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BY HAZEL TRICE EDNEYNNPA EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

WASHINGTON (NNPA) —As the Black unemployment raterose slightly last month, PresidentObama has signed the long-awaitedjobs bill with hopes of turningaround employment rates, which forAfrican-Americans still nearly dou-bles the national average of 9.5 per-cent.

“The Manufacturing Enhance-ment Act of 2010 will create jobs,help American companies compete,and strengthen manufacturing as akey driver of our economic recov-ery,” Obama said during a bill sign-ing ceremony at the White Houserecently. “To make their products,manufacturers — some of whom arerepresented here today — oftenhave to import certain materialsfrom other countries and pay tariffson those materials. This legislationwill reduce or eliminate some ofthose tariffs, which will significant-ly lower costs for American compa-nies across the manufacturing land-scape — from cars to chemicals;medical devices to sporting goods.And that will boost output, supportgood jobs here at home, and lowerprices for American consumers.”

Obama’s stroke of the pen willnot wipe out all of the damage doneduring the economic crisis that start-ed in earnest during the Bushadministration. But, there are highhopes in Black communities wherethe jobless rate reached back to 15.6percent last month, up from 15.4 inJune, according to the Bureau ofLabor Statistics.

Unemployment among Blackmales — though down significantlyfrom its high of 19 percent in March— is still at 16.7 percent, nearlytwice the average White rate of 8.6and White male rate of 8.8 percent.

There is contention amongsome that Obama may need to takespecific actions to help quell the dis-parate economic suffering in theBlack community.

“Unemployment rates forAfrican-Americans and Latinosremain unacceptably high at 15.6percent and 12.1 percent, respec-tively, and highlighting the dispro-portionate impact the recession hashad and the need for targeted effortsto address chronic unemployment,”Congressional Black Caucus ChairBarbara Lee (D-Calif.) said in astatement.

In the president’s bill-signingstatement, there was no specific

mention of the Black unemploy-ment rate at the bill signing Aug. 11.However, recently, Obama ack-nowledged to thousands at theNational Urban League Conventionthat Black communities had alreadybeen hit substantially by the econo-my before he ever took office.

“The African-American unem-ployment rate was already muchhigher, the incomes and wealth ofAfrican-American families already

lower,” he said. “There was less of acushion. Many minority communi-ties — whether in big cities or ruraltowns — had seen businesses andopportunities vanish for years,stores boarded up, young peoplehanging out on the street cornerswithout prospects for the future.”

He added, “So when we camein to office, we focused not just onrescuing our economy in the shortrun, but rebuilding our economy forthe long run — creating an economythat lifts up all Americans.”

He also told the NUL crowdthat certain actions by his adminis-

tration have been intended to at leastrespond to the Black unemploymentrate, including “making sure civilrights and anti-discrimination lawsare enforced.”

Meanwhile, the issue that waspredicted to be his toughest is meas-uring up to its expectations, Obamasaid: “Now, we knew from thebeginning that reversing the damagedone by the worst financial crisisand the deepest recession in genera-tions would take some time — moretime than anyone would like. Andwe knew that it would require anongoing effort across all fronts.”

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Obama Signs Jobs Billas CBC Chair Calls forSpecific Help for Blacks

AP Photo by J. Scott ApplewhitePresident Barack Obama signs a $26 billion jobs bill to protect 300,000 teachers and other nonfederal governmentworkers from election-year layoffs, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010.Behind him are, from left, Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, and three out-of-work teach-ers teachers: Amanda VanNess of Toledo, Ohio; Shannon Lewis, of Romney, W. Va.; and and Rachel Martin ofRichton Park, Ill.

BRIEFSMemorial Honors Victimsof L.A.’s ‘Grim Sleeper’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vic-tims of the “Grim Sleeper” serialkiller were honored with a photomemorial in South Los Angeles.

Pictures of 10 slain womenwere placed in front of Bethel AMEChurch on Aug. 10 — the 25thanniversary of the first killing.

Organizers say it’s an attemptto humanize victims who havebecome little more than names withthe passage of time.

People left flowers and candlesand penned notes of consolation tothe families on the photographs.

Civic leaders also stopped byand an evening memorial servicewas planned.

Local mechanic Lonnie Frank-lin Jr. has been charged with mur-dering women in a series of attacksfrom 1985 to 2007. A 14-year gapbetween assaults led police to dubthe mysterious killer the “GrimSleeper.”

Police say DNA evidence ledthem to arrest Franklin last month.

L.A. Carwash OwnersSentenced To Prison

(AP) — The owners of fourLos Angeles car washes who wereaccused of mistreating workers have

each been sentenced to a year inprison as part of a plea agreement.

Brothers Benny and NissanPirian also were ordered Monday topay $1.25 million in unpaid wagesto 54 workers and received fouryears probation.

The men each pleaded no con-test Friday to a half-dozen criminalcounts, including conspiracy andgrand theft, and several labor codeviolations.

Prosecutors say the brothers’employees worked for years withoutreceiving minimum wage or over-time, and worked in hazardous con-ditions where they were regularlyexposed to chemicals and also werenot provided with drinking water.

A prosecutor says the $1.25million payment will be dividedamong the 54 workers named in thecriminal complaint.

Excessive Bell SalariesPrompt Bills in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—California lawmakers are debat-ing bills stemming from a salaryscandal in the small Los Angelessuburb of Bell that set off a fiercedebate about the compensation ofmunicipal employees.

The deadline to introduce newbills in the California Legislaturepassed in February, but lawmakers

are amending existing bills to allayfears that other municipalities couldbe paying excessive salaries to theiremployees.

Under one bill going before theLegislature this week, SB501, allcity, county and school districtemployees would have to reporttheir compensation each year andhave it posted on a public website.

The secretary of state woulddevelop a form for employees toreport salaries, stipends and otherreimbursement.

“We have all heard about thepillaging in the city of Bell,”Assemblyman Hector De La Torre,D-South Gate, co-sponsor of thebill, told colleagues in a recentaddress. “This is one measure ... thatwill be coming through the processso that we will never see this situa-tion again.”

Sen. Lou Correa, D-Anaheim,said he introduced SB501 toincrease transparency in all levels ofgovernment. He said members ofthe Legislature and their staffsalready report their compensationpublicly.

“People look through this stuff,and I think that’s good for the sys-tem,” Correa said.

That bill will be heard in theAssembly Local GovernmentCommittee on Wednesday.

BY HERB BOYDSPECIAL TO THE NNPAFROM THE AMSTERDAM NEWS

(NNPA) — CongressmanCharles Rangel, charged with 13violations by the House ethics com-mittee, took the House floor Aug. 10and, in effect, began his defense.

Allotted an hour to express hisfeelings about the charges, the 80-year-old representative from Har-lem, often resorting to the third per-son when referring to himself, threwdown the gauntlet and let his col-leagues know that he was not quit-ting, that “I am here.”

“I rise to the floor because thenewspapers and the media haveindicated that there’s a concern ofsome of the members of this Housethat I retire or I remove myself fromthis body, and I’ve always tried toplay by the rules,” he said after

commanding time that many of hisfellow Democrats preferred tospend celebrating the passing of anew jobs bill.

Political consultant Bill Lynchsaid in a recent interview thatmainstream media “will do every-thing they can to discredit him.”

A recent story in the New YorkPost is perhaps indicative ofLynch’s concern.

According to the paper,Rangel was defiant in his defenseof Alianza Dominicana, an UpperManhattan charity group that isenduring financial woes.

“Anyone who wants to chal-lenge the integrity of AlianzaDominicana, talk to the people thathave been the beneficiaries of it,”Rangel said during a pre-Dominican Day Parade breakfast atthe Mamajuana Cafe on DyckmanStreet.

Alianza, the Post re-ported, owes $280,000 toits employees and is slatedto receive $2.5 millionfrom the Upper ManhattanE m p o w e r m e n t Z o n e(UMEZ), which is a non-profit organization associ-ated with Rangel.

Ken Knuckles, presi-dent and CEO of UMEZ,told the Amsterdam Newsthat the Post story wasmisleading in severalways.

“We didn’t guaranteeany of the loans,” heexplained. He said thefunds provided for thesix-story building behindthe Audubon Ballroom —

and the last work designed by thelate Max Bond — is money for the

“fit out or build out” or completionof a building that “will be a com-munity asset (while) trying to pre-serve” many cultural aspects,Knuckles concluded.

Rangel is trying to protect andpreserve his career. During hisfloor speech, he made several ref-erences to his 40 years in Congressand the contributions he has made.

“I’m the guy who was raisingmoney in Republican districts toget you here,” he reminded someof his Democratic colleagues,many of whom are facing re-elec-tion bids and are wary of being tooclosely associated with him.

Rangel also mentioned AdamClayton Powell Jr., the legend hedefeated in 1970, who, near theend of his political career, wassimilarly snared in a web of allega-tions about wrongdoing.

“Adam Powell knew (the situ-ation) when they wouldn’t let himbe seated,” Rangel said aboutPowell’s problems. “And thecourts, of course, overruled it. Butif I can’t get my dignity back here,then fire your best shot in gettingrid of me through expulsion.”

At the core of his speech wasa call for the ethics committee tomove with alacrity and not let himhang in the wind until November.

“And maybe, just maybe, themembers of the ethics committeemight think about telling me whenthey think they might have a hear-ing, so that whatever they decide, Ican let my constituents, my (family),my friends know that I did the best Icould, as an American, as a patriot,and someone who loves this coun-try,” Rangel concluded. “Thank youfor your attention. Go home.”

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Photos by KELVIN FIELDSDozens of people gathered Aug. 16 to remember Mitrice Richardson, the then-24-year-old African- Americanwoman who was missing since last September and whose remains were recently found in a Malibu canyon. Atthe event, Michael Richardson, Mitrice’s father, stressed that he’s determined to find out what happened to hisdaughter. Mitrice Richardson was arrested at Geoffrey’s Malibu restaurant on Sept. 16, 2009, after reportedlynot paying a bill for about $89. She was eventually taken to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Malibu/Lost Hillsstation in Agoura, and, after some time there, was released in the early morning without a purse, car or cellphone. Her remains were found last week. Pictured: (right) A crowd gathered at the vigil; (left) MichaelRichardson speaks to the audience.

South Africa’s Women’s DayTakes Aim at Inequality

Special to the NNPA from GIN (GIN) – Following in the steps

of 20,000 women who in 1956marched to the Union Buildings,seat of government, in Pretoria, toprotest racist pass laws, hundreds ofwomen marked the day, Aug. 9,known as national Women’s Day.

Led by Tshwane executivemayor Gwen Ramokgopa, themarch was held under the banner of“Working together for equal oppor-tunity and progress for women.”

Cape Town Mayor Helen Zillepaid tribute to the daughters andgranddaughters of the women of1956. “Over half a century later, onWomen’s Day ... there is cause forsome celebration, but much needsdo be done.”

A more critical note was sound-ed by Winnie Madikizela-Mandelawho faulted the African NationalParty (ANC) party for failing toimplement its own policies – espe-cially those concerning women.

“I wouldn’t say the ANC hasfailed women ... it’s the responsibil-ity of every South African to trans-form society,” she said. But SouthAfrican women need more thanannual women’s rallies to solvetheir inequality, she said.

At a crowded Buffalo City sta-

dium in the Eastern Cape, PresidentJacob Zuma agreed that rapid gen-der and racial transformation in theprivate sector was crucial. He urgedmen to “confront their attitudes andinsecurities.”

Currently, less than 3 percent oftop level directors in the private sec-tor are Black women, whilecoloured and Indian women makeup only 1 percent each of all topmanagement positions, according toa new study.

Minister for Women, Childrenand People with DisabilitiesNoluthando Mayende-Sibiya, said aplanned new law would look atequal pay for equal work and “50-50 representation and participationof women in decision-making struc-tures.” She said the bill will beintroduced in Parliament soon.

Nigeria: Former VPAnnounces Presidential Bid BY BASHIR ADIGUNASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) —Nigeria’s former vice presidentAtiku Abubakar, who was accusedof bribing a U.S. congressman whilein office, announced Sunday hewould seek the nomination of theoil-rich country’s ruling party to runfor the presidency.

Abubakar, 63, would need the

People’s Democratic Party to againaccept him as a member before con-testing the primary, as he ran unsuc-cessfully as a presidential candidatefor an opposition party in 2007.

