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rity,” Meek states. “Our Board (CAPE) is very concerned about the growing percep-tion among our Appraiser members that several outside property tax agents have been given too much access and influence, and that some Assessor’s office executives are inappropriately intervening in the valu-ation process which jeopardizes the impar-tiality and integrity of the office.”

“We know that you (Noguez) will also share the pride our Appraiser members take in their work, therefore, we know you will understand our additional requests that your Executive Staff and Management avoid the temptation to mischaracterize this percep-tion. Its cause, or any underlying problems as stemming from poorly trained staff or lack of experience or Appraiser personnel,” states Meek. “The limited information we have confirmed underlying our Appraiser, its’ members perception does not support such a rationalization.”

The union attorney, Meek, goes to tell Noguez that he has thirty days to formally

By Randy Economy

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In a stinging rebuke, members o f the California Associa-tion of Professional

Employees, AFL-CIO have told embattled Los Angeles County Asses-sor John R. Noguez that they have lost confidence in his ability to oversee the management and operations of the complex agency that is now the center of at least two inves-tigations by law enforcement agencies.

Los Cerritos Community News has ob-tained two formal letters from CAPE Board President Carlos Clayton, and CAPE At-torney Blaine J. Meek that blasts Noguez about his “improper intervention by Asses-sor’s officials in the appraisal process, and inappropriate access allowed to tax repre-sentatives.”

LCCN was the first news agency to re-port on the investigation of Noguez in ear-ly February. Since then several major daily newspapers, television news programs, and radio talk shows have picked up on the mounting legal problems facing Noguez.

On December 30, 2011 CAPE Attor-ney Meek sent a formal letter to Noguez to “convey the growing concerns of our Appraiser members regarding some recent perceived impropriates by your manage-ment.”

“We are sure you are aware that our Appraiser members care deeply about their work and reputation for fairness and integ-

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Huge Boulder Captivates Onlookers at it Passes Through CerritosCerritos shoppers and residents came to a standstill Mar. 6 when a 340 ton boulder traveling through the city came to a temporary rest on South Street near Palos Verde Avenue, completing its trip through the city while on its way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Once there it will be turned into a new exhibit titled “Levitated Mass.” The boulder measuring 21.5 feet in both height and width, required two trucks, one to pull it and other to push it, plus a series of 20 dollies with a total of 80 wheels to spread its weight, equivalent to four 747 super fortresses. The 200 foot-long carrier traveled at a speed not exceeding seven miles per hour. Once installed at the museum by artist Michael Heizer, the boulder will be placed on top of a 456-foot-long slot carved into the earth and will appear to float in mid-air.

Two Preliminary ABC Budgets are Approved as Overflow Crowd ReactsBy Jerry Bernstein

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With an overflowing audience of par-ents, students, seniors and teachers crowded into the ABC boardroom,

the ABC Board of Education approved two preliminary budgets for the new school year beginning July 1 at its Mar.6 meeting.

Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts stated the budgets were “just that”… preliminary. He explained the Board wouldn’t adopt a final budget until after the Governor’s May reprise.

The Los Angeles County Office of Edu-cation had requested school districts prepare two budget scenarios for the 2012-13 fiscal year, Plan A and Plan B.

Plan A would be based on passage of one of three tax initiatives including the gover-nor’s tax proposal on the November ballot. This would leave ABC with a deficit of $8.4 million that would keep the District’s exist-ing programs mostly in place. Plan B would be based on the assumption the three tax proposals are defeated forcing the District to deal with a $15.8 million deficit.

Plan A calls for the transfer of Categori-cal Funds (restricted funds) in the amount of $440,000. This would include $320,000 from the Adult School and $120,000 from ROP. An additional $450,000 would be transferred from the Adult Education Fund Balance; Strategic Hiring, $300,000; Utiliz-ing the balance of the Education Jobs Act, $1,940,000; utilize the District Fund Bal-ance, $3,196,000; and implement four new furlough days at a saving of $2,160,000. To-tal saving would cover a $8,486,000 deficit.

Plan B would cover the $15,886,000 an-ticipated deficit. It calls for non-negotiable cuts totaling $200,000. Charge for Home-to-School transportation, $260,000; Increase K-3 class size from 28 to 30 students, $400,000; Adult School Fund Transfer, $1,740,000 and ROP, $740,000; reduce school site budget by 12%, $250,000; transfer from Adult Educa-tion Fund Balance, $900,000; Strategic Hir-ing, $300,000; utilize balance of the Educa-tion Jobs Act, $1,940,000; utilize the District Fund Balance (53 percent), $4,130,000; eliminate Elementary School Band program (1,200 students in program), $340,000.

Cuts that require negotiations with the unions include implementing four new fur-lough days, $2,160,000; add three additional furlough days, $1,620,000; cap District’s contribution to health benefits at $1 million, $200,000; reduce substitute costs at second-ary schools, $316,000; and reduce stipends and hourly pay, $500,000.

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Cerritos Crime SummaryFebruary 27, - March 4 2012

ROBBERY: A robbery was reported on the 13500

block of Beach Blvd. Cash, beer, and beef jerky were stolen from the business.

RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: An attempted burglary was reported

on the 14800 block of La Capelle Rd. A burglary was reported on the 14400 block of Plantana Dr.

OTHER STRUCTURE BURGLARY:Two other structure burglaries were

reported last week. A burglary was reported on the 12200 block of La Mirada Blvd. No loss was reported. A burglary was also reported on the 14700 block of Firestone Blvd.

VEHICLE BURGLARY: Six vehicle burglaries occurred last

week. Two separate burglaries were reported on the 13300 block of Beach Blvd. An incident was reported on the 14800 block of Gardenhill Dr. A stereo/navigation system and third row seat were stolen from the vehicle. A burglary was reported on the 15500 block of Fairhope Dr. Incidents were also reported on the 15800 block of Alicante Rd. and the 12200 block of La Mirada Blvd.

GRAND THEFT: A theft from an unlocked vehicle was

reported on the 13900 block of Salada Rd. GRAND THEFT VEHICLE: Twelve vehicle thefts were reported

last week. Eight of the stolen vehicles were semi trailers taken from the 14900 block of Valley View Ave. An older model Honda was stolen from the 12600 block of Ocaso Ave. The vehicle was recovered two days later on the 14700 block of Mansa Dr. A vehicle was reported stolen from the 14600 block of Calpella Dr. A vehicle was also stolen from the 13900 block of Adoree St. That vehicle was recovered the next day by the Buena Park Police Department. A vehicle stolen from the 15700 block of Imperial Hwy was recovered the next day in the City of South Gate. Three

stolen vehicle recoveries were also made last week. A vehicle was recovered near Imperial Hwy. and Ocaso Ave. Vehicles were also recovered on the 15600 block of Elmbrook Dr. and on the 14900 block of Firestone Blvd. Prevent Grand Theft Auto This week, 12 vehicles were taken in La Mirada. Take action to prevent from being a victim. Follow these tips: Make sure your anti-theft device is working. Lock your vehicle's doors. Never leave your key in the ignition. Park your vehicle in a well lit area or in your garage.

La Mirada Crime SummaryFebruary 27, - March 4 2012

Aggravated AssaultAn assault was reported on the 13500

block of Raceland Rd. The incident is cur-rently under investigation. An incident was also reported at De Alcala Dr. and Valley View Ave.

Residential Burglary Three residential burglaries and one at-

tempt were reported last week. A burglary was reported on the 13700 block of Nor-beck Dr. An attempted burglary was report-ed on the 15900 block of Ridgeview Ln. A burglary was reported on the 13200 block

of La Salina St. An incident also occurred on the 12600 block of Lindesmith Ave. Jewelry was stolen from the residence.

Vehicle Burglary Five vehicle burglaries were reported

last week. A window smash burglary was reported on the 12900 block of Ocaso Ave. A purse was stolen from the vehicle. Two separate burglaries were reported on the 13300 block of Beach Blvd. Two separate incidents were also reported on the 14300 block of Firestone Blvd. Third row seats from SUVs were taken in both incidents.

Grand Theft Vehicle Two vehicle thefts were reported last

week. A semi trailer was reported stolen from the 14300 block of Industry Cir. An older model Honda was stolen from the 13900 block of Ramhurst Dr. The vehicle was recovered and an arrest made the fol-lowing day by the Buena Park Police De-partment.

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By Randy Economy

Norwalk Sheriff’s have arrest a sus-pect for allegedly drugging his children’s babysitter and then sexually molesting his victim.

Suspect Kevin Cady, allegedly hired a young female, the victim, through an on-line babysitting service to watch his minor children in his home while he was away at work.

In a statement from members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Depart-

ment, Cady returned home from work early and offered the victim a drink he had prepared. The victim consumed the drink and immediately began to feel sleepy. She awoke sometime later to find the suspect sexually assaulting her. She fled the loca-tion and called the Sheriff’s Department.

