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10 COVER Uneasy neighbors: Thorny dispute embroils Meiners Oaks Water District and customer

by Kimberly Rivers

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Volume 46, Issue 5 Advice Goddess___________________ 22 After Dark _______________________ 19 Arts Listings ______________________ 17

NEWS Legislation Check SPARC store reopens after robbery: “We won’t let this stop us” Richard Yao named new president at CSUCI: Appointed after year as interim In Brief

by Kimberly Rivers Eye on the Environment: No “biodegradable” plastic for food waste, please

by David Goldstein

Free Will Astrology ____________ ONLINE Happenings ______________________ 18 Letters ______________________ ONLINE Surf Report ______________________ 22 SPARC Store Reopens | Ojai ACT

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Water-Gate in Meiners Oaks Water district and customer embroiled in legal dispute

Cover: Susan Moll stands at the gate to her property, Ojai Vista Farm, in Meiners Oaks on Jan. 25, 2022. Photo by Kimberly Rivers

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NEWS Legislation Check An update on pending or new legislation that impacts Ventura County and a check on the work of elected and appointed officials representing the people of Ventura County.

INTRODUCED LEGISLATION Irwin’s bill to take on retail thieves

On Jan. 5, 2022, Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) introduced legislation, Assembly Bill 1613, aimed at ensuring suspects charged with retail theft in multiple counties can be charged efficiently for all alleged crimes in a combined case in one of the counties where part of the crime occured.

“Organized retail theft is a per-

sistent and growing concern for our communities. We need more tools to address this increasingly brazen trend and keep our communities safe from those who would prey upon it,” said Bill Ayub, Ventura County Sheriff.

“Assemblymember Irwin’s legislation is a step in the right direction, and I wholeheartedly support her effort.”

Irwin’s office reports that large criminal groups are targeting stores across the state, including Ventura County. During 2020-21 there were 173 instances of organized retail theft in Ventura County, with a total value over $300,000.

Erik Nasarenko, Ventura County District Attorney, said AB-1613 “will enable prosecutors to crack down on roving theft rings who use planning, communication and coordination to victimize multiple targets.”

Limón bill prohibits descrimination in health insurance

Assembly member Jacqui Irwin.

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Signed by Gov. Newsom in October 2021, Senate Bill 280, introduced

by Sen. Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara), requires that any group health insurance policy “issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2022,” is required to cover basic health care services deemed medically necessary, including women’s repro-

by Kimberly Rivers l kimberly@vcreporter.com ductive services, HIV medicines, cancer treatments, obesity care and organ transplants. The bill codifies a federal provision from the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits both discriminatory designs and marketing practices used by large group health insurance companies, and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Penalties include fines of up to $2,500 for the first violation and $5,000 for subsequent violations, up to a maximum of $100,000.

Bennett aims to streamline licensing for breweries, wineries and distilleries

On Jan. 31 Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Ventura) introduced AB 1734, an amendment to the Business and Professions Code that supporters say fixes a redundancy in licensing requirements for retail sales of various alcoholic beverages by streamlining licensing for wineries, breweries and distilleries. The proposed changes would allow multiple license holders, under identical ownership, to sell their beer and wine product together at their locations.

“Many of these types of restrictions are leftover from prohibition and need to be brought into the 21st Century.

If we can play a role in responsibly

reducing regulatory requirements, we should.” said Bennett in a written statement released Monday.

According to the state’s legislative counsel’s summary of the legislation AB1734 would “authorize the holder of a beer manufacturer’s license, winegrower’s license, brandy manufacturer’s license, distilled spirits manufacturer’s license, craft distiller’s license, any rectifier’s license, or any importer’s license, that holds more than one of those licenses for a single premises, to maintain a designated area upon that premises where retail sales authorized under any of those manufacturer’s licenses may occur.”

The bill is pending referral to committee.

Bill to add COVID vaccine to list required for schools

A bill has been introduced in the California Senate that would add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of vaccinations required for attending public schools in the state, effectively removing the current personal exemption loophole for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Senate Bill 871, titled the Keep Schools Open and Safe Act, was introduced by Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), who also authorized the 2015 vaccination mandate legis-

Assembly member Steve Bennett. Photo submitted lation removing the personal belief exemptions from the other required vaccines. Pan is also a pediatrician. If the bill becomes law, it would go into effect Jan. 1, 2023.

Bill lets adult children put elderly dependants on health insurance

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 570, authored by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), which allows dependent parents or step-parents to be added to their adult children’s health coverage in the same way that dependent children can be added to their parents’ health coverage. The coverage option will be available during open enrollment in November 2022, with coverage effective Jan. 1, 2023.

SPARC store reopens after robbery Richard Yao named new president at CSUCI “We won’t let this stop us”

by Kimberly Rivers l kimberly@vcreporter.com

Appointed after year as interim

n Jan. 29 and 30 the community came out to help reopen the Santa Paula Animal Rescue Center (SPARC) Second Chance Store in Ventura following a theft of over $6,000 that took place on Jan. 22.

“This is a community that comes together,” said Roxanne Olmos, store manager. “We all support each other, and we all support the animals.”

The store, located on Main Street in downtown Ventura, helps the nonprofit organization raise funds for the Santa Paula-based rescue center which Olmos said is the first and only no-kill animal shelter in Ventura County. SPARC saves over 1,100 animals every year.

The funds stolen were allocated to pay for food and supplies for over 75 animals currently in the shelter in Santa Paula. A portion of the funds was also slated

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SPARC robber suspect captured on security camera.

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to cover the medical needs of four animals, including Scooby, a dog currently in the ICU for constant monitoring due to grand mal and cluster seizures.

The reopening was a successful kickoff to help replenish the lost funds. The investigation into the robbery is ongoing and SPARC has a photograph from a security cam-

Scooby, a one-year-old dog being cared for by SPARC. Photo submitted era of the man who is being sought in connection with the robbery.

“We won’t let this stop us,” said Lance Hunter, director and CEO of SPARC. “The animals need us, and we won’t ever let them down.” www.santapaulaarc.org

n Jan. 26, the California State University Board of Trustees announced that Richard Yao, Ph.D. has been selected as the fourth president of California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI).

“Our university is primed for growth as we continue to increase graduation rates and confer more high-quality degrees that enrich the lives of the residents and the communities throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara counties,” said Yao, who assumes the president position immediately after serving as interim president since January 2021.

He is a licensed clinical psychologist who came to CSUCI from Nevada State College in Henderson, where he was the founding dean of students and the chief student affairs officer. He previously served

Richard Yao. Photo submitted for eight years as a senior lecturer in psychology before his transition into student affairs. He first joined the CSUCI team as vice president Continued on Page 8

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NEWS Eye on the Environment

No “biodegradable” plastic for food waste, please

by David Goldstein

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ome people hate plastic bags.

They do not want to use plastic bags for the new food scrap recycling program, even though residents in parts of the county are required to keep food scraps separate from yard clippings and lumber in curbside organics carts.

The biggest environmental problem with plastic bags is the risk of windblown litter. Bags in this recycling program, however, when weighted down with food, are far less likely to become litter. Nevertheless, after many people expressed dissatisfaction with the use of plastic bags, last week Harrison Industries made an accommodation.

Customers served by Harrison Industries — residents of Ventura, Camarillo, Ojai and Fillmore — may now use securely fastened paper bags as long as bagged food is not so moist it is likely to soak paper, create a hole, and spill food out into the organics cart.

For residents of these same areas, as well as residents of other areas, another change requested by some is acceptance of biodegradable plastics.

On my desk is a package of supposedly biodegradable plastic bags.

A helpful person gave it to me with the hope I would promote degradable plastic bags as a solution for both the “must bag” and the “no bag” areas of the county. Similarly, some people suggested degradable plastic as a solution for diverting from landfills the “to-go” food service items no longer reliably recycled from curbside recycling carts.

Unfortunately, for both local food composting programs, degradable plastic creates more problems than it can solve.

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pings is important for production of quality compost and mulch. Therefore, despite the best intentions of environmentally minded purchasers of plastics made from corn starch instead of petroleum, all plastic collected from organics recycling programs in Ventura County will be painstakingly removed and disposed.

In areas where residents are asked to place food scraps directly into curbside organics carts — Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Moorpark and Santa Paula — plastic bags boost sorting requirements and consequently add cost to the new program. In areas where residents are asked to place food into bags and put the bags into organics carts — Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Camarillo and Fillmore — biodegradable bags, which can be flimsy, pose increased risk of ripping and spillage. If food leaks from bags, excessive food contamination of yard clippings could result in permit violations at local compost facilities handling yard clippings and lumber but not yet permitted to receive the separated food waste.

Brandon Kaysen, the city of Ventura’s recycling manager, was one of the first recycling coordinators to tour new organics processing operations at both the Gold Coast Recycling Center, where bags are removed from mixed loads, and at Agromin’s recycling operation at the Simi Valley Landfill, where food is removed from bags and transferred to Kern County for composting. Kaysen reports that bags are staying intact, despite jabs by co-collected materials. This success at separating food, replicated in a similar sorting operation at Oxnard’s Del Norte Recycling Center, according to Oxnard Environmental Resource Manager Todd Vasquez-Housley, has master’s degree in clinical psychology from Eastern Illinois University, and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara.

Wenda Fong, CSU trustee and chair of the CSUCI search committee, cited his record of “improving access and success for students coming from diverse backgrounds,” adding that “he is an innovative leader whose vision and experience

enabled yard clippings from residents of Oxnard, Ventura, Camarillo, Fillmore and Ojai to be composted locally, at the Limoneria Farm and at an Ormond Beach compost site, both operated by Agromin.

Besides sturdiness, the only other local requirement for bags is from a hauler preferring residents not use bags at all. In areas collected by Athens Services — Thousand Oaks and Santa Paula — residents are encouraged not to bag food scraps, but some customers have insisted on bagging anyway. According to Rondi Guthrie, Athens’ vice president of government affairs, these residents are asked to use only transparent bags. Sorters at a site in Sun Valley remove trash from organics, but if they see that a bag contains food, they will open and empty the bag, she said.

If you live in an area with a bagbased program and hate bags, or if you live in a no-bag area but insist on bagging all your discards, there is another solution. Johnny Johnston, the former Ventura County CEO, checked in with me to ask for a comparison of the new curbside program to backyard composting, which he has been practicing for decades. Home composting is environmentally better than participating in your new curbside program.

The fewer times a truck must stop, the less fuel it consumes and the less pollution it creates. Home composting is also better for refuse rates because the less the truck collects, the lower the costs of the program.

David Goldstein, an Environmental Resource Analyst with the Ventura County Public Works Agency, may be reached at 805-658-4312 or david. goldstein@ventura.org. make him the ideal candidate to lead CSUCI to even greater heights.”

Yao’s annual salary is set at $338,514, plus a $1,000 a month vehicle allowance and a $5,000 monthly housing allowance. Other benefits include a tenured professorship designation in the College of Arts and Sciences. www.csuci.edu

In Brief Moderna COVID vaccine gets full FDA approval On Jan. 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the full approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for those 18 and older.

The vaccine was, until now, being administered under an Emergency Use Authorization.

The vaccine will be marketed under the name Spikevax.

In August of 2021 the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which has since been marketed as Comirnaty for those 16 and older.

Earlier this month, the FDA limited the use of two monoclonal antibody treatments — bamlanivimab and etesevimab (administered together) and REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) — for use only when a patient was exposed or likely infected with a particular variant those treatments target.

League of Women Voters hosts talks with local officials The Ventura County League of Women Voters is hosting a series of conversations with local elected officials including the Ventura County Sheriff, Tax Assessor, District Attorney and more. Upcoming talks include Mark Lunn, the Ventura County Clerk-Registrar (Feb. 2), county treasurer-tax collector Steven Hintz (Feb. 9) and Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks (Feb. 23).

Videos of past talks with Bill Ayub, Ventura County Sheriff; Dan Goodwin, County Tax Assessor and Erik Nasarenko, Ventura County District Attorney are online.

All talks are free and take place online. Register and view recordings at https://my.lwv.org/ california/ventura-county.

Beer garden “family entertainment venue” replacing carousel and arcade The Ventura Port District has signed an agreement with Aarmark Beer Gardens, Inc., resulting in major changes to the 5,736-square-foot site of what has long been the Village Carousel and Arcade at the Ventura Harbor Village.

