Cerritos Redevelopment Agency okays ABC request for housing set aside funds Artesia holds annual Senior Easter Luncheon Hawaiian Gardens friends pay tribute to Mary Lou Landes for her community service Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk enters into agreement with Avanti PATSY LOST Tuesday, April 26 • 6:30 pm RSVP TODAY AT 1-888-255-5678 [See CERRITOS Page 19] u Meet the surgeon and staff. u Healthy refreshments will be served. u Bring a friend! By Larry Caballero and Jerry Bernstein
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CERRITOS AND UNION NEGOTIATIONS STALEMATED By Larry Caballero and Jerry Bernstein I n a sharp rebuff to statements made at the Apr. 18 Hubert Humphrey Democratic Club meeting by AFSC- ME Representatives Kari Franco, Rogan Girard and Gary Guthman concerning negotiations on a contract with the city, Cerritos Mayor Carol Chen described their comments as being incorrect. Franco accused city management of collecting very high salaries, expensive car allowances, $150,000 to $200,000 life insurance policies, lifetime medical coverage and other benefits for the City Council and their spouses. She said these sorts of City Govern- ment excesses have no place in Cerritos. “Rather then trim their own outland- [See UNIONS Page 15] [See AVANTI Page 19] By Jerry Bernstein She came to Hawaiian Gardens 14 years ago, not knowing a single person. A “people person,” she quickly made friends and just as quickly became active in the community. Today she is Hawaiian Gardens friends pay tribute to Mary Lou Landes for her community service Friends of Hawaiian Gardens Community Leader Mary Lou Landes gathered at the home of Mayor Mike and Rosie Gomez Apr. 17 for a barbecue celebrating her 14 years of community service to the city. Landes was instrumental in organizing the city’s Neighborhood Watch Program, and supportive of other civic activities, including the Hawaiian Gardens Pop Warner Football League and Little League. considered a “Community Icon.” Her name is Mary Lou Landes. A nurse by profession, she is the first per- son to arrive on the scene of a person in need. “I’m not as agile as I once was,” Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk enters into agreement with Avanti By Randy Economy Coast Plaza Hospital, one of the old- est community hospitals in Norwalk, is getting a new owner and managing part- ner within the next few weeks. In an agreement reached recently, Avanti Hospitals, LLC has entered into a definitive purchase agreement? Where Avanti will acquire Coast Plaza Hospital, making the Norwalk facility the fourth hospital in Los Angeles County to join the Avanti hospital group. The deal should be finalized by May 11, according to sources with both Avan- ti and CPH. The financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed at this time. Coast Medical Plaza first opened its doors on Studebaker Road; one year af- ter Norwalk was incorporated as a mu- [See CERRITOS Page 19] An estimated 250 Artesia and area seniors joined members of the city council Apr. 13 for the city’s annual Senior Easter Luncheon in the community building. Presiding over the festivities was Mayor Victor Manalo. This year the head table was elimi- nated and city officials and council members sat among the seniors where they could visit with them on a one-on-one basis. Finishing their lunch are Councilmembers Sally Flowers and Michele Diaz Sited behind them is Mayor Pro Tem John Lyons, Councilman Tony Lima was seated off camera. Artesia holds annual Senior Easter Luncheon Cerritos Redevelopment Agency okays ABC request for housing set aside funds By Jerry Bernstein The Cerritos City Council/ Rede- velopment Agency approved a request from the ABC Unified School District for $400,000 from its Housing Set Aside funds for putting its exiting paper ar- chives into digital form. City Management Analyst Ryan Cary said the District is undertaking the proj- ect in an effort to reduce the amount of storage space needed for its documents and to reduce the amount of material that would need to be moved in the event of the future relocation of District head- quarters as contemplated by the Cuesta Villas senior housing project. The agreement between the District and the Redevelopment Agency calls for the reimbursement of relocation expens- es by ABC up to $1 million, leaving a balance of $600,000 for which the Agen- cy may be responsible for reimbursing in Norwalk appoints new leaders to Commissions and Ad Hoc Committees By Randy Economy Various Norwalk residents have been appointed to different Commissions and Committees during the past few weeks by members of the Norwalk City Coun- cil. Councilman Marcel Rodarte appoint- ed Anthony Garcia to the Planning Com- mission, and Leroy Baca to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Garcia was a recent candidate in the Norwalk City Council campaign. Baca has been an ac- tive Norwalk resident for many decades. Councilman Luigi Vernola has ap- pointed Jennifer Arthur Perez to the Planning Commission, Larry Briggs to the Arts in Public Places Committee, Maria Gonzalez to the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee. Cerritos College Trustee Bob Arthur was also name to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Arthur Perez is the daughter of Cer- [See NORWALK Page 8] [See LANDES Page 12]
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CERRITOS AND UNION NEGOTIATIONS STALEMATEDBy Larry Caballero andJerry Bernstein
In a sharp rebuff to statements made at the Apr. 18 Hubert Humphrey Democratic Club meeting by AFSC-
ME Representatives Kari Franco, Rogan Girard and Gary Guthman concerning negotiations on a contract with the city, Cerritos Mayor Carol Chen described their comments as being incorrect.
Franco accused city management of collecting very high salaries, expensive car allowances, $150,000 to $200,000 life insurance policies, lifetime medical coverage and other benefits for the City Council and their spouses.
She said these sorts of City Govern-ment excesses have no place in Cerritos. “Rather then trim their own outland-
[See UNIONS Page 15] [See AVANTI Page 19]
By Jerry Bernstein
She came to Hawaiian Gardens 14 years ago, not knowing a single person. A “people person,” she quickly made friends and just as quickly became active in the community. Today she is
Hawaiian Gardens friends pay tribute toMary Lou Landes for her community service
Friends of Hawaiian Gardens Community Leader Mary Lou Landes gathered at the home of Mayor Mike and Rosie Gomez Apr. 17 for a barbecue celebrating her 14 years of community service to the city. Landes was instrumental in organizing the city’s Neighborhood Watch Program, and supportive of other civic activities, including the Hawaiian Gardens Pop Warner Football League and Little League.
considered a “Community Icon.”Her name is Mary Lou Landes. A
nurse by profession, she is the first per-son to arrive on the scene of a person in need. “I’m not as agile as I once was,”
Coast Plaza Hospital in Norwalk enters into agreement with Avanti
By Randy Economy
Coast Plaza Hospital, one of the old-est community hospitals in Norwalk, is getting a new owner and managing part-ner within the next few weeks.
In an agreement reached recently, Avanti Hospitals, LLC has entered into a definitive purchase agreement? Where Avanti will acquire Coast Plaza Hospital, making the Norwalk facility the fourth hospital in Los Angeles County to join the Avanti hospital group.
The deal should be finalized by May 11, according to sources with both Avan-ti and CPH. The financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed at this time.
Coast Medical Plaza first opened its doors on Studebaker Road; one year af-ter Norwalk was incorporated as a mu-
[See CERRITOS Page 19]
An estimated 250 Artesia and area seniors joined members of the city council Apr. 13 for the city’s annual Senior Easter Luncheon in the community building. Presiding over the festivities was Mayor Victor Manalo. This year the head table was elimi-nated and city officials and council members sat among the seniors where they could visit with them on a one-on-one basis. Finishing their lunch are Councilmembers Sally Flowers and Michele Diaz Sited behind them is Mayor Pro Tem John Lyons, Councilman Tony Lima was seated off camera.
Artesia holds annual Senior Easter Luncheon
Cerritos Redevelopment Agency okays ABC request for housing set aside fundsBy Jerry Bernstein
The Cerritos City Council/ Rede-velopment Agency approved a request from the ABC Unified School District for $400,000 from its Housing Set Aside funds for putting its exiting paper ar-chives into digital form.
City Management Analyst Ryan Cary said the District is undertaking the proj-ect in an effort to reduce the amount of storage space needed for its documents and to reduce the amount of material that would need to be moved in the event of the future relocation of District head-quarters as contemplated by the Cuesta Villas senior housing project.
The agreement between the District and the Redevelopment Agency calls for the reimbursement of relocation expens-es by ABC up to $1 million, leaving a balance of $600,000 for which the Agen-cy may be responsible for reimbursing in
Norwalk appoints new leaders to Commissions and Ad Hoc CommitteesBy Randy Economy
Various Norwalk residents have been appointed to different Commissions and Committees during the past few weeks by members of the Norwalk City Coun-cil.
Councilman Marcel Rodarte appoint-ed Anthony Garcia to the Planning Com-mission, and Leroy Baca to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Garcia was a recent candidate in the Norwalk City Council campaign. Baca has been an ac-tive Norwalk resident for many decades.
Councilman Luigi Vernola has ap-pointed Jennifer Arthur Perez to the Planning Commission, Larry Briggs to the Arts in Public Places Committee, Maria Gonzalez to the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee. Cerritos College Trustee Bob Arthur was also name to the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Arthur Perez is the daughter of Cer-
[See NORWALK Page 8][See LANDES Page 12]
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The ABC School Board presented Certificates of Recognition to Nixon Elementary School students. Making the presentations was Board President Maynard Law. Ver-bal Havaldar placed first in the33rd District PTA Reflections Primary Literature Contest; Shreya Havaldar , first place in the short story category in the eighth Annu-al Children’s Art and Writing Contest, Friends of the Cerritos Library; and Deanna Chou , Humpty Dumpty Magazine; 2nd Place in the Art Category. With them are Nixon Principal Melinda Ortiz and School Board President Law.
By Larry Caballero
The Cerritos Optimist Club is a member of Optimist International and participates in numerous events that sup-port youth activities throughout the year including Youth Appreciation, Tri-Star Basketball, Christmas Needy Family Project, Oratorical and Essay Contests, and support of the Optimist Youth Home.The Club also supports the new Ronald McDonald House at Long Beach Mill-er’s Children Hospital.
President Jamie Hamilton encour-ages residents to join the Optimist Club
Nixon Students Presented Certificates of Recognition
Norwalk ushers in Easter with Egg-citment Event on Saturday
The world famous “Easter Bunny” will be hopping around Norwalk Civic Center Lawn this Saturday for the annual “Norwalk Egg-citment Event!”
The event will take place between 12:30 and 3:30 p.m., at the corner of Norwalk Boulevard and Imperial High-way.
According to city officials, this annu-al event is one of the most “family favor-
ite” traditions within the community. A wide variety of activities are planned for the kids including entertainment, games, crafts, and of course one of the “largest egg hunts” in all of Southern California. You may have your photo taken with the Easter Bunny for $3 each.
The egg hunt schedule is as follows. Tiny Tots, ages 1 ½ to 3 years of age at 12:30 p.m.; Funny Bunnies, ages 4 and 5 at 1 p.m..; Egg Heads, ages 6 to 7 at 1:30 p.m., and the Wacky Wabbits, kids ages 8 to 10 will begin at 2 p.m.
