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Two Bodies Found in Front Yard of Simi Valley Home

By Hanna ChuSIMI VALLEY, Calif.

(KABC) -- An investiga-tion is underway after two bodies were found in the front yard of a home in Simi Valley on Tuesday.

Firefighters respond-ed to the 3300 block of Billie Court just after 7 a.m. and discovered the bodies. They called po-lice to the scene because the deaths appeared sus-picious.

The cause of death has not been determined.

Investigators say they do not believe there is an outstanding suspect, calling it an isolated in-cident.

The names of the vic-tims have not yet been released. No further in-formation was immedi-ately available. Detec-tives remain at the scene.

Anyone with infor-mation is urged to call Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. http://abclocal.go.com

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From left to right: Mike Robinson, VP Sustainability and Government Regulatory Affairs, GM; David Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Regina Wilson, Executive Director California Black Media; Clifton Harris, Pub-lisher, American News; David Miller, Co-Publisher Our Weekly; and George White, New American Media

By Charlene Muhammad, CBM Contributor

Like many Black Cali-fornians, Chearon Raye faces a dilemma when the time comes to make a pur-chase as substantial as a new automobile.

As the owner of two Mercedes-Benzes (one is a six-cylinder, the other eight), Raye’s daily 200-mile round-trip to and from work takes a heavy toll on her bottom line — making her the ideal customer for the hybrid cars that are all the rage among consumers seeking the dual benefit of environmental conscious-ness and freedom from fluctuating gasoline prices. At the same time, automo-biles that run on alterna-tive fuel are quite expen-sive; so when deciding to indebt herself with a such a pricey purchase, Raye likes to know whether the companies seeking her business invest anything in the African-American community beyond sales pitches designed to lure more Black customers into showrooms.

“Do I want a hybrid? Absolutely,” said Raye. “Something that’s going to give me the mileage that I need, some type of com-fort, and I want a luxury vehicle. That’s why I got the Mercedes. But as ...

an educated consumer and one that does travel to and from work quite a bit, be-fore I would get back into any of their products, I’d want to see them doing something more specifi-cally for us.”

She added: “They want to advertise to us and get our money, but what are they doing in the interim to make sure they care about African American commu-nities?”

PLUGGED, See page 1B

Heitmann Selected Ventura Mayor, Andrews Rejected Again

After a dozen years on the council, and re-election in November to another four, Council-man Neal Andrews was again rejected by his fel-low council members to be mayor, or even deputy mayor. Instead, the coun-cil unanimously selected Deputy Mayor Cheryl Heitmann to be mayor for the next two years, and on a 5-2 vote select-ed newly elected Coun-cilman Erik Nasarenko to be deputy mayor. Councilman Mike Tracy was blunt, questioning

Andrews' ability to be "honest, dependable and trustworthy in repre-senting the views of the entire council." Tracy said it wasn't Andrews' positions on issues that disqualified him for deputy mayor or mayor, but rather his inability to work with the other council members and re-spect their views. Tracy said being on the council for a long time did not mean you deserved to be mayor or deputy mayor. But several people from

MAYOR, See page 12A

Mayor Cheryl Heitmann Deputy Mayor Erik Nasarenko

St. Paul Baptist Church Hosts “A Day of Cornucopia”

Oxnard, CA -- A cornu-copia, also called a horn of plenty, symbolizes pros-perity, abundance and good fortune. As the executor of the divine plan, Jesus dispenses gifts of service within his body, which is part of the divine cornu-copia meant to be shared by the whole church for its edification.

St. Paul Baptist Church hosted its first ever Pre-Thanksgiving Community Dinner where members of the community from all walks of life enjoyed a free meal between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26. The menu consisted of turkey, ham, collard greens, cranberry sauce, stuffing, dinner rolls, and pie, and was prepared by members of St. Paul Baptist Church. Members of the Oxnard Fire Depart-ment volunteered their time to help serve meals to indi-viduals and families. Over 800 meals were served.

St. Paul Baptist Church, pastored by Bishop Brod-erick A. Huggins, is locat-ed at 1777 Statham Road in Oxnard. “The spirit of

Thanksgiving is every-where at St. Paul. We are excited to be able to give back to the community we love so much,” said Bish-

op Huggins. “We envelope the entire community and welcome all. Kudos to the Oxnard Fire Department ST. PAUL, See pages 14A & 15A

Pictured are members of the Oxnard Fire Department with Bishop Broderick A. Huggins, pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church. (Photo Credit: Robert Jeffreys)

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Five Things to do when PAin hit’s your life hard!

Dr. Lonnie G. McCowan, pastor of

Miracle Center of VenturaBy Pastor Lonnie G. McCowan

When you are hit hard with a tragedy or dome thing that brings deep pain or you get know down hard …getting up is not always easy but you can’t stay down if you are still alive it means God still has a job for you to do here are five things you can do when PAIN hits your life. 1. reLeASe your GrieF.

When you go through a tragedy, which is inevi-tably going to happen, the first thing you need to do is release your grief. Why? Because tragedy always creates strong emotions. We don’t always know

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The Bible says, “Carry each other’s burdens… By helping each other with your troubles, you obey the Law of Christ. (Gal. 6:2 NCV) It is a big mistake to

isolate yourself from others when you’re going through a crisis. Our tendency is to want to be by ourselves, but you need other people in a tragedy. You need their perspective, you need their support, you need their en-couragement, and you just need their presence. To make it through a crisis, we need not only the promises of God; we need the people of God.3. reFuSe To GeT BiTTer

There’s absolutely no correlation in life between your experiences and your happiness. I’ve seen peo-ple who had absolutely the worst experiences in life – things that would shock every one of us, but they maintained this happy, cheerful, positive attitude, because happiness is a choice. You’re about as happy as you choose to be.

As a pastor I’ve seen people who had every right in the world to whine and who chose not to do so. Happiness is a choice. You

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Forest Whitaker to Receive the Kirk Douglas Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival

united Way’s new “Help Beyond the Holidays” to Provide to Those in need

David M. Smith, President and CEO,

United Way of Ventura County

Forest Whitaker

The Santa Barbara In-ternational Film Festival’s eighth annual Kirk Doug-las Award for Excellence in Film will be presented to Academy Award-win-ning actor Forest Whita-ker. Guests will gather to celebrate his achievements at a black-tie Gala dinner at Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara on Sunday, December 15, 2013. In the tradition of the award, top-name presenters will be re-vealed closer to the event.

“Forest Whitaker is an exceptional man and ac-tor. His commitment to human causes, his passion for what is right, and his

dedication to his craft are inspirational and at my age, inspiration is rare,” commented Kirk Douglas. Whitaker is in exceptional company, joining previous

recipients Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Quentin Tarantino, Ed Harris, John Travolta and Kirk Douglas himself.

Whitaker brings an au-thentic realism to each of his performances. Often re-ferred to as a ‘gentle giant,’ Whitaker has the ability to get under our skin, guid-ing the audience through every character he embod-ies, making him one of the most versatile performers of all time. This promises to be an exciting year for Whitaker. He most recent-ly portrayed Cecil Gaines, a butler at the White House WHITAKER, See page 12A

Camarillo, CA — Unit-ed Way of Ventura County will hold a first-ever “Help Beyond the Holidays” campaign to help families in need with a few basic essentials. United Way is asking the community to stop by designated loca-tions throughout Ventura County between Monday, Dec. 9 through Friday, Dec. 20 to drop off diapers, toi-let paper, toothpaste, and toothbrushes in the marked bins. All brands will be ac-cepted. These items will be given to agencies who work with the homeless and low-income families living in Ventura County.

“We know there are hundreds of homeless or

low-income individuals and families in our com-munity with critical ba-sic needs throughout the year. This new United Way campaign is designed

to answer some of those needs, well beyond the holiday season,” said Da-vid M. Smith, president and chief executive officer of the United Way of Ven-tura County.

Listed below are the “Help Beyond the Holidays” drop-off locations (with more sites to be added*):

• United Way of Ven-tura County, 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd., Suite E, Ca-marillo

• Simi Valley Ford, 2440 1st Street, Simi Valley

• Union Bank, 2310 E. Ponderosa Drive, Camarillo

• Alexander Buick GMC, 1501 E. Ventura Blvd., Oxnard Auto CenterUNITED WAY, See page 12A

What’s on Your Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa Wish List?

The People’s Throb

By Gary L. Harbour

Courtney Bowie, 19Oxnard, CA

“My Christmas wish would be to spend my first Christ-mas with my lovely boy-friend. Besides being with him, I would love to spend it with my family. Of course presents, or money…I like money.”

Arthur Marcelo, 56 Santa Paula, CA

“I wish for people to find joy and happiness and to give thanks for being alive to enjoy this special day. Merry Christmas.”

Matthew Rush, 30 Camarillo, CA

“To have a healthy baby, boy or girl.”

Lance Krungan, 56Port Hueneme, CA

“The main thing I want is for people to be happy and for life to renew it-self. But, if I need to pick a material thing, it would be some camping gear or some binoculars or some-thing.”

Brenda Cervantes, 22Oxnard, CA

“I wish for all the families to be together, as well as mine. Nothing matters other than the feeling of being together with your family, sharing a special cozy holiday. Pres-ents are a plus but my wish for everybody to have their loved ones close, I believe is better than any present.”

Michael Solis Sr., 46 Oxnard, CA

“To have my four days, to have a good Christmas.”

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New research shows promise for possible HIV cure

A radio-labeled human antibody binds to the viral gp41 protein expressed on the surface of the HIV-infected human lymphocyte and the cell is killed by alpha radiation delivered by the antibody. (Radiological Society of North America)

CHICAGO – Research-ers have used radioimmu-notherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining human immu-nodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells in the blood samples of patients treated with antiretroviral therapy, offering the promise of a strategy for curing HIV infection. Results of the study were presented to-day at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Highly active antiretro-viral therapy (HAART) has transformed the outlook for patients infected with HIV by suppressing the replica-tion of the virus in the body. However, despite the suc-cess of HAART in effec-tively reducing the burden of HIV, scientists believe reservoirs of latently infect-ed cells persist in the body, preventing the possibility of a permanent cure.

"In an HIV patient on

HAART, drugs suppress viral replication, which means they keep the num-ber of viral particles in a patient's bloodstream very low. However, HAART cannot kill the HIV-infect-ed cells," said the study's lead author, Ekaterina Da-dachova, Ph.D., professor of radiology, microbiol-ogy and immunology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N.Y. "Any strategy for cur-ing HIV infection must include a method to elimi-nate viral-infected cells."

In her study, Dr. Da-dachova and a team of researchers administered RIT to blood samples from 15 HIV patients treated with HAART at the Ein-stein-Montefiore Center for AIDS Research.

RIT, which has his-torically been employed to treat cancer, uses mono-clonal antibodies—cloned

cells that are recruited by the immune system to iden-tify and neutralize antigens. Antigens are foreign ob-jects like bacteria and vi-ruses that stimulate an im-mune response in the body. The antibody, designed to recognize and bind to a spe-cific cell antigen, is paired with a radioactive isotope. When injected into the pa-tient's bloodstream, the laboratory-developed an-tibody travels to the target cell where the radiation is then delivered.

"In RIT, the antibodies bind to the infected cells and kill them by radia-tion," Dr. Dadachova said. "When HAART and RIT are used together, they kill the virus and the infected cells, respectively."

For the study, Dr. Da-dachova's team paired the monoclonal antibody (mAb2556) designed to

HIV, See page 12A

City of Oxnard’s New Commercial Food Waste Recycling Pilot Program showing tons of success

Simi Valley man arrested for lewd acts with underage relative

Luis Polanco (KABC Photo)

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- A Simi Valley man was arrested at his workplace on Tuesday for committing lewd acts on a child.

Luis Polanco, 26, was arrested on the 4600 block of Industrial Street.

Police said Polanco began committing sexual offenses against a female relative living in the same residence beginning when the girl was 6 until she was 11. Polanco is 10 years

older than the victim.Simi Valley Police be-

gan investigating the case

on August 4.Polanco was arrested

on charges of committing lewd acts upon a child and oral copulation of a person under 14 years old. Po-lanco is an undocumented Guatemalan citizen.

Anyone with informa-tion regarding Polanco or any of these crimes is asked to call the Violent Crimes Section Detectives at (805) 583-6248.

For more information visit: http://abclocal.go.com

Oxnard, CA–According to California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRe-cycle), Californians throw away nearly 6 million tons of food each year. The City of Oxnard’s Environmen-tal Resources Division is teaming up with Whole Foods and St. John’s Hos-pital to address this issue on the local level with a new commercial food waste recycling pilot program. In just one month, the pro-gram is showing tons of success: Whole Foods and St. John’s Regional Medi-cal Center have already diverted more than 20 tons of food waste from local landfills.

Program basics-- Staff members from each com-pany received on-site training by City of Ox-nard staff; topics included

logistical considerations, the importance of separat-ing food waste from other materials and the use of specially designated 64 gallon containers. Now that the pilot program is up and running, the City collects food waste from each business three times a week. The food waste is processed with other organic materials (grass

clippings, leaves and tree trimmings) to make a valu-able resource: a high qual-ity compost for area grow-ers and landscapers. The food waste is received by Agromin, where the City is already delivering green waste.

“Up until a few years ago, food waste usually ended up in a landfill,” says

RECYCLING, See page 12A

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Sports news

Police under Scrutiny for Handling of FSu Star Assault Case

Derrick Rose Out Indefinitely with Torn Medial Meniscus

NFL Suspends Official Over Spat with Redskins Player

Vince Carter Calls Dwight Howard 'Biggest Crybaby i Know'

Timberwolves Give up on Former Lottery Pick

Lakers Sign injured Kobe to new deal

Roy EllisonASHBURN, Va. —

The NFL has suspended a game official for one game without pay for making "a profane and derogatory statement" to Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams.

The league announced that umpire Roy Ellison will not work an NFL game.

Williams said he was called vulgar names by El-lison during a drive in the second quarter of the loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Williams said he has since heard from other players in the NFL that have had "the same experience" with El-lison.

The NFL said its game officials "are expected to avoid personal confronta-tions with players and be respectful of players and coaches at all times."

Kobe Bryant

EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Los Angeles Lakers have signed All-Star guard Kobe Bryant to a 2-year contract extension.

General manager Mitch Kupchak made the antici-pated announcement, end-ing speculation that Bryant could end up with another team after this season.

"This is a very happy day for Lakers fans and for the Lakers organization," Kupchak said in a state-ment. "We've said all along that our priority and hope was to have Kobe finish his career as a Laker, and this should ensure that that happens."

Terms of the deal were not released.

The fourth-leading scorer in NBA history

hasn't played this season as he recovers from surgery on his torn Achilles tendon in April.

He returned to practice earlier last month but isn't sure when he'll be back in uniform. He said that he

could adjust his game and contribute something to the Lakers right now, but he wants to make sure he's ready to play for the long haul when he returns for his 18th NBA season.

Coach Mike D'Antoni has said Bryant will re-turn whenever he says he's ready.

During his recovery, Bryant has spent plenty of time with Steve Nash, the 39-year-old point guard currently sidelined with the latest in a series of in-juries. Nash has been out with nerve root irritation, a back problem stemming from a broken leg last sea-son.

Bryant and Nash intend to be back in the Lakers' lineup together soon.

Derrick Rose

By Andrew SeligmanCHICAGO — Chicago

Bulls superstar Derrick Rose is out indefinitely because of torn cartilage in his right knee that will require surgery.

Rose had an MRI in Los Angeles after he was in-jured at Portland. He won't be with the team for its re-maining four games on its six-game trip.

The three-time All-Star sat out last season recov-ering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Now, it's his other knee that's injured.

"It's sad, knowing how hard he worked to get back," said All-Star guard Chris Paul of the Clippers.

Rose's injury occurred in the third quarter against the Trail Blazers.

He lost his footing while trying to change di-rection to get back on de-fense when Nicolas Batum stole a pass from Joakim Noah and started the other way. Rose limped across the court and couldn't put any weight on his knee. After the Blazers scored, he came out of the game

during a timeout.It didn't appear there was

any contact on the play. Rose was unable to return and was on crutches afterward.

"I feel bad for him," said Clippers All-Star Blake Griffin, who tore his meniscus in college at Oklahoma and was play-ing a few days later. "The good news is it's not nearly as bad as what he went through (before)."

Even though the injury isn't as serious as a torn ACL, losing Rose for any chunk of time is obviously a huge blow for a team ex-pecting to challenge LeB-ron James and the Miami Heat for supremacy in the Eastern Conference with its franchise player back.

Now, there’s a big cloud hanging over the franchise. And once again, it centers on Rose.

Vince Carter and Dwight Howard

Vince Carter had some words for Dwight Howard during and after Dallas' win over Houston.

During the second quar-ter, the Mavs veteran told Howard that he's “the big-gest crybaby I know," per Tim MacMahon of ES-PNDallas.com. After the Mavericks' victory, Carter took some more shots at his former teammate.

“All the time,” said Carter referring to Howard whining to the referees, via ESPNDallas.com. “He al-ways talks about how I’m a crybaby. I was like, ‘Yo, you’re the biggest crybaby I know.’ And then later, he’s like, ‘Yo, why’d you say that to me?’ But I know Dwight. It’s all good, but he is [a crybaby].

Carter wasn't the only

one giving Howard a hard time during the game. A fan sitting near one of the baskets heckled Howard in the fourth quarter. The man seemed to get under How-ard's skin, as the All-Star center responded by tossing

the basketball to him. The official handed

Howard a technical foul with 2:54 left in the game and Houston leading 116-111. Dallas outscored Houston 11-4 after the technical and won 123-120.

Derrick Williams

By Jon KrawczynskiMINNEAPOLIS —

The Timberwolves' five starters have logged more minutes than any other starting group in the NBA this year, in part because former No. 2 overall draft pick Derrick Williams couldn't gain the trust of coach Rick Adelman.

Williams is gone. New Wolves President Flip Saunders traded the former No. 2 overall pick to the Sacramento Kings for Luc Mbah a Moute in a deal.

"Luc is known as one of the premier defensive players in the league with an ability to guard mul-tiple positions," Saunders said in a statement issued by the team. "He adds a lot of energy, grit and a high basketball IQ to our team. We thank Derrick for his contributions to our orga-nization and wish him well in Sacramento."

Williams was the high-

est draft pick in franchise history when the Wolves grabbed him in 2011. But his style of play didn't mesh with Adelman's system, and the impasse reached a breaking point early this season. Williams missed one game because of back spasms and did not play in four other games as Adelman elected to go with Robbie Hummel and Dante Cunningham with the second unit instead.

Adelman wanted to see more energy from Williams on both ends of court. But Williams often said that he had difficulty getting into the flow of the game with such sporadic minutes. He bounced be-tween small forward and power forward in two-plus years with the Wolves, av-eraging 10.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

The Kings are hop-ing Williams can bring some offensive punch to a team that could use some more of it in the frontcourt alongside DeMarcus Cous-ins. The Kings have been searching for an answer at power forward after Carl Landry went out with a torn hip flexor in the pre-season. They've used Jason Thompson and Patrick Pat-terson to varying degrees of success and see Williams as a player who may just need a change of scenery to real-ize his potential.

Jameis Winston

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Its handling of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is just the latest con-troversy to hit the Tallahas-see Police Department.

A handful of grand ju-ries recently have issued scathing reports about how some officers have con-ducted themselves in the line of duty.

Now, the department is coming under scrutiny for its handling of a sexu-al assault case in which a Heisman Trophy candidate stands as the accused. The family of the student who says she was raped claims the department tried to squelch the case: It took 11 months for Tallahassee po-lice to hand over informa-tion to prosecutors.

Patricia Carroll, the at-torney representing the alleged victim in the Win-ston case, said she "had no faith whatsoever" in the Police Department.

On the same day the de-partment handed over the Winston case to prosecu-tors, a Leon County grand

jury issued a stinging re-port criticizing the depart-ment for how it handled a drunken driving arrest. The arrest — which left the fe-male driver with a broken bone in her face — created such an uproar this fall that it prompted Chief Dennis Jones to abruptly retire.

Winston, 19, was a top freshman recruit and back-up quarterback at the time of the alleged Dec. 7, 2012, assault. The alleged victim called police that night to report the incident.

Coe, the interim police

chief, contends that the po-lice pursued the case until February, when they were told that the victim no lon-ger wanted to prosecute. The case was never closed, Coe insisted, only placed on inactive status.

That contradicts what Timothy Jansen, the attor-ney representing Winston, says he was told back in February. He says he was told the case was closed. But after two media or-ganizations requested in-formation about it was quickly turned over to lo-cal prosecutors.

Meanwhile, the alleged victim's family insists that she wanted the case to go forward but was being pressured to drop it.

In two statements is-sued, the family main-tained Patricia Carroll was told by a detective that Tal-lahassee is a "big football town and the victim needs to think long and hard be-fore proceeding against him because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made mis-erable."

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news on educationWord-Finds

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Answers on page 12A

SudokuTo solve a Sudoku

puzzle, place a number into each box so that each row across, each column down, and each small 3 x 3 square with the larger diagram (there are 9 of these) will con-tain every number from 1 through 9. In other words, no number will appear more than once in any row, column, or smaller 3 x 3 square. Working with the num-ber already given as a guide complete each di-agram with the missing numbers that will lead to the correct solution.

Answers on page 12A

across1. Course Child might prepare6. Thing (Lat.)9. Enjoying luxury: In ______11. Inspector on Barney Miller13. Excellent (2 words)14. She was Col. Deer- ing on Buck Rogers (2 words)17. Chicago Hope workers (abbr.)18. _____ voyage!19. Something Beaver used to say20. Actor Marshall (init.)21. Let _____ Be Stars23. Parker of Daniel Boone24. Comedy Central’s The ______ Show25. Narrow inlet26. Carmaker Ransom E.27. ______ Night28. Born (Fr.)29. ______ Story Play- house30. Woe is me!32. One Day at ________ (2 words)33. Hart ____ Hart35. Eliminate36. Stern of Rhoda37. Seasoning at Café Americain38. Naked Truth star (2 words)41. October birthstone42. All Creatures Great and _____43. White Shadow char- acter 45. _____ Game46. The Sixth ______

down1. ______ Tactics2. Sing _____ with Mitch3: Chaney Sr. and Jr.4. Roadway (abbr.)5. Robert ____ Niro6. _____ for Your Life7. Mark transport8. Bilko’s rank10. The Young ______11. Whose Is It _______ Anyway?12. Charlotte and Cassidy15. Alexis Bledel, on Gil- more Girls16. _____, Dear21. Roald Dahl’s ______ of the Unexpected22. Conceal23. The Corner Bar actor Bill24. He was Maxwell Smart (2 words)

25. Make ____ for Dad-dy27. _______ Your Life (2 words)29. British weapon30. TV host James31. Perry Mason exposed them32. Tour of Duty truant (abbr.)33. Reds and Browns34. Gideon’s Crossing’s Dr. Klein37. Pair of horses39. Spot for Maggie Simpson40. Ron of The Aqua- nauts41. That Good ______ Nashville Music44. “______ You Like It”

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Crossword Companion

uCSB outreach Program Teaches Students about Geography

Second graders got downright dirty in the name of Geogra-phy Awareness Week. (Photo Credit: Spencer Bruttig)

Ventura County Community Foundation Grants Bolster after-School Learning for Local Students

CI Students Sweep Interactive Media Awards at Statewide Media Arts Festival

Media Arts Festival 2013 winners

CAMARILLO, Calif. -- New grants awarded by the Community Response Fund at the Ventura Coun-ty Community Foundation will support such efforts as tutoring homeless students and helping low-income youngsters who have fall-en behind in their math and science studies.

VCCF recently gave six local nonprofit organiza-tions a total of $20,750 for community-based after-school programs, particu-larly in underserved areas.

"This is a further deep-ening of VCCF's outreach to strengthen nonprofits serving area youth," said Hugh J. Ralston, VCCF president and CEO.

The need is so critical, Ralston said, that for the first time VCCF has set aside funds from its unre-stricted grant monies for this issue, which is not ad-dressed by VCCF's other grants programs.

"Our board and grants

committee focused on af-ter-school programs this year as a critical part of local communities' efforts to help our young people transition through adoles-cence safely," Ralston said. "We received 24 proposals and could fund only a few of these programs doing such good work."

El Centrito Family Learning Centers in Ox-nard received $5,000 to support the Adelante Math Club, the Science Acad-emy, Community Technol-ogy Center and the Family Nights to help students who have fallen behind, particu-larly in math and science.

School on Wheels was granted $3,000 for after-school tutoring for homeless elementary and middle-school students in Ventura County.

The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard & Port Hueneme was awarded $4,000 for the Power Hour Homework and Tutoring

Program for youth ages 6 through 12.

Big Brothers & Big Sis-ters of Ventura County re-ceived $4,000 for weekly tutoring of an estimated 200 pupils in Santa Paula and Fillmore elementary schools to help them com-plete their homework and improve their reading skills.

The $4,000 awarded to Casa Pacifica in Camarillo will go toward recreational therapy that complements young people's academ-ics with activities such as sports, crafts and athletics.

A $750 grant will help support the Homework Tu-toring Club at Many Man-sions in Thousand Oaks.

One of VCCF's core values is investing in Ventura County's youth. VCCF is the local leader in awarding scholarships to Ventura County students, giving out more than $9.6 million in the past two de-cades to 3,500 students.

VCCF, See page 12A

By Julie CohenWhen Mr. Acton’s sec-

ond-grade class came to schoo, they had no idea they were going to play with dirt. But that’s just what they did to celebrate Geography Awareness Week (GeoWeek) as part of UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Geography outreach program.

Ann Tan and Nina Bing-ham, two UCSB graduate students in geography, vis-ited Santa Barbara's Wash-ington Elementary School to talk to the kids about soil. Chocolate-covered pretzels stood in for rocks as they explained the dif-ference between physical and chemical weathering. First, students broke up the pretzels in order to under-stand that physical chang-es simply made smaller pieces of the same mate-rial. Then they put a sec-ond pretzel in their mouths to see what happened when the chocolate disap-

peared. Tan explained that the chocolate melting was akin to acid breaking down rocks into soil — aka chemical weathering.

The fun continued when the students — and their desks — got down-right dirty mixing differ-ent soils with water. “Any time you can get a hands-on experience to connect the learning, that’s where you get your best retention

of material,” said longtime teacher Michael Acton, who has a degree from UCSB’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education.

“GeoWeek is an amaz-ing opportunity to share something I’m really ex-cited about with kids,” said Tan. “This is the third year I’ve volunteered, and it has been a really rewarding ex-perience.”

UCSB, See page 12A

Camarillo, Calif. – Four art students from CSU Channel Islands (CI) earned top awards for their interactive media and video work at the statewide CSU Media Arts Festival this month. The annual fes-tival, held Nov. 9 at Cal State Fullerton, recognizes the best in film, video and interactive media work by students from all 23 CSU campuses. The CI student victories continue an im-pressive 11-year winning streak for the youngest campus in the CSU system.

CI students dominated the Interactive Media cat-egory – earning all three top spots. Eamon Stewart took home first place and a $500 Rosebud Award for his personal website, http://www.eamonstewart.com, which showcases his portfolio of work in film, animation and motion graphics. The Ventura na-tive graduated last spring

from the Art Program. He works at a branding com-pany, is completing an ani-mated short film, and is co-creator of “Waffle Party,” a weekly Web comic that he produces with friend, col-laborator and fellow CI alumnus Erik Scoggan, at http://www.waffleparty-comic.com.

Nichole Couch, a spring

graduate from Lancaster now working as a graphic designer, earned second place in Interactive Media for the website she cre-ated as a class project for a cheesecake company, http://tinyurl.com/NicoleCouch.

Dani Kwan, a spring 2013 art graduate from West Hills, won third place

CI, See page 12A

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State newsrep. Karen Bass introduces Legislation

to Benefit Local Workers

Congresswoman Lee Seeks to End Harassment of Cannabis dispensaries

Assemblymember Brown Co-Hosts Forum on Paying for College

Assemblymember Cheryl R. Brown

SAN BERNARDINO - Assemblymember Cheryl R. Brown (D-San Ber-nardino), in partnership with the Associated Student Government (ASG), Inc. at San Bernardino Valley Col-lege (SBVC), co-hosted a college affordability forum and resource fair at the cam-pus library on Thursday, December 5, from 12-3:00 p.m. The focus of the event was to inform students of free financial aid programs and explore the importance of planning ahead to suc-ceed in college.

“We’re really concerned about the increasing amount of debt that students are amassing after they’ve completed their degrees and certificates,” said As-semblymember Brown. “There’s a number of fund-ing opportunities available at the state level including scholarships, grants and investment options. I’m re-ally pleased to have worked with the California Student Aid Commission to come to this event and share some of the free assistance programs that are available to trans-fer and vocational students. This is a wonderful opportu-nity to explore some viable options to lower your costs. Please take advantage of these programs.”

The forum, moderated by ASG, included two panels.