Aarmark will operate a “family entertainment venue” at the site, which is slated to open in 2023. The new business will include “artisan food, top-rated international beers,” wine and other “entertainment activities,” according to a statement released by the Ventura Port District. Virtual reality activities and arcade games are listed as planned attractions as well as “stadium seating” for sports viewing.

As part of the agreement, the Ventura Port District states it will

spend $725,000 on the building’s facade and other improvements with Aarmark investing another $651,500 in the site.

Aarmark Beer Gardens, Inc., operates venues in Moorpark, Santa Maria, Solvang and Santa Barbara.

Catalytic converter theft suspects caught On Jan. 25, 2022, as a result of a cooperative effort between multiple law enforcement agencies, officers with the Thousand Oaks Police Department arrested two suspects in Thousand Oaks after a high-speed pursuit for allegations related to recent thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles.

Two 19-year-old suspects, Ramiro Juaquin Garci Nunez of Bell Gardens and Anthony Guierrez of Los Angeles, are being held on charges including grand theft, conspiracy to commit a crime and evading an officer.

Garcia Nunez’s bail was set at $50,000 and Gutierrez’s bail was set at $25,000.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department reports a significant increase of catalytic converter thefts within Ventura County over the past year. Catalytic converters are easy to remove quickly from vehicles and can be sold for recycling. The VCSO is asking the public to report any suspicious vehicles or activity that may be related to catalytic converter thefts by contacting Sheriff’s Dispatch at 805-6549511.

County Transportation Commission seeks public help: Community Walk Audit

By Feb. 28, the Ventura County Transportation Commission is asking residents across the county to walk their neighborhoods and identify ways to make them more accessible and walkable.

Children and people of all ages and mobility abilities are encouraged to do a walking audit of their neighborhood.

The information gathered will be used in the update of the commission’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan to improve mobility issues and plan for transportation needs over the next 30 years. The update includes walking, biking, driving, public transit and airports.

After your neighborhood walk, complete a 10-question survey available online and in hard copy in both English and Spanish.

If you finish your survey by Feb. 28 you will be entered in a drawing to receive a $50 bookstore gift card. Receive a paper copy by emailing: KPAoutreach@katherinepadilla. com.

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FEATURE

neighbors

Thorny dispute embroils Meiners Oaks Water District and customer

by Kimberly Rivers kimberly@vcreporter.com

Ojai has a reputation or sort of a blood sport for reporting on your neighbors,” said attorney Lindsay Nielson, then counsel for Meiners Oaks Water District (MOWD), on Jan. 17, 2017, at a public board meeting in Meiners Oaks. (1) Many Ventura County property owners probably nod in understanding. A neighbor trims a beloved tree or builds an ugly fence. Another puts in a vintage trailer and lets someone live there. All are potential code violations, but offenders are only cited if there is a complaint to the county Code Compliance Division. This can lead to neighbor-versus-neighbor conflict, even over simple disputes.

What happens when a neighbor is a government entity, like a water district? Susan Moll was about to find out.

Moll had no idea she would come to feel like a target when she purchased her property and formed Ojai Vista Farm on the outskirts of Ojai in 2016. But after removing a speed bump and speaking out about concerns she 10 —

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had, she found herself slapped with a multi-year lawsuit and was thrust into conflicts over property lines, water rights, easements and even issues over closing the gate to her property.

How did one action snowball into a lawsuit that has collectively cost the parties almost $1 million?

In this case, footing about half the bill are customers of Meiners Oaks Water District (MOWD).

Code enforcement as a weapon?

MOWD is a special district, a type of local government entity that is governed by a board of directors elected by those the district serves — the people of Meiners Oaks. Candidates for the board appear on the regular ballots voters receive for statewide elections. Today, the MOWD Board of Directors includes President Mike Etchart, Vice President Jim Kentosh, and members Christian Oakland, Loni Anderson and Diana Engle.

Moll’s property is just over 10 acres and surrounds three-quarters of the MOWD’s 3.839-acre water tank property, making them very close neighbors. The water district also has an easement on

Before (left) and after photos of the valve replacement work done to Susan Moll's water connection to Meiners Oaks Water District's main water line. Photos are entered as exhibits in the legal case. Photos submitted Moll’s property.

On July 25, 2018, MOWD filed a lawsuit against Moll citing “trespass, nuisance, interference with easement and declaratory relief,” as stated in its original claim.

“I had no choice but to defend myself . . . it has torn my family apart,” said Moll of her counterclaims to the water district’s lawsuit. Her cross-complaint includes trespass, issues related to her ability to secure her property, including closing her gate, and a claim that district employees have harassed and intimidated her and her family.

In Moll’s eyes, the water district used county code enforcement “as a weapon . . . turning neighbors in. They can call in and say things

that aren’t even true, saying I’m doing things I’m not doing. Then I have to prove it. The district has a relationship with the county that I don’t have.”

She was speaking with the Ventura County Reporter on Jan. 20, sitting in an artist studio on her property that had become a depository for hundreds of pages of documents she has obtained through research and Public Records Act requests. The documents include grant deeds, titles, quitclaim deeds, descriptions of easements, water rights and wetlands, land deals and swaps and meeting minutes . . . and that doesn’t include all the court documents.

Moll attended the Jan. 17, 2017

MOWD board meeting to introduce herself as a new neighbor to the water district. She was also seeking a public apology from the board: She alleged that a district employee filed a complaint with Ventura County Code Compliance about an agriculture building on her property, which had nothing to do with the water district.

Ultimately, the county permitted her building (a Tuff Shed).

But Moll said that she attended the meeting to tell the MOWD board members that if there were future issues the water district was concerned about, she hoped they would speak to her about them. She expressed surprise that a water district would report on

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one of its customers.

“Is that their job?” Moll posited five years later, sitting amid a pile of papers in her studio.

Neighbors policing neighbors?

“Ojai is an unusual place . . . it is very environmentally sensitive,” said attorney Nielson, speaking with the Ventura County Reporter on Jan. 28. Nielson, who has been working in real estate law and litigation for 45 years, was general counsel for MOWD for 10 years.

“The county encourages people to report any activity” that could be a code violation “they see on a neighbor’s property.”

When asked how the county encourages that, he said the county “doesn’t have enough staff to look at every property,” and that by keeping complaints anonymous, neighbors can report in secret. He said Ojai Valley residents are particularly zealous in reporting violations — “there must be something in the air.”

When asked whether he had recommended that the water district inform on its neighbors, he said, “No, that is not something the district could do, we’d never do that.”

Another complaint against Moll was filed not by a member of the general public, but by Sean Debley, an inspector with Ventura County Environmental Health, who came onto her property in 2017 when she reported garbage

A photograph created by Larry Frager, a surveyor with Benner and Carpenter, depicting the "red triangle." Photo submitted and debris in the creek exposed by the rain.

County emails, dated June 2017, obtained through a Public Records Act request, confirm that Debley reported Moll had her “property set up for events.” He attached to the emails photos of a barn in construction and links to her Instagram account that he suggested depicted a for-profit event on her property. He also submitted online photos showing her AirBnB listing at the time, which she was fully permitted with the county to host.

Moll had never been cited for issues related to those rentals, and

said she ceased doing short-term rentals in 2018 when the county added additional restrictions.

Moll said the photos Debley submitted in his complaint were all from personal, not-for-profit events: her own birthday party, and two family weddings she hosted. “I held my own 60th birthday party. It was a big midsummer party, I invited everyone,” said Moll.

Following Debley’s report, Moll was fined for violations related to fabric patio covers, an agricultural building, a teepee, a yurt, greywater sinks and an outdoor

Susan Moll at the entrance to her property. Jan. 25, 2022. Photo by Kimberly Rivers

A photograph included as an exhibit in the case of MOWD et al. v Moll, showing an exposed white pipe and old water valve. Photo submitted cooking and barbecue area — all of which are listed as authorized by a zoning clearance issued to Moll in 2018. While the 2018 zoning clearance should have effectively abated those violations, the Ventura County Code Compliance Division has subsequently levied a total of about $350,000 in fines against Moll’s property, which are now impeding her ability to sell it.

An expired permit and a lawsuit In reviewing county documents, Moll discovered that MOWD's conditional use permit (CUP) for the water tank property had expired in 2006. Notably, the Ventura County Code Compliance Division did not levy any fines against MOWD over the 10 years it operated after its CUP had expired.

MOWD submitted an application for a new CUP in 2017. As part of the application approval process, the district had to show its site plan and property lines for the parcel to which the CUP applies. At a special meeting on Jan. 24, 2018, the MOWD board voted to pay survey firm Benner and Carpenter $9,000 to map four corners of the tank property and record the survey at the county.

MOWD’s permit application was first heard Feb. 22, 2018 by the Ventura County Planning Commission. At that meeting, Moll presented information about

a historic reservoir and dump site at the tank property. The permit request was denied, and MOWD appealed the decision to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors.

On June 7, 2018, MOWD recorded with the county a survey for the tank property that includes plots along Moll’s property lines. Moll disputes the accuracy of the survey.

A month later — on July 17, 2018 — the Ventura County Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 to approve MOWD’s CUP. (Supervisor Linda Parks voted no, saying she felt the history of the reservoir and dump needed to be looked into and addressed.) Moll was at that hearing, making the case that the history of the site needed to be examined as it might require cleanup. She also pointed out that the new permit included an “expanded use” of a “utility storage yard” that was not included in the original CUP. On that same day, the MOWD board voted to sue Moll. The vote was taken in closed session, which is allowed. However, neither the vote nor the tally was reported that night or noted in the meeting minutes, both of which are required by the state’s public meeting laws (called the Brown Act). (The final vote tally, a vote of four in favor, with one absent — Mike Krumpschmidt, a board member at the Continued on page 12 February 3, 2022 —

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time who no longer serves on the board — was obtained through a Public Records Act request by the Ventura County Reporter submitted on Dec. 27, 2021.) On July 25, 2018, MOWD filed the lawsuit against Moll.

Questions regarding lotline adjustment But the disputes did not begin when the lawsuit was filed.

According to Moll, trouble between her and MOWD began brewing just before Thanksgiving in 2016.

“I remember because I was making olive-branch chandeliers,” said Moll, smiling as she recalled looking forward to the holiday with friends and family who would be coming to her beautiful new property overlooking the Ventura River. Her plans were to keep up the avocado trees, add beehives and maybe a few grape rows and goats, and operate it as a small farm, Ojai Vista, to generate some income.

She envisioned it as “a place for my family, my grandchildren.

I’ve worked for 40 years for this. I didn’t inherit a bunch of money.”

In November 2016, Moll answered a knock on her door to find Mike Hollebrands, then general manager of MOWD. Hollebrands has since retired from the district, and moved out of state.

“He was official and abrupt, it was a little intimidating,” Moll recalled. “He asked me for my title report.” An email, entered as evidence in the lawsuit, shows that Moll emailed her title report to Hollebrands on Nov. 10, 2016.

His request “kinda made sense because one of their employees had told me the manager was going to ask for a lot-line adjustment,” Moll explained. (She asked that this employee remain anonymous.)

A lot-line adjustment is defined as a boundary adjustment between four or fewer parcels that results in the same or fewer parcels, and in which land is taken from at least one parcel and added to another. This process can be used to combine parcels or to change the shape of parcels.

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litigation process against Moll started by MOWD, Hollebrands confirmed that he asked Moll for a copy of her title report, but stated, “I don’t recall the reason.”

Then, under further questioning, he said that MOWD’s attorney asked him to get the document.

Hollebrands said in his deposition that MOWD might request such a document if there were questions about “property lines . . . if there’s any other easements . . . or to confirm our easement.”

When asked if MOWD wanted a “lot-line adjustment,” Hollebrands responded, “No.” (2) But on March 21, 2017, according to approved meeting minutes, MOWD board member Jim Kentosh reported on a list of options that had been presented to Moll.

That list included language that the water district could proceed with a “condemnation” of a portion of her property and “apply for a lot-line adjustment.”

Hollebrands, now residing in Tennessee, declined to comment for this story, citing the active litigation.

Concerns over a dump site and a valve replacement From November 2016 to January 2017, there was a lot of rain.

The creek on Moll’s property was flowing. That was when she noticed metal cans, plastic and carpeting in the creek and wondered how it all got there. She hired a crew to help clean it out and contacted Ventura County Environmental Health. An inspector opened an investigation and began looking into the history of the area.

Moll was also investigating.

Around that time, she received a call from a neighbor informing her about a reservoir where the MOWD’s water tanks are located.