For more information call (562) 929-5702.
Optimists Hold Youth Appreciation 2011 Dinner
The Cerritos Optimist Club’s presented its Youth Appreciation 2011 Awards Apr. 14 at Liberty Park. High School Senior Recipients were (l-r front row) Timothy Walton, Valley Christian High School; Andrea Acosta, Whitney High School; Rachel Flores, Cerritos High School; Alana Lourenco, Gahr High School; Araceli Rodriguez, Artesia High School and Edmarc Pamintaun, Tracy High School. Congratulating the award winners were (l-r back row) Director Sharon Mallori, Optimist President Jamie Hamilton and Program Director Gary McHatton.
and “gain satisfaction from making a dif-ference in the lives of youth as well as our own.”
The club meetins the first, seond and fourth Thursday at 7 a.m. at the Off Street Café across from Gahr High School and on the third Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Funeral for Cerritos College Trustee Bob Epple set for Monday at New Life Community ChurchBy Randy EconomyLCCN Staff Reporter
Funeral ser-vices for Cerritos College Trustee Bob Epple will be held on Mon-day, April 25th beginning at 4 p.m. at New Life Community Church in Arte-sia at 18800 Nor-
walk Blvd. in Artesia.Epple, a lifelong resident of Nor-
walk, passed away on April 13 after a protracted battle with leukemia. Epple is survived by his wife Colleen and his daughter Nicole, and son in law Brad Townsend and many family members and countless friends. He was surround-ed by family and loved ones at the time of his passing at Kaiser Hospital in Hol-lywood.
Epple was well known and well loved. He served as a trustee for the college for more than thirteen years, and was also a former California State Assembly for two terms, and a “proud lifelong Democrat.”
Dr. Linda Lacy, president/superin-tendent of the college said in a prepared statement to the media that, “Bob Epple was a true Falcon. His intelligence, abil-
ity to analyze situations and to lead with impartiality made him a very strong board member. He will be missed, but his legacy will live on in the history of Cerritos College."
Tom Jackson, the current president of the Board of Trustees also remembered, "Bob was a friend and mentor to me for many years. His dedicated commitment to the students and the college commu-nity was unquestionable. He leaves a void in our hearts and on the Board of Trustees of Cerritos College. I offer my heartfelt condolences to his family and friends."LOCAL ROOTS
After graduating from Excelsior High School in Norwalk and four years in the U.S. Army, Epple returned home to begin his college studies at Cerritos College. While at Cerritos he met his first Cheryl and he worked in the college bookstore.
Epple graduated from Cerritos Col-lege in January 1974 with an associate in arts degree in economics and he earned the Silver Falcon award for service pre-sented by the Associated Students. He went on finish his college work and ulti-mately earned his law degree. In 1979 he became an attorney.
Epple was elected to the CC Board of Trustees in November 1981 but missed his first meeting on December 2, when he was supposed to be sworn in as a new trustee, because his daughter was born that night.
Epple was reelected in 1985 to the Cerritos College Board, but he was pas-sionate about legislation and decided to run for the California State Assembly in the former 63rd Assembly District. He won two hotly contested elections to and served in the Legislature from 1990 to
1994.Epple loved his time in the Assem-
bly. He championed legislation to re-form school textbook purchases and to overhaul the way multibillion-dollar utility rate cases were decided. He also took care of his local communities by securing state funds that resulted in the construction of the Norwalk Sports Complex and for a community swim-ming pool in Downey.
While serving in Sacramento, in 1993 his wife Cheryl (McCone) was elected to the Cerritos College Board of Trustees and served three terms until her sudden passing in July 2004.
Bob decided to apply for appoint-ment to serve the remainder of her term and was supported overwhelming by the Board of Trustees. Epple then won elec-tion to a full four year term in 2005 and reelected again in 2009.
The Cerritos College Board of Trust-ees will have to decide if they are going to appoint an “interim” member to serve “temporarily” on the Board until the next regularly scheduled consolidated election is held this fall in November, or to leave the seat vacant till then,
Controversy was also part of Epple's legislative list. He took an unpopular stand on assault rifle legislation and was also an author on the legislation requir-ing motorcyclists to wear helmets.
In 2010 Epple married his second wife Colleen. Until this spring he con-tinued to be active at the college and on the board, and maintained his practice as a tax attorney until the time of his pass-ing.
Bob Epple was 62 years old at the time of his passing and left a tremendous legacy for the students of Cerritos Col-lege.
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“Norwalk is our city…”
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know how the song ends. Norwalk to be “proud.”
It was 30 years ago, when at age 11 (1971), legendary Norwalk Mayor Rob-ert E. ”Bob” White told me that “you can take the kid out of Norwalk, but you can’t take Norwalk out of the man. Once you are part of Norwalk, it becomes part of your heart and soul.”
Fast forward to 2011, and those words have been ringing in my ear all week long.
I am BACK doing what I love most, being a “working” journalist, and I am back where the road began for me and countless others right here in Norwalk.
On Monday I began working full time for the Los Cerritos Community News-paper Group, and with Publisher Brian Hews, and Editor-in-Chief Jerry Bern-
stein. This is the greatest job in America, and this newspaper is the heart and soul of our community.
My “beat” will be Norwalk. I will be covering news out of Nor-
walk City Hall, Cerritos College, the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Dis-trict, the Norwalk’s Sheriff’s Station, the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, Little Lake City School District, and every-where between Lakeland Road and into the proud neighborhoods located south of Alondra. I will also help get the word out about “everyday” life in Norwalk. Service clubs, churches, society func-tions, going to get you all covered.
I am no stranger to Norwalk. I started my career as a “working”
journalist here in 1982, when at age 22, I was named the youngest city editor at the former Norwalk Herald American News-paper. I took over the reins from former Norwalk editors John Tisdale, Steve Eames, and John Echeveste Sr., the orig-inal “Mr. Norwalk” back in the day.
After working with the Norwalk Her-ald American, I ended up becoming the Public Information Officer for the City
Pacífico Dance Company Celebrates Mexican Dance and MusicCerritos Center for the Performing Arts Sat., April 30, 8:00 PM
The acclaimed Pacífico Dance Com-pany brings to life the legends, myths, traditions, and richness that define Mexi-co. The troupe explores Mexican history and culture at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) on Saturday, April 30, 8:00 PM. Tickets, which range from $50-$20, are available at the CCPA Ticket Office, at www.cerritoscenter.com, or by calling (562) 467-8818.
To commemorate Children’s Day in Mexico, the CCPA is offering a 50-per-cent discount for kids ages 12 and younger. The special children’s rates are $25, $17.50, and $10. The discount is available only by phone or in-person at the Ticket Office.
In the new production Mictlan, the world-class PACÍFICO DANCE COM-PANY explores age-old indigenous tra-ditions and dives into the magical realm of Aztec mythology and its influence on Mexican history. Along with suites from various regions of Mexico, the program offers an exciting glimpse into the coun-try’s cultural treasures from the past, present, and the afterlife.
Also in honor of Children’s Day, a
group of children will wear traditional Mexican costumes for a pre-show dis-play in the lobby. Youngsters attending the show are encouraged to come dressed in a Mexican costume or an outfit of their heritage.
Thrilling audiences since its 1992 inception, California’s premier Mexican ensemble has brought color, vigor, and skilled movement to theaters nationwide and overseas with an inimitable cast of more than 30 accomplished dancers and accompanying musicians. Widely cel-ebrated for its vibrant repertoire merging Classical Ballet techniques with the Folk-loric roots of traditional Mexican dance, Pacífico Dance Company’s mission is to promote awareness and appreciation of Mexico’s rich history and legacy. The company focuses on preserving time-honored works as well as developing original and innovative choreography that tests the boundaries of Folk dance.
Pacífico Dance Company has per-formed throughout the United States, North Korea, and China. The first Folk-lorico troupe to tour Asia, the ensemble has been praised by the Los Angeles Times for its “elegant, beautifully cos-tumed dancers” and its uncanny ability to successfully deliver “visual and aural entertainment.” LA Weekly hails the en-tourage’s “engaging theatrical elements and dynamic choreography.”
The group’s artistic director is Adri-ana Astorga-Gainey, who began her dance training at age 7
in Mexico City at the Escuela del Ballet Folklórico. She has worked with numerous dance legends, including Mexi-can Ballet cho-reographer Ama-lia Hernández; Modern dance masters Karen McDonald and Davinci Burks; Latin American choreographer Rudy Pérez; Ballet masters Don Hewitt and Stephan Wenta; and yoga teacher Annie Carpenter.For tickets or more informa-tion on Pacífico Dance Compa-ny’s performance at the CCPA, call (562) 467-8818.
of Norwalk. I was the author of the city of Norwalk’s pictorial history book, help launch the city’s local cable television programming, oversaw the Norwalk Now Newsletter and the Norwalk An-nual Calendar.
I also “know” politics, and under-stand how city halls, school boards and how colleges boards of trustee work on behalf of “the taxpayer.”
My job here at the LCCN is simple, to report the “news,” not to “make the news.” Everyone needs to be reminded of the important “role” a community newspapers plays in our world around us.
A great local community newspaper tells the story of the community day in and day out.
I am also keenly aware on how a “local beat reporter” can uncover the biggest news stories in America, by just
“doing his job.” My friend Ruben Vives, one of doz-
ens of local “beat reporters” for the Los Angeles Times, was awarded the cov-eted “Pulitzer Prize for Public Affairs” on Monday for his historic coverage of the corruption at Bell City Hall.
On Monday, after it was announced that they won the Pulitzer, Ruben and Jeff and every local “beat reporter” at the LA Times broke open the cham-pagne bottles and made a toast, to the “next City of Bell story.”
Their groundbreaking work now makes all of us as journalists appreciate our “role” here in our community.
Great to be back in the hood, keep you posted.
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Growing up in hard times(Editor’s Note: This part 2 of a 3-part series).
By James Kang,ABC School Boardmember
If I were to ask you what would be the most important values in your life, what would you say? If you ask me to pick my most important values, I would say the first is economic, and the second is educational.
The word “economy” is used almost every day in our life especially during the time of economic difficulty or a business recession. Maintaining a well-balanced economy is essential to everyone, every family, and every nation.
In 1956, the South Korean economy was very bad, struggling with the after-math of the Korean War that took place six years before. Many Koreans were suffering from lack of food, clothes, shel-ters, and medical attention. Government neither had money to support its people nor a plan or vision for its economic re-covery. My family was not an exception. My father was involved in a trucking business in a rural town and made just enough to support his family’s daily liv-ing. I as the oldest boy in the family had to help in my father’s business.
In the same year, my mother sent me to the middle school located in the urban city far from my hometown. My mother received a Christian education before she got married to my father.
