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By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Contributor The State of Georgia’s Democratic Gubernatorial nominee has ended her historic run for governor in a controversial political race that has captured the attention of the country. In a press conference held today at 5 p.m. at her Kirkwood headquarters, Abrams acknowledged GOP candidate and former Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be Georgia’s next governor but failed to concede the race.

“I will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right,” she stated.

Abrams announcement comes days after post-election lawsuits demanding that all votes be counted in the face of voter suppression tactics used by the Secretary of State’s office. Kemp, who was the Republican candidate for governor, failed to step down from the office while running for office, which was a clear conflict of interest.

During the campaign, it was reported Kemp’s office had removed 300,000 registered voters from the rolls in Georgia, 70 percent of which were voters of color.

The Georgia legislature’s reinstatement of the exact match rule, which had previously been ruled unconstitutional in a previous lawsuit, resulted in the removal of voters from the rolls for missing a hyphen or leaving out a middle initial. A recent lawsuit found that those reasons could not be used to remove voters from the rolls or to discount provisional or absentee ballots.

Kemp declared victory on election night, stepping

down from office two days later to begin what he called his transition to the Governorship.

Abrams refused to concede insisting all absentee and provisional votes should be counted, filing several lawsuits.

The former Democratic leader of Georgia’s House of Representatives needed an additional 17,000 votes in order to force a run-off with Kemp but decided to end the election in order to work on reforming the voter registration and participation process in Georgia.

In her speech, she criticized the voting process and the state of Georgia’s mismanagement of the gubernatorial election, saying she will be filing a major lawsuit against the state of Georgia for the “gross mismanagement of this election and to protect future elections from unconstitutional actions” in the coming days.

The voter protection crusader says she will continue fighting for reform as a private citizen announcing the launch of Fair Fight Georgia, an operation that will “pursue accountability in Georgia’s elections and integrity in the process of maintaining voting rolls.”

Georgia’s GOP leadership has been mocking Abrams’ quest for justice. Kemp Spokesman Ryan Mahoney stated, “Radical Stacey Abrams is beyond desperate with her latest publicity stunt. Georgia voters made their decision at the ballot box. It’s time for Stacey Abrams to end her ridiculous temper tantrum and concede.”

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Still, those names come with a price because many agree that hate is as American as Apple Pie and baseball. And, victims of such hate not only include the once enslaved African American, but America is a country where it once was illegal for all women to vote.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The year was 1976 and America was still feeling the aftershocks of the Civil Rights Movement, the murder, some eight years earlier, of Martin Luther King Jr., and the end of the Vietnam War. King’s death along with the murders of President John F. Kennedy and his brother, Sen. Robert Kennedy – both of whom were proponents of civil rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and other minorities – were reminders to many that America still had not come close to achieving the slain leader’s “Dream.”

What’s more, in 1976, author Alex Haley released his family’s autobiography, “Roots.”

It would not only go onto become a best-selling book, but a much-watched and talked about ABC Television mini-series that re-awakened everyone to the darkness, horrors and inhumanity of the transatlantic slave trade.

“Alex Haley tapped into something very special, the idea that black Americans have been, are, and will always be compelled to understand their history,” said Dr. Kellie Jackson, an assistant professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley University.

Jackson’s research focuses on slavery, abolitionists, violence as a political discourse, historical film, and black women’s history.

That “Roots” spawned an era where African Americans would give their newborn children African-themed names was no surprise and counts as an important moment in self-recognition, said Jackson, whose new book, “Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence,” examines the conditions that led some black abolitionists to believe slavery might only be abolished by violent force.

“For many African Americans giving their children names with meaning is incredibly important. What’s remarkable about ‘Roots,’ is that despite the master’s attempts to rename Kunta Kinte, ‘Toby,’ the name in popu-

lar culture and memory never stuck,” Jackson said.

“Kunta Kinte is only referred to by his African name.

I think this is a signal of the value African Americans place on names. In the 1970s and beyond, giving black children Afrocentric names provided not only a feeling of pride, but a sense of heritage in history.”

Jackson continued: “Naming children after great rulers such as Nzinga, Kenyatta, or Chaka still resonates with many black parents today. I know parents who have given their children the name Obama. Names that are also signposts to historical moments. What’s more powerful than your name?”

Still, those names come with a price because many agree that hate is as American as Apple Pie and baseball.

And, victims of such hate not only include the once enslaved African American, but America is a country where it once was illegal for all women to vote.

It’s also a country that not only devastated Native Americans, but today still prevents those living on reservations to cast a ballot despite the historic amount of bloodshed and despair brought upon that group.

“I believe America does owe Native Americans the chance to cast a ballot,” said Shawn Halifax, a cultural history interpretation coordinator at the MacLeod Plantation Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. “I understand that what the law is and what people who are attempting to exercise their rights are told the law is can be two different things,” Halifax said.

America has always had a system of discrimination and prejudice against all groups who were not identified as “White Anglo-Saxon” native, said Walter Palmer, the founder of the Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School in Philadelphia and current faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches urban studies and social policy and practice.

Slave quarters at the McLeod Plantation, which has been turned into a museum on the outskirts of Charleston, S.C./ Photo by Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission

“Because historically American indigenous native’s language, culture, history, customs and way of life has been wiped out and they have been a ward of the government, they lost their personhood,” Palmer said of Native Americans.

“As American citizens, native indigenous people should be entitled to all the same privileges, rights and entitlements as all other American citizens,” he said.

Palmer said America has continued to try and hold onto slavery, but in more legal forms like hate groups and prisons.

