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Black PEOPLE OFTEN FILLED

With Fear, Anxiety AT POLICE STOPS

By Corey Williams and Aaron Morrison Associated Press The video seems clear: Patrick Lyoya disobeyed an officer during a traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled with the officer over his Taser before the officer fatally shot him in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

For a number of Black men and women, resisting arrest during

encounters with police for minor traffic stops have been deadly.

Experts say anxiety levels of the people stopped and even the officers involved can be high, adding to the tension.

A TV display shows video evidence of a Grand Rapids police officer struggling with and shooting Patrick Lyoya at Grand Rapids City Hall on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Lyoya, 26, was shot and killed about 8:10 a.m., on April 4, after what police said was a traffic stop. Photo: Grand Rapids Police Department via AP

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Military Vets Celebrate

Pension Tax EXEMPTION BILL

By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media

Photo: Courtesy of CBM

Last week, in Redlands -- a San Bernardino County city about 63 miles east of Los Angeles -- U.S. military vets joined Assemblymember James Ramos

(D-Highland) at a rally in support of Assembly Bill (AB) 1623. The legislation would implement a statewide tax exemption for military retirees.

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LEADERS: ASM. O’DONNELL MUST ADDRESS

Black Student Underperformance EBONY PEARLS YOUTH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY GALA

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PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER & Covid-19 Updates SEE PG. 9 Covid-19 cases in southeast In this April 28, 2020, photo Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach, left, discusses the financial impact of the coronavirus on public education during a budget subcommittee on education finance in Sacramento, Calif. Photo: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

By Tanu Henry California Black Media

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A coalition of California educators, civil rights groups, religious leaders, parents, students and other concerned citizens are calling on elected officials in Sacramento to do something about the

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MODERNA ANNOUNCES STEP TOWARD

Updating COVID Shots For Fall

By Lauran Neergaard Associated Press Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron variant. On Tuesday, it reported a preliminary hint that such an approach might work.

Today’s COVID-19 vaccines are all based on the original version of the coronavirus. But the virus continues to mutate, with the super-contagious omicron variant — and its siblings — the latest threat.

Before omicron came along,

Moderna was studying a combination shot that added protection against an earlier variant named beta. Tuesday, the company said people given that beta-original vaccine combination produced more antibodies capable of fighting several variants — including omicron — than today’s regular booster triggers.

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While the antibody increase was modest, Moderna’s goal is to produce a combination shot that specifically targets omicron. “These results really give us hope” that the next step will work even better, said Dr. Jacqueline Miller, a Moderna

COVID-19 vaccines still are providing strong protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death, even against omicron.

That variant is so different from the original coronavirus that it more easily slips

Tuesday’s data was reported online and hasn’t been vetted by independent experts.

Tuesday’s data was reported online and hasn’t been vetted by Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that independent experts. combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron

variant. On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, it reported a preliminary hint that such an approach might work. Photo: Rick West/Daily Herald via AP

past the immune system’s defenses, although studies in the U.S. and elsewhere show an original booster dose strengthens protection.

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HBCU Students, Faculty Press

Urgent Need For Climate Action

By Drew Costley AP Science Writer

Both joy and frustration are in the air in New Orleans at the HBCU Climate Change Conference this week as environmental and climate advocates and researchers from around the United States press for urgent climate action and pollution cleanup in poor communities and communities of color.

The conference, which goes through Saturday, has featured top officials and key advisors in the Biden administration, environmental and climate justice advocates from around the southeastern United States and

Beverly Wright, a conference cofounder and member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, listens to a presentation at the HBCU Climate Change Conference in New Orleans, Friday, April 15, 2022.

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faculty and students from the nation’s h istor i c a l ly Black colleges and universities sharing their research.

It was the conference’s eighth convening and the first since 2019, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Since then people concerned with climate and environmental justice have moved into

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George Floyd’s 2020 slaying by Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, the 2014 strangulation death of Eric Garner by a New York City officer and the shooting death of Michael Brown that same year by an officer in Ferguson, Missouri, are among high-profile encounters that proved deadly for Black men.

A store employee called police, saying Floyd allegedly tried to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. Police stopped Garner on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes. An officer confronted Brown and a companion as they walked to Brown’s home from a convenience store.

Brown was shot after scuffling with the officer. All three men were unarmed.

“Because of the way police are commonly portrayed, there can be anxiety for young men of color when they are pulled over,” said Jason Johnson, president of the Law Enforcement Legal

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Jeff Breiten, a Marine Corps veteran who lives in Redlands, says this bill would be a way to give back to service members.

“California’s military retirees appreciate the fact that Assemblyman Ramos has stepped forward to carry this bill,” said Breiten. “This legislation will not only provide a well-earned benefit to those who served our country for 20 years or more, it will also help retain and attract to

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“We are in California, the Golden State, where Democrats hold a supermajority in the Legislature and where the governor is a Democrat. People that call themselves progressive have the authority and license to rectify the wrongs that have been served to African American Californians for generations,” said Dr. Margaret Fortune, an education advocate and founder of a network of seven charter schools in Sacramento and San Bernardino that focuses on closing the African American achievement gap and preparing students for college.

Fortune was speaking at a rally the National Action

Defense Fund. “‘Am I going to get a ticket? Am I going to get arrested?’ They may believe they are going to be a victim of abuse. Many times they enter into these interactions thinking they are going to be a victim of brutality.”

In 2015, a white police officer in Columbia, South Carolina, pulled over Walter Scott, a 50-year-old Black man, for a broken brake light. A bystander’s video captured the two tumbling to the ground after the officer hit Scott with a Taser.

The officer then shot Scott as he tried to run.

In Lyoya’s case, some — including his family and their high-profile attorney, Ben Crump — have said the 26-year-old Congolese refugee was slain for having a license plate that did not belong to the vehicle.

While that’s why the officer stopped Lyoya, Johnson said, that’s not why Lyoya was killed.

“It’s one of the disconnects or misunderstandings between the police and the public,” Johnson said. “If you California these retirees who will lend their skills during second careers in a variety of key industries and professions across the great state of California.”

Ramos, who is the only Native American in the California Assembly, introduced the bill in January along with Assemblymember Kelly Seyarto (R-Murrieta).

“Military retirees bring benefits to our state such as stability, job skills used in second careers, and federal funding,” said Ramos. “These men and women have served our nation in a variety of Network (NAN) Los Angeles Chapter held last week at the L.A. County office of Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach), chair of the Assembly Education Committee.

In the hall outside of O’Donnell’s office, Fortune was standing with other advocates, activists, elected officials and students, carrying placards, and punctuating speeches the group’s leaders made with chants of “no justice, no peace.”

The demonstrators were calling on O’Donnell to schedule an Assembly Education Committee on Assembly Bill (AB) 2774. The legislation would provide additional funding aimed at improving the scores of the lowest performing subgroup of students on the state’s assessment tests, according to the

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Some countries offer particularly vulnerable people a second booster; in the U.S., that’s anyone 50 or older or those with a severely weakened immune system.

Health officials have made clear that giving boosters every few months isn’t the answer to the mutating virus. They’ve begun deliberating how to decide if and when to change the vaccine recipe.

Just switching to a vaccine that targets the latest variant is risky, because the virus could mutate again. So Moderna and its rival

look a little bit deeper, that’s not what happened. (Lyoya) had a number of opportunities to comply with the officer’s directions. This use of deadly force had nothing to do with a traffic violation and everything to do with (Lyoya) actively resisting arrest.”

Lyoya’s actions led “down the path that ultimately ended in deadly force,” Johnson added.

Grand Rapids police on Wednesday, April 13, released video of the April 4 stop, including from the officer’s vehicle and body camera, from a bystander’s cellphone and from a doorbell camera. The videos show the brief foot chase and a struggle as the white officer repeatedly tells Lyoya to stop. At one point, Lyoya has his hand on the officer’s stun gun, and the officer yells at him to let go.

The struggle ended when the officer shot Lyoya in the head as Lyoya was facedown, with the officer straddling him.

Scott Roberts, senior direcvaluable capacities, and they and their families have frequently done so at great personal sacrifice. California needs to acknowledge the contributions more fully they make.”

AB 1623 would “require the Legislative Analyst and state Department of Veterans Affairs to produce an analysis of the tax exemption based on the number of retirees claiming it and to determine whether the tax relief has aided in the retirees’ financial security and increased the numbers of retirees choosing to remain in California,” bill’s language.

Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) introduced AB 2774 in February.

The bill is co-authored by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Both Weber and Holden are members of the California Legislative Black Caucus.

Referring to funding requirements included in AB 2774, Fortune said, “this would generate an additional $400 million a year in perpetuity for the schools that serve Black students – because Black students are the lowest performing subgroup.”

Only 18 % of Black students in California pass Math on statewide standardized tests and only 23%

Pfizer both are testing what scientists call “bivalent” shots — a mix of each company’s original vaccine and an omicron-targeted version.

Why would Moderna’s earlier, beta-targeted combo shot have any effect on omicron? It includes four mutations that both the beta variant and the newer omicron have in common, Miller said.

Now Moderna is testing a bivalent shot that better targets omicron — it includes 32 of that variant’s mutations. Studies of two booster doses are underway in the U.S. and Britain; results are expected by late June.

tor of criminal justice and democracy campaigns at Color of Change, a national racial justice organization, said officers are often fearful given the dangers involved with making stops. But that doesn’t negate that Black motorists suffer for showing or expressing their justified fears in traffic stops, he said.

Americans and white officers, said Paul Bergman, professor emeritus of law at UCLA.

“Looking at police culture, there is just this pushback on the notion that policing is rooted in white supremacy and has been a tool of white supremacy,” Roberts said.

“And so there is a kind of denial of why Black people would have that fear. You’ve already criminalized the person when you’re making a pretextual stop. Your assumption is going to be that this is only a confirmation of their guilt, that fear.”

In Lyoya’s case, “was he more likely to be pulled over because he was Black?”

Bergman asked. “If he wasn’t Black, would this be more of a minor infraction and would the police officer think he had better things to do?”

Roberts added that these dynamics have increasingly led cities, prosecutors and police to enact policies that deemphasize or end stops for minor infractions. Skin color and experiences could skew how all parties interpret interactions and confrontations between Black according to the bill’s text.

Ramos noted that California is one of only nine states that fully taxes the pay of its 146,000 former service members who are military retirees. Ramos says that he hopes AB 1623 will make California more appealing to vets, incentivizing them to move to the state and boost its economy.

The California Council of Chapters of the Military Officers Association of America (CALMOAA) has expressed support for the bill. meet the English Language Arts requirement, according to data compiled by the California Department of Education (CDE). There are nearly 310,000 Black students enrolled in California’s public schools.

“Assemblymember Patrick O’ D onnell’s continued denial of a hearing for AB 2774 is intentional. It is yet another way the State of California and many of its elected representatives use their authority to hold back and manipulate the resources and conditions that would help our children overcome the racialized cumulative disadvantages in their K-12 Education,” said Christina Laster, NAN Western Regional Education Advisor and Liaison.

“We are opposed to such tactics and urge O’Donnell

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pledges to clean up pollution and take climate action in disadvantaged communities. The Bezos Earth Fund and other new philanthropy is channeling money to environmental and climate justice groups.

Longtime leaders Beverly Wright and Robert Bullard, who are also conference co-founders and members of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, expressed excitement over the changes.

“The movement has changed,” said Wright, who is also director of the Deep South Center

“Cultural narratives may lead white officers as well as Black officers to anticipate trouble when the person they are stopping is Black,” he said.

The situation escalated when Lyoya didn’t produce a driver’s license and tried to run.

That likely raised the officer’s suspicions, Bergman said. But Lyoya also might have believed his best option was to flee, he said.

“Maybe he’s thinking to just escape a situation that’s threatening,” B ergman added. “Lawfully, you’re expected to comply with lawful demands. The place to argue if you think it’s unlawful is later. We’re “Military retirees have a steady income and bring stability to the community,” said Fred Green, president of CALMOAA and a retired Navy lieutenant commander.

“It should be noted that not all military retirees collect their retirement immediately. Reser vists and National Guard members collect retirement at age 60.

Regardless, we continue to support our community and our economy after our retirement from the military.”

As the bill is currently written, the California Assembly would have until Jan. 2033 to implement the tax exempand the State of California to firmly establish their investment into the lowest performing subgroup of students statewide,” Laster added.

In California, funding for local educational agencies (called L-E-As for short by state government insiders) is determined by the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which was first implemented in 2013.

The LCFF is based on a three-tiered structure. The first provides general funding to all education agencies.

The second directs supplemental funding to agencies that meet specified criteria.

The third approves concentrated funding, “which is generally required based on persistent performance issues over a specified period of time,” according

for Environmental Justice. “It’s resourced for the first time at a level higher than it’s ever been resourced before.” For the first time in decades organizations like hers have been able to compensate grassroots organizations for community-based research, she said.

But they and others in attendance also expressed disappointment with the lack of progress on actual pollution cleanup, and said climate change now adds new damage in disadvantaged communities, to say nothing of the need to keep that damage from happening in the first place.

“We find ourselves fighting old fights, fights (we thought) we won.

And now we’re fighting them all over again. And that’s why we need

expected to fight those arguments out in courts and not in the street.”

Amara Enyia, policy and research manager for the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 150 Black-led organizations, said the fear that Black motorists feel is rooted in generations of adversarial relations with police.

When stops for license plates, broken tail lights or improper lane changes turn into violent arrests or fatal encounters, departments turn to old solutions, such as anti-bias training, that have failed to make a difference, Enyia said.

“You just have to wonder how many billions and billions of dollars does it take to train that kind of bias out of someone,” she said.

“Instead of making structural changes to the entire system, you have to rely on the benevolence, goodwill or altruism of a police officer to stay alive in what is otherwise a routine traffic stop.” tion. California’s Personal Income Tax Law currently only excludes combat-related compensation.

“We contribute to job growth and boost sales tax revenues. Thirty states understand this and do not tax military retirement income,” Green continued. “Most military retirees pursue second careers where they utilize their training, technical skills, leadership, and knowledge. After my service in the Navy as an engineer, I became an elementary school teacher and adjunct college professor to give back to my community.” to the CDE. Approximately, 80,000 Black students in the state do not receive any additional funding under the LCFF, according to data compiled by the CDE. Among the demonstrators at the Long Beach rally were Dr. Tecoy Porter, who serves as California State President of NAN and the organization’s Sacramento chapter president. The Rev. Jonathan E.D. Moseley, Interim President of NAN’s L.A. County chapter, also attended and spoke.

“We are going to come back if we don’t hear from O’Donnell in the next five to 10 days,” said Moseley.

“We will be back because our children’s education and future are at stake,” he ended.

you young people. This is your fight moving forward,” Wright said.

This look back was amplified since one of the major themes of this year’s conference was reflection on the 50 years since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency two years earlier.

Some attendees have been working to clean the water and air in their communities for two and even three generations. Pioneers said there is greater awareness and attention paid to issues like water, air, renewable energy, food access and flood protection for their communities, but they’ve seen little action on the ground on those issues.

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EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY/OPINION Our Russians: The Hate Crimes and Violence Among us

By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint The world is watching with great horror the genocide and destruction the Russians are inflicting on the nation of Ukraine and its people. We question how could soldiers execute innocent men, women and children, leaving their bodies in the streets, destroying their homes and communities with bombs and missiles and now bringing in mobile cremortories to dispose of bodies as if they were just trash. We see pictures of destroyed housing and infrastructure. The Russians clearly have decided that, “If we can’t conquer you, we will make your homeland so desolate you can’t return to it”.

