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SITCOMS: In October, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, in Pittsburgh to campaign for U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, antagonized antiSantorum demonstrators by blowing them a kiss, and in the ensuing chaos, Bush was forced to take refuge in a train station supply closet. And Kansas state Rep. Vaughn Flora was charged with a misdemeanor after an October political event when he allegedly roughed up an anti-abortion protester dressed as a cockroach. And in Tampa in August, public-access TV host Tony Katz threw a chair at his guest, county commission candidate Joe Redner, hitting him in the head (after he had called Redner a liar and Redner had called him fat).

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is the 317th day of 2006.

There are 48 days left in the year.

The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public city and state buses, almost a year after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white man, sparking a boycott by blacks.

Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter to a friend, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 went into orbit around Mars.

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who served in war, Rich, of Eugene, Ore., wonders why the military is mistreating her daughter, a veteran of the Iraq war.

Swift, 22, has been held in custody at Fort Lewis, Washington, since June for being absent without leave. Swift is said to be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder,

CITY HALL — When City Manager Lamont Ewell came aboard 11 months ago, he had plans to shake things up.

Following an extensive review of City Hall’s organizational structure, Ewell is ready to do just that, with plans to dramatically reorganize management in efforts to provide greater efficiency and accountability.

The plan includes creating a new deputy city manager position for oversight of internal services, allowing Ewell to interact more regularly with residents, businesses and other institutions within the city. Ewell will also have a greater role in regional, state and federal issues, becoming an advocate for Santa Monica.

“The organization hasn’t been restructured in over 10 years, and in that time, this community has changed dramatically,” Ewell said during an interview Thursday, before setting off on a week-long vacation to Hawaii. “The needs of this community have changed, our service expectations have changed and it’s time

See CASUALTY OF WAR, page 14

See EWELL, page 15

Fabian Lewkowicz fabianl@smdp.com

BEACHHEAD REVISITED: The Arlington West memorial north of the Santa Monica Pier took on special significance on Saturday, Veterans Day, and with the mid-term elections lending hope to those opposed to the war. Photo essay on page 14.

A living casualty of war

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

SANTA MONICA PIER — It’s a holiday that has new meaning to Sara Rich.

Standing before a sea of white crosses at Arlington West of Santa Monica — the temporary war memorial erected on the beach just north of the pier — Rich, the mother of Army Spc. Suzanne Swift, came

to pay her respects to the thousands of lives lost in the war.

“This is where I honor the human sacrifice of Iraq, and not just the soldiers,” Rich said on Saturday of the civilians who have died in Iraq. “I thought this was the right place to pay respects to these 2,000 families living my worst nightmare.”

On Veterans Day, a holiday when the nation honors and thanks those

QUOTE OF THE DAY “If we like a man’s dream, we call him a reformer; if we don’t like his dream, we call him a crank.”

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Hells Angels elude wheels of justice

BY KEN RITTER Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — After four years preparing, federal prosecutors hoped to prove at a trial spawned by a deadly casino brawl between Hells Angels and rival Mongols that the world’s most famous motorcycle club was a criminal racketeering enterprise like the Mafia.

A conviction would have given authorities long-sought tools to bust up the Hells Angels — which prosecutors characterized as a disciplined but violent organization that deals drugs and runs guns across the U.S. and around the world.

Instead, the case skidded on procedural grounds and spun into a ditch, carrying most of a state murder case with it. Six Hells Angels pleaded guilty or no-contest to lesser charges, and the organization they insisted was just a club for motorcycle enthusiasts emerged unscathed.

The outcome surprised jurors and disappointed law enforcers.

“I don’t want to see these guys get away with murder. I really don’t,” said Las Vegas Police Lt. Thomas Smitley, who was involved in the case even before the Hells Angels roared up the road to a hotel where the

Photo courtesy A federal case against the Hells Angels motorcycle club didn’t prove clutch for authorities.

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Scientology’s star power shining in Santa Monica

BY MELODY HANATANI Daily Press Staff Writer

MID-CITY — The Church of Scientology has seen its name increasingly appear in celebrity tabloids and magazines over the past two years, specifically when the topic involves Tom Cruise and his latest antics.

But the religion of choice for much of Hollywood’s elite — such as actors Cruise and John Travolta, and rock star Beck — is still relatively unknown in comparison to more established religions like Christianity, Judaism and Islam.

The Church of Scientology Mission of Santa Monica hopes to change all that. The church opened the local mission at 2716 Wilshire Blvd. in February in efforts to reach the curious residents of the Westside com-

munities, where several hundred have already joined the local chapter.

“The majority of people in Santa Monica are very busy and want more happiness and joy and understanding of why they can’t get along,” said Vikki Walker, executive director and minister of the mission.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Proud to be last Editor:

Before the election, I was told by Daily Press editorial staff they could not publish a column by me because that would obligate them to do the same for all the candidates. They had no problem giving Kevin McKeown massive press coverage, more than any other candidate, even the other incumbents.

Well, the election is over and I am not ashamed to have come in last, even finishing behind the single-issue homeless candidate Linda Armstrong. I ran a negative campaign and refused to suck up to any special-interest group (except for the residents).

Even the dog beach advocates turned on me for being honest. I felt I had a responsibility to all the voters in Santa Monica to consider both sides of the dog beach issue before making a decision. I support clean money, ranked voting, Proposition Y and opposed Proposition W. I want to prevent council members from using their positions for personal gain.

I was the only candidate that did not pander to any special interests to seek their contributions or endorsements. I was the only candidate who advocated citywide free wireless and forums on the city Web site to give voters a voice and hold city government accountable for gross mismanagement. I was the only candidate that advocates electronic democracy to poll the public — that is direct participatory democracy in action! I was the only candidate that dared to advocate closing down the airport when the lease expires and turn it into a park, and the only candidate that would audit the entire city (including the school district and college) online.

The “People’s Republic of Santa Monica” (SMDP, Nov. 11-12, page 1) is a myth. Pasadena is more progressive. Santa Monica, Inc. is a political accommodation between growth advocates and the social service pimps (who also benefit from the increased revenues and taxation). Machine politics as imposed by Santa Monica Renter’s Rights and the city employees determine the majority on the council. (City Councilman Bobby) Shriver is the swing vote.

I oppose the special interests on both sides and that is why I am proud to have finished last. “The last shall be first and the first shall be last ...”

Jonathan Mann Santa Monica

Open letter to City Council, staff Editor:

It was interesting reading the responses to Julie Thixton’s email of Oct. 30, regarding Step Up On Second’s loan application.

This Sunset Park neighborhood clearly understands that the approval for Step Up On Second’s loan application for the acquisition of the property located at 1826 Pearl Street was contingent upon certain guidelines, etc. We also understand that “there is much to consider.” Frankly, your responses did not inform us of anything we hadn’t heard before.

Councilmembers, we reiterate once again, that this type of proposed transitional living facility for young people afflicted with mental illness(es) that display symptoms that are extremely unpredictable, irrational, and at times, dangerous (not only to themselves, but to the public as well) just didn’t make sense. This neighborhood already supports numerous social programs. We are saturated, and you are directly responsible for changing the fabric of this community — without the residents’ input.

This issue was simply a matter of common sense, not just compliance with zoning regulations. This is also simply not a matter of whether application(s) were filled-out correctly.

You have heard this neighborhood’s opposition, that is, those of you who graciously granted us the privilege of your attendance at the meetings this neighborhood demanded!

With the exception of Mayor Holbrook and Councilmembers McKeown and Katz, the remainder of the members kept silent. You represent “our” city, and you not only have a responsibility to the businesses that bring in millions of dollars into this city and your campaign pockets, but also to the residents that voted for you.

I also find it quite disturbing that the feeling of profound disappointment was not only contained within this Sunset Park neighborhood, but throughout Santa Monica.

Lastly, we ignorantly believed that the City Council and the government would work with us and that our voices would not fall on deaf ears, but this was not the case. We thought there would be some cooperation.

Christopher and Laura Thixton Santa Monica

Dirty deeds did in election day’s losers MY WRITE

BY BILL BAUER

Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights ran roughshod over everybody and everything this election ... and came out big winners.

One of the major contributors to SMRR’s success was the backlash against a witless and viscous attack campaign backed by Edward Bruce Slatkin and Thomas Slatkin and their Edward Thomas Management Company (owners of the Shutters on the Beach and Casa del Mar hotels) with support from local business interests.

ETMC, Santa Monicans for Sensible Priorities and their SMSP Political Action Committee spent more than a half-million dollars promoting two candidates for City Council — four-term incumbent Bob Holbrook and newcomer Terry O’Day — while targeting council two-term incumbent Kevin McKeown.

I’d previously written that their “Get Kevin” campaign was in part a vendetta for McKeown’s vigorous support of a city-mandated “Living Wage” ordinance covering coastal workers and opposed by the hospitality industry in 2000 and 2002.

I’ve heard from several sources that their complaint was that McKeown asked potential guests not to register while on hotel property. My informants say this so angered ETMC management that they vowed to “make him pay."

I e-mailed McKeown about this and he responded, “I did go on property as a member of community delegations asking management to reconsider their rejection of more dignified treatment of their workers, but while there, I never spoke to potential guests.” McKeown said that when off site, when asked, he would respond by telling members of the public which hotels were union and treated their workers with respect, but never sought out potential guests.

Nevertheless, ETMC forged ahead with its ill-advised campaign which produced a backlash. When the dust settled, McKeown came out on top.

While SMSP spinmeisters are proclaiming “victory,” the truth is they and the hotel money machine lost big time. The backlash produced sympathy votes and made McKeown a winner. Holbrook retained his seat, so no gain there. O’Day lost despite his own $70,000-plus war chest (with numerous contributions from ETMC associates, real estate interests, developers, attorneys and architects) and a couple hundred thousand

more dollars in support from SMSP’s PAC. The hotel train wreck was so negatively received that O’Day may have also lost enough votes to finish out of the money. I wouldn’t have been surprised if the backlash had taken out third-place finisher Holbrook, too.

Once again, the hotels and political activists in the business community demonstrated that they can’t figure it out. The Slatkin brothers and ETMC president and COO Tim Dubois have managed to make bitter enemies throughout the community and have fostered animosities and distrust that will take years to recover from.

Seth Jacobson is the point PR man and dirty trickster leading the phony SMSP circus. His arrogant sidekick Bob Hattoy made repeated mindless pronouncements about ineffective community activists and conspiratorial pro-McKeown demonstrators, also raising community dander.

Westwood Village-based Dolphin Group, notorious for their inflammatory national political campaigns supporting mostly right wing causes, is also involved.

And, there’s other “consultants” secreted behind the scenes. They’re all culpable for a public relations disaster of major magnitude. It’s time to clean shop and start over if the Slatkins, DuBois and their cohorts ever expect to win friends and be halfway politically effective.

The Santa Monica Coalition for a Livable City’s mailer accusing council three-term incumbent Pam O’Connor of selling out to special interests by accepting financial contributions from Macerich Company associates before she was to vote on a revised makeover for their aging shopping mall seemed to have little impact. O’Connor, also endorsed by SMRR, finished second.

The bottom line is that the overwhelming reason why votes fell where they did was SMRR’s ability to deliver. SMRR placed all four of its candidates on the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board and all four of its endorsees on the College Board of Trustees.

They even prevailed on endorsed ballot measures. The school bond measure and civil service amendments were approved handily, and the Clean Water and Beaches measure is leading by the slimmest of margins (as of this writing.)

Despite talk of dissension and disagreement within the ranks, SMMR has flexed its muscles and scored a knockout. In the meantime, the opposition can only spit out inanities like a potty-mouthed child while flat-out refusing to connect with the community Pathetic. But, it all washed out in the voting booth.

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... Sitting in the Firehouse restaurant on Main Street in Venice, trying to stomach an ill-advised breakfast burrito order, the Buzzsaw’s stomach took a turn for the worse after a glance outside the front window.

There, between each smiling passerby, was Jonathan Borofsky’s “Ballerina Clown” halfkicking his (her?) fresh little dancer leg.

When one pedestrian stopped to glance at the big ol’ odd landmark, then looked inside the Firehouse and saw Buzz staring at it, a look of shame and guilt of confused Catholic School proportions came upon the Buzzman. Indeed, Buzz in that moment felt smaller than a Tinkerbell with a grizzled male Gacy-like clown head ... ... Like most Santa Monicans, Buzz needs to be reminded there actually is an indoor mall just across the street from that promenade thing. Braving the temperate tundra, Buzz opted to risk frizzing his hair and duck inside this novelty known by some as Santa Monica Place, truly a hidden treasure, or something. Curious who actually spends time there, Buzz spotted State Assemblymember Fran Pavley trying on coats for an upcoming jaunt to Washington DC, where its colder than California, but a wee bit warmer for Democrats than Republicans

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For the past 27 years, residents of Santa Monica have lived with their city being jokingly referred to as “The People’s Republic of Santa Monica,” a name bestowed on our hometown by opponents of Rent Control legislation pushed through in the late 1970s. The name stuck, literally, via a popular bumper sticker, and gained national notoriety when Ronald Reagan took his conservative views all the way from nearby Pacific Palisades to the White House.

But many feel the moniker is outdated.

