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Surviving COVID-19: One family lives through a household-wide coronavirus infection

by Kimberly Rivers

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“What can be done for the children?”: Friends of Fieldworkers supports 100 families “A media campaign is not a litigation strategy”: Ventura forced to release public records, again In Brief

by Kimberly Rivers Eye on the Environment: New grant will fund reuse opportunities

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“What can be done for the children?”

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he women and men who harvest crops in the Oxnard Plain support a multibillion dollar industry in Ventura County. During today’s pandemic, with schools engaged in online learning and safe childcare not readily available, many farmworkers have been forced to leave their children at home.

“One of our biggest concerns since March is that the children are home,” said Judy Lucas of Ojai, who with her husband, Ted, formed Friends of Fieldworkers (FOF) in the midst of a 2013 structure fire in Oxnard that impacted two dozen families to help farmworker families by providing direct assistance including food, home goods, toys and other items. FOF occasionally provides funds for rent and utilities as well. “Our motto is to befriend and support farmworkers and their families.”

The Lucases and one other person gather donated items and deliver to about 100 families in the Camarillo-Oxnard area. This includes picking up groceries at the fairgrounds every weekend.

“We need volunteers desperately,” Lucas said.

As the school year gets started under the shadow of the pandemic, a problem normally lessened when school starts is now being exacerbated.

“One young man is 13, he has a 9-year-old sister and 2-year-old brother,” said Lucas. “He is taking care of them all day. What I’m hearing is that the teachers are giving the kids more homework than normal . . . I don’t know how they are going to do school work and take care of the younger siblings.”

“Over half of our families have at least one child who is

Eye on the Environment

New grant will fund reuse opportunities

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new grant opportunity offers California businesses, nonprofit organizations, government entities and Indian tribes an opportunity to fund new reuse projects.

The minimum grant to be awarded by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will be $300,000, and the maximum will be $500,000, with a total of $2 million awarded statewide this December. Applications are due September 10.

Four types of projects are listed as qualified: • Replacement of single-use containers with refillables,

including but not limited to beverage, food or personal

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disabled,” Lucas continued. “Parents depend greatly on the schools. Many [of these kids] have no capacities. They go to school every day, while mom is in the fields . . . I’d love to hear what the school’s special education departments . . . are going to do for these children.”

She told of a family with two children with cystic fibrosis. “Doctors told the mom there is no way they can go to school this year. They will die if they get COVID. What are they going to do?”

The schools have provided tablets, but Lucas said families are frustrated. “They don’t understand all the links and how to connect,” she said. “We have been focused on the children.

What can be done for the children?”

FOF has delivered books, a basketball hoop, weights, a trampoline and jump ropes. The organization also teamed up with the Democratic Moms group and a Girl Scout troop in Camarillo to provide Legos. Donated gardening boxes have led to gardens expanding in the family’s yards, while butterfly and ladybug habitats were popular with the kids, who enjoyed watching the caterpillars and larvae eat and then transform.

The supplies have been beneficial, but many farmworker families still worry about their children left at home.

“They’re afraid of many things, but the two biggest things . . . They are afraid of ICE, they don’t want their children outside their apartments. And the parents are also afraid of getting picked up by ICE, then they wouldn’t get home to their children. Number two is COVID, getting sick and bringing it home to their kids.”

FOF is creating a few other programs, including connecting one family with children interested in art with an artist in Mexico who is leading the kids in art classes via Skype or FaceTime using art supplies provided by FOF. Lucas said they hope to expand that to more families and possibly offer music.

“Drumming would be great.”

She said that right now, FOF is asking for books in new or gently used condition for very young children through teens and fabric for masks for the families. FOF is paying a seamstress $2 a mask to sew masks for the families.

Another program Lucas wants to get started is called Grocery Security Net. “The families have very few security nets of any kind,

utensils) with durable alternatives that can be reused.

• Replacement of single-use packaging with reusable

packaging used to transport or distribute goods

(e.g., crates, pallets).

• Recovery of lumber, wood flooring or wood furniture from landfills or through deconstruction projects for reuse.

Oxnard Pallet Company, one local business considering applying for the grant, has a long history of innovative reuse and has already won other funding from CalRecycle through the Ventura County Recycling Market Development Zone.

Standard pallet reuse is business as usual for many companies and would probably not have a strong competitive chance to win a statewide grant opportunity such as this, but Beatrice Vasquez, owner of Oxnard Pallet Company and president of the Western Pallet Association, explains how her company is different, “We take off-spec and broken pallets, deconstruct them and reassemble them into 48-inch by 40-inch standard pallets, which are always in high demand.”

In the past, retail was more clearly a target of the grant program, and a Reuse Grant was a major source of funding launching Habitat for Humanity’s ReStores in Ventura County.

ReStores sell donated surplus and gently used home improvement items, raising money for Habitat’s mission of partnering with people in need to build decent affordable housing.

After starting a ReStore in Ventura and moving the store while expanding in Oxnard, Habitat later developed a second ReStore in Simi Valley.

Two children whose parents work in the fields in Ventura County.

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they really do live from day to day . . . with something like COVID going on and on and on, the stress level is really off the charts, and that is dangerous in itself. They can get so stressed they are going to get sick.”

The program involves selecting a family most at risk and spending $1,000 toward the necessities that family uses every day: Food, gas, coins for laundry. The money that family would otherwise spend on those necessities can be saved.

Lucas said one family was able to start saving to help them get out of the farmworker apartment and into a house to rent.

“I have high hopes for the family . . . to at least have some stress relieved.”

For more information on Friends of Fieldworkers or to donate, call 805-312-0579 or visit friendsoffieldworkers.org.

Michelle Stevens, founder and owner of the Refill Shoppe, is also looking for ways to expand her reuse-based business.

The Refill Shoppe helps people avoid single-use packaging by selling soaps, detergents, shaving lotions, skin creams and other items from bulk dispensers for refilling multi-use containers.

Having reopened her store in July following a pandemic-related shut down, Stevens is interested in improving databases and doing outreach to bring in new customers for expansion of the Refill Shoppe’s “sudscription” program, through which customers ordering online receive spout pouches, which they drain into their reused container before mailing back the same pouch for a refill.

In-store refills are also available at the Refill Shoppe, following assistance from the Womens’ Economic Ventures Thrive program, which helped Stevens change store layout and procedures to make shopping safer for customers and staff. Customers still bring in their own containers for refill and reuse, but now people sanitize the outside of their own containers with a 70 percent isopropyl alcohol solution and staff re-fill the containers.

If you have an idea for a reuse business, then check out the grant opportunity at calrecycle.ca.gov/climate/grantsloans/ reuse/fy201920.

