signal tribune issue 3218

Serving BixBy KnollS, California HeigHtS, loS CerritoS, Wrigley and tHe City of Signal Hill

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Your Weekly Community Newspaper october 8, 2010Vol. 32 No. 18

California Autumn

Brett Ashley Hawkins

Editorial Intern

Last Saturday and Sunday, severalhomes and businesses in Long Beachbecame part of Long Beach’s OpenStudio Tour, for which local artistswithin the Wrigley, California Heights,and Bixby Knolls areas of Long Beachopened up their studios to the publiceye. The month of October, havingbeen dubbed “Arts and CultureMonth” by GLOBAL (Greater LongBeach Arts Lab), sparked this event asits primary celebratory feature.

From 11am to 5pm on the days ofthe showcase, sculptures, paintings, ce-ramics, photographs, and mosaics wereall on display in the artists’ studios.Participating artists included CarynBaumgartner, Tina Burnight, MonicaFleming, John Fox, Gisele, Mary Gra-cie, Ricardo Guitidiaz, Susan Erikson

Hawkins, Paula Burns-Isenberg, Akin-sanya Kambon, Dawn Morishige,Douglas C. Orr, Teresa Peralta, DanielQuinonez, Erin Regan, MarioReynozo, David Rodriguez, Robin K.Smith, Phillip M. Smith, Erika Eliza-beth Soliz, and Jennifer Tenance. Livemusic was played at some venues, andon the first night of the event, films bylocal filmmakers Tony Alosi and An-thony Puente were presented.

Wrigley-based Lisa Wibroe organ-ized the tour, which granted free ad-mission, and transportation betweenthe various art studio locations wasprovided by a free trolley in an effortto make the tour more environmentallyfriendly. Wibroe was pleasantly sur-prised with the turnout. “There were alot of activities going on [that weekendin Long Beach],” said Wibroe. “Peoplehave a lot of choices these days.”

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Caryn Baumgartner, who created the Open Studio Tour logo, also hosted tour-goers at her own studio.

Tour participants getbehind-the-sceneslook at local artists California First Lady Maria

Shriver announced this week thatFirst Lady of the United StatesMichelle Obama will join the line-up of newsmakers and world opin-ion leaders confirmed for TheWomen’s Conference 2010. Takingplace at the Long Beach Conven-tion Center, the conference will runfrom Sunday, Oct. 24 throughTuesday, Oct. 26.

Obama, in her second appear-ance at the conference, will speakduring the opening session of TheMain Event on Tuesday in front ofa sold-out crowd of 14,000 atten-dees. Her participation, along withthe entire main stage and selectbreakout sessions, will be streamedlive in their entirety at womenscon-ference.org.

“I am honored to welcome FirstLady Michelle Obama back to TheWomen’s Conference. Mrs. Obama

and I not only share a commitmentto service, women, military fami-

lies, community health and manyother issues, but also share the roleof wife and mother, of which she isa stunning example,” said Shriver.“I’m so proud that The Women’sConference has become a destina-tion where extraordinary newsmak-ers like Mrs. Obama come togetherfor authentic, honest and civilizedconversations that you cannot findanywhere else. I look forward tohearing her speak and share howher life has changed since she firsttook to our stage in 2007.”

In 2007, Shriver gathered, forthe first time in one place, fivespouses of the 2008 Presidentialcandidates: Elizabeth Edwards,Cindy McCain, Ann Romney, JeriKehn Thompson and future FirstLady Michelle Obama. Shrivermoderated a conversation about the

Michelle Obama joins list of speakersat this year’s Women’s Conference in LB

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First Lady Michelle Obama will join theline-up of newsmakers and world opin-ion leaders confirmed for The Women’sConference 2010 in Long Beach.

SH Council against Props 19 & 26, supports Prop 22Nick Diamantides

Staff Writer

During its Tuesday night meeting,the Signal Hill City Council took an of-ficial stand on three propositions thatwill appear on the November 2 ballot.After City Manager Ken Farfsingmade brief presentations, the Councilvoted to oppose Propositions 19 and26, and to support Proposition 22.

Farfsing began with Proposition 19,(the Regulate, Control and TaxCannabis Act) warning that its passagewould have significant negative im-pacts on Signal Hill and all Californiacities. “Whether you agree or disagreewith the legalization of cannabis, oneshould carefully consider if this poten-tial new law is the way to accomplishlegalization and reduce the impacts onlocal government operations,” Farfsingsaid. “Poorly constructed propositionscreate unintended consequences. Forexample, many local governments, in-cluding Signal Hill, are still strugglingwith the implementation and the unin-tended consequences of Proposition215, the Compassionate Use Act of1996.”

Farfsing explained that Prop 19would prohibit the state from taxing orregulating the cultivation, distribution,sale and use of cannabis, but it wouldallow county and city governments toregulate it. “Proposition 19 will notprove to be the revenue-gusher thatproponents are stating, since it onlypermits local governments to collectbusiness license taxes and fees fromthe licensing of facilities that cultivate,distribute and sell cannabis,” he said.“In fact, it will result in financial bur-dens on the state and local govern-ments, especially in the earlydevelopment and implementationyears. The prohibition of taxation oncannabis is contrary to the significantrevenues generated by state taxes ontobacco and alcohol.”

Farfsing also warned that delegat-ing the regulation of marijuana tomore than 478 cities and 58 countieswith no framework to guide develop-ment of the regulations would lead toconfusion, duplication of efforts, ex-pensive litigation and the added costsof staff time. “We do not see a provi-sion in the Act that allows cities to re-

coup the costs for the research and de-velopment of local cannabis ordi-nances and policies, which willrequire careful review by the city at-torney and city staff,” he said.

Additionally, according to Farfsing,the Act could prevent cities from ap-plying for certain federal grants that re-quire a drug-free workplace, sincemarijuana is still classified as a narcoticunder federal law. Farfsing alsowarned that the Act would restrict em-ployers from addressing work plan im-pairments created by marijuana useand could allow heavy-equipment op-erators to work while under the influ-ence of marijuana.

After Farfsing’s presentation,Councilmember Ellen Ward said, “Iam afraid that a lot of people don’tknow how badly this is written.” TheCouncil voted 4–0 to oppose Proposi-tion 19. Councilman Larry Forester ab-stained.

Next, Farfsing urged the Council tosupport Proposition 22, which wouldprevent the state from taking or bor-

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Rachael Rifkin

Staff Writer

The zingers were flying onThursday, Sept. 30 at the Rae-RayRoast at the Law Offices of Keesal,Young and Logan in downtownLong Beach, as community leaderspaid homage to special guests ofhonor: former 7th District Coun-cilmember Ray Grabinski and cur-rent 8th District Councilmember RaeGabelich. Proceeds from thefundraising event benefited thePythian Youth Foundation of Califor-nia, a nonprofit organization estab-lished in 1946 to develop and operatea camp for underprivileged boys andgirls. Every summer the foundationsends 300 local at-risk youth be-tween the ages of 9 and 11 to the 19-acre Pythian Youth Camp in theSequoia National Forest.

Before the dinner-roast began,Mel Pinkham, chancellor of theLakewood/Long Beach chapter ofKnights of Pythias, spoke about thecamp.

“These children who have neverbeen to the corner of the block get tosee the opportunities out there,”Pinkham said. “It’s a beautiful camp.They learn how to share, fish, swim,dance, and look at stars. A scholar-ship of $400 sends one child tocamp. Our honorees Rae and Ray arelongtime supporters. They have beenbig allies for us.”

The roast began after dinner.Roasters included AssemblywomanBonnie Lowenthal, County of LosAngeles Supervisor Don Knabe, Sig-nal Tribune Publisher NeenaStrichart, George Rendell and Dr.Rachel Surls from the UC Coop Ex-tension, businessman John Morris,and former 7thDistrict Councilmem-ber Tonia Reyes-Uranga. GloriaCordero of the ABC AdvocacyGroup was the roastmaster. Also inattendance were State Senator AlanLowenthal and his wife Debbie, for-mer Long Beach Mayor BeverlyO’Neill, former Long Beach ViceMayor Val Lerch, Lillian Kawasakifrom the Water Replenishment Dis-trict, Roberto Uranga from the col-lege board, and former Long BeachCouncilmembers Evan Braude,Doug Drummond and Jeff Kellogg.

Back in the 1970s, Gabelich, whowould be elected to the Long BeachCity Council in 2004 and re-electedwithout opposition in 2008, was aflight attendant. This became the fod-der for many a joke. Assembly-woman Lowenthal remarked, “Raewas a flight attendant but never madea fed-up announcement. She neverwould have been able to make itthrough the last six years with that at-titude.” Whereas former Coun-cilmember Reyes-Uranga informedGabelich that, “United called. Theywant their uniform back.” The otherRay, who served as 7th DistrictCouncilman from 1986 to 1994, wasdescribed by several roasters as anenthusiastic talker who “liked to hearthe sound of his own voice” andwent by the nickname “Gab”inski.

Then it was the roastees’ turn tospeak. After some brief comments ontheir roasts, they turned the attentionback to the Pythian Youth Founda-tion. “My goal is to provide thesekind of opportunities to those whooften don’t have them,” saidGabelich. Grabinski closed hisspeech by saying, “I want to remindpeople that the really important giftsare the gifts we give kids.” ß

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WaLK THe WaLKThe Greater Los Angeles Chapter of The ALS Association will conduct its firstLong Beach Walk to Defeat ALS on Saturday, Oct. 9 at El Dorado Park. Reg-istration for the walk is at 9:30am, and the opening ceremony will begin at11am. The two-mile walk is open to the public, and all funds raised will be do-nated to The ALS Association Greater Los Angeles Chapter, a nonprofit organ-ization dedicated to finding the cause and cure of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Call (818) 865-0867 x 229 or visit alsala.org

STreeT SMarTThe Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation will hostits second Long Beach Street Food Festival on Saturday, Oct. 9 from 10:30amto 5pm at Rainbow Lagoon Park, 400 Shoreline Village Dr. The festival willfeature more than 25 of Southern California’s favorite gourmet food trucks, abeer garden and live entertainment. Tickets are $6 per person in advance, $8 atthe gate. Visit LBStreetFoodFest.com. Ticket proceeds benefit the Adopt-A-Teacher program, which provides grants to local teachers to pay for unreim-bursed classroom supplies that the districts no longer provide.

