September 18, 2025

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IN SHOW BUSINESS!

By Dawna Kaufmann

Recently I was asked to participate in a documentary that’s being made about my friend, Cassandra Peterson, who most folks know best as “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark” from TV and films. My observations dealt with her early years and the origins of her comic character, but her career and life are so much bigger than that. Since I don’t know what will be included when they edit, here are the stories I told on camera.

The program should air somewhere early next year, so keep your eyes open.

Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert was my first job in TV variety programming, a 90-minute weekly network series that featured the biggest bands of the era, performing live on tape, plus up-and-coming standup comics. The series had been on since 1973, but I came on board in 1978, for its last couple years. I was the receptionist. One day the

boss told me another person was joining the staff, so I’d have someone I could order around. In comes Cassandra Peterson, an astonishingly beautiful gal, with natural red hair, giant blue eyes, and a body so perfect Michelangelo would have begged to sculpt her. In those days the phone was a call director, with about 20 lines. A call would come in, I’d ask who they wanted to talk to, put them on hold, and tell the party they called to pick up whatever line was flashing. Easy. I told

Cassandra to take over the phones while I did some Xeroxing. I soon saw that she was hanging up on all the callers, unable to put the calls on hold and connect them to whomever. So, I handed her a pile of scripts and said I needed 30 collated copies. She had no idea what I meant. I first learned office work when I was a fetus, so I couldn’t understand why she didn’t know these basic skills. She said she’d been doing other things -- she had been the youngest topless showgirl

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in Las Vegas, the leader of a rock band called Mama’s Boys (she was Mama and the Boys were all hunky gay guys) that traveled across Europe, that she spoke fluent Italian, and was getting some TV roles, so she’d need to be free for auditions. Oh, I thought, I can learn things from you! We bonded over what we found funny, our shared political views and love of animals, and determination to climb up the showbiz ladder. Cassandra soon nailed the phones and copy machine and found other ways to be of use on the show.

Most of our work was in the office, but once a week we’d go to the studio where an enthusiastic audience lined up for the free show. Cassandra and I had to go to the dressing rooms of all the artists to get them to sign our release. We knocked on one door, heard “Come in,” and walked in to find Funkmaster Rick James. He was wearing only leather pants and smoking a joint. “Hello ladies,” he purred, as his pants dropped to the floor. He wasn’t wearing underwear. I said, “We need you to sign this form,” and Cassandra added, “with your hand.” We hightailed it out of there, kinda flattered. A year later he appeared on our program again. Same door knock, same greeting, same leather pants, same “Hello ladies,” and same dropping his trous. We sadly realized the boy’s a Super Freak and Rick must do this to all the women he meets. We just weren’t that special. (In the ‘90s,

Rick served three years in prison for kidnapping and sexually abusing two women while addicted to crack cocaine, so I guess we were lucky. He died of heart failure in 2004, so I guess he wasn’t.)

Our cheapo show did not have a makeup person on staff. The rock stars had their own people to make them look hot, but the comics looked shiny from flop sweat. Cassandra brought in her own makeup kit to powder them down. She did a great job until she got to Arsenio Hall, who is black. Years later, I was a staff writer for Arsenio, and he loved to tell the story of how Cassandra did his makeup. It was, he chuckled, the first time he was ever in “white face.”

One comic was a venal guy who would later star in two successful sitcoms. He was bowled over by Cassandra and kept asking her out. She wisely tried to avoid him, which only made him furious. When he found out that she was auditioning for a TV role she wanted, he called the producer and bad-mouthed her.

That was an ugly lesson about how evil horny guys can be. Thank goodness she never dated him.

Another job she carved out for herself was being the show photographer. She had a nice camera with a long lens and used her full access to take lots of great shots. One day she forgot her camera, so she drove home to get it. With the camera strapped around her neck she heard yelling in her courtyard and looked out the window to see her neighbors fighting. The male

doesn’t have one. ***

After birth how long does it take for eyes to open?

Cows - Immediately

Goats - after two hours

Cats - after six days

Dogs - after 10 days

Humans - after marriage

was stabbing the female, who died at the scene.

He looked up to see Cassandra, staring, with her camera pointed at him. Frozen in shock, she didn’t take pix, but he didn’t know that. It would be days before he was arrested, and those were very tense times.

One taping featured Devo, and the crowd was amped up to the max, dancing and bouncing around.

Cassandra and I stood by one of the cameraman’s elevated chair, next to the grip who held the cables.

Suddenly the grip dropped to the floor and flopped around like a dying fish. I yelled, “Stop the tap-

ing!”, but no one heard me. Cassandra wasted no time. She straddled the guy who was clearly having a seizure and jammed her note pad in his mouth so he wouldn’t swallow his tongue. She saved his life. The next day we told him what happened, and he said he had no memory of it, but if Cassandra was straddling him, all of his dreams have come true.

She later saved my life. I was dating this showbiz attorney whom I wanted to meet my bestie, so he took us to a fancy restaurant. While I smiled moonily, he got up to make a phone call. Cassandra looked at me and said “No!” He talked over me, was dismissive, she said, and---worst of all---he didn’t laugh at my jokes. She was right. I told the waiter to box up his food, and when he came back to the table I told him to take his dinner and leave; we were dunzo. Cassandra and I ordered champagne and split the bill, like besties do. While she saved me from that close call, I was happy to be with her when she first set eyes on Mark Pierson. It was 1981 and we were at the Starwood Club in Hollywood. I couldn’t deny their magnetism -- they looked phenomenal together. They’d go on to marry and have a daughter who shares their best qualities.

Cassandra and I were ambitious and started writing up ideas for TV documentaries we wanted to produce.

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Learning tha Paprika is just crushed red bell peppers got to me. Somehow, I thought there was likely a Paprika tree somewhere. ***

Here’s a thought: people who have multiple personalies should donate one of them to someone who

I’ve reached the stage in my life where I appreciate a really good handrail.

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Today’s household tip: Always keep several “Get Well” cards on the mantel. That way, if unexpcted guests arrive, they will think you’ve been sick and unable to clean.

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If I ever win the lottery I’m going to share it with everyone here. Not the money, I’m just gonna tell everyone I won.

I tried to be normal once. Worst two minutes of my life.

Middle age is just walking around all day and muttering things like:

What was I going to say? Why did I come in here?

Did I already take my medication? How did I get this bruise? Why am I sore? Where did I leave my phone?

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My face in the mirror isn’t wrinkled and drawn, My house isn’t dirty, the cobwebs are gone.

My garden looks lovely, so does my lawn. I think I may never put my glasses back on. Frustration . . . When you have to pee but don’t want to get out of bed but you can’t sleep because you have to pee.

The roundest knight at King Ar-

thur’s round table was Sir Cumference.

*** Am I fat?

Air Force: “No. You’re beautiful.”

Navy: “You could lose a few pounds.”

Army: “Of course not! We don’t body shame.”

Marines: “I know five fat people –and you are four of them.”

I have my very own alarm clock. It’s called a BLADDER and it does not have a snooze alarm.

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In high school I was so excited to become a senior. I’m not so hot on the idea today.

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Late Breaking News! Police were called to a day care where a threeyear-old was resisting a rest.

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Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.

Cassandra Peterson

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One was called New Wave Now and another was Rock ‘n’ Roll Women, and we figured a good way to pitch was if we had a host attached. It was 1980, and we attended the premiere of The Blue Lagoon, starring a then-14-year-old Brooke Shields. We met Brooke and her momager, Teri, and introduced ourselves as TV producers, leaving out the part that we were also receptionists. We explained that we had some TV projects for Brooke to host. Teri liked the ideas, drafted a letter of agreement, and we pitched the shows and got turned down everywhere. (Years later, both shows would get the documentary treatment, but not with us. We were ahead of the curve.) I told the story of pitching Brooke and Teri to Rodney Bingenheimer, then the most famous deejay in the world, who promoted all the punk bands at KROQ-FM.

He said he had a Brooke Shields shrine in his apartment and we had to visit with Brooke and her mom.

So, Cassandra, Brooke, Teri, and I went there. He wasn’t kidding. There were magazine photos of Brooke on every wall, on the ceiling, along the baseboards, inside the cabinets and fridge, including some Teri said she’d never seen before. It was pretty creepy, baby.

Back to the drawing board for our idea factory. What would WE want to see?, I asked Cassandra. Naked people, she replied. So, we wrote up a pitch for The Mr. and Ms. Nude America Beauty Pageant. Ms., because we are feminists. But who’s gonna air that? Well, just starting up was the Playboy Channel, so we had a meeting. The guy wanted to buy it as an annual event, and we were thrilled. But he explained, it has to be only naked women, not men. Certainly not, we said: We’re equal opportunity exploiters! And that was the end of that.