Well, now that we have this mental picture, let us look at the Russians among us. Who are they? Those who engage in violence such as the hate crimes like the one recently committed in San Diego’s East County where a White family racially attacked a Black family, with the White teenage boy stabbing a 13 year old black girl while calling her and her family the “N” word. This was with the White father and mother present as the White teenage girl attempted to attack a Black family member with a pipe or rod. The Black family, following treatment of their stab wounds, has been placed in “Protective Custody” for fear of their lives.

Across the country, we are experiencing mass shootings, murder, and attempted murder. More gun violence. Question: How can we be so concerned about what the Russians are doing to the Ukraines as we send money, weapons and aid of all kinds, without being concerned about what we are doing to ourselves as a nation here at home? When

those among us attack and seek to kill or destroy people here, just because they are different from us, what’s the difference between us and the Russians killing the people of the Ukraine?

When Members of Congress can go on recess while funding for food banks are running low as food lines are growing because of the high gas prices; while child care here at home is not a funding priority, but we react to the violence of children being killed in the Ukraine, are we missing something? When we still have the Extreme Right set on ignoring the legitimacy of our own democratic election while supposedly fighting for democracy in the rest of the world, there is something seriously wrong.

Yes, the Republicans, those committing hate crimes on our neighbors, and those engaging in the violence of shootings, stabbings and physical attacks on others; all these are the Russians among us. Let’s take a close look, now that we can see.

Lack of Home Structure Is Major Factor In Our Demoralizing

By Louis ‘Hop’ Kendrick New Pittsburgh Courier Contributor Across this nation, in a number of major cities with a significant Black population crime, shootings and killings are running rampant. I like so many of you cry out asking God to help us and question why those who are in control of these cities have absolutely failed to put a stop to this genocide.

As a youngster growing up I witnessed the beginning of the monster “Dope” and the devastating effect it had on our communities, entire families and the neighborhoods. The dope man became king. People were hypnotized as these persons drove high priced cars, wore fancy clothes, flashed huge bankrolls, bankrolled local sports teams, etc. A number of attorneys got wealthy. Certain police, certain judges and law enforcement overwhelmingly would simply state, “So what, drugs is the monkey’s problem.”

Drugs have not been eradicated. It now is a problem that all races are confronted with, but it is still too prevalent in Black neighborhoods.

The problems we are confronted with today are the same problems

that have been roadblocks for you and me for at least the last 80 years in the city of Pittsburgh.

Let us analyze: There has always been a lack of quality education in public schools, underemployment and unemployment, which limited our ability to buy or rent in certain neighborhoods.

College was not even a dream and only those who were truly blessed with faith in God dared to become businesspersons.

There was an unbelievable shortage of decent housing available for Blacks and a miracle occurred called Public Housing, namely the Projects. I recall a neighbor of ours moved into the projects and invited me to stay overnight.

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5G and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Could Help End the Digital Divide

By Hazel Trice Edney President & CEO of Trice Edney Communications The last two years have underlined what we already knew: the digital divide in America is real and has consequences for millions of Americans. An affordable, reliable connection is imperative in participating in the 21st century economy, and those families relying on mobile-only access are falling behind. Often, they cannot attend class online or seek a career opportunity that offers the possibility of working remotely. And as more services, job applications, and infrastructure moves online, the gap is only widening.

This digital divide is one that crosses geographic, racial, and class lines. More often than not, those living without access to a reliable broadband connection are living in rural areas of our country.

In urban areas access is not a problem, but affordability is for many low-income families – a challenge that disproportionately impacts minority communities. Data show that Black and Hispanic adults are less likely than White adults to have high-speed internet in their home. And while 92 percent of adults who make $75,000 or more a year say they have broadband at home, that number drops to 57 percent according to those whose annual income is $30,000 or less.

According to research by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “Over 7.2 million children in the U.S. live in households without a computer—including over 1.84 million Black children…In the United States, 34 percent of Black adults do not have home broadband, and 30.6% of Black households with one or more children age 17 or younger lack high-speed home internet (over 3.25 million Black children live in these households).”

Therefore, while it’s great news to see that broadband prices have fallen over the last five years, there are still millions of Americans who can’t afford an internet connection at home. Fortunately, two new developments from the public and private sector can help

solve this problem: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the nationwide rollout of 5G home service.

Closing the digital divide has been an area of key focus for President Biden. The bipartisan infrastructure package signed into last year contains billions of dollars that aims to tackle not only broadband access, but affordability and adoption. $14.2 billion of this funding went to the creation of the Affordability Connectivity Program (ACP), which offers a $30 discount to help lower-income consumers and families pay for internet service. In many cases, internet service providers are offering plans under the ACP which are effectively free, and, to date, over 10 million households have taken advantage of these steep discounts.

The infrastructure bill also provides $65 billion to help bring broadband to the many unserved and underserved swaths of the country where there is little to no service to be had at any price. States are currently working on developing plans in coordination with the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) to finally connect those parts of their cities and states that have languished with poor connectivity for decades.

One of the solutions to connect these homes is a new one: 5G for home broadband (also known as fixed wireless access or FWA).

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Black No More

By Miles Jaye Musician, writer Black no more, is a pledge to divest myself of anything that in word, tone, or image, detracts from the entirety and totality of my human experience. If by use of nomenclature, my so-called Blackness renders me one iota less human or denies me one single attribute, benefit, or protection of that afforded a whole human being, including the solemnity of soul, divinity of spirit and brilliance of the human mind, then I divest myself from that name and the use of that naming system.

“Black is beautiful,” “I’m Black and I’m proud,” “Black Lives matter” and any other slogan approved and tolerated by the controlling establishment should be called into question. Black, as defined and described as: “The absence of light,” “Deeply stained with dirt,” “Characterized by tragic or disastrous events; causing despair or pessimism,” “Full of gloom or misery; very depressed,” “Full of anger or hatred,” is of no use to me as a tool of positive self-awareness or self-identity, but only as a term I use to describe a beautiful, clear night sky.

I am not your Black. What I am is Light– a child of God, a piece, particle, or tiny sliver of a Universe of God fabric. I am a fraction of an infinitely powerful, omniscient, omnipresent force, made, designed and rendered in the image of that boundless, imponderable God. What I am is a descendent of spirit-infused cultures and thousands of years of civilization predating the Abraham of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

The fact that African empires existed before the existence of Europe is not

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tion, 5G home is a wireless, rapidly deployable and a cost-effective technology that relies on new, nationwide 5G networks to provide home internet at speeds comparable to cable.

Many people who are living without internet don’t have the luxury of waiting around for a technician for one, let alone two, visits. The ease of use of 5G for home broadband addresses this problem. It relies on the user for a self-installation, with some carriers reporting an average install time that is under an hour.

There are over 2,800 providers of fixed wireless access in the United States today. The number of companies entering the market will significantly increase competition and cause the price of broadband to drop even further. FWA plans are generally priced below cable internet rates and this new competition is a welcome development for low-income families.

The Biden administration’s broadband connectivity goals are intrinsically linked to the successful and widespread rollout of fixed wireless access. We’ve made a historic investment in making broadband affordable through the ACP and in making broadband available to all Americans. This historic investment along with 5G home internet service means a better digital future for all of us regardless of race or income level. An equitable digital future is within reach.

taught in Public schools. Why? “Black” is a linguistic invention.

“Black” is a redaction, a marker through the lines and pages of our history. “Black” is tape over the mouth of the griot. Black is the graffiti over the multicolored tapestry of our human presence across the globe throughout the millennia. A peoples’ history must be told by them, not by their captors and colonizers. It must be told from their perspective, infused with the joy and tears of their remembering. Black hides the tears and mutes the cries by rendering us less than human. Black renders us invisible!

It is worth noting that recounting the horrors of slavery, remembering heroes of the civil rights movement, along with a few 19th and 20th century inventors, athletes and entertainers, in no way sufficiently pays proper tribute to the totality of our past. Only by passing down our complete stories and sharing the fullness of our heritage do we properly honor our ancestors and history, a history that long predates the 17th century in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean.

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LOCAL NEWS/COMMUNITY Boys & Girls Clubs to Sponsor Summer Food Service Program

Free summer meals feeds good nutrition to our San Diego youth Voice & Viewpoint Newswire As part of their mission to provide healthy lifestyles choices to San Diego youth, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego has partnered with the U.S Department of Agriculture to provide free meals to children when school is out for the summer.

“We’re proud to serve USDA certified healthy lunches and snacks,” said BGCGSD’s Heather Thornton.

“It’s important to keep our members healthy and active all year long, not just when school is in session.”

Meals will be served at participating Clubs throughout San Diego County. There are no income requirements or registration. Free meals will be made available to all attending children under 19 years of age without regard to race, color, national origin, sex or disability. All sites will be closed on July 4, 2022.

The program will operate Summer Food Service at the following Boys & Girls Club sites:

• June 15 - August 26 at the Clairmont, Logan Heights, Encanto and Linda Vista locations • June 13 - July 22 at the National City location

• June 13 - August 12 at the Poway location • June 13 - August 19 at the Ramona location • June 15 - August 5 at the two Escondido locations • June 20 - August 24 at the Valley Center location

Lunch and afternoon snacks will be provided at the locations listed below, Monday through Friday: • Clairemont Branch, 4635 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, San Diego, CA, 92117, (858) 273-1645, Lunch: 12 PM - 1 PM, Snack: 3 PM - 3:30 PM

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• Ron Roberts Branch (Linda Vista), 2230 E Jewett Street, San Diego, CA, 92111, (858) 277-6670, Lunch: 12 PM - 1 PM, Snack: 3:30 PM - 4 PM • Encanto Branch, 6785 Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92114, (619) 263-6407, Lunch: 12 PM - 1 PM, Snack: 3 PM - 3:30 PM • William J. Oakes Branch (Logan Heights), 2930 Marcy Avenue, San Diego, CA, 92113, (619) 525-1739, Lunch: 12 PM - 12:45 PM, Snack: 3 PM - 3:30 PM • Payne Family Branch (National City), 1430 De Avenue, National City, CA, 91950, (619) 447-5445, Lunch: 12 PM - 1 PM, Snack: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

• Sulpizio Family Branch (Poway), 12988 Bowron Road, Poway, CA, 92064, (858) 748-9933, Lunch: 12 PM - 12:30 PM, Snack: 2:30 PM - 3 PM • Conrad Prebys Ramona Branch, 622 E Street, Ramona, CA, 92065, (760) 788-7564, Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12 PM, Snack: 2:30 PM - 3 PM • Baker Family Branch (Escondido), 835 W. 15th Avenue, Escondido, CA, 92025, (760) 745-0515, Lunch: 11:30 AM - 12 PM, Snack: 2:30 PM - 3 PM • Bronner Family Brunch (Valley Center), 28751 Cole Grade Road, Valley Center, CA, 92082, Lunch: 11 AM - 11:30 AM, Snack: 2 PM - 2:30 PM

The Jackie Robinson YMCA’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt Returns!

The Y’s 15th Annual Easter event brings joy to Southeast families

By Dearcy Long

Photos by Dearcy Long

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, a longawaited event was enjoyed again at the beautiful Jackie Robinson YMCA facility. This annual event was hosted by Prince Hall Affiliated Fidelity Lodge #10, Ruth Chapter #11 and welcomed a new partnership with the Harvey

Family Foundation. All of these organizations, along with a host of volunteers from the YMCA and Director Anna Arancibia, provided over 6,000 colorful plastic eggs filled with lots of candy, toys, and prizes for children of all ages to scoop up.

Although the pandemic kept us from having this event for the last few years, this was definitely a long overdue event. On this day, the

past years of not being able to have this event were forgotten and the excitement and joy were all over the faces of the little ones. It was amazing to see how fast the different age groups were running to get to those beautiful eggs.

Kudo’s to the Harvey Family Foundation for the different sizes of Easter Eggs donated. There were dinosaur size eggs given out as well. As this day closed out, there are thoughts ahead for next year’s event to be even bigger and better.

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District 9 To Hold Budget Forums Voice & Viewpoint Newswire

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udget season is in full swing and another round of engagement opportunities with the Council District 9 Office is here. The District 9 office will be hosting 4 budget forums, two of them in partnership with other offices and organizations, where they will share information on how to plug in, stay involved, and share your priorities with the team and the City as a whole.

DATES:

Saturday, May 14th, 11am: In-person in Mountain View, Mountain View Community Center, 641 S Boundary St, San Diego, CA 92113. In partnership with Council President pro Tem Monica Montgomery Steppe and the

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire Sheriff Anthony Ray just became San Diego County’s Interim Sheriff appointed by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. Less than a week after being sworn in as the county’s Interim Sheriff he granted a meeting to local civic and civil rights leaders, including Shane Harris, President of the People’s Association of Justice Advocates; local activist, Francine Maxwell; former California Assemblymember Lori Saldana, activist Yusef Miller; and Marilyn English, Director of the African American Wellness Center for Children & Families.

Saldana was among those leading the push, along with Yusef Miller, for a state audit of jail deaths in San Diego County. English’s organization works to keep African American families out of the foster care system. Harris has been a stalwart advocate for equity in the foster care system.

Thursday, April 28th, 6:30 pm: Virtual forum on zoom (link provided after registration).

Saturday, April 30th, 11am: In-person in City Heights, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 4177 Marlborough Ave, San Diego, CA 92105.

In partnership with San Diego Organizing Project and SAY San Diego.

Local Civil Rights Leaders Meet With County’s Interim Sheriff

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Office of the Independent Budget Analyst.

Saturday, May 21st, 11am: In-person, College-Rolando Library, 6600 Montezuma Rd, San Diego, CA 92115.

Register at the link below. If you need interpretation for

any language, indicate which ones when registering using the sign-up form. For any questions, e-mail Maryan Osman at mosman@sandiego.gov.

RSVP LINK: sdd9.info/ rsvp

A plethora of issues was discussed with Sheriff Ray during the meeting, according to a release from Harris’ off-

Right to left is Shane Harris, President of the People’s Association of Justice Advocates who convened the meeting, Interim Sheriff Ray, Retired Assemblywoman Dr. Lori Saldana, Carol Bess, Marilyn English, and Activist Yusef Miller. (Photo taken by the People’s Association of Justice Advocates). PHOTO: Courtesy of Shane Harris

ice. Ray was sworn into office on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, as the County’s Interim Sheriff until the November election, when a new Sheriff will take office. The meeting was one of the first meetings Ray has taken as the county’s new Sheriff to learn about issues leaders are concerned about and how to work together on those issues.

According to a press release from the People’s Association

of Justice Advocates the topics discussed, which centered around the released state audit, included: California audits on jail deaths, statistics on jail deaths by race, the CLERB racial breakdown of jail deaths over a two year period, and funds allocation targeted to support African American families on the verge of CPS referral after a family member is incarcerated.

The San Diego Foundation Awards $180K in Grants Connecting Youth to Green Jobs The partnership with the County of San Diego focuses on workforce training for young people, ages 16 – 24, who are not in school or working Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The San Diego Foundation has recently announced that seven local nonprofits will receive $180,000 in grants to develop jobs and other programs to expose opportunity youth – or young people ages 16 to 24 who are not in school or working – to careers in green industries.

“Thanks to our local nonprofit partners, this program will help opportunity youth develop personally and professionally, while growing the resilience of our local green economy,” said Christiana DeBenedict, Director of Environment Initiatives for The San Diego Foundation.

