their enslaved ancestors.

Gorman shared specifics about racism she experienced working and living in the state’s capital city.

She moved to Sacramento in the late 1950s to attend Sacramento City College. While enrolled, Gorman lost her job because she tried to take a test for a clerk position for the state of California.

Eventually, Gorman was able to land a job with the California State Assembly, but says she was given every “imaginable excuse” to prevent her from taking the test before she realized it was the color of her skin that was holding her back.

“I hope my story will further the understanding of the legacy of harm and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that our people suffered and (that affected) my ancestors and their descendants. And the discrimination that followed them from Texas, New Mexico to California,” Gorman said.

Isabel Wilkerson, the author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” said during her testimony that about six million Black people left the deep South former slaveholding states and moved too western and northern states and territories from the 1900s to 1970s.

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said “hundreds of people” were killed.

Weber, whose father was born in 1918, a year before Red Summer, says she was more concerned with her grandfather’s mental state after the incident because he was “fearful of White people.”

“Elaine, Arkansas, had the worst race riot of any state in the nation. It was considered the deadliest race riot in the United States. Deadlier than what happened in (Tulsa) Oklahoma,” Weber said. “It’s now being researched and looked at, but I have to begin to ask myself what impact probably did the race riots of 1919 have on my grandfather.”

Bertha Gaffney Gorman, who worked for The Sacramento Bee newspaper from 1971 to 1978, was one of the only Black reporters in the newsroom at the time. She also testified to “tell her family’s history” and discrimination

they experienced in the Golden State.

Gorman is the grandmother of Amanda Gorman, 23, the first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017 who recited her powerful poem “The Hill We Climb” at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. The younger Gorman, who graduated from Harvard University, was born and raised in Los Angeles.

The elder Gorman said in Texas, where she was born in 1940, members of her family “were free on paper but not in reality.” Gorman said that Black Codes and vagrancy laws restricted freedom for members of her family and bound them to serve as cheap labor.

Her family witnessed intimidations, beating, hangings of free Black people who “continued to work for their enslavers, lived in the same shacks, and experienced the same cruelty and control,” she said, drawing parallels

After arriving to their destinations, they struggled with housing, employment, and educational discrimination, the author said.

“I am testifying because not enough Americans know the truth and full history of our country or the origins of the division we now face and thus of the karmic, social, economic, and indebtedness to African Americans that the country has inherited,” Wilkerson said.

Members of the task force are: Kamilah V. Moore, a Los Angeles-based attorney, reparations scholar and activist; vice-chair Dr. Amos Brown, a civil rights leader and respected Bay Area pastor whose journey to leadership started under the tutelage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in the 1960s; Cheryl Grills, a professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles; Lisa Holder, a nationally recognized trial attorney; Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena); Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles); San Diego Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe; Dr. Jovan Scott Lewis, chair of the Department of Geography at the University of California Berkeley; and Attorney Don Tamaki, Esq. is an attorney best known for his role in the Supreme Court case of Korematsu v. the United States. Tamaki overturned the conviction of Fred Korematsu who refused to be taken into custody during the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in World War II.

Vaccines are Masks are Effective Like Airbags and Seatbelts in Vehicles

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland, a double-board certified physician in pediatrics and obesity medicine, minces few words when protecting children.

After all, Dr. Lewis-Ragland has lived and practiced medicine in the Ward 8 section of Washington, D.C., for nearly two decades.

In one of the nation’s capital’s poorest and most traumatized communities, Dr. Lewis-Ragland has gained the kind of trust and respect from residents that other physicians often find elusive.

That respect and trust remain crucial as medical experts and providers attempt to give more access to the allimportant Covid-19 vaccines many people of color hesitate to accept.

“We did a study and came up with the top reasons for hesitancy,” said Dr. Lewis-Ragland, a Children’s Hospital pediatrician and owner and CEO of Family Fitness and Wellness for Community Health.

Dr. Lewis-Ragland also counts as the founder and President of Dr. Yolanda Cares Foundation, her non-profit organization that focuses on reducing health disparities in at-risk communities.

