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Timothy Roy stood at the foot of the tree house at the famed Golf N’ Stuff Amusement Park in Norwalk on July 4 just before noon and looked up in amazement at the miniature golf course residence he called “home” for 431 days, two hours, and 30 minutes, åto be exact.

As traffic on the 605 Freeway stam-mered along on the hot afternoon, Roy, 59, climbed a wooden ladder that sent him back to the tree house than foisted him into the Guinness Book of World Records for “tree house sitting.”

A few pounds heavier than he was back in 1982, and now getting ready to head into a new phase of his adult life, Roy was joined by friends, family, and staff members from Golf N’ Stuff at a “celebration” on the anniversary of when he began his world record feat.

Roy, who now lives in the aptly named community of Joshua Tree in the high desert area of Sothern California, recalled all of the “fun” and “ups and downs “and challenges of living in a tree house for more than one and a half years, without every stepping foot on ground.

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Timothy Roy stands in front of the treehouse he called home for 431 days back in 1982 setting a Guiness Book World Record for tree house sitting.

Cerritos Council Moves Forward inRedevelopment Agency BattleBy Jerry Brnstein

The Cerritos City Council voted at its July 14 meeting to head off Governor Jerry Browns attempt to eliminate all Redevelopment Agencies in California which could cost the city $35 million in its annual increment funds if the gover-nor succeeds.

The Council approved a request by the League of California Cities and the California Redevelopment Association an assessment in the amount of $2,500 as its share of the legal defense fund to fight the Governor’s action as its relates to his signing two bills eliminating the agencies in California. The council also authorized City Manager Art Gallucci

Candidate filing begins for localCity and School Board ElectionsCouncil Seats open in Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, ABC and Norwalk/La Mirada School Districts.

By Randy Economy

Filing began this week for several elected seats on the ABC Unified School Board, the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Board, Artesia City Council, Hawaiian Gardens City Council and Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees.

Voters in the communities of Norwalk, Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood and La Mirada will elect officials in the upcoming Nov. 8 Consolidated Election.

Nomination papers are now avail-able through Friday, August 12, 2011 at 5 p.m. and candidates interested in run-ning for area school board seats (ABC, NLMUSD, or Rio Hondo College) must pick up nomination papers at the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters

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The meal included a delicious menu of Stuffed Italian Mushrooms, Minestrone Soup, Caesar Salad, Lasa-gna with meat sauce, and Spumoni ice cream. A very good selection of red and white wines complimented both the dinner and dessert.

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Artesia Society’s docents provided a tour of Old Station No. 30, including a restored fire engine.

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ABC Unified School District is known throughout the world for its exceptional programs, so it was no surprise to Superintendent Gary

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Smuts welcomed the educators to ABC as Assistant Superintendent of Academic Services Valencia Mayfield provided an Overview of the District. “We have 20,748 students enrolled in ABC,” said Mayfield, “and 46% of the students qualify for a Free and Re-duced Lunch Program.”

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Accepting a special gift of appreciation from Ming-Fang Lee, Representative of the New Citizen’s Culture and Education Division of the New Taipei City Government of Taipei, China were (l-r) ABC School Boardmember Sophia Tse, Superintendent Gary Smuts, President Maynard Law and Boardmember Celia Spitzer.

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The Southeast Japanese School and Community Center in Norwalk will hold its 48th annual Cultural Festi-val, formerly called the Carnival, and ONDO (Japanese folk dancing) on Jul. 23-24.

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Sunday’s Festival starts at 2 p.m. and will have Classical Dance, guitar presentations and Hawaiian Dance Show as well as Bingo Games in the gymnasium. Karaoko and Hikari Tai-ko/Soran Bushi will also be presented outdoors. Ikrbana and Japanese school student artwork will be on display both days. Ondo dancing starts at 7 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

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Congresswoman Linda Sánchez re-leased the following statement to com-memorate the 45th anniversary of the implementation of Medicare.

“Medicare is one of the most effec-tive programs our government has ever created,) stated Sanchez. “Before Medi-care, life was tough for Americans over

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On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law. The first Medicare enrollees entered the pro-gram on July 1, 1966. The Congressme-mer said, this past April, House Republi-cans passed a short-sighted and reckless budget that would end Medicare and re-place it with a voucher system for seniors to buy private insurance on their own.

This plan applies to all Americans now 55 years old and under, and the result of this budget would re-duce benefits and raise costs for se-niors.

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seniors” continued Congresswoman Sánchez. “The health and safety of our families should always come first. That’s why I reject the House Republican plan to end Medicare, and that’s why I will continue to fight to save Medicare for our seniors.”

