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African American Museum Dream

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Dr. Lonnie Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, sat down for an exclusive interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The two discussed Bunch’s timely new book, “A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump.”

“I [initially] saw this journey to build a museum that could help bridge the chasms that divide us as a ‘fool’s’

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Dr. Lonnie Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, sat down for an exclusive interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. The two discussed Bunch’s timely new book released today, “A Fool’s Errand: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture in the Age of Bush, Obama, and Trump.”

errand,’” Dr. Bunch said.

The book outlines the multitude of challenges Bunch faced when pursuing the construction of the historical museum.

Those challenges included choosing the location; architect; design team; and the collection of unique pieces of African American artifacts.

He added that the museum was “an errand worthy of the burdens.”

Available from Smithsonian Books on the organization’s website and at Amazon.com, “A Fool’s Errand” is a tour de force of Bunch’s personal and political accomplishments.

During the intimate video-taped interview inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the two visionaries also tackled topics that ranged from the Transatlantic Slave Trade, their shared North Carolina families’ histories, the writing legacy of author James Baldwin, and the contemporary vitality of the Black Press of America.

“The relevance and inclusion of the Black Press in events such as this one, show the continued significance of the Black Press,” NNPA Chair Karen Carter Richards, said after the interview between Chavis and Bunch.

“The Black Press is alive and well, and we will continue to be the daily recorders of our history across the globe.

Although we’ve seen many changes within our industry; these changes are bringing better opportunities for the Black Press,” Richards said.

“So, we are honored that Dr. Lonnie Bunch has chosen to include us as a part of this important national media event,” she said.

While in graduate school, Bunch desired to write a dissertation about the Black Press, he said.

However, naysayers told him the Black Press was unimportant.

He said that theory quickly was proven wrong.

“I knew it was,” Bunch said.

“I think the Black Press has always been the guardian of our community. It’s always been the place where facts are found that are not told in other places. It’s a place where you can understand the richness of the community.

“What I love about the Black Press today is that it’s a place that reminds people of the power of the African American community… the Black Press is critically Continued on page A6

New Generation of Corporate Leaders

Changing the Game Harry L. Williams is the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the largest organization exclusively representing the black college community. Before joining TMCF, he spent eight years as president of Delaware State University. Follow him on Twitter at @DrHLWilliams.

By CEO Dr. Harry L. Williams TMCF president & Giles Woodyer Hennesy Senior Vice President When companies announce a commitment towards achieving more corporate diversity, what do they really mean? For too many young African Americans, these commitments seem more like empty promises.

To date, there have only been fourteen black CEOs at

Fortune 500 companies, and according to Fortune, there are just three in 2019. So how can corporations remove barriers and create access for emerging, multicultural leaders?

Diverse Partnerships to Drive Change Since 1987, Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has prepared and identified students at 47 publicly

supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to thrive in the business sector. When Hennessy, the world’s best-selling Cognac, approached TMCF with an innovative idea involving HBCU graduate students, especially those earning MBA degrees – there was an immediate organizational alignment to improve the current corporate narrative. Together, TMCF and Hennessy conceived the Hennessy Fellows program with the goal of building a pipeline of diverse corporate leaders from HBCUs. The Hennessy Fellows initiative is the latest example of Hennessy’s commitment to supporting African American communities. In 1794, Hennessy arrived in the U.S. and has consistently demonstrated a progressive vision to amplify multicultural voices since. As an early supporter of the Tuskegee Institute and the first corporate sponsor of the NAACP, the brand continues to champion those who “Never stop. Never settle.” with its new fellowship program in partnership with TMCF. Yet, ascending to the highest levels of corporate leadership requires having access to more than just an ivy-league education. African American leaders need opportunities to learn development skills, build their network, develop business acumen, and gain tangible professional experiences. Not to mention, the unspoken corporate rules that many HBCU students don’t have ready access to. Hennessy Fellows is designed to unlock the C-Suite’s secrets by equipping leaders with access and mentorship.

Executive Mentorship to Build Future Leaders To see our success, we often seek someone who looks like or can relate to us; especially African American students, who often desire mentors who resonate on both a cultural and personal level. With approximately 75% of Fortune 500 companies offering formal mentorship programs, corporate America has embraced the idea, but are these programs effective?

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Tuskegee Airmen’s Legacy to Soar on New Air Force Jet

OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) – The Tuskegee Airmen’s legacy will take flight once again with the launch of a new Air Force jet.

The Air Force is honoring the famed group of airmen with the naming of its new trainer jet, the Boeing T-7A, The Opelika-Auburn News reported.

Military officials last year chose the T-7A as the nextgeneration trainer jet for the Air Force. It will be known as the Red Hawk and carry the same red-tail markings.

The all-black Tuskegee aviators broke racial barriers with their courage and aviation skills. They were known as the Red Tails because of the iconic red paint on the tail of their aircraft.

“The name Red Hawk honors the legacy of Tuskegee Airmen and pays homage to their signature red-tailed aircraft from World War II,” Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan said in making the recent announcement at the 2019 Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland.

“The name is also a tribute to the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, an American fighter aircraft that first flew in 1938 and was flown by the 99th Fighter Squadron, the U.S. Army Air Forces’ first African American fighter squadron,” he added.

The T-7A will replace Air Education and Training Command’s 57-year-old fleet of T-38C Talons.

The first T-7A aircraft and simulators are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, in 2023.

Other bases that eventually will transition to the new trainer include Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi; Laughlin and Sheppard bases in Texas; and Vance in Oklahoma.

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Winfrey Shocks Fundraisers with $1M Donation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – Oprah Winfrey shocked attendees at a North Carolina fundraiser by announcing a donation of more than $1 million toward the United Negro College Fund.

The Charlotte Observer reports that former talkshow host and OWN television network chief made the surprise announcement Saturday while speaking at Charlotte’s 17th annual Maya Angelou Women Who Lead Luncheon.

United Negro College Fund officials were hoping the luncheon would help raise $500,000 for deserving area students to attend historically black colleges.

At the time of Winfrey’s address, a running tally at the event showed that about $1.15 million had been raised. That’s when Winfrey said she was going to match the total, prompting a standing ovation from the stunned audience.

Elaine Massacre Victims Memorial

ELAINE, Ark. (AP) – A new memorial has been erected honoring the victims of the 1919 Elaine massacre in eastern Arkansas.

Monday marks 100 years since more than 200 African American men, women and children were killed by a white mob in 1919. It has been called the deadliest racial conflict in the state’s history.

Civic leaders and community members gathered Sunday to unveil the controversial Elaine Massacre Memorial in Helena-West Helena.

Critics of the memorial took issue with it not being placed in Elaine, a declining farming community about 25 miles (40 miles) south of Helena-West Helena. The Elaine Legacy Center instead opted to host a separate commemorative event at the same time.

Legacy center president Rev. Mary Olson says that she believes the memorial should be in Elaine, where the people died.

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No Federal Charges in Fatal California Police Shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Federal authorities declined to pursue civil rights charges Thursday against Sacramento police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man, a killing that sparked protests and spurred changes to a state law governing when authorities can use deadly force.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI said a federal review of the 2018 shooting of 22-year-old Stephon Clark found “insufficient evidence” to pursue charges against Officers Terrance Mercadal and Jared Robinet. Both will be returned to active duty.

The California attorney general’s office in March declined to issue state criminal charges after a nearly yearlong investigation. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said then evidence showed the officers had reason to believe their lives were in danger because he was advancing toward them holding what they thought was a gun.

Investigators found only a cellphone.

Sacramento police also announced Thursday their internal investigation did not find any policy or training violations.

“Although no policy violations occurred in this incident or in the events leading up to it, we are committed to implementing strategies that may prevent similar tragedies in the future,” Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn said in a statement.

Clark’s brother, Stevante Clark, posted on Facebook Thursday that he was in a meeting with federal and local authorities. “These people have failed when it comes to (accountability),” he wrote.

Authorities have said the officers believed Clark was approaching them with a gun after he ran from them into his grandparents’ backyard. The officers had been pursuing Clark after receiving calls about someone breaking car windows and an elderly neighbor’s sliding glass door.

The officers shot Clark seven times as he approached them.

The federal investigation looked at evidence such as witness statements, audio and video recordings, dispatch records, police reports, and autopsy reports to determine whether the officers acted willfully with the intent to use objectively unreasonable force.

Lawmakers last month updated the nation’s oldest law governing police use of deadly force, making it now among the country’s most comprehensive when combined with additional training.

California’s old standard made it rare for police officers to be charged following a shooting and rarer still for them to be convicted. It was based on the doctrine of “reasonable fear,” meaning if prosecutors or jurors believed officers had a reason to fear for their safety, they could use lethal force.

