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Jury: Woman’s fall was own fault

BY NICK TABOREK Daily Press Staff Writer

SM COURT In a law suit that could have cost City Hall millions of dollars, a civil jury has determined a Big Blue Bus driver is not to blame for the partial paralysis of an 83-year-old woman who fell shortly after getting onboard.

In a case stemming from a 2008 incident, Beatrice Kaufman alleged that the bus driver gave her insufficient time to be seated after getting on the bus. As the driver pulled away from the curb Kaufman fell, breaking

her hip and sustaining other injuries that have left her paralyzed below the waist and confined to a 24-hour care facility.

Through her attorneys at Santa Monica firm Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, Kafman’s final settlement offer before the case went to trial was nearly $4 million. City Hall had offered her $25,000.

At trial, Debra Kanoff and Anthony Serritella, lawyers in the City Attorney’s office, argued Kaufman had plenty of time to find a seat but intentionally remained standing after getting on the bus, holding

onto a support beam instead of heading for nearby seats that were available. She waited about seven seconds and then let go of her support rail while the bus was moving, losing her balance and falling because of her own negligence, they argued.

Kaufman, now 84, testified during the week-long trial, being brought in on gurney to tell her story.

In an interview, Kanoff said it was a challenge to make City Hall’s case against the SEE SUIT PAGE 8

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BY MIRIAM FINDER Special to the Daily Press

NOMA As Joi Morris knows, the truth can be scary.

However, Morris recently made learning the truth about heightened risks of breast and ovarian cancer caused by gene mutations a little easier through her book, “Positive Results: Making the Best Decisions When You’re at High Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer.” The book, co-authored by Dr. Ora Gordon, was inspired by Morris’ own high-risk experience.

When Morris reached the same age at which her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, her doctor suggested she undergo

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Negrohead Mountain renamed for pioneer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES A peak previously known as

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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Samohi girls punch ticket to third round Section Division 1A basketball playoffs.

They got their wish by beating Perris, 75-50.

The Vikings used a 29-9 first quarter to dispatch Perris from the second round, punching their own ticket to the third round for a fourth straight season. Samohi lost in the semifinals last season.

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PERRIS Santa Monica’s girls traveled deep into the Inland Empire on Saturday with hopes of returning to the third round of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern

“It went as planned,” Head Coach Marty Verdugo said. “We had our best offensive first quarter of the season.”

The 29-9 first quarter ended in Samohi’s favor, but the first few minutes showed few signs of what was to come. Samohi came SEE ROUNDUP PAGE 9

Schwarzenegger defends stimulus to GOP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON California’s Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hitting back at members of his party for attacking President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan.

Schwarzenegger says last year’s $862 billion stimulus plan is “terrific” and has created 150,000 jobs in his state and says that Republicans who criticize the recovery measure while seeking stimulus dollars for their states and congressional districts are playing politics.

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Negrohead Mountain in Southern California’s Santa Monica range was officially renamed Saturday in honor of a black pioneer who settled the area in the 19th Century.

The 2,031-foot mountain near Malibu, the highest peak in the area, became Ballard Mountain after John Ballard, a blacksmith and former slave who bought land on the mountain in 1880.

The name originally contained a vulgar racial slur that even appeared on federal maps, but it was changed to “negro” in the 1960s.

About 90 people including some two dozen Ballard descendants attended the renaming ceremony Saturday at the site where Ballard owned a 320-acre homestead near what is now the community of Seminole Hot Springs.

“I don’t know what it means to Los Angeles as a whole, but it means a lot to me,” Ballard’s 85-year-old great-grandson Reggie Ballard, a retired LA Fire Department captain, told the Los Angeles Times.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Board on Geographic Names approved the change last year after a request from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

“It’s not often you get a chance to right an historical wrong,” Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who made the name-change motion, said at the ceremony Saturday.

A permanent plaque with Ballard’s name and story is being placed near the top of the peak.

Ballard was part of a small group that founded Los Angeles’ African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1869 but left Los Angeles for the mountains 50 miles away a decade later.

Historians believe that Ballard and his family were fleeing growing segregationist polices in the city.

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Editor:

I feel obligated to respond to Mr. Wheeler’s “Letter to the editor” on Feb. 17 (”Looking for another party”).

Mr. Wheeler, I think you must be confused why people do not want the “ObamaCare” that has been proposed to the public (and I use that term loosely). I am sorry that you have people in your family who have specific health needs and requirements and I feel for you, but this health care proposal will not fix your fears if you lose your job.

When you need to go to the hospital or emergency room there will be a long wait and so will your doctor’s office. You will not get the same health care you have been providing your family because the government isn’t going to pay for the things your family members might need. They may die while waiting for an operation or not get diagnosed in time because “ObamaCare” won’t have the time & money to spend on you.

Having the government control our health care is a horrible mistake. Have you been to other government agencies before and had good results: social security, IRS, DMV and INS just to name a few.

What the government could do for us is regulate the insurance companies who are the ones making it impossible for people to have insurance. We should be able to buy insurance from any state, choose whatever coverage works for our lifestyle (which includes not having insurance if you don’t want it, instead of being penalized), and be rewarded for taking good care of your health like car insurance.

So Mr. Wheeler, we are not being obstructionists or people interested in political gain. We are people who have thought this proposal out and don’t like the outcomes we see in the future. We are trying to protect your family from bad health care. God bless your family and I hope you stay employed so you can chose the health care you want and the doctors you trust.

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TOMORROW NIGHT, CITY COUNCIL WILL

appoint someone to fill the late Ken Genser’s seat on the dais.

The appointed one (as opposed to anointed one) will serve until November when the voters will elect a candidate to serve out Genser’s term which expires in November, 2012.

There are three key names in play. Former planning commissioner Terry O’Day, present planning commissioner Ted Winterer followed by Santa Monica for Renters’ Rights chair Patricia Hoffman. SMRR council members constitute a four to two majority.

O’Day resigned from the Planning Commission last August. In his resignation letter he wrote, “I believe that my time and attention is needed more elsewhere. In particular, with my family, my environmental activist work and my career."

However, O’Day told the Daily Press last week (“Candidates Stump for council seat," page 1, Feb. 13-14) that he “stepped down from the Planning Commission in order to spend more time with a close friend who was terminally ill and who died late last year.” There seems to be a discrepancy here.

Which is it, Terry? Family and career or nursing a dying friend?

This contradiction isn’t the first time O’Day has seemingly played fast and loose with the facts. It was O’Day who, as co-chair of Save Our City (the committee that opposed 2008’s Measure T ballot proposition capping commercial development), set a new standard for campaign lies and deceit.

I know I’ve beaten Measure T to death, but I look at it as a new benchmark for fraudulent and dishonest campaigning. O’Day and SOC Co-Chair Judy Abdo shoulder complete responsibility for this low point — even for Santa Monica politics.