A report published by the San Diego Workforce Partnership identified an estimated 417,000 people in the San Diego region between 16 and 24 years of age. Of that group, 31,000 are considered opportunity youth.

“These grants are the next step in our new countywide initiative to help young people secure the green careers that will define not only their future but the future of our entire region,” said Terra Lawson-Remer, member of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. “These investments in a youth green jobs program are an acknowledgment that our economy can’t fully recover until young people recover — and have equitable access to the green economy of tomorrow.”

Grant funding for the green jobs program was provided by the County of San Diego as part of its Youth Environmental/Recreation Corp launched last year by a proposal from Supervisors

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Lawson-Remer and Nora Vargas. Seven local nonprofits each received a grant of $20,000 or $30,000, including: • Urban Corps of San Diego County to recruit members for its dual worklearning program in Vista, Escondido and Chula Vista and prepare them for employment in green workforce careers • Environmental Health Coalition of San Diego to support environmental justice advocacy, community organizing, leadership development and policy advocacy in Barrio Logan • Ocean Discovery Institute to provide a pathway to careers in science and conservation that includes mentoring and career coaching in City Heights • Indigenous Regeneration to support paid farm apprenticeships for Native opportunity youth interested in learning about sustainable farming and regenerative agriculture in Valley Center and San Pasqual • Project New Village to support internships in urban agriculture at Mt. Hope Community Garden in Southeast San Diego • Casa Familiar to engage interns in transportation justice, mitigating transit pollution and greening efforts in San Ysidro and Otay Mesa

• Tree San Diego to educate, incentivize and provide workforce training for careers in urban forestry in Chollas Creek and Mundo Gardens in National City

Mt. Hope Community Garden in Southeast San Diego, part of Project New Village, is to receive support for internships in urban agriculture as part of the block of grants recently awarded to local organizations by The San Diego Foundation. Photo: ProjectNewVillage.org

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics defines green jobs as jobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources, or jobs that workers’ duties involve making their establishment’s production processes more environmentally friendly or use fewer natural resources.

In 2021, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst projected that to meet California’s climate goals in 2030 and 2045, the state would need to invest in creating a projected 1 million green jobs.

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ARTS & CULTURE Rihanna Talks Fashion, Motherhood As Due Date Approaches The Associated Press Timekeeping isn’t Rihanna’s strong suit, and that goes for the pregnancy she’s been sharing with the world as well.

This image released by Showtime shows Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, second right, and O-T Fagbenle as Barack Obama, right, in a scene from “The First Lady.” Photo: Jackson Lee Davis/Showtime via AP

‘FIRST LADY’ DRAMA

Spotlights Roosevelt, Ford, Obama Spouses

By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer

of America’s “beautiful-looking, successful” first hostess.

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“The First Lady” approaches the stories as a tapestry, weaving together moments that, at times, show how similar the women’s experience was despite the decades that separated them.

he First Lady” presents three influential women, three acclaimed actors playing them, and a century of history encompassing wars, presidential scandal and America’s stubborn gender and race fault lines.

The ambitious Showtime drama series proved an irresistible challenge for Oscar-winning director Susanne Bier. While its subjects — Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama — each have a “compelling and gripping” story, the sum is even greater, Bier said of her first biographical project.

“What was striking to me was the fact that they realized how to navigate within the White House without actually having a political position.”

–Susanne Bier

“It was interesting to me that it wasn’t one biopic” by focusing on first ladies of disparate experiences and eras “in a way it puts women’s situation in the world very much in perspective,” Bier said in an interview.

“The First Lady,” which premiered on Sunday, April 17, stars Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford, and Viola Davis as Michelle Obama.

Davis was an executive producer for the series, as were showrunner Cathy Schulman and Bier.

In their younger iterations, the future first ladies are played by Eliza Scanlen (Roosevelt), Kristine Froseth (Ford) and Jayme Lawson (Obama). The presidents — secondary to their wives in this telling — are portrayed by Kiefer Sutherland as Franklin D. Roosevelt; Aaron Eckhart as Gerald Ford; and O-T Fagbenle as Barack Obama.

The series examines both personal and political chapters, but it is historical fiction and doesn’t pretend to be a documentary, Schulman said.

“We had to imagine what happened in between the events and the things that have been written about,” she said during a panel discussion.

Bier said the first-lady role doesn’t exist in her native Denmark. While she was familiar with the women portrayed in the series, she gained new respect for them.

“What was striking to me was the fact that they realized how to navigate within the White House without actually having a political position, and became much more influential than one would have thought,” she said. They did so while managing to serve the expected role

All fought to be taken seriously as first ladies after spending part or much of their adult lives supporting their husband’s ambitions. Ford and Obama are depicted as deeply reluctant to make the White House their temporary home — Ford because she had spent so long in the political trenches after giving up her own dreams, Obama because she feared for her husband’s safety as the first Black president.

Despite the passages of decades, there are striking similarities in the walls “that these three women banged up against,” Bier said. “Yes, our society has changed, history has changed. But it still is very much a man’s world we are living in, which is why I find it incredibly important to do (such) a show.”

The parallels involving the women are strictly thematic since their lives don’t overlap in history or the series. Bier, who came on board after the approach was determined, felt that the arc of the women’s individual stories wasn’t fully developed in the script.

With the three first lady’s scenes to be shot independently, Bier suggested creation of a “cohesive script for each.” Even then, changes were made along the way, as Ford, then Obama and Roosevelt were filmed one after the other.

“As we were shooting Betty, the scripts for Michelle Obama were being rewritten,” she said. “So there was never actually a finished roadmap for how to interweave the stories.”

Bier, a “master filmmaker” in various genres, was right for the Showtime series that “moves in and out of comedy, tragedy and everything in between,” producer Schulman said. “Also, Susanne is an actor’s director, and the level of detail with which she approaches characterizations was crucial in bringing the first ladies to life.”

“The First Lady” is envisioned as an ongoing anthology series, with new presidential spouses part of future editions.

“I’m at the moment obsessing over Martha Washington,” Schulman said during the panel discussion, citing her intrigue with the origins of the first lady’s role. “But I also would be so interested to see if we could figure out a way to do Jackie Kennedy that didn’t tell the same old story... Each of them is so interesting, and they become more interesting in combinations.”

“Planning? I wouldn’t say planning,” she told Vogue about her upcoming motherhood. “But certainly not planning against it. I don’t know when I ovulate or any of that type of (expletive). We just had fun. And then it was just there on the test.”

“My body is doing incredible things right now, and I’m not going to be ashamed of that,” –Rihanna’s

Now in her third trimester, the music star, and fashion and beauty mogul hasn’t exactly been hiding under a maternity tent since she and boyfriend A$AP Rocky announced they were expecting in late January via a wintry New York street photo shoot. Since, she’s made the fashion week rounds in Milan and Paris wearing a range of belly-bearing couture.

If it’s not something she would have put on pre-pregnancy, Rihanna said, it’s not something on her list now.

Rihanna, left, and ASAP Rocky appear at the Off-White Ready To Wear Fall/Winter 2022-2023 fashion collection, in Paris on Feb. 28, 2022. She is now in her third trimester of pregnancy. Photo: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

“My body is doing incredible things right now, and I’m not going to be ashamed of that,” she said.

“This time should feel celebratory.

Because why should you be hiding your pregnancy?”

The cover interview, which came out Tuesday, April 19, has 34-yearold Rihanna in a lacy red Alaia bodysuit and long gloves. It’s just one of the numerous rule-breaking designer looks she’s been wearing in celebration of her bump.

So how is she feeling about the next part, where she actually gives birth

and scheduling possibly kicks in?

Rihanna wishes all of her closest loved ones could be in the room, but that seems unlikely under COVID-19 rules. She didn’t disclose where she’ll be headed for labor and delivery — or when she’s due for that matter.

“Maybe I’ll just have a party bus parked outside or something,” she said. And what frightens her the most? “Postpartum depression.

Will I feel out of control emotionally? Those are the stories I hear from other women that scare me.”

New Doc Charts Memphis Origins Of Ida B. Wells’ Crusade

By John Beifuss The Commercial Appeal In July, a life-sized statue of Ida B. Wells was unveiled in Memphis, Tennessee, at the new Ida B. Wells Plaza. The bronze likeness joined such previous tributes to Wells as a 1990 U.S. postage stamp and a 2020 Pulitzer Prize “special citation,” acknowledging what the Pulitzer board described as “her outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.”

Wells, in other words, has not lacked for posthumous recognition and prestigious encomiums. In recent years, she has become one of the most celebrated figures of the postCivil War, pre-civil rights movement struggle for racial enlightenment. Her name, like that of her most famous successor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., garners seemingly universal respect.

But if Wells, in symbolic statue form, now stands in the Memphis landscape like a sentinel demanding justice, her relationship to the city where she launched her crusades against racism and sexism remains arguably underappreciated, on both a local and national scale. That could change, if a cadre of Memphis filmmakers have their way.

A project of the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis, “Facing Down Storms: Memphis and the Making of Ida B. Wells” premiered on April 19 with a screening at the Orpheum’s Halloran Centre.

Co-directed by Hooks Institute executive director Daphene R. McFerren and Hooks Institute assistant director Nathaniel C. Ball, the feature-length documentary uses narration, interviews, readings from Wells’ diaries, animation, reenactments and other techniques to tell the story of Ida B. Wells in Memphis.

A statue of Ida B. Wells stands at the intersection of Fourth and Beale streets in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, July 16, 2021. Photo: Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP

For many Black people in the South, “Memphis was the place to come after the Civil War,” McFerren said. “Memphis had a vibrant social and cultural scene, and she (Wells) came here with the hope of realizing her dreams.”

It was here, in the 1890s, that Wells began a series of activist investigations into the local lynchings of three Black men that inspired national outrage and reform efforts that continue to reverberate.

Eventually, threats and violence drove Wells to Chicago, where she continued her anti-lynching activism.

“Although she left under circumstances where she wasn’t appreciated, Memphis should be proud that Ida B. Wells began her crusade here,” McFerren said.

Funded through a combination of grants and donations, the 90-minute “Facing Down Storms” should make its way to various film festivals and streaming services after its Memphis premiere.

“What Ida B. Wells witnessed was a turning back of the gains provided by the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments,” which abolished slavery and prohibited some forms of discrimination, McFerren said. “To me, it very much mirrors what is going on now.”

“I see us now in a backlash to the period running from Brown vs. the Board of Education through the Barack Obama presidency. In the Ida B. Wells story, there’s a warning to the future. There’s not a guarantee that the gains of the civil rights era will continue.”

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ARTICLE CONTINUATION URGENT: Continued from page 2

Wright said at a community forum to kick off the conference on Wednesday night that when she began doing environmental justice work back in 1990, there were 132 petrochemical facilities along the 85-mile corridor from New Orleans to Baton Rouge known by some as Cancer Alley. Now there are two dozen more.

ference is also traditionally a venue for local organizations to share their data and young researchers to present their studies. Major themes in that research this year were tracking air pollution in St. James and St. John parishes in Louisiana, as well as Houston; building flood protection in the port cities of Gulfport, Mississippi and New Orleans, and measuring the cumulative impact of pollution on environmental health in communities of color across the United States.

“We live in a state that for years abdicated its environmental protection obligations” with respect to the chemical manufacturing industry, she said.

Reggie Sylvestine, a member of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe in Texas who works in fire prevention and management, was at the conference for the first time and said what he learned was eye-opening.

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“I’m learning that all of the impacts

are mainly on (other) minority communities,” Sylestine said. “And we’re being left out from getting the help that we need to alleviate these problems.”

Another first-time attendee, Karis Thomas, a psychology student at Howard University, said she’s been inspired to take on a leadership role by watching other students at the conference and seeing the research they’re taking on.

“What I’ve really gleaned from this conference is the student activism and seeing what’s new that’s coming in terms of taking responsibility” in a way that doesn’t rely on government or corporate support, she said.

“Because we’ve seen that this work takes decades, it takes years, and we don’t have years.”

DEMORALIZING Continued from page 3

It was the first time I had ever taken a bath in a bathtub. In fact, where we lived only two houses in the neighborhood had bathtubs.

Then came a period of time when the projects were in an unbelievable stage of deterioration. I remember some of the projects were now four stories high and a lot of negative changes had taken place. It was the beginning of the 1960s and the tenants now challenged the Housing Authority. Tenants had dogs, stores, after hour joints, and were selling drugs. These individuals were in the minority but this was the beginning of the demise of

the projects and the tearing down of the projects.

One of the worst tragedies was that the projects became overwhelmingly one parent head of the household. They were the super strong Black mothers and I called them Wonder Women. Daddy was absent then and an unbelievable number of daddies are still absent.

Yes, it’s an overwhelming factor in the demise of the Black family structure.

This article appeared originally in the New Pittsburgh Courier.

BLACK Continued from page 3

We were Africans long before becoming New Yorkers, Jamaicans, Brazilians, Haitians, Cubans or Puerto Ricans.

Black no more removes the control over one’s thoughts, beliefs and

feelings. Black no more begins the renewal and restoration of self as God intended, by the emancipation from oppression of the mind and soul. If you remember nothing else, remember that you are not only the chosen people but also the original

people. It’s time for truth-seeking.

Discover our truth hidden in Ancient History. Discover the original names of people and places through etymology and linguistics. Learn the original regions and territories through

geography and cartography. Learn African religions, mythology and ancient customs through cultural and physical anthropology.

Your thoughts, insights and respectful response to this essay may be

submitted to the following: Website: www.therealmilesjaye.com and www.milesjaye.net Email: MilesJayeDA@gmail.com This commentary originally appeared in Texas Metro News.

California COVID Cases Up, but No Plans To Add Restrictions

By Don Thompson Associated Press

California has no plans to impose new statewide pandemic restrictions despite a rise in coronavirus cases primarily due to the new highly transmissible omicron variant BA.2, the state’s top health official says.

The most populous state has seen “some slow but noticeable increase in our case rates’’ in the last 10 days, said Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency. California’s slower increase contrasts with some other parts of the country, especially the Northeast.

Philadelphia last week became the first major U.S. city to reinstate an indoor mask mandate. Confirmed cases jumped more than 50% in 10 days and the city’s health commissioner said she wanted to intervene to head off a wave of hospitalizations and deaths.

“In California, we haven’t seen a city or a county have that kind of case rate increase as of yet,’’ Ghaly told The Associated Press on Thursday, April 14, adding he has seen no indication local officials plan to toughen their approach.

Local officials can proceed more aggressively than the state if they choose and some have during previous waves.

California lifted its mask mandate in mid-February but Los Angeles County waited more than two weeks longer. And it was only two weeks ago that the city of Los Angeles ended its mandate for many indoor businesses and operators of large outdoor events to verify that customers have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

In LA County, which has more than a quarter of California’s population of nearly 40 million, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday that cases rose 15% in the last week and she expects further increases as students return to school after spring break. But she is confident health workers and facilities are ready for any influx of seriously ill patients.

“Part of responding appropriately is ensuring that we’re always well prepared for situations that may require additional safety and mitigation strategies,’’ Ferrer said.

In mid-February California became the first state to

formally adopt an “endemic’’ approach to the coronavirus.

That plan emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks over mandated masking and business shutdowns.

California remains focused on encouraging individuals to get vaccinated and boosted, wear a mask where appropriate and take other precautions to “make good, thoughtful personal decisions to protect themselves,’’ Ghaly said.

