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36 farmworkers vaccinated: County launches small pilot program by Kimberly Rivers

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“Faith in medicine again”: Doctors, patients going off-label to survive COVID by Kimberly Rivers

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR provocative Twitter account. He’d fire I have been in and out of the enterNancy D. Lackey Shaffer no one. He simply wants people to be tainment industry since 2006, and I STAFF WRITER the best version of themselves. The cre- studied film in college. What popular Kimberly Rivers CONTRIBUTORS ators told The Wrap that that was their shows and movies reflect is where Michael Cervin, David Michael Courtland, Ivor Davis, Emily Dodi, by Paul Moomjean objective. What happened next was we are as a country. 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CDC updates mask guidance

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Correct fit, correctly worn for best protection by Kimberly Rivers

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ast week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated guidelines for mask wearing to maximize protection that is provided. Each of the guidelines is aimed at preventing respiratory droplets — which can carry the coronavirus — from passing in or out through the mask. The guidelines included a statement that masks should not interfere with vision and the wearer should be able to breathe easily.

Ventura Mayor Sofia Rubalcava, seated in car, with healthcare activists Howard Teichman and Jude Wilson standing. Photo submitted

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First, check for a snug fit. Make sure the sizing and design of the mask prevents gaps around edges and sides that can let air and respiratory droplets pass through. Using a mask with a nose wire allows the mask to be shaped over the nose to prevent gaps at the top of the mask. Check for gaps on sides of the mask by feeling for air flow when you exhale. When wearing a properly fitting mask, you’ll feel warm air coming through the front of the mask, and the mask may move in and out with each breath.

n Saturday, Feb. 6, Ventura Mayor Sofia Rubalcava participated in a local car caravan hosted by area healthcare advocates working with the California Nurses Association (CNA). Caravans took place in 23 cities across the state as part of a kickoff day of action highlighting the need for universal healthcare and urging state legislators to pass California Guaranteed Health Care for All (CalCare), similar to Medicare for All at the national level.

CalCare would guarantee health care as a human right in the state of California by providing comprehensive, high quality health care to all. The CNA has been leading the fight for guaranteed health care for decades and is actively working to introduce a new single-payer bill in the state legislature. According to the CNA, at least 2.7 million Californians currently lack health insurance. — Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer

Multiple layers or use filter

The CDC guidelines suggest that when wearing a cloth mask, it should have multiple layers. If the mask has just one layer of fabric, also wear a disposable mask underneath the cloth mask so that the inner mask’s edges are pushed against the wearer’s face. The CDC clarifies that two disposable masks should not be worn together, and an N95 or KN95 mask also does not need to be doubled up, as those masks have the recommended protection built into their filtration material. In making its recommendations, the CDC relied on information from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases. Details online at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effective-masks.html.

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Return of the plastic bag as a problem by David Goldstein

will avoid saying which fast food place double-plastic-bagged the sandwich I ordered for carry out, tried to give me a separate plastic bag for napkins and plastic utensils, and gave me another plastic bag which enclosed my change. But I will say they sell submarine sandwiches. Really, there is no need to pick on one company for boosting the use of plastic bags during the COVID pandemic. With good intentions, everyone from supermarket clerks to volunteers at free food distribution pantries is trying to avoid physical contact to stay healthy and slow the spread of the virus. Nevertheless, we do have a problem, partly because this increase in plastic bag distribution is coming at a time when plastic bag recycling options are disappearing. The level of public concern about this issue may be measured by noting the five emails I received last week regarding plastic bags. Carol Terpstra, of Ventura, who described herself as “an oldtime, Baby Boomer recycler . . . dedicated to the cause since long before it became trendy or convenient,” emailed me, “Since the pandemic hit, I haven’t been able to find a grocery store or facility that will take my old plastic bags for recycling . . . If there is a way to keep them out of a landfill . . . please let me know.” Similarly, Art Goulet, former director of the Ventura County Public Works Agency and a Camarillo resident, emailed me about his “frustrating” search for bag recycling options. Vons market, 6— — February 18, 2021

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he reported, “removed the small bin they had outside the market because people were using it for trash.” A supermarket manager gave Bob Dawson, of Camarillo, the same contamination explanation for removal of bag recycling boxes but also provided a recycling tip. Some store employees still accept bags from customers, combining the plastic with shrink wrap, which is recycled in the back of the store. However, reported Mr. Dawson in an email to me, “The one and only time I tried that, the Vons employee looked at me as if I were from another planet.” Mr. Dawson then searched, unsuccessfully, for bag recycling at other stores. One store manager misinformed Mr. Dawson, telling him to put plastic bags in his curbside recycling cart. Actually, plastic bags are incompatible with recycling; bags cover recyclables and wrap around automated sorting lines. Lanny Kaufer, a patriarch of the Ojai environmental community, and Joanna Gentry, of Santa Paula, also emailed me this week regarding bags. In the absence of bag recycling options, both had been getting rid of bags by bagging paper in curbside recycling carts. I replied, telling them bagging paper is a mistake which makes recycling more difficult at the sorting center. I also suggested they use bags for waste basket liners, throwing away only bags weighted with garbage to avoid bag “blow-off” litter. The disappearance of plastic bag recycling options is because a provision in the 2006 legislation mandating recycling at loca-

tions distributing plastic bags allowed the requirement to expire last year. According to Lance Klug, public information officer with the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery — known as CalRecycle — a bill introduced to reestablish “at-store recycling,” AB 3141, was introduced last year but “did not advance,” and “the deadline for bill introduction in 2021 is Feb. 19.” I called several stores listed at Earth911.com as recycling plastic bags, and information about Vons and Walmart is no longer accurate, but the Target, Kohl’s, and Lowe’s stores I called still do have plastic bag drop-off containers. What can go in these containers? PlasticFilmRecycling.org, sponsored by the American Chemistry Council, lists the following types of plastic bags as being acceptable in drop-off programs: produce bags; plastic shipping envelopes; bread bags; dry cleaning bags; case wrap (such as the plastic wrapping a case of water bottles); air pillows (used in shipping); newspaper bags; product overwrap (such as the plastic wrap around bundles of toilet paper); and bubble wrap. Ensure no receipts, labels or metal, such as twist ties or paper clips, are in your bags. David Goldstein is an environmental analyst with Ventura County Public Works and can be reached at 805-658-4312 or david.goldstein@ventura.org.

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36 farmworkers vaccinated County launches small pilot program by Kimberly Rivers

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entura County launched a pilot program last week aimed at administering the coronavirus vaccine to farmworkers and ironing out logistics involved with vaccination administration in the fields. On Feb. 11, 36 farm workers were vaccinated at two avocado orchards. Employees of Kimball Avocados in Santa Paula and Rancho Simpatica in Fillmore are the first to get vaccinated through the county program. “Three maybe four are scheduled for this week,” said Rigoberto Vargas, director of Ventura County Public Health, adding that on Friday the program would hold a press conference at one of the farms where the vaccinations would be taking place. It’s being done on a “very limited basis. I don’t see us doing more than four or five sites in the next few weeks until we get enough vaccine.” Vargas said the county intends to vaccinate about 200 farmworkers each week and currently growers are selected based on the number of workers they have. This week program staff will visit selected growers with about 75 to 100 employees. Vaccine supply is still very limited in the county, with available appointments full. Vargas said that “given the very low amount [of vaccines] that there is overall,” he doesn’t expect an expansion of the program for the time being. A goal of the program is field testing vaccine administration in various settings at the farms and with different growers. Vargas said the county is looking at different processes that might be needed at citrus orchards or berry houses.

“We’ve made a commitment to be ready when the next tier of essential workers” is opened up for vaccinations, said Vargas. That tier will include teachers, grocery and restaurant workers. Logistics getting ironed out in the fields will help streamline vaccine administration at other types of work sites as well. Logistics include set up, registration and what can be done ahead of time versus the day of onsite. For example, special cooler containers are used to transport and keep the vaccines cold when taken into the fields. Sites visited during the pilot program are selected from a list compiled by an agricultural advisory workgroup. The group meets every Friday and includes the Agricultural Commissioner, Farmworker Resources Program (FRP) and community advocates. “It’s really based on size” of the employee list, Vargas explained, and whether “they can host us this week.” While the list is currently full, growers wanting to be added to the pilot program can contact the FRP. According to state data, 55% of coronavirus cases in Ventura County are taking place in the Latinx community, which is suffering 46% of the deaths. Latinx residents make up about 43% of the county’s population. According to House Farm Workers, a Santa Paula-based organization, there are about 42,000 farmworkers employed in Ventura County. Many live in crowded apartment settings that are conducive to the spread of the virus.

A Feb. 4 statement issued by the California Strawberry Commission said the organization is “in communication with all Central Coast counties and encouraging them to allocate at least some vaccines for farm workers. We are also in communication with Western Growers and United Ag Benefits Trust health insurance programs to seek allocations directly from the state.” In comparison, Santa Cruz County also launched a farmworker vaccination program last week that saw 1,000 people vaccinated in the first week at a clinic coordinated by Dignity Health Dominican Hospital, the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency and the California Strawberry Commission. Santa Cruz County has a total population of 273,213 and agricultural revenue of just over $600,000 compared with Ventura County’s 846,006 people and $2 billion in ag revenue. Ventura County Farmworker Resource Program: www.ventura.org/human-services-agency/farmworker-resources House Farm Workers: housefarmworkers.org COVID resources from the Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner: https://www.ventura.org/agricultural-commissioner/resources/

A farmworker is vaccinated on Feb. 11 at Kimball Ranch/El Hogar in Santa Paula. Photo courtesy of County of Ventura.

Vaccine Update - now open to 65 and older Ventura County has reported that all vaccine appointments are full through the end of February. More than 22,000 first-dose appointments were filled last week and more than 43,000 for the month. Supply is limited. As vaccines become available more appointments will open towards the end of February/early March. Online vaccine registration: www.venturacountyrecovers.org/vaccine-information/portal/ County vaccine phone line: 805-477-7161

Two Oxnard College programs recognized Fire Academy takes national award by Kimberly Rivers

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n Jan. 26, the Bellwether College Consortium recognized two programs at Oxnard College, the Fire Academy and dental hygiene program, for innovation and excellence. “What makes this honor even more noteworthy is the fact that Oxnard College was the only California institution to have two programs selected as Top 10 finalists,” added Greg Gillespie, chancellor of Ventura County Community College District (VCCCD). Bellwether awarded the top prize in the Workforce Development category for the college’s Fire Academy, which was quickly modified and designed to accommodate a first-of-itskind hybrid learning program as required during the restrictions of the pandemic. The model created in Oxnard was replicated in firefighting instruction programs across the state, helping to ensure aspiring firefighters could continue and complete their education and training so that vital firefighting positions could be filled without delay. During the pandemic the Fire Academy achieved an impressive 100 percent completion rate, 100 percent pass rate on the California State Fire Training certification exam and zero instances of COVID-19 exposures or cases. Joshua Chancer, VCCCD board chair, said, “This honor

recognizes the resilience of the program’s students, faculty and staff and their dedication to working collaboratively across agencies to bring the program safely back after the Stay-at-Home orders.” The Oxnard College Fire Academy is designated by the California State Fire Marshall as an accredited Regional Training Program, which authorizes the program to offer CSFM-accredited level of certification to those who complete the program. The Fire Academy can also give certification examinations for the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress and the National Board of Fire Service Professional Qualifications. The program is reviewed every five years. The dental hygiene program was ranked as a Top 10 finalist by Bellwether in the Instructional Programs and Services category for an approach called the “Five P’s model,” rooted in emphasizing prerequisites, performance and planning. Oxnard College Fire Academy: www.oxnardcollege.edu/ departments/academic/public-safety-fire-technology/public-safety-regional-fire-academy Oxnard College Dental Hygiene Program: www.oxnardcollege.edu/departments/academic/dental-hygiene February 18, 2021 —