“After the abolishment of slavery and the end of the reconstruction period, there was the rise of the Klu Klux Klan, which was a replacement of the slave patrols after this period,” Palmer said.

“America always used the prison system as a means of threat, intimidation and social control and this was later enlarged to use Chain Gangs and Jim Crow laws to further control the African Americans,” he said.

Palmer said “Roots” was built on the legacy of prior black historians over the past two hundred years, like Fredrick Douglas, William B. Dubois, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, G. Carter Woodson, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. “The connection that African Americans have had to the African Diaspora goes back to the “Back to Africa” movement of the early 19th century like the American Colonization Society American that was created in 1821,” Palmer said.

For the 20th Century, “Roots” proved a watershed moment, Halifax said.

“I imagine it inspired an incredible number of people to seek to learn more about their family’s past, because they knew little about it or had not been listening carefully to the stories of their elders,” Halifax said.

“I think ‘Roots’ influenced some white Americans. I think the movie helped place the notion in the minds of many whites that enslaved populations were families and communities that experienced pain and suffering, that experienced joy and wonder, that were founders and builders of this country. That they were more than property,” he said.

Halifax continued: “I think ‘Roots’ helped usher changes regarding the placement of African Americans within the context of our national history. Of course, this did not happen just because of ‘Roots.’

“In fact, I think ‘Roots’ was a crashing wave into America’s consciousness that had been pushed by a swell generated during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements that preceded it. Stories from America’s history were to be highlighted as “American History” for so long were decided by white male academics.

“I think ‘Roots’ helped send a message. Historians needed to be more inclusive in their storytelling. It was during the 70s and 80s that more inclusive social histories were being researched and pursued in academia and academia began to become more diversified.

“By the 90s museums and historic sites began recognizing that there is more to America’s story than just rich white guys, their families, and the wars they waged. And equally important it was by then that people began demanding more of these stories. Unfortunately, following the crashing wave of Roots there has been a very slow seep into the American conscious as a whole.”

“I think evidence of its importance is in the fact that its remake was released the same year as the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture,” Halifax said.

“I suspect that was not an accident. We have a long way still to go. The study by the Southern Poverty Law Center on how Slavery is taught in American schools is Continued on page A2

Official Who Said Whites are ‘Master Race’ Must Go LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) – Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer has called on a white county official to resign after the official said at a public meeting that he belongs to “the master race.’’

Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp cited the master race – the Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy – at a board meeting Tuesday while responding to a presentation by a black official, Triveece Penelton, on road development options in Tonganoxie, just west of Kansas City.

Colyer, a Republican, says in a statement Saturday that the remark was unacceptable. He says: “Racial and discriminative language have no place in our society and most especially when spoken by someone holding public office.’’

Some members of the county commission also have called on Klemp to resign.

Klemp, who was appointed to fill a Republican vacancy, told KSHB-TV off camera that his comment was a joke.

Racially-Motivated Attacker Sentenced AUBURN, Wash. (AP) – An Auburn man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for beating a man unconscious with an aluminum baseball bat while shouting racial epithets.

The Seattle Times reports Julian Tuimauga was sentenced to 13.3 years in prison Friday at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent for the attack on DaShawn Horne.

Senior Deputy Prosecutor Stephen Herschkowitz says the now 27-year-old Horne suffered a traumatic brain injury and other injuries in the assault, which happened in the driveway of the Tuimauga home in Auburn Jan. 20.

Horne is African American. Charging papers say Tuimauga attacked him because he was incensed that Horne had spent the night with his sister, whom Horne had met at a Seattle nightclub Jan. 19.

Tuimauga pleaded guilty in August to assault with a deadly weapon and malicious harassment, the state’s hatecrime statute.

Tiny Rhode Island Polling Place Had Only 1 Voter PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) – A polling place that Rhode Island elections officials initially said did not get a single voter during the midterm elections did get one voter after all.

Precinct 2807 in Providence has just 14 registered voters. The state Board of Elections website for days showed that none of them cast a ballot Nov. 6.

But a city spokesman tells the Providence Journal the polling station warden was in the process of shutting down the machine when a voter showed. As happens with all votes not counted by a machine, the ballot was placed in an envelope and delivered to the Board of Elections to be manually counted.

That lone voter chose all Democrats and approved all three statewide ballot questions.

Four people cast ballots in the precinct in the 2016 presidential election.

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Over $10 Million to Preserve Historic Black Sites

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that one year after the launch of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund the organization has hit a funding milestone, raising more than $10M dollars for this $25M initiative.

The Action Fund aims to uplift stories of African

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The historic home of John and Alice Coltrane/National Trust for Historic Preservation American achievement, activism, and community, crafting a narrative that expands a view of history, and that helps to reconstruct our national identity while inspiring a new generation of activists to advocate for diverse historic places, according to the announcement.

“We are proud of how over this past year we’ve helped to broaden the conversation about the places that matter,” Stephanie Meeks, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, said in a news release.

“Since the launch of the Action Fund, we have seen

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overwhelming support across the country in saving spaces that tell the full American story.”

Launched in partnership with national foundations, and with support from a National Advisory Council, including co-chairs Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, and actress and director Phylicia Rashad, the Action Fund has changed the landscape of African American preservation.

In year one, the Action Fund empowered youth through a hands-on preservation experience, modeled innovative approaches to interpreting and preserving African American cultural heritage at historic sites, continued onthe-ground work protecting significant historic places, and launched a national grant program.

“The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund has seen remarkable grassroots engagement, in the more than 800 grant applications asking for help protecting

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Halifax pointed out that it took 100 years for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to open. To lesser fanfare and just before the opening of that museum on the National Mall, two other smaller museums opened within a few months of each other.

