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LOCAL SAN DIEGAN

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Receives “We Have His Back”: Key to the City Dem Leaders Throw Support Grammy-winner Andra Day on Friday, July 2, 2021 at San Diego City Hall

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U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, Holly Mitchell, Supervisor, Los Angeles County, Robert Garcia, mayor of Long Beach, and Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco)

Behind Gov. Newsom

Continuing his efforts to ensure the City of San Diego is making decisions with a focus on equity, Mayor Todd Gloria today announced the appointment of Kim Desmond to serve as the City’s first Chief Race and Equity Officer. Desmond, who is currently the Chief Equity Officer for the City and County of Denver, will lead the City’s Office of Race and Equity and assume the role on Aug. 3. Established in June 2020 after the murder of George Floyd and a

By Tanu Henry California Black Media A group of influential California Democratic leaders held a press conference July 2 to pledge their support for Gov. Gavin Newsom against what they are calling the “Republican Recall,” and to remind Californians, from their point of view, what the state will lose if that effort succeeds.

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tenure fight

chooses Howard after N. Carolina

By Tom Foreman Jr. AP

By Beverly Corbell Courtesy of The Portland Observer

Jackson’s long-form feature story in Runner’s World magazine, “Twelve Minutes and a Life,” weaves back and forth between significant and mundane events in Arbery’s daily life and, in

“Game time, the opposing team calls the play that Maud put the fierce kaput on in practice, and beneath a metal-halide glare that’s

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“This recall is a partisan power grab - nothing more, nothing less - a cynical attempt by national Republicans to force an election, and to try to seize control in California,” said U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, former California Secretary of State and California’s first Latino U.S. Senator.

Pulitzer Prize

Who Penned Essay On Ahmaud Arbery Earns

Arbery, whose nickname was Maud, was a formidable high school football player even though, at 5’10” and 165 pounds, he wasn’t a real big guy. But what he lacked in bulk he made up for in heart, as Jackson described in the article.

Desmond will play a leading role in driving a citywide strategy to advance and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion practices into the City’s culture

$276M “Republican Recall” Effort Underway

Hannah-Jones

excruciating detail, the minute-by-minute events that led up to his stalking and killing in Brunswick, Ga. on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020.

national outcry for racial justice, the Office of Race and Equity was proposed

by Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe as a deliberate step to advance racial and social equity in the City of San Diego.

City of San Diego file photo

Black Author

Mitchell S. Jackson, Portland native and Portland State University alumnus, was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s highest honor, for writing about the life and death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was shot dead after allegedly being racially profiled and chased by three white men while he was out jogging.

Kim Desmond’s position is set to ensure City operates more equitably

Mitchell S. Jackson, a Portland native, has won a Pulitzer Prize for writing. (Portland Observer)

also a gauntlet, Maud barrels towards the running back and—BOOM!—lays a hit that sounds like trucks colliding,” Jackson wrote.

O t her exc er pt s show Arbery’s tender side, such as helping his sister care for her new puppy and driving more than an hour to Savannah to buy a Build-A-Bear and a gold, heart-shaped promise ring for his girlfriend Shenice Johnson, who said he was always a perfect gentleman.

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An investigative journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her ground-breaking work on the bitter legacy of slavery in the U.S. announced Tuesday that she will not join the faculty at the University of North Carolina following an extended fight over tenure, and instead will accept a chaired professorship at Howard University. The dispute over whether North Carolina’s flagship public university would extend Nikole Hannah-Jones a lifetime faculty appointment has prompted weeks of outcry from within and beyond its Chapel Hill campus.

Numerous professors and

alumni voiced frustration, and Black students and faculty questioned during Credit: Alice Vergueiro/Abraji (CC20) protests whether America’s history of slavery the school values them.

— said Tuesday that her ten“These last few weeks ure application had stalled have been very dark. To be after political interference by treated so shabbily by my conservatives and objections alma mater, by a university by a top donor at the jourthat has given me so much nalism school. She lamented and which I only sought the “political firestorm that to give back to, has been has dogged me since The deeply painful,” Hannah1619 Project published,” Jones said in a written with conservatives includstatement. Hannah-Jones ing former President Donald — who won the Pulitzer Trump criticizing the work.

Prize for her work on The New York Times Magazine’s See TENURE page 2 1619 Project focusing on

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION Newsom: continued from cover

“When you think about what he has been able to do around protecting the environment, education, expanding opportunity for our low income and working families – and middle-income Californians – as well as justice for all Californians, its crystal clear to me that Gov. Newsom is the kind of leader we need at a time like this,” said Mitchell.

Last week, Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis announced Sept.

14 as the date for the recall election after the state verified Newsom’s opponents had collected the 1,495,709 signatures they needed (12 % of the total votes in the last gubernatorial election) to officially trigger the recall process.

The effort to recall Newsom began in 2020 led by a former Yolo County Sheriff ’s Deputy, Orrin Heatlie, with the support of a group called the California Patriot Coalition. They criticized the governor for high taxes, what they perceived as inaction on the drought, pro-illegal immigrant policies and other grievances. The movement gained traction during the COVID-19 global pandemic when larger numbers of Californians became resistant to the governor’s pandemic-related business closures and other restrictions.

“In just a few weeks, every Californian is going to get a ballot in the mail. And you have to fill out the ballot.

Mark ‘no” and return it by September 14. If you prefer to go in person, you can do that at your local polling place on September 14.

You can find information about that on our Secretary of State website,” said Chiu, urging Californians to support Newsom.

To recall Newsom, more than 50 % of voters would have to check yes on that option, which will be the first question on the ballot.

If more than 50 % of voters agree to Newsom’s recall, the candidate on the ballot (the governor will not be included as a choice) with the highest number of votes will qualify as Newsom’s replacement. Tom Del Beccaro, a vocal supporter of the recall and chair of RescueCalifornia.org, a political action committee galvanizing Newsom’s opponents across the state, said

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continued from cover and its programs, services and policies. Her office, an official city department, will provide education and technical support to City staff and officials who seek to reduce and eliminate systemic racism and barriers to the fair and just distribution of resources, access and opportunity.

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“I’m honored to be appointed to this position and excited to have an opportunity to create systemic change as San Diego’s first Chief of Race and Equity,” Desmond said. “Inequity is a burden that impacts our collective humanity from thriving, so a focus on race and equity creates possibilities to design equity into San Diego’s policies, programs and budget decisions to remove disparities throughout the city. A focus on race and equity is an investment for all of us.”

removing the governor from office is “every American’s business.”

Del Beccaro wrote in a Fox News op-ed last month, “California is beset with problems. For ye ars, California’s policies have led to crisis after crisis. There is a perennial water crisis, a wildfire crisis, an electricity crisis, a crime problem, business and job flight from the state, homelessness and poverty.”

Expressing the opposite view, according to Chiu, what the governor has achieved in the two and a half years since he was sworn into office is nothing short of remarkable.

“Our governor has led our state and invested in truly bold investments,” Chiu said. “He led the passage of unprecedented legislation to protect civil rights, to reform our criminal justice system; to double down on our fight against climate change; to create more housing for the unhoused than any governor in history; to expand access to health care; to make record investments in education; to

Hannah-Jones will instead accept a tenured position as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at Howard, a historically Black university in Washington, D.C., which also announced Tuesday that it had recruited award-winning journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates to join its faculty. Coates won a National Book Award for “Between the World and Me,” which explores violence against Black people and white supremacy in America. Both have been given MacArthur “genius” grants for their writings.

Hannah Jones’ tenure application at UNC’s journalism school was submitted to the school’s trustees last year, but it was halted after a board member who vets the lifetime appointments raised questions about her nonacademic background, university officials have said.

Instead, she was initially

offered a five-year contract.

Violence in last year’s Black Lives Matter protests overshadowed the violence that Black lives face every day from police, and Jackson lamented that white groups, though they had good intentions, took over some of the demonstrations when they should have let Black voices lead.

said. “That’s what white people should be doing all the time.” Jackson also wrote about the history of jogging, which was started in the U.S.

by Bill Bowerman, former track coach and co-founder of Nike, but he said it’s still a white man’s sport.

Then last week, amid mounting pressure, the trustee board finally took up her submission and voted to offer her tenure.

“To be denied it (tenure) to only have that vote occur on the last possible day, at the last possible moment, after threat of legal action, after weeks of protest, after it became a national scandal, it’s just not something that I want anymore,” HannahJones said on “CBS This Morning,” which first broke the news of her decision.

Officials at UNC didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment.

Hannah-Jones and Coates’ Howard appointments are being supported by nearly $20 million donated by the Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation, as well

support immigrant communities; and truly deliver big for working families. He has launched the biggest economic recovery plan in our state’s history.”

At the press conference the high cost of holding an off-cycle special election was discussed. The California Department of Finance estimates that the election will cost taxpayers $276 million.

Advertising and organizing on both sides of the recall effort could cost hundreds of millions of dollars more.

“I was blown away – not in a good way – when the Los Angeles Country registrar’s office told us what it would cost us locally to hold this election,” said Mitchell.

“From the operational aspects of an election at this time of year to what it is going to cost statewide. All of us as taxpayers are going to have to pay when our dollars need to be going to the California Comeback plan to help us recover.”

In California, Democrats dominate. Of the 20.9 million registered voters in the state, an estimated 46.3 % are Democrats, about 24 %

as by an anonymous donor, to support Howard’s continued education of and investment in Black journalists, the university said.

“It is my pleasure to welcome to Howard two of today’s most respected and influential journalists,” Howard President Wayne A. I. Frederick said in a news release. “At such a critical time for race relations in our country, it is vital that we understand the role of journalism in steering our national conversation and social progress.” Coates celebrated his return to Howard, which is his alma mater. “I heard a wise man once say, ‘A man who hates home will never be happy.’ And it is in the pursuit of wisdom and happiness that I return to join the esteemed faculty of Howard University. This is the faculty that molded me. This is the faculty that

are Republican and roughly 24% consider themselves independent or having “no party preference,” according to 2020 numbers compiled by the Public Policy Institute of California.

Hicks said with the recall election officially happening in less than three months, he is paying close attention to the lessons of 2003 when a successful recall effort against Democratic Gov. Gray Davis led to his ousting and the election of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Every poll shows that Democrats overwhelmingly reject this Republican recall and we as a party our prepared to put forth the effort to ensure that the 10 million California Democrats get to the polls to defeat this,” said Hicks, adding that this election has national implications for Democrats.

Hicks said low voter turnout is a concern. But he assured supporters that the California Democratic Party has the technology, strategies and infrastructure in place to successfully push back on the recall.

too, that the recall will fail in September.

“Let’s not forget, Democrats didn’t want this recall in the first place. This is a state that supports the governor, and we expect to defeat the recall.”

Mitchell says the two options voters’ have couldn’t be clearer.

“What side of this do you want to be on? Do you want to be on the side of someone who stood in the gap, understood vulnerable communities, and the needs of vulnerable communities, and did all that he could to protect us?” asked Mitchell.

“Or do we want to stand with the people who never stand with working families on any other issue ever?”

Mitchell says that Democrats have to work hard to inform ethnic communities across California about what is at stake for them if Newsom is recalled.

“I know where I’m going to stand, and the people I represent are clear as well,” she said.

Garcia says he’s confident,

strengthened me,” Coates said. “Personally, I know of no higher personal honor than this.”

UNC had announced in April that Hannah-Jones, who received a master’s degree from the university, would be joining the journalism school as a Knight Chair. It was later revealed that she had been given a contract position, despite the fact that her predecessors were granted tenure when appointed. On Tuesday, Hannah-Jones cited political interference and the influence of a powerful donor to the journalism school, a reference to Arkansas newspaper publisher Walter Hussman, who revealed that he had emailed university leaders challenging her work as “highly contentious and highly controversial” before the process was halted. Hussman,

whose name adorns the UNC journalism school after he pledged a $25 million donation, didn’t immediately reply to a message seeking comment.

“I cannot imagine working at and advancing a school named for a man who lobbied against me, who used his wealth to influence the hires and ideology of the journalism school, who ignored my 20 years of journalism experience, all of my credentials, all of my work, because he believed that a project that centered Black Americans equaled the denigration of white Americans,” HannahJones said in her statement, which was released by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. “Nor can I work at an institution whose leadership permitted this conduct and has done nothing to disavow it.”

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“When I was with him, I didn’t have to worry about anything,” she said.

Jackson’s detailed description of Arbery’s life reveals a personable and caring young man with a lot of love for his family and friends. Jackson’s narrative about the murder is both chilling in its brutality and heart breaking, that such a promising and hopeful young man was slaughtered because of the color of his skin. Jackson was certainly aware of racism while growing up in north and northeast Portland, “the whitest city in America,” but he doesn’t think things have gotten much better.

“I realized how segregated we were then, but I didn’t understand the mechanisms, like redlining,” he said in an interview with the Portland Observer.

“They were not wrong, but they seemed to overshadow the violence that actually happened against Black people and people of color,” he said. “Maybe one thing to learn in Portland is that allyship doesn’t have to be so loud – let them lead.” But whites, if they will, can help combat racism, he said, by examining their own vanities and motives and doing what they can to even the racial playing field.

“Ahmaud Arbery, by all accounts, loved to run but didn’t call himself a runner.

That is a shortcoming of the culture of running,” Jackson wrote. “That Maud’s jogging made him the target of hegemonic white forces is a certain failure of America…

Blacks ain’t never owned the same freedom of movement as whites…”And education, of course, is another way to combat racism, by teaching children the truth about our racist past.

“If you see something (that is racist), say something,” he

“I think it’s necessary,” he said. “It’s been politicized

but it doesn’t have anything to do with politics…I’m not buying into that it’s making white kids racist to teach about racism in America.

It’s not making little white kids racist or feel guilty, and if they do, that’s healthy.”

Jackson said racism is an insidious problem here and it’s easy for Black people to feel defeated. He knows what he’s talking about. He got into trouble as a teen and spent 16 months in the Santiam Correctional Facility in Salem, Oregon.

But he turned himself around and earned a bachelor’s in speech communication and master’s in writing from Portland State University followed by a master’s in fine arts in creative writing from New York University. You just can’t give up hope, he said.

“I think it’s almost about learning about your circumstances but don’t feel submerged in them, which is easy to do, with people getting shot every day, living in Section 8, it’s real easy to feel defeated,” he said. “But if you investigate and interrogate, to have a better perspective and also find people who will give you aid and perspective — and stay hopeful — that’s what it’s all about.”

Arbery’s killing, along with those of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other Black Americans, contributed to a wave of protests last summer in the movement against systemic racism and police brutality, which Jackson addressed in an interview with the University of Chicago News, where until recently he was a faculty member teaching

creative writing. He’ll be starting a new position, also teaching creative writing, in the English department at the University of Arizona this fall.

“Oftentimes victims of police brutality or misconduct … are just seen as a victim,” Jackson said. “It was really important to me to show how Arbery lived, which is why I named the piece ‘Twelve Minutes and a Life,’ because his life was just as important as the 12 minutes when he was hunted.”