Among participating speak-ers include Trustee Joseph Williams, San Bernardino Community College Dis-trict (SBCCD); Professor Ed Gomez, History De-partment, SBVC; Professor James Dulgeroff, Depart-ment of Economics, SBVC; Professor James Robinson, chair of the Human Services Dept., SBVC; School Sup-port Representative Mo-nique Doduc, California Student Aid Commission; Deputy Director of Opera-tions Miguel McQueen, San Bernardino County Work-force Development Depart-ment (WDD); Programs Manager Theresa Keller, San Bernardino Employ-ment Training Agency (SBETA); and President/CEO Dina Walker, Blu Edu-cation Foundation.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Bar-bara Lee, joined by Reps. George Miller, Sam Farr, and Eric Swalwell, released excerpts of a letter sent to Melinda Haag, U.S. Attor-ney for Northern District of California regarding the ongoing “hostility toward dispensaries.” The letter was sent following a string of actions against medical marijuana dispensaries.

The letter reads in part: It is counterproductive

and economically prohibi-tive to continue a path of hostility toward dispensa-ries. Moreover, it appears to directly counter the spirit of Deputy Attorney General Cole’s memo, and is in direct opposition to the evolving view toward medical marijuana, the will of the people and, by now,

common sense. Addition-ally, the State of California has also received legisla-tive direction and guide-lines from California Attor-ney General Kamala Harris on responsibly delivering medical marijuana.

It is our view that the intent of the Justice De-partment is to not enforce its anti-marijuana laws in conflict with the laws of states that have chosen to

decriminalize marijuana for medical and recreation-al uses. California under-stands the urgency toward putting together a state-wide regulatory system, and we can all be helpful in that regard, but some municipalities, includ-ing Oakland, have already done an extraordinary job regulating medical mari-juana. California is mov-ing in the correct direction in a measured manner, and should be given the oppor-tunity to do so.

Congresswoman Bar-bara Lee said, “It is far past time for commonsense and economic sense to prevail in policies and actions re-lated to medical cannabis dispensaries that serve the patients in our communi-ties. This harassment and constant threat of prosecu-tion should end.”

Congresswoman Karen Bass

Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) introduced legislation that will allow transit agencies like the Los Angeles County Metropoli-tan Transportation Author-ity to prioritize hiring local residents for highway and transit projects.

The “Local Hire Act” will allow state and local transit agencies to more easily generate jobs in the very counties and states where their transporta-tion projects are located, while preserving competi-tion and cost effectiveness. Transportation agencies will also have the flexibil-ity to focus their hiring in low-income and underem-ployed neighborhoods by

applying geographically targeted preferences.

“As our economy comes out of the worst recession since the Great Depression, we should en-sure that money from local

communities stays in those communities to help local residents,” said Congress-woman Bass. “As our Los Angeles tax dollars make it possible to build light rail and Metro lines, the ‘Lo-cal Hire Act’ will give our local officials the flexibil-ity they need to ensure our communities benefit from greater employment. In my Congressional District, the Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail will generate 7,500 jobs and this bill will help to ensure that South Los Angeles residents have the greatest opportunity to be hired for the project.”

Currently, federal regu-lations bar transit agencies

BASS, See page 12A

Union Bank Donates 10,000 Financial Literacy Books to LAUSD

LOS ANGELES, CA – Union Bank, N.A., has donated 10,000 financial literacy books – What a Bank Can Do by nation-ally recognized children’s authors John and Diane Tuzee – to the Los Ange-les Unified School District (LAUSD) Beyond the Bell Branch (BTB) after school program. The limited edi-tion books were presented during a special assembly at Multnomah Elementary School in Los Angeles and will be used as part of on-going BTB financial lit-eracy programs for more than 160,000 students who participate at 670 LAUSD schools.

During the assembly, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Spe-cial Advisor for Education, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, spoke to students and was joined by BTB Director Timothy Bower, LAUSD Board Member Moníca García, Multnomah Princi-pal Ana Escobedo, Union Bank's Regional President Leticia Aguilar and Foun-dation President Carl Ball-ton, and the Tuzees. Color-ful and easy-to-read with rhyming text, What a Bank Can Do explores the im-portance of saving money through its main characters Luke and Linda and has become a fun learning tool for parents, teachers and all adults to share with the youth in their lives. Union Bank provided underwrit-ing support for the develop-ment and initial distribution of What a Bank Can Do, and has also donated many copies to youth organiza-tions throughout California.

"Union Bank is dedi-

cated to increasing finan-cial education in our lo-cal communities, and we know that educating youth is critical to building and sustaining strong commu-nities for the future," said Aguilar. "We are excited to once again partner with LAUSD to provide this valuable teaching resource to Beyond the Bell, and we hope the Multnomah stu-dents will share what they learn from this book with their family and friends."

Union Bank, in part-nership with the LAUSD Board of Education, also recently announced plans

to open the bank’s first two Los Angeles student-run branches at Crenshaw High School and Abraham Lin-coln High School as part of an innovative program de-signed to provide students with real-world financial education and work experi-ence. "We are truly grateful to Union Bank for the do-nation of these books to our after school program," said Beyond the Bell Branch Executive Director Alvaro Cortes. "The book is indeed a great learning tool and a fun way to communicate the message about the

UNION, See page 12A

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national news

Chicago Cop indicted in unarmed Woman's 2012 Killing

Georgia Court Reportedly Lists 'Slave' as Occupation on Questionnaire

President Honors ‘True Champions’ with Medal of Freedom

Marissa alexander Hopes for Bond after Being imprisoned over Two years

Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot over the head of her allegedly abusive hus-band. (Photo Courtesy: Miami Times Illustration)

First MLK’s Kids, now the Heirs of Malcolm X are Headed to Court

A Georgia court is struggling to explain a re-port that it listed "slave" as an occupation on its juror questionnaire.

A prospective juror in Dekalb County told local NBC affiliate 11Alive that he typed the letter "S" for "Sales" on the online ques-tionnaire and said the word "Slave" popped up instead.

Court Administrator Cathy McCumber told the station that the online form is a month old but was derived from an older list that's been used to survey jurors for 13 years. The web development compa-ny that the court contracted to make the form says the occupations are user-gen-erated.

McCumber told 11Alive

she's not sure if someone added "Slave" after the court put the questionnaire online or if it had always been listed among the other occupations.

The Dekalb County Court did not respond to our request for comment.

Some online com-menters speculated that the incident was a bad joke or a prank by a disgruntled employee. Others simply expressed outrage that such a thing could even happen.

USA Today reader Peg-gy England called it a "low down dirty shame," while Dallas resident Peter Klepi-nowski declared the fol-lowing on 11Alive's web-site: "The court needs to apologize and investigate."

Rekia Boyd

For only the second time since 1997, a Chicago police officer has been indicted in a police-involved shooting, this time for the death of the unarmed 22-year-old wom-an, Rekia Boyd.

CPD Officer Dante Servin, 45, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless discharge of a fire-arm and reckless conduct in connection to Boyd's March 2012 death near Douglas Park. Monday, Servin was ordered held on $75,000 bond, accord-ing to DNAinfo Chicago.

Servin will be stripped of his police powers un-til the trial concludes, the Sun-Times reports.

According to WGN, Servin's indictment is only the second time in more than 15 years a Chicago officer has faced formal charges in a police-in-volved shooting.

"It's a sad day when an officer is charged for doing something he was trained to do," said Fraternal Or-der of Police spokesman Pat Camden who criticized the charges and insisted

Servin's name will be cleared through the trial.

Prosecutors said Servin was "frustrated" by the noise coming from a large block party by his home near Douglas Park the eve-ning Boyd was killed.

"She did not deserve to get shot," Servin is seen telling Boyd's brother in footage filmed by a French documentary group cover-ing Chicago violence, the Tribune reports. "She did not deserve that. (But) my soul is clear."

Accounts on what hap-pened the night of Boyd's shooting differ between Chicago police and Boyd's

friends and family, the for-mer arguing that the off-duty officer "feared for his life" and acted in self-defense while the latter say Boyd was an unarmed innocent bystander killed without justification.

After leaving his home, armed, "to get a burger," prosecutors say Servin con-fronted Boyd and her group as they were leaving the park. From his car, Servin

COP, See page 12A

By D. Kevin McNeirAttorneys for Marissa

Alexander, 33, the Florida mother of three who has spent over 1,000 days in jail and was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot over the head of her allegedly abusive hus-band, have won a new trial for their client. Now they and Alexander are hopeful that a Jacksonville judge will grant her bond. Last

September, the 1st District Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for Alexander, stating that the jury had re-ceived incorrect directions. A new trial has been set for March 31, 2014.

Alexander’s case gar-nered national attention after she was denied immu-nity under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law and was sentenced to a mandatory 20 years under the 10-20-

Life statutes for discharg-ing a firearm during certain felonies. She was charged with three counts of aggra-vated assault with a deadly weapon. The prosecution says that despite her claim that she was only firing a warning shot and that the bullet hit a wall and not the ceiling, that it could have killed her husband, Rico Gray or his children. Gray has two children, both of whom are now in his custo-dy. The couple also has an infant child together. Her attorney was unable to pro-vide information about the whereabouts of the young-est child and who is cur-rently caring for the child.

In court, Bruce Zimmet, one of the lead attorneys for Alexander, argued that she poses no threat to soci-ety or to her husband with whom she is now finaliz-ing a divorce.

“We were pleased that the appellate court reversed her conviction and allowed

ALEXANDER, See page 12A

Malcolm X

Family members of Malcolm X have filed suit to prevent the publication of the slain leader’s diary.

At issue is the diary Mal-colm X kept during the year before his assassination, as he traveled through the Mid-dle East and Africa. The di-ary has been reproduced for publication and lists the daughter of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz, as an edi-tor. Other family members, however, are filing suit, al-leging that the publisher, Third World Press, does not own the rights to the diary.

Vice President of Third World Press, Bennett Johnson, contradicts the

family’s claim and says the publisher has a contract signed by one of Malcolm X’s daughters.

A video promoting

the publication of the di-ary shows the daughter of Malcolm X discussing the importance of the diary been added to the body of work already produced by Malcolm X.

“It’s really beautiful that we get to see Malcolm in his own voice – without scholars, historians or ob-servers saying what he was thinking or what he was doing or what he meant” Shabazz says.

Third World Press says the memoir “described deep emotional connec-tions [Malcolm X] devel-oped during a period that MALCOLM, See page 12A

Rev. C.T. Vivian Oprah Winfrey Ernie Banks — Mr. Cubs(NNPA Photo by Freddie Allen)

By Freddie Allen W A S H I N G T O N

(NNPA) – During what he called one of his “favorite events every year,” Presi-dent Obama presented 16 outstanding individuals, including four African Americans, with the Presi-dential Medal of Freedom,

the nation’s highest civil-ian honor.

President John F. Ken-nedy created the Presiden-tial Medal of Freedom 50 years ago to honor excep-tional people for their cour-age and contributions to society during their careers.

This year, President

Obama selected 16 indi-viduals for the honor.

The president praised Ernie Banks for his play in the Negro Leagues and for being the first Black player on the Chicago Cubs ma-jor league baseball team. Nicknamed “Mr. Cub,”

MEDAL, See page 12A

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Watch out for Potholes in your Car insurance

By Jason Alderman

‘Tis the Season for Smart Shopping

Would you be surprised to learn that if your laptop gets stolen during a car break-in, your automobile insurance probably won't reimburse you for the loss? Don't be.

Many people have only a vague idea of things like: what their car insurance does and doesn't cover; how they might acciden-tally void their coverage; or that even if an accident isn't their fault, their own insurance may not pay for damages if they don't have the right kind of coverage.

Common car insurance exclusions include:

Named driver exclu-sion. This is an agreement between you and your in-surance company to ex-clude a specific person from coverage for liability or physical damage caused when driving a car you in-sure. You might choose it if, for example, the insurer is threatening to cancel your policy because a fam-

Hometown newspapers do Their Part to Support Local Business

Community newspapers and small businesses play vital roles in the economy.

young and Smart, but Millennials Face Homebuying Hurdles

Attorney Shane McClelland was turned down for a mort-gage because of high debt.

Tight inventory Tops Winter Home Buyers’ Challenges

(NewsUSA) - While big businesses may command headlines, most would agree that it's small busi-nesses that drive the econ-omy. During the economic downturn, many small

businesses were forced to close their doors but since then, with the help and sup-port of American Express and local newspapers, com-munity shops are making a comeback in the U.S.

When American Ex-press saw how many local businesses were affected by the economic down-turn, it pledged its support by creating Small Busi-ness Saturday, a day de-voted to shopping locally. Created in 2010 and fall-ing between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday has be-come a permanent fixture on the holiday shopping calendar. This year, that day was November 30.

"American Express tapped into the influence of local newspapers, and it made perfect sense," says Rick Baranski, director of publisher relations for U.S. Suburban Press Inc. (USS-PI -- www.usspi.com), an advertising network that works with community newspapers around the U.S. "Newspapers are the voice of the community and have a relationship with both the local business owners and the readers who shop their local stores."

Small businesses have generated more than 65 BUSINESS, See page 12A

Cheryl Pearson-McNeil

By Cheryl Pearson-McNeilI’ve spent the last three

years of this column shar-ing with you important facts about African-Amer-icans’ consumer power. And, I know those of us who are certified black-belts in the time-honored martial art of shopping, are fired up for the Black Friday super sales with our artillery of cash and/or credit cards in hand.

But first, let’s breathe deeply and think about this, especially in light of recent allegations of re-tail establishments ques-tioning purchases made by Blacks, which have brought the very essence of our purchasing power under assault. Now, more than ever, it’s important for us to understand what it means to be a Conscious Consumer – particularly during the busiest shop-ping season of the year.

These are a few impor-tant questions you should ask yourself before making any consumer decision:

1. Did I find this service or product in my neighbor-hood?

2. Does this company, network or business hire people who look like me?

3. Do I see positive im-ages of myself reflected in the content this company or program promotes?

4. Does this company have a history of support-ing causes that better my community?

5. Am I still willing to spend my limited time or hard earned dollars with this company if the answer to any of the above ques-

tions is no?With that in mind,

Nielsen’s Holiday Spend-ing Forecast expects this shopping season to be fi-nancially stronger than last year, with dollar sales up about 2 percent. Even though an increase in sales is predicted, 68 percent of shoppers who responded to the survey still feel as though they’re in a reces-sion. Twenty percent of U.S. consumers say they have no cash to spare. Forty-eight percent re-port living comfortably or spending freely. Fifty-two percent of consumers are only buying on the basics.

Thirty percent of us across all income ranges say we’ll spend between $250 – $500 on gifts this year. Twenty percent of consumers estimate they will spend between $500 – $1,000, with just 6 percent predicting that they’ll drop more than $1,000.

How, where and on what are we expected to spend our money? Dollar stores are expected to enjoy a ban-ner season, with 12 percent

of consumers in house-holds earning $50,000 or less, reporting plans to shop in these channels, ver-sus 4 percent of consum-ers in households earning $100,000 and up. Twenty percent of those consumers in the $100,000+ category say they will be shopping more online, compared to 15 percent of consumers in households earning less than $50,000.

The 10 hottest holiday items for 2013 are: Gift cards, Tech products, Toys, Food, Apparel, Video games, Cookware, Sport-ing goods, Jewelry, and Alcoholic beverages.

Nielsen has traditional-ly been on point with holi-day spending projections, successfully predicting five out of five category trends last year. The in-formation is gathered from consumer surveys of more than 22,000 households of all demographic groups across the country and an analysis of 92 product cat-egories with over $99 bil-lion in sales.

Lots of us enjoy mak-ing putting smiles on fac-es with a little “holiday cheer,” so beer, liquor and wine sales are expected to contribute between $60 million and $70 million to the bottom line this sea-son. Snacks and candy are expected to bring in $199 million and $95 million in sales, respectively. Sales of holiday treats such as cheese, jams and jellies are also expected to jump. We love our canine-American and feline-American family

SHOPPING, See page 12A

By Les ChristieHigh debt levels and

weak job prospects have made it hard for many young, educated Ameri-cans to buy homes, and that could be a drag on the housing market for years to come.

Missed payments on student loan debt damage credit scores, making it harder and more expensive to get mortgages.

Debt also counts against Millennials when lend-ers calculate how much money they'll lend: Every dollar of student debt pay-ments means less available for housing.

In addition, more grads are moving home to live with their parents -- 36%, according to a recent Pew survey. While that saves on living expenses, it lim-its their ability to build the credit histories they need to eventually get a mort-gage.

The result is a decline in the percentage of 18-to-32 year olds heading up their own homes -- just 34.3% as of this past March, ac-

cording to Pew, versus 36.1% in 2007.

The New York Federal Reserve reported recent-ly that, for the first time, the homeownership rate among college graduates was less than non-grads.

Danilla DiMartino graduated from college at 25 in 2012 with $35,000 in debt and has lived with her parents in a Westches-ter County suburb of New York ever since.

She makes $33,000 a year as an account execu-

tive with a PR firm, which would be enough to move someplace except for her $700 a month loan pay-ments.

"I love my job and I love my parents, but I am an adult and want a place of my own, but won't be able to have that for at least four to five years," she said.

Shane McClelland, 27, a divorce attorney in Columbus, Ohio, is more than two years out of law school, has his own firm and is making a good liv-ing. But he has nearly $200,000 in student loan debt.

"It's really delaying the adult milestones I should be hitting," he said.

He does not have to live at home with his par-ents but the debt, which costs him about $2,000 a month, has prevented him from buying a home, even though Columbus boasts affordable prices.

One lender told Mc-Clelland they didn't even want to process his loan application.

Home buyers unable to find a home earlier this year are taking to the mar-ket this winter despite the colder weather and limited inventory, according to re-altor.com’s Winter Home Buyer Report.

More than 1,300 people looking to buy a home dur-ing the winter months told realtor.com that linger-ing conditions from the past home-buying season, including inventory chal-lenges and all-cash offers, continue to set the tone for them as they enter the win-ter season.

“This summer and spring home-buying season was particularly challeng-ing for buyers, especially first-time home buyers try-ing to compete with all-cash offers and bidding wars be-cause of reduced invento-ry,” said Alison Schwartz, vice president of corporate

communications at realtor.com. “In fact, a quarter of the winter home buyers re-vealed they are in the mar-ket now because they were unable to find a home dur-ing this last home-buying season.”

While the majority of winter home buyers de-scribe themselves as reloca-tion buyers, downsizers are also a large portion of those looking to buy a house in

the next four months, ac-cording to the report.

There are advantages to looking for a home in the winter, Schwartz said.

“Motivated sellers, bet-ter prices and less compe-tition between buyers are some of the top reasons winter home buyers are interested in purchasing a home during the colder months of the year,” she said.

ily member has an unsafe driving record or a sus-pended license.

Such drivers should nev-er be allowed to drive cars from which they've been excluded; it's the same as driving uninsured and you both could be held person-ally liable for any damages.

Interestingly, some policies will cover friends and/or family members when they drive your car, provided they don't live in your household. Coverage levels in such situations may be less, so check your policy carefully for details.

Car rental insurance. Car rental agencies offer their own collision, liabili-ty, theft and other insurance coverage. Conventional wisdom says you should avoid buying it if your own insurance – or ben-efits available from your credit card – provide simi-lar coverage for rental cars. However, first contact your insurance company and

credit card issuer to make sure you are fully covered.

Replacing stolen items. Most car insurance poli-cies won't reimburse you for items stolen from your car that are not perma-nently installed (like built-in sound systems). These might include cellphones, computers, wallets, lug-gage, etc. However, home-owners or renters insur-ance generally covers your personal property, no mat-ter from where it's stolen.

Business use restric-tions. You must maintain a business car insurance policy if you use your per-sonal vehicle for business purposes, whether you de-liver pizzas part-time, par-ticipate in a ride-sharing ser-vice (like Lyft or Sidecar),

CAR, See page 12A

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Senior Living: Spotlight on Health:Local Program Brightens the Holidays

for Ventura County SeniorsSay aaaah -- Tips to Protect yourself

From the Flu

Don't let the flu bug catch up to you this season.

Four Ways the Holidays Hurt Your Health

Five Tips for discussing Money Matters With Family

When Voluntary retirement is not So Voluntary

This season, holiday shoppers in Ventura Coun-ty can give cheer to area seniors by participating in the Be a Santa to a Senior program.

The program -- run by the local Home Instead Senior Care office in part-nership with area retailers, volunteers and members of the community -- helps ensure isolated seniors re-ceive gifts and companion-ship during the holidays. This can be a difficult time for many, especially those who live alone or have lost spouses and loved ones.

An estimated 27 per-cent of people 65 and older (10.8 million people) are widowed, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Fur-ther, the Administration on Aging reports about 28 percent (11.8 million) non-institutionalized people 65 and older live alone.

Retailers participating in Be a Santa to a Senior will display Christmas trees from Nov. 25 to Dec. 15 that feature ornaments

with seniors’ first names and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick an ornament from these trees, buy the items listed and return them un-wrapped to the store, with the ornament attached.

Be a Santa to a Senior

trees will be located at• Curves - 3885 Co-

chran Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063

• Curves - 1738 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

• Curves - 4940 Verdugo SENIORS, See page 12A

By Lynnette Khalfani-CoxAre you worried about

your parents' diminishing physical capabilities or your daughter's plans to pay for her child's college education? Is one of your relatives going through an especially difficult finan-cial period? As you get to-gether with your adult chil-dren and aging parents to enjoy home-cooked meals or celebrate your family's holiday traditions, use the following five tips to help you discuss difficult finan-cial issues.1. Get the timing right

The holidays are stress-ful enough, so just because your children or parents are visiting doesn't mean you should spring financial matters on them as soon as they walk in the door. In-stead, plan to have more than one talk. Try first to broach financial issues privately with your family member and let him or her know you'd like to have a follow-up conversation,

perhaps the day after the holiday.2. engage in conversa-tion, not criticism

If you launch into the "Money Talk," nothing will turn off your relatives faster than if you're perceived to be on the attack or criticiz-ing their financial choices. Ditto for blasting them about financial matters they haven't attended to yet.3. Highlight the impor-tance of financial docu-ments

When you have the Money Talk, be sure to ask

family members about the location of their last will and testament, any durable power of attorney or health care proxy they may have, and their life insurance documents. It's also wise to ask for a list of key con-tacts, like attorneys, certi-fied public accountants or insurance agents who may need to be contacted in the event of an accident or medical crisis.4. Focus on one or two key issues

As tempting as it might MONEY, See page 12A

It wasn't so long ago that employers could usher you out the door because you had celebrated a birthday that made you "too old to work" in the eyes of some of them. With the passage of the Age Discrimina-tion in Employment Act (ADEA) in 1967, Congress decreed that couldn't hap-pen before age 65, and in 1986, mandatory retire-ment was eliminated for most occupations. Most of us can now work as long as we want, assuming the jobs are there and we are able to do the work. Employ-ers cannot retire us just be-cause of our age; however, they need not retain us for that reason either. We have the right to work along with the responsibility of ensur-ing that we have the requi-site skills and abilities.

Yet only a minority of workers remain in the la-bor force much after age 65. As of October 2013, 8.1 million Americans

aged 65 or older, or 18.4 percent of that age group, were working or looking for work.

Workers retire for a variety of reasons, one of which is that they are ready to move on, and the time seems right. They have set goals and objectives for a life beyond work and vol-untarily leave.

There are some signs, however, that not all "vol-untary" retirements occur fully by choice. Subtle pressure to move on may be behind some "free-will" decisions to stop working, suggests a new publication from the Society of Actu-aries (SOA) Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks. The Decision to Retire and Post-Retire-ment Financial Strategies summarizes eight focus group discussions on re-tirement decisionmaking with men and women who had been retired for up to 10 years as of May 2013.

These retirees were "re-source constrained," that is, they had some savings but not necessarily enough to maintain pre-retirement lifestyles or to live worry-free throughout retirement. They had nonetheless opt-ed to retire.

Focus group partici-pants are not randomly se-lected, representative sam-ples, so what these retirees said does not necessarily apply to all retirees. Still, the sometimes wide-rang-ing discussions in focus groups often provide more detail and digressions than structured surveys and of-fer insight about issues that may warrant system-atic study. One of those issues involved how the focus group retirees hap-pened to retire in the first place. In many instances, it was not because they were lured into retirement by the promise of leisure and op-portunity to do new things.

RETIREMENT, See page 12A

(NewsUSA) - It's that time of year. It starts as a tickle in your throat, a sneeze, a cough, until soon you're mouth feels stuffed with cotton, and you're going through tis-sues in Costco-size quanti-ties. Welcome to the cold and flu season -- officially December through March -- and there is still no cure.

There are, however, things you can do to avoid infection, while protecting friends and family from these pesky viruses. The Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention recom-mend the following tips:

• Get a shot. It's best to be proactive, not reactive, when fighting the flu, say experts, so getting a flu shot is the first step in do-ing battle -- and the sooner the better. "The flu shot doesn't work right away," says Nathan Limb, phar-macy supervisor for Wal-greens in Chicago's central district. "It takes about two weeks to boost the im-mune system once you've received it."

• Wash your hands. Soap and water are your best friends during this season. Washing your hands, both front and back, for 15-sec-onds plus (the time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" three times, or the ABCs will do it) is key. This is

especially important when working in common ar-eas such as copy rooms or front offices.

• Drink plenty of liq-uids. It's important to stay hydrated, and while certain juices have been shown to prevent fewer cold symp-toms, drinking water every day, all day, is a better op-tion, say experts. Without water, no living thing can survive, which means it is crucial to maintaining op-timal health. While water has a myriad of health ben-efits, research has shown that not all waters are cre-ated equal, and that some waters have more health benefits than others. This, say experts, is why drink-ing alkaline ionized wa-ter, such as Alkame Water, should be an essential part of anyone's health plan.

Doctors recommend the mild alkalinity because it allows for more effective hydration, which supports an optimal pH-balanced body and is a powerful source of antioxidants, which boost the immune system, while also enhanc-ing energy levels and over-all health.

• Keep your distance. If you do get sick, it's im-portant to stay home so you can get better quickly and not spread germs to others. The rule of thumb is to stay home for at least 24 hours after a fever is gone without use of medicine that lowers the fever. This will ensure you are past the point where you are likely to spread the virus to others.

For more information on Alkame and its benefits, vis-it www.alkamewater.com.

By Violet SmithThe holidays are upon

us, and the increased hus-tle and bustle can take a serious toll on the healthy habits we strive to stick to every day. neuroSONIC re-cently released the results of a survey that reveals just how much the holidays im-pact our health and fitness routines, highlighting stats about working out, energy levels, and more.

• The survey reveals that 41 percent of respon-dents admit that their workout routine decreases during the holidays and 9 percent says it completely stops. While people may believe they are not getting their exercise in during the holidays, shopping may make up for the missed gym hours. Wearing a pe-dometer while holiday shopping is a great way to indicate how much exer-cise you are getting!

• The survey points out that 48 percent of respon-dents claim to work on the holidays and 16 percent sometimes work during the holidays. While it’s unfor-tunate that such a large per-centage of people are not able to enjoy a break from work during the holidays, there are exercises that can be done discretely while at your desk. For example, you can easily do leg ex-tensions, back twists and toe raises all while staying

seated on your chair!• 40 percent of respon-

dents indicate that shop-ping is the most draining activity during the holi-days. Twenty-eight percent of Americans are ahead of the game and do the major-ity of their holiday shop-ping prior to Black Friday. This is an excellent way to relieve some of the added stress of the holidays and leave some free time for

your daily exercise routine.• The survey also indi-

cates that 38 percent of re-spondents claim to be more tired during the holidays. Overcoming low energy levels to tackle workouts during the demanding hol-iday season is easier than you think! There are plenty of ways to increase energy with low calorie drinks or snack options, such as HOLIDAYS, See page 12A

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Tech news

Google Wants you to Carry Around This Card instead of Cash

does Microsoft even need Xbox?

This Quick Trick Can Vastly improve The iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner

Four Ways The internet Can Actually Make you Healthier

Think You Know Touchscreens? Think AgainBy Timothy Stenovec

If you've been less than impressed with Touch ID, the fingerprint sensor that comes on Apple's new iPhone 5S, we may be able to help.

Touch ID worked well for me when I tried it out in September, but my actu-al experience with my new iPhone 5S was different. Often, after placing my finger on the Home button, it wouldn't read my print and I'd be prompted to "try again."

Although the finger-print scanner works well for many people, and has garnered positive reviews from some of the most prominent tech critics, others have found that it doesn't work well for them.

What to do? Apple rec-ommends rescanning your finger (and, of course, making sure it's clean and dry) or trying other fingers if you are having problems. The company also notes that things like lotion, oils and dry skin, or activities like swimming or exercis-ing "may affect fingerprint recognition."

But I had an idea: Touch ID works with up to five different fingers, so what if I scanned my thumb multi-ple times, essentially telling

my iPhone that it's different fingers? After all, I rarely use a finger other than my right thumb to press the Home button, so those oth-er four slots were empty.