Cady was detained, but was released pending further investigation and results of the toxicology report. On February 15, 2012, a toxicology report showed the presence of a drug which is normally used in hospitals before surgical procedures,

and causes drowsiness and memory loss, was found in the victim’s system.

On February 29, 2012, an arrest and search warrant was issued for the suspect and his residence. The warrant was served and the suspect was arrested and booked at Norwalk Station. The suspect is cur-rently in custody awaiting a preliminary hearing.

Anyone who has had a similar en-counter or has information related to the suspect’s arrest is encouraged to contact Norwalk Station Detective Marquez.

By Randy Economy

Norwalk now has an official set of guidelines on how it ís elected, appointed, and how city staff members should con-duct themselves, both ethically and legally, in public and even behind closed doors.

Norwalk has had their share of legal woes regarding the conduct of two past and one current member of the city council during the past five years.

Former Mayor Rick Ramirez was ar-rested on domestic violence charges and for carrying a concealed handgun, and past councilman Jesse Luera and current Mayor Mike Mendez were involved in high pro-file cases regarding alleged sexual harass-ment allegations involving two female em-ployees that resulted in nearly $1 million in legal pay outs to the accusers.

Ramirez and Luera lost their reelection campaigns to council members Marcel Rodarte and Leonard Shryock who cam-paigned on the promise of enacting new strict guidelines of ethics and conduct.

On Tuesday night Rodarte and Shryock along with Mendez, Vice Mayor Cherie Kelley and Councilman Luigi Vernola were successful to get the new set of ethic guidelines passed and put into law.

Rodarte categorized the new standards as being a proactive approach on how to guide the five member body as well as city commissioners, and staff members.

The new Code of Conduct and Ethics is split into three different documents and deals with everything from how elected members should interact with each other,

how to talk to members of the media, how to conduct themselves in city staff, in pri-vate encounters, and even with other pub-lic agencies.

Vernola asked city attorney Steve Dors-ey about who would be responsible for en-forcing the new policy and said the intent was to go beyond how we treat each other.

My take on this document is that we want to make a culture of how our city council should treat each other in the fu-ture, Vice Mayor Cherie Kelley said. This needs to be about how Norwalk should be governed in a positive light.

I don’t look at this new proposal to be used as a witch hunt tool. I look at these new guidelines as how we operate as a city, and how we act as a governing body, Councilman Rodarte said.

Mayor Mendez said he always wants to be respectful, but it sometimes there comes a point when it is okay to be disagreeable.

In other actions, the city council ap-proved a request by Norwalk High School Cross Country team for assistance in their upcoming Second Annual 5K Run fund-raiser. Coach James Maynard appeared before the city council and thanked the city for providing past support by providing two manned sheriff patrol units and three volunteer support personnel for the event.

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ABC Spelling Bee Winners Recognized by School Board

Norm Reeves Honda Superstore in the Cerritos Auto Square since 1983 was recognized by the Cerritos City Council at its Feb. 27 meeting for being the number one dealership worldwide in 2011 among all Honda dealers.

Mayor Carol Chen described the agency as the anchor dealership of the Auto Square which also os home to Cerritos Ford Lincoln, Cerritos Hyundai, Cerritos Infiniti and five other California dealerships. Accepting the proclamation was Dave Conant, Dealer Prin-cipal of Norm Reeves Honda and Brad Mugg, Norm Reeves General Manager. The Mayor said Cerritos is proud to showcase a local business every month to foster pride in Cerritos business community and strong local economy.

Winners in the Annual ABC Unified School District’s Spelling Bee were Stephanie Anu-jarerat, fifth grade student ay Wittman Elementary School with. second place going to sixth grader Sharan Raghavan a student at Cerritos Elementary School. With them are their parents and Wittman Principal Patrick Walker, Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts presented the two with Certificates of Recognition.

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By Jerry Bernstein

I had no sooner sat down at my desk Wednesday morning when VAL LYNDER, DEFENDER OF ALL THAT IS TRUE walked into the office. This is a surprise,” I said. Where have you been?”

“Here and there and everywhere,” she replied, as she settled down in a chair. That was an interesting School Board meeting

Tuesday night,” she commented.“Yes it was,” I said.“Large crowd,” she said.I knew she was getting ready to spring

something on me. “One of the largest the school board meeting has had,” I replied.

“Tell me,” she said, “was any concern mentioned about what was happening in the classroom with all these budget cuts the state is fostering on the District?” She looked me straight in the eye. She was too calm. Her purple polka dotted umbrella leaned against her chair.

“I knowthe teachers are concerned with the possible increase in furlough days. and the parents are concerned about cuts in the Elementary Band Program and possibly closing the programt down, and others are concerned the after-school ath-letic program will be cut. Others want to close down the adult education school so the band and athletic programs can con-tinue. I don’t understand these people,” she stated.

“It’s a hard nut to crack,” I said. “The two “preliminary” budgets approved by the school board are just that. If none of the three tax measures pass in the Novem-ber election, the District will be facing a $15.8 million deficit. If the Governor’s tax plan is approved ABC will only be facing an $8.4 million deficit, meaning the exist-ing District programs will be okay.”

Val Lynder looked up at me. “I under-stand that, she said. I could see her anguish start to come to the surface.

“The school board doesn’t have to make a final decision until June 6. The governor first has to give his May reprise on the state budget and until then the Dis-trict can’t really make a decision. It’s pos-sible, if not probable the economy will take a turn for the better and more sales tax revenue will flow into the state’s general fund. We just have to wait,” I said.

VAL LYNDER, DEFENDER OF ALL THAT IS TRUE was frustrated. “Where are the priorities?” she asked.’ Did you know it cost $10 million to move that big rock to the Los Angeles County Museum from Riverside and millions of dollars are being spent by the POLITICAL PACS to

influence the voters in November and pri-maries. When its all over, the money will disappear. Where are the million dollar do-nations to finance the schools,” she asked, “especially since Sacramento can’t get its act together and balance the state budget without milking the schools.” She paused a mment. You know there’s very little milk left to give,” she added.

I couldn’t give her an answer. She slowly got up from the chair,

like a volcano ready to erupt. “If some-one doesn’t do something,” she asserted, “ more schools will have to close and I wouldn’t be surprised to see double ses-sions started.”

VAL LYNDER, put your umbrella down”, I pleaded.” I was to late. The vol-cano erupted, smashing down onto my desk. “Sorry,” she said, “but that’s what is going to happen to education in California if the legislature and the governor don’t take care of the state’s schools. Education is too important to let it become the spoils of politics.” With that she walked out of the office, her high heel purple poker dot-ted tennis shoes keeping time with the swing of her umbrella.

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"There you go again."The claim that the State may force the

district to close schools deserves the re-sponse Ronald Reagan gave Jimmy Carter in the 1980 debate: "There you go again."

District Administrators, not the board, are primarily to blame for mismanaging

the budget that could lead to school closures. Board members base their deci-sions on information provided by admin-istrators and can’t be held responsible for decisions based on faulty information.

The 300 lb. gorilla in the room that administrators failed or refused to recog-nize is declining enrollment. Virtually all school funding is based on student enroll-ment and attendance. According to the fig-ures from the state at ebudget.ca.gov., av-erage funding per student from all sources, State, Federal and Local averages about $9,000 to $10,000 per student per year.

When enrollment decreases by 3,000 students at $9,000 per student, district rev-enue decreases by 27 million dollars and when you factor in step and column pay raises that all employees have been receiv-ing over the last few years, this easily adds up to the 30 million dollar short-fall Dr. Sieu is talking about.

If you compare year-to-year actual dis-trict revenues for the last three years, you won’t find a $30 million dollar decrease.

When you have fewer students you need less administrators, teachers and other support personnel to run the district. The district proudly proclaims that “not one employee” has lost his or her job and I believe it—but, this is why the district is in financial trouble and “may be forced to close schools”. If the district had pru-dently reduced positions through attrition as enrollment declined, they would not be in the financial mess that they now find themselves.

District administrators have no one to blame but themselves if and when they have to close schools.

Brian Nelson, Lakewood

Children First! Close Adult School!

I have been reading about the financial problems facing the schools in our ABC district because of California budget prob-lems. I just read the report on the web site

and I am very worried how the cuts are going to effect my children in two ABC schools and all the children in all the ABC schools. If they have to cut over $7 million from the schools, I have an idea that will save our children education!

The first plan should be to close the ABC Adult School!!! But that plan is not even on the list of ideas!!

Our children and our children teach-ers should not suffer losses so that grown adults can take jobs classes, learn Eng-lish, or take up hobbies. Adults have lots of other choices like Cerritos Community classes, Cerritos College classes, and etc. Our children do no have any other choices for their schools!!

