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COMMUNITYNEWSCerritos Council Votes To End Negotiations With Union In Heated Marathon Meeting By Jerry Bernstein and Randy Economy

In a heated meeting the Cerritos City Council voted 3-2 to end formal negotia-tions with the Cerritos Public Employee Union (AFSME Local 619). The vote was split with Mayor Carol Chen, Mayor Pro Tem Jim Edwards and Councilman Bruce Barrows voting to end negotia-tions and declare an impasse.

Councilmember’s Joseph Cho and Mark Pulido voted to continue negotia-tions.

The standing room crowd included a few hundred outspoken members of AFSME International, longtime Cerritos well as many current city union employ-ees.

[See UNION Page 12] [See CAREMORE Page 13]

By Larry Caballero

La Palma Mayor Ralph Rodriguez thanked the Chamber of Commerce for hosting the State of the City Address Apr. 21 at the La Palma Community Center. He stated sales tax generates

La Palma Mayor Presents State of the City

Welcoming everyone to the 2011 State of the City event Apr. 21 hosted by the La Palma Chamber of Commerce at the Community Center were (l-r) Police Chief Eric Nunez, Councilmember Steve Hwangbo, City Manager Dominic Lazaretto, Mayor Ralph Rodriguez, Chamber Executive Director Esther DeLeon Hernandez, Councilmembers Mark Waldman and Steve Shanahan.

32.4% of the City’s revenues, and La Palma is 188 of the 538 cities in the state of California in sales tax per capita generated. Rodriguez is proud of corporate support for City projects and events from La Palma Intercommunity

CareMore Launches New Foundation to Help Support Local Non-Profit Senior Based GroupsBy Brian Hews

A little under two years ago, a few employees from CareMore entered into the CEO’s office with an idea.

“We love our seniors, we love the community, but we need to figure out a way to mobilize money and our staff equally to serve others in the areas we serve” they said.

With that, the CareMore Foundation was established with one sole mission, to give back to those truly in need.

“The CareMore Foundation was an idea of our employees, management only facilitated its formation”, said Leeba Lessin, CEO of CareMore Health Plan.

[See POST OFFICE Page 13]

Hawaiian Gardens Post Office Seeks New City LocationBy Jerry Bernstein

The Hawaiian Gardens Post Office is looking for a new location in the city and is asking residents for their input.

Speaking before the city council this week, John Fraher said the Post Office plans to move to a smaller location and be open for business by Oct. 1.

He said the new Post Office would offer residents the same service they now receive, including post office mailboxes, the mailing of letters and packages, sell-ing Stamps etc. “The only difference is all outgoing mail will be sorted at the Los Alamitos Post Office for distribu-tion. Mail will be delivered in Hawaiian Gardens the same as it is now, and resi-dents should not notice any difference in service.

Fraher said they would like com-ments from the residents on the selection of a new location. Comment sheets are available at city hall and the Post Office

[See CANDIDATES Page 8][See LA PALMA Page 12]

By Larry Caballero

Artesia Mayor Victor Manalo pre-sented the State of the City Address Apr. 27 at a luncheon sponsored by the Arte-sia Chamber of Commerce at the DES Portuguese Hall in Artesia.

“I am excited to share with you my overall vision for the city, which in-cludes our upcoming Capital Projects, our budget health and outlook, and our

plans to improve the quality of life for all Artesians,” said Manalo.

“We’re proud of our Capital Projects that will be funded mostly by Redevelop-ment money that include $1,160,703 for our Historical District, almost $4 million for a Parking Structure in our Downtown area, more than $2 million for upgrad-ing our Maintenance Yard, an additional

[See ARTESIA Page 9]

Thirteen Candidates to be Interviewed for Vacant ABC School Board Seat

Thirteen candidates have filed for the ABC School Board seat vacated by Mark Pulido who was recently elected to the Cerritos City Council.

The candidates are Adarsh Sunak, Mansour Meisami, Louise Dodson, Anna Titus, Harunobu Ernie Nishi, Cindy Chen, David Montgomery, Ehan Robinson, Olga Rios, Kiran Rami, Lyn-da Johnson and Helen Lee.

Interviews will be held Sat., Apr. 30, in the Board Room in the District Administrative Building on Norwalk Boulevard starting at 8:30 a.m. through 9:40 a.m. when there will be a 10 minute break. At 9:50 a.m. the interviews will continue with the last one scheduled for 10:40 a.m. This will be followed by pub-lic comments beginning at 10:50 a.m. and ending at 11:30 a.m. at which time the Board Members will take a lunch break at Whitney High School. Fol-lowing lunch the members will meet to

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The driver of the big rig was arrested and booked for suspicion of being under the influence of a “controlled substance.” His name has not been made public and neither has details of his bail or court ap-pearances been released.

Nearly 30 to 50 yards of the metal center divider on the narrow three lane freeway was smashed as a result of the accident, adding additional headaches for commuters and law enforcement of-ficials.

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The accident was reported at 9:58 a.m. and turned most of Norwalk and Cerritos residential streets and main through fares into a traffic nightmare for nearly ten hours.

The entire freeway was closed after the big rig ran into the center divider and literally "blew up."

Other than the driver of the truck who was taken to an area hospital and treated for minor injuries, no one else was in-jured.

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Bernadette “Berni” Menezes:

Former Artesia First Lady and Inspirational community leader By Randy Economy

Bernadette L. “Berni” Menezes, a well loved and long time Artesia com-munity leader and former “First Lady”

of the community has passed away after a long illness, her son Paulo announced

this week. She was 67 year old.Berni, as her friends called, lived what

many called the “American Dream.” Born Jan. 22, 1944 in a small village

in Altares located on the island of Ter-ceira-Azores, Portugal she met and fell in love with her future husband Isidro S. Menezes in 1964 and decided to move to the United States and migrated to Arte-sia.

Like so many other immigrants dur-ing this era, Portugal may have been her “Mother Land” but Artesia became their home when they moved here in 1966. Family was always the most important aspect of Berni’s life. In 1971 she gave

birth to Paulo I. Menezes, and this was their only child.

She was a hard working woman and keeping busy and productive was never a difficult task. Her son Paulo recalls that she was “an excellent cook, loved gar-dening and loved my father, her family and grandchildren.”

Longtime Artesia resident Susie Gomes considered Mrs. Menezes to be like her “second mother” and she fondly recalls her positive spirit during her final days. “She was the light of our lives in so many wonderful ways,” Gomes recalled. “I have never met anyone who wanted to live life more than Berni, and her passing will be felt for a long time by everyone who she touched,” remarked Gomes.

“It was a t r e m e n d o u s loss for the people of Ar-tesia. She was full of strength and hope and always opti-mistic about life,” said Ar-tesia Mayor Victor Manalo. “She taught ev-eryone about Faith in God and how im-portant to live every minute to the fullest.”