STaTiOn iDenTiFiCaTiOnThe Long Beach Fire Department will host an open house at all Long Beachfire stations, in honor of National Fire Prevention Week, on Saturday, Oct. 9,from 1pm to 4pm. The public is invited to go to neighborhood fire stations tomeet firefighters. The focus of this year’s event is smoke-detector awareness,and two free smoke detectors will be available to each Long Beach household.Visit longbeach.gov/fire.

FOr Man’S BeST FrienDSFriends of Long Beach Animals will host the 2010 Walk and Run for the Ani-mals at the Long Beach Marina Green at Shoreline Drive and Linden Avenue,near Shoreline Village, on Sunday, Oct. 10 from 7am to 2pm. The event willhelp fund low-cost spay/neuter where it’s needed in Long Beach. It will alsofund much needed medical attention for shelter animals, disaster relief for ani-mals, and humane education in the Long Beach Unified School District andother civic organizations. Registration starts at 7am. The 10K Run will begin at7:30am with staggered starts. The 5K Run will begin at 8:30am. The openingceremony will start at 9am. The 2K/5K Walk will begin at 9:30am. For infor-mation and online registration, or to make a donation, visit folba.org or callFriends of Long Beach Animals at (562) 988-SNIP (7647).

MuSiC in THe airThe Friends of Music at California Heights United Methodist Church, 3759 Or-ange Ave., will present a concert by Carver Cossey, bass-baritone, on Sunday,Oct. 10 at 4pm. Cossey will perform jazz, spiritual, classical, and gospel selec-tions. Free-will offering accepted. Child care provided. Visit calheightsumc.orgor call (562) 595-1996.

nOW Hear THiSThe St. Mary Senior Health Program will offer free hearing checks on Monday,Oct. 11 from 9:30am to 11:30am. The screening will be done at the Raymond& Helen Bazzeni Senior Center,1027 Linden Ave., on the St. Mary campus.Registration is required. Call 1-888-4STMARY (888-478-6279).

LiKe gOOD neigHBOrSThe Good Neighbors of North Long Beach will have its monthly breakfastmeeting at Spires Restaurant, 1935 Del Amo Blvd., on Tuesday, Oct. 12. Sign-in and breakfast begin at 7am.

FinDing FunDS The Neigborhood Resource Center, 425 Atlantic Ave., will host a free seminaron fundraising essentials on Wednesday, Oct. 13 from 6pm to 7:30pm. Topicswill include: how to locate funding opportunities; who gives grants/differencesin funding sources; how to determine if a funder is a good match; how to identifyessential organizational information; and more. The workshop will be presentedin English, with Spanish and Khmer translations available. RSVP at (562) 570-1010. Attendees are invited to bring canned food to donate to Food Finders.

HaVe BiKe, WiLL TraVeLThe City of Long Beach and Cal State Long Beach are coordinating the ThirdAnnual Bike Count, for which they are seeking 300 volunteers to help conductbike and pedestrian counts at more than 35 locations throughout Long Beachon Thursday, Oct. 14 and Sunday, Oct. 17. There are multiple volunteer timeslots and count locations. Senior high-school volunteers are welcome to partic-ipate with parent permission. The count will help the City acquire a better un-derstanding of locations of bike and pedestrian activity, and which areas andinfrastructures are used the most. Ultimately, it will help inform where bike andpedestrian improvements need to be made. To volunteer for the count, visit bike-longbeach.org.

THiS LanD iS Our LanDThe Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust will welcome to Long Beach renownedland-use planner and environmental mediator Terry Watt, who has a long careerof bringing together unlikely partners to protect some of California’s mostthreatened lands, Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7pm at Kettering Elementary School,550 Silvera Ave. Email [email protected].

HeLP FOr HungerSixth District Councilmember Dee Andrews will offer a “Sixth District FoodDistribution” at Ernest S. McBride Park, 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., onFriday, Oct. 15, beginning at 9am until all the food is disbursed. Call (562) 570-6816.

aLL earSThe Hearing Loss Association of Long Beach/Lakewood will sponsor themonthly Rocky Stone Hearing Device Exhibit on Friday, Oct. 15, at the Weingart Senior Center, 5220 Oliva Ave., in Lakewood, from 10:30am to noonin the craft room. The free exhibit will be a hands-on display of a variety of de-vices that help enhance the quality of life for the hearing impaired. Providedwill be information on devices that help in hearing conversations in restaurants,televisions, doorbells, alarm clocks, smoke and fire alarms, telephone conver-sations and more. Call (562) 425-5651 or visit HLALongBeachLakewood.org.

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Before the dinner-roast began, Mel Pinkham, chancellor of the Lakewood/Long Beach chapter of Knights of Pythias, spoke about the organization’s campfor inner-city kids, for which the event was a benefit.

rae gabelich, ray grabinski get ‘roasted’ for good cause

Rae Gabelich Ray Grabinski

Although there have always beenfolks whipped up about the impor-tance of voting and civic pride, somany are totally apathetic to theprocess and the responsibility. That’sthe way I see it anyhow…or used to.

Earlier this week, I saw a remark-able, shining example of non-apathyat a “town hall” meeting hosted by alocal political candidate. I attendedthe event not as a supporter or a re-porter, but instead as an interestedparty just trying to make sense ofwho is running for what– and,frankly, just trying to get a feel formy community’s interest, or lackthereof, when it comes to local poli-tics.

What I found was standing roomonly of an audience composed of amix of men and women of every age,creed, color, and party affiliationimaginable. It was a group who re-cited the Pledge of Allegiance withmore fervor and volume than I haveever heard before– even at one of myD.A.R. meetings! Furthermore,

when the two individuals who hadbeen asked to sing the national an-them (a cappella) began, the entireaudience rose to their feet and joinedthem. It reminded me of a hybrid ofrevival meeting mixed with politicalrally. I was stunned.

After watching two hours of anattentive and enthusiastic audience, Ihave changed my opinion about ram-pant apathy and have decided that thepeople in our neighborhoods may beready to once more engage in a com-mitment toward civic pride and per-sonal responsibility.

I feel that involvement in com-munity affairs is a worthwhile avo-cation. Paying attention andparticipating in one’s local govern-ment are also worthy avocations.Whether it’s by getting involved in apolitical campaign, taking the time toattend council or town hall meetings,going to watch candidates debate atlocal forums, or all of the above,civic pride is demonstrated by get-ting off our duffs and paying atten-

tion to what is going on around us,and who is involved. Don’t pay at-tention? Don’t complain. Don’t vote?Don’t complain.

My point is in no way intended asa political endorsement of any kind.I don’t endorse political candidates.Instead, I am here to encourage ourgentle readers to get involved.

I’ve done a bit of asking aroundand here, listed below, are the politi-cal forums I know about so far. I’mnot positive which political racesthey cover or any more informationthan what is here. We will providemore details in the next few issues.

Tuesday, Oct. 12 from 11am to

2pm: 37th and 46th CongressionalDistrict candidates in the CSULBUniversity Student Union Ball-room, sponsored by CSULB Col-lege of Liberal Arts and affiliated

community/student organizations.

Friday, Oct. 15 from 3pm to 5pm:

CSULB (The Walter Pyramid), spon-sored by CSULB and the League ofWomen Voters, Long Beach Chap-ter.

Saturday, Oct. 16 from 2pm to

4pm: Martin Luther King, Jr. Park,1950 Lemon Ave. sponsored by theNational Council of Negro Women.

Friday, Oct. 22 from 1pm to 3pm:

Long Beach City College (exact lo-cation pending) sponsored by the Po-litical Science Student Association.

Thursday, Oct. 28 from 6:30pm

to 9pm: Our Lady of VictoryCatholic Church (Church Hall), 519E. Palmer Street, in Compton.

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Gallery Expo, 4321 Atlantic Ave., will celebrate October as“Arts and Culture Month” with the show Body Art, featuring theart and photography of 18 Long Beach-area artists.

With works as varied as the colorful Renaissance-style oil paint-ings of Long Beach artist Eddie Jelinet and the crisp, contemporaryphotography of Michael Jude Adelmann, the show offers differenttakes on “the body.”

Participating artists include Michael Jude Adelmann, TrishIvory, Chuy Ortega, Eddie Jelinet, Juan Estravides, Steve Robinson,David Mckeag, Dana Fox, Charles Perera, Alejandra Vernon, Dou-glas Orr, David Rodriguez, Roberto Munguia, Hector Silva andBruce Barlow.

The gallery will host an artists reception Saturday, Oct. 9 from6pm to 8pm. Awards will be announced at 7:30pm.

Regular gallery hours are Fridays from 4pm to 8pm and Satur-days 2pm to 6pm.

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Community Cinema, presentedby the Independent Television Serv-ice (ITVS), will come to the LongBeach Public Library with the pre-miere of Reel Injun: On the Trail of

the Hollywood Indian. Now in itssixth year, Community Cinema is afree monthly screening series thatuses the power of film to inspire de-bate on important social issues andconnect communities.

Community Cinema will bring afree preview of Reel Injun to theLong Beach Public Main Library,101 Pacific Ave., on Tuesday, Oct.26 at 6pm. In the film, Cree film-maker Neil Diamond takes an in-sightful and often humorous look atthe Hollywood Indian, exploring theportrayal of North American Na-tives through a century of cinemaand examining the ways that the

myth of “the Injun” has influencedthe world’s understanding– and mis-understanding– of Natives.