She had a strong value for educa-tion and therefore she wanted her thir-teen-year-old son to go away to the city school. Think about how a teenage boy would feel trying to live by himself and away from his family. But her strong
value for education overwhelmed sur-rounding difficulties. I had to live with homesickness for the next 6 years.
I went to Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, when I entered into Korea University, a private college whose tu-ition was extremely high. My family’s economic situation was very bad be-cause my father shut down his trucking business after the truck had a traffic ac-cident.
My family couldn’t support my tu-ition, and the room and the board, and therefore I had to make money to pay for all of it.
I envied Seoul students who lived with their families and didn’t need to struggle for the room and board. Every day I had to go out to teach high school kids right after my college class was over. When I had students lined up to
teach, I had no economic problems. But when there was no student standing by, my struggle began to just find a little food for the day.
I had a cousin who lived in down-town Seoul, and an uncle who lived in the suburban city out of Seoul. I used to visit them when I needed food. If I didn’t have money to buy a bus ticket, I would walk.
From my school it took one hour to walk to my cousin’s house and two hours to my uncle’s house. My cousin frequently became unhappy if I visited him too often.
One cold night I was walking down the streets in Seoul. I was extremely hungry because I didn’t have a meal on that day. My ultimate goal was to find a person who could give me food. I didn’t know where I was heading. Only my feet could tell me where to go. I was walking and walking desperately.
One hour later, I found myself stand-ing in front of my cousin’s home. “O my God, I shouldn’t knock on the door of this house because I was here to eat food yesterday. How could I ask him to give me food again?”
I was frightened, stepped back, and turned around quickly like a deserter hoping not to be seen by my cousin.
The siren blew 12 midnight and my stomach was burning like fire. I felt all my energy had been exhausted, and I rig-orously walked the streets another two hours to go toward my uncle’s home. At that moment I promised myself, “Some-day you will have a successful time and be free from poverty and sickness.”
Throughout this experience, I had a passion and understanding for poor peo-ple’s hunger.
I realized how important it is for all people to have economic stability and access to proper healthcare for life.
I realized how important it is for all people to have an educational opportuni-ty with proper financial support for life.
My mother couldn’t support my tu-ition and room and board, and yet she in-stilled in me how important it is to value education. Because of her educational dream, I was able to endure the rigorous college life that would prepare me for my new life in America.
ABC Boardmember James Kang, as-signed to the DMZ, spent six horrific months at the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea in the 1960’s.
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During the Tuesday, April 5, La Pal-ma City Council meeting, La Palma Po-lice Dispatchers were honored for their service.
La Palma Chief of Police Eric Nunez said that between the dispatchers being honored, there is a combined 70 years of service, noting that Dispatcher Karen Cruz spent 30 years as a full-time em-ployee, and that for the past 10 years, she has been part of the training program of all of the other dispatchers
“We want to thank everyone for your support and for honoring us,” the dis-patchers said.
The Council proclaimed the week of Sunday April 10, to Saturday, April 16 as “National Public Safety Telecom-municator’s Week” for 2011 in honoring the men and women whose diligence and professionalism keeps the city of La Palma and its residents safe.
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A total of 300 people attended the “3.11 Japan Relief Concert” held at Cerritos Park East on April 17. The concert raised funds for the people of Japan affected by the devastating March
11 earthquake and tsunami. The concert was organized by Cerritos residents Yukiko and Richard M. Elegino and co-sponsored by the City of Cerritos.
Cerritos Mayor Carol K. Chen wel-
comed the guests and said, “Tonight’s concert provides a wonderful oppor-tunity to make a contribution towards Japan’s recovery. Yukiko and Richard Elegino have done a marvelous job with organizing and promoting the concert and securing sponsorships. Our commu-nity thanks them for their outstanding efforts.”
Los Angeles County Fire Depart-ment Assistant Chief Gerald Heinzel spoke on behalf of firefighters from the department who traveled to Japan to provide disaster relief assistance, including five firefighters from Cerritos
Station #30. Firefighter Special-ist Atsushi Uehara from Cerritos Sta-tion #30 was among the firefighters who helped in Japan and he was in attendance at the concert.
U.S.-Ja-pan Council Program Di-rector Bryan Takeda spoke about the extent of the tragic dam-ages in Japan, including
the many thousands of people who are still missing. Takeda and volunteers from the U.S.-Japan Council collected donations from concert guests for the U.S.-Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund. The donations will directly sup-port immediate relief and the long-term economic recovery and rebuilding of Japan.
Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles Advisor Julian Ely spoke on behalf of Consul General Ihara, and expressed thanks to the Eleginos and the City of Cerritos for presenting the concert and supporting the Japan relief effort.
The concert featured the 3.11 Japan Relief String Orchestra, many of whom perform with the Los Angeles Philhar-monic. The orchestra was conducted by Richard M. Elegino, a violist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Elegino and the musicians donated their time and talent for the concert. The City provided the venue for the fund raiser.
Donations to the U.S.-Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund are tax deduct-ible and can still be made by credit card through the fund’s secure website: https://www.usjapancouncil.org/fund. When filling out the on-line form, select “3.11 Japan Relief Concert” from the drop-down menu of organizations affiliated with the U.S.-Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund.
(from l-r)) Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles Advisor Julian Ely, U.S.-Japan Council Program Director Bryan Takeda, Firefighter Specialist Atsushi Uehara, Cerritos Mayor Carol K. Chen, 3.11 Japan Relief String Orchestra Music Director and Con-ductor Richard M. Elegino, Assistant Fire Chief Gerald Heinzel, and Cerritos City Councilmember Bruce W. Barrows participated in the “3.11 Japan Relief Concert” held at Cerritos Park East on April 17.
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On Tuesday night, Norwalk commu-nity leader Jennifer Arthur Perez was appointed to the Norwalk Planning Commission by recently elected City Councilman Luigi Vernola.
the current Planning Commission. She has been active in Norwalk community affairs since her childhood.
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Five Norwalk community leaders have taken the Oath of Office to serve on various city commissions and committees for the next four years. They are (left to right) Leroy Baca, Parks and Recreation Commission; Maria Gonzalez, Senior Citizens Commission; Jennifer Arthur Perez, Planning Commission; Bob Arthur, Parks and Recreation Commission and Larry Briggs, Arts in Public Places Committee. Nor-walk City Clerk Theresa DeVoy administrated the "Oath of Office" to the Norwalkcivic leaders at the Apr. 19 meeting of the city council.
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Los Cerritos Center joins Red Cross Japan and tsunami relief efforts
The Los Cerritos Center has partnered with the American Red Cross Greater Long Beach Chapter to accept donations for the Japan and tsunami relief efforts. The community can bring cash or check donations to the Guest Services Desk lo-cated near Red Robin Gourmet.
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Furgeson Elementary Students Meet the MayorBy Larry Caballero
All 50 Hawaiian Gardens Furgeson Elementary School’s third grade students
from the classes of teachers Lili Marquez, Ricardo Sanchez and Thelma Jimenez were on time and ready to go Apr. 14 for their first field trip to City Hall to spend the day with Mayor Mike Gomez who gave them a tour of the Administration Offices after allowing each student to sit in chairs of the Councilmembers and use the microphones to say hello.
“My students are really excited to
visit City Hall and learn more about how local government works,” said third grade teacher Lili Marquez.
Furgeson Elementary, serving ap-proximately 425 students, is a Kinder-garten through sixth grade, Title I school. “We believe in the power of collabora-tion and as a professional learning com-munity,” said Principal Mayra Lozano. “I am elated that my students can learn
at such an early age about the democratic process and how government works to serve the community.”
City Administrative Assistant Me-lissa Valdez provided the students with a PowerPoint presentation that explained what each city department does to serve the 15,000 residents of Hawaiian Gar-dens.
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who work in the departments that include Public Safety, Human Resources, Public Works, Community Development, Fi-nance and Administration.
Mayor Gomez said when he was in the third grade he wanted to be a base-ball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I never thought about being on the city council or being mayor until I was an adult. I started to volunteer in the com-munity after an incident on my block made me understand how important it is to be involved in your neighborhood.”
Gomez admitted, “It took me a while to figure it out, but now I’m glad I’m on city council.”
Gomez shared how happy he was when the Council agreed to fund summer school for Hawaiian Gardens students for the last two years and how much the city will benefit from the completion of the Fedde Middle School Sports Complex.
Students asked how big the City was, and they were surprised when Gomez said it was less than one mile. “Yet it can be a great thing to live in a small city,” said Gomez.
Students were also surprised to learn that their school was named after the third mayor of Hawaiian Gardens, Venn Furgeson, who served as mayor three times in 1967, 1971 and 1982.
They also enjoyed seeing the portraits of previous mayors that were are on the city council chamber walls. When Mayor Gomez concluded his speech, students were given gifts from the City that in-cluded a lapel pin with the City Seal.
As one student walked by Gomez, he said, “I’ve never met a real mayor be-fore.” Gomez laughed and encouraged the students to get involved in City pro-grams and to come back to see him at any time.
Furgeson Elementary School Teacher Lili Marquez and her third grade students including (l-r) Jesus Estrada, Javier Avina and Luis Temich were ready to visit Hawaiian Gardens City Hall and meet Mayor Mike Gomez.
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Even the mighty have to fall sooner or later and the Cerritos softball team is doing its best to make sure La Mirada is beginning to fall. For the first time in a de-cade, the Lady Dons finally knocked off the beasts of the Suburban League.
Last Friday’s 2-0 home victory gave Cerritos its first win over the Matadores since May 5, 2000. Beginning in 2001, La Mirada had gone 119-8 in league ac-tion until last Friday including a stretch of eight straight outright league titles from 2001-2008. The win was also the fourth over La Mirada since joining the league in 1999. The year before, Cerritos split a doubleheader while still in the Mission Valley League.
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“That was the biggest plan,” Medina said. “I talked to the girls last night and told them I need someone to step up be-cause they’re not going to pitch to Sarah. When we go into playoffs, it’s not even about winning today. It’s about can we execute and can we get better at this cer-tain movement in our lineup or strategy? If they’re not going to pitch to Sarah, then we’re going to surround Sarah with two good ones in front and two good ones in back.”
Two days earlier when La Mirada beat Cerritos 2-0 at home, Smith went one for two with a walk. The next two batters behind her combined to go hitless in seven at-bats. But when La Mirada head coach Rich Trujillo was asked after last Friday’s game what the difference was between the two games, he admitted it was Smith.
“We pitched to Sarah,” Trujillo said. “The difference was they got the key hits with runners in scoring position and Tuesday they didn’t. We were trying to get her to swing at some bad pitches and Amber just got it up a little bit.”
Besides Smith providing the offense, Minami was dodging one jam after an-other. She gave up nine hits and the Mat-adores stranded eight runners including the bases loaded in the second. Minami struck out seven batters and walked none and called the monumental victory black, yellow and red redemption.
“I was just focusing on hitting my spots; to visualize it before I pitch it,” Minami said. “Then I just relied on my
fielders because I knew they could make the plays.”