“She said two boys had died in the reservoir, that upset me,” recalled Moll. She obtained public records from the state confirming that the tank site had been a reservoir, which was initially used by the water district to store surface water, and that a dam had been built under state jurisdiction. The water district reported it was having water-quality issues and wanted to fill in the reservoir and switch to tank storage for its water.

The state ultimately granted

View from Susan Moll's property looking south. One of the Meiners Oaks Water District tanks is visible. Jan. 25, 2022. Photo by Kimberly Rivers

Lindsay Nielson, attorney representing Meiners Oaks Water District, at the Ventura County Board of Supervisors Hearing on July 17, 2018. Screen capture of meeting video permission to fill in the reservoir and, according to state documents, “inorganic debris,” including asphalt, cement, plastic pipes and soil, was used to fill in the reservoir. Ultimately, MOWD installed three water tanks on the site.

Moll found historical references to the area being used as an informal “dump” site. According to the minutes of a MOWD board meeting on Feb. 21, 2017, member Krumpschmidt said that the property had been “used as a dump site . . . for a long time until” it was “decided to be a spot for the existing tank.” Krumpschmidt

later recanted that in a written statement submitted to the Ventura County Board of Supervisors for the MOWD’s July 17, 2018 CUP hearing.

The 2016-2017 winter rains exposed more than garbage and debris in the creek. That January, Moll noticed a white plastic pipe and an old red valve in the dirt.

She passed this information on to MOWD. MOWD claimed that when Moll’s work crew was building pilasters for an entrance gate, they had exposed the pipe and valve that connected to their main water

line, which is in the creek. MOWD told Moll she was responsible for the cost of a “pipe protection” project the district hired Toro Construction to perform.

Eventually, MOWD withdrew the claim that Moll should pay $19,000 for the pipe protection project.

While the project was ongoing, though, Moll took many photographs of the pipe protection work.

The images show crews digging a deep trench under about 20 feet of the main water line in the creek that runs along Moll’s main driveway. A rebar frame was built and concrete poured. The old red valve was replaced with a new one. A major change that Moll noticed and documented with photographs was in the size of the pipe that ran between her meter and the main line.

“They changed it from 6 inches to 1 ½ inches,” said Moll, pointing to two photographs she took during the pipe protection work.

The first, prior to work being done, shows the valve coming off the main line and connecting to a white pipe that goes to her property’s water meter. The second, taken after the valve was replaced, shows a much smaller diameter black pipe coming from the valve and going to Moll’s meter.

During his sworn March 2020 deposition for the MOWD lawsuit, when questioned about the changes to the pipe size, Hollebrands stated that a “6-inch valve was replaced with a 6-inch valve.”

vcreporter.com The red triangle While the reservoir and dump were the issues Moll raised at the July 2018 CUP hearings, the disputes of the lawsuit filed by MOWD against Moll seem to hinge on a small sliver of land which would become known as the “red triangle.”

On Jan. 13, 2017, a survey crew from Benner and Carpenter came to Moll’s property at her request to clarify a line for a deer fence to protect her orchards.

Four days later, on the morning of Jan. 17, the Benner and Carpenter supervising surveyor, Larry Frager, emailed Moll and said there was a miscalculation and his crew would return on Jan. 18.

The MOWD board met the evening of Jan. 17 — the same meeting at which Nielson made the “blood sport” comment, and which Moll attended. At that meeting, Moll noticed a photograph on the screen of Nielson’s laptop he had open in front of her.

“It was taken on my property of the MOWD gates,” she said.

It had a triangle drawn over her main access road in red ink. This was the first time she saw what would come to be called the “red triangle.” But at that moment, she didn’t understand what she was seeing.

According to the approved meeting minutes for that Jan. 17 MOWD meeting, Krumpschmidt asked about the “map-photograph,” indicating that the board members also had the photograph.

Nielson stated that it was to be discussed in “executive session,” referring to the closed-session portion of the meeting.

The next day — on Jan. 18, 2017 — a four-man survey crew from Benner and Carpenter arrived at Moll’s property. Moll said MOWD General Manager Hollebrands was with them. “I was thinking this was crazy. They were supposed to be working for me,” recalled Moll.

The following day, on Jan. 19, Moll received an email from Frager that contained the “red-triangle” photograph. She said it was the exact same photograph she had seen on Nielson’s laptop at the MOWD board meeting two nights before.

“I was stunned, shocked,” Moll said. “I felt like I was really

in a good-ol’-boy network here.

That’s when I just knew . . .

Oh my God, they [MOWD] are doing the lot-line adjustment, without my permission.”

The lawsuit “They want me to stipulate that the ‘red triangle’ is their property, I can’t do that,” said Moll. Based on court documents obtained by the Ventura County Reporter, MOWD filed suit against Moll for “trespass, nuisance, interference with easement and declaratory relief,” as stated in the original suit filed on July 25, 2018.

“We are concerned about security, we brought the suit to certify our land is our land,” said Nielson.

Among myriad conflicts, today three issues are at the crux of the lawsuit, which includes cross complaints filed by Moll.

First, the dispute over property lines, which involves who owns the “red triangle,” and a claim of conflict of interest with the surveyor.

Second, whether Moll is entitled to close a gate at the entrance to her property.

And, finally, Moll’s contention that the district switched the size of her water line connection from 6 inches to 1 ½ inches, which impacts irrigation of agricultural activities on her land.

“She doesn’t believe that she crosses our property when she uses that road,” Nielson said. “We filed a record of survey . . . the county certified it as being accurate and correct. She said it’s wrong, and never had a surveyor say otherwise. She refuses to do that.”

In this case, Hollebrands stated in 2020 during his same sworn deposition that MOWD had not suffered any monetary damages associated with the MOWD’s claims of Moll’s alleged trespass.

Moll points to previously recorded surveys, and has sought an ALTA survey, a sort of “gold standard” survey, from the water district, for them to prove that the area in dispute is theirs. She also objects to a survey being recorded on her parcel without her consent.

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ment relating to their property.

"For a Record of Survey, the Surveyor’s office examines and certifies that the map meets the requirements of Business and Professions Code section 8766 of the Professional Land Surveyor’s Act," said Dan Walsh, Ventura County Surveyor, responding via email to the Ventura County Reporter. That section states the county surveyor need not visit the site "to verify the data shown on the record of survey." The process of recording the survey does not require the county to verify the accuracy but rather, "the map in itself is a record of a professional land surveyor’s survey." The county relies on the professional ability of the surveyor to have completed an accurate survey.

Nielson said the district felt there was no way to proceed without filing legal action.

“We began to realize, she’s not interested in resolving [the issues], it’s just fun to do this.”

When asked about the fact that the district initiated the lawsuit, Nielson said, “We brought the suit to certify that our land is our land.”

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Litigation costs According to Nielson, “Our entire legal budget was $15,000 a year” when the Moll dispute began. “It went up to $60,000. That cost is being shared by everybody who drinks water up there.”

MOWD reports that during fiscal year 2015-16, the district spent just over $14,000 on legal fees and attorneys. In 2017 to 2018 — the period when the district was deciding to file against Moll — that amount jumped to $47,242. The following year, 2018-19, the Moll lawsuit was in full swing and the district paid out $83,062 for legal-related expenses.

The large Ventura River Watershed Adjudication matter would not start until the following year, 2019-20, when the district spent $159,213.

During the latest full fiscal year, 2020-21, MOWD spent $143,013, with $150,000 budgeted for the current (202122) fiscal year.

So far, Moll states she has spent more than $450,000 on attorney fees. The water district has placed a lis pendens, or a formal notice of pending legal action, on her property. This acts as a sort of lien preventing her from selling the property while the litigation is active.

The unclosable gate Since the day Moll moved into her property, up to the date of this article going to press, Moll has been unable to close, let alone lock, a gate at her driveway entrance along Highway 33. She states this is because MOWD has prevented her from doing so.

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vcreporter.com a zoning clearance from the county. Then Hollebrands, in an email obtained by Moll, asked the county to withdraw the clearance, expressing concerns that she would try to obstruct MOWD’s easement access.

“I would never do that . . . I’d signed an agreement they wrote about the gate,” said Moll, clearly exasperated by the twists and turns of the disputes with MOWD. She said the water district presented her with a 10-page agreement about the gate prior to her installing it. She signed it, built the gate, and then MOWD got her permit withdrawn. Moll said she is willing to provide remote gate-opening clickers to the district, and the design allows for it to be opened even if electricity is cut off. Also, as required, the gate contains a Fire Department KnoxBox, allowing engine access in the event of a fire.

Emails demonstrate that the county did as MOWD requested. The county rescinded the previously approved zoning clearance and notified Moll that all easement holders had to agree to the gate.

Nielson said there were some “issues” with the gate Moll built. He said she went ahead with a plan without including the district, as had been agreed upon, so that “halted” the agreement. Nevertheless, he said that throughout the process, the district has “bent over backwards to accommodate her.”

The gate remains open, which Moll says makes her and her property less secure. For example, one morning in 2021, she and her daughter discovered a bloodied man on their living room sofa. They locked themselves in their bathroom and called 911; police came and arrested the man.

Moll was close to tears for much of the interview with the Ventura County Reporter, as her property that she had purchased as her dream home — her own “Shangri La” — is now in escrow. “I’m being forced to sell,” she said. “If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone.”

Nielson, speaking with the Ventura County Reporter on Jan. 28, said the legal action the district began has “gone way beyond anything that it should be,” with too much district time and money being spent on it. Nielson was general counsel for MOWD when the board voted to file action against Moll. He no longer represents MOWD and has served as general counsel for the Ventura River Water District since 1985.

As of press deadline the trial is set for March 7.

1. Approved minutes from the Meiners Oaks Water District Board meeting on Jan. 17, 2017.

2. Mike Hollebrands deposition, MOWD, et al. v. Moll, et al., March 13, 2020. Page 198-199.

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The winning production, onstage through Feb. 13, offers plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, courtesy of playwright Christopher Durang’s sharp-witted writing and a lovable cast directed by the inspired Taylor Kasch.

The play is a cheeky love letter to Anton Chekhov, from the characters’ names and details like the cherry “orchard” in the backyard to the loaded themes of regret, longing and everything tied to family and home.

Make no mistake, though: While Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike abounds with Chekhovian touches, the humor is all Durang. In The New York Times, Frank Rich once noted that Durang is known for his “special knack for wrapping life’s horrors in the primary colors of absurdist comedy.” There is perhaps no better example of this than this Tony Award-winning comedy.

The setting is a family home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and what a set it is. Designed by Kasch and brought to stunning life by Bianca Rice, the set is so realistic — from the towering trompe l’oeil stone walls to the upstairs library — it’s like a character in and of itself. It’s the picture-perfect setting for the players to draw us into the lives of their achingly imperfect characters.

Vanya and Sonia are siblings of a certain age who have never left the family home which their movie-star sister Masha has been bankrolling for years. The morning we meet them is like every other morning . . . until their psychic housekeeper, Cassandra (the hilarious Cynthia Killion), delivers a dire warning of impending doom. That “doom” turns out

to be the grande dame herself; Masha (the gleefully over-the-top Tracey Williams Sutton) arrives with her boy-toy Spike (the delightful James Hamilton James) and announces that she is selling the house. The news unleashes long-held emotions and pushes each character to face truths about themselves and the world.

What follows includes a costume party, a wild turkey, a couple of dwarves and a hint of Maggie Smith. In short, it’s not to be missed.

There are many memorable moments, including outstanding monologues laced with some of Durang’s most powerful writing. Laurie Walters imbues Sonia with a potent mix of innocence, anger and a beautiful glimmer of hope. Peter Schreiner delivers Vanya’s tirade about simpler times with turns of humor and heart-wrenching melancholy. Killion captivates as a highly skilled comedienne. Williams Sutton gives the larger-than-life Masha a wonderful vulnerability.

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In the times we are living in, it is a joy to laugh so unabashedly again. To do so in such wonderful company is a gift.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike through Feb. 13 at the Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. For more information, call 805-640-8797 or visit www.ojaiartcenter.org.

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MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM Ongoing. The famed auto museum pays tribute to French automotive design, with coaches from the 1800s, Bugattis from the 1920s-30s, Concours d’Elegance winners and more. Hours: Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; advance tickets required. 1421 Emerson Ave., Oxnard, 805-3855400, mullinautomotivemuseum.com.

MURPHY AUTO MUSEUM Ongoing. Impressive display of vintage automobiles and Americana, as well as the Gold Coast Modular Railroad Club and the car-centric art in the Fireball Art Gallery. Muscles and Mojo car show in the parking lot every first and third Sunday of the month. The museum is now open Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 1930 Eastman Ave., Oxnard, 805-487-4333, www.murphyautomuseum.org.