I thought that having more -- and more varied -- prints of my thumb could only help, so I tried it by "enrolling," as Apple calls it, my thumb two more times. The result was fan-tastic -- Touch ID now works much better than it did before, probably over 90 percent of the time.

I'm not the only one who had this idea.

I was unsure about my theory, and Apple would not comment on whether or not it would improve Touch ID. But Michael Fiske, the founder of Bio-gy, a privacy company that

focuses on cryptography and biometrics, said that adding more prints could, in fact, make Touch ID more reliable.

"Entering multiple ex-amples of the same print enhances pattern match-ing," Fiske said. "Basi-cally, it enables the pattern matching to be more flex-ible." Adding more prints can lower the rate of false rejects, he said -- when the right fingerprint doesn't give access to a phone.

Fiske likened scanning your finger multiple times to teaching a child how to identify leaves from an oak tree. If you show the child three leaves from an oak tree, she'll be more likely to later recognize an oak tree leaf than had you just shown her one.

By Todd Van Luling It might be hard to be-

lieve, but all those hours you've spent on the Inter-net could actually be good for your health.1. Surfing the web can boost aging brains.

The mental capacities

for "complex reasoning" and "decision-making" are both elevated in the brains of older, web savvy adults. Dr. Gary Small of the Se-mel Institute for Neurosci-ence and Human Behavior at UCLA conducted the study with adults between

the ages of 55 and 76, both with and without signifi-cant knowledge of Inter-net, and found cognitive abilities to be significantly affected by web use.2. The internet provides a support system for those who need it most.

Social media has great-ly helped those who most need someone to talk to, like victims of prejudice or the chronically ill, who may be fighting an espe-cially dire kind of loneli-ness. People with a chron-ic disease are more likely to embrace social media than healthier users, and many help spread the in-formation and experiences they've gone through with other patients.3. online databases have revolutionized our health savviness.

As of 2011, 80 percent of American Internet us-ers found medical advice online through online da-tabases such as WebMD or MayoClinic.com. Online medical databases may still be in their infancy, but newer and better systems are slowly being devel-oped. Unfortunately, there have been setbacks, like the failure of Medpedia, or WebMD's stock strug-gles. Overall, however, the credibility of these data-bases has been improving.4. Want to stop smoking? The internet can help.

In recent years, social media has helped smokers build these communities online and receive inspira-tion and encouragement from other smokers going through the difficult pro-cess of quitting. Reading about the lives of ex-smok-ers online and joining vari-ous Facebook groups has proven especially effective at helping people find the motivation to quit for good.

If you've used a smart-phone or tablet for a few years, you might think that you've seen everything there is to see about touch-screens. But don't tell that to these engineers.

Take what researcher Mark Bolas is doing at the University of Southern California. He is currently looking at ways to use touch technology to create fully immersive experienc-es, including developing stereoscopic lenses that make images pop into 3D, as well as virtual-reality headsets that turn ordinary surfaces, like pieces of ply-wood, into touchscreens.

"We just expect every-thing to now be intelligent and responsive," Bolas told The Huffington Post's Katie Linendoll. "Touch-screens are just the tip of the iceberg."

Or consider what Alan Smithson, CEO of Smith-sonMartin, is doing with touchscreens in the world of music. His company created Emulator, the world's first multi-touch system for DJs. It replaces the turntables, mixers and other physical hardware that electronic artists use,

and has been featured at music festivals like Coach-ella and Electric Daisy Carnival.

"Because Emulator is just a MIDI controller, it can be used for lighting, video, audio," Smithson said. "This is not a DJ tool anymore, it's a perfor-mance tool."

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO -

Google Inc will offer a prepaid debit card that will allow consumers to purchase goods at stores and to withdraw cash from ATM machines, the Inter-net company said.

The card, which is only available in the United States, lets consumers access the funds stored in their Google Wallet accounts. Google Wallet is a smartphone app and online payment service that lets consumers buy goods and transfer money to each other.

The new Wallet card will be accepted at "mil-lions of locations" that accept MasterCard and at ATM machines, Google said in a post on its offi-cial blog. Google said the card is free and that the company will not charge cardholders any monthly or annual fees.

The card could help advance Google's efforts

to play a bigger role in commerce and provide the company with valuable in-formation about consumer shopping habits, though it appears to be less ambi-tious than the full-fledged credit card once rumored to be in the works.

Plans for a Google con-sumer credit card were shelved when the head of Google's Wallet and pay-ments group, Osama Be-dier, left the company in May, according to a report at the time in the technol-

ogy blog AllThingsD.Google, the world's No.

1 Internet search engine, in 2011 began offering a special AdWords Business credit card that its advertis-ing customers could use to buy ads on its website.

A Google spokeswoman confirmed that data about transactions made with the new Wallet card - including a description of goods pur-chased, the amount of the transaction and the name and address of the seller - would be added to the in-ternal profiles that Google maintains for users of its services, which can be used to target ads.

Consumers add money to the new Wallet Card by linking it to a bank account or when another person transfers money to their Wallet account, according to Google. The card can be ordered online, and typi-cally takes 10 to 12 days to arrive, a Google spokes-woman said.

By Ryan NakashimaLOS ANGELES — Mi-

crosoft Chairman Bill Gates donned a cool leather jack-et when he first introduced the Xbox onstage in 2000. More than a decade later, the video game console is still the hippest brand in Microsoft's portfolio. But as the company begins sell-ing its first new Xbox in eight years, some critics say Microsoft should spin the gaming unit off. They argue that Xbox distracts management from the com-pany's fast-growing cloud computing business and its effort to catch up to rivals in tablet and smartphone sales. Here are Xbox's pros and cons:Pro

It is profitable in the long term: The Xbox business has been profit-able for the past few years, according to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's vice president of strategy. Mehdi says the company sees the gaming industry growing from an annual $66 billion to $78 billion in 2017. And Mi-crosoft hopes to broaden the Xbox's appeal with features that make it more of an entertainment hub.Con

it will be a short-term

profit drag: Nomura ana-lyst Rick Sherlund esti-mates that the Xbox plat-form will lose at least $1 billion for Microsoft in 2014 and may not be profit-able for another year or so after that. He says a spinoff, even to existing sharehold-ers, would immediately boost Microsoft's profits and stock price. Pro

it’s audience is huge: The Xbox Live online gaming and entertainment service has some 48 mil-lion members worldwide, many of whom pay $5 a month. More than 80 mil-lion Xbox 360s have been sold worldwide, providing a user base for Microsoft to sell things like music subscriptions, video rent-als, more games and the new Xbox One. The plat-form is also a window into Microsoft services such as Bing search, Skype In-ternet calls and SkyDrive

cloud storage.Con

But it’s not as big as Windows: More than a bil-lion people worldwide use Windows personal comput-ers, and focusing efforts on polishing Windows 8.1 could have a bigger payoff.Pro

it positions Microsoft in the living room: Mi-crosoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 each sold more than 80 million units globally. Strategi-cally, pulling even with the game console leader was a key win because it pre-vented Sony from taking over the living room. Con

But the world’s gone mobile: By pouring time and energy into a home-bound console, Microsoft largely missed the mobile devices revolution. IHS predicts Microsoft’s Win-dows platform will be the operating system in just 6.5 percent of tablets and 3.9 percent of smartphones sold worldwide this year. Together those devices will account for 1.2 bil-lion units sold. Sherlund says dominating the living room “was a good idea 10 years ago.”

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CommentaryBeyond the Rhetoric:

The day We Lost “Camelot”

Harry C. alford

Food Stamp Cuts:Children Will

Go HungryLee a. daniels

‘Nuclear Option’ Launched Against Intransigent Republicans

George e. Curry

Walmart Workers Shouldn’t Have to donate

Food to Co-workersJulianne Malveaux

Oh, how I remember November 22, 1963. It was the day that ended Amer-ica’s love affair. Back in November, 1960 we elect-ed a new kind of Presi-dent. My parents hosted a voting station in our liv-ing room. I watched with much curiosity all of the neighbors coming to our house to vote for the Presi-dent of the United States. At the end of the day my mother and her volunteers hand counted the votes that came in. Then, she would call it in. It was amazing how we were participat-ing in this very democratic process. In the end, John F. Kennedy won the elec-tion by the closest mar-gin in history. He was so handsome and the new first lady, Jacqueline Bouvier, was of star quality. Amer-ica viewed them as King and Queen. Happy days were coming.

On January 17, 1961 outgoing President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave us a warning during his fare-well speech: “A vital ele-ment in keeping the peace is our military establish-ment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruc-tion...This conjunction of an immense military es-

For the past year, an organization called OUR Walmart, has protested, raised questions and asked their employer, one of the nation’s largest companies, to treat them fairly. They have asked for better wag-es, more full-time hours, and for the opportunity to earn benefits.

Walmart has responded with well-timed publicity moves. They will allow same sex couples health insurance and other ben-efits, but only if someone is working full time (at least a third of Walmart workers are employed part time). There were head-lines about the same-sex marriage benefit, but none about the low wages that many receive, and the hur-dles they must clear to get the health care benefit.

The average Walmart worker earns $8.81 an hour; but too many earn the minimum wage ($7.25 cent an hour), even as they work part time. According to Walmart’s CEO. at least half of its workers earn less than $25,000 a year, which isn’t enough to live on in a city with living costs as high as those in Washing-ton, D.C. Yet, Walmart threatened to withdraw from agreements they had with the District of Colum-bia when the City Council

“Are there no prisons? And the workhouses, are they still in operation?”

Is that what the govern-ment and the people of the United States are about to say to Americans who have such low incomes they need the government food stamp program to help them put food on their tables?

Most of all, is American society willing to let the 21 million American children – one quarter of all Ameri-can children – who live in households that get food stamps endure, not just less to eat, but actual hunger?

You recognize the quo-tation above, I’m sure. It’s uttered with a contemptu-ous sneer by Charles Dick-ens’ unforgettable wealthy miser Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 film version of Dickens’ classic tale, “A Christmas Carol.”

In his story Dickens used the plight of poor chil-dren, especially the poor health of Tiny Tim, the youngest son of Scrooge’s clerk Bob Cratchit, to dra-matize the daily emergen-cy the poor face—and the imperative that their well-being is all of humankind’s “business.”

That’s the imperative facing America now be-cause the budget for the food stamp program is in danger of being severely

After repeated Repub-lican obstruction, Senate Democrats boldly stood up to Republicans by pulling the trigger on the nuclear option, a parliamentary maneuver that means most executive branch nomi-nees now can be approved by a simple majority rather than the 60-vote superma-jority in effect throughout President Obama’s term.

Although Democrats hold a 55-45 major-ity in the Senate, Repub-licans had been able to block many of President Obama’s court nominees and appointments by re-quiring a supermajority for confirmation. Now, how-ever, senators can no lon-ger filibuster nominees to executive branch posts or the courts, with the excep-tion of the Supreme Court. Legislation can still be fili-bustered as well as other Senate actions.

More than 10 percent of federal judgeships are vacant. The number con-sidered “judicial emergen-cies” has increased by 85 percent since President Obama assumed office in 2009, according to a report issued in October by Al-liance for Justice, (AFJ), a federation of more than 100 organizations devoted to making sure the federal judiciary advances core constitutional values, pre-

cut back. That possibility, of course, will affect the 26 million adults in the program, too. But it’s most damaging and far-reaching impact will be on the chil-dren – those who consti-tute part of the future of American society.

So, especially this year, while Thanksgiving for millions of Americans re-mains its usual holiday of family cheer and an over-abundance of food, mil-lions of food stamp recipi-ents must anticipate they’ll have significantly less to eat this week – and next week, and the week after that, and …

The reason is twofold. First, on November 1 Con-gress let expire a provi-sion of the 2009 economic stimulus package that had increased families’ and individuals’ monthly food stamp allotment to help them cope with the impact of the Great Recession. That crisis had produced a deluge of people – over-whelmingly, the newly jobless and the working poor – to need aid in buy-ing enough food to eat. As a result, the number of food stamp enrollees soared from 26 million in 2007 to more than 47 mil-lion now.

That program’s ex-piration has reduced the amount individuals and

families get: by $11 for one person to $36 for a family of four. The amounts seem small. But for food stamp recipients – the jobless, the disabled, the working poor – who have no financial cushion, the amounts can be the difference between eating and eating less – or not at all.

And now, as Congress considers appropriations for the farm bill, which in-cludes the budget for the food stamp program (its official name is the Sup-plemental Nutrition Assis-tance Program, or SNAP), Democrats and Republi-cans in Congress have sug-gested two wildly-differ-ing cost-cutting measures for the program. The truly-draconian Republican ver-sion would cut $40 billion from the SNAP over the next decade. The Demo-cratic version proposes a $4 billion reduction.

Whichever version – or some legislative compro-mise that meets some-where between those two poles – wins out, we should not look away from what it will produce.

Children will go hungry.CHILDREN, See page 11B

serves human rights and unfettered access to the courts, and adheres to the even-handed administra-tion of justice for all Amer-icans.

“Our data show that the overwhelming major-ity of the blame for this crisis rests squarely with Senate Republicans,” said AFJ President Nan Aron. “Where there still aren’t nominees, it’s usually be-cause Republican Senators are refusing to recommend qualified candidates to fill vacancies in their home states. And where there already are nominees, Re-publicans continue their unprecedented ‘obstruction of justice’ by continuing to stall those nominees.”

According to the report, 90 percent of all current vacancies without a nomi-nee are in states with at least one Republican Sena-tor. Fifty-one percent are in states with two Republi-can Senators.

“That’s no coinci-dence,” Aron explained. “Republicans have cyni-cally abused Senate tradi-tion and refused to approve proposed nominees in their home states. Without that approval – which requires returning a ‘blue slip’ – the Senate Judiciary Commit-tee won’t hold a hearing on a nominee. Then these same Republicans turn

around and blame the pres-ident for not nominating anyone to fill the vacancy.”

The opposition to Presi-dent Obama is unprec-edented.

“Before Obama, 20 ex-ecutive branch nominees were filibustered. Under Obama, 16 have been fili-bustered,” the Washington Post noted. “… If current trends continue, they note, it’s entirely possible Obama could end up seeing more of his executive-branch nominees filibustered than every other president in his-tory combined.”

The Alliance for Jus-tice report found, “Presi-dent Obama’s nominations have brought near parity between Democratic-ap-pointed judges and Repub-lican-appointed judges. Since the end of the Bush Administration, the per-centage of Republican-ap-pointed circuit court judg-es dropped from 61.3% to 49.1%, and the percentage of Republican-appoint-ed district court judges dropped from 58.6% to 50.3%.” It explained, “The

REPUBLICANS, See page 11B

tablishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — econom-ic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, ev-ery statehouse, every of-fice of the federal govern-ment. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and liveli-hood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisi-tion of unwarranted influ-ence, whether sought or unsought, by the military–industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledge-able citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and mili-tary machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper to-gether.”

We ignored this stern warning by one of our greatest leaders in Ameri-can history. We had Jack

and Jackie and life would be just a “bowl of cher-ries”. Television and the news industry guided us down a path of make be-lieve. World tensions were mounting – China, Indo-China, Soviet Union, Cuba, the Iron Curtain, etc. were hot but still we danced and smiled. I re-member welcoming my cousin home from his mili-tary stint. He told me that this place called Vietnam was exploding. “They are blowing people away!” I like everyone else would ignore him.

In the spring of 1963, President Kennedy came to my home town to visit our military installations. The whole high school was bussed out to Point Mugu Naval Station. There, on the runway, he walked out of Air Force One and we all stood in awe. He walked past me and I froze like a rock – he was god like. My cousin Jeanie merged from the front line scream-ing and crying and then shouted, “He shook my hand! Oh Lord!!” That’s how we were – a nation in love with Jack and Jackie.CAMELOT, See page 10B

said they would require a $12.50 minimum wage from “big box” stores.

With the District caught between a rock and a hard place – no jobs or low-pay-ing jobs – they blinked and subscribed to the notion that any job is better than no job. The District will end up subsidizing those work-ers who can’t make it with their Walmart pay. They’ll be the ones lining up for food stamps, subsidized housing, and other income-enhancing programs.

No wonder Walmart wants to help workers during this holiday sea-son. In Canton, Ohio, and in other Walmart stores, managers are asking work-ers to donate food so that their coworkers may have a pleasant Thanksgiv-ing. If Walmart paid as-sociates enough, workers would not have to transfer food and opportunities to their colleagues. Indeed, since most Walmart stores have a food section, why wouldn’t the company of-fer their lowest paid work-ers a gift certificate for $100 or so? Or, why not just pay workers so they don’t need to seek holiday supplements during the holidays. Walmart doesn’t want to pay people what they are worth, just what they can get away with.

Walmart chooses to suppress wages, so they have also made a choice to encourage some workers to provide token assistance for their coworkers who are not well paid. Walmart has put the onus of fair pay on workers helping one another, not the company helping its workers. While many Walmart employees will be concerned enough abut their colleagues to contribute, they must also ask why a food drive is necessary. In asking that question, they might also ask what impact food stamp cuts will have on their colleagues.

There is nothing magic about the $12.50 an hour wage. Some jurisdictions will push their minimum wage to $11 an hour and others will ask for more. Many retail workers say that a $15 an hour wage is the least that they can survive on. A household headed by two part-time Walmart workers qualifies for a number of federal programs. If Walmart paid each of its workers $12.50 an hour, the pay increase WALMART, See page 10B

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SUDOKU, From page 5A

WORD-FINDS, From page 5A

CROSSWORD COMPANION, From page 5A

MAYORFrom page 1Athe audience spoke in favor of making Andrews either mayor or deputy mayor saying he was being punished simply for dis-agreeing with some other coun-cil members. Those who voted to make Nasarenko deputy may-or instead of Andrews were Tra-cy, and council members Chris-ty Weir, Jim Monahan, Mayor Heitmann, and Nasarenko.

PAINFrom page 2Amust refuse to be bitter, because bitterness always hurts you. It never changes anything. Blam-ing others never ever changes anything. It only makes you feel worse. How do you keep from being bitter when the inevitable tragedies of life come?

1. You accept what cannot be changed.

2. You focus on what’s left, not what’s lost.

3. You live one day at a time. 4. You believe things will get

better4. reMeMBer WHAT iS iMPorTAnT.

Disasters have a way of clar-ifying our values and pointing out what matters and what really doesn’t matter. Jesus said, “Life is not measured by how much one owns.” Lk 12:15 (NCV) Don’t confuse your net worth with yourself worth. Don’t con-fuse your possessions with your purpose in life. Don’t confuse what you’re living on with what you’re living for. A man’s life does not consist of what he pos-sesses. What matters are rela-tionships. Can you lose a home? Yes. Can you lose a career? Yes. Can you lose a marriage? Yes. Can you lose your health? Yes. Can you lose your youthful beauty? Yes. Can you lose your relationship with God? No.5. reLy on CHriST.

Christians get to approach tragedy differently than the rest of the world. We get to rely completely on Christ. We get to have hope. But how? By in-tentionally leaning on Christ for stability, listening to Christ for direction, and looking to Christ for salvation. He is our Rock, our Shelter, our Great Shepherd, our Hiding Place. Suffering and tragedy are inevitable in a sinful world, but Christ makes all the difference. Decide that you will rely on Him even in the darkest of hours of your life. The light will shine again.

Lonnie G. McCowan is pas-tor at The Miracle Center of Ventura, in Ventura, CA. He can be contacted through email at lonnie100@msn.com or by visit-ing www.miraclecenterventura.com.

WHITAKERFrom page 2Aserving eight presidents during his tenure in Lee Daniels’ The Butler, opposite Oprah Winfrey; he will grace the screen in Out of the Furnace, opposite Christian Bale; and he will also be seen in his first musical, Black Nativ-ity, opposite Jennifer Hudson and Angela Bassett. In addition, Forest is the founder of LA-based Significant Productions, where he served as a producer on Fruitvale Station, which won the 2013 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Above all else, Whitaker is a humanitarian. He is the founder of PeaceEarth Foundation, co-founder and chair of the Interna-tional Institute for Peace and is the UNESCO Goodwill Ambas-sador for Peace and Reconcilia-tion.

The Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film serves as a fundraiser for the Santa Bar-bara International Film Festi-val, which is set to run January 30 through February 9, 2014. SBIFF is dedicated to discover-ing and showcasing the best in independent and international cinema.

UNITED WAYFrom page 2A

• Alexander Cadillac, 1600 Auto Center Dr., Oxnard Auto Center

• Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, 4994 Verdugo Way, Ca-marillo

• Union Bank – 250 S. Mills Road, Ventura

• Union Bank – 2930 Tapo Canyon Road, Simi Valley

*For a complete, up-to-date list of drop-off locations, please visit www.vcunitedway.org.

The Pleasant Valley/Somis Lions Club is a sponsor of “Help Beyond the Holidays” and Meathead Movers has partnered with United Way to provide col-lection boxes and to pick up all of the donations from the drop-off locations. Volunteers will count and sort all of the donated items to be distributed to agen-cies in mid-January.

In addition to the donation of diapers, toilet paper, tooth-paste, and toothbrushes, indi-viduals can also make monetary donations to “Help Beyond the Holidays” which will be used to purchase additional items — especially diapers. To make a minimum $10 donation, visit www.vcunitedway.org, click the donate button, and select “Help Beyond the Holidays” from the pull-down menu. Individuals can also make a $10 donation by using their cellphone to text

the keyword UWVC to 27722. Standard message and data rates apply. Individuals can mail or drop off a check made payable to United Way of Ventura Coun-ty to: 4001 Mission Oaks Blvd., Suite E, Camarillo, CA 93012. Please write “Help Beyond the Holidays” on the note line.

For more information about “Help Beyond the Holidays,” please contact Susan Englund at (805) 485-6288, ext. 226 or email susan.englund@vcunited-way.org.

HIVFrom page 3Atarget a protein expressed on the surface of HIV-infected cells with the radionuclide Bis-muth-213.

The researchers found that RIT was able to kill HIV-in-fected lymphocytes previously treated with HAART, reducing the HIV infection in the blood samples to undetectable levels.

“The elimination of HIV-infected cells with RIT was profound and specific,” Dr. Da-dachova said. “The radionuclide we used delivered radiation only to HIV-infected cells without damaging nearby cells.”An important part of the study tested the ability of the radio-labeled antibody to reach HIV-infected cells in the brain and central nervous system. Using an in vitro human blood brain barrier model, the researchers demonstrated that radiolabeled mAb2556 could cross the blood brain barrier and kill HIV-in-fected cells without any overt damage to the barrier itself.

“Antiretroviral treatment only partially penetrates the blood brain barrier, which means that even if a patient is free of HIV systemically, the virus is still able to rage on in the brain, causing cognitive dis-orders and mental decline,” Dr. Dadachova said. “Our study showed that RIT is able to kill HIV-infected cells both systemi-cally and within the central ner-vous system.”

According to Dr. Dadacho-va, clinical trials in HIV patients are the next step for the RIT treatment.

RECYCLINGFrom page 3ABill Camarillo, Agromin CEO. “With new technology and strong commitments from busi-nesses and cities such as Whole Foods, St. John’s and Oxnard, food waste is now being seen as an excellent source to create compost and biofuel. Anytime we can turn waste into some-thing useful is a win for our community and the environ-ment.”

According to John Bennett, the associate general manager at the Whole Foods in Oxnard, “initial results overwhelming exceeded expectations. In just the first week, approximately 4 tons of food waste were col-lected for processing into com-post”. Cindy Schoonmaker, Marketing & Community Out-reach for Whole Foods further added, “Whole Foods Market is so excited to play a part in this opportunity with the City of Ox-nard and Agromin. It’s a perfect example of one of our core val-ues: We practice and advance Environmental Stewardship. Whole Foods Market sees the necessity of active environmen-tal stewardship so that the earth continues to flourish for genera-tions to come”.

“St. John’s is very happy to be a part of the City’s new food waste pilot program. We are committed to serving the com-munity, including doing our part toward a sustainable future,” stated Laurie Eberst, Senior Vice President of Operations for Dignity Health Southern California West, and president and CEO of St. John’s Region-al Medical Center. “The food waste program is a valuable addition to St. John’s Ecology Program, and fulfills our com-mitment to protect and preserve the environment and maintain the good health of the residents in our community,” said Eberst.

“Composting food waste turns a formerly-discarded ma-terial into a valuable resource and extends the life of our land-fills” says Todd Housley, Envi-ronmental Resources Superin-tendent for the City of Oxnard. “It will help us move toward our zero waste goals and a more sus-tainable future.”

“We are hoping that this pi-lot program with Whole Foods and St. John’s Regional Medi-cal Center will set the standard to serve as a model for future commercial food waste and re-cycling efforts,” says Housley.

UCSBFrom page 5A

An extremely important dis-cipline that transcends the class-room, geography is no longer widely taught in schools today. UCSB’s Department of Geog-raphy seeks to change that. The department’s Visibility and Out-reach Committee, which spear-heads the recruiting effort each year, organized 46 presenta-tions in 14 local schools as part of GeoWeek. This year saw a record turnout of UCSB volun-teers, with a total of 28 faculty, staff and students — both un-dergraduates and graduates —

giving presentations to classes from kindergarten through high school.

CIFrom page 5Ain Interactive Media for her portfolio website, http://www.danikwan.com, showcasing her work in graphic design, illustra-tion and fashion design. Kwan is a graphic designer for a Los Angeles-based swimwear com-pany and is also pursuing her interests as a costume designer and freelance web designer.

The three winning websites in the Interactive Media cate-gory were designed and created as final projects in Web design courses taught by CI Associate Professor of Art Liz King and CI Senior Web Designer and Lecturer Ryan Garcia in the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters.

Adam Webber, an art major from Lafayette, took second place in the Experimental Video category for “Einstein’s Dream,” https://vimeo.com/77234830. The video, completed in Eliza-beth Leister’s Art 312: Time-Based Imaging and Composit-ing course, explores the concept of time as inspired by the book “Einstein’s Dreams” by Alan Lightman.

The Media Arts Festival al-lows students in the CSU system the opportunity to be judged in professional competition. More than 150 student entries were re-ceived and evaluated by a panel of faculty and industry experts who chose 31 finalists for award competition in nine catego-ries: animation, documentary, experimental, interactive, mu-sic video, narrative, television, feature screenplay, and short screenplay.

VCCFFrom page 5AVCCF’s Destino: The Hispanic Legacy Fund focuses its grant-making on helping Latino stu-dents prepare to go college, a complement to the Destino scholarship fund that supports students who are the first in their families to attend college. The Center for Nonprofit Leadership at VCCF places university stu-dents as interns with local non-profits to create the next genera-tion of philanthropic leaders.

VCCF’s Community Re-sponse Fund was established by local donors in 1999 and annu-ally supports a wide variety of community projects.

To learn more, go to vccf.org.

UNIONFrom page 6Aimportance of being money smart, and the illustrations and rhyming also make it perfect for some of the younger kids in our program.” “What a Bank Can Do helps to explain the critical role that banks have in our com-munities and explores how fun saving can be,” said John Tu-zee. “The book’s key message is simple – always save more than you spend and you’ll never run out of money. Words to live by for all of us!” During the assem-bly, Melendez de Santa Ana pre-sented the Tuzees with a special proclamation from the City of Los Angeles, naming November 21 “What a Bank Can Do Day” in Los Angeles.

BASSFrom page 6Athat receive any federal assis-tance from implementing local hire policies for construction and operations projects. As the economy continues its recov-ery, transit agencies have the potential to spur job creation in their local communities. Limit-ing these transit agencies from being able to adopt local hiring policies when making hiring decisions hinders their ability to generate job growth, which is detrimental to local economies across the United States.

The “Local Hire Act” would loosen these restrictive federal regulations for transit agencies and help them create jobs and drive economic development in the areas where they operate.

Representatives Henry Wax-man (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Janice Hahn (D-CA), and Tim Bishop (D-NY) joined Congresswoman Bass as co-authors of the bill.

MEDALFrom page 7ABanks, won Most Valuable Play-er awards in 1958 and 1959 and played in 14 All- Star games. Banks hit 512 home runs during his career.

C.T. Vivian, a Baptist min-ister and adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored for his work leading the Free-dom Riders and his efforts to register Black voters in Selma, Ala., where he was bloodied by Dallas County Sheriff Jim Clark after leading a Black delegation downtown to register.

President Obama also rec-ognized Bayard Rustin, posthu-mously, for his work and sac-rifices during the Civil Rights Movement. Rustin, an openly gay civil rights leader, was the key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

The president honored Oprah Winfrey for her incred-ible broadcast journalism career

and her charitable contributions. Winfrey can add the Presiden-tial Medal of Freedom to her resume, which also includes Bob Hope Humanitarian Award and the Kennedy Center Honors Award. Oprah’s daytime talk show ran for more than 4500 episodes.