Children first!!!I do not see why everyone is planning

cutting out buses for children, cutting down on sports and activities, and making classes bigger! Cut out the adult school! Everyone has to stand up and do the right thing for our children and our children teachers!!

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By Mayor Carol K. Chen

The City of Cer-ritos is an excep-tional commu-

nity and I am honored to have served our City as mayor. Cerri-tos residents, the City Council and City staff have worked together to accomplish many goals even as we faced the challenges presented by the State of California’s dissolution of redevelop-ment agencies. The City continues to offer an unmatched level of services while sup-porting the expansion of local businesses and the attraction of new companies to the community.

My City Council colleagues and I re-cently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the installation of new play-ground equipment at Cerritos Park East. The equipment was installed at CPE’s main and east playgrounds and was funded by a $150,000 Los Angeles County Regional Parks and Open Space District grant. In the summer the City completed improvements to Gridley Park, including the installation of a new swing set and play structures.

The City also completed the repaving and resurfacing of South Street between Studebaker Road and the San Gabriel River, and Norwalk Boulevard between Del Amo Boulevard and the MTA right-of-way. In addition, handicap access ramps were constructed at both locations. The $643,102 street improvement project was funded by Propositions 1B and 42.

Our community also celebrated the

dedication of two new photovoltaic sys-tems at the Cerritos Corporate Yard which represent a $1.2 million investment in re-newable energy. The two photovoltaic proj-ects will provide all the energy required to power the main building and a substantial portion of the energy used to operate a wa-ter well. Most of the project funding was provided by federal grants.

The City Council also recently ap-proved a contract for the trimming of thousands of trees throughout the City. The nearly $500,000 cost for the project will be covered by funding from a Los Angeles County grant program. Our urban forest beautifies Cerritos and brings such environmental benefits as filtering the air, producing oxygen and slowing storm wa-ter runoff.

Cerritos welcomed several exciting new businesses to the community during the past year. The companies include the restaurants Stacked, Buffalo Wild Wings and Mezza Mediterranean Grill and stores Lamb & Flag at the Los Cerritos Center and Anna’s Linens at the Cerritos Towne Center.

Dealerships at the Cerritos Auto Square, the world’s largest auto mall, are reinvest-ing in their properties. Penske Buick GMC opened its re-located and remodeled lo-cation in December. The City Council recently approved remodeling and expan-sion projects at Cerritos Ford Lincoln and McKenna Volkswagen.

The City is continuing its fight for re-development agency funds which were seized by the State of California. We are leading a coalition of cities in a lawsuit which challenges the constitutionality of the State’s actions. The Cerritos Redevel-opment Agency’s Property tax increment

was essential to making Cerritos the out-standing community it is today and the City Council is fully pursuing its legal recourses to recover the revenue. We are sending an informational letter to the com-munity to keep everyone informed of this critical issue.

I would like to thank Cerritos residents for their support during my term as Mayor. Serving the community is a special honor and I look forward to working with my City Council colleagues to provide the best possible City services in the coming year. I encourage residents to call me at City Hall at (562) 916-1311 or to send me an e-mail through the City’s website at cerritos.us and share their suggestions, concerns and questions.

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We often think that only adults have problems. But the truth of the matter is teenagers also have their problems; wheth-er it comes in the form of an illness, par-ents divorcing, peer pressure and concern over grades.

On Jan. 23 and Mar. 1 the Cerritos Optimist Club held its Annual Oratorical Contest for middle and high school stu-dents. The subject was “How Optimism Overcomes Obstacles”.

The contest was divided into two seg-ments. The first segment for girls was held on Feb. 23, The second segment was held

on Mar. 3 for the boy contestants. Chairing both events was Robert Green. Winners received a $500 scholarship check for first place; second place $300, and third place $200.

On Feb. 23 the Skyline Room in the Cerritos Library filled with student con-testants, their families and teachers in this first segment of the Cerritos Optimist Club Oratorical Contest. This segment was for the girls. Members of the Cerritos Optimist waited anxiously with everyone else in the room for the competition to begin.

Contest Chair Robert Green called the room to order and the competition began.

Optimism is knowing I can go to bed and wake up to a good day, stated the first

contestant. “I have a positive feeling inside of me.” She said Optimism helps her, both physically and mentally. “It helps me climb mountains I never thought I could.”

Another said, “Optimism sustains me in extreme situations.” She said Optimism de-feats any fear in her heart.

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“My friends laughed at me because I was heavy,” said another. I took hold of my-self, ate three good meals every day, which was not easy. I worked out, Most of all my Optimistic thoughts never left me.” She said her being overweight was over-come.

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On Mar. the second segment was held. The first contestant said he found inspira-tion through his optimism. “Never let your Optimist light go out,” he said.

Another contestant said his Optimism is always with him. “It helps overcome phobia and negativity. Another said without Opti-mism he would not have been able to over-come his problems. “I always try to look at the positive side of a conversations. He said when he was younger he was very thin and his friends would call him skinny or bones. “Without my Optimism I would have been hurt and in the dumps, but my Optimism helps me live life on an even keel,” he as-serted.

Another contestant commented, “Life is filled with hardships, but I found that Op-timism lifted me up so I can face life.” He said it helped him overcome heartbreak and illness. When his parents divorced he was heartbroken but he overcame it and helped his siblings cope with it. Later he had an at-tack of acute appendicitis when he awoke in the hospital and saw his mother in the room, he knew he’d be all right.

“The best way to overcome negativity is with Optimism,” said another.” It helps me move forward.” He quoted Winsted Churchill who said, “ Pessimists see every opportunity without hope. Optimists see opportunity as being a goal.” Another said life was not easy, but the best way to live is being optimistic. He said during adversity keep you Optimism focused in your mind.

Another said being Optimistic us not easy. You need to take one day at a time. “I can’t imagine a world without Optimism Without Optimism I simply would not be here.”

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Noguez formally responded to Meeks let-ter.

“In response to your letter of 12-30-11, wherein you express concerns on behalf of the CAPE Board of Directors ‘perceived improprieties’ by my Management. Rest assured, I take such perceptions very seri-ously whether founded or not. Since our conversations regarding these concerns, in late December, the following actions have been taken to address these perceptions,” Noguez said.

“In order to establish a more efficient Executive Management structure, I have appointed my Chief Deputy Dr. Chris Car-los to function as my Chief of Staff. This action took effect January 26, 2012. This

structure will provide clearly defined roles within the department that will support staff at all levels and facilitate consistent adherence to the organizational chain of command.” Noguez states.

“It will also allow me to focus on broad departmental policies and issues while Dr. Carlos handles the day to day operations of the department. Dr. Carlos has an extensive back ground in organization leadership and is dedicated to enhancing operations and the overall professionalism of the depart-ment,” Noguez affirms.

“On January 16, 2012, I implemented an organizational realignment of Assessment Services, shifting it from Major Properties to Roll Services. This places the oversight of the Assessment Appeals Board (AAB’s) Section under the administration Division, providing some important ‘checks and bal-ances’ for the appeals process.”

“An open and honest evaluation of the process, including perceptions, relation-ships between department personnel and outside parties, logistics and other AAB’s issue is ongoing and further adjustments will be made as necessary.”

“On January 17th, 2012, I appointed Patrick Gibson to Special Assistant. Patrick will serve as the Executive Office Liaison to all employee groups within the depart-ment. His focus will be on developing and enhancing positive relationship between various personnel groups by facilitating ef-fective communications and understanding of the unique challenges of each position in the department,” Noguez said.

The Assessor goes on to declare that “I remain committed to my elected office and my mission to provide the best possible Assessment services to the people of Los Angeles County and a work environment for all department personnel that promotes high employee morale. Accordingly I am continually considering strategic changes

that will improve department operations and appreciate and value CAPE’s feedback during this ongoing process.”

CAPE President Carlos Clayton blasted Noguez in a letter dated February 22, 2012, Los Cerritos Community News has learned exclusively.

“We appreciate your timely response to our letter of December 30, 2011, regarding the concerns of our Members have about (newspaper) reports of improper interven-tion by the Assessor’s officials in the Ap-praisal process, and inappropriate access allowed to tax representatives.” Clayton continues, “Our Board has reviewed your letter, the materials distributed to all em-ployees, and we have monitored the re-sponse of our members.”

“With all due respect and understand-ing of your situation, we have concluded that the steps you have taken fall short of preventing the kind of inappropriate inter-ventions and inappropriate access that have been reported. Likewise, as evidenced in recent press coverage and your statement to the media on the issues we conclude that you response is insignificant to put an end to the perceptions of impropriates in the Assessor’s Office. “

“CAPE Members want nothing more than to restore the publics’ confidence in their hard work and dedication to accurate and timely appraisals. We will support any steps that effectively restore the public’s confidence in our (CAPE) members work,” the union leader exclaims. “We expect you to do whatever is necessary toward this end,” Clayton concludes.

