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2020 grads share their thoughts on a momentous year Commencement amid COVID-19: Ventura County schools find new ways to honor 2020 grads

by Kimberly Rivers and Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer

OPINION

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NEWS

Black Lives Matter protests across the county: Incidents in TO spark concerns First step in Santa Susana cleanup: 10 buildings at nuclear site to be demolished In Brief

by Kimberly Rivers

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Purple is the New Party

America burning

by Paul Moomjean

MSNBC and CNN expressed anger about the oppression they faced, but after throwing bricks and fire into privately owned businesses, aren’t the business owners now also victims of violence and oppression?

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We were ordering takeout, making TikTok videos, and waiting for a $1,200 check. Our frustrations had to deal with unemployment checks and social distancing. Everything just felt like a giant annoyance.

Flash forward to this past weekend, and the tensions in the country finally exploded in the form we have feared for decades. It’s like the 1992 Los Angeles riots met the 1967 national riots, and this time the revolution was televised.

On May 25, 2020, when the tragic death of George Floyd happened at the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, supported by the local authorities on site, we could see that violence and unrest would boil up — but not at the organized and destructive manner in which it has. While the frustrations are justified, the reactions are not, and after three months of lockdown, the country used the death of the innocent to create havoc in the name of a man who may not have ever wanted this to begin with. While the

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As many peaceful protesters decided to forgo the dangers of mass demonstrations during the COVID-19 pandemic, other groups piggy-backed on their political machine, so as to blend the marchers and looters throughout the nation, creating havoc and con-

. . . these violent outburst stem from a country that has yet to apologize to the black community for the sins of slavery, police brutality and a lack of civil rights over the decades. blood speaks, nothing about Floyd’s life seems to suggest he would want the country ripped apart. He was a good-natured bouncer from Texas who made a few amateur porn films on the side. This was not a political man. Yet his death has become the springboard for political revolution.

that most arrested were from other neighboring counties. So, the outsiders set the cities on fire while the local citizens hid inside their homes.

fusion. Destroying cars, shopping centers and government buildings, any chance of peaceful protests were annihilated within hours.

While some chanted “George Floyd!” others screamed “kill the white boys!”

Many protesters interviewed by

Just like Floyd, they did not deserve this act of terrorism.

In fact, the accused officers were fired the next day. So, what are they protesting, exactly? If anything, this was the quickest response to police brutality in our modern system.

Many argue this is the response to pain and injustice. Yet, based on footage, many were laughing like they were auditioning to play the Joker in the next Batman film.

Video captured people stealing horses and looting fancy clothing stores. What we really have here are angry people who have been locked up for three months at home, who because they can wear masks in public without suspicion, decided to be faceless vigilantes, and destroy local communities many were not even members of. In fact, press conference after press conference by local mayors stressed

After watching the tragic death of George Floyd and then watching the country burn, I felt a great sadness come over me. Everything that has happened recently is the product of numerous factors: Racist police officers, a flame-throwing media, opportunists from both the NAACP and the NRA, radical politicians like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders calling for revolutions, puffing up their bases with the idea that everything is rigged against them and that they need to go to the streets.

The far left and the far right are equally guilty in this display of civil mockery. Most of all, though, these violent outburst stem from a country that has yet to apologize to the black community for the sins of slavery, police brutality and a lack of civil rights over the decades.

LETTERS George Floyd protests

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y condolences to the family of George Floyd. Sadly, George Floyd’s death and the resulting aftermath is just the most recent horrific event of this type we have witnessed. We have a responsibility to assure that everyone receives equal treatment under our country’s laws. We have the right to demonstrate under our Constitution to show our support for 4— — June 4, 2020

PRESIDENT Steve Strickbine VICE PRESIDENT Michael Hiatt

Yet, even though there is pain, the acting out against others undeserving is never justified. Martin Luther King repeatedly stated this during his era of civil rights marches and public displays of building a better world.

Yet, what was birthed out of good intentions has now taken on a life of its own. No longer are these protests about racial reformation. The actions I’m seeing feel like anger toward an unfocused enemy now.

It may have started with the death of George Floyd, but it no longer seems to honor his unjust end. And like many causes, they seem to lose focus and become just as horrifying as acts they sought out to end.

vcreporter.com this. However, it is unfortunate that some are using peaceful demonstrations to loot and that is not helping the cause.

I believe we need to support our minority communities with equal education, jobs, housing and other social and economic opportunities.

Speaking out in a united peaceful voice is the way to support each other, not lawless vandalism and looting.

We need to safeguard all our res-

idents and their constitutional rights by also supporting our public safety officials who understand that without the support of the communities they protect, they become ineffective. Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States must re-evaluate hiring, training and disciplinary procedures to assure these types of events are not repeated.

Government must have the support of the people to be effective.

This is a difficult time, especial-

ly with the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19 is not under control and we still have much to do before there are vaccines or treatments for this illness. Consequently, I am asking that we support our county officials, especially in Oxnard.

Our Constitution allows us as citizens more opportunities to effect change than any other country in the world. We are able to voice an opinion, assemble to demonstrate and, most importantly, we decide who

will represent us in government. I am also asking all our residents of all nationalities to please vote this November to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to be heard and treated fairly.

Finally, I am asking all residents to please follow the guidelines set forth for your protection from the coronavirus, especially during these trying times.

John Zaragoza Ventura County Supervisor, District 5

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Black Lives Matter protests across county Incidents in TO spark concerns

by Kimberly Rivers kimberly@vcreporter.com

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ince Friday, May 29, residents of Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Moorpark, Simi Valley and Thousand Oaks have stood on street corners, walked, carried signs and used their voices to speak out against police violence as exhibited in the killing of George Floyd by a uniformed police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25.

A video shows the police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck while he is pinned on the ground pleading for his life repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe.” Several police officers stood silently nearby. The officer was arrested a few days after Floyd died.

kneeled in the street in front of the police station, with an acknowledging nod from an officer.

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department (VCSD) confirmed Tuesday morning that there have been no reports of looting or other violence connected to protests in Ventura County.

“There have been numerous online posts threatening to loot and/or riot in VC communities,” said Captain Eric Buschow, with media relations for the VCSD, responding via email to the VCReporter. “We are receiving reports from concerned residents People at a Black Lives Matter protest in Westlake Village, corner of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards on Monday, June 1, 2020. about those threats in many cases, (Photo by Indivisible: Conejo) and our investigators are California law allows any person the 101 at Lynn Road because the at Lynn Road and Hillcrest, was also uncovering a lot of online over 18 who is not a felon to carry protesters were trying to get onto the peaceful and Cummings said he just couldn’t understand the decisions the threats as well.” pepper spray and it can be used in 101,” Buschow confirmed.

There have been at least self defense, in incidents when one’s Cummings disagreed with the police were making.

“It seems to me the police were two reports of incidents life is in danger. It is, however, illegal VCSD’s assertion that the closures directed at protestors in to use pepper spray when not in self were done to keep protesThousand Oaks. defense. Illegal use carries a fine and tors off of the freeway. He said all the protesters were The first involved a jail sentence up to three years. (1) female driver of a car passOver the weekend, protestors in on the “four corners” of ing protestors. The driver Thousand Oaks have reported police the intersection and were rolled down her window actions that seemed to escalate ten- not going onto the highand sprayed mace or pep- sions and appeared to be aimed at way prior to the closures. per spray on the protestors. reducing the impact of the gatherings. According to Cummings, One person, Ava Riggio, For example, the Thousand Oaks when protestors realized 16, of Thousand Oaks, was Police Department closed roadways what the police were doing, directly in the line of the near the intersection of Hillcrest and they chose at that time spray. Protestors captured a Lynn Road around the protests. to march to the freeway video of the incident, showAccording to Jon Cummings, overpass and occupy both ing the car in the road, the a resident of Thousand Oaks and sides of the bridge. Cumprotestors on the curb and co-founder of Indivisible: Conejo, mings said the actions of the driver rolling down the by closing the freeway, nearby roads the police escalated the sitLocal students at Black Lives Matter protest in Westlake Village on Monday, June 1, 2020. (Photo by Indivisible: Conejo) window and spraying into and freeway on-ramps and exits, the uation.

“It was a love fest . . . the crowd a few feet away. police effectively “deprived the proThe delay led to an outcry that has A photograph of the license plate was test of oxygen, by taking away the People were so thrilled to audience of the protest. That was see so much support and a erupted into a global movement of also captured by the protestors. multiracial and multigenprotests and actions, some turning Buschow said the department was definitely troubling.”

“What the police achieved . . . was erational presence there,” violent and including looting, mostly aware of the pepper spray incident A resident of Oxnard wearing a locally made mask at a in larger cities, which seem to be and had been “interviewing people” to deprive [the protestors] of their said Cummings.

Black Lives Matter protest in Oxnard on May 30, 2020.