Bernadette had struggled with much pain and many med-

ical conditions for the past 29 years. But even with all the pain, she “never com-plained and never made herself the cen-ter of suffering,” Gomes remembers.

Bernadette’s life was celebrated this week with receiving full Roman Catholic burial. A Rosary was held on Wednesday night at Holy Family Catholic Church in Artesia, and Mass was conducted on Thursday morning. She was laid to rest at Our Souls Cemetery in Long Beach.

Bernadette is survived by her hus-band Isidro, her son Paulo, daughter in law Andrea (DeFreitas), and two grand-sons Tiago, and Lucas and sister Maria Sousa.

The Menezes family with Berni (center).

Kennedy High Prepares For Budget ReductionsBy Larry Caballero

Anaheim Union High School District’s Kennedy High School in La Palma is hoping for the best but prepar-ing 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 million budget resulting in the elimina-tion of more than 400 certified, classi-fied and management positions.

The District is required to address the anticipated preliminary $13 mil-lion budget shortfall through reductions that will impact students, programs and personnel across the District.

“We have been informed by the District that at least our International Baccalaureate Program, that offers high quality programs that encourage our students to be active learners, will not be eliminated this year,” said Kennedy Principal Russell Earnest.

Yet the school with 2,300 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 possibility of furlough days and salary rollbacks.

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.


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Note: RE: “Cerritos and Union Negotiations Stalemated” (4-22-11) LCCN stands by what Mr. Caballero wrote in the article “Cerritos and Union Negotiations Stalemated".

RE: “Cerritos and Union Negotiations Stalemated” (4-22-11)

It is remarkable that despite AFSCME Local 619 members providing your reporter, Larry Caballero, substan-tial information, budget numbers, salary information from the State Controller’s Office about the City Manager and City Council compensation, and other public-interest facts in recent days – as well as our own views as City employees – only some 5 percent of the story’s content re-

flects the perspective of our union, while 95% is dedicated to Mayor Chen’s unfor-tunately polarizing rebukes.

I was hired as one of the original Cer-ritos Center of the Performing Arts em-ployees and was there when the doors opened to the community. I remain a dedicated public employee proud of the cultural richness that Cerritos provides. I am recognized for being thoughtful and reasonable about finding equitable bud-get solutions and working together. Yet almost nothing of what I told your news-paper ultimately appeared in print. Is a fundamental tenet of journalism no lon-ger to present a balanced and fair story?

After everything this country, state, and community has suffered with the “big guy” taking advantage of the “little guy” over the last several years, it is par-ticularly incumbent upon our media to present responsible information.

Perhaps City of Cerritos leadership and Mayor Chen should reflect on the sense of paying $270 per hour to an out-side consultant, Beverly Hills-based at-torneys Charles Goldstein and his son. Let’s do some basic math together, since

your article chose not to: If said consul-tant is working eight hour days at the hourly amount you quoted, that math yields a payout of over half a million dol-lars annually.

What results have come from that cost to the City taxpayers? For starters, this consultant – who has earned tens of thousands of dollars already – has creat-ed bitter labor-management division, not positive collaborative solutions. Now, for the first time in Cerritos, a negotia-tions impasse could be imposed on City employees despite all of the good will and concessions we have made. This is also bad for the community, which de-serves a functioning and healthy City government.

It is my hope that your newspaper will have the integrity to publish my re-sponse.

Rogan GirardCerritos

RE: “Cerritos and Union Negotiations Stalemated” (4-22)

I am very disappointed with the com-ments that Mayor Chen made in this arti-cle. This casts unfair, negative attention to the city, the residents, and to my union brothers and sisters. When all the smoke settles - the truth will shine through! The community will continue to grow in sup-port for us – and greater government accountability and openness – once the City Council's huge part-time salaries and perks are exposed in a serious news story. Their car allowances, office toys and electronic gadgets, cell phone bills, etc., are out of hand. We are filing Public Information Requests to obtain the rel-evant data, and will hope that in fairness, you will print it in a responsible and bal-anced follow-up. The Council members also get lifetime medical for themselves and their spouses after five years of ser-vice – but they are asking many of us to wait 20 years. This is a double standard.

They also are demanding that lower-level workers add a three-tier, unfair pen-sion plan. In addition, they no longer will even recognize our service with plaques, recommendations, certificates that cost the taxpayer nothing but mean a lot to us since we take pride in our work.

We love our jobs and serving the community. We agreed to make major concessions throughout the negotia-tions process including to no pay raises in years and a gazillion other examples

that we have the paperwork to prove. At the same time, Cerritos City Manager Art Gallucci, overseeing a population of un-der 50,000 is earning more than the CAO of the City of Los Angeles, which serves four million people. These kind of ex-cesses and double standards should have been reported in your story because your readers have a right to know.

Now is the time for Cerritos to de-mand straight answers, good faith, and collaboration from City Hall. The May-or has declared war on its rank-and-file employees to deflect attention from the truth. It is up to your readers – the resi-dents we serve -- to call for City account-ability and civility with its employees."

Robert "Nick" Melendrez, President of Local 619, City of Cerritos Employee

Union: "Biased" article; will withhold further correspondence from LCCNRE: “Cerritos and Union Negotiations Stalemated” (4-22)Note: Letter sent to LCCN from AFSCME publicity representative

The story that you ran on Friday was slanted by any standard.

City employees deserve to be heard and your community newspaper has an obligation to provide fair and balanced coverage -- which it has not. If we are to build any trust, if you want access to news and information that is important for your readers, then you will publish these letters (Editor's note: the two pub-lished previous to this letter) immedi-ately in your online version. This is the least you can do now. If you will print it, I will additionally submit an editorial representing the employee view that was entirely absent in your coverage, and we can discuss scheduling that.

The information and facts that your reporter was provided by us over count-less hours and days did not even appear in print -- instead, the Mayor was given unlimited access to "respond" -- from literally the very first paragraph, before even our viewpoint was relayed to your

readers (you need not read beyond even the lead for evidence of your bias).

Again, if you want to restore a reputation for journalistic in-tegrity, please let me know your intentions on the Letters to the Editor today. We are waiting for your answer. I will be the point person on labor-related stories from now on.

I will gladly share additional news and valu-able information that we have been collecting, once I know your newspaper can be trusted to print fair stories.

Letters may be sent to [email protected] or mailed to P.O. Box 788, Artesia, Ca. 90701.

Letters become the property of LCCN and may be edited for

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As a long time resident and business owner in Cerritos, I love this city and its workers, businesses and residents. The city employees work hard, just like the employees of all the other fine business-es in our City. But times are tough right now and employees of the city should NOT be exempt from making sacrifices that everyone else in the private sector is having to make until things turn.