Both state that their purpose is to share the history of enslaved people and their descendants. Both are former slave labor camps, known euphemistically as plantations – the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Louisiana and McLeod Plantation Historic Site in Charleston, South Carolina.

“As far as I know they are the only two former plantation sites who have rejected the white dominated narrative, to look at these sites as places of memory for those held captive and enslaved and for those whose families survived,” Halifax said.

“These two sites hold promise as places of healing where slavery, its legacy, and American racism can be examined. In the end, I think Roots has had an important and lasting impact.

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African American historic places, and in the tremendous community support at newly-launched National Treasures like the John and Alice Coltrane Home,” said Brent Leggs, director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.

“As we embark on year two of the Action Fund, we will continue working to foster a national landscape where every person can see themselves, their history, and their potential in our collective story,” Leggs said.

In this inaugural year, the Action Fund was able to award 16 grants, totaling more than $1M, to preservation organizations across the country, with funding going to support the preservation of sites and stories of black history.

The grants, presented at Essence Festival this July, covered work in communities from Birmingham to the South Side of Chicago, including sites of struggle and strength, according to the announcement.

“The Action Fund grant enabled us to move forward with the goal of transforming the August Wilson House into a community space, a hub of art, memory, and interpretation that will support young artists in Pittsburgh and across the country, and celebrate August Wilson’s legacy,” said Paul A. Ellis, Jr., Executive Director of the August Wilson House, an inaugural grant recipient.

Ellis, an attorney, is also Wilson’s nephew and the founder of the Daisy Wilson Artist Community, named after Wilson’s mother, Daisy.

“This house and this community are more than just a place where August lived – they are the inspiration for his plays, and the physical representation of what he was able to accomplish,” he said.

In addition to grant funding, the National Trust through its Action Fund has supported four new National Treasure designations, including the childhood home of singer Nina Simone, and Memphis-based Clayborn Temple, famed for its role in the Sanitation Workers’ Strike of 1968.

In the coming year, the National Trust has pledged to continue work on key preservation efforts, including conducting research exploring the impact that preservation has on contemporary urban issues that disproportionately affect communities of color – equity, displacement and affordability.

Additionally, support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will continue, from celebrating their history to advocating for the reauthorization of the HBCU Historic Preservation Program which ensures that their histories and legacies are preserved.

“The Action Fund draws support from a renowned group of leaders in academic, business, government, arts, and philanthropy, as well as the continued support of firstyear lead funders Ford Foundation, The JPB Foundation, and others,” Leggs said.

Thomas Farr (Photo: Screen Capture MSNBC) BALTIMORE — The NAACP strongly condemns Thomas Farr’s nomination and the Senate’s scheduling of his vote. The nation just experienced national elections which are not yet over, and which were tainted by egregious voting rights violations. That Majority Leader McConnell chooses this moment in time to vote on a judicial nominee known as the vote-suppressor-in-chief is not lost on anyone. It is a slap in the face to communities

of color everywhere.

Thomas Farr poses a serious threat to civil rights, especially since he would preside over a jurisdiction with a large African-American population. Even among dangerous Trump nominees, Farr stands out for his decades-long crusade to disenfranchise African Americans.

He learned how to intimidate Black voters from segregationist Senator Jesse Helms and helped turn North Carolina into ground zero for voter suppression tactics.

His nomination is a travesty. His confirmation would be heresy.

We believe the American people want tolerance and unity, rather than hate and divisiveness, and that applies to the federal courts, too. We urge each and every Senator to reject this judicial throwback to white supremacy and segregation. The people of North Carolina and our entire country deserve better than this.

ABOUT THE NAACP: 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 by visiting NAACP.org.

What if Black Professional Athletes Respected Black Economic Empowerment?

By Harry C. Alford & Kay DeBow Oh, what a wonderful world this would be for Black communities throughout our nation. We, as a people, have over $1.3 trillion (T) in annual spending. However, our Black-owned businesses account for over $183 billion. Do you see the problem? We don’t recycle our money within our own communities. Not even 20 percent of what we have stays within our own business infrastructure. As Malcolm X once remarked, “The ‘eagle’ flies on Friday in Black communities and by noon Saturday it is one dead bird.”

Nothing recycles and thus, nothing is going to build or grow larger. We are consumer slaves.

We live in a complex on the Virginia side of Washington, DC. A few of our neighbors are professional athletes. You can always tell when their crew is assembling.

The parking area out front suddenly looks like a Maybach or Lamborghini car dealership. There is a million dollars’ worth of depreciating assets right before our eyes. They think it is so cool. We think it is depressing. I guess it is their money and their business. However, if we look collectively there is an immense opportunity slipping right before our eyes The Black percentage of professional football players exceeds 70%. The National Basketball Association approaches 90% +. These gifted athletes control billions of dollars that could be directed to significant economic empowerment for the Black communities from which they come. Allow us to show you a few examples of what could be done.

Basketball arenas and football stadiums are being built around our nation on an ongoing basis. Right now, there is usually no Black participation included during the construction and design of these stadiums. Levi Stadium in California had only 1.4% participation. Imagine if the Players’ Associations for these two sports would put this on the negotiating table before the owners: Thirty percent of all construction performed on the next stadiums be done

by Black-owned and -managed construction firms. That should include architecture and engineering followed by construction management and all prime and subcontracting, accounting, all legal services. The stadiums should be built in areas that will not gentrify Black neighborhoods and business communities. Thirty percent of all concessions, restaurants, etc. that are allowed within the stadiums and arenas must be Black owned. Black advertising and public relations firms should be included.