The screening will be followedby a panel discussion featuring:Craig Stone, professor of AmericanIndian Studies and Art, CaliforniaState University at Long Beach;Claudia Jurmain, director of SpecialProjects and Publications at RanchoLos Alamitos and co-author of O, My

Ancestor: Recognition and Renewal

for the Gabrielino-Tongva People of

the Los Angeles Area; Cindi MoarAlvitre (Tongva) Ph.D. candidate,UCLA Department of World Arts &Cultures; and Larry Smith (LumbeeNation), co-host of KPFK Radio’sAmerican-Indian Airwaves.

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news to meAs publisher of the Signal Trib-

une, you should be commendedfor printing the article “Languageused in ‘gay cure law’ stricken fromstate legislation,” published in theOctober 1, 2010 issue on page 7.

The American Psychiatric Asso-ciation (APA) got rid of the last ves-tige of any version of the

“homosexual disorders” classifica-tions back in 1987, or so I hadthought. I had not realized that someof this “theory” was still “on thebooks” until I read that article. Read-ing this tells me your paper reallydoes serve the variety of communi-ties that make up this part of South-ern California.

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Main library to host film screening about Hollywood’s depiction of native-americans

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Still from the film Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian, which ex-

plores the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema.

gallery expo show tohighlight all things ‘Body’

The show Body Art will feature art and photography on the theme of

the body.

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air Quality Management District honorsFoster for his work with cleaning air

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Thirteen local community groupsawarded $80,000 in grant funding

The Long Beach CommunityFoundation (LBCF) distributed$80,000 in funding Monday to 13 re-cipients in Phase 4 of the LeadershipLong Beach Atlantic Corridor Project,popularly referred to as the ConnectedCorridor. Phase Four focuses on theCentral to Downtown Long Beachareas. LBCF’s funding is supportedby a transformational grant from theJohn S. and James L. Knight Founda-tion. With a mission to connect the At-lantic Corridor from the top of thetown to downtown, Connected Corri-dor has now successfully completedthe community grant awards in allfour phases, which totals $320,000.

“We are pleased to support thesegrant awards in this final phase of theAtlantic Avenue Connected Corri-dor,” said Jim Worsham, LBCF’spresident and CEO. “As we have seenin previous phases, the Phase 4 com-

munity is also actively engaged in thisprocess of connecting and collaborat-ing to transform their neighborhoods.We are confident these projects willhave a significant impact in the com-munity.”

Eric Leocadio, founder and exec-utive director of the Catalyst Commu-nity, is a grant recipient who says hewill use the funding to furtherstrengthen his connections in thecommunity. “Receiving a grant awardfrom the Connected Corridor allowsus to take the Catalyst Space to thenext level of sustainability,” Leocadiosaid. “It enables us to maintain oper-ations while freeing up resources toinvest in empowering emerging lead-ers, and helping people to connectaround shared interests.”

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Community Hospital of LongBeach (CHLB) Foundation willhonor the commitments of Verizonand the Employees Community Fundof Boeing California to CHLB at theCondit Spirit Awards on Saturday,Nov. 20. The two honorees will berecognized for their significant char-itable gift support and volunteer serv-ice to the hospital, which enable it tocontinue to provide quality healthcareservices and programs for the diverseneeds of the community.

CHLB selected Verizon as its cor-porate honoree and the Employee’sCommunity Fund of Boeing Califor-nia as its community-based honoree

for this year. The Condit SpiritAwards, which will take place at theHyatt Regency Long Beach, will fea-ture a gala dinner, awards ceremony,and silent auction, along with a liveauction presided over by the honor-able Don Knabe, Supervisor, FourthDistrict, Los Angeles County.

All proceeds from the Condit SpiritAwards will benefit the “CommunityDreams Fund: Focusing on Today,Planning for Tomorrow,” which en-sures that the hospital continues to pro-vide quality health care by optimizingthe latest medical technologies and pro-viding the services and programs forthe diverse needs of the community.

The Condit Spirit Awards arenamed after former Long BeachMayor Fillmore Condit, whose char-itable gift in 1924 helped make Com-munity Hospital a reality. In additionto honoring Condit’s charitable spirit,the Awards will commemorate thehospital’s 86th anniversary with a“Touch of Gold” theme. Attendeesare encouraged to come in costume.

The reception and auction beginat 6pm, followed by dinner, awards,and live auction at 7:30pm. Ticketsare $175 per person. For reservationsand more information, visit condit-spiritawards.com or call the CHLBFoundation at (562) 494-0576. ß


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Mayor Bob Foster was presented the S. Roy WilsonMemorial Award for Leadership in Government atthe 22nd Annual Clean Air Awards.

Community Hospital honoring Verizon,Boeing employees for their support

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Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster received the South CoastAir Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) S. Roy Wil-son Memorial Award for Leadership in Government duringthe organization’s 22nd Annual Clean Air Awards last Fri-day. The award was in recognition for the mayor’s work incleaning the air around the Port of Long Beach, including hisleadership in the Clean Trucks Program, as well as his envi-ronmental leadership in both state and national organizations.

The award is named after the late S. Roy Wilson, a formerRiverside County Supervisor and SCAQMD Governing BoardVice Chairman who was a clean air champion. The award isgiven to an individual who serves as a role model for leader-ship and gives exemplary service in the arena of clean air. Fos-ter received his first Clean Air Award in 2007 for hisleadership in the clean-up of Port-related emissions.

Foster currently serves on the Board of Governors of theCalifornia Independent System Operator, which looks at poli-cies and resources necessary to reduce barriers in energy con-servation and to strengthen the green portion of California’senergy mix. He also served two terms as Environmental Com-mittee Chair for the US Conference of Mayors that helps toinfluence environmental policy across the country.

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At this year’s conference, for thefirst time ever, a sitting governorwill convene with the two opposingcandidates in an unprecedentedconversation. Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger and California gu-bernatorial candidates Jerry Brown(Democrat) and Meg Whitman (Re-publican) will participate in a dis-

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Many old English churches housemonumental brasses. Made of flatsheets of brass, the pieces are en-graved with figures, coats of armsand sometimes inscriptions. They areset in a stone slab on the floor or wallof the church, and some are morethan 600 years old.

In Great Britain during the MiddleAges, the social systems were suchthat each local lord of the manordominated the village and the church.When the lord died, he was com-memorated in his local abbey, cathe-dral or village church according to hisstatus.

Through the 12th century, stoneand marble memorials, mostly re-cumbent statues, were the usualforms of memorial. These statuesfilled every available space, worebadly and probably were not themedium for eternal memorials.

However, memorial engravingson brass plates were more durableand acted as space savers, since theycould be walked upon and cost nomore than marble or stone.

Brass plates were brought fromCologne, France, and the transporta-

tion costs were enormous. Brass wasbrought slowly and laboriously byhorse and cart, or down river by boatto the sea, then by boat across thechannel and the North Sea and finallyalong muddy, stony roads by horseand cart to the engravers’ workshops.

The earliest English brasses datefrom 1275. The early 15th centuryproduced the finest monumentalbrasses. The indents in the floors ofthe early churches remind us of thethousands and thousands of brasses.Many of the finest were destroyed bythe wholesale destruction of the greatabbeys, the Cromwellians who plun-dered and the Royalists who usedbrass for munitions.

Elizabeth I issued edicts strictlyforbidding any damage or mutilationof monuments to the dead and de-manded restoration and repair ofdamaged monuments. Brasses thatsurvived other disasters offended Vic-torians who ripped them up and laidtile.

From the remaining military, ec-clesiastical and civilian brasses, welearn much about the life, fashion,armor and customs of the villages,

churches, and castles of the MiddleAges.

Since 1986, St. Luke’s EpiscopalChurch has been offering the uniqueopportunity for the community,schools and groups to experience theage-old English craft of brass-rub-bing.

Until 1995, St. Luke’s brought thebrass-rubbing collection to LongBeach from the London Brass Rub-bing Centre in Washington, DC.When the owners of the collectiondecided to retire, St. Luke’s pur-chased the collection. The LondonBrass Rubbing Center in Long Beachis the most comprehensive outside ofBritain.

St. Luke’s, 525 E 7th St., will hostthe 24th season of its London BrassRubbing Centre on Saturday, Oct. 16from 6pm to 9pm, with a light repastand continuous entertainment bycourt musicians, gypsy dancers,madrigal singers, and St. Luke’s play-ers.

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Last week, the Signal Tribune re-ported on a lawsuit filed by the citiesof Downey, Cerritos and Signal Hillagainst the Water Replenishment Dis-trict (WRD). The lawsuit alleges thatWRD violated state law by unfairlyraising the replenishment assessment(RA) it charges to cities in the CentralBasin for every acre-foot of water theyextract from the ground. The cities arehoping to get a reimbursement forabout $19 million from WRD.

In the lawsuit, the three cities assertthat the RA charged to the 10 cities inthe Central Basin subsidizes the costsof groundwater cleanup and replenish-ment in WRD’s West Coast Basin,which requires far more expensivework. Robb Whitaker, WRD generalmanager, disputed that assertion. “Thatallegation really oversimplifies a studythat was done and really doesn’t in-clude the whole picture,” he said. “Theconsultant in that study stated that thisis an analysis of WRD’s budget anddoes not include other factors such asthe geology that would relate to thecost of replenishing the basins.”

Without getting into lengthy tech-nical, geological descriptions,Whitaker explained that the CentralBasin and the West Coast Basin are ac-tually two sub-basins of a larger one.He noted that, while the two sub-basinsare separated by an earthquake fault,the aquifers are still connected to eachother. “They (the plaintiffs) looked athow much money was being spentabove ground, but they didn’t look atwhat’s happening underground andwhy. When WRD was formed, therewas a uniform assessment created,” hesaid. “There have been two failed leg-islative attempts to create separate as-sessments. The fact is that water flowsfrom one sub-basin to another andwhat we do in the West Coast Basin

also benefits the Central Basin.”Whitaker noted that the lawsuit

does not take into account technical is-sues related to the natural and artificialreplenishment of the two sub-basins,but when those issues were consideredmore than 50 years ago, WRD wascreated with the mandate to charge auniform RA to pumpers in both theCentral and West Coast Basins. “It’slaw that we have to charge a uniformassessment,” he said. “There aredozens of other issues that would be

involved in separating the assessmentsas well, such as investments made inboth basins that would have to be un-tangled.”