“Negative coverage about the vaccine was one of the reasons,” Dr. Lewis-Ragland reflected, sitting in a white executive office chair inside the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) state-of-the-art television studio in Northwest, D.C. “One of the top reasons also was not understanding the rapid development of the vaccine and needing more clarity,” Dr. Lewis-Ragland explained while prepping for an appearance with NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., on his PBS-TV and PBS-World news and talk show, The Chavis Chronicles.

“Community members didn’t understand, and they had no one who looks like them to talk to,” Dr. LewisRagland continued.

“We need physicians of color having these conversations. I get all of my vaccines done because my parents are asking me direct questions. Kids are telling me what they see on Tik Tok and online, so I’ll have the candid conversation.”

Dr. Lewis-Ragland — the author of two pandemicinfluenced books, “Navigating a Triple Pandemic (Volume 1),” and “Navigating a Triple Pandemic: Volume 2: COVID Virus and Vaccine Facts, Fiction & Fears” — said there’s a huge uptick in the number of Ward 8 parents receiving the vaccine.

“We actually vaccinate our parents onsite,” Dr. Lewis-Ragland remarked.

“When they bring their children in for vaccines, we ask the parents to get vaccinated. So we lead by example, and I believe we are going in the right direction because we are starting to employ the resources of the voices that are in the community.”

She continued: “When you see a Dr. Kizmekia Corbett at town halls when you see individuals like that having these conversations in the community, there’s going to be a positive reception.”

For much of the past few years, Dr. Lewis-Ragland has actively addressed issues like heart disease in vulnerable Black communities through her annual Heart-toHeart Red Carpet Affair.

The event e d u c a t e s families about the signs and

symptoms of heart disease.

Dr. Lewis-Ragland introduces practical ways to address the underlying issues contributing directly to hypertension, heart attacks, stroke, and death.

Though a native Washingtonian, Dr. Lewis-Ragland left D.C. at a young age and moved with her family to Seattle, Washington – she calls her story a tale of two cities.

She returned to D.C. to attend the Howard University College of Medicine.

The mother of three, and mentor to several youth organizations and trainees, Dr. Lewis-Ragland engages in community advocacy through her medical missions and health fairs throughout the Caribbean.

She has dedicated her life’s work to providing excellent healthcare services, closing the gap of healthcare disparities, and advocating for health equity in vulnerable populations and communities.

“My mother was interested in nursing, and I was a very curious young person with three older brothers,” Dr. Lewis-Ragland divulged.

“I wasn’t afraid of anything. But, growing up with boys, I felt if they could do something, then I could do it better,” she continued.

“When I was in 7th grade, we dissected cow’s eyes. No one wanted to do it, except me. I dissected 20 cow’s eyes, and I decided that I wanted to learn more about biology. I was a latch-key kid, and I saw [fictional television] doctors like Marcus Welby, Quincy, and Cosby and decided that I wanted to be in medicine.”

Dr. Lewis-Ragland worked in West Africa as part of the Peace Corps., and that experienced opened her eyes.

“I’m here in D.C. because our nation’s capital, like third-world countries, needs help,” Dr. Lewis-Ragland determined.

“When I came back from Africa, I realized that I didn’t have to go far to see health disparities. Many communities need that grassroots outreach, and I wanted to serve and live in the community, so I decided to stay in Ward 8.”

She continued: “When I hear the same sirens that my families hear at night, and affected by the same poor food choices in grocery stores, the same torn-up streets, I will be more sympathetic and passionate. That’s what they need here in Ward 8.”

Dr. Lewis-Ragland said she chose to work at Children’s Hospital because of her love for kids. However, she said America must do a better job of caring for children.

She also decried the politicization of the Covid vaccines.

“We have parties who have decided we are now infringing on rights and freedoms when we ask people to vaccinate,” Dr. LewisRagland pronounced.

“It is preposterous. This is a public health issue. You have to protect the entire public because [the virus] is highly transmissible.”

Dr. Lewis-Ragland likened the debate over vaccines and wearing masks to driving.

“In your car, you have an airbag,” she offered.

“When deployed, the airbag stops you from serious injury or death. If it’s not there, you might die or seriously injure yourself. So it’s not stopping accidents,” Dr. LewisRagland emphasized.