However, his candidacy as aMuslim from northern Nigeriacould pressure the party after aChristian from the south becameNigeria’s president earlier this yearfollowing the death of its electedMuslim leader.

At a news conference Sunday,Abubakar told reporters he came tothe decision after talking with fami-ly, friends and supporters.

“I have no illusions about thetoughness of the challenges ahead,but with the support of our peoplewe can overcome them,” he said. Hetook only a few questions fromreporters before rowdy supporterswho flooded the event drowned outtheir voices.

Abubakar served as vice presi-dent under President OlusegunObasanjo during his two, four-yearterm presidency. Their time in officemarked Nigeria’s return to democra-cy after a string of military dictator-ships and failed governments thatfollowed the nation’s independencefrom Britain in 1960.

However, Abubakar receivedthe most international attention dur-ing the trial of ex-Louisiana con-gressman William Jefferson, whosefreezer was stocked with $90,000 incash at the time of an FBI raid.

During Jefferson’s 2009 federaltrial, a Nigerian businessman testi-

fying for the prosecution toldjurors that Abubakar paidJefferson $100,000 to helpAbubakar make political con-tacts in the United States. Alawyer for Abubakar denied theallegation at the time.

Orphaned at age 8, Abuba-kar worked through law schooland joined the Nigerian customsservice, rising to the second-highest position after 20 years.He left as a wealthy business-man and his support helpedensure Obasanjo’s electoralwins in 1999 and 2003.

He fell out with the rulingparty after refusing to sup-port a constitutional amend-ment allowing Obasanjo to runfor a third term.

Abubakar is the secondhigh-profile Nigerian to an-nounce his plans to run in nextyear’s election, which could beheld as early as January. FormerNigerian military leaderIbrahim Babangida, who seizedpower in a bloodless coup andannulled an election intended tohand over power to a civilian leader,also has said he will run.

President Goodluck Jonathan, aChristian from Nigeria’s oil-richand restive southern delta, has yet tosay whether he’ll run. Jonathancame to office after the May 5 deathof President Umaru Yar’Adua, aMuslim from the country's north.

An unwritten agreement in thePeople’s Democratic Party calls for

its presidential candidates to alter-nate between the Christian southand the Muslim north. Party leadersanticipated Yar’Adua holding officefor two, four-year terms, like hisChristian predecessor Obasanjo.

On Friday, the ruling party’sexecutive committee said Jonathancould stand in the 2011 election,though that wouldn’t preclude anyother candidate seeking the nomina-tion during the primary.


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GRAND ISLE, La. – Fishermen whospent much of the summer mopping up oilfrom BP’s disastrous spill got back to work asthe fall shrimping season in Louisiana’s coastalwaters opened Monday amid anxiety overwhether the catch will be tainted by crude andwhether anyone will buy it even if it is clean.

Scores of shrimpers headed out at firstlight, and early reports indicated a plentifuland clean catch. But a new analysis of federalestimates show the optimism may be prema-ture about how much oil remains in the Gulf.

“We’re not seeing any oil where I’mat. No tar balls, nothing,” said BrianAmos, a 53-year-old shrimper whotrawled in his 28-foot skiff, The RollingThunder, in a bay near Empire.

It was a step toward normalcy formany coastal towns that have been inlimbo in the nearly four months since thespill shut down fishing, an economiclinchpin for dock owners, restaurants andmany other businesses along the Louisianacoast. Louisiana ranks first in the nation inshrimp, blue crab, crawfish and oysters,and the state's seafood industry overallgenerates an estimated $2.4 billion a year.

Five Georgia scientists who reviewed thedata said Aug. 16 that instead of only 26 percentof the oil remaining, as a federal report said ear-lier this month, it’s actually closer to 80 percent.

“Where has all the oil gone? It hasn’tgone anywhere. It still lurks in the deep,” saidUniversity of Georgia marine scientist ChuckHopkinson. He headed the quick independ-ent look by the Georgia Sea Grant program atthe estimates the White House released.

White House energy adviser CarolBrowner said on morning news shows earlierthis month: “More than three-quarters of the oilis gone. The vast majority of the oil is gone.”

The Georgia team said it is a misinter-pretation of data to claim that oil that is dis-solved or dispersed is gone.

“The bottom line is most of it is stillout there,” Hopkinson told The AssociatedPress. “There’s nothing in the report to sub-stantiate the 26 percent.”

Also Monday:• Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad

Allen, who is overseeing the oil-spill crisisfor the government, said it will take at least aweek to permanently plug the well with mudand cement once he gives the go-ahead forthe “bottom kill.” He said he is not surewhen that will happen, because scientists areworking on ways to perform the kill withoutfurther damaging the well.

• The Obama administration an-nounced it is requiring environmentalreviews for all new deep-water oil drilling,ending the kind of exemptions thatallowed BP to drill its ill-fated well withlittle scrutiny.

• BP said it will give federal and statehealth organizations $52 million to help peo-ple dealing with stress and anxiety becauseof the spill, which erupted after the offshoredrilling rig Deepwater Horizon explodedApril 20, killing 11 workers. The oil finallystopped flowing in mid-July after BP put atemporary cap on the blown-out well.

Amos and his fellow shrimpers wereworking in Louisiana’s state-controlled waters,which extend three miles from shore.Shrimpers who ply those waters lost most of

their spring season — which runs from mid-May to early July — because of the spill. Thefall shrimping season runs from mid-August toDecember.

Shrimping is also open in state-con-trolled waters off Mississippi, Alabama,Florida and Texas. Federal waters, whichare open nearly year-round for boats totrawl for bigger shrimp, remain closed toshrimping off Louisiana, Mississippi andAlabama, though some spots could openwithin days, depending on the results ofextensive tests.

Laboratory tests on seafood from thegulf have shown little hazard from oil, anda test is being developed for the chemicalsused to disperse the crude, though there isno evidence they build up in seafood. Still,shrimpers are worried that the public won'twant what they catch.

“I feel that we have had a bad rap onthe perception of our product,” said AndrewBlanchard, who waited Monday for shrimpboats to arrive at his processing plant inChauvin. Fewer arrived than normal, fiveversus the usual 20 on a normal opening

day, but he said that was because mostboats are still doing cleanup work for BP,not because of any problem with theshrimp.

Ravin Lacoste of Theriot said hebelieves his fellow shrimpers know betterthan to turn in a bad catch. “If you put badshrimp on the market — we in enough trou-ble now with our shrimp,” Lacoste said.“You might can go in the closed waters andcatch more shrimp. But it ain’t worth it.”

Prices spiked soon after the rig explo-sion, fueled by fears that the shrimp wouldsoon be unavailable. But then, despite stateand federal assurances that the seafoodreaching the market was safe, demanddropped and prices crashed a month ago.

Things were precarious in the industryeven before the spill. For the past decade,shrimpers along the Gulf Coast have had tocontend with hurricanes, high fuel prices anda flood of imported shrimp.

Louisiana’s shrimp harvest was valuedat $240 million in 2000, but that dropped toabout $133 million last year. The number ofshrimp licenses issued by the state plummet-ed from about 44,000 in 1986 to 14,000 lastyear.

Still, there are reasons for hope. Therewere fears that the spill would kill largeamounts of shrimp larvae. But MartinBourgeois, a state fisheries biologist, saidinitial observations show they may havemade it through intact.

Associated Press Writers Harry R.Weber, Kevin McGill and Tom Breen in NewOrleans and Erica Werner, LauranNeergaard and Seth Borenstein inWashington contributed to this report.

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AP Photo by Gerald Herbert (Above) Shrimpers haul in their catch in Bastian Bay, near Empire, La., onthe first day of shrimping season since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,Aug. 16.

BY RACHEL ZOLLAP RELIGION WRITER

NEW YORK — AmericanMuslims who support the proposedmosque and Islamic center near groundzero are facing skeptics within theirown faith — those who argue that the

project is insensitive to Sept. 11 victimsand needlessly provocative at a timewhen Muslims are pressing for wideracceptance in the U.S.

“For most Americans, 9/11 re-mains as an open wound, and anythingassociated with Islam, even forAmericans who want to understandIslam — to have an Islamic center withso much publicity is like rubbing salt inopen wounds,” said Akbar Ahmed, pro-fessor of Islamic studies at AmericanUniversity, a former Pakistani ambas-sador to Britain and author of “JourneyInto America, The Challenge of Islam.”

He said the space should include asynagogue and a church so it will trulybe interfaith.

Abdul Cader Asmal, past presi-dent of the Islamic Council of NewEngland, an umbrella group for morethan 15 Islamic centers, said some

opponents of the $100 million, 13-storyproject are indeed anti-Muslim. But hesaid many Americans have genuine,understandable questions about Islamand extremism.

In light of those fears, and theopposition of many relatives of 9/11victims, Asmal said organizers shoulddramatically scale back the project tojust a simple mosque, despite theirlegal right to construct what they want.

“Winning in the court of law is notgoing to help improve the image ofMuslims nationwide,” said Asmal, aMassachusetts physician. “You have towin the hearts and minds of the ordi-nary American people.”

The project has touched off anational debate over religious toler-ance, American ideals and the still-fresh pain of the terrorist attacks. Thecenter’s leaders, Imam Feisal AbdulRauf, and his wife, Daisy Khan, have along record of interfaith outreach inNew York and beyond. They insist thecenter will be a voice for moderateIslam and will welcome people of allreligions. Supporters are outraged thatcritics suspect the couple of an extrem-ist agenda.

Asra Nomani, author of “StandingAlone: An American Woman’sStruggle for the Soul of Islam,” said shebacks the idea of the mosque in princi-ple but believes the feelings of familieswho lost loved ones in the Sept. 11,2001, attacks should trump the plan.

“I haven’t been able to support thebuilding of the mosque right there in

the location they’ve got,” said Nomani,an advocate for women’s rights and tol-erance in the Muslim world.

The developers for the project,called Park51, have modeled their planon a YMCA and Jewish CommunityCenter. The site, two blocks from

where the World Trade Center stood,will include a pool, gym and 500-seatauditorium for cultural events for thegeneral public, along with a mosqueand a Sept. 11 memorial. Rauf is nowtraveling overseas on his latest speak-ing tour for the U.S. State Department.

Even among American Muslimswho back the idea, there has beengrumbling about what they considerthe organizers’ public relations mis-steps. A plan to build what wouldessentially be a local city mosque hasnow turned into a national confronta-tion that is roiling Muslim communitiesnationwide.

Rauf’s decision to remain over-seas without making a statement on thecontroversy has also caused some frus-tration. Khan, and developer Sharif El-Gamal of SoHo Properties, whichowns the building, have mostly beenthe public face of Park51.

“The total absence of Feisal Raufhas a ‘Where’s Waldo’ quality that ismaddening in itself,” U.S. Muslimwriter Aziz Poonawalla, who supportsthe center, told the blog ordinary-gen-tlemen.com. “I’m quite capable ofdefending Rauf against some of theaccusations against him, but am notinclined to carry his water for himwhile he gallivants about the globe.”

Beyond misgivings about thelocation, some U.S. Muslims haveraised concerns about what the mosquecould become after Rauf and Khanretire and inevitably turn the centerover to new leadership. Like houses of

worship in all faiths, Islamic centerscan change over time depending on theworldviews of congregants and theimams who lead them.

Nomani said American Muslimshave not fully confronted extremism inIslam, which makes her worried thatany mosque has the potential tobecome a haven for those with rigidviews.

“Yes, there is prejudice againstMuslims in the modern day, but alsoMuslims in the modern day have anextremist problem,” Nomani said.

Tawfik Hamid, an Egyptianscholar and reformer who said he wasonce a member of a terrorist group, saidhe had a “conditional objection”

to the proposed Islamic center.He said it was not enough for

Park51 leaders to call themselves mod-erate. Instead, they should “clearly andunambiguously” reject radicalizationby opposing specific extremist prac-tices, such as killing apostates, stoningwomen for adultery, calling Jews “pigsand monkeys” and "declaring war" onnon-Muslims who refuse to convert.

“This, in my view, will be per-ceived by radicals in Islam as a defeatfor their ideology,” said Hamid, seniorfellow at the Potomac Institute for

Policy Studies. “They think in a veryprimitive way. If they see a mosquenear ground zero, this would certainlybe perceived as a sign of victory for al-Qaeda. In the end, they will think,‘They are bowing to us.’ ”

Few American Muslims who lostrelatives in the terrorist strikes havespoken out, but those who have are alsodivided.