The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will allow police to use deadly force only when “necessary” to defend against an imminent threat of death or serious injury to officers or bystanders.

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member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, in an open letter to Gov. Newsom earlier this year.

“In the moral crisis that is homelessness,” RidleyThomas continued, “Black Californians make up nearly seven percent of the state’s general population yet are nearly 30 percent of the homeless population. Californians are struggling to get by. And Black Californians, facing a host of upstream factors that impact their experience, have a particularly distinct struggle.”

Responding to the high cost of living in California’s cities, Gov. Newsom and state legislators have been pushing a number of measures to remedy the crisis.

In February, Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco), along with colleagues Richard Bloom (D-Carlsbad), Rob Bonta (D-Sacramento), Timothy Grayson (D-Sacramento) and Buffy Wicks (D-Sacramento) introduced AB 1482 or the Tenant Protection Act of 2019.

The measure limits the amount landlords can hike rents within one year to 5 percent, plus local inflation. The Assembly voted in favor of the legislation in May and the Senate passed it in September.

Gov. Newsom says he will sign it.

“In this year’s State of the State address, I asked the Legislature to send me a strong renter protection package,” said the governor after the Senate’s yes vote in September.

“Today, they sent me the strongest package in America.

These anti-gouging and eviction protections will help families afford to keep a roof over their heads, and they will provide California with important new tools to combat our state’s broader housing and affordability crisis.”

Although Chiu prefers to call the legislation a “rent cap” bill instead of a rent control bill, it includes a number

of provisions other than the limit on rent increases that tenants and landlords in California should know about.

Here are seven of those things: 1. In California cities that already have local rent control laws in place, AB 1482 will only apply to property that is not already covered by those measures. The only areas in the state that currently have some form of a rental cap are the City of Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Campbell, East Palo Alto, Fremont, Hayward, Los Gatos, Oakland, Palm Springs, San Francisco, San Jose, Thousand Oaks and unincorporated Los Angeles County.

2. The bill exempts condos and single-family homes owned by individuals from the rent cap - unless it is a duplex where the owner lives in one of the units. AB 1482 will only apply to a single-family unit if the property is owned by a corporation.

3. The bill will not apply to property constructed and put on the market within the last 15 years. You can check your county assessor’s office to find out when your building was constructed.

4. The law would not override existing local rent control laws.

5. Before evicting tenants, under AB 1482, landlords would have to show “just cause” such as failure to pay rent, conviction of a crime on the property or other lease violations.

6. For tenants who have lived in a property for more than one year, landlords would have to give that lease holder a chance to “cure” their violation.

7. If a landlord wants to renovate a unit or convert it to a condo, he or she would have to pay relocation fees for the tenant equal to one month’s rent.

Impact of Environmental Racism

Environmental Justice march in Richmond on May 17, 2019

By Bryce Gray St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS (AP) – African American residents in St. Louis are exposed to far greater environmental risks than whites, contributing to stark disparities in health, wealth and quality of life, a new report from Washington University has found.

Released earlier this month, the report titled “Environmental Racism in St. Louis” piles together data and personal stories to illustrate how city residents contend with eight separate issues, stretching from lead exposure to asthma and limited access to healthy food.

Many of these challenges – and how their impacts skew along racial lines – are well documented, and have been examined individually by experts, policymakers or advocates. But the 28-page report discusses how many of them are interrelated and compound one another _ something it says leaders need to take into account, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

“The report does a good job, in my opinion, of showing how these things come together, and how policy and divestment over time creates these outcomes,” said

Kayla Reed, director of Action St. Louis, an activist group focused on racial justice. “Our goal is to get it in front of policymakers and community members to help spark dialogue around next steps.”

Those conversations figure to revolve around the hard truths described by the authors.

“It should come as no surprise that black St. Louisans are disproportionately harmed by lead poisoning, asthma, mold, and high energy costs _ all of which are associated with factors such as substandard housing conditions and air pollution _ due to living near industrial facilities, highways and building demolitions,” the report states. “In addition, the City’s focus on enhancing majority-white areas has left majority-black areas without adequate access to public transit or healthy food, and with high concentrations of vacant properties and illegal trash dumping.”

The report was generated by the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington U.’s law school _ a pro bono legal practice that tracks matters tied to the environment and public health. It was done on behalf of

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The inaugural cohort of Hennessy Fellows is comprised of 10 MBA students from HBCUs, who were recently invited to New York City to engage with executive leaders at Hennessy and other national corporations as part of the program. The intensive Boot Camp welcomed students from Florida A&M University, Howard University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Morgan State University. The results? Fellows built strong relationships and were made to feel validated, supported and championed in their individual career trajectories.

Investments to Fuel Corporate Diversity Beyond mentorship, the Hennessy Fellows program aims to increase the number of African Americans in corporate leadership through financial assistance. To achieve this, Hennessy has pledged $10 million to TMCF that will extend over the next decade, providing students with up to $20,000 per academic year, a $10,000 annual stipend for educational expenses, as well as VIP access to various professional networking events.

Unlike their counterparts, student loan debt weighs more heavily on students of color, which can often present barriers for things like applying for unpaid internships or frequenting professional events. An estimated 86.8%

of black students borrow federal student loans to attend four-year public colleges, as opposed to 59.9% of white students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Hennessy Fellows seeks to offset these financial burdens - focusing on graduate-level candidates who don’t have as many financial assistance opportunities - with an investment designed to maximize students’ full potential across educational, professional and personal pursuits.

Over the next decade, Hennessy and TMCF will continue to provide the tools, knowledge, and insight necessary to change the trajectory of minorities in Corporate America. And together, our organizations have the unprecedented opportunity to diversify the talent landscape and make an immeasurable impact.

Harry L. Williams is the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the largest organization exclusively representing the black college community.

Before joining TMCF, he spent eight years as president of Delaware State University. Follow him on Twitter at @ DrHLWilliams.

In his role as Senior Vice President, Giles Woodyer brings unparalleled expertise in distilled spirits to Moët Hennessy USA, where he manages the portfolio for Hennessy, the world’s best-selling cognac.

four nonprofit organizations active in the city, with the stated goal to help those groups educate the community about environmental injustices facing minority and lowincome residents, and to advocate for systemic changes to address them “and enhance public health.”

The findings show how unequal things are currently.

For instance, black children in St. Louis are about 10 times more likely to visit an emergency room for asthma than white kids, and 2.4 times more likely to have lead found in their blood. At the same time, mold complaints are most prevalent in the city’s majority-black areas, while black and low-income households face energy burdens that see them spend a much greater percentage of their income on utilities than typical city residents _ often more than double the median amount. And black residents are nearly twice as likely as white ones not to have access to healthy food, thanks to an absence of nearby supermarkets _ a phenomenon some have coined as “‘food apartheid’ to reflect the role of systemic racism in engineering this result,” according to the report.

Highlighting the linkages between many of the issues is one way the new report distinguishes itself from previous papers or studies, said various people behind it.

“All of these things are not separate outcomes,” said Reed, who added that continued policies and strategies “have created these disparities that live along class lines and racial lines.”

The report’s broad, multi-issue outlook also more accurately reflects the daily experiences of thousands of city residents.

“People don’t live their lives only in one issue,” said Amanda Colon-Smith, the executive director of Dutchtown South Community Corp., a nonprofit focused on the vitality of certain south St. Louis neighborhoods.

“People experience their lives with multiple issues.”

“Black people or people of color aren’t just dealing with one of them, but are dealing with all of them simultaneously,” added Ken Miller, an environmental scientist and lecturer in law for Washington U. And while minority communities are disproportionately affected, the challenges aren’t confined to one part of the city, despite the legacy of segregated housing patterns.

“The truth is, it impacts a lot of people north and south of Delmar (Boulevard),” Reed said. “The sad part is, when it becomes a north-and-south conversation, it doesn’t get a lot of traction.”

Now that the report has been released, the hope is for it to guide conversations that generate blueprints for change or possible solutions.

“The intent is not to have it be another report or set of data points that sit on a shelf somewhere,” said Reed. “It’s connecting these conversations together with the hope that we actually move forward with action.”

Initial steps are set to take place next month, when information from the report will be shared at events such as the Green the Church Summit, an “environmental and sustainability summit for the Black Church.”

The report’s authors acknowledge it won’t be easy to address such long-standing, complex and systemic issues.

But some see the interconnectedness of varying problems outlined in the report as a source of opportunity _ not just complication.

“We’re able to bring those all together for combined and greater impact . . I think that’s going to be a strength,” said Colon-Smith. “When we start making improvements in one area, they will have benefits to other areas.”

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

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Tyler Perrys Studio Rivals Hollywoods Best ’

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP News LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyler Perry remembered shedding tears when he saw an Atlanta highway exit bearing the name of his television and film studio for the first time.