MUSEUM OF VENTURA COUNTY Reopening on Feb. 3. Through May 8: Arte Para la Gente, the collected works of Margaret Garcia. Online: Out and Back: Ventura County Outdoor Adventures, a newly digitized collection of photographs taken from reels of film created by lifelong Ventura County resident and avid outdoorsman Herman Keene (1879-1965).

Ongoing: MVC Gallery Marketplace, exhibits devoted to the Chumash, the history of Ventura County, George Stuart Historical Figures® and more. 100 E. Main St., Ventura, 805-653-0323 or venturamuseum.org.

OJAI ART CENTER Through March 3. A One Man-One Woman Artist, works by the masculine and feminine sides of artist-in-residence Paul Whitehead/

Trisha van Cleef. 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai, 805646-0117, www.ojaiartcenter.org/art.html.

OJAI INSTITUTE Through Feb. 26. Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation is pleased to present Sounds For Survival, a solo exhibition project by Jovan C. Speller, a Minnesota artist known for interpreting historic narratives through contemporary discourse. 248 S. Montgomery St., Unit A, Ojai, 805-633-9188, theojaiinstitute.org.

OJAI VALLEY MUSEUM Through March 13: Ojai Warming: Flora and Fauna in the Time of Climate Change, images and photos that show us the rare and endangered species in this area . . . and what we stand to lose due to drought, wildfires, extreme temperatures and habitat destruction. Ongoing: Small exhibitions on a range of topics related to the history of the Ojai Valley, as well as virtual talks and more.

Now open Friday-Sunday. 130 W. Ojai Ave., Ojai, 805640-1390, www.ojaivalleymuseum.org.

OLIVAS ADOBE HISTORIC PARK Ongoing. The Olivas Adobe is now open the second Sunday of each month for visitors, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The historic park invites all plein air artists to come out to the site for creative inspiration, from the rose garden and 160-year-old fuchsia to the rancho and the bell tower.

In addition, Laura Jean Jespersen’s The Romance of the Adobe will be on exhibit in the small adobe. There will be raffles, historic interpreters, an al fresco gift shop and more. 4200 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura, www.cityofventura.ca.gov/OlivasAdobe.

POPPIES ART AND GIFTS Ongoing. Gifts, jewelry, decor and more made by local artists. 323 E. Matilija St., Ojai, 805-798-0033, www.poppiesartandgifts.com.

PORCH GALLERY Through March 21. It’s My House!, an immersive installation-exhibit undertaken in collaboration with CURA Art celebrating the role of art collectors in supporting creative pursuits. 310 E. Matilija St., Ojai, 805-620-7589, porchgalleryojai.com.

RANCHO CAMULOS MUSEUM Ongoing. The 40-acre landmark and museum is one of the best surviving examples of an early California rancho and honors the area’s Spanish and Mexican heritage.

“Last Sundays at the Landmark” take place the last Sunday of every month, and include docent-led tours, music and more. Open every Sunday for docent-led tours; group and special-focus tours by appointment.

Situated off of Highway 126, two miles east of Piru.

805-521-1501, www.ranchocamulos.org. realART Opened Jan. 9. The art gallery in Whizin Market Square will host a new show with works by a variety of contemporary artists. Whizin Market Square, 28861 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills, 310-452-4000, buyrealart.com.

RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Through Feb. 27. FBI: From Al Qaeda to Al Capone, covering the history of the organization from its inception to modern day. Exhibit will include a Thompson machine gun, the getaway car used

by Bonnie and Clyde and the original Unabomber Manifesto. 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, 800-4108354, www.reaganfoundation.org.

SANTA PAULA ART MUSEUM Through May 8: En Plein Air: An Exploration of Malibu and Ventura County, works by 32 artist members of the famed, 113-yearold California Art Club. Through March 6: The 13th Annual Art About Agriculture, with 66 fresh works from 60 distinct artists that explore the many facets of agriculture. The museum is now open, WednesdaysSundays. 117 N. 10th St., Santa Paula, 805-525-5554 or www.santapaulaartmuseum.org.

SPICETOPIA Through March 31. New Buenaventura Art Association members’ show. Details to come. 576 E. Main St., Ventura, 805-628-3267, www.spice-topia.com.

VENTURA POTTERY GALLERY Ongoing. Talented ceramic artists from across Ventura County make up the Ventura County Potters Guild, and they display their works — housewares, home decor, figurines and more — at the guild’s gallery and shop in Ventura Harbor. 1567 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 105, Ventura, 805644-6800, venturapottersguild.org/gallery.

VERY VENTURA GIFT SHOP AND GALLERY Through March 31. New Buenaventura Art Association members’ show. Details to come. 540 E. Main St., Ventura, 805-628-3540, very-ventura.com.

WILLIAM ROLLAND GALLERY Through Feb. 3: The Otherworld, visionary paintings by artists that imagine the world as another place. California Lutheran University, 160 Overton Court, Thousand Oaks, 805-493-3697, ♦ rollandgallery.callutheran.edu.

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vcreporter.com THE SOMIS THURSDAY CLUB | 12:30 p.m.

Free, virtual Zoom event. A local women’s club that meets monthly over lunch to hear about various topics of interest. This month features Cheryl Temple, the Ventura County prosecutor who was part of the team assigned to prosecute Joseph D’Angelo, “The Golden State Killer.”

Visitors and prospective members are welcome. Please call 805-469-5059 or email patti. dizazzo@gmail.com to RSVP and to receive Zoom information.

Happenings includes community events, meetings, classes, resources, needs and Arts Listings. To submit an item for inclusion email to: happenings@vcreporter.com

THURSDAY PUBLIC MEETING ON UNMET TRANSIT NEEDS | 12 – 1 p.m. The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) is seeking public input regarding Unmet Transit Needs in order to improve bus service in Ventura County. Meeting links and written input submittal information is online: www.goventura.org/ unmet-transit-needs.

CONTAGION! A POX ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES | 7 - 8:30 p.m. As part of California Lutheran University’s History Lecture Series, Michaela Reaves Ph.D. who specializes in American history with an emphasis on socio-cultural history, will address the history of smallpox. Whether the Bard meant “a plague” or “the pox,” both served as a warning of dire results. Smallpox can be traced through history from the mummy of Ramses V up to 1980, when the disease was considered eradicated. Through 3,000 years of contagion, variolation or vaccine, the disease maintained a death rate of 30% and affected both the “Old” and “New” worlds. A free event sponosored by Thousand Oaks Grant R. Brimhall Library and Ventura County Library with grant funding provided by Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Registration required. CLU, Lundring Events Center, 1-67 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. www.callutheran.edu

FRIDAY TRANSIT EQUITY DAY | All Day Metrolink is offering free rides on all Metrolink trains to everyone in tribute to Rosa Parks for standing up for fair and equitable public transportation. Ms. Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a public bus set in motion the end of segregation on public transportation and highlighted that all people should have the right to equitable and affordable public transit. Details at: www.metrolinktrains.com/ transit-equity-day

COMMUNITY NEEDS, OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES UNITED TO END HOMELESSNESS SYMPOSIUM | Friday, Feb. 4, 9 a.m., Virtual event. The United Way of Ventura County is hosting a discussion featuring Jessica Bruder, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century,” which was also a feature film.

Following Bruder keynote presentation there will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions followed by a panel discussion with local experts including Mike Powers, CEO of Ventura County, Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Westlake Village), Amy Duganne, director of homelessness initiatives with United Way of Ventura County, Murtaza Sanwari, senior vice president and area manager with Kaiser Permanente and Matt Capritto, realtor and “housing champion.” Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) will facilitate a community discussion to conclude the event. $30. www.unitedtoendhomelessnessvc. org Pictured: Jessica Bruder, author of “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.” Photo by Todd Gray.

BOOK RELEASE AND SIGNING WITH LANNY KAUFER | Saturday, Feb. 5, 1:30 p.m. FREE, in person outdoor event. Author and Ojai native plant guide Lanny Kaufer will be signing his first book, Medicinal Herbs of California, a field guide presenting the principles of herbal remedies, history and roots in Indigenous cultures along with modern uses, recipes and the current science of natural phytochemicals of over 70 common native medicinal plants, which have been a part of American Indigenous medicines for thousands of years. Kaufer also presents the history of how these approaches were wiped from U.S. pharmacopeia in the last 100 years. The event will begin with an herb walk through the native plant garden at the Ojai Valley Museum, 130 W. Ojai Ave., Ojai www.herbwalks.com Pictured: Lanny Kaufer and his wife Rondia in front of a native Toyon shrub. Photo submitted.

TUESDAY

HEALTHY SCHOOLS ACT: BEST PRACTICES FOR PEST MANAGEMENT NEAR SCHOOLS SERIES - LANDSCAPE SESSION | 10-11:30 a.m. The California Department of Pesticide Regulations ence levels are welcome from those who’ve never held PROOF is hosting a seriesAD of workshops for those who a fly rod to those who have been casting for years. work in the landscape industry about best pracThis clinic can help you improve your casting and meet tices for(805) managing a648-2244 wide range of pests in and r BooksUNMET TRANSIT NEEDS PUBLIC HEARING |Ad Executive: Jon Cabreros with fellow fly rod enthusiasts.

Rods will be on hand to 9 around school campuses. This workshop will focus borrow. Rods are available to borrow. For more inforover carefully and indicate all corrections clearly.

You will have a “1st Proof”, “2nd Proof”, and “Final If and a.m. The Ventura County Transportation Commission Pest Management mation call Thomas Hall, 805-377-5249. Chumash Park on Landscape IntegratedProof”. will2nd hear directly from the publicWILL at this Public HearingAS IS. r the 1st or Proofs, AD RUN meets your approval on off coverthe weed1st and proof, burrowingcheck rodent management. at PetitIfandthis Wacoproof in East Ventura.

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The hearing will Continuing education credits available. Registration ED)” box, regarding date and sign at the bottom. pandemic guidelines. www.sespeflyfishers.org focus on the areas of Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, is online: bit.ly/3ugeP7g ISSUE: 10/14/21 FAX THIS 648-2245 ASAP Santa PROOF Paula, Thousand TO Oaks and(805) adjacent areas of MONDAY unincorporated Ventura County. To contact VCTC email TWILIGHT GATHERING | 7 p.m. Virtual and in dlopex@goventura.org or 800-438-1112. Zoom link person. Rev. Maddie Sifantus will lead this gathis online. Dial in option via phone: 1-669-900-6833; BELFAST | Monday, Feb. 7, Screenings at 3:30 ering amidst sound, silence and the spoken word.

Webinar I.D.: 812 4569 8806; Passcode: 011448. www. p.m. and 6:30 p.m. This week’s screenings include Atul Ranchod will provide original poetry, with goventura.org/unmet-transit-needs/ an introduction by local Irish community activist, John music from Barry Cooper, a guitarist originally from McNally. The film, directed by Kenneth Branagh, tells Liverpool, England. Enjoy this reflective time in the story of a 9-year-old boy who must chart a path EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION WITH GLADYS our busy week to hear inspiring music, share some towards adulthood through a world that has suddenly RODRIGUEZ | 6-9 p.m. Meet artist Gladys Rodriguez silence and hear spoken word. Offerings requested turned upside down. His stable and loving community and see the opening of her show titled Suspiro at 643 to benefit the musicians. Universalist Unitarian and everything he thought he understood about life is Gallery, 643 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura.

Church of Santa Paula, 740 E. Main Street, Santa changed forever but joy, laughter, music and the forPaula. www.uucsp.org mative magic of the movies remain. UK, PG13. Movie SATURDAY goers must be vaccinated and wear a face covering WEDNESDAY when not eating or drinking in the theater. $11.25, INTRO TO FLY FISHING CLINIC | 9-11 a.m. FREE, senior and youth discounts available. PG 13, English. in person outdoor event. Sespe Fly Fishers of Ventura is Plaza Cinemas 14, 255 W. 5th Street, Oxnard. www.

LUNCH & LEARN WITH THE LEAGUE | 12-1 hosting an introductory fly rod casting clinic. All experioxnardfilmsociety.org p.m. FREE, online event. The public is invited to listen in on seven conversations with local elected officials. Today’s event features Steven Hintz, Ventura County Tax Collector. The interview will be hosted and conducted by the Ventura County League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization which encourages informed and active participation in government. Registration is required. 805-644-2899 https://bit.ly/3rKAzHb. https://my.lwv.org/california/ventura-county AFTERNOON ORGAN RECITAL SERIES: ADAN FERNANDEZ | 12:30 - 1 p.m. California Lutheran University organist Adan Fernandez will perform music from Bach, Buxtehude, Widor and Vierne as well as improvisations on popular themes.