We do have a problem when the unions are doing what they can to make the city employees think they are more deserving or better that than those they serve. .. and guess who still gets their hefty dues no matter what - the greedy unions. Everyone needs to be part of the solution and make some sacrifices. From the top to the bottom. No one should be exempt. Stop being greedy.

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The Unions aren't making this any easier. They have GOLD PLATED benefits and they are walking around like they are poor. The Union is doing what they do best...misrepresent the facts and stir up emotion. All their ma-terials contain very little factual infor-mation but contain LOTS of rhetoric.

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I retired from Los Angeles City and now work for another. L.A. City Pension gives 2.1% of yearly wages for every year worked. Cerritos gives 3%. The current City I work for has eliminated Friday work days, laid off employees and has not given raises for years. You do not see any Cerritos em-

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Council Compensation & Contract Conflict

Currently, Council pay is linked to that of city management. Council members who derive the majority of their personal income from their posi-tion on the Cerritos city council have a big conflict of interest, especially when negotiating city employee contracts which their own primary income is tied to. Regardless of which council ini-tially set council pay policy, the current council is charged with dealing with it. Yet our city council instead uses the “other cities are doing it” dodge instead of debating in public the propriety of doing so.

It would only take three city council

members with courage and honesty to both end the employee union impasse and put a decisive end to the outmoded policy of council pay being linked to that of city management.

Cerritos is a Charter City, which means the city charter is the law. A council majority can direct staff to de-link city council service from employee contracts and further rescind council pay/benefits all together.

That this has gone on so long is no excuse to keep it going, it’s a reason to act immediately and decisively to reject the culture of conflict that permeates the dealings of the Cerritos City Council.

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CC PA R e v i e w / Pr e v i e wSejong Soloists with Orli Shaham at Cerritos: the Future and Seasons are Bright

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After much classical Sturm and Drang this season at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts the Sejong Soloists came to town and provided the hall with genuine happiness in the form

of Felix Mendelsshon, Michael Haydn and the suddenly Cerritos star Astor Piazzola. It is amazing that so much young talent could be assembled on one stage but these soloists put an honest-to-goodness all-star team to work and their youthful enthusiasm mixed with superior talent make for some very beautiful music. These musicians hail from all over the globe and together they speak the same sweet language of classical music. If only the people of this messed up planet could oper-

ate like these young artists and work together in harmony we could listen to Mendellshon and Piazzola instead of watching battles in the streets. Most of these young men and women are the cream of the crop from schools like Jul-liard but their egos seemed not to show on this night as they worked together delightfully.

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entities. With the four soloists shining in each segment it seemed this might be hard to beat but there was a very special second half ahead.

The audience needed a little breath-er after Piazzola’s intricate Seasons but the concert just got better and better. When pianist Orli Shahan put her slender fingers to the big Steinway worries seemed to melt away and the audience was transported to the Ro-mantic period where the true genius Felix Mendelssohn wrote this “concerto in d minor for violin, piano and string orchestra” back when he was barely a teenager! This is not to short the superb work of violinist Daniel Cho who matched Ms. Shahan’s perfect play-ing and this sweet synergy made for some marvelously stirring moments. It was not the back and forth that this piece could be but a cooperation that elevated the music to blessed heights. Orli Shahan is in a handful of the best pianists heard in this hall’s history and it would be very nice to see her back on this stage some night in a recital. As it was she was very humble and thankful to play with this fine young group who demonstrated over and over again that the future is bright for serious music around the world. The rather refined and well turned out crowd said their farewells to the Sejong Soloists with a long and strong standing ovation.


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St. Irenaeus’ Lil’ AngelBy Edna Ethington

St. Irenaeus Catholic Church in Cypress has a “Lil’ Angel” actively working each day to share God’s blessing with everyone she meets. Betty Borowski is that “Lil’ An-gel” who enriches the lives of people in the parish as a member of Health Ministry and a member of the parish staff. Starting first as a volunteer Pastoral Care member, she conducted funeral vigils, served also as a Hospitality Minister for funerals, and trained others to become Vigil and Hospi-tality ministers. She also served as a Lec-tor, a Eucharistic Minister, a Bible Study Facilitator, and assisted the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) program.

Betty’s volunteer service was so out-standing that she was nominated for the Catholic Woman of the Year Award in the Diocese of Orange in 2003 representing

St. Irenaeus Parish. She really continues to be St. Irenaeus’ Catholic Woman of Today and she generously continues to serve pa-rishioners in more and more ways each day. How does a woman b e c o m e so full of s p i r i t u a l energy and dedication to serve others as a Catholic Christian?

B e t t y was not a “cradle C a t h o -lic,” but one who became a C a t h o l i c after a few extraordinary experiences. She was a police officer for four years when her husband died unexpected from a heart at-tack in 1979 and left her to raise three chil-dren, ages 16,15, and 9. She continued to work in police work to support her family and became a detective in 1980. She was known then as Detective Malone and even carried a gun. The stress of the job caused her to seek a disability retirement in 1990, and that is when her conversion to the Cath-olic faith began.

Betty went on a pilgrimage trip to Yu-goslavia with a friend who was ill. It was said that the Virgin Mary appeared to some children in Medugorje. People went to Me-dugorje hoping for cures for their ills, much like people who go to Fatima. While she was there, she prayed for a sign that God wanted her to become a Catholic. The sign she asked for was to have the silver parts of the rosary that had been given to her by her friend to be changed to a gold color. This did not occur while Betty was in Yugoslavia

but other events happened during the trip. A second unusual event happened

while she was on her trip in the port city of Dubrovnik. As Betty received a bless-

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peace and serenity as she lay on the floor for a few minutes. The tickle in her throat and the cough she had, before the bless-ing of her throat at St. Blaze, were both gone. The rosary that she had used during the trip to Medugorje still had not turned to gold, so after her return home, she took a trip to visit her son up north. When she returned from that trip a week later, the silver chain of that rosary had turned to gold. She showed the rosary to a priest at St. Irenaeus while it was gold, and the priest said that “miracles happen.” With that sign received, Betty began her two year education in the RCIA at St. Irenaeus and was confirmed in 1992.

Betty said that she “sees God’s hand” in many miracles that she has experienced since Medugorje, God’s Spirit has guided Betty throughout her journey in faith to become a Catholic and to live her faith life to the fullest. It was after her Confirma-tion as Catholic in 1991 that she became active in all the activities that she became

involved with in the parish and continues to work hard at all that she does both as volunteer or as a staff member.

Betty has taken many hours of train-ing to be better able to help parishioners at St. Irenaeus. She completed 28 hours of workshops with the Center for Health Ministry Outreach in 2005 to help with the Funeral Ministry. She also attended eight sessions for a total of 20 hours of the Bereavement Training Program with The Catholic Cemeteries Department of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2007. Most recently, she completed four weekends of eight days for a total of 64 hours of Ca-pacitar International training in 2010 and 2011 to be able to help people deal with stress in their lives.