I was working my way up the TV hierarchy in 1980 and was music producer for a weekly late-night CBS series that was supposed to compete with NBC’s Saturday Night Live. I gave a lot of punk and new wave bands their first national TV appearances: The Go-Go’s, Oingo Boingo, X, Ultravox, and others. The showrunners thought they could push smutty comedy in late-night, despite our being on a network, and we had huge censorship issues which got us canceled. I started thinking what if I created a late-night comedy series that looks innocent on the surface, but had a demented underbelly? I could book my bands, bring in the punk ethos, have a group of funny actors, and goofy training films and cartoons. All I’d need is a lead

character -- and Cassandra, who was then a member of the Groundlings Improv Group, suggested Paul Reubens and invited me to a show to meet him. Paul had the character of Pee-wee Herman, with the look, costume, voice, and he’d be in the audience of this 99seat theatre during scene changes, hurling Tootsie Rolls at people. I agreed; he’d be perfect. Paul and I developed The Pee-wee Herman Show musical, which opened in February 1981 on the weekends at midnight, becoming a huge smash. We later moved to the Roxy on the Sunset Strip, and the show ran for a long time, with the final night taped as an HBO special. I called the play a “live TV pilot,” with the goal of doing it as a late-night NBC series for the weeks when SNL was on hiatus. Paul’s main contribution was bringing in other Groundlings as regular characters. I told him we had to include Cassandra, who was the reason we were doing the play in the first place, but he felt she’d steal attention from him. Cassandra found a way to be involved by wearing pigtails and a little girl’s gingham dress and handing out programs. The play and HBO special were the kick-off for Peewee’s success which evolved into a Saturday morning kids’ series, TV specials, and films.

Around that time, 1981, a local TV director pal, Larry Thomas, told me he was creating a character to be the spooky host in and out of commercials for the station’s lousy horror films -- as other cities had done.

He wanted someone campy, corny, and sexy; a combination of Morticia Addams, Groucho Marx, and Mae West. I said, have the ideal person for you, and told him about Cassandra. Auditions were ending that week, he said, so get her in my office. I called Cassandra who was at her family’s home in Colorado and told her to rush back to nail this gig. It would have to wait, she replied. She and Mark were about to get married; she was putting on her wedding dress at that moment. If the job was still there in a week, she’d audition. I told Larry not to choose any of the 500 girls he’d already looked at, including one who had a dentist attach fangs to her teeth. Cassandra came back, auditioned, landed the role of Elvira, had a friend design the dress, wig, make-up, and set -- and TV history was made. They even made a 3-D episode, which got worldwide acclaim.

Elvira’s Movie Macabre weekly shows put Los Angeles’ KHJ Channel 9 on the map in a way they’d never experienced. But despite how much money the station was mak-

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sep 19 1:00 Reporting on the Burrowing Owls of Imperial County Kori Suzuki, Staff Reporter, San Diego’s NPR and PBS Stations. The Imperial Valley has become an unlikely refuge for California’s burrowing owls, which are vanishing across the rest of the state. Now, state wildlife authorities are weighing declaring the tiny birds an endangered species.

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Elks Lodge rummage sale & silent auction September 20th • 8am-3pm

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ing, the head guy, Walt Baker, was a tightwad. After months of great ratings, Cassandra and Mark met with him to ask for a raise, since she was earning very little dough. He refused to budge and, looking at Cassandra, told her, “You’re just a pair of t*ts.” Those were fighting words. Cassandra and Mark bought back their character, took control of their destiny, and left that station for greater things, including their own series, videos, music, two feature films (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark in 1988 and Elvira’s Haunted Hills in 2001, both of which she co-wrote and produced), a sitcom pilot, and mega-merchandising--elvira.com---which is still red-hot. Baker died a few years ago and his obits mentioned he was the guy who put Elvira on the air, then lost her ‘cause he was a cheapskate. So... karma.

When we were coming up, female comics had to do self-deprecating humor to get an audience. Some people underestimated Cassandra’s unique abilities because they couldn’t process that a woman could be sexy, smart, and funny. She showed ‘em, but it wasn’t always easy. In the ‘90s, I was a writer on SNL and kept pitching Cassandra as a host, but Lorne Michaels had that mental block about sexy/funny women. It’s gotten better now, so Lorne, it’s not too late!

Cassandra did a lot of personal appearances, and often I wrote the jokes. My favorite night was when she appeared---in full Elvira garb-

About Town

by lyle e davis

Fort Sam Houston is located in San Antonio, Texas.

It was my home for almost two years while I served as Entertainment Director for Brooke Army Hospital, located on board Fort Sam.

It was a dream assignment. Had I been an officer I would likely have

--at a leather bar. The hard-core gay male audience always had her back and loved her front. Her Elvira dress sleeves are designed to look like they’re in tatters, so she opened with a line about a famous actor who everyone believes is a secret drag queen. Elvira named him and said, “I loaned him my dress last night” as she held up her sleeve “and he ripped the s**t out of it.” It was the single biggest laugh eruption I’ve ever witnessed; it rolled on forever. It may still be going on, for all I know. That alleged closet queen actor is still around and every time I see him, I crack up.

Elvira became The Queen of Halloween and for weeks leading up to that holiday, Cassandra did a live comedy/music/dancing spooktacular revue at Knott’s Berry Farm in Anaheim. A 3,000-seat arena, three shows a night, and every single show sold out for many years. I wrote some of those and it was a blast. I also wrote an animated pilot that was so much fun but didn’t get picked up because the networks thought it was too sexy for kids. Nowadays there are more time slots for edgy humor, so someone should bring that pilot back and make a billion bucks. Cassandra’s birthday is September 17th and she’s now 74 years old and still as attractive as she was the day we met. But Elvira’s gonna last forever, so an animated series is the way to go. After divorcing Mark, Cassandra fell in love with her female trainer and they’ve been together since 2003. Read all about it in her autobiography Yours Cruelly, Elvira.

stayed in the Army as a career, I loved the job so much.

The job?

I would visit the hospital wards and see which patients wanted to go on a picnic, with fishing, boating, hot dogs, hamburgers, rods, reels and bait all provided, plus transport to and from the hospital and a lovely recreation area with a lake, picnic tables, room for games, or just relaxing.

Once I had my patient count I would call the motor pool and order up a bus or two and they would pick up the patients, transport, and return to the hospital.

We had other adventures . . . trips into San Antonio for a play, a concert, a movie . . . all types of adventures for our patients.

In addition to these duties I produced variety shows at the Service Club. We’d have singers, dancers, magicians all coordinated by me . . . who also served as the master of ceremonies.

Dawna Kaufmann spent decades as a TV producer in all forms of comedy-variety programming. She also was a staff writer on Saturday Night Live, MADtv, the Arsenio Hall Show, among others, and furnished jokes for comics from Jay Leno and David Letterman, to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark; Joan Rivers; and Phyllis Diller; as well as politicians and public speakers.

But Dawna wasn’t just about funny stuff. She plunged into writing about true crime, studying forensic science and legal cases, working as a journalist for numerous magazines and newspapers, and investigating some of the biggest criminal and civil trials of our time. Her specialty was celebrity deaths, about which she wrote hundreds of articles. She then partnered with the late famed forensic pathologist and lawyer, Cyril H. Wecht, MD, JD, who had personally performed more than 21,000 autopsies and had supervised, reviewed, or consulted on approximately 40,000 other death cases. Together, Kaufmann and Wecht wrote four books that featured collections of twisty mysteries, including A Question of Murder, From Crime Scene to Courtroom, Final Exams, and The JFK Assassination Dissected.

Dawna also takes special pride that months of research led to her getting an admission from former FBI second-in-command W. Mark Felt Sr. that he was, indeed, the infamous Watergate character known as “Deep Throat,” which was perhaps the greatest journalistic scoop of the 20th Century and earned her

I could always count on Sheba Apo and/or Lee Kapu, two Hawaiian dancers who knew how to “wow!” an audience. At almost every show we had an older woman, a SFC if I remember correctly . . she’d come out and do her magic show. She’d always end her act with the unfurling of an American flag which always drew applause and a few whoops and hollers from the assembled troops.

Besides all of the above I managed a monthly column for the Base newspaper, acted in several plays, and had a weekly radio show on the Base Radio Station, KBAH, as I recall.

I had a wonderful two years serving the US Army and am proud to say that not once during my tenure at Brooke Army Hospital/Fort Sam Houston, was that base or, indeed, the entire nation, invaded or threatened by any hostile forces. I like to think that was because of me.

Brooke Army Hospital was the burn center for the military and the finest doctors and medical staff

encomiums from Vanity Fair magazine, among others.

Dawna Kaufmann has appeared as a guest on numerous network and cable TV news shows, and her print stories have been shown on camera and discussed by panelists. She has given Power-Point lectures to law enforcement and university audiences, and has also hosted her own talk radio programs and appeared on podcasts, both national and local, with her quick quips and solid information. She previously wrote a cover story for The Paper in December 2013, about the murder of Escondido girl, Stephanie Crowe. Her cover story, “Adventures in Show Business,” about her memorable encounter with Bette Davis and Debbie Reynolds ran in The Paper’s September 11th edition.

were assembled to treat troops who had been horribly burned. It took some getting used to, sitting down for a meal while seated across the table from a trooper whose face looked like melted pink plastic . . . but get used to it we did. That hospital and its staff did marvelous work at treating and often restoring facial features to horribly burned patients. I can’t praise them enough.

Fort Sam was a huge base . . . with a separate section devoted to a Medical Training Centger where soldiers were taught how to be medics in the field, in a combat situation ... they had five separate annexes (buildings) that served as hospital facilities and mess halls (restaurants).

I was in AMEDS (Army Medical Services) Detachment . . . a series of barracks that housed a lot of very talented kids . . . usually quite well educated, coming from good

Man About Town

Dawna Kaufmann

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families, all of whom had or were gaining great medical experiences. The campus was more like a college campus than military base. Yes, we had salutes to the officers . . but they were mostly doctors, dentists, etc., and weren’t all that concerned about military protocol. Some of the salutes were rather casual.