He succeeded, according to the Pulitzer Prize Board, which recognized Jackson “for a deeply affecting account of the killing” of Arbery that “combined vivid writing, thorough reporting and personal experience to shed light on systemic racism in America.”

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION Insurance Giant Prioritizes

EDITORIAL

Fighting for Freedom, Profits Over Patients One Person at a Time

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Now that the Fourth of July is over and we have all been reminded of what Frederick Douglas said and did, the cookouts are behind us, but so is the memory of the White Nationalists marching in the streets of Philadelphia with flags and faces covered. Let us now come off of recess and dig in for the battle ahead. Let us not be like the Summer Patriot and Sunshine Soldier that Thomas Paynewrote about during the Revolutionary War. In his publication, “The Crisis”, he said that such would soon vanish from the battle, but those that endured until the end would desire the love of all mankind. In other words, some people will only participate in a fight when things are sunny and good as opposed to those who will fight through storms and hardships.

The question on so many of our minds is how do we fight and when and where do we fight? The answer: Right where you stand, and right now. You fight right where you stand by moving beyond waiting for someone to tell you what to do, and looking at what needs to be done. For example, we have a recall election coming up in less than 60 days.

Let’s arm ourselves with information about what is at stake and how it will affect each of us.

Newsom may not be the best Governor, according to some, but he is better than the alternatives of Kevin Faulconer, John Cox and Catlyn Jenner.

We have already seen what Republican governors have done to the rest of the country with voter suppression and support of Trump’s Big Lie. If a Republican is on a ballot, then we must act to vote against them and what they represent. Democrats are not

our answer, but they are better than the alternative.

Since the United States Supreme Court has finished gutting the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Senate refuses to act in allowing our Constitutional form of government to work, then we must mobilize in every state where there is a Republican on the ballot for Governor, U.S. Senate, or House of Representative seats; to find and support those people running against them and willing to support voting rights, kill the Filibuster in the U.S. Senate and vote people into the Congress that will allow victories for our people in the 2022 elections.

The reality is that there are more of us than them, but they have learned that historically we don’t vote. We must repeat the voter turnout of the 2020 election, in spite of the new voter suppression laws and efforts

to purge election rolls. We must start now to re-register people to vote, join the Black Votes Matter (BVM) movement in every state where we live or have family.

Just as our forefathers didn’t quit the fight for civil rights and equality because of the KKK or the hatred of segregationists, so we must not be deterred by marching against White Nationalists, no matter how they are armed and dressed. We must neither ignore nor be discouraged by racist White state governors doing everything in their power to make sure we don’t vote again in the numbers we produced in 2020.

We must not become apathetic if we live in a blue state. We have already seen the plans to use the results of the 2020 Census to change electoral districts, drawing new boundaries that weaken the power of our collective vote.

When we decide to fight, one person at a time, regardless of where we live, we give new meaning to the saying, “There is no power like that of an idea whose time has come.” Our time has come, if you get involved. If you don’t know what to do, then ask somebody. Get armed with information and then get active where you stand.

Concerning The District Attorney And Officer Involved Shootings

By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint It is good that San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephen continues her efforts at transparency, especially with the matter of police officer-involved shootings. It is also good that she mentions the availability of the San Diego Police Department’s video with each incident.

Four out of the five cases could get by on the facts presented, but we still see too many efforts to shoot real bullets first, as in the case of the one officer who fired live rounds at Alfredo Castro, 39, who obviously was having some mental problems. It was encouraging to see that all but one of the police officers present

sought to use less lethal options. It becomes academic that one officer fired a taser and one fired a beanbag round when the third officer fired a live round at the same time, not allowing either of the non lethal options to take effect. It would appear that if the third officer was that afraid for his life, there should be a reevaluation of his status, since Mr. Castro had a metal pipe and could have been disarmed without lethal force by the three officers.

What happened to the acknowledgement of the risk that goes with putting on a badge and the fact that non lethal encounters

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. National Newspaper Publishers Association, President and CEO

In the p ast year, a reckoning h a s happened across the country.

What Black people and other communities of color have known for years, our White brothers and sisters are starting to learn. Our country is plagued with systemic racism that runs through industries across the nation. Most concerning is the deep roots it has within the American healthcare system. It’s time that we shine a light on this and stop letting insurance companies get away with it.

Health insurance companies have a long-proven pattern of exploiting and discriminating against people of color in this country. As I wrote in an op-ed in The Hill in April 2020.

“Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. They are also more likely to not have health insurance and are often hit with surprise

medical bills they cannot afford.” Now, insurance companies are at it again by prioritizing their own profits rather than the health and well-being of all Americans.

One of the most recent acts of insurance company greed happened with UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest insurance

provider. Just recently, the insurance giant announced it would no longer cover patients' nonurgent visits to the emergency room retroactively. Yes, you read that correctly. An American insurance company is no longer going to cover American

District Attorney Stephan, we still have a police problem and we need to see you acknowledge it in your opinions, especially when you are finding police actions justified.

With a year of one public health crisis after another, UnitedHealthcare is creating an extra barrier to entry for patients accessing care. As pointed out by the American College of Emergency Physicians, there is a fear that “the

change will cause patients to avoid using emergency rooms because they will be responsible for their hospital bills when UnitedHealthcare rejects them.” Because many See Insurance page 16

Black People and Psychological Warfare

By A. Peter Bailey Writer and Author In his must-read 1926 book, “The Miseducation of the Negro,” Dr. Carter G. Woodson stated, “Starting out after the Civil War, opponents of free- dom and social justice decided to work out a program which would enslave the Negro’s mind, in as much as the freedom of the body had to be conceded.”

That is psychological warfare.

have, for generations, been resolved without killing people as the first response?

I can see the officers claiming that they fired simultaneously, believing they were defending themselves as an excuse. But it is discouraging to see the D.A. use that same language to justify their actions without so much as a word about how one person shot to kill while the others sought to disarm Mr. Castro, knowing his mental condition.

patients who incorrectly self-diagnose and seek emergency treatment.

It is distressing to have to admit that descendants of those opponents of freedom and justice cited by Dr. Woodson have had a great deal of success in enslaving the minds of way too many Black folks today. This factor continues to make it very difficult for us to promote and protect our vital individual and group interests in this country.

Examples of their successful psychological warfare are reflected in Black folks who use Black as an epithet; who believe in white standards of beauty and attractiveness; who consistently use the “N-word” when talking about our people; who only have images of a white Jesus in their churches and homes; who relish being the only Black person in an

otherwise all white organization, school or neighborhood; who only have white art in their homes or apartments; who are dyed or bewigged blondes; who believe that an all-Black school or other institution is inherently inferior; who believe that striving for academic excellence is trying to be “white;” who use the word “classical” only for European music; who smile with gratitude when a white person tells him or her “you are different from other Black people;” who wreak havoc in Black neighborhoods; who say that a Black person has “good” or “bad” hair; who believes that a Black person romantically involved with or married to a white person has enhanced his

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or her social status; who believe that a degree from Harvard, Yale, Princeton or any other overwhelmingly white college or university automatically makes them superior to Black folks with degrees from historically black colleges and universities; whose buffoonish professional names carry on the demeaning tradition of Stepin Fetchit, Mantan Moreland and Scatman Crothers; and those who have built lucrative careers in the academic, journalistic, political and cultural arenas by, to the delight of white supremacists, consistently attacking other Black folks.

Black folks guilty of the above are basically allies of those who falsely believe they are superior to us.

Anyone wanting to know what can be done about this must read the writings of Brother Malcolm X, Dr. C. Delores Tucker and Dr. Frances Cress Welsing.

This commentary is courtesy of The Richmond Free Press.

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LOCAL NEWS/COMMUNITY COUNTY CLERK OFFERS

“Walk-Up Wednesday”

Marriage Services Clerk to meet pent-up demand caused by COVID-19 service interruptions Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk’s office has received an unprecedented number of requests for marriage licenses and civil marriage services. To meet the pent-up demand for marriage services caused by COVID-19 interruptions, the office opened more appointments across the County and will be offering no appointment required “Walk-Up Wednesday” marriage ser vices. The “Walk-Up Wednesday” service will be offered only at the Clerk’s award-winning “Marriage Hut,” located in the County’s picturesque Waterfront Park.

The San Diego County Clerk’s Office was recently

recognized by the National Association of Counties (NACo) with a 2021 NACo Achievement Award for innovative excellence in County Administration of Management for transforming a vacant snack shop into the “Marriage Hut” in order to continue issuing marriage licenses and perform ceremonies during the COVID19 pandemic. During 2020, under COVID-19 restrictions, the office issued 17,286 marriage licenses.

The new “ Wa l k - Up Wednesday” marriage services will begin Wednesday, July 7, 2021, and continue through the summer or until demand subsides. Many couples had their 2020 wedding plans interrupted or delayed

by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The County Clerk’s office has been working hard to meet this unprecedented demand for marriage services and added “Walk-Up Wednesdays” to make it easier for couples to get a marriage license and or get married without interruption to their plans for a summer of love.

San Diego County Clerk Ernie Dronenburg said, “July is the start of what we are calling the Summer of Love and it is sizzling hot.”

Dronenburg continued, “So many couples had to delay or rebook their weddings because of the pandemic and are now ready to start their lives together.” Dronenburg concluded, “My San Diego

County Clerk team is pulling out all the stops and offering walk-up services to make sure your summer of love is unforgettable.”

“Walk-Up Wednesday” marriage services will only be offered at the “Marriage Hut,” located at 1600 Pacific Highway in downtown San Diego on the north side of the County Administration Center in the Waterfront Park. Services will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on a firstcome-first-ser ve basis.

Marriage ceremonies will be performed in the Waterfront Park and guests are welcome. Marriage licenses, under State of California

law, are valid only for 90 days from the date issued. Couples are encouraged to complete their marriage license application online for faster service at www.

SDARCC.COM. Except for “ Wa l k - Up Wednesdays” at the Marriage Hut, license and ceremony appointments are still required for Downtown, Chula Vista, San Marcos, and Santee locations. Make appointments online at www.SDARCC.

com. The cost of a non-confidential marriage license is $70.00 and an additional $88.00 for a civil ceremony performed by wonderful County staff in English or Spanish.

26 Libraries, Other City Facilities

Now Open To The Public City swimming pools open for summer Voice & Viewpoint Newswire As the San Diego region continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Diego Public Library (SDPL) is resuming many of its in-person services.

Beginning Tuesday, July 6, 2021, SDPL began offering in-person services at 26 of its locations. In accordance with the City of San Diego’s policy and in keeping with local health guidelines, individuals who are fully vaccinated are not required to wear face coverings inside

City buildings. For individuals who are not fully vaccinated, face coverings are required indoors and recommended outdoors when unable to maintain six feet of distance from others.

“The San Diego Public Library is thrilled to welcome patrons back into our buildings,” said Library Director Misty Jones.

“Although our staff members have connected with patrons in new ways during the COVID-19 pandemic,

nothing can replace the face-to-face interactions that make a visit to the library so special.”

Patrons at the 26 locations can browse, use computer and printing services, pick up holds and renew their library cards. Select library locations also offer free Wi-Fi, internet access and laptop use through SD Access 4 All. In addition to the sites offering in-person services, four additional locations will be open for contactless pickup service. Book

drops are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week at all 36 library locations.

SDPL will resume limited in-person programs at select library locations and virtual programs will continue on the SDPL Virtual Hub Facebook page. Visit the Programs page (sandiego.gov/public-librar y/ news-events) for a calendar of events. Additional City facilities will continue to expand services this summer. Currently, City pools

are ​open for activities such as lap swim, learn to swim and water fitness (activities and schedule vary by location). Select City recreation centers are open on a limited basis. Contact the individual facility for information regarding hours of operation and programming.

Passport S er vices are now available by appointment only at the City Administration Building, 202 C St. Appointments can be made on the City

Clerk’s website or by calling 619-533-4000. The Public Information Center in the lobby of the City Administration Building is open for limited walk-in services, including acceptance of summons and subpoenas, appeals, and pick up and drop off of records.

For a full list of impacted and available City services, visit www.sandiego.gov/status.

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STATE/NATIONAL NEWS GPS Pioneer First Woman to Win Prince Philip Medal Mathematician’s work was instrumental in accurate modeling of the Earth Dr Gladys West, Courtesy of Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering, founded by His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has presented its highest individual award — the Prince Philip Medal — to Dr. Gladys West, whose mathematical modelling paved the way for the engineering innovation of GPS. Dr. West is the first woman to win the Prince Philip Medal in the 30 years since it was presented for the first time in 1991. As a pioneer in the use of complex mathematics and efficient programming to process early satellite data to generate accurate, repeatable and global models of the Earth’s geoid, her work underpinned the mapping functions of GPS and the study of global mean sea level.

Speaking from her home at Gatcombe Park, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

Anne, Royal Fellow of the Academy, presented the gold medal via a virtual audience with Dr. West at her home in the United States. Accepting the award, Dr. West says: “It is hard for me to believe that I was a little black girl on the farm who had a dream to get off the farm, get educated, and make enough money to take care of myself. And now, I have realized my dreams and reached a height beyond what I anticipated.

I encourage young women to believe in yourself, find your passion, work hard and apply yourself, stay committed, find a mentor, participate in activities that relate to your passion, never give up, always keep setting new goals and continue to strive to reach them, and most of all — follow your dreams.”

Now aged 90, Dr. West was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, and started her career as a maths and sci-

ence teacher after graduating from Virginia State University in 1952. Four years later she was hired to work at the Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia, (now called the Naval Surface Warfare Center), where she was the second black woman ever hired and one of only four black employees.

West was a programmer in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division for large-scale computers and a project manager for data-processing systems used in the analysis of satellite data. In the early 1960s, she participated in an award-winning astronomical study that proved the regularity of Pluto’s motion relative to Neptune.

Subsequently, Dr. West began to analyse data from satellites, putting together models of the Earth’s shape.

Dr. West introduced innova-

tions, cutting her team’s processing time in half, and was recommended for a commendation in 1979. From the mid-1970s through to the 1980s, Dr. West designed, developed, tested and then used computer programmes to deliver increasingly precise calculations to model the shape of the Earth. Her data ultimately became an important enabler for the Global Positioning System (GPS).

achieved by processing the data created from the radio altimeter on the Geosat satellite, which went into orbit on March 12, 1984. Dr. West worked at Dahlgren for 42 years, retiring in 1998. After retiring, she completed a PhD in Public Administration.

