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Vol. 12, No. 8 YOUR HOMETOWN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER February 19, 2010
This Week
No doubt about it
A convincing payback victory made the Lions’ league crown fit more comfortably. Page 1B
Plus: Calendar ............................ 23BClassifieds ......................... 16BCop Logs ............................14AEntertainment ................. 12BHealth & Beauty .............. 10BMilestones ........................18AOpinion ..............................13ASports ................................... 1B
Grimm consequences
A new stage production offers a realistic take on traditional fairy tale scenarios. Page 10A
Maiocco takes down his shingle
Dr. Hugh Maiocco sits in a comfortable leather chair chatting with a visitor in his Brentwood liv-ing room, his broad, ever-present smile accessorized by his sparkling eyes. Outside the picture window to his right, green grass and fl ower-beds are bordered by a phalanx of tall trees ringing the property and serving as a visual barrier between his home’s rural setting and rapidly encroaching suburbia.
But the shift from neighbor-ing farm fi elds to next-door dwell-ings isn’t the only change taking place in the Maiocco household. After more than a half-century of practicing medicine in East County, helping health care make the tran-sition from house calls to hospitals, Maiocco has fi nally hung up his stethoscope.
“I didn’t want to retire, but the computer shot my legs out from under me,” said the 83-year-old Maiocco. His unique method of
keeping hand-written records had served him well, but he admits it was simply “no longer appropriate for the times.”
But while bits and bytes might have been his downfall, they stand as perhaps the only thing he failed to master. Described as a “Renais-
sance man” by one of his dearest friends, the late Bill Bristow, Maioc-co the athlete won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in track at the 1952 Pan American Olympics. As an artist, his paintings earned him an exhibit at the San Francisco Art Festival. As a psychologist, he was
schooled at New York’s Bellevue School of Medicine, and as a phi-losopher he spent a week at a Bud-dhist monastery in Shasta. During World War II, he took a month off of work to teach himself electron-ics and passed the Navy’s Radar program entrance exam with fl ying colors. He even owns a patent for a simplifi ed system of music that eliminates the half-step progression represented by the black keys on a piano.
Maiocco says his lifelong yearning to learn stems from wan-dering away from his New York home and getting thoroughly lost at the age of 6. Rather than panic, he carefully reviewed his surroundings and how he had gotten there, and eventually made his way back.
“It turned out that fi nding my way home that day was a seminal life-changing experience because it taught me a fundamental lesson about the nature of knowledge acquisition,” Maiocco wrote in a
Red flag raised over school officials’ pay
by Rick LemyreStaff Writer
As the Brentwood Union School Dis-trict (BUSD) continues to grapple with $1.9 million in cuts for the coming school year, teachers and parents are outraged over the school board’s recent decision to slash class-room programs and lay off dozens of educa-tors while simultaneously approving pay in-creases for three of the district’s highest paid employees.
The BUSD School Board unanimously agreed at its Feb. 10 meeting to a 3-percent salary increase for Chief Business Offi cial Scott Anderson and Assistant Superinten-dent of Human Resources Margaret Kruse, along with a 2-percent raise for BUSD Super-intendent Merrill Grant.
Along with the salary increases, the board also voted to increase class sizes for grades K-3 (to the low 20s), eliminate the
computer program for fourth- and fi fth-grade students, and serve pink slips on 22 full-time teachers.
The pay increases – coming at a time when neighboring school district superin-tendents and administrative staff are taking voluntary reductions as a show of solidarity – are, said one Brentwood parent, “Uncon-scionable.”
“What we are expecting our children to accept, what we are asking our teachers to accept, is unconscionable,” said Laura Phil-lips. “I wonder if there is a way to have these folks revisit this (budget and raises) decision. I’m a parent, and I’m very, very concerned … what I heard about the meeting was shocking.”
One teacher who attended the board meeting, but requested anonymity because of fear of retribution, said the board members
by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
see Pay page 18A
see Maiocco page 18A
Teachers and parents are protesting the re-cent raises approved by the Brentwood Union School District board for three of the district’s top employees during a budget year that will include $1.9 million in program reductions and teacher layoffs.
Hugh Maiocco stands by one of the paintings once shown in a San Francisco Art Festival show. The pioneer East County physician retired last month after more than a half-century of practice.
Photo by Rick Lemyre
Photo by Ruth Roberts
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Bridging the seismic gap
An upcoming retrofit should keep traffic on the Antioch span above water. Page 3A
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Retrofit to bolster bridge, veterans
There’s good and bad news concerning the Antioch Bridge. The bad news is that in July it will cost $5 to drive onto the bridge from the Antioch side, versus the current $4. The good news is that following a $300 mil-lion seismic retrofi t – paid for by your extra toll money – the bridge won’t collapse under you if you’re driving over it during a major earthquake.
There’s also good news for construction companies desperate for work during the re-cession. Several hundred company owners and project managers packed into the VFW Hall in Antioch last week to fi nd out details of the project and networked with the prime contractors bidding on it. Some also walked the 1.8-mile length of the bridge on the cat-walk underneath it.
But there’s also a bit of bad news for those who enjoy the graceful openness of the bridge design. Three-to-six cross-braces re-sembling large red X’s will be attached to the inside of the taller columns in the middle of the bridge.
Built in 1978, the Antioch Bridge is one of the newer bridges in the Bay Area. It was designed to standards in effect after the 6.6-magnitude San Fernando (or Sylmar) earth-quake in 1971. But after the 7.1-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 and the 6.7-magnitude Northridge earthquake in 1994, Caltrans implemented a seismic retrofi t plan
for seven toll bridges, including the Antioch Bridge. The retrofi t is designed to provide safety in the event of an 8-magnitude “maxi-mum credible earthquake” or MCE.
“The feasibility of reopening the existing Antioch Bridge to traffi c following an MCE would be limited or precluded without the seismic safety improvement proposed,” an environmental report on the retrofi t project states.
Most of the contractors and subcon-tractors at last week’s bridge conference were
much more concerned about the earthquake that has hit the construction industry since the 10-magnitude Great Recession rocked the country several years ago, bringing new con-struction nearly to a halt.
“Business has been very, very slow,” said Camille Christian, co-owner of Charlie B. Global Construction Clean-Up. “So we are hoping to make some changes with some of these larger projects coming up.”
Christian drove out from Oakland with her co-owner and the company’s only other
employee, Louissaint Bellot, in an attempt to get a piece of the lucrative contract. Their business provides cleanup of construction sites as well as and placement and removal of temporary fencing and signs at the sites.
“A contract like this would totally change the whole defi nition of our company,” said Christian. “We would still be a small compa-ny, but it would allow us to hire more people. We’ve sized down from a 20-man crew all the way down to just two. So it’s really been really rough. Over this recession period, people have been bidding so under the value that you go in the hole trying to keep up with the bids. So we are trying to stay afl oat, trying to weather this storm and meet with other people on the other side of the storm.”
Their company qualifi es as an Under-utilized Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, which normally would be a major leg up in getting work in a Caltrans project. But the most-favored-company status for the bridge project is instead focusing on companies run by veterans, particularly disabled veterans, ac-cording to Olivia Fonseca, deputy director of Caltrans’ Offi ce of Business and Economic Opportunity.
Fonseca said that while she was walking the half-mile to the VFW Hall because she had to park so far away due to the overfl ow crowd, a couple of business owners she passed asked whether the hall is holding an early bingo game. The bridge project is defi nitely a
Antioch resident John Scarborough walks his dogs in the park next to the Antioch Bridge. The bridge will receive a seismic retrofi t in the next two years, including red cross braces on its towers.
Photo by Dave Roberts
by Dave RobertsStaff Writer
see Bridge page 6A
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The Open Carry movement is gaining steam in Antioch as members meet regularly at local coffee shops to discuss what they can do to protect what they view as their Second Amendment rights to
carry a fi rearm in public. Peet’s Coffee has banned people from carrying fi rearms on premises, but Starbucks still welcomes the group. Visit www.thepress.net to view a video report by Melinda Meza about how one group of citizens is taking a stand.
Coming Friday to thepress.netLooking for a fun night out that will
help support local charities? Buy your tickets now for the 12th annual Brentwood Police Offi cers’ Ball on Saturday, April 3 from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Brentwood Golf Club, 100 Summerset Drive.
The black-tie affair features a cock-tail hour, dinner and live dance music by the Timebandits.
Tickets are $80 per person and $150 per couple. All proceeds benefi t the Brent-wood Police Activities League, Brentwood Explorer Post 415, Brentwood Youth Commission and A Place of Learning.
Seating is limited, so make your res-ervations now. For more information or to purchase tickets, call event chairman Offi cer Roger Wilson at 925-809-7768.
Cops to have a Ball
The Network of Care is hosting its fourth annual crab feed fundraiser on Saturday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m. in Veterans Hall, 757 First St. in Brent-wood. The event kicks off with ap-petizers, a traditional crab feed and a comedy show and features raffle prizes and a silent auction. All proceeds ben-efit The Network of Care, which pro-vides meals to families in crisis when a child is suddenly hospitalized. Tickets are $50. No tickets will be sold at the door.
Founded in 2004, The Network of Care delivers meal and snack bags to 43 hospitals in California, including Sut-ter Delta Medical Center in Antioch. As of last year, the organization’s volunteers have delivered more than 50,000 care packages to help families cope with the stress of an injured or ill child by providing the family a snack
or meal bag, which allows them to stay by their child’s bedside.
For more information about the crab feed and to purchase tickets, con-tact Janet Frazier at 925-584-4086 or Jim Frazier at 925-250-6831. To learn more about The Network of Care, vis-it www.thenetworkofcare.org.
Helping sick kids’ families
An article in last week’s Press stated that unlike most other fi re districts, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District does not employ paramedic fi refi ghters. The district does, however, contract fi rst-responder paramedic services with American Medical Response.
Clarification
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Relay For LifeTeam Trivia Night
The East Contra Costa County Chap-ter of Project Linus is hosting its annual Make a Blanket Day on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Project Linus, a national nonprofi t or-ganization, makes and donates handmade blankets to children in need. The ECC Chapter meets monthly to gather quilts for donations and swap blanket ideas, but Make a Blanket Day is an opportunity to spread the word to the community about this worthy cause.
This year, Project Linus plans to send blankets to comfort the children in Haiti as they recover from the aftermath of the dev-astating January earthquake. Blankets are also donated to local hospitals and shelters, such as Shepherd’s Gate in Brentwood.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own sewing machines and supplies, cutting mats, rotary cutters, scissors, crochet hooks and something to work on. Quilt kits including thread, batting, backing fabric, fl eece fabric and fl annel will be available.
Refreshments will be provided. Chil-dren 12 and older are welcome to attend the event with an adult. No pets, please.
This year’s Make a Blanket Day takes place at Delta Community Presbyterian Church, 1900 Willow Lake Road in Discov-ery Bay. Project Linus’ regular meetings are held at the church on the fi rst Saturday of the month.
For more information, call Chapter Coordinator Jeanne Akin at 510-459-7457 or e-mail [email protected].
Linus blankets kids with comfort
If you’re in command of a wealth of useless facts and want to put your knowledge to the test, Team Trivia Night is made for you.
Presented by the Relay for Life team Planning on a Cure, the event will be held Saturday, March 20 at Veterans Hall, 757 First St. in Brent-wood. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the game begins promptly at 7 p.m. A no-host bar serving wine, beer, soda and bottled water will be avail-able, as well as light snacks, coffee and dessert. Proceeds from the event benefi t the American Cancer Society
and the 2010 Brentwood Relay for Life.
Trivia teams must fi eld a team of eight to 10 people. Those without a team will be assigned one when they purchase a ticket the night of the event. Prizes will be awarded to the top teams. Trivia Night is open to anyone 18 or older, even those who haven’t committed to a Relay for Life team.
Tickets are $15 and must be pur-chased at the Brentwood Press offi ce, 248 Oak St., by March 15. For more information, call 925-550-1182.
Go Irishfor DCSS
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day early this year at a special dinner-dance fundraiser on Saturday, March 13, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Brentwood’s Eskaton Lodge, 450 John Muir Parkway in Brentwood. The event benefi ts the nonprofi t organization Delta Community Social Services. Dinner will be served from 6 to 7 p.m. Live music will be performed by Frank Lombardo.
Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the door and may be purchased at Eskaton Lodge, Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, Health Hut, Weathervane Western Wear, SpeeDee Oil Change & Tune up, and Delta Community Services.
The event is open to guests 6 and up. For more information, call Delta Community Services at 925-634-8275 or e-mail [email protected].
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bingo bonanza for disabled vets in the construction trade. “Our charge at Caltrans is to get small businesses and disabled veterans involved in this project,” she said. “We know there are a lot of disabled vets that have re-turned from wars.” A prime contractor can receive an incentive bonus of $250,000 if 5 percent of the work is given to companies run by disabled vets.
In addition to the cross-bracing, the seismic retrofi t will include in-stallation of isolation bearings between the tops of the columns and the roadway, upgrades to the hinges between some of the bridge spans and removal of the concrete wall along the beginning of the bridge slope on Sherman Island.
The construction contract was advertised in December. Bids will be opened next month and contracts awarded in April. Work is scheduled to be completed in December of 2012, according to Project Manager Mo Pazooki.
About 15,000 vehicles travel over the bridge each day, enjoying an excellent view of the San Joaquin River, Antioch/Oakley shoreline and Sherman Island as they climb toward and descend from the 135-foot peak of the bridge arch.
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Bridge from page 3A
The VFW Hall in Antioch was packed with construction com-pany owners and managers interested in getting a piece of the $300-million Antioch Bridge seismic retrofi t project.
The Discovery Bay-based group San Francisco Bay and Delta Foundation (SFBDF) is hosting a town forum next month to update the public and local busi-ness community on the controversial 2-Gates project and provide an overview of California’s ongoing water issues.
The California Delta Water Meeting will be held March 1 at 6:30 p.m. in the Discovery Bay Elementary School gymnasium. The event features special guest speaker Supervisor Mary Piepho; Susanna Schlendorf, district director for Assembly member Joan Buchanan; and Environmental Water Caucus representative Da-vid Nesmith.
The meeting will provide information on a variety of water-related topics, including a short history of the Bay and Delta, a summary of major Delta water proj-ects, water conveyance and storage, and will address concerns over a possible peripheral canal.
According to SFBDF Publicity Chair Mike Guz-zardo, “The purpose of the meeting is to let the com-munity know what a great job they have done so far with (fi ghting) the 2-Gates project, and give them a good overall picture of what is going on now and what is most likely going to happen in the future. We need to continue the outreach to the community, to let the public know that it’s not over.”
The 2-Gates project, a fi ve-year experimental program designed to save the Delta smelt by rerouting them away from the water pumps on Old and Middle
rivers, was delayed in December by the Obama admin-istration’s Federal Interim Act report which called for –among other items – the re-evaluation of the 2-Gates program.
The fi sh protection project is a joint venture by the State Department of Water Resources, the Federal Bureau of Reclamation and the Southern California Metropolitan Water District, which – if successful – would implement the installation of gates at Old River between Holland Tract and Bacon Island, and Con-nection Slough between Mandeville and Bacon Island. The automatic gates would be closed at various times of the year for as much as 20 hours per day, according to some reports.
The SFBDF has in recent months successfully managed to slow the 2-Gates project by extending its public comment period. The group hopes to eventually force the Bureau of Reclamation to provide an Envi-ronmental Impact Report for the Discovery Bay and Delta regions.
The next step, said Guzzardo, is the public meet-ing, an event he hopes will garner support and educate the community at large: “We just want people to un-derstand what is going on and that there is still a lot of work to be done. The 2-Gates project is a short-term strategy to a much bigger picture. This is not just a Dis-covery Bay issue.”
Discovery Bay Elementary School is located at 1700 Willow Lake Road. For more information, call 925-354-3800 or visit www.nodeltagates.com.
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Forum advances activist effort to scuttle 2-Gates
by Ruth RobertsStaff Writer
Photo by Dave Roberts
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That’s where you could just tell your lender how much you made, and they didn’t verify what you told them. Sounds crazy now, but at the time it was all the rage. They even had a NINJA loan, which stood for no income-no job-no assets. Gee, is it any wonder our real estate market tanked?
Well, the lenders are now going overboard to verify and check everything, which is mostly a good thing so we hopefully don’t have a repeat of this real estate meltdown. One of their tools is Form 4506-T. This is the form they’ll ask you to sign where you authorize your lender to obtain a copy of your tax returns from the IRS. So even though you gave them a copy of your returns, they wanted the right to go get a copy of the real document. In the past, this was more of a threat to keep people honest and not “doctor” up their tax returns. But now this is more of a standard practice to check.
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Dana Eaton, Kevin King, Rick Lemyre and Lill Pierce of the Brent-wood Regional Community Chest recently took delivery of a $2,500 check from the Streets of Brentwood. Similar checks went
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Every day, at least one person comes into my offi ce complaining that they have made all of their payments under a trial loan modifi cation, but there has been no permanent modifi cation. According to the latest numbers, only 4% of all trial modifi cations under HAMP have become permanent. Th e Treasury indicated in December, 2009 that it would start fi ning lenders for failing to complete loan modifi cations, but we have seen little improvement yet.
Borrowers are told a host of explanations as to why there has been no permanent loan modifi cation on their loan including missing paperwork, the loan is with a negotiator or simply that the loan modifi cation takes time. While all of these explanations may be true, the result is that borrowers throughout the country are left in limbo not knowing whether they should try to stay or make preparations for leaving the home. To make matters worse, most borrowers know that the loan modifi cation documentation signed by them warns that foreclosure may be immediately resumed from the point at which it was suspended if this trial modifi cation plan terminates and no new notice of default, notice of intent to accelerate, or similar notice is required. What should they do?
In order to reduce some of their anxiety, I ask them to work through a simple 3 step process to see if any loan modifi cation really makes any sense for them.
Step 1- What are the terms of the loan modifi cation being off ered? Th ere are many types of loan modifi cation/forbearances being off ered by lenders. However, the one most helpful to borrowers is HAMP which stands for Home Aff ordable Modifi cation Program. Lenders are not required to participate in this plan. However, the biggest lenders including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Citibank and American Home Mortgage Servicing are participating. Th e program lowers the interest rate to 2% for years 1-5 and increases the interest rate over the next 3 years until it is fi xed in year 8 at approximately 4.5% -5.0% for the remaining term of the loan or in some instances extending the loan term to a 40 year loan. If the trial period is not for a HAMP loan modifi cation, you should immediately contact the lender and apply for HAMP loan modifi cation.
Step 2- Can you pay off the principal balance? A good rule of thumb is that a borrower can payoff 2-2.5 times their gross household income in a home loan over the course of their working life and go on vacation and have a child or two. Th erefore, if a family’s average gross household income is $100,000, they should not have a home loan which exceeds $250,000. Th is is assuming a 30 year fi xed loan. If a borrower has less than 30 years remaining work time, the amount should be reduced accordingly. If you determine that you are never going to “own” this property, is this the best use of your money? If you didn’t have this huge mortgage payment plus property taxes, insurance and maintenance, could you be putting away more money into retirement or maybe saving for a home you could actually “own.”