Talat Hamdani, a Muslim whoseson Salman, a New York police cadetand emergency medical technician,was killed on Sept. 11, supports theproposal.

“I’m not fighting for a mosque.I’m fighting for my rights,” she said.

By contrast, Neda Bolourchi ofLos Angeles, a native of Iran whosemother was on one of the planes thatcrashed into the World Trade Center,opposes the plan.

“I fear that over time, it will culti-vate a fundamentalist version of theMuslim faith, embracing those whoshare such beliefs and hating those whodo not,” she wrote in a WashingtonPost op-ed. “To the supporters of thisnew Islamic cultural center, I must ask:Build your ideological monumentsomewhere else, far from my mother'sgrave, and let her rest.”

Pastor AliciaL. Partee

Some Muslims QuestionMosque Near Ground Zero

AP PhotoIn this Aug. 14, 2010, photo, pedestrians walk past the 19th century building on Park Place in Manhattan whereMuslims plan to build a mosque and cultural center in New York.

PERSON Of The Week

Obituary For U.D. ‘Jack’Alsobrooks

The family of U.D. “Jack”Alsobrooks announces that hepassed away peacefully in hissleep on Aug. 9, at the age of 88.Memorial Services will be held atThe Church of Christian Fellow-ship 2085 S. Hobart Blvd., at 10a.m. on Aug. 21. In lieu of flow-ers, make donations in his name toTreepeople.org.


P astor Alicia L. Partee is currently the interim associate pastor atAscension Lutheran Church in Los Angeles. Previously, PastorAlicia served at Maranatha Christian Center in San Jose,

California, for 14 years, spending four of those years as the administra-tive pastor. As a biblical expositor and teacher, she brings a wealth ofresources to all on living a life for God.

Pastor Partee shares her spiritual journey, her knowledge, educa-tion, and biblical truths with honesty. As a sought-after teacher and con-ference speaker, she shares the realities of her faith and her abundantresources with an openness and sincerity.

Pastor Partee earned a bachelor’s degree in theology fromWilliams Jessup University and a Master of Arts in Marriage andFamily Therapy from Western Seminary. She is also a marriage andfamily therapist intern. Her passion is to bring healing and reconcilia-tion in the life of God’s people with a unique opportunity to integratethe Bible and therapy.

She is married to Tyrone Partee, senior pastor of Olivet LutheranChurch. She is the mother of six children and two grandchildren.

Notes, quotes and things pickedup on the run from coast-to-coast andall the stops in between and beyond.

Tiger Woods still hasn’t won atournament in 2010. He tied for 28thplace and only made 46,700 of thosepretty little green ones.

Woods will play again in Para-mus, N.J., on Aug. 26 at the Barclays atRidgewood Country Club.

Martin Kaymer won the PGAChampionship and picked up$1,350,000 in a playoff with BubbaWatson.

Who would have ever thoughtWoods would ever tie for 78th place ina golf tournament? Well, recently hedid at the Bridgestone Invitational.

If Woods is to play in the RyderCup, he must be voted on the team.

And the beat continues…University of Southern Cali-

fornia running back Marc Tyler willhave to go some to match the runningfeats of his dad, Wendell Tyler, theUCLA All-American and pro footballstar with the then-L.A. Rams and theSan Francisco 49ers. Wendell wonall-star honors at Crenshaw HighSchool. Young Tyler starred in highschools in Orange County.

Has there ever been a Hall ofFamer with a vice president of theUnited States as a personal friend?Well, former running back FloydLittle has one — Vice President JoeBiden.

How good are UCLA’s corner-back duo of Aaron Hester andSheldon Price? Here’s what Bruinshead coach Rick Neuheisel has to say

about the duo, according to the L.A.Times: “Those two guys are two of thefinest sophomore cornerbacks I canimagine.”

Ex-USC running back StafonJohnson unfortunately has been in-jured — again. But the injury wasn’t as

serious as when weights crushed histhroat and larynx last September whilehe was in a gym.

Johnson dislocated his anklerecently when his Tennessee Titansplayed against the Seattle Seahawks.The Titans lost 20-18.

In other football news, theUniversity of Pittsburgh’s DionLewis is being called the school’sgreatest running back since the greatTony Dorsett. Lewis rushed for 1,799yards last season.

And the beat continues…It seems Shaquille O’Neal has

been welcomed to the Boston Celticswith open arms, especially by RayAllen.

“One of our bad traits this pastyear was offensive rebounding andrebounding in general, and he’s a guythat takes up a lot of space, so I definite-ly think he can help us,” The AssociatedPress quoted Allen as saying.

The Celtics is the sixth teamO’Neal has been with.

Two big games of the NBA regu-lar season will be played at the StaplesCenter:

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade,Chris Bosh, and the rest of the MiamiHeat, will battle it out with the LosAngeles Lakers on Christmas Day.And on Jan. 30, 2011, O’Neal, Paul

Pierce, and the rest of the Celtics willplay against the back-to-back champi-on Lakers.

Also, the Lakers will open theseason Oct. 26 against the HoustonRockets at the Staples Center.

Lisa Leslie, now that she hasretired as one of the greatest perform-ers and record-setters in women’s bas-ketball history, has a new goal: Shewants to be an NBA studio analyst forTNT, the L.A. Times reports.

Leslie tells the newspaper shefeels she will fit just fine as a TV ana-lyst with Charles Barkley and KennySmith.

“I’ve got great love for Lisa,” theL.A. Times quoted Barkley as saying.“It would be cool to work with her.”

And the beat continues…It’s official: The Williams sisters

— Venus and Serena — will play inthe final of the Fed Cup in San Diegoon Nov. 6 and 7, according to the U.S.Tennis Association.

And the beat continues…The L.A. Dodgers and L.A.

Angels of Anaheim will be missing inthe post-season playoffs unless bothteams can come up with a pair of mira-cles. They need to do a better job andwin more games.

Yes, just list both the Dodgers andAngels as “missing in action” when itcomes to the playoffs.

And the beat ends.Brad Pye Jr. can be reached at

[email protected].

(323) 242-050011900 Avalon Blvd.

Suite 200-UpstairsLos Angeles

(310) 553-9500

METHADONECLINIC

SPORTS BEAT BY BRAD PYE JR.

AP PhotoLorenzen Wright’s body was found July 28 in woods outside Memphis afterhe had been missing for 10 days. He was shot to death in what police arecalling a homicide. No arrests have been made.


MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Theex-wife of slain former NBA playerLorenzen Wright told police she sawhim leave her home carrying moneyand a box of drugs the night he dis-appeared, according to court docu-ments obtained Wednesday.

Sherra Wright said her ex-hus-band left her home at 10:30 p.m. onJuly 18 with the drugs, returned ashort time later, then left again withan unspecified amount of money,said an affidavit for a search warrantby Memphis police Sgt. W.D.Merritt.

Before he left, Sherra Wrightsaid she overheard her ex-husbandon the telephone telling someonethat he was going to “flip somethingfor $110,000,” the document said.

Sherra Wright said LorenzenWright left her home in a car with aperson she said she could not identi-fy. Hours later, police dispatchersreceived a 911 call from Wright'scell phone and heard noises like gun-shots before the call was dropped.

Wright’s body was found July28 in woods outside Memphis. The34-year-old had been missing for 10days. No arrests have been made inthe homicide and Memphis police

will not discuss whether they have amotive or suspects in the shootingdeath.

The affidavit said SherraWright gave the statements to policein the Memphis suburb ofCollierville, where she lives, on July27 five days after the formerUniversity of Memphis basketballstar's mother filed a missing personreport.

Sherra Wright also told policethat her ex-husband owned a shot-gun that he kept at her home and ahandgun he kept inside the familyvan. A search of the home and thevan failed to turn up the weapons,the affidavit said.

Police did find shell casings ofdifferent caliber bullets at the scenewhere Wright was shot, but theycould not find Wright’s cell phone.

The affidavit said police weregoing to use documents showingownership of the two weapons to seeif they match the bullet shell casingsrecovered at the crime scene.

Wright, a 6-foot-11 forward-center, played with five teams duringhis 13-year NBA career. He aver-aged 8 points and 6.4 rebounds in778 career NBA games.

Wright’s Ex-WifeSays He Left HerHouse With Drugs

Tiger Woods

BY JOY CHILDSCONTRIBUTING WRITER

There they were: With bodiesswingin’ and swayin’ — and toestappin’ and fingers poppin’ — theannual Long Beach Jazz Festivalbrought out lovers of all that jazzhas become. From smooth jazz tostraight-ahead, folks flocked to thegrassy knoll and beautiful lagoonthat has been its staging area for thepast 23 years.

The official theme of thisyear’s Long Beach Jazz Festivalmay have been “Jazz Up YourSummer,” but really, it should havebeen “the summer of reunions.” Thefestival was honored to be the firstmusic venue in California to hostthe reunion of the groundbreaking

original Jazz Crusaders. Although saxophonist Wilton

Felder was forced to cancel due toillness, he was ably represented byas Felder protégé Euge Groove. Or-iginal members Joe Sample onpiano (son Nick was on uprightelectric bass) and trombonist WayneHenderson were in full effect ontheir ’60s catalog. These had majorfun with major Jazz Crusaders hitslike “The Thing,” “Scratch” (sound-ing much like it did when it wasrecorded at the old Lighthouse jazzclub) and a funky, sneaky groove on“Street Life.” Drummer MoyesLucas did Stix Hooper proud on“Snowflake.”

For that Texas vibe for thehome boys in attendance (remem-ber: the Jazz Crusaders hail from

Houston), there was “Way BackHome.” There’s no doubt that theJazz Crusaders were there at the cre-ation of smooth jazz — and nodoubt that they remain indescrib-ably smooth today.

The first evening ended on ahigh-energy note. Smooth jazz mas-ter Boney James came out dancingand skipping, showing no visiblesigns of the recent near-fatal caraccident which nearly claimed hislife. The crowd opted to join hisenergetic display and partied withhim on his “All Night Long.”

Saturday’s show really kickedoff with the siren stylings ofMelanie Fiona. Given that some ofher earliest musical influences wereThe Supremes and The Ronettes, itwas easy to discern those artists in

the Motown-tinged“Please Don’t Go”; theR o n e t t e s - i n s p i r e d“Johnny”; and “YouStop My Heart” (whichsamples Frankie Ava-lon’s “Venus”). She’smost known for herbiggest hits to date,“Give It To Me Right”(featuring a sampling ofThe Zombies’ “Time ofthe Season”) and heranthem “Ay Yo,” towhich her fans amplyjammed with her andher two backup singers.

The stage wasthem given over to “ATribute to GroverWashington, Jr.,” whichshowcased saxophon-ists Tom Scott andRonnie Laws.; all-

around good guy bass man PaulJackson, Jr.; and Jason Miles ondrums. Washington, who died in1999, practically invented thesmooth jazz genre back in the ’70swith his silky smooth renditions of“East River Drive” and “Let It Flow(for Dr. J).”

Chanteuse Chanté Moore madethe most of her duets with Laws onWashington’s “Just the Two of Us”and a version of “Inner City Blues”that made the audience wannaholler. As could have been predict-ed, one of Washington’s most recog-nizable hits, “Mr. Magic,” broughtthe crowd to its feet with the pre-dominantly mature showing offthose good ole dance moves. SaidLBJF producer Al Williams: “Theydid Grover well, didn’t they?” That,they did.

Up last were Dave Koz andJonathan Butler with a special guest,percussionist Sheila E. The threeteamed up on a cut from Koz’s newCD “Getaway,” while Butlerbrought back the ’80s danceablelove song “Sara, Sara.”

The final day three — though it

had the smallest crowd — had thebiggest reception: first, for thestraight-ahead jazz grooves of festi-val founder Al Williams and hisJazz Society (with the kick-buttthumb plucking of bassist NedraWheeler). Next, substituting for anailing Laura Izibor was the popularBay Area Goapele, whose fans fromthat area were very appreciative thatshe sang songs from her “Closer”and “Milk and Honey” CDs.

Back in 1986, trumpeter MilesDavis recorded the Grammy-win-ning “Tutu” to honor the archbish-op. His bassist, Marcus Miller, com-posed and arranged the title song —and, along with trumpeter ChristianScott doing wonders in filling in forMiles, rose the true jazz fusionstakes with “Tutu Revisited.”Undoubtedly, though, the nightbelonged to Al Jarreau and TheGeorge Duke Trio, who did every-thing from “Take Five” to Duke’ssuper-funky “Reach for It” — theone song that prompted dancing,singing — and an encore.