Once we completed our shifts we were free to change into civilian clothes and head off-base, usually into the city of San Antonio . . .but there were plenty of interesting activities on board base . . . a complete gym, football fields, basketball courts, theatres, with free base movies, a canteen with tasty food, and a service club with plenty of activities and entertainments.

Some guys complain about their military service . . .not me. I loved every minute of it . . including Basic Training.

I grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and had my share of blizzards, snow drifts, freezing temperatures, so, in January of 1957, I was delighted to

have Uncle Sam fly me from snowbound Omaha to San Francisco, California, and then transported by bus to Fort Ord, California, where I would begin my Basic Training.

Today, Fort Ord is no longer a military base but a huge college campus. Back then it was a beatufiul sight to see . . . lovely, clean barracks, well landscaped grounds, and training staff, mostly Sergeants, Sergeants First Class, or Master Sergeants. They were super instructors and I actually enjoyed Basic Training. I was well fed and well trained. The adjacent cities of Monterey and San Francisco were ideal places for a 3 day pass.

Yes, I had a wonderful experience serving our nation in two ideal military bases . . . and I made the best investment I’ve ever made by serving. I qualify for Veteran’s Administration services . . . which includes medical care. I reckon I have received at least, $1 million in medical treatments, procedures and hospitalizatios . . . always with a medical and support staff that

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Problem solved

by Christopher Elliott

i paid $375 for hockey game tickets i couldn’t use. Why won’t StubHub refund me?

Angelica Niklowitz gets a recurring error when she tries to access the hockey game tickets she buys through StubHub. Can she get a refund for the replacement tickets she has to buy?

Q: I bought San Jose Sharks tickets through StubHub for $375 but couldn’t access them because of a recurring error.

StubHub blamed Ticketmaster, and vice versa. I had to buy last-minute tickets directly from Ticketmaster to avoid missing the game. A representative promised an email with replacement tickets or a refund, but it never arrived.

Despite multiple calls and emails, StubHub refuses to refund me, citing a policy that requires same-day calls. But their team assured me the email would resolve everything! Now I’m out $375 and stuck in endless loops with unhelpful agents who refuse to escalate my case. What can I do?

~ Angelica Niklowitz, San Jose

A: If you couldn’t use your tickets on game day, StubHub should have either helped you get replacement tickets or refunded them.

StubHub’s FanProtect Guarantee promises buyers will receive valid tickets on time “or your money back.” By failing to follow through, StubHub breached its policy -- and potentially consumer protection laws requiring companies to fulfill paid orders.

In reviewing your problem, I can see what went wrong. You tried to access your Sharks tickets well in advance of the game, but received an error message on your app. You let StubHub know about the problem through a message on its app, but no one helped you. Finally, you reached out to StubHub on the day of the game, but still you received no tickets.

You did the right thing documenting every interaction. Always keep emails, screenshots, and notes from calls. Writing is more effective than calling because you generate a paper trail. Although you say you reached out to StubHub on the day of the game, it apparently had no record of the transaction. And the company told you it has a policy of not addressing problems like yours unless you contact it within 24 hours. (This policy isn’t stated in its FanProtect Guarantee.)

But maybe next time, escalate sooner: StubHub’s executives can override rigid policies. I publish the names, numbers and email addresses of the top StubHub execu-

tives on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org.

Eventually, you tried to email one of the executives, but your message bounced back. Having a valid email address where customers can reach you is essential to good customer service. My research team works hard to keep the email addresses up to date, but executives keep changing their addresses to avoid having to deal with unhappy customers. StubHub has so many consumer complaints that it’s currently on our Red List.

I contacted StubHub on your behalf. A spokesperson acknowledged the “breakdown in communication” and admitted you should have received immediate assistance. StubHub issued a full refund plus $187 in credit -- a rare but welcome resolution.

Christopher Elliott is the founder of Elliott Advocacy (https://elliottadvocacy.org), a nonprofit organization that helps consumers solve their problems. Email him at chris@elliott.org or get help by contacting him at https://elliottadvocacy.org/help/

© 2025 Christopher Elliott

Illustration by Dustin Elliott

New Citrus Quarantine in North San Diego County

By Donna Durckel, County of San Diego Communications Office

The California Department of Food and Agriculture declared a new citrus quarantine in northern San Diego County and part of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton September 9th.

State officials declared the quarantine after finding Huanglongbing, a bacterial disease that is fatal to citrus trees, in one citrus tree in a residential neighborhood in the San Clemente area during regular inspections. Huanglongbing (HLB) is also known as citrus greening.

The new quarantine area will be San Diego’s first multi-jurisdictional quarantine. It will span from southern Orange County to northern San Diego County, in the San Onofre and Agra areas, including the northwest part of Camp Pendleton. Existing quarantines in Fallbrook, Oceanside, Rancho Bernardo and Valley Center are ongoing.

This bacterial disease is a major threat to San Diego County’s $144 million annual citrus crop and can impact residential citrus tree owners. HLB causes misshapen, bitter fruit and eventually kills infected trees. No businesses are expected to be affected by the new quarantine, including over growers of commercial citrus, nurseries and markets.

The disease is not harmful to people or animals but is deadly to citrus and could be devastating to the county’s citrus industry. HLB is spread by tiny insects, the Asian citrus psyl-

lid, if they are carrying the bacterium when they feed on citrus trees. Samples from trees on the property where HLB was confirmed—as well as the surrounding area—are undergoing tests for the disease.

“Unfortunately, Huanglongbing is fatal to citrus, so our goal is to prevent this disease from spreading,” said San Diego Agricultural Commissioner Ha Dang. “By working together, we can all protect our food supply, local agriculture, and environment from this devastating disease. Partnering with state and

5th District Supervisor • Jim Desmond san diego’s Parking grab Hurts Everyone

Government always finds new ways to take more from taxpayers, but never a way to save them money. The latest scheme? Parking.

The City of San Diego is rolling out a sweeping overhaul of parking rules that will hit families, businesses, and anyone already struggling with the high cost of living. The plan doubles hourly parking rates, charges for parking on Sundays, adds surge pricing around Petco Park, tacks on credit card fees, and even imposes paid parking at Balboa Park, Mission Bay Park, and the Zoo.

Starting in October, the City will end the longstanding tradition of free Zoo parking, charging families up to $12 a day at Balboa Park. For many North County families, who may only be able to afford one special trip a year to the Zoo or

a Padres game, that trip is about to become a lot more expensive.

Let’s be clear—this isn’t about safety or efficiency. It’s about money. Despite pulling in nearly $2.1 billion in tax revenue last year, San Diego faces a $240 million deficit. Why? Reckless spending and bloated staffing. Instead of reforming government, City Hall is nickel-and-diming residents and visitors alike.

They’re even issuing $1.3 million worth of tickets for cars parked within 20 feet of intersections—even when curbs aren’t marked. If this were truly about safety, the City would paint the curbs red first.

Meanwhile, the Mayor and City Council gave themselves pay raises while services continue to decline. Families are paying more and getting less.

This isn’t just a City of San Diego problem—it’s a countywide issue. When the City makes it more expensive and inconvenient to visit, it discourages families from across North County from going downtown. That means fewer trips to cultural attractions, fewer visits to small businesses, and fewer opportunities for families to enjoy the amenities that should unite us as a region.

Taxpayers deserve accountability. Without real reform—reprioritizing core services, cutting waste, and managing performance—San Diego will continue down a path toward financial crisis.

The tax-spend-hire agenda isn’t sustainable, and it’s hurting working families. It’s time for government to focus on making life more affordable—not more expensive.

San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond, 1600 Pacific Highway, #335, San Diego, CA 92101, United States http://www.supervisorjimdesmond.com/

federal regulatory partners, we are working closely with residents and agricultural operators and ask for everyone’s cooperation with the ongoing regulatory activities.”

The California Department of Food and Agriculture will work with residents in the immediate area to arrange for treatment of citrus trees as a protective measure against the disease.

County officials are also proactively notifying local citrus growers, plant nurseries, and other related businesses. If the disease is detected in additional citrus trees in the quarantine area, CDFA officials will contact properties regarding treatment and removal of the infected trees. Nearby trees will be treated, and regulatory survey efforts will be increased to prevent the spread of the disease in the area.

Infected trees may have areas with mottled yellow leaves, generally seen in asymmetrical patterns and bear small, asymmetrical fruit, which is partially green, bitter, and not fit for sale or eating. The disease destroys the appearance and economic value of the trees and eventually causes their death, typically within a few years.

Inside the quarantine area, the County urges residents to take the following steps:

• Do not move citrus plants, leaves, or foliage into or out of the quarantine area.

Remove all leaves and stems and thoroughly wash backyard citrus before moving from the property where it was grown.

• Dry or double-bag plant clippings prior to disposal.

• Cooperate with agricultural officials who are inspecting trees, taking samples, and treating for the pest.

• If residents no longer wish to care for a citrus tree, consider contacting a tree removal service to discuss options to help ensure trees do not continue to be a host to the pest and disease.

• Only buy citrus trees from reputable local nurseries.

• Report citrus trees that seem to be sick or dying even though they also appear to be well-watered and well-maintained by contacting CDFA’s toll-free Pest Hotline at (800) 491-1899 or visit www. cdfa.ca.gov/plant/acp.

• Visit CaliforniaCitrusThreat.org to learn more about the pest and disease and to see pictures.

For questions, please contact the San Diego Department of Agriculture, Weights and Measures at (760) 752-4700 or visit www.sdcawm.org.