“When people say that you may still get Covid if you are vaccinated, that is true. But, you won’t get seriously injured, and you’re not going to die. When we talk about masks, the N-95 mask offers 87 percent protection against the virus. Tha’s like having that seatbelt on; it will keep you safer. You are less likely to die from impact because you have on

that seatbelt. Social distance is like the traffic light; it keeps

you from running into things.”

Students will assess the 500-plus submissions and pare them down to 25 finalists. From there, Grammy Award–winning hip hop artist Lecrae will select the winning incarcerated individual, record their track onsite at the correctional facility, and have it publicly released.

First Hip Hop Contest for Incarcerated People

By NNPA Newswire The Hip Hop Contest Judging Event will be held on the Morris Brown College campus, in the Dr. Gloria Anderson multipurpose complex room #3, located at 1 Walnut Street NW in Atlanta on Monday, September 27, from 11:00am to 1:00pm.

Music students at Morris Brown College, a historically Black university in downtown Atlanta, are judging a firstof-its-kind hip hop contest for currently incarcerated individuals in select State Department of Corrections facilities nationwide.

Students will assess the 500-plus submissions and pare them down to 25 finalists. From there, Grammy Award– winning hip hop artist Lecrae will select the winning incarcerated individual, record their track on-site at the correctional facility, and have it publicly released.

MORE ABOUT THE CONTEST: This “Original Hip-Hop Track Contest” is hosted

by Aventiv Technologies, a tech company that provides communications services and free educational and re-entry resources to correctional facilities.

“Aventiv is honored to partner with Lecrae, a longtime advocate of the incarcerated, and Morris Brown College to highlight these individual’s creative talents, provide an artistic outlet, and offer a platform for the community to share their voices and gifts,” said Dave Abel, President and CEO of Aventiv Technologies.

“We hope it’s a life-changing experience for the winner.”

Contest participants wrote their lyrics and song titles to one of three beats donated by hip hop record producer Zaytoven.

A track can be up to four minutes long, and the lyrics must be positive, without any curse words, violence, or gang references.

Lecrae, in partnership with Reach Records, will produce the track which will then be distributed for free to all incarcerated individuals who have access to music services and tablets provided by Aventiv, the parent company of JPay. The general public will also be able to access the winning song via streaming services, such as Spotify and Apple Music.

Any revenue made through streaming services will be donated to a 501(c)(3) charity providing rehabilitative support for the corrections community in the winning state.

The campaign winner will be announced on October 19, 2021, and the winning track will be unveiled for distribution by the end of November 2021.

More details and deadlines on entering the contest, along with the official announcement and dates for the finalists and winner, can be found here.

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Local It’s Time to Rethink U.S. Haiti Policy:

Shocking Treatment of Migrants Should Prompt Discussion

By Bocchit Edmond Haitian Ambassador to U.S. Special to California Black Media Partners The pictures carry the weight of history. They are shocking in their own right, of course – desperate human beings, like most immigrants of old time to the United States of America from the old continent, carrying their worldly possessions, but attempting a dangerous border crossing on foot, for thousands of miles, instead of crossing the ocean, only to beaten and chased by men on horseback once they’ve arrived at their destination – but the not-sosubtle symbolism of a darker era of American history, from slavery through to Jim Crow, is clear for all to see.

These images of Haitian migrants crossing the Rio Grande River have caused a stir because they appear so antithetical to the oft-repeated values of the Biden administration, and to the America that shaped the world over the past 200 years.

We came to expect tougher rhetoric and even more ghastly actions regarding the border and America’s stance on immigration during the preceding administration, but Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office promising to “ensure the dignity of migrants and uphold their legal right to seek asylum” and to reverse an era of border policy that famously saw children locked in cages.

Haitian migrants crossing the Rio Grande, however,

have been denied their basic dignity by border enforcement authorities. Those who committed these violations must be held accountable, and compassion must be afforded to the people of our nation.

Haiti finds itself at an hour of need. In previous crises, the U.S. stood shoulder to shoulder with Haiti, most recently after the terrible earthquake in 2010. Today, the nation is grieving after the heinous assassination of our President, Jovenel Moïse, on July 7. We are now recovering from a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the Tiburon Peninsula on August 14. For many, that earthquake was more disastrous than the 2010 catastrophe.

Thousands lost their lives, important buildings and infrastructure were destroyed, and again, Haiti is having to pick up the pieces.