LCCN was first to report that Noguez accepted the abrupt resignation of Dr. Car-los late last week on Wednesday, February 29th, just days after CAPE’s harsh letter and continuing coverage from LCCN and other news sources. In that memo to his employees Noguez said that he accepted

the resignation of Carlos on Monday, Feb-ruary 27th. Since then another political ally, Deputy Assessor George Renkei has been named as his new Chief of Staff.

Renkei made a $1,000 contribution to Noguez’es assessor campaign on July 20, 2010 and has been a staunch public support of the Assessor.

Noguez turned the reigns of America’s largest county government property as-sessment agency to Carlos, a former po-litical operative of a San Gabriel Valley based trash recycling business, just months after his election in November of 2010. In documents obtained by Los Cerritos Com-munity News, Noguez radically redrew the organizational chart of the Assessor’s of-fice and gave Carlos the top administrative position.

Before joining Noguez, Carlos was the former head of Government Affairs at Ath-ens Disposal Services.

Further, LCCN was first to report that Carlos had no professional experience in the field of tax management or as a pro-fessional appraiser prior to his hiring. Car-los was being paid a monthly salary and benefit package of more than $16,000 per month, $1,000 higher than employees who have been there since 1972.

Carlos immediately began changing the infrastructure of the Assessor’s office after his installation and according to sev-eral sources turned “the office into a po-litical campaign operation for John’s future political ambitions.” Noguez has refused countless interview requests by Los Cer-ritos Community News.

--Copyright. 2012. Permission to re-publish granted with proper attribution given to Los Cerritos Community News-paper, Randy Economy Reporter; www.loscerritosnews.net 562 407-3873.

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Audience ResponseAudience reaction included proposals to

cut the athletic program in favor of the band program. Others suggested the Adult School be closed so the money could be used to educate the district’s K-12 students. Seniors were present to make sure their programs were not affected buy possible cuts, espe-cially the water aerobic classes. Many of the parents expressed the importance of the band program to the students and pleaded for the program to be retained.

Adult education students spoke up, not-ing the value of the programs offered that afford new citizens classes in English that permit parents to be able to communicate not only with their children but teachers and employers too. Other testified they are learn-ing computer technology that affords them the opportunity to get jobs etc.

Board member Maynard Law expressed disappointment that there was little or no dis-cussion by member of the audience how the cuts would affect the classroom programs. He said the budget must be approved by June 6. Parents need to come out and discuss with us classroom programs.

Broad member Celia Spitzer agreed. “Pri-orities are not what they should be. She said in the 1970’s priority was given to education and health care. Today this is apparently no longer important. Cuts need to be made in Sacramento not to education and health care. “Our priorities are wrong.”

Board Members noted that a $10 million donation was made to move “the rock” that was moved through Cerritos on its way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to be displayed as an exhibit entitled “Levitated Mass” and millions of dollars are being spent by PACS in the current election. She said, “Our priorities are wrong. People need to see what is happening to education. What is wrong when teachers want to teach students? If the present trend continues, what will hap-pen to public education?”

By Glen Creason

It was a beautiful, crisp late winter’s night and the Performing Arts stage was filled with fine musicians and beautiful peo-ple. Dazzling was an appropriate adjective to describe the spectacle of the Monica Manci-ni with Arturo Sandoval and his big band as a Cerritos concert spectacular. Around three dozen participants worked to make the eve-ning a memorable one and they succeeded individually and as a team. Classy Monica Mancini sang truly great songs, Sandoval hit the high trumpet notes and his big band was every note of big on this night. The only sour notes came from the drunken clowns in my row that seemed to think the show was a time for their inebriated shouting “conversations,” inappropriate interruptions of the artists, off-key accompaniments and constant trips to the lobby for more foolishness fuel. When the chief idiot shouted a marriage proposal to the elegant Ms. Mancini with her hus-band ten feet behind her on the drums it was enough to drive this reviewer to high ground. An old friend used to say when encounter-ing such bores: “there are more horse’s asses than there are horses.”

Arturo Sandoval showed great charm and an amazing musical repertoire that included extended jams of stuff from all over the map and musical genre. He began with a not in the least corny “America the Beautiful” that saluted his adopted country with sincere af-fection and trumpet power that reached not only the back rows to maybe parts of Orange County. Arturo made fun of his imperfect Cuban-English but as one wise wag said he is fluent in four musical languages. The rocket-fueled Latin Jazz “Apertura” got the audience glowing with energy and as was the case all night, allowed the big band to really stretch their musical muscles. I mean, when you have three drum solos from three per-

cussion posts you are giving the band some room to move. To tell the truth, on this night despite the big name headliners it was the big band that kind of stole the show. They put a lot of passion into all of the music and made the hall throb in time with the music. “Salt Peanuts,” a Sandoval favorite did Dizzy Gillespie proud and when gorgeous Becky Martin gave voice to “Sway” and “A Night in Tunisia” Arturo was speaking pure jazz. His marathon piano reading of the electrify-ing “Surena” rose temperatures once more and the duet with Ms. Mancini of Charley Chaplin’s “Smile” was just a nice finale in a strong night of big music.

The show was opened by the very pol-ished Monica Mancini who sings with au-thority and respect for the very greatest tunes in the American songbook. Of course,

she chose many of her father’s classic songs including “Moment to Moment,” with a sinus-clearing trumpet solo by Sandoval, “It Had Better Be Tonight” from “the Pink Panther,” the exquisite“Charade,” and the lesser known but just as wonderful “Two for the Road.” With the excellent big band platform she seemed to relax and focus on making the songs sound as they were writ-ten by Johnny Mercer, her father and the optimistic “Accentuate the Positive” with its Harold Arlen lineage. Of course her fans came to hear Mancini on Mancini and with “the Days of Wine and Roses” and the silky smooth “Moon River” she made magic. Even after leaving the stage the big band reminded everybody in the hall that “Peter Gunn” is one of the baddest (in the best sense) tunes ever written.

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The Sierra Room at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts was packed with friends and family members

Mar. 3 as Assemblyman Tony Mendoza presented the 2012 Women of the Year honorees. Eight women from cities in the 56th Assembly District were recognized for their public service to their communities.

Named 2012 District Woman of the Year was Cerritos’ Aparna Hande by As-semblyman Tony Mendoza (D- 56th} who Mendoza described as having strong ties with the Indo-American community and a commitment to the promotion of health and

wellness through nursing. He said Hande was the first woman

from her village to go to college eventu-ally earning a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration. She has also worked in nursing management and was awarded the National Association of Indian Nurses of America’s Nurse Excellence of the Year Award in 2008 She is Co-Founder of the Indian Nurses Association of Southern California, the Co-Founder of the Indo-American Universal Senior Association and Co-Founder of the Indo American Op-timist Club. Nurses Association of South-ern California, the Co-Founder of the Indo-American Universal Senior Association and the Co-Founder of the Indo-American Optimist Club. She has worked with abused Indian Women and is President of the Fed-eration of Indo-American Association of Southern California.

Other woman recognized by the Assem-blyman included Hawaiian Gardens City Councilmember Michiko “Michi” Oyama-Caanada. The councilmember worked with her husband Councilman Bob Canada to pass the ballot measure that allowed the establishment of the Hawaiian Gardens Ca-sino that helped save the city from bank-ruptcy. Upon her husband’s death, she was elected to the city council and re-elected twice. During this time she was employed by the ABC Unified School District as a teacher’s aide and worked with the District and the Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation to build the Sports Complex at Fedde Middle School.

Assemblyman Mendoza also recog-nized Norwalk’s Rosa Barragan who he said made it her life mission to give back to the community. She by promoted human welfare by empowering others. Barragan worked for years as the coordinator for the McKinney-Vento Program, helping needy children and families in the Norwalk area find temporary homes and shelter.

Ernestina Hartado of Artesia was cited for her outstanding customer service in her duties as a part-time Artesia staff member. She volunteers additional time and money to assist children in need. Hurtado began her volunteer involvement in 1995 with the A.J. Padelford Park Parent Group. She is a crucial contributor in planning and execut-ing the city of Artesia annual community Posada. After volunteering for nearly five years at A.J. Padelford Park, she accepted a position in 2000 to continue to do what she loves best, serving the children and parents of Artesia.

Others recognized by Assemblyman Mendoza were Josefina Canchola of Santa Fe Springs, Winnie Heiss of Lakewood, Elizabeth Swift of Buena Park, Sandra Thorstenson of Whittier, and Jean Wall of South Whittier.