Assemblyman Mendoza Bows to assembly speaker releases legislature Latino Caucus donation list By Jerry Bernstein

Following a letter to Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, Chair of the Legislature Latino Caucus dated July 7, 2011 from Speaker of the Assembly John A. Perez seeking public disclosure of the Caucus Donations, the Assemblyman on July 11 issued a list of donors [see chart below] for the years 2009 and 2010.

The Assemblyman said, “In effort to promote full transparency and to ensure the success of the important educational and cultural activities promoted by the

Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation, I am releasing the full list of donors who contributed during the years 2009 and 2010. Mendoza said this was in addition to the donor list which was released last week. “We look forward to increasing transparency and accountability within the Foundation today and in the future.”

In his letter to the Assemblyman, the Speaker said expressed deep con-cern about the lack of transparency con-cerning the caucus’s donation. He said, “While the Foundation is a stand-alone non-profit organization, its relation to the legislators means it must be held to a higher standard in publicly disclosing the donors, as was the policy under former Assembly member Jo Cato during his tenure as Chair of the Legislature Latino Caucus.’

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The Cerritos Center was treated to a fantastic opening night show this past Saturday, with Dick Fox’s Golden Boys bringing back the memories.

The Golden Boys consist of Frankie

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It is a phenomenom that these three grew up within blocks of each other in Philadelphia.

Rydell said he and Avalon knew each other as kids, but he didn’t hang much with Fabian, though he lived a half block away. He’s amazed at how many singers emerged from the south Philly area.

“Many guys came out of south Philly, not only me but Mario Lanza and Joey Bishop. There was a ton of people, I have now clue why... must be the water.”

The three had no clue the Golden Boys would be so successful. They each sang their hits; Rydell’s included “Wild One” (No. 2), “Volare” (No. 4), “Kissin’ Time” (No. 11),” “Swinging School” (No. 5), and “Forget Him.”

Golden Boys also perform songs from singers of the past....their deceased heroes. Fabian sang Elvis, Avalon covered Ricky Nelson. Rydell sang “Mack the Knife” in honor of Bobby Darin.

Don’t expect a Golden Boys’ CD. They have no plans to record, so the live show is the only way to see them. Rydell knows fans come for nostalgia. “Our show works so well because people remember the good times, and they were great times. The music means a lot to those people who grew up in that era. That’s what makes our show so successful.”

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NCCC Supports Norwalk LibrariesBy Helen M. Brown

Members of the Norwalk Com-munity Coordinating Council (NCCC) have long supported the two libraries in Norwalk with some members serving on both Executive Boards. It was with pleasure and great pride the NCCC pre-sented the Friends of the Libraries with a check for $5,000 this past June 29.

Those members present for the presentations are FNL board members Cece and Theresa Prumatico, NCCC Executive Board members VPs Helen Brown, Elizabeth Rock, Grissel Chavez and librarians Sue Kane of Norwalk Regional and Jeffrey Sichaleune of the Alondra Library.

This date was picked especially to coincide with the 2011 Kick-Off of the Library Summer Reading Program with a ‘magical appearance’ by the outstand-ing magician Tony Daniels. Mr. Daniels performed before a group of over 200 children and several parents. He kept them all captivated with his act of literally pulling a live dove out of the air and then… transforming it instantly

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Canales and Pulido Speak at Democratic ClubBy Larry Caballero

“I’m running for Artesia Council because I got tired of being a specta-tor. I wanted to get actively engaged in local politics,” said Artesia Planning Commissioner Miguel Canales at the Hubert Humphrey Democratic Club’s Jun. 20 meeting held at Cocos.

Canales said he was born a Demo-crat growing up in a working class background where the only quiet place to do his homework was the bathroom.

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The Speaker went on to say he be-lieves it is important that the Latino Cau-

cus maintains the Assembly’s commit-ment to openness and transparency and hold itself to the same higher standard that all other Legislative Caucuses hold themselves to, adding that he reiterates that he expects Mendoza to keep his word and call a meeting of the full Caucus next week. “As per our discussion today, this meeting should address that issue of dis-closure of donors as well as broader gov-ernance issues for the Caucus.”

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told the Los Cerritos Community News.He had always been a “tree house kid” and would literally climb “any tree he could find” when he was a child. “Kids don’t climb trees anymore,” he said. “We didn’t have the internet 30 years ago, or cell phones,” he recalled, “all we had was our sense of creativity” and how we could “keep out of trouble” during the summer time. “Can you imagine living in a tree house for a year and a half, without anything other than a mattress, a portable television, two cats, a portable commode, a hose that I used for showering, and a pay phone to get and make calls from,” Roy said. “It was like being a real Tom Sawyer.”