Vice President Harris has expressed concern and promised an investigation into the incident at the US border, and it is right that we get to the bottom of what happened.

I am working with US Government officials on this, and I appreciate the support we have received from politicians here on both sides of the aisle who have spoken out about the severity of what occurred. But I also hope that this can spur a deeper re-imagining of the relationship between our two nations and people.

While fair treatment under the law for the “huddled

masses” seeking to migrate to the US is very important and in line with the Biden Administration’s bedrock principles, there are clear root causes to the flight of our people, and we urge more collaboration as we work hard to address

them.

The support of our most important ally will be crucial in getting us back on our feet. As a priority, we need urgent support through direct aid to rebuild parts of the country devastated by the recent earthquake. That includes greater disaster relief to victims, and capacity building and support for our underfunded institutions, particularly the National Police.

Haiti, the first Black republic and today a strong geopolitical partner of the United States, has much to offer in this partnership. The Haitian diaspora in the U.S. is over 2 million strong, and Haiti has had a lasting impact on the culture and economy of our much bigger neighbor, along with which we share the pride of being the first two independent Republics of the Western Hemisphere.

Every human being deserves dignity and the chance for a good life. We must work to ensure the hateful acts and summary expulsion are never repeated. And we must work to rebuild Haiti from the rubble, so our people no longer feel so desperate, and without options at home, even as we Haitians recognize our sole responsibility for solving Haiti’s myriad problems.

Perhaps, from this terrible moment, we can find our way to a better place.

I Hope Gov. Newsom Woke Up Thanking Black Women for Recall Results Dr. Julianne Malveaux Special to California Black Media Partners When California Gov. Gavin Newsom woke up on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, I hope he fell to his knees and said, “Thank you, God, thank you, Black women.”

To be sure, there are many others to thank, from the energized Chicanx/Latinx community to the Democrats who surged to the polls at the last minute. Some of the more prominent who thronged to his side were Black women, including Vice President Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Congresswoman Karen Bass, L.A. County Board of Supervisors member Holly Mitchell, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and California Board of Equalization member Malia Cohen. Others included grassroots women whose names you’ll never know but whose work was invaluable. They organized the get-outthe-vote drives. Street fairs. Voter awareness events in parks and playgrounds. They were determined that the recall effort would fail and even more determined when talk show host Larry Elder jumped into the race as the conservative favorite.

Those who worked for Gov. Newsom weren’t necessarily his biggest fans, but they appreciated all the work he has done to develop a progressive agenda. They applauded his appointment of Dr. Shirley Weber as Secretary of State. They appreciated his support of Vice President Harris and President Biden. Despite his flaws and unforced errors, they appreciated his leadership on COVID matters (like the French Laundry debacle). And they turned up and turned out, although with laggardness that put the outcome of the recall in doubt, especially in mid-August when Elder was polling very close to Newsom.

Democrats ought to be ashamed that things got that close. In a state that has twice as many Democrats as Republicans, there should never have been a question about the outcome of the vote. Frankly, there never should have been a recall election. But if Republicans can’t get their way the old-fashioned way (by winning), they’ll try the renegade way: by stealing. So, we were treated to allegation

Dr. Julianne Malveaux (Photo by Jessica Koscielniak for Cal State LA)

after allegation of voter fraud before a single ballot had been counted. We heard reports that some partisan poll-watchers were aggressively challenging voter signatures in the name of preventing fraud.

Republicans have been able to gain all these advantages because Democrats, in a phrase, have been sleeping.

President Joe Biden would be the first to assert that Black women made a difference in the 2020 election.

Women like LaTasha Brown, Melanie Campbell, Barbara Arnwine, and so many others crisscrossed the country, urging people to get out and vote. Sometimes it wasn’t an easy case to make. President Biden has been in public office long enough to have a record that energizes some and causes others to cringe. Too many Black men (around one in six) believed the hype and voted for Trump. As hard as that is to understand, it is reasonable to note that Black people are not a monolith, and we don’t vote in lockstep.

That makes the Republican embrace of arch-conservative Larry Elder (he would have given reparations to slave owners) all the more cynical.

Some Republicans see Elder as the new face of conservatism. Others see him as a Black man who can hoodwink Black people into voting against their interests.