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Given the state and direction of Santa Monica today, what would be a fitting nickname for the city, worthy of a bumper sticker? Explain.

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in next weekend’s edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Rock them, Amadeus: A Mozart minifest at SMC

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Fabian Lewkowicz fabianl@smdp.com The first person to accurately describe where this week’s Mystery Photo was taken will win a prize, courtesy of the Santa Monica Daily Press. E-mail answers to editor@smdp.com.

No one correctly identified the spot where last week’s Mystery Photo was taken, so readers get another shot to make amends. Here’s a clue: Knowledge can be Rusty. E-mail answers to editor@smdp.com.

A musical minifest of all things Mozart will include performances paying homage to the composer’s 250th year.

The Santa Monica College Music Department is pleased to present a week-long celebration of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring vocal and chamber music, opera and orchestral music.

Concerts in the Mozart Minifest are scheduled for Nov. 14, 16, 18 and 19 in the SMC Concert Hall, 1900 Pico Blvd.

The minifest brings together the talent of SMC professors, students, alumni and guest artists, all under the direction of SMC music professor James Martin.

This is the seventh such celebration at SMC devoted to composers. In the past, concerts have been organized around the works of such composers as Bach and Beethoven.

The programs include a scholarly component, with talks about the composers.

The concerts are: ■ Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 11:15 a.m. — Vocal Program, including a slide presentation by SMC emeritus music professor Donald Richardson. The concert is free.

■ Thursday, Nov. 16 at 11:15 a.m. — Chamber Music Program. The concert is free.

■ Saturday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. — Full Opera: “The Marriage of Figaro,” with Martin conducting and Gail Gordon serving as vocal and stage director. Tickets are $25. n Sunday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. — “An Evening of Concertos with the SMC Orchestra.”

The concert features Martin and James E. Smith conducting, Rhoda Tuit and Joan Mills as duo-pianists, Sung Il Lee on violin, Eric Shumsky on viola, and Kirill Gliadkovsky on piano. Tickets are $10.

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KNOW BEFORE YOU GO “Know before you Go” is a weekly update on construction projects throughout Santa Monica. Here is a run-down of this week’s construction projects initiated by City Hall

Access Center Construction Construction begins at 503 Olympic Blvd. for the new Access Center building. The sidewalk on Olympic Boulevard between Fifth and Seventh streets will be closed to the public, except Samoshel residents.

Airport Park and Airport Avenue improvements Site grading, constructing new artificial turf soccer fields, constructing new playground, restrooms and dog park area, and reconstructing a portion of Airport Avenue. On-site detour possible during street reconstruction.

Civic Center parking structure

Construction continues on a new 900-space Civic Center Public Parking Structure, located on Fourth Street next to the Public Safety Facility. Construction will require the closure of Avenida Mazatlan and the Fourth Street sidewalk. One lane on southbound Fourth Street is subject to closure while work is occurring.

Euclid Park Project Construction of a new public park. The project scope will consist of site grading and construction of a new play area (with swings and climbing apparatus), a new garden area, two small green lawn areas, three circular-shaped seating areas and a trellis entry. Construction is projected until May 2007.

Marine Street utility undergrounding Relocation and undergrounding of electric, phone and cable facilities on Marine Street, between Lincoln Boulevard and Prospect Court. Parking limitations will be posted daily and detours may be announced as necessary.

Montana/Wilshire Storm Water Diversion Structures Installation of a Storm Water Diversion debris removal and diversion facility will begin Aug. 7 at Ocean Avenue at Montana Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard. Traffic will narrow to one lane in each direction on Ocean Avenue at Montana Avenue.

New water main installation Installation of new water main complete with service connections at 17th Street between Pico Boulevard and the 10 Freeway. Detours and lane closures may occur, and will be posted at various sites during construction.

Street/park lighting retrofit program

Installation of a new light standard and circuit conversion from series to multiple and all other apparatus to provide a complete and operational street and park lighting system. Occasional traffic slowdown at the following locations Wilshire Boulevard and Yale Street Virginia Avenue and 21st Street; and Delaware and 22nd Street.

Street and parking lot resurfacing Street and Park Parking Lot resurfacing, sidewalk, driveway, curb and gutter repairs. Sidewalk, driveway, curb and gutter repairs begin on Broadway, from 20th Street to Cloverfield Boulevard; Broadway, from 15th Street to Lincoln Boulevard; 17th Street, from Olympic Boulevard to Colorado Avenue; 20th Street, from Colorado Avenue to the I-10 Freeway; Virginia Avenue, from Cloverfield Boulevard to 20th Street; 21st Street, from I-10 Freeway to Delaware Avenue; Michigan Avenue, from Cloverfield Boulevard to 17th Street; Delaware Avenue, from 21st Street to 17th Street; 18th Street, from Pico Boulevard to Michigan Avenue; 17th Street, from Michigan Avenue to Delaware Avenue; Michigan Avenue, from 14th Street to Ninth Street; 11th Street, from Pico Boulevard to Michigan Avenue; Bay Street, from Euclid Street to 11th Street; Grant Street, from 10th Street to Lincoln Boulevard; Pearl Street, from 14th Street to Euclid Street; Pearl Street, from 11th Street to Lincoln Boulevard; Hill Street, from 14th Street to Lincoln Boulevard; Oak Street, from 14th Street to Euclid Street; Ashland Avenue, from 17th Street to Lincoln Boulevard; Euclid Street, from Hill Street to Ocean Park Boulevard; Pier Avenue, from 11th Street to Lincoln Boulevard; 14th Street, from Pico Boulevard to Ocean Park Boulevard, 11th Street, from Marine Street to Ocean Park Boulevard; the Airport, from the Lower South area to the Taxiway; the Airport parking lot; and Paula Lane repair at Water Line. Lane closures around work posted as necessary.

Water fluoridation system project Installation of a fluoridation system at 19th Street at San Vicente Boulevard. Street closures will occur on 19th Street and on San Vicente, traffic will narrow to one lane in each direction.

Water main replacement Installation of new water main complete with service connections throughout the city. Detours and lane closures may occur, and will be posted at various sites during construction.

Yale Street Improvement Project Yale Street, from Wilshire Boulevard to Montana Avenue, will be closed to through traffic from Oct. 19 to Nov. 23. Repairs are scheduled through February 2007.

(For more information, log on to http//santa monica.org/engineering/projects/kbug_project_list.asp or call 310-458-8721.)

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SAN FRANCISCO — Gay weddings in the Capitol. Burning Man-style pyrotechnics on the Mall. Hempfest along the Potomac.

Republican campaign strategists invoked such images to cast a shadow on all Democratic congressional candidates and disparage the “San Francisco values” of Nancy Pelosi, who has represented Babylon by the Bay since 1987.

Now that the Baltimore-born congresswoman stands poised to become speaker of the House, the rest of the nation may become familiar with the political ideals of her adopted home. But in the district where she was re-elected Tuesday with more than 80 percent of the vote, constituents said Middle America has nothing to fear from a city more nuanced than its most colorful elements suggest.

“They think we are tree-huggers and granola eaters,” laughed Mary Graves, 47, a selfdescribed mainstream Democrat. “I explain that I’m just tolerant and love diversity and having everyone get along and respect each other.”

Since its days as a port of entry for the Gold Rush, San Francisco has been an epicenter of Western-style individualism. Yet given the city’s high cost of living and role as an international tourist destination, alternative lifestyles coexist with cutting-edge businesses and a monied class that thrives on fine dining and the arts.

“We’re a city where everyone comes from somewhere else,” said Tim Zahner, a spokesman for the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau. “People left the East Coast and went to the Ohio Valley. They left there and went to the Great Plains. Then they came to San Francisco.

We’re the logical progression at the forefront of new ideas. Everyone’s welcome here.”

The results of Tuesday’s municipal election, in which Pelosi’s Republican challenger garnered more votes than the Green Party candidate, capture San Francisco’s political

complexity. Residents approved a measure requiring employers to provide sick pay to their hourly workers — but rejected a proposal to raise taxes on private parking garages.

Aaron Peskin, president of the city’s Board of Supervisors, said San Francisco has such ethnic, cultural and political diversity that its elected officials must be masters of consensus building.

“The kinds of skills you need to be an effective decision-maker on the local level in San Francisco — having to compromise between various constituencies — makes someone very well situated for doing that in our nation’s capital,” Peskin said of Pelosi.

Pelosi, 66, a mother of five married to a wealthy investment banker, occupies the middle ground of San Francisco politics.

California’s two Democratic senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, also from the Bay Area, respectively stand to Pelosi’s right and left.

Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick, Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy adviser and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, coined the “San Francisco liberal” label in 1984.

Addressing the Republican National Convention, she blamed San Francisco Democrats for pulling the party too far to the left and not aggressively fighting communism.

More recently, the region’s early embrace of gay rights, medical marijuana and antiwar rallies cemented the stereotype of contrarian peace-nicks out of synch with American values.

That’s ironic, said Richard DeLeon, professor emeritus of political science at San Francisco State University.

“The values of the American creed — individuality, liberty, free speech, democracy and at least the aspiration of equality — can be expressed and experienced in San Francisco to an extent that’s hard to find elsewhere,” said DeLeon, who first came here during the 1967 Summer of Love.

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BY JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback coup wasn’t all bad for state Democrats.

As the Republican governor cruised to victory on a largely Democratic platform Tuesday, he set the stage for some of the Democratic Party’s rising stars who aspire to the job themselves.

Many were positioning themselves for the 2010 gubernatorial contest — when Schwarzenegger will be termed out — even as they campaigned for their lackluster candidate, Phil Angelides.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a charismatic personality markedly different from Angelides, tops the list. He already has demonstrated his own brand of partisanship, working with the governor and state Legislature this year to take over the troubled Los Angeles Unified School District.

Other possibles include popular San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who garnered national attention when he allowed

gay marriages in his city, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, a party stalwart known for compromise before it became fashionable in a state Capitol controlled by Democrats.

Many of the state’s most prominent Democrats used Schwarzenegger’s generous election year mood to secure their own deals on everything from prescription drugs to cutting greenhouse gases. They also basked in his celebrity glow at high-profile bill signings and campaign events in support of a $37 billion bipartisan bond package.

Unlike the Democrats, Republicans don’t appear to have any leaders hovering backstage. Schwarzenegger’s success on a centrist message in the Democrat-leaning state could spell trouble for the GOP. Conservative Sen. Tom McClintock was edged out by a moderate Democrat, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, in his bid for lieutenant governor Tuesday. In the state Legislature, most GOP members are typical conservatives — nearly all voted against the landmark global warming bill he campaigned on this fall.

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Up to Olympian feats time and time again

BY EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Peter Ueberroth was born Sept. 2, 1937, the same day Pierre de Coubertin passed away.

For those with a sense of Olympic history, this is more than trivia.

De Coubertin, the visionary Frenchman, was the founder of the modern Olympic movement. Ueberroth, the visionary American, is by almost every account his successor — the man who turned the Games into what they are today.

Talk about passing the torch.

“I think it’s gone farther than I expected,” Ueberroth said of today’s Olympic movement that is, in many ways, the result of his blueprint.

“There are more than 200 countries coming. Anyone can send delegates to a meeting.

But these are teams. Thousands of athletes flying from all over the world for peaceful purposes. That’s special.”

In an interview with The Associated Press, the leader of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics said he sees changing trends, not all of them good, as he completes his second round in the Olympic movement.

The 69-year-old Illinois native came back in 2004 at the behest of the U.S. Olympic Committee, which sought a chairman to help the organization rebound from years of trouble and turmoil.

He committed to four years. His term is up in 2008, after the Beijing Olympics — yet another irony, because it was China’s willingness to buck the Soviet Union’s boycott of the Los Angeles Games that helped make them a success.

“What I dealt with back in ‘84, there was risk,” Ueberroth said.“It’s a lot healthier now.”

His office in the heart of Orange County, Calif., is that of a typical businessman, except most don’t have an Olympic torch hanging in the corner the way Ueberroth’s does.

He started with a small travel company in 1963. When he sold it in 1980, it was the second largest company of its kind in North America. From there, he took over as president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and engineered the first privately financed Olympics, turning a profit of about $250 million.

The numbers that exist today — hundreds of countries, thousands of athletes, billions of dollars — wouldn’t be what they are were it not for Ueberroth’s leadership of that 1984 effort.

He did it at a time when the tragedy of Munich, the financial disaster of Montreal and the boycott of Moscow were fresh in everyone’s mind. Nobody wanted to bid. But Ueberroth wasn’t afraid.

Now, Ueberroth has made it his goal to bring another Olympics to the United States, maybe even back to L.A. He’s spearheading the USOC’s bid for 2016.

“A daunting process. An important process,” he calls the bid effort.

He won’t be around when the IOC awards the 2016 Games in 2009, but Ueberroth doesn’t attach himself to losing propositions. And he’ll be around long enough to pick the American candidate and make sure there are no repeats of the embarrassment of 2005, when New York mismanaged its 2012 Olympics bid and got only 16 of the 60 votes it needed.

Even with a more organized effort, there’s no guarantee the United States will win the games. And if it does, there’s no guarantee

they will be a financial success.