By Tom Morrow

Before the colors fade and my memories become only vague images let me tell you about some of the fascinating world experiences I’ve enjoyed over the past 80-plus years.

This Iowa native has met, worked with, and interviewed some of the 20th century’s most important and interesting people, as well as visiting hundreds of historic sites around the world.

Let me begin with (in no particular order):

sandra day o’Connor

In 1974, I was editor of a suburban daily newspaper in north Phoenix, Arizona. Out of the blue I got a phone call from State Senator Sandra Day O’Connor; who at the time was Arizona’s state Senate Majority Leader. She informed me the state’s Department of Corrections was researching the possibility of building a minimum-security prison in the middle of a quiet north Phoenix family neighborhood, Senator O’Connor wanted to know if I would I be interested in helping her stop such a bizarre plan?

Needless to say, I jumped onto her crusade. I wrote a series of articles and editorials and, despite some luke-warm support from the state’s largest daily newspapers, the plan was scuttled.

Years later when she was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Associate Justice O’Connor replied to a congratulatory telegram I had sent her. In my brief missive I had referred to our brief encounter in Arizona a few years earlier. She wrote: “We had fun, didn’t we?”

Three Homers

The first Major League baseball game I ever saw was a doubleheader played the summer of 1957, in Kansas City between the Detroit Tigers and the Athletics. There were three home runs that day hit by K.C.’s Billy Martin, Detroit’s Al Kaline and Harvey Kiene.

around the World in 80 Years

(With apologies to Jules Verne)

Battle Lagoons of the Pacific

During my service in the U.S. Navy, (1958-62) I was able to see and experience some of the key islands where the thousands of men fought and died during the horrific World War II (1941-45).

In 1959, after completing a series of Naval schools I was assigned to a flight squadron on Guam in the far western Pacific islands of the Mariannas. To get across the ocean I was carried across Pan America’s famed Pacific “Stepping Stones.”

I left the continental United States from Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, California aboard a MATS (Military Air Transport System) headed for Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii. It was at Hickam and nearby Pearl Harbor Naval Station had received the opening salvos of WWII, barely 18 years earlier.

My entire trip to Guam was aboard reciprocal piston-engine planes. It took nearly eight hours to reach the Hawaiin Islands from California. I was transferred to a civilian Pan American Clipper for the flight from Hickam to Agana, Guam via Wake Island. Several hours after leaving Hickam my passenger portal glistened with a spectacular view of the white corral horseshoe shape of Wake floating on the beautiful blue Pacific.

Wake was the closest the Japanese advanced in 1942, to the Continental U.S., during the War. My window view was peaceful compared to the deadly battle that took the lives of hundreds of American Sailors, Marines, and civilian construction workers in 1942. Survivors of the battles of Wake and Midway remained as POWs until the end of the War.

From 1959 to 1962 I landed, was temporarily stationed, or flew over a number of corral atolls including Kwajalein and Midway Islands. In those days the U.S. Navy was tasked with flying over or otherwise checking the welfare on the hundreds of islands of the vast western Pacific’s “United Nations Trust Territory.”

At the time I really didn’t appreciate all the historic sites and stories I witnessed, but the underwater battle graveyard of Truk Lagoon in the Gilbert Islands was an unforgettable sight. From our squadron’s (VW-3) base in Guam, we flew directly over submerged U.S. and Japanese planes, tanks, all sorts of implements of war which today are seemly poised undisturbed at the

My Breakfast with a film Legend

bottom of that watery graveyard left there from WWII battles.

In February 1960, my flight crew delivered an aircraft engine to an Air Force unit based on Iwo Jima. Iwo was one of the bloodiest settings during the waning days of the War. The heavy odor of volcanic sulfur fills the air. From the Japanese words “Iwo Jima” translates in English to “Sulfur Island.”

While us enlisted personnel struggled to unload the huge engine from the cargo hold of our Lockheed WV2 Early Warning plane, our officers were escorted by an Air Force officer for a quick trip to the nearby top of Mount Suribachi where the Marines had planted the U.S. flag for that famous 1945 WWII battle photo.

My first visit to Japan was in the summer of 1960 -- a deployment to NAS Atsugi near Mt Fuji, west of Tokyo. This photo was taken at the Great Buddha in Kamakura. I was told to get a photo of me and the statue because there were no crowds of worshippers around.

Within minutes after a crewmember took the photo of me there were dozens of Japanese gathering around the world’s largest Buddha.

I would imagine everyone at one time another has visions or dreams of having a conversational meal with someone considered great or a genius. Churchill, Eisenhower, or even Einstein – someone like that. My chance came in 1984. I had an invitation to have breakfast with one of the world’s great film makers: Billy Wilder.

I was an executive at the famed Hotel del Coronado and had just staged a 25th anniversary celebration of Wilder’s legendary film “Some Like It Hot,” starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe. I invited everyone for a fabulous weekend of fun. Lemmon, Curtis, and Wilder showed up, along with many of the supporting cast still living. It was a flawless weekend that went off exactly as I had planned it.

Wilder’s film accomplishments are rivaled by no one. His list of screenplays since 1929, included Greta Garbo’s “Ninotchica,” “Hold Back the Dawn,” “Champagne Waltz,” and dozens more. As a writer-director he won Acad-

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My Crew 2’s Lockheed WV-2 plane flying over Mt. Fujiyama in Japan

Standing next to the world’s largest Buddha.

Billy and I share a moment at the Hotel Del.

Fall Prevention Awareness September 22nd - 26th

One in four older adults (65+) fall each year and as we get older, we are more likely to fall. In 2016, over 20,000 older adults were treated and discharged from the Emergency Department and an additional 7,000 were admitted for inpatient care in San Diego alone.

Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related deaths worldwide. California is home to the largest older adult population in the nation, with more than 4.7 million adults over the age of 65.2 In the state, falls cause nearly half (41%) of all injury-related deaths and 70% of injury-related hospitalizations among older adults.

• In San Diego County, there were 323 deaths, 10,884 hospitalizations, and 27,254 emergency room discharges among those over the age of 60 because of falls in 2021.

• In the North County regions, there were 98 deaths, 4,488 hospitalizations, and 19,268 emergency room discharges due to falls in 2021.

Most falls are caused by a combination of risk factors or conditions

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emy Awards and other awards for “Sunset Boulevard,” “Stalag 17,” “The Lost Weekend,” “Double Indemnity,” “The Apartment,” “The Seven Year Itch,” “Witness for the Prosecution,” “The Spirit of St. Louis,” “Sabrina,” “The Front Page,” plus “Some Like it Hot,” to name a few.

On the Sunday morning after an evening of celebration, I received word that Mr. Wilder wanted to have breakfast with me. I had a brief phone conversation with Lemmon, asking if the invitation was real or simply a polite gesture by Wilder.

“My boy, never pass up a chance to sit at the feet of greatness,” was Lemmon’s response.

We met out on the Promenade deck on a bright Sunday morning. Wilder was sitting at a table sipping a cup of coffee and smoking a cigar. I had placed a box of expensive cigars in his suite upon his arrival on Friday evening. That morning I arrived at the same time as Lemmon, who Wilder also had invited.

We had breakfast while Lemmon and I sat listening to Wilder talking on a number of subjects, including being back at the hotel after 25 years. He recalled how difficult Marilyn had been to work with him, Lemmon and Curtis. About how she held up the filming while

that increase the chance that a person may fall. The more risk factors a person has, the greater his or her chances of falling.

Some common risk factors include:

• Age

• History of falls

• Muscle weakness

• Problems with balance and gait

• Poor vision and hearing

• Postural hypotension (when your blood pressure drops when you go from lying down to sitting up, or from sitting to standing)

• Having chronic health conditions including arthritis, stroke, diabetes, Parkinson’s, and dementia

• Presence of home and environmental hazards

• Improper use of assistive devices

• Use of multiple medications

• Dizziness

• Foot neuropathy

• Incontinence

Nearly 90% of older adults want to live in their current homes as long as possible, but for some, a serious injury from a fall may result in an inability to live independently. An older adult who has fallen may require a higher level of care, such as skilled nursing or assisted living. Other consequences of falls include:

• Physical: fractures, bruises, pain,

her two co-stars stood patiently by, in high-heels and drag waiting for their next scene with her. The film has since been heralded the greatest comedy put on film.

He talked about art, which he was one of the world’s great experts. Earlier, Lemmon had told me of a night many years earlier when he accompanied Wilder to a private showing at a Beverly Hills art gallery.

“Billy told me to buy a particular painting. I didn’t like it, but he said it would be a good investment, so, I bought it, paying $1,000. I stuck it in a closet when I got home and forgot it. Some years later, the gallery owner called me, asking if I would consider selling it. I smelled

or discomfort; the development of medical conditions due to prolonged immobility; unsteady walking

• Social: changes to daily routine, loss of social life, decreased quality of life

• Psychological: fear of falling, depression and anxiety, loss of selfesteem, embarrassment, distress

• Financial: medical costs to Medicare, Medicaid, and private or out of pocket payers

The good news is that many falls are preventable, and you can reduce your risk of falling.

This year, the San Diego Fall Prevention Task Force and its partners are hosting a week of outreach events and activities at various locations countywide and online.

Visit www.SanDiegoFallPrevention.org for a complete list of events, locations, and registration details.