In 1986, Dr. West published Data Processing System Specifications for the Geosat Satellite R a d a r A lt i m e t e r, Dr G a 51-page techni- on salatedlliytes West (right) and colle geodesy a a t Dahlgre gues working cal rep or t f rom n in the 19 80s The Naval Surface Weapons Center. The guide was published to explain Nominating Dr. West for the award, Pat how to increase the accuracy of the estimation of geoid Norris, who worked as a satheights and vertical deflecellite geodesist on the Apollo tion, important components programme in the 1960s and became Chairman of of satellite geodesy. This was

UKspace in the 1990s, says: “Dr. West’s contribution was a combination of complex algebra and software engineering. The discipline of software engineering was embryonic in the 1970s when she was doing her seminal work on geoids and the definition and testing of complex mathematical software was particularly problematic. Her c o nt r i b u t i o n s were all the more meritorious as a Black woman in a white patriarchal society…

Dr. West’s determination and success in overcoming these challenges in her early education set the path for her excelling at work and in family life — a true inspiration for all young people, particularly those with obstacles to overcome.”

EDD to Resume Work Search Requirement for UI Benefits Assistance Available to Help Connect Californians with Suitable Careers Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The Employment Develop­ ment Department (EDD) announced that starting July 11, 2021, Californians receiving unemployment benefits should begin looking for work to maintain their eligibility. The requirement to search for work has been a part of the unemployment insurance program since its inception. During the pandemic, t he fe dera l government temporarily allowed states to waive this requirement, and since March 2020 the work search requirement has been suspended in California.

Unemployment Assistance (PUA). PUA is a federal program created to support individuals impacted by the pandemic who did not qualify for regular UI because they were, for example, self-employed or a small-business owner.

EDD will be sending notices to claimants in the coming weeks about any requirements on their specific

Different Work Search Requirements for Different Claim Types Different work search requirements apply for those collecting benefits on a regular unemployment insurance (UI) claim or extension, or on Pandemic

recipients such as providing primary care to a person diagnosed with Covid-19 or a child who cannot attend

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school because of a Covid19 health emergency.

facts.

Work Search Requirement for Pandemic Unemploy­ ment Assistance PUA claimants will not have to register on CalJOBS, however doing so is re commende d because it has many us ef u l tools. A variety of activities can meet the PUA work search requirement each week, including:

(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

When claimants were asked if they had looked for work when completing their weekly certification, they could answer “No” and maintain their benefits. As California reopens, most claimants will need to answer “Yes” next month to maintain eligibility. EDD offers many services to assist people looking for safe and suitable work and get training.

That includes the CalJOBS online labor exchange system, as well as the job search assistance, resume and interview preparation, and access to job training available through America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) locations throughout the state.

Claimants who engage in any of these activities can answer “Yes” to the question “Did you look for work?” that is asked every two weeks when certifying for benefits.

A person who answers “No” will be asked further questions and may be scheduled for an interview to determine benefit eligibility.

UI recipient. In addition, there may be pandemic-related exemptions to the work search requirement for PUA

claims. Individuals starting new claims on or after July 11 will also be notified by mail that they must register on CalJOBS. Examples of reasonable efforts to search for suitable work each week include activities such as: Prepare for Job Searches: Set up an account on CalJOBS, participate in reemployment services, post a profile on various job sites.

Expand Networks: Let friends, prior employers, or community members know you are looking for work.

Participate in networking, job fair events or clubs.

Apply for Suitable Work: Apply for positions with e mp l oy e r s re a s on a b l y expected to have suitable openings matching skills and experience.

Participate in Training: Engage in permissible education and training opportunities that assist in obtaining employment.

Rebuild Businesses: Pursue new or additional clients, market the business, or research, prepare or submit a bid on a new contract.

Expand Networks: Attend networking events, participate in relevant workshops, or expand business.

Establish Accounts: For independent contractors who participated in an online platform, establish an account on another platform that matches the individual’s qualifications.

Participate in Training: Enroll in training or education courses that will help the business and does not interfere with an ability to return to full-time self employment.

A person on a PUA claim who no longer wants to continue self-employment (or was previously employed but not eligible for regular UI benefits) can look for work just like a regular

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IN MORE NEWS NATIONAL MINORITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION AWARDED

$11.1 million Grant in fight against COVID-19 Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

zations like NMHA better mobilize frontline home health workers to conduct on-the-ground outreach to educate and assist individuals in receiving reliable information about vaccinations, scheduling vaccine appointments, and assisting with appointment transportation needs.

The grant is part of the approximately $125 million available through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) American Rescue Plan to develop and support a community-based workforce that will serve as trusted voices in sharing information about COVID-19 vaccines, increase vaccine confidence, and address barriers to vaccination for those living in vulnerable and medically underserved communities.

The grant funding will help community-based organi-

“I am very excited to see a mobilization of home health workers since they are on the front lines of this pandemic,” said ‘The Doctors’ host, Dr. Ian Smith. “We seek to amplify their trusted

voice and support the home health effort to reduce hesitancy about taking the vaccine – and I am glad to help,” continued Smith.

The initiative will focus on 12 key states: California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, New York, South C arolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

“Community health workers are a trusted voice within

their respective neighborhoods and play a vital role in supporting this important effort to keep patients and loved ones safe.

Our program is an example of he alt h equity at work and achieves a key mission of NMHA as we serve populations that have historically suffered from poorer health outcomes, health disparities, and other inequi-

ties,” said Burgess Harrison, Executive Director.

After the NCAA decision, Steve Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman and co-lead attorney for a class action suit, Keller v.

Electronic Arts Inc., that helped shift the ground on the student athlete pay issue, shared his thoughts.

Alston’s landmark ruling may have led to the biggest rewriting of NCAA rules in the organization’s 115year history, but it was Ed O’Bannon, who first brought a legal complaint against the NCAA, over the compensation of former and current student-athletes.

NMHA has assembled a comprehensive network of supporting partners to help ensure a broad geographic reach and achieve the goal of getting as many people vaccinated as possible. “Trusted messengers play an essential role in sharing information about COVID-19 vaccines, answering questions, and ultimately convincing people to get vaccinated,” said Acting HRSA Administrator Diana Espinosa.

SPORTS Cali’s Push to Let

Student Athletes Get Paid AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Richardson Will Miss Olympic 100 After Marijuana Test

By Eddie Pells and Pat Graham AP Sports Writers American c h a mp i o n Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.

Richardson, who won the 100 at Olympic trials in 10.86 seconds on June 19, spoke of her ban Friday on the “Today” show. She tested positive at the Olympic trials and so her result is erased.

Fourth-place finisher Jenna Prandini is expected to get Richardson’s spot in the 100.

Richardson accepted a 30-day suspension that ends July 27, which would be in time to run in the women’s relays. USA Track and Field has not disclosed plans for the relay. The 21-year-old sprinter was expected to face Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in one of the most highly anticipated races of the Olympic track meet.

On Thursday, as reports swirled about her possible marijuana use, Richardson put out a tweet that said, simply: “I am human.” On Friday, she went on TV and said she smoked marijuana as a way of coping with her mother’s recent death. “I was definitely triggered and blinded by emotions, blinded by badness, and hurting, and hiding hurt,” she told NBC. “I know I can’t hide myself, so

in some type of way, I was trying to hide my pain.”

Richardson had what could have been a three-month sanction reduced to one month because she participated in a counseling program. After the London Olympics, international regulators relaxed the threshold for what constitutes a positive test for marijuana from 15 nanograms per milliliter to 150 ng/m.

They explained the new threshold was an attempt to ensure that in-competition use is detected and not used during the days and weeks before competition.

Though there have been w ide-rang ing deb ates about whether marijuana should be considered a performance-enhancing drug, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency makes clear on its website that “all synthetic and naturally occurring cannabinoids are prohibited in-competition, except for cannabidiol (CBD),” a byproduct that is being explored for possible medical benefits. While not weighing in on her prospects for the relays, USATF issued a statement that said her “situation is incredibly unfortunate and devastating for everyone involved.”

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Initiative Gets Big Assists From SCOTUS, NCAA

By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The National Collegiate At h l e t i c Association (NCAA) represents the sports programs at over 1,260 academic institutions, 102 athletic conferences, and more than 480,000 student athletes who have not been allowed, until recently, to make a dime from their athletic abilities or the marketing of their names, images or likenesses.

But last week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) u n a n i mously ruled that the NCAA policy must fall in line with the c o u n t r y ’s antitrust laws and that the organization does not have the authority to deny student athletes the right to receive compensation for their athleticism or fame.

“I’m excited about this ruling. It’s long overdue and I am happy that California had a small role in moving that tide, that marker,” said Sen. Steve Bradford (D-Gardena), who, along with Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) introduced Senate Bill (SB) 206 or the Fair Pay to Play Act in California.

SB 206, which Gov. Newsom signed into law in 2019 — and which is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2023 — paved the way for athletes in the Golden State to cash in on apparel endorsements,

autograph signing, jersey licensing, social media commerce, ticket sales or other for-profit ventures.

Speaking during a Juneteenth celebration at the Secretary of State office in Sacramento, Bradford said, “It’s really what we were talking about here today. College athletics is an extension of the chattel system. Those athletes are people of color — African American men and women — who have never been fully compensated.”

About a week after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision, the NCAA, based on recommendations from the organization’s Division 1 Board of Directors, announced that it would lift its restrictions on student earnings and allow students to profit off of their athleticism and fame.

That organization’s decision came a day before laws lifting the NCAA ban in eight states – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio and Texas – took effect July 1.

According to the NCAA, the temporary action would remain in place until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted.

Berman told California Black Media, “this set of rules argues that the fate of college sports is not seriously in jeopardy if the NCAA were to get out of the business of fixing NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) prices entirely.”

“The NCAA is admitting what we’ve known all along: that consumer demand is not tied to athletes’ earnings, and for many reasons, college sports can have a future that is both fair and sustainable for athletes,” he continued.

In the Supreme Court case, the National Collegiate Athletic Association v.

Alston (No. 20-512), U.S. Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered an opinion in the 9-0 unanimous ruling. Gorsuch wrote, “Colleges and universities across the country have leveraged sports to bring in revenue, attract attention, boost enrollment, and raise

money from alumni. That profitable enterprise relies on ‘amateur’ student-athletes who compete under horizontal restraints that restrict how the schools may compensate them for their play.”

The NCAA, he continued, “issues and enforces these rules, which restrict compensation for student-athletes in various ways. These rules depress compensation for at least some student-athletes below what a competitive market would yield.”

The lead plaintiff in the case the Supreme Court decided, Alston v. NCAA, is African American Shawne Alston, a former University of West Virginia (UVW) running back. Alston played for the Mountaineers from 2009 to 2012.

O’Bannon, who won a NCAA Men’s Basketball title with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1995 filed the federal class-action lawsuit, O’Bannon v. NCAA, 12 years ago. He and 19 other athletes sued the NCAA for violating federal antitrust laws.

National Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Oscar Robertson affixed his name to O’Bannon’s suit in 2011 when he learned that the NCAA used his image in licensing deals with trading card companies without his knowledge. The distribution of trading cards displayed Robertson wearing his University of Cincinnati uniform, where he played for the Bearcats from 1957 to 1960. The NCAA claimed it could use his likeness in perpetuity, Yahoo! Sports reported in January 2011. “ To day, t he Supreme Court said, ‘no’ to the NCAA’s monopolistic practices,” Skinner said of the NCAA v. Alston ruling. “For far too long, the NCAA has pocketed billions off the hard work and talent of student-athletes while limiting the support colleges can provide and denying athletes any of that wealth.”

In 2009, Sam Keller, a former starting quarterback at Arizona State University and the University of Nebraska, brought a putative class action lawsuit (along with other former college football players) against Electronic Arts (EA), the digital interactive company, alleging that its use of his likeness in the NCAA Football series of video games violated his right of publicity under California statutory and common law.

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COVID-19 UPDATES Save Communities of Color

by Getting Vaccinated

By Dr. Ebony Hilton

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

LIMITED ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER (Effective June 15, 2021)

On June 15, 2021, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy will be rescinded.

Persons and entities may still be subject to Cal OSHA and California Department of Public Health guidelines and standards with limited public health restrictions, including face coverings, school based guidance, and guidance for mega events. The California Public Health Officer has issued an order to be effective June 15, 2021, and available here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/Order-of-the-State-Public- HealthOfficer-Beyond-Blueprint.aspx. The California Public Health Officer has also issued updated face covering guidance effective June 15, 2021, and available here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID19/guidance-for-face- coverings.aspx#June15guidance.

In San Diego County, persons who have been diagnosed with COVID19, or who are likely to have COVID19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID19,” or as subsequently amended.

Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID-19, or is likely to have COVID-19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Both orders are available at: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/pro-

grams/phs/community_epidemiology/ dc/2 019-nCoV/health-order.html.

Subsequent Health Officer Orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be issued in San Diego County as conditions warrant.

Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code sections 101040, 120175, and 120175.5 (b), the Health Officer of the County of San Diego (Health Officer) ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: 1. Effective June 15, 2021, the Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations, dated May 6, 2021, and any other Health Officer orders related to COVID-19 shall expire, with the exception of the following: a. “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19,” dated December 24, 2020. b. “Quarantine of Persons Exposed to COVID-19,” dated April 5, 2021. c. Any quarantine or isolation order issued to an individual that is currently in effect.

2. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 120175.5 (b), all governmental entities in the county shall continue to take necessary measures within the governmental entity’s control to ensure compliance with State and local laws, regulations, and orders related to the control of COVID-19.

Black and Brown Americans are dying of Covid-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren't planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41 percent of Black adults ages 18-44 said they wouldn't get a vaccine.

Another 21 percent were undecided. Many respondents — no doubt reacting to the myths and misinformation they've seen online — expressed concerns about safety and side effects.

These vaccines are some of the safest, most effective ever invented. It's a message I stress with all of my patients.

But I also know from talking with patients that it's going to take more than telling them the vaccines are safe.

It also requires dispelling myths about them so that we can finally end this pandemic. Here are just some of the myths I hear on a regu-

Date: June 14, 2021 Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H. Public Health Officer County of San Diego

EXPIRATION OF EMERGENCY REGULATIONS As Director of Emergency Services for the County of San Diego, I am authorized to promulgate regulations for the protection of life and property pursuant to Government Code Section 8634 and San Diego County Code section 31.103.

The Health Officer Order and Emergency Regulations, dated May 6, 2021, shall expire as a regulation for the protection of life and property, on June 15, 2021.

Date: June 14, 2021

Helen Robbins-Meyer Chief Administrative Officer Director of Emergency Services County of San Diego

lar basis along with the facts that everyone should commit to memory.

Myth: The vaccines offer lit-

Myth: Vaccinations can

Fact: All available vaccines

Fact: None of the vaccines

are virtually 100 percent effective in preventing hospitalization and death.

Myth: The vaccines were rushed into distribution.

Fact: Contrary to internet rumors, these vaccines went through all the standard

FAST and FREE COVID-19 testing Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The AFRICAN AMERICAN C O M M U N I T Y EMPOWERMENT COUNCIL has initiated a statewide “call to action” within faith-based communities to implement testing in church parking lots, campuses, and facilities. There is no appointment necessary, but be sure to check the website at www.aacec-cal. org/covidtesting for contact information, specific locations and times.