That leads to another concern of Ueberroth’s — the flattening of Olympic revenues, now that the traditional No. 1 source, TV contracts, appears to have maxed out.

There’s got to be a way, he says, to make money by creating an Olympic network and delivering it on TV and the internet.

At the very least, he believes it’s needed to generate interest in a product that, despite its success, only captivates Americans every other year.

“What you really want to do is see that as many young people as possible get a chance” to learn about and play Olympic sports,” Ueberroth said. “And we’ve got to work very hard on a new economic structure.”

He also thinks a lot about America’s declining reputation in the Olympic world — on and off the field of play.

There is no guarantee of American dominance inside the lines. After winning the most medals in the last three Summer Olympics, Ueberroth is certain the United States will struggle to do it again in 2008.

As their resounding eight gold medals at the recent world gymnastics championships proved, the Chinese are pushing hard. Other countries are getting better for a number of reasons, too.

“When you see our gold medalists in beach volleyball get beat by the Chinese, it’s a wake-up call that there’s no sport that we have any real guarantee of dominating in,” Ueberroth said, citing a recent loss by Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh at a major event in Thailand.

Although healthy competition never fazes Ueberroth, being unprepared or outmaneuvered outside the lines rankles him.

He has been embarrassed by the American doping scandals that stole headlines all summer. He says he’s sure the USOC will bring a completely clean team to Beijing.

“Anyone can break the rules,” he said.

“But I think we’ll do so thorough a job of testing and have an esprit de corps among the team, that you can’t cheat.”

He has been determined to turn around America’s reputation in the meeting rooms, where the United States comes off as something between a mystery and a bully to other countries. A revolving door at the top of the USOC played into that.

Other factors — like when the schedule for major events at the Beijing Olympics were majorly revamped to help American television — haven’t helped, either.

“I think our esteem in this country is at one of its lowest points in history,” he said.

“So, we’re going to have to work hard on repairing that. I can just tell you that the USOC is taking its role. The Olympics are the one clear road to international relations.”

Those are, essentially, the same words and concepts de Coubertin used a century ago to restart the Olympic movement.

Although de Coubertin kept his hand in the Olympic movement through old age, and died a much poorer man because of it, Ueberroth has different intentions.

He is a thriving businessman — coowner of Pebble Beach, a director of Hilton Hotels and chairman of a business management company, aptly named the Contrarian Group.

He is supremely confident he’ll be gone from his volunteer USOC job exactly when he says, in 2008 after the Beijing Games.

“I honor my commitments to best of my ability,” Ueberroth said. “That’s all I try to do.”

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President-elect optimistic about immigration

BY LAURA KURTZMAN Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY — A day after meeting with President Bush, Mexico President-elect Felipe Calderon said Friday he was optimistic Washington will push through a comprehensive immigration overhaul.

Calderon made the comments during a meeting with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is a strong supporter of a guest-worker program.

Schwarzenegger, on a two-day trade mission to Mexico, was accompanied by

California farmers who have complained that a crackdown on immigration has caused them labor shortages.

During his visit, the governor said a planned U.S. border wall is “an incomplete way” of solving illegal immigration and said both California and Mexico would benefit from legalizing workers. Schwarzenegger also invited Calderon to visit California in the spring.

Calderon has called the U.S. plan to build a 700-mile fence along the nearly 2,000-mile border “deplorable” and compared it to the construction of the Berlin Wall.

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Dec. 1. The Mexican government pulled U.S.-imported spinach off shelves after three people died in the U.S. from eating spinach infected with the bacteria E. Coli.

Mexican officials were expected to visit California in the next two weeks to conduct final inspections before lifting the ban.

Later in the day, the governor traveled to the northern industrial city of Monterrey, where he taped a local TV cooking show and tossed an “ensalada amigo,” or “friend salad” made from California spinach with Chef Lulu Pedraza.

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fence on Oct. 26, also wants more temporary worker permits for foreigners willing to take low-wage jobs and a path for illegal immigrants working in the United States for some time to become citizens. But the Republicandominated Congress has not agreed.

With Democrats taking over, some have expressed hope there may be movement on a migration accord — a top priority of outgoing President Vicente Fox. Also Friday, Schwarzenegger asked Calderon to back tough intellectual property laws and put California’s spinach back on supermarket shelves when he takes office

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Northwesterners can feel a little more snug as fall fades into winter this year with energy forecasters calling for a surplus of electricity to power homes and businesses.

The Pacific Northwest power supply stands at about 2,400 megawatts in excess of average annual demand — enough electricity to light two cities the size of Seattle, according to a recent analysis by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

The forecast marks a major recovery from 2001, when the Western energy crisis had strained the electricity supply and sent prices skyrocketing.

“It’s actually quite a story,” said John Fazio, senior analyst for the four-state council based in Portland that oversees energy planning in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.

Others are more cautious, but share some of the council’s optimism for the regional energy outlook.

In a separate analysis by the PNUCC — the Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee — different methods and figures are used to arrive at a deficit of about 800 megawatts for the region this winter.

But one of the major differences in the two approaches is the PNUCC treats an estimated contribution of nearly 2,700 megawatts from independent power producers as a separate category from the utilities in the region.

Adding that number to the PNUCC forecast would create a surplus of nearly 1,900 megawatts, much closer to the Northwest council estimate.

“The bottom line for me, from my perspective, is that I agree with John that the

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region’s in pretty good shape,” said Dick Adams, PNUCC executive director.

“But while we both come to the conclusion that we’re OK today, we have to begin taking action to meet the next five years of load,” Adams said.

Fazio said that utility deregulation in the 1990s led many utility managers to defer investment in new generating sources while they waited for the market for excess power to develop.

“A lot of utilities worried they wouldn’t get a return on their investment, so there was a lot of discussion about the market and how it will take care of everything — independent power producers will build resources,” Fazio said.

“But the question is, how much do you want to rely on the market?” he said.

In 1999, the region was at a 4,000 average megawatt deficit — meaning that generating capacity was not keeping pace with electricity demand, Fazio said.

By 2001, “it was a mess,” he said — with a Northwest drought sharply reducing regional hydroelectric production, Enron Corp. influence on the energy market before its bankruptcy and deregulation efforts foundering in California.

But since 1999, the region has lost about 10 percent of its demand — largely from the decline of the aluminum industry — and increased its generating capacity by about 15 percent, Fazio said.

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Home seized for WWII may get new life

BY JEREMY P. MEYER Associated Press Writer

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The home where Lucille Egli McIntyre grew up looks nothing like it did in 1942 — when the federal government seized the farm for the war effort.

The red brick laid by her father is covered with chicken wire and white stucco. The glassed-in porch where her mother served chicken and mashed potatoes is walled in and shuttered. And the front deck near where the family lit firecrackers and played horseshoes is gone, replaced by gray concrete steps.

Now there is an effort to return the Egli home to the way it was before the family and 200 of their neighbors were evicted to make way for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, where chemical weapons were produced for 40 years.

The Egli home is the only house that remains from the prewar era.

The bungalow is on the state register of historic properties, and officials want to restore it to its original form as a tribute to the families who gave up their land for the war effort.

Officials are seeking grants and private donations for the restoration.

“It’s coming full circle,” said McIntyre, 75, the lone surviving member of her family of eight children.

The house is now part of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

McIntyre was on hand Oct. 13 for an official transfer of 7,266 acres from the Army to the Department of the Interior, which manages the refuge.

She turned a shovelful of soil with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne for the dedication of a garden next to her childhood home, which will be named in her family’s honor.

“It’s kind of a closing,” McIntyre said. “It brings the land back to the way it used to be. Things are growing again.”

McIntyre, who now lives in Denver, remembers her father’s farm as big and lonely. The nearest neighbor was two city blocks away.

Her father, Gottlieb Egli, emigrated from Switzerland and built the house in 1912.

She said her family was fully self-sufficient. Food was grown in the garden or on the hoof. Electricity came from a bank of batteries in the cellar. Hot water for baths was boiled on the stove.

McIntyre was 10 years old when the land was condemned. Her father and brothers split $65,000 for their 1,000 acres. They were told to move just before harvest.

Her mother and father bought two smaller farms in Eastlake and Brighton. But her father, who died seven years later from cancer, never forgave the Army for bulldozing his corn and alfalfa fields before he could reap his crop, she said.

“That was really, really hard for him,” McIntyre said. “You had no choice.”

On the land, the government produced bombs, mustard gas, nerve gas and chlorine gas. Shell Oil manufactured pesticides there. The arsenal became one of the nation’s most polluted sites.

In 1987, the site landed on the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund list of toxic waste sites and one of the nation’s largest cleanups was launched.

Contaminated soil was excavated and buried along with munitions in double-lined landfills. Groundwater was run through treatment plants.

As the land was cleaned, it became part of the wildlife refuge, created by Congress and approved by President George H.W. Bush in 1992. The refuge got its first 4,930 acres when land was transferred to the Interior Department in 2004. With the transfer of the 7,266 acres in October, about 3,000 acres remain on the Superfund list. A final transfer is expected by 2011, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The wildlife refuge is now the largest open space in the Denver metro area, with 330 species of animals, including bald eagles, burrowing owls, deer and coyotes. Plans even call for a bison herd.

Last Thursday, McIntyre walked around her childhood home with a friend, Ernie Maurer, whose family also was kicked off the land in 1942.

Apparent pipeline fire scorches the sky near Cheyenne

By The Associated Press

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A fire in an area of natural gas pipelines southwest of here sent flames hundreds of feet into the air Saturday, drawing firefighters from units in Wyoming and Colorado.

Information about the source of the fire was not available immediately. A person who answered the telephone for Laramie County firefighters said all were responding to the

emergency late Saturday morning.

Flames could be seen from the Cheyenne Fire Department’s station some three miles away, said Chief James Martin, whose department was not part of the response.

Martin said he believed the blaze was a pipeline fire.

Sgt. Stephen Townsend of the Wyoming Highway Patrol said the fire was about two miles north of the WyomingColorado border, but he did not have a more specific location. The fire was several miles south of Interstate 80 and

did not disrupt traffic there, Townsend said. He said he had no reports of death of injury related to the fire.

Brian Martin, assistant managing editor of the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle in Cheyenne, said he could see the flames from his house several miles away. He estimated the flames were 300 feet high, described them as bright orange and said thin, gray smoke was evident.

Crews from F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne responded, as did firefighters from Larimer County, Colo.

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BY BRIAN CHARLTON Associated Press Writer

HONOLULU — It took only hours for Donald Trump’s luxury hotel-condominium project to sell out in Waikiki, as celebrities and investors from around the world spent $700 million for the more than 460 suites.

Sales contracts were signed and deposits put down on Thursday for all of the 464 hotel suites at the Trump International Hotel and Tower Waikiki Beach Walk, causing cancellation of a second day of sales on Friday, according to New York-based hotel developer The Trump Organization and Los Angeles-based developer Irongate.

The developers claim the more than $700 million in sales set a record for the amount of residential property, both in dollar and unit volume, sold in one development on a single day.

“I predicted that Trump Tower Waikiki would be the

most luxurious development in Hawaii, and buyers responded,” said Trump, who had featured the development on his TV reality series, “The Apprentice.”

The previous one day record property sale was reached in December 2005 when Vancouver-based Intrawest Corp. sold all of its 318 suites in the first phase of a Maui resort for $425 million, according to Irongate.

The Trump sale attracted celebrities including entertainer Don Ho, Trump’s daughter Ivanka, NBA players, and pro golfers, along with a famous Japanese rap star and baseball player, said Jason Grosfeld, co-founder of Irongate, who did not identify the other investors by name. Executives, investors and groups of people pooling together money bought other suites.

“I would have bought out the entire 23rd floor, but someone beat me to it,” Ho, who purchased two one-bedroom units, told the Honolulu Star Bulletin.

They also held the sale in Tokyo as 40 percent of sales

came from Asian buyers.

The average price for a suite was $1.5 million with price tags ranging from about $400,000 for a 500-square-foot studio to more than $9 million for a three bedroom penthouse, developers said. Few are expected to break sales contracts, Grosfeld said.

Hundreds of potential buyers, some of them in teams of investors, put down $20,000 each in September to get reservations. Based on certain criteria, they were given appointments to select units.

“It’s a combination of many things about the site that made it popular,” Grosfeld said. “It’s sort of like 59th and 5th in Manhattan, plus you have the Trump brand behind it and it’s a very different product than offered here before.”

The 350-foot high tower will include a library, wine cellar, lobby bar, cafe, fitness center, spa, concierge service, 24hour room service, valet service and separate lobbies for the residents and hotel guests.

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at the Farmer’s Market and going to the beach with friends ... a relative unknown just trying to save the world.

He’s a marathoner, a cancer-survivor and a photographer.

He works for a computer animation company, which he calls his “day job,” but his passion is a fight to bring electric cars back to the American consciousness.

Scott’s house is solar-powered and he has been driving an electric vehicle for years. Now, he wants to share them with the rest of the country.

“You realize, OK, all of your electricity for your house and your car comes from sunlight, so there’s no pollution,” he said. “And your car runs on sunlight. You’re not going to gas stations. I haven’t been to a gas station in four years. So it hits you that this is the solution to a lot of problems.”