She added that she felt she didn’t hit her spots last Wednesday but with the bases juiced in the second, she got Brenda Bresnahan to swing at the seventh pitch she saw. In the fourth inning, with two outs, she gave up a single to Becca Rice but on the next pitch, freshman catcher Jasmine Javier threw a strike to freshman second baseman Lilianna Herrera to get Rice from claiming second.
But the true test came in the final in-ning when Minami struck out Rice and Shelby Gomez to lead off. With one strike away from ending the game, she gave up a single to pinch hitter Mercedes Gasp-arovic, then one to Lisa Perez. Minami battled back to strike out Mylee Macahi-lig to end the game.
“She’s very phenomenal,” Medina said. “We told her, ‘no matter what, you’re not going to strike every one of these kids out’. We know half of them and they’re very good players. But the thing is, someone needs to be in that spot where they’re going to hit the ball and that’s what we try to do-to get them all of the information during the game.”
“It was okay; I think I can do better,” Minami said. “I still feel like I have more to give.”
Cerritos (13-4 overall, 6-2 in league), which remained the seventh ranked team in the California Interscholastic Federa-tion-Southern Section Division II poll, got on the board in the first when Clinton doubled to the right field gap and came home on Smith’s single. Two innings later, Hickman walked Minami who then came home on a triple from Smith. Cer-ritos would get just four hits off of Hick-man.
Just in league action alone, Smith is now batting .652 and has reached base 23 times in 31 plate appearances. She has driven in 15 runs and has five home runs.
“It’s just two good teams who are evenly matched like we are and whoever gets that key hit is going to win,” Trujillo said. “They didn’t give up. They knew their backs were up against the wall. If they lose today, they’re done. So that’s a little added incentive.”
After four games in the Loara Tourna-ment, the Lady Dons will get back into league action on Wednesday with a home game against Artesia. Cerritos began this week in third place, one full game behind La Mirada. Between the two is Norwalk at 5-1. Fourth place Mayfair sits at 4-2 but Norwalk still has to play both La Mirada and Cerritos.
“I try to prepare the kids as much as I can and believe me, they’ve been under a
lot of stress and a lot of pressure over the last two days,” Medina said. “The longer they play under that pressure situation, the better they’re going to get.”
SUBURBAN LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Norwalk keeps pace of top spot, routs city foeBy Loren Kopff
With the rest of the Suburban League taking the week off because of spring va-cation, John Glenn and Norwalk played the first of their two games this past Tues-day with playoff implications on the line. For the host Lady Eagles, they wanted to keep alive whatever slim chances they had while Norwalk was hoping to stay right with La Mirada for first place.
The Lancers scored four runs each in the top of the third and fourth innings and blasted their neighbors from the east side of the city 13-2 in a six-inning contest. Norwalk improved to 9-11 overall and 6-1 in the circuit with the second game having been played on Apr. 21. La Mira-da has a 7-1 league record. Despite the score and the fact that Norwalk defeated Glenn for the 13th straight time, Lancers first-year head coach Isaac Galvez wasn’t overlooking an improved Lady Eagles squad.
“We didn’t take Artesia lightly either [earlier in the month],” Galvez said. “We told them coming into this game that they can beat us. We could have a bad game and they could have a good game. But we hoped that things worked out the way they did. We expected, as coaches, to be able to come in here, get a comfortable lead and be able to get some girls play-ing time. We’re happy we were able to do that.”
Glenn junior pitcher Denise Ponce retired six of the first seven batters she faced but junior pitcher Rikki Gaytan singled to begin the top of the third. That was followed by infield knocks from se-nior center fielder Lorraine Fitzgerald and freshman right fielder Viviana Gomez to load the bases for senior shortstop Anai Zarate, who drove in a pair of runs with a single to the left field gap.
In the next inning, Gaytan led off and singled to left again. Fitzgerald was safe on an error and another single from Gomez plated a pair of runs. After an-other error allowed Zarate to be safe at first, freshman catcher Samantha Lujan and senior third baseman Claudia Torres contributed with run scoring base hits. Ponce faced 18 batters in the third and fourth innings and yielded nine if the 15
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hits Norwalk collected.“I believe she still kept them in check;
kept them on their toes,” said Glenn head coach Armando Sarinana. “Going back and playing the game through my head, I don’t remember too many balls that were hit hard. In my eyes, she did her job.”
“With those slower pitchers, it’s al-ways scary,” Galvez said. “We’re con-fident we were going to get the timing down. The girls were kind of getting too aggressive [in the first two innings].”
Zarate finished with three hits and drove in four runs while Fitzgerald, Gay-tan and Gomez all had a pair of hits. All but one starter had at least one hit for the Lancers. Meanwhile, the Lady Eagles (8-10, 2-7) tried to put together a two-out rally in the bottom of the fifth. Junior shortstop Desiree Hindman had an infield single, sophomore center fielder Denise Miranda singled to right and Ponce had an infield hit to load the bases. On the sec-ond pitch she saw, senior catcher Karla Lomeli brought in Hindman and Miranda with a single to left. Miranda and senior third baseman Jessica Amaya each had two of the team’s nine hits.
“I believe the whole game, we were in striking range,” Sarinana said. “I told the girls in the fourth inning when we were down 8-0 to scrap away and get them little by little. I just felt we made a lot of mental mistakes on defense.”
Gaytan pitched the first three innings, scattering three hits and walking one while junior pitcher Vanessa Venegas worked the final three innings. It was just the fifth start for Gaytan who improved to 3-0.
“She has really good control,” Galvez said. “She moves the ball very well. She’s not overpowering; nobody in the league is. She’s very confident about all of her pitches. I think she could potentially be an up and comer by even next season.”
When the Lancers return to action on May 4, they will visit Cerritos with a full game lead on the Lady Dons. The team will finish the regular season with La Mirada. Norwalk can finish anywhere from first to fourth in the league while Glenn was eliminated from claiming an automatic playoff berth.
“I’m trying to build a program here,” Galvez said. “I wasn’t too concerned about winning those games. I’m focused on winning league. That’s my goal.”
SOUTH BAY TOURNAMENT
Future of Valley Christian pitching holds off Aquinas in late inningsBy Loren Kopff
HARBOR CITY-With the regular season winding down, Valley Christian baseball head coach Sean Buller got a glimpse of what his pitching staff could be in 2012 and was quite impressed with what saw. Junior Sean Craddock, a call-up from the junior varsity team made his season debut this past Wednesday and got the win in an 8-5 victory over Aquinas at Narbonne High School.
Craddock entered the game with two outs in the top of the fourth in a tie game and needed two pitches to get a ground-out and strand a runner at third. Crad-dock then retired nine of the 10 batters he faced over the final three innings, al-lowing only a lead-off triple to T.J. Lee in the seventh.
“We stressed to these guys all year that we need to throw strikes on the mound and just how important strike one is and to be able to be around the zone,” Buller said. “Sean threw one pitch today, his fastball, for three innings and showed exactly what that success is.”
V.C. (13-6 overall) scored the game winner in the bottom of the fifth when senior first baseman Michael Fasnacht was walked and replaced by junior pinch runner Brian Burgin, who stole second. Sophomore right fielder Nico Morandini, a defensive replacement in the fourth, then singled in Burgin. The Crusaders added a pair of insurance runs in the next inning when Fasnacht singled up the middle to bring in sophomore second baseman Connor Buckley and junior third baseman Dylan Algra, both of whom saw a combined four pitches from Kamren Ackerman.
After the Falcons took a 2-1 lead in the third, V.C. took a three-run lead in its half of the inning. Senior center fielder Sam Raffaelli singled down the left field line
and two outs later, senior starting pitcher Daniel Hernandez was safe on a fielder’s choice with Raffaelli scoring on an er-ror. On the next pitch, sophomore catcher Tyler McLurg’s base hit to the right field gap plated Hernandez and a triple from sophomore left fielder Anthony Nocera scored McLurg.
The Crusaders posted a dozen hits with Algra, Buckley, Fasnacht and soph-omore shortstop Patrick Avila all getting a pair. After the Crusaders closed the tournament on Apr. 21, they will play a crucial home and home series with Whit-tier Christian, co-leaders of the Olympic League, with the road game on Tuesday and the home game two days later. V.C. stands at 5-3 while the Heralds and Vil-lage Christian are both sitting at 5-1.
“We know it’s a big week next week and obviously that’s our main focus but we take each game important,” Buller said. “I took this tournament as a step-ping stone, a point for these guys to push their limits to get ready for [Whittier Christian].”
V.C., which opened the season on a six-game winning streak, lost to Whit-tier Christian 12-5 on Mar. 25. Since that game, the Crusaders have gone 5-4 but their current record is already the best since 2007 when they went 20-10.
“Just the wins and losses is a complete opposite of how it was [last year],” Buller said. “It’s just a matter of these kids stick-ing with the original plan that we had at the beginning of the year.”
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she comments, “but Icare. “ She sees only good things
happening in her adoptive city. “I may sleep in Los Alamitos, “ she has often said, “but my heart is here in Hawaiian Gardens.”
Mary Lou, as everyone calls her, is proud of her many activities she has been involved with. She served five years as Vice President of the Hawai-ian Gardens Senior Advisory Board, 10 years involved with the city’s Head
Start Program including its educational and social activities. She was named to the Cerritos Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, where she served four years and chaired the Southeast Regional Collaborative for 10 years.
Hawaiian Gardens Mayor pro tem Michi Oyama-Canada has described her as “everyone’s friend.” She added, “You may disagree with her and at times she can be bossy, but she is always your friend.”
Mayor Mike Gomez agrees, add-ing, “Mary Lou is Mary Lou. If she became more active in the community we would have to change her name to Superwoman. Her heart is here.”
To Little League and Pop Warner kids a game isn’t complete unless Mary Lou is on the sidelines cheering them on. “I try to make as many games as I can,” she said. She is on the Board of Directors of both leagues.
She is a strong supporter of the city’s “Bike for Life” program started by
former Mayor Leonard Chidiez. She also implemented the city’s “Woman to Woman” group for at risk adolescent girls.
Mary Lou is the recipient of many awards including the Human Services Association Person of the Year, Senator Alan Lowenthal’s “Women Who Make a Difference” Award, Woman of the Year 56th Assembly District, Assembly-man Tony Mendoza, and Commenda-tions from ABC Unified School district and Congresswoman Linda Sanchez.
As for Mary Lou, her words echo throughout the city. “I may sleep in Los Alamitos but my heart is here in Hawai-ian Gardens.”
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Mary Lou with former Cerritos City Councilmember Laura Lee.
Hawaiian Gardens approves CDBG programBy Jerry Bernstein
The Hawaiian Gardens City Council approved the 2011-12 Community De-velopment Block Grant [CDBG] pro-gram and budget at its April 12 meeting. Councilmember Reynaldo Rodriguez asked how the program worked and who administers it.