If you have questions, please contact HealthierLiving.HHSA@sdcounty. ca.gov or call (858) 495-5500.

how in the hell did Billy know that painting would be such a good investment?” Lemmon reckoned it was pure genius.

The man who escaped the Nazis in 1933, coming to America knowing less than 100 words of English indeed was truly a genius of canvas and film.

The money raised during that Saturday night banquet in the hotel’s ballroom went to the San Diego State University’s new film editing facility. Years later I received a call from a university official to ask if I would get in touch with Wilder, inviting him to come to the editing facility’s opening. I still had his home phone number. After dialing the number, a heavy German accent answered. When I identified myself, asking if he remembered me, the reply was: “Of course, Tom. Say, do you have any more of those great cigars?” He might not have remembered my face, but he remembered my taste in good cigars.

Wilder’s humor stays alive on his grave stone.

a profit. Painfully telling the gallery owner how hard I would find in parting with the painting, he offered me $10.000. I continued to lament the thought of parting it with, but told him I would do so.”

Lemmon shook his head. “Now

Billy Wilder died of pneumonia on March 27, 2002, at the age of 95. Taking his sense of humor to the grave, the epitaph on his tombstone is the final line from “Some Like It Hot.” The stone is engraved: “Billy Wilder, I’m a writer, but then nobody’s perfect.”

He was the nearest thing to perfection.

A scene from Wilder’s classic “Some Like it Hot.

Billy Wilder died of pneumonia on March 27, 2002, at the age of 95.

by Jim Ellis Escondido Coin & Loan

Spoofing

1. A deceptive practice where an individual or program disguises their identity to appear as a trusted or legitimate source, with the intent to gain unauthorized access, steal data, spread malware, or commit fraud.

2. Spoofing also extends to other domains. In financial markets, spoofing refers to a form of market manipulation where traders place large, fake orders to create a false impression of supply or demand, thereby influencing asset prices.

it is a form of market manipulation

Spoofing is a way to manipulate market participants. It occurs when a trader places a bid or offer, with the intent to cancel them right before execution, thereby creating an untrue picture of actual demand for or supply, ultimately resulting in artificial prices.

Congress had specifically outlawed spoofing in the futures and derivatives markets in 2010 following the financial crisis. The practice is also illegal in other countries like Germany and the United Kingdom.

manipulation and suppression in america

In 2023, JP Morgan was fined $920 million for precious metals market manipulation.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, two former precious metals traders at JPMorgan Chase & Co. were sentenced in 2023 for engaging in fraud, attempted price manipulation, and spoofing as part of a market manipulation scheme. This scheme spanned over eight years, approximately between May 2008 and August 2016. They were involved in tens of thousands of unlawful trading sequences, which resulted in over $10 million in losses to market participants.

According to court documents, Smith and Nowak, along with other traders on the JPMorgan precious metals desk, engaged in a widespread spoofing, market ma-

Spoofing! Silver Market Manipulation

nipulation, and fraud scheme.

Smith was an executive director and trader on JPMorgan’s precious metals desk in New York.

Nowak was a managing director and ran JPMorgan’s global precious metals desk. As part of Smith and Nowak’s market manipulation scheme, they placed orders for precious metals futures contracts that they intended to cancel before execution, for the express purpose of driving prices on orders they intended to execute on the opposite side of the market. Smith and Nowak engaged in deceptive trading sequences for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium futures contracts traded through the New York Mercantile Exchange Inc. (NYMEX) and Commodity Exchange Inc. (COMEX). These deceptive orders were intended to inject false and misleading information about the genuine supply and demand for precious metals futures contracts into the markets.

https://www.justice.gov/archives/ opa/pr/former-jp-morgan-precious-metals-traders-sentencedprison

manipulation in Europe

Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority looked at benchmarking processes such as gold and silver price fixing at individual banks.

At least nine financial firms, including Deutsche Bank and Barclays, have been fined more than $6 billion for manipulating the London interbank offered rate, and related benchmarks. Twelve people are facing prosecution in U.K. investigations. Regulators and prosecutors across three continents are also looking into possible manipulation of the foreign-exchange market in a probe that has seen more than 30 traders fired, suspended or put on leave.

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority visited member banks involved in the gold fixing in 2014 as part of its review of gold benchmarks. It fined Barclays 26 million pounds ($44 million) because one of its traders sought to influence the price-setting process in 2012.

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/markets/silver-gold-price-

fixing-benchmark/2014/06/19/ id/577972/

This is just the tip of the iceberg, a drop in the bucket; and these are just the ones who got caught.

If that’s not enough, it has been going on for decades! Why are they doing this? What are they afraid of? Who ultimately benefits from this? Not you, not me! And what would the price of silver really be if allowed a real price discovery based on the free market. Supply and Demand!

In the last article I ended with this sentiment.

[Even though this kind of setup could very well create an environment for market manipulation and silver price suppression, this wouldn’t happen, because we all know that Financial Institutions have the “highest standards of integrity”, and that Mankind, ultimately, is “inherently good”.]

I guess I was wrong!

(As of the writing of this article, 9/12, the price of silver is $42.00. It is up 23% in the last 6 months and up 30% in one year!)

GOT SILVER!?!

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Pastor says . . . When The game is over

It was my privilege to attend a Padres baseball game recently. It was not the most sensational game, as the Padres lost to the Baltimore Orioles. Still, the entire experience brought into focus many valuable lessons about living and playing the game of life. In many ways, that is what all people are doing, just playing in the game of life, trying to win. I’d like to share my observations and experiences from attending the Padres game.

The first experience was finding a parking place near the stadium. If you didn’t want to pay fifty dollars to park your car, you could walk at least a half mile, and if luck were on your side, you might find a place to park. In my experience, there was a place quite close to the stadium, so it was natural to thank God for this miraculous provision. Mixing religion and faith with the ball game might seem preposterous. Still, people often attribute God to all fortuitous experiences, such as winning the lottery, rising stock prices, and even a prosperous garden growing season. We do it when our children are healthy and successful. It was natural for me to think of that place with the parking. It was as if God made it possible. Then there was the game itself. Thousands of people in the stadium had expectations of their nine heroic players, cheering every time there was a good play and a low murmur when someone struck out. The crowd was encouraged to give the players a boost of energy by shouting an appropriate refrain. It reminded me of churches that play praise music loudly, as if it would inspire God to be there with His blessing. Sometimes, the repetition is so overwhelming that it feels like there’s nothing else to sing. It was a good crowd, and everyone seemed cordial and involved, much like the average church filled with spectators waiting for an inspiring sermon by the lead player (the Pastor) and his support team of ushers, singers, and others that make up the team. The crowd will support the team as long as they play a decent game, but too many bad games will cost them boos and reduce attendance.

San Diego Humane Society is supporting families and their pets who need a little extra help.

Through the Community Pet Pantry, anyone can visit our campuses to pick up a bag of dog or cat food, and other supplies, as available.

No appointment is needed for this service. Hours are Tuesday-Sunday from 10am to 6pm.

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All of this was played out with the ejection of pitchers and swinging batters. As the game progressed, I noticed a pall of disappointment when it was obvious the Padres were not going to win. Of course, like all athletic experiences, most people who attend them are not on the field but in the stands

Link is pet of the Week at Rancho Coastal Humane Society. He’s a 6-1/2-yearold, 79-pound, male, Labrador Retriever mix.

Link was a puppy when he was transferred to Rancho Coastal Humane Society. through Friends of County Animal Shelters (FOCAS). He was adopted and spent 6 years in his home. Now his family says they don’t have time for him, so they brought Link back to find a family that can give him the time and attention he deserves. He’s a big dog with an even bigger heart.

His $145 adoption fee includes medical exam, neuter, vaccinations, microchip, and a one-year license if her new home is in the jurisdiction of San Diego Humane Society. Visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society in Encinitas or log on to www.SDpets.org. Open 11 to 4 every day but Tuesday.

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Pet of the Week

Juno

Meet Juno! This handsome boy has had a few twists and turns in his journey, but he’s ready to find his loving home. Juno takes a bit of time to warm up to new faces, but once he gets to know you, he blossoms into a friendly and energetic pup. He can be sensitive about handling around his neck and face, so he’ll thrive with adopters who understand his boundaries and can read his body language to keep him comfortable. In return, he offers loyal and loving companionship once he feels safe and respected. With a patient, gentle family, Juno has all the potential to settle in and shine! Juno (247001) is available for adoption at San Diego Humane Society’s Escondido Campus at 3500 Burnet Drive. If you have questions about the adoption process, you can visit sdhumane.org/adopt or call 619-299-7012.

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Today’s Internet, the IW (Intelligent Web), was born in late 2001 and marked the beginning of a technological revolution that promised to shape mankind’s future. Nearly a quarter century has passed since 2001 and today the WWW (World Wide Web) consists of 100 million “server computers” (mainframe and mini). There are 20 billion access devices like PCs, smart phones, digital assistants, smart watches and dozens of others in use today. With 8 billion humans on Earth, that comes to 2.5 devices per person. Nome and I counted the number of non-business IW connection devices we own. Our two notebook PCs, two smart phones, two digital assistants and three smart TVs for a total of nine is probably average for an American couple.

“The only way we’re going to end pet overpopulation is through more adoptions.”

When a conference speaker made this statement, a few people nodded, but most of us just tried not to laugh. One guy even yelled, “Keep on dreamin.”