The actor-director-writer believes he might have the same emotions during the grand opening of his massive state-of-the-art Tyler Perry Studios on Saturday night. He’s planning a star-studded unveiling of his 330-acre studio, where some big projects have already been filmed including his “Madea” films along with AMC’s “Walking Dead” and Marvel’s blockbuster hit “Black Panther.”

“When I came here in 1992, I came with a dream,” Perry said in a recent interview. “I’m looking at everything I’ve dreamed and more to come to pass. It just reminds me.

I just thought this was the Promised Land and that sign reminded me of that every time I pass it. The studio is a reminder as well.”

Perry said his sprawling studio rivals other major Hollywood studios including Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures. It’s considered one of the largest production studios in the country with 12 soundstages, 40 buildings on-site that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and more than 200 acres of green space.

The filmmaker built the studio on a former Army base called Fort McPherson, which is south of downtown Atlanta, after purchasing the land in 2015.

“I gave them the absolute best,” he said. “I built the absolute best I could. We perform and run this place like a top. We have excellent service and everything you would expect to have in a major film television studio. People are glad to shoot here. A lot of them want to return because of the way we handled it.”

Perry went from being homeless to become a force as a filmmaker to now being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which he will receive Tuesday.

His career has been built on the success of his “Madea” stage play tours and movies along with his “Why Did I Get Married?” films.

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2017, file photo, actor-filmmaker and author Tyler Perry poses for a portrait in New York. Perry says his massive Atlanta-based studio will rival other major Hollywood studios for years to come. The actor-director-writer is planning to unveil his Tyler Perry Studios during a star-studded grand opening Saturday. The 330-acre studio is considered one of the largest studios in the country with 12 sound stages, 40 buildings onsite that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and over 200 acres of green space.(Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)

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He recently partnered with Viacom to launch the BET Plus streaming service, which debuted last month. He’ll also have two new drama series, “The Oval” and “Sistas,” premiere on BET this month.

But with all his accomplishments, Perry said Hollywood still has a hard time understanding the value of his content, which has gotten what he calls “undying” support from African Americans. He said the industry also struggles to realize the “power of the black dollar” and the amount of work he’s put into each project.

“Nobody in Hollywood believes that I’m sitting around and writing seven series by myself,” he said. “I have no writer’s room because nobody else is writing anything.

I’m writing everything. There’s nobody else directing any of the shows. I’m on (the) set directing every show. That’s so rare for the town. They can’t even wrap their brains around it. On these TV shows, they shoot three, four or five pages a day. I’m shooting 90 pages a day. It’s very difficult for them to even wrap their brains around that to understand.

So I feel like they don’t get it. If they did understand, they would realize that there’s a lot to Hollywood that could change or should change.”

One place Perry believes he can continue to make a difference is through his studio. He’s known for creating opportunities for African Americans and other people of color to work on his sets since opening a 200,000-squarefoot studio in 2006. He sold that studio a few years ago after he moved to his current location.

Perry believes his films and owning a studio could have a lasting impact on his legacy. But he wants the studio to become a beacon to inspire other filmmakers with the hope of keeping it in the family.

“I think they will go hand in hand,” Perry said of his filmmaking career and studio ventures. “But I think this brick-and-mortar of the studio speaks volumes because it’s not about my dream. It’s about all the other people that are able to come in and build dreams and share dreams and tell their stories as well. I hope it lives on forever and ever. And if my son wants to take it over, that would be even better.”

Versatile Forest Whitaker; from Crime Boss to Music Man

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – Forest Whitaker plays a reallife crime boss in Epix’s new drama series “Godfather of Harlem” with the commanding intensity expected from him. What’s less expected is the movie musical he filmed in London this summer, a U-turn for the actor who started out a singer.

“Jingle Jangle,” a Netflix movie set for a holiday 2020 release, and “Godfather of Harlem” highlight Whitaker’s range and why he switched to acting _ this despite the vocal talent that earned him a scholarship to the University of Southern California’s music school and attracted his first agent.

“I didn’t think I would be able to affect the people from my own communities. I didn’t think they would even watch” the likes of light opera, he said. “So I made the decision that acting would be the way, and I walked away from music.”

After earning a degree from USC’s drama school, Whitaker gained notice for early films including “Platoon” and “Good Morning, Vietnam” and was honored at the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of jazz great Charlie Parker in 1988’s “Bird.” His searing performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 2006’s “The Last King of Scotland” put him in the company of the handful of African Americans to receive the best actor Oscar.

It was youthful idealism that helped him reject work that didn’t match his aspirations. For Whitaker, acting didn’t equal stardom or a steady gig; it was a quest, as he put it, to find “the pilot light of each person” and understand human connections.

“I was offered a soap opera, I said, nah. That has nothing to do with what I’m trying to do. And it ultimately worked, where I ended up getting to play some very unique characters throughout this 30-something years,” Whitaker, 58, told The Associated Press. “And I’m still getting the opportunity. This character of Bumpy Johnson is a unique and iconic figure to get to play.”

The 10-episode “Godfather of Harlem,” debuting 10 p.m. EDT Sunday, is part of a string of TV movie and series projects he’s done over the years, including a guest turn in Fox’s hip-hop drama “Empire” that let Whitaker briefly put his vocal skills on display (as he did in the 2013 film “Black Nativity”).

Whitaker plays Johnson in the early 1960s, returning home from prison to find Italian American gangsters muscling in on his New York City turf and young activist Malcolm X on the rise. Whitaker, also an executive producer for the series, said he’d had only a glancing knowledge of Johnson from films including 1997’s “Hoodlum,” which starred Laurence Fishburne.

“I really didn’t know the depth of his personality or the depth of his influence on the community. I didn’t realize or understand the relationship between him and Malcolm X. I didn’t know about his family life,” Johnson’s links to the civil rights movement or what drove him, Whitaker said in a panel discussion. “That was interesting to me as something to develop and something to be able to be a part of as an actor. It was amazing.”

Whitaker’s on-set demeanor was critical to the production, according to executive producer Chris Brancato. “Everyone captures his energy, which is so sweet and gentle,” he said at a recent Epix red-carpet event in New York.

Vincent D’Onofrio plays Johnson’s chief rival in crime, with Ilfenesh Hadera as Johnson’s wife; Nigel Thatch as Malcolm X, and Giancarlo Esposito as Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Paul Sorvino and Chazz Palminteri also are in the cast. The score is composed by by Mark Isham,

Forest Whitaker plays a real-life crime boss in Epix’s new drama series “Godfather of Harlem”

with tunes from the ‘60s or earlier are featured, along with contemporary songs produced by Swizz Beatz with artists including John Legend and DMX. The story and its people were carefully researched through books and interviews with those who lived in Harlem during Johnson’s time, Brancato said. Ellsworth Raymond Johnson, nicknamed Bumpy as a child, was born in 1905 in South Carolina and died of heart failure in 1968.

“Wherever we could we sought to put their actual attitudes and specific words in their mouths,” Brancato said in the panel discussion. “Dramatic license was taken to create scenes, but the entire goal was to endeavor to keep the spirit of the times and of the characters as we saw them.”

It’s a big leap from a crime drama to the family friendly “Jingle Jangle,” in which Whitaker plays an eccentric inventor and grandfather. It was also a rewarding one as he rediscovered his singing voice and something more: His character’s journey and the upbeat attitude of director David E. Talbert showed inspiration can be found outside “the more down and sadder” places familiar to Whitaker.

Talbert is “so joyous about it. It’s teaching me so much I need to know, and this character’s teaching me something.

I don’t always live in that kind of joy,” the actor told the AP.

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Business was conducted by: Copartners SIGNED: CARLOS EDUARDO GUTIERREZ JR, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: August 30, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2014-B6466 Business Name you wish to abandon: CAMINO REAL AUTO SALES Street address of business: 26 E Pacheco Rd., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: ESTEFANY INIGUEZ, 1109 Fairview Rd., 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: Copartners SIGNED: ESTEFANY INIGUEZ, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: August 30, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2019 ������������������������������� CITATION Freedom From Parental Custody and Control (ABANDONMENT) Re: ADOPTION) Case Number: BAT-19-003076 Superior Court of California, Count of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 In the Matter of ZOEY NIKHOLE MUSHRUSH Minor(s) A person(s) who should be declared free from the custody and control of her parent or parents.

To ANTHONY MICHAEL MUSHRUSH and to all persons claiming to be the father or mother of said minor person above-named.