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“Faith in medicine again” Doctors, patients going off-label to survive COVID by Kimberly Rivers kimberly@vcreporter.com

Last week we ran a story about local and national efforts to increase the support for research into early COVID-19 treatment protocols. We continue our coverage this week. An oximeter checks oxygen saturation in the blood.

he coronavirus has changed many aspects of how people around the world live. It’s impacted work, family visits, education, travel, and our view of healthcare. Some who test positive don’t want to take the “wait and see” approach. They want to act. As a result, many people are sharing information and stories of people with COVID-19 that received early treatment outside of the hospital. The treatments are sometimes off-label, so doctors using them have gone a bit rogue. Dr. Sabine Hazan is hoping to transform these treatments from rogue to standard. Hazan, a Ventura-based gastroenterologist and founder of Ventura Clinical Trials and Progenabiome, is testing and using treatment protocols for COVID-19 within five or six days of the onset of symptoms. She closely monitors the status of her patients, who are being treated at home, and every single one of them has remained out of the hospital. She is not trying to buck the system. In fact, she says Food and Drug Administraion (FDA) approval of the protocols is key to ensuring this virus is stopped. Thus, she has three active FDA trials looking at the treatment protocols. FDA approval is vital for doctors to feel comfortable using these protocols on a wider scale. And, she adds, a “cheap” option is needed to ensure all bases are covered as not everyone will be fully protected by the vaccine.

”I don’t have another explanation”

found [Dr. Hazan]. She hooked us up with that. With all of my existing conFor Thanksgiving 2020 the Storment ditions, they were afraid that I would family of Turloch, California, shared a not make it.” family meal together. Within a few days He described having COVID-19 as all but one member of the family con“a horrible experience . . . That night tracted COVID-19. after dialysis my fever shot up to 105.” Richard Storment, 62, was the only Storment’s wife didn’t experience one who became seriously ill. strong symptoms and was able to care “I did always think that if I got it, for him, putting ice packs on him to I would die, because of pre-existing bring his temperature down. “At that conditions.” He spoke with the Ventura point, it was full-blown attacking me. County Reporter on Feb. 15 from a dialI could hardly stand up. I was falling ysis clinic where he was receiving one down. So I just stayed in bed.” of three required treatments he gets each He recalls that it took a few days to week due to kidney failure. “My body start the treatment prescribed by Hazan. has pretty much fallen apart.” “She prescribed these off-the-grid He’s had multiple heart attacks, an medications that I couldn’t get elseaortic aneurysm, bladder cancer, diabewhere,” said Storment. His daughter tes and chronic obstructive pulmonary came to take care of him and found a disease (COPD). Storment’s medical local pharmacist willing to fill the prehistory checks every box putting him in scriptions written by Hazan. the highest risk category for death from Hazan confirmed that she prescribed COVID-19. him a regimen of Ivermectin, DoxycyThe weekend after Thanksgiving, he cline and high doses of Vitamins C and started running a fever. He called the D and zinc. She said that Storment’s dialysis clinic Monday morning. “They oxygen levels got as low as 77% (norhave strict guidelines” for those who get mal is 95-100%). Storment says his COVID-19 but still require their dialysis levels are always a bit reduced due to treatment. “I informed them that I was his COPD. The day he spoke with the running a fever and was pretty sure that VCReporter they were at 97%. “That’s it was COVID.” pretty good for me.” Richard Storment and his grandchild. There was a designated clinic being Photo submitted. “When I started it, I immediately used solely for those with COVID. Storstarted to get better. I can’t tell you if it ment went in for his treatment on Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. and tested was a miracle drug, but I felt like it was killing this virus,” recalls positive that evening. Storment. “I definitely credit [the medicines] for me still being He called his daughter, who lives in San Luis Obispo. “She alive. I just don’t have any other explanation.” 10 — — February 18, 2021

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He experienced a few “rough nights, gasping for breath. My daughter was pounding on my back to get me to catch my breath. Then the following week it got to where I could walk a little bit.” Storment tested negative on Dec. 17, but continued to need oxygen and experience shortness of breath for another three to four weeks. “I definitely recommend [the treatment], especially if they have pre-existing conditions . . . If it hits you hard at all, this may be the only thing that will save your life. I’m really blessed that I was able to hook up with [Hazan] . . . I hope that I can help someone else by doing this interview.”

“A step in the right direction”

Names have been changed in this section at the family’s request. Steve and Diane Johnson live in the Bay Area and both tested positive for COVID in early January. Steve is 86 and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s about a year and a half ago. He had surgery for colon cancer in February 2020 and had a heart valve replacement prior to that. He was diagnosed in his 50s with arthritis and treated with prednisone for years. He’s had pneumonia a few times, but Diane, 69, said that the pneumonia vaccine helped curb recurrences. Diane and daughter Jennifer spoke with the Ventura County Reporter on Feb. 15. “We had symptoms on Jan. 4,” said Diane. “And cold-like symptoms. Basically a cough. Neither one of us ran a fever. Two days went by, both coughs got worse.” “She’s an optimist by nature,” said Jennifer. “I talked to her multiple times. I was scared, I heard them both hacking all the time. She was hacking on the phone telling me she thinks it’s allergies. I hear my dad in the background like he’s coughing up a lung. She’s so worried about him, she didn’t pay attention to herself. They were both equally sick with the lung part, and they were getting worse.” “We got COVID tests to rule it out,” Diane said, “We had not been exposed to anyone that had COVID, that we knew of.” She said “the test came back two days later, on Friday, the 8th. We

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were both positive. I panicked. When I got the message I cried for half an hour from the fear. I had to fight the fear. I’m not going to sit back and see if it gets worse, we didn’t have that luxury.” She then contacted Steve’s neurologist. “She said you gotta do something about this, fast.” At that point they were at five days past the onset of symptoms. The neurologist introduced Diane to Hazan through a text. “We got all the paperwork in so she could write the prescriptions. We both got Ivermectin,” Diane said. The local pharmacy had enough for the Johnsons to start the medicine and worked with them, even staying open beyond normal business hours that day so they could take the first dose. “He’s known us, and has been filling our prescriptions for years.” “Within 24 hours we noticed less coughing,” Diane recalled. “We were still exhausted and sick.” One day after starting Ivermectin, Steve felt well enough to walk, although he was still sleeping most of the day. Diane felt she improved more quickly. Hazan started Steve on hydroxychloroquine. During the treatment Steve’s blood pressure, oxygen saturation and temperature were monitored. Hazan checked on both of them about three times a day. “She was amazing. One night I was worried about his oxygen levels. He got worse at night. She FacetTmed with him so she could see him.” But Diane said his levels never got below 90 and stayed around 92 or 93. “We knew about the controversy with hydroxychloroquine. When Trump talked about it, then it went the opposite way,” said Diane. “We knew it was harmless for [Steve] to take, he had been on it for years to treat his arthritis.” She also explained that he had been taken off the medicine when he no longer had active symptoms. She read about Ivermectin online. “It doesn’t look like a harmful drug. It’s more harmful if he ends up in the hospital intubated.” At his age, the risks of him dying from COVID were very real. But following Hazan’s protocol, “every day it was a step in the right direction.” “We learn a lot more as the virus changes,” Diane said. “We heard you don’t get tested again because you’ll stay positive for several months. I’ve had nurses tell me that. But [Steve] was tested 13 days after testing positive. It came back negative. We’ve both tested positive for the antibodies. We did these tests for Hazan’s research. I give credit to [that drug -- is that hydroxychloroquine or Ivermectin?], that probably killed the virus.” Diane said she shares information about their experience if people ask. “I’m so thankful that there are doctors out there doing research.” “It is really scary if you get that diagnosis and the biggest problem is doctors are not doing anything about it,” daughter Jennifer said. “They’re just saying take Tylenol and call if things get worse. Early intervention helps people stay alive, but there aren’t enough doctors given the authorization to prescribe [anything] that actually works. So many people don’t need to die if they were just given this information.” Diane said her experience with the treatment and Hazan, “gives me faith in people again, faith in medicine again.”

“Within two minutes she called”

Juan Ramirez of Oxnard was 62 when he contracted COVID19. His daughter, Stacey Stephens, spoke to the VCReporter on his 63rd birthday, Feb. 16, about their experience being treated at home. “He didn’t fall into the category of being able to get the vaccine,” said Stephens. “This gave us big concerns because of his heart issues.” When he tested positive earlier this month, she knew he was high risk. Ramirez has had an aortic valve replacement, and his doctor has recommended another one. He has atrial fibrillation and an atrial flutter and takes a blood thinner. He has had a few ablations to help stabilize heart arrhythmia. Stephens attended an event for work in late January. “It was super small. I wore a face shield, mask with a filter and gloves. Three days after the event I was called and told I was exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID.” She got tested that night and got her positive result the next day on Jan. 27.

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“I started feeling symptoms that night.” She and her 3-yearold daughter live with her mom, dad and brother. They all went to get tested. Results were all negative on Jan. 19. She and her daughter went into quarantine at a hotel for nearly a week. “On Feb. 2 in the morning I get a call from my dad to tell me he started to feel symptoms.” He was experiencing a sore throat, stuffy and runny nose. He was tested with a mouth swab and it came back positive. They got the results on Feb. 2 at about 9:30 p.m. “The very first thing I did when I received the email with his results was to call and tell my dad. The very next thing, I called his cardiologist.” Stephens often attends doctor visits with her father. Spanish is his primary language and while he speaks and understands English she said “sometimes things get lost in translation.” His doctors know her. “We are very strong believers in God and it was by the grace of God that night that out of his entire cardiology group, he was the doctor on call.” Ramirez’s doctor, Dr. Alon J. Steinberg, chief of medicine and cardiology at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, also is Hazan’s husband. “He returned my call immediately. He knows us so well, he’s been treating my dad for over 15 years, maybe 20 years. When he heard my voice he knew exactly who I was. I told him ‘My dad just tested positive. I don’t know what to do.’” Steinberg told her to have Ramirez start taking Vitamins C and D and zinc. “But I asked him, ‘is there anything else that we can do for him?’ . . . He told me his wife, who is a doctor, is conducting a trial and treating patients for COVID. I asked him if he thought my dad was eligible. He said ‘yes, let me see if she can call you back.’” “I thought maybe I’d hear from her the next day,” recalled Stephens. “Within two minutes she called.” Stephens said it all happened very quickly. She got the email confirmation of the positive test at 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 2, she called Steinberg, and Hazan called her immediately. That night they filled out the release and consent forms for the blind clinical trial involving hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin with Vitamins C and D and zinc. Hazan explained that patients don’t know if they’re receiving the placebo with just the vitamins or the medications with vitamins. Both Stephens and her dad started the trial the next day. At 8 a.m. on Feb. 3, the materials and medicine were ready for pick up at Ventura Clinical Trials. Her brother, who still tested negative, went to pick them up. Ramirez quarantined in his bedroom (food was placed at his door). He and Stephens provided stool samples. They took the vitamin “cocktail” and pills (that were either a placebo or the medication) at designated times throughout the course of the 10-day trial. During those five days they journaled about their symptoms and any changes. There was constant monitoring of blood oxygen saturation, temperature, blood pressure and heart rhythm with a special monitor connected to Hazan’s phone so she gets a notification of anything abnormal. All trial participants wear a continuous heart rate monitor on their arm at all times. It