Developers, hotels and real estate interests contributed the lion’s share of $772,000 to O’Day’s SOC in 2008 and the $100,000 he raised for a council run in 2006.

Contributors included firms with large projects currently awaiting city approval.

At least one, possibly two, council persons oppose Winterer because he “is too divisive” by co-authoring and backing RIFT (Peoples Initiative to Reduce Traffic) which became Measure T on the 2008 ballot. Since when is having a different opinion being divisive?

Weren’t those opposed to “T” also divisive? Lying to and deliberately misleading voters is even more divisive in my book.

O’Day’s credibility is the issue and his closeness with developers and related deeppocket special interests is equally troubling.

His record of community involvement and record for supporting priority needs such as more housing can’t compare with Winterer’s. O’Day’s potential appointment — and likely run for council this fall (appointment or not) — is already dogged by questions about character, honesty and special interest largess.

SMRR power brokers are already lining up Rent Control Board member Jennifer Kennedy or freshman school board member Ben Allen as possible tie-breakers if council deadlocks between O’Day and Winterer.

Nevertheless, O’Day on council is the kind of real “divisiveness” Santa Monica doesn’t need.

This leaves one real choice for Genser’s seat: Ted Winterer.

AN END TO FREE PARKING?

Here in California, everything is in the crapper. State politicians have no grasp of priorities or managing resources. Forget piloting the ship of state away from the financial rocks. Their time is spent on social engineering or personal agendas, not solving problems.

California’s legislators are universally despised. The poster child for dysfunctionality is state Sen. Alan Lowenthal (D-27th District, Long Beach) who is more concerned about too much free parking than balancing budgets and finding funding for education.

His SB 518 limits free parking throughout California. The legislation (approved by the Senate and headed for the Assembly) encourages municipalities and counties to curb free parking or lose out on transit grants. It would allow municipalities to earn “points” through parking reforms such as eliminating free parking for commercial, retail and residential developments and requiring employers to issue transit passes.

It also provides financial incentives for cities and counties to curb free street parking and at government offices. State funding would be available for “paid” parking facilities and transit programs. Bonus “points” could be redeemed for grants.

Here in Santa Monica, such a scheme would be welcome. The social engineers at City Hall have been trying to force us out of our cars for decades. Being paid by the state to eliminate free parking — seen by many City Hall transit and enviro-nuts as encouraging private vehicle use — would be a gift from heaven to city leaders and staff while making life miserable for the rest of us.

With California billions of dollars in debt, where does Lowenthal think he’s going to find the money to pay for all this? School funds?

Maybe we should all ask our own state senator, Fran Pavley -—whose 2012 re-election campaign is already in full gear. She’s consistently supported and voted for this piece of garbage legislation.

Better yet, let’s eliminate free parking for all senators, assemblymen and members of Congress by confiscating their “parking fee exempt" license plates.

Bill Bauer apologizes to William Shakespeare (”Richard The Third,” Act 1, scene 1) for the outrageous pun in the headline. Others equally offended can reach Bill at mr.bilbau@gmail.com

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’Shutter Island’ makes waves with $40.2M debut DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer

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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s voyage to “Shutter Island” has landed them at No. 1 at the weekend box office.

Their creepy crime thriller set at a remote insane asylum opened with $40.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. A Paramount Pictures release, “Shutter Island” is the fourth collaboration for Scorsese and DiCaprio and the best opening yet for both the director and star.

Scorsese’s previous personal best was $26.9 million with his 2006 Academy Awards champ “The Departed,” which also starred DiCaprio. The biggest previous debut for DiCaprio was $30.1 million for 2002’s “Catch Me If You Can.” Along with “The Departed,” DiCaprio and Scorsese also worked together on “Gangs of New York” and “The Aviator,” both of them earning best-picture nominations at the Oscars.

“The two of them have great chemistry, and you see it on screen,” said Rob Moore, vice chairman at Paramount.

Roman Polanski’s thriller “The Ghost Writer” got off to a big start in limited release, pulling in $179,000 at four theaters in New York City and Los Angeles for a whopping average of $44,750 a cinema. That compares to a $13,440 average in 2,991 theaters for “Shutter Island.”

The film likely benefited from months of press coverage over Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland last fall and his possible extradition to the United States, which he fled in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

"If not for the notoriety in his public life, no, I don’t think this would have done as well,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “It put a spotlight on Polanski, maybe not for all the right

reasons. But they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, especially when it comes to marketing a movie.”

Released by Summit Entertainment, “The Ghost Writer” stars Ewan McGregor in the title role, a man hired to punch up the dreary memoirs of a former British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan) who has been accused of ordering the abduction of terrorism suspects and handing them over for torture by the CIA. The previous weekend’s top movie, the all-star romance “Valentine’s Day,” slipped to No. 2 with $17.2 million, falling a steep 69 percent from its $56.3 million debut. The Warner Bros. release raised its total to $87.4 million after 10 days in theaters.

The science-fiction sensation “Avatar” is still going strong after two months in theaters, coming in third with $16.1 million and raising its record domestic total to $687.8 million. Worldwide, the 20th Century Fox film has taken in $2.47 billion.

Adapted from Dennis Lehane’s novel, “Shutter Island” stars DiCaprio as a U.S. marshal caught up in conspiracies and delusions while investigating the disappearance of a patient at a hospital for the criminally insane.

“Shutter Island” had been scheduled for release last October and was considered a potential Oscar contender given the awards success of Scorsese and DiCaprio’s earlier collaborations.

Just six weeks before the planned release last fall, Paramount abruptly bumped “Shutter Island” to February, the studio calling it an economic decision that would increase the film’s profit potential.

“We knew that more time was only going to help us get the word out and get a broader audience,” Moore said.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.

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But they say there’s not enough evidence yet to tell whether that effect has already begun.

Since just before Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005, dueling scientific papers have clashed about whether global warming is worsening hurricanes and will do so in the future. The new study seems to split the difference. A special World Meteorological Organization panel of 10 experts in both hurricanes and climate change — including leading scientists from both sides — came up with a consensus, which is published online Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

“We’ve really come a long way in the last two years about our knowledge of the hurricane and climate issue,” said study co-author Chris Landsea, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration top hurricane researcher. The technical term for these storms are tropical cyclones; in the Atlantic they get called hurricanes, elsewhere typhoons.

The study offers projections for tropical cyclones worldwide by the end of this century, and some experts said the bad news outweighs the good. Overall strength of storms as measured in wind speed would rise by 2 to 11 percent, but there would be between 6 and 34 percent fewer storms in number.

Essentially, there would be fewer weak and moderate storms and more of the big damaging ones, which also are projected to be stronger due to warming.