It’s a sure thing that the LBJFnext year will be a must-attend.


Robert Wilson, one third of the funkadelic brotherly trio, the GAP Band,passed away in Palmdale, California, on Aug. 15, his family announced.

One of the funkiest bass players in R&B, Robert, together with his broth-ers, Ronnie and Charlie, created some of the biggest R&B and funk hits in the’70s and ’80s, including “You Dropped a Bomb On Me,” “Outstanding,”“Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)” and “Oops Upside YourHead.”

“My brother Robert was a bad boy on the bass,” stated brother Charlie.“We shared a bond as brothers, musicians and friends. I loved him and losinghim is difficult for both Ronnie and I. The music world has lost a very talent-ed man.”

Robert was a legendary bass player whose style of play inspired VictorWooten, Marcus Miller and the late Wayman Tisdale, also a Tulsa native,among others. At the time of Tisdale’s death, he and Robert were working ona solo project. One of Robert’s classic bass solos was on the GAP Band hit,“Shake.”

The GAP Band first performed as the Greenwood, Archer and Pine StreetBand in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group shortened its name toThe GAP Band in 1973.

Their hits have been sampled and covered by R&B and Hip-Hop artistsincluding Nas, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat, NotoriousB.I.G., Blackstreet, Shaquille O’Neal, Mia X, Mary J. Blige and Madonna.

Musicians inspired by their music include R. Kelly, Keith Sweat, RuffEndz, Guy, Mint Condition, Jagged Edge and Aaron Hall.

Funeral services are pending.

GAP Band Brother RobertWilson Passes AwayWilson died from a massive heart attack at the age of 53.

Reunited—and It Sounds So Good

Long Beach Jazz FestivalBrings On the Jazz Grooves

Dave Perry Jr. for the L.A. Watts Times

George Duke and Al Jarreau performing at the 2010 Long Beach Jazz Festival.

Dave Perry Jr. for the L.A. Watts TimesChante Moore

10 Thursday, August 19, 2010L.A. Watts Times

By Charlene MuhammadContributing Writer

On Aug. 11, 1965, a community — which some say was besieged by police and poor economic and social conditions,

and frustrated by what seemed to be growing unequal rights — ignited into five days of rebelling that heightened its struggle for self-determi-nation, self-policing and economic development.

The direct incident that caused the 1965 Watts Rebellion was when a California Highway Patrol officer stopped Marquette Frye and his broth-er for allegedly speeding.

According to oral and documented reports, a crowd gathered as Frye resisted arrest and his mother tried to calm him down. Police back up was called and three were arrested.

Shortly after, Watts was burning.According to residents and historians, the community burned be-

cause people were fed up with being brutalized in police stations and sent home on foot.

“I feel like what caused the rebellion was the complete exhaustion of people’s patience with being suppressed and contained by very, very ag-gressive enforcement tactics by the LAPD (Los Angeles Police Depart-ment),” said Timothy Watkins, president and CEO of the Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC). “People were so suppressed and oppressed in their condition of poverty that it just got to the point of overflow. They couldn’t take it anymore.”

Timothy’s father, Ted Watkins, founded the WLCAC after the rebel-lion, to improve the quality of life for people in Watts and surrounding communities.

Dick Gregory, comedian and civil rights activist, relived one night of the rebellion, specifically when he was shot in the leg. He had hit

the streets after working outside of L.A. with the great jazz singer Sarah Vaughn.

“I got off from work and I went out

there with

Police keep riots under control in the Watts area of Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 1965. (AP Photo)

Carrying armloads of clothes, black youths race from looted stores in the Watts area of Los Angeles Aug. 13, 1965, as lawlessness continues unabat-ed in the riot torn district. (AP Photo)

A National Guard Seargent issues orders to a group of uniformed and helmeted men at staging area near Los Angles, August 13, 1965 before the troops were moved to riot torn Watts to help suppress violence among Black residents there. (AP Photo)

11www.lawattstimes.com L.A. Watts Times

some Black leaders, and when we got there it was a housing project where they were shooting at the cops and the cops were regrouping and we stood there,” Gregory said. “The cops said, ‘Ni**er, get out of here!’ I looked and said, ‘Man this could be a blood bath.’ Now I don’t have a problem if I’m shooting at you. You have a right to shoot back at me and we can talk about racism later ... but they were going to wipe them all out.”

The National Guard had been called in and when Gregory saw the shoot-ing coming out of the housing projects, he ran ahead of the cops because they weren’t ready to move, Gregory said.

“I put my back to the cops and my front to them (the crowd). I said, ‘Ya’ll get out of here. Run. Get out of here! All of ya’ll are going to get wiped out!’And then, pow! ... they shot me.”

Gregory said he was in Watts to study the rebellion because he did not un-derstand it, but eventually he realized he was witnessing a revolution that had reached a boiling point.

“Every rebellion … (was) tipped off by a police action and a ghetto dweller, and it just all boiled off to, ‘No more of this,’ and that’s what you saw in Watts and Detroit and Chicago,” Gregory said, referring to other uprisings in that era.

According to Watkins, social conditions in Watts, for the most part, are worse now than before the rebellion.

“What has happened is that the group that is in power, which is a predomi-nantly Anglo group, has figured out that they don’t have to keep the lid on the pressure cooker so tight,” Watkins said. “They can loosen it a little bit, and even though the contents of poverty are just boiling, it won’t blow.”

Instead, what people are witnessing daily, Watkins said, is ongoing death, pain, crimes of desperation and resistance to unlawful practices by law en-forcement. All of this is going on in 2010.

“Things are much worse now (than) before the ’65 Rebellion because we’ve got a Black president that somehow suggest that we’ve arrived when nothing could be farther from the truth, because following (Hurricane) Katrina — and on top of poor housing policy, poor school policy — Black folks in America have been scattered to the winds,” Watkins said.

Watkins also said that what also has gotten worse is that many of the eco-nomic, educational, health and cultural institutions that grew out of the Watts Rebellion are under assault:

The Watts Health Foundation, which began as a nonprofit in 1987 to pro-vide health care services to low-income residents in South Los Angeles, is now a corporation, he said.

Charles R. Drew University is under siege by financial institutions and peo-ple who feel it should serve a different interest than what it was founded for.

Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital, the crown jewel of Watts, is closed, for the most part, Watkins argued.

The Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center and Southwest Col-lege are all struggling, he said.

Watkins said the people of Watts continue to have hope. However, he said the truth is that, in a place that has been neglected and stymied in its

growth by environmental pressures waged against it, it needs ad-equacy to pull itself out of poverty. Instead, elected offi cials

talk about the equitable distribution of resources, he said.

Amen Rah, a professor emer-itus at California

State University of Long Beach and consultant for Stop the Violence Increase the Peace Foundation, said the story told to future generations about the 1965 Watts Rebellion must include the history of institutions.

Those institutions include the Brotherhood Crusade (founded in 1968 to provide funding, programs, and services to the community); The Organization Us (founded in 1965); and the Watts Summer Festival.

The festival began as a celebration in 1966 as a tribute to people who died during the rebellion.

Rah said the commemoration of the festival needs to be kept alive also for scholarly research on the historical significance of the local area, which includes the creation of the Sons of Watts and the Daughters of Watts, the WLCAC, the Watts Community Alert, and other self-help, protecting organiza-tions.

The rebellion also changed policing in the community, said Rah, who was arrested during the rebellion while he was riding in a car with several other men.

After the riots, law enforcement marked the rooftops of homes with num-bers to track their areas, began driving with helmets, and began driving with two officers in a police car, he said.

“This all came after the rebellion, not riots,” Rah said. “Black conscious scholars began to call it a rebellion because it was more than some of the spon-taneous, episodic behavior, and that’s why it lasted so long. Some viewed it as an opportunity to make a statement.”

He said the term riots diminishes the political and social value that grew out of the rebellion.

“That’s why the European doesn’t mention the (King) hospital,” he said. “He wants to keep most rebellions as just a spontaneous, episodic behavior, and not as one with any political significance. He can have the Tea Party and Boston Tea activities and put them in political relevancy, but he didn’t want to put the Watts Rebellion in politically empowering terminology, so there’s a fight between White writers and Black conscious scholars of that time to say, ‘No, this was a rebellion, not a riot.’ ”

Despite its challenges before the rebellion, Watts managed to be a fl our-ishing community, stated Edna Aliewine, creator of the Watts-Willowbrook Christmas Parade.

She argued that a lot of money and programs were put into Watts after the uprising, but there’s nothing to show for it today.

“I’m real upset with Watts, and I’ve been in Watts since 1925, and I know it as it was,” Aliewine said. “We had stores on 103rd Street, not houses. Wehad two shoe stores, Carl’s on one side and Kirby’s across the street. We had E.F. Smith Market here, a big Goodwill store, and two theaters. We had every-thing.”

The photos on the front cover of the L.A. Watts Times are from the following: (Dominant photo) Wikimedia Commons; (far left bottom photo) the Black Photographers of California, courtesy of the Institute for Arts and Media; (bottom middle and right photos) The Associated Press.

Demonstrators push against a police car after rioting erupted in a crowd of 1,500 in the Los Angeles area of Watts, August 12, 1965. The disturbances were triggered by the ar-rest of a black person on charges of drunken driving. More than 100 offi cers were called into the area. (AP Photo)

Smoke rises in Watts while fi re personnel are working. (Photo by Harry Adams, Courtesy of the Institute for Arts and Media, California State University Northridge.)


E V E N T LISTINGS 08/2010happening this month

08-19-10

CHINESE MEDICINE — This month, Black WomenFor Wellness Sister’s @ Eight topic is the history oftraditional Chinese medicine, including: acupuncture,herbs, vitamins and more. The guest speakers will be Dr.Stephon Battle Bey and Alyce Hopkins. The event willtake place on Aug. 19, 5:30 p.m., at Community Build,4305 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles. Information: (323)290-5955.

08-20-10

OPEN HOUSE — There will be an open house for theLa Tijera School, hosted by the Turner/BakewellConstruction Management Team, on Aug. 20, 4 to 6 p.m.,at 1415 N. La Tijera Blvd., Inglewood. Inglewood schoolboard members Arnold Butler (president); Alena Giardina(vice president); Trina L. Williams; Carol Raines-Brown;and Johnny Young will attend. The event will be held toshow the public the school’s progress, and to give com-munity members the opportunity to meet the managementteam and ask questions. Information:[email protected].

08-21-10

FUNDRAISER — The First Lutheran Church ofInglewood will present its 1st Annual CollegeScholarship Fundraiser Aug. 21, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. TheFirst Lutheran Church Choir and Praise Band AfricanDrummers will perform. There will also be guest speak-ers from the University of California of Los Angeles andLoyola Marymount University, African drummers anddancers, a fashion show and more. General admissionwill cost $20, but children under 12 years can get in $10.Also, children under 5 years old can get in free. Thefundraiser will take place at 600 W. Queen St.,Inglewood. Information: [email protected],(310) 674-5103.

JOB FAIR — A Southeast Los Angeles job and resourcefair will take place Aug. 21, 9 a.m., in Maywood.Participating partners will be on hand to offer job coun-seling, discuss job openings, and perform on-site inter-views in some cases. Partners include but are not limitedto: AltaMed, The Home Depot, Kaiser Permanente andmore. The job fair is free and open to the community.California State Assembly Speaker John Perez will hostthe fair. Candidates of all ages, experience levels andindustries can attend. The fair will take place at FishburnAvenue Elementary School, 5701 Fishburn Ave.,Maywood. Information: (916) 319-2408.

BOOK SIGNING — Charles Connor, the original drum-mer For Little Richard, will be a featured celebrity guestartist at The Westside Record Show on Aug. 21, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. The event will be held at The Veteran’sMemorial Teen Complex, 4117 Overland Ave., CulverCity. Connor will autograph copies of his book, “Don’tGive Up Your Dreams: You Can Be A Winner, Too!”,drum sticks, photos, and movie posters of “The GirlCan’t Help It” (the musical comedy film in which heappeared with Little Richard and the Upsetters). Moreinformation: www.recordcollectornews.com.

FONZWORTH BENTLEY — Fonzworth Bentleywill perform his new hit single “Greener,” featuringAnthony Hamilton, on Aug. 21.