Donations will be accepted. Audience members must show proof of full vaccination for COVID-19.

For more information 805-493-3306. Samuelson Chapel, CLU, 165 Chapel Lane, Thousand Oaks. www.CalLutheran.edu/music VENTURA COUNTY CAMERA CLUB | 6:30 p.m.

Virtual via GoToMeeting. Whether you capture images with your iPhone or an SLR, the club works to promote the art, science, technique and enjoy-

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WOMEN’S PHILANTHROPY GALA | Saturday, Feb. 5, 7-9 p.m. FREE, virtual event. The Jewish Federation of Ventura is hosting its annual fundraising event to support the most vulnerable in the community.

This year’s event will honor Jewish women who are caring for the community during the pandemic by bestowing the Women of Valor award to them. This year the event welcomes special guest, entertainer Lainie Kazan, who portrayed the beloved Greek mother in the film My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Registration for the event is free and donations are requested. Details and registration are online at: www.jewishventuracounty.org. Pictured: Lainie Kazan in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. ment of fine art photography through sharing, education, cooperation, association and fellowship. At each meeting members can submit work for review by a professional. Meetings are currently virtual. For details and to join the meeting contact club president via Instagram @67BillH or visit: www.venturacountycameraclub.com

THURSDAY HEALTHY SCHOOLS ACT: BEST PRACTICES FOR PEST MANAGEMENT NEAR SCHOOLS SERIES - STRUCTURAL SESSION | 10-11:30 a.m. The California Department of Pesticide Regulation is hosting a series of workshops for those who work in the landscape industry about best practices for managing a wide range of pests in and around school campuses,. This workshop will focus on Structural Integrated Pest Management and cover insect and commensal rodent management.

Continuing education credits available. Registration is online: bit.ly/3ugeP7g

SCUBA DIVER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR UNDERWATER SEARCH AND RESCUE | Training session begins March 11 in Camarillo. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Underwater Search and Rescue Team is in need of qualified SCUBA divers to volunteer. Divers must be skilled, reliable and willing to volunteer their time and own resources and be willing to attend an orientation session for the Underwater Academy scheduled to begin Friday, March 11, 2 p.m. ad the Ventura County Criminal Justice Training Center (Sheriff’s Academy), 106 Durley Avenue, Camarillo. The orientation-training is $250 and is held Friday evenings and Sunday morning through Aug. 21. Candidates must be 21 years or older and have their own personal dive equipment, live in Ventura County, or nearby and hold a current Open Water Certification. Advanced certification is preferred. Additional eligibility requirements apply. For additional information concerning the Dive Academy call: Team Captain Larry Fuller(805) 746-3326. Team Administrative Officer Steve Giles- (805) 910-8067 Sheriff’s Office SAR Coordinator Sergeant Kelly Roark- (805) 388-4212.

APPLICATION PERIOD OPEN FOR 2022 YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMIT | Through Feb. 28. Students grades 7-12 in the Conejo Valley are encouraged to apply to attend the Youth Leadership Summit where community youth will participate in round table discussion with community leaders with the goal of keeping Thousand Oaks youth-friendly. Competitive application process open now. Information and application are online at: www.toaks.org/youth.

For questions regarding the Youth Leadership Summit, email youthcommission@toaks.org or call Sarah Mailes at 805-449-2118.

HOMEBOUND VACCINATION INFORMATION | Are you or a loved one homebound and in need of the vaccine? Please call the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging at 805-477-7300 or email covidmobileclinic@ventura.org to request a visit from the mobile team. There is no cost for the visit. This service is available for any homebound individual 12 years old or older.

ONGOING/UPCOMING EVENTS PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED ON CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY MANAGEMENT PLAN | Through Feb. 24, 2022 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association is seeking public input about the CINMS management plan and draft environmental assessment. The plan and an online portal to provide input are online at the Federal Register: https://bit.ly/3uiLauc. Questions can be emailed to: cinmsmanagementplan@noaa.gov.

WINTER WHALE WATCHING | Daily through April 23, 2022. It’s the time of year when Pacific gray whales can be seen along the Ventura County coastline during their migration from their feeding grounds in Alaska to their breeding grounds in Baja. Other species commonly seen include humpback whales, fin whales and sometimes orcas.

Common dolphins are year round residents of the area. Island Packers, operating out of the Ventura Harbor Village, offers daily whale watching trips and excursions to the Channel Islands National Park. Whale watching, $42 adult, $30 children, 3-12. Kids 2 and under are free. All day trips are $63-$120 per adult. Book trips in advance. www. islandpackers.com

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AFTER DARK LIVE AND ONLINE H = Highly recommended If you have something related to nightlife — online or otherwise — please email nshaffer@ timespublications.com. Due to the erratic nature of entertainment booking, information contained here is subject to change and not guaranteed. Call venues ahead to confirm. SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC!

WEDNESDAY, 2/2 LIVE MUSIC

The Canyon: Country Night, 7 p.m.

The Garage: Blue Wednesdays, 7-10

p.m.

The Grape: Eddie Layman Trio, 7-10

p.m.

The Lookout: Tommy Foytek’s Variety Show, 7-10 p.m.

Topa Topa Brewing (Ojai): Tom Collins, 6:30-8 p.m.

The Twist on Main: Grand Reopening Celebration with Radio Xx, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

COMEDY GiGi’s: Comedy Night with Artie Lopez, 8 p.m.

Oxnard Performing Arts Center: Tom

Segura, 8 p.m.

Ventura Harbor Comedy Club: Jest Improv, 6 p.m.

OTHER Paddy’s: Be the Star Karaoke Night, 9 p.m.

Ventura Harbor Comedy Club: Open

mic with Kiana Marquez, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY, 2/3 LIVE MUSIC

Boatyard Pub: Bluegrass Thursday The Grape: Sabine Trio, 7-10 p.m.

Leashless Brewing: Dylan

Cunningham, 6:30 p.m.

PICTURED: The SideMen (Feter Martin Homer and Nick Justice) perform folk, Americana and country at NAMBA Performing Arts Space on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m.

Bros with Jeremiah Watkins and Steebee Weebee, 8 p.m.

ONLINE Gary Ballen: “The Human Jukebox” on Facebook Live every Thursday, 7-9 p.m. www.facebook.com/garyballen1 OTHER Anna’s Cider: Trivia night, 7 p.m.

El Rey Cantina (Camarillo): Karaoke

with Leigh Balton, 8-11 p.m.

Fatty Vegan: Open mic comedy, 7 p.m.

Tony’s Pizzaria: Reggae Thursdays,

The Garage: Dart league The Hangar Bar: Karaoke with Susan,

The Twist on Main: LA Jazz

Keynote Lounge: Karaoke with KJ

6:30-9:30 p.m.

Connection, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Winchester’s: Will Breman, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

COMEDY

The Canyon: Laughter Heals, hosted

by Michelle MaliZaki and feat. Kato Kaelin, Mary Gallagher, and Bear Badeaux, 7:30 p.m.

Levity Live Comedy Club: Scissor

6-9 p.m.

Carlos, 8:30 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Lookout: Acoustic Open Mic with

7:30-10:30 p.m.

Nervous Ticks, 7 p.m.

COMEDY

Levity Live Comedy Club: Jared Freid,

7:30 and 9:45 p.m.

Ventura Harbor Comedy Club: Karen Rontowski, 7 p.m.

DJS

OTHER

GiGi’s: Karaoke

SATURDAY, 2/5 LIVE MUSIC

805 Bar and Grilled Cheese: Kenny

The Manhattan: Trivia night, 7 p.m.

Outlaws: Sing Time Karaoke, 9:30

p.m.

The Shores: Karaoke with Betty-Jean, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

Time Karaoke, 7-10 p.m.

FRIDAY, 2/4 LIVE MUSIC

The Canyon: Naked Eyes with Guilty Pleasures, 7 p.m.

The Garage: Robert Heft Band The Grape: Hoth Quartet, 7-10 p.m. H The Greek: Richard and Janice, 3-6 p.m.

Leashless Brewing: Brittney Burchette,

6:30 p.m.

The Manhattan: Tour Support, 6:30

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Azar’s Sports Bar: DJ Night Paddy’s: DJ Nick Dean

Devoe, 11 a.m.

p.m.-1 a.m.

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Winchester’s: Miss Bix and the

Tommy Foytek, 7-10 p.m.

Sportsman Lounge (Camarillo): Sing

1901 Speakeasy: RJ Mischo, 6:30

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Azar’s Sports Bar: Urban Soul, 8 p.m.

Cantara Cellars: The Jukes, 6:30 p.m.

The Canyon: Wild Child (Doors tribute) with Aspen, 7 p.m.

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Chuy’s Mesquite Grill (Simi West): Studebaker Hawk, 7-11 p.m.

The Garage: Madface presents The

Remedies, 8 p.m.

GiGi’s: Teresa Russell The Grape: Fausto Cuevas Y La

Moderna, 2-5 p.m.; Robert Van, 5-7 p.m.; Simon Phillips Protocol, 8-11 p.m.

Harley’s Bowl (Camarillo): Dirty Metal

Mother, 7-9 p.m.

Leashless Brewing: Bombafiya, 6:30

p.m.

Oxnard Performing Arts Center: Sly

MadeWest Brewing (Ventura, Donlon St.): Jess Bush, 4-6 p.m.

The Manhattan: Michael Falcone Trio,

The Raven Tavern: Holgers Heroes,

NAMBA Performing Arts Space:

p.m.

Karen Rontowski blends comedy, tarot and the paranormal in a side-splitting show at the Ventura Harbor Comedy Club on Friday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m.

The Twist on Main: The Tossers,

Slick and Wicked with Aalon and Miriah Avilah, 6 p.m. H

6:30 p.m.

4-7 p.m.

SideMen, 7 p.m.

Rock and Roll Pizza (Simi Valley East; Cochran): The Dirty Lowdown,

Oxnard Performing Arts Center:

9-11:30 p.m.

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Continued from Page 19 Michael Feinstein, 6 p.m.

H

The Raven Tavern: Jayden

Secor, 5-7 p.m.

Rock and Roll Pizza (Simi Valley East; Cochran): The

Sound of Ghosts and dosTRIOS, 8:30-11:30 p.m.

Topa Topa Brewing (Camarillo): Brandywine Buskers, 1-3 p.m.

Topa Topa Brewing (Ventura, Colt): TC King,

12-2:30 p.m.; McKail Seely, 3-5 p.m.

The Twist on Main: Bob

Bishop, 2-5 p.m.; Jesse Jay Harris Band, 7:30-10:30 p.m.

The Vine: Smitty and Julija,

7-9 p.m.

COMEDY

Levity Live Comedy Club:

Solomon Georgio, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

DJS Paddy’s: DJ Nick Dean OTHER GiGi’s: Karaoke

Harbor Cove Cafe: Ukulele

Jam with Gary Ballen and Kool Hand Ukes, 10 a.m.

The Lookout: Sing Time Karaoke, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

SUNDAY, 2/6 LIVE MUSIC

805 Bar and Grilled Cheese: Kenny Devoe, 11 a.m.

DVP Stage (Ventura, Main and California St.): Jim Friery,

11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Leashless Brewing: Animo

Cruz, 3 p.m.

The Lookout: Gary Ballen,

3-6 p.m.

Oxnard Performing Arts Center: R&B Sundays on the

WEDNESDAY, 2/9

Paddy’s: Free pool and darts,

The Canyon: Country Night,

open to close

7 p.m.

Q Club: Karaoke with Leigh

The Garage: Blue Wednesdays,

industry discounts

LIVE MUSIC

7-10 p.m.

The Grape: A Tribute to The

Ric’s Restaurant: Live music,

Karaoke, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

Tony’s Pizzaria: 80s Beach

Party with Dork, 3-7 p.m.

Topa Topa Brewing (Camarillo): Milo Sledge, 1-3 p.m.

The Twist on Main: Dave Acoustic Solo, 2-5 p.m.

The Vine: Fire on the

Mountain, 2-4 p.m.; Corey Highberg, 7-9 p.m.

Winchester’s: Karen Eden and

the Bad Apples, 2 p.m.

Zin Bistro: Jason Bourne, 4

p.m.