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

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

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

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This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Aug 29, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 29, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5617 Doing business as: DEER PARK AGGREGATE at 2830 Highway 33., Maricopa, Ca. 93252 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DEER PARK AGGREGATE, LLC CA, 2830 Highway 33., Maricopa, Ca. 93252 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: CHRISTINE A WEGIS, MEMBER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/23/2008 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Aug 29, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J GARCIA, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 29, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2019 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LUPE MARTINEZ PROVENCIO CASE NUMBER: BPB-19-002757 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LUPE MARTINEZ PROVENCIO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by LEANDRO PROVENCIO; FRANK PROVENCIO; RAMONA RIOS in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that LEANDRO PROVENCIO 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 3, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney For Petitioner: WILLIAM EDWARDS 168 H Street, Bakersfield, Ca 93304 Telephone: (661) 324-0111 Fax: (661) 326-8984 E-Mail: weejlaw@yahoo.com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (LWE) PUB: Sept 11, 18, 25, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5227 2019-B5228 Doing business as: MONA1RK ROYAL APPAREL / MONA1RK at 4700 Ambrister Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHASITY NICHOLE RANDALL, 4700 Ambrister Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHASITY NICHOLE RANDALL 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: Aug 12, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By:A ZUBELDIA, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 12, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2019 �������������������������������

County: Kern Full name of registrant: ELJAYBEN IMARGA DANDAN, 2005 Eye Street 6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Full name of registrant: MARISSA AMBION DUENAS, 2005 Eye Street 6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The business is conducted by: Unincorporated Association SIGNED: ELJAYBEN I. DANDAN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/16/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 4, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

93307 Mailing Address: 3501 Mall View Rd 115-366, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 County: Kern Full name of registrant: RICHARD G PALEZYAN, 3501 Mall View Rd 115366, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RICHARD G PALEZYAN 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: Sept 9, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: S REYES, 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 Sept 9, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B0375 Business Name you wish to abandon: KLC OF KERN COUNTY Street address of business: 2005 Eye Street 6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: ELJAYBEN IMARGA DANDAN, 2005 Eye Street 6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: MARISSA AMBION DUENAS, 2005 Eye Street 6, 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: General Partnership SIGNED: ELJAYBEN IMARGA DANDAN, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: September 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5805 Doing business as: ASHLYS TRUCKING at 9492 Eucalypts St, Spring Valley, Ca. 91977 Mailing Address: Same County: San Diego Full name of registrant: MARIO ALBERTO FELIX, 9492 Eucalypts St, Spring Valley, Ca. 91977 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARIO ALBERTO FELIX The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/23/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 9, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 9, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5360 Doing business as: LUCKEY SEVEN #3 at 726 S Union Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ADIB ABDUL KHALID, 7901 Torrent Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: ADIB ABDUL KHALID 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: Aug 16, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J GARCIA, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 16, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5444 Doing business as: BENITEZ TIRE SERVICE & REPAIR at 1528 Finster Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: FREDDY BENITEZ, 1528 Finster Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: FREDDY BENITEZ 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: Aug 21, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J GARCIA, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 21, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5827 Doing business as: FOXTAIL at 2030 Chester Ave Suite B, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DERRICK LUKE AARON, 3605 Dovewood St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Full name of registrant: MAYTHAM SAFAA MNAATHER, 905 N Chester Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: DERRICK AARON 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: Sept 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 10, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5839 Doing business as: WEST COAST ELECTRIC at 5121 Gold Creek Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: RICARDO JIMENEZ, 5121 Gold Creek Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RICARDO JIMENEZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 10, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5828 Doing business as: 1936 at 2860 S Chester, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: 905 Chester Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Full name of registrant: MAYTHAM SAFAA MNAATHER, 905 N Chester Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MAYTHAM SAFAA MNAATHER 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: Sept 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 10, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5731 Doing business as: KLC OF KERN COUNTY at 2005 Eye Street 6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5815 Doing business as: WEEDPATCH MINI FOOD MART at 8100 E Brundage Lane, Bakersfield, Ca.

PUBLIC NOTICE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5533 Doing business as: HOUSE OF BLENDZ at 4725 Panama Lane D2, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOSE RAMON OSEGUEDA MACIEL, 10209 Hillgate Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: JUAN CARLOS OSEGUEDA, 7204 Conduitt St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: JOSE OSEGUEDA MACIEL 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: Aug 26, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 26, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B3886 Business Name you wish to abandon: R&C BARBERSHOP Street address of business: 4725 Panama Ln Suite112 D2, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: JOSE RAMON OSEGUEDA MACIEL, 10209 Hillgate Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: JUAN CARLOS OSEGUEDA, 7204 Conduitt St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Copartners SIGNED: ELJAYBEN IMARGA DANDAN, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: August 26, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Daniel Corley, aka Daniel P Corley, aka Daniel Paul Corley, aka Danny Corley, individually and DBA Pro Concrete Pumping; Does 1 through 20, inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED

PUBLIC NOTICE BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): UNIVERSAL American Express National Bank, Successor by Merger to American Express, FSB CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): BCV-18-103201 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): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF KERN, 1415 Truxtun Avenue, 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): Lina M. Michael (Bar #237842); Christina L. Rymsza, Esq. (SBN: 233631) MICHAEL & ASSOCIATES, 555 St. Charles Drive, Suite 204, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 DATE (Fecha): 12/31/2018 TAMARAH HARBER-PICKENS, Clerk (Secretario), by Julie Irvin, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (M&A) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5779 Doing business as: MAG MARKETING at 4713 Jackson Ridge Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANAHY INEZ CALDERON, 4713 Jackson Ridge Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANAHY INEZ CALDERON 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: Sept 6, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 6, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE FILE NO: 2019-B5781 Doing business as: SMALL TOQN XOTICS at 527 Shady Meadow Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: SHANE LLOYD KELLEY, 527 Shady Meadow Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: KELLY COLLEEN KELLEY, 527 Shady Meadow Ct., Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: SHANE KELLEY 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: Sept 6, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 6, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5752 Doing business as: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS at 3604 Ming Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 10203 Lanesborough Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 County: Kern Full name of registrant: BABATUNDE OLUYOSOLA DERU, 10203 Lanesborough Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: BABATUNDE OLUYOSOLA DERU The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/05/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 5, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 5, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B3945 Business Name you wish to abandon: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS Street address of business: 3604 Ming Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 10203 Lanesborough Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: ICONIC FOODS LLC, 3604 Ming Avenue, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: BABATUNDE DERU, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: September 5, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5812 Doing business as: INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISES at 1612 Hillside Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: 1436 Crestmont Dr #60556, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 County: Kern Full name of registrant: DEMON DESHAWN LEVEL, 1612 Hillside Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DEMON DESHAWN LEVEL 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: Sept 9, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 9, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019

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PUBLIC NOTICE ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5842 2019-B5843 2019-B5844 Doing business as: BAKERSFIELD HISPANA FOURSQUARE CHURCH / LA ENTRADA / THE GATEWAY at 324 Oak St. Suite K, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL CA., 1910 W Sunset Blvd. Suite 200, Los Angeles, Ca. 90026 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: ADAM DAVIDSON, CORPORATE SECRETARY The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 4/3/2014 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DELVILLAR, 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 Sept 10, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B5704 Business Name you wish to abandon: LA ENTRADA Street address of business: 324 Oak Street Ste K, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL, 324 Oak Street Ste K, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: SONIA LOPEZ, PRESIDENT This statement of abandonment filed on: September 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DELVILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B5705 Business Name you wish to abandon: THE GATEWAY Street address of business: 324 Oak Street Ste K, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL, 324 Oak Street Ste K, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: SONIA LOPEZ, PRESIDENT This statement of abandonment filed on: September 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DELVILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2019-B5703 Business Name you wish to abandon: BAKERSFIELD HISPANA FOURSQUARE CHURCH Street address of business: 324 Oak Street Ste K, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: INTERNATIONAL CHURCH OF THE FOURSQUARE GOSPEL, 324 Oak Street Ste K, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: SONIA LOPEZ, PRESIDENT This statement of abandonment filed on: September 10, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DELVILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5654 Doing business as: C & F AUTOMOTIVE at 6920 Downing Ave Suite A, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: FEDERICO ULISES SANOVAL, 7000 Auburn St Apt C-6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Full name of registrant: CARLOS CASTANEDA PAREDES, 7000 Auburn St Apt C-6, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: FEDERICO ULISES SANOVAL 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: Aug 30, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: S REYES,

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

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 30, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5857 Doing business as: TMAD at 1525 Columbus Street Ste#100, Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Mailing Address: 4601 Chalet Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Full name of registrant: AMIKUL INC CA, 4601 Chalet Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: SANTOKH SINGH GILL 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: Sept 11, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 11, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