Scott recently took time out from his busy activist life to recharge and chat with the Daily Press.

Why do you think electric cars are so important?

“This is the solution to the problem of spending hundreds of billions of dollars for foreign oil, the fact that we’re funding the terrorists with our oil money, the fact that we’re polluting our skies, global warming. It’s a solution to all of those things.

The noise, the freeway, you hear that. With electric cars, they’re silent, so all the noise in the community goes down.”

How did you get involved with the electric car movement?

“A week [after buying the car], the car companies — all of them — stopped making cars. And they were crushing them.

They were destroying the cars. And those of us who had the cars were saying, no you can’t do this!

“We started writing letters to the Air Resources board to make them stop this. We got on ABC World News Tonight.

We got on NPR. We started organizing these big protests.”

What about the documentary, “Who Killed the Electric Car?” — how did you become part of that?

“There was this guy, Chris Paine, who had an [electric vehicle]. He was showing up with a video camera, videotaping everything. He said, ‘Yeah, I’m making a documentary on this, I’m really pissed off.’ We said, ‘We’ll let you know when we’re doing any protests.’ So we started working with him.”

Have you become a celebrity yet?

“We’re on one of those buses [at Sundance] and it’s packed and I’m standing there and a guy sitting in front of me looks up at me and I notice he’s staring at me, so I look at him and he says,‘After tonight, everybody’s going to know who you are.’

I said, ‘Who are you?’ He said, ‘I’m Chris, I edited the film.’”

What was the reaction to the film at Sundance?

“People laughed, people cried, people got pissed off. You get those kind of emotions in a film and that’s a good film. It’s fun to be associated with a film that’s that good. As EV advocates, we have this job — our job is to get cars into showrooms so people can have a choice, to buy an electric car or a gas car, because we’ll know what they’ll choose. To have that powerful tool to show people is a phenomenal thing.”

Where did you grow up?

“I was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1952. Didn’t live there very long. My first memories are in Memphis, and went through first and second grades there ... I was in San Antonio when Kennedy was killed. Then moved to a little

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town in northern Alabama called Arab. My parents worked at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, which is 30 miles north, during the Apollo program, and they were testing the big Apollo rockets. I was in junior high school, this is the mid’60s, and from 30 miles away you could hear those Apollo rockets roaring. It was real exciting, that was the early days of the space program and everything was bright and cheery.

The Beatles just came out, it was kind of fun.”

How did you get into the environmental movement?

“I was an Oregonian, became very politically active in the recycling movement and spent about 10 years working in that field. Working in recycling, essentially you’re a garbage man, you’re just on the good side of the garbage. So you have no self-esteem doing that.

“You just start to go, I feel good about it, but obviously [other people] don’t. And, of course, you make no money.”

How did your career change after that?

“After a while, I got my camera back out and said, I’m going to become a photographer again ... and went out freelancing. The first day, a guy told me about this computer animation company that had just started and they were looking for somebody to help them sell the stuff. It sounded interesting, this was 1986.

“We ended up doing [this project] and all of a sudden I was the star of the office — I landed IBM corporate. It gave me courage to go beyond local advertisers and I started calling national sports networks and the teams themselves. We became one of the country’s top animation companies.”

What was your impression of LA before you moved here?

“I’d go into LAX and rent a car, drive around on the freeways and you don’t know where you are and it’s scary as hell, from a little town like Eugene. It’s very scary and totally intimidating.”

What’s life like here?

“I love Santa Monica. If you’ve got a good income and you own a place in Santa Monica, life is very good. There’s intellectuals here. There are very smart, creative people all over the place here. They come from everywhere in the world. And then you’ve got the beach and anything you want to do, it’s here. So life got really good.”

How did you meet your wife, Zan? “I decided I really wanted to find somebody. I was 49 and I really wanted a relationship to be the final relationship. So I put an ad in the LA Weekly personals.

“I sat down and wrote this really long thing and I described who I was and who I was looking for and I went into a lot of detail and I ended it with, ‘Do you still think you can make a difference in the world and do you want to?’ So I put that out there and I got eight responses. I talked to all eight of them on the phone. I had coffee with five of them. I dated three of them. I had sex with two of them. And married one of them.

“She was a writer for the LA Times, just this perfect match. She really was.”

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some of our friends made a cake in the shape of a bladder.

We had catheter bags filled with apple juice and people brought over all these gifts. It was real fun.

“We had to go into it with a sense of humor.”

How did your life change?

“During that period, I’m thinking, I put off so much in my life and I really wanted to do all this stuff. I don’t want to wait anymore. Zan said, ‘What do you want to do?’ I said, ‘Well one thing is, I want to get solar.’

“During that research [about solar power], I came across this Web site where people are talking about electric cars. This is in fall of 2002. I’m reading the posts and people are saying all these incredible things about these cars. So I ask one to come over and give me a test drive. I bought one the next day.”

Have you seen any results from your activism?

“The Tuesday after [a second major protest at the Santa Monica Toyota dealership], Toyota Corporate calls and says, ‘We want to talk, can you come in?’ So we go in, there’s five of us and two of them in a big boardroom.

“We spent two hours in there with this guy — he’s a VP, he’s very high up, very smart, very smooth. And they gave us virtually everything we asked for. They stopped crushing the cars, they’re setting up a parts program, they would sell some of the leased cars, not all of them, but some of them.

“We walked into the sunlight, we kind of looked at each other and said, ‘Holy sh--, that worked.’”

What’s next for you and for electric cars?

“The next goal is to get the car makers to build the cars.

We morphed our name into ‘Plug in America.’ We started doing more lobbying and we became an advocacy group instead of a protest group.”

Will average people like electric cars?

“When people start driving electric cars, they’re never going to go back to gas. When you drive an electric car, it’s very powerful, it’s completely silent, and it runs on electricity you can make from sunlight.

“You get a 120-mile range. Any new electric car will be able to charge from any plug.”

How have you seen the country change during your life?

“I’ve seen my country go from the good guys to the bad guys. Especially when Bush took over, he changed the country and he took advantage of people’s selfishness and greed and I saw that people started not caring about others as much and the greater good. They just didn’t care. It was like, how much can I get for me and screw what it does to anybody else.

To me, you have to live according to your philosophy. I want the world to be a better place because I lived. If you live your life according to something like that, then you’ll do good.

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How did you react to your operation for bladder cancer?

“In July of ‘02, they said you might die. If the cancer comes back after we’ve done this operation there’s nothing we can do for you.

“So it was like, what do you do? You’ve got to go forward.

You can’t do anything but go forward, otherwise you might as well commit suicide. So I had all these friends and this great new life, a good job and life was really going well and then this happens. So we decided, let’s don’t make a big sad thing out of it. Let’s have a party instead. So we had a “Byebye Bladder” party, invited all of our friends. My wife and

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A GROWING ROLL CALL: Scenes from the Arlington West memorial, which was staged all weekend on the Santa Monica Beach in honor of Veterans day: (Clockwise from top left) Attendees pay their respects by a wall of photographs depicting those who have been killed during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; Ron Lipman, 70, reflects amid the crosses and seagulls; reading the names of fallen soldiers; Joseph P. Goodman, 42, from the Los Angeles Veterans for Peace, folds the United States flag amid the sunset on Veterans Day; red crosses mark groups of 10 soldiers who have been killed overseas; the sun sets on Arlington West on Saturday.

Soldier’s mom takes matters into own hands CASUALTY OF WAR, from page 1

a mental condition caused after she was allegedly sexually assaulted three times by at least two commanding officers during her first tour of Iraq in 2004.

The military confirmed and disciplined one of the officers in one case, and dismissed the other two cases, saying Swift’s claims were unsubstantiated.

It’s a story that has been heard far too often in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars — a female soldier being mistreated, discriminated against or sexually harassed in the U.S. military.

However, this tale has a twist.

Unable to face another tour of duty in January, after the horrors she faced during her first, Swift stayed home with two and a half years still remaining in her commitment to the Army.

Five months later, she was apprehended and now faces the possibility of court mar-

tial and dishonorable discharge.

Her mother is now touring the country, speaking out against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — two wars in which the Pentagon has reportedly received more than 500 complaints of sexual assaults in the U.S. military.

“She’s suffering,” Rich said. “She’s an Iraq veteran who is being prosecuted for being a victim.”

Five months after her daughter was taken away, Rich, the granddaughter of a colonel, has a different perspective of Veterans Day. “I have more grief around it,” she said, pointing to the white crosses that symbolize each of the U.S. lives lost in the wars. “I have more grief for them. I grieve for the ones on the street. I grieve for the ones in danger and the ones who are psychologically damaged.”

TAKING A STAND

The military’s attitude toward Swift’s case is unacceptable to Rich, who has taken

action since her daughter was apprehended, rounding support among women’s rights advocates and anti-war activists across the country to demand Swift’s honorable discharge from the military.

Veterans groups such as Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War have come out in support, staging a sit-in at the office of Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) in Washington D.C. in September, causing him to promise a congressional investigation into Swift’s case.

But there has been no congressional investigation, as promised by DeFazio, Rich said.

“If we initiate something, he [DeFazio] will take it to the armed forces committee,” Rich said of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services.

A petition to free Swift has circulated across the country and received more than 5,000 signatures to date. Rich has also started a Web site (www.suzanneswift.org), where

she keeps supporters updated on Swift’s mental condition, which she says has been deteriorating due to stress and depression.

Rich believes her daughter will be forced to serve another 18 months and then be honorably discharged.

With the turn of events over the past five months and the increased publicity over Swift’s case, Rich hopes that women entering the military will be wary of the potential dangers, aside from roadside bombings and suicide bombers.

When Swift told her mother she was going to Iraq, the thought of sexual harassment was something that never entered Rich’s mind.

“I heard stories, but I thought ‘not my daughter, she’s tough,’” Rich said. “If a woman enters the military, be aware of manipulation and abuse. Stay in numbers.

Don’t be alone with a man.”

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Ewell doing a shuffle EWELL, from page 1

that the structure change to allow us to deliver services in a more effective way. That’s the objective.”

Under Ewell’s reorganization plan, the city manager will retain direct oversight of the police and fire departments, as well as special initiatives, which include work with homelessness and management of the Santa Monica Airport.

Mona Miyasato, currently the assistant to the city manager-community relations, will become deputy city manager, in charge of monitoring human resources, information systems, finance, and a new department — assets management, created to centralize maintenance operations in the city so that the true costs of keeping Santa Monica intact can be measured.

Gordon Anderson will remain the assistant city manager — the principal assistant to Ewell — and serve as acting city manager when Ewell is away from the city.

Anderson will also be responsible for the primary day-to-day operations of the organization, along with special projects. His primary areas of focus will include the Big Blue Bus, community and cultural services, environment and public works management, housing, development and business retention (formerly the resource management department), planning and community development, and the city’s libraries.

“It goes back to something my dad, my mentor, used to always tell me,” Ewell said.

“When you put bad systems and good people together, the bad systems win out every time. So what I see is a structure that doesn’t support the desires of the (city employees) ... to provide high-quality service.”

Ewell said the current structure is set up so departments work in virtual isolation, which can lead to delays in action and implementation.

“Each department was focused inwardly on getting its own work done, so when one process was completed then it would be handed off to another department to take if from there,” Ewell said. “By the time we went through this series of hand-offs, it can be a year or so before you even get started on that project. We’re looking at ways to be more collaborative, to come together as a small team and shorten the time frame of getting projects done and work together to find out what are some of the issues we all need to think about.”

Kate Vernez, the current assistant to the city manager for intergovernmental affairs, will be placed in charge of community relations, intergovernmental relations, media relations, City TV oversight, community publication and possibly Web site services under the reorganization.

By combining duties, the cost of creating a new deputy city manager position will be partially offset, Ewell said.

There are expected to be some added costs, particularly with the creation of new assets management and risk management divisions, as well as an internal auditor to increase fiscal accountability citywide.

However, with increased efficiencies, there could eventually be a cost savings, Ewell said.

“We tried to approach this as cost neutral, but again, that wasn’t the driving factor,” Ewell said. “We will have some additional expenses, but we expect them to be minimal and well worth it because we will have a greater level of effectiveness.”

Anderson is currently assembling a steering committee comprised of department heads and other city employees, who will work over the next three or four months to refine the reorganization plan and develop

realistic timelines for implementation. Ewell anticipates that some adjustments may begin prior to the end of the year, while other components will be incorporated when the City Council discusses the budget for fiscal year 2007-08.

Other changes may be phased in over several years.

“I just don’t want to move boxes around to say, ‘Look, we’ve reorganized,’” Ewell said.

“We want to do it for the benefit of this community and increase our service delivery.

“We are going to take our time, measure our progress and see if this is the right approach,” Ewell continued.“If not, we’ll make corrections and adjust it until we get it right.”

While he does not need the council’s approval to implement the plan, Ewell said he will discuss the moves with elected officials in January during the mid-year budget review to gain their support and hear their suggestions.

“I think it is important that (the council) have an understanding of what we are trying to accomplish and I want to do that in a public forum,” Ewell said.

The reorganization plan comes on the heels of an election-night victory for Ewell, who authored Measure U, which gives the city manager more power to hire and fire City Hall’s top executives by removing civil service protections.