WRD Board President SergioCalderon disputed other aspects of thelawsuit. He insisted that DowneyDeputy City Manager Desi Alvarezwas wrong in asserting that WRD’sRA increase from $140 to $205 peracre-foot in the past several years wasunjustified. “His statement is mislead-ing because it completely ignores thefact that the cost WRD pays for re-plenishment water has increased 104percent during that same period oftime,” he said.

Alvarez also told the Signal Trib-une recently that WRD spends “a little

over half” of its budget on water pur-chases. “That is simply not true,”Calderon said. “Nearly 75 percent ofWRD’s budget is a direct pass-throughof the cost of replenishment water, andthat cost does not include what wemust spend on groundwater clean-upand monitoring the health and safetyof the basins.”

Calderon added, “The Districtworks hard to ensure that we engageand inform all of our stakeholdersabout what we are doing. Our recentbudget process is a good example ofthat. We didn’t just post notices of ourfive public workshops. We informedall elected officials in the 43 cities inour District, along with their city man-agers, public works directors andwater managers. We met individuallyand in small groups with any stake-holder or interested party.”

Calderon insisted that WRD hasthe most transparent budgetingprocess of any public agency in thestate. “How we raise and spend thepublic’s money is an open book for allto see,” he said.

Anatole Falagan, deputy generalmanager of the Long Beach WaterDepartment, agreed that WRD’sbudget process is transparent. (LongBeach is also in the Central Basinand has not joined the three citiesthat are suing WRD.) Falagan ex-plained that the Long Beach WaterDepartment asked for a meeting withWRD’s management and financestaff to get a better understanding ofthe District’s proposed budget costsand what it meant for their cus-tomers. “WRD was very open andinformative in their meeting,” hesaid. “The impacts of imported watercost to the WRD budget were verysignificant but necessary to maintainour groundwater basins.”

Calderon also disputed Alvarez’sassertion that WRD spends tens of

millions of dollars on non-replenish-ment activities. “That number is ab-surd, and the examples he cites areexamples of water-related activities,”he insisted. “The District sponsoredthe development of a regional WaterBadge program for the Boy Scouts ofAmerica. We support the WatershedEducation program of the Aquariumof the Pacific and the California Sci-ence Center. Over 60,000 kids visitthose programs each year and learnabout the importance of water andwater conservation.”

Finally, Calderon addressed Al-varez’s claim that WRD should not bespending its money on lobbying legis-lators. “We would be derelict to nothave advocates representing the inter-ests of the District, as do all agenciesand municipalities, including the Cityof Downey,” he said. “The District’sadvocacy efforts have directly resultedin the District positioning itself to re-ceive nearly $4 million in state andfederal funding this year. That’s $4million that will not come from localgroundwater producers.”

Calderon added that WRD advo-cates also worked to increase fundingfor recycled-water projects from $100million to $1 billion on the State waterbond initiative. “WRD will clearlyshare in that increased funding,” hestressed.

Calderon said he was proud of theDistrict and the way it operates. “Weare a model of transparency andopenness, and that’s not just me say-ing it,” he said. “The way we managethe public’s money has translatedinto national and statewide recogni-tion for six years in a row by theGovernment Finance Officers Asso-ciation and the California Society ofMunicipal Finance Officers. Thoseawards are emblematic of how theDistrict is viewed by the governmen-tal finance community.” ß

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The nonprofit Long Beach Com-munity Action Partnership (LBCAP)hosted a ceremony last Friday to an-nounce the latest details of their GreenJobs project, which seeks to provide askills field site for returning veterans togrow fresh produce to donate to theSalvation Army’s food bank, as well asto create the Drought Tolerant Demon-stration Garden Walk in support oflocal water-saving initiatives. The or-ganization, located at 3012 LongBeach Blvd., assists low-income citi-zens and their families.

At the ceremony, attendees includedMike White of the Salvation Army and7th District Long Beach Councilmem-ber James Johnson. White and Johnsonboth spoke of the value of this urbangarden walk to the community.

Long Beach City College’s CleanEnergy Workforce Training Programhas received a grant to offer a fall/win-ter course in Sustainable LandscapeDesign. The class consists of returningveterans recruited by the Pacific Gate-way Workforce Investment NetworkProgram (PGWINP) and will utilizethe LBCAP Drought Tolerant Gardenas their field project for the class certi-fication.

The PGWINP also offered plantingprograms for at-risk teens ages 17 and18 throughout 2010. The participantsharvested an urban wheat field, built achicken coop and barn, and assisted inthe design, construction, and installa-tion of a butterfly habitat garden. Theyouth were able to experience a com-mercial landscape project from start tofinish with the help of landscape andirrigation specialists. They learned thebenefits of teamwork, plant care, dem-olition, soil mitigation, and low-waterirrigation installation. LBCAP’s gar-

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Friends of Signal Hill CulturalArts will present its 4th AnnualShow & Sell Art Affair on Saturday,Oct. 9, from 3pm to 8pm at the Sig-nal Hill Park Community Center,1780 East Hill St., highlighting theworks of artists and crafters from“The Hill” and surrounding commu-nities.

Artists who will be showing andselling a wide range of media includeDyana Andersen, Bridgette An-tonelli, Celeste Barham-Kent, MariaInez Buckovecz, Carlotta Gian-gualano, Pat Harper, Terry Harris,Bacilia Hernandez, Geri-Ellen Hunt-ington, Sara Munoz, Gina Rosenthal,Jessica Schweitzer, Michael Strauss,

Gloria Whea-Fun Teng, and others.As a special treat, Long Beach sculp-tor Stan Pawlowski will also have hislimited-edition bronze sculpture“Dreaming,” which was speciallycreated for the Peanuts comic strip’s60th anniversary, on display.

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State and local officials gatheredat Jordan High School in Long Beachlast Friday to honor the school’s Ar-chitecture, Construction and Engi-neering (ACE) Academy for beingamong the first to achieve LinkedLearning Certification. The certifica-tion effort, headed by education re-form leader ConnectEd, assures thatthe high school is addressing high un-employment rates by combining rig-orous academics with real-worldexperiences that prepare students notonly for college, but also for high-paying, high-demand jobs.

Linked Learning pathways com-bine challenging academics, de-manding technical courses, andwork-based learning focused aroundan industry theme such as arts andmedia, engineering or biomedi-cine. These pathways connect learn-ing with students’ interests andcareer aspirations, leading to highergraduation rates, increased post-sec-ondary enrollments, higher earning

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“Today marks a major milestonefor what has truly been a communityeffort in North Long Beach,” saidChris Steinhauser, superintendent ofschools for the Long Beach UnifiedSchool District. “The ACE Academyshows what we can accomplish whenwe all work together for our young-sters. We celebrate this moment withLong Beach Mayor Bob Foster, whowas instrumental in launching theacademy. We also share the creditwith our partners in industry and thetrades, our private funders, such asthe Irvine Foundation, our hardwork-ing staff and students, and our electedBoard of Education, which has madeprograms like the ACE Academy atop priority as part of our districtwideAcademic and Career Success Initia-tive.”

Jordan High School’s ACE Acad-emy opened with 50 students in fall2007 and now serves 270 students.

“I’m delighted that the ACEAcademy is among the first in thestate to receive this recognition,” Fos-ter said. “It was only a few monthsago that we celebrated the first grad-uating ACE Academy class, and nowthe Linked Learning Certificationshows that the Academy’s hands-onlearning has tremendous worth in ourschools and in today’s workingworld.”

The ACE Academy, modeled aftera successful program at Kearny HighSchool in San Diego, features intern-ships and apprenticeships with em-ployers while students concurrentlyenroll in Long Beach City Collegeand Cal State Long Beachclasses. Jordan High has shown sig-nificant gains under the program, in-cluding a 13-point gain this year onthe state’s Academic PerformanceIndex.


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In celebration of Cultural Diver-sity Month, Long Beach Mayor BobFoster, 6th District CouncilmemberDee Andrews and the City of LongBeach Human Dignity Program willhost a Cultural Diversity Festival onSaturday, Oct. 9 from 10am to 3pm atthe Petrolane Boys & Girls Club atMartin Luther King Jr. Park, 1920Lemon Ave.

The festival theme this year will be“A Taste of World Cultures.” The eventwill include a main stage featuring cul-tural performances and speakers alongwith free samplings of various food se-lections from around the world. Therewill be information tables of commu-nity groups, arts and crafts for children,and a continuous drum circle in thepark. People are encouraged to bringtheir percussion or stringed instru-ments to join in.

“I’m delighted to help celebrate the6th Annual Cultural Diversity Festi-val,” said Foster. “Long Beach looksat our diversity as a strength, and thefestival is an opportunity for our com-munity to celebrate the many contri-butions each culture brings to LongBeach.”

The festival will provide attendeeswith an opportunity to experience aglimpse of the many world culturesrepresented by Long Beach– the mostdiverse city in the country, named soby the US Census. “I am so pleased tobe in a city with such a rich fabric ofcultural diversity, and I look forwardto celebrations like this one that honorthis diversity,” said Andrews.

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Hearing and seeing a live Phantom

performance now, at the Pantages The-atre in this case, has the same mesmer-izing effect on me as it did 20 yearsago.

From opening act at the Pan-tages to final curtain, much ofthe music that accompaniedthis haunting love storycaused me to be in an al-most hypnotic zombie-like state ofbeing.

Phantom is truly a masterpiece ofmodern musical theater. The colorfulcostumes and ornate sets blend in per-fectly with the grandiosity of the Pan-tages. I can’t think of a moreappropriate stage than the Pantages tohouse such a production. It was diffi-cult to distinguish between where thePhantom scenery stopped and the Pan-tages Theatre started.

Any actor talented enough to becast in one of the three lead roles in

Phantom would surely beworthy of a standing ovation–and these actors were. But the

ovations started before that,when Carlotta took her bow. ActressKim Stengel has portrayed the primadonna Carlotta every night for the past17 years. Her sparkling performanceappeared to be as fresh as it might havebeen on opening night. Bravo, Kim.