“This is a frequent, fast-moving situation, as it has been over the last two years, and that’s what we’re looking at.

But at this moment, really no changes to our mitigation approaches across the state,’’ Ghaly said.

Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Southern California, said California’s more individualized response reflects the progress that’s been made since the onset of the pandemic two years ago prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to impose the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order.

“In 2022 we have a variety of tools that we did not have in 2020, so it makes sense to take a different approach,’’

Patrons eat indoors at Philippe the Original restaurant in Los Angeles, Friday. Feb. 25, 2022. Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services, told The Associated Press, Thursday, April 14, 2022, that California has no plans to impose new statewide pandemic restrictions despite an anticipated rise in coronavirus cases primarily due to a new highly transmissible omicron variant. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Klausner said, The goal is “to use our tools more surgically, instead of as blunt instruments like we were doing in 2020.’’

The BA.2 subvariant has become the dominant strain

in the United States and in California in recent weeks after already spreading rapidly through Europe and Asia. California has continued relaxing precautions even as the threat of a new wave increases.

On April 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration delayed for at least a year his first-in-the-nation plan to require all schoolchildren to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS WHO: COVID Cases, Deaths In Africa Drop To Lowest Levels Yet

Earlier this week, WHO said scientists in Botswana and South Africa have detected new forms of the omicron variant, labeled as BA.4 and BA.5, but aren’t sure yet if they might be more transmissible or dangerous.

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he number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic began, marking the longest decline yet seen in the disease, according to the World Health Organization.

“This low level of infection has not been seen since April 2020 in the early stages of the pandemic in Africa” –WHO

In a statement on Thursday, April 14, the U.N. health agency said COVID-19 infections due to the omicron surge had “tanked” from a peak of more than 308,000 weekly cases to fewer than

In an analysis released last week, WHO estimated that up to 65% of people in Africa have been infected with the coronavirus and said unlike many other regions, most people infected on the continent didn’t show any symptoms.

A Maasai woman receives the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at a clinic in Kimana, southern Kenya on Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

20,000 last week. Cases and deaths fell by 29% and 37% respectively in the last week; deaths decreased to 239 from the previous week.

“This low level of infection has not been seen since April 2020 in the early stages of the pandemic in Africa,” WHO said.

The agency warned, however, that with winter approaching for Southern Hemisphere countries, “there is a high risk of another wave of new infections.” The coronavirus spreads more easily in cooler temperatures when people are more likely to gather in larger numbers indoors.

Scientists at WHO and elsewhere have speculated that factors including Africa’s young population, the lower incidence of chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes and warmer weather, may have helped it avoid a bigger wave of disease. Still, some countries have seen significant increases in the numbers of unexplained deaths, suggesting authorities were missing numerous COVID-19 cases.

CONGOLESE IMMIGRANT FAMILY STRIKEN

BY FATAL SHOOTING IN U.S. Global Information Network Apr. 18, 2022 (GIN) - When Patrick Lyoya, a Congolese immigrant, died at the hands of a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his life was cut down by violence much like the homegrown executions Congolese have been facing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for years.

Close to a thousand summary executions take place in the DRC each year.

Women and children make up a large part of the victims, with a third of the killings carried out by uniformed security forces, the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) said in an annual report on human rights violations in the DRC. In addition to the victimization by security forces, Congolese civilians have been targets of killings by a coalition of Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers looking to root out the remaining perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide.

Over a five year period, 50,000

Congolese were resettled in the United States with Grand Rapids - “the No. 1 place” for such immigrants.

Lynn Lawry from Harvard Medical School has studied mental health issues there.

A 2010 study she conducted in the Congo found that half of all adults exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Many of them came to the U.S. without any English language skills and with trauma, depression and other scars of war. They were in need of mental health services — services that local providers feared would not be there.

In 2014, the Lyoya family arrived in the U.S. They had escaped the regime of Joseph Kabila, son of Laurent-Desire Kabila, a brutal autocrat who became fabulously wealthy after 13 years in power. He managed to accumulate 2 billion dollars during his reign but was assassinated in 2001 by an 18 year old boy, possibly a child soldier.

Joseph Kabila was the number two man in a weak and

Protest for Patrick Lyoya. Photo: Courtesy of GIN

poorly-trained army when he came to power. The DRC – sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest country five times the size of France – was trying to put down a rebellion that involved 25 armed groups and armies from at least eight African countries.

The bloody conflict was billed as “Africa’s World War” started in 1998 and formally ended in 2003. It left more than two million dead and millions of others displaced.

Dorcas Lyoya, Patrick’s mother, on learning of her son’s death at the hands of

a yet-unnamed officer in Grand Rapids, said during a press conference this week that she was “surprised and astonished” her son was killed in the U.S. Patrick, 26, was her “beloved” first-born son, she said amid tears, and the family believed they had come to a safe place in America.

Meanwhile, in a press conference, Dorcas Lyoya appeared with her family and national civil rights attorney Ben Crump to call for charges to be filed against the officer responsible for the fatal shooting.

Photo: Courtesy of GIN

FIRESTORM OVER BRITISH PLAN

TO DUMP ASYLUM-SEEKING REFUGEES IN RWANDA Global Information Network

with the demands of international law”.

Apr. 18, 2022 (GIN) - The United Nations Refugee Agency has joined other human rights groups in protesting plans by the United Kingdom to dump migrants and asylum-seekers who cross the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda as the government tries to cut the record numbers of people making the perilous journey.

Ghana and Rwanda had previously been mentioned as possible locations for the UK to outsource the processing of migrants, but Ghana in January denied involvement.

“From today... anyone entering the UK illegally as well as those who have arrived illegally since January 1 may now be relocated to Rwanda,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a speech in southeastern England.

Instead, Kigali on Thursday announced that it had signed a multi-million-dollar deal to do the job, during a visit by British Home Secretary Priti Patel.

“Rwanda welcomes this partnership with the United Kingdom to host asylum seekers and migrants, and offer them legal pathways to residence” in the East African nation, Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta said in “Rwanda will have the a statement. capacity to resettle tens of The deal with Rwanda will thousands of people in the be funded by the UK to the years ahead,” Johnson said. tune of up to $157 million, He called the East African with migrants “integrated nation with a sketchy into communities across human rights record “one the country,” it said. of the safest countries in One critic of the plan said: the world, globally recog“This grubby cash-fornized for its record of welpeople plan would be a coming and integrating cowardly, barbaric and inmigrants.” humane way to treat peoThe Rwanda plan was quick- ple fleeing persecution and ly condemned by rights war,” he said. groups who slammed the Refugee Action’s Tim Naor project as inhumane, unHilton accused the govworkable and a waste of ernment of “offshoring its public money. responsibilities onto EurThe United Nations’ refu- ope’s former colonies ingee agency voiced its strong stead of doing our fair share opposition, with Gillian to help some of the most Triggs, the UNHCR assis- vulnerable people on the tant high commissioner for planet. protection saying: “People Lewis Mudge, Central Afrfleeing war, conflict and perica director at Human secution deserve compassion Rights Watch, said the claim and empathy. They should Rwanda was a safe country not be traded like commod“is not grounded in reality.” ities and transferred abroad for processing.”

“Arbitrary detention, illtreatment, and torture in European Commission official and unofficial despokesman Balazs Ujvari tention facilities is comsaid the plan “raises funmonplace, and fair trial damental questions about standards are flouted in the access to asylum procemany cases,” Mudge said. dures and protection in line

extreme weather RINGS DEADLY FLOODING TO KWAZULU-NATAL Global Information Network Apr. 18, 2022 (GIN) - Recordbreaking levels of rainfall threaten a new round of flooding and landslides in South Africa’s KwaZuluNatal. Already, the calamity has taken over 400 lives, left some 40,000 homeless, with an economic cost yet to be tallied.

Weather forecasters and climate scientists, speaking to the Daily Maverick news outlet, are predicting a repeat of such events - potentially sooner than expected.

“The events of the past week in KwaZulu-Natal have brought into sharp focus the material threat posed by extreme weather and climate change,” observed the local media outlet. Forecasters from the South African Weather Service (SAWS) affirmed that “the exceptionally heavy rainfall overnight and this morning exceeded even the expectations of the southern African meteorological community at large”.

smashed into Durban city and surrounding areas, trashing the idyllic beaches with debris.

The floodwaters -- the strongest to have struck KwaZuluNatal in recent memory --

“The loss of life, destruction of homes, the damage to the physical infrastructure...

slides that destroyed roads and homes in the region.

Lower floors of seaside holiday apartments along the north coast were buried by reddish-brown mud, while hillside homes hung precariously after their foundations were washed away.

“The loss of life, destruction of homes, the damage to the physical infrastructure... ” –Sihle Zikalala

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make this natural disaster one of the worst ever in recorded history of our province,” said Sihle Zikalala, premier of the KwaZuluNatal province.

The floods also brought land-

Shanty towns built along rivers were among the most vulnerable, and shack homes were washed away by floodwaters or covered by mud and debris, causing blame to be placed on the government itself, for inequitable access to basic services “ex-

acerbating the injustice,” said Debra Roberts, co-chair of a major report on climate impacts. Insurance is one way for communities to recover from severe flooding but people living in shanties do not have access to this.

“They literally lost everything,” she said. “Many have lost absolutely all the material goods that they have in this world including their house today.”

The government has announced an immediate $68 million in emergency relief funding.

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COVID-19 UPDATES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY PUBLIC HEAL TH 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/COVID-19/Order-ofthe-State-Public-Health-Officer-BeyondBlueprint.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/ COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings. aspx#June15guidance.

In San Diego County, persons who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or who are likely to have COVID-19, will be subject to the Order of the Health Officer titled: “Isolation of All Persons with or Likely to have COVID-19,” or as subsequently amended. Persons who have a close contact with a person who either has COVID19, 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/ programs/phs/community_epidemiology/ dc/2019-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: • 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED: 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

CDC Extends Travel Mask Requirement To May 3 As COVID Rises

By Zeke Miller and David Koenig Associated Press

“In order to assess the potential impact the rise of cases has on severe disease, including hospitalizations and deaths, and health care system capacity, the CDC order will remain in place at this time,” the agency said in a statement.

When the Transportation Security Administration, which enforces the rule for planes, buses, trains and transit hubs, extended the requirement last month, it said the CDC had been hoping to roll out a more flexible masking strategy that would have replaced the

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searing report released by the Black Coalition Against COVID details the immense toll the Covid19 pandemic has taken — and continues to take — on Black communities, and calls for continued vigilance and action to prevent further losses even as the rest of the nation is eager to move on.

The report’s authors — physicians and public health and policy experts — note with alarm that even as case rates began to fall sharply across the country earlier this year, the Covid-19 hospitalization rate for Black people was higher than it had been at any time during the pandemic for any racial or ethnic group.

“The juxtaposition — that for some, the pandemic is over, yet the hospitalization rate for Black people is higher than it’s ever been — is stark.”

–Marcella Nunez-Smith

For the week ending Jan. 8, 2022, the hospitalization rate for Black Americans was 64 per 100,000 — more than twice the overall rate. Rates for all Americans have since fallen, though they remain much higher for Black people.

“The juxtaposition — that for some, the pandemic is over, yet the hospitalization rate for Black people is higher than it’s ever been — is stark,” said Marcella Nunez-Smith, an associate dean and professor of internal medicine, public health, and management at Yale University who chaired President Biden’s Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force.

The report details the massive disparities experienced

by Black Americans. These include: • Older Black Americans (between 65-74) were five times more likely to die than white Americans.

The Biden administration announced Wednesday, April 13, that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID19 cases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was extending the order, which was set to expire on April 18, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.

COVID-19 Pandemic Isn’t Over for Black Americans, Report Warns

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nationwide requirement.

The mask mandate is the most visible vestige of government restrictions to control the pandemic, and possibly the most controversial. A surge of abusive and sometimes violent incidents on airplanes has been attributed mostly to disputes over mask-wearing.

The mask requirement for travelers was the target of months of lobbying from the airlines, who sought to kill it.

Republicans in Congress also fought to kill the mandate.

“It is very difficult to understand why masks are still required on airplanes, but not needed in crowded bars and restaurants; in packed sports arenas; in schools full

of children; or at large indoor political gatherings,” Nicholas Calio, the CEO of industry trade group Airlines for America, said Wednesday in a letter to the heads of the CDC and the Health and Human Services Department.

There has been a slight increase in cases in recent weeks, with daily confirmed cases nationwide rising from about 25,000 per day to more than 30,000. More than 85% of those cases are the highly contagious BA.2 strain. Those figures could be an undercount since many people now test positive on at-home tests that are not reported to public health agencies.

Severe illnesses and deaths tend to lag infections by several weeks. The CDC is

awaiting indications of whether the increase in cases correlates to a rise in adverse outcomes before announcing a less restrictive mask policy for travel.

A poll in mid-March by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that Americans are evenly divided over keeping the mask rule for transportation. The poll found that 51% wanted the mandate to expire and 48% said it should remain in place - in effect, a tie, given the poll’s margin of error. Vaccinated people and those with chronic health conditions favored keeping the rule, but by smaller margins.

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• Between April 2020 and June 2021, 1 in 310 Black children lost a parent or caregiver compared to 1 in 738 white children.

• Learning time lost by students who were Black or in other racial or ethnic groups was estimated to be one year, compared to four to eight months for white students.

• Black Americans were twice as likely as white Americans to experience food insecurity.

• Black Americans are more likely to experience pandemic-related anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders compared with white Americans.

The report states clearly that these worse outcomes were not due to any biological factors or genetic predisposition, but were a “predictable result of structural and social realities” such as Black Americans being overrepresented in essential-worker jobs, including practical and vocational nursing; being more likely to live in densely populated urban areas; and having pre existing medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes due to differential access to health care.

In addition, the report says, many Black Americans faced barriers to testing and vaccination in the beginning of the pandemic, and also faced discrimination when seeking Covid-19 care. “The harsh realities of Covid-19 were superimposed upon generational systems of disadvantage,” said the report.

“What this report makes clear is why there was such a disproportionate impact in the Black community,” Reed Tuckson, a former commissioner of public health in Washington, D.C., who is now a co-founder of the Black Coalition Against COVID, told STAT. “The predicates that caused these disparities have long been Airlines imposed their own mask mandates in 2020, when the Trump administration declined to take action.

Unions representing flight attendants, which once backed mask rules, now decline to take a position because their members are divided over the issue. It is unclear whether eliminating the rule would make people more or less likely to travel on planes or subways.

Ed Bastian, the CEO of Delta Air Lines, said that some people might start flying if they don’t have to wear a mask, and others might stop flying if other passengers are unmasked. He called both

present in the lives of Black folk. These are cycles that we have to break.”

Of concern to Tuckson and others are disparities related to the pandemic that continue. These include the high hospitalization rate for Black Americans, low uptake of Covid vaccine boosters, and the lack of inclusion of Black Americans in clinical trials of treatments, and in patient registries for long Covid.

The report shows that disparities can be erased with targeted action. The Black Coalition Against COVID was among groups led by Black physicians and political and church leaders that worked to limit disparities in Covid-19 vaccination rates through education and access efforts. In May 2021, vaccination rates for first and second doses were 10% and 12% lower than those for white Americans; by January 2022, that gap had been largely erased.

Tuckson said much of this work can and will be done by the Black community itself, but will require far more funding than has been so far made available. “We are going to roll up our sleeves, but we need resources that have been painfully inadequate and hard to come by,” he said.