One critic described him as “white supremacy in Blackface”.

She was kind.

Elder is coyly considering a gubernatorial run against Newsom in 2022. He may have some momentum, having garnered 46% of the votes to replace Newsom, but given that Californians soundly rejected the recall effort, will he have the numbers? His 46 % of the 37% who voted in favor of the recall amounts to a paltry 14 % or just one in seven votes. The California recall process distorts both the voting outcome and Elder’s relative unimportance.

Still, Elder isn’t going anywhere. The popular talkradio host is likely to use his electoral experience to expand his audience and ratings. And with the help of Fox News, he may multiply his base. There is little or nothing that Democrats can do about Larry Elder, but there is plenty that we can do about pushing a Democratic agenda.

Democrats, just do your work. Organize, strategize, keep the momentum going. Stop thinking that you have to “play nice” with Republicans because they sure ain’t playing nice with you. If you care about health care, education, clean air and water, economic justice, call it out.

And if you care about the political space in which we live, say thank you to the Black women who helped make it happen.

Wildfire Smoke Is Here to Stay Here’s How to Clean the Air Inside Your Home Continued from page A1

fresh air setting on heavy smoke days. If you don’t know how, seek professional advice.

And be sure to close all doors and windows; otherwise, your efforts will be in vain.

You can convert your HVAC unit or furnace into a better air-cleaning system by installing a higher-efficiency filter capable of catching a large proportion — though it won’t get 100% — of the tiny smoke particles.

To cope with wildfire smoke, many public health and air quality experts recommend what’s known as a MERV 13 filter. MERV, or “minimum efficiency reporting value,” is a scale from 1 to 20 that rates a filter’s ability to capture particles. MERV 1 is the lowest rating, indicating the least impact on air quality, while filters rated MERV 17 or higher are used in hospital operating rooms and clean rooms.

You can buy MERV 13 filters at large stores such as Costco, the Home Depot and Lowe’s or online from multiple vendors. A MERV 13 should cost around $20, or substantially less if you buy packages of them.

Before you install a new filter, check first with an HVAC professional to make sure your system can accommodate it. The more efficient the filter, the more it reduces airflow, diminishing the cooling capacity of an air conditioner and requiring more energy to run the heater.

If you don’t have central air, or you have it and want to augment your system’s ability to clear the air, consider buying a portable air cleaner with a high-efficiency

particulate air, or HEPA, filter, which can remove almost all particles of the tiny size found in smoke.

You can put it in the room you use most during the day, then move it to your bedroom at night. If the smoke gets really bad, put it in the room of your choice and stay there as much as possible.

“If you have an appropriately sized air cleaner with a true HEPA filter and you put it in a room and close the doors and windows, you have clean air really fast,” says Sarah Coefield, an air quality specialist with the Missoula City-County Health Department in Montana, which has had its share of wildfire smoke in recent years.

If you have kids, or share the home with other people, you should ideally have one air cleaner for each bedroom.

Alternatively, you may need to put everyone in one room at night during a smoke emergency.

Portable HEPA air cleaners cost anywhere from under $100 to over $1,000, depending in part on the number of square feet they can clean effectively. To clean a room, you can get a perfectly good one for under $200.

All air cleaning devices sold in California must be certified by the California Air Resources Board, which posts a list of air cleaners it has certified. You might also want to look at Consumer Reports’ list of best and worst air cleaners and at a review of those selected by The New York Times’ product review website, Wirecutter.

Public health experts warn that you should avoid devices that are sold as air cleaners but actually emit ozone,

the main component of smog. The air resources board also publishes a list of ozone-emitting devices.

Gina Spadafori, a resident of West Sacramento, has both a central HVAC system with an extra-thick filter and a portable HEPA air cleaner she keeps in her bedroom.

Spadafori, 63, has serious asthma and has long been concerned about the air quality in her house.

In recent years, she has endured numerous days of hazardous wildfire smoke and that has changed the way she uses her HVAC. “I probably use the fan-only setting more than I have in the past to just filter the air rather than heating or cooling it,” she says.

On bad air days, she turns the portable air cleaner on an hour before she goes to bed and closes the door so it will “super-clean that air” and she’ll get a good night’s sleep.

“It’s just sort of a second line of defense,” she says.