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The Garage: Billiard league;

Tipsy Goat: Rockstar

Reggae Sunday, 5-7 p.m.

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OTHER

The Vine: Tuesday Night Trivia, 7-8:30 p.m.

Balton, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rock and Roll Pizza (Simi Valley East; Cochran):

472 E. Main St., Downtown Ventura • 805-643-BEER

MONDAY, 2/7

Patio feat. the House Arrest Band, 1-4 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

AnAcApA Brewing co.

Catch “Ambassador of the American Songbook” Michael Feinstein at Oxnard Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 5, at 6 p.m.

Levity Live Comedy Club:

Tributo a Vicente Fernandez con El KeCheChente, 7 p.m.

DJS The Garage: DJ Also, 12-7 p.m.

TUESDAY, 2/8 LIVE MUSIC

Copa Cubana: Hot Roux, 7-9 p.m.

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Prime Steakhouse: Danny

Delurgio sings Sinatra, 6 p.m.

Ric’s Restaurant: Tour Support, 5-8 p.m.

Vaquero Y Mar: Sea Hunters,

5-7 p.m.

COMEDY

Levity Live Comedy Club:

Bob the Drag Queen, 7:30 p.m.

OTHER Azar’s Sports Bar: Rockstar Karaoke, 8 p.m.-12 a.m.

The Garage: Tacos and Trivia with King Trivia, 7 p.m.

The Lookout: Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

Rock and Roll Pizza (Simi Valley East; Cochran): Rockstar Karaoke, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

GiGi’s: Karaoke OTHER Fatty Vegan: Ska brunch, 10:30 a.m.

p.m.

Harbor Cove Cafe: Yacht

Vaquero Y Mar: Karaoke with

Rock Sunday

The Shores: Karaoke, 8-11 Star Lounge: Karaoke,

8-11:30 p.m.

Paul, 8-11 p.m.

Greats, 7-10 p.m.

The Lookout: Tommy Foytek’s Variety Show, 7-10 p.m.

The Manhattan: Robert Van, 6-8 p.m.

Topa Topa Brewing (Ojai): Ted Lennon, 6-9 p.m.

The Twist on Main: Classic

country with Jesse Harris, 7-9 p.m.

COMEDY

Levity Live Comedy Club:

Jack Assadourian Jr., 8 p.m.

GiGi’s: Comedy Night with Artie Lopez, 8 p.m.

Ventura Harbor Comedy Club: Jest Improv, 6 p.m.

OTHER

O’Leary’s Tavern: Karaoke,

8-11 p.m.

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by Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer I nshaffer@timespublications.com xnard is mixing things up in 2022.

The city’s annual restaurant week is being replaced with a special pass, and the popular taco trail is getting a revamp, too.

Visit Oxnard Restaurant Pass visitoxnard.com/food-drinks/ restaurantpass/

Some years ago, the state’s tourism branch dubbed January “California Restaurant Month” — presumably to encourage diners to get out and about during a time when the food service industry tends to slow down. Not every city participates, and some have their own restaurant weeks during other times of year, but Oxnard was one area that offered special deals and menus at participating restaurants during one week in January. This year, however, in lieu of a specific time period devoted to encouraging people to support local eateries, Visit Oxnard has created a special restaurant pass.

Debuting in February 2022, the Visit Oxnard Restaurant Pass makes it easy for diners to support the community’s bars, cafes and other dining establishments — whether it is “restaurant week” or not. The organization calls it a “gamified check-in challenge,” as pass holders will unlock prizes every time they check into an Oxnard restaurant that’s part of the program. Diners who check into three spots will get either a flying disc or a set of playing cards; seven spots yields a journal or water bottle; and those who check into 12 spots can receive either a beach towel or a candle. All prizes are provided by Visit Oxnard, and will be mailed directly to diners once they reach each milestone.

Diners can unlock prizes by checking into venues included in the Visit Oxnard Restaurant Pass. Photo from the Visit Oxnard website The restaurant pass is absolutely free, and no downloads are required. Participants sign up online and passes are delivered upon email and text (information will not be shared with third parties). To check in, open the pass on your phone and have a a staff member at the location enter a validation code. Some participating venues will be offering special deals and discounts just for pass holders, too, which can be redeemed upon check-in. Restaurants featured in the pass include BG’s Cafe, Masala Twist, Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill and the Waterside.

There are also breweries, such as Red Tandem, coffee shops such as Ragamuffin and Heritage, and even the Gourmet District food truck.

Oxnard Taco Trail visitoxnard.com/blog/ best-places-tacos-oxnard/

established places to check out. Grilled or fried, super spicy or deliciously mild, true to tradition or with a modern twist, there will be plenty of tasty treats inside of a tortilla to try.

The post-holiday slump often means leaner times for the restaurant industry. Oxnard is using the downtime to create new opportunities — for foodies and food purveyors alike. In 2022, there’s a lot on the city’s menu . . . and plenty of reason to Visit Oxnard!

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Oxnard is widely known as a Mexican food mecca. From Victoria to Rose, near the beach or downtown, and on either side of the 101, Oxnard boasts any number of taquerias, mom and pop shops, food trucks and more, all serving mouthwatering meat, fish and vegetarian

The taco plate at Montezuma Restaurant in Oxnard — just one of many eateries featured on the Oxnard Taco Trail. Photo by Brittney Hendricks from the Visit Oxnard website.

tacos. Many a fan of south-of-the-border cuisine has happily munched their way down the city’s own Taco Trail.

Due to its popularity . . . and the sheer volume of eateries serving up amazing tacos . . . Visit Oxnard is updating and expanding its handy guide to the city’s hottest culinary treasures. Over the next few months, the tourism organization will be unveiling its “new” Oxnard Taco Trail, which will include longstanding favorites, hidden gems and newly

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Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given pursuant to California Civil Code Section 798.78 and California Commercial Code Sections 7209 and 7210 that the following described property will be sold by Simi Country Mobile Home Park (Warehouseman) at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in lawful money of the United States, or a cashier's check payable to Simi Country Mobile Home Park, payable at time of sale, on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., at the following location: 1550 Rory Lane, #180 aka Space 180, Simi Valley, Ca 93063. Said sale is to be held without covenant or warranty as to possession, financing, encumbrances, or otherwise on an "as is," "where is" basis. The property which will be sold is described as follows: Manufacturer: 90046 Nalt Prebuilt Trade Name: Paramount Year: 1986 H.C.D. Decal No: LAl3243 Serial No.: VK00821A, VK00821B The current location of the subject property is: 1550 Rory Lane, #180 aka Space 180, Simi Valley, CA 93063.The public auction will be made to satisfy the lien for storage of the above-described property that was deposited by The Estate of Reed Miller/Reed Miller, The Estate of Joanne Miller/Joanne Miller, and Security Pacific National Bank c/o Green Tree Servicing LLC with Simi Country Mobile Home Park. The total amount due on this property, including estimated costs, expenses and advances as of the date of the public sale, is $4,918.86. The auction will be made for the purpose of satisfying the lien on the property, together with the cost of the sale. Dated: January 27, 2022 Hart I King By: Vickie Chan, Esq. Authorized Agent for Simi Country Mobile Home Park Contact: Julie Rosario (714) 432-8700 (IFS# 25009 01/27/22, 02/03/22) NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 161 Duesenberg Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 February 22nd, 2022 at 3:30 PM Jessica Dundish- Household Items

LIEN SALE This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 21700et seq. of the business and Professions Code of the State of C al i forni a. (See s ecti o n 1812.600 of Civil Code) Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that a Public Lien Sale of the following described personal property will be held on Wednesday, February 16th at 10A.M., on the premises where said property including: Furniture, household goods, electronics, tools, and miscellaneous items that have been stored and which are located at: Freeway Mini Storage, 4875 M a r k e t S t. Ve n tu r a , CA 93003, County of Ventura, State of California, and will be sold by competitive bidding by: Storage Auction Experts, phone (209) 667-5797.

The following: Customer Name and Unit Number Brenda Kelly B10 Anthony Figueroa B14 Alan R. Sheal B24 Janice Martinez B79 William Parker B103 Sherrie Shelton B130 Jorge Diaz C17 Adrianna Barrett C39 William Parker C58 Thomas Powell C66 Susana Lovio D24 Derek Skinner D42 Denis Hernandez D60 Catherine Dolan D61 William Parker D112 Danielle Smith D125 Thomas Corliss & Jack Browman G35 Christopher Aguilar G43 Garrett Clark G57 Olga Figueroa G170 Robert Rossy H14 Joseph Alled H35 Ross Webb & Diane Karnes H90 Gwen Harris H102 Zachary Glance H113

The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

All purchases and items sold are as is where is and must be removed at the time of sale. Goods must be paid for in cash at time of sale. Freeway Mini Storage staff reserves the right to bid at sale and/or refuse any bids. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party(s). For more information please contact Freeway Mini Storage at (805) 658-1094.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22

Lien Sales NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1285 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 February 22, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Todd Harris- Household Hold items Horst Schumacher- Wood working machines, table saw, sander, panel router Martin Winter- Couch and fridge Carmit Benbaruh- 4 bedroom household goods The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22 Ultra Storage located at 2701 Golf Course Dr, Ventura, CA 93003 will hold an online public sale to enforce a lien imposed on said property, as described below, pursuant to the provisions of the California Self-Storage Facility Act, Section 21700, et seq. of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California the undersigned will be sold online at www.StorageAuctions.com at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Management reserves the right to withdraw any unit from sale. Registered or motor vehicles are sold "As Is / Parts Only," no titles or registration.

Tenant Name Unit # Stored Items Michael Washington 1045 clothes boxes misc Christopher Kehr 1078 furn, tools Brandi Barrios 136 Furn, appliances, hhg,clothes Patricia Casellanos 2024 hhg, bx Steve Aguilar 301 Bx, bicycle Natasha Ayala 307 furn, bx Jayson Jones 433 HHI boxes bedroom furn Wendy Miller-tucker 434 bx, hhg PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22

CLASSIFIEDS 805-648-2244

Notice of Public Auction Notice is hereby given that the Undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Lien Sale per California Self Storage Act (B&P Code Section 21700, et seq.). Golden State Storage will sell items at www.storagetreasures.com sale by competitive bidding ending at 12pm on February 11, 2022.

The said property has been stored and which are located at Golden State Storage, 161 East Gonzales Road, Oxnard, California 93036, County of Ventura, State of California, the following units: Ana Garcia: Flat screen tv, floor fan, radio/record player,onkyo speakers, sony blue ray, sword, luggage, clothing, furniture, framed painting, various unknowns and miscellaneous items.

Emmanuel Castellanos: vehicle engine hood, bikes, tires, camp chairs, portable wireless P.A, wet/dry vacuum cannister, baseball bats, 'Troy Bilt' weed whacker, various unknowns and miscellaneous items.

Dick Thomas: Party & event hosting supplies including 500+ chairs, 1000's linens, chair covers, table cloths, napkins, coolers, tables, plates, dishes, tools, clothing racks, various unknowns and miscellaneous items.

Purchases must be paid at the time of sale with Cash only. All Sales are subject to prior cancellation. Sale rules and regulations are available at the time of sale. Company reserves the right to refuse any online bids.

Dated January 27th and February 3rd, 2022 Auction by www.storagetreasures.com Phone: 480-397-6503 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 01/27/22, 02/03/22 Notice of Public Onsite Auction NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to sections 21700 – 21716 of the CA Business and Professions Code, CA Commercial Code Section 2328, Section 1812.600 – 1812.609 and Section 1988 of CA Civil Code, 353 of the Penal Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 15th day of February, 2022 at 10:30 A . M . , o n StorageTreasures.com: household goods, tools, electronics, and personal effects that have been stored and which are located at Trojan Storage of Oxnard, 1801 Eastman Avenue, Oxnard, County of Ventura, State of California, the following: Customer Name Unit # Juan Amaro 087 Larry Arevalo 262 Nelson Ayala 670 Shirley Barrera 279 Gustavo Chavez 014 Steve Davis 786 Eric Elbo 197 Jonathan Henry 111 364 Claudia Johnson 231A Guillermina Larios 255 Stephanie Martinez 462 Gonzalo Michel 771 Stella Ordoobegian 406 Apolonio Ortiz 070 Fiona Palmer 098 Anthony Dennis Paup 582 Marylynn Peneueta 115 Barbara Rasalan 254

Eric Elbo 197 Jonathan Henry 111 364 Claudia Johnson 231A Guillermina Larios 255 Stephanie Martinez 462 Gonzalo Michel 771 Stella Ordoobegian 406 Apolonio Ortiz 070 Fiona Palmer 098 Anthony Dennis Paup 582 Marylynn Peneueta 115 Barbara Rasalan 254 Deborah Young 168 Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items sold as is, where is and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Andasol Management, Inc. Bond #: 791831C (888)564-7782 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 01/27/22, 02/03/22 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the CC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 16th day of February 2022, at 9:00 a.m. on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Esplanade Mini Storage at 2180 Craig Drive, Oxnard, in the County of Ventura, State of California, the following: Unit Greene Merchandise Unit Glass Merchandise Unit Gonzalez Merchandise Unit Vodak Merchandise Unit Jones Merchandise Unit Dupree Merchandise Unit Estrada Merchandise Unit Powell Merchandise Unit Valasquez Merchandise All property is sold "AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS" and without warranty either expressed or implied. ALL SALES ARE PAYABLE EITHER BY CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY, payable after the sale in full. All property purchased must be removed prior to the close of business the day of the sale.