Even as the report authors warn that the pandemic is far from over for Black Americans, they say that once it does end, the work on ending the health care disparities highlighted so clearly by the pandemic must continue.

“We cannot unlearn the lessons we have learned these past two years,” said NunezSmith. “I have a visceral reaction every time someone says we have to get back to normal because normal is what got us here. We need to get back to a new normal.”

Source: BlackDoctor.org

groups “fringe,” and he predicted that many people will continue to wear masks even if the rule is dropped.

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COVID-19 STATUS TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES

753,939

REPORTED TESTS

10,624,089 HOSPITALIZED

29,995

ICU

2,114 SOURCE: County of San Diego as of 4/13/22

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MIRACLE DELIVERANCE CHURCH

By Conita Butts .

Church Liaison Journalist Miracle Deliverance Temple celebrated Easter…before Easter. On Monday, April 11, the celebrations started with a Creativity Challenge, then an Evangelism Challenge, a Family Activity, and culminated on Friday, April 15, with a Family Movie Night. Members were invited to enjoy a movie in honor of Jesus Christ with free snacks provided by the church.

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On Saturday, church members and friends gathered for a great time of fellowship at the Sunshine Park in La Mesa. Event Coordinator and Sunday School Superintendent, Evangelist Ruth Wilson, along with her committee, worked diligently to ensure there was plenty of food, a multitude of children’s games and activities. Anyone from the community were welcomed with a beautifully adorned table inviting them to free literature and refreshments.

father, the late Founding Pastor John L. Wilson, instituted the Finding the Real Meaning of Resurrection Day Picnic. For 49 years these picnics have been held on the Saturday prior to the Christians observance of Jesus’ resurrection. The purpose of the picnic event is to share the good news of Jesus with the community.”

There was a multitude of smiles, plenty of laughter, children playing; there was barbecuing, while others laid out more food to be enjoyed. It was a joyful occasion as the result of careful planning and years of having the picnic.

Says Pastor Wilson, “Through the years, thousands of attendees have enjoyed, food, music, games, and prizes all while learning the importance of the death, burial and

Pastor Charles Wilson shared the history and purpose of the picnic. “At the conception of Miracle Deliverance Temple COGIC, my

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resurrection of Jesus Christ. The fun and neutral park experience is the perfect space to start the conversation about Jesus which usually results in many visitors joining us for resurrection Sunday services.

The in-person event this year is extra special because it has been postponed the last two years due to the COVID-19 outbreak. During the last two years, activities have primarily been virtual. Families have been given a wonderful passion week toolkit to enjoy and reflect on the passion of Christ at home.”

• Candice Joy Barnes •

Sunday morning’s worship service was the culmination of the weeklong celebration. Pastor Wilson preached the word of God to a congregation of culturally diverse members. His goal is to reach the lost, hurting, downcast, According to Pastor Wilson, next year is their 50th year of service in San Diego and they hope to continue engaging the community of San Diego.

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NAREB Celebrates ‘Realist Pillars of Change Week’ Local chapters nationwide strategize on best ways to implement the organization’s five guiding pillars

Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) celebrated “REALIST Pillars of Change Week,” honoring the work of its 90 local chapters in 33 states that collaboratively strive to overcome structural barriers that can prevent Black families from purchasing homes in communities across the country.

During the past week, NAREB chapters strategized on ways to advance their five pillars, the priorities that guide their mission to increase Black homeownership. Membership in the 75– year organization includes residential and commercial real estate agents and brokers, loan officers, mortgage brokers, title companies, appraisers, insurance agents and developers.

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In San Diego, events started on April 3 and lasted until April 9, with events taking place across the city at community hubs, such as the Greater Life Baptist Church and the Veteran’s Museum and Memorial Center. Each day was dedicated to different events, starting with a Day of Worship and Prayer, followed

by a Political Advocac y Day, a Day of Service in the Community, and ending with a Community Wealth Building Day. “Inequities in homeownership are a difficult chapter in America’s history, and we should never lose sight of the challenging environment in which we still work,” said NAREB President Lydia Pope. “By helping remove the barriers that continue to discourage millions of Black Americans from achieving their homeownership dreams, we are taking steps to ensure that our communities, our states and our nation are stronger and fairer than ever.”

The five pillars are:

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Faith-Based & Civic Engagement - Over 75% of Black Americans surveyed by Pew Research reported that they are affiliated with a religious organization in their respective community.

A large percentage of professional Black Americans belong to a civic or professional organization. Therefore, NAREB’s relationship with Faith-based and civic Institutions allows the association to target Black American consumers nationwide to: (1) Educate our audience about homeownership, and (2) Inspire them to purchase real estate. NAREB’s Strategic and MOU Relationships will be nurtured under this pillar.

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Women Initiatives-Women Investing in Real Estate (W.I.R.E.) NAREB will focus on the development of effective educational tools and techniques for Black women consumers as well as for Black women real estate professionals. Specifically, the initiative aims to: Increase access to financial information and capital for Black women; Increase home ownership and real estate investment for Black women as well as the development of affordable housing for and by Black women.

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Diversity & Inclusion / Small Business - The majority of NAREB members are small businesses that qualify for most diversity and inclusion initiatives. We will focus our attention on educating and informing NAREB members about the income generation possibilities available through minority certifications and minority procurement opportunities. This initiative will also focus on strengthening leadership skills, business development, and mentorship.

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Multi-Generational Wealth Building - NAREB has developed age and life-style specific initiatives to reach and inform audiences about wealth building and homeownership. NAREB initiatives include: (1) the NAREB Youth Leadership Academy, (2)

the NAREB Millennial Movement – focused on Gen Z and Millennial consumers, and (3) Efforts to inform senior citizens on key elements to prepare for and keep legacy wealth.

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Government Relations / Advocacy - Through our State of Housing in Black America (SHIBA) report and our monthly SHIBA Bytes, NAREB will continue to educate, inform, and share with our members, elected and appointed officials, our community and its organizations on the homeownership needs of Black Americans and its importance to build wealth as well as strengthening communities.

Miranda Morrow-Bartell, Chair of ‘REALIST Pillars of Change Week, credits local board members for the success in addressing the five pillars. “With the help of our local board members and their steadfast commitment to housing equity, our week-long agenda promises to be an important catalyst to positive action,” she said.

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Ebony Pearls Shine at 66th Annual Leadership Academy Gala

By Cassandra Clady and Pamela Gray Payton

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• Carin Evelyn Kelly •

The Ebony Pearls Foundation of San Diego Inc® in collaboration with the San Diego Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Xi Omega, hosted their 66th Annual Ebony Pearls Youth Leadership Academy Gala on Saturday, April 16. Held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel, this year’s event was themed “Ebony Pearls…Rare, Resilient, Brave, Brilliant.” The Gala was the culminating program for 15 remarkable young ladies who successfully completed the six-month leadership development journey.

The leadership development program offers workshops, cultural enrichment activities, college and career exploration, financial literacy, social/emotional health activities and discussions, and more. This year, the program was offered as a hybrid of both in person and virtual activities.

The program’s two co-hosts – The Ebony Pearls Foundation of San Diego Inc® and the San Diego Graduate Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., ® Epsilon Xi Omega, includes the membership of over 160 college-educated women, each distinguished for acts of service and individual contributions. Ms. Mary Castleberry is the president of The Ebony Pearls Foundation of San Diego Inc ®, and Mrs. Dianne Joiner is the chapter president of Epsilon Xi Omega. The Grand-Chairman of the 2021-22 Ebony Pearls Youth Leadership Academy and Gala was Mrs. Pamela Gray Payton, and Ms. Hollie R. Davis-Allen served as Co-Chairman.

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friendship among high school youth, and enhanced the social skills and leadership of over 1,500 San Diego youth.

This year’s nine Marshals were an integral part of the program. Heralding from several different San Diego High Schools, the young men, high school juniors or seniors, also attended leadership development workshops and dance rehearsals.

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• Nechelle Merika Burnside •

We are pleased to present to the San Diego Community, the beautiful, talented and accomplished 2021-2022 Ebony Pearls.

For 66 years, this beloved annual program has encouraged and cultivated high scholastic and ethical standards, promoted unity and

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From left to right_ Mohamed Mohamed, Amarion Brooks, Jonathan Black, Joshua Dupree, Sion Griffith Jackson, Victory Ivy, Xavier Rodriguez, and Gyasi Nettles

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Great First Impression Interviewing for your dream job? Going on a promising first date? Here’s how to make a great first impression during all the most important moments:

3. Dress for the occasion: It’s important to dress right

Black People Are Closing the Wealth Gap The report noted the struggles of African Americans in homeownership and the overall wealth gap

1. Be on time: To arrive at your destination calm and collected, give yourself more than enough time for travel.

Take into account unforeseen circumstances such as traffic, road closures and parking snafus.

2. Pay attention to details: Other small details relating to your overall presentation matter. In addition to a portable stain remover, a small to-go kit in your car, bag or desk drawer can include dental floss, nail polish for touch-ups, lipstick or lip balm, breath mints, hair ties, moisturizer and anything else you need for on-the-fly adjustments.

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for the occasion, particularly in professional contexts.

While standing out is often a good thing, following the (often unspoken) dress code will help ensure you’re only doing so for the right reasons.

4. Be well-rested: Get a great night’s sleep. Not only will you look your best if you show up well-rested, you’ll also be thinking more

clearly, be more engaged, ask more insightful questions and field your own responses more carefully.

While you only get one shot at a first impression, there’s no reason to stress. With a little preparation and attention to detail, you can ensure you’re on top of your game, come what may.

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Energy-efficient Appliances Save Money, Help The Environment Voice & Viewpoint Newswire If you’re ready to upgrade your kitchen or laundry room or have a broken appliance that needs replacing, choosing energy-efficient options may be the way to go. It could save you money in the long run while being better for the environment.

Here’s what it all means and what to look for.

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What Does Energy-Efficient Mean?

this is the ENERGY STAR sticker.

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA) requires minimum efficiency levels for all appliances, a policy the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) implements. Some companies and products go beyond the minimum standards to reduce waste and emissions for improved efficiency, conservation, and savings. One indicator of

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and DOE administer the ENERGY STAR program, certifying products as energy-efficient. Companies voluntarily submit their products to be certified. These products go beyond the minimum federal standards to meet the ones set by the program.

Their website states that “in

2019 alone, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped Americans save nearly 500 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and avoid $39 billion in energy costs. These savings resulted in associated emission reductions of nearly 390 million metric tons of greenhouse gasses, roughly equivalent to 5% of U.S. total greenhouse gas emissions….

The avoided air pollution due to ENERGY STAR was responsible for an estimated $7 – 17 billion in public health benefits in 2019 alone.”

According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, “more than 40% of the total energy consumed in the United States is used for operating buildings, and most of that energy goes toward appliances and building-related equipment.”

And, for most residential homes, nearly 90% of its energy consumption is from appliances and building use

Virginia Beach landed on the top spot of cities where African Americans fare best economically and where Black businesses thrive. According to the personal finance website Smart Asset, Virginia Beach also has the seventh-highest median Black household income, at roughly $65,600, and the sixth-highest Black labor force participation rate, at 78.7 percent.

The statistics reflect 2019, the most recent data available. Grand Prairie, Texas, Aurora, Illinois, Pembroke Pi ne s , F l or i d a , and Miramar, Florida, comprised the other cities in the top 5.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Garland, Texas, Durham, North Carolina, Enterprise, Nevada, and Elk Grove, California, rounded out the top 10. The report noted the struggles of African Americans in homeownership and the overall wealth gap.

“Census data from 2019 shows that the median Black household income is 33 percent lower than the overall median household income.

Stephanie Horan wrote for Smart Asset that the Black homeownership rate is 22 percentage points lower —15% specifically from appliances. Using energy-efficient appliances can save money, reduce waste and emissions, and decrease common personal and public health issues.

Which Appliances Should I Replace?

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than the general homeownership rate.”

For Virginia Beach, Census Bureau data revealed that the 2019 poverty rate for Black residents stood at 10 percent, the fourth-lowest in Smart Asset’s study.

More than 5 percent of businesses are Blackowned in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metro area, the seventh-highest percentage overall for that metric.

Smart Asset officials reported that preliminary 2020 estimates show that Black Americans have been disproportionately affected by the health impacts of COVID-19 and its corresponding economic effects.

The authors wrote: “The regional economic effects of COVID-19 on Black Americans are difficult to determine due to insufficient localized data, but

the available national data paints a grim picture: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data shows that as of December 2020, the Black unemployment rate was 3.9 and 3.2 percentage points higher than the white and overall unemployment rates, respectively.”

The Black labor force participation rate was about 2.0 percentage points lower than both white and overall participation rates. Horan offered three financial tips for African Americans, including checking if homeownership made sense, opening a retirement account, and considering a financial advisor.

“A financial advisor can help you make smarter financial decisions to control your money better,” Horan wrote. “SmartAsset’s free tool matches you with financial advisors in your area in five minutes.”

consider when deciding whether to replace your everyday appliances. The main factor is the age of your current appliances.

Most have a lifespan of 10-15 years. If your appliances are more than 10 years old, you may want to start looking at alternative options. This is especially true if your older models are not rated for energy efficiency.

What to Look for in My New Appliances

The current condition is critical, too. If your machines are not functioning well, they could be costing additional money in waste or even be a potential danger.

Keep an eye on your electric and water bill for extreme increases that may indicate issues with your appliances or their systems. Listen for unusual noises and look out for sparks, broken parts, or problems with electrical features, as these can be indicators of larger problems with your machines.

Shopping guide sites such as consumerreports.org provide overviews of available features and ratings. Look for products with positive customer reviews. And consider whether the negative reviews are from an unlucky customer or two who received a rare broken product or from several people reporting the same problem.

For appliances that need repairs, a general rule of thumb is that if the cost to repair is more than 50% of the replacement cost, it is probably better to replace it. Other typical times to replace appliances are during a move or renovation. Here is also a time to consider the age and condition when deciding. Upgrading to energy-efficient models is likely an excellent way to go if you decide you want new appliances.

When shopping for new appliances, consider the features, customer ratings, and warranty options. Your budget will help determine whether a basic (but well-functioning) machine works best or if you want one with all the bells and whistles.

Most appliances will come with a one- to three-year manufacturer’s warranty.

More extended warranties provide a safety net in case something goes wrong and are often an indicator of the longevity of that product.

The decision to replace older, inefficient appliances with new models may result in significant cost savings for your family. It also reduces the need for more power plants and reduces the environmental impacts of energy generation.

This article appeared originally in the New Pittsburgh Courier.

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HEALTHY LIVING / EDUCATION Have Your 2022 Resolutions Faded?

Wreaths Across America Announces Expanded TEACH Program

4 Tools to Get Back on Track If it’s time to jumpstart the resolutions you made at the beginning of the year, consider these five tools to make them more attainable:

and juices using whole fruits and vegetables to ensure you extract the most nutritional benefit from each of your ingredients.

1. Mix it up. Finding it hard to consume the daily recommended servings of fruits and vegetables? You’re not alone. Only one in 10 Americans do, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A high-quality blender can make getting your fill of these fundamental food groups easy and delicious. For example, the Ninja, one of the more powerful machines on the market, allows you to whip up smoothies

2. Walk it off. Stay in shape using wearable tech that will encourage you to keep setting bigger and bolder goals. Consider buying a smartwatch with a step tracker that begins counting steps the moment you start to walk. This data can help motivate you to increase your daily step count and meet the recommended 10,000 steps per day.