Bethel AME Church San Diego Testing Days & Times: Mon 11am-5pm; Tue-Fri 10am-4pm (619) 232-0510

Everyday life will feel a lot like before COVID-19. But reopening safely means continuing vaccinations and protecting the health and well-being of Californians.

Do’s and don’ts for daily life

Total Deliverance Worship Center Testing Days & Times: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9am-5pm; Sat 9am-5pm (619) 633-7990

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use live versions of the virus, so it is impossible for the vaccine itself to give people Covid-19.

Myth: Vaccines cause infertility and are unsafe for pregnant women.

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY

COVID-19 STATUS

TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES

282,582

REPORTED TESTS

5,272,872 HOSPITALIZED

15,536 ICU

1,721 SOURCE: Calif. Dept. of Public Health as of 6/29/21

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Restaurants, shopping malls, movie theaters, and most everyday places will be open as normal with no capacity limits or social distancing required. Protect yourself and others by keeping these common-sense rules in mind.

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cinated individuals starting on June 15. Vaccinated people are able to come together without masks in most circumstances.

California’s Department of Public Health has updated statewide masking guidance to match the CDC’s guidance, lifting California’s mask requirements for vac-

spread the infection.

Bayview Baptist Church Testing Days & Times: Mon, Tue, Thu, Sun 10am-4pm; Wed 11am-6pm (619) 262-8384

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measures

safety testing required for FDA approval. Clinical trial administrators pointedly refused to rush the process.

tle added protection against Covid-19.

Local Churches Serving

safety

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tancing rules in place at a private business

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rules everywhere to be lifted

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into the U.S. without proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test

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People who are unvaccinated must continue to wear

a mask indoors in public settings to protect themselves and others. Also, there are some settings where masking is still required for everyone, such as: See SAFETY page 19

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS Africa to get U.S. COVID shots

next week as cases surge Macdonald Dzirutwe & Omar Mohammed Reuters The United States will begin shipping the first batch of COVID19 vaccines it has donated to Africa from this weekend, a special envoy of the African Union said on Thursday, as the continent sees a surge in cases fuelled by variants. Separately, the World Health Organization Africa head Matshidiso Moeti warned on Thursday that the third wave hitting the continent was “like nothing we’ve seen before.”

U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced last month it would donate 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to the

100 lowest income countries in the world and will seek no favours in exchange for the doses. Strive Masiyiwa told a weekly online briefing of the Africa Centres for Disease Control that the donations consisted largely of Pfizer doses and a few Johnson & Johnson vaccines. “We begin to ship by this weekend the U.S. donations.

So some countries will begin to receive early next week shipments that are Johnson & Johnson, others will receive shipments that are Pfizer. No country will receive both,” Masiyiwa said.

Masiyiwa is part of the African

Vaccine Acquisition Trust, which is helping coordinate the distribution of the vaccines donated by the United States. The continent is lagging behind in vac- (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) cinating its population, contagious variants. with just 1% fully inoculated, John Nkengasong, the Africa CDC direc“The Delta variant of concern is tor said during the same meeting. the most contagious we’ve seen. It Africa aimed to have 800 million has been found in 16 African coundoses by December this year but tries so far, including three out of had only received 65 million so far, the five countries reporting the Nkengasong said. At a later briefing most new cases,” Moeti told reporton Thursday, Moeti said the surge ers. She urged urgent action on the in cases was being fuelled by more part of wealthier nations on the

sharing of vaccines. Just over 1% of Africans are now fully vaccinated, compared to 11% of people globally, and over 46% of people in the United Kingdom and the United States, she added. “Africa must not be left languishing in the throes of its worst wave yet,” she said.

JACOB ZUMA WINS TEMPORARY REPRIEVE OVER CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGES Photo of J. Zuma

Global Information Network Former president of South Africa Jacob Zuma beat the odds this week, winning a last minute review of his sentence of 15 months on serious corruption charges when he was president.

With hours to spare, senior judges suspended his immediate lock-up and agreed to “reconsider and rescind” a finding of guilty in multiple graft scandals over nine years in power. The former president had

failed to appear at a pre-trial hearing on multiple charges related to a multi-billion dollar arms deal. He stepped down under pressure from the ANC in February 2018.

There is no new evidence, so this means the system is being bent to fit the politics and people everywhere will be very disappointed by that,” Ralph Mathekga, a leading political analyst told a news outlet.

Zuma, age 79, and his counsel asked the court to put off the sentence citing poor legal advice, ill health, and financial constraints because his state-sponsored legal fees were halted.

Similarly, South Africa’s deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo said the failure of the ex-president to respond to the court would send the message that people can ignore or disregard summons and orders of courts with impunity…[and] “there will be very little that will be left of our democracy.”

Obser vers in South Africa expressed surprise at the Supreme Court’s decision to consider the former president’s challenge to its own decision.

“If Zuma goes to prison, we can say we have the rule of law in South Africa. If he doesn’t, then we don’t.

The South African Supreme Court in its own message noted that the former president had “repeatedly reiterated that he would rather be imprisoned than to cooperate with

BIAFRA LEADER FACES TRIAL FOR

Kanu remains a hero to hundreds of thousands of followers. For more than a decade, his fiery radio broadcasts and social media posts were thorns in the side of the Nigerian government.

The war became a seminal event in Nigeria’s modern history, even for those who did not live through it.

“By the time Biafra was defeated, in 1970, at least a million people were dead, including my grandfathers— proud, titled Igbo men who were buried in the unmarked graves of refugee camps. My parents lost other relatives, and everything they owned.

A generation was robbed of its innocence.” After two Nigerian governments were overthrown in what were seen as “Igbo coups” led by junior army officers, riots in northern Nigeria targeted at Igbos, killed many and forced up to a million to return to south-eastern

In March 2018 - a month after he resigned as president — national prosecutors decided Zuma was liable to face prosecution on 783 counts of corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering charges relating to the arms deal.

In another notorious case, South Africa’s graft watchdog found Zuma to have “benefited unduly” from so-called security upgrades to his rural Nkandla residence in KwaZulu-Natal province, paid for with taxpayers’ money. The

Meanwhile, thousands of his supporters, mainly members of the African National Congress’s Umkhonto Wesizwe military wing, have been camped outside his home in Kwa-Zulu Natal province for weeks.

“They can give Zuma 15 months… or 100 months. He’s not going to serve even one day or one minute of that,” his son Edward Zuma told the news agency Reuters at the gathering. “They would have to kill me before they put their hands on him.”

TIGRAY REBELS IN UNEXPECTED ROUT Global Information Network

Global Information Network Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in an article titled “Hiding from our Past, was born before the Biafran war but says her family was scarred by it. “In 1967, after massacres in northern Nigeria that targeted southeastern Igbo people, the southeast seceded and formed an independent nation called Biafra.

Nigeria went to war to prevent the secession.

Zuma and other officials are alleged to have accepted bribes from five European arms manufacturers to influence the choice of weaponry bought in the deal.

upgrades included a swimming pool - which was described as a fire-fighting facility — as well as a cattle enclosure, an amphitheater and a visitors’ center.

ETHIOPIAN FORCES TROUNCED BY

SECESSIONIST ACTIVITIES The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been arrested in London and returned to Nigeria where he faces trial for leading a secessionist movement in southeast Nigeria in 1967 which was met with a declaration of war by the Nigerian government, 30 years of fighting and more than a million deaths. Nnamdi Kanu, a British national who has lived in south London, had been wanted by Nigerian authorities since 2015, when he was charged with terrorism offences and incitement over broadcasts aired on Radio Biafra, a digital station he founded and ran from his home in Peckham.

the corruption inquiry”.

Nigeria. Biafran independence was declared in 1967 but its capital, Umuahia, fell to Nigerian forces in 1969.

Surrender followed in 1970.

The IPOB and Kanu have continued to frustrate the Nigerian government. At the beginning of this month, President Buhari tweeted that “those misbehaving” would be dealt with in “the language they will understand” — a reference to security challenges in SouthEast Nigeria. After the tweet was deleted by Twitter and remains shut down, Nigeria went on to issue a nationwide and controversial ban on Twitter, with threats of imprisoning citizens circumventing the ban. Kanu is reportedly being held in the capital city of Abuja where he is awaiting trial.

He currently has 11 charges levelled against him including “engaging in subversive activities.”

One of the strongest armies in Africa was trounced this week by a rebel movement in the Tigray region whose people greeted the returning fighters with cheering, weeping with relief and chanting “Victory is ours!”

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Eight months ago, the government of Ethiopia mounted an offensive in the Tigray region, creating what is now one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises in the country’s northern region. More than 1.7 million people have been displaced and as many as 900,000 are suffering from hunger, according to U.S. officials.

But on Monday, Ethiopian troops were on their back foot, routed by the rebel army and paraded through

the Tigrayan regional capital in a stunning reversal.

Observers reported seeing the Ethiopian soldiers with bowed heads and eyes cast downward, some wounded, some on stretchers.

Tigrayan officials are reportedly in touch with the International Committee of the Red Cross and plan to release the low-ranking soldiers but will keep officers in custody.

The regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has claimed it withdrew its forces voluntarily for humanitarian reasons but the military had been losing ground in recent days to the Tigrayans, according to local analysts, that now call themselves the Tigray Defense Forces.

Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the Tigrayan leadership, accused the Ethiopian troops, on their retreat, of robbing banks, looting and cutting off electricity and telecommunications. He said that Tigrayan leaders would consider a cease-fire and negotiate with Mr. Abiy’s govern-

ment only if services were restored and Tigrayan territory returned.

“You cannot cut off electricity and services and expect to make peace,” he said.

“You cannot expect to make peace while you are robbing our banks,” he was quoted to say.

Meanwhile, at the center of the rebellion against the Ethiopian government was a former army general, Gen. Tsadkan Gebretensae, regarded by international security analysts as one of the finest military strategists of his generation.

By 2021 he was able to turn barefoot young fighters into a serious fighting force that achieved parity with its adversaries. In June, they routed eight divisions of the Ethiopian army and achieved an astounding military victory against the well-trained Ethiopian army, dealing their forces a heavy setback that few expected.

According to The E c on om i st m ag a z i n e, their victory may reshape Ethiopia - and the region.

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COMMUNITY Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Applications for The RISE Urban Leadership Fellows Program are coming up.

If you have demonstrated leadership capacity, with the potential to bring impact and change to urban neighborhoods, this opportunity may be for you. RISE Fellows are offered the next phase of their development and training, enabling them to lead more effectively in the face of the

complex, contentious, and seemingly intractable challenges present in their communities. The application period opened Tuesday, June 1, 2021 and will close Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 5:00 pm PDT. The program is open to any resident of San Diego County ages 18 and older who possesses a deep history in urban

centers of the San Diego region. Potential fellows are expected to reflect the character, strengths, and hopes of San Diego’s urban communities” and future fellows are

selected through a competitive process. If you’re interested in making impactful change in the San Diego community, find out more at www.risesandiego.org.

SPOTLIGHT ON THE MAYOR’S OFFICE SAN DIEGAN

Andra Day

Receives Key to City

By Cori Zaragoza Golden Globe winner and Grammy nominated artist Andra Day, a San Diego native, was honored on

July 2, 2021 by Mayor Todd Gloria and Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe.

Day was presented with the Key to the City during a special ceremony in City Hall, with the Mayor proclaiming that July has been officially

recognized as ‘Andra Day’ Month in San Diego.

Day recently made history by becoming the first Black actress to win a Golden Globe award in the Motion Picture-Drama category in

Summer Programming Launched in Underserved Communities ‘Come Play Outside’ is part of Mayor Todd Gloria’s ‘Summer for All of Us’ initiative announced in May hoods. The County of San Diego provided $750,000 in funding from its Behavioral Health Department to support Come Play Outside programming.

Mayor Todd Gloria, County of San Diego Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher, the San Diego Parks Foundation, and partner organizations are inviting San Diego families to “Come Play Outside” this summer.

Come Play Outside, is part of San Diego Mayor Gloria's “Summer for All of Us” initiative announced in May,

which creates opportunities for kids and their families to engage in healthy recreation in historically underserved neighborhoods.

Anticipated to serve more than 15,000 kids this summer, Come Play Outside organizes and funds programs across San Diego's South and Central neighbor-

Come Play Outside programs include: • O utdo or Adventu res Nature Camp • Friday Teen Nites • Aquatics - Learn to Swim • Aquatics - Jr. Pool Guard Program • Arts, STEM and STEAM Youth Programs such as Mad Science Camp and Theater Arts Camp • Youth Sports Clinics such as Tennis Camp, Basketball Skills, and Cheer Fitness Family-Friendly Free Summer Events: • Fern Street Circus Neighborhood Park Tour • Movies in the Park For more information, visit comeplaysd.com

35 years for her performance in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”

Day credited her love for acting to her high school days at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, where she was a part of musicals and the choral ensemble.

“This means everything because I love my city, I love my family, I love the school I went to, the people here, the community that raised me, the food that raised m e ,” s a i d Day. “...I will always have San Diego on my shoulders, on my back and in my heart everywhere.”

Our Black mothers are 3x more likely to die during pregnancy *

because of racial bias.

Discrimination continues to cause higher pregnancy issues for our Black mothers in San Diego. Having a doctor that listens to you is more important than ever. You deserve to be respected, heard, and treated with care.

Know your rights and get the facts on what to talk about at your checkups at BlackLegacyNowSD.com

MAYOR GLORIA RELEASES

Matthew Doherty Report on City’s Homelessness Strategies

Tomorrow’s Black legacy deserves protecting today.

Nationally respected expert retained to provide mayor with frank assessment and recommendations As part of his goal to end chronic homelessness in San Diego, Mayor Todd Gloria released a comprehensive report by Matthew Doherty, the former executive director for the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), that includes key findings and recommendations to strengthen the City’s capacity to prevent and end homelessness.

Jordan, Lemon Grove Funded by the California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Division

*Source: Based on comparison of African-American/Black and White 2014-2018 average maternal and late maternal mortality rates (55.2 vs. 16.5 deaths per 100,000 live births, respectively). Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Vital Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2018 and Natality public-use data 2007-2018, on CDC WONDER Online Database. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov on June 9, 2020.

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Curbside Meals Summer 2021

Throughout the summer, students and children 18 years and younger will have access to 14 healthy meals each week at no cost. The district will offer meals for drive-thru or pick up at 14 curbside locations, open Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. from June 16 to August 20.

The district has also partnered with City of San Diego Parks and Recreation, various YMCAs and other community centers to offer

SUMMER SCHOOL DRIVE THRU & PICK UP LOCATIONS

ADDITIONAL WALK-UP MEAL LOCATIONS

MONDAY - FRIDAY, JUNE 16 - AUGUST 20 12 P.M. - 2 P.M.

MONDAY - FRIDAY, JUNE 21 - AUGUST 20 TIMES VARY

Students participating in summer school will have access to grab n’ go meal bags to take home directly from the school site where they are learning.