Roy attracted a worldwide audience and from media outlets as far away as China and Germany during his world re-cord breaking feat three decades ago. “It was a media circus, and everyone wanted to know how I was surviving in such a small space day after day.” A reporter for the Associated Press at the time followed

the story on a regular basis that took his “adventure” global in newspapers, maga-zines and news programs.

“This was big news,” Roy recalled, it was a dream for someone who was a struggling actor wanting a leg up in Hol-lywood. “I like to think that I was one of the original reality type performers along the likes of Survivor. I had to rely on donations for food, and clothing and day to day needs like toilet paper, and soap. You could get pretty smelly living in a tree, if you know what I mean,” he recalled.

Roy said he didn’t have time to get board, and hundreds of people would stop by on a daily basis just to say hello, or if they played a round of miniature golf at the amusement park.

Ken Garcia, an executive with Golf N’ Stuff said that people still want to know where “Tree house Tim” set the re-cord on a regular basis. “Tim will always be a part of the history of Golf n’ Stuff, and many of our longtime staff members who still work here recall all the crazi-ness and excitement Tim created,” Garcia said.

Roy also recalled when he was caught in a tremendous lightning, thunder and rain storm that lasted for “weeks” it seemed like. “I had never been more frightened,” he said. “I thought that the tree house was going to collapse in the middle of one of the down pours. I was like a drenched rat, and water was getting into everything.”

Roy also recalled all of the local Norwalk and Downey businesses who stopped by with food on a daily basis, and for people who literally baked him cookies and cakes and homemade pies. He said that more than 35 local eateries rotated in bringing him daily meals. “I never went hungry, that’s for sure.”

The Guinness Book of World Records eventually took out the category of “tree house sitting” in most recent editions, but Roy has not been phased by being “taken out” of the Bible of world records. “Look it, I set the record, and anyone can be a winner and anything they want, all they have to do is make up their mind, and make the impossible possible.


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Hawaiian Gardens 11th Annual Car Show raises over $8,800 for youth activitiesBy Bashir Matin

While most of Hawaiian Gardens was still fast asleep, a small army of

people were hard at work setting up the Furgeson school grounds for the 11th an-nual car show. Starting at 5 in the morn-ing, convoys of 10 to 50 cars made their way through the quiet city, aided by city staff, Imperial Car Club members, Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, a private se-curity firm and volunteers. The smell of breakfast being cooked by the Im-perials Club overpowered the scents of freshly applied car wax and settling car engines. By 11 in the morning nearly 300 cars, motorcycles and bicycles were neatly arranged, vendors were set up to sell everything from clothing to toy cars, hamburgers were sizzling on the grills and the music was rolling. The show was ready for the public.

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According to special events coordi-nator Juan Serrano, and finance depart-ment’s Kathy Webb, $8,868 was raised to benefit youth activities in the city. Councilmember Victor Farfan remarked that the car show helps put the city on the map in a positive light. Councilmember Barry Bruce, who was accompanied by his daughter, confessed that while he did not know much about cars, he was thoroughly enjoying himself. He agreed with Councilmember Reynaldo Rodri-guez that the car show helped bring the community together.

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Your Own Little Artesia Punishers 18-Gold team getting different looks this summerBy Loren Kopff

FOUNTAIN VALLEY-Right about now is when Bob Medina would be preparing one of his Artesia Punishers 18-Under travel softball team for some type of Amateur Softball Association major tournament. But for the second time three years and third since becom-ing a member of the Punishers family in 2002, Medina won’t be traveling anywhere the last week of July or first week of August.

Although Medina has been used to the hustle and bustle of late July and early August, he isn’t disappointed at all that his team won’t be playing for a championship. In fact, he’s more con-cerned about getting his players looked at by college coaches and eventually signed. This past weekend, the Pun-ishers were in the Surf City Summer Showcase where a plethora of college coaches were on hand. The Punishers went 2-2 in pool play action last Friday and Saturday evenings, then lost their first game this past Sunday in the single elimination playoff format.

“When you get nine, 10, 17 schol-arships a year, I think our focus turns to scholarships instead of winning a national championship,” Medina said. “We’re focusing on scholarships and we’ve got the majority of our kids on this team signed.”