It had been so long since I first sawPhantom that it was as if I was seeingit for the first time.

Final performances of AndrewLloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the

Opera play through Oct. 31. --------------------------------------

MORE INFORMATION

broadwayLA.org

Courtesy Broadway lA

Kim Stengel as Carlotta Giudicelli in the musical The Phantom of the Opera.She is the longest running Carlotta worldwide.

Animal lovers, vegetarians, ve-gans and “foodies” in general cel-ebrated International VegetarianDay at the 5th annual Compas-sionate Cuisine last Friday at theEarl Burns Miller Japanese Gar-den at Cal State Long Beach. Theevent is a benefit for Animal Acresfarmed-animal sanctuary to sup-port its animal care and public ed-ucation programs. Melissa Witulcreated and developed Compas-sionate Cuisine to raise funds forAnimal Acres’ direct rescue ef-forts and to inspire people to adopta vegan diet. “This was our mostsuccessful Compassionate Cui-sine,” Witul said. “We had proba-

bly close to 500 attendees. We’rethrilled with the turnout.”

Attendees strolled the illumi-nated Japanese garden as theysampled gourmet vegan food froma wide variety of local restaurantsand foodservice companies.“We’re very grateful to all thepeople who buy tickets and attend,and many do each year. The ven-dors really outdid themselves thisyear, and it was presented justbeautifully.”

Hearing Phantom for the first time– again

Assisting Wibroe in pulling theevent together was Greg Watson ofGLOBAL and artists Baumgartner andBurnight. “[Baumgartner] did thebrochures and created our logo,” saidWibroe. “This took a lot of people tomake this tour such a success.”

The artists showed their creationsat their respective studios, and someof them had their pieces for sale.Robin K. Smith sold her own uniquejewelry creations while also showingher art pieces that were not for sale.“It was interesting,” said attendeeRhonda Pace. “There were differentangles and perspectives each of theseartists worked out of. There was art asbeauty, art as truth, art as commerce,and many more depictions of art seenby all these different visionaries.” ß

garden of earthy DelightsTourcontinued from page 1

One World Vegetarian Cuisine’s meat-

less drumsticks, slaw and bruschetta

Photo Courtesy Animal Acres

Sunday,Oct. 10, 2010

4-8pm $50 all-inclusive

reservations required

The Heart of delius restaurantdave and louise Solzman

The Heart of Delius restaurantDave and Louise Solzman

Food is a passion and an art for Louise Solzman. She has

been cooking as long as she can remember, and works to rave reviews as executive Chef at

Delius restaurant in Signal Hill,that she operates with her

husband, Dave, the general Manager/Sommelier.

Chef Louise is inspired by tastesfrom all over the world and

carefully plans the weekly menuswith emphasis on foods in season

as well as the changing trends in dining. She is assisted by an experienced and efficient staff.even though Louise is usually

busy in the kitchen, that doesn'tmean you won’t see her poppingout to visit with the guests everynow and then to see what they

think of the cuisine.

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Sample wines from different countriesand regions representing every

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Taste at your own pace and get a stamp in your passport from

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Enjoy food from the buffet and the hand-passed selections

being offered throughout the night.

Passport Wine Tasting“Wines Around the World”

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What The Heck Is AGFCI And Why Do I

Need one?ground fault Circuit in-

terrupters are basically ultra-sensitive circuit breaker-typedevices that will shut off

power coming from the outlet if an imbal-ance is sensed in the voltage going to afixed load. Current electrical code re-quires this type of outlet to be used in alldamp or potentially wet areas - specifi-cally kitchen countertops, bathrooms,outdoor and garage outlets.

the Code of 1975 required gfCiprotection for all bathroom receptacles,with garage receptacles added in 1978.Because gfCi devices were fairly ex-pensive during this period, many electri-cians combined the required outlets inthe bathroom, garage, and outside on asingle gfCi breaker or wired the protec-tion to a single receptacle. this explainswhy some homes require a visit to thegarage (or outside) to reset a trippedgfCi device that may be supplyingpower to a plug in the house. Scientificmumbo jumbo aside, this outlet couldsave your life or the life of someone youlove!

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562-429-15462502 N. Palm Drive, Signal HillContractor's license no. 242528 / C10-C20

The Gay and Lesbian Center Long Beach, 2017 E. 4th St., will be hostingworks from artist M. Lowwater’s Cultural Annex series through Friday, Nov. 5.

Known for his vast skill set, mixed-media artist Lowwater unites fine art andgraphic design. His work blends painting and collage, photography, digital mediaand printmaking, ultimately blurring the line between fine and commercial art.

Political inspiration tracing back to his roots in Iowa, his work at an alterna-tive newspaper, and his understanding of American pop culture are on full displayin his series The Cultural Annex: Re-Appropriating American Iconography for

the Gay Rights Movement. Lowwater pulls from various imagery of the Ameri-can visual lexicon to make the point that equality for gay people is indeed a coreAmerican value, and this show is his attempt to take rightful ownership as partof the American identity.

References included in his work range from Martin Luther King to VirginiaSlims advertisements to Lady Liberty and Lady Justice, as well as Americans’fascination with idols appearing on toast.

rowing city and redevelopment agencyfunds. “The voters approved Proposi-tion 1A in 2005, which allowed thestate to borrow funds from cities undercertain limitations,” Farfsing said. “Re-development agencies were assuredthat Proposition 1A and the State Con-

stitution protected redevelopmentagency proceeds from state takeaways.However, this promise of protectionproved to be false.”

Farfsing noted that, since 2003, thestate has taken $8.4 million from theSignal Hill Redevelopment Agency(RDA) with almost $8 million of thatamount taken since 2005. He addedthat the state borrowed $355,977 fromthe RDA last year, and it is unclearwhen the loan will be paid back.

“Proposition 22 would not reversepast takeaways or the borrowing butwould stop future takeaways and bor-rowing,” Farfsing said. He explained thatthe proposition would also prevent thestate legislature from raiding transporta-tion funds used by local governments forbuses, commuter rail, road safety repairsand congestion-relief projects.

After Farfsing’s presentation,Mayor Ed Wilson said he could notsupport the passage of Proposition

22. “I do believe that our revenuesneed to be protected, but I don’t thinkthis is the right approach,” he said.“In the long term, it (Prop 22) wouldcreate more problems in the future.”The Council voted 4-1 to support thepassage of Prop 22, with Wilson vot-ing against it.

In his final presentation, Farfsingurged the Council to oppose Proposi-tion 26, which would require two-thirds of the voters to approve certainstate and local fees. “Proposition 26would further complicate state andlocal government finances by recate-gorizing many state and local fees astaxes, imposing supermajority vote ap-proval hurdles for many regulatoryfees, such as oil pipeline franchisefees,” he said.

After Farfsing’s presentation, withlittle discussion, the Council votedunanimously to oppose Prop 26.

In a separate action, the Council

voted unanimously to approve a newstreet-tree policy drafted by staff in theDepartment of Public Works. TheCouncil, however, removed a provi-sion in the policy that would have al-lowed the residents of a block to havestreet trees removed if they unani-mously agreed to it. The Council alsodirected staff to draft procedures forimplementation of the policy.

During its September 8 meeting,the Signal Hill Parks Commission hadrecommended Council approval of thestreet-tree policy. At that meeting, sev-eral residents urged the commission toinclude provisions for removing treesthat blocked views. The policy adoptedby the Council has no such provision,and no one came to the Council meet-ing to request it.

The next meeting of the Signal HillCity Council is scheduled for 7pm onTuesday, Oct. 19 in the Council Cham-ber of Signal Hill City Hall. ß


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M. Lowwater’s “Milk ‘n Toast,” which features murdered gay-rights leader

Harvey Milk, sends up Americans’ fascination with their idols appearing on toast.

OCTOBer 8, 2010 SignaL TriBune 15neWS

EYEON

CRIMECrimes reported by the LBPD

October 1 to 5Council Districts 6

(North of PCH)7 & 8 (East of the L.A. River &

North to Del Amo Blvd.)

Friday, October 1robbery3:30pm- 1500 block ofWardlow RoadA male adult was delivering sup-plies to a local business whenfour male suspects robbed himat gunpoint. The victim was notinjured. The suspects and lossare outstanding.

Saturday, October 2Felony Suspect arrested4:30pm - 19th Street andOrange Ave.A West Division officer con-ducted a traffic stop and discov-ered illegal narcotics and aloaded weapon in the vehicle.The adult female suspect was ar-rested without incident.

Monday, October 4Felony Suspect arrested1:30pm - 1900 block ofPacific AvenuePatrol units were alerted to an at-tempted kidnapping. Officersidentified, located and arrested amale adult suspect believed re-sponsible for the attempted kid-napping of a female juvenile.

Felony arrest9:00pm - 1800 block ofCherry AvenuePatrol units responded regardingshots being fired in the area. Of-ficers located and arrested a

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PUBlIC HEARING - NoTICE oF INTENT To

ADoPT NEGATIVE DEClARATIoN 09/13/10(7)

RElATIVE To THE ACQUSITIoN oF REAl PRoPERTy AT

2435, 2449 AND 2461 GARDENA AVENUE

NoTICE IS HEREBy GIVEN that the redevelopment agency of the City of

Signal Hill will hold the following public hearing: redevelopment agency on

tuesday, november 2, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located

at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill, California

SUBJECT oF THE INITIAl STUDy AND REQUESTED APPRoVAlS:

a reSolution of tHe redeveloPMent agenCy of tHe

City of Signal Hill, California, adoPting negative

deClaration 9/13/10(7), relative to tHe aCQuSition of

1.86 aCreS of real ProPerty loCated at 2435, 2449 and

2461 gardena avenue for tHe eliMination of BligHt

and future Mixed uSe CoMMerCial and reSidential de-

veloPMent

AN INITIAl STUDy has been prepared for the proposed acquisition of real

property evaluating the potential for significant adverse environmental im-

pacts associated with the acquisition of real property. the subject properties

are not listed on any list as enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the Cal-

ifornia government Code.