About two hours into (Photo by Manuel Herrera) instigated by individuals from out and “detectives are following up to First Amendment right by depriving the protest on Saturday, the of town or otherwise not part of the determine who is responsible for them of an audience,” he said.

“Yes, the highway patrol closed local police closed the exits onto trying to stop people from seeing original protest. that.”

Westlake Blvd. and the protest,” he said. “The protesters Los Angeles County declared a closed the roads for sev- were not moving toward the freeway curfew on Sunday, May 31 from 6 eral blocks surrounding before the streets were closed.” Cump.m. to 6 a.m., and a related alert that intersection. “Their mings acknowledged that after the was received by residents of Ventura explanation [at that time] closures, a few protestors did venture County creating confusion. But as of was that they were trying down an exit and into the grassy area press deadline no curfew had ever to protect the safety of above the freeway. been ordered in Ventura County related to recent protests or civil unrest.

Nicole Hanson of Thousand Oaks the protestors. But it was People gathered in Moorpark for peaceful. The protestors was at the protest on Sunday and wita peaceful protest on Friday, May were not unsafe,” said nessed a hit-and-run incident involv29, at the corner of Los Angeles Cummings. He acknowl- ing a pickup truck and a protestor edged a few “random in a crosswalk. Hanson was on the Avenue and Spring Street. A group incidents” of a person southwest corner in front of Sprouts gathered in Libbey Park in Ojai on climbing a pole and one Farmers Market and saw “protesters Sunday, May 31, and marched to person shouting at a per- crossing the street in the crosswalk, the Ojai Police Station, demanding son in a car. “It was not and a police officer on the adjacent that officers respond to the crowd. an unsafe protest.”

Some wanted the officers to “take a Continued on Page 7 The Sunday protest, knee” or make a statement. Protestors Students at a Black Lives Matter protest in Thousand Oaks on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Indivisible: Conejo) 6— — June 4, 2020

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First step in Santa Susana cleanup

10 buildings at nuclear site to be demolished

by Kimberly Rivers kimberly@vcreporter.com

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n May 20, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced an agreement with the state of California to oversee the first steps of cleaning up radioactive waste and other hazardous chemicals from the site of the 1959 partial

Energy, in a written statement. “This agreement is an important step that demonstrates how DOE and California can collaborate to bring the . . . site to its final cleanup and completion.”

The new order, effective May

fires have the potential to damage the existing buildings, potentially resulting in a release of radioactive and hazardous substances,” the order states. “ Due to the vagaries of wind and weather, these radioactive and hazardous substances could migrate to air, soil, and sediments, potentially posing a threat to surrounding communities.”

The entire cleanup plan is contingent, however, on the availability of federal funds through the DOE’s budget. It is the responsibility of the DOE to notify the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) if funds are not

In Brief

by Kimberly Rivers kimberly@vcreporter.com

The Santa Susana Field Lab in Simi Valley, site of a partial nuclear meltdown in 1959.

nuclear meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Lab in Simi Valley.

“I am truly hopeful for the first time that this highly toxic site will get cleaned up and done so with the public’s health placed above all else,” said Linda Parks, Ventura County Supervisor (Dist. 2). She said the cleanup of the site “is the number-one priority of my district,” and is fully supported by the entire board of supervisors.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Energy is committed to making real and significant progress to meaningfully address the environmental legacy challenges from decades of Cold War-era government research,” said Dan Brouillette, U.S. Secretary of

19, requires the DOE to remove 10 buildings at the site, which were part of the former Radioactive Materials Handling Facility complex, used for the processing, packaging and shipment of radioactive and mixed hazardous wastes. Eight buildings will remain for removal at a future time. Debris from the buildings will be disposed of at an out of state “low-level radioactive waste facility.” The demolition and removal will adhere to the consent orders signed in 2007 and 2010.

The removal of these buildings was prioritized due to the risk of wildfire in the area.

“As long as buildings exist in Area IV that have hazardous and radiological contamination, future

Black Lives Matter Protests corners was diverting traffic,” waving them to “turn right, where the protesters were crossing. He had his back to the intersection.” Hanson said one of the cars turning was a “big, white pickup truck. It proceeded slowly into the crosswalk and the protesters who were crossing, pushing at least one protestor up against the front grill and I saw her hands go onto the hood.” Hanson said she thought the woman put her hands on the hood to “stop herself from going under the car.”

Hanson said that she looked at the pedestrian crossing sign and saw that there were seven seconds left on the crossing signal. “I looked back at the truck and saw the protestors helping each other out of the way of truck. There was another police officer in the same crosswalk at the time the pedestrians were pushed by the truck.”

Hanson said one lady called 911

and an ambulance arrived. The paramedics checked out the woman who had been struck by the truck. “The police didn’t come to investigate or talk to eyewitnesses. However, when a motorist wanted to claim that a protester had assaulted him, the police came to take his statement and investigate.” That turned out to be “just a verbal altercation between the driver and the protestor.”

The Thousand Oaks protests appear to have been student led and organized via word of mouth and social media, according to Cummings. He estimated that about 300 people were in attendance on Saturday and around 200 on Sunday.

Additional protests are expected at various locations across the county in the coming week.

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Census questionnaire distribution resumes The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, last week began dropping off 2020 Census questionnaire packets at front doors of 1,005 households in Ventura County. The bureau is targeting areas where the majority of households do not receive mail at their physical address. The bureau began hand-delivering census materials on March 15, but suspended operations on March 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Field staff have been trained to observe all social distancing protocols and will wear official government-provided personal protective equipment. Packet distribution is contactless and follows the most current federal health and safety guidelines.

Providing questionnaires is crucial to ensuring a complete and accurate count of all communities, which helps guide hundreds of billions of dollars in public and private sector spending per year.

People are strongly encouraged to respond promptly to the 2020 Census using the ID number included in the questionnaire packet. People can respond online, by phone or by using the paper form in the packet.

For more information, please visit 2020census.gov/en/news-events/operational-adjustments-covid-19.html.

County approves $20 million for local businesses and families In the wake of the pandemic, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors has authorized an Economic Stabilization and Recovery Program for local businesses and families. $10 million dollars will be allocated to the business support program and another $10 million will support rental assistance for individauals. $5,000 grants will be available for each business. The application process has not yet begun but those interested in applying should visit www.vcreopens. com. Businesses already registered with the county will be informed about program details and timelines.

Amtrak Surfliner expands service Starting on June 1, Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner service will be partially restored between San Luis Obispo

available and plan to “endeavor to secure additional funding to carry out the requirements of this Order.”

“The surrounding communities have waited a long time for decisive action at the Santa Susana Field Lab and today’s Order represents a new and important chapter towards the full cleanup,” said Governor Gavin Newsom.

This order follows over a decade of ineffective negotiations between Boeing, NASA, the DOE and the DTSC to enforce orders signed in 2007 and 2010, which required cleanup of the entire site to be completed by 2017. and Los Angeles. The schedule was reduced in March due to a drop in ridership as a result of the pandemic.

The increase in service is in response to changes in demand. Details online: www.amtrak.com/pacific-surfliner-train.

Funds for energy back-up in fire zones $500 million has been approved to expand the budget for the Self-Generation Incentive Program providing funds for homeowners in high-fire risk areas to install energy storage systems that create backup energy during Public Safety Power Shutoff events and to build resiliency. Details and application online: www.selfgenca.com Ventura Rotary art scholarships announced Five area high school students have been awarded a total of $10,000 in scholarships by the Rotary Club of Ventura. The program received 35 entries of original artwork with the theme of “Perspectives on Peace,” that included drawings, paintings, mixed media, needlework and woodwork, photography, video and song.

Winners are: First prize, $5,000, Meghan Carter of Foothill Technology High School; second prize, $2,500, Sedrik Dedman of Buena High School; third prize, $1,500, Audrey Abbe of Foothill Technology High School; honorable mentions of $500 each to Yalda Kotobi of Ventura High School and Lindsey Johnston of Buena High School.

A digital presentation of the artwork is online at: perspectivesonpeace.org/2020-winners/.

Regenerative farmer in Camarillo receives national grant Rogelio Amaro of Camarillo’s Exit Central Farm has received a $5,000 grant to assist the growing of the farm. The program of the National Young Farmers Coalition received funds from the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation. This grant program was launched to support farmers and ranchers, with an eye toward historically underserved producers, in growing their businesses during the pandemic. Fifty grants were awarded from a field of 1,500 farmers who applied. Over 70 percent of the recipients are women, nonbinary or transgender farmers, and 39 of the 50 recipients are black, indigenous or people of color.

Amaro is working to build healthier soil for healthier food and plans to focus the grant money on rent for the

Last year, Newsom appointed Jared Blumenfeld to the top office in the California Environmental Protection Agency. Blumenfeld quickly put pressure on the DTSC to get the site cleaned up, which completed a final closure plan, reviewing public comments received in 2018. That plan is expected to be complete within 60 days.