David Goldstein is a Resource Management Analyst with the Ventura County Public Works Agency

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“A media campaign is not a litigation strategy” Ventura forced to release public records, again

by Kimberly Rivers kimberly@vcreporter.com

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he city of Ventura has released a contract it entered into with Mustang Marketing following a Public Records Act (PRA) request submitted by the Ventura County Reporter. The city initially refused the request calling the contract privileged as part of pending litigation, but following receipt of a letter from the nonprofit watchdog organization the First Amendment Coalition (FAC), the city was compelled to release the contract.

On Aug. 2, 2020, the VCReporter submitted a PRA request to the city of Ventura asking for the contract document the city approved with Mustang Marketing, a Thousand Oaks-based public relations firm, to assist the city during the Ventura Watershed Adjudication legal action, which has involved the owners of over 12,000 properties in the Ojai Valley and Ventura in a contentious process to lay out and determine water allocations for the entire watershed.

The city hired Mustang following a public meeting held in Ojai on Jan. 30. The room was packed full of people and the city was accused of filtering out questions it didn’t want to answer. The vote to hire the marketing firm and the amount the city was going to pay them was never reported to the public as required under the Brown Act, a body of state laws that guarantees city business is conducted in full view of the public. Certain items can be discussed in closed sessions, but any decisions made or votes taken in closed sessions must be reported to the public, and most contracts entered into are also public documents. The amount being paid to Mustang was previously released following several requests from different parties, including members of the public, the Ojai Valley News and the VCReporter.

On Aug. 11 in a letter signed by Gregory Diaz, Ventura City Attorney, the city responded to the PRA and declined to produce the contract with Mustang, stating it was an “exempt” document under the Brown Act. The response said the contract was related to “expert billings in this pending litigation.”

“This sounds like a practical joke,” said Glen Smith, litigation director with FAC, a California-based nonprofit organization. “Their work product might be exempt depending on the role the firm played, but the contract itself cannot be exempt. I guess it wasn’t included in the

agenda packet when it was approved.”

It was not, because the contract was never placed on a meeting agenda. Items, such as contracts, that the city council is reviewing and voting on are required to be attached to the agenda for public viewing. As the Mustang contract appeared on no agenda, was not voted on in open session, and was not initially reported as a closed session vote (the city released the vote previously in response to a separate PRA request), the contract never saw the light of day.

On Aug. 17, the FAC submitted a PRA request to the city, mirroring the request made by the VCReporter and citing the city’s Aug. 11 response.

“The grounds for nondisclosure cited in your Aug. 11, 2020 letter . . . are invalid,” stated Sherene Tagharobi, legal fellow with FAC, in the Aug. 17 letter. “Nondisclosure of the Contract and related communications would controvert both the [California Public Records Act] and the California Constitution. The Contract is not a privileged attorney-client communication.”

The letter further admonished the city, stating that “a media campaign is not a litigation strategy . . . some attorneys may feel it is desirable at times to conduct a media campaign,” but such a desire “does not transform their coordination of a campaign into legal advice.” The city cannot withhold the contract with Mustang because it is “merely an agreement for professional services entered into by the City and a marketing agency, not attorney work product.”

On the afternoon of Aug. 17, the same day the city received the letter from FAC, the VCReporter received the Mustang contract, with one redaction under the header, “Firm Services, firm will provide city in the following litigation support services.” One or two lines under that heading are blacked out. The rest of the contract is standard contract language, and names Diane McKay, owner of Mustang Marketing and trustee on the Ventura County Community College District Board, as the main contact for the firm with the city.

The initial contract was signed on Feb. 27, 2020, for a maximum of $50,000. Since then the parties have amended the contract twice, on May 10 and Aug. 4, each time increasing the fee cap by $50,000, to a current total of $150,000.

In Brief Brownley speaks about protecting the postal service

On Thursday, Aug. 20, Rep. Julia Brownley held a press conference at the U.S. Naval Construction Battalion “Seabees” Fallen Heroes Post Office Building to decry policies and actions impacting the United States Postal Service that she said were designed to “impede” the upcoming presidential election.

Recent “dismantling of infrastructure . . . cutting back salaries” were meant to “impede the post office’s ability to handle important mail in the middle of a pandemic . . . all of these changes jeopardize the election” and “threaten to disenfranchise voters in communities of color,” said Brownley.

She was referring to the actions of Louis DeJoy, an American businessman appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as U. S. Postmaster General.

DeJoy has had sorting machines removed and dismantled and pay and overtime of postal employees cut. Brownley was joined by Carmen Ramirez, Mayor Pro Tem of Oxnard and candidate for Ventura County Supervisor, who said the “dismantling” of the USPS is “unacceptable” and that it should not be viewed “as political but as a community health issue.”

Suspicious fires at Ojai Valley Land Conservancy

On Monday, Aug. 24, the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC) issued a statement saying that there had been two fires in the Ojai Meadows Preserve, adjacent to Nordhoff High School along Highway 150, in the last three months.

“Both fires occurred within 100 feet of each other and the fire department has deemed their cause of ignition to be suspicious and not natural,” stated the OVLC. Members of the public who witness any suspicious activity are encouraged to contact the OVLC at info@ovlc.org or call 805-649-6852. If there is an emergency, such as a fire dial 911.

Supervisors to review, vote on 2040 land use plan

At 1 p.m. on Tues., Sept. 1, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to review, accept public input and make a final determination on the county’s General Plan document that will govern all land use in the unincorporated areas through 2040.

The four-year-long process has included several public outreach meetings in communities across the county, as well as public workshops with the Ventura County Planning Commission and board of supervisors.

Hundreds of pages of comments have been received and reviewed from local individuals, groups and organizations, many calling for stronger actions on climate change, and some calling for a pause in the process to review the economic and long term effects of proposed changes.

The draft General Plan is located online at https://vc2040. org/review.

Written comments can be submitted prior to the hearing by emailing Susan.curtis@ventura. org or comments in hard copy form can be mailed to Attn: RMA Planning Division, General Plan Update, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, L #1740, Ventura CA 93009-1740 Phase II of road work in Santa Paula

As part of a city wide street maintenance projects over the current fiscal year contractors, J&H Engineering Inc., Pavement Coatings, Co., and Super Seal and Stripe will be performing various work on city roads aimed at improving the quality and extending the life of the streets, according to a statement released by the City of Santa Paula.

Projects currenting underway including applying a thin layer of asphalt on certain streets, and will continue through Oct. 2020. Hours of operation will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Some streets will be temporarily closed in the seven sections where work is taking place.

Court reduces Officer’s felony conviction to misdemeanor

At a sentencing hearing on Aug. 27, 2020, the court reduced the felony insurance fraud conviction of Matthew Arther Alonzo, a Santa Paula Police Officer to a misdeamenor. The Ventura County District Attorney objected to the reduction in the level of crime committed.

Alonzo was sentenced to 60 days of work release and three years of probation. He was ordered to pay Farmers Insurance Company $1,564.

His crime involved giving false testimony about a car accident he claimed to have seen. He told the insurance adjuster that he did not know anyone involved in the accident, when in fact, one was a former Santa Paula Police Officers whom Alonzo had worked with for over five years.