Betty’s work is so vital to the parish that Betty was hired as a Support Staff member at St. Irenaeus Catholic Church in 2006. She is now paid to work part-time as a minister for funeral vigils and as hospitality minister for funeral. She also works with the Adult Formation Com-mittee and does other secretarial work as needed. After working in Graphic Arts for a business by the name of “Taylor Your Memories” for three years, she designs professional quality flyers, bulletins, mass aids, invitations, and special notes that showcase her creative talents. Her work can be identified by the logo, “A Lil’ An-gel Publication.”

Betty says that “the rosary is still my mainstay” as she meditates on the Myster-ies of the Rosary as well as the readings from the Bible each day, and as she studies the Bible each week. She said that God has brought so much into her life, from her loneliness and emptiness, so that now, she says, “My plate is truly full.” Betty and Richard Borowski each raised two sons and one daughter, for a total of six chil-dren. They are now enjoying being grand-parents of nine grandchildren together.

Pictured is St. Irenaeus’ L’il Angel, Betty Borowski at her desk at the St. Irenaeus Parish Office.


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Stop smoking, exercise, lose some weight, and watch your diet. How of-ten is it that we hear these fundamentals from our doctors and drug companies when it comes to having a healthy heart? I’ll toss out another-brush your teeth and have your gums checked regularly.

Yes there is gathering evidence that heart disease is twice as high in people who have periodontal (gum and tooth supporting bone) disease. It seems that the most common bacteria in the gums may cause blood clots increasing the in-cidence of heart attacks and strokes. Fur-thermore, the same bacteria can infect the heart valves.

How do the bacteria from the mouth get into the bloodstream become harm-ful? Bacteria cause periodontal disease. We know there are many types of bac-teria in the mouth. When the disease causing bacteria are in high enough population the host (you) may develop an immune reaction. If you have bleed-ing in your body you should be very con-cerned. Likewise when there is bleeding in the gums you should have the same response. Chronic recurring bleeding is not good anywhere. Bleeding indicates that tiny blood vessels are opened up and become a pathway for bacterial infection in the blood stream. The presence of bac-teria in the blood is bacteremia and over time it may spread to other body tissues like the heart.

The first line of defense is maintain-ing a healthy mouth. This requires mean-ingful brushing, flossing, and dental checkups. The dental hygienist is your best friend. The hygienist will check to see if the gums are infected, bleeding, or swollen. Then they will check to see if any bone loss or breakdown in the gum attachment to the tooth has occurred. Re-member that periodontal disease (over 50% of us have it) is painless and pro-gressive. You may not be aware of it until the end stages of the disease.

Warning signs that you should know about include gums that bleed when you brush, gums that are red swollen or ten-der, gums that pull away from teeth, pus or loose teeth, front teeth that begin sep-arating and persistent bad breath. Peri-odontal disease has a very characteristic odor and can be sensed by those around you. It is a complicating factor for those afflicted with diabetes, stroke, pulmo-nary disease, and gastric ulcers.

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Manalo stated that City Manager Ma-ria Dadian was very excited when she saw “lots of construction, buildings and dirt. We’ve waited a long time for this.”

Yet Manalo is concerned with the state budget crisis and a threat of losing Redevelopment funds.

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• more than $3 million or 44% of the budget for General Administration,

• $2.6 million or 38% for Public Safe-ty,

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“We get no General Fund revenue from property taxes that means a loss of more than $900,000 to our city. Yet as Mayor I am humbled with the support and cooperation we receive from our

businesses and friends.” Manalo wants to diversify revenue sources in the fu-ture.

Manalo made it clear that Artesia is not having the problems that the City of Bell is experiencing, yet “residents need to always be vigilant, and they also share responsibility for what happens in our City.”

Manalo is excited about instituting Town Hall meetings that gives him the opportunity to interact with residents and businesses, and he plans to continue en-couraging everyone to attend.

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I also want to build a Veterans Me-morial in Artesia,” said Manalo. “That was the dream of former Mayor Larry Nelson who contributed $14,000 of his own money before he died.” Manalo concluded, “Artesia is a great city. Visit us whenever you can, and be ready to shop around the world while enjoying the diversity of cultures in one place.” The city has a diverse population that in-cludes 36.7% Asian, 31.1% Hispanic and 24.2% White

Artesia is one of the county’s Gate-way Cities. It was incorporated on May 29, 1959. The 2000 census showed the population at16,380.. Its population in July 2009 was16,182, a population change since 2000 of -1.2%. Estimated median household income in 2009 was $49,243. Estimated per capita income in 2009 was $18,677. The city is surround-ed on the west, south, and east sides by Cerritos, with Norwalk to the north.

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“That’s all you need in this game; to come out with a little bit of heart and want to win,” Velazquez said. “You can’t win on paper. You have to show up to play.”

Based on paper, one would think Nor-walk would have somewhat of an easy time against the Eagles who entered the game on a six-game losing streak and having scored six runs during that span. In fact, Glenn (5-13, 2-8) had scored 35 runs and produced 87 hits entering last Thurs-day’s game. But the Eagles peppered Lo-pez and two other pitchers to the tune of 14 hits, second most this season.

“We played a tough game with them on Tuesday,” said John Glenn assistant coach Kevin Barr. “We left some runs on

the field. We felt like we could get a win [today] if we could just play well, play smart and play together. We told the se-niors this is their last shot at Norwalk.”

Barr coached the final half of the game following an ejection to head coach Da-vid Cruz in the middle of the fourth in-ning. The visitors from the east side of the city got to Lopez in the third when senior right fielder Alex Sanchez was safe on an infield single with two outs. Following a single to left field from senior pitcher John Lemos, Sanchez would come home on a single from senior designated hitter Ru-ben Gomez.

That would be enough for Lemos, who was making his first start of the season. After walking sophomore left fielder Jesse Rodriguez to begin Norwalk’s half of the first, Lemos retired 12 of the next 14 bat-ters he faced. Lemos allowed four hits, walked one, struck out four and had only one runner reach third base. He improved to 3-0 on the season and was the fourth Glenn pitcher to go the distance.

“We felt we would roll the dice today and let him go and he was nails out there,” Barr said. “There was maybe one ball hit hard all day. The guys played hard behind him and he mixed up his pitches. He kept the middle of their order off the base paths which was huge.”

Despite scoring just two runs, the Ea-gles constantly put pressure on the Nor-walk pitchers, collecting at least one hit in six of the seven innings but putting runners on base in every inning. Barr said the team spent 90 minutes in the batting cages the day before. However, Glenn also stranded 11 runners.

