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Vasquez’ and James Roybal’s campaigns, came to his home in January.

Mayer handed Chacon a type written document instructing him

to vote for the firing of then Act-ing COO Chuck Fuentes, Attor-ney Arnold Alvarez Glasman, and

Norwalk City Hall has been held captive by Mayor Cheri Kelley for the past two years. Kelley has run Norwalk into a fiscal crisis. She dictates to the employees day in and day out.

Our neighborhoods have become shooting ranges. Gangs are out of control. Drugs are destroying the moral fabric of Norwalk.

Now Mayor Cheri Kelley wants FOUR MORE YEARS at Norwalk City Hall?Be a true friend of Norwalk… VOTE KELLEY OUT OF OFFICE MARCH 5th!

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Cerritos, Norwalk, La Mirada voters to pick new city council members.

By Randy [email protected]

Voters will be finally heading to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in one of

the most hotly, and controversial city elections in Cerritos, Nor-walk and La Mirada to elected two city councilmembers in each municipality.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the three jurisdictions.

Here is more about each of the three elections:

CERRITOSVoters will pick between sev-

en candidates in one of the hard-est fought local campaigns in re-cent city memory.

Incumbent Carol Chen is facing an aggressive field of six challengers.

They include Businessman/Attorney Frank Aurelio Yokoya-ma, Retired Police Officer K.Y. Ma, ABC School Board Mem-ber James Kang, Businessman George Ray, Homemaker Gerad Valencia and Retired Social Worker Alejandro Estella.

Current Mayor Jim Edwards is barred from seeking reelection due to the voter-mandated term limits set more than 30 years

By Randy [email protected]

Cerritos could have a possible Michael Phelps emerging from the deep ends of its fa-

mous aquatics center in the name of 10-year old Ethan Umporn-pukdi.

The talented elementary school student recently took home four top medals while competing in the Southern California Club Championships between Febru-ary 16 to 18th.

The three day meet was held at the East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium and brought the best “short course” swimmers of all age groups in the Southland together to compete against one and other.See ELECTIONS page 10

Above is a document provided by Central Water Basin District Director Art Chacon that he says came from former convicted felon Ric Mayer instructing him how to vote on several agenda items.

By Randy Economyand Brian [email protected]@cerritosnews.net

A Los Cerritos Community News investigation has re-vealed that Art Chacon,

a Director at the Central Basin Municipal Water District in Com-merce, had his life threatened by former convicted felon Ric Mayer just 24 hours prior to a controver-sial meeting that resulted in the firing of three top executives at the District in January of this year.

In an interview with LCCN on Wednesday from his Commerce home, Chacon said that Mayer, who is the owner of Golden State Consultants and R & M Asso-ciates, and who funded Leticia

EDITORIAL

On Tuesday, voters in Nor-walk will be asked to reelect current Mayor Cheri Kelley

to another four year term.Los Cerritos Community

Newspaper would like to urge our voters not to be fooled by Kelley this time around and to send her back into private life.

Kelley has become part of the “furniture” at Norwalk City Hall, and has not produced one solid solution to help bring the fiscally strapped municipality out of its economic nightmare.

Instead of welcoming new vibrant businesses to Norwalk, Kelley spends her time harassing and berating new developers in public who want to come and do See DIRTY WATER page 10 See KELLEY page 10

Voters Head to Polls on Tuesday in Heated City Races

TEN YEAR OLD CERRITOS SWIMMER SCORES FOUR MEDALS

Be a true friend of Norwalk… VOTE KELLEY OUT OF OFFICE MARCH 5th!

What does Norwalk Mayor Cheri Kelly have against Youth Baseball and Parks?Cut Off Funding for Little Lake Park • Voted Against Little League Baseball in Norwalk

Time For Mayor Cheri Kelley To Be Defeated In Norwalk

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business in Norwalk.Kelley likes to strong arm de-

velopers in private and then brags that they better “play by her rules, or else…”

Kelley is a real estate agent who has lots of dealings inside the city, which she oversees as an

Swimming coach Mark Johnson with 10 year old Ethan Umpornpokdi of La Palma and his mother after another successful per-formance in the pool.

“This competition was the cul-mination of the short course sea-son, and brought the best swim-mers from Southern California,” his coach Mark Johnson told Los Cerritos Community Newspaper

in an interview this past week.This coming weekend, Ethan

Umpornpukdi will take to the same pool at ELAC to participate in the Southern California Swim-ming Festival.

Embattled Norwalk Mayor Cheri Kelley faces voters Tuesday.

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Councilwoman Chen Calls Press Conference to Criticize LCCN

Cerritos Councilwoman Carol Chen called a press conference last week to criticize an advertisement that was

published in Los Cerritos Community News.

The mid-day press conference was also attended by Cerritos Mayor Jim Edwards, Mayor pro-tem Bruce Barrows and Coun-cilman Joseph Cho.

LCCN was told that several Chinese media news outlets attended, along with the Press-Telegram.

Sources told LCCN that Chen called the conference under her official capacity as a Cerritos Councilwoman, calling into ques-tion Chen’s authority to do so and also call-ing into question whether the city of Cer-ritos was involved.

great city of Cerritos.”Cho said, “I am sad that it happened in

City of Cerritos, very diverse community in 21st century.”

When asked about the “just one Korean candidate” deal he tried to strike with can-didate K.Y. Ma and James Kang last De-cember (published in LCCN Feb 8) in an at-tempt to manipulate the Cerritos March 5th election as well as the 2015 election, Cho did not comment.

In an effort to ascertain collusion be-tween Chen , Edwards, Barrows, and Cho and to determine possible Brown Act Viola-tions, LCCN has requested, through a pub-lic records request, all emails between Ed-wards, Barrows, Chen, and Cho from Feb. 1 to Feb. 25 and also a copy of their respective appointment calendars.

LCCN obtained a picture that appeared on the front page of the Epoch Times featur-ing Edwards, Barrows, Chen, and Cho.

Councilman Cho wearing a City of Cer-ritos pin on his lapel.

When contacted by LCCN, Cerritos Communications Manager Annie Hylton said that her department did not know about the conference.

LCCN emailed Edwards, Chen, and Bar-rows for comment without response. Cho wrote back to LCCN saying, “I do not care who placed the ad. I am not concerned with your (Carol's) campaign. I am here because I am really concerned with and strongly disagree McCarthyism, labeling someone as a communist only because she traveled to China and looked for a business opportu-nity. It's nonsense and not acceptable.”

Cho was referring to an advertisement that called Chen an “Agent of Communist China,” the advertisement did not call her a communist.

The text of the ad read, “Carol Chen cares more about creating jobs in China in-stead of helping the unemployed residents of Cerritos! In 2012 Mayor Carol Chen lead a delegation of local City Council Members, including Councilman Bruce Barrows, on a lavish 8 day “working” trip to China and Japan to ride bullet trains, dine in five star exclusive restaurants, and sleep in the most exclusive hotels that China has to offer. Carol Chen spent days trying to convince officials from Communist China to bring their employers and jobs to Cerritos when she was leading an effort to stop the hard working men and women who work for our

Cerritos Councilmember Carol Chen [center] at a press conference called

to criticize LCCN. Mayor Edwards , and Council-members Barrows and

Cho attended also. Sources told LCCN Chen called

the conference under her Cerritos Council-woman title

but the city had no formal notice of the conference.

Cerritos Councilmember Carol Chen [center] at a press confer-ence called to criticize LCCN. Mayor Edwards, Councilmem-bers Barrows and Cho also attended. Sources told LCCN Chen called the conference un-der her Cerritos Councilwoman title but the city had no formal notice of the conference.

Cerritos Councilmember Carol Chen [center] at a press conference called

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Reinvest in our Infrastructure a. Replace broken city sidewalk concrete with root barrier. b. Preventive maintenance of street pot holes. c. Preplanned tree trimming.