Alonzo’s false testimony caused the wrong driver to be found at fault in the accident.

Alonzo is currently on administrative leave from the SPPD. — Kimberly Rivers

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e’ve read the statistics and been told about the numerous risk factors that make an individual more vulnerable to coronavirus infection and the COVID-19 disease it causes. The longer we live through the pandemic, however, it is becoming increasingly clear that the virus does not discriminate, and no one is immune. Jon and Shantel Cesario of Ventura know this all too well: The entire family became infected by the coronavirus. The good news is that they all survived. But the Cesarios hope that their experience will help raise awareness of how this disease can impact anyone of any age.

A family crisis

Jon, who was born and raised in Ventura, is a life coach. He said that in coping over the past month he has had to “practice some of what I teach.”

He said that it all began around 9:30 p.m. on July 9. “I got a FaceTime call from my wife.She was hysterically crying.”

Shantel had called her doctor because she had a high fever, and was told to go to the hospital. Jon drove home immediately to take care of three of their children, ages 7, 2 and 3 weeks. (Jon’s 11-year-old son was with his mother at the time, and did not get the virus.) Shantel drove herself to Santa Paula Hospital.

“It was the first time she had to say goodbye to both babies,” Jon recalled.

She was tested for coronavirus and monitoring through the night, eventually being discharged at 4 a.m.

“The doctor informed us it was still OK to breastfeed,” said Jon. The next day Shantel got the call that she tested positive for the coronavirus. “We started to inform people . . . letting everybody know that she was positive for COVID.” He said it

was a very small group of people, mostly family members, that she had been in contact with. Not long after Shantel came home from the hospital, infant Aubrey developed symptoms.

“Two hours later, our three-week-old daughter had a high fever . . . It’s dangerous for a newborn.” They called their doctor, who once again told them to go immediately to Santa Paula Hospital. Jon took Aubrey and “they met us outside, escorted us into the back and into a room.”

Because Shantel had tested positive and Aubrey had a high fever, hospital staff assumed the baby had COVID-19 as well.

They began running tests on Aubrey.

“They did a lumbar test, with a needle down her spine. She had to lay in the cradle position,” Jon recalled. “She was hysterically crying. She had to be in extreme pain.”

Staff recognized the seriousness of the baby’s illness and recommended an immediate transfer by ambulance to Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC), where Aubrey was admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

The stay was only supposed to be one day. Ultimately, Jon spent five days there with his daughter. Aubrey started to experience respiratory issues on top of the high fever. The doctors decided a longer stay was needed; they didn’t know what would happen to someone so young with COVID-19.

“I felt really powerless”

Jon praised VCMC for their strong protective procedures, noting that “staff took 15 to 20 minutes to dress out and dress in” when they came in and out of Aubrey’s NICU room. They also trained him to do a lot of the needed monitoring and procedures to limit the number of people who had to come into the isolated room. He had to fill out a log sheet, writing down vital signs and other information about his daughter.

“On the second night she started to have stomach problems...COVID began to attack her digestive system...she cried and had a rash everywhere,” Jon said. “She was hysterically crying for eight hours straight.

I would pick her up. I was rocking her.

There was nothing that I was able to do for the pain that she was experiencing. My priorities were really put in place. Nothing mattered anymore [other than for] her to recover. I made a prayer, Lord give this to me, put this on me. I felt really powerless at that time. I admit I was crying.”

He said a nurse must have been watching the room’s cameras and saw that he was struggling. “It was her time off, after a 12-hour shift, she suited back up and brought in a tablet,” Jon said.

The nurse put on Baby Mozart music and showed him how to wrap the baby up and use a heating pad to tuck her in. “She finally went to sleep.”

“I don’t know who this nurse is . . . her co-workers told her ‘you’re done’ ” with your shift, Jon said. “But she told them ‘don’t worry, I’m where I need to be’ . . . that was pretty cool. I’m wanting to get back there and locate this nurse . . . I’d love to thank her.”

Aubrey had been “breastfed from day one,” but due to her hospitalization and separation from mom, Jon had to introduce a bottle. “It was a challenge initially, but August 27, 2020 —

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Staff tested Aubrey’s oxygen levels, urine and blood to make sure she wasn’t experiencing brain damage from the fever, and was put on an IV. A suspected bacterial infection turned out to be a contaminant from a test.

“She was the only infant at the time that had tested positive,” Jon explained. “The nurses didn’t have any experience with infants that young with a positive test; it was kind of scary.” They told him they’d “do everything we can to pay attention to the symptoms, but there is really nothing we can do about the virus. It’s too new, we don’t know how to go about it.” And they told him that they had to let the virus take its course. “That was scary news, to hear a doctor tell you they can’t really do anything.”

After an “exhausting” five days, which Jon said “seemed like two years,” Aubrey improved enough to be discharged to home isolation, with strict instructions to come back if any symptoms worsened. Luckily the baby continued to improve.

While baby Aubrey battled COVID-19 in NICU, her mom took a turn for the worse.

The day after her infant was admitted to VCMC, Shantel developed a high fever and went into the hospital again.

She suffered headaches, respiratory issues, a lost sense of taste and smell and extreme fatigue.

“She could barely get out of bed and she still had to take care of our 2 year old, who was having similar symptoms,” Jon recalled. Even though she was only in the hospital one night, she still had symptoms when discharged. “The scary part is, if

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vcreporter.com my wife had never been admitted to the hospital [initially], our test wouldn’t have come back [for 15 days] . . . and I had no symptoms and was interacting with multiple different people [through work]. Thank God we caught it early.”

Everyone in the family ultimately tested positive for the coronavirus. Jon and his 7-year-old were asymptomatic; the 2-yearold had a high fever but no other symptoms. After everyone was discharged from the hospital, the family adhered to a strict home quarantine.

“For 14 days we were camped out at our house,” Jon explained. As he was otherwise healthy, he could “step up and take care of my family.”

Rough recovery

During the ordeal friends, family and members of the Ventura Missionary Church and New Life Church brought food and meals to them. “It was encouraging to see our community [offer assistance],” Jon said.

The family needed it.

Even though Shantel was at home, she was having trouble breathing. “My wife experienced the roughest challenges with COVID and we began researching different studies.”

They looked at information online, and read about a steroid-based breathing treatment, called Pulmicort Respules®, normally used to treat asthma. According to Jon, it has been used in Japan, which has experienced a low COVID-19-related death rate.

“Our doctor was on board,” but when a family member tried to pick up the prescription at a local pharmacy, “they

initially denied it . . .

I was blown away. It could help her, she can’t breath.” Their doctor had to “write a letter to demand” the medication, and the pharmacy filled the prescription.

Jon said their insurance refused to cover the cost of the medication, so they paid for it out of pocket, along with the breathing machine needed to administer the medication.