constantly sends information to Hazan and her team so they can monitor patients. Every three days Hazan or her assistant would check in with them. They were watching the oxygen levels particularly closely. Ramirez had constant oxygen levels around 95 — normal for him. On the ninth day of the trial Stephens FaceTimed her father. “I asked him ‘how are you feeling?’ and he told me he had a really bad headache, his pulse ox [oxygen] went down, his cough was really bad.” He also had a fever that day and Stephens notified Hazan’s team. Hazan got in touch with her and indicated that his body wasn’t responding and she wanted to prescribe Ivermectin. This meant that Hazan would now be treating Ramirez as a primary care provider, and technically he was no longer in the clinical trial. Since he was not improving, Hazan did not want to chance that he was getting a placebo. Ramirez immediately started taking six pills of Ivermectin a day for three days, starting that night, and Hazan instructed him to cease taking the trial medication. That night he had cold sweats, diarrhea and shivers. Stephens again contacted Hazan -- who surprisingly answered, “That’s great!” Hazan told her “that is the exact reaction we wanted from his body” because it meant the medicine was working. After a few more nights like the first, he started feeling better and was breathing fine. When he again experienced headaches after taking the Ivermectin, Hazan instructed him to start taking it with fatty food, to increase absorption. “The next day after that he told me ‘Mi hija I’m fine. I feel like it’s the first day that I feel like it’s my body.’” “That’s where we’ve been,” his daughter says. “Yesterday he had a great day.” She said that her reports, “it finally feels like it’s really his body.” Ramirez’s file is still blind in the clinical trial, and Hazan won’t know if he was receiving the placebo or the actual medicines (hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin) until her trial concludes. Stephens hopes the Latino community will get this information. “With this trial we are fighting for these medications to fight the virus at home. What’s special to us is that it’s not treating your symptoms, it’s treating you to fight the virus that’s in your body.” She doubts her father could have received treatment like this in the hospital. “If you can’t breath well the first thing is they connect you to oxygen. That’s when you hear the stories of patients spiraling down, the domino effect within their bodies...I 1,000% believe this [treatment] kept him from being hospitalized. He got treated from the comfort of his own home.”

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Painter Duane Eells has been named president of Ojai Studio Artists for 2021-22. Photo submitted

OSA announces new board members

Ojai Studio Artists recently announced new leadership for 2021-22. Award-winning portrait and figurative painter Duane Eells, a 33-year resident of the Ojai Valley, is OSA’s new president. New Vice President Chris Beirne is a landscape painter who also serves as the office manager and webmaster for Focus on the Masters. Nature and portrait photographer Deborah Lyon has been named treasurer. While 2020 was as challenging for OSA as it was for all arts organizations, with canceled exhibitions and events, Eells said that, “We are looking forward to a new beginning as we venture into the unknown territory of 2021.” OSA hopes to resume its Second Saturday mini-tours in the late spring and has started planning the Ojai Studio Artists Tour for the weekend of Oct. 9. www. ojaistudioartists.org

Free gift with purchase from Ventura Pottery Gallery

The Ventura Pottery Gallery will celebrate love throughout the month of February by offering customers a free gift with purchase. Spend $25 or more at the gallery in Ventura Harbor, and receive a free handcrafted ceramic brown sugar saver. After being soaked in water, sugar savers will help keep brown sugar soft. They can also be used for marshmallows, breads, muffins, dried fruits, fresh herbs and spices; or infused with scented oil and hung as ornaments. Visit Ventura Pottery Gallery at 1567 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 105 in Ventura Harbor or visit the online store at ventura-pottery-gallery.square.site. More information on the guild can be found at venturapottersguild.org.

March 25 deadline for Richard and Elaine Williams Legacy Scholarships

The Arts Council of the Conejo Valley has announced its Richard and Elaine Williams Legacy Scholarship program to help support emerging youth artists. Winners will receive financial awards ranging from $500 to $2,000, to be provided to their college or conservatory to reduce college expense. Art students who legally reside in the Conejo Valley and are high school seniors or college underclassmen are eligible. Categories include visual art, dance, theatre and music. The entry deadline is March 25, 2021. Applicants are required to submit an example of their visual art or performance, an arts teacher recommendation and a short personal statement. Performing artists are required to

submit a link to a YouTube video demonstrating their work. Judges are visual and performing art jurists selected by the Arts Council of the Conejo Valley. Winners’ work will be showcased on the arts council website. For more information and applications, please visit the ACCV website at www.conejoarts.org or email conejoarts@gmail.com.

even when our horizons are more limited. We’re excited to share the work that has awed us the most, to invite others to take in nature’s beauty and wonder.” Inspirations may be purchased at the gallery at 401 N. Oak St., Ventura, or online at LatitudesGallery.com.

The Museum of Ventura County seeks public input

The Ventura Music Festival is hopeful that it can present its traditional programming by July 2021. To that end, it tentatively has scheduled six live concerts in celebration of its 26th annual festival, featuring trombonist Aubrey Logan, guitarist Andrea Roberto, world music band Adaawe, pianist Sean Chen, jazz fusion outfit Tom Scott and the L.A. Express, string trio Time for Three and the Django Reinhardt-inspired Django Festival Allstars. Events are currently scheduled to take place July 22-Aug. 1. In the meantime, VMF continues its virtual programming through Music Connects and Virtually Yours. Nuvi Mehta will curate a six-week series of highlights featuring previous VMF artists; Executive Director Susan Scott presents a special “Diva” series; and a selection of jazz favorites will follow after that. For more information and developments, visit venturamusicfestival.org.

The Museum of Ventura County recently launched an online survey to gain an understanding of how it can best serve its community. Of particular interest are ideas on engaging with people virtually while the pandemic keeps the museum closed, and ways to aid the rebuilding of the Ventura County community once restrictions are lifted. To that end, the museum is participating in a national survey sponsored by the American Alliance of Museums and hopes that everyone in Ventura County will take part. According to the museum, the survey should take about 9 minutes to complete. As a thank you for participating, all those who fill out the survey will be entered into a weekly drawing. One of the following prizes will be awarded every week through Sunday, March 15.

Latitudes Gallery of Ventura recently released its newest book, Inspirations. $45 Value — MVC Swag Bag (two mugs, four free passes, four-pack notecards from the Research Library Image Archives, MVC logo lapel pin); $50 Value — Autographed copy of Chris Hillman’s new memoir, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond; $60 Value — Free individual/family museum membership or, if already a member, an upgrade to the Associate Level membership (which includes North American Reciprocal Museums membership). All responses will be kept confidential, and not be used for future solicitations. Access the survey at survey. alchemer.com/s3/6082694/2021-Annual-Survey-ofMuseum-Goers?museum=ventura. Direct questions to survey administrator Susie Wilkening at susie@ wilkeningconsulting.com.

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Ventura College receives $50K from Carnegie Cornerstones

The Ventura College Art Department was recently the recipient of a $50,000 donation from Carnegie Art Cornerstones. The donation will be used to establish a fund to support the college’s visual arts gallery and exhibition programming, and help foster the education and artistic growth of emerging student artists. Funds will be used for art supplies and exhibit preparation once gallery spaces are allowed to open again. Currently, art students work in a variety of media, including ceramics, sculpture, photography, painting and digital media. The college typically holds six to eight exhibits a year in the main gallery space, and it is hoped that the endowment will enable more students to show their work. The endowment agreement allows the college to decide how exhibits will be organized and how artists will be selected.

Latitudes releases Inspirations

Latitudes Gallery in Downtown Ventura released its third book, Inspirations, in February. The hardcover coffeetable book is a compilation of 144 original photographs taken by professional photographers and gallery owners Stephanie Hogue and Steve Munch. Each beautiful photo is paired with bits of poetry to inspire readers with nature’s magnificence and power. “This has been such a challenging year for so many of us,” Hogue said. “Nature has the power to heal and inspire,

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Carnegie Art Cornerstones was originally founded to support the Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard. When the Carnegie closed, Cornerstones pivoted to promote artists’ creativity, learning and growth, and inspire appreciation for arts and culture in Oxnard and Southern California. The donation was coordinated by the Ventura College Foundation. “We’re grateful for the Carnegie Art Cornerstones’ generous donation,” said Kim Hoffmans, Ventura College president. “Art plays an important role in our culture and society. The endowment will help the next generation of local artists find their voice.”

Gutiérrez, Speller win art prizes

The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation has announced the winners of its art prizes for 2021. Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez of Ventura has received the foundation’s art prize, worth $10,000, while Jovan C. Speller is the recipient of the foundation’s $5,000 Minnesota art prize. Both prizes include exhibition projects at the Ojai Institute in AD PROOF Ojai, the artist-centric initiative of the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation. afeport Cannabis Ad Executive: Warren Barrett “Porfirio (805) 648-2244 and Jovan have both taken deep dives k this proof over carefully and indicate all corrections clearly. You will have a “1st Proof”, “2nd Proof”, and “Final Proof”. into their ancestral land Ifand cosmologies in their no proof after the 1st or 2nd Proofs, AD WILL RUN AS IS. If this proof meets your approval on the 1st proof, check off respective practices and it is an honor to celebrate OF (APPROVED)” box, date and sign at the bottom. them and the dynamic legacies they have inherited,” ISSUE: 2/18/21 PLEASE FAX THIS PROOF TO (805) 648-2245 ASAP said Frederick Janka, executive director of the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation.

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of nearly all indoor entertainment venues, including theaters, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The closure of the venues we rely on to properly present these films to you, the unknown future of public events, and people’s increasing dependency on digitally accessing an infinite selection of world cinema, have contributed to this decision,” DeStefano explained, emphasizing that while VFS does not go on, filmmaking — and its value to our cultural well being — does. “No matter what the method of delivery, we still believe firmly in cinema as the most public of arts and urge you to continue supporting films and filmmakers into the future.”

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The Ventura Film Society (VFS), once lauded for “bringing people together in the dark,” drops the curtain permanently in 2021. Founded by Lorenzo DeStefano in 2008, it has brought more than 400 quality films to cinema lovers through screenings at a variety of locations in Ventura, including the Elks Lodge, Working Artists Ventura (The WAV) and the Bell Arts Factory. “During all that time we have strived to fill a gap by presenting not only entertaining cinema from around the world but films that have helped us discover the world around us,” stated DeStefano in a farewell message via email. “We know from your positive response and loyal attendance over the years that our efforts have been much appreciated.” VFS’ end comes after a year that saw the closure

The city of Thousand Oaks recently announced that the Bank of America Performing Arts Center will remain closed to live events until April 1, 2021, due to the ongoing pandemic. All programs that are on the calendar through March 31 will be rescheduled or canceled. While the venue will not hold live events with audiences, the theatres may be used for filming and streaming opportunities without live audiences. BAPAC will continue to work with TOArts (Thousand Oaks Alliance for the Arts) to present drive-in concerts and movies at The Lakes and Conejo Creek South Park. For more information and updates, visit www.BAPACthousandoaks.com or call 805-449-2787.