Levi Stadium brings up another matter. The NFL and NBA player associations seem to have a great affinity to construction unions. They assume that they are fair and equitable to Black labor. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Only 2% of Black-owned construction companies are union. Why? Because of the Jim Crow treatment by these construction unions. The time is overdue for these Black athletes to step up and do the only responsible thing they can do. Don’t tolerate racist construction unions. Hell no! to solidarity.

Additionally, where are these teams parking their money? Financial institutions and money management firms should have significant Black utilization. Significant

should equate to over 30%. No more scandals such as Merrill Lynch bilking NBA players with the encouragement of their upper management (a Black CEO).

The athletes must participate in the selection of the Super Bowl city. There should be a rating system which determines the likelihood of racially diverse people participating in the wealth that a Super Bowl brings. Which city will have the blackest vendors? Who is printing the jerseys, the T-shirts, the souvenir books? Who is advertising the Super Bowl? And may we suggest that teams look for Black owned hotels.

These team owners are asleep at the wheel of diversity and inclusivity. They must feel pressured to have desire for diversity. The pressure will come from the athletes. Just because these teams have been using select vendors for dozens of decades doesn’t mean they can’t change now. The sooner they do it the better off America will be.

The player associations should have formal Memorandums of Understanding with the top Black professional organizations such as Black architecture and engineering associations, Black contractors, banks, accounting associations, attorneys, realtors, etc. This God-given natural athletic ability that is blessed on our people must be used via wide distribution of its influence and effects. These MOU’s should be publicized with ongoing updates to ensure that it is not just “window dressing” but real deal economic empowerment.

Now this would change the world! After doing that correctly we could move to our entertainers who would only perform at venues that have documented proof of Black construction, architecture/engineering participation.

Again, God has blessed us with remarkable talent. Let’s leverage it. Oh, how badly we need a bigger share of that $1.3 trillion. We can’t think of a better way. Our destiny is in our own hands.

Mr. Alford is the Co-Founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.

Ms. DeBow is the Co-Founder, Executive Vice President of the NBCC.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Legal Notices

BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER A3

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7864 2018-B7865 Doing business as: AGAPE AIR HEATING AND AIRCONDITIONING / AGAPE AIR 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

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

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

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-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 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-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

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 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

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, 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

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) 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

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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

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

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

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-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

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 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-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

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 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

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 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

PUBLIC NOTICE 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: 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-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

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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

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, Dec 5, 2018

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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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 association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state).

At: the front entrance to the City Hall, located at 1501 Truxtun 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

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

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

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ISABELLE VERCY CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-002909 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ISABELLE VERCY A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by PATRICK CROYLE in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN THE PETITION FOR PROBATE REQUESTS THAT: PATRICK CROYLE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decendent.

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

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

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: APR 11, 2019 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 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

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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: WAYNE SILVA Attorney at Law #96694 912 Perdew Ave #C Ridgecrest, Ca. 93555 Phone: (760) 446-5300 Fax: (760) 446-1107 E-Mail: wayne@ waynesilvalaw.com Attorney for: PATRICK CROYLE BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8351 Doing business as: OFF THE HOOK SEAFOOD at 400 Garnsey Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 43141 Bakersfield, Ca. 93384 County: Kern Full name of registrant: GARLIN FRINK, 400 Garnsey Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GARLIN FRINK 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 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 Nov 15, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21 28, Dec 5, 12, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8337 Doing business as: INNOVATION DESIGNS at 10406 Alondra Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: GUSTAVO IVAN GARCIA MATIAS, 10406 Alondra Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: GUSTAVO IVAN GARCIA MATIAS 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 14, 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 14, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21 28, Dec 5, 12, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8328 Doing business as: APOC ARMORY at 4725 Panama Ln #D3-329 Bakersfield, Ca. 93313 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: TRAVIS ALAN HAMLIN, 10111 Sterling Silver St, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: TRAVIS ALAN HAMLIN The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: June 14, 2014 This statement filed with the County Clerk of Kern County on: Nov 14, 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 14, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21 28, Dec 5, 12, 2018 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2014-B2295 Business Name you wish to abandon:

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APOC ARMORY Street address of business: 9508 Shore Ham Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93311 County: Kern Mailing address of business: Same Registrant(s) whose wish to abandon the business name: VENTSENSE, INC., 9508 Shore Ham Ct, 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: Corporation SIGNED: TRAVIS HAMLIN, President This statement of abandonment filed on: Oct 14, 2018 MARY B BEDARD County Clerk By: A Zubeldia Deputy BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 12, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B7956 Doing business as: MO’S POOL SERVICE at 10612 Rose River Falls Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Mailing Address: Same County: Kern Full name of registrant: LENARD MOBERG, 10612 Rose River Falls Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 Full name of registrant: DIANA MOBERG, 10612 Rose River Falls Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93312 The business is conducted by: Married Couple SIGNED: LENARD MOBERG 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 21 28, Dec 5, 12, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO: 2018-B8321 2018-B8322 Doing business as: GUMARO’S BIKE SHOP / GUMARO’S HOUSEHOLD ITEMS at 2100 River Blvd #B Bakersfield, Ca. 93305 Mailing Address: 3904 Saffron Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 County: Kern Full name of registrant: ISMAEL AMEZCUA RAMOS, 3904 Saffron Ct, Bakersfield, Ca. 93309 The business is conducted by: Individual SIGNED: ISMAEL AMEZCUA 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: Nov 14, 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 Nov 14, 2023 BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21 28, Dec 5, 12, 2018 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER BCV-18-102784 Superior Court of the State of California, for the county of Kern, 1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93301 METROPOLITAN DIVISION PETITION OF: FELICIA KATHLEEN GONZALES FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: FELICIA KATHLEEN GONZALES for a decree changing names as follows: Present name FELICIA KATHLEEN GONZALES Filed a petition with this court Proposed name FELICIA KATHLEEN GONZALES DE LA TORRE 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: Jan 14, 2019 Time: 8:30 a.m.