Step 3- Is the loan modifi cation payment less than I would pay in rent? Assuming, the above calculation shows that you will not be able to pay off the balance of the loan over the course of your remaining work career, is the loan modifi cation payment still less than I would pay in rent? Depending on where you live, the loan modifi cation payment may still be less than rent you would pay in your immediate area.
Loan Modifi cations are diffi cult. Most of these loans were made with little or no documentation and now the lenders seem to be requiring full loan documentation at the beginning, middle and whenever they feel like it until they decide a loan modifi cation is granted or denied. If you are in a forever trial modifi cation, I urge to continue a dialogue with the lender seeing if any new programs have become available which may help you. In 2010, we expect lenders with the assistance of the federal government to roll out additional loan modifi cation programs. I recommend calling the lender at least once a week. Continue to ask if there is anything new available. A 4% permanent loan modifi cation rate is not good, but if it improves, you do not want to miss the modifi cation which may allow to retain your home.
*Th is information is not provided as legal advice and should not be relied up in making any decision regarding a voluntary default, short sale, foreclosure or bankruptcy. Th is information is not a substitute for obtaining tax & legal advice regarding an individual situation.
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With just a week to go before the cur-tain goes up at Heritage High School, Chris Fallows is pretty pumped about his drama department’s latest venture, and under-standably so.
“I’m sitting in my offi ce right now sur-rounded by 10-foot glass stained windows and they are quite stunning,” said Fallows, describing the work of his tech crew, who built the Plexiglas casements. “They’re modeled after the Tiffany-style windows and they’re spectacular.”
Spectacular is an adjective the theater director also uses to describe his students’ acting and vocal chops for the upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Into the Woods.”
“We have some very talented students this year,” said Fallows. “Sometimes I just look at them and wish I had been as good as they are when I was in high school. Some of them are really quite inspiring.”
Based on Bruno Bettelheim’s “The Uses of Enchantment,” “Into the Woods” blends some familiar characters from Grimm’s fairy tales – Rapunzel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Jack and the Beanstalk – and brings them into the lives of a baker and his wife, who are desperate to reverse a family curse that has left them childless.
“It’s a fun play,” said Fallows. “The fi rst act ends with happily ever after. The princesses get their princes and the baker gets his kid. But the second act is about what happens after happily ever after: it’s tough having a baby, princes don’t always act how you want them to, and it’s really funny to watch as reality is injected into the fairy tale.”
While most school musicals boast ap-proximately 40 to 60 cast members, “Into the Woods” employs only 19. The down-sized cast allows for more in-depth charac-ter development, said Fallows, and a chance
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In an effort to bring the comforts of home to our troops, the Antioch Mili-tary Family & Friends is partnering with the Contra Costa County Law Enforce-ment Training Center Class 165 to host a Care Package Drive for soldiers serving abroad.
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Cackle raising hacklesEditor:
Over the last few weeks we have been reading about the most ridiculous city issue that I ever expected would take place in the “City” of Brentwood. The fact that Brent-wood, which promotes its agricultural heri-tage and surroundings, has nothing to do with reality and that is, Brentwood is a city and our City Council has done everything in its power to do away with its rural-type lifestyle and image that Brentwood was once known for.
When you publish the fact that “only 3 percent of Brentwood properties are 20,000 square feet or larger” makes it even easier to understand and it sends a very clear message that this is a city and you don’t raise farm animals, like “chickens,” within a city.
For anyone to imply that the e-mail messages circulated by opponents (con-cerned citizens) were fi lled with “scare tactics” and “lies” is nothing but bull and to imply that the city’s Land Use Subcom-mittee and Planning Commission are experts in the fi eld of keeping chickens in a residential neighborhood is a “misleading lie.” As they aren’t experts in this area.
Documentation was received and presented to the City Council and to the residents of Brentwood that clearly stated the facts of raising chickens in a residen-tial community and the problems and costs that it creates for a city. The message was very clear that keeping chickens in a residential neighborhood was not a recom-mended practice under any circumstances.
Pro-hen advocates need to spend their time looking for a location in the country to move to and to stop wasting the time of the City Council and the residents of Brentwood. The amount of time that has already been spent and wasted on this ridiculous issue in a time of city money crunching and the rising crime rate prob-lems clearly speak for themselves and the urgency they require.
The majority of the Brentwood City
Council members did an outstanding job of looking at this matter very objectively as to what was best for the city long term and for the majority of the residents of Brentwood and we thank them for that. As expected, two council members contin-ued on their path of political destruction and hopefully in the very near future the residents of Brentwood will send a clear message and let them retire to a “Chicken” farm in the country, where they belong.
Johnny MerrillBrentwood
More perilous than poultryEditor:
I was sorry that the three council members chickened out on voting not to permit chickens on lots under 20,000 square feet. I would like to ask the person who started this controversy if she would prefer a couple of mature, male pit bulls next door instead! Preferably with their doghouse close to the property line.
Beth PforrBrentwood
First things firstEditor:
On Sunday, Feb. 14 I was watching TV when my doorbell rang. At the door was a young man asking me if I would sign a peti-tion to widen Balfour Road between Heri-tage High School and Deer Valley Road.
I thought it was a good idea till I read the fi ne print. The reason for the petition is to move the Urban Limit Line to allow development past Heritage to Deer Valley. This would allow up to 1,300 residential units and other developments. I take excep-tion to the tactics these developers are using to get their petition signed. (I am sure these developers are paying for each signature.) They told another neighbor that the peti-tion would get the City of Brentwood tax revenue that the City of Antioch wanted.
The facts are: we do not need any more uncontrolled growth in Brentwood. We have plenty of empty homes, sub-standard fi re protection, limited police resources, limited water sources, teachers that are losing their jobs. I doubt that the citizens of Brentwood believe we need more homes or development without fi xing the problems we are already have.
Robert SchriverBrentwood
Brentwood shelter – compassionate and smart
Editor:I am writing in response to Todd
Sperry’s letter regarding building an animal shelter in Brentwood. I agree that Brent-wood should look into the possibility of building its own animal shelter, as Antioch has done.
The Antioch shelter is funded by the City of Antioch and so, although residents
of other cities can adopt pets from the shel-ter, only residents of Antioch can surrender pets there. Residents of Brentwood who need to surrender an animal must go to the county shelter located in Martinez. It seems to me that if a shelter were located here in Brentwood, those who are forced to give up a pet would be more likely to do so in a re-sponsible manner by taking it to the shelter rather than dumping or abandoning it.
Due to the economy, Brentwood, like other cities, has had a large increase in the number of homeless animals, and building a shelter here, especially with a low-cost spay/neuter program, would certainly be a big step toward alleviating the problem.
Heidi VaughnBrentwood
Bureaucrats guarding the henhouseEditor:
The age old conundrum: Which came fi rst, the chicken or the egg? New conun-drum: Do we elect dumb people to offi ce or do they get dumb after we elect them?
Case in point: The Brentwood City Council ignores the recommendations of its own Land Use Subcommittee and Plan-ning Commission to allow smaller lot size owners to have three hens. Instead it sides with the uninformed opinion of one local resident that hens are bad news. Goodbye hens, goodbye agrarian roots of our small town, and hello dumb City Council. Oh well, they are politicians.
And elected offi cials are not the only ones. The parents chosen to chaperone the dance at Excelsior Middle School stopped the eighth-graders from “grinding” at a school dance. Instead of thanking them for their diligence, the school principal chastised the parents for being “too tough” on the students.
This principal is obviously in training to become a school superintendent. The most overpaid job in the entire educational system. Obviously we citizens need to be more diligent about who we elect to offi ce.
And maybe it is time to look at combining the numerous school districts out here into one administrative unit. The poor teacher pay is a disgrace that we all need to remedy and the high-priced district superintendents need to be ashamed of themselves for their greed.
Bill SumnerDiscovery Bay
Paramedics on duty in East CountyEditor:
In a recent article in the Oakley Press about the new East Contra Costa Fire Board, it was stated “There are no paramedics in the district.” Although the fi re district does not employ paramedics, AMR has been providing fi rst responder paramedics in the district since 1992.
These are state-licensed paramedics with 25-30 years experience responding in quick response vehicles (QRVs) sta-
tioned out of three East CC fi re stations: Station 95 in Bethel Island, Station 52 in Brentwood and Station 57 in Byron. These advanced life-support QRVs, along with many paramedic ambulances, make up a fl exible system that provides paramedic services to all residents within the ECCFP District. And further, no taxpayer money is needed to fund these units.
As a local taxpayer and 23-year resident of Oakley, that is important to me. So rest assured, East County residents, when you call 911, you do have paramedics responding. Visit any of these stations and see for yourself.
Richard HodgeOakley
City Council goes above and beyondEditor:
I want to take time to thank the members of the Oakley City Council: Pat Anderson, Jim Frazier, Carol Rios, Bruce Connelly and Kevin Romick. Our City Council works very hard and puts in many long hours. I have personally seen them in service and we are fortunate to have dedicated people that care so much for the community on this council.
Just two weeks ago I went to an evening meeting with Vice Mayor Frazier in Oakland, where we spoke to help bring a much-needed health clinic to Oakley. Recently, Vice Mayor Frazier and Coun-cilwoman Rios came to foreclosure-pre-vention workshops, fi ghting to help keep families in their homes. Council members volunteered at Christmas to raise money and food and fed hundreds of people and provided Christmas gifts to these families.
I know the council members even donate their little council pay to commu-nity charities. These are just some of many examples of the council members giving extra time to serve the community.
Thank you and God bless them in their work!
Fr. Olman SolisPastor, St. Anthony’s Church
Thanks for backing snack shackEditor:
The Liberty High School men’s soccer program had a very successful fundraiser again this year. In times of budget cuts it’s so wonderful to live in a community that supports student athletes.
We would like to thank the follow-ing businesses who donated so generously to the snack shack this year: Quik Stop Market (Bob Bach), Apex Securities & Asset Management LLC (Treva Black), Starbucks and Safeway.
Thank you to the following individuals who also donated items for the snack shack: Connie and Don Dutra, Cathy Fancey, Da-vid Marcovsky, and Bob and Kim Schriver.
Many thanks to the parent volunteers
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A sampling of recent law enforcement activity reported by East County police de-partments.
BRENTWOODFeb. 5, 3:07 a.m. On Dainty Avenue, a subject involved in a domestic dispute was found to have a non-citable misde-meanor warrant and was in possession of a controlled substance. He was ar-rested and taken to the Martinez Deten-tion Facility.Feb. 5, 10 a.m. An unidentifi ed person peeked through the back window of a residence on Chamomile Lane.Feb. 5, 3:09 p.m. A vehicle rear-ended another vehicle on Balfour Road at Cortona Way.Feb. 5, 10:59 p.m. A subject contacted while sitting in his vehicle on Mead-owgate Way admitted to driving while under the infl uence of alcohol. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez De-tention Facility.Feb. 6, 1:35 a.m. On Brentwood Bou-levard, a subject walking in traffi c was found to be intoxicated and unable to care for himself. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facil-ity.Feb. 6, 1:17 p.m. A subject caught steal-ing items from a business on Lone Tree Way was placed under citizen’s arrest by loss prevention offi cers.Feb. 6, 4:05 p.m. On Brentwood Bou-levard, a subject was found to be under the infl uence of a central nervous system stimulant. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Feb. 6, 9:07 p.m. An unidentifi ed per-son stole a bicycle from a residence on Cornsilk Court.Feb. 7, 1:16 a.m. On Shady Willow Lane at Amber Lane, a traffi c stop led to the discovery of two loaded fi rearms in the vehicle. One of the fi rearms had been stolen in an Antioch residential bur-glary. Three subjects were arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facil-ity. A fourth was released to his parent on a Juvenile Affi davit.Feb. 7, 2:32 a.m. On Balfour Road at Minnesota Avenue, a subject stopped
for a vehicle code violation was found to be driving a vehicle displaying false registration tabs.Feb. 7, 9:15 a.m. At a shopping center on Lone Tree Way, an unidentifi ed per-son broke open a maintenance key lock-box, entered the maintenance room and stole the keys to all shopping center’s vacant storefronts.Feb. 7, 2:03 p.m. An unidentifi ed person cut the electrical wire to seven street-lights at a park on Regal Drive.Feb. 7, 5:16 p.m. On Brentwood Boule-vard, a subject stopped for vehicle code violations was found to be driving with-out a license.Feb. 7, 9:13 p.m. On Brentwood Boule-vard at Applewood Common, a subject stopped for vehicle code violations was found to driving under the infl uence of alcohol. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Feb. 7, 9:15 p.m. On Brentwood Bou-levard at Balfour Road, a subject con-tacted during a traffi c stop was found to be in possession of suspected mari-juana, had an outstanding warrant for his arrest and provided false identifi ca-tion. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Feb. 8, 12:02 a.m. An unidentifi ed per-son threw a rock through the window of a residence on Winesap Drive.Feb. 8, 12:27 a.m. On Brentwood Bou-levard at Central Boulevard, a subject stopped for a vehicle code violation was found to be driving on a suspended li-cense.Feb. 8, 5:24 a.m. An unidentifi ed per-
son broke the passenger-side window of a vehicle parked on Legend Lane and stole a cell phone.Feb. 8, 8:19 a.m. An unidentifi ed per-son stole a locked vehicle parked on Ash Street.Feb. 8, 9:22 a.m. On Balfour Road at Hudson Drive, a subject was found to be in possession of a handgun and am-munition.Feb. 8, 10:12 a.m. An unidentifi ed per-son broke into a residence on Simba Place and stole a laptop and paper-work.Feb. 8, 11:12 a.m. A vehicle fi re blocked the roadway on Balfour Road at Brent-wood Boulevar. Firefi ghters put out the fi re, and the vehicle was towed from the scene.Feb. 8, 2:30 p.m. An unidentifi ed person made numerous annoying phone calls to a resident of Paradise Lane.Feb. 8, 4:31 p.m. A subject attempted to cash a fi ctitious check at a business on Brentwood Boulevard. He was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Feb. 8, 4:43 p.m. A resident of Country Glen reported an unfamiliar person in the backyard of a residence across the street.Feb. 8, 4:54 p.m. A resident of Hillsbor-ough Way reported that his wallet has been stolen at an unknown location.Feb. 8, 5 p.m. A purse was stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked on Crocket Drive.Feb. 9, 2:05 p.m. On Marjoram Drive at Chili Court, a chain-link fence was cut apparently in order to gain access to railroad tracks and cars.Feb. 9, 2:58 p.m. A vehicle pulling a vehicle containing hazardous materials struck the curb on Brentwood Boulevard at Spruce Street, continued northbound and struck a second curb on Spruce Street, struck a stop sign, continued northbound through two parking lots and struck a third vehicle, which was pushed into a business sign. The hazmat load was removed and all vehicles were towed from the scene.Feb. 9, 3:50 p.m. A realtor securing a
residence on Winged Foot Road was confronted by the former tenant and was pushed to the ground.Feb. 9, 4:17 p.m. An unidentifi ed per-son punched the door lock of a vehicle parked on Heritage Way and stole a wallet taken from the glovebox.Feb. 10, 11:37 a.m. An unidentifi ed per-son made entry through the unlocked rear window of a residence on Country Glen Lane, stole jewelry and fl ed on foot when the security alarm sounded.Feb. 10, 1:30 p.m. On Eagle Rock Ave-nue at John Muir Parkway, an unknown driver struck a fi re hydrant and fl ed the scene.Feb. 10, 2:50 p.m. An unidentifi ed per-son cut a chain link fence, entered the ball fi elds on Sunset Road and stole ap-proximately 1,000 feet of copper wire.Feb. 10, 4:09 p.m. At a business on Bal-four Road, a subject who stole a bottle of alcohol valued at $15.98 was arrested and taken to the Martinez Detention Facility.Feb. 10, 9:13 p.m. On the railroad tracks North of Elizabeth Way, two unidenti-fi ed subjects assaulted and robbed an-other subject at gunpoint.
To view the Brentwood Police Depart-ment’s public logs on the city’s Web site, visit www.ci.brentwood.ca.us/department/pd/reports/index.cfm.
ANTIOCHFeb. 4, 9:00 a.m. A subject entered the Rite-Aid pharmacy on East 18th Street and handed a note to an employee stat-ing that he had a gun and demanding that the employee provide him with narcotics. No weapon was seen. An identical robbery was committed at the store a month earlier. Surveillance vid-eo identifi ed the suspect as 46-year-old Antioch resident George Lee Smith. A search warrant and arrest warrant were served at his residence on Feb. 11 at 10 a.m. Smith was taken into custody with-out incident and evidence of the crimes was located. Smith was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on two counts of robbery, burglary and narcot-ics violations.
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Feb. 9, 2:58 p.m., Brentwood
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like this is that you get to work closely with the kids and spend some real time on their roles,” said Fallows. “It also gives them more time on stage and more time to shine.”
The Broadway play isn’t the only popular production the drama department has tackled in the four years since Fallows has been directing. Past performances in-clude “Oliver” and “Macbeth,” as well as an upcoming children’s version of “Alice in Wonderland.” Fallows’ talented teams have earned the department a reputation for quality productions and have helped bolster more than the actors’ confi dence.
“Since we are entirely self-sustaining, our goal is always to end a show in the
black,” said Fallows. “We set our budget based on what we hope our ticket sales will be. The fi rst few years we sold a lot of candy bars to make ends meet, but now we’re at a place where we can support ourselves. We’ve also been fortunate to have the sup-port of the community as well, and that has helped to keep us afl oat … we’re getting a good reputation and fi lling the house. It’s very exciting.”
“Into the Woods” will be performed in the Heritage High School theater on Feb. 25, 26 and 27, and March 5, 6 and 7. All productions begin at 7 p.m. with the excep-tion of the March 7 performance, which begins at 2 p.m. Tickets – $12 for general admission; $10 for students – are available 30 minutes before show time.
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Makeup artist Sarah Tofoya transforms Rachael Londono into an Evil Stepsister.
Appointments for kindergarten registra-tion in the Brentwood school district for the 2010-11 school year may be made by calling the designated area school: Brentwood Ele-mentary, 925-513-6360; Garin, 925-513-6370; Ron Nunn, 925-513-6380; Loma Vista, 925-513-6390; Krey, 925-513-6400; Pioneer, 925-513-6410; and Marsh Creek, 925-513-6420.
Registration will be conducted Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 2, 3 and 4. Children entering kindergarten must be 5 years old on or before Dec. 2, 2010. Parents must bring to registration:
• Documentation of birth (birth certifi cate, passport or baptismal certifi cate).• Complete and up-to-date immunization re-cord.• Proof of residency (picture ID and two original documents such as vehicle registra-tion, property tax bill or rental/lease agree-ment).
A physical exam is requested for kinder-garten and required before the start of fi rst grade. An oral exam is requested for kinder-garten and required by May 31 of the kinder-garten year.
Kindergarten registration
Freedom High School will host its inau-gural Falcon Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. In keeping with the school’s mission statement to be the center for knowl-edge and pride in the community, students and staff are working together to focus on Falcon pride and community outreach.
Falcon Festival will showcase student ac-complishments and extra-curricular activities – factors that build a sense of community on campus and allow students to fl ourish in these challenging times.