Shelters and rescues are the front line in the battle against pet overpopulation. We see puppies and kittens abandoned in boxes. We meet families with new babies every few months because they refuse to spay or neuter. Others

How to “Stay in the Game” ~ Part I

For the last quarter century Americans and most of the free World’s citizens, have had instant access to the ever growing sum of human knowledge via the IW. In addition to providing storage and access to information, the IW’s integrated AI (artificial intelligence) can process the massive stored data base to provide answers to questions and solutions to problems. With a knowledge base infinitely greater than that of any human and an AI potentially free of human frailties like preconceived notions and hidden biases, the IW has begun to challenge mankind’s 300,000 year reign as the dominant intelligence on Earth. Born less than a quarter century ago, like a precocious child the IW continues to grow in knowledge and cognitive power every day. As the IW continues to grow and a improve will it remain subservient to us or will our own invention turn on us and become an existential threat? The possibility that our own creation might become a “Frankenstein” threatening our very existence has become a hotly debated topic in scholarly circles, dorms and bars across the land. We’ll join this debate in the future, but the subject of today’s column is more immediate.

“How to stay in the game” is targeted at Americans over 45 years old AKA DIs or digital immigrants. They grew to adulthood free from the influence of the IW. “The Game” is the AI enhanced IW and “staying in” means understanding what the IW is and how we use it. In today’s

column we ignore the 30 years old and younger DNs (digital natives) who spent their formative years submerged in the IW. We also ignore the “tweeners” (31 to 44) age group because they are an uncomfortable mish-mash of DIs and DNs.

Even most DIs who use the IW extensively have little thought about the IW’s impact on present and future generations. DIs fully developed their internal adult cognitive resources in the years prior to the entrance of the IW. DI’s rely on internal cognitive resources to process data and create answers and solutions. Only when a problem requires information unavailable within their internal resources do they seek information from external sources. DIs may seek information from the IW and accept AI generated answers but they

recognize the information source as “external” and subject to critical review by internal cognitive resources. By contrast, the DNs have internalized the data and AI of the IW as a component of their internal cognitive resources. Constant exposure to the IW stunted the development of their internal cognition and led to the adoption of the IW as a trusted component of their internal cognitive process.

DNs acceptance of AI as a component of internal cognition contrasts with the DIs view of AI as an external resource. That is the essence of the difference between DIs and DNs. We DIs will exit the planet long before this century ends and leave Earth to the DNs. So what are we DIs going to do until our time runs out? Tune in next week for “How to stay in the game” part II.

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want to get rid of pets because they’re “Old and not much fun anymore.” These are the problems!

Merritt and Beth Clifton produce Animals24-7.org. Look it up. It’s free and safe.

When somebody asked me, “Can’t you end overpopulations by doing more adoptions?” I remembered an article that Merritt published eight years ago.

It was an interview with Dr Jeff Young from the TV show “Dr. Jeff – Rocky Mountain Vet.” Dr. Jeff said that his number one goal, after more than 33 years of practice, is to reduce the population of unwanted dogs and cats around the world.

He said there’s been a reduction in dog and cat overpopulation. But each year (this is from 2017) as many as 300 million dogs and as many cats are killed worldwide.

Dr. Jeff thought that most veterinarians see pet overpopulation as an issue they need to address. But many mainstream private vets are likely to practice more advanced, more expensive (specialize) medicine to a smaller number of owners.

“Humane organizations have done a lot of great marketing to make so much out of so little. Many get rich while pretending they generally care about the plight of companion animals, while demonstrating genuine care of fewer and fewer. I am here to ask you, the public, to demand that humane organizations start making a real difference.”

“First, you must understand that you cannot, and I repeat, cannot adopt, warehouse or rescue your way out of overpopulation!”

Thanks to Jeff Young, DVM, for telling the truth the way it needs to be told.

And thank you to Merritt and Beth Clifton and Animals24-7. org for never being afraid to ask tough questions.

We all believe that pet overpopulation is a problem, but most of us don’t know which questions to ask, let alone what the answers should be.

is a reverse mortgage right for you?

by Laura Strickler

As we near the official beginning of fall, I realize that the summer of 2025 is history now.

I barely realized it was here! Life can be like that, seasons gone in a flash. While summer is full of sun, fun and vacations, fall is more of a nesting season. Preparing for the upcoming holidays, prepping our minds, our homes, our wallets!

That brings me to my area of expertise: home equity and how you can use it to enhance your life. If you have read The Paper in the past, you know that I occasionally write a column for lyle. My focus is educating my neighbors about the uses for a home equity conversion mortgage (HECM) or more commonly known as the Reverse Mortgage Loan Program.

This program has been around for quite a while. I have specialized in Reverse Mortgages since 2003. During that time, the loan program has evolved and become a very safe loan program for homeowners 62 and older. The evolution has even produced a Reverse Mortgage loan program for homeowners as young as 55! AND, there is a Reverse Mortgage Second Mortgage program that provides financial solutions in certain situations.

The main program is the FHA insured Reverse Mortgage (HECM). This loan program is the most common loan used, it has the assurance of FHA insuring it and the guidelines are fairly straightforward. The youngest borrower must be 62, you must live in the home as your primary residence, you must meet a financial assessment, and you must receive counseling from a HUD approved reverse mortgage counseling agency.

The amount of equity you have access to is based on your age, the value of the property and the current interest rate. You can have an existing mortgage on your home, but that mortgage will have to be paid off when your new reverse mortgage goes in to effect.

Many of my clients have used the Reverse Mortgage to “retire”

their existing mortgage, so they can enjoy their retirement without a monthly mortgage payment. The trifecta of a perfect Reverse Mortgage scenario is to pay off an existing mortgage, set up a monthly advance and create a line of credit for future use. I have been able to assist many homeowners accomplish this, and believe me, their retirement was instantly more enjoyable!

The high value of properties created a market for the Jumbo Reverse Mortgage program. There are several different programs that allow a larger segment of older homeowners to enjoy the benefits of the Reverse Mortgage program.

As I mentioned, Jumbo Reverse Mortgage programs allow borrowers as young as 55 to participate. The Jumbo Reverse Mortgage Second program is great for those homeowners who have a small mortgage with a low interest rate who want to keep that in place. The Reverse Mortgage Second allows that first mortgage to stay in place and still give the homeowner access to cash.

These programs have all been developed to allow older homeowners to access the equity they have built over time. Homeowners get to remain in the home they love and use their equity to improve their finances. That means different things to different people. Some need to pay off an existing mortgage, essentially giving themselves a raise every month because they are not sending out a monthly mortgage payment.

Other homeowners want to travel, purchase an RV or a second home closer to children and grandchildren. Still others can establish a line of credit for use in the future, whether that is for in-home healthcare or to avoid selling off assets when the market is low.

I love this program and what it can do to improve people’s lives! I have met some amazing people in my career, many of them are friends now. I get to meet with people and find out how best to help them. And along the way, I get to hear their life stories-there are so many amazing people out there!

Look for an announcement for a Lunch and Learn in October at Charlies! I will have that date in my next column. Until then, please call me if you want to find out how or if any of these programs could help you! There’s no pressure, just information.

Laura Strickler

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Shifts are 9-noon Monday & Friday, and 9-noon and noon-3 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 760-480-0611; info@sscescondido.org, https://escondido-seniorservices.org/volunteer

Chess at Park avenue Community Center Wednesdays & Fridays

Home of Escondido Senior Center, 210 Park Avenue, Escondido, 760-839-4688.

Chess players of all skill levels are welcome every Wednesday AND NOW EVERY FRIDAY in the shuffleboard building from Noon –3 p.m. Friendly games with large boards and pieces provided. No fees or reservations. Follow the signs or ask at the front desk for directions.

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Music Men Always Looking for guys Who Love To sing

Are you a guy, high school age or older, who loves to sing? Have you always wanted to be in a performing group, but thought you weren’t talented enough or didn’t have the musical background? The Music Men Chorus may be able to help... The Music Men Chorus is an a cappella (no accompaniment) chorus that performs 4-part, close-harmony songs arranged Barbershop-style, with ringing chords. We are affiliated with the non-profit Barbershop Harmony Society. The chorus performs at public and private events in North San Diego County.

We have open rehearsals on Tuesday evenings at 7 pm at San Marcos Lutheran Church, 3419 Grand Avenue. Male singers interested in learning more about barbershopstyle singing are always welcome to attend. There are no formal auditions, just a voice check to see which voice part (Tenor, Lead, Bass, or Baritone) best suits you. We encourage visitors to sing with us. Prior musical experience is helpful but not a necessity. We will seat you between 2 veteran singers to help you along. And we can provide you audio learning tracks to help you learn the music.

Currently, we are offering an opportunity for interested male singers to perform with us at Holiday concerts in December if they: A) attend weekly rehearsals on a fairly regular basis from now through December; and B) become proficient at singing our Christmas repertoire (memorize a short list of songs and be able to sing the others with music). This is a great chance to try a cappella singing in the Barbershop style with a

dedicated, fun group of guys!

To hear a sample of our singing, go to our website, musicmenchorus. org, and click on the photo on the homepage, which will take you to a video of the Music Men singing at a competition earlier this year. For more information about the Music Men, contact Bill at (760) 585-6315 or wolszanicky@yahoo.com.

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Pastor Says from page 10

and audience. They are not playing the game, just watching it. Not everyone can be a player or a star or hit home runs.