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Senior financial executive Marijane Unter of financial services firm BDO USA has been elected to the board of directors of the New West Symphony (NWS). Throughout her career, Unter has worked with clients in a variety of industries including media and entertainment, technology, gaming, hospitality and manufacturing. “Marijane knows how important music is to the embodiment and fabric of a community, particularly during these challenging times when music can heal and bring us all together,” said NWS Board Chair Dwight Brown. “We are thrilled to welcome her to our board and know that her passions and unique skills will be instrumental in the New West Symphony’s ability to continue to provide enriched experiences for all of our concertgoers and supporters.” Unter said that she is “excited to have the opportunity to work with an organization that not only offers incredible concerts and programming, but also brings wonderful musical experiences to children in underserved communities.” newwestsymphony.org

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ive young musicians from Cabrillo Middle School in Ventura have earned the distinction of being selected for the All-State Honor Band as part of the annual California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC). The conference takes place in Fresno every February, and will be offered virtually Feb. 19-20 this year. “It’s a great honor to be selected and we are more than proud of these students,” said Mario Boccali, music director of Cabrillo’s music department. This isn’t the first time Cabrillo middle schoolers have participated in the CASMEC — in fact, Boccali’s students have been chosen for all-state for 15 straight years. Students continuing the tradition this year are Beatrice “Bea” Barnes (French horn), Lucca Boccali (tuba), Emily Gonzalez (trumpet), Brynn Gray (trumpet) and Kiran Maserang (oboe). Every year in the fall, more than 2,500 junior high and high school students from across California submit recorded auditions in a bid to take part in one of several all-state ensembles, including orchestra, jazz, wind, strings and choir. Of these a few hundred are selected to take part. For the honor band, young musicians are expected to submit two recordings: a set of scales and a solo chosen by CASMEC for their particular instrument. It’s a demanding undertaking. “They have to play the solo perfectly,” Boccali explained. “A lot of hours of hard practice and hard work . . . the solo is very challenging.”

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Boccali provides musicians with the required music and helps with organization, pointers and recording, but said that otherwise he’s mostly “hands off . . . it’s up to them to prepare it.” “By the time they get to that level,” he continued, “they know they have to put in the work.” Emily Gonzalez, a 13-year-old eighth grader who lives in Ventura, has been playing trumpet for two and a half years. She said that she practiced 30 minutes a day, every day, to prepare for her audition. “I practice a lot,” admitted the jazz fan, who cites Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis as two of her biggest influences. One thing Gonzalez discovered during the process: “I learned not to be as nervous and that I’ll do better. If you practice enough, you’ll be more confident.” Beatrice “Bea” Barnes, 14, also of Ventura, said one reason she loves the French horn is because of its “super rich tone.” She admitted, however, that as a competitive gymnast, she also likes a challenge, and the French horn is known to be “one of the more challenging instruments.” She devoted 45-60 minutes most days of the week to audition prep. “I focused on the specific things I had to play, and on my basics. The hard solos won’t be easy if you don’t practice the basics.” She also praised Cabrillo music teacher Garbriel Garnett, tutor Gregg Hutchinson (also a teacher at Anacapa Middle School) and Boccali for their guidance and support. “They

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taught me everything I know.” “I was driven to the oboe [because] it has a really unique sound,” said Kiran Maserang, 13, of Ventura. “The oboe has more potential sounds and ways it can be interpreted.” The piece he had to play for his audition — Haydn’s “Menuetto and Presto” — “has many parts where you don’t get to breathe a lot.” To prepare, he practiced 45 minutes every day and “played a lot of long tones” — essentially holding notes for as long as possible. He noted that the pandemic has allowed him to focus more on his music, which gave him an edge this year. “Last year I tried out and I wasn’t experienced, but also I didn’t put in the time,” he said. With fewer distractions due to the COVID-19 closures, “I put in more time this year and that made the difference.”

CASMEC goes online

Traditionally, CASMEC is a four-day conference that takes place in Fresno. Students are in “nonstop rehearsals Thursday through Saturday, with a performance on Sunday,” Boccali said. This year, however, the conference is just two days and will be conducted virtually. According to Boccali, students will get the music ready on their own, and will be recorded while performing their parts separately. The online concert, with all the players, will be put together in post-production. Cabrillo students have mixed feelings about this.

“I’m mainly concerned about the audio quality,” said Maserang. “Playing solos . . . may not sound musical and melodic.” Nevertheless, he’s looking forward to the experience and “hearing how it sounds altogether.” Barnes is looking forward to meeting the other honor band members, but said that, “There’s this feeling you get when you’re playing with all these people in a big band . . . you don’t have that feeling online.” What hasn’t changed are the qualities students participating in the all-state experience develop. “Perseverance, self motivation, hard work, independence, a positive attitude,” Boccali named off. “Attention to detail — a tough thing for this age. Working together for a common goal.” Cabrillo middle schoolers have been among those selected for the all-state band every year since 2007, a fact that Boccali said attests to both the school’s music program and its students. “I hope all incoming students take advantage of what we have to offer in the music department at Cabrillo,” he said. “And I think our community should know how outstanding our kids really are. They’re spectacular kids doing spectacular things.” The California All-State Music Education Conference takes place online Feb. 19-20. For more information, visit casmec.org For more information on Cabrillo Middle School Music Department, visit sites.google.com/view/cabrillomiddleschoolmusic. February 18, 2021 — — 15

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Job Corpse

My girlfriend of a year is beautiful, intelligent, sweet, and loving and the first woman I could see having a future with. Last week, I was told I’m being laid off from my job at a large media conglomerate. I haven’t told anyone, but I’m feeling increasingly guilty for keeping it a secret from my girlfriend. The thing is I’m afraid she’ll think less of me, even if she pretends not to. To be honest, I’d rather break up with her than tell her. — Distraught Ideally, when you propose a datenight activity, it isn’t a choice between: “We could go to the grocery store and

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look at all the food we can’t afford to buy” or “to the bank with a sawed-off shotgun and a wheelbarrow.” However, your heartbreaking “I’d rather break up with her than tell her” probably stems from shortsightedness about female mating psychology. Because men and women co-evolved, men are acutely aware that women seek “providers” as partners. But, in ancestral times, when our current mating psychology was shaped, there was no such thing as wealth: assets that could be stashed (or places to stash them). No money, no banks, no corpse-sized freezer to cram 126 bison burgers into. Accordingly, evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains that women gauge a man’s mate value by “looking beyond his current position” and evaluating his potential: his ability to acquire status and resources in the future. (Today, Top Ramen. Tomorrow, top surgeon.) Assuming you didn’t get your job because your boss threw darts at LinkedIn and hit you in the neck, you’ve probably got the smarts, talent, and ambition to get a new gig — or start a business of your own. And chances are there’s more to your relationship than two nice people

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

ARIES

(March 21-April 19):

Atheists like to confront religious people with accusations like this: “If God is so good, why does he allow suffering in the world?” Their simplistic, childish idea of God as some sort of Moral Policeman is ignorant of the lush range of ruminations about the Divine as offered down through the ages by poets, novelists, philosophers, and theologians. For example, poet Stéphane Mallarmé wrote, “Spirit cares for nothing except universal musicality.” He suggested that the Supreme Intelligence is an artist making music and telling stories. And as you know, music and stories include all human adventures, not just the happy stuff. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Aries, because the coming weeks will be a favorable time to honor and celebrate the marvelously rich stories of your own life—and to feel gratitude for the full range of experience with which they have blessed you. PS: Now is also a favorable phase to rethink and reconfigure your answers to the Big Questions.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20):

Blogger Rachel C. Lewis confides, “I love being horribly straightforward. I love sending reckless text messages and telling people I love them and telling people they are absolutely magical humans and I cannot believe they really exist. I love saying, ‘Kiss me harder,’ and ‘You’re a good person,’ and, ‘You brighten my day.’” What would your unique version of Lewis’s forthrightness be like, Taurus? What brazen praise would you offer? What declarations of affection and care would you unleash? What naked confessions might you reveal? The coming days will be a favorable time to explore these possibilities.

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You’re on the verge of breakthroughs. You’re ready to explore frontiers, at least in your imagination. You’re brave enough to go further and try harder than you’ve been able to before. With that in mind, here’s a highly apropos idea from Cancerian novelist Tom Robbins. He writes, “If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill, take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edge of edges, then you force it into the realm of magic.” (I might use the word “coax” or “nudge” instead of “force” in Robbins’ statement.)

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Stainless Steal

I’m a woman in my 20s with a friend who often copies my style. It feels like she’s trying to one-up me, but I’ve tried to ignore it. Well, for years, I’ve rimmed my lower eye with thick black kohl. She commented on it several weeks ago and then started doing it herself. At lunch yesterday, she said (about my eyeliner): “You started doing that? I’ve done it forever.” This is the third time she’s pretended my style she copied was hers first, but I feel petty being upset about it. — Unflattered

Apparently, there could be two snowflakes that are alike — from very tiny snow crystals — but they probably wouldn’t show up at the same bar wearing the same dress and eyeliner. “Monkey see, monkey do” isn’t limited to monkeys or stylejacking female friends. Even fruit flies are copycats, spotting an alpha ladyfly getting it on with a particular dudefly and, afterward, engaging in “mate-choice copying”: the insect sex version of “I’ll have what she’s having!” Like fruit flies, we evolved to copy high-status peeps (friends and celebrities) to advance our evolutionary interests: survival, social survival, and our ability to mate and pass on our genes. Accordingly, evolutionary psychologist Abraham Buunk finds that envy is wrongly maligned as a toxic emotion. Sure, some envious people act in destructive ways (“malicious envy”), but simply noticing others outpacing us and feeling bad about it serves as an internal alarm system: “Hey, Slackerella...better catch up!” We’re told “imitation” is some fabulous form of flattery, so it can feel petty to accuse somebody of stealing your look. However, evolu-

tionary psychologist Vladas Griskevicius explains that we try to make ourselves attractive to potential partners by seeming unique and special, standing out from the crowd. So, this woman’s ultimately cheating in competing for mates, which is probably why she’s “gaslighting” you. Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which somebody tries to destabilize your grasp on the facts by denying what you know is true, to the point where you might start questioning it yourself. In other words, what’s creepy here isn’t so much the crime as the cover-up. Probably the only way to stop this is dialing back her presence in your life. You can call the cops if somebody stabs you or steals your TV, but there are no actual fashion police to be dispatched, a la, “911, what is your emergency?” You: “Help! She plagiarized my eyeliner!” (c)2021, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com. @amyalkon on Twitter. Weekly podcast: blogtalkradio. com/amyalkon Order Amy Alkon’s new book, “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence,” (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2018).

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It’s a good time to become more of who you are by engaging with more of what you are not. Get in the mood for this heroic exercise by studying the following rant by Gemini poet Adam Zagajewski (who writes in Polish), translated by Gemini poet Clare Cavanaugh: “Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head. But also read against yourselves, read for questioning and impotence, for despair and erudition, read the dry, sardonic remarks of cynical philosophers. Read those whose darkness or malice or madness or greatness you can’t yet understand, because only in this way will you grow, outlive yourself, and become what you are.”