Ensure the Safety of our Community a. Keep the residential burglary rate low. b. Encourage residents to install alarm systems. c. Reinforce neighborhood watch program.

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Letters to the EditorReach Out & Touch SomeoneDear Editor:

I emailed all but one of the candidates with the following question:"Would you be in favor or against the

city publishing a brief summary of the in-come, expenses (direct and indirect over-head incurred by the city) and operating losses over the 20 years of operation of the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts?"

Gerad Valencia is completely in favor of making this information public.

K.Y. Ma said that the information should be made available and claimed that it actu-ally was. That's not really true because it's scattered through a budget document of al-most 400 pages and is incomplete. However he did give permission for me to post the email exchange online.

George Ray said he wouldn't be against publicizing the financials but wouldn't com-mit to making them public. I've had some emails back and forth with him about his reasons for supporting the CCPA and asked if I could post the emails online. For some reason he doesn't want what he told me to be made public.

I haven't heard back at all from Carol Chen and Frank Yokoyama. Estella didn't provide an email address so I didn't try to contact him.

It’s our city—why is only one of the candidates willing to clearly inform us of what the CCPA has been and is costing us?

Ralph WestfallCerritos

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An Open Letter to Norwalk VotersDear Editor:

Let me tell you about my neighbor — the one who lives next door to me.

He, like most all of us, is active, busy, and though he does not have enough time for himself, he has plenty of time for us and the other residents of Norwalk.

The neighbor I am referring to is En-rique Aranda. Enrique watches my house when we are out, as I watch his, and as you would expect a neighbor to do for you.

Enrique’s qualities are reflected in his chosen profession. He works in a business based on trust and in helping others – one that all can listen to and one that all are able to develop and understand the goals and visions of the community. These skills are essential to successfully move our city forward.

I do not expect miracles from him re-garding our city, though I know and trust he will be there hand-in-hand with me and those of us who believe in Norwalk. Several times a week I run into Enrique as he walks his dog Chomsky and it is often during this time that we talk about issues plaguing our City and how, as a commu-nity, we can do better than this.

From the homeless man that was set on fire just days before Christmas, the rash of violence and shootings this past year, to the constant closing of small businesses in our community, to our Mayor constantly blaming Sacramento - we can all agree that we need an innovative problem solver at City Hall. As an example of leadership, Enrique promotes joint-use agreements and has pledged to find adequate green space so our Girl’s Softball League can finally have a dedicated field they can call “home”.

Norwalk holds great opportunity when people listen and act to build toward so-lutions through common sense and good-will. What is best for Norwalk’s future as we decide on the composition of our City Council on March 5th? I support Enrique Aranda #1 on the ballot.

Pete Perez

Vasquez Cronies Stirring Dirty Water Dear Editor:

You can call me “Amigo.”

On Tuesday at Central Basin Metropoli-tan Water District (CBMWD) I attend-

ed the board meeting in which witnessed the arrogance and egotistical attitude of Leticia Vasquez. I for one am tired of see-ing her use her two face approach to “pub-lic service” and getting away with it. The water district water is getting murky but I can feel for several good employees that are being dragged in the mud and don’t deserve the negative association with some politi-cians whose agenda is a self-serving one.

I have known Leticia Vasquez for many years with the Lynwood Unified School District and the City and have watched her manipulate and get “in bed” with not so reputable individuals in the City and School District. Since she has taken office at the CBMWB the staff has been on egg shells to her capricious self-serving request that for many years other board members didn’t harass staff for, but intimidation and manipulation is her strength.

One of Leticia’s friends Jasmyne Can-nick was given a contract at Leticia’s re-quest and alone with her campaign man-ager Annette Ramirez who also got a job there, Annette wrote the justification for said contract. My understanding and cor-rect me if I am wrong, aren’t their district procurements policy and procedural steps for such contracts?

I live in Lynwood and a close friend of mine told me that Leticia was seen in res-taurant La Huasteca doing damage control the week the article “Dirty Water” came out. Her campaign was to stop cronyism, yet wasted no time in giving jobs to her friends!

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HG Neighborhood Watch Meeting Mar. 5Greetings,

In efforts to increase the growth of Neighborhood Watch we have temporarily decided to host meetings at outside loca-tions to observe the results.

For those of you who attended the Feb-ruary meeting ,that was so graciously host-ed at “the Hawaiian gardens apartments”, know that we had a great turn out and we found the meeting to be a success.

March 5 from 6pm-7pm will b our next neighborhood watch meeting. This month wil be held at “Hawaiian Terrace Senior Apartments” 12100 226th Street, Hawai-ian Gardens (entrance located near 226th street and Ibex Avenue)

Due to scheduling issues we will be moving the meeting for this month from Wednesday to Tuesday. We hope that this change is not too much of an inconve-nience and we hope to see you at the next meeting. Thank you all for your time and if you should have any questions or con-cerns please feel free to give us a call here at the Safety Center, as always stay safe & stay well.

Stephanie LaraCommunity Service Assistant

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La Mirada City Council Candidates Reach Out To Voters ‘In Their Own Words’The La Mirada Lamplighter would like to urge all voters to head to the polls and to cast a ballot in next Tuesday’s March 5th City Council Election.

Here are the “official” ballot statements from each of the candidates, in their own words.

GABE GARCIA • Age: 49Occupation: Incumbent

Gabe Garcia is the Director of Parks and Community Services. He graduated from C.S.U.L.B. and has lived in the community for 23 years. He is married, Maria, and has two children, Paul and Cristina.

Gabe Garcia is involved in his com-munity. Gabe serves as your Mayor, and he attends Beatitudes Church. He has served 4 years on the City Council, 12 years on the Norwalk/La Mirada School Board, and Planning and Public Safety Commissions.

Gabe Garcia understands law enforce-ment. As a former Deputy Sheriff and cur-rent Reserve Police Officer, Gabe makes public safety a top priority. He understands and supports the Los Angeles County Sher-iff's and Fire Departments so our commu-nity is safe. Gabe Garcia supports quality of life for residents and their families. In his professional career, he provides recreation, athletics and senior services and programs.

Gabe will continue to make sure our children, adults and seniors have the very best and affordable programs. Gabe Garcia commits to a fiscally sound City. As your Council Member, Gabe works hard to en-sure the City has strong financial reserves. He ensures the City lives within its means and his economic priorities are strengthen-ing local revenues, attracting and retaining businesses.

RANDY GRAY • Age: 52Occupation: School District Administrator

My wife, Renee, and I have raised our three children in La Mirada for the past 18 years. I have served an active role in youth sports including AYSO, Little League, and NJB. I also served on the Community Ser-vices Commission and as Athletic Council President.

I earned my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from CSUF and my doctorate in Educational Leadership from USC. I have worked in Education for 25 years. I cur-rently monitor the use of State and Federal funds for the Paramount Unified School District and oversee a budget of over 10 million dollars.

I truly believe in giving back to the com-munity that has provided so much to my family and me. I will contribute as a mem-ber of the City Council by ensuring that the funds generated by Measure I will address the infrastructure repairs recommended by the Citizens’ Task Force. I will also work steadfastly to maintain La Mirada’s reputa-tion as a business friendly city.

Ultimately, I want to maintain the fam-ily friendly reputation that La Mirada so richly deserves. I respectfully ask for your support and your vote. I pledge to always give my best effort to each and every citi-zen of La Mirada.