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Presenting the 56th District 2012 Woman of the Year Recognition Certificate to Aparna Hande are (l-r) ABC Board Member Celia Spitzer, Former Cerritos Mayor Grace Hu, Hande, Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, and Cerritos Councilmember Joseph Cho.

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For the second straight season, head coach Michael Gaoghagan saw his team battle with Norwalk for the fourth and final automatic playoff spot. The Pioneers led Norwalk by two games with four remaining but were swept by Bellflower and Mayfair to end their dreams of a playoff game. At

the same time, Norwalk swept Cerritos and lost twice to La Mirada. Artesia has improved one spot in the league standings for four straight seasons since last going to the playoffs.

“It was definitely disappointing,” Gaoghagan said of last season. “We thought we had a chance to do a little better. We felt short, but then again we didn’t have a lot of depth. We lost a couple of guys to grades at the semester who were starters. We just really didn’t have the depth to overcome that, to take care of a Mayfair or a Bellflower down the stretch.”

Artesia returns seven players and will field 17, which will be a first for Gaoghagan. Artesia will have good outfield depth this season, spearheaded by seniors Gary Smith and Cesar Soto and the pitching staff is deep as well with Smith, Soto and junior Tommy Corrales, who all combined for four of the six wins the team got in 2011. The one weakness will be the infield where it’s very young. But senior shortstop Efrain Huizar and sophomore second baseman Cesar Esparza are experienced there.

Artesia lost its first nine non league games last season and once again begins this season in the tough Loara Tournament. Gaoghagan still insists that’s better for his team to get stronger by the time it gets to league action.

“We’re better than we were last year,” Gaoghagan said. “It’s obvious to me and it’s obvious to the coaches. But again, they have to do it. You never know what’s going to happen because we play an absolutely brutal schedule at the beginning.”CERRITOS DONS (6-18 overall last season, 1-11 in the Suburban League, seventh place)Head coach: Chris Aquino (second season, 6-18)Team’s record previous five seasons: 31-96-1Last time made the playoffs: 1998Key losses: Christian Price, Kevin Vaca, Matt VillalbaProjected lineup:P- Kevin Anderson (SR)/Brian Diaz (SR)/Jonathan Mura (SR)/Andrew Ortega (JR)/Omar Rodriguez (JR)/Jacob Carter (FR)C-Jake Liang (JR)/J.T. Mars (JR)1B-Anderson/Liang/Mars/Justin Fujii (FR)2B-Mura/Ortega/Will Lee (SR)3B-Omar RodriguezSS-Mura/OrtegaOF-Mitch Hacecky (SR)/Keenan Parra (SR)/Juan Rodriguez (SO)OF-DiazOF-Parra/Carter

When head coach Chris Aquino took over about four months before the beginning of last season, he hoped he

could change the culture of Cerritos High baseball. Instead, the Dons went through their 10th straight season of single digit victories and finished in last place for the second time in three seasons. Aquino said the guys developed more of a foundation and because of that, the expectations will be much higher in 2012.

“Last year they had the idea and the concept but the attitude is still not there,” Aquino said. “It’s not 100 percent that they know how to win. When they start winning, they get comfortable and they think they can beat anybody. But they don’t have that cutthroat mentality yet to where they have an on and off switch.”

The Dons have more depth in the pitching department as well as the outfield. Senior Kevin Anderson won a pair of games last season and is slated to be the team’s top pitcher but anywhere from 10 to 13 players on the roster of 15 members could see some time on the mound. Cerritos is off to a slow start this season, scoring 14 runs in its first six games, all losses. The program hasn’t seen fourth place since 2006 and has won four league games in the past three seasons.

“We have the potential to make a playoff bid this year,” Aquino said. “That’s our goal this year. We have a Tampa Bay Rays poster [in the dugout] from the 2008 team that came out of nowhere to make the playoffs and get to the World Series. That’s what we’re trying to accomplish. We’re trying to be the Rays of that year.”GAHR GLADIATORS (19-9 overall last season, 12-3 in the San Gabriel Valley League, second place, lost to San Gorgonio 4-1 in the Division III second round)Head coach: Geraldo Perez (eighth season, 134-69-1)Team’s record previous five seasons: 91-54Last time missed the playoffs: 1998Key losses: Charles Cantrell, Darian Dominguez, Jacob Faria, Alex Newman, Josh Palmer, Angel RamosProjected lineup:P-Hayden Humphreys (SR)/Rich Rios (SR)/Freddie Perez (SR)/Andrew Encinas (JR)/George Castillo (SO)/Paul Versteeg (FR)C-Hector Partida (SR)/Anthony Rodriguez (SR)1B-Daniel Gomez (JR)/Adonis Morrison (JR)2B-Edgar Morales (JR)/Morrison3B-Kevin Franklin (JR)SS-Jaime Estrada (SO)/RodriguezOF-RodriguezOF-Alonzo Casillas (SR)OF-Isaac Garcia (JR)/Albert Perez (JR)Adrian Poot (SO), Joe Velasquez (SR)

Year after year after year, the Gahr baseball program graduates some of the best seniors that move on to play college and even professional baseball. But just when you think the team may be down in talent, a new group always steps up to the challenge. That’s the luxury that head coach Geraldo Perez has had in his first seven seasons. Gahr has won at least 20 games four times and 19 games twice under his watch as the Gladiators seek their first San Gabriel Valley League title since 2006 when the team advanced to the semifinals.

“Obviously, Tom being here has laid the foundation for everything we’ve done,” Perez said of former longtime head coach Tom Bergeron. “It has been a tribute to the seniors that every class that has graduated has added to the expectations here. Every senior class that has graduated has been able to build upon the class before it.

“I don’t think it’s a matter of reloading,” he continued. “I think it’s a matter of kids younger and younger accepting the responsibility that if you want to be

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The one area that Gahr lacks experience in is in the pitching department as the team graduated 17 of the 19 victories with senior Rich Rios getting the other two wins. But Perez said the pitchers this season make up with a great deal of character. It’s a young staff with junior Andrew Encinas tabbed as the number one hurler.

The infield is rock solid junior second baseman Edgar Morales (.343, 23 runs scored last season), junior third baseman Kevin Franklin (.380, 30 hits, 29 RBI) and sophomore shortstop Jaime Estrada (.416, 32 hits, 27 runs, 10 doubles.). Franklin, who moves from the outfield, will be going to Arizona State University in the fall and Estrada is being highly recruited.

Gahr has begun the season with one of its toughest schedules in recent memory, losing to Huntington Beach, Mater Dei and Bishop Amat in a five-day span in the Newport Elks Tournament. Gahr is also getting stronger and stronger as several former players are on the coaching staff throughout the program.

“I don’t think the work ethic, from start to finish, from 6:00 a.m. weight training we did in the winter to now, is up there,” Perez said. “I’m putting them with the first class-[former players] the Eddie Murray, the Joe Park, the Victor Sanchez, George Sanchez, Ryan Juarez, and Keith Schwecke. They do have some talent but they need to back it up with some work ethic.”JOHN GLENN EAGLES (6-19 overall last season, 2-10 in the Suburban League, sixth place)Head coach: Jack Brooks (first season)Team’s record previous five seasons: 52-71Last time made the playoffs: 2009Key losses: Andy Aguirre, Ruben Gomez, Cesar Hernandez, Juan Rojas, Octavio TrejoProjected lineup:P-Ceaser Arzate (JR)/Jesse Gutierrez (SR)/John Lemos (SR)/Frank Rodarte (JR)/Luis Rosas (FR)/Victor Sanchez (FR)C-Ronaldo Acuna (SR)1B-Rene Gayton (JR)2B-Edgar Hernandez (SR)/Ricky Padilla (JR)3B-Gutierrez/RosasSS-Lemos/GutierrezOF-Rodarte/SanchezOF-Arturo Loera (JR)OF-Arzate/Rodarte

Jack Brooks, the son of La Mirada’s Kim Brooks, replaces David Cruz as John Glenn’s head coach but is not new to the area as he coached Norwalk in 2006 and took the Lancers to the playoffs. “I’m familiar with the league, obviously,

and I know what we’re up against,” Brooks said. “It’s the two predominant powers-La Mirada and Mayfair-and I know what it’s going to take to get us into playoff contention.”

Brooks inherits a program that has struggled since going to the playoffs in 2009. In the past two seasons, the Eagles have won 14 games and Brooks is faced with the reality of having 12 players on varsity this season and 25 in the entire program.

“It’s extremely frustrating,” Brooks said. “It’s hard to build anything when you don’t have the manpower. We lost about seven to eight kids to ineligibility. That killed us. The expectations in the classroom and on the field have to change and that’s my main goal so we don’t have those problems next year.”