“Two days later, she was recovering,” he said.

They don’t know for sure if the medication is what helped, but they were glad to get that treatment. According to Jon, about 10 days into home quarantine, “everybody stopped experiencing symptoms.”

The doctors told the Cesarios that after the 14 days, “even though we would not be conAubrey Cesario. (Photo submitted) tagious anymore, the virus could be dead in the birth. But Shantel developed post-ecour system for up to 12 weeks.” But they lampsia, high blood pressure after birth (a were cleared on July 24. They were also rare condition compared to pre-eclampsia, told retesting wasn’t necessary, but they high blood pressure before birth, that usudid it anyway (at the free testing site at ally resolves itself after delivery). The Oxnard College) -- and all had negative medication she was given had no effect, results. Jon said that everyone the Cesarios had been but “the minute she had the high fever, in contact with tested neg[the post-eclampsia] went away.”

In light of that, Jon said that contracting ative. Shantel still doesn’t the coronavirus in the hospital is “the only have her sense of taste and smell back, but that is the thing that makes sense to us . . . There is a only lasting effect anyone possibility that I gave my family this,too. in the family has noticed That is scary.” so far.

While the Cesario family practiced social Looking back on the distancing, wore masks and used hand ordeal, Jon felt like he had a sanitizer, Jon admitted that they felt it was unique bonding experience unlikely that any of them were at risk of with his baby in the NICU, contracting the virus. They feel differently but wonders about her occanow. sional bouts of strong crying He hopes their experience will help bring when he holds her: Is she awareness to the reality of the virus and its “sensing that time, when I impacts. He said a lot of their community try to hold her?” “thought it was a hoax.” But after what he and his family have gone through, he has seen that it really “woke up our community “This virus is real” The Cesarios still aren’t that this stuff is real. Up until this happened, they didn’t believe it . . . We took sure where or how they conall the precautions to not contract it, and it tracted the virus. Jon said that the family didn’t go any- still hit our home. You can be contagious where, and the small cohort and not even know it, that is the scary part of people they were in conof this whole thing.” He’s worried that tact with tested negative. others may be asymptomatic and not know “The only thing we can that they have the virus, and aren’t wearing think of is when we gave masks or social distancinging. birth at the hospital, but that “Maybe that is a benefit of us contracting it,” Jon said. “It brought awareness to is speculation,” Jon said.

All the nurses and doctors the community . . . that this is real, this wore protective gear during virus is real.”

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The Jolly Oyster 911 San Pedro St., Ventura 805-798-4944 www.thejollyoyster.com $9-$16 for prepared items; $8-$18.50 per pound for raw

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an Buenaventura Beach is home to one of the most enjoyable dining experiences in the county: A humble little joint where you can walk or bike up, purchase raw oysters to shuck yourself and consume just steps from the seaside. It doesn’t get much “beachier” than that, and it’s one of the things that’s kept the Jolly Oyster in business for the last 20 years.

Of course, the fact that the shellfish is excellent doesn’t hurt.

The Jolly Oyster farms its own oysters, Manila clams and Santa Barbara sea urchins in the cool, pristine waters off of Baja California. When you start with those conditions, it doesn’t take much to keep these ocean invertebrates happy . . . and founders Mark Venus and Mark Reynolds manage with a light touch. No pesticides, chemicals,

Manila clams steamed in garlic, white wine and herbs. (All photos by N. Lackey Shaffer)

small trailer. (You can also purchase individual oysters if you want to explore without a big commitment.)

Some tables have barbecues, for grilling your own. Lemon, Tabasco sauce and “Jolly” sauce (a spicy, citrusy, Thai-inspired concoction) are also available.

A word of caution: If you don’t want to shell out $15 for a shucking knife, you best bring your own.

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“Jolly style” with cream, leeks and parmesan. The brine was tempered by the rich, creamy sauce — a delicious combination that went down easy and might please even those averse to oysters.

Clams are a family favorite, so we got two orders of the steamers — spicy and not, both in a white wine and garlic broth. Luckily, they came with thick hunks of toasted baguette; don’t waste that delicious liquid! And yes… the clams are fantastic, too.

When our excellent but humble (and surprisingly filling!) meal was done, we were in charge of our own garbage; a recycled plastic bag is provided. Shells are simply tossed onto the piles that surround the lot, letting sun and salty sea air do the rest. It was rather fun and, for the record, there was not a hint of odor from the decomposing shells.

On the way out, we deposited refuse into the appropriate containers (trash and recycling) and went on our way— straight to the beach.

Stepping into the sea after consuming its bounty and enjoying its breezes felt like coming full circle. I can’t recall the last time I felt so connected to the place from which my food came. Not just jolly; just right.

ADVICE GODDESS

Womb With A View

My friend constantly talks to me about her baby on the way and asks me to help her pick out furniture and clothes for it. This is very painful for me because my husband doesn’t want kids and I agreed not to have any. I didn’t realize I’d have this deep longing for a child, but I love him and am not willing to leave him. I also have a hard time asking for things, even if a person is my friend. How do I tell her it would be better for me not to talk about this so much without making her feel bad?

— Never-Be Mom

It’s hard when hanging out with your friend is one long “Look what

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the stork is bringing!” and all you can think is “My stork got run over by a bus en route to my house.”

Understandably, you don’t want your friend to feel bad. But you’re protecting your friend’s feelings at the expense of your own, feeling extra bad because you aren’t telling her you need something from her: to stop bringing you in on crib picks and “which onesie is cuter?” because it shines a spotlight on the bare space in your life where a baby would go.

In other words, she’s become a crappy friend to you — through no fault of her own. Maybe she doesn’t know you chose your husband over a baby, or maybe she thinks you’ve made your peace with that. By keeping mum about your feelings, you’ve effectively transformed her — turned her into the pregnant version of some empathetically bankrupt Binge-Shopper Barbie dragging a friend with no head to all the hat sales.

Imagine if you were as attentive to emotional pain as you are to physical pain. If your friend backed her SUV onto your toes, you wouldn’t just stand there all, “I have a hard time asking for things, even if a person is my friend.” You’d scream; she’d move

the thing; and then she’d whisk you off to the nearest urgent care for a lollypop and an X-ray.

In contrast, consider where submerging your emotions, opting for the just-suck-it-up approach, leads.

As clinical psychologist Randy Paterson puts it: “If you cannot say no, you are not in charge of your own life.” He explains that a “passive” style like yours is “designed to avoid conflict at all costs.” (In

Your passive style might have been protective for you once, like if you were a little kid trying to avoid getting smacked around by violent alcoholic parents. But chances are you’ve continued using it out of habit, because it’s become automatic, not because you closely evaluated it and decided that it still makes sense. And it still might — that is, if you, as an adult, have fisty alcoholic giants as your legal guardians.

Refuse to let your fears be the boss of you, turning your life into one big suck-it-up fest. fact, conflict we avoid doesn’t go away; it just eats away at us on the inside.)