ANDREW SAREGA Occupation: Police Officer / Businessman

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As St. Paddy’s day looms, Cerritos has taken on a definite green hue as of late and Saturday’s “Women of Ireland” show was more of the musical forty shades. On the tapping heels of “Rhythm of the Dance” this “Women of Ireland” show offered another grand scale, grand celebration of Celtic pride and a glorification of the Em-erald Isle’s dance and song. The concert brought much more color than green, in-cluding an entire stage-full or beautiful women and fine looking men along with some amazing musicianship that spared no showman (or woman) ship. At the center

is the dazzlingly gorgeous trio of O’Neill sisters (Fiona, Naomi, Evangeline) from Kerry who sang well alone and even better together, such contemporary songs as “Ma-rie’s Wedding,” “Carolina Rua,” “Where the Blarney Roses Grow” along with the lively “Red Haired Mary” that well pleased the decidedly enthusiastic crowd. The love-

ly ladies changed from one fine gown to another and while their voices were high and sweet on songs like “the Green Fields of France,” “There for Me” or “Imagine” it was hard not to get lost in the enchantment of the O’Neill’s pulchritude.

Yet, some of the finest moments on this night came from the little, scene-stealing

fiddler Niamh Gallagher who not only raised the temperature of the concert hall whenever she put bow to fiddle as her joyful countenance was infectiously delightful to fellow performers and audience. Likewise, fueling the fun were the excellent small band of drums, whistle/bodhran, guitar, pipes/saxophone, the terrific keyboards of Cian Boylan and the amazingly invigorat-ing accordion of Kevin Jones. Both gents were brilliant throughout along with Dan the drummer man. That is in no way to slight the absolutely marvelous dancing of the supremely confident (for good reason) Kelly McDonnell, her unfairly unidentified male counterpart and the two young ladies who exploded onto the stage like flying pix-ies, lighting up every number they joined and causing great gushes of applause from the balcony. When the evening concluded I could only repeat “slainte chuig na fir, agus go mairfidh na mna go deo” (health to the men and may the women live for-ever!”)

“It's not easy to run a campaign on $532.87 but it was a challenge

I was willing to take on.”

– Gerard Valencia, Candidate For Cerritos City Council

By Randy Economy

Gerard Valencia is new to Cerritos politics, but you would never know if by the way the first time candidate has been performing on the campaign trail these past four months.

Valencia is a fresh face in this year’s heated Cerritos City Council campaign that most longtime observers equate to a game of “tackle football, without wearing pads.”

Valencia may not get elected next week, his campaign is spending less than $600.00 compared to his opposition that will spend more than $500,000 combined when all the final campaign receipts are tallied.

Nonetheless, Valencia has been im-pressive in his first bid for public office and when you ask him why he is running against the long odds, he told Los Cerritos Community Newspaper that “the simple answer is to make a difference, but that answer is so cliché.”

“How many politicians actually make a difference during their term? What makes you different if you follow the same old format when running for office? Finding money to back you is pretty easy if you're willing to take on a special interest cause,” Valencia said.

The married “stays at home dad” has not been a wall flower during this cam-paign season’s televised debates, and isn’t intimidated by the process of running for elected office.

“I did not want to go the traditional route while running my campaign. I have

sought no endorsements or monetary con-tributions. I'm not a politician. I am a typ-ical resident who is willing to tell the truth. I am not afraid to tell the truth for fear of job security,” Valencia said.

“My intention was never to win for the sake of winning. Instead, I want the com-munity to prosper by someone who actual-ly stands by solid beliefs and makes sound judgments,” he candidly told LCCN.

“We have the most amazing freedoms in this country. One freedom I am unwill-ing to sacrifice in this campaign is my freedom to speak freely. I have the liberty to say what I believe because I don't fear someone else taking away my campaign funds for doing so,” Valencia said.

To date he points out that he has spent a “meager $532.87.”

“Some of my opponents have spent nearly 100 times that amount for their campaigns. It's not easy to run a campaign on $532.87 but it was a challenge I was willing to take on, Valencia said.

“I learned at a young age to be self-sufficient. I have what it takes to do my own campaign research, my own website, and my own responses. My responses have real substance. I’m not a mouthful of catch phrases like some of my opponents. I hope your readers can take the time to view the public forum videos of the candidates be-fore they vote,” Valencia said.

He has “backed up” his grassroots ef-fort by producing a couple of hard hitting videos that appear on his website www.GeradValencia.org.

“The residents of Cerritos have ener-getically fueled my campaign. The resi-dents of Cerritos are the reason we candi-dates are supposed to run,” he quipped.

“I'm on the side of the everyday Cer-ritos resident because I am one. Pride in my city is my benefit for securing a spot on the Cerritos City Council. My children call Cerritos home. It’s my motivation to have them continually call Cerritos home,” Valencia said.

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His main rival, incumbent Mayor Cheri Kelley has tried to cast Aranda as being a “outsider politician” who is “looking to run for higher office after being elected to the Norwalk City Council.”

“I have no intentions of running for any higher office, period. Sandra and I are looking forward to raising our child here in Norwalk,” Aranda. “Norwalk is still has a small town atmosphere, and it is hard to keep secrets from one and other,” Aranda said.

Aranda and Salazar are expecting the birth of their first child later this year. “Sandra and I are blessed to have each other and even more fortunate to be able to give back to the community we both love so very much,” Aranda said.

Aranda tells LCCN that he is “support-ive” of incumbent City Councilman Mike Mendez, but will let the voters be the fi-nal judge on who should guide the city of nearly 110,000 residents for the next four years.

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By Randy Economy

Enrique Aranda has been pounding the pavement in Norwalk for months in hopes of being able to convince voters that he has the right stuff to get elected in next week’s heated Norwalk City Council election.

Some consider Aranda as a “political outsider,” but he likes to tell voters and friends that Norwalk is his “hometown” where “he was raised” and where he wants to raise his new child that is expected to arrive later this Summer.

“I am homegrown. I graduated from Norwalk High School and Cerritos Com-munity College,” Aranda said.

He earned his B.A. at UC Berkeley and recently an MBA and has also completed graduate coursework in Urban Planning and has been active in advocating for environmental conservation and smart growth.

During a series of debates between the candidates, it was Aranda whose boom-ing voice stands out in the compact field of candidates that includes challenger Candy Martinez and Norwalk-La Mirada Uni-fied School District Board of Education Member Daryl Adams and incumbent city

councilmembers Cheri Kelley and Mike Mendez.

His life partner is Dr. Sandra Salazar, MD who also scored a huge political upset last November when she clobbered incum-bent Tina Cho to win a seat on the Cerritos College Board of Trustee.

“No one gave Sandra much of a chance of winning, but the voters and people of Norwalk realized that Cerritos College

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have to work hard, and have to be open and honest with the voters. Being a pub-lic servant is about trust, and being able to make bold, hard decisions that affect the lives of tens of thousands of people who are in Norwalk each and every day,” Aranda said.

Aranda is known for his experience in community and economic development, creating public private partnerships and for a steadfast commitment to community and public service.

Aranda is Director of Marketing and Development for a Private School Consor-tium and a small business owner of New Economy Strategies in Norwalk where he is a member of the Chamber of Com-merce.

“We need to stop talking about how to rebuild Norwalk and just get the job done once and for all,” Aranda said.

“I strongly feel that Norwalk is ready to embrace a new spirit of working together as a community. Our local economy is not just the basis of jobs but also underpinning of our ability as a city to provide quality services for our seniors, youth and hard working families,” Aranda concluded.

Aranda said that he was talking to vot-ers who live next to Norwalk City Hall this past Saturday.

“Voters were telling me that Mayor Kelley needs to stop blaming Sacramento for all the problems she created here in Norwalk,” Aranda said.


P A I D A D V E R T I S E M E N T

To the residents of Cerritos, My name is Young Park, a fellow resident of Cerritos. This is response to Mrs. Kang (the wife of James Kang) and her paid advertisement letter in this

newspaper’s February 1st, 2013 edition. I wanted to respond to Mrs. Kang’s letter sooner, but my business matters kept me away so I was only able to reply now.