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

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

PUBLIC NOTICE 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: Nov 8, 2018 JUDEL Commissioner of the Superior Court FELICIA KATHLEEN GONZALES, 6707 Jetta Ave, Bakersfield, Ca. 93308 Phone: (949) 500-7780 E-Mail: hellomsfelicia@gmail.com IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 12, 2018

ADMINISTER ESTATE OF ANTONIO M. VALADEZ CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-003117 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ANTONIO M. VALADEZ A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by NORMA M. PEREZ in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN THE PETITION FOR PROBATE REQUESTS THAT: NORMA M. PEREZ be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decendent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: Dec 20, 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 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: NORMA M. PEREZ, 1617 Hillside Dr, Bakersfield, Ca. 93306 Phone: (661) 703- 9119 Fax: E-Mail: Attorney for: BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FRANCIS STANLEY MARKIEWICZ aka FRANCIS MARKIEWICZ aka FRANCIS S. MARKIEWICZ aka ROCKY MARKIEWICZ CASE NUMBER: BPB-18-003108 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FRANCIS STANLEY MARKIEWICZ aka FRANCIS MARKIEWICZ aka FRANCIS S. MARKIEWICZ aka ROCKY MARKIEWICZ A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MICHAEL C. CIARAMITARO in the Superior Court of California, County of KERN THE PETITION FOR PROBATE REQUESTS THAT: MICHAEL C. CIARAMITARO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decendent.

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

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

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 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: MICHAEL C. CIARAMITARO, 1018 Stevens St, Taft, Ca. 93268 Phone: (661) 577-3171 Fax: E-Mail: Attorney for: IN PRO PER BAKERSFIELD NEWS OBSERVER (E) PUB: Nov 21, 28, Dec 5, 2018

House Republicans Elect McCarthy as Leader

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy with President Trump.

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy easily won an internal party election to take over the shrunken House GOP caucus, handing the seven-term Californian a familiar role of building the party back to a majority as well as protecting President Donald Trump’s agenda.

With Speaker Paul Ryan retiring and the House majority gone, the race for minority leader was McCarthy’s to lose Wednesday. But rarely has a leader of a party that suffered a major defeat – Democrats wiped out Republicans in GOP-held suburban districts from New York to McCarthy’s own backyard ‑ been so handily rewarded.

After defeating Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the conservative House Freedom Caucus co-founder, McCarthy will be tested by Republicans on and off Capitol Hill who remain angry and divided after their midterm losses, and split over how best to move forward.

“We’ll be back,’’ McCarthy promised, claiming a unified front for the Republican leadership team. He won by 159-43 among House Republicans.

McCarthy, who has been majority leader under Ryan, acknowledged Republicans “took a beating’’ in the suburbs in last week’s national elections, especially as the ranks of GOP female lawmakers plummeted to just 13. The GOP side of the aisle will be made up of 90 percent white men in the new Congress _ an imbalance he blamed on billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s election spending to help Democrats.

Bloomberg spent more than $110 million in the midterms. Two Republican women were defeated by candidates he supported, and both were replaced by Democratic women, said spokeswoman Rachel Nagler.

McCarthy has been here before, having helped pick up the party after Republicans last lost control of the House in 2006, leading them to the 2010 tea party wave that pushed them back into the majority.

Trump, who is close to McCarthy but also friendly with Jordan, largely stayed on the sidelines in the intraparty House contest. The outcome gives the president two allies positioned to help him.

While McCarthy provides an affable face for the GOP, Jordan, the former Ohio wrestling champ and a Fox News regular, will be fighting Democrats’ investigations into Trump’s businesses and administration.

GOP Whip Steve Scalise, the Louisiana Republican who was badly wounded in last year’s congressional baseball practice shooting and unanimously won his position Wednesday, said McCarthy “knows what he needs to do.’’

Rounding out the GOP leadership team will be Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who was on hand to watch his daughter take over the No. 3 spot he held decades ago. “He told me not to screw it up,’’ she said.

House Democrats put off until after Thanksgiving their more prominent contest, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s bid to regain the speaker’s gavel she held when the Democrats last had the majority.

On the other side of the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky won another term leading Republicans and Chuck Schumer of New York won for Democrats. Both were selected by acclamation.

Senate Republicans also welcomed the first woman to their leadership team in years, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, as they sought to address the optics of the GOP side of the aisle being dominated by men. Ernst called her selection “a great honor.’’

In the House, Jordan and McCarthy shook hands after a testy two days of closed-door sessions, according to lawmakers in the room for Wednesday’s voting. Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, the Freedom Caucus chairman, called it a “gentlemanly’’ debate.

But the friendly talk papers over the infighting between the GOP’s conservative and moderate flanks as lawmakers dole out blame after the midterm election losses that handed House Democrats the majority.

Many Republicans side with Jordan’s theory, which is that Republicans, despite a GOP monopoly on power in Washington, lost because they didn’t “do what we said’’ _ including delivering Trump’s priority to build the border wall with Mexico.