What about the game of life? Are we sometimes our own team? Do we play to win, but more often than not strike out? Do we go to our place of refuge as losers with few, if any, to cheer for us, just as the Padres did in their loss to the Orioles? The game will soon be over, with possibly no future season. There will be other teams and players in every game of life. A lot of this depends on what one values. If winning that game the other day was the most important thing in life for both the spectators and the team players, then that game is over. Anything we strive for, such as wealth, longevity, lasting relationships, social success, and lasting health, will all be played out on the field of life. The game will be over in due time. Perhaps it would be wise to align ourselves with the model of one who lived in the first century, as he wrote these words: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7. For any of those nine players on the field, the real challenge was not only to win but to keep the faith in playing the game. That would be reward enough.

Pastor Huls

Man About Town from page 5

treat me like royalty.

I’d say that was a pretty good investment of time.

A few years ago I went back to visit Ft. Ord. I visited my old barracks, now abandoned, empty, the grounds no longer finely manicured (by Basic Trainees). Lots of memories here . . . the kids who now attend college on what used to be Ft. Ord have no idea of how many warriors were trained here . . .nor of how many memories still rest quietly “on base.”

I’m very proud of my military service. I know I was of great benefit to the military . . .but I also know the military was of great benefit to me.

Long Live the USA and her military!

Memories of Alaska . . .

Several years ago, before Mary came down with dementia, we journeyed to Alaska for a holiday. Herewith, that account:

It was as though the travel gods, hinky, dinky, and parlez-vous, were all trying to tell us we ought not to have come to Alaska.

Granted, we were coming late in the season (post Labor Day) and most of the major tourist attractions had shut down for the season. Still, off peak season travel has its advantages.

There are less tourists thus less crowds. Off peak rates prevail and if you get lucky with the weather you can have great adventures at substantial savings.

Initially, we weren’t that lucky with the weather. It rained.

MIGHTY MOJO

We arrived at 1:15am, 2:15am California time, and the hotel had lost our reservation. We had our confirmation number but to no avail. They were sold out. No problem. We found lodging at a Days Inn Hotel. Clean rooms, reasonable rates, prompt service. We’ve never had a bad stay at a Days Inn. We’d make do.

The next day we tried to rent a motor home. Our motorhome rental company had closed for the season. No problem. We found another one. Nice folks. Got our motorhome. . .left, stopped to get groceries. No brake pads. Return to motorhome place, got new motorhome, they were chagrined and gave us one days free travel to make up for the inconvenience and the embarrassment of sending a dangerous vehicle out. We accepted.

The road we planned on taking south to the Kenai Peninsula was washed out due to rain and there had been a declaration of emergency. We decided to head north. Good move.

We met family in Wasilla, north of Anchorage; had coffee, chatted, headed for bed in our motorhome. Slept like a rock till 4am then was awakened by a steady downpour of rain. We had plans to drive to Fairbanks today. . .and the weather did not look promising. This trip was not starting off well.

Back to sleep and finally got up at 8am. Headed north.

The weather had broken. Through Denali Park, on to Fairbanks where they were having a record setting heat wave; temperature was 78 degrees. Unheard of in September!

Man About Town from page 13

We take the side trip through Denali park looking for moose and/or grizzly bear. Mary asks me to stop, she sees something. “What is it?”, I ask excitedly.

“Looks like some kind of big white chicken,” she says.

“Kinda like a quail, only bigger. And white.”

“Probably a ptarmigan,” I said. “I don’t stop to look at ptarmigans. I only want to see grizzlies or moose.”

“What’s a ptarmigan?,” she asks.

“Big white bird, kinda like a chicken, white,” I says.

“That’s what it looked like,” she says.

“Ptarmigan,” says I.

first,

i discovered america, Then i discovered The Paper

Ever since I can remember I’ve had the burning desire to discover new places, new adventures. Because of this, I set out to discover a new country . . . and I was successful. I even ventured inland a great many miles where I discovered a place I called Minnesota. “This,” I thought, “would be a great place for Scandinavians.” So I headed back to Norway to recruit settlers. While I was gone, some clown named Columbus claimed he discovered America. Life ain’t fair. Except life also give us The Paper. I read it whenever and wherever I go exploring and only buy from those who advertise in The Paper. It’s a Viking thing.

~ Your friend, Eric the Red

We call home and find that one of our sons close pals, Lorin McCorkindale has been killed in an accident in Fairbanks, Alaska. His first day on the job. He was training to drive a truck and the road gave out from under him, the truck rolled and killed him. Our son Ken is shaken. Mary and I knew the boy.

He was a great kid. Handsome, shy, eager to please. We feel the sense of loss.

We finally see our moose, about 5 miles before we hit Fairbanks. Mary spots it. It’s a female, walking, calm as you please, along the freeway. If Mary had not seen it we would have missed it as I had my eyes on the road. We had traffic behind us so didn’t have time to stop and take a photo.

Trust me. We saw it.

We again call Ken and ask him to contact McCorkindales’ family to

arrest made in Fatal Traffic Collision

On September 13th, at approximately 4:34 a.m., the City of Carlsbad Police Department responded to the 4400 block of Carlsbad Blvd. to investigate a traffic collision involving a vehicle and a bicyclist.

Upon arrival, officers located a bicyclist in the roadway who had succumbed to injuries sustained during the collision. With the assistance of several community members, Carlsbad’s license plate readers (LPRs), and a drone, officers located the driver of the involved vehicle approximately one mile from the scene of the collision.

The driver was identified as 27-yearold Alexander Gendron of Escondido. Gendron was arrested for leaving the scene of a collision resulting in injury or death, DUI causing injury or death and vehicular manslaughter. Gendron will be booked into the Vista Detention Facility.

The identity of the deceased will be released by the San Diego Medical Examiner’s Office at a later date. The cause of the collision remains under investigation, and alcohol is suspected to be a contributing factor.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Matt Bowen, Traffic Accident Investigator, 442339-2282 or matt.bowen@carlsbadca.gov

see if there is anything we can do to help while we are in Fairbanks. We are not anxious to get involved as it is a very sad time; but we would want someone to be there to help us if we were to be in this situation.

We find a campsite next to the Chena River. Rivers in Alaska are not pretty. They are full of fish but not particularly pretty. They are full of silt and have an ugly gray look to them. The silt is caused by the tumbling action that glaciers have on rocks. As the glacier melts it forms tiny rivulets that grow to be creeks and then rivers. As it moves along it gathers up rocks of every size and tumbles them into what is known as “glacier flour”, microscopic particles of rock that blends with the water to give it a grayish cast.

I am amazed that I haven’t grabbed rod and reel and headed for the nearest stream. There are hundreds if not thousands of streams, rivers, lakes and sloughs throughout Alaska, all beckoning the fisherman. Arctic grayling, trout, turbot, pike, salmon. . .all are out there. I don’t have the same drive to fish that I used to. Perhaps its because I’m in the business now and can fish whenever I choose, for free.

Perhaps it’s just that I’m getting older and don’t enjoy roughing it quite as much as I used to.

We had plans to go halibut fishing out of Seward or Homer but, given the terrible weather conditions, we put those plans on hold. Further, it’s $175 per person per day to fish for halibut and you’re out for 8-10 hours in tossing seas. If we catch 200 lbs of halibut, maybe it’s worth it. If we come back with 20 lbs. of halibut it’s been a horrific waste of money and I will probably have gotten seasick as well.

Better I should buy 30lbs at $5 per lb from the fishmarket, freeze it and ship it home. We love halibut but it sells for $10 per lb. in San Diego. That’s the plan. Buy and ship. We won’t even lie about it and say we caught them.

Bad idea. I check on the idea of buying halibut and shipping it home. It was $6 per lb. and would cost $47 to ship it home fresh, more if frozen. Would wind up costing about $9-10 per lb., which is what I can buy it for in San Diego.

One of the few attractions remaining open is the “El Dorado Gold

Mine Tour”. Fantastic. I’ve been in many entertainment venues in my life but this one ranks near the top.

They take you on a train ride through a working gold mine, give all kinds of interesting information about different types of gold mining, and you wind up with the chance to pan for gold.

We got $16 worth of gold between us (Mary, as usual, got the most. She had $10, I got $6) and it only cost us $40! (It was worth every bit of the $40 - one of the best shows I’ve ever seen and I’ve been in the entertainment business for over 25 years).

We return to Anchorage and stay with a cousin. We turn in the rental motorhome and she takes us to the Portage Glacier.

Impressive. But then everything in Alaska is impressive.

Our flight “outside” leaves at 2am. “Outside” is the term Alaskans use for the lower 48 and Hawaii. We plan on flying to Seattle, spending 2 or 3 days with friends and family there, and then return to San Diego on Saturday.

We wait in the airport from 11pm till 2pm; it’s a 3 hour flight to Seattle and we get very little, if any, sleep. Upon arrival at Seattle I get ready to go rent a car and Mary says. . . “let’s forget the rental car. Let’s just get the next plane for San Diego”.

She did not have to work real hard to persuade me. We are both bone tired. We return home and sleep from 2pm Tuesday till 6:30am Wednesday morning.