Bell Middle 620 Briarwood Rd., San Diego 92139

Mann Middle 4345 54th St. San Diego, 92115

Chavez Elementary 1404 South 40th St., San Diego 92113

Mira Mesa High 10510 Marauder Way, San Diego 92126

Clark Middle 4388 Thorn St., San Diego 92105

Montgomery Middle 2470 Ulric St., San Diego 92111

Hoover High 4474 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego 92115

O'Farrell Charter School 6130 Skyline Dr., San Diego 92114

Kimbrough Elementary 321 Hoitt St., CA 92102

Porter North Elementary 445 S. 47th St., San Diego 92113

Lewis Middle 5170 Greenbrier Ave., San Diego 92120 Madison High 4833 Doliva Dr., San Diego 92117

Serra High 5156 Santo Rd., San Diego 92124 Standley Middle 6298 Radcliffe Dr., San Diego 92122

meals for pick up at their locations throughout the district. These sites will be distributing meals at various times Monday through Friday from June 21 to August 20. A full list of locations and service times is below.

Children are not required to be present for free meal pick-up. A photo of the child or a student ID may be requested for proof. Only one meal bag per child a day. Meal bags include breakfast, lunch and weekend meals.

PARK & RECREATION CENTERS Adams 3491 Adams Ave, San Diego 92116 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Allied Gardens 5155 Greenbrier Ave, San Diego 92120 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Azalea 2596 Violet St, San Diego 92105 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Cadman 4280 Avati Dr, San Diego 92117 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

City Heights 4380 Landis St, San Diego 92105 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Encanto 6508 Wunderlin Ave, San Diego 92114

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Golden Hill 2600 Golf Course Dr, San Diego 92102 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Kearny Mesa 3170 Armstrong St, San Diego 92111 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Linda Vista 7064 Levant St, San Diego 92111 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

M.L.King Jr 6401 Skyline Dr, San Diego 92114 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Mountain View 641 South Boundary St, San Diego 92113 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

North Clairemont 4421 Bannock Ave,

San Diego 92117 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

North Park 4044 Idaho St, San Diego 92104 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Paradise Hills 6610 Potomac St, San Diego 92139 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Serra Mesa 9020 Village Glen Dr, San Diego 92123 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Skyline Hills 8285 Skyline Dr, San Diego 92114 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Southcrest 4149 Newton Ave, San Diego 92113 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

YMCA & OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS Copley YMCA 4300 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego 92105 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Jackie Robinson YMCA 151 YMCA Way, San Diego 92102 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Ryan YMCA 4390 Valeta St, San Diego 92107 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Sherman Heights Center 2258 Island Ave, San Diego 92102 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Waterfront Park 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego 92101 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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Free Resources for a Fun and Busy July Put your adventure hat on, get ready to try something new and prepare to take full advantage of the free local Parks & Recreation resources available to ALL San Diegans this summer.

Parks After Dark Program

JULY 10: SUNSET HIKE AND STAR PARTY Oakoasis County Preserve 7:45 – 9:30 P.M. Meet park staff for a short hike into the preserve. Upon return, the San Diego Astronomy Association will have their telescopes set up.

JULY 11: FLINN SPRINGS NIGHT HIKE Flinn Springs County Park 7:45 – 9 P.M Park staff will conduct a night hike at Flinn Springs County Park. Learn about the nocturnal animals that call Flinn Springs home.

JULY 17: NIGHT HIKE Sycamore Canyon/Goodan Ranch County Preserve 8 – 10:30 P.M. Park staff will lead a 3-mile trek to the Goodan Ranch Visitor Center. Call 858-513-4737 to RSVP.

JULY 23: STAR PARTY

Sycamore Canyon/Goodan Ranch County Preserve 7 – 10 P.M., FREE Join park rangers and the San Diego Astronomy Association for a Friday evening of stargazing.

JULY 24: GUIDED HIKE AT DOS PICOS Dos Picos County Park 6:30 – 7:30 P.M. Join Ranger Madruga on a guided evening hike. The hike will be approximately 0.5 miles.

JULY 25: HULLABALOO ON THE WATERFRONT Waterfront Park 5 – 7 P.M. Hullabaloo is a concert featuring a foot-stomping celebration of song designated for kids.

JULY 31: NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Dos Picos County Park 8– 9 P.M. Explore the trails of Dos Picos County Park with Ranger Andrew Miller

A 3-PART

SD Nights Online July 9: Mentalist & Magician Brian Ledbetter with SD Nights Staff Spotlight

SD Nights for Teens

5 – 7 p.m.

July 16: Truth or Laugh with SD Nights Staff Spotlight

July 23: Trivia Night with Presentation from Blue Shield (4 winners will receive $50) 5 – 7 p.m.

July 30:Virtual Casino with SD Nights Staff Spotlight 5 – 7 p.m.

(1 winner will receive $50) 5 – 7 p.m.

SD Nights – short for San Diego/Safe Destination Nights – is a FREE program developed by the County of San Diego Department of Parks and Recreation designed to provide teens, ages 10 to 18, with safe places to recreate after school and during critical hours. Registration and prerequisites required. For more information and to register, contact Carl McCullough at 619-961-0159 or carl.mccullough@sdcounty.ca.gov.

WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS 30 Minute Classes for Teens Boxing, Strength & Conditioning, and Yoga Classes Between 5pm and 6pm

Parks & Rec

Free Activities JULY 10: EARLY MORNING BIRDING EL MONTE COUNTY PARK

8:30 – 10 A.M. El Monte County Park is recognized as a birding hotspot with an impressive array of birds.

JULY 18: SYCAMORE CANYON/ GOODAN RANCH Sycamore Canyon/Goodan Ranch County Preserve 9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Join an educational discovery table where the family can learn about the native plants, wildlife and history of the preserve.

and animals found within Barnett Ranch.

JULY 24: LAKE MORENA Lake Morena County Park 2 – 3 P.M. Explore the park’s native wildlife and animal adaptations.

JULY 11, 25: COMPOSTING 101 Sycamore Canyon/Goodan Ranch County Preserve 9 A.M. – 12 P.M. Rangers will be instructing a how-to workshop on composting.

JULY 24: BARNETT RANCH

JULY 11: MINDFUL CONNECTION WITH NATURE

Barnett Ranch County Preserve 9 – 11 A.M. Learn about some of the plants

San Dieguito County Park 10 - 11 A.M. Join Ranger Alejandro for contemplative observation of nature

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through moving meditation.

JULY 11: SANTA YSABEL LOOP TRAIL HIKE Santa Ysabel Nature Center 10 A.M. – 12 P.M. Join a ranger for a guided hike on the Santa Ysabel Loop Trail.

Call 760-765-4098 for more information.

JULY 17: PLAY TIME AT THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AREA Tijuana River Valley Regional Park Campground 2:30 – 3 P.M. Visit the new campground at Tijuana River Valley Regional Park and enjoy the sustainable outdoor environmental education area.

JULY 17: RANGER-LED NATURE HIKE Potrero County Park 3 - 4:30 P.M. Enjoy a 1.5-mile hike on the nature trail featuring Native American life skills and cultural information.

JULY 18: RANGER-LED INTERPRETIVE HIKE TO ANNIE’S CANYON TRAIL San Elijo Lagoon Nature Center 9 – 11 A.M. Hike to Annie’s Canyon viewpoint.

For a full list of activities, visit www.sdparks.org SOURCE: San Diego Parks & Recreation.

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City of San Diego Launches Small Business Support Service to Boost Economic Recovery Program provides dedicated project managers to guide business owners through comprehensive permitting and construction process Voice & Viewpoint Newswire To support the economic recovery of small businesses and restaurants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of San Diego this week launched the new Small Business and Restaurant Assistance (SBRA) Program. Through SBRA, qualified local businesses can access support to easily navigate the City’s planning requirements and permitting process, expediting construction projects and improvements that can give businesses a boost and help grow their operations.

Mayor Todd Gloria’s “Back to Work SD” budget plan, unanimously approved by City Council last month, provides funding to establish the first-of-its-kind program, operated through the City’s Development Services Department.

“This small business concierge service, provided by the SBRA Program, will help equitably jumpstart the City’s economy by tar-

geting those that need assistance the most,” said Mayor Todd Gloria. “Our permitting process is complex and it can be difficult to navigate, especially for new or small businesses. This service will give those business owners a direct line of support and make it easier for them to complete upgrades and improvements to help their businesses thrive in our great city.” Many small businesses and restaurants with 25 or fewer employees – including restaurants, retail shops, home offices and businesses, gyms, catering facilities, and hair and nail salons – qualify for the SBRA program. For a complete list of program qualifications and exclusions, visit sandiego.gov/SBRA. To get started, business owners are encouraged to search the City’s Open Counter Business Portal, at business.sandiego.gov, to identify requirements and fee estimates for their proj-

repair or undertake a new construction project, DSD reviewers and planners will be available to guide them through the ins and outs of the process,” said DSD Director Elyse W. Lowe.

“We want to provide immediate assistance to help our economy recover and get our small businesses back to work again.”

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ect. Then, applicants can schedule a virtual counter appointment to go over their application and make sure that it is complete, and then apply for the building per-

mit. Once a permit application is submitted, the project will be placed into review and a DSD project manager will work directly with the applicant to resolve any con-

flicts or questions. “COVID19 was devastating to our local small businesses and restaurants. As small business owners research online what is needed to remodel,

The new SBRA program is an integral part of #DigitalDSD, an initiative to modernize all DSD workplace systems and cost-effectively leverage technology to increase productivity and improve service delivery.

Other #DigitalDSD services include all new permits being processed online, virtual over-the-counter appointments, the launch of an online portal to assist local businesses with outdoor expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic and virtual inspections for construction projects.

Paycheck Advance Apps: What to Know Before You Download Paycheck advance apps let users borrow a small amount of their expected earnings, usually in exchange for a small fee, and repay it on their next payday. It seems like an attractive offer if you need extra cash between paychecks, and millions of users have accepted it. While it’s possible to use these apps without harming your finances, some consumer advocates say they can lead to a cycle of debt. If you’re thinking of using a paycheck advance app, here’s what to know before you download.

FEES FRAMED AS TIPS When Jose Polanco uses the Earnin app to borrow from his upcoming paycheck, the app asks him if he wants to leave a tip. The New York school administrator says he gives the app $8 for the

$100 he usually borrows.

Optional tips are a common way these apps reframe fees.

While usually not required, they’re frequently encouraged. Earnin CEO Ram Palaniappan says tips let the user decide what the service is worth to them rather than requiring a fee they may not be able to afford.

the Center for Responsible Lending. “Not calling it a fee and framing it as a tip, that’s actually disingenuous to the user because then the amount that that product actually costs you is muddled,” she says.

Some advances come with additional fees. Dave, another paycheck advance app, has three optional fees: a monthly $1 subscription fee, an express fee to get your money faster, and a tip. For a couple hundred dollars, the fees aren’t as high as most payday loans or overdraft fees. But asking the user to decide how much to pay doesn’t give them a chance to evaluate the full cost of borrowing in the way displaying an annual percentage rate would, says Marisabel Torres, director of California policy at

To sign up with a paycheck advance app, users normally have to provide proof of their pay schedule and income, and often access to their bank accounts so the app can withdraw the money they owe when they get paid.

Some of the apps say they’ll monitor your bank account and try to avoid a debit if your balance is too low.

Debiting a balance that’s too low can cause an overdraft fee, a fee some apps market themselves as an alternative to, and you could need to borrow again.

It’s not yet clear how often app usage triggers an overdraft fee, says Alex Horowitz,

to use them consecutively, behavior that’s common with payday loans, he says. “It’s

NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION You may have cheaper alternatives if you need to borrow money, Torres says. Credit unions and some banks offer small-dollar loans that are repaid in affordable monthly installments. A friend or family member may be able to lend you the money and let you repay it over time.

When they’re used to resolve a one-time emergency, an advance may be cheaper and more convenient, and lowers the risk of overborrowing because of their low dollar amounts.

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But an April report from the Financial Health Network found that 70% of consumers who used a service to access their earnings early returned

after to cover their bills.”

not just that they’re using it multiple times in a year, it’s that they’re using it multiple times in a row,” Horowitz says. “That indicates that they couldn’t repay it without taking another advance shortly

If you do borrow from one of these apps, understand how it’ll affect your budget and make a plan to repay it. And if you find yourself returning to borrow each pay period or incurring frequent overdraft fees, it may not be right for you.

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HEALTHY LIVING

Playtime: It’s Not Just for Kids, Say Experts While most of us associate playtime with childhood, adults are increasingly acknowledging the importance of play and leisure time for themselves. A new survey commissioned by The Genius of Play and conducted by OnePoll finds that 89% of adults have learned to appreciate the importance of play and leisure time over the past year. What’s more, 84% say taking time to play helps them be more productive at work.

“You’re never too young or too old to play,” says Anna Yudina, senior director of marketing initiatives at The Toy Association, which spearheads The Genius of Play. “In fact, research links play with a number of wellness benefits in adults, such as reducing stress, boosting life satisfaction, and empowering people to be creative, flexible thinkers.”

To incorporate play into your life, consider these tips from The Genius of Play: • Take on a Hobby: Seventy percent of adults picked up a new hobby or leisure activity over the past year — and with good reason.

Hobbies can be a source of positive emotions, get you outdoors, encourage physical activity and social interactions, and spark creativity. From roller skating to dancing to crafting to playing an instrument, consider taking on a new, playful hobby or revisiting one you enjoyed during childhood.

• Plan a Game Night: While play often occurs spur-of-the-moment, life is hectic and schedules are jam-packed.

Consider scheduling time for fun to ensure it hap-

pens. For example, make one evening each week a totally screen-free, stressfree experience. Order pizza (or your household’s cuisine of choice) and break out games and puzzles. You might even consider planning themed trivia nights delving into your favorite subjects.

• Hop in the Car: Whether you choose a destination that allows you to simply relax, or you take on a more active adventure, a trip can broaden your horizons and rejuvenate you when you’re feeling down or just trapped in the daily routine.

Consider taking a just-forfun trip on your own, with a friend or partner, or pack up the car and bring the kids.

• Bring out Your Inner Child: Parents, grand-

parents and other adults with a kid in their life can spend more time playing with the little ones. Not only is play the perfect way to bond, research highlights a number of associated health benefits. Those who play with children burn 20% more calories per week, and researchers link playfulness to creativity, spontaneity and positive attitudes.

Intergenerational play can help adults maintain cognitive skills as they age and even extend their life.

A study published in the journal “Evolution and Human Behavior” found that grandparents who help out with grandchildren live longer.

If you’re looking for some inspiration, visit thegeniusofplay.org for tons of fun, free games and downloadable activities.

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“While our primary mission is educating parents and caregivers about play’s vital role in child development, adults need time to play too,” says Yudina. “We hope

to motivate people of all ages to play more — whether it’s by embracing personal hobbies or by spending more time playing with their kids.”

are taking computer science courses. He is also a Bridges Program awardee.