Community members are encouraged to roam the campus and participate in games and activities – racing with Freedom’s fastest sprinters on the track, learning how to play water polo in the pool, competing in skill games with the wrestling team, pitching balls at recycled cans to increase environmental
awareness or learning about other cultures.Falcon Festival kicks off with a prepaid
catered dinner provided by Kinder’s; enter-tainment is provided by the Freedom band and choir. The event also features a raffl e, sponsored by the Athletic Boosters, for a Nin-tendo Wii.
Meal tickets, which cost $10, are on sale in the Administration Offi ce (A Offi ce) and at home basketball games. Tickets are also available through e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 925-625-5900, ext. 3002. Participants are encouraged to buy meal tickets in advance. Activity tickets will be sold at the event, but prices have not been set at this time.
Freedom High School is located at 1050 Neroly Road in Oakley. For more informa-tion, call the school at 925-625-5900.
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who helped run the snack shack during home games: Heather Rainsford, Connie Dutra, Cathy Fancey, Lynn Watts, Regina McCarthy, Ana Avalos, Valerie Raude-baugh, Mr. Corona, Martha and Hector Estrada, and Mr. Bulilian.
We also had many students who helped this year too: the entire JV soccer team, Cara and Callie Rainsford, and Noah Bisp-ing. Special thanks to the Liberty Booster Club for allowing us to use the snack shack.
A very special thank-you to our wonderful coaches who have dedicated their time and energy into making Liberty men’s soccer an outstanding program: Alfredo Zamora, Mike Rainsford, Chris Strabley and Hector Torres. This is a very exciting year in Liberty men’s soccer, as the varsity boys made it to NCS for the fi rst time. Good luck, Lions, and thank you for a great year!
Teri StevensonParent Coordinator
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Trevor’s Weekly Mortgage MattersBy Trevor Frey
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…what happens? When can I purchase a home again? How long will it aff ect my credit? Is it worse than a foreclosure? Can the bank come aft er me for the diff erence between the sales price and my current loan? Th ese ques-tions according to Professor Wachter, a real estate and fi nance professor at the Wharton School of Business, are “the kind of conversation that’s going on at cocktail parties, at swimming pools.” Okay, maybe not swimming pools in the middle of our record setting winter season, but come on, you know where I’m going with this. Yahoo ‘short selling my home’ and over 315,000,000 results appear, 1.7x the 186,000,000 results you receive when searching ‘2010 Winter Olympics.’ It’s a fact short sales are on the minds of the people, and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has taken notice.
On December 16, 2009 FHA re-wrote – and actually created based on current market circumstances – their borrower eligibility guidelines for short-sellers looking to once again own a home. Th ese changes went into eff ect immediately, and for any past hom-eowner that has gone through a short-sale, these changes are huge!
If you stayed current on every bill you had – including your mortgage for
the last twelve months – while going through the short-sale process you can purchase another home the day aft er your short sale closes. According to FHA’s Mortgagee Letter 09-52, as long as you did not pursue a short-sale agree-ment simply to “take advantage of de-clining market conditions, and purchase at a reduced price a similar or superior property within a reasonable commut-ing distance” then you are eligible for an FHA insured loan. However, if you were late on your mortgage, late on any revolving debt, or in the process of foreclosure while going through your short sale then all bets are off . Poten-tial buyers in cases such as this have to wait a mandated thirty-six months (three years) before purchasing a home through FHA.
So while many of the original ques-tions in this column remain a mystery solved only on a “lender-to-lender” case-by-case basis, we now have a nationally recognized policy for how shortly aft er a short-sale you can purchase a home.
If you have any real estate lending related questions or concerns, or feel you might be eligible based the purchase based on the above information, don’t hesitate to write me at [email protected] or call me directly on my cell phone, (925) 726-1444.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of Brentwood will, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the normal course of business permits on March 2, 2010, hold a public hearing to consider the following:A rezone (RZ 10-003) to amend Chapter 17.485 of the Brentwood Municipal Code by adding text to reestablish the Agricultural Overlay Zone within a portion of the Planned Develop-ment 35 (PD-35) zone, located gener-ally south of Lone Tree Way, west of Fairview Avenue, north of the EBMUD aqueduct and east of Henry Hart Drive.Applicant: City of Brentwood Said hearing will be held at the City Council Chambers, 101B Sand Creek Road, Brentwood, California.Further information may be obtained from Associate Planner Debbie Hill [(925) 516-5135 or [email protected]] in the Community Development Department of the City of Brentwood, 118 Oak Street, Brentwood, California 94513.Before any court challenge of Planning Commission decisions, you are required
to appeal the decision to the City Coun-cil no later than the time period pro-vided under the City’s Municipal Code. In addition you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspon-dence delivered to the Brentwood Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Date: February 19, 2010
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of Brentwood will, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the normal course of business permits on March 2, 2010, hold a public hearing to consider the following:An application for a conditional use permit (CUP 09-025) to allow the estab-lishment of an approximately 78-foot high simulated tree pole, wireless telecommunication equipment and as-sociated ground-based equipment, and a variance (V09-005) to allow the pole to exceed the maximum height limit of 35 feet, to be located on the TownCen-tre Self Storage property at 345 Town-
Centre Terrace (APN 013-010-086). Applicant: Cortel, LLC Said hearing will be held at the City Council Chambers, 101B Sand Creek Road, Brentwood, California.Further information may be ob-tained from Assistant Planner Tim Nielsen [(925) 516-5151 or [email protected]] in the Community Development Department of the City of Brentwood, 118 Oak Street, Brentwood, California 94513.Before any court challenge of Planning Commission decisions, you are required to appeal the decision to the City Coun-cil no later than the time period pro-vided under the City’s Municipal Code. In addition you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspon-dence delivered to the Brentwood Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Date: February 19, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETrustee Sale No. 74-31891-2 Title Order No.E840591 APN 071-031-009-5 The
mortgage loan servicer has obtained a fi nal order of exemption pursuant to CA CIV. CODE 2923.53 that is cur-rent and valid as of the date that the Notice of Trustee’s Sale was fi led or given. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/02/2005. UN-LESS 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. On 03/11/2010 at 10:00AM, HOUSE-KEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/04/2005, as Instrument 2005-0429777-00 of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: BRIAN E. MC-CARTHY AND JENNA R. MCCARTHY, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH THE RIGHT OF SURVI-VORSHIP, as Trustor, HOUSEHOLD FI-NANCE CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA as Benefi ciary (Original Lender) and HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, as current Servicer/
Lender, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION 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 na-tional 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 specifi ed in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST. 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: 2740 CAPISTRANO ST, ANTIOCH, CA 94509. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, 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, esti-mated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $326,987.01 (Estimated). Accrued interest and ad-ditional advances, if any, will increase this fi gure prior to sale. CONDITION OF SALE: The successful bidder will be required to pay county documentary transfer tax, any city tax, and any other applicable taxes or fees (including, but not limited to, the fee for record-ing Preliminary Change of Ownership report) to the auctioneer at the time of sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder
shall have no further recourse. The benefi ciary 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. DATE: 02/16/10 HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION P.O. BOX 60145 CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91716 For Sale Information: (714)730-2727, www.fi delityasap.com or www.prioritypost-ing.com TO NOTIFY TRUSTEE OF BANK-RUPTCY FILINGS, PLEASE FAX FACE PAGE OF BANKRUPTCY PETITION TO (909) 397-3914 Betty Schwab, Trustee Sales Offi cer HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 3453654 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
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acted with little regard for public or employee input.
“I am absolutely livid as a tax-paying citizen of Brentwood … the school board unanimously approved the layoffs of teachers, increases in class sizes and reductions in pro-grams. Viable alternative ideas were presented, but were not even considered by the board … Merrill (Grant) was openly hostile and incred-ibly agitated with the few comments question-ing why this (raises) was happening. Again, the board made these decisions without any debate or discussion.”
“You can call it a raise, because techni-cally it is,” said Grant. “But these (step) in-creases for the three contracted employees are exactly the same as every other employee in the district has, and were made to refl ect the two-workday reduction. The technicality here is that last week at the board meeting the board had to go in and act on the contract for the next fi scal year. The increase in step and
the decrease in work days were made accord-ingly.”
Grant argued that the board’s approval of pay step increases – automatic yearly raises – for him, Anderson and Kruse is simply stan-dard procedure. Because the three administra-tors are technically employees of the school board, their contracts and salaries are nego-tiated and approved by the board, versus the regular salary schedule that is used for teach-ers and other district staff.
And in fact, 70 percent of BUSD em-ployees do receive regular step increases and are in line to receive them again for 2010-11 provided the budget remains unchanged; something that many, including Grant, agree is not likely to happen.
“We’re not done with all of this (budget changes),” said Grant. “The board re-evalu-ates me each June and in the next fi ve months there will be more transpiring; more furlough days and salary rollbacks –whether it’s for me or our salaried employees. It’s going to get
worse for me and everyone else before it gets better.”
Grants’ critics argue that if the contro-versial increases might actually disappear in the coming year, it should have been men-tioned at the recent meeting to relieve tension and boost morale.
“I wasn’t going to sit there and grand-stand and say I’m going to take a pay cut right now,” Grant explained in a phone interview. “General salary rollbacks will be a later con-versation for me and all 700 employees. If people want to single me out, well, that comes with the territory. But I couldn’t solve all the problems in that one meeting and I wasn’t go-ing to try.
“My response to the morale piece is that we did this (discussion of salary increase) in an effort to be totally transparent and show we are taking the same amount of workday reductions as everyone else. I just really want to point out that at this point in time our con-tracts needed to be dealt with to refl ect the two
workday reduction. There will be more discus-sion in June for both administration and the district. This is the fi rst step in a very lengthy process and there will be more to come.”
Phillips hopes that a heightened aware-ness of the district’s situation will encourage more active participation on both sides of the chalkboard. “We have a wonderful school dis-trict with very high standards, and I am well aware that it’s very tough out there,” she said. “Ever since Prop. 13 it’s just gotten worse, but I think there is a lot that we can all do to re-duce our waste and save money. We defi nitely have to do something and we can start by go-ing to the (school board) meetings and raising the questions that need to be raised. We’re all in this for the same reasons, and we have got to come together.”
The BUSD board meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. For meet-ing times and locations, call 925-513-6300 or visit www.brentwood.k12.ca.us.
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recent magazine article. Studying many disci-plines would also prove handy when he began practicing medicine in Brentwood in 1957.
Ensconced in a small offi ce with doctors Abe Kaplan and Charles Duffy, Maiocco and his colleagues were forced by circum-stances to treat virtually every kind of mal-ady, as there was no other medical care for miles around. They needed to be versed in neurology, pediatrics, trauma and internal medicine. They delivered babies, set frac-tures, had to understand that a neck injury might actually be a stress-related condition, and even once treated a case of leprosy. Calls could come at any time – Maiocco and his little black bag once made 27 house calls on Thanksgiving – or even arrive on his door-step.
“One time the doorbell rang and there was a man whose throat had been cut in a fi ght,” he recalled. “We had to integrate our families into what we did.”
Maiocco speaks proudly of his fam-ily, especially Carol his wife, whom he met in New York and for whom he took the long way home from school just for her company and a cup of hot chocolate. “I could not have done any of this without Carol,” he said. “She is the family glue.”
He’s also proud of his daughter Ruth, a championship swimmer in school and fearless sandlot football player who now lives in Es-calon; and his son Robert, a national cham-pion sprinter in college and a Stanford grad,
now living in Florida.He also maintains strong relationships
with his friends, including Kaplan, with whom he has enjoyed breakfast every Tues-day for more than 40 years and plays tennis every week.
Professionally, however, Maiocco is proudest of having helped so many people for so long, and helped to usher in an era of mod-ern health care in East County.
“We were pioneers; we were isolated,” he said. “There were no specialists around here then.” The isolation, however, also helped them become better doctors.
“We saw everything,” he said. “We had tremendous freedom because there was no one else.”
Maiocco’s contributions to area medi-cine go beyond his role as a country doctor. He was a founding father of Delta Memorial Hospital, ran immunization clinics, served on the County Mental Health Board and as chief of staff at Pittsburg Hospital. He worked as the fi rst family practitioner in Brentwood for John Muir, helping bring the John Muir Medical Center to the city. A few years ago he joined Muir’s staff, and it was from Muir that he retired last month.
“When I was with Muir, I was in heaven,” he said. “They let me keep working on paper, gave me a wonderful nurse. I was able to con-tinue concentrating on being a doctor.”
Kaplan said the community will miss Maiocco a great deal: “I think it’s a pity he’s retiring. The kind of doctoring he did is im-
portant. You talk to people, not a computer. People would wait two hours to see him and they didn’t mind, as long as they got to see him. It’s a real loss and it didn’t have to be.”
For his part, Maiocco said his only regret is that he hasn’t written a book about it all. He’d like to document his adventure through life, and he’d like to spread the word about the cure for the one thing that causes him the
most pain.“People have not found the fi re of love
to weld together the opposites of humankind, and therefore they continue to kill each other physically, emotionally, spiritually, even cul-turally,” he said. “The answer is always love. Find the friendly answer, and do what love tells you to do.”
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Donna Haraguchi passed away on Jan. 15 from complications caused
by a tumor. Donna was born in Seattle on Nov. 18, 1961. She graduated from the University of Washington with a double major in sociology and commu-nications. In 1988 she moved to San Francisco and attended St. Mary’s College, where she grad-uated with a paralegal degree in 1994. Donna married Gary Haraguchi in 1990 and they lived in Antioch before settling in Brentwood. She worked at various law fi rms before working for 110° Magazine as an inside sales representative. Donna loved movies, reading and traveling. She attended Resurrection Ministries and was an advocate in the community for anything she believed in. She will be missed dearly. A celebration of life will be held at Resurrection Ministries, 1275 Fairview Ave., on Friday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.
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Liberty girls rally to sweep Freedom
It’s been a tough year for the Freedom girls basketball team. As of last week the Falcons had won only one league game (a 10-point win over Antioch on Jan. 12) and just three games overall. Liberty beat them by 14 points the fi rst time they faced off and by 22 the second time.
So it seemed nothing short of miraculous last week when Freedom overcame a nine-point defi cit in the middle of the second quarter to pull within a bucket of Liberty at the half. An upset of Liberty would have compensated for a lot of tough losses this year. Alas, it was not to be for Falcons fans, although their team did make it a bit closer than previous games, losing by 12 points, 34-46.
The game was played in Liberty’s gym, and the fans, sens-ing that their team needed a boost (particularly in the absence of cheerleaders at the game), became the “sixth girl” on the court. As the Lions took the court to warm up in the second half, their fans shouted, “We here for you! Let’s go! They in the Lions’ den.” And when the Falcons had the ball, the Lib-erty crowd chanted “Dee-fense!” while stomping their feet. Sure enough, the Lions outscored the Falcons 18-6 in the third quarter, pretty much putting the game on ice, as they played evenly in the fi nal frame.
Asked what she said to her players at halftime, Lions Coach Debbi Weil said, “We talked about how they were not playing like a team. That they were playing like fi ve individu-als out there. And we talked about how important it is that we play as a team offensively and defensively. And that’s what they did. A little bit in the fourth quarter they started to go apart again, but we brought them back together.”
Liberty relied on its big guns in the fi rst half: 6-foot-5-inch Corinne Costa and 6-foot-2-inch Bernadette Fong each scored nine points, accounting for all but three of the team’s fi rst-half
points. Other players took up some of the slack in the second half, notably Kaadzie Quaye, who fi nished with nine points. Costa ended with 14 points while Fong scored 15.
“I wish we had played just a little bit better,” said Weil. “Getting ready for NCS (North Coast Section playoffs) and stuff, we really and truly need to come together just a little bit more and play without too many turnovers and stuff. But other than that I think they are ready. We’ve just to got to get to that point. But overall they played OK. And that’s about it. It wasn’t a pretty win.”
Freedom’s standout player was Keyara Goodlow-Young, who scored 11 points and was able to hold her own in the paint against Liberty’s twin towers, making several blocks, includ-ing one on Fong. Karena Trice also played strong, boosting Freedom’s comeback at the end of the second quarter along with Goodlow-Young and Kimberly Westlund, who knocked down a three to get her team within four points.
Liberty’s warm-up shirt contains the motto “Greatness is earned, never awarded.” It remains to be seen whether Liberty, which suffered a tough blowout loss to Deer Valley on Feb. 5 before rebounding with strong wins against Antioch on Feb. 9 and Freedom two days later, has the greatness needed to ad-vance far into the playoffs, despite its height advantage over most teams.
“I don’t know who we are going to play,” said Weil when asked about her team’s chances in the playoffs. “It’s hard to say. It’ll be nice if we get there. We still have two games to go. Depending on how we are seeded we just have to wait and see. Hopefully, we will get a home game. That would be wonderful if we could have a home game. The fi rst one is always the tough one. Then after that we just go on. But the nice thing is this year NCS is taking the top four teams to NorCal instead of just the top two. So there’s two Freedom’s Keyara Goodlow-Young (25) was able to
hold her own under the hoop against Liberty’s 6-foot-5-inch Corinne Costa.
Photo by Richard Wisdom
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other teams that are going to have that op-portunity to go on and play at the NorCal level. But you still have to win every game and you got to execute, because they are all good teams when you get there.”
The Freedom win gave Liberty a 10-3 league record and 17-7 overall. Regardless of how things go in the playoffs, the season has gone pretty much as Weil had hoped. “I was hoping that we would have 20 wins; 20-6 was kind of my goal for them,” she said. “But we lost a couple that we shouldn’t have lost early on. But I think sometimes losses early
on actually help you in the long run. So, as long as we fi nish out strong and are ready to go to NCS, then it’s all worth it. I can’t believe this season’s almost over with. It’s been fun hanging out with the girls and watching them progress as far as they’ve progressed.”
The results of Liberty’s Senior Night home game on Tuesday against Heritage were not available at press time. Liberty closes out the regular season on the road tonight, Feb. 19 at Pittsburg. Freedom played Antioch Tuesday and fi nishes at home tonight against Deer Valley.
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At the recent Rumble in the Redwoods competition in Aptos, martial artists from Crosley Gracie Jiu-Jitsu took home eight fi rst-place trophies. The Brentwood martial arts academy brought to
the competition 21 students ranging in age from 6 to 12. More than 400 competitors were present at the Rumble. First-place winners were Jeff Angus, Amanda Butterfi eld, Isaiah Garcia, Gabriel Guerrero, Justin Hansz, Evan Masters, Andrew Wagenaar and Tucker Yeley.
Martial rule
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Prior to the start of this wrestling sea-son, some doubted that a young Liberty wrestling squad would be able to repeat its conquest of the Bay Valley Athletic League. That question was answered in resounding fashion last week against a strong but also youthful Freedom Falcons squad, as the Li-ons defeated their rivals 58-19, completing an undefeated run through the dual meet portion of their league schedule.
Liberty then followed up that victory by rolling through the NCS Division II Dual Meet Championships, defeating Northgate 40-27 to claim the team title for the third consecutive season.
Coming into the Liberty meet, Free-dom was hoping to create a three-way tie atop the standings with Liberty and An-tioch. And after a pin by a Freedom wrestler in the 171-pound weight class got the score close at 19-28, it appeared that the Falcons would not go quietly.
