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THE PLAYOFF WOES ISSUE

Vikings bounced from playoffs

BY DANIEL ARCHULETA Managing Editor

DOWNEY Unfortunately, every football sea-

ONE AND DONE

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son comes to an end.

That end came for Santa Monica High School Friday night against Warren. Having snuck into the playoffs as a three seed, the 82 Vikings seemed poised for a postseason run. Instead, Samohi was forced out of the first round of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section playoffs with a 17-38 loss.

“It was frustrating,” head coach Zach Cuda said. “Our kids feel the same way.”

Cuda said the lopsided score is not a true indicator of how the game went. Santa Monica started strong with a scoring run by star senior running back Christian Ross in the first quarter. The Vikings held Warren to a field goal on the ensuing drive, which gave Cuda confidence that his team could strike.

Failing to score following Warren’s field goal, the Vikings were forced to punt. That’s when Warren’s own star running back stole the show.

Jessie Callier proceeded to score two 50yard-plus rushing touchdowns in a row giving Warren a 17-7 halftime lead.

With the exception of Callier’s two long scores, Cuda felt that his Vikings did a pretty good job limiting Warren’s offensive opportunities.

The second half played out much like the first. The Vikings struck first with a field goal early in the third quarter. With the score 1710, it appeared that the Vikings were just a few stops on defense away from making a game of it when Callier shattered those hopes.

The crafty runner went on to score two more long rushing touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters on his way to 330 yards rushing on 25 carries. The junior finished the day with four scores.

The Vikings scored on a pass from junior

quarterback Garrett Safron to junior tight end Luke Zelon late in the fourth quarter, but the damage had been done and Warren moved on to the second round.

“We just didn’t play with the proper sense of urgency when you have a guy like that,” Cuda said of Callier. “We were relying all night on the first guy to make the tackle. He just kept shedding that first guy all night.”

While the pain is fresh in the minds of the Vikings, Cuda sees the season as a success.

Having lost star quarterback Ryan Katz to the college game, not much was expected from the Vikings, Cuda said.

I LOOK BACK AT THE SEASON AS A WHOLE AND I THINK WE REALLY GOT THE MOST OUT OF THIS BUNCH.” Zach Cuda Head coach

Instead of starting slowly, the Vikings, led by an offensive line that touted prized recruit Amar Pal, came out of the gate blazing.

Blowout preseason wins against Leuzinger, Palisades, Venice, Jordan and Capistrano Valley had the Vikings at 5-0 and ready for Ocean League play. Samohi opened league play with another rout, this time against Morningside.

Undefeated, the Vikings had the look of a team on a mission. Strong running performances by Ross and a stingy defense had Cuda and the rest of the team thinking league title.

Alas, those thoughts were quickly dashed at SEE VIKINGS PAGE 11

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STEWART STREET There’s an old saying that ballet dancers never die, they teach.

So, one young-hearted, 89-year-old ballerina plans to keep on teaching.

Yvonne Mounsey has led a life that many aspiring dancers could only dream about, a career that has taken the South African

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State issues new marine litter standards

BY ELIZABETH KENIGSBERG Special to the Daily Press

SANTA MONICA BAY Going one step further to protect beaches, the California Ocean Protection Council issued Tuesday a series of statewide recommendations aimed at reducing plastic bag use, cigarette litter and other waste products hazardous to marine life.

“The council is confident that this strategy will have far reaching benefit for ocean health and brings about needed action to tackle the marine debris problems plaguing our oceans,” said Mike Chrisman, the OPC chair and secretary for resources. “Our decision today moves California closer to a real solution to reduce the threats to our ocean and coast.”

The report follows OPC’s 2007 resolution to eliminate marine litter, identifying the latest means for combating trash in and around the ocean, devising three central strategies, which would need legislative

action in order to be implemented.

The first recommends a “take-back” program that would require manufacturers to collect used packaging and dispose of it properly; the second strategy proposes a statewide fee on single-use plastic grocery bags and a ban on polystyrene food containers, such as Styrofoam carryout boxes; the final recommendation would impose user fees on items commonly found as litter along beaches.

The litter fee would be accounted for in the cost of cigarettes, food packaging and other items found in marine debris, according to the report. The fee revenues would then be directed toward beach clean-ups.

“If an additional cost in the form of a litter fee were assessed on cigarettes and other materials commonly found in marine debris, such as convenience food packaging, consumers would be more aware of the economic, and perhaps environmental, costs associated with them,” according to the report.

The plan’s most notable change from OPC’s initial strategy is that it no longer proposes a ban on plastic bags throughout the state, rather advising a fee be imposed on plastic bags to curb their use. Though if the fee is unsuccessful in limiting plastic bag use, the council suggested it would try to prohibit them. The report, however, noted that economic impacts should be also weighed in decisions concerning bans on polystyrene containers and other packaging items.

“We were a little bit concerned that they had prioritized a fee over a ban,” said Sonia Diaz, a legislative associate for Heal the Bay. “Why make a fee over a ban? The more viable, successful option would be to ban plastic bags.”

A California assembly bill was proposed last year to implement a fee on single-use carryout bags from grocery stores and pharmacies, but the bill was denied a Senate floor vote and was never able to be passed.

Santa Monica City Council was also busy

last spring weighing measures concerning sustainability, working on a proposed ban on plastic bags. Currently no ban exists, and the city has been working on creating an ordinance.

Several cities, though, have already implemented measures proposed in the report.

Santa Monica has banned smoking at beaches and at or near public buildings, and, along with several other cities, it has prohibited the use of Styrofoam.

Between 60 and 80 percent of the world’s ocean litter is made up of plastic, according to the Long Beach-based Algalita Marine Research Foundation. In some areas, 90 to 95 percent of the marine debris is plastic.

“The progress that this report is going to make is going to be huge,” Diaz said. “The report lays out a framework to help the oceans, which will be able to be translated into legislation.” news@smpd.com

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Scott Hugo, of Alamo, a starter on the university’s rugby team, will pursue a masters degree in international relations at the University of Oxford in England, UCLA spokesman Marc Dellins said.

Chris Joseph, a starter on the school’s football team from 2005 to 2007, will do graduate work in geography. The Solvang resident, who majored in geography with a focus on the causes of deforestation, graduated in June.

