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Anne Arundel County Police described the fliers as KKK propaganda.

Police spokesman Lt. Ryan Frashure said the flier’s contents are highly offensive but may be covered under freedom of speech protections.

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By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent The heartache expressed on Tuesday night by the many supporters of Stacey Abrams has suddenly turned to hope after absentee and other ballots counted brought the Georgia Democratic governor hopeful closer to a runoff with Republican Brian Kemp.

And, after conceding to Republican Ron DeSantis in Florida on Election night, Tallahassee Mayor and Florida

“Gillum and Abrams, no matter what, they have changed the idea that Democrats should not be fighting for these seats in the south, and that’s going to have 25 years of impact,” — Melissa Harris-Perry Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum found new life when votes were finally tabulated from the more blue areas of the state like Broward and Miami

Dade. Gillum said he conceded based on “the limited information we had.”

That’s now changed.

As of Friday morning, Gillum was just 0.44 percentage points behind DeSantis, a margin of about 36,000 votes. A margin within 0.5 percentage points triggers an automatic recount, something the Florida Secretary of State would still have to approve.

“On Tuesday night, the Gillum for Governor campaign operated with the best information available about the number of outstanding ballots left to count,” Gillum spokeswoman Johanna Cervone said in a statement.

“Since that time, it has become clear there are many more uncounted ballots than was originally reported.”

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outcome, including a state-mandated recount,” Cervone said. “Mayor Gillum started his campaign for the people, and we are committed to ensuring every single vote in Florida is counted.”

Meanwhile, after initial and unofficial tallies in Georgia gave Kemp a seemingly insurmountable lead, absentee and other provisional ballots drew Abrams ever closer and also in the range of recount and possibly a runoff.

“All of the votes in this race have not been counted,” Abrams campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo said at a press conference on Thursday.

Under Georgia law, if no candidate achieves a majority, then a runoff election will be held. Kemp currently leads with 50.3 percent of the vote. Abrams is also close to the possible threshold to earn a recount in the race, which, following his resignation, Kemp would now not oversee.

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Colorado Abolishes Slavery, Finally The Secretary of State’s Office said the amendment to Colorado’s Constitution received 65 percent of the votes already counted. “The margin is such that there is no doubt,” Lynn Bartels, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, told reporters.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia While many spent Tuesday and early Wednesday celebrating midterm election wins, Colorado celebrated freedom.

With four of the five precincts reporting, slavery in all

forms was abolished in the Centennial State.

The Secretary of State’s Office said the amendment to Colorado’s Constitution received 65 percent of the votes already counted.

“The margin is such that there is no doubt,” Lynn Bartels, a spokeswoman for the Colorado Secretary of State’s

.Since the 1860s, courts have interpreted the 13th Amendment as it plainly reads. “Once individuals have been duly tried, convicted, sentenced, and imprisoned, courts will not find 13th Amendment violations where prison rules require inmates to work.” (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

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Office, told reporters.

Abolish Slavery Colorado, a group that has crusaded for the abolishment, posted on its Facebook page, “It’s official! Amendment A passes!”

Over 15 state constitutions in the United States permit slavery as a way of legal punishment for those who’ve committed a crime, despite the 13th Amendment being ratified in 1865.

The current and unclear wording in Colorado’s constitution means “slavery and involuntary servitude may not be fully unconstitutional” according to the state’s ACLU chapter executive director Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, via the Atlanta Black Star.

Article II, Section 26 of Colorado’s constitution reads that there “shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.”

Voters on Tuesday seized upon the opportunity to change the language.

Going forward, the Constitution will read: “There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude.”

Jumoke Emery of Abolish Slavery Colorado told CNN that voters almost got the amendment to pass two years ago, but blamed the legislators’ terminology for the outcome of the vote.

“I hope that this puts forth the message that our past doesn’t have to be our future, that by and large we as Americans are interested in fixing our mistakes and that there’s hope for our future,” Emery told the news outlet.

Those who are against amending the constitution say it’s not necessary because Colorado already bans slavery.

They also argued that certain prisoner programs could be affected.

Since the 1860s, courts have interpreted the 13th Amendment as it plainly reads. “Once individuals have been duly tried, convicted, sentenced, and imprisoned, courts will not find 13th Amendment violations where prison rules require inmates to work.”

The compensation of prison labor today reflects this history.

In Georgia and Texas, the maximum wage in dollars per day is $0.

In Nevada, prisoners make $0.13 an hour.

The average wage is between $0.93 a day and $4.93 a day – less than an hour of work at minimum wage. Conservative estimates put the value of output from prison labor at $2 billion annually.

Removing the wording from the Colorado constitution “closes the door on the possibility of future abuses, and it also sends a positive message in a time of great division in our nation,” said Nathan Woodliff-Stanley, the executive director of the ACLU

Gov-Elect Gavin Newsom 1st Hires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Former Hillary Clinton staffer Ann O’Leary will serve as chief of staff to Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, the incoming governor announced Friday.

Newsom also hired former California Department of Finance Director Ana Matosantos to be his cabinet secretary.

O’Leary and Matosantos are Newsom’s first two hires for his incoming administration. Newsom will be sworn in as governor in January.

O’Leary will be Newsom’s highest ranking staffer and will help lead his transition team. She was a senior policy adviser to Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

She also worked in former President Bill Clinton’s administration.

Matosantos will help the governor oversee state agencies in what is typically the second-highest ranking cabinet position. She served as finance director for both outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“I pledged an administration that would dream big and demand more - and draw on the talents of some of the most capable public servants in America,” Newsom said in a statement. “That’s what Ann and Ana represent - lives of unrivaled professional accomplishment paired with a personal determination to serve the public good.”

Newsom also unveiled a new transition website where people can give feedback on his policy priorities and apply for jobs in his administration.

Wade & Union Have a Baby

MIAMI (AP) – Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade and his actress wife Gabrielle Union-Wade have a baby.

The couple on Thursday announced they’ve welcomed a baby girl into the world. The baby was born via a surrogate on Wednesday. It’s the first child the couple has had together; the NBA guard has three sons and the couple is also raising one of his nephews.

Wade announced the birth on his social media channels, calling her “our miracle baby.” The Wades did not immediately reveal the baby’s name.

Union-Wade has been very open about her struggle to have a child, and previously revealed that she has endured several miscarriages. The couple says Wednesday “will forever be etched in our hearts as the most loveliest of all the lovely days.”

Ex-Lion Accuses Pizza Chain of Discrimination

DETROIT (AP) – Former Detroit Lions Hall of Famer Lem Barney and his wife are suing a Detroit-area pizza chain for racial discrimination after being refused service.

The lawsuit filed in Detroit’s federal court Monday says Lem and Jacqueline Barney went to Happy’s Pizza in Commerce Township Nov. 2. The lawsuit says that when they tried to order, the manager told them to go to Happy’s Southfield location because “they would be more at home there.’’

The Barneys are black. Southfield has a majority black population and Commerce Township is mostly white.

The lawsuit says the Barneys called the police. The restaurant manager told an officer that the Barneys were denied service because workers were preparing for a corporate catering event.

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NAACP Calls Candidates Hanging Comments “Sick” “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row” - Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

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“If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row”- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says in Tupelo, MS after Colin Hutchinson, cattle rancher, praises her. U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy will head to a runoff against incumbent Republican Hyde-Smith on Nov. 27. (Photo: Official Senate Photo / Wikimedia Commons)

BALTIMORE— The NAACP issued the following statement regarding Mississippi Senator Cindy HydeSmith recent statement on being invited to a public hanging.

“Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith’s shameful remarks prove once again how Trump has created a social and political climate that normalizes hateful and racist rhetoric. We’ve seen this in Florida from Ron DeSantis and others during this election season and denounce it.

“Hyde-Smith’s decision to joke about ‘hanging,’ in a state known for its violent and terroristic history toward African Americans is sick. To envision this brutal and degenerate type of frame during a time when Black people, Jewish People and immigrants are still being targeted for violence by White nationalists and racists is hateful and hurtful. Any politician seeking to serve as the national voice of the people of Mississippi should know better. Her choice of words serves as an indictment of not only her lack of judgement, but her lack of empathy, and most of all lack of character.” — Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities.

You can read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas here.

GA Black Voters Suppression

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK AP National Writer ATLANTA (AP) – When Barbara Williams arrived at the Pittman Park Recreation Center just before noon on Election Day to cast her vote, she saw a line so long that the end wasn’t in sight.

“There were so many people, you couldn’t count them,” Williams recalled. “They were looped around. The line started at the door and it snaked around to the left.”

She ultimately waited four hours to use one of the three voting machines at the precinct where the 58-yearold retiree has voted in every election since she turned 18.

Others reported similar challenges to voting at Pittman Park, located in the heart of Atlanta’s oldest black neighborhood: Hours-long waits and voters leaving in frustration.

For Williams and others who sought to vote at Pittman Park, the hurdles echoed a long history of voter suppression unfolding in a race in which Democrat Stacey Abrams is seeking to become the nation’s first black female governor.

“I feel like they didn’t want her to win,” Williams said of Abrams. “They made things so that we would get aggravated and people would leave.”

The race between Abrams and her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp, is still too close to call five days after the election. Kemp has denied any attempt to suppress the vote. But his background as someone who, as secretary of state, deleted inactive voters from registration rolls and enforced an “exact match” policy that could have prevented thousands from registering to vote, has brought the issue of minority access to the polls to the forefront.

That’s especially true at Pittman Park, which has long been a center of black civic and community life. Many residents learned to swim there at the only pool they were allowed to use during the segregation era. Today, it offers after school care, classes for seniors and a space for local meetings.

It has been a precinct for as long as Douglas Dean, head of the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Association, can remember. Three years ago, it was consolidated with a nearby polling station, doubling the number of registered voters to nearly 3,800, according to the Fulton County Board of Elections, one of the factors that may have played into last week’s lines.

“There is no excuse for what happened here in this election,” said Dean, 71, and a former state representative.

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everything to stay the same so that they remain in power.

We’ve been fighting this battle for years. This is nothing new.”

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who had been troubleshooting election irregularities in the city that day, was at the precinct Tuesday to investigate.

“They were four deep in the room,” Jackson said, describing the scene in an interview. “Some were in wheelchairs, some were on walkers, some were sick. I appealed to them to stay. Either incompetence or corruption or both is what happened.”

Williams fought back, maintaining her place in line and pleading with others to do the same.

“It was important for me to vote,” she explained. “I vote in every election. I’m a human being and I have a life and I try for it to be better. A whole lot of people left. I even tried to get some of them to stay. I said, ‘That’s what they want you to do.”’

Joseph Jarrett came at around the same time as Williams, with his 4-year-old son in tow to show him the significance of voting. When he saw the line, Jarrett left, not wanting to stand there with a restless toddler.

He debated whether or not to come back. On his mind were lessons from childhood. He thought of the Mississippi voting activist Fannie Lou Hamer, a personal hero, and what she did for the community. Jarrett retuned to the line just after 2 p.m. Three hours later, he cast his ballot.

“I was determined to vote,” said Jarrett, 38. “Our whole community was galvanized by Stacey Abrams’ campaign. But some people came in, saw the line, and walked right back out.”

Others also tried to persuade people to be patient, at-

tempting to counter frustration with a festive atmosphere.

A band arrived and played music. Dozens of pizzas and refreshments appeared. When the rain broke, the sizzle of a grill began in the parking lot.

Jackson took selfies to try to lift spirits. He also went to a playbook that has worked for him since the civil rights movement: He mobilized the press and created a scene.

Soon, five brand new machines, still in the wrapper, were brought to the concrete building on Garibaldi Street. But by then, some of the damage had already been done.

“Some people had to leave and go to work,” Jackson said. “Some had to go home and get their medicine. Some people became discouraged. Denial of opportunity, denial of access to democracy ... That’s what voter suppression looks like. I’ve seen this for a long time.”

Voters in other black neighborhoods complained of long lines and inadequate resources, too. As the hour drew near for the polls to close, the Georgia NAACP won its lawsuit to extend voting hours for three precincts in Fulton County, including Pittman Park. When the lights were turned off after the last ballot was cast, it was 1 a.m., according to workers at the center.

Nearly a week after the election, even those who were able to vote are left wondering whether they were excluded from the process, despite their perseverance. The fight continues, as Abrams has sued a southwest Georgia county over absentee ballots and has vowed to stay in the race until the recount is complete.

“I think she probably did win, but I don’t think she’ll be the governor, because I don’t think they’ll do the right thing,” Jarrett said of Abrams. “It’s a damn shame, because people really came out. For their votes not to be counted ... it’s like a disgrace to democracy.”

Florida and Georgia Could End in Recount Continued from page A1 “Brian Kemp is 25,622 votes above the threshold for a runoff election. Twenty-five thousand votes of nearly four million cast are at issue in this race,” Groh-Wargo said. “By [Kemp’s] own admission, there are at least 25,000 outstanding votes, and hundreds if not thousands of more that we are learning about and discovering every day.”

The state chapter of the NAACP filed a pair of lawsuits claiming that students at Spelman College and Morehouse College were improperly forced to vote with a provisional ballot – or dissuaded from voting at all – because their names didn’t show up on voter registration lists.

And the second, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, seeks to preserve the right for voters in the Pittman Park Recreation Center area to cast ballots.

That was the precinct where massive lines formed because of too few polling machines. Even after five additional voting devices were delivered, some people waited four hours at the Atlanta site.

In a televised interview early Tuesday, former talk show host Melissa Harris-Perry said Gillum and Stacey would change the way Democrats campaign in the south for decades to come.

In saying so, Harris-Perry was clear that would be the case regardless of the outcome. “Gillum and Abrams, no matter what, they have changed the idea that Democrats should not be fighting for these seats in the south, and that’s going to have 25 years of impact,” Harris-Perry said.

Much had been written about Abrams’ opponent interfering with voting rights and early reports from Georgia indicated that many polling locations were not up and running in a timely fashion.

Voters in the Peach state dealt with long lines, malfunctioning election equipment and registration discrepancies as they swamped precincts Tuesday with an unprecedented turnout for a midterm election.

Wait times of more than an hour were the most common hurdle facing voters across the state, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. But technical problems, like failing to plug in voting machines, worsened matters for some voters trying to get their ballots in.

Three precincts in Gwinnett County had some of the most severe difficulties, causing them to stay open past the normal 7 p.m. closing time, the newspaper reported.

The Annistown Elementary precinct remained open until 9:25 p.m. because of extensive issues with the electronic ExpressPoll system, which is used to check in voters before they’re issued voting access cards. Anderson-Livsey Elementary and Harbins Elementary precincts also stayed open late.

Three more precincts in Fulton County also stayed open as late as 10 p.m. because of extreme lines, missing registration information and a shortage of provisional ballots. Those precincts were located at Pittman Park Recreation Center, Booker T. Washington High and the Archer Auditorium at Morehouse College.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson got involved at the Pittman Park Recreation Center precinct in Fulton County, encouraging voters to remain in line after they had waited for hours. Only three voting machines were initially available before five more were sent out later.