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County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: CHESTER HARMON, 14914 Hageman Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: RHONDA HARMON, 14914 Hageman Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: RHONDA HARMON, WIFE This statement of abandonment filed on: September 16, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DEL VILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5591 Doing business as: ALLEY INK SCREEN PRINTING at 4029 Columbus Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHAD MARLOW Y SAN JUAN, 4029 Columbus Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: CHAD MARLOW Y SAN JUAN 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: Aug 28, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J GARCIA, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Aug 28, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5984 2019-B5985 Doing business as: GREEN GUARD SECURITY SERVICES / GREEN GUARD ELECTRIC at 53 Tillie Creek Lane, Wofford Heights, Ca. 93285-4081 Mailing Address: PO Box 4081, Wofford Heights, Ca. 93285-4081 County: Kern Full name of registrant: RONALD SCOTT RAIDER, 53 Tillie Creek Lane, Wofford Heights, Ca. 93285-4081 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RONALD SCOTT RAIDER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/16/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 17, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 17, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5967 Doing business as: BOSSMAN’S TRASH HAULING at 9530 Hageman Rd, Suite B-540, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MARC CONRAD HAIUNGS, 9703 Jersey Bounce Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARC CONRAD HAIUNGS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/01/2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 17, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 17, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5950 Doing business as: LUIS MOBIEL TRUCK REPAIR at 100 Donna Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOSE LUIS ORQUIZA AVILA, 100 Donna Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JOSE LUIS ORQUIZA AVILA 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: Sept 16, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 16, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019

������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2016-B3274 Business Name you wish to abandon: R&R CUSTOM HAY Street address of business: 14914 Hageman Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5937 Doing business as: LUXUARY HAIR EXTENSIONS at 3300 Marble St, Rosamond, Ca. 935600001 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: TENICIA NICOLE LIZOTTE, 3300 Marble St, Rosamond, Ca. 93560-0001 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: TENICIA NICOLE LIZOTTE The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/01/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 16, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 16, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6001 Doing business as: GREEN MACHINE MARTIAL ARTS at 53 Tillie Creek Lane, Wofford Heights, Ca. 93285-4081 Mailing Address: PO Box 4081, Wofford Heights, Ca. 93285-4081

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County: Kern Full name of registrant: RONALD SCOTT RAIDER, 53 Tillie Creek Lane, Wofford Heights, Ca. 93285-4081 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: RONALD SCOTT RAIDER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/16/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 18, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 18, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6018 Doing business as: CREATIVE REALTY MARKETING AND MORTGAGE at 3200 21st Street Suite 300, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: KENNETH G BEAVERS, 456 Bello Street, Pismo Beach, Ca. 93449 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: KENNETH G BEAVERS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 04/04/1979 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 18, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 18, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF HEARING GUARDIANSHIP CASE NO: BPB-19-002264 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 GURDIANSHIP MASON JOAQUIN KERKER Minor This notice is required by law. This notice does not require you to appear in court, but you may attend the hearing if you wish.

1.NOTICE is given that DARREN KERKER, MELODY KERKER, (representative capacity, if any): PETITIONERS PETITOIN FOR APPOINTEMENT OF GUARDIAN OF MINOR PERSON 2. You may refer to documents on file in this proceeding for more information (Some documents filed with the court are confidential Under some circumstances you or your attorney may be able to see or receive copies of confidential documents if you file papers in the proceeding or apply to the court.)

3. The petition includes an application for the independent exercise of powers by a guardian or conservator under: AS SET FORTH IN GC-248-DUTIES OF GUARDIAN 4. A HEARING on the mater will be held as follows: Date: Mar 10, 2020 Time: 8:30 am Dept: P Address of Court Same as noted above BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (RAS) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6024 Doing business as: THE MOBILE MECHANIC at 8900 Breckenridge Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: DESIRE L SCHEELER, 8900 Breckenridge Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: DESIRE L SCHEELER 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: Sept 19, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 19, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019 �������������������������������

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5679 Doing business as: BAKERSFIELD OVER-TIME AUTOMOTIVE at 7001 White Lane Ste 118, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: 3112 Whitley Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Full name of registrant: GABRIEL OLIVAS, 3112 Whitley Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GABRIEL OLIVAS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/30/2012 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 3, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 3, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2017-B5696 Business Name you wish to abandon:BAKERSFIELD OVER-TIME AUTOMOTIVE Street address of business: 7001 White Lane Ste 118, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 3112 Whitley Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: GABRIEL OLIVAS, 3112 Whitley Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: FRANK TORRES, 9015 Duram Wheat Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: GABRIEL OLIVAS, PARTNER This statement of abandonment filed on: September 3, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DELVILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Sept 18, 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019 �������������������������������

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CRAIG G. JONES CASE NUMBER: BPB-19-002800 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CRAIG G. JONES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RUBY MCGILL in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RUBY MCGILL 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 17, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney For Petitioner: MICHAEL R. YOUNG, ESQ. THE LAW OFFICES OF YOUNG & NICHOLS 1901 Truxtun Ave. Bakersfield, Ca 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911 Fax: (661) 861-7932 E-Mail: myoung@youngnichols. com BAKERSFIELD

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PUBLIC NOTICE

NEWS OBSERVER (Y&N) PUB: Sept 25, Oct 2, 9, 2019

Assessor Parcel Number The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The Street Address or other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for incorrectness of the street address or other Common designation if any, shown herein.

Beneficiary Phone: 661-325-8962 Beneficiary: Andrew Sheffield for Oceanside Stategies Inc. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate to existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more that one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE OF PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 661-325-8962 or visit this Internet Web Site , using the file number assigned to this case Deep Lease.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediatley be relected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponment information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant pr warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid balance of the note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note under the terms of the deed of trust, to-wit: $237,466.50 (estimated). Accured interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The Beneficiary May elect to bid less than their full credit bid.

The Beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undesigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than 3 months have elapsed since such recordation.

Trustee or party conducting sale: LeBeau-Thelen, LLP DATE: September 20, 2019 Trustee or party conducting sale: ANDREW SHEFFIELD , LeBeau-Thelen, LLP BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (LTLLP) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019

������������������������������� NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED JANUARY 31, 1996 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY; IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On November 5, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., LeBeau Thelen, LLP, as Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of trust recorded on March 12, 1996 as Instrument No. 0196031318 of Official Records of the County Recorder of Kern County, California, executed by F. OLIVER BONDSWELL COOPER, a single man as Trustor in favor of James Stoklen Moore, original beneficiary.

WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH OR CASHIER’S CHECK OR OTHER INSTITUTIONAL CHECK ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) at the front entrance to the City Hall, Located at 1501 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Parcels 3 and 4 of Parcel Map No. 3711, in the unincorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, According to the map filed October 22, 1976 in Book 16, Page 200 of parcel Maps in the office of the county recorder of said County. APN 397140-11: APN 397-140-12 The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The Street Address or other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 20985 Walker Basin Road, Caliente CA 93518 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for incorrectness of the street address or other Common designation if any, shown herein.

Present Beneficiary: KATHY WATSON, Trustee of the James S. Moore Family Trust dated January 27, 1999.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate to existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more that one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE OF PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.

The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call ANDREW SHEFFIELD at 661-3258962 for information regarding the trustee’s sale. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant pr warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the unpaid balance of the note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note under the terms of the deed of trust, to-wit: $141,310.41 (estimated), including as provided in said note, advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale.

A notice of default was recorded August 9, 2011, in Kern County, California, as Inst. No. 0211100974, and was served on F. Oliver Bondswell Cooper, and all parties having an interest in said property, in compliance with the requirements of Civil Code section 2924 et seq.

This notice is given in compliance with a written request made to the trustee by the beneficiary.

The undersigned was appointed and substituted as trustee under the trust deed by a substitution recorded in Kern County, California on APRIL 13, 2012, as Inst. No. 212049681.

DATE: September 25, 2019 ANDREW SHEFFIELD Designated Agent for Trustee, LeBeau-Thelen, LLP BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (LTLLP) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 2019 ������������������������������� NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED DECEMBER 2, 2009 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY; IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On October 31, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., LeBeau Thelen, LLP, as Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of trust recorded on February 16, 2010 as Instrument No. 210020003 of Official Records of the County Recorder of Kern County, California, executed by SCNRG, LLC, as Trustor in favor of Oceanside Strategies, Inc. assignee of record, as beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION T THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state).