A NEGATIVE DEClARATIoN is proposed for the project indicating no po-

tential significant environmental impacts. the initial Study and material rel-

evant to the proposed negative declaration and the project may be

inspected between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through

thursdays, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., fridays, in the Community devel-

opment department at City Hall, 2175 Cherry avenue, Signal Hill, 90755.

REVIEW PERIoD: october 8, 2010 – october 29, 2010

THE PUBlIC IS INVITED to submit written comments to the Community

development department during the review period.

FURTHER INFoRMATIoN on this item may be reviewed/obtained at the

City of Signal Hill Community development department located at 2175

Cherry avenue, Signal Hill, California, or by calling (562) 989-7341.

Published in the Signal tribune newspaper on:

october 8, 2010

Mailed to affected property owners on:

october 8, 2010

Posted in accordance with S.H.M.C. Section 1.08.010 on:

october 8, 2010

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NOTICE OF ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION

Ordinance No. 2010-10-1421 was introduced by the City Council on Tues-

day, October 5, 2010. A summary of the ordinance is as follows:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIG-

NAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE

CONTRACT BWTWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

SIGNAL HILL AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM

A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance is available in the City

Clerk’s Office. Second reading and adoption of this Ordinance is sched-

uled for Tuesday, November 2, 2010.

Kathleen L. Pacheco

City Clerk

Published in the Signal-Tribune newspaper on October 8, 2010.

Posted at City Hall, Library, Discovery Well Park, and Reservoir Park on

October 8, 2010.

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PuBLiC nOTiCeS

aQMD funds research on healthimpacts of ultrafine particle pollution

The South Coast Air QualityManagement District (AQMD) hasawarded $471,000 to the Universityof Southern California (USC) tostudy the distribution and toxicity ofultrafine particles in Southern Cali-fornia. Limited research shows thatultrafine particles may be more toxicand have greater health effects thanthe larger coarse and fine particulates(PM10 and PM2.5).

“More information is criticalin determining the health effectsof these smaller ultrafine parti-cles,” said William A. Burke,Ed.D., chairman of AQMD’s gov-erning board. “Results from thisresearch will help form a scien-tific basis to focus air qualitypolicies to reduce emissions and

improve public health.”AQMD has been actively follow-

ing scientific developments in thearea of ultrafine particles and in 2006hosted a three-day conference to ex-plore the science, technology andpolicy issues associated withthem. For this study, “Sources, Com-position, Variability and Toxicologi-cal Characteristics of UltrafineParticles in Southern California,” re-searchers from USC will use sam-ples previously collected over a15-month period from 10 distinctlydifferent locations across the South-land that are impacted by variousparticulate matter sources.

The samples were collected inconjunction with a major studyfunded by the Environmental Protec-

tion Agency to characterize chemicalcomposition and toxicity of thelarger PM10 and PM2.5 particles.

Results of this study are expectedto provide information on the linkbetween sources, chemical composi-tion, and toxicity of ultrafine parti-cles. The research will be used tobuild a scientific basis for use in de-veloping strategies to protect publichealth.

Ultrafine particulates are gener-ally defined as those particles witha diameter less than 0.1 microme-ter. These smaller particles have thepotential to be more easily inhaledand deposited deeper into thelungs. They may also penetrate rap-idly into lung tissue and other or-gans in the body. ß

SCe donates $25,000 to college-prepprogram for troubled inner-city students

Southern California Edison(SCE) recently entered into a part-nership with Long Beach BLAST(Better Learning After SchoolToday) to launch the 09/10 Bridgeto College Trade or TechnicalSchool Program. This new approachwill help some of the area’s most at-risk youth escape the inner citythrough post-secondary educationwith a vision for a bright future.

Characteristically, these teenshave never imagined themselves at-tending college or specialized post-secondary career training. Nearly allof the youth attend continuationschool and are referred by the LAProbation Department. All are 11th-and 12th-grade continuation stu-dents, highly at risk for droppingout of school and society.

SCE contributed $25,000 tolaunch the program, which preparesstudents for higher education, tradeschool, technical school or college.Specifically, the focus of this Bridgeto College program is to get eachstudent to create career goals andthen make specific plans to achievethem. The program helps them dis-solve barriers and pre-conceivednegative ideas as to what their fu-ture holds for them.

The students targeted for thisprogram are students who have hadsignificant academic and socialchallenges; nearly all are signifi-cantly behind in school. All live inLong Beach neighborhoods thathave high crime and a history ofgang violence, and many have al-ready been in trouble with the law.

Long Beach BLAST is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization enter-ing its eleventh year of operation.To date it has assisted more than6,000 at-risk youth by providingeach a college student mentor.BLAST offers training and place-ment to local college students inFebruary and September of eachyear.

--------------------------------------More Information

lbblast.org(562) 437-7766

Chris Wilson (far left) of Assemblymember Bonnie lowenthal'soffice joins Annar Karim and Tim Van Horn at the grand opening oftheir 321 E. Willow Street Flame Broiler location last Friday.

The business partners were presented with a proclamation fromthe assemblywoman recognizing the opening of the new eatery.other festivities at the grand opening included a ribbon-cutting cer-emony hosted by the Signal Hill Chamber of Commerce.

Their other Flame Broiler is located at 3418 long Beach Blvd.

Neena Strichart/Signal Tribune

open Flame

16 SignaL TriBune OCTOBer 8, 2010COMMuniTyTST3537

NoTICE oF PETITIoN To ADMINISTER ESTATEoF RoNAlD J. lIESER

Case no. nP014100to all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,

contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwisebe interested in the will or estate, or both, of ronaldJ. lieSer

a Petition for ProBate has beenfiled by Joann r. ruel in the Superior Court of Cali-fornia, County of loS angeleS.

tHe Petition for ProBate re-quests that Joann r. ruel be appointed as personalrepresentative to administer the estate of the dece-dent.

tHe Petition requests the dece-dent’s lost will and codicils, if any, be admitted to pro-bate. Copies of the lost will and any codicils areavailable for examination in the file kept by the court.

tHe Petition requests authority toadminister the estate under the independent admin-istration of estates act. (this authority will allow thepersonal representative to take many actions withoutobtaining court approval. Before taking certain very im-portant actions, however, the personal representativewill be required to give notice to interested persons un-less they have waived notice or consented to the pro-posed action.) the independent administrationauthority will be granted unless an interested personfiles an objection to the petition and shows good causewhy the court should not grant the authority.

a Hearing on the petition will be heldon oct. 14, 2010 at 1:30 PM in dept. no. 11 locatedat 415 W. ocean Blvd., long Beach, Ca 90802.

if you oBJeCt to the granting of thepetition, you should appear at the hearing and stateyour objections or file written objections with the courtbefore the hearing. your appearance may be in per-son or by your attorney.

if you are a Creditor or a contin-gent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claimwith the court and mail a copy to the personal repre-sentative appointed by the court within four monthsfrom the date of first issuance of letters as provided inProbate Code section 9100. the time for filing claimswill not expire before four months from the hearingdate noticed above.

you May exaMine the file kept bythe court. if you are a person interested in the estate,you may file with the court a request for Special no-tice (form de-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or accountas provided in Probate Code section 1250. a requestfor Special notice form is available from the courtclerk.

Attorney for petitioner:HoWARD R HAWKINS ESQ

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TST3538trustee Sale no. 443781Ca loan no. 3012942425title order no. 475839 notiCe of truStee’SSale you are in default under a deed oftruSt dated 2/23/2007. unleSS you taKe aC-tion to ProteCt your ProPerty, it May BeSold at a PuBliC Sale. if you need an ex-Planation of tHe nature of tHe ProCeed-ingS againSt you, you SHould ContaCt alaWyer. on 10/15/2010 at 10:30 aM CaliforniareConveyanCe CoMPany as the duly appointedtrustee under and pursuant to deed of trustrecorded 03/01/2007, Book , Page , instrument20070446554 of official records in the office of therecorder of los angeles County, California, executedby: Sitha Saing a married woman as her sole and sep-arate property, as trustor, Washington Mutual Bank,fa, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to thehighest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by astate or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by astate or federal credit union, or a cashier’s checkdrawn by a state or federal savings and loan associa-tion, savings association, or savings bank specified insection 5102 of the financial Code and authorized todo business in this state. Sale will be held by the dulyappointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, andinterest conveyed to and now held by the trustee inthe hereinafter described property under and pursuantthe deed of trust. the sale will be made, but withoutcovenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regardingtitle, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remain-ing principal sum of the note(s) secured by the deedof trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges andexpenses of the trustee for the total amount (at thetime of the initial publication of the notice of Sale) rea-sonably estimated to be set forth below. the amountmay be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: atthe front entrance to the Pomona Superior CourtsBuilding, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, Ca legaldescription: as more fully described in said deed oftrust amount of unpaid balance and other charges:$649,033.19 (estimated) Street address and othercommon designation of the real property: 2042 northterrace drive, Signal Hill, Ca 90755 aPn number:7216-003-031 the undersigned trustee disclaims anyliability for any incorrectness of the street address andother common designation, if any, shown herein. theproperty heretofore described is being sold “as is”. incompliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) themortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agentdeclares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to as-sess their financial situation and to explore options toavoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contactthe borrower(s) to assess their financial situation andto explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of thefollowing methods: by telephone; by united Statesmail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery;by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meet-ing. date: 9/13/2010 See attached exhibit exhibit dec-laration Pursuant to California Civil Code Section2923.54 Pursuant to California Civil Code Section2923.54, the undersigned loan servicer declares asfollows: 1. it has obtained from the commissioner afinal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Sec-tion 2923.54 that is current and valid on the date thenotice of sale is filed; and 2. the timeframe for givingnotice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52or Section 2923.55. JPMorgan Chase Bank, nationalassociation name: ann thorn title: first vice Presi-dent California reconveyance Company, as trustee(714) 259-7850 or www.fidelityasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com deborah BrignacCalifornia reconveyance Company is a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt. any information obtainedwill be used for that purpose. deborah Brignac, vicePresident 9200 oakdale avenue Mail Stop n110612Chatsworth, Ca 91311 P746176 9/24, 10/1,10/08/2010