“It’s a classic example of voter suppression, denying people easy access to exercise their right to vote,” Jackson said, according to the newspaper.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7692 2018-B7693 2018-B7694 Doing business as: PROVEDENTIS DEI CARE HOME I / PROVEDENTIS DEI CARE HOME II / PROVEDENTIS DEI CARE HOME III at 207 Riesling Vines St, Bakersfield, ca. 93314 Mailing Address: 12703 Eversham Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 County: Kern Full name of registrant: CAPERNAUM INC. CA, 12703 Eversham Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: VANNIR MARASIGAN, CEO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Nov 1, 2017 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 15, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Oct 15, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018

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: Oct 5, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 5, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7378 Doing business as: RAMOS CONSTRUCTION & REMODEL at 11209 Aimee Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: FREDY RAMOS, 11209 Aimee Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: VERONICA RAMOS, 11209 Aimee Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: FREDY DANIEL RAMOS, 13913 Taradale Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Full name of registrant: LUCAS ESTEBAN RAMOS, 11209 Aimee Way Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: LUCAS RAMOS 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: Oct 1, 2018 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 Oct 1, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7727 Doing business as: SEGURA TRANSPORTATONS at 10708 Polo Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GERARDO RAMIREZ SEGURA, JR., 10708 Polo dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: ALEJANDRO SEGURA, 10708 Polo Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Co-Partners SIGNED: GERARDO SEGURA 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: Oct 16, 2018 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 Oct 16, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7483 Doing business as: WEST END PRODUCTION at 2729 Stolle Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: NOE RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ, 2729 Stolle Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: NOE RODRIGUEZ GONZALEZ The registrant commenced to

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7561 Doing business as: PETRA’S CLEANING at 3604 Westporte Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PETRA ARGUELLES, 3604 Westporte Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PETRA ARGUELLES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 16, 2011 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 9, 2018 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 Oct 9, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7533 Doing business as: D&L TRANSPORTATION at 3201 Johnson Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: EDUARDO AGAPITO HERRERA, 3201 Johnson Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: EDUARDO AGAPITO HERRERA 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: Oct 8, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Oct 8, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7642 Doing business as: SPARTAN SEPTIC PUMPING SVCS at 9007 Kellyann St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MARIA ELENA ESTRADA CHAVEZ, 9007 Kellyann St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARIA ELENA ESTRADA CHAVEZ 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: Oct 12, 2018 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 Oct 12, 2023

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7627 Doing business as: COLOR COAT RESTORATION INC at 5601 Rosedale Hwy #B Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: COLOR COAT RESTORATION INC. CA, 5601 Rosedale Hwy #B Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Corporation SIGNED: GEORGE GUTIERREZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Oct 21, 2012 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 11, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 11, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7591 Doing business as: VILLAGE LIQUOR at 711 Kentucky St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOHN KIM, 5601 3100 Bromley Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Full name of registrant: BOMI KIM, 3100 Bromley Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: BOMI KIM The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2003 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 10, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Oct 10, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7616 Doing business as: LEVEL 10 BASKETBALL at 13952 Johnson Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ROBERT MYRON BOSTAIN, 13952 Johnson Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ROBERT MYRON BOSTAIN 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: Oct 11, 2018 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 Oct 11, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7732 2018-B7733 Doing business as: SORELLA HAIR BOUTIQUE / VII KEY ESSENTIALS at 827 Chester Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: 2900 Ocean Dr, Lancaster, TX. 75146 County: Kern Full name of registrant: KEOSHA LESHAE PORTER, 2900 Ocean Dr, Lancaster, TX. 75146 Full name of registrant: REOSHA ROSELEE SANDERS, 2900 Ocean Rd, Lancaster, TX 75146 The business is conducted by: General Partnership SIGNED: KEOSHA PORTER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A

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This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 16, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 16, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7550 Doing business as: JM SERVICES at 4830 Burr St #E Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOSEPH ANDREW LUCERO, 5905 Latina Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Full name of registrant: MICHELLE ANN WEST, 5905 Latina Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 The business is conducted by: Co-Partners SIGNED: JOSEPH A. LUCERO 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: Oct 9, 2018 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 Oct 9, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B3528 Business Name you wish to abandon: DM CLEANING SERVICES Street address of business: 9007 Kelliann St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: MARIA ESTRADA CHAVEZ, 9007 Kelliann St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARIA ESTRADA CHAVEZ, DmCleaning Services This statement of abandonment filed on: Oct 12, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B7349 Business Name you wish to abandon: D&L TRANSPORTATION Street address of business: 3201 Johnson Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: EDUARDO AGAPITO HERRERA, 3201 Johnson Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 DAISY MARISOL MARTINEZ, 3201 Johnson Ct, 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: General Partnership SIGNED: EDUARDO AGAPITO HERRERA, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Oct 8, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B7305 Business Name you wish to abandon: SMOKE TREE RV PARK Street address of business: 4435 Hughes Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Mailing address of business: P.O. Box 580 Orangevale, Ca. 95662 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: HERITAGE FUNDING COPRORATION, 9152 Greenback Ln, Orangevale, ca. 95662 HERITAGE FUNDING IV, 9152 Greenback Ln, Orangevale, Ca. 95662 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 Partnership SIGNED: JOHN D. MAXEY, CFO, Heritage Funding Corporation, Heritage Funding IV This statement of abandonment filed on: Oct 10, 2018 MARY B BEDARD

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County Clerk By: J Garcia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B7306 Business Name you wish to abandon: SMOKE TREE MOBILE ESTATES Street address of business: 4401 Hughes Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 County: Kern Mailing address of business: P.O. Box 580 Orangevale, Ca. 95662 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: HERITAGE FUNDING COPRORATION, 9152 Greenback Ln, Orangevale, ca. 95662 HERITAGE FUNDING IV, 9152 Greenback Ln, Orangevale, Ca. 95662 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 Partnership SIGNED: JOHN D. MAXEY, CFO, Heritage Funding Corporation, Heritage Funding IV This statement of abandonment filed on: Oct 10, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-18-102332 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 PETITION OF: JACQUELYN ANN ZUCH FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JACQUELYNN ANN ZUCH for a decree changing names as follows: Present name JACQUELYN ANN ZUCH Filed a petition with this court Proposed name JACKIE WILLIAMS THE COURT ORDERS: that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted if no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Nov 28, 2018 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 26, 2018 JUDEL Commissioner of the Superior Court JACQUELYN A. ZUCH, P.O. Box 623 Kernville, Ca. 93238 Phone: (760) 382-6084 E-Mail: IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-18-102440 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Metro Div PETITION OF: JESSE EUGENE SHERMAN FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JESSE EUGENE SHERMAN for a decree changing names as follows: Present name JESSE UEGENE SHERMAN Filed a petition with this court Proposed name JESSE EUGENE LOVAN 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 29, 2018 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 28, 2018 JUDEL Commissioner of the Superior Court JESSE UEGEN SHERMAN, 11017 Baron Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Phone: (661) 378-5425 E-Mail: IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-18-102318 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 PETITION OF: MEKOY SUTTON FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: for a decree changing names as

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follows: Present name CARSON DA-JOUR PETERSON Filed a petition with this court Proposed name CARSON ELIJAH SUTTON 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 26, 2018 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 26, 2018 JUDEL Commissioner of the Superior Court MEKOY SUTTON, 2121 California Ave #7, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Phone: (661) 363-3637 E-Mail: IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018