The Bridges program prepares students from underrepresented groups, who attend MiraCosta and other community colleges, to transition to four-year universities. It includes funding, academic and career advising, as well as many great opportunities for growth, including summer research, research projects at California State University at San Marcos, and attending conferences.

career path. “I worked fulltime on security requirements for Department of Defense standards and produced a thousand-page document. I created a template for them,” he says. “I didn’t realize it at the time, but that was a pretty big deal, especially for a student.” That internship helped Hilliard realize how much he enjoyed research. Now he plans to pursue a career that combines research, cybersecurity, and working for the government. “I just want to keep tinkering and hacking, perform research, and help keep America secure,” he says. Sounds like a plan.

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Alum Makes Career Move Stick Voice & Viewpoint Newswire When the pandemic hit and we retreated indoors, Stephen Hilliard started rethinking what he wanted to do with his life.

He’d followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and become an accountant, a career he liked well enough, but didn’t love.

After almost ten years in accounting, he wondered what else there was for him beyond the state lines of Georgia. That’s when he and his girlfriend decided

to shake things up and do something completely different. They packed their bags and moved to California, where Hilliard had lived as a child. “I live a block from the beach now,” he says. “We wake up every morning and bike ten miles along the coast. It’s a dream.”

“Then we get to work,” he adds with a laugh, noting that they are both full-time students. Hilliard is finally pursuing his true passion at MiraCosta: computer science, and more specifically, cybersecurity. “I started building computers when I was nine. I was always gaming with my friends and tinkering. Now, I’m focused on learning everything I

African American Women’s

Association Awards Local Scholarships

NCAAWA partnered with North Island Credit Union to help local women Voice & Viewpoint Newswire North Island Credit Union has provided four $2,500 college scholarships to local students in partnership with the North County African American Women’s Association (NCAAWA), a non-profit volunteer organization located in North San Diego County. The North Island Credit Union Scholarships were awarded through the NCAAWA’s Scholarship Program, created to assist young African American women in acquiring higher education from an academic institution.

North Island Credit Union S chol arship re cipients through the NCAAWA

Program include: • San Diego State University student Shaylee Anderson, a n O c e a n s i d e re s i d e nt , m aj or i ng i n Communications, with a minor in Digital and Media Studies.

• Lena McEachern, a 2021 graduate of El Camino High School in Oceanside.

• Anna Kaye Powell, a current San Diego State University student from Oceanside, majoring in Accounting.

• San Marcos resident Arianna White, who is pursuing a degree in a STEM-related field at Harvard University.

“We are excited to expand the credit union’s 2021 Scholarship Program to make an even greater impact through our partnership with North County African American Women’s Association,” said North Island Credit Union CEO Steve O’C onnell. “We applaud all the work the organization is doing to empower young women in our community and to provide an essential support network. We congratulate these exceptional students, and wish them much success in their college career and beyond.”

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can about protecting systems from attacks.” Hilliard is ambitious and very disciplined about his work, for which he credits his military upbringing. “My dad was a Captain in the Army, and even when I was a little kid he had me up before sunrise, working on something. That influenced me, it helped me develop a strong work ethic.”

Hilliard has already earned the CompTIA cybersecurity certificates, including the A+, Network+, Security+, and Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+). With so much experience under his belt, he now tutors other MiraCosta students who are testing for CompTIA certificates, as well as students who

Un i o n Scholarships, along with all of the NCAAWA 2021 scholarships, were presented during its 2021 Virtual Culminating Scholarship Award Celebration on June 29th. “Thankfully, the nearly $40,000 sustained NCAAWA’s commitment to its youth and young adults,” said NCAAWA President Linda B err y. “COVID indeed challenged each of us to share ideas, innovations and community partnerships differently. We thank our community partners for helping us to overcome obstacles, to improve the lives of so many women in North County.”

Through its annual scholarship program, North Island Credit Union has worked to support the educational goals of outstanding students within its local communities since 2005. The credit union’s partnership with NCAAWA expands its educational assistance to specifically support North County female students of African American descent.

The credit union is also

Hilliard plans to eventually pursue his MS at CSU, San Marcos. An internship at a local company, EP Analytics, helped him nail down his

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Scholarship Recipients

Credit: Angelo Moleele

Credit: Angelo Moleele

providing financial literacy training for upper class high school girls in NCAAWA’s Global Ambassadors Mentoring Program. The NCAAWA Vision is to provide a support network through education, health awareness, and life skills

Credit: Angelo Moleele

Credit: Angelo Moleele

programs for women and girls in North San Diego County. To date, the organization has provided over $290,000 in scholarship awards and grants to help young women further their education.

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This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Rhonna Harris 618 Forester Ln Bonita, CA 91902 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 30, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 30, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012831 Fictitious business name(s):

registered by the following: Arnell Williams 632 Merlin Dr San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 23, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 23, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012472 Fictitious business name(s):

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012306 Fictitious business name(s):

435 S. 66th St San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego -PO BOX 740269 San Diego, CA 92174 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following:

name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Zenaida Joezeny Moore 1022 paraiso Avenue Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 09, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 09, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012655 Fictitious business name(s):

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013241 Fictitious business name(s):

Bell Enterprise Company --Bell Enterprise Co.

Located at: 3400 E 8th St Ste 208 National City, CA 91950 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Christopher J Bell 3400 E 8th St Ste 208 National City, CA 91950 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 25, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 25, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012710 Fictitious business name(s): Herbal Concoctions Apothecary --Gigi Beauty Boutique

Located at: 3060 Bonita Rd Chula Vista, CA 91910 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Jenita R. Bey 3060 Bonita Rd Chula Vista, CA 91910 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013692 Fictitious business name(s): Zanzibar Cab

Located at: 4364 50th Street #3 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Khadija H. Hakeem 4364 50th Street #3 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 29, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013534 Fictitious business name(s): Rock Solid Trucking

Located at: 7120 Eastman St Unit 8 San Diego, CA 92111 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Dorian Franklin 7120 Eastman St Unit 8 San Diego, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 29, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012156 Fictitious business name(s): Combat Human Trafficking ---

Located at: 1525 Jasper Ave Chula Vista, CA 91911 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 09/21/2016 This business is hereby registered by the following: Dr. Benjamin Clay Burnette 1525 Jasper Ave Chula Vista, CA 91911 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 15, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 15, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012779 Fictitious business name(s): Luxury Tours And Recreational Services

Located at: 7730 Belden St #A8 San Diego, CA 92111 County of San Diego --4079 Governor Drive #122 San Diego, CA 92122 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/30/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Gwendolyn Althresa Young 7730 Belden St #A8 San Diego, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 22, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 22, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013378 Fictitious business name(s): The High Priestess Sobekntchur Arentii Of The House Of Amun Ra --D.E.B.S. INKSPotS

Located at: 3918 Oregon Street #5 San Diego, CA 92104 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Debra Roberts Torres-Reyes 3918 Oregon Street Unit #5 San Diego, CA 92104 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 25, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 25, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014058 Fictitious business name(s): CJ West Builders

Located at: 305 West Street San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: CJ West Builders, INC 305 West Street San Diego, CA 92113 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 2, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 2, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012964 Fictitious business name(s):

Located at: 3601 W Slauson Ave Los Angeles, CA 90043 County of Los Angeles --5866 S Broadway Apt #10 Los Angeles, CA 90003 County of Los Angeles This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/12/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Khary Henri Daise 5866 S Broadway Apt #10 Los Angeles, CA 90003 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 23, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 23, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014341 Fictitious business name(s): Ferrarius LLC

Located at: 312 S. 49th Street San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Ferrarius LLC 312 S. 49th Street This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 6, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 6, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013141 Fictitious business name(s): Pops and Plunkies Cheesecupcakery LLC --P&P Cheesecupcakery LLC

Located at: 8418 Parkbrook St San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: June 5, 2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Pops and Plunkies Cheesecupcakery LLC 8418 Parkbrook Street San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 24, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 24, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9014170 Fictitious business name(s): Signed By Steph

Located at: 2160 Fletcher Parkway Suite 205 El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Stephanie M. Brunson 2160 Fletcher Parkway Suite 205 El Cajon, CA 92020 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on July 2, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on July 2, 2026 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013824 Fictitious business name(s): Harris Healing and Wellness

Located at: 618 Forester Ln Bonita, CA 91902 County of San Diego

In Home Chiro

Located at: 6747 Thomson Ct Linda Vista, CA 92111 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Samuel Goldeen 6747 Thomson Ct Linda Vista, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 22, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 22, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9011121 Fictitious business name(s): Imperial Beach Palms Apartments

Located at: 362 7th St Imperial Beach, CA 91932 County of San Diego --5173 Waring Rd #95 San Diego, CA 92120 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: John Oldham 6560 Linda Lane San Diego, CA 92120 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 05, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 05, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012460 Fictitious business name(s): Sheltering Sky Productions

Located at: 4191 Archway Lane Oceanside, CA 92057 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Kevin White 4191 Archway Lane Oceanside, CA 92057 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 18, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 18, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013027 Fictitious business name(s): San Diego Jet ski Rentals

Located at: 632 Merlin Dr San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby

Martin Family Industries

Located at: 421 Broadway #45 San Diego, CA 92101 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Martin Family Industries 421 Broadway #45 San Diego, CA 92101 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 18, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 18, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013159 Fictitious business name(s): Python Painting Services

Located at: 5251 Hewlett Drive San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 06/24/21 This business is hereby registered by the following: Mohammadmehdi Mohammadi Kashkooli 5251 Hewlett Drive San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 24, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 24, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012594 Fictitious business name(s): Pretty Little Passports

Located at: 5252 Orange Ave #513 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 03/01/2019 This business is hereby registered by the following: Dominique Hankins 5252 Orange Ave #513 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 19, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 19, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012742 Fictitious business name(s): Sweet Racks

Located at: 9024 Birch St Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Married Couple Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Johnnie S. Russell & Angelina M. Russell

9024 Birch St Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 ------------------------------------

K Cheesecakes --K Cheesecake --Kake --Cheesecake Vault

Located at: 424 15th St #903 San Diego, CA 92101 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 10/01/2018 This business is hereby registered by the following: Viral Enterprises LLC

7000 Hawthorn Ave #130 Los Angeles, CA 90028 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013218 Fictitious business name(s): Take Us For Granite

Located at: 3357 Apache Ave San Diego, CA 92117 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 07/26/2010 This business is hereby registered by the following: Leonardo Lonardi 3357 Apache Ave San Diego, CA 92117 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 24, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 24, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012722 Fictitious business name(s): DK Deco Designs

Located at: 17161 Alva Road Unit 1812 San Diego, CA 92127 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Doreen Joy Kaarto 17161 Alva Road Unit 1812 San Diego, CA 92127 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013194 Fictitious business name(s): RAMCO Home Repair Services

Located at: 681 Myra Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 07/26/2010 This business is hereby registered by the following: Jose Ramos 681 Myra Avenue Chula Vista, CA 91910 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 24, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 24, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012421 Fictitious business name(s): Pops Gourmet Kitchen of Creativity --Hollywood's Buggy Cart

Located at:

Pops Gourmet Kitchen of Creativity

435 S. 16th St San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 17, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 17, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013179 Fictitious business name(s): Led by GOA La Toya Curry

Located at: 2144 Kings View Circle Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: La Toya Curry

2144 Kings View Circle Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 24, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 24, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9013581 Fictitious business name(s): Dana Cab

Located at: 4257 Juniper St #25 San Diego, CA 92105 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Said A. Tiku 4257 Juniper St #25 San Diego, CA 92105 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 29, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 29, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012457 Fictitious business name(s): Blooming Land Design

Located at: 9707 McCardle Way Santee, CA 92071 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Rebecca Jane Gedeon 9707 McCardle Way Santee, CA 92071 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 18, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 18, 2026 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9011599 Fictitious business name(s): Literacy Boot Camp

Located at: 1022 Paraiso Avenue Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the

Hoop HQ

Located at: 10720 Thornmint Rd San Diego, CA 92127 County of San Diego --5677 Orion Pl Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739 County of San Bernardino This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: RYA Athletics Inc 10720 Thornmint Rd San Diego, CA 92127 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012412 Fictitious business name(s): Manny Moving Company

Located at: 6426 Skyline Drive San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 07/16/2018 This business is hereby registered by the following: Manuel Carter Cass 6426 Skyline Drive San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 17, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 17, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012306 Fictitious business name(s): Prime Transportation

Located at: 4455 Castelar St. San Diego, CA 92107 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was 04/01/2016 This business is hereby registered by the following: A.P. Christensen Inc.

4455 Castelar St. San Diego, CA 92107 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 17, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 17, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012395 Fictitious business name(s): Flashing Lights Photo Booth Rental

Located at: 6333 College Grove Way #6107 San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 06/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Angela Michelle Route

6333 College Grove Way #6107 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of

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El Cajon, CA 92019 California This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 15, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 15, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012387 Fictitious business name(s):

June 03, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 03, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010550 Fictitious business name(s):

This fictitious business name will expire on May 19, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08

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Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/08, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 --------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00025733-CU-PTCTL Petitioner or Attorney: Perla Garcia

7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00027407CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Hilal Unakitan & Abdullah Unakitan on behalf of Aden Unakitan

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Division, Hall of Justice 37-2021-00026718CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Aiden Alexander Flowers

Grit

Located at: 4032 N Bonita St., Apt 1 Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Daniel J. Leyva

4032 N Bonita St., Apt 1 Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 17, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 17, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012406 Fictitious business name(s): M.E. Williams Mobile Notary Services

Located at: 5524 San Mateo Drive San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: M.E. Williams Mobile Notary

5524 San Mateo Drive San Diego, CA 92114 California This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 17, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 17, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012650 Fictitious business name(s): Hustlas Figure It Out

Located at: 9169 Village Glen Dr. San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego --9169 Village Glen Dr. #158 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 06/14/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Charles David Smith Jr.

Viva La Veins

Located at: 8810 Jamacha Blvd Ste 317 Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 5/20/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Joya Marisa Asika

931 Grand Avenue, Ste 3 Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 17, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 17, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012341 Fictitious business name(s): DP Welding & Fabrication

Located at: 8186 Lemon Grove Way Apt C Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Damon Parris

8186 Lemon Grove Way Apt C Lemon Grove, CA 91945 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 17, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 17, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012169 Fictitious business name(s): Crystal’s Family Daycare

Located at: 1112 Paraiso Ave Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 03/29/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Crystal Evans

9169 Village Glen Dr. #158 San Diego, CA 92123 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012651 Fictitious business name(s):

1112 Paraiso Ave Spring Valley, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 16, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 18, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9011208 Fictitious business name(s):

Located at: 9169 Village Glen Dr. San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego --9169 Village Glen Dr. #158 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 04/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following:

Located at: 5466 Complex St. #204 San Diego, CA 92123 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 10/01/2011 This business is hereby registered by the following:

GetChuRite Premier Sports

Charles David Smith Jr.