But fi ve consecutive pins by the Lions to fi nish the match, including three con-secutive fi rst-round falls in the three heaviest weight classifi cations, ended all doubt about who had the rightful claim to the dual meet title. Dominic Campa at 189 pounds started the string of pins by stopping his match with 33 seconds remaining in the fi rst period. Denzel King took just four seconds longer than Campa to pin his opponent in the 215-
pound weight class, and Tyler Blank bested both of them by pinning his 275-pound op-ponent with 48 seconds remaining in the fi rst round.
At that point, the Lions led 46-19 with the two lightest weights remaining to clash. Austin Solari (103) and Paul Gomez (112) both pinned their opponents in their respec-tive weight classes to fi nish the match.
Early in the match, the two teams trad-ed blows to keep the scoring close. Liberty’s Josh Fio staved off two near-falls in the 119-pound match, and turned a 10-2 second-round defi cit into a reversal and pin with 42 seconds remaining in the second round. “He
sort of lost track of where he was at during the match,” said Liberty Coach Greg Chap-pel. “But he took advantage of good posi-tion later and was able to fi nish the match.”
Freedom responded with a pin from sophomore Roman Garcia in the 125-pound weight class and took a 9-6 lead when Zach Wiley captured an 8-2 decision at 130 pounds. Nico Serrano gave the lead back to Liberty with a third-round pin before Free-dom grabbed a 13-12 lead following captain Dominic Dimercurio’s 12-4 victory in the 140-pound match.
It would be the last lead of the night for the Falcons, however, as three straight
victories, including pins by Jesse Baldazzo and Kevin Milner, gave the Lions a comfort-able margin they would never relinquish in a battle of two rival schools displaying young wresting talent that’s among the best in the North Coast Section.
“We have two freshmen and eight soph-omores in our lineup,” said Freedom Coach John Parsons. “Half of those did not wrestle prior to high school, so they are on a learn-ing curve. However, we hope to get about 10 guys to NCS this year, and we’ve wrestled well against tough competition.”
Liberty, meanwhile, carried the mo-mentum from its BVAL dual title into the NCS Dual Championships, where the Lions routed Kennedy-Fremont 76-0 and Albany 57-18 before facing Northgate in the fi nal. Anthony Boler got the Lions off to the lead at 160 pounds with a 6-5 decision. Liberty then saw the Broncos take a 15-3 lead before Tyler Blank pinned his heavyweight oppo-nent 39 seconds into the match.
The Lions also picked up pins from freshman Joe Trujillo, junior Josh Fio, and junior Nico Serrano. Serrano’s third-round pin at 135 pounds secured the victory for the Lions, who wrestled with just one senior in the lineup, showing promise for the future as well as the present.
Both schools will be back in action at 3 p.m. today, Feb. 19, when Antioch hosts the Bay Valley Athletic League wrestling cham-pionships.
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Lions threepeat NCS wrestling titleLiberty’s Josh Fio (top) won his 119-pound match against Freedom’s Myles Tier last week. Liberty wrestlers fol-lowed up later in the week by winning the Division II NCS cham-pionship. Heritage earned runner-up status in the Division II consolation bracket, and Antioch took the runner-up title in the Division I consolation bracket.
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With all the attention being paid to childhood obesity, from the First Lady on down, it’s easy to get the impression that the average kid is a 300-pound couch potato playing video games all day and night while scarfi ng down chips, candy and soda.
While that might be true for some, there are at least 2,200 kids in East County who regularly go outdoors for fresh air, sunshine and exercise. They are a part of the East Diablo Youth Soccer League (EDYSL), which launched its try-outs for its U13 girls Impact competitive soccer team at its Streets of Brentwood fi eld on Saturday. Tryouts for boys teams and other age groups will continue the rest of the month and into early March for players up to age 14. Ages 15-19 will try out in April. About 400 players par-ticipate in the competitive teams, and the rest play on more laid-back, recreational teams, including a team for the physically challenged.
Asked about the appeal of soccer, Rick Morin, Impact coaching director, said, “Because it’s very user friendly. We are one of the few clubs in the area that offer soccer at every level available – from competitive to recreation level to physi-cally challenged. So it’s a sport everyone can get involved in. You fi nd some grass, throw a ball down and you play, just kick it back and forth. It’s addictive. You look out here and see it everywhere. It’s nice.”
Although soccer has struggled as a spectator sport, it offers young par-ticipants as much as the more popular sports. “You get, obviously, the physical aspect of it,” said Morin. “You get the self esteem buildup of having the suc-cess. You get the responsibility of show-ing up at a certain place at a certain time
over a long period of time. You get the camaraderie. You get the acceptance by a social group, how to act in a social envi-ronment. So there’s a lot of benefi ts. It’s a way for us as adults to teach life skills through a sport. So it’s nice that they are out here and we get the opportunity to try to develop some good people. That’s the ultimate goal in the end is to get good kids out of here. Hopefully, they come back and give back to the sport.”
EDYSL costs vary depending on the level of play. Recreation players pay $175-$200 a year while the competitive fee is $600. “At the competitive level we are one of the lowest clubs as far as ex-pense in the area,” said Morin. “Other clubs go upwards between $600-$1,500 a year. We try to make it affordable. But there are costs that are incurred by the club: fi eld rental, referees, paint, equip-ment.”
The Impact teams play 60-70 games per season, which lasts from March through December, mostly in Northern California but also including tourna-ments in southern California. “It’s a long season for the kids. But they love it,” said Morin. “They would play 12 months if we let them. We’ve got to let them rest a little bit, you know.
EDYSL plays mostly at the Sunset Sports Complex in Brentwood, but also in the grass fi eld at the Streets of Brent-wood shopping center and at fi elds in Oakley.
Morin acknowledged that it can be stressful trying out. “If they make a mis-take they feel like they are not going to make the team,” he said. On the plus side is the fact that if there are enough play-ers who don’t make the cut, EDYSL will form a new team for those players.
For more information, go online to www.edysl.net.
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Soccer kicks into gearby Dave Roberts
Staff Writer
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eighth seed in the NCS Division I brack-et. Five of the top seven seeds went to EBAL schools, including Amador Val-ley, which the Lions defeated in the Tri-Valley Shootout. “We’re excited to be in NCS for the fourth straight year,” said Martins. “It’s a very good team we are playing, and it will be a tough match.”
The Lions are looking to erase the
sting of last year’s NCS playoffs, when they led Amador Valley 2-1 with eight minutes remaining before falling in overtime. Several players are back from that team and hoping to become the fi rst Lion girls to win a playoff match since the 2000 team defeated College Park in the fi rst round and advanced to the quarterfi nals.
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let anything get to his head. He played under control – lots of rebounds; he’s going hard to the basket. He’s going to be a top-notch player. He’ll make a statement at the next level.”
Phillips, who was the JV coach, recently replaced Richard Morton as head coach after Morton resigned “to take care of some personal stuff,” said Phillips. The Wolverines have obviously not suffered from the transition to Phil-lips’ leadership.
“I think it was a great game for us tonight,” he said. “We played probably the best we have played all season. We were finally able to put all of the pieces together. We did a lot of good work. We played hard on defense. They played smart out there. That’s the main thing. They played real hard tonight, and we will be heard from the rest of the sea-son.”
Heritage definitely heard from them throughout the game. The Wol-verines won all four quarters by mar-
gins of nine, four, five and three points. Asked about the difference between this game and the previous losses to Heri-tage, Phillips said, “The main thing is we didn’t play to our level the first cou-ple of games. We came in and took a couple of things for granted. We were trying to put a few things together. Once we got it together, we knew what we were capable of doing. We just had to get everybody on the same page. Now I think they are.”
He likes his team’s chances in the playoffs. “I think we won’t be an easy out,” he said. “I think we can go deep. If they play hard and do what we did tonight, we will be heard from in the playoffs.”
Heritage played Liberty on Tues-day, the results of which were not avail-able at press time, and finishes league play at home tonight, Feb. 19 against Antioch. Deer Valley played Pittsburg on Tuesday and hosts Freedom to-night.
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You probably know that cardiovascular disease is the single leading cause of death in America today, but are you aware that it is also highly preventable in most cases?
There are many daily lifestyle choices that offer tremendous protection, including regular exercise, avoiding tobacco, maintain-ing a healthy weight and – very importantly – consuming a balanced diet rich in heart-protective nutrients. The actions you take ev-ery day are especially important if you have a family history of heart disease or diabetes.
According to the American Heart As-sociation, the best foods for boosting cardio-vascular health are fresh, whole, unprocessed options like fruit, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, seeds and cold-water fi sh such as salm-on. Since no one eats perfectly, increasing your intake of key vitamins and minerals through high-quality nutritional supplements – along with healthy meals whenever possible – is a clever, effective strategy. Here are some of the most important heart-friendly nutrients:• Folic acid (along with vitamins B6 and B12) helps reduce dangerous levels of homosyste-ine, an amino acid produced when you digest animal protein found in meat, fi sh and dairy. Although some homocysteine is normal, nearly 25 percent of Americans have exces-sively high levels. The healthiest food sources are dark, leafy greens like spinach, kale; and parsley; whole grains, soy products like tofu and soy milk, and eggs.
• Niacin helps increase HDL (good) choles-terol and lower LDL (bad) cholesterol and tri-glycerides. In fact, niacin – a simple B vitamin – appears to be the most effective drug avail-able for raising HDL cholesterol, though it comes with a temporary warm fl ush at mod-erately high doses. The healthiest food sources are fi sh, almonds, pumpkin and sunfl ower seeds, beans and green leafy vegetables.• Vitamin E has been shown to improve the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol, lowering triglyceride levels and reducing the accumulation of fatty arterial plaques. The healthiest food sources are sunfl ower seeds, almonds and olives. Be sure you purchase the natural form – d-alpha-tocopherol – not the synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol.• Selenium offers powerful antioxidant protec-tion that works in conjunction with vitamin E to support and promote a healthy heart. The healthiest food sources are Brazil nuts, fi sh, whole grains and soy foods.• Magnesium helps to lower total cholesterol plus bad cholesterol and triglycerides while raising artery-clearing good cholesterol. The healthiest food sources are 100 percent bran cereal, halibut, spinach, almonds, pumpkin seeds, split peas, beans and soy foods.• Chromium has been shown to raise good cholesterol and lower total cholesterol and triglyceride levels. The healthiest food sources are romaine lettuce, broccoli and raw onions.
Practicing a diet of whole foods and reg-ularly incorporating the right nutrients can of-fer powerful – and natural – heart protection. Here’s to your health!
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Researchers have found that moms-to-be who ate no seafood were nearly 50 percent more likely to suf-fer from symptoms of depression than those who ate seafood at least three times per week (12 or more ounces weekly).
Published in July’s issue of Epi-demiology, the study of more than 14,500 pregnant women shows that those who ate fish at least three times per week recorded the lowest level of risk for symptoms of depression.
For more information on the health benefits of eating seafood, visit www.hmhb.org/pnwg.
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Dumplings:2 pouches (4.5 ounces) sweet and spicy flavored tuna¼ cup chopped water chestnuts
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Dipping Sauce:1/3 cup soy sauce2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar1 teaspoon canola oil¼-½ teaspoon red pepper flakesMix tuna, water chestnuts and
green onions in a bowl. Put one won-ton wrapper in the palm of your hand. With a wet finger, moisten border of the wrapper. Place 1 tablespoon of tuna mixture in middle of each wonton
wrapper; fold it over and seal edges to-gether tightly. Place on a cookie sheet and continue making the rest of the dumplings. Heat oil in non-stick skil-let. Place dumplings in skillet (a large skillet should hold 12) and fry until golden on the bottom – about two to three minutes. Add ½ cup water and cover, cooking for seven to 10 minutes until all water is evaporated. Mean-while, mix soy sauce, rice wine vine-gar, canola oil and red pepper flakes in a bowl. Take dumplings out of skil-let and serve with dipping sauce.
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During the winter months and at other times when the air is dry, it’s impor-tant to keep our nasal passages moist.
An easy way to do this is to sniff salt solution into both sides of the nose two to four times a day. To prepare a solution of proper strength, add ¼ teaspoon of table salt to a cup of warm water and stir it until all the salt has dissolved. Sniff some from a spoon or other small con-tainer into each nostril. Alternatively, you can buy prepared nasal saline prod-ucts such as Ocean, Simply Saline or ge-neric equivalents from drug stores. Such solutions can be used to wash away mu-cus from the membranous lining of the nasal passages. They also help by shrink-ing any parts of it that are swollen.
If this is not done, mucus and the swollen membranes around these open-ings can block openings of the sinuses into the nasal passages. Sinusitis will then occur if nasal bacteria infect the mucus, which can no longer drain from the blocked sinus. Treatment of sinusitis (rather than its prevention) often requires the use of antibiotics.
Some doctors are not enthusias-tic about nasal saline irrigation since researchers found that it does not sig-nifi cantly reduce the incidence of colds. However, do not confuse colds with si-nusitis. Viruses cause colds, while sinus-itis is a bacterial-induced complication for some colds. Irrigation of the nasal passages with saline cannot kill viruses or bacteria, but it does help to reduce the incidence of sinusitis in people with a tendency to develop this common com-plication of colds.
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Oakley studio opening soonLongtime Oakley residents and artists Alan and Lynn
Peterson will reopen Peterson Studios to the public this spring. The event will be celebrated with an art exhibit entitled “Let in the Light,” featuring an inspirational collection of reflective artwork ranging from ceramics, pastels and watercolors to acrylic paintings and jewelry. The art show takes place Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Peterson Studios’ mission is to assist artists who seek beauty. The studio will provide a space for local artists to work, learn, display and create fine art. Alan and Lynn are committed to developing an art studio where art classes, artists in residence and art shows will promote and support the vast creativity found in the East Bay. Classes in acrylic painting and pastels will also begin at the end of March.
Peterson Studios is located in Old Town Oakley at 3637 Main St. For more information on classes and opportunities to interact with the studio, call 925-625-0514.
The whole family is invited to the in-augural Spring Family Fun Day on Sat-urday, March 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pocahontas Hall in Oakley. The event is sponsored by small and home-based businesses in Oakley, Antioch and Brent-wood. Activities include a bounce house for kids, crafts that children can make and take home, shopping for Mom and Dad, a playful clown, plus food and beverages.
Spring Family Fun Day is designed to give everyone in the family an oppor-tunity to get active, and play and learn together. An array of information, ideas and ways to make the whole family feel special will be available.
Entrepreneur and event coordina-tor Hope Desroches, who originated the idea for Spring Family Fun Day, believes the Delta community is an ideal place for families to live, and that feels that a great-er variety and number of organized, inex-pensive activities should be provided for families. “We’re bringing targeted small businesses and local families together,” said Desroches, “while also giving every-one in the community a chance to have a fun day.”
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According to a recent survey released by Whole Foods Market, 68 percent of adults say the economy has affected their cooking and eating habits. More than 50 percent of consumers say they are eating dinner at home more often to save money. But cutting costs on dining out doesn’t mean giving up on the joys of great company and delicious foods.
The changing economy has many Amer-icans bringing their love of food back into the comfort of their own kitchens. And the wealth of supermarket coupons and in-store specials available make entertaining at home easier and more affordable than ever. So even if a fancy meal out with friends isn’t in your budget, you can still enjoy spending quality time together over a delicious meal.
Here are a few budget-friendly tips to make the most out of dining in:
Prepare Foods that Stretch. It’s important to make every dollar count. Soups, pastas and casseroles are not only easy to make; they’re an economical way to feed a large group. Not sure what to make? Many food Web sites offer a budget-friendly category for inspiration.
Make it a Game Night. Invite guests to bring over a few of their favorite games. Pair up into teams and rediscover the joy of a little friendly competition. Whether you’re the reigning card champion or experiencing the latest gaming phenomenon for the fi rst time,
you’re sure to enjoy an evening fi lled with fun and laughter.
Host a Potluck. Forget buying expensive groceries and spending hours in the kitchen. Encourage guests to bring a dish of their own for a tasty potluck. From homemade pasta salads to delicious breads and indulgent des-serts, you’ll serve a variety of taste-tempting foods that will be the talk of the party. Plus, everyone loves to help out the hostess.
Chocolate Souffl és Made Easy. Cap off the evening with this restaurant-style dessert that’s sure to impress. Requiring only seven ingredients and just a few simple steps, these souffl és deliver on taste and presentation. And the best part? They can be made in advance, allowing you to spend more time with guests.
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Make-ahead Chocolate Souffl ésIngredients:Nonstick cooking sprayGranulated sugar2 cups (12-ounce package) Nestlé Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels½ cup (1 stick) butter¼ cup Nestlé Toll House Baking Cocoa4 large eggs, separated2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup granulated sugar1 container (14 ounces) Häagen-Dazs Va-nilla Ice Cream (optional)
Spray eight 6-ounce ramekins or cus-tard cups with nonstick cooking spray; coat lightly with granulated sugar. Micro-wave morsels, butter and baking cocoa in large, microwave-safe bowl on high (100-percent) power for one minute; stir. Mi-crowave at additional 10-second intervals, stirring until smooth. Stir in egg yolks and vanilla extract. Beat egg whites in large mixer bowl until soft peaks form. Gradu-ally beat in 1/3 cup granulated sugar until stiff peaks form. Stir one-fourth of egg-white mixture into chocolate mixture to lighten. Fold in remaining egg-white mix-ture gently but thoroughly. Spoon into prepared ramekins, fi lling about ¾ full. Cover souffl és individually with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to one day. To bake, preheat oven to 400° F. Remove plastic wrap from souffl és. Place souffl és on baking sheet. Bake on center oven rack for 18 to 20 minutes or until puffed and center still moves slightly. Top with scoop of ice cream. Serve immediately. Cook’s tip: If you wish to prepare batter and bake immediately, reduce bake time by a couple of minutes. Makes eight servings.