Actress Elise Neal (“Hustle and Flow”and “The Hughleys”), rapper E-40 and other celebritieswill attend the event. The performance will take placeat Club 3100, 3100 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.General public must RSVP [email protected].

MOVE — Adopted from first lady Michelle Obama’scampaign to end childhood obesity, “Let’s Move” willbe a day of free events devoted to healthy living onAug. 21, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a 3K and 5Kwalk/run. In addition, demonstrations will be held inbasketball, Tai Chi, gymnastics, jump roping and danc-ing. Health screenings for medical, dental and visionwill be offered at no cost, along with music and fun.The event will take place at Charles R. Drew Universityof Medicine and Science, 1731 E. 120th St., LosAngeles. The free event is for children and adults of allages. Walk/run regisgration: (323) 563-4926

BACK TO SCHOOL — Project IMPACT and theCompton/Watts Interfaith Collaborative will host aback-to-school celebration at Compton CommunityCollege District, 1111 Artesia Blvd., Compton, on Aug.21, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will include free back-to-school supplies (including backpacks, pens, pencils,notebooks and more); free tutoring registration; freehealth screenings; and more. Parents must accompanytheir children to this free event. More information:Patricia Wilson, (323) 974-5729.

08-23-10

FREE N ONE— Free N One (Free from drug andAlcohol and One In Christ) will provide training Aug.23, 24 and 25, 6 to 9 p.m. This training will train indi-viduals from your local church who will have theopportunity to take this information and start a Christ-centered meeting in your church. Church representa-tives from all over the city will meet at 5838 S. OverhillDrive, Los Angeles. Topics that will be covered are:understanding the process of Christian recovery, 12spiritual steps to recovery, conducting a successfulChrist-centered support group and more. More informa-tion: (323) 295-0009.

08-24-10

LOU GOSSETT —Lou Gossett Jr. willsign copies of hisbook, “An Actor AndA Gentleman,” at theMuseum of AfricanAmerican Art onAug. 24, 4 to 6 p.m.The Los AngelesSentinel Book Clubwill host the event.Admission and park-ing are free. Themuseum is at 4005Crenshaw Blvd., LosAngeles. Information:(323) 294-7071.

CD RELEASE — Imago Dei Music Group recordingartist and BET’s “Sunday Best” second season winner Y’Anna (EE-AH-NAH) Crawley is set to release her first solo CD project, “The Promise,” on Aug. 24. The title track and current single, “The Promise,” reminds listeners that Jesus is the Way and the Promise, and that if you keep trusting in His Word and keep persevering, you will attain your goals. This mid-tempo, contemporary gospel performance is a hit in the making. The CD also includes her first single, Y’Anna’s rendition of the Bill Wither’s classic hit “Grandma’s Hands,” which she sang on “Sunday Best.”

GALA — The 16th Anniversary Breakfast Gala ofWomen Who Dared: Our Legacy & Our Future will takeplace Aug. 24, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. At the event, singerNancy Wilson, clinical psychologist Gloria Morrow andWatts Healthcare Corp. Director of Nursing Ann Everettwill be honored. The gala will take place at City Club onBunker Hill, 333 S. Grand Ave., 54th floor, Wells FargoCenter, Los Angeles. Sponsorship and ticket information:(310) 412-1828, www.cabwhp.org, [email protected].

08-25-10

BUSINESS ISSUES — A roundtable about “answers to your business problems” will take placeAug. 25, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the PACE Business Development Center. Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss many issues that face businesses on a day-to-day basis: profitability, promoting business, increasing sales and lower overheads. The moderator will be Victor Green, an entrepreneur who has numerous businesses in different industries and has knowledge about what is needed to achieve success. The event is free. The center is at 1055 Wilshire Blvd., suite 900B, Los Angeles. Information: (213) 353-9400.

Fonzworth Bentley

08-28-10

WALK — Great Beginnings for Black Babies’Fatherhood Initiative, in conjunction withInglewood City Councilmember Daniel K. Tabor,will host a “Fathers of the Community Back toSchool Walk” kick off on Aug. 28, noon, in theDarby Park gymnasium, 3400 W. Arbor Vitae St.,Inglewood. The kick off will be held to enlist 300men to commit to walking a child to the first day ofschool on Aug. 30. During the event, children, par-ents and mentors can have free food and participatein a free basketball clinic, among other things.Information: (323) 789-7955.

GIVEAWAY — Free backpacks will be given tothe first 500 studentsbetween ages 5 to 17on Aug. 28 from 10a.m. to 1 p.m. Therewill be food, gamesand community andhealth informationat the event. Theevent will takeplace at St. John’sUnited MethodistChurch, 1715Santa Ana Blvd.,Los Angeles. Thesite is across thestreet from theWatts Towers. More information: RoycePorter, (310) 977-2349.

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BOOK LAUNCH — A launch party for the book“The Underbelly” will take place Aug. 29, 1 to 3 p.m., at the Reserve Loft Building, 409 W. Olympic Blvd., third floor patio, LosAngeles. “The Underbelly” is a mystery novella by Gary Phillips in which a semi-homeless blackVietnam veteran named Magrady searches for a disabled friend who has disappeared from L.A.’s Skid Row. Refreshments will be served. Information: (877) 843-1778.


FESTIVAL —AdilahBarnes, anaward-win-ning actressand Essencemagazinebestsellingauthor, willbe at thisyear’s 4thAnnualNAACPTheatreFestival Aug.29 and 31 atthe LosAngelesTheatre Centeron 514 S.Spring St. Barnes wrote the book "On My OwnTerms: One Actor's Journey." Her website iswww.adilahbarnes.com. The festival will holddiverse workshops, panel discussions and per-formances. Information: (213) 489-0994.

PERFOR-MANCE —SongstressGoapele will per-form at theBaldwin HillsCrenshaw Plazaas part of theBHCP Live!Summer Concertseries on Aug. 29,6:30 to 8 p.m.The concert sfree, and the mallis located at 3650Martin LutherKing Jr. Blvd.,Los Angeles.Informa-tion:www.cren-shawplaza.com.

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FEST — Mothers in Action will present their 12th Annual Back to School Health & Family Festival Sept. 4, 2010, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the L.A. Sports Arena, 3939 S. Figueroa St., LA.Free health screenings, back to school supplies, haircuts Information:(323) 299-3800, [email protected].

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‘RECKONING’ — The Robey Theatre Co. will present the world pre-miere of “The Reckoning” at the Los Angeles Theatre Center Sept. 25.Written by KimbaHenderson, the play isabout one plantation,two families and somany secrets. Rubaiyat,a Louisiana crawfishfarm owned by theRobillards, an affluentAfrican -merican family,was once a sugar planta-tion worked by slaves,and is consequentlyfilled with all manner ofsecrets and treacheries.As LJ, the family’s fiery but aging patriarch, prepares to hand over controlof his estate to his devoted yet defiant daughter, secrets long buried gradu-ally come to light, and the resurgence of an age-old betrayal will bring theRobillards face-to-face with the family whose long-held claims to Rubaiyatand bitter desperation have made them a dangerous force with which to bereckoned. The Los Angeles Theatre Center is at 514 S. Spring St., LosAngeles. There will be previews Sept. 22 to 24 at 8 p.m. Admission cost$30, but students can get in for $20. Preview show admission cost $15. Alimited number of tickets will be available for each Thursday performancefor $10. Reservations: (213) 489-0994, ext. 107; www.thelatc.org.

10-02-10

JAZZ ON GRASS — The Jackie RobinsonFoundation (JRF) will host the 5th AnniversaryJAZZ on the Grass benefit concert Oct. 2, 2 p.m.,at the estate of Lynne and Oz Scott, renowneddirector and producer, in Sherman Oaks. Rooted inthe Robinson legacy of promoting social causesthrough art, JAZZ on the Grass has four hours oflive musical performances, cuisine and a silentauction featuring vacation packages, sport andmusic memorabilia. Hosted by comedian and actorChris Spencer, JAZZ raises funds for JRF’s com-prehensive program including financial support, mentoring and profes-sional development. Some of the guest artists will include musiciansBoney James, Sheila E., Marcus Miller and many more. Tickets are onsale online and via phone until Aug. 20 for the “early bird” price of $300.For more information on JRF, sponsorship/advertising opportunities, andfull lineup of performers, visit www.jackierobinson.org/events, or call(213) 330-7726.

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MICHAEL BROWN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When Rob Robbins, 71, firstheard the details of Arizona’s contro-versial immigration law, SB 1070, trav-eling by bus and braving the heat tomarch against it wasn’t a farfetchedidea if you had a glimpse of his history.

Robbins, a Los Angeles resident,joined more than 500 people in an 11-bus caravan to Arizona organized bythe L.A. Federation of Labor to marchagainst the immigration law in July. Aday before the arrival of the protestors,U.S. District Court Judge Susan Boltonplaced an injunction on the law’s morecontroversial aspects, until a hearing is

held during the week of Nov. 1 at the9th Circuit Court of Appeals in SanFrancisco.

During the caravan’s trek towardArizona, Robbins talked about how theSouthern California contingent beganwith sweaters and blankets, but oncethey arrived in Phoenix, they were metby a blistering sun, which led to pro-fuse sweating by all. However,Robbins shared an anecdote on themarchers’ first hours in the “valley ofthe sun.”

“After we arrived at a Catholicchurch, the beaming sun started to turninto a light drizzle and when we left-wehad an almost picture-perfect mist tomarch toward the capital in,” he said.

“It’s almost as if God smiled down onus during our two and a half milewalk.”

The Arizona protests weren’tRobbins’ first experience as an activist.Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Robbinsorganized during the Civil RightsMovement and challenged draconianlaws such as “separate but equal.”

“Once I heard this law explainedand looked at it, it reminded me ofAlabama during the ’50s,” Robbinssaid. “Targeting people because of theway they look is not American. I wasborn in 1939 and I think this is a stepbackwards. I thought we were donewith these kinds of laws beingpassed.”

People being “targeted” are notthe only aspect of SB 1070 thatreminds Robbins of 1950s Alabama.Proponents of SB 1070 insist thatArizona Gov. Jan Brewer was correctin signing the law. Supporters cite“states rights,” and charge the federalgovernment with interference.

Robbins said, “The phrase ‘statesrights’ is just political cover. They usedthe same argument when we wantedvoting rights and fought discrimina-tion in the south during the movement.This is about the status quo wanting tomaintain what they have. It’s the havesvs. the have-nots.”

“Exploitation is at the heart of thematter here,” he continued. “If theywanted to stop illegal immigrationthey could, but business offers incen-tives to attract immigrants. They likecheap labor they can exploit.”

Robbins said some of the high-lights of the trip to Arizona were theL.A. group being joined along theroute by state residents, who picked uppicket signs and chanted with mem-bers of organized labor, clergy andimmigration rights groups.

“People of good will stood upcollectively that day,” he said. “I agreewith those who say we have an immi-gration problem, but SB 1070 isn’t theanswer. Either you’re for right or forwrong.”

Robbins’ strong beliefs and con-victions were cultivated at an earlyage. He recalls being involved in thecivil rights struggle at the age of 16.

He then pursued his education at thefamed historically black college,Tuskegee Institute (now: TuskegeeUniversity). There, he attended classesfor a year until he saw pictures flashacross his television screen thatchanged his life forever.

“I saw people in California at thebeach in December,” he said with achuckle. “I thought to myself, ‘I’m sickof this cold Alabama weather. I’mmoving to Los Angeles.’”

Once he made the move to sunnyCalifornia in 1957, Robbins didn’tleave his organizing and activist rootsbehind in Alabama. He almost immedi-ately enmeshed himself in Los Angelespolitics by volunteering for Augustus“Gus” Hawkins and Kenneth Hahn.

Hawkins, who passed away in2007, was California’s first African-American elected to Congress. Thedeceased Hahn was and is still reveredby residents of South L.A. for his civilrights advocacy. The 40-year memberof the L.A. Board of Supervisors madequite an impression on Robbins.

“Both Gus and Kenneth Hahnwere men of integrity,” he said. “Theystood for dignity for all people. Theyinfluenced me tremendously.”

Robbins, a member of the ServiceEmployees International Union(SEIU), is a long-term care worker-and

has been with the union for eight of his10 years in the profession. His firstexperience in the field involved caringfor his first wife, who had a triplebypass surgery. She passed in 2005after a lengthy battle.