All units purchased will be given a clear bill of sale. This sale is being held pursuant to the provisions of the California Self Storage Act, section 21706 and/or 21700.

Esplanade Mini Storage reserves the right to remove any or all units from this sale due to pri or s ettlement .

Esplanade Mini Storage reserves the right to bid on any or all units in this sale.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the CC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 16th day of February 2022, 11:00 a.m. on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Ventura Harbor Storage at 1414 Angler Court, Ventura, in the

and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 16th day of February 2022, 11:00 a.m. on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Ventura Harbor Storage at 1414 Angler Court, Ventura, in the County of Ventura, State of California, the following: Unit Cobos Merchandise Unit Valenzuela Merchandise Unit Campos Merchandise Unit Anderson Merchnadise Unit Campos Merchandise Unit Fox Merchandise Unit Martinez Merchandise Unit Campbell Merchandise Unit Moore Merchandise All property is sold "AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS" and without warranty either expressed or implied. ALL SALES ARE PAYABLE EITHER BY CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY, payable after the sale in full. All property purchased must be removed prior to the close of business the day of the sale.

All units purchased will be given a clear bill of sale. This sale is being held pursuant to the provisions of the California Self Storage Act, section 21706 and/or 21700.

Ventura Harbor Self Storage, LLC. Reserves the right to remove any or all units from this sale due to prior settlement. Ventura Harbor Self Storage, LLC. Reserves the right to bid on any or all units in this sale.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22 Public Online Sale Citizens Self Storage 269 N. Aviador Street Camarillo, Ca 93010 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 2170021716 of the Business & Professions Code, Section 2328 of the UCC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code. The undersigned will sell by online auction at: www.storagetreasures.com, beginning 10:00 AM, February 14, 2022, and ending 10:00 AM February 17, 2022. The premises where said property is stored are located at Citizens Self Storage 269 N. Aviador Street Camarillo (CA) county of (Ventura), State of California, for the following parties: Citizens Self Storage – 1 unit Rudy Gutierrez = Misc. items All purchased items must be paid for in CASH within 48 hours of the close of auction, all items are sold as is, where is, and must be removed within 48 hours after close of online auction. Sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Agent reserves the right to halt sale of any unit.

Citizens Self Storage (805) 484-1738 Storage Treasures – California Bond #63747122 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter STAND OUT IN02/03/22, THE 02/10/22 CROWD!

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(805) 648-2244

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant ot Sections 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the CC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

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The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 16th day of February 2022, at 3:00 p.m, on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Johnson Drive Self Storage at 2630 Johnson Drive, Ventura in the county of Ventura, in the State of California.

All property is sold "AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS" and without warranty either expressed or implied. ALL SALES ARE PAYABLE EITHER BY CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY, payable after the sale in full. All property purchased must be removed prior to the close of business the day of the sale. All units purchased will be given a clear bill of sale. This sale is being held pursuant to the provisions of the California Self Storage Act, section 21706 and/or 21700.

Unit Diaz Merchandise Unit Terry-Solitaire Merchandise Unit Guerra Merchandise U n i t M a d a j - B e r g e r M e rchandise Unit Evans Merchandise Unit York Merchandise

Ventura Avenue Self Storage reserves the right to remove any or all units from this sale due to prior settlement. Ventura Avenue Self Storage reserves the right to bid on any or all units in this sale.

All property is sold "AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS" and without warranty either expressed or implied. ALL SALES ARE PAYABLE EITHER BY CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY, payable after the sale in full. All property purchased must be removed prior to the close of business the day of the sale.

All units purchased will be given a clear bill of sale. This sale is being held pursuant to the provisions of the California Self Storage Act, section 21706 and/or 21700.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22

Johnson Drive Self Storage reserves the right to remove any or all units from this sale due to prior settlement. Johnson Drive Self Storage reserves the right to bid on any or all units in this sale.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant ot Sections 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the CC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 17th day of February, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Ventura Avenue Self Storage at 2261 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, in the County of Ventura, State of California, the following: Unit Malmquist Merchandise Unit Sampson Merchandise Unit Donovan Merchandise Unit Boverson Merchandise Unit Walcott Merchandise Unit Lake Merchandise Unit Carriger Merchandise Unit Fuhrmann-Jordan Merchandise Unit Fuhrmann-Jordan Merchandise Unit Fuhrmann-Jordan Merchandise Unit Fuhrmann-Jordan Merchandise Unit Riebe Merchandise Unit Chavez Merchandise Unit Cammarota Merchandise Unit Lopez Merchandise Unit Franks Merchandise Unit Adams Merchandise

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Sections 21700-21716 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the CC, Section 535 of the Penal Code and provisions of the Civil Code.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on the 17th day of February 2022, at 1:30 p.m., on the premises where said property has been stored and which are located at Condor Self Storage of Ojai at 324 Bryant Street, Ojai, in the County of Ventura, State of California, the following: Unit Rye Merchandise Unit Oliver Merchandise Unit Trejo Merchandise Unit O’Donnell Merchandise Unit Delf Merchandise Unit Williams Merchandise Unit Denver Merchandise All property is sold "AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS" and without warranty either expressed or implied. ALL SALES ARE PAYABLE EITHER BY CASH OR MONEY ORDER ONLY, payable after the sale in full. All property purchased must be removed prior to the close of business the day of the sale.

All units purchased will be given a clear bill of sale. This sale is being held pursuant to the provisions of the California Self Storage Act, section 21706 and/or 21700.

Condor Self Storage of Ojai Reserves the right to remove any or all units from this sale due to pri or s ettl em ent .

Condor Self Storage of Ojai Reserves the right to bid on any or all units in this sale.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/03/22, 02/10/22

Fic. Business Name

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022100001204 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BARNONE SONGS, 518 Linc o l n D r i v e V e n t u r a , CA 93001. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, California, Bar None Music, Inc., 518 Linc o l n D r i v e V e n t u r a , CA 93001. This business is conducted by: A Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: January 17, 2017. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Bar None Music, Inc., Christopher Hillman, President. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the PUBLISHED: Ventura county clerk, except, as County Reporter 02/03/22, provided in subdivision of 02/10/22 section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any February 3, 2022 — facts set — 25 change in the forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new

cordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, Fic. Business Name as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n t u r a o n J a n u a r y 2 6, 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/03/22, 02/10/22, 02/17/22, 02/24/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022100000099 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DYNAMIC BOOK DESIGN, FLORIQUE, 251 El Gallardo Newbury Park, CA 91320.

Ventura County. Joan M Greenblatt, 251 El Gallardo Newbury Park, CA 91320.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Joan M Greenblatt.

NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., B u s i n e s s & P r o f e s s i o ns Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n t u r a o n J a n u a r y 0 4, 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 01/13/22, 01/20/22, 01/27/22, 02/03/22

This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/18/2021. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: HVAC Enterprises, Incorporated., Eric Bochenski, President. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n tu r a o n J a n u a ry 0 5, 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 01/20/22, 01/27/22, 02/03/22, 02/10/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022100000470 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SOBCHAK INVESTIGATIONS, 1953 Cottege Drive Unit 4 Simi Valley, CA 93065.

Ventura County. Joshua C Pierson, 1953 Cottege Drive Unit 4 Simi Valley, CA 93065.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Joshua C Pierson.

NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n tu r a o n J a n u a ry 1 1, 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 01/20/22, 01/27/22, 02/03/22, 02/10/22

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022100000178 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DUNRITE HEATING & COOLING, 4490 Walnut Ave. Simi Valley, CA 93063. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, California, HVAC Enterprises, Incorporated, 4490 Walnut Ave. Simi Valley, CA 93063.

This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/18/2021. I declare that all Information In 26statement — —IsFebruary this true and3, 2022 correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business

Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n tu r a o n J a n u a r y 1 1 , 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 01/20/22, 01/27/22, 02/03/22, 02/10/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022100000502 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CLEF PALATE CREATIVE, 1246 Encino Vista Court Thousand Oaks, CA 91362.

Ventura County. Brad Hamilton, 1246 Encino Vista Court Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Brad Hamilton.

NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n tu r a o n J a n u a r y 1 1, 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 01/20/22, 01/27/22, 02/03/22, 02/10/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2021100158850 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: OXNARD FLOWER ISLAND, 3121 Kern St. Oxnard, CA 93033. Ventura County. Andrea L Alonzo, Armando L Alonzo, 3121 Kern St. Oxnard, CA 93033. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 9/4/2021. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Andrea L Alonzo. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this

section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., B u s i n e s s & P r o f e s s i o ns Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura on December 28, 2021.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/03/22, 02/10/22, 02/17/22, 02/24/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022100000826 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PLANT MARKS, 829 Jazmin Avenue Ventura, CA 93004.

Ventura County. Leann Guzik, 829 Jazmin Avenue Ventura, CA 93004. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/01/2022. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Leann Guzik.

NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n tu r a o n J a n u a r y 1 9, 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/03/22, 02/10/22, 02/17/22, 02/24/22 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2022100001117 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DOG HAIR CREW, 3430 Taffrail Ln Oxnard, CA 93035. Ventura County.

Stephanie L Copus, Randy J Gu e s t, 3 4 3 0 Ta ff r a i l L n Oxnard, CA 93035. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictiti o u s b u s i n e s s n a m e o r names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Stephanie L Copus. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five

Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).) Print Name of Registrant: Stephanie L Copus. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ve n tu r a o n J a n u a r y 2 4, 2022.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/03/22, 02/10/22, 02/17/22, 02/24/22

Legal Notices SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF VENTURA. NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS CODE §366.26 J072996 HEARING DATE: 05/11/2022 TIME: 08:30 am COURTROOM: J1 In the matter of the Petition of the County of Ventura Human Services Agency regarding freedom from parental custody and control on behalf of Baby Girl Beasley, a child. To: Janae N. Beasley, Rene Vasquez, and to all persons claiming to be the parent's of the above-named person who is described as follows: name Baby Girl Beasley, Date of Birth: 11/27/2021, Place of Birth: Oxnard, CA, Father's name: Rene Vasquez, Mother’s name: Janae N. Beasley.

Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.26, a hearing has been scheduled for your child. You are hereby notified that you may appear on 05/11/2022, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon as counsel can be heard in Courtroom J1 of this Court at Juvenile Justice Center 4353 Vineyard Ave. Oxnard, CA 93036. YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED as follows: At the hearing the Court must choose and implement one of the following permanent plans for the child: adoption, guardianship, or long term foster care. Parental rights may be terminated at this hearing. On 05/11/2022, the Human Services Agency will recommend termination of parental rights. The child may be ordered placed in long term foster care, subject to the regular review of the Juvenile Court; or, a legal guardian may be appointed for the child and letters of guardianship be issued; or, adoption may be identified as the permanent placement goal and the Court may order that efforts be made to locate an appropriate adoptive family for the child for a period not to exceed 180 days and set the matter for further review; or, parental rights may be terminated.

You are entitled to be present at the hearing with your attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, you are entitled to have the Court appoint counsel for you. A thirty-day continuance may be granted if necessary for counsel to pre-

ive family for the child for a period not to exceed 180 days and set the matter for further review; or, parental rights may be terminated.

You are entitled to be present at the hearing with your attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, you are entitled to have the Court appoint counsel for you. A thirty-day continuance may be granted if necessary for counsel to prepare the case. At all termination proceedings, the Court shall consider the wishes of the child and shall act in the best interest of the child. Any order of the Court permanently terminating parental rights under this section shall be conclusive and binding upon the minor person, upon the parent or parents, and upon all other persons who have been served with citation by publication or otherwise. After making such an order, the Court shall have no power to set aside, change, or modify it, but this shall not be construed to limit the rights to appeal the order. If the Court, by order or judgment, declares the child free from the custody and control of both parents, or one parent if the other no longer has custody and control, the Court shall, at the same time, order the child referred to the licensed County adoption agency for adoptive placement by that agency.