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hooking up on the regular. Cobble together the courage to be vulnerable. Tell your girlfriend what you’re going through, including how you feel: perhaps scared, unsure of your value, and maybe like you’ve let her down. Sure, she might drop you like a hot rock — but she might instead show you she loves you and believes in you, even when you’re having a tough time believing in yourself. There’s one way to find out which it is, and it isn’t by spending two months keeping mum about the layoff while having pretend work calls on Zoom with your friend’s dog.

(July 23-Aug. 22):

In her story “Homelanding,” Margaret Atwood writes, “Take me to your trees. Take me to your breakfasts, your sunsets, your bad dreams, your shoes. Take me to your fingers.” I’d love you to express requests like that. It’s a favorable time for you to delve deeper into the mysteries of people you care about. You will generate

healing and blessings by cultivating reverent curiosity and smart empathy and crafty intimacy. Find out more about your best allies!

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

You’re about to reach the end of your phase of correction and adjustment. To mark this momentous transition, and to honor your ever-increasing ability to negotiate with your demons, I offer you the following inspirational proclamation by poet Jeannette Napolitano: “I don’t want to look back in five years’ time and think, ‘We could have been magnificent, but I was afraid.’ In five years, I want to tell of how fear tried to cheat me out of the best thing in life, and I didn’t let it.”

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

It’s not a good time for you to be obsessed with vague abstractions, fear-based fantasies, and imaginary possibilities. But it is a favorable phase to rise up in behalf of intimate, practical changes. At least for now, I also want to advise you not to be angry and militant about big, complicated issues that you have little power to affect. On the other hand, I encourage you to get inspired and aggressive about injustices you can truly help fix and erroneous approaches you can correct and close-at-hand dilemmas for which you can summon constructive solutions.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

“The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes,” declared author André Gide. As a writer myself, I will testify to the truth of that formulation. But what about those of you who aren’t poets and novelists and essayists? Here’s how I would alter Gide’s statement to fit you: “The most beautiful things are those that rapture prompts and reason refines.” Or

maybe this: “The most beautiful things are those that experimentation finds and reason uses.” Or how about this one: “The most beautiful things are those that wildness generates and reason enhances.” Any and all of those dynamics will be treasures for you in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

The poet Nayyirah Waheed has some advice I want you to hear. She writes, “Be easy. Take your time. You are coming home to yourself.” I will add that from my astrological perspective, the coming weeks will indeed be a time for you to relax more deeply into yourself — to welcome yourself fully into your unique destiny; to forgive yourself for what you imagine are your flaws; to not wish you were someone else pursuing a different path; to be at peace and in harmony with the exact life you have.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things,” wrote author G. K. Chesterton. He was exaggerating for dramatic effect when he said that, as he often did. The more nuanced truth is that one of the central aims of education is to learn things, and another very worthy aim is to unlearn things. I believe you are currently in a phase when you should put an emphasis on unlearning things that are irrelevant and meaningless and obstructive. This will be excellent preparation for your next phase, which will be learning a lot of useful and vitalizing new things.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) ultimately became one of the 20th century’s most renowned composers. But his career had a rough start. Symphony No. 1, his first major

work, was panned by critics, sending him into a four-year depression. Eventually he recovered. His next major composition, Piano Concerto No. 2, was well-received. I don’t anticipate that your rookie offerings or new work will get the kind of terrible reviews that Rachmaninoff’s did. But at least initially, there may be no great reviews, and possibly even indifference. Keep the faith, my dear. Don’t falter in carrying out your vision of the future. The rewards will come in due time.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20):

Ancient Greek playwright Euripides was popular and influential—and remains so to this day, 2,400 years later. But there’s a curiously boring aspect in five of his plays, Andromache, Alcestis, Helen, Medea, and The Bacchae. They all have the same exact ending: six lines, spoken by a chorus, that basically say the gods are unpredictable. Was Euripides lazy? Trying too hard to drive home the point? Or were the endings added later by an editor? Scholars disagree. The main reason I’m bringing this to your attention is to encourage you to avoid similar behavior. I think it’s very important that the stories you’re living right now have different endings than all the stories of your past. Homework: Listen to and download my music for free. https://soundcloud.com/ sacreduproar freewillastrology@freewillastrology.com Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700. February 18, 2021 —

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the terms of the bidding documents if award is made. The bid guarantee shall be in one of the following forms: a bid bond written by an admitted surety insurer on the form included with the Proposal fo r m , a c a s h i e r 's c h e c k drawn by a National bank, a check certified by a National bank or cash. An electronically transmitted copy of the bid bond form, included in the Proposal form, may be used but the form must have the original signatures of the principal and surety. Copies of the completed bond will not be accepted. Bidders must have a Class A California Contractors license, and will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract price. In accordance with Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code, securities may be substituted for funds withheld. Bidders, contractors, and other interested parties can obtain wage rates pertaining to Ventura County projects at the link provided below. California general prevailing wage rates for construction can be obtained from the following Web site: http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/ PWD/index.htm. The awarded contractor must post copies of the prevailing wage determinations at each job site. 2/18/21 CNS-3441534#

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Bid Notices COUNTY OF VENTURA NOTICE INVITING FORMAL BIDS Sealed bids will be received by mail at the County Surveyor's Public Counter, 3rd Floor, Administration Building, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, California 93009-1670, on MARCH 23RD, 2021, and opened at 2:00 p.m., for Specification No. RD21-08, PAVEMENT RESURFACING – LOCKWOOD VALLEY AREA EAST, which consists of pavement resurfacing including a 2-layer pavement overlay comprised of an Asphalt Rubber Aggregate Membrane (ARAM) overlain by Asphalt Concrete Hot Mix (ACHM) with Fiber Reinforcement, Public Access & Notice, Mobilization, Traffic Control & Construction Signing, Water Pollution Control, Roadway Preparation, AC Taper with Key, PMB Shoulder Backing, Concrete Headwall, Pavement Delineation Signing & Striping, & Appurtenant work. The estimated cost of construction is $4,700,000.00. The plans, specifications and proposal forms for this project are filed in the office of the Ventura County Surveyor and are, by reference, made a part of this Notice. Construction bidding documents, including plans, specifications, addenda and any supplementary documents are now available on the Ventura County Web Site at: https://www.vcpublicworks.or g/es/contracting/ then click on "Contract Bidding Opportunities" and then "eBidBoard Website" where the documents may be viewed, downloaded and printed. Printed copies of the document can be purchased at most commercial printing companies that have internet access. A List of Plan Holders is available on the Website shown above. An abstract of bids received will be available at the same web site under Bids & Subs. When projects are awarded, the award notification to the State will be posted under Awarded Contracts. Bids must be submitted by mail only on the proposal form furnished with said documents. Subcontractor list must include a valid Contractor's License Number. Contractor and any subcon2/15/21 1:24 PM tractors must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations prior to bid time and shall be verified during bid verification processes. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid guarantee in the amount of not less than 10% of the amount bid, PAYABLE TO THE COUNTY OF VENTURA and guaranteeing that the bidder will enter into a contract in accordance with the terms of the bidding documents if award is made. The bid guarantee shall be in one of the following forms: a bid bond written by an admitted surety insurer on the form included with the Proposal form, a c a s h i e r 's c h e c k drawn by a National bank, a check certified by a National bank or cash. An electronically transmitted copy of the bid bond form, included in the Proposal form, may be used but the form must have the original signatures of the principal and surety. Copies of the completed bond will not be accepted. Bidders must have a Class A California Contractors license, and will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond, each in

Lien Sales 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 Oaks, LLC dba Simi Country (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 Oaks, LLC dba Simi Country, payable at time of sale, on Monday, March 1, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., at the following location: 1550 Rory Lane, #159 aka1550 RORY LN 159, 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. Upon sale, the mobilehome must be removed from the Premises. The property which will be sold is described as follows: Manufacturer: unknown Trade Name: Embassy Year, 1974 H.C.D.. Decal no. Aap9908 Serial no. 1002 Serial No.1002 The current location of the subject property is: 1550 Rory Lane, #159 aka 1550 Rory Ln 159, Simi Valley, Ca 93063.The public auction will be made to satisfy the lien tor storage of the above-described property that was deposited by The Estate of Consuelo Lial aka Connie Lial, Angel C. Gomez, Lucy J. Gomez, Monica Barajas, Guillermo Barajas, and Bank of America with Simi Oaks, LLC dba Simi Country. The total amount due on this property, including estimated costs, expenses and advances as of the date of the public sale, is $8,544.78. The auction will be made for the purpose of satisfying the lien on the property, together with the cost of the sale. Dated: February 11, 2021 Hart King Ryan J. Egan, Esq. Authorized Agent for Simi Oaks, LLC dba Simi Country Contact: Julie Veliz (714) 432-8700 (IFS# 22837 02/11/21, 02/18/21) Notice of Public Auction Notice is hereby given that Golden State Storage intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property Pursuant to Lien Sale per the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act (B&P Code Section 21700, et seq.). Golden State Storage will sell items at www.storagetreasures.com by competitive bidding ending on February 25th, 2021 at

Notice of Public Auction Notice is hereby given that Golden State Storage intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property Pursuant to Lien Sale per the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act (B&P Code Section 21700, et seq.). Golden State Storage will sell items at www.storagetreasures.com by competitive bidding ending on February 25th, 2021 at 12:00 pm. The said property has been stored and is located at Golden State Storage 300 W Ventura Blvd Camarillo CA 93010, County of Ventura, State of California. Tamothy Adler Johnson: Gold Clubs, Clothing & Linens Gas Can, Luggage, 3+ Bags Unknown, 3+ Totes of unknown, Laundry Basket, Books, Small Heater Isaac Lowe: 40+ boxes of unknown, vinyl records, toys, 15+ totes of unknown, household items, briefcase, 6 bags of unknown, hutch, Golf Club. Rock Kelsea: 12+ Boxes of Unknown, 2 Luggage, Various Furniture, Linens, Various Furniture, Linens, Home Décor, Slim Rolling Wire Shelf, Cleaning Supplies, Rug, Household Items, 4 Bags of Unknown. Lorenzo Cecilio: 3 Office Chairs, Wheel Chair, Dolly, Detecto Scale, 5+ Boxes of unknown, Office Furniture, Adjustable Bed Frame, Desk, Medical Equipment, Flatscreen Monitor. Alegria Angeles: 2 stepstools, Piano Dolly, Push Cart, Headboard, Storage Cabinet, Toaster Oven, Heater, Mattress Set, Waffle Iron, Swiffer Wet Jet, Cleaning Supplies. Alegria Angeles: LG Large Flatscreen Monitor, 2 End Tables, TV stand, Vanity Cabinets w/ mirror, Mirrored Desk, 3 Mirrors, Various Electronics, Bed Set, Homer Décor, Retail Rack, 2ft level, 4ft level, Framed Art, Cleaning Supplies, Various Tools. 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: 2/11/2021 and 2/18/2021 Auction by www.storagetreasures.com Phone: 480-397-6503 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/11/21, 02/18/21 LIEN SALE Swink's Towing LIEN SALE: 18-CHEV License: 8EDJ076 / CA Vin: 1G1BB5SM4J7141963 to be sold at 10:00 am on 3/4/2021 @ 4506 Industrial St Simi Valley, CA PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/18/21 LIEN SALE 3/1/21 10AM AT 2456 TELLER ROAD, NEWBURY PARK 08 FORD LIC# B622441 VIN# 1FTSW20R58EC64508 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/18/21 Golden State Storage Oxnard NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION Notice is hereby given that Golden State Storage intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to Lien Sale per California Self Storage Facility Act (B&P Code Section 21700, et seq.). Golden State Storage will sell items at www.Storagetreasures.com sale by competitive bidding ending on February 23, 2020 at 2:00PM. The said property has been stored and is located at Golden State Storage, 2100 Auto Center2/16/21 Dr., 1:41 PM