Next cleanup steps include soil and groundwater at the site.

For more information, visit the California Department of Toxic Substances Control at dtsc.ca.gov/sitecleanup/ santa_susana_field_lab/. land he farms on so he can focus on farming and connecting his community to healthy food.

Local 585 endorses Zaragoza for mayor Current Ventura County Supervisor John Zaragoza for Dist. 5, who is termed out in his role as supervisor, has received the endorsement of the Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 585 based in Ventura, in his candidacy for mayor of Oxnard.

“John has been a long-time champion for working families by advocating for good jobs, raising the minimum wage, increasing access to healthcare, fighting for social justice and advancing career education and job training programs,” said Anthony Mireles, business manager and secretary treasurer, Local 585.

Scorpion Fire on Santa Cruz Island contained Officials have reported that the Scorpion Fire that burned over 1200 acres on Santa Cruz Island is now 90 percent contained. Forty-nine wildland firefighters battled the blaze that ranged from Scorpion Valley to Smugglers Cove. An additional 20-person crew and air assets waited on standby in Ventura in the event that more support was needed. No structures were lost and no injuries were reported. Island Packers transported fire crews to and from the island.

Island Packers resumes trips to Channel Islands After a closure due to the pandemic, Channel Islands National Park concessionaire Island Packers reopened on June 1 with protocols that include screening all staff for symptoms before each shift, reduction in onboard capacity and a requirement that all passengers wear face masks. Island Packers is the only vendor authorized to transport members of the public to the Channel Islands National Park.

For details and reservations visit www.islandpackers.com or call 805642-1393 CLU selects new president California Lutheran University has chosen Dr. Lori E. Varlotta as its eighth president. Varlotta will be the institution’s first female president, and begins her position on Sept. 30, replacing Chris Kimball. Varlotta, currently the president of Hiram College in Ohio, has published extensively on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion to service and leadership to assessment and accountability.

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enior year of high school is supposed to be a time when memories are made, bonds are forged and young adults embrace a carefree, youthful frivolity one last time before taking that big leap into the future. The graduation gift bestowed upon Ventura County’s Class of 2020 was a lesson in hard truths: In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools throughout California closed up in March, nearly everyone was ordered to stay at home and 12th graders looking forward to proms, picnics and other third-quarter celebrations saw those experiences disappear.

Over two months since the lockdown, the county is starting to slowly open up. But large gatherings continue to be prohibited and social distancing still rules the day. In addition to a senior year that’s been curtailed – and marked by civil unrest across the nation in response to the May 25 death of George Floyd – graduates are forced to reckon with modified commencement ceremonies as well. The VCReporter spoke with students across the county to talk about what these last few months have been like, and what they’re looking forward to in the future.

Ryann Butcher, Buena High School

As news of the coronavirus and its impact around the world made headlines, Ryann Butcher of Ventura said that she had a feeling Ventura County high school seniors were going to feel the effects, too.

“When COVID-19 first came out, me and my friends were telling our parents that we’re not going to have a graduation,” 18-yearold Butcher recalled.

She was disappointed, if not surprised, when school closed in March.

“This is it. There goes senior year,” she remembered saying to herself. “No prom, no powder puff [flag football] game… Through April, I was still really bummed out.”

Time has helped, however. “Now . . . it’s like, it happened and it sucks but we’re getting through it.”

Distance learning was an adjustment for teachers and students alike. Taking that into account, some schools (including Buena, Ventura and Foothill Technology high schools) decided on a modified grading model whereby senior grades earned prior to the closure would apply at the end of the year as well. Students would be able to improve grades, but wouldn’t be penalized with lower grades.

According to Butcher, student response to this was mixed.

“It’s pretty easy. I was fine with it,” she said. “I’ve been doing [online coursework]. But I think a lot of kids did it at first and then over time they decided, ‘this is lame’ and kind of stopped.”

Butcher has stayed in touch with friends via phone calls and text, and is looking forward to summer and the next chapter at Ventura College in the fall. The first semester classes will be offered online.

When asked if she’s happy now, Butcher replied, “For the most part, yeah. I’m excited for college, to go to a new school and meet new people.”

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“I come from a family where I will be the first one to graduate ever,” said Noelia Calderon, 18, of Ojai. “My parents were very excited and really looking forward to my senior year. It started off with all my friends, we had all these plans, homecoming and prom of course. Then the pandemic happened.”

She describes that last day of school: “I clearly remember it.” Students thought they might be out of school for just a few weeks.

“We didn’t really take it that seriously and said ‘See you in two weeks.’ I didn’t really say those goodbyes. I have friends going off to college who I might never see again.” Calderon will be staying local and attending Ventura College, starting a path to become a teacher. “You really have to take it one day at a time, you just don’t know what’s going to happen.”

“It wasn’t until April, when it really sunk in.

This is real and it’s not going to go away very soon. It might be a very long time. Obviously we were really worried about all the other people suffering in different countries . . . and we realized we are probably not going to have prom. I had already bought my dress. Well, I guess I’m not going to wear it. I was very sad, a little depressed. Yes, those are really big moments, but I wouldn’t have put my life or someone else’s life above that, just to go out and have a prom.”

“Graduation was something I was really looking forward to. Then they announced it might be over Zoom. My mom said ‘oh my gosh, I hope that doesn’t end up happening, I really wanted to see you going across the stage and receiving your diploma.’” Calderon said she is grateful to the administration for the plans they’ve come up with for graduation, including walking across the stage to receive a diploma.

“Even though we don’t get those experiences that we were looking forward to, at the end of the day, we still have the rest of our lives to look forward to,” she said.

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“When schools closed in March, my first reaction was to be afraid,” recalled Abigail “AJ” de Vos of Newbury Park High School.

“There was a lot of worry and anxiety in me due to fears of not being able to have closure with peers, activities and my high school experience.”

De Vos had been looking forward to prom, grad night at Six Flags Magic Mountain and the senior picnic all throughout high school. As senior class board president, she would have been integral to the planning of these and other events, and she was “devastated” at their cancellation.

One unlikely bright spot: distance learning.

While most students have had complaints about online coursework, de Vos said that, “At the start, I found it surprisingly enjoyable. It helped me stay organized and I felt extremely productive.” She also learned some new skills, like Zoom, which she’s used to stay in touch with family and friends. But as the weeks wore on, it lost its luster.

“It was very hard to stay motivated . . . Senioritis mixed with distance learning was not my friend,” she admitted. “But I have been powering through to complete my senior year strong.”

Being separated physically from friends has been challenging, but de Vos said that, “Ironically, we’ve been keeping each other updated on our lives even more than usual.” They send each other fun video presentations and hold weekly Zoom calls. In addition, she’s found the outdoors and the kitchen welcome distractions. “I tried a lot of new hiking trails, baking recipes and different ways to keep myself busy.”

De Vos will be attending Azusa Pacific University in the fall, and instruction will take place on campus. She’s relieved that her college years will not start the way high school ended. Like many, she’s craving a return to normal.

“I am looking forward to so much once the lockdown is fully over,” she said. “I cannot wait for the feeling of a movie theater dimming the lights . . . I cannot wait to go on a walk and not cross the street when I see someone . . . to ask a waiter how their day is going while out to eat with family. And of course, I cannot wait to spend my last summer at home with my best friends doing everything together!”

vcreporter.com Seaanah Magaña, Oxnard High School

“When I’m in the clWhen schools closed in March, Seaanah Magaña at first “was feeling a little depressed because I was wanting to finish the year with friends and teachers.” She recalled all the activities she was expecting. “The Senior Goodbye Rally, prom and grad night, oh my goodness, yes, grad night! I was so sad about that, missing the activities.”

She was disappointed not to have a traditional graduation ceremony and walk across the stage, but said that “One thing that is pretty cool is we made a senior footprint.” Seniors made a video of “all our memories throughout senior year.” And she is appreciative of the school planning the graduation ceremony, even with the restrictions. “They could have just mailed us our diplomas. But they took their time to do something for us, that means a lot.”

Oxnard High School will have a car parade in the parking lot that lets all the graduates see and hear their fellow students getting their diploma covers on a stage. The community is also working closely with the Oxnard Police Department to plan a citywide parade in the coming weeks congratulating all graduates in the school district.

Online learning was not a highlight for Magaña. “I wanted to be in class. I’m more of a touchy person and didn’t want to learn only through the computer.” But she realized that she may be doing some online learning while attending Oxnard College in the fall.

“It’s like teaching yourself,” she explained. The assignments were given and it was essentially up to the students to figure it out and get it done. “It prepared us for that.”

She plans to apply for Oxnard College’s police candidate program. “My dream is to be a police officer here for the Oxnard Police Department.”

Magaña said her mom has been very “strict with the quarantine,” but also imparted some wisdom.