9169 Village Glen Dr. #158 San Diego, CA 92123 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 21, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 21, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 -----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012158 Fictitious business name(s): TheCultureCru

Located at: 1722 Fuerte Valley Drive El Cajon, CA 92019 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: LeadHERship Adventures, LLC

1722 Fuerte Valley Drive

Wine Factor Wholesale LLC

Wine Factor Wholesale LLC

5466 Complex St. #204 San Diego, CA 92123 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 05, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 05, 2026 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9011015 Fictitious business name(s): Mary Ann’s Music

Located at: 3665 Grove St. Unit 275 Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 8/15/1986 This business is hereby registered by the following: Mary Ann Adams 3665 Grove St. Unit 275 Lemon Grove, CA 91945 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on

Hand Prints Child Care Limited Liability Company

Located at: 2644 Valencia Place Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was 03/23/2003 This business is hereby registered by the following: Hand Prints Child Care Limited Liability Company 2644 Valencia Place Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 26, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on May 26, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010973 Fictitious business name(s): AyannaSweets.Co

Located at: 6955 Golfcrest Dr Apt 1028 San Diego, CA 92119 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A General Partnership The first day of business was 06/01/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Ayanna Renee Mackell 6955 Golfcrest Dr Apt 1028 San Diego, CA 92119 --Jackie Beltran Buchanan 3980 Faircross Place Unit 31 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 03, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 03, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08 --------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9011360 Fictitious business name(s): San Diego House Partners

Located at: 4827 Bancroft Dr La Mesa, CA 91941 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Clemens Research 4827 Bancroft Dr La Mesa, CA 91941 State of California This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 05, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 05, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9011473 Fictitious business name(s): Hall of Fame Coiffeurs

Located at: 4195 National Ave San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 12/06/2020 This business is hereby registered by the following: Richard White 10449 Lake Breeze Drive Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 09, 2021 This fictitious business name will expire on June 09, 2026 6/17, 6/24, 7/01, 7/08 ---------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9010034 Fictitious business name(s): Wink Party Cosmetics & More

Located at: 1028 Leslie Rd. #3 El Cajon, CA 92020 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was 5/11/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Kyesha Lashauun Anders-Davis 1028 Leslie Rd. #3 El Cajon, CA 92020 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on May 19, 2021

Abandonment of Fictitious Business Name ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2021-9012276 Fictitious business name(s) to be abandoned:

Cowles Mountain Coffee

Located at: 7290 Navajo Rd San Diego, CA 92119 County of San Diego --4930 Megan Way San Diego, CA 92105 This business is conducted by: A Corporation The fictitious busines name referred to above was filed in San Diego County on 12/14/2018, and assigned File no.

2018-9030643 Fictitious business name is being abandoned by: Highland Food & Drinks, Inc 4930 Megan Way San Diego, CA 92105 California This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on June 16, 2021 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2021-00028478CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Guadalupe R. Corona To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Guadalupe R. Corona filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Guadalupe R. Corona PROPOSED NAME: Guadalupe Rodriguez Corona 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: August 19, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29 --------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00028049CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Merlina R Lawless on behalf of Caine Andrew Bradford To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Merlina R Lawless on behalf of Caine Andrew Bradford filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Caine Andrew Bradford PROPOSED NAME: Caine Andrew Lawless 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: August 18, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Perla Garcia filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Perla Garcia PROPOSED NAME: Perla Medina Garcia 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: August 9, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court’s facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Hilal Unakitan & Abdullah Unakitan on behalf of Aden Unakitan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Aden Unakitan PROPOSED NAME: Ahsen Aden Unakitan 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: August 17 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 25 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 325 Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 --------------------------------SUBSCRIBE ONLINE WWW.SDVOICE.INFO

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Aiden Alexander Flowers filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Aiden Alexander Flowers PROPOSED NAME: Zaire Irin Flowers 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: August 5, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON ABOVE DATE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court's facilities unsafe, and pursuant to the emergency orders of the Chief Justice of the State of California and General Orders of the Presiding Department of the San Diego Superior Court, the following Order is made: NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.)

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Division, Hall of Justice 37-2021-00026129CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney:

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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.

The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Jose Enzo Navarro Onevathana filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Jose Enzo Navarro Onevathana AKA Saul Jorge Navarro PROPOSED NAME: Enzo Onevathana THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: July 29, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 No Hearing To Be Heard NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Courthouse, Hall of Justice 37-2021-00026462CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Breanna Kaylisa Whitlock To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Breanna Kaylissa Whitlock filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Breanna Kaylisa Whitlock PROPOSED NAME: Breanna-Kaylisa of Shangri La 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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: August 04, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which poses a substantial risk to the health and welfare of court personnel and the public, rendering presence in, or access to, the court’s facilities ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The court will review the documents filed as of the date specified on the Order to Show Cause for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-120).

If all requirements for a name change have been met as of the date specified, and no timely written objection has been received (required at least two court days before the date specified), the Petition for Change of Name (JC Form #NC-100) will be granted without a hearing. One certified copy of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2021-00026231CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Natalio Mendez AKA Natalio Colon To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Natalio Mendez AKA Natalio Colon filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: PRESENT NAME: Natalio Mendez AKA Natalio Colon PROPOSED NAME: Natalioi Mendez 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: August 03, 2021 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-61 NO HEARING WILL OCCUR ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN THE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

If all the requirements have not been met as of the date specified, the court will mail the petitioner a written order with further directions.

If a timely objection is filed, the court will set a remote hearing date and contact the parties by mail with further directions.

A RESPONDENT OBJECTING TO THE NAME CHANGE MUST FILE A WRITTEN OBJECTION AT LEAST TWO COURT DAYS (excluding weekends and holidays) BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED. Do not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Any Petition for the name change of a minor that is signed by only one parent must have this Attachment served along with the Petition and Order to Show Cause, on the other nonsigning parent, and proof of service must be filed with the court.

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 (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition of account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL NOTICE form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Antoinette Middleton, Esq. Law Offices of Antoinette Middleton 1761 Hotel Circle South, Suite 115 San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 235-9501 7/8, 7/15, 7/22 -----------------------------------

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To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate or both, of Bruce S. Buckner A Petition for Probate has been filed by Dana Gorghis in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego The Petition For Probate requests that Dana Gorghis be appointed as a personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on August 3, 2021 at 11:00 AM in Department 504 located at the Superior Court of California County of San Diego 1100 Union St. San Diego, CA 92101 Central-Probate Division 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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal

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1876 THE HAMBURG MASSACRE The Black Militia in Hamburg, South Carolina was attacked, routed, and partially slaughtered by white vigilantes. Lawyer Matthew C. Butler organized the vigilante squad, which was led by future South Carolina governor and U.S. Senator, Ben Tillman.

THE CLOTILDA LANDS IN ALABAMA After 45 days at sea, the 110 surviving captives on the Clotilda (or Clotilde) arrived under cover of night. It was the last trans-Atlantic slave ship to bring captives to the USA. The international slave trade had been illegal for more than 50 years, while the Civil War was less than a year away.

The captain of the ship evaded arrest by moving the captives to the beach, then setting the Clotilda on fire. The prisoners were moved from place to place via swamps until a sale was arranged. The financier of the expedition, Timothy Meaher, was cleared of all charges in court.

Encouraged by the sitting Reconstructionist governor, Black militias protected majority Black communities, such as Hamburg. On July 4, the Hamburg militia held an exercise in the town. Two white farmers demanded the militia move out of their way. An argument broke out, but ended with the ranks peaceably letting the men through. Nonetheless, the farmer got a lawyer and filed a complaint with the local court. A trial was set for July 8.

Instead of a trial, the vigilantes attacked the militia’s barracks with a cannon. Outgunned, the militia fled. They were chased down, with at least 25 captured. More than five were killed, excluding any casualties from the cannon attack. The vigilantes went on to pillage Hamburg. The federal government refused to respond and no legal prosecutions took place despite a national outcry.

Seperated from American-born slaves by languages and traditions, after the Civil War, the survivors of the Clotilda formed what is now Africatown. They elected a chief and combined their various beliefs and traditions. In 1874, the men of the town famously walked miles, from polling place to polling place, until they could vote.

The last survivor of the Clotilda passed away in 1935. In 2012, the National Park Service added Africatown’s Historic District to the National Register.The remains of the Clotilda were found in 2018, the same year that Zora Neale Hurston’s 1927 interview with the last survivor, Cudjo Lewis, was finally published.

The address of the court is: 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 6/24, 7/01, 7/08, 7/15

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Bruce S. Buckner Case Number: 37-2021-00028219-PR-LACTL

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patients were already fearful of visiting the hospital during the COVID-19, there was a rise in cases of “out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and associated poor health outcomes,” as reported in Health Affairs by researchers from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and unsurprisingly, this rise was particularly seen in low-income neighborhoods.

As with most corporate decisions, the effects of this policy will inevitably affect our nation's most vulnerable populations the most. In fact, according to a 2017 University of Maryland School of Medicine study. Black Americans use the emergency room more often than any other racial group.

To put that simply, UnitedHealthcare’s

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The report details four main findings: 1. Internal Capacity and Expertise: The Mayor’s Office and the Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department currently lack adequate capacity, documentation of activities, and expertise to achieve [the Mayor’s] vision of driving progress on homelessness. There is a need to create and recruit for additional, senior-level positions to both expand capacity in key strategic areas, to increase the City’s in-house expertise on homelessness policies, strategies, and solutions, and to address findings described within this memorandum.

2. Clarity of Vision, Strategies, Roles, and Decision-Making: The Mayor’s Office and the Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department currently lack a clearly communicated nar-

policy is directed at those who visit emergency rooms, and Black Americans are the most likely demographic group to visit the emergency room. A coincidence? I doubt it.

Patients should not be expected to correctly self-diagnose their health issue before visiting the emergency room.

Patients look to medical professions to diagnose and treat health problems; putting the burden back onto patients is unacceptable.

While the policy was scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2021, public backlash led to UnitedHealthcare’s new stance that it should not go into effect until “the end of the national public health emergency period.” The reality is that for the

rative or vision that expresses [the Mayor] and the City’s strategic approaches and priorities, that differentiates those approaches from prior administrations, that delineates roles and responsibilities alongside key partners, and that drives action across the full range of necessary responses to homelessness.

3. I n t e r n a l and External Partnerships and Collaboration: The Mayor’s Office and the Homelessness Strategies and Solutions Department need to strengthen internal partnerships, across City departments and teams, and external partnerships with key organizations, housing and service providers, and with people with lived expertise from current and past experiences of homelessness, to strengthen the implementation of City activities and programs, and to improve alignment with best practices and with [the Mayor’s] prioritization of addressing homelessness.

4. Strengths and Oppor­ t unities: There is an openness and eager-

Public Health Emergency (PHE) period is set to expire on July 20.

2021, if it is not renewed. So, the delay announcement was really just for show, and may not do anything in terms of ending this policy.

UnitedHealthcare should not get away with this. We must speak out and advocate for those who do not have a platform to speak for themselves. Those with chronic conditions, from low income and minority communities deserve to seek emergency health care without fear of racial discrimination and indebting themselves or their families.

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is president and chief executive of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) based in Washington, DC. ness for [the Mayor’s] leadership and expertise on homelessness as Mayor, and for more proactive, strategic, and expert engagement of the City among partners and stakeholders. There are also several important and current opportunities for such leadership and engagement to drive progress right now, including resources being made available through the American Rescue Plan, resources that will be included within the State budget, and multiple options for providing direct, personal leadership and support to key efforts and initiatives in San Diego.

To address these findings, Doherty makes 16 recommendations for actions Mayor Gloria and his team can take. Some have already been implemented. For example, the Mayor included in his City budget for the new fiscal year, which began today, the creation of a Department of Homelessness Strategies and Solutions. A national search for the first director to lead the new department is nearing conclusion.

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Christians’ United in the Word of God

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Diego

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OBITUARIES Kenneth Byrd

Joan Walker

Larry Shingleton

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

3/15/1954

6/9/1949

11/2/1954

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

6/22/2021

6/15/2021

5/17/2021

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Memorial services will be held Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 1:00PM at Marina VillageBayview Room. (Friends may view via livestream- link on obit at mortuary website).

Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

Funeral Services were held on June 28, 2021 at Memory Chapel of AndersonRagsdale Mortuary with the burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

KENNETH “KEN/KENNY” BYRD suddenly passed away on June 22, 2021 in San Diego, California. Ken was 67.

JOAN MARILYN WALKER was born June 9, 1949 to Freeman and Mary B Crawford at Mercy Hospital in San Diego, CA. The second of two children born to this union.

Born in Chicago, Illinois on March 15, 1954, to Lucy and “Tiny” Byrd, Ken became a social activist while still a teenager attending Du Sable and Dunbar High Schools. He often spent his free time working on civil rights issues at People United to Save Humanity and Operation Breadbasket.

Ken graduated from Du Sable in 1972 and continued his social activism in college. He worked tirelessly with the Black Student Union at Kennedy-King College. He also attended Illinois State University and was an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Ken was passionately dedicated to the welfare of children. Following college, he went to work in Normal, Illinois at The Baby Fold, a Christian organization dedicated to supporting and strengthening children, families, and communities. He spent 13 years at The Baby Fold, bringing light into the lives of disadvantaged children and providing them with a shot at a decent life.He later worked at Mitsubishi Motors, and retired in 2013. During his time at Mitsubishi, Ken turned many of his co-workers into lifelong friends and treasured members of his ever-growing extended family. That was the essence of who he was: a man filled with so much warmth and love that many naturally gravitated towards him.He loved playing baseball, basketball and riding his bike. He loved bike-riding so much that he raced in the Pack Rack yearly. He was also a huge movie buff and comic book collector.

Following his retirement Ken moved to San Diego with his wife LaVerne,. He enjoyed acting, concerts, music festivals, Broadway shows, traveling the world, photography and spending time with his family.

Ken will be remembered by us all as a gentle loving giant with a great smile, a friendly greeting, and a willingness to help everyone. He is survived by his wife, LaVerne Cose; two daughters, Candice Byrd and Alyssa Cose-Primus; grandchildren, Jahzara, Amir, and LaReigna Byrd; and a host of cousins, nephews, nephews and nieces.

Joan enjoyed a varied and full childhood with plenty of family and friends around her, who encouraged and challenged her to be the best she could be. Her parents were both teachers and she was always a good student, with a will to succeed and the desire to excel. Joan accepted Christ at an early age and was a member of Logan Temple AME church.

After high school at San Diego High, Joan went on to attend SDSU where her stated major was Elementary Education, but as fate would have her as one of his first recruits hired by PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) she was a Reservation Agent, Supervisor and Trainer. Joan began a career path that would last for the next 30 years.

Not being one to sit around Joan re-enrolled at San Diego State and completed her degree in Sociology and embarked in a new career with Maximus Inc as a trainer to work with clients in conjunction with the County of San Diego. She spent 10 years there before finally retiring from work.

As an active member of New Creation Church of San Diego Joan taught in the Christian Education Dept. She fell in love with the study of her roots and began to study scripture from a Hebraic (Jewish) perspective. She studied and taught, her “Down by the River” class was her favorite and brought her the most joy of all.