The rights and procedures described above are set forth in detail in the California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.26. You are referred to that section for further particulars. Michael J. Planet, Executive Officer and Clerk, County of Ventura, State of California. Dated: 11/19/2022 by: Lorie Martinez Deputy Clerk, Children and Family Services Social Worker.

1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17/22 CNS-3548398# SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF VENTURA. NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION WELFARE & INSTITUTIONS CODE §366.26 J072904 HEARING DATE: 04/06/2022 TIME: 08:30am COURTROOM: J1 In the matter of the Petition of the County of Ventura Human Services Agency regarding freedom from parental custody and control on behalf of Anthony Elijah Carrillo, a child. To: Vanessa Marie Lopez, Alex O. Carrillo Jr. (Deceased), and to all persons claiming to be the parent of the above-named person who is described as follows: name Anthony Elijah Carrillo, Date of Birth: 10/27/2009, Place of Birth: Ventura, CA, Father's name: Alex O. Carrillo Jr. (Deceased), Mother’s name: Vanessa Marie Lopez. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.26, a hearing has been scheduled for your child. You are hereby notified that you may appear on 04/06/2022, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon as counsel can be heard in Courtroom J1 of this Court at Juvenile Justice Center 4353 Vineyard Ave. Oxnard, CA 93036. YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED as follows: At the hearing the Court must choose and implement one of the following permanent plans for the child: adoption, guardianship, or long term foster care. Parental rights may be terminated at this hearing. On 04/06/2022, the Human Services Agency will recommend termination of parental rights. The child may be ordered placed in long term foster care, subject to the regular review of the Juvenile Court; or, a legal guardian may be appointed for the child and letters of guardianship be issued; or, adoption

ated at this hear ing. On 04/06/2022, the Human Services Agency will recommend termination of parental rights. The child may be ordered placed in long term foster care, subject to the regular review of the Juvenile Court; or, a legal guardian may be appointed for the child and letters of guardianship be issued; or, adoption may be identified as the permanent placement goal and the Court may order that efforts be made to locate an appropriate adoptive family for the child for a period not to exceed 180 days and set the matter for further review; or, parental rights may be terminated. You are entitled to be present at the hearing with your attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, you are entitled to have the Court appoint counsel for you. A thirty-day continuance may be granted if necessary for counsel to prepare the case.

At all termination proceedings, the Court shall consider the wishes of the child and shall act in the best interest of the child. Any order of the Court permanently terminating parental rights under this section shall be conclusive and binding upon the minor person, upon the parent or parents, and upon all other persons who have been served with citation by publication or otherwise.

After making such an order, the Court shall have no power to set aside, change, or modify it, but this shall not be construed to limit the rights to appeal the order. If the Court, by order or judgment, declares the child free from the custody and control of both parents, or one parent if the other no longer has custody and control, the Court shall, at the same time, order the child referred to the licensed County adoption agency for adoptive placement by that agency. The rights and procedures described above are set forth in detail in the California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.26. You are referred to that section for further particulars. Michael J. Planet, Executive Officer and Clerk, County of Ventura, State of California. Dated: 01/25/2022 by: Elizabeth Ramirez Deputy Clerk, Children and Family Services Social Worker.

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Probate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF STEVEN SHOJI TANAKA (a.k.a. STEVEN S. TANAKA) CASE NO. 56-202200562218-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of STEVEN SHOJI TANAKA (a.k.a. STEVEN S. TANAKA). A Petition for probate has been filed by Diane Takahashi in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Diane Takahashi be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested

under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before takingProbate certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 02/24/22, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036 OxnardJuvenile Justice Center.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: David E. Edsall, Esq. SBN 86217 Edsall Law, A Professional Law Corporation 400 Camarillo Ranch Road, Suite 102 Camarillo, California 93012 (805) 484-9002 Ventura County Reporter 01/27/22, 02/03/22, 02/10/22

Name Change AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-2021-00559273-CUPT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of ALEXEI VICTORIA SCHISLER, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Alexei Victoria Schisler filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.)

Alexei Victoria Schisler to Alexei Moon Stone 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition

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

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/07/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 43. The address of the court is 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Ventura. Original filed: December 20, 2021. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Brenda McCormick, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Jeanette Fimbres, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 01/13/22, 01/20/22, 01/27/22, 02/03/22 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202200562295-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of LISA LOUISE MANN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: LISA LOUISE MANN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) LISA LOUISE MANN to LISA LOUISE MANN SHELLY 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 02/28/2022. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 20. The address of the court is 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Ventura. Original filed: January 10, 2022. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Brenda L. McCormick, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Cristal V. Alvarez, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 01/20/22, 01/27/22, 02/03/22, 02/10/22

Summons SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): CIVSB2115985 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ANAHEIM DISTRICT CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ADVISORY BOARD, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION; HOWARD DEAN FOSTER, an Individual; ANNA MAE FOSTER, an individual; The Heirs and Devisees of MARGARET CHEZ, Deceased, and All Persons Unknown

ANAHEIM DISTRICT CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ADVISORY BOARD, A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT CORPORATION; HOWARD DEAN FOSTER, an Individual; ANNA MAE FOSTER, an individual; The Heirs and Devisees of MARGARET CHEZ, Deceased, and All Persons Unknown Claiming an Interest in the Property; LHC ONTARIO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; POMA DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, a California corporation, now dissolved; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, an agency of the United States of America; DOES1-10, inclusive; and ALL PERSONS UNKNOW CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): CITY OF ONTARIO, a municipal corporation NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte

help/espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le dé un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio d e remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro.

Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de C a l i f o r n i a , (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/espanol/) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 247 W. Third Street San Bernardino, CA 92415.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): MARK A. EASTER, SBN 143435, HOLLAND P. STEWART, SBN 317028, BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP, 3390 University Avenue, 5th Floor Riverside, CA 92502 Tel: 951.686.1450 Fax: 951.686.3083 EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF ONTARIO IN THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS THAT PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST ONEQUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONEQUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 7 WEST, SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF ONTARIO, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST ONEQUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONEQUARTER OF SAID SECTION 10; BEING IN THE CENTER LINE OF ARCHIBALD AVENUE; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST ONEQUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST ONEQUARTER OF SAID SECTION, 75 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 60 FEET; THENCE EAST 75 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF ARCHIBALD AVENUE; THENCE NORTH 60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING EXCEPT THEREFROM AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST IN AND TO ALL OIL, GAS, PETROLEUM,

TION, 75 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 60 FEET; THENCE EAST 75 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF ARCHIBALD AVENUE; THENCE NORTH 60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING EXCEPT THEREFROM AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST IN AND TO ALL OIL, GAS, PETROLEUM, NAPTHA OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCE S AND MINERALS OF WHATSOEVER KIND AND NATURE IN UPON OR BENEATH THE PROPERTY HEREINABOVE DESCRIBED, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT OF ENTRY AND ALL OTHER RIGHTS, INCLUDING ALL RIGHTS OF WAY AND EASEMENTS WHICH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND REMOVAL OF ALL SUCH SUBSTANCES AND MINERALS AND THE FULL ENJOYMENT OF THE GRANTOR'S INTEREST HEREIN RESERVED, AS RESERVED BY THE FEDERAL U\ND BANK OF BERKELEY, IN THE DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 31, 1940 IN BOOK 1439. PAGE 270, OFFICIAL RECORDS APN: 0218-131-18 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 01/27/22, 02/03/22, 02/10/22, 02/17/22

Trustee’s Sales A.P.N.: 638-0-340-725 Trustee Sale No.:2021-1660 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER A NOTICE OF A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT AND CLAIM OF LIEN. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 8/25/2021.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that on 2/17/2022 at 11:00 AM, S.B.S. Lien Services As the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 8/30/2021 as Document No. 2021083000160160-0 Book Page of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, The original owner: KIRBY CASE The purported current owner: KIRBY CASE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by a cashier's check drawn by a State or national bank, a check drawn by a state of federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state.: AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 SOUTH VICTORIA AVENUE, VENTURA, CALIFORNIA 93003 All right, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, as more fully described on the above referenced assessment lien. The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 1940D HEYWOOD ST SIMI VALLEY CA 93065 AKA 1940 HEYWOOD STREET #D SIMI VALLEY CA 93065 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be

mediately be reflected in the of the real property detelephone information or on scribed above is purported to the internet web-site. The be: 1940D HEYWOOD ST best way to verify postponeSIMI VALLEY CA 93065 AKA ment information is to attend 1940 HEYWOOD STREET the scheduled sale. NOTICE #D SIMI VALLEY CA 93065 TO TENANT: You may have The undersigned Trustee disa right to purchase this propclaims any liability for any inerty after the trustee auction correctness of the street adif conducted after January 1, dress and other common 2021, pursuant to Section designation, if any, shown 2924m of the California Civil herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant Code. If you are an "eligible or warranty, expressed or imtenant buyer," you can purplied, regarding title, posseschase the property if you sion, or encumbrances, to match the last and highest pay the remaining principal bid placed at the trustee aucsum due under said Notice of tion. If you are an "eligible Delinquent Assessment, with bidder," you may be able to interest thereon, as provided purchase the property if you in said notice, advances, if exceed the last and highest any, estimated fees, charges, bid placed at the trustee aucand expenses of the Trustee, tion. There are three steps to to-wit: $17,604.16 accrued exercising this right of purinterest and additional adchase. First, 48 hours after vances, if any, will increase the date of the trustee sale, this figure prior to sale. The you can call FOR SALES INclaimant, PARKVIEW EAST FORMATION, PLEASE CONDOMINIUM OWNERS CALL (855) 986-9342, or visASSOCIATION under said it this internet website Notice of Delinquent Assesswww.superiordefault.com, ment heretofore executed using the file number asand delivered to the undersigned to this case 2021signed a written Declaration 1660 to find the date on of Default and Demand for which the trustee's sale was Sale, and a written Notice of held, the amount of the last Default and Election to Sell. and highest bid, and the adThe undersigned caused said dress of the trustee. Second, you must send a written noNotice of Default and Electice of intent to place a bid so tion to Sell to be recorded in that the trustee receives it no the county where the real more than 15 days after the property is located and more trustee's sale. Third, you than three months have must submit a bid, by remitelapsed since such recordating the funds and affidavit tion. NOTICE TO POTENdescribed in Section TIAL BIDDERS: If you are 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, considering bidding on this so that the trustee receives it property lien, you should unno more than 45 days after derstand that there are risks the trustee's sale. If you think involved in bidding at a trustyou may qualify as an "eliee auction. You will be bidgible tenant buyer" or "eliding on a lien, not on the gible bidder," you should conproperty itself. Placing the sider contacting an attorney highest bid at a trustee aucor appropriate real estate tion does not automatically entitle you to free and clear professional immediately for ownership of the property. advice regarding this potenYou should also be aware tial right to purchase. THE that the lien being auctioned PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD off may be a junior lien. If you SUBJECT TO THE NINETY are the highest bidder at the DAY RIGHT OF REDEMPauction, you are or may be TION CONTAINED IN CIVIL responsible for paying off all CODE SECTION 5715(b). liens senior to the lien being Date: 1/6/2022 S.B.S LIEN auctioned off, before you can SERVICES, 31194 La Baya receive clear title to the propDrive, Suite 106, Westlake erty. You are encouraged to Village, California, 91362. By: investigate the existence, priAnnissa Young, Trustee Sale ority, and size of outstanding Officer (TS# 2021-1660 SDIliens that may exist on this 22613) property by contacting the PUBLISHED: Ventura county recorder's office or a County Reporter 01/20/22, title insurance company, 01/27/22, 02/03/22 either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to Deadline: those not present at the sale.

Monday at 11am If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been for Thursday postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and Contact: date for the sale of this propAnn Turrietta erty, you may call FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855) 986(805) 648-2244 9342 or visit this internet web-site www.superiordeEmail Your Ad: fault.com, using the file number assigned to this case aturrietta@ 2021-1660. Information about vcreporter.com postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet web-site. The Online 24/7 best way to verify postponevcreporter.com ment information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may February have 3, 2022 — — 27 a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction if conducted after January 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil

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