CDBG Consultant Patrick Goode said Los Angeles County Community Development Commission handles the funds. He said the commission has noti-fied the City that an estimated amount of $238,729 in federal CDBG grant funds will be available for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. He said it anticipates a nine percent funding reduction from the current fiscal year.
The city has $107,848 of unallocated CDBG funds from prior years available for re-allocation. This combined from the acquisition of $356,571 in CDBG funds from the cities of La Verne, Mal-ibu, Manhattan Beach and Rolling Hills Estates gives a total of $703,148 for projects and activities during the new fiscal year.
Responding to another question from the councilman on how the money is allocated, he said the city must pay for the project tin advance and then submit the cost to the county who pays the city back.
Current LACDC requirements limit funds allocated for projects to no more than 10 percent of the current year grant
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The council also approved a “Brick by Brick “ fundraising campaign for the Fedde Sports Complex with Phase One is currently under construction. Direc-tor of Human Services Steve Gomez describe the program as an effort to pro-vide the community with an opportunity to be part” of this historical venue.”
Under questioning from Coun-cilmember Barry Bruce, he said the bricks would be part of the path into the Sport’s Complex. Each brick would cost a donation of $75. In addition, a family could also donate $1,500 for a bench placement of which would be at the3 discretion of the city. He explained as part of the donation, the prospective participant may include a commemora-tive message up to three lines and 21 characters per line. No gang affiliation markings will be permitted. Gomez said flyers would soon be available for distri-bution throughout the city.
In other business the council ap-proved a request for a $5,000 donation to Furgeson Elementary School for its Sixth Grade Science Camp. At the same time it continued a request from Tracy Continuation School for $5,000, in-structing the school the request did not meet the city’s guidelines of educational program. Councilmember Bruce said he did not believe activities such as barbe-cues and the senior prom met those cri-teria.
One Tracy student said the school needs new books. He doesn’t like to read his because they are old and damaged. Bruce sympathized with him and said he understood $5,000 would not buy many books. He said the school should be able to raise money for its barbecue and senior prom and use the $5,000 for educational programs.
The Council agreed and told the school representative to come back to the council at its next meeting with a re-vised application that met city criteria.
Cerritos Parent Honored By Non-profit Service OrganizationBy Larry Caballero
Orange County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated honored Cerritos resident Johnnie Savoy, President/CEO of Cerritos based College Bound Program. The Links is a non-profit volunteer service organization with over 274 chapters nationwide and 12,000 members. The Orange County Chapter, chartered in 1973, has been recogniz-ing women through their Women of Service (WOS) project since 2004. This distinguished award is presented during National Women’s Month to women who have motivated, encouraged, and/or helped to uplift people in their com-munity through volunteer work.
Savoy was motivated to helping students after encountering unforeseen obstacles while assisting her son in ap-plying to college. She realized that it was a process that proved insurmount-able to many students and their fami-lies. In 1990, with her son already in college, she made it her mission to help
underserved students access four-year colleges and universities.
At church, she spent service after service, watching teenagers in her con-gregation so full of hope, energy and promise; she realized she had to do something to help them gain access to opportunities that matched their potential. Most of the high school seniors at her church were having difficulty accessing college information and preparing for college admissions. Mrs. Savoy stepped in.
She began her process through transcript reviews to college selection, and from college applications to essay revisions. She assisted the students and their families every step of the way. Savoy would hold sessions helping students navigate the college admis-sions process. After about a year, she moved the sessions from the church to her home in Cerritos, where a growing number of students and their families gathered to soak up the knowledge Mrs. Savoy could offer.
In the evenings, after leaving her full time job, Savoy would voluntarily sit with the students and parents at her dining room table to assist them in the
arduous process. She did this for over six years before starting the non-profit College Bound program. In that first year, she helped 39 students gain admission to four-year colleges and universities.
With a Mas-ter’s Degree in Public Health from UCLA, a
Master’s Degree in School Business Administra-
tion from Pepperdine University, and 25 years of service in the Los Angeles County public school districts, Mrs. Sa-voy considered it her mission to make a difference for underserved students.
Now, 20 years later, College Bound has graduated over 1,000 high school students and expanded its numer-ous programs and services to include Saturday School enrichment for Grades 4-11, tutorial services, career awareness academics, summer enrichment oppor-tunities, SAT preparation, and transition
to college classes. College Bound differs from other
organizations in that it does more than prepare kids academically for college. She has taken the concept “college access” one step further by creating a program that takes a holistic approach so that underserved students are emo-tionally, mentally and socially prepared for the challenges and opportunities of higher education.
Under Savoy’s leadership, she has built a distinguished Board of Directors and continues to generate support from businesses, foundations and private donors for College Bound.
Orange County Chapter of The Links, Incorporated honored Cerritos resident Johnnie Savoy, President/CEO of Cerritos based College Bound Program.
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Kennedy High prepares for budget reductionsBy Larry Caballero
Anaheim Union High School Dis-trict’s Kennedy High School in La Pal-ma is hoping for the best but preparing for the worst if further budget cuts are necessary. Over the past three years, the District has been required to reduce more than $70 million from its $350 mil-lion budget resulting in the elimination of more than 400 certified, classified and management positions.
The District is required to address the anticipated preliminary $13 million bud-get shortfall through reductions that will impact students, programs and personnel across the District.
“We have been informed by the Dis-trict that at least our International Bacca-laureate Program, that offers high quality programs that encourage our students to be active learners, will not be eliminated this year,” said Kennedy Principal Rus-sell Earnest.
Yet the school with 2300 students, grades 9 through 12, may still suffer with larger class sizes and loss of clas-sified employee hours. It is anticipated that each of the 16 junior and senior high school campuses in the District may also lose an assistant principal as well as a custodian.
Earnest said that there is a collegial relationship between the District and the various unions, but there is always a pos-sibility of furlough days and salary roll-backs.
Earnest is a veteran of AUHSD who served as an administrator and teacher before he arrived at Kennedy in Sept. 2010 as its Principal. “My hope is to keep budget cuts as far away as possible from the classroom and to maintain the rigorous academic programs that we of-fer our students,” said Earnest.
CERRITOS SHERIFF’S STATION
Weekly Crime SummaryApril 11-17, 2011
There were twenty-seven Part I fel-ony investigations conducted by mem-bers of the Cerritos Sheriff’s Station last week, up by seven from the previous one. All of the categories in this summary in-creased over the week before. Calls for service were down to 264 compared to 268. The new 2011 weekly average in calls for service is now 258.
There were two robberies investigat-ed last week. A business employee was robbed of a deposit bag on Monday April 11 at 12:10 p.m. while in a lot at Artesia Boulevard and Norwalk Boulevard. On Wednesday April 13 at 2:35 p.m. a male shoplifting suspect was confronted by loss prevention personnel in the 10900
block of Alondra Boulevard. The sus-pect swung an axe at the employees and fled but was soon arrested by deputies.
Residential burglaries increased from three the two previous weeks to four dur-ing last week. Three of the four were attributed to open/unlocked doors or windows, and a window was shattered in the fourth. Jewelry, TVs, cameras, and bicycles were taken. The 2011 weekly average in residential burglaries remains at 3.5.
Just taking a moment to make sure that all windows and doors are secure before leaving the residence takes away an easy entry point for a burglar. Let’s face it, if a burglar is determined to gain entry, he or she generally will but the harder you make it on them, the better your chances of avoiding victimization.
There were four commercial burglar-ies reported. Three were recorded the week before. All of the crimes involved closed businesses. Two windows were shattered and two were pried open. Cash, checks, TVs, and monitors were stolen. The 2011 weekly average in “other struc-ture”/commercial burglaries is now 2.8.
There were nine vehicle burglaries logged, up from four the past two consec-utive weeks. Seven of the crime scenes last week were high-volume commercial parking lots. Eight of the vehicles were SUVs. Stereo items were taken in one case and a third-row seat (from an SUV) in one. Other property reported stolen included purses, credit cards backpacks, bowling balls, cell phones, wallets, ID, a
computer, and an insulin pump. The new 2011 weekly average in vehicle burglar-ies is 5.3.
Vehicle burglary is the most frequent-ly reported felony crime in the City of Cerritos. Thieves will look into your vehicle to see if there is anything worth stealing. If your property is valuable and important to you, consider leaving it at home or taking it with you when you exit the vehicle.
Vehicle thefts rose from one to three. Two SUVs and a Nissan were stolen from high-volume commercial parking lots. The current 2011 weekly average in this category is 2.2.
Do you have an added layer of protec-tion for your vehicle? If not, think about adding a steering wheel locking device to tell the potential thief that you won’t be a willing victim.
Go to www.safercerritos.com for an extensive library of crime prevention tips, disaster preparedness information, and a variety of links to other pertinent sites.OpportunitiesVolunteers on Patrol Wanted
The Cerritos Sheriff’s Station is seeking Volunteers on Patrol (VOPs). Patrolling the City in distinctly marked vehicles, VOPs assist with crime sup-pression, traffic control, vacation checks, special events and park security checks. They serve as additional “eyes and ears” for the Sheriff’s Department and train as first responders in the event of a major emergency or disaster.
If you are interested in helping Cerri-tos maintain its reputation as a safe place to live and work, the Cerritos Sheriff’s Station encourages you to apply to be a VOP. For more information, contact the Cerritos Sheriff’s Station at (562) 860-0044, or visit the Cerritos Sheriff’s Sta-tion to obtain an application. Block Captains Wanted
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ish expenses, the City Council and City Management are asking us- the workers on the frontlines of public service de-
livery – to make more and more sacri-fices.”
Mayor Chen responded to her state-ments by saying the City greatly appreci-ates its employees, and always has taken great pride in a strong working relation-
ship with them. “This appreciation is re-flected by the compensation package that our employees receive,” she asserted. “All full-time City employees, from en-try-level positions to upper management, receive 100% City-paid family health coverage. Additionally, the City pays 100% of employee retirement coverage, including the employer share of 17.297% and the employee share of 8%. Retiree health coverage also is paid fully by the City for all levels of employees.
The Mayor also criticized Franco’s
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statement that the Union has agreed to make many substantial financial sacri-fices to keep Cerritos thriving. Chen said her comments--that City management has not shared in the sacrifice--are not true.
“During this year's negotiation pro-cess, City representatives met with the Union 21 times in an effort to reach a settlement. Despite an economic envi-ronment that is the most challenging the City has faced, the Union began negotia-
tions with an exhaus t ive list of 115 demands for full-time em-ployees and 83 demands for part-time employees. Despite their claims to the contrary, during the negotiation process the Union has not proposed a single fi-nancial con-cession.