It’s good to be home.

lyle e davis

ordEr To sHoW CausE for CHaNgE of NamE 25Cu042425N TO ALL INTERESTED PER-

SONS: Petitioner Farnaz Soltanabadi Shiralipour filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Farnaz Soltanabadi Shiralipour to Proposed name Farrah Farnaz Shiralipour.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING:

Date: October 3, 2025, 8:30 am, in Dept. 25 No hearing will occur on above date. Please see attachment

The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA 92081. A copy of the 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: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated August 13, 2025

/s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court

8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015807

The name of the business: Ultran Marketing, located at 13221 Carriage Rd., Apt 5, Poway, CA 92064. Registrant, Victoria Graciela Tran, 13221 Carriage Rd., Apt 5, Poway, CA 92064. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: 8/18/2025

/s/ Victoria Graciela Tran with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/18/2025

8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015613

The name of the business:

Very Special Events, located at 12182-B Royal Birkdale Row, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92128. Registrant, Nancy R. Walters, 12182-B Royal Birkdale Row, Rancho Bernardo, CA 92128. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: N/A

/s/ Nancy R. Walters with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/14/2025 8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015953

The name of the business: JL’s

Paradise Plumbing LLC, located at 1320 McClelland Street., San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, JL’s Paradise Plumbing LLC, 1320 McClelland Street, San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company.

First day of business: 8/19/2025

/s/ Jimmie Joseph Lujan Jr., CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/20/2025 8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18/2025

ordEr To sHoW CausE for CHaNgE of NamE 25Cu044609N TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Nedda Grady filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Nedda Grady to Proposed name Nedda Ava Grady. 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objections that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING:

Date: October 10, 2025, 8:30 am, in Dept. N-25 No hearing will occur on above date. Please see attachment The address of the court is: 325 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA 92081. A copy of the 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: San Marcos News Reporter, dba, The Paper, 845 W. San Marcos Blvd, San Marcos, Ca. 92078. Dated August 25, 2025 /s/ Brad A. Weinreb, Judge of the Superior Court 8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016146

The name of the business: OK 3D Studio, located at 1596 Berkshire Ct., San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Christopher Yen Ogi, 1596 Berkshire Ct., San Marcos, CA 92069, Kyle Ogi, 1596 Berkshire Ct., San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by Co-Partners.

First day of business: N/A /s/ Yen Ogi with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 8/21/2025 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016425

The name of the business: Landers Electric, located at 31551 Calle De Las Rosas, Bonsall, CA 92003. Registrant, Landers Electrical Contracting Inc., 31551 Calle De Las Rosas, Bonsall, CA 92003. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 1/5/2022

/s/ Stephan Alan Landers, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/27/2025 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016225

The name of the business: Eve’s Garden Decor, located at 1657 Palomar Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Cynthia Lee

LEGALS

Johnson, 1657 Palomar Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: N/A /s/ Cynthia Lee Johnson with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/22/2025 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016603

The name of the business: Used

As New, located at 935 Alta Vista Dr., Unit 1, Vista, CA 92084. Registrant, Allison Danielle Bohm, 935 Alta Vista Dr., Unit 1, Vista, CA 92084. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: 12/2/2024

/s/ Allison Danielle Bohm with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/28/2025 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016655

The name of the business: El Valle Roofing, located at 1824 Christi Dr., Vista, CA 92084. Registrant, Alejandro Sanchez Garcia, 1824 Christi Dr., Vista, CA 92084. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: 7/20/2025 /s/ Alejandro Sanchez Garcia with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/28/2025

9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016519

The name of the business: Vetmed Consulting, located at 1949 Kellogg Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008. Registrant, Bela Denes Dr., 1949 Kellogg Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008, Eva Denesne Balla, 1949 Kellogg Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008. This business is operated by a Married Couple.

First day of business: 8/27/2025

/s/ Bela Denes Dr. with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 8/27/2025

9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016208

The name of the business: LVR Cyber Tech, located at 150 E. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., Spc 83, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Leonardo Velasquez, 150 E. Rancho Santa Fe Rd., Spc 83, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: N/A

/s/ Leonardo Velasquez with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/22/2025 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016457

The name of the business: V&M Tax Services, located at 744 Grand Ave., Suite 101, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Vennica Infante, 722 Rena Dr., Oceanside, CA 92057. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: 7/1/2025 /s/ Vennica Infante with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 8/27/2025 9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016680

The name of the business: AllStar Smog Oceanside Inc., located at 2017 Oceanside Blvd., Ste A, Oceanside, CA 92054. Registrant, All-Star Smog

Oceanside Inc., 2017 Oceanside Blvd., Ste A, Oceanside, CA 92054. This business is operated by an F.A. Corporation.

First day of business: 7/21/2025

/s/ Thomas Dotts, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/29/2025

9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016590

The name of the business: Rea Creatives, Rea-Rachel Ames Photography, Rea Talent, Rea Coaching, located at 3331 Lile Street, Oceanside, CA 92056. Registrant, Rachel Elizabeth Ames, 3331 Lile Street, Oceanside, CA 92056. This business is operated by an Individual. First day of business: 1/2/2007 /s/ Rachel Elizabeth Ames with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/28/2025

9/4, 9/11, 9/18, 9/25/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016935

The name of the business: Sarabia Clean & Haul Solutions, located at 305 W. San Marcos Blvd., Apt 69, San Marcos, CA 92069. Registrant, Erica Sarabia, 305 W. San Marcos Blvd., Apt 69, San Marcos, CA 92069, Ruben Sarabia, 305 W. San Marcos Blvd., Apt 69, San Marcos, CA 92069. This business is operated by a Married Couple. First day of business: 9/4/2025 /s/ Erica Sarabia with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 9/4/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9017051

The name of the business: Allied Financial Network, Voyager Marine Insurance, located at 2736 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106. Registrant, AFN Inc., 2736 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 9/4/1990 /s/ Steven Bonner, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 9/4/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015964

The name of the business: Ritz Cleaners, located at 4645 Frazee Rd., Ste B, Oceanside, CA 92057. Registrant, Yvonne McLaughlin Gomez, 788 Carnation Lane, Fallbrook, CA 92028. This business is operated by an Individual.

First day of business: N/A /s/ Yvonne Gomez with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 8/20/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016861

The name of the business: HValley Tools, located at 929 Poinsettia Ave., Suite 101, Vista, CA 92081. Registrant, American General Tool Group, 929 Poinsettia Ave., Suite 101, Vista, CA 92081. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 9/2/2025 /s/ Altaf Godil, Secretary of Corporation with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 9/3/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016850

The name of the business: The Stu., located at 3439 Royal Rd.,

Vista, CA 92084. Registrant, Liz Ream Inc., 3439 Royal Rd., Vista, CA 92084. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 9/3/2025 /s/ Virginia Elizabeth Anne Ream, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 9/3/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015077

The name of the business: Eversun Beauty & Wellness, located at 1784 La Costa Meadows Drive, Ste 101, San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Itan Franchising Inc., 1784 La Costa MEadows Drive, Ste 101, San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 4/11/2025

/s/ Faraje Kharsa, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/6/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015969

The name of the business: Antone Strategic Insurance Solutions, located at 701 Palomar Airport Rd., Ste 300, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Registrant, The Antone Financial Group Inc., 701 Palomar Airport Rd., Ste 300, Carlsbad, CA 92011. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 7/15/2025 /s/ Gary Antone, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/20/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016752

The name of the business: African Buffalo, located at 1182 High Bluff Ave., San Marcos, CA 92078. Registrant, Jingli Guo, 1182 High Bluff Ave., San Marcos, CA 92078, Xguan Zhang, 1182 High Bluff Ave., San Marcos, CA 92078. This business is operated by a Married Couple.

First day of business: N/A /s/ Jingli Guo with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/ Recorder of San Diego on 9/2/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016189

The name of the business: Curry Express, located at 215 S. El Camino Real, Suite G, Encinitas, CA 92024. Registrant, Curry Express Encinitas LLC, 215 S. El Maino Real, Suite G, Encinitas, CA 92024. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: N/A /s/ Ransit Singh, Manager with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/22/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9016754

The name of the business: Snacky Nails, located at 2000 S. Melrose Dr., Apt 105, Vista, CA 92081. Registrant, Rddi Corp., 2000 S. Melrose Dr., Apt 105, Vista, CA 92081. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: N/A /s/ Dina Kuchmenova, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 9/2/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015004

The name of the business: North County Auto, located at 515 Oceanside Blvd., Oceanside, CA 92054. Registrant, North County Auto, 515 Oceanside Blvd., Oceanside, CA 92054. This business is operated by a Corporation.

First day of business: 8/1/2018 /s/ Abdullah Karimi, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/5/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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The name of the business: The Painting and Wallpaper Collective, located at 527 N. Highway 101, Ste E, Solana Beach, CA 92075. Registrant, The Wallpaper Collective, 527 N. Highway 101, Ste E, Solana Beach, CA 92075. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: N/A /s/ Nir Berkovich, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/21/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9017235

The name of the business: Olive Speech & Language Therapy, located at 549 West Bobier Drive, #205, Vista, CA 92083. Registrant, Olive Speech And Language Therapy PC, 549 West Bobier Drive, #205, Vista, CA 92083. This business is operated by a Corporation. First day of business: 6/12/2024 /s/ Janelle Mills, President with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 89/8/2025 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2/2025

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sTaTEmENT 2025-9015365

The name of the business: The Green Nook Collection, Gaia’s Garden, located at 2319 E. Valley Parkway, Ste A., Escondido, CA 92027. Registrant, K2C Consulting, 2205 Weatherby Ave., Escondido, CA 92027. This business is operated by a Limited Liability Company. First day of business: 7/24/2025 /s/ Christina Adams-Harris, CEO with Jordan Z. Marks, SD County Clerk/Recorder of San Diego on 8/11/2025 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9/2025