In the top of the fourth, senior catcher Octavio Trejo reached on one of three Norwalk errors. Then junior shortstop Ed-gar Hernandez reached on another error and Glenn was looking to add to its lead when sophomore second baseman Rene Gayton sent a fly ball to left field. Appar-ently Cruz thought Rodriguez had trapped the ball while diving forward. But the field umpire called it a catch and it would lead to a rare triple play much to the chagrin on Cruz, who argued but to no avail.

“A triple play is pretty exciting,” Ve-lazquez said. “If that doesn’t light this team up, then I don’t know what does. I just don’t have an answer for the incon-sistency. Coming off of that Mayfair win, I thought that was the spark to turn the season around and finish off the season strong.”

The Lancers were hoping to feed off of the defensive gem and were looking to tie the game when junior catcher German Vasquez led off the bottom of the fourth with a single and stole second. But he got stranded there. In the next inning, Lopez had an infield single, went to second on a sacrifice from senior shortstop Skyler Bau-

tista and to third on a single from sopho-more second baseman Anthony Gonzales. But two pitches later, Rodriguez failed on a bunt attempt which resulted in a double play.

Glenn scored its second run in the sixth on four straight singles, the last from Gayton plating senior pinch runner Juan Rojas. Sanchez went three for four for the Eagles while five other players had a pair of hits. The Eagles, who played four games in the St. Paul Tournament earlier in the week, are off until they host Bell-flower on May 10 in the final week of the regular season. The Lancers, who were also in the St. Paul Tournament, will visit Cerritos on Wednesday. After the home and home series with the Dons, Norwalk will wrap up the regular season with La Mirada. Artesia began this week at 3-3 in league play as the Pioneers host Cerritos today. Norwalk split its home and home series with the Pioneers but owns the run differential tiebreaker should the two fin-ish tied at the end of the regular season.

“In their eyes, they set the plan as spoilers,” Velazquez said of his city rivals. “I don’t see any quit [in Glenn].”

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Gahr still searching for clutch hits, falls to ParamountBy Loren Kopff

In the last two seasons, third place in the San Gabriel Valley League has come down to Gahr and Paramount. Last sea-son, the Pirates had already clinched the league’s final automatic playoff bid before taking the field against Gahr on the last day of the regular season.

Paramount won that game and this past Tuesday, the Gladiators were hop-ing to extract some revenge and get the midseason advantage on third place. But the Pirates erupted for six runs in the top of the third inning and went on to crush the hosts 8-3 that left Gahr head coach Mike Rogers one frustrated person. He was frustrated at his team’s inability to get that one key hit with runners in scoring position. He was frustrated in his team’s inability to cash in on a bases loaded, no-body out situation in the fifth with the top of the lineup coming up to bat. Most of all, he was frustrated because he saw his team drop to 6-12 overall, 2-2 in the league and still two games with league leading War-ren yet to play.

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of base runners stranded once again and I don’t know why that is. I’m very frus-trated right now.”

Gahr senior pitcher Marissa Frese, in just her third start of the season since returning from a torn meniscus injury, was rock solid in the first two innings, getting five ground ball outs and throw-ing 20 pitches. But all of that changed in the third inning. With two on and one out, Monica Caporal singled in Melissa Yepez. After Frese walked Jenny Collazo to load the bases, Sydney Roumeliotis took the first pitch she saw and smacked a single that ricocheted off of Frese’s right knee, past senior shortstop Erica Willig and into the outfield for two more runs. Rogers immediately pulled Frese from the game and replaced her with freshman Mel Va-rela. Four of Paramount’s seven hits came in that inning and 10 batters came to the plate.

“In the first couple of innings, she was good,” Rogers said of Frese. “She had good command of her pitches. I felt in the third, she got a little tired and obviously they caught up to her. They were hitting the ball hard up the middle.”

Gahr was being held in check by Lily Cornejo through the first four innings, who yielded a pair of hits to junior catcher Krystal Purkey and one to senior third baseman Nani Mejia. Purkey now leads the team with a .462 average. But in the fifth, Cornejo gave up base hits to junior designated player Jessica Morales and se-nior right fielder Jessica Soto sandwiched around a walk to senior first baseman Kar-ina Gonzalez. However, Cornejo induced senior second baseman Jasmine Ruiz to ground into a double play, then get senior center fielder Alyssa Nava to ground out to end the scoring threat.

“That broke our backs,” Rogers said. “When I got them over here and talked to them [after the game], I told them there needs to be plate discipline. You have to have a plan. Their pitcher was getting tired and they needed to start working her deep in the count.”

The Gladiators finally broke through in the final inning when Morales doubled and Soto reached on an infield single with one out. Ruiz followed with a run scor-ing hit and Soto, who also had two hits, scored on an error. Ruiz would later score on a wild pitch.

Gahr hosted Downey on Apr. 28 and will play its next three games on the road in succession beginning with Tuesday’s encounter at Dominguez. Wednesday’s game will be at Warren and Thursday’s tilt is with Lynwood. The rematch with Para-mount will be on May 12, the last day of the regular season.

“If everything plays out, that’s going to be the game where whoever wins that game is going to go to the playoffs,” Rog-ers said.

SUBURBAN LEAGUE SOFTBALL

Artesia once again victim of big scoring inning, crushed by CerritosBy Loren Kopff

Suburban League victories are hard to come by for Artesia’s softball program but one can’t fault the Pioneers for trying, or even staying in the game in the early innings. Although the Pioneers were no match for Cerritos in a 13-1 defeat this past Wednesday, it was quite interesting for the first two innings.

The Lady Dons scratched across only three runs during the first two frames and got just two hits off of senior pitcher Chel-sea Small. But in the bottom of the third, Cerritos (14-6 overall, 7-2 in league ac-tion) sent 15 batters to the plate and scored nine runs. It marked the third time in seven league games that the Pioneers were with-in striking range before the fourth inning.

On Mar. 30, Artesia trailed Norwalk 3-2 heading into the fourth before losing 6-2. On Apr. 13, a 4-0 Glenn lead after three innings resulted in a 7-1 win and two days later, the Pioneers squandered a 5-2 lead after five innings. The Lady Eagles scored seven runs in the top of the sixth and four more in the seventh. Artesia head coach John Zamora admitted he needed to change his starting pitcher sooner when opponents were having those big innings.

But in order to score runs, the team needs to get hits and that’s something the Pioneers are having trouble with thus far. Against Cerritos sophomore Kaylilani Mi-nami, the Pioneers got only four hits and in the last four games, Artesia has com-bined for 19 hits

“We’re not hitting right now,” Zamora said. “When we don’t have the pressure on the other team, it makes it very difficult to gain our confidence and have the pitcher pitch with a little more confidence.”