Medina took over his first Punish-

ers 18-Under team in 2003 and took that team to the Triple Crown World Series in Park City, UT. After that, the major tournaments kept on coming with the 2004 Western Nationals in Sacramento in which the team won, thus earning an automatic berth to the 2005 ASA 18-U Nationals in Columbus, GA. The next year, the Punishers went to the United States Specialty Sports Association World Series in Kissimmee, FL before bringing home a National Championship trophy in 2007 from the College Station, TX ASA 18-U tournament. Trips to Mo-line, IL (2008) and Hemet (2010) were unsuccessful but now, the approach is a bit different for Medina and his Punish-ers program.

“I think we’ve earned our respect and it’s paying off with 17 scholarships a year, or 10, 12 ,15; whatever it is,” Medina said.

So far, five players have already made their college decisions from the Punishers Gold team-Kristina Akiona (verbal to the University of Hawai’i), Lissa Avitia (Central Arkansas Univer-sity), Sarah Craig (University of Missis-sippi), Alyssa Griffiths (California State University, San Marcos) and Rachel Jiminez (CSUSM).

However, Medina brought up Syd-ney Colenzo, Sara Foster and Maddi Perez from the Punishers 16-Under team and several colleges, including Hawai’i, San Diego State University, University of California, Riverside and University of Utah, scouted all three last weekend.

“I don’t know how long we’ll be out here doing this,” Medina said. “If you have one girl who is equivalent to $200,000, then I think you’ve done your job. I see a bigger focus with the Punishers on scholarships than I do win-ning a national championship, which we

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Norwalk Girls Softball Association’s 16-Under team headed to Western NationalsBy Loren Kopff

The easiest path to winning the Amateur Softball Association ‘B’State Tournament in the 16-Under division was accomplished by Norwalk and the reward is a trip to the Western Nationals in Prescott, AZ, Aug. 3-7. Norwalk, in its second straight summer in ‘C’ classifica-tion, won all five games it played July 8-10 at the Best of the West Complex in Palmdale.

The team, built with players who are already attending John Glenn, Norwalk, Paramount, St. Paul and Santa Fe High Schools with the exception of one, who is at Los Alisos Middle School, began the state tournament with a 13-0 win against San Pedro on July 8.

That was followed by a 4-3 victory against Temple City the next morning and an 11-2 romp over Chino Hills later in the day behind two home runs from Destiny Vasquez and one from Briana Liera. In the semifinals on July 10, Norwalk doubled up La Verne 8-4, then won the tournament against La Verne again, 8-6. Norwalk was one of 15 teams partici-pating in the state tournament in its age group.

This is the second year in a row Norwalk has won the state tournament in the 16-Under division. Last summer, the team advanced to the Western Nationals in Oregon and finished in 13th place.

The rest of the Norwalk 16-Under all stars are: Reina Bernal, Crystal Cano, Priscilla Gonzalez, Elizabeth Gutierrez, Vanessa Hernandez, Desiree Hindman, Jacqueline Leon, Denise Miranda, Daisy Morales and Ilene Vasquez. The manager is Raul Banuelos and his coaches are David Gonzalez, Jesse Hernandez and Alfonso Vasquez. The team mom is Lupe Montez.

The team will be having a turnaround fundraiser trip to Harrah’s Casino in San Diego on July 29th, then host a friendly the next day at Los Alisos Middle School. Later that day, the adults will have a poker tournament. On July 31, the team will have a car wash. For more infor-mation, contact Jesse Hernandez at [email protected].


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In Artesia, two city council seats are up for election. Incumbent City Council Member Tony Lima and City Council-woman Michele Diaz. Diaz was ap-pointed to the Artesia City Council last year after the passing of longtime Artesia Councilman Larry Nelson. She has said she will not run for e-election.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Planning Commissioner Miguel Canales pulled his nomination papers.

In Hawaiian Gardens both Mayor Michael Gomez and Councilman Victor Farfan are up for reelection. Four years ago, Farfan and Gomez were declared “elected” after no challengers run against them. This time around challenger Kathy Tramle, who works as a city bus driver has taken out papers.

In the ABC Unified School District, five of the seven seats on the Board of Education will be decided in the fall campaign, four incumbents Maynard Law, Armin Reyes, Celia Spitzer and Sophia Tse. Voters in ABCUSD will also be electing an additional school board member for a two-year term that was previously held by Cerritos City Council-

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As of Tuesday late afternoon, incum-bent Law and challenger Monsour Mei-sami, a retired businessman from Cerritos had pulled nomination papers.