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 Oct 10, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7864 2018-B7865 Doing business as: AGAPE AIR HEATING AND AIRCONDITIONING at 6604 Day Dream Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOSE ESEQUIEL RECIO, 6604 Day Dream Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: MELODY RENEE RECIO, 6604 Day Dream Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: JOSE RECIO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: May 1, 2007 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 22, 2018 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 Oct 22, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7594 Doing business as: HUDSON PARK 1 APARTMENTS at 431 East Euclid Ave, Shafter, Ca. 93263 Mailing Address: 1219 N Plaza Dr, Visalia, Ca. 93291 County: Kern Full name of registrant: PHILIP R. HAMMOND, 1219 N Plaza Dr, Visalia, Ca. 93291 Full name of registrant: CENTRAL VALLEY COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 3351 M St, #200 Merced, Ca. 95348 The business is conducted by: Limited Partnership SIGNED: PHILIP R. HAMMOND The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: June 1, 2011 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 10, 2018 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 Oct 10, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7592 Doing business as: DESERT OAK APARTMENTS at 2870 Oak Creek Rd, Mojave, Ca. 93501 Mailing Address: 1219 N Plaza Dr, Visalia, Ca. 93291 County: Kern Full name of registrant: PHILIP R. HAMMOND, 1219 N Plaza Dr, Visalia, Ca. 93291 Full name of registrant: CENTRAL VALLEY COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 3351 M St, #200 Merced, Ca. 95348 The business is conducted by: Limited Partnership SIGNED: PHILIP R. HAMMOND The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: June 1, 2011 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 10, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7588 Doing business as: HUDSON PARK 2 APARTMENTS at 431 East Ash Ave, Shafter, Ca. 93263 Mailing Address: 1219 N Plaza Dr, Visalia, Ca. 93291 County: Kern Full name of registrant: PHILIP R. HAMMOND, 1219 N Plaza Dr, Visalia, Ca. 93291 Full name of registrant: CENTRAL VALLEY COALITION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 3351 M St, #200 Merced, Ca. 95348 The business is conducted by: Limited Partnership SIGNED: PHILIP R. HAMMOND The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: June 1, 2011 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 10, 2018 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 Oct 10, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7665 Doing business as: RDA TRANSPORT at 2042 Girard St #92 Delano, Ca. 93215 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ALVARO FELIX, 2042 Girard St #92, Delano, Ca. 93215 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ALVARO FELIX The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 15, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 15, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 31, Nov 7, 14, 21, 2018

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF EDGARDO L. PATAM CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-002696 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of EDGARDO L. PATAM A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ANTONIO PATAM in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN THE PETITION FOR PROBATE REQUESTS THAT: ANTONIO PATAM be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decendent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Sept 27, 2018 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept: P located at 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and

PUBLIC NOTICE 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 in 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: JAIME G. MONTECLARO (SBN: 183387) Law Offices of Jaime G. Monteclaro, 23505 Crenshaw Blvd #135, Torrance, CA 90505 Phone: (310) 872-3958 Fax: (310) 872-3909 E-Mail: lawofficeofjgmonteclaro@ yahoo.com Attorney for: ANTONIO PATAM BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 31, Nov 7, 14, 2018

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-18-102642 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PETITION OF: TIMOTHY A. PHELPS FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TIMOTHY A. PHELPS for a decree changing names as follows: Present name PATRICIA JEAN MARIE GORECKI Filed a petition with this court Proposed name PATRICIA JEAN PHELPS 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: Dec 19, 2018 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: Oct 18, 2018 JUDEL Commissioner of the Superior Court TIMOTHY A. PHELPS, 1652 Angie Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 Phone: (760) 812-9384 E-Mail: IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (asd) PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7449 Doing business as: JMAN’S PLANTS at 6501 Schirra Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JACOB ALLAN LONG, 13617 Unity Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93314 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JACOB ALLAN LONG 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: Oct 3, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Oct 3, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Oct 17, 24, 31, Nov 7, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7842 2018-B7843 2018-B7844 Doing business as: BST / EMC / BUY, SELL & TRADE at 330 S. Garnsey Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MANDY LAUREN LAFAVOR, 330 S. Garnsey Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MANDY LAUREN LAFAVOR 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: Oct 19,

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PUBLIC NOTICE 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 19, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (K) PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7575 Doing business as: ME&MAMA at 5908 Baywood St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: ERYN ELYCE SOTELO, 5908 Baywood St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ERYN ELYCE SOTELO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Jan 1, 2015 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 10, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 10, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7961 Doing business as: FUTURE PROOF SMART TECH at 2600 Brookside Dr #71 Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: CHRISSTIAN ALESSANDER MEDRANO, 2600 Brookside Dr #71 Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: CHRISSTIAN ALESSANDER MEDRANO 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: Oct 25, 2018 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 Oct 25, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7960 Doing business as: STOCKDALE FINANCIAL STRATAGIES at 501 Kenmar Ln, Arvin, Ca. 93203 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: KENNETH DONALD (DON) CLARK, 501 Kenmar Ln, Arvin, Ca. 93203 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: KENNETH DONALD (DON) CLARK 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: Oct 25, 2018 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 Oct 25, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E)

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER

Legal Notices/ Classified

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018

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.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de obogados locales.

The name and address of the court is El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California County of Kern 1215 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Justice building The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) MORAN STELMACH, Esq. (SBN 296670) 11630 Chayote St #3, Los Angeles, Ca 90049 Telephone: (213) 226-6922 Date: (Fecha) Jan 5, 2018 Clerk (Secretario) Vanessa Cofield, Deputy (Adjunto NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: you are served: as an indivudal defendant.

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7966 Doing business as: WEST COAST SMOG at 4100 Easton Dr #5 Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JOSHUA MARCELINO TORRES, 1014 Jefferson St, Delano, Ca. 93215 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JOSHUA MARCELINO TORRES 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: Oct 26, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 26, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2016-B2603 Business Name you wish to abandon: RIVERDALE VILLAGE MHP Street address of business: 811 Roberts Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Mailing address of business: P.O. Box 580 Orangevale, Ca. 95662 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: HERITAGE FUNDING COPORATION, 9152 Greenback Ln, Orangevale, Ca. 95662 HERITAGE FUNDING IV, 9152 Greenback Ln, Orangevale, Ca. 93662 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JOHN D. MAXEY, CFO, Heritage Funding Corporation, Heritage Funding IV This statement of abandonment filed on: Oct 24, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 7, 14, 21, 28, 2018

SUMMONS CITACION JUDICIAL NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) CHRISTOPHER YOUNG YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CASE NUMBER (Numero del caso) BCV-18-100025 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 no 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.courtinfor.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 fee 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 Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or be contacting your local or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIOS despues de que le entregue esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfthelp/espanol).

En la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede ms cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede preder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su dueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que liame a un abogado inmedialamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede liamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, esposible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8180 Doing business as: LUCKY SERVICE at 10423 Attleboro Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: JEFFERSON JUNGSUK LEE, 10423 Attleboro Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311-4907 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JEFFERSON JUNGSUK LEE The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Nov 6, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Nov 6, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Nov 6, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B5481 Business Name you wish to abandon: LUCKY SERVICE Street address of business: 833 Greenwood Meadow Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: JEFFERSON JUNGSUK LEE, 833 Greenwood Meadow Ln, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: JEFFERSON JUNGSUK LEE, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Nov 6, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8127 Doing business as: SHOP US ALWAYS at 3305 Bisbee Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: MARIA ESTELLA FRANCISA CUEVAS, 3305 Bisbee Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: MARIA ESTELLA FRANCIA CUEVAS The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: July 13, 2018 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Nov 5, 2018 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 Nov 5, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8131 Doing business as: SUNSHINE LIVING at 10801 Golden Valley Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: IDELLI HISHAY