An 11 percent increase in wind speed translates to roughly a 60 percent increase in damage, said study co-author Kerry Emanuel, a professor of meteorology at MIT. The storms also would carry more rain, another indicator of damage, said lead author Tom Knutson, a research meteorologist at NOAA. Knutson said the new study, which looks at worldwide projections, doesn’t make clear whether global warming will lead to more or less hurricane damage on balance. But he pointed to a study he co-authored last month that looked at just the Atlantic hurricane basin and predicted that global warming would trigger a 28 percent increase in

damage near the U.S. despite fewer storms.

That study suggests category 4 and 5 Atlantic hurricanes — those with winds more than 130 mph — would nearly double by the end of the century. On average, a category 4 or stronger hurricane hits the United States about once every seven years, mostly in Florida or Texas. Recent category 4 or 5 storms include 2004’s Charley and 1992’s Andrew, but not Katrina which made landfall as a strong category 3.

Outside experts praised the work.

The study does a good job of summarizing the current understanding of storms and warming, said Chunzai Wang, a researcher with NOAA who had no role in the study.

James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said the study “should be a stern and stark warning that America needs to be better prepared and protected from the devastation that these kinds of hurricanes produce.”

The issue of hurricanes and global warming splashed onto front pages in the summer of 2005 when MIT’s Emanuel published a paper in Nature saying hurricane destruction has increased since the mid-1970s because of global warming, adding it would only get worse.

Several weeks later Hurricane Katrina struck, killing 1,500 people and the 2005 hurricane season was the busiest on record with 28 named storms and seven major hurricanes. But then other scientists led by Landsea disputed the conclusions that storms were already increasing in number or intensity.

Now Landsea and Emanuel are coauthors on the same paper with Knutson.

In 2007, the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said it was “more likely than not” that manmade greenhouse gases had already altered storm activity, but the authors of the new paper said more recent evidence muddies the issue.

“The evidence is not strong enough that we could make some kind of statement” along those lines, Knutson said. It doesn’t mean the IPCC report was wrong; it was just based on science done by 2006 and recent research has changed a bit, said Knutson and the other researchers.

Lately, the IPCC series of reports on warming has been criticized for errors.

Emanuel said the international climate panel gave “an accurate summary of science that existed at that point.”

White House trees on the move THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON On an otherwise quiet Saturday at the White House, there was quite a sight along the driveway: the careful unearthing of two trees to make way for some construction underneath the front lawn.

People walking along Pennsylvania Avenue saw two enormous cranes stationed just outside the West Wing. One crane lifted away a sugar maple tree that had been planted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. And then a large linden tree, planted by the National Park Service in 1979, was also

hauled out of the ground.

The White House said both trees eventually would be replanted in the front yard.

They are being moved as part of a project to modernize the electrical wiring, duct work and other underground infrastructure of the building.

No cost estimate of the project was immediately released. A White House official said more details on the construction project would be released soon.

The moving of the trees was scheduled for the weekend to limit the disruption of daily activities at the White House.

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But what are carbon nanotubes, and how can they be used to store energy? Technicians skilled in working with matter at the molecular (nano) level can arrange pure carbon molecules in cylindrical structures that are not both strong and flexible. They have significantly higher energy density and can store more electricity than any currently available technology. These tubes, each only billionths of a meter wide, essentially become highly efficient, electrically conductive pipes for storing and providing power.

Electrical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have formed

carbon molecules into tiny springs that store as much electricity as same sized lithium-ion batteries but can maintain a charge while dormant for years and work well in temperature extremes. Stanford University researchers have created ink made from carbon nanotubes that can be drawn onto paper where it serves as a high-capacity rechargeable energy storage medium. And University of Maryland scientists have created nanostructures able to store and transport power at 10 times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries.

Other technologies in development include batteries using zinc-air, lithium-air and other combinations of elements to provide longer run-times between recharges.

Others still are working on prototype nuclear batteries, the trick being to make them small enough to be practical, let alone safe.

Of course, the accelerating growth of nanotechnology itself, which has not yet been thoroughly tested to evaluate potential down sides, has some health advocates worried. Animal studies have shown that some nanoparticles, if inhaled or ingested, can harm the lungs and also cross the bloodbrain barrier, which protects the brain from toxins in the bloodstream.

And then there are fuel cells, created in 1839 but only recently commercialized. Not batteries per se, fuel cells generate, store and dispense power by forcing a reaction between a fuel (hydrogen from water, methanol) and oxygen, creating usable nonpolluting electricity. One major hurdle for fuel cell makers is making them small enough to be able to work in laptops and other small personal electronics.

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Woman was seeking $4M FROM SUIT PAGE 1 elderly plaintiff, but said she believed the accident was clearly not the bus driver’s fault.

“It’s a huge case where the plaintiff counsel I’m sure felt the sympathy would carry the day and instead the jury focused on the evidence,” Kanoff said.

“It’s sad, but that doesn’t mean somebody else should pay for it,” she said.

In making City Hall’s case, Kanoff relied on a video tape from the Big Blue Bus surveillance system that showed the incident. Kanoff argued the tape clearly showed Kaufman “having time to get to the seat but not making an effort whatsoever to be seated.”

The jury voted nine to three that the city had no liability for the plaintiff ’s injuries.

While criminal trials require a jury’s unanimous agreement for a verdict to be reached, nine out of twelve votes is sufficient to reach a decision in a civil case.

Geoff Wells, one of Kaufman’s attorneys, called the jury’s decision a “complete shock” and said he plans to file a motion to invali-

date the verdict. He said he expects the socalled “motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict” to be heard within a month.

“Nine of the jurors, I think, basically ignored the evidence in the case because they felt sorry for the bus driver,” Wells said.

Wells said the video tape of the accident shows the bus driver admitting a mistake after Kaufman was injured.

“On three occasions the bus driver said, ‘I’m sorry, I thought you were seated,’” he said.

Kaufman’s medical bills since the accident have totaled about $2 million, Wells said, and future medical expenses could cost about $3 million more.

Kanoff said the victory at trial was gratifying primarily because the verdict will save City Hall money.

“If a person is injured because of their own fault ... the tax payers shouldn’t have to pay for it,” she said. “The truth is [Kaufman is] injured and all the money in the world is not going to make her walk again.” nickt@smdp

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Morris aids others at risk FROM CP PAGE 1 genetic testing for mutations on her BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes — mutations which increase a person’s risk for breast and ovarian cancers.

“For a while I wasn’t sure it was something I wanted to do,” Morris said. “It’s one thing to know you’re at high risk because your mother had breast cancer early in life and it’s another to know you’re at astronomically higher risk because you carry a genetic mutation.”

Morris tested positive for a BRCA2 mutation, the same as her mother. While a woman’s average risk of developing breast cancer during her life is 12 percent, a woman with a mutation on either gene has a likelihood of 50 to 87 percent. Mutations also increase the chance of developing cancer at a younger age and in more aggressive forms.