“Oprah’s greatest strength has always been her ability to help us discover the best in our-selves. Michelle and I count ourselves among her many de-voted fans and friends,” said President Obama.

President Bill Clinton earned his Presidential Medal of Free-dom for his public service that “was just getting started” when he left office.

“[President Clinton] doesn’t stop,” said Obama. “He’s helped lead relief efforts after the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the Haiti earthquake. His founda-tion and global initiative have helped to save or improve the lives of literally hundreds of millions of people.”

Also honored were Ben Bradlee, a former executive editor of The Washington Post who oversaw the newspaper’s award-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal; Late Senator Daniel Inouye (hon-ored posthumously), the first Japanese American to serve in Congress; Daniel Kahneman, a scholar who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002; Richard Lugar, a former Senator from Indiana who led the effort to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and Loretta Lynn, the country music icon who won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

In addition, President Obama recognized Mario Molina, a Nobel Prize-winning chem-ist and environmental scientist; Gloria Steinem, the women’s rights activist and co-founder of Ms. magazine; Arturo Sandoval, a Grammy Award-winning jazz musician; Sally Ride (honored posthumously), the first Ameri-can female astronaut to travel to space; Dean Smith, the former head coach of the University of North Carolina men’s basketball team who won two national ti-tles and graduated 96 percent of his players; and Patricia Wald, the first woman to serve on the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Co-lumbia.

President Obama said: “These are the men and women who in their extraordinary lives remind us all of the beauty of the human spirit, the values that de-fine us as Americans, the poten-tial that lives inside of all of us.”

MALCOLMFrom page 7Awas constantly colored by his prophetic sense of impending tragedy”. They also promote the diary as having a “unique” blue-print for African-Americans.

The diary is scheduled to be published on November 14, but court papers filed by the heirs of Malcolm X in Manhattan court could delay or even prevent publication.

ALEXANDERFrom page 7Afor a retrial,” Zimmet said. “We have already had part of the bond hearing and the judge has reserved ruling on bond until we file additional papers that reply to the state’s reply. The judge will then decide if bond should be granted. Of course Marissa wants to get home to her chil-dren and we believe that as she has no criminal record except this matter involving her hus-band, that she should be granted her freedom until the trial.”

COPFrom page 7Atold the group to quiet down, sparking a verbal altercation between him and the men in Boyd’s party.

Servin said one of the men with Boyd, Antonio Cross, pointed a gun at him, prompting Servin to fire in self-defense. Cross was hit in the hand and Boyd was hit in the back of the head; she died two days later. Cross was later determined to be holding a cell phone at the time and the Independent Police Re-view Authority has since stated no weapon was ever recovered at the scene.

The city settled a $4.5 mil-lion wrongful death lawsuit with Boyd’s family this March.

SHOPPINGFrom page 8Amembers; so, pet care is expect-ed to grow by 5.3 percent and pet food 1.4 percent.

Now that we’ve talked about this year’s holiday shop-ping trends, are you among the 22 percent of U.S. consumers who have already begun holi-day shopping? Or, do you find yourself among the 60 percent who love the adrenalin rush of crowds and last minute deals – or, just master procrastinators?

African-Americans are fre-quent shoppers, savvy digital users, high volume owners of smartphones and users of social media and voracious consum-ers of media – in other words, powerful consumers. We can-not expect different results if our consumption patterns and habits don’t change. It’s just

that simple; no matter what time of year it is.

So, happy holiday shopping, but remember, the final decision to be a Conscious Consumer is yours to make. As always, I encourage you to choose wisely. And, don’t forget to chat with us on Twitter or Facebook so we can keep the conversation go-ing.

Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is senior vice president of Public Affairs and Government Re-lations for Nielsen. For more information and studies go to www.nielsen.com.

BUSINESSFrom page 8Apercent of net new jobs since the mid-’90s. A study conducted by the American Independence Business Alliance found that out of every $100 spent in a lo-cal small business, almost half goes back to the local economy, versus only $13 for every $100 spent at a national chain, which is the main reason why USSPI and community newspapers are doing their part to help promote Small Business Saturday.

“We look forward to work-ing on Small Business Satur-day every year,” says Michael F. Killian, senior vice president and general manager of Meriden CT Record-Journal (www.myre-cordjournal.com). “It gives us a chance to get out and galvanize our community to shop local.”

It’s this optimistic outlook that Baranski enjoys seeing.

“Every year since 2010, we’ve worked to ensure that newspapers use their influence to spread the word about the benefits of small business and shopping locally,” says Baran-ski.

The message has certainly been received.

“The fabric of our towns is woven with the shops of Main Street,” says Killian. “Without our local stores and the people who shop them, we wouldn’t have the vibrant community that we have.”

CARFrom page 8Aor even run business errands for your boss. Otherwise, you may not be covered in an accident or theft and may even void your coverage. Ask whether your employer’s policy covers you; if not, add business use to your own policy or use a company car.

Other coverage shortfalls to watch out for:

• If your car is stolen or dam-aged, most insurers cap pay-ments for a loaner car at specific daily and total usage rates, so if you want a nicer loaner car or your vehicle needs extensive repairs, you might have to pay out-of-pocket for some expens-es.

• If your car is stolen or to-taled, the insurer will reimburse you for what the car is currently worth (Blue Book value), which, if you’re leasing or paying off a loan, may not be enough to cov-er what you owe. In that case, consider getting gap insurance.

• Don’t skimp on uninsured motorist coverage, which pro-tects you if the other driver is at fault and isn’t insured. It’s rela-tively inexpensive compared to the collision coverage you take out in case you’re at fault, so why tempt fate?

• Policies generally won’t provide liability coverage for injuries or property damage that were caused intentionally.

Even if you drive a clunker, it pays to have adequate car in-surance. Just make sure you ful-ly understand what is and isn’t covered.

HOLIDAYSFrom page 9AneuroSONIC, which provides sustained energy for only 35 calories.How Can you Be Healthier This Holiday Season?

• Don’t let holiday travel get in the way of your active life-style. With frequent flight delays over the season, sometimes you can spend multiple hours sitting in a terminal waiting for your plane to board. Use this time to store your luggage in a locker and take a long walk through the airport.

• Forty-seven percent of sur-vey respondents claim to feel mentally drained in the after-noon. A great way to maintain energy throughout the day is by working out before heading to work. Of course waking up ear-ly can be daunting, but morning workouts energize you, boost your metabolism, and give you a sense of accomplishment that lasts all day.

• Many people terminate their fitness plan over the holi-days because they don’t have access to a gym while traveling. With all of the fitness acces-sories available today, you can easily shift your workout plan to fit your location. A jump rope, strengthening bands, running shoes, or even a yoga mat are all items that you can toss into your suitcase for a quick work-out away from home!

SENIORSFrom page 9AWay, Camarillo, CA 93010

• Starbucks - 561 New Los Angeles Avenue, Moorpark, CA

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The local Home Instead Senior Care office will enlist volunteers from its staff, senior-care business associates, non-profit workers and others to collect, wrap and distribute the gifts to local seniors who might otherwise spend the holiday alone.

“Be a Santa to a Senior gives back to older adults in our area, many of whom have had signifi-cant, positive influence on our lives,” said Laurie Reid, owner at the local Home Instead Senior Care office. “During this season of giving, we encourage shop-pers to buy a little extra to say thank you to these community members.”

For more information about the program, visit BeaSanta-toaSenior.com or call 805-577-0926.

MONEYFrom page 9Abe to try to tackle everything, the holidays really aren’t the time to engage in a massive, compre-hensive financial overhaul — or to insist on prolonged, all-en-compassing conversations about money matters. Instead, focus on one or two crucial topics. With aging parents, for example, some good areas to explore are estate planning, asset protection and long-term care insurance. 5. inquire sensitively about current and potential prob-lems

If you notice that Mom has slowed down a lot since you last saw her, or that your elderly father has trouble buttoning his jacket, don’t just brush off those issues as part of the aging pro-cess. While it’s true that we all change physically as we get old-er, you should also be sensitive to the ways in which physical changes — especially deterio-rating physical abilities — can affect your relatives financially.

Some people may shy away from discussing their private fi-nancial details. But if a relative does open up and expresses ap-prehension or anxiety about any of these areas, it’s likely a sign that he or she is struggling finan-cially or is at least worried about the potential impact of these money matters. If so, it might make sense to suggest meeting with a financial planner.

The good news is that if you handle things correctly, having a conversation about finances during the holidays can increase family communication, solidify family bonds and give everyone involved greater peace of mind.

RETIREMENTFrom page 9ARather, the report notes, many felt they had been pushed out because work became “too dif-ficult or unpleasant,” sometimes as a result of a sense that their employers no longer wanted them or because they no longer felt respected or needed. “Op-portunities came to younger people and to me it was a sign that you’d better start thinking about it [i.e., retirement].”

In addition, some workers felt they were no longer strong enough to do the job, or pain or other discomfort proved chal-lenging: “I wasn’t able to sit for long periods of time,” said one participant. “The type of job I was doing, I was sitting all day long.” But this woman loved her job and wanted to continue working.

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entertainment news

‘Catching Fire’ Becomes Second ‘Hunger Games’ Film with Racial Casting Controversy

Jeffrey Wright as Beetee

How Babyface Convinced Toni Braxton not To Leave Music

Meelah Williams & LaTavia roberson Join 'r&B divas: aTL'

Kelly rowland engaged to Marry Manager Tim Witherspoon

Kelly Rowland and Tim Witherspoon

Why nile rodgers Can't Stop Making Hits

Nile RodgersHaving buttressed the

careers of Diana Ross, Ma-donna, David Bowie, the B-52s, Duran Duran, his own band Chic and count-less other legendary acts, Nile Rodgers is the arche-type of a living legend in the music industry. That the 61-year-old is still cre-ating massive records (with the likes of Avicii and Daft Punk) is more than icing on the cake -- Rodgers was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2010, and the sit-uation was incredibly dire for some time. To cope, the hitmaker did what he knows best: He picked up his guitar.

"Music is just more ur-gent to me now," Rodgers said at a launch event for Nokia Radio's PlayMe. "I didn't fear death, I feared not having my voice heard through my guitar."

Having survived his battle with cancer ("I don't like to use the word 'cured,' but I'm in remis-sion"), Rodgers has spent the last few years gigging and recording at a vigorous clip. Fueled by his famous three-hours-a-night sleep cycle, the producer chalked up projects with not just Avicii and Daft Punk, but also British it-duo Disclo-sure, Chase & Status, and Tensnake, among others.

Hosted by Billboard's editorial director Bill Werde, the event celebrated the free music streaming

service, which creates a personalized radio station that "learns" the listening habits of each user. Werde and Rodgers participated in a discussion and jam ses-sion (Rodgers popped a string, but still funked out to "Let's Dance," the song he wrote for David Bow-ie). Nokia scored a bit of a coup, revealing that Rodg-ers had been "inspired" by music he heard while using

PlayMe to write new songs.Backstage at New

York's Milk Studios, Rodg-ers spent half an hour chat-ting with The Huffington Post about why he agreed to partner with Nokia, the changing role of radio in pop culture, how he links up with newer acts, what it's like to have new, young fans and whether or not Daft Punk is headed out on tour.

Kelly Rowland's beau put a ring on it! The "Kiss-es Down Low" singer, 32, is engaged to marry her manager and boyfriend Tim Witherspoon, sourc-es confirm to Us Weekly. (Bossip was first to break the news of their engage-ment.)

Rumors that Wither-spoon had popped the question circulated when Rowland was seen wear-ing a large diamond ring in a video on a pal's Insta-gram account.

This will be the Des-tiny's Child singer's first marriage. She was previ-ously engaged to foot-ball player Roy Williams; they split in January 2005, two months before their

planned wedding."I was too young for

marriage," the British X Factor judge later told

Cosmopolitan UK of their breakup. "But sometimes you fall down and you learn from it." Meelah Williams and LaTavia Roberson

Former Destiny's Child member LaTavia Rober-son and former member of 702, Meelah Williams, have joined "R&B Divas: Atlanta", TheYBF.com has exclusively learned. We've got the FIRST deets inside...

This upcoming season of "R&B Divas" will be more than interesting as fresh new blood has en-tered the crew of ladies. Now that Nicci Gilbert and Faith Evans are OUT, Ka-meelah "Meelah" Williams and LaTavia Roberson are IN. And so are their chil-dren's fathers!

Inside sources tell us that YBF chick Meelah, our fave member of the 90's/early 2000's group 702, is bringing her 'Steelo' to the hit TVOne show.

The ladies began shoot-ing earlier this month, and things are already off to a good & juicy start. We've learned that Meelah and the father of her 4-year-old son, Musiq Soulchild, have been living together in Atlanta for years. Who knew?!

And Mr. SoulChild has already filmed a scene or two for the show.

And you may recall that new mom LaTavia was shooting her own real-ity show this past spring. But, we're told she was convinced that joining an ensemble cast like "R&B Divas" would be a better choice.

So the former D-Child diva is bringing her story to the new season. And her new 3-month-old baby girl Lyric, as well as her child's father, Don Vito, will also appear. We know which deets we want to hear, so hopefully she BRINGS it.

The new season of "R&B Divas: Atlanta" will air early 2014.

Kenny "Babyface" Ed-monds is an R&B power-house with more than 500 songs and 10 Grammy Awards to his name. When he collaborated with Toni Braxton on her self-titled debut album in 1993, it went on to sell more than 10 million copies and win three Grammy Awards. After an eight-year break, Babyface and Braxton are teaming up again with their first full duet album, "Love, Marriage and Di-vorce," which will be available on February 4.

In an episode of "Oprah's Next Chapter," Babyface explains why he and Braxton added the word "Divorce" to their al-bum title. Babyface went through a public divorce in

2007 and Braxton recently ended her 12 year marriage in July 2013.

"It was important, I think, for Toni to actu-ally do this album because she was actually at a point

where she was really not wanting to do it anymore," Babyface says.

"Why?" Oprah asks."All that was going on

in her life with the divorce, all the other issues that she has," Babyface says. "And then you go out on the road, and she just was at a point where she wasn't loving it anymore. And she was just kind of phoning in."

"And then she didn't know about doing the re-cord. She didn't know what she should say, she didn't know if she had anything to say. She didn't know if anybody cared if she had something to say. And so there's a question with art-ists: Am I relevant?"

Babyface

Nowadays, nothing quite brings out the most insuf-ferable qualities in human nature like a fantasy movie with an ardent fan base.

In the latest installment of the theater of the absurd, a small but vocal (because aren’t they always?) mi-nority of Hunger Games fans have bemoaned the choice of Jeffrey Wright as Beetee, a veteran of the deadly Darwinian compe-tition that pits groups of adolescents against one another for sport.

In the dystopian world of Catching Fire, which opens today, Beeteee is a technical genius who aligns himself with the story’s heroine, Katniss Everdeen, another Hunger Games champion. Wright, whose resume includes an incredibly broad array of roles that include civil rights icons and Domini-can drug lords, is black. Meanwhile, Beetee was written in the insanely popular book series as a white male.

Cue the righteous in-dignation. Internet trolls immediately took to blogs and social networks to vent about the politically correct casting decision, simultaneously stoking the embers of racial insensitiv-ity. Recalling the isolated outcry that greeted Idris Elba when he was cast as a largely peripheral char-

acter in Thor, Wright has handled the controversy with characteristic profes-sionalism and class.

Lest we all tie ourselves up in knots and manufac-tured outrage about the state of race relations, there are some broad takeaways to consider about Wright’s turn in Catching Fire:

Arguments against the racial inversion of char-acters are less racist than they are purist.

Devotees to novels and comic books are guilty of an extreme form of cathexis that renders them complete-ly irrational when the movie adaptation rolls along. May-be it’s the long march to turning a book into a move, or the feeling of helpless-ness that comes with not having a real say in how

their favorite characters get brought to life. Whatever it is, they tend to be rabid en-forcers of doctrinal purity who demand the movie re-semble the source material in its most exact form.

Some might also recall that the original casting choice of Jennifer Law-rence was initially unpop-ular with Hunger Games faithful because she was considered—wait for it—too white. The book de-scribed Katniss as racially ambiguous with dark hair and olive skin: Ironically enough, fans thought the blond, alabaster skinned Lawrence was too white.

This means casting de-cisions become more con-troversial than they should be. When subtle details are altered, it becomes an out-rage against humanity, and shakes them to their core. The most devoted acolytes of a series tend to be the only ones who notice these things, or even care, while the uninitiated (people who have never read the book [like your writer] – wouldn’t know the differ-ence one way or the other.

Tempests on a Twitter feed tend to fade pretty quickly, and have little practical import.

Regardless of who plays a secondary character like Beetee, Catching Fire will likely outperform its prede-cessor at the box office.

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St. Paul Baptist Church Hosts “A Day of Cornucopia”

From page 1A for volunteering.”

The cornucopia is in-delibly linked, at least in American minds, with Thanksgiving. It is far more

ancient than the Pilgrims, however, and dates back to the 5th century B.C.

One attendee said, “This was the best pre-Thanks-giving celebration I have

ever attended. Thanksgiv-ing is a special day we share with our loved ones and give thanks for our many blessings.”

ST. PAUL, See page 15A

Tri-CounTy SenTry Friday deCeMBer 6, 2013 Page 15a(Photo Credit: Robert Jeffreys)

St. Paul Baptist Church Hosts “A Day of Cornucopia”

From page 14A

St. Paul AME ChurchAre you in a spiritual rut?What do you need to let go of?What do you need to move on to?

502 Olive StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93101

(805) 962-1189Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 11:00 a.m.Bible Study Thursday Evening

at 7:00 p.m.

Reverend Jeffery ClarkPASTOR

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church God Our Father-Christ Our Redeemer-Man Our Brother

Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.Adult Sunday School Class: 9:00 a.m.Youth Sunday School: 9:00 a.m.Wednesday Bible Study: 1:00 & 7:00 p.m.Women’s Thursday Night Bible Study: 6:00 p.m.Helen Kelly Adult Day Care Center: Mon.-Wed. 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Rev. Robert L. Cox, Pastor

855 South “F” StreetOxnard, CA 93030

805-486-6477

Park Avenue Church of Christ

630 So. “A” StreetOxnard, CA 93030

(805) 486-7667

Sunday Bible Study: 10:00 a.m.Worship: 11:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study: 11:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Galatians 4:16 - Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Leander JacksonMinister

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Friday, december 6Grammy Nominations Concert at the Nokia Theatre, in Los Angeles. Performing are Drake, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Keith Urban and Robin Thicke. LL Cool J will host. For more information, call (800) 745-3000.

Friday, december 6 through Sunday, december 15“It’s a Wonderful Life” at the Camarillo Skyway Playhouse. A beloved classic film comes to the stage as George Bailey learns just how important a simple, or-dinary life can be. Show time is 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $18 for the general public, $13 for seniors, students and military, and $10 for children. The playhouse is located at 330 Skyway Drive, in Camarillo. For more information, call (805) 388-5716 or visit http://skywayplayhouse.org.

Saturday, december 7B.B. King at the Saban Theatre, in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (888) 645-5006.

Saturday, december 7 and Sunday, december 8“The Addams Family” at the Fred Kavli Theatre. The weird and wonderful Addams Family comes to devil-ishly delightful life in this magnificently macabre new musical comedy. “The Addams Family” is a family- friendly show but contains some adult humor. Show time is 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. on Saturday, and 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $74, $69, $64, and $59. The the-atre is located at at the Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd., in Thousand Oaks. For more information, call (805) 449-ARTS or visit www.civicartsplaza.com.

Saturday, december 7 through Sunday, december 22“Miracle on 34th Street” at Ojai ACT. If you have seen the movie, you will remember it is a story about Kris, an old gentleman who really seems to believe he is Santa Claus. Show time is 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $18 for the general pub-lic, $15 for seniors students and ACT members, and $10 for children. Ojai ACT is located at 113 S. Montgomery St., in Ojai. For more information, call (805) 640-8797 or visit www.ojaiact.org.

Saturday, december 7 through Sunday, december 22“A Christmas Carol” at the Elite Theatre Company. Coupled with a multi-media flair and incorporating be-loved carols of the period, A Christmas Carol brings the holiday spirit home. As in all the best adaptations, you will both loathe and love Ebenezer and delight in his rec-lamation. Show time is 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $18 for the general public and $15 for seniors and students. The theatre is located at 2731 S. Victoria Ave., in Oxnard. For more information, call (805) 483-5118 or visit www.eliteth-eatre.org.

Thursday, december 12Stevie Wonder at the Nokia Theatre, in Los Angeles. He will be performing from his classic album “Songs in the Key of Life.” For more information, visit www.axs.com.

Saturday, december 21 and Sunday, december 22Ventura County Ballet Company will celebrate their 15th anniversary with the beloved holiday classic “The Nutcracker” at the Ventura College Performing Arts Cen-ter. Show time is 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. The Ventura College Performing Arts Center is located at 4700 Loma Vista Road, in Ventura. Tickets are limited and advanced purchase is strongly recom-mended. For more information, please visit http://www.venturacountyballet.com/Performances.html or www.brownpapertickets.com.

Thursday, december 26 through Monday, december 30Hope First Inc. presents the “Tenth Anniversary Youth Convocation” at the Marriott Hotel in Irvine. The event is for ages 5-25.

Saturday, december 28Shades of Soul at the SOhO Restaurant and Music Club. Shades of Soul is a 15-piece band includes a “sizzling” 7-piece horn line-up supported by a very “fat and funky” 6-piece rhythm section. Lead vocals are masterfully led by Luther Richmond and the fresh, new Santa Barbara vocal talent, D’Adra Peart. Show time is 9 p.m. Tickets are $10. This event is 21 and over. The SOhO Restaurant and Music Club is located at 1221 State St., in Santa Barbara. For more information, call (805) 962-7776.

Sunday, december 29The Santa Barbara Jazz Collective at the SOhO Res-taurant and Music Club. The Santa Barbara Jazz Collec-tive is a group of young jazz musicians who hail from Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Ventura, California. Show time is 7 p.m. Tickets are $12. This event is all ages. The SOhO Restaurant and Music Club is located at 1221 State St., in Santa Barbara. For more information, call (805) 962-7776.

Tuesday, January 7 through Tuesday, January 28Oxnard Stars 2014 Track Sign-ups at the Oxnard High School cafeteria. Athletes from ages 6-15 years old are invited to be a part of the 2014 Oxnard Stars Youth Track Season. We are a non-profit youth track club servicing our local youth in Oxnard. Sign-ups will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. Registration fees are $105 per athlete, for three or more is $95 per athlete, and *$75 for volunteer deposit per family. (*Refundable upon completion of your volunteer hours.) After January 28, fees are $115 per athlete. Please bring your child’s birth certificate and fees. For more information, visit www.oxnardstars.org.

Ongoing MeetingsBAPAC, a political action group, meets on the third Monday of each month at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 855 South “F” Street in Oxnard at 7 pm.The Ventura County Chapter of the NAACP meets on the fourth Friday of every month at the Performing Arts Center. Meetings begin at 8 p.m. For more information call (805) 485-0449.

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Pinkard Innovative EnterprisesSponsors

25th Annual Black College TourApril 12 - April 19, 2014

(Tentative list of colleges to be visited)Texas Southern University, Dillard University, Southern Univer-sity, Grambling State University, Louisiana State University, Xavier University, Paul Quinn College, Southwestern Christian

College, Prairie View A & M University and more!Cost: $900

(Includes Air Fare, Lodging, Ground Transportation)$200 Non-Refundable Deposit required by February 1, 2014

Tour allows young people an opportunity to make educated choices regarding the college that have offerings best suited for their needs. They will also learn how and why Black Colleges and Uni-versities were started. The tour includes visits to historical sites within the states visited.

Checks Payable To:PINKARd INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE

P. O. Box 52211Oxnard, CA 93031

www.blackcollegetour-pie.com Black College Tours by PIE

Call Dr. Irene Pinkard (805) 988-2426 or Mrs. Bobbie Richards at (805) 320-2871 for Details

Kwanzaa at the Gilbert Sports and Fitness CenterSaturday, december 14

at 10 a.m.at 130 Overton Court,

in Thousand OaksCLU’s annual one-day observance will include the Kwanzaa celebra-tion by CLU students, authentic African and African-American food, presentations by students from the NAACP Saturday School, gospel music, dance and vendors. Many African-Americans ob-serve Kwanzaa from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. It is a time for families and friends to gather and lend one an-other strength and encouragement. Admission is free. Sponsored by Multicultural Programs and Interna-tional Student Services, the NAACP Saturday School, the Afro-centric Committee of Ventura County and the Black Student Union. For more information, call Daniel Lawrence at (805) 493-3489.

48th Annual Holiday Parade of Lights at the Channel Islands Harbor

Saturday, december 14 from noon to 8 p.m.in Oxnard

Channel Islands Harbor kicks off the holidays with its 48th annual holiday Parade of Lights. This year’s theme is Jingle Bell Rock. Everyone is invited to enjoy a full day of holiday activities and watch fes-tively decorated boats in the parade while listening to carolers sing holiday songs. Kids can play in 36 tons of snow falling at the north end of Harborview Park, off Harbor Blvd. near Marine Emporium Land-ing, beginning at noon. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there from noon – 4 p.m. There will also be holiday arts and crafts vendors starting at 3 p.m. Santa and his reindeer will ride through the sky at 7 p.m. to mark the beginning of the parade. For more information, visit www.channelislandsharbor.org.

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Santa to the Sea in Oxnard

Sunday, december 8 at 8 a.m.The Half Marathon and 2 Per son Relay starts at

the leg endary Santa Claus statue andthe 5K and 1K Kid’s Run starts are the

Marine Emporium Landing EXPO VillageFor a third year in a row, people participating in Santa to the Sea’s half marathon, two-person relay or 5K rac-es can take the Charity Challenge and help raise funds for one of five local charities. Runners can choose their charity when they register. There will also be a 1K Kid’s Run. The annual event typically draws thousands of participants, who are asked to bring a new toy to be donated to underprivileged children in Ventura Coun-ty. The Santa Claus statue is located along the 101 free way in Nye land Acres, just out side of Oxnard. The Marine Empo rium Land ing EXPO Vil lage is located in the Chan nel Islands Harbor. For more information about the nonprofit Santa the Sea half-marathon, two person relay, 5K run and the Charity Challenge, or to register visit www.santatothesea.com.

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced that Alejandro Pope of Newbury Park, pleaded guilty on November 26, 2013, to gross vehicular manslaugh-ter while intoxicated resulting in the death of Nicholas Cwayna. Pope also pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence causing injury to Amy Stewart. Additionally, Pope pleaded guilty to a non-injury driving under the influence incident that occurred two months before the felonies. On April 9, 2013, Pope was driving a vehicle at 9:25 a.m. on Reino Road near Newbury Park High School, when he collided head-on with another vehicle waiting to turn. Thousand Oaks resident Nicholas Cwayna, a passenger in Pope's ve-hicle, was killed, and Camarillo resident Amy Stew-art, the driver of the other car, was injured. Analysis of Pope's blood revealed he was under the influence of methylone, also known as bath salts, alprazolam, also known as Xanax, and marijuana. Sentencing is set for December 23, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in courtroom 12 of the Ventura County Superior Court. Pope faces a maximum of 11 years 2 months in prison.

On November 26, officers from the Oxnard Police Department responded to a call of a residential burglary in progress in the 2400 block of Kentia St. Officers found that the home was covered in a fumigation tent. While surrounding the home, a suspect was seen mov-ing inside and a point of entry was a cut located on the side of the tent. After a couple of hours, Luis Hernan-dez, exited the residence and was arrested for burglary. The property which he attempted to steal was returned to the residence. Hernandez was booked into the Ven-tura County Jail for burglary. Help keep our homes and neighborhoods in Oxnard crime free and safe. If you see suspicious activity, please report it to the Oxnard Police Department at 805-385-7740, or dial 911. Anon-ymous information and tips can also be made with the Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

Tri-CounTy SenTry Friday deCeMBer 6, 2013 Page 1B

From left to right: Dr. Georges C. Benjamin, APHA Executive Director; Janea Scott, California Energy Commissioner; David Strickland, Administrator, NHTSA; Mike Robinson, VP, Sustainability, GM

Vince Womack, music teacher at the Foshay Learning Center performs some Motown hits with high school students.

From left to right: Janea Scott, CalETC Executive Director Eileen Tutt, Mike Robinson and David Strickland listen to Reverend Mark Whitlock’s opening Invocation.

Carolyn Green, member of the Joint Center’s Commission to Engage African Americans on Energy, Climate Change and the Environment, test drives a Chevy Spark EV.

Mike Robinson with LA Sparks President Vinnie Malcolm

From page 1AAs they put a larger

push behind getting more African-Americans into hybrid cars, U.S. automak-ers are hearing more and more from consumers like Raye. In large part, that was the motivation behind a recent gathering at the California African-Ameri-can Museum in Los Ange-les — where Black leaders in business, politics and the clean-air and -fuel in-dustries joined with Gen-eral Motors, the California Electric Transportation Coalition and the Wash-ington, D.C.-based Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies to dis-cuss topics that included cleaner cars and healthier communities.