McCarthy made that argument too, lawmakers said, suggesting that those who lost their races _ or came close to losing _ didn’t work hard enough to sell the GOP’s message. At one point, he was running ads in some districts promoting Trump’s border wall.

GOP Rep. Peter King of New York rose to object, saying his view was that Republicans lost ground over the GOP tax cuts that reduced deductions for some filers. The harsh immigration rhetoric that turned off suburban voters didn’t help, he said.

“We used to own the suburbs,’’ King said. “Now we’re down to rural voters.’’

McCarthy relishes an underdog role, which channels the spirit of his hometown of Bakersfield in California’s central valley, where he worked his way up from a congressional aide.

“We think he’s absolutely our best political strategist, our best fundraiser, our best recruiter,’’ said Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma. “And that’s job No. 1 in getting back to the majority.’’

But after eight years of GOP control, the tea party class of 2010 is long gone. So too are the “Young Guns’’ _ former leader Eric Cantor and outgoing Speaker Ryan _ who penned that strategy. Voters largely panned the party’s latest signature accomplishment, Trump’s tax cuts, and Republicans have all but abandoned the tea party promises to cut the deficit and repeal and replace Obamacare.

Among those who opposed McCarthy, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, summed up his view of the Californian’s strengths and weaknesses. “He’s a savant at making friends,’’ Massie said, “probably not at running the country.’’

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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

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Review: Amazing Grace

The documentary of Aretha’s live recording of the best-selling gospel album of all time

In Amazing Grace, Aretha is a conduit who channels a spirit from above into the hearts of those who listen. With the premiere and distribution of this film, she can do that for eternity. (Photos courtesy of Al’s Records and Tapes)

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic Back in the day, if you couldn’t get to church on Sunday to hear the pastor’s sermon, you’d put on Aretha Franklin’s Amazing Grace album, the best-selling gospel record of all time, and she would give you your spiritual fix. After a long delay, and its share of controversy, this uplifting documentary that preserved her live recording of that album is finding distribution. It’s as if Franklin is sending a message to us from the great beyond. Thank heaven.

With the best of intentions, director Sydney Pollack and his crew filmed the Queen of Soul as she performed over two days, January 2nd and 3rd, at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in 1972.

The smooth transition from her live recording to the now historic double album culminated with a Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance. The making of the documentary traveled a much rougher road. Apparently, Pollack and his crew had problems syncing the sound. It was a challenge that didn’t get resolved until producer Alan Elliot bought the rights from Pollack in 2007.

Elliott then had two problems to solve. 1.) Fix the technical hitches and make a cohesive documentary. 2.)

Overcome Franklin’s resistance; she successfully sued to stop the distribution of the film in 2011 and 2015. After she passed away, her estate gave permission for the film to be released, and it premiered at the DOC NYC Film Festival in New York on Monday November 12, 2018. So, was it worth the wait?

The master of ceremonies at the recording session is the legendary Reverend James Cleveland, whose rich baritone is somewhere between the soulful tones of Barry White and Teddy Pendergrass. Cleveland introduces the lady of soul with such reverence that you’d think a queen was walking into his church. And she is. Says the rever-

end with great pride: “She can sing anything. ‘Three Blind Mice.’ Anything.”

Behind his pulpit is The Southern California Community Choir, directed by Alexander Hamilton. The singers have more enthusiasm than fans at a Beyoncé concert.

On the side of the pulpit, Franklin’s band warms up: Guitar: Cornell Dupree. Organ: Kenny Luper. Percussion: Pancho Morales. Drums: Bernard Purdie Bass: Chuck Rainey.

The audience is a mix of parishioners, music fans and some well-known guests: Clara Ward, Aretha’s father Reverend C.L. Franklin, along with Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones.

Franklin floats into the room with an aura befitting Cleopatra. At the piano or standing in front of a mic on the podium, she launches into classic and contemporary gospel songs that show her versatility and musicianship. Her voice is at the peak of its powers. Clear. Piercing. Emotional. Divine. She settles into a modern gospel song written and formerly sung by Marvin Gaye “Wholy Holy.” Then “How I Got Over” rocks the church to its core. The gospel standard “Precious Memories” is so solemn it could bring tears to anyone’s eyes. Playfully she blends the Carol King song “You’ve Got A Friend” with the very traditional “Precious Lord (Take My Hand),” displaying an equal feel for pop and gospel stylings.

Easily the most dramatic performance from the two days of singing has got be her intense rendition of “Mary Don’t You Weep.” It’s a classic spiritual that dates back to the Civil War when it was sung by slaves as a coded message that said that times will get better, oppressors will get their due, persevere and resist. In lyrics that the overseers could not fully understand, the chorus goes: “(Soloist) Pharaoh’s army. (Choir) Pharaoh’s army. (Soloist) I know you know that story of how they got drowned in the sea one day, oh yeah. (Choir) Drown in the Red Sea.” Franklin caresses the melody and draws extra meaning out of every word of a song that became popular again during the ‘60s civil rights movement.

There’s more on view than just a memorable performance by one of America’s most famous vocalists. Also on exhibit is a musical form that has been an integral part of the black community since Africans first arrived in America. What audiences witness, through song and on display, is a rich resilient culture that has an undeniable affinity with music. Also, the love on view in this house of worship in Watts is not unique. It plays out on Sundays in black churches all over the country. It’s a continuous affirmation of customs. A spiritual calling. A communion with neighbors. And a front row seat to the evolution of black gospel music that started in fields and has grown into a very sophisticated art form with choirs, instruments and amplifi-

cation. Spirituals have come a long way.

Kudos to Alan Elliott for managing and bringing to fruition a creative process that has stymied others for years.