Paterson observes that passivity often emerges from a deep fear of being rejected and the mistaken sense that “the way to be accepted and appreciated by others is to give and give.” It leads us to keep our opinions to ourselves, give in to unreasonable demands, and generally sell ourselves out in a desperate and typically counterproductive attempt to gain others’ approval.

You can choose to shift to a healthier style: assertiveness, sticking up for yourself and your needs in an effort to rebalance your interactions with other people so they feel fairer. You do this by being direct and honest about how you’d like to be treated. State your needs calmly, using respectful language, and do it in a timely way — as soon as possible — instead of endlessly festering with resentment that someone hasn’t read your mind and changed their behavior accordingly.

Assertiveness is ultimately the active form of self-respect (a person’s sense that they have value and thus have the right to ask to be treated as if their needs matter).

Keep that in mind when you first start asserting yourself, which is sure to feel seriously uncomfortable and maybe even terrifying. Do it despite that. Refuse to let your fears be the boss of you, turning your life into one big suck-it-up fest.

Be prepared for the other person to disagree with you, dislike what you say, or even get angry. All you can control is your own behavior — through putting your needs out there in a calm, respectful, timely, and nontoxic way. Mick Jagger, wisely, noted that, “You can’t always get what you want.” However, you’re more likely to have a crack at it if you don’t just seethe with anger until your friend finally figures it out at her baby shower (upon unwrapping your generous gift of matching Mommy-and-baby Swarovski-encrusted muzzles). ©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 author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes, “Some stuff can be fixed, some stuff can’t be. Deciding which is which is part of maturing.” I offer this meditation as your assignment in the coming weeks, Aries.

You are in a phase when you’ll be wise to make various corrections and adjustments. But you should keep in mind that you don’t have unlimited time and energy to do so. And that’s OK, because some glitches can’t be repaired and others aren’t fully worthy of your passionate intensity.

You really should choose to focus on the few specific acts of mending and healing that will serve you best in the long run.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20):

“There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice,” wrote author F. Scott Fitzgerald. This is true even between the same two people in an intimate alliance with each other. The love that you and your spouse or friend or close relative or collaborator exchanged a month ago isn’t the same as it is now. It can’t be identical, because then it wouldn’t be vibrant, robust love, which needs to ceaselessly transform in order to be vibrant and robust.

This is always true, of course, but will be an especially potent meditation for you during the next four weeks.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20):

As a professional writer, novelist Thomas Wolfe trained himself to have keen perceptions that enabled him to penetrate below surface appearances. And yet he wrote, “I have to see a thing a thousand times before I see it once.” In other words, it was hard even for him, a highly trained observer, to get a deep and accurate read of what was going on. It required a long time and many

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attempts — and rarely occurred for him on the first look. Even if you’re not a writer, Gemini, I recommend his approach for you in the coming weeks. You will attune yourself to current cosmic rhythms — and thus be more likely to receive their full help and blessings — if you deepen and refine the way you use your senses.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22):

It’s sometimes tempting for you to seek stability and safety by remaining just the way you are. When life pushes you to jump in and enjoy its wild ride, you may imagine it’s wise to refrain — to retreat to your sanctuary and cultivate the strength that comes from being staunch and steadfast and solid. Sometimes that approach does indeed work for you. I’m not implying it’s wrong or bad. But in the coming weeks, I think your strategy should be different. The advice I’ll offer you comes from Cancerian author and aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh: “Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.”

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22):

“To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work,” says author Sister Mary Lauretta. Have you been making progress in accomplishing that goal, Leo? According to my astrological analysis, fate has been offering and will continue to offer you the chance to either find work that you’ll love better than the work you’re doing, or else discover how to feel more love and excitement for your existing work. Why not intensify your efforts to cooperate with fate?

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

“Self-love is also remembering to let others love you. Come out of hiding.” Poet

Irisa Yardenah wrote that advice, and now I’m passing it on to you, just in time for a phase when you will benefit from it most.

I mean, it’s always good counsel for you to Virgos to heed. But it will be especially crucial in the coming weeks, when you’ll have extra potential to bloom in response to love. And one of the best ways to ensure this extra potential is fulfilled is to make yourself thoroughly available to be appreciated, understood, and cared for.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Libran poet Wallace Stevens wrote that if you want to be original, you must “have the courage to be an amateur.” I agree! And that’s an important theme for you right now, since you’re entering a phase when your original ideas will be crucial to your growth.

So listen up, Libra: If you want to stimulate your creatively to the max, adopt the fresheyed attitude of a rookie or a novice. Forget what you think you know about everything.

Make yourself as innocently curious and eager as possible. Your imaginative insights and innovations will flow in abundance to the degree that you free yourself from the obligation to be serious and sober and professional. And keep in mind that Stevens said you need courage to act this way.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

“As idiotic as optimism can sometimes seem, it has a weird habit of paying off,” writes author Michael Lewis. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will provide you with ample evidence that proves his hypothesis — on one condition, that is: You will have to cultivate and express a thoughtful kind of optimism. Is that possible? Do you have the audacity to maintain intelligent buoyancy and discerning positivity, even in the face of those who might try to gaslight you into feeling stupid for

being buoyant and positive? I think you do.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Author Rebecca Solnit writes, “The things we want are transformative, and we don’t know or only think we know what is on the other side of that transformation.” Her statement is especially apropos for you right now. The experiences you’re yearning for will indeed change you significantly if you get them — even though those changes will be different from what your conscious mind thinks they’ll be. But don’t worry. Your higher self — the eternal part of you that knows just what you need — is fully aware of the beneficial transformations that will come your way when you get what you yearn for.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

At age 22, future pioneer of science Isaac Newton got his college degree just as the Great Plague peaked in 1665. As a safety precaution, he proceeded to quarantine himself for many months. During that time of being sealed away, he made spectacular discoveries about optics, gravity, and calculus — in dramatic contrast to his years as a student, when his work had been relatively undistinguished. I’m not predicting that your experience of the 2020 pandemic will prove to be as fruitful as those of your fellow Capricorn, Isaac Newton. But of all the signs in the zodiac, I do think your output could be most Newton-like. And the coming weeks will be a good time for you to redouble your efforts to generate redemption amidst the chaos.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

The rapper named Viper has released over 1,000 albums. In 2014 alone, he created 347. His most popular work is You’ll

Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack, which has received over three million views on Youtube. According to The Chicago Reader, one of Viper’s most appealing features is his “blatant disregard for grammar.” I should also mention that he regards himself as the second Christ, and uses the nickname “Black Jesus.” So what does any of this have to do with you? Well, I’m recommending that you be as prolific, in your own field, as he is in his. I’m also inviting you to experiment with having a fun-loving disregard for grammar and other non-critical rules. And I would love to see you temporarily adopt some of his over-the-top braggadocio.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20):

“If you don’t ask the right question, every answer seems wrong,” says singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. I suspect you may have experienced a version of that predicament in recent weeks, Pisces. That’s the bad news. The good news is that I expect you will finally formulate the right questions very soon. They will most likely be quite different from the wrong and irrelevant questions you’ve been posing. In fact, the best way to find the revelatory questions will be to renounce and dismiss all the questions you have been asking up until now.