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Liberty High School Playmakers’ pro-duction of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S Pinafore,” directed by Helen Dixon, is preparing to weigh anchor and set sail. Its infectious tunes, ingenious libretto and silly satire make “Pinafore” – “The Lass That Loved a Sailor” – among the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000153-00 The name of the business (es): Asset So-lutions & Restoration Located at: 955 Whitehall Lane In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Joah Wid-man, 955 Whitehall Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conduct-ed by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of reg-istrant: Joah Widman This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 7, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: January 7, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000162-00 The name of the business (es): Property Innovations Located at: 1679 Green-yard Court In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Mailing: P.O. Box1358, Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Mary Ann Pup-po and Dennis Puppo, 1679 Green-yard Court, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: Hus-band and Wife The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of reg-istrant: Dennis Puppo This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Janu-ary 8, 2010 By: Marilyn A. Myers, Dep-uty Expires: January 8, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE TO CREDITORS CHARLES R. RAUCH, State Bar No. 176163, GARRY COHEN, State Bar No. 177859, GRATHWOHL, RAUCH & CO-HEN PC, 100 Marine Parkway, Suite 305, Redwood City, CA 94065 Telephone (650) 592-8600, Fax (650) 592-2019 Attorney for Trustee Chester Moore IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA PRO MSP10-00120 IN RE: THE EMMA BLACK TRUST CREATED OC-TOBER 20, 2009 BY: EMMA BLACK, DE-CEDENT Notice is hereby given on the creditors and contingent credi-tors of the above-named decedent, that all persons having claims against the decedent are required to fi le them with the Superior Court, at 725 Court Street, Martinez, CA 94063 and mail a copy to Chester Moore as trustee of the Emma Black Trust dated October 20, 2009 which the Decedent was a settlor. Decedent’s address was 2514 Taylor Way, Antioch, California. A copy of the claim should be mailed to the trustee at 100 Marine Parkway, Suite 305, Redwood City, CA 94065. Claims must be fi led within the later of four months after date of publication, or, if notice is mailed or personally de-livered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed to or personally de-livered to you, or you must pettion to fi le a late claim as provided in Probate Code Section 19103. A claim form may be ob-tained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to fi le your claim by certifi ed mail, with return receipt requested. Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000166-00 The name of the business (es): EVANS FLOORING Located at: 2847 Savoy Street In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Brian A. Evans, 2847 Savoy Court, Brentwood, CA 94513. This busi-ness is conducted by: an individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious busi-ness name or names listed above on: 1/8/10. Signature of registrant: Brian A. Evans This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Con-tra Costa County on: January 8, 2010 By: Liz Gutierrez, Deputy Expires: January 8, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000308-00 The name of the business (es): INTERIOR COMMERCIAL INSTALLATIONS Lo-cated at: 3670 CONCORD AVENUE In: BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ELIZABETH LEILANI MOORE, 3670 CONCORD AVENUE, BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 This business is conduct-ed by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Elizabeth Leilani Moore This statement was fi led with Ste-phen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Januiary 13, 2010 By: P. Cornelius, Deputy Expires: January 13, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000409-00 The name of the business (es): Silver Skillet Restaurant Located at: 8300 Brentwood Boulevard, #A In: Brent-wood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Maribel Gonza-lez, 756 Campanello Way, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of regis-trant: Maribel Gonzalez This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 19, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: January 19, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: January 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000421-00 The name of the business (es): Creative Energy Concepts Located at: 5411 Azure Court In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Jo Ann Bischof, 5411 Azure Court, Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conduct-ed by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names list-ed above on: 1/19/10. Signature of reg-istrant: Jo Ann Bischof This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 19, 2010 By: C. Garcia, Deputy Expires: January 19, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000436-00 The name of the business (es): World of Travel Located at: 1815 Surfside Court In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Dolores L. Aguirre, 1815 Surfside Court, Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: an In-dividual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi cti-tious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Dolores L. Aguirre This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 19, 2010 By: C. Garcia, Deputy Expires: January 19, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000563-00 The name of the business (es): Goldilocks Located at: 809 Blue Mesa Court In:Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Stephanie R. Parsons, 809 Blue Mesa Court, Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: an In-dividual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Stepha-nie R. Parsons This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: January 25, 2010 By: J. Odegaard, Deputy Expires: January 25, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000579-00 The name of the business (es): POSCON TRADING COMPANY Located at: 30 Jib Court In: Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Hyun Sug Kim, 30 Jib Court, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious busi-ness name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Hyun Sug Kim This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on:January 25, 2010 By: Marilyn A. Myers, Deputy Expires: January 25, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000637-00 The name of the business (es): SESSANT CONSULTING Located at: 1230 ACA-CIA COURT In: BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): RODNEY PETTIS, 1230 ACACIA COURT, BRENTWOOD, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names list-ed above on: 1/27/10. Signature of reg-istrant: Rodney Pettis This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Janu-ary 27, 2010 By: Pamela A. Ralls, Depu-ty Expires: January 27, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000640-00 The name of the business (es): Jodi on the Job Located at: 941 Randy Way In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby regis-tered by the following owner(s): Jodi Lynn Wellman, 941 Randy Way, Brent-wood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Jodi Well-man This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Con-tra Costa County on: January 27, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: January 27, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT File #F-0000739-00 The name of the business (es): Green Car-pet Clean; Delta Daycare Located at: 2564 Crescent Way In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Jesus Horn, 2564 Crescent Way, Discovery Bay, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of reg-istrant: Jesus Horn This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: February 1, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: February 1, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000796-00 The name of the business (es): A.STYLE & DESIGN Located at: 2042 Bridge-port Loop In: Discovery Bay, CA 94505 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Audrea Mia Ly-ons, 2042 Bridgeport Loop, Discovery Bay, CA 94505 This business is conduct-ed by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names list-ed above on: 2/2/10. Signature of regis-trant: Audrea Mia Lyons This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Feb-ruary 2, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Depu-ty Expires: February 2, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: Feb-ruary 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000803-00 The name of the business (es): Cal Tech Enviro Pest Management Located at: 2444 Berkshire Lane In: Brentwood, CA 94513, Mailing: P.O. Box 4635, An-tioch, CA 94531 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): BCAM Corpora-tion, 2444 Berkeshire Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513 California. This business is conducted by: a Corporation The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious busi-ness name or names listed above on: 4/8/98. Signature of registrant: Rob-ert Gonzaga, Jr. President This state-ment was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: February 2, 2010 By: J. Odegaard, Deputy Expires: February 2, 2015 Brent-wood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: Feb-ruary 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File F#0000614-00 The name of the business (es): Access Capital Company, Inc. Located at: 476 Pecan Place In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the follow-ing owner(s): Access Capital Company, Inc., 476 Pecan Place, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: a Corporation The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Lenore J. Thielen, Presi-dent This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Con-tra Costa County on: January 26, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: Jan-uary 26, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Con-trol,1515 Clay Street, Suite 2208, Oak-land, CA 94612 (510) 622-4970 NO-TICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Date of Filing Application: January 26, 2010 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: GEE KING WAH KAY The applicants listed above are applying to the Depart-ment of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 8383 LONE TREE WAY BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 Type of license(s) Applied for: 41-ON-SALE BEER AND WINE-EATING PLACE Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Date: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Department of Alcoholic Bever-age Control,1515 Clay Street, Suite 2208, Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 622-4970 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCO-HOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Date of Filing Application: January 28, 2010 To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: BRV PARTNERS INC. The applicants listed above are applying to the Depart-ment of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 100 SUMMERSET DRIVE BRENTWOOD, CA 94513-6426 Type of license(s) Applied for: 47-ON-SALE GENERAL EATING PLACE Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Date(s): February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000973-00 The name of the business (es): Lil Manu-el’s Custom Decals Located at: 1487 Mallard Lane In: Oakley, CA 94561 Is hereby registered by the follow-ing owner(s): Manuel Lee Padilla, 1487 Mallard Lane, Oakley, CA 94561. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious busi-ness name or names listed above on: 2/9/10. Signature of registrant: Manu-el Padilla This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: February 9, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: February 9, 2015 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Pub-lish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000555-00 The name of the business (es): EPIC INSUR-ANCE GROUP Located at: 4603 Chelsea In: Oakley, CA 94561 Is hereby regis-tered by the following owner(s): Wil-liam P. Grady, 4603 Chelsea, Oakley, CA 94561. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names list-ed above on: 1/25/10. Signature of reg-istrant: William P. Grady This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 25, 2010 By: C. Sullivan, Deputy Expires: January 25, 2015 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000301-00 The name of the business (es): Professional Offi ce Team Located at: 72 Moore Court In: San Ramon, CA 94583 Is hereby reg-istered by the following owner(s): Trina Dilsaver, 72 Moore Court, San Ramon, CA 94583; Sharon Haworth, 2040 Great Meadow Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conduct-ed by: Co-Partners The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Trina Dilsaver/Sharon Haworth This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Con-tra Costa County on: January 13, 2010 By: Mary Imbrie, Deputy Expires: January 13, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000686-00 The name of the business (es): ORALE ORALE Mexican Restaurant Located at: 5601 Lone Tree Way, Suite 150 In: Brentwood, CA 94513, Mailing: 181 Crawford Drive, Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Danny Aguilar, 181 Crawford Drive, Brentwood, CA 94513. This busi-ness is conducted by: an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Danny Agu-ilar This statement was fi led with Ste-phen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: January 28, 2010 By: Pamela A. Ralls, Deputy Expires: January 28, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE TO CREDITORS JIMMY N. YEE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 930 ALHAMBRA BLVD., SUITE 280, SACRAMENTO, CA 95816 9916) 448-9171 BULK SALE ESCROW NO. P-1275 Notice is hereby given on the creditors of the within names seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below. The name and business address of the seller: Hsit Secrest, 2222 Railroad Av-enue, Pittsburg, CA 94565. The location in California of the chief executive offi e of the seller is: Same as above. As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: None The name and business address of the buyer are: Nelson R. Punzalan, 2222 Railroad Avenue, Pittsburg, CA 94565. The assets to be sold are described in general as: restaurant equipment and fi xtures and are located at: 2222 Railroad Avenue,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: SARA BRUNTON, 2400 DIABLO AVENUE, AN-TIOCH, CA 94509 Prepared by: DENISE FAMILY LAW AND DIVORCE DOCU-MENT ASSISTANCE, 1215 PINE ST., MARTINEZ, CA 94553 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Mar-tinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: SARA BRUNTON FOR CHANGE OF NAME OR-DER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N10-0111 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petition-er: SARA BRUNTON fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. ANTO-NIO ROBERTO SAMPSON PANDO III to Proposed Name: ANTONIO SAMP-SON BRUNTON 2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below
to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 3/22/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in this county:BRENTWOOD PRESS b. NOTICE TO BIOLOGICAL FATHER IS HEREBY DIS-PENSED WITH Date: January 25, 2010 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
Pittsburg, CA 94565. The names and business name used by the seller at that location is: Wah Sing. The an-ticipated date of the bulk sale is: March 12, 2010 at the offi ce of JIMMY N. YEE, Attorney at Law, 930 Alhambra Blvd., Suite 280, Sacramento, CA 94518. This bulk sale is subject to California Uni-form commercial Code Section 6106.2. If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be fi led is JIMMY N. YEE, Attorney at Law, 930 Alhambra Blvd., suite 280, Sacra-mento, CA 95816 and the last date for fi ling claims shall be March 11, 2010 which is the business day before the sale date specifi ed above. This trans-fer includes the transfer of an alcoholic beverage license, and all claims must be received before the receipt of no-tice by escrow from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control that such license has been approved. Dat-ed: January 13, 2010 Nelson R. Punza-lan Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Date: February 19, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File #F-0000533-00 The name of the business (es): ADS Wines Located at: 712 Bancroft Road, #463 In: Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Is hereby reg-istered by the following owner(s): Tri-Star Marketing, Inc., 712 Ban-croft Road, #463, Walnut Creek, CA 94598. This business is conducted by: a Corporation The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of reg-istrant: Anthony Scotto This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Janu-ary 22, 2010 By: Pamela A. Rails, Depu-ty Expires: January 22, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 09-0154687 Title Order No. 09-8-470633 Investor/Insurer No. 105666489 APN No. 055-270-041-1 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/07/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: THANH LIEU. THI. LE AND HA DINH HOANG, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 09/07/2005 and recorded 09/15/05, as In-strument No. 2005-0351658-00, in Book -, Page -), of Offi cial Records in the of-fi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/19/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully de-scribed in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4908 PINEHAVEN WAY, ANTIOCH, CA, 94531. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $490,877.27. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid princi-pal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/22/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3450883 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010. An-tioch Press No. 06-1617. Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALETS No. 09-0156573 Title Order No. 09-8-475837 Investor/Insurer No. 1699510172 APN No. 031-131-028-8 & 031-131-049-4 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/16/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursu-ant to the Deed of Trust executed by: DONALD WOLF, A SINGLE MAN, dated 08/16/2005 and recorded 08/25/05, as In-strument No. 2005-0321942-00, in Book -, Page -), of Offi cial Records in the of-fi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/19/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 3704 STONE ROAD, BETHEL ISLAND, CA, 94511. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $329,931.35. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condi-tion, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the
indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with inter-est as provided, and the unpaid princi-pal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/24/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3451049 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010. An-tioch Press No. 06-1617. Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Jac-queline Dever Celenza, 425 Iron Hill Street, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 SUPE-RIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Mar-tinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Jac-queline Dever Celenza FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUM-BER:N10-0190 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Jacqueline Dever Celenza fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Jacque-line Dever Celenza(AKA) Jacque-line Dever to Proposed Name: Jac-queline Jean Dever 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 4/1/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. 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: OAK-LEY PRESS Date: February 3, 2010 Ju-dith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0065332 Title Order No. 09-8-191279 Investor/Insurer No. 179228563 APN No. 033-430- 003-5 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 09/20/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pur-suant to the Deed of Trust executed by: IVANO R ELLIOTT AND JEN-NIFER M ELLIOTT, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, dated 09/20/2007 and recorded 09/28/07, as Instrument No. 2007- 0272705-00, in Book -, Page -), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of Califor-nia, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as de-scribed below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19 RENOIR COURT, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $551,319.84. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 08/- 15/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3428702 02/05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
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Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/- selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the fi ling fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiv-er form. If you do not fi le your response on time, you may lose the case by de-fault, and your wages, money, and prop-erty may be taken without further warn-ing 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 at-torney referral service. If you cannot af-ford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofi t legal services program. You can locate these nonprofi t groups at the Califor-nia 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. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.°AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dÌas, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versiÛn. Lea la informaciÛn a continuaciÛn. Tiene 30 D’cdAS DE CALENDARIO despuÈs de que le entreguen esta citaciÛn y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al de-mandante. Una carta o una llamada telefÛnica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que proce-sen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encon-trar estos formularios de la corte y m·s informaciÛn en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede m·s cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentaciÛn, pida al secretario de la corte que le dÈ un formulario de exenciÛn de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, pu-ede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podr· quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin m·s advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediata-mente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remis-iÛn 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 fi nes de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fi nes de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifor-nia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniÈndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados lo-cales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un grava-men sobre cualquier recuperaciÛn de $10,000 Û m·s de valor recibida me-diante un acuerdo o una concesiÛn de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direcciÛn de la corte es): CONTRA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, 725 Court Street, Post Offi ce Box 911, Martinez, California 94553 The name, address, and telephone num-ber of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nombre, la direcciÛn y el n˙mero de telÈfono del abogado del demandante, o del deman-dante que no tiene abogado, es): LYNN A. SHINMOTO (Bar No. 94808] Devirian & Shinmoto Prof. Corp., 11400 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 200, Los Ange-les, CA 90064. (310) 312-9587 Fax (310) 286- 1429 DATE (Fecha): Oct. 05, 2009 by L. DIAZ,Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12/10CNS-1794075# BRENT-WOOD PRESS Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. GM-230906-C Loan No. 0307713745 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/21/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property ad-dress or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: KEVIN D. ACKERMAN Recorded 7/31/- 2006 as Instrument No. 2006- 0240225-00 in Book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale: 2/26/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Marti-nez, California Property Address is purported to be: 701 THOMPSONS DR BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 APN #: 017-450-005 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $742,133.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including ac-crued and unpaid interest) and reason-able estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publica-tion of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as fol-lows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is cur-rent and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in sub-division (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 1/26/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3410324 02/- 05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 437421CA Loan No. 3061610667 Title Order No. 145352 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02-21-2006. UN-LESS 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. On 03-11- 2010 at 10:00 AM, CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 02-28-2006, Book , Page , Instrument 2006-0061225- 00, of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CON-TRA COSTA County, California, exe-cuted by: KARL KRUGER, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Benefi ciary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan asso-ciation, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in section 5102 of the Fi-nancial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property un-der and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimat-ed to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET(CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) , MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description: LOT 41, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVI-SION 7844, FILED FEBRUARY 19, 1999, IN BOOK 407 OF MAPS, PAGE 39, CON-TRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. EX-CEPTING THEREFROM: ALL INTEREST IN SUB-SURFACE MINERAL RIGHT BE-LOW 300 FEET, AS RELINQUISHED TO THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, UN-DER THE OWNER- S STATEMENT OF SAID SUBDIVISION 7844. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $537,842.18 (estimated) Street ad-dress and other common designation of the real property: 2 PANORAMA COURT BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 APN Number: 010-470-022 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property here-
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
File No. 2006-6896 The name of the business (es): Fertado Real Estate Lo-cated at: 311 Oak Street In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Barry Allen Gursky, 958 Randy Way, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an In-dividual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: 8/18/06. Signature of registrant: Barry Allen Gursky This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 15, 2010 By: L. Barajas, Deputy Expires: January 15, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0150372 Title Order No. 09-8-453339 Investor/Insurer No. 1698321978 APN No. 013- 390-068-8 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/18/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: KEL-VIN TA, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 03/18/- 2005 and recorded 04/19/05, as Instrument No. 2005-0136470-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Con-tra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/- 12/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property sit-uated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 454 SILVERWOOD ST, BRENTWOOD, CA, 945135509. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with in-terest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $388,630.18. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/- 14/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3441875 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Debbie and Kevin DuPre, 665 Armstrong Way, Brentwood, CA 94513 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Debbie and Kevin DuPre FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N10-0153 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Debbie and Kevin DuPre fi led a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: Pres-ent Name: a. Tierra Marie Moncada to Proposed Name: Tierra Marie DuPre 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter shall ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 3/26/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: BRENTWOOD PRESS b. Biological Mother is to be served. Date: January 27, 2010 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: Febru-ary 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Charles Darling and Stephanie Jzyk Darling SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CON-TRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Charles Darling and Stephanie Jzyk FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N10-0150 TO ALL INTEREST-ED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Charles Dar-ling and Stephanie Jzyk fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Tanner Gerald Jzyk Darling to Pro-posed Name: Tanner Gerald Darling 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-