Joan was diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) in 2016 with Dementia in 2018.

June 15th Joan was preceded in death by her Parents, Brother, and eldest son Rudolph J Walker II. She will be missed by her husband Rudy; son Elliot, his wife Avannia and their two children Rudolph III “Rudy” & MacKenzie. She is survived by loving in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and a host of longtime friends.

ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL CEMETERY LARRY DARNELL SHINGLETON was born to the late Arthur Dan, Sr. and Lillie Marie Shingleton in Magnolia, Arkansas on November 2, 1954; he was the youngest boy. The family moved to San Diego where he attended Stockton and Emerson Elementary and then moved to Los Angeles where he graduated from Manual Arts Sr. High School. Larry met and fell in love with his first wife Gwendolyn Loretta Harmon. They were married and to this union six beautiful children were born. “LD”, “Larry D”, “Lil Shank” and “Shingleton” as he was called growing up, he loved to play football, softball, and basketball.

He was a fan of the Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Lakers, and Dodgers. Upon graduating from high school, Larry joined the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era and served his country in the U.S. Army. Larry put his electrical skills and talent to use by pursuing a career with ADT Smart Homes Security and the U.S. Postal Service.

Larry moved to the Bay Area where he met and married Cheryl Ann Lilley they moved to San Diego where he worked in security and for Walmart.

He was a father figure to many and committed to love of FAMILY and loyalty of FRIENDSHIPS. We could always look forward to his big smile and laughter at family gatherings. His warmth and spirit will be forever missed.

The Lord called Larry Darnell Shingleton home on Monday, May 17, 2021. Larry was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur Dan, Sr. and Lillie Shingleton; sisters, Dorothy Sharp,Valeria Thomas, Barbara Jean George, and Gwendolyn Shingleton; brother, Grady Shingleton; granddaughter Shaniqua Hall and great-granddaughter Knlayh Robinson. He is survived by his wife of nineteen years, Cheryl Ann Shingleton, daughters, LaTicea DeShonne Nuels , Barbara Marie Shingleton, Elisa Faye Shingleton Lillian JoAnn Shingleton; sons, Larry Darnell Shingleton, II and Gregory Lee Shingleton; one step-son, Reginald Jamar Robinson; brothers, Arthur Dan Shingleton, Jr., James Oscar Shingleton and Charles Shingleton; sister’s Sandra Vanrensalier (Anthony); Linda Smith, Evelyn Shingleton; one brother in-law, Herbert George; 27 grandchildren,3 great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, and friends near and far.

His one year anniversary celebration will be held at “SKY BEACH” on July 3rd, 2021, at 2pm. All family and friends are welcome.

Joshua Davis Jr. Latania Richmond

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

5/29/2021

5/5/1974

SUNSET 3/29/1975

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ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL CEMETERY LATANIA M. RICHMOND was born on March 29,1975 to Joyce Thomas and Frank Richmond in Brawley, CA. At the age of five her siblings moved with their mother to San Diego, CA, which is where she attended elementary and high school. Latania worked with and served people with disabilities for twenty-plus years. She loved her work and caring for others. Latania was very family orientated and accepted Christ onApril 18, 2021.

JOSHUA DAVIS JR. was born in San Diego, California on May 5, 1974 to Helen King and Joshua Davis Sr. He was the first of three children born to the couple. When Joshua was an infant, his grandma Velma gave him the nickname “Uncle.” He was affectionately known by that nickname for his entire life.

Latania Richmond departed this life on May 11, 2021. She was preceded in death by sister Dina Richmond. Latania leaves to cherish her memory five children; her eldest son Bryson De’Anthony

As a child, “Uncle” attended Longfellow Elementary School where he studied Spanish. He graduated from Garfield High School in 1992, worked for a time at The San Diego Zoo, and then as a Dietary Aide for seven years at Alvarado Convalescent Hospital. He enjoyed making paper hats for kids and families and travelled around the country doing what he loved. Uncle was passionate about football and always encouraged his son DeShawn to be the best he could be in sports. Joshua “Uncle” Davis Jr., was 47 when he made his transition from this earth on Saturday May 29, 2021. He entered into his eternal rest while at home recovering from complications from a recent heart surgery.

English, her only daughter Tashmonai Shree Marie Jones, Eddrian Richmond, Eric Charlie Jones, and Devon Lamont Richmond; two grandchildren Chance Bryson English, and Aria Monroe Richmond; mother Joyce Thomas; father Frank Richmond; sisters Janice Thomas, Christine Folkes, Shalanda Warren, and April Warren; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins, and many friends. Latania was so loved by her family and friends and will be dearly missed.

He was preceded in death by his mother Helen King. Left to cherish his memory are: his life partner Monica Korn; three children: Lashanay, Lauren, and DeShawn Davis; sisters: Tamaisha Davis and Keniya Davis; his brother Nathan Davis; his father Joshua Davis Sr.; along with a host of aunts, uncles, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. In remembering “Uncle,” we ask that your hearts be filled with joy and peace, and that you celebrate the life he lived.

Remember him with love.

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Valerie Ragsdale Owner

Continuing over 130 Years of Service

Kevin Weaver General Manager

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the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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EXCLUSIVE:

Bill Cosby Urges Black Press to ‘Push Forward’

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling to vacate Bill Cosby’s conviction is not only about vindication for the comedian.

For Cosby, it is now about helping other Black men who were falsely accused.

He told the Black Press in an exclusive telephone conversation just hours after his release from a prison outside of Philadelphia.

“This is an opportunity that the Black Press, the writers, the men, and the women have now an opportunity with great intelligence, with great foresight, with great after sight, not just about Mr. Cosby, it is about what you saw, it is about what you know, and you must tell it, and you must be believed, and you have to put it in a way a level of intelligence,” Cosby insisted.

He said it’s important that the NAACP’s Crisis Magazine also reports the truth of his case because it could assist many falsely accused African Americans who don’t have the notoriety or the means to fight their cases.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association closely monitored both of C osby’s t r ia ls in Pennsylvania, and not surprisingly, the reporting done by the Black Press of America proved far different from mainstream media’s accounts.

For instance, the Black Press regularly reported on the egregious behavior of trial court Judge Steven O’Neill, District Attorney Kevin Steele, and several lawyers who openly coached witnesses while they were giving testimony.

The Black Press also reported that jurors in Cosby’s first trial initially voted to acquit the comedian but was ordered by Judge O’Neill to deliberate further. That first trial ended in a hung jury, despite Cosby’s team declining to put on a defense.

Former prosecutor Bruce Castor exclusively told the Black Press that Cosby should never have been tried because of a deal he reached with the superstar a decade prior.

Castor also called into

question the credibility of Andrea Constand, the lone alleged victim in the case.

“What is happening to Bill Cosby is a travesty, a miscarriage of justice,” Castor said.

The state Supreme Court backed up Castor in overturning the conviction.

“By publicly announcing that appellant William Cosby would not be charged with any crimes related to Andrea Constand — a decision apparently made, in part, to force Cosby to testify in Constand’s future anticipated civil suit — former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor intended to, and in fact did, force Cosby to give up his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination,” Justice Kevin Dougherty wrote.

“Then, years later, Castor’s successor used the damaging evidence Cosby turned over in the civil case to convict him of the same criminal offenses he had previously been induced to believe were off the table. I am constrained to agree with the majority that due process does not permit the govern-

ment to engage in this type of coercive bait-and-switch.”

Justice David Wecht further broke down the reason for overturning Cosby’s conviction.

“In 2005, Montgomer y County District Attorney Bruce Castor learned that Andrea Constand had reported that William Cosby had sexually assaulted her in 2004 at his Cheltenham residence. Along with his top deputy prosecutor and experienced detectives, District Attorney Castor thoroughly investigated Constand’s claim,” Justice Wecht wrote.

“In evaluating the likelihood of a successful prosecution of Cosby, the district attorney foresaw difficulties with Constand’s credibility as a witness based, in part, upon her decision not to file a complaint promptly. D.A. Castor further determined that a prosecution would be frustrated because there was no corroborating forensic evidence and because testimony from other potential claimants against Cosby likely was inadmissible under governing laws of evidence.”

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The judge continued:

exclaimed.

“The collective weight of these considerations led D.A. Castor to conclude that, unless Cosby confessed, “there was insufficient credible and admissible evidence upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby related to the Constand incident could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

“As I visited Cosby in prison in Pennsylvania, I witnessed firsthand the strength of his spirit and affirmation of his innocence. Yet, it took the great work of his lawyers and the growing sentiment in the court of public review that enabled the Supreme Court to make this historic decision.

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., said the Black Press continues to cover the Cosby matter because of the tremendous interest of Black America to see justice done.

“I know from personal experience, and it is very difficult to have an alleged criminal conviction overturned by appellate courts. But now, like what happened to the Wilmington Ten in the 1970s and 1980s, we have the Bill Cosby case today as a reminder of the systemic racism and injustice in America’s criminal justice system.”

“ To d ay’s de cision by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania emphasizes the importance of what the NNPA has been doing about the Cosby case,” Dr. Chavis

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On July 31, 2013, California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California, ruled EA was not protected by the First Amendment free speech in portraying the likeness of a college football player. The ruling effectively ended the NCAA Football video series run of 17 years.

Although the SCOTUS and NCAA decisions affirm California’s law on student athlete pay, the U.S. Congress has not yet created a national legal standard on the issue. Bradford said he was surprised by the decision coming from a Supreme Court bench with a conservative majority.

“Yes, I was surprised the ruling was unanimous. That fact impressed me far more than anything else,” Bradford told California Black Media.

“Regardless of it being a con-

servative court, I think when the facts are just laid out so obvious — Nick Saban (Alabama head football coach) getting paid $9 million a year and many college athletes still hungry before they go to sleep.”

Now, Bradford and Skinner are working to move up the effective date of the legislation with another bill the duo introduced in December of 2020, SB 26.

“As an author of Fair Play To Play, SB 206, now SB 26, we’ll move up that date,” Bradford said. “Just because you have a scholarship, it doesn’t come close to covering your living expenses,” he said. “(Student athletes) should be able to monetize their likeness just like any other student and any other American under the First Amendment.”

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said it was “working with USATF to determine the appropriate next steps.”

Richardson said if she’s allowed to run in the relay, “I’m grateful, but if not, I’m just going to focus on myself.” Her case is the latest in a number of doping-related embarrassments for the U.S. track team. Among those banned for the Olympics are the reigning world champion at 100 meters, Christian Coleman, who is serving a suspension for missing tests, and the American record holder at 1,500 and 5,000 meters, Shelby Houlihan, who tested positive for a performance enhancer she blamed on tainted meat in a burrito.

Also on Friday, defending Olympic 100-meter hurdles champion Brianna McNeal had a five-year ban for tampering or attempted tampering with the doping-control process upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Now, Richardson is out as well, denying the Olympics of a much-hyped race and an electric personality. She ran at the trials with flowing orange hair and long fingernails.

“To put on a face and go out in front of the world and hide my pain, who am I to tell you how to cope when you’re dealing with pain and struggles you’ve never had to experience before?”Richardson said.

Fact: No one spreading these

vaccine. The overwhelming majority have experienced nothing worse than normal and mild side effects such as arm soreness or fatigue.

Medical professionals and health care regulators continue to monitor the vaccines as they are being administered, and are exercising abundant caution at every phase.

Myth: Healthy young people

The Covid-19 death toll remains highest in minority communities. Let's not allow myths and misinformation to guide our decisions. Get the facts and take the shot.

The best way for young Black and Brown people to protect their friends, family members, and themselves is to get vaccinated as soon as possible.

claims has produced a shred of evidence of any vaccine impact on pregnancy or fertility. The vaccines are safe for pregnant women. The CDC actually recommends that states prioritize vaccinating pregnant women because Covid-19 can cause potentially deadly complications during pregnancy. have little to gain from getting vaccinated.

Fact: Vaccination is the best

way for people to protect their loved ones. Although healthy young people are at a low risk of severe Covid19, they can still carry the disease and spread it to older adults or people with underlying health conditions.

Myth: The side effects of the vaccine are more dangerous than Covid-19 itself.

Fact: So far, over 160 million

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• Public transit • Hospitals • Long-term care facilities • Homeless shelters • Indoors in K-12 schools, childcare, and other youth settings See CDPH’s Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings to learn where masks are recommended or may be required.

Travel California no longer has a travel advisory in effect.

There is now no state recommendation to test and quarantine before and after travel.

However, the California Department of Public

Health asks that you do the following: • Delay travel until you’re fully vaccinated • If you’re not fully vaccinated, but choose to travel, get tested before and after • No matter your vaccination status, wear a mask while on public transportation or in a transportation hub Get tested if you feel sick, and avoid traveling if you have or may have COVID-19.

from the CDC. For school re-opening information, please visit the Safe Schools for All Hub. Day camps and other supervised youth activities must follow these specific portions of the current K-12 schools guidance: • Layers of safety • Confirmed or suspected COVID-19 case response • Closures

See CDC’s travel guidelines and read more at CDPH’s travel flyerPDF.

Day camps and other supervised youth activities may post the checklist for day camps and other supervised youth activitiesPDF in the facility.

K-12 schools, day camps, overnight camps, and childcare

The K-12 schools guidance does not apply to youth sports.

California continues to follow current COVID-19 public health guidance for K-12 schools until further updates

Guidance for childcare programs and providers is available to continue to keep families safe.

The guidance for overnight camps remains in effect through September 2021 unless otherwise indicated by CDPH.

Mega-events Mega-events are indoor events with 5,000 or more people and outdoor events with 10,000 or more people.

This includes events like: • Conventions, conferences, and expos • Concerts, shows, and nightclubs • Sporting events • Live events and entertainment • Fairs, festivals, and parades • Theme parks, amusement parks, and water parks • Large private events or gatherings • Large races, marathons, and endurance events • Car shows

Americans have received at least one dose of a Covid-19

For indoor events with 5,000 or more people, attendees must confirm proof of vaccination or negative COVID19 status in order to attend.

For outdoor events with 10,000 or more people, it is recommended that attendees confirm proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 status in order to attend.

All attendees must follow CDPH’s Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings.

These public health requirements and recommendations will be reviewed and reevaluated no later than September 1, 2021.

Workplace safety There are no physical distancing or capacity limits

Dr. Ebony Hilton, MD is a practicing physician at the University of Virginia Charlottesville and the medical director and co-founder of GoodStock Consulting, LLC. This piece originally ran in the Virginian-Pilot.

for businesses and activities.

Most businesses are required to maintain compliance with California’s COVID19 Prevention Emergency Te mp or a r y St a n d a rd s (ETS), which include current public health guidelines. Certain workplaces, like hospitals and correctional facilities, are required to comply with the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) standard instead of the ETS. Find more details in the frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 Prevention ETS. Visit saferatwork.ca.gov to learn more about COVID19 workplace requirements.

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