They were among 32 men and women across the United States who won the scholarships, the oldest of the international study awards available to American students.

Rhodes Scholarships were created in 1902 by the will of British philanthropist Cecil Rhodes. Winners are selected on the basis of high academic achievement, personal integrity, leadership potential and physical vigor, among other attributes.

The American students will join an international group of scholars selected from 13 other jurisdictions around the world. Approximately 80 scholars are selected each year.

The value of the Rhodes Scholarship varies depending on the field of study. The total value averages about $50,000 per year.

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LAST WEEK, I LISTED 21 LARGE

developments in the city’s future based on the planning department’s case list and other public documents. In addition to those listed, two others were edited out due to space limitations. Rounding out the “Top 23” are: ■ 1447 Lincoln Blvd. Four floor, 124-single room, 100 percent affordable units, 42,397 square feet, mixed-use building, 46-feet tall with ground floor retail. Two levels (113 spaces) subterranean parking.

Adjacent to similar project at 819829 Broadway.

■ 1133 Ocean Ave. (aka: 101 Wilshire Boulevard). FairmontMiramar Hotel Development Agreement. The original proposal featured new construction along the 100 block of Wilshire (at Ocean Avenue) for retail and hotel use including a hotel tower 12 to 16floors high. No plans finalized.

Project has been on hold for a couple of years.

Three projects previously mentioned are within a couple of blocks of each other — 2930 Colorado (Village Trailer Park), 2834 Colorado and the Hines development of the former Paper Mate property at Olympic Boulevard and 26th Street — would add an estimated 683,000 square feet of new development and thousands of parking places to the Mid-City neighborhood over the next few years, if approved.

Of the 23 projects I listed with square footage figures, the total

amount is 1,828,668 square feet of new development. Add numerous projects where square footage wasn’t provided such as Macerich’s redevelopment at 3105-3131 Wilshire Blvd.

(Albertson’s/Big 5), extensive redevelopment at Saint John’s Hospital properties, multi-family housing projects and unannounced projects, new development could approach four million square feet by 2015.

The Village at the Civic Center across from City Hall clearly sets the bar for what City Hall will encourage and allow in the future. It comprises three buildings totaling over 462,575 square feet. Maximum height: 96 feet. The 3.3 acre property will accommodate 324 units of housing — half affordable apartments and the other half market rate condos. A modest amount of retail space and parking for over 600 cars is included.

For a more detailed peek at our future in a decade or two, look no further than the update to the city’s master plan, the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE). This blueprint for growth to be finalized

by City Council next year will permit much more development and greater heights and density than is currently allowed.

It encourages dense, underparked, multi-floor, mixed-use construction along most of our major boulevards. In addition, bike lanes, enhanced pedestrian amenities, landscaping and mass transit rightof-ways would displace space currently used by personal vehicles on

many streets compounding our traffic nightmare.

LUCE also provides height “bonuses” to developers in exchange for “public benefits” such as affordable and workforce housing, parks, recreational centers, homeless services, childcare facilities, community rooms and traffic-fighting measures.

Individual development “benefits” requiring approval from the City Council opens the door for wheeling and dealing and arbitrary decision-making. The end result will be that most new development on major streets could be two or more floors higher than currently allowed.

New projects developed around Wilshire Boulevard/14th Street and Wilshire/Centinela Avenue “activity centers” would have a baseline of 45 feet, but could rise 65 feet or six floors with the inclusion of affordable housing.

A similar transit/activity hub at Ocean Park and Lincoln boulevards (currently Albertson’s shopping center) could go up to 55 feet or five floors with public benefit allowances.

The area around Memorial Park has a suggested maximum height of 55 feet or five floors according to the LUCE recommendations or three floors higher than what is there now.

The eastern section of Santa Monica Boulevard and sections of Broadway and Colorado Avenue could see 45 foot tall structures (four floors) as could new buildings at the east end of Pico Boulevard.

Bergamot Station, a projected

stop for the pending Expo Light Rail, could have structures as high as 75 feet or seven floors with the inclusion of an affordable housing component. Among the uses being considered here are a hotel and a retail center.

Nobody is saying, “You know, we’ve got to build much taller buildings on Wilshire, Pico, Colorado and Lincoln Boulevards.”

Nevertheless, after Measure T (which would have capped commercial development) tanked, local politicians rushed to judgment about how Santa Monicans have embraced LUCE’s pro-development guidelines all along.

Recently re-elected Counncilman Richard Bloom recently posted online, “Voters validated the collaborative, community-based approach of the LUCE process. The intense community debate over Measure T underscores the importance of promptly moving the LUCE, and its landmark traffic management plan to completion.”

“Collaborative community-based approach?” The one where city staff, their shills, smart growth consultants and vocal special interests such as bicycle advocates rode roughshod and manipulated those communitybased neighborhood reviews?

Please.

Dream on, Richard. Keep drinking that Kool-Aid. Bill, a 37-year Santa Monica resident/renter, can be reached at mr.bilbau@gmail.com.

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The day hope died JUST AS THE POST-WAR GENERATION

was gaining a sense of social consciousness and angst, John F. Kennedy arrived on the scene. Dwight Eisenhower had forecast that it was destined to be a time of social and political turmoil. In his farewell address, Eisenhower startled his conservative supporters by warning the nation against business lobbies greedy for government munitions contracts and fat profits. Thus, even before Kennedy took the reigns of power, an ominous cloud covered the American cultural landscape.

For a brief 1,000 days or so, the cloud lifted. Inaugurated on Jan. 20, 1961, Kennedy declared, “The torch has passed to a new generation of Americans.” Calling for idealistic sacrifices, he demanded of Americans, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

Hope for the future was the Kennedy theme and eventually his legacy.

Kennedy, however, took the oath of office during anxious times. Soviet-supported rebels were attempting a takeover in South Vietnam and Laos. Fidel Castro was threatening to provide the Soviets with a beachhead only a few hundred miles from Florida’s coast, and the economy was in a slump.

Kennedy’s initial response to such challenges seemed to forecast a heavy-handed president. In a nationally televised address, he decried an attempt by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to bully the Allies out of Berlin.

This dilemma ended with a wall that divided Berlin for almost 30 years. And with the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, it seemed that the world was headed for nuclear confrontation.