Minami sat down nine of the first 10 batters she faced before Small led off the fourth with a double to right field. After she moved to third on a passed ball and Minami’s sixth of 10 strikeouts, senior center fielder Reanna Guzman singled in Small.

In addition to the lack of hitting, the Pioneers (4-10, 0-7) have been plagued by errors. In the past four games, Artesia has committed 17 errors. In contrast, when the team began the season winning four of its first six games, Artesia had six miscues.

“The thing I have noticed is they are making more errors,” Zamora said. “We work on those things every day in prac-tice. We have a mixture of girls who are young and we have [some seniors]. The senior girls are trying to battle through it and the underclassmen are trying to catch it.”Cerritos freshman shortstop Lilianna Herrera went two for three with three runs batted in and a run scored while Minami, freshman catcher Jasmine Javier and ju-nior third baseman Alyssa Marquez all had a pair of hits. Senior left fielder Nikki Rosenberger drove in a pair of runs and junior center fielder Sarah Smith was hit by a pitch three times, scored three runs and is now batting .625 in league action but has reached base 27 times in 35 trips to the plate.

The Pioneers will host Cerritos today, then visit Bellflower on Wednesday. As for the Lady Dons, who recently fell out of the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division II top 10 poll, they will wrap up the regular season with a home and home series against Norwalk with the home portion on Wednesday.


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Rep. Linda Sanchez, who offered her services to mediate between the two party’s also chided the City Council for placing other “non significant” agenda items that resulted in a three hour wait before taking up the matter.

At the heart of the negotiations where five items.

Labor leaders accused City manage-ment for not continuing “honest” nego-tiations. The sticking points presented to the city by union leaders included pension increases, retiree health insurance plans, the conducting of a “feasibility study” for a 9/80 compressed work week, and public safety issues at the Cerritos Cen-ter for the Performing Arts. Also left on the table was employee-sponsored “short term disability insurance program.”

Speaking on behalf of the union, em-ployee Carrie Franco attacked the city’s negotiation tactics and implied that the city controlled the local media to sway public opinion.

Robert Melendez, President of the Cerritos Employees Association defend-ed the rights of the “rank and file” and that the employees “loved the city, and working in the city, and making Cerritos their home.”

In a written statement to Mayor Carol Chen, Melendez said that the union was “determined to forge ahead in bargain-ing to find a win-win solution.” “But we need a partner for that. An impasse will not move us in the right direction.”

Councilman Bruce Barrows defend-ed the city council’s right to attended meetings and conferences outside of the city. Several speakers questioned the city council travel practices. “You cannot run a city, without going outside the boundaries,” said Barrows. Several speakers questioned the necessity for trips including one recent to Washington DC to attend a national city conference. “We need to attend these conferences to gather information which will benefit the residents.

Mayor Chen took offense to Rep. Sanchez’s comments that the city ig-nored many in the audience for having to wait nearly three hours before the union discussion commenced on the agenda.

Mayor Chen said that she was person-ally confronted by “angry union mem-bers” at the Cerritos Farmers Market who accused the city council of “lying.”

She also stated that the union conducted a “smear campaign” against the City Council through a direct mail campaign to voters.

“This was unacceptable behavior and the residents deserve better,” Chen said.

Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards said that this was one of his most “difficult deci-sions in the six years he has served on the Cerritos City Council.” But he stated that the “we need a fresh start and was standing for dignity and respect” for all employees. “My first obligation is to the residents.”

Councilman Pulido asked “what are our guiding principles between labor and management.” He said he wanted “peace” in the community. Councilman Cho also echoed Pulido’s comments by stating “I believe that it is in the best in-terest for everyone to keep negotiating.”

Hospital, Southern California Edison, EDCO Waste and Recycling Services and others.

“We have great schools,” said Ro-driguez, “all of our elementary schools are California Distinguished Schools with high test scores We partner with these schools by offering scholarships, improving a pedestrian crossing at Kennedy High and Walker Junior High, funding crossing guards at all of the public schools, and support for numer-ous campus events.”

The City is also proud of its Police Interacting with Youth (PIY) program; Fit n’ Fun, an after school fitness pro-gram; and its goal of meeting with every school to discuss improving traffic and pedestrian safety.

He said the city is responding to the economy. “Our Permit Fee Holiday has saved our residents more than $70,000 in fees waived, and we maintained or lowered all user fees in 2010.”

The City authorized $235,900 of reserves to keep the Utility User’s Tax reduced to 4% in three of the last four years while keeping the General Fund Reserves at 140% of annual ongoing operating expenditures “with no cuts in services, no lay offs, and no furloughs,” said Rodriguez.

Fiscal year 2010-2011 total budget revenues were $25,002,450 and bud-get expenses were $27,953,661. This $2 million dollar shortfall was due to several long-term capital projects that were fully funded by water and sewer

enterprise reserves, but the City’s goal for 2011-12 is to balance the operat-ing budget without use of reserves.

At the same time, the City will be entering 2011 labor negotiations. Rodriguez said, “Our employees are the key reason we are able to provide high quality service to our residents and busi-

nesses, and we fully expect to partner with our employees to face our financial challenges together.”

Rodriguez is pleased with the City’s own police department that handled 29,144 calls for service last year while total crime is down .05% and violent crimes are down 55%. Only property crimes showed an increase of 4.5%.

“We’re working to improve those numbers by implementing Real Time Crime Maps on the City website and on Mobile Biometric ID and Digital Cita-tions Systems.”

La Palma has the county’s fastest response time at 2:36 minutes while the county’s average is 5:38 minutes.

La Palma has completed or is work-ing on several beautification projects that included arterial block wall repair & painting, street sign replacement and a utility underground project. The City is also working with Centerpointe to fully occupy the site, reviewing the op-tion of a University of Phoenix campus and planning for the opening of a Super 1 Mart in Sept.

“We are proud of our little city that continues to do big things,” said Rodri-guez. “Our 30th Annual Run For Fun set records, our summer Concerts in the Park are filling to capacity, and we wel-come everyone to attend our La Palma Days celebration, Halloween Carnival at Central Park, Holiday Tree Lighting and Memorial Day event.”

The city’s has a diverse population of 15,719 that includes 44.9% Asian and Pacific Islander, 17.4% Korean, in a 1.9 square mile radius in north Orange County, and with a median household income of $80K.

More than 70% of its residents have some college or advanced degree, and 65% are between the ages of 15-59—a demographic that Rodriguez said busi-nesses like to see because this is the population that tends to consume more products.

Rodriguez said that there is a great business climate in La Palma with many businesses choosing the City as their home including BP America, ADP, Unisource, Rosendin Electric and Multi-Sales Company, adding that many of the businesses are located in the City’s multi-office complex center named Centerpointe.