I commend Mrs. Kang for her courageous letter in which she acknowledges her husband’s seven year affair (with my now ex-wife). I want to thank Mrs.

Kang for her kind console and encouragement in her letter to me and my children.

However, I would like the opportunity to correct some false accusations and misconceptions in her letter.

James Kang’s Campaign Committee began accusing me of being a proxy for opposing candidates and calling my actions dirty campaign tactics. That

is absolutely false. I am NOT a politician. I am NOT aligned with any other candidate. My letter was NOT an endorsement for any candidate. Unlike the

statements in Mrs. Kang’s letter, all expenses were paid out of my pocket and NOT by a campaign committee.

Mrs. Kang also mentioned that James Kang was not responsible for my divorce as James Kang’s adulterous actions with my ex-wife ended and she dated

another man while still married to me. I have no intentions of covering up my ex-wife’s poor choices. However, the truth is as follows: James Kang began his

affair in the summer of 1987. One year later, I exposed the adultery that was being committed and Mr. Kang swore to disassociate himself from my wife.

Regardless, I re-discovered that Mr. Kang had in fact continued his affair with my wife until April of 1994. At that time, I did not feel that there was any sense

in informing Mrs. Kang of this information that came into light, because I realized that I could no longer keep my marriage in tact. I felt it necessary to follow

through with a divorce. After I demanded a divorce with my ex-wife, it was finalized in 1995.

My ex-wife began to date another man in the beginning of 1995 and Subsequently, she decided to leave her children behind and move away. After a couple

years had gone by, I asked my ex-wife, how could she betrayed me not only once, but two times with another affair. Her explanation was this: After April of

1994, she wanted to discontinue her relationship with Mr. Kang. Nevertheless, James Kang begged my wife to continue their affair. Since she was in the process

of a divorce , she insisted that Mr. Kang divorce his wife and marry her if he was serious about their relationship. James Kang promised her that he would leave

Mrs. Kang, but he delayed the divorce for his reputation and his children’s sake. Only after she told James Kang that she had met another man whom she had

intentions of marrying, she was able to get away from James Kang’s tenacious obsession. It is up to the reader’s discretion to determine whether James Kang is

responsible for my divorce.

Mrs. Kang also mentioned that James Kang apologized to me numerous times. I clearly remember Kang apologizing to me exactly two times. On August

8th,1988, when his affair was first discovered, Kang apologized and promised to never again have any contact with my then-wife. The apology and promise

turned out to be false. The relationship continued another 6 years. His second apology was in early 2009, when Kang called me asking for my forgiveness.

However, I quickly realized that was his effort to try to silence my voice only for the sake of his running for the Board of Education in the ABC School District.

I did not see any sincerity in both apologies.

I do not want to seek revenge. I am just a man who wants to inform voters about my encounter with James Kang and how it affected my family. Since

James Kang is a public figure and he is running for the election, I felt it is my public duty to inform voters of James Kang’s hidden past life along with his

accomplishments that have been advertised for his campaign.

I believe honesty, integrity, and ethics should be important factors for the person representing the City of Cerritos. James Kang does not meet these

qualifications to be a City Council Member. Can you trust a guy who cheated on his own wife six more years after his initial Extramarital Affair was

discovered? A wife he pledged to love and honor?

I question James Kang’s motives for representing our City. I question if James Kang will be devoted to serving the citizens of Cerritos. I question if James

Kang will not use the City Council as a stepping stone for his own personal gain. I question if James Kang demonstrate true honesty, integrity, and ethics for

our City.

The election is set for March 5, 2013. You, the voters of Cerritos, have a right and responsibility to elect righteous leaders. I humbly ask you to think twice

before voting for ouselves and for our children.

Young Park / [email protected] / (562)445-9055.

Mrs. Kang, You may call it personal vendetta. I call it informing voters for the good of the City of Cerritos. I’m sure you would have done the same actions if

my ex-wife was running for city council in your home town.

Put yourself in my shoes. If a person destroyed your family and dreams of youth, then 15 years later, the perpatrator appears and asks for

forgiveness, can you forgive him easily? Did you completely forgive my ex-wife? I was only 26 years old when my marriage was destroyed and I

felt as if someone cut off both of my arms and legs. At least you kept your marriage intact and raised your kids with minimal effects. They all went

to prestigious colleges, Yale and Harvard, and have successful careers as Medical Doctor, Lawyer and Pharmacist. I did not have that luck in my

children’s academic endeavors, but I can proudly say that my kids are honest and God fearing adults.

I know and you know, as human beings, we may not be able to forgive a person who caused such damage and grief in our lives. It is God’s

territory to forgive. I tried very hard to put the past behind and move on for a better tomorrow. You mentioned that you wished we would all forget

this incident that occurred 25 years ago. I want nothing more than to erase these occurrences from my memory. However, the constant headlines in

newspapers and campaign signage refresh my memories and cause scars to ache. I have often felt like I was a failure in life who had no control over

the situation and felt a sense of shame. Should I endure again? Will it end here?

I fault myself for not speaking out in 2009. To my dismay, James Kang was elected to the Board of Education in ABC School District. Now, he is

running for the City Council of Cerritos. I decided not to remain silent during this election. I bought pages in Los Cerritos News and mailed a letter

out to inform voters so they will be correctly informed about James Kang. I am not fighting only for my ego but for the good of our children in our

schools, and good of every citizen in the City of Cerritos.

I don’t believe in avenging the past by myself; rather, I want to leave room for God’s wrath. I told myself I did what I had to and will move on,

leaving the past behind.

Mrs. Kang, Thank you for your kind console and encouragement in the letter to me and my children. It is very important that we do not hate each

other because both you and I are victims of terrible consequences. You should do whatever you think is right for your family, but let us not falsely

accuse each other any more.

Good luck with the election.

If you have anything to say or words to console my soul, please use my personal e-mail instead of continuously posting ads in this newspaper. It

gets costly and I do not think the public wants to read about our private issues after the election.

Young Park / [email protected] / (562)445-9055.

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During the event Aikman shared com-ments about his positive experiences par-ticipating in the City of Cerritos’ youth sports programs and the valuable coaching he received from local volunteers.

Elected officals presented Aikman with a proclamation declaring him a Cer-ritos Hometown Hero for his stellar career

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The City’s Volunteer Awards and Recognition Dinner was attended by 125 coaches of the City’s youth flag football, basketball, baseball and soccer programs. Past Mayor's Award recipients were also in attendance.

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By Rico Dizon

The end of work furloughs and con-tract terminations for the city employees of Artesia proposed by Interim City Man-ager Don Powell have been approved by the City Council during its regular meet-ing of Feb. 11.

Mayor Pro Tem Tony Lima, Coun-cil Members Victor Manalo and Miguel Canales voted yes. Mayor Sally Flow-ers and Council Member John Lyon ab-stained.

Mayor Flowers said, “I am not really

against ending the furlough for our City employees but I think we are like jumping the gun, the budget is not balanced, not by a long shot.” As for Lyon, he maintained that the projected reimbursement from the Department of Finance is “not certain yet.”

Consequently, the 10% across-the-board salary deductions of Artesia City employees will end and reinstatement of their actual salaries prior to the furlough three years ago shall take effect on Febru-ary 22.

In addition, the 9 day/80 hour work schedule for all City employees has been re-implemented.

Simultaneously however, the retirees’ dependent health coverage will be reduced from 100% to 50% as “this is consistent with the current Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) according to Interim City Manager Powell.

Also, the MHN contract for employee assistance program will terminate since “it is seldom used and the Union is ame-nable,” added Powell.

The other work-related contract ter-minations approved during last Monday’s City Council meeting in continuance of the mid-year budget review included con-sultancy services for labor relations, state lobbying, code and parking rules enforce-ment.