PUBLIC NOTICE

ERVIN, 10801 Golden Valley Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: IDELLI HISHAY ERVIN 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: Nov 5, 2018 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 Nov 5, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8068 Doing business as: AZTEC DENTAL LABORATORY at 2609 G St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: PETE MANUEL PEREZ, 5704 Medio Luna Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: PETER MANUEL PEREZ The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 1, 1980 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 31, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Bojorquez, 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 Oct 31, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7896 Doing business as: THE TURKEY SHACK at 7850 White Ln #270 Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: THE TURKEY SHACK LLC CA. 7850 White Ln #270 Bakersfield, Ca. 93309, The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: ERIC ROSS, CEO The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Dec 1, 1980 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 23, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno, 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 Oct 23, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B1519 Business Name you wish to abandon: CANTU TRANSPORTATION Street address of business: 5920 Warren Ridge Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: JUAN MARIO CANTU MARTINEZ, 5920 Warren Ridge 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: Individual SIGNED: JUAN MARIO CANTU MARTINEZ, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Nov 5, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: N Moreno Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B0886 Business Name you wish to abandon: BLUE STAR TRUCKING Street address of business: 6102 Hawk Creek Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93313

PUBLIC NOTICE

County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: KABAL SINGH, 6102 Hawk Creek 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: Individual SIGNED: KABAL SINGH, Owner This statement of abandonment filed on: Nov 5, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2018-B6066 Business Name you wish to abandon: GOLDEN TIGER KARATE ARVIN Street address of business: 512 – 518 Bear Mountain Blvd, Arvin, Ca. 93203 County: Kern Mailing address of business: 10008 Shadow Oak Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: SCOTT WAYNE MILAM, 10008 Shadow Oak Way, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 I declare that all information in this Statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)

Business was conducted by: Individual SIGNED: SCOTT WAYNE MILAM, Teacher This statement of abandonment filed on: Nov 2, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: J Garcia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7784 2018-B7785 2018-B7786 Doing business as: GOODBYETICKET.COM 113 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 114 / GOODBYETICKET. COM 115 at 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GOODBYETICKET.COM LLC CA, 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: RANDY ONEAL, Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 1, 2013 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 18, 2018 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 Oct 18, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7787 2018-B7788 2018-B7789 Doing business as: GOODBYETICKET.COM 116 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 117 / GOODBYETICKET. COM 118 at 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GOODBYETICKET.COM LLC CA, 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: RANDY ONEAL, Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 1, 2013 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 18, 2018 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 Oct 18, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7790 2018-B7791 2018-B7792 Doing business as: GOODBYETICKET.COM 119 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 120 / GOODBYETICKET. COM 121 at 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GOOD-

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BYETICKET.COM LLC CA, 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: RANDY ONEAL, Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 1, 2013 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 18, 2018 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 Oct 18, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7793 Doing business as: GOODBYETICKET.COM 122 at 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GOODBYETICKET.COM LLC CA, 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: RANDY ONEAL, Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 1, 2013 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 18, 2018 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 Oct 18, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7947 2018-B7948 2018-B7949 2018-B7950 2018-B7951 2018-B7952 2018-B7953 2018-B7954 2018-B7955 Doing business as: GOODBYETICKET.COM 104 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 105 / GOODBYETICKET. COM 106 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 107 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 108 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 109 / GOODBYETICKET. COM 110 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 111 / GOODBYETICKET.COM 112 at 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GOODBYETICKET.COM LLC CA, 3424 Stine Rd, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company SIGNED: RANDY ONEAL, Member The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: Feb 1, 2013 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Oct 25, 2018 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 Oct 25, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED OCTOBER 20, 2008 UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO TPROTECT YOUR PROPERTY; IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On DECEMBER 17, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., LeBeau Thelen, LLP as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust or Mortgage recorded on NOVEMBER 5, 2008 as Instrument No. 208173512 Book _____, Page ____, of Official Records of the County Recorder of Kern County, California, executed by CARLOS SALGADO as Trustor, in favor of Developmental Support Services Foundation, Successor as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United State, 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 associa-

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tion, 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 Avenue, 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: 609 Taylor St #14, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309.

Full Legal Description is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Assessor parcel Number: 194-610-15 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: 609 Taylor St #14, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309.

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for incorrectness of the street address or other Common designation if any, shown herein.

Beneficiary Phone: (661) 326-0603 Beneficiary: DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOUNDATION 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 609 Taylor St #14, Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, towit: $56,100.00 (Estimated). Accrued 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 to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said 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 5001 E. Commercenter Dr, #300, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 (661) 325-8962 Date: November 1, 2018 Signed: LEBEAU THELEN, LLP, Trustee BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 14, 21, 28, 2018

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 in 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 SBN: 237587 Law Office of William Edwards, 168 H St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93304 Phone: (661) 324-0111 Fax: (661) 326-8984 E-Mail: we@williamedwardslaw.com Attorney for: EMMA TROXEL

ADMINISTER ESTATE OF EMMA LUCILLE UBL CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-003068 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of EMMA LUCILLE UBL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by EMMA TROXEL in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN THE PETITION FOR PROBATE REQUESTS THAT: EMMA TROXEL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decendent.

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: Dec 13, 2018 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept: P 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

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SUMMONS CITACION JUDICIAL NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO) CLIFFORD BOLTON; DOES 1-10, You are being sued by plaintiff (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., CASE NUMBER (Numero del caso BCV-18-100292 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 no 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.courtinfor.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 fee 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 Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or be contacting your local or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIOS despues de que le entregue esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copla al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica 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 mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfthelp/ espanol). En la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede ms cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede preder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su dueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que liame a un abogado inmedialamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede liamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, esposible 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.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de obogados locales.

The name and address of the court is El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California County of Kern 1415 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es) Law Office of STEVEN A. BOOSKA File# 20170462 P.O. Box 2169 Oakland, Ca. 94621 Telephone: (415) 397-4345 (415) 982-3440 Date: (Fecha) Feb 9, 2018 Clerk (Secretario) Alison McCarthy, Deputy (Adjunto NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: you are served as an individual defendant.

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Does Racism have an Impact on Health? ernment-funded project.

“We knew the effect of Syphilis for hundreds of years.

And we already had a cure and they let these men pass it on to their wives and they passed it on to their children,” Henderson said. “Finally, it was the Associated Press who revealed this disaster, not doctors.”

Henderson says that the effects of racist history impact the urban setting of most American cities today.

“Most of these neighborhoods are built on faulty land,” said Henderson. He said they were formed on landfills and chemical dumps. Over the past few decades, the federal government has funded multi-million dollar cleanup projects of contaminated soil due to lead and toxic waste, sometimes called brownfields.

Henderson gave as an example a neighborhood he knows in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which once had a significant number of lead battery factories.

“A lot of people from the neighborhood got lead poisoning,” said Henderson. “And it is not fair. And there has been no effort to undo things like that.”

“The reality is that because physicians have bias, they treat their patients differently,” said Dr. Armen Henderson, an internist working at the University of Miami Hospital.

“…emotional and physical trauma for more than 400 years affect the well-being and outlook of Blacks every day. Day-to-day urban life, gentrification and uncertainty of the future causes stress, anxiety, depression and mental disorders, some of which never get treated.”

By K. Barrett Bilali Miami Times kbbilali@miamitimesonline.com Racism in the health care system continues to confound but a few researchers are taking a historic look and holistic approach to addressing racism’s effect on Black and poor communities.

One researcher is using his foundation-funded fellowships to dive into the barriers to good health in the Black community, namely Overtown, Florida. While another joined an organization that looks for ways to keep historically racist practices out of today’s health care system.

“Look at the health disparities in our communities,” said Daniel Gibson, regional vice president of the Allegheny Franciscan Ministries, a nonprofit Catholic organization, which works with partners to support life skills, training and economic development in urban neighborhoods.