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Clifford Shiepe Appointed CEO Of Tri-City Regional Medical Center In Hawaiian Gardens

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hospital administrator Clifford B. Shi-epe, who has played a key management role with some of the largest and most respected hospitals in the West, has been named Chief Executive Officer of Tri-City Regional Medical Center, a non-profit hospital serving Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

He was unanimously appointed CEO by the hospital's Board of Direc-tors. The Board cited his extensive experience at some of the most noted hospitals in the country, including Stanford University Hospital, USC Uni-

versity Hospital and Scripps Clinics, as criteria for his selection.

"Cliff is a proven leader in hospital

administration and has already served very effectively as Tri-City Regional Medical Center's Senior Vice President for about a year," said Brian Walton, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tri-City Regional Medical Center. "Given his reputation and decades of seasoned experience in the field, we are fortunate to have someone of Cliff's caliber lead us into the future. In just a short period, he has already made an impact on staff, our physicians and in the community."

Shiepe began his career at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital as an Assistant Administrator. He remained for 10 years before moving to Southern California to become the Senior Vice President of the Lutheran Hospital Society, a multi-hospital group of nine facilities.

Shiepe most recently served as Se-nior Vice President of Tri-City Regional Medical Center and, prior to that, as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tri-City Regional Medical Center, after serving for more than 5 years as chief operating officer and interim CEO of Victor Valley Community Hospital. Prior to that position, Shiepe served as CEO of a major health care consulting company that provided services to many large health care companies, among other leadership endeavors.

"Tri-City Regional Medical Center is a perfect fit for my experience and I look forward to raising the bar on all levels of clinical care, personal service and physician relations," he said. "This facility has a rich history of serving the community with high quality patient care as well as treating many patients from all over the country thanks to our physicians' exceptional expertise in orthopedics, spine surgery and weight loss surgery."

Shiepe holds a BS from the Uni-versity of Massachusetts and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston, Mass.

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and can be dropped off at the Post Of-fice located on the southwest corner of Norwalk Boulevard and Centralia Street. The council will place the matter on its next agenda for public comment.

In other business the council pre-sented Ferguson Elementary School with a $5,000 donation for its 6th Grade Sci-ence Camp. Principal Mayra Lozano said the camp is held on the first week in June and consists of the school’s two sixth grade classes with 28 students in each class. Ferguson is a Title I school serving a total of approximately 427 students.

The Council voted to amend the Community Development Block Grant Residential Rehabilitation Program guidelines. Community Development Director Joseph Colombo explained the program was established to provide fi-nancial assistance to low and moderate income homeowners and mobile home-buyers in the preservation of decent, safe and sanitary housing and to rehabilitate hazardous and/or deteriorating residen-tial units. Colombo said currently the program offers financial assistance to low and moderate-income homeowners and mobile homeowners.

Councilmember Barry Bruce asked why the city’s mobile home parks appear to be getting “more grants” than other city residents. He said the mobile home residents receiving the grants are “over-whelming” compared to the rest of the city and questioned the legitimacy of the situation. He also said he didn’t under-stand how people who receive a “$3,000 or $5,000 grant complain because they have to wait 10 years before they can ap-ply for another grant.”

“I think our city is pretty amazing to give grants in the first place. We give lots of money away as a city” to those in need. Bruce commented.

“If you get a $5,000 grant, just ac-cept it and say ‘thank you’ and not ask for more,” he commented. Bruce said he would like to see more $5,000 grants go-ing to other areas of the community.

The council also amended the city’s fee schedule for municipal services pro-vided by Hawaiian Gardens. In his re-port to the council, Director of Human Services Steve Gomez said changes were being presented to the council for ap-proval to assist groups in their fundrais-ing goals while at the same time allow-ing the city to properly monitor the use of the facilities. He said it has become a practice to permit residents to use city facilities for receptions at no cost. In the future they will be obligated to purchase liability insurance.

The amended proposals also increase the hourly rate charged for a Recreation Leader to work at the facility rental from $20 per hour to $25 per hour.

Gomez said the increase would al-low the city to stay within the bud-geted amount of funding available for staff work. The council also approved a change governing temporary signs and banners lowering the current fee of $107 to $25.00.

A request from the Community De-velopment Department to accept the repair of the existing shade and patio structure located between the City Hall and the Robert Lee Gymnasium in the amount of $59,450 was approved by the council. Councilmember’s Reynaldo Ro-driguez and Barry Bruce complimented the workers of the H.D. R. Construction Co. of Hawaiian Gardens for their excel-lent work.

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“That same group of people have taken the ball and run with it.”

The Foundation recently announced that its first major project for 2011 will focus on senior hunger, especially in these dire economic times of $5 a gallon gasoline and out of control food costs.

“Countless numbers of our local seniors go hungry, sadly it is becom-ing a daily reality for many,” said Les-sin. “Seniors who don’t get enough to eat, or don’t have the money for food or who cannot get to the store for food of-ten have compromised health due to their nutritional limitations. We want to help improve these dire hunger statistics in the communities where we provide medical care to so many seniors already.”

Case workers at CareMore validated that statement after conducting a recent survey.

"We can really help with providing food, so we wanted to make that the main mission of the CareMore Founda-tion,” said Lessin.

Initially the group will provide grants to local senior-focused non-profit organi-zations but that resources and volunteer support from the staff at CareMore will soon follow.

CareMore has made a $250,000 do-nation to the “kick start” the Foundation and applications will be available soon

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for local community based non-profit groups to participate.

Members of the CareMore Founda-tion Board of Directors include:

Alan Hoops, John Kao, Leeba Lessin. Advisory Committee Charlene Colbert, county of Pima; Gail Holmes, Stanis-laus; Susan Mora, Orange County; Kar-en Riggs, Cerritos; James Rose, Cerritos; Erika Tigno, Cerritos and Jeffrey Tipton, Cerritos.

Regional Leadership includes Leticia Aceves, San Bernardino; Cheri Brown, Stanislaus; Reggie Casilang, Rachel Cruz, Charla Hawkins and Kerry Se-queira, LA/OC; Diana Garrido and Cindy Lynch, Clark; Scott Mancuso, Maricopa; Dan Peterson, Pima; Beje Schweitzer, Santa Clara and Theresa Weaver, Riverside.

It is anticipated that these leadership groups will be expanding over the next several months to include additional lo-cal community leaders.

The main purpose is about “giving” but other possible projects could include pilot projects such as how certain new drugs work on seniors. “The possibilities are endless,” said Erika Tigno, Chair of the CareMore Advisory Group.

Tigno , a long time resident of Cerri-tos and CareMore employee has a “keen insight” on the real needs for seniors right here in our neighborhoods.

Additional details will be announced here in the Los Cerritos Community News in the next few weeks. For more information call Kristen at CareMore at (562) 622-2807.

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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 PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.