Homework: What could you actually change about your life that would give you a great sense of accomplishment?

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TOVE ALGREN THOMAS CASE NO. 56-202000543519-PR-PW-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of TOVE ALGREN THOMAS. A Petition for probate has been filed by Vibeke Anderson in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Vibeke Anderson be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 10, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036 Oxnard- Juvenile Justice Center.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Brad Kuenning SBN 145083 Valensi Rose, PLC 1888 Century Park East, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90067

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Brad Kuenning SBN 145083 Valensi Rose, PLC 1888 Century Park East, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California 90067 (310) 277-8011 Ventura County Reporter 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/4/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GREGORY STEPHEN HAINES CASE NO. 56-202000544272-PR-PL-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of GREGORY STEPHEN HAINES. A Petition for probate has been filed by Gregory Stephen Haines in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Jeffrey Frederick Haiines be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 24, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036 Oxnard- Juvenile Courthouse.

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

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

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a

court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Kevin G. Staker SBN 101400 1200 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 280 Camarillo, California 93010 (805) 482-2282 Ventura County Reporter 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF PAULA LEE ROEMER CASE NO. 56-202000544426-PR-PW-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of PAULA LEE ROEMER. A Petition for probate has been filed by Julia Anne Hamlin in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Julia Anne Hamlin be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: October 1, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036 Oxnard- Juvenile Justice Center.

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

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the Califor-

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representativeProbate appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: William S. Dunlevy, ESQ SBN 076289 Law Office of William S. Dunlevy, ESQ. 1200 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 255 Camarillo, California 93010 (805) 383-6200 Ventura County Reporter 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF TOMMASO BRAICO CASE NO. 56-202000544103-PR-PW-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of TOMMASO BRAICO. A Petition for probate has been filed by Julie Marie Braico in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Julie Marie Braico be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent's will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 24, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036, Probate.

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

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail

your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Robert E. Jeppson, ESQ SBN 295383 2311 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Suite 9 South Lake Tahoe, California 96150 (530) 600-2338 Ventura County Reporter 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20

OXNARD, CA 93036 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

In Pro Per Petitioner D A V I D A R T H U R C H O V A N E C 1235 CADIZ DRIVE SIMI VALLEY CA 93065 8/20, 8/27, 9/3/20 CNS-3390827#

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EDWARD ROBERT CHOVANEC CASE NO. 56-202000544375-PR-PW-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of EDWARD ROBERT CHOVANEC. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DAVID ARTHUR CHOVANEC in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DAVID ARTHUR CHOVANEC be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/01/20 at 10:30AM in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF DOUGLAS A. HOFFMAN CASE NO. 56-202000544109-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DOUGLAS A. HOFFMAN. A Petition for probate has been filed by Karen M. Hoffman in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Karen M. Hoffman be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 24, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036, Juvenile Justice Center.

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

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the

fore the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: William S. Dunlevy, ESQ SBN 076289 Law Offices of William S. Dunlevy 1200 Paseo Camarillo, Suite 255 Camarillo, California 93010 (805) 383-6200 Ventura County Reporter 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: FRANCIS ALFRED HALSALL AKA FRANK ALFRED HALSALL CASE NO. 56-202000541834-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of FRANCIS ALFRED HALSALL AKA FRANK ALFRED HALSALL. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by BRENDA DEPEW in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that BRENDA DEPEW be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/03/20 at 10:30AM in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal rep-

file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner HINOJOSA & FORER LLP L Y N A R D C .

HINOJOSA/041397 - SUSAN DEVERMONT/256546 2215 COLBY AVENUE LOS ANGELES CA 90064 8/13, 8/20, 8/27/20 CNS-3387419# NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARSHALL ROBERT MOSS CASE NO. 56-202000542284-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MARSHALL ROBERT MOSS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Sean Moss in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Sean Moss be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 10, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of let-

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Stanley J. Yates SBN 94526 260 Maple Court, Suite 230 Ventura, California 93003 (805) 658-1525 VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20

resentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner KATHERINE LINDSEY, ESQ. SBN 252438 BARTH CALDERON LLP 333 CITY BOULEVARD WEST SUITE 2050 ORANGE CA 92868 BSC 218651 8/20, 8/27, 9/3/20 CNS-3388698#

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOE FUKUTOMI CASE NO. 56-2020NOTICE OF PETITION TO 00542254-PR-LA-OXN ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: To all heirs, beneficiaries, LARRY JAMAD KIRBY creditors, contingent creditCASE NO. 56-2020ors, and persons who may 00544013-PR-LA-OXN otherwise be interested in the To all heirs, beneficiaries, will or estate, or both of JOE creditors, contingent creditFUKUTOMI. ors, and persons who may A PETITION FOR PROotherwise be interested in the BATE has been filed by MiWILL or estate, or both of chael Fukutomi in the SuperiLARRY JAMAD KIRBY. or Court of California, County A PETITION FOR PROof VENTURA. BATE has been filed by THE PETITION FOR PROLARRY JAMES KIRBY in the BATE requests that: Michael Superior Court of California, Fukutomi be appointed as County of VENTURA. personal representative to THE PETITION FOR PROadminister the estate of the BATE requests that LARRY decedent.

JAMES KIRBY be appointed THE PETITION requests auas personal representative to thority to administer the esadminister the estate of the tate under the Independent decedent.

Administration of Estates Act. THE PETITION requests au(This authority will allow the thority to administer the espersonal representative to tate under the Independent take many actions without Administration of Estates Act obtaining court approval. Bewith limited authority. (This fore taking certain very imauthority will allow the perportant actions, however, the sonal representative to take personal representative will many actions without obtainbe required to give notice to ing court approval. Before interested persons unless taking certain very important they have waived notice or actions, however, the personconsented to the proposed al representative will be reaction.) The independent adquired to give notice to interministration authority will be ested persons unless they granted unless an interested have waived notice or conperson files an objection to sented to the proposed acthe petition and shows good tion.) The independent adcause why the court should ministration authority will be not grant the authority. granted unless an interested A HEARING on the petition person files an objection to will be held in this court as the petition and shows good follows: Date: September cause why the court should 10, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, not grant the authority.