At: the front entrance to the City Hall, Located at 1501 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301, Kern all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust or Mortgage in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: 40 Acres, more or less, described as thw “D.E.E.P Lease”, located in the MidwaySunset Field #464, as the West 1/2, of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 7 of township 1 1 North, Rande 23 West SBBM, Kern County, California

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-19-101421 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PETITION OF: MELINDA LOPEZ FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MELINDA LOPEZ for a decree changing names as follows: Present name ELIJAH ISRAEL MARTINEZ Filed a petition with this court Proposed name ELIJAH ISRAEL LOPEZ 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 19, 2019 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 12, 2019 Linda S. Etienne, COURT COMMISSIONER of the Superior Court A Simple Divorce LDA #141 Melinda Lopez 708 Plaza St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Phone: (626) 493-1245 In Pro Per BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (WTP) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 �������������������������������

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 37-2019-00026727-CL-BC-NC NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Roy Knox YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Fischer & Van Thiel, LLP 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

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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): North County Regional Center, 325 Melrose Drive, Vista, CA 92081 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 A. Fischer, Esq. SBN 238031 Fischer & Van Thiel LLP 2424 Vista Way, Ste. 200, Oceanside, CA 92054 (760) 722-7646 DATE (Fecha): May 24, 2019 Clerk (Secretario), by M. Clemens, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 1. as an individual defendant.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019

2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R PADILLA, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 26, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ULICES B MELENDEZ, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: September 25, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DEL VILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019

information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: STEVE YONG LEE, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: September 20, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5795 Doing business as: PROSPERITY HOUSE at 321 S. Hayes Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 Mailing Address: 3120 Earnest Ct., Bakersfield, CA. 93304 County: Kern Full name of registrant: FREDRIC HAYNES, 3120 Earnest Ct., Bakersfield, CA. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: FREDRIC HAYNES 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: Sept 9, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: R EDMIASTON, 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 Sept 9, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6113 2019-B6114 Doing business as: WHOLE GREENS CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT / WHOLE GREENS CALIFORNIA at 7711 Willow Ave, California CIty, Ca. 93505 Mailing Address: 6703 Bertillion St, Palmdale, CA. 93552 County: Kern Full name of registrant: WHOLE GREENS CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT INC., CA, 6703 Bertillion St, Palmdale, CA. 93552 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: ROGER G. PASCUAL, 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: Sept 24, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 24, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 �������������������������������

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2017-B6208 Doing business as: POWER NATION PERFORMANCE AND BODY SHOP at 1101 34th Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 3018 Esperanza Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Full name of registrant: POWER NATION PERFORMANCE AND BODY SHOP, CA, 3018 Esperanza Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: MAAD KORIN, MANAGER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 26,

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6206 Doing business as: THERESA’S INTERIORS at 13615 San Simeon Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: THERESA ANN MAWSON, 13615 San Simeon Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: THERESA ANN MAWSON 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: Sept 26, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DEL VILLAR, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 26, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2017-B6668 Business Name you wish to abandon: PISTIS TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION LLC Street address of business: 12412 Adirondack Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: PISTIS TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION LLC, CA, 12412 Adirondack Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: CASEY STEVERSON, OWNER This statement of abandonment filed on: September 26, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: E DEL VILLAR Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2015-B6945 Business Name you wish to abandon: BAMBOO EXPRESS CHINESE CUISINE Street address of business: 1601 Panama Ln. D105, Bakersfield, Ca. 93307 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: ULICES B MELENDEZ, 3812 Sweet Springs Street, 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.)

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6132 Doing business as: ROSEWALL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY at 5406 Banning Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHRISTINE L FINDLEY, 5406 Banning Street, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHRISTINE L FINDLEY The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 09/01/2019 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Sept 25, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 25, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6092 Doing business as: MAEBERHOOD at 5234 Montecito Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Mailing Address: 3501 Mall View Rd #115-321, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ANGELICA MAE CARDONA-GARCIA, 5234 Montecito Drive, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ANGELICA MAE CARDONAGARCIA 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: Sept 23, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N FRANCO, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 23, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 ������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B6042 Doing business as: GM LIQUOR at 1921 24th, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: STEVE YONG LEE, 8319 Windjammer Dr, Bakersfield, CA. 93301 Full name of registrant: CHONG HUN LEE, 8319 Windjammer Dr, Bakersfield, CA. 93301 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: STEVE YONG LEE 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: Sept 20, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J CHAIDES, Deputy This fictitious Business Name Statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the County Clerk’s Office. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another to a trademark or trade name under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., business and professions code).

I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A) Registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime This statement expires on Sept 20, 2024 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 2019 ������������������������������� STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2017-B3571 Business Name you wish to abandon: GM LIQUOR Street address of business: 1921 24th, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: STEVE YONG LEE, 9713 Rain Check Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: CHONG HUN LEE, 9713 Rain Check Dr., Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WANDA L TURNER, aka WANDA TURNER CASE NUMBER: BPB-19-002905 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WANDA L. TURNER, aka WANDA TURNER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by JOYICE KNOUSE in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN 1215 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOYICE KNOUSE 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 31, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept: P Room: located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney For Petitioner: MICHAEL R. YOUNG, ESQ. THE LAW OFFICES OF YOUNG & NICHOLS 1901 Truxtun Ave. Bakersfield, Ca 93301 Telephone: (661) 861-7911 Fax: (661) 861-7932 E-Mail: myoung@youngnichols. com BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (Y&N) PUB: Oct 2, 9, 16 2019

������������������������������� FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2019-B5697 Doing business as: NATIONAL INSURANCE SERVICES at 2207 Brundage Ln SPC L4, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Mailing Address: 1904 Hodges Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Full name of registrant: YADIRA AGUILAR FIERRO, 1904 Hodges Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: YADIRA AGUILAR FIERRO 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: Sept 4, 2019 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: S REYES, 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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The National African American Museum– a Dream Realized Continued from page A1

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“What [The Black Press] does is it reminds us that there are many different lenses to understand a story. If you don’t have the lens to the African American community, where are you going to find your story? For me, the Black Press is crucial not for the past, but for the future,” Bunch said.

The Smithsonian national leader also marveled over the enduring legacy of Baldwin, whose works explored racial, sexual, and class distinctions in North America.

“As a 17-year-old freshman at Howard, the first book I picked up was ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain,’” Bunch said.

“I was so moved by [Baldwin’s] writings. I read everything that he wrote because, in some ways, what Baldwin did is that he captured the trueness of the community in an unvarnished way. He also inspired us to demand fairness,” he said.

Bunch said he sought out to obtain a building that would reference the spirituality, resilience, and hope that have been key elements within the African American community.

Elements he said that have shaped America’s identity in ways most Americans do not understand.

He said the revolution in South Africa reinforced his belief that history is an effective tool to change a country by embracing the truth of a painful past.

The museum opened three years ago to much fanfare, with former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, among others, in attendance.

“To some, visiting the museum allows them to find hope … that the current poisonous political partisanship and racial antipathy will one day be overcome,” Bunch said.

A historian, author, educator, and curator, Bunch has enjoyed a career of near unapparelled success.

Bunch has held numerous teaching positions, including American University in Washington, D.C. (Bunch’s Alma Mater); the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; and the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Bunch was elected in 2017 to become a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He’s also the recipient of the President’s Award from the NAACP, and the Impact Leader Award from the Greater Washington Urban League.

Last year, the Phi Beta Kappa Society presented Bunch with the Phi Betta Kappa Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities and the National Education Association honored him with the Award for Distinguished Service to Education.

Earlier this year, Bunch was appointed Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the first African American to hold that position in the organization’s 173-year history.

He oversees 19 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers.

Now, with “A Fool’s Errand,” Bunch said he has a simple message to convey.

“History matters,” he told Chavis.

“You can’t understand yourself or the future without looking back. History is an amazing tool to live your life.

More than anything else, it challenges you to be accurate,” Watch the full interview between Dr. Chavis and Dr. Bunch here at BlackPressUSA.com.

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Swamp Rodent Invasion!

By SAMANTHA MALDONADO & TERRY CHEA Associated Press LOS BANOS, Calif. (AP) – One of the most recent threats to California’s environment has webbed feet, white whiskers, shaggy fur and orange buck teeth that could be mistaken for carrots.

“Boy, they’re an ugly-looking thing,” said David Passadori, an almond and walnut grower in central California. “And the way they multiply – jeez.”

The swamp rodents, called nutria, are setting off alarms in California. They weigh about 20 pounds (9 kilograms) each and eat the equivalent of about a fourth of their weight each day by burrowing into riverbanks and chomping into plants that emerge from the water.

The animals can destroy the wetland habitats of rare and endangered species, degrading soil, ruining crops and carrying pathogens that may threaten livestock.

Most of all, they pose a public safety risk: Left unchecked, nutria could jeopardize California’s water supply, especially if they get into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The delta is the “heartbeat of California’s water infrastructure,” according to Peter Tira, spokesman for the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife. It contains a network of more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) of canals and levees that protect the area from flooding, provide drinking water to millions of Californians and irrigate the lush agricultural region.

Now, armed with $10 million in state funds, the wildlife agency is deploying new tactics to eradicate the nutria and try to prevent the widespread destruction they are known to cause.

“Over the past two years, our best efforts were trying to not even control the population but keep it from exploding while we pursued the resources needed to actually pursue eradication,” said Valerie Cook, environmental program manager for Fish and Wildlife’s newly established Nutria Eradication Program.