Robbins remarried, but in an iron-ic twist, he’s currently providing carefor his second wife, who is on disabili-ty. Robbins said it’s a “divine pleasure”to take care of both women.

When he isn’t working, Robbinsis a member and former president ofthe South Coast Interfaith Council, amixed denomination of churches thataddresses social issues. Becoming aPentecostal Baptist at 11-years-oldinspired Robbins to view the gospel asa tool for social change.

“You’re either part of the solutionor part of the problem,” he said. “Myorganization will remain vocal inopposing Arizona’s law. We can’t fallasleep at the wheel. We need solutionsfor this problem to be led at the federallevel.”

At 71 years old, most wouldassume that Robbins is ready for retire-ment, but he hinted that he has otherideas.

“I go to 24 Hour Fitness, neverdrank or smoked, and I plan on doing a26-mile bikeathon on Labor Day,” hesaid.


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BY FRANK S. WASHINGTONNNPA COLUMNIST

DETROIT (NNPA) — It hadbeen a while so I asked the folks atNissan to let me test drive its flagshipsedan, the Maxima.

The bottom line is that I shouldhave asked sooner, a lot sooner. TheMaxima has slowly morphed into astylish, sporty, sizable sedan with acoupe like silhouette. Nissan bills theMaxima as a 4-door sports car.

In a word, the Maxima looked“good.” Several times during myweek-long test drive people com-mented on its stylishness. Nissan callsthe Maxima’s exterior styling liquidmotion. With that cue, the car didhave sort of a wave styling thatflowed from a slightly bulging hood,to its sloping roofline and onto thetrunk.

Both head and tail lightswrapped around into the front and rearfender quarters. My test car had 19-inch wheels, Xenon headlights, a rearspoiler and a sport tuned suspension,all a part of its $2,000 sport package.

Although my test Maxima waspowered by a 3.5-liter V6 that made

290 horsepower and 261 pound-feetof torque, I was more impressed withits continuously variable transmission(CVT).

One generally does not associateCVT’s with performance. As a matterof fact, Nissan is one of the few com-panies that has almost completelycommitted to CVTs, Nissan Z cardoes not have one.

CVT’s have no gears, thus theyhave fewer moving parts, that meansthey are less expensive to produce,more fuel efficient and they are justabout problem free. The down side isthat they can be noisy, seem sluggishand because there are no gears manydrivers are disconcerted by CVT’sseemingly unending whine.

It’s such a concern that someautomakers make their CVT’s seem-ingly shift gears, as did the Maxima.My test car even had paddle shifterswhich indeed functioned like the carwas shifting gears, although it could-n’t because it didn’t have any forwardgears.

Still, it worked and I pretty muchforgot that my 2010 Maxima had aCVT rather than a standard gearbox.The car accelerated with authority,

handled more like a sports car than asedan and there was a balancebetween its firm sport suspension anda comfortable ride.

My only quibble was there wasno lane change signal. I had to alertdrivers that I was changing lanes theold fashioned way, engage the turnsignal. In a driver’s car that can reallybe a distraction.

I was stunned when I checkedthe information system and found thatmy Nissan Maxima had averaged22.8 mpg for the 182.6 miles that Ihad driven up to that point and it stillhad a range of 192 miles to empty. Insmall print, Nissan reported that theMaxima’s fuel efficiency in the citywas from 15 to 23 mpg and 21 to31mpg on the hwy depending on driv-

ing habits. My week-long test drivetest drive certainly fell within thatrange.

The Maxima was a sizablesedan which made the interior quitecomfortable and spacious. Therewas plenty of room in the front seatsas well as the rear. The interior wasall black and the centerstack tem-plate was made to look like blackmated graphite. It had a sophisticat-ed feel.

My test car was well equipped.Creature comforts included a backupcamera, heated steering wheel andheated front seats, satellite radio withtraffic and weather reports,

Bluetooth, a navigation system andrear bucket seats.

The audio system included an indash CD changer with MP3/WMAcapability, two subwoofers and a cen-ter channel speaker. The car also hadDVD playback capability. It was anice package.

The base price was $33,180. Buteven with options and freight, my testcar still cost less than $40,000. It was$38,660. That wasn’t bad for the per-formance and the equipment that the2010 Nissan Maxima SV contained.

Frank S. Washington is manag-ing partner/editor of AboutThatCar.com and AboutThatCarBlog.com.

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(NNPA) — Forty-seven yearsago, our nation was in the midst ofuncertainty, trepidation, fear, frustra-tion, anger andunres t . For ty-seven years ago,we were simulta-neously hopeful,dedicated, ambi-tious, determinedand resilient.

Forty-sevenyears ago, peopleof all races gath-ered on theNational Mall inWa s h i n g t o n ,D.C., to urge theirfederal govern-ment to live up tothe standards andethos embodiedin our Constitution. Forty-sevenyears ago, we demanded equal accessto education, voting rights, desegre-gation across the board, just employ-ment opportunities and equanimity insociety.

And 47 years ago, men andwomen from all walks of life, andfrom all ethnic persuasions ralliedand marched for a larger federalgovernment to intervene becausestates were failing to ensure ourbasic human civil rights. It was onAug. 28, 1963, that the great MartinLuther King Jr. unequivocally sum-marized the sentiments of more than250,000 attendees and millionsacross the country at home when hedelivered his “I Have a DreamSpeech.” Now 47 years later, it istime to Reclaim that Dream.

National Action Network and Iinvite you to join us on Aug. 28th inWashington, D.C., as we mobilizealong with other progressive lead-ers, clergy, activists and dreamkeepers to unanimously ReclaimThe Dream. We will meet at 11 a.m.at Dunbar High School and thenmarch forward in the same peacefulmanner as King did on that historicday.

When most people reflect onAug. 28, 1963, they often forget thepremise of why Dr. King and otherleaders organized such a massivecongregation to begin with. Billedas the “March on Washington forJobs and Freedom,” the Aug. 28rally pushed for the federal govern-ment to take more direct action inenforcing laws and policies thatwould end institutional racism andcreate a level playing field for allpeople despite race, color or creed.The three-hour long program at theLincoln Memorial united civil rightsleaders like John Lewis and Kinghimself to present a unified front inthe quest for justice. And the fol-lowing year, the success of that dayand King’s relentless work wererealized when Congress passed theCivil Rights Act, and one year later

passed the Voting Rights Act of1965.

King undoubtedly understoodthe necessity of immediacy. Heknew that despite the emancipationof slavery, “100 years later, the

Negro is stillnot free,” andthat, “100years later, theNegro lives ona lonely islandof poverty inthe midst of avast ocean ofmaterial pros-perity.” Today,with incompre-hensible unem-ployment ratesas high as 50p e r c e n t i np l a c e s l i k eNew York, un-equal access to

decent education and housing,astronomical arrest and imprison-ment rates, skyrocketing foreclo-sures and remaining strongholds ofracial injustice, African-Americansare still vying to fully realize King’sdream.

With ridiculous state laws likeArizona’s anti-immigration SB1070 bill, Latinos and other minori-ties are welcoming federal interven-tion to fully realize King’s dream.And as women still fight for higherwages and an end to discriminatorypolicies, the dream must still befully realized.

Join us at Dunbar High Schoolat 11 a.m. as we mobilize once againthose that refuse to settle for injus-tice and inequality. In honor ofKing, we will again march in thecountry’s capital as we call on ourfederal government to ensure ourinalienable rights when states some-times fail to do so. But we will in noway be deterred by those dividerslike Glenn Beck and other Tea Partymembers who are attempting to tar-nish the legacy of this historic dayand our impeccable leader. We willnot allow them to hijack the dream,nor destroy King’s mission.

And we will not give credenceto this disturbance, and distraction -for that is all that it is. In true non-violent King fashion, we will not besilenced.

We again are living in tumul-tuous, volatile times, but we againremain hopeful and vigilant thatchange is just around the corner. Itbegins with laws and policies thatcreate opportunity and impartiality.And it begins with each one of us.

On Aug. 28, 1963, King infa-mously stated: “I have a dream thatone day this nation will rise up andlive out the true meaning of itscreed: ‘We hold these truths to beself-evident, that all men are createdequal.’ ”

Let everyone who believes injustice join us in Washington on the28th as we reclaim the dream.

BY MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMANNNPA COLUMNIST

(NNPA) — In late July, bothPresident Obama and Secretary ofEducation Arne Duncan spoke to theNational Urban League’s CentennialConference about what the Presidentcalled “an issue that Ibelieve will largelydetermine not onlyAfrican Americansuccess, but the suc-cess of our nation inthe 21st century —and that is whetherwe are offering ourchildren the very besteducation possible.”Right now, of course,the answer is no soPresident Obama andSecretary Duncanwere there to speakabout the administra-tion’s plans for edu-cation reform.

American edu-cation, which used tobe the envy of theworld, is in direstraits. The UnitedStates ranks 21stamong 25 developedcountries on overalleducational achieve-ment for 15-year-olds. Many publicschool students arestruggling; minoritychildren and poorchildren are strug-gling most. Too oftenthey fall behind inschool and drop out,increasing their riskof entering the cradle to prisonpipeline. Staying in school and receiv-ing a quality education are the bestdeterrents to juvenile delinquency andthe surest route towards responsible,productive adulthood.

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As President Obama said, “Iknow some argue that as we emergefrom a recession, my administrationshould focus solely on economicissues. But education is an economicissue — if not ‘the’ economic issue ofour time. It’s an economic issue whenthe unemployment rate for folkswho’ve never gone to college is

almost double what it is for those whohave gone to college. It’s an econom-ic issue when eight in 10 new jobswill require workforce training or ahigher education by the end of thisdecade. It’s an economic issue whencountries that out-educate us today aregoing to out-compete us tomorrow.”

President Obama continued,“Now, for years, we’ve recognizedthat education is a prerequisite forprosperity. And yet, we’ve tolerated astatus quo where America lagsbehind other nations. Just last week,we learned that in a single genera-tion, America went from number oneto 12th in college completion ratesfor young adults. (We) used to benumber one, now we’re number 12.At the same time, our 8th graderstrail about eight (to) 10 other nationsin science and math. Meanwhile,when it comes to black students,African American students trail notonly almost every other developednation abroad, but they badly trailtheir white classmates here at home— an achievement gap that is widen-ing the income gap between blackand white, between rich and poor.We’ve talked about it, we knowabout it, but we haven’t done enoughabout it. And this status quo is moral-ly inexcusable, it is economicallyindefensible, and all of us are goingto have to roll up our sleeves tochange it.”

Secretary Duncan explained thatthe Department of Education is creat-ing an Equity and ExcellenceCommission to address the criticalproblem of fiscal inequities in K-12schools and how these inequities leadto the achievement gap. He also madesimilar observations about the need to

change the current statusquo as he spoke aboutthe reform measures theAdministration is puttinginto place as part of theRace to the Top initia-tive. He correctly arguesthat they are bold andambitious, as they needto be: “Our children areat risk. Their future —and ours — is at risk. Wemust prepare them tocompete in a globaleconomy, and thatrequires all of us to moveoutside of our comfortzones. We have to chal-lenge the status quo,because the status quo inpublic education is notnearly good enough —not with a quarter of allstudents and, almosthalf, 50 percent ofAfrican American andLatino young men andwomen dropping out ofhigh school. How manygood jobs are out theretoday for high schooldropouts? What chancedo they have to buildpositive futures? Ournation's young peopledeserve dramatically bet-ter than we are givingthem today — they

deserve a real chance in life. Thisissue is even bigger than education —it is an issue of social justice and eco-nomic security. We have a moral obli-gation to change these outcomes andit won't happen unless we start doingthings differently. Not just talkingabout it, but actually doing it.”

The president and secretary areabsolutely right on that the currentstate of American education is“morally inexcusable” and “econom-ically indefensible” — and that thetime is now for our nation to stoptalking about doing things differently,and actually do it. Millions of childlives are at stake. It’s time for everyparent, educator, community andpolitical leader to put children first.

Marian Wright Edelman isPresident of the Children’s DefenseFund whose Leave No Child Behindmission is to ensure every child ahealthy start, a head start, a fair start,a safe start and a moral start in lifeand successful passage to adulthoodwith the help of caring families andcommunities. For more informationgo to www.childrensdefense.org.