3. Sleep tight. If getting more sleep

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was on your 2022 to-do list but you’re finding it difficult to actually put this goal into action, use an app such as Sleep Cycle to improve your nocturnal habits.

It tracks you over night and presents a deep-dive analysis into the quality of your shut-eye, along with guidance for changing your routine where needed.

4. Rainy-day prep. Make this the year you finally create a budget that

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allows you to save for the future.

With a reliable printing calculator, you can print out and attach financial planning documents to show the progress of your savings and keep an organized log of monthly income and expenses.

Creating new habits is never easy.

To help you stick the landing on all your goals, turn to tools that are designed to help. (StatePoint)

High School Students: Submit Artwork to be Displayed in U.S. Capitol!

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Starting May 1, anyone aged 18 and under can ride transit for free with the SANDAG Youth Opportunity Pass, a new program designed to connect San Diego youth to school, jobs, entertainment, and more.

Youth Can Ride Free: As Easy as 1, 2, 3 1. Get Pronto: Download the PRONTO app on your phone, reg-

ister for an account, then visit MTS to convert your account from Adult to Youth. If you don’t have a smartphone, you can pick up a free Youth PRONTO card from the MTS Transit Store, NCTD Customer Service Centers, select community organizations, through your school, or at special transit center events during April and May.

2. Get Ready: Use the PRONTO app on your phone for Trip Planner and Next Departure tools for real-time information.

3. Get Riding: It’s time to go! Here are some helpful riding tips

to make you a transit pro: Plan to arrive at the transit station or stop a few minutes before the time listed on the schedule.

Remember you must tap your card or scan your app every time you ride. Don’t forget to wear your mask — masks are currently required on all public transit. You must be able to show proof of eligibility while riding. Please have your current year school picture ID card; a valid government-issued photo ID with birthdate (i.e. driver’s license or real ID); or birth certificate.

The Youth Opportunity Pass includes unlimited rides on the bus, Trolley, COASTER, and SPRINTER at no cost through June 30, 2023. Find out more or get started online at youthopportunitypass. sandag.org.

San Diego Unified high school students are invited to submit their original painting, drawing, photograph, collage, or other two-dimensional artwork for the 2022 Congressional Art Competition.

Each spring, this nationwide high school arts competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives as an opportunity to recognize and encourage the artistic talent of students across the nation.

Winning submissions will be prominently displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol, and online on the House of Representatives website.

Artwork must be two-dimensional. Each framed artwork can be no larger than 26 inches high, 26 inches wide, and 4 inches deep.

If your artwork is selected as the winning piece, it must arrive in Washington, DC, framed.

Even when framed, it must still measure no larger than the above maximum dimensions.

No framed piece should weigh more than 15 pounds.

Accepted mediums for the

two-dimensional artwork are as follows: • Paintings: oil, acrylics, watercolor, etc.

• Drawings: colored pencil, pencil, ink, marker, pastels, charcoal (It is recommended that charcoal and pastel drawings be fixed.)

• Collages: must be two dimensional • Prints: lithographs, silkscreen, block prints • Mixed Media: use of more than two mediums such as pencil, ink, watercolor, etc.

• Computer-generated art • Photographs Each entry must be original in concept, design, and execution and may not violate U.S. copyright laws.

Entries must be submitted by 5:00 pm on Monday, May 2, 2022 via email or at the District Office, 2700 Adams Avenue, Suite 102, San Diego, CA 92116.

More details on the contest and how to enter can be found at sarajacobs. house.gov/ services/ art-competition. htm.

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Dept. of Education Pushes to Address Teacher Shortage Voice & Viewpoint Newswire The U.S. Department of Education is continuing to take action to support and invest in the teaching profession and address the teacher shortage many schools and districts across the country face. The Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant program is now accepting applications for efforts that increase the pipeline of highly effective educators.

The SEED program will award $65 million to support the implementation of evidence-based practices that prepare, develop, or enhance the skills of educators. These grants also will enable recipients to develop, expand, and evaluate practices that can serve as models

that can be sustained, replicated, and scaled.

This program is part of the BidenHarris Administration’s broader commitment to supporting targeted efforts that will provide comprehensive, high-quality pathways into the profession, such as residency and Grow Your Own programs, and evidence-based professional development all focused on building and supporting a more diverse educator pipeline and combating the teacher shortage nationally.

“We know that in order to improve education across the country, we must invest in teacher professional learning, recruitment, and retention. This past year, we heard from

our educators, parents, and leaders that investing in teachers is investing in students,” said Secretary Cardona.

As states, districts, and schools are working hard to address the impact of COVID-19 on students’ needs, many of them are facing significant challenges in attracting and retaining teachers. Preexisting teacher shortages have only been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic—directly impeding student access to educational opportunity.

Research shows that existing educator shortages disproportionately impact students of color, students from low-income backgrounds, students with disabilities, and, often, rural communities.

The SEED program fosters the use of rigorous evidence-based practices in selecting and implementing strategies and interventions that support educators’ development across the continuum of their careers. Support for educator preparation programs and high-quality professional development are vital to ensure that all students have access to well-prepared and qualified teachers, principals, and other school leaders.

For more information, visit: https:// oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-discretionary-grants-support-services/ effective-educator-development-programs/supporting-effective-educator-development-grant-program/.

The FY 2022 SEED grant competition will close on June 3, 2022.

Access to curriculum and resources specific to character and service-based learning Voice & Viewpoint Newswire This year’s theme for Wreaths Across America (WAA) is “Find a Way to Serve.” In keeping with this, and the organization’s commitment to teach the next generation the value of freedom through stories of courage and character, WAA is proud to announce the launch of the revamped TEACH program.

The program, which both shares established curriculum from likeminded organizations, and introduces new educational materials, focuses on character development and service projects for young people of all ages.

The expanded TEACH program will help serve as a conduit to share the established curriculum materials from partner organizations.

Additionally, WAA has developed a Veterans’ Oral History Project for youth from 4th -12th grades that encourages young people to interview a veteran, service member, or Gold Star Family member to learn about the sacrifices our military make on behalf of our country.

“As Executive Director, founding family member, and mother of six kids whose lives have been greatly impacted by meeting so many in the military community, I know that the teaching aspect of our mission is the most important,” said Karen Worcester, executive director, Wreaths Across America. “Last year, this long-standing desire to develop a more robust education program took a giant step forward when past President of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. and retired teacher, Cindy Tatum, stepped forward to help us achieve this dream.”

Lesson plans for all grade levels and learning abilities have been designed by WAA’s new Curriculum Developer, Cindy Tatum, who is the past President of American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. and a retired teacher.

“Being a part of helping Wreaths Across America teach younger generations about the value of freedom and the importance of honoring those who sacrificed so much to protect those freedoms, is something I know I am supposed to be doing and I know my son Daniel would want me to do,” said Tatum. “I want America’s youth to learn that as citizens of this world, there are things they can do to lift the human spirit, things that are easy, things that are free, things that they can do every day.”

To follow stories throughout the year from across the country focused on this theme, use the hashtag #FindAWay2022. To learn more and download WAA’s TEACH materials, visit www.wreathsacrossamerica. org/teach

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WTR --WTRtv Located at: 918 Mission Ave. Suite 130 Oceanside, CA 92054 County of San Diego --P.O. Box 246 San Luis Rey, CA 92068 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A General Partnership The first day of business was: 04/15/2010 This business is hereby registered by the following: Christopher C. Parks 311 Poppy Cir Oceanside, CA 92057 --Christopher J. Parks 311 Poppy Cir Oceanside, CA 92057 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 30, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 30, 2027 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007876 Fictitious business name(s): SunSkript Publishing --Watoto Publishing Located at: 5555 San Mateo Drive San Diego, CA 92114 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: Kimberly E. Coleman 5555 San Mateo Drive San Diego, CA 92114 --Donald A. Coleman 5555 San Mateo Drive San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 04, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 04, 2027 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008696 Fictitious business name(s): Professional Technical Evaluation Services Located at: 4611 Virginia Ave. San Diego, CA 92115 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 04/01/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Arnold Herbert Tripp 4611 Virginia Ave. San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 13, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 13, 2027 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008624 Fictitious business name(s): Nimo Hadji Photography Located at: 3952 D. Clairemont Mesa Blvd Suite #127 San Diego, CA 92117 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 04/12/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Nimo Hadji 3952 D. Clairemont Mesa Blvd Suite #127 San Diego, CA 92117 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 12, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 12, 2027 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12 Follow Us On Instagram:

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007971 Fictitious business name(s): SMOOVE TEA Located at: 2315 Otay Lakes Road Chula Vista, CA 91914 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: SMOOVE TEA 2315 Otay Lakes Road Suite 303 Chula Vista, CA 91914 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 05, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 05, 2027 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008165 Fictitious business name(s): San Diego True Care Located at: 2124 I Ave. Apt D National City, CA 91950 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: Roman J. Jimenez Ispericuela 2124 I Ave. Apt D National City, CA 91950 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 06, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 06, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008350 Fictitious business name(s): 24/7 EZ Mortgage Located at: 11409 Bootes St. San Diego, CA 92126 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 01/01/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Hung Dinh 11409 Bootes St. San Diego, CA 92126 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 08, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 08, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9008352 Fictitious business name(s): J.B.A.U. Located at: 40661/2 Newton Ave San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego --2306 Strauss St. Brooklyn, NY 11212 County of Kings This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 05/20/2019 This business is hereby registered by the following: Dwight K. Cunningham 40661/2 Newton Ave San Diego, CA 92113 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 08, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 08, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006805 Fictitious business name(s): United Karate Federation "UKF" Located at: 3030 El Cajon Boulevard San Diego, CA 92104 County of San Diego

This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 03/22/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Orned Gabriel 3030 El Cajon Boulevard San Diego, CA 92104 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 22, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 22, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007399 Fictitious business name(s): Aqua Bear For Plumbing & Drain Located at: 45539 Bayberry Pl. Temecula, CA 92592 County of Riverside This business is conducted by: A Corporation The first day of business was: 03/29/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Delmon Corporation 45539 Bayberry Pl. Temecula, CA 92592 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 29, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 29, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007435 Fictitious business name(s): Premium Chiro Located at: 2667 Camino Del Rio South 106-5 San Diego, CA 92108 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 David Goldeen 6747 Thomson Ct San Diego, CA 92108 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 29, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 29, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007433 Fictitious business name(s): Holistic San Diego Located at: 2667 Camino Del Rio South Suite 106 San Diego, CA 92108 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: Jacquelyn Campbell 6747 Thomson Ct San Diego, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 29, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 29, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007925 Fictitious business name(s): I Do Picnic Located at: 9045 Judicial Dr. #1228 San Diego, CA 92122 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Joint Venture Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Thais Alves da Silva 9045 Judicial Dr. #1228 San Diego, CA 92122 ---

Sorana Popa 9045 Judicial Dr. #1228 San Diego, CA 92122 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 05, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 05, 2027 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007016 Fictitious business name(s): Medina Junk Removal Located at: 1670 Kettner Blvd Apt. 432 San Diego, CA 92101 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: Elliot J. Medina 1670 Kettner Blvd Apt. 432 San Diego, CA 92101 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 24, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 24, 2027 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007089 Fictitious business name(s): 7-Eleven Store #39198B Located at: 3105 Fairmount Ave. San Diego, CA 92105 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: 3105, Inc. 3105 Fairmount Ave. San Diego, CA 92105 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 24, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 24, 2027 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007659 Fictitious business name(s): New Restoration In God Church Of Deliverance --Operation Rescue Mission Outreach Located at: 7107 Broadway Ste. 289 San Diego, 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: Kevin Marie Jones 4212 48th Street #3 San Diego, CA 92115 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on April 01, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on April 01, 2027 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006143 Fictitious business name(s): i9 Sports San Diego East Located at: 9740 Campo Rd. #1038 Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 02/01/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Valley Youth Sports LLC 9740 Campo Rd. #1038 Spring Valley, CA 91977 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 14, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on

March 14, 2027 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005724 Fictitious business name(s): Energy Healing and Massage Therapy Located at: 3500 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92103 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 01/01/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Kyle Webster 6693 Alcala Knolls Dr. San Diego, CA 92111 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 08, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 08, 2027 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007448 Fictitious business name(s): Claudia Craft Ink Located at: 555 Broadway Space 1016 #125 Chula Vista, CA 91910 County of San Diego --1506 Klauber Ave San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 01/01/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Claudia Craft Ink LLC 555 Broadway Space 1016 #125 Chula Vista, CA 91910 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 29, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 29, 2027 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006203 Fictitious business name(s): Around Here We Lowride!

Located at: 7871 Bushwood Court Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A General Partnership The first day of business was: 02/02/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Mark Steven Forte 7871 Bushwood Court Lemon Grove, CA 91945 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 14, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 14, 2027 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007250 Fictitious business name(s): STAY Dance Center --Strong Talented Active Youth Dance Center --Imperfectly Creative Crafts --IC Crafts Located at: 8300 Paradise Valley Rd #121 Spring Valley, CA 91977 County of San Diego --423 Deep Dell Rd Apt. D San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 06/01/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Shanita Franklin 423 Deep Dell Rd Apt. D San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on

March 28, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 28, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006446 Fictitious business name(s): Dessie's Kreations Sublimation Blanks and More Located at: 7317 El Cajon Blvd Ste. 197 La Mesa, CA 91942 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 01/26/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Dessie's Kreations Sublimation Blanks and More LLC 7317 El Cajon Blvd Ste. 197 La Mesa, CA 91942 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 17, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 17, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007006 Fictitious business name(s): Nerd Recycling --Nerd Electronics Located at: 615 9th St Unit 8 Imperial Beach, CA 91932 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A General Partnership Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the name(s) above This business is hereby registered by the following: Jose Delio Bacalski 615 9th St Unit 8 Imperial Beach, CA 91932 --Andre Anderson 2767 West Canyon Ave #250 San Diego, CA 92123 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 24, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 24, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006933 Fictitious business name(s): QTEK Engineering Located at: 7730 Formula Pl San Diego, CA 92121 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 04/11/2005 This business is hereby registered by the following: Quan Hong 10840 Hillbrae Ct. San Diego, CA 92121 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 23, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 23, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9007031 Fictitious business name(s): The Nail Mechanixx Located at: 1031/2 South Meadowbrook 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 registered by the following: Antonio L. Veasey 1031/2 South Meadowbrook Dr San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 24, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 24, 2027

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3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005817 Fictitious business name(s): Allstar Professional Services --Allstar Tax Services Located at: 149 Buccaneer Drive San Diego, CA 92114 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 03/09/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Sara A. Santiesteban 149 Buccaneer Drive San Diego, CA 92114 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 09, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 09, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006848 Fictitious business name(s): DNA Fire Sprinkler Design --DNA Fire Sprinkler Systems Located at: 11541 Madera Rosa Way San Diego, CA 92124 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 03/23/2017 This business is hereby registered by the following: Delbar Rashidi 11541 Madera Rosa Way San Diego, CA 92124 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 22, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 22, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006467 Fictitious business name(s): Hernandez Home Repair Located at: 335th 36 Street San Diego, CA 92113 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 05/14/2021 This business is hereby registered by the following: Magdaleno Hernandez Mena 335th 36 Street San Diego, CA 92113 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 17, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 17, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9005845 Fictitious business name(s): Manifest H Located at: 8160 Mira Mesa Blvd. #144 San Diego, CA 92126 County of San Diego --8265 Gold Coast Dr. Unit 3 San Diego, CA 92126 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: An Individual The first day of business was: 01/04/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: Felmie Rosalin Abalos 8265 Gold Coast Dr. Unit 3 San Diego, CA 92126 This statement was filed with

the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 09, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 09, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2022-9006884 Fictitious business name(s): Jumping the broom Located at: 3515 Grove Street #210 Lemon Grove, CA 91945 County of San Diego This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company The first day of business was: 02/01/2022 This business is hereby registered by the following: PDS Consulting LLC 3515 Grove Street #210 Lemon Grove, CA 91945 This statement was filed with the Recorder/County Clerk of San Diego County on March 23, 2022 This fictitious business name will expire on March 23, 2027 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21

petitioner.

of the Order Granting the Petition will be mailed to the petitioner.

notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Ashley Candy Sandoval Garcia

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.