The event featured a panel discussion moder-ated by Danielle Dean, di-rector of the Joint Center’s Energy & Environmental Program. Panelists were Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association; Janea Scott, a member of the California Energy Commission); and Sabin Blake, a GM mar-keting manager.

Guests at the gathering experienced the first public test-drive of the new Ca-dillac ELR, the first plug-in electric vehicle by a full-line luxury car maker. They also heard from forc-es in the Black community that helped to bring about implementation of a law

requiring the state to re-duce greenhouse gas emis-sions from motor vehicles.

“It seems like new fuel economy standards was a pretty logical step, not that much effort, not that much strife to get there. And there was a lot of pretty pictures and the president standing up with all the automak-ers when he announced the standards for 2017 to 2025,” said David Strick-land, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

In fact, Strickland noted, that picture was the culmi-nation of approximately 30 years of discussion, strife and angst. Part of the push came when then-California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agen-cy in 2007, forcing it to act on California’s request to make the reduction.

According to the Envi-ronmental Resource Cen-ter, the lawsuit charged the EPA with “an unrea-sonable delay in reaching a decision on California’s landmark law, known as the Pavley bill, which mandates a 30% reduction in motor vehicle emissions by 2016.”

The Obama admin-istration shepherded the mandates through under former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, the first Afri-can-American to head the agency. But it was possible because California kept the issue of greenhouse gas emissions alive until Presi-dent Obama could lay the foundation for regulation, Strickland said.

Now that the ground-work is laid, Strickland said the task at hand is to address the cultural change PLUGGED, See page 10B

Are We Plugged In?(Photos Courtesy of Regina Wilson)

Page 2B TRI-COUNTY SENTRY FRIdaY dECEMBER 6, 2013

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-587124-JB Order No.: 130147073-CA-API YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/19/2006. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auc-tion 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 fed-eral savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BEN-EFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): PAME-LA GREEN, A MARRIED WOMAN. Recorded: 12/28/2006 as Instrument No. 20061228-00271898-0 and modified as per Modification Agreement recorded 8/14/2009 as In-strument No. 20090814-00137893-0 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VEN-TURA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/3/2014 at 11:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003 Amount of un-paid balance and other charges: $467,297.05 The purported prop-erty address is: 4221 HIGHLAND AVENUE, OXNARD, CA 93033 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 221-0-074-015 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-573-1965 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number as-signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-587124-JB . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other com-

mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a writ-ten request to the ben-eficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 en-titled 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. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Ser-vice Corp. TS No.: CA-13-587124-JB IDSPub #0058585 12/6/2013 12/13/2013 12/20/2013 TCS13-0541TS(1)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-588380-BF Order No.: 1491762 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DAT-ED 11/18/2011. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BEN-EFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MATTHEW DAVID CARLSON, A SINGLE PERSON Re-corded: 11/29/2011 as In-strument No. 20111129-00180563-0 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTU-RA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/2/2014 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ven-tura, CA 93001, in the Auction.com Room Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $315,077.54 The pur-ported property address is: 631 OAK RUN TRAIL #406, OAK PARK, CA 91377 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 801-0-210-475 NO-TICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-

ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-280-2832 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number as-signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-588380-BF . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a writ-ten request to the ben-eficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 en-titled 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. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Ser-vice Corp. TS No.: CA-13-588380-BF IDSPub #0058779 12/6/2013 12/13/2013 12/20/2013 TCS13-0541TS(2)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-561968-JP Order No.: 1 3 0 1 0 8 6 0 9 - C A - M A I YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/5/2007. 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 PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auc-tion 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 fed-eral savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty,

expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BEN-EFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): PAR-VIZ NAZERIAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE & SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 1/18/2007 as Instrument No. 20070118-00011724-0 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California; Date of Sale: 12/27/2013 at 11:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the Government Cen-ter Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93001 Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $649,006.39 The pur-ported property address is: 4916 LAZIO WAY, OAK PARK, CA 91377 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 800-0-270-035 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number as-signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-561968-JP . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a writ-ten request to the ben-eficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 en-titled 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. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s

against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Ser-vice Corp. TS No.: CA-13-561968-JP IDSPub #0059206 12/6/2013 12/13/2013 12/20/2013 TCS13-0541TS(3)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-588646-JB Order No.: 130163434-CA-API YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 3/18/2005. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auc-tion 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 fed-eral savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BEN-EFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MI-LAN D. BOYANICH SR. AND SANDRA M. BOYANICH, HUSBAND AND WIFE Recorded: 3/28/2005 as Instrument No. 20050328-0074027 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/3/2014 at 11:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main front entrance to the County Govern-ment Center Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003 Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $690,061.12 The pur-ported property address is: 2324 VALLEY TER-RANCE DRIVE, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 612-0-180-025 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those

not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-573-1965 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number as-signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-588646-JB . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a writ-ten request to the ben-eficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 en-titled 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. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Ser-vice Corp. TS No.: CA-13-588646-JB IDSPub #0059234 12/6/2013 12/13/2013 12/20/2013 TCS13-0541TS(4)

APN: 514-0-102-325 T.S. No. 004908-CA NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWN-ER: YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 8/6/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 12/27/2013 at 11:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 8/23/2004, as Instrument No. 20040823-0231635, in Book XX, Page XX, of Official Records in the office of the County Re-corder of Ventura County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: *SCOTT C. ALLAN*, A SINGLE MAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, 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, SAV-INGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SEC-TION 5102 OF THE FI-NANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: IN THE AREA IN THE FRONT OF At the main front entrance to the County Government Cen-ter Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003 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 de-scribed as: COMPLETE-LY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-

ported to be: 6488 MAR-QUETTE STREET #C MOORPARK, CALIFOR-NIA 93021 The under-signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any in-correctness of the street address and other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, ex-press or implied, regard-ing title, possession, con-dition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remain-ing principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The to-tal 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 publication of the Notice of Sale is: $171,411.67 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclu-sive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the suc-cessful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a writ-ten Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTEN-TIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bid-ding on a lien, not on the property itself. Plac-ing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 573-1965 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.PRIORITY-POSTING.COM, using the file number assigned to this case 004908-CA. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re-flected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES IN-FORMATION: (714) 573-1965 Date: 11/22/2013 CLEAR RECON CORP. ,Authorized Signature CLEAR RECON CORP. 4375 Jutland Drive Suite 200 San Diego, Califor-nia 92117 P1071960 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2013 TCS13-0541TS(5)

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL

REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE

[Prob. Code, § 10300, 10304]

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY

OF VENTURAIn re the Matter of the Conservatorship of the Person and Estate of:MICHAEL GATES,Conservatee.No. 56-2011-00391691-

PR-CP-OXNNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, subject to confirmation by this court, on December 23, 2013, at 4:00 p.m., or thereafter within the time allowed by law, Barry L. Zimmerman, Public Guardian of Ventu-ra County, as the conser-vator of the person and estate of Michael Gates, conservatee, will sell at

private sale to the highest and best net bidder, on the terms and conditions set forth below, all right, title, and interest of the conservatee in the mo-bile home located in the County of Ventura, State of California, located at 1550 Rory Lane, Space 153, Simi Valley, more fully described as:

“1975 Golden West Mobile home; Serial Number S23899U; S23899X; Length 50’ by Width 12’; 2 bed-rooms.”

The property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights of way and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price.LISTING PRICE OF $35,000.The property is to be sold on an “as is” basis, ex-cept for title.The Public Guardian has given an exclusive list-ing to Kay Wilson-Bolton, agent for Century 21 Buena Vista.Open Houses will be held on December 7th, 2013, and December 14th, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Bids or offers for this property must be in writ-ing and must be received at the office of Kay Wil-son-Bolton of Century 21 Buena Vista, at 848 East Main Street, Santa Paula, California 93060 (Tel: (805) 340-5025) prior to the sale. THE SELLER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS. A deposit in the form of a cashier’s check and in the amount of at least ten percent (10%) of the bid must ac-company all bids.Bids must be sealed and will be opened at the office of the Ventura County Public Guardian, 1001 Partridge Dr., #360, Ventura, California 93003 (Tel: (805) 654-3141).The terms of the sale are: cash, or part cash and part credit, the terms of such credit to be accept-able to the undersigned and to the court. The bal-ance, after subtracting the bid deposits, to be paid after confirmation of the winning bid by the Ventura County Superior Court. Escrow fees shall be paid one-half by the seller and one-half by the purchaser. Real estate commissions, if any, shall be fixed and allowed by the superior court at the time of confirmation of sale. Taxes, rents, oper-ating and maintenance expenses, and premiums on insurance acceptable to the purchaser shall be prorated as of the date of recording the document of conveyance. Exami-nation of title, recording of conveyance, transfer taxes, and title insurance policies shall be at the ex-pense of the purchaser.The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.LEROY SMITH (CSB #107702)County Counsel, County of VenturaDated: NOV 25, 2013By MITCHELL B. DAVIS (CSB #212721)Assistant County Coun-selAttorneys for Public Guardian of Ventura County800 South Victoria Av-enue, L/C #1830Ventura, California 93009(805) 654-2950Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0541RP(6)CR

T.S. No.: 1306466CA Loan No.: 661043 A.P.N.: 614-0-190-355 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.3(a), THE SUMMA-RY OF INFORMATION REFERENCED BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPY PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DAT-ED 11/7/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state of national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and au-thorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and in-terest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pur-suant to a Deed of Trust described below. The

TRI-COUNTY SENTRY FRIdaY dECEMBER 6, 2013 Page 3B

File No.: 20131107-10016972-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

ARTISAN CUSTOM RESUMES1176 AZALEA WAY

SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Stephanie Norberg, 2470 Stearns St., #116, Simi Val-ley, CA 93063Full Name of RegistrantStephanie Norberg1176 Azalea WaySimi Valley, CA 93065This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11-1-13.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Stephanie NorbergNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/07/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: WIDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0528

File No.: 20131107-10016956-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

J&J TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL

6428 VASSAR CIRMOORPARK, CA 93021

VENTURA COUNTYState of Incorporation/Orga-nization: CaliforniaReturn Mailing Address: J&J Pest Control, Inc., 6428 Vas-sar Cir, Moorpark, CA 93021Full Name of RegistrantJ&J Pest Control, Inc.6428 Vassar CirMoorpark, CA 93021This Business is conduct-ed by: A CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/4/2013.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/James SmithNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/07/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: WIDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0529

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444976-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner JEREMY BRANDEN NEAL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. JEREMY BRANDEN NEAL

Proposed Name:to JEREMY BRANDEN HEART2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: Jan 13, 2014, Time: 8:30 a.m., in Dept.: 42

b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 21, 2013BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MI-CHAEL D. PLANET, Ven-tura Superior Court, Ex-ecutive Officer and Clerk,By M. AKUNADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013-4T TCS13-0529CofN(1)File No.: 20131115-10017352-0

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

SOUTHWEST MARKET & LIQUOR

359 E AVENIDA DE LOS ARBOLES

THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360VENTURA COUNTY

State of Incorporation/Orga-nization: CaliforniaReturn Mailing Address: Southwest Market & Liquor, 359 E Avenida De Los Ar-boles, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360Full Name of RegistrantSouthwest Liquor, Inc.1180 Patricia StSimi Valley, CA 93065This Business is conduct-ed by: A CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/13.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/William S DarghaliNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/15/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: HADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0530

Trustee Sale No. 459998CA Loan No. 0015398449 Title Order No. 130108119 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03-02-2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 LAWYER. On 12-20-2013 at 11:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trust-ee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03-09-2007, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20070309-00051322-0, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, Cali-fornia, executed by: AL-BERT L ROSEN, AN UN-MARRIED MAN, 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 as-sociation, 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 con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the herein-after described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, re-garding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) se-cured 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) reason-ably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of

Sale: AT THE MAIN FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY GOV-ERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 S. VICTORIA AVE. , VENTURA, CA Legal Description: PARCEL 1: LOTS 19 AND 20 IN BLOCK 29 OF THE CLUB VIEW ADDITION TO SANTA SUSANA, IN THE CITY OF SIMI VAL-LEY, COUNTY OF VEN-TURA, STATE OF CALI-FORNIA AS SHOWN ON THE MAP RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID VENTURA COUNTY, IN BOOK 5 PAGES 31-A AND 32, RECORD OF SURVEY. EXCEPT THEREFROM THAT PORTION OF SAID LAND GRANTED TO THE VENTURA COUNTY FLOOD CON-TROL DISTRICT IN A DEED RECORDED JULY 26, 1977 IN BOOK 4905 PAGE 322 OF OF-FICIAL RECORDS. PARCEL 2: THAT POR-TION OF PARCEL C SHOWN ON THE AMENDED MAP OF THE TOWN OF SANTA SU-SANA, IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RE-CORDED IN BOOK 12 PAGE 43 OF MISCELLA-NEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DE-SCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS: ALL OF THAT PORTION OF PARCEL B, ESTATE 1, DE-SCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A IN THE FINAL ORDER OF CONDEMNATION RECORDED ON JUNE 20, 1978 AS DOCU-MENT NO. 63141, IN BOOK 5143 PAGE 554 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE, AND ALL OF THE PORTION OF THE PARCEL DESCRIBED IN THE DEED RECORDED ON DECEMBER 27, 1976 AS DOCUMENT NO. 122147 IN BOOK 4738 PAGE 731 OF OF-FICIAL RECORDS IN SAID RECORDER’S OF-FICE, LYING SOUTHER-LY AND EASTERLY OF THE FOLLOWING DE-SCRIBED LINE: BE-GINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST TERMI-NUS OF THE 3RD COURSE (RECITED AS “NORTH 60 44’ 32’’ EAST 84.26 FEET”) OF THE PARCEL DESCRIBED IN THE DEED RECORDED JULY 26, 1977 AS DOC-UMENT NO. 87306 IN BOOK 4905 PAGE 322 OF SAID OFFICIAL RE-CORDS; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH-WESTERLY PROLON-GATION OF SAID 3RD COURSE, IST: SOUTH 60 44’ 32’’ WEST 175.00 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES, 2ND: SOUTH 29 15’ 28’’ EAST TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL DE-SCRIBED IN THE DEED RECORDED IN BOOK 4738 PAGE 731 OF OF-FICIAL RECORDS. EX-CEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDRO-CARBON SUBSTANCES LYING BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND, BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SUR-FACE ENTRY, AS RE-SERVED OR GRANTED IN DOCUMENTS OF RE-CORD. PARCEL 3: AN EASEMENT FOR IN-GRESS AND EGRESS OVER ALL THAT POR-TION OF PARCEL A, CLUB VIEW ADDITION TO SANTA SUSANA, IN THE CITY SIMI VALLEY, COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORD-ED IN BOOK 5 PAGES 31-A AND 32 OF RE-CORDS OF SURVEY, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, WHICH LIES WESTER-LY OF A LINE EXTEND-ING FROM THE SOUTH-EASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 34 IN BLOCK 63 AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP, SOUTH 32 45’ 40’’ WEST 30 FEET TO A POINT IN THE NORTH-ERLY LINE OF LOT 29 IN BLOCK 64, AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP. PARCEL 4: AN EASE-MENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER ALL THAT PORTION OF PARCEL B, CLUB VIEW ADDITION TO SANTA SUSANA, IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, COUN-TY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORD-ED IN BOOK 5 PAGES 31-A AND 32 OF RE-CORDS OF SURVEY, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, HAV-ING FOR ITS EASTERLY TERMINUS A LINE EX-TENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 30 AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP, NORTH 74 26’ 16’’ WEST 30 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CURVE SOUTHERLY BOUND-ARY OF LOT 15 IN BLOCK 28, AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP, AND HAVING FOR ITS S O U T H W E S T E R LY TERMINUS A LINE EX-TENDING FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER

OF LOT 5 IN BLOCK 29, AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP, NORTH 68 16’ EAST 30 FEET TO A POINT AND THENCE NORTH 21 44’ WEST 34.22 FEET TO A POINT IN THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 32 IN BLOCK 30, AS SHOWN ON SAID MAP. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $425,936.59 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 1700 TAPO ST SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 APN Number: 644-0-130-165 T h e undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore de-scribed is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent de-clares: that it has con-tacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial sit-uation 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 foreclo-sure by one of the follow-ing methods: by tele-phone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight de-livery; by personal deliv-ery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 11-20-2013 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COM-PANY, as Trustee KAR-EN YAMORSKY, ASSIS-TANT SECRETARY California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY IN-FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. For Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or 1-714-730-2727 www.priority-posting.com or 1-714-573-1965 www.auction.com or 1-800-280-2832 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auc-tion. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the prop-erty itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not auto-matically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these re-sources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursu-ant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that in-formation about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, this infor-mation can be obtained from one of the following three companies: LPS Agency Sales & Posting at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com (Reg-istration required to search for sale informa-tion) or Priority Posting & Publishing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site www.priority-posting.com (Click on the link for “Advanced Search” to search for sale information), or auction.com at 1-800-280-2832 or visit the Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the Trustee Sale No. shown above. Infor-mation about postpone-ments that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone informa-tion or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. P1072127 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2013 TCS13-0530TS(1)

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

CASE NUMBER CHA13CB0572

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:Sylvia M Abeskharoun, an individual; and Does 1-100, inclusiveYOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF:Persolve, LLC, a limited lia-bility company, dba, Account Resolution AssociatesOrder to Show Cause hear-ing is set for 3/2/2016 at 8:30 a.m. in department F43.NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you re-spond within 30 days. Read the information below.You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written re-sponse at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written re-sponse must be in proper le-gal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken with-out further warning from the court. There are other legal require-ments. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal ser-vices from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Servic-es Web site (www.lawhelp-california.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Cen-ter (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.IT IS ORDERED that the service of the summons, ci-tation, notice of hearing in this action be made upon defendant, respondent, or citee Sylvia M Abeskharoun, an individual by publication thereof in the Tri County Sen-try, a newspaper of general circulation published at Ven-tura, California, and that said publication be made at least once a week for four succes-sive weeks. Section 415.50 CCP.The name and address of the court is: WEST DISTRICT - BEV-ERLY HILLS COURTHOUSE9355 Burton WayBeverly Hills, CA 90210The name, address, and tele-phone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is:Edit Alexandryan (CSB #249323)Daniel Bass (CSB #287466)PERSOLVE, LLC, A LIM-ITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DBA ACCOUNT RESOLU-TION ASSOCIATES9301 Winnetka Avenue, Ste BChatsworth, CA 91311(818) 534-3100Date: FEB 26, 2013Clerk: JOHN A. CLARKEDeputy: J. THOMASPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0530S(2)

File No.: 20131120-10017483-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:KAPS MADE

2547 SCOTER AVENUEVENTURA, CA 93003VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Ka-tie Spalluto, 2547 Scoter Av-enue, Ventura, CA 93003Full Name of RegistrantKatie Ann Paula Spalluto2547 Scoter AvenueVentura, CA 93003This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Katie SpallutoNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/20/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: MODeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0531

File No.: 20131105-10016806-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

POSTAL MAGIC

5235 MISSION OAKS BLVD.CAMARILLO, CA 93012

VENTURA COUNTYReturn Mailing Address: Postal Magic, 5235 Mission Oaks Blvd., Camarillo, CA 93012Full Name of RegistrantJohn M. Baccus190 Via LaraNewbury Park, CA 91302Elizabeth Baccus190 Via LaraNewbury Park, CA 91302This Business is conduct-ed by: Married CoupleThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/John M. BaccusNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/05/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: MODeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0532

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF CAROLYN JEAN

PEARSON CASE NO. 56-2013-

00444757-PR-PW-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of CAROLYN JEAN PEAR-SON.A Petition for Probate has been filed by LARRY PEAR-SON in the Superior Court of California, County of VEN-TURA.The Petition for Probate re-quests that LARRY PEAR-SON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests the de-cedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Ad-ministration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: 12/19/13 at Time: 9:00AM in Dept.: J6 lo-cated at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA, 4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, California 93036, Probate/Juvenile Division.If you object to the granting of the petition, you should ap-pear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in Califor-nia law.You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk. Petitioner: /S/Larry Pearson2886 Bayshore AveVentura, CA 93001(805) 654-0095In Pro PerPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0532P(1)

Trustee Sale No. 261080CA Loan No. 0015318397 Title Order No. 1424716 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12-27-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 LAWYER. On 12-20-2013 at 11:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY as

the duly appointed Trust-ee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 01-10-2007, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20070110-00006982-0, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California, executed by: SEAN BRIDGE-WATER AND TAMIKA BRIDGEWATER, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROP-ERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGIS-TRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS) ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, REALTY MORTGAGE, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND AS-SIGNS, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or na-tional 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 au-thorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appoint-ed trustee as shown be-low, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursu-ant 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 re-maining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, inter-est thereon, estimated fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion 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: AT THE MAIN FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY GOV-ERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 S. VICTORIA AVE. , VENTURA, CA Legal Description: LOT 350 OF TRACT NO. 5182-C2, IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 152, PAGES 29 THROUGH 52, IN-CLUSIVE, OF MISCEL-LANEOUS RECORDS (MAPS), IN THE OF-FICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. RESERVING THEREFROM, ALL OIL, GAS AND MINERAL RIGHTS, TOGETHER WITH APPURTENANT RIGHTS THERETO, WITHOUT, HOWEVER, ANY RIGHT TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND NOR ANY PORTION OF THE SUBSURFACE LYING ABOVE A DEPTH OF FIVE HUNDRED (500) FEET. Amount of un-paid balance and other charges: $1,125,588.50 (estimated) Street ad-dress and other common designation of the real property: 3445 COUN-TRYWALK COURT SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065-APN Number: 619-0-194-025 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore de-scribed is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgag-ee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent de-clares: that it has con-tacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial sit-uation 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 foreclo-sure by one of the fol-lowing methods: by tele-phone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal de-livery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 11-22-2013 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COM-PANY, as Trustee RE-GINA CANTRELL, AS-SISTANT SECRETARY California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oak-dale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY IN-FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. For Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or 1-714-730-2727 www.priority-posting.com or 1-714-573-1965 www.auction.com or 1-800-280-2832 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a

lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been post-poned, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, this information can be obtained from one of the following three companies: LPS Agency Sales & Posting at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com (Registra-tion required to search for sale information) or Pri-ority Posting & Publish-ing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com (Click on the link for “Ad-vanced Search” to search for sale information), or auction.com at 1-800-280-2832 or visit the Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the Trustee Sale No. shown above. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the In-ternet Web site. The best way to verify postpone-ment information is to at-tend the scheduled sale. P1072502 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/2013 TCS13-0532TS(2)

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE File No. 7314.05712 Title Order No. NXCA-0107347 MIN No. 100705308090082929 APN 221-0-202-295 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/21/08. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §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 encum-brances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): NELSON LO-PEZ, A SINGLE MAN AND MAYRA PINA, A SINGLE WOMAN AS JOINT TENANTS Re-corded: 10/30/08, as In-strument No. 20081030-00160041-0, of Official Records of VENTURA County, California. Date of Sale: 12/19/13 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to County Government Center Hall of Jus-tice, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA The purported property ad-dress is: 1011 KIPLING PLACE, OXNARD, CA 93033 Assessors Par-cel No. 221-0-202-295 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable es-timated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $318,434.01. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the purchaser at the

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF GENE J. AHERN

Case Number 56-2013-00444414-PR-

NC-OXN(Probate Code § 19040,

19052)In re the Gene J. Ahern

Living Trust created February 18, 2004 by

Gene J. Ahern, Decedent.

Superior Court of The State of CaliforniaFor The County of

VenturaNotice is hereby given to the creditors and con-tingent creditors of the above-named decedent, that all persons having claims against the dece-dent are required to file them with the Ventura County Superior Court, Juvenile and Probate Courthouse, at 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue, Ox-nard, California 93036, and mail a copy to SEAN AHERN, as Trustee of the Gene J. Ahern Living Trust dated February 18, 2004, wherein the dece-dent was the settlor, at 762 Twin Peaks Avenue, Simi Valley, CA 93065, within the later of four months after November 22, 2013 (the date of the first publication of notice to Creditors) or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, A claim form may be obtained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt re-quested.Christopher P. Young, Esq., SBN 281512The Alvarez Firm, a Law Corporation24005 Ventura Blvd.Calabasas, CA 91302Ph: 818-224-7077Fx: 818-224-1380Date: October 24, 2013THE ALVAREZ FIRMs/ By: Christopher P. YoungAttorney for Trustee11/22, 11/29, 12/6/13CNS-2558111#TRI-COUNTY SENTRY TCS13-0523NtC(2)

APN: 200-0-434-055 TS No: CA01000019-13 TO No: 95302971 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 2/24/2007. 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-CEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/13/2013 at 11:00 AM, At the main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on March 2, 2007 as Instrument No. 20070302•00045775-0 of official records in the Office of the Record-er of Ventura County, California, executed by JORGE A. BONALES, as Trustor(s), NBI MORT-GAGE, INC., TRUSTEE OF THE 1100 JANET-WOOD DR TRUST DTE 2/23/2007 as Ben-eficiary, 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, Califor-nia describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST AND ALL RELATED LOAN DOCUMENTS The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1100 JANETWOOD DR. , OXNARD, CA 93030 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, ex-press or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid bal-ance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is esti-mated to be $56,871.73 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued in-terest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid

at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings as-sociation 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 ten-der other than cash is ac-cepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property of-fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the suc-cessful 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. Notice to Potential Bid-ders If you are consid-ering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Prop-erty Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address on the previous page for infor-mation regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA01000019-13. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: November 12, 2013 TRUSTEE CORPS as Duly Appointed Suc-cessor Trustee TS No. CA01000019-13 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Matthew Kelley, Trustee Sales Officer SALE IN-FORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 TRUSTEE CORPS MAY BE ACT-ING AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P1070597 11/22, 11/29, 12/06/2013 TCS13-0523TS(3)

APN: 105-0-161-515 TS No: CA05001556-13-1 TO No: 1448343 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED May 24, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 LAWYER. On December 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM, at the main front entrance to the County Govern-ment Center Hall of Jus-tice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003, MTC

Financial Inc. dba Trust-ee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, un-der and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on June 5, 2007 as Instrument No. 20070605-00113292-0 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, executed by MANUEL CARDONA, A MARRIED MAN, AND ELIZABETH TAFOYA, A MARRIED WOMAN, AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor(s), in favor of MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRA-TION SYSTEMS, INC. as nominee for COUNTRY-WIDE HOME LOANS, INC. DBA AMERICA`S WHOLESALE LENDER as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUC-TION 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 ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 112-B EAST VENTURA STREET #51, SANTA PAULA, CA 93060 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, ex-press or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, 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 if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, esti-mated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimat-ed costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $295,583.03 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued in-terest 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 ca-shier’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 as-sociation 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 ten-der other than cash is ac-cepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property of-fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the suc-cessful 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. Notice to Potential Bid-ders If you are consid-ering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Prop-erty Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires

that information about Trustee Sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information re-garding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA05001556-13-1. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: November 13, 2013 TRUSTEE CORPS TS No. CA05001556-13-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Joseph Barragan, Au-thorized Signatory SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 TRUSTEE CORPS MAY BE ACT-ING AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P1070727 11/22, 11/29, 12/06/2013 TCS13-0523TS(4)

APN: 101-0-182-085 TS No: CA08000818-13-1 TO No: 1470187 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED August 11, 2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 LAWYER. On December 17, 2013 at 11:00 AM, at the main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ven-tura, CA 93003, MTC Fi-nancial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Ap-pointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the pow-er of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on August 27, 2003 as Instrument No. 20030827-0326458 of official records in the Of-fice of the Recorder of Ventura County, Califor-nia, executed by DAVID A. HERNANDEZ, AN UNMARRIED MAN , as Trustor(s), in favor of CI-TIMORTGAGE, INC. 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 there-in as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore de-scribed is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common desig-nation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 318 SYCAMORE ST, SANTA PAULA, CA 93060 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, ex-press or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, 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 if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, esti-mated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimat-ed costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is estimated to be $108,521.85 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued in-terest 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 ca-shier’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 as-sociation 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 ten-der other than cash is ac-cepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property of-fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the suc-cessful 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. Notice to Potential Bid-ders If you are consid-ering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Prop-erty Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address listed below for information re-garding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA08000818-13-1. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: November 13, 2013 TRUSTEE CORPS TS No. CA08000818-13-1 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Lupe Tabita, Authorized Signatory SALE IN-FORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 TRUSTEE CORPS MAY BE ACT-ING AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P1070730 11/22, 11/29, 12/06/2013 TCS13-0523TS(5)