The Union recent-ly distributed a flyer which stated that A F S C M E ‘agreed to make sub-s t a n t i a l sacrif ices .’ However, a review of the facts proves that their claim is un-
true. In a Jan-uary 24 letter to the City, the
AFSCME Assistant Executive Director proposed "A salary schedule...effective July 1, 2010 that will be retroactive and adjusted according to the CPI...for the period of January, February and March 2010. Such salary adjustment will reflect the highest of these three months." He included a similar proposal for the sec-ond year.
Chen said the City entered negotia-tions in a good faith effort to preserve the employment status of every current employee. “Unfortunately, the Union
has steadfastly resisted any possibil-ity of making any changes to terms and conditions of employment for future employees (new hires only). Despite the City's best good-faith efforts, all at-tempts to achieve settlement have been hampered by AFSCME's repeated use of legal and procedural maneuvers to delay any progress.
The City's last contract with AFSC-ME provided an increase of four percent for the first year in 2008-2009, and a second-year increase based on the Con-sumer Price Index (CPI) in 2009-2010. She noted although the second year CPI was negative, the City opted to make no reductions in employee compensation. In fact, some members of the Union receive higher pay than middle man-agement employees, due to the City's generous provisions regarding overtime and related policies for standby pay and
home laptop use.”AFSCME has accused the city of hir-
ing a million dollar labor consultant to negotiate with the union saying he is not making it any easier to come to a solu-tion both sides can live with. However, the LCCN has learned the consultant re-ceives $270 an hour for his services.
He’s not making it any easier to come to a solution both sides can live with,” said Girard.
AFSCME plans to file public infor-mation requests to obtain dollar amounts on “such perks as lifetime medical and the billable hours of the million dollar consultant the City has hired to negoti-ate with the union.”
Front of flyer handed out to residents throughout the city of Cerritos.
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ARTESIA SENIOR CITIZENS CLUBWednesdays at 10 a.m. at the Albert O. Little Community Center, 18750 S. Clarkdale, Artesia. For information, contact Kathy Mc Donald, President, 562-430-7349
CerritosAAUW(American Assn. of University Women)Saurabh Deedwania (562) 404-4488Meets every 3rd Thursday, Skyline Room-Cerritos Library.CERRITOS SENIORGadabouts meet the second, third & fourth Mondays at the Cerritos Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park, 12340 South St. Judy Mendes, President 562-860-2151HUBERT HUMPHREY DEMOCRATIC CLUBCoCo’s 7pm. 3rd Monday.Gary Chomiak 562.405.5482CERRITOS REPUBLICAN CLUBCerritos Library 7p.m 2nd Tuesday. Allen Wood 865-7294.OPTIMIST CLUBOff Street Cafe 7a.m. 1st, 2nd, 4th Thursdays, 7 p.m. 3rd Thursday. ROTARY CLUBHometown Buffet noon Mondays VFW POST 1846Heritage Park, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. 18600 Bloomfield Ave. Jeffrey Enomoto714-292-2985SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONALCoco’s Restaurant 6p.m. 2nd Wed. & 12p.m. 4th Wed. WOMEN’S CLUBCPE 2nd Thursday.Gail Grossman at 562-926-8487LIONS CLUB11514 E. 178th Street, Artesia. 1st & 3rd Tuesday. Milton Hicks 926-3792.CONTACTSBusiness Networking GroupWednesdays, 7a.m. at Mimi’s Café, Cerritos Towne Center.Larry Massa 562-920-0554.CONNECTIONSBusiness Networking Group.Thursday, 7:30 a.m. at Coco’s Restaurant. Barbara 869-7618.CERRITOS LEADS CLUBTuesdays 7–8:30 a.m. Mimi’s, in the Towne Center. Call 1-800-767-7337.TOASTMASTERSThe Cerritos Cheerful Chatters Toastmasters Club meets at Noon every other Wednesday at the SELACO Workforce Investment Board: 10900 E. 183rd > Street, 3rd Floor. Have fun and work on your speaking skills. Visitors are welcome! Call Tammy:(800) 481 - 6555 ext. 1213.ECLECTIC DIALECTIC TOASTMASTERS
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. at the Vintage at Cerritos, 11000 Falcon Way, Cerritos,. Ron Jung 924-1808. GOLDEN SANDS CHORUSAn award-winning Sweet Adeline Chorus. Women of all ages and experience levels welcome. Rehearsals Wednesdays 7 p.m., Lakewood Masonic Center, 5918 Parkcrest St., Long Beach. (562) 630-8445GOOD SAMCamp outings 2nd weekend each month. Howard Remsen 714-521-1076.JOURNEYSMondays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Pathways office, 3300 South Street #206, Long BeachTuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Lakewood Regional Medical Center, 3700 South Street Classroom A, LakewoodCall Cindy Skovgard at 562-531-3031MOPS(Mothers of Preschoolers)A program for mothers with children under the age of five, meet 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 9 to 11:15 a.m. at New Life Community Church, 18800 Norwalk Blvd., Artesia. CERRITOS AGLOW LIGHTHOUSE,“A Network of Caring Christian Women” Hometown Buffet in “A Network of Caring Christian Women” Hometown Buffet in “A Network of Caring Christian Women”Cerritos 11471 E South St. Call Charyl, 562-865-5311.SELF HELP FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED Long Beach/Lakewood Chapter, second Thursday of each month at the Weingart Senior Center, 5220 Oliva Avenue in Lakewood at 6:30 p.m. free. 429-7099CALIFORNIA RETIRED TEACHERS ASSN (CRTA)Meets at 12p.m. the third Friday of alternative months at the Ebell Club, Third and Cerritos, Long Beach. 925-1938.IRONWOOD WOMEN’S GOLF CLUB16449 Piuma Avenue • Cerritos, Ca 990703 • Jean Brunelli, President (562) 926-5017 • Tuesdays, 7:30 am(562) 926-5017 • Tuesdays, 7:30 am(562) 926-5017Cerritos-Artesia Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program (formerly Junior Miss program) 5:00 PM Sunday, March 27th at CPE. For more information, contact Cindy Yen Chen by EM: [email protected] International Of NorwalkP.O. Box 125, Norwalk, CA 90650 • (714) 412-0183Alondra Senior Citizens Club11929 Alondra BoulevardNorwalk, CA 90650(562) 865-7774Tere Kopriski, President2nd & 4th Wed 1:30 p.m.Social Services Center(562) 929-5844Golden TrowelNorwalk Masonic Lodge #27312345 E. Rosecrans AveNorwalk, CA 90650, 2nd Thursday 7:30 p.m. Norwalk Lions ClubP.O. Box 1712 Norwalk, CA 90650Anthony Garcia, President1st & 3rd Wednesdays
4th Thursday Board Meetings7:00 p.m. Bruce's Restaurant12623 Imperial Hwy.American Legion Post #35911986 Front Street,Norwalk, CA 90650562-864-90211st & 3rd Thursdays,8:00 p.m. Legion HallAmerican Legion Post #35911986 Front St.Drawing, Cake Walk, and KaraokeEvery Saturday evening in Post Hole ClubDrawing is at 8:00 p.m. RECURRING EVENTS:STEAK LUNCH Every Wednesday 11:30am - 2:30pmKARAOKE Every Saturday 7:30pmPOST MEETINGS 3rd Thursday of each month 7:30pm
AUXILIARY MEETINGS 2nd Wednesday of each month 7:30pmRotary Club of NorwalkP.O. Box 1243, Norwalk, CAMeets Mondays, NoonNorwalk Marriot HotelKnights of Columbus Council #3678Tom Sandoval, Grand Knight12138 Front Street(714) 952-4724 • NorwalkVeterans of Foreign Wars Post #713812186 Front Street (mail)Norwalk, CA 90651(562) 864-9246Elks Lodge-BPOE #214213418 Clarkdale Ave.Norwalk CA 90650 (562) 868-6603Jim Duckett, Exhaulted Ruler(562) 868-1924Thursdays 7:30 p.m. at Elks LodgeRotary Club of NorwalkP.O. Box 1243, Norwalk,Sara Karsgens, PresidentMondays, noon, Norwalk Marriott Hotel (562) 921-0033 for info. Norwalk Woman's ClubPlace: Masonic Lodge12345 Rosecrans Ave.Time: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.Norwalk Community Coordinating CouncilWilliam Clark, President Helen Brown, Vice President Meets 4th Wed. during the school year.P.O. Box 521 Norwalk(562) 921-4218www.nccconline.us 1:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Changes every 2 years in May - June - August.City Council Meeting1st and 3rd Tuesdays
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Bulky Item Spring Clean-up, April 25 - 29Spring Clean-upThe annual "Bulky Item Spring Clean-up” for large household and yard items will be conducted the week of April 25 through April 29, 2011... Collection will occur on your normal trash collection day. All items will be collected at the curb. While this clean-up event includes the removal of most bulky items, please note the following types of items cannot be collected:• Tree branches longer than four feet (please cut them down to smaller sizes) • Construction materials including: concrete, asphalt, dirt, rocks, sod, etc. • Automobile-related items including: motor oil, auto parts, engines, tires, etc. • Household hazardous waste including: all batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, paints, pesticides, etc.• E-Waste items including: TVs, computers, monitors, VCR/DVD players, etc. For information regarding the proper disposal of Household Hazardous Waste or E-waste items, please visit the City’s recycling web page. If you want to know whether a specific item can be collected as a part of this clean-up event or if you have questions about your weekly trash collection, please call Park Disposal directly at (714) 522-3577.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts FoundationPhone: (714) 740-4000http://www.kpacfoundation.orgKennedy High School BandPhone: (714) 607-0600http://www.kennedyband.orgKennedy High School Choirhttp://www.kennedychoir.orgKiwanis Club of La Palmahttp://www.kiwanis30.org/Division30/webpages/Clubs/LaPalma.htmContinental Little LeaguePhone: (562) 533-5336http://www.lapalmalittleleague.com/La Palma Neighborhood Watch7792 Walker StreetLa Palma, CA 90623Phone: (714) 690-3370
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 10-0023057 Title Order No. 10-8-095408 In-vestor/Insurer No. 116097456 APN No. 7170-017-018 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 12/05/2005. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by INOCENCIO AZURIN ANICETO AND STELLA D ANICETO, HUSBAND AND WIFE., dated 12/05/2005 and recorded 12/16/05, as Instrument No. 05 3100905, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 05/13/2011 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, di-rectly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5532 HAZELBROOK AVENUE, LAKE-WOOD, CA, 90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $429,466.10. It is pos-sible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and autho-rized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, re-garding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 05/23/2010 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COM-PANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3966614 04/15/2011, 04/22/2011, 04/29/2011
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0001710 Title Order No. 11-0001478 Investor/Insurer No. 1709521355 APN No. 7151-022-028 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/16/2009. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DAVID JOSEPH CAR-PIO, A SINGLE PERSON, dated 06/16/2009 and recorded 06/26/09, as Instrument No. 20090964109, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 05/13/2011 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Court-house, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4165 OBISPO AVE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 907124022. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $423,205.05. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 04/15/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# FNMA3954094 04/15/2011, 04/22/2011, 04/29/2011
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1313276-10 APN: 7049-011-016 TRA: 002011 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx5575 REF: Medina, Florcipida IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DE-FAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DAT-ED August 14, 2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 05, 2011, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded September 04, 2003, as Inst. No. 03 2571509 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Florcipidia E Medina, A Married Woman As Her Sole and Separate Property, 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, savings association, or sav-ings bank At the west side of the los angeles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, 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 described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19103 Allingham Ave Cerritos CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) se-cured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $182,249.84. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written 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. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: April 12, 2011. (R-375099 04/15/11, 04/22/11, 04/29/11)
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. 435807CA Loan No. 3013489582 Title Order No. 602131475 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03-21-2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 04-29-2011 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03-29-2007, Book , Page , Instrument 20070734833, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: ABBAS ALI RAHIMIAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bid-der for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOU-LEVARD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: LOT 41 OF TRACT 32491, IN THE CITY OF CERRITOS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 853, PAGE(S) 75-77 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS IN THE OF-FICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $853,363.25 (estimated) Street address and other common designa-tion of the real property: 12131 CAMINO VALENCIA CERRITOS, CA 90703 APN Number: 7055-011-025 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 04-04-2011 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee DEREK WEAR-RENEE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.comASAP# 3959206 04/08/2011, 04/15/2011, 04/22/2011