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Golden State Storage Castaneda, Date of Birth: described below, pursuant to will sell items at www.Stor11/24/2020, Place of Birth: the provisions of the Califoragetreasures.com sale by Ventura, CA, Father's name: nia Self-Storage Facility Act, competitive bidding ending Brandon Lee, Mother’s Section 21700, et seq. of the on February 23, 2020 at name: Vanessa Castaneda. Business and Professions 2:00PM. The said property Pursuant to Welfare and InCode of the State of Califorhas been stored and is locstitutions Code Section nia the undersigned will be ated at Golden State Stor366.26, a hearing has been sold online at www.Storage, 2100 Auto Center Dr., scheduled for your child. You ageAuctions.com at 12:00 Oxnard, CA 93036. County of are hereby notified that you PM on Friday, March 05, Ventura, State of California: may appear on 04/14/2021, 2021. Harold Sanders- 2 Monat 8:30 a.m., or as soon as goose bikes, xmas decor, counsel can be heard in Management reserves the luggage outdoor furniture, Courtroom J1 of this Court at right to withdraw any unit dolly, CDs, bins contents unJuvenile Justice Center 4353 from sale. Registered or mokn. Vineyard Ave. Oxnard, CA tor vehicles are sold "As Is / David Hernandez- Under9 3 0 3 6 . Y O U A R E F U RParts Only," no titles or regiswood typewriter, 4 hub caps, THER ADVISED as follows: tration. JBL subwooferMig Welder At the hearing the Court must equip. choose and implement one of Tenant Name Unit # Stored Kimberly Oliverwood- wood the following permanent Items furniture, sewing machine old plans for the child: adoption, christal tanii 1018 Housetrunk/cases, bins misc. guardianship, or long term hold items Linda Litzelman- wood furfoster care. Parental rights niture, old items, exercise may be terminated at this Summer Chessher 1021 bike, boxes conts. unkn. hearing. On 04/14/2021, the Furn boxes hhi Elenita Aquino- lrg wood Human Services Agency will furniture, organ, 3 TVs, misc recommend termination of Joseph Saldivar 1030 boxes parental rights. The child may Household furniture Purchases must be paid at be ordered placed in long the time of sale with Cash term foster care, subject to Salvador De La Rosa 181 only. All sales are subject to the regular review of the JuTools, Furn, bikes cancellation up to the time of venile Court; or, a legal sale. Sale rules and regulaguardian may be appointed Lauren Hale 259 tools tions are available at the time for the child and letters of of sale. Company reserves guardianship be issued; or, David J Dupont 500 clothes the right to refuse any online adoption may be identified as boxes bids. the permanent placement Dated 2/11/2020 and goal and the Court may orPUBLISHED: Ventura 2/18/2020 der that efforts be made to County Reporter 02/11/21, Auction by www.storlocate an appropriate adopt02/18/21 agetreasures.com ive family for the child for a Phone: 480-397-6503 period not to exceed 180 PUBLISHED: Ventura CALIFORNIA AUCTION AD days and set the matter for County Reporter 2/11/2020 Notice is Hereby Given that further review; or, parental and 2/18/2020 the contents of the following rights may be terminated. storage units and/or You are entitled to be present vehicle(s)/vessel(s) will be ONE FACILITY – at the hearing with your attoroffered for sale by public aucMULTIPLE UNITS ney. If you cannot afford an tion to the highest bidder enattorney, you are entitled to forcement of storage lien. Extra Space Storage will hold have the Court appoint couna public auction to sell persel for you. A thirty-day conAIRPORT SELF STORAGE sonal property described betinuance may be granted if 3551 W. 5TH ST. low belonging to those indinecessary for counsel to preOXNARD, CA 93030 viduals listed below at the pare the case. At all termina(805) 985-3315 location indicated: 375 S. tion proceedings, the Court Laurel St. Ventura, CA 93001 shall consider the wishes of Auction will be held online on March 09th 2021 at 10:30 the child and shall act in the storagetreasures.com Friday, AM best interest of the child. Any February 19, 2021 at 9AM. C y nt hia La k e - D r e s s e r, order of the Court permanboxes, shoes, totes, toys, ently terminating parental G138 Ramos-Arellano, hand tools, fan tackle box, rights under this section shall Ruben Recreation and Outstep ladder, home decor, be conclusive and binding door Items cooler, musical instruments upon the minor person, upon J183 Luyet, Patrick Metal Hector Cruz- Bags, bicycle, the parent or parents, and fabrication supplies, Conboxes, clothes, toys, campupon all other persons who struction materials ing chairs have been served with citaTarah Chase- Totes, Chair, tion by publication or otherAirport Self Storage reserves hand tools, power tools, mowise. After making such an the right to refuse any bid. All torcycle, motorcycle bike order, the Court shall have sales are subject to prior canparts, cart, hose, furniture no power to set aside, cellation. Terms, rules and dolly change, or modify it, but this regulations are available at Richard Venegas- Armoire, shall not be construed to limsale. couch, Dresser, Boxes, it the rights to appeal the orClothes, totes, hand tools, der. If the Court, by order or PUBLISHED: Ventura wall art, shelving, luggage, judgment, declares the child County Reporter 02/11/21, misc. electronics free from the custody and 02/18/21 David James- Boxes, wood, control of both parents, or duffel bag, swords one parent if the other no D o m i n i c M e l e longer has custody and conLegal Notices Computer/Monitor, Bicycle, trol, the Court shall, at the Sports Equipment, Totes, same time, order the child reSUPERIOR COURT OF Hand Tools, Snowboard, Vaferred to the licensed County CALIFORNIA cuum, fan, vehicle parts, step adoption agency for adoptive COUNTY OF VENTURA. stool, chairs placement by that agency. NOTICE OF HEARING BY The auction will be listed and The rights and procedures PUBLICATION WELFARE & advertised on www.stordescribed above are set forth INSTITUTIONS CODE agetreasures.com. Purin detail in the California Wel§366.26 chases must be made with fare and Institutions Code J072719 cash only and paid at the Section 366.26. You are reHEARING DATE: above referenced facility in ferred to that section for fur04/14/2021 order to complete the transther particulars. Michael J. TIME: 08:30 am action. Extra Space Storage Planet, Executive Officer and COURTROOM: J1 may refuse any bid and may Clerk, County of Ventura, In the matter of the Petition of rescind any purchase up unState of California. Dated: the County of Ventura Hutil the winning bidder takes Lorie Martinez by: man Services Agency repossession of the personal 01/26/2021 Deputy Clerk, garding freedom from parentproperty. Children and Family Seral custody and control on bePUBLISHED: Ventura vices Social Worker. half of PearlJam R. County Reporter 02/18/21, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25/21 Castaneda, a child. To: 02/25/21 CNS-3436351# Vanessa R. Castaneda, Brandon Lee, and to all persons claiming to be the parents of the above-named person who is described as follows: name PearJam R. Castaneda, Date of Birth: 11/24/2020, Place of Birth: Ventura, CA, Father's name: Brandon Lee, Mother’s name: Vanessa Castaneda. Pursuant to Welfare and In0218_VCReporter_CLASSIFIEDS.indd 19 stitutions Code Section

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b. Emotional distress...$10,000.00 2. Special damages a. Medical expenses (to date)...$3808.00 b. Future medical expenses (present value)...$ Undetermined e. Property damage...$11,202.94 PUBLICATION NOTICE VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Pursuant to Penal Code Section 186.11(e)(3), the Los Angeles County District Attorney hereby gives notice that the following property and assets have been frozen pursuant to a temporary restraining order and injunction issued by the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Los Angeles Judicial District, located at 210 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012, pursuant to Penal Code Section 186.11 [People vs. Uwaydah, Case No. BA425397, People v. Turley, Case No. BA455469]: All persons who may have an interest in the noted property are notified that they must file a verified claim with the Superior Court stating the nature and the amount of their claimed interest. The verified claim must reference the case number and be filed with the Los Angeles County Superior Court at 210 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, California 90012. REAL PROPERTY: Munir Uwaydah and Kelly Park: The real property known as 377 Sherwood Court, Thousand Oaks, California 91361, Ventura County, parcel number 681-0-030-20 [Legal Description – Lot 13, Tract 181002], and the real property known as 768 Calle Plano, Camarillo, California 93012, Ventura County, parcel number 234-0-320-235 (formerly 234-0-0162-070), [Legal Description – Lot 1, Tract 5583], and the real property known as 1771 Regent Street, Camarillo, California 93010, Ventura County, parcel number 165181-150 [Legal Description – Lot 94, Tract 1646]. Such verified claims must be filed within 30 days from the date of the first publication of this notice or within 30 days after receipt of actual notice. A verified copy of the claim shall be served by the claimant on the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, located at 211 West Temple Street, 11th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90012, attention Deputy District Attorney Kennes Ma. 2/4, 2/11, 2/18/21 CNS-3435326# Superior Court of California, County of Ventura 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93003 STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (Personal Injury or Wrongful Death CASE NUMBER 56-202000538480-CL-PA-VTA PLAINTIFF: ALEX JOSE CORTEZ DEFENDANT: JESUS OCHOA SUAREZ, et al. To: JESUS OCHOA SUAREZ PLAINTIFF: ALEX JOSE CORTEZ seeks damages in the aboveentitled action, as follows: 1. General damages a. Pain, suffering, and inconvenience...$10,000.00 b. Emotional distress...$10,000.00 2. Special damages a. Medical expenses (to date)...$3808.00 b. Future medical expenses (present value)...$ Undetermined e. Property damage...$11,202.94 Date: January 28, 2021 Attorney for Alex Jose Cortez, Plaintiff: Brett Yorke, Esq. (Bar # 289353) Law Office of Ball & Yorke 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 642-5177 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21,

Date: January 28, 2021 Attorney for Alex Jose Cortez, Plaintiff: Brett Yorke, Esq. (Bar # 289353) Law Office of Ball & Yorke 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 642-5177 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21 Superior Court of California, County of Ventura 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93003 STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (Personal Injury or Wrongful Death CASE NUMBER 56-202000543927-CU-PA-VTA PLAINTIFF: ROLAND ZENON ANTONIO-SANTOS DEFENDANT: ELOY PEREZ BRAVO, et al. To: ELOY PEREZ BRAVO PLAINTIFF: ROLANDO ZENO ANTONIO-SANTOS seeks damages in the aboveentitled action, as follows: 1. General damages a. Pain, suffering, and inconvenience...$150,000.00 b. Emotional distress...$150,000.00 2. Special damages a. Medical expenses (to date)...$2,876.00 b. Future medical expenses (present value)...$10,000.00 e. Property damage...$1,370.07 i. Other (specify) Loss of use...$900.00 Date: January 28, 2021 Attorney for Rolando Zenon Antonio-Santos, Plaintiff: Brett Yorke, Esq. Law Office of Ball & Yorke 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 642-5177 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