Junior Ceaser Arzate won three games last season and had an earned run average of 3.69 and will lead the pitching staff. Junior Frank Rodarte and freshman Victor Sanchez are left-handed pitchers. Senior shortstop John Lemos led the team with a .346 average, 28 hits and six doubles last season and will the focal point of the offense. He was the only player to bat over .300 last season. Senior catcher Ronaldo Acuna moves from left field.

“We have enough talent here where I think we can compete right away this year,” Brooks said. “That’s the main thing. There’s going to be an attitude change and a culture change. But Dave [Cruz] did a good job. He did a good job with what we had and he left me some talent here.”NORWALK LANCERS (15-12 overall last season, 5-7 in the Suburban League. tied for fourth place, lost to Aliso Niguel 7-2 in the Division II wild card)Head coach: Ruben Velasquez (fourth season, 36-39)Team’s record previous five seasons: 49-74Last time missed the playoffs: 2009Key losses: Skyler Bautista, Johnnie Lopez, Steve Mendoza, Jason SalgadoProjected lineup:P-Jose Sandoval (SR)/Miguel Castaneda (JR)/Anthony Gonzalez (JR) Jesse Rodriguez (JR)/Rudy Garay (SR)/Faustino Colon (SO)/Fernando De Luna (SO)/ Lopez (SO)C-German Vasquez (SR)/Joseph Borjorquez (JR)1B-SandovalColon2B-Raymond Flores (JR)/Gonzalez3B-Castaneda/Carlos GarciaSS-Rodriguez/GonzalezOF-Jacob Salas (SR)/Matthew Ortega (SO)OF-Rito Martinez (SR)/Trino Romero (SO)OF-Rodriguez

Poor defense was Norwalk’s biggest problem again last season, especially

when the Lancers were at home. Of the six league games played at Terry Bales Field, Norwalk lost by one run twice, by two runs once and by four runs another time. The team went 1-5 at home in league action with graduated pitcher Johnnie Lopez winning the only league home contest, losing twice and getting a no decision in another. For the season, Norwalk went 8-7 at home.

“That’s kind of been our M.O. the past couple of years,” said head coach Ruben Velasquez. “One of our two top guns doesn’t seem to get some support. It happened back in 2009 with Jerry Gonzalez. His record didn’t show how well he pitched. It’s something we’re hoping we’re going to overcome this year. We really have to clean it up defensively.”

Senior Jose Sandoval, who was slated to be one of the team’s top pitchers, is currently injured and his return is uncertain. He hasn’t thrown in the past six months. Senior German Vasquez, who went 3-1 and got the start against Aliso Niguel in the playoffs, is behind the plate. He is the top returning player and batted .407 last season with 33 hits and 17 RBI. Junior Miguel Castaneda batted .392 last season with 31 hits and 19 RBI. The infield could be Norwalk’s strength with Sandoval, once he returns, Castaneda, when he’s not pitching, junior second baseman Raymond Flores and junior shortstop Jesse Rodriguez (.286).

“I really like my lineup,” Velasquez said. “We have some speed, which I haven’t had in a while. I like 3-4-5 [in the lineup], Castaneda, Vasquez and Sandoval.”

Norwalk hasn’t finished in third place since 2005, which began a stretch of four playoff trips in the past seven seasons. If the Lancers can stay healthy, get Sandoval back soon and cut down on the errors, they could make that push towards the upper half of the league.

“That’s been part of the process, just trying to get the guys to understand and to buy in to what I’m trying to preach along with my coaching staff,” Velasquez said. “Every time we walk through those gates, we expect to win. It’s been a struggle to get that message across just because of the fact that some of these kids just really haven’t had success at younger ages.”VALLEY CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS (16-11 overall last season, 7-5 in the Olympic League, tied for second place, lost to Serra 11-9 in the Division V first round)Head coach: Erick Streelman (first season)Team’s record previous five seasons: 62-75-2Last time missed the playoffs: 2010Key losses: Jacob Dupuy, Michael Fasnacht, Ryan Fronke, Daniel Hernandez, Sam RaffaelliProjected lineup:P-Dylan Algra (SR)/Shane Stillwagon

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The Crusaders had their best season since 2007 and won all five games in the Newport Elks Tournament to begin the 2011 season. The program grew under former head coach Sean Buller for the past two seasons with a hodgepodge of freshmen and sophomores and now former V.C. third baseman Erick Streelman takes over with Buller one of his assistants. Streelman said when he graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, he thought his future was going to be as a baseball coach instead of a football coach, where he has roamed the Crusader’s sideline since 2007.

“It’s a totally different vibe, a totally different season and a different approach,” Streelman said. “But at the same time, it’s a lot of the same [football] kids. I’m really excited to get on the field and see what these kids can do.”

Streelman couldn’t have walked into a better situation as there will be a returning player at every position and almost position can be interchangeable. This is one of the deepest teams the Crusaders have had in quite some time. Senior pitcher Dylan Algra is one of the best in the area. He went 5-3 last season with three complete games, a 1.68 ERA and struck out 40 batters. Junior catcher Tyler McLurg, who had three saves, will spend the majority of time behind the plate. Senior second baseman Shane Stillwagon batted .411 with 30 hits and five doubles last season while junior outfielder Nico Morandini hit .400 in only 14 games.

All eyes will focus on the last week of April when the Crusaders meet Whittier Christian in a home and home series with the Olympic League title possibly on the line. The last league crown for the Crusaders came in 2006 when current Whittier Christian head coach Brent Lavoie was at the helm.

“I think it’s kind of like football where it’s going to come down to us and Whittier Christian,” Streelman said. “I think Maranatha can be really good as well. The three of us are in the upper tier. But it can go any way. The thing about [Olympic League] baseball is you’re going to play each team three times and you have to see their hot pitcher twice and you could lose those two games. You might be a better team but they might have a better guy on the hill. I think we’re talented enough to compete with anybody.”


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Storm Drains Are For Rain!Not Automotive FluidsNot Pet WasteNot Yard WasteNot PaintNot Litter

The City of Cerritos encourages itsresidents to recycle their used motor oiland oil filters. It’s quick, it’s easy, and

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Anything that goes into a stormdrain in Cerritos has an impacton the health of Los AngelesCounty beaches and coastalwaters. So remember that…

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 11-0142220 Title Order No. 11-0124863 APN No. 7050-017-026 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/03/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by BRANDON CHOE, A SINGLE MAN, dated 11/03/2005 and recorded 11/30/2005, as Instrument No. 05 2913971, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 04/02/2012 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully de-scribed in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property de-scribed above is purported to be: 11609 JERRY STREET, CERRITOS, CA, 907037418. 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 un-paid 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 $511,507.59. 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 declara-tion from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 03/01/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.154508 3/09, 3/16, 3/23/2012

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PROPERTYNotice is given that pursuant to sections 21700-21713 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the Commercial Code, Section 535 of the Penal Code, that Norwalk Self Storage at 11564 E. Firestone Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 will sell by competitive bidding, on or after March 27, 2012 @ 12:00pm, property belonging to those listed below. Auction is to be held at the above address. Property to be sold as follows: household goods, furniture, personal items, clothing, electronics, tools, auto parts and miscellaneous boxes, belonging to the following.

NAME UNIT Jenny Chavez A286 Aret Derstepanyan A293 Aret Derstepanyan A311 Jill Ohle B253 Honorio Cruz B314 Jose O Flores B476 Robert David B732 Anthony Serrato B809

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 3/9 and 3/16/12

Melbourne Elementary School Principal Kathy Neder-Olivos thanks the Hawaiian Gardens City Council at its Feb. 28 meeting for its $5,000 school donation. Olivos said the funds would be used by the schools kindergarten through sixth grade students for field trips during the school year.

By Jessica Fang and Grace Ha

Originally I was given the topic to write about what it takes to be a basketball player. But, what don’t we already know, or think we already know about participating in a team sport? Ethan Wong, Cerritos High basketball player, explains, “We need hard work every day and commitment,” but so did all the other players from basketball, baseball, wrestling, and water polo. In real-ity, however, there is a lot more to being a team player besides the practice makes per-fect cliché.

Take baseball for instance. Cerritos High baseball player, Jake Liang, revealed a whole new aspect along with the usual dedication and commitment when discuss-ing what it took to play baseball, “When you’re a catcher and playing infield, some-times you need to block the ball with your body so it won’t get past you. When you’re batter, sometimes you just have to let the ball hit you, too. It hurts a little, but you get use to it.”

This pain attribute is also evident in water polo, one of the most rigorous sports throughout the nation. Along with the in-tense conditioning the water polo players tackle through the season, they face aggres-

sive behavior out on the field, too. “Almost every game I get a few bruises and scratches because it’s a pretty violent sport, which in-cludes a lot of abuse,” Arada Cherdsuriya, Cerritos High girls water polo player, de-clares. Despite the belligerent manner seen in games or the drama that occurs during season, teamwork is definitely the glue that successfully holds the girls together. In fact, the Cerritos girl’s water polo team just recently won their first CIF match with a score of 12 to 5 against St. Cathedral High School. Without teamwork, the water polo team wouldn’t have been able to victori-ously move onto the next round.