“Life expectancy of a resident of Overtown is 16 years less than a resident in Brickell, [Florida]” said Gibson. “And they are less than a mile away from each other.” He said the average life expectancy in Brickell is 79, while Overtown residents die on average at 63 years of age.

Gibson participates in a three-year fellowship program, which addresses equity, diversity and inclusion in the health care industry. He is one of 40 leaders nationwide participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program called Leadership for Better Health. The foundation seeks to build a “Culture of Health” and draws participants from the medical professions, social scientists, urban planners, and others to develop leaders who will strive to make American communities healthier.

Gibson’s work in Overtown was the reason he was chosen to participate in this expansive study of how health is impacted by a number of social and economic factors.

His organization has been working and coordinating efforts to improve the lives of Overtown residents and has allocated $2.7 million for its Common Good Initiative to assist in community and human development programs.

“Our goal is to make Overtown a safe and healthy place to live,” said Gibson.

‘So Much Trauma’ Gibson said that many youth and families who are living in urban corridors experience a high rate of poverty.

He said these environments lead to cases of depression, drug addiction and social malaise.

“There is so much trauma,” said Gibson. “There is a

toxic stress that happens when we are living in under-resourced, impoverished communities.”

Gibson said they are looking at ways to address housing issues and educating people about quality of life, food, diet and work. They are also helping businesses to develop in Overtown and looking at the experience of the Black entrepreneur.

“Health does not have to be a pill; it does not have to be a doctor,” said Gibson.

The Common Good Initiative takes a holistic approach to curing the urban blight. Gibson believes that by addressing quality of life, the health of those affected by racism will improve.

“I will stop short of calling it a racist system, but you can’t deny the fact that one’s race and one’s address has an impact on your health, your life expectancy and your life experience in this world,” Gibson said.

Systemic Problem Dr. Armen Henderson, an internist working at the University of Miami Hospital, agrees that Blacks have suffered trauma, which has affected urban communities economically, socially and the overall health of its residents.

But he sees a more historic and systemic source to the problem.

“We should not be able to tell life expectancy by ZIP code,” said Henderson. “That should not be the case.”

Henderson said America’s history of racism continues to have an impact on the health of Black and poor urban communities.

“There is an argument that Black people are still suffering from the trauma of slavery today,” said Henderson.

“We have never reconciled the effects of slavery on people’s mental health.”

Henderson said that emotional and physical trauma for more than 400 years affect the well-being and outlook of Blacks every day. He said that day-to-day urban life, gentrification and uncertainty of the future causes stress, anxiety, depression and mental disorders, some of which never get treated.

“The system of medicine in general was started on a racist premise,” said Henderson, who attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the three historically Black medical schools in the country. Morehouse in Atlanta, Georgia and Howard in Washington, D.C. have the other historically Black medical schools.

Historic Medical Racism J. Marion Sims, who has long been considered the “father of modern gynecology,” performed experiments on slave women to perfect the procedure of sewing up a woman after childbirth, said Henderson.

“If a woman had a baby naturally, he would constantly cut the women open in order to perfect the surgery,” said Henderson. Researchers have found that Sims even did unnecessary procedures on these women without anesthesia.

Henderson also points to the Tuskegee Study wherein 400 Black men infected with Syphilis thought they were being treated for the sexually transmitted disease when in reality, they were only being given placebos in a U.S. gov-

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“Black Girl Magic” Campaign Lands 17 Black Women on Houston Courts

This photo provided by the Harris County Democratic Party shows a group of 17 African-American women whom are part of an effort dubbed the “Black Girl Magic” campaign. It is the largest number of African-American women on any ballot in the history of Harris County, where Houston is located. In the photo are the 17 women who won election and two others who are currently judges in Harris County but lost bids on Tuesday to win seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Tuesday’s election brings to 19 the number of African-American women who will be judges in Harris County. Front row, leaning against the podium from left, are Maria Jackson and Ramona Franklin. Back row, from left, are Lucia Bates, Erica Hughes, Sandra Peake, Cassandra Holleman, Germaine Tanner, Ronnisha Bowman, Linda Marie Dunson, Angela Graves-Harrington, Dedra Davis, Shannon Baldwin, Latosha Lewis Payne, Tonya Jones, Sharon Burney, Michelle Moore, Lori Chambers Gray, Toria Finch and LaShawn Williams. Maria Jackson and Ramona Franklin in front row are the two women who are currently judges but lost bids to win seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. (Christin Mcqueen/Harris County Democratic Party via AP)

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – The Houston area’s courts are going to be a lot more diverse thanks to a group of 17 African-American women and their “magic.”

The women, who were part of an effort dubbed the “Black Girl Magic” campaign, all won races Tuesday to be judges in various Harris County courts in an election that featured more black women on the county’s ballot than any other.

The “Black Girl Magic” campaign debuted over the summer with a viral photo that featured the 17 women and two other sitting Harris County judges inside a courtroom.

Although those two judges lost their bids Tuesday for seats on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, they will retain their local judgeships.

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Henderson also knows of many cases where Black women were brought in to have their appendix removed and found later that their uterus was removed as well.

Health care disparities include the fact that Black women are more likely to die in childbirth, said Henderson, who is an active member of Dream Defenders since 2014. The organization seeks to expose government policies, which lead to health care disparities while advocating for the poor.

“If you are Black and poor people, you have a two or three times greater chance of having your leg amputated as a result of diabetes complications,” said Henderson.

Henderson said that Blacks experience higher incidents of asthma, hypertension and high cholesterol as well.

Henderson said the onus is on physicians to check their bias at the door before going in to see a patient.

“The reality is that because physicians have bias, they treat their patients differently,” said Henderson. “Until we wrestle with this implicit bias, until we recognize this bias, then we are never going to get rid of our part in health care disparities.”

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Those behind the campaign say it was part of an effort to broaden the diversity of the Houston area’s judiciary and ensure that more African-Americans and other minorities can bring their backgrounds and life experiences to the bench and better reflect the diversity of the nation’s fourth largest city.

“I think that while Houston itself is one of the most diverse cities in the United States, our elected officials have not always reflected that,” said Lillie Schechter, chair of the Harris County Democratic Party, which put together the “Black Girl Magic” campaign. “Having a government that reflects the people, the population is something that is incredibly important.”

Lori Chambers Gray, a Houston defense attorney who won election to be a judge on a criminal district court, said the photo and the “Black Girls Magic” campaign provided her with a source of strength and motivation as she proceeded to Election Day. “I hope that it’s an example for women that we do have opportunities to run and to win a campaign,” Gray said.

The “Black Girl Magic” moniker has been used as a hashtag in recent years to highlight the accomplishments of African-American girls and women. In politics, it’s been used to highlight the role African-American women have played in helping decide various races, including the highly contested Senate race in Alabama last year in which Democrat Doug Jones beat Republican Roy Moore.

The victory by the 17 black women on Tuesday was part of a Harris County rout by the Democrats, who won almost all of the nearly 70 local judicial races and ousted a popular Republican from the county’s top elected office.

Although Tuesday’s election will increase the diversity of the Houston-area’s judiciary, more than three-quarters of U.S. trial judges are white, according to 2016 report by a liberal legal organization, the American Constitution Society. The group found that less than one-third of state judges were women and less than one-fifth were people of color.

In Texas, women of color make up about 28 percent of the state’s population but only about 12 percent of its state court judges, according to the American Constitution Society’s report.

According to U.S. Census figures, African-Americans make up about 20 percent of Harris County’s population.