Artesia City Council Approves End of Furlough, Contract Terminations

Football Legend Troy Aikman Honored as Cerritos Hometown Hero

Cerritos Mayor Jim Edwards recently honored Professional Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman as a Cerritos Hometown Hero.

By Rico Dizon

La Palma City Engineer and Public Works Director Jeff Moneda presented a 10-year Capital Improvement Program for the City with a gross outlay of $21.7 million at its regular meeting on Feb. 19.

“The staff presented this 10-Year CIP to solicit the invaluable feedbacks from the La Palma City Council most especially in the area of funding,” said Moneda.

A detailed discussion on the matter has been planned for at the next La Palma City Council Meeting.

“Of course, we would also like to know which particular projects should be retained and removed to guide us towards the final presentation in April which will form part to the City’s overall budget for next fis-cal year that is scheduled to be adopted in June,” the City Engineer added.

From the total outlay of $21,688,000, a big chunk has already been allocated to current projects mostly on sewers improve-ments that are taking place in the City.

For 2013-14 alone, total expenses stand at $2,643,000 and continue roughly at an average of over a million dollars every year with the last year (2022-2023) getting a $3 million share.

Of outstanding prominence is the amount of $11.5 million for the Residential and Arterial Streets Rehabilitation projects which already is 50% of the whole CIP to-tal outlay. During the meeting it was noted during the presentation that the Staff would need to look for multi-source funding with the help of the City Council. Sewer Projects amounted to $5,250,000 while Water Sys-tems Improvements is at $3,070,000. City Hall projects are projected at $920,000 for the 10-year stretch.

On the “Summary of Funding” portion of the CIP, sewer activities contribute a total of $5.4 million – the highest outside of the Capital Outlay Reserves of $3,526.275. Gas tax/HUTA shares $3.6 million while Facil-ity Maintenance offers $1.9 million. Fund-ing from Water-related revenues is at $2.9 million and Measure M at $2.8 million.

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2013 District Spelling Bee Winner Announced

ABC Unified School District held its 8th Annual District Spelling Bee on Tuesday, February 27th at the Cerritos High School Brewer Theater. All 19 elementary schools were represented with a school spelling bee champion. The winner of the 2013 District Spelling Bee Contest was Kearne Permalino, 6th grader from Juarez Elementary School. The runner-up was Skye Garcia, 5th grade student from Wittmann Elementary School. The winner, Kearne Permalino received a trophy and a “Night on the Town” gift with his family. He advanced to the next level of the Spelling Bee Contest organized by the Los Angeles County Office of Education.

Awards and Honorable Mention winners. At this breakfast each of the award winners

read their essay to all the attendees and each was awarded a medallion, award certificate, and check from the Cerritos Optimist Club.

The awards were presented to the follow-ing students:

1st Place - Alwin Nocom, Whitney High School

2nd Place - Andrea Prudencio, Cerritos High School

3rd Place – Kellie Zhao, Whitney High School

The 1st Place winner’s essay will advance to the Optimist Pacific Southeast District Es-say Contest to compete for additional awards and prize money.

Honorable Mention Certificates will be presented by the ABC Unified School Dis-trict to Ruby Ririe from Tracy High School, Joel Flores from Artesia High School and Samuel Castro from Gahr High School.

Cerritos Optimist Club Essay Contest Held

On Thursday, February 21, 2013 the Cer-ritos Optimist Club conducted its Annual Es-say Contest Awards Breakfast.

Present at that meeting were Dr. Susan Hixson, Director and Dr. Carol Hansen, As-sistant Superintendent representing the ABC Unified School District, Rhonda Buss, Prin-cipal of Whitney High School and Janice Pe-terson, Principal of Cerritos High School.

This breakfast meeting marked the con-clusion of the Essay Contest that involved over 100 essays submitted from all five High Schools in the ABC Unified School District and the judging for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place

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ed me a piece of paper and instructed me to vote in favor of several items that were ap-pearing on the agenda,” Chacon said.

“After he handed me the document, Mayer told me ‘if I don’t vote this way…remember what happened to that guy in South Gate, and then he looked me in the eye and turned around and walked back to his car,” Chacon said.

Chacon said, “Mayer could have possi-bly been reminding me of what happened to former South Gate Mayor Henry Gonzalez who was shot in the head after he left a city council meeting.”

The document contained certain agenda items calling to “review, amend or termi-nate the COO’s position (Chuck Fuentes), the Assistant to the General Manager (Ron Bielke) and the Public Affairs Manager.”

The document also called to “terminate all existing and current contracts to include service providers, consultants and other contracts deemed necessary by board. All contracts then terminated will be reviewed immediately by committee appointed by board president for recommendation for re-statement.”

LCCN has a copy of the document on-line at loscerritosnews.net

Chacon said that he decided to talk about the situation after LCCN called him about the investigation and plans to file a re-port with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department as early as Thursday morning.

“I got really concerned about my safety, and frankly, I am still scared about what Mayer said to me,” Chacon said.

LCCN called Mayer at Golden State Consultants on Wednesday afternoon to re-sponse and as of press time on Thursday he had not responded.

Director James Roybal said that he “had no knowledge” of what “may or may not” have taken place between Chacon and Mayer.

“This is the first time that I have heard about this situation,” Roybal told LCCN on Thursday.

Mayer along with political consultant Angel Gonzalez donated huge sums of money and were the two key figures respon-sible for getting Vasquez and Roybal elect-ed. According to documents filed with the California Secretary of State’s Office both Vasquez and Roybal owe the two convicted figures more than $40,000 combined.

Vasquez told state officials that she still owes Gonzalez at least $18,399 for cam-paign signs and mailing costs, more than eight months after being elected last June.

Roybal owes $22,878 to Mayer in ex-penses.

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has been told by several sources that both Mayer and Gonzalez could be rewarded for

Kelley has not provided leadership to help solve the gang violence that has claimed far too many lives during the past four years. [Remember the sports pro-grams she opposed?]

Kelley has used the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce as her own personal political platform.

More than 110,000 people live in Nor-walk, and millions drive through the city each and every week. We want Norwalk to become a “destination” not a “drive through” location.

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper stands firm in our decision and believes that voters would be better served by choosing challenger Enrique Aranda and returning City Councilman Mike Mendez.

The voters need to do the right thing, NOW, and write a new prosperous and ex-citing chapter in Norwalk’s future.

their connections with Vasquez and Roybal by being granted consulting contracts that could bring in hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars.

Since taking office on January 7th, 2013, in less than one month, Roybal and Vasquez joined ranks with long-time Direc-tor Bob Apodaca and created a new “voting bloc majority” at Central Basin.

The three changed the Administrative Code and removed President Art Chacon from overseeing the Board just barely one week after he was seated for the position. Roybal is now serving as president of the five-member board.

The three also immediately removed CBMWD Director and Cerritos resident Phil Hawkins from his long held seat on the board of the Metropolitan Water District. Hawkins served as chair of the important Real Estate and Asset Management Special Committee.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe was angered about the recent deci-sion to remove Hawkins from his key slot.

“I’m very upset to see Phil removed from his MWD seat. Phil has been a tireless advocate for the Southeast area on water is-sues and his tenure means a great deal on such a large Board as the MWD. His expe-rience as Chair of the Real Estate and Asset Management Committee will be missed,” Knabe said.

“When reached by phone, Hawkins was equally as angry, “They removed me for no reason. It’s all about egos. We were doing a good job there; we were actually making money. Roybal was going to take my seat, but his school commitments prevented that, so now Leticia will be taking the seat, and she has zero experience.”

Roybal as president is now in a power-ful position, responsible for forming com-mittee, items that will be allowed on the agenda, and what contracts are vetted and reviewed before they come to a vote.

elected official. That is always a recipe for disaster in any business and especially in a city council.

Kelley even voted against the kids who play Little League in Norwalk. Who in their right mind would oppose youngsters who only want to play sports?