To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Ashley Candy Sandoval Garcia filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

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.

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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 04, 2022 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61

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.

NAME CHANGE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2022-00014028CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Sandra Eliana Zepeda Graham To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Sandra Eliana Zepeda Graham filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Sandra Eliana Zepeda Graham

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 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 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 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12 -------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2022-00013190CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung Esq. To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Ruyue Zhang filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ruyue Zhang

PROPOSED NAME: Eliana Graham 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: June 01, 2022 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

PROPOSED NAME: Mia Luna Kampka 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: May 24, 2022 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. C-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

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Advertisement for Bids Notice is hereby given that the San Diego Unified School District, acting by and through its governing board, will receive “ELECTRONIC-ONLY” bids for the furnishing of all labor, materials, transportation, equipment, and services to: REPLACE PLAYGROUND POUR-IN-PLACE SURFACING AT 6 SITES A mandatory site visit is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. on THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022, in front of the main office of Miramar Ranch Elementary School, 10770 Red Cedar Dr., San Diego, CA 92131.

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Please refer to Planwell (www.crispimg.com, click on PlanWell, Public Planroom, search SDUSD and project bid number CP22-1049-33) for project details. All bids must be received electronically at or before 1:00 p.m. on MAY 12, 2022. Firms interested in submitting a bid package must go to https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43764 then search under “Bid Opportunities” for “Invitation number” CP22-1049-33 Replace Playground Pour-in-Place Surfacing at 6 Sites. For new vendors, please register under “New Vendor Registration”. The project estimate is between $960,000 and $990,000. This is not a PSA project and does not require prequalification. The District requires that Bidders possess any of the following classification(s) of California State Contractors License(s), valid and in good standing, at the time of bid opening and contract award: A or other appropriate license, subject to District approval. SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Linda Hippe, Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Director (TOC), Strategic Sourcing and Contracts Department CP22-1049-33.

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 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 325 South Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081 North County 37-2022-00011622CU-PT-NC Petitioner or Attorney: Lauren Loea Miranda Williamson To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Lauren Loea Miranda Williamson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Lauren Loea Miranda Williamson PROPOSED NAME: Cassia Lauren Loea Willamson 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: May 17, 2022 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 25 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

The address of the court is: 325 South Melrose Dr. Vista, CA 92081 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28 -------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice 37-2022-00007774CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Alan W. Cheung, Esq. To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Norma Araceli Guerra Alvarez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Norma Araceli Guerra Alvarez PROPOSED NAME: Norma Araceli Hajnabi Alvares 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: May 11, 2022 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 61

PRESENT NAME: Ashley Candy Sandoval Garcia PROPOSED NAME: Ashley Candy Angulo Sanchez 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: May 10, 2022 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.

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.

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

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.

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 hearing date.

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 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 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 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 West Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Hall of Justice Courthouse 37-2022-00011126CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney:

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 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Courthouse, Rm. 225 37-2022-00010769CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Pedro Caceres To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Pedro Caceres filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Pedro Caceres PROPOSED NAME: Jr. B. Caceres 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

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 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 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 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 330 W. Broadway San Diego, CA 92101 Central Courthouse 37-2022-00010976CU-PT-CTL Petitioner or Attorney: Javier Jr Hernandez To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Javier Jr Hernandez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Javier Jr Hernandez PROPOSED NAME: Javier Escobar 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: May 05, 2022 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

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 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21 ----------------------------------SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA County of San Diego 325 S Melrose Drive Vista, CA 92081 North County Regional Center 37-2022-00011058CU-PT-NC Petitioner or Attorney: Gregory Allen Schmidt To All Interested Persons: Petitioner Gregory Allen Schmidt filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Edward Phillip Reed IV PROPOSED NAME: Hicemal Schmidt 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: May 10, 2022 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept. 25 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

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not come to court on the specified date. The court will notify the parties by mail of a future remote hearing date.

Law Offices of Antoinette Middleton 1761 Hotel Circle South, Suite 115 San Diego, CA 92108 (619) 235-9501 4/14, 4/21, 4/28

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 S Melrose Drive Vista, CA 92081 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21

PROBATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Lillian Petties Case Number: P168081 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Lillian Petties A Petition for Probate has been filed by James R. Murphy in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego The Petition For Probate requests that James R. Murphy be appointed as a personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on May 26, 2022 at 1:30 PM in Department 503 located at the Superior Court of California County of San Diego 1100 Union Street 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 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.

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 or 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.

SUMMONS NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PERFORMANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM FOR ADULT CARE FACILITIES, a public benefit corporation To all Creditors and Claimants of PERFORMANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM FOR ADULT CARE FACILITIES: You are hereby notified that on December 31, 2021, the corporation has been inactive for more than two (2) years, and has no known creditors or outstanding obligations. Pursuant to California Corporations Code § 6618(c), the corporation must give notice to all potential creditors and claimants. If you or an entity with which you are affiliated, you may assert that claim by providing the following information to assert the claim to the address below, no later than June 30, 2022: 1.

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The legal name, address and contact information of the entity asserting the claim, The amount of the claim, Identification or brief description of the agreement or other circumstances under which the claim arose; and, Any other information you believe may be useful to verify the nature and amount of the claim, including copies of the relevant documents.

Please send all of the above information to: PERFORMANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM FOR ADULT CARE FACILITIES c/o Andrea F. Ladmer 2604 Fifth Avenue #206 San Diego, CA 92103

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BLACK HISTORY 1937 CONGRESSMAN MITCHELL ORDERED TO SEGREGATED CAR OF TRAIN The first Black Democrat in Congress, Illinois Representative Arthur Wergs Mitchell was elected in 1935 and served four terms. While on a train heading from Chicago to Arkansas, the Congressman was ordered to move from first-class to a segregated car. With Arkansas’ Separate Coach Law of 1891 still in effect, the attendants felt safe threatening to have the government official removed from the train and imprisoned.

When Mitchell returned to Illinois, he filed a lawsuit, but it was dismissed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, as the discrimination was “not unjust or undue”. An appeal to the U.S. District Court ended with a ruling against Mitchell, noting the small number of Black firstclass passengers, “justified an occasional discrimination against them because of their race”.

Due to an acrimonious relationship with the NAACP and the complexity of “train politics”, Mitchell was forced to push forward alone.

He was able to have the case heard in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1941, presenting his arguments himself. SCOTUS ruled in the Congressman’s favor in Mitchell v. United States et al.

This set precedent for later laws and rulings regarding transportation during the Civil Rights Era. Though it ended his political career, Mitchell expressed satisfaction that he had undermined several Jim Crow laws.

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NINA SIMONE PASSES

ASHBURN’S FIRST INTEGRATED PROM

Known for both her enchanting compositions and distinctive voice, Nina Simone was a classically-trained vocalist who crossed genre bounds with impunity.

Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in North Carolina in 1933, she reached the Billboard top 40 in the late 1950s. She was active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, basing several compositions around the cause. She entered semi-retirement in the 1990s, settling permanently in France. She passed from complications due to breast cancer at the age of 70.

Located in Turner County, Georgia, the town of Ashburn is a rural community of less than 5000 people, with a demographic of around 55% Black and 45% White. During the 2006-2007 school year, the Seniors in the student government approached the principal about integrating the prom.

Up until that year, parent groups had hosted two segregated proms each year. The principal agreed, with the stipulation that he would not stop the “private” proms from also taking place.

Several white parents protested and forbade their students from attending the integrated prom. The following school year was the school’s first attempt at fully integrating their homecoming events, as well.

Hip hop pioneer DJ Kay Slay dies of COVID-19 at age 55 Associated Press

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Pioneering hip hop artist Keith Grayson, who performed as DJ Kay Slay and worked with top stars, has died of complications from COVID-19.

If you have any questions, please contact Andrea F. Ladmer at: PERFORMANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM FOR ADULT CARE FACILITIES c/o Andrea F. Ladmer 2604 Fifth Avenue #206 San Diego, CA 92103

“A dominant figure in hip hop culture with millions of fans worldwide, DJ Kay Slay will be remembered for his passion and excellence with a legacy that will transcend generations,’’ the family statement said.

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Grayson’s death at age 55 on Sunday was confirmed by his family in a statement released through New York radio station HOT 97, where he hosted “The Drama Hour’’ for more than two decades.

Grayson grew up in Harlem, immersed in New York City’s early hip hop scene. He got his start as a teenage graffiti artist and was featured in the 1983 hip hop documentary “Style Wars.”

He began selling bootleg mixtapes on street corners in the early ‘90s and released his first studio album, “The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1,’’ in May 2003.

Grayson released several more albums and worked with the likes of Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes.

“Hot 97 is shocked and saddened by the loss of our beloved DJ Kay Slay,’’ the station said in a statement.

DJ Kay Slay attends a listening party for “Violator The Album: V2.0” in New York on July 12, 2001.

Slay has died of complications from COVID-19. DJ Kay Slay was born Keith Grayson. His death at age 55 on Sunday, April 17, 2022, was confirmed by his family in a statement released through radio station HOT 97, where he hosted “The Drama Hour.” (AP Photo/Darla Khazei, File)

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That’s because the virus has evolved to have a shorter incubation period of just two to three days, and usually by the time people learn they may have been exposed to someone with the virus it’s too late to head off infecting others by isolating.

its five-day quarantine requirement. But unlike the state, it still requires people who had close contact with an infected person to get tested and wear a mask for 10 days.

So far California public health officials haven’t had to trigger requirements in the state’s endemic plan to flood resources to areas with outbreaks, Ghaly said, as there are plenty of virus tests, testing sites, masks and other supplies statewide.

They also eased California’s requirement for vaccine verification or proof of negative tests for those attending indoor events with more than 1,000 people, making it a ``strong recommendation.’’

COVID-19 hospitalizations are near record lows and intensive care patients are at their lowest levels since the start of the pandemic, allowing hospitals to reduce their use of temporary medical staff that were so vital during earlier waves.

On April 15, Los Angeles County also eased

``The hospitals are in very good shape to

manage even some increase in caseloads from COVID,’’ Ghaly said.

But financially, more than half are operating at a deficit because of losses during the pandemic, the California Hospital Association said Friday. It plans to release a report next week saying losses last year were three times initial projections, on top of losses during the pandemic’s first year.

About 75% of Californians are considered fully vaccinated, which health officials said is the best way to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death even with widespread breakthrough infections from recent variants.

Associated Press Writer Christopher Weber contributed to this story from Los Angeles.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY Christians’ United in the Word of God Conference Call Worship Service: SUNDAYS 10:30 AM Call: 1-701-802-5400 Access Code 1720379# Rev. Luis A. Garcia, Sr. Pastor

Bishop / Pastor Adlai E. Mack

All are Welcome to Join Us.

Pastor Milton Chambers, Sr. & First Lady Alice Chambers

Pastor Dennis Hodges First Lady Deborah Hodges

Pastor Dr. John E. Warren

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church of San Diego

3094 L Street San Diego, CA 92102

3085 K Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.232.5683

619.232.0510 • www.bethelamesd.com

9:30 A.M. Sunday Service In Person, Live Stream on Facebook - www.facebook.com/stpaulsumcsd

10:00 A.M. Sunday Service In Person, Live Stream on Facebook, Youtube and on bethelamesd.com

Food Distribution Thursday Noon – 3:00 PM Diaper Program Thursday Noon – 2:00 PM

Rev. Harvey L. Vaughn, III

“Come Worship With Us”

New Hope Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

New Assurance Church Ministries

Mesa View Baptist Church

2205 Harrison Avenue San Diego, CA 92113

7024 Amherst Street San Diego, CA 92115

13230 Pomerado Road Poway, CA 92064

619-234-5506 • Fax 619 234-8732 Email: newhopeadm@gmail.com

619.469.4916 Email: newassurancebaptistchurch@yahoo.com

858.485.6110 • www.mesaview.org Email: mvbcadmin@mesaview.org

10 A.M. Sunday Service Live Stream on Facebook, Youtube, Sunday School Lesson Immediately following service.

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. - In person Wednesday Night Bible Study & Prayer 6:00 p.m. - In person

We are using YouTube under our website of www.mesaview.org or www.YouTube.com 8:45 A.M. Sunday School Class - Via Zoom Call Contact Office for details 10 A.M. Sunday Service • 7 P.M. Wednesday Bible Study Visit our site for previous sermons: www.mesaview.org

12 P.M. Wednesday Bible Study Live Stream on Facebook, 2P.M. on Youtube

Pastor Dr. Darrow Perkins Jr.

“A new Hope, A new Life, A new Way through Jesus Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17 A change is coming”

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” Psalms 122:1

Rev. Dr. Obie Tentman, Jr.

St. Paul United Methodist Church of San Diego

Lively Stones Missionary Baptist Church

Phillips Temple CME Church

Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church

605 S. 45th Street San Diego, CA 92113-1905

5333 Geneva Ave. San Diego, CA 92114

1728 S. 39th Street San Diego, CA 92113

619.263.3097 • t.obie95@yahoo.com

619.262.2505

Sunday School 9 :00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Sunday Breakfast @ 8:00 AM Church Service 9:00 AM In-Person and on, Live Stream Facebook.com/PTCSanDiego & YouTube - Zoom Go to ptcmesd@gmail.com Sunday School @ 10:30 Wednesday Bible Study @ 6:00 PM In-Person and On Zoom ID: 81144203904 P: 867104

619.262.6004 • Fax 619.262.6014 www.embcsd.com

Pastor Keith Eric Ellison

Pastor Jared B. Moten

Sunday School 9 :30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study 12 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.

“A Life Changing Ministry” Romans 12:2

The Church of Yeshua Ha Mashiach Hebrew for “Jesus the Messiah”

Bethel Baptist Church

Total Deliverance Worship Center

1819 Englewood Dr. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

1962 Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA 92105

138 28th Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.724.6226 • www.coyhm.org

619.266.2411 • www.bethelbc.com bethel@bethelbc.com

www.totaldeliverance.org Fax: 619.303.2008 Mail: 7373 University Ave. Suite 217, La Mesa, CA 91942

Sunday In the Know Bible Study 8:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 9:00 a.m.

Saturday Shabbat Service 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Dr. John W. Ringgold, Sr. Pastor

Sunday Morning Prayer 6:00 & Worship 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9 :30 a.m.

Morning Worship Youth & Children’s Church 11:00 a.m.

Community Prayer (Hemera) Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., Sat. 7:30 a.m.

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 7:30 p.m.

Mid Week Prayer Wednesday 12:00 noon and 7:00 p.m.