Tuesday’s election will increase the number of black female judges in Harris County from eight to 25, according to the Harris County Democratic Party.

Angela Graves-Harrington, a family law attorney in Houston who was one of the 17 women elected, said Tuesday’s success will be an important step in improving diversity, as this will be the first time that black women have been elected as family court judges and as judges on misdemeanor criminal courts in Harris County.

“We felt showcasing the number of African-American women on the bench would galvanize our base and also galvanize those who don’t typically vote in the midterm elections and get them excited about coming out,” Graves-Harrington said. “We also wanted to have something out there that we could be proud of, that our community could be proud of and that Harris County could be proud of.”

Schechter said she hopes the successful election of the 17 African-American women inspires “candidates of all colors” to run for local offices.

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By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Foo ba Wr er To say the Jets Ra ders and Bucs have qu t wou d be hyperbo e To say the r ans are ready to qu t watch ng them wou d be more accurate There was tt e to noth ng worth ment on ng about the r per ormances Sunday n one-s ded de eats In the New York and Tampa Bay areas much o the chatter w be about remov ng Todd Bow es and D rk Koetter as head coaches o the r respect ve outfits At east Jon Gruden wont be worry ng about ob secur ty w th a Ra ders team he has torn asunder and he has the ob secur ty to rebu d Bow es got t r ght at the Jersey Meadow ands by sayng o ow ng a 41-10 embarrassment at the hands o the prev ous y nept on offense B s “We stunk t up as coaches we stunk t up as p ayers ” H s team certa n y represented what used to be swamp and qu te we Sunday The Jets (3-7 osers o our n a row) were b tzed rom the beg nn ng by a quarterback Matt Bark ey who was unemp oyed a ew days ago and has been a ourneyman or a most h s ent re NFL st nt th s was h s 12th game s nce 2013 They were overrun by LeSean McCoy wh ch s fine except when you cons der he was n a horrendous s ump and hadnt scored a season Worst they seemed apathet c and d s nterested rom the start a strong nd ctment o the p ayers and o the coaches “They ust came n and ust stra ght flat out beat us ” sa d Jets rece ver Jerma ne Kearse who has had to ad ust Buffalo Bills tight end Jason Croom (80) recovers a fumble by wide receiver Zay Jones , left, for a touchdown against the New York Jets during to ots o os ng n New York a ter ots o w nn ng wh e the first quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) he was w th the Seahawks “I w sh I cou d g ve you an exp anat on It s rustrat ng or a o us but they ust came n here and stra ght beat us ” Maybe because the B s were try ng a who e ot harder?

“Nobody s qu t on anybody ” Kearse added “We w n together we ose together and that s everybody s m ndset r ght now We re a not per ect we re out here try ng to figure t out and find ways to mprove th s s tuat on ke anybody e se So I wou d th nk that s ar rom the truth ” The Jets have never fired a coach dur ng the season s nce the Johnson am y bought the ranch se n 2000 At east Bow es seems to have that go ng or h m Meet P Jr Koetter s n h s th rd season n charge n Tampa and

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Los Angeles Times on reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund: –– Nov. 7 For more than 50 years, fees on offshore oil and gas drilling have provided billions of dollars for the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund to protect redwood forests, Joshua trees, beaches, mountains, parks, trails and other natural treasures in California _ and similar assets around the nation. But the fund’s authorization expired at the end of September, and Congress left for its autumn recess without renewing it.

When it reconvenes in a lame duck session after Veterans Day, Congress should permanently reauthorize the fund and ensure that the fees are used for their intended purposes: to acquire and protect natural areas and to make grants to states for outdoor access and recreation.

It shouldn’t be this hard. The fund and the many projects it pays for have wide, bipartisan support. But reauthorization has become a pawn in ideological arguments over the federal government’s role in acquiring and holding land.

The Land and Water Conservation Fund is perhaps the least widely known, but by no means the least important, of six essential environmental programs created

by Congress in the 1960s, largely under the leadership of Stewart Udall, who served as Interior secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Ironically, the other five pieces of legislation _ the Wilderness Act, the Water Quality Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act _ may be better known because they have been, at various times, more controversial.

On its adoption in 1964, the Land and Water Conservation Fund allowed the federal government to purchase land using revenue from recreation fees. A later amendment supplemented funding with royalties on oil and gas leases on the outer continental shelf, and those fees have now become the primary revenue source, to the tune of about $40 billion thus far.

Projects include acquisitions of narrow but crucial strips of land adjacent to national parks _ for example, a parcel next to Joshua Tree National Park that was slated for real estate development _ and access strips to open up existing public areas to recreation. A matching-grant program allows states to develop and enhance urban parkland, creating dozens of parks in Los Angeles County alone, including baseball and soccer fields.

Matching grants also can be used to protect water supplies. Many of the state and local bond measures that Californians have adopted to respond to drought and to provide water security rely on federal matching funds _ and many of those matches have come from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Federal law allows up to $900 million to be appropriated each year, which is less than the amount of revenue flowing in; as a result, billions of dollars sit in the fund unused. But money doesn’t actually come out of the fund until Congress appropriates it. And Congress routinely did, with bipartisan backing and without controversy, until several years ago, when some lawmakers tried to link the fund and its grants to the controversy over federal land ownership and management in Western states.

But even lawmakers who are partial to this so-called sagebrush rebellion recognize that the link between their grievances and the Land and Water Conservation Fund is weak. Just over three years ago, they tabled their philosophical arguments and reached a short-term deal to keep the fund in business. That deal expired on Sept. 30.

The House Committee on Natural Resources approved a reauthorization bill on Sept. 13. Shortly after the current authorization expired, a Senate committee advanced its own version of the proposal. But lawmakers disagreed over details and never got a bill to the floor of either chamber.

The danger now is that a final deal on the fund will fall through the cracks as lawmakers argue over funding for the border wall and other controversial topics. That would be a shame. It ought to be easy to reach final agreement on a bill for which there is bipartisan support. It is low-hanging fruit, and Congress ought to pluck it as soon as it reconvenes.

The Mercury News on the No. 1 priority for Gov.-Elect Gavin Newsom: –– Nov. 6

The election of Gavin Newsom as the state’s next governor marks a new era in California politics. Gov. Jerry Brown’s prudent management of the state’s limited financial resources will be a thing of the past.

If Newsom’s time as San Francisco’s mayor is any indication, he is more likely than Brown to think and talk big.

But he won’t be able to act big without significant changes in state priorities and funding.

For starters, he should dump the costly high-speed rail and Delta twin-tunnels boondoggles that Brown unwisely viewed as his legacy projects. That would stamp Newsom as a common-sense governor who understands financial realities.

Then Newsom should get to the state’s biggest challenge: tax reform.

We know, we know. It isn’t sexy. It won’t garner the sort of headlines his “like-it-or-not” edict on same-sex marriage generated 14 years ago. But fixing California’s convoluted tax system would give Newsom his only real chance to pursue and deliver on the promises he repeatedly pushed during the campaign.

Consider that wish list: universal health care, universal preschool, universal prenatal care, free community college tuition for two years, more funding for higher education, cradle-to-career education, building hundreds of thousands of housing units by 2025 to ease the homeless and housing crisis. And that’s just for starters.

The projected costs simply don’t pencil out without a complete financial overhaul. Especially so during the inevitable, and now overdue, economic downturn. Brown has been warning that a moderate recession would blow a $60 billion hole in California’s budget.

The state’s tax structure is overly reliant on revenues from income taxes, making the state flush with money during strong economic times and short on funding during downturns. California’s additional dependence on its high sales tax only worsens the problem.