There is a lower-cost option: Make your own air purifier by attaching a high-efficiency filter to an electric box fan. You can get a suitable fan for around $30 and the filters for around $20 — or cheaper in bulk.

The website montanawildfiresmoke.org publishes a how-to guide for building such a contraption. The Environmental Protection Agency has an FAQ on box fan air cleaners with instructions for building them.

The EPA recommends using only box fans built in 2012 or later, because earlier models could overheat and cause a fire.

Lab testing has clearly shown such do-it-yourself

devices are safe, though they may heat up the room and produce more noise than a portable HEPA cleaner, according to the EPA. For those who can’t even afford to make an air cleaner from a house fan, nonprofits and local government agencies have provided help. People who don’t have a lot of money are likely to live in older, leakier housing that lets more smoke in. They are also more likely to have chronic illness and thus be in greater need of clean air — yet less able to afford it.

Climate Smart Missoula, a Montana nonprofit, has distributed around 500 air cleaners to low-income and homebound people in recent years, said Amy Cilimburg, its executive director.

In California, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is providing 3,000 air filtration devices to lowincome people with respiratory conditions in nine counties. The American Lung Association has also donated air cleaners to people in need.

But these efforts are tiny compared with the gaping need, said Cilimburg, who thinks the federal and state governments, hospitals and insurers should step in. She envisions a day when medical staffers at a clinic will tell a patient, “‘Oh, look, given x, y or z, you should just take one of these HEPA filters home with you.’”

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CDC Recommends Pfizer Booster Covid-19 Shot for Certain Populations

By Elizabeth Sanchez South Kern Sol Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations and for those in high risk occupational and institutional settings. This follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization earlier this week.

Effective immediately, those that meet the new CDC guidelines are able to access this booster dose in Kern County, Kern Public Health said in a news release. This updated interim guidance from CDC allows for people who are at highest risk for COVID-19 to receive a PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 booster shot to help increase their protection.

CDC recommends the following populations should receive a booster shot 6 months following their second dose of their Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: • People 65 years and older; • Residents in long-term care settings; and • People aged 50–64 years with underlying medical conditions.

CDC recommends the following populations may receive a booster shot 6 months following their second dose of their Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: • People aged 18-49 years with underlying medical conditions; and • People aged 18-64 years who are at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting.

On Friday, the Kern County Public Health Department confirmed 438 more cases of COVID-19 in Kern, bringing the total to 136,192 cases. Of these cases, almost 12,000 come from people who are 65 and older; however, nearly 66 percent of Kern’s COVID-19 deaths are those 65 and older.

According to health officials, 971 COVID-19 deaths are those 65 and older. There has been a total of 1,515 deaths in Kern since the pandemic hit Kern County in Spring of 2020.

The most common underlying conditions in Kern’s COVID-19 deaths include hypertension, diabetes, and

cardiovascular disease, according to Public Health’s dashboard.

The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup also announced Friday that is recommends a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at least six months after their primary vaccination series for the same populations.

The Workgroup provided its confirmation to the governors of California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington today.

“Vaccines are how we end this pandemic,” Governor Newsom said Friday. “With today’s Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup recommendation,

California is ready to go on day one to begin administering Pfizer-BioNTech boosters to eligible Californians, in addition to our continued work in reaching those who remain unvaccinated to protect communities. Vaccines save lives, and boosters are a critical next step towards better protecting Californians from COVID-19.”

Since January 21, 2021, only .2 percent of Kern residents who have been vaccinated have contracted COVID-19, compared to the 98.32 percent of unvaccinated residents who have contracted COVID-19 during the same period of time. ”COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, and vaccination continues to be our path out of this pandemic,”

said Oregon Governor Kate Brown. “Seniors who have received the Pfizer vaccine, as well as Oregonians who have underlying health conditions, live in long-term care facilities, or who are at higher risk due to occupational or institutional setting will now be able to receive the additional layer of protection provided by a booster shot.”

To find a vaccination site near you or to make an appointment at vaccination sites, visit www. kernpublichealth.com or www.MyTurn.ca.gov. Kern County Public Health continues to partner with Kern Medical to provide COVID-19 vaccinations at their location on 1700 Mount Vernon Ave in Bakersfield and at the Kern County Fair.

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