TS No. T10-72321-CA / APN: 7028-013-007 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 7/12/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, Cashier’s Check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings asso-ciation, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a deed of trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Pursuant to California Civil Code Sec-tion 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer, or authorized agent, declares as follows: [X] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the com-missioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed and [X] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Trustor: Ardientes Sison, an unmarried woman Duly Appointed Trustee: CR Title Services, Inc. c/o Pite Duncan, 4375 Jutland Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92117 877-576-0472 Recorded 07/26/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1651218 in book , page of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 5/2/2011 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $662,288.63 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 18529 Jeffrey Avenue Cerritos, CA 90703 A.P.N.: 7028-013-007 Legal Description: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The Trustee shall incur no liability for any good faith error in stating the proper amount of unpaid balances and charges. For sales information please contact Priority Posting and Publishing at www.priorityposting.com or (714) 573-1965 Reinstatement Line: 877-576-0472 Date: 4/8/2011 CR Title Services, Inc 1000 Tech-nology Drive, MS-314 O’Fallon MO 63368 Kimberly Lee, Trustee Specialist Federal Law requires us to notify you that we are act-ing as a debt collector. If you are currently in a bankruptcy or have received a discharge in bankruptcy as to this obligation, this communication is intended for informational purposes only and is not an attempt to collect a debt in violation of the automatic stay or the discharge injunction. P819728 4/8, 4/15, 04/22/2011
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1313095-10 APN: 7069-006-052 TRA: 002525 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx9696 REF: Leana, Cesario IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED May 11, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On April 28, 2011, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconvey-ance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded May 18, 2007, as Inst. No. 20071214894 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Cesario Leana A Married Man As His Sole and Separate Property, 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, savings association, or savings bank At the west side of the los angeles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, 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 described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 22128 Seine Avenue Hawaiian Gardens CA 90716 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 held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, includ-ing fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $414,321.11. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written 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. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: April 04, 2011. (R-374037 04/08/11, 04/15/11, 04/22/11)
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S No. 1315193-02 APN: 7056-006-036 TRA: 002483 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx1841 REF: Salango, Trustee, Ja IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED December 13, 2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 12, 2011, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconvey-ance Corporation, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded December 21, 2004, as Inst. No. 04 3296474 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, executed by Romeo A. Salango and Jane L. Salango, Trustees Of The Salango Family Trust Dated 6/26/04, 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, savings association, or savings bank At the west side of the los angeles county courthouse, Southeast District, 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California, 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 described as: Completely described in said deed of trust The street address and other common desig-nation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 19915 Christina Circle Cerritos CA 90703 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $518,521.91. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any rea-son, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written 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. For sales information: Mon-Fri 9:00am to 4:00pm (619) 590-1221. Cal-Western Reconveyance Corporation, 525 East Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA 92022-9004 Dated: April 20, 2011. (R-375987 04/22/11, 04/29/11, 05/06/11)
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 08-0052413 Title Order No. 08-8-197468 Investor/Insurer No. APN No. 7066-032-032 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/08/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by GRACIELA POZAR, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, dated 03/08/2006 and recorded 03/20/06, as Instrument No. 06 0583963, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 05/13/2011 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, di-rectly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 12631 GRADWELL, LAKEWOOD, CA, 90715. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $677,327.77. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addi-tion to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 08/30/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1757 TAPO CANYON ROAD, SVW-88 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COM-PANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 3971136 04/22/2011, 04/29/2011, 05/06/2011
Tetzlaff Middle School student reporters interview Gayle Pekrul, President of the ABC AF Retirees and Rosalie Gomez following the presentation of a $300 check to teacher Nichole Chizza for her special education students partici-pation in the Special Games to be held at Cal State Fullerton on May 6. The interview was seen on the school’s daily morning news “Live in Five” show. Her reporters are Melyssa Gray, Lauren Vaca, and Cameraman Jonathan Hernandez.
The Hawaiian Gardens City Council presented Girl Scout Troop 6783 with a Certificate of Appreciation for their many youth programs at its Mar. 9 meeting. With them [in front] were three Daisy Girl Scouts.
Certificates of Recognition were presented to Turner High School student for their participation in the Hawaiian Gardens Student Government Day 2011 at the Hawaiian Gardens City Council meeting of March22. Twenty-two students participated in the program, visiting the different city departments fol-lowing an orientation. Highlight of the visit came when a mockup city council meeting was held. “The students really got into it,” said one observer, “ It was almost like being at a regular meeting.”
Student Government Day in Hawaiian Gardens
Hawaiian Gardens Council Presents Girl Scout Troop 6783 With
Certificate of Appreciation
Tetzlaff Student Reporters Interview Visitors
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T.S. No.: 2010-08377 Loan No.: 705939692NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/18/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.
A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank speci-fied in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.
Trustor: SENJAL PATEL, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTYDuly Appointed Trustee: Western Progres-sive, LLCRecorded 8/23/2006 as Instrument No. 06 1880318 in book ---, page --- and rerecorded on --- as --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 5/5/2011 at 9:30 AMPlace of Sale: At the West Side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, Directly facing Norwalk Boulevard, 12720 Norwalk BLVD, Norwalk, CAAmount of unpaid balance and other charges: $706,640.04Street Address or other common designation of real property: 17603 Linda WayCerritos, California 90703A.P.N.: 7022-003-019The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liabil-ity for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.Pursuant to California Civil Code §2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporation a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or the timeframe for giving Notice of Sale Specified in subdivision (s) of California Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements.Date: 4/5/2011 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee c/o 18377 Beach Blvd., Suite 210 Huntington Beach, California 92648 For Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (866) 960-8299 LCCN 4/15, 4/22, 4/29/11
20081721415FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATE-MENTThe following is doing business as – Eyesite Optometry, 11805 E South Street, Cerritos, Ca 90703/S/ David B. RosenblumThe statement was filed with the County Clerk of Los Angeles on 2/9/08NOTICE: This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. A new ficti-tious statement must be filed before that time. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state or common law (see section 14400et seq. Business and Profes-sion Code). Published at LCCN on 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6/11.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No.
10CA01727-1 Order No. 100789017 APN: 7049-020-
035 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED 02/08/2006. 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-
CEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-
TACT A LAWYER. On April 21, 2011 at 01:00 PM,
RSM&A Foreclosure Services, as the duly appointed
Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded
February 23, 2006 as Document Number: 06 0398917
of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los
Angeles County, California, executed by: Vincente Noel
Motus, a married man as his sole and separate property,
as Trustor, First Federal Bank of California, as Benefi-
ciary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale
in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’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
association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of
the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this
state) at the following location: At the front entrance to
the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission
Blvd., Pomona, all right, title and interest conveyed to
and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the prop-
erty situated in said County, California describing the
land therein: Legal description as more fully described in
said deed of trust. The property heretofore described is
being sold “as is”. The street address and other common
designation, if any, of the real property described above
is purported to be: 19710 PENNY LN, CERRITOS, CA
90703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the street address and other
common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will
be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to
pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured
by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided
in said note(s), advances, 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: $843,088.40 (Estimated*) *Accrued
interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this
figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of
Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the under-
signed a written 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: 03/29/2011
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS OF THEINSTALLATION OF PLAYGROUND SURFACING
AT GRIDLEY PARK AND REPLACEMENT OF PERIMETERWINDSCREENS AT CERRITOS HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS
PROJECT NO. 10105BID NO. 1116-11
Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk of the CITY OF CERRITOS, First Floor, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California 90703 until 11:00 a.m. on May 3, 2011 for furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment for “INSTALLATION OF PLAYGROUND SURFACING AT GRIDLEY PARK AND REPLACEMENT OF PERIMETER WINDSCREENS AT CERRITOS HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS, PROJECT NO. 10105, BID NO. 1116-11.” Bids will be publicly opened at the Cerritos City Hall at 11:00 a.m. on the above date. Bids must be made on the form provided for this purpose, addressed to the City Clerk, City of Cerritos, First Floor, 18125 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue at 183rd Street, Cerritos, California 90703, marked “INSTALLATION OF PLAYGROUND SURFACING AT GRIDLEY PARK AND REPLACEMENT OF PERIMETER WINDSCREENS AT CERRITOS HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS, PROJECT NO. 10105, BID NO. 1116-11.” Bids are required on the entire work including all appurtenances thereto as more particularly shown on the Plans and Specifications.
All work must be completed within 30 calendar days after the date of the Notice to Proceed.
A set of Contract Documents, including the Plans and Specifications, may be purchased at the Engineering Division of the City of Cerritos for $10.00 ($15.00 if mailing is requested). There will be no refund for return of the Contract Documents. Return of such documents is not required.
No bid will be received unless it is made on the official Proposal forms in the Contract Documents (green sheets) that include the Bid Sheet/Non-Collusion Affidavit. Failure to properly execute the Bid Sheet/Non-Collusion Affidavit will render the bid non-responsive and the bid will not be accepted.
The bid must be accompanied by cash, a certified or cashier's check, or bidder's bond made payable to the City of Cerritos for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of the bid. This guarantee will be forfeited should the lowest responsible bidder to whom the contract is awarded fail to enter into the contract. If the City of Cerritos subsequently awards a contract to the next lowest responsible bidder, the amount of the lowest responsible bidder's guarantee shall be applied to the difference between the lowest responsible bidder’s bid and the next lowest responsible bidder’s bid and the surplus, if any, shall be returned to the lowest responsible bidder.