“This is history, it has never happened before. I’m living history, it’s probably going to be in textbooks.

What happened with George Floyd, the riots, I’ve never seen anything like this before.”

“During 9-11 I was in my mom’s stomach. In 2020 my graduation is when this whole coronavirus is happening,” she continued. “I was being made during a part of history, and now am graduating and going into adulthood in 2020, a part of history.”

Donny Robbins, Adolfo Camarillo High School

“The big thing with the virus is the lost senior activities, prom, after prom, grad night.

Prom doesn’t really bother me. I was planning on not going,” said Donny Robbins, 18, a resident of Ventura who is graduating from Adolfo Camarillo High School.

He’ll be studying data science at Marquette University in Milwaukee in the fall. He said missing prom “makes for a great excuse for my kids someday. I get to tell them I couldn’t go because coronavirus canceled it.”

All classes have been conducted through Google classroom with assignments being given out each Monday. Robbins said some classes were better online but others were not as effective.

“For AP calculus, learning in the classroom is better.” He said all three sections of calculus were “thrown together” and he preferred the smaller groups in the classroom. But for his AP statistics class, the online option resulted in fewer students. “A lot are not showing up for live classes. That meant the students who did sign on had more time with the teachers . . . I think that really helped me prepare for the AP statistics test.”

As for how the stay-at-home orders have impacted him personally, Robbins explained that he’s pretty comfortable with spending time at home. “I’m introverted, and don’t go out so much. So things are not completely different for my free time. I can still do almost everything I want to from home. The biggest thing I’m missing is ultimate frisbee with my friends. I really wish I could go to the movies.”

As for graduation (which took place June 2 and 3), Robbins understood the way it had to be: “We get in our caps and gowns, have a photo op with our family, the principal, and then a drive through to pick up our diplomas . . . It’s probably the best that they can do. The leadership at our school does really care and put in all their effort into it.”

“I don’t really need a big graduation. I’ve pretty much moved on,” Robbins continued. “The biggest loss is for my family. They really wanted to go to the graduation.”

Jake Pinuelas, Adolfo Camarillo High School

“I was expecting the school to be down for two to three weeks, not the whole year,” said 18-year-old Jake Pinuelas of Adolfo Camarillo High School, part of Oxnard Unified High School District.

The closure came at a particularly unauspicious time: Pinuelas was on the cross country and track team, and had only run a few races before the pandemic cut the season short. In addition, he had several Advanced Placement tests (physics, mechanics, electricity and magnetics, calculus and government) looming in May, and there was some concern that distance learning might hamper preparation efforts. Luckily, however, “Most of our teachers had gotten through most of the coursework before we left,” so during the closure, AP students focused on review assignments. Pinuelas said that he felt prepared by test time.

For other classes, though, “I personally did not enjoy an online system. I feel I work better in a classroom.” But he added that he felt that the school did the best they could under the circumstances. “I just want to emphasize my gratefulness to the teachers, administration and district for their commitment to a fair learning environment.”

The last few months were busy for Pinuelas. His grandmother had come out to visit from Texas right before the stay-at-home order, and has remained with the family since. In addition, they recently moved, and there was a lot of packing and preparation to be done on top of studying for his AP exams. Pinuelas hasn’t had a lot of downtime.

What free time he enjoyed was spent running and working out. Pinuelas leaves in July for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and he’s hoping to make it onto the track team there.

When asked if he’s disappointed to miss out on senior year activities, he said, “I’m not one for grad night or graduations . . . that’s not my thing. But it’s been disappointing to not see my friends these last couple of months.”

If social distancing restrictions are lifted, Pinuelas is looking forward to going out, seeing friends and maybe even “seeing a movie at a movie theater. Kind of have a sense of normal.”

He plans to participate in Adolfo Camarillo’s modified graduation ceremony, more for the sake of his family than anything else.

“I don’t really see the purpose in getting photos with a face mask on . . . but I know it makes my parents happy.”

Ashlyn Valles, Adolfo Camarillo High School

As Associated Student Body (ASB) vice president, Ashlyn Valles said that, “When I’m in the classroom . . . I feel most at home. Going from all that contact to nothing at all was tough.”

She was disappointed to miss all the special events that mark a graduating senior’s life — particularly prom. She already had her dress, and she’d envisioned dancing with her friends and making special memories.

“I’m a sentimental person,” she admitted. “I have three memory boxes.”

Her home life was uncharacteristically sedate during stay-at-home orders. Coming from a family with five children, she was used to a house full of siblings and friends. Valles stayed in touch with pals via weekly FaceTime chats, but noted that, “The house is so quiet now!”

The ASB organized weekly GChat hangouts where Adolfo Camarillo students could share their thoughts and fears about the pandemic and the school closure.

“We have some people thriving, and some people having a tougher time,” said Valles. “I think it affected people differently. But we would tell them, ‘we’re all in this together.’”

Between classes, school activities, ASB duties and friends, Valles was used to being very busy. She had a lot of time on her hands during the closure, and tried to put it to good use.

“I always try to look on the positive,” she said. “I am very close to my family . . . I was able to get even closer to them. I’m crafting, painting, writing . . . I tried to pick up some new hobbies and outlets.

I just tried to make the best out of it.”

“This is not at all what we thought would happen,” Valles said of these last few months. Even so, she felt that teachers and administrators did their best by the students. For Adolfo Camarillo High School’s graduation ceremony, every student has been assigned a time when they can walk across the school stage (in cap, gown, and mask) with family members (up to 5 people total) for diploma pickup and photos.

“It’s just going to be different,” she said. “I think everyone has tried to make this as memorable as they can.”

Valles had a message for current and future high school students.

“You never know — anything can happen, anywhere, anytime. Don’t take a single memory or moment for granted.”

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For Carlyn Walker, news that Ventura High School was going to close initially came as a relief.

“At first, I was excited to have the time off,” she said. “As long as we can go back to school, I was okay with it.”

Walker thought the closure would only last a few weeks. When it was announced that there would be no in-class instruction for the rest of the year, however, that’s when the disappointment set in.

“I was upset — that’s when all the senior stuff was,” she said, noting that she’s sad to miss out on the senior picnic, awards night and other celebrations. “It took probably until the beginning of May for me to finally accept that I wasn’t going to have a graduation.”

Walker had more reason than most to feel discouraged. A former foster youth starting in the third grade, she and her brothers were separated and bounced around several foster homes throughout Ventura County. She has a twin brother attending Pacific High School and living with a grandparent, and an older brother now in Santa Barbara. Walker currently lives with a friend in Port Hueneme. Throughout her tumultuous childhood, school was a refuge.

“School was the only normal place for me,” Walker said.

She relished learning and today is a straight-A student taking college prep, honors and AP classes, and has been accepted at UCLA (she hopes to become a veterinarian). She’s missed the social interaction and more personal aspect of classroom learning. While she has completed coursework online, she’s not a fan of the format.

“I knew I was going to hate it,” Walker says of distance learning. “I hated it from the start and I still hate it . . .

It sucks because online is right out of a textbook.”

Walker was also disappointed at the idea of a virtual graduation, and hadn’t planned to attend. Now that Ventura Unified School District (VUSD) has organized a ceremony to take place at City Hall, she’s reconsidering.

“When it was the online graduation, I wasn’t going to do it at all,” she said. “Hopefully [the ceremony] will be better.”

She is looking forward to seeing her friends over the summer before everyone disperses to their respective colleges and other endeavors, and the eventual end to the pandemic-induced lockdown.

“I’m hoping I can spend my last summer with my friends and not worry about what’s happening,” she said. “It’s going to be hard to leave.”

Of course, she’s not even sure, at this point, if she will be going onto a campus: UCLA has not yet made an official announcement regarding fall 2020 classes.

“I was excited to go to school, but now I don’t know what’s happening,” Walker said. “It’s a big question mark.”

Thomas Weldele, Foothill Technology High School

“I could not believe the schools were closing,” recalled Thomas Weldele, 18, of Foothill Technology High School. “I still thought of COVID-19 as too far away. It was just surreal.”

The coronavirus wasn’t the only thing on Weldele’s mind. His mother was diagnosed with cancer right around the same time.

“It was hard for me to adjust,” he admitted. “To have the schools close made me realize what a danger it was . . . Mom was immunocompromised . . . It definitely added a lot of stress.”

Weldele did talk to one of his school counselors, which was helpful, but credited his friends with getting him through some tough moments.

“What helped me a lot is that I have a solid group of friends and they were always there to support me,” he said. His mother is doing well; she has since finished treatment and has even returned to work.

Coursework was a welcome distraction, but a lot less fulfilling than it had been in the classroom environment. It was hard being away from his “amazing” Foothill teachers and being challenged academically.

Weldele did his online classes dutifully, but admitted that, “I put a lot less effort into it.”