Teamwork is also where cheerleading comes in. A single team may have the best cheerleaders in the nation, but without team-work, it can be worse than a group with tod-dlers. Though cheerleading is a sport often looked down on or not even considered as a sport, the perspiration and the dedication cheerleaders put into completing a routine or mastering a stunt is often greater than the time and effort singers put into prac-ticing their lyrics. Ranging from 2 to four hours per practice, cheerleaders suffer harsh conditioning and risky stunts. CHS Varsity Song leader Rachel Hyojin Park says “even through the countless hours put into practic-ing and the suffering my knees and feet go

through, it’s all worth it because in the end we earn the title and the pain doesn’t mat-ter. Our team holds the title of being 7 time national champions and a 6 peat of national champions.”

Even though water polo and cheerlead-ing are intense, aggressive sports, teamwork is essential in completing a successful team, which is entirely contrary to wrestling. Ste-ven Yang, Wrestler, admits, “In wrestling, some people try to hurt each other during CIF’s in order to win because it’s not the school team that wins, but an individual.” Another surprising shock is that in order to make weight for their wrestling matches, wrestlers sometimes have to hold off eating for a day. This way, they are able to shed off a couple pounds to meet the weight require-ments for their matches.

No single sport is completely identical. They may appear to be the same, but once you dig deeper, you can uncover all the secrets. Without sacrifice from all the indi-viduals, teams would not be able to last. In baseball, the batter has to get hit once in a while. In water polo, members need to ig-nore their battle wounds. In cheer, the bruis-es need to be forgotten. And in wrestling, certain members need to be hurt. Sports are vicious. But let’s face it, that’s the reason we love watching them so much.

What it Takes to be a 'Basketball Player'

Hawaiian Gardens Council Donates $5,000 to Melbourne Elementary School


Trustee Sale No. 11-00226-3 CA Loan No. 0022853253 Title Order No. 693374 APN 7010-011-010 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED February 8, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. On April 19, 2012, at 09:00 AM, Doubletree Ho-tel Los Angeles-Norwalk, 13111 Sycamore Drive, Nor-walk, CA 90650, Vineyard Ballroom, Power Default Services, Inc., as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on February 21, 2007, as In-strument No. 20070369602 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , ex-ecuted by: ARNEL P. NUNAG AND ELVIRA H. NU-NAG, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, in favor of OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION as Beneficiary, 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: 16119 CANYON CREEK RD, CERRITOS, CA 90703 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, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifications thereto). 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 publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $912,091.04 (Estimated), provided, however, pre-payment 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 ad-dition 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 accepted, 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 property receiver, if applicable. DATE: March 2, 2012 POWER DEFAULT SERVICES, INC., Trustee By: Fidelity National Title Company, its agent 135 Main Street, Suite 1900, San Francisco , CA 94105, 415-247-2450 By: Rosanna Chavez, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.auction.com AU-TOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1-800-280-2832 P927222 3/2, 3/9, 03/16/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0122383 Title Order No. 11-0108842 Investor/Insurer No. 157790087 APN No. 7022-012-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/07/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." No-tice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JACOB KO, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE & SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 02/07/2007 and recorded 2/15/2007, as Instrument No. 20070329296, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 03/26/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Cen-ter 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 inter-est 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: 13743 REVA CIRCLE, CERRITOS, CA, 907038934. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with inter-est thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $543,129.48. 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 inter-est 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. DATED: 02/29/2012 RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4203145 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-09-290518-TC Order No.: 090426267-CA-DCO YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/29/2007. 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 PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): ILONDA L BROWN , A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPA-RATE PROPERTY Recorded: 6/5/2007 as Instrument No. 20071353752 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 3/26/2012 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomo-na, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $693,434.70 The purported property address is: 10826 DROXFORD ST, CERRITOS, CA 90703 Assessor’s Parcel No. 7038-008-032 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other com-mon designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.lpsasap.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF 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 PUR-POSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 4204506 03/02/2012, 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012

NOTICE OF ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS of the CENTRAL BASIN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, DIVISIONS 1, 4 and 5 that an election will be held on TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2012, in consolidation with the Presidential Primary Election, for the purpose of electing one member to each of the above mentioned divisions. Candidates for the above election must be registered voters residing within the division at the time the declaration of candidacy is is-sued pursuant to Sections 71250 and 71501 of the Wa-ter Code and Section 201 of the Elections Code. Declaration of candidacy forms for the election are available commencing FEBRUARY 13, 2012 and no later than MARCH 9, at the REGISTRAR-RECORD-ER/COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, 12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, 2nd Floor, Room 2013, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Declaration of candidacy forms must be FILED with the REGISTRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE at the above address no later than 5:00 p.m., MARCH 9, 2012. Appointment to each elective office will be made as prescribed by Section 10515 of the Elections Code, in the event: a. There are no candidates or an insufficient number of candidates for such office(s) and b. A petition signed by 10% or 50 voters in the division, whichever is the smaller number, requesting that an election be held has not been presented to the REGIS-TRAR-RECORDER/COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE by 5:00 p.m., MARCH 14, 2012. Polling places shall be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Persons requiring multilingual assistance in Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Thai or Vietnamese regarding information in the notice may call (800) 481-8683. DEAN C. LOGAN Registrar-Recorder/County ClerkCounty of Los Angeles3/2/12CNS-2269907#LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY NEWS

CITY OF CERRITOSNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cerritos Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. on the following matter:

A RESOLUTION OF THE CERRITOS CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE CERRITOS GENERAL PLAN BY CHANGING THE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF APPROXIMATELY ±2.21 ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED AT 19033 STUDEBAKER ROAD, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 (APN 7049-014-907), FROM REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TO PUBLIC AND QUASI PUBLIC.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CERRITOS AMENDING THE CERRITOS DEVELOPMENT MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF APPROXIMATELY ±2.21 ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED AT 19033 STUDEBAKER ROAD, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703 (APN 7049-014-907), FROM REGIONAL COMMERCIAL (CR) TO OPEN SPACE (OS).

GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2012-3*DEVELOPMENT MAP AMENDMENT 2012-3*

*PURSUANT TO SECTION 15061(B)(3) OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA), THIS PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CEQA REVIEW.

This public hearing will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Cerritos City Hall, Cerritos Civic Center, Bloomfield Avenue and 183rd Street, Cerritos, California, 90703. The meeting will also air live on Cerritos TV3 and will be streamed over the City of Cerritos web site at www.cerritos.us. A copy of the related staff report will be available for download from the website by 6:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the public hearing.

If you challenge the above mentioned General Plan Amendment, Development Map Amendment, and related actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission, at, or prior to the public hearing.

Any person interested in this matter may contact the Department of Community Development at (562) 916-1201, for additional information and/or appear at the hearing in person or by agent and be heard.

Dated: March 9, 2012 /s/Torrey N. Contreras Torrey N. Contreras Director of Community Development