How bad is the current tax structure? Nearly three decades ago, personal income tax accounted for 35 percent of the state’s general fund revenues. In more recent years, it’s closer to double that amount.

Now is the time for serious action on tax reform: A ballot box battle royale on Proposition 13 is looming in

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2020 with a proposed measure to tax business and industrial properties based on regular assessments of their value.

The prospect should motivate the business community to negotiate an alternative approach that would bring more stability to the state.

Newsom had it right during his campaign that “we need to have a grownup conversation” on tax reform and that “everything would be on the table,” including Prop.

13, the infamous 1978 property tax-cutting initiative.

Major tax reform should be his No. 1 priority. It’s the only way the state can both secure its financial future and seriously address other issues plaguing the Golden State.

San Francisco Chronicle on the House that Trump built: –– Nov. 6

While victories in a few key states enabled President Trump’s election two years ago despite a popular-vote defeat, his fellow Republicans couldn’t be saved by the formidable advantages of incumbency, gerrymandering and geographic distribution. It’s a testament to the scope of the Democratic sweep that Republicans could have given up as many as 22 seats – and lost the overall vote by more than twice as much as Trump did – and still held on to the House.

That they didn’t is a powerful rebuke indeed.

The GOP’s even more substantial advantages in the Senate, where the seats up for election were disproportionately held by Democrats in Trump country, allowed the party to retain a narrow majority in the upper chamber _ though Republicans didn’t even mount an organized challenge to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was handily re-elected over a fellow Democrat, former state Senate leader Kevin de Leon.

Midterm elections comprise hundreds of state and regional races, but they have increasingly served as a referendum on the presidency, a trend that Trump has only accelerated. The constitutionally coequal legislative branch has been diminished to de facto subservience to the executive over the past two years. Seventy percent of likely voters had Trump foremost in mind, according to a recent CNN poll, and most of them went against Republicans. Though

the president can be counted on to dismiss and distance himself from the unfavorable result, he repeatedly told his endless rallies that he was effectively on the ballot.

He went further, in fact, making the ugly nativism at the core of his politics the particular focus of the last weeks of the campaign _ while downplaying the booming economy, conservative judicial appointments and other issues that many of his fellow Republicans, not least House Speaker Paul Ryan, would have preferred to emphasize. He did so despite a rash of attempted bombings targeting his critics and a synagogue massacre linked to far-right conspiracies about the migrant caravans he relentlessly hyped.

The president’s last-ditch paranoid pitch was exemplified by a false, xenophobic campaign ad so outlandish that it was ultimately pulled by Trump-friendly Fox News.

The nation’s verdict on this grim politics was clear, and it couldn’t have been rendered without California. Democrats found Republican strongholds in the Central Valley and Southern California suddenly within reach. And a pair of veteran California representatives, Bakersfield Republican Kevin McCarthy and San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi, vied to be first in line for the next speakership.

Pelosi and her fellow Democrats effectively countered Trump’s all-consuming cult of personality with a disciplined focus on policy. They benefited from the belated popularity of the Affordable Care Act, passed by a majority that Pelosi corralled nearly a decade ago and then promptly lost in the infamous 2010 “shellacking.” The opposition party won’t manage anything nearly that ambitious while Republicans hold the White House and Senate; the Tea Party-fueled House ushered in eight years ago illustrated the pitfalls of trying to run the country with half of Congress.

But the House can effectively obstruct Trump’s legislative agenda, from weakening the ACA to fortifying the border. Its investigative and oversight powers, meanwhile, will be turned toward the administration and away from its opponents. Instead of helping Trump impede Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, the new majority will consider whether it justifies impeachment. The president, as a result, may have seen the peak of his power.

Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is poised to return to the speakership, a plus for San Francisco and a plus for the concept of checks and balances in Washington.

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PG&E Offers You These Holiday Safety Tips Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) stated that some of the items that can also cause fires at this time of the year include dry leaves, overloaded outlets and lights strung around the home.

“At PG&E, we work hard to safely and reliably provide the electricity that powers our homes, our lives and our economy. Brightening our communities with holiday lights is a great tradition, but we need everyone to be aware of their surroundings to avoid electrical hazards and to prevent fires. Our safety tips are simple to follow and help make sure everyone has a safe and joyful holiday,” said Alicia Bert, Community Relations specialist at PG&E. Here are some tips that PG&E offers to prevent fire hazards: • Be aware of your surroundings when putting up outside lights. Make sure you look out for overhead power lines when you are putting up a ladder to string up lights.

• The company recommends that you keep at least 10 feet away from a power line. Contact with these lines can be fatal.

• When taking down lights, watch out for branches that may have come in contact with power lines. Trees, limbs

By Manny Otiko California Black Media With the holiday season just around the corner, many Americans will soon start decorating their homes with festive lights and ornaments. But they need to remember to think about safety.

Many of these decorations are fire disasters just waiting to happen. And these kinds of accidents are fairly

and even the ground can become electrified if they contact a power line.

• Turn off decorative lights when you’re leaving the home or going to bed.

• Don’t place power cords next to furniture or under rugs.

These items can heat up and spark a fire.

• Don’t overload power cords and wall sockets. According to the NFPA, power outlets or lighting was involved in 40 percent of Christmas tree fires.

• If you’re using a natural tree, make sure you keep it watered and away from a heat source. A dry tree is a potential fire hazard.

In a press release Chief Dennis Mathisen, California State Fire marshal also recommended all residents thoroughly review their homes for potential fire hazards.

“That means go room by room, and really look closely at where you have items placed, stored, and plugged in. We all can do a better job of reducing our risks by being more fire aware and creating a potentially life-saving escape plan and then practicing it,” said Mathisen.

PG&E added that by following these safety precautions customers can avoid injury and have a safe holiday season. For more information, go to www.pge.com/electricsafety.

common. According to a fact sheet from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA,) an average of 200 fires per year were caused by Christmas trees from 2011 to 2015.

These fires caused an average of six deaths, 16 injuries and $14.8 million in property damage every year. Forty percent of Christmas tree fires happened in December.

Security Guard Shot Continued from page A1 Midlothian Police Chief Daniel Delaney said in a statement. The person was later identified as Roberson.

The police department confirmed Tuesday that the officer is white, but it didn’t release any other details about the officer.

Roberson was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital. The other four people who were shot suffered wounds that weren’t considered life-threatening, Ansari said.

Attorney Gregory Kulis filed a civil rights lawsuit seeking more than $1 million on behalf of Roberson’s mother, Beatrice Roberson. He said Jemel Roberson was dressed in black but wearing a hat with the word “security” when he was shot.

Kulis also echoed witness reports that Roberson was holding down another man outside the bar when the officer arrived and shot him.

The Rev. Marvin Hunter said Roberson was “an upstanding young man” and a promising keyboard player at his and several other area churches.

Roberson was trying to “get enough money together for a deposit on a new apartment,” said Hunter, the great-uncle of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager fatally shot by a white Chicago police officer in a high-profile 2014 case.

Roberson also had hopes of someday becoming a police officer, according to his son’s mother.

“This was going to be my baby’s first Christmas with his dad and now he’s going to miss out on everything,” said Avontea Boose.

Illinois State Police are handling the investigation into

Roberson’s shooting. The agency said it would not comment on the investigation until it is completed.

Manny’s Blue Room Lounge in Robbins on Monday, November 12, 2018. A police officer fatally shot an armed security guard while responding to an early-morning shooting at a suburban Chicago bar, investigators said.

Officers responded shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday to a call of shots fired at Manny’s Blue Room in Robbins, just south of Chicago. An officer from nearby Midlothian shot the security guard, who was later identified as 26-year-old Jemel Roberson, according to Cook County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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