Please note that during her term as Mayor, the crime rate went up…period. Could the children of Norwalk be better served by more sports programs, Madame Mayor?

Kelley doesn’t like to be “challenged” by Los Cerritos Community Newspaper and as soon as this newspaper started to “call her out” on her missteps she worked behind the scenes to bring in her “own newspaper” (illegally for that matter).

Kelley even voted against funding im-provements at Little Lake Park that has been a “bastion of good” for generations.

ago.LA MIRADACurrent Mayor Gabriel Garcia started

his reelection campaign off on a sour note when he was arrested and charged with be-ing under the influence of alcohol back in December. Garcia’s arrest became head-line news throughout Southern California and now he is hoping voters will return him to office for another four year term.

Appointed Incumbent Pauline Deal is also seeking her first full four year stint on the cities governing body. Deal is a former member of the Norwalk-La Mirada Uni-fied School District Board of Education.

Challenging Garcia and Deal are City Planning Commissioner/Businessman Steve Keithly, School District Administra-tor Randy Gray and Policeman/Business-man Andrew Sarega.

NORWALKIncumbent Mayor Cheri Kelley and

Councilman Mike Mendez are facing three well organized challengers.

Taking on the two is Educator and City Commissioner Enrique Aranda, Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Board Member Daryl Adams, and Candy Martinez.

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper will have all of the semi-official results posted at www.loscerritosnews.net begin-ning at 9 p.m. on election night.


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IN THEIR OWN WORDSContinued from page 4

University.As a law enforcement officer I took an

oath to serve my community with integrity and honor. I will bring these virtues with me to city council. I will work tirelessly to make La Mirada a leader in government transparency.

My current profession as a law enforce-ment officer has given me great insight and experience with local governments. My vi-sion for La Mirada is to first restore fiscal stability and responsibility to a city that has declared fiscal crisis.

I will work to bring businesses back to the city, not increases taxes on them.

Public safety is also a top priority for me as most cities are experiencing increased crime. I want to work with the LA Sheriff Department to provide La Mirada with the best service and safety of any city around. I will work with the citizens to reduce the waste and bureaucracy in local govern-ment.

Please join me in bringing a new era of prosperity to La Mirada.

STEVE KEITHLY • Age: 61Occupation: Businessman

As long-time residents of La Mirada, my wife and I have raised our children here and greatly benefitted from this communi-ty. La Mirada is a wonderful city and it can be made even better!

During the last few years I have served in various appointed positions, learning and coming to understand the functioning of the city. In recent years, I have served on the Community Services Foundation, both Citizens Financial Task Forces and current-ly serve as vice-chairman of the Planning Commission. On the Commission, we have worked diligently in developing and mod-ernizing the city’s commercial centers.

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ANAHEIM – This past Wednesday af-ternoon’s California Interscholastic Feder-ation-Southern Section Division III-AAA championship game was decided within the first minutes of the contest. Unfortu-nately for Gahr, it was unable to get into a groove and was hit with too much high voltage from Agoura’s Kim Jacobs.

The leading scorer for the Chargers torched the Lady Gladiators for 30 points and sank half a dozen three-pointers as Agoura crushed the division’s top ranked team 60-39 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Gahr was looking for its fourth girls basketball championship while the Chargers won their first.

“We started off real slow,” said Gahr head coach Al Dorogusker. “Our de-fense was really, really soft in those first five minutes and that certainly gave their shooters confidence. They’re a terrific team. They beat the number one, two and three teams in this tournament. That’s pretty darn good.”

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I feel it’s time to take the next step and continue to grow and prosper this outstand-ing community. This is the reason I am running for City Council. With my years of business experience, I bring a valuable and unique skill-set to the Council. I am thor-oughly familiar with the practical as well as the financial requirements of running a suc-cessfully organization and will use these skills to make certain that city resources are efficiently managed.

I would ask for your vote on February 5th, for a better La Mirada!

PAULINE L. DEAL • Age: 53Occupation: Appointed Incumbent

It’s been a privilege to serve as Coun-cilmember of the City of La Mirada. I’ve been a resident of La Mirada for 33 years. My husband Jeff and I raised our family here in the community we love. My occupa-tional background is in the field of finance. I work as an assistant controller.

Active in the community for many years, I’ve served as an elected member of the Norwalk-La Mirada Board of Edu-cation for over 15 years, as board member of several La Mirada PTAs, and as a board member and coach with the La Mirada Girls Softball Association. In July 2011, I was ap-pointed to the La Mirada City Council.

La Mirada’s civic leadership has a dis-tinguished history of excellence. It’s my de-sire to build on this tradition by pledging that I will continue to dedicate my efforts to representing you with integrity, honesty, and trustworthy stewardship.

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lead nearly two and a half minutes into the game, they reeled off 13 straight points with Jacobs and Brittany Mazal each scor-ing four during the stretch. Agoura’s sti-fling defense held Gahr (22-9) to only six shots in the opening quarter and forced the Lady Gladiators to turn the ball over seven times in the stanza with the Chargers scor-ing each time.

Gahr tried to make a dent into its big deficit late in the second quarter and trailed 28-13 after an offensive rebound and bas-ket from senior guard Jewelyn Sawyer. Her two free throws with 21.5 seconds left in the half made it a 30-17 affair but Gahr would not get closer the rest of the way.

“In the second quarter I thought we played really good defense,” Dorogusker said. “They ended up with 11 points in that quarter and they scored four of them in the last couple of seconds on a couple of loose balls that bounced around. I thought our defense was really coming on. I really had high hopes for the third quarter.”

“Our defense has been so exceptional over the last two weeks of this tourna-ment,” said Agoura first-year head coach Conley Oliver. “I knew if we would play like that one more time, we definitely would have a chance at the championship.

When halftime approached, the Lady Gladiators were shooting less than 23 per-cent from the field while the Chargers were nearing 38 percent from the field. In addi-tion, Gahr made only one of 18 three-point shots on the game. But it wasn’t just the shooting that hampered Gahr throughout the contest. Agoura dominated the glass to the tune of 45 rebounds in the game, 23 coming on the offensive side while Gahr

By Loren [email protected]

LAGUNA HILLS – Shortly before his Gahr girls basketball team tipped off against Laguna Hills in a California In-terscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division III-AAA semifinal game, head coach Al Dorogusker asked how many wins he had at Gahr. The 77-year old coach, who is in his 10th and final season coaching the Lady Gladiators, picked up the biggest of his 159 Gahr victories.

Last Saturday night, the Lady Gladia-tors nearly blew a 13-point fourth quarter lead but held on to defeat the Hawks 54-51 to advance to the championship game for the first time since 1997. That season, Gahr lost to Laguna Hills 54-40 in the II-AA finals.

“I get credit for all the wins,” Doro-gusker joked. “Just understand that. [As-sistant head coaches] David [Garcia] and Art [Jackson] did a great, great, great job in the game.”

Garcia, who will succeed Dorogusker beginning next season, handled the offen-sive side of the game and watched Gahr, playing on the road for the third straight time, build a 49-36 lead 34 seconds into the fourth quarter. But the defending III-AA champions battled back with a flurry of offensive rebounds and free throw shooting down the stretch to make it a one-possession contest with 42.8 seconds left to play.

After Laguna Hills called a timeout with 19.7 seconds remaining, Christina King got the ball to Cheyenne Berbey, who attempted a three-pointer which was missed. Maddy Ziering-Smith grabbed the rebound but her three-pointer at the buzzer was also unsuccessful and Gahr began the long-awaited celebration.

Senior guard Jewelyn Sawyer led ev-eryone with 22 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and three steals. However, the Long Beach State University-bound star scored only two points in the fourth quarter and picked up her fourth foul with 5:35 left in the game. When she picked up her fourth foul, Gahr was up 49-40. Junior guard Ra’vyn Bowser scored the remaining five points of the game for the second place representatives out of the San Gabriel Val-ley League.