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 sav-ings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

Trustor: SENJAL PATEL, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTYDuly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, 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 An-geles 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 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.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 Cor-poration 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 Pro-gressive, 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

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. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DAVID JOSEPH CARPIO, 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 Nor-walk 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 reasonable 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 encum-brances, 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 RECON-TRUST 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# FNMA3954094 04/15/2011, 04/22/2011, 04/29/2011

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 10-

0023057 Title Order No. 10-8-095408 Investor/In-

surer No. 116097456 APN No. 7170-017-018 YOU

ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,

DATED 12/05/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE AC-

TION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY

BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED

AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE

PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD

CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given

that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly

appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust

executed by 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 Califor-

nia, will sell on 05/13/2011 at 10:30AM, At the

West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse,

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: 5532

HAZELBROOK AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CA,

90712. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any

liability for any incorrectness of the street address

and other common designation, if any, shown

herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with

interest thereon of the obligation secured by the

property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs,

expenses and advances at the time of the initial

publication of the Notice of Sale is $429,466.10.

It is possible that at the time of sale the opening

bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In

addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's

checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check

drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a

check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan

association, savings association, or savings bank

specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and

authorized to do business in this state. Said sale

will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without

covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding

title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the in-

debtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances

thereunder, with interest as provided, and the

unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed

of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said

Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee

and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

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 COMPANY, N.A. is a debt

collector attempting to collect a debt. Any informa-

tion obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP#

3966614 04/15/2011, 04/22/2011, 04/29/2011

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, CALI-FORNIA 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 RAHIM-IAN, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, WASHING-TON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier's check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encum-brances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reason-ably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOULEVARD, 12720 NORWALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: LOT 41 OF TRACT 32491, IN THE CITY OF CER-RITOS, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 853, PAGE(S) 75-77 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $853,363.25 (estimated) Street address and other common designation 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 CALIFORNIA RECONVEY-ANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION 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.prioritypost-ing.comASAP# 3959206 04/08/2011, 04/15/2011, 04/22/2011

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 EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On May 12, 2011, at 10:00am, Cal-Western Reconveyance 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 designa-tion, 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 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 Reconvey-ance 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 EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by 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 Court-house, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Nor-walk 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 reasonable 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 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 war-ranty, 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 RECON-TRUST COMPANY 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

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. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER." Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by DAVID JOSEPH CARPIO, 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 Nor-walk 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 reasonable 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 encum-brances, 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 RECON-TRUST 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# 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 IMPOR-TANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 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 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: 19103 Allingham Ave 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: $182,249.84. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the suc-cessful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. 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)

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No.: 20100159902537 Title Order No.: 100430064 FHA/VA/PMI No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/20/05. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEx West, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/28/05, as Instrument No. 05 2604020 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. EXE¬CUTED BY: JEAN KASTNER, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVA¬LENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) DATE OF SALE: May 19, 2011 TIME OF SALE: 11:30 AM PLACE OF SALE: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 W. Mission Blvd. Pomona, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11360 BOS STREET, CERRITOS, CA 90703. APN# 7049 022 011 The under¬signed Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designa¬tion, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en¬cumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reason¬able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $452,647.06. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore exe¬cuted and delivered to the under¬signed a written Declaration of De¬fault and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMA¬TION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION, INC. 5005 WINDPLAY DRIVE, SUITE 1, EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762-9334 916-939-0772, www.nationwideposting.com NDEx West L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLEC-TOR ATTEMPT¬ING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee, BY: Ric Juarez Dated: 04/22/11 NPP0179949 04/29/11, 05/06/11, 05/13/11

Trustee’s Sale No. 05-NB-71887 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/2/2004. 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. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE On 5/20/2011, at 10:30 AM, At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 W Mission Blvd., in the City of POMONA, County of LOS ANGELES, State of CALIFORNIA, REGIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION, a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by Daniel Park, as Trustors, recorded on 12/09/2004, as Instrument No. 043176155, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, for cash, or cashier’s check (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States) without warranty express or implied as to title, use, possession or encumbrances, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it as such Trustee, in and to the following described property situated in the aforesaid County and State, to-wit: As more fully described in said Deed of Trust TAX PARCEL NO. 7054-014-050 From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no representation or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is pur-ported to be 19358 Stefani Avenue Cerritos, CA 90703. Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $562,670.33. 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 foreclosures by one or more 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 or the borrower has surrendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent and that the compliance with Civil Code Section 2923.5 was made at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this Notice of Sale. Dated: 4/21/2011 REGIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee 616 1st Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98104 By Jean Greagor, AUTHORIZED AGENT Agent for Trustee: PRIORITY POSTING & PUBLISHING 17501 IRVINE BLVD, SUITE #1 TUSTIN, CA 92780 Telephone Number: (800) 542-2550 Sale Information: (714) 573-1965 or http://www.rtrustee.com P827743 4/29, 5/6, 05/13/2011

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California at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 9, 2011, Public Hearing to consider the following items:

Resolution No. 11- 2271 ascertain whether the public necessity, health, safety, and welfare requires the

removal of poles, overhead wires, and associated overheard structures, and the underground installation

of wires and facilities for supplying electric, communication, or similar or associated service, within that

certain area of the City described as follows: On South Street, extending 100 feet west of Grayland Avenue

centerline, to 100 Feet east of Norwalk Boulevard centerline.

Resolution No. 11-2273

A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Artesia Granting a Late Night/Early Morning Operations

Permit Pursuant to Artesia Municipal Code Section 3-2.209 to a Business Known as Julio’s Pizza Located at

16651 Artesia Blvd., Artesia, Ca. 90701, Providing Restaurant Services

Case No. 2011-04 Property Acquisition

178th Street-east of Gridley Road

City of Artesia, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, Ca. 90701

A request for approval for the proposed property acquisition for the use of Public Street on 178th Street for

the Assessor’s Identification Number (AIN) 7035-008-042 (the center strip of land on the center of 178th

Street, Artesia, Ca. 90701).

Case No. 2011-03 Code Amendment relating to Front Yard Fencing

City of Artesia, 18747 Clarkdale Avenue, Artesia, Ca. 90701

And

Ordinance No. 11-769

An Ordinance of the City of Artesia Establishing Definitions of Fences, Hedges

and Walls, Regulating Fencing Materials in Front Yards of Properties in the Single

Family Residential (R-1), Agricultural Single Family (A-1), Medium Density

Residential (M-D-R), Multiple Family Residential (M-R), and Mixed Commercial/

Single-Family Residential (M-C-R) Zones, and Amending the Artesia Municipal

Code

If you challenge this action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else

raised at the public hearing described in the notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Coun-

cil at, or prior to, the public hearing. All interested persons are invited to attend this hearing and express

their opinion on the matter listed above.

PUBLISHED: April 29, 2011 Gloria Considine, City Clerk

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