APN: 134-0-391-205 TS No: CA01000105-13 TO No: 95303393 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED October 14, 2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 LAWYER. On Decem-ber 13, 2013 at 11:00 AM, at the main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 S. Vic-toria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003, MTC Financial Inc. dba Trustee Corps, as the duly Appointed Trustee, under and pur-suant to the power of sale contained in that certain Short Form Deed of Trust Recorded on November 7, 2005 as Instrument No. 20051107-0273372 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Ventura County, Cali-fornia, executed by GE-RARD M. MARTINEZ, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor(s), WELLS

FARGO BANK, N.A. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BID-DER, in lawful money of the United States, all pay-able at the time of sale, that certain property situ-ated in said County, Cali-fornia describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST AND ALL RELATED LOAN DOCUMENTS The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 9099 Wolverton St., Ventura, CA 93004 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, ex-press or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, 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 if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, esti-mated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimat-ed costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $72,534.10 (Estimated). However, prepayment premiums, accrued in-terest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings as-sociation 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 ten-der other than cash is ac-cepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property of-fered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the suc-cessful 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. Notice to Potential Bid-ders If you are consid-ering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a Trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a Trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same Lender may hold more than one mortgage or Deed of Trust on the property. Notice to Prop-erty Owner The sale date shown on this Notice of Sale may be postponed one or more times by the Mortgagee, Beneficiary, Trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about Trustee Sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 for information regarding the Trustee’s Sale or visit the Internet Web site address on the previous page for infor-mation regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, CA01000105-13. Information about

postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: November 13, 2013 TRUSTEE CORPS, as Duly Appointed Suc-cessor Trustee TS No. CA01000105-13 17100 Gillette Ave Irvine, CA 92614 949-252-8300 Matthew Kelley, Trustee Sales Officer SALE IN-FORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.priorityposting.com FOR AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: Priority Posting and Publishing at 714-573-1965 TRUSTEE CORPS MAY BE ACT-ING AS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P1070765 11/22, 11/29, 12/06/2013 TCS13-0523TS(6)

File No.: 20131104-10016738-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

LOMBARD DENTAL245 LOMBARD

THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Leon Kosdon DDS, 245 Lombard, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360Full Name of RegistrantLeon Kosdon9445 VanaldenNorthridge, CA 91324This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 7/23/1999.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Leon KosdonNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/04/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: TEDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0523

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-547692-JB Order No.: 130068970-CA-GTI YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/22/2003. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auc-tion 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 fed-eral savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BEN-EFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): RODOLFO CALDERON AND CAROL HAYMAKERS CALDERON, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Recorded: 10/30/2003 as Instrument No. 20031030-0417922 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California; Date of Sale: 12/13/2013 at 11:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to

the Government Cen-ter Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93001 Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $310,539.83 The purport-ed property address is: 593 TALBERT AVENUE, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 634-0-103-095 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number as-signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-547692-JB . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a writ-ten request to the ben-eficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 en-titled 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. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Ser-vice Corp. TS No.: CA-13-547692-JB IDSPub #0058750 11/22/2013 11/29/2013 12/6/2013 TCS13-0523TS(7)

Trustee Sale No. 261710CA Loan No. 3011232794 Title Order No. 1467380 NOTICE

TRI-COUNTY SENTRY FRIdaY dECEMBER 6, 2013 Page 5B

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE File No. 7314.05712 Title Order No. NXCA-0107347 MIN No. 100705308090082929 APN 221-0-202-295 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/21/08. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in §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 encum-brances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): NELSON LO-PEZ, A SINGLE MAN AND MAYRA PINA, A SINGLE WOMAN AS JOINT TENANTS Re-corded: 10/30/08, as In-strument No. 20081030-00160041-0, of Official Records of VENTURA County, California. Date of Sale: 12/19/13 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to County Government Center Hall of Jus-tice, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA The purported property ad-dress is: 1011 KIPLING PLACE, OXNARD, CA 93033 Assessors Par-cel No. 221-0-202-295 The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable es-timated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $318,434.01. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid, plus interest. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the beneficiary, the Trus-tor or the trustee. NO-TICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the resched-uled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 877-484-9942 or 800-280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure.com or www.Auction.com using the file number assigned to this case 7314.05712. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: November 20, 2013 NORTHWEST TRUST-EE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee David

Ochoa, Authorized Signa-tory 1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 250, Santa Ana, CA 92705 866-387-6987 Sale Info website: www.USA-Foreclosure.com or www.Auction.com Auto-mated Sales Line: 877-484-9942 or 800-280-2832 Reinstatement and Pay-Off Requests: 866-387-NWTS THIS OF-FICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ORDER # 7314.05712: 11/29/2013,12/06/2013,12/13/2013 TCS13-0532TS(3)

File No.: 20131112-10017150-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

BASS740 VENTURA BOULEVARDCAMARILLO, CA 93010

VENTURA COUNTYState of Incorporation/Orga-nization: DelawareReturn Mailing Address: AM Retail Group, Inc., Attn: Tax Dept (4457), 7401 Boone Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55428Full Name of RegistrantAM Retail Group, Inc7401 Boone Ave NBrooklyn Park, MN 55428This Business is conduct-ed by: A CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/04/2013.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Randon Q. RolandNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/12/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: QUDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0533

File No.: 20131125-10017704-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

TRY SURF2655 FIRST ST. SUITE 150SIMI VALLEY, CA. 93065

VENTURA COUNTYReturn Mailing Address: Try Surf, 2655 First St. Suite 150, Simi Valley, Ca. 93065Full Name of RegistrantArthur Pascual2655 First St. Suite 150Simi Valley, Ca. 93065This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 9/2004.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Arthur PascualNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/25/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: VIDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0534

File No.: 20131107-10017010-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

(1) ALTERNATIVE SERVICE AND PROMPT

TRANSPORT;(2) BUY USED AND SAVE

57 MAGNOLIA DRVENTURA, CA 93001VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Francisco Escorcia, 57 Mag-nolia Dr., Ventura, CA 93001Full Name of RegistrantFrancisco Escorcia57 Magnolia DrVentura, CA 93001This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-

ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Francisco EscorciaNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/07/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: CADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0535

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE TS No. 12-0084752 Title Order No. 12-0157059 APN No. 612-0-200-095 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 07/26/2006. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by ADAM BERMAN, AND LEAH C BERMAN, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 07/26/2006 and recorded 8/1/2006, as Instrument No. 20060801-0161944, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Re-corder of Ventura County, State of California, will sell on 01/02/2014 at 11:00AM, At the main entrance to County Gov-ernment Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Vic-toria Ave., Ventura, Ven-tura County, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, pay-able 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 situ-ated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designa-tion, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3109 RENEE COURT, SIMI VALLEY, CA, 930651161. 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 $652,300.19. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept ca-shier’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 Sec-tion 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 war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there-under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note se-cured by said Deed of Trust with 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority,

and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the re-scheduled time and date for the sale of this prop-erty, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 12-0084752. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. DATED: 03/04/2013 RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By: Trust-ee’s Sale Officer RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. FEI # 1006.245221 11/29, 12/06, 12/13/2013 TCS13-0535TS(1)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 13CA00351-1 Order No. 00170743-991-IE4 APN: 086-0-212-075 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/07/2004. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. On December 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM, RSM&A Fore-closure Services, LLC as the duly appointed Trustee under and pur-suant to Deed of Trust Recorded December 15, 2004 as Document Num-ber: 20041215-0331791 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Ventura County, Califor-nia, executed by: DALE SON, A SINGLE MAN AND JONG D. SON, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY AS JOINT TENANTS as Trustor, Mortgage Electronic Reg-istration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Professional Mortgage Corp., as Ben-eficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in law-ful money of the United States, by cash, a ca-shier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings as-sociation, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state) at the follow-ing location: At the main entrance to County Gov-ernment Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victo-ria Ave., Ventura, all right, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situ-ated in said County, Cali-fornia describing the land therein: Legal description as more fully described in said deed of trust. The property heretofore de-scribed is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common desig-nation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 7982 SOLANO STREET, VEN-TURA, CA 93003-0000. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the re-maining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said

Deed of Trust, to-wit: $556,371.98 (Estimated*) *Accrued interest and ad-ditional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should under-stand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not the property itself. Plac-ing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 277-4845 or visit this Internet Web Site www.USA-foreclo-sure.com, using the file number, 13CA00351-1, assigned to this case. Information about post-ponements that are very short duration or that oc-cur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a writ-ten Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 10/18/2012 RSM&A Foreclosure Services, LLC 43252 Woodward Ave, Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, CA 48302 (805) 804-5616 For specific information on sales in-cluding bid amounts call (714) 277-4845. Kim-berly A. Karas, Autho-rized Agent of RSM&A Foreclosures Services, LLC FEI#1045.244862 11/29/2013, 12/06/2013, 12/13/2013 TCS13-0535TS(2)

Case Number 56-2013-00442086-CU-

PT-VTAORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAME

Superior Court of Califor-nia, County of Ventura, 800 South Victoria Av-enue, Ventura, CA 93009PETITION OF MAYRA VIOLETA MEJIA for change of nameTO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:1. Petitioner: MAYRA VI-OLETA MEJIA filed a pe-tition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:Present name: MAYRA VIOLETA MEJIAProposed name: MAYA VIOLETA SMIDT2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARINGa. Date: JAN 9, 2014 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept.: 20b. The address of the court is same as noted above.3. a. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be

published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: TRI COUNTY SENTRYDate: SEP 16, 2013MICHAEL D. PLANET, Judge of the Superior CourtCN890096 Publish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0535CofN(3)

AMENDEDORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00443989-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner MACKEN-ZIE AIMEE BAKER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. MACKENZIE AIMEE BAKER

Proposed Name:to MACKENZIE AIMEE ECCLES2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1-16-14, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 20b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ven-tura, 800 S Victoria Av-enue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 25, 2013BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MI-CHAEL D. PLANET, Ven-tura Superior Court, Ex-ecutive Officer and Clerk,By M. OCHOADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013-4T TCS13-0535CofN(4)

File No.: 20131105-10016820-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

ADOLMI4010 BRINDISI PL.

MOORPARK, CA 93021VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Rob-ert Thompson, 4010 Brindisi Pl., Moorpark, CA 93021Full Name of RegistrantRobert Thompson4010 Brindisi Pl.Moorpark, CA 93021This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Robert ThompsonNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/05/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: QUDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0536

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00445085-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner STEPHANIE WILLIAMS FOR CAM-ERON IMAGO DEI RI-LEY, A MINOR filed a pe-tition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. CAMERON IMAGO

DEI RILEYProposed Name:

to CAMERON IMAGO DEI WILLIAMS2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1-14-14, Time: 8:30 am, in Dept.: 20b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 25, 2013BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MI-CHAEL D. PLANET, Ven-tura Superior Court, Ex-ecutive Officer and Clerk,By M. OCHOADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013-4T TCS13-0536CofN(1)File No.: 20131126-10017747-0

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

THE CITY CENTER43 E. VINCE ST.

VENTURA, CA 93001VENTURA COUNTY

State of Incorporation/Orga-nization: C0820927 CAReturn Mailing Address: Proj-ect Understanding at San Buenaventura, 43 E. Vince St., Ventura, CA 93001Full Name of RegistrantProject Understanding at San Buenaventura43 E. Vince St.Ventura, CA 93001This Business is conduct-ed by: A CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/James E. PereroNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/26/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: HADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0537 MYERS

File No.: 20131126-10017742-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

ROCKET TEAM2230 STATHAM BLVDOXNARD, CA 93033VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Rocket Team Sales, 716 N Ventura Rd #118, Oxnard, Cal 93030Full Name of RegistrantJacqueline Laube537 Calle YuccaThousand Oaks, CA 91360This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10-03-01.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Jacqueline LaubeNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law

(see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/26/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: HADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0538

File No.: 20131121-10017600-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

(1) BLISS BRIDAL BEAUTY;(2) BLISS MAKEUP ARTISTRY

440 HUYLER LN UNIT BSIMI VALLEY, CA 93065

VENTURA COUNTYReturn Mailing Address: Ma-rissa Garcia, 440 Huyler Ln Unit B, Simi Valley, CA 93065Full Name of RegistrantMarissa Michelle Garcia440 Huyler Ln Unit BSimi Valley, CA 93065This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 2010.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Marissa GarciaNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/21/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: QUDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0539

2ND AMENDEDORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2011- 00400282-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner SARA RA-CHEL GUTIERREZ FOR AVA JOLENE LINSON, A MINOR filed a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. AVA JOLENE LINSON

Proposed Name:to AVA LOVE GUTIER-REZ2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: Jan. 9, 2014, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 40b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ven-tura, 800 S. Victoria Av-enue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: 11-15-13BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Supe-rior Court, Executive Of-ficer and Clerk,By DEBRA HEBERTDeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013-4T TCS13-0539CofN(1)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444920-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner JEWELLE ANN JERAE SAIN FOR RYLEE SCOTT SCHRO-EDER, A MINOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. RYLEE SCOTT SCHROEDER

Proposed Name:to RYLEE KNIGHT HAM-

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Trustee Sale No. 261710CA Loan No. 3011232794 Title Order No. 1467380 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10-04-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 LAWYER. On 12-19-2013 at 9:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trust-ee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 10-11-2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20061011-00214912-0, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California, executed by: MIKE A. ALTERMAN AND JOAQUINA ALTER-MAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ALTERMAN FAMILY TRUST DATED APRIL 18, 2002., as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficia-ry, will sell at public auc-tion sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and au-thorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appoint-ed trustee as shown be-low, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursu-ant 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 re-maining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, inter-est thereon, estimated fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion 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: Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 Legal Description: LOT 7 OF TRACT NO. 1094, IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP THEREOF RE-CORDED IN BOOK 26, PAGE(S) 99 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EX-CEPT A ONE-HALF IN-TEREST IN AND TO THE OIL, GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUB-STANCES AND MINER-ALS, BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO EN-TER UPON THE SUR-FACE OF SAID LAND OR WITHIN 500 FEET FROM THE SURFACE THEREOF ON THE LINE DRAWN VERTICALLY, AS RESERVED BY BILL B. ROBERTSON AND WIFE, IN DEED RECORDED APRIL 15, 1959, AS DOCUMENT NO., 14553, IN BOOK 1723, PAGE 252 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. ALSO EXCEPT AN UN-DIVIDED ONE-HALF IN-TEREST IN AND TO THE OIL, GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUB-STANCES AND MINER-ALS IN, ON AND UN-DER SAID LAND, BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT TO ENTER UPON THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND OR WITHIN 500F FEET FROM THE SUR-FACE THEREOF ON A LINE DRAWN VERTI-CALLY, AS GRANTED TO JACK ROSENBERG, A MARRIED MAN, AND WILLIAM ROSENBERG, A MARRIED MAN, EACH AS TO AN UNDIVIDED ONE-HALF INTEREST, RECORDED MARCH 18, 1964, AS DOCUMENT NO. 17595, IN BOOK 2502, PAGE 429 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $467,934.35 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 3 5 5 E BONITA DR SIMI VAL-LEY, CA 93065 APN Number: 631-0-061-075

The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore de-scribed is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgag-ee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent de-clares: that it has con-tacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial sit-uation 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 foreclo-sure by one of the fol-lowing methods: by tele-phone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal de-livery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 11-13-2013 CALIFOR-NIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee RIKKI JACOBS, AS-SISTANT SECRETARY California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or 1-714-730-2727 www.priority-posting.com or 1-714-573-1965 www.auction.com or 1-800-280-2832 CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY IN-FORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NO-TICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been post-poned, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, this information can be obtained from one of the following three companies: LPS Agency Sales & Posting at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com (Registra-tion required to search for sale information) or Pri-ority Posting & Publish-ing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com (Click on the link for “Ad-vanced Search” to search for sale information), or auction.com at 1-800-280-2832 or visit the Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the Trustee Sale No. shown above. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the In-ternet Web site. The best way to verify postpone-ment information is to at-tend the scheduled sale. P1070764 11/22, 11/29, 12/06/2013 TCS13-0523TS(8)

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE TS No. 12-0027604 Doc ID #0006112190492005N Title Order No. 12-0046214 Investor/Insurer No. 169219630 APN No. 141-0-023-045 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/07/2007. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT

A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by OFELIA Z GODINEZ, AND JOSE A GODINEZ, WIFE AND HUSBAND AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 06/07/2007 and re-corded 6/15/2007, as In-strument No. 20070615-00120687-0, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Ventura County, State of California, will sell on 12/19/2013 at 9:00AM, Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001, Auc-tion.com Room at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other com-mon designation, if any, of the real property de-scribed above is purport-ed to be: 650 DELPHIN-IUM PLACE, OXNARD, CA, 930369091. 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 $623,950.70. 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 ca-shier’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 Sec-tion 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 war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there-under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note se-cured by said Deed of Trust with 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property it-self. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number as-signed to this case TS No. 12-0027604. Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is

to attend the scheduled sale. DATED: 07/13/2012 RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Informa-tion (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPA-NY, N.A. is a debt collec-tor attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. A-4428521 11/22/2013, 11/29/2013, 12/06/2013 TCS13-0523TS(9)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444701-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner GUADA-LUPE GUZMAN GUTI-ERREZ FOR CHRIS-TIAN GUERRA AND WILLIAM CAMARILLO, MINORS filed a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. CHRISTIAN GUERRAb. WILLIAM CAMARILLO

Proposed Name:to CHRISTIAN GUZMAN GUTIERREZto WILLIAM GUZMAN GUTIERREZ2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1/8/2014, Time: 8:30 a.m., in Dept.: 21b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 13, 2013BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Supe-rior Court, Executive Of-ficer and Clerk,By M. AKUNADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013-4T TCS13-0523CofN(10)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-566313-JB Order No.: 130141460-CA-API YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 9/30/2005. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auc-tion 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 fed-eral savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BEN-EFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): KAREN A. IAMELLO, AN UN-MARRIED WOMAN AND RANDALL PETERSEN, AN UNMARRIED MAN Recorded: 10/11/2005 as Instrument No. 20051011-0253549 of Of-ficial Records in the office of the Recorder of VEN-TURA County, California; Date of Sale: 12/13/2013

at 11:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003 Amount of un-paid balance and other charges: $529,526.91 The purported property address is: 1744 SHADY BROOK DRIVE, THOU-SAND OAKS, CA 91362 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 570-0-050-525 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-573-1965 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number as-signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-566313-JB . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a writ-ten request to the ben-eficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 en-titled 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. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Ser-vice Corp. TS No.: CA-13-566313-JB IDSPub #0058899 11/22/2013 11/29/2013 12/6/2013 TCS13-0523TS(11)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444699-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner MONICA NOEMI RUIZ FOR MIA ISABELLA HERNAN-DEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows:

Present Name:a. MIA ISABELLA HER-NANDEZ

Proposed Name:to MIA ISABELLA ROMERO2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1/8/14, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 40b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 13, 2013BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Supe-rior Court, Executive Of-ficer and Clerk,By A. GUTIERREZDeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013-4T TCS13-0523CofN(14)

File No.: 20131114-10017269-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

(1) BUNSEN ENTERPRISES;(2) ROLLING OAKS OFFICE

BUILDING E325 ROLLING OAKS

THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91361VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Christine Wade, 11301 West Olympic Blvd 343, Los Ange-les, CA 90064Full Name of RegistrantChristine Wade898 Tukwila DrWoodburn, OR 87071Brian Moody6615 Orion AveVan Nuys, CA 91406William Thrash898 Tukwila DrWoodburn, OR 87071Linda Moody6504 Firmament AveVan Nuys, CA 91406This Business is conduct-ed by: A Limited PartnershipThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on (1-2) 1983.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Brian MoodyNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/14/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: LEDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0524

File No.: 20131024-10016185-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

CALOAK INSURANCE SERVICES

477 PARKVIEW CT.SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065

VENTURA COUNTYReturn Mailing Address: Gary Christopher Mellinger, 477 Parkview Ct., Simi Val-ley, CA 93065Full Name of RegistrantGary Christopher Mellinger477 Parkview Ct.Simi Valley, CA 93065This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/01/2013.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-

tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Gary C. MellingerNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivi-sion of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name state-ment must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 10/24/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: CADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0525

File No.: 20131115-10017361-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

(1) ANDERSON CONSTRUCTION, INC.;

(2) ANDERSON CONSTRUCTION

3313 CALLE DE DEBESACAMARILLO, CA 93010

VENTURA COUNTYState of Incorportion/Organi-zation: CaliforniaReturn Mailing Address: Mi-chael S. Martin, Esq., Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Feingold, LLP, 5425 Ever-glades Street, Ventura, CA 93003Full Name of RegistrantLawrence R. Anderson Con-struction, Inc.3313 Calle De DebesaCamarillo, CA 93010This Business is conduct-ed by: A CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1978.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Lawrence R. AndersonNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivi-sion of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name state-ment must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/15/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: HADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0526 MYERS

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF SORAYA ESKANDARI

DEHBOD CASE NO. 56-2013-

00444766-PR-LA-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SORAYA ESKANDARI DE-HBOD.A Petition for Probate has been filed by FERIDOON DEHBOD in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA.The Petition for Probate requests that FERIDOON DEHBOD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Ad-ministration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: January 8, 2014 at Time: 9:00 am in Dept.: J6 located at SU-PERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF VEN-TURA, 4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036, Probate.If you object to the granting of the petition, you should ap-pear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney For legal advertising,

call (805) 983-0015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444920-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner JEWELLE ANN JERAE SAIN FOR RYLEE SCOTT SCHRO-EDER, A MINOR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. RYLEE SCOTT SCHROEDER

Proposed Name:to RYLEE KNIGHT HAM-SON2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: JAN 14, 2014, Time: 8:30 a.m., in Dept.: 42b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 20, 2013BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Supe-rior Court, Executive Of-ficer and Clerk,By M. AKUNADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013-4T TCS13-0539CofN(2)File No.: 20131101-10016679-0

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

FUZION FITNESS202 CORSICANA DROXNARD, CA 93036

VENTURA COUNTYReturn Mailing Address: Ana Moreno, 202 Corsicana Dr, Oxnard, Ca 93036Full Name of RegistrantAna Maria Moreno202 Corsicana DrOxnard, Ca 93036This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11-1-2013.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Ana Maria MorenoNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/01/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: MODeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0540

NOTICEPursuant To California Self-Storage Facility Act (B & P Code 21700 ET SEQ) the Undersigned Will Sell At Public Auc-tion. On The Below Listed Day, Time, and Location. Notice Of Public Sale Of Personal Property: The Personal Property Includ-ing, But Not Limited To Listed Items. Stored By The Following Persons Or Businesses On The 10th day of December at 10:00 AM at Oaks Self Storage, 2501 W Hillcrest Dr., Newbury Park, CA 91320; (805) 499-7111THE FOLLOWING LIST IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD:Storage Unit #2106 - Kim Scovis - boxes, mirror, computer equipment, pillows, bags, books, bird cage, rugs2202 - Nathan Aguilar - briefcase, boxes, orna-ments, bags, books1109 - Leigh Walker -

vacuum, boxes, couch, keyboard, plastic contain-ers, dining table2404 - Brenda Finster - punching bag, boxes, auto jack2412 - Eileen MacEn-ery - chair, basket, table, boxes

AUCTIONEER:K.E. AUCTION SERVICEP.O. Box 825 Rialto, CA92377 CA 951-415-8167www.keauctionservice.com BOND # FS836-21-31 951-415-8167CN893252 Publish No.: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 2T TCS13-0540PS(1)

TRI-COUNTY SENTRY FRIdaY dECEMBER 6, 2013 Page 7B

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF SORAYA ESKANDARI

DEHBOD CASE NO. 56-2013-

00444766-PR-LA-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SORAYA ESKANDARI DE-HBOD.A Petition for Probate has been filed by FERIDOON DEHBOD in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA.The Petition for Probate requests that FERIDOON DEHBOD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Ad-ministration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: January 8, 2014 at Time: 9:00 am in Dept.: J6 located at SU-PERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF VEN-TURA, 4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036, Probate.If you object to the granting of the petition, you should ap-pear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in Califor-nia law.You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: /S/Adrienne K. Miller (CSB #193190)ATTORNEY AT LAW4225 Valley Fair Street, Suite 107Simi Valley, CA 93063(805) 522-1640Publish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0526P(2)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JAMES GORDON CRONIN

Case No. 56-2013-00444343-PR-

PL-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JAMES GORDON CRONINA PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Michael J. Laverty in the Superior Court of California, County of VEN-TURA.THE PETITION FOR PRO-BATE requests that Michael J. Laverty be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.THE PETITION re-quests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held on Dec. 11, 2013 at 9:00 AM in Dept. No. J6 located at 4353 E. Vineyard, Oxnard, CA 93036.IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hear-ing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of

any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:JEFFREY M SYDNEY ESQ

SBN 56152THE SYDNEY LAW

FIRM APC5950 CANOGA AVE

STE 240WOODLAND HILLS CA

91367CN892634 Publish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0526P(3)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GERALD ARTHUR HICKS

Case No. 56-2013-00444762-PR-

LA-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GERALD ARTHUR HICKSA PETITION FOR PRO-BATE has been filed by Alice Hawks in the Superior Court of California, County of VEN-TURA.THE PETITION FOR PRO-BATE requests that Alice Hawks be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests au-thority to administer the es-tate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions with-out obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held on Dec. 18, 2013 at 9:00 AM in Dept. No. J6 located at 4353 E. Vineyard, Oxnard, CA 93036.IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hear-ing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:DONALD L SCOGGINS

ESQ SBN 167359PO BOX 35417

LOS ANGELES CA 90035CN893000 Publish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0526P(4)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444498-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner MAYRA GRICELDA RANGEL FOR SERGIO RODILES JR. AND FRENEZI PAU-LETT CERVANTES, MINORS filed a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. SERGIO RODILES JR.b. FRENEZI PAULETT CERVANTES

Proposed Name:to JOHNNY RANGELto FRENEZI PAULETT RANGEL2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1/8/2014, Time: 8:30 a.m., in Dept.: 40b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed

in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 07, 2013BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Supe-rior Court, Executive Of-ficer and Clerk,By M. AKUNADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013-4T TCS13-0526CofN(5)

T.S. No.: 13-CA0030 Order No.: 7852523 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT AT-TACHED 注：本文件包含一个信息摘要 참고사항: 본 첨부 문서에 정보 요약서가 있습니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA IN-FORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU Ý: KÈM THEO ĐÂY LÀ BẢN TRÌNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DAT-ED 7/16/2010. 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 CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly ap-pointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the re-maining 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) reason-ably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: ELA-DIO AMEZQUITA AND IVONNE AMEZQUITA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: MILES, BAUER, BERG-STROM & WINTERS, LLP Recorded 7/29/2010 as Instrument No. 201000729-00111492-0 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, Date of Sale: 12/20/2013 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main front entrance to the County Govern-ment Center Hall of Jus-tice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $448,987.69 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1120 TEAKWOOD STREET OXNARD, CA 93033 A.P.N.: 205-0-034-095 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the prop-erty 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for

this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 573-1965 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.prioritypost-ing.com/Priority/, using the file number assigned to this case 13-CA0030. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 11/19/2013 MILES, BAU-ER, BERGSTROM & WINTERS, LLP 1231 E. Dyer Rd., Suite 100 San-ta Ana, California 92705 Sale Line: (714) 573-1965 Conchi Sanford, as Authorized Signor P1072018 11/22, 11/29, 12/06/2013 TCS13-0526TS(6)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF LAWRENCE BIDERMAN

CASE NO. 56-2013- 00442774-PR-LA-OXN

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LAWRENCE BIDERMAN.A Petition for Probate has been filed by JANET LYNN GAIMARI-JOHNSTON in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA.The Petition for Probate re-quests that JANET LYNN GAIMARI-JOHNSTON be appointed as personal rep-resentative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Ad-ministration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: 12/18/13 at Time: 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: J6 located at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA, 4353 E. Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036, Juvenile Justice Complex.If you object to the granting of the petition, you should ap-pear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in Califor-nia law.You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: /S/Loye M. Barton (CSB #161609)NORMAN DOWLER, LLP840 County Square Drive, Third FloorVentura, CA 93003(805) 654-0911Publish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0526P(7)

File No.: 20131114-10017256-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

THE SAWYER FARMING GROUP

HIGHWAY 126 AT EDWARDS ROAD

SANTA PAULA, CA 93105VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Joshua Nelson, Best Best & Krieger LLP, 500 Capital Mall, Suite 1700, Sacramen-to, CA 95814Full Name of RegistrantBrooke E. Sawyer, Co-Trust-ee of the Sawyer Family Re-vocable Trust dated March 20, 19891108-A Calle de los AmigosSanta Barbara, CA 93105Barbara E. Sawyer, , Co-Trustee of the Sawyer Fam-ily Revocable Trust dated March 20, 19891108-A Calle de los AmigosSanta Barbara, CA 93105Andrew H. Sawyer, Co-Trust-ee of the Bingham Sawyer Revocable Trust dated May