Superior Court of California, County of Ventura 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93003 STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (Personal Injury or Wrongful Death CASE NUMBER 56-202000538480-CL-PA-VTA PLAINTIFF: ALEX JOSE CORTEZ DEFENDANT: JESUS OCHOA SUAREZ, et al. To: GLORIA BRAVO PLAINTIFF: ALEX JOSE CORTEZ seeks damages in the aboveentitled action, as follows: 1. General damages a. Pain, suffering, and inconvenience...$10,000.00 b. Emotional distress...$10,000.00 2. Special damages a. Medical expenses (to date)...$3808.00 b. Future medical expenses (present value)...$ Undetermined e. Property damage...$11,202.94 Date: January 28, 2021 Attorney for Alex Jose Cortez, Plaintiff: Brett Yorke, Esq. (Bar # 289353) Law Office of Ball & Yorke 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 642-5177 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

(present value)...$ Undetermined e. Property damage...$11,202.94 Date: January 28, 2021 Attorney for Alex Jose Cortez, Plaintiff: Brett Yorke, Esq. (Bar # 289353) Law Office of Ball & Yorke 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003 (805) 642-5177 PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VINCENT DONALD INTERRANTE CASE NO. 56-202100549659-PR-PW-OXN NOTICE OF PETITION TO To all heirs, beneficiaries, ADMINISTER ESTATE OF creditors, contingent creditDOROTHY HEYWORTH, ors, and persons who may AKA DOROTHY LYNNE otherwise be interested in the HEYWORTH WILL or estate, or both of CASE NO. 56-2021VINCENT DONALD INTER00549891-PR-PW-OXN RANTE. To all heirs, beneficiaries, A PETITION FOR PRO creditors, contingent creditBATE has been filed by ors, and persons who may RICHARD ALAN INTERotherwise be interested in the RANTE in the Superior Court will or estate, or both of of California, County of VENDOROTHY HEYWORTH , TURA. AKA DOROTHY LYNNE THE PETITION FOR PROHEYWORTH, deceased. BATE requests that A Petition for probate has RICHARD ALAN INTERbeen filed by Linda Cuevas in RANTE be appointed as perthe Superior Court of Califorsonal representative to adnia, County of VENTURA. minister the estate of the deThe petition for probate recedent. quests that: Linda Cuevas be THE PETITION requests the appointed as personal repdecedent's WILL and codiresentative to administer the cils, if any, be admitted to estate of the decedent. probate. The WILL and any The petition requests the decodicils are available for excedent's will and codicils, if amination in the file kept by any, be admitted to probate. the court. The will and any codicils are THE PETITION requests auavailable for examination in thority to administer the esthe file kept by the court. tate under the Independent The petition requests authorAdministration of Estates Act. ity to administer the estate (This authority will allow the under the Independent Adpersonal representative to ministration of Estates Act. take many actions without (This authority will allow the obtaining court approval. Bepersonal representative to fore taking certain very imtake many actions without portant actions, however, the obtaining court approval. Bepersonal representative will fore taking certain very imbe required to give notice to portant actions, however, the interested persons unless personal representative will they have waived notice or be required to give notice to consented to the proposed interested persons unless action.) The independent adthey have waived notice or ministration authority will be consented to the proposed granted unless an interested action.) The independent adperson files an objection to ministration authority will be the petition and shows good granted unless an interested cause why the court should person files an objection to not grant the authority. the petition and shows good A HEARING on the petition cause why the court should will be held in this court as not grant the authority. follows: 03/11/21 at 10:30AM A hearing on the petition will in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. be held in this court as folVINEYARD AVENUE, lows: Date: March 18, 2021, OXNARD, CA 93036 Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, IF YOU OBJECT to th e Location: Superior Court of granting of the petition, you California, County of Ventura, should appear at the hearing 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue and state your objections or #122 Oxnard, CA 93036. file written objections with the Ventura County Juvenile and court before the hearing. Probate Courthouse. Your appearance may be in If you object to the granting person or by your attorney. of the petition, you should apIF YOU ARE A CREDITOR pear at the hearing and state or a contingent creditor of the your objections or file written decedent, you must file your objections with the court beclaim with the court and mail fore the hearing. Your apa copy to the personal reppearance may be in person resentative appointed by the or by your attorney. court within the later of either If you are a creditor or a con(1) four months from the date tingent creditor of the deof first issuance of letters to a cedent, you must file your general personal representatclaim with the court and mail ive, as defined in section a copy to the personal rep58(b) of the California Proresentative appointed by the bate Code, or (2) 60 days court within the later of either from the date of mailing or (1) four months from the date personal delivery to you of a of first issuance of letters to a notice under section 9052 of general personal representatthe California Probate Code. ive, as defined in section Other California statutes and 58(b) of the California Prolegal authority may affect bate Code, or (2) 60 days your rights as a creditor. You from the date of mailing or may want to consult with an personal delivery to you of a attorney knowledgeable in notice under section 9052 of California law. the California Probate Code. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file Other California statutes and kept by the court. If you are a legal authority may affect person interested in the esyour rights as a creditor. You tate, you may file with the may want to consult with an court a Request for Special attorney knowledgeable in Notice (form DE-154) of the California law. filing of an inventory and apYou may examine the file praisal of estate assets or of kept the court. February 18,by2021 — If you—are 19a any petition or account as person interested in the esprovided in Probate Code tate, you may file with the section 1250. A Request for court a Request for Special Special Notice form is availNotice (form DE-154) of the able from the court clerk. filing of an inventory and apAttorney for Petitioner praisal of estate assets or of TODD J. VIGNEUX any petition or account as SBN 253284 provided in Probate Code PEDERSON LAW OFFICE, Section 1250. A Request for APLC 2/16/21 1:41 PM Special Notice form is avail920 HAMPSHIRE ROAD

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 Probate 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. Petitioner: Linda Cuevas 732 Sycamore Dr. Port Hueneme, California 93041 (310) 993-6556 Ventura County Reporter 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF BRUCE A. MULDER CASE NO. 56-202100550544-PR-PW-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of BRUCE A. MULDER. A Petition for probate has been filed by James N. Phan Esq. in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: James N. Phan Esq be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent 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 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: March 25, 2021, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036. Probate. 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 20 — knowledgeable — February in18, 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 0218_VCReporter_CLASSIFIEDS.indd 20

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHAEL FRANCIS KEOUGH AKA MICHAEL F. KEOUGH AND MICHAEL KEOUGH CASE NO. 56-202100549593-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 MICHAEL FRANCIS KEOUGH AKA MICHAEL F. KEOUGH AND MICHAEL KEOUGH. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by K E L L Y J E A N K E O U G HKEKAHUNA in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that KELLY JEAN KEOUGH-KEKAHUNA 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 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: 03/11/21 at 10:30AM in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 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. 2021 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

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE A. WILLETT CASE NO. 56-202100549878-PR-PW-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JOSEPHINE A. WILLETT A Petition for probate has been filed by Joanne Willett in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Joanne Willett be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent 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 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: March 11, 2021, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036. 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

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHARLES EUGENE BOWMAN CASE NO. 56-202100550381-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 CHARLES EUGENE BOWMAN. A Petition for probate has been filed by David W. Bowman in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: David W. Bowman 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 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: March 25, 2021, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036 Oxnard- Juvenile Courthouse. 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

ive, 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: Kevin G. Staker SBN 101400 1200 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 280 Camarillo, California 93010 (805) 482-2282 Ventura County Reporter 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF KEVIN BRENT AMASON CASE NO. 56-202100549627-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 KEVIN BRENT AMASON. A Petition for probate has been filed by Richard Amason in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Richard Amason 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 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: March 11, 2021, 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: Katherine B. Sommer, Esq.

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: Katherine B. Sommer, Esq. SBN 240719 Edsall Law, A Professional Law Corporation 400 Camarillo Ranch Road, Suite 102 Camarillo, California 93012 (805) 484-9002 Ventura County Reporter 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF LEONARDO SALINASRODRIGUEZ CASE NO. 56-202100549893-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 LEONARDO SALINASRODRIGUEZ. A Petition for probate has been filed by Leticia Salinas in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Leticia Salinas 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 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: March 18, 2021, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036- Ventura County Probate Court. 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: Todd Mannis, ESQ. SBN 149271 Grennier Law

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: Todd Mannis, ESQ. SBN 149271 Grennier Law 5700 Ralston Street Suite 202 Ventura, California 93003 (805) 650-1624 Ventura County Reporter 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JUDY ROSE ZAIDNER CASE NO. 56-202100549946-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 JUDY ROSE ZAIDNER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DANIEL NALBANDIAN in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SIMONE RICCOBONO 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 with limited authority. (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 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: 03/18/21 at 10:30AM in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 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 PAUL R, KELLY, ESQ. SBN 282324 THE KELLY LAW FIRM 5150 E. PACIFIC COAST HWY. SUITE 775 LONG BEACH CA 90804 2/4, 2/11, 2/18/21 CNS-3437663# 2/16/21 1:42 PM

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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 Probate provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner PAUL R, KELLY, ESQ. SBN 282324 THE KELLY LAW FIRM 5150 E. PACIFIC COAST HWY. SUITE 775 LONG BEACH CA 90804 2/4, 2/11, 2/18/21 CNS-3437663# NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KIO EBRAHIMZADEH CASE NO. 56-202100550028-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 KIO EBRAHIMZADEH. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by HELEN RITZ in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that HELEN RITZ 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 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: 03/18/21 at 10:30AM in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 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 ROBERT ARMAND ARABIAN - SBN 177963, GIFFORD, DEARING & ABERNATHY, LLP 515 S. FIGUEROA STREET #2060 LOS ANGELES CA 90071 2/18, 2/25, 3/4/21 CNS-3440809# 0218_VCReporter_CLASSIFIEDS.indd 21

tate, 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 ROBERT ARMAND ARABIAN - SBN 177963, GIFFORD, DEARING & ABERNATHY, LLP 515 S. FIGUEROA STREET #2060 LOS ANGELES CA 90071 2/18, 2/25, 3/4/21 CNS-3440809#

Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202100549559-CU-PT-VTA Superior Court of California, County of Ventura Petition of: GIOVANNA FRANSECA PALFREY for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner GIOVANNA FRANSECA PALFREY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: GIOVANNA FRANSECA PALFREY to GIOVANNA FRANCESCA PALFREY 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: 03-29-2021, 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 County Reporter Date: Jan. 11, 2021 MICHAEL D. PLANET Ventura Superior Court Executive Officer and Clerk By: MARIANA SUAZO Deputy Clerk 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4/21 CNS-3438877# ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-2021005449908-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of JENNIFER JEWELL, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Jennifer Jewell filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Molly Elizabeth Colegrove to Molly Elizabeth Jewell b.) Liam Michael Colegrove to Liam Michael Jewell 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: 03/29/2021. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 20. The address of the court is 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009-Hall of Justice. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least

tion 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: 03/29/2021. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 20. The address of the court is 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009-Hall of Justice. 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 29, 2021. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Jeanette Fimbres, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202000547930-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of VALARIE CRIBB GROSSMAN, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Valarie Cribb Grossman filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Valarie Cribb Grossman to Valarie Cataleya Grossman 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: 04/12/21. Time: 8:20 AM. Dept.: 21. 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 17, 2020. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Joan Foster, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21, 03/11/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. J072665 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of CARLOS SERGIO CEBALLOS, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Carlos Sergio Ceballos filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Diane Flores Cerveny to Samantha Liz Ceballos 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

ESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Carlos Sergio Ceballos filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Diane Flores Cerveny to Samantha Liz Ceballos 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: 05/18/2021. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: J-1. The address of the court is 4353 E. Vineyard Ave. Oxnard, CA 93036Juvenile Justice Center. 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 29, 2021. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Lauren R. Carrillo, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202100550318-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of VIRIDIANA CERVANTES, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Viridiana Cervantes filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Talia Teresa Ramirez to Talia Teresa Ramirez Cervantes 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: 04/20/21. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 21. 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: February 4, 2021. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Mariana Suazo, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202100550353-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of SHARON CAPELTON, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Sharon Capelton filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Sharon Capelton to Sharon Boswell 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 peti-

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202100550353-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of SHARON CAPELTON, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Sharon Capelton filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Sharon Capelton to Sharon Boswell 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: 04/23/21. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 41. The address of the court is 800 S. 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: February 4, 2021. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Mariana Suazo, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202100550365-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of ARMIDA CALDERON, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Armida Calderon filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Armida Calderon to Armida Robleto 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: 04/23/21. Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 43. The address of the court is 800 S. 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: February 4, 2021. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Mariana Suazo, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202000548124-CU-PT-VTA Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA Petition of: Kimberly Ann DeGenaro for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Kimberly Ann DeGenaro filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Kimberly Ann DeGenaro to Kymberly Ann Vross 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: 03/05/2021, Time: 8:30, Dept.: 41 The address of the court is 800 S. VICTORIA AVE. 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 COUNTY REPORTER Date: 12/18/20 Michael D. Planet Judge of the Superior Court 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4/21 CNS-3439726#

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help), 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 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, County of Ventura, Central Division, Ventura Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. 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): Brian Yorke, Esq., State Bar No. 120340, Law Office of Ball & Yorke, 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003; Tel: 805.642.5177, Fax: 805.642.4622 DATE (Fecha): July 31, 2020; Michael D Planet, Clerk (Secretario), by Cristal V. Alvarez, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 56-2020-00543927CU-PA-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ELOY PEREZ BRAVO; RUFINO PEREZ BRAVO; DOES 1 to 25 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ROLANDO ZENON ANTONIO-SANTOS 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 18, 2021 — right away. If you doFebruary 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

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Summons SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 56-2020-00538480CL-PA-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JESUS OCHOA SUAREZ; GLORIA BRAVO; and DOES 1 to 25 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ALEX JOSE CORTEZ 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 Center Self-Help (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 Corde California tes (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 le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado i22 n m— e d i a t a m— e nFebruary t e . S i n 18, o conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de 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. 0218_VCReporter_CLASSIFIEDS.indd P u e d e e n c o n t r a r e s t o22s

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 de 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, County of Ventura, Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. 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): Brett Yorke, Esq., State Bar No. 289353, Law Office of Ball & Yorke, 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003; Tel: 805.642.5177, Fax: 805.642.4622 DATE (Fecha): January 02, 2020; Michael D Planet, Clerk (Secretario), by Jeanette Fimbres, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 56-2020-00538480CL-PA-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JESUS OCHOA SUAREZ; GLORIA BRAVO; and DOES 1 to 25 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ALEX JOSE CORTEZ 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 2021 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 as-

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 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 de 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, County of Ventura, Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009. 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): Brett Yorke, Esq., State Bar No. 289353, Law Office of Ball & Yorke, 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 330 Ventura, CA 93003; Tel: 805.642.5177, Fax: 805.642.4622 DATE (Fecha): January 02, 2020; Michael D Planet, Clerk (Secretario), by Jeanette Fimbres, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 56-2019-00536325CL-CL-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MARIVIC A. PORTE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 56-2019-00536325CL-CL-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MARIVIC A. PORTE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 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 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 de 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

able que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de 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, County of Ventura, 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009- Hall of Justice. 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): Morani Stelmch, Esq., State Bar No. 296670, Silverman Theologou, LLP 11630 Chayote St., Suite 3 Los Angeles, CA 90049; Tel: 213.226.6922 DATE (Fecha): October 15, 2020; Michael D. Planet, Clerk (Secretario), by Rachel Jacobs, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21, 03/11/21

Trustee’s Sales T.S. No. 16-20332-SP-CA Title No. 160225590-CA-VOI A.P.N. 628-0-312-185 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05/09/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Arney G. Calhoun and Floriam A. Calhoun, Husband and Wife, as joint tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 05/16/2006 as Instrument No. 20060516-0104459 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Ventura County, CA. Date of Sale: 03/09/2021 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,062,953.63 Street Ad-

lication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Arney G. Calhoun and Floriam A. Calhoun, Husband and Wife, as joint tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 05/16/2006 as Instrument No. 20060516-0104459 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Ventura County, CA. Date of Sale: 03/09/2021 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,062,953.63 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 5812 Indian Pointe Drive Simi Valley, CA 93063 A.P.N.: 628-0-312-185 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, 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 those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call or visit this Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 16-20332-SPCA. Information about 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 best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 01/26/2021 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888264-4010 Sales Line 855219-8501; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com By: Ra-

www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 16-20332-SPCA. Information about 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 best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 01/26/2021 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888264-4010 Sales Line 855219-8501; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com By: Rachael Hamilton, Trustee Sales Representative 02/11/2021, 02/18/2021, 02/25/2021 CPP350889 T.S. No. 19-20968-SP-CA Title No. 191135600-CA-VOI A.P.N. 701-0-050-075 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09/07/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Robert Michael Trine and, Lynne Suzanne Trine Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 09/17/2007 as Instrument No. 20070917-00178141-0 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Ventura County, CA. Date of Sale: 03/04/2021 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Main Entrance to the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA. 93009 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $2,279,861.06 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 10827 Pacific View Drive Malibu, CA 90265 A.P.N.: 701-0-050-075 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) 2/16/21 1:42 PM

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10827 Pacific View Drive Malibu, CA 90265 A.P.N.: 701-0-050-075 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a writtenSales request to Trustee’s the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, 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 those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call or visit this Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 19-20968-SPCA. Information about 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 best way to verify postponement information is to attend Deadline: the scheduled sale. Date: 01/21/2021 National Default Monday at 11am Servicing Corporation c/o for Thursday Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA Contact: 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888Ann Turrietta 264-4010 Sales Line 855219-8501; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com By: Ra(805) 648-2244 chael Hamilton, Trustee Sales Representative Email Your Ad: 02/04/2021, 02/11/2021, 02/18/2021 CPP350861 aturrietta@

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ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call or visit this Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 19-20968-SPCA. Information about 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 best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 01/21/2021 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888264-4010 Sales Line 855219-8501; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com By: Rachael Hamilton, Trustee Sales Representative 02/04/2021, 02/11/2021, 02/18/2021 CPP350861

Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210204-10001461-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PEETS DENTAL LAB LLC, 1688-B Callens Rd., Ventura, CA 93003. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, CA, Peets Dental Lab LLC, 6251 Montalvo Dr. Ventura, CA 93003. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. 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).) /s/ Peets Dental Lab LLC, Jose Sarabia, CEO. 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., Bu s i n e s s & Pr o fe s s i o ns Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura on February 4, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21, 03/11/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210127-10001046-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: FREDDIE B. SALON AND SPA, 1023 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001. Ventura County. Alfredo Berumen Jr., 5160 Jefferson Square 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: 07/30/2009. 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).) /s/ Alfredo

SPA, 1023 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001. Ventura County. Alfredo Berumen Jr., 5160 Jefferson Square 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: 07/30/2009. 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).) /s/ Alfredo Berumen Jr. 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., Bu s i n e s s & Pr o fe s s i o ns Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura on January 27, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210121-10000793-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SEASIDE MOTORSPORTS, 7978 Camp Chaffee Rd. Ventura, CA 93001. Ventura County. Robert Justin Calhoun, 7978 Camp Chaffee Rd. Ventura, CA 93001. 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).) /s/ Robert Justin Calhoun. 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., Bu s i n e s s & Pr o fe s s i o ns Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura on January 21, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210204-10001609-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VENTURA COUNTY BALLOONS, 1564 Echidna Pl. Ventura, CA 93003. Ventura County. Jamely Romero, 1564 Echidna Pl. Ventura, CA 93003. 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).) /s/ Jamely Romero. 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., Bu s i n e s s & Pr o fe s s i o ns Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura on February 4, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21, 03/11/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210120-10000741-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KELLY HER ACUPUNCTURE, VENTURA COUNTY COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE CLINIC, VC ACUPUNCTURE, 970 S. Petit Ave., Suite D Ventura, CA 93004. Kelly Her, 1224 Bluebonnet Ave., 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: 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).) /s/ Kelly Her. 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 Ventura on January 20, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210128-10001190-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SALON PASSION, 370 N. Lantana Street, #19 Camarillo, CA 93010. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, California, IL SALON PASSION CO., INC., 370 N. Lantana Street, #19 Camarillo, CA 93010. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 08/17/2004. 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).) /s/ IL SALON PASSION CO., INC., Enrique U. Ramirez, 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 Ventura on January 28, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210115-10000647-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARRABELLA BLEU INDUSTRIES, 2945 Townsgate Road #200 Thousand Oaks, CA 91361. Ventura County. Shelea Bovier Bessette, 4607 Lakeview Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91361. 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).) /s/ Shelea Bovier Bessette. 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 Ventura on January 15, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210204-10001568-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRO PLUS ENTERPRISES, 1000 Town Center, Suite 300 Oxnard, CA 93036. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, DE, Cydcor LLC, 1000 Town Center, Suite 300 Oxnard, CA 93036. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/30/20. 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).) /s/ Cydcor LLC, Ron Nathanson, CFO. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of

20210204-10001568-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PRO PLUS ENTERPRISES, 1000 Town Center, Suite 300 Oxnard, CA 93036. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, DE, Cydcor LLC, 1000 Town Center, Suite 300 Oxnard, CA 93036. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 11/30/20. 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).) /s/ Cydcor LLC, Ron Nathanson, CFO. 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 Ventura on February 4, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/18/21, 02/25/21, 03/4/21, 03/11/21 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210121-10000832-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: HAIR APOTHECARY SALON, 1730 S. Victoria Ave., Suite B Ventura, CA 93003. Ventura County. Amanda Gutierrez, 1515 S. Saticoy Ave., #25 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: 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).) /s/ Amanda Gutierrez. 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 Ventura on January 21, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 01/28/21, 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21

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).) /s/ Eugene E. Bowen. 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 Ventura on January 15, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21, 02/25/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210112-10000394-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: V.C. HANDYMAN, 371 Bucknell Ave. Ventura, CA 93003. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/08/2021. 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).) /s/ Nicholas Base. 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 Ventura on January 12, 2021. PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 01/28/21, 02/4/21, 02/11/21, 02/18/21

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20210115-10000653-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: SESPE MUSIC, 1965 Linda Vista Ave., Vent u r a , C A 9 3 0 0 1 . E u g e n e E. Bowen, 1965 Linda Vista Ave., Ventura, CA 93001 This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 01/8/21. 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).) /s/ Eugene E. Bowen. 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 February 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.,

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