All bids are to be compared on the basis of the estimate of the quantities of work to be done.
No bid will be accepted from a contractor who has not been licensed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 9, Division III of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California. The contractor must possess a license of the following classification at the time the contract is awarded (and must maintain this license classification through completion of the project): “A” is required. The bidder's attention is also directed to Section 7028.15 of the Business and Professions Code.
The bidder awarded the contract shall indemnify, defend and hold the City, its officials, officers, employees, agents and volunteers harmless from any and all losses and damages arising out of any act or omission of it in performance of this contract.
Before a contract is entered into with the successful bidder, the bidder shall present evidence in writing to the City of Cerritos that he or she has current public liability and property damage insurance from a responsible insurance company authorized to do business in California that is acceptable to the City of Cerritos of at least the following amounts:
Bodily injury and property damage - Combined single limits in the amount of $1,000,000.00.
NOTE: The insurance policy must include a special endorsement to policy that provides: 1. The City, its officers, officials, employees, agents and volunteers are included as additional insureds but only insofar as operations under the contract are concerned. 2. The insurer shall not cancel or reduce the insured's coverage without first providing thirty days advance written notice to the City of Cerritos. 3. The City of Cerritos will not be responsible for premiums or assessments on the policy.
The Insurer shall furnish the City of Cerritos a certified copy of the policy within five (5) days of the City requesting a copy. The successful bidder shall maintain during the life of the contract the above specified insurance with the above-referenced special endorsement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1776, et al. of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Director of Industrial Relations for the State of California has determined the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, vacations, pensions and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. These rates shall be the minimum rates for this project. Rates are available on the Internet at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. In addition, the information can be obtained by calling the Division of Labor Statistics and Research’s Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4774, or by faxing the Prevailing Wage Unit at (415) 703-4771, or by writing to: California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Statistics and Research, Prevailing Wage Unit, P.O. Box 420603, San Francisco, CA, 94142.
Pursuant to Section 1735 of the California Labor Code, the bidder shall not discriminate in the employment of persons for the work as described in these Contract Documents because of race, religious creed, color, nation of origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, or sex of such persons. If the bidder is found to be in violation of this Section on this work, the bidder shall be subject to all penalties imposed in Part 7, Chapter 1 of the California Labor Code.
The successful bidder will be required to comply with all requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("Act"). The successful bidder agrees to defend, indemnify and hold the City of Cerritos harmless from any penalties imposed as a result of non-compliance with the Act.
By submitting a bid, the bidder offers and agrees that if the bid is accepted, it will assign to the City of Cerritos all rights, titles, and interest in and to all causes of action it may have under §4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. §15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 commencing with §16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the Business and Professions Code, arising from purchases of goods, materials or services by the bidder for sale to the City of Cerritos pursuant to the bid. Such assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the City of Cerritos tenders final payment to the bidder.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish a labor and material payment bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price, a faithful performance bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price and a warranty bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the contract price. The bidder is required to give written notice of the bonding requirements of subcontractors to potential and actual subcontractors and the bidder's attention is directed to Section 4108 of the California Public Contract Code. Any subcontractor bonds shall be secured from a surety company satisfactory to the City of Cerritos.
As a substitute for retention of ten percent (10%) from each progress payment to the contractor, the contractor may, on his or her request and at his or her expense, deposit securities approved as eligible for deposit and in an amount equivalent to the amount retained by the City of Cerritos, with a state or federally-chartered bank in California as the escrow agent (“escrow agent”) or the City of Cerritos. Securities eligible for deposit shall be bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, or such securities as are set forth in Government Code Section 16430 and which are approved by the City of Cerritos.
Upon the deposit of such securities, the City of Cerritos shall pay the retained sum to the contractor and, upon satisfactory completion of all work required to be performed, shall return the deposited securities to the contractor.
Alternatively, the contractor may request that the City of Cerritos make payment of retentions earned directly to the escrow agent established by the contractor, at his or her expense as provided under Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code. At the expense of the contractor, the contractor may direct the investment of the payments into securities and the contractor shall receive the interest earned on the investment upon the same terms provided for in Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code for securities deposited by the contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the contract, the contractor shall receive from the escrow agent all securities, interest, and payments received by the escrow agent from the City of Cerritos pursuant to Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code.
The contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for moneys withheld and shall receive any interest thereon.
Any contractor who elects to receive interest on moneys withheld in retention by the City of Cerritos shall, at the request of any subcontractor performing more than five percent of the contractor’s total bid, make that option available to the subcontractor regarding any moneys withheld in retention by the contractor from the subcontractor. If the contractor elects to receive interest on any moneys withheld in retention by the City of
Cerritos, then the subcontractor shall receive the identical rate of interest received by the contractor on any retention moneys withheld from the subcontractor by the contractor, less any actual prorata costs associated with administering and calculating that interest. In the event that the interest rate is a fluctuating rate, the rate for the subcontractor shall be determined by calculating the interest rate paid during the time that retentions were withheld from the subcontractor. If the contractor elects to substitute securities in lieu of retention, then, by mutual consent of the contractor and subcontractor, the subcontractor may substitute securities in exchange for the release of moneys held in retention by the contractor.
The contractor shall pay each subcontractor, not later than seven days after receipt of escrow moneys, the amount owed to each subcontractor from the moneys plus the respective amount of interest earned, net of costs attributed to the retention held from each subcontractor, on the amount of retention withheld to insure performance of the subcontractor.
Requests for substitution of retentions or payment of retentions earned to an escrow agent must be made in writing and delivered to the City Engineer prior to the issuance of a notice to proceed and are subject to the approval of the City of Cerritos.
The amount of retention shall remain at ten percent (10%) for the entire duration of the contract and reduction in retention percentage will not be allowed. Section 7107 of the Public Contract Code shall govern payment of the retention.
The City of Cerritos reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or portions of any and all bids, or waive any informality or irregularity in a bid to the extent allowed by law.
Bids are required for the entire work described herein.
By order of the City of Cerritos.
Dated/posted/published: April 22, 2011
Published at Los Cerritos Community News 4/22/11
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 11-0001710 Title Order No. 11-0001478 Investor/Insurer No. 1709521355 APN No. 7151-022-028 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 06/16/2009. UN-LESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA-NATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DAVID JOSEPH CAR-PIO, A SINGLE PERSON, dated 06/16/2009 and recorded 06/26/09, as Instrument No. 20090964109, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 05/13/2011 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Court-house, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4165 OBISPO AVE, LAKEWOOD, CA, 907124022. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $423,205.05. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 04/15/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee's Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# FNMA3954094 04/15/2011, 04/22/2011, 04/29/2011
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INVITES APPLICATIONS
FOR THE POSITION OF BOARD MEMBER
The Board intends to fill a vacancy by appointment
to serve until November 8, 2011. Persons who meet
eligibility criteria and are interested in receiving
an application packet to serve as a
Board Member should contact:
Dr. Gary Smuts, Superintendent
16700 Norwalk Boulevard
Cerritos, CA 90703
562.926.5566 ext. 21162
Deadline for application packet to be submitted is Monday,
April 25 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
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the event the District headquarters relo-cates. The agreement also stipulates the funds can only be applied to the expenses incurred relating to the archiving.
Before approving the request the council asked if the project did not go through how would the District repay the money? City Manager Art Gallucci replied the money would be deducted from the rental fee the city pays for use of school gymnasiums.
In other business the council ap-proved a conditional use permit to Bank of America permitting a warehouse use in an existing industrial property located at 6205 Distribution Way, Senior Planner Sandy Cisneros said the conditional use permit was initiated by the applicant who intends to sell the vacant property and would like to bring it into conformance with the city’s code.
The council also specified that a land-scape buffer area adjacent to the property on its southern boundary be maintained, which is owned, controlled and main-tained by the applicant The planning staff added as a condition of approval requiring the applicant to correct said violations within 60 days of the council’s approval and any future tenant would be responsible for its continued mainte-nance.
In other business the council approved a planning commission recommendation to remodel an existing full service station and convert it to a convenience service
station. The station is located on the southwest corner of South Street and Carmenita Road.
The council awarded a contract to Quality Fence of Paramount in the
amount of $24,180 and approved the extension of an exiting lease agreement with Artesia Cemetery for the use of the Rosewood Park property. The District has requested the return of 100 feet of the previously leased property at the north-erly portion of the park.
The project calls for the demolition of the existing fence and a new one to be built on the new boundary. Assistant City Engineer Kanna Vancheswaran said funding would come from the Mainte-nance Division operating budget.
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nicipality back in 1956. CMP has been in business now for 54 consecutive years.
Coast Medical Plaza has been a huge part of Norwalk for generations. Just about everyone has been personally touched by this one hospital for more than a half a century, said Vivian Han-sen, Executive Director of the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce.
Hansen pointed out that CMP is one of the largest private employers in Nor-walk,
With a large full and part time work force of dedicated full and part time med-ical professionals. The hospital has been a positive force for our local economy. We are looking forward to the same profes-sional and community partnership with Avanti, said Hansen. The hospital pro-vides a full cadre of medical and health related services to the greater Norwalk area.
Avanti also owns or operates Memo-rial Hospital of Gardena, East Los An-geles Doctors Hospital, and Community Hospital of Huntington Park.
Coast Plaza was built upon the vision
of delivering quality, affordable health care that positively impacts the commu-nities for which it provides. It was para-mount for us to find a buyer that under-stands our philosophy, explained Craig Garner, CEO of Coast Plaza.
"In today’s health care market, the public is best served by larger, multi-hospital conglomerates who have ac-cess to the resources necessary to bring quality care to those in need. With this in mind, we expect Avanti will ensure that Coast Plaza continues to provide top-tier healthcare services under their aegis for many years to come," said Garner.
“Coast Plaza Hospital, its medical staff, and its employees have a long-standing tradition of providing high-quality healthcare services in a patient-focused environment, “ stated Joel Freedman, Avanti's President. “For the past 20 years, the Garner family has op-
erated the hospital with grace and a firm commitment to meeting the healthcare needs of Norwalk and its surrounding areas. We are pleased to have the op-portunity to build on the great legacy of community support that has already been established by Coast Plaza Hospital.
Throughout the course of the trans-action and beyond, the hospital will continue to provide its community with uninterrupted access to healthcare, of-fering the same basic and emergency services with the level of excellence pa-tients have come to expect from Coast Plaza Hospital.
“Most importantly, we have been as-sured that nothing will change for our patients who are seeking care or sched-uled for surgeries and other procedures," Garner emphasized.
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A Loving Thank Youto Hawaiian Gardens Mayor Mike Gomez, his wife Rosie,
and my friends for honoring and celebrating my 14 years of service and love for the City of
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“Memories Are Forever”
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Wishing everyone a blessed Easter.Mary Lou Landes, R.N. • 2936 Claremore Lane