TST3539notiCe of truStee'S Sale tS no. 10-0069619title order no. 10-8-295247 investor/insurer no.1697943686 aPn no. 7211-030-088 you are indefault under a deed of truSt, dated01/10/2005. unleSS you taKe aCtion to Pro-teCt your ProPerty, it May Be Sold at aPuBliC Sale. if you need an exPlanationof tHe nature of tHe ProCeeding againStyou, you SHould ContaCt a laWyer." noticeis hereby given that reContruSt CoMPany, n.a.,as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the deed oftrust executed by rHonda MiCHelle loCKley-SMitH, a Single WoMan., dated 01/10/2005 andrecorded 01/20/05, as instrument no. 05 0142867, inBook -, Page -), of official records in the office of theCounty recorder of los angeles County, State of Cal-ifornia, will sell on 10/22/2010 at 10:30aM, at the West

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2170 GUNDRy AVENUE FoR FUTURE AFFoRDABlE

HoUSING DEVEloPMENT





SUBJECT oF THE INITIAl STUDy AND REQUESTEDAPPRoVAl:




0.195 aCreS of real ProPerty loCated at 2170 gundry

avenue for future affordaBle HouSing develoP-

Ment



















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2175 Cherry avenue




2621 ST. loUIS AVENUE









0.155 aCreS of real ProPerty loCated at 2621 St. louiS

avenue for tHe eliMination of BligHt and future CoM-

MerCial develoPMent



















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2175 Cherry avenue




2648 CHERRy AVENUE









0.253 aCreS of real ProPerty loCated at 2648 CHerry

avenue for tHe eliMination of BligHt and future CoM-

MerCial develoPMent



















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2728 CHERRy AVENUE









0.378 aCreS of real ProPerty loCated at 2728 CHerry

avenue for tHe eliMination of BligHt and future auto

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side of the los angeles County Courthouse, directlyfacing norwalk Blvd., 12720 norwalk Blvd., norwalk,Ca 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder forcash or check as described below, payable in full attime of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to andnow held by it under said deed of trust, in the propertysituated in said County and State and as more fullydescribed in the above referenced deed of trust. thestreet address and other common designation, if any,of the real property described above is purported tobe: 1427 eaSt 23rd Street, Signal Hill, Ca,90755. the undersigned trustee disclaims any liabilityfor any incorrectness of the street address and othercommon designation, if any, shown herein. the totalamount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon ofthe obligation secured by the property to be sold plusreasonable estimated costs, expenses and advancesat the time of the initial publication of the notice of Saleis $277,140.62. it is possible that at the time of salethe opening bid may be less than the total indebted-ness due. in addition to cash, the trustee will acceptcashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, acheck drawn by a state or federal credit union, or acheck drawn by a state or federal savings and loanassociation, savings association, or savings bankspecified in Section 5102 of the financial Code andauthorized to do business in this state. Said sale willbe made, in an ''aS iS'' condition, but without covenantor warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtednesssecured by said deed of trust, advances thereunder,with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal ofthe note secured by said deed of trust with interestthereon as provided in said note, plus fees, chargesand expenses of the trustee and of the trusts createdby said deed of trust. dated: 09/24/2010 reCon-truSt 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 officer reContruSt CoMPany,n.a. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt.any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose.aSaP# 3723934 09/24/2010, 10/01/2010,10/08/2010

TST3543notiCe of truStee'S Sale tS # Ca-10-345072-rt order # 100112158-Ca-dCi you are in de-fault under a deed of truSt dated8/3/2005. unleSS you taKe aCtion to Pro-teCt your ProPerty, it May Be Sold at aPuBliC Sale. if you need an exPlanationof tHe nature of tHe ProCeeding againStyou, you SHould ContaCt a laWyer. a publicauction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier'scheck drawn on a state or national bank, check drawnby state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by astate or federal savings and loan association, or sav-ings association, or savings bank specified in Section5102 to the financial code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state, will be held by duly appointedtrustee. the sale will be made, but without covenantor warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, pos-session, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the deed of trust,with interest and late charges thereon, as provided inthe note(s), advances, under the terms of the deed oftrust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses ofthe trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initialpublication of the notice of Sale) reasonably estimatedto be set forth below. the amount may be greater onthe day of sale. BenefiCiary May eleCt to BidleSS tHan tHe total aMount due. trustor(s):levin d. HarriS , a Married Man aS HiS Soleand SeParate ProPerty recorded: 8/17/2005as instrument no. 05 1975900 in book xxx, page xxxof official records in the office of the recorder of loSangeleS County, California; date of Sale:10/14/2010 at 10:30 aM Place of Sale: at the Westside of the los angeles County Courthouse, directlyfacing norwalk Blvd., 12720 norwalk Blvd., norwalk,Ca 90650 amount of unpaid balance and othercharges: $1,038,803.28 the purported property ad-dress is: 2120 Bay vieW dr Signal Hill, Ca90755 assessors Parcel no. 7215-015-031 the un-dersigned trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other commondesignation, if any, shown herein. if no street addressor other common designation is shown, please referto the referenced legal description for property loca-tion. in the event no common address or commondesignation of the property is provided herein direc-tions to the location of the property may be obtainedwithin 10 days of the date of first publication of this no-tice of Sale by sending a written request to Select Port-folio Servicing, inc. 3815 S.W. temple Salt lake Cityut 84115-4412. Pursuant to California Civil Code2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary,loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows:[ 1 ] the mortgage loan servicer has not obtained fromthe commissioner a final or temporary order of exemp-tion pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current andvalid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] thetimeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdi-vision (a) of Section 2923.52 does apply to this noticeof sale. if the trustee is unable to convey title for anyreason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusiveremedy shall be the return of monies paid to thetrustee, 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 re-turn of the deposit paid. the Purchaser shall have nofurther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mort-gagee, or the Mortgagee's attorney. date: 9/16/2010Quality loan Service Corp. 2141 5th avenue Sandiego, Ca 92101 619-645-7711 for non Sale infor-mation only Sale line: 714-730-2727 or login to:www.fidelityasap.com reinstatement line: 619-645-7711 Quality loan Service, Corp. if you have previ-ously been discharged through bankruptcy, you mayhave been released of personal liability for this loan inwhich case this letter is intended to exercise the noteholder's rights against the real property only. tHiS no-tiCe iS Sent for tHe PurPoSe of ColleCt-ing a deBt. tHiS firM iS atteMPting toColleCt a deBt on BeHalf of tHe Holderand oWner of tHe note. any inforMationoBtained By or Provided to tHiS firM ortHe Creditor Will Be uSed for tHat Pur-PoSe. as required by law, you are hereby notified thata negative credit report reflecting on your credit recordmay be submitted to a credit report agency if you failto fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. aSaP#3738913 09/24/2010, 10/01/2010, 10/08/2010

TST3544notiCe of truStee’S Sale file no. 7662.22848 title order no. 09-8-483907 Min no. aPn 7215-025-082 you are in default under a deed oftruSt, dated 09/27/06. unleSS you taKe aC-tion to ProteCt your ProPerty, it May BeSold at a PuBliC Sale. if you need an exPla-nation of tHe nature of tHe ProCeedingagainSt you, you SHould ContaCt alaWyer. a public auction sale to the highest bidder forcash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank,check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federal savings and loan association,or savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified in§5102 to the financial code and authorized to do busi-ness 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, posses-sion, or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by saiddeed of trust. the undersigned trustee disclaims anyliability for any incorrectness of the property address orother common designation, if any, shown herein.trustor(s): tHien Quang ta, truStee of tHe2005 tHien Quang ta revoCaBle truSt

dated 06/20/2005 recorded: 10/04/06, as instrumentno. 06 2212496, of official records of los angelesCounty, California. date of Sale: 10/15/10 at 1:00 PMPlace of Sale: at the front entrance to the Pomona Supe-rior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona,Ca the purported property address is: 2204 Molinoavenue, Signal Hill, Ca 90755 assessors Parcelno. 7215-025-082 the total amount of the unpaid bal-ance of the obligation secured by the property to be soldand reasonable estimated costs, expenses and ad-vances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the noticeof Sale is $1,070,863.20. if the sale is set aside for anyreason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled onlyto a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. the pur-chaser shall have no further recourse against the bene-ficiary, the trustor or the trustee. if required by theprovisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code,the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or itsauthorized agent was recorded with the appropriateCounty recorder’s office and reads substantially as fol-lows: the mortgage loan servicer declares that (1) it hasobtained a final or temporary order of exemption pur-suant to California Civil Code § 2923.52 and (2) the time-frame for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision(a) of California Civil Code § 2923.52 does not applypursuant to California Civil Code § 2923.52 or 2923.55.date: September 21, 2010 nortHWeSt truSteeServiCeS, inC., as trustee victoria gutierrez, author-ized Signatory 505 n. tustin avenue, Suite 243, Santaana, Ca 92705 Sale info website: www.uSa-foreclo-sure.com automated Sales line: 714-277-4845 rein-statement and Pay-off requests: (866) 387-nWtStHiS offiCe iS atteMPting to ColleCt a deBtand any inforMation oBtained Will Be uSedfor tHat PurPoSe fei # 1002.160857 9/24, 10/01,10/08/2010

TST3529 / 20101246723FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

the following persons are doing business as: fieldS inSuranCeagenCy, 5000 e. Spring St. #550, long Beach, Ca 90815. regis-trant: 1. SCott f. fieldS, 7331 e. Crows Parkway, orange, Ca92867, 2. JoHn l. de la torre, 4465 Cerritos ave., long Beach,Ca 90807. this business is conducted by: a general Partnership. ideclare that all information in this statement is true and correct.Signed: John de la torre. the registrant has begun to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. datestarted business was august 20, 2010. this statement was filed withthe county clerk of los angeles County on September 3, 2010. no-tiCe: this fictitious business name statement expires five years fromthe date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitiousbusiness name statement must be filed prior to that date. the filing ofthis statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fic-titious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal,state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and Pro-fessions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: September 17, 24, & octo-ber 1, 8, 2010.