In the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Board election, Karen Morrison, Lorraine Neal, and the seat previously held by former member Pauline Deal, who left the board after being appointed to fill a vacancy on the La Mirada City Council. Challenger Jesse Urquidi, who is an Engineer for a consulting firm in Long Beach, and a member of the Southeast Regional Occupation Program Board of Directors has also pulled papers and con-firmed that he will be a candidate. Mor-rison filed for another term on Monday.

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Deadly Asian Citrus Psyllid tests conducted in Norwalk, Cerritos, and surrounding neighborhoods Officials warn healthy backyard fruit trees could die within weeks after becoming infected.

By Randy Economy

Traps have been placed in several area trees to determine if the deadly Asian citrus psyllid has arrived here in the Norwalk, Cerritos and surrounding

communities during the past few weeks .

State officials were in Cerritos and Norwalk this week to warn the local media and elected city officials that an outbreak could wreak havoc with California’s multi-billion dollar citrus industry.

Several dozen “A-Framed” tent bug traps have been placed by officials in residential trees in the immediate area to determine if ACP has arrived.

“This pest and disease are danger-ous,” said Batkin, president of the California Citrus Research Board and a participant in the Citrus Pest and Dis-ease Prevention Program. “If the disease infects a homeowner’s tree, that tree will need to be removed, and the best way to protect our citrus is to control the pest.”

Batkin confirmed that the Asian Citrus Psyllid, which is the size of an aphid has come into California during the past three or four years primarily through Mexico, and has been in Florida since 1998.

Batkin spoke to both the Los Cer-ritos Community News and to the Norwalk City Council on Tuesday night to issue “an alert” about a possible outbreak and to tell residents what they need to do to “get educated” about the situation.

“Florida is now dealing with this epidemic and we need to make sure that California is prepared in case of an out-break here. We believe that the bacteria are here in California, we just need to pinpoint actually infested communi-ties,” Batkin said. “The climate and conditions here in Los Angeles County and here in Cerritos and Norwalk is the ‘perfect’ storm scenario for an outbreak of the Asian Citrus Psyllid.”

Los Angeles County has Mediter-ranean type weather in the summer, that allows the bacteria to spread easily and without warning,” Batkin said. The pest and the disease have already caused devastation in Asia, India, parts of the Middle East, and South and Central America. The pest and the disease have been found domestically in Louisiana, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. In Florida, the psyllid and HLB are ravag-ing the citrus industry. The insect pest, in the absence of disease, is also found in Hawaii, Texas and California.

Unlike other bug infestations, such as the West Nile Virus that has already killed six birds herein Cerritos dur-ing the past several weeks via infected mosquitoes, the Asian Citrus Psyl-lid is an aphid-like insect that feeds

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In the meantime the two agencies filed suit in the State Supreme Court July 11 to overturn the action by the Governor and State Legislature in closing down the state’s Redevelopment Agencies. The lawsuit accuses the state of violating a con-stitutional amendment approved by voters in November prohibiting the state from raiding local tax revenue. It also seeks a stay by Aug. 15 to prevent the two bills from going into effect until the court rules on the merit of the legal challenge.

In a report to the Council Assistant City Manager Kathleen Jung Matsumoto said when Governor Brown took the oath of office he faced a $25.4 billion deficit. He proposed drastic program cuts, includ-ing the elimination of all Redevelopment Agencies in the state. On June 28 the Governor signed ABX1 26 eliminating California’s Redevelopment Agencies. He also signed ABX1-27, which allows for a voluntary alternative redevelopment program, subject to specified terms and condition.

The Assistant City Manager said it is estimated the elimination of the agen-cies throughout the state will cost billions of dollars. The Cerritos Redevelopment Agency will suffer a loss of approxi-mately $35 million in annual tax increment income. She said if allowed to stand the act could devastate many local economies and jeopardize the economic recovery in California since redevelopment creates and supports jobs, housing and revitalizes communities.

Should Cerritos choose to continue its

Redevelopment program under ABC1 27, it is estimated the costs will be approxi-mately $9.4 million in the first year and $2.2 million the following year with many unanswered questions and legal challenges concerning the two bills.

A letter to the City Manager signed by Christopher McKenzie, Executive Director of the League of California Cities and John Shirey, Executive Director of the Califor-nia Redevelopment Association said, “We expect this to be a costly legal battle with the State.” They said the two Agencies must be prepared to file a legal challenge to overturn the legislation, including filing a request for a stay with the court in order to maintain the status quo until the matter is litigated to a conclusion.