sons interested in this matter shall ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 3/26/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: BRENTWOOD PRESS b. Petitioner is to bring the birth certifi cate of the minor to the hearing. Date: January 28, 2010 Ju-dith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 12, 2010
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Teresa C. Ramos, 1637 14th Street, San Pablo, CA 94806 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Teresa Celeste Ramos FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N10-0147 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Pe-titioner: Teresa Celeste Ramos fi led a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows: Pres-ent Name: a. Teresa Celeste Ramos to Proposed Name: Teresa Celeste Ramos Holmes 2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date:3/30/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: BRENTWOOD PRESS Date: February 1, 2010 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME AND GENDER
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Ronald Javier Manalo, 2129 Abbot Avenue, Pittsburg, CA 94565 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 45 Civic Avenue, Pittsburg, CA 94565 BRANCH NAME: Pittsburg Supe-rior Court PETITION OF: Ronald Javier Manalo FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME AND GENDER N10-0091 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Peti-tioner: Ronald Javier Manalo (AKA) Marjorie Javier Manalo has fi led a peti-tion with this court for a decree chang-ing petitioner’s name to: Marjorie Manalo 2. Petitioner has also fi led a petition for a decree changing peti-tioner’s gender from male to female and for the issuance of a new birth certifi cate refl ecting the gender and name changes. 3. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the peti-tion should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 3/18/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 4. a. 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: BRENTWOOD PRESS Date: January 21, 2010 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: January 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)
CASE NUMBER (N˙mero del Caso): L09-09556 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): individually and doing business as A & A REINFORCING STEEL & POST TENSION CABLES; AN-THONY FIDEL ALAMILLO; and JOHN DOES 1 TO 100 Inclusive YOU ARE BE-ING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO EST’c1 DE-MANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): A & A READY MIXED CONCRETE, INC., a corporation, doing business as A & A CONCRETE SUPPLY, INC. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to fi le 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 re-sponse. You can fi nd these court forms and more information at the California
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. GM-198733-C Loan No. 7427258835 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/28/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address or oth-er common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: JAMES E. MCCOY, AN UNMARRIED MAN Recorded 3/8/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0071387-00 in Book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale: 2/26/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street en-trance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, California Property Address is purported to be: 175 DAVIDSON COURT BRENTWOOD, California 94513 APN #: 010-550-028 The total amount secured by said in-strument as of the time of initial pub-lication of this notice is $512,604.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable es-timated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 1/26/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Bur-bank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUST-EE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3426693 02/- 05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
tofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, ben-efi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid fore-closure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DECLARATION PURSU-ANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SEC-TION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemp-tion pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in sub-division (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. DATE: 02-11-2010 CAL-IFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259- 7850 or www.fi delityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3448193 02/19/2010, 02/- 26/2010, 03/05/2010 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: Feb-ruary 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-09-324996-CL Order # 282454 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/29/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, ca-shier’s check drawn on a state or na-tional bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as pro-vided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): COLETTE KINLEY AND KEL-LY KINLEY, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 7/12/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0219389-00 in book -, page - of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 3/- 4/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $480,052.10 The purported property address is: 4726 APPALOOSA CT ANTIOCH, CA 94531 Assessors Parcel No. 053-470-005 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any lia-bility for any incorrectness of the prop-erty address or other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the refer-enced legal description for property lo-cation. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of fi rst publi-cation of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Aurora Loan Ser-vices 10350 Park Meadows Dr. Littleton CO 80124 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on be-half of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursu-ant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving no-tice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pur-suant to Section 2923.52 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no fur-ther recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 74-35109-2 Title Order No.090622345 APN 056-110-073 The mortgage loan servicer has obtained a fi nal order of exemption pursuant to CA CIV. CODE 2923.53 that is cur-rent and valid as of the date that the Notice of Trustee’s Sale was fi led or given. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01/03/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. On 03/11/2010 at 10:00AM, HOUSE-KEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 01/12/2006 , as Instrument # 2006-0012525-00 of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: KEITH DADE AND CHALISA DADE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, J/- T, as Trus-tor, HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES INC. (Original Lender) and HSBC MORT-GAGE SERVICES INC., as current Ser-vicer/Lender, 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 specifi ed in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA, all right, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: AS MORE FULLY DE-SCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST. The property hereto-fore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4927 WATERFORD WAY, ANTIOCH, CA 94531. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but with-out covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the re-maining 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, estimat-ed fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $514,884.36 (Estimated). Accrued interest and ad-ditional advances, if any, will increase this fi gure prior to sale. CONDITION OF SALE: The successful bidder will be required to pay county documentary transfer tax, any city tax, and any other applicable taxes or fees (including, but not limited to, the fee for recording Pre-liminary Change of Ownership report) to the auctioneer at the time of sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the under-signed a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written No-tice 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. DATE: 02/08/10 HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION P.O. BOX 60145 CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91716 For Sale Information: (714)730-2727, www.fi delityasap.com or www.priorityposting.com TO NOTIFY TRUST-EE OF BANKRUPTCY FILINGS, PLEASE FAX FACE PAGE OF BANKRUPTCY PETITION TO (909) 397-3914 Betty Schwab, Trustee Sales Offi cer HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 3444943 02/19/2010, 02/- 26/2010, 03/05/2010 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-0083503 Title Order No. 08-8-307986 Investor/Insurer No. 1705084801 APN No. 097-301- 002-8 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 08/30/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: HAMIDOU KABORE, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, AND AKEYA-YA JOHNSON, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROP-ERTY, AS TENANTS IN COMMON, dat-ed 08/30/2007 and recorded 09/19/- 07, as Instrument No. 2007- 0263795-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Con-tra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as de-scribed below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 89 ENES AVENUE, BAY POINT, CA, 94565. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the prop-erty to be sold plus reasonable esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $437,454.19. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 11/- 09/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RE-CONTRUST COMPANY is a debt col-lector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3436194 02/05/2010, 02/- 12/2010, 02/19/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 2/11/2010 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714- 730-2727 or Login to: www.fi delityasap.com Reinstate-ment Line: 619-645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative cred-it report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfi ll the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3433377 02/- 12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000404-00 The name of the business (es): C F Enter-prises Located at: 714 Arbor Court In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Is hereby regis-tered by the following owner(s): Chris-tine Finn, 714 Arbor Court, Brentwood, CA 94513. This business is conduct-ed by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of regis-trant: Christine Finn This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: January 19, 2010 By: Marilyn A. Myers, Deputy Expires: January 19, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: January 29, February 5, 12, 19, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000675-00 The name of the business (es): Foreclo-sure Stoppers; The Foreclosure Stop-pers Located at: 2468 Majestic Lane In: Brentwood, CA 94513 Mailing: P.O. Box 523, Byron, CA 94514 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Cathy Cross, 470 Coletas Way, Byron, CA 94514; Todd Chambers, 2468 Majes-tic Lane, Brentwood, CA 94513; Patrick Gallagher, 470 Coletas Way, Byron, CA 94505. This business is conducted by: Co- Partners The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: 11/16/- 09. Signature of regis-trant: Patrick Gallagher This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 28, 2010 By: L. Barajas, Deputy Expires: January 28, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S No. 1248147-02 APN: 037- 222-042 TRA: 19020 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx4742 REF: Jaramillo, Stephen IMPORTANT NO-TICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED February 17, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On February 25, 2010, at 1:30pm, Cal-West-ern Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded February 24, 2006, as Inst. No. 2006-0058101-00 in book XX, page XX of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, executed by: Stephen V Jaramillo An Unmarried Man, will sell at public auc-tion to highest bidder for cash, cashier’ s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank At the court street entrance to the county courthouse, 725 Court Street Martinez, California, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: Com-pletely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 5237 Ironwood Ln Oak-ley CA 94561- 1611 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 held, but without covenant or war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encum-brances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is: $371,816.38. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written declaration of Default and De-mand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The under-signed caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defi ned in civil code ‘a7 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the commis-sioner a fi nal or temporary order of ex-emption pursuant to civil code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is cur-rent and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. the time frame for giving a notice of sale specifi ed in civil code section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to civil code sections 2923.52. This California Declaration is made pur-suant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54 and is to be included with the Notice of Sale. I, Jaimee Gonzales, of Wachovia Mortgage, FSB (‘ Mort-gage Loan Servicer’ ), declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the follow-ing is true and correct: The Mortgage Loan Servicer has obtained from the
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 09-01222-US-CA Loan No. 9900176867 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED04/21/2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to Na-tional Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal cred-it union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly ap-pointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust de-scribed below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be great-er on the day of sale. Trustor: RONALD V. CORTEZ, AN UNMARRIED MAN AND LAURA E. LOMAS, AN UNMAR-RIED WOMAN Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING COR-PORATION Recorded 05/01/- 2003 as Instrument No. 2003- 0200093-00 of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Re-corder of CONTRA COSTA County, Cali-fornia. Date of Sale: 03/11/- 2010 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (Corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, CA Estimat-ed amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $247,052.76 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 307 MALICOAT AVENUE, OAKLEY, CA 94561 A.P.N.: 033-350-070 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common desig-nation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by send-ing a written request to the benefi -ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bid-der shall have no further recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, benefi ciary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or benefi ciary pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.5(b} declares that the mortgagee, benefi ciary or the mort-gagee’s or benefi ciary’s authorized agent has either contacted the bor-rower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code 2923.5. Regard-ing the property that is the subject of this Notice of Sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defi ned in Califor-nia Civil Code Section 2923.53 (k) (3) de-clares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Cali-fornia Civil Code Section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this Notice of Sale is re-corded. The timeframe for giving a No-tice of Sale specifi ed in Subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 does not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 02/16/2010 NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85020 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com/sales Nichole Alford, TRUSTEE SALES REPRESENTATIVE ASAP# 3434757 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 09-02418-US-CA Loan No. 6830022705 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED06/06/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must be made payable to Na-tional Default Servicing Corporation), drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal cred-it union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly ap-pointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust de-scribed below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as pro-vided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor:
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. GM-231980-C Loan No. 0592802508 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/7/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address or oth-er common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: Dwayne A. Newman and Janine Redinger-Newman, hus-band and wife Recorded 3/15/- 2006 as Instrument No. 2006- 0079081-00 in Book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale: 3/12/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, Cali-fornia Property Address is purported to be: 3501 CATALINA WAY DISCOVERY BAY, CA 94514- 0000 APN #: 011-323-064-3 The total amount secured by said in-strument as of the time of initial pub-lication of this notice is $406,185.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable es-timated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. GM-232402-C Loan No. 7439508664 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/8/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. T09-55185-CA YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 09-06- 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. A public auction sale to the high-est bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal cred-it union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings
title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property ad-dress or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: ME-LISSA FUJIYAMA, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN Recorded 6/16/2005 as In-strument No. 2005-0218627-00 in Book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale:3/- 12/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, Califor-nia Property Address is purported to be: 24 NAUTILUS COURT PITTSBURG, CA 94565 APN #: 095-191-029 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $332,308.00, which in-cludes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this no-tice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursu-ant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving no-tice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 2/12/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Bur-bank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUST-EE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3422688 02/- 19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Fi-nancial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the here-inafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but with-out covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as pro-vided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Pur-suant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer, or authorized agent, declares as fol-lows: [ X ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemp-tion pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led and [ X ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Trustor: ANGELA M INZERILLO AND ERASIMO A INZERILLO, HUSBAND AND WIFE AND ANTHONY INZERILLO, AN UN-MARRIED MAN ALL AS JOINT TEN-ANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: CR Title Services, Inc. P.O. BOX 16128, TUCSON, AZ 85732-6128 866-702-9658 Recorded 09-15-2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0292242-00 in book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, Date of Sale:02-26- 2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUN-TY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charg-es: $376,901.66 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 5340 DELTA RANCH DRIVE OAKLEY, CA 94561 A.P.N.: 037-270-061-7 Legal De-scription: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the benefi ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. The Trustee shall in-cur no liability for any good faith error in stating the proper amount of unpaid balances and charges. For Sales In-formation please contact AGENCY SALES AND POSTING at WWW.FIDELITYASAP.COM or 714-730-2727 REINSTATEMENT LINE: 866-702-9658 Date: 02-05- 2010 CR Title Services, Inc. P.O. BOX 16128 TUCSON, AZ 85732- 6128 STEPHANIE ABCEDE, TRUSTEE SPE-CIALIST Federal Law requires us to notify you that we are acting as a debt collector. If you are currently in a bank-ruptcy or have received a discharge in bankruptcy as to this obligation, this communication is intended for informational purposes only and is not an attempt to collect a debt in violation of the automatic stay or the discharge injunction. ASAP# 3422571 02/05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0124180 Title Order No. 09-8-366109 Investor/Insurer No. 277156378 APN No. 035-740- 090-2 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 09/26/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby giv-en that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: TONYA SPENCER, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 09/26/2005 and recorded 10/05/05, as Instrument No. 2005-0381070-00, in Book -, Page -), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of Califor-nia, will sell on 03/- 05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property sit-uated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4776 BAYSIDE WAY, OAKLEY, CA, 945613250. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $382,981.64. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 11/- 21/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3426328 02/05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale # CA0859670-3 Loan# 126970455 Order # 967358 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03/08/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 03/02/- 2010 at 10:00AM, MTC FI-NANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 03/16/2006 as Document No. 2006-0080695-00 of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, CALIFORNIA, executed by: NENITA DACORON AND EDGARDO DACORON, as Trustor, COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A., as Benefi ciary, WILL SELL AT PUB-LIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BID-DER 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 specifi ed in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). AT: THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the prop-erty situated in said County and State describing the land therein: APN # 097-660-012-2 AS MORE FULLY DE-SCRIBED PER THE DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1635 RIO VERDE CIRCLE, PITTSBURG, CA 94565, The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but with-out 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 there-on, as provided in said Note(s), ad-vances, 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. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publi-cation of the Notice of Trustee’s Sale is: $869,251.07 (estimated amount). Ac-crued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this fi gure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bid-der’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The Benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the under-signed a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written No-tice 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. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Benefi cia-ry or Benefi ciary’s agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to Califor-nia Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan ser-vicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or tempo-rary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is fi led. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 ‘efÄ’b1 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 02/05/2010 MTC FI-NANCIAL INC. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: PAULA GUTIERREZ, TRUSTEE SALES OFFI-CER *- TRUSTEE CORPS* 30 Corpo-rate Park, Suite 400, IRVINE, CA 92606 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)730-2727, (714) 724-7500, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 ASAP# 3433140 02/- 05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Antioch Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
Commissioner of Corporation a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the accompanying notice of sale is fi led AND The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Civil Code Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 7/22/09 Name of Signor: Jaimee Gonzales Title and/or Position: Vice President. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Cor-poration, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: February 01, 2010. (R-287214 02/05/10, 02/12/10, 02/19/10) Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: Feb-ruary 5, 12, 19, 2010
the benefi ciary, loan servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. ETS Services, LLC Date: 2/9/2010 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Bur-bank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUST-EE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3428909 02/- 19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
JACK W. INGRAHAM AND DANA M. INGRAHAM, HUSBAND AND WIFE Duly Appointed Trustee: NATIONAL DE-FAULT SERVICING CORPORATION Recorded 06/13/- 2008 as Instrument No. 2008- 0132558-00 of Offi cial Re-cords in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California. Date of Sale: 03/04/- 2010 at 10:00 A.M. Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (Corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, CA Estimat-ed amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $391,776.15 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 503 SILVERSPUR LANE, OAKLEY, CA 94561 A.P.N.: 034-160-032 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common desig-nation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by send-ing a written request to the benefi -ciary within 10 days of the date of fi rst publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bid-der shall have no further recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, benefi ciary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or benefi ciary pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.5(b} declares that the mortgagee, benefi ciary or the mort-gagee’s or benefi ciary’s authorized agent has either contacted the bor-rower or tried with due diligence to contact the borrower as required by California Civil Code 2923.5. Regard-ing the property that is the subject of this Notice of Sale, the “mort-gage loan servicer” as defi ned in California Civil Code Section 2923.53 (k) (3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a fi nal or tem-porary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this Notice of Sale is recorded. The timeframe for giving a Notice of Sale specifi ed in Subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 does not apply to this Notice of Sale pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 02/10/2010 NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, Suite 300 Phoe-nix, AZ 85020 phone 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730-2727; Sales Web-site: www.ndscorp.com/sales Nichole Alford, TRUSTEE SALES REPRESEN-TATIVE ASAP# 3433417 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-09-325490-CL Order # 090788230-CA-LPI YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/6/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 to the Finan-cial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, regarding title, pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with in-terest and late charges thereon, as pro-vided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RALPH A. FREY, A MAR-RIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPA-RATE PROPERTY Recorded: 10/14/2005 as Instrument No. 2005-0393912-00 in book xxx, page xxx of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CON-TRA COSTA County, California; Date of Sale: 3/- 12/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $470,942.00 The purported property address is: 234 MERCEDES CT OAKLEY, CA 94561 As-sessors Parcel No. 034-300-056 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any lia-bility for any incorrectness of the prop-erty address or other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the refer-enced legal description for property lo-cation. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the lo-cation of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of fi rst publi-cation of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Aurora Loan Ser-vices 10350 Park Meadows Dr. Littleton CO 80124 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on be-half of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursu-ant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale
is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving no-tice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pur-suant to Section 2923.52 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and ex-clusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no fur-ther recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 2/16/2010 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714- 730-2727 or Login to: www.fi delityasap.com Reinstate-ment Line: 619-645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holder’s rights against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notifi ed that a negative cred-it report refl ecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfi ll the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 3420179 02/- 19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0151262 Title Order No. 09-8-455412 Investor/Insurer No. 1694488901 APN No. 034- 220-012-8 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 12/29/2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby giv-en that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: JAMES GEORGE, AN UNMARRIED MAN, dated 12/- 29/2003 and recorded 01/08/04, as Instrument No. 2004-0005913- 00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Con-tra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/- 12/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property sit-uated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 41 WALLEN LANE, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $226,014.13. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/- 15/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3440416 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-000503-00 The name of the business (es): Marquita’s Little Angels Located at:3205 Dimaggio Way In: Antioch, CA 94509 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Marquita Biagas-Holmes. This business is conducted by: an Individual The reg-istrant commenced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Marquita Biagas- Holmes This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: January 22, 2010 By: C. Sullivan, Deputy Expires: January 22, 2015 Antioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 09-06097-6 . Loan No. 0031545684 Title Order No. 090761552-CA-DCI APN 033- 060-024 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 5, 2007. UN-LESS 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. On February 25, 2010, at 10:00 AM, at the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, CA, Power Default Services, Inc., as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pur-suant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on January 17, 2007, as Instrument No. 2007- 0014755-00 of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, CA , executed by: PA-TRICIA A. DEL ROSARIO AND CESAR DEL ROSARIO, WIFE AND HUSBAND., as Trustor, in favor of MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC as Benefi ciary, WILL SELL AT PUB-LIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that cer-tain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 17 GRAHAM CT, OAKLEY, CA 94561 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pur-suant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifi cations thereto). The total amount of the unpaid bal-ance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publi-cation of this Notice of Trustee- s Sale is estimated to be $575,800.26 (Esti-mated), provided, however, prepay-ment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this fi gure prior to sale. Benefi ciary- s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier- s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the California Finan-cial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In
OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HY-DROCARBON SUBSTANCES BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, WITHOUT RIGHTS OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED IN INSTRUMENTS OF RECORD. Amount of unpaid balance and other charg-es: $426,755.13 (estimated) Street ad-dress and other common designation of the real property: 42 MATISSE CT OAK-LEY, CA 94561 APN Number: 033-430-027 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with Califor-nia Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, benefi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi nan-cial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclo-sure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; ei-ther 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 02-18-2010 DECLARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemp-tion pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55. CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPA-NY, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 or www.fi delityasap.com (714) 573- 1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3427997 02/19/2010, 02/- 26/2010, 03/05/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 439745CA Loan No. 0757858386 Title Order No. 278477 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06-05-2008. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 03-11- 2010 at 10:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RE-CONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust Recorded 06-16-2008 Instrument 2008-0134034-00, of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Re-corder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: VERONICA AL-VAREZ WHO ACQUIRED TITLE AS VE-RONICA PRADO, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK,, as Benefi ciary, will sell at pub-lic auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown be-low, of all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property un-der and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimat-ed to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description: LOT 27, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8678, FILED FEBRUARY 23, 2005, IN MAP BOOK 475, PAGE 50, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RE-CORDS. EXCEPTING THEREFROM ALL
the event tender other than cash is ac-cepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee- s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the prop-erty receiver, if applicable. DATE: Feb-ruary 3, 2010 POWER DEFAULT SERVIC-ES, INC., Trustee By: Fidelity National Title Company, its agent _17592 E. 17th Street, Suite 300, Tustin, CA 92780, 714-508- 5100 By: Juan Enriquez Authorized Signature The mortgagee, benefi ciary or authorized agent for the mortgagee or benefi ciary pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.52(c) declares that the mortgagee, benefi ciary or the mort-gagee’s or benefi ciary’s authorized agent has obtained an exemption from the state regulator that is current and valid and the additional 90 day pe-riod does not apply. This loan servicer has implemented a comprehensive loan modifi cation program that meets the requirements of civil code section Cali-fornia Civil Code 2923.53. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the “mortgage loan servicer” as defi ned in Civil Code 2923.53(k)(3) de-clares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. The time frame for giving a notice of sale specifi ed in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Fidelity Na-tional Title Company, as Agent for the mortgage loan servicer as defi ned un-der California Civil Code section 2923.53 (k)(3) By: Juan Enriquez Authorized Sig-nature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-259-7850 ASAP# 3415854 02/05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
ignation of the real property: 3673 WELLS ROAD OAKLEY, CA 94561 APN Number: 032-351-003 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. DATE: 02-16- 2010 DECLARATION PURSU-ANT TO CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SEC-TION 2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemp-tion pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in sub-division (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Section 2923.55.CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 730-2727 or www.fi delityasap.com (714) 573- 1965 or www.priorityposting.com Deborah Brignac CALIFORNIA RE-CONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3425014 02/19/- 2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, Match 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 439430CA Loan No. 0729348664 Title Order No. 235902 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08-02-2006. UN-LESS 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. On 03-12- 2010 at 10:00 AM, CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 08-08-2006, Book , Page , Instrument 2006-0250913- 00 of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CON-TRA COSTA County, California, ex-ecuted by: MICHAEL J HEDRICK, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Benefi ciary, will sell at public auc-tion sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown be-low, of all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property un-der and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimat-ed to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET(CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) , MARTINEZ, CA Legal Description: PARCEL ONE: AN UNDIVIDED 1/- 162 INTEREST IN AND TO LOT ‘’A’’, SHOWN AND DESIGNATED AS ‘’COMMON AREA’’ ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 7139, FILED APRIL 10, 1991, MAP BOOK 356, PAGE 12, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. PARCEL TWO: UNIT 3, AS SHOWN UPON THE MAP RE-FERRED TO IN PARCEL ONE ABOVE. EXCEPTING FROM PARCELS ONE AND TWO: RIGHTS RESERVED IN THE DEED FROM BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, RECORDED OCTOBER 10, 1940, BOOK 559, OFFICIAL RE-CORDS, PAGE 259, AS FOLLOWS: ‘’ALL OIL, GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS AND MINERALS NOW OR AT ANY TIME HEREAFTER SITUATE THEREIN AND THEREUNDER, TOGETHER WITH ALL EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS NEC-ESSARY OR CONVENIENT FOR THE PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND TRANS-PORTATION THEREOF AND THE EX-PLORATION AND TESTING OF SAID REAL PROPERTY AND ALSO THE RIGHT TO DRILL FOR, PRODUCE AND USE WA-TER FROM THE SAID REAL PROPERTY IN CONNECTION WITH ITS DRILLING OR MINING OPERATIONS THEREON.’’ SAID RIGHTS WERE LIMITED TO BE-LOW 500 FEET OF THE SURFACE BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED JUNE 13, 1968, BOOK 5645, OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 327, AND BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED MARCH 4, 1969, BOOK 5824, OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 157. Amount of unpaid balance and oth-er charges: $345,694.39(estimated) Street address and other common des-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 439647CA Loan No. 0689086726 Title Order No. 271709 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05-03-2005. UN-LESS 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. On 03-12- 2010 at 10:00 AM, CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 05-12-2005, Book , Page , Instrument 2005-0169770- 00, , and as modi-fi ed by the Modifi cation of Deed of Trust recorded on 03-06-2009, Book , Page , Instrument 2009-0047556- 00 of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, California, executed by: CLIFTON GOS-SE AND ALMA GOSSE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MU-TUAL BANK, FA, as Benefi ciary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bid-der for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan asso-ciation, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in section 5102 of the Fi-nancial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property un-der and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimat-ed to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET(CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) , MARTINEZ, CA Le-gal Description: LOT 63, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 7426, FILED MARCH 26, 2001, IN MAP BOOK 429, PAGE 15, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. EXCEPTING THEREFROM: ALL OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASO-LINE AND OTHER HYDROCARBON AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES BELOW A POINT 500 FEET BELOW THE SUR-FACE OF SAID LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO TAKE, REMOVE, MINE, PASS THROUGH AND DISPOSE OF ALL OF SAID OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASOLINE AND OTHER HYDROCAR-BON AND MINERAL SUBSTANCE, BUT WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATSO-EVER TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND OR UPON ANY PART OF SAID LAND WITHIN THE UPPER 500 FEET THEREOF FOR SUCH PURPOSES, AS RESERVED IN THE DEED FROM KENNETH CROCKETT, ET AL, RECORD-ED AUGUST 12, 1987, BOOK 13832, PAGE 143, OFFICIAL RECORDS. RESERVING THEREFROM: ALL MINERALS, AND ANY REMAINING INTEREST IN AND TO ALL OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHALTUM AND OTHER HYDRO-CARBONS AND ALL CHEMICAL GAS NOW OR HEREAFTER FOUND, SITUATED OR LOCATED IN ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE LANDS DE-SCRIBED HEREIN LYING MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO SLANT DRILL FOR AND REMOVE ALL OR ANY OF SAID OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHAL-TUM AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS AND CHEMICAL GAS LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, BUT WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATSO-EVER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LANDS OR UPON ANY PORTION THEREOF WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET VERTICAL DISTANCE BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF. ALSO RESERVING THEREFROM: GRANTOR RESERVES UNTO INSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, ALL THE SUBSURFACE WATER NOW OR HEREAFTER FOUND, LOCATED IN ALL OR ANY PART OF
LOCATED IN ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE LANDS DESCRIBED HEREIN LYING MORE THAN FIVE HUN-DRED FEET (500- ) BELOW THE SUR-FACE THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO SLANT DRILL FOR AND RE-MOVE ALL OR ANY OF SAID GAS, OIL, CASINGHEAD GAS, ASPHALTUM AND OTHER HYDROCARBONS OR CHEM-ICAL GAS LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED FEET (500- ) BELOW THE SURFACE THERE-OF INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO GRANT LEASES FOR ALL OR ANY OF SAID PURPOSES, BUT WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATSOEVER TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LANDS OR ANY PORTION THEREOF WITHIN FIVE HUN-DRED FEET (500- ) VERTICAL DISTANCE BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF. 2. ALL OVERLYING AND OTHER WATER RIGHTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATIONS, THE RIGHT TO APPRO-PRIATE WATER AND DISTRIBUTE IT TO OTHER PROPERTIES WITH-OUT ANY RIGHT TO THE USE OF LAND OR RIGHTS IN/OR TO ANY PORTION OF THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND. THE OWNER OF THE RESERVED WA-TER RIGHTS, HOWEVER, COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT EXERCISE THE RIGHTS RESERVED EXCEPT BE-LOW 100 FEET FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $477,255.19 (esti-mated) Street address and other com-mon designation of the real property: 24 PUFFIN CIRCLE OAKLEY, CA 94561 APN Number: 037-480-016 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, benefi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi nan-cial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclo-sure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; ei-ther 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DEC-LARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFOR-NIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pur-suant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or tem-porary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Sec-tion 2923.55.DATE: 02-08-2010 CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259- 7850 or www.fi delityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3415272 02/12/2010, 02/- 19/2010, 02/26/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 439716CA Loan No. 3011485731 Title Order No. 277476 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02-07-2007. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 03-05- 2010 at 10:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RE-CONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust Recorded 02-14-2007, Book , Page , Instrument 2007-0045291- 00, of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COS-TA County, California, executed by: ALI NAMDAR AND SANDRA A. COOK, HUS-BAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WASH-INGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Benefi ciary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in section 5102 of the Finan-cial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown be-low, of all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property un-der and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimat-ed to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: THE COURT ST. ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET(CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREETS) , MARTINEZ, CA Le-gal Description: LOT 16, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP OF SUBDIVISION 8679, FILED FEBRUARY 17, 2005 IN BOOK 475 OF MAPS, PAGE 1, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS. EXCEPT-ING THEREFROM: RIGHTS RESERVED IN THAT CERTAIN DEED FROM E. F. MILLERICK, ET AL, RECORDED JUNE 4, 1986, BOOK 12920, PAGE 773, CON-TRA COSTA COUNTY RECORDS; ALL OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASO-LINE AND OTHER HYDROCARBON AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES BELOW A POINT 500 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND, TOGETHER WITH THE RIGHT TO TAKE, REMOVE, MINE, PASS THROUGH AND DISPOSE OF ALL SAID OF SAID OIL, GAS, CASINGHEAD GASOLINE AND OTHER HYDROCAR-BON AND MINERAL SUBSTANCES, BUT WITHOUT ANY RIGHT WHATSO-EVER TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND OR UPON ANY PART OF SAID LAND WITHIN THE UPPER 500 FEET THEREOF FOR SUCH PURPOSES. RESERVING THEREFROM: 1. ANY RE-MAINING OIL, GAS, GEOTHERMAL STEAM, CASINGHEAD GAS, AS-PHALTUM AND OTHER HYDROCAR-BONS AND CHEMICAL GAS NOW OR HEREAFTER FOUND, SITUATED OR
THE LAND ABOVE DESCRIBED, LYING BELOW THE SURFACE THEREOF, EXPRESSLY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO GRANT LEASES FOR SUCH WATER WITHOUT RIGHT TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECOVERING SUCH WATER. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $449,632.26 (es-timated) Street address and other common designation of the real prop-erty: 2155 CONNIE LANE OAKLEY, CA 94561 APN Number: 041-300- 003 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common des-ignation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with Califor-nia Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, benefi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi nan-cial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclo-sure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; ei-ther 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DEC-LARATION PURSUANT TO CALIFOR-NIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 Pur-suant to California Civil Code Section 2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares as follows: 1. It has obtained from the commissioner a fi nal or tem-porary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; and 2. The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or Sec-tion 2923.55. DATE: 02-15-2010 CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee (714) 259- 7850 or www.fi delityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEBORAH BRIGNAC, VICE PRESIDENT 9200 OAKDALE AVE MAILSTOP N110612 CHATSWORTH, CA 91311 ASAP# 3422015 02/19/2010, 02/- 26/2010, 03/05/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. WC-205586-C Loan No. 0041035114 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/10/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address or oth-er common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: LESLIE TRAPPS, JR , A MARRIED MAN Recorded 11/22/- 2005 as Instrument No. 2005- 0451256-00 in Book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale:2/26/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, Cali-fornia Property Address is purported to be: 344 EGRET PL PITTSBURG, Cali-fornia 94565 APN #: 085-330- 053 The to-tal amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $453,995.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid inter-est) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 1/25/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Bur-bank, California 91504- 3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUST-EE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3424294 02/- 05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000692-00 The name of the business (es): Fire Protec-tion Services Located at: 20 Lowell Court In: Oakley, CA 94561 Mailing: P.O. Box 589, Oakley, CA 94561 Is here-by registered by the following owner(s): Mark Simonsen, 20 Lowell Court, Oak-ley, CA 94561. This business is conduct-ed by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: 1/28/10. Signature of registrant: Mark Simonsen This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: January 28, 2010 By: P. Cornelius, Deputy Expires: January 28, 2015 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000718-00 The name of the business (es): WOODEN IT BE GREAT Located at: 1516 THIS-TLE COURT In: OAKLEY, CA 94561 Is hereby registered by the follow-ing owner(s): ROCK M. HUDDLESTON, 1516 THISTLE COURT, OAKLEY, CA 94561. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: ROCK HUDDLESTON This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Contra Cos-ta County on: January 29, 2010 By: Pa-mela A. Ralls, Deputy Expires: January 29, 2015 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Pub-lish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0159990 Title Order No. 09-8-493305 Investor/Insurer No. 1682295626 APN No. 032- 362-010-4 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/16/2002. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: JOHN MALLONEE AND FRANCES MALLONEE, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 08/16/2002 and recorded 08/23/02, as Instru-ment No. 2002-0296638-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3640 WELLS ROAD, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $128,326.54. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/- 03/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By Trustee’s Sale Offi -cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose ASAP# 3418098 02/05/- 2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
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NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: ELIZABETH ARMIJO POMMIER YOU ARE BE-ING SUED Petitioner’s Name is:PAUL POMMIER CASE NUMBER: D09-05058 You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and Petition are served on you to fi le a Response (FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not fi le your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your chil-dren. You may be ordered to pay sup-port and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the fi ling fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about fi nding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the Cali-fornia Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NO-TICE: The restraining orders on Page 2 are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement of-fi cer who has received or seen a copy of them. NOTE: If a judgment or sup-port order is entered, the court may or-der you to pay all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for yourself or for the other party. If this happens, the party ordered to pay fees shall be given notice and an opportunity to re-quest a hearing to set aside the order to pay waived court fees. CASE NUMBER: D09-05058 1. The name and address of the court are: SUPERIOR COURT
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000309-00 The name of the business (es): THE COUN-TERTOP STUDIO Located at: 3850 BAL-FOUR ROAD, SUITE M In: BRENTWOOD, CA 94513, Mailing: 3670 CONCORD AVE-NUE, BRENTWOOD, CA 94513 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ELIZABETH LEILANI MOORE, 3670 CON-CORD AVENUE, BRENTWOOD, CA 94513. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant com-menced to transact business under the fi ctitious business name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Elizabeth Leilani Moore This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, Coun-ty Clerk Of Contra Costa County on: Jan-uary 13, 2010 By: P. Cornelius, Deputy Expires: January 13, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: February 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File #F-0000401-00 The name of the business (es): L & S ATM Located at: 1700 Botelho Drive, #408 In: Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Is hereby reg-istered by the following owner(s): Youngdae Kim, 1700 Botelho Drive, #408, Walnut Creek, CA 94596. This business is conducted by: an Individual The registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fi ctitious busi-ness name or names listed above on: N/A. Signature of registrant: Youngdae Kim This statement was fi led with Stephen L Weir, County Clerk Of Con-tra Costa County on: January 19, 2010 By: Marilyn A. Myers, Deputy Expires: January 19, 2015 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish: January 29, February 5, 12, 19, 2010
OF CALIFORNIA-COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 751 PINE STREET, P.0. BOX 911, MARTINEZ, CA 94553 2. The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the peti-tioner without an attorney, are: PAUL POMMIER(IN PRO-PER) 1370 PARA-DISE DRIVE MARTINEZ, CA 94553 Pre-pared by: DENISE FAMILY LAW AND DIVORCE DOCUMENT ASSISTANCE, 1215 PINE STREET, MARTINEZ, CA 94553 L.D.A. - C.C.CTY. (925) 229-5460 DATE: October 30, 2009 Clerk, by: C Gray, Deputy NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Published: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0150455 Title Order No. 09-8-453407 Investor/Insurer No. 1701967346 APN No. 037- 480-025-8 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 08/11/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: JOSE DE JE-SUS TAPIA AND PATRICIA TAPIA, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 08/11/2006 and recorded 08/23/06, as Instrument No. 2006-0267124-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of Califor-nia, will sell on 03/12/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property sit-uated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 21 SNOWY EGRET CT, OAKLEY, CA, 945611679. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $450,263.40. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 01/- 14/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3435213 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0109227 Title Order No. 09-8-314347 Investor/Insurer No. 094342330 APN No. 033-380- 028-2 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 07/01/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: HUNG
DRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 976 W CY-PRESS RD, OAKLEY, CALIFORNIA 94561 APN#: 035-354-009 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 pro-vided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $43,736.46. The benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and de-livered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of De-fault and Election to Sell. The under-signed caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFOR-MATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES & POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730- 2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFOR-MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 3430058 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
PHI MAI, A MARRIED MAN, AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dat-ed 07/01/2005 and recorded 07/18/05, as Instrument No. 2005- 0262372-00, in Book -, Page -), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of Califor-nia, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as de-scribed below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4684 MAMMOUTH LANE, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $496,001.95. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 10/- 29/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3425963 02/05/2010, 02/12/- 2010, 02/19/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0079954 Title Order No. 09-8-225854 Investor/Insurer No. 177165684 APN No. 034-160- 097-1 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 07/27/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: DAVID B RED-DING AND GLORIA I REDDING, dated 07/27/2007 and recorded 08/01/07, as In-strument No. 2007-0220870-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully de-scribed in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and oth-er common designation, if any, of the re-al property described above is purport-ed to be: 12 RED BARN COURT, OAKLEY, CA, 94561. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and oth-er common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the
obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $402,746.50. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 09/- 05/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3430425 02/05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s Sale No. 05-FMB- 86622 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/8/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 12, 2010, at 10:00 AM, AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET CORNER OF MAIN & COURT STREET, in the City of MARTI-NEZ, County of CONTRA COSTA, State of CALIFORNIA, REGIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION, a California corpora-tion, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by: JOSEPH MATEU III, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustors, recorded on 1/- 12/2007, as Instrument No. 2007- 0011433-00, of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, or cashier’s check (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States) without warranty express or implied as to title, use, possession or encumbrances, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it as such Trustee, in and to the following described property situated in the aforesaid County and State, to-wit: TAX PARCEL NO. 034-290-006 From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no represen-tation or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is purported to be 698 FRAZIER DRIVE , OAKLEY, CA 94561. Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, includ-ing fees and expenses of sale. The to-tal amount of the unpaid principal bal-ance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $359,499.46. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c), the mortgagee, trustee, benefi ciary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to as-sess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their fi nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one or more of the following methods: by telephone, by United States mail; either 1st class or certifi ed; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting or the borrower has surrendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, benefi ciary, or authorized agent and that the compli-ance with Civil Code Section 2923.5 was made at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this Notice of Sale. The mortgagee, trustee, benefi ciary, or au-
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 20090015002933 Title Order No.: 090776805 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/19/- 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pur-suant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/28/- 2007 as Instrument No. 2007- 0187357-00 of offi cial records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, State of CALI-FORNIA. EXECUTED BY: KELLIE A EV-ANS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CA-SHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in law-ful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 03/04/2010 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUN-TY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA. STREET AD-
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 74-34880-3 Title Order No.090584499 APN 041-230-040 The mortgage loan servicer has obtained a fi nal order of exemption pursuant to CA CIV. CODE 2923.53 that is current and valid as of the date that the No-tice of Trustee’s Sale was fi led or given. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/02/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 03/04/2010 at 10:00AM, HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/09/2004, as In-strument 2004-0429146-00 of offi cial records in the Offi ce of the Recorder of CONTRA COSTA County, Califor-nia, executed by: JOSE MANLAPAZ AND TERESITA MANLAPAZ, as Trustor, HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) (Original Lender) and HSBC NY, as current Servicer/Lender, 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 as-sociation, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in section 5102 of the Financial Code and au-thorized to do business in this state). At: THE COURT STREET ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 725 COURT STREET (CORNER OF MAIN AND COURT STREET), MARTINEZ, CA, all right, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: AS MORE FULLY DE-SCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST. The property hereto-fore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common des-ignation, if any, of the real property de-scribed above is purported to be: 2099 GARDEN COURT, OAKLEY, CA 94561. 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, re-garding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as pro-vided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, es-timated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $318,416.49 (Estimated). Accrued interest and ad-ditional advances, if any, will increase this fi gure prior to sale. CONDITION OF SALE: The successful bidder will be required to pay county documentary transfer tax, any city tax, and any other applicable taxes or fees (including, but not limited to, the fee for recording Pre-liminary Change of Ownership report) to the auctioneer at the time of sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The benefi ciary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the under-signed a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written No-tice 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. DATE: 02/05/10 HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION P.O. BOX 60145 CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA 91716 For Sale Information: (714)730-2727, www.fi delityasap.com or www.priorityposting.com TO NOTIFY TRUST-EE OF BANKRUPTCY FILINGS, PLEASE FAX FACE PAGE OF BANKRUPTCY PETITION TO (909) 397-3914 Betty Schwab , Trustee Sales Offi cer HOUSEKEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 3443077 02/12/2010, 02/- 19/2010, 02/26/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF SUMMONS CASE NO. CV09-6646GAF(CWx) UNIT-ED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA California Ironworkers Field Pension Trust; California Ironworkers Field Welfare Plan; California Field Iron Worker Vaca-tion Trust Fund; et al. Plaintiffs, v. C & F Alamillo Steel, a California part-nership, aka C & F Alamillo Concrete & Rebar; et al. Defendants. TO: DEFENDANT(S): C & F ALAMILLO STEEL, a California partnership, aka C & F CONCRETE & REBAR, et al. A lawsuit has been fi led against you. Within 20 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it), you must serve on the plaintiff an an-swer to the ORDER ALLOWING SERVICE BY PUBLICATION amended complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The answer or motion must be served on the plain-tiff’s attorney, Kerry K. Fennelly, Esq., whose address is: 3444 Camino del Rio North, Suite 106, San Diego, CA 92108. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be entered against you for the releif demanded in the complaint. You also must fi le your answer or motion with the court. Clerk, U.S. District Court By: Natalie Nongria(sp), Deputy Clerk Dated: September 14, 2009 Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: Febru-ary 12, 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0076069 Title Order No. 09-8-223243 Investor/Insurer No. 1700050816 APN No. 056- 180-040-0-1 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 09/21/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: SAM CHO AND EUNYOUNG CHO, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 09/21/2005 and recorded 10/03/05, as Instrument No. 2005- 0376535-00, in Book , Page ), of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Con-tra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/05/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Martinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as de-scribed below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 5137 PAWNEE DRIVE, ANTIOCH, CA, 94531. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the prop-erty to be sold plus reasonable esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $366,209.77. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the to-tal indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or sav-ings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebt-edness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 09/- 11/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Of-fi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3436378 02/05/2010, 02/12/2010, 02/19/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 2010
thorized agent declares: it has obtained a fi nal or temporary order of exemption and said order is current and valid as of the date of the Notice and the time frame set forth in California Civil Code 2923.54 does not apply or California Civil Code 2923.54 does not cover this loan. ‘e2ÄÉ Dated: 2/13/2010 REGION-AL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee By: JEAN GREAGOR, AUTHORIZED AGENT Agent for Trustee: AGENCY SALES AND POSTING 3210 EL CAMI-NO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 Telephone Number: (800) 542-2550 Sale Information: (714) 730-2727 or http://- www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 3437411 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010, 03/05/2010 Oak-ley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 19, 26, March 5, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. WC-199300-C Loan No. 0032261422 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/15/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address or oth-er common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: ELSA IRENE VEGA and ALFONSO VEGA, WIFE AND HUSBAND Recorded 2/24/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-0058676-00 in
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: CHRIS-TINA ATANASSOVA CHOPOVA, 65 Donegal Way, Unit B, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: CHRISTINA ATANASSO-VA CHOPOVA FOR CHANGE OF NAME ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N10-0097 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Pe-titioner: Christina Atanassova Chopova fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. Christina Atanasso-va Chopova to Proposed Name: Chris-tina Chopova Van Ness 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 3/19/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: BRENTWOOD PRESS Date: January 22, 2010 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2010
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME
PETITIONER OR ATTORNEY: Samuel Devonne Robinson, 4213 Bardoz Court, Antioch, CA 94531 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, 725 Court St., Martinez, CA 94553 PETITION OF: Samuel Devonne Robinson FOR CHANGE OF NAME OR-DER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: N10-0139 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Peti-tioner: Samuel Devonne Robinson fi led a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Pres-ent Name: a. Samuel Devonne Rob-inson to Proposed Name: Samuel Devonne McNab 2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING a. Date: 3/23/10 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept. 60 Room 102 b. The address of the court is same as noted above. 3. a. 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 gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: BRENTWOOD PRESS Date: January 25, 2010 Judith A. Sanders, Pro tem Judge of the Superior Court Brentwood Press No. 02-1273 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, March 5, 12, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. GM-226738-C Loan No. 7471599647 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/18/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, or savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the obliga-tion secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: SAIMA KHAN, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPA-RATE PROPERTY Recorded 1/31/2007 as Instrument No. 2007-0030299- 00 in Book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale:3/5/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, Cali-fornia Property Address is purported to be: 23 MADRID LANE ANTIOCH, CA 94509 APN #: 076-580-113-9 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $225,528.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid inter-est) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not ap-ply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 2/1/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3435430 02/- 12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-0064921 Title Order No. 08-8-235881 Investor/Insurer No. 4000162909 APN No. 094- 264-002-0 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 07/20/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by: FERMIN C TORRALBA III AND MARY ANN C. TORRALBA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 07/20/2004 and recorded 07/29/04, as Instrument No. 2004- 0292133-00, in Book , Page ), of Of-fi cial Records in the offi ce of the County Recorder of Contra Costa County, State of California, will sell on 03/12/2010 at 10:00AM, At the Court Street entrance to the County Courthouse (corner of Main and Court Street), 725 Court Street Mar-tinez, CA 94553 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as de-scribed below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2229 RIDGECREST WAY, PITTSBURG, CA, 94565. The un-dersigned Trustee disclaims any li-
Book , page of Offi cial Records in the offi ce of the Recorder of Contra Costa County, California, Date of Sale:3/5/2010 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Court Street entrance to the County Court-house, 725 Court Street (corner of Main and Court Street), Martinez, California Property Address is purported to be: 1951 HEMLOCK DRIVE OAKLEY, Califor-nia 94561 APN #: 035-612- 015 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $57,813.00, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid inter-est) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the benefi ciary, loan servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has ob-tained from the commissioner a fi nal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is fi led; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specifi ed in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not ap-ply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 2/1/2010 ETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, California 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 3435480 02/- 12/2010, 02/19/2010, 02/26/2010 Oakley Press No. 03-0477 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
ability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obliga-tion secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, ex-penses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $382,594.90. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will ac-cept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specifi ed in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there-under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note se-cured by said Deed of Trust with inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 09/- 20/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale In-formation (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Offi cer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3445741 02/12/2010, 02/- 19/2010, 02/26/2010 An-tioch Press No. 06-1617 Publish Dates: February 12, 19, 26, 2010
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MusicFriday, Feb. 19
Delta Jazz Duo
The Delta Jazz Duo performs on Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Scottie’s/Shutters Brasserie, a French-American res-taurant at Sunset Road and Elkins Way in Brentwood. For more information, call 925-516-4131 or visit www.shutterbrasserie.com or www.deltajazztrio.com.
Saturday, Feb. 20
John Denver Tribute
Antioch’s El Campanil Theatre hosts a tribute to John Denver performed by Jim Curry at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 for Gold Circle (first three rows), $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and $10 for youth. For more information, call 925-757-9500 or visit www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
Music Recital
The Delta Branch of the Music Teachers’ Association of California presents stu-dent recitals at 3:30 and 5 p.m. in Los Medanos College’s Recital Hall in Pittsburg. Admission is always free for these monthly recitals. For more information, call 925-513-7156.
Elvis Tribute Dinner Show
Cap’s Oak Street Bar & Grill, 144 Oak St. in Brentwood, features James Clark’s guided tour of Elvis’ career, from the baggy suits of the ’50s to the jumpsuits of the Vegas years. The Tribute Dinner Show starts at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $35. For dinner and show reser-vations, call Elaine at 925-634-1025.
Sunday, Feb. 21
Brass Concert
The Pacific Chamber Symphony performs masterpieces for brass orchestra – from Gabrieli’s antiphonal works to Copland’s stirring “Fanfare for the Common Man” – at 2 p.m. in Antioch’s El Campanil Theatre. Tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and $7 for students. For more information, call 925-757-9500 or visit www.elcampaniltheatre.com.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Bowling Karaoke Superstar Contest
Harvest Park Bowl of Brentwood hosts the International Bowling Karaoke Superstar Contest, one of the largest and most exciting karaoke competitions in the United States. Competitions are held every Thursday at 9:30 p.m. and conclude in the month of May. For more information, call 925-516-1221.
Events
Saturday, Feb. 20
Spirit of the ’60s Dinner/Dance
Dust off your bell bottoms and join Fil-Am of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for a blast from the past at Humphrey’s
on the Delta in Antioch from 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Advance tickets are $40; $45 at the door. To purchase tickets, call Jan at 925-354-1999.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Tamayo Spring Release & Barrel Tasting
The Co. Co. County Wine Company of Brentwood hosts a free fun-filled afternoon starting at 1 p.m. complete with music, food, tastings of new releases and a barrel tasting of a selected item from the out-standing 2009 harvest. Reservations are required. For reservations and more infor-mation, call 925-513-8463.
Saturday, March 27
Museum’s Opening Day
It’s Opening Day at the East Contra Costa Historical Society & Museum, 3890 Sellers Ave. in Knightsen/Brentwood, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Enjoy the day with vendors, house tours, a car show, music and hot dogs. Vendors are welcome and tables are $20. For more information, call 925-679-1024.
Shows
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Photographers Going Places
The Los Medanos College Art Gallery presents the work of four Bay Area pho-tographers who have taken their passion on the road. The Gallery is open Tuesdays-
Thursdays from 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. The exhibit runs through Thursday, March 4. For more information, call 925-439-2181, ext. 3463.
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Quilt Show at the Museum
The Antioch Historical Society Museum’s month-long quilt show is on display during museum hours: Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. Stitchers are needed, as muse-um members are creating two Centennial quilts to represent the Riverview Union High School’s 100th anniversary. For more infor-mation, call 925-757-2409 or 925-757-5353.
Friday, Feb. 26
Cap’s Comedy Night Cocktail Show
Don’t miss comedian and former cop Michael Mancini’s high-energy show, loaded with real-life-experience laughs. A regular at clubs, colleges and corporations, Mancini performs at Cap’s Oak Street Bar & Grill, 144 Oak St. in Brentwood, at 9 p.m. Admission is $15. For information and tickets, call 925-634-1025.
Sunday, Feb. 28
‘Boy’s Town’
The El Campanil Theatre in Antioch presents a screening of the 1938 classic “Boy’s Town,” starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Showtime is 2 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults; $5 for seniors and youth. For tickets and more information, visit www. elcampaniltheatre.com.
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Friday, Feb. 19
Lenten Fish Dinners
The Knights of Columbus Council 7467 of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church cook up delicious fish dinners – deep-fried fish, fries, slaw and a drink for $11 – at the church for the next six Fridays during Lent. Dinnertime runs from 4:30-7 p.m.
Freedom High Fundraiser
Through Sunday, Feb. 28, Freedom Winterguard hosts an Avon Fundraising Event to pay for new equipment, uniforms, plus competition and coaching fees. Visit www.youravon.com/rbraun and click on eParties to purchase superb Avon products at low prices.
Saturday, Feb. 20
Heart to Heart Ball
Antioch’s Lone Tree Golf Course & Event Center hosts the Heart to Heart Ball, ben-efiting An Elderly Wish Foundation, at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $60; black tie is preferred; tickets are limited. For more information and to reserve tickets, call 925-978-1883 or visit www.elderlywish.org.
Crab and Pasta Feed
The California Striped Bass Association (West Delta Chapter) hosts a Crab and Pasta Feed to help support the 2010 Kids Free Fishing Derby. The Feed takes place at 6 p.m. in Brentwood’s Veterans Hall. Tickets are $40. For more information, call Roger at 925-754-3938.
Artists Blow-Out Sale
The Fridley Art Gallery & Museum of Brentwood hosts a one-week-only art sale from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Choose from paintings, photography, metal sculptures, exotic wood carvings and more – at low prices. For more information, call 800-306-3673.
Sunday, Feb. 21
Nor Cal Titan Baseball 12U White
A garage sale is held from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at 96 Pebble Court in Brentwood. Proceeds sup-port the team’s needs.
Overeaters Anonymous
Do you have a problem with food? Overeaters can help. Every Sunday this group meets in the boardroom of Antioch’s Sutter Delta Medical Center from 8-9 a.m. No dues, fees or weigh-ins are required.
Monday, Feb. 22
Life Line Screening
Grace Bible Fellowship holds a Life Line Screening at 9 a.m. Screenings can help identify potential cardiovascular problems and bone fracture. For more information and to schedule and appointment, call 877-237-1287 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com.
Delta Informal Gardeners
Troy McGregor of Garden Natives speaks on Landscape Design using native plants. The meeting is held from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Brentwood United Methodist Church. All are welcome. For more information, call Jon at 925-240-6060 or visit www.deltainformalgardeners.org.
Brentwood Blood Drive
The American Red Cross holds a blood drive from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at John Muir Health, 2400 Balfour Road. Look for the American Red Cross bus. Call 800-448-3543 or visit www.helpsavealife.org to schedule an appoint-ment.
Do-It-Yourself Tax Assistance
If you made $52,000 or less in 2009, Opportunity Junction in Antioch helps you e-file your taxes for free on Friday nights, at 6 p.m. through March 26. For more information or to sign up, visit, www.opportunityjunction.org/taxes.
Star Wars Jedi Knight Training
Aspiring Jedi Knights ages 4-7 make their own light sabers, run the Jedi obstacle course and compete in pod racing Friday, Feb. 19 from 6-8 p.m. at the Nick Rodriguez Community Center in Antioch. The cost is $26 plus a $4 lab fee. Pre-registration is required. For more information, call 924-779-7070.
East Diablo Youth Soccer League
This Competitive Soccer Team conducts tryouts for boys and girls 9-14 on weekends through March 7 at the Streets of Brentwood soccer field. For a list of age-appropriate dates and times for tryouts or for more infor-mation, visit www.edysl.net.
Tennis Classes
The Brentwood Parks and Recreation Department offers tennis classes taught by pro Sandi Johnston. Classes are held every month twice a week for three weeks at the Creekside Park tennis courts. Pre-registra-tion is required. For more information and to register, visit www.ci.brentwood.ca.us or call 925-516-5444.
Delta Patriots Youth
Football and Cheer
Coaches are needed for Delta Patriots’ cheer and football teams for the 2010 season. If you’re interested, e-mail [email protected]. For information on the league, visit www.deltapatriots.com.
Fairytale Theater
Children 3½-6 play roles in a new story adventure each week at the Prewett Family Park in Antioch. Costumes are included. Class runs through Thursday, March 11 from 4-5 p.m. The fee is $42. For more information, call 925-779-7070.
Peapod Preschool
Peapod is the ideal preschool for children who aren’t ready for preschool without a parent present; the sessions help children gain inde-pendence in the classroom. Class runs through Friday, March 19 from 11 a.m.-12:20 p.m. at the Prewett Family Park in Antioch. The fee is $60. For more information, call 925-779-7070.
Tango Workshop
Cozette from Red Door Dance Studio in Brentwood demonstrates beginning and inter-mediate patterns of the tango from 4-6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 20. The cost is $15 per person; $25 per couple. Registration is required by Feb. 18. For more information, call 925-240-9847.
March Madness
Kick off the 2010 summer recreational swim season with the SeaWolves’ March Madness. This highly instructional clinic is designed to improve your swimming technique. Discounts are available for early registration and payment. For more information, visit www.brentwoodseawolves.com.
Hawaiian Culture
Aloha! Have you ever wanted to learn more about Hawaiian culture and the beauty of the hula? The Hawaiian/Hula group holds open enrollment for new students (children 6 and older, teens and adults – men as well as
women) on Saturday, Feb. 27. For more infor-mation, call 925-550-5656.
East County Idol
Applications are being accepted for the East County Idol competition. Auditions are held Saturdays, Feb. 27 and March 6 at Somersville Town Center in Antioch. Applicants must be high school students residing in East County. For applications, stop by the Somersville Town Center infor-mation desk, visit www.antiochmusic.org or call Walter at 925-756-7628.
Make a Blanket Day
Show your support of Project Linus and help sew a blanket for kids in need of security. Volunteers are needed on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 8:30-4 p.m. at the Delta Community Presbyterian Church in Discovery Bay. For more information, call Jeanne at 510-459-7457 or e-mail [email protected].
Antioch Charter Academy Lottery
Antioch Charter Academy and Antioch Charter Academy II, both California Public Charter schools, are now accepting applications for their annual lottery for the upcoming school year. The lottery is held March 22 and 25 at 4 p.m. and is open to the public. For more information, call 925-755-7311 or 925-755-1252.
Opportunity Junction
The Junction’s classes offer job training and placement information, English as a second language, plus free and low-cost job training workshops in many East County cities. For more information, call 925-776-1133 or visit www.opportunityjunction.org.
Free Tax Help
Those who earned less than $52,000 in 2009 can get their taxes prepared through the Earn It! Keep It! Save It! free income tax assistance program conducted at the Brentwood Senior Center, 195 Griffith Lane (925-516-5444) or East Bay Works Career Center, 281 Pine St. in Brentwood (925- 634-2195). For more information, visit www.earnitkeepitsaveit.org.
Historical Society & Museum
The East Contra Costa Historical Society & Museum holds docent/volunteer get-to-know-you days at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 21. See what’s involved in being a docent in the 1878 farmhouse and other interesting roles. For more information, call Dave or Joyce at 925-679-1024 or Pat at 925-625-3553.
World Music Lesson and Showcase
Travel the world through the beautiful folk music of Africa, Australia and South America on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at a free event in the Oakley Library. Don O’Brien and son Shane will teach you how to play instru-ments from around the globe. For more information, call 925-625-2400.
Rummage Sale
Creekside Christian Church in Brentwood holds a rummage sale Saturday, Feb. 27 from 8-9 a.m. for church members, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for the public. Choose from fur-niture, toys and much more.
Scrapbook Day
St. Anthony Columbiettes host Scrapbook Day on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 971 O’Hara Ave. in Oakley. The $30 fee includes a light breakfast and buffet lunch. For more information, call Karen at 925-726-5983.
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