City Hall has also been training employees to follow the new “We do the right thing right!” customer service campaign.

“I’m glad that (Measure U) passed and it just gives us another element of efficiency to put people in the right place without having to go through the civil service process, which can take a very long time,” Ewell said. “It’s all about making us more accountable.”

As for the City Council race, in which all three incumbents were re-elected despite strong challenges from two newcomers, Ewell had no comment except to say that, “I can work for anyone the voters pick. I will live by that always.”

When Ewell came aboard in January, he left behind a city in the throes of a scandal over public employee pensions, which bankrupted the City of San Diego.

The root of the problem in San Diego was that political leaders wanted to spend more than they were taking in. They didn’t have the revenue to offer city employees raises, so instead they offered increased pension benefits. This left the city with a $1.4 billion shortfall, with legal questions swirling as to whether there were improper conflicts of interest that led to overly generous payments, according to news reports.

While not involved in the poor financial moves, Ewell was thrown into the center of a federal investigation as city manager for the city.

Ewell was heavily criticized for having to make drastic cuts in City Hall to deal with the multimillion dollar budget deficit in San Diego.

Ewell eventually left the job after voters approved a strong mayor form of government. He subsequently landed in Santa Monica, where he has been warmly received by every facet of the community, prompting the question: Is the honeymoon over or still going strong?

“I think I’ve died and gone to heaven,” Ewell said smiling. “Juxtapose my life now with a year ago when we were under a federal investigation, dealing with pulling apart hard drives ... It’s an entirely different life here. I’m glad to be back doing what I love, which is managing organizations and figuring out a way to provide high levels of service. As long as I’m here. I’ll think that I’m on a honeymoon and enjoy every day of it.”

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Opening reception for works by Stephen Wilkes, Howard Schatz, Thomas D. Mangelsen, Joe McNally, Mike Buccheit, Barbara Lee Black, David Edwards, Steve McCurry, Michael “Nick” Nichols, Ron Smid, Tom Till, Gary Ladd, Jack Dykinga, John Running, Liz Hymans, Ford Lowcock, and George Huey.

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Case against Hells Angels didn’t prove much HELLS ANGELS, from page 3

to try to defuse tensions just hours before the April 27, 2002, clash marred the annual Laughlin River Run motorcycle rally.

By Smitley’s account, Hells Angels leaders told him they’d take care of themselves.

Hours later, chaos erupted at the Harrah’s Laughlin hotel-casino. Two Hells Angels and one Mongols member died as bikers brawled and gunfire erupted. Casino patrons and bikers dove for cover behind blinking slot machines.

More than a dozen people were hurt.

Much of the fighting was captured on casino surveillance videotapes: dramatic evidence showing Hells Angels in their unmistakable leather vests shooting, stabbing and punching rival Mo----ngols.

“That’s the nature of living in the world of the Hells Angels. Violence is all around you,” said Terry Katz, a retired Maryland State Police lieutenant in Linthicum, Md., who is a former president of the International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association.

Prosecutors told jurors in federal court in Las Vegas that Hells Angels plotted the Laughlin brawl.

Using superimposed arrows and stopaction, rewinds and freeze-frames, two U.S. attorneys and more than a dozen defense lawyers replayed multiple confrontations from various camera angles. One Hells Angels member launches a karate kick toward a Mongols member. Another fires a gun. Another clobbers a Mongols member with wrench.

But after just two weeks of a trial that had been expected to last at least two months, lawyers for 11 Hells Angels defendants sowed

doubt in jurors’ minds about what happened off-camera and outside the courtroom.

“At first, I remember the videos,” said juror Steve Schranz, 51. “If it started and ended right there, the Hells Angels were guilty.

“But when you started dissecting the films and looking at photos, it looked like the Hells Angels were defending themselves,” Schranz said. “I was leaning toward the Mongols started it.”

He remembered defense lawyers pointing out Mongols members carrying duffel bags into the casino before the fighting — bags lawyers said contained weapons.

Schranz remembered a video frame stopped by a defense lawyer showing what appeared to be a foot-long knife in the hand of a Mongols member who ran away after a Hells Angels member fired a handgun at him.

A photo image stuck in his mind of a dead Hells Angels member’s body left unattended in an empty driveway outside Harrah’s.

And he recalled earlier security camera images of a Hells Angels member tipping a casino employee $100 two times, after twice winning at a slot machine.

“That’s not a boneheaded biker individual,” said Schranz, a building engineer at a Las Vegas Strip casino. “To me, that’s a pretty good person.”

Defense lawyers also convinced U.S. District Judge James Mahan that the government had failed to disclose key evidence that would cast doubt on the truthfulness of key witnesses in the racketeering case.

One witness was Patrick Matter, a former Minneapolis Hells Angels chapter president now imprisoned for drug dealing and money-laundering. Another was James

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Howard Richey, a former Phoenix-area Hells Angels chapter officer who testified as a federally protected witness.

With the jury watching, Mahan twice interrupted Matter’s testimony to call it as unfair to blame all Hells Angels for the criminal acts of a few as it would be to accuse all Roman Catholic clergy members of sex abuse after the transgressions of a few priests.

Days later, Mahan told the jury to forget what they heard from Richey, saying prosecutors improperly withheld information from the defense.

Trial never resumed.

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With the case teetering on mistrial, six Hells Angels pleaded to lesser charges in state and federal courts. State and federal prosecutors dropped charges against the remaining 36 Hells Angels.

Six Mongols still face state charges, including murder and attempted murder, but no Mongols were charged in the federal case.

“I was really appalled that this was the best they could do,” Schranz said. “I hear they’ve always wanted to bust them as the current-day Mafia.”

The scorecard: Forty-four Hells Angels indicted. One died, one is a fugitive and 42 ranging in age from 28 to 63, from California, Washington, Arizona, Alaska and Nevada, were arrested. They faced charges including racketeering attempted murder, which could have brought the possibility of life in prison if convicted. Eleven stood trial in the first of what was planned to be several trials.

The six who entered pleas to federal charges of committing a violent crime, bat-

tery, in aid of racketeering, did so as individuals, meaning the club was spared.

That was a crucial distinction for a corporation with an estimated 3,500 members worldwide and lucrative trademarks and businesses selling T-shirts and death’s head logos.

“If you lose a racketeering case, you lose your assets to the government,” Katz said.

“That’s why it would be so devastating.”

Troy Regas, 43, a Hells Angels member from Sparks whose brother will go free, declared the outcome a victory.

“What it means to us is that the club itself has never been found to be a criminal organization,” he said.

Four men pleaded guilty. Two pleaded no contest, which Mahan noted carries the same weight at sentencing as a conviction.

They entered similar pleas to felony battery in a parallel state murder and conspiracy case that had not yet reached trial. Most face no more than a total of 2 1/2 years in prison on state and federal charges.

The U.S. attorney in Las Vegas, Daniel Bogden, and officials with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said they’re satisfied that six people were held responsible for the violence at Harrah’s.

“The six primary guys were convicted,” said Susan Raichel, spokeswoman for the ATF office in Los Angeles. “They knew they were going to lose their case. If there wasn’t a doubt they would lose and be convicted of something, they wouldn’t have pled.”

Not so, said Alan Caplan a San Franciscobased lawyer whose client, former Richmond, Calif., Hells Angels chapter President Michael Smullen, 48, went free.

Scientology mission is offering up detox SCIENTOLOGY, from page 3

al, private, professional environment in which to address life’s problems.”

Scientology actually dates back to the 1950s, when founder and science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard wrote “Dianetics,” a Scientology bible that addresses how the body affects the mind. Hubbard, a Nebraska native who died in 1986, has authored all of the literature used in the religion.

The religion of Scientology, which means “the study of truth” in both Latin and Greek, deals with how man is a spiritual being, and teaches man to “know how to know,” Walker said. It’s an applied religion that has tools that can be used throughout life, Walker said.

There are 10 million Scientologists worldwide and about 40,000 of them reside in the Los Angeles area, with the headquarters situated in Hollywood.

The Santa Monica mission offers services such as counseling or “auditing,” as it is called in the religion; classes on Scientology and Dianetics; de-toxification, which involves removing toxins from the fatty tissue through several sessions of exercising and use of an on-site sauna; and Sunday service. The center also offers personality tests and sells Scientology literature.

Belen Cainbec, 42, of Santa Monica, says the religion changed her life forever.

Her work life was tumultuous. The company where she worked was bought-out, and as a result, there was shifting of personnel among different departments.

“I felt like I was drowning,” Cainbec said.

Curious after hearing about Scientology,

and desperate for help because of problems in her home and work life, Cainbec decided to visit the mission in Santa Monica last month.

“It felt like the right timing,” she said.

Cainbec began taking courses on improving communication and understanding and met with Walker for a few auditing sessions. A few weeks later, Cainbec has a whole new outlook on life and plans to bring her teenage daughter to sit in on a few relationship classes.

The religion does not deserve its bad reputation, said Cainbec, who is also Catholic.

Scientology is not the sole religion to any one practitioner, according to Walker. Scientologists around the world are also Protestant, Catholic and Jewish. But approximately 24 percent say they do not follow another religion.

“Scientology is a religion because we believe in man as a spiritual being,” Walker said.

Like most religions — such as Christianity and its stated opposition to abortion and gay marriage — Scientology also has taken issue with an area for which they have concern — psychiatry.

The issue with psychiatry is its involvement in prescribing what Scientologists believe to be mind-altering drugs like Prozac, an anti-depressant, and Ritalin for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The increased publicity surrounding the church in recent years has not hurt the church, Walker said, in fact, it probably made more people curious about the religion.

“I think people realize that’s the news,” Walker said. “It’s not necessarily the truth.”

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Niners rush for stadium gold gets mayor talking

BY PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — While Mayor Gavin Newsom attempted to resurrect talks with the 49ers’ ownership over building a stadium, a state lawmaker said Friday that he would try to bar the team from using the name San Francisco if it leaves town.

One day after team announced it was done negotiating with Newsom and was now committed “100 percent” to moving to Santa Clara, team owner John York reopened the door ever so slightly by saying he would listen to any new ideas from San Francisco. But York reiterated that the team was still sitting down with Santa Clara officials.

York and Newsom met Friday morning at the prompting of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a San Francisco resident and former mayor who also attended the meeting.

“At that meeting, York once again explained that the present plan at Candlestick Point does not work for the team’s fans,” the team said in a statement.

“Sen. Feinstein and Mayor Newsom requested the opportunity to explore other options with the 49ers in San Francisco. York reiterated that he was happy to listen to those proposals, but stated that the 49ers were moving forward

with their planned talks with the City of Santa Clara.”

Democratic Assemblyman Mark Leno said he is looking into introducing a bill that would prohibit professional sports teams not based in the city from using San Francisco in their names unless authorized by the mayor and board of supervisors.

“The name San Francisco has cachet all over the world as a No. 1 destination spot,” said Leno, who represents the part of San Francisco where the Niners play their home games. “I don’t think San Francisco’s name should automatically be able to be used by a franchise that is not located in the city.”

York insisted the 49ers won’t leave the San Francisco Bay area or change their name.

Newsom said that he would not get into a bidding war with Santa Clara.

“We have respect for the 49ers’ management and franchise and the mayor is always open to discussions,” said Peter Ragone, the mayor’s spokesman. “At the same time, he is committed to being a responsible steward of the public interest of San Francisco.”

The 49ers stunned local politicians Thursday when they announced they had abandoned their decade-long attempts to build a stadium and a massive commercialresidential development on Candlestick Point, their San Francisco home since 1971.

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Coach Walsh fights leukemia

BY JANIE MCCAULEY AP Sports Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Hall of Fame football coach Bill Walsh, who built an NFL dynasty with the San Francisco 49ers and revolutionized the sport with his West Coast offense, disclosed Friday that he has leukemia.

Stanford officials confirmed that Walsh, who served as the school’s interim athletic director until July, has told friends and colleagues there that he has cancer.

“I’m positive, but not evangelistic,” the 74-year-old Walsh told The (Santa Rosa) Press Democrat and The Sports Xchange Web sites. “I’m pragmatically doing everything my physicians recommend, and I’m working my way through it.”

Walsh said the cancer first was diagnosed in 2004, but he feels better since a series of blood transfusions in the past month.

“The worst phase was three or four weeks ago. I’ve come back dramatically since, and I’m better,” he said.

He said he was going public now, because word had begun to circulate.

A call to Walsh’s home wasn’t immediately returned to The Associated Press.

Walsh was 47 when he first became an

NFL head coach, and he spent just 10 seasons on the sideline. But he left an indelible mark, winning three Super Bowls and turning the 49ers into the most successful team of the 1980s with his innovative offensive strategies and teaching techniques.

Few men did more to shape the look of football into the 21st century. His cerebral nature and often brilliant stratagems earned him the nickname “The Genius” well before his election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993.

Walsh went 102-63-1 with the 49ers, winning 10 of his 14 postseason games along with six division titles. He was named the NFL’s coach of the year in 1981 and 1984.

Walsh twice served as the 49ers’ general manager, and George Seifert led San Francisco to two more Super Bowl titles after Walsh departed. Walsh also coached Stanford during two terms over five seasons, and was the school’s interim athletic director until Bob Bowlsby was hired in April.