Published at Los Cerritos Community Newspaper 3/9/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 11027125 Loan No. 1000042623 Title Order No. 7742399118 APN 7025016016 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED August 23, 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On March 29, 2012, at 11:00 AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766, FIDELITY NATION-AL TITLE COMPANY, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on September 5, 2007, as Instrument No. 20072060486 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA, executed by: MARIANO DAZO, JR. AND CELINA M. DAZO, AS TRUSTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN TRUST UNDER THE MARIANO DAZO, JR. AND CELINA M. DAZO CARING TRUST DATED AU-GUST 19, 1993 AND MARIA LOUISA MAGCALAS A SINGLE WOMAN, AND JENNIFER DAZO, A SIN-GLE WOMAN, ALL TENANTS IN COMMON 33% SHARE, as Trustor, in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, NA., as Beneficiary, 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: 12503 ROSE ST, CERRITOS, CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee dis-claims 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 war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifications thereto). The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the prop-erty to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $612,197.03 (Estimated), provided, however, 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 as-sociation, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and au-thorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, 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 property receiver, if applicable. DATE: 03/06/2012 FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY, TRUSTEE 11000 Olson Drive Ste 101 Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 9166360114 John Catch-ing Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AU-TOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714.730.2727 A-4213036 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012, 03/23/2012 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE&'S SALE TS No. 11-0135798 Title Order No. 11-0115467 Investor/In-surer No. 81611470 APN No. 7044-020-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/15/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT 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." No-tice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JOUNG HEE LEE, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 03/15/2005 and recorded 3/23/2005, as Instrument No. 05 0659708, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 04/02/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the high-est bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19143 OWEN WAY, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. 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 obliga-tion 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 $448,933.50. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or fed-eral 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. DATED: 03/07/2012 RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4212611 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012, 03/23/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE&'S SALE TS No. 11-0135798 Title Order No. 11-0115467 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 81611470 APN No. 7044-020-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/15/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JOUNG HEE LEE, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 03/15/2005 and recorded 3/23/2005, as Instru-ment No. 05 0659708, in Book , Page ), of Offi-cial Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 04/02/2012 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 inter-est 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: 19143 OWEN WAY, CERRITOS, CA, 90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any li-ability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the 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 $448,933.50. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, 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, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, 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 inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 03/07/2012 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 COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4212611 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012, 03/23/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE&'S SALE TS No. 08-0068599 Title Order No. 08-8-252187 Investor/Insurer No. APN No. 7058-025-035 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/19/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ABEL SALAZAR, AND MARIA THERESA MEJIA SALAZAR, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 06/19/2007 and recorded 6/29/2007, as Instrument No. 20071567651, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Cali-fornia, will sell on 04/02/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auction, to the high-est 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: 20711 IBEX AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 907151533. 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 reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $893,693.25. 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 feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, 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, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, 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 inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 10/02/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Informa-tion (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purposeA-4212329 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012, 03/23/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No.: 20080159903766 Title Order No.: 1160720 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/08/05. 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 04/20/05, as Instrument No. 05 0916475 of official re-cords in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. EXE¬CUTED BY: MONA D. HAWKINS AND MARLON HAWKINS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BID-DER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVA¬LENT or other form of payment au-thorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) DATE OF SALE: March 29, 2012 TIME OF SALE: 11:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Inside the lobby of the building located at 628 North Diamond Bar Blvd., Suite B, Diamond Bar, CA STREET AD-DRESS and other common desig¬nation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 16403 HOLMES PLACE, CERRITOS, CA 90703. APN# 7005 010 049 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or war¬ranty, expressed or implied, regard¬ing title, posses-sion, or encum¬brances, to pay the remaining princi¬pal 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 reason¬able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale is $868,157.56. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore exe¬cuted and delivered to the under¬signed a written Declaration of De¬fault 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMA¬TION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLI-CATION 2 5005 WINDPLAY DRIVE, SUITE 1, EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762-9334 916-939-0772, www.nationwideposting.com NDEx West L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT¬ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee, BY: Ric Juarez Dated: 03/06/12 NPP0197873 03/09/12, 03/16/12, 03/23/12

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 11-0143643 Title Order No. 11-0126930 APN No. 7049-009-026 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/30/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by KREIG LOPOUR, AN UNMAR-RIED MAN, dated 11/30/2007 and recorded 12/7/2007, as Instrument No. 20072688029, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of Califor-nia, will sell on 04/02/2012 at 1:00PM, At the Pomona Valley Masonic Temple Building, located at 395 South Thomas Street, Pomona, California at public auction, to the high-est 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: 19420 BENFIELD AVE, CERRITOS, CA, 907036419. 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 un-paid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $661,078.23. 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 autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regard-ing title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declara-tion from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 03/03/2012 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., is a debt collector attempt-ing to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.154445 3/09, 3/16, 3/23/2012

Trustee Sale No. 251515CA Loan No. 0694766437 Title Order No. 860337 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/26/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 4/2/2012 at 09:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEY-ANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 06/02/2005, Book NA, Page NA, Instrument 05-1285314, and Re-recorded on 06/02/2005, Book, Page. Instrument 05-1285314 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: PETER M DE LEON AND FLORDELISA C DE LEON, HUS-BAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth be-low. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA Legal Description: As more fully de-scribed in said Deed of Trust Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $549,545.65 (esti-mated) Street address and other common desig-nation of the real property: 19602 THORNLAKE AVENUE Cerritos, CA 90703 APN Number: 7056-011-007 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with Califor-nia Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their fi-nancial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 3/8/2012 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee FRED RESTREPO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEY-ANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconvey-ance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.prioritypos-ting.com P926734 3/9, 3/16, 03/23/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 11-0143834 Title Order No. 11-0127764 Inves-tor/Insurer No. 0110196119 APN No. 7177-023-011 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/03/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by NOEMI S L DE JESUS, A SINGLE WOMAN, AND LINDA P DULAY, A SINGLE WOMAN, ALL AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 08/03/2005 and recorded 8/9/2005, as Instrument No. 05 1895632, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los An-geles County, State of California, will sell on 04/02/2012 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 refer-enced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real prop-erty described above is purported to be: 4355 SNOWDEN AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 907132932. 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 reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $536,273.15. 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 feder-al savings and loan association, savings associa-tion, 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, ex-press or implied, regarding title, possession or en-cumbrances, 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 inter-est thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 03/09/2012 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 COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. ASAP# 4202545 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012, 03/23/2012

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 451302CA Loan No. 3011761198 Title Or-der No. 857224 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01-02-2007. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 04-02-2012 at 11:00 A.M., CALIFORNIA RE-CONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Record-ed 01-11-2007, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20070058597, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: HOAN VAN DUONG, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATED PROPER-TY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan associa-tion, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publi-cation of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: BY THE FOUN-TAIN LOCATED AT 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA 91766. Legal Description: LOT 31 OF TRACT 23974, IN THE CITY OF CERRITOS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALI-FORNIA, AS PER MAP, RECORDED IN BOOK 806, PAGE(S) 77 AND 78, INCLUSIVE OF MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDRO-CARBON SUBSTANCES, LYING BELOW A DEPTH OF 500 FEET, WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED IN DEED RECORDED DECEMBER 01, 1970 IN BOOK D4902 PAGE 853, OFFICIAL RECORDS. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $882,852.95 (estimated) Street address and other common desig-nation of the real property: 13222 ANDY STREET CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7028-023-021 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore op-tions to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 03-05-2012 CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trust-ee BRENDA BATTEN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Califor-nia Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com ASAP# 4203923 03/09/2012, 03/16/2012, 03/23/2012

Escrow No. 12594NOTICE TO CREDITORSOF BULK SALE(Notice pursuant to UCC Sec. 6105)NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made.The name(s) and business address of the seller are: ABRAHAM SHAKOLAS and EFTHEMI-OS TSIBOUKAS, 16900 Lakewood Boulevard, Suite 101, Bellflower, CA 90706Doing business as: FANTASTIC GRILLAll other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within the past three years as stated by the seller(s), are: NoneThe location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: ABRAHAM SHAKOLAS and EFTHEMIOS TSIBOUKAS, 16900 Lake-wood Boulevard, Suite 101, Bellflower, CA 90706The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) are: EVANGELOS KROKIDAS, 28632 Mount Whitney Way, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 92705The assets being sold are generally described as: Furniture, fixtures, trade fixtures, equipment, signs, tradename, goodwill, lease and leasehold interest, stock in trade, etc.and are located at: 16900 Lakewood Boulevard, Suite 101, Bellflower, CA 90706The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of JEAN ALLEN ESCROW CO., INC., 3341 Cerritos Ave., Los Alamitos, CA 90720 and the anticipated sale date is March 27, 2012The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is JEAN ALLEN ESCROW CO., INC., 3341 Cerritos Ave., Los Alamitos, CA 90720 and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be March 26, 2012, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above.Dated: January 30, 2012EVANGELOS KROKIDAS, Buyer(s)

Escrow No. 12594NOTICE TO CREDITORSOF BULK SALE(Notice pursuant to UCC Sec. 6105)NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made.The name(s) and business address of the seller are: ABRAHAM SHAKOLAS and EFTHEMI-OS TSIBOUKAS, 16900 Lakewood Boulevard, Suite 101, Bellflower, CA 90706Doing business as: FANTASTIC GRILLAll other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within the past three years as stated by the seller(s), are: NoneThe location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: ABRAHAM SHAKOLAS and EFTHEMIOS TSIBOUKAS, 16900 Lake-wood Boulevard, Suite 101, Bellflower, CA 90706The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) are: EVANGELOS KROKIDAS, 28632 Mount Whitney Way, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 92705The assets being sold are generally described as: Furniture, fixtures, trade fixtures, equipment, signs, tradename, goodwill, lease and leasehold interest, stock in trade, etc.and are located at: 16900 Lakewood Boulevard, Suite 101, Bell-flower, CA 90706The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of JEAN ALLEN ESCROW CO., INC., 3341 Cerritos Ave., Los Alamitos, CA 90720 and the anticipated sale date is March 27, 2012The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is JEAN ALLEN ESCROW CO., INC., 3341 Cerritos Ave., Los Alamitos, CA 90720 and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be March 26, 2012, which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above.Dated: January 30, 2012EVANGELOS KROKIDAS, Buyer(s)


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