Marian Wright Edelman

The Rev. Al Sharpton

Child Watch

Changing the StatusQuo in Our Schools

Let’s Reclaim theDream on Aug. 28th

BY JULIANNE MALVEAUXNNPA COLUMNIST

(NNPA) — I haven’t seen themovie, Eat Pray Love. I just read thebook. After I read it I put it on afriend’s desk andasked if she’d getmore from it than Idid. The book is atravelogue of Italy,India and Indo-nesia, and Eliza-beth Gilbert’s rompthrough the threecountries in such away as to find her-self after her mar-riage went bad.

To be sure,there were mo-ments of mmm,and moments ofaaaugh, and mo-ments when Iabsolutely empa-thized with Eliza-beth Gilbert. Andthere were mo-ments when I re-minded myself that15 million Ameri-can don’t havework, and that halfof those haven’t hadwork for half a year.They aren’t runningaround the worldfinding themselvesand having JuliaRoberts play themin the reality show.They are simplysearching for sur-vival.

Synchronicity.Alignment. Theyways that all of ourstuff makes sense.It doesn’t make sense to write a bookor watch a film about this search forself even as so many search for sur-vival. Last week, unemploymentrates were again released and welearned that, at 9.5 percent, ourcountry’s ability to employ has notimproved. More importantly, theunemployment rate for AfricanAmericans exceeds 16 percent, andthat, too, is something that somehowcoexists with this fabulous movieromp through self-discovery. I’mnot annoyed (too much) at ElizabethGilbert or Julia Roberts, though theyought to break off a little piece oftheir profits for those who can’tromp as wildly as they do. I am con-cerned that the timing of the releaseof their movie has a bit of smug self-satisfaction to it. Will I go see it?Possibly. Without seeing it, but withreading the book, the entire enter-prise strikes me as discordant, absentsynchronicity.

So if I am mad at Liz and Julia,

what about Michelle Obama, ourstunning First Lady who took herselfto Spain a week or so ago. The pun-dits say that she was wrong and outof touch and tone deaf to ournation’s economic crisis. One of her

best translators, Liz sweet from theChicago Times says that the vaca-tion was a way of allowing FirstLady Obama to connect with friendswho’d lost a parent. I say if I have todo discordance, I’ll accept the FirstLady’s. Don’t get me wrong. If Iwere making up a white houseschedule, I would have passed onthe Spain trip. At the same time,who knows what happens in thathouse and how the First Momdecides to parse her time. I want togive her hugs, not criticism, for allthe work she does, and for all thework she really could do but is notallowed to. The Spain trip is not anEat Pray Love thing, not evenslightly. And the tone and tenor ofsome of the objections to Mrs.Obama’s trip frankly reek of racialresentment.

Abbey Lincoln once wore adress also worn by Marilyn Monroe.When she grew into herself sheburned it. She died this week, a

woman whose fierce voice searchedfor synchronicity, for authenticity,for that which is real. She died onAugust 14, a voice until her waningyears, an inspiration even at theinvocation of her name. Abbey

Lincoln wasdescribed bysome foolcritic as a“professionalNegro” as ifthere iss o m e t h i n gwrong withthat. Thedescriptioncame aftershe used hervoice andraised hervoice tospeak offreedom. Im-agine thisw o m a n ,transformingherself forma MarilynMonroe imi-t a t i n gingénue intoa tool and anins t rumen tfor peace andjustice. She,too, wassearching forsynchronici-ty, for align-ment. Onemight arguethat shefound it andembraced it,embracing itfor all of us.

I had thephenomenal

pleasure of hearing Abbey Lincolnsing a bunch of times, but mostrecently when she graced anIndianapolis state in the mid-1990s.

I was the guest of a womanwhose organization had engaged meto speak, and she was rather insis-tent that I enjoy Ms. Lincoln’s per-formance. Beyond enjoying it, themoment took my breath away. I canclearly remember her wrapping her-self around a microphone to sing,“The world is falling down, hold myhand”. Powerful.

We do not need to hit three con-tinents to find the synchronicity thatis necessary. All we need to do is toremember who we are and whosewe are. I wish Abbey Lincoln onElizabeth Gilbert. I wish AbbeyLincoln, born Anna MariaWoolridge, on each and every oneof us.

Julianne Malveaux is presidentof Bennett College for Women inGreensboro, N.C.

For the pastyear, I have livedwith the terriblecase of MitriceRichardson, whoseremains werefound last week ina Malibu canyon.The surface cir-cumstances aboutthe case are nowwell known.

Richardson,the 24-year-oldAfrican-Americanwoman, with emo-tional challenges,was held and thenreleased alonefrom the LosAngeles CountySheriff’s LostHills/Malibu sta-tion in the earlymorning hours ofSept. 17, 2009.

She then dis-appeared. Her dis-a p p e a r a n c etouched a nationalnerve. It ignitedloud andanguished pleasfrom her parents,friends and thousands of concerned citizens. There were also searches of thearea where sheriff’s deputies last saw her and teams of volunteers, andcountless reports of Richardson sightings in Los Angeles and various othercities. People Magazine also had a cover photo of her.

Richardson’s mother, Latice Sutton, appeared twice on my radio showsasking for the public’s help in finding her daughter. But that wasn’t enough.

Sutton then asked for my help in formally appealing to AttorneyGeneral Eric Holder to direct the FBI to enter the investigation. This was amore than reasonable request since Richardson’s disappearance had by thengenerated national publicity and outrage.

There was great concern that she may have been the victim of foul playthat may have involved the crossing of state lines. This made her disappear-ance and possible death a federal matter.

We knew that Richardson was by no means an aberration. More than800,000 missing persons cases are on file with the FBI. Most of those arechildren. However, nearly 29,000 of them are adults and juveniles who are“missing under circumstances indicating that the disappearance was notvoluntary; i.e., abduction or kidnapping.”

This made the case even more compelling. Sutton and I jointly madethe request in November 2009 for Justice Department involvement.

The response was the typical a bureaucrat’s duck-and-dodge. The FBIsaid it was sympathetic to the plight of Richardson and her family, andwould keep a close watch on developments. There was no commitment toinvestigate, and no promise of a follow up.

This was a double blow. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department hadvehemently disclaimed any responsibility for Richardson’s disappearance.

It exonerated itself in a lengthy report, which insisted it followed prop-er rules and procedures. This Pontius Pilate hand wash came on the heels ofthe Justice Department’s refusal to take action.

But now with Richardson’s death, the questions are even more trou-bling. Why was she released alone? How did she die?

When and how did she die? Were others involved in her disappearanceand death? What and how did the sheriff’s department, with the renewedcall for the FBI to get involved in the case, handle the investigation into herdisappearance and death?

The FBI and sheriff’s department’s response to the Richardson caseagain raised ugly questions regarding how diligently officials investigatethe deaths or disappearance of African Americans, and whether the pressreports their murders or disappearances with the same intensity as whitevictims, especially when the victims are young black females.

The charge by Richardson’s family and local civil rights leaders thatthe police are insensitive to the disappearance and possible murder ofAfrican Americans such as Richardson is not new.

Countless groups have marched, picketed and screamed loudly that law


Julianne Malveaux

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON

The Terrible Case ofMitrice Richardson

In Search of

Synchronicity

See HUTCHINSON, page 19

Trustee Sale No. CA09000808-10-1 . Loan No. 1009220821 Title Order No. 100280808-CA-GTI APN 6073-026-001 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 22, 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 ALAWYER. On September 15, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on January 30, 2007, as Instrument No. 20070191359 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: JORGE AHERNANDEZ A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, in favor of ONEWEST BANK, F.S.B. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHESTBIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: As more fully described on 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: 350 E 112TH ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90061 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $379,169.11 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. DATE: August 19, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000808-10-1 . 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400 Irvine, CA 92606 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. The time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE.Ad #5172 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02

Trustee Sale No. CA09000915-10-1 . Loan No. 502197213 Title Order No. 4449936 APN 6117-014-014 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED October 13, 2008. 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 PROCEED-INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On September 15, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on October 21, 2008, as Instrument No. 20081870751 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: JAMES CLARK, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRA-TION SYSTEMS, INC SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER AND LENDER`S SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS FOR FLAGSTAR BANK, F.S.B. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TOTHE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: As more fully described on 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: 625 LACONIA BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90044-3839 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $312,807.29 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. DATE: August 19, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000915-10-1 . 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400 Irvine, CA 92606 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE

INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded. The time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE.Ad #5207 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02

Trustee Sale No. CA09000821-10-1 . Loan No. 1010406021 Title Order No. 100280941-CA-GTI APN 2324-021-026 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED August 21, 2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TOPROTECT 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 ALAWYER. On September 7, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on August 28, 2007, as Instrument No. 20072005486 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: SUSANNA NASHIKYAN A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Trustor, in favor of INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON 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: 7052 BELLAIRE AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 91605 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $433,499.28 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. DATE: August 19, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000821-10-1 . 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400 Irvine, CA 92606 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded or the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. Ad #5247 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02

Trustee Sale No. CA09000864-10-1 . Loan No. 7337778 Title Order No. 100289312-CA-GTI APN 5011-017-017 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED July 29, 2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TOPROTECT 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 ALAWYER. On September 13, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on August 5, 2008, as Instrument No. 20081398142 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: ROSTON THOMAS, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor, in favor of HSBC MORTGAGE CORPORATION (USA) as Beneficiary, WILL SELL ATPUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON 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: 5208 VALLEY RIDGE AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90043 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $430,260.31 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums,

accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. DATE: August 19, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000864-10-1 . 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400 Irvine, CA 92606 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject of this notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Code s 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale is recorded or the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice of sale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE. Ad #5274 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02

Trustee Sale No. CA09000888-10-1 . Loan No. 1880506154 Title Order No. 4448192 APN 5521-012-011 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED April 10, 2008. 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 September 13, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on April 22, 2008, as Instrument No. 20080700600 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: IRMA CORTEZ HERNANDEZ, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, in favor of JUST MORTGAGE, INC. as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON 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: 512 NORTH SERRANO AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90004 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $429,547.74 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. DATE: August 19, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000888-10-1 . 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400 Irvine, CA 92606 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Ad #5275 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02

Trustee Sale No. CA09000885-10-1 . Loan No. 1240049555 Title Order No. 4448188 APN 5684-003-008 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED January 2, 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 PROCEED-INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On September 15, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc dba Trustee Corps, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on January 9, 2003, as Instrument No. 03 0066095 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: BETTY NGOC BAO TRAN, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, in favor of CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION as Beneficiary, WILLSELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON 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: 3032 NORTH SHASTA CIRCLE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90065 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without

covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, as provided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $149,138.36 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do business in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. 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. DATE: August 19, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No. CA09000885-10-1 . 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400 Irvine, CA 92606 949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.Ad #5287 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02

Trustee Sale # CA0924203-1 Loan# 3002773954 Order # G853745 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 02/08/2007. 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 ALAWYER. On 09/03/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 02/15/07 as Document No. 20070328616 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, ALEJANDRAPACHECO, A SINGLE WOMAN, as Trustor, MORTGAGEIT, INC, as Beneficiary, 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: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". 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 describing the land therein: APN # 2125-007-004 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 18324 HART STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 91335 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. 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 Trustee's Sale is: $490,715.27 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.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 and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 08/12/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER *TRUSTEE CORPS* 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400, IRVINE, CA 92606 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (714) 786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300Ad #5300 2010-08-12 2010-08-19 2010-08-26

Trustee Sale # CA0940261-3 Loan# 3002932980 Order # 090245645 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 06/18/2007. 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 ALAWYER. On 09/02/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 06/22/2007 as Document No. 20071505910 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, RAFAEL CARDENAS AND ERIKA CARDENAS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., ADELAWARE CORPORATION, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL ATPUBLIC 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 bankspecified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to dobusiness in this state). AT: At the front entrance of the PomonaSuperior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CAThe property heretofore described is being sold "as is". All right, titleand interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust inthe property situated in said County and State describing the landtherein: APN # 6109-002-033 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ONSAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other commondesignation, if any, of the real property described above is purported tobe: 1013 WEST 185TH STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90248 Theundersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of thestreet address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed orimplied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay theremaining 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 andexpenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed ofTrust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation securedby the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expensesand advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice ofTrustee's Sale is: $452,363.92 (estimated amount). Accruedinterest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figureprior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for anyreason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shallbe the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successfulbidder shall have no further recourse. The Beneficiary under saidDeed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned awritten Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a writtenNotice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused saidNotice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the Countywhere the real property is located and more than three months haveelapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California CivilCode Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent hasindicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and madea part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 theundersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorizedagent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicerhas obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order ofexemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on thedate of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of salespecified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not applypursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 08/12/2010 MTCFINANCIAL INC. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor TrusteeBy: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER*TRUSTEE CORPS* 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400, IRVINE, CA92606 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (714)786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFFREQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 Ad #5321 2010-08-12 2010-08-19 2010-08-26