After discovering her vulnerability, Morris began searching for options, but failed to find an extensive guide on managing her risk.

“I wanted a guide I could read and dogear the pages and take with me to all my doctors appointments,” said Morris. “There wasn’t anything out there.”

Three years ago, after countless hours of research and careful decision making, Morris underwent a prophylactic mastectomy. One day during her recovery, Morris was walking with her sister-in-law, lamenting the lack of comprehensive resources available while making her decision.

“I was griping to her and she said, ‘You know what? Just write it,’” Morris said. “I know I looked at her like she lost her mind.”

However, after studying journalism as an college undergraduate and practicing law for 13 years, Morris knew she had the research skills to undertake the work. She approached Gordon, the head of GenRISK Adult Genetics Program at Cedars Sinai and one of the top experts on hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, for guidance. Gordon agreed to help.

Since it’s Feb. 23 publication date, the book has received great response and remained in the number one or two spots on Amazon’s new releases, breast cancer list. Morris said the book’s success lets her know that writing the book was the right thing to do.

“Finding out you carry a mutation ... can be a very isolating experience,” Morris said.

“You just feel like the weight of the world is sitting on you.”

In her book, she wove together her own journey with the experiences and decisions of others, hoping those who read it will feel they are supported and have options.

Although Morris said surgery is not the answer for everyone, it was what she needed to find peace. She disliked the stress of MRIs or mammograms every six months and waiting for biopsy results of any abnormalities. She found her concern over developing breast cancer dominated her thoughts night and day.

“As soon as I had the surgery I woke up without feeling that level of oppression and stress,” Morris said. “[Fear] does not run my life.”

Now, Morris has more energy to focus on the things she loves about Santa Monica, like being involved in her two sons’ classrooms as a parent volunteer and walking the cliffs overlooking the beach. Morris said that when she came to Santa Monica in 1994, she fell in love with the weather and outdoor activities the climate allows for most days of the year, such as hiking, biking and being near the beach.

“I grew up in the middle of the country where there was no ocean,” Morris said of her upbringing on a Missouri farm. “When I moved out here I decided if I was going to move all the way across the country, I was going to live near the ocean.”

Morris also spends time as an outreach coordinator for the Los Angeles branch of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), a nationwide support group for those at high risk for cancer. She continue to raise awareness of genetic predisposition to breast and ovarian cancers. She urges women, even those without gene mutations, to begin mammograms during their 40s, regardless of recent opinions that women should wait until their 50s.

“Until there’s a broader knowledge among the general population, as well as the medical community, to look at family history and try and identify women like me who might be at very high risk, we are doing a disservice,” Morris said.

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out to a hostile crowd and a home team shooting its way to an early 8-2 lead, forcing Verdugo to call a time-out.

“They were making threes on their home court like most teams do,” he said. “I just told them to clamp down on the press. We took them out of their comfort zone.”

UCLA-bound Thea Lemberger led the Vikings with 21. Verdugo also singled out point guard Kristina Johnson and shooting guard as major factors in the win. He said that Johnson’s handling of the ball and distribution, and Feder’s timely shooting helped his team erase the early deficit.

“Those two players have been a big key to helping us maintain a balanced attack,” he said.

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ST. MONICA BOYS SENT HOME

The boys basketball team from St. Monica lost to Paraclete 82-73 on Friday during the second found of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs.

St. Monica ends the season 18-10 overall and 9-1 in Camino Real League play.

MARINERS LOSE CLOSE ONE

St. Monica’s girls basketball team lost a heartbreaker 40-39 to Campbell Hall during the second round of the CIF-SS Division 5 playoffs.

St. Monica completes the season with a 15-14 overall record. The team went 3-5 in Camino Real League play. daniela@smdp.com

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militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the mass slayings and genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-yearold orphan fled to neighboring Kenya, where he then survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp.

Majok remained in limbo for eight years while waiting for any country to grant him refuge.

Now 17, Majok has found safety in a small New England enclave 30 miles west of Boston. He’s a star soccer player at Holliston High School, listens to Tupac and Biggie at his leisure and lives comfortably in a foster home, thanks to a federal program that matches refugee minors with American families.

“I like it. It’s peaceful... quiet,” said Majok, who wears American urban-style clothes and stays in a home with four other refugee Asian and African children. “Took me a long time to get here.”

The U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, which has 700 refugee children in foster care, has asked states to prepare to foster more international refugee children like Majok, whose parents either have disappeared or been killed by war or natural disaster. The need is heightened by continuing armed conflicts in Africa and recent events such as the earthquake in Haiti.

The request means that Massachusetts and other states must ask more households to open up their homes for foster care or ask existing foster families to take in another refugee child at a time of economic downturn.

“Between all the wars going on and all the (human) trafficking laws that have changed, more children are needing safe homes,” said Sherrill Hilliard, the program manager for Refugee Immigration & Assistance Program in Washington. “And we’re doing our best to find them.”

Massachusetts, a state that historically has taken in one of the largest shares of the nation’s unaccompanied refugee minors, has been asked to increase its current share of 93 to 125, said Richard Chacon, director of the Office for Refugees and Immigrants in Massachusetts.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services says 14 states and the District of Columbia, participate in the federal Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

It is not the only way parentless refugee children can find safe haven in the U.S. The Obama administration, for example, recently said it will allow orphaned Haitian children to enter the U.S. temporarily on an individual basis. And some groups, like the Heartland Alliance in Illinois, help unaccompanied undocumented children by providing housing and legal representation.

The U.S. program, developed in the early

1980s to help thousands of parentless children in Southeast Asia, has aided more than 13,000 refugee children fleeing war, famine and economic turmoil. It remains the most consistent source for refugee children in the U.S., with the assistance of the United Nations.

In 2008, foster homes and related facilities in the United States and 67 other countries took in 16,300 orphans, according to Tim Irwin, the spokesman for the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees. That’s the highest number since the agency started keeping records, Irwin said.

In the U.S., states license foster homes with the help of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The federal government reimburses states for all costs of the children’s schooling, health care and related expenses.

It’s the same federal program that helped resettle 3,800 “Lost Boys” from Sudan in the early 2000s.

Cost of care for refugee minors varies, depending on need. In Massachusetts, the state Office for Refugees and Immigrants has budgeted about $3 million to serve 93 minors.

Arizona’s State Refugee Coordinator Charles Shipman said his state has been asked to increase its numbers from 43 to 63.

Arizona can find those new foster homes, Shipman said, but it’s going to take some time.

“You have to work to develop more homes,” Shipman said. “It’s a pretty intense process to adequately serve these kids.”

Hilliard said her state has been asked to double up from 50 to 100 children. “We’ve already got eight more on the way,” she said.

Mary Bartholomew, who oversees the Massachusetts program for Lutheran Social Services, said social workers in the state are racing to look for new homes because of the expected rise in numbers. She said some former foster parents are opening up their homes to more children.

Michelle and Peter Zimmerman, of Leicester, Mass., said they wanted their two sons, now 15 and 13, to know “how blessed they were.”

After taking in Liberian refugee Sam Barclays, who later joined the U.S. Marines, Bartholomew asked the family to consider fostering two refugee brothers who had escaped a prison in Myanmar. The boys fled Myanmar where they were wrongly accused by the military government of trying to sell a car, said Lian Sian Kim, 18.

The Zimmermans accepted.

In 2008, after living in hiding in Malaysia, Kim and his brother, Lian Sian Sang, 16, arrived at the Zimmermans’ doorstep. “It was nice,” said Kim, now a student at Leicester High School. “I didn’t like the snow at first. But it’s OK now.”

A few months later, Majok arrived at the home of Paul Boulanger, a 68-year-old single father in Holliston, Mass., who has fostered three dozen refugee children in 30 years.

Boulanger also has teens living with him from the Congo, China and Myanmar. All are attending school, learning English and playing sports.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

★★★★★ Communication opens doors and allows greater give-and-take. Your instincts come through, adding many options or different ways to make a point. Others will listen bigtime. Understand another person's message.

Tonight: Catch up with a friend.

★★★★★ Keep breaking past restrictions. You have a great deal of energy and are capable of nearly anything. Be open with a loved one.

Describe what you want and expect from someone near and dear. Tonight: Let your mind wander.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★ Budgets take priority. If you honor them, you will get the results you desire. Avoid a tendency to go way overboard, especially as you are looking at spending. Look at ways of enhancing your well-being. Tonight: Pay bills first.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★★ You might want to renew an agreement, but with so much distraction and so many new options appearing, slow down.

Though you might not believe it, something better could surface around the corner, at any moment. Tonight: Only as you want.

★★★ A partner clearly knows what he or she wants. Understand what is happening in a relationship. Recognize that what you want to do might need to be postponed, only for a while.

Tonight: Get together for a party.

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★★★★ Others want and must run with the ball -- or so they think. Know when you are battling a losing cause, and know when enough is enough. Your time will come, but not right now.

Let others do what they want -- they will anyway. Tonight: The only answer is "yes."

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

★★★ Move forward and do less looking backward. You tend to be nostalgic, and that often causes you a problem with letting go. Smile as only you can. Be happy. Tonight: Just for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

★★★★★ You might want to revisit a key issue during a discussion. A meeting could prove to be instrumental to your decision-making process.

Please note, there are many different ways to handle a situation. Consider the alternatives.

Tonight: You want to be where the action is.

★★★★★ Others often don't appreciate your quirkiness. You also might not really care. You seem to be lavish when dealing with those you care about: friends, loved ones and children.

Stop and take inventory. Might a little more caution be better? Tonight: Kick up your heels.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

★★★★ A must appearance could have you following an up till now unthought-of path. You might wonder what is happening within a bond.

Honor what is happening within a key relationship. Right now, this person is all over the place mentally. Tonight: Observe rather than react.

Then decide what to do.

★★★ Sometimes you put too much into the mix. You have a lot to offer, but can others hear what you have to share? Slow down some, knowing you will find the right time and place.

Stay centered, despite multiple calls and various disconcerting thoughts. Tonight: Center yourself at home.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

★★★ You might want to see a situation with more clarity. Perhaps by doing less and simply listening more, you'll come up with amazing responses and ideas. Others are running on other tracks. Is an alternative perhaps better than what you have chosen? Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

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JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: ★★★★★Dynamic ★★ So-So ★★★★ Positive ★ Difficult ★★★ Average

This year, opportunities float in from out of left field. You often wonder why you act in certain ways or proceed on a given path. You might want to seize the moment more often and not lose control, so you don't miss out on an opportunity. Use this special year for gain. If you are single, there simply isn't a reason why you cannot greet romance.

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19 20 21 24 45 Meganumber: 13 Jackpot: 11$M 10 12 14 31 33 MIDDAY: 5 5 3 EVENING: 3 6 8 1st: 10 Solid Gold 2nd: 04 Big Ben 3rd: 05 California Classic

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■ Unless Stephen Gough, 50, changes his mind about wearing pants, he risks spending the rest of his life behind bars, according to a January ruling of Scotland's Perth Sheriff Court. Gough, Britain's "naked rambler," is a freelance nudist who for years has roamed the United Kingdom countryside, interrupted by numerous jail stints for violating public decency. He was released from Perth Prison in December after his latest stay, but seconds later shucked his clothes and was rearrested. (In his most recent trial, Gough acted as his own lawyer and somehow persuaded an overly fair judge to let him be naked in court.)

■ (1) Shane Williams-Allen, 19, was arrested in Tavares, Fla., in January and charged with burglarizing an unmarked police car and stealing several items, including handcuffs and a Taser gun.

Eventually, Williams-Allen called the police for help after he accidentally cuffed himself, and officers believe he also accidentally Tasered himself. (2) Police in Oakland, Calif., called off their manhunt for fleeing home-invasion suspects in January when officers encountered four of the men wedged between two buildings they had tried to squeeze through.

TODAY IN HISTORY President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.

The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.

World War I: Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.

The British unilaterally declare the independence of Egypt.

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as American defenses collapses.

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15311 – 17TH H Street,, Aptt C

SPA/HOT TUB 2010 Model. Neck Jets.

Therapy seat. Warranty. Never used.

Can deliver. Worth $5950, sell for $1950 (310)479-3054

1+1,, st, fr, ldry $1100

2+1,, st, -fns, w/d hkp $1400

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2344-A A Ocean n Park k Blvd d

MAR VISTA, 11621 Braddock Dr. unit 2 2bdrm. 1.5 bath, $1250 & up, townhouse style, stove, carpt, w/d hookup, patio, gated parking, carpet, intercom entry, no pets.$700 off move-in (310)967-4471 www.jkwproperties.com 1248 11TH st.unit A 2bdrm/1 1/2bath, lower carpet stove, blinds, laundry, vinyl flooring, balcony parking, no pets.on site manager $1550.(310)393-6322 www.jkwproperties.com 12746 Pacific Ave. unit 6 1+1 stove, fridge, dishwasher, wall ac, carpet, blinds, laundry,intercom entry, parking, no pets. $1200.move-in special $200 off (310)578-7512 www.jkwproperties.com

2842 2 Exposition n Blvd,, ‘B’

Sgl,, st, fr, lwr $875 18311 Pearll Street,, #5 3+1_,, st, fr, fp, Berber cpt, carport-1, upr $2200

WEST L.A. 1920 0 Manning g Ave e #6 2+1__ , st, fr, hdwd $1500 1657 7 Federall Ave,, #12 Bach,, sm, fr, htpl, ldry, separate bath $775 1766__ Malcolm m Ave e

3206 BAGLEY AVE. 1+1 upper, stove, fridge, blinds, carpet, dishwasher, on-site laundry, garage parking, intercom entry no pets. $1075 (310)578-7512 jkwproperties.com

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501 N. Venice 1+1, #29 $1250/mo stove, fridge, carpet, utilities included, laundry, parking, no pets.

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2+1,, st, fr, cpt, pkg-1, ldry

BRENTWOOD 2+2 $1750 New carpet, Triple parking, Near markets, MTA, Etc. ON BLUE BUS LINE. No smoking/pets.

(310)476-3556 HOWARD MANAGEMENT GROUP (310)869-7901 721 Pacific St. #1 2+1 1/2 $1995 New hardwood floors, Pet OK 1234 11th St. #11, 2+1, Hardwood floors, D/W $1895 1214 Idaho Ave. #8, 2+1 1/2 Townhouse, Garage $2350

$800 1766 6 Malcolm m Ave

$1500 1800 0 Kelton n Ave,, #5 5 & #7 1+1,, st, fr, cpt, pkg $1100 113211 Massachusetts,, #9 1+1,, st, fr, pkg $11100 113211 Massachusetts,, #4 Sgl,, st, fr, pkg $875

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stt (stove), frr (fridge), cptt (carpet), sgll (single), bach h (bachelor), ldry y (laundry), garr (garage), hdwd d (hardwood floors), lwrr (lower), uprr (upper) , htpll (hotplate), pkg g (parking), w/d d (washer/dryer), hkp p (hook-up), d/w w (dishwasher), c-fn n (ceiling fan), (fireplace)

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SANTA MONICA . $1275.00 1 Bdrm,1 Bath, No pets, stove, refrg, parking 1935 Cloverfield Blvd. #3, Open daily 8am- 7pm. Additional info in Unit. Mgr in Apt #19 SM 733 Hill St #5 3+2 walk to beach upper, w/no tenats below, new carpet, washer/dryer in unit, gated access, 2 car parking $2395 310-569-4200

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: FEBRUARY 3, 2010 To Whom it may concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: FUDDRUCKERS INC The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 8250 SANTA MONICA BLVD., WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069-5916 Type of License(s) Applied for: 41 - ON-SALE BEER AND WINE - EATING PLACE Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control LOS ANGELES. SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 03/01/2010

Name Changes ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. ES013775 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of HUY DUC TRAN, A MINOR BY AND THROUGH HIS GUARDIAN LITEM ANNHAN THI NGUYEN AND QUANG KIM TRAN for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner or Attorney: HUY DUC TRAN filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: HUY DUC TRAN to DANIEL HUY TRAN. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.

Notice of Hearing: Date: APRIL 2, 2010 Time: 8:30AM, Dept. B, ROOM 204 The address of the court is Superior Court North District, 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.

Date: FEB 8, 2010 MARY THORNTON HOUSE SUPERVISING JUDGE 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. ES013777 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of ROSE RAE STEVENS for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner or Attorney: ROSE RAE STEVENS filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: ROSE RAE STEVENS to STACY RAE BLAKE. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.

Notice of Hearing: Date: MARCH 26, 2010 Time: 8:30AM, Dept. B, ROOM 204 The address of the court is Superior Court North District, 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.

Name Changes Date: FEB 5, 2010 MARY THORNTON HOUSE SUPERVISING JUDGE 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. ES013702 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of SHANNON TRIPLETT BOATWRIGHT for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner or Attorney: SHANNON TRIPLETT BOATWRIGHT filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: SHANNON TRIPLETT BOATWRIGHT to SHANNON TRIPLETT LEADE. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.

Notice of Hearing: Date: MARCH 12, 2010 Time: 8:30AM, Dept. B The address of the court is Superior Court North District, 300 East Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.

Date: JAN 25, 2010 MARY THORNTON HOUSE SUPERVISING JUDGE 2/1/2010, 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. SS019111 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of MARCIA MCMARTIN ILLING for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner or Attorney: MARCIA MCMARTIN ILLING filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: MARCIA MCMARTIN ILLING to MARCIA MCMARTIN. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall 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.

Notice of Hearing: Date: MARCH 25, 2010 Time: 8:30AM, Dept. A., Room 104 The address of the court is 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Santa Monica Daily Press.

Date: FEB 11, 2010 GERALD ROSENBERG Judge Of The Superior Court 02/22/2010, 03/01/2010, 03/08/2010, 03/15/2010

DBAS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100125203 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 14TH STREET PLAZA, 1324 14TH STREET, SM, CA 90401; 1020 WILSHIRE, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MARK VERGE, 1324 14TH STREET, SM, CA 90401 This Business is being conducted by, a business trust. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MARK VERGE, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/28/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/1/2010, 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100099859 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PRIVATE LOVE NOTES, 1 SOUTH LOCUST STREET, 340B, INGLEWOOD, CA 90301. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LEAMON WHITE, 1 SOUTH LOCUST STREET, 340B, INGLEWOOD, CA 90301 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)1/22/2010. /s/: LEAMON WHITE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/22/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED

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PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/1/2010, 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/25/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010

ACUPUNCTURE, 2414 7TH STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405; PO BOX 1005, SANTA MONICA, CA 90406-1005. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GABRIELLE HAMMOND, 2414 7TH STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: GABRIELLE HAMMOND This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010

and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010

BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010

Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DAVID K. TE'O This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/20/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100073873 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KID GLUVS, 24500 SENATOR AVE, HARBOR CITY, CA 90710; PO BOX 1973, LOMITA, CA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROSE DAVIS, 24500 SENATOR AVE, HARBOR CITY, CA 90710; DEVYN DAVIS, 24500 SENATOR AVE, HARBOR CITY, CA 90710 This Business is being conducted by, co-partners.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DEVYN DAVIS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/19/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/1/2010, 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100015705 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as IBERIA LANGUAGE SERVICES, 1024 5TH STREET, UNIT 1, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403; PO BOX 1945, SANTA MONICA, CA 90406. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MARTA MARQUEZ, 1024 5TH STREET, UNIT 1, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MARTA MARQUEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/6/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/1/2010, 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100125202 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ACADEMIC STUDY CENTER, 12016 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 6, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROBERT BRODY, 708 11TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90402 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ROBERT BRODY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/28/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/1/2010, 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100087213 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BNI BUSINESS ADVANTAGE, 10740 WOODBINE ST, #208, LOS ANGELES, CA 90034. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MORONI MARK BURCHELI, 10740 WOODBINE ST, #208, LOS ANGELES, CA 90034 This Business is being conducted by, an unincorporated association other than a partnership.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MORONI MARK BURCHELL, TREASURER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/21/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/1/2010, 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100105272 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MAGNETIC WEBWORKS, 4619 KESTER AVE, #13, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DORON ORENSTEIN, 4619 KESTER AVE, #13, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)7/6/2009. /s/: DORON ORENSTEIN

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100089511 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as INSPIRED TRUTH, 2928 4TH STREET, #3, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ANGELA ROBERTSON, 2928 4TH STREET, #3, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ANGELA ROBERTSON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/21/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100161564 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CLOUTIER REMIX, 1026 MONTANA AVENUE, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : AMELIA AGENCY, INC., 16535 LAS CASAS PLACE, PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)3/7/2010. /s/: MADELINE L. LEONARD, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/4/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100145147 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as METICULOUS TV; AI #/ON 1731796, 3115 W. OLIVE AVENUE, SUITE 11, BURBANK, CA 91505. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : METICULOUS PRODUCTIONS, INC., 3115 W. OLIVE AVENUE, SUITE 11, BURBANK, CA 91505 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)2/1/2010. /s/: METICULOUS PRODUCTIONS, INC., PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/1/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100133240 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AGELESS MEN'S HEALTH CA PC, 11870 SANTA MONICA BLVD, #201, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : AGELESS MEN'S HEALTH PC, 11870 SANTA MONICA BLVD, #201, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025, (CALIFORNIA) This Business is being conducted by, a corporation.

Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)2/1/2010. /s/: AGELESS MEN'S HEALTH PC This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100135791 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SHEN BAI

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100135670 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ASCENDED LIVING; AI #/ON 26-3969045, 1418 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD., VENICE, CA 90291. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ASCENDED HEALTH LLC, 1418 ABBOT KINNEY BLVD., VENICE, CA 90291 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: TONI O'BRYAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100196686 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE TICKET ANGELS, 755 17TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403; 1112 MONTANA AVE, SUITE 264, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MATTHEW D. PARKER, 755 17TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403; CHRISTOPHER C. DOYLE, 745 17TH ST, APT D, SANTA MONICA, CA 90402 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MATTHEW D. PARKER, CHRISTOPHER C. DOYLE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100135714 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE GREEN BOOKKEEPER; GREEN BOOKKEEPING, 1422 6TH ST, #507, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : TYE J. KIRK, 1422 6TH ST, #507, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: TYE J. KIRK This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100135713 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FULL MONTY DIVISION; FULL MONTY, 1422 6TH ST, #507, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : TYE J. KIRK, 1422 6TH ST, #507, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: TYE J. KIRK This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100150032 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FRESH FACE, 13050 SAN VICENTE BLVD, #101, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049; 2332 SELBY AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90064. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BRADY CRAINE, 2332 SELBY AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: BRADY CRAINE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/2/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100135336 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE MACWHISPERER; 2 SMART TECHIES, 6282 PISCES ST, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DYLAN STEWART, 6282 PISCES ST, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)1/1/2009. /s/: DYLAN STEWART This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/8/2010, 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100195242 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ACCESS TO THE BOYS CLUB; ACCESSTOTHEBOYSCLUB.COM; AI #/ON 200935610232, 1020 WILSHIRE BLVD., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ACCESS TO THE BOYS CLUB LLC, 1020 WILSHIRE BLVD., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ACCESS TO THE BOYS CLUB LLC, PRESIDENT, MARK VERGE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100195245 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE HOTEL HOLLYWOOD, THEHOTELHOLLYWOOD.COM, 1020 WILSHIRE BLVD., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : HOLLYWOOD GUEST INN, LLC, 1020 WILSHIRE BLVD., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: HOLLYWOOD GUEST INN LLC, PRESIDENT, MARK VERGE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100171414 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as OMEDICALSTORE.COM, 10324 NORTHVALE RD, LA, CA 90064. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SAVIOUR PRODUCTS, INC., 10324 NORTHVALE RD, LA, CA 90064 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MICHAEL LIGHTBOURN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/5/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100195243 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LAZRTAG, 960 1/2 EVERETT ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90026.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : VINH CHUNG, 960 1/2 EVERETT ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90026; ERIK CASTRO, 1057 SENTINEL AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: VINH CHUNG This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100183662 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MONTAGE CLINIC, 3200 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 205, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : QUEENIE NG, 1175 LORAIN ROAD, SAN MARINE, CA 91108 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: QUEENIE NG This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/9/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100136626 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TELETHRIVE; RINGADOC; DOCTORS ON DEMAND; SOFA SESSIONS; DOD VENTURES, 9454 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 525, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MEDTECH SOLUTIONS, INC., 9454 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 525, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation.

Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)1/1/2010. /s/: DAVID GONEN, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/1/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100176609 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KULOVCOMMUNICATIONS; KULOVPRESENTS; KULOV CONTEMPORARY, 3111 3RD STREET, UNIT 5, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : D KULOV, 3111 3RD STREET, UNIT 5, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)1/1/2010. /s/: D KULOV This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/1/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100082228 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JDT & ASSOCIATES, 3435 OCEAN PARK BLVD, #107, PMB 371, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DAVID K. TE'O, 8355 DUNBARTON AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90045 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed:

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100142432 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PURPLE SKY PRODUCTIONS, 712 N. KINGS ROAD, APT 106, LOS ANGELES, CA 90069. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DANA SORMAN, 712 N. KINGS ROAD, APT 106, LOS ANGELES, CA 90069 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DANA SORMAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/1/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100082572 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LOVING CARE DOULA, 28955 BARDELL DR, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LUDMILLA BARAZ, 28955 BARDELL DR, AGOURA HILLS, CA 91301 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: LUDMILLA BARAZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/20/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100143106 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THEATER THAT MATTERS; TTM PRODUCTIONS, 2437 MAIN STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MONIQUE HITZMAN, 1301 11TH STREET, #10, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401; DANA LAU, 119 N. BENTON WAY, LOS ANGELES, CA 90026; SHAYNE ANDERSON, 1231 5TH STREET, #402, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401; DAMON LIRA, 621 PICO PLACE SOUTH, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MONIQUE HITZMAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/1/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100169970 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 90210 SEX TOYS, 9903 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 506, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : RAE STEVENS, 9903 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 506, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)2/1/2010. /s/: RAE STEVENS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/5/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100195244 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KARMAPOINTS, 612 PACIFIC ST, #6, SANTA MONICA, CA 90025. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROBERT BRODY, 2311 4TH ST, #216, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405; ROSS FURUKAWA, 612 PACIFIC ST, #6, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ROSS FURUKAWA, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010

does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/5/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100197562 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as OPEN HEART DATING, 3732 MENTONE AVE, #3, LOS ANGELES, CA 90034. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BOLD VISION ENTERPRISES, INC., 3732 MENTONE AVE, #3, LOS ANGELES, CA 90034 (CALIFORNIA) This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: BOLD VISION ENTERPRISES, INC., PRESIDENT & CEO, DAVID F. RUBIN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100185042 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MX SERVICES, 9527 E. SLAUSON AVE., PICO RIVERA, CA 90660. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MAX GABINO ACEVEDO, 11835 DEONA ST. #12, EL MONTE, CA 91732 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MAX GABINO ACEVEDO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/9/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010

registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)3/1/2006. /s/: CHRISTOPHER H. KNAUF This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 3/1/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100168007 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CAPITOL PEOPLE GROUP; CAP PEOPLE GROUP; AI #/ON 200920810067, 120 BROADWAY, SUITE 300, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CAPITOL PACIFIC GROUP, LLC, 120 BROADWAY, SUITE 300, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)2/5/2010. /s/: WILLIAM J. SHRAGA, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/5/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100189948 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PAPA JOHN'S HIGH DESERT; AI #/ON 200913910168, 908 26TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GIBBS PIZZA LLC, 908 26TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 (CALIFORNIA) This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)9/4/2009. /s/: GIBBS PIZZA LLC, MANAGING PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/10/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100097650 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FAY ROSE; SOUL INSPIRED DESIGNS, 2461 SANTA MONICA BLVD., #642, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : FAY SZADZIEWICZ, 2461 SANTA MONICA BLVD., #642, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: FAY SZADZIEWICZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/22/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/15/2010, 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100160905 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as RINCON CONTRACTORS; CHELOS INTERIORS, 2746 1/2 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MANUEL RINCON, 2746 1/2 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MANUEL RINCON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/4/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100150281 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PDT CREATIVE AGENCY; AI #/ON C3208131, 1813 CENTINELA AVENUE, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : PLAYGROUND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1813 CENTINELA AVENUE, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: PLAYGROUND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., COO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/2/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100164461 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ANYWHERE FITNESS; INHOME FITNESS, 10531 SAN VINCENTE AVE., SOUTH GATE, CA 90280. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ERIC MENDOZA, 10531 SAN VINCENTE AVE., SOUTH GATE, CA 90280 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ERIC MENDOZA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/4/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 2010 0149563 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BEAUTIFUL BEE, 846 GARVEY ST. #B, MONTEREY PARK, CA 91755. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : YEN TONG, 8625 LONGDEN AVE., SAN GABRIEL, CA 91775 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: YEN TONG This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/2/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100156848 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JUAREZ SCRAP METAL, 5719 DUARTE ST., L.A., CA 90058.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : IVAN DE JESUS JUAREZ, 4139 PARAMOUNT BLVD. #14, PICO RIVERA, CA 90660 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: IVAN DE JESUS JUAREZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/3/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100169488 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ANTOJITOS VALERIE'S, 3100 E. IMPERIAL HWY. STE. #3008 2nd FL., LYNWOOD, CA 90262. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : INOCENCIA RAMIREZ, 8721 GARDENDALE ST., DOWNEY, CA 90242 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: INOCENCIA RAMIREZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/5/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100156953 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AMERICAN BEAUTY SALON, 6606 PACIFIC BLVD. #106, HUNTINGTON PARK, CA 90255. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROSA ELVIRA VASQUEZ, 2411 E. GAGE AVE., HUNTINGTON PARK, CA 90255 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ROSA E. VASQUEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/3/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100196739 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ADRIAN UNDERWEAR, 1900 N. LONG BEACH BLVD., COMPTON, CA 90221. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SILVIA ROJAS, 217 S. HARRIS AVE., COMPTON, CA 90221 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: SILVIA ROJAS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100197901 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LOS ANGELES TANGO FESTIVAL, 11203 EMELITA ST., N. HOLLYWOOD, CA 91601. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ALFREDO M. MARTIN, 11203 EMELITA ST., N. HOLLYWOOD, CA 91601 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ALFREDO M. MARTIN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/11/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100156340 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LURDES BEAUTY SALON, 12320 LONG BEACH BLVD., LYNWOOD, CA 90262. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JESUS CASAS, 1984 PARK GROVE APT. 202, L.A., CA 90007 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JESUS CASAS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/3/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100138613 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, 13924 EMORY DR., WHITTIER, CA 90605. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GABRIEL FUENTES, 13924 EMORY DR., WHITTIER, CA 90605, GILBERTO S. MENDEZ, 808 S. EVANWOOD AVE., WEST COVINA, CA 91790 This Business is being conducted by, co-partners. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: GABRIEL FUENTES

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100175362 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 1607 PRODUCTIONS, 5850 W. 3RD ST, #337, LOS ANGELES, CA 90036. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ELENA VAGNEROVA EUSTACHE, 5850 W. 3RD ST, #337, LOS ANGELES, CA 90036; LAWRENCE JOHN, 2225 E. PUMALO ST, #41, SAN BERNADINO, CA 92404 This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: LAWRENCE JOHN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/8/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FILE NO. 2010-0156337 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: LURDES BEAUTY SALON, 12320 LONG BEACH BLVD., LYNWOOD, CA 90262. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on 10/13/2009, in the county of Los Angeles. The original file number of 20091549618. The business was conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 02/03/10. The business information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) SIGNED: LOURDES AMADO ROJAS/OWNER. Pub. Feb 22, Mar 01, 08, 15 2010 Publish: Santa Monica Daily Press FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100138351 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MAGIC TOUCH MESSENGER SERVICES, 2109 SCOTT RD., BURBANK, CA 91504. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SHANTI NAJARIAN, 2109 SCOTT RD., BURBANK, CA 91504 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: SHANTI NAJARIAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 1/29/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100169988 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MEDICAL MANAGEMENT WORKERS COMPENSATION CONSULTATION, 2662 E. 2nd ST. I2, LONG BEACH, CA 90803. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BLEAKER DANIELS, 2662 E. 2nd ST. I2, LONG BEACH, CA 90803 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)3/1/2008. /s/: BLEAKER DANIELS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100163891 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TR TREASURE ROCK, 1300 S. SAN PEDRO ST. STE. 101, L.A., CA 90015. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : TREASURE DESIGN GROUP, INC., 1300 S. SAN PEDRO ST. STE. 101, L.A., CA 90015 This Business is being conducted by, a corporation.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: URIEL CHAZOOT/PRES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/4/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100185009 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as V M S COMPANY, 9527 E. SLAUSON AVE., PICO RIVERA, CA 90660. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ENRIQUE VAZQUEZ, 14266 BARRIDALE ST., LA PUENTE, CA 91746 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ENRIQUE VAZQUEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/9/10. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100215654 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AG PRO SYSTEMS, 303 CALIFORNIA AVE, #32, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ALGIRDAS GALINAITIS, 303 CALIFORNIA AVE, #32, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: ALGIRDAS GALINAITIS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 2/17/2010. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 2/22/2010, 3/1/2010, 3/8/2010, 3/15/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20100175679 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KNAUF ASSOCIATES, 2001 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 510, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CHRISTOPHER H. KNAUF, 2611 30TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The

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