Suffragan Bishop Dr. William A. Benson, Pastor & Dr. Rachelle Y. Benson, First Lady

Sunday Early Morning Worship Service 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

“It Takes Team Work to Make the Dream Work”

Eagles Nest Christian Center

Mount Olive Baptist Church

Pilgrim Progressive Baptist Church

3619 College Ave. San Diego, CA 92115

36 South 35th Street San Diego, Ca 92113

4995 A Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.266.2293 • jwarren@sdvoice.info www.facebook.com/EaglesNestChristianCenter

619.239.0689 • mountolivebcsd.org

619.264.3369

Sunday First Worship 9:30 a.m.

Second Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study & Prayer 7:00 p.m.

Cox Cable Channel 23 / 24

Sunday School 9 :00 a.m.

Morning Service 10:45 a.m.

New Membership Orientation BTU 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Eve Prayer Service 6:00 p.m.

Sunday Services: Bible Study: 9 :00 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Pastor Antonio D. Johnson

Join Us via Zoom Meeting:

Pastor Donnell and First Lady Sheila Townsend

Real God, Real People, Real Results.

Online or Dial: 1(669) 900-6833 Meeting ID: 747 601 3471 • Passcode: 626024

“To Serve this present age” Matt: 28:19-20

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7476013471?pwd=O GdGbnVMZ0xORzVGaENMa203QWVNQT09 Meeting ID: 747 601 3471 • Passcode: church

Search: Pastor John E. Warren San Diego We are a non-denominational full fellowship of believers dedicated to reach our community with the gospel and providing a place for believers to workship, learn, fellowship, serve and grow into the fullness of Christ Jesus.

This ministry is to build people of Purpose, Prayer, Power, Praise and Prosperity. This mandate is being fulfilled by reaching the reality of the gospel in a simplistic fashion, and a result, learning how to apply it in everyday life.

Minister Donald R. Warner Sr.

Dr. Emanuel Whipple, Sr. Th.D.

“We are waiting for You”

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Church of Christ 580 69th Street, San Diego, CA 92114

625 Quail Street San Diego, CA 92102

619.264.1454 • warnerdt1@aol.com

619.263.4544

Sunday Bible Study 8:45 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Bible Class 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Class 7:00 p.m.

Friday Video Bible Class 7:00 p.m

Sunday School 9 :30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Youth Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Rev. Julius R. Bennett

Calvary Baptist Church

Greater Woodlawn Park Church of God in Christ

719 Cesar E. Chavez Pkwy San Diego, CA 92113

124 Spruce Road Chula Vista, CA 91911

619.233.6487 • www.calvarybcsd.org calvarybaptist1889@gmail.com

Phone: (619) 427-8468 • www.gwpcogic.org

Sundays Bible Discovery Hour 9 :30 a.m.

Mid Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Noon Day Bible Study 12:00 noon Wednesday Discipleship Training 7:00 p.m.

Bishop Roy Dixon, D.D., Pastor

“A Church Where Family, Faith & Fellowship Matters”

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OBITUARIES Bobby Tyrone Paggett

Earlene Wright

Sharon Lee Corbin-Harris

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

SUNRISE

02/13/1949

10/26/1934

02/11/1948

SUNSET

SUNSET

SUNSET

03/01/2022

02/02/2022

03/14/2022

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY

ARRANGEMENTS BY ANDERSON-RAGSDALE MORTUARY

Funeral services were held on April 1, 2022 at Memory Chapel of Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary with the burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary.

Funeral services were held on 03/28/2022 at Bayview Baptist Church with the burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to AndersonRagsdale Mortuary.

On February 13, 1949, a King was born in Jonesboro, Louisiana, to loving parents Glen Paggett and Lillie Mae Walker Paggett. His name was BOBBY TYRONE PAGGETT; affectionately known as “Mr. T.”

EARLENE WRIGHT was born to James and Ophelia Williams in Banks, Arkansas, on October 25, 1934, the second of two children. The parents were happy they had a baby girl.

Bobby grew up in Jonesboro, Louisiana. He attended and graduated from Jackson Parish High School where he was a star football player, and an overall lover of sports. He loved fishing and hunting.

In 1939, she moved with her family to Crossett, Arkansas, where she attended Elementary School and Bethel Baptist Church with her parents. In 1947, she with her family took residence in San Diego, California, where she received her formal education in the San Diego Unified School District and San Diego City College.

Bobby worked as a LumberJack for his dad’s family lumber hauling company.

In his early 20’s, he relocated to San Diego, CA. He worked several jobs at the YMCA, Janitorial Services, and flipping cars.

He also continued to enjoy sports. He was part of a bowling club and loved playing dominoes and spending time with his buddies.

A believer in Jehovah, Bobby was a caring and loving man who would have given anyone the shirt off his back, a home cooked meal, and a place to lay their head. He gave a lot of love.

At the age of 73, on Tuesday, March 1st, 2022, at 11:42 a.m., Bobby Tyrone Paggett was called home to be with the Lord. Bobby is preceded in death by his oldest son, Bobby Tyrone Paggett Jr., parents Glen and Lillie Mae Paggett; 4 brothers, Benny Lee Paggett, Glen Roy Paggett, Charles Jackson Paggett, Donald Wayne Paggett; and his baby sister Sharon Kaye Paggett.

He will be loved and missed by his 5 children: Schmika Shante Paggett and Tanisha Nashay Paggett (fathered with Audria La Shon Scott-deceased); a son, Ramon Ivey Williams (fathered with Patricia Williams); his youngest daughter, Shamiya La “Star” Paggett (fathered with Alisha Johnson); and a loving father figure to Lashonique Roshanda Thornes and Darwin Holmes, his 11 grandsons and 6 granddaughters-all of San Diego, CA; his sister, Joan Paggett Owens of San Diego, CA; his brother Glen Ray Paggett (Peggy) of Atlanta, GA; the matriarch of the family-Aunt Eva Ray Paggett Phillips of San Diego, CA; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friend and those he lovingly adopted as his children.

Daisy Margarita Adams SUNRISE 10/27/1916

SUNSET 04/13/2022 DAISY MARGARITA ADAMS passed away peacefully on April 13, 2022. She was 105 years old.

Daisy was born on October 27, 1916, in Cristobal, Panama. In 1939, she married Clarence Fernando Adams and they were married for over sixty years.

Daisy was preceded in death by her loving husband, Clarence F. Adams, sons Garnet “Pancho” Adams, Clarence E. (Chuck) Adams, sisters Doris Bruno, Rose Mignot, and grandson Robert Rakestraw Jr. Daisy’s legacy will live on in her loving daughter Felicia Parker (Michael), daughter-in-love Brenda Adams (Chuck), grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and host of family & friends.

The funeral mass will be held at Saint Jude Shrine of the West on April 26th at 10 am in San Diego. This will be followed by her internment next to her husband at El Camino Cemetery.

Earlene and her parents united with Mount Zion Baptist Church. There she accepted Christ and was baptized. She sang in the Youth and Adult choirs.

She also taught Bible Classes. Faithful as a Junior Mission Worman to Local, District and State, she served as secretary for State.

On February 2, 1990, she united with the Bayview Baptist Church where she continued working in this vineyard. Teaching, and was an intricate part of the Women’s Ministry.

She entered into holy matrimony to Malcolm Wright and to this union there were two children, Phyllis and Malcolm, Jr. Earlene was employed by the County of San Diego in the Health and Human Services Department as an Administrative Secretary, retiring with 43 years of service. In later years, she was either driving or flying with her BFF, Nell, throughout the United States attending Conventions, visiting with friends, or just enjoying life. Most of San Diego remembered her as the distributor of the ACC; she collected socks and gave them to the homeless.

She is preceded in death by her father, James Williams; mother, Ophela Williams; brother, Ulysses Williams. On February 2, 2022, the Death Angel arrived in her home and swiftly escorted her to be with her Savior.

She leaves to cherish her memories, one son Malcom Wright, Jr. of Oakland California; one daughter, Dr. Phyllis Wright Jones of San Diego, California; four grandchildren, Donald Smith, Jessie Jones, Kelly Wright, and Malcom Wright II; great-grandchildren, Andre, Carnisha, Devin, Jeremiah, JaVonte; Kaylani, Kara, Malachi, Elijah, Julius and Ahzanae; Godchildren-Jovan, Dianna Brown; and host of other relatives and friends.

“

Memory is a way of

holding on to the things you love,

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the things you are, the things you never want to lose. †¢

ARRANGEMENTS BY PREFERRED CREMATION & BURIAL MORTUARY SHARON LEE CORBIN-HARRIS was born on February 11, 1948, to Freddie Lee and Essie Mae Arnold in Tallahassee, Florida. She was the oldest of five children born to their union.

In the early 1950’s, the family relocated to San Diego, CA, where Sharon flourished academically and socially. She excelled in and completed her formal education at Abraham Lincoln High School in 1966. She was well known for her intelligence, smile, bubbly personality, kind, and helpful spirit, as well as her public speaking abilities. She continued her education within the capacity of Kelsey Jennings Business College and San Diego State University.

Sharon and her family became members of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership of Dr. C. J. Johnson. From a young age, Sharon participated in many religious and social activities, including, but not limited to being a representative for Mt. Zion at the Baptist National Conventions as a speaker, a Sunday School Secretary for Mt. Zion, and an AKA Debutante.

During her lifetime, she was always a constant member of a house of worship.

She accepted Christ and was baptized at a young age and knew the Lord.

Her church memberships have included Greater Jackson Memorial, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist, St. Stephens COGIC, Faith Chapel, Zion COGIC of Toledo, OH, and St Paul AME of Toledo, OH. Within her working and entrepreneurial career, Sharon was also the church secretary for the late Bishop George McKinney of St. Stephens COGIC and for Pastor James Whitmill of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

In August of 1967, Sharon married Douglas C. Corbin and to their union, Anicia Denise and Douglas Freddie Eugene were born. Sharon later married Benjamin A. Harris in April of 1982. To their union was born Robert Arnold and Jessica Simona. Their union was also complemented with three more children, Benjamin Allen Jr., Constance Chery, and Bridgette Rushell. In 1989, the family unit relocated from San Diego to Toledo, OH. Sharon continued to supplement her spiritual growth by joining her husband and becoming a member of the Zion COGIC. Sharon was affectionately known as “Mom, Grandma Sharon, Aunt Sharon, Cousin Sharon, and Sister Sharon.” She was a lifelong learner who was able to fulfill her greatest desire, which was to be a wife and mom. Among the many gifts that she offered and instilled in each of her children the most treasured are: love, family, true spiritual understanding, healthy eating, quality education and living, and a knowledge of Black History.

Sharon Lee Corbin-Harris ascended on March 14, 2022. She was preceded in death by her dearest father Freddie Lee, her youngest sister Deborah Alfreda Trent, her husband Benjamin A. Harris, and daughter Bridgette R. Connor.

Left to hold precious memories of Sharon include her mother Essie M. Arnold; her siblings: Sandra Juanita William, Freddie Douglas Arnold and Sevon Troy Arnold; her children: Anicia D. Corbin, Douglas F.E. Corbin, Robert A. Harris, Jessica S. Lothery, Constance Burton and Benjamin A. Harris Jr.; her grandchildren: Anitra, Cheryce, Florence, Danicia, Dionee, Deja, Douglas Calvin, Kaya, Zoe, Ahsan, Yasin, Salimah, Tariq, Maysun, Darryelle, Darrinda, Darryl, III and Robert; her great-grandchildren: Zaria, Xavier, LaMarcus and Brycen; her endeared aunts: Rachel Lakes and Sadie Rackley; along with nieces, nephews, cousins, great-cousins, extended family and many, many friends.

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AROUND TOWN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT New Creation Church of San Diego is seeking to fill a full-time Facilities Technician position.

Opening Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022 | Closing Date: Thursday, May 5, 2022 Work schedule may vary to include Sundays.

Applicant must have some electrical, plumbing, general building,and grounds maintenance experience.

Salary Range: $38,000 - $46,000.

Full job description is available online at www.newcreationchurch.org. or at the church office: 3115 Altadena Ave., S. D. 92105 M – Thru, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., or call office 619 584-5460.

It’s 1962 and a hot August night lies heavy over the small town of Argo, Alabama. A dead white man is discovered and the local police arrest a black stranger named Virgil Tibbs.

The police discover that their prime suspect is in fact a homicide detective from California. But Tibbs becomes the racially tense community’s hope in solving a brutal murder that is turning up no witnesses, no motives and no clues. Directed by Yolanda Franklin, Produced by Mark Henry. Running May 6-22, 2022. Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm., Sundays at 3pm at Community Actor’s Theatre. $17.00 for seniors, students, military, disabled & Groups of 10 or more attending the same performance. $20.00 General Your tickets will be ready for pick up at the Box Office at Community Actor’s Theatre, half an hour before the Show.

(2957 54th Street, San Diego, CA 92105) www.communityactorstheatre.com Performed with permission by Concord Theatricals/Samuel French Inc., New York

The San Diego Public Bus, stops right in front of Community Actors Theatre.

Side street parking. Additional parking is allowed in the south side Parking Lot of the Calvary Lutheran Church right across the street from the theatre in the middle of the block with the tall steeple., (Church on 54th. Street).

Community Actor’s Theatre, 2957 54th Street - San Diego, CA 92105 www.communityactorstheatre.com 619-581-2634 or 619-807-7059

4th Biennial Court-Clergy Conference “Strengthening Community Through Justice”

Presented by the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego Thursday, May 19, 2022 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Hall of Justice, San Diego Superior Court 330 West Broadway, San Diego 92101 Free and Open to All Faiths Please join us to learn about California’s court system and help build a more just San Diego through an active exchange of ideas among clergy and the bench. The conference is designed to provide clergy members with valuable information regarding:   

How to support congregants in encounters with the law, including crisis situations What to expect at a court hearing and how to attend Where to get resources to help congregants with legal issues

We will offer a plenary session highlighting services the courts and attorneys offer to underrepresented communities. After this session, clergy members will join judicial officers for lunch and are encouraged to share their thoughts on access to justice and the challenges confronting their congregations. Break-out sessions with San Diego Superior Court judges and other knowledgeable speakers will include:          

Child Welfare and the Juvenile Dependency System Cleaning Up a Criminal Record Criminal Law & Recent Reforms Evictions in San Diego County – What landlords and Tenants Should Know Family Court & Domestic Violence (Spanish Language Option) Homelessness and the Courts Immigration Basics Mandated Reporter Requirements and the Role of Child Welfare Services Mental Health and the Courts Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Collaborative Courts

Link to register: https://sdscpaco.wufoo.com/forms/q1uxce720j4fbdn/ Registration deadline: May 6, 2022 Continental breakfast, lunch, and optional courthouse tour provided.

Questions? We may be reached via email at CourtClergyConference@sdcourt.ca.gov or by phone at 619-844-2322.

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Chocolate. Marshmallow. Sweet Fruity Candy.

Big Tobacco knows what kids want.

Tobacco companies sell kid-friendly tobacco flavors, from Cherry Dynamite to Gummi Bear to Cool Mint to Menthol. Over 2 million kids use e-cigarettes, and 85% use flavors. And one in four San Diego high school students use e-cigarettes.

We’re working with council members to end the sale of flavored tobacco products that the tobacco industry has used to addict our kids. Let’s put the health of San Diego’s kids ahead of the profits of Big Tobacco.

SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL: END THE SALE OF KID-FRIENDLY FLAVORED TOBACCO.

PAID FOR BY TOBACCO-FREE KIDS ACTION FUND

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