“Jewelyn is a great player first of all,” Dorogusker said. “She had [22 points] and controlled the game. She just did a great job. We don’t worry about her fouling out. We want the ball in her hands and she

takes care of it.”“The last minutes felt like the longest

minutes of the game,” Sawyer said. “But I knew if I kept playing hard, I would have more good than bad.”

With the exception of a 2-2 tie, Gahr trailed the entire first quarter and didn’t take its first lead until a three-pointer from Sawyer put the division’s top ranked team up 18-17 with 5:31 left in the first half. Gahr built on that lead and held a 27-22 halftime advantage behind Sawyer’s 11 rebounds and 10 points. The Hawks remained in striking distance throughout most of the third quarter but when Sawyer went coast to coast after a rebound and senior guard Jasmine Gates scored off her only steal, it ignited an 8-0 run that increased Gahr’s lead to 43-31 with 1:38 left in the third quarter.

“I knew we weren’t going to go out without a fight,” Sawyer said. “I knew we were going to make it [to the finals]. Past the finals, I want to go to state. I don’t want to lose to anybody. Every one of the eight games that we lost, I felt horrible.”

Gahr shot 44 percent from the field, a far cry from the 22 percent performance from the Hawks, who didn’t give the school’s Brett Favre club much to root about. In fact, Laguna Hills connected on eight more free throws than field goals. The hosts were 21 of 26 from the charity stripe and out-rebounded Gahr 40-30, in-cluding 23-10 on the offensive end.

“[Lindsey Johnson] was in the middle of every offensive rebound,” Dorogusker said of one of the Laguna Hills starter “She kept the ball alive a whole number of times. Maybe she didn’t get credit for the rebound but she caused the ball to be whacked around.”

Gahr, which faced Agoura in the championship game, picked up its 22nd win in 30 games, the most victories under Dorogusker. Last season, the Gladiators were knocked out by Rio Mesa 45-43 in the quarterfinals. Since then, everyone in the program was more than determined to get to the finals.

“Rio Mesa stuck in my crawl all year without any question in mind,” Dorogusk-er said. “That was a game where we were down 18 points in the first half and with a minute and half to go, we had a one-point lead. I take a lot of blame for that [loss].”

“We wanted to look at it as it’s a whole new season,” Sawyer said. “We don’t care where they were at last year. We want to start fresh this year and make a name for ourselves.”

had 29 rebounds.“We didn’t attack the basket,” Sawyer

said. “We shot a lot of shots; a lot of air balls. I think we weren’t aggressive.”

“We never got our shooters going,” Dorogusker said. “It was very, very diffi-cult for us to make our open shots and that put no pressure on [Agoura] at all.”

The Chargers and Jacobs continued to put more pressure on in the second half. Jacobs added half of her teams’ 18 points in the third quarter and scored another six on back to back three-pointers in the fourth quarter. In contrast, Gahr never scored consecutive baskets in the game. Jacobs was 12 of 29 from the field while the rest of the Chargers combined for the other 13 field goals.

“She’s a terrific shooter but those girls at North Torrance shot just as well,” Doro-gusker said. “She’s a good shooter but she’s not the only one around. I thought they hurt us more on the boards than with their shooting.”

“When I saw Kim hit her first shot, I started looking at [my team] and they looked liked they didn’t care,” Oliver said. “It was really easy from then on to just know, if we focused on defense and ran our stuff, then we could get it done.”

While Gahr, the second place repre-sentatives from the San Gabriel Valley League played three straight road games prior to the title game, winning by three points in two of those games, the 15th seeded Chargers edged second seeded So-nora 42-40 at home and knocked off third seeded El Dorado 41-36 on the road in the semifinals. This was Agoura’s second trip to the finals, having lost to Inglewood 64-49 three years ago.

“I ranked teams for the last five or six years,” Dorogusker said. “This year I wasn’t on a ranking committee and Ago-ura has always been among the top two teams. Why they were ranked 15th I have no idea. But that’s absolute nonsense.”

Sawyer led Gahr with 23 points, in-cluding nine of 11 shooting from the free throw line. The future Long Beach State University standout, also grabbed nine re-bounds, had her teams’ only three assists and blocked three shots. Senior forward Jasmine Gates added six points and four rebounds.

“I got this tape on Sunday and I was like, ‘that girl is good’,” Oliver said of Sawyer. “I started trying to break down how we were going to stop a six-foot guard that can handle the ball, shoot a little bit and pass the ball well. Coming into this game, we told everybody if we can just contain her…that game plan worked.”

Gahr will now wait for Sunday eve-ning when the brackets to the state play-offs are released. The state playoffs begin on Wednesday.


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Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by LUIS MALDONADO, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE and SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 12/23/2005 and recorded 1/6/2006, as Instrument No. 06 0036215, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/25/2013 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 14703 FLORITA ROAD, LA MIRADA, CA, 906384414. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $525,254.19. 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 association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the 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 provisions 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case TS No. 12-0067220. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. 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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0109370 Doc ID #0001588914782005N Title Order No. 11-0089939 Investor/Insurer No. 158891478 APN No. 8041-002-015 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/26/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by GUILLERMO CAMPBELL, AN UNMARRIED MAN AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 50% INTEREST, AND ALMA D FLORES, A SINGLE WOMAN AS TO AN UNDIVIDED 50% INTEREST AS TENANTS IN COMMON, dated 02/26/2007 and recorded 3/9/2007, as Instrument No. 20070518902, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/25/2013 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 14956 TACUBA DRIVE, LA MIRADA, CA, 906382225. The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $538,356.54. 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 association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the 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 provisions 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case TS No. 11-0109370. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Of-ficer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4363988 03/01/2013, 03/08/2013, 03/15/2013


2013029498FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTThe following person is doing business as Sun-Led America 10900 183rd #105 Cerritos, Ca., 90703. The following business is conducted as a individual. The registrant has not began to transact business./S/ Chung Phil AhnThe statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 2/12/2013NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new fictitious statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement 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 or common law (see section 14400et seq. Business and Profession Code), Published at LCCN on 2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8/13

2013030888

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person is doing business as TOTAL SO-

LUTIONS CONTRACTING 30765 PACIFIC COAST

HWY #219, MALIBU CA 900265. The registrant has

NOT begun to transact business under the fictitious

business name(s) listed herein.

/S/FRANK TEMESVARY

The statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los

Angeles on 2/14/13

NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five

years from the date it was filed in the office of the

County Clerk. A new fictitious statement must be filed

before that time. The filing of this statement 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 or common law (see section 14400et seq.

Business and Profession Code), Published at LCCN on

2/15, 2/22, 3/1, 3/8/13

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF:JOHN RICHARD DODD AKA JOHN R. DODD AKA JOHN DODDCASE NO. VP014984To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of JOHN RICHARD DODD AKA JOHN R. DODD AKA JOHN DODD.A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by WENDY L. CONNOLLY in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that WEN-DY L. CONNOLLY be appointed as personal repre-sentative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act with limited authority. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The indepen-dent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 03/26/13 at 8:30AM in Dept. L located at 12720 NORWALK BLVD., NORWALK, CA 90650IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objec-tions or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent credi-tor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in sec-tion 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may af-fect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for PetitionerJAY OBERHOLTZER - SBN 72127JAY OBERHOLTZER, APLC15141 E WHITTIER BLVD #500WHITTIER CA 906032/8, 2/15, 2/22/13CNS-2439189#LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS

CALIFORNIA AUCTION ADNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the contents of the following storage units will be offered for saleby public auction to the highest bidder for enforcement of storage lien. The auction will be held on or after: March 12th, 2013 @ 1:30pm.Location: Extra Space Storage, 10753 Artesia Blvd. Cerritos, CA 90703. Terms: Cash, ExtraSpace Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or cancel auction. Name of Auctioneer: West CoastAuctioneers Bond #137857. The following units are scheduled for auction:(Customer Names)

Hiroshi Chijiiwa Jenel BarteeCarrie Andrade Esperanza PuaEmelyne Barbers Frank Lipski IIGroup Capital Mortgage, Inc. Lorie FolkinsGroup Capital MortageTomas Casiano Steven Lambert

All units to include but not limited to tools, furniture, electronics, household items and misc. itemsunless otherwise specified.