“We haven’t had nutria in California for 50 years, so nobody really knows much about them,” Tira said. “We’ve had to learn on the job as we go.”

An invasive species originally from South America and brought to the U.S. at the height of the fur trade in the late 19th century, nutria were believed to have been eradicated in the state in the 1970s until one turned up in a beaver trap in 2017. Since then, more than 700 nutria have been trapped and killed, including four on Passadori’s property.

Farmers, landowners and biologists in the Central Valley, an agricultural region that spans about 400 miles (645 kilometers) from Redding to Bakersfield, have been on high alert.

On a recent morning in Merced County, where the most nutria have been found, state biologists Greg Gerstenberg and Sean McCain paddled in kayaks in a wetland pond thick with cattails. Wearing waders, they trudged through chest-deep water to check surveillance cameras and cage traps where they leave sweet potato pieces to entice the invasive rodents.

Last year, wildlife officials removed almost 90 nutria from this pond. Gerstenberg and McCain have returned because they believe at least a few nutria are back. But on this morning they found only muskrats, smaller swampdwelling rodents, and released them back into the pond.

“Our goal is to get out here and find them and eradicate them before they become fully established throughout our Central Valley,” said Gerstenberg, a senior Fish and Wildlife biologist.

The Central Valley is the United States’ most productive agricultural region, responsible for more than half the nation’s fruits, vegetables and nuts, including almost all its apricots, table grapes, carrots, asparagus and

tree nuts. Federal Department of Agriculture figures put the market value of Central Valley agricultural production in 2017 at almost $29 billion.

Damage to the region’s soil or water infrastructure would be devastating to the economy and diet.\ “It would mean no more sushi because the alternative would be to buy rice from Japan or Korea, where the price is five times higher,” said Daniel Sumner, director of the Agricultural Issues Center at the University of CaliforniaDavis. “Kiss off carrots, or live without table grapes in the summertime.”

Trail cameras and landowners have helped locate the elusive, nocturnal creatures over an area of almost 13,300 square miles (34,449 square kilometers) that wildlife officials are evaluating for nutria habitats. Live traps baited with sweet potato donated by farmers help capture them.

Once identified as nutria, the animals are shot. Tira said about three-quarters of female nutria have been found pregnant _ they can have up to three litters a year, allowing them to repopulate quickly.

The new attention and funding will allow Fish and Wildlife to hire 46 dedicated staff. By December, the agency will launch what’s known as a Judas Nutria program that would outfit surgically sterilized nutria with radio collars and send them out in the wild. Because the animals are so social, they will lead the team to other nutria.

Before year’s end, Fish and Wildlife will start genetically testing the nutria to determine where they came from. Tira said migration from Oregon or Washington is doubtful, but the team isn’t sure whether the nutria were reintroduced to California or part of a remnant population.

Taking a cue from Maryland’s eastern shore and parts of Delaware and Virginia, officials also will test dogs trained to sniff out the rodents’ scent and scat.

“We can’t be successful if we can’t find every single animal,” Cook said.

Besides threatening agriculture and infrastructure, nutria can harm wetlands, which play a critical role in keeping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and helping mitigate global warming.

The Central Valley also hosts the largest concentration of migratory waterfowl on Earth, said Ric Ortega, the Grassland Water District’s general manager.

“We only have so much surface water storage in California,” he said. “It’s not a wetland if it’s not wet. The nutria complicate that.”

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The Afro Represents Cultural Change Within Black Diaspora A once ‘defiant’ hairstyle remains mired on controversy “There was some early blow-back resulting from the Afro. Beside the fact that many Black parents then frowned on the new expression of Black pride— and often prohibiting younger children from donning this haircut—White society was uncertain what to make of this outward and unapologetic show of African American pride and independence.”

By Merdies Hayes, Editor, Our Weekly News “How ya doin’? Good to see ya. Have a seat.”

O.D. Threatt makes way for the barber chair. You feel at home as he affixes the bib over your chest. He takes your glasses. He asks the usual question: “Cut it short?”

He hasn’t needed to boost the chair upward for at least 50 years.

Between the chit-chat about the Dodgers or Lakers— there’s very little political talk—the subject of the Afro (or “natural”) comes up, of which he is a font of knowledge.

O.D., by his estimate, has probably given 50,000 haircuts over the past 60 years. Of those, there’s a good chance that half have been Afros since his days at the legendary Upright Barber Shop at 58th Street and Central Avenue in South Los Angeles. Back then, in the late 1960s, it was the place to go to wear that distinctive style that marked a new era of Black social consciousness.

Wanting to make a statement “I was thinking about that just the other day,” he said.

“You know, before the natural, Black teenagers generally kept their hair relatively short. Much more conservative, often with a “Kennedy part” on the left side. That all changed with the natural. The kids wanted to make a statement. They wanted a separate identity from White America.”

There was some early blow-back resulting from the Afro. Beside the fact that many Black parents then frowned on the new expression of Black pride—and often prohibiting younger children from donning this haircut— White society was uncertain what to make of this outward and unapologetic show of African American pride and independence.

“No, a good many parents would not let their little kids have a natural,” O.D. explained. “That was a little too daring—a little too ‘militant’—for the generation who moved from the South after World War II. It was different for the teenagers. They saw people like James Brown, Angela Davis or the Black Panthers wearing a natural, and this expression was part of new generation of kids who were exposed more to their history going back to slavery and further back to Africa.”

Turning tables on ‘nappy,’ ‘woolly’ hair In the 1960s, Black people said, essentially, “to hell with that” and turned the tables on the familiar and unflattering tropes of “nappy,” “woolly” and “unruly” hair in liberating themselves from any and everything originally associated with White “acceptance.” After generations of subjecting themselves to European beauty standards, African Americans decided to take back their hair. This newfound acceptance was widely known as the “Black Is Beautiful” movement, which sprang from the Black Power movement.

With political activists such as Davis, Huey P. Newton and Jesse Jackson proudly rocking Afros while fighting oppression, the hairstyle quickly emerged as a symbol of Black beauty, liberation and pride.

Black activists were agitated by White supremacy and Jim Crow laws. As well, they wanted to show an outward sign of their frustration toward Dr. Martin Luther’s King Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolence. The Afro would become Black beauty personified—and done without White

validation. The Afro did not care about critics. It did not care about disapproving looks. For many Black men, it was about “cool pose” and, to a degree, about hyper-masculinity in the face of police brutality and constant oppression.

What may be most interesting about the Afro is its cultural trajectory. In the 1970s, for instance, the Afro was perceived as a major political statement that, beforehand, would have never appeared in the pages of a mainstream publication, or graced the motion picture or television screens. The Afro originated in both a political and emotional climate. The style would fit with a broader generational rejection of artifice but, more importantly, it expressed defiance of racist beauty norms, rejection of middle-class conventions (much like the hippie movement of the mid-60s) and demonstrated pride in Black beauty.

The unstraightened hair of the Afro was simultaneously a way to celebrate the cultural and physical distinctiveness of the Black race, and to fully reject practices associated with any emulation of Whites.

An ‘in-your-face’ style for Black youth “You didn’t see Black celebrities or athletes wearing the natural. Willie Mays didn’t have one. Neither did Jim Brown or Muhammad Ali in their early days,” O.D. said.

He explained that the Martin Luther King generation would have said the Afro was a little too “in-your-face” and that it would do more to instigate White America rather than attracting them to the subject of Black equality.

“The young people saw it differently,” O.D. noted.

“This was their time to speak. It was their time of selfexpression. The Black teenagers wore the Afro with pride and distinction because it was theirs...and no White person could take it away from them.”

Black hair has been an integral feature of Black history, from African tribal styles to Caribbean dreadlocks. In early African civilizations, for instance, hairstyles could indicate a person’s family background, tribe and social status. As an example, when men from the Wolof tribe (in modern Senegal and Gambia) went to war, they wore a braided style, while women in mourning—in other words a widow— would either not “do” her hair or adopt a subdued style.

During the slave trade, these captives took many of their African customs with them to the New World, including their specially-designed combs—not terribly different from the ever-present Afro combs of the 1970s.

During the 19th Century, when slavery was abolished throughout much of the world, many Black people felt pressure to “fit in” with mainstream White society and adjusted their hair accordingly.

Emancipation the ‘great oppressor’?

“Black people felt compelled to smooth their hair and [texture it] to fit in easier, and to move in society better (and in camouflage) almost,” said Aaryn Lynch who produced a London exhibition on the history of the Afro comb. “I’ve nicknamed the post-emancipation era ‘the great oppression’ because that’s when Black people had to go through really intensive methods to smooth their hair.

Men and women would put their hair in a hot chemical mixture—that would almost burn their scalp—to make it look more European and silky.”