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

AND GENDERSUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444478-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner CARLY JOLENE FOSTER has filed a petition with this court for a decree chang-ing petitioner’s name to: CJ TAYLOR FOSTER2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interest-ed in this matter shall ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated be-low to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1-10-14, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 21b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ven-tura, 800 S. Victoria Av-enue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 07, 2013BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MI-CHAEL D. PLANET, Ven-tura Superior Court, Ex-ecutive Officer and Clerk,By M. OCHOADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013-4T TCS13-0516CofN(7)

File No.: 20131031-10016538-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

(1) A CUSTOM AUTOMOTIVE DETAIL;

(2) HUDKINS CUSTOM AUTOMOTIVE DETAIL235 FALLBROOK AVE

NEWBURY PARK, CAL 91320VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Robert L. Hudkins Jr., 235 Fallbrook Ave, Newbury Park, Cal. 91320Full Name of RegistrantRobert L. Hudkins Jr.235 Fallbrook AveNewbury Park, Cal 91320This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on (1-2) 10/31/13.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Robert L Hudkins JrNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ.,

Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 10/31/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: HADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0516

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

AND GENDERSUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444404-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner CORRINNE ASHLEY GABALDON has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name to: CORBIN AT-LEY GARCIA2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interest-ed in this matter shall ap-pear before this court at the hearing indicated be-low to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1-2-14, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 41b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 05, 2013BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MI-CHAEL D. PLANET, Ven-tura Superior Court, Ex-ecutive Officer and Clerk,By M. OCHOADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013-4T TCS13-0516CofN(8)

File No.: 20131022-10016062-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

NEW MEMORIES PHOTOGRAPHY

210 GOLDEN WEST AVEOJAI, CA 93023

VENTURA COUNTYReturn Mailing Address: Deanna Fuller, 210 Golden West Ave, Ojai, CA 93023Full Name of RegistrantDeanna Fuller210 Golden West AveOjai, CA 93023This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Deanna FullerNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivi-sion of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name state-ment must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 10/22/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: VIDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0517

File No.: 20131112-10017148-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

CAL-STATE RADIOLOGY3011 N. PEORIA AVE

SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063VENTURA COUNTY

State of Incorporation/Orga-nization: CAReturn Mailing Address: Joli Medical Management, 3011 N. Peoria Ave, Simi Valley, CA 93063Full Name of RegistrantJoli Medical Management, Inc.3011 N. Peoria AveSimi Valley, CA 93063This Business is conduct-ed by: A CorporationThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 2-23-2000.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Lisa M WeinbergNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business

name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/12/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: LEDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0518

FILE NO. 20131106-10016848-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DO-ING BUSINESS AS: CASINO KNIGHTS, 11400 W. OLYM-PIC BLVD, #140, CA 90064 [LOS ANGELES] county of: VENTURA. The full name of registrant(s) is/are: APOGEE ADVISORS, INC, [CALI-FORNIA], 22243 CRAGGY VIEW ST, CHATSWORTH, CA 91311. This Business is being conducted by a/an: CORPORATION. The regis-trant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name/names listed above on: N/A.I declare that all the informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares true, informa-tion which he knows to be false, is guilty of a crime)./s/ APOGEE ADVISORS, INC BY: WILLIAM NEIGH-BORS, PRESIDENTThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of VENTU-RA County on 11/06/2003 in-dicated by file stamp above.NOTICE-THIS FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT EX-PIRES FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THAT DATE. The filing of this state-ment does not of itself au-thorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name statement in violation of the rights of another under fed-eral, state, or common law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).LA1355753 TRI-COUNTY SENTRY 11/15, 22, 29 12/6 2013 TCS13-0519

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444628-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner SINH PHUC BUI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as fol-lows:

Present Name:a. SINH PHUC BUI

Proposed Name:to MICHAEL BUI2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1-7-14, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 21b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 12, 2013BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Supe-rior Court, Executive Of-ficer and Clerk,By MALIA A. ACOSTADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013-4T TCS13-0519CofN(1)

File No.: 20131104-10016742-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

THE PLUMBING WORKS2039 AIREDALE AVE.VENTURA, CA 93003VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Rob-ert M. Bechtel, 2039 Airedale Ave, Ventura, CA 93003Full Name of RegistrantRobert M. Bechtel2039 Airedale Ave.Ventura, CA 93003This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Robert M. BechtelNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name

statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/04/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: PADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0520

File No.: 20131105-10016802-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

BLUE MOON BOUTIQUE600 E MAIN STREETVENTURA, CA 93001VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Maria Crystal Herrera, 600 E Main Street, Ventura, CA 93001Full Name of RegistrantMaria Crystal Herrera419 N McKinley AveOxnard, CA 93030This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11-5-13.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Maria Crystal HerreraNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/05/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: TEDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0521

File No.: 20131104-10016773-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

COUPON TRAVEL5565 BROMECY DR

OAK PARK, CA 91377VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Mark Love, 5565 Bromecy Dr, Oak Park, CA 91377Full Name of RegistrantMark W Love5565 Bromecy DrOak Park, CA 91377Jay P Love459 Periwinkle CtThousand Oaks, CA 91360This Business is conduct-ed by: CopartnersThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NA.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Jay P LoveNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/04/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: VIDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0522

7, 20082777 Harkness StreetSacramento, CA 95818Carol R. Bingham, Co-Trust-ee of the Bingham Sawyer Revocable Trust dated May 7, 20082777 Harkness StreetSacramento, CA 95818Robert M. Sawyer, Co-Trustee of the Sawyer Family 2004 Revocable Trust1801 L Street, Apt. 243Sacramento, CA 95811Alison C. Sawyer, Co-Trust-ee of the Sawyer Family 2004 Revocable Trust1801 L Street, Apt. 243Sacramento, CA 95811Peter E. Sawyer5025 Thacher RoadOjai, CA 93023This Business is conduct-ed by: A General PartnershipThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on No-vember 2, 1977.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Robert M. SawyerNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/14/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: QUDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Nov. 22, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0527

T.S. No.: 1306466CA Loan No.: 661043 A.P.N.: 614-0-190-355 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.3(a), THE SUMMA-RY OF INFORMATION REFERENCED BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPY PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DAT-ED 11/7/2006. UNLESS

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December 6, 2013T.S. No.: 1306466CA Loan No.: 661043 A.P.N.: 614-0-190-355 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.3(a), THE SUMMA-RY OF INFORMATION REFERENCED BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPY PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DAT-ED 11/7/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state of national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and au-thorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and in-terest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pur-suant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trus-tor: BRIAN PIERE, AN UNMARRIED MAN, Duly Appointed Trustee: Seaside Trustee Inc., Re-corded 11/10/2006, as In-strument No. 20061110-00238874-0, in book XX, page, XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VEN-TURA County, California. Date of Sale: 12/27/2013 Time: 11:00 AM Place of Sale: AT THE MAIN EN-TRANCE TO THE GOV-ERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 SOUTH VICTORIA AV-ENUE, VENTURA, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $1,028,482.07. Street Address or other com-mon designation of real property: 5078 CORRAL ST, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063. A.P.N.: 614-0-190-355. As required by California Civil Code Sec-tion 2923.5, the current beneficiary has declared to Seaside Trustee Inc, the original trustee, the duly appointed substi-tuted trustee, or acting as agent for the trustee, that the requirements of said section has been met by one or more of the following: 1. Borrower was contacted to assess their financial situation and to explore the op-tions for the borrower to avoid foreclosure. 2. The borrower has sur-rendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary or authorized agent. 3. Due diligence to contact the borrower was made as required by said Section 2923.5 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the prop-erty 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority,

and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (855)986-9342, or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com using the file num-ber assigned to this case 1306466CA . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 11/26/2013. Trustee Sales Informa-tion: 855-986-9342, www.superiordefault.com Sea-side Trustee Inc., P.O. Box 2676, Ventura, CA 93014. By: Carlos M. Olmos, Office Clerk. (12/06/13, 12/13/13, 12/20/13, SDI-6576) TCS13-0541TS(7)

T.S. No.: 1306572CA Loan No.: 593964 A.P.N.: 673-0-440-270 NO-TICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE SECTION 2923.3(a), THE SUMMA-RY OF INFORMATION REFERENCED BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPY PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DAT-ED 9/2/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state of national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and au-thorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and in-terest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pur-suant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges, and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trus-tor: GERMAN DIAZGRA-NADOS AND LUCERO D I A Z G R A N A D O S , HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, Duly Appointed Trustee: Seaside Trustee Inc., Recorded 9/8/2006, as Instrument No. 20060908-0190187, in book XX, page, XX of Of-ficial Records in the office of the Recorder of VEN-TURA County, California. Date of Sale: 12/27/2013 Time: 11:00 AM Place of Sale: AT THE MAIN EN-TRANCE TO THE GOV-ERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 SOUTH VICTORIA AV-ENUE, VENTURA, CA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $547,981.36. Street Ad-dress or other common designation of real prop-erty: 194 MAPLE RD, NEWBURY PARK, CA 91320-4718. A.P.N.: 673-0-440-270. As required by California Civil Code Section 2923.5, the cur-

rent beneficiary has de-clared to Seaside Trustee Inc, the original trustee, the duly appointed sub-stituted trustee, or acting as agent for the trustee, that the requirements of said section has been met by one or more of the following: 1. Borrower was contacted to assess their financial situation and to explore the op-tions for the borrower to avoid foreclosure. 2. The borrower has sur-rendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary or authorized agent. 3. Due diligence to contact the borrower was made as required by said Section 2923.5 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the prop-erty 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (855)986-9342, or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault.com using the file num-ber assigned to this case 1306572CA . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 11/26/2013. Trustee Sales Informa-tion: 855-986-9342, www.superiordefault.com Sea-side Trustee Inc., P.O. Box 2676, Ventura, CA 93014. By: Carlos M. Olmos, Office Clerk. (12/06/13, 12/13/13, 12/20/13, SDI-6580) TCS13-0541TS(8)

Trustee Sale No. 449956CA Loan No. 0016052987 Title Order No. 793967 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UN-DER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03-14-2007. 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 LAWYER. On 12-27-2013 at 11:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trust-ee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03-22-2007, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20070322-00060604-0, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California, executed by: MARIA TANG, AN UN-MARRIED WOMAN, 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 sec-tion 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 con-veyed to and now held by the trustee in the here-inafter described prop-erty 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 re-maining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, inter-est thereon, estimated fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion 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: AT THE MAIN FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY GOV-ERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 S. VICTORIA AVE. , VEN-TURA, CA Legal Descrip-tion: LOT 5 OF TRACT NO. 1460, IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORD-ED IN BOOK 34 PAGES 5 AND 6 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EX-CEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDRO-CARBON SUBSTANCES LYING BELOW THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND, BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SUR-FACE ENTRY, AS RE-SERVED OR GRANTED IN DOCUMENTS OF RECORD. ALSO EX-CEPT THE INTEREST EXCEPTED BY MAID-EN-FAIR COMPANY, A PENNSYLVANIA COR-PORATION, IN DEED RECORDED MARCH 27, 1962 AS DOCUMENT NO. 14442 IN BOOK 2127 PAGE 209 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, WHICH RECITES AS FOLLOWS: EXCEPT THEREFROM ALL OIL, GAS, MINERALS AND OTHER HYDROCAR-BON SUBSTANCES LY-ING BELOW THE SUR-FACE OF SAID LAND, BUT WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY, AS RESERVED OR GRANTED IN DOC-UMENTS OF RECORD. Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $562,198.86 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 1159 GIBSON AVE SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 APN Number: 640-0-231-065 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore de-scribed is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgag-ee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent de-clares: that it has con-tacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial sit-uation 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 foreclo-sure by one of the fol-lowing methods: by tele-phone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal de-livery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 11-27-2013 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COM-PANY, as Trustee RE-GINA CANTRELL, AS-SISTANT SECRETARY California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oak-dale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or 1-714-730-2727 www.priorityposting.com or 1-714-573-1965 www.auction.com or 1-800-280-2832 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COM-PANY IS A DEBT COL-LECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien be-ing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to

investigate the existence, priority, and size of out-standing liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county re-corder’s office or a title insurance company, ei-ther of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been post-poned, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, this information can be obtained from one of the following three companies: LPS Agency Sales & Posting at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com (Registra-tion required to search for sale information) or Pri-ority Posting & Publish-ing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com (Click on the link for “Ad-vanced Search” to search for sale information), or auction.com at 1-800-280-2832 or visit the Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the Trustee Sale No. shown above. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the In-ternet Web site. The best way to verify postpone-ment information is to at-tend the scheduled sale. P1072901 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2013 TCS13-0541TS(9)

File No.: 20131119-10017427-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

UNITED POOL SERVICE2443 SAPRA ST

THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91362VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: Paul & Cathy Mederios, 2443 Sapra St, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362Full Name of RegistrantPaul Medeiros2443 Sapra StThousand Oaks, CA 91362Cathy Medeiros2443 Sapra StThousand Oaks, CA 91362This Business is conduct-ed by: Married CoupleThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/01/2013.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/Paul MedeirosNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/19/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: RODeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0541

File No.: 20131122-10017648-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

INDISCRETION FILMS1339 JOHNSON DRIVEVENTURA, CA 93003VENTURA COUNTY

Return Mailing Address: John B Bennett, 1339 Johnson Drive, Ventura, CA 93003Full Name of RegistrantJohn B Bennett1339 Johnson DriveVentura, CA 93003This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on April, 2013.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/John B BennettNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in

subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/22/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: HADeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0542

NOTICE

Pursuant To California Self-Storage Facility Act (B & P Code 21700 ET SEQ) the Undersigned Will Sell At Public Auc-tion. On The Below Listed Day, Time, And Location. Notice Of Public Sale Of Personal Property: The Personal Property Includ-ing, But Not Limited To Listed Items Stored By The Following Persons Or Businesses On The 19th day of December, 2013 At: 12:30pm At: SO Cal SS 4060 Via Pesca-dor Camarillo, CA 93012; (805)482.5700THE FOLLOWING LIST IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD:Storage Unit1012 - Alexander Juarez Assoc. - golf club/bags, boxes, clothes, metal cabinet, snowboards, cooker, camping gear, message table, folding tables, carpet cleaner, plasic containers, deco-rations2257 - Ron G. Garrett - bags, boxes, clothes, chi-na cabinet, luggage, bed, table, speakers, chairs, plastic containers, folding chair2109 - Iman M. Jones - crate, boxes, plastic con-tainers, workout bench, clothes, bedding, bed, books, pillowsAUCTIONEER: K.E. AUCTION SERVICE 12127 Mall Blvd. Suite A-178 Victorville, CA. 92392 CA. BOND # FS836-21-31CN893285 Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 2T TCS13-0542PS(1)

NOTICE

Pursuant To California Self-Storage Facility Act (B & P Code 21700 ET SEQ) the Undersigned Will Sell At Public Auc-tion. On The Below Listed Day, Time, And Location. Notice Of Public Sale Of Personal Property: The Personal Property Includ-ing, But Not Limited To Listed Items Stored By The Following Persons Or Businesses On The 19th day of December, 2013 At: 12:00pm At: SO Cal SS Cochran 1225 Cochran St., Simi Valley, CA 93065 (805)955.0700THE FOLLOWING LIST IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD:

Storage Unit #

1157 - Ricardo Ramirez - boxes, lamp, shoe boxes, shoes, blankets, plastic containers, bed1319 - John Paul Malec - weights, lamp, bags, sm frig, boxes, plastic containers, bed frame, painter, vacuum1322 - Tiffany Beswick - boxes, books, plas-tic containers, cabinet, freezer, microwave1345 - Jade Riely Wells - bags, clothes, bed, toys, crib mattress3002 - Lyon Concrete - tools, big screen tv, pool table, boards, platic containers, shelving, air hockey table, hood, bag, ladder, tile cutter3101 - Lynn Waite - glass top, mirror, lamp, bikes, boxes, weights, ladder, carts, trunk, bags, cart, step ladder, plastic con-tainers, display case

AUCTIONEER: K.E. AUCTION SERVICE 12127 Mall Blvd., Suite A-178 Victorville, CA 92392 BOND # FS836-21-31CN893284 Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 2T TCS13-0542PS(2)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF STEVEN RANGER CASE NO. 56-2013-

00445260-PR-LA-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of STEVEN RANGER.A Petition for Probate has been filed by PUBLIC AD-MINISTRATOR OF VENTU-RA COUNTY in the Superior Court of California, County of VENTURA.The Petition for Probate re-quests that PUBLIC ADMIN-ISTRATOR OF VENTURA COUNTY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Ad-ministration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative

will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: January 8, 2014 at Time: 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: J6 located at SU-PERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF VEN-TURA, 4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036, Juvenile Justice Center.If you object to the granting of the petition, you should ap-pear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in Califor-nia law.You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: /S/Mitchell B. Davis, As-sist. County Counsel (CSB #212721)Leroy Smith, County Counsel (CSB #107702)COUNTY COUNSEL’S OF-FICE800 South Victoria AvenueVentura, CA 93009-1830(805) 654-2950Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0542P(3)

NOTICE

Pursuant To California Self-Storage Facility Act (B & P Code 21700 ET SEQ) the Undersigned Will Sell At Public Auc-tion. On The Below Listed Day, Time, And Location. Notice Of Public Sale Of Personal Property: The Personal Property Includ-ing, But Not Limited To Listed Items Stored By The Following Persons Or Businesses On The 19th day of Decem-ber, 2013 At: 1:30pm At: SO Cal SS Westlake 2550 Willow Lane, Thou-sand Oaks, CA 91361; (805)494.8722THE FOLLOWING LIST IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD:Storage Unit #

D249 - Dave Mansolf - tire, boxes, bags, poster, plastic containers, guitar, bucketB96 - Dave Mansolf - boxes, bags, clothes, tile, mop bucket, ladders, radioC235 - Jacqueline A. Wasko - boxes, office chair, bags, lamps, wick-er baskets, books, bed, chairs, furniture, cratesE210 - Lupe Garcia - box-es, bags, decorations, lamp, household itemsAUCTIONEER: K.E. AUCTION SERVICE12127 Mall Blvd., Suite A-178, Victorville, CA 92392; CA BOND # FS836-21-31CN893297 Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 2T TCS13-0542PS(4)

NOTICE

Pursuant To California Self-Storage Facility Act (B & P Code 21700 ET SEQ) the Undersigned Will Sell At Public Auc-tion. On The Below Listed Day, Time, And Location. Notice Of Public Sale Of Personal Property: The Personal Property Includ-ing, But Not Limited To Listed Items Stored By The Following Persons Or Businesses On The 19th day of December, 2013 At: 1:00pm At: So Cal SS West Oaks 2505 Townsgate Rd., West-lake Village, CA 91361; (805)497-2121THE FOLLOWING LIST IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD:Storage Unit #

3340 formally 3337 - Cur-tis Hamilton - tire, office chair, boxes, bookshelf, guitar (electric) shop vac, drill press, tools, ladder, sm. Frig, car parts, printer2438 - Kenneth Lord - boxes, ironing board, chair, laptop, plastic con-tainers, pillows3372 - Shaun Lee Ken-neyfrig, pictures, lamp, dresser, piano dolly, met-al racks, bar stools, bed railsAUCTIONEER: K.E. AUCTION SERVICE12127 Mall Blvd., Suite A-178, Victorville, CA 92392; CA. BOND # FS836-21-31CN893296 Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 2013 - 2T TCS13-0542PS(5)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE

COUNTY OF VENTURACASE NO.: 56-2013- 00444527-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner FRANK NILSEN filed a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. FRANK NILSEN

Proposed Name:to FRANK JAN-IVAR NILSEN2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1-3-14, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 40b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 07, 2013BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MI-CHAEL D. PLANET, Ven-tura Superior Court, Ex-ecutive Officer and Clerk,By M. OCHOADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013-4T TCS13-0542CofN(6)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00445107-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner NIKOLAI PETKOV PETKOV filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. NIKOLAI PETKOV PETKOV

Proposed Name:to NIK PETCOV2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1/13/14, Time: 8:30, in Dept.: 41b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 25, 2013BY ORDER OF THE COURT, MICHAEL D. PLANET, Ventura Supe-rior Court, Executive Of-ficer and Clerk,By DEBRA HEBERTDeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013-4T TCS13-0542CofN(7)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00445157-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner RYAN KEITH GUTIERREZ AND JOANN MARIE GUTIERREZ FOR KY-RON KEITH GUTIER-REZ AND MARCUS RYAN GUTIERREZ, A MINOR filed a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. RYAN KEITH GUTI-ERREZb. JOANN MARIE GUTI-ERREZ (SPOUSE)

TRI-COUNTY SENTRY FRIdaY dECEMBER 6, 2013 Page 9B

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF VENTURA

CASE NO.: 56-2013- 00445157-CU-PT-VTA

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner RYAN KEITH GUTIERREZ AND JOANN MARIE GUTIERREZ FOR KY-RON KEITH GUTIER-REZ AND MARCUS RYAN GUTIERREZ, A MINOR filed a petition with this court for a de-cree changing names as follows:

Present Name:a. RYAN KEITH GUTI-ERREZb. JOANN MARIE GUTI-ERREZ (SPOUSE)c. KYRON KEITH GUTI-ERREZ (SON)d. MARCUS RYAN GUTIERREZ (SON)

Proposed Name:to RYAN KEITH PITTSto MARIE JOANN PITTSto KYRON KEITH PITTSto MARCUS RYAN PITTS2. THE COURT OR-DERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the ob-jection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no writ-ten objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.NOTICE OF HEARING

a. Date: 1-17-14, Time: 8:30am, in Dept.: 40b. The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Ventura, 800 South Victo-ria Avenue, Ventura, CA 930093. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four suc-cessive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-lowing newspaper of gen-eral circulation, printed in this county: Tri-County Sentry.Date: NOV 26, 2013BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDING JUDGE, MI-CHAEL D. PLANET, Ven-tura Superior Court, Ex-ecutive Officer and Clerk,By M. OCHOADeputy ClerkIn Pro PerPublished No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013-4T TCS13-0542CofN(8)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF DORIANA NAEGELI CASE NO. 56-2013-

00445348-PR-LA-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DORIANA NAEGELI.A Petition for Probate has been filed by DAVID J. NAE-GELI in the Superior Court of California, County of VEN-TURA.The Petition for Probate requests that DAVID J. NAEGELI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Ad-ministration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: JAN 02, 2014 at Time: 9:00AM in Dept.: J6 located at SU-PERIOR COURT OF CALI-FORNIA, COUNTY OF VEN-TURA, 4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036, Juvenile Courthouse.If you object to the granting of the petition, you should ap-pear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in Califor-nia law.You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: /S/Lynn A. Smiley (CSB

#243039)LAW OFFICE OF LYNN A. SMILEY840 County Square Drive 3rd FloorVentura, California 93003(805) 639-0428Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0542P(9)

APN# 677-0-093-015 Address 1130 WAVER-LY HEIGHTS DRIVE Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-5055 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trust-ee’s Sale No. 05-FWA-128194 YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/3/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 1/3/2014, at 11:00 AM, At the main front entrance to the County Government Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Ave., in the City of VENTURA, County of Ventura, State of CALIFORNIA, RE-GIONAL SERVICE COR-PORATION, a California corporation, as duly ap-pointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by CAROLINE M. MUTART, A MARRIED WOMAN, as Trustors, recorded on 05/15/2007, as Instrument No. 20070515-00098881-0, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Ventura County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BID-DER, for cash, or ca-shier’s check (payable at the time of sale in law-ful money of the United States) without warranty express or implied as to title, use, possession or encumbrances, all right, title and interest con-veyed to and now held by it as such Trustee, in and to the following described property situated in the aforesaid County and State, to-wit: TAX PAR-CEL NO. 677-0-093-015 From information which the Trustee deems reli-able, but for which Trust-ee makes no representa-tion or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is purported to be 1130 WA-VERLY HEIGHTS DRIVE , Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-5055. Said prop-erty is being sold for the purpose of paying the ob-ligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal bal-ance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expens-es and advances at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Trust-ee’s Sale is $640,642.05. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800-542-2550 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.rtrustee.com. using the file number assigned to this case. Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-

ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c), the mortgag-ee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent de-clares: that it has con-tacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial sit-uation 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 foreclo-sure by one or more of the following methods: by telephone, by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by over-night delivery; by per-sonal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting or the borrower has sur-rendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or autho-rized agent and that the compliance with Civil Code Section 2923.5 was made at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this Notice of Sale. Dated: 11/27/2013 RE-GIONAL SERVICE COR-PORATION, Trustee By MARILEE HAKKINEN, AUTHORIZED AGENT Agent for Trustee: PRI-ORITY POSTING & PUB-LISHING 17501 IRVINE BLVD, SUITE #1 TUS-TIN, CA92780 Telephone Number: (800) 542-2550 Sale Information: (714) 573-1965 or http://www.rtrustee.com P1073244 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/2013 TCS13-0542TS(10)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-13-545613-AB Order No.: 7981428 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DAT-ED 12/4/2002. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EX-PLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Sec-tion 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin-cipal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BEN-EFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): DA-VID MOAK AND DAWN MOAK Recorded: 12/19/2002 as Instrument No. 2002-0322882-00 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California; Date of Sale: 12/27/2013 at 11:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the main front entrance to the County Govern-ment Center Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, CA 93003 Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges: $198,514.62 The pur-ported property address is: 2707 GALINDO AVE, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 642-0-222-055 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BID-DERS: If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the prop-erty. NOTICE TO PROP-

ERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if appli-cable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-573-1965 for in-formation regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number as-signed to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-13-545613-AB . Information about postponements that are very short in du-ration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the tele-phone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incor-rectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, di-rections to the location of the property may be ob-tained by sending a writ-ten request to the ben-eficiary within 10 days of the date of first publica-tion of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of mon-ies 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 en-titled 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. If you have previously been discharged through bank-ruptcy, you may have been released of per-sonal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be sub-mitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Ser-vice Corporation 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Ser-vice Corp. TS No.: CA-13-545613-AB IDSPub #0059444 12/6/2013 12/13/2013 12/20/2013 TCS13-0542TS(11)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC

BEVERAGESIf an application for a premises to premises transfer or original license at a premises located in a census tract with undue concentration of licens-es, the following no-tice must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks pur-suant to Government Code Section 6063, in a newspaper of general cir-culation other than a le-gal or professional trade publication. The publica-tion must be in the city in which such premises are situated, or if such prem-ises are not in a city, then publication shall be made in a newspaper of gen-eral circulation other than a legal or professional trade publication nearest the premises. Affidavit of publication shall be filed with the following office:Department of Alcoholic

Beverage Control1000 SOUTH HILL ROAD,

SUITE 310VENTURA, CA 93003

(805) 289-0100Date of Filing Application: November 14, 2013To Whom It May Concern:The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are:LAZY DOG RESTAU-RANTS LLCThe applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:598 TOWN CENTER DROXNARD, CA 93036-1140Type of license(s) applied for:47 - On-Sale General Eating PlacePublished No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013-3T TCS13-0542ABC(12)

File No.: 20131126-10017759-0FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

NAME STATEMENTTHE FOLLOWING

PERSON(S) IS (ARE) DOING BUSINESS AS:

(1) JG PROPERTY CONSULTANTS;

(2) JG HOME INSPECTIONS117 LAUREL WOOD CTSIMI VALLEY, CA 93065

VENTURA COUNTYReturn Mailing Address: JG Home Inspections, PO Box 941314, Simi Valley, CA 93094Full Name of RegistrantJames Gonzales117 Laurel Wood CtSimi Valley, CA 93065This Business is conduct-ed by: An IndividualThe registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on (1-2) 11/20/13.I declare that all informa-tion in this statement is true and correct. (A regis-trant who declares informa-tion as true which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.)I am also aware that all information on this state-ment becomes public re-cord upon filing pursuant to California Public Re-cords Act (G.C. 6250-6277)/S/James C GonzalesNOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursu-ant to section 17913 other than a change in residence address or registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The fil-ing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious busi-ness name in violation of the rights of another under Fed-eral, State, or Common Law (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code).THIS STATEMENT WAS FILED WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF VENTURA ON 11/26/2013.MARK A. LUNNBy: WIDeputy County ClerkPublish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013 - 4T TCS13-0543

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF SUSAN ST. GERMAINE

CASE NO. 56-2013- 00445208-PR-LA-OXN

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SUSAN ST. GERMAINE.A Petition for Probate has been filed by BEATRICE BAEZ in the Superior Court of California, County of VEN-TURA.The Petition for Probate requests that BEATRICE BAEZ be appointed as per-sonal representative to ad-minister the estate of the decedent.The petition requests author-ity to administer the estate under the Independent Ad-ministration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A hearing on the petition will be held on Date: 1/08/14 at Time: 9:00 AM in Dept.: J6 lo-cated at SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA, 4353 East Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, CA 93036, Juvenile Division.If you object to the granting of the petition, you should ap-pear at the hearing and state your objections or file writ-ten objections with the court before the hearing. Your ap-pearance may be in person or by your attorney.If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in Califor-nia law.You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: /S/Cristian R. Arrieta (CSB #236837)LOWTHORP RICHARDS McMILLAN MILLER & TEM-PLEMAN300 Esplanade Drive, Suite 850Oxnard, CA 93036(805) 981-8555Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0543P(1)CR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE

(UCC Sec. 6105)Escrow No. 11660D

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s) and busi-ness address(es) of the seller(s) are: MICHAEL CHA, 5227 MISSION OAKS BLVD, CAMARIL-LO, CA 93012Doing business as: MO’S CAFÉ AKA MISSION OAKS CAFE (type – RESTAURANT )All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) with-in the past three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: NONE

The name(s) and busi-ness address of the buyer(s) is/are: MISSION OAKS CAFÉ INC, 5235 MISSION OAKS BLVD #613, CAMARILLO, CA 93012The assets being sold are generally described as: ALL STOCK IN TRADE, FURNITURE, EQUIP-MENT AND GOODWILLAnd are located at: 5227 MISSION OAKS BLVD, CAMARILLO, CA 93012The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: CAPITOL CITY ESCROW, INC, 3838 WATT AVE, STE F-610, SACRAMENTO, CA 95821 and the an-ticipated sale date is DE-CEMBER 24, 2013This Bulk Sale is sub-ject to California Uniform Commercial Code Sec-tion 6106.2.[If the sale is subject to Sec. 6106.2, the follow-ing information must be provided] The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: CAPITOL CITY ESCROW, INC, 3838 WATT AVE, STE F-610, SACRAMENTO, CA 95821THIS BULK TRANSFER INCLUDES A LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFER. ALL CLAIMS MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTICE OF TRANSFER OF THE LIQUOR LICENSE IS RECEIVED BY THE ES-CROW AGENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVER-AGE CONTROL.Dated: NOVEMBER 19, 2013MISSION OAKS CAFÉ INC, Buyer(s)LA1364081 TRI-COUN-TY SENTRY 12/6/13 TCS13-0543BS(2)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF

THEODORE HILGENSTUHLER aka TED HILGENSTUHLER

Case No. 56-2013-00445119-PR-

PW-OXNTo all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent credi-tors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of THE-ODORE HILGENSTUHLER aka TED HILGENSTUHLERA PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Gary Gue-not in the Superior Court of California, County of VEN-TURA.THE PETITION FOR PRO-BATE requests that Gary Guenot be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.THE PETITION requests au-thority to administer the es-tate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions with-out obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent ad-ministration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held on January 2, 2014 at 9:00 AM in Dept. No. J6 located at 4353 E. Vine-yard, Oxnard, CA 93036.IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hear-ing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is avail-able from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:STEPHANIE F BEZNER

ESQ SBN 2464146411 SEABRYN DR

RANCHO PALOS VERDES CA 90275

CN893059 Publish No.: Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013 - 3T TCS13-0543P(3)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE

(Sec. 6105 U.C.C.)Escrow No. 34148-AU

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made.The name(s) and busi-ness address(es) of the seller(s) are: EBMM INC, A CALIFORNIA CORPO-RATION, 516 PENNS-FIELD PL, STE 109, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360Doing business as: EBM

JANITORIAL SERVICESAll other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) with-in the past three years, as stated by the seller(s), is/are: NONEThe location in California of the chief executive of-fice of the Seller is: SAMEThe name(s) and busi-ness address of the buyer(s) is/are: EXECU-TIVE FACILITIES SER-VICES, INC, A CALIFOR-NIA CORPORATION, 516 PENNSFIELD PLACE, STE 109, THOU-SAND OAKS, CA 91360The assets being sold are generally described as: THE BUSINESS, GOOD-WILL, FIXTURES, FUR-NITURE, AND FURNISH-INGS, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, TOOLS, LEASEHOLD IMPROVE-MENTS, TELEPHONE NUMBERS, WEBSITE, LIST OF CUSTOMERS, TRADE NAMES, SIGN, ALL TRANSFERRABLE PERMITS, FRANCHIS-ES, LEASES, CUSTOM-ER DEPOSITS, AND SALEABLE MERCHAN-DISE FOR RESALE, STOCK IN TRADE AND WORK IN PROCESS ON HAND and is located at: 516 PENNSFIELD PLACE, STE 109, THOU-SAND OAKS, CA 91360The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: ESCROW MATTERS INC, 20300 VENTURA BLVD, #325, WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364 and the anticipat-ed sale date is DECEM-BER 24, 2013The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Sec-tion 6106.2. The person with whom claims may be filed is: ALEXANDRA ULLMAN, ESCROW MATTERS INC, 20300 VENTURA BLVD, #325, WOODLAND HILLS, CA 91364 and the last date for filing claims by any creditor shall be DECEM-BER 23, 2013 which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above.Dated: 11/26/13EXECUTIVE FACILITIES SERVICES, INC, A CALI-FORNIA CORPORA-TION, Buyer(s)LA1363992 TRI-COUN-TY SENTRY 12/6/13 TCS13-0543BS(4)

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE TS No. 13-0009158 Title Order No. 13-0028447 APN No. 034-0-162-015 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 10/20/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursu-ant to the Deed of Trust executed by EVA GABRI-ELLA STUBER, dated 10/20/2006 and recorded 11/3/2006, as Instrument No. 20061103-00233484-0, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Re-corder of Ventura County, State of California, will sell on 01/02/2014 at 9:00AM, Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 Grand Ballroom at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, pay-able 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 ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 85 PATHELEN AVENUE, OAK VIEW, CA, 93022. 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 $517,187.90. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept ca-shier’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 Sec-tion 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 war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness

secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there-under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note se-cured by said Deed of Trust with 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the re-scheduled time and date for the sale of this prop-erty, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 13-0009158. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. DATED: 10/20/2013 RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By: Trust-ee’s Sale Officer RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. FEI # 1006.246467 12/06, 12/13, 12/20/2013 TCS13-0543TS(5)

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE TS No. 12-0046997 Title Order No. 12-0085538 APN No. 179-0-062-405 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 11/02/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursu-ant to the Deed of Trust executed by RAUL C MENDOZA, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 11/02/2006 and re-corded 11/10/2006, as In-strument No. 20061110-00239003-0, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of VENTURA County, State of California, will sell on 01/02/2014 at 09:00 AM, Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 Grand Ballroom at pub-lic auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, pay-able 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 ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1930 RHONDA STREET, OXNARD, CA, 93036. 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-

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NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE TS No. 12-0046997 Title Order No. 12-0085538 APN No. 179-0-062-405 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED 11/02/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursu-ant to the Deed of Trust executed by RAUL C MENDOZA, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 11/02/2006 and re-corded 11/10/2006, as In-strument No. 20061110-00239003-0, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of VENTURA County, State of California, will sell on 01/02/2014 at 09:00 AM, Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 Grand Ballroom at pub-lic auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, pay-able 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 ad-dress and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 1930 RHONDA STREET, OXNARD, CA, 93036. 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 $630,743.12. 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 ca-shier’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 Sec-tion 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 war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there-under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note se-cured by said Deed of Trust with 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the re-scheduled time and date for the sale of this prop-erty, you may call 1-800-

281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 12-0046997. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By: RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. FEI # 1006.246684 12/06/2013, 12/13/2013, 12/20/2013 TCS13-20543TS(6)

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE TS No. 12-0046526 Title Order No. 12-0084163 APN No. 065-0-202-215 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/17/2007. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is here-by given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by NOR-MA JEAN NAVARRO, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 01/17/2007 and re-corded 1/26/2007, as In-strument No. 20070126-00017663-0, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Ventura County, State of California, will sell on 12/31/2013 at 11:00AM, At the main entrance to County Government Cen-ter Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ven-tura, Ventura County, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest con-veyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situ-ated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designa-tion, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 157 SUNSET VIEW COURT, VENTURA, CA, 93003. 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 $841,500.79. 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 ca-shier’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 Sec-tion 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 war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there-under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note se-cured by said Deed of Trust with 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-

ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the re-scheduled time and date for the sale of this prop-erty, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 12-0046526. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. DATED: 08/24/2012 RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By: Trust-ee’s Sale Officer RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. FEI # 1006.246709 12/06, 12/13, 12/20/2013 TCS13-0543TS(7)

NOTICE OF TRUST-EE’S SALE TS No. 12-0048156 Title Order No. 12-0086648 APN No. 202-0-045-010 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/18/2005. UN-LESS YOU TAKE AC-TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is here-by given that RECON-TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by JE-SUS VARGAS, AND MARIA VARGAS, HUS-BAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 04/18/2005 and recorded 4/26/2005, as Instrument No. 20050426-0101041, in Book N/A, Page N/A, of Official Records in the office of the County Re-corder of Ventura County, State of California, will sell on 12/31/2013 at 11:00AM, At the main entrance to County Gov-ernment Center Hall of Justice, 800 South Victoria Ave., Ventura, Ventura County, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-ported to be: 444 MAG-NOLIA AVENUE & 130, NORTH D STREET, OX-NARD, CA, 930305310. 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 $548,106.70. 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 ca-shier’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 Sec-tion 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 war-ranty, express or implied, regarding title, posses-sion or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances there-under, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note se-

cured by said Deed of Trust with 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. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are con-sidering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on a property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bid-der at the auction, you are or may be responsi-ble for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are en-couraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contact-ing the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the Califor-nia Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale post-ponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the re-scheduled time and date for the sale of this prop-erty, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visit this Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using the file number assigned to this case 12-0048156. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone infor-mation or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. DATED: 09/13/2012 RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281-8219 By: Trust-ee’s Sale Officer RE-CONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that pur-pose. FEI # 1006.246710 12/06, 12/13, 12/20/2013 TCS13-0543TS(8)

CAMELOT, From page 11AAt 10:30AM on November 22, 1963, my friend Charles Marion

ran into our locker room where we were dressing to return to class. “Cicero, they shot the President. President Kennedy is dead!!!” I thought there must be a mistake. This doesn’t happen in “Camelot”. I walked outside the gym and there it was. All hell was breaking loose as hundreds of students were running in circles screaming at the top of their lungs. Teachers were shouting “Go home! School is closed!” I got home and turned on our black and white TV. There it was: The cold truth that our President was assassinated right in front of his beautiful First Lady and the nation was going into an emo-tional tank. Life in America has not been the same since that day.

We didn’t listen to President Eisenhower. We would soon be in a war beyond historical proportions. Other assassinations would occur: Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King and anyone else who was considered to be in the way. At the time of Dr. King’s assassination in 1968, we were receiving 500 body bags per week from Vietnam. 500 young Americans (disproportionately Black) were coming home dead. Richard Nixon, who Jack Ken-nedy defeated, would soon become President. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover would suddenly die and the assassinations came to an end - coincidental?

Camelot never returned and we are still at war with no end in sight. I pray that one day we can return to such times but that won’t happen until we put the Military Industrial Complex in its proper place. President Eisenhower was correct.

Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce ®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.

WALMART, From page 11Awould not substantially reduce profit. Indeed, the profit stream might increase if employers are more productive, less likely to seek new jobs, and more likely to exercise pride in their work.

The National Labor Relations Board just announced that it would prosecute Walmart for its illegal treatment – firing or disciplining – 117 striking workers. Many of these actions were initiated in last year’s “Black Friday” when some workers did not want to work Thanksgiving Day or the day after, and others used the occasion to educate the public about their low pay levels.

This year Walmart will open at 6 a.m, two hours earlier than last year. Your dinner will hardly be digested before you head to the store. So while Walmart profess to be concerned about some work-ers having a good Thanksgiving dinner, they are hardly concerned about when they will have the opportunity to enjoy it, unless they opt for the Thanksgiving dinner Walmart will offer to its “associates” who are forced to work on Thanksgiving.

Enough, Walmart! Pay the people fairly. Pay them wages not giveaways. Stop threatening organizers. Have respect for your workers. Live up to the publicity that you keep churning out. In-deed, divide the publicity budget among your workers who will sing your praises when they are paid a living wage.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C.

PLUGGED, From page 1Brequired to embrace a new paradigm at the nexus of transportation needs, clean fuel and environmental awareness.

Strickland thanked GM for its leadership in highway safety and on issues like traffic accidents that adversely impact Black commu-nities nationwide. “But talking about environmental protection, fuel economy and independence on foreign oil, their opportunity to help change culture and provide the product ... for us to change the cul-ture is incredibly important,” he said.

Another way to facilitate cultural change is acknowledgment of the fact that Blacks have been involved in this struggle for a long time, said Carolyn Green, managing partner of EnerGreen Capital Management and a member of the Joint Center’s Commission to Engage African Americans on Energy.

She has long been concerned about the depiction of Blacks in the media, largely because they’re primarily seen as victims of environ-mental injustice, Green said.

“Our neighborhoods are the depository of all sorts of problems … but we’re not seen necessarily as people interested in change or people who are involved in making that change happen,” said Green. “And tonight is a celebration of that fact, the fact that we are doers, not just people who are acted upon.”

To that end, Assemblyman Steven Bradford encouraged compa-nies like GM to saturate the Black communities with vehicle charg-ing stations.

San Francisco and Los Angeles have the state’s highest rates of electric vehicle ownership, followed closely by Sacramento and San Diego. “But the real truth … is the majority of these cars are owned by wealthy folks that don’t look like folks in this room, or by state, federal or local government entities as part of their fleet,” said Brad-ford. “So the penetration into those who really need it have yet to reach those communities.”

Bradford urged the state to expand the debate legislatively. “I’m not trying

to be critical of any of our regulatory boards,” he said, “but at the end of the day, if we’re committed to clean air, and we’re committed to reducing greenhouse gas … emissions, we should be as consumed about what’s under the hood and more focused on what comes out the tailpipe.”

California Black Media executive director Regina Brown Wilson commended excitement over the direction of public policy, but also asked the panelists to develop a plan that binds all of the elements together and ensures the Black community is very informed about an issue that could prove critical to its environmental and economic future.

“Obviously, we’re writing about it, but how will marketing dol-lars, advertising dollars ... support those efforts?” she asked. Replied Blake: “It’s important that the dollars that we spend talking about and promoting ELR makes the space more inclusive to all folks, but not just with the ELR, for the company as a whole.”

Lamman Rucker, an actor who serves on the board of board of Green For All, a national organization which works to build an inclu-sive green economy to help lift people out of poverty, feels informa-tion shared during the evening is what people in general must have but that people of color don’t have and aren’t exposed to.

“Even in this environment right here, this is the informed [crowd], so it’s a matter of getting this information out and having other peo-ple have access to this vehicle, to other vehicles like that, to the technology, to the information, and to the opportunity,” Rucker told California Black Media.

If done with purpose and in partnership, that part of the mis-sion may prove to be easier than it appears. Over the course of the evening, several people joked about the long-standing relationship between Cadillacs and the Black community, where the brand has often been viewed as the ultimate status symbol.

Quipped one guest, drawing uproarious laughter from the audi-ence in the hall: “October 14 is a national Black holiday. That’s when the Cadillacs come out.”

xxxxTrustee Sale No. 261710CA Loan No. 3011232794 Title Order No. 1467380 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10-04-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPER-TY, 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 LAWYER. On 12-19-2013 at 9:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECON-VEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trust-ee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 10-11-2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 20061011-00214912-0, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of VENTURA County, California, executed by: MIKE A. ALTERMAN AND JOAQUINA ALTER-MAN, TRUSTEES OF THE ALTERMAN FAMILY TRUST DATED APRIL 18, 2002., as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficia-ry, will sell at public auc-tion sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and au-thorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appoint-ed trustee as shown be-low, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursu-ant 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 re-maining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, inter-est thereon, estimated fees, charges and ex-penses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publica-tion 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: Four Points by Sheraton Ventura Harbor Resort, 1050 Schooner Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 Legal Description: LOT 7 OF TRACT NO. 1094, IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, COUNTY OF VENTURA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP THEREOF RE-CORDED IN BOOK 26, PAGE(S) 99 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EX-CEPT A ONE-HALF IN-TEREST IN AND TO THE OIL, GAS AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUB-STANCES AND MINER-

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We’re Champions for Change

Prep Time: 20 minutesTotal Time: 40 minutes

Serves: 63 cup baby spinach12 jumbo pasta shells3/4 cup part-skim ricotta cheese1 sm clove garlic, finelychopped1/4 tspdriedoregano pinch of salt2 Tbspgrated pecorino cheese2 Tbspgrated Parmesan cheese groundblackpepper1 Tbspgroundflax- seed

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Set out a 12-cup muffin tin or an8” x 8”bakingdish.

2. Place a covered

medium saucepan filledwith water over high heat.Bringtoaboil.Addthe spinach and boil for1 minute. remove with a skimmer to a clean kitch-en towel. Set aside.Addthe shells to the water andreturntoaboil.Stir.Boil for 10 minutes, or untilcookedthroughbutstillfirm.Drainandrinsewithcoldwater.Turnup-side down on a kitchentoweltodry.

3. Squeeze the spinach dryandchopfinely.Placein a bowl with the ricotta, garlic, oregano, salt, 1 ta-blespoon of the pecorino, and 1 tablespoon of theParmesan. Season to taste with the pepper.

4. Fill the reservedshells with the cheese mixture, using a tea-spoon. Place open sideupinthepreparedtinordish. Continue until allthe shells are filled. (Ifusing the bakingdish, itmay be necessary to twist small pieces of alumi-num foil to use as props toholdtheshellssteady.)Combine the flaxseedand the remaining 1 ta-blespoonpecorinoand1tablespoon Parmesan in a small bowl. Stir. Sprin-kleatopthefillingineachshell. Spritz lightly with olive oil spray.

5.Bakefor8minutes,or until the crumbs are sizzling.

Stuffed Shells

Nutrition information per serving: Calories 132Protein 8 gCarbohydrate 14 gFiber 1 gTotal Fat 5 gSaturated Fat 3 gSodium 131 mg

Prep Time: 15 minutesTotal Time: 40 minutes

Serves: 42 oz whole wheat noodles,cooked1 tsp canola oil1/4 cupchoppedonion1/4 cupchoppedcarrot1/4 cupchoppedcelery1/2 tspdriedsage1 cupchoppedleft- over turkey, choppedfine1 can(141/2oz each)fat-free

reduced-sodium chicken broth2 cup water1 tsp balsamic vinegar1/4 tsp salt6 oz baby spinach leaves groundblackpepper

1. Cook the noodlesaccording to the pack-agedirections.Drainandset aside. Meanwhile, inapotovermediumheat,warm the oil.

2.Addtheonion,car-

rot, celery, and sage.Cook, stirring occasion-ally, for 5 minutes, or un-til the vegetables start to soften.

3. Add the turkey,broth, water, vinegar, and salt. Simmer forabout 5 minutes, or until hot. do not boil. Stir in thespinachandreservednoodles. Remove fromthe heat and let rest for5 minutes. Season with pepper to taste.

Turkey Noodle Soup with SpinachServes: 2

1 1/2 Tbsp butter4 beaten eggs11/2 cupchoppedfresh spinach Saltandpepper1 avocado,sliced

Tomato salsa or salsaverde

1. Melt butter in a nonstick skillet on me-dium heat. Stir in eggsandspinach;addsaltandpepper.

2. Cook, stirring, until the eggs are softly scram-bled,about2minutes.

3. Wrap the eggs in warm corn tortillas. Top with sliced avocado andtomatosalsaorsalsaverde.

Green Breakfast Burrito

Nutrition information per serving: Calories 361.6Protein 15.9 gCarbohydrate 17.6 gFiber 5.6 gSugar 1.9 gTotal Fat 26.7 gSaturated Fat 9.8 gSodium 329.4 mg

Nutrition information per serving: Calories 156Protein 16 gCarbohydrate 14 gFiber 3 gTotal Fat 4 gSaturated Fat 0.9 gSodium 549 mg

REPUBLICANSFrom page 11Apresident has appointed the highest percentage of wom-en (42%) and minorities (38%) in history.”

Republicans are need-lessly stalling the nomina-tions. As Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded, Obama’s nomi-nee to become Secretary of Energy was eventually ap-proved, 97-0; Secretary of Interior, 87-11, Secretary of Treasury, 71-26, Secretary of Commerce, 97-1, and Secretary of Transportation, 100-0.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a speech, “That’s the whole point. They don’t have anything. There’s nothing wrong with these people. There’s noth-ing wrong with their qualifi-cations. They [Republicans] simply want to stall what goes on.”

If Republicans could have their way, they would stall until the next president is elected, hoping that per-son will be a Republican.

The breaking point came when Senate Republicans blocked three nominees – Patricia Millett, Cornelia “Nina” Pillard and Robert L. Wilkins – to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which reviews many actions taken by the executive branch and is considered the sec-ond most powerful court in the nation. All three are imminently qualified and emerged from committee hearings unblemished.

Finally, Democrats went nuclear. Now, confirma-tion should be easier for Obama’s appointments to head the Department of Homeland Security, the

Federal Reserve and the Federal Housing Finance Agency and other agencies.

In addition, the change gives Obama a better chance of making progress on issues he listed in his inaugural speech, including immigration reform, cli-mate change, income ineq-uity and gun violence.

However, this will not mark the end of Congres-sional gridlock. House Re-publicans appear to be still captive of the ultra-conser-vative Tea Party and their counterparts in the Senate are still intent on opposing Obama’s initiatives.

Even with the nuclear option, GOP Senators plan to actively oppose President Obama. That’s fine, but at least the minority will no longer be able to thwart the will of the majority.

Some Republicans say the latest move will make them less inclined to coop-erate with Democrats. It’s hard to imagine bipartisan-ship being much lower than it is. This “do nothing” Con-gress has enacted only 49 laws, the fewest since such records were first kept in 1947.

And some Republicans, including Mitch McCon-nell, say they will change even more rules once they regain the majority. Ma-jority rule is all Senate Democrats were seeking. They had been bullied long enough by the radical mi-nority.

George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspa-per Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, modera-tor, and media coach. Curry

can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Face-book.

CHILDRENFrom page 11A

From voluminous re-search, we know that healthy eating helps infants and children properly devel-op their intellectual, social and emotional skills. De-priving infants and children of nutrients from healthy foods can undermine their ability to do well in school and be able to recognize and adjust to the codes of proper behavior as they grow up.

We know what hunger does to infants and children: it damages them, often for life.

And we know what not going hungry and eating healthy foods does to chil-dren: It gives them a chance to live productive lives.

Given the economic challenges America will face over the coming de-cades, isn’t the wise course to insure that those 21 mil-lion children whose parents or guardians receive food stamps continue to have as much chance as possible to contribute to the future American society?

After all, the benefits of combining pragmatism and compassion now are far bet-ter for America’s future than pretending that the costs of callousness will not come home to roost.

Lee A. Daniels is a long-time journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.

Tuesday, December 10 at 8 p.m.at 111 South Grand Avenue, in Los Angeles

The four-time Grammy-winning gospel legends return to belt out their rousing and spiritual renditions of Christmas carols, hymns and pop standards. Formed in 1939 by glee club members at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind, The Blind Boys of Alabama have built their dynasty on gospel music. Rock-solid religious faith certainly helps account for their vibrant longevity. So does their unshakeable conviction that they were put here for the express purpose of singing. But an equally important factor, which is not always shared by their peers, is the Blind Boys’ open-mindedness. Old-time Gospel music circles are often marked by rigid conservatism and the dismissal of popular music as a worldly temptation of the Devil. The Blind Boys, by contrast, shun worldliness yet eagerly embrace the world, bring-ing spiritual music to secular audiences in order to spread their mes-sage. For more information, call (323) 850-2000.

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Air National Guard Band of the West Coast at oceanview Pavilion

Saturday, December 7 at 7 p.m.at 575 e. Surfside Drive, in Port Hueneme

The Air National Guard Band of the West Coast supports the global Air Force (including Air National Guard missions) by fostering pa-triotism and providing musical services for the military community as well as the general public. Since its inception in 1942 the Air Na-tional Guard Band of the West Coast has performed for audiences all over the world, although it primarily serves communities throughout Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Formerly sta-tioned at Hayward ANG Base in Hayward, CA, the band relocated to Moffett Federal Airfield in 1994, representing the129th Rescue Wing. Limit of 4 tickets per household. For more information, call (805) 986-4818 or visit www.oceanviewinfo.com.

A Rubicon Family Christmas at the rubicon Theatre Company

Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8at 1006 e. Main St., in Ventura

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and the big jolly man himself reunite with the spectacular singers of A Rubicon Family Christmas for a joyous celebration on the Rubicon stage. Glorious renditions of holiday carols and contemporary songs-of-the-season are performed in styles including classical, pop, jazz and gospel. Anyone in search of an instant dose of Christmas spirit need look no further than A Rubicon Family Christmas Concert, described by one critics at “the best and brightest live Holiday Special in town.” Show time is 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. All performance are in Helen Yunker Hall. Tickets are $35-$59, with $20 tickets for students/active military with ID. Tickets may be pur-chased through the Rubicon Box Office at (805) 667-2900 or online at www.rubicontheatre.org.

All events are subject to change. To have your event listed in the Community Calendar, please fax to (805) 983-0018 or email sen-try1234@aol.com. Deadline for submission is Friday by 5 p.m.

Bobby Womack at the Saban Theatre

Friday, December 6 at 8 p.m.at 8440 Wilshire Blvd., in Beverly Hills

An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke’s backing guitarist, Womack’s career has spanned more than 50 years and has spanned a repertoire in the styles of R&B, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, gospel, and country. Womack wrote and originally recorded The Rolling Stones’ first UK No. 1 hit, “It’s All Over Now” and New Birth’s “I Can Understand It” among other songs. As a singer he is most notable for the hits “Lookin’ For a Love”, “That’s The Way I Feel About Cha”, “Woman’s Gotta Have It”, “Harry Hippie”, “Across 110th Street” and his 1980s hit “If You Think You’re Lonely Now”. Tickets are $85 and $58 with applicable fees. Under 18 must be accompanied by a paying adult For more information, call (888) 645-5006 or visit www.sabantheatre.org.

Gustafson Dance Presents Rudolph at the Lobero Theatre

Saturday, December 7 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.at 33 east Canon Perdido Street, in Santa Barbara

Rudolph is a children’s ballet performed by the students of Gus-tafson Dance, featuring dancers from the State Street Ballet Young Dancers, the apprentice company to State Street Ballet. The story begins with the birth of a young reindeer with a seemingly unfortu-nate nonconformity: a blinking red nose. Santa is not interested in Rudolph for his team of reindeer and the other reindeer tease him and shun him. Rudolph sets off on his own and discovers that there are many who do not fit in in the Land of Misfit Toys. The toys with certain defects dance for Rudolph and explain the need for him to plead their case to Santa. In this snowy adventure, Rudolph befriends an elf who wants to be a dancer, a miner who can’t find gold and eventually the Abominable Snowman. All ends well, as Santa and the other reindeer realize that those who are different have much to offer. Tickets are $25 for adults and $14 for students and children. Ticket prices include a $4 per ticket Lobero Facility Fee; other fees may also apply. For more information, call (805) 963-0761.

The Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit at the Fred Kavli Theatre

Thursday, December 12 at 8 p.m.at the Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand oaks Blvd.,

in Thousand oaksCelebrate the holidays with the smooth jazz of Charlie Brown! Since launching his recording career in 1977, David Benoit’s expansive career as a contemporary jazz pianist and composer has included over 25 solo recordings. His prolific output since 2000 includes sev-eral prominent Charlie Brown related projects (including Here’s To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years and the star-studded 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas) that reflect his lifelong passion for the music of original Peanuts composer Vince Guaraldi and solidify Benoit’s role as his musical heir. Tickets are $51, $46, and $41. Tick-et prices include a facility charge. For more information, call (805) 449-ARTS or visit www.civicartsplaza.com.

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2013 at the Granada Theatre

Monday, December 16 at 8 p.m.at 1214 State St., in Santa Barbara

Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2013 is an uplifting, high-energy show the whole family will love. Get into the holiday spirit as some of music’s biggest names jam on fresh, lively arrangements of seasonal favorites, led by multi-GRAMMY® nominee and saxophonist extraor-dinaire Dave Koz (left). Joining Dave this year are Japanese born pia-nist/composer/producer Keiko Matsui, who has shared the stage with everyone from Stevie Wonder to Miles Davis; world-renowned singer Oleta Adams (right), who has released eight acclaimed CDs of her own, crossing effortlessly between R&B, Jazz, Popular and Gospel music, and Jonathan Butler, who was the first black artist played on white sta-tions in his native South Africa and has since earned accolades in the R&B, contemporary jazz and gospel fields. Together they’ll be making spirits bright as this cherished holiday tradition marks its 16th anniver-sary. Tickets are $43-$93. Prices include a $3.00 per ticket facility fee. For more information, call (805) 899-2222.