Trustee Sale No. CA09000857-10-1 . Loan No. 1596872780 TitleOrder No. 4446938 APN 5186-012-031 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'SSALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATEDNovember 13, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECTYOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED-INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. OnSeptember 15, 2010, at 01:00 PM, At the front entrance of thePomona Superior Courts Building,350 West Mission Blvd,Pomona CA, MTC FINANCIAL Inc dba Trustee Corps, as the dulyappointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale containedin that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on November 21, 2006, asInstrument No. 06 2582143 of Official Records in the office of theRecorder of Los Angeles County, CA , executed by: CLAUDIAGOMEZ, MARRIED AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY,as Trustor, in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. asBeneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHESTBIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the timeof sale, that certain property situated in said County, Californiadescribing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ONSAID DEED OF TRUST. The property heretofore described is beingsold "as is". The street address and other common designation, if any,of the real property described above is purported to be: 3447-3449 E5TH ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90063 The undersigned Trusteedisclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address andother common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will bemade without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title,possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum ofthe Note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest theron, asprovided in said Note(s), advances if any, under the terms of the Deedof Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and ofthe trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaidbalance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold andreasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of theinitial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be$442,037.62 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums,accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale.Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. Inaddition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on astate or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit unionor a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association,savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of theCalifornia Financial Code and authorized to do business in California,or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the eventtender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold theissuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds becomeavailable to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The propertyoffered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the propertyreceiver, if applicable. If the Trustee is unable to conveytitle for any reason, the successful bidder`s sole and exclusiveremedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and thesuccessful bidder shall have no further recourse. DATE: August19, 2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC dba Trustee Corps TS No.CA09000857-10-1 . 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400 Irvine, CA 92606949-252-8300 Clarisa Gastelum, Authorized Signature SALEINFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE ATwww.NoticeSolutions.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATIONPLEASE CALL 714-786-5351 Compliance with California CivilCode Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent hasindicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section2924f have been met. Regarding the property that is the subject ofthis notice of sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" as defined in Civil Codes 2923.53(k)(3) declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner afinal or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Civil Code section2923.53 that is current and valid on the date this notice of sale isrecorded or the time frame for giving a notice of sale specified in CivilCode Section 2923.52 subdivision (a) does not apply to this notice ofsale pursuant to Civil Code Sections 2923.52. Clarisa Gastelum,Authorized Signature TRUSTEE CORPS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR.ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE.Ad #5324 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02


enforcement and judges impose ahard racial double standard when thevictim is a young African American,whether a missing person such asRichardson, or a murder victim, asRichardson may well turn out to be.

Whatever the case, the implicitmessage is that black lives areexpendable.

Police officials and judgesvehemently deny that they are anyless diligent in prosecuting the kid-napping or murder of blacks, or thatthey expend less time tracking downleads and mounting a full-courtinvestigation in the case of a missingperson who is African American.

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Trustee Sale # CA0930342-2 Loan# 1009164532 Order #1030837-05 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULTUNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01/11/2007. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 09/02/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 01/22/2007 as Document No. 20070123936 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, INDALECIO MARTINEZ AND MARCELINAMARTINEZ HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK, as Beneficiary, 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: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". 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 describing the land therein: APN # 6341-012-014 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. LOT 337 OF TRACT 7193, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 78, PAGE 100 OF MAPS IN THE OFFICE OF TH4E COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 480 MARGARET AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90022 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. 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 Trustee's Sale is: $467,620.87 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. 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 and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof.Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer does hereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52 Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated: 08/12/2010 MTC FINANCIALINC. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, as Successor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEE SALES OFFICER *TRUSTEE CORPS* 30 Corporate Park, Suite 400, IRVINE, CA 92606 FOR SALE INFORMATION CONTACT: (714)786-5351, (714) 786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949) 252-8300 Ad #5341 2010-08-12 2010-08-19 2010-08-26

Trustee Sale # CA0936322-3 Loan# 1009348259 Order # 090163362 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 02/12/2007. 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 ALAWYER. On 09/09/2010 at 01:00PM, MTC FINANCIAL INC., dba TRUSTEE CORPS as the duly appointed Substituted Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 02/20/2007 as Document No. 20070360045 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CALIFORNIA, executed by, FRANCISCO J RAMOS SAUCEDO, A SINGLE MAN AND IBIS ALFONSO RAMOS, A SINGLE MAN AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B., A FEDERALLY CHARTERED SAVINGS BANK, as Beneficiary, 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: At the front entrance of the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd, Pomona CA The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". 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 describing the land therein: APN # 5456-006-026 AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3175 CAZADOR ST, LOS ANGELES, CA 90065 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. 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 Trustee's Sale is: $494,333.98 (estimated amount). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.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 and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2924f: The Beneficiary or Beneficiary's agent has indicated that the requirements of California Civil Code Section 2924f have been met. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Compliance with California Civil Code Section 2923.52: 1. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan

servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: X Servicer doeshereby state that Servicer has obtained from the commissioner a finaor temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that iscurrent and valid on the date of the notice of sale is filed. 2. Timeframefor giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) Section 2923.52Does X Does not apply pursuant to section 2923.52 or 2923.55 Dated08/19/2010 MTC FINANCIAL INC. DBA TRUSTEE CORPS, asSuccessor Trustee By: CLARISA GASTELUM, TRUSTEESALES OFFICER *TRUSTEE CORPS* 30 Corporate ParkSuite 400, IRVINE, CA 92606 FOR SALE INFORMATIONCONTACT: (714)786-5351, (714) 786-5351, (949) 252-8300 FORREINSTATEMENT / PAY OFF REQUESTS CONTACT: (949)252-8300 Ad #5355 2010-08-19 2010-08-26 2010-09-02

Qualified “B” licensed GeneralBuilding Contractors are invited tosubmit a sealed bid on Project E10-21,Module 12.3 to the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority by 2:05PM, September 22, 2010.

The Work includes, but is not limitedto, the following: Installation of newdoors, new windows, air conditioning,insulation and correction of some codedeficiencies for 31 Single Familyhomes.

Bidders may obtain construction docu-ments from the Bob Hope Airport WebSite at bobhopeairport.com underBusiness Opportunities and areencouraged to do so prior to themandatory pre-bid conference. AllBidders shall register with the AirportEngineering Department either viaweb site or in person. Bids submittedby firms who have not registered withAirport Engineering will be considerednon-responsive. A mandatory Pre-bidconference has been scheduled forSeptember 8, 2010, at 10:00 A.M. atthe Bob Hope Airport EngineeringOffices, 2800 N. Clybourn Ave.,Burbank, California.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTFile No. 20101013320

The following person is doing business as: Rechinder Décor812 N. Evers AveCompton, CA 90220Rechinder Player812 N. Evers AveCompton, CA 90220This business is conducted by an Individual. Ideclare that all information in this statement is trueand correct (The registrant who declares as trueinformation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.) is This statement was filed withthe County Clerk of Los Angeles County on July23, 2010. The registrant(s) commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed above on N/A.NOTICE: This Fictitious Name Statement expiresfive years from the date it was filed in the office ofthe Los Angeles County Clerk. A New FictitiousBusiness Name Statement must be filed before thattime.The filing of this statement does not of itself author-ize the use in this state of a Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rights of another underFederal, State, or common law (See Section 14411et seq., Business and Professions Code). Published Runs:7/29/10, 8/5/10, 8/12/10, 8/19/10

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENTFile No. 20100978114

The following person is doing business as: BALDERAMOS731 W. El Segundo, Apt. 12Gardena, CA 90247Andre Richard Balderamos731 W. El Segundo, Apt. 12Gardena, CA 90247This business is conducted by an Individual. Ideclare that all information in this statement is trueand correct (The registrant who declares as trueinformation which he or she knows to be false isguilty of a crime.) is This statement was filed withthe County Clerk of Los Angeles County on July16, 2010. The registrant(s) commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed above on N/A.NOTICE: This Fictitious Name Statement expiresfive years from the date it was filed in the office ofthe Los Angeles County Clerk. A New FictitiousBusiness Name Statement must be filed before thattime.The filing of this statement does not of itself author-ize the use in this state of a Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rights of another underFederal, State, or common law (See Section 14411et seq., Business and Professions Code). Published Runs:7/29/10, 8/5/10, 8/12/10, 8/19/10

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LOS ANGELES COUNTYMETROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION

AUTHORITY (Metro)

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Metro will receive bids for 11-0003 NATURAL GAS FUELED HEAVYDUTY ENGINES per specifications on file at the Office of Procurement &Material Mgmt, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (12th Floor).

All Bids must be submitted on forms furnished by Metro, and must be filedat the reception desk of the Office of Materiel on or before 1:30 P.M.,September 2, 2010 Pacific Time, at which time bids will be opened and pub-licly read. Bids received later than the above date and time will be rejectedand returned to the bidder unopened. Each bid must be sealed and markedBid No. 11-0003.

You may obtain bid specifications, or further information, by faxing OTTOOJONG at (213) 922-5265.

LOS ANGELES COUNTYMETROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION

AUTHORITY (Metro)

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Metro will receive proposals for PS107140502 Guaranteed Ride Home perspecifications on file at the LACMTA Office of Procurement & MaterialMgmt, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (12th Floor).

All proposals must be received on or before September 14, 2010 at 2:00PMPacific Time at the address listed above, sent to the attention of LindaWasley. Proposals received later than the above date and time will be reject-ed and returned to the proposer unopened. A Pre-Proposal conference willbe held on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 10:00AM in the Imperial ConferenceRoom, 12th Floor, located at the address above.

You may obtain a copy of the RFP, or further information, by faxing LindaWasley at (213) 922-4186 or downloading the RFP at www.metro.net.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS(RFP# 7539)

INVESTIGATION SERVICES FOREMPLOYEE RELATED ISSUES

The Housing Authority of the City ofLos Angeles invites proposals fromqualified firms interested in providinginvestigation services for employeerelated issues on an “as-needed”basis. Typical employee relatedissues for which the Authority requiresinvestigations services involve, butare not limited to, pre-employmentbackground investigations, allegationsor evidence of harassment, discrimi-nation, hostile work environment orother employee misconduct. Copiesof the RFP may be obtainedbeginningAugust 16, 2010 online atwww.hacla.org/ps. Proposals will beaccepted until 2:00 P.M., September17, 2010.8/19, 8/26/10CNS-1917100#WATTS TIMES

Advertisement for Prime Contractor Pre-Qualification

WATTS CINEMA AND EDUCATION CENTER (WCEC)

PROJECT: Wattstar Theater and Education Center

General Contractor Prequalification Statements will be received until 3:00 PMon August 30, 2010 at the office of Jenkins/Gales & Martinez for the pre-qual-ification to submit bids for the construction of the Wattstar Theater andEducation Center in Watts, CA. The building’s area is approximately 34,781 sq.ft. It will contain four theater auditoriums as well as multi-purpose classroomswith support offices and production studio. Pre-Qualification is mandatory inorder to submit bids as a General Contractor.

Although a bid date not been determined, it is the intent of the WCEC to bid theproject within the next 12 months. This project will be bid as a single prime.

Watts Cinema and Education Center encourages participation by disadvantagedfirms and supports the promotion of opportunities for minority businesses.

Pre-qualification forms must be obtained from e-mail [email protected] andsubmitting them electronically is encouraged. Request Qualification Form andlist company name, name of contact person, physical address, telephone num-ber, fax number and your e-mail address to receive electronic file of form.

At the time of final procurement this project will be a prevailing wage job, sub-ject to Davis Bacon and will require 100% Performance and Payment bond, a10% Bid Bond, in addition, and while this is not a City of Los Angeles Project,the contractor will be required to comply with the requirements associated withwork for the City of Los Angeles

The Watts Cinema and Education Center reserves the unqualified right to rejectany and all pre-qualification submittals.

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