the following persons are doing business as: SuMMit SafetyteCHnologieS, 4320 Sunfield ave., long Beach, Ca 90808. reg-istrant: 1. MiCHael d. laWrenCe, 2. viCtoria B. laWrenCe,4320 Sunfield ave., long Beach, Ca 90808. this business is con-ducted by: a Husband and Wife. i declare that all information in thisstatement is true and correct. Signed: Michael d. lawrence. the reg-istrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious businessname or names listed herein. date started business was September13, 2010. this statement was filed with the county clerk of los angelesCounty on September 13, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious businessname statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the of-fice of the county clerk. a new fictitious business name statement mustbe filed prior to that date. the filing of this statement does not of itselfauthorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violationof the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see sec-tion 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Signaltribune: September 17, 24, & october 1, 8, 2010.


the following person is doing business as: dutil'S inCoMe taxServiCeS, 2623 Hardwick St., lakewood, Ca 90712. registrant:roBert J. dutil, 2623 Hardwick St., lakewood, Ca 90712. thisbusiness is conducted by: an individual. i declare that all informationin this statement is true and correct. Signed: robert J. dutil. the reg-istrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious businessname or names listed herein. this statement was filed with the countyclerk of los angeles County on September 15, 2010. notiCe: thisfictitious business name statement expires five years from the date itwas filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious businessname statement must be filed prior to that date. the filing of this state-ment does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: September 17, 24, & october 1, 8,2010.


the following person is doing business as: dutil'S fiduCiaryServiCeS, 2623 Hardwick St., lakewood, Ca 90712. registrant:roBert J. dutil, 2623 Hardwick St., lakewood, Ca 90712. thisbusiness is conducted by: an individual. i declare that all informationin this statement is true and correct. Signed: robert J. dutil. the reg-istrant has begun to transact business under the fictitious businessname or names listed herein. this statement was filed with the countyclerk of los angeles County on September 15, 2010. notiCe: thisfictitious business name statement expires five years from the date itwas filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious businessname statement must be filed prior to that date. the filing of this state-ment does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: September 17, 24, & october 1, 8,2010.


the following persons are doing business as: leaP finanCial, 909e. Marshall Pl., long Beach, Ca 90807. registrant: 1. rHina M.ovalle, 2. Juan e. ovalle, 909 e. Marshall Pl., long Beach, Ca90807. this business is conducted by: a Husband and Wife. i declarethat all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: rhinaM. ovalle. the registrant has begun to transact business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein. date started businesswas September 14, 2010. this statement was filed with the countyclerk of los angeles County on September 15, 2010. notiCe: thisfictitious business name statement expires five years from the date itwas filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious businessname statement must be filed prior to that date. the filing of this state-ment does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, orcommon law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: September 17, 24, & october 1, 8,2010.

TST3540 / 20101305030FICTITIoUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENt

the following persons are doing business as: SoCal furnitureoutlet, 22031 Main St. #37, Carson, Ca 90745. registrant: 1. JuanCarloS gutierreZ, 1037 W. fiat St., torrance, Ca 90502 2.Juan Manuel gutierreZ, 22031 Main St., #37, Carson, Ca90745. this business is conducted by: a general Partnership. i declarethat all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: JuanCarlos gutierrez. the registrant has not begun to transact businessunder the fictitious business name or names listed herein. this state-ment was filed with the county clerk of los angeles County on Sep-tember 15, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious business name statementexpires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the countyclerk. a new fictitious business name statement must be filed prior tothat date. the filing of this statement does not of itself authorize theuse in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rightsof another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 etseq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: Sep-tember 24, & october 1, 8, 15, 2010.

TST3528 / Case No. NS022980oRDER To SHoW CAUSEFoR CHANGE oF NAME

SUPERIoR CoURT oF CAlIFoRNIA, CoUNTy oF loS ANGE-lES, 415 West ocean Blvd., long Beach, CA 90802,

SoUTH JUDICIAl DISTRICT.Petition of Cristina Margaret arranaga, for Change of name.to all intereSted PerSonS:1. Petitioner CriStina Margaret arranaga, filed a petition withthis court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name:CriStina Margaret arranaga to Proposed name: CriSto-PHer auguSt arranaga.2. tHe Court orderS that all persons interested in this mattershall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to showcause, if any, shy the petition for change of name should not begranted. notiCe of Hearingdate: october 19, 2010; time: 1:30 P.M.; dept. g, room 51. the ad-dress of the court is the same as above. a copy of this order to ShowCause shall be published at least once each week for four successiveweeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the followingnewspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, tHe SignaltriBune, 939 e. 27th. Street, Signal Hill, Ca 90755: September 17,24, & october 1, 8, 2010.___//ss//___douglas M. Haigh, Commissioner of the Superior Courtdated September 7, 2010


the following persons are doing business as: M.C.d. ProPertieS,1132 S. grand ave., glendora, Ca 91740. registrant: 1. MiCHaelSCott doWnard, 2. Carol lee doWnard, 118 Crescent glendr., glendora, Ca 91741. this business is conducted by: a Husbandand Wife. i declare that all information in this statement is true and cor-rect. Signed: Carol l. downard. the registrant has not begun to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.this statement was filed with the county clerk of los angeles Countyon September 22, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious business name state-ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of thecounty clerk. a new fictitious business name statement must be filedprior to that date. the filing of this statement does not of itself authorizethe use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of therights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Signal trib-une: September 24, & october 1, 8, 15, 2010.


the following person is doing business as: Kuito CaSHingCHeCKS, 4402 long Beach Blvd., long Beach, Ca 90807. regis-trant: MarCo e. CaBeZaS, 4402 long Beach Blvd., long Beach,Ca 90807. this business is conducted by: an individual. i declare thatall information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: Marco e.Cabezas. the registrant has not begun to transact business under thefictitious business name or names listed herein. this statement wasfiled with the county clerk of los angeles County on September 22,2010. notiCe: this fictitious business name statement expires fiveyears from the date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. a newfictitious business name statement must be filed prior to that date. thefiling of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this stateof a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another underfederal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Businessand Professions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: September 24, &october 1, 8, 15, 2010.


the following person is doing business as: tHe BooKKeePer, 160Covina ave., long Beach, Ca 90803. registrant: KiM JoSePH oniSKo,160 Covina ave., long Beach, Ca 90803. this business is conductedby: an individual. i declare that all information in this statement is true andcorrect. Signed: Kim Joseph onisko. the registrant has begun to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.date started business was September 29, 2010. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County on September 28, 2010.notiCe: this fictitious business name statement expires five years fromthe date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious busi-

ness name statement must be filed prior to that date. the filing of thisstatement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitiousbusiness name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state,or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: october 1, 8, 15, 22, 2010.


the following person is doing business as: Jr'S landSCaPing, 197e. Hullett St., long Beach, Ca 90805. registrant: fernando Car-rillo, 197 e. Hullett St., long Beach, Ca 90805. this business is con-ducted by: an individual. i declare that all information in this statement istrue and correct. Signed: fernando Carrillo. the registrant has not begunto transact business under the fictitious business name or names listedherein. this statement was filed with the county clerk of los angelesCounty on September 29, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious business namestatement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of thecounty clerk. a new fictitious business name statement must be filed priorto that date. the filing of this statement does not of itself authorize theuse in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights ofanother under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq.,Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune: october 1,8, 15, 22, 2010.


the following person is doing business as: WilloW run enter-PriSeS, 388 e. ocean Blvd. #1106, long Beach, Ca 90802. registrant:tHoMaS H. Buffington, 388 e. ocean Blvd. #1106, long Beach,Ca 90802. this business is conducted by: an individual. i declare that allinformation in this statement is true and correct. Signed: thomas H. Buff-ington. the registrant has not begun to transact business under the ficti-tious business name or names listed herein. this statement was filedwith the county clerk of los angeles County on September 22, 2010.notiCe: this fictitious business name statement expires five years fromthe date it was filed in the office of the county clerk. a new fictitious busi-ness name statement must be filed prior to that date. the filing of thisstatement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitiousbusiness name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state,or common law (see section 14411 et seq., Business and ProfessionsCode). Pub. the Signal tribune: october 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010.


the following person is doing business as: CaMBodian exPreSSServiCe, 843 e. anaheim St., long Beach, Ca 90813. registrant: Kun-tHie PiCH, 5450 Paramount Blvd. #44, long Beach, Ca 90805. thisbusiness is conducted by: an individual. i declare that all information inthis statement is true and correct. Signed: Kunthie Pich. the registranthas not begun to transact business under the fictitious business name ornames listed herein. this statement was filed with the county clerk of losangeles County on october 6, 2010. notiCe: this fictitious businessname statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the officeof the county clerk. a new fictitious business name statement must befiled prior to that date. the filing of this statement does not of itself au-thorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation ofthe rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Signal tribune:october 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010.


the following person is doing business as: 1. dyMaMiC glaSS, 2. dy-naMiC glaSS By dyana, 3. glaSS By dyana, 3305 Brayton ave.,Signal Hill, Ca 90755. registrant: dyana duPeray anderSon, 3305Brayton ave., Signal Hill, Ca 90755. this business is conducted by: anindividual. i declare that all information in this statement is true and cor-rect. Signed: dyana anderson. the registrant has begun to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. datestarted business was april, 2005. this statement was filed with the countyclerk of los angeles County on october 6, 2010. notiCe: this fictitiousbusiness name statement expires five years from the date it was filed inthe office of the county clerk. a new fictitious business name statementmust be filed prior to that date. the filing of this statement does not ofitself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in viola-tion of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see sec-tion 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). Pub. the Signaltribune: october 8, 15, 22, 29, 2010.

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