“I always felt I’ll accept my fate as it unfolds,” Walsh said. “I have no regrets, and when it was life-threatening, I had a lot of considerations about my wife, Geri. It appears I’ve gone through that threshold and it may turn out OK, at least for a while.”

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Thanksgiving dinner — and beer?

BY CATHERINE TSAI Associated Press Writer

DENVER — When it comes to dinner, even Thanksgiving dinner, Jorge de la Torre orders beer, not wine.

It’s not that he doesn’t know or like wine.

Afterall, he is the dean of culinary education at Johnson & Wales University in Denver.

Rather, he thinks many so-called craft beers — once better known as microbrews — can make better pairings with food than wine.

“I try to hold my head up, even in those fancy places,” he said recently.

And there may be no better time to test his theory than at Thanksgiving, when dinner plates become cacophonies of taste — savory turkey, salty ham, sweet and tart cranberries, creamy mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg.

“That is a tough plate to match (with a wine),” de la Torre said. “The beauty of beer is that with one or two beers, you can hit all those flavors without contrasting and clashing.”

Not only is a good beer refreshing, the lower alcohol content can keep you from getting too tipsy in front of the in-laws, and the carbonation helps clear the palate,

said de la Torre, who brought his message to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver this fall.

Craft beers generally are made using 100 percent malted barley, without the corn or rice used in many mass-produced beers. And they come in numerous styles, from adventuresome lagers and fruit beers to cream ales and stouts, and on and on.

“If you’re looking for flavor excitement, craft beers are where to look. If you want to wash a meal down and be refreshed, massmarket beers are fine,” said Bill Covaleski, brewmaster at Victory Brewing Co. in Downingtown, Pa. Many breweries, like Flying Dog Brewery in Denver, sell variety packs that let you try several flavors in one case.

There are plenty of craft brewers ready to choose from. The Brewers Association, which promotes craft beer, counted 449 regional craft breweries and microbreweries as of August, as well as 922 brewpubs.

That’s up from about 40 breweries in 1974, said Brooklyn Brewery brewmaster Garrett Oliver.

The numbers show the growing interest in craft beer is not just a fad but a return to normalcy, Oliver contends.

While people might once have boasted about being “meat and potatoes” sort of folk, more have become willing to try ethnic fare and zingier tastes.

And that’s the perfect opening for craft beers. “People want a more interesting food life. We’re part of it. We’re getting back up to normal for a culture with this kind of diversity and vibrancy,” Oliver said.

Ready to try it this Thanksgiving? John Fischer, an instructor at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y., suggests a Belgian-style beer, which he said have a little more alcohol and body to deal with richer dishes, and a good balance of malt and hops. Something from Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, N.Y., for example, or Golden Monkey, a Belgianstyle Tripel from Victory Brewing, he said.

Oliver suggested any sort of brown ale or biere de garde, which is French farmhouse ale.

De la Torre said switching beers between dishes also works well. Creamstyle ales or pale ales can cut through the fat of the skin and gravy of turkey, while sweet doppelbocks (a strong Germanstyle beer) can go with salty ham and mashed potatoes.

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tomed to sipping wine, consider the holiday dinner a chance to introduce them to the flavors of craft beer.

“It’s like a jazz record. There came one day when someone played you your first Coltrane or Miles Davis record. Slowly you became a jazz fan, and that just made your life better,” Oliver said. “It’s just absolutely wonderful to be that person who opened that door for you.”

And if home brewing is your thing, Fischer suggests making a malty, spiced beer to go with dessert.

“The first thing people have and the last thing people have leave the biggest impressions. That could be a cool way to end a meal, with a malty, spicy beer to serve with a pumpkin pie,” he said.

Mike Mosier of Parker, Colo., a “middle-aged” home brewer, said bringing his own brews to big meals have made him the go-to guy for drinks at family dinners.

“I never have to make another side dish again,” he said grinning.

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

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

★★★★ Pace yourself, and you’ll get through much more than you thought possible. Think in terms of gains and growth. Let opportunity in. Be willing to do something quite different and unusual. Trust yourself. Tonight: Make it OK to focus on details.

★★★ Know when to lay down your arms and back off. Of course this is a symbolic gesture, but a necessary one. Know when a situation is enough or when you have gone overboard. Events will work given time. Lie back. Tonight: Easy does it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ★★★★★ Your creativity can stun people, but it definitely pleases someone you care about.

Evaluate what you want with an eye to where you are heading. Sometimes taking a strong stand might not be comfortable, but it’s necessary. Tonight: Let the imp in you out!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ★★★★ You might have more than enough going on. If you tune in to your sixth sense, ideas will pop up left and right. Know when you have gotten yourself into a problem. Don’t risk your finances. Listen to your instincts. Tonight: Find your friends.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ★★★★ Sometimes even busy you needs to stop. Think in terms of gains and growth. Allow more happiness in and be less judgmental. Dig into a task and be willing to explore thinking that might make you uncomfortable. Tonight: Happy at home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ★★★ Others touch base with you and have much information. Note that the information is woven with bias. Sort through what you are hearing. How you see a developing professional or community matter could differ from many. Tonight: Work late.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) ★★★★ You might want to attempt to tackle a situation in a more dynamic manner. You could be on overload. Know when to stop and regroup — like today. Use your organization skills, but also delegate if need be. Tonight: Easy does it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ★★★★★ Read between the lines. You might need to do some heavy thinking in order to handle a problem. Be careful not to stop dead in your tracks trying to figure out what is happening.

Tonight: Relax your mind.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) ★★★★ Expenses do make a difference. Work with others. The unexpected occurs with a partner or someone you care about. Know when to say “enough.” Work with other views, but know when to say “no.” Know when you’ve had enough. Tonight: Expenses count.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ★★★★★ Take your time dealing with others and/or money matters. Knowing when you have had enough or when you need to reverse courses could be significant. Relate with each person independently. A friend might point to another direction. Tonight: Time with that special person.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ★★★★★ You are full of smiles and get-up-and-go. You make a difference. Listen to your instincts, especially with family and associates. Don’t overreact, if possible. Brainstorm and talk.

Ideas will stem from this process. Tonight: Away we go.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ★★★★ You might want to listen more carefully. Reach out for someone close. You will understand where others are coming from. Notice that a different perspective will help you deal.

Others feel like they can trust you. Tonight: Let others make suggestions. You choose.

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You have a way about you that encourages others to get to know you better. Excitement emanates from your very being, adding to the vitality of your daily life. Romance and creativity soar to unprecedented levels. Allow greater flow in your life. Just as you love to be spontaneous, allow others the same privilege. If you are single, you add much mirth and happiness to different situations. Trust in your abilities. Join in and make what you want happen. Others will respond.

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Stuck on her “Spider-Man” star Tobey Maguire and his fiancee, Jennifer Meyer, are parents of a baby girl, according to magazine reports.

Meyer, a 29-year-old jewelry designer, gave birth Thursday in Los Angeles, Us Weekly and People magazines reported on their Web sites.

‘Spider-man’ star, fiancee bring home a baby girl

Maguire, 31, and Meyer have been together since 2003.

They announced their engagement this year.

Maguire, whose latest “Spider-

Man” installment, “Spider-Man 3,” is due next year, has also starred in such films as “Seabiscuit” and “Wonder Boys.”

Maguire’s publicist did not

Timberlake hungry like wolf Justin Timberlake is working on Duran Duran’s new album, along with superproducer Timbaland, who created recent smash hits for both Timberlake and Nelly Furtado, the British band said.

“We’ve got some good stuff happening,” said lead singer Simon LeBon. “We’ve done three tracks with Timbaland; we’ve collaborated in a writing

and production manner on one of those tracks with Justin Timberlake. We’ve got a lot really hot producers who are hotly interested in working with us at the moment. We are in a very good space.”

Duran Duran, who had its biggest hits in the ‘80s with such songs as “Rio” and “The Reflex,” was in New York last Tuesday to

perform at Cipriani’s at a benefit for the AIDS research organization AmFar. The night also featured an auction, led by Sharon Stone, of luxury items.

The performance was without one of its founding members: Guitarist Andy Taylor left the group late last month.

Bassist Josh Taylor likened the split to a divorce. He said, “There

were many strong differences of feeling within the band for some time now.”

However, he said, Taylor’s departure has been “empowering, quite freeing” for Duran Duran.

“We’ve been playing over the last few weeks around Europe and in the States, and we’re just putting it into the music,” he said.

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Sir Elton no fan of religion Organized religion fuels anti-gay discrimination and other forms of bias, pop star Elton John said.

“I think religion has always tried to turn hatred toward gay people,” John said in the Observer newspaper’s Music Monthly Magazine in an interview published Saturday.

“Religion promotes the hatred

and spite against gays.”

“But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion,” said the singer, who exchanged vows in December in a civil union ceremony with David Furnish. “From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn’t seem to work. It

turns people into really hateful lemmings, and it’s not really compassionate.”

John also criticized religious leaders for failing to do anything about conflicts around the world.

“Why aren’t they having a conclave? Why aren’t they coming together?”

John said those in his own field

have been similarly lax.

“It’s like the peace movement in the ‘60s. Musicians got through to people by getting out there and doing peace concerts, but we don’t seem to do them any more,” he said. “If John Lennon were alive today, he’d be leading it with a vengeance.”

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McQueen still moves fast Bidders looking for a piece of the “King of Cool” shelled out six figures for motorcycles and paid more than $70,000 for one pricey pair of shades in an auction of items that once belonged to actor Steve McQueen.

Cars, trucks, motorcycles and memorabilia from McQueen’s widow Barbara and other collectors were put up for sale by Bonhams and Butterfields at the

Petersen Automotive Museum on Saturday. The entire auction brought in $2.9 million.

A 1937 Crocker “Hemi-head” V-Twin motorcycle brought in $276,500, the biggest price of the day and a world record for a Crocker motorcycle, said auction house spokesman Levi Morgan. A 1934 Indian Sport Scout went for $177,500, and a 1920 Indian Powerplus Daytona

brought in $150,000.

One anonymous bidder paid $70,200 for Persol sunglasses McQueen is believed to have worn as he played a dapper thief in the opening scenes of 1968’s “The Thomas Crown Affair.” A Rolls Royce Silver Shadow from the same movie brought in exactly the same price.

The winning bidders included private collectors in France, Great

Britain and the United States, and the Petersen museum itself bought several items, Morgan said.

McQueen, who died in 1980 at age 50, was known nearly as much for his love of vehicles as for his acting. His most famous movie moments include a mad motorcycle dash in “The Great Escape,” and a car chase through the streets of San Francisco in “Bullitt.”

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Having starred in several TV series and films about samurai, Ken Watanabe understands sacrifice, honor and fierce battles to the death. So playing a Japanese general in a film about the bloody Battle of Iwo Jima would appear to be a seamless transition.

Not so, Watanabe says. His role in Clint Eastwood’s World War II epic “Letters From Iwo Jima,” took lots of preparation and research.

The film, scheduled for release Dec. 9 in Japan and early next year in the United States, is a companion to Eastwood’s current Iwo Jima film, “Flags of Our Father.”

“Letters,” though, is told from the perspective of Japanese soldiers defending the island.

Watanabe, 47, said many Japanese, including the young actors in the film, weren’t aware of the sentiment of the soldiers decades ago. He read books to study the battle, as well as the culture, attitudes and traditional language of that generation.

While Watanabe was well aware of Eastwood’s abilities, he had concerns about an American directing a film from the Japanese vantage point.

“I was worried before shooting,” Watanabe said in an interview with The Associated Press on Waikiki Beach. “We wanted to explain and express the Japanese feeling 60 years ago. He totally understood. We completely had good chemistry.”

Watanabe plays Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi, who loses the battle for control of Iwo Jima.

“Letters from Iwo Jima” is Watanabe’s fourth Hollywood film in the past few years.

Watanabe also starred in “Last Samurai,” “Batman Begins” and “Memoirs of a Geisha.” In 2004, he was featured as one of People Magazine’s 50 most beautiful people.