“We used [online learning software] Edgenuity,” he explained. “I was not a fan, at all. The classes were easy and kind of basic. It became a chore to do school, when before I’d always looked forward to it.”

Weldele, who plans on studying physics at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California, in the fall, is still awed by how unusual his last semester of high school has been.

“I just think it’s super odd. I still can’t believe this happened,” he said. “Everything was great . . . getting to experience the last few months of senior year with your friends,” and then the pandemic changed everything.

He plans on participating in VUSD’s modified graduation ceremonies, but “I feel like you won’t get the same range of emotions” from it.

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ighth graders Wren Chin and Jaeden Pugh are making history as the first and only co-valedictorians at Phoenix Ranch School, a private school in Simi Valley, during this historic time of uncertainty.

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ly attended classes and completed all assignments with significant details and accuracy, said Catherine Grimes, principal of Phoenix’s West Campus.

“This demonstrated an exceptional commitment to their classes and diligence to keep their 4.0 GPA,” said Grimes, of Moorpark.

Both students have been positive role models for many years, Grimes

a regular schedule each day, with only virtual meetings with teachers.

“It was up to me to set my own pace and make sure I got the work done.

I had to motivate myself.”

For Pugh, 13, graduating as valedictorian “is an honor.”

“I feel great, especially because I know all my years of hard work have paid off,” said Pugh, also of Simi Valley. “I feel proud because this is also an accomplishment that not many others achieve.”

He noted that his grandmother, who died when he was in the seventh grade, fueled his inspiration to do well in his eighth-grade year.

“I was very close with her and it was hard to take in the loss,” Pugh said, “but I stayed focused and finished strong for her.”

When his school closed because of the pandemic, “it was not a big change for me,” he noted. While it was harder to keep in touch with teachers, “It was easier to manage assignments. I had a schedule of every class daily to make sure I did all my work and attended all of my meetings.” Come fall, Pugh will attend Sierra Canyon High School in the San Fernando Valley.

Looking back on the last few months, Pugh believes the challenging circumstances have only further prepared him for future endeavors.

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noted, “including our time away from campus.”

Chin, 14, said her goal was not to be valedictorian, “but just do well in school.” Nevertheless, “I am honored to be chosen.”

“I just tried to keep my grades up and try to do my best,” said the Simi Valley teen, who heads to Santa Susana High School in the fall. When the pandemic forced the closure of schools throughout Ventura County, “it felt like there was more work, as we had digital projects rather than in-class paperwork.”

It was also more difficult not having

resilient…because it allowed me to learn new skills and allowed me to get better at certain things like studying,” Pugh explained. “It taught me that I can adapt and adjust quickly to change to meet my goals.”

Phoenix Ranch School’s eighthgrade graduation took place June 2 with a drive-through ceremony, where graduates were greeted by a line of teachers and staff.

“It is my great pleasure to see students such as Jaeden and Wren start with us in preschool and continue through middle school,” Grimes said.

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ue to school closures in March, 2020 graduates have missed out on many of the spring events that make their final school year so memorable. As a special salute to them, a new drive-in concert series will debut June 26-27 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. Congrats to Grads! is a 75-minute celebration featuring a concert

by Ventura native Kyle (aka Super Duper Kyle), a visual light show, multimedia entertainment and a video saluting this year’s graduates. Tickets start at $49 for a vehicle with up to five people. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Ventura County food bank Food Share.

Congrats to Grads! is the initial offering from Concerts in Your Car, Ventura County’s first interactive, social distancing event series taking place at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. Live concerts, comedians, films and more will be presented this summer, all to be enjoyed from the comfort of one’s vehicle. These drive-in events are being hosted

by CBF Productions, a festival production company that has hosted Boots and Brews, the Tequila and Taco Music Festival and the Winter and Spring Wine Walks.

“Even with social distancing, we wanted to give people a way to get out, celebrate and have some fun!” said Vincenzo Giammanco, president of CBF Productions. “It’s nostalgic to think about drive-in movie theaters. We are paying homage to that but taking it to the next level.”

Events will be held for 75 to 90 minutes weekly, ranging from comedy and drive-in

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“This might be the only way to get entertainment in 2020,” Giammanco said.

Once parked at the fairgrounds, in order to maintain social distancing, attendees will not be allowed to leave their vehicles.

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“We want to create an economic impact downtown and get us going again,” Giammanco said.

He added that it’s more important than ever to live life during the pandemic.

“It’s a very interesting time to live through but fun is not cancelled for 2020,” Giammanco said. “It will be an historic event and we are excited to do it in our own backyard in Ventura.”

Kyle performs on Friday, June 26, and Saturday, June 27, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura.

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room is its dramatic backstory. “The Attic” is built around the idea of a remote cabin owned by a beloved relative who would host family reunions every year. Due to the uncle’s “death” and the pandemic, family members agree to gather on a video call instead . . . except for one cousin, who ends up at the cabin in person, breaks in, and gets “locked” in the attic. Escape room participants work together to break their hapless “cousin” out of there. One complicating factor, according to Ultimate Escape Rooms advertisements: “Are they really alone up there?”

Cortez describes “The Attic” as a “family history mystery with a creepy twist,” but notes that it is not a “horror room” with jump scares or gore. “Many young kids have played it and enjoyed it!” Most escape rooms allow hints, and for “The Attic,” Cortez says that hints will be unlimited (your host will provide them) with one caveat: The entire team must agree that a hint is needed.

Anyone from anywhere can join this escape room experience, making it

sent via email after signing up. Reservations are easily made by going to the Ultimate Escape Rooms’ website.

If the dates and times on the standard calendar don’t work, the company will customize a specific appointment.

“This format has given us the exciting and unexpected opportunity to allow people from anywhere around the world to play our escape rooms,” Cortez says. “We’ve had a team play from Hawaii for example . . . [and] just got a request from a corporate team in Europe.”

Cortez is looking forward to welcoming people back to the Ultimate Escape Rooms once restrictions are lifted. Until then, she’s delighted with the online option so far, and has another one — “The Wizard’s Lair” — in the works.

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t describes itself as “an unpretentious joint serving burgers, salads, sandwiches and more,” which is possibly how Boar’s Breath Grill in Port Hueneme escaped my attention. But it’s been around since 2006, using local ingredients (Oxnard produce, bread from Wildflour in Agoura Hills, beverages from Ventura County brewers and wineries) to create an excellent menu worthy of any AD gastropub.

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Chicken bacon melt (left), the Boar’s Breath Strandwich with french fries, and two Boar’s Breath doesn’t deliver strawberry milkshakes. to my area — although they will fries and onion rings. Milkshakes onion, ranch dressing and barbe- to neighboring Naval Base Venwere added as a special treat, cue sauce. Rich, big on flavor and tura County — but those chips, although strawberry was the only kind of messy, but a hit with both onion rings and sandwiches are kids. My 13-year-old insists that I well worth the drive to Port flavor available.

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My wonderful stepmom died last year, and my dad was debilitated by grief. I got him to go to a support group, which really seemed to help. He’s been dating a woman he met there, and they’ve gotten serious. My brother says my dad wants to marry this woman. He’s happy for our dad, but I’m disgusted. It’s just wrong that he’s with another woman so soon. My dad loved my stepmother and was a great husband, but he’s now looking like a fraud because he’s moved on so quickly.

— Distraught Daughter It’s not like your dad wore dark glasses to the funeral so he could cruise the pretty ladies in attendance without getting caught.

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how a person’s “supposed” to feel after eventually went so vicious on comedian widowed. No it’s not. I’m serious. Stop it. their loved one dies, and we tend to go Patton Oswalt. His wife died suddenly, and Not your business. ... Leave people alone.”

This is advice we should apply beyond all grief police on someone we think isn’t he was devastated, and he got a flood of grieving enough or for long enough. sympathy from his fans. Eighteen months the celebrisphere. Research by psycholI suspect these harsh views are a later, he remarried, and the public turned ogist Camille Wortman debunks many byproduct of one of the possible func- on him — with ugly tweets like: “80,000 common myths about how grief “should” tions of grief. Evolutionary psychologist died from the flu last year and fat man work: for example, the incorrect expecBo Winegard and his colleagues point out Patton never mentioned it. Faker than his tations “that depression is inevitable folthat grief stops us from getting on with our ‘grief’ for his dead ex wife.” lowing loss; that distress is necessary, and lives after a loved one dies. This is costly, My journalist friend, Leslie Gray Street- failure to experience it is indicative of pathology.” And then impinging on our survival, or at least keepthere’s the myth you There are many misconceptions about ing us from mating might be clinging to: the how a person’s “supposed” to feel after and passing on our notion that real love leads genes. But because of to grief that is endlessly their loved one dies, and we tend to go this, grief can be a sort all grief police on someone we think isn’t debilitating.