In the 1930s, Rastafari theology developed in Jamaica

Even today, the natural state of Black hair causes debate in the workforce. Because certain African hairstyles may leave White employers baffled and confused, many workplaces still do not tolerate locks or natural hair and require that Black men and women adhere to a style more suited with White fashion norms.

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from the ideas of Marcus Garvey, the legendary political activist who worked to improve the status of Black people.

Believers then and today are forbidden to cut their hair and instead twist it into dreadlocks.

While it is not clear when and where the style originated, there are references in the Old Testament.

The Hindu deity Shiva is sometimes depicted wearing dreadlocks. Along with the Afro, dreadlocks remain the most distinctive Black hairstyle.

A tumultuous timeline Black hair—specifically the Afro—can trace a centuries-old timeline: • 1444: Europeans trading along the West African coast observe people wearing elaborate hairstyles, including Afros, locks, plaits and twists • 1619: The first slaves are brought to Jamestown, VA, many of which have an Afro and/or plaits and twists • 1700s: Calling Black hair “wool,” many Whites dehumanized slaves. The more elaborate African hairstyles could not be retained • 1800s: Without the traditional combs and herbal treatments, slaves rely on bacon grease, butter and kerosene as hair conditioners and cleaners. Lighterskinned, straight-haired Blacks would command a higher price than the more “kinky-haired” slaves • 1865: Slavery ends, but Whites look upon Black women who adopt a Western coiffure as “well-adjusted” meaning that “good’ hair is a specific White attribute • 1880: Metal hot combs, invented by the French in 1845, are used by Blacks to temporarily straighten kinky hair • 1900s: Madame C.J. Walker develops a range of haircare products for Black hair • 1954: George E. Johnson launches the Johnson Products Co. with Ultra Wave Hair Culture to be used as a “permanent” hair straightener for both Black men and women • 1963: Actress Cicely Tyson wears cornrows on the television drama “East Side/West Side” • 1970: Angela Davis becomes an icon of the Black Power movement with her large Afro • 1971: Melba Tolliver is fired from the ABC News affiliate in New York for wearing an Afro while covering the marriage of Tricia Nixon • 1988: Director Spike Lee exposes the schism between “good-hair/bad-hair” among African Americans in the film “School Daze” • 2006: Black hair care becomes a billion-dollar industry

• 2009: The movie “Good Hair” grosses $4 million Celebrating Black beauty At the peak of its popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Afro epitomized the “Black is Beautiful” movement. In those years, the style represented a celebration of Black beauty and repudiation of Eurocentric beauty standards. The Afro also created a sense of commonality among African Americans who saw the style as a mark of a person who was willing to take a different stand against racial injustice.

Even today, the natural state of Black hair causes debate in the workforce. Because certain African hairstyles may leave White employers baffled and confused, many workplaces still do not tolerate locks or natural hair and require that Black men and women adhere to a style more suited with White fashion norms.

This debate has led to an historic bill introduced by California State Sen. Holly J. Mitchell (30th District) making California the first state in the country to ban racial discrimination based on natural hair. Known as the CROWN (“Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair”), the bill was signed in early July by Gov. Gavin Newsom to amend the Fair Employment and Housing Act and the state Education Code to prohibit employers and schools from enforcing purportedly “race neutral” grooming policies that disproportionately impact people of color.

Sen. Holly J. Mitchell’s CROWN Act “This law protects the right of Black Californians to choose to wear their hair in its natural form, without pressure to conform to Eurocentric norms,” Mitchell said.

“I am so excited to see the culture change that will ensue from the law.” Similar legislation has been proposed in New York and in New Jersey, with New York in February banning any form of hair discrimination at school and in the workplace.

History, to an extent, is defined by a simple haircut not simply for one person, but for a generation who came of age during the Black Power Movement.

You see yourself in the hand mirror, just to check if your look remains normal for the times. Everything checks out.

“Everything okay?” O.D. asks. “Looks good O.D. Each time I stop in you seem to trim more gray hair.”

“That’s father time for ya,” he replied.

And with that, the bib is removed, and any remaining hair is neatly brushed away until next time.

“Thanks O.D.” “Thank you,” he responds. “See ya next time.”

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KHSD Data Shows Increase in Voluntary Tranferes District Takes Steps to Address Disciplinary Methods

EMMA GALLEGOS South Kern Sol Data presented Tuesday at the Kern High School District’s fifth community forum showed overall disciplinary trends in the 2018-19 school year have decreased in many areas; however a high number of students are still exiting general education.

At the community forum, which is meant to address student behavior and school climate, KHSD officials shared data that showed suspension rates dropped by 0.3 percent, expulsion rates dropped by 31 percent, and involuntary transfers dropped by 8 percent. However, one category saw a spike. The number of voluntary transfers increased by 7.5 percent due to the waiver of rights increased, KHSD officials say.

“There’s been an increase of voluntary transfers based on the waiver agreement due to an increase in serious violations, which include threats, battery, sexual battery, fights, weapons violations, harassment violation and controlled substance violations,” said Brenda Lewis, associate superintendent of instruction.

In 2018-19, 648 students were voluntarily transferred, which is up from 603 last year and 436 the year before.

Black students made up 18.5 percent of those transfers, making them three times more likely to leave the district than other students.

Brian Mendiburu, director of student behavior and supports, said the spike in voluntary transfers were due largely to an increase in students with weapons violations and controlled substances on campus. He said of those 648 voluntary transfers, 78 involved weapon violations and 175 involved controlled substances — two areas that have seen at least a 35 percent increase since last school year. Also, 313 other incidents involved violent offenses and 63 involved harassment and bullying, according to Mendiburu.

Education advocacy groups say voluntary transfers have become a new way of pushing students — disproportionately black — out of the district, as expulsions have nosedived from their peak of 2,200 in 2009.

RELATED CONTENT: As KHSD transfers increase, so do expulsion and suspension rates at continuation schools, data shows Expulsion, suspension and transfer rates were just part of the forum, which is a requirement listed in a settlement agreement reached in 2017 after KHSD acknowledged it disproportionately suspended and expelled African American and Latino students.

The number of suspensions, expulsions and

involuntary transfers have dropped, according to the data.

In the 2018-19 school year, there were 20 expulsions in the entire district — with the majority being African American and Latino students. The district’s suspension rate for the 201-19 school year slightly dropped to 8.55 percent, with 18.15 percent of those suspensions for African American students.

African American students face higher rates of suspension on certain campus, particularly at continuation schools, according to the California Department of Education. At Tierra Del Sol Continuation High, 40.4 percent of black students were suspended, compared to 16.7 percent of white students on the same campus in 2017-18. At North High, 28.2 percent of all black students were suspended at least once in 2017-18, which is down from 37.3 percent the previous year.

Dr. Jon Eyler, the CEO of Collaborative Learning Solutions who has served as a consultant for the district for the past five years, said an increasing number of suspensions involve drugs.

In the 2017-18 school year, 28 percent of all suspensions for the District were due to drug-related issues.

Kern is an outlier. Fourteen percent of suspensions in California are drug-related. In fact, 3 percent of all drugrelated suspensions in the state in 2017-18 were at KHSD, when the district only makes up 2 percent of the highschool-aged population.

To address this issues, KHSD currently has four substance abuse specialists and is also working to partner with Kern County Behavioral Health to address substance abuse, Eyler said.

Eyler pointed out a decrease in defiance-related suspensions. In 2015-6, there were 1,581 suspensions due to defiance. In 2017-18, there were 475 suspensions related to defiance. “(Kern High) has gone above and beyond the requirements to be able serve kids,” Eyler said. “By no means am I saying the district is perfect, but I think they are starting to have structures in place so that they can be even more intentional, and I’m excited about that.”

Eyler said KHSD has gone far beyond the “bare minimum” laid out in the agreement in Sanders v. Kern High School District. He said he is particularly proud of the 100 staff hired since 2013 that act as “boots on the ground,” including 24 social workers, 24 interventionists who work in small groups and 18 community specialists who work in parents and family centers.

Eyler said the next phase is to empower students and parents through advocacy groups and focus groups.

KHSD, for example, has created an African-American parent advisory council this year. Eyler said he hopes the council can help address problems of disproportionality regarding discipline.

At five schools — East, West, Mira Monte, Foothill and South high schools — there is an elective class called PLUS (Peer Leaders Uniting Students), which addresses behavioral issues. There are also coaches working with student teams outside of those classes that are training students to teach students problem solving.

“There are a lot technical pieces that have been put in place,” Eyler said. “There are teams in place, there are people in place, there are structures in place, there is a behavior matrix in place.”

He continued: “Now it’s about going deeper with belief systems and work on some of the more challenging pieces.”

The next community forum is Jan. 30, 2020.

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