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person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on Dec. 29, 2006 at 9:15 AM in Dept. No. F located at 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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gun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: EMIL MERGREH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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221 S. BARRINGTON, 202, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOAN MCSWEENEY WEIR, 221 S. BARRINGTON, 202, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049 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/: JOAN MCSWEENEY WEIR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. SS014800 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Petition of KYMBERLY ANN WOHRLE for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner or Attorney: KYMBERLY ANN WOHRLE filed a petition with this court for a decree of changing names as follows: KYMBERLY ANN WOHRLE to KYMBERLY ANN STOCKDALE and KYMBERLY A. WOHRLE to KYMBERLY A. STOCKDALE and KYMBERLY WOHRLE to KYMBERLY STOCKDALE. The court orders that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Notice of Hearing: Date: DECEMBER 14, 2006 Time: 9:00, Dept. A., Room 104 The address of the court is 1725 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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

Date: October 20, 2006 JUDGE TILLMON Judge Pro Tem 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF WILLIAM VALEZUELA Case No. SP006963 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WILLIAM VALEZUELA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Gerry Lee Hal-facre in the Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of LOS ANGELES. THE PETITION FOR PRO-BATE requests that Gerry Lee Halfacre be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administra-tion of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representa-tive to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important ac-tions, however, the personal repre-sentative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested

Attorney for petitioner: ROBERT HALFACRE ESQ 12908 VENICE BLVD LOS ANGELES CA 90066 Santa Monica Daily Press CN764633 VALENZUELA Nov 6,7,13, 2006

T.S.#CR6-1385 TITLE#: 741960-05 Loan: CR6-1385 A.P. Number 4287-018-038 Notice of Trustee's Sale under Deed Of Trust YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED May 25, 2005, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that County Records Research, Trustee Division as Trustee, or Successor Trustee, Or Substituted Trustee pursuant to the Deed Of Trust executed by Lawrence Jirucha Recorded on 06/27/2006 as Instrument No. 05-1504520 in Book Page of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, and pursuant to the Notice Of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded 8/8/2006 in Book , Page , as Instrument No. 06-1754299 of said Official Records, will sell on 12/4/2006 at At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA at 11:20 AM at public auction to the highest bidder for cash (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States), all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed Of Trust in the property situated in said County and State hereinafter described: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust. The property address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 643 Raymond Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90405 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $347,117.15. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier's check drawn on a State or National Bank, a check drawn by a State or Federal Credit Union or a check drawn by a State or Federal Savings and Loan Association, Savings Association or Savings Bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this State. In the event tender other than cash is accepted the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee's Deed until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed, advances thereunder, with interest as provided therein, and the unpaid principal balance of the note secured by said Deed with interest thereon as provided in said note, fees, charges and expenses of the trustee and the trusts created by said Deed Of Trust. Dated: 11/8/2006 County Records Research, as said Trustee Trustee Division 4952 Warner Avenue #105 Huntington Beach, CA, 92649 Trustee’s Sale Line (714) 573-1965 Fax Number (714) 846-8720 Sales Website: www.priorityposting.com Phone number (714) 846-6634 By: Kurt S. De Meire County Records Research, Trustee Div. P263499 11/13, 11/20, 11/27/2006

DBAS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2380401 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LOOX CAR, 4540 HAZELTINE AVE, #1, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91423.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : EMIL MERGREH, 4540 HAZELTINE AVE, #1, SHERMAN OAKS, CA 91423 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet be-

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2250706 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PAVE-IT, 9545 GREENING AVE., WHITTIER, CA, 90605. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : TERRY GUSTAVE LOUIS VAN DYCK, 9545 GREENING AVE., 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/: TERRY VAN DYCK This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/10/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2118153 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ROBERT DURON PHOTOGRAPHY; YOUR PHOTO PROS, 127 PROSPECT AVE., SUITE A, LONG BEACH, CA, 90803. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROBERT DURON, 127 PROSPECT AVE., SUITE A, LONG BEACH, CA, 90803 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/: ROBERT DURON; SHANNON AMBORN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 9/22/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336901 RENEWAL FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as REAL PROPERTY GROUP, 948 20TH STREET, #E, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOSEPH PALAZZOLO, 948 20TH STREET, #E, 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)10/24/2001. /s/: JOSEPH PALAZZOLO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336902 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ROLANDAS CONSTRUCTION, 12258 MONTANA AVE, #1B, LOS ANGELES, CA 90049. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROLANDAS JUODVALKIS, 300 CALIFORNIA AVE, #12A, SM, 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)10/14/2006. /s/: R. JUODVALKIS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336903 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as RESTORATIVE REIKI, HEAL YOUR HOUSE, THE LAST OUTPOST,

HOURS MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00am - 5:00pm

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2307158 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE LAW OFFICE OF ATYRIA S. CLARK, 1158 26TH STREET, #783, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : THE LAW OFFICE OF ATYRIA S. CLARK, P.A., FLORIDA, 1158 26TH STREET, #783, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403 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/: THE LAW OFFICE OF ATYRIA S. CLARK, P.A., OWNER/PRESIDENT, ATYRIA S. CLARK, ESQ. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2307178 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CLEARCOAST, 814 26TH ST., SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DENISE M. BUCZEK DBA CLEARCOAST, 814 26TH 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)10/13/2006. /s/: DENISE M. BUCZEK This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316906 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AP ELITE SERVICES, WWW.SEEKMYNANNY.COM, 1280 S. BARRINGTON AVE, #9, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : PATRICIA MARIE PASSARETTI, 1280 S. BARRINGTON AVE, #9, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025, ANGEL JONES, 1280 S. BARRINGTON AVE, #9, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 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/: PATRICIA M. PASSARETTI, ANGEL JONES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/06. 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 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2309934 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as WAGALICIOUS NATURAL PET FOODS, WAGALICIOUS PET FOODS, WAGALICIOUS, AI #/ON 2894534, 3417 WADE ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : HOFU INC, CALIFORNIA, 3417 WADE ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90066 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/: HOFU, INC., PRESIDENT, LAURA KAISER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2309950 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SALAZAR FAMILY CHILD DAY CARE, 2125 WALGROVE AVE, W. LOS ANGELES, CA 90066. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROSARIO B. SALAZAR, 2125 WALGROVE AVE, W. LOS ANGELES, CA 90066 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)8/16/2005. /s/: ROSARIO B. SALAZAR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2253254 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SEA CLIFF FENCE/INRONWORKS; SEA CLIFF CONSTRUCTION, 12592 DAPHNE DR., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA, 91739. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : PETER JACKSON, 12592 DAPHNE DR., RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA, 91739; CARLOS VASQUEZ, 9211 MCNERNY ST., SOUTH GATE, CA, 90280 This Business is being conducted by, co-partners. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: PETER JACKSON; CARLOS SANCHEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/10/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2250758 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MAGIC CARPET & SUPPLY, 416 S. 5TH AVE., LA PUENTE, CA, 91746. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JOSE GARCIA JIMENEZ, 416 S. 5TH AVE., LA PUENTE, CA, 91746 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: JOSE GARCIA JIMENEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/10/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2247155 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE NATURE CREATION, 500 LAKEWOOD CENTER MALL #2, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : AURELIANO YEPEZ, 14818 ELAINE AVE, NORWALK, CA, 90650 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/: AURELIANO YEPEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/10/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2380403 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 99 BLUE BANANAS; AI #/ON 2813785, 3651 S. BENTLEY AVE, LA, CA 90034. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : STARNET HOME SYSTEMS, INC., (CA), 3651 S. BENTLEY AVE, LA, 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/: STARNET HOME SOLUTIONS, INC., CEO, A. YANNOUKOS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE:

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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).

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ducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MOISES ACOSTA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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titious name or names listed herein.. /s/: KERRY GRIEGO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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of registrant(s) is/are : BENJAMIN TABB, 955 MALTMAN AVE., LA, CA, 90026; JAMIESON TABB, 955 MALTMAN AVE., LA, CA, 90026 This Business is being conducted by, co-partners. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: BENJAMIN TABB; JAMIESON TABB This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2360173 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PRECISION LOCK & KEY, 2206 LINCOLN BLVD., SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : EFRAIN NAVARRO, 4431 10TH AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90043, CESAR NAVARRO, 144 W. KELSO ST., INGLEWOOD, CA 90301 This Business is being conducted by, co-partners. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: EFRAIN NAVARRO, CESAR NAVARRO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/24/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2350062 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LESLIE PODOLSKY DESIGN, 2332 FOX HILLS DR, #301, LOS ANGELES, CA 90064. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LESLIE PODOLSKY, 2332 FOX HILLS DR, #301, LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 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)10/23/2006. /s/: LESLIE PODOLSKY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/23/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2370280 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DANCE THE BASICS, 1262 GRANVILLE AVE, #2, LA, CA 90025.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ETHAN THOMAS SHOLES, 1262 GRANVILLE AVE, #2, LOS ANGELES, CA 90025 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/: ETHAN T. SHOLES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/25/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2380405 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as HEAVENLY FLATBREAD, INC.; HEAVENLY FLATBREAD; AI #/ON 2905075, 1315 CEDAR ST., SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : HEAVENLY FLATBREAD, INC. (CORP CALIFORNIA), 1315 CEDAR ST., SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 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)8/15/2006. /s/: HEAVENLY FLATBREAD, INC., PRESIDENT, JAMES SHEFTEL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2306689 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ALU & BROTHERS, 11029 BACKFORD ST., S. EL MONTE, CA, 91733. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MOISES ACOSTA, 11029 BACKFORD ST., S. EL MONTE, CA, 91733 This Business is being con-

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2380402 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, 3348 W. EL SEGUNDO BLVD, HAWTHORNE, CA 90250. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MICHAEL MARINO, 3348 W. EL SEGUNDO BLVD, HAWTHORNE, CA 90250, GLORIA MARINO, 3348 W. EL SEGUNDO BLVD, HAWTHORNE, CA 90250 This Business is being conducted by, husband and wife. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)12/1/1993. /s/: MICHAEL MARINO, GLORIA MARINO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2287015 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BOUNTIFUL CAREGIVER AGENCY, 18309 FAIRVIEW LANE, TORRANCE, CA, 90504. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : XYRIS ENTERPRISES, INC., CA, 18309 FAIRVIEW LANE, TORRANCE, CA, 90504 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/: XYRIS ENTERPRISES, INC., MUQEET DADABHOY, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/13/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2285037 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CAHVA INVESTMENTS & MANAGEMENT, P.O. BOX 18647, LONG BEACH, CA, 90807. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GUILLERMO HERNANDEZ, 2629 E. JACKSON ST., CARSON, CA, 90810; LETICIA HERNANDEZ, 2629 E. JACKSON ST., CARSON, CA, 90810; GERALDO CARRILLO, 2629 E. JACKSON ST., CARSON, CA, 90810 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/: GUILLERMO HERNANDEZ; LETICIA HERNANDEZ; GERALDO CARRILLO; ALEJANDRA VALDEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/13/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2360153 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PREMIUM PROPERTIES, 16429 SHADOW MOUNTAIN DRIVE, PACIFIC PALISADES, CA 90272. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KAPIL VIR MUNJAL, 723 PALISADES BEACH ROAD, #104, SANTA MONICA, CA 90402 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: KAPIL VIR MUNJAL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/24/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2287046 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TECHS, 7043 N. MUSCATEL AVE., SAN GABRIEL, CA, 91775. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : GLADDYS GARCIA, 7043 N. MUSCATEL AVE., SAN GABRIEL, CA, 91775 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: GLADDYS GARCIA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/13/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2285013 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CHUCKY'S ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, 11737 DOWNEY AVE., DOWNEY, CA, 90240. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JESSE NORZAGARAY, 11737 DOWNEY AVE., DOWNEY, CA, 90240 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/: JESSE NORZAGARAY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/13/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2326711 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PUBLIC MENACE CLOTHING, 1254 E. SWANEE LANE, WEST COVINA, CA, 91790. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : NOEL RODRIGUEZ, 1254 E. SWANEE LANE, WEST COVINA, CA, 91790; CHRISTOPHER M. RODRIGUEZ, 431 E. COVINA BLVD., COVINA, CA, 91722; ANDRES RAMIREZ, 1200 E. SWANEE LN, W. COVINA, CA, 91790; AARON WYNDER, 1254 E. SWANEE LANE, WEST COVINA, CA, 91790 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/: NOEL RODRIGUEZ; CHRIS RODRIGUEZ; ANDRES RAMIREZ; AARON WYNDER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/19/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316401 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ONE STOP MINI MART, 1835 SOUTH MAIN STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90015. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MAURICIO SANCHEZ, 530 SOUTH NORMANDIE AVE. #4, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90020; YESENIA MORELOS, 530 SOUTH NORMANDIE AVE #4, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90020 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/: MAURICIO SANCHEZ; YESENIA MORELOS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316371 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as M.C. VERONICA'S MINI MARKT, 4900 S. VERMONT AVE., LA, CA, 90037. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JORGE OLVERA, 302 E. 52 ST., LA, CA, 90011 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)10/13/2006. /s/: JORGE OLVERA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316375 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as LILI'S REGISTRATION SERVICES, 18981 RADBY ST., R HTS, CA, 91748. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LILIA MUNOZ, 18981 RADBY ST., R. HTS, CA, 91748 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/: LILIA MUNOZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316733 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KUNG PAO KITTY, 6445 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90028. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : WISEMAN PARK LLC, 6445 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90028 This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)11/1/2003. /s/: WISEMAN PARK LLC, PAUL OBERMAN, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316461 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as H.V.A.C.R.X., 641 EL CAMINO DRIVE, LA HABRA, CA, 90631. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : LARRY MADRID, 641 EL CAMINO DRIVE, LA HABRA, CA, 90631 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)10/18/2006. /s/: LARRY MADRID This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316466 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GORDOS 99 CTVS AND UP & MINI MART, 5159 SOUTH WESTERN, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90062. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MARIA CRISTINA OLIVIER, 1434 W. 30TH ST., LA, CA, 90007 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: MARIA OLIVIER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2306576 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FOREVER TAN, 1106-B NORTH CITRUS STREET, COVINA, CA, 91722. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KERRY GRIEGO, 15930 THREE PALMS, HACIENDA HEIGHTS, CA, 91745 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fic-

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2326471 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as THE SWEET SPOT, 2100 E. FIRST STREET, LA, CA,90033. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : RITA NAJJAR, 3923 FLOWER DR., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90037 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)10/15/2006. /s/: RITA NAJJAR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/19/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2380400 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AMD LTD. , 1911 COLBY AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA 90025-5407. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ANDREA JOAN D'ORAZIO, 1911 COLBY AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA 90025-5407 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)5/1/1985. /s/: ANDREA JOAN D'ORAZIO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2316483 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FIESTA FIESTA PARTY SUPPLY & GIFT SHOP, 8656 BEVERLY BLVD. PICO RIVERA, CA, 90660. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : RAUL MARTINEZ, 6038 AZRA ST., BELLGARDENS, CA, 90201; ALICE MARTINEZ, 6038 AZRA ST., BELLGARDENS, CA, 90201 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/: RAUL MARTINEZ; ALICE MARTINEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/18/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2380404 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DAVID LIVINGSTONE CONSULTING, LIFE TRAINING INTERNATIONAL, 1457 12TH STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DAVID F. LIVINGSTONE, 1457 12TH STREET, SANTA MONICA, CA 90405 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: DAVID LIVINGSTONE This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2306857 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TABBMEDIA, 955 MALTMAN AVE., LA, CA, 90026. The full name

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 259695 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ULTIMATE FASHION W.SALE, 11041 SANTA MONICA BLVD., #325, LA, CA 90025. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : AHMAD SALEH QARYOUTI, 11041 SANTA MONICA BLVD., #325, LA, CA 90025 This Business is being conducted by, an individual.

Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)1/1/2003. /s/: AHMAD SALEH QARYOUTI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/24/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2353440 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SOUTHWEST REALTY AND INVESTMENT; AI # / ON 2777350, 1441 E. 60TH ST., LA, CA, 90001. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : OLD AND NEW STYLE, INC., 1441 E. 60TH ST., LA, CA, 90001 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)10/23/2006. /s/: OLD AND NEW STYLE, MARIE LEVEN, SECRETARY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/23/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336773 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ROMEO TEXTILE, 305 E. 9TH STREET #121, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90015. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : HASHANA 5767, INC., 305 E. 9TH STREET #121, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90015 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)10/16/2006. /s/: HASHANA 5767, INC., SIAMAK SEDAGHATI, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2402147 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GLASSES & MORE, 611 W. 7TH ST., L.A., CA, 90017. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : FARSHID JANIELZEDAH, 501 W. OLYMPIC BLVD., #1431, L.A., 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/: FARSHID JANIELZEDAH This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/30/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336318 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as RED LINE TRUCK COM, 2065 W. ORANGE GROVE AV., POMONA, CA, 91768. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : RIGOBERTO LOPEZ ALCANTARA, 2065 W. ORANGE GROVE AV., POMONA, CA, 91768 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/: RIGOBERTO LOPEZ ALCANTARA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006

LOS ANGELES County on 11/01/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

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CA, 91733. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : BETTY LIN, 2852 SAWTELLE BLVD #29, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90064; SESORIA HYE KIM, 414 S. CLOVERDALE AVE. #108, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90036 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/: SESORIA H. KIM; BETTY LIN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/3/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2428765 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as K AND R FAMOUS EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, 3335 ARTESIA BLVD, UNIT 32, TORRANCE, CA, 90504. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KIMBERLY LA TRICE JONES, 3335 ARTESIA BLVD, UNIT 32, TORRANCE, CA, 90504; RICO DONNELL MARTIN, 3335 ARTESIA BLVD, UNIT 32, TORRANCE, CA, 90504 This Business is being conducted by, co-partners.

Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: KIMBERLY L. JONES; RICO D. MARTIN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/1/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2384111 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as NEW VISION INTERNATIONAL TV (KNUV), 10335 GARVEY AVE., EL MONTE, CA, 91733. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : SHARON WU, 15818 HARVEST MOON ST., LA PUENTE, CA, 91744 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)9/1/2000. /s/: SHARON WU This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/06. 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 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2359943 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MONTERY FASHION WHOLESALE, 3150 A. MAXSON RD., EL MONTE, CA, 91732. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : YUSRA ALBADAWI, 2646 SEAMAN AVE., EL MONTE, CA, 91733 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)2/1/2003. /s/: YUSRA ALBADAWI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/24/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336769 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as FANTAZIA; TAIDA; TOP NOVELTY ENTERPRISE; AI #/ON 2842962, 1206 S. MAPLE STREET #700, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90015. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : TOP NOVELTY ENTERPRISE, INC., 1206 S. MAPLE STREET #700, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90015 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)10/16/2006. /s/: TOP NOVELTY ENTERPRISE, INC., DANY SEPARZADEH, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336771 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DREAM BLANKET, 1212 SANTEE STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90015. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MAKIL LIMOUDIM, 1431 S. SHENANDOAH APT #3, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90035 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)10/19/2006. /s/: MAKIL LIMOUDIM This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2379914 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as DIAMOND PLUMBING AND REMODELING, 1501 GERARD DR., DIAMOND BAR, CA, 91765. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : WEN SHENG WU, 1501 GERARD DR., DIAMOND BAR, CA, 91765 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/: WEN SHENG WU This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336782 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CHENICE BEVERLY HILLS PASADENA, 990 S. ARROYO PWY #21, PASADENA, CA, 91105. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MONICA ALARCON, 6311 MONTEREY RD. #314, LA, CA, 90042 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/: MONICA ALARCON This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336770 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ART ENTERPRISES, 205 S. BEVERLY DR. #207, BEVERLY HILLS, CA, 90212. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : AHMAD R. TALEBAN, 928 S. SHERBOURNE DR. #7, LA, CA, 90035 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)10/16/2006. /s/: AHMAD TALEBAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336772 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 99 RENT A CAR; AI #/ON 2843649, 8919 ELLIS AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90034. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CODE 126, INC., 8919 ELLIS AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90034 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)10/16/2006. /s/: CODE 126, INC., BAHRAM SAMOUKHIAN, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2336982 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as A-LIST DRAIN & SEWER COMPANY; A-LIST DRAIN & SEWER CLEANING, 4805 COOLIDGE AVE., CULVER CITY, CA . The full name of registrant(s) is/are : JEFFREY TERUO ONDO, 4805 COOLIDGE AVE, CULVER CITY, CA 90230 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/: JEFFREY ONDO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/20/06. 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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2384307 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TULKU, 903 CENTINELA AVE, SANTA MONICA, CA 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CARLA SUSANA FERNANDEZ REFOJO, 903 CENTINELA AVE, 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)7/13/2006. /s/: CARLA SUSANA FERNANDEZ REFOJO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/26/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2414617 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as C & E LADIES SHOES, 7860 PARAMOUNT BLVD, PICO RIVERA, CA, 90660. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CLARA ALVARADO, 7627 BOLLENBACHER DR., PICO RIVERA, CA, 90660 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: CLARA ALVARADO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/31/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2391609 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as BROS. CORTEZ MEXICAN FOOD, 16100 E. OLD VALLEY BLVD., LA PUENTE, CA, 91744. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ROGELIO CORTEZ, 16109 ABBEY ST., LA PUENTE, CA, 91744 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)10/16/1974. /s/: ROGELIO CORTEZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/27/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2402171 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ASI INTERNATIONAL WHOLESALER, 10411 LONG BEACH BLVD., LYNWOOD, CA, 90262. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : MANUELA C. FLORES ZAVALA, 2459 E. 111TH ST., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90059 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)6/28/2006. /s/: MANUELA CRISTINA ZAVALA This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/30/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2428836 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AR FIRE PROTECTION; AR CLEANING, 1772 WRIGHT ST., POMONA, CA, 91766. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : AUSENCIO REYES, 1772 WRIGHT ST., POMONA, CA, 91766 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)4/10/2001. /s/: AUSENCIO M. REYES This statement was filed with the County Clerk of

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2310242 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ACE MOTEL, 6428 S. BROADWAY ST., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90003. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DINESHKUMAR M. PATEL, 6928 S. BROADWAY ST., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90003; SONIYA DINESHKUMAR PATEL, 6928 S. BROADWAY ST., LOS ANGELES, CA, 90003 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/: DINESH KUMAR M. PATEL; SONIYA DINESHKUMAR PATEL This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/17/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2438366 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as 4THEK WITNESSWEAR, 3154 E. GAGE AVE., HUNTINGTON PARK, CA, 90255. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : RAFAEL BARRIENTOS, 3154 E. GAGE AVE., HUNTINGTON PARK, CA, 90255 This Business is being conducted by, an individual. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: RAFAEL BARRIENTOS This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/2/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2449601 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PANOPTICON PRODUCTIONS, 3715 MIDVALE AVE. APT #4, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90034. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KENNETH K. DODGE, 3715 MIDVALE AVE. APT #4, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90034; ANDRE N. QUERY, 2017 ARGYLE AVE. APT #211, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90068 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/: KEN DODGE; ANDRE QUERY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/3/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2449604 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SOUTH BAY MAGAZINE; AI #/ON: C2600403, 2118 WILSHIRE BLVD. SUITE 590, SANTA MONICA, CA, 90403. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : DISCOVER MAGAZINE PUBLISHING, INC., CALIFORNIA, 20646 PCH, MALIBU, CA, 90265 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/: DISCOVER MAGAZINE PUBLISHING, INC., CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH LENTO, PRESIDENT/CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/3/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2449602 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SPUNKY BUNKY, 9726 KLINGERMAN STREET, SOUTH EL MONTE,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2449605 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JAVID & ASSOCIATES; KHORSHEED; JAVID & JAVID, 1619 BROCKTON AVE. APT #2, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90025. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : FARROKH JAVID, 1619 BROCKTON AVE. APT #2, LOS ANGELES, CA, 90025 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/: FARROKH JAVID This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/3/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2449603 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as CD VINYL, 11 S. VENICE BLVD #102, VENICE, CA, 90291. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : CRAIG CATHCART, 11 S. VENICE BLVD. #102, VENICE, CA, 90291 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/: CRAIG CATHCART This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/3/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2402160 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as JONG JONG LIMO, 4210 VIA ARBOLADA #216, LA, CA, 90042.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : PETER S. PARK, 4210 VIA ARBOLADA #216, LA, CA, 90042 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/: PETER S. PARK This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/30/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2438355 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KEYGROUP WORLDWIDE, 17537 CANDELA DR., ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA, 91748. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : KEYGROUP WORLDWIDE, 17537 CANDELA DR., ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA, 91748 This Business is being conducted by, a limited liability. Signed: Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed herein.. /s/: KEYGROUP WORLDWIDE, JEANNY LIU, C.E.O. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/2/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code). SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2438369 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as KUNVAR INTERNATIONAL; DREAMS COLLECTIONS, 22910 ASPEN KNOLL DR., DIAMOND BAR, CA, 91765. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : ANUP DOSAJ, 22910 ASPEN KNOLL DR., DIAMOND BAR, CA, 91765; SAKSHI DOSAJ, 22910 ASPEN KNOLL DR., DIAMOND BAR, CA, 91765 This Business is being conducted by, husband and wife. Signed: The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed on (Date)2/17/2004. /s/: ANUP DOSNJ; SAKSHI DOSAJ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 11/02/06. 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 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2402159 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as MCT WIRELESS, 301 S. WESTERN AVE., #111, LA, CA, 90020. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : FRANKY JONG PARK, 301 S. WESTERN AVE., #111, LA, CA, 90020 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/: FRANKY J. PARK This statement was filed with the County Clerk of LOS ANGELES County on 10/30/2006. NOTICE: THIS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT EXPIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411et seq.,Business and Professions Code).

SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS to publish 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name Document Record # 06 2438367 Current File No. 03-1137177 State of California, County of Los Angeles The following person(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious Business name: FERNYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WORLD located at 6607 ATLANTIC AVE. #29, BELL, CA, 90201 The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on 04/22/2003 In the county of LOS ANGELES. MARLENE PEREZ, 8866 LINDEL AVE #4, DOWNEY, CA, 90240 This business is conducted by: AN INDIVIDUAL /s/ MARLENE PEREZ This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 11/02/2006. Published: SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/04/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2482667 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Taxi Maxi, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : Vardan Kosyan, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406 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/: Vardan Kosyan 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 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006,

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11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2482665 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as I Need A Caby, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : Vardan Kosyan, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406 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/: Vardan Kosyan 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 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2482668 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Never Take A Taxi, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : Vardan Kosyan, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406 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/: Vardan Kosyan 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 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2482666 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Got Cab?, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406.

The full name of registrant(s) is/are : Vardan Kosyan, 15904 Strathern Str. #25, Van Nuys, CA 91406 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/: Vardan Kosyan 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 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES STATEMENT FILE NO. 06 2415128 FIRST FILING. The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Formosa Bartending Academy, 7156 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046. The full name of registrant(s) is/are : Dominick Villani, 8960 Cynthia Street #205, West Hollywood, CA 90069; William L Wagner, 4664 Los Feliz Blvd #306, Los Angeles, CA 90027 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/: Dominick Villani, William L Wagner 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 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006

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