It is — for a very small of tear-drenched, listgrieving enough or for long enough.” less, gloom-shrouded percentage of people. But character witness. grief researcher George Sure, we could tell people we’ve got er, 49, gets really angry about these attacks Bonanno suspects we’re prone to believe great character. But that’s just blah, blah, on a surviving spouse: “It’s always shock- unending grief is the norm in part because blah, with nothing to back it up. However, ing how strangers would rather you be much of what’s written about grief is by because grief is costly — emotionally, embalmed in their memory than happy.” grief therapists. They are “apt to see only physically, and in forcing us to put our She writes “you” because she, unfortunate- those bereaved people” who are unable to lives on pause — it’s seen as a more ly, has experience in this area, chronicled in recover without professional help. However, reliable signal than claims we make about “Black Widow,” her “sad-funny” memoir Bonanno explains, for most grieving people, ourselves. The Winegard team believes about suddenly losing her husband five resilience — the ability to recover (and grief likely functions as a form of social years into their marriage. She tweets about sometimes to recover relatively quickly) advertising: evidence the grieving person the social media-shaming of Oswalt, Dog and get on with life — is the norm. Bonanno is a “loyal, trustworthy,” committed partner the Bounty Hunter, and other widowed urges us not to assume that this means they celebs: “It’s not your business when celeb- had “either superficial or conflicted relationwho forms deep attachments.

This might be why so many people rities you don’t know remarry after being ships with the persons they lost.”

Bonanno explains that bereaved people who find peace seem to put their loss into some sort of perspective. He gives the example of a woman who married her high school sweetheart and had two children and a full life with him. Her world shattered when her husband died abruptly, but she “found meaning and vigor and even joy in the idea she was going to make it.”

Consider whether the message you want to send to your dad is, “Hey! Your life was supposed to stop when my stepmom’s did,” effectively punishing him for healthy coping. Wortman writes: “The major coping task faced by the bereaved is to reconcile themselves to a situation that cannot be changed and find a way to carry on with their own lives.” As Patton Oswalt explained about why he remarried 18 months after losing his wife: “It just felt like worlds were connecting and everything was okay again.” ©2020, 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).

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES

(March 21-April 19):

Aries poet Paul Verlaine wrote “Autumn Song” in 1866. It became a well-known French poem, and eventually played a role in a historical turning point. In June 1944, a top-secret British spy organization used the poem as a code to communicate crucial information to the French Resistance, via BBC radio, about the allies’ upcoming D-Day invasion of Normandy. In the spirit of poetry being used to accomplish practical actions, I’m now sending out a burst of code to you, Aries. It’s adapted from another poem by Verlaine: “Delight in good-omened fortune, baptized by the bristling scents of mint, thyme, and clover on the wind of dawn.” Regard this as a signal for you to acquire a necessary resource, strengthen connections with key allies, and intensify your current quest.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20):

Taurus philosopher Bertrand Russell observed, “The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest.”

That is always an important principle for everyone to embrace, in my opinion. But it will be an especially essential truth for you in the coming weeks. Your creative powers will thrive, even soar and generate blessings, to the degree that you downplay and outwit your possessive inclinations.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20):

“It’s OK to live a life others don’t understand,” writes author Jenna Woginrich. That’s a healthy attitude for an eccentric person like her, who taught herself by trial and error how to run a small farm with a meager budget while all alone in the middle of nowhere.

But does her advice apply to everyone? I say yes, it does. All of us have quirky behaviors and idiosyncratic ideas and odd feelings

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that other people find hard to understand, let alone appreciate. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because the coming weeks will be a time when it’s best for you to emancipate yourself as much as possible from the need to be perfectly understood as you express your raw, pure, unique self.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22):

I’m one of the lucky people who has never been addicted to alcohol or drugs. What’s the source of my great fortune? Two kinds of grace are key: I suffered no abuse and trauma when I was growing up, and my genetic make-up doesn’t predispose me to self-medicate with intoxicants. But I am indeed a bit addicted to other things, like fearful fantasies, sexual feelings, and the urge to win arguments. So I’m blessed in some ways, cursed in others—just like all of us! In honor of our season of introspection, my fellow Cancerian, I invite you to do what I just did: Count your blessings and curses. Doing so will bring you just the right kind of healing.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22):

“Jacquemus Mini Le Chiquito” is the name of a tiny purse you can buy for $522. It fits into the palm of your hand, and won’t hold much—maybe a single-use strand of dental floss, a shoe from a Barbie doll, a snippet of a loved one’s hair, an aspirin, maybe a few crumbs from a potato chip.

In any case, I don’t recommend it for you.

You should be surrounding yourself with symbols of capaciousness and roominess.

You need influences that inspire you to be a spacious container. It’s time for you to welcome and receive an abundance of blessings, inquiries, and invitations.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

“Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you

don’t,” writes author Rebecca Solnit.

“And it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.” Your assignment in the coming weeks is to thoroughly incorporate Solnit’s wisdom—and then wield it with tender ferocity as you reshape your relationship with the future. See if you can manage, if only for ten days, to fight off and dissolve the reflex to worry. Here’s a tip: Any time the agitated fantasy of an ugly scenario rises up in your imagination, remind yourself that it’s not objectively true and immediately replace it with a fantasy of a desirable scenario.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Nobel Prize-winning Libran author William Faulkner was asked by a cousin if he was drunk when he dreamed up the imaginative stories and characters in his novels.

The truth was that on occasion Faulkner did indeed consume alcohol in excessive amounts. However, he rarely indulged while actually writing. His creative ideas mostly came from his fertile imagination, not an unhinged spirit. In the coming weeks, I hope you will be like Faulkner during the inventive phases he enjoyed while sober and disciplined and driven by focused intention. The astrological omens suggest that’s the best recipe for generating original ideas and productive visions.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

“What use is this howling tenderness?” wrote eighth-century Tamil mystic poet Andal. My research on Google reveals that no one has answered her question until now. I decided you would benefit from hearing my response, since you are in a chapter of your life story when howling tenderness could work to your benefit. So here’s my counsel: Howling tenderness is useful because it has the power to shatter

mysterious barriers that have been at least partially obstructing you from exploring the frontiers of sacred intimacy.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield articulates the spiritual medicine I think you should seek in the coming weeks. You especially need it, and by happy coincidence, it’s likely to be available. Kornfield writes: “When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.” I urge you to identify the people who can perform this service for you, then ask them pointblank to perform this service, even if it has to happen over FaceTime or via Zoom. To generate the good karma that will ensure this happens in just the right way, offer to perform the same service for others.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“The changes we dread most may contain our salvation,” writes author Barbara Kingsolver. Although I mostly agree with her conclusion, I’ll also suggest that we could come up with less melodramatic versions of it. For example, we might say, “The adjustments we’re resisting may actually be healthy.” Or “The uncomfortable transitions we’re avoiding might ultimately lead to a better version of comfort.” Or “The revelations we’re attempting to ignore and deny could eventually be the source of relief and release.” Do any of these work for you right now, Capricorn? I bet at least one does.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

Some people seem to think of sacredness as being pristine and pious—an immaculate and orderly transcendence of earthly concerns. Author and minister Marilyn

Sewell has a different perspective. “Who can order the Holy?” she asks. “It is like a rain forest, dripping, lush, fecund, wild.

We enter its abundance at our peril, for here we are called to the wholeness for which we long, but which requires all we are and can hope to be.” I recommend Sewell’s version of holiness to you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You’re primed to upgrade and deepen your sacred lust for life.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20):

When Europeans arrived in the New World, the Iroquois Confederacy in what’s now northeastern North American had been practicing participatory democracy for 350 years. The visionary principles of these native people ultimately influenced the formation of the United States and its Constitution. Now would be a good time for you to be inspired by these facts. How? You could draw teachings from the past and use them to create your future. You could study the perspectives of indigenous people and incorporate their wisdom into the way you live your life. You could tune in to and explore the traditions of people you respect and adopt them for your own use.

Homework: What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re alone? Testify: 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.

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are not limited to: household tools, furniture. and personal items, office Unit #129 Jeff Spector and other equipment. The household items, clothes, public sale of these items will tools, furniture. begin at 09:30 AM and conUnit #156 Stan Roberts tinue until all units are sold. household items, clothes, PUBLIC STORAGE # 23411, tools furniture.

740 Arcturus Ave, Oxnard, Unit #115 Larry Reynolds CA 93033, (805) 248-7083 household items, clothes, Contact Tori Behar 805.648.2244 B071 - Wilson, Janetta;ex.200 F040 | tori@vcreporter.com | Deadline is Monday, 11 a.m. for Thursday publication tools, furniture.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC - Farkas, Roberta; F043 Unit #164 Larry ReynoldsONSITE AUCTION Farkas, Roberta; F211 - Klein household items, clothes, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Epstein & Parker, KEP MTM tools, furniture. that the undersigned intends 1 LLC; F357 - Killen, Jean; Date: 5/20/2020, to sell the personal property F421 - Ramirez, Valerie; NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE /S/: LaDonna Hodge (Mandescribed below to enforce a F473 - Carrillo, Ivonne To satisfy the owner's storager).