Published at Los Cerritos Community News 2/22 and 3/1/13

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 20120015003859 Title Order No.: 120369017 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/02/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 08/13/2007 as Instrument No. 20071893233 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: BERNA-DITA E PODOBNY, WILL SELL AT PUB-LIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVA-LENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 03/14/2013 TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: BY THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 21333 HASTON PL, LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90715 APN#: 7065-021-031 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $273,132.53. The beneficia-ry under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Dec-laration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should under-stand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder 's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if ap-plicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com for information regarding the sale of this prop-erty, using the file number assigned to this case 20120015003859. Information about postpone-ments that are very short in duration or that oc-cur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to at-tend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AGENCY SALES and POSTING 2 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 714-730-2727 www.lpsasap.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 02/19/2013 NDEx West, L.L.C. 15000 Surveyor Boulevard, Suite 500 Addi-son, Texas 75001-9013 Telephone: (866) 795-1852 Telecopier: (972) 661-7800 A-4362010 02/22/2013, 03/01/2013, 03/08/2013

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-10-375228-CL Order No.: 100443046-CA-LPI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/20/2007. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE 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 asso-ciation, 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, regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as 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. BENEFI-CIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): GWENDOLYN BUTTON, AN UNMAR-RIED WOMAN, AS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 4/30/2007 as Instru-ment No. 20071034068 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/15/2013 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain lo-cated at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $788,240.33 The purported property address is: 19422 JACOB AVE, CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 7054-021-044 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this prop-erty lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the prop-erty itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auc-tioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, prior-ity, and size of outstanding liens that may ex-ist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.quali-tyloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-10-375228-CL . Information about postpone-ments that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The under-signed 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 designa-tion is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a writ-ten request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful 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 re-course against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal 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 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. TS No.: CA-10-375228-CL IDSPub #0045714 2/22/2013 3/1/2013 3/8/2013

CALIFORNIA AUCTION AD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the contents of the following storage units will be offered for sale by public auction to highest bidder for enforcement of storage lien. The auction will be held on or after March 12th, 2013@ 2:30pm. Location: Extra Space Storage, 17701 Ibbetson Ave. Bellflower, CA 90706. Terms: Cash, ExtraSpace Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or cancel auction. Name of Auctioneer: West Coast Auctioneers Bond #137857. The following units are scheduled for auction:

(Customer Names)

Daironet M Carrillo Willie Dawson Joyce Larson All units to include but not limited to tools, furniture, electronics, household items and misc. items unless otherwise specified.

Published at Los Cerritos Community News 2/22 and 3/1/13

CITY OF ARTESIANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARTESIA WILL HOLD A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE ARTESIA CITY HALL, 18747 CLARKDALE AVENUE, ARTESIA, CALIFORNIA AT 7:00 P.M. ON MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013 TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOW ITEMS:

1. CASE NO. 2013-01 CODE AMENDMENT CITY WIDE CITY OF ARTESIA, 18747 CLARKDALE AVENUE, ARTESIA, CA. 90701 A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE ARTESIA MUNICIPAL CODE (AMC) TO ALLOW ADDITIONS/EXPANSIONS TO SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS LOCATED WITHIN THE MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (M-R) ZONE.

2. IMPOUND VEHICLE TOWING/RELEASE FEE AND RESOLUTION NO. 13-2373 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARTESIA INCREASING ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR VEHICLES IMPOUNDED IN THE CITY OF ARTESIA PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODES 22651 THROUGH 22656 AND SECTION NO. 14602.6 AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1775

PUBLISHED: APRIL 1, 2013 GLORIA CONSIDINE, CITY CLERK

Published at Los Cerritos Community News 3/1/13

TSG No.: 7520461 TS No.: CA1200249298 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN: 7012-004-031 Property Address: 16905 CHAPARRAL AVENUE #20 CERRITOS, CA 90703 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/02/2006. 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 LAW-YER. On 03/21/2013 at 10:00 A.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 10/11/2006, as Instrument No. 06 2256234, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed by: NINO A. DEGAMO, A SINGLE MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CA-SHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA All right, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 7012-004-031 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16905 CHAPARRAL AV-ENUE #20, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts cre-ated by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $301,736.79. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidenc-ing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby im-mediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real prop-erty is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this prop-erty by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mort-gagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trust-ee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if ap-plicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939-0772 or visit this Internet Web http://search.nationwideposting.com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1200249298 Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement informa-tion is to attend the scheduled sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the de-posit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse. First American Title Insurance Com-pany First American Title Insurance Company 3 FIRST AMERICAN WAY SANTA ANA, CA 92707 Date: FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916)939-0772 First American Title Insurance Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLEC-TOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.NPP0214091 LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS 03/01/2013, 03/08/2013, 03/15/2013

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 12021915 Loan No: 1158054407 APN 8022018011 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED June 29, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 21, 2013, at 11:00 AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on July 7, 2006, as Instrument No. 06 1503008 of Official Records in the of-fice of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA, executed by: JOSE L. BOBADILLA, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA-TION SYSTEMS INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MEGA CAPITAL FUNDING, INC, as Benefi-ciary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11752 RING-WOOD AVENUE, NORWALK, CA 90650 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pursu-ant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifications thereto). NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auc-tion does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to inves-tigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder`s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714.730.2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com, using the file number assigned to this case 12021915. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re-flected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publica-tion of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $471,577.06 (Estimated), provided, how-ever, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is ac-cepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the prop-erty receiver, if applicable. DATE: 02/26/2013 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, TRUSTEE 11000 Olson Drive Ste 101 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 9166360114 Megan Curtis Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lp-sasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMA-TION PLEASE CALL 714.730.2727 A-4365050 03/01/2013, 03/08/2013, 03/15/2013

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0103847 Doc ID #0001350870932005N Title Order No. 11-0132084 Investor/Insurer No. 135087093 APN No. 7157-004-021 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/03/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly ap-pointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ROSA RIVERA, A SINGLE WOMAN., dated 03/03/2006 and recorded 3/15/2006, as Instrument No. 06 0552071, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles Coun-ty, State of California, will sell on 03/25/2013 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auc-tion, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3103 CANDLEWOOD STREET, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any in-correctness 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 esti-mated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $466,926.51. 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 association, 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 in-debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, ad-vances 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 provisions of section 2923.5 of the Cali-fornia 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 Re-corder's Office. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstand-ing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be post-poned one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case TS No. 11-0103847. In-formation about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4364524 03/01/2013, 03/08/2013, 03/15/2013

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0098850 Doc ID #0001336082112005N Title Order No. 11-0079769 Investor/Insurer No. 133608211 APN No. 7030-024-004 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/13/2006. 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 TERESITA F BALBERAN, A WIDOW, dated 04/13/2006 and recorded 4/26/2006, as Instrument No. 06 0911195, in Book , Page , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/25/2013 at 9:00AM, Doubletree Hotel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Norwalk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 13016 POINT REYES PLACE, CERRITOS, CA, 907038710. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $781,396.21. 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 association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the in-debtedness 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 provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder's Office. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should un-derstand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0098850. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Informa-tion (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 purpose. A-4362444 03/01/2013, 03/08/2013, 03/15/2013


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