Dept.: J6, Location: 4353 E. A HEARING on the petition Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA will be held in this court as 93036- PROBATE. follows: 09/24/20 at IF YOU OBJECT to the 10:30AM in Dept. J6 located granting of the petition, you at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVshould appear at the hearing ENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 and state your objections or IF YOU OBJECT to the file written objections with the granting of the petition, you court before the hearing. should appear at the hearing Your appearance may be in and state your objections or person or by your attorney. file written objections with the IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR court before the hearing. or a contingent creditor of the Your appearance may be in decedent, you must file your person or by your attorney. claim with the court and mail IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR a copy to the personal repor a contingent creditor of the resentative appointed by the decedent, you must file your court within the later of either claim with the court and mail (1) four months from the a copy to the personal repdate of first issuance of letresentative appointed by the ters to a general personal court within the later of either representative, as defined in (1) four months from the section 58(b) of the Califordate of first issuance of letnia Probate Code, or (2) 60 ters to a general personal days from the date of mailrepresentative, as defined in ing or personal delivery to section 58(b) of the Califoryou of 2020 a notice August 27, —under section — 21 nia Probate Code, or (2) 60 9052 of the California Prodays from the date of mailbate Code. Other California

court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the CaliforProbate nia Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Stanley J. Yates SBN 94526 260 Maple Court, Suite 230 Ventura, California 93003 (805) 658-1525 VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF SALLY CECILIA MOSS CASE NO. 56-202000542110-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of SALLY CECILIA MOSS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Sean Moss in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Sean Moss be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date:September 10, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036- PROBATE. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Pro22 — — August 27, bate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights

section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Stanley J. Yates SBN 94526 260 Maple Court, Suite 230 Ventura, California 93003 (805) 658-1525 VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MAURO ACOSTA CASE NO. 56-202000541854-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MAURO ACOSTA. A Petition for probate has been filed by Flavio Acosta in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. The petition for probate requests that: Flavio Acosta be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 3, 2020, Time: 10:30 AM, Dept.: J6, Location: Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue Oxnard, CA 93036 Oxnard- Probate.

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

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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in 2020 California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a

the California Probate Code.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Richard L. Francis SBN 070884 711 South "A" Street Oxnard, California 93036 (805) 486-5898 Ventura County Reporter 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JANET LOUISE MCNAMARA CASE NO. 56-202000543993-PR-LA-OXN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JANET LOUISE MCNAMARA. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by SUSAN MARY O'CONLON in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SUSAN MARY O'CONLON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/17/20 at 10:30AM in Dept. J6 located at 4353 E. VINEYARD AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93036 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of

California law.

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

In Pro Per Petitioner SUSAN MARY O'CONLON 9575 BALBOA STREET VENTURA CA 93004 8/13, 8/20, 8/27/20 CNS-3386832#

Name Change ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-202000544234-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of ELISHEVA SIVAN HOCHBERG-MILLER, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.) Petitioner: Elisheva Sivan Hochberg-Miller filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Elisheva Sivan HochbergMiller to Elisheva Sivan Hollis 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 09/22/2020. Time: 8:20 AM. Dept.: 20. The address of the court is 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009-Hall of Justice. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Ventura. Original filed: August 11, 2020. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and C l e r k , B y : N i n a L e m o s, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/10, 9/10/20 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 56-2020-00544235-CU-PT-VTA SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA. Petition of DANNA LEIGH HARRIS, for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1.)

Petitioner: Danna Leigh Harris filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a.) Danna Leigh Harris to Danna Leigh Hollis 2.) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 09/22/2020.

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 20. The address of the court is 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009-Hall of Justice. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week

the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: 09/22/2020.

Time: 8:30 AM. Dept.: 20. The address of the court is 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009-Hall of Justice. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Ventura. Original filed: August 11, 2020. BY ORDER OF THE COURT, /s/ Michael D. Planet, Ventura Superior Court, Executive Officer and Clerk, By: Elizabeth Muller, Deputy Clerk. PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/10, 9/10/20

Bulk Sales NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF ABANDONED PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that under and pursuant to Section 1980-2003, of the California Civil Code, of the State of California, the property listed below is believed to be abandoned by Danai Junpram and Erwin Kahulugan and all other personal owners, occupants, tenant s and/or subtenants originally located at 35 N. Raymond Ave. #209, City of Pasadena, County of Los Angeles, State of California. CA 91103 and now located at 6137 Grimes Canyon Rd., Moorpark, CA 93021. Contents of household, furnishings, and personal and all remaining miscellaneous “personal property” will be sold at public auction on Wednesday, September 3, 2020 at 11:00a.m. PST by American Auctioneers LLC at 6137 Grimes Canyon Rd., Moorpark, Ca. 93021 Purchases must be made in cash only and paid for at the time of sale. 15% buyer premium on all sales. Sale is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between landlord and obligated party. All purchases are sold "as is" and must be removed at the time of sale. Auctioneer: American Auctioneers, (909) 790-0433, California Bond #FS863-20-14, www.americanauctioneers.com.

Approved by 8/20, 8/27/20 CNS-3389789# NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF ABANDONED PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that under and pursuant to Section 1980-2003, of the California Civil Code, of the State of California, the property listed below is believed to be abandoned by Diana Kaneko and all other personal owners, occupants, tenants and/or subtenants originally located at 6266 Morningside Dr, City of Huntington Beach, County of Orange, State of California. CA 92648 and now located at 6137 Grimes Canyon Rd., Moorpark, CA 93021. Contents of household, furnishings, and personal and all remaining miscellaneous “personal property” will be sold at public auction on Wednesday, September 3, 2020 at 11:30a.m. PST by American Auctioneers LLC at 6137 Grimes Canyon Rd., Moorpark, CA 93021. Purchases must be made in cash only and paid for at the time of sale. 15% buyer premium on all sales. Sale is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between landlord and obligated party. All purchases are sold "as is" and must be removed at the time of sale. Auctioneer: American Auctioneers, (909) 790-0433, California Bond #FS863-20-14, www.americanauctioneers.com.

Approved by 8/20, 8/27/20 CNS-3389796#

American Auctioneers, (909) 790-0433, California Bond #FS863-20-14, www.americanauctioneers.com.

Approved by 8/20, 8/27/20 CNS-3389796#

Summons SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) Case Number (Número del Caso): 56-2020-00541945CU-OR-VTA NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): NASI PERETZ, an Individual, MARTHA REVELES PERETZ, an individual, and DOES 1-20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): K. SEEK LAU and MA CYNTHIA LAU, TRUSTEES OF THE LAU TRUST DATED SEPTMEBER 21, 2000 NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Superior Court of the State of California, County of Ventura, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009.