Legal Notices lien imposed on said propPUBLIC STORAGE # 23050, age lien, PS Orange Co. Inc. This notice is given in acerty pursuant to sections 4400 McGrath St, Ventura, will sell at public lien sale on cordance with the proviIn accordance with Sec. 106 21700 – 21716 of the CA CA 93003, (805) 324-6011 June 24, 2020, the personal sions of Section 21700 et of the Programmatic AgreeBusiness and Professions B073 - Thomas, Georgette; property in the below-listed seq. of the Business and ment, AT&T plans an existCode, CA Commercial Code H080 - Darling, Tara; L008 units, which may include but Professions code of the ing concrete light pole at Section 2328, Section Munoz, Angel are not limited to: household State of California. Sale 1720 Ventura Blvd., Oxnard, 1812.600 – 1812.609 and PUBLIC STORAGE # 26812, and personal items, office subject to prior cancellaCA 93030. Please direct Section 1988 of CA Civil 6435 Ventura Blvd, Venand other equipment. The tion in the event of settlecomments to Gavin L. at 818Code, 353 of the Penal tura, CA 93003, (805) 329public sale of these items will ment between Owner and 898-4866 regarding site Code.

5384 begin at 09:30 AM and conobligated party.

CRAN RLOS OXVEN 21A. The undersigned will sell at C067 - Brown, Serena; C164 PUBLISHED: Ventura tinue until all units are sold.

6/4, 6/11/20 HENDERSON, T.C.; C176 public sale by competitive PUBLIC STORAGE # 20627, County Reporter; 5/28/20 CNS-3369119#/31107 Martin, Frank; D004 - Flores, bidding on the 16 th day of 4568 E Los Angeles Ave, and 6/4/20./30800 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Michelle; D012 - Leon, VicJune, 2020 at 10:30 A.M., on Simi Valley, CA 93063, To satisfy the owner's stortoria; D171 - Kohler, Robert; StorageTreasures.com: (805) 285-7018 Summons age lien, PS Orange Co. Inc. D208 - Estrada, Veronica; household goods, tools, elecC158 - Denson, Steven; will sell at public lien sale on D341 - Valenzuela, David tronics, and personal effects D029 - Hutton, Douglas; SUPERIOR COURT June 17, 2020, the personal PUBLIC STORAGE # 24110, that have been stored and D139 - Pedraza, Luis; D241 OF CALIFORNIA property in the below-listed 5515 Walker Street, Venwhich are located at Trojan Tooman, Scott; D263 - Bell, COUNTY OF units, which may include but tura, CA 93003, (805) 312Storage of Oxnard, 1801 Zachary VENTURA are not limited to: household 9304 Eastman Avenue, Oxnard, PUBLIC STORAGE # 24322, SUMMONS and personal items, office B118 - Balolong, Trish; C215 County of Ventura, State of 2167 First Street, Simi Val(CITACION JUDICIAL) and other equipment. The - Mercer, Mark; C232 - RoudCalifornia, the following: ley, CA 93065, (805) 285Case No. public sale of these items will abush, Steven; C240 Customer Name Unit# 7073 56-2019-00525194begin at 09:30 AM and conEllinger, Heather; D397 Michael De-Santiago 255C C003 - Cohen, Jennifer CL-CL-VTA tinue until all units are sold.

Gonzalez, Luis Jorge Estrada 433 PUBLIC STORAGE # 25753, NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: PUBLIC STORAGE # 23411, PUBLIC STORAGE # 25779, Michael Hill 600 875 W Los Angeles Ave, (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): 740 Arcturus Ave, Oxnard, 161 E Ventura Blvd, Raul Martinez 554 Moorpark, CA 93021, (805) ALEJANDRO BARROSO CA 93033, (805) 248-7083 Oxnard, CA 93036, (805) Edward Zavala 243 298-1384 AND DOES 1 THROUGH 10, B071 - Wilson, Janetta; F040 456-6430 Alan Flesher 015 529 - Smith, Stacy; 569 INCLUSIVE. - Farkas, Roberta; F043 B568 - Estrada, Jimmy; B616 Arnold Lopez 735 Meza, Brian; 586 - Toney, YOU ARE BEING SUED BY Farkas, Roberta; F211 - Klein - Gomez, Jose; R280 Victor Munoz 422 Jasmine; 612 - mason, PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEEpstein & Parker, KEP MTM Wright, Bryan; R430 Max Shapiro 715 quincy; 664 - Andreasen, MANDANDO EL DEMAND1 LLC; F357 - Killen, Jean; Kennedy-Hammond, ChrisGabriel Cisneros 306 Robert ANTE): CREDIT LENDING F421 - Ramirez, Valerie; topher Gerardo Flores 070 Public sale terms, rules, and SERVICES, INC F473 - Carrillo, Ivonne Beverly Footman 656 Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made NOTICE! You have been PUBLIC STORAGE # 23050, Alex Gaona 025 regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sued. The court may decide 4400 McGrath St, Ventura, Ian Hill 428 available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellaagainst you without your beCA 93003, (805) 324-6011 Agustin Lopez 778 sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to ing heard unless you reB073 - Thomas, Georgette; Susan Wolvington 547 tion. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment spond within 30 days. Read H080 - Darling, Tara; L008 Purchases must be paid for refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit the information below.

Munoz, Angel at the time of purchase in must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must You have 30 CALENDAR PUBLIC STORAGE # 26812, cash only. All purchased card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their DAYS after this summons 6435 Ventura Blvd, Venitems sold as is, where is and secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim and legal papers are served tura, CA 93003, (805) 329must be removed at the time own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original on you to file a written re5384 of sale. Sale subject to cantax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each sponse at this court and have C067 - Brown, Serena; C164 cellation in the event of setRESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. a copy served on the plaintiff.

- HENDERSON, T.C.; C176 tlement between owner and space purchased is required.

Dated this 4th of June 2020 A letter or phone call will not Martin, Frank; D004 - Flores, obligated party. Dated these

By PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 and 11th of June 2020 by PS protect you. Your written reMichelle; D012 - Leon, Vicfor the 4th day of June and Western Avenue, Glendale, Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western sponse must be in proper toria; D171 - Kohler, Robert; 11th day of June, 2020. AnCA 91201. (818) 244-8080.

Avenue, Glendale, CA legal form if you want the D208 - Estrada, Veronica; dasol Management, Inc. Bond No. ALL SALES ARE 91201. (818) 244-8080. Bond court to hear your case.

D341 - Valenzuela, David Bond#: 79183C. (888) 564SUBJECT TO PRIOR CANNo. 5908365.

There may be a court form PUBLIC STORAGE # 24110, 7782.

CELLATION. TERMS, rules 6/4, 6/11/20 that you can use for your re5515 Walker Street, Venand regulations available at PUBLISHED: Ventura CNS-3369229#/31108 sponse. You can find these tura, CA 93003, (805) 312sale. Dated this 28th of May County Reporter; 6/4/20 and court forms and more inform9304 & 4 th of June 2020 by PS 6/11/20./30986 ation at the California Courts B118 - Balolong, Trish; C215 Lien Sales Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Online Self-Help Center - Mercer, Mark; C232 - RoudNOTICE OF Ave., Glendale, CA 91201, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfabush, Steven; C240 PUBLIC LIEN SALE (818) 244-8080, Bond No. help), your county law library, Ellinger, Heather; D397 Business and Professions NOTICE OF PUBLIC 6052683. or the courthouse nearest Gonzalez, Luis Code Sec. 21700 - Div. 8 ONSITE AUCTION 5/28, 6/4/20 you. If you cannot pay the filPUBLIC STORAGE # 25779, C.C. 3072.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN CNS-3367803#/30804 ing fee, ask the court clerk for 161 E Ventura Blvd, Notice is hereby given by the that the undersigned intends a fee waiver form. If you do Oxnard, CA 93036, (805) undersigned that a public lito sell the personal property not file your response on 456-6430 en sale of the following dedescribed below to enforce a time, you may lose the case B568 - Estrada, Jimmy; B616 scribed personal property will lien imposed on said propby default, and your wages, - Gomez, Jose; R280 be held at the hour of 11:00 erty pursuant to sections money, and property may be Wright, Bryan; R430 am on 06/12/2020, County of 21700 – 21716 of the CA taken without further warning Kennedy-Hammond, ChrisVentura, State of California.

Business and Professions from the court. There are othtopher The property is stored at the Code, CA Commercial Code er legal requirements. You Public sale terms, rules, and VENTURA MINI WARESection 2328, Section may want to call an attorney regulations will be made HOUSE, located at 3695 1812.600 – 1812.609 and right away. If you do not available prior to the sale. All Market Street, Ventura, CA Section 1988 of CA Civil know an attorney, you may sales are subject to cancella93003. Tel: (805) 644-1330.