Responding to a question from Mayor Carol Chen, City Manager Art Gallucci said the payment is separate from two suits now before the appellate court. Gallucci said this is for a suit saying the governor’s action is unconstitutional and a violation of Proposition 22, which the people ap-proved, in the last election. Councilmem-ber Bruce Barrows asked if the League and Association are seeking a stay until the litigation comes to a conclusion. Gallucci answered yes.City Attorney Mark Steres said the lawsuit has not yet been filed, but there is a list of 10 to 12 constitutional vio-lations. He said they had not seen the list since it is still being put together. He said ABX1 27 is currently being analyzed as to what happens if the city makes a payment and its Redevelopment Agency remains in-tact. They are also looking at what happen if the city does not make a payment.

Councilmember Joseph Cho said $35 million is a huge sum and we should do everything possible to protect the city’s money. He asked if Cerritos retained the agency under ABX1 27 could the city still litigate. The city manager replied yes but it is still being studied

Local cities file with California Supreme Court to stop redevelopment agency demiseBy Randy Economy and Larry Caballero

Long Beach- The battle over the future of the State of California to grab more than $1.2 billion in local city redevelopment funds appears to be headed to the California Supreme Court after a lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of area municipalities including Cerritos, Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens and Norwalk.

On Thursday, at the steps of the Long Beach Police Department, Long Beach Vice Mayor and other area lo-cal elected officials including Cerritos Mayor Carol Chen, Cerritos Council-man Bruce Barrows, Norwalk Mayor Mike Mendez, Artesia Mayor Victor Manalo, Artesia Councilwoman Mi-chelle Diaz, and others in voicing their support of the lawsuit that was filed on Tuesday in Sacramento.

In November of 2010, voters passed Proposition 22, that according to city officials, effectively stopped the state from raiding local redevelopment agen-cies. “What the state legislature did was a direct violation of the law,” said Barrows.

Manalo voiced his concerns at the media conference that what “the state legislature did was unconstitutional because of the passage of Prop. 22.”

Chen said that the redevelopment take away will be “devastating” to the City of Cerritos because they will lose $35 million of annual tax income, which she said is 25% of the Cerritos city budget.

She also stated that she doesn’t know why the state legislature did not adopt the alternative plan proposed by the League of California Cities and the California Redevelopment Agencies that would have allowed “a consistent stream of revenues” for cities.

Mendez said that Norwalk will not allow this to go without being “chal-lenged” in the California State Supreme Court.

Signal Hill Mayor Larry Forrester, whose city was developed on contami-nated soil left over by decades of oil production, held up what he said was a “ransom note” that stated “Dear City Redevelopment Agenices, pay us $1.7 billion this year and $400 million every year forever or you will die!” and the note is signed “California State Legis-lature.”

“California voters overwhelmingly passed Prop. 22 just eight months ago to stop state raids, shifts and diversions of local redevelopment funds,” said Chris McKenzie, executive director of the League of Cities.

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Residents love their police depart-ment, and the police will be the first to tell residents how safe they are with the fastest response time in the county. Yet there are some residents who are con-cerned that La Palma cannot continue to sustain the generous retirement benefits given to the police.

In recent City Council meetings, resi-dents have voiced these concerns. At the July 5 meeting, police officers respond-ed. La Palma Police Association Presi-dent Les Parsons said that “bad things happen to good people” and the police were responsible for the low crime rate in the City.

Officers stated that they spend more time in the City than in the cities they live in, and Parsons said that his child attends a school in La Palma and that officers are members of the local Kiwanis Club.

Parsons took offense to a resident’s comments that the police should pay into their retirement such as teachers and oth-er groups do, and they should receive the same benefits.

“Do teachers go into the middle of the night to arrest someone? We are like sheep dogs that keep the wolves away—that’s our job. Do teachers strap on a gun each day? We should not be treated the same.”

Parsons called the proposed reduc-tions as “unreasonable, damaging and draconian cuts.”

He also took offense at a resident who said his criticism of the police officers’ benefits was nothing personal.Police Detractors

“It is personal,” said Parsons, and he called residents who have voiced con-cerns at recent meetings as “police de-tractors.”

Officer Terry Kim agreed. “La Palma spends significantly less money for pub-lic protection than other cities,” said Kim. He also pointed out that police officers do more in La Palma for residents than depu-ty sheriffs would do in other cities.

“A senior resident called the police department because she couldn’t get her TV to work, and another resident couldn’t open her garage door, and the police re-sponded.”

Kim used those examples to show that the police provided “top notch service” to the residents and the City has “highly qualified officers.”

Kim also warned the Council that if police take any cuts, it could lead to “bot-tom of the barrel” graduates from the po-lice academy applying in La Palma “or fired ones from other cities.”