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff's attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la dirección y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Joseph L. Strohman Jr, (SBN 106925); Joshua S. Hopstone (SBN 273719) Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP 1050 S. Kimball Road, Ventura, CA 93004; Tel: 805.659.6800, Fax: 805.659.6818 DATE (Fecha): June 10, 2020; Michael D. Planet, Clerk (Secretario), by Adriana Velasco, Deputy (Adjunto) PUBLISH: Ventura County Reporter 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20, 9/17/20

Trustee’s Sales NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 131196-1 Loan No. A Street Title Order No. 1549337CAD APN 202-0-094-035 TRA No. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01/07/2019. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. as the duly appointed Trustee WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, described as follows: Trustor(s): LUCILA C. LOPEZ, TRUSTEE OF THE LOPEZ SURVIVING SPOUSE'S TRUST DATED AUGUST 14, 2009 Deed of Trust: recorded on 01/10/2019 as Document No. 20190110-00002773-0 of official records in the Office of

terest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, described as follows: Trustor(s): LUCILA C. LOPEZ, TRUSTEE OF THE LOPE Z SUR VIVING Trustee’s Sales SPOUSE'S TRUST DATED AUGUST 14, 2009 Deed of Trust: recorded on 01/10/2019 as Document No. 20190110-00002773-0 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California, Date of Trustee's Sale: 09/17/2020 at 11:00AM Trustee's Sale Location: To the right of the main entrance, near the exit doors, of the Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009 The property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: The south 20 feet of Lot 2, all of the Lot 3, and the north 10 feet of the Lot 4, in Block "B" of the Town of Oxnard, and north addition of Oxnard, in the City of Oxnard, County of Ventura, State of California, as per Map recorded in Book 5, Page 9 of miscellaneous records, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County. Except therefrom all oil, gas, minerals and other hydrocarbon substances, lying below a depth of 500 feet from the surface of said property, but with no right of surface entry, where they have been previously reserved in instruments of record. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is".

The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 325 SOUTH A STREET, OXNARD, CA 93030. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $1,403,855.94 (Estimated).

Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The Beneficiary may elect to bid less than the full credit bid. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all

tion does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information.

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

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-9390772 or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 131196-1. 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: 08/20/2020 MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 11707 Fair Oaks Blvd., Ste 202 Fair Oaks, CA 95628 (916) 962-3453 Sale Information Line: 916-939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com Marsha Townsend, Chief Financial Officer MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. MAY BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0371235 To: VENTURA COUNTY REPORTER 08/27/2020, 09/03/2020, 09/10/2020

Fic. Business Name FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200803-10010534-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STARBEST FINANCIAL, 2844 Avenida de Autlan Camarillo, CA 93010. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, California, Starbest Property Investments, LLC, 2844 Avenida de Autlan Camarillo, CA 93010. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: July 15, 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/ Starbest Property Investments, LLC, Jose Mauricio Pleltez, Managing Member. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision

the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1.000).) /s/ Starbest Property Investments, LLC, Jose Mauricio Pleltez, Managing Member. 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 August 3, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200814-10011237-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: IDEAL TECH, 4227 E. Main St., Suite 200 Ventura, CA 9 3 0 0 3 . Ve n tu r a C o u n ty, State of Incorporation / Organization, Ideal Security and Technology LLC., 4227 E. Main St., Suite 200 Ventura, CA 93003. This business is conducted by: A Limited Liability Company. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 07/24/20. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1.000).) /s/ Ideal Security and Technology LLC., Glenn Braidard, 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 August 14, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20, 9/17/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200731-10010497-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: EXHALE BOUTIQUE, EXHALE CLOTHING BOUTIQUE, 44 Knollview Ct. Ventura, CA 93065. Ventura County, Jennifer Marie Gilbreth, 44 Knollview Ct. Ventura, CA 93065. This business is conducted by: An In-

(are) doing business as: EXHALE BOUTIQUE, EXHALE CLOTHING BOUTIQUE, 44 Knollview Ct. Ventura, CA 93065. Ventura County, Jennifer Marie Gilbreth, 44 Knollview Ct. Ventura, CA 93065. This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1.000).) /s/ Jennifer Marie Gilbreth.

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 July 31, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200811-10011095-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PARTEC, 25 Wales Street Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. Ventura County, State of Incorporation / Organization, Parabellum Technology Inc., 25 Wales Street Thousand Oaks, CA 91360.

This business is conducted by: A Corporation. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: July 1, 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/ Parabellum Technology Inc., Mary Ovanesian, President. NOTICE - in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see Section 14411 ET SEQ., Business & Professions Code). This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Ventura on August 11, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200727-10010257-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PERKINS FAMILY THERAPY, 790 E. Santa Clara St., Suite 101-A Ventura, CA 9 3 0 0 1 , Ve n tu r a C o u n ty .

Joshua Perkins, 1031 Dunes St., Apt. C Oxnard, CA 93035. This business is con-

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PERKINS FAMILY THERAPY, 790 E. Santa Clara St., Suite 101-A Ventura, CA 9 3 0 0 1 , Ve n tu r a C o u n ty.

Joshua Perkins, 1031 Dunes St., Apt. C 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/ Elizabeth Blake, E Blake. 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 July 27, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20, 9/17/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200706-10009272-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BLISSFUL GRANNIES HOME, 3704 Monte Carlo Dr. Oxnard, CA 93035. Ventura County, Helen Rose T. Busch, 3704 Monte Carlo Dr. Oxnard, CA 93035, Johnna M. Uddedn. 3704 Monte Carlo Dr. Oxnard, CA 93035. This business is conducted by: A General Partnership. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 7/01/2020.

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/ Helen Rose T. Busch. 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 August 10, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200804-10010636-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RINCON INSPECTION GROUP, 244 Blackfoot Ln. Ventura, CA 93001. Ventura County, Mikael Melendez, 244 Blackfoot Ln. Ventura, CA 93001. This business is

NO. 20200804-10010636-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RINCON INSPECTION GROUP, 244 Blackfoot Ln. Ventura, CA 93001. Ventura County, Mikael Melendez, 244 Blackfoot Ln. Ventura, CA 93001. This business is conducted by: An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. I declare that all Information In this statement Is true and correct (A registrant who declares information as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1.000).) /s/ Mikael Melendez. 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 August 4, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20, 9/10/20

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 August 5, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200715-10009741-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BETTER BUTTER COMPANY, 4551 Falkirk Bay Oxnard, CA 93035. Shawn Angela Flo Cota, 4551 Falkirk Bay 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/ Shawn Angela Flo Cota. 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 July 15, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura County Reporter; 8/13/20, 8/20/20, 8/27/20, 9/3/20

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 20200805-10010714-0 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CURLIQ SALON, 2045 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001. Ventura County, Wanda Cecchi, 9573 El Cajon St., Ventura, CA 93004.

This business is conducted by: An Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names lisWanted ted above on: 8/3/20. I declare that all Information In WANTED this statement Is true and We buy Classic Cars correct (A registrant who deRunning or not clares information as true any We are local. material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of Business Foreign/Domestic and Professions Code that Porsche/Mercedes/Chevy the registrant knows to be etc... false is guilty of a misdeWe Come to you. meanor punishable by a fine 1(800) 432-7204 not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1.000).) /s/ Wanda Cecchi. 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 August 27, 2020 — — 23 Ventura on August 5, 2020.

PUBLISHED: Ventura

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