Code, 353 of the Penal want to call an attorney refertion. We reserve the right to The items to be sold are Code. ral service. If you cannot afrefuse any bid. Payment generally described as folThe undersigned will sell at ford an attorney, you may be must be in cash or credit lows: Furniture, Clothing, public sale by competitive eligible for free legal sercard-no checks. Buyers must Tools and/or other housebidding on the 16 th day of vices from a nonprofit legal secure the units with their hold items stored by the June, 2020 at 10:30 A.M., on services program. You can own personal locks. To claim following persons: StorageTreasures.com: locate these nonprofit groups tax-exempt status, original NAME OF ACCOUNT / household goods, tools, elecat the California Legal SerRESALE certificates for each SPACE#: tronics, and personal effects vices Web site space purchased is required.

Unit #128 David Brown that have been stored and (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org),

By PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 household items, clothes, which are located at Trojan the California Courts Online Western Avenue, Glendale, tools, furniture.

Storage of Oxnard, 1801 Self-Help Center CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.

Unit #129 Jeff Spector Eastman Avenue, Oxnard, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfBond No. ALL SALES ARE household items, clothes, County of Ventura, State of help), or by contacting your SUBJECT TO PRIOR CANtools, furniture.

California, the following: local court or county bar asCELLATION. TERMS, rules Unit #156 Stan Roberts Customer Name Unit# sociation. NOTE: The court and regulations available at household items, clothes, Michael De-Santiago 255C has a statutory lien fo r sale. Dated this 28th of May tools furniture.

Jorge Estrada 433 waived fees and costs on any & 4 th of June 2020 by PS Unit #115 Larry Reynolds Michael Hill 600 settlement or arbitration Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western household items, clothes, Raul Martinez 554 award of $10,000 or more in Ave., Glendale, CA 91201, tools, furniture.

Edward Zavala 243 a civil case. The court's lien (818) 244-8080, Bond No. Unit #164 Larry ReynoldsAlan Flesher 015 must be paid before the court 6052683. household items, clothes, Arnold Lopez 735 will dismiss the case.

5/28, 6/4/20 tools, furniture.

Victor Munoz 422 ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado.

CNS-3367803#/30804 Date: 5/20/2020, Max Shapiro 715 Si no responde dentro de 30 /S/: LaDonna Hodge (ManGabriel Cisneros 306 dias, la corte puede decidir ager).

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the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado.

Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la inlormación a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO despues 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.sucorte.ca.gov), 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 de 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 podra 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 legates 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.lawhelp california.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca. gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): James D. Roberts, Esq., 3428 Heartland Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065, 818-535-0247.

Date (Fecha): 02/25/2019. /s/: Michael D. Planet, Executive Officer and Clerk (Secretario), By Susanne Leon, Deputy (Adjunto).

[Seal].

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/14/20, 5/21/20, 5/28/20 and

plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): James D. Roberts, Esq., 3428 Heartland Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065, 818-535-0247.

Date (Fecha): 02/25/2019. /s/: Michael D. Planet, Executive Officer and Clerk (Secretario), By Susanne Leon, Deputy (Adjunto).

[Seal].

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/14/20, 5/21/20, 5/28/20 and 6/4/20./30596 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF VENTURA SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case No. 56-2019-00525382CL-CL-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BRITTANI HALL AND DOES 1 THROUGH 10, INCLUSIVE. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): CREDIT LENDING SERVICES, INC 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. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien fo r waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court's lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. ¡AVISO! Lo han demandado.

Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la inlormación a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO despues 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 de-

DARIO despues 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 Summons 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.sucorte.ca.gov), 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 de 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 podra 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 legates 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.lawhelp california.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca. gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SUPERIOR COURT 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 direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): James D. Roberts, Esq., 3428 Heartland Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065, 818-535-0247.

Date (Fecha): 02/28/2019. /s/: Michael D. Planet, Executive Officer and Clerk (Secretario), By Susanne Leon, Deputy (Adjunto).

[Seal].

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/14/20, 5/21/20, 5/28/20 and 6/4/20./30597

Trustee’s Sales T.S. No.: 19-13698-02 Loan No.: **0748 Notice of Trustee's Sale Note: There is a summary of the information in this document attached* *[pursuant to civil code § 2923.3(a), the summary of information referred to above is not attached to the recorded copy of this document, but only to the copies provided to trustor.] you are in default under a deed of trust dated 10/6/2017. unless you take action to protect your prop-

formation referred to above is not attached to the recorded copy of this document, but only to the copies provided to trustor.] you are in default und er a deed of trust dated 10/6/2017. 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 drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or 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, 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. Original Trustor(s): Jack Eugene Teeters, a single man Duly Appointed Trustee: WT Capital Lender Services, a California corporation Recorded 10/13/2017, as Instrument No. 2017101300133075-0, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California Date of Sale: 06/23/2020 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: The Main entrance to the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $15,042.82 Estimated Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1523 North Eighth Street, Port Hueneme, CA Legal Description: Lot 20 Of Tract No. 1226, In The City Of Port Hueneme, County of Ventura, State Of California, As per map recorded in book 30, page 64 of maps, in the office of the county recorder of said county. except all oil, gas, petroleum and other hydrocarbon substances and minerals lying in, on or under said land, without the right to go upon the surface of said land or within 500 feet measured vertically of the surface thereof for development purposes. A.P.N.: 205-0-434185 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. 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.

risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the p e r o p e r t y i ts e l f . P l a c i n g t h tion highedoes st b idnot at automatically a trustee a ucentitle 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 visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case file number. 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: May 22, 2020 WT Capital Lender Services, a California corporation 7522 North Colonial Ave Suite 101, Fresno, California 93711 (559) 2224644 WTCap.com By Debra Francesconi, Senior Vice President (IFS# 21561, 0 6 / 0 4 / 2 0 , 0 6 / 11 / 2 0 , 06/18/20)/31101

Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200528-10007392-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: POPULAIRE WINES, 5757 Olivas Park Drive Suite K, Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, Delaware, VeroVino, Inc., 5757 Olivas Park Drive Suite K, Ventura, CA 93003. This business is conducted by: A Corporation. 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/ VeroVino, Inc., Sheila Donohue, Sheila Donohue, 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

($1.000).) /s/ VeroVino, Inc., Sheila Donohue, Sheila Donohue, 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., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura on May 28, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 6/4/20, 6/11/20, 6/18/20 and 6/25/20./31110 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200528-10007397-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VISTA MED. LTD, 1601 Eastman Avenue, Suite 100, Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization: CA, William B. Kendall, 3000 Vista Linda Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This business is conducted by: A Limited Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: December 20, 1983. 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/ William B. Kendall, William B. Kendall, William B. Kendall. 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: May 28, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 6/4/20, 6/11/20, 6/18/20 and 6/25/20./31138 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200501-10006500-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: COOKING WITH ANA, 426 Galvin Circle, Ventura, CA 93004, Ventura County, Ana Barbara Szabo De Carvalho, 426 Galvin Circle, Ventura, CA 93004. This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or

93004, Ventura County, Ana Barbara Szabo De Carvalho, 426 Galvin Circle, 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/ Ana Barbara Szabo De Carvalho, Ana Barbara Szabo De Carvalho. 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 May 1, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/14/20, 5/21/20, 5/28/20 and 6/4/20./30629 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200511-10006737-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ZODIAC GIRLS, 716 N. Ventura Rd. #139, Oxnard, CA 93030, Ventura County, CA, James W. Mooney, 716 N. Ventura Rd. #139, Oxnard, CA 93030. This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or n ames listed above on : 05/05/2020. 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/ James W. Mooney, James W. Mooney, James W. Mooney, Owner. 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 May 11, 2020.

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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 May 11, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/21/20, 5/28/20, 6/4/20 and 6/11/20./30732 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200522-10007235-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: THRIVE AT IRIMIYA, 5450 Ralston St., Suite 109, Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, Teresa Raquel Morales, 2228 Miramar Walk, Oxnard, CA 93035. 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/ Teresa Raquel Morales, Teresa Raquel Morales. 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 May 22, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 6/4/20, 6/11/20, 6/18/20 and 6/25/20./31137

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 May 15, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 5/28/20, 6/4/20, 6/11/20 and 6/18/20./30799

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200515-10006940-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1) ZANZILLA, 2) COMPOSITION YOGA, 2750 E. Main St., “F”, Ventura, CA 93003, Ventura County, CA, Sabrina Zan Ferris, 6322 Egret Ct., 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: 3/1/2005. 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/ Sabrina Zan Ferris, SZ Ferris. 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 June 4, 2020 — forth in the statement pursu-

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