He does his best, considering some of the original footage is out of focus. Editor Jeff Buchanan magically weaves together the performances, anecdotes and crowd scenes into a very tight and enthralling 87 minutes. The sumptuous sound is courtesy of the Grammy-winning producer/engineer Jimmy Douglass who handles music mixing duties for this doc and also worked on previous Aretha albums like Spirit in the Dark and Young, Gifted and Black. The pacing and sound of this documentary is extraordinary, especially when you consider that sound-syncing was the foil that caused the film’s 46-year delay.

“Angelica” is one of the many films scheduled for screening at the ADIFF/Courtesy ADIFF

Diddy Mourns for Kim Porter he says ‘more than soul mates’

FILE - In a Feb. 27, 2005 file photo, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs arrives with date, Kim Porter, for the 77th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Sean “Diddy” Combs on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 is making his first public statements since the loss of longtime former girlfriend and mother of three of his children Kim Porter, saying they were “more than best friends,” and “more than soul mates.”

Porter, a former model and actress, died in her home Thursday, Nov. 15 at age 47. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs made his first public statements Sunday since the loss of Kim Porter, his longtime former girlfriend and mother of three of his children, saying they were “more than best friends” and “more than soul mates.”

Porter, a former model and actress, died unexpectedly at her Los Angeles home on Thursday at age 47. Authorities haven’t given a cause.

Combs had been silent until Sunday, when he sent a pair of tweets about Porter’s death.

“For the last three days I’ve been trying to wake up out of this nightmare,” Combs said in a tweet that included a video of him cuddling up to a pregnant Porter. “But I haven’t. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you baby. I miss you so much. Today I’m going to pay tribute to you, I’m going to try and find the words to explain our unexplainable relationship.”

In another tweet Combs said, “We were more than best friends, we were more than soul mates. ... And I miss you so much. Super Black Love.”

Porter and Combs were together with occasional breaks from 1994 until 2007. Together they have a 20-yearold son, Christian, and 11-year-old twin daughters, D’Lila Star and Jessie James. Combs also has three children from other relationships.

Porter also has a 27-year-old son, Quincy Brown, from a previous relationship, who was largely raised with Combs. Brown, an actor, appears on the Fox TV series “Star.”

Paramedics rushed to Porter’s house Thursday morning after calls saying she was unresponsive. She was declared dead soon after they arrived.

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Pastors are the noted spiritual guides in churches.

What this documentary makes clear is that gospel singers have an equal influence. They bring hope, a sense of empowerment, soul cleansing and sacred massages. In fact, after church, quite often it is the singer’s words and tunes that linger long after the reverend’s sermon has been forgotten.

In Amazing Grace, Aretha is a conduit who channels a spirit from above into the hearts of those who listen. With the premiere and distribution of this film, she can do that for eternity.

At some point in this thoroughly compelling doc, Franklin prophetically sings: “… I’m climbing, Higher mountains, Higher mountains, Trying to get home…”

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African Diaspora Film Festival Takes on “Who is Black in America?”

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent The 26th annual installment of the African Diaspora International Film Festival promises to tackle the topic: “Who is Black in America?”

The popular festival, which showcases black filmmakers, actors, directors and producers all over the world, runs from Friday, Nov. 23 to Sunday, Dec. 9, at venues that include Teachers College at Columbia University, the Cinema Village, MIST Harlem, the Dwyer Cultural Center, and the Riverside Theater.

“There’s a lot new this year,” said Reinaldo Barroso-Spech, an educator in foreign languages and Black literature who created the festival with his wife, Diarah N’Daw-Spech, a financial consultant and university budget manager.

An opening night panel discussion and reception will focus on “Who is Black in America.” Panelists, who include director Marisol Gomez and poet Yvette Modestin, plan to dissect whether the film “Black Panther” has contributed to a better understanding of the Black experience and they’ll also explore what steps are needed to improve understanding, acceptance and acknowledgment of the diversity of the Black experiences in America.

The festival will also host screenings like Gomez’s “Angelica,” which deals with racism in Puerto Rico.

The film depicts Angelica, who has spent her whole life escaping from her mixed racial identity, but a family crisis forces her to return to Puerto Rico and rethink her life.

Festival-goers will also have an opportunity to watch “Scattered Africa: Faces and Voices of the African Diaspora,” “Sons of Benkos,” and “Cimarronaje en Panama,” documentaries that examine the contributions of Africans and their descendants to the wealth and power of the Americas and portrays elements of African culture that characterize everyday life throughout North America today.

“Scattered Africa” is based on director and anthropologist Sheila Walker’s experiences of discovering the origins of her own African American culture in Africa and her relationships with other Afro-descendant cultures in the Americas, including her individuals who were her teachers and cultural guides.

Directed by Silva Lucas, the “Sons of Benkos” counts as an entertaining documentary that explores the African culture of Colombia through music while “Cimarronaje en Panama” director Toshi Sakai expolores a time where two centuries before George Washington or Simon Bolivar dreamed of liberation from European tyranny, enslaved Africans in Panama fought for and gained their independence.

Finding refuge in the vast forests, they reclaimed their lives and formed free African communities throughout the isthmus.

Additionally, “Black Mexicans/La Negrada,” counts as the first Mexican feature film about the Afro-Mexican community and was filmed entirely with individuals from different towns around the Costa Chica in Oaxaca.

A women of color filmmaker competition will also take place and feature the panel discussion and the screening of, “No Shade,” which explores the hardships of the modern dating world through the dysmorphic presence of colorism as well as the fetishization of black women in a way that organizers say is tactful and honest.