He also warned that lawsuits and li-abilities could increase. “La Palma de-serves better,” Kim said. He proceeded to name one resident, who had been a frequent speaker at recent Council meet-ings, and said that he did not understand that the police have no matching 401 K as employees do in the private sector, and it’s the police who protect someone in danger. Officer Jose Guerrero also agreed and said he understood that police work was “a thankless job, but we all have a right to live safely.” Resident Jan Jensen has a son who is a police officer and sup-ported the police who are professionals as “they stop, apprehend and investigate.” She stated that La Palma police work is

proactive because they stop crime be-fore it happens, and she didn’t want to sacrifice safety.

“If we cut their pay and benefits, we won’t get the quality of officers we de-serve,” said Jensen.

Former La Palma Mayor Keith Nel-son was not able to attend the meeting, but he hoped “that in today's world, with the significant economic challenges fac-ing not just the City, but the state and the federal government, that everyone including our policemen and women, as well as the future officers we hire, need to step up and be part of the solution, and not part of the problem.”Retirement Pay Questioned

Resident Cheryl Pappas had voiced her concerns at previous meetings, and she reminded the Council and residents that no one was saying that the police officers do not do a good job, but that the City could no longer sustain paying 100% of their retirement pay.

“Yes, we need the police, they do a lot, but they shouldn’t be living off the tax payer’s money in retirement. The po-lice are like public servants who end up with a lotto ticket,” said Pappas.

“Response time is very nice, but we’re a small city.” She also ques-tioned why La Palma citizens pay high auto theft insurance rates if the City is so safe, although she realized that many times it’s because persons are entering La Palma from other cities to commit crimes.

“Nevertheless, said Pappas, “we can-not afford to continue paying generous benefits to the police department.”

Resident Robert Carruth, who has spoken many times at Council meetings, said that he was not going to speak this time, but he felt obligated since his name had been mentioned.

“Much of what was said about me was taken out of context and needs clari-fication.” He knew when he “stepped up to the plate and entered the public safety arena” that he would be open to attack.

Carruth reminded the Council that the police do provide public safety to the residents, but “we pay them for it, and we pay them very well.” He also asked if he or his family were in jeopardy “for challenging a group of public servants.”

Carruth expected “some backlash for being a public citizen, but this is all about fairness and equity—it’s not per-sonal.”

Resident Jeff McCombs stated that it’s a false premise to say that police of-ficers need to be paid so generously be-cause they protect and save lives. “It’s a fallacy, an absolute fake argument. Iraqi soldiers must serve at least 20 years before they can be vested,” said Mc-Combs.

“We would really be broke if every-one who saved a life would be compen-sated as much as the La Palma Police,” said McCombs.

“I saved several lives in the Coast Guard Reserves, and I never got paid. We can’t afford it, and it’s all about what’s fair and the distribution of the taxpayer’s money.” He also wanted to know if the people had been caught who had stolen three cars parked in front of his house.

Resident Gerard Goedhart, has served in local government. “These are difficult financial times,” said Goedhart, and he encouraged the Council to reach a fair deal with the police department that would be the most beneficial for the City. He also encouraged the Council to “get control of the negotiations” and ex-pressed disappointment that a resident’s name had been mentioned during the Public Comments.

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on the leaves and stems of citrus trees and other citrus-like plants. Batkin, a noted expert in this area, said that the real danger is that the deadly, bacterial tree disease called Huanglongbing also known as Citrus Greening Disease could destroy millions of local trees.

Batkin said he wants residents to become “proactive” and to inspect your citrus trees each month for the pest. A hand lens or magnifying glass may be necessary to see the psyllid, which is the size of an aphid.

He also said to only plant California-grown, certified trees that are known to be free of the disease and don’t move plants out of the area, because they might be carrying psyllids.

Dry out plant clippings for two weeks before putting them in green waste recycle bins or double bag clip-pings to avoid moving psyllids.

The California Citrus Research Board is trapping for the pest and testing for the disease in the Cerritos, Norwalk and surrounding area, help-ing to augment programs of the county agricultural commissioner’s, California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture.

The majority of detections of the psyllids in Southern California trees have been in residential citrus trees.

For more information and to find out what to look for, visit www.California-CitrusThreat.org.