In June 1963, however, a noticeable shift in the Kennedy presidency began to emerge.

The president took a visible turn toward peace and the beginning of an end to the political intensity and frigidity of the Cold War. Addressing students at American University on June 10, Kennedy rejected the collision course with the Communists he had pursued since the 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco. A month later, Kennedy and Khrushchev signed a nuclear weapons treaty banning tests in the atmosphere, in space and beneath the sea. And on June 11, the president sent new civil rights legislation to Congress.

There were also signs that Kennedy was moving toward disengagement of American

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military forces in Vietnam, which began with the withdrawal of 1,000 of 17,000 advisers by the end of 1963.

In addition, the president was quietly opening a dialogue with Castro, backing away from the Cuban exiles he had initially supported at the Bay of Pigs. Kennedy was also pursuing a truce with the Soviets — something that would be known a decade later as “détente.”

Kennedy had obviously seen the sinister haze of nuclear war and sought peace. His failure at the Bay of Pigs had taught him a lesson about the developing shadow government. Kennedy said he would “splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds.” In other words, his clear direction seemed headed toward a confrontation with the military-industrial complex warned against by Eisenhower. Thus, by November 1963, Kennedy had accumulated a long list of powerful enemies who might seek survival of their interests in his death.

Just two days after Kennedy’s death, Lyndon Johnson signed a national security memorandum restating that the United States’ goal in Vietnam was helping the Saigon government gain a military victory.

Johnson immediately began projecting a strong military image, and the movement toward détente ended.

By 1968, revolution was in the air. But the revolution imploded on itself. Affirmations of peace and love quickly faded into cynicism as Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy became part of the assassination mosaic. And the walking wounded from Vietnam were everywhere. The “New Frontier,” without the Kennedy inertia to drive it forward, had become a lost world.

From there, the Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush administrations flushed over us. None of them restored the youthful hope Kennedy had given us. And it will be some time before we see the impact an Obama presidency will have on the nation long-term. In the meantime, we would do well to remember that hope — at least the kind that Kennedy emboldened — needs much more than a good turnout at the polls to revive it.

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO “Know Before You Go” is a weekly update on construction projects throughout Santa Monica.

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North and South bound PCH traffic delays may occur Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the months of October and November for the installation of utilities, curb and gutters and a traffic signal at PCH and the entry to parking lot 10.

Beach Parking Lot 10 will be closed for rehabilitation until project completion in early 2009. Beach users are advised to use the beach bike path or park in Beach Lot 9, just south of Lot 10. The self-pay machine in Lot 9 allows payment for either all-day or two-hour parking.

Annual Tree Trimming Project

City trees will be trimmed at the following locations this fall: 10th Street from San Vicente to Wilshire boulevards, 12th Street from Georgina to Montana avenues, 17th Street from Ocean Park Bouevard to Pier Avenue, Bay Street from Ocean Avenue to Sixth Street, Bicknell from Ocean to Fourth Street, 32nd Street from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park, Franklin Street from Colorado to Nebraska avenues, Lincoln Boulevard from San Vicente to Montana, Ocean Park from Lincoln to 14th Street, Fourth from Hill Street to Southern City Limits, Fourth Median from Pico to Hill Street, Fifth Street from Marine Street to Dewey, Fifth from Ocean Park to Hill, Sixth from Ocean Park to Dewey, Fifth from Bay Street to Ocean Park, Ninth Street from Montana to Washington, 10th Street (dead end north of Michigan) to Pico, 10th from Pico to Ocean Park, 11th Street from Pico to Ocean Park, 11th Street from Pico to Ocean Park, 12th Street (dead end at freeway) to Pico, 21st Place from San Vicente to Montana, Delaware from Stewart Street to Warwick, Pier from 17th to 23rd streets, Washington from 20th Street to Stanford Street, Wilshire from Ocean to Centinela Avenue, 15th Street from Michigan to dead-end, and 24th Street from end of cul-de-sac to Broadway. There will be minimal lane closures from 7:30 a.m.

— 3:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. The annual tree trimming schedule is subject to change without notice due to inclement weather, emergencies, community events, budget conditions, street repairs or other public improvements. Residences and businesses will be notified in advance of tree trimming operations, blocks will also be posted with no parking signs.

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North and South bound PCH traffic delays may occur Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the months of October and November for the installation of utilities, curb and gutters and a traffic signal at PCH and the entry to parking lot 10. Beach Parking Lot 10 will be closed for rehabilitation until project completion in early 2009. Beach users are advised to use the beach bike path or park in Beach Lot 9, just south of Lot 10. The self-pay machine in Lot 9 allows payment for either all-day or two-hour parking.

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No public parking at the eastside of Sixth Street (South of Colorado), March 3, 2008 to Aug. 25, 2009: No parking along, and no pedestrian access to west sidewalk of Seventh Street, between Colorado and Olympic Boulevard. March 16, 2009 to June 12, 2009. No parking along, and no pedestrian access to south sidewalk of Colorado, between Sixth and Seventh streets.

Colorado Ocean Relief Sewer Project

Traffic from the I-10 Freeway will be directed to avoid Colorado by either using Pico Boulevard or east-west streets north of Colorado. This work will start in January 2008 and is scheduled for completion in May 2009. A minor detour will be set up in one eastbound lane at Second Street. Pedestrian access around the work area will be maintained.

Traffic Signal Upgrade

Work to repair and upgrade traffic signal equipment at the intersection of Second Street and Broadway may require occasional traffic and pedestrian delays during work hours (7:30 a.m.—5 p.m.). Crews will be painting traffic and pedestrian stripes on the street pavement for short durations during the week of Sept. 29 at the following locations: Seventh Street and San Vicente, 26th Street and San Vicente, Fifth Street and Lincoln Boulevard and 28th Street and Ocean Park Boulevard.

East Colorado Improvement Project

Pedestrian and neighborhood traffic improvements on Colorado Avenue between 20th Street and Centinela Avenue. Streets will be reduced to one lane both east and west bound from 20th Street to 26th Street. Some parking lanes will be removed during various construction phases. Pedestrian walkways will also be reduced during the construction period.

Citywide Street Repair Project

The Street Improvement contractor will be replacing sidewalk, curb and gutter work on the following streets: 22nd Street along the westside (southbound traffic) between Virginia Street and Delaware Avenue. Also Michigan Street, along the northside (westbound traffic) from Lincoln to 16th Street and Delaware Street from Cloverfield to 20th, and 9th & 10th streets from Michigan to Pico, 19th and 20th streets from Michigan to Pico. Also, storm drain line is ongoing on Broadway from 20th to 21st streets. Partial street closure will occur for certain periods of time to through traffic. Please obey the "No Parking" signs that will be posted. Please use the Temporary Parking Permit that is being handed out by construction staff. This permit will allow you to park within a two block radius of your address.

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Potholing, asphalt patching, and underground electrical conduit installation by boring/drilling on Main Street from Ocean Park to Pico boulevards. until Dec. 3, 2008.

Please follow posted detour signs. One lane may be closed as needed.

Parking Structures Façade improvement

This project will entail repainting and maintenance repairs of the existing downtown parking structures (1 through 6). Construction is currently underway on Parking Structures 2-5. The various locations are as follows: (Parking Structure 2 — 1235 Second St., Parking Structure 3 — 1318 Fourth St., Parking Structure 4 — 1321 Second St., and Parking Structure 5 — 1440 Fourth St.). Possible detours are anticipated.

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Obama promotes massive economic recovery project

BY JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama signaled Sunday he will move urgently and aggressively to rescue the plunging economy, demanding swift passage

by Congress of a massive two-year spending and tax-cutting recovery program. “We’re out with the dithering, we’re in with a bang,” a top Obama aide said.

Obama’s plans, outlined by his transition team on television talk shows, could put aside his campaign pledge to repeal a Bush tax cut for the wealthy. With the downturn in the economy, those tax cuts may remain in place until they are scheduled to die in 2011, said William M. Daley, an economic adviser.

“That looks more likely than not,” he said.

Obama aides called on lawmakers to pass, by the Jan. 20 inauguration, legislation that meets Obama’s two-year goal of saving or creating 2.5 million jobs. Democratic congressional leaders said they would get to work when Congress convenes Jan. 6.

Though Obama aides declined to discuss a total cost, it probably would far exceed the $175 billion he proposed during the campaign. Some economists and lawmakers have argued for a two-year plan as large as $700 billion, equal to the Wall Street bailout Congress approved last month.

“I don’t know what the exact number is, but it’s going to be a big number. It has to be,” said Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee.

With the wounded economy worsening, the Obama team’s new assertiveness was a recognition he needed to soothe financial markets with signs of leadership. It also foreshadowed a more hands-on role by Obama to influence congressional action during the final weeks of the transition.

Obama will introduce his economic team on Monday, including Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and Lawrence Summers as head of the National Economic Council.

Obama also has settled on New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary.

“We don’t have time to waste here,” Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said.

“We want to hit the ground running on January 20th.” Echoing that, the secondranking House Democrat, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, said, “We expect to have during the first couple of weeks of January a package for the president’s consideration when he takes office.”

Added Goolsbee: “We’re out with the dithering. We’re in with a bang.”

Obama’s team didn’t limit itself to the long-term economic recovery.

Axelrod warned automakers, seeking billions in government help to stave off collapse, to devise a plan to retool and restructure by next month. Otherwise, he said, “there is very little taxpayers can do to help them.”

Axelrod couldn’t resist taking a jab at the Big Three executives, who left Congress empty-handed last week after flying into Washington in corporate jets and pleading for money. “I hope that they will come back to Washington in early December — on commercial flights — with a plan,” he said.

The emphasis on the economy began

Saturday when Obama outlined the framework of a plan to save or create 2.5 million jobs by the end of 2010. The scope of the recovery package is far more ambitious than what Obama had spelled out during his presidential campaign, when he proposed $175 billion of spending and tax-cutting stimulus. The new one will be significantly larger and would incorporate his campaign ideas for new jobs in environmentally friendly technologies — the “green economy.” It also would include his proposals for tax relief for middle- and lower-income workers.

But there were no plans to balance the tax cuts with an immediate tax increase on the wealthy. During the campaign, Obama said he would pay for increased tax relief by raising taxes on people making more than $250,000.

“There won’t be any tax increases in the January package,” said one Obama aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the details of the Obama package have not been fleshed out.

Obama could delay any tax increase to 2011, when current Bush administration tax cuts expire.

House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio urged Obama to make that explicit.

“Why wouldn’t we have the president-elect say, ‘I am not going to raise taxes on any American in my first two years in office?’”

In a sign of where the congressional debate might lead, Boehner called for lowering capital gains and corporate income taxes.

Some economists have endorsed spending up to $600 billion to revive the economy.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and former labor Secretary Robert Reich, a member of Obama’s economic advisory board, both suggested $500 billion to $700 billion.

“I don’t know what the number is going to be, but it’s going to be a big number,” Goolsbee said. “It has to be. The point is to, kind of, get people back on track and startle the thing into submission.”

While Obama in the weekend Democratic radio address said his plan “will mean 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011,” aides said the figure was a net sum of jobs created and jobs saved that would otherwise disappear without government help.

The adviser who spoke on condition of anonymity said the plan would likely slow down job losses in 2009, but that new jobs probably would not be evident until 2010.

Obama’s plan is both an economic and a political blueprint. By not including tax increases, he silences one potential Republican objection to his plan. If successful, the scope of his plan would set the stage for his other legislative goals, including expanded health care, permanent changes in tax rates and a comprehensive overhaul of energy policy.

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Options for a ‘green’ kitchen remodel

BY ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer

LOS ANGELES In any home remodeling project, the kitchen typically gets more than its share of attention and the budget, and even more so when it comes to an environmentally-friendly overhaul.

From countertops, to cabinetry and electricity chugging appliances, options to greenify your kitchen abound.

Before diving into a full-home green renovation, however, experts suggest leaving the kitchen for last.

For one, sealing windows, upgrading the home heating system and insulation can have more of an impact on energy efficiency than anything done in the kitchen.

Another reason: money.

On a square-foot basis, kitchen remodels can easily end up eating much of the renovation budget because homeowners often focus on the kitchen too much and overspend, says Sid Davis, author of “Your EcoFriendly Home: Buying, Building or Remodeling GREEN.” “Most people tackle the kitchen first because it’s an emotional thing,” Davis says.

“Going strictly from an environmental standpoint, it should be lower on the list.”

Every remodeling project is unique, but experts say, in general, it’s a good idea to begin the kitchen makeover by tackling the cabinets first, then countertops, then the flooring and then the appliances.

When it comes to cabinetry, choose wood that is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, which means it comes from a wellmanaged forest, or other materials, like bamboo, which are considered environmentally sustainable.

“What you really want to avoid is any

type of processed wood that is laid with formaldehyde,” says Los Angeles-based interior designer Alison Shoemaker.

Other alternatives for processed wood are wheat board fiber, a material made from wheat straw, and Kirei board, which is made from the stalks of the sorghum plant, and has a distinct, knotty look.

Try to go with materials produced locally to reduce transportation costs.

If you’re replacing the existing countertops, experts recommend installing a solid surface material rather than tile that requires grout, which is harder to clean.

One example is CaesarStone, which is made of quartz and recycled materials. It’s also nonporous, which helps stave off bacteria, Shoemaker says.

Recycled glass and concrete are other good options.

If you go with wood or butcher block, know what the source of the wood is and make sure it is formaldehyde free.

Experts differ on whether granite is truly a green alternative because of the energy and resources consumed in extracting it from the ground and in transporting it to its final destination.

While water conservation is important, getting a low-flow fixture for the kitchen sink isn’t crucial, as the amount of water used in a kitchen is typically far less compared to the bathroom or for landscaping.

Kitchens offer a wider variety of flooring options than perhaps any other room in a house.

A decidedly non-green option is vinyl flooring. Experts suggest going instead with tile, linoleum, laminate or sustainable woods such as bamboo. Cork is an increasingly popular alternative.

If the kitchen is on a slab, consider strip-

ping the floor down to the concrete. While chefs may find the floor less forgiving on their legs and dropped dishes, experts say it’s better for the environment.

“The best thing to do is not use any material at all,” says John Lee, managing partner for Lee Capital Partners in Santa Monica, which builds LEED-certfied homes.

Concrete floors can be finished using an acid stain, he says.

For new construction, opt for concrete mixed with fly ash — a glasslike powder emitted by coal-fired electric power plants — which replaces Portland cement, the key ingredient in regular concrete.

As in other rooms, the kitchen should be painted with paints that have zero or low levels of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Because of the moisture in kitchens, mold can be an issue. For remodels that involve tearing down walls and adding new ones,Lee recommends going with mold-resistant, paper-free drywall.

The kitchen layout should let as much natural light in as possible, so the more window space the better. Otherwise, replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent or LEDs. How much a green kitchen remodel will cost depends greatly on the size of the kitchen and what types of materials you use,

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When it comes to appliances, Energy Star-rated models are must in any greenconscious kitchen remodel. Replace any that are older than 10 years old. (Before doing so, look on your utility bill and on www.energystar.gov to find out about possible rebate programs and tax incentives.)

Experts recommend using a dishwasher, because most people waste more water by hand-washing dishes.

Don’t forget to include a vented range hood to help move air over the stove out of the house. Merely recycling the air through a filter or pushing it to the garage or the attic won’t do, Davis says.

“Somewhere along the line when you remodel your kitchen you’ve got to put that at the very top (of the list),” Davis says.

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Davis says many people get carried away and find themselves overbudget when they can save a lot of money and have less of an impact on the environment by refurbishing what they have whenever possible instead of replacing everything.

Wood cabinets can be cleaned up with lemon oil, or sanded and restained or painted, then adorned with new hardware to give them a new look. Or one can lay tile themselves to resurface countertops and backsplashes, for example.

“You don’t have to spend a lot of money on making the kitchen really stand out,” Davis says.

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CITY OF SANTA MONICA NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Santa Monica invites sealed bids for the: Photo courtesy Earth Talk LAYING DOWN THE LAW: Before he left office, President Clinton issued the ‘Roadless Rule’ executive order in an attempt to protect 58.5 million acres of national forest land from commercial logging. George Bush spent much of his eight years tying it up in the courts (while also opening up millions of acres of public land to other forms of commercial exploitation like oil and gas exploration). President-elect Barack Obama promised during his campaign that he would work with Congress to codify the ‘roadless rule’ as the law of the land.

Restoring the ‘Roadless Rule’ Dear EarthTalk How can the new Obama administration and/or Congress undo the many anti-environmental actions the Bush administration undertook over the last eight years, including the obstruction of Bill Clinton’s landmark “Roadless Rule” legislation?

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Besides working for eight years to overturn the Clinton administration’s “Roadless Rule” that prevented road building (and the logging that usually follows) on 58.5 million acres of national forests, the Bush White House has opened up 45 million additional acres of public land across the American West to oil and gas drilling during its tenure.

Right now Bush is pushing to open up thousands more acres in sensitive areas around three national parks in Utah to more oil and gas extraction. According to The New York Times, these new oil and gas “leases” (the government leases drilling rights on public land to private companies) will be auctioned off on December 19, 2008, the last day the White House may carry out such transactions before leaving office.

Obama transition team insiders have already hinted that they will work to overturn the Utah oil and gas leases once they are in power. Obama’s trump card might be the fact that Bush failed to give his own National Park Service (NPS) sufficient opportunity to comment on the proposed leases before forcing them through. Green leaders hope that Obama can at least re-set the decisionmaking process to give the NPS and other interested parties time to voice their concerns before the oil rigs and gas pipelines move in. Green leaders also hope that, beyond stopping the Utah leases, Obama will curtail the number of leases sold alto-

gether, in part by forcing extraction firms to develop sites they already have rights to before leasing more acreage. Oil companies have already leased 68 million acres of lands they have yet to access.

On the Roadless Rule, itself an 11th-hour executive order by Bill Clinton that has been mired in the courts since Bush tried to overturn it in 2001, Obama promised during the campaign that he would work with Congress to codify it as the law of the land. Luckily for greens, the back-and-forth on the issue over the past eight years has meant that only seven miles of new roads—yielding access to just 500 acres of timber—have been cut on lands slated for protection under the Roadless Rule during Bush’s tenure.

Obama also has his work cut out on a number of other environmental initiatives ignored or opposed by the Bush White House. Chief among them is taking action on global warming. If one can believe the campaign rhetoric, Obama will work to get the U.S. on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050 through a number of initiatives. Jason Grumet, the Obama campaign’s lead energy and environment advisor, has indicated that the president-elect plans to move quickly on getting climate change legislation through in 2009 and working to make the U.S. a leader on mitigating global warming.

Another way Obama can win green friends is to undo a Bush proposal, slated to take effect in December, to cut wildlife experts out of decisions affecting plants and animals protected under the Endangered Species Act. Bush has faced sharp criticism for disregarding or ignoring the input of scientists on many issues. Obama seems likely to want to re-assert the importance of science in policy decision-making.

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Age is nothing but a number to Mounsey, who continues to teach classes twice a week at the ballet.

“I love teaching,” she said, simply. “I’m good at it.”

Mounsey began dancing at the age of 7, enrolled in ballet school by her parents after they had caught her twirling around near the trees on the farm where she was raised in Pretoria, South Africa. By 17, Mounsey was on her way to London to attend school, receiving an offer to dance with a ballet company in Monte Carlo soon after her arrival.

But it was 1939 and World War II had just broken out, derailing her plans to continue with the ballet company, which disbanded. She was on her way back to South Africa via boat when she received a telegram to join another company.

After spending a few years traveling the globe, including a one-year stop in Havana, Cuba, Mounsey found her way to New York City where the famous choreographer George Balanchine eyed her in class, asking if she was interested in joining a new company he was forming.

That company would be the New York City Ballet.

Mounsey remained with NYCB for about 10 years, traveling all over Europe from London to Milan. After retiring in her mid 30s, Mounsey married her husband Kelvin Clegg, and gave birth to daughter Allegra Clegg, who is now a movie producer.

In the 1960s, Mounsey and colleague Rosemary Valaire

co-founded the Mounsey-Valaire School of Ballet on Westwood Boulevard where they operated for several years until the building’s owner informed the business partners about another property that he could convert into a studio on Stewart Street. The organization at that point became the Westside School of Ballet and has remained there since.

Valaire, who danced with the Royal Ballet of England, served as the director of Westside Ballet. She died in 1999.

The school teaches in the Balanchine style, a homage to the choreographer who died in 1983.

“There is no denying it,” Mounsey said.“He is still a master.”

Mounsey attributes the success of the school to a core group of dedicated instructors who have remained with Westside Ballet for decades.

“I’ve been very fussy that they do teach the right way,” she said. “They have to sort of learn the style and learn the techniques that I want taught.”

Among the instructors is Patricia Neary, who has taught all over the world and on and off at Westside School of Ballet since 1990. She danced professionally for about 16 years.

Of all the places she has taught, which includes schools in Zurich and Japan, Westside Ballet remains unique, Neary said, calling it a professionally-run operation that has respect for music, pointing out that all classes have a pianist.

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Vikings finish season with playoff loss FROM VIKINGS PAGE 1 the hands of rival Beverly Hills High School.

The next week brought on arch rival Culver City again with the same result. Limping into the remainder of its league schedule, the Vikings were in need of something.

Wins against Inglewood and Hawthorne propelled the Vikings to an 8-2 regular season record and a first round playoff matchup against Warren.

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But before that future can take place, Cuda will use the time being to reflect on 2008.

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Sudoku

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Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column, and 3x3 block. Use logic and process of elimination to solve the puzzle. The difficulty level ranges from ★ (easiest) to ★★★★★ (hardest).

The Meaning of Lila

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GETTING STARTED There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing. Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

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■ Officer Keith Breiner, suspended from the police force in Beaumont, Texas, for crossing the line during an undercover prostitution sting (that is, he actually had sex), defended himself in an August hearing: "It was a job, sir. I didn't have pleasure doing it." It was, he said, "something I did for the city."

■ In his murder trial in October in Leeds, England, chef Anthony Morley testified that the killing was in self-defense, but he did admit to carving, cooking and eating part of the body afterward.

"At some point (the victim's) body had just become something I would deal with at work, a piece of meat. ... That's my daily task, preparing meat."

■ In October, the local government council in Worcester, England, ordered Bill Malcolm to take down the 3-foot-high, barbed-wire fence he had installed to deter the thieves who had broken into his storage shed three times in the previous four months. According to the Daily Mail, the council said it feared the government would be sued by a wounded trespasser.

■ In August, the local government in Dymchurch, England, said a traditional celebration of the inspirational character Dr. Syn would have to be altered because the town had been unable to obtain liability insurance. According to legend, the swashbuckling Dr. Syn braved enemy troops to bring food to starving villagers by horseback, but without liability insurance, the man portraying Dr. Syn would now have to merely walk through the village.

TODAY IN HISTORY Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.

Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, was born in Orange County, Va.

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The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOSE A. RODRIGUEZ12526 ROSE AVE. DOWNEY, CA 90242RAMIRO RODRIGUEZ12526 ROSE AVE. DOWNEY, CA 90242 This Business is being conducted by, A GENERAL PARNERSHIP. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JOSE A. RODRIGUEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/29/08. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081920151 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AZE MARKET & TOBACCO, 1038 E. ANAHEIM ST. LONG BEACH, CA 90813. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MOHAMMAD ALEEM 1154E. RENTON ST. CARSON, CA 90745 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/: MOHAMMAD ALEEM This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/29/08. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081922008 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as VALLEY VIEW MOTORS #2, 11703 CARMENITA RD. WHITTIER, CA 90605. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SANTOS LAGUNAS 11703 CARMENITA RD. WHITTIER, CA 90605 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/: SANTOS LAGUNAS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/29/08. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081929587 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 420 BAIL BONDS, 2276 HIGHLAND VISTA DR. ARCADIA, CA 91006. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MARK F. SMITH 2276 HIGHLAND VISTA DR. ARCADIA, CA 91006 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/: MARK F. SMITH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/30/08. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081912472 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as STOLEN LA, AI #/ON 200820410355, 701B SUNSET AVE, VENICE, CA 90291 (COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES). The full name of registrant(s) is/are : RIGHTEOUS COMPANY LLC, 701B SUNSET AVE, VENICE, CA 90291 (CALIFORNIA) 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)10/1/2008. /s/: RIGHTEOUS COMPANY LLC, CEO, GUY BENZENO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/28/2008. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081906492 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SMALL CLAIMS CONNECTION, 1609 CRAVENS AVE. TORRANCE, CA 90501. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KENNETH RAY GAUGH 1433 EL PRADO AVE. TORRANCE, CA 90501 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)9/23/2008. /s/: KENNETH RAY GAUGH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/27/2008. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081913966 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SARY VANN FASHION, 1416 E. BURNETTE ST. # A SIGNAL HILL, CA 90755. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CHHAN SHON VANN 1857 ORANGE AVE. LONG BEACH, CA 90806 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)10/27/2008. /s/: CHHAN SHON VANN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/28/2008. 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).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081772765 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as INJERA DOT COM MARKET, INJERA DOT COM GROCERY, INJERA DOT COM STORE, INJERA DOT COM ETHIOPIAN MARKET, INJERA DOT COM ETHIOPIAN GROCERY, INJERADOTCOM MARKET, INJERADOTCOM STORE, INJERADOTCOM, INJERA DOTCOM, INJERA DOTCOM MARKET, INJERA DOTCOM GROCERY, INJE, 3602 OVERLAND AVE. LOS ANGELES, CA 90034.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : HANNA CHEZU 5333 INGLEWOOD BLVD. CULVER CITY, CA 90230 DAGNACHEW TESHOME 5333 INGLEWOOD BLVD. CULVER CITY, CA 90230 This Business is being conducted by, husband and wife. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DAGNACHEW TESHOME This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/02/08. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081921142 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MOTION PICTURE FILM STOCK, 100 HURLBUT STREET, #17, PASADENA, CA 91105. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROGER SMITH, 100 HURLBUT ST, #17, PASADENA, CA 91105 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/: ROGER SMITH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/29/2008. 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 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081938125 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as J & K INTERNATIONAL, 9135 CRANFORD AVE. ARLETA, CA 91331. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CARLOS A. ESCOBAR 9135 CRANFORD AVE. ARLETA, CA 91331 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/: CARLOS A. ESCOBAR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/31/08. 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 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081946070 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as HIGHLITE SOUND & LIGHTING, 5813 AGRA ST. BELL GARDENS, CA 90201. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SERGIO HERNANDEZ JR. 5813 AGRA ST. BELL GARDENS, CA 90201 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/: SERGIO HERNANDEZ JR. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/03/08. 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 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081944473 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as A 2 Z TOBACCO & MARKET, 1101 E. COMPTON BLVD. #H COMPTON, CA 90221. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : REZEK RAGAB 1101 E. COMPTON BLVD. #H 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/: REZEK RAGAB This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/03/08. NOTICE: THIS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081961266 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CINDY'S MINI MARKET, 5501 S. BROADWAY LOS ANGELES, CA 90037. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MARGARITA RAMIREZ 343 W. 55TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90037 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/: MARGARITA RAMIREZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/5/08. 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 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081960364 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as EL OLIVO WELLNESS CENTER, INC., 4545 E. CESAR E. CHAVEZ STE. # 1-I LOS ANGELES, CA 90022. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : EL OLIVO WELLNESS CENTER, INC. 4545 E. CESAR E. CHAVEZ STE. # 1-I LOS ANGELES, CA 90022 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/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/5/08. 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 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081975615 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as M. AMANUENSIS SHARKCHILD; ARMORED PUBLISHING; SHARKCHILD; ARMORED BOOKS, 1843 7TH ST., APT 4, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MATTHEW ALLEN HAHN, 1843 7TH ST., APT 4, 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/: MATTHEW ALLEN HAHN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/7/2008. 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 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081960719 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LISA LAWRENCE; LAWRENCE CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, 2913 3RD ST, UNIT 206, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LISA LAWRENCE, 2913 3RD ST, UNIT 206, 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/: LISA LAWRENCE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/5/2008. 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 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081975616 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ROBIN'S JUST RIGHT BAKED GOODS, 2800 NEILSON WAY, #516, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROBIN M. SHERRY, 2800 NEILSON WAY, #516, SANTA MON-

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081978469 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LIZARRAGA REALTY, 5307 E. BEVERLY BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90022. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GUADALUPE LIZARRAGA 5307 E. BEVERLY BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90022 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/: GUADALUPE LIZARRAGA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/7/08. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081978470 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LIZARRAGA NOTARY & TAX SERVICE, 5307 E. BEVERLY BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90022. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GUADALUPE LIZARRAGA 5307 E. BEVERLY BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90022 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/: GUADALUPE LIZARRAGA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/07/08. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081995797 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ROYAL CLEANING SERVICES, 3321 TECUMSEH AVE. LYNWOOD, CA 90262. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BRYAN ACEVES 3321 TECUMSEH AVE. LYNWOOD, CA 90262 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/: BRYAN ACEVES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/12/08. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081888497 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as NUKREATIONS, 3050 FLOWER ST. WALNUT PARK, CA 90255. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : NANCY UNZUETA 3050 FLOWER ST. WALNUT PARK, CA 90255 MICAELA UNZUETA 3050 FLOWER ST. WALNUT PARK, CA 90255 This Business is being conducted by, a general partnership. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date). /s/: NANCY UNZUETA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/13/08. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081986969 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MOGUL ENTERPRISES, 1264 9TH STREET, #3, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOE CLINTON SMITH, 1264 9TH STREET, #3, 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/: JOE CLINTON SMITH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/10/2008. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082003602 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ECOSAFE SERVICES, 7765 W. 91ST ST, #A1119, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293 (COUNTY OF LA). The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOHN D. MORA, 7765 W. 91ST ST, #A1119, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293; ENRIQUE CARLOS, 7765 W. 91ST ST, #A1119, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293, SUSAN R. MORA, 7765 W. 91ST ST, #A1119, PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293 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/: JOHN D. MORA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/13/2008. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081880203 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ARC ARTEL DESIGN STUDIO; ARTEL DESIGN STUDIO, 520 BROADWAY, SUITE 350, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ALEX PROTASEVICH, 4133 S. REDWOOD AVENUE, #2003, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066 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/: ALEX PROTASEVICH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/22/2008. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082003710 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as EL JARDIN GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING, 6315 KESTER AVE. #11 VAN NUYS, CA 91411. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ARISTIDEZ ALCANTAR AREVALO 6315 KESTER AVE. #11 VAN NUYS, CA 91411 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/: ARISTIDEZ ALCANTAR AREVALO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/13/08. 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

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775 PATTERSON AVE. GLENDALE, CA 91202 RITA KOUSHIAN 775 PATTERSON AVE. GLENDALE, CA 91202 JOJO 4455 BEAUVAIS ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90065 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/: ALLEN ADOVSHIAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/20/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082026507 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BABY'S NUTRITION, 1843 W. IMPERIAL HWY. LOS ANGELES, CA 90044. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : EVA ELIZABETH CRUZ 1347 W. 90TH ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90044 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/: EVA ELIZABETH CRUZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/17/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081978640 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SECOND CHANCE CHRISTIAN CENTER, 1088 AVENIDA LOMITA SAN DIMAS, CA 91773. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ALBERT VALDIVIA 1088 AVENIDA LOMITA SAN DIMAS, CA 91773 DOLORES VALDIVIA 1088 AVENIDA LOMITA SAN DIMAS, CA 91773 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/: DOLORES VALDIVIA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/7/08. 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 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082064027 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CAREER VENTURES; DBA CINDY VANDENBULCKE, 15760 VENTURA BLVD., SUITE 700, ENCINCO, CA 91436, COUNTY OF LA; 1054 18TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CINDY VANDENBULCKE, 1054 18TH ST, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 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)12/1/2008. /s/: CINDY VANDENBULCKE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/21/2008. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082064029 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as IMPACT XIX UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL , 9737 CHARNOCK AVE, SUITE 5, LOS ANGELES, CA 90034; PO BOX 341225, LOS ANGELES, CA 90034.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : PRINCETON HUMMINGWAY, 9737 CHARNOCK AVE, SUITE 5, LOS ANGELES, CA 90034 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/: PRINCETON HUMMINGWAY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/21/2008. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082040829 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SO CAL WIRED, 333 W. 131ST ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90061. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ANTHONY JOHNSON 333 W. 131ST ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90061 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/: ANTHONY JOHNSON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/19/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082045419 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DIVA AUTO SALES, 2808 E. FLORENCE AVE. WALNUT PARK, CA 90255. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SANDRA CAMACHO 2808 E. FLORENCE AVE. WALNUT 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/: SANDRA CAMACHO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/19/08. NOTICE: THIS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082051288 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as VICKY BEAUTIFUL CREATIONS & FLOWERS, 7941 EASTERN AVE. #B BELL GARDENS, CA 90201. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JULIO GASPAR 8927 SAN ANTONIO 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/: JULIO GASPAR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/20/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082054037 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as EL TACO DE MEXICO, 1239 S. LOS ANGELES ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90015. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : VERONICA PEREZ ORTIZ 1239 S. LOS ANGELES ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 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/: VERONICA PEREZ ORTIZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/20/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082003693 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JOHN ANDREW EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, 220 BAY ST, #112, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOHN A. DOMINGUEZ, 220 BAY ST, #112, 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/: JOHN A. DOMINGUEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/13/2008. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082025428 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as NATURALLY HARRISON, 2728 ARIZONA AVENUE, APT 4, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : HARRISON WILLS, 2728 ARIZONA AVENUE, APT 4, 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/: HARRISON WILLS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on . 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082064026 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ELLIS CONSULTANCY, 2461 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE #530, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : STEVEN DAVID ELLIS, 2461 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE #530, SANTA MONICA, CA 90404 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082064031 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as D&A WHOLESALE DENIM, 14241 VENTURA BLVD., SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91403, COUNTY OF LA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DAN KAPLAN, 5513 COLFAX AVE, VALLEY VILLAGE, CA 91607 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/: DAN KAPLAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/21/2008. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082064030 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FRINGE, 3015 LINCOLN BLVD., SANTA MONICA, CA 90405-5734, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LINDA R. FARRALL, 110 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SANTA MONICA, CA 90401 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)2/14/2006. /s/: LINDA R. FARRALL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/21/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082054339 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GLOBETROTTER TRAVEL NEWHALL, 24300 MAIN ST. NEWHALL, CA 91321. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ESCOTO AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 24300 MAIN ST. NEWHALL, CA 91321 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/: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/20/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082064028 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as YOKO YOKO BEAUTY BAR, AI #/ON 3033028, 1872 SOUTH SEPULVEDA, UNIT 2, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KARADA SPA INC, 1872 SOUTH SEPULVEDA, UNIT 2, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 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)11/21/2008. /s/: YOKO SENESAC, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/21/2008. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082054264 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ALJORI, 775 PATTERSON AVE. GLENDALE, CA 91202. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ALLEN ADOVSHIAN

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082013601 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ISIS 6, 102 OLIVE ST GLENDALE, CA 91206. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : STEPHANIE RUANO 102 OLIVE ST GLENDALE, CA 91206 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/: STEPHANIE RUANO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/14/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082013681 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JC TECHNOLOGY, 1807 1/2 SOUTH BERENDO ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90006. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JACOBO MARTINEZ 1807 1/2 SOUTH BERENDO ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90006 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)3/27/2008. /s/: JACOBO MARTINEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/14/2008. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20081961155 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JV MAINTENANCE SERVICES, JV HANDYMAN SERVICES, 2829 N. GLENOAKS BLVD. #106 BUBANK, CA 91504.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOSE VILLA 2829 N. GLENOAKS BLVD. #106 BUBANK, 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/: JOSE VILLA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/5/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082025162 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JOHNSON'S NAIL, 13415 AVALOS BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CA 90061. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : THUY THI TRAN 13521 WASHINGTON AVE. HAWTHORNE, CA 90250 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/: THUY THI TRAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/17/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082041664 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SOSA DISTRIBUTION, 512 S. BONNIE BRAE #301 LOS ANGELES, CA 90057. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOSE DONATILO SOSA 512 S. BONNIE BRAE #301 LOS ANGELES, CA 90057 JOSE LUIS TZUL 240 W. 51ST ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90037 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/: JOSE DONATILO SOSA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/19/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 20082025392 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CATUNES AND MULTIMEDIA, 7321 S. ALAMEDA ST. LOS ANGELES, CA 90001. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : EDUARDO VALDIVIA 2741 IOWA 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/: EDUARDO VALDIVIA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/17/08. 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 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008

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