Jade is both effervescent and relatable as a 28-year old single woman of dark complexion who just “can’t seem to get it right,” let alone liberate herself from her unrequited love for the repressive and colorist Danny.

The world through her eyes is both a quirky and tumultuous obstacle course of courtship catastrophes and heart-gripping silences. Despite Jade’s line up of Tinder flops and her challenges in the friend-zone, she is easy to engage with and adorable, according to the film’s notes.

Jade’s charisma, quirk, beauty, vulnerability and perseverance throughout the film make her a thoughtful heroine with a twist of comedic spunk in the end.

“From its inception, the festival has always showcased great films that explore the black British experience,” Barroso-Spech said.

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Sheriff’s Office to Report on ICE Access to Kern County Individuals at Truth Act Forum E zabeth Sanchez Sou h Kern So Next month oca advocacy groups and the Kern County Sher ff s Office w revea data about the oca mm grant commun ty at Kern County s first TRUTH Act Forum The TRUTH Act Forum g ves the sher ff s office an opportun ty to exp a n how t s en orc ng Ca orn a aws that protect mm grants The department w a so present data that show whether or not the department s ab d ng by the aw Kern County Sher ff Donny Youngb ood and h s department d d not respond to mu t p e requests or comment H s office sa d he p ans on attend ng the orum “I th nk that the commun ty needs to know about the po c es and procedures oca aw en orcement agenc es are carry ng out n mp ement ng The Truth Act ” sa d Ambar Tovar an attorney w th the Un ted Farm Workers Foundat on an organ zat on part c pat ng n the orum “The who e purpose s to be ab e to have those numbers ” The TRUTH Act supports mm grant commun t es and sh e ds them rom “ edera attack o mass deportat on ” sa d Rosa Lopez the commun ty engagement and po cy advocate or Kern County s ACLU office another part c pat ng organ zat on The orum s an effort to separate co aborat on between oca aw en orcement agenc es and ICE Lopez sa d “We are try ng to detang e that partnersh p ” Lopez sa d The Ca orn a Transparent Rev ew o Un ust Transers and Ho ds (TRUTH) Act passed nto aw n September o 2016 prov des v ta “know your r ghts” n ormat on to mm grants who are n ICE custody and br ngs transparency to oca aw en orcement part c pat ons n edera mm grat on en orcement A commun ty orum s ust one requ rement o the act It a so requ res oca aw en orcement — pr or to an nterv ew between ICE and the person n custody — to prov de a wr tten consent orm n mu t p e anguages to exp a n the purpose o the nterv ew that t s vo untary

and that the nd v dua may dec ne the nterv ew The aw ensures that oca aw en orcement agenc es prov de ICE w th not ficat ons o an nd v dua s re ease date and t me then the agency must a so prov de the same not ficat on to the nd v dua n custody and the r attorney accord ng to the b The aw requ res oca po ce agenc es to co ect normat on and data when ICE requests trans er ho ds and nterv ews w th nd v dua s n custody KCSO w present th s data at the orum “I want to hear t d rect y rom the sher ff ” Tovar sa d “How s he mp ement ng po c es n h s department?”

Kern County s one o the top 25 count es n the country w th the most ICE arrests between October 2017 to May 2018 accord ng to a report by Syracuse Un vers ty Dur ng the e ght-month per od ICE arrested 282 peop e Lopez and Tovar dont want to attack or accuse the department they sa d The r goa s to answer and respond to the commun ty s concerns However Lopez and Tovar sa d they have rece ved reports that ICE and the Kern County Sher ff s office co aborate “Rhetor c that Youngb ood has pro essed s a tt e more apprehens ve about o ow ng sanctuary state aws ” sa d Tovar “It ra ses some concerns that maybe po c es are not n p ace or they are they are not per the TRUTH Act ” Youngb ood to d Eyew tness News n March he d sagrees w th Senate B 54 wh ch separates Ca orn a aw en orcement agenc es and ICE and s more str ct when t comes to oca po ce target ng nd v dua s based on the r mm grat on status a one “I th nk th s nonsense o hav ng a sanctuary c ty county or state or peop e who comm t cr mes s r d cuous ” Youngb ood to d Eyew tness News n March “It s c ear to me that mm grat on s a edera respons b ty not a state or county I th nk when Ca orn a nter eres w th mm grat on en orcement they re overstepped the ne ”

A though he doesnt agree w th the aw Youngb ood to d Eyew tness h s office ab des by the aw He a so to d the news agency h s department does not go on sweeps w th ICE “When you get arrested we dont ask peop e you are n th s country ega y (or) not ” he to d Eyew tness “It s not someth ng that we need to know ” The TRUTH Act protects the r ghts o undocumented peop e prevent ng deportat on however there are some except ons depend ng on the cr me Tovar and Lopez want the department to be transparent w th the commun ty and want to ho d oca e ected offic a s accountab e

“Th s s an n ormed conversat on about what s happen ng n our county and who s be ng affected n our commun ty ” Tovar sa d “I th nk th s orum w prov de an opportun ty or the commun ty to ask quest ons and an opportun ty or the sher ff to address h s own concerns ” Part c pat ng organ zat ons nc ude ACLU the UFW Foundat on Do ores Huerta Foundat on Fa th n the Va ey Ca orn a Imm grant Youth Just ce A ance V s on Y Comprom so and Bu d ng Hea thy Commun t es The orum s schedu ed or 9 a m on Dec 11 n the Kern County Board o Superv sors Chambers 1115 Truxtun Ave The pub c s encouraged to attend

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