As Batkin reminded the Norwalk City Council, “if you think you have found a psyllid, act fast. Time is criti-cal.” The California Department of Food and Agriculture hotline at 800/491-1899.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS #: CA-09-261783-BL Order #: 090191266-CA-MAI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/16/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): TONY MCCRAY AND TERRI MCCRAY, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 11/22/2006 as Instrument No. 06-2597824 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 8/15/2011 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Court-house, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $754,104.79 The purported property address is: 11331 Sharon St Cerritos, CA 90703 Assessor's Parcel No. 7034-012-003 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to BSI Financial Services, Inc. 314 S. Franklin Street P.O.Box 517 Ti-tusville PA 16354 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the under-signed, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivi-sion (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mort-gagee's Attorney. Date: 7/21/2011 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right's against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECT-only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECT-only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 4042191 07/22/2011, 07/29/2011, 08/05/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No: F353997 CA Unit Code: F Loan No: 70867403/LINGASIN Min No: 100136300117814946 AP #1: 7050-020-004 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY, as duly appointed Trustee under the following described Deed of Trust WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States) and/or the cashier's, certified or other checks specified in Civil Code Section 2924h (payable in full at the time of sale to T.D. Service Company) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property hereinafter described: Trustor: JAN LINGASIN Recorded December 26, 2006 as Instr. No. 06 2858896 in Book --- Page --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County; CALIFORNIA , pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded March 11, 2008 as Instr. No. 20080412966 in Book --- Page --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County CALIFORNIA. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED DECEMBER 11, 2006. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 19620 CORBY AVENUE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 "(If a street address or common designation of property is shown above, no warranty is given as to its completeness or correctness)." Said Sale of property will be made in "as is" condition without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest as in said note provided, ad-vances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Said sale will be held on: AUGUST 10, 2011, AT 11:00 A.M. *AT THE WEST SIDE DOORS TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTS BUILDING, 12720 NORWALK BLVD, NORWALK, CA At the time of the initial publication of this notice, the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the above described Deed of Trust and estimated costs, expenses, and advances is $722,762.64. It is pos-sible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. This loan is exempt from compliance with Civil Code 2923.5. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code 2923.53(k)(3), declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 and that the exemption is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. The time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52 or 2923.55. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Date: July 13, 2011 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY as said Trustee, T.D. Service Company Agent for the Trustee and as Authorized Agent for the Beneficiary CINDY GASPAROVIC, ASSISTANT SECRETARY T.D. SERVICE COMPANY 1820 E. FIRST ST., SUITE 210, P.O. BOX 11988 SANTA ANA, CA 92711-1988 The Beneficiary may be at-tempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose. If available, the expected opening bid and/or postpone-ment information may be obtained by calling the following telephone number(s) on the day before the sale: (714) 480-5690 or you may access sales information at www.tacforeclosures.com. TAC# 941190 PUB: 07/21/11, 07/28/11, 08/04/11 THIS NEW NOTICE SUPERSEDES AND REPLACES ANY PREVIOUS NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED UNDER T.S. # F353997

T.S. No. 09-12542-11 Loan No. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE A copy of California Civil Code Section 2923.54 (SB 7) declaration is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/28/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: EUGENE YOUNGBLOOD JR. Duly Appointed Trustee: THE WOLF FIRM, A LAW CORPORATION Recorded 10/02/2006 as Instrument No. 06-2182537 and rerecorded on --- as --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 8/12/2011 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 W. Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $702,799.08, estimated Street Address or other common designation of real property: 13553 Ashworth Place Cerritos, CA 90703 A.P.N.: 7023-002-054 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Date: 7/13/2011 THE WOLF FIRM, A LAW CORPORATION 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 (949) 720-9200 Foreclosure Dept. Fax (949) 608-0130 Sale Information Only: (714) 573-1965 Renae C. Murray, Foreclosure Manager DECLARATION TO NOTICE OF SALE AS REQUIRED BY CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.54 (1) The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this Notice of Sale is filed. (2) The timeframe for giving notice of sale as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Debra Lyman Signature Debra Lyman Print Your Name Vice President Print Your Title Litton Loan Servicing, LLP Print Company Name Mortgage Loan Servicer P858811 7/22, 7/29, 08/05/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 09-0065274 Title Order No. 09-8-191228 APN No. 7044-026-036 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/28/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JOHN CHUNG AND YOUNG HEE CHUNG, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 03/28/2006 and recorded 04/04/06, as Instrument No. 06 0717036, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Cali-fornia, will sell on 08/12/2011 at 1:00PM, At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, Los Angeles, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully de-scribed in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other com-mon designa-tion, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 7881 SQUAW VALLEY WAY, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $689,036.50. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provi-sions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 08/15/2009 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 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. FEI # 1006.